History of Franklin County, Indiana : her people, industries and institutions, Part 32

Author: Reifel, August J
Publication date: 1915
Publisher: Indianapolis, Ind. : B.F. Bowen
Number of Pages: 1648

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The elective officers are as follow: Arthur Glenn Siebert, worshipful master; G. Wallace Hyde, senior warden; Clarence K. Moore, junior war- den; George E. Dennett, treasurer; John E. Morton, secretary; Charles B. Williams, senior deacon; Frank Dennett, junior deacon; Frank A. West. senior steward; Archie Dugan, junior steward; Frank Winans, tyler.

The following is a list of the worshipful masters of Harmony Lodge No. II from the date of its organization : S. C. Stephens, 1817-18; David Oliver, 1819; John Jacobs, 1820-22; David Oliver, 1823; John Foster, 1825: John Jacobs, 1826; John Foster, 1827; William R. Morris, 1828; Nath

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Hammond, 1829; George L. Hogan, 1830; Nath Hammond, 1831; George W. Kimble, 1833-34; John Allen, 1835-36; George W. Kimble, 1837; John Allen, 1838; M. V. Simonson, 1839-40; John Allen, 1841; James E. Wheat, 1842-3-4; James D. Moody, 1844; J. B. Sleeth, 1845; O. W. Bartlow, 1846; George W. Kimble, 1847; J. B. Sleeth, 1848; H. Hutchinson, 1849; Casper Fogel, 1850; M. Hutchinson, 1851; J. W. Maxwell, 1852; Thomas J. Tyner, 1853; M. Hutchinson, 1854; William R. La Rue, 1855; Thomas J. Tyner, 1856-57; J. F. Rodman, 1858; M. Hutchinson, 1859; William R. La Rue, 1860; J. W. Maxwell. 1861; 1862, no election; Fielding Berry, 1863; M. Hutchinson, 1864-65 ; Fielding Berry, 1866; William R. La Rue, 1867; J. V. Bemusdoffer, 1868-69; Fielding Berry, 1870-71 ; Casper Fogel, 1872; A. H. Kaiser, 1873-74; Casper Fogel, 1875; Fielding Berry, 1876; J. R. McMahan, 1877-78; William H. Bracken, 1879; A. H. Kaiser, 1880; John F. McKee, 1881-82; John Dennett, 1883-84; Isaac Carter, 1885-86; John A. Colescott, 1887-88; John F. McKee, 1889-90-91 ; John Dennett, 1892 ; Charles F. Jones, 1893-94; Benjamin F. Winans, 1895-96; John C. Shirk, 1897-98; George E. Dennett, 1899-1900; E. W. Showalter, 1901-02; John H. Kimble, 1903-04; A. Hermansdorfer, 1905-06; Harry B. Smith, 1907; Frank A. West, 1908: Carl T. Anderson, 1909; Frank L. Hornung, 1910; George E. Mullin, 1911; Frank Dennett, 1912; Guy H. Hamilton, 1913; Emmet Ferris, 1914; Arthur G. Seibert, 1915.

Brookville Chapter No. 16, Royal Arch Masons, at Brookville, was or- ganized by dispensation under date of May 26, 1850, when the officers were: M. V. Simonson, high priest; M. Hutchinson, king; J. Hinkley, scribe; A. Caldwell, principal sojourner; F. R. A. Jeter, captain of the host; A. Carter, royal arch captain; Levi Ayers, grand master of the third veil; Thomas Cooper, grand master of the second veil; James H. Spear, grand master of the first veil; J. E. Hawser, secretary. The chapter continued in its good work until 1878, and then "rested" until the reorganization in December, 1881, since which date it has prospered. It now enjoys a membership of forty-one. It is the only chapter in Franklin county. Its officers (elective) in 1915 are: Frank L. Hornung, high priest; Frank A. West, king; Harry B. Smith, scribe; John C. Shirk, treasurer; John E. Morton, secretary; Au- gust Hennansdorfer, captain of the host ; Frank Dennett, principal sojourner ; William R. Osborn, royal arch captain; Jacob Sottong, grand master of the third veil; Clarence K. Moore, grand master of the second veil; Atwell J. Shriner, grand master of the first veil; Casper Fogel, guard.

