{"id":54,"date":"2018-07-06T18:51:40","date_gmt":"2018-07-06T18:51:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fssdar.com\/Osceola\/?page_id=54"},"modified":"2023-03-31T16:36:32","modified_gmt":"2023-03-31T20:36:32","slug":"founding-members","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/fssdar.com\/Osceola\/about-us\/chapter-history\/founding-members\/","title":{"rendered":"Founding Members"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"54\" class=\"elementor elementor-54\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-581301a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"581301a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-47516da7\" data-id=\"47516da7\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5b8293a9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5b8293a9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/books.google.com\/books?id=07ThAAAAMAAJ&amp;pg=PT65&amp;lpg=PT65&amp;dq=ida+cook+markham+dar&amp;source=bl&amp;ots=NtyPB1IXNE&amp;sig=ACfU3U1Mu5XS5mPkMzvNyzLCzxSC6siy5w&amp;hl=en&amp;sa=X&amp;ved=2ahUKEwjD98rutNjlAhUQbq0KHX4WBAwQ6AEwAHoECAMQAQ#v=onepage&amp;q=ida%20cook%20markham%20dar&amp;f=false\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-201 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/fssdar.com\/Osceola\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/IdaMarkham-220x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"220\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fssdar.com\/Osceola\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/IdaMarkham-220x300.png 220w, https:\/\/fssdar.com\/Osceola\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/IdaMarkham.png 252w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 220px) 100vw, 220px\" \/><\/a>On April 1, 1926, Mrs. Ida May Cook Markham was confirmed as the Organizing Regent for the chapter.<\/p><p>Mrs. Markham originally hailed from Michigan.\u00a0 Ida May Cook was born in 1860 in Pittsfield, Michigan, married Frank Edgar Markham 26 Oct 1892 in Big Rapids, Michigan, where they lived for several years.\u00a0 She was a teacher in the Big Rapids schools at the time of her marriage in 1892, and was very active in club work:\u00a0 president of the Big Rapids Woman&#8217;s Club, involved in the Women\u2019s Missionary Society, president of the Four Times Four Literary Club, Regent of Big Rapids Chapter, NSDAR and one of the vice presidents of the Big Rapids Improvement Club.<\/p><p>Mrs. Markham\u00a0was one of the charter members of the Big Rapids Chapter, NSDAR, formerly the Lucy Sprague Tracy Chapter, NSDAR, which was organized in 1900.\u00a0 She\u00a0served as Regent 1903- 1907, Historian, and as Registrar in 1908.<\/p><p>About 1923, she and her husband Frank moved to the Bradenton, Florida, area permanently after spending their winters here for several years.\u00a0 Ida was an active member of the community.\u00a0 She attended the Women\u2019s Club, presented for the Women\u2019s Missionary Society of the Methodist Church, and was recording secretary for the Manatee-Sarasota Federation of Women\u2019s Clubs in 1920.\u00a0\u00a0By 1935, she held the Florida State Chairman position for the DAR Schools Committee.<\/p><p>Ida died 6 June 1942 and is buried in Manasota Memorial Gardens.<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/fssdar.com\/Osceola\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Bradenton_Herald_1926-06-06_8_ChapterOfficers.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-639 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/fssdar.com\/Osceola\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Bradenton_Herald_1926-06-06_8_ChapterOfficers-109x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"109\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fssdar.com\/Osceola\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Bradenton_Herald_1926-06-06_8_ChapterOfficers-109x300.png 109w, https:\/\/fssdar.com\/Osceola\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Bradenton_Herald_1926-06-06_8_ChapterOfficers-371x1024.png 371w, https:\/\/fssdar.com\/Osceola\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Bradenton_Herald_1926-06-06_8_ChapterOfficers.png 714w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 109px) 100vw, 109px\" \/><\/a><\/p><p>Chapter Officers for the first year as of June 1926 were:<\/p><ul><li>Regent &#8211; Mrs. Ida May Markham<\/li><li>Vice Regent &#8211; Mrs. Mary Daisy Duval Craig<\/li><li>Recording Secretary &#8211; Mrs. Maud Adkisson Legters<em> (spelling corrected per chapter yearbook)<\/em><\/li><li>Corresponding Secretary &#8211; Mrs. Lorena Keller Cavanaugh<\/li><li>Treasurer &#8211; Mrs. Jennie S. Tallant<\/li><li>Registrar &#8211; Mrs. Caroline Frances Clark<\/li><li>Historian &#8211; Mrs. Kate Bostick Macgruder<\/li><\/ul><p>The following officers were elected at the November 1927 Meeting:<\/p><ul><li>Regent\u00a0 \u2013 Mrs. Ida May Markham<\/li><li>Vice Regent \u2013 Mrs. Ellen H. Norris (<i>Regent 1928 \u2013 1930, 1931 \u2013 1933, 1943-1944<\/i>)<\/li><li>Recording Secretary \u2013 Mrs. Retta House Lillard<\/li><li>Corresponding Secretary \u2013 Mrs. Marion Warner Mulloy<\/li><li>Treasurer &#8211; Mrs. Jennie Tallant<\/li><li>Registrar \u2013 Mrs. Linus Clark (Caroline F.)