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ROBERT MORRIS CHAPTER, NO. 87, ORDER OF EASTERN STAR.
Its charter members were: Henry C. Busch, Mrs. Margaret Busch, Mrs. Ellen Chubb, Mrs. Dora Caden, Mrs. Alex. Crawford, Mr. Wil- liam Epmeier, Mrs. William Epmeier, Mrs. Minnie Foote, Mrs. Adelia Vickery, Mrs. Carrie Walker, Mrs. Sarah Goodge, Miss Etta Goodge, Miss Clara Heilman, Mr. J. G. Kountz, Mrs. Amelia Kountz, Mrs. Jennie Myerhoff, Mr. David Scofield, and Mrs. Eliza Scofield. It was instituted January 29, 1889. Its membership is 62. The past officers are : Mrs. Eliza Scofield, Mrs. Jennie Myerhoff, Mrs. Ellen Chubb, Mrs. Francis Maghee, Mrs. Sarah Goodge, and Mrs. Dora Walker.
COLORED MASONRY.
ROYAL ARCH CHAPTER MELCHISDEC, NO. 23.
This lodge of colored Masons was instituted August 14, 1885. Its membership is 25. The charter members were: Jones Simon, Edward Rouse, Frank Washington, William N. Curry, Braden York, Robert Hopkins, J. D. Rouse, John Lawson, Edward James, M. G. Talbott, Samuel Monroe, James Moore and James Findley. The past officers are : J. D. Rouse, John H. Neville and John C. Dawson.
PYTHAGORAS LODGE, NO. 11, F. & A. M.
This lodge of colored Masons was instituted November 14, 1887. The membership is 26. The charter members werc: Anthony
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Garnett, B. R. Carr, J. H. Neville, Braden York, W. A. Rucker, W. H. Coleman, Wm. Cutler, Wm. Baker, W. R. McFarland, J. W. Starl- ing, George W. Anstin, Thomas Booker, James Houstin, F. D. Mor- ton, Henry W. Rowans, W. C. Thornton, Nathaniel Allen, Robert Smith, W. H. Hasty, Thomas Young, Fleming Eastwood and Edward James. The past officers are: Anthony Garnett, B. R. Carr, J. H. Neville, W. A. Rucker and D. W. Brooks.
IVANHOE COMMANDERY, NO. 23, KNIGHTS TEMPLARS.
Was instituted June 30, 1896. Its membership is 14. The charter members are: W. A. Rucker, Hiram S. Moore, C. A. Hillman, John C. Snoden, C. H. Christy, Thomas W. McFarland, George W. Powell, Louis Anderson, John C. Dawson, Louis Johnson, Thomas. Allen, W. R. McFarland, Geo. W. Smith and William Thomas. This com- mandery of colored Knights Templars was set to work under a dis- pensation dated August 5, 1894. W. A. Rucker is eminent commander and John C. Dawson is recorder.
McFarland Lodge, No. 5, was reorganized in September, 1876.
ODD FELLOWSHIP.
MORNING STAR LODGE, NO. 7.
Oddfellowship began in Evansville in 1839. The first charter was granted to nine members; now there are over 600. The aggregated resources of the lodges amount to perhaps $12,000 or $15,000. The first meetings were held in a frame building that stood where the Marble hall now stands, opposite the Old National bank building. Since that time the first society has met in many other places.
