During the year 1913, Mrs. Charles Harper worked to organize a chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution in Fort Pierce, Florida. At the same time she was a member of a Miami chapter and was appointed Organizing Regent by the Florida State Regent, Mrs. Glenville Fissell.

Our records state, "Through Mrs. Harper's untiring efforts, records of American Revolutionary Ancestors were found and verified so that the required number of ladies signed the chapter register on June 14, 1914, at the home of Mrs. F. R. Horton."

The chapter was first named Aiseehatchee Chapter, the Indian word for Indian River. However, on November 1, 1914, the year of the acceptance of the charter, Mrs. Harper died while kneeling at the communion rail at St. Andrew's Episcopal Church.

The sense of personal loss was so great that at the November 1914 chapter meeting, the new chapter voted to change the name from Aiseehatchee to Cora Stickney Harper to give permanent honor to its founder.

(Isabelle McClintock, one of Cora Stickney Harper's most active members, passed away on 18 January 2000, at the age of 95. She was active until her death.)