John Mackintosh Bourne, son of Catherine Jane Mackintosh and Henry Thayer Bourne, is a life-long native of Ohio.  Except for his years in Philadelphia where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania and a Masters of Business Administration from the Wharton School, he has spent all his years in the Cleveland area.  He and his wife Judy currently live in the city’s University Circle neighborhood surrounded by the Cleveland Museum of Art, the Cleveland Orchestra, the Cleveland Clinic, Case Western Reserve University and their Church.  He is the father of four and grandfather of eight.

John’s first business career was in commercial banking, first as the youngest vice president of a bank which became part of the current Key Bank; and later as a vice president and lending department manager with Bank One, which became part of JP Morgan Chase.  His second career was in commercial real estate. John is a senior Certified Commercial Investment Member of the National Association of Realtors and was Broker/Owner of statewide Bourne Commercial Realty before retiring in 2012.

He has served on numerous boards and committees and was an elected councilman for 13 years when he lived in a suburban Cleveland community.  He is an ordained Elder of the Presbyterian Church, USA, and has served as Chairman of the Personnel, Budget and Finance Committees and as a Trustee of their Church.

John’s third career is hereditary societies.  He is a member of more than three dozen societies, all focused from the Colonies and Revolutionary War back to the Royals. His first leadership position began in 2004 as Ohio Society Governor of The Order of the Founders and Patriots of America.  He has continued as Ohio’s Governor ever since, except from 2008 to 2010 when he was national Governor General of Founders & Patriots and became a member of The National Gavel Society.  Also in 2008, John served as President of the Western Reserve Society, the largest Sons of the American Revolution chapter nationwide with over 400 members.  When SAR held its national Congress in Cleveland in 2009 John was awarded their Meritorious Service Award.  John has also been actively involved with the National Society Sons and Daughters of the Pilgrims, both as Ohio Branch Governor continuously since 2008 and as national Captain General 2011–2013.

On the national level, John has been the Governor General to three additional societies: The Plymouth Hereditary Society 2012–2014; The National Society Sons of the American Colonists 2013–2015; and The Society of the Descendants of the Colonial Clergy 2014–until 2017.  He has also served as a national officer of the Order of the First Families of Maine, the Descendants of Cape Cod and the Islands, the Dutch Colonial Society and Presidential Families of America.  In 2009, our late HSC Honorary Member, The Rev. Dr. Dixon A. Barr, swore John in as an Honorary Kentucky Colonel in Louisville in recognition of his support in preserving Colonial History.  Last year the Order of Founders and Patriots presented him with their highest level of recognition allowed for a member, the Distinguished Service Award.  While there was no Bourne family on the Mayflower, John is an approved descendant of ten of those passengers and if you have ever visited Cape Cod you probably traveled across the (his) Bourne Bridge to get there.

Memberships

• National Gavel Society

• Clan Chatten Association, Inverness, Scotland

• Clan Mackintosh of North America

• Clan Chatten, U.S.A.

• Order of the Founders and Patriots of America (Honorary Governor General; former Ohio Society Governor)

• Plymouth Hereditary Society (Honorary Governor General)

• National Society of Sons of the American Colonists (Honorary Governor General)

• Society of the Descendants of the Colonial Clergy (Honorary Governor General)

• Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts

• Saint Andrew’s Society of the State of New York

• General Society Sons of the Revolution

• General Society of the War of 1812

• National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution (WesternReserve Society, Cleveland, OH Chapter President)

• Order of Three Crusades 1096-1192

• General Society of Colonial Wars

• Order of Indian Wars of the United States

• Hereditary Order of Descendants of Colonial Governors

• General Society of Mayflower Descendants

• Pilgrim John Howland Society

• Order of Americans of Armorial Ancestry

• National Society Americans of Royal Descent

• National Society Sons and Daughters of the Pilgrims (Captain General;Ohio Branch Governor)

• National Society of Old Plymouth Colony Descendants

• Jamestowne Society (Lake Erie Company Lt. Governor)

• Order of the Crown of Charlemagne in the United States of America

• National Society Children of the American Colonists (Life Promoter)

• Order of the Crown of Charlemagne in the United States of America

• Dutch Colonial Society

• Flagon and Trencher

• Hereditary Order Descendants of Loyalists & Patriots of the American Revolution

• Thomas Rogers Society

• Son of a Witch

• Elder William Brewster Society

• Pilgrim Hopkins Heritage Society

• National Society Sons of Colonial New England

• Order of Descendants of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company

• Hereditary Order of the First Families of Massachusetts

• Sons and Daughters of the Colonial and Antebellum Bench and Bar

• Presidential Families of America (Ohio Regent)

• Winthrop Society

• Order of the First Families of Maine

• Hereditary Order of the Families of Presidents and First Ladies of America

• Order of the Merovingian Dynasty

• Guild of Colonial Artisans and Tradesmen 1607-1783

• Order of First Families of Connecticut 1633-1662

• Order of the First Families of New Hampshire 1622-1680

• National Society of Saints and Sinners

• Order of Descendants of Justiciars

• Order of the Norman Conquest

• Descendants of Early Postmaster 1607-1900

• Descendants of Sheriffs & Constables of Colonial and Antebellum America

• Order of Founders of North America 1492-1692

• Descendants of Cape Cod and the Islands (Parliamentarian)

• Order of the Kings and Queens of the Holy Lands

• Order of Descendants of Native Americans and Friends

Other Notes

Mr. Bourne is a member of the Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels. He is an Ordained Elder with the Presbyterian Church USA. He attends Church of the Covenant, Cleveland, and is a former Trustee and Chairman of Personnel, Budget and Finance Committees.

Additionally Mr. Bourne is a former Councilman of the Village of Kirtland Hills. He is also former Vice President and Trustee of the Boy Scouts of America, Northeast Ohio Chapter.

LTC Lawrence King Casey, Jr., AUS (Ret.), a native of Brookline, Massachusetts is the son of the late Lawrence King Casey and Alice Annette Boultbee from Maine. He grew up in Codman Square Dorchester, and Lexington, MA, graduating from Lexington High School. LTC Casey completed his undergraduate work at Bucknell University, where he received a B.S. in Chemical Engineering. He later graduated from the University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School of Business with a Master’s in Business Administration (MBA).

