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In 1851 the church had forty-one members; it has now but thirteen.
The present trustees are: C. H. Gross and H. Christopher; Stewards, James Drayden and John Duffin.
German Methodist Church was organized in 1846 by Thomas Schulz as pastor. The Sabbath-school was organized in the year following, with N. Strott as Superintendent. At present the Sabbath-school is presided over by George Wichmann, with E. Haas as Vice Superintendent; Conrad
* James Lynch afterwards found his way to the State of Mississippi, where he was . elected Secretary of State.
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Haas, Librarian; John Haas, Secretary. It has 20 teachers and a member- ship of 140.
The church building, which was situated on Hill Street between High and Dodge Streets, was erected in 1847. Its first officers were: N. Strott, F. Schneider and H. Bopp. The following pastors have officiated in suc- cession: Revs. Thomas Schulz, Win. Schreck, H. Dryer, H. Nuelson, W. Ellers, Ch. Hollmann, A. Korfhage, H. Fiegenbaum, H. Roth, L. Kunz, W. Fiegenbaum, C. Wenz, J. L. Schaefer, F. Heinz, G. Haas, Ch. Hollmann, W. Schreiner, E. R. Jamscher, F. Klinkhohn, W. Schreiner, and F. Schmidt, who is the present minister. Present officers: J. Haas, N. Strott, G. Wich- man, M. V. Berg, N. Seubert, A. Dner, F. Scheel, J. Boss, H. Aushutz, F. Schaup.
In 1853 a new brick church was erected, 40 by 60 feet in size, costing $3,000. In this the congregation still continue to hold religious services in a pleasant and prosperous condition.
The First Baptist Church of Galena was organized at the residence of A. G. S. Wight in 1836, or '7, by Rev. Mr. Carpenter of Dixon, and Rev. Mr. Powell of Davenport. The first year a small house was rented in which prayer meetings were held. At the end of that time they built a small frame church, 25, by 35 feet, just across the street from the present South Presbyterian Church. In this church, Rev. Mr. Morey first served as regular pastor. He was followed by Revs. Wheeler, Hackett, King and Brown, who was the last pastor under the old organization. The church was dis- solved about 1850.
On March 17, 1851, a meeting was held to organize a new Baptist Church, at which J. B. Branch was Moderator and James H. Russell Clerk. The society met for recognition May 10, 1851, as the Union Baptist Church of Galena, at which meeting there were present Elder Clark and Brother Brackenbridge of the Rockford Baptist Church and Elder Scofield of the Freeport Baptist Church.
The members at the time of recognition were: W. Bailey, Wm. Shan- non, James H. Russell, J. B. Branch, C. H. Blanchard, Richard Evans and Sisters H. B. Blanchard, Frances C. B. Adams, Hannah Evans, Caroline Peck and Elizabeth Burton. The first Trustees were Wm. Bailey, C. H. Blanchard and Richard Evans. Meetings were first held in other chapels, in the Court House, and in Davis Hall. The first pastor was Rev. A. Chapin, from Holyoke, Mass. On April 22, 1855, the present church was dedicated, having been erected at a cost of $6,000. The pastors in succes- sion were Revs. F. Ketcham, S. A. Este, H. R. Wilbur, Asa Prescott and J. Wassall. For the last two or three years the society has not been able to support a pastor.
Sabbatlı-school has always been held in connection with the church of which John G. Baker is the present Superintendent.
The South Presbyterian Church of Galena .- This church was organ- ized on the 5th day of January, 1846, with twenty one members, by the Rev. Ithamar Pillsbury and the Rev. John Stocker.
In the following April it was received under the care of the Presbytery of Schuyler.
The officers in the original organization were:
Elders-William Hempstead, Thomas Foster.
Deacons-Philip F. Schirmer, Thomas Hoge.
Trustees-Edwin Ripley, William Strawbridge, James Campbell, Thomas H. Beebe, Andrew Dodds.
