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Although
each and every member of Abigail Adams
Chapter NSDAR through the past 120 years
has been and is vital to chapter life, we
list below the 14 founding members. These
were women of foresight, strength of
spirit and determination. In establishing
the first chapter in the State of Iowa,
they deserve the deep and lasting
gratitude of all members of the Iowa
Society Daughters of the American
Revolution.
Chapter
Founders:
Real Daughters who
were members of Abigail Adams Chapter
NSDAR:
Iowa State Regents
who were members of Abigail Adams
Chapter NSDAR:
Carrie Margaret McAyval Ogilvie
(1857-1939)
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Carrie Margaret McAyval
Ogilvie was the organizer of
Abigail Adams Chapter, first
chapter in the State of Iowa. Born
in Oskaloosa, Iowa, Carrie was
second regent and the first by
election of chapter members. Mrs
Ogilvie, whose
great-great-grandfather, Hugh
Thompson of Pennsylvania, fought
in the Revolutionary War, spent
several months of concentrated
effort to interest women in the
Des Moines area and surrounding
counties during the summer of
1893, the national organization
having been formed October 11,
1891. She was rewarded with
success when the chapter was
organized in August 1893. Carrie
was elected as the first regent by
the National Board, but declined,
instead feeling the honor should
go to Sophia Andrews, whose father
had served in the Revolutionary
War. Carrie held chapter, state
and national offices over the
years. In Des Moines, she was
editor and proprietor of The
Midwestern Magazine. By 1925, she
was residing in Massachusetts. She
died in 1939 in Seattle,
Washington.
Photo
from
a portrait in the Abigail
Adams Chapter collection
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 Sophia
Maxwell Dolson Andrews was
the first regent of Abigail Adams
Chapter. Her father, John Dolson
(or Van Dolson), fought at the
Battle of Trenton, Battle of
Saratoga, Battle of Yorktown and
many other engagements.  Mrs.
Andrews, a native of New York, was
educated at the University of
Michigan, active in Des Moines
civic affairs, and held the
distinction of being the first
woman admitted to the Iowa
Legislature as a press
correspondent. She wrote for
Chicago and Philadelphia
newspapers. She was an
accomplished spinner. She was
Buried in Woodland Cemetery, Des
Moines and her grave is marked as
a "Real Daughter."
Stone
marker photos by Laura Kozin
Photo
from
the Abigail Adams Chapter
portrait collection
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Sophia Maxwell
Dolson Andrews
(1829-1924)
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Alice
Alvina Crawford Bailey Gorst
(1854-1948), our fourth regent,
born in Baraboo, Wisconsin, was
the great-great-granddaughter of
Revolutionary War veteran Isaac
Davis, later governor of New
Jersey. Alice was educated at the
University of Wisconsin. She held
numerous elective offices in the
chapter, before leaving Iowa in
1916 and transferring her
membership to a Wisconsin chapter.
Mrs Gorst was a world traveler and
active in civic affairs. She is
buried in Illinois.
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Barbara Roxana Fusselman
Garver
(11 August 1838-6
June 1909)
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Barbara Roxana Fusselman
Garver was born in Indiana,
the great-granddaughter of a
Revolutionary War soldier from
Connecticut, Aaron Merrill. No
evidence of offices held was
found. She is buried in Woodland
Cemetery, Des Moines.
Stone marker photo by Laura
Kozin
Photo
from
The Midland Monthly
Magazine, Vol. 3-4, 1895
(Google Books)
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Dr.
Mary J. Loomis Gaylord, the
eighth chapter regent and
great-granddaughter of Connecticut
veteran, John Gaylord, held most
offices in the chapter, including
several terms as treasurer. She
was born in Indiana and is buried
in Woodland Cemetery, Des Moines.
Stone marker photo by Laura
Kozin
Photo
from
the
Abigail
Adams Chapter portrait
collection
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Dr. Mary J.
Loomis Gaylord
(1840-1920)
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Antoinette
C. Akers Graber
(1864-unknown) was born in
Indiana. Her
great-great-grandfather, John
Rogers, went to Quebec with
Benedict Arnold, was taken
prisoner and died there. No record
of chapter service has been found.