Morning Star Lodge was instituted December 4, 1839, with nine members, whose names are as follows : Robert W. Dunbar, Joseph H. Phelps, F. C. Gwathmey, G. W. L. White, C. M. Griffith, William Morrison, T. G. Thurston, H. C. Gwathmey and Christian Decker. The first officers were : F. C. Gwathmey, N. G .; G. W. L. White, V. G .: H. C. Gwatlimey, secretary, and C. M. Griffith; treasurer. At present there are 102 members. The past officers names are as follows: F. C. Gwathmey, Ebenezer Bray, H. C. Vagant,
Geo. W. L. White,
Hugh Reynolds, J. C. McAlpin,
Robert W. Dunbar,
William Emery. C. M. Tileston,
Daniel Woolsey,
Joseph C. Turnock,
H. B. Banks,
Henry C. Gwathmey,
J. T. Hugo, Samuel Granger,
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Charles D. Bourne,
J. F. Glover,
D. Kronenberger,
Gaines M. Johnson,
W. K. McGrew,
J. W. Davidson, J. D. Saunders,
George W. Amory,
C. N. Singer,
Fred. C. Goodsell,
Ronald Fisher,
William H. Smith,
Edward B. Coleman,
Fred. Blend,
Barney Royston,
E. H. DeGarmo, James Swanson,
J. N. Taylor,
Jacob Hunnell,
M. L. Johnson,
D. B. Norcross,
A. B. Coleman,
J. E. Pittman,
C. F. Mueller,
L. W. Townsend,
L. S. Clark,
R. J. McGrew,
Thomas W. Thurston,
Sanders Sansom,
H. A. Brown,
W. M. Morrison,
James Cockran,
J. T. Barton,
C. M. Griffith,
John C. Smith,
Pem. Wiltshire,
S. B. Stoddard,
Benjamin Sansom,
J. T. Pisely,
J. G. Jones,
J. S. Tibbetts,
Ph. Schueller,
E. S. Chedsey,
W. C. Turnock,
C. T. Gartner,
Henry J. Hart,
W. W. Tileston,
G. L. Louden,
Gottlieb Kollenberg,
Ph. Geissler,
J. H. Moore, Ira E. Smith,
Reuben. Sewall,
Anson H. Chute,
C. H. Green,
Lewis Howes,
Green Bellamy,
William Hacker,
William Wandell,
Caleb Davidson,
Hanson Reager,
Jacob Lang,
Henry W. Bippus,
Theo. Beard,
M. S. Johnson,
Thomas J. Groves,
E. S. Schauman.
L. L. Laycock,
Bennett Dyson,
M. Goldsmith,
H. O. Babcock,
C. K. Drew,
Samuel Smith,
W. M. Sullivan,
S. P. Schwing,
J. A. Vigar, F. Alvis,
C. A. Foster,
H. S. Bennett,
Joseph Capelle,
S. Sorenson,
J. C. Jamison,
T. D. Munday,
Ph. Hornbrook,
J. W. Henson,
James Darling,
John T. Walker,
William Bedford,
J. H. Goldsmith,
Hiram Nelson,
J. O. Pittman, Wash. Sanders,
C. R. Backer,
William Bingham,
William Warren,
Louis E. Schoene.
Hedediah Hebard,
William H. Warren,
George W. Glover,
F. H. Mercer,
CRESCENT LODGE NO. 122, I. O. O. F.
This order was instituted January 7, 1853, and has a membership of 112. The charter members were James Jones, Robert Boyd, R. S Ruston, H. D. Allis, D. S. Anderson, Thomas M. Archer, John Greek, Isaac T. White, John Gregg, Charles Churchill, James Laughlin. Its past officers are : James E. Blythe, J. D. Carmody, F. W. Hulvershorn, John Farrell, R. L. Schor, John Lewin,
