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In 1875 Rev. W. Mallon was called as pastor and he built a parsonage and a parochial school. In 1878 Rev. C. A. Brechter came; in 1883 Rev. Alex- ander became the pastor. In 1884, Rev. H. W. Boehr was pastor. In 1886 Rev. J. H. Brammer preached there, living in Lowden; many had gone to Minnesota and left this church rather small. In- 1896 Rev. C. L. Broecker was called as minister, and remained until 1903. At this time the church was enlarged and English services were introduced. In 1903 Rev. Fred Loth- ringer, the present pastor, was installed. In 1906 the parsonage and school house, being unused, were sold for one hundred and fifty dollars.
The present membership of this church is thirty. They pay two hun- dred dollars per year, besides fifty dollars for fodder. Services are held in German and English, alternately every second Sabbath.
GRAND MOUND CONGREGATION.
Grand Mound Immanuel congregation was founded by Rev. C. L. Broecker, in 1903, with a membership of twenty, about the same as it now has. For the first two years services were held at the Methodist Episcopal church, but in 1905 a church was provided, having a school in connection. This cost two thousand five hundred dollars. This congregation pays two hundred dollars salary and twenty-five dollars for fodder for the use of the pastor and one hundred and twenty dollars for rent of a parsonage building. Before this time Revs. A. D. Grief, Sr., of Davenport, and H. Niemandm, of Charlotte, had preached for these people, before Rev. Broecker was called as pastor.
This denomination has a mission station or preaching place, at De Witt, but no membership can here be given. Services are held in the Free Methodist church. A salary of one hundred dollars is paid and twenty-five dollars al- lowed as expense for fodder.
DANISH EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN.
St. Johannes Kirke, of Clinton, Iowa, at the corner of Elm and Fourth streets, is the property of the society organized January 16, 1876, by twenty- one members. The original board of directors were: John Tversen, presi- dent; Frederick Meincke, cashier; Niels Molgaard, secretary; August L. Boy- sen, Johan C. Johansen.
The first building was erected October, 1876, on the site of the present building, and in 1884 it was remodeled and enlarged. The present member-
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ship is one hundred and sixty. The following have served as pastors of this church, which is the only one of this denomination within Clinton county : L. M. Gydsen, 1876-79; L. Hansen, 1879-83; F. L. Grundtvig, 1883-90; August Faber, 1900-08; Carl Hansen, from March 22, 1909, to the present time.
ELVIRA LUTHERAN CHURCH.
The Lutheran church at Elvira was built in 1865 and the congregation is now small, but at an early day was quite large. Removals of the member- ship and deaths have lessened its strength materially. The following include the pastors who have served: Revs. A. M. Tanner, Charles Baird, Harry Bishop, J. M. Reese, C. W. Gelwichs and the last one was Rev. Finley. They are now without a pastor.
EVANGELICAL ASSOCIATION.
(By Rev. Edward J. Lang.)
The Evangelical Association has a church located in the city of Clinton on the corner of Third avenue and Fourth street. As early as the year 1865 ministers of this denomination visited the city and preached to a few German families and later, in the year 1870, a new church was built, the building in which the congregation still worships. A certain land company owned cer- tain lots in the city which they donated for church purposes and this being the last lot to be given for that purpose, so for the sum of one dollar this site was purchased. The Evangelical Association dates back to the year 1800 when Jacob Albright, who was a Methodist, began his labors as a layman among his German countrymen in the state of Pennsylvania. Bishop Asbury, of the Methodist Episcopal church, did not approve of his working in the German language, and this caused Albright to hold weekly prayer meetings and later and for a number of years this body was known as the "Albrights" and later as "Die Evangelische Gemeinschaft." The highest authoritative body of this church is the general conference, which meets every four years. Twenty-eight different annual conferences are represented in this body, both l'aymen and ministers, representing one hundred and forty thousand members and one thousand seven hundred ministers; two thousand three hundred Sun- day schools and one hundred and seventy-five thousand scholars. The total missionary offerings for last year of this denomination was two hundred and sixty thousand seven hundred and six dollars. This organization has four
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bishops, who are elected by the general conference every four years. They are Thomas Bowman, senior bishop, S. C. Breyfogel, William Horn, and S. P. Spreng, junior bishop. The publishing house is located in Cleveland, Ohio, and the two church organs are the Evangelical Messenger and Der Christlicher Botschafter.
