Com. William Wetmore Chapter Daughters of 1812

The National Society United States Daughters of 1812 was organized on January 8, 1892. The purposes of the Society are to promote patriotism, to preserve and increase knowledge of the history of the American people, by preserving documents and relics, marking historic spots, recording familiy histories and traditions, celebrating patriotic anniversaries, teaching and emphasizing the heroic deeds of the civil, military and naval life of those who molded this government between the close of the American Revolution and the close of the War of 1812, from 1784 to 1815, inclusive, and to maintain, at National Headquarters in Washington, D.C. a museum and library of memorabilia of the period.

Women eighteen years of age and over are eligible for membership, providing that they can satisfactoily document their lineal descent from an ancestor who rendered military, naval or civil service between the close of the American Revolutionary War and the close of the War of 1812.

Com. William Wetmore Chapter was organized November 7, 2009 in Stow, Ohio. Our first project was to place a War of 1812 marker on the grave of William Wetmore in Stow Cemetery. This was done on July 31, 2010.

On July 30, 2011 we placed service markers on the graves of two ancestor's graves - David Cook in Kent Corners Cemetery and Jacob Houser in Lakewood Cemetery.

The chapter went on a road trip to Commadore Perry's Memorial in Put-n-Bay on Thursday, June 16, 2011.

Plans for 2012 and beyond are to mark the graves of "real daughters" of the patriots of the War of 1812 and celebrate the Bicentennial of the War of 1812. We are also planning an outing to Erie, PA during the summer of 2012 and to Ft. Meigs the summer of 2013.