The Sophie de Marsac Campau Chapter

National Chapter Number 235

Organized May 18, 1896
Grand Rapids, Michigan

Sophie de Marsac Campau

Born in Detroit, September, 1807, the daughter of Eulalie
Guinn and Rene de Marsac, a soldier of the War of 1812.
Married in 1825 at St. Anne’s Church, Detroit, to Louis Campau.
Died at Grand Rapids, Michigan, July 31, 1869. Buried in
St. Andrew’s Cemetery, August 3, 1869.
She braved a pioneer life, graced it as a gentlewoman
and glorified it as a Christian.

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LIST OF MICHIGAN CHAPTERS

PLACE OF CHAPTER

NAME OF CHAPTER

Adrian

Lucy Wolcott Barnum

Albion

Hannah Tracey Grant

Allegan

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Ann Arbor

Sarah Caswell Angell

Bay City

Anne Frisby Fitzhugh

Battle Creek

Battle Creek

Benton Harbor/St. Joseph

Algonquin

Big Rapids

Big Rapids

Cadillac

Maria Theresa Cadillac

Detroit

Louisa St. Clair

Escanaba

Lewis Cass

Flint

Genesee

Grand Rapids

Sophie de Marsac Campau

Hastings

Emily Virginia Mason

Holland

Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton

Howell

Philip Livingston

Ionia

Stevens Thompson Mason

Kalamazoo

Lucinda Hinsdale Stone

Lansing

Lansing

Manistee

Ruth Fayre

Marquette

Marquette

Marshall

Mary Marshall

Menominee

Menominee

Mt. Clemens

Alexander McComb

Muskegon

Muskegon

Owosso

Shiawassee

Pontiac

General Richardson

Port Huron

Ottawana

Saginaw

Saginaw

St. Clair

Otsikela

St. Joseph/Benton Harbor

Algonquin

Three Oaks

Rebecca Dewey

Three Rivers

Abiel Fellows

Ypsilanti

Ypsilanti

 

1907-1908

National Officers

President General – Mrs. Donald McLean, New York
Vice President General from Michigan – Mrs. Truman J. Newberry, Detroit

State Officers

Regent – Mrs. James P. Brayton, Grand Rapids
Vice Regent – Mrs. R. H. Phyffe, Detroit
Secretary – Mrs. E. D. Black, Flint
Treasurer – Miss Richards, Grand Rapids

Former Regent
Mrs. Fitzhugh Edward

In Memoriam
Mrs. William J. Chittenden

Chapter Officers
Regent – Mrs. James H. Campbell
Vice Regent – Mrs. James R. Wylie
Honorary Vice Regent – Mrs. E. P. Fuller
Registrar – Miss Clara Goodman
Secretary – Mrs. George Clapperton
Historian – Mrs. H. P. Belknao
Treasurer – Mrs. John Goldsmith

Executive Board
Mrs. Charles W. Coit, Mrs. Edwin F. Sweet, Mrs. Hunter Savidge

Notary Public
Miss Clara Goodman

Former Regents
In Memoriam – Mrs. Harvey J. Hollister
Mrs. Franklin B. Wallin
Mrs. Edwin F. Sweet


STANDING COMMITTEES

Program
Miss Lucy Ball, Mrs. McGeorge Bundy, Mrs. George A. Davis
Dr. Maria W. Norris and Miss Clara Wheeler

Entertainment
Miss Kate Wolcott, Mrs. Dunbar Robertson, Mrs. Robert E. White

Luncheon
Mrs. Charles F. Rood, Mrs. Charles W. Coit, Mrs. Daniel McCoy

Nominating
Mrs. Franklin B. Wallin, Mrs. L. P. Rowland, Mrs. Edwin F. Sweet

Printing
Miss Annette Richards

Press
Mrs. H. P. Belknap

House
Mrs. James R. Wylie

School Prize Contest
Mrs. Edwin F. Sweet, Miss Fanny Boltwood

Auditing
Mrs. Van A. Wallin, Miss Laura McKee


PROGRAM

October the Thirty-first:

Colonial Child Life and Education – Miss Clara Wheeler
Cross-stitch and Other Embroideries with Exhibition of Samplers – Mrs. Clifford D. Crittenden
Report of the State Conference

November the Twenty-First:
The Puritan in Prayer – Mrs. Sybrant Wesselius
Early Fictile Art in American – Mrs. John A. McColl

December the Nineteenth:
Old Fort St. Joseph – A paper prepared by Mr. Daniel McCoy for the Michigan Historical and Pioneer Society.

