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On March 14, 1874, the contract was awarded for erecting the walls and putting under roof the unfinished portion of the Masonic Widows' and Orphans' Home at Louisville-the main building, and the south wing-for the sum of $48,720. It was hoped to complete the house, with all its ar- rangements, during the year 1875-at the total estimated cost, including the north wing already occupied, of $105,000. A similar concentrated effort to that made on June 24, 1873, was made on the same day in 1874; and the charities of the members and friends of the Order again flowed in the same beautiful channel, with a liberality and an unction that shows how deep and abiding is the hold of the widow and the orphan upon the great heart of the Masonic Order. At the date above, there were 117 children in the Home; with the additions to the building, there would be room for 500 inmates.
"This Home is the only successful institution of the kind in the United States. When completed, it would be the largest and most imposing chari- table institution in the city of Louisville."
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HISTORICAL SKETCH OF THE
INDEPENDENT ORDER OF ODD-FELLOWSHIP,
IN THE STATE OF KENTUCKY.
BY REV. HOWARD A. M. HENDERSON, D. D.
Organization of Boone Lodge, No. 1 .- The institution of Boone Lodge No. 1, Louisville, inaugurated the career of Odd-Fellowship in Kentucky, Dec. 10th, 1832. Nathaniel Eastham, Sidney S. Lyons, Thomas H. Bruce, and Joseph and Stephen Barkley, met at the house of M. C. Tallmadge, on the east side of Fourth street, and selected a committee to invite Thomas Wildey, Grand Sire of the Grand Lodge of the United States, to visit Louisville and institute a lodge. Mr. Wildey, being en route to New Orleans, stopped at" Louisville, and directed the committee to apply immediately for a charter. The petition was signed by Nat. Eastham, Sidney S. Lyons, Stephenson Walters, Thos. H. Bruce, W. Sutcliffe, Geo. G. Wright, Joseph Barkley, Jno. G. Roach, and Thomas Mayberry. The following was the first cast of elec- tive officers of Boone Lodge No. 1: Sidney S. Lyons, N. G .; Stephen Barkley, V. G .; W. Sutcliffe, Treasurer; Geo. G. Wright, Secretary; and John G. Roach, Recording Secretary.
The first few meetings were alternately held at the residences of Brothers Eastham and Tallmadge ; but on the 20th, it was reported that a suitable hall had been procured of Rupert & Co., on Main st. The formal institution of the Lodge took place Jan. 28, 1833-Grand Sire Wildey (on his return from New Orleans) officiating and installing the officers. Of those present at the organization of this Lodge, but two are now connected with the Order- Stevenson Walters, and Sidney S. Lyons [the latter died 1873].
About 1,000 members have been admitted to Boone Lodge, since its inaugur- ation, forty years ago; of these over 300 now remain in full fellowship. Its total receipts in money aggregate more than $50,000, of which $35,000 have been spent in the relief of brothers, strangers, widows, and orphans, and in burying the dead.
Organization of the Grand Lodge .- We pass over an interval of years, during which time several lodges were instituted, and proceed to notice the organization of the Grand Lodge. On Sept. 13, 1836, a meeting of the Past Grands of Boone Lodge No. 1, Chosen Friends No. 2, Washington No. 3, and Lorraine No. 4, was held, at Louisville, to elect officers to fill the vari- ous chairs in the Grand Lodge of Kentucky. There were present-
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Past Grands Joseph Metcalfe, Henry Wolford, Sidney S. Lyons, Harry Barker, Thos. Devan, Fountain North, Wm. H. Grainger, Wm. S. Wolford, Wm. Irvin, Charles Wolford, Jesse Gray, Peleg Kidd, G. W. Morrill, A. W. R. Harris, Charles Q. Black- 15. By proxy-Past Grands Benj. Moses, Thos. Clarke-2. Total votes, 17.
P. G. Jesse Gray, of No. 3, was chairman, and P. G. Wm. S. Wolford, Sec- retary. Wm. S. Wolford was elected Grand Master, A. W. R. Harris, Deputy Grand Master, Wm. H. Grainger, Grand Secretary, and Henry Wolford, Grand Treasurer. Next day, the officers met for installation. Wmn. H. Grainger resigned as Grand Secretary, and Charles Q. Black was elected unanimously. Deputy Grand Sire John Amour installed the Grand Otheers.