The following pastors have served the local church since it was organized : I. Henn, M. Gruener, H. Lageshulte, George Eckhardt, C. A. Mueller, J. Bos- sert, C. C. Pfund, J. P. Pflaum, E. J. Schultze, F. Loehle, E. O. Beck, L. Scheurer, H. O. Lorenz, J. P. Pflaum for the second time, and E. J. Lang, the present pastor.
The following names are found on the record as having been members of the local church from 1870 to 1875, most of them still members of the local church, some deceased : John Kubler, Anna Kubler, Rev. H. Stellrecht, a local preacher living in Muscatine, Iowa, Jacob Baer, Barbara Baer, Fr. Bulow and wife, Hannah Bulow, deceased, J. D. Joung, Sophia Schmidt, Fr. Kuehl and Mina Kuehl, now living in Radcliffe, Iowa. Augusta Kohlmeier, Carl Stukas and Martha Stukas, Mrs. Richardson, now of Custer, South Dakota, Carl Dege. C. Pfeil, now of Monticello, Iowa.
The local church has a membership of nearly one hundred. The church and parsonage, valued at about seven thousand dollars, is held in trust by the local trustees but is deeded to the Evangelical Association.
REFORMED CHURCHES.
Union Reformed church, a country church of Brookfield township, was organized November 16, 1861, by the following persons : Mr. and Mrs. John Kauffman, Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Kelchner, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kauffman, Mr. and Mrs. James Edleman, Mr. and Mrs. James Wilkinson, Mr. and Mrs. Adam Leinbaugh, Mr. and Mrs. Gabriel Miller. The present membership is thirty-seven.
The following have served as pastors: Revs. F. C. Baumann, supply from 1861 to 1870; John Rettig, 1870-72; George Weber, pastor, 1872-73; George W. Welty, 1873-76; Cyrus Cort, 1876-79; Rev. Keller, 1880-81 ; G. A. House, 1882-86; J. R. Lewis, 1886-88; S. P. Harrington, 1889-93; D. F. Boomershine, 1894 to the present time.
LOST NATION REFORMED CHURCH.
St. John's Reformed church, of Lost Nation, was organized in 1902 and now has a membership of about seventy. Rev. D. F. Boomershine, of Maquo-
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keta, formed this church with the following members: Amanda Duit, Emma Ott, Anna Dobling, Henry Dobling, Minnie Laush, M. E. Laush, John Ott, Jr., William Ahrens, Caroline Ott, John Ott, Sr., Louise Ahrens, William Balster, Jose Seyfert, Effie Seyfert, Valentine Losh, Lizzie Guyer, Minnie Anderson, Anna Frazier, Nellie Hoffman, Mrs. Miller, Lucetta Morse.
Rev. Boomershine has served ever since the formation of the church, as its pastor. They have worshiped in the Union church, owned by the Lost Na- tion Sunday school.
WHEATLAND REFORMED CHURCH.
St. Paul's German Reformed church, at Wheatland, was organized October 17, 1861. In the month of November, 1857, the first steps were taken in organizing a German Evangelical congregation in Wheatland, Rev. R. Osswald, a pastor of the Presbyterian church, promising to teach the Heidleburg Catechism and the use of the Reformed church hymns. Failing to do as he had promised, a German Reformed congregation was organized in October, 1861, by the following members : L. Durr, L. H. Riedesel, F. Hom- righausen, L. Riedesel, J. G. Schneider, G. Schneider, S. Acker, C. Penning- roth, W. Reichmann, J. Riechstein, J. Kochs, H. Mohr, D. Konrad, W. Brandt, W. Sackhof and A. Gedelmann.
