BENJAMIN HARRISON: Harry J. Sievers Hoosier Warrior Signed book D.A.R. Indiana

Description: BENJAMIN HARRISON: HOOSIER WARRIOR. Through the Civil War Years 1833-1865. volume one - University Publications Incorporated HB DJ 1960 signed - book 374 pages. Personal inscription by the author Harry J. Sievers to the President of the D.A.R. Mrs. William Henry Sullivan Jr. going to President Benjamin Harrison memorial home in Indianapolis. (1966) -- the 23rd President's wife Co-Founded the D.A.R and was the FIRST President General of the D.A.R. ! Her name was Caroline Scott Harrison. In 1965 Mrs Sullivan was appointed President of the D.A.R. She was from Scarsdale, NY. Here is what it said in the newspaper at the time.Mrs. William Henry Sullivan Jr. of 10 Scarsdale Avenue was elected to a three - year term as president general of the Daughters of the American Revolution last Thursday in Washington, D.C., and became a grandmother for the second time on Monday. As of Tuesday evening it was difficult to tell which event excited her more. A member of Scarsdale’s Harvey Birch Chapter, NSDAR, Mrs. Sullivan announced her candidacy for the national post last year. She and 11 other officers, who had campaigned with her, were inducted on Friday. Delegates from all parts of the nation attending the 74th Continental Congress were present at the ceremony. Mrs. Sullivan has served the organization as recorder general and first vice president general on the national level and as vice regent and regent of New York State. From 1953 through 1962 she was on the National Board of Management. Born Adele Woodhouse in Trenton, N.J., Mrs. Sullivan is the descendant of early colonial Pennsylvania settlers. She was the wife of Harld E. Erb of Garden City until his death in 1959. The following year she married Mr. Sullivan, an electrical engineer. Mrs. Joseph P. Thorne, also a member of the DAR. of Norwalk, Conn., is Mrs. Sullivan's only child. The new president general now has two granddaugnters. Betsy, 6, a member of the Children of the American Revolution, and the infant born on Monday. Since she expects to spend a great deal of time in Washington during this DAR diamond anniversary year, Mrs. Sullivan has rented an apartment there. She will, however, retain her home in Scarsdale.MRS. W. H. SULLIVAN

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