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For the first two years, until the completion of the present church, the congregation worshiped in a building rented from the Baptists, just oppo- site. The present edifice was first occupied in 1847, in an unfinished state. It was completed in 1848, and was dedicated upon the 10th of September of that year, Rev. John M. Smith, of Pittsburgh, officiating.
In 1855, the church was enlarged. The cost of original building and enlargement was about $15,000.
During the first three years of its existence, the church was without a settled pastor. But the pulpit was regularly supplied by the Revs. Ithamar Pillsbury, David Kelly, P. D. Young and others.
From the Spring of 1847, and for about one year, the pulpit was occu- pied by the Rev. E. W. Larkin, greatly to the satisfaction of the congrega- tion. The Rev. H. B. Gardiner was the first pastor, who entered upon his duties in June, 1849, and remained until the pastoral relation was dissolved, May 2, 1851. During the ministry of Mr. Gardiner a large number were added to the church -- the last year, 50-mostly on profession of faith.
After this, the church was temporarily supplied by different ministers, who remained only for a few Sabbaths, until the Fall of 1852, when the Rev. H. I. Coe was called to the pastorate. He remained until September, 1855, when he resigned to accept the secretaryship of the Church Exten- sion Committee. Rev. Charles Axtell was then called to the pastorate in the Fall of 1855, and remained until April, 1860, when he resigned on account of ill health, but is now filling the pastorate at Tipton, Iowa. He was succeeded by Rev. D. S. Gregory, who was elected pastor October 9, 1860; ordained and installed February 12, 1861, and resigned August 17, 1863, his health being such that he could not remain. Rev. H. G. Blinn was chosen pastor in the Fall of 1863, and resigned in March, 1866. Rev. Ambrose C. Smith was called to the pastorate September 10, 1866; was ordained and installed January 18, 1847, and remains at this date (Feb- ruary, 1878) the honored and beloved pastor of the church.
The whole number of communicants in connection with the church has been about 400, and the amount of money contributed to benevolent objects outside of the expenses of the organization has been about $30,000.
Those who have served in the eldership, in addition to those elected at the organization, are: Edwin Ripley, Geo. W. Fuller, H. L. Crookes, Nicholas Stahl, Lyman Husted and Wm. Hempstead. Of these, Wm. Hempstead, Edwin Ripley, H. L. Crookes and Nicholas Stahl are deceased.
In addition to the first board, the following persons have served as trustees :
R. H. McClellan, James Temple, Lyman Husted, Nicholas Stahl, J. A. Bishop, John E. Corwith.
The officers of the church at present are:
Pastor-Rev. Ambrose C. Smith.
Elders-Thomas Foster, Geo. W. Fuller, Lyman Husted.
Trustees-John E. Corwith, S. O. Stillman, James B. Young.
At the time of organization of the church a Sabbath-school was com- menced and has continued to this time. The first superintendent was Thomas Foster, who was succeeded by George W. Fuller, George G. John- son and the present pastor of the church, Rev. Ambrose C. Smith.
The Union Endeavor Sunday-School, of School District No. 2, West Galena, was organized July 29, 1877. There were about twenty present. Superintendents, teachers and officers were appointed. Mr. R. Barrett, Sr.,
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was unanimously elected superintendent; Miss Lucy Norris, now a resident of Chili, South America, assistant superintendent. The following teachers were appointed to their respective classes: Mrs. R. S. Norris, Bible class; Miss Julia Brown, an intermediate class of girls, and Miss Jennie Barrett, a class of boys. Officers were as follows: Mr. Dan. Mann, librarian. He resigned, and Mr. Will. Barrett has taken his place. Miss Jennie Mann, chorister; Miss Lucy Norris, black-board artist, and Miss Beccie Norris, secretary. Average attendance, twenty-nine. Has been kept up during the Winter, though most of the time the roads have been bad.
HISTORY OF MASONRY IN GALENA.
Strangers' Union Lodge, No. 14 .- The history of Jo Daviess County would be incomplete without a brief sketch of masonry in Galena and other towns in the county, more especially as it embraces the names of many of the earliest and most prominent settlers of the lead mining dis- trict, who were active in masonry while they were shaping the destinies of this region. Especially is this true of the craft in Galena, where a lodge was organized before the "village" of Galena was surveyed and plotted, and was working two years before the publication of the first newspaper in this the then northwest.