The first church edifice was built in 1858 and in 1877 a new one, costing about four thousand dollars, was erected. In 1910 a parsonage has increased the value of the church property to about five thousand dollars. This congre- gation now numbers about three hundred and thirty-five communicants.
The following pastors have served at this place: Revs. Osswald from 1857 to 1861 ; J. C. Kear, 1861-65; F. Hullhorst, 1865-67; J. Rettig, 1867- 1876; F. Dieckmann, 1876-84; C. Baum, 1884-88; C. J. Zipf, 1888-1900; J. Gatermann from 1909 and still presiding as pastor over this congregation.
What is known as St. John's congregation in Smithton has a membership of sixty communicants, but have no building as yet.
CLINTON UNIVERSALIST CHURCH.
In 1871 a Universalist church was organized in Clinton, and a frame structure erected in which to worship according to that faith. This frame building was situated on the corner of Fourth street and Fourth avenue. It was known as Murray church. After several years of constant pulling and
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hauling, the society finally disbanded and the house fell into the hands of the "Apostolic Church of God."
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE CHURCH.
The First Church of Christ, Scientist, of Clinton, was organized with five charter members and incorporated in conformity with the laws of Iowa, January 1I, 1897. The pastor of all Christian Science churches is the "Bible and Science and Health, With Key to the Scriptures," by Mary Baker Eddy, the discoverer and founder of Christian Science. The service is conducted by two readers, who serve usually three years by vote of the church.
The present church edifice was purchased in May, 1897, at a cost of one thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars, and it is located at No. 310 Third avenue. A reading room, open daily, is maintained by the church, and a public lecture given annually on Christian Science, by a member of the board of lec- tureship of the mother church of Boston. The present membership of the Clinton church is sixty-four.
THE SPIRITUALISTS.
Clinton is the home of the Iowa conference of the Spiritualists. It was organized at Ottumwa, Iowa, November 18, 1882, having one hundred charter members, consisting of Spiritualists from different parts of the states of Iowa, Missouri and Wisconsin.
In 1884 the Mt. Pleasant Park Stock Company was organized and in- corporated as an auxiliary association of the Iowa conference, having for its object the purchase and acquirement of the title to the grounds of Mt. Pleasant Park in April, 1885. The corporate name was changed in 1885 to the Missis- sippi Valley Spiritualist Association, the transfer being made August 19, 1891. The park consists of twenty acres of land situated upon a bluff overlooking the city of Clinton. There are forty cottages owned by private families; an auditorium, for lectures ; a pavilion, for message services. There are a board- ing hall, restaurants, etc.
During the month of August each year occur their camp meetings. The ladies of the society assist materially and attend to the postoffice at the grounds where thousands congregate annually.
The present officers are : President, J. F. Ireland, Tampa, Florida; vice- president, Mrs. Augusta Armstrong, Boston, Massachusetts; secretary, Mrs.
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Mollie Anderson, Clarksville, Missouri; treasurer, Mrs. L. M. Allen, Clinton, Iowa.
There is also a Philosophical Society of Spiritualists which was organ- ized in November, 1901, and incorporated April 30, 1903. The present officers are : J. T. Hardy, president; Mrs. L. M. Allen, vice-president; Mrs. A. Anthony, secretary ; Mrs. J. T. Hardy, treasurer. The present minister is J. F. Ireland, of Tampa, Florida.
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CHAPTER XII.
SECRET AND BENEVOLENT SOCIETIES.
While there have been, and are today, many lodges of one kind and an- other within Clinton county, only those of the leading civic orders will be treated in this chapter, the Masons, the Odd Fellows and the more modern order, the Knights of Pythias, a brief history of which will here follow :
ANCIENT FREE AND ACCEPTED MASONS-WESTERN STAR LODGE NO. 100.
