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The Benjamin Mills Chapter, NSDAR, was organized June 5, l913, by Mrs. Charles
Davidson. The majority of the charter members descended from the same patriot
ancestor, thus it was decided to use his name for the chapter designation.
CHARTER MEMBERS
Mrs. Charles Davidson Miss Mary McNeill
Mrs. K.E. Grigg Miss Mabel Wait
Mrs. Elizabeth Parsons Mrs. Bertha McNeill
Mrs. Ernest McCord Miss Grace McNeill
Mrs. F. E. Watson Mrs. Patricia Kesner
Mrs. C. J. Lindley Miss Emma Birge
Mrs. George F. Casey Miss Mary Henry
Mrs. Jonathan Sharp Miss Bertha Drayton
Mrs. U.E. Follett Dr. M. Louise Ravold
Mrs. Eva Mills Anderson Mrs. Betty Dodson
Mrs. Herbert Mulford Miss Jean Anderson
Mrs. Sam T. Henry Mrs. Mary McAlister
Mrs. J.B. Pearce Mrs. Lulu Taylor
Mrs. Dicie Rittenhouse
The eighty-fifth anniversary of the chapters organization was celebrated with a
luncheon on June 13, l998.
PAST REGENTS + Former State Officer ^ Honorary Regent *Deceased
*Martha McNeill Davidson 1913 -1915
*Cornelia L. Ravold Casey 1915 -1917
*Evelyn Hubbard Watson 1917 -1919
*Martha McNeill Davidson 1919 -1921
*Evelyn Hubbard Watson 1921- 1923
*Martha McNeill Davidson 1923 -1925
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Past Chapter Regents, continued
*Luzilla Parsons Grigg 1925 - 1926
*Mabel Dressor Dawdy 1926 - 1928
*Louise Ravold Schnepp 1928 - 1930
*Betty Pearce Dodson 1930 - 1932
*Louise Morey 1932 -1934
*Dena Follett McKee 1934 - 1936
*Louise Ravold Schnepp 1936 - 1938
*Alice Colcord Hobbs 1938 - 1940
*Betty Pearce Dodson 1940 - 1942
*Dorothy Griggs Kearney 1942 - 1944
Martha Goss Latzer 1944 - 1946
*Violet Willeford File 1946 - 1948
*Pauline Logsdon Watson 1948 - 1950
+* Cornelia Casey Davis 1950 - 1952
*Virginia Wheat Hoiles 1952 - 1954
*Mabel Dressor Dawdy 1954 - 1956
*Pauline Logsdon Watson 1956 - 1958
*Mary Cromley 1958 - 1960
*Evelyne Louise McCracken 1960 - 1962
*Lelah Clementz 1962 - 1964
*Violet Willeford File 1964 - 1966
*Lelah Clementz 1966 - 1968
+* Cornelia Casey Davis 1968 - 1970
*Evelyn Louise McCracken 1970 - 1972
*Violet Willeford File 1972 - 1974
*Hildred Wise Sturgeon 1974 - 1976
*Norma Bird Turley 1976 - 1978
*Evelyne Louise McCracken 1978 - 1980
*Josephine McHenry Paisley 1980 - 1982
*Pauline Logsdon Watson 1982 - 1985
* ^ +Mildred Crowder Himstedt 1985 - 1989
+ * Cornelia Casey Davis 1989 - 1991
Virginia Whitlock Wise 1991 - 1993
*^ + Mildred Crowder Himstedt 1993 - 1997
Karen Dewey Bauer 1997 - 2003
^ Annella Hammer Baumann 2003 - 2005
^ Karen Dewey Bauer 2005 - 2007
^ Norma Rench Belt 2007 - 2009
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NSDAR MOTTO
God, Home and Country
National Officers
National Society, Daughters of the American Revolution
President General Merry Ann Thompson Wright
First Vice Pres. General Beverly Woodruff Jensen
Chaplain General Laura Marcella Reid
Recording Secretary Genl Lynn Forney Young
Corresponding Secy. Genl Sally Napier Bueno
Organizing Secy. Genl Jean Dixon Mann
Treasurer General Sarah Potts Voll
Registrar General Patricia Eddy Carpenter
Historian General Ann Arnold Hunter
Librarian General Joan MacInnes Hunter
Curator General Beverly Dardene West
Reporter General Jean Whatley Vaughan
National Parliamentarian Carole D. Belcher
National Address
NSDAR Administration Building
1776 D Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20006 5392
Telephone: 1 202 628 1776
DAR members website: http/members.dar.org
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Officers of the Illinois State Organization
State Regent
Candace Fryburger
1921 Shore Acres Dr. Lake Bluff, Il 60044
847-234-2609 [email protected]
State Vice Regent
Shirley W. Fish
1142 S. Moorings Drive, Arilington Heights, Il 60005
847-956-4520 [email protected]
State Chaplain
Cheri Davis Hunter
2625 E Olive Street, Decatur, Il 62526 217-422-1329
[email protected]
State Recording Secretary
Gloria Jean Perkins Flathom
9527 Lacrosse Ave, Oak Lawn, Il 60453
708-423-1323 [email protected]
State Corresponding Secretary
Sharla Lynn Wilson Luken
2680 Orrington Ave, Evanston, Il 60201
847-869-6353
[email protected]
State Organizing Secretary
Virginia Lou Stimson Street
5240 Gilead Church Rd, Smpson, Il 62985
618-695-2464
[email protected]
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State Treasurer
Carol Ann Rapp Castellon
408 E Main Sidney Il, 61877
217-688-2728
[email protected]
State Registrar
Marlene Dwainight Seymour
1405 Allendale Blvd, Chester, Il 62233
618-826-3330
[email protected]
State Historian
Barbara Lee Jackson Halsey
1616 Dairy Lane, Ottowa, Il 61350
815-434-5654
[email protected]
State Librarian
LuAnn Marx Mattern
PO Box 199, 330 S. Main, Hecker, Il 62248
618-473-2637
[email protected]
State Parliamentarians (Appointed)
Nel White Thompson
352 804 - 6202
[email protected]
Mary Ann Watkins Middleton
309 676 - 6115
[email protected]
DISTRICT DIRECTOR
Lola Swinney DeGroff
6 Ridgefield Dr., Troy, IL 62294 - 1925
618 - 667 8660
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BENJAMIN MILLS CHAPTER OFFICERS
REGENT Cynthia McAlpin Hunter
P.O. Box 340,
Brownstown, IL 62418-0340
618-427-3257 [email protected]
VICE-REGENT Veronica Hunter Schraer
RR 1 Box 46
Brownstown, IL 62418 - 0048
618-339-3165 [email protected]
CHAPLAIN Virginia Whitlock Wise
316 N. Fourth St., Greenville, IL 62246-1010
618 664 2955 [email protected]
SECRETARY Jeanette Dothager
804 Pecan St.
Greenville, IL 62246- 2354 [email protected]
TREASURER Jessie Thomas Maas
1410 W. Jefferson, Vandalia. IL 62471-1508
618-283-2328 [email protected]
REGISTRAR Karen Dewey Bauer-Reelitz
1439 Sunrise Pt., Greenville, IL 62246-2785
618-664-2722 [email protected]
HISTORIAN Karen Dewey Bauer-Reelitz
1439 Sunrise Pt, Greenville, IL 62246-2785
618 664 - 2722 [email protected]
LIBRARIAN Annella Hammer Baumann