At Bucknell University ROTC he was a Distinguished Military Graduate, the Commanding Officer Pershing Rifles Company M 5th Regiment, and a member of the sky diving team. He graduated from the Ordnance School, Aberdeen Proving Grounds, MD, and the Air Defense Guided Missile School, Redstone Arsenal, AL. He graduated from the US Army Command and General Staff College (USAR School Beaumont, TX).

Additionally, LTC Casey served on active duty as Commanding Officer 226th Ordnance Detachment (Guided Missile General Support-NIKE) Korea, and the Facility Commander Combined Field Maintenance Shop (NIKE) Lincoln, RI. His reserve duty included tours with CONARC, and TRADOC, at Fort Monroe, VA; and with DARCOM at Fort Eustis, VA.

LTC Casey is now retired after 42 years in process control, and project management with ExxonMobil Chemical Company (a heritage Mobil employee). He is a Registered Professional Engineer in Texas. He has resided in Beaumont Texas the past 49 years, and owns the Lucky Shamrock Ranch, Fredericksburg, Texas, where he raises Angus Cattle.

Society Memberships

• Society of the Cincinnati in the State of Connecticut

• General Society of the War of 1812 (Past President General)

• National Society Sons of the American Revolution (Vice President of Texas Society, District 7) (Vice President)

• Dutch Colonial Society (Patroon)

• Hereditary Order Descendants Loyalists & Patriots American Revolution (Librarian General)

• Plymouth Hereditary Society 1620-1691 (Governor General)

• National Society Sons and Daughters of Antebellum Planters 1607-1861 (Advisory Council)

• Order of the First Families of Maine 1604-1652 (President General)

• Order of the First Families of New Hampshire 1622-1680 (Treasurer General)

• Order of the Indian Wars of the United States (Treasurer)

• Order of Descendants of the Ancient & Honorable Artillery Company (Deputy Governor General)

• Descendants of Sheriffs & Constables of Colonial & Antebellum America (Deputy General)

• Aztec Club of 1847 (Councilor)

• Order of the Founders of North America 1492-1692 (Deputy Viscount General England)

• General Society Sons of the Revolution (former President Texas Society)

• General Society of Colonial Wars (former Governor Texas Society)

• Royal Society of St George (former President Texas Branch)

• Order of Founders and Patriots of America (former Governor Texas Society)

• General Society of Mayflower Descendants (former Governor and Deputy Governor General of the Texas Society)

• Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts

• Society of the Order of the Southern Cross

• Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States

• Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War

• Military Order of Foreign Wars of the United State

• Sons of Confederate Veterans

• Piscataqua Pioneers

• National Society Sons and Daughters of the Pilgrims

• National Society of Old Plymouth Colony Descendants

• Military Order of the World Wars

• Society of the Descendants of the Colonial Clergy

• Military Order of the Stars and Bars

• National Society Sons of American Colonists

• Flagon and Trencher, Descendants of Colonial Tavern Keepers

• Hereditary Order of Descendants of Loyalists and Patriots of the American Revolution

• Order of Descendants of Colonial Physicians and Chirurgiens

• Thomas Rogers Society

• Son of a Witch

• Hereditary Order of the First Families of Massachusetts

• National Society Sons of Colonial New England

• Hull Family Association

• National Order of the Blue and the Gray

• International Military Order of the Southern Cross

• Sons and Daughters of the Colonial and Antebellum Bench and Bar

• Order of the Second World War

• Presidential Families of America

• Winthrop Society, Descendants of the Great Migration

• Hereditary Order of the Families of the Presidents and First Ladies of America

• Guild of Colonial Artisans and Tradesmen 1607-1783

• Registry of Famous and Infamous Relatives of American Families

• National Society of Textile Workers of America

• Order of the First Families of Vermont 1609-1791

• Hereditary Order of Teachers

• Descendants of Cape Cod and the Islands

Notes

Mr. Casey is a member of St Paul’s –Algonquin Lodge in Braintree, MA. He is a Past Worshipful Master of Beaumont Lodge #286, Texas. In the York Rite he presided over Beaumont Chapter #188 Royal Arch Masons, Beaumont Council #126 Royal and Select Masters, Beaumont Commandery #38 Knight Templars, Southeast Texas York Rite College #90, and San Felipe Conclave Red Cross of Constantine. He served as District Deputy in the Grand Lodge, Grand Chapter, and Grand Council of Texas. He was honored with the Order of the Purple Cross, and the Knight York Cross of Honor. He is currently serving as Recorder of San Felipe Conclave, and Representative of the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts near the Grand Lodge of Texas.

In the Scottish Rite he presided over San Felipe Lodge of Perfection, Galveston Chapter of Rose Croix, Galveston Council Knights Kadosh, and Galveston Consistory. He is a member of the Royal Order of Scotland. He received the 33rd Degree Inspector General Honorary, 19 Nov 1975.

He is an Amateur Member in the United Country Western Dance Council, winning two Pro-Am World Championships in Nashville with Shawna Dysart of Houston, and one in Sweden with Lisa McIntyre of Calgary. He won an Irish Championship with Susan Kirklin of Austin.

He is an Amateur Member of the National Dance Council of America and currently competing in International Latin Pro-Am with Milana Pliner of Houston. He has competed in New York, California, Nevada, Florida, and Texas, winning several Championships.

He also holds membership in the Ferrari Club of America (F-458 Spider and 612 Scaglietti), the Beaumont Country Club, the Country Music Association Nashville (Drummer), Ima Hogg Ceramic Circle Houston (past Treasurer)(expertise in English Wedgwood and Irish Belleek), the Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels by Governor Paul E Patton, Honorary Admiral in the Texas Navy by Governor Rick Perry, Honorary Tennessean by Governor Bill Haslam, the Military Officer’s Association of America, and life membership in the New England Historic Genealogical Society.

Mr. Casey has been granted Irish arms by the Chief Herald of Ireland. The Arms are registered with the NEHGS Heraldry Committee and the Armorial Register #330.

