Class Of 2022

Henry Lyman Parsons Beckwith

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Henry Lyman Parsons Beckwith was born 22 May, 1935 in Providence, Rhode Island, the eldest son of Henry L.P. and Sarah Cutler (Greene) Beckwith. He is married to Alice Hayes (Reid) Hauck Beckwith, and they currently reside in Wickford, Rhode Island.

Memberships

Society of the Cincinnati in the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations (Secretary)
Order of the Crown in America
Saint Nicholas Society of The City of New York
General Society of Colonial Wars (former Governor of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations Society)
Colonial Order of the Acorn
Order of Americans of Armorial Ancestry
Society of Descendants of Knights of the Garter
Aztec Club of 1847
Order of Founders and Patriots of America
Military Order of the Loyal Legion of The United States
Order of Indian Wars of the United States
General Society Sons of the Revolution
National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution
Descendants of the Illegitimate Sons and Daughters of the Kings of Britain
Huguenot Society of South Carolina
Artillery Company of the City of Newport, Rhode Island

Heraldry

Mr. Beckwith has been interested in heraldry since childhood. He has been Secretary of the Standing Committee on Heraldry of the New England Historic and Genealogical Society, founded in 1864. It is the oldest unofficial body concerned with heraldry in the world. Mr. Beckwith has served in this role since 1969, a post he inherited from a distant kinsman. He belongs to several international heraldic groups, and has published a number of studies on armory in various journals. Mr. Beckwith has also been qualified and has given testimony as an expert witness in Federal Court in the areas of heraldry, flags, seals, and cognate matters. Mr. Beckwith also serves on The Heraldry Committee of the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, founded in 1869.

Notes

Mr. Beckwith is the fourth generation of his family to serve the Diocese of Rhode Island as a member of The Committee of Management of the Old Narragansett Church, built in 1707. He is the third generation member of his family to serve as a member of the trustee board of The Gilbert Stuart Memorial. He has served as a trustee of the Rhode Island Historical Society, and is a co-life trustee of the Greene Cemetery Fund. In addition, Mr. Beckwith has served as a trustee of the Anne Kinsolving Brown Military Collection, now owned by Brown University.

Mr. Beckwith has also served on a number of committees and commissions of the Town of North Kingstown, Rhode Island, including the Conservation Committee and Tree Board; the Historic District Commission; the Wickford Planning Committee; and formerly on The Updike Park Restoration Committee, which he also chaired.

Richard Dwayne Hollis

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Richard Dwayne Hollis, a native of Charlotte, Dickson County, Tennessee, is the son of the late Ray J. Hollis and Martha Ann Wright. After graduating from Dickson County Senior High School in Dickson, Tennessee, he attended the University of Tennessee in Knoxville and graduated from Lipscomb University in Nashville, Tennessee, receiving a B.S. in Accounting. He and his wife Melodye Gwynne Brown reside in Rome, Georgia. Incidentally, Ms. Brown served as State Regent of Georgia State Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution (2018-20).

Community leadership and enhancement of community assets and opportunities has been a life-long commitment. At a young age, Mr. Hollis was elected and honored to serve as Mayor of his hometown. His administration’s accomplishments included important improvements to public services, renovation of public utilities facilities and operations, and capitalizing on the city’s heritage as a historic tourism destination. Mayor Hollis was recognized by the Tennessee Municipal League with their 1992 “Excellence in Management” Award. Following his service as Mayor, Chamber Director Tom Waychoff asked Mayor Hollis to lead an effort to establish a County Tourism Council. After seven years as organizing chair, the Chamber of Commerce adopted Tourism as an important arm of the Chamber’s work and employed permanent staff. The Council serves an essential role in perpetuating tourism initiatives in Dickson County, Tennessee. Appointed by County Mayor Janet Harris, he was honored to furnish leadership as chair of the Board of Trustees for the Dickson County Public Library, leading a successful effort for a new and expanded facility with enhanced services. He also served as Mayor Harris’ personal representative as a member of the Regional Transportation Authority, a quasi-governmental organization that successfully established commuter rail service in Middle Tennessee. He also served as co-chair of the Development Board that assembled a public-private partnership and established Dickson’s Clement Railroad Hotel Museum, and served as chair of Dickson County’s Bicentennial Commission, among other community and civic roles. Since 1990, he has chaired Charlotte’s Town Cemetery Board. The historic cemetery was established in 1808.