Strangers' Union Lodge, No. 14, was the first lodge of F. and A. M. north of Fulton County and west of Lake Michigan.
The records of its early meetings are not now in existence; all its members have joined the Grand Lodge above, and the destruction of the archives of the Grand Lodge by fire, by which many important facts in connection with the early history of masonry in this state were lost to the craft, and it is now impossible to fix the date of the organization of the first lodge in Galena, but it was regularly at work in 1826, having been chartered probably in that year by the Grand Lodge of Missouri.
The first officers of Strangers' Union Lodge, No. 14, were as follows: Lemon Parker, W. M .; Moses Meeker, S. W .; Benson Hunt, J. W .; L. P. Vausburg, treasurer, and James Harris, secretary. The first authentic record of this lodge is dated April 21, 1827. At this meeting Charles Gear, W. M .; James Harris, S. W. pro tem .; Benson Hunt, J. W .; L. P. Vausburg, treasurer; G. W. Britten, secretary; M. Meeker, S. D .; M. Faucette, J. D .; W. Spear, tyler, and Daniel Moore, were reported present, and the petition of John J. Chandler was presented. A committee was appointed to "revise the by-laws and report amendments," which indicate that the lodge had been some time at work. The fact that no record of the old Grand Lodge of Illinois lias been found of later date than January 10, 1826, renders it tolerably certain that Strangers' Union, No. 14, must have been chartered at that time, although it does not so appear in the records now in existence.
In the records of the next stated communication, held May 11, 1827, the names of two visitors appear who have since taken an active part in the affairs of the City of Galena, viz .: Dr. A. T. Crow and Captain H. H. Gear, who died in 1877, aged 86 years. On the 23d of June, 1827, the
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following officers were elected, viz .: Charles Gear, W. M .; Benson Hunt, S. W .; James Smith, J. W .; James Harris, treasurer; Joseph Hardy, secretary.
May 29, 1828, officers were elected as follows: Moses Meeker, W. M .; Daniel Murphy, S. W .; M. Faucette, J. W .; James Harris, treasurer; J. J. Chandler, secretary. June 3d these officers were installed and F. S. Clop- ton appointed S. D., and R. R. Holmes, J. D. At this time the lodge was evidently prosperous, as it had rented a room for "four months, or even one year," and ordered 200 copies of the by-laws printed, for which it paid $25, and here, says the historian, Gen. J. O. Smith, "is the first record of a printing office in Galena."
On the 13th of December, 1828, the W. M., Moses Meeker, read an address upon the propriety of surrendering the charter, but the Lodge resolved to retain its charter and pay G. L. dues for 1827-'8. December 20, - Fields, James Harris and Charles Gear, were appointed a com- mittee " to make arrangements for celebrating the 27th, by providing a dinner, and obliging some brother to deliver an address. The 27th was celebrated in due and ancient form." It does not appear of record what brother was "obliged to deliver the address," or the precise mode of the celebration, although it is recorded that, on the motion of Bro. Chandler, seconded by Bro. Hunt, two brothers, guests of the lodge, were prohibited from walking in the procession. They were probably too tired to participate in the parade. It is worthy of note that Strangers' Union Lodge did general work and conferred degrees on the Sabbath. As the members were scattered, it is probable that Sunday was the only day they could meet, and certainly the work of a Masonic Lodge could not be a violation of the Sabbath. Um 1
January 2, A. D. 1829, A. L. 5829, D. B. Morehouse, for many years well known in Galena as " Captain " Morehouse was initiated. On the 3d, T. B. Farnsworth was raised. On the 4th, the Lodge was in session. On the 7th, James Craig was elected on demit. Sunday, January 11, Captain Morehouse was crafted. On the 12th, L. R. M. Morse was crafted. On the 13th, E. Block crafted, and a petition received from William Hempstead, " an active business man and prominent citizen, whose generous liberality as a Mason during the remainder of his life, was only equalled by his love for the church with which he was connected." On the 14th, Mr. Hemp- stead was elected and initiated. The 16th, E. Block raised. The 18th, D. B. Morehouse raised. These almost daily communications clearly indicate a period of unusual. prosperity as well as the wonderful devotion of the members to their sublime work.