• Registered: The International Register of Arms, 1st June 2015. Registration No. 0330 (Vol.2)

• Arms: Per fess embattled Or and Vert a crane in his vigilance counterchanged.

• Crest: A distillatory Or the fire proper.

• Motto:

• above the shield: Tairgeann Dua Sean Agus Fad Saoil.

• below the shield: Tairgeann Dua Rath

• Badge 1: Enfiling a sprig of laurel Proper an ancient crown Or.

• Badge 2: A polled bull rampant Or ringed Gules.

• Badge 3: An eagle with two heads facing to the dexter wings overture Or.

• Grant: The Chief Herald of Ireland, Volume Aa, Folio 64, Dublin Ireland, 30th March 2015.

During the petition process, the heraldic design was done by Micheal Comain, and the art by Philip Mackey, both of the Office of the Chief Herald of Ireland, Colette O' Flaherty.

The field of the shield is parted per fess embattled to reflect Lieutenant Commander Casey's military career. The single charge is a very exact reference to his name. Casey/O'Casey/Cathasaigh which derives from cathasach meaning "watchful".

The crane, in legend, stands holding a rock in one foot so that should he sleep the rock will fall and wake him. He is, then, the symbol of watchfulness and is known heraldically as a crane in his vigilance.

The armiger's eligibility to bear Irish arms is based on his dual Irish citizenship and lineal descent from his father Lawrence King Casey of Portland in the State of Maine (USA), the grandson of William Henry Casey of Cahirciveen in the county of Kerry, and his great-grandfather Daniel Casey (1833-1936) of Cahirciveen in the county of Kerry.

The crest is a distillatory - in everyday language, a still and alludes to the chemical engineering familiar in Ireland.

Above the shield is the motto Tairgeann Dua Sean Agus Fad Saoil (Hard work produces prosperity/blessing and a long life), and beneath the shield Tairgeann dua rath (Hard work produces good fortune). These mottoes are based on a statement by great grandfather Daniel Casey of Cahirciveen, who became at the time Irelands oldest farmer, and when asked what he contributed his longevity he replied "hard work in the open air".

The armiger possesses three badges, the first: Enfiling a sprig of laurel Proper an ancient crown Or represents the families of Lawrence/Laurence and King.

The surname Lawrence or Laurence derives from laurel, so the armiger chose sprig of laurel enfiled by (passing through) an ancient crown representing the name of King. A reminder of the armiger’s paternal great grandmother Anastasia Lawrence of county Kilkenny, and great grandfather Patrick King of county Clare.

Maurene Gayle Mast Coan is a native of Flossmoor, Illinois, and the daughter of Maurene June Frey and Casper Leo Mast, Jr. Gayle’s maternal grandfather was a 32nd degree Mason and also a Commander of the Englewood Commandery in Chicago. He became a dedicated genealogist in his fifties and gave the family the groundwork for not only joining genealogical organizations, but also the names for further research. Gayle is married to Thomas Donald Coan, Jr. They reside in Flossmoor, Illinois, in the home built by her parents.

Mrs. Coan attended the University of Colorado and graduated with a B. A. degree in Education. Returning to her childhood school, Gayle taught at the Flossmoor Junior High School. In addition to being the head of the math department, she completed many hours of advanced education. Since retiring from teaching, she continues to do data entry work for the district periodically throughout the year.

Gayle and Don enjoy many shared interests including travel, reading, gardening, and genealogical research.

Memberships

• National Gavel Society

• Colonial Dames of America (Chapter XIV)

• Descendants of Sheriffs & Constables of Colonial & Antebellum America (Founder; Honorary President General)

• Plymouth Hereditary Society (Former Governor General)

• Hereditary Order Descendants Loyalists and Patriots of the American Revolution (Governor General)

• Hereditary Order of the Family of Presidents and First Ladies (Vice President General)

• Order of the Descendants of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company (Recording Secretary General)

• National Society Dames of the Court of Honor (First Vice President General; Organizing Secretary General; Illinois State Past President)

• Hereditary Order of the First Families of Massachusetts (Marshal General)

• Order of the First Families of New Hampshire (Former Founding Marshal General)

• First Families of Connecticut (Deputy Governor General, Charter Member)

• National Society Sons and Daughters of the Pilgrims (National Co-Chair Credentials; Illinois Branch Honorary Governor; Former Illinois Branch Recording Secretary; Former Organizing Corresponding Secretary)

• National Society Daughters of the Union 1861-1865 (Chapter Historian)

• Order of the First Families of Rhode Island & Providence Plantations

• National Society Daughters of the American Revolution

• National Society Colonial Dames XVII Century

• National Society New England Women (National Chairman of Veteran Activities)

• Illinois Cameo Society

• Flagon and Trencher, Descendants of Colonial Tavern Keepers

• Order of Descendants of Colonial Physicians and Chirurgiens (Corresponding Secretary General)

• Sons and Daughters of the Colonial and Antebellum Bench & Bar 1565-1861 (Charter Member)

• Continental Society Daughters of Indian Wars (Illinois State Governor; Former Organizing Chaplain)

• National Society Colonial Daughters Seventeenth Century, Inc.

• First Families of the Twin Territories

• Guild of Colonial Artisans and Tradesmen (Charter Member, Master Guilder)

• National Society United States Daughters of 1812 (Chapter Recording Secretary)

• Order of Americans of Armorial Ancestry

• National Society Sons and Daughters of Antebellum Planters 1607-1861

• Winthrop Society

• Sons and Daughters of the Province and Republic of West Florida

• Descendants of Old Plymouth Colony

• Presidential Families of America (Illinois Representative)

• National Order of the Blue and Gray

• National Society Descendants of Early Quakers

• National Society Daughters of American Colonists

• Jamestowne Society

• Hereditary Order of Descendants of Colonial Governors

• Dutch Colonial Society

• Descendants American House of Burgesses 1619-1699 (Charter Member)

• Registry of Infamous & Famous Relatives in American Families

• United Daughters of the Confederacy (Chapter Charter Member)

• Hereditary Society of Teachers

• Sons and Daughters of Virginia Founding Fathers (Charter Member)

• Ladies of the Grand Old Army of the Republic

• Descendants of Fossors 1607-1860 (Charter Member)

• Descendants of Cape Cod and Islands (Charter Member)

• Descendants of American Prisoners of War

Other Notes

Gayle is a member of Saint John the Evangelist Episcopal Church in Flossmoor. She organized and heads a retirement group of teachers from her school district. She is a member of the Annual Illinois Heritage Weekend Planning Committee; a Chi Omega Sorority Alumni donor; Director’s Club member of the University of Colorado Alumni Group; a member of the Smithsonian Museum; a Founder Member and donor of the Williamsburg Foundation; a Historic Gettysburg-Adams’s County donor; a Civil War Preservation Trust donor; a National Trust donor for the preservation of historic sites, a USO donor; and a member of the Underhill Society.

