1886 PROCEEDINGS Of The Third Annual Convention Of The
Woman’s Relief Corps
Auxiliary to Grand Army Of The Republic,
Department of Michigan
Held At Jackson, Michigan April 21 and 22, 1886
Department Officers, 1885
President__ Emma S. Hampton, Detroit
Senior Vice President__ Mary A. McConnelly, Flint
Junior Vice President__Charity A. Dykeman, Jackson
Secretary__Armilla A. Cheney, Detroit
Treasurer__Adelaide Wallace, Detroit
Chaplain__Sarah Lyon, Howell
Inspector__Lucy Wilcox, Owosso
Conductor__Julie E. Throwbridge, Dundee
Guard__Bertha E. Smith, Stanton
Chief Instituting and Installing Officers__Sarah A. C. Plummer, Lansing.
Assistant Inspectors
Mary A. McConnelly, Flint; Charity Dykeman, Jackson; Amanda O. Miner,
Muskegon; Sarah A. C. Plummer, Lansing; Jennie L. Gibbs, Grand Haven;
Hattie R. Murray, Homer; Amanda H. Tripp, South Haven; Hattie M. Padden,
Greenville; Maggie Campbell, Alpena; Mary E. Parker, Frankfort
Board of Directors
1__Amanda H. Tripp
3__Lizzie Stangel
4__Maddie A. Rowell
6__Nellie Stengel
7__Mary Reed
12__Susie H. Atkins
13__Lillie A. Rutter
16__Flora Doty
17__Susie S. Stitzel
18__Addie C. Morey
19__Addie Bush
20__Lucelia B. Belding
21__Clarissa A. Short
22__Loanna Wert
24__Eizora Maxfield
25__E. C. Slocum
27__Ella Surprise
28__Emily P. Dye
30__Mary E. Winters
31__Mary E. Collar
32__Ann E. Lewis
33__Emily Darrow
34__Frankie Barlow
36__Marg’t E. Roseboom
37__Mary L. McIntyre
39__Artemisia Ester
40__Carrie Barnard
Finance Committee
Flavilla B. Holt, Detroit; L. S. Bamford, Union City; Emorett Reynolds,
Coldwater.
Aides-De-Camp to National President
Emorett Reynolds, Coldwater; Elizabeth C. Ellsworth, Greenville.
Proceedings of the Third Annual Convention W. R. C.
Department of Michigan
Jackson, Michigan, April 21st, 1886
Conformable to notice given in General Order No. 5, Department
Headquarters were established at the Hurd House, Tuesday, April 20th, thus
giving an opportunity for meeting with members, delegates and comrades of
the Grand Army, also discussion of matters pertaining to proper legislation in
the coming Convention.
The meeting of the Board of Directors, which was appointed for April
20th, 2 P. M., was called to order, and adjourned to the following morning at
9 o’clock, to await the arrival of later trains.
According to announcement, the Department Officers held an informal
reception Tuesday evening, an invitation being extended to each and all
interested, with an assurance of a warm and cordial welcome to all. Many
were the greetings, and those who witnessed the hearty hand shaking of the
veterans were re-assured that there could be no stronger tie than that which
binds old soldiers’ hearts together, and that there exist strong bonds of
fellowship between them and their co-workers, the loyal women of the W. R.
C.
At the adjourned meeting of the Board of Directors various subjects
were brought up and informally discussed, pertaining to the welfare of the
Order in Michigan.
While in the providence of God we have been allowed to meet at the
first, second, and some of us the third, annual convention, let us not forget
the vacant chairs and the faces we will behold no more.
While we bow in humble submission to the decrees of our Heavenly
Father, we would speak with reverent lips the familiar names of:
Mrs. Jennie M. George, Past Sec., Dept. Mich., Corps No. 7, Lansing
Mrs. Clara Davis, April 16th, 1885, Corps No. 7, Lansing
Mrs. Nancy Johnson, Nov. 24th, 1884, Corps No. 14, Greenville.
Mrs. Augusta Hodgkiss, March 4, 1886, Corps No. 14, Greenville.
Mrs. Eliza Jane Whitney, June, 1885, Corps No. 22, Fowlerville
Mrs. Fannie Ball, March 6, 1886, Corps No. 31, Coldwater
Mrs. Sarah Kopp, Nov., 1885, Corps No. 18, Charlotte
Diana Sellick, March 7, 1886, Corps No. 55, Lockwood
Mary L. Day, 1886, Corps No. 48, Howard City.
