History of Hancock county, Indiana; its people, industries and institutions, Part 64

Author: Richman, George J
Publication date: 1916
Publisher: Indianapolis, Federal publishing co., inc.
Number of Pages: 1272


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for the new temple. What was known as the Walker corner was finally agreed upon, but it took money to buy such valuable property, and subscrip- tions were immediately started, which was headed by Brother Nelson Bradley with a cash subscription of one thousand dollars, and the following brethren in the amounts respectively :


Nelson Bradley, $1.000; Ephraim Marsh, $200: Daniel B. Cooper, $100; J. Ward Walker, $100 ; George S. Wilson, $too ; Vinton L. Early, SIoo ; Win- field S. Fries. $100: Morgan Chandler. So: Samuel S. Boots, So: Eher E. Stoner, $100; John T. Duncan, $50; C. W. Morrison, $50: William G. Scott. $50; Wm. C. Barnard. $50: John L. McNew, $25; M. C. Quigley, $25; John Q. White. $25; W. S. Montgomery, $25; Harry Strickland, $25; A. J. Smith. $25; I. P. Poulson, $25; A. V. B. Sample, $25: Henry Snow. $25: John Corcoran, $25 : S. A. Wray, $15 : S. R. Wells, $300; Samuel P. Gordon. $200: Charles Downing, $100; Charles Barr. $100; William Ward Cook, $100; Barr & Morford, $100: Edwin P. Thayer. Soo: Jasper H. Mouken, Sico: George H. Cooper $ m . Gck $ George W. Morehead, $50 ; George W. Duncan, $50; Elbert Tyner, $50: Lawrence Bor- ing, $50; Walter O. Bragg, $25: Harry S. Hume, $25; Harvey D. Barrett, $25: Lee Barrett, $25; Quitman Jackson, $25: W. R. King, $25: Felt & Jackson, $25; E. N. Wright, $25 : D. Beckner, $25; W. B. Walker. $25; C. K. Bruner. $15 : T. T. Barrett, $to; W. S. Gant, Șio; William Tollen & Co., SIO; W. W. McCole, $10: W. N. Vaughn, $to: S. N. Shelby, $5: N. D. Coffin. $5; F. J. Coffin, $5: W. A. Wilkins, $to; T. J. Faurot, $Io; J. S. Jackson. $10; S. W. Wiley. $to: E. S. Bragg, $io; Enos Gery, S3: E. J. Binford, $5: Charlie Winn, $5. Nearly $5,000 was raised in two days.


On March 25, 1895, the Walker corner, or the northwest corner of Main and State streets, was purchased for $8,850. On August 5, 1895, the con- tract for the temple was let to Hinesman Brothers, of Noblesville, for twenty- six thousand nine hundred dollars. The corner stone of the building was laid with appropriate ceremonies in October, 1895. The Masonic Temple is an elegant stone structure, with a mercantile room on the first floor, offices and Temple Club rooms on the second floor, and the lodge rooms on the third floor.


Hancock Lodge now has a membership of about two hundred and eighty. Walter O. Bragg, a member of this lodge, at one time served as grand master of Free and Accepted Masons of the state of Indiana.


Greenfield Chapter No. 96, Royal Arch Masons, was chartered on October 19, 1882, with eleven charter members: Jeremiah B. Sparks, Nelson Bradley, Enos Gery, Ephraim Marsh, Newton C. Nord, William N. Vaughn. Wallace Everson, George W. Dove, John M. Dalrymple, Milton G. Alexander, James


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K. King. All charter members were dimitted from the Knightstown chapter. The present membership is one hundred and ninety-one.


Greenfield Commandery No. 39. Knights Templar, was instituted on May 16, 1896. under dispensation, and received its charter on April 22. 1897. Nearly all the charter members were dimitted from Knightstown Command- ery. The first officers of Greenfield Commandery were: Ephraim Marsh. emminent commander; Walter O. Bragg, generalissimo; E. P. Thayer. cap- tain general; S. P. Gordon, senior warden; Henry Snow, junior warden; J. Ward Walker, prelate; Nelson Bradley, treasurer; George H. Cooper, recorder ; William C. Barnard, standard bearer ; J. M. Larimore, sword bearer ; Charles Downing, warden: W. H. Vaughn, sentinel.


