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MANNERS AND EQUIPMENT
During the early years of the settlement of Jersey County, it had no buggies. An ox cart carried the family to meeting, or else the settlers walked or rode on horseback, if there were any horses. The horse collars were made of corn husks or bark; rawhide tugs or chains were used for traces, and were fastened by hooks to large wooden hames. The har- rows and rakes were made with wooden teeth. The manners of the people were plain and simple, but kind and courteous. A majority had but a limited education. There were but few old bachelors and old maids in the community. When a girl was about to marry, she did not
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take into consideration how well off was her expected husband, nor his ability to support a wife, but her question was whether he was honest and industrious, and she expected to work and help support herself. Hired girls and female servants were not known. Every woman did her own work, or in the case of sickness, she was assisted for the time being by her kind-hearted neighbors. There were no lawyers in the county until about 1840, and no doctors until about 1830.
JERSEY COUNTY OCTOGENARIANS
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Albrecht, Louis, Grafton.
Ames, Mrs. Lucy V. Semple, Elsah. B
Barlow, James, Grafton. Barlow, Mrs. Dicey, Grafton. Barry, Edward L. H., Jerseyville. Bartlett, Mrs. Julia, Jerseyville. Bothwell, Mrs. Mary, Jerseyville. Briggs, Enoch, East Newbern. Brigham, Mrs. Jane, Fieldon. Brown, John (col'd), Jerseyville. Brummer, John, Brighton.
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Campbell, Mrs. Eliz., Jerseyville. Catt, Charles, Jerseyville. Coats, Mrs. Mary, Jerseyville. Cockrell, Elias, Jerseyville. Cory, Levi D., Jerseyville. Corzine, Mrs. Catharine, Jersey- ville.
Cray, Tissier, Jerseyville. Cummings, Mrs. Phoebe, Jersey- ville. Cyter, Mrs. Margaret, Jerseyville. Cooke, Mrs. Palmira, East New- bern.
Darr, Madison, Jerseyville. - Darlington, Mrs. Mary, McClusky. Derby, Mrs. Margaret, Jerseyville. Donelly, Lydia, Jerseyville.
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Eastman, Mrs. Elizabeth, Grafton. Edsall, William H., Grafton. Edwards, William W., Jerseyville. England, George, Jerseyville. Erwin, Thomas J., Kane.
F Farley, Mrs. Elizabeth, Elsalı. Flynn, Michael, Jerseyville. Fritz, Godfrey, Jerseyville. Fulkerson, William H., Jerseyville. Fuller, William, Otterville.
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Gleason, Charles, Jerseyville. Gleason, Philip, Otterville. Gettings, Ozias D., Otterville. Gill, Mrs. Emily, McClusky. Goetten, Mrs. Christina, Fieldon. Gowins, Paris M., Grafton.
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Hamilton, Oscar B., Jerseyville. Handler, Charles, Jerseyville.
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Hansell, Lloyd S., Jerseyville.
Herdman, George W., Jerseyville. Hartwick, Mrs. Mary, Jerseyville. Harmon, George A., Jerseyville. Haynie, Ormsbie, Jerseyville. Hooper, Henry, Jerseyville.
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Jennings, John, Delhi. Jones, Mrs. Caroline, Jerseyville.
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Kessler, Theodore, Jerseyville. King, Jefferson (col'd), Jerseyville. Kingsley, Mrs. Jennie, Jerseyville.
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Lamb, Mrs. Ann F., Jerseyville. Laresche, Paul, Jerseyville. Leek, William, Jerseyville. Lurton, Mrs. Delia P., Jerseyville.
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Maples, James, Jerseyville. Marston, Joseph G., Jerseyville. McClusky, Mrs. Mary A., Mc- Clusky. Morgan, Alfred, Jerseyville. McCauley, Mary Ann, Grafton. Myer, Anton, Jerseyville.
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Nalley, William G., Grafton. Nelson, Conrad, Grafton. Norris, Mrs. Sarah B., Grafton.
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Piggott, George M., Elsah. Phillips, Solomon K., Rosedale. Powell, John, Jerseyville. Pickett, Mrs. Emaline, Jerseyville.
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Quinn, Richard, Jerseyville.
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Renfro, Mrs. Mazarette, Elsah. Rice, Andrew J., Jerseyville. Reihl, E. A., Elsah.
Ritchey, John, Jerseyville.