Lucreta Parker, Feb. 16th, 1886, Corps No. 32, Webberville
Sara A. Sage, Feb. 17th, 1886, Corps No. 28, Ionia
BRIEF RESUME OF THE WORK IN MICHIGAN
The Woman’s Relief Corps was organized as a Department in Michigan
April 2d, 1884, with 10 corps and about 300 members. At the second
annual Convention, February 11th, 1885, No. 32 was reported organized, but
No. 12 being vacant, there were 31 regular corps, with a membership of
1,051, a gain of 21 corps and 700 members in a little more than 10 months.
There have been added since last Convention 51 new corps and 1,453
members; voluntarily disbanded, 3; disbanded to reorganize, 1; charter
revoked, 1; under suspension, 1.
From the first to the last of my administration I have aimed to
establish a through system of approved discipline and government, such as
would place us in the highest rank of excellence as a Department.
As Michigan did her duty in the war, so now let her daughters emulate
the example, and if we be anything in this holy cause, let us never rest until
we stand prominently first in discipline, unselfish charity and purity of
purpose.
Roll of Convention was read by Secretary, members present being
marked with a *. Those holding duplicate representation and present, thus
a ↨.
ROLL OF DEPARTMENT CONVENTION
Dept. President__ *Emma S. Hampton Detroit
Dept. Sr. Vice Pres__ *Mary A. McConnelly Flint
Dept. Jr. Vice Pres__ *Charity A. Dykeman Jackson
Dept. Secretary__ *Armilla A. Cheney Detroit
Dept. Treasurer__ *Adelaide Wallace Detroit
Dept. Chaplain__ *Sarah Lyon Howell
Dept. Inspector__ *Lucy Wilcox Owosso
Dept. Conductor__ *Julie E. Trowbridge Dundee
Dept. Guard__ *Bertha E. Smith Stanton
Dept. I. And I. Officer__ *Sarah A. C. Plummer Lansing
Dept. Past Pres.__ *Ella W. Shank Lansing
No. 1, South Haven
Pres., Mary E. Dodge; Past Pres., Mary E. Dodge and Josephine Prentiss.
Delegates: *Elsie Hicks, *Clara Smith. Alt. Del., Mercy Balsh
No. 2, Niles
Pres., Mrs. Millard
No. 3, Coral
Pres., Lizzie Hanson; Past Pres., Maggie B. King and Francis B. Davis.
Delegate, Maggie B. King; Alt., Francis B. Davis.
No. 4, Battle Creek
Pres., *Eliza W. Roberts; Past Pres., M. J. French and *Lottie Nichols
Delegates, *Carrie E. Surby and *Stella Parker. Alt., Nettie Cummings and
Mrs. Guy Newbre.
No. 5, Jackson
Pres., *Maria C. Stevenson; Past Pres., *Martha Strong and ↨Charity A.
Dykeman. Delegates: *Sarah Cordon and *Mary L. Gifford; Alt., Mary
Chapman and Louisa Hewlett.
No. 6, Big Rapids
Pres., Harriett Cooper; Past Pres., Catherine Hart; Delegate, Mary Pratt; Alt.,
Mary G. Burnett.
No. 7, Lansing
Pres., *Mary Reed; Past Pres., Alice S. Garlick, ↨Ella W. Shank; Del., *Annie
Klockseim, *Martha Bliss, * Louisa Less, * Laura Rice, *Sarah Dayton; Alt.,
Lucy Morgan, Adell Thompson, Mary McKinley, Sarah Allen, Hattie Clark.
No. 9, Stanton
Pres., * Carrie E. Stevens; Past Pres., *Mary Hinds; Del., *Lu E. S. Towle,
*Mary Clark; Alt., Estella L. Moore, Harriett P. Youngs.
No. 10, Detroit
Pres., *Lydia C. Hopkins; Past Pres., ↨Emma S. Hampton, *Helen T.
Gibbons; Del., Ada M. Stoddard, *Flavilla B. Holt; Alt., *Lucy M. Griswold,
Jennie S. Oster.
No. 11, Dundee
Pres., *Mary J. Mason; Past Pres., Mattie D. Smith; Del., ↨Julie E.
Trowbridge, *Melinda Carr; Alt., Maria Kenyon, Sarah Bell.
No. 12, North Muskegon
Pres., Susie H. Atkins; Past Pres., Rachel Storrs; Del., Electa A. Wixom; Alt.,
*May Freighner.
No. 13, Berrien Center
Pres., Almeda Suavely
No. 14, Greenville
Pres., *Hattie M. Padden; Past Pres., J. S. Chase; Del., Nancy Miller,
*Miranda Griffith, *Anna S. J. Grabill; Alt., Martha Jennison, E. B. Mayo,
Hattie Turner.
No. 15, Howell
Pres., ↨Sarah E. Lyon; Past Pres., Elizabeth Waddell, Ella J. Wing; Del.,
*Mary J. Wilcox, *Elizabeth Noble, *Anna Herrington; Alt., Amanda Kent,
Kate Kriseler, Emma Johnson.