Carla Lucille Whitehurst Odom, a native of Durham, North Carolina, is the daughter of the late Paul Donald and A. Lucille Martin Whitehurst.  She was married to Charles Robert Odom on June 6, 1964, at Grace Baptist Church, Durham. They have two daughters, Charlotte Martin Odom Lytle Perrin and Catherine Lynne Odom Quick, and three grandsons. Mrs. Odom was educated at Twadell School, Durham Schools and is a graduate of Campbell College. She is the former Co-Trustee and General Business Partner for extended family, an artist, business owner and consultant.

Memberships

• Baronial Order of the Magna Charta

• Colonial Dames of America (Former Member Missouri Chapter; Charter Member, Georgia Piedmont Chapter)

• Continental Society Daughters of Indian Wars, (Honorary Governor, District of Columbia Society; Former Continental Society Chaplain General; Former Member, Virginia Society)

• Descendants of American Prisoners of War

• Descendants of Brian Boru (Co-Founder; Inaugural Chaplain General; Former Second Deputy Governor)

• Descendants of Colonial Mothers 1607-July 4, 1776 (Co-Founder; Inaugural Advisor)

• Descendants of Continental Colonial Officers (Founder; Inaugural Aide-de-Camp)

• Descendants of Early Postmasters 1607-1900 (Founding Chaplain General; Former Deputy Postmaster General)

• Descendants of Sheriffs & Constables of Colonial and Antebellum America (Charter Member; Former Chaplain General)

• Descendants of the Knights of the Bath

• Descendants of the Templar Knights (Charter Member)

• Flagon and Trencher Descendants of Colonial Tavern Keepers

• Founders Fellowship (Founder; Honorary President)

• Guild of Colonial Artisans & Tradesmen 1607-1783 (Former Recording Secretary General)

• Hereditary Order of Descendants of the Loyalists and Patriots of the American Revolution (Honorary Governor General)

• Hereditary Order of the First Families of Massachusetts (Honorary Governor General)

• Hereditary Order of the Presidents and First Ladies of America

• Hereditary Order of the Red Dragon (Founder; Inaugural Cleric; Governor Retired)

• Hereditary Society Daughters of Founding Fathers of America (Founding Vice President General)

• Jamestowne Society (Former Member of the Council, Chairman, Alice Massey Nesbitt Fellowship; Former Lieutenant Governor, First North Carolina Company)

• Legion of Vikings and Valkyries (Charter Member)

• Military Order of the Crusades

• National Gavel Society

• National Guild of Saint Margaret of Scotland (Former Parliamentarian)

• National Huguenot Society (Former President, Virginia Society; Member, North Carolina Society)

• National Order of the Blue and Gray (Commanding General Retired)

• National Society Children of the American Colonists (Life Promoter)

• National Society Colonial Dames of the XVII Century (Former Corresponding Secretary, Richmond Chapter; Former First Vice President, Sir Humphrey Gilbert Chapter)

• National Society Colonial Daughters of the Seventeenth Century (Organizing Member, Oglethorpe Chapter; Organizing First Vice President, Honorary President, Crown Colony Chapter; Former National Councilor)

• National Society Daughters of Colonial Wars (Former First Vice President, Virginia Society; Member, North Carolina Society)

• National Society Daughters of Founders and Patriots of America' (Former National Councilor; Honorary President, Virginia Chapter; Former President, National Officers’ Club)

• National Society Daughters of the American Colonists (Honorary Regent, Fort Henry Chapter; Honorary Regent, Virginia Society; National Regents' Club; Former National Chairman, National Radio and Television Committee; Honorary Member, Great Warrior Path Chapter; Former Member, Carolina Charter Chapter)

• National Society Daughters of the American Revolution (Honorary Regent, Col. John Banister Chapter; District II Regents' Club; Former District II Chaplain; Former Virginia State Chairman, Virginia Veterans and Representative, VAVS; Charter Member, Heritage Club; Former Chaplain, Virginia Cameo Club)

• National Society Descendants of American Farmers (Founder, Inaugural Advisor)

• National Society Descendants of Early Quakers

• National Society Descendants of Colonial Indentured Servants (Founding Chaplain General; Former Vice President General)

• National Society of New England Women (Former Chaplain, Virginia Colony; Former Member, District of Columbia Colony; Charter Member, Albemarle Colony)

• National Society of Old Plymouth Colony Descendants

• National Society of Saints and Sinners

• National Society of the Dames of the Court of Honor (Former Librarian, Virginia Society; Member of the North Carolina Society; Former National Defense Chairman)

• National Society Sons and Daughters of Antebellum Planters 1607-1861 (Honorary President General)

• National Society Sons and Daughters of the Pilgrims (Honorary Governor, Virginia Branch; Honorary Governor, Virginia South Branch; Founding Parliamentarian; Former Recording Secretary General)

• National Society Southern Dames of America (Organizing Honorary President, Virginia Society; Former National Registrar)

• National Society United States Daughters of 1812 (Former Chaplain, Virginia Society; Former Vice President, Hampton Roads Chapter; Former Member Captain Johnston Blakeley Chapter; Former Vice President, North Carolina Society)

• Order of Alba (Honorary President General)

• Order of Americans of Armorial Ancestry (Former Program Chairman)

• Order of Bacon's Rebellion (Founder; Inaugural Gazetteer; Former Cleric)

• Order of Descendants of Colonial Cavaliers 1640-1660 (Former Lady of the Council)

• Order of First Families of North Carolina (Former Secretary)

