The National Society Daughters of the
American Revolution (NSDAR or DAR) is a
non-profit, non-political, volunteer women's
service organization.
The Waubonsie Chapter NSDAR was organized
October 12, 1914, with Kate Evan Tharp
elected as the first chapter regent. There
were 24 charter members.
The Waubonsie Chapter NSDAR is named
after Chief Waubonsie of the Potawatomi
tribe. In the Indian treaty with the Iowa
government, he gave five million acres of
Potawatomi tribal lands for the settlement
in Iowa. Chief Waubonsie, along with the
other Potawatomie Indians, lived for a
time in what became Mills and Fremont
counties. He completed his life in
"Waubonsie Village," just north of the
Fremont County line and west of the
present town of Tabor.
The
Waubonsie Chapter NSDAR has placed
markers at locations in the area
signifying important events or people
in history.
Site of the
First School Building in Clarinda
In 1927, the Waubonsie Chapter NSDAR
placed an engraved plaque on a boulder on
the campus of the Middle School in
Clarinda, Iowa. This plaque marked the
first school building in Clarinda, which
was built in 1854 on what is now the
Middle School campus. The 26th President,
Theodore Roosevelt, spoke here in 1903
during his term of office.
Tribute to
Glenn Miller
In 1954, the Waubonsie Chapter NSDAR
placed a bronze plaque inside the National
Guard Armory in tribute to Clarinda's
hometown son, Glenn Miller. The plaque
proclaimed the National Guard Armory would
be henceforth known as the Glenn Miller
Armory. This was in commemoration of his
patriotic response to his country's call
to arms during World War II and his
contributions to the world of music.
Miller lost his life in that war, and the
armory was named as a monument to the "man
and his music." The armory is located at
701 East Washington Street in Clarinda.
Phoebe
Tillman Loy - Daughter of a Patriot
Phoebe Tillman Loy was born July 15,
1787, in Anderson County, Virginia (now
Tennessee), to Tobias and Catherine
(Sharp) Tillman. She married Jacob Loy in
July 1804, in Campbell County, Tennessee.
She died August 11, 1873, in Clarinda,
Iowa (Page County), before the DAR was
formed.
Her father was Tobias Tillman, who
fought in the American Revolutionary War
with the North Carolina Militia, under
Captain William O'Neal's "Company of
Mounted Men." He was also in Colonel
Butler's Regiment of the North Carolina
Line and served several short tours as a
Minute Man.
The Waubonsie Chapter NSDAR marked her
gravesite in 1922.
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