Descendants of Early American Governors 1607-1860
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Founded on 26 Oct 2023
Organized on 28 Nov 2023
Tax-Exempt on 29 Nov 2023
Chartering Period 1 Dec 2023 - 30 Jun 2024
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Founding Members:
"It is indeed a desirable thing to be well-descended, but the glory belongs to our ancestors." Plutarch
Shirley Kloberdanz Arendt- (CA)
Ronald William Barnes - (RI)
Nicki Peak Birch - (VA)
Grace Bliss Smith, Ph.D. (MI) †
Melissa H. Fischer - (MD)
Susan Young Gray - (MD)
Verne Allen Gray - (WA)
Anne Caussin Henninger - (MD)
Heather Ann Mabee - (NY)
Douglass "Tim" Mabee - (NY)
Nancy Anne Merwin - (CT)
Kimberly Ormsby Nagy - (IL)
Suzanna Etheridge Rawlins - (AL)
Michael Perry Schenk - (MS)
Cary Stone - Greenstein - (IL)
Shari Kelley Worrell - (CA)
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Descendants of Early American Governors
Purpose & Objectives
The objectives of the Society shall be:
To recognize and record those individuals who were appointed or elected to serve as the chief executive officer of the Colony, State, Commonwealth or Territory as a Governor, Acting Governor, President, Deputy Governor or Lt. Governor within the boundaries of present-day United States of America prior to 1860.
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To educate, preserve and increase the knowledge of the history of Colonial to Antebellum Governors by the preservation of documents and the recording of family histories, lineages, and traditions.
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To be involved in charitable and educational efforts to support patriotic, genealogical, literary, historical and social activities that furthers the purposes and objectives of this Society within our country.
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To receive gifts and property, real and personal, subject to such conditions and upon such trusts as are not inconsistent with the purposes or restrictions of this Society.