Descendants of Early American Governors 1607-1860
Welcome to the website of DEAG!
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Founded on 26 Oct 2023
Organized on 28 Nov 2023
Tax-Exempt on 29 Nov 2023
Chartering Period 1 Dec 2023 - 30 Jun 2024
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Founding Members:
"It is indeed a desirable thing to be well-descended, but the glory belongs to our ancestors." Plutarch
Shirley Kloberdanz Arendt- (CA)
Ronald William Barnes - (RI)
Nicki Peak Birch - (VA)
Grace Bliss Smith, Ph.D. (MI) †
Melissa H. Fischer - (MD)
Susan Young Gray - (MD)
Verne Allen Gray - (WA)
Anne Caussin Henninger - (MD)
Heather Ann Mabee - (NY)
Douglass "Tim" Mabee - (NY)
Nancy Anne Merwin - (CT)
Kimberly Ormsby Nagy - (IL)
Suzanna Etheridge Rawlins - (AL)
Michael Perry Schenk - (MS)
Cary Stone - Greenstein - (IL)
Shari Kelley Worrell - (CA)
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ABOUT DESCENDANTS OF
EARLY AMERICAN GOVERNORS
Founded: 26 October 2023
Organized 28 November 2023
The Society is organized exclusively for charitable and educational purposes under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, or corresponding section of any future federal tax code.
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The objectives of the Society shall be:
To recognize and record those individuals who were appointed or elected to serve as the chief executive officer of the Colony, State, Commonwealth or Territory as a Governor, Acting Governor, President, Deputy Governor or Lt. Governor within the boundaries of present-day United States of America prior to 1860.
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To educate, preserve and increase the knowledge of the history of Colonial to Antebellum Governors by the preservation of documents and the recording of family histories, lineages, and traditions.
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To be involved in charitable and educational efforts to support patriotic, genealogical, literary, historical and social activities that furthers the purposes and objectives of this Society within our country.
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To receive gifts and property, real and personal, subject to such conditions and upon such trusts as are not inconsistent with the purposes or restrictions of this Society.