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Mrs. Major McKinley Tent No. 1 Massillon, Ohio Founding Tent Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War, 1861-1865

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May 30, 1885

Five young women, Harriett Knapp, Frances Merwin, Olive Howard, Eva Merwin, and Bertha Martin, stood at the edge of the Massillon, Ohio cemetery while Memorial Day services were held. They watched as their brothers and other young men, members of the Sons of Veterans, honored their fathers who had so valiantly fought for the Union Cause in the Civil War.  They decided to form a group of daughters of Union Veterans so that they too could honor their fathers and other Union Veterans.  They agreed to meet June 3, 1885 at the home of Eva Merwin.  These young ladies were aged 15 and 16.  It was from this beginning that The Massillon Daughters of Veterans grew to be Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War, 1861-1865, Inc., a national, federally chartered, organization.

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Minnie  King First  President The Massillon Daughters of Veterans June, 1885  -  December, 1885

Apr. 24, 1886, Name Changed To:  National Alliance Daughters of Veterans of the U.S.A. Sept., 1900, Endorsed By:  The Grand Army of the Republic Sept., 1925, Name Changed To:  Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War Sept., 1944, Name Changed To:  Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War, 1861-1865 Dec., 1985:  Federally Chartered By Public Law 99-172