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Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War 1861-65

Daughters of Union Veterans
of the Civil War 1861-1865

Latha Jane Boyd,
Tent #1, Texas

Our next regular meeting will be on Saturday, April 27, 2013. If you are interested in joining us, please contact one of our officers listed below. You would be more than welcome!

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Greenwood Cemetery Dallas Tx | Bedford Cemetery, Bedford, Tx
DUV Expands Headquarters & Museum

Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War (1861-1865) was organized on May 30, 1885. Headquarters and Museum (which is open to the public) are located in Springfield, IL. DUV is a fraternally chartered, genealogical, historical, educational and patriotic organization open to women of lineal descent from an honorably discharged Union Veteran of the Civil War. Minimum age is 8 years of age. Local tents are spread throughout the United States.

Latha Jane Boyd Tent #1, the first tent in Texas was chartered in Arlington, Tx in 1989. Members are from all over the state of Texas. We participate in local patriotic and memorial services, Massing of Colors on Veteran's Day in Fort Worth, and the 4th of July parade in Arlington, TX. We have participated in many activities with our sister organization, United Daughters of the Confederacy. We maintain almost 100 graves and honor those veterans buried in the G.A.R. lot in Greenwood Cemetery in Dallas, TX. We are compiling a book of Union Civil War Veterans buried in the state of Texas to be published and placed in major libraries in the state of Texas. We have already published a book of members's Union soldiers and Pedigree charts for each member, and this has been placed in major libraries in Texas.

**NEW TENT PROJECTS**

.....We are compiling a supplement to our original book titled "Union Veterans of the Civil War Buried in the State of Texas". This will be an ongoing project by member, Jeannette Marlow who will be compiling this information. If you find the name of ANY Union Veteran that is buried in Texas, that was not already included in our original book, she will be happy to add that information to the ongoing project. There are copies of our first book in most of the major libraries throughout Texas. To send information to Jeannette Marlow, please send it to mjm1214@yahoo.com

.....Our second project is that we are now selling copies of our original book titled "Union Veterans of the Civil War Buried in the State of Texas". That book was originally compiled by Kathy Wells and was printed in 1998. Barbara Aman converted the book into Adobe format and it is now available on either CD or DVD, whichever you prefer. To order a copy please send a check made out to DUV for $10.00 which covers the CD/DVD and the cost of postage. Send to Jeannette Marlow, 3446 Castle Rock Ln, Garland, TX 75044, or e-mail her at mjm1214@yahoo.com

if you have any questions. Be sure to send her your address along with the check.

      OFFICERS FOR 2012-2014

       

                                                              President, Jeannette Marlow
                                                              V. President, Lisa Kight
                                                              Registrar, Mary Ann Stringer
                                                              Chaplain, Peggy Jentgens
                                                              Treasurer, Florence Chasey-Cohen
                                                              Secretary, Sally North
                                                              Patriotic Instructor, Barbara Cobb
                                                              Historian, Kathy Wells
                                                              Press Correspondent, Jeannette Marlow
       

    DUV MEMBERS


    (Left going clockwise) Susan Pena; Treasurer, Florence Chasey-Cohen; V. Prsident, Lisa Kight;
    Chaplain, Peggy Jentgens; Patriotic Instructor, Barbara Cobb; Secretary, Sally North; Registrar, Maryann Stringer;
    President, Jeannette Marlow; Garnet Murphey; and Historian/Webmistress, Kathy Wells.

    TENT MEETINGS & INFORMATION 2012-2013


    Pictures from some of our
    Tent Meetings & Projects

    Latha Jane Boyd, Tent #1 meets 4 times a year, September thru May.
    For more information contact members listed above.
    SEPTEMBER 22, 2012 - Saturday
    Business Meeting: First meeting of the year. We will meet at 10:00 a.m. at the "Division Street Diner, Banquet Room" located at 1800 W. Division St., Arlington, TX. Breakfast/Lunch for purchase.
    Program: Sally North’s daughter will be bringing her Spinning Wheel and showing us the “Art of Spinning” as was done in the making of materials in early America. It will be an interesting meeting!

    OCTOBER 27, 2012 - Saturday
    Business Meeting: We will meet at 10:00 a.m. at the "Division Street Diner, Banquet Room" located at 1800 W. Division St., Arlington, TX. Breakfast/Lunch for purchase.
    Yearbooks will be distributed to those who have not yet received one.

    JANUARY 26, 2013 - Saturday
    Business Meeting: We will meet at 10:00 a.m. at the "Division Street Diner, Banquet Room" located at 1800 W. Division St., Arlington, TX. Breakfast/Lunch for purchase.
    Program: TBD
    Speaker:

    APRIL 27, 2013 - Saturday
    Business Meeting: We will meet at 10:00 a.m. at the "Division Street Diner, Banquet Room" located at 1800 W. Division St., Arlington, TX. Breakfast/Lunch for purchase.
    Program: TBD
    Speaker: TBD

    Veterans Day Ceremony,
    November 2010, Ft Worth, Texas


    Participating in the ceremony was:
    (L to R)Susan Pena; Karen Bowman; Barbara Cobb; and Jeannette Marlow.

    New member Kelly Lindsey
    Set up a Civil War Display

    TENT PROJECTS

    • Purchased and had a dedication ceremony for our new monument honoring our Union Civil War Veterans we had installed at DFW Cemetery. The local S.U.V., Gen. James J. Byrne Camp, joined us with this large project.

