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 John Cavet Chapter USD 1812

HISTORY

The John Cavet Chapter, United States Daughter of 1812, was organized in Pennsylvania on 15 March 1915 and was named in honor of the ancestor of the Organizing President, Mrs. A. V. Lane, who was at the time President of the Texas Society, United States Daughters of 1812. Mrs. Lane called together seventeen other eligible ladies for the purpose of organizing this chapter dedicated to the memory of our soldier Ancestors.

John Cavet, son of John and Margaret Cavet, was born ia in 1770. He was a private in the Pennsylvania Militia under Captain William Johnson and General Cook during the War of 1812. He married Jean Ann McKean about 1792. Their daughter, Margaret Cavet married John Hughey, from whom Mrs. A. V. Lane, Organizing President descended.

Honorary Chapter Presidents:

Mrs. A. V. Lane - Organizing President

  • Mrs. Verna Tye Price
  • Miss Mary Ethyl Walter
  • Miss Maria Anna Garlington
  • Mrs. Samuel H. Boren
  • Mrs. Joe N. Sanderson
  • Mrs. James N. Michie
  • Mrs. L. Warren Baker
  • Mrs. Marshall D. Barnett
  • Mrs. Emil P. Reed
  • Mrs. Dan Lockey
  • Mrs. Horace J. Kitrell
  • Mrs. James C. Marshall, Jr.
  • Miss Elizabeth Ann Wright
  • Mrs. Ray Caruth
  • Mrs. E. J. Niedermaier, Sr.
  • Mrs. William H. Tabb
  • Mrs. William J. Martin
  • Mrs. J. H. Montgomery
  • Mrs. Robert E. Johnson
  • Mrs. Thomas Buford
  • Mrs. Lucy J. Cary
  • Mrs. Cora E. Behrends
  • Mrs. T. L. Westerfield
  • Mrs. O. B. Colquitt
  • Mrs. Evans M. Pinckhard
  • Mrs. Earle D. Behrends
  • Mrs. C. C. Holt
  • Mrs. A. S. Tugwell
  • Mrs. H. L. Tenison
  • Mrs. M. N. Chrestman
  • Mrs. Neal Davis
  • Mrs. George E. Bell
  • Mrs. Frederick D. Ingram
  • Mrs. Lora B. Glenn
  • Mrs. George C. Mitchell
  • Mrs. Charles L. Syron
  • Mrs. Edmon L. Crow
  • Mrs. Gordon Miltenberger (Dolores)
  • Mrs. Vernon Morgan (Irene)
  • Mrs. Perry Needham (Adele)
  • Mrs. Burton J. Crossley (Marie)


 John Cavet Chapter Officers

 National Society USD 1812 Website 

Texas Society USD 1812 Website 

Eligibility for Membership

 Major Battles of the War of 1812

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