Professionally, Mayor Hollis was licensed as a Realtor® in 1982 and has enjoyed a long career in many facets of real estate. As a broker, developer, project manager, and community association manager, he has coordinated the development of numerous subdivisions and coordinated the restoration of several historic properties. Notably, he served as project manager for the conversion of an underground limestone mine into a one million square feet underground storage facility, as well as the development of GreyStone Golf Club in Dickson. As a Community Association Manager, he has expanded his company’s contracts by introducing community association management to the Clarksville, Tennessee market. Previously, he has served as President of the Dickson County Board of Realtors and Executive Committee Member and Vice President of the Tennessee Association of Realtors®. As chair of the Planning Commission’s Zoning Resolution Committee, his group drafted and obtained approval of the initial Dickson County Zoning Ordinance.

An active local historian and genealogist and member of more than 25 lineages, genealogical and historical societies, he has volunteered his time to help lead several national, state, and local organizations, including the Sons of the American Revolution, the SAR Foundation, Descendants of Washington’s Army at Valley Forge, and Jamestowne Society. Mayor Hollis has concluded a term as President General of the General Society of the War of 1812. His 1812 administration, ending in 2020, was guided by what he described as a “2020 Vision” for the Society’s goals. The highlight of his administration’s accomplished objectives was an agreement between The General Society of the War of 1812 and the New England Historic Genealogical Society (NEHGS) to preserve the Society’s records by digitizing, publicizing, and safeguarding them in NEHGS’s secure facilities. He chaired the SAR Magazine Committee for a few years and has served as Editor of THE 1812 WAR CRY, JAMESTOWNE MAGAZINE, THE ENCAMPMENT NEWSLETTER (Descendants of Washington’s Army at Valley Forge), and TENNESSEE SAR NEWSLETTER, among others. He has been commissioned as a Kentucky Colonel by Governor Steven L. Beshear (2015) and commissioned as an Arkansas Traveler by Governor Asa Hutchinson (2019).

Mayor Hollis is proudly a tenth generation Tennessean through George Ridley who established Ridley’s Station, one of Nashville’s early settlements. His family’s longevity in Tennessee is amplified by his ninth great-grandfather Captain James Hollis, Sr. who recorded the 21st deed at the Watauga Settlement in what is now Upper East Tennessee. He became one of the first settlers in Middle Tennessee in 1780, arriving as part of Colonel John Donelson’s Flotilla. Captain James Hollis’s son, Isaac Hollis, was one of 16 4th and 5th great-grandfathers who, as Tennessee Volunteers, fought with General Andrew Jackson during the Creek War and at Chalmette in the Battle of New Orleans.

Memberships

General Society of the War of 1812 (President General 2017-2020)
National Society Sons of the American Revolution (Executive Committee; Vice President General, Southern District; Trustee, 3 terms; President, Tennessee Society)
Sons of the American Revolution Foundation Board (2015-2018)
National Society of the Descendants of Washington’s Army at Valley Forge (Inspector General)
General Society of Colonial Wars (Governor, Tennessee Society)
Jamestowne Society (Councilor)
Aztec Club of 1847 (Assistant Secretary)
Order of Indian Wars of the United States
National Gavel Society
Huguenot Society of the Founders of Manakin in the Colony of Virginia
General Society Sons of the Revolution
Order of Descendants of Ancient Planters
National Society Sons of American Colonists
National Society Descendants of Early Quakers
National Society Sons and Daughters of Pilgrims
National Society Sons and Daughters of Antebellum Planters
Sons and Daughters of the Colonial and Antebellum Bench and Bar
First Families of Kentucky
Order of the First Families of Maryland
First Families of Ohio
First Families of Tennessee
First Settlers of the Shenandoah Valley
National Order of the Blue and Gray
Military Order of Stars and Bars
Sons of Confederate Veterans
Descendants of Mexican War Veterans
Presidential Families of America
Direct Descendants and Kin of David Crockett

Lila Burner Housden

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Lila Burner Housden, the youngest child of the late James Gilbert Burner and Amanda Elsapha Noble was born in Luray, VA. On September 30, 1972, she married Vincent Lee Housden, a disabled Vietnam Veteran. They currently reside in Cross Keys, VA. Lila and Vince have two children, James Vincent Housden and Kathryn Noble Housden Corder. Lila is a grandmother of five, including twin grandsons and has two great-grandsons.

