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Preston, Clarence S. Hall, Joseph L. Burns, George F. Hoye, Dr. A. J. McGraw.
Soldiers returned from abroad and accorded last rites by the Post were: Chester Harwood, Joseph A. Bullard, John W. Cunningham, Alfred E. Beaulieu, Herbert E. Barney, Frederick J. Lynch, John W. Kelly, Ed- ward F. McMullen, Joseph P. Dugan. Those of the members who passed away that year were: J. A. Carnes, E. C. Leonard, Leon Lincoln. The post assisted The G. A. R. in the observance of Memorial Day, as well as to decorate the graves of the soldiers and sailors of the World War. In the parade there were over three hundred men in uniform from the post. The Bugle Corps consisted of Manton W. Chambers, John W. Hutchinson, John Souza, William O'Donnell, Ralph Bradshaw, Morrill Aldrich; the firing squad consisted of fifteen members of the post, under command of Adjutant Frank A. Moran.
By amendment to the by-laws, the post elected as board of trustees, Frank E. Smith, Dr. Charles J. C. Gillon, Arthur Poole. July 4, 1921, the post participated in the exercises held on the Lovering playgrounds for the dedication of a memorial tablet in memory of Spanish War and World War soldiers. On the tablet are the names of David F. Adams, Herbert E. Barney, Alfred E. Beaulieu, Samuel D. Berman, Isaac Cohen, Henry A. Cummings, John W. Cunningham, Edward Doherty, Joseph P. Dugan, James P. Dunn, jr., John F. Flood, Maurice J. C. Flynn, Alphonse Frech- ette, Peter J. Gray, John L. Haggerty, Chester Harwood, Bernard C. Hol- loway, Frank C. Kelley, John W. Kelley, Lawrence V. Kennedy, Daniel Leahy, James H. Leahy, Alfred L. Lord, Frederick J. Lynch, Edward F. McMullen, R. I. Millerd, Thomas R. Murray, Charles J. Nichols, jr., William P. O'Connell, Edward F. O'Sullivan, Clarence E. Peck, T. Waldo Pierce, William R. Roberts, Thomas L. Russell, Louis Sandler, Samuel Sandler, Albert C. Shepard, M. Auguste Silva, Henry W. Sturgis, Michael J. Sullivan, William E. Woodward, all as having died in the World War; and James J. Davidson, Thomas H. Faulkner, Fred Hayward, James F. Littleton, Herbert A. Percival, Lulu M. Plant, John Rafter, Clarence E. Safford, Harry C. White, Henry A. Williams, as having died in the Spanish-American War. Among those who addressed the Post this year were, Frank P. Sibley, war correspondent; Colonel J. F. J. Herbert, for- mer commander of the 102nd Field Artillery, Henry J. Skeffington, U. S. Commissioner of Immigration; F. F. Weiss, special agent Department of Justice; Colonel L. H. Callam, former commander of the 107th Engi- neers. The ball of November 11 met with its usual success.
The officers chosen for 1922 were as follows: Commander: John A. McIsaac; vice-commander, Dr. C. J. C. Gillon; adjutant, Thomas Theri- ault; finance officer, William F. Driscoll; chaplain, Rev. Father James A. Dolan; sergeant-at-arms, John Belanger; historian, William F. O'Donnell; executive committee : Wallace F. Preston, A. Loring Swasey, Everett C. Davenport, Clarence Hall, Joseph Lincoln. Early this year, full military honors were accorded the remains of Samuel Berman, 55th Coast Artillery Regiment, brought here from France. Past Commander A. Loring Swasey was tendered a testimonial banquet at Taunton Inn. Later in the year the post paid burial honors to Comrade Timothy Dorgan. This year, Adjutant Thomas Theriault was made a member of the State executive
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committee. Members of the post attended the unveiling of a tablet to the members of the Ninth Company, C. A. C. Post officers for 1923: Com- mander, Frank E. Smith; vice-commander, Joseph Cohen; adjutant, Thomas Theriault; finance officer, Roy Gilman; historian, Thaddeus Frederick; chaplain, Rev. Father James A. Dolan.
