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Forerunner of Daughters of the Republic of Texas founded
On this day in 1891, the organizational meeting of the Daughters of the Republic of Texas was held in the Houston home of Mary Jane Briscoe. Mary S. M. Jones, widow of the last president of the Republic of Texas, agreed to serve as president. The name first chosen for this group was Daughters of Female Descendants of the Heroes of '36. The association was soon renamed Daughters of the Lone Star Republic, then Daughters of the Republic of Texas at the first annual meeting in April 1892. The objectives of the association are to perpetuate the memory and spirit of the people who achieved and maintained the independence of Texas and to encourage historical research into the earliest records of Texas, especially those relating to the revolutionary and republic periods.
- Links to Related Handbook of Texas Online Articles
- DAUGHTERS OF THE REPUBLIC OF TEXAS
- BRISCOE, MARY JANE HARRIS
- JONES, MARY SMITH
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