About
"The International Society Daughters of Utah Pioneers (ISDUP, DUP) is a women's organization dedicated to preserving the history of the original settlers of the geographic area covered by the State of Deseret and Utah Territory, including Mormon pioneers. The organization is open to any woman who is:
A direct-line descendant or legally adopted direct-line descendant with a pioneer ancestor
The pioneer ancestor is a person who traveled to or through the geographic area covered by the State of Deseret/Utah Territory between July 1847 and 10 May 1869 (completion of the railroad, May 10, 1869).
Over the age of eighteen, and of good character. Travel through the geographic area covered by the State of Deseret/Utah Territory can be either east to west, west to east, north to south, or south to north."1
History
The DUP was organized on April 11, 1901 by Annie Taylor Hyde, daughter of Chruch President John Taylor. In 1907, Susa Young Gates, the 4th President of the DUP, met with leaders of the Cache Stake and Benson Stake to organize a company in Richmond. On Oct 28, 1907, the DUP of Richmond, Utah was organized with:
Elizabeth A. Merrill, President
Mary Rebecca Stoddard Hendricks, First Counselor
Margaret R. Roskelley, Second Counselor
The committee recognized many living pioneers at the time of its formation, including:
Mary Elizabeth Matthews • Martha Ann Henderson • Sarah Jane Veach • Mary Jane Andrus • Elizabeth Helen Telford • Anna Elsina Kefoed • Lydia Malinda Knapp • Lydia Standley • Elizabeth Harriett Mahala Gammell • Amanda Ellen Perkins • Almira Davenport • Hannah Melissa Hoopes • Sarah Jennette Carson • Martha Alice Carson • Emmeline Whittle • Marion Drucilla Pew
"Pictured from left to right are [Martha Ann Kingsbury], [Margaret W. Thomson], and [Harriet B. Skidmore] at the dedication of the [DUP] Monument in the Richmond Park on October 30, 1936. The Rocks on the monument were some that had been used in the construction of the old rock school in the 1870's and later in the foundation of the Red Brick School."
Cheri Housley, Marie Lundgreen, Kathy Jones. (2001). Images of America: Richmond. Arcadia Publishing. pg 31
Sources
Wikipedia, Daughters of Utah Pioneers. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daughters_of_Utah_Pioneers#cite_note-1