The American Legion Auxiliary was organized April 4, 1921, with the following-named officers: President, Mrs. Madeline M. Morse; vice- president, Mrs. Dorothy L. Swasey; secretary, Miss Mary V. Moran; treasurer, Mrs. Lucietta K. Hall; executive committee: Mrs. Lillian B. McIsaac, Mrs. Dorothea Taggart, Miss Ruth Davenport. The officers for 1922: President, Mrs. Madeline M. Morse; vice-president, Mrs. Lillian McIsaac; secretary, Miss Mary V. Moran; treasurer, Mrs. Lucietta K. Hall; sergeant-at-arms, Mrs. Flora Nixon; historian, Mrs. Barbara Hodg- man. The officers for 1923: President, Miss Mary V. Moran; vice-presi- dent, Mrs. Catherine Reagan; secretary, Mrs. Dorothea Taggart; treasurer, Miss Mary Murray; sergeant-at-arms and chaplain, Mrs. Flora Nixon; historian, Mrs. Barbara R. Hodgman; pianist, Mrs. Margaret Burt. In their welfare work, the members of this Auxiliary have given care to more than forty ex-service men at the State Hospital, and they assisted families of soldiers of the World War. Hope chests and daisy drives helped them to realize sums of money for the work. The membership was more than one hundred in 1923.
Veterans of Foreign Wars .- This patriotic order was organized by the amalgamation of the Army of the Philippines, American Veterans of Foreign Service, and the Army of the Philippines, Cuba and Porto Rico, September 14-17, 1914, at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Sinare Beau- lieu, commander of David F. Adams Post, No. 611, states that this organ- ization was formed February 19, 1921, in Clan Gordon Hall, Taunton, the charter members being: Sinare Beaulieu, Thomas E. McCarthy, William F. Reardon, Orswell Francis, Arthur J. King, Anthony M. Vieira, Fred- erick R. Cotter, James A. McDonald, Henry A. Menard, Louis Garney. The charter was kept open for sixty days, and when closed contained eighty-three names. Sinare Beaulieu was elected commander and served to the present (1923) ; Thomas E. McCarthy, senior vice-commander; Arthur J. King, junior vice commander; William F. Reardon, quarter- master; James A. McDonald, adjutant. The growth of the post was con- tinuous, and in 1923 there were 248 members. Sinare Beaulieu, the com- mander, served in the Spanish-American War, the Philippines Insurrec- tion, China or Boxers' Uprising, and in the World War. Thomas E. Mc- Carthy served in the Philippines and the World War, in France, where he won a commission. William F. Reardon served in the World War, in France, with the Engineers' Corps, and won four service bars. The mem- bership consists of officers or enlisted men in army, navy or marine corps of the United States with honorable discharge, or those who served in any foreign insurrection or expedition which was governed by the issuance of a campaign badge by the United States government. The chief object is to maintain true allegiance to the United States government, to foster patriotism, to maintain the institutions of American freedom.
A meeting was called, November 16, 1921, at Clan Gordon Hall, Taunton, by National Deputy Mrs. Mary White and members of Gilbert
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Perry Auxiliary, of Attleboro, for the purpose of forming an auxiliary to the David F. Adams Post, No. 611, Veterans of Foreign Wars. Twenty- one members were enrolled, and officers were elected, as follows: Presi- dent, Miss Mary E. Murray; senior vice-president, Mrs. Josephine Allen; junior vice-president, Mrs. Catherine Carroll; chaplain, Mrs. Rosaline King; treasurer, Miss Maud Henshall; patriotic instructor, Miss May Mc- Donald; historian, Miss Alice Field; guard, Mrs. Mary J. Murray; record- ing secretary, Miss Anna J. Vieira; conductress, Miss Alice Carney; color guards: Mrs. Elizabeth Hewitt, Mrs. Mary Duarte, Mrs. Cora Baptista, Mrs. Rosie Resendes; trustees : Mrs. Annie O'Neill, Mrs. Laura S. Barker, Mrs. Sarah Francis. A joint installation was held with the post, January 3, 1922, and the officers-elect were installed. The charter was closed July 17, with sixty-five members. The main purpose of the auxiliary was to visit the ex-service men in the hospitals. Visits were made to the State Hos- pital and the Lakeville Sanatorium, with needed supplies for the men. Mrs. Laura J. Barker was chairman of the relief comittee. Officers for 1923 were elected December 27, as follows: President, Miss Mary E. Mur- ray ; senior vice-president, Mrs. Laura S. Barker; junior vice-president, Mrs. Elizabeth Hewitt; chaplain, Miss May Scanlon; treasurer, Miss Alice Car- ney ; patriotic instructor, Mrs. Mae Morin; historian, Mrs. Catherine Hag- gerty; guard, Mrs. Mary J. Murray; recording secretary, Miss Alice Field; conductress, Miss Gertrude McCarthy; color guards: Mrs. Gertrude Menard, Miss Nellie Scanlon, Miss Sarah Noonan, Mrs. Mary Duarte; trus- tee for eighteen months, Miss Lena Cronan. The officers were installed January 23, 1923, by National Deputy Miss Mary McDonald and members of the Gilbert Perry Auxiliary of Attleboro.