Chapter No. 40, Order of the Eastern Star, at Brookville, was instituted May 30, 1878. The first officers were: Rev. Thomas B. McClain, worthy

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patron ; Jennie D. Speer, worthy matron ; Josephine Kaiser, treasurer ; Fannie Morton, secretary; Louisa McClain, conductor; Clara King, assistant con- ductor ; Alsie B. Dole, warder; John Dennett, sentinel. For a number of years this chapter flourished, and in 1882 had a membership of twenty-two, but subsequently it disbanded.

Metamora Lodge No. 156, Free and Accepted Masons, located at the town of Metamora, was organized June 6, 1853, and received its charter May 23, 1854. It was formed by S. B. Trembly, Jerome Wiley, J. J. Rhubottom, William A. Richard, Spencer Wiley, Adonijah Wiley, A. J. Whipple, G. W. Walker, William Mewhinney and Daniel Dawson. The charter officers were : Simon Macy, worshipful master ; S. B. Trembly, senior warden; James Daw- son, junior warden ; J. J. Rubottom, secretary ; A. J. Whipple, treasurer ; Adon- ijah Wiley, senior deacon; Archibald Hahn, junior deacon; Francis Leish, tyler.

The present membership is thirty-eight. The lodge first met at Odd Fellows hall; the present meeting place is Masonic hall, second floor of a stone structure known as Allison store building. Its cost was one thousand five hundred dollars. The society is aided materially by a ladies' auxiliary, Order of the Eastern Star. The officers (elective) in 1915 are: Jerry T. Gordon; worshipful master; George M. Lennard, senior warden; Noah Fos- ter, junior warden; Mack P. Monroe, secretary; Donald M. Gordon, treas- urer : Clarence Maguire, senior deacon ; Milton Curry, junior deacon; Lewis Parvis, tyler.

Andersonville Lodge No. 96, Free and Accepted Masons, at the village of Andersonville, was organized May 15, 1850. Its charter membership can not be given at this time, for lack of records. The lodge now enjoys a mem- bership of sixty-eight, and has for its elective officers in 1915: Prof. John S. Moore, worshipful master; Dr. H. C. Metcalf, senior warden; Ed Moore, junior warden: F. Wilson Kaler, secretary; Ed L. Scott, treasurer ; Thomas Day, tyler. A good chapter of the Eastern Star is in connection with this Masonic lodge. A good hall was built by a stock company formed of the members immediately after the lodge was instituted. The building is still used and is valued at eight hundred dollars.

Laurel Lodge No. 447, Free and Accepted Masons, was organized in 1872, with first officers as follows: Samuel Cooper, worshipful master ; John S. Rice, senior warden; Isaac Lockwood, Jr., junior warden; C. H. Scofield, secretary : J. C. Burgoyne, tyler. The lodge now has a membership of fifty- five and owns its own hall, on the third floor of the public school building,

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erected in 1852. Conwell Chapter, Order of the Eastern Star, is the ladies' auxiliary. The blue lodge degrees only are conferred at Laurel.

The elective officers of Lodge No. 447 in 1915 are: C. E. Burgoyne, worshipful master; John E. Fritz, senior warden; H. A. Dawdy, junior war- den; J. P. Rockafellar, treasurer; William Hooper, secretary; William C. Hayes, tyler.

Prior to the organization of this Masonic lodge at Laurel there was an- other, Lodge No. 29, instituted at a very early day in the history of that town. The lodge, however, was deprived of its charter for violating some well-known rule of the grand lodge of Indiana.

