479 WFCHS/THL
Scope and Content: This collection is comprised of minutes, certificates, correspondence, scrapbooks, regents’ lists, yearbooks, membership forms, obituaries and other material concerning the Fort Loudoun Chapter of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution (NSDAR) from 1921 to the present.
(15 boxes) Last updated 08/2016. DIGITIZED 03/07.
Biographical/Historical: The Fort Loudoun Chapter of the NSDAR was organized at Washington’s Headquarters on Dec. 2, 1921, with Dr. Kate Barrett as Virginia state regent and Katherine Glass Greene as organizing regent of the chapter. There were 27 original members to the tenth chapter formed in Virginia. The purpose of the NSDAR is to provide a national organization for women to remember the men and women who achieved independence through education and research. The chapter now has over 125 members and continues to promote the history of America through scholarships, essay contents, and special historical and patriotic programs.
Cite As: Fort Loudoun Chapter NSDAR Records, 479 WFCHS/THL, Stewart Bell Jr. Archives, Handley Regional Library, Winchester, VA, USA.
Organization:
Box 1
Certificates to Fort Loudoun Chapter, 1975-2003, unnumbered, printed
Certificates to Fort Loudoun Chapter, 2011-2013, unnumbered leaves, printed
Certificates—Honor Roll—To Fort Loudoun Chapter (1964-1995); unnumbered leaves with honor roll ribbons
Certificates—State Conference Awards—To Fort Loudoun Chapter (March 2012-March 2013); 18 items, printed
Correspondence, unnumbered items, typescript
History of the Fort Loudoun Chapter; unnumbered items/leaves, printed and typescript
Membership Lists, 9 leaves, typescript
1934-35
1963
Miscellaneous Items, 12 items, printed
News Articles, 1920 to present, unnumbered, printed (photocopy)
Newsletters—Fort Loudoun Chapter, NSDAR (March 2012—June 2013); unnumbered leaves, typescript
Program—District V Fall Muster, Virginia Daughters of the American Revolution, Fairfax, VA; September 14, 2010 and September 19, 2012; 2 books, printed
Programs, Feb. 6, 1923, 2 items, printed
Regents of Fort Loudoun Chapter; unnumbered leaves, printed/typescript
Report—American History Committee Work, 2009-2010; 33 leaves, printed
Roster and Program Schedule, 1945-1946, Fort Loudoun Chapter, DAR, Winchester, VA, 2 pages, printed
Scrapbooks, pages from 1931-1979, unnumbered, printed (photocopy)
Shendow, William—Recommendation for Award of DAR Medal of Honor; unnumbered leaves, printed
75th Anniversary (1921-1996) Press Kit, 1 item, typescript
90th Anniversary Celebration—Fort Loudoun Chapter, NSDAR (December 17, 2011); 2 programs, printed
116th Continental Congress—National Society DAR (2007); 1 program, printed
121st Continental Congress—National Society, DAR (2012); 1 book (printed), 1 brochure (printed), 1 program (printed)
122nd Continental Congress—National Society, DAR (2013); 1 program, printed
BOX 1A—State Conferences
DAR Yearbook—Proceedings of the 105th State Conference (March 16-18, 2001); 1 book, 193 pages, printed
DAR Yearbook—Proceedings of the 106th State Conference (March 22-24, 2002); 1 book, 177 pages, printed
DAR Yearbook—Proceedings of the 107th State Conference (March 21-23, 2003); 1 book, 185 pages, printed
DAR Yearbook—Proceedings of the 108th State Conference (March 19-21, 2004); 1 book, 188 pages, printed
DAR Yearbook—Proceedings of the 113th State Conference (March 20-22, 2009); 1 book, 167 pages, printed
DAR Yearbook—Proceedings of the 114th State Conference (March 12-14, 2010); 1 book, 171 pages, printed
DAR Yearbook—Proceedings of the 115th State Conference (March 25-27, 2011); 1 book, 166 pages, printed
