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Norton A. Ellis, who prepared a history of the lodge upon the celebration of its fiftieth anniversary, October 11, 1905, has the following to say: "It has been generally understood that Mount Olive Lodge, No. 79, A. F. & A. M., is the oldest lodge in Boone County. But the date of the charter of Boonesboro Lodge, No. 79, I. O. O. F. and the minutes of that body give proof that the Odd Fellows Lodge of Boonesboro is the oldest by almost eight months. The date of the charter of the latter lodge is October 11, 1855, and that of the Masonic charter is June 5, 1856. The further fact that
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the Masons rented of the Odd Fellows is given as sufficient proof that the Odd Fellow's Lodge is the older. The minutes of the latter lodge also go to show that the Masons were holding meetings for more than eight months before receiving their charter. I have been informed that most of the charter members of the Masonic Lodge were also members of the Odd Fellow's Lodge. The first lodge room was over McCarthy's tin shop. The building stood north of the public square on the west side of the alley on a tract of land now occupied by the street car barn."
Later, in March, 1860, the Odd Fellows sublet a lodge room of the Masons, for which they paid $12.50 a year. George W. Crooks, in speaking of this hall, had the following to say: "It was in the attic of the old courthouse which was situated on the site of the present building. It was a two-story building, about 40x50. Court was held on the lower floor and the county offices were on the sec- ond floor. The grand jury held sessions in the attic and when in session there could be no lodge sessions. I remember of going to school in this building. It would be hard for me to forget it, for [ received the worst licking in there that I ever got in my life."
In November, 1861, the lodge bought a lot and building on the north side of the public square on Main Street. The Latter Day Saints Church now stands upon the site. The lodge building was moved on the lot owned by William Kembal, corner of Seventh and Division streets. This building is now used by Mr. Kembal as his residence. In July, 1872, the lodge bought Lot 1, Block 12, for $900, on which was an office building. The lodge built half of the present building and moved into it, holding the first meeting in the new hall, October 29, 1872. The other half of the lot was bought by the lodge in August, 1876, and here on the upper floor of the building the lodge makes its headquarters. In all the lodge has met in the following places : From 1855 to 1860, McCarthy's Hall, over the tin shop; 1860 and 1861, attic of old frame courthouse; 1861 to 1872, Haskell Hall, or what is now the Kembal residence; 1872 to 1895, part of present quarters; 1895 to the present in the lodge's own hall.
Boonesboro Lodge, No. 79, 1. O. O. F., was for many years the strongest fraternal body in Boone County, but it was sapped of a a great part of its strength when many of its members joined in inaugurating a similar lodge in Boone. This took place October 19, 1871. The present membership of the lodge is about eighty. It owns its own home and is in good financial condition.
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The Daughters of Rebekah, an auxiliary body of Boonesboro Lodge, No. 79, is almost as old as its head lodge. In this regard the lodge's historian, Mr. Ellis, says: "Very few of us realize the fact that the Daughters of Rebekah have been organized for so many years. On the evening of our thirteenth meeting, January 5, 1856, Brothers Vontrees, Discus and Dooley, applied for the degree of the Daughters of Rebekah for themselves and wives. It appears as though the subordinate lodge members presided. I was told that a doctor who presided in the principal chair at a certain stage of the initiation ceremony, would ask the sisters to come forward and receive the password and grips."
MOUNT OLIVE LODGE, NO. 79, A. F. & A. M.
The Masonic Lodge of Boone with above title, is the second old- est fraternal body in Boone County, coming into being October 24, 1855, at Boonesboro and adopting at the time the name of Boones- boro Lodge, No. 79. The following named persons were charter members: Milo C. Wood, Joseph F. Alexander, Austin C. War- wick, Josiah M. Thrift, Jeremiah Williams, Louis Kinney, Absalom Kelley.
The first officials were: Milo C. Wood, W. M .; Austin C. War- wick, S. W .; Josiah M. Thrift, J. W .; Isaac Newhouse, Treas. ; R. S. Clarke, Sec.
A charter was issued June 8, 1856, signed by J. F. Sandford as grand master, and T. S. Parvin, grand secretary. July 23, 1858, the name was changed from Boonesboro to Mount Olive.
St. Paul's Lodge, No. 361, was organized and held its first com- munication U. D., October 26, 1875. The dispensation under date of October 5, 1875, was signed by Henry W. Rothert, grand master, and T. S. Parvin, grand secretary, with the following as charter members: M. A. Butler, George Wilmot, W. W. Nixon, Charles Tucker, H. M. Case, James Phelan, A. P. Fogg. The first officers were: M. A. Butler, W. M .; George Wilmot, S. W .; W. W. Nixon, J. W .; H. M. Case, Treas .; Charles Tucker, Sec.
