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Chapter Officers for 2010-2013
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right – Darlene Peters, Treasurer; Raylene Cornine, 2nd Vice President; Joyce Knight,
Secretary; Judy Frerking, Vice President; and
Elaine Olson, Registrar.
Sitting left to
right – Jeanne LaRue, Historian; Dorothy LaRue, President;
and Mary Burge, Chaplain.
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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.
Membership
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
eligible to membership.
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