January the Sixteenth:
Old Fireplaces: Their Resources and Equipment, Andirons, Tiles, Brass, Copper and Pewter Utensils – Mrs. Phila L. Hamilton, Miss Frances VanBuren
Old Clocks and Noon Marks – Mrs. Cyrus E. Perkins
Election of Delegates to the Continental Congress

February the Twenty-second:
Celebration of Washington’s Birthday

March the Nineteenth:
The Industrial Home Life of the Colonists – Mrs. Karl S. Judson
Candle-dipping and Moulds – Mrs. L. P. Rowland
Quilts and Quilting – Mrs. M. G. Pearsall
Exhibition of Hand-spun and Hand-woven Fabrics – Mrs. Charles F. Rood, Mrs. E. B. Fisher

April the Sixteenth:
The French and Spanish, German and Holland, and Scotch Irish Elements in Colonial Life – Mrs. M. L. Bocher, Mrs. W. F. Blake, Miss Ophelia Blake
Roger Williams – Miss Clara Goodman
The Puritan Versus the Cavalier Sunday – Mrs. John R. Shelton

May the Twenty-first:
Reports of Officers
Election of Officers
Reports from the Continental Congress
Election of Delegates to the State Conference
Early Colonial Art – ‘Postponed’

June the Eighteenth:
Regent’s Day – Reading of the Prize Essays

Flag Days –
Lincoln’s Birthday, February 12th,
Washington’s Birthday, February 22nd,
Battle of Lexington, April 19th
Memorial Day, May 30th
Adoption of National Flag, June 14th
Battle of Bunker Hill, June 17th
Signing of the Declaration of Independence, July 4th
Great Britain acknowledges Independence of the United States, September 3rd
Surrender of Yorktown, October 19th

 

In Memoriam – 1907-1908
Mrs. Arthur K. Allen, Mrs. Edwin Fallas, Mrs. Harvey J. Hollister, Mrs. C. C. Rood,
Mrs. William G. Saunders, Mrs. Welcome Sherman – Real Daughter

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1908 - 1909

A REAL DAUGHTER

Mrs. Euphrasia Smith Granger
Waterloo, Wis.
Aged, eighty-three years,
Daughter of Ebenezer Smith,
a soldier in the Revolutionary War

National Officers
President General – Mrs. Donald McLean, New York City
Vice President General – Mrs. Truman H. Newberry – Michigan

State Officers
Regent – Mrs. James P. Brayton, 328 S. College Ave., Grand Rapids
Vice Regent – Mrs. Richard H. Fyfe, 939 Woodward Ave., Detroit
Secretary – Mrs. E. D. Black, Flint
Treasurer – Mrs. F. A. Taylor, 403 Woodward Ave., Kalamazoo

Executive Board
Mrs. Harvey J. Campbell – Benton Harbor
Mrs. Benton Hanchett – Saginaw
Mrs. Charles Turner – Lansing

Chapter Officers
Regent – Mrs. James H. Campbell
Vice Regent – Mrs. Van A. Wallin
First Honorary Vice Regent – Mrs. E. P. Fuller
Second Honorary Vice Regent – Mrs. Hunter Savidge
Secretary – Mrs. George Clapperton
Historian – Mrs. Herbert P. Belknap
Treasurer – Mrs. John Goldsmith
Registrar – Miss Clara M. Goodman

Executive Board
Mrs. Charles W. Coit, Mrs. Edwin F. Sweet, Mrs. L. D. Steward

Notary Public
Miss Clara M. Goodman

Former Regents
Mrs. Harvey J. Hollister – Deceased
Mrs. Franklin B. Wallin, Mrs. Edwin F. Sweet


