Pertinent Facts about the Kentucky State Society:

The founder of the Society, Mary Florence Taney, was a Kentuckian.

The Kentucky Society was organized June 1951 in Lexington, Kentucky. The name
of the group was changed to the Sarah Morgan Boone chapter when a second chapter was organized in 1972.

Other chapters in the Commonwealth are Colonel George Reade (organized 1972 in Louisville), Roger Montfort Taney (organized 1974 in Covington), Colonel Thomas Ballard (organized 1977 in Ashland), John Combs Chapter (organized 1987 in Louisville) and a new chapter (organized 2006 in western Kentucky).

State Officers (2005-2007):

State President: Marsha Hicks (Mrs. John L.)

First Vice President: Betsy DelSanto (Mrs. John W.)

Second Vice President Sharon Withers (Mrs. Dennis W.)

Chaplain: Mimi Evans (Mrs. Henry P.)

Recording Secretary: Scottie Theiss (Mrs. Chester B. Jr.)

Corresponding Secretary: Kathy Kessinger (Mrs. David)

Organizing Secretary: Alberta Baker (Mrs. William H.)

Treasurer: Martha Lindsey Ross Cooke

Registrar: Jessieanne Wells (Mrs. Daniel L.)

Historian: Vacancy

Librarian: Miss Elise Louise Reis

Parliamentarian: Carole Cornell (Mrs. Duane F.)

Honorary State Presidents:

1975-1977 Mrs. Gisbert B. Alberts

1977-1979 Mrs. Lemuel B. Felts

1979-1981 Mrs. Clifford Coyle

1981-1983 Mrs. Thomas R. Ross

1983-1985 Mrs. Ewell Hiram Gibson

1985-1987 Mrs. David A. Morgan

1987-1989 Mrs. Joseph F. Eubanks

1989-1991 Mrs. Hilton L. Hundley

1991-1993 Mrs. Edward C. Jett

1993-1995 Mrs. N.J. White

1995-1997 Mrs. Henry Cox (now Mrs. Jesse Rayburn)

1997-1999 Mrs. Robert T. Fuchs

1999-2001 Miss Louise E. Taylor

2001-2003 Mrs. Duane F. Cornell

2003-2004 Mrs. Burt L. Monroe, Jr.

Members' Service at National Society Colonial Dames XVII Century:

Honorary President General, Martha Ross (Mrs. Thomas R. Ross), served as KSCDXVIIC President from 1981-1983 and was President General from 1993-1995, after holding a number of other national offices.

Marilyn Fuchs (Mrs.Robert T. Fuchs, currently the Organizing Secretary General) served as National Chairman of the Mary Florence Taney Scholarship Committee (2003-2005) and as KSCDXVIIC President (1997-1999).

Louise Taylor, currently the National Chairman of the Mary Florence Taney Scholarship Committee (2003-2005), served as National Chairman of the Museum Committee (2003-2005) and KSCDXVIIC President (1999-2001).

Carole A. Cornell (Mrs. Duane F. Cornell) is our Past Chaplain General. She was a former State and National Page, Kentucky's Outstanding Junior (1989 & 1991), was National Outstanding Junior in 1992. She also served as the KSCDXVIIC President (2001-2003).

Nan White (Mrs. N.J. White) served as Chaplain General (1997-1999), National Chairman Colonial Heritage and Research and Record Committee (1995-1997) and KSCDXVIIC President (1993-1995)

Scholarship Recipients:

Current scholarship recipient:

Andrew S. Hall, son of Colonel George Reade Chapter member Ellen Theiss Hall, won a renewable General Scholarship from the National Society. He is in his junior year at Arizona State University in Phoenix and plans to major in supply chain management. Andrew was sponsored by Colonel George Reade Chapter. His grandmother, Scottie Theiss, and aunt, Marsha Theiss Hicks, are also members of that chapter.

Previous scholarship recipients include:

Kristi Michelle Hall, sponsored by John Combs Chapter, received a renewable General Scholarship from NSCDXVIIC, majored in Civil Engineering at the Speed Scientific School of the University of Louisville.

Susan Dougherty, the granddaughter of Dorothy F. Hall (Mrs. Frank William) of John Combs Chapter, received a renewable General Scholarship. She received both a Bachelor of Science degree and a Masters Degree in Chemical Engineering from the Speed Scientific School of the University of Louisville.

Carl Modes, sponsored by Colonel George Reade Chapter and grandson of member Martha Elaine Curry (Mrs. Laurence), received a renewable General Scholarship from NSCDXVIIC. He graduated from Princeton with a Bachelor of Science in Physics.

Society Calendar of Events:

March 10, 2007 Spindletop Hall, Lexington, KY
Host Chapter: John Combs Chapter

Historic Sites Marked in Kentucky:

1. President Zachary Taylor's Mausoleum in Zachary Taylor National Cemetery, Louisville was marked by the Colonel George Reade Chapter.

2. The Brengman Bell rung in honor of the Marquis de Lafayette's triumphant return visit to the USA was also marked .by the Colonel George Reade Chapter. The bell was originally in an inn in Middletown and was placed on the grounds of Farmington, a historic home in Louisville, when marked. It has now been returned to Middletown and will be placed in the Wetherby House when it becomes the City Hall.

3. Dinsmore House in Boone County, contains many artifacts from the several generations of the family which built and lived in it for more than a century. The Roger Montford Taney Chapter marked it.

4. Riverside - The Farnsley-Moreman House Landing in Louisville is located on the
Ohio River and was an important port for riverboats in the 1800's. This site was marked
by the John Combs Chapter.

5. The Old Stone Inn in Simpsonville was an old stagecoach stop on U. S. 60 which has housed popular restaurants for many years, was marked by the Colonel George Reade Chapter in 2000.

6. Peterson.-Dumesnil -House is an old home in a historic Louisville neighborhood and is used as a civic center and may be rented for special occasions. It was marked by the John Combs Chapter

7. The Cole~Offutt Tavern is the oldest standing structure in the state. It too, was built as a stagecoach stop. One of its early occupants was Zerelda Cole James, mother of the infamous Jesse James. It was, marked by the Sarah Morgan Boone Chapter during its Fifty Year Celebration.

8. The Edison House in the Butchertown area of Louisville was Thomas A. Edison's home during the time he was a telegraph operator there. It is now a museum in his honor. The John Combs Chapter marked it.

9. Springdale Presbyterian Church's Klein Chapel was built in 1882. This Louisville church continues to serve the community. It was marked by the Colonel George Reade Chapter in 2002.

10. The Lindsey Chapel United Methodist Church in Grayson was established in 1820. It was marked by the Colonel Thomas Ballard Chapter in 2003.

11. Cyrus Chapel United Methodist Church, Catlettsburg. It was marked by the Colonel Thomas Ballard Chapter in 2004.

12. Borders Chapel United Methodist Church, Catlettsburg. It was marked by the Colonel Thomas Ballard Chapter in 2004.

13. US Marine Hospital, Louisville. It was marked by the John Combs Chapter in 2004.

14. Mary Florence Taney Home, Covington. It was marked by the Kentucky State Society and Roger Montfort Taney Chapter in 2005.

15. Endicott Meeting House, now known as Indian Creek Baptist Church, Cynthiana. It was marked by the Sarah Morgan Boone Chapter in 2006.

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