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MASONS
HANCOCK LODGE No. 20. The first Masonic lodge in the county was organized under dis- pensation from Grand Master Meredith Helm in 1843 and was chartered by the Grand Lodge of Illinois on October 2, 1843. Soon thereafter it was constituted and its officers installed by Brother Bishop Nye of Boston, Mass., duly au- thorized for that purpose. It was then com- posed of sixteen members as follows: Officers --- Louis Evans, Worshipful Master; Benjamin A. Gallop, Senior Warden ; Benjamin Avise, Junior Warden; Samuel Comer, Treasurer; Chauncey Robison, Secretary ; Elam S. Freeman, Senior Deacon; William Darnell, Junior Deacon; Wil- liam G. Yetter, Tyler. Brethren-David Bald- win, Daniel Prentiss, Ellis Hughes, F. J. Bart- lett, Johnathan Berry, Edwin B. Baldwin, George Buckman, Thomas Bennett.
The first meetings under dispensation were held in January or February of 1843 in rooms in Artois Hamilton's Hotel on the south side of North Main street. Soon after the southwest jury room in the courthouse was secured and used for lodge purposes whenever the brethren met, until the fall of 1852. Some time in 1844 the lodge ceased to hold regular meetings on account of the Mormon troubles in this county. It was generally believed by Masons here that "clandestine" Masons were being made at Nau- voo, hence no more meetings were held at Car- thage until the autumn of 1850, and during that time it is not known that there were any officers elected. In 1851, peace having been restored, we find a report to the Grand Lodge. The jury- room was used as a Masonic Hall until 1852 when the lodge moved its effects to the second story of a building erected by the lodge, jointly with the directors of the Carthage school dis- trict, on the lot now occupied by the Cutler House, the lower room being used for school
purposes. This hall was used by the lodge until the night of December 27, 1855, when it was burned, together with the charter, records, and nearly all of the paraphernalia and furni- ture. A few hours before the fire mentioned above the following had been elected officers and by authority of the Grand Lodge were per- mitted to go ahead with Masonic work: David E. Head, W. M .; John M. Ferris, S. W .; Wil- liam R. Hamilton, J. W. The old jury room was again used by this lodge for a short time, until rooms were leased from Caswell R. Hen- dricks. The lodge remained there until the fall of 1858, when it took possession of the north hall in the third story of the Sholl building, on north side of the public square, under a twenty-year lease, where it remained until De- cember 26, 1887, the date of the first meeting in the hall now occupied by the lodge. This building cost $10,000 and was erected in 1887.
On October 2, 1856, a second charter was granted to the lodge with its original name and number. At that date it was composed of fifty- six members. The officers are : Lee Siebenborn, Worshipful Master; Robert C. Crum, Senior Warden; Stephen H. Ferris, Treasurer; Baptist Hardy, Junior Warden; William H. Bartels, Secretary. The membership is about 200.
DALLAS CITY LODGE No. 233 was organized at Dallas City on October 7, 1857, the charter hav- ing been issued really on March 7, 1857. The first minutes of the lodge show the following as organizers : B. F. Newlon, Jacob Ruth, B. F. Toof, James Gasaway, R. W. Crane, O. S. Avery, J. Avis, and a few others.
Records extant show the first officers to have been : B. F. Newlon, Worshipful Master; R. W. Crane, Senior Warden; Jacob Ruth, Junior Warden; O. S. Avery, Treasurer; B. F. Toof, Secretary ; J. Avis, Senior Deacon ; James Gasa- way, Junior Deacon; J. B. Duffy, Tyler; J. R. Walker and R. B. Newlon, Stewards. This lodge has a membership of about 121.