Lila studied at Longwood College and Blue Ridge Community College with a double major in History and English with concentration in Medieval English. She has an advanced certification in Interior Design with concentration in Historical Restoration and Preservation. She served her Internship with Mary Glick of Mary Glick Interiors of Virginia.

Lila is a former advertising agent and writer for numerous advertising agencies, radio, and tv stations. She was Special Events Consultant for international corporations. Lila served as speech writer for numerous corporate executives. She is the former Co-Owner of Hawks Meadow Horse Farm, who specialized in “Touch Training” for foals and “Ground Manners” for horses of all ages. Currently Lila is the Secretary -Treasurer for Double J Livestock LLC and Dayton Ag Complex in Virginia.

Memberships

Baronial Order of Magna Charta
Colonial Dames of America
Continental Society Daughters of Indian Wars (Honorary VA Governor)
Descendants of Brian Boru (Founder; First Deputy Governor)
Descendants of Colonial Mothers 1607-July 4th, 1776 (Vice President General)
Descendants of Continental Colonial Officers (Founder; Founding Lt. Commander)
Descendants of Early Postmasters 1607-1900
Descendants of Sheriffs and Constables of Colonial and Antebellum America
Descendants of the Knights of the Garter (UK)
Descendants of the Templar Knights
Founders Fellowship
Guild of Colonial Artisans and Tradesmen
Hereditary Order of the Families of the Presidents and First Ladies
Hereditary Order of the Red Dragon (Founding Governor)
Legion of Vikings and Valkyries (Founder; Founding Chaplain)
Military Order of The Crusades
Military Order of the Southern Cross in the Pacific Theater
National Guild of St. Margaret of Scotland
National Society Colonial Dames XVII Century
National Society Colonial Daughters of the Seventeenth Century
National Society Daughters of Colonial Wars (VA Corresponding Secretary)
National Society Daughters of the American Colonists
National Society Daughters of the American Revolution
National Society Descendants of Colonial Indentured Servants
National Society of Saints and Sinners
National Society of the Dames of the Court of Honor
National Society Sons and Daughter of the Pilgrims (Honorary VA Governor South Branch)
National Society Sons and Daughters of Antebellum Planters 1607-1861
National Society United States Daughters of 1812 (Honorary VA State President)
Order of Alba; Secretary General
Order of Americans of Armorial Ancestry
Order of Bacon’s Rebellion (Founder; Founding Governor)
Order of Descendants of Colonial Cavaliers
Order of First Families of North Carolina
Order of Merovingian Dynasty
Order of the Crown of Charlemagne
Order of the Descendants of El Cid (Founder; Honorary Governor General)
Order of the Descendants of the Justiciars
Order of the House of Wessex
Order of the Kings and Queens in the Holy Lands
Order of the Medieval Women, Women of Consequence
Order of the Monarchs of Rheims
Order of the Norman Conquest
Order of the Sovereigns of Ancient Scandinavia (Founding Sovereign)
Order of the Steel Magnolias (National Historian)
Order of the Vietnam War
Order of Three Crusades 1066-1192
Order of William the Marshal (Founder; Founding Earl Marshal)
Society of the 1704 Virginia Quit Rents (Founder; Founding Deputy Governor)
Society of the Descendants of Lady Godiva (Recording Secretary General)
Sons and Daughters of the Colonial and Antebellum Bench and Bar (Chaplain General)
Sons and Daughters of Virginia Founding Fathers

Other

Lila designed and implemented the creation of Virginia themed gifts for International Corporate Visitors. She is a former Sunday School Teacher, former Girl Scout Leader, and a member of Sigma Kappa National Sorority.

She has designed insignia for several lineage societies.