<\/li><li>Historian &#8211; Mrs. Kate Magruder<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-52c1828 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"52c1828\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-6ea2577\" data-id=\"6ea2577\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d0eb7c2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d0eb7c2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/fssdar.com\/Osceola\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/1927_DARofficers.png\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"1927_DARofficers\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MTIzLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczpcL1wvZnNzZGFyLmNvbVwvT3NjZW9sYVwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAxOFwvMDdcLzE5MjdfREFSb2ZmaWNlcnMucG5nIn0%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"255\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/fssdar.com\/Osceola\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/1927_DARofficers-255x300.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-123\" alt=\"\" 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href=\"https:\/\/fssdar.com\/Osceola\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Charter.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"Charter\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MTU0MywidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2Zzc2Rhci5jb21cL09zY2VvbGFcL3dwLWNvbnRlbnRcL3VwbG9hZHNcLzIwMTlcLzExXC9DaGFydGVyLmpwZyJ9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"233\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/fssdar.com\/Osceola\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Charter-233x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-1543\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fssdar.com\/Osceola\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Charter-233x300.jpg 233w, https:\/\/fssdar.com\/Osceola\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Charter.jpg 618w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 233px) 100vw, 233px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fc491c0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fc491c0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Newspaper articles courtesy of the Bradenton Herald.<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-66414d6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"66414d6\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a177b1d\" data-id=\"a177b1d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b1a7fc3 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"b1a7fc3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-24224c9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"24224c9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Chapter Charter Members<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-8a88ee9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8a88ee9\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-7d3b6d6\" data-id=\"7d3b6d6\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5afabd3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5afabd3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Ida Prescott Allen<br \/>Katherine Yeargan Auld<br \/>Mary Horton Barker<br \/>Estelle Burris<br \/>Nettie Cook Campbell<br \/>Lorena Keller Cavanaugh<br \/>Caroline Frances Clark<br \/>Leila House Corker<br \/>Mary Daisy Duval Craig<br \/>Maud Allen Day<br \/>Mary Wells Fraser<br \/>Mildred Stewart Gaines<br \/>Kate Harriman<br \/>Jessie Lusong Harris<br \/>Eldora Mindwell Krikhuff<br \/>Maud Adkisson Legters<br \/>Retta House Lillard (Bowen)<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-023e5a1\" data-id=\"023e5a1\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4b79391 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4b79391\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Kate Bostick Magruder<br \/>Martha E Harriman Mason<br \/>Clara Mason McBrayer<br \/>Ida May Markham<br \/>Annie Luke Moody<br \/>Ellen W Herndon Norris<br \/>Elizabeth Rood Parvin<br \/>Blanche Emily Cavanaugh Saussey<br \/>Clara Henry Scott<br \/>Mary Barker Stewart<br \/>Caroline Hampton Hoge Tallant<br \/>Jennie S. Tallant<br \/>Clara Hilbbs Wagensler<br \/>Emily Anderson Ward<br \/>Marion Gilbert Warner (Mulloy)<br \/>Flora Clarke Weeden<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-be25570 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"be25570\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-fd91392 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"fd91392\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-bf82c4e\" data-id=\"bf82c4e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6b8e0bd elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6b8e0bd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Early and notable Members<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b1a62b9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b1a62b9\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-178fe2a\" data-id=\"178fe2a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ac83168 elementor-tabs-view-horizontal elementor-widget elementor-widget-tabs\" data-id=\"ac83168\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"tabs.