DAR Yearbook—Proceedings of the 116th State Conference (March 16-18, 2012); 1 book, 240 pages, printed
State Conferences: Proceedings of the State Conferences, Fort Loudoun Chapter—1922-1995, 1 item, typescript, photocopy
State Conferences: Thirty-Second Virginia State Conference, Daughters of the American Revolution, 1928, 1 item, printed
State Conferences: 1931, 1 item, printed
State Conferences: 2002
Program—116th State Conference—Virginia Daughters of the American Revolution (March 16-18, 2012); 2 programs, printed
Program—117th State Conference—Virginia Daughters of the American Revolution (March 15-17, 2013); 2 books, printed
Box 2-Yearbooks and Bylaws
Bylaws: Chapter, State, National
Bylaws, folder contains the following years:
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1955
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1999
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2008
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2011
Yearbooks: 1921-1963, 24 items, printed
Yearbooks: 1964-1980, 16 items, printed
Yearbooks: 1980-1997, 17 items, printed
Yearbooks: 2000-2002, 2 items, printed
Yearbooks: 2003-2004, 2 items, printed
BOX 2A-Yearbooks and Bylaws
Yearbooks: 2011-2012, 68 pages, printed
Yearbooks: 2012-2013, 68 pages, printed
Yearbooks: 2013-2014, 72 pages, printed
Yearbooks: 2015-2016, 76 pages, printed
DAR Handbooks and Bylaws:
2008; 1 book, printed
2011; 1 book, printed
Box 3—Projects
Donations—folder includes pamphlets and information to promote the donations to/from the Fort Loudoun Chapter DAR; unnumbered leaves, printed
Dutch Mess—Daniel Morgan
Flag Day Ceremony—DAR (4th Annual) June 14, 2013; 3 programs, printed
George Washington’s First Journey to the Shenandoah Valley, by Patricia Wheeler Gochenour
Did Not Digitize
Opequon Church Marker, 1939
Revolutionary Ancestors, Fort Loudoun Chapter, compiled by Laura Gold Crawford, 1933, 1 item, typescript
Revolutionary War Soldiers Project—Amick & Danley, A-C typed and notes
Revolutionary War Trails of Old Frederick County, Virginia, 1 item, printed, 85 pages—Do Not Publish Without Written Permission of Donor Did Not Digitize
Sperry, John—Memorial Service, 1974, 1 news article, printed (photocopy); program, 5 pages, printed
Pamphlets, 11 items
Washington, George and Religion—Pamphlet
White, Michael—Grave Marking Ceremony; May 26, 2013, 2 leaves, printed
Box 4
Frederick Co., VA—Order and Minute Book Abstracts B-Z, 1763-1830, from the Julian Baker Collection, 87 WFCHS
Did Not Digitize
Bible records, 104 pages, photocopy:
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Adams |
Fisher |
Hottel |
Mort |
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Bean |
Foltz |
Larrick |
Shayer |
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Bly |
Good |
McWilliams |
Shrum |
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Crabill |
Hockman |
Manueh |
Stanger |
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Emswiller |
Hollar |
Markley |
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Obituary records for people born in the 1800s, 75 pages
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Name |
Page |
Name |
Page |
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Bowman, Leroy H. |
1 |
Kimble, Lydia J. |
9 |
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Bowman, Margaret E. |
1 |
Klopp, Jenettie C. |
9 |
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Brown, Lula M. |
1 |
Lentz, Virgil E. |
10 |
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Bumgardner, Vernon B. |
1 |
Litten, Ida |
10 |
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Campbell, Mayes D. |
2 |
Luttrell, Carter E. |
10 |
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Chappell, Ada P. |
