History of Oceanus Hopkins Chapter

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Oceanus Hopkins Chapter organized in Pittsburg, Kansas, on February 6, 1914, at the home of the Organizing Regent, Mrs. Victoria Phillips. Organizing chapter officers and members were:

Organizing Officers

Victoria Phillips, Regent
Georgia Mahon, Vice Regent
Stella Reasor, Recording Secretary
Elizabeth Nichols, Corresponding Secretary
Ethel Larkin, Treasurer
Mary Beal, Registrar
Mabel Wheeler, Historian
Organizing Members

Neola Allen Zoe Beal
Sarah Beasly Ruby Coffey
Abbey Forest Mary Gillman
Blanch Hostetter Catherine Montee
Rena Nichols Theresa Randolph
Lillian Ringle Alice Roberts
Laura Rush Isabella Seaman
Carol Scott Lucy Smith
Florence Stuessi Minnie Swan
Josephine Trobue Abbie Yarcha


The Mayflower Crossed the Ocean Blue


The name of our chapter honors Oceanus Hopkins, son of Stephen Hopkins and his second wife, Elizabeth (Fisher) Hopkins, passengers on the Mayflower. Their child, Oceanus, was born over the Atlantic Ocean, between mid-September and mid-November 1620, and is named for his birth on the ocean voyage. Although Oceanus died when he was still a very young child, his birth is symbolic of the spirit of our forefathers coming to build a new land.

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