There were a good many Masons among the first residents of Clinton, but no attempt was made to establish a lodge until the city became a fixture. Western Star Lodge No. 100 was granted a dispensation on December 16, 1856, by John F. Sanford, grand master. On June 3, 1857, the charter was granted. The first officers were Edward H. Ring, worshipful master; Daniel Smith, senior warden; Harvey B. Ring, junior warden; Samuel Crozier, treasurer; Robert H. Nolton, secretary ; E. B. Stetson, senior deacon; James Riddle, junior deacon; James Dillon, tyler. The other charter members were Charles W. Aylesworth, James T. Van Deventer and L. Dill.
The lodge first met in a building next to the Windsor hotel, owned by Mr. Arnold, of Ringwood, then in 1861 moved to the Bucher block, on the corner of First street and Fifth avenue, where the lodge had a comfortable home for seven years. In 1868 the lodge moved to the Dunbar building, and shortly after to the third story of Stratton's building on Fifth avenue, where they shared quarters with Emulation Lodge. In 1873 the lodge moved to a hall in the Towle block, over Stone & Smith's bank, where they, in connection with the chapter and commandery and Emulation Lodge, remained until 1886, when the lodge home was removed to the third floor of the Lamb block, into its quarters specially erected. Here it has since remained. Emulation Lodge, Western Star Lodge, Delta Council, Keystone Chapter and Holy Cross Com- mandery meet in the rooms, which occupy the entire third floor of the Lamb block. Western Star has at present a membership of about two hundred and fifty.
In June, 1907, the grand lodge of Iowa met in Clinton.
The present officers of Western Star Lodge are : Fred G. Hansen, master ;
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E. J. Fuller, senior warden; Carl Cone, junior warden; Ed. Lind, secretary ; Alfred G. Smith, treasurer; George L. Doyle, senior deacon; W. H. Nelson, junior deacon ; George B. Lea, tyler.
EMULATION LODGE NO. 255.
The dispensation for Emulation Lodge No. 255 was granted January 8, 1869, and a charter on the 2d of June, that year. It was recommended by Western Star Lodge, and at that time Reuben Nickel was grand master. The first officers elected were : F. Blakely, worshipful master; W. L. Bates, senior warden; Horace Baker, junior warden; P. J. Farnsworth, secretary.
The lodge has met in the same rooms with Western Star Lodge since its organization, and the history of its meeting places is given in the history of that lodge. Emulation Lodge has now about three hundred members.
The present officers are Charles Ott, Jr., worshipful master; George R. Spalding, senior warden; I. B. Jenks, junior warden; J. E. Fink, senior dea- con ; George L. Fink, junior deacon; Ward W. Cook, treasurer; W. F. Fergu- son, secretary ; George B. Lea, tyler; R. S. Rathbun, marshal.
ORDER OF THE EASTERN STAR.
Clinton Chapter No. 65 of the Order of the Eastern Star was instituted in 1888, has had rapid development, and has now a membership of two hun- dred and forty.
KEYSTONE CHAPTER, NO. 32.
The dispensation for Keystone Chapter No. 32, Royal Arch Masons, was granted August 3, 1866, by H. H. Hemenway, grand high priest, to J. Van Deventer, high priest; R. A. Lyons, king; Thomas Thornburg, scribe; T. J. Flournoy, treasurer; E. S. Bailey, secretary, and sixteen others. The chap- ter was chartered October 17, 1867, and instituted November 2d, with the fol- Towing officers : G. W. Frost, high priest; Thomas Thornburg, king; William Campbell, scribe; H. B. Van Deventer, treasurer; L. E. Watrous, secretary.
The chapter has, since its organization, occupied the same hall as the commandery, and both grand bodies met in Clinton at the same time, in 1870. The chapter has now about one hundred and sixty-five members.
The present officers are : H. B. Glatts, high priest ; George A. Steele, king ; J. D. Van Allen, scribe ; H. S. Towle, treasurer ; R. S. Rathbun, secretary.
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DELTA COUNCIL NO. 23.