R. Ruston,
J. N. Knox,
J. N. McCoy,
D. S. Anderson, James Laughlin,
Thomas M. Smith,
Cassel McDowell,
D. T. Stone,
H. D. Allis,
J. J. Kleiner, H. J. Grimm,
J. W. Ziegler,
Isaac Crane,
S. C. Taylor,
H. Q. Wheeler,
W. D. Andrews,
Joseph P. Elliott,
Edward Tabor,
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James Davidson,
H. Dickman,
R. Hartloff,
A. J. Colburn,
Philip Hornbrook,
R. T. Cross,
I. T. White,
George I. Williams,
Lewis Newman,
John Hodson,
K. L. Bach,
Phil Stockfleth,
Joseph C. Jewell,
T. N. Hall,
N. G. Oeth,
C. J. Keats,
W. H. Greiss,
George W. Voyles,
A. E. Shrader,
H. L. Jones,
S. L. Bray,
John Greek,
H. L. Cook,
J. H. Connor,
J. D. Riggs,
D. T. MacClement,
J. A. Mauntell,
James H. Cutler,
Julius A. Coleman,
John Onyet,
Thomas G. Williamson,
S. B. Lewis,
S. L. Drain,
Soren Sorenson,
W. B. Wright,
John G. Oeth,
Samuel Curnick,
C. P. Barcus,
S. B. Fowler,
John A. Newman,
William Cavender,
M. Weber,
J. Whaner,
G. A. Bittrolff,
F. Thorne,
J. H. Dannettell,
R. M. Brown,
A. Longfellow,
George W. Goodge,
W. C. Barton,
A. J. Ricketts,
S. T. Fitzsimmons,
C. H. Ritter,
F. W. Wallemeyer,
A. J. Cavender,
Charles Florin,
H. L. Neal.
George A. Bittrolff was the first deputy grand master of district No. 5, Vanderburgh County. Crescent is one of the most flourishing lodges in the city. It is progressive and active, and numbers in its member- ship many of the wide-awake men of the city.
SCHILLER LODGE, NO. 138.
This lodge is an offshoot of Morning Star lodge, and is composed principally of Germans who preferred to conduct the exercises of the lodge in the German language rather than in the English of the mother lodge. They organized into a lodge December 10, 1853, with a charter membership of fifteen. It has been a prosperous and successful lodge, and has done much good work in relieving the dis- tressed and burying the dead. At present its membership is 151. The charter members were as follows : Philip Deusner, Henry Lutz, Valentine Wetzel, John Karsch, M. Renchler, John Emrich, R. W. Steineker, P. Schmidt, Jacob Sinzich, Henry Wingert, Jacob Fix, L. Daum, G. Wolflin, August Uhl and W. Mack. Following is a list of the first officers: M. Renchler, N. G .; Philip Densner, V. G. George Wolflin, secretary ; Henry Wingert, treasurer. The names of the present officers are : Jacob Detroy, N. G .; Jacob Fuchs, V. G .; John Bernhard, secretary ; John V. Stroebel, treasurer, and John Walters, secretary. The trustees are : L. A. Wagner, William Rahm, Jr., and Christ Harte. A. list of past grands is given here below :
M. Renchler,
Philip Deusner, George Wolflin,
Louis Schmidt, M. Stolz, Jacob Maerz,
Fred. Schlamp, Jac. Kastner, Peter Detroy,
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Valentine Wetzel,
Andrew Jauck,
Leo Meyer,
R. W. Stienecker,
William Minch,
Christ Luethge,
Louis Bittrolff,
Christ W. Barenfanger,
Bernhard Jacobi,
H. Lutz,
M. Mann,
John Miller,
H. L. Dannettell,
Val. Hirschman,
Gust Gautier,
L. Daum,
Christ Lampe,
Adolph Wagner,
John Geggus,
Peter Schulz,
Jacob Schaumberger,
E. Kappler,
Charles Weber,
Christ Kanzler,
John Dannettell,
Henry Ploeger,
John Yunker,
L. M. Blant,
William Bischman,
John V. Stroebel,
A. Uhl,
Adam Daum,
George Deuker,
John Karsch,
Goltward Eilenstein,
Peter Marker,
Christ Reitzel,
E. G. Schor,
Franz Best,
Peter Berg,
Christ Heilman,
John Frey, Jr.,
M. Becker,
William Pfisterer,
William Wolf,
H. V. Benninghof,
John Cuny,
Frank Peters,
A. Mann,
Christ Harte,
William Niehaus,
Charles Schaum,
John Walter,
Louis Loetzerich,
L. Ulmo,
Peter Leonhiser,
H. A. Niemeier,
William Schlamp,
Jacob Oswald,
Christ. Thienes,
Jacob Zimmerman,
Richard Mahr,
Louis Ellerbusch,
Fred. Kroener,
George Ankerman,
William Rahm, Jr.,
George · Miller,
Paul Berrer,
E. Bohnsack,
Christ Miller,
Jacob Froehlich.
Fred Raider.
