United Daughters of the Confederacy
California Division
Editor: Robyn Adair
November 2016
Volume V - Issue 1
From Your Division President
Dear Daughters,
Scarlett Stahl
President
California Division UDC
2016-2018
The Executive Board you
have elected for 2016-2018
was installed during our
Convention, which was held
at the Four Points Sheraton
in Bakersfield 30 Sept—1
Oct. All of the Directors and
Committee Chairs have been
appointed and submitted to
the yearbook.
The new
yearbooks will be available
at the Southern Luncheon
on 28 January, 2017, which
will be held at the Pala Mesa
Golf Club in Fallbrook, Ca.
Since most Chapters have
held elections and installed
new members during the
year, it is necessary for them
to submit a new list ASAP
for our Yearbook to Robyn
Adair, who is our Yearbook
Editor. It is vital to at least
send a copy of your Chapter
Officers to the new Division
President as all members
will continue to use the old
yearbook with some incorrect information until January. Information will be submitted to all who request
this information prior to the
distribution.
Daughters attending the
California convention this
year overwhelmingly voted
to hold next year’s meeting
again at Four Points Sheraton, Bakersfield on 29-30
Sept. This is a central location to both northern and
southern California with
value prices and good food,
as evidenced by the large
turnout this year.
Please MARK YOUR CALENDARS for these dates
now. Donna Ozenne has
graciously agreed to be our
Convention Chairman for
the next term.
In between newsletter
issues (published 4x a year)
you can obtain current information on events by
Googling ‘CA Division UDC’
or visiting the CA Division
website at:
www.rootsweb.ancestry.com
/~caudc/
By the time you read this,
nine CA Daughters will be
attending the UDC General
Convention in Richmond,
VA. The Omni Hotel, where
conventions are held, is only
a seven block walk to the
Virginia Library, and the
hotel has a free shuttle to
and from the Hotel to the
Library as well.
Happy Holidays to all for a
wonderful holiday season!!
We look forward to seeing
you at the Southern Luncheon in January.
Scarlett Stahl
Inside this newsletter
President’s Message ..................................1
Officer - Committee Reports ......................2
Committee Reports ...................................3
Chapter Reports ..................................... 3-5
Historical Article—TN Farmhouse ..............6
Speakers Bureau........................................7
Forrest Home Update................................. 8
2016-2018 Ex. Board ................................ 9
Convention Photos .............................. 10-13
Southern Luncheon Form ........................ 14
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Division 2nd Vice President
By Mary Ann Claxton
Division
Officer
and
Committee
Reports
(outgoing)
It’s Scholarship time. The deadline is 15
February 2017. Applications can be found
on the General web-site and must be on the
2015 form and typed.
A word to chapter 2nd VPs: If you are helping a student gather her/his forms and documents to apply for a scholarship, please advise the student
to get “ an official
transcript” from
his/her
school
AND do NOT open
the official transcript! Send the
materials to your
Division 2nd Vice
President. If copies of the transcript need to be
made for both
General and Division, the 2VP will make those
copies. If there are any questions, please do
ask before the application is sent. The Division Officer cannot ask for more information,
with the exception of perhaps linage documentation. Incomplete applications will not
be judged.
As you know, our division has two scholarships that must reach a total of $25,000 each
before they earn enough interest to be selfsupporting to offer grants. Both are greatly in
need of donations, especially since current
rates are so low. Your donation of whatever
amount your chapter chooses to give will help
these funds reach their potential and provide
financial assistance to a worthy student.
Chapters receive recognition for meeting
their educational goals by donating.
Mrs. Norman V. Randolph Relief
By Mrs. Nan Nelson, Director
The Randolph Relief Fund and Real Daughters is one of our organization’s Benevolent and
Charitable projects. The Fund financially assists Real Daughters and Granddaughters of Confederate Veterans, or those who provided assistance as is required for our membership. Participation at the Chapter, or Individual level, also applies to part of our Motto – Love, Think,
Pray. Though it is not practical for us here in California to visit the ladies in the South and
East, we can keep them in our prayers, write to them, send them greeting cards, or even
“adopt” one and share small gifts with her.