The dispensation for Delta Council No. 23, Royal and Select Masters, was granted on May 19, 1904, by Grand Master Charles O. Grever to twelve companions. The first officers were Fred R. Dickman, thrice illustrious mas- ter; F. E. Batchelder, deputy master; G. A. Isbell, principal conductor of the work; and R. S. Rathbun, recorder. The other charter members were S. C. Bates, R. G. Brumer, H. S. Towle, A. Kahn, F. J. Iten, L L. Smullin, George B. Phelps and William Lake. The first meeting was held and officers elected on May 27, 1904, and the chapter constituted on August 12, 1904. The meetings have all been held in the Masonic hall, Lamb block.
The present officers are: George H. Steele, thrice illustrious master; C. A. Hoffman, deputy master; George A. Isbell, principal conductor of the work; William Lake, treasurer; R. S. Rathbun, recorder; L. L. Smullin, captain of the guard; B. J. Heflin, conductor of the council; F. H. Oakes, steward; George B. Lea, sentinel. The council now comprises about eighty members.
KNIGHTS TEMPLAR.
The dispensation for Holy Cross Commandery No. 10, Knights Templar, was granted July 14, 1866, by Right Eminent Grand Commander William E. Leffingwell to N. B. Baker, G. W. Frost, R. A. Lyons, T. W. J. Long, C. G. Truesdell, William Rogers, D. S. Potter, H. B. Van Deventer and P. C. Wright, who were present at the first meeting, August 28, 1866. The charter was granted October 16, 1867, by J. R. Hartsock, right eminent grand com- mander, who organized the commandery November 14, 1867, installing the following officers : Sir Knights, P. C. Wright, eminent commander; W. E. Marquis, generalissimo; E. P. Ten Broeck, captain general; E. S. Bailey, prel- ate; T. J. Flournoy, Sr., treasurer; E. A. Wadleigh, recorder; G. W. Parker, senior warden; F. L. Blakely, junior warden.
The commandery was organized in the Masonic hall, in the Music Hall block, Fifth avenue and First street, where it remained until 1876, when it removed to the block at the corner of Fifth avenue and Second street, across the hall from the rooms of the Wapsipinicon Boating Club. The grand com- mandery held an annual conclave at Clinton, in October, 1870. Holy Cross Commandery was also escort to the grand commander, B. R. Sherman, at the Dubuque conclave in 1874.
The commandery moved with the other Masonic bodies of Clinton into the Lamb block upon its completion in 1886, where it has since met. At pres-
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ent the Knights Templar of Holy Cross Commandery number about one hun- dred and twenty-five.
The following are the officers for 1910: F. J. Iten, eminent commander; H. S. Towle, generalissimo; W. P. Hart, captain general; L. L. Smullin, senior warden; E. J. Fuller, junior warden ; Rev. F. H. Burrell, prelate; C. D. May, treasurer; J. B. Thorsoe, recorder; George B. Lea, sentinel.
SCOTTISH RITE MASONRY.
On May 6, 1869, William Leffingwell, commander-in-chief of the grand consistory of Iowa, granted permission to William E. Leffingwell and Pitkin C. Wright, thirty-second-degree Masons, to communicate the degrees from the fourth to the thirty-second, inclusive, to a sufficient number of Master Masons in the city of Lyons, in order to organize a lodge of Perfection, council of Princes of Jerusalem, and chapter of Rose Croix.
On the 12th of May the degrees from the fourth to thirty-second were conferred on the following by communication : Charles W. Warner, John S. Hart, Thomas F. Butterfield, Theron R. Beers, Frederick L. Blakely, George W. Parker, Frederick Bourne, Samuel W. Baldwin, and William E. Marquis.
On July 12, 1869, Commander-in-Chief William Leffingwell granted a dispensation to these brethren to form, open and work the following bodies in the city of Lyons, which bodies were established and officers elected: Iowa Lodge of Perfection : William E. Leffingwell, thrice potent master; John S. Hart, senior warden; William E. Marquis, junior warden. Clinton Council, Princes of Jerusalem : Pitkin C. Wright, sovereign prince : W. E. Leffingwell, high priest; S. W. Baldwin, senior warden; G. W. Parker, junior warden. Delphic Chapter, Rose Croix : P. C. Wright, wise master; W. E. Leffingwell, senior warden ; C. E. Warner, junior warden.