    • Set up Civil War and other military displays in Arlington and other local libraries.

    • Made a large donation to the U.D.C. in their restoration of Sheridan's Flag No. 27 housed at the "Texas Civil War Museum."

    • Shipped boxes of personal items to Soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan.

    • Compiled and Printed a book titled "Union Veterans of the Civil War Buried in the State of Texas", which we donated to Libraries.

    • Purchased a Flagpole and Flag for the Dallas-FtWorth National Cemetery in Dallas. The cemetery placed a plaque at the base of the Flagpole. (pictured above)

    • Donated Funds for the preservation of the 1st Indiana Battery Battle Flag, which was taken at the Battle of Richmond, KY, and which is in the possession of the Texas UDC. (pictured below)

    • Contributed to the purchase of a Civil War Monument at Lost Creek Cemetery in Jacksboro, TX.

    • Purchased a Flag Pole for Avenue of Flags for Phase II at the National Cemetery in Dallas, Tx.

    • Purchased a Tent Flag, a State Flag which was flown over the State Capitol, and a U.S. Flag flown over the Capitol in Washington DC.

    • Participate in Veterans Day Ceremonies

    • Researching and Marking Union Veteran Graves in Greenwood Cemetery, Dallas, and other local cemeteries in the area.

    • Dedicated a Bronze Plaque at Greenwood Cemetery in Dallas in memory of 98 Union Soldiers buried there.

    • Participate in the annual 4th of July Parade in Arlington, Tx.

    • Participate in the annual Ft Worth Stock Show Parade.

    • Participate in the annual "Massing of Colors" Veterans Day Ceremony in Ft Worth

    • Participate in Memorial Day Ceremonies honoring Civil War Veterans

    • Compiled and Printed a book titled "Patriots and Pedigrees of Members of Latha Jane Boyd Tent No. 1, Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War 1861-1865, Arlington, Tx."

    • Help maintain museum at National Headquarters in Springfield, Il.

    • Jointly work with Civil War Reenactors and other Civil War Organizations

    • Document Lineages and Genealogical Information

    • Take Part in National Projects


    Our Donation helped with the restoration of the
    1st Indiana Battery Battle Flag, now at the
    Texas Civil War Museum in Fort Worth.


    Museum owner Ray Richie and DUV Past President, Faye Chism holding the flag.

    Memorial Day Ceremony at the flagpole we sponsered at the Veteran's National Cemetery in Dallas, Tx.
    Also a picture of the Plaque that was placed at the base of the flag and flagpole.
    (L to R)Members: Barbara Aman, Faye Chism, Garnet Murphey, Ruth Dunlap, Kathy Wells, Ruth Hedden,
    Lisa Kight, and Connie Stevens.

    PAST PRESIDENTS

    

Mildred HARRISON                  1989-1992
Janie KING                        1992-1993
Barbara AMAN                      1993-1995
Kathy WELLS                       1995-1997
Rosemarie LANDMESSER              1997-1998
Karen BOWMAN                      1998-2000
Faye CHISM                        2000-2004
Kathy WELLS                       2004-2006
Garnet MURPHEY                    2006-2008
Pat BRADDOCK                      2008-2009
Susan PENA                        2009-2012
    In honor of our Organizing President, Mildred Harrison,
    the tent presented her with a certificate for
    "life membership" in our DUV tent.

    For Information about joining DUV contact:

    Mary Ann Stringer, Registrar at 817-307-0844 or E-mail txlady59@gmail.com

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    For Information pertaining to the Website contact:

    Kathy Heaton Wells, webmistress, E-mail rebeltrumpet@verizon.net

    OUR 'REAL DAUGHTERS'

    


    (REAL-DAUGHTERS OF A UNION  CIVIL WAR VETERAN
 THAT WERE MEMBERS OF OUR TENT)
    


    

    
       MEMBER                          DATE DECEASED


    Augusta Stevens RUNKEL                   September 24, 1992
Helen McKnight Johnson WALLACE             August 16, 1995
  Mary Lucy Gwinn GILBERT                  August 14, 1996
  Allie Gardner JONES                     July 30, 1997

    The Last Widow of a Union Army Veteran Dies at Age 93

      Gertrude Janeway, the last surviving Union Army widow (of veteran John Janeway, 14th IlIinois Cavalry) and reportedly an Honorary member of the Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War died on Jan 17th at age 93.

      Mrs. Janeway who lived her whole life in Blaine Tennessee about 30 miles north of Knoxville, was born 44 years after the Civil War ended.

      Her husband (who enlisted under the name John January) was a 19-year-old Grainger County. Tennessee farm boy who ran away to enlist in 1864 after being encouraged by a group of Union horse soldiers that he met on his way to a Blount County grist mill. She said her husband rarely spoke about the war, when interviewed.

      The 17 year-old young woman married Mr. Janeway in 1927 when he was 81. He died in 1937 at age 91. She was to be buried near her husband's slender military tombstone at tiny New Corinth Church cemetery.

    Links to other sites on the Web

                            Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War Headquarters & National Homepage
                            Sarah Emma Edmonds Detached Texas Tent #4, DUV
                            Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War Homepage
                            Sons of Confederate Veterans Homepage
                            United Daughters of the Confederacy Homepage

     

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