The presiding officers of this lodge have been to date as follows: B. F. Newlon, 1857-1861 ; O. S. Avery, 1861; W. H. Rollosson, 1862; B. F. Newlon, 1863; W. H. Rollosson, 1864; B. F. Newlon, 1865; O. S. Avery, 1866; B. F. Newlon, 1867; B. Mendenhall, 1868; J. P. Rand, 1869; J. P. Rand, 1870; B. F. Newlon, 1871; B. Men- denhall, 1872; B. F. Newlon, 1873; B. F. New- lon, 1874; M. Dickey, 1875; P. O. Walker, 1876; B. F. Newlon, 1877; J. Rice, 1878; J. Rice, 1879 ; B. N. Newlon, 1880; P. C. Walker, 1881; B. Men-
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denhall, 1882; B. Mendenhall, 1883; J. Rice, 1884; J. P. Rand, 1885; B. Mendenhall, 1886 to 1889 ; W. M. Byler, 1SS9; B. Mendenhall, 1890 to 1893; W. M. Byler, 1893 to 1897; G. M. Cum- mings, 1897-98; C. E. Duvall, 1899-1900; A. P. Tayton, 1901 to 1904; G. M. Cummings, 1904 to 1906; H. L. Jackson, 1906; A. P. Layton, 1907; M. J. Cummings, 1908; A. P. Layton, 1909; B. K. Peters, 1910-11; E. K. Symmonds, 1912; H. F. Black, 1913; S. W. Carothers, 1914-15; S. G. Rowe, 1916; H. G. Cummings, 1917-18; E. L. Logan, 1919.
The third story of the First National Bank Building, Dallas City, a brick structure, is owned by the Masons, was built in 1907, and cost the order $6,000.
PLYMOUTH LODGE, No. 286 was organized at Plymouth under dispensation from the Grand Lodge of Illinois, October 7, 185S. The charter members of this lodge were: Jonas Aleshire, Claiborne H. Dodd, Lemuel Johnson, John Mc- Coy, William Darnell, James McCoy, John Ham- ilton. The membership of this lodge is about seventy-three.
Jonas Aleshire was appointed Master by the Grand Lodge in 1858. The officers are: J. D. Hall. Worshipful Master; F. B. Swisegood, Senior Warden; Elmer Lawton, Junior Warden ; Fred L. Smith, Treasurer; F. S. Emery, Secre- tary. The living past presiding officers are : R. L. Cloud; Fred L. Smith ; A. E. Hamilton ; S. M. Talbot, Jr .; F. W. Phelps; H. M. Law- ton ; J. P. Metzger.
WARSAW LODGE No. 257 at Warsaw was or- ganized on October 30, 1858. It was instituted . by Harrison Dills, Grand Master ; H. Matherey, Deputy Grand Master; F. M. Blair, S. G. W .; A. J. Kuykendall, J. G. W .; H. G. Reynolds, Grand Secretary. The present number of mem- bers in this lodge is about eighty-two. The officers are: H. E. Nelson, Worshipful Master ; H. G. Ferris, Senior Warden; J. W. Wilson, Junior Warden; Fred Schildman, Treasurer ; J. M. Cherry, Secretary.
The past presiding officers are : Edward Conn, Peter Baker, James B. Dodd, G. P. Heberling, W. I. Price, William Raleigh, W. F. Frazee, G. O. Griswold, H. C. Moss, E. F. Britt, W. E. Dorwin, A. Reesler, Henry Beach, J. H. Boscow, James F. Crawford, Phillip Dallam, William A. Dodge, John W. Wetzel, John B. Worthen, O. C. Crawford, Walter K. Worthen, J. C. Craw- ford, John W. Marsh, H. E. Nelson, Edward Ketterer, Earl A. Wallace.
A building was erected in 1892 by the Masonic Building Association, the stockholders being Masons. The building is of brick, 40x100 feet, the first story, a storeroom is rented for com- mercial purposes, while the second story is de- voted to lodge uses and contains the lodge rooms, preparation room, reception room, ban- quet room, kitchen, toilet, etc.
The first effort toward forming a Masonic lodge at Warsaw was in the winter of 1851-52, when Hannibal P. Westfall, Orin Warner, Rob- ert Miller, George Rockwell, S. B. Murphy, Wil- liam Baker, Joseph Scott, Charles Hay and oth- ers (residing in the town of Warsaw and the State of Illinois) petitioned to be "congregated" into a regular lodge, and in response thereto Thomas J. Pickett, Grand Master, on February 11, 1852, granted a dispensation to form and open a lodge to be known as "Warsaw Lodge U. D.," the dispensation to continue in full force until the next communication of the Grand Lodge. The Grand Master designated as first officers : H. P. Westfall, Worshipful Master ; Orin Warner, Senior Warden; Robert Miller, Junior Warden; and subsequently the lodge elected William Baker, Treasurer; J. M. True, Secretary ; S. B. Murphy, Senior Deacon ; George Rockwell, Junior Deacon; S. B. Brown, Tyler ; George Barrett, Chaplain.