Leslie Ann Kirk

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Leslie Ann Kirk was born in Montgomery, Alabama, to the late Rufus Charles Kirk and Glenda Jane Newman. She lives on beautiful Lake Jordan in Titus, AL. She has one son, Jarett Kirk Nobles (Gina) of Dallas, Texas and one sister Denise Kirk Dennis of Lowndesboro, Alabama.

Leslie had a long career as the general manager of Baptist HomeCare, a specialty service hospital department of Baptist Medical Center in Montgomery, AL. Her department provided home ventilators, IV pain management, TPN and enteral feeding, neonatal, palliative care, and oncology services. In addition to being the department director, Leslie was the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) surveyor, HR manager, medical sales representative, and QA-QI coordinator. She was appointed to the Joint Ventures and Acquisitions team and the Hospital Association Patient Advocate Board. Leslie received numerous awards within the Baptist Medical Center system for having received commendations in every JCAHO inspection survey. Leslie is retired and has an outdoor photography business.

Memberships

Colonial Dames of America
Descendants of American Prisoners of War (Founder, Webmistress)
Descendants of Cape Cod and the Islands (Honorary Member; Webmistress)
Descendants of Colonial Regulators (Founder; Inaugural Officer; Webmistress)
Descendants of Continental Colonial Officers
Descendants of Early Postmasters 1607-1900 (Webmistress)
Descendants of Sheriffs & Constables of Colonial & Antebellum America (Webmistress)
First Families of Georgia
First Families of Pennsylvania
First Families of Quebec (Honorary Member; Inaugural Webmistress)
Founders Fellowship (Charter Member; Newsletter Editor; Inaugural Webmistress)
Guild of Colonial Artisans & Tradesmen 1607-1783 (Webmistress)
Hereditary Order of the Red Dragon (Honorary Member)
National Gavel Society
National Guild of Saint Margaret of Scotland (Webmistress)
National Society Colonial Dames XVII Century (National Technology Committee; AL Society Webmistress)
National Society Colonial Daughters of the Seventeenth Century (AL Society Webmistress)
National Society Daughters of Colonial Wars (AL Society Webmistress)
National Society Daughters of the American Colonist (AL Society Webmistress)
National Society Daughters of the American Revolution (Webmistress)
National Society Descendants of Early Quakers
National Society of the Colonial Dames of America
National Society Sons and Daughters of the Pilgrims (AL Branch Webmistress)
National Society Southern Dames of America (Charter Member Magnolia Branch; Webmistress)
National Society United States Daughters of 1812 (AL Society Webmistress)
Order of Bacon's Rebellion (Founder; Inaugural Burgess)
Order of Founders of the Granville District 1663-1763 (Founding Herald - Corresponding Secretary and Webmistress)
Order of the Descendants of Ancient Planters
Order of the First Families of Maryland
Order of the First Families of the Alabama Territory (Founding Board; Inaugural Secretary)
Order of the Kings and Queens in the Holy Lands (Honorary Member; Corresponding Scribe; Webmistress)
Order of the Steel Magnolias (Founder; President General; Webmistress)
Order of William the Marshal (Founder, Honorary Member, Inaugural Historiographer)
Society of Daughters of Holland Dames
Society of First Families of Quebec (Inaugural Webmistress)
Society of the 1704 Virginia Quit Rents (Founder; Inaugural Stationer General; Inaugural Webmistress)
Sons and Daughters of the Colonial and Antebellum Bench and Bar 1565-1861
Sons and Daughters of Virginia Founding Fathers (Founder; Honorary Governor General; Webmistress)
The Ladies' Memorial Association of Montgomery (President; Webmistress)
United Daughters of the Confederacy (former AL Division Webmistress)

Published

Order of the Steel Magnolias editor-compiler newsletter publication, Magnolia Messenger
Founders Fellowship editor-compiler newsletter publication, The Star Dispatch
Sons and Daughters of Virginia Founding Fathers editor-compiler, History of the Organization 2013-2021
The Ladies’ Memorial Association editor-compiler, 150 Years of Remembrance 1866-2016
“Recognizing Domestic Violence in the Home Care Setting” CEU program creator and instructor
Montgomery Parents Magazine; Montgomery Advertiser newspaper various medical articles
Photography contest winner: Outdoor Alabama magazine, Fine Art America, My Instant Expo Portfolio
Weather Underground weather and outdoor photography contributor