2 |
Long, Clara A. |
11 |
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Cooper, Victor A. |
2 |
McLaughlin, Marjorie |
11 |
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Diehl, Floyd M. |
2 |
McTiernan, Phyllis L. |
11 |
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Dorsey, Ralph Nicholas |
3 |
Mills, Nettie P. |
12 |
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Ellis, Evelyn H. |
3 |
Miller, Sheridan F. |
12 |
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Evans, Ona G. |
4 |
Norman, Nina Louise |
12 |
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Fogle, Ruth C. |
4 |
Oates, Sadie C. |
13 |
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Frye, Ruth P. |
5 |
Painter, Clara M. |
13 |
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Good, E. Grace |
5 |
Patterson, Mabel L. |
13 |
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Gunter, Bessie A. |
6 |
Pullen, James R. |
13 |
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Haun, Garrett H. |
6 |
Richardson, Allan B. |
14 |
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Haun, Lydia C. |
6 |
Solenberger, Gladys W. |
14 |
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Heishman, Elizabeth |
7 |
Summers, Willie, Sr. |
15 |
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Holland, Benjamin |
7 |
Thomason, Fannie D. |
15 |
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Hottel, Charles |
8 |
Tohlin, Ethel J. |
15 |
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Hottle, Ora E. |
7 |
Warden, Frances |
16 |
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Judge, Laurie L. |
8 |
Washington, George H. |
16 |
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Judy, Monna |
8 |
Whittington, Ruth E. |
17 |
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Kentner, Emma Y. |
9 |
White, A. Corinne |
17 |
Note: Northern Virginia Daily, published in Strasburg, VA
Shenandoah Valley-Herald, published in Woodstock, VA
The Washington Post, published in Washington, DC
Bloomington-Normal, published in Bloomington, IL
Inactive Membership Forms
Note: List of membership forms available at conclusion of inventory
Note: Forms may not be photocopied without written permission of regent.
Box 5—Inactive membership forms, A-M DID NOT DIGITIZE
Box 6—Inactive membership forms, N-Z DID NOT DIGITIZE
Box 6A—Inactive membership Forms
Box 7—Minutes 1921-1969
Minutes 1922-1923, 1923-1924
Minutes 1926-1933
Minutes 1933-1943
Minutes 1943-1951
Minutes 1951-1953 (1951-1953)
Minutes 1954-1957
Minutes 1958-1961
Minutes 1962-1965
Minutes 1966-1969
Box 8—Minutes
Minutes 1970-1971
Minutes 1972-1973
Minutes 1973-1974
Minutes Sept. 1975-June 1976
Minutes 1976-1977
Minutes 1977-1978
Minutes 1978-1979
Minutes1979-1980
Minutes 1980-1981
Minutes 1981-1982
Minutes 1982-1983; membership list
Minutes 1984-1985
Box 9
Minutes 1986-1987
Minutes 1988-1989
Minutes 1990-1991
Minutes 1992-1993
Minutes 1994-1995
Minutes 1996
Minutes 1997
Box 10
Minutes 1998-1999
Minutes 2000-2001
Minutes Mar. 2004-May 2004
Minutes June 2004-May 2005
Minutes June 2005-May 2006
Minutes June 2006-May 2007
Box 11
Minutes June 2007-May 2008
Minutes June 2008-June 2009
Minutes September-December 2009
Minutes March-June 2010
Minutes September-December 2010
Minutes March-June 2011
Minutes September-December 2011
Minutes March-May 2012
Minutes September-December 2012
Minutes March-June 2013
Minutes September-December 2013
BOX 12
Minutes February-June 2014
Minutes September-December 2014
Minutes February-June2015
Minutes August-December 2015
Minutes February-May 2016
List of inactive members. Records are found in boxes 5, 6 and 6A in alphabetical order.