Several meetings were held during the years 1836, '37, in which the work of organization was perfected. The first lodge chartered by the Grand Lodge jof Kentucky was Friendship No. 5, of Lexington.
At the session of May 6, 1837, P. G. Joseph Metcalfe was elected Grand Master, and P. D. Grand . A. W. R. Harris, Grand Secretary-both without opposition.
In May, 1838, Henry Wolford was elected Grand Master.
Proceedings of the Grand Lodge from 1837 to 1842 .- The first regular com- munication of the second term of the Grand Lodge was held, in Louisville, (530)
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Aug. 5, 1837. There were only 12 Past Grands present, and the proceedings cover but a single page. Now (1873) the Grand Lodge is composed of several hundred representatives, besides Past Grands ; and a book of 200 pages is required for the annual publication of the minutes. This simple fact illus- trates to what magnitude, from a small beginning, the Order has attained, and affords another demonstration of the propriety of observing the injune- tion-" Despise not the day of small things."
The session of May 4, 1839, was held in Covington, and Wm. H. Walker elected Grand Master.
At the meeting, in Louisville, Aug. 3, 1839, a resolution offered by Past G. Master Henry Wolford, giving authority to Deputy District Grand Masters - to qualify Past Grands in their respective districts as members of the Grand Lodge to vote by proxy, without personal attendance, was unanimously adopt- ed-which practice obtains to the present time.
A special session of the Grand Lodge, was called March 24, 1840, to con- sider the petition of seven brothers, residents of Frankfort, who were desirous of opening a Lodge in that city, to be denominated Capital Lodge No. 6. The petition was granted, and the Lodge instituted March 26, 1840. It is now one of the most flourishing lodges in the state-owning the handsomest building in the Capital city.
May 2, 1840, the Grand Lodge met in quarterly session in Lexington. Hamilton Martin was elected Grand Master. From 1837 to 1840, when Capital Lodge was added to the list, no new lodge had been instituted; but the existing lodges had strengthened in numbers and influence, furnishing a stable foundation upon which the subsequent grand superstructure went up.
May 1, 1841, J. W. Bright was elected Grand Master. June 2, 1841, was instituted Franklin Lodge No. 7, at Lancaster ; Nov. 11, 1841, Central Lodge No. 8, at Danville ; Nov. 22, 1841, Social Lodge No. 9, at Stanford ; and Dec. 31, 1841, Union Lodge No. 10, at Nicholasville.
Proceedings from 1842 to 1852 .- Jesse Vansickles was elected Grand Master in 1842. The application for charters for new lodges during this decade were so numerous that our space will not allow us to notice them seriatim. The growth of the Order was rapid.
May 6, 1843, Jas. S. Lithgow was elected Grand Master.
May 4, 1844, Wm. Mathews was elected Grand Master. Three new lodges had been instituted during the year. P. M. Jones was elected Grand Secre- tary-A. W. R. Harris retiring, after seven years service. Number of con- tributing members 538.
May 9, 1845, John B. Hinkle was elected Grand Master. At this meeting the Grand Master was authorized to grant dispensations for the opening of new lodges, subject to the sanction of the Grand Lodge. At the session of August 16, 1845, the constitution for the government of subordinate lodges was adopted.
May 6, 1846, Alex. K. Marshall was elected Grand Master; and during his incumbency ten new lodges were instituted.
May 5, 1847, John Fonda was elected Grand Master.
V Mav 4, 1848, John W. Pruett was elected Grand Master. .
July 18, 1849, Ballard Smith was elected Grand Master. The retiring Grand Master, in his annual address, mentioned that Franklin Lodge, at Lancaster, had established and controls one of the largest and best regulated schools in the state, and that Montgomery, Boyle, and Clay Lodges had insti- tuted libraries.
July 17, 1850, George W. Johnston was elected Grand Master. At the semi-annual session, held Jan. 14, 1851, Geo. W. Morris, Amos Shinkle, and Milton J. Durham, who have since become so distinguished in the Order-the first named being the Grand Treasurer of the Grand Lodge of Kentucky, and the latter the Deputy Grand Sire of the Grand Lodge of the United States- received the Grand Lodge degree.
July 16, 1851, Win. Riddle was elected Grand Master, and James M. Moore Grand Secretary. Resolutions were adopted to the effect that Odd- Fellowship ignores all partisan or sectarian feeling.