About February 15, James Craig became the Secretary. Mr. Craig afterwards settled in Wapello, now Hanover, and died there. March 22d, Wm. Hempstead and Peter Prim were examined in open lodge on the first two degrees and raised. This is the first record of any examination.
On the 11th of June, A. L. 5829, A. D. 1829, a resolution was adopted providing that all officers should hold over, a certain sign of approaching dissolution, for at the same communication less than six months after the lodge had been at work almost daily, another resolution was presented, " That we return our charter to the G. M. or D. G. M. of Illinois, and apply to the G. L. of Missouri for another one," but its consideration was post- poned until the 18th, one week. But what action if any was taken upon it is unknown. No further records can be found, and Strangers' Union Lodge
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No. 14, ceased to be. Whether it collapsed because of its failure to elect officers, or because the G. L. of Illinois had ceased to exist, can not now be determined. It is probable, however, that it yielded to the fierce storm of Anti-Masonic fanaticism then sweeping over the country.
The names of the men who fifty years ago conducted the affairs of the first Lodge of Masons in Galena, so far as they can be compiled from the imperfect records now remaining, will complete this brief sketch of Strang- ers' Union Lodge, No. 14.
Names of Members .- Lemon Parker, Benson Hunt, M. Faucette, Dan'l Moore, Thomas H. January, A. T. Crow, John Colter, James Craig, Charles Gear, L. P. Vausburg, W. Spear, - - Clayne, Jos. Hardy, Jas. A. Clark, W. F. Maneen, Samuel Smoker, Horatio Newhall, James Harris, Moses Meeker, G. W. Bretton, James Smith, R. R. Holmes, John O. Hancock, F. S. Clopton, E. Welch.
Initiated-R. P. Guyard, Saml. Jamison, J. R. Vineyard, Jesse B. Williams, J. P. B. Gratiot.
Initiated and Passed-A. C. Caldwell, Israel Mitchell, John Barrell, Lieut. Christopher C. Hobart, U. S. A.
Initiated, Passed and Raised-John J. Chandler, E. Block, Daniel Murphy, T. B. Farnsworth, J. R. Hammett, Peter Prim, L. R. M. Morse, D. B. Morehouse, William Hempstead, J. H. Rountree.
Among the visitors were: Capt. H. H. Gear, and C. C. P. Hunt, Gov. John Wood, and many others from other lodges-Illinois, Missouri, Ken- tucky, Ohio, and New Jersey. Although this was Strangers' Union Lodge No. 14, the names of several visitors from Lafayette Lodge No. 14, also under the jurisdiction of the G. L. of Illinois, at that time, appear of record, and in Reynolds' History of Masonry in Illinois, it is asserted that Lafay- ette No. 14 was chartered at the session of the G. L. of Illinois held January 10, 1826. If this is true it may be possible that Strangers' Union was organized under another jurisdiction, especially since it is known that its immediate and ephemeral successor worked under a dispensation from the G. L. of Missouri .*
Galena Lodge U. D., 1830 .- If Strangers' Union Lodge ceased to work because of the Anti-Masonic excitement, the brethren of Galena and vicinity were not disposed to give up the ship without another trial, for on the 17th of July, 1830, the date of the first record of Galena Lodge U. D., it is stated that that lodge was working under dispensation from the Grand Lodge of Missouri. Officers and members present: Benjamin Mills, W. M .; Daniel Wann, S. W .: Moses Meeker, J. W. pro tem; William Hempstead, S. D .; Samuel Smoker, Secretary. Visitors, Jas. A. Clark, James Burns and Lewis M. Morse. Another meeting was held July 22, entirely taken up with the consideration of by-laws. On the 29th of July another meeting is recorded, in which the name of T. D. Farnsworth appears as J. D. One petition for initiation and one for membership on demit were read and referred. No further records of this lodge can be found. Doubtless its members found it wise to bow to the fierce tempest of Anti-Masonic hate that for some years prevailed at that period. Galena Lodge U. D. ceased to exist, and for eight years no Masonic organization existed in Galena, but those who had gathered around the altar of Masonry did not forget its teachings and cherished its sublime principles in their hearts.