Name (Last, First) Member Status Effective Ancestor Rank State Of No. Service
Amos, Suzanne Miller 753890 Resigned 09/25/2014 Adam Eptin, Soldier SC
Armel, Virginia Stuart 841178 Dropped 02/08/2008 Henry Bayliss, LT VA
Arnold, Meagan Rose 932515 Dropped 02/28/2016 Samuel Dedman, L Col. VA
Baker, Phyllis Ford 934144 Deceased 11/24/2015 Stephen Cromwell, Maj. MD
Baker, Teresa Emmart 625344 Resigned 10/13/2015 Phillip Engle, Sr. Soldier VA
Ballou, Emma Cooper 863172 Dropped 02/28/2011 Samuel Offutt, Pvt. MD
Beitzel, Virginia Ours 693688 Deceased 08/09/2010 Thomas Wilson, Pvt. MD
Bell, Elizabeth Keene 823676 Resigned 09/29/2014 William Hargrove, PS VA
Billings, Trilda V. Good** 851157 Deceased 07/23/2011 Michael Lohr, Pvt. MD
Blackman, Ruth Lucille 660422 Deceased 09/08/2012 David Kitchen, Pvt. VA
Brindle, Mary Alethea 643666 Deceased 04/10/2015 Gaven Cluggage, Capt. PA
Brooks, Karen Baldwin 878592 Dropped 02/28/2011 Hudson Berry, Soldier NC
Burch, Gretchen Stern 782869 Dropped 02/28/2014 Pleasant Childress, PVT. NC
Butler, Nancy Harrell 604028 Deceased 1/25/2012 Robert Land, Sr. PS VA
Cammer, Josephine Baker 550208 Deceased 09/30/2004 Abraham Anderson, Pvt VA
Carden, Joanna Grace Frances 912097 Dropped 02/28/2015 Richard Bridges, Sgt. VA
Cimbal, Jane E. Rees 864426 Transfer 12/01/2011 Daniel Hill, Seaman MA
Clarke, Martha Shaver 829700 Transfer 01/06/2005 Christopher Eye, PVT VA
Coates, Sally Hood 772680 Resigned 11/09/2004 Henry Baer, PVT MD
6 Supplementals: Peter Cramer, Patriot MD
John Schellman, Sr., CAPT MD
Jacob Wyson, Drum Major VA
Joseph Doll, SGT MD
Caspar Larrick, Patriot VA
Mordecai Bean, Patriot VA
Cooper, Mary T. Triplet 781118 Resigned 11/09/2002 Henry Cump, PVT VA
Name (Last, First) Member Status Effective Ancestor Rank State of
No. Service
Cronin, Phyllis Harrison 504087 Resigned 11/23/2009 Joseph Longacre, CAPT VA
Daily, Princess Strother 784194 Dropped 02/28/2014 Caspar Larrick, PS NC
Danley, Mildred Crisman 459401 Resigned 11/02/2005 Peter Helpenstine, MAJ VA
Age: 106 Deceased 11/30/2007
Draper, Deborah Katherine 8118878 Inactive 09/20/2010 Abraham Bonnell, Lt. NJ
Downey, Charlotte Stickley 505584 Deceased 03/14/2008 Benjamin Stickely, Soldier VA
Duncan, Elizabeth Pifer 698696 Resigned 06/06/2008 Mordecai Bean, Patriot VA
Duncan, Marguerita Frances 502293 Deceased 07/21/2008 William Carpenter, Jr., PVT VA
(Zimmerman) Amador
Dunn, Ruth Parry 711386 Deceased 07/11/2001 Abraham Bonnell, Lt. Col. NJ
Edmonds, Lora Cooper 663430 Resigned 11/16/2011 Samuel Offutt, Pvt. MD
Forseth, Tara Kristy 879267 Resigned 10/02/2015 Christian Myers, PVT. PA
Geary, Lynda Stikeleather 911176 Dropped 02/28/2016 Jacob Trope, PS NC
Glascock, Elizabeth Withers 579083 Deceased 01/04/2005 John Edwards, PVT VA
Hammack, Katherine 435699 Dropped 02/28/2006 Jacob Lincoln, LT VA
