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Wounded, not fatally: Sergt. Cyrus A. Jackson, at Pumpkinvine Creek, discharged January 9, 1863; Corp. John M. Roop, at Stone's River, discharged February 9, 1863; Francis F. McCracken, at Stone's River, dis- charged March 2, 1863; John L. Hice, at Stone's River, mustered out with the regiment : William G. Sharp, at Stone's River, mustered out with regi- ment : David Stone Cypher, discharged June 6, 1862 ; William A. Thompson, discharged October 24. 1863.
Company K.
Corp. James H. Rankin, killed at Peachtree Creek, Georgia. July 2, 1864, Spring Hill cemetery ; William W. Hamily, died of disease at Louis- ville, June 8, 1863, Louisville cemetery.
FIFTY-SECOND REGIMENT.
Company B.
Frozen to death: Capt. Edwin Alexander, at Island No. 10, December 31, 1863, buried in South Park cemetery : David W. Dean, at Island No. 10, same date, at Fort Pillow : William M. Falconbury, at Island No. 10, same date, South Park cemetery; George W. Havelin, at Island No. 10, same date, at Fort Haylin : William Tyler, at Island No. 10, same date, at Fort, Pillow ; George W. Wilson, at Island No. 10, same date, at Fort Pillow.
Killed in action: Joshua Barnes, at Fort Blakely, Alabama, April 4. 1863, on field ; John Pettit, at Durkamsville, Tennessee, September 2, 1862, on field ; Joseph Regan, at Fort Donelson, February 15, 1862, on field.
Died of wounds: Edward Roe, June 25, 1864, received at Collinsville, Tennessee.
Died of disease: Perry S. Brisbain, at St. Louis, April 2, 1862, St. Louis cemetery : Francis A. Barton, at St. Louis, October 6, 1864, St. Louis, cemetery ; John Frost, at St. Louis, May 12, 1862, St. Louis ; Martin Louthan, April 16, 1862, place not reported : Timothy Moore, at Murfreesboro, Janu- ary 12, 1865, Murfreesboro national cemetery; Alfred Madden, at St. Louis; June 5, 1862, St. Louis : Jeremiah Morgan, at St. Louis, December 20, 1862, St. Louis cemetery; Ferrill Roark, at Memphis, October 2, 1862, St. Louis, cemetery: James Rupel, drowned, March 7, 1864, where, not reported ; Syl- vester Yoder, at Scipio, July 23. 1862, Scipio cemetery.
Wounded, not fatally: Jamies Alexander, discharged August 1, 1862; John Milholland, Sr., discharged October 29, 1862: William H. O'Donnell. discharged March 7, 1862.
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Company C.
Francis Corwin. August 3, 1863. not reported where.
Company F.
Horatio May, at Andersonville, Indiana, December 28, 1862, Anderson- ville cemetery : William H. Thompson, at Andersonville, May 5, 1862, Ander- sonville cemetery.
SIXTY-EIGHTII INFANTRY.
Killed in action : William Griffin. Company D, at Chickamauga, Septem- ber 19, 1863, Chickamauga national cemetery; George G. Hankins, I, at Chickamauga, September 19, 1863, Chickamauga national cemetery: John W. Gilmore, I, missing and supposed killed at Missionary Ridge: Solomon H. Patrick, I, at Chickamauga, September 19, 1863: William P. Sutfin, at Chickamauga, September 19, 1863, Chickamauga national cemetery ; Frank- lin T. Showalter, I, at University, Tennessee, August 9, 1863: John P. Shumm, I, at Nashville, April 20, 1863. Nashville national cemetery.
