National Society U.S. Daughters of 1812, Jacob Stemple Chapter (Lima, Ohio) records

The National Society, United States Daughters of 1812 was created by Flora Adams Darling on January 8, 1892. Beginning in Washington D.C., the organization aimed to promote patriotism, preserve documents, record family history, and emphasize the civil and military actions of the time period between the American Revolution and 1815. Emma Hardy, the wife of William Gerry Slade, served as the organizing president of the national society for eighteen years. Today the society has seen more than 5,000 members, with 42 state societies and 162 chapters nationwide. Membership is based on invitation of women over the age of eighteen who can trace their ancestry to a United States citizen who performed military, naval, or civil service between the years 1784 and 1815. The Ohio Society contains eleven chapters located in cities such as Columbus, Akron, and Cincinnati among others. The Jacob Stemple Chapter in Lima, Ohio was founded by Luella Smith Lippincott on March 27, 1952. Lippincott, the organizing president, named the chapter after an ancestor of hers who had served in the Virginia Militia during the War of 1812. While the Lima Chapter is a small one, the members participate in annual donations to various schools, hospitals, and libraries in the local community. The group also takes on special projects such as marking the first permanent home in Allen County, and the graves of soldiers who served in the War of 1812.