Robinson, Mrs. Caroline, Grafton. Ross, Dr. William H., Jerseyville.
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Seago, James L., Jerseyville. Seagraves, James, Elsah. Sheehy, Mrs. Mary, Ruyle. Short, G. M., Fieldon. Show, Mrs. Jane, Rosedale. Spencer, Mrs. Elizabeth, Jersey- ville.
Sweeney, John, Jerseyville.
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Terry, Jasper A., Elsah. Thomas, Mrs. Mary J., Grafton. Turner, Henry, Jerseyville. Tonsor, John, Jerseyville.
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Van Horne, Dr. Augustus K., Jerseyville. Van Dyke, Charles H., Jerseyville. Vanausdall, Allen M., Jerseyville.
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Ware, George W., Jerseyville. Watson, Thomas C., Jerseyville. White, John I., Jerseyville.
Wolfe, George H., Jerseyville. Wolfe, Mrs. Sarah, Jerseyville. Woodruff, George, Jerseyville, the last named being aged ninety-five years.
UNUSUAL POEM
In conjunction with this chapter on the Jersey County Old Settlers' Society, and the manners and customs which prevailed during the period when they were bringing this locality into the ranks of civilization, it is appropriate to give in full a poem read by the author, Hon. Ed. Miner, at the anniversary meeting at the courthouse in Jerseyville, in 1895, which is so unique as to command universal attention and bring forth praise from all who either read it or hear it read.
JERSEY COUNTY FARM LIFE Sixty (Eighty-three) Years Ago
"Out on the prairie, about a mile to the west Of where we're now met, further knowledge in quest, Stood a little log cabin in the prairie grass tall, Where your speaker arrived one night in the fall, In destitute plight, without money or clothes, A pitiable object, as you well may suppose. And to add to his misery-and these are bald facts- He was barren of hair as the poll of an ax, And shy on teeth, too, for this luxury then Was with him like unto the proverbial hen.
"That cabin stood low, squarely facing the south, And built to withstand either flood or a drouth ; One door and two windows furnished ingress and light, While the fireplace covered quite all else from sight. The door on two wooden hinges was hung, But the windows were "set" and refused to be swung; And a rough puncheon floor, laid down without sills, Answered well enough there for skirts without frills.
"A ridge pole projected at either end of the hut, And a chimney loomed up, belching cinders and soot.
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On one end of the ridge pole, a hen and her brood Roosted safe from the varmints 'round hunting for food, While a gobbler, whose mate on Christmas eve died, Held the other end down, thus preventing a slide. With these simple adornments, the outside was complete, While the interior lacked not in ornaments neat.
"From the rafters o'head there hung in festoons Long skins of dried apples and dried skins of raccoons ; While over the fireplace, from pegs in the logs, Swung strips of dried venison and jowls of dead hogs. In one corner a barrel, with cover weighted with chunks, To keep the meat under brine and secure from skunks, Held in pickle the pork for next summer's use, And served at times as a stand, or at least an excuse For this useful adornment, and often at night, Held the saucer of grease that furnished the light.
"Then a little pine table, one bed, and some chairs, And an old, wooden clock much in need of repairs, And a bucket and gourd, and an old spinning wheel, And hanks of white yarn just fresh from the reel, And a shotgun transformed from a rifle, smooth bore, Which hung within reach just over the door, And a powder horn made from the horn of an ox, Embellished with pictures of a hound and a fox, And suspended near by, to be ready in case A big buck glided by, to get out and give chasc- Embraced about all the household effects Save a few ancient dishes little better than wrecks.
"No, there's another adornment I cannot forget, For its memory looms up, clinging close to me yet, And that's the cradle of boards, shy of satin or silk, Where your speaker got started, dealing wholly in milk; At which avocation he throve well for a time, Had things his own way, and enjoyed it prime, Until there came to the cabin, one dark night in June, Another toothless young scamp with lungs all atune, Who got red in the face, yelled and kicked with such vim, That he turned the milk business straight over to him.
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"Thus a farm life in Jersey, three score years ago, Your speaker began, and would now have you know That milk rations cut off, his chances to win Were, to put it quite mildly, most deucedly thin, For did he take other diet and thereby grow fat, Then his mother would worry to know 'where he was at,' Did he chance to stroll out, looking tempting and sweet, Lest a prowling she wolf snap him up for her meat.