William Neuman,
Henry Withus,
RISING STAR LODGE, NO. 544.
This lodge was instituted May 7, 1877, many years after the first lodge was organized in Evansville, and it at once took rank as a lead- ing order, progressive and public spirited. It has always kept in view the sublime precepts and noble teachings of the order, and by so doing it has enabled its members to grow in greatness of character and nobility of purpose. The order has done much good in the course of its history, and it is destined to do much more in the future. There are at present 125 members. The charter members were: Alex Mad- dux, William B. Rogers, William Alexander, Herman Klee, Alex- ander Wood, Charles Cody, Wash Stinchfield, John T. Woodruff, J. S. Wills, Louis Langolf, Jr., Wm. Koch, Sr., George W. Hall, James M. Johnson, John W. Stark, John Wesley, George Koch, Sr., Moses Stinchfield and George Wund. The past officers were: Alex Mad- dux, William Alexander, Louis Langolf, James M. Johnson, George Koch, Sr., J. S. Wills, William Koch, Sr., J.W. Stark, C. C. Voelker, Ora C. LaRue, F. A. Wood, John Wesley, William B. Rogers, J. M. Geddes, J. T. Woodruff, W. Stinchfield, George L. Curnick, Henry Gillen, W. H. Thurman, John C. Geddes, J. W. Odell, J. T. Neal, G.
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P. Alexander, Joshua Beal, John Patterson, F. M. Walker, Charles C. Diehl, W. D. Hawkins, Fred Schissler, Wm. Koch, Jr., R. D. Ramsey, F. A. Kinz, W. H. McDowell, R. G. Dickerson, J. H. Webster, J. M. Gleichman, R. H. Linxweiler, Thomas Kelday and Z. T. Conway.
EAGLE LODGE.
The first lodge in Evansville was the seventh one instituted in Indiana. Forty-one years afterward on May 8, 1880, Eagle lodge was founded. Its uumber, which is 579, shows that in these years nearly 600 lodges had been established. The name of the lodge- Eagle-is the name of the proud bird, which our great country adopted as its emblem. There are now 117 members. The charter members were:
J. W. Wartman, J. J. Marlett,
Isaac Sansom,
J. S. Cameron, W. B. Talley,
J. J. Hays,
T. J. Groves,
Chas. F. Jenkins, T. B. Ross,
Edward Tabor, E. P. Elliott,
C. H. McCarer,
S. P. Schwing, John G. Paine,
J. H. Bowles,
W. J. McLeisch,
H. B. Banks,
Edw. Eells,
S. J. Linxwiler,
H. T. Bennett,
Robt. Bonfield,
J. D. Carmody,
M. F. Gregg,
J. C. McBride.
The past officers are:
J. W. Wartman,
A. H. Clark,
G. A. Smith,
J. S. Cameron,
B. F. Smith,
T. A. Walker,
J. S. Hennel,
Horace Plumer,
J. Bradshaw,
W. J. McLeisch,
S. W. Cross,
T. Fitzsimmons,
W. W. Tileston,
W. A. French,
S. D. Parker,
A. H. Matthews,
J. C. DeBarr,
J. L. Bridges,
E. H. Stephens, J. Powell,
G. H. Place,
J. G. Barrows, M. Jungling,
E. S. Pine,
J. L. Newman,
W. C. Schrode,
J. F. Pepper,
Ed. Kelty,
A. B. Tucker, Frank Henn,
F. J. Newman.
H. Shriver,
Past Grand James G. Barrows was the district deputy grand master of Vanderburgh county for the year 1896. The present presiding officers are: A. M. Smith, N. G .; R. A. Fairchild, V. G .; J. G. Barrows, secretary; Robert Abbott, chaplain; Frauk Henn, treasurer; J. F. Bradshaw, warden, W. C. Shrode, conductor; F. J. Newman, I. G .; J. C. DeBarr, R. S. N. G .; W. S. Dugger, L. S. N. G .; W. Twedell, R. S. V. G .; H. N. Page, L. S. V. G .; Scott Stone, R. S. S .; J. L. Newman, L. S. S.