• Order of Founders of the Granville District 1663 - 1763 (Founder; Inaugural Palatine)

• Order of the Crown of Charlemagne in the United State of America

• Order of the Descendants of El Cid (Founder; Governor Retired)

• Order of the Descendants of the Justiciars (Co-Founder; Inaugural First Vice Justiciar; Honorary Chief Justiciar)

• Order of the First Families of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations (Former Special Councilor to the Governor General)

• Order of the First World War

• Order of the Founders of North America 1492-1692 (Founding Deputy Viscountess General Italian Colonists; Charter Member)

• Order of the Honorable Artillery Company

• Order of the House of Wessex (Co-Founder; Inaugural First Vice President General; Honorary President General)

• Order of the Kings and Queens in the Holy Lands (Founder; Inaugural Governor Retired)

• Order of the Merovingian Dynasty

• Order of the Monarchs of Rheims (Inaugural First Vice Regent)

• Order of the Norman Conquest

• Order of the Second World War

• Order of the Sovereigns of Ancient Scandinavia (Founder; Inaugural Vice Regent; Former Regent)

• Order of the Steel Magnolias (Co-Founder; Inaugural Historian; Contributing Editor)

• Order of the Vietnam War (Founder; Inaugural Chaplain)

• Order of Three Crusades 1096-1192 (Former Recording Secretary General)

• Order of Washington

• Order of William the Marshal (Founder; Inaugural Cleric)

• Plymouth Hereditary Society (Past Governor General)

• Presidential Families of America (Honorary President General)

• Registry of Infamous and Famous Relatives in American Families

• Scions of Freedom Signers (Charter Member)

• Society of Descendants of Charlemagne

• Society of the 1704 Virginia Quit Rents (Founder; Inaugural Vicar; Former Vice Governour)

• Society of the Descendants of Founding Fathers of New England

• Society of the Descendants of Lady Godiva (Founding Countess General; Former Second Lady in Waiting)

• Sons and Daughters of Colonial and Antebellum Bench and Bar 1585-1861 (Honorary President General)

• Sons and Daughters of Virginia Founding Fathers (Charter Member)

• The IX (Founder; Inaugural Sergeant at Arms; Amicus Curiae)

• Virginia Huguenot Society (Co-Founder: Former Registrar)

• Winthrop Society (President Emerita)

Chivalric Orders

Sovereign Military Order of the Temple of Jerusalem (Priory of Saint Thomas a Becket, Dame Chevaleresse)

Compiled 

• More Grace, for the Virginia Society, DAR privately published, 2003.

• Book of Prayers and Rituals, for the Descendants of Early Postmasters, 1607 - 1900, privately published 2020.

Editor 

• Cardinal Commentary, Newsletter, Virginia Society, National Society Southern Dames of America, 2009-2012.

• Pilgrims Progress, Newsletter, Virginia Branch, National Society Sons and Daughters of the Pilgrims, 2010-2011.

• The Planter, a publication of the National Society Sons and Daughters of Antebellum Planters 1607-1861, 2011-2013.

• Justiciars Journal, a publication of the Order of Descendants of the Justiciars, 2012-2013.

• Crown Colony Communiqué, Newsletter, Crown Colony Chapter, National Society Colonial Daughters of the Seventeenth Century, 2012-2015.

• The Gazette, a publication of Presidential Families of America, 2013-2014

• The Barrister, a publication of Sons and Daughters of the Colonial and Antebellum Bench and Bar, 2014-2016.

• The Star Dispatch, a publication of the Founders Fellowship, 2016-2018

• Old Dominion Pilgrims, Newsletter, Virginia South Branch, National Society Sons and Daughters of the Pilgrims, 2017-2019.

• Magnolia Messenger, a publication of the Order of Steel Magnolias, 2018-2021. 

• Journal of Alba, a publication of Order of Alba, 2019-2021.

• The Dragon's Tale, a publication of the Hereditary Order of the Red Dragon, 2020-2022; 2021-2024.

• The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, a publication of the Order of the House of Wessex, 2020-2021. 

• Queen Anne's Herald, a publication of the Society of 1704 Virginia Quit Rents, 2020-2022; 2022-2024.

• Bacon's Gazette, a publication of Order of Bacon's Rebellion, 2020-2022. 

• The Puritan's Chronicle, a publication of the Hereditary Order of the First Families of Massachusetts, 2020-2022.

• Scandi News, a publication of the Order of Sovereigns of Ancient Scandinavia, 2022-2024.

Co-Editor

• Hereditary Society Daughters of Founding Fathers of America Herald, a publication of the Hereditary Society, Daughters of Founding Fathers of America, 2010-2013.
• The Spinning Wheel, a publication of National Society Colonial Daughters of the Seventeenth Century, 2018-2020; 2024-2027.

• At Mother's Knee, a publication of Descendants of Colonial Mothers, 1607-July 4, 1776, 2019-2021.

• The Colonial Dispatch, a publication of Descendants of Continental Colonial Officers, 2020-2022. 

• The Bugler, a publication of the National Order of the Blue and Gray, 2021-2023.

• Granville Gazette, a publication of Order of Founders of the Granville District 1663 - 1763, 2022-2024; 2024-2026.

Articles Published

• Hereditary Society Daughters of Founding Fathers of America Herald, a publication of Hereditary Society Daughters of Founding Fathers of America, Founder Richard Whitehurst, 2010; Founding Planters, 2011; Hereditary Society Community, 2013.

• Pilgrims Progress, Newsletter, Virginia Branch, National Society Sons and Daughters of the Pilgrims, Pilgrims, Pilgrims, Everywhere!; Vol. XVII, No. 2.

• Noblesse Oblige, a publication of The National Society of the Dames of the Court of Honor, Early Heroines of American Defense, Vol. XVIII, Issues 1, 2, 3 and 4.; Vol. XIX, Clara Barton, Heroine of America's Defense, Issue 1; World War I Heroine Helen Cramer Shurtleff, Issue 2.  Volume XIX, Issue 3., American Heroines of World War II.