By 1895-96, she had moved to
Geneseo, New York. She is buried
in New York.
Stone
marker
photos
by
Laura Kozin
Photo
from
the
Abigail
Adams
Chapter portrait
collection
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Elizabeth Brown Howell
(1867-1932)
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Elizabeth Brown Howell was
the sixth chapter regent. Her
great-great-grandfather, David
Brown, was a captain of the Minute
Men in Concord. It has been said
he might have given the order to
fire, that was "The shot heard
round the world." Mrs. Howell held
numerous chapter offices including
that of regent. She was State
Regent of Iowa 1912-1913 and a
Vice President General. She is
buried in Woodland Cemetery, Des
Moines.
Stone marker photo by Laura
Kozin
Photo
from
the
Abigail
Adams Chapter portrait
collection
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Mattie
Atwood Locke Macomber
(1853-1931) was born in New York.
Her great-grandfather, John Locke,
commanded that squad of men who
staged the Boston Tea Party,
throwing tea into Boston Harbor.
She took pride in tracing her
lineage from the Adams family as
well as Ethan Allen. She was a
member of the first graduating
class of Iowa State University,
had further work at the University
of Michigan and studied languages
in Germany and France. In 1895,
she was conferred an honorary
degree, Master of Philosophy, from
Iowa State. Mrs. Macomber taught
at Vassar before her marriage, and
throughout her life was a travel
conductor. No record of chapter
offices she held has been found.
She is buried in Glendale
Cemetery, Des Moines.
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Lillian Hoag Monk
(1858-1938) was born in Nevada,
Iowa. Lillian's great-grandfather,
Leonard Perkins of Connecticut,
was her Revolutionary ancestor.
Married to a doctor in Nevada, she
had two children and was employed
as a librarian. There is no record
of chapter service, and circa
1907, she was living in
California, where she resided
until her death. Lillian Hoag Monk
was a prolific author and wrote
several history books, some of
which are still available She is
buried in California.
Title page from
archive.org
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Mary
Helen Baylies Peters
(1850-1940) was the third chapter
regent. Mary Helen claimed as her
Revolutionary ancestor Eleazer
Wheelock, founder of Dartmouth
College. She is buried in Woodland
Cemetery, Des Moines.
Stone marker photo by Laura
Kozin
Portrait from The
History of the Woman's
Club Movement
(Google Books)
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Mary Helen
Baylies Peters
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Adella J. Arnold Pratt
(1858-unknown)
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Adella J. Arnold Pratt was
the fifth chapter regent. Her
ancestor was her third
great-grandfather, Israel Arnold
of Rhode Island, the state of her
birth. Adella held several
elective offices, including
chapter regent, and committee
appointments. By 1904, the Pratts
had left Iowa. She is presumably
buried in Illinois.
Photo
from
the
Abigail
Adams
Chapter portrait
collection
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Edith
Hepburn Thummel (1856-1913)
was born in Marshalltown, Iowa.
She joined DAR on the service of
her third great-grandfather,
Thomas I. Chittenden, first
governor of Vermont. Her father,
W. P. Hepburn, was an eleven term
congressman from Iowa. The
Thummels left Des Moines and
resided in Michigan, Philadelphia,
New York City and Long Island.
Throughout the years, Mrs. Thummel
retained membership in Abigail
Adams Chapter. She died at sea on
a voyage to Hawaii, and her body
was returned for burial in New
York. She is buried in Kensico
Cemetery, Valhalla, Westchester
County, New York.
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Hortense Octavia Bailey
Vail was born in New York.
Hortense resided in Colfax, Iowa,
at the time of joining DAR. Her
Revolutionary ancestor was
unusual, in that he was her second
great uncle. Her supplemental
papers were based on the service
of her great-grandfather, Phillip
Briggs of New York. She served on
chapter committees before
returning to New York State in
1902. She is buried in June
Cemetery, North Sale, Westchester
County, New York.
As widows, in 1910, Mrs. Vail and
her two sisters traveled around
the world. Landing in New York,
after leaving from San Francisco
18 months earlier, Mrs. Vail was
interviewed by the press, "Mrs.