On January 11, 1889, the consolidation of Mount Olive Lodge, No. 79, and St. Paul's Lodge, No. 361, was effected and according to Masonic canons the consolidated lodge took the name and number of the oldest lodge-Mount Olive, No. 79.
Here follows a list of the officers first elected by the consolidated lodge: James McIntosh, W. M .; A. P. Fogg, S. W .; A. H. Duck- worth, J. W .; H. M. Case, Treas .; W. H. Crooks, Sec.
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In 1870, Mount Olive Lodge erected a brick hall, or temple, at a cost of about two thousand dollars. The building stood and was used for the purposes designed until its present magnificent temple was constructed. St. Paul's Lodge met in the third story of the Herman Building until the consolidation.
A building that is in a class of its own is the Champlin Memorial Masonic Temple, which stands on the east side of Story Street, be- tween Sixth and Seventh.
The temple was erected in 1907 as a memorial to Frank Cham- plin, a faithful and devoted member of the various Masonic orders of Boone, who left a bequest of $18,000 for the purpose. The struc- ture is 56x75 feet ground dimensions and has two high stories. It is constructed of steel gray pressed brick, with a foundation of dark red, hard burned paving brick, made in Boone. Two large stone pillars give majesty and strength to the front, as they extend from the base to the caves of the noble pile. On the facade is the inscrip- tion "Champlin Memorial Masonic Temple." With almost every modern appurtenance, including new furniture, the building and its appointments readily attracts the admiring eye of beholders. The cost was about thirty thousand dollars.
Mount Olive now has a membership of about three hundred.
Tuscan Chapter, No. 31, was organized in Boonesboro, August 20, 1866. The first officers were: H. M. Case, H. P .; Jackson Orr, K .; Fred C. Hills, S .; Charles S. Dewey, C. H. ; Alfred Williams, P. S .; Benjamin Herzog, R. A. C .; D. W. C. Upson, G. M. of ist V .; B. Belaney, G. M. of 2d V .; Ed Morgan, G. M. of 3d V .; Jack- son Orr, treasurer; D. W. C. Upson, secretary.
The last meeting of the chapter was held at Boonesboro, May 24, 1869, when the removal was made to Boone, at which place it held its first meeting on June 7th following.
Excalibar Commandery, No. 13, K. T. was instituted October 19, 1869, with the following officers : H. M. Case, E. C. ; J. A. Head, generalissimo; J. L. Enos, C. G .; H. B. Minier, P .; R. J. Hiatt, treasurer ; Lewis Burgess, recorder.
BOONE LODGE, NO. 222, I. O. O. F.
The lodge with the above caption was organized under dispen- sation May 21, 1871, and received its charter October 19th of the same year. The initial members were Jacob Stevens, W. W. Nixor J. W. Black. Benjamin Herzog, Jonah Eaton and A. L. Herma
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The first officials were: W. W. Nixon, N. G .; Ben Herzog, V. G .; J. W. Black, secretary ; Jacob Stevens, treasurer.
This lodge was made up largely from members of Boonesboro Lodge, No. 79. In fact the charter members all came from the older organization. The lodge met in a hall on the east side of Story, south of Eighth, for many years, and finally lost its identification some ten or a dozen years ago by consolidating with
CONNECTING LINK LODGE, NO. 492, I. O. O. F.
which was organized October 16, 1895. The charter members were Nathan S. Tedrow, Charles W. Roach, R. C. Sholl, Alexander Boyd, W. Geyer, Denver Malaby, J. H. Phillips, Lincoln Rule, W. R. White, Joseph Beach, John Lanphere, L. W. Martin. When the consolidation of these two lodges took place as mentioned above the name of Connecting Link Lodge, No. 492, was retained.
The Odd Fellows in Boone are strong in numbers and their treasure chest is well filled with money and its equivalent. There are now 210 members. In 1907 the lodge bought the valuable prop- erty on the corner of Eighth and Allen streets, for which it paid about nine thousand dollars. Plans are now being drawn for an Odd Fellows' temple to cost about thirty thousand dollars. It will have a frontage on Eighth Street of 50 feet and on Allen 861/2 feet, the building to be constructed of brick and stone, three stories in height, with a front design distinctive and pertinent to its character. The plans now tentatively adopted call for two store-rooms on the street level, dining rooms and extra lodge rooms for rent on the second floor and on the third floor, a hall and all necessary apart- ments to be found in a building constructed for the convenience and habitation of fraternal organizations. It is now anticipated that the building will be built, finished and ready for occupancy by Jan- uary 1, 1915.