STANDING COMMITTEES

Program
Mrs. Clifford D. Crittenden, Miss Frances VanBuren, Mrs. Karl S. Judson

Memorial
Mrs. James P. Brayton, Mrs. George Clapperton, Mrs. H. E. Sargent

Children’s Society, D.A.R.
Mrs. William Frederick Blake

School Prize Contest
Mrs. Phila L. Hamilton, Miss Fanny Boltwood

Local Research and Landmarks
Miss Richards, Miss Coffinberry, Mrs. Edwin F. Sweet

Chapter Scrap Book
Miss Harriette Richards

Music and Entertainment
Mrs. John A. McColl, Mrs. George H. Hart, Miss Lois L. Himes,
Miss Julie A. Belknap

Nominating
Mrs. Charles W. Coit, Mrs. William M. Graham, Miss Annie H. Read

February Twenty-Second
Mrs. Edward C. Tinkham, Mrs. C. C. Philbrick, Mrs. W. Millard Palmer
Mrs. Algernon E. White, Mrs. Percy S. Peck

House
Mrs. John Goldsmith

Printing
Mrs. Frank A. Baldwin, Mrs. Roy K. Moulton

Press
Mrs. Herbert P. Belknap

Auditing
Miss Amelia Blackman, Mrs. Jacob Kleinhans

Soldiers’ Home Entertainment
Mrs. John R. Shelton, Mrs. I. Platt Powell, Mrs. Alfred W. Wishart


PROGRAM
The Third Thursday in the Month, at Three O’Clock

Special Meeting:

Thursday, September the Tenth:
Hostess, Mrs. Van A. Wallin, 230 Madison Avenue
Guest of Honor, Mrs. Euphrasia Smith Granger, Waterloo, Wis., a Real Daughter

Thursday and Friday, October the Eighth and Ninth
The Eighth Annual State Conference, held at Ladies Literary Club, Sheldon St.
Hostess, The Sophie de Marsac Campau Chapter

Thursday, November the Nineteenth
Hostess, Mrs. James P. Brayton, 328 S. College Avenue
Reports of the Delegates to the State Conference
The Puritan vs. the Cavalier Sunday, Mrs. John R. Shelton

Thursday, December the Seventeenth
Hostess, Mrs. Charles W. Coit, 350 Cherry Street
The Scotch-Irish in America – Miss Ophelia Blake
Sketch of the Life of Francis M. B. Whitcher, author of "Widow Bedott Papers".
Mrs. Alice M. Whitcher Wood, Regent Muskegon Chapter

Thursday, January the Twenty-first
Hostess, Mrs. Millard Palmer, 21 Paris Avenue
Colonial Costumes; Illustrated – Mrs. Edward C. Tinkham
Colonial Tea Party – Chapter Members
Election of Delegates to the Continental Congress

Monday, February the Twenty-second
Celebration of the Birthday of George Washington

Thursday, March the Eighteenth
Hostess, Miss Clara Wheeler, Fountain Street
Kindergarten Rooms, Shepard Block
Ye Gentle Black Art – Silhouettes. Illustrated by a Loan Exhibition
Mrs. Clifford D. Crittenden

Thursday, April the Fifteenth
Hostess, Mrs. John R. Shelton, 19 James Street
Travel and Transportation in Our Forefathers’ Days – Mrs. Roy Kenneth Moulton

Annual Meeting
Thursday, May the Twentieth
Hostess, Mrs. James P. Brayton, 328 S. College Avenue
Our Flag: Its Protective Legislation – Mrs. James P. Brayton
Reports of Officers
Reports of Delegates to the Eighteenth Continental Congress
Election of Delegates to the Ninth State Conference to be held in October
Chapter Hostess, The Algonquin Chapter, St. Joseph and Benton Harbor

Regents’ Day
Thursday, June the Seventeenth
Hostess, Mrs. M. J. Clark, 307 Lake Avenue
Reading of the Public School Prize Essays by the successful contestants and presentation of prizes.

(No. 98, Public Acts 1901, page 139.)

