History 1892-1933

Publication

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Jacksonville History Center

Name/Title

History 1892-1933

Entry/Object ID

Library.324

Tags

Library Rare books collection as of June 4 2023

Description

381 pages front., illus. (incl. ports.) 24cm. History 1892-1933 by DAR. Library copy: Inscription on verso of front cover - Given to Dena Snodgrass by Leah Davis Merritt, July 8, 1967. v.1, 1892-1933 Spine title: History D. A. R. (DAR) of Florida, vol.1 Compiled by Committee on publication, Mrs. Glenville C. Frissell, honorary chairman, Mrs. George C. Harman, chairman, Mrs. J P. Dodge, Mrs. A.A. Sturgis ... Inscription: T. Frederick Davis presented by Jacksonville Chapter of the National Society of the DAR April 19th, 1933. Dedication page inscribed by (Mrs. R.E.) Margaret F. Stevens, State Regent, and (Mrs. G. C.) Elizabeth R. Harmon, State Historian. Mrs. Glenville C. Frissell of Miami, first State Historian and an early State Regent. Contents: Dedication -- Foreword -- Our emblem -- Past State officers -- Florida State conferences -- State regents and National officers -- State song -- State achievements -- Florida chapters -- Children of the American Revolution -- Roll of honor. Jacksonville chapter information - women who served as State officer: Mrs. Ambler appointed March 12, 1894, served until 1897 as Regent -- Henrietta Shoemaker Christopher, 1897-99, Regent -- Katherine Livingston Eagan, 1900-03, Regent -- Mrs. Duncan U. Fletcher, 1904-06, Regent with Mrs. J. E. Merrill as Secretary -- Mrs. Agnes Mead Cook, 1906-07, Regent with Mrs. J. E. Merrill, Secretary -- Mrs. John G. Christopher, 1908, Regent with Mrs. J. E. Merrill as Sec.-Treas. -- Mrs. J. M. Mahoney, 1909-10, Regent with Miss Annie Locke as Sec.-Treas. -- Miss Annie Locke, 1913 & 1914, Historian -- Mrs. J. E. Merrill, 1916, 2nd Vice-Regent -- Mrs. Arthur B. Gilkes, 1917 & 1918, Regent -- Mrs. Ida Floyd White, 1919 Secretary,1920 Recording Secretary,1921 Registrar, 1922 & 1923 Corresponding Secretary, 1924 & 1925 Vice-Regent, 1926 & 1927 Regent, Mrs. George C. Harman, 1928 & 1929 Treasurer , 1931 & 1932 Historian. Biograhies & photographs of active Jax women at State level: Mrs. John G. Christopher -- Mrs. Katherine Livingston Eagan -- Mrs. Fannie E. Barnard Taylor -- Mrs. Duncan Upshaw Fletcher -- Mrs. Ernest V. Nicholl -- Mrs. James Matthew Mahoney -- Mrs. Fannie Mattair Gilkes -- Mrs. James A. Craig -- Mrs. Ida Floyd White. Information on: Fort Matanzas -- Ribault Monument -- State Genealogical Library -- Mrs. George C. Harman -- Emma Jessie Adams (Mrs. James P. Dodge). Information on the Jacksonville chapter (pages 76-110) including Old Trails Marker located in ne corner of Hemming Park with address delivered by T. Frederick Davis with photograph -- Fort San Nicholas marker --Revolutionary Soldiers' graves of Dr. James Hall and John Vaughan's grave -- Elizabeth Taylor Felt Gale -- Mrs. George W. Trout -- Mrs. Jay H. Durkee -- Miss Elizabeth V. Long -- Elizabeth Maria Maxey Bogart -- Mrs. Franklin G. Russell -- Mrs. Lina L'Engle Barnett -- Mrs. Jean Baptiste Graves -- Mrs. Thomas Palmer Denham -- Mrs. Frank E. Jennings -- Mrs. James Francis Dobbin -- Louise Caroline Meigs -- Margaret Rankin Young -- Mrs. James E. Merrill -- Mrs. Garrett Porter. Information on the Katherine Livingston Chapter, Jacksonville, pages 169-182. Information on the Jean Ribault Society, pages 337-338, Mary Winston Long, Junior President, Princess Malee Society -- Star and Stripes Society. Katherine Livingston Chapter (pages 169-182), Jacksonville, recognized on February 5, 1910 and met on February 12 to effect a permanent organization.. Some of the Jax women involved with this chapter:Mrs. T. G. Hoyt -- Mrs. Duncan Fletcher -- Mrs. H. R. Philips -- Ruth Rich -- Mrs. Edward Harvey Clarkson -- Mrs. Robert W. Simms -- Mrs. Leslie F. Braman.

Collection

Library

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Book

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Other Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Search Terms

Daughters of the American Revolution. Florida State Society -- Directories., Florida -- Genealogy., Florida -- History., Trout, Grace Wilbur., Merrill, James Eugene, Mrs. 1858-1921., Davis, T. Frederick (Thomas Frederick), 1877-1946., Daughters of the American Revolution. Florida State Society -- History., United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Societies, etc.

Publication Details

Author

Daughters of the American Revolution. Florida State Society., Frissell, Myrtie Pierce

Publisher

Douglas

Place Published

* Untyped Place Published

Jacksonville, FL

Call No.

Rare Book E 202.5 .J3 B9 v.1

LCCN

33030219