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"FARMERS' HOME" AT ST. CLOUD
ST. GERMAIN STREET, 1865
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latt (D), G. W. Sweet (W), 1865-66; James K. Miller, Wesley Carter (D), James Big- gerstaff (D), 1866-67; James K. Miller, James Biggerstaff (D), E. S. Hall (W), 1867-68; J. Edwin Wing (D), L. W. Col- lins (D), J. C. Wilson (W), 1868-69; L. W. Collins (D), A. W. Bush (W), W. J. Par- sons (D), 1869-70; L. W. Collins (D), E. H. Walker (D), C. W. West (D), 1870-71; J. Edwin Wing (D), James Biggerstaff (D), E. V. Campbell, 1871-72; L. W. Collins (D), E V. Campbell, C. W. West (D), 1872-73; E. H. Walker (D), E. V. Campbell, John Coates, 1873-74; J. Edwin Wing (D), E. H. Walker (D), J. K. Miller, 1874-75; J. Edwin Wing (D), J. K. Miller, John Coates, 1875-76; J. Edwin Wing (D), John Coates, J. V. Brower (D), 1876-77; George H. Da- vis (W), J. V. Brower (D), George S. Spen- cer, 1877-78; George H. Davis (W), D. H. Freeman, T. D. Parsons (W), 1878-79; George H. Davis (W), A. L. Cramb (W), George S. Spencer, 1880; A. L. Cramb (W), George S. Spencer, C. T. Fawcett, 1881; George S. Spencer, C. T. Fawcett, S. B. Rees (W), 1882; A. L. Cramb (W), C. S. Benson, John DeLeo (D), 1883; A. L. Cramb (W), J. Edwin Wing (D), M. D. Taylor, 1884; A. L. Cramb (W), M. D. Taylor, F. Tolman (W), 1885; A. L. Cramb (W), M. D. Taylor, T. C. Wing, 1886; M. D. Taylor, T. C. Wing, George McMahon, 1887; M. D. Taylor, T. C. Wing, George McMahon, 1888; T. C. Wing, George Mc- Mahon, J. H. Lufkin, 1889; T. C. Wing, J. H. Lufkin, H. H. Corbett, 1890; J. H. Lufkin, C. T. Fawcett, John DeLeo (D), 1891; J. H. Lufkin, C. T. Fawcett, W. J. Caffin (D), 1892; J. H. Lufkin, C. T. Faw- cett, W. J. Caffin (D), 1893; D. T. Cal- houn (D), C. W. Linwood, A. A. Wright, 1894; D. T. Calhoun (D), A. A. Wright, J. A. Neil, 1895; D. T. Calhoun (D), J. F. Ste- phens, C. T. Fawcett, 1896; D. T. Calhoun (D), J. F. Stephens, L. T. Troutman (W), 1897; J. F. Stephens, M. K. Nelson (W), J. A. Chase (W), 1898; J. F. Stephens, M. K. Nelson (W), J. A. Chase (W), 1899; D. T. Calhoun (D), Geo. H. Hayes (W), Otto H. Wood, 1900; J. H. Lufkin. W. H. Thomp- son, J. E. Jenks, 1901; W. H. Thompson (D), F. A. Ranney (D), Otto H. Wood, 1902; W. H. Thompson, F. A. Ranney (D), Otto H. Wood, 1903; W. H. Thomp- son, A. L. Gralerson, A. H. Gates, 1904; A. L. Gralerson, A. H. Gates, A. H. Leim-
bacher, 1905; C. S. Benson, A. H. Leim- bacher, J. R. Bennett, Jr., 1906; A. H. Leimbacher, J. R. Bennett, Jr., J. N. Ben- son, 1907; A. H. Leimbacher, J. R. Ben- nett, Jr., W. F. Benjamin, 1908; A. H. Leimbacher, Jas. E. Jenks, W. N. Niskern, 1909; Jas. E. Jenks, W. N. Niskern, A. L. Wenstrom, 1910; Jas. E. Jenks, W. N. Niskern, A. L. Wenstrom, 1911; W. N. Niskern, A. L. Wenstrom, C. J. Harrison, 1912; Jas. R. Bennett, Jr., C. J. Harrison, P. P. Colgrove, 1913; Jas. R. Bennett, Jr., J. W. Howatt, H. C. Ervin, Jr, 1914; A. L. Wenstrom, E. S. Hill, L. R. Leverina, 1915. There are on February 25, 1915, 231 members.