• Old Dominion Pilgrims Newsletter, Virginia South Branch, National Society Sons and Daughters of the Pilgrims, Some Virginia Pilgrims, Vol. I, Number 2, Summer 2016; Pilgrim Facts, Vol. II, Number 1, Harvest Holiday Edition, 2016. Lady Defenders of Early American Liberty, abstracted from program topic presented at the 109th General Court of the National Society, Vol. II, Number 2, Summer Edition, 2017.

• The Spinning Wheel, a publication of the National Society Daughters of the Seventeenth Century, Heroines of the Korean War, First Edition, June 6, 2019; Francis DeLaMare - Huguenot Refugee to the Province of Carolina, Second Edition, 2020.  

• Journal of Alba, a publication of Order of Alba, Saint Andrew, Patron Saint of Scotland, Vol. 2, Issue 1, Summer 2019, Fifth Annual Gathering - Online, Special Edition, Vol. 2, Issue 2, Spring 2020.

• At Mother's Knee, a publication of Descendants of Colonial Mothers, 1607 - July 4, 1776, Colonial Mothers - Daughters of Liberty and Others Engaged in the Political Roles of Tea, Homespun Yarn and Jewels, Inaugural Edition, Summer, 2019; Colonial Mothers' Christmases, Christmas Eve Edition, 2019; Colonial Herbs, Summer Edition, 2020.

• Magnolia Messenger, a publication of Order of the Steel Magnolias, Heroines of the Confederate States of America- First in the Mini-Series (featuring Rose O'Neal Greenhow), Vol.1, Number 2, Winter 2020 Edition. Second in the Mini-Series (featuring Belle Boyd - "Siren of the Shenandoah, Cleopatra of Succession"), Vol. 1, Number 3, Summer, 2020 Edition. Third in the Trilogy (featuring Southern Spies by the author Antonia Ford, Aide-de-Camp to Major General J. E. B. Stuart), Vol. 5, Winter Edition 2022.

• The Holy Lands Courier, a publication of the Order of the Kings and Queens in the Holy Lands, Special Edition, Winter 2020, Holy Lands Pilgrimage; Second Annual Convocation Online - Special Edition, Spring, 2020.

• The Babieca Rider, a publication of the Order of the Descendants of El Cid, Second Annual Convocation Online - Special Edition, Spring, 2020.

• Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, a publication of Order of the House of Wessex, KING ALFRED THE GREAT: EARLY YEARS AND MILITARY ACCOMPLISHMENTS, Inaugural Issue, Summer, 2020; KING ALFRED THE GREAT, second in the Series Featuring: LEGAL REFORMS, FOREIGN RELATIONS, RELIGION AND CULTURE, EDUCATIONAL REFORMS AND COURT SCHOOLS, Christmas Issue, 2020.

• The Dragon's Tale, a publication of the Hereditary Order of the Red Dragon, WELCH CUSTOMS, CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR'S CUSTOMS, Edition 2, Christmas 2020.

• The Colonial Dispatch, a publication of the Descendants of Continental Colonial Officers, (first in the series), Who Were the Continental Colonial Officers ... Lieutenant Dempsey Powell and Captain Thomas Voss, Summer Issue, 2021.

• The Bugler, a publication of the National Order of the Blue and Gray, Christmas During the War Between the States, Christmas 2021 Issue; The Early History of Thanksgiving and Thanksgiving During the War Between the States, Harvest Holiday Edition, 2022.

Book Reviews

• Hereditary Society DFPA, THE CENTURIAN PRINCIPAL, by author Colonel Jeff O'Leary, 2004, Nelson Business, A Division of Nelsons Publishers, 2012. 

• The Crown and Eagle, a publication of the Hereditary Order of the Descendants of Loyalists and Patriots of the American Revolution, Book Review, LAFAYETTE, LESSONS IN LEADERSHIP FROM THE IDEALIST GENERAL, by author Marc Leepson, March 2017; JONATHAN ODELL, Loyalist Poet Of The American Revolution, by author, Cynthia Dublin Edelberg, Duke University Press, 1987, Spring Issue, 2021.

• Royals, Nobles, Warriors and Leaders of the Western World, The Ancestors of Pvt. Benjamin F. Lovelace, (1824-1926), Book 1, Generations 1-10, by author Judge Edward F. Butler, Sr., San Antonio, Texas, May 2021.

• Descendants of Continental Officers, Company for Christmas, by author Christopher Geist, Colonial Williamsburg Journal, Autumn, 2008, December 2021.

• Granville Gazette, MEN OF ALBEMARLE, by author Inglis Fletcher, Babbs Merrell Company, USA, (first edition) 1942, Volume II, Fall Issue 2024.

Dedication

Author James de Maris Birchfield dedicated his book, Some British Ancestors Of Capt. James Blount to Carla Lucille Whitehurst Odom whose adventures in medieval genealogy suggested his study.

Other Notes

Mrs. Odom is of the Baptist and Episcopal faith, and a former member of the vestry, choir, lector, co-leader of the Young Women's Association, and Sunday School teacher.  The Odoms are members of St. Luke's Episcopal Church.  She is also a former President of the Protestant Women of the Chapel at historic Mark Twain Village Chapel, Heidelberg, Germany.  She served as guide of a ladies regional Christian bible study for many years. The Odoms were awarded the Family Life Award that designated them as Family of the Year. 

The Odoms established the Hereditary Society Community LTC Charles Robert Odom and Carla Whitehurst Odom Scholarship at the College of William and Mary.  The Rotary Foundation of Rotary International named Carla Odom as a Paul Harris Fellow.  She received the 2009 Special Award of the National Society Daughters of Founders and Patriots of America, and Chartering Award of the National Society Southern Dames of America.  Three times she was named for the National Society Colonial Daughters of the Seventeenth Century President's Award of Excellence.  Mrs. Odom also received the Gloriae Coronam cum Sceptro (Crown & Scepter) in recognition of her membership and outstanding support of numerous European royally-focused lineage societies.  Recently, she received Order of Descendants of El Cid Distinguished Merit Award and the Hereditary Order of the Red Dragon Dual Birthright Award. She has served as a judge for the Texas Genealogical College.

