Julia Dent Grant Tent #16 came into being through a special meeting called by Mary E. Whetstone to form a new tent of Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War. This meeting was held at Barr Branch Library, Jefferson and Lafayette Ave., St. Louis. MO.

Sister Clara Kirkpatrick came from Kansas City to institute this tent at the Saum Hotel, Shaw Avenue and Grand Blvd., on August 22, 1930. All members were sworn in by Mr. J.H. Eberle, a notary public. There were 33 charter members comprised of the following:

Mary E. Whetstone	Anna Anschutz	Anna Perry	Mathilda Drews
Helen Carter Haeberle	Bessie Duggan	Beatrice Harrison	Angeline Eichelberger
Frances E. Stead	Harriet A. Green	Catherine Quehl	Olive Schnitzer
Kathryn Wilmering	Emma Hager	Viola E. Winchell	Ida Davis
Minnie Firrell	Ruth McCourt	Esther Dreyer	Lillian Sibley
Marie Schimpf	Florence Kraushaar	Minnie Bringhurst	Carolina K. Oldendorph
Bertha Schuermann	Anna Mueck	Sarah Grey	Mary Koelber
Everly Hunstock	Lillian James	Mary Haverporth	Cora Davis
May Schulte

Sister Whetstone was the first President; Sister Schnitzer was Sr. Vice President; Sister Schimpf was Jr. Vice President; Sister Stead was Chaplain; Sister Dreyer was Treasurer; Sisters Drews, Wilmering, and Ida Davis were Council Members; Sister Hager was Patriotic Instructor; Sister Aunschutz was Secretary; Sister Perry was Guide; Sisters Winchell, Eichelberger, Cora Davis, and Mary Schulte were Color Bearers; Sister Kraushaar was Press Correspondent; and Sister Harrison was Musician.

Sister Kirkpatrick instituted the tent and installed the officers in their respective places. Annual dues were fixed at $2.00. The following donations were made by members present:

American Circle, Ladies of the G.A.R., a silk flag
Sisters Winchell, Haeberle, Wilmering, Harrison, and Drews, flags
Sister Eichelberger, a Bible
Sister Perry, a ballot box