First Arizona DAR Regent
Eliza G. Price Ainsworth
of Maricopa Chapter
Memorial
Marker:
Arizona State Society DAR First Regent – Eliza G. Price
Location:
Rosemont Cemetery
Newberry, Newberry County, South Carolina
34.290986, -81.621647
Historical Significance:
On April 19, 1902, under the shade of towering palm trees, a “little party congregated for a patriotic service,” and the Arizona State Society of DAR was chartered. That day was to be only the beginning of many years of service to the community and future state of Arizona by DAR. The charter was a long process that began when Arizona was a territory, and Eliza Blakeley Graham Price (later Ainsworth) was appointed in February 1900 as state regent of the Arizona State Society DAR. Through her tireless efforts, and with the assistance of Henrietta Hubbard Talbot, the first chapter in the Arizona Territory organized February 16, 1901, and became Maricopa Chapter, NSDAR.
The marker placed at Eliza Ainsworth’sgrave was part of the 1998-2000 State Regent’s Project. Members of the Jasper Chapter, NSDAR, of Newberry, South Carolina, were in attendance.
Dedicated:
February 2000
Sponsor:
Arizona State Society DAR