Deceased 08/23/2007
Hardy, Roberta Deane 811173 Resigned 11/25/2009 John Dean, Sr., Soldier VA
Harris, Laura Fernandez 883872 Resigned 09/28/2015 Zimri Cleveland, PVT. MA
Headley, Jacquelyn Kennedy 660023 Deceased 05/06/2008 Jonathan Allerton, Patriot NY, CT
Hughes, Joyce J. Goff 835505 Deceased 02/07/2012 John Goff, Jr., PS VA
Johnson, Mary Hottel 598919 Deceased 10/23/2006 (John) Jacob Hottel, PVT VA
Jones, Pauline Girdler 632419 Transfer 12/13/2003 Robert Buchanan, CAPT VA
1 Supplemental: James Girdler, PVT PA
Kalinich, Carol (Masek) 751997 Transfer 01/08/2010 Obadiah Gore, Jr., 1LT CT
Kinsey, Sandra Duffel 516910 Deceased 04/13/2016 Joseph Seay, PVT. VA
Name (Last, First) Member Status Effective Ancestor Rank State of
No. Service
Kropff, Roberta Deane 653479 Deceased 03/25/2004 John Cartwright, PVT VA
2 Supplementals: John Dean, Sr., Soldier VA
Jacob Heavner, Ensign VA
Kuehm, Alexandra Morgan 908118 Resigned 10/17/2014 Jacob Meixel, PVT. PA
Langhans, Erynn Lohman 908078 Resigned 10/26/2013 Henry Thomas, PVT. VA
Largay, Linda Matthews 524037 Resigned 11/20/2013 William Thornton, CS VA
Lefevre, Michele 845611 Resigned 11/18/2009 James Alexander, Sr., Patriot SC
Levi, Jeanne Cather 699712 Dropped 02/28/2001 Jasper Cather, Soldier VA
Deceased 03/15/2010—original application misfiled
Lohman, Sharon Thomas 908077 Resigned 10/24/2013 Henry Thomas, PVT. VA
Lohr, Susan Edina 546960 Dropped 02/28/2011 Rufus Putnam, Br.Gen MA
Mahler, Elizabeth Manthey 526260 Deceased 02/25/2008 William Bullock, CPL MA
Manen, Janice Hess 859222 Transfer 07/11/2013 Philip Ensminger, PS MD
Manuel, Betty B. McIlwee 655637 Deceased 10/21/2011 Casper Larrick, PS VA
Mann, Katherine Rhodes 362094 Deceased 01/18/2005 Christian Miller, SGT VA
1 Supplemental: Jacob Rhodes, PVT VA
Marco, Allyson Susanna 857205 Dropped 02/28/2009 Rufus Putnam, BGEN MA
McDonald, Verna Leight 709151 Dropped 02/28/2015 John Malick, PVT. NJ
McKenna, Mary Wheat 882852 Deceased 12/03/2014 John Springs, Capt. NC
Molyneaux, Ann Gerry 798109 Dropped 02/28/2008 Edmund Ragland, PVT VA
Motkso, Laura Clark 873937 Dropped 02/28/2011 Jeffrey Collins, Pvt. VA
Nay, Sherron Carole 867846 Resigned 10/15/2015 Isaac Tillotson, PVT. CT
Orndoff, Shannon Eileen 854301 Transfer 09/20/2012 Edmond Ragland, Pvt. VA
O’Roark, Laura Westcott 675052 Resigned 03/16/2014 Eleazer Lindsley, L Col. NJ
Painter, Anna Cooper 720571 Transfer 03/03/2005 Mordecai Bean, Patriot VA
Name (Last, First) Member Status Effective Ancestor Rank State of
No. Service
Pearce, Elizabeth Ann 666086 Resigned 06/19/2010 John Douglas, Pvt. NC
Deceased 03/02/2012
Peoples, Susan Ann Lynn 941681 Dropped 02/28/2016 John Markham, Sgt. VA
Pifer, Deanna Maria 883874 Resigned 09/28/2015 Zimri Cleveland, Pvt. MA
Pitner, Hamer Cole 325220 Resigned 11/13/2007 Peter Mead, Sr. CS PS CT