Fairfield Lodge No. 98, Free and Accepted Masons, at Fairfield, was instituted September 28, 1849, by petitioners for dispensation, James Davis, H. R. Coleman, Augustus Miller, James A. Garver, W. S. Rose, John Lig- gett, William Hayes, James Hilliard, Rev. W. C. Brooks, William J. Town- send. James A. Garver was first worshipful master ; Silas Ward, senior war- den ; William Johnston, junior warden. The date of the charter is May 27, 1850. The present membership is thirty-nine. There have been one hundred and ninety-three Masons raised in this lodge since its organization. The first hall, charter and all records were burned in 1849 or early in 1850.

The present (1915) elective officers are: Jasper Younts, worshipful master ; H. O. Ward, senior warden; A. F. Glidewell, junior warden; Darlie Hanna, secretary : H. C. Hanna, treasurer.

INDEPENDENT ORDER OF ODD FELLOWS.

This strong fraternal society has long been represented in Franklin county .. The earliest lodge of which the author has been able to obtain any data is that at Laurel, known as Spartan Lodge No. 24, organized October 20, 1845, with charter members as follows: George R. Warren, Thomas S. Wright, Adam Shafer, James A. Derbyshire, Henry I. Kerr and John Kirk.

The present membership is seventy-three. The 1915 elective officers are : Fred A. Hermann, noble grand; Mart Wormer, vice-grand; C. C. Carder, secretary ; T. P. Rockafellow, treasurer : Lon Masters, James Jinks and F. M. Russell, trustees.

At Laurel is a fine working lodge of Rebekahs, doing their full share in the upholding of the lodge. When the lodge was first formed it met in a one-story frame building, at the northeast corner of Washington and Pearl streets. Later the members removed to their present lodge rooms, on the northwest corner of Washington and Pearl streets, a three-story brick struc- ture, in which they meet each Saturday evening.

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Sherlock Encampment No. 4, at Laurel, was organized June 3, 1846, with a charter membership as follows: J. D. Johnson, G. R. Warner, John Kirk, J. M. Hiatt, W. A. Patterson, John W. Sullivan and Thomas White. The encampment now has a membership of thirty-five. They occupy Odd Fellows hall. The 1915 officers are: High priest, Fred A. Hermann; senior warden, Mart Warner; junior warden, Willard Chance; treasurer, C. W. Tague; scribe, F. M. Russell.

Protection Lodge No. 63, at Metamora, was organized March 24, 1849, with charter members as follows: J. C. Barnes, Peter D. Pelsor, William Bell, Adam Davis and Cornelius Cam. This lodge was instituted by Special Deputy Pleasant A. Hackleman. It now has a membership of one hundred and six and owns its own hall, a brick building. The lodge first met in the second story of a frame building, immediately east of the present hall.

The 1915 elective officers in the subordinate lodge are: Charles A. Riley, noble grand; Everet Murray, vice-grand; J. W. Jackson, treasurer ; Roy Alley, secretary ; E. Martindale, George Murray and J. C. Gordon, trus- tees.

The instituting officer of this Odd Fellows lodge was Gen. P. A. Hackle- man, who was killed during the Civil War, at the battle of Corinth, May 28, 1862, while commanding a division of Union soldiers, and was the only general killed from Indiana during that conflict. A memorial for him stands in the courthouse grounds at Brookville. The oldest living member of this lodge is Alfred Blacklidge.

Peter D. Pelsor was first to represent the order at the grand lodge at Indianapolis. He walked to and from that city to attend the session of that grand body. Going or coming, he stopped at a farm house to stay over night, and when he told them he was an Odd Fellow the family looked upon him with great suspicion. He also walked to Centerville, Indiana, to pro- cure the charter of this lodge from the hand of the grand secretary, Lazarus Noble. It was issued July II, 1849, and he received it in the office of Gov- ernor Morton on December 22, 1850. Other representatives to grand lodge from this lodge went on horseback.

Grace Rebekah Lodge, No. 296, the ladies' auxiliary, is in a flourishing condition.

Purity Lodge No. 194, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, at the vil- lage of Mixersville, was organized November 18, 1857, with charter mem- bers as follows: John Samuels, Jesse Montgomery, Sylvester Browne, Free- man P. Kimball, Lewis Whiteman and Joseph Retsay.

