Amelia Island Chapter, NSDAR
Fernandina Beach on
Amelia Island, Florida
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The Amelia Island Chapter of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution (NSDAR) is based in Fernandina Beach, in Nassau County, Florida. The chapter name comes from the name of the island where we are located. Amelia Island is a barrier island on the northeastern most corner of Florida, and is one of the sites in Florida with a verified Revolutionary War battle.
AMELIA ISLAND CHAPTER HISTORY
The Amelia Island Chapter was organized September 15, 1993, by Ruth M. McGarity, Florida State Regent. The charter was issued on February 28, 1995 and included the sixteen additional members who joined the chapter during the first year of organization.
ORGANIZING OFFICERS
Regent Jean Anne Dixon Mann
Vice Regent Mary Catherine Huggins Dunn
Chaplain Jane McBee Scofield Bos
Recording Secretary Kathrynann Tiedemann Mankovich
Treasurer Ruth Hannigan Burns
Registrar Dorothy Hargrove Buck
Historian Geraldine Charlotte Haag James
ORGANIZING MEMBERS
Susan Waters Belz, Elizabeth Simms Boll, Jane McBee Scofield Bos, Mary Holt Johnson Boswell, Dorothy Hargrove Buck, Julia Carolyn Miller Burch, Ruth Hannigan Burns, Mary Catherine Huggins Dunn, Jeanette Wade Jones Gallagher, Billie Ann Barrow Harris, Lisa Anne Mann Hickey, Geraldine Charlotte Haag James, Kathrynann Tiedemann
Mankovich, Jean Anne Dixon Mann, Mary Louise Wiedman Nelson, Laura Lee Mann Polatas, Margaret Varn Shave, Frances Wentz Taber
CHARTER MEMBERS
Rose Stukenberg Bennet, Joan Coesens Bierman, Ruth Squier Clynes, Nancy Cook Deehan, Eleanor Burns Francis, Patricia Stewart Graham, Marianne Humphrey Gumm, Lynn Jackson Hicks, Paula Johnson Holmes, Yvonne Whitney Moffett, Julia Reynolds Nowlin, Winkie Robinson, Lila Lee Stewart, Debra Moffett Tucker, Karen Warner, Jean York Wiedman
HONORARY CHAPTER REGENT
Jean Dixon Mann
PAST REGENTS (Terms)
Jean Dixon Mann, Organizing Regent (1993 - 1995)
Kathrynann Tiedemann Mankovich Merrill (1995 - 1997)
Mary C. (Dickie) Huggins Dunn (1997 - 1999)
Geraldine (Jeri) Haag James (1999 - 2001)
Willie (Winkie) Burke Crawford Robinson (2001 - 2002)
Gloria Casper Toomey (2002 - 2005)
Susan J. Hutchinson (2005 - 2007)
Carolyne James-Rudd (2007 - 2009)
Julia Reynolds Nowlin (2009 - 2011)
Jane Philips Collins (2011 - 2013)
Marie Cecelia Santry (2013 - 2015)
Lucinda Jo Glenn (2015 - 2017)
Lynn McNair Leisy (2017 - 2019)
Carol Lannon Elefterion (2019 - 2021)
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