Greenfield Commandery has prospered steadily through the years and now has one hundred and five members. One of its members. Harry G. Strickland, after passing through the chairs of his home commandery, was further honored by passing successively through the chairs of the grand com- mandery, serving as grand commander of Knights Templar of Indiana in 1914. At the grand commandery meeting at Indianapolis in May. 1915, Greenfield Commandery won a beautiful silver trophy for having the largest percentage of its members in line.


Miriam Chapter No. 64. Order of the Eastern Star .- On January 6, 1887, a number of ladies and gentlemen met in the old Masonic hall. Green- field, Indiana, and petitioned the grand chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star for dispensation and for the organization of Miriam Chapter. . At that meeting thirty-seven persons were obligated by W. D. Engle, deputy grand patron, of Indianapolis, and officers were appointed pro tem. On the 14th day of April, 1887, a charter was issued to Miriam Chapter No. 64, and on May 17, 1887, Edwin D. Palmer, grand worthy patron, installed the follow- ing officers: D. R. Love, worthy patron; Pearl E. Tyner, worthy matron; Matilda J. Marslı, associate matron : Wood Walker, secretary : Adela Marsh. treasurer ; Mary S. Boots, conductress : Emma Jackson, associate conductress : Belle Cooper, Adah; Belle Hammel. Ruth : Allie Cook, Esther; Nellie Smith. Martha; Allie Glascock, Electa : Mary J. Barnett, warden, and Enos Geary. sentinel.


Miriam Chapter continued to hold their meetings the second Tuesday of each month in the old Masonic hall. until 1895. when the new Masonic Temple was completed. With the other Masonic orders, they transferred their par- aphernalia into the beautiful new chapter rooms. At present there are two hundred and thirty-nine members in good standing. Mrs. . Allen F. Cooper, a member of this chapter, was elected grand worthy matron of the Order of the


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Eastern Star of the state of Indiana, for the year 1913. Will H. Glascock at one time served as grand worthy patron, and Mrs. Pearl F. Tyner as grand treasurer, Order of Eastern Star of the state of Indiana.


Greenfield Lodge No. 135, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, was insti- tuted on July 26, 1853. The lodge was organized in the old court house and afterward moved to the three-story brick building at the corner of Main and State streets. From there it was moved to the county seminary, where it re- mained for a time. After the county sold the seminary building the lodge took lease on the new building upt up by Dr. Noble P. Howard, on Main street. Finally, on account of increasing membership, together with a desire on the part of the lodge to occupy a building of their own, the trustees were instructed to contract with William C. Burdette for the third story to be erected on his new block (Capital State Bank building), which was done. In 1891, the lodge moved to the second story of the brick building at the southeast corner of Main and East streets, and have occupied the same continuously ever since. The charter members of this lodge were N. P. Howard, George Armstrong, M. W. Hamilton, Simon Thomas, John R. Boston. The members initiated the first night were Robert A. Barr. Benjamin Deem, James H. Leary, Ben- jamin Miller, John D. Barnett, Chelton Banks, M. G. Falconbury and Eli Ballinger.


The first elected officers were : George Armstrong, noble grand: N. P. Howard, vice grand; John D. Barnett, secretary ; Jonathan Dunbar, treasurer. The lodge at the present time is in a flourishing condition and lias a member- ship of 226.


Humphries Encampment No. 49, a higher degree of Odd Fellowship, was organized in May, 1856, with the following charter members : Noble P. Howard, A. P. Williams, George Armstrong, J. S. Harvey, J. E. Doughty, B. R. McCord, George Lowe, E. L. Tyler, J. A. Cottman and J. K. English. The degree at present is not very active.