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tabs\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tabs-wrapper\" role=\"tablist\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-1801\" class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-desktop-title\" aria-selected=\"true\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1801\" aria-expanded=\"false\">Jennie Tallant<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-1802\" class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-desktop-title\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1802\" aria-expanded=\"false\">Clara Mason McBrayer<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-1803\" class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-desktop-title\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab=\"3\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1803\" aria-expanded=\"false\">Lillian Sponenbarger<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tabs-content-wrapper\" role=\"tablist\" aria-orientation=\"vertical\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-mobile-title\" aria-selected=\"true\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1801\" aria-expanded=\"false\">Jennie Tallant<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1801\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1801\" tabindex=\"0\" hidden=\"false\"><p>Jennie was one of the original Osceola chapter members elected in November 1927, holding the Treasurer\u2019s office.\u00a0 She was originally accepted into the DAR January 25, 1896, in Butte, Montana (no chapter).\u00a0 \u00a0She organized her chapter, Silver Bow Chapter, NSDAR, on Dec. 21, 1897, and was the first Montana State Regent elected, serving from 1901 to 1905.\u00a0 Upon learning of her death in Oct. 1939, the Silver Bow Chapter, NSDAR members stood in reverent silence to honor her memory.\u00a0 She was remembered as a woman of high principles who was very loyal to her friends and the DAR.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-mobile-title\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1802\" aria-expanded=\"false\">Clara Mason McBrayer<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1802\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1802\" tabindex=\"0\" hidden=\"hidden\"><p>Clara Mason McBrayer was one of the first daughters to join the DAR under our chapter.\u00a0 Her application was submitted Nov. 20, 1926, approved Jan. 18, 1927, and accepted Jan. 29. 1927, and is noted as one of the original charter members.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-mobile-title\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab=\"3\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1803\" aria-expanded=\"false\">Lillian Sponenbarger<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1803\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"3\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1803\" tabindex=\"0\" hidden=\"hidden\"><p>Lillian Burdine Sponenbarger, while not one of our charter members, was a notable member due to her history in the Bradenton area.\u00a0 She applied to the DAR with the Osceola Chapter May 6, 1937, and was accepted June 30, 1937. \u00a0Lillian was married to Raymond P. Sponenbarger Sept. 1908, who founded the <i>Bradenton Herald<\/i>.\u00a0 She wrote the Society News for the <i>Bradenton Herald-Journa<\/i>l, and continued writing when it merged with the <i>Manatee River Journal<\/i>, becoming the daily <i>Bradenton Herald<\/i>.\u00a0 She also wrote the society news for other newspapers owned by the Sponenbargers.\u00a0<\/p><p>She was a charter member of the Colonial Dames of the 17th Century, Florida Chapter, and organizer of the John Fite Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy.<\/p><p>She was the only woman on a six-member commission to restore the Gamble Plantation in Ellenton.<\/p><p>Lillian is listed in the publication <i>Living Descendants of Blood Royal<\/i>\u00a0and is included in the book <i>Florida From Indian Trail To Space Age<\/i>.\u00a0 Lillian died in Bradenton Jan. 4, 1981.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On April 1, 1926, Mrs. Ida May Cook Markham was confirmed as the Organizing Regent for the chapter. 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