Other Notes

First Families of Alabama Genealogical Society
National Society Daughters of the American Colonists (2017 first place website)
UDC AL Division Winnie Davis Award recipient (2017 for her work preserving and building a searchable database for 1490 Southern Cross of Honor applications at the AL Department of Archives and History)
Alabama Veterans Administration (Volunteer Services Board 2014-2016 & 2016-2018)
Alabama Department of Archives and History (Historical Records Advisory Board & Grant Review Board 2010-2014)
Dale Carnegie Leadership Training Montgomery, AL Graduate Assistant (Bill Nave; 10-year Service Award)
Dusty Trails Horse Rescue (10 + year volunteer; former board member)
Baptist Hospice of Montgomery (former chaplain ‘Transitions Team’ volunteer)
Occasions Catering, Montgomery, AL (former caterer; wedding and event planner)
Cloverdale Church, Montgomery, AL (church secretary; Agape Rape Crisis Hotline volunteer; Family Sunshine Center fundraising coordinator; food pantry coordinator; Abused Women ‘Dress for Success’ program coordinator)

Leslie, an eighth generation Alabamian, lived her early years within a few miles of her Alabama Territory ancestor homestead. Many of her family members reside in the same Montgomery County community today. Her maternal line has been buried in the Pisgah Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery (Historical Marker HM1F4C) for almost 200 years.

Leslie’s hobbies include travel, horse rescue, bunco, genealogy research, outdoor and macro photography. Prior to a neck injury she was an avid skydiver and hang-glider. She especially enjoys website design and has built over 45 hereditary society websites. She also enjoys serving as an event photographer for local hereditary society conferences.

Douglass Mather “Tim” Mabee

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Douglass Mather Mabee was born at Port Chester, New York, to Douglass Williams Mabee, II and Prudence Brattle Mather Mabee. He is married to the former Heather Ann Hosford and together they have five grown children and two granddaughters.

Tim holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business from Wake Forest University. His varied occupations include having been the manager of Mattakesett Properties Resort in Edgartown, MA, the Village Manager of Smugglers Notch Ski Resort in Jeffersonville, Vermont, before becoming the Assistant Manager of the Stratton Mountain Inn, in Stratton, VT. He purchased and operated the Winhall Market, in Bondville, VT and is now retired as VP Marketing / Facilities at the Adirondack Trust Company in Saratoga Springs, NY where he now resides.