The lodge now has a membership of forty-seven and owns a frame hall.

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A good working ladies' auxiliary is in connection with the men's subordinate lodge. The 1915 elective officers are: Seymour Vanness, noble grand ; Rolla Wood, vice-grand; J. T. Rowe, recording secretary ; J. E. Abbott, treasurer ; C. B. Moore, corresponding secretary.

Scipio Lodge No. 509, at Mt. Carmel, was organized in 1875, with charter members as follows: T. W. Oliver, A. B. Hodson, W. R. Jenkins, P. H. Applegate, J. W. Wynn, M. T. Davis and J. M. Smith. The lodge now has a membership of sixty, with officers as follows: Michael Keen, noble grand; Chalmer Lowe, vice-grand; Harry West, secretary; A. W. Lewis, treasurer.

This lodge was first instituted at the village of Scipio, but was removed to Mt. Carmel in 1882 or 1883. On February 25, 1895, their building was burned, and they lost their effects, including the charter and lodge records. Until the following autumn they met in the Masonic lodge room, but in Sep- tember of that year they were again housed in a building of their own. Their present building, a wooden structure, was erected in 1905, at a cost of two thousand dollars.

Cistus Rebekah Lodge No. 209 works in connection with the above lodge.

Penn Lodge No. 30, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, at Brookville, was organized February 18, 1846, by Past Grand George R. Warren, assisted by several Odd Fellows from the lodge at Laurel. The following were the charter members: Hadley D. Johnson, Moses J. Kelly, Benjamin H. Burton, John H. Shirk and Hiram Carmichael. Five new members were in waiting to be initiated after the organization had been perfected. H. D. Johnson, who withdrew his card from Laurel in order to aid in forming this lodge, was elected noble grand; M. J. Kelly, vice-grand; J. H. Shirk, secretary ; Hiram Carmichael, treasurer ; B. H. Burton, warden; R. P. C. Barwick, in- side guard : J. D. Howland, conductor.

On the night of March 16, 1848, the lodge room, together with the rec- ords and other property, excepting a few effects, were totally destroyed by fire. The owner. of the burned building -was-induced-to rebuild and add a third story, which was done at an expense of seven hundred and fifty dol- lars. This room served as the Odd Fellows hall until December 14, 1884, when fire again visited the hall, burning all save the lodge's seal, etc. After this fire the present hall was erected. The order now owns two good hall properties, one over the K. C. Myers drug store on Main street, which is leased to the Red Men, and the third story of the Trichler block, corner of Main and Seventh streets. The present. value of the two halls is nine thou-

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sand two hundred dollars. The Red Men's hall was erected in 1885, and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows hall, proper, was erected by the Brookville Encampment, No. 32, in 1891, and in 1898 sold to Penn Lodge No. 30, Independent Order of Odd Fellows.

The elective officers of the subordinate lodge in the spring of 1915 are as follows: William R. Osborn, noble grand; Walter G. Wilson, vice-grand ; Philander T. McCammon, secretary ; Albert N. Logan, treasurer. The trus- tees are Charles N. Rockwell, Ophir W. Klipple, Willard N. Lacy. Ford H. Allen, representative to grand lodge. The statistical report of Penn Lodge from February 18, 1846, to date of January 1, 1915, is as follows: Initia- tions, 378; reinstated, 23; admitted by card, 62; withdrawn by card, 87; ex- pelled, 6; dropped for nonpayment of dues, 118; deaths, 75 ; brothers relieved, 791 ; widowed families relieved, 84; weeks' benefits paid, 3,617; receipts of lodge, $65,591.28; expenses of lodge, $25,333.22; dues to grand lodge, $2.501.78; home tax, $784.43; paid for relief of brothers, $15,869.70; paid for widowed families, $1,099.77; paid for burying dead, $4,161.60; paid for special relief, $3,622.51 ; total relief, $24,753.58; present membership, 193.