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In 1852, the Degree of Rebekah was introduced. July 22, 1852, Henry C. Pindell was elected Grand Master.
The following summary exhibits the strength of the Order, at the end of the decade under review :
Number of Working Lodges. 89
Past Grands ...
687
Contributing Members 4,114
$33,674.83
Revenue-Annual. Widows' and Orphans' Fund. 28,035.12
For the year 1852 the following recapitulation shows the work of benevo- lence in which the Order was engaged :
Number of Brothers Relieved 407
Buried .. 45
Amount paid for Relief of Brothers $5,800.87
" Widowed Families. 583.59
" Education. 418.79
" Burial of Dead 2,255.10-$9,058.35
Proceedings from 1852 to 1862 .- On Jan. 17, 1853, James M. Moore resigned the office of Grand Secretary, and Past Grand Wm. White was elected-who has held the office, with great credit to himself and profit to the Order, to the present time (1873).
July 20, 1853, Peter M. Jones was elected Grand Master.
July 19, 1854, Atwood G. Hobson was elected Grand Master.
July 18, 1855, Dr. John M. Mills was elected Grand Master.
July 15, 1856, Col. Amos Shinkle was elected Grand Master.
Nov. 4, 1857, Geo. W. Morris was elected Grand Master.
Nov. 2, 1858, Milton J. Durham was elected Grand Master.
Nov. 2, 1859, Cyrus A. Preston was elected Grand Master.
Nov. 7, 1860, Ephraim M. Stone was elected Grand Master.
Nov. 6, 1861, John M. Armstrong was elected Grand Master.
Oct. 29, 1862, John F. Fisk was elected Grand Master.
At the close of this decade we find the following was the state of the Order: Number of Working Lodges 115 " Past Grands
1,373
Contributing Members 4,034
Annual Receipts. $21,627.19
The Lodges numbered as high as 147, but 32 had surrendered their charters. The youngest born of the decade was Merit, No. 147, at Blandville, Ballard county.
The benevolent work of the year is thus recapitulated :
No. of Brothers Relieved 358
" " Widowed Families Relieved. 113
" " Brothers Buried. 33
" " Orphans under charge of Subordinate Lodges 331
Amount of Relief extended to Brothers .. $ 6,942.10
" Widowed Families 1,800.00
66 expended for Education of Orphans 341.47
66 " Burying the Dead. 1,541.85
Total amount for benevolent purposes. $10,625.47
Proceedings from 1862 to 1872 .- The following were the Grand Masters during this decade and the date of their election :
James Crockett Sayers, Oct. 12, 1863. Joseph D. Trapp, Oct. 28, 1868.
Maslin S. Dowden, Oct. 26, 1864. Speed Smith Fry, Oct. 27, 1869.
John D. Pollard, Oct. 25, 1865. Edward W. Turner, Oct. 27, 1870.
Charles G. Cady, Oct. 24, 1866. William W. Morris, Oct. 25, 1871.
Zach. Gibbons, Oct. 22, 1867. John C. Underwood, Oct. 23, 1872.
William T. Curry, Oct. 23, 1867.
At the session of 1865 a select committee was appointed to report at the next annual session the best plan by which the Order in Kentucky could establish a home for the widows and a school for the orphans of Odd-Fellows. P. G. Master Dowden had been the prime mover in the matter. In 1866,
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this committee submitted a communication from Montgomery Lodge, No. 18, at Harrodsburg, making the following propositions :
Ist. That if said Grand Body will establish a school for the widows and orphans of the Order in Kentucky, and permanently locate the same at Harrodsburg, this Lodge and the citizens of Mercer county will give the "Springs Property," now belonging to the United States, known as the "Soldiers' Home," or the property known as " Daughters' College," and the property adjacent thereto, belonging to J. B. Bowman, or $25,000, if an endowment of $100,000 is procured outside of Mercer county, or $50,000 if an endowment of $200,000 is procured as above.
2d. (1.) That this Lodge will, through herself or agents, undertake to raise, within twelve months, the sum of $100,000 in cash, and as much more as she can, for the endowment of said school, said agent or agents to be paid - per cent. for their services and expenses out of said fund. Should said sum be not raised, then this Lodge and the citizens of Mercer county to pay said agents for their services and expenses. (2.) That should said amount be not raised within the time specified, then the fund so raised to be refunded to the donors.
