History of Caldwell and Livingston counties, Missouri, written and compiled from the most authentic official and private sources, including a history of their townships, towns and villages, together with a condensed history of Missouri; a reliable and detailed history of Caldwell and Livingston counties--their pioneer record, resources, biographical sketches of prominent citizens; general and local statistics of great value; incidents and reminiscences, Part 36

Author: Pease, Ora Merle Hawk, 1890-
Publication date: 1886
Publisher: St. Louis, National Historical Company
Number of Pages: 1260

USA > Missouri > Livingston County > History of Caldwell and Livingston counties, Missouri, written and compiled from the most authentic official and private sources, including a history of their townships, towns and villages, together with a condensed history of Missouri; a reliable and detailed history of Caldwell and Livingston counties--their pioneer record, resources, biographical sketches of prominent citizens; general and local statistics of great value; incidents and reminiscences > Part 36
USA > Missouri > Caldwell County > History of Caldwell and Livingston counties, Missouri, written and compiled from the most authentic official and private sources, including a history of their townships, towns and villages, together with a condensed history of Missouri; a reliable and detailed history of Caldwell and Livingston counties--their pioneer record, resources, biographical sketches of prominent citizens; general and local statistics of great value; incidents and reminiscences > Part 36

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black slate.

21/3

coal.

11/4

fire clay.

3 gravel.

fine sandstone.

3241/2

A mile east of Hamilton, near the railroad, a boring has been made and it is said coal in largely paying quantities has been found at a depth of 360 feet. A shaft is now being sunk, and at least apparent preparations are being made to develop the mine extensively. The owners are, however, very " close-mouthed," and it is said to be ex- tremely difficult, if not impossible, to learn anything of their real in- tentions, or much concerning the real character of their property.

EARLY SETTLEMENT.

Perhaps the first settler in what is now Hamilton township was Nathaniel Marsh, a Yankee, who located three miles northwest of Hamilton (on section 4 ) near the Daviess county line, in the spring

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or summer of 1837. It is both affirmed and denied that Marsh was originally a Mormon, with a strong probability that he was not.

It is certain, however, that during the Mormon occupation of the county a few settlements were made in this township by the Mormons. There were two or three cabins on Mill creek in 1838, and in the fall of 1837 there were two cabins and clearings on Poor Tom, where the Hamilton and Kingston road crosses the stream - one on each side of the stream. The land was entered by Roswell Stevens and John Harvey, but it is not certain that they made the settlement. Stevens was a wealthy Mormon, who entered several tracts of land in various portions of the county for the benefit of his more indigent brethren.

Following were the land entries made in this township prior to, the year 1840 : - Name. Date.

Description.

John H. Morehead

n .¿ ne. sec. 1

Sept. 23, 1839

Nathaniel Marsh

w. ¿ nw. sec. 4

Oct. 16, 1837

Philo Dibble

w. ¿ sw. sec. 8

Sept. 30, 1837

Isaac Hamblin

e. ¿ sw. sec. 8

Sept. 21, 1837

James Hunter

ne. sw. sec. 17 .

Nov. 3, 1837

Oliver Freeman

se. nw. sec. 20

Nov. 16, 1837

E. S. Stevens

sw. sw. sec. 26.

July 20, 1837

Wm. Frye

w. ¿ sw. sec. 31

Sept. 21, 1837

Caleb W. Lyons

sw. nw. sec. 32

Nov. 25, 1837

John Lyous .

se. nw. sec. 32

Nov. 25, 1837

Roswell Stevens

e. } nw. sec. 34, e. ¿ nw. sec. 35

June 24, 1837

John Harvey

ne. sw. sec. 35

Nov. 22, 1837

Ransom A. Beecher

se. sw. sec. 35

Aug. 16, 1838

Chas. Patton

w. ¿ ne. sec. 35

Dec. 13, 1839

ORGANIZATION.

