The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-02-07
D. A. R. CHAPTERS
HERE MAKE. PLANS
To UNVE|L TABLET
World War Veterans Whose
Ancestors Fought in 1776,
to Appear on Memorial of
Lasting Bronze

Lineal descendants of members OF
General Sumter and Old Elyton chap
tiers, Daughters of the American Rev
olution, who served in the World
war, will be complimented by the
chapters with bronze tablet bear
ing their names to be erected March
I, in the east end of the Birmingham
postofffce building lobby. members
OF General Sumter chapter announced
tuesday. Mrs. Joseph r. Estes, Sr.,
is regent of this chapter. which will
probably discuss plans for unwilling
the tablet at the annual meeting
wednesday afternoon at the home of
MRS. X. w. Marshall, 2214 Fourteenth
avenue, south. Mrs. J. Morgan Smith
is Rregent of Old Elyton chapter.
Mrs. George Maynard Minor, pres
ident general of the daughters, will
attend and preside at the ceremonies;
Mrs.Iheo Koenig told a representa-
tive of The Age-Herald Tuesday
morning. Mrs. Koenig is a member
of General Sumter chapter. Mrs.
Minor has headquarters in Washing
ton.
Plans for the tablet, which is four
by five feet in size and cost $1,000,
were made in General Sumter chap
ter last year, while Mrs. A. A. Adams
was regent. j. f. Caldwell & Co, of
Philadelphia, made the tablet, deliv-
cry of which was delayed because OF
strikes and scarcity of workmen, 1t
is said.
Permit for erection of the tablet
was issued by the collector, of inter-
nal revenue for Alabama, who is GUS
todian of the postoffice building, last
year ii is understood The tablet ar
rived in Birmingham about the mid
die of January, The Age Herald man
was advised January %. Inquiry de-
veloped that it had been stored in
the basement of the postoffice build
ing. awaiting the return to Birming-
ham of Mrs. A. A. Adams to whom 1t
was consigned. Mrs Adams has re-
turned and plans have been made for
unwilling the tablet March /. She
was succeeded as regent by Mrs.
Estes.
In beautiful bronze, the tablet is
inscribed as follows, from top to bot
tom:
"1914-191S
Erected by General Sumter ana
Old Elyton chapters. Daugters of the
American Revolution. Birmingham,
Alabama. To the lineal descendants
who served the United States OF
America in the World war
General Sumter.
Arthur Andrew Adams. Jr.. Por-
ter Weakley Allen, Joseph virglnus
Allen. Jr., Robert Johnston Badham,
Henry Lee Badham. Jr, William Ter
ry Badham, Vernon Cosby Badham.
ho unh rt
Boyle. Lee Cunningham Bradley,
Thomas Lyons Bradley Robert
Wright Cabaniss, Jelks Henry Caba-
Miss, Elbridge Gerry Cabaniss. Will
liam Arthur Chenoweth. Beach Meade
Chenoweth, Basil Mudd Clarke, NAL
colin Grant Dabney Charles Fair
cloth DeBardeleben, Jr., Prince De-
Bardeleben, John Lewis Dismukes,
Joseph Riddick Estes, Jr., Burr Fer
euson, William Walton Ford, Lewis
Eastman Ford, Eugene Cooley Ford.
Joseph Mann Ford. Jr, John Inzer
Freeman, Henry Bramlette Gray, Jr..
Samuel Earle Green. Robert Jemison,
Jr., Sorsby Jemison, Ebert Sewer
Jemison. Jr., Samuel Jesse Johnston,
Jr., William Mudd Jordan, Mortimer
Harvie Jordan (star), Arthur Glover
May, Lewis Walton May. William Ga
briel May, Robert Kennon McAdory,
Wallace Crook McAdory, Osgood
Cook Mcintyre, Robert Craig Perkins.
Charles Roberts. Jr., WHY'S Roberts,
Sidney Preston Smith. Matthews Hol-
lowell Tardy, John Trimble and
Frank Shelley White, Jr.
"OId EIyton.
John Shields Coleman. Thomas
Wilkes Coleman, william Webb
Crawford. Jr., Edgar Cherry Craw-
ford, Charles Oscar Locke, Jr., Hamp-
ton Sidney Smith, Jr., Hewitt Smith
and John Bryan Tomlinson (star)."
At the bottom of the tablet follow
ing inscription of names Of those
honored is this inscriptions:
I'm a righteous cause they have
won immortal glory and have nobly
served their nation in serving man
kind.-Woodrow Wilson"
In the lower right hand corner Is
the seal of the d. A. r. and in the
lower left hand corner is star sig
nifying those killed or who died In
the service.
Capt. Mortimer Jordan from Gem
ueral Sumter chapter and Capt. John
Bryan Tomlinson from Old Elyton
chapter. who died in service, are
honored by stars following their
names on the tablet.
General Sumter chapter was organ
lied February 4, 1892, by Mrs. George
C. Bell, descendant of General
Sumter. She was the first regent.
Full plans for ceremonies attend
ins the unwilling of the tablet are
expected to be announced following
the meeting Wednesday.