Died of disease: Samuel Hone, A, at Andersonville prison, July 14. 1864. Andersonville national cemetery: Joseph H. Gantt, A, at Murfreesboro. April 15. 1864, Murfreesboro national cemetery; John H. Burns, A, cap- tured and died in Richmond prison, February 19, 1864: John T. Becraft, F. at Nashville, March 3, 1863, Nashville national cemetery ; Thomas Clenden- ning, I, at Nashville, March 4, 1864, Nashville cemetery ; George C. Dement, A, at Newpoint, December 14, 1864. Rossburg cemetery: Andrew J. Gil- more, I, in field, Tennessee. July 20, 1865 ; George W. Higgs, I, at University, Tennessee, August 8, 1863: Thomas Hooten, A, at Pennington Farm, Tenn- essee, July 20 1865 : Samuel Hise. , in Andersonville prison, July 14, 1864: Walter S. Lange. D, at Murfreesboro, May 19, 1862; Joseph L. Nelan. . 1. at Louisville, September 28, 1863; John W. Stafford. I, in Andersonville prison, June 25, 1864; William Shera. I, at Nashville. July 8. 1863, Nash- ville national cemetery : John F. Thompson, 1, at Cowan, Tennessee, August 15, 1863; James Wynn, I, at Nashville, March 26, 1863, Nashville national cemetery ; Robert Woodward. A, at Nashville, June 16, 1864, Nashville national cemetery.
SEVENTY-SIXTII REGIMENT.
Lieut. Robert Braden was detailed to Company D. Seventh Indiana Infantry, and James M. Pierce was drowned at Cannelton, Indiana, July 26, 1862.
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EIGHTY-THIRD REGIMENT.
Company E.
Lieut. Benjamin Bridges, killed at Vicksburg, December 28, 1862; Lieut. Darins M. Dodd, died at Memphis, October 2, 1863, Memphis national ceme- tery: William R. Lanius, died January 19, 1863; Oliver P. Andrews, at Mound City, Illinois, January 27, 1863; Huston J. Craig, at Young's Point. Louisiana, March 2, 1863: Matthew D. Evans, at St. Louis, March 29, 1863. St. Louis cemetery; Samuel Higgs, on hospital boat, January 23, 1863: James Harrell, at St. Louis, January 1, 1863. St. Louis cemetery ; John W. Kelly, at Memphis, November 13, 1863, Memphis national cemetery; John M. Long, at St. Louis, May 14, 1863, St. Louis cemetery : Charles Lindsey, Company I, at Cairo, Illinois, March 18, 1863.
NINETIETH REGIMENT-FIFTHI CAVALRY.
Company H.
John G. Aldridge, at Baltimore, Maryland, June 1, 1864; Alfred Austin, in Andersonville prison, November 27, 1864: John G. Shew, at Lexington, Kentucky, March 19, 1863; William F. Sumpter, at Florence, South Caro- lina, February 9, 1865.
GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC.
The Grand Army of the Republic has had six posts in Decatur county. at Greensburg, Newpoint, St. Paul, Westport, Clarksburg and Sardina, but only two of these, Greensburg and Westport, are now active. Death is fast claiming the old veterans and Greensburg Post now has only seventy-six members out of a total membership of over five hundred which it has enrolled during its career.
"Pap" Thomas Post No. 5 was established at Greensburg, July 2, 1879. This was before the Grand Army of the Republic had a state organization in Indiana and the local post was organized by Col. E. R. Chamberlain under the auspices of the Illinois department of the Grand Army of the Republic. As a matter of fact, the Greensburg Post claims to be the oldest in Indiana and should be No. I instead of No. 5. Thirty-five members were mustered in as charter members, and the following officers were elected on the initiatory night: Captain commander, Dr. John L. Wooden : senior vice-commander, M. D. Tackett: junior vice-commander, C. W. Harvey : quartermaster, J. F. Childs ; surgeon, Dr. Samuel Maguire; chaplain, Rev.
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B. F. Cavins: officer of the day. G. H. Dunn; officer of the guard, A. J. Smith; adjutant, W. W. Dixon; quartermaster-sergeant, J. M. Stevens; sergeant-major, Allen Withrow.
