Lincoln, Nebraska
Meetings are the first Saturday of every month
Organized December 3, 1909
National granted the charter on May 6, 1910
Organized December 3, 1909
National granted the charter on May 6, 1910
Chapter Officers
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Regent
Paige Rumble Chaplain Ann Kirk Recording Secretary Heather Osnes Corresponding Secretary Heather Osnes |
Treasurer
Susan Howell Registrar Kyra Rumble Historian Amy Lambert Librarian Katharine Hewlings |
Who is St. Leger Cowley?St. Leger Cowley was a native of Ireland and came to America before 1769, accompanied by his wife and two sons. The family first settled at Greenbush (Schoharie County), New York, where he trapped and fur-traded with the Native Americans. Later St. Leger Cowley moved his family (some miles southwest) to Delaware County, New York. During the Revolutionary War, he held a commission as a barracks master at Albany, New York. St. Leger Cowley and his two sons, Samuel and Jonathan, were members of the Fifth Regiment of New York and served under Colonel Harper. St. Leger Cowley was commissioned adjutant, a position which he held until the close of the war. He died in 1797 and was buried in a family cemetery at Stamford, Delaware County, New York. His grave was marked with a plain fieldstone.
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How the Chapter received its name?Mrs. Jeanette Davis Ward was born in 1873 in Logansport, Indiana. She is a descendant of St. Leger Cowley himself. During her term as State Regent, Mrs. Ward organized four new chapters: St. Leger Cowley, Niobrara, Otoe, and Major Issac Sadler. She served as regent of the St. Leger Cowley Chapter from 1909-1911. In 1921 she moved to Granite, Oklahoma, where she became a member of the Hobart Chapter in Oklahoma. She died October 16, 1946, and is buried in Granite City Cemetery, Granite City, Oklahoma. Her grave has a DAR Marker. Her National number is 19326.
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Past Chapter Regents
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*Jennie Bell Ringer 1909-1912
Mrs. Bessie Williams 1912 Mrs. Minnie Goss 1912-1915 *Jennie Bell Ringer 1915-1917 Mrs. Alice Cornish 1917-1918 Miss Jennie B. Adams 1918-1920 Miss Loy Goss 1920-1922 Mrs. Mabel Troyer 1922-1924 Mrs. Jessie Wilmeth 1924-1926 Mrs. Ninette Adams 1926-1928 Mrs. Gertrude Williams 1928-1930 Mrs. Harriet Abbott 1930-1932 Miss Alice Hawes 1932-1934 Mrs. Adelaide Troupe 1934-1936 Mrs. Jeanette Bricka 1936 *Mrs. Sue Worrall 1936-1938 Mrs. May Bennett 1938-1940 Mrs. Ruth Moell 1940-1942 Miss Anna Evans 1942-1944 Miss Isabel McOmber 1944-1946 Mrs. Mary Shike 1946-1948 Miss Laura Smith 1948-1950 Miss Verdi Smith 1950-1952 Miss Juvia Adams 1952-1954 Mrs. Ruth Chapman 1954-1956 Mrs. Neva Bartley 1956-1958 Mrs. Mary Claire Cox 1958-1960 Mrs. Margaret McCandless 1960-1962 |
Miss Martha Weaver 1962-1964
Miss Blanche Newhall 1964-1966 Mrs. Ruth Danekas 1966-1968 Mrs. Anna Alexander 1968-1970 Mrs. Agnes Egger 1970-1972 Mrs. Zada Irwin 1972-1974 Mrs. Deborah Aerni 1974-1976 Mrs. Gladys Hitch 1976-1978 Mrs. Dorothy Riley 1978-1979 Miss Myrna Curl 1979-1982 Mrs. Deborah Aerni 1982-1984 Mrs. Irene Fankhauser 1984-1986 Miss Myrna Curl 1986-1988 Mrs. Rita Orton 1988-1990 Miss Jean L. Jemison 1990-1994 ^*Mrs. Beth Butler Haring 1994-1998 Mrs. Connie May 1998-2000 Mrs. Janet Stephenson 2000-2002 Ms. Charlotte Grof 2002-2004 Mrs. Vicki Borden 2004-2006 Ms. Joanne K. Smith 2006-2008 ^Mrs. Jennie Kremke 2008-2012 Mrs. Susan Taylor 2012-2014 Mrs. Jacqualyn Bergstrom 2014-2016 Mrs. Patricia Lang 2016-2018 Mrs. Phyllis Ericson 2018-2020 Mrs. Leah Culver-Whitcomb 2020-2022 Miss Paige Rumble 2022-2024 |
* Chapter Regent & State Regent | ^Denotes Honorary Chapter Regents
Chapter Outstanding Juniors
1977 Deborah Jean Welch Aerni ^
1981 Deborah Welch Aerni ^
1985 Deborah Welch Aerni ^*
2019 Amy Lambert
2020 Amy Lambert ^
2022 Paige Rumble
***North Central Division Winner (discontinued 2003) | **National Finalist (2004-Current)
*National Outstanding Junior | ^ StateWinner
1977 Deborah Jean Welch Aerni ^
1981 Deborah Welch Aerni ^
1985 Deborah Welch Aerni ^*
2019 Amy Lambert
2020 Amy Lambert ^
2022 Paige Rumble
***North Central Division Winner (discontinued 2003) | **National Finalist (2004-Current)
*National Outstanding Junior | ^ StateWinner
Content Editor: Amy Lambert, Historian
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