Administrative/Biographical History
The DeKalb Unit of the Daughters of Veterans received its charter on August 10, 1897. The thirty-four member group elected Nettie Duncan, Belle Embree, Cora Wagner, Nellie Cook, and Ella Wilder as president, senior and junior vice presidents, secretary and treasurer, respectively. Working to promote Equal Rights and Universal Liberty and to aid widows and orphans of Civil War heroes, the DeKalb Daughters of Veterans held a penny collection at each meeting and promoted fund raising entertainment programs. In 1901, the group disbanded.