Lincoln Encampment, No. 26, received its charter October 20, 1869, and some years thereafter moved from Boonesboro to Boone. After a stay of some length in Boone it returned to Boonesboro and then back to Boone, the last time about 1910. The charter members were William Birchard, W. D. Parker, E. F. Cummings, C. C. Hinshaw, John A. Rose, George M. Haskell, S. H. Bell, W. D. Templin.
Boone Lodge, No. 301, Daughters of Rebekah, was organized October 23, 1903, with the following charter members: Charles B. Vol. 1-33
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Hemphill, Martha J., A. J. and Zella Kelley, Lewis and Frances Brewster, Emma Hern, Mildred Heglund, Euphemia Steele, D. F. Cartwright, Thurza E. Cartwright, Daniel and Josephine Reeves, Clarence A. Hinkle, Agnes Roberts, Anna Granson, Thomas W. and Amy Guy, O. E. Burns, Sarah J. Signs, Floretta E. Hull, Minnie Seiling, Emma C. Smyth, Margaret Rinehart.
This is an auxiliary lodge of the Odd Fellows and has a mem- bership of 290.
WORLD'S CHAMPION DEGREE STAFF TEAM OF WOODWARD LODGE, NO. 460, 1. O. O. F.
There will probably be no greater distinguishing feature of this work from a fraternal standpoint than a brief record of the World's Champion Degree Staff, I. O. O. F. of Woodward, Iowa. We shall not consider it out of place in this work, inasmuch as a major- ity of its members have been either natives of Boone County or resi- dents for a long period. The team received notice in the local community when there became a strong demand for them to do the work in Dallas and adjoining counties, and where the local lodges had been appraised of the efficiency of the team. From a humble beginning they have reached the pinnacle of success through their own efforts. Their drills are exclusively their own, and they have not been taken from the manual but were planned by Capt. P. C. Egan, who has held that position from the first.
The following constitutes the complete team in the several con- tests-the names appended being complete, with the location of the individuals who still survive:
P. C. Egan, Captain, Woodward, William M1. Wade, Woodward, łowa. łowa.
Charles M. Crank, Woodward, lowa.
G. P. Stiles, , California. J. A. Sixbury, Des Moines, Iowa. C. B. Pierce, Woodward, lowa. M. A. Smith, Woodward, lowa. F. A. Grimm, Woodward, lowa. Leon Stuber, Woodward, Iowa.
J. M. Francher, deceased. Ethan Meadows, Madrid, Iowa.
C. D. Hoon, Seattle, Washington. Romana Gill, Woodward, Iowa. Emerson Hughes, Belle Plain, lowa.
Henry P. Calonkey, Woodward, łowa.
John J. Callahan, Woodward, Jowa.
C. F. Ramsey, Woodward, Iowa. J T. Egan, Woodward, Iowa.
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J. F. Reed, Perry, Iowa.
A. B. Calonkey, Woodward, Ia.
J. L. Grimm, Woodward, Iowa. W. S. Craft, Woodward, Iowa.
O. O. Mortimer, Woodward, Iowa.
D. J. Rhodes, Woodward, Iowa.
A. L. Rhodes, Woodward, lowa. E. A. Cole, deceased.
George C. Thomas, deceased.
A. B. Wade, Woodward, Iowa.
E. A. Needler, Woodward, lowa.
D. G. Skiles, Woodward, Iowa.
A. J. Horton, Moran, Iowa.
Alva Newell, Woodward, lowa. Jacob R. Harlow, Woodward, Iowa.
S. J. Pierce, Thompson, Iowa.
H. C. Pomeroy, Woodward, Iowa.
A. M. McColl, Woodward, Iowa.
M. H. Francis, Woodward, Iowa.
Herbert Savage, Woodward, Iowa.
A. R. Rogers, California.
J. G. Brolsman, Woodward, Iowa.
Otho Burkhart, Woodward, Iowa.
W. D. Hall, California.
W. F. Heath, Woodward, Iowa.
Frank Morris, deceased.
Charles Haworth, Des Moines, Iowa.
Loren Rhodes, Woodward, lowa. G. L. Pike, Oregon.