The Randolph Relief Fund was actually begun immediately after the close of the War
Between the States by Mrs. Norman V. Randolph as she became aware of the needs of many,
but especially the widows and families of injured returning veterans. She was fortunate – her
husband had served, come home safe and sound, and was a good businessman, thus she had
the financial ability to assist those in need. The Fund was officially set up at the 1910 General
Convention, whereas it had previously been operated by just Chapters and individuals.
We receive a list of the Real Daughters and Granddaughters in need from General. Here
in California, we also include our Granddaughters. A list of the names and addresses has been
sent to each Chapter, and it is my hope that many of you will participate.
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Jefferson Davis Highway Committee
By Mrs. Donna Derrick, Director
Committee
And
Chapter
Reports
A very quiet and informal ceremony was held in downtown San Diego rededicating the Jefferson Davis Highway marker at Horton Plaza. The marker was originally placed there in 1927
but at some point, after 1928, it disappeared. A new one was made and rededicated in 1956.
During two different renovations of the downtown area, all of the historical markers were removed and eventually replaced after the upgrades were complete. During this recent Plaza redesign and renovation it appeared the city was going to replace all of the markers except for the
Jefferson Davis Highway.
After some time and a bit of haggling, the marker appeared in the sidewalk on the north side,
without comment. Due to the recent
controversy involving Confederate
markers, the Division decided to hold a
very low-key rededication and celebrate with lunch afterward. Chapter
members of Stonewall Jackson 476, the
Jefferson Davis Highway CA Director
and three Division Officers were present. It is hoped the marker will enjoy a
long stay in Horton Plaza. Please visit
and keep an eye on all of our CA Confederate markers, and report any
which are missing or damaged. Visit
the CA Division website for the history
of the JDH in California.
Belle Boyd 2387
By Linda Corvan
We welcomed Joan Rambo as a new member
of Belle Boyd and UDC. We currently have
three prospective members, two who are working on their papers.
We met ten times during the past year in restaurants, and at chapter outings. At meetings we
enjoyed presentations on
educational and historical
topics that included Tracking and Interpreting Genealogical Records for Adoptees, and Women Soldiers in
the Civil War.
Our chapter's December
meeting was our Annual
Tea, this year held at Spring
Field Banquet & Conference Center in Fullerton.
This fun filled event is always anticipated by members, spouses, family and friends.
Our June meeting consisted of an outing to the
Drum Barracks Civil War Museum, in Wilming-
ton, where members enjoyed a docent led tour of
the facility and a behind the scenes look at their
extensive reference library. After the tour, members rendezvoused at Bubba Gump's in Long
Beach for a much enjoyed lunch.
Belle Boyd members attended the Southern
Luncheon, and were pleased for the opportunity
to renew friendships with UDC ladies we see too
infrequently.
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We contributed crayons and coloring books for CofC member William Cline's Crayons & Smiles
project. We continued our membership in the Civil War Trust, and were proud to be able to
make an additional donation to The Civil War Battlefield Preservation Fund for Chancelorsville/
Wilderness area preservation. Additionally, the Chapter donated to the organ refurbishment
fund at an area church in memory of Vice President Melinda Guinaldo's mother, Dorothy Mitchell.
We look forward to an exciting year of individual and chapter growth.
Phoebe Yates Pember 2532
By Mary Hall, President
Phoebe Yates Pember’s traditional September 2015 Southern Potluck Picnic, which
launches the new UDC year, followed in November another favorite tradition: The Blue
Gray Luncheon at the historic Santa Barbara
Club. PYP coordinated this annual event
which occurs near Veterans Day and symbolically joins daughters of the North and the
South in an opportunity to honor all veterans,
both living and passed. The 2015 program
featured the treasures of the UCSB’s William
Wyles Collection, the largest holdings of “Civil
War” related documents, books, diaries and
artifacts west of the Mississippi.
The Blue Gray luncheon was begun 22 years
ago by Janice G Cloud who, in 1993,was president of both local chapters of Daughters of
Union Veterans and UDC. Always a teacher
and consummate networker, Jan’s intent was
to provide a high quality historical education
L-R: Amanda
DeLucia, and the
late Janice G
Cloud .
program and enjoy an exceptional lunch and
comradery.
