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Chapter
History
The
Brigadier General Thomas Adam Smith Chapter No. 260, State of Missouri,
National Society United States Daughters of 1812 was organized in February
of 1958 in Marshall, Missouri.
The
Organizing State President was Mrs. Maurice F. Clyde.
Brig.
General Smith, for whom the chapter is named, was a native of
Virginia. In 1818, he resigned his
position in the army, came to Missouri and was appointed receiver of the
general land office at Old Franklin, Missouri. He moved across the Missouri River to
Saline County, Missouri, about 1826 and established a large farm he called
“Experiment” located near present day Napton, Missouri.
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Any woman
over 18 years of age, of good character, and any child up to 21 years of age,
who offers satisfactory proof of lineal descent from an ancestor who
rendered civil, military, or naval service during the years 1784-1815 is
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