The deceased members are: Martin G. Smith, Richard C. Burdick, David Gilman, Taylor Dudlay, Peter A. Grant, Henry Hill- man, George Bunting, Asa Libby, Abner W. Libby, Thomas E. Inman, Silas Marlatt, S. J. Wheeler, Stephen Miller, Pomeroy W. Laughlin, James M. McKelvy, J. Shu- man White, Henry McMahon, Frederick Duhn, Addison Gilmore, Heinrich Hoepner, Francis Arnold, Nelson Bolt, Wesley Car- ter, Hugh O'Donnell, George L. Fisk, Henry C. Rogers, John W. Metzroth, Christ Becker, Levi Wheeler, Caleb W. West, Eu- gene E. Braun, James Biggerstaff, David Tice, William Dickinson, Loren W. Collins, Moody C. Tolman, Allen E. Hussey, J. Ed- win Wing, John R. Hayward, Charles Schulten, Francis Talcott, A. Richardson, Luman O. Boardman, Wales Henderson, Albert O. Gilman, Andrew Larson, John Kray, Joseph E. Wing, James W. Robert- son, Charles W. Buss, Charles W. Kings- bury, Edwin Capple, Josiah E. Hayward, Alonzo W. Gates, James F. Bradford, John Vandersluis, E. L. Davis, James F. Wray, Warren W. Wright, J. Andrew Bensen, Charles A. Leagle; Joseph B. Sartell, Pe- ter R. Greibler, Harvey G. Wire, William Westerman, R. W. Bryan, Maynard A. Col- lar, Smith G. Williams, Nathaniel Getchell, James Stewart, David C. Abeles, James W. Jones, William A. Riley, John Mosher, George McCollum, Leonard Masterbrook, William J. Coffin, Fred W. Ladd, Fred R. Whitman, William H. Thompson, George W. Cline, David T. Calhoun, Orrin O. Wood, James Abell, Archibald Guthrie, Samuel S. Parr, Albert W. Pelton, Alphonso Barto, Peter Henry Anderson, Fred Albert Ran- ney, John F. Sigloh, James Henry John-
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son, George H. Reynolds, John Foster Gay, John Ernest Payne, John DeLeo ..
St. Cloud Chapter, No. 46, R. A. M .- On February 3, 1886, a dispensation for a chapter of Royal Arch Masons was issued by G. H. P. Nathan Kingsley to be known as "Shekinah" Chapter. The petitioners were C. A. Cummings, D. B. Searle, G. W. McCollum, T. C. Boorn, L. W. Collins, R. L. Scott, W. Carter, W. Westerman, S. N. Wright, J. K. Miller, James Lonsdale and G. M. Wing. On October 12, 1886, the chapter was granted a charter as St. Cloud Chapter No. 46, and it was duly consti- tuted and its officers installed on October 14, 1886, the first officers being: H. P., C. A. Cummings; K., T. C. Boorn; S., G. S. Spencer; C. of H., G. W. McCollum; P. S., H. H. Corbett; R. A. C., Geo .. McMahon; M. 3V., M. D. Taylor; M. 2V., J. DeLeo; M. 1V., W. L. Beebe; treasurer, A. F. Rob- ertson; secretary, J. F. Wray. The present officers are: H. P., A. Tufford; K., W. F. Benjamin; S., L. R. Severing; C. of H., O. Nelson; P. S., C. S. Sutton; R. A. C., G. H. Miner; M. 3V., C. F. Harrell; M. 2V., O. H. Bahe; M. 1V., F. Ball; treasurer, F. E. Davis; secretary, J. C. Munro. The membership February 25, 1915, is 127.