"But he grew on apace with other stock on the farm, Had the croup and the measles, which did him no harm; Fought whooping cough hard, and chickenpox spurned, Fed the chickens and pigs, rocked the cradle and churned; Went out on cold mornings, ground covered with sleet, Drove the hogs from their beds and there warmed his bare feet ; Brought the cows from the pasture and on errands ran, Until but one thing was lacking to make him a man.
"That 'one thing' he found in the summer one day, When a man from the town came out to cut hay, Who, to pay him for some little errand he did Gave a piece of tobacco, just enough for a quid. Now then, thought your speaker, this surely's not bad, I'll be a man now not less bigger than dad. He put the stuff in his mouth, to the stable went straight, Leaned against the pigpen and did there ruminate; Till a darkness came o'er him that could almost be felt, And a queer sort of feeling flitted under his belt, Which caused him to tremble, his knees to grow weak, Filled his soul with dismay and with pallor his cheek ; Until, hanging limp o'er the rails of that pen, Gave his quid and his dinner to the pigs, there and then.
"But this little experience didn't seem to suffice- He was bent on acquiring and holding the vice. So he sought the same reptile that caused him the pain, And declared he was willing to be bitten again. And thus he continued, spite of thrashings or threats, His father's advice, or his mother's regrets, Until he had mastered the art (this is truthful but sad), And could bite off a chew quite equal to dad.
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"Then, as years glided by, he engaged on the farm,
. Not enough to excite or cause much alarm, For his health, or his strength, but to tell you what's so, For ten cents a day he covered corn with a hoe; Sallied out in the mornings when his father with team Went out to break prairie, and bore down on the beam To keep the plow in the ground, and thus, hour by hour, Rode the old mould board that never did scour. Then played circus with horses, and rode 'round and 'round To tramp out the sheaves, in the ring on the ground; And, with tramping done, then to gather the wheat Helped to rake off the straw and toss chaff from a sheet. Another threshing device in vogue at that day, Which to use with effect was not any child's play. And though simple in build, in looks shy of deceit, Was full of the d-1 as an egg is of meat. This engine whose antics made your speaker bewail And curse the day he was born, was a measly old flail. One day he had stood and watched with much care The men in the barn swinging flails in the air, To beat out oats from the sheaves on the floor, Where he viewed the proceedings from a crack in the door. When the noon came, and men gone to their meals, Thought the speaker, 'I'll try this and see how it feels To run these machines, so simple, so plain ; I think I can do it without very much strain.' He seized the one nearest, swung it over his head, And in less than two minutes he was carried to bed, With nose mashed out of shape, his eyes a mere speck, And one ear twisted 'round to back of his neck. But he lived, as you've seen to tell the sad tale, And give warning to shun that murderous flail.
"The threshing now done and corn gathered in crib, The thoughts are diverted to the roasted spare rib. And hog killing time now grows on apace When the porker will then have to give up the race. In the crisp, early morning, ground covered with snow, A smoke is seen curling from a chunk-heap aglow,
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Where stones to heat water snuggle closely therein To be ready for business when the killings begin, Then the neighbors arrive, old butcher-knives ground ; New gambrels are cut because the old ones not found, Then a bustle, a hustle, and cry 'water hot,' Then the crack of a rifle, a squeal from the lot, And the slaughter is on, and no rest is found Till with heels in the air and noses to the ground, Hanging suspended in rows, looking comely and neat, The remains of dead swine for next season's meat. Then the dogs and the cats and crows from the field Hang 'round for the parts the interiors now yield, And content for the 'lights,' hung on the top rails While the boys are content to fight out for the tails.
"But let this suffice for the scenes on the farm About which there always will linger a charm, While we mention the men who three score years agone Leveled the forests and made the prairie a lawn. When we scan o'er the list, tho' we've not named them all, Our feelings are stirred, as we sadly recall That two-thirds of the number, if not many more, Have passed on beyond-to eternity's shore. Peace to their memories, ever green their graves keep, For they're not dead, but sleeping, then why do we weep. Among those whom your speaker has many times met Are those whose names follow-these he cannot forget :
"There was 'Uncle' Phil Grimes and son Jarret T., And Patersons, Gershom, a major was he ; The Coleans and the Cummings, a goodly array, The Slatens and Allens and Ira E. Day ; And Gilworths and Whitlocks and William McDow, The Waddles and Crains and Richard I. Lowe; And Carrols and Marstons and Ezekial Chance And Beach, Charlie L., who liked well to dance. Then the Scotts and the Powells, Rogers and Riggs, The Robbins and Snells and one William Briggs, And Simmons and Shorts, Randolphs and Ruyle, And D'Arcy, E. A., he of the 'old school.'