W. Schooler, Ogden, Iowa.
Their record, in condensed form, dates from the Sovereign Grand Lodge held at Des Moines, Iowa, in 1902, when they competed against twenty-six different governments, or the world.
They captured first prize in the Second Degree and second prize in the First Degree. In 1903, at Baltimore, Maryland, they won second prize in the First Degree and first prize in the Second De- gree. In 1906, at Toronto, Canada, they won second prize in the Second Degree. At St. Paul, Minnesota, in 1907, they won first prize in the First Degree and first prize in the Second Degree. While most the prizes won have been in money, the staff has two engraved silver cups as trophies of their prowess at Baltimore, Mary- land.
They have some of the finest regalia to be found in America- the money value being $1800. They are in possession of a piece of wood from the first I. O. O. F. Hall built in America.
The I. O. O. F. of Woodward built their first hall in 1891. The membership increased at such a rapid rate that in 1907 this was removed and a modern brick building was erected on the site. It is one of the finest opera houses, combined with lodge rooms, to be
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found in the State. It is modernly equipped, steam-heated, electric- lighted, and seated with modern opera chairs.
The present membership number 165 in good standing.
CENTRAL LODGE, NO. 73, KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS
The Knights of Pythias Lodge, with name forming the above caption, was organized October 26, 1882, by the following named persons, who at the same time were elected to fill the various offices, namely : E. C. Pike, P. C .; A. J. Holmes, C. C .; J. L. Jackson, V. C .; J. C. Hull, P .; F. M. Ballou, K. of R. & C .; J. O. Barnes, M. F .; J. R. Whitaker, M. E .; J. R. Lincoln, M. A .; F. C. Farrow, I. G .; R. F. Dale, O. G., also C. H. Wells, E. J. McNeely, C. A. Loomis, A. J. Nutter, C. L. Wilder, P. B. Lindsay, J. R. Patterson, C. A. McCune, H. H. Canfield, S. O. Stockslager, J. T. Nelson and I. H. Mckinley.
Central Temple, No. 218, Pythian Sisters, was established by charter, September 2, 1908. Its first members and officials were Orpha Leese, Laura Crowe, Mayme Peters, Martha Atwood, Grace Wooster, Louisa Orth, Mabella Zimbeck, Sadie Moerkey and Katie E. Sager.
MONTANA CAMP, NO. 305, MODERN WOODMEN OF AMERICA
The Modern Woodmen established a camp in Boone, June 20, 1887, with the following charter members and officers: A. J. Munn, V. C .; S. R. Wane, clerk ; T. E. Ripley, sentry ; W. A. Draper, W. A .; W. B. Weaver, escort; D. N. Detas, physician; W. B. Means, banker; S. W. Phillips, watchman; E. Clark, E. E. Chandler, and A. T. Westberg, managers.
In connection with this body is also an auxiliary lodge of Royal Neighbors, with a large membership.
BOONE CAMP, NO. 80, WOODMEN OF THE WORLD
The Woodmen of the World established a lodge in Boone, De- cember 31, 1895. Its charter members and officials follow by name : S. W. Smith, consul commander ; A. L. Marks, escort; J. M. Good- son, adviser lieutenant; D. W. Hullinger, watchman; J. Birming- ham, banker; A. White, sentry; C. D. Tillson, clerk ; G. A. Stanger and D. N. DeTar, physicians; B. F. Norton, J. Birmingham and W. D. Moore, managers.
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Ash Grove, No. 40, Woodmen Circle, was organized June 21, 1900. The initial members and charter officials are as follows, namely : Kitty Hill Gillson, guardian; Mary J. Goodson, adviser; C. D. Tillson, clerk ; Lillian Cassie, banker ; Jennie Schall, attendant ; Nellie Young, magician; Belle Stout, inner sentinel ; Harry A. An- derson, outer sentinel.
BOONE LODGE, NO. 563, BENEVOLENT PROTECTIVE ORDER OF ELKS
Fourteen years ago, or to be more exact, on July 12, 1900, a charter was granted the local lodge of Elks upon application of the following named charter members: S. L. Moore, Eli H. Doud, E. O. Montgomery, R. H. Ingersoll, H. T. Cook, W. W. Goody- koontz, Scott Tucker, who were elected as the first officials. The names of other charter members follow: George E. Emmert, Osmar Mann, R. C. Wilson, Frank Sherritt, T. P. Rogers, G. Arthur Webb, Laurence Brown, T. W. Carpenter, C. W. Payne, Al L. Cleaver, T. B. Hollenbeck, George Echstein, Charles Olson, John F. Herman, G. D. Rowe, George H. Welsh, Jr., Hiram J. Slifer, S. R. Dyer, H. H. Canfield, D. N. DeTar, Dick J. Chandler, R. F. Jordan, John S. Crooks, C. C. Deering, Arthur T. Browne, C. M. Perrine, Dr. W. L. Pollock.