Brookville Encampment No. 32, at Brookville, was instituted December 2. 1852. The first officers chosen were: F. A. R. Jeter, chief patriarch ; J. D. Howland, high priest; B. H. Burton, senior warden; W. H. McCleery, junior warden; C. B. Bentley, scribe; J. C. Burton, treasurer. The above, together with George Berry, John F. Hazzard and B. H. Burton, were the charter members. It is the only encampment in Franklin county, hence has much ter- ritory from which to draw recruits. . It is in a flourishing condition at this date. Its membership was, in March, 1915, one hundred and twenty-seven. It now meets each first and third Monday of the month, in Odd Fellows hall. The officers are: Karl Wise, chief patriarch ; Albert B. Clark, high priest; Edward Clark, senior warden; Chester C. Starkel, junior warden; P. T. Mc- Cammon, scribe; A. N. Logan, treasurer; John Dennett, Joseph L. Seibert and W. H. Martin, trustees.

KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS.

The Knights of Pythias have a strong lodge at Brookville, known as Brookville Lodge No. 76, which was instituted July 16, 1877, with the fol- lowing charter members and officers : George Ritzi, Scott Hutchinson, George R. Sheppard, Robert M. West, Jackson Stivers, John Rothermal, John Cullins, Gustavus Hartman, Charles N. Davis, William McCleery, William H. Bracken, past chancellor; N. V. Johnson, chancellor commander; T. J.

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McCarty, prelate ; Thomas C. Sheppard, keeper of records and seal; William M. McCleery, master of finance; A. H. King, master of exchequer; Jacob Smith, master at arms; George Ritzi, inner guard; Scott Hutchinson, outer guard.

The lodge now has a membership of one hundred and sixty-nine, and owns its own castle hall, on the third floor of the Franklin County National Bank building, which was erected in 1912 at a cost of six thousand dollars. The trustees of this lodge are H. J. Schneider, H. M. Stoops and R. S. Tay- lor. A strong, harmonious working auxiliary to the lodge is found in the Pythian Sisters.

Laurel Lodge No. 74, Knights of Pythias, at Laurel, was organized April II, 1877, with charter members as follows: B. A. Smith, A. H. Knott, C. A. Guyer, S. A. Deweese, S. A. Gifford, H. V. Reese, D. L. Secrest, Hugh McCullum, C. C. Ross, N. V. Johnson, D. S. Alzeno, Michael Herrmann, George Woessner, J. T. Anthony, B. F. Lefter, Mason Anthony. Its present total membership is seventy. There are no Pythian Sisters, but a lodge will soon be formed.

The present elective officers of Laurel Lodge are: Roll Wiggins, chan- cellor commander ; D. L. Reese, master of work; Harry Manley, keeper of records and seals ; George F. Herrmann, master of finance; Gilbert Tague, master of exchequer ; George F. Herrmann, master at arms; Ed Burgdorfer, inner guard; Thomas W. Reese. outer guard; trustees, August Goehner, Jesse Reese and John Oglesby.

Metamora Lodge No. 445, Knights of Pythias, located at the town of Metamora, was organized December 9, 1896, by charter members as follows : Judson C. Gordon, Francis R. Harder, Herbert A. Dawdy, Ross Clark, George J. Myers, Henry Koerner, Henry Smith, James A. Fisher, A. J. Mil- ler, C. E. Jackson, James M. Thorpe, Alexander Davidson, Thaddeus Mur- ray, Henry Becht. Joseph Davison, T. J. Holmes, Alvin E. Stotts, Christian H. Thorp, George H. Brown, James Curry, David Swartz, George Swartz, John Roemer, Henry W. Hannebaum.

The lodge now has a membership of thirty-five, with elective officers in 1915 as follows: M. P. Moore, chancellor commander; Dewitt Curry, vice- chancellor ; John L. Stewart, prelate ; George R. Foster, keeper of records and seals ; John Alley, inner guard; T. J. Holmes, outer guard; Clyde Anness, master at arms.