No. 16, Grand Ledge
Pres., Harriet Foreman; Past Pres., Hattie Chamberlain, Augusta Chadwick;
Del., *Sarah Bigelow; Alt., Nancy Byxbe.
No. 17, Constantine
Pres., Eliza Machimer; Past Pres., Sue Stitzel, Cecelia J. Edwards; Del.,
*Matilda Rodecker; Alt., Sue Stitzel.
No 18, Charlotte
Pres., *Addie C. Morey; Past Pres., Sarah Carroll, ↨Jennie Johnson; Del.,
*Emorette Winchell, *Jennie M. Johnson; Alt., Sarah Carroll, Mary Bennett.
No. 19, Gaines
Pres., Mary Stewart; Past Pres., Edna Van Vleet; Del., Nell Aldrich, Augusta
Symons; Alt., Augusta Rood, Addie Bush.
No. 20, St. Johns
Pres., Sarah Hillaker; Past Pres., Monira Crull; Del., Julia Cole, Abby Isbell;
Alt., *Lucilia R. Belding, Josie Thomas.
No. 21, Partello
Pres., Mary J. McGraw; Past Pres., ↨Phoebe Hazen; Sr. V. Pres, *Mary J.
Case; Del., *Melissa M. Phillips; Alt., ↨Mary J. Case
No. 22, Fowlerville
Pres., *Tama E. Carr; Past Pres., *Ella B. Fisher; Del., Cecelia Bushy,
Francelia Smith; Alt., ↨Tama E. Carr, *Mary Kuhn
No. 23, Flint
Pres., *Hattie P. Thompson; Past Pres., ↨Mary A. McConnelly; Del., *Mary
Numa, *Amelia Bassett, Emma Hubbard, *Martha Clarkson, Catherine
Partridge; Alt., Lydia Hughes, *Helen Warren, *Helen Burbanks, Harriet
Farnum, Sarah Becker.
No. 24, Coopersville
Pres., *Mary Hamilton; Past Pres., Amelia Rice, Lida Griffin; Del., Lida
Griffin; Alt., Elizora Maxfield.
No. 25, Union City
Pres., * Elizabeth Slocum; Past Pres., * Alice Rowe; Del., *H. H. Harsh,
*Lucy Simmons; Alt., Carrie Seymour, Nora Streeter.
No. 26, Owosso
Pres., *Sarah A. Wiley; Past Pres., *Mattie Tillotson; Del., *Martha Ridley,
*Alice Henderson; Alt., Jane A. Steves, Martha Gilbert.
No. 27, Grand Rapids
Pres., *Francis I. Stephenson; Del., * Kate A. L. Baxter, *Mary Clark; Alt.,
Viola Dipple, Jennie M. Lalone.
No. 28, Ionia
Pres., Lizzie B. Maxwell; Past Pres., Sylvia M. Spencer; Del., Hattie E.
Cornell, Ettie Scott; Alt., Kate Smith, Sarah Brookins.
No. 29, Lakeview
Pres., * Esther Macomber; Past Pres., ↨Ellen C. Everett; Del., *Ellen C.
Everett; Alt., Esther Macomber.
No. 30, Bellevue
Pres., Nancy Adams; Past Pres., *Cornelia Perry; Del., *Cornelia Hugget;
Alt., Nettie Beers.
No. 31, Coldwater
Pres., Emorett Reynolds; Sr. V. Pres., *Lucina Milnes; Del., *Mary E. Collar,
*Mariette Cushman, Sabina Hanna, *Arminda Russell, *Margaret Long; Alts.,
Alida Miller, *Almira Whitten, Sarah Russell, Dora Alexander, Caroline
Parker.
No. 32, Webberville
Pres., Henrietta Boardman; Past Pres., Esther Carr; Del., Roxy Whitehead,
Loretta Rogers; Alt., *Hannah Lane, Ann Lewis.
No. 33, Homer
Pres., *Hattie R. Murray; Past Pres., *Priscilla Beedan; Del., *Chloe Juckett;
Alt., Marcella Burt
No. 34, Jones
Pres., *Mary F. Arnold; Del., *Mary J. Morton; Alt., ↨Mary F. Arnold.
No. 36, Grand Haven
Pres., * Jennie L. Gibbs; Del., *Francis L. Finch; Alt., Jennie Gardner
No. 37, Hillsdale
Pres., *Alice C. Tallman; Del., *Maria L. Baker, *Juulia M. Janes, *Mary l.
McIntyre; Alts., Annie L. Seeley, Susan Baker, Fannie Flint.
