NEBRASKA DEPARTMENT
DAUGHTERS OF UNION VETERANS
OF THE CIVIL WAR
1861 – 1865
LINCOLN, LANCASTER
COUNTY, NEBRASKA
Organized and charted May 20, 1918. Estella M. Moore, National President, and Lulu Carlin, National Secretary. The first Department Convention was held
May 17, 18, 19, 1920 at the Hotel Pathfinder in Fremont, Nebraska.
Charter Members – 1919
| Aistrope, Olive | Hunter, Ethel | |
| Benton, Cora | Jacobson, Ruth | |
| Dilts, Catherine | Johnson, Lucy | |
| Dion, Myrtle A. | McKinley, Katherine | |
| Esterling, Viola M. | Penton, Lucille | |
| Fuller, Etta M. | Rowell, Flora M. | |
| Hall, H. C. | Shahan, Mabel | |
| Harris, Amanda |
Department Officers – 1920
| President | Myrtle Dion, Tent # 1 | |
| Senior Vice-President | Katherine McKinley, Tent # 5 | |
| Junior Vice-President | Flora M. Rowell, Tent # 2 | |
| Chaplain | Catherine Dilts, Tent # 3 | |
| Treasurer | Camille Maulsby, Tent # 5 | |
| Council Member # 1 | Lucy Johnson, Tent # 5 | |
| Council Member # 2 | Cora Olday, Tent # 2 | |
| Council Member # 3 | Mabel Stoddard, Tent # 1 | |
| Delegate-at-large | Katherine McKinley, Tent # 5 | |
| Alternate Delegate-at-large | Flora M. Rowell, Tent # 2 | |
| Delegate | Sister McCloud, Tent # 5 | |
| Alternate Delegate | Mabel Stoddard, Tent # 1 | |
| Secretary | Zulla Penton, Tent # 1 | |
| Guide and Guard |
Information taken from “A Short History of the Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War 1861 – 1865 and The Nebraska Department of The Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War 1861 – 1865” Issued By The Nebraska Department Bicentennial Committee
Nebraska Department 