History of John Marshall Chapter #4
The John Marshall Chapter of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution (NSDAR) was organized January 12, 1892, and was named in honor of John Marshall. For more information on John Marshall, you can go to our page, "About John Marshall - The Man."On the fifteenth day of September, 1891, Mrs. Caroline Scott Harrison, wife of President Benjamin Harrison from Indiana, First Lady of the land and President General of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution, appointed Mrs. Sally Moore Ewing Pope to be Regent of Louisville. Mrs. Pope proceeded to organize a chapter that met on January 11, 1892. Officers were elected and John Marshall chosen to be the name of the chapter. A Charter, the fourth one to be issued nationally, was dated March 14, 1892. The charter was signed by Caroline Scott Harrison, wife of President Benjamin Harrison, and by Mrs. Simon Bolivar Buckner, wife of the Governor of Kentucky. Mrs. Buckner became the first State Regent, and we are also proud to say that she was also a John Marshall Chapter member. Through Mrs. Pope's efforts, John Marshall Chapter got off to a successful start. She entertained the members monthly for almost a year in her own home. Mrs. Pope attended, at her own expense, the Continental Congress of the Daughters of the American Revolution held in Washington D.C. every February until 1894, when the Chapter voted $30.00 toward her expenses.
Here is a list of our Charter Members and Officers:
Charter Members
Regent - Mrs. Henry L. Pope (Sallie Ewing)
By descent: William Moore, Pennsylvania
Secretary - Miss Elvira Sydnor Miller
By descent: John O'Donnell, Virginia
Treasurer - Mrs. W. A. McKnight (Attia Porter)
By descent: Joseph Luckey, Pennsylvania
Registrar - Mrs. Ewing Eaches (Somerville Hayes)
By descent: James Slaughter, Virginia
List of Members
Mrs. Phillip T. Allin (Marie Lloyd Edwing Marshall)
By descent: John Marshall, VirginiaMrs. J. D. Bondurant (Myrah Gray)
By descent: George Gray, VirginiaMrs. Calvin Duke (Jennie Speed)
By descent: Joshua Fry, VirginiaMrs. Ophelia Pope Lowe (Ophelia Pope)
By descent: William Pope, VirginiaMrs. Catherine Ewing Hopkins
By descent: William Moore, PennsylvaniaMrs. M. L. Miller (Ida Carson)
By descent: William Guthrie, South CarolinaMrs. Bruce Morson (Claudia Marshall)
By descent: John Marshall, VirginiaMrs. Dudley S. Reynolds (Mattie Bruce)
By descent: John Metcalfe, VirginiaMrs. Ben H. Ridgely (Kate Eaches)
By descent: William Moore, PennsylvaniaMrs. C. U. Schreve (Sally McCandless)
By descent: Thos. Truxtum, New YorkMrs. Jennie Ewing Speed
By descent: Pierce Butler, PennsylvaniaMrs. Hite Thompson (Kate Hopkins)
By descent: William Moore, Pennsylvania
Our Past Regents |
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| * Mrs. Sallie M Ewing Pope | 1892 |
| * Mrs. Philip Allin | 1893 |
| * Mrs. W. L. Lyons | 1894 |
| * Mrs. E. N. Maxwell | 1896 |
| * Mrs. W. L. Lyons | 1897 |
| * Mrs. Luke Blackburn | 1898 |
| * Mrs. Margaret Mitchell Bate | 1900 |
| * Mrs. Sarah Thruston Hughes | 1902 |
| * Mrs. Sallie M Ewing Pope | 1904 |
| * Mrs. Neville Bullitt | 1906 |
| * Mrs. George Wilson | 1906 |
| * Mrs. D. B. Sperry | 1908 |
| * Mrs. John L. Woodbury | 1910 |
| * Mrs. Ethric Roach | 1912 |
| * Mrs. Sallie Ewing Marshall Hardy | 1914 |
| * Mrs. H. A. Troxler | 1916 |
| * Mrs. J. B. Camp | 1918 |
| * Mrs. John W. Chenault | 1920 |
| * Miss Kate Chamberlin | 1923 |
| * Mrs. John W. Chenault | 1925 |
| * Mrs. Julia Reubelt | 1927 |
| * Mrs. William C. White | 1929 |
| * Mrs. James W. Beattie | 1932 |
| * Mrs. William C. White | 1934 |
| * Mrs. J. R. Gray | 1935 |
| * Miss Georgia Bocrie Kilvington | 1937 |
| * Mrs. F. Arnold Grever | 1939 |
| * Miss Georgia Bocrie Kilvington | 1941 |
| * Mrs. Harry P. Gorman, Sr | 1944 |
| * Mrs. W. C. Roehr | 1947 |
| * Mrs. William V. Hambleton | 1950 |
| * Mrs. T. Ewing Roberts | 1952 |
| * Mrs. Howard C. Forman | 1954 |
| * Mrs. W. R. R. LaVielle | 1956 |
| * Mrs. J. Douglas Streit | 1959 |
| * Mrs. Elwood L. Yeager | 1961 |
| * Mrs. L. Duncan Stokes | 1962 |
| * Mrs. Benjamin J. Clement | 1963 |
| * Mrs. Richard R. Richardson | 1965 |
| * Mrs. John Gottfried Lips | 1967 |
| Mrs. Watson Lyle Pearce | 1969 |
| * Mrs. Haynes Williams | 1971 |
| * Mrs. Denton R. Ransdell | 1973 |
| Mrs. Harry W. Neal | 1975 |
| * Mrs. John F. Eberman, Jr | 1977 |
| * Mrs. Terrence Ray Sherry | 1979 |
| Mrs. Harry W. Neal | 1981 |
| * Mrs. Benjamin H. Morris | 1983 |
| * Mrs. R. Howard Downing | 1985 |
| Mrs. Francis LeRoy Wortham | 1987 |
| * Mrs. Harry B. Peake | 1989 |
| Mrs. Rodolphus W. Reeves | 1991 |
| Mrs. Richard B. Lutz | 1993 |
| Mrs. Edgar Porter Harned | 1995 |
| * Mrs. Betty Davis Lowe | 1997 |
| Mrs. Carl C. Franklin | 1999 |
| Mrs. David H. Potter | 2001 |
| Mrs. Scott Malone | 2005 |
| Mrs. Shirley Whittaker-Burba | 2007 |
| * Deceased | |