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Also Landons and Lambs, Masons and Stelle, And Seagoes and Trabues and Adams, N. L. Then Reddish and Schroeders, Perrine and Cross, And Jacksons and Hills, the Corys and Ross ; The Calhouns and the Cowens, Campbells and Belts, And Wyckoffs and Davis, the Dabbs and Van Pelts.
The Darnells and Dodsons, Masseys and Parrs, The Knapps and the Goodriches, Loftons and Darrs, McDows and Mckinneys, Stanley and Swan, Staffords and Tolmans, the Nobles and Vaughns, Then Warrens and Richards and English, J. N., With Weddings and Blackburns and a Crabb now and then. And Uncle John Sheeley, all remember him still, As also Joe Gerrish who built the windmill. Then Viall and Cyrus and Casey (M. D.), And Bairds and old 'Billie' Kelley you see.
Hinsons and Kirbys, and Shephards and Lotts,
Cheneys and Plowmans, Lurton and Potts, Hendersons and Perrys, and Piggots and Post, The Brocks and the Terrys and Fisher, 'mine host.' And the Browns and Copes, the Downeys and Eads,
The Hurds and Hamiltons, men of good deeds.
The Coopers and Windsors and one J. R. Black, Elected Jersey's first treasurer in days away back. And the Van Horns and Bells and Harley E. Hays, Must close up the list lest you think it a craze.
"(In conclusion to those of my early associates who began life on a Jersey farm about the same time as your speaker, let me leave with you the following queries :)
"As the years fly swiftly onward and life's shadows lengthen fast, As your cares and troubles deepen and your joys and pleasures last, As you muse on life's mutations and oft view them with alarm, Do your thoughts recur, and often, to your boyhood on the farm ? Do there come the recollections of your first new pair of pants, How you showed them to your uncles and your cousins and your aunts, How your mother, Heaven bless her, when she's got the things complete Wondered how'd e'er distinguish 'twixt the front part and the seat? How you sallied forth in limbs encased in this new rig unique, With hands thrust down in pockets deep and tongue too proud to speak, 22
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How you soon returned, your face awry, your spirits crushed and torn, Likewise your pants, and the eggs as well you'd in your pocket borne ?
"Do vagrant strains still linger of that 'music in the air' That went surging through the rafters when your mother cut your hair ? When she'd seize you by the foretop, clamp your head between her knees, And threaten dire disaster did you even dare to sneeze ? Can you hear the lively clicking of those monster, dull sheep shears, As they swished about your cranium, and mayhap, nicked your ears ? While your sunburned locks were falling at each successive whack, And either lodged in eyes or nose, or went glimmering down your back ? And when at last, the job complete, you to the mirror flew And viewed your 'noggin' fore and aft from every point of view. Had you before, or have you since, in heavens, earth, or air, Gazed on a scene or met a fright that with it compare ?
"Do other scenes come before you of earlier life on the farm, Hog killing, harvest and threshing, and the gay husking bee in the barn ; When the golden fruit hung in the orchard, or the turkey stole off for her 'set,'
Or the bumblebee answered your call and whose sting on your eye hurts you yet ?
Do you frequently sit in the gloaming and sigh for a sight of old Tige, That faithful old dog, and so aged that he had but few hairs in his hide ? In short, how well would it please you-how much would it act as a charm,
To mingle for a time in those scenes of your boyhood days on the farm ?"
CHAPTER XXIX
FRATERNITIES AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS
MASONS-BLUE LODGE-CHAPTER-EASTERN STAR-ODD FELLOWS-ENCAMP- MENT-REBEKAHS-MODERN WOODMEN OF AMERICA-MODERN AMERI- CANS-ROYAL NEIGHBORS-KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS-KNIGHTS OF COLUM- BUS-ELKS-SONS OF TEMPERANCE-MUTUAL AID-LOWE POST- WOMAN'S RELIEF CORPS-WOMAN'S CHRISTIAN TEMPERANCE UNION- YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION-JERSEY COUNTY AGRICULTURAL AND MECHANICAL ASSOCIATION-FARMERS' INSTITUTE-JERSEY COUNTY DOMESTIC SCIENCE ASSOCIATION-OTHER ASSOCIATIONS-WAR WORK.