Nazarene Commandery No. 24, Knights Templar .- On May 25, 1892, a commandery of Knights Templar was instituted in this city, under dispensation, to be known as Nazarene Commandery. The petition for the dispensation was signed by H. J. An- derson, A. Barto, T. C. Boorn, H. H. Cor- bett, J. H. Dewart, E. J. Evans, C. A. Gil- man, J. F. Low, F. Ladd, Geo. McMahon, J. C. Munro, J. K. Miller, Dee Norton, D. B. Searle, J. F. Stephens, D. Sparrow, J. F. Wray and O. M. Nelson. The commandery was chartered June 24, 1892, and was con- stituted July 26, 1892, by T. W. Hugo, G. C., and the grand commandery, as Nazarene No. 24. The first officers were: E. C., H. J. Anderson; G., J. C. Munro; C. G., Geo. Tileston; P., G. S. Spencer; S. W., Dee Norton; J. W., J. F. Stephens; treasurer, A. Barto; recorder, J. F. Low; S. B., H. H. Corbett; S. W. B., G. W. McCollum; War., M. K. Nelson. The present officers are: E. C., F. L. Estey; G., J. W. Howatt; C. G., C. S. Sutton; S. W., O. Nelson; J. W., C. F. Harrell; P., W. F. Benjamin; treasurer, G. H. Miner; recorder, J. C. Munro; S. B., G. G. Scherfenberg; S. W. B., L. C. Brown;
War., A. Tufford. The membership Febru- ary 25, 1915, is 86.
Granite Chapter, No. 5, Order of the Eastern Star .- Granite Chapter, No. 22, O. E. S., was organized March 30, 1888, in the North Star lodge rooms in the Searle building on Fifth avenue south. The char- ter members were: Mrs. Malinda Cooper, Mrs. Josephine Carrick, Mrs. Laura Mar- latt, Mrs. Myra Fawcett, Mrs. Caroline Boorne, Mrs. Arabel Wing, Annie Getchell, Carrie Getchell, Geo. S. Spencer, T. C. Boorne, Geo. McMahon, Chris. Fawcett, N. Getchell, C. E. Morgan and T. C. Wing, Mrs. Malinda Cooper was elected first worthy matron; Geo. S. Spencer, worthy patron; T. C. Wing, secretary.
After a few months interest died and on March 10, 1894, it was reorganized, and as at this time there were two grand chap- ters they were consolidated, the chapters renumbered according to age, the St. Cloud number changed to No. 5, and a new char- ter granted, as old one was lost or de- stroyed. Mrs. Lida Calhoun was elected worthy matron; J. H. Lufkin, worthy pa- tron; John C. Monroe, secretary. In Feb- ruary, 1913, the Masonic Association hav- ing bought the Kerr block on St. Germain street, the lodge rooms were moved.
The principal officers have been as fol- lows, the worthy matron, worthy patron and secretary being given each year in the order named: 1888, Mrs. Malinda Cooper, George S. Spencer, T. C. Wing; 1894, Mrs. Lida Calhoun, J. H. Lufkin, J. C. Monroe; 1895, Mrs. Lida Calhoun, J. H. Lufkin, Mrs. Charolette Barto; 1896, Mrs. Charolette Barto, J. F. Stephens, Mrs. Myra Faucett; 1897, Mrs. Charolette Barto, J. H. Lufkin, Mrs. Myra Faucett; 1898, Mrs. Ida Steph- ens, C. S. Benson, Mrs. Myra Faucett; 1899, Mrs. Ida Stephens, J. H. Lufkin, Mrs. Myra Faucett; 1900, Mrs. Jane Spencer, M. K. Nelson, Mrs. Hellene Nelson; 1901, Mrs. Jane Spencer, Thos. Hellier, Mrs .. Myra Faucett; 1902, Mrs. Helen Hellier, J. H. Lufkin, Abbie Hellier; 1903, Mrs. Helen Hellier, J. H. Lufkin, Mrs. Myra Faucett; 1904 and 1905, Mrs. Maude Leim- backer, A. H. Gales, Mrs. Myra Faucett; 1906, Mrs. Ella Davis, F. C. Lindt, A. H. Gaumitz; 1907 and 1908, Lomie Raymond, F. C. Lindt, A. H. Gaumitz; 1909, Mrs. Phebe Dunnewold, Ola Nelson, A. H. Gau- mitz; 1910, Mrs. Phebe Dunnewold, Ola
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Nelson, Mrs. Helen Risch; 1911 and 1912, Mrs. Pearl Honer, A. L. Wenstrom, Dell Raymond; 1913, Mrs. Rosa Lindt, J. W. Howatt, Dell Raymond; 1914 and 1915, Mrs. Susan Scherfenberg, F. L. Estey, Dell Raymond.