But in November, 1852, the lodge surren- dered its dispensation and ceased to exist. In the fall of 1857 Thomas Hollowbush, W. S. Hathaway, J. M. True, William F. Frazee, W. I. Price, G. P. Heberling, Peter Baker, James Bil- lings, and T. F. O'Daniel petitioned for the es- tablishment of a regular lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons in Warsaw, and in re- sponse thereto Harrison Dills, Grand Master, granted a dispensation therefor on October 9, 1857, and appointed first officers as follows : Thomas Hollowbush, Worshipful Master ; Wil- liam I. Price, Senior Warden; Peter Baker, Junior Warden; subsequently the Worshipful Master appointed T. F. O'Daniel, Secretary ; D. H. Cox, Treasurer; E. Conn, Senior Deacon; G. P. Heberling, Junior Deacon ; T. J. M. Dees, Tyler.
On October 6, 1858, in response to a petition signed by Edward Conn, W. I. Price, Peter Baker, W. S. Hathaway, J. M. True, William F. Frazee, George P. Heberling, James Billings and others, Warsaw Lodge No. 257 was duly constituted under authority of the Grand Lodge, naming Edward Conn, Worshipful Master; W.
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I. Price, Senior Warden; Peter Baker, Junior Warden. Other officers were appointed on Octo- ber 30th.
Note :- It may not be amiss to note that among the Masons interested in the first efforts to establish a Masonic lodge in Warsaw were Dr. Charles Hay, whose son John Hay subse- quently became secretary of state and is recog- nized as one of the Nation's most distinguished diplomats, and George Rockwell, who later was the father-in-law of Lieut. General Ada R. Chaf- fee, whose record in the Spanish-American War, in the Philippine insurrection and the Boxer Uprising in China gave him a place among the foremost in the history of the United States Army.
BOWEN LODGE No. 486 was organized on April 27, 1866, with charter members as follows : Mathew McNeal, W. B. Pomeroy, J. W. White- side, T. C. Clayton, Arthur McNeal, A. E. Mc- Neal, Joseph Thompson, G. L. Sayler, Jesse Palmer, William Prescott, Nicholas Hanson. The first officers were as follows: M. McNeal, Worshipful Master; S. Mann, Senior Warden; Thomas Crawford, Junior Warden; L. Great- house, Treasurer ; Dr. A. E. McNeal, Secretary ; William Prescott, Senior Deacon; J. W. White- side, Junior Deacon; G. L. Sayler, Tyler.
The officers are: E. W. Bennett, Worshipful Master; Frank Crossland, Senior Warden; El- mer Mayer, Junior Warden; J. Smith, Treas- urer; Clyde M. Smith, Secretary ; R. E. Perry, Senior Deacon; E. L. Denny, Junior Deacon ; J. C. Robertson, Tyler. This lodge owns a hall, a frame building, valued at $2,000.
BASCO LODGE No. 618 was organized on Octo- ber 5, 1869, by Grand Lodge A. F. & A. M. State of Illinois, with charter members as follows: D. McGinnis, Frederick Maire, Felix G. Mourn- ing, Alphonso Cook, Russell McNitt, Thomas J. Lester, Andrew J. Davis, C. W. Baldwin, C. D. Waldo, Constant Cacheux, William E. Cook, Lewis Hartman, Alexander Wilson, G. C. Gor- don, Christian Knabe, John N. Forster, M. D. Huff, J. Tarbill, James Hughes, J. R. Carns, John A. Forster. The original officers were : Dorance McGinnis, Worshipful Master; John A. Briard, Senior Warden; James A. Anderson, Junior Warden. Basco Lodge owns its building.
Present officers : I. F. Stowe, Worshipful Mas- ter ; John Richardson, Senior Warden; George Clere, Junior Warden; C. L. Steffey, Senior Deacon ; Frank Carlisle, Junior Warden; Albert Naegelin, Treasurer; William H. Damron, Sec-
retary ; William Priessman, S. S .; P. C. Cald- well, J. S .; Jacob Schlosser, Tyler; M. N. Har- rison, Marshal.