As stated in the sketch of Kingston township the first organization of the municipal township of Hamilton was in November, 1867, when it ran from the county line on the north to Shoal creek on the south, but its present boundaries were defined in the general township reorganization in May, 1870. Of course it was named for the city of Hamilton.

Following have been the municipal officers of the township since the last organization in 1881 :

1881 - Trustee, Jacob F. Naugle ; clerk, L. M. Love ; collector, S. A. Mooney ; justices of the peace, S. M. Young, H. W. Mark- ham ; constable, B. F. Pickell.

1883 -Trustee, J. F. Naugle; clerk, Thos. Laidlaw ; collector, Win. Wagonseller; justices of the peace, H. W. Markham, J. W. Knapp; constable, B. F. Pickell.

1885 -Trustee, D. G. McDonald ; clerk, Moses Nevitt ; collec- tor, Win. Wagonseller ; justices of the peace, J. W. Knapp, L. D. Van Volkenburgh ; constable, Wm. Altman.

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THE CITY OF HAMILTON.

Up to the fall of 1854 the site of the present city of Hamilton was unbroken prairie, covered in the warm seasons with tall, waving grass and other wild verdure, luxuriant pasture for the wild deer, and rarely traversed save by hunters and sportsmen. The nearest house was Nathaniel Marsh's three miles to the northwest. The land be- longed to the United . States.

In the carly fall of 1854 after the line of the projected Hannibal & St. Joseph Railroad had been surveyed and located where or near where it now is, certain gentlemen formed a " town company," for the purpose of locating and building a town or towns on the line of the road in this and other counties. It was at first contemplated to build a town some miles east of where Hamilton now is, near Nettle- ton, and it was expected to purchase the land of its owners.

But in the fall of 1854, Mr. Albert G. Davis, then a resident of Mirabile, concluded that a certain tract of land in this quarter had never been entered, and was still owned by the Government. He de- termined to investigate the matter, knowing that land could be en- tered much cheaper than purchased from private owners. The town company had already entered the land on both sides of the suspected non-entered tract, which, it was generally believed, belonged to the railroad company. So, one evening, Mr. Davis set out from home and about 9 o'clock the same night he succeeded in finding the section corner between sections 1 and 2, township 57, range 28. Having with him a rope and some stakes, he set up the latter and stretched the former in a line with Polaris, or the north star, using the " pointers " to aid him, in a manner understood by surveyors. Stretching taut his, rope and making it fast, he repaired to the house of Mr. Marsh and spent the remainder of the night.

The next morning Mr. Davis returned to his rope and stakes, and keeping a course due south at first, for three miles, finally surveyed section 13 and found, true enough, that the southwest quarter was un- entered. He immediately sent his nephew, Tilton Davis, to the land office at Plattsburg, and had the tract entered in the name of Edward M. Samuel, of Liberty, the president of the town company. Not long afterward the company decided to locate the town here.

In the spring of 1855, 40 acres (w. 1/2 se. and e. 1/3 sw. sw. section 13) was laid off into lots and blocks. The land was held by Mr. Davis as trustee of the town company, having been deeded to him by Mr Samuel. Eighty acres more outside of the original plat

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were also held by Mr. Davis as trustee. From the best information now attainable, the Hamilton Town Company was composed of Ed- ward M. Samuel, Greenup Bird, John Berry, Michael Arthur, Simp- son McGanghey and Stephen Ritchey, of Liberty ; John Ardinger and Ephraim B. Ewing, of Richmond ; Albert G. Davis, of Hamilton ; Chas. J. Hughes, of Kingston; Thos. T. Frame, of Gallatin and M. Jeff. Thompson, of St. Joseph, and John Burrows, of Mirabile.

It was first intended to name the town Prairie City, but the christening falling upon Mr. Davis, he named it Hamilton, partly, as he says, in honor of Alexander Hamilton, and partly for Joseph Hamilton, a brilliant lawyer of olden time, and likewise a gallant sol- dier who was killed under Gen. Harrison, at the battle of the Thames, in Canada, October 5, 1813, during the late war with Great Britain.