There are 175 members in good stand- ing at the present time. The Order of the Eastern Star exists for the purpose of giv- ing practical effect to one of the beneficent purposes of Free Masonry, which is to provide for the welfare of the wives, daughters, mothers, widows and sisters of Master Masons and to promulgate the prin- ciples of brotherly love, relief and truth.
James M. McKelvy Post, No. 134, De- partment of Minnesota, Grand Army of the Republic, was organized March 20, 1885, and mustered March 21, 1885. James M. McKelvy, for whom the Post was named, was captain of Company I, Seventh Minne- sota Volunteer Infantry. At the close of the war he took up the legal profession and later was elected judge of the Seventh Judicial District, which position he held for several years until he resigned.
The following were the first officers of the Post: Commander, George S. Spencer; senior vice commander, P. B. Gorman; surgeon, W. M. Scruby; chaplain, James Biggerstaff; officer of the day, Andrew Lar- son; officer of the guard, John Schaefer; quartermaster, D. A. Perkins; adjutant, Frank Carrier; sergeant-major, Thomas Ewing; quartermaster-sergeant, A. B. Mey- ers. The following were charter members: D. A. Perkins, John Dressler, John Schaefer, Frank Carrier, Mathias Mickley, Charles F. Wheeler, P. T. Safford, W. F. Knowlton, George S. Spencer, Loren W. Collins, George W. Tilton, James Bigger- staff, P. B. Gorman, J. W. Westrum, Thomas Ewing, A. E. Hussey, J. L. Wake- field, Miner Webb, Dolson B. Searle, W. W. Swathwood, J. H. Raymond, Andrew Lar- son, W. M. Scruby, John Cooper, C. I. Dakin, A. B. Meyers, Charles Smith, Daniel Martin, Nathaniel Getchell, George I. Porter, G. F. Miles, Fred Reed, Henry Fischer, George Hanson, Charles Ketcham, Michael Mitchell.
During its history, the following have served as commanders of the Post: George S. Spencer, P. B. Gorman, James Bigger- staff, John Schaefer, Fred Reed, D. A. Per- kins, A. F. Perkins, C. F. Macdonald (15
years), J. A. McDonald, Josiah E. West, C. E. Bell, J. P. Carpenter. The following have been adjutants: Frank Carrier, W. L. Carrier, W. L. Spooner, John Schaefer, Fred Reed, M. F. Sweet.
McKelvy Post has since its organization, invariably observed Decoration Day and Memorial Sunday. The Post has always, through delegations of its members, paid annual visits to the schools of the city dur- ing Memorial week.
Two very largely attended district en- campments of the Grand Army of the Re- public have been held in St. Cloud, which were occasions for a great outpouring of the veterans and citizens of the city and surrounding country generally. During its history the Post has been honored by the election of four of its members as depart- ment commanders, the highest position in the Grand Army in the state of Minnesota. They were: A. Barto, Dolson B. Searle, C. F. Macdonald, Loren W. Collins.