Memberships

Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts
Ancient Heraldic and Chivalric Order of Albion
Aztec Club of 1847 (Secretary)
Baronial Order of Magna Charta
Cloak and Dagger
Crown and Sceptre
Cummings Family Association
Descendants of American Prisoners of War
Descendants of Brian Boru
Descendants of Colonial Clergy (Trustee)
Descendants of Colonial Governors (Registrar)
Descendants of Colonial Regulators
Descendants of Cape Cod and the Islands (Parliamentarian)
Descendants of Early Postmasters (Treasurer)
Descendants of Kings and Queens in the Holy Lands
Descendants of Phillip du Trieux Assoc.
Descendants of Sovereigns of Scandinavia
Descendants of Sheriffs and Constables (Marshall General)
Descendants of Templar Knights
Descendants of the Founders of New Jersey
Descendants of the Monarchs of Rheims
Dutch Colonial Society (Patroon)
Dutch Settlers Society of Albany
Elder Brewster Society
First Families of Antebellum Missouri
First Families of St. Louis
Flagon and Trencher
Foote Family Association
Friends of St. George’s / Knights of the Garter
General Society of Colonial Wars (Past Deputy Governor General / PGG – VT)
General Society of Mayflower Descendants / New York /Albany Colony (First Vice President)
General Society of the War of 1812 (President General / PPG – NY)
Guild of Colonial Artisans and Tradesmen 1607-1783 (President General)
Hereditary Order of Boston Brahmins
Hereditary Order of the Families of the Presidents and First Ladies
Hereditary Order of the Descendants of the Red Dragon
Hereditary Order of the First Families of Massachusetts (Deputy Governor General)
Hereditary Order of the Red Dragon
Hereditary Society of Teachers
Holland Society of New York (Past President)
Huguenot Society of America
Illinois Pioneers
Kimball Family Association
Legion of Vikings and Valkyries
Louisiana Colonials
Maybee, Mabie, Mabee Family Association
Military Order of Agincourt
Military Order of the Carabao
Military Order of the Crusades
Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the US
Military Order of the War of 1812 / Veteran Corps of Artillery
Military Order of the Southern Cross
Military Order of the Stars and Bars
National Guild of St. Margaret of Scotland (President General)
National Huguenot Society
National Society Descendants of Colonial Indentured Servants (Treasurer)
National Society of Americans of Royal Descent
National Society of Descendants of Early Quakers (Keeper of the Common Fund – Treasurer)
National Society of Saints and Sinners
National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution / VT (Past VPG, New England)
National Sons and Daughters of Colonial Antebellum Planters 1607-1861 (President General)
Naval Order of the United States
Order of Alba (President General)
Order of American Cousins of the Sovereigns of Great Britain
Order of Americans of Armorial Ancestry
Order of Descendants of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company Inc
Order of Descendants of Native Americans and Friends (Treasurer).
Order of Descendants of Colonial Physicians and Chirurgiens
Order of Justiciars (Corresponding Scribe)
Order of Descendants of Pirates and Privateers
Order of Descendants of Native Americans and Friends (Treasurer)
Order of First Families of Vermont (Past Governor General)
Order of Founders and Patriots of America / CT (Acting Governor – NY/ Councilor General)
Order of Indian Wars of the United States (Recorder)
Order of Medieval Women: Women of Consequence
Order of Miners
Order of the Crown of Charlemagne in the United States of America
Order of the First Families of Connecticut 1633-1662 (Past President General)
Order of the First Families of Maine (First Vice President General)
Order of the First Families of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations 1636-1647 (Gov. General)
Order of the First World War
Order of the House of Wessex
Order of the Kings and Queens of the Holly Lands
Order of the Merovingian Dynasty 458-751
Order of the Monarch of Rheims
Order of the Norman Conquest
Order of the Sovereigns of Scandinavia
Order of the Three Crusades 1096-1192
Pilgrim Edward Doty Society
Plymouth Hereditary Society (Past Governor General)
Presidential Families of America (Second Vice President General)
Rif Raf
Saint Nicholas Society of New York
Society of the Cincinnati – CT (Advisor, Standing Committee)
Society of the Descendants of Hartford in CT
Society of the Descendants of Lady Godiva (Baron General)
Society of the First Families of New York (Trustee, Secretary)
Sons and Daughters of Colonial Antebellum Bench and Bar (Chaplain General)
Sons and Daughters of the Founders of Newbury, MA
Sons and Daughters of the Pilgrims
Sons of Spanish-American War Veterans (National President)
Sons of the Republic of Texas
Sons of the Revolution
Sons of Union Veterans / NY (Guide)
Sons of Witches
Texas Navy (Commander)
The IX
Towne Family Association
Underhill Family Association
Welles Family Association (Trustee)
Winthrop Society

Chivalric Orders

St. David of Wales, Sovereign Military Order of the Temple of Jerusalem (Registrar)

Notes

Other Current:

Adirondack Trust Company (Director)
Greenridge Cemetery (Trustee)
National Gavel Society (Member)
New England Genealogical Historical Society (Member)
Saratoga History Museum (Member)
New Netherland Society (Member)
New York State Archives (Member)
Honorable Order of KY Colonels (Member)
Honorary Tennessean by Governor Bill Lee

Other Previous:

Huguenot Society of America (Member)
Winhall School Board (Chairman)
Winhall Fire Department (Member)
Friends of U.S. Grant Cottage (Board)
Wesley Foundation, Saratoga (Chairman)
Kigali Medical University Foundation (Treasurer)
Saratoga Springs Downtown Special Assessment District (Chairman)
Brookside Museum (Board)
New York Genealogical & Biographical Society (Member)

Bonnie Davine Moore Roberts

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Bonnie Davine Moore Roberts, a native of Mobile, Alabama, now living in Jacksonville, FL, is the daughter of Davis Mathew Moore and Annie Bell Hicks. She is married to William Howard Roberts, Lt. Colonel US Army (Ret.). They have two daughters, Catherine Denise Roberts Sopher, US Army (Ret.), and Julie Ann Roberts Dowling; two granddaughters, Abaca Davine Dowling and Bonnie Elaine Sopher.