BOONE HIVE, NO. 53, LADIES OF THE MACCABEES
The Ladies of the Maccabees organized November 5, 1912, with Dr. Kate Harpel, lady commander; Mamie Belmire, lieutenant com- mander; Helen Striker, R. K .; Bertha Brown, F. A .; Lavina A. Northam, chaplain; Lillian Cassie, L. A .; Julia Grennan, sergeant ; Annie Owen, sentinel; Jennie Bushore, picket.
BOONE LODGE, NO 663, LOYAL ORDER OF MOOSE
The Loyal Order of Moose became locally identified among fra- ternal bodies upon organizing June 3, 1912. The names of the char- ter members follow: R. R. Cobb, D. B. Ashenfelter, T. W. Guy, J. F. Halliday, W. F. Hargan, J. F. Herman, C. E. McNeil, M. J. Lockard, L. W. Dawes, L. O. Black, J. B. Eagan, L. H. Cole, J. W. Murphy, H. C. Elliott, C. L. Stoddard, N. M. Whitehill, R. D. Cruikshanks, H. L. Tillson, Playford Sparks, B. F. Cottrill, August Anstrom, B. F. Blanchard, L. E. Mowry, Owen Thomp-
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son, Peter Bowman, George Peters, J. E. Anderson, Warren Jones, Arthur Short, Frank Hannum, Forbes Wilson, V. O. Holcomb, A. P. Alsin, J. W. Brown, A. A. Dahlien, E. E. Tillson, C. E. Alsin, W. W. Quinn, Alex Boyd, Louis Roberts, F. E. Henry, F. D. Wheeler, S. A. Koppenhaver, F. E. Sherrell, E. J. Hewitt, Simon Kemmerer, M. E. Kemmerer, J. C. Weinman, G. W. Wilson.
OTHER FRATERNAL, ORGANIZATIONS
Boone Homestead, No. 278, American Yeomen, organized Jan- uary 11, 1900, with about ninety members.
Royal Homestead, No. 2242, American Yeomen, organized Jan- uary 15, 1910, with thirty-seven members. "
Oneida Tribe of Red Men, No. 22, was organized with forty- four members.
Nokomis Council, Degree of Pocahontas, Order of Red Men, No. 44, organized with thirty-seven members.
Brotherhood of All Railway Employes, Boone Division, No. 9, was organized September 25, 1913.
Brotherhood Firemen and Enginemen, Connecting Link Lodge, No. 25, was organized March 1, 1909.
Marian Hewitt Lodge, No. 74, Brotherhood Locomotive En- gineers, was organized January 29, 1891.
Ladies' Society of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen, Head- light Lodge, No. 16, organized October 5, 1911.
Boone Lodge, No. 279, Ancient Order of United Workmen, was organized September 15, 1887.
Narrskenct Lodge, No. 145, Scandanavian Brotherhood of Amer- ica, was organized August 9, 1912.
Boone Lodge, No. 765, Mystic Workers of the World, organized August 30, 1906.
LEO COUNCIL, NO. 814, KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS
This society was organized October 18, 1903, with the follow- ing charter members: W. H. Whalen, T. J. Mahoney, J. Bain, J. M. O'Neil, E. P. Dougherty, J. Monroe, P. Scanlon, M. Fitsgerald, Rev. M. H. Stravens, P. H. Brady, J. P. Cox, T. R. Davitt, T. E. Fenton, M. A. Healey, T. H. Hoffman, P. J. Hurley, D. P. Ivis, J. J. Kennedy, J. F. Ivis, T. C. Kennedy, T. McCarthy, B. A. Mc- Manus, J. G. Morrissey, A. N. Peters, Rev. P. J. Carroll, J. B.
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Scanlon, C. W. Bolan, W. H. Burk, D. W. Conwell, W. J. Conway, W. H. Coughlin, J. Dolak, J. Ertz, G. W. Dailey, C. Deering, J. P. Davitt, O. Dougherty, J. W. Doyle, C. A. Durbin, W. A. Eaton, T. Golden, D. Griffin, J. Hopkins, J. A. Judge, J. E. Judge, D. W. Mugan, M. O'Donnell, T. J. Lynch, P. D. O'Neil, P. F. O'Malley, Rev. J. G. Perrault, Rev. F. C. Rexmier, T. P. Rogers, J. Shelley, W. Waddell and E. M. Reilly.