Vail said one of the impressions
she gathered on her trip was that
the Malay women, that is certain
Malay women, were among the
handsomest in figure in the world
and had features that reminded her
of the classic Greeks."
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Find
A Grave Memorial #
90663801
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Ella Lyford Warfield
was born in Quincy, Illinois. Her
Revolutionary ancestor was her
second great-grandfather, Samuel
Chapman, a colonel with the
Connecticut line and a veteran of
the French and Indian War. 
Ella served on chapter committees.
Ella's great-great-granddaughter,
Kristine Bartley, is a current
member of Abigail Adams Chapter
and proudly wears Ella's insignia.
Ella Lyford Warfield is buried in
Woodland Cemetery, Des Moines.
Stone marker photos by Laura
Kozin
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Catherine Beatty
Cox
(1822 - 1915)
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Catherine
Beatty Cox, though not a
"founding" member of Abigail Adams
Chapter, was recognized in 1908 as
a Real Daughter. She was a
daughter of Revolutionary War
Patriot Andrew Beatty of PA. Born
in 1822 at Hillsborough, OH,
Catherine and her husband, Dr.
Henry Cox, made the trip by
stagecoach to Des Moines in 1865.
 Mrs. Cox was
prominently identified with
W.C.T.U., religious and
educational work. She founded the
"Home for Friendless Children" in
1880. Mrs. Cox died at age 93 in
1915 in Long Beach, California.
She is buried in Woodland Cemetery
in Des Moines.
Sources:
- Abigail
Adams History Book, 1974
- Iowa Society Proceedings,
published 1911
- Daughters of the American
Revolution, Lineage Book of
the Charter Members of the
DAR Vol 067
- The
portrait is from The Day
Book (Chicago, Ill.)
November 01, 1911
https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045487/1911-11-01/ed-1/seq-10/
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State Regents
Emma Gertrude Hull
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Emma Gertrude Hull was the
second State Regent of Iowa,
1894-1895.
Photo
from
the
Abigail
Adams
Chapter
portrait collection
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Elizabeth Brown Howell was
the tenth State Regent of Iowa,
1912-1914, and Vice President
General NSDAR, 1914-1919. She
served as the chairman of numerous
state and national committees,
especially noted for relief
efforts during WWI.
Stone marker photos by Laura
Kozin
Photo
from
the
Abigail
Adams
Chapter
portrait collection
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Alice Given Brenton served
as the twenty-first State Regent,
1934-1936.
Photo
from
the
Abigail
Adams
Chapter
portrait collection
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Alice Given Brenton
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Edna J.
Dudley Throckmorton
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Edna J. Dudley Throckmorton
served as the twenty-fifth State
Regent, 1942-1944; third Vice
President General NSDAR; and
chairman of numerous state and
national committees.
Photo from the Abigail
Adams Chapter portrait
collection
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Betty Davis Wallace served
as the forty-third State Regent,
1976-1978; Vice President General
NSDAR, 1978-1981; was a strong
supporter of DAR Schools, who
funded the Iowa Betty Davis
Wallace building on the Tamassee
School campus, Tamassee, South
Carolina; served as chairman of
state and national committees.
Photo
from
the
Abigail
Adams
Chapter
portrait collection
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Betty Davis Wallace
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Sara Jane Shaler Harwood
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Sara Jane Shaler Harwood
served as fifty-first State
Regent, 1992-1994; Vice President
General, 1994-1997; Curator
General NSDAR, 1998-2001; chairman
of state and national committees
and national administrative
committees.
Photo from the Abigail Adams
Chapter portrait collection
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Lucinda
(Cindi) Rose Patterson Carter
was a 40-year member of Abigail
Adams Chapter when she began her
term as sixty-sixth State Regent
of Iowa (2016-2018). Her State
Regent's Project was a monument to
the memory of all Revolutionary
Soldiers and Patriots buried in
Iowa. It was dedicated at the Iowa
Veterans Cemetery in Van Meter,
Iowa, on August 4, 2018.
Photo
from
the Abigail Adams
Chapter portrait
collection
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Lucinda Rose
Patterson Carter
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