Hope Lodge No. 114, Daughters of Rebekah, was organized, March 20, 1874, with the following charter members: Ephraim Marsh, A. P. Williams, Emma L. Williams, Q. D. Hughes, M. M. Hughes, C. J. Williams, .1. E. Williams, A. R. Jones, A. L. Jones. William Chappell, Ella Chappell, William Custer, Hester A. Custer, Edward Lace, Nancy A. Lace. Jackson MeGruder. Mary J. Wilkins, Charles L. Cochran, Rosa A. Cochran, M. L. Paullus, Mary A. Paullus, William Sears, Loretta Sears. Andrew Eakes, Marian I. Eakes, T. L. Bentley, Charles Reifle, Josephine Reifle, Joseph Burke, M. J. Burke, John R. Johnson, Nancy Johnson, William Mitchell, Thomas R. Lineback. Lydia J. Lineback, W. E. Burdette, John W. Bush, Montgomery Marsh, Ann L. Marsh, T. J. Dawson and Rachel M. Dawson.


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After a few years the lodge discontinued for a time, and was reorganized about 1885. with the following membership : M. L. Paullus, Mary Paullus, W. W. Webb, Catherine Webb, Mary Hart. James L. Smith. Ann E. Smith. John W. Carter, Mellie Carter. Q. D. Hughes, Mary M. Hughes, John Corcoran and with the following officers: Mary M. Hughes, noble grand; Mellie Car- ter. vice grand: Mary Hart. recording secretary, and Catherine M. Webb. treasurer. The present membership is one hundred and fourteen, with the following officers: Mrs. Edith Glascock, noble grand; Mrs. Rose Carr, vice grand : Mrs. Alice Archey, recording secretary : Mrs. Belle Wood. financial secretary ; Olive Hagans, treasurer.


Eureka Lodge No. 20, Knights of Pythias, was organized on the 29th of February. 1872, on the second floor of the building known as the Walker corner. Among other places of meeting were the old Masonic hall, the room over the Capital State Bank and an old building which stood on the lot now occupied by the lodge. In 1908 the lodge purchased a three-eighths interest in the building known as the Strickland building. In 1915 they purchased the remaining five-eighths interest. They now own the entire building and are in a flourishing condition, with three hundred and twenty-five members. The following were the charter members: R. E. Barnett, W. S. Wood, H. J. Williams, Ephraim Marsh. J. A. New, Enos Geary, E. P. Thayer. S. W. Bar- nett. J. J. Pratt. William F. Pratt, Marion Forgey. J. D. Vannuys, George W. Dove. Joseph Baldwin. Calvin Sonder. A. P. Williams, B. F. Gant. Milton Peden, John W. Ryan, Jackson Wills. Z. D. Hughes. One of its members. W. S. Wood, attained the honor of past grand chancellor of Indiana.


Uniform Rank, Knights of Pythias, was organized on the 14th day of December. 1903, with John B. Hinchman as its first captain. It flourished for a few years, but gradually declined. In 1914 it was reorganized and at present is in a good condition. It has thirty-two members fully equipped. The present officers of the company are as follows: George B. Wilson. cap- tain: Alonzo Ray. first lieutenant : Paul R. Boyd, second lieutenant : . 1. II. Rottman, sergeant recorder : R. H. Murphy, sergeant treasurer : E. R. Elliott, first sergeant: . A. N. Steele. second sergeant : Roy Thomas, commissary ser- geant : Link Gorman, bugler, and Charles Gilson, musician sergeant.


Laurel Temple No. 21. Pythian Sisters, was organized by the founder of the order, the Rev. J. A. Hill, of Greencastle, Indiana, in October, 1889. and the charter was granted on May 12. 1890. There were twenty charter members, including members of the order of Knights of Pythias, and the wives. daughters, mothers, widows and sisters of Knights of Pythias in good stand- ing. The first officers were : Most excellent chief. Elizabeth Suess : excellent


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senior, Nellie Millikan ; excellent junior. Ora Bragg ; manager of temple, Bor- gia Barnard : mistress of records and correspondence, Carrie Lynn ; mistress of finance, Belle White ; protector of temple. Carrie Walker ; guard of the outer temple, Belle Gant ; past chief, Lena Bedgood. The membership now numbers one hundred and thirty-one.


