History of C.A.R. in Washington State

Shortly after the organization of the National Society of the Children of the American Revolution in 1895, the Mary Lamphere Society of the C.A.R. was organized in 1896 in Tacoma, Washington. It has since been disbanded, as have a number of other local societies even to the present time*.

The oldest C.A.R. Society still in existence in the State of Washington is the Ada L. McCleary Society, organized in 1924. By 1934, it was the only local society remaining in the State.

From 1944 to 1947, there was a renewed interest in the C.A.R. in Washington. In 1947, the Washington State Society was organized under the leadership of Mrs. Richard I. Sampson. The local societies are units of the National Society and the State Society is organized to include the local societies. A state society cannot exist without at least two local societies.

Originally the officers of the C.A.R. were all members of the Daughters of the American Revolution, or DAR. In 1939 member officers were established and termed "junior officers". Thus there was a National President and Junior National President, and so forth. In 1958, the adult officers had the prefix "senior" added and the member officers had the "junior" prefix deleted, thus having a Senior National President and National President. The National Society made this change in 1958, but it took a while for Washington State to make the change. Members of the Sons of the American Revolution, or S.A.R., also serve as senior officers.

In Washington State, the member State President was appointed by the Senior State President until 1968, when Dan Kraft became the first elected State President for the Washington State Society.

Membership is growing again and new societies are being organized. New societies were organized in 2007, 2008, 2009, and 2010. There are today one society reorganizing and two others being revitalized under new leadership.

*Societies in Washington State that have been disbanded include Thomas Pickering Society, Kitty Livingston Society, Liberty Flag Society, Elisha P. Ferry Society, George Washington Society, Henry Hudson Society, Alice Clarissa Whitman Society, Aberdeen Society, Cameahwait Society, Kamiakin Society, Trail Blazers Society, Fort Walla Walla Society, Teekalet Society, Skagit Chief Society, Baptiste Society, Kulshan Society, Colonel Henry Peyton Society, Captain Robert Gray Society, Sarah Livingston Society, Totem Pole Society, Johnny King Society, Hoquiam Society, Auburn Society, Port Angeles Society, Jacob Ebby Society, Juan de Fuca Society, Savannah Society, Henry Francisco Society and Fort Nisqually Society.

STATE SOCIETY ORGANIZED
August 1, 1947
SENIOR STATE PRESIDENTS

(The prefix "Senior" was added about 1964)
Name	Years of Service	Chapter (DAR/SAR)
Mrs. Richard I. Sampson	1945	Chief Seattle DAR
Mrs. Charles T. Lill	1950	Chief Seattle DAR
Mrs. John S Elliott	1954	Elizabeth Ellington DAR
Mrs. Jewell M. Cambell	1958	University of Washington DAR
Mrs. Frank Stephens	1962	Mary Ball DAR
Mrs. William J. Maxwell	1964	Sarah Buchanan DAR
Mrs. Benjamin Hammond	1968
Mrs. John A Peterson, Sr.	1970	Rainier DAR
Mrs. Helen Chase Keliehor	1974	Elizabeth Bixby DAR
Mrs. Harold Engstrom	1978	Jonas Babcock DAR
Mrs. Charles C. Fish	1980	Jonas Babcock DAR
Mrs. Kenneth D Schaitel	1982	Lakota DAR
Mrs. Gilbert D.Carroll	1986	Peter Puget DAR
Mrs. I Thomas Chase	1988	Lady Stirling DAR
Mrs. Gerald Yates	1990	Lakotar DAR
Mrs. Lawrence Honegger	1994	Karneesta DAR
Mrs. Louis Shearer	1998	Peter Puget DAR
Mrs. Howard Holbrook	2000	Peter Puget DAR
Mrs. William Hallock	2002	Peter Puget DAR
Mrs. P. Braithwait Mr. John R. Berg Mrs. Lionell P. Anderson Mrs. Jennifer Lundberg Mr. John R. Berg	2004 2008 2012 2014 2015	Mary Hutton DAR Seattle SAR Mary Richardon Walker DAR Elizabeth Ellington DAR Seattle SAR

