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 2025 | Illinois Honors America 250! State Regent Marria Blinn |
| September 17 – 23, 2025 | Constitution Week |
| October 7, 2025 | DAR Day of Serivce Chapter Collection Project |
| October 2025 | Underground Railroad Quilt |
| November 2025 | A Veteran's Story |
| December 2025 | George Rogers Clark |
| January 2026 | Women’s Mental Health Treatment: Now & Then |
| February 2026 | Revolutionary War Women |
| March 2026 | Good Citizen and American History Essay Contest Awards Presentation Flag Etiquette |
| April 2026 | Bees and Flowers |
| May 2026 | History of TAPS 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.