The temple has always met in the hall occupied by Eureka Lodge No. 20, Knights of Pythias, which at the time of the organization of the temple was meeting in the old Masonic hall. The meeting place was subsequently changed to the I. O. O. F. building, then to the Binford block, then to the present meeting place in the Knights of Pythias building.


The order of Pythian Sisters at its inception was an independent organ- ization drawing its membership from the order of Knights of Pythias and the female relatives of members of that order. In 1892 the supreme lodge, Knights of Pythias, at its session in Kansas City, passed a law making it pro- hibitory for knights to hold membership in any organization bearing the name or any form of the name "Pythian." By this action the order of Pythian Sisters, which had grown rapidly and numbered many temples in the United States, must either lose the knights or change its name. The latter alternative was accepted and the name of the order was changed to "Rathbone Sisters," honoring Justice H. Rathbone, founder of the order of Knights of Pythias. The local temple was known as Laurel Temple No. 21. Rathbone Sisters, for fourteen years. In 1904, the supreme lodge. Knights of Pythias, by special legislation, granted official recognition to the order of Rathbone Sisters, mak- ing it an independent auxiliary to the order of Knights of Pythias and restor- ing its former name, "Pythian Sisters." Mrs. Allen F. Cooper served as grand chief. Pythian Sisters of the state of Indiana, in 1903.


Wenonah Tribe No. 182, Improved Order of Red Men, was instituted on the 14th day of March, 1893, with forty-five charter members. It now has a membership of five hundred and thirty. During its career it has met in the old Masonic hall, the Capital State Bank buikling. the Hinchman hall, and in its present quarters, at the southwest corner of East and Main streets. The tribe owns the fine business block at the corner of East and Main streets, hay- ing purchased and paid for it, at a cost of twelve thousand dollars. Wenonalı Tribe has among its members one past great sachem. Charles .A. Robinson, who has filled all the offices in the state organization. Doctor Robinson has been a lecturer for the Red Men for fifteen years and has traveled extensively in the interest of the order.


Wenonah Haymakers Association No. 13212, was organized with sixteen charter members in the old Masonic hall, on March 7, 1899. From the hall


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it moved to its present location in the Red Men's hall at the southeast corner of Main and East streets. Its motto is, "Fun and Good Fellowship." The lodge pays sick and death benefits, each member being assessed fifty cents on each death, which is paid to the family of the deceased companion. It now has a membership of three hundred and fifty-one.


Oronoco Council No. 59, Degree of Pocahontas, was organized, Decem- ber 19, 1895, with a charter membership of forty-five, in the hall over the Cap- ital State Bank. It soon afterward located in the Hinchman hall and later in the old Masonic hall, at the corner of Main and Pennsylvania streets. Sev- eral years afterward, the council located in what is known as Red Men's hall, corner of Main and East streets. It now has a membership of one hundred and fifty-eight. Only six charter members belong at this time.


Greenfield Camp No. 5063, Modern Woodmen of America, was organ- ized, October 13, 1897, with twenty charter members. It now has a member- ship of one hundred and eighteen. Ten deaths have occurred since the organ- ization of the lodge, on which the order has paid twelve thousand dollars of insurance. Its meeting places have been at the old Masonic hall, the old I. O. O. F. hall and the hall over the monument room at the southwest corner of Main and Pennsylvania streets. William Robb was the first venerable consul.


Greenfield Tent No. 37. Knights of the Maccabees of the World, was instituted August 1. 1890, with eight charter members : John Corcoran. M. K. Cummins, John L. Fry, M. A. Fry, A. J. Smith, A. R. Walker, W. B. Walker and Harry G. Strickland. At present there are thirty-five members. Fifteen thousand dollars of insurance has been paid to local representatives of deceased members. Isaac A. Goble has been the record keeper for the past twenty years.


Golden Aerie No. 1115, Fraternal Order of Eagles, was organized June 21. 1915, with one hundred and sixty-two charter members. This number has now grown to one hunderd and ninety. The lodge was organized and has always met at the old Masonic hall, at the southeast corner of Main and Penn- sylvania streets, which building is now owned by the Eagles. Twenty-four members have been lost by death since the organization of the lodge.


