Effingham, Illinois
| Regent | Susan Oliver |
| 1st Vice-Regent | Stephanie Bontemps |
| 2nd Vice-Regent | Sue Heth |
| Chaplain | Nitelle Lading |
| Recording Secretary | Ann Chandler |
| Treasurer | Donna Richards |
| Registrar | Deanna Higgs |
| Historian | Sharon Doan |
| Librarian | Carla Fox |
If you would like to attend a chapter meeting or event to meet our Daughters and explore what we do, please contact us.
| September 17 – 23, 2024 | Constitution Week |
| September 2024 | July 8, 1788 - You Are There |
| October 10, 2024 | DAR Day of Serivce Spreading Patriotism |
| October 2024 | State Regent Visit |
| November 2024 | A Veteran's Story |
| December 2024 | Estate Planning |
| January 2025 | Women of the Revolutionary War |
| February 2025 | Sons of Liberty |
| March 2025 | Good Citizen and American History Essay Contest Awards Presentation |
| April 2025 | History/Pictorial Tour of U.S. Treasury and White House Complex |
| May 2025 | Ewington History Annual Meeting |
Founding Regent
Mary Crooker Lloyd, a niece of Ann Crooker St. Clair, returned north to Effingham, Illinois, after living in Austin, Texas. She immediately commenced the work of organizing our chapter in 1902, building the chapter from its original 17 members to 37 in 1905. She discovered two “Real Daughters” — Mary Young Montgomery (1820-1913), and Martha Young Armstrong (1817-1907), daughters of Revolutionary War Patriot, Philip Young (1766-1840). She was also responsible for starting numerous DAR chapters in Southern Illinois.
Mary Crooker Lloyd was born in New York, June 10, 1840, and died June 28, 1931. She is buried next to the large Crooker stone at Ewington near her grandparents, Jacob and Matilda Lane Crooker and Ann Crooker St Clair Robinson. Mrs. Crooker Lloyd was the daughter of Ann’s youngest brother Edmund Z. Crooker and his wife Eliza Craig.