Davine graduated Suma Cum Laude with a BA Degree from the University of North Florida. She attended the University of Alabama and the University of Southern Mississippi and holds an Associate of Arts Degree from the University of Hawaii. She holds a Piano Teacher Certificate from the Sherwood Music School, Chicago, Illinois.

Davine is a former airplane pilot and Lieutenant in the Civil Air Patrol, an official auxiliary of the United States Air Force. Her occupations include West Nassau County High School Special Education Teacher and Department Chairman; Typing and ShortHand Teacher for the College of Business in Hattiesburg, Mississippi; Legal Secretary for three attorneys in Mobile, Alabama; Secretary for Mutual of New York in Hattiesburg, Mississippi; Secretary for Travelers Insurance Company in Columbus, Georgia; Quilting Teacher and Medal Flower Teacher in Killeen, Texas; and substitute High School Teacher in Killeen, Texas and Norfolk, Virginia.

Memberships

Society of Descendants of Lady Godiva (Founding Lady General 2014-2019)
National Society Daughters of the American Revolution (Florida State Insignia Chairman, Chapter Officer)
United Daughters of the Confederacy (Florida State Flag Chairman 2006-2008, Chapter 1st Vice President 2010-2012)
The Baronial Order of Magna Charta
Order of the Merovingian Dynasty
Descendants of the Templar Knights
Society of Saints and Sinners
The National Guild of St. Margaret of Scotland
Order of Alba (Founding Member)
Order of Descendants of Justiciars (Second Vice Justiciar 2020-2022, National Chaplain 2018-2020, Founding Historian 2014-2018)
Magna Charta Dames and Barons
Order of the Crown
Descendants of Most Noble Order of the Garter
Colonial Dames of the XVII Century (Chapter First Vice President)
Daughters of American Colonists (Florida State President 2016-2018)
Continental Society Daughters of Indian Wars (Florida State Governor 2008-2010; Librarian General 2012-2014)
National Society United States Daughters of 1812 (Florida State President 2013-2015; National Insignia Chairman 2012-2015)
National Society Southern Dames of America (National 2nd Vice President 2018-2020; Florida State President 2016-2018)
National Society Dames of the Court of Honor (Florida State Corresponding Secretary and Registrar 2010-2012)
Descendants of Sheriffs and Constables of Colonial and Antebellum America (National Historian 2018-2020)
Sons and Daughters of the Colonial and Antebellum Bench and Bar 1565-1861
Order of Colonial Physicians and Chirurgiens 1607- 1783 (President General 2018-2021)
Hereditary Society of Teachers
Order of the Council of Founders Fellowship (Charter Member)
Founding Families of the State of South Carolina (Charter Member)
National Gavel Society
Order of Kentucky Colonels (Honorable Kentucky Colonel)
National Society Children of the American Revolution (Florida State Conference Registrar 2010-2012)
National Society Children of the American Colonists (National Life Promoter and Florida Advisor 2014-2018)
Historic Heritage Germanna Foundation

Authorships

Author of “Packing Tips for Traveling” for the Children of the American Revolution Magazine; published many cooking recipes for Daughter of American Revolution Cookbooks and Officer Wives Club Cookbooks; Authored and presented programs on “Gardening on the Cheap” for my Garden Club; and written and given programs for lineage societies.

Other Notes

Summa Cum Laude Graduate – University of North Florida
Teacher of the Year –1992 at West Nassau County High School, Florida
Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society – University of North Florida
Golden Key National Honor Society – University of North Florida
Alpha Delta Kappa International Honorary Society Member
Who's Who in America
Florida Federation of Garden Clubs
Chesapeake Bay Art Association – won numerous awards at art shows - Artist in Oil, Acrylic, Water Color, and Sumi
Florida Education Association of Retired Teachers
Army Officers Wives Club – President, Fort Benning, Georgia
Model in Fashion Shows at various events
Airplane Pilot License
Motorcycle License
Piano Teacher Certificate from the Sherwood Music School, Chicago, Illinois
Crisco Award Trophy for the Most Outstanding Student in Home Economics as a high school senior and Best Second Year Typist award
Oscar Award Trophy given by John Louis Gwin for Family Reunion 1996

Davine’s hobbies include traveling the world, genealogy research, organic gardening, painting, quilting, creating medal flowers, and stained glass.

