Clara Barton was born in 1821 and worked as a schoolteacher and clerk in the Patent Office until the Civil War where she devoted her care and energy to tending the wounded during the Civil War. After the war she spent several years helping to locate missing soldiers and identifying the graves of unknown soldiers at Andersonville Prison. In 1868 she went to Europe where she nursed the wounded of the Franco Prussian War and learned about the International Red Cross. Returning home she convinced the U.S. to establish the American Red Cross in 1882. Barton died in 1897. The Clara Barton National Historic Site in Maryland displays some of her furniture and personal possessions.

Welcome

We are the Clara Barton Tent 95 of the Daughters of the Union Veterans of the Civil War, 1861-1865 Pasadena, California, chartered on June 1, 2013. We meet in Pasadena every second Saturday in January, April, August, and November. Each meeting begins with a continental breakfast and socializing, continues with a featured speaker or program, and ends with a short business meeting. Programs include talks about the Civil War or other historical events or other discussions of interest to women. During the pandemic, we met via ZOOM. Now we are meeting in-person but ZOOM is also available. If you think you have a Civil War ancestor and would like more information about joining or visiting our group, please contact Jana Bickel at 818-506-4032 or email her at clarabartonduvcw95@yahoo.com.

Tent Officers

President- Gage Hewes*

Sr. Vice President- Carolyn Mueller*

Jr. Vice President-Diane Casey-Schmidt

Chaplain- Virginia Price*

Secretary- Cherie Graham*

Treasurer- Carole Rodenbucher*

Patriotic Instructor- Gail Price*

Historian- Leslie Sutton*

Past President- Alice Smith*

Charter Members designated by *

Louise Rupp*

Barbara Hall*

Sue Barry*

Qualifying for Membership

To qualify for membership you will need proof of your ancestors service in the Union Army (i.e. , pension or other military record) and proof of your lineage to him including birth, marriage and death records for each generation. Sources for finding your Union Civil War Ancestors: Relatives, Headstones, Fold3 Database , National Archives, State Regimental Histories, Local histories, Ancestry.com and familysearch.org websites. For assistance please contact Jana Bickel via email at janabickel@earthlink.net.

Webmaster: Jana Bickel

Contact Jana at janabickel@earthlink.net

This website was created March 20, 2020 and last updated March 26, 2022.

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