The Ninth Company, C. A. C .- This, though now non-existent as a company, was originally organized as the Taunton City Guard in 1865. At the close of the Civil War, in which Taunton men made an honorable record, the returned veterans found that the militia law was such that they might be compelled to continue military service. Many of them decided that they would prefer a company of their own, and they formed the City Guard. By a special order issued from the Adjutant-General's office, No- vember 8, 1865, George Murray and sixty others of Taunton and vicinity having filed an enlistment roll, an election was ordered, and the company designated as the 80th Unattached Company. The first meeting was in Franklin Hall, where the Central fire station now is, November 21, 1865, at which Captain James Brown, of Company G, which had been rechartered about six months previously, presided. William J. Briggs was elected cap- tain, William Watts first lieutenant, and Andrew W. Pierce second lieu- tenant. George Murray, whose name headed the petition, was a veteran of English birth. Many of the members of the new company had been members of the old Taunton Light Guard, Company G, Fourth Regiment. The two companies became joint owners of the camp equipment of the old Light Guard.
January 8, 1866, the date of the adoption of the company's constitution, the following-named non-commissioned officers were appointed: First ser- geant, Laughlin Walsh; second sergeant, Henry L. Churchill; third ser- geant; Lemuel C. Porter; fourth sergeant, Lorenzo O. Barnard; fifth ser- geant, Henry D. White; corporals: Timothy J. Lincoln, Edward W. Cross-
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man, Sylvester J. Clement, Almer S. Johnston, Levi K. Congdon, Edwin S. Thayer. Sergeant L. C. Porter was the first company clerk, and Sergeant L. O. Barnard was the first treasurer. The company was designated Com- pany F, May 8, 1866, it received its first uniforms June 21, and the roll showed a company of forty-eight men and three commissioned officers. The Third Regiment was formed in August, 1866, and the City Guard was attached to it. Mason W. Burt was its first colonel, and Sergeant L. O. Barnard, of Company F, was made sergeant-major. The company's first parade was on Memorial Day, 1869. The State obliged the reenlistment of all the State forces in 1873, and thirty-nine men were mustered as members of Company F on July 8. The company was presented with its flag in May, 1874, by Lieutenant-Colonel A. A. Austin. When, by act of the Legislature in 1876, there was a reorganization of the State forces, Company F became a part of the Third Battalion, consisting of four companies commanded by Major D. A. Butler, of New Bedford. In this battalion, Leander D. Fuller was sergeant-major, and William H. Cooper was drum-major-both from Company F.