The names of the members are taken from the official records of the post in the order in which they appear: John F. Childs, Conrad Ehrhardt, George Higgs, John M. Stevens, Stephen Miller, Jacob Tice, L. H. Mar- shall, James Leggett, S. F. Rigby, E. Anderson, B. F. Cavens, George San- ders, John W. Sanders, William Bruner, Thomas T. Brown, D. C. Elder, J. N. Wallingford, Daniel Davis, L. Worcester, Thomas Mozingo, John Kirby, James B. Carter, Josiah Crume, H. Il. Talbott. Samuel Light, B. T. Black, J. W. Lanham, James B. White, B. M. Ricketts, Aquilla Edwards, Frank M. Dowden, Henry B. Carter, Lewis Fortune, Charles Barton, George W. Hightower, John F. Wolverton, John E. Rhiver, James 11. Gallup, Will Cumback, James W. Purvis, John Beeson, Giles E. White, George .1. Bower, John Pierce, Samuel Wimmer, William S. Johnston, Henry C. Snell, J. N. Adams, John A. Meck, John II. Brown, George W. Buffington, Hanibald H. Burns, Henry Leswig, B. F. Wells, Perry S. Freeman, S. F. Hearn. Robert W. Snyder, John W. Terhune, Martin V. Brummer, .Angus F. McCoy, William C. Dodd, Richard Braden, J. F. Kersey, George H. Mckee, Will- iam Bruner, Jeremiah Evans, William L. Miller, William Footman, James Fortune, Jasper Maple, E. A. McWilliams, R. C. Hall, J. W. Garrison, Michael Grow, Samuel McCrory, James M. Hall, William Maynard, A. B. Armington, John Moulton, Richard Baker, Charles H. Little, Samuel L. Keeley, James Clemens, John J. Nesbit, John W. Whipple, Ira Tanner, William Dwyer, Solomon K. Ames, Peter H. Huber, Milton S. Siling, W. HI. Vandever, Jerry B. Forbes, James F. Stewart, .1. S. Creath, Majenca Oldham, William A. Doles, John Tucker, Lewis Graham, James H. Alyea. Jackson S. Riley, Andrew J. Terrell, James I. Gageby, Van B. Straight, David A. Davidson, Allen G. Bates, William H. Montgomery, William S. Ketcham, Henry Jones, David .A. Tucker, Robert Miller. Jackson Isgrigg, David Short, James Endicott, John B. Hardeback, James R. Nicely, C. Anderson, John W. Stevens, James W. Fiscus, Taylor Meek, John W. Stout. Thomas Freel, R. Christian, H. H. Montgomery. John Foley, J. H. Kersey, Lewis J. Lafforge, William Harrell. Erastus S. Bussell. J. C. Bar- nard. Ezekiel Horstley, William Kennedy, G. W. Brown, W. A. Dryden, B. D. Fowler, James McConnell, Frank S. Soper, Henry Thomson, Marion Fiscus, E. F. Herrick, Bernard Muller, W. F. Bird. Thomas Doles, Zephe- miah Lawrence, William Conquest. O. D. Martin, Elisha Chance, Matthias Herr, John R. Snook. James Kennedy, Robert H. Evans, E. K. Pond, N.
