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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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