3d. That said Grand Body, in the event of these propositions being accepted, appoint a committee to procure a charter for said institution at the next session of the General Assembly of Kentucky, permanently locating it at Harrodsburg.
4th. That the said Grand Body instruct the Grand Master to convene said Grand Lodge when he shall be notified by Montgomery Lodge, No. 18, that said amount has been raised as herein specified.
5th. The plan and arrangement of said institution this Lodge leaves to the Grand Lodge of Kentucky ; but suggests that the committee appointed to procure a charter have incorporated in that instrument every thing necessary for a college or university.
The proposition was accepted, and a committee of five appointed to further consider the matter-of which Wm. T. Curry was chairman. Before the close of the session the committee reported a comprehensive plan, which was adopted. Since that time the enterprise has been constantly growing in public favor, until it is understood that $250,000 have been subscribed-the collection of which is steadily progressing. The day can not be far distant when this noble institution will open its hospitable doors to the wards of benevolent Odd-Fellowship. Prof. Hugh B. Todd is the present agent (Sept., 1873), and is meeting with gratifying success wherever he puts in his frater- nal appearance.
The following recapitulation will show the state of the Order in 1872 :
Initiations, 1871-2
1,280
Past Grands 1,917
Contributing Members
9,124
Revenue or Annual Receipts.
.$70,761.39
Relief .- Number of Brothers Relieved ..
867
Number of Widowed Families Relieved.
149
" Orphans in charge of Subordinate Lodges
606
Amount of Relief extended to Brothers
$17,680.41
" " " Widowed Families 5,184.16
expended for Education of Orphans 822.17
66 " Burying the Dead.
4,758.37
Total amount expended for benevolence $28,667.60
[Compiled by Richard H. Collins.]
The Right Worthy Grand Encampment of Kentucky was organized at Louis- ville, Nov. 21, 1839, and the following officers installed : Henry Wolford, M. W. G. P .; Peleg Kidd, M. E. G. H. P .; Levi White, R. W. G. S. W. ; Jesse Vansickles, R. W. G. J. W. ; S. S. Barnes, R. W. G. Scribe; John Thomas, R. W. G. Treasurer. But two Subordinate Encampments had been formed in Kentucky, both chartered by the Grand Lodge of the United States : Mt. Horeb, No. 1, at Louisville, Aug. 18, 1834, and Olive Branch, No. 2, at Cov- ington, May 15, 1837. The charter of the latter was subsequently surren- dered, and re-issued in 1844 as No. 6.
Moreh, No. 3, at Lexington, was the first Encampment chartered by the Grand Encampment of Kentucky, Nov. 21, 1839; Pilgrim, No. 4, at Frank- fort, the next, on Feb. 4, 1842; Berith, No. 5, at Nicholasville, the next, on Feb. 2, 1844; Kedron, No. 7, at Danville, Jan. 16, 1846; Salem, No. 8, at Shelbyville, Feb. 12, 1846; Pisgah, No. 9, at Maysville, May 4, 1846; Shaff-
" Brothers Buried.
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ner, No. 10, at Harrodsburg, same day ; Amnon, No. 11, at Louisville, July 9, 1846 ; Boone, No. 12, at Richmond, Aug. 26, 1847 ; Noah's Dove, No. 13, at Newport, Aug. 30, 1847; Mt. Ararat, No. 14, at Paris, Oct. 25, 1847; Bethesda, No. 15, at Lexington, Nov. 13, 1847; Woodford, No. 16, at Ver- sailles, March 1, 1848; Mt. Zion, No. 17, at Henderson, June 12, 1848; Wolford, No. 18, at Louisville, Jan. 16, 1850; Mt. Nebo, No. 19, at Paducah, March 22, 1850; Magnolia, No. 20, at Owensboro, May 17, 1850; Station, No. 21, at Keene, July 6, 1850; Orion, No. 22, at Mountsterling, July 18, 1850; Union, No. 23, at Morganfield, Sept. 17, 1850; and Wildey, No. 24, at Perryville, same date.
From 1850 to 1860 .- The annual report for the year ending July 1, 1851, showed 22 Encampments in the state, 778 contributing members, $2,827 revenue, 145 Past Chief Patriarchs, and 127 initiations during the year.