Brandywine Lodge No. 1631, Loyal Order of Moose, was organized August 9, 1915, with fifty charter members. At present there are one hundred and three members. The lodge meets in Hinchman's hall on each Monday night. The first officers were : Past dictator, George William Daenzer : dic- tator. William E. Bussell; vice-dictator, Paul Bell; prelate. Joseph Bundy; secretary, J. F. Pauley ; treasurer, Edward Staley ; inner guard, Charles Bram- mer ; sergeant at arms, Frank Harrison; outer guard, Charles Grose : trustees, William I. Burnsides, J. W. Fisk and Oren Henley.


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BRADLEY METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCHI.


There were Methodists among the very first settlers in Greenfield, who, no doubt, met for worship as soon as the town was laid out in 1828. Among these very early people were Abram, Samuel and Moses Van Gilder. Major Stephens and Jeremiah Meek. A little later came James Parks, John Rardin, Jacob Tague, Dr. Lot Edwards, Richard Guymon, John Hager. Mar- garet Riley, the poet's grandmother, Joseph Anderson, Hugh Wooster and James D. Templeton.


A circuit was established at Greenfield in 1830 with a number of appoint- ments. The pulpit was then filled once every four weeks. The circuit, with a number of changes, was maintained until in the spring of 1870, when Green- field was made a station. Since that time, preaching services have been held twice every Sabbath.


The first services in the history of the church were conducted by the Methodist itinerent preachers, who, from time to time, visited the town. After the establishment of the circuit in 1830, the Revs. James Havens, Tarkington and Swank were among the first preachers on the charge.


The first preaching services were held in the old log court house which stood just below the Gooding hotel, and which has been described in another chapter. After a time the congregation worshipped in the log school house that stoo:I on the east side of North State street, about half way between North street and the branch. About 1840, a little frame church, thirty-four by forty feet in size, was erected on the west side of South State street, a short distance below the railroad, at a cost of five hundred and twenty-nine dollars and sixty-two cents. This church was occupied until 1866, when the old brick church, still standing, was erected on the southwest corner of South State and South streets. This building was erected during the pastorate, and largely through the untiring efforts, of the Rev. George W. Bowers. It was com- pleted in 1867, and dedicated in that year by Dr. T. M. Eddy. The building was forty by seventy feet, and was constructed at a cost of six thousand dol- lars. Reverend Bowers was very much beloved by his congregation, and the columns of the local newspapers of that time frequently published suggestions that the church should be named "Bowers Chapel." In 1878 the brick church was remodeled and greatly improved in appearance under the pastorate of the Rev. Y. B. Meredith. It was lighted with artificial gas. The windows were also changed from the rectangular form to the present form. The trustees, at that time were Jonathan Tague. Fred Hammell, Dr. N. P. Howard, Hollis B. Thayer, Dr. S. M. Martin and James A. New. In 1884, under the pastor-


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ate of the Rev. J. W. Welsh, the inside of the church was again modified by the addition of class rooms, hall, gallery, new pulpit platform, and railing. During the pastorate of the Rev. J. G. Walts, the church was re-seated, sup- plied with new and more modern windows, new pulpit and other improvements. After the electric light plant had been installed in Greenfield, electric lights were put into the church.


During the nineties it became very evident that the membership of both the church and Sunday school was outgrowing the place of worship. The ladies of the congregation, with prudent foresight, began to organize to raise funds to be applied towards the construction of a new edifice. The Ladies' Society and the Cosmos Society were organized during the nineties, and their work will be discussed later. The Ladies' Society, however, purchased a lot at the northwest corner of Main and Pennsylvania streets, on which the church now stands, for three thousand five hundred dollars. The deed of conveyance was executed January 4, 1902. The church had been incorporated under the laws of the state providing for the incorporation of churches and other societies. The board of trustees at this time was composed of Isaiah A. Curry, president : Edward W. Felt. secretary ; Elmer E. Stoner, M. H. Gant. M. T. Duncan, Cas- sius M. Curry and John H. Binford. They employed C. A. Krutsch & Com- pany, architects, of Indianapolis, to make plans and specifications for the new building. After the plans and specifications of Krutsch & Company had been accepted, the board advertised for bids, and the contract for the erection of the building was awarded to Edward R. Wolf, of Indanapolis, the contract price being twenty-two thousand four hundred and sixty-eight dollars. The contract did not include the heating, seating, lighting, frescoing, chandeliers. organ, carpeting, art glass, architect's fee, nor any of the furnishing, fixtures. or incidentals, which, added to the original contract price, made the total cost of the edifice approximately thirty-five thousand dollars. Of this amount Nelson Bradley voluntarily contributed five thousand dollars. In appreciation of this gift, and in his honor, the church was named the Bradley Methodist Episcopal Church. John H. Binford was the treasurer of the board of trus- tees during this period. His financial ability and his willingness to assume financial responsibility for the church during the construction of the house, will likely never be understood or fully appreciated by the entire membership.