Starting with a membership of thirty- six and increasing to one hundred and six, the maximum, it has been reduced by death and removal to forty-nine. Two hun- dred and thirteen veterans of the Civil War have been mustered into the Post dur- ing its history. Their names, company and regiment are as follows: D. A. Perkins, C, 1st Minnesota; John Dressler, I, 7th Minnesota; John Schaefer, D, 1st Minne- sota Mounted Rangers; Frank Carrier, D, 22nd Ohio; Mathias Mickley, D, 1st Minne- sota Mounted Rangers; C. F. Wheeler, F, 40th Wisconsin; P. F. Safford, D, 3rd Wis- consin Cavalry; W. F. Knowlton, D, 1st Minnesota Mounted Rangers; Geo. S. Spencer, B, 10th New York Cavalry; L. W. Collins, F, 7th Minnesota; G. W. Tilton, 2nd Minnesota Battery; Jas. Biggerstaff, F, 1st Minn. B'tt'l'n .; P. B. Gorman, A, 24th Michigan; Joseph W. Westurn, G, 16th New York; Thomas Ewing, I, 3rd Pennsyl- vanie Cavalry; A. E. Hussey, I, 7th Minne- sota; J. L. Wakefield, B, 6th Minnesota; Miner Webb, D, 126th New York; D. B. Searle, I, 64th New York; Wilson W. Swathwood, F, 94th Ohio; J. H. Raymond, D, 1st Minnesota Mounted Rangers; An- drew Larson, A, 34th Kentucky; Wm. M. Scruby, H, 11th Illinois Cavalry; John Cooper, A, 8th Minnesota; C. I. Dakin, D, 4th Minnesota; Andrew B. Myers, D, 4th Minnesota; Chas. Smith, D, 1st Minnesota,
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Mounted Rangers; D. Martin, I, 7th Minne- sota; N. Getchell, D, Ist Minnesota Mounted Rangers; Geo. I. Porter, Com. Sergt., 8th Minnesota; S. P. Howard, U. S. Navy; G. F. Miles, A, 12th Wisconsin; Fred Reed, B, 12th New York Cavalry; . Henry Fischer, E, 1st Minnesota; Geo. Hanson, G, 4th Minnesota; Chas. Ketchum, G, 4th Minnesota; M. Mitchell, H, 4th New Hampshire; W. P. Ward, F, 23rd Ken- tucky; J. E. West, I, 7th Minnesota; A. P. Bell, G, 14th New York; S. C. Johnson, I, 7th Minnesota; S. H. Blood, I, 7th Minne- sota; John Riley, C, 1st Minn. B'tt'l'n .; John Miller, E, 1st Minnesota Cavalry; P. W. Clepper, E, 21st Pennsylvania Cavalry; John Plattes, G, 4th Minnesota; Francis Sargent, F, 33rd New York; Lucien J. Barnes, F, 1st Missouri Artillery; George Crook, B, 33rd Wisconsin; Joseph Mill- bauer, G, 4th Minnesota; W. L. Spooner, F, 23rd Wisconsin; Joseph L. Uptegrove, B, 10th Kentucky; A. M. Hamlin, K, 13th Michigan; S. J. Huffer, C, 8th Illinois; J. H. Warner, C, 50th Massachusetts; M. C. Moran, C, 4th Minnesota; E. J. Smart, K, 2d Maine Cavalry; John Fox, I, 1st Minne- sota; Burton Smith, F, 11th Minnesota; J. C. Feugle, D, 11th Minnesota; C. E. Churchill, I, 2nd Minnesota Cavalry; S. N. Clayton, K, 4th Minnesota; Sydney De- Long, K, 24th Wisconsin; Charles E. Bell, D, 12th Illinois; Justice A. Dayton, B, Hatch's Battalion; Joseph Hershey, I, 4th Minnesota; Jacob Beaven, A, 6th Illinois Cavalry; Xavier Honer, B, 30th Wiscon- sin; C. C. Cowan, 2nd Minnesota Light Ar- tillery; N. Grant, I, 7th Minnesota; V. P. Getchell, I, 7th Minnesota; John B. Scherer, G, 2nd Minnesota Cavalry; Nicho- las Webber, D, Fremont Guards; John Connely, G, 2nd Minnesota Cavalry; Fred- erick Siferth, E, 15th Ohio Artillery; Henry Green, D, 