The other day I visited the Octorara Presbyterian Church down along Route 372/Valley Road between Quarryville and Christiana, Lancaster
N.S.U.S.D. stands for National Society of United
States Daughters of 1812. The organization was founded 8 January 1892 by
Mrs. Flora Adams Darling for the descendents of those who fought for America in the
War of 1812.
Think you might have an ancestor who served in the War of
1812? The NSUSD offers a database of member ancestors. Some entries are more
detailed than others.
Francis Harbison (member
# 14849) was born in 1758 in PA. He served PA as a Private in the Chester
County Militia. His entry also reveals his wife was Katherine Hart. They had a
daughter, Jane, who married James Ewing. Francis died in PA in 1823.
John Kennedy (member
#3442) served Pennsylvania
as a Private in the Chester County Dragoons. Others served in a non military
fashion. Comstock Passmore (member # 13971) served PA by building a frontier
fort!
Today the organization continues to dedicate itself to
patriotism and the preservation of documents and relics. PA has three chapters:
Erie , Lancaster
and Pittsburgh .
The Lancaster Chapter is called the Robert Fulton Chapter.
Military Monday is a genealogical prompt of GeneaBloggers.
© Jeanne Ruczhak-Eckman, 2015
Comments
Post a Comment