EVANSVILLE ENCAMPMENT NO. 20.
This lodge was instituted January 23, 1850, with seven charter members. The first officers were Daniel Woolsey, C. P .; William
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Hubbell, S. W., William Wandell, H. P .; Dr. Laycock, J. W .; H. Q. Wheeler, scribe; Louis Howes, treasurer. The membership is about forty.
SCHILLER ENCAMPMENT NO. 68.
The beauty of the system of benevolence practiced by the I. O. O. F was rendered still more practical and was applied on a larger scale commensurate with the grand teachings of the order, by the founding of the encampment degree. As all good Odd Fellows know, the encampment is a separate and distinct lodge, possessing its own forms and character, but coupled in a way with the subordinate lodge. The excellent character or nature of the order commended it everywhere, as soon as the grand lodge established it, and Schiller lodge, which is noted for its enterprise and public spirit, soon after formed Schiller encampment, on the 17th day of May, 1865. The number of the pres- ent membership is eighty-five. The charter members were H. L. Dannettell, Eugene Kappler, John Karsch, Louis Ulmo, Charles Schaum, George Wolflin, Christ Wilhelm, Fred Kroener.
The names of the first officers are Christ Wilhelm, C. P .; H. L. Dannettell, H. P .; Charles Schaum, S. W .; John Karsch, J. W .; Eugene Kappler, scribe; Fred Kroener, treasurer. The present officers are John Blum, C. P .; Jacob Fuchs, H. P .; Jacob Detroy, S. W .; John Bernhard, J. W .; Fred Raider, scribe; John V. Stroebel, treasurer. The names of the trustees are L. A. Wagner, Christ Harte, William Rahm, Jr. The following is a list of the past chief patriarchs of Schiller encampment No. 68, since its institution :
Christ Wilhelm, E. G. Schor,
Christ Simon,
Charles Schaum,
Paul Berrer,
Jacob Schaumberger,
John Karsch,
Christ Heilman,
H. Markus,
M. Becker,
George Ankerman,
Bernhard Jacobi,
Adam Mann,
Charles Schreck,
George Deuker,
George Miller,
John Cuny,
John V. Stroebel, .
William Minch,
Christ Harte,
Franz Best, Frank Peters.
H. V. Bennighof,
Jacob Oswald,
Henry Becker,
John Dannettell,
Louis Loetzerich,
William Wolf,
Christ Barentanger,
Richard Mahr,
Fred Frey,
William Pfisterer,
Christ Dannheiser,
Rud Rogge,
Henry A. Niemeier,
George Gessler, Peter Schulz, Charles Weber, M. Mann,
Jacob Kastner, Peter Detroy, John Miller,
John Frey, Christ Thienes,
H. Ploeger,
E. Bohnsach,
William Bischman,
Leo Meyer,
William Rahm, Jr.,
L. A. Wagner,
Adam Scheu.
John Walters, Christ Luethge,
Jacob Froelich, Fred Schlamp,
Louis Ellerbusch,
Martin Stolz,
P. Leonhiser,
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The names of the past high priests are :
H. L. Dannettell,
E. G. Schor,
Christ Simon,
Eugene Kappler,
Paul Berrer,
Jacob Schaumberger,
Louis Ulmo,
Christ Heilman,
H. Markus,
Louis Schmidt,
George Ankerman,
Bernhard Jacobi,
Max Frank,
Charles Schreck,
George Deuker,
Louis Daum,
John Cuny,
John V. Stroebel,
Christ Miller,
Christ Harte,
Franz Best,
Theo Koch,
P. Leonhiser,
Henry Becker,
Henry Steinle,
Jacob Oswald,
William Wolf,
Joseph Schorle,
Philip Knell,
Fred Frey,
William Helder,
Henry Keil,
Rud. Rogge,
Charles Kanzler,
Jacob Froelich,
H. A. Niemeier,
M. Mann,
Henry Withus,
Louis Ellerbusch,
Val. Hirschman.
Fred Schlamp,
John Frey, Jr.
