Sallie Foster Harshbarger (February 23, 1874 – April 17, 1958) was California State Regent of the

Daughters of the American Revolution The National Society Daughters of the American Revolution (often abbreviated as DAR or NSDAR) is a lineage-based membership service organization for women who are directly descended from a patriot of the American Revolutionary War. A non-p ...

Early life

Sallie Foster was born in

Reno, Nevada Reno ( ) is a city in the northwest section of the U.S. state of Nevada, along the Nevada–California border. It is the county seat and most populous city of Washoe County, Nevada, Washoe County. Sitting in the High Eastern Sierra foothills, ...

, on February 23, 1874, the daughter of Asa Eastman Foster and Sophia Steele.

Career

Sallie Foster Harshbarger was active in civic and fraternal work. In 1915 she was Regent of the Tamalpais Chapter of the

in San Francisco and from 1920 to 1922, she was State Regent. She was member of the National Officers Club of the Daughters of the American Revolution. In 1913 she was Worthy Matron of the Golden Gate No. 1 of the

Order of the Eastern Star The Order of the Eastern Star (OES) is a Freemasonry, Masonic List of fraternal auxiliaries and side degrees, appendant Masonic bodies, body open to both men and women. It was established in 1850 by lawyer and educator Rob Morris (Freemason), R ...

She was member of

Daughters of Founders and Patriots of America The National Society of Daughters of Founders and Patriots of America (often abbreviated as NSDFPA) is a lineage society for women who directly descend from an American colonist who arrived in the colonies between May 13, 1607, and May 13, 1687, a ...

and

Colonial Dames of America The Colonial Dames of America (CDA) is an American organization comprising women who descend from one or more ancestors who lived in British North America between 1607 and 1775, and who aided the colonies in public office, in military service, or ...

Personal life

Sallie Foster Harshbarger moved to California in 1898. She married Oswald H. Harshbarger and had two children, Asa Foster and Virginia La Forge. She lived at 269 Mather St.,

Oakland, California Oakland is a city in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area in the U.S. state of California. It is the county seat and most populous city in Alameda County, California, Alameda County, with a population of 440,646 in 2020. A major We ...

. She died on April 17, 1958, and was buried in

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Harshbarger, Sallie Foster 1874 births 1958 deaths American social workers Politicians from Reno, Nevada Colonial Dames of America Daughters of Founders and Patriots of America State Regents of the Daughters of the American Revolution