Sadly, in February we lost Jan, who was a
charter member and holder of many offices.
To say that “Jan will be missed” is a significant
understatement.
Three ladies were added to the chapter this
last year. PYP continued to expand our “must
read” (or watch or listen to) list of Southern
Literature & Arts. A sponsored student was
selected for a scholarship award. Donations
were made to Project Heifer, the Santa Barbara County Genealogical Society’s Library Endowment (in honor of Jan Cloud who was instrumental in its creation), and the Civil War
Trust.
A chapter highlight was the visit by Division
President Robyn Adair for the May officer
installation meeting at the SBCGS Sahyun Genealogy Library. Robyn made the installation
so special, and generated such enthusiasm for
UDC that 4 PYP members attended the Convention in Bakersfield, in addition to two attendees for the Jefferson Davis Luncheon in
Gilroy. PYP has definitely experienced the
comradery and bonds that are strengthened
by participating in UDC beyond our chapter’s
walls.
PYP is commemorating the 30th year of
small but meaningful contributions toward
UDC objectives.
Chapter
Reports
INSTALLATION
L-R front: Jennifer Annan
House (Secretary), Nancy
Tabor (Chaplain), Bonnie
Valko (VP), Mary E Hall
(President), Robyn Adair
(Division President); back:
Louise Matz (Custodian of
Flags), Gail Knight
(Historian), Elizabeth Swanay-O'Neal (Registrar),
Susan Bubnar (Treasurer),
Lori Jackson (3rd VP), Diana Brenna (2nd VP).
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Sterling Price 1343
By Marilyn Lagier, President
The year 2015-2016 brought both happy
and sad events. Sterling Price 1343 gained six
new members but did lose three long-time
daughters. The Chapter was quite busy with
five meetings held in members’ homes and
one meeting at the Stockton Rural Cemetery
for Confederate Memorial Day. On that day,
we visited each of the gravesites of the Confederates buried there as well as that of a
founding member and also of a CA Division Ex
-President.
The group collected many items for a local
veterans’ facility as well as a homeless shelter. Chapter members contributed many
hours to different projects and organizations.
Three different re-enactments were visited by
members and the Chapter participated in two
SCV Cross of Honor ceremonies. Even being
from the far north state, two members attended the Southern Luncheon and eight members
plus six guests attended the Jefferson Davis
Luncheon. At the recent Bakersfield convention, six members plus two guests were in
attendance.
Our Chapter was honored to present two
Military Service Awards for the Global War on
Terror at the Jefferson Davis Luncheon. The
Cross of Military Service was presented to
Sterling Price 1343 member Sandra Daras
who served in the Air Force. The National
Defense Medal was presented to Tom Oliver
who served in the Army/National Guard.
Sterling Price 1343 looks forward to their
106th year of continuous service to the United
Daughters of the Confederacy.
Chapter
L-R: Joan Gorsuch, Karen Theofanides, Janet
Report
Fiore, Linda Clark
Marilyn Lagier, and Sandra Daras
(Photo courtesy of Pamela Gorsuch)
Military Service Awards
Sandra Daras,
Global War on Terror Cross of
Military Service
Tom Oliver,
National Defense Medal
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A Tennessee Farmhouse
History compiled by Scarlett Stahl
Shortly before the War Between the States, many families
homesteaded on farms throughout the South. This home in
Maury County is an example of a large Tennessee farmhouse.
The home is a story and a half design with a total of six bedrooms and an upstairs loft. Four bedrooms are downstairs each
measuring 18 x 18' with 12' ceilings, and each room having its
own chimney and fireplace as a direct heating source. A 12foot wide hallway runs the entire length of the downstairs.
There are two bedrooms on each side of an open loft upstairs,
this area has no direct heat source. A staircase goes halfway up
the backside of the entrance hallway, and then up the other
side to the open loft with bedrooms on either side. The home
has 4 front doors and the entrance porch with four twelve foot
tall square columns across the front. The twelve-foot ceiling is
panel and style construction
hopper for making lye soap, workshop, granary, and carriage
house. Almost all of these buildings, unfortunately, have succumbed to the ravages of time.