In 1854, there were in the United States 28 Grand Encampments, 541 Subordinate Encampments, with 21,026 members, and an annual revenue of $95,617, from which $30,926 relief was extended. Kentucky was the sixth in number of Encampment members.
April 26, 1859, being the 40th anniversary of the organization of the Independent Order of Odd-Fellows upon this continent, was generally cele- brated by the Order as a day of thanksgiving.
From 1860 to 1870 .- On July 1, 1860, the Grand Encampment of Kentucky had under her jurisdiction 23 Subordinate Encampments, with 828 contribut- ing members; annual revenue, $3,473; Past Chief Patriarchs, 172; initiations during the year preceding, 132. Seven Encampments have been wound up or discontinued.
Nov. 7, 1861, the Subordinate Encampments were requested to drape in mourning for one year their respective charters-in memory of Past Grand Sire Thomas Wildey, of Baltimore, Md., " the illustrious founder of Oud- Fellowship," who died Oct. 19, 1861, aged 81 years. Impressed in early life, in his native land (England), with the advantages afforded by the association of English mechanics known as the " Manchester Unity," he determined to carry out in his adopted country the idea of that organization in an im- proved and more practical form; and on April 26, 1819-in company with John Welch, John Duncan, John Cheatham, and Richard Rushworth, at the Seven Stars Tavern, in the city of Baltimore-he organized Washington Lodge, No. 1, of the Independent Order of Odd-Fellows. From one obscure Lodge of five men, he lived to see the Order in the United States alone grow to 36 Grand Lodges, 2,935 Subordinate Lodges, and 149,239 contributing members. [Sept. 20, 1865, the monument erected-by contributions from members of the Order, and from the Lodges, too-to commemorate the virtues of P. G. Sire Thomas Wildey (a beautiful statue of Charity) was unveiled in Baltimore in the presence of about 15,000 Odd-Fellows, drawn together from all parts of the country to witness the interesting spectacle. ]
At the meeting of the Grand Lodge of the United States, in Boston, Sept. 19, 1864, a committee of five was appointed to "wait upon the President of the United States, or other proper authority, and respectfully ask for protec- tion and relief against the vandalism of many Union soldiers-in throwing open many I. O. O. F. Lodge-rooms, in the path of war, to the gaze of the prying world, and in ruthlessly destroying the Lodge appurtenances, books, and papers." At this meeting every Grand Lodge and Grand Encampment " within the loyal states," was represented, except Vermont.
Oct. 26, 1864, the Grand Encampment of Kentucky made it " unlawful for members to use spirituous or intoxicating liquors, or dispense or cause the same to be dispensed to guests, at anniversary festival, ball, or party-where the regalia of the Order is worn, or the name of the Order is used or assumed."
At the annual meeting at Baltimore, Sept. 18, 1865, of the Grand Lodge of the United States, when the roll of representatives was called by state after state, every jurisdiction responded "here" except the two states of Florida and North Carolina-although but a few weeks after the close of the civil war. And a resolution passed by a unanimous vote-remitting all taxes accrued during the previous four years against those states which had not
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been represented in that time. This action was so generous and so unlooked for, that "hearts were too full for utterance, and men who had braved a thousand dangers wept like children." The charity and kindness, the good will and brotherly love, which distinguished the Order before the war, was its most prominent and sweetest characteristic now.
The Grand Lodge of the United States, at its meeting in 1865, resolved that " no Lodge or Encampment, or any member thereof, should, in the name of the Order, resort to any scheme of raffles, lotteries, or gift enterprises, or schemes of hazard or chance of any kind, as a means to raise funds for any purpose of relief or assistance to such subordinates or to individual members." At the same meeting, prompt and effective means were adopted to obtain from the brethren in the states not subjected to the ravages of the late civil war contributions for the aid of the Order in the South, and $1,000 were appropriated for that purpose by that body. $11,195 additional were contrib- uted by State Lodges and Encampments, up to Sept. 16, 1867, and several thousand dollars subsequently.
In 1870, the establishment of Odd-Fellows' Libraries was recommended, as calculated to promote the best interests of the Order; and in 1871, the Grand Lodge of the United States further commended and encouraged the establish- ment of schools, libraries, asylums, and general relief associations, and by name "held up to the admiration of the world " the action of Kentucky Odd- Fellows in founding at Harrodsburg, the Widows' Home and Orphans' Uni- versity. Oct. 25, 1871, the Grand Patriarch announced the required sum to found this noble institution subscribed.