The lodge owns a comfortable hall, thus being independent of other or- ders of the town.

Blooming Grove Lodge No. 134, Knights of Pythias, was organized at

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Blooming Grove, January 29, 1886, with twenty-nine charter members, as follows : M. M. Moore, P. J. Starr, T. R. Moore, W. D. Moore, W. G. Starr, T. J. Swift, C. F. Hays, Jacob Metzgar, J. E. Ellis, L. G. Scheisz, J. F. Webb, J. T. Ferris, J. S. Killen, Perry Miesner, L. H. Hays, J. W. Griffith, Monroe Miller, J. K. Whitney, Peter Stolz, P. D. Harvey, James Sherwood, Henry Apsley, Ben O. Griffith, J. E. Quick, S. C. Sheppard, J. E. Sheppard, W. E. Jerman, Dan O. Moore and Charles B. Johnson. Of this number, eight still hold their membership in this lodge. There are now seventy-six members in the lodge, twenty being deceased. The lodge owns a hall of its own-a frame building erected over a general storeroom in 1885, and the hall is valued at five hundred dollars.

The 1915 officers of this lodge are: Charles Pearson, chancellor com- mander; Herman Kingery, vice-chancellor ; Clyde Kelley, prelate; S. T. Mc- Whortor, master of work; F. H. Moore, keeper of records and seal; Frank V. Whitney, master of finance; Henry Ferris, master of exchequer; Emer- son White, master at arms; Harry Anspach, inner guard; Charles Stewart, outer guard; J. F. Swift, L. H. Hays, W. L. White, trustees.

The Pythian Sisters have a good lodge in conjunction with this lodge of Knights of Pythias, established in June, 1897, with twenty-one charter members, which now has a membership of ninety-three.

Fairfield Lodge No. 110, Knights of Pythias, was organized August 30, 1883, and now has a membership of fifty. It meets in its own hall, a two- story brick building, thirty by sixty feet, erected in 1902, costing four thou- sand dollars. It is an up-to-date structure in all of its appointments. The present elective officers are as follows : O. H. Logan, chancellor commander ; C. R. Dare, vice-chancellor; George W. Groce, prelate ; Charles Gerren, mas- ter of work; J. T. Buckley, keeper of records and seals ; Darlie Hanna, mas- ter of finance; H. H. Rose, master of exchequer; Fred Loper, master at arms; Emmett Smalley, inner guard; Clyde Newkirk, outer guard; William T. Logan, C. R. Dare and George W. Groce, trustees.

IMPROVED ORDER OF RED MEN.

Hovannah Tribe No. 208, Improved Order of Red Men, at Anderson- ville, Posey township, this county, was organized August 1, 1895. The orig- inal officers were: M. A. Kendall, sachem; William M. Moore (deceased), senior sagamore; E. O. George, junior sagamore; J. S. Cramer, prophet ; R. D. Mitchell, chief of records; M. J. James, keeper of wampum.

The present membership of the tribe is ninety. Adoption, warrior and

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chief are the degrees worked on in the tribe. The ladies' auxiliary at this place went down some years ago. The order first met in the old Grand Army hall, then in Cartmel's hall. About 1900 they bought the old Universalist church building, added thereto and now have a comfortable home, valued at about one thousand two hundred dollars.

The 1915 chiefs are: Ben Abercrombie, sachem; Silver Reeve, senior sagamore ; Ben F. Stuttle, junior sagamore; Aaron Hildreth, prophet; F. Wil- son Kaler, chief of records ; M. G. James, keeper of wampum.

Miantonomah Tribe No. 162, Improved Order of Red Men, at Meta- mora, was organized July 6, 1893, with charter members as follows: Albert Pierce, Richard Jinks, W. H. Swift, F. S. Swan, C. L. Thorp, Frank Harder, Samuel Smith, E. F. Allison, Edgar Duggins, Roscoe Tracy, James M. Roth- rock, S. O. Jinks, David J. Vail, W. J. Smith, Wilson Morford, Henry Senour, Thaddeus Murray, J. P. Gordon, Charles H. Blacklidge, Edward Miller, William Curtis, George J. Meyers, W. J. Holman, J. H. Miller.