According to local oral history there was a family cemetery
located on the farm but the location has been lost. The location
of a slave cemetery in one of the fields on the farm "out from a
thicket in a field in front of the house" has also been lost.
Eliza B. Carr and John Jones Williamson moved to Maury
Co, TN from North Carolina in 1839, and built this home
where they raised 15 children. Three of the daughters each
married 3 Crutcher brothers. The Crutcher brothers, Henry,
Americus and William, all served during the WBTS. Henry
and Americus were in Co B, 11 Tenn Cav Regt (formerly
Holman’s Partisan Rangers) and William served in Co D, 20
Tenn Inf Regt. Three of the Williamson sons also served in the
Confederacy during the war. Although no longer owned by the
Williamson family, the house is still standing today and has
been certified as a Tennessee Century Home. The surviving
Williamson children along with Eliza inherited the home upon
John’s death.
Americus R. Crutcher pictured in the middle below, is the
Great Grandfather of Division President Scarlett Stahl.
Typical building techniques of the day were used in the
home's construction. The interior walls used plaster made of
sand and lime with hog hair gathered during hog killings
added as a strengthening and bonding agent. The original
panes of glass in the windows have the typical wavy texture of
glass of that era, the 8’ tall x 3’ wide doors are of peg construction, and the floors are of hard oak. The outside was covered with sawmill cut and painted weatherboard from Lynden
trees. The dentil trim is an open gingerbread style from the
same type wood. The roof was covered with cedar shake shingles and the bricks for the four chimneys were kilned on the
property.
A detached kitchen and dining building of board and batten
design was located at the back of the home. A covered 'dogtrot'
or 'breezeway' was between the main house and the dining
building with an open porch running the entire length of the
dining building. These kitchens used an open fireplace or
wood stove to cook the meals, and the separation of the kitchen from the rest of the home prevented or slowed down any
fire moving to the main house.
The farmhouse also had out buildings found on most farms:
outhouse, smokehouse, chicken house, brooder house, barns,
tool sheds, fruit cellar, vegetable cellar, wash house with ash
L-R Henry, Americus and William Crutcher
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SPEAKERS BUREAU
BEING FORMED
NEWS
ARTICLES
Providing quality historical programs at all
chapter meetings can be a challenge. A brief
summary of the Historian General’s message
from the UDC Magazine is but a “Minute”, and
not a substitute for substantial programs
needed, not just to meet the requirement (see
page 75 of the Division Yearbook) but to keep
members interested and attending your
meetings. Good programs are essential!
Realizing that there is a great deal of expertise within our own membership, it was decided at a presidents’ meeting at the 2016
Convention to start a Speakers Bureau. These
are members who have an historical program
they are willing to present for other chapters.
A beginning list is provided below, and as
other members come forward their information will be printed in future newsletters.
Contact information for each of these presenters is in the Yearbook.
1. Connie Moretti, Gen. Joe Wheeler
Chapter, has four programs to share: Researching Your Civil War Ancestors, California in the War Between the States, The
History of California UDC and Dixie Manor
Days. She is able to drive to Los Angeles
and North Orange County Chapters.
2. Robyn Adair, Stonewall Jackson, has a
program on LT Francis Hawkes Cameron –
Confederate States Marine Corps. She will
drive anywhere in southern California, but
would discuss arrangements for a longer
drive.
3. Cheryl Ranes, Stonewall Jackson, has a
program called Quilting for Rebels and Yankees. It presents information about quilting and quilt fabrics during the War Between
the States. Room is needed to display a quilt
and a table for samples. She is willing to drive
within Southern California, or email her for
other areas and options..
We welcome other volunteers to this bureau. If you are interested, please send your
name, title of your program, a short description of same, and your requirements and limitations to Martha Slater.
<[email protected]>
CONFEDERATE PENSIONS
Confederate pensions were offered by the states below and most included pensions for widows. Applications could be made where the veteran lived which was not necessarily where he served during the
war. Alabama (1907, 1921) and Tennessee (1890) also compiled a Confederate census.
