Cowskin Prairie Chapter #2611

Oklahoma Division of the United Daughters of the Confederacy
Located on the western edge of Cowskin Prairie at Grove, Oklahoma.

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Essay Information

Provided here for quick reference, this is modified from the Oklahoma Division Historian Winter Board Packet Material 2009 - Original source being Historian General

2009 Oklahoma Division Member Entries must be received by July 1, 2009:
Carrie Cook, Historian, PO BOX 471, Wyandotte, OK 74370

Historian General

 Cash Awards - Member Essays

ADELIA DUNOVANT CUP for the best essay on John C. Calhoun, Apostle of States Rights. Offered annually by Mrs. W. E. Calhoun in memory of her sister, a former Chairman of the History Committee.   

Carry Over 

Mrs. Linda Robinson, Georgia Division Treasurer 2001-2007 and member Frankie Lyle Chapter 2074, Jonesboro, GA, offers $15.00 in honor of Carolyn Rentz, Frankie Lyle Chapter 2074 Recorder of Military Service Awards 2006-2008. SUBJECT: “The Significance of the Battle of Nash Farm in Henry County, Georgia.”  

Mrs. Linda Robinson, Georgia Division Treasurer 2001-2007 and member Frankie Lyle Chapter 2074, Jonesboro, GA, offers $15.00 in honor of Barbara Cooper, member, Frankie Lyle Chapter 2074, Jonesboro, Georgia. SUBJECT: “Fayette Rangers, Fayette County, Georgia.”  

Nashville Chapter No. 1, Nashville, Tennessee, offers $25.00 in honor of all Veterans. SUBJECT: “Brother Against Brother - A Mother’s Woe During the War Between the States.”  

Natalie Franklin Davis, Frankie Lyle Chapter 2074, Jonesboro, Georgia President 2006-2008 offers $25.00 in memory of Joan Roach Larkin, Chapter President 2002-2004. SUBJECT: “Battle for Jonesboro, Georgia and Its Consequences.”  

Mrs. Tally Burkhead, Charles S. Stewart Chapter 2390, Alabama Division, offers $20.00 in honor of Lt. Col. Charles S. Stewart, Commander of Fort Morgan until his accidental death. SUBJECT: “The Process of the Secession Convention and Its Effect on the South.”  

Mrs. Gerald A. Mauterer, Registrar, Raphael Semmes Chapter 2218, New  Orleans, Louisiana, offers $15.00 in honor of her grandson, Mr. Christopher Ashton Hebert, ex-President, J.E.B. Stuart Chapter 474, Louisiana Division, CofC. SUBJECT: “The History of the Children of the Confederacy in the State of Louisiana.”

Wallace-Edwards Chapter 430, Butler, Georgia, offers $15.00 in memory of Jacquelyn Peed DeLong, Past Chapter President. SUBJECT: “Winnie Davis’ Dolls.”  

Margaret Sue Cook offers $15.00 in honor of Mrs. Theresa C. Jones, Vice President, Kentucky Division. SUBJECT: “Kentucky Families: A House Divided.”

New Subjects 

Nashville Chapter No. 1, Nashville, Tennessee offers $25.00. SUBJECT: “History of the Confederate Memorial Hall at George Peabody College”.  

Mrs. Paulette Koine Mauterer, President, Raphael Semmes Chapter 2218, New Orleans, Louisiana, offers $25.00 in memory of her late husband, Dr. Gerald Ashton Mauterer, Member of Camp Beauregard No. 130, Sons of Confederate Veterans. SUBJECT: “The Confederate Medal of Honor”. 

Mrs. Paulette Koine Mauterer, President, Raphael Semmes Chapter 2218, New Orleans, Louisiana, offers $25.00 in honor of her daughter, Mrs. Mary Paulette Koine Mauterer Hebert (Mrs. Allen J. Hebert, Jr.) who aged out of the Children of the Confederacy in 1994, having been a member of J.E.B. Stuart Chapter 474, Louisiana Division, CofC. SUBJECT: “The Southern Cross of Honor”.  

Mrs. Paulette Koine Mauterer, President, Raphael Semmes Chapter 2218, New Orleans, Louisiana, offers $25.00 in honor of her grandson, Mr. Christopher Ashton Hebert, Louisiana Division Treasurer (2008-2009), Children of the Confederacy. SUBJECT: “General James Ewell Brown (J.E.B.) Stuart: Daring Confederate Cavalry Officer During the War Between the states”. 

Mrs. Paulette Koine Mauterer, Division Director, Jefferson Davis Highway Committee (2008-2009), offers $25.00 in honor of all the officers and members, both past and present, of the Louisiana Division, UDC. SUBJECT: “Jefferson Davis Highway: From Coast to Coast”.  

Ms. Sybil R. Willingham, Historian General 2006-2008 offers $25.00 in honor of Mrs. Henry J. Bryant, Sr., Historian General 2008-2010. SUBJECT: “Capt. Henry Wirz, Confederate Martyr.” 

Cabiness Chapter 415, Forsyth, Georgia offers $25.00 in honor of Mrs. Jack B. Murray, Honorary Georgia Division President. SUBJECT: “The Trial of Jefferson Davis.”  

Mrs. Howard (Elaine) Revlett and Mrs. Linda J. Coleman offer $25.00 in memory of family CSA ancestor, John S. Offett. SUBJECT: “Battle of Sacremento, Sacremento, Kentucky, December 28, 1861.” 

Mrs. Dorothy Young and Mrs. Minnie Martin offer $25.00 in memory of Mrs. Lillie Odom, Kentucky Real Daughter. SUBJECT: “Peter Vertress, CSA”. 

Mollie Morehead Chapter 2605, and Sue Berry, Chapter President, offer $25.00 in memory of Mrs. Lillie Odom, Kentucky Real Daughter, deceased September 2008. SUBJECT: “Owensboro, Kentucky Confederate Monument”.  

Edna Macon, member Mollie Morehead Chapter 2605 offers $25.00 in honor of Ray Mulesky, author of  “Thunder From a Clear Sky”. SUBJECT: “Raid of Newburg, Indiana, July 1862”.