Captain Comfort Starr Chapter, NSDAR, Regent
Captain Comfort Starr Chapter, NSDAR, Welcomes You!
On behalf of the members of the Captain Comfort Starr Chapter, National Society Daughters of the American Revolution (NSDAR or DAR), we welcome you.
We are a non-profit women’s service organization that values education, historic preservation and patriotism.
About Our Chapter
Captain Comfort Starr, NSDAR, is one of the chapters of the Minnesota State Society Daughters of the American Revolution.
Our chapter was organized in Tracy, Minnesota, on March 26, 1924, and serves the southwestern portion of Minnesota. Our members are passionate about our country, patriotism, history and serving in our communities.
Over half of our members have purchased the DAR insignia to be placed on their gravestones.
Captain Comfort Starr was born on August 10, 1731, in Killingly, Windham County, Connecticut. He was married to Judith Cooper Starr and they had seven children. Captain Comfort was a farmer in Thompson, Connecticut, until 1771 when he sold his farm and moved to Vermont. By 1773, he was a captain with the Vermont Militia in the Revolutionary War until 1790. The captain died on November 30, 1812, in Guilford, Windham County, Vermont, and is buried in the Carpenter Cemetery, Guilford, Windham County, Vermont.
Ebenezer Leroy Starr, the great-grandson of Captain Comfort Starr came to Minnesota in 1862 and was a pioneer of Tracy. The Captain Comfort Starr Chapter, NSDAR, was given the wheel that Ebenezer used to break the soil to begin farming when he came to the area.
The picture on the front page of this website is of the wheel in front of the Wheels Across the Prairie Museum in Tracy, Minnesota.
We Promote Historic Preservation, Patriotism and Education
Our chapter supports national and state historic preservation projects as well as supports our community in the preservation of historical artifacts.
Our chapter supports national and state patriotism projects as well as supports our local veterans and hosts celebratory events such as the Fourth of July and Veterans Day.
Our chapter supports national and state education projects as well as works with our community through our projects to support education via scholarships and educational events.
We Make a Difference in Our Communities
Historic Preservation
Preserving and cleaning gravestones have been exciting with 40 of Captain Comfort Starr’s family buried in the Tracy, Minnesota, cemeteries being cleaned by our chapter members. Future cleaning projects will be for gravestones of Civil War veterans.
Patriotism
A memorial tablet and rock, placed in 1930 by the Okabena Chapter, NSDAR, at the Nobles County Government Center, was re-dedicated by the Captain Comfort Starr Chapter, NSDAR. “This tablet is dedicated to the memory of the Pioneers of Nobles County”.
The residents at the Minnesota Veterans Home in Luverne, Minnesota, receive a Christmas card every year from the chapter with a signed greeting. A thank you and a Christmas greeting are also given to the staff. The chapter has made and personally delivered to each veteran an appreciation card and a small American flag.
Education
In the mid-1920s, the chapter began giving awards to two eighth-grade students who had the highest standing in United States History. Participation in the DAR Good Citizens award continues with a monetary incentive to the students. The chapter also presents the DAR Youth Citizenship Medal to one student each year. Our chapter members are great advocates of students learning about American History.
Become a Member of DAR
Today’s Daughters of the American Revolution is a vibrant service organization for women over the age of 18 who can prove lineal descent from a Patriot of the American Revolutionary War. In October 2019, DAR surpassed one million women who have joined the DAR since its founding in 1890. By subscribing to the DAR Today podcast, you can learn more about members’ activities, Patriot histories, current topics and more.
Minnesota Daughters come from all over our great state and beyond. They are young women who join to honor a family member, older women who enjoy genealogical research in their retirement years, professional women interested in connecting with other women in the community where they live and others. Whatever your reason for joining, we invite you to connect, encourage you to apply and welcome you to our organization.
The National Society Daughters of the American Revolution
"We want a society founded on service "
- DAR Founder Eugenia Washington
Are you descended from a Patriot who served in the American Revolutionary War? Founded in 1890 by four forward-thinking patriotic women in Washington, D.C., today’s DAR has welcomed over one million women as members throughout our history. We are a service organization supporting historical, educational and patriotic initiatives in communities in America and beyond.
Join Us! We welcome all women, age 18 and older, who claim lineal descent from a Patriot of the American Revolutionary War.
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