The first sale of lots was in October, 1855. There was a grand time ! The sale had been largely advertised, and a big crowd was in attendance. The town company had provided a free dinner and plenty of free whisky. A majority of the buyers were soon under the influence, felt rich and bid lively. Judge Parrott, of De Kalb county, was the auctioneer, and he was a good one. John Berry, of Liberty, bought the first lot. A large number of lots were sold at an average price of $33. The site was then nearly all covered with high grass. Only one house was in the place. But the old road - what had formerly been known as the " pioneer trail " - between Kingston and Gallatin, passed through the place and the locality had come to be well known. The second lot sale was in June, 1856.

Upon laying out the town the streets were named for the proprie- tors, or some of them, as Davis, Ardinger, Hughes, Frame, Burrows, Ewing, and Ritchey (running north and south ), names they still bear. Davis is the principal street running north and south. The first three streets north of the railroad running east and west were named Bird, Arthur, and Samuel. The street along which the railroad runs is named MeGaughey ; the first south is Berry.

The first house in Hamilton was built by Albert G. Davis, in the summer of 1855. It is still standing, and is a two-story frame, situ- ated on lot 2, block 21, of the original town -on the east side of Davis street, near the corner of the second block from the railroad. The pine lumber of which this house is composed was purchased in St. Louis, shipped up the Missouri river to Camden, Ray county, and hauled thence to Hamilton by ox teams. The lumber cost, delivered, $70 per thousand feet. This house was standing when the first lot sale came off, but was unoccupied until April, 1856, when Mr. Davis

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moved his family into it, and this family was the first in the place. For a long time this building was known as the " lone house," and was a notable object, standing solitary and alone in the midst of a wide expanse of prairie, with scarcely a tree in view. It was used by Mr. Davis as a hotel for some time and was called the " Hamilton House."

The second house was also built by Mr. Davis, in the spring of 1857. It was a log building, and stood on the southwest corner of block 28. It was rented by Mr. Davis to Henry Holmes, a German, a brickmaker, who lived in it with his family, and who, Mr. Davis avers, made the best brick ever made in Hamilton.

In the spring or summer of 1857, Mr. Davis built the first store house in Hamilton. It was a frame, and its location was on the south- west corner of block 27. Mr. Davis took on a debt a stock of general merchandise which had belonged to John S. Houghton, of Kingston, and exposed it for sale in this building. His (Mr. Davis' ) brother- in-law, John H. McClintock, had charge of the store.

In the fall of 1885, David Buster built a small " box" saloon or " grocery," as it was then called, on the southwest corner of block 29. In the following spring, he built a dwelling-house, and moved his family to the town. Buster was an old settler of the county, and located on Shoal creek bottom, northeast of Kingston in about 1840.

Presley M. Thomas came to Hamilton in about 1858. The second merchant was R. F. Owens, of Gallatin, and his store stood a little north of the depot ; the building is yet standing. Mr. Owens did not remove his family to Hamilton.

The railroad was completed through Hamilton February 14, 1859, and the first engine came in from the West the very next day. The railroad company made a bet with the contractors that they would not have the track ready for the engine by St. Valentine's day, and the contractors rushed. things. Ties were laid on frozen lumps of dirt, and the track was cobbled up in every way but a substantial one so as to win the wager, which was ten gallons of whisky. The com- pany won, and 75 railroaders partook of the wager. The proceedings may be imagined ! As originally surveyed the road was intended to run one block north of where it was finally located and now runs, and this is the reason why the first buildings were located where they were.

The first depot was built in the fall of 1859, some months after the road came. Albert G. Davis was the first railroad and express agent. Prior to the building of the depot he stored the freight in a sort of

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Wen near the track, but often he was forced to pile it on the ground and hire a guard to watch it, until the owners came and took it away. The first depot now forms a portion of the western part of the present.