The present membership of this lodge is about twenty-four. The past presiding officers are : W. N. Biggs, William T. Damron, James A. Anderson, M. C. Garard, J. R. McGinnis, F. G. Mourning, W. R. Hendricks, G. C. Gordon, W. S. Wetzel, W. Berger, Lyman Doty, William Priessman, Albert Naegelin, William H. Dam- ron, R. A. Saunders, James B. Elder, Grant Plumlee, C. L. Steffey, E. C. Wetzel, John N. Forster.
J. L. ANDERSON LODGE No. 318 is located at Augusta and was organized October 5, 1869, by James C. Bertholf, Master; George W. Hawley, Senior Warden; Abner J. Short, Junior War- den, with these charter members: James C. Bertholf, Henry G. Dearborn, Abner J. Short, Nicholas Hansen, William W. Willmott, George Gordon, John H. Wynkoop. The total member- ship of this lodge is about 108.
The first officers were: James C. Bertholf, Master ; H. G. Dearborn, Senior Warden; Abner J. Short, Junior Warden; George Gordon, Treasurer ; S. M. Standish, Secretary.
The officers are: George H. Minier, Master ; John H. Ogden, Senior Warden; Frederick W. Beard, Junior Warden; Samuel E. McAfee, Treasurer ; George H. Slingerland, Secretary.
The lodge owns the second story of a brick building which was erected in 1882, and is val- ued at $3,000.
ELVASTON LODGE No. 715 was organized at the village of Elvaston on October 18, 1874, by John A. Foster, Samuel S. Wilson, William R. Hen- dricks. The charter members were-John A. Foster, Samuel S. Wilson, William R. Hendricks, William A. Walker, Ash P. Phelps, William S. Phelps, Alex. Watt, R. H. Williams, Perrin Fay, B. Cozad, William H. Speckman, John Phelps, Thomas B. Ewing, F. W. McClellan, Alex Wilson, F. M. Hawes, Robert W. Ewing, J. S. Johnson, David Miller. The present mem- bership is about twenty-nine.
The original officers were: John A. Foster, Master ; Samuel S. Wilson, Senior Warden; Wil- liam R. Hendricks, Junior Warden; William L. Phelps, Treasurer; William A. Walker, Sec- retary.
The officers are: Thomas Garvey, Master; F. M. Rohrbough, Senior Warden; W. C. Run- yon, Junior Warden; S. R. Reagin, Treasurer ; A. J. Linsly Secretary.
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NAUVOO LODGE No. 1,021 was organized April 27, 1918, by E. L. Charpentier of West Point, Illinois, and was constituted under charter on January 2, 1919. The charter members were : Walter F. Griffith, Fred Salm, Jr., Jesse La Croix, J. F. Argast, George Hart, Leslie E. Reimbold, Sid E. Fowler, R. Arbuckle, Floyd E. Heberer, Ed. Hanausky, Tony M. Schlangen, L. R. Hut- son, L. H. Michael, Thomas Humphrey, Conrad Hasse, Phil Bertschi, G. C. La Croix, W. Pitt, Jr., George Gross, J. W. Reimbold, F. M. Whit- comb, G. W. Rudolphi, Milo Fulton, Jacob Haessig, Edward Argast, John Hamman, Irwin C. Reimbold, R. Soland, E. L. Soland, Glen O. Siegrist.
The first officers were: W. F. Griffith, Wor- shipful Master ; Fred Salm, Jr., Senior Warden ; Jesse La Croix, Junior Warden; Sid E. Fowler, Treasurer; J. F. Argast, Secretary. The pres- ent membership of this young Masonic lodge is about sixty-one.
DENVER LODGE No. 464, A. F. & A. M. was in- stituted October 3, 1861, with a charter mem- bership as follows: T. M. Orton, A. K. Coffman, James Breckenridge, W. F. Hanan, J. Millburn, B. F. Summers, B. F. Spicer, J. W. Carlton, H. Willis, J. Wright, J. Hendricks, Henry Brum- back, G. M. Browning, John Groves, M. Irvin, James McCoy. The present total membership of this lodge is forty-two.
The first officers were T. B. Brumback, Wor- shipful Master; T. M. Orton, Senior Warden ; Henry Brumback, Junior Warden.
