Dr. Emma Balcom Founder of Kady Brownell Tent 36
and
First Tent President
Tent 36 founded June of 1921. The 12 charter members and their ancestors were:
Dr. Emma L Balcon --- Pvt. Andrw Moore, Co C, 6th NY Heavy Artillery
Jessie B Rudischaauser --- Capt. James M Dick, Co A, 26th Iowa
Isabel Goldstein --- Pvt. Hannis Jacobs
Florence Goldstein --- Pvt. Hannis Jacobs
Anna Reis --- Pvt. Samuel Christman, Co 58th
Rose Christman --- Pvt. Samuel Christman, Co E 58th
Jessie McCord Park --- Pvt. Benjamin F Park
Lillian Gee --- Pvt. Theodore H Gee, Co H, 40th
Agnes Walton --- Pvt. Lewis Walton, Co D, Kansas Mt Inf
Annie Mulbacher --- Pvt. Bernford Waller
Louisa H Rourke --- Pvt. Augustus F Stuchbradt
Marie Rourke --- Pvt. Augustus F Stuchbradt
Dr. Emma Balcom served as National President for the Gold Star Mothers from 1941-42.
Her son, Willard A. Balcom, was a private (Bty. B 7th F.A.), killed one month before the end of World War I.
He is buried in Meuse-Argonne cemetery in France.
Kady Brownell, Symbol of Loyalty and Patriotism A paper by Mary F. Cordato, Ph.D.
This paper is dedicated to Kady Brownell for who our Tent is named. It's about a women who,
like many brave men and women, served our country proudly and selflessly. But before telling her story,
I'd like to say a few words on life in the military for women during the Civil War.
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Real Daughter - Caruth Smith Washington
Her father was a Medal of Honor recipient
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