11th Minnesota; John D. Belemy, I, 5th West Virginia; Charles G. Wood, I, 7th Minnesota; David Haney, I, 7th Minnesota; Andrew F. Perkins, C, 1st Minnesota; C. Niel, D, 4th Minnesota; Ed- win Kidder, D, 4th Minnesota; Augustus Parrish, C, 8th Minnesota; Asa Libby, I, 7th Minnesota; D. E. Myers, G, 83d Ohio; John Kemper, G, 5th Minnesota; Austin Thompson, N, 2nd Pennsylvania; C. F. Macdonald, I, 9th Minnesota; J. A. Mc- Donald, F, 2nd Minnesota Cavalry; Werner Meir, E, 5th Minnesota; Clifton B. Gregory,
I, 7th Minnesota; G. S. Martin, C, 99th Ohio; M. F. Sweet, G, 77th New York; Jacob Lemm, G, 9th Minnesota; William Mund, G, 11th Minnesota; J. D. Thomas, I, 7th Minnesota; John Ferschweiler, G, 11th Minnesota; Nick Schreifles, G, 9th Minne- sota; Ross Richards, G, 3d Wisconsin; John N. Gilley, G, 9th New York; Aaron
Fadden, D, 1st Minnesota Mounted Rang- ers; Sam Clayton, K, 4th Minnesota; Wm. Wegher, E, 3d Wisconsin Cavalry; S. G. Williams, C, 13th Michigan; Edwin A. Garlington, I, 3d Minnesota; Leonard Thielman, B, 49th New York; M. C. Saucer, C, 208th Pennsylvania; N. Gasser, G, 9th Minnesota; Bernhard Bruning, G, 9th Min- nesota; J. H. Bonham, D, 5th Ohio Cav- alry; A. F. Perkins, C, 1st Minnesota; Wm. O'Brien, H, 17th Wisconsin; Michael Mc- Nulty, C, 33d Illinois; John Coates, D, 1st Minn. Mtd. Rangers; Joseph Schroyer, B, 167th Ohio; Ora L. Davis, B, 57th New York; Franz Ziegenbein, C, 17th Iowa; Geo. E. Krieg, A, 9th Illinois; Thos. J. Longley, F, 77th Ohio; William Fasolt, I, 9th Pennsyl- vania Reserve; J. A. Loehrer, B, Fremont's
Body Guard; Renslear Burnham, S, 33d Wisconsin; F. Battenburg, A, 128th Ohio; John Steffes, G, 4th Minnesota; John Lei- sen, G, 2nd Minnesota; M. B. Richardson, E, 100th Pennsylvania; A. Barto, K, 52nd Illinois; Ephraim Harrington, F, 11th Min- nesota; Geo. W. Smitten, I, 3d Minnesota; Henry E. Collins, I, 3d Minnesota; John Winter, E, 1st Minnesota Heavy Artillery; Chas. Joy, H, 5th New York; Joseph Rie- der, G, 4th Minnesota; Daniel Delaney, C, 2d Minnesota; Chas. Yager, L, 1st Minne- sota Artillery; Edward Clifton, A, 1st Min- nesota Battalion; Milton P. Noel, B, 9th Illinois; Edward Goerger, I, 4th Minnesota; Peter F. Valley, F, 91st Illinois; John Jones, F, 21st Illinois; A. C. Jonson, D, 1st Minn. Mtd. Rangers; B. Reinhard, G, 1st Iowa; Andrew Fritz, D, 1st Minn .; G. W. Grant, I, 7th Minnesota; Joseph Giedeman, F, 2nd Minnesota; Joseph F. Cranston, D, 12th Illinois; Allen F. Chase, H, 8th Michi- gan; Marcus Bosworth, F, 156th Illinois; Chas. G. Peabody, D, 4th Minnesota; Pat- rick S. Cary, C, 54th Kentucky; Nicholas Hansen, G, 9th Minnesota; Shefield S. Hay- ward, H, 3d Minnesota; John Simonton, D, 1st Minnesota Mounted Rangers; Henry M. Orcutt, I, 1st Minnesota; Nelson Orcutt, M, 1st Minnesota Heavy Artillery; Michael