An act to prevent and punish the desecration of the Flag of the United States.
The People of the State of Michigan enact:

Section 1. Any person who, for exhibition or display, shall place, or cause to be placed, any words, figures, numbers, marks, inscriptions, pictures, designs, device, symbol, whatever, upon any flag, standard, color or ensign of the United States, or shall expose or cause to be exposed to public view any such flag, standard, color or ensign of the United States upon which shall be printed, painted, otherwise placed, or to which shall be attached, appended, affixed or annexed, any words, figures, numbers, marks or inscriptions, pictures, design, device, symbol, token, notice, drawing, or any advertisement, of any nature or kind whatever, or shall publicly mutiliate, trample upon, or publicly deface, defy, defile, or cast contempt, either by words or act, upon any such flag, standard, color or ensign of the United States, shall be deemed guilty of a misdeanor.
Approved May 1, 1901

In Memoriam
Mrs. Arthur K. Allen, Mrs. Edwin Fallas, Mrs. Harvey J. Hollister, Mrs. C. C. Rood, Mrs. William G. Saunders, Mrs. Welcome Sherman – Real Daughter, Mrs. Lucy Whittlesey Norris

 

AMERICA

My country, ‘tis of thee,
Sweet land of liberty,
Of thee I sing;
Land where my fathers died,
Land of the pilgrims’ pride,
From every mountain side
Let freedom ring.

My native country! Thee,
Land of the noble free,
Thy name I love;
I love thy rocks and rills,
Thy woods and templed hills;
My heart with rapture thrills
Like that above.

Let music swell the breeze,
And ring from all the trees
Sweet freedom’s song;
Let mortal tongues awake,

Let all that breathe partake,
Let rocks their silence break,
The sound prolong.

Our father’s God, to thee,
Author of liberty,
To thee we sing;
Long may our land be bright
With freedom’s holy light;
Protect us by thy might,
Great God, our King.

 

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GODDESS OF THE INLAND SEAS

Sing no more the fair Aegean,
Where the floating Cyclads shine,
Nor the honey’d slopes Hyblaean,
Nor the blue Sicilian brine.
Sing no storied realms of Morning
Robed in twilight memories,

Sing the land beyond adorning,
With her zone of inland seas,
Sing the land beyond adorning,
With her zone of inland seas.

Here the gods of Hellas wandered,
When they left their hills and brooks,
Here a pan has piped and pondered;
Here the Nymphs have filled the nooks;
Here the Satyrs, without warning,
Creep upon the Naiades;
Here the golden god of morning
Rises from the inland seas.

So, the sacred fires of knowledge
In thy temples are enshrined,
Through the cloisters of thy college
Choruses eternal wind!

And all other incense scorning,
Michigan, they bring thee these
Hearts of ours, and songs of morning,
Goddess of the inland seas.

Charles M. Gayley
University of Michigan

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MICHIGAN, MY MICHIGAN

Home of my heart, I sing to thee,
Michigan, my Michigan!
Thy lake-bound shores I long to see,
Michigan, my Michigan!
From Saginaw’s tall whispering pines
To Lake Superior’s farthest mines
Fair in the light of memory shines
Michigan, my Michigan!

Land of the loyal Wolverine,
Michigan, my Michigan!
From waters blue and forests green,
Michigan, my Michigan!
May all your children honor you,
Peninsula so fair to view,
And pioneers so grandly true,
Michigan, my Michigan!

With this inheritance so great,
Michigan, my Michigan!
What is our duty to the state,
Michigan, my Michigan!
As loyal children let us fight
For learning, virtue, truth and right..
"Tuebor" shout, God give us might,
Michigan, my Michigan!