Sacred Heart Court, No. 700, Knights of Columbus, was organ- ized December 5, 1906, with the following charter members: Emma Brady, Mary Reilly, Effie Bain, Mary Mahoney, Julia O'Connell, Jennie Peters, Mary A. Hoffman, Anna Mahoney, Elizabeth Mc- Connahey, Helen Kirtz, Anna Rafferty, Grace Reilly, Mary Loch- ren, Mary O'Malley, Marv Devitt, Katie Bollinger, Ella Crowley, Maria Eaton, Elizabeth Ertz, Sarah Gartland, Teresa Hurley, Mar- tha Jordan, Mary Martin, Elizabeth McMahon, Allie Welsh and Grace Wooster.
BOONE AERIE, NO. 768, FRATERNAL ORDER OF EAGLES
was organized August 1, 1904, with eighty charter members, but was established on June 30, 1904, under dispensation. The char- ter officials were: F. V. Smith, past worthy president; J. J. Kirby, worthy president; Ed Bassford, secretary; Samuel Jayne, treasurer.
J. G. MILLER POST, NO. 67, G. A. R.
On Saturday evening, September 26, 1881, pursuant to a call made by Mustering Officer A. Hazeltine, of Des Moines, the old sol- diers of Boonesboro met at the office of Charles A. Sherman for the purpose of organizing a post of the Grand Army of the Republic. The following comrades appear on the records as charter members : W. D. Templin, Josiah Bowman, Charles A. Sherman, C. A. Eber- sole, James H. Chambers, Thomas Bowman, William Bandfield, N. P. Rogers, Fred Matt, George W. Wickwire, William Dobbins, Ranson Hodgins, Sevius Bolton, James Terry, John Dennis, L. D. Carlin, Michael Cronin, Frank Miller, J. N. White, E. P. Gifford, Charles Hamilton, C. J. Rose, George Steffy, Frank Ritter.
The post was duly organized by. Comrade Hazeltine and the fol- lowing officers installed : Commander, W. D. Templin ; senior vice commander, N. P. Rogers; junior vice commander, D. D. Loper; adjutant, Fred Matt; quartermaster, C. A. Sherman; officer of the day, M. Cronin; sergeant major, Frank Ritter; chaplain, Frank Miller.
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On motion the post was named for J. G. Miller, a member of Company D, Thirty-second lowa Infantry. Mr. Miller was a young man engaged in the jewelry business in Boonesboro. He was born in Kentucky, raised a Quaker, and came here from Indiana. He was a splendid specimen of young manhood, six feet tall, an all around athlete, with a kind and gentle disposition that endeared him to all with whom he came in contact. He was orderly sergeant of Company D and it was in this position that he showed the qualities of a leader of men. All his duties were performed with exact justice to all concerned and all the boys of Company D recall many in- stances in which he showed a conscientious regard for the rights of even the humblest private soldier. He was a brave soldier and when surrounded and made prisoner at Pleasant Hill, Louisiana, on the 9th day of April, 1863, he broke his gun over a stump before sur- rendering. He was taken to Tyler, Texas, where for months he was confined and at last the news came to his comrades that he had died in the prison pen of disease. At the institution of the post his name was unanimously chosen as the one the post should bear.
The commanders who have served the post since its organization are as follows: W. D. Templin, two years, Charles A. Sherman. W. D. Templin, J. N. White, C. E. Rogers, George H. Welsh, two years, C. E. Rogers, W. D. Templin, C. E. Rogers, 1. J. Satterlee, two years, C. E. Rogers, A. J. Holmes, Daniel Smith, L. A. Purin- ton, Thomas Bowman, William White, W. S. Sargent, Joshua Stumbo, A. J. Bacus, William R. Dver, W. J. Hiles, C. R. Hol- comb, T. S. Ross, W. R. Dver, F. B. Gibbens, J. L. Good, J. R. Butlouph, J. W. Curley, Tam Davis and A. S. Taylor.
The post purchased the two-story brick building at 224 State Street and that is their home today. In this they have been ably assisted by their auxiliary, J. G. Miller, Womans' Relief Corps, No. 12. Their building is paid for and the post is out of debt. One of the provisions in the articles of incorporation is that when the post disbands on account of the passing away of its members this building shall be left to the Sons of Veterans if there is at that time any organization of that order in Boone. All trust that it may be many years before the transfer is made necessary.
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