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M. Higgins, W. H. Sedrick, Richard Literel, W. R. Elder, A. D. Reeves, James H. Pavy, James M. Berry, George Griffitts, F. W. Sisco, Isaac W. White, Alexander Ralston, John Suttles, Charles 1. Ainsworth, Daniel Hig- don, J. W. Burney, W. H. Jussey, Myron S. Harding, Merritt Dorsey, John Welsh, J. T. Applegate, W. D. Dailey, W. L. Hasbrouck, James H. Weeks, Jared S. Ryker, George W. Morgan, W. H. Walters, Robert Tillman, John C. Riley, Brumfield Turner, Jesse Jones, Squire Hittle, Paul R. Stage, Alfred M. Hooten, Josiah Savage, Samuel Barbour, Milton G. Moore, Lafayette Dillman, John H. Weaver, George N. Vanostram, John T. Glass, M. C. Welch, Edward E. Rouse, Joseph Drake, Moses Knox, John H. Alcorn, William M. Miller, Felix Gartin, B. F. Cooksey, David Bruner, John Jones, John T. Hazen, Frank Rahe, John Coy, George S. Dickey, J. F. Osting, Absolom Robbins, William Jones, William S. Smith, Jasper Cobb, O. C. Elder, George Durk, Barney Murray, George Wayner, William F. Marsh, Francis M. Kinney, James H. Conley, Robert B. Whiteman, J. W. Stivers, R. G. Adams, F. C. Eddleman, T. S. Hughes, R. II. Evans, J. S. Christy, James H. Cox, Jesse Miller, Charles Fromer, J. H. Kirkpatrick, Hugh D. Galla- gher, J. H. St. John, John T. Sturgis, Thomas Edmeads, Henry W. Vogle, W. H. Binning, Matthew R. Porter, James B. Conover, Benjamin Ketcham. Milton G. Alyea, Nottingham Bradburn, B. F. McCoy, Samuel L. Ander- son, Francis M. Crumes, Lewis A. Sturgis, J. B. F. Reed, John W. Taylor. Theodore Miller, W. A. Craig, William J. McClain, John Hunter. William N. Moberly, Joshua F. Cox, Thomas H. Kennedy, W. N. Rozzell, Judson Hays, James M. Hiner, Samuel F. Applegate, Charles B. Johnson, Daniel Miller, Spencer Clemmons, Thomas Hughes, Thomas Kratt, A. E. Hirsh- field, John S. Marsh, T. B. Peery, Charles Smith, William McCune, R. D. Black, Henry Duncan, W. A. Lawson, James M. McConnell, Samuel Scott, James S. Elliott, Benjamin Ketcham. Isaac D. Waits, Charles W. Wiley, Harry H. Dowden, W. H. Snodgrass, James P. Long, Reuben Smalley, Noah Moody, R. F. Thomas, James G. Adkins, Moses Butcher, John Mullenix, D. W. Sanders, Joseph W. Hubbell, Oliver Perry Ennis, John F. Hinman, John Ehrhard, Samuel Brown, James L. Powner, Jacob L. Doll, Elihu Tooley, Samuel Jones, Edmund A. Trusler, Hugh Brison, E. D. Smith, Eli Hase, I. G. Wolverton, James C. Bell, George C. Conk. George W. Mowrer, James Leggitt, W. M. McKay, H. F. Witter. W. J. Crisler, Isadore Strawback. Joseph F. Wainwright, A. P. Bone, John Ran- kin, Daniel Coy, James Welch, W. S. Haycock, Ephriam Ashcraft. Edmond M. Garten, J. M. Tobias, Orlando Hood, Monroe Marsh, A. G. Fisher, Will-
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iam R. Withers, John W. Boyd, Samuel Bruner, W. P. Wynkoop, William Douglass, J. J. Hazelrigg, G. B. Fleming, C. C. Ennis and James A. Wilson.
The present officers of "Pap" Thomas Post are as follows: W. W. Dixon, post commander ; H. C. Snell, senior vice-commander ; Benjamin Ketcham, junior vice-commander; O. C. Elder, chaplain; Samuel H. Stew- art, surgeon; J. F. Childs, adjutant: A. S. Creath, quartermaster; J. S. Short, quartermaster-sergeant ; Jasper Cobb, sergeant-major; J. N. Annis, officer of the day; Reuben Sinalley, officer of the guard; A. Murphy, patriot instructor. It should be mentioned that the post has one living member. Reuben Smalley, who wears a medal of honor conferred upon him by Congress for distinguished bravery in the siege of Vicksburg. Mr. Smalley enlisted from Ripley county, but has lived most of his life since the war in Decatur county. He is the only living soldier in the county with such a medal and one of the very few in the United States who has been a recipient of official recognition on the part of Congress. One other Ripley county volunteer, and a later resident of Decatur county to receive this coveted honor was the late Jacob Overturf.
TIIE G. A. R. CANNON.