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1909 - 1910
 Founders Day

AFTERNOON PROGRAM

At Ladies’ Literary Club House, at 2:30

Invocation
’Michigan, My Michigan’ – High School Chorus, Miss Butz, Director
Reading of High School Prize Essay, "How Michigan Became A State", Miss Kate L. Pierson
Presentation of Prizes, by the Chapter Regent
In Memoriam – Mrs. E. P. Fuller (1826-1909), Honorary Vice Regent of the Sophie de Marsac Campau Chapter
Report of the Sophie de Marsac Campau Memorial Committee, Mrs. James P. Brayton
The Inception of Founders’ Day, Mrs. James H. Campbell, Chapter Regent
Address – Hon. George E. Ellis, Mayor of Grand Rapids
Louis Campau (1791-1871), Fur Trader, First Settler, Founder of the City of Grand Rapids, in 1827 - Capt. Charles E. Belknap
Sophie de Marsac Campau, gentlewoman, (1807-1869) - Mrs. J. C. Buchanan
Presentation of the Portraits of Mr. And Mrs. Louis Campau, by Mrs. Frances E. Campau Danforth and Mrs. Anna Campau Baby. The portraits were painted by Charles H. Moore, a Grand Rapids artist, son of Judge Lovell Moore, about 1850.
Reading, "Bury Me With My Grand Army Badge on My Breast", Poem by Adelphe T. Campau (1841-1909) – Mrs. I. Plattt Powell
Reading of Mrs. Harriet Guild Burton’s, "Statement of the Bringing of the Guild Family to Grand Rapids by Louis Campau, June 23rd, 1833" – Miss Abbie Weller, a descendant of Joel Guild.
"From Fur Trading Post to Mansion, from Mansion to Cottage", a retrospective view by Prof. E. A. Strong, and other old-time friends of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Campau.
Music, "America" – High School Chorus


National Officers
President General – Mrs. Matthew T. Scott, 902 F Street, Washington, D.C.
Vice President General – Mrs. Miranda B. Tulloch, 902 F Street, Washington, D.C.

State Officers
State Regent – Mrs. James P. Brayton, 328 S. College Avenue, Grand Rapids
Vice State Regent – Mrs. Richard H. Fyfe, 939 Woodward Avenue, Detroit
Secretary – Mrs. Harvey J. Campbell, 348 Pipestone Street, Benton Harbor
Treasurer – Mrs. Frederick A. Taylor, 428 Kalamazoo Avenue, Kalamazoo

Executive Board
Mrs. Benton Hanchett-Saginaw, Mrs. Charles Turner-Lansing, Miss Marcia Richardson, Pontiac

Chapter Officers
Regent – Mrs. James H. Campbell
Vice Regent – Mrs. Van Arthur Wallin
Honorary Vice Regent – Mrs. Hunter Savidge
Secretary – Mrs. Frank D. Harter
Historian – Mrs. Herbert P. Belknap
Treasurer – Mrs. John Goldsmith
Registrar – Miss Laura E. McKee

Executive Board
Mrs. L. D. Steward, Mrs. John A. McColl, Mrs. A. D. Leavenworth

Notary Public
Miss Laura E. McKee

Former Regents
Mrs. Harvey J. Hollister, 1896-1901
Mrs. Franklin B. Wallin, 1902-1905
Mrs. Edwin F. Street, 1905-1907

 

STANDING COMMITTEE

Program
Miss Mary E. Berkey, Mrs. L. A. Cornelius, Mrs. R. A. Palmer, Miss Ida A. Bellamy,
Miss Mabel F. Thompson, Mrs. H. Gaylord Holt

Memorial
Miss Rebecca J. Coffinberry, Mrs. M. J. Clark, Miss Angie Buchanan

School Prize Contest
Mrs. Phila L. Hamilton, Miss Fanny Boltwood

Local Research and Landmarks
Miss Isabelle M. Tower, Mrs. Daniel McCoy, Miss Carrie Jewett

Chapter Scrap Book
Miss Harriette Richards

Music and Entertainment
Miss Viola Craw, Mrs. Thomas Perry, Miss Alice Holmes

Antique Fair
Mrs. James H. Campbell, Mrs. Van A. Wallin, Mrs. F. D. Harter, Mrs. H. P. Belknap,
Mrs. John Goldsmith, Miss Laura E. McKee, Mrs. L. D. Steward,
Mrs. John A. McColl, Mrs. A. D. Leavenworth

House
Mrs. John Goldsmith

Press
Mrs. Herbert P. Belknap

Auditing
Miss Elvira Boltwood, Mrs. W. S. McKee

Soldiers Home Entertainment
Miss Clara Goodman

Printing
Mrs. F. D. Harter, Mrs. Roy K. Moulton

 