The elective officers of the tribe in 1915 are: Sachem, Everett O. Mur- ray; prophet, Roscoe Gordon; senior sagamore, James Stephenson; junior sagamore, John Stephenson; chief of records, W. M. Smith; collector of wampum, De Witt Curry ; keeper of wampum, A. Pierce.

The tribe is a very strong one and work is very interesting and instruc- tive. The order meets in a leased hall. Council No. 166, Daughters of Poca- hontas, a ladies' auxiliary, is worked in connection with the men's lodge, to the mutual benefit of both organizations.

AN INTERESTING EPISODE.

To the above should be added a good historic item : It was here in Meta- mora that the first tribe of Improved Order of Red Men, known as Seneca No. I, was instituted in 1854. And here the first great council fire was kin- dled in 1855, with five tribes represented, as follows: Seneca No. I, of Meta- mora ; Chippewa No. 2, of Laurel; Blackhawk No. 3, of Terre Haute; Chero- kee No. 4, of Edinburg, and Miami No. 5, of Franklin. Hence it will be seen that Red Men were early in this field.

Winemah Tribe No. 249, Improved Order of Red Men, at Laurel, was organized about 1899, with between twenty-five and thirty members. It now enjoys a membership of seventy-three, with elective officers as follows: H. C. Ward, sachem; Frank Tucker, senior sagamore; Earl Hoffman, junior sagamore ; H. C. Jones, chief of records ; George Goehringer, keeper of wam- pum; Charles Bloom, prophet. They have their own hall and are now in a

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flourishing condition. The degrees now being worked by this trade are adop- tion, warrior and chief.

At Brookville this order is very strong. Oshawnee Tribe No. 220 was organized April 23, 1896, with charter members as follows: Dr. George E. Squier, Dr. M. C. Armstrong, George M. Fowler, William A. Gagle, George A. Moormann, Dr. E. L. Patterson, George A. Metzger, Joseph H. Adams, Charles V. Bradburn, Maynard H. Irwin, Henry Cameron, Charles E. Winans, Samuel F. Fogel, Charles D. Gregg, Edward C. Burkhart, Wil- liam E. McKee, Edward Z. Fogel, W. S. Hutchinson, William Buck, John W. Young, Edward P. Metzger, Jehu Butler, J. E. Farquear, James A. Clay- ton, Elbert H. Woodworth, Charles. W. Warne, Henry H. Dunsmore, Frank C. Becker, Frank Winans, Charles T. Meyncke, Henry E. Updike, William Keeler, Jacob Scherer, Frank W. Bruns, Leslie Kingery, Louis Beuttel, Wil- liam T. Wright, William M. McCarty, William Smeister, Ira Wilson, Clinton K. Roberts, Robert L. Hanna. Eight of these charter members are now de- ceased and fourteen are not members of the order at this date. The tribe meet in a leased hall, that of the Odd Fellows order. The ladies have a good auxiliary-a Pocahontas lodge. The Red Men have a membership of one hundred and twelve and are doing a thorough, good work in the com- munity. The elective officers in the spring of 1915 are as follows: Adam Geis, sachem; Valentine Niedenthal, senior sagamore; Ona Clymer, junior sagamore; Edward Brown, prophet; Gus Baither, chief of records; W. J. Schoonover, keeper of wampum; Adam Geis, degree master; Charles Horn, Harry Fogel and Charles Lapish, trustees.

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History of Franklin County, Indiana : her people, industries and institutions, Part 32

Author: Reifel, August J Publication date: 1915 Publisher: Indianapolis, Ind. : B.F. Bowen Number of Pages: 1648

Author: Reifel, August J
Publication date: 1915
Publisher: Indianapolis, Ind. : B.F. Bowen
Number of Pages: 1648