O. F. Jacobi,
Jacob Kastner,
Christ Thienes,
Henry Ploeger,
Peter Detroy,
E. Bohnsack,
William Bischman,
John Miller,
William Rahm, Jr.
John Walters,
Leo Meyer,
Adam Scheu,
Christ Luethge,
L. A. Wagner,
John Blum.
THE REBEKAH DEGREE.
Hou. Schuyler Colfax, who was afterwards vice president of the United States, was the author of this degree. It was adopted by the grand Lodge of the United States in September, 1851, by a vote of 47 to 37.
The active members of the benevolent order, the Daughters of Rebekah, in visiting the needy in different parts of the city, found mauy destitute orphan children, who were sadly in need of a good home as well as mental and moral culture. Some of those who felt the need of such an asylum, presented the subject to the society, and a committee was appointed to wait on the mayor and city council to request an appropriation for the support of such needy children. That honorable body, after convincing themselves that such an asylum was greatly needed, appropriated the sum of $50 per month towards its support. Another committee visited the citizens in each ward of the city for donations, which call was liberally responded to, and on April 1, 1866, the first orphan asylum was opened on Mulberry street. Eleven children were admitted during the first month. To the Daughters of Rebekah and the odd fellow lodges is due the credit of establishing the orphan asylum in this city. From Mulberry street the asylum was moved to the corner of Mary and Illinois streets and from there to the present site. The children's home is now a perman- ent institution, and under the providence of God and through the
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benevolence of our citizens, it can not be a failure. It is for the benefit of the orphans of Evansville and Vanderburgh county. The first officers were: Mrs. N. W. Plummer, president; Mrs. B. L. Rey- nolds, vice president; Mrs. C. Geissler, recording secretary; Mrs. Fannie Fisher, corresponding secretary; Mrs. Elizabeth Turnoek, treasurer. The managers of the asylum were: Mesdames L. Sinzich, M. Archer, Thomas Feast, Ann Davidson, Susan Mills, Kate Sanders, A. Chute, C. Dannettell and L. Pittman.
COLFAX LODGE, NO. 34.
Colfax Rebekah lodge, No. 34, I. O. O. F., was organized January 26, 1870, and the date of charter was November 7, 1869. The charter members were: Joseph Turnock, Elizabeth Turnock, Alex Maddux, Susan Maddux, Hiram Nelson, William H. Smith, Lydia Smith, Thomas J. Groves, Charlotte Groves, Roland Fisher, Fannie Fisher, Benjamin Sansom, Maggie Stinson and Lizzie Feast. The first officers were: James D. Riggs, N. G .; Elizabeth Turnock, V. G .; Christian Geissler, seeretary, and Fannie Fisher, treasurer. The past noble grands are:
James D. Riggs,
Clara B. Reynolds,
Eva Moore,
Ronald Fisher,
Mary A. McAlpin,
Frederica Daugherty,
Thomas J. Groves,
Louisa B. Hall,
Sarah McGill,
A. W. Chute,
Josephine Wiltshire,
Kate Henn,
James Swanson,
Elizabeth Turnock,
Martha Bray,
P. J. Geissler,
Columbia Moore,
Alice Wiltshire,
Thomas N. Hall,
Cornelia J. Goldsmith,
Mary E. Pittman,
James C. McAlpin,
Mary E. Moore,
Lilly Fitzsimmons,
Joseph Turnock,
Lydia A. Smith,
Mary E. Schor,
F. H. Mercer,
Martha M. Norcross,
Lena Hulvershorn,
Susan Matthews,
Jennie DeBarr,
Helen Kuehn,
Fannie R. Fisher,
M. J. Simpson,
Kate Barrows,
Wm. H. Smith,
Maggie Crozier,
SARAH LODGE, NO. 59, DAUGHTERS OF REBEKAH.