On May 19, 1897, the local Grand Army of the Republic post received a thirty-two-pound cannon, which was donated by the government. It was shipped to Greensburg from Portsmouth, Maine, and the post had to pay the freight charges of thirty-one dollars. It now stands in South Park cemetery and is flanked by the fifty thirty-two-pound balls which came with it. Major M. D. Tackett and Capt. Silas F. Rigby had charge of the plac- ing of the cannon at its present location.
THIE WOMAN'S RELIEF CORPS.
The cause which led to the organization of the Woman's Relief Corps can be traced back to the first battlefield of the great Rebellion. The work of American women in the great conflict for the preservation of the Union was that of relief upon the field of battle, and in the hospital: relief for the wives and children of those at the front; relief for the widows and orphans of those who never returned.
The Grand Army of the Republic was organized by the "boys in blue" soon after the close of the war, to perpetuate the principles of fraternity, charity and loyalty, and to relieve the wants of their needy comrades. It soon became evident they needed the assistance which only loyal patriotic
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women could give. In response to this demand, many societies were formed under various names ; but it was not until July, 1883, by invitation of Paul Vandervoort, commander-in-chief of the Grand Army of the Republic, that representatives of societies from sixteen states met with the national encamp- ment in Denver, and perfected a national organization to be known as the National Woman's Relief Corps, which was at once adopted by the encamp- inent as the auxiliary of the Grand Army of the Republic. From this little band of fifty-six members, the membership is now more than one hundred and sixty thousand.
The objects of the Woman's Relief Corps are to assist the Grand Army of the Republic in caring for the Union veteran and his dependent ones; to perpetuate the memory of their heroic dead, and to inculcate lessons of
WOMAN'S RELIEF CORPS.
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Auxiliary to the
GRAND ARMY FRE REPUBLIC.
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patriotism and love of country among the children and in the communities in which they live.
Patriotic teaching in the public schools was adopted in 1893. Thou- sands of flags, Declaration of Independence charts, oliographs of the origin and history of the Stars and Stripes, patriotic primers, flag drills and salutes have been presented the schools; one thousand primers and five hundred oleographs were sent to the commissioner of education in San Juan, Porto Rico, for distribution in their schools; one thousand primers and five hun- dred oleographs to Honolulu; five hundred primers and two hundred and fifty oleographs, with hundreds of flags, to the schools in the South. Flags and patriotic literature have also been sent the schools of Panama and New ยท Mexico.
From the organization to March 31, 1914, $4,428,064 have been expended for relief and Memorial day in the South.
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"Pap" Thomas Corps No. 113 was instituted at Greensburg, May 21, 1888, with twenty-seven members, by Miss India Hackleman, assisted by Mrs. Ben Smith, Mrs. Mary Conover, Mrs. Lon S. Havens and Mrs. J. B. Reeve, all of Rushville. The charter members were, Joanna Elder, Clara Creath, Louisa M. Bone, Ella Ilightower, Versie Bell, Ella Straisinger, Jane Stage, Mary L. Hearne, Elizabeth Leswing, Martha J. Alyea, Stella Alyea, Catharine Jones, Rose Bruner, Matilda Davis, Margaret Johnson, Flora B. Theis, Mellie D. Drake, Louisa V. Knox, Martha E. Garrison, Mary W. Scobey, Ella Childs, Eliza J. Crisler, Cyrena White, Margaret Trusler, Margaret Conquest, Alice M. Dowden and Lottie M. Ehrhardt. Of this number, eighteen are living, nine have been called home, and seven have withdrawn.
Our blessed Lord framed a memorial to perpetuate His own memory throughout all time when He said, "This do in remembrance of me." And when, in 1868. Gen. Jolin A. Logan, then commander-in-chief of the Grand Army of the Republic, designated the 30th day of May for the purpose of "strewing with flowers the graves of those who died in defense of their country during the late rebellion, and whose bodies now lie in almost every city, village and hamlet church-yard in the land," he builded for himself and them a memorial which will never disappear from American history.
