Lucy Wolcott Barnum Chapter

The Lucy Wolcott Barnum Chapter was organized in 1909 by Louise Barnum Robbins in Adrian, Michigan. She was unanimously reelected as Regent until 1917. The Chapter was named for the great grandmother, Lucy Wolcott Barnum, of the Founding Regent. The Chapter was formally organized April 19th, 1909 with our Charter issued on October 10th, 1910.

The Abi Evans Chapter

Nearby in Tecumseh, Michigan, the Abi Evans Chapter was organized by Founding Regent, Ayesha Raven Laidlaw. The Chapter was named for Tecumseh’s first homemaker. The Chapter was organized on February 22nd, 1927, with the Charter issued December 27th 1928.
 

Merger
 

On April 14th, 2001, the Lucy Wolcott Barnum Chapter of Adrian and the Abi Evans Chapter of Tecumseh merged as one chapter to be known as the Lucy Wolcott Barnum Chapter. The Chapter meets at the “Historic Croswell House” at 228 North Broad Street in Adrian, Michigan.

Charter members of Lucy Wolcott Barnum

Louise Barnum Robbins..Harriet Knapp Lambie..Harriet Cole Seager..Ann Lowell Dolittle..Anna Mary Carpenter..Anna Marie Hale Miller..Almira Bliss..Harriet Calista Clark..Mary Lowell Johnson..Helen Ames Jibb..Emeline Palmer..Nida Pennock Hardy..Florence Marion Cole..Delia Elizabeth Knight..Miriam Grant Macy..Mary Newell Carey..Elizabeth Benner Barrett..Mary Beecher Hopkins..Ellen Jane Lambie..Julia Dent Grant..Zada Wheeler Lee..Mabel Clayton Bonner..Sarah Wood Stowell..Bertha Weaver Steck..Marie Saunders Boyd..Ida Farrar McFarland..Grace Grieve Millard..Emma Church Clark..Jessie Walker Gilford..Cecelia Eloise Dailey..Sadie J. Palmer..Jessie Fredericka Miller..Viola Wood Knapp..Clara Root Jewett..Lucia Husted Faust..Ethel A. Teachout..Mary S. Miller..Bessie Leach Priddy..Kate Elizabeth Farnsworth..Eugenia Patterson Carr..Frances Sutherland Wilson..Margaret Sweet Seger..Genevieve Fraser Bawden..Charlotte Knapp Hurlburt..Caroline Wood Hunter..Fannie Whitney Berdan..Mary Fraser Wright..Agnes Fraser Bell..Josephine Wilcox Lambie..Ella Jane Moreland..Theresa Lane Rose..Winnifred Weaver Dodge..Isabella Davis Dailey..Margaret Olive Seger..Lucinda Bush Ladd..Frances Wilhelmina Rose..Maude Weaver Peck..Georgia Rice Treat..Margaret Metler Sweet..Clara Bronson Hopkins..Adella Knapp Kedzie..Lucy Rice Sickles..Helen DeLuisa West..Louise Lewis Bush..Blanche Stephens Van Auken..Louise Ladd.
 

Charter members Abi Evans Chapter

Bessie Grimes Armstrong..Myrtle Merry Caulkins..Almeda Spalding DePuy..Grace Estelle Gillespie..Jennie Gillespie..Addie Irene Case Hand..Edith Louise Ingersoll..Leviar Wimple Keeney..Clarinda Ayesha Raven Laidlaw..Louis Spalding Mangus..Elona Naomi Case Raven..Edith Kate Cotton Smith..Ida F. Spalding Spencer..Mary Hannah Swan , MD..Laura Gooding Temple..Florence Spencer Whelan..Naomi North Williamson..Alice Serena Wimple..Caradora Cupples..Brunella Fern DePuy..Grace Ellen Heck Moore..Lena Julia Ford Chiveral.