No. 39, Lakeside
Pres., Isabella Cord; Past Pres., *Caroline Bradford (transferred from No. 8)
Del., *Nellie A. Whipple; Alt., Alice McConnell.
No. 40, Fremont
Pres., Sarah A. Barnhard; Delegate (none elected)
No. 41, Grand Rapids
Pres., *Allie S. Mallett; Del., *Hattie Wheeler
No. 42, Nashville
Pres., Elizabeth Barber; Del., *Aggie Putnam, *Elvira Wheeler; Alts., Sarah
Beigh, Della Tyler.
No. 44, DeWitt
Pres., *Rachel Brink; Past Pres., Mitilda Loll; Del., none elected.
No. 45, Wayne
Pres., *Nancy Irvin; Del., *Emma Althouse; Alt., Adelia Collins.
No. 47, Olivet
Pres., *Sarah E. Savory; Past Pres., *Phoebe Hazen (transferred from No.
21); Del., *Augusta Keeney; Alt., Bessie Galusha.
No. 48, Howard City
Pres., Jennie Drew; Del., Mary Church; Alt., Celia Vanda.
No. 49, Lowell
Pres., Lucinda R. Robinson; Past Pres., Emma B. Hine; Del., *Leonore Perry;
Alt., Emma B. Hine.
No. 50, Ludington
Pres., Emmile C. Dowland; Del., Charlotte Chase; Alt., Mary A. Ransom
No. 51, Marshall
Pres., *Maggie Town; Past Pres., Amy Peterman; Del., Mary Counterman.
No. 52, Middleville
Pres., Sophia Bassett; Del., Sophia Bassett; Alt., Eliza Hubbard.
No. 53, Bloomingdale
Pres., Lide McMeekin; Del., Sophia Peck.
No. 54, Fowler
Pres., * Ann E. Rice.
No. 55, Alpena
Pres., Jennie B. Wheeler; Del., Sarah B. Field; Alt., Ruth M. Sproat.
No. 56, Mt. Pleasant
Pres., *Ellen A. Hicks; Del., *Kate Harris; Alt., Ella Bowen.
No. 58, Richmond
Pres., *Ellen M. Walton; Del., Lizzie Raphelje; Alt., Helen Beebe.
No. 59, Maple Rapids
Pres., Olive S. Perry; Del., Mattie Smith; Alt., Libbie Anderson.
No. 60, Morley
Pres., Hattie M. Hicks; Del., Mary J. Yost; Alt., Amanda Williamson
No. 61, Frankfort
Pres., Mary E. Parker; Del., Mary E. Parker; Alt., Diana E. Spicer.
No. 62, Sunfield
Pres., Mary Richards; Del., Cassie Kreamer; Alt., Emma Peabody.
No. 63, Mecosta
Pres., Annie R. Wade; Past Pres., Mary Layton
No. 64, Morenci
Pres., *Lucy Converse; Del., *Kittie Boody; Alt., Mary Walker
No. 65, Ypsilanti
Pres., *Josephine Carson; Past Pres., Leonore Seigle; Del., *Nellie L. Bowen.
No. 66, Fenton
Pres., Abbie J. Curry.
No. 67, Perry
Pres., Mahala Hawley; Del., *Rachel Bott
No. 68, Leslie
Pres., *Elizabeth Willson
No. 69, Millington
Pres., Ellen A. Atwood
No. 70, Assyria
Pres., Mattie Ellis
No. 71, Luther
Pres., Grace M. Seeley
No. 72, Adrian
Pres., *Louise A. Robbins
No. 73, Crystal
Pres., Mary E. Stiffey
No. 74, Hudson
Pres., *Catherine Whitney
No. 75, Corunna
Pres., *Lucy Armstrong.
No. 76, Carson City
Pres., Mary A. Gibbs
No. 77, Schoolcraft
Pres., Catherine E. Harper
No. 78, (no town listed)
Pres. *Lucy D. Reed
No. 79, Brighton
Pres., Hattie E. Durfee; Jr V. Pres., *Mary J. Tobin
No. 80, Litchfield
Pres., *Carrie E. Howard
No. 81, Buchanan
Pres., Sarah A. Howel; Jr V. Pres., *Amanda Beistle
Frank Graves
Phil. Kearney
Amos E. Steel
Gregg
W. J. May
Bradley
Niles
Muskegon
N. Muskegon
Homer
Jones
Harrison
Apr. 2, 1886
Mar. 24, 1885
Mar. 21, 1885
Mar. 12, 1885
Apr. 8, 1885
Mar. 25, 1885
Emma S. Hampton
Jennie L. Gibbs
Amanda O. Miner
Emma S. Hampton
Cecelia J. Edwards
Mary A. McConnelly
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by Barbara Lesser July 2004
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