AAnd, believing it fitting that the living should also be remembered, in 1890 the Flower Mission was introduced, and like the mustard seed it has flourished, its branches reaching almost three thousand corps. By it, many darkened homes and sad hearts have been made brighter.
"For who so careth for the flowers, Will much more care for Him."
During the past year "Pap" Thomas Corps has expended for flowers for sick comrades and funerals, $65.85.
Fifty-one orphans have been placed in the Soldiers' and Sailors' Orphans' Home at Knightstown, where they have every advantage of the children of well-to-do parents. A number of them now occupy positions of honor and trust.
Six hundred and ninety dollars have been spent for relief, and nine hundred and fifty dollars in necessaries for relief. Each year ten dol- lars is turned over to the post, and five dollars for Memorial day in the South and for the Christmas fund.
The Greensburg schools have the proud distinction of being the first to adopt patriotic teaching as introduced by the Woman's Relief Corps.
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Two large flags, ten by twenty feet in size, have been furnished city schools ; one hundred patriotic primers, and one hundred oleographs of the origin and history of the Stars and Stripes, with flag drills and patriotic selections, have been presented the teachers of Decatur county; and Dec- laration of Independence charts furnished each school in Washington township.
Through the Woman's Relief Corps, a law was enacted by the Indiana Assembly in 1911, by which every school in Indiana may be provided with a flag, if the teacher asks for it.
DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION.
The Daughters of the American Revolution was organized on October II, 1890, in Washington, D. C., with eighteen members. The first presi- dent-general was Mrs. Caroline Scott Harrison, wife of Benjamin Harri- son, then President of the United States, which position she held at the time of her death, October 25, 1902. The late Mrs. Charles W. Fairbanks, also of Indiana, hield this position from 1901 to 1905.
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The objects of the society are, to perpetuate the memory of the men and women who achieved American independence; the protection of histor- ical spots and the erection of monuments; the encouragement of historical research in relation to the Revolution and the publication of its results; the preservation of documents and relics. and of the records of the individual services of Revolutionary soldiers and patriots, and the promotion of cele- brations of all patriotic anniversaries ; to carry out the injunction of Wash- ington in his farewell address to the American people, "to promote, as an object of primary importance, institutions for the general diffusion of knowl- edge," thus developing an enlightened public opinion and affording to young and old such advantages as shall develop in them the largest capacity for performing the duties of American citizens : to cherish, maintain and extend the institutions of American freedom; to foster true patriotism and love of country, and to aid in securing for mankind all the blessings of liberty.
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Any woman is eligible for membership who is eighteen years of age, and is lineally descended from a patriot, man or woman, who aided in establishing American independence.
On March 1, 1915, one hundred fourteen thousand one hundred and sixty-six had been admitted to membership. There were one thousand four hundred and thirty chapters in the United States, and one each in Cuba, Mexico and the Philippines.
Memorial Continental Ilall, at Washington, D. C., erected by the Daugh- ters of the American Revolution, at a cost of more than five hundred thousand dollars, is the only such building erected by women, and was built by volun- tary contributions, the chapters of Indiana contributing almost ten thou- sand dollars. It is of Vermont marble and in design and general appear- ance is a copy of the classic buildings of our Revolutionary period. The corner stone was laid on April 19, 1904, under the auspices of the Masonic fraternity ; the gavel used was the one with which George Washington laid the corner stone of the national capitol in 1793. In this building all docu- ments and records of the society are preserved, also priceless relics of the past. It is furnished throughout with magnificent old-time furniture and rare paintings, the gifts of chapters and individuals. The continental con- gress of the national society is held in this building.