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The past presiding officers from 1874 are these : Louis Hartman, Thomas Orton, E. Mc- Clure, E. E. Mock, C. M. McMillan, P. E. Long, J. J. Reaburn, W. L. Clark, H. D. Siegfried, R. C. Maberry, I. Mouldin, W. E. Scott, F. M. Har- ter, George B. Shinkle, J. W. Fleming, H. F. Harter, J. W. McMillan, Evan Wigle, C. A. Groves, S. G. Fleming.
The officers are: George Shinkle, Worshipful Master; D. S. Fleming, Senior Warden ; R. E. Lyon, Junior Warden; C. A. Groves, Treasurer ; F. M. Harter, Secretary.
BURNSIDE LODGE No. 683 was organized and charter dated, October 1, 1876. The present total membership is about 105. The charter members were as follows: Charles H. Phelps, Robert C. Hutchinson, Oliver C. Ing, Smith Howd, L. V. Aleshire, W. R. Burbridge, J. J. Perkins, E. W. Walters, A. M. Glaze, J. B. McMillen, John H. Roath, N. O. Mckay, Isaac Stambaugh, David Akin, John F. Scott, J. S.
Gordon, William Hamrick, D. J. Thompson, Jolın T. Bates, William Aleshire, H. C. Yet- ter, W. H. Logan, James McCormick, R. H. Hen- derson, Warren Yaple, J. L. Shinn and William Tyner.
The first officers were: Charles A. Phelps, Worshipful Master; Robert C. Hutchinson, Sen- ior Warden; Oliver C. Ing, Junior Warden.
The present officers are,: A. J. Harris, Wor- shipful Master; Ernest Siegfried, Senior War- den; C. C. Showalter, Junior Warden; S. F. Furrow, Treasurer ; J. L. Sprague, Secretary.
About 1839 a Masonic lodge was organized at La Harpe, and held meetings in the Oatman Hotel. The members were Dr. George Coulson, Lewis R, Chaffin, William Case, George Framp- ton, Robert McFurling, John Hecock, Lyman Oatman, Lott Moffit, H. Comstock, Jr., and Isaac Soule. Owing to the Mormon troubles they surrendered their charter in 1843 or 1844.
LA HARPE LODGE No. 195 was organized on March 29, 1856, by William . Reynolds, Past Grand Master of Masons of Iowa, and Most Worshipful Grand Master W. B. Herrick of Illinois. The petition for a dispensation was signed by Coleman C. Sympson, Samuel James, John W. Bray, William Smith, Henry Com- stock, Jr., Samuel Cogswell and Lewis James.
At first a few meetings were held in a build- ing which stood where now stands the M. P. parsonage, then in the second story of the A. J. James building. In 1859 it moved its quar- ters to the third story of the old Gochenour building. The next home for the lodge was the third story of the Ab. Tuttle building. In 1886 the lodge built over the La Harper office and the Peyron and Gillon rooms. The fire of October 15, 1893, which destroyed the lodge room, destroyed the south side of the Coulson block to the Wilkinson corner. This forced the order to build their pleasant commodious home, which they did during the following year.
Past Worshipful Masters: Coleman C. Symp- son, Samuel James, John W. Bray, Jeremiah Smith, Jacob S. Ross, M. H. Cogswell, Joshua Pierpont, James Mayor, Robert Sutton, Israel Brundage, Samuel Sharpe, William O. Butler, William W. Gillon, Charles B. Ward, Levi J. Rhea, I. W. Cassell, G. A. Zern, George Camp- bell, James C. Mayor, J. C. Ash, F. A. Britt, R. A. Myers, A. R. Manifold, Quin Estes.
The present officers of the lodge are: Quin Estes, Worshipful Master; Charles Sticklen, Senior Warden; Fred Tilton, Junior Warden;
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tried to secure permission to institute a Com- mandery at the county seat, but Augusta seemed to occupy the field in such a manner that it could not be accomplished until the date above mentioned.
