ANTIQUE / VINTAGE 14K GOLD AND ENAMEL DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION (D.A.R.) AND RELATED PINS, LOT OF FOUR,comprising two Daughters of the American Revolution pins by or retailed by J.E. Caldwell & Co. of Philadelphia, PA consisting of one marked 14K gold pin engraved to back with "Elizabeth Catherine / Gallaher Levy / 43536", and the other testing as 14K gold fineness with possibly silver distaff engraved to back with "Eliza Horsey Custis / 55221", a pin for The Colonial Descendants of America that is engraved "JULIET HITE GALLAHER / 122" to back, and a round pin featuring a Colonial woman figure by Bailey, Banks & Biddle of Philadelphia, PA for the National Society of The Colonial Dames of America being engraved "J.H.G. / 1255 / VA" to back. Each marked "14K" or tested as 14K gold fineness. Total weight including non-gold components: 17.2 grams. Late 19th/first half 20th century. One D.A.R. pin 1 1/2" x 1" OA.
Provenance: From the Gene Baber estate, Fishersville, VA.
Catalogue Note: Eliza Horsey Custis was born around 1841 in Somerset Co., Maryland to parents John Arnold Elzey Horsey (1810-1841) and Sarah Ann Custis (1818-1867), she married William Park Custis (1835-1900) of Accomac Co. Virginia
Elizabeth Catherine Gallaher was born around 1856 in Waynesboro, Virginia to parents Hugh Lafferty Gallaher (1812-1886) and Elizabeth Catherine Bowen (1818-1896), she married John B. Levy (1854-1923). She died in 1940 and is buried at Riverview Cemetery in Waynesboro.
Juliet Hite Gallaher was born on June 16, 1871 in Virginia to parents William Bowen Gallaher (1840-1911) and Amelia Frances Briscoe (1845-1911), her aunt was Elizabeth Catherine Gallaher Levy. She was a noted genealogist, and her collection of papers is located at William & Mary Special Collections Research Center. She died in 1951 and is also buried at Riverview Cemetery in Waynesboro, VA.