Georgia Division
United
Daughters of the Confederacy
Organized
November 8, 1895
Freyer
& Bradley Music Hall
63
Peachtree Street
Atlanta, Georgia
|
Mrs.
C. Helen Plane First Division President 1895-1896 |
Mrs.
L. H. Raines President
of First Georgia Chapter 1894 Co-Founder
of The UDC 1894 Vice
President General 1894-1896 President General 1896 |
The
Georgia Division resulted from a called meeting in Atlanta on November 8, 1895,
for the purpose of organizing a State Division in order that Georgia could have
representation at the National Convention to be held in Atlanta on that date.
Mrs. L. H. Raines, then Vice President of the National Association of the
Daughters of the Confederacy, and Mrs. C. Helen Plane, President of the Atlanta
Chapter, were anxious for Georgia to be represented at the National Convention.
To Mrs. C. Helen Plane was largely due the interest that was manifested
in Atlanta. She, more than any
other woman after Mrs. Raines, stood behind the organization of the Georgia
Division. At the time of
organization there were four Chapters, number about 100 members.
The older chapter in the Division, Charter Chapter (Savannah Chapter No. 2), was organized in Savannah in December, 1893, under the direction of Mrs. L. H. Raines. The Chapter’s Charter was granted on May 19, 1894, a few months before the founding of the national organization on September 10, 1894. It was chartered September 11, 1894, in the National Association of the Daughters of the Confederacy.
The second chapter organized in Georgia was Augusta Chapter No. 22
(Chapter “A” at time of organization).
Mrs. Ida Evans Eve was the first president.
On July 18, 1895, the Atlanta Chapter No. 18 (Chapter “B” at time of
organization), the third chapter in Georgia, was organized. Mrs. C. Helen
Plane was the first president. The Covington Chapter No. 23 (Chapter
“C” at time of
organization),
was the fourth chapter organized in Georgia. Atlanta, Augusta and
Covington Chapters were all chartered November 7, 1895.
At the organizational meeting, the following officers were elected:
Mrs. C. Helen Plane, President
Mrs. L. H. Raines, Vice President
Mrs. John Otttley, Corresponding
Secretary
Mrs. Virginia Bates Conyers, Recording Secretary and Treasurer
Miss Rebecca Boggs, Registrar
The President called a Convention to meet in Augusta, February 1896, for
the purpose of adopting a State Constitution and By-laws.
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