The subjoined list is a transcript from the charter of the charter members of this Con- mandery : Joseph A. Cox, Charles C. Gibson, Arthur E. Holden, William E. Manifold, Harry H. Ralston, Henry D. Siegfried, William G. Barnard, William P. Damron, James F. Gibson, John E. Horney, James L. Martin, Henry Rams, Samuel Smith, William H. Bartels, Charles M. Duncan, Robert C. Gibson, Milton T. Hunt, Owen C. McCartney, Amos R. Robertson, Wil- liam A. Smith, Leon W. Berry, John Elder, Robert S. Gordon, Charles A. James, Charles M. McMillan, Charles E. Robertson, James W. Westfall, William O. Butler, Charles L. Ferris, Herbert Hamilton, James F. Grey, James T. Jenkins, David H. Miller, Reamer A. Saunders, John B. Worthen, Alfred N. Cherrill, Junius C. Ferris, Edward F. Jolidon, Samuel Naylor, Jr., John F. Scott, Andrew K. Coffman, Stephen H. Ferris, Joseph E. Helfrich, James Loynd, Adolphus S. Owsley, Charles A. Schultz.
The officers are: Willard C. Hamilton, Emi- nent Commander ; John H. McCulloch, General- issimo; John F. Scott, Captain General; David H. Miller, Recorder.
The Past Commanders are : Charles A. James, Charles L. Ferris, 1910-12; W. C. Hooker, 1912- 13; Leon W. Berry, 1913-14; William H. Bartels, 1914-15; David H. Wells, 1915-16; John E. Horney, 1916-17 ; Ward F. Boyd, 1917-18. -
EASTERN STAR
POCAHONTAS CHAPTER No. 49, The Eastern Star is the woman's auxiliary of the Masonic fraternity. Hamilton had the first Eastern Star lodge in the county. It was organized as "Po- cahontas Chapter No. 49," March 22, 1873, by Thomas Ruggles and E. C. A. Cushman. The charter members were as follows : Thomas Rug- gles, Henry R. Dickinson, E. C. A. Cushman, John A. Leas, Noah Pritchett, Horace J. Mack, William H. Tyrrell, James E. Morrison, Henry C. Chapman, Francis J. Russell, Emmeretta Dickinson, Eliza Chapman, Francis Chapman, Sarah Mack, Abbie Tyrrell, Lizzie Pritchett, Sarah Russell. The first officers were: Thomas Ruggles, Worthy Patron; Emmeretta Dickinson, Worthy Matron; Eliza Chapman, Associate
Matron; Francis Chapman, Conductress; Abbie Tyrrell, Associate Conductress; Sarah A. Rus- sell, Secretary ; Sarah Mack, Treasurer. The present officers are : Della Moore, Worthy Ma- tron; George S. Reese, Worthy Patron; Sallie Barber, Associate Matron; Laura Hittner, Con- ductress ; Mabel White, Associate Conductress ; Olive N. Reese, Secretary ; Effie Emery, Treas- urer. The present membership of this pioneer Eastern Star Chapter is about 138.
The following shows a list of past presiding officers : The Worthy Matron's name appearing first and that of the Worthy Patron following, with years of service : Emmeretta Dickinson, Thomas Ruggles, 1873-74 ; Emmeretta Dickinson, H. J. Mack, 1874-77 ; Emmeretta Dickinson, H. R. Dickinson, 1877-78; M. E. Crane, F. C. Crane, 1879; M. E. Crane, Thomas Ruggles, 1880; Anna Ruggles, Thomas Ruggles, 1881-82; Amelia Starkweather, Ezra Stuart, 1883; Abbie Tyrrell, Thomas Ruggles, 1884; Lacy Stuart, P. K. Tut- tle, 1885; Mary McClellan, Ezra Stuart, 1886; Mary McClellan, A. G. Thomas, 1887-SS; Au- gusta Tuttle, Ezra Stuart, 1889; Emmeretta Dickinson, Ezra Stuart, 1890; Lacy Stuart, Rol- lin Sherwood, 1891; Kate Thomas, Rollin Sher- wood, 1892; Mary Potts, L. W. Burnell, 1893; Alice Guymon, Austin D. Barber, 1894; Mary McClellan, Austin D. Barber, 1895; Anna Bar- ber, Rollin Sherwood, 1896-98; Anna Barber, George Rose, 1899; Laura Bridges, Robert Gor- don, 1900-03; Lillian Blackmore, Edward Tyr- rell, 1904; Ella Berry, Hurley Berry, 1905-06; Charlotte Bridges, Charley Hunter, 1907; Char- lotte Bridges, C. P. Lindsey, 1908; Hattie Engle- hardt, C. P. Lindsey, 1909-10; Naomi Lindsey, Orin Miller, 1911; Naomi Lindsey, C. P. Lind- sey, 1912; Lita Conklin, David Conklin, 1913; Harriet Guthrie, T. F. Woodside, 1914; Blanche Guy, T. F. Woodside, 1915-16; Mary Denton, George S. Reese, 1917; Eulalee Thomas, George S. Reese, 1918; Della Moore, George S. Reese, 1919.
