Colonel George Croghan Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution

Colonel George Croghan Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution

 Fremont, Ohio 

Back row: lt to rt

Sue Jonke, Ann Klafter, Rosemary Titkemeier- former regent, Nancy Whipple, Betty Deitzel

Third row:

Carol Moore, Lynne Russell, Pat Forsthye, Kerry Fenn, ary Robinson

Second row:

Anita Gribble, Rose Booth-Motter, Deb Huffman, LuLu Damschroder, June Chapin

Front row:

Sandy Zenser, Nancy Willis- Chp Regent, Jan Yeckley

On November 17th members of the Colonel George Croghan Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution of Fremont, Ohio celebrated the 115th anniversary of the organization's founding. Below is a list of the chapter's charter members. 

Date of Charter:  February 2, 1901    Organized: November 17, 1900 by

Miss Julia M. Haynes

A member of the National Society, who was appointed Organizing Regent for Fremont by the State Regent, Mrs. John A. Murphy

Charter Members

Mrs. Fannny Hayes Smith

Miss Julia M. Haynes

Mrs. Elsie Moe Shaw

Miss Minnie Louise Failing

Mrs. Harriet Amsden Gast

Mrs. Maude Edgerton Garvin

Mrs. Harriet Edgerton Kinney

Mrs. Mary Colby Norton

Mrs. May Harris Dorr

Miss Lucy Elliot Keeler

Mrs. Jeanette Amsden Lang

Miss Estelle Avery Sharpe

Mrs. Mary Miller Brinkerhoff Hayes

Mrs. Anzeletta Willard Hoot
Mrs. Anna Rose Greene Baumann

During its founding year, the following individuals became members, making for a vibrant group of community ladies ready to preserve their country's heritage in Sandusky County, Ohio.

1901 Members 

Bearce, Elizabeth Faulkner

Bowlus, Lora E. Cox

Brown, Athenia Sharpe

Brown, Gertrude Gessner

Cox, Emma Bailey

Dickinson, Mary Katherine Pugh

Elliot, Kate Baird

Gessner, Corolen Elizabeth Lawton

Greene, Emma Elsie Shaw

Little, Alvira Hall

Loveland, Harriet Newell

Mitchell, Blanche Adua Moore

Mitchell, Esther Kent

Moore, Elta B.

Otis, Esther Louise

Phillips, Marguerite Dickinson

Rafferty, Effie Dickenson

Rice, Lizzie Wilson

Sherwood, Susan Lewis

Siegfried, Clara Elizabeth

Smith, Katherine S.

West, Mary Wilder

Zimmerman, Angelina Truesdall