ASHLEY CHAPTER was organized on June 10, 1899, at the home of Mrs. C. H. Cogswell, the first Regent, under the name of Cedar Rapids Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution.  There were 13 Charter Members.  On April 12, 1902, the name was changed to Ashley Chapter, in honor of Colonel Samuel Ashley, who in 1776 was a Colonel in the 13th Regiment of Militia who marched to the relief of Ticonderoga in 1777.

CHARTER MEMBERS

Mrs. Mary Wilkinson Cogswell
Mrs. Adeline Wood Preston
Miss Anna Mary Merrill
Miss Mary Kendall Fuller
Mrs. Matilda Herrick Jamison
Mrs. Margaret E. Jacobs Dawley
Miss Mabel Cathryn Cook
Mrs. Laura Weare Walker
Mrs. Ellen C. Mower Harwood
Mrs. Mary E. Farwell Carpenter
Mrs. Luna Farwell Templeton
Miss Nellie Lockwood Carpenter
Mrs. Maria Tobey Weed

HONORARY STATE REGENTS FROM ASHLEY CHAPTER

Imogene Benson Emery (Mrs. Irving C.) Elizabeth Ink (Mrs. Raymond P.) E. Lucille Davison Watson (Mrs. Sherman B.) Lois Samson Conrad (Mrs. Clayton G.)

1936-1938 1946-1948 1960-1962 1978-1980