* Since the above was in type, the authors have become satisfied that the Strangers' Union was under the jurisdiction of the Grand Lodge of Missouri.
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Far West Lodge U. D. and No. 29, 1838 to 1846-After the lapse of eight years, during which the bitter persecutions/to which the Masonic fraternity of the country had been subjected, had spent its fury and the fires of hate had burned ont, on the 27th day of December, 1838, pursuant to public notice, the following Master Masons assembled at the Chamber of Commerce: Charles Gear, H. H. Gear, S. McLean, A. T. Crow, M. Fau- cette, John Sherman, T. B. Farnsworth, E. W. Turner, John E. Smith, R. Pattison and James A. Clark.
At this meeting officers were elected as follows: Charles Gear, W. M .; E. W. Turner, S. W .; S. McLean, J. W .; T. B. Farnsworth, treasurer; John E. Smith, secretary; A. T. Crow, S. D .; H. H. Gear, J. D .; M. Faucette, tyler. On the 29th a petition was drawn and signed by all present to the Grand Lodge of Missouri for a Dispensation, and before it was forwarded was also signed by Daniel Wann, George M. Mitchell and Samuel Smoker. One well known citizen and member was prevented from signing by a reso- lution "that, owing to the atheistical opinions as publicly expressed he is unworthy of being taken by the hand as a Mason." Meetings were held regularly every two weeks until March 23, 1839, when the Dispensation from the Grand Lodge of Missouri was received, read and accepted. E. L. Ogden, who had obtained the document, was thanked for that service and admitted without payment of the regular fee. C. P. Burrows and T. C. Legate also became members, and from this date the work of Far West Lodge U. D. commenced. On the 6th of April of that year William H. Hooper and A. J. Jackson were elected and initiated. The first has since been a member of Congress and the second for many years the efficient clerk of the City of Galena. Regular work was continued until October 18, when Bro. Geo. M. Mitchell returned from the Grand Lodge of Mis- souri and presented the lodge with its charter as "Far West Lodge, No. 29." The years 1841 and 1842 were prosperous ones for "Far West." Meetings were well attended and a large amount of work done. December 26, 1844, a resolution was adopted making application to the Grand Lodge of Wis- consin for a charter under the name of Galena Lodge. A dispensation was granted, and Galena Lodge appears to have worked on the 2d of January, 1845, composed of the same members as 29, which, however, did not cease to exist until June 22, 1846, when M. W. G. M., Rev. Wm. F. Walker, visited the lodge, and it was resolved to accept a charter from the Grand Lodge of Illinois and return the one held under the Grand Lodge of Mis- souri, and the following officers were elected: M. Y. Johnson, W. M .; W. C. Bostwick, S. W .; Daniel Wann, J. W .; M. P. Silverburgh, treasurer; D. H. Moss, secretary. These officers were installed on the 26th, when Far West Lodge, No. 29, closed its labors. Charles Gear was W. M. in 1839-'40-'41-'42-'43-'44; H. H. Gear in 1845, and M. Y. Johnson, 1846.
Far West Lodge, No. 5 .- June 29, 1846, William F. Walker, Grand Master of Illinois, granted a Dispensation to the brethren, giving them the same name but changing the Missouri number to five, and on the 8th of October a charter was granted by the Grand Lodge of Illinois to Far West Lodge, No. 41, of Galena. The record shows that on the 9th of October the lodge held its meeting in a building owned by Geo. Roddewig. August 30, 1847, a motion was made to surrender the charter and a committee was appointed to assist the officers in settling the affairs of the lodge, but the lodge appears to have gone along with its work until September 1, 1848, when its records terminate. The causes leading to its death, and how it died, do not appear of record.