Rees, Margaret Peterson 864425 Dropped 02/28/2010 Daniel Hill, PVT MA
Rhoades, Janice L. Borden 830375 Resigned 11/16/2011 Gideon Rogers, Sgt. MA
Ritter, Peggy Carson 713884 Deceased 07/21/2011 George Moffatt, Col. VA
Robinson, Sallie A. Conley 809238 Resigned 11/07/2011 William Abernathy, PS VA
Rowe, Carol Baker Hough 430307 Resigned 11/16/2004 Isaac Hite, Jr., LT VA
Deceased 01/31/2010 Age: 101
Ruebush, Vera Minota 883873 Deceased 07/23/2010 Zimri Cleveland, Pvt. MA
Schwartzman, Bonnie Barrett 752427 Deceased 12/07/2015 James Griffin, Cpl. NC
Sclater, Patricia (Thompson) 645662 Transfer 01/22/2010 John Haden, 1 LT VA
Scrivener, Annie Belle 650497 Resigned 11/16/2011 George Whitaker, PS VA
Deceased 04/17/2012
Scrivner, Marjorie May 491529 Deceased 04/03/2004 George Whitacre, Patriot VA
Shepherd, Lena Foley 485683 Deceased 09/05/2005 Matthew Rust, 2LT, Patriot VA
Sherwood, Carolyn Randall 96375 Resigned 05/13/2014 Isreal Randall, Lt. NH
Shoemaker, Rosalind Larrick 651612 Deceased 07/06/2009 Casper Larrick, PVT VA
Simpson, Wilda Garrett 726272 Resigned 08/30/2010 Lewis Zirkle, PS VA
Snow, Sarah Morgan Plumly 609984 Resigned 11/09/2004 John Smith, GEN VA
Spencer, Mary Therese 857385 Transfer 08/17/2011 William Bolton, PS VA
Resigned
Sperry, Arretta Wakeman 594911 Deceased 06/16/2007 Christian Funkhouser, Soldier VA
Stern, Linda Childress 769769 Dropped 02/02/2016 Pleasant Childress, PVT. NC
From Assoc.
Name (Last, First) Member Status Effective Ancestor Rank State of
No. Service
Stimson, Emily Morrison 791526 Deceased 02/10/2006 Amos Francis, PVT CT
Stuart, Betty Meade 513475 Deceased 04/14/2006 Richard Meade, LTC VA
Sutton, Linda Morrison 656527 Deceased 08/31/2006 Benjamin Mathews, PVT VA
1 Supplemental: Edward Morrison, PVT VA
Swecker, Margaret Mitchell 430291 Deceased 10/09/2002 George Byrd, LT VA
Tate, Mary Elouise Brett 747819 Resigned 11/30/2009 Isaac Lane, LT NY, NC
*Tindall, Hannah Raymond 505936 Deceased 03/08/2010 *Former Associate Member (no appl.)
Trussel, Elizabeth Lucas 321570 Deceased 06/06/2010 Edward Lucas, Lt. VA
Umphrey, Marther Garner 860354 Deceased 12/07/2015 George Menefee, Sol. GA
Viens, Lily Ann V. 699051 Deceased 05/30/2010 William Bramble, Cpt. VT
Walch, Doris Hayden 777761 Transfer 05/04/2016 Samuel Warren, Pvt. MA
White, Anna Rae Rudacille 856896 Resigned 09/21/2011 John Rudesisilla, Soldier VA
Whitesell, Elizabeth 698353 Deceased 12/15/2010 John Teasley, GA
Williams, Margaret Louise 404639 Deceased 06/24/2014 Simon Copenhaver, Cpt. PA
**Associate Member of Fort Loudoun Chapter
Stewart Bell Jr. Archives
Handley Regional Library
Winchester-Frederick County Historical Society
P.O. Box 58, Winchester, VA 22604
(540) 662-9041 ext. 17
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