This is a German lodge. It was instituted November 16, 1870. They have 132 members, of whom 77 are sisters. The charter mem- bers were : H. L. Dannettell and wife, Martin Stolz and wife, Val. Hirschman and wife, Christ. Wilhelm and wife, Charles Ehrhardt and wife, William Pfisterer and wife, Chris. Miller and wife, Chris. Lampe and wife, and Adam Mann and wife. The past offieers are : H. L. Dannettell, Rich Mahr, Elizabeth Richstein,
Chris. Miller,
Paul Berrer, Charles Kuhn,
Elizabeth Schneider, Adelina Weyand,
Adam Mann,
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Chris. Wilhelm,
Margaret Heppleman,
Katherina Leonhiser,
Martin Stolz,
Matilda Meixner,·
Charlotte Schaumberger,
Bro. Weber,
Elizabeth Ploeger,
Selma Margraff,
Henry Ploeger,
Lucy Best,
Susanna Hirschman,
Val. Hirschman,
Veronica Harte,
Charles Schaum,
Caroline Pfisterer ,
Maria Loebs, Maggie Heppleman,
Chr. Heilman,
Louisa Mayer,
Louisa Bischman,
Chr. Harte,
Margaret Withus,
Margarette Heppleman,
William Pfisterer,
Sibilla Wessing,
Anna Loetzerich,
John Cuny,
Christina Hast,
Katherina Wagner.
Peter Leonhiser,
Maria Heilman,
George Ankerman,
Minerva Cuny,
DIANA REBEKAH LODGE, NO. 256, DOB. R.
This lodge was instituted March 16, 1886. The number of mem- bers at present is 85. The charter members were : John W. Odell, Josh Beal, Henry Muth, James McCleary, Fred Kurtz, Rickey Wood- ruff, Mary Muth, Caumilla J. Smawlwood, Lottie Schmakey, Emma Walker, John Woodruff, F. M. Walker, Henry Hottendorf, Russell Smawlwood, Mary Odell, Mary Beal, Elizabeth McCleary, Sophia Kurtz and Elizabeth Ramsey. The names of the past noble grands are : Joshua Beal, Rickey Woodruff, Maggie Conway, Lettie Beal, Elizabeth Davidson, Nancy Webster, Georgia Thurman, Anna Ret- inger, Mary Odell, Jennie Catilla, Carrie Wills, Clara Koch, Zora Lynxwiler, Dora Beard, Katie Hawkins, Rhoda Goad, Ollie Marsh, Jenne Larne and Estelle Wyttenbach.
HOUSEHOLD OF RUTH, EXCELSIOR LODGE, NO. 543.
It was instituted September 2, 1888. Its membership is 30. It is a colored lodge for ladies. The charter members were : Harriet Tabb, Darley Branton, Harriet Snyder, Fannie Cross, Sue Glover, Emma Jones, Cynthia Lancaster, Cassa Conway, Sallie Young, Jennie Wood- son, Mollie Taylor, Belle Glover, Mitchell Glover, John Tabb, Spencer Griffith, Bettie Catlett, Emma Purnell, Eliza Grant and Eliza Harris. The past officers were. Mrs. M. B. Jones, S. F. Green, and M. A. Griffith. The present officers are : Mrs. J. Win, M. N. G .; Alonzo Fields, W. treas .; M. Dillard, R. N. G .; Mrs. B. Catlett, P. M. N. G .; Mrs. S. Green, W. usher; Mrs. John Tabb, W. shepherd ; Mrs. H. Snyder, W. chamberlin ; Mrs. Eliza J. Grant, W. recorder.
HOUSEHOLD OF RUTH, LODGE NO. 128.
This is a colored ladies' lodge. It was organized in October, 1878. The affairs of this lodge are in good condition, and it is in active working order.
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HISTORY OF VANDERBURGH COUNTY, IND.
VANDERBURGH LODGE NO. 1732.
A colored lodge of Oddfellows, was founded in January, 1876. It is doing good work and is in a prosperous condition.
PRIDE OF HOPE LODGE, NO. 1972.
It has many active members and is doing a good work.
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KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS.
Everybody remembers the story of Damon and Pythias. That sub- lime friendship is beautifully portrayed in the order of the Knights of Pythias, founded by Justus C. Rathbone, in Washington city, about thirty years ago. In Evansville the order has grown with wonderful spirit and success. The first lodge instituted here was
ORION LODGE NO. 35.