The Legislature again reorganized the militia in 1878, and Company F became a part of the First Regiment of Infantry, consisting of twelve com- panies, of which Nathaniel Wales was the first colonel. The commissioned officers of the company having all resigned in April, 1883, Colonel Welling- ton, for the interest of the command, delayed the election of their succes- sors, and detailed the senior first lieutenant of the regiment, Samuel Hobbs, of Company K (Boston Tigers), to take command of the company on May 15, 1883, and he continued in command for about two months, when the leadership devolved upon William C. Perry, who was elected second lieu- tenant June 9. The command attended various musters and tours of duty. The name of the organization was changed in 1897 to the First Regiment of Heavy Artillery, and again, in 1906, to Corps of Coast Artillery. The Spanish War service of the company is told in the Spanish-American War section of this history. July 28, 1917, the Ninth Company, under command of Captain Frank A. D. Bullard and Lieutenants Edwin G. Hopkins and Leo H. Coughlin, departed for Fort Heath, at the call of the World War; and the company was formally mustered into the United States service at Fort Heath, August 5. On August 20 it was divided, when Lieutenant Hopkins and nineteen men went to Westfield to form a part of the 101st Ammunition Train of the Twenty-sixth Division; the remainder of the comapny went overseas, and the old Ninth lost its former identity. Its members were transferred to many and various branches of the service, in- cluding the field artillery, mobile heavy artillery, infantry and ordnance; and several of the enlisted men were commissioned as officers during the war.
The story of the headquarters of the company and of the armories has place here. The first headquarters was at Templar Hall, on City Square. Then the old Baptist church, in the rear of the present Baptist church, was dedicated as an armory October 1, 1867. The company remained there until January, 1879, when it moved to the hall on the second floor of the Leonard block, on Summer street. The company then leased the hall in the upper part of the building and remained there from 1884 until 1891, when it removed to the lower hall again. In January, 1895, Music Hall,
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on Cohannet street, was taken for an armory, but in 1897 a brick armory and drill shed were erected on Weir street and occupied by the company. The present State armory, on Pleasant street, was dedicated January 26, 1917.
This is the roster of the Ninth Company as that organization went into the service of the World War, in 1917:
Captain, Frank A. D. Bullard; first lieutenant, Edwin C. Hopkins; second lieutenant, Leo H. Coughlin; first sergeant, Ellery C. Strange; supply sergeant, Abiathar White; mess sergeant, John J. Donahue; ser- geants : Ralph A. Bradshaw, George E. Jennings, Bowen A. Hall, Fred A. Jordan, David F. Adams, Charles E. French, Orswell Francis, William K. Hodgman, Jr .; corporals : Carroll H. Gutterson, Joseph E. Donahue, Antoine E. Begnoche, Herbert W. Simmons, Herbert E. Goff, Gardner L. Fassett, Ralph E. Sanford, Harry A. Burt, Thomas R. Conaty, John D. Anthony, Alfred J. Theriault; cooks: Manton W. Chambers, James A. Wolfe; me- chanics : James J. McCarthy, Oscar M. Silvia; musicians: Harry J. Conaty, George W. Gould; privates, first class: Everett E. Babbitt, Samuel Ber- man*, Harold W. Caswell, Andrew J. Donaghy, William H. Gilson, Harold E. Horton, Oscar Lemieux, Wilfred A. Mador, George E. Mandigo, Harry Nelson, Charles L. Rose, James Sears, John Silvia, Arthur N. White, John C. Souza, Armand H. Tillson, Adelard Tremblay, Henry J. Menard. Privates-John Avylla, Merrill D. Aldrich, Earl S. Babbitt, Joseph P. Bap- tista, John Bello, Palmer H. Bourdreau, Robert A. Carter, Henry J. Casey, Percy E. Chase, Charles Coe, Frederick R. Cotter, Joseph Cohen, Edward L. Cronan, Horace R. Crowell, John W. Cunningham*, Leo A. De Marteau, Howard Farrow, Albert P. Frappied, Leonard J. Goslin, Carleton Green, Bernard C. Grew, Joseph Gribbon, James B. Hathaway, John H. Harrigan, Edward J. Hanna, Lester C. Harwood, Carl F. Haynes, James Hoyle, Ever- ett C. Horton, Arthur J. King, Charles A. Lawlor, Dona Laramie, Roy V. Lahar, John F. Lucy, Francis J. Lynch, Arthur Le Houllier, Charles H. Lincoln, George W. McCaffrey, George E. Mador, Fred W. Marshall, Paul McGovern, Bela F. McKenney, jr., Edward McCarthy, William F. McGann, Edmond Morin, Edward F. Murray, Edward J. Murphy, Stephen H. Mur- phy, Dennis Noonan, Charles D. Marsch, Clyde W. Packer, Ernest H. Rick- ertson, Manuel Silva, Manuel Silvia, George F. Simmons, jr., Bernard Smith, Henry St. Aubin, Alex. Thibault, Roland B. Tweedy, Francis Unsworth, George A. White, William J. Whitters, Napoleon Yelle, Joseph S. Baran, Everett W. Borden, Ariel H. Dunham, William H. Farley, Romeo J. Lenney.