MASONS
The Morning Sun Lodge, A. F. & A. M., Jerseyville, mentioned in Dr. Grosvenor's Thanksgiving Address so often referred to, was organized in 1850, continued in existence until 1860, when by reason of the with- drawal of members to form King Solomon's Lodge at Kane and Fidelity and Full Moon Lodge, No. 341, now at Grafton, which depleted its mem- bers, in that year the charter was surrendered, but in 1864, Jerseyville Lodge No. 394, A. F. & A. M., obtained a new charter. The petitioners for this charter were N. L. Adams, Charles M. Adams, W. W. Bailey, Charles H. Bowman, James Bringhurst, Edward Bohannon, Adarastus Calhoun, B. F. Calhoun, C. C. Cummings, P. D. Cheney, M. V. Hamil- ton, Andrew Jackson, John L. Lofton, Thomas Mershon, W. B. Nevius, J. H. O'Netto, M. Park, N. L. Smith, J. M. Squier, J. B. Schroeder, J. E. VanPelt, John L. White, and several others residing in or near Jer- seyville. The officers of the lodge were: John L. White, W. M .; John N. Squier, S. W .; William B. Nevius, J. W .. On December 12 of that year, the following officers were elected: John L. White, W. B .; J. N. Squier, S. W .; J. B. Schroeder, J. W .; W. W. Bailey, Treas .; Andrew Jackson, secretary; Edward Bohannon, S. D .; B. F. Calhoun, J. D. Officers elected in 1865 were: J. B. Schroeder, W. B .; John W. Vinson, S. W .; A. Calhoun, J. W .; W. W. Bailey, treasurer; Andrew
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Jackson, secretary. Officers elected in 1866 were: John L. White, W. M .; S. M. Titus, S. W .; George White, J. W .; Charles Miner, secre- tary ; J. N. Squier, treasurer. Officers elected in 1867 were as follows : John L. White, W. M .; J. M. Addams, S. W .; R. N. Knapp, J. W .; S. M. Titus, treasurer; Morris R. Locke, secretary. Officers clected in 1868 were as follows: John L. White, W. M .; Charles E. Miner, J. B .; John D. Russell, J. W .; M. B. Robbins, treasurer; Morris R. Locke, secretary. Officers elected in 1870 were as follows: C. E. Miner, W. M .; James S. Daniels, S. W .; J. G. Marston, J. W .; M. B. Robbins, treasurer ; Morris R. Locke, secretary. Officers elected in 1871 were as follows : C. E. Miner, W. B .; James S. Daniels, S. W .; J. G. Marston, J. W .; M. W. Robbins, treasurer; Morris R. Locke, secretary. Officers elected in 1872 were as follows: C. E. Miner, W. B .; J. G. Marston, S. W .; N. F. Smith, J. W .; M. B. Robbins, treasurer; Morris R. Locke, secrc- tary. Officers elected in 1873 were as follows: C. E. Miner, W. B .; David M. Houghtlin, S. W .: Nick F. Smith, J. W .; J. G. Marston, treas- urer ; Henry Nevius, secretary. Officers elected in 1874 were as follows : J. G. Marston, W. M .; Andrew Cope, S. W .; T. S. Chapman, J. W .; James S. Daniels, treasurer; A. H. Nevius, secretary. Officers for 1875 were as follows: J. G. Marston, W. M .; C. E. Miner, S. W .; D. M. Hough, J. W .; James S. Daniels, treasurer; Henry Nevius, secretary. Officers for 1876 were as follows: C. E. Miner, W. M .; D. M. Hough. S. W .; J. B. Rowray, J. W .; James S. Daniels, treasurer ; F. M. Dodson, secretary. Officers for 1877 were as follows: C. E. Miner, W. M .; D. M. Houghtlin, S. W .; J. G. Marston, J. W .; J. S. Daniels, treasurer ; O. B. Hamilton, secretary. Officers for 1878 were as follows: M. R. Locke, W. M .; B. M. Krumpanitzsky, S. W .; J. K. Smith, J. W .; James S. Daniels, treasurer; J. S. Holmes, secretary. Officers for 1879 were as follows : O. B. Hamilton, W. M .; J. K. Smith, S. W .; L. P. Squier, J. W .; James S. Daniels, treasurer; W. H. Callender, secretary. Of- ficers for 1880 were as follows: J. S. Daniels, W. M .; J. G. Marston, S. W .; Andrew Cope, J. W .; J. S. Holmes, secretary ; T. S. Chapman, treasurer. Officers for 1881 were as follows: J. G. Marston, W. M .; Andrew Cope, S. W .; T. S. Chapman, J. W .; James S. Daniels, treasurer ; George S. Miles, secretary. Officers for 1882 were as follows: J. G. Marston, W. M .; C. E. Miner, S. W .; G. Sumrall, J. W .; T. S. Chapman, treasurer ; J. S. Holmes, secretary. Officers for 1883 were as follows : J. G. Marston, W. M .; George Sumrall, S. W .; T. S. Chapman, J. W .; James S. Daniels, treasurer; J. S. Holmes, secretary. Officers for 1884
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were as follows: J. S. Daniels, W. M .; A. K. Van Horne, S. W .; R. S. Beaty, J. W .; J. S. Holmes, secretary ; S. H. Bowman, treasurer.