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Boos, C, 4th Minnesota; Nickolas Kirsch, A, 1st Minnesota Heavy Artillery; Felix Parent, D, Minnesota Hatch's Battalion; Nickolas Post, G, 4th Minnesota; Jacob Brown, H, 7th Wisconsin; Edward K. Green, E, 70th Illinois; Lewis Dimmler, G, 3d Wisconsin; Joseph Latterell, E, 2nd New York Cavalry; William Scherfenberg, D, 1st Minnesota Mounted Rangers; Joseph Diederich, D, 59th U. S. Regulars; Herman Marquit, H, 25th Wisconsin; Edward Hart, I, 7th Minnesota; F. M. McGuire, 14th Wis- consin; H. Gaumnitz, D, 5th U. S. Artillery ; Peter Clarity, G, Massachusetts; Rudolph Huhn, D, 1st Minnesota Mounted Rangers; B. F. Shaw, K, 25th Maine; B. G. Rushton, D, 34th Ohio; John Weidert, G 4th Minne- sota; L. E. Newell, E, 7th West Virginia Cavalry; Kasper Kinzel, L, 1st Minnesota Heavy Artillery; Geo. McCullum, I, 2nd Missouri Cavalry; Nickolas Hansen, C, 1st Minnesota Heavy Artillery; Killian Dran- tle, H, 1st Minnesota; Peter Eich, F, 3d Minnesota; John Fishbach, G, 11th Minne- sota; Nickolas Lauermann, F, 2nd Minne- sota; John Palmer, A, 92d Illinois; John Phipps, A, 1st Minnesota Battalion; William M. Feddema, G, 11th Minnesota; R. F. Bryant, I, 48th Ohio; Charles Riley, I, 67th Indiana; Lewis Akin, B, 182d Ohio; Willis W. Cobton, F, 29th Wisconsin; Joseph A. Hoffman, G, 5th Minnesota; J. P. Carpen- ter, A, 28th Michigan; John Kaufman, G, 2nd Minnesota; John N. Lease, A, 12th Wisconsin; Perry Baxter, I, 194th New York; Frederick A. Fogg, A, 8th Minne- sota; Edward Dimler, E, 26th Wisconsin; William Roeber, H, 35th Wisconsin; Lo- renz Furstenberg, F, 2nd Wisconsin; Eg- bert E. Thomas, K, 50th Indiana; John Dobbs, B, 16th Michigan; James Lonsdale, 1st Iowa Battalion; Peter Snider, I, 8th Minnesota.
J. M. Mckelvy Woman's Relief Corps, No. 40, Department of Minnesota, was or- ganized November 21, 1887, was instituted December 5, 1887, and received its charter January 28, 1888. There were seventeen charter members. The charter officers were: President, Mrs. Margaret J. Mc- Kelvy; senior vice-president, Mrs. P. E. Bryant; junior vice-president, Mrs. M. E. Ketcham; secretary, Rose McKelvy; treas- urer, Mrs. E. J. Thomas; chaplain, Mrs. D. L. Spooner; conductor, Mrs. C. C. Cowan; guard, Eva McKelvy; assistant conductor,
Mrs. Moran; assistant guard, Miss Wilkes. The first meetings were held in the G. A. R. headquarters in the Lewis Clark hall. Successive meeting places have been: the public library, the I. O. O. F. hall, the M. W. A. hall, and, at present, the Eagles' hall. The presidents since organization have been: Mrs. C. E. Cowan, Mrs. D. B. Searle, Mrs. D. L. Spooner, Mrs. Mae Wag- ner, Mrs. Ross Richards, Mrs. Charles Neal, Mrs. James Biggerstaff, Mrs. Belle Riley, Mrs. Francis Flynn, Mrs. Ella Skin- ner. Secretaries, Mrs. M. E. Ketcham, Mrs. Nellie Marvin, Mrs. Helen McCarthy, Miss Glen Wagner, Mrs. Belle Riley, Mrs. Ella Skinner, Mrs. Mae Chapman.
The present officers are: President, Mrs. Nellie Marvin; S. V. P., Mae Wagner; J. V. P., Bertha Schaefer; secretary, Mae Chapman; treasurer, Abbie Carlson; chap- lain, Eliza Lowe; conductor, Francis Fish; guard, Margaret Fischer; assistant con- ductor, Mary Orton; assistant guard, Mrs. Wm. Seabury. Color bearers, No. 1, Addie Arseneau; No. 2, Mrs. C. E. Riley; No. 3, Clara Slattery; No. 4, Eleda Erickson; press correspondent, Ann Brown; patriotic instructor, Elen Welch. There are now forty members.
