Real Daughters

DAR Real Daughters were women who were daughters of Revolutionary War soldiers and members of the DAR. Both ladies joined the Council Bluffs Chapter.

Martha Ellen Wall Moon Hartford

Martha Ellen Wall was born June 30, 1821 in Logan County Va., daughter of William Wall, a Revolutionary soldier who first enlisted at Albermarle Barracks, Albermarle County Va. in 1777 and served in the Regiment commanded by Col. Francis Taylor.  Martha Ellen Wall first married Zimri Moon who died in the 1890's in Buchanan, Michigan. He  was carrying in a load of wood, tripped and broke his neck. Their children were Zenas E. Moon, born in 1849,  Frances Ellen Moon born in 1851, Frank White Moon born in 1855, and Zara E. Moon born in 1852. Martha Ellen Wall later married Samuel Hartford, a civil war soldier who served as a private in Captain Mattison's County, New York Militia. She died January 9, 1910 and is buried in the New Lebanon Cemetery, Cooper County, Missouri.

Susan A. Wood (Mrs. James H.) Ostrander

Susan A. Wood was born June 24, 1817, at Kingsville, near Ashtabula, Ohio to David Wood and Rebecca (King) Wood. Her father had been a Revolutionary War soldier, serving as a Private then a Corporal in Connecticut.  Her early life was spent on a farm where she was taught to spin, knit, and weave.  She took her first spinning lesson on her 5th birthday and soon helped to knit socks and mittens. She wove homespun linen or wool clothing until her marriage. She was married to James H. Ostrander in 1834 near Kingsville. After a few years they moved to northern Indiana and then soon after to Oquawka, IL.  In 1853 they moved to Cedar Rapids, Iowa and in 1855 to Audubon County, Iowa, where Mr. Ostrander died in 1881. She possessed a good memory and recalled facts concerning the Black Hawk War, "Log Cabin" campaign, early cars, and the widening of the Erie Canal. Her memory dwelt most vividly, however, upon the incidents of the Revolutionary War as told to her by her father. Mrs. Ostrander died May 23, 1914 and is buried in the West Liberty Cemetery north of Glenwood, Iowa in Mills County.