Do a Google search on Confederate Pensions + state) to visit the state archives or other sites which
may have the actual pension papers or a name index available online. This is also a good link:
https://familysearch.org/wiki/en/Confederate_Pension_Records
Alabama 1867 (soldiers) 1886 (widows)
Arkansas 1861
Florida 1885
Georgia 1870 (soldiers with serious injuries)
1879 (all + widows)
Kentucky 1912
Louisiana 1898
Mississippi 1888
Missouri 1911
North Carolina 1867 (with serious injuries)
1885 (all + widows)
South Carolina 1887
Tennessee 1891
Texas 1889
Virginia 1889
Oklahoma 1915
West Virginia and Maryland
did not offer Confederate pensions
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CALIFORNIA DIVISION RECEIVES GRANT
FOR FORREST HOUSE PROJECT
It has just been learned that the grant written to The Society of the Order of the Southern Cross for completing the furnishing of
Nathan Bedford Forrest’s childhood home in
Tennessee has been awarded to California
Division. This is wonderful news! Progress
has been made in the past year as donations
of items and cash have been received, but this
$3,000.00 grant will allow us to go forward
more quickly, closing the time gap so that the
house can be opened to the public for tours as
early as Fall 2017. In its notification letter,
SOSC said, “On behalf of the entire organization we compliment you on the quality of
your submission and the nature of your project”.
T
he furnishing of the kitchen and the upstairs sleeping room began earlier this year,
and are about half completed. They will be
finished as we start on the parlor and the
downstairs sleeping area. Items to be purchased with the grant money include a parlor
table, mantle clock, chairs, spinning wheel, a
fiddle and much, much more. The photo
shown here is the parlor as it is today, being
used as a little sales room. All of that will go
as we stage is as the Forrest family’s “front
room”. Look for updated photos in future
newsletters.
I
t may be remembered that Cheryl McLean
and her friends in Nashville hand sewed muslin curtains for all the bare windows in the
house and hung them last spring. We were
told recently that the energy bill for the house
has gone down 50% since that time. Also remember that California Division has donated
funds to put deadbolt locks on all five doors
to add to the house’s security.
The need still exists for a Visitors Center on
the site and it is hoped funds will accrue
quickly for that. More news will follow.
Nathan
Bedford
Forrest’s
Boyhood
Home
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Iris Sale at Convention
a Big Success!
Iris rhizomes dug up from the front yard
of the Forrest House were sold at the convention the end of September and added
$145.00 to the grant funds for the restoration project. It would be interesting in
the future to share photos of the blossoms at home in California gardens. It is
uncertain what the exact shade of purple
will be, so we may be in for some surpris-
CONGRATULATIONS
TO THE
CALIFORNIA DIVISION OFFICERS 2016-2018
L-R: Scarlett Stahl President, Mary Ann Claxton Vice President, Karen Theofanides 2nd Vice President
Chris Hurst-Loeffler Recording Secretary, Martha Slater Treasurer, Joan Mathews Registrar,
Judy Hall Historian, Terrie Madler Custodian of Flags. (Not pictured Joy Huskey Rec Military Service Awards)
MAKE PLANS NOW FOR CONVENTION 2017!
2016 convention attendees voted to return to
Bakersfield and to the Four Points Sheraton on
29-30 Sept for Convention 2017. More information will posted on the Division website as it
becomes available.
YEARBOOK ORDERS
Chapter Treasurers should
be finishing orders for the
yearbook. Send a chapter
check to the Div Treas and
be sure and order a couple
of extras. They will be available at Southern Luncheon
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Thank you to Joan Gorsuch and Jane Zoch for
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CONVENTION
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California Division
Hostess: Stonewall Jackson Chapter 476
Southern Luncheon
Saturday, 28 January 2017
11:30 a.m.
Pala Mesa Resort
2001 Old Highway 395
Fallbrook, CA. 92028
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Name/Chapter/Officer
# of Guests
Asian BBQ Salmon ________________________________________________________________
Oven Roasted Chicken ____________________________________________________________
Stuff Spaghetti Squash _______________________________________________________
$40.00 per person paid in advance, no later than 12/15/16.
Make check to: Stonewall Jackson 476
Mail to:
Sandy Bill
580 Camino De La Reina #219
San Diego, Ca. 92108-3124
**Business dress attire (No Jeans or Demin).
***Hotel Rooms available at discount rate of $139.00 per night.