Washington State Presidents


	Name	Year	Society
1	Elizabeth Kefauver	1947-49	Ada L. McCleary
2	Georgina Jeklin	1949-51	Cameahwait
3	Ann McGilchrist	1951-52	Alice Clarissa Whitman
4	Virginia Ramm	1952-53	Teekalet
5	Marita Longstreth	1953-54	Kulshan
6	Bruce Siau	1954-56	Captain Robert Gray
7	Ramona Hopping	1956-58	Princess Angeline
8	Nancy Nethercutt	1958-60	Colonel Henry Peyton
9	Michael Elliott	1960-62	Teekalet
10	Caron Lucile Berg	1962-63	Ada L. McCleary
11	Robert Kennedy	1963-65	Teekalet
12	Lee Alice Kimball	1965-66	Princess Angeline
13	Keith Durfy	1966-67	Johnny King
14	Sandra Winninghoff	1967-68	Juan de Fuca
15	Daniel Warren Kraft	1968-69	Ada L. McCleary
16	Mary Elizabeth Peterson	1969-70	Princess Angeline
17	Michael Lockwood	1970-71	Baptiste
18	Gaile Peterson	1971-72	Princess Angeline
19	Kevin B. Allen	1972-73	Princess Angeline
20	Roy Harting	1973-74	Princess Angeline
21	Linda Rogers	1974-75	Sally Glacken
22	Daniel M. Andreson	1975-76	Fort Nisqually
23	Denise M. Andreson	1976-77	Fort Nisqually
24	Christine Newberger	1977-78	Sally Glacken
25	Erik Clare Peterson	1978-79	Princess Angeline
26	Derrick M. Andreson	1979-80	Fort Nisqually
27	Thresa Howard	1980-81	Sally Glacken
28	Elizabeth Turnipseed	1981-82	Fort Nisqually
29	Tahnya Marie Boyett	1982-83	Princess Angeline
30	Letcher Langston, III	1983-84	Princess Angeline
31	Camae Cezanne Johnson	1984-85	Princess Angeline
32	Rachel Priscilla Barnes	1985-86	Totem Pole
33	Dwayne Gilbert Caroll	1986-87	Totem Pole
34	Karalee Nylund	1987-88	Fort Nisqually
35	Jeanette K. Corey	1988-89	Totem Pole
36	Ronald Crane	1989-90	Princess Angeline
37	Sarah Jeanette Carroll	1990-91	Totem Pole
38	Patricia Buck	1991-92	Ada L. McCleary
39	Laurel Crane	1992-93	Princess Angeline
40	Vonita Hallock	1993-94	Ada L. McCleary
41	Jaimee Shearer	1994-95	Chakawah
42	Christopher Honegger	1995-96	Chakawah
43	Amber Shearer	1996-97	Ada L. McCleary
44	Stefan Michael Woods Kovalenko	1997-98	Ada L. McCleary
45	Karina Morrison	1998-99	Ada L. McCleary
46	Christi Buck	1999-00	Ada L. McCleary
47	Terrell Peterson	2000-01	Princess Angeline
48	Bridget Dugas Campbell	2001-02	Princess Angeline
49	Carl Peterson	2002-03	Princess Angeline
50	William Morrison	2003-04	Ada L. McCleary
51	Ronald Scheck	2004-05	Spokane
52	Elizabeth Scheck	2005-06	Spokane
53	Bruce Hallock	2006-07	Ada L. McCleary
54	Shannon Braithwait	2007-08	Spokane
55	SageMarie Berg	2008-09	William Devin
56	Rachel Anderson	2009-10	Randolph Lawson
57	Brittney Heckethrone	2010-11	Randolph Lawson
58	Leilani Sheetz	2011-12	Captain Nathan Hale
59	Anatasia Felck	2012-13	Captain Nathan Hale
60 61 62 63 64	Keith Anderson Steven Johnson Emma-Grayce Fleck Daniel Johnson Cassidy Callihan	2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-	Randolph Lawson William Devin Captain Nathan Hale William Devin Columbia

The 100-year History of the C.A.R. in Washington State, from which the above information was taken and which is attached below, was compiled by Mary Jane Honegger, Senior State President 1994-1998. It also incorporates an earlier history compiled by Helen M.M. Sampson (Mrs. Richard I. Sampson)