SPECIAL EVENTS

Thursday, August Twenty-sixth
Visit of Mrs. Matthew T. Scott, President General
1:30 P.M. – Luncheon at the Country Club to Chapter and State Boards.
Hostesses, Mrs. Brayton and Mrs. Campbell
4:00 to 6:00 P.M. – Reception at the home of Mrs. James P. Brayton
Hostess, Sophie de Marsac Campau Chapter
7:00 P.M. – Dinner followed by a Reception to the Sons of the American Revolution and their wives.
Hostess – Miss Mary E. Berkey

Saturday, September Twenty-fifth
Reception in honor of the one hundred and second birthday anniversary of Sophie de Marsac Campau - Hostess, Mrs. James H. Campbell

Wednesday, September Twenty-ninth
Entertainment of the ladies of the Japanese Commission
10:30 A.M. – Musicale at the Saint Cecelia Building
1:00 P.M. – Luncheon of the Country Club
4:00 P.M. – Reception at the Ladies’ Literary Club House, Hostesses (appointed by the Board of Trade)
Sophie de Marsac Campau Chapter, Ladies’ Literary Club, Saint Cecelia, City Federation of Women’s Clubs, University Club.

PROGRAM
The Third Thursday in the Month, at Three O’Clock

Thursday, October the Twenty-first
Hostesses - Miss Berkey and Mrs. C. C. Follmer, 232 Fountain Street
Daguerreotypes. Illustrated by Exhibition – Mrs. Algernon White
Reports of Delegates to State Conference

Thursday, November the Eighteenth
Hostess – Mrs. Cyrus E. Perkins, 85 Washington Streer
Gabriel Richard, Priest, Printer and Politician – Miss Frances VanBuren
Life and Letters of Artemus Ward – Dr. Maria W. Norris

Thursday, December the Sixteenth
Hostess – Mrs. C. C. Philbrick, 40 N. College Avenue
Two Baptist Missionaries, Isaac McCoy, 1822 and Leonard Slater, 1827
First of a Series on Early Grand Rapids History – Mrs. George H. Hart
The D. A. R. Expecition – Mrs. Alice M. Whitcher Wood, Regent Muskegon Chapter

Thursday, January Twentieth
Hostess – Dr. Maria W. Norris, 21 N. Prospect Street
The History of East Fulton Street Park – Miss Isabelle Tower
Election of Delegates to the Continental Congress

Sunday, February the Twentieth
Mrs. I. P. Powell, Mrs. Cyrus E. Perkins and Mrs. H. C. Rindge in charge

Week Beginning February Twenty-first
Antique Fair
Committee in Charge: Mrs. James H. Campbell, Mrs. Van A. Wallin, Mrs. F. D. Harter, Mrs. Herbert P. Belknap, Mrs. John Goldsmith, Miss Laura E. McKee, Mrs. L. D. Steward, Mrs. John A. McColl, Mrs. A. D. Leavenworth

Thursday, March the Seventeenth
Hostess – Mrs. Daniel McCoy, 82 Paris Avenue
Patriotic Day
Roll Call, with Patriotic Responses
The Flag – Mrs. James P. Brayton, State Regent

Thursday, April Twenty-first
Hostess – Mrs. John Goldsmith, 118 Madison Avenue
Early Catholic Missionaries and Missions
Father Frederic Baraga – Miss Fanny Ball
Father Andrew Viszaczvy – Miss Alice James
An Early Grand Rapids Sun Dial – Miss Rebecca J. Coffinberry

Thursday, May the Nineteenth
Hostess – Mrs. Louis Cornelius, 290 Crescent Avenue
Annual Meeting

Thursday, June the Sixteenth
Hostess – Mrs. M. J. Clark, 307 Lake Avenue
Regents Day

 
In Memoriam
Mrs. Arthur K. Allen, Mrs. Edwin Fallas, Mrs. E. P. Fuller, Mrs. Samuel Graves,
Mrs. Harvey J. Hollister, Mrs. Wm H. Isom, Mrs. Lucy Whittlesey Norris, Mrs. C. C. Rood, Mrs. Wm G. Saunders, Mrs. Welcome Sherman (Real Daughter)
 
 

Transcriber: ES
Created: 7 August 2003