The corner stone of the church was laid May 22, 1902. Addresses were delivered on the occasion by J. Frank Hanly, late governor of Inchana, and the Rev. G. H. Hill. In the corner stone were placed a Bible, hymn book. discipline, church papers, list of officers, teachers, and members of the Sun- day school, copies of each of the local papers, a program of the Woman's For-


BRADLEY METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH, GREENFIELD


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eign Missionary Society. program of the laying of the corner stone, a copy of "The Cosmos," a history of the church by John H. Binford, and quarterly conference reports from 1837 to 1842.


The new church was dedicated on November 30. 1902. The dedicatory sermon was preached by the Rev. W. D. Parr, assistant secretary of the Church Extension Society. The church was erected during the pastorate of Perry E. Powell, who served the congregation from 1901-04.


The congregation has owned five parsonages. The first one stood on the northwest corner of North and Swope streets, which was then the eastern terminus of North street. The second stood on the east side of South State street, just north of the railroad. In the latter sixties the congregation pur- chased a parsonage on West Main street ( the present number of the house being 222), but sold it again in 1875. In 1876, a parsonage was purchased adjoining the brick church on the west. The present parsonage came to the congregation as a devise from the late Philip J. Bohn, whose will was probated June 21, 1909. It is located at No. 503 East Main street, and is known as the "Bohn Memorial Parsonage."


The church has had a steady growth from its humble beginning. In 1878 it had a membership of about one hundred and fifty. Its present mem- bership is about five hundred and fifty. The congregation worships in an elegant stone structure, which, with its galleries, has a seating capacity of one thousand. The church edifice has also been constructed with a view of accom- modating the different department and classes of the Sunday school. Nearly all of the classes have private rooms and do not have to labor under the dis- advantage of the confusion arising from having all classes in an auditorium.


Following is a list of the pastors who have served the congregation since 1838: F. M. Richmond. J. S. Barwick, 1838; F. M. Richmond and George Havens, 1839 : J. B. Birt. J. W. Mellender, 1840: W. C. Smith, J. V. R. Miller, 1841 ; G. W. Bowers, 1842: F. F. Sheldon, 1843 ; J. S. Donaldson. 1844 : 11. H. Badley, L. M. Hancock, 1845: A. D. Beasley, Ezra Manyard, 1846; A. D. Beasley, J. F. Mc.Anally, 1847: J. W. Smith. J. F. Mc. Anally, 1848; J. B. Mershon, 1849: Eli Rammell, 1850-1851 ; FF. M. Richmond, 1852 : S. N. Camp- bell. W. R. Edmondson, 1853: J. R. Davis, 1854: S. C. Cooper, 1855: J. S. McCarty. 1856-57: William Anderson, 1858-59: M. Black, J. M. Parr. 1860; John Hill, 1861-62; J. C. White, 1863-64: G. W. Bowers, 1865-66; Charles Martindale, 1867-68; H. L. Lacey. 1869-70-71 ; George Havens, 1872-73-74: M. A. Teague, 1875-76: L. R. Streeter. 1877: Y. B. Meredith. 1878: J. F. Rhodes, 1879-81: Enoch Holdstock. 1882-83; J. W. Welch, 1884-85: R. D. Robinson, 1886-87-88: J. K. Walts. 1889-90-91 : J. A. Lewellen. 1892-




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