Judge DeHart’s Connection to the Daughters of the American Revolution By Diana Vice It seems that whenever I engage in historical research of a Tippecanoe County, Indiana, subject there is a connection to the General de Lafayette Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, which is why I frequently declare that, “All roads lead to the DAR.” Such is the case for Judge Colonel Richard Patten DeHart. In 1905, the Lafayette Sunday Times reported that the Oliver Ellsworth Chapter and the General de Lafayette Chapter of the DAR held their annual outing at DeHart’s Lookout Lodge in West Lafayette. “The event was held in commemoration of Flag Day,” the article stated. “The trip was made in a special car and about twenty-five of the Daughters attended. A basket lunch was served on the lawn in front of the cottage, and the husbands of the members were invited to partake. It was a most enjoyable affair and will be repeated each year by the D.A.R. chapters who are indebted to Colon...

  Lafayette Weekly Call (Lafayette, Indiana) 11 Sep 1897  LAFAYETTE  VIEWED AS SON OF FRANCE   Lafayette Described in His Relations to His Native Land.   Preface:  The following 1897 article from the Lafayette Weekly Call recalls long forgotten history of our city's namesake, the Marquis de Lafayette and the role he played in our nation's history.  Much of the article focuses on the teachings of M adame Pauline Mariotte-Davies, a popular Purdue University Professor of her time.  Dr. Mariotte-Davies gave many speeches in the Greater Lafayette area during her tenure at Purdue. About Dr. Pauline Mariotte-Davies (1849-1930) - Madame Marlotte-Davies, Ph.D., long a much-loved figure at Purdue University and community circles, died at Petoskey Michigan in 1930 at the age of 81. Madame Davies was born in the Madelene Quarter in Paris and received her primary education in a private school from which, after a competitive examination, received a schol...