Missouri Officers

President Dale Crandell 
dcrandell @ swbell.net

Deputy President J. Howard Fisk
Secretary Ken Lawrence
Treasurer Stephen Hyatt
Registrar/Genealogist David L. McCann
Judge Advocate Dennis Hahn
Chaplain J. Wayne Merrill 
Surgeon Mel McNeal
Historian Sumner Hunnewell
Marshal Brian Smarker
Honorary Deputy President Sumner Hunnewell
Past President Russell F. DeVenney, Jr.
​Past President Brian V. Smarker
Past President Daniel R. McMurray
​Past President Sumner Hunnewell


Missouri Annual Conference
Sun, Apr 27, 2025 at 
Holiday Inn-Riverport
3400 Rider Trail South
Earth City, MO 63045

Ira P. Nash Chapter

Columbia, Missouri

President J. Wayne Merrill
mathbank @ aol.com

Deputy President (vacant)
Secretary (vacant)
Treasurer Russell F. DeVenney, Jr.
Registrar/Genealogist (vacant; contact Stephen Hyatt)
Judge Advocate Edward S. Gray
Chaplain (vacant)
Surgeon (vacant)
Historian (vacant)
Marshal Floyd H. Strader
Honorary Deputy President 

Captain Daniel Morgan Boone Chapter

Kansas City, Missouri
Serving since 25 Mar 2023 for 2 year term

President Richard "Rick" Backlund
rick6962 @ aol.com

Deputy President Thomas Neal
Secretary Dirk A. Stapleton​
Treasurer Dirk A. Stapleton
Registrar/Genealogist Brian V. Smarker
Judge Advocate Dawson Ballard
Chaplain Dirk A. Stapleton​
Historian Dawson Ballard
Marshal Dirk A. Stapleton
Honorary Deputy Dawson Ballard

​Zoom by invitation; In-person locations vary:  
Conference Room at Mid-Continent Public Library,
North Independence Branch
317 W. 24 Hwy.
Independence, MO 64050

Quarterly meetings begin at 11:00 a.m.
They are every fourth Saturday of the months of March, June, and September.  In December, the meeting is typically the third Saturday.  March is the annual meeting.  Elections occur at every annual meeting on odd years.

Major Nathan Boone Chapter

Springfield, Missouri

President J. Howard Fisk
jhoward @ fisk.limo
​
Deputy President Gary Gift
Secretary Ken Slovensky​
Treasurer Ken Lawrence
Registrar/Genealogist Daniel R. McMurray
Chaplain Dan Philbrick
Marshal Mel McNeal
Surgeon Gerald McCoy
Judge Advocate David Appleby
Historian Steven McMurray

General Daniel Bissell Chapter

​St. Louis, Missouri

President Sumner G. Hunnewell
HildifonsTook @ prodigy.net

Deputy President Stephen Hyatt
Secretary/Treasurer (vacant)
Registrar/Genealogist Stephen Hyatt
Judge Advocate Dennis J. Hahn
Chaplain Dennis J. Hahn
Surgeon (vacant)
Historian (vacant)
Marshal Sumner G. Hunnewell
Honorary Deputy President Robert D. Hammack
Honorary Deputy President Charles E. Lilly

9 Feb 2025