In 1882, the lodge purchased the third floor of the building owned by James A. Barr and A. W. Cross for the consideration of $1,500.00. They then raised the roof, and remodeled the same at an additional cost of about $1,800.00. They now have apartments, 24x110 feet in size. The main lodge room is about 24x60 feet in dimension, with ample ante- rooms, with a banquet room in the rear. Its regular convocations are held on Monday evening before the full moon of each month. The present officers of the lodge and its membership are as follows: J. C. Downey, W. M .; W. T. Sumner, S. W .; C. B. Pinkerton, J. W .; A. H. Cochran, treasurer; C. S. Jewsbury, secretary ; W. J. Post, S. D .; Walter Leigh, J. D .; W. S. Neely, chaplain; John Powell, marshal; Pearl S. Dabbs, S. S .; H. H. McClusky, J. S .; A. F. Pitt, tyler. Stated meetings, second Monday evenings of each month. Other lodges in the county are Full Moon No. 341, Grafton, and Fieldon Lodge No. 592, Fieldon.
JERSEYVILLE CHAPTER NO. 140, R. A. M.
The Jerseyville Chapter, Royal Arch Masons, was organized under dispensation, February 4, 1870, by John M. Pierson, Grand High Priest of this jurisdiction. The charter was granted October 7, 1870, the charter members being as follows: George L. Hassett, Robert N. Knapp, Andrew Jackson, Smith M. Titus, J. B. Schroeder, J. M. Squier, Morris R. Locke, L. P. Squier, W. H. Hassett, M. D. Robbins, J. S. Daniels, N. F. Smith, J. H. Belt, C. E. Miner, James A. Locke, Stephen H. Bowman, Robert Newton and Hiram McClusky. The first officers were: George L. Hassett, M. E. H. P .; Robert N. Knapp, E. K .; and M. R. Locke, E. S. At the election held December 12, 1870, the following officers were elected: George L. Hassett, E. H. P .; M. D. Robbins, E. K .; J. B. Schroeder, E. S .; J. S. Daniels, C. H .; C. E. Miner, R. S .; M. R. Locke, R. A. C .; J. G. Marston, G. M. and third V .; N. F. Smith, G. M., second V .; J. K. Cadwallader, G. M., first V .; J. A. Locke, treasurer ; S. H. Bowman, secretary ; L. P. Squier, sentinel. Officers for 1871 were as follows: M. R. Locke, M. E. H. P .; George L. Hassett, E. K .; S. H. Bowman, E. S .; M. D: Robbins, secretary. Officers for 1872 were as fol- lows: C. E. Miner, M. E. H. P .; Morris R. Locke, E. K .; J. W. Phillips, E. S .; S. H. Bowman, secretary; J. A. Locke, treasurer. Officers for 1873 were as follows: M. R. Locke, M. E. H. P .; Robert Newton, E. K .; Jarrett T. Grimes, E. S .; L. P. Squier, secretary; James A. Daniels,
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treasurer. Officers of lodge for 1874 were as follows: Morris R. Locke, M. E. H. P .; Edward Colean, E. K .; Robert Newton, E. S .; Theodore S. Chapman, secretary; S. H. Bowman, treasurer. Officers for 1875 are as follows: M. R. Locke, M. E. H. P .; L. P. Squier, E. K .; H. N. Belt, E. S .; J. A. Locke, secretary ; S. H. Bowman, treasurer.
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