The Omaha Chapter of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution was founded on the first day of October in 1896 under the authorization of the National Board of Management. As the first chapter organized in Omaha, it was given the name of its home city, which is derived from the Omaha tribe of Indians which had lived on the site of the town as early as 1650.
Founding members of the Omaha Chapter were:
- Nellie Belle Fitch Crane
- Mary McClelland Irwin Creigh
- Anna Fister Doyle
- Isabelle Doyle
- Mary Postlethwaite Doyle
- Ellenore Elizabeth Dutcher
- Margaret Elizabeth Dutcher Alexander
- Elma Lanphear Jaynes
- Margaret Emma Doyle Pickens
- Anna Fitch Skinner
- Martha Lydia Poland Thurston
- Elizabeth Isabella Maxwell Allan Tukey
- Harriet Dexter McCloud Ware
- Emma Elizabeth Doyle Wilderman
- Euphemia Righter Wood
The following officers were elected at the first meeting:
- Mrs. Henry S. Jaynes, regent
- Mrs. Alonzo P. Tukey, vice regent
- Miss E.E. Dutcher, secretary
- Mrs. Lyman E. Ware, treasurer
- Mrs. L. S. Skinner, registrar
- Mrs. Edward A. Crane, historian.
The chapter steadily increased in membership and is reported to have accomplished much good work. In 1899, according the first report of the historian on file, the membership had risen to 73 women.
Omaha Chapter NSDAR 
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