Lone Tree Chapter No. 743 was organized in Greensburg by the state regent, Mrs. William Guthrie. April 6, 1907, with the following charter members: Mrs. Mary M. Tarkington Alexander, Mrs. Lida Montgomery Cobb, Mrs. Elizabeth Montgomery Craig, Mrs. Emma A. Donnell, Mrs. Eliza McNabb Eddleman, Mrs. Maude Kitchin Johnson, Mrs. Ella Robbins Kitchin, Mrs. Juliet Spliker Lemon, Mrs. Alice Gray Markland, Miss Sarah Gageby Montgomery, Miss Sue M. Montgomery, Miss Rebecca Montgom- ery, Miss Elizabeth Fulton Shirk, Mrs. Lizzie Woodfil Turner, Mrs. Pearl Kitchin Woodfil, Mrs. Eliza Talbott Wolverton, Annetta Wampler Shan- non, Mrs. Ensebia Craven Stimson and Mrs. Rose Hendricks Zoller.
The first officers were Mrs. Ensebia C. Stimson, regent ; Mrs. Lizzie W. Turner, vice-regent : Emma A. Donnell, secretary; Pearly K. Woodfil, cor- responding secretary; Mrs. Eliza T. Wolverton, treasurer; Elizabeth F. Shirk, registrar, and Sue M. Montgomery, historian. The past regents are, Mrs. Stimson, Mrs. Turner, and Miss Donnell. The present ( 1915) officers and members are: Mrs. Jessie Riley, regent ; Mrs. Maude Kitchin Johnson, vice-regent : Mary Wolverton, secretary; Mrs. Oliver Dickey Gilham, cor- responding secretary; Mrs. Irma Cory Douglas, treasurer; Rebecca Mont- gomery, registrar, and Anna L. Riley, historian; Mrs. Mary M. Tarking-
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ton Alexander, Mrs. Mabel Kennedy Bainbridge, Sadie Baker, Hannah Baker, Mrs. Elizabeth Gavin Bryan, Mrs. Lida Montgomery Cobb, Mrs. Elizabeth Montgomery Craig. Mrs. Eliza J. Stagg Crisler, Emma A. Donnell, Winona Crisler Deiwert, Mrs. Mollie Stoner Fogg, Mabel D. Foley, Mrs. Mary Spliker Haines, Grace E. Haines, Mrs. Flora Gaines Haas, Gertrude Haas, Mrs. Ella Robbins Kitchin, Sue M. Montgomery, Mrs. Stella Green Rucker, Patience Rucker, Mrs. Ethel Riley Ryan, Mrs. Laura Gates Sefton, Flor- ence Sefton, Elizabeth Fulton Shirk, Mrs. Sarilda Robbins Smiley, Mrs. Ensebia Craven Stimson, Mrs. Lizzie Woodfil Turner, Pearl AA. Williams, Mrs. Eliza Talbott Wolverton, Mrs. Pearl Kitchin Woodfil and Mrs. Rose Hendricks Zoller.
The chapter has lost, by death, Miss Sarah Gageby Montgomery, Mrs. Juliet Spilker Lemon, Mrs. Sarah Ann Gageby Montgomery, Mrs. Mary Jane Quick Mendenhall, Miss Bessie Craig and Mrs. Amanda Gageby Sil- ing ; by withdrawal, Mrs. Eliza M. Eddleman, Mrs. Alice G. Markland and Mrs. Mary Hendee Fradenburgh ; by transfer, Mrs. Anna G. Stagg Magill.
At the last state conference, Miss Emma Donnell was elected state vice-regent, an honor well bestowed, and appreciated by the local chapter. On July 4, 1908, a large flag was presented to the public library, at which time an appropriate program was rendered. Markers have been provided for the graves of four Revolutionary soldiers, and ninety dollars contributed to the Memorial Continental Hall at Washington, D. C. The Michigan road, the most historic in Decatur county, will be marked with a handsome boulder bearing a bronze inscription tablet, to be presented to the city on Flag day, June 14, 1916, as Lone Tree Chapter's part in the celebration of the anniversary of Indiana's admission into the Union. The committee in charge is Pearl A. Williams, Mrs. Eliza J. Crisler and Mrs. Ensebia C. Stimson. The boulder will adorn the triangular lot at the intersection of North Michigan avenue and Ireland street, and will be a lasting tribute to the honored pioneers and a spot where the present and future generations may pause in reverence to the memory of the sturdy ancestors who opened the way to the present advanced civilization.
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