CHAPTER XX TAUNTON FRATERNAL SOCIETIES.
So varied in name and purpose, and so extensive in influence have be- come the fraternal organizations within the past half century, that an ac- count of them necessarily forms a chapter of the present-day story in the history of all towns and cities. Taunton is a city that has particular note on account of societies of this kind, both for the older origin of some, and for the rapid growth and position of others; while foreign-born people who
*Died in service.
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have come here to make their homes have their own societies and clubs, from which new powers, political and social, are emanating. Most requests for information regarding the institution fraternal have been generously accorded in the following :
Masonic-One of the oldest lodges of Masonry in Massachusetts is King David Lodge, A. F. and A. M., whose charter dates from June 12, 1798, these being the charter members: Seth Padelford, William Sever, James Sproat, Abiatha Ingell, Thomas Weatherby, Daniel Crossman, Wil- liam A. Crocker, Enos Williams, Samuel Crocker, John W. Smith, Nathaniel Terry, David Vickery, William Carver, Benjamin Harris, Apollos B. Leon- ard, Samuel Wilde, jr., Philip Padelford. These officers were elected and installed at the tavern of Josiah Crocker: Worthy Master, Seth Padelford; Senior Warden, William A. Crocker; Junior Warden, John W. Smith; Treasurer, William Sever; Secretary, Samuel Crocker; Senior Deacon, Nathaniel Terry; Junior Deacon, David Vickery; Steward, Thomas Weath- erby. From July 6, 1798, meetings were held in the hall of the Bristol Academy, and from that date to 1819 one hundred and fifty persons were initiated. Opposition against Masonry began in 1825 and continued for a number of years. In 1832 the lodge voted to reject consideration to sur- render its charter. Ichabod Bosworth, who was raised to the third degree in Masonry, December 3, 1833, was the last person made a Mason in this lodge until the close of the Anti-Masonic movement. Henceforth meetings were held at Free Masons' Hall, at Odd Fellows' Hall, at a hall in the West Britannia works, at Fraternity Hall, Union block, at a hall over the Old Colony Railroad station, at Mason's Hall, in Skinner's block, on Main street. Solid silver jewels for the twelve officers, with velvet collars, were presented from Mrs. Sarah L. King and Mrs. Curtis Guild, daughters of Samuel Crocker. The past masters of King David Lodge:
Seth Padelford, 1798; John W. Smith, 1800; William Sever, 1801; Dr. Foster Swift, 1803; William Sever, 1805; Seth Johnson, 1806; Hillard Earl, 1807; Simeon Carver, 1810; Gilbert Everett, 1811; James Crossman, 1812; Thomas W. Bicknell, 1815; Seth Presbrey, 1816; John Presbrey, 1819; Thomas C. Brown, 1821; James W. Crossman, 1823; Samuel Caswell, 1824; John Baylies, 1825; William W. Crossman, 1826; Thomas C. Brown, 1828; James Thurber, 1830; John Howard, 1832 to 1846; James W. Crossman, 1846; Thomas C. Brown, 1848; James M. Cook, 1849; William Cox, 1853; William M. Parks, 1856; Edward Mott, 1859; Jeremiah J. Whitmarsh, 1862; William M. Parks, 1864; John E. Brown, 1865; Rev. Charles H. Titus, 1867; Charles F. Johnson, 1869; Charles A. Reed, 1871; William E. Wilcox, 1872; Alfred B. Hodges, 1874; Henry N. Hopkins, 1875; Abner Coleman, 1877; George F. Soule, 1879; Lorenzo Luce, 1880; Marcus A. Dary, 1881; James A. Messinger, 1882; Isaac D. Paull, 1883; Leonard F. King, 1885; Daniel L. Brownell, 1886; George B. Warren, 1888; Edward H. Temple, 1890; James P. Williams, 1891; Henry D. Atwell, 1893; Walter T. Soper, 1894; Albert E. Robinson, 1896; S. Franklin Hammett, 1898; Edwin N. Clark, 1900; Nathan P. Shedd, 1901; John H. Eldridge, 1902; William Dean, 1903; Charles P. Foster, 1904; Frank P. Lincoln, 1905; William E. Pratt, 1906; James C. Brown, 1907; William W. Morse, 1908; Eugene H. Brownell, 1909; George A. Bosworth, 1910; Lewis E. Higgins, 1911; James D. Donaldson, 1912; Levi L. Wetherbee, 1913; Ralph D. Dean, 1914; Ed- ward W. Burt, 1915; Clifford H. Macomber, 1917; Stephen W. Pollard,
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1918; Charles H. Walker, 1919; Arthur S. Sartoris, 1920; Lucius T. Cush- man, 1921; Arthur R. Knox, 1922.