The W. R. C. stands for patriotism. It is auxiliary to the G. A. R. to aid the mem- bers in caring for afflicted comrades and their dependent ones, and to perpetuate the memory of our heroic dead in the sacred observance of Memorial Day. It has carried sunshine into many afflicted bomes.
D. B. Searle Circle No. 83, Ladies of the G. A. R., was organized February 16, 1911, and received the charter May 23. The fol- lowing were the charter members: Magda- lena Kaufman, Susanna Reider, Julia Bartch, Margaret Mund, Bridget McNulty, Tracy A. Howard, Belle Cater, Ellen Miller, Lena Wolner, Anna Belle Jones, Mary O'Brien, Sarah McDonald, Emma Cross, Minnie Reinhart, Louisa Swathwood, Anna Scherfenberg, Clara Slattery, Mary Coates, Jessie Gaspard, Libby Bell Riley, Jane Spencer, May Wagner, Carrie Marshall.
The first officers were: President, Mary Wagner; senior vice-president, Magdalena Kaufman; junior vice-president, Bridget McNulty; chaplain, Anna Scherfenberg; treasurer, Tracy A. Howard; secretary, Belle Cater; conductor, Julia Bartch; as-
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sistant conductor, Sarah McDonald; guard, Susanna Rieder; assistant guard, Minnie Reinhart; delegate to department conven- tion, Anna Scherfenberg.
The first meetings were held in the G. A. R. hall in the Library building, and since then in Eagle hall, the present place of meeting. Officers since charter election: Presidents, May Wagner, Belle Cater, Magdalena Kaufman, May Chapman; sec- retaries, Belle Cater, May Chapman, Eva Spaeth.
The present officers are: President, May Chapman; senior vice-president, Clara Slattery; junior vice-president, Ber- tha Schaefer; chaplain, Anna Scherfen- berg; treasurer, Lilly Moore; secretary, Eva Spaeth; conductor, Mary Bloomer; as- sistant conductor, Clara Nelson; guard, Susanna Reider; assistant guard; Magda- lena Kaufmann. The delegates to the de- partment convention are Emma Cross and Belle Matteson.
There are 43 members at present. The lodge is for the purpose of helping the comrades of the G. A. R. and their de- pendent ones and keeping fresh in the minds of the community the love of their flag and country.
St. Cloud Lodge No. 516, Benevolent and Protective Order of Eiks, was organ- ized at the Davidson Opera House, Au- gust 25, 1899, under a dispensation issued by Grand Exalted Ruler B. Mathew of Birmingham, Ala., bearing date July 17, 1899. There was a musical program, an address of welcome by Fred Schiplin on behalf of Mayor J. A. McDonald and a response by Lou Wilkes of St. Paul. There were 117 charter members, a large class being initiated on the opening night. The initial officers of the lodge were as fol- lows: Exalted ruler, R. B. Brower; es- teemed leading knight, Fred Schiplin; es- teemed loyal knight, Harvey Grimmer; es- teemed lecturing knight, W. W. Koons; secretary, E. C. Scott; treasurer, Fred E. Kreatz; esquire, S. H. Ward; tyler, F. J. Thielman; chaplain, L. E. Wakeman; in- ner guard, Homer A. Mckenzie; trustee, one year, O .. H. Havill; trustee, two years, O. F. Metzroth; trustee, three years, C. S. Bunnell; organist, Louis Rosenberger.
From the night of organization until 1903 the Knights of Pythias Hall was used
by the Elks as a meeting place. On Feb- ruary 20, 1903, the rooms on the third floor of the Carter Hall were dedicated for lodge purposes. February 3, 1911, the lodge voted to take steps towards the construction of an Elks' Home; July 23, the present site on Fifth avenue was pur- chased; October 6 the dues were increased so as to aid the building fund; July 4, 1912, the contract for the plans was let; October 4 the general contract was let. The new Home was formally dedicated with impressive ceremonies February 19, 1914.
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