Springfield Chapter NSDAR
Springfield, Illinois
Chapter History
Kate
J. Chatterton Hickox (Mrs. Charles V.) was the Organizing Regent of the
Springfield Chapter. Mrs. Hickox called together a group of eligible women to
meet with her on June 14, 1894, to celebrate the adoption of the American Flag.
She was accepted as a DAR member on February 2, 1894, and was the 1907-1909
Illinois State Regent. Her patriot was Abraham Yates (NY.)
Mrs. Hickox was born in Springfield, Illinois, October 30, 1855. Her parents,
George W. and Sarah Chatterton, were pioneer residents of Springfield, arriving
in 1834. Mr. Chatterton was one of the first jewelers in the city and is
generally credited with having started the first theater. In 1881, she married
Charles V. Hickox. Several of Mrs. Hickox's relatives became members of
Springfield Chapter.
Kate Chatterton Hickox died March 23, 1926
and is buried at Oak Ridge Cemetery Block 10, Lot 168, Springfield, Illinois.
The Daughters of the American Revolution insignia is placed on the side of her
stone. Click on the photo for a larger image. The DAR Insignia is embedded in
the footstone.
The twenty-four Charter Members chose Springfield as the chapter name,
considering it fitting that this new chapter should be known by one of the most
beautiful and prosperous cities of the middle west, and one rich in historic
sentiment.
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On June 15, 1915, Springfield Chapter unveiled a marker in front of the Great Western Railroad, the site where Abraham Lincoln bade farewell to his beloved Springfield, Illinois. Lincoln gave an emotional farewell on February 11, 1861, before he boarded the train taking him to Washington, DC, to be inaugurated President of the United States, a nation on the brink of Civil War. |
| Photo courtesy of the State Journal Register |
Organizing Charter Officers & Patriot Ancestors
| Regent | Kate J. Chatterton Hickox (Mrs. Charles V.) | Abraham Yates (NY) |
| Secretary | Miss Georgia Hortense Edwards | Captain James Black (NY) |
| Registrar | Mrs. Ellen Huntington Henkle (Mrs. Thomas C.) | Capt. Ebenezer Lothrop Sr. (MA) |
| Historian | Miss Mary Remann | Captain James Black (NY) |
| Treasurer | Louise Black Stericker (Mrs George F.) | Captain James Black (NY) |
Organizing Charter Members & Patriot Ancestors
| Miss Mary Emily Brooks | Colonel Ebenezer Learned (MA) |
| Elizabeth Owsley Brown Ide (Mrs Frank) | Colonel Henry Herrick (MA) |
| Katherine Brown (Mrs. Stuart) | Lieutenant Colonel John Logan (VA) |
| Ida Jane Carey (Mrs. James C.) | Private John Daley (MA) |
| Miss Josephine Preston Cleveland | Charles Dake Sr. (NY) Private Charles Dake Jr. (NY) Caleb Sherman (NY) William Wait (NY) |
| Clara Huntington (Mrs. John C.) | Private Eliphalet Huntington (CT) |
| Josephine Remann Edwards (Mrs. Albert S.) | Captain James Black (NY) Lieutenant Isaac Fuller (MA) |
| Miss Amaryllis Gillett | Captain Zaccheus Gillette Sr. (CT) Captain Benoni (CT) |
| Miss Florence Griswold | Private Peter Robinson (MA) |
| Jane M Jones (Mrs James T.) | Eliphalet Huntington (CT) |
| Miss Savillah Hinrichsen | John Wyatt (VA) |
| Caroline Maria Beers (Mrs Andrew) | Orderly Sergeant Zachariah Beers (CT) |
| Miss Mary Lewis | Lieutenant Colonel Robert Smith (PA) |
| Alice Huntington Knap (Mrs Thomas) | Daniel Forbes (MA) |
| Mary L Crawford Paddock (Mrs. James H.) | Captain John Crawford (MA) |
| Miss Frances Grace Yates | Lieutenant Colonel William Yates (VA) |
| Miss Grace Eliska Yates | Lieutenant Colonel William Yates (VA) |
| Miss Julia Stith Yates | Lieutenant Colonel William Yates (VA) |
Former Chapter Regents
| 1894-1899 | *Kate J. Chatterton Hickox | 1945-1947 | *Mildred O'Hair Elberle | |
| 1899-1900 | *Harriet Rumsey Taylor | 1947-1949 | *Margaret Watson Cooke | |
| 1900-1902 | *Jane M. Ridgely Barrett | 1949-1951 | *Carrie Noble Decker | |
| 1902-1904 | *Harriet J. Weeks Walker | 1951-1953 | *Helen E. Amspacher Gross | |
| 1904-1905 | *Ellen Huntington Henkle | 1953-1955 | *E. Faith Kennedy Morgan | |
| 1905-1907 | *Kate J. Chatterton Hickox | 1955-1957 | *Florence Sawyer Robert | |
| 1907-1908 | *Eleanor Washington Frazee | 1957-1959 | *Doris M. Grant Vancil | |
| 1908-1909 | *Harriet J. Weeks Walker | 1959-1961 | *Mary Jane Brittin Bell | |
| 1909-1911 | *Mary Stuart Hall | 1961-1963 | *Mildred Stitt Riggins | |
| 1911-1913 | *Mary Crawford Paddock | 1963-1965 | *Monte Miller Morgan | |
| 1913-1914 | *Alma Colville Bender | 1965-1967 | *Eloise Strubinger Springer | |
| 1914-1915 | *Nellie W. Doyle | 1967-1969 | *Helen Searacy Sweet | |
| 1915-1916 | *Gertrude Garland Reece | 1969-1971 | Ruth Long Long | |
| 1916-1918 | *Pearl Palmer Ettinger | 1971-1973 | *Margaret King Burns | |
| 1918-1920 | *Emma W. King | 1973-1977 | *Aleda Mae Keech | |
| 1920-1922 | *Ella B. Boston Leib | 1977-1979 | *Louise Bainbridge Nantz | |
| 1922-1924 | *Mary F. Searcy | 1979-1983 | Julianne Riggins Thomas | |
| 1924-1926 | *Adah G. Stone | 1983-1985 | *Mary Louise Gross | |
| 1926-1927 | *Lelia Avery Rothenburger | 1985-1987 | Louise Long Little | |
| 1927-1928 | *Eleanor F. Rawlings | 1987-1989 | Paula Smith Myers | |
| 1928-1930 | *Grace L. Jones Chittenden | 1989-1991 | *Shirley Smith Tick | |
| 1930-1931 | *Olive Courson Lockie | 1991-1993 | Paula Smith Myers | |
| 1931-1932 | *Grace Mauck Quinian | 1993-1997 | Mary K. Sullivan Davis | |
| 1932-1934 | *Niana Converse Davis | 1997-1998 | Velma Neal Bailey | |
| 1934-1935 | *Alice Helmel | 1998-1999 |
Jacqueline L. Darrough Wright |
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| 1935-1937 | *Augusta S. Oglesby | 1999-2001 | Shirley Bartlett Davison | |
| 1937-1939 | *Helena Jones Tobin | 2001-2003 | Jean Hannah Mann Metcalf | |
| 1939-1941 | *Nellie Meers Bradley | 2003-2005 | Martha Jean Bradley | |
| 1941-1943 | *Helen L. Allen | 2005-2007 | Nancy Fee Enright | |
| 1943-1945 | *Luta Hopkins Abels | 2007-2009 | Wauline A. McKiniry Quick |
* Indicates deceased.
Background courtesy of Margaret Bates
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Revised: June 3, 2009