Waw-wil-a-way DAR Chapter celebrates 130th anniversary
Courtesy of Jane Stowers
Daughters of the American Revolution
Waw-wil-a-way Chapter of NSDAR recently celebrated its 130th anniversary.
The chapter was organized through the efforts of Ida Farrell Matthews whose enthusiasm spread to fifteen women.
The women diligently traced their ancestors to the Revolutionary War period. Mrs. Matthews announced at the meeting on Feb. 15, 1895, that the chapter had met all requirements of the NSDAR.
Mrs. Matthew was chosen as regent; Mrs. Caroline McDonald Pearne as vice regent; secretary was Mrs. Sarah Buckingham Sloane; treasurer, Miss Anna Louise Dawson; historian, Mrs. Virginia McDowell Stockton; registrar, Miss Elizabeth Eddy Richards; and Board of Management, Mrs. Mary Poore Steele.
Other Charter members were Mrs. Alice Pugsley Spargur, Mrs. Sallie Marshall Glenn, Miss Katherine Stella Dawson, Miss Elizabeth Richards Rockhold, Miss Martha Raymond Richards, Miss Alice Trimble, Miss Nellie Marshall Nelson and Miss Elizabeth Russell Steele.
The Charter was granted on March 2, 1895, making Waw-wil-a-way the 10th in Ohio and the 107th in the National Society. The chapter was named after a friendly Shawnee Indian named Waw-wil-a-way. Today, the chapter has 80 members.
The National Society Daughters of the American Revolution was founded in 1890 to promote historic preservation, education and patriotism across the U.S. Since the Society's founding, more than one million women have found purpose and passion in DAR membership.