A dispensation for a lodge at Taunton, to be called Alfred Baylies Lodge, A. F. and A. M., was granted January 12, 1866, to John H. Eddy and thirty-two others. The charter was granted December 13, that year, and the lodge was duly constituted January 9, 1867. The lodge, named for Dr. Alfred Baylies, a well-known physician, who was secretary of King David Lodge for over forty years, held its meetings at a hall in the Staples block up to the year 1923, when removal was made to the centre of the city. The Masonic apron of Dr. Baylies was presented to the lodge by his grandson, Walter Southgate, and it is highly prized by the members. The charter members were: John Eddy, Benjamin H. Baker, Charles F. Eddy, Charles H. Paull, James H. Codding, Benjamin B. Hath- away, Benjamin Cooper, John O. Babbitt, James F. Hathaway, Whitman Chase, Mason W. Burt, William H. Ingell, Sylvanus N. Staples, Darius M. White, George F. Gavitt, William D. Hatch, Jacob Burt, James W. Gavitt, George E. Paull, Albert French, William E. Thresher, Moses F. Pike, Jacob B. Phillips, Benjamin G. Wilbur, William L. Hathaway, William Hathaway, Abiathar I. Staples, Albert H. Hathaway, John M. Phillips. These have been the Past Masters :
John H. Eddy, 1866; Mason W. Burt, 1867; M. Frank Pike, 1868; Charles F. Eddy, 1869; William B. Presbrey, 1871; L. T. Talbot, 1873; William F. Bodfish, 1874; Horatio H. Hall, 1876; George E. Wilbur, 1880; William F. Bodfish, 1881; E. P. Padelford, 1882; Charles E. Evans, 1884; John C. Chace, 1886; Ivory H. Bumpus, 1888; James R. Eddy, 1889; E. P. Padelford, 1891; Alfred L. Lincoln, 1892; Edwin O. Williams, 1894; G. H. Padelford, 1896; Allen P. Hoard, 1898; Herbert C. Wood, 1900; J. J. Con- nell, 1902; George W. Barrows, 1903; Edwin O. Williams, 1904; Isaac H. Pidgeon, 1905; Arthur C. Staples, 1906; O. C. Syvertsen, 1908; Otis C. Stanley, 1909; Robert J. Mckechnie, 1912; William H. Mann, 1911; Allan Mckechnie, 1912; Samuel B. Dobson, 1913; H. Stanley Wood, 1915; Chester A. Reid, 1917; George H. Schefer, 1919; Edward H. Owen, 1920; Walter A. Beeman, 1922-1923.