It was organized on June 11, 1873, and now has a membership of 225. The charter members were :
Ronald Fisher, Charles Hinks,
J. W. Gorse,
T. J. Groves,
F. J. Ryan,
G. M. Daussman,
H. W. Cloud,
B. N. Rowe, T. C. Bridwell,
W. H. Chute,
D. T. MacClement, A. C. Isaacs,
R. F. Schor, J. B. Rucker,
W. T. King,
W. Walters,
W. H. Caldwell,
E. P. Elliott,
R. Hartloff,
J. S. Goslee,
H. Smith,
Henry Adams,
W. H. Woods,
T. N. Hall,
G. H. Bittrolff,
Caleb Davidson,
H. S. Bennett,
George I. Williams,
Hugo Kreuter,
Ph. Geissler,
J. E. Lilly,
The past officers are :
Ronald Fisher,
A. C. Hawkins,
J. B. Streeby,
T. J. Groves,
D. A. Nisbet,
T. C. Bridwell,
H. W. Cloud,
J. M. Reynolds,
John Kachelman,
E. P. Elliott, J. M. White,
F. B. Emery,
J. S. Turner,
M. C. Baum.
W. F. Viehe,
F. H. Bixby, T. W. Summers,
A. M. Hayden,
C. Hinks,
L. Guerich,
W. E. Barnes,
B. M. Zaff,
C. E. Pittman,
J. W. Gleichman,
C. H. McCarer,
F. J. Ehrman,
D. T. McClement,
O. T. Bennett,
C. C. Roeser,
R. W. Hosford,
G. B. Damon,
R. E. Graves,
L. J. Reynolds,
J. C. Hedderich,
A. C. Habenicht,
W. A. Nitzer,
W. H. Gilbert,
George Meyer,
J. J. Stilz,
R. S. Viets,
J. R. Miller,
J. G. Young.
J. H. McCutchan,
Will Habbe,
Wash Sanders,
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HISTORY OF VANDERBURGH COUNTY, IND.
ST. GEORGE LODGE, NO. 143.
This lodge was instituted July 12, 1886. The order at once took front rank, and mauy of the best young men in the city belong to it. At present its membership is 134. The charter members were : R. M. Millican, Charles Hedderich, W. L. Hallock,
F. J. Ehrman,
J. H. Foster,
Robert Runge,
C. J. Morris,
S. W. Cook,
Willis C. Howe,
A. D. Tenney,
H. B. Posey,
George Skinner,
W. S. Feller,
A. R. Tanner,
E. F. Moore,
J. H. Rohlander,
E. F. Rohlander,
William Hacker,
J. G. Owen,
Herman Glass,
J. M. Mitchell,
C. C. Tenney,
Fred Weyand,
C. S. Froelich,
M. J. Reid,
J. B. Walker,
H. H. Haynie,
George H. Bittrolff, Fred Baker.
Joseph Burk,
W. L. Oakley,
J. D. Parvin,
J. C. Armstrong,
W. C. Paine,
L. Worsham,
W. H. Boetticher,
D. S. Halbrooks,
J. T. Rice,
George E. Fox,
A. J. Miller,
Julius F. Blum,
V. B. Smith.
The past chancellors are: R. M. Millican, F. J. Ehrman, George L. Bittrolff, Ludson Worsham, W. C. Howe, W. B. Millis, A. E. Orr, George S. Pritchett, C. P. Mingst, J. N. Jorgenson, Julius Blum, W. F. Wunderlich, Ben L. Kruckemeyer, John Selzer, Henry B. Kinchell, A. W. Munson, W. J. Hoster, D. S. Halbrooks and John F. Glover. The present officers are : A. M. Meyer, chancellor com- mander ; Frank Stortou, vice chancellor, William Irick, prelate ; S. F. Jacobi, keeper of records and seal ; W. B. Millis, master of finance ; J. W. Lunkenheimer, master of exchequer; Elwood Moore, master at arms ; Philip Klein, inner guard ; Henry Levi, outer guard.
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