The following is a list of the succession of highest officers of the Grand Encampment:
WHEN ELECTED.
M. W. GRAND PATRIARCHS.
M. EX. GRAND HIGH PRIESTS.
Nov. 21, 1839| Henry Wolford .. Louisville.
Jan. 2, 1841 Wm. H. Walker.
Louisville.
Levi White. . Louisville.
Feb. 4, 1842 James S. Lithgow Louisville.
Feb. 3, 1843 Jesse Vansickles
Louisville.
John Fonda Louisville.
Feb. 2, 1844 John Fonda.
Louisville.
Tal. P. Shaffner Louisville.
Jan. 31, 1845 Taliaferro P. Shaffner ... . Louisville.
May 8, 1846 George Blanchard
Louisville.
May 8, 1847 David P. Watson. Nicholasv.
May 6, 1848 Henri F. Middleton
.Shelbyville
July 18, 1849 Simmons Watkins
. Louisville.
July 18, 1850 George T. Cotton.
Versailles.
July 16, 1851 Alexander H. Jameson ... Covington.
July 21, 1852 James M. Moore. Louisville.
July 20, 1853 William B. Mason Lancaster.
July 19, 1854 Amos Shinkle .. Covington.
July 18, 1855 Dr. Benj. I. Raphael . Louisville.
July 16 1856 William R. Hydes Louisville.
Nov.' 4, 1857 John B. Davies. Louisville.
Nov. 3. 1858 William Thos. Curry
.Harrodsb'g
Nov. 2, 1859 Charles G. Cady.
Maysville.
Nov. 7, 1860 Samuel L. Adams. Lexington.
Nov. 6, 1861 John D. Pollard. Frankfort.
Oct 29, 1862 Maslin S. Dowden . Lexington.
Oct. 28, 1863 John Hambrick . Covington.
J. F. Bamberger . Louisville.
Oct. 26, 1864 Andrew H. Calvin .Lexington.
Oct. 25, 1865 Joseph D. Trapp. Lexington.
Oct. 24, 1866 George S. Moore. Louisville.
Oct. 23, 1867 Peter Beall. Covington.
Oct. 28, 1863 Adolph Rammers. Louisville. John W. Combs ..
Winchester
Oct. 27, 1869 James C. Welch
Nicholasv. James W. Johnson . Lexington.
Oct. 26, 1870 Henry H. Farnsworth Harrodsb'g
Edward O. Hare Covington.
Oct. 25, 1871 Thomas W. Foster Lexington. Jobn J. Raipe .Newport.
Oct. 22, 1872 Richard L. Hornbrook . Lexington. J. B. Cook Henderson.
Oct. 29, 1873|Dr. John P. Phister ..
Maysville. George Fewlass Newport.
David P. Watson Nicholasv.
James McGrain . Louisville.
John M. Stephens Louisville.
W. H. Cunningham Henderson. Charles A. Fuller .Louisville.
George W. Morris Louisville.
C. L. Lisle. Louisville.
Henry Gray Lancaster. John B. Davies Louisville.
W. J. Cornell .. . Louisville. Wm. L. Hasbrouck Newport.
Orville B. Wiggins ... . Covington.
Andrew H. Calvin .. Lexington.
Wm. N. Brown Louisville.
Elias Rees .Covington. ;
Frederick Frishe. Louisville.
Orlando Root. Louisville.
Rev. John W. Venable. Versailles. Adolph Ramme Louisville. Peter Beall. Newport.
James C. Welch Nicholasv.
Peleg Kidd. Covington.
John W. Bright Louisville.
Geo. Blanchard . Louisville.
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In 1867, the number of Encampments in Kentucky was 23, of contributing members 1,438, of Past Chief Patriarchs 300, of Past High Priests 153, and the annual receipts or revenue $6,844.
In 1870, the Grand Encampment determined to hold its annual sessions at such place as the Grand Lodge should select for its sessions.
In Sept., 1872, two citizens of Kentucky were elected to distinguished positions in the Grand Lodge of the United States-Judge Milton J. Durham, of Danville, R. W. Deputy Grand Sire, and Rev. John W. Verable, R. W. Grand Chaplain.
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