Cumberland Chapter History
CUMBERLAND CHAPTER was organized February 1, 1893, and chartered on December 15, 1893. It was the second chapter organized in Tennessee, and the 61st chapter in the National Society.
The chapter was organized at the home of Ida East on the corner of Union and Sixth, Nashville, Tennessee, where the present Legislative Plaza is located. Mrs. East, organizing regent, also served as Cumberland’s first chapter regent from 1893 to 1894. There were fourteen charter members, among them Jeannette Tillotson Acklen who later served as State Regent of Tennessee.
The chapter was named in honor of the Cumberland Mountains. The Cumberland Mountains, Cumberland Gap, and the beautiful Cumberland River were all named in honor of the Duke of Cumberland, Prime Minister of England, when pioneer settlers first came to this section.
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