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Serving St. Joseph for 110 Years

The St. Joseph Chapter of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution was organized April 16, 1898, with Mrs. Samuel M. Nave as Organizing Regent. This was only eight years after the organization of the National Society. There were fourteen charter members.

At present we have over 70 members. We meet on the second Saturday of September, and third Saturday of October through June, inclusive.  We do not meet in July and August.  Please contact us for information about attending a chapter meeting.

In its over one hundred years of service (the 100th anniversary of the organizing of the chapter was held April 18, 1998), the St. Joseph Chapter has undertaken many projects. We placed markers on the graves of two Revolutionary veterans, John Griffith and John Davis. Since 1913, we have participated in Arbor Day tree plantings to help beautify our city.

We are proud of St. Joseph's Pony Express monument, erected in 1912, in cooperation with the City of St. Joseph. The Pony Express monument marks the site of the beginning of the Pony Express on April 3, 1860. The newspaper photo (below) shows Pony Express rider Buffalo Bill Cody to the right of the monument. The monument is located in Patee Park in St. Joseph, Missouri.

Buffalo Bill Cody

Membership

We welcome new members to our chapter. For information about membership requirements, please see the NSDAR web site. If you're not sure if an ancestor fought or provided public service during the American Revolution, we encourage you to use our "Patriot Lookup" service on our national site. Volunteers will search our Patriot Index for you at no charge. For membership information about our chapter, please contact our chapter.

110th Anniversary

100th Anniversary

Rep. Edward Wildberger, the Minority Caucus Chairman who represents the 17th District in the Missouri House of Representatives, presented Past Chapter Regent Louise Campbell a proclamation recognizing the chapter's contributions to the community over the past 110 years.