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Phoenix Lodge U. D .- From September 1, 1848, to February 9, 1854, nearly stx years, there is no record of any masonic body working in Galena. At the latter date the record of "Phoenix Lodge U. D." appears, which shows the following officers and members:
E. R. Hooper, W. M .; L. J. Germain, S. W .; W. R. Rowley, J. W .; T. M. Wilcox, treasurer; J. E. Smith, secretary; G. W. Woodward, S. D .; Jacob Davis, J. D .; A. Lovenstein, tyler. H. H. Gear, Geo. M. Mitchell, Geo. G. Gould, George Houy, Nathan Meyer. Visitor Jesse R. Grant. This lodge worked under dispensation from the Grand Lodge of Illinois, held a number of meetings, and did some work for a year and a month, and then as suddenly disappeared as it came in March, 1855, and the sound of the gavel was heard no inore in Galena until 1858.
Miners' Lodge, No. 273, 1858 .- A meeting of the Masons of Galena and vicinity was called at the De Soto House February 20, 1858, but no records are preserved until April 17, 1858, when the record of Miners' Lodge U. D. shows Ely S. Parker, W. M .; Geo. G. Gould, secretary, and on this day the corner-stone of the new custom house was laid with Masonic honors by Ely S. Parker as proxy for the G. M. October 15, 1858, Miners' Lodge, No. 273, received its charter and was duly consecrated. June 24, 1859, the new hall on Bench Street, formerly known as Mitchell's Hall, was dedicated, and at the banquet following, at the De Soto House, Hon. E. Washburne, M. C., Hon. C. B. Denio and other prominent citizens were present as invited guests. December 27, 1859, St. Johin the Evangelist's Day, a grand Masonic and citizens' dress ball at the De Soto House, under the auspices of Miners' Lodge, the great feature of the occasion being the entrance of Bro. Ely S. Parker clothed in the full uniform of a Knight Templar. June 7, 1861, a Lodge of Sorrow was held in memory of Stephen A. Douglas, who died in Chicago June 3, 1861, at which the following resolution was adopted:
Resolved, That the memory of Stephen A. Douglas will be cherished in the precious recollections of his brother Masons, and the bright light of his deeds will assure and encourage posterity to emulate his noble example as a law-giver, as a citizen and as a Mason.
During the war, from 1861 to 1865, the lodge continued to work, although so many of its active members were absent in the military service of the United States that it was often difficult to secure a quorum. Among those who were absent were Gen. Ely S. Parker, the talented Indian chief, afterwards commissioner of Indian affairs; Gen. John A. Rawlins, secretary of war; Generals John C. Smith, John E. Smith and W. R. Rowley, Capt. Geo. W. Felt and others. Gen. Rawlins died in Washington September 6, 1869, and the following entry was made on the records of the lodge :
" His work was not done, yet his column is broken. The silver chord is loosed, the golden bowl is rent in twain; the dust has returned to the earth as it was, and the spirit to God who gave it."
Nov. 25, 1873, the building on Main Street near Warren Street, owned by Henry Corwith and Charles H. Rogers, was purchased, and after having been changed in plan to adapt them to Masonic purposes under direction of W. M., J. C. Smith, assisted by W. R. Rowley, J. B. Young and S. O. Stillman, and the work completed, was finally dedicated June 15, 1874. On the same day the various Masonic bodies of the city, assisted by all the lodges from the surrounding county, laid the corner-stone of the new public Hall of the Galena Social Turner Society with Masonic ceremonies. W. M., J. C. Smith, as proxy of the G. M. officiated, assisted by J. C. Spare,
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D. G. M .; M. Coleman, S. G. W .; A. Reynolds, J. G. W .; Geo. Broderick, G. Treasurer; Daniel LeBetter, G. Secretary; B. Yerrington, G. S. D .; A. J. Louchheim, G. J. D .; A. H. Simpson and John Eiseman, Grand Stew- ards, and J. A. Berryman, S. Tyler.
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