Mrs. Odom served the American Red Cross as a volunteer in military hospitals and local blood drives, as an Advanced First Aid Instructor, and as Vice President of a local Waiting Wives Club. As a Troop Leader for Girls Scouts of the USA she coordinated or assisted Scout activities in six countries.  She has served as a volunteer at Veteran Medical Centers in Virginia.

After living where duty called, the Odoms resided in Virginia 33 years before returning to Durham, North Carolina. She enjoys genealogy, and floral exhibiting.  She is the former President of two garden clubs and a life member of the Garden Club of Virginia.  She is former Vice President of Swamp Fox Board of Directors and a founding member of the Umstead Pines Book Club.. She is former President of the Byrd Family Association and former Vice President and Reception Coordinator of the Board of Directors of the Petersburg, Virginia  Music Festival.

Her National Society Daughters of the American Colonists Virginia Society Regent’s project was the commission and gift of a pair of paintings by Jamestown artist Caroline Taylor.  They are exhibited in the Visitors Center at Jamestown Island. To commemorate her service Virginia Daughters marked Meander Plantation at Locust Dale, Virginia.   She restored an antique marble plaque as her gift to Mason’s Hall.  The plaque had in the early 20thh century been dedicated in Richmond by Virginia United States Daughters of 1812 to the site that also served as a War of 1812 hospital.  At the conclusion of Mrs. Odom’s term as Governor, the DC Society of Continental Society Daughters of Indian Wars CSDIW marked the grave of Chief Pushmataha at the Congressional Cemetery.  During her administration, the National Society Sons and Daughters of Antebellum Planters project was the casting of an official die for bronze markers.  She dedicated the first marker to Historic Stagville at Durham, NC.  Mrs. Odom initiated and presented the first Presidential Families of America marker to President John Tyler's family at Sherwood Forest, near Charles City, Virginia, and a second marker to the Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library And Museum at Staunton, Virginia.

Ross Gamble Perry, a native of Nashville, Tennessee is the son of John Edward and Sally Granger Perry. He is married to Diane Hanretty Perry, and has two daughters: Kathryn Patterson Perry and Sarah Ross Perry

Mr. Perry was graduated from the University of Virginia, with a B.A. Economics. He retired in 2013 from a 40-year career in banking; the last 30 years with SunTrust Bank in Richmond, VA and Washington, DC. Upon retirement, Mr. Perry was Senior Vice President and Managing Director, Private Wealth Management Division.

Memberships

• Society of the Cincinnati (President General)

• Society of the Cincinnati in the State of Connecticut

• Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts

• Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States

• General Society Sons of the Revolution

• National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution

• General Society of Colonial Wars

• General Society of the War of 1812

• Order of the Founders and Patriots of America

• General Society of Mayflower Descendants

• Society of the Founders of Norwich, CT

• Society of the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick of Washington, DC

• Society of the Descendants of the Founders of Hartford

• Society of the Descendants of the Colonial Clergy

• Jamestowne Society

• Flagon & Trencher

• Society of the Descendants of Washington’s Army at Valley Forge

• Descendants of the Founders of New Jersey

• Descendants of the Founders of Ancient Windsor

• Society of the Descendants of the Founders of the New Haven Colony

• Society of Middletown First Settlers Descendants

• Clan Ross Association USA

• Hereditary Order of Descendants of Colonial Governors

• National Society of Americans of Royal Descent

• Order of the First Families of Virginia

Listed In (Publications)

• University of Virginia Lawn Resident Directory 1895-1995

• Social Register 2013

• The Social List of Washington, DC 2013

Authorships

• The Descendants of John Perry of Roxbury, MA 1999

Other Notes

Mr. Perry is a member of Christ Church Alexandria, Virginia. He served on the Lab School of Washington Board of Trustees from 1995-99 and the Virginia Opera Board of Directors from 1996-2008. Mr. Perry is a lifelong hunter and target shooter.

Cheryl Whitt Rios, native of Lincoln County, Kentucky, is the daughter of the late Howard Gene Whitt and Sarah Mullins Whitt Baker. She is married to Vincent Rios, retired Assistant Regional Administrator, Regions IX and X, U.S. Department of Labor and medically retired United States Marine (Vietnam veteran – two tours). She has one child, Christopher, four step-children, Mitchell Rios, Michelle Rios, Frances Rios, and Pete Rios. She and Vince share seven grandchildren.

Cheryl completed an AA degree with highest honors at Skyline College, San Francisco, CA and earned her BA in psychology, graduating Summa cum laude, from San Francisco State University. She has lived in Kentucky, Ohio, Oklahoma, California, Alaska and now resides in Texas, a state to which she has always come home between her jaunts to experience life in other states. She worked as a fingerprint specialist for the Fort Worth Police Department (TX), as a Project Coordinator, Justice Policy Institute, and owned a medical transcription service.

Society Memberships

• National Gavel Society

• Baronial Order of Magna Charta

• Crown and Sceptre

• Colonial Dames of America

• Descendants of Brian Boru (Founding Corresponding Secretary General)

• Descendants of Colonial Mothers (Co-Founder)

• Descendants of Sheriffs and Constables of Colonial and Antebellum America (Honorary President General; Founding Officer)

• First Families of Kentucky

• Flagon and Trencher Descendants of Colonial Tavernkeepers

• Guild of Colonial Artisans and Tradesmen 1607-1783

• Hereditary Order of the Descendants of Loyalists and Patriots of the American Revolution (Historian General, Recording Secretary General)

• Hereditary Order of the Families of Presidents and First Ladies (National Vice President, former Recording Secretary General)

• Hereditary Society of Teachers (charter member)

• Hereditary Order of the Red Dragon (Charter member)

• Kings and Queens of the Holy Lands (Charter member; National Chairman, Insignia)

• Legion of Vikings and Valkyries (Co-Founder; Founding Vice President)

• Military Order of the Southern Cross in the Pacific Theater

• National Guild of Saint Margaret of Scotland

• National Order of Blue and Gray (Commanding General)

• National Society Children of the American Revolution (Senior Reorganizing President, Valentine Holt CAR Society)

• National Society of the Colonial Daughters of the Seventeenth Century (Councillor 2015-2018; Organizing President, Lone Star Chapter)

• National Society Daughters of Colonial Wars (Honorary TX State President, member National Officers Club)