Ionic Lodge, A. F. and A. M., was granted a dispensation January 8, 1867, James Utley receiving his appointment as first master, and William R. Williams and Charles H. Atwood first wardens. The lodge charter was granted December 11, 1867, and Ionic Lodge was constituted by the officers of the Grand Lodge, December 8, 1867. These were the charter members : Charles H. Atwood, Charles T. Atwood, Orville A. Barker, John. S. Bassett, Gerry Brown, George F. Champney, Ezra Davol, Calvin P. Har- ris, Joseph W. Haywood, John Holland, Isaac C. Howland, Charles T. Hubbard, Elijah U. Jones, Daniel L. Mitchell, Jonathan L. Stanley, Albert S. Sweet, E. Dawes Tisdale, Daniel A. Trefethen, James Utley, George A. Washburn, Philo T. Washburn, Laban W. Williams, Philander Wil- liams, William R. Williams, George L. Wilmarth, John O. S. Wilmarth, Baylies Wood. The first initiates were the following-named: Isaac R. Hadwen, Charles A. Hathaway, Silas D. Presbrey, who received the first degree April 12, 1867. The following-named have been the worshipful masters :
James Utley, 1867-70; Charles H. Atwood, 1870-72; William C. Lover-
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ing, 1872-74; Blanchard B. Kelley, 1874-75; Charles H. Atwood, 1875-76; Ansel O. Burt, 1876-78; Arthur B. Atwood, 1878-80; Jason Hayward, 1880- 83; Lloyd E. White, 1883-85; Milton I. Daggett, 1885-87; Solon R. Wright, 1887-90; F. Arthur Walker, 1890-92; Lewis M. Witherell, 1892-94; Nathaniel J. W. Fish, 1894-96; George F. Chace, 1896-98; Frederick E. Johnson, 1898-1900; Alfred B. Williams, 1900-02; Herbert A. Morton, 1902-04; Otis C. Chace, 1904-06; James B. Crossman, 1906-08; Archie T. Drew, 1908-10; James E. Totten, 1910-11; Edwin G. Hopkins, 1911-13; Percy F. Francis, 1913-15; Edwin J. Mager, 1915-17; Arthur R. Leonard, 1917-18; Frank W. Boynton, 1918-20; Lewis M. Witherell, jr., 1920-22; Edwin D. Ripley, 1922-23.
Charles H. Titus Lodge, A. F. and A. M., was granted a dispensa- tion March 15, 1872, with Timothy C. Baker as first worshipful master, and Lewis E. Leonard and Walter S. Sprague as wardens. The lodge was named for Rev. Charles Henry Titus, of the Methodist Episcopal church, who had officiated as a pastor in this city, and who was a past master of King David Lodge. The lodge received its charter March 12, 1873, and was constituted March 28, that year, the following-named being the charter members: Charles T. Robinson, Zacheus Sherman, Henry H. Robinson, Lorenzo O. Barnard, William L. Walker, Lewis E. Leonard, Obed Harlow, James L. Corey, Edwin A. Darey, Abiathar Doane, jr., Charles Lawton, Daniel F. Frasier, Nathan S. Williams, Wilson W. Arnold, Walter S. Sprague, James H. Stevens, Edward W. Harlow, Hor- atio L. Cushman, Edward B. Dean, Rev. Charles H. Titus, Isaac G. Car- rier, Asaph L. Bliss, George H. Rhodes, Joseph W. Knowles, Herbert E. Tinkham, Henry I. Tinkham, Charles F. Ivers, William M. Cowing, Edwin E. Rogers, Timothy C. Baker. The first two initiates were Cornelius H. Paull and John E. DeBlois. The past masters of the lodge: Timothy C. Baker, 1872; Lewis E. Leonard, 1873; Walter S. Sprague, 1875; George H. Rhodes, 1877; William O. Snow, 1879; Charles H. Titus, 1880; Damon G. White, 1883; Charles A. Sherman, 1883; Charles Hewitt, 1885; Henry D. Atwood, 1887; Otis P. Allen, 1889; Seth L. Cushman, 1891; John E. DeBlois, 1892; Edwin A. Dary, 1895; George B. Parlow, 1896; James E. Lewis, 1897; Benjamin B. Pierce, 1899; John A. Abbott, 1901; William C. Townsend, 1903; Allston E. Hewitt, 1905; Enos D. Williams, 1906; Alonzo K. Crowell, 1908; Gad Robinson, 1910; David H. Glover, 1912; F. A. Harmon, 1913; Carlos D. Freeman, 1915; Edgar L. Crossman, 1917; Albert G. Foster, 1919; Harold A. Walker, 1921.
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