LA HARPE CHAPTER No. 60 was organized by Thomas Ruggles of Pocahontas Chapter, O. E. S. Hamilton, Illinois, acting as deputy of the Grand Patron of the State of Illinois, assisted by Mr. and Mrs. Rice, Mr. and Mrs. Crane, Mr. and Mrs. Walker, Mr. and Mrs. Logan, of Martha L. Chapter of Dallas City. Dr. W. O. Butler, Past Grand Patron of the State of Illinois, gave a dance in the old Masonic hall and the proceeds of said dance paid all of the expenses of char- ter, organization, etc., with a balance of three
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dollars which was paid to the secretary on November 20, 1882.
The charter members of this chapter were as follows : Rebecca Coulson, Margaret Brun- dage, Jerusha Booth, Amanda Smith, Lucinda Butler, Luella Butler, Mabel Warren, Dr. W. O. Butler, Jeremiah Smith. The first officers were : Rebecca Coulson, Worthy Matron; Mabel War- ren, Associate Matron ; Dr. W. O. Butler, Worthy Patron; Luella Butler, Conductress; Amanda Smith, Associate Conductress; Jerusha Booth, Secretary ; Lucinda Butler, Treasurer. The present officers are : Lorinda Butler, Worthy Matron; J. B. Campbell, Worthy Patron ; Ada Ash, Associate Matron; Mayme Moore, Secre- tary; Jerusha Booth, Treasurer; Mildred Con- well, Conductress; Lula Burr, Associate Con- ductress. The membership of this chapter is about 112.
The following is a list of the past presiding officers : Mrs. R. Coulson, Mrs. L. H. Butler, Mrs. J. N. Booth, Miss Ella Gill, Mrs. Martha Coulson, Miss Charlotte Warren, Miss Clara Williams, Mrs. Ethel Lovitt, Mrs. Nellie Con- rardy, Miss Bertha Butler, Miss Grace Ingra- ham, Mrs. M. A. Moore, Mrs. M. J. Cassell, Miss M. Mayor, Mrs. Rilla Ward, Mrs. Adel Cas- singham, Mrs. Alice Warner, Mrs. Ada Ash, Mrs. Mary Soule, Mrs. Sarah Thompson, Mrs. Helen H. Manifold, Mrs. Nellie Blackhurst, Mrs. Lorinda Butler.
GRACE CHAPTER No. 67 was organized at Carthage, October S, 1SS4. The following were the original elective officers : Martha H. Hamil- ton, Worthy Matron; William R. Hamilton, Worthy Patron.
The following were the charter members : Anna M. Berry, Orville F. Berry, Ida E. Berry, Mary E. Booth, William T. Booth, May Booth, Eliza M. Browning, Susannah G. Boston, Eliza- beth A. M. Cherrill, Marietta J. Dale, William J. Dale, J. M. D. Davidson, Emma Elder, John Elder, Junius Colton Ferris, Martha H. Ham- ilton, Ida Hamilton, William R. Hamilton, Nan- nie M. Hardy, Rufus H. Hardy, Mattie P. Hen- drix, William S. Hendrix, Solomon Kennedy, Laura A. Manier, Flora H. Manier, Wesley H. Manier, Ella R. McKee, N. P. McKee, Mary A. R. Quinby, Nannie Quinby, F. J. Riley, Julia Scott, John Frazier Scott, George W. Thomas, L. A. Wilson, S. S. Wilson, Ida E. Williams, Laura A. Williams, P. D. Williams. The charter was issued on October 8, 188+, Jane F. Cozine, Worthy Grand Matron; Albert
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