• National Society Daughters of the American Colonists (former CA State Corresponding Secretary)

• National Society Daughters of the American Revolution (former National Vice Chair, Southwest Division – Americanism Committee; DAR Speakers Staff; VAVS Deputy Representative; former CA State Recording Secretary, CA District III Director, CA District III Secretary, CA President Past and Present Chapter Regents Club, CA Corresponding Secretary State Officers Club, CA Vice President and Registrar Cameo Club; Honorary Chapter Regent)

• National Society Daughters of Founders and Patriots of America (National Chair, Insignia; former Northeast Texas Chapter President)

• National Society Daughters of the British Empire in the United States of America

• National Society Descendants of Early Quakers

• National Society of the Dames of the Court of Honor (Honorary President General for Life, President General 2015-2017; former CA State President)

• National Society of Saints and Sinners (Advocate)

• National Society Sons & Daughters of Antebellum Planters 1607-1861 (member Advisory Council)

• National Society Sons & Daughters of the Pilgrims (Corresponding Secretary General, former Organizing Secretary General, former Registrar General; former appointed Archivist; former California and Texas Branch Governor)

• National Society Southern Dames of America (North Texas Chapter President)

• Order of Alba (Charter Member)

• Order of Americans Cousins of the Present and Future Sovereigns of Great Britain (Director; Charter Member)

• Order of Americans of Armorial Ancestry

• Order of the Crown of Charlemagne in the United States of America

• Order of Descendants of Colonial Cavaliers 1640-1660

• Order of Descendants of the Justiciars

• Order of the First Families of Maryland

• Order of the Founders of North America (former Deputy Viscountess General Western United States; former Deputy Viscountess General – French Colonists; charter member

• Order of the Monarchs of Rheims

• Order of Medieval Women

• Order of the Norman Conquest (Charter Member)

• Order of the Steel Magnolias (Charter member)

• Order of the Vietnam War (Co-Founder; Founding Second Vice Commander)

• Royal Society of Saint George

• Society of the Descendants of Lady Godiva (Former Councillor)

• Sons & Daughters of the Colonial and Antebellum Bench & Bar 1561-1861 (Honorary President General)

• Sons & Daughters of Virginia Founding Fathers (charter member, Marshal General)

• The IX (Founding Marshal)

• United Daughters of the Confederacy

• Member, P.E.O. Sisterhood

• Military Order of the Purple Heart Auxiliary (Life Member; Former Trustee)

• Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary (Life Member)

• American Legion Auxiliary (Life Member)

• Disabled American Veterans Auxiliary (Life Member)

• Ladies Oriental Shrine of North America (Past High Priestess, Phillaron Court)

Awards

• National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution

• 2007 Outstanding State Chairman, DAR Schools Committee

• 2003 Outstanding State Chairman, Americanism and DAR Manual for Citizenship Committee

• National Society Sons of the American Revolution

• Lydia Daragh Medal

• Daughters of Liberty Medal

• Martha Washington Medal

• Medal of Appreciation

Endowment

Wallace Bailey and Rosie Johnson Mullins Endowment for Adult Literacy – Hindman Settlement School, Hindman, Kentucky

Publications/Authorships

• Former Editor/compiler, California Clarion (magazine) – California State Society, NSDAR quarterly publication, 2004-2006

• Former Editor/compiler, Directory, California Society, NSDAC

• Former Editor/compiler, Directory, California State Society Officers Club, NSDAR

• Editor/compiler, Roster, National Order of the Blue & Gray

Lynn Forney Young was born in Houston, Texas, the daughter of the late Byron Parish Forney and Patricia O’Tyson. She is married to Steve Young and they enjoy their two children, and three grandchildren.

She attended Stephen F. Austin State University and earned a B.S. from the University of Houston. She is currently a co-owner of the family cattle business, San Andres Cattle Co., LLC.

Highlights of her term as President General, NSDAR (2013-2016) included celebrating the 125th anniversary of the founding of NSDAR, the first DAR Day of Service and achieving the Guinness World RecordTM for patriotism during the 125th Continental Congress. Further, the generous support of members established a permanent endowment fund for the preservation, restoration and conservation of the historic DAR headquarters near the White House.

Memberships

• Colonial Dames of America (Chapter VIII)

• Daughters of the Republic of Texas

• National Society Daughters of the American Revolution (Honorary President General, Past Recording Secretary General, Honorary State Regent of Texas DAR, Honorary Chapter Regent of Tejas Chapter DAR, National Chair America 250! past National Chair Americanism Committee, former VAVS Volunteer, President Outstanding Junior Club, State Vice Regents Club, member Heritage Club, Founders Club, Sustaining Supporter, Established the Guardian Trust Endowment Fund

• Founders Fellowship (Organizing Historian General)

• Order of the Monarchs of Rheims (Organizing Member)

• Hereditary Society Community (Honorary Advisory Council member, Class of 2016)

• Jamestowne Society, Houston Colony

• National Gavel Society

• Baronial Order of Magna Charta

• Order of the Crown of Charlemagne in the United States of America

• Texas Genealogical College (Co-Founder and Past President)

• National Society Magna Charta Dames and Barons

• Children of the American Revolution (Past Senior State President, Past Vice President, South Central Region, Past Senior Society President, James Bates Society)

• National Society Descendants of American Farmers

Other Notes

Mrs. Young is active in her church, currently serving as Chairman of the Board of Stewards.

She served as Chair of the Milam County Historical Commission for four years and serves on the Executive Board of the El Camino Real de los Tejas National Historic Trail Association.

Mrs. Young also serves on the Board of Trustees of the Kate Duncan Smith DAR School.

Mrs. Young is one of sixteen private citizens appointed by the United States Congress to serve on the United States Semiquincentennial Commission (America 250). She serves on the executive board of America 250 and the America 250 Foundation. She also chairs the Governance Committee and serves on the Government Relations Committee. She is a frequent speaker on America 250.

Honors and Awards

• Delta Zeta Sorority Woman of the Year 2014

• Inspire Women Outstanding Community Leader 2007

• Sons of the American Revolution Martha Washington Medal, Daughters of Liberty Medal, Medal of Appreciation