Michael Perry Schenk

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President National Gavel Society

Michael P. Schenk, eldest son of the late Dr. and Mrs. C. Perry Schenk (Lola Margaret Gleason) was born and raised in Minnesota. He is married to the former Laura Ann Kearney and together they have three children; Michael (Virginia Neill Dean), John (Susan Elaine Allmon) and Meaghan (Jonathan Johnson), as well as grandparents to five grandsons. His interests in genealogy began in junior high school as a result of his mother’s involvement in NSDAR, he joined the National Society of Sons of the American Revolution his senior of college.

Michael received his undergraduate degree from the University of Minnesota, his BSMI and MSMI from the Medical College of Georgia in 1973/1974. He is a Board-Certified Medical Illustrator. He has received numerous awards for his illustrations and photography and was inducted as a Fellow in the Association of Medical Illustrators in 2002. Mike has held positions at the University of Virginia; the University of Minnesota College of Veterinary Medicine, where he started a department; the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas as an Assistant Professor in the Medical Illustration Track; and retired in 2015 as Director of Biomedical Illustration Services at the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson, MS. Over the course of his career, he has created thousands of illustrations in all scientific disciplines and has been published by every major publisher. He is credited with over six authored/co-authored anatomical/zoological atlases and textbooks in multiple editions, as well as contributor to numerous article/book chapters in various medical subspecialties. He has presented scientific material and exhibited scientific/medical visuals at various national and international venues.

Memberships

National Society Sons of the American Revolution (VPG Southern District)
Baronial Order of the Magna Charta (Justiciar)
Order of the Merovingian Dynasty (Secretary General)
Order of the Crown of Charlemagne in the U.S.A. (Archivist General)
National Society Americans of Royal Descent (Custodian General)
Ancient Heraldic and Chivalric Order of Albion (Knight)
Order of the Norman Conquest (Co-Founder, President General)
Order of the Three Crusades (Curator General)
National Gavel Society (Vice President)
National Society Sons of the American Colonists (Governor General)
Order of Americans of Armorial Ancestry (President General)
National Society Sons and Daughters of the Pilgrims (Governor, MS Branch)
Order of the Founders and Patriots of America (Deputy Genealogist General)
Society of Descendants of Colonial Clergy (Councilor)
General Society of the War of 1812 (Public Relations General)
National Guild of Saint Margaret of Scotland, Inc. (President General)
Order of Medieval Women of Consequence (3rd Vice President General)
Descendants of Templar Knights (Co-Founder)
Presidential Families of America (1st President General)
National Society Sons of Colonial New England
Military Order of the Crusades
Sons of the Revolution
Order of the Descendants of Colonial Physicians and Chirurgiens
National Society of Saints and Sinners
Sons and Daughters of the Colonial and Antebellum Bench and Bar
The Order of the Crown in America
General Society of Colonial Wars
Order of the First Families of New Hampshire
Order of Indian Wars in the United States
Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts
First Families of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
First Families of Massachusetts
Descendants of the Knights of the Garter
Order of the Monarchs of Rheims
Order of the Descendants of the Justiciars

Publications

Publications include numerous medical/zoological/scientific books, chapters and articles.

Other Notes

Through his gateway ancestors Reverend Peter Bulkeley, William Torrey and Audrey Barlow, all of Massachusetts, Michael is a member of over forty lineage societies and orders and has served as an officer to many of them. His pride and joy are assisting societies with designing their regalia and graphic and branding needs.
Michael is a BSA-Eagle Scout and National Order of the Arrow-Vigil Honor member; he continues to volunteer in Scouting activities as well as other youth-based organizations and educational programs as he has for the past fifty years.

Michael’s interests besides genealogical research of family members includes: topical stamp and coin collecting of ancestors, places they occupied and events they participated in, Celtic and Medieval art/architecture/sculpture, international travel, participation in illustration, scientific and fine art societies.

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