On January 4, 1870, Illustrious Commander-in-Chief William Leffing- well, assisted by Sovereign Grand Inspector General T. S. Parvin, organized De Molay Consistory of Masters of the Royal Secret, in Lyons, with W. E. Leffingwell as commander-in-chief; C. W. Warner, lieutenant-commander; and F. E. Blakely, second lieutenant-commander.
In April, 1871, Commander-in-Chief William Leffingwell issued a dispen- sation for Hugh de Paynes Council, Knights of Kadosh, with W. E. Leffing- well, vice-eminent commander; Charles W. Warner, eminent prior; and John S. Hart, eminent preceptor.
The charter of De Molay Consistory was issued March 26, 1877, and bears the following names : William Leffingwell, Pitkin C. Wright, W. E.
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Leffingwell, Charles Willard Warner, John Silvester Hart, Frederick Bourne, Theron R. Beers, Samuel W. Baldwin, George W. Parker, William F. Mar- quis, Fred E. Blakely, Thomas F. Butterfield, Anson C. Pierpont, W. W. San- born, James T. Van Deventer, Horace W. Somers, William MacQuigg, Rich- ard A. Lyons, Frank William Collins, H. A. Hart, James A. Bryan, J. Hil- singer, Benjamin A. Spencer, Sherman R. Williams, Lyman Andrew Ellis, Benjamin S. Woodward, William R. Ward.
The bodies of the Rite established in Lyons were the first in the state of Iowa and all bear the number I. For some time they met in the rooms of Lyons Lodge and Oriental Chapter, but as the rooms were cramped, and the membership was rapidly increasing, the Lyons Temple was proposed. Adolph Minski gave six thousand dollars to purchase a lot, and the temple was built in 1871, the cornerstone being laid on August 15th, with very elaborate Masonic ceremonies, Grand Master O. P. Waters conducting the ceremonies. This building is of four stories, seventy-two by seventy-eight feet, and was for years the largest and finest Masonic building in the state. Originally the lower story was used for business rooms, the second as a banquet hall, the third for blue lodge meetings, and the fourth for the consistory bodies. This temple is at present occupied by the Lyons Lodge, since the removal of the Scottish Rite to the Cathedral.
For several years the question of a re-location of the consistory at some point in the old city of Clinton and the building of a new temple had been agitated, and on May 1I, 1904, a resolution was passed in the four co-ordin- ate bodies creating a committee with full powers to act, and with instructions to locate and build a new temple. Strong objections were raised and the mat- ter was referred to the sovereign officers, by whom a commission was ap- pointed to investigate the situation and report upon it. These gentlemen brought about a conference between the members, and all differences were harmoniously adjusted by the transfer of all interests held by the Scottish Rite bodies in the old temple, with all of the furnishings in it, except such paraphernalia as distinctively belonged to the Scottish Rite, to Lyons Lodge No. 93.
By November 30, 1906, the committee reported that "the entire amount of money required for the purchase of a site, the erection of a building, com- modious, convenient and imposing, and for its appropriate furnishing, has been provided for. A most desirable site has been purchased, plans are being perfected by the architects, and the work of erection will bgin as soon as the spring weather permits, and will be pushed to completion of the temple."
The site is the northwest corner of Fifth avenue and First street, over-
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looking the Mississippi river. Morrell & Son, of this city, are the architects. The Scottish Rite Cathedral is ninety by ninety-five feet in size and sixty- three feet high. It is constructed of white brick, and contains three high stories, with a mezzanine above the second, giving it the height of four stor- ies. It is trimmed with Bedford stone and terra cotta. The main entrance is on Fifth avenue, and is surmounted by a beautiful carved double eagle, the emblem of the Scottish Rite. The Cathedral and site represent an expendi- ture of nearly one hundred thousand dollars when complete with its scenery and furnishings.
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