For a few years after the first settlement of Hamilton, in September or October of each year one could go out a mile or so to the heads of the hollows and ravines, and find plenty of deer in the tall grass. Oftentimes three or more deer were killed daily by the citizens, and venison was a staple article of diet among them. But after a time the locomotive whistles and the steady incoming tide of immigration drove the deer away. Upon the outbreak of the war there were perhaps 25 houses and families in the place, and farm houses stood near the town on all sides.

THE FIRSTS.

The first post-office at Hamilton was established in 1858. Albert G. Davis was postmaster and Wm. P. Steele was his deputy. The office was kept in Davis' store.

Religious services were held in the depot building, before the war, and Rev. Eli Penny, Old School Baptist, and Rev. Fine, of the Chris- tian church, were the first ministers. Father Hogan (now Bishop), of the Catholic Church, visited the place in about 1859, but it cannot be learned whether or not he held services at that time.

The first school of any sort was taught at the residence of Mr. Davis before the war by Miss Mary Gartland. She taught the children of Mr. Davis, Mr. Buster, and perhaps of one or two other families. The first school house, used as such, was a small log building, which Mr. Davis moved up to the place from his farm. Two or three terms were taught in this building, the average attendance being about 15. The second building used as a school house stood on the corner of block 30, south and west of the present M. E. Church.

The first physician was a Dr. Kavanaugh, who was a young man, unmarried, and boarded with Mr. Davis. He remained in the place but a few months.

The first resident attorney was Marcus A. Low ; the second, Junius A. Holliday.

The first child born in Hamilton was Joseph Davis, a son of A. G. Davis, and the date of his birth is June 13, 1857. The second child born in the place was a son of William Williams, a stage driver on the Quincy and St. Joseph stage line. Mr. Williams' child was born in Davis' Hotel.

The first death is believed to have been that of a child of James Nichols, in 1859. The next occurred the same year, and was that of

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Mr. Davis' negro slave woman, "Polly," a faithful and trusted servant. The first adult white person that died was a poor Magdalen, called Parthenia, who died in 1861.

MISCELLANEOUS.

During the Civil War one house was built and one was burned in Hamilton, so that the town only held its own during the four years from 1861 to 1865. The town was loyal by a large majority, only a few " rebel sympathizers " being in the place, and these were made to take the oath of loyalty and allegiance to the Gamble government in the fall of 1861. The first Federal troops regularly stationed here were a company of the 50th Illinois and some of James' battalion of Home Guards. These came in the fall of 1861, and thereafter until the close of the war the town was seldom without troops.

In the fall of 1865 a public school house, costing $1,480, was built, and the town began to improve and increase slowly. In 1867-68-69 it built up very rapidly, and the population increased to several hun- dred. The M. E. Church building, the first in the place, was erected in 1868 at a cost of $3,700; size of the building 34x60. Its bell, weighing 650 pounds, cost $130. The Methodist Protestant Church, size 30x45, was finished in 1871, and cost about $3,000. It was occu- pied by the Presbyterians half of the time at first. Rev. J. Kennedy was the Presbyterian pastor in 1870, and Rev. A. Burr ministered to the Protestant Methodist. September 14, 1870, the Protestant Meth- odist Conference was held at Hamilton.

In 1859 Samuel Hill, who owned 40 acres of land southeast of the original town, laid off the tract into lots and called it Hillsboro. Afterwards it was called Hill's Addition. In 1867 the Hannibal & St. Joseph Railroad Company laid off an addition west of, but adjoining, the original town, called the Railroad Addition. In 1868 Samnel's Addition was laid out, and the following year Miller's Addition, east of a portion of the original town, was platted. All these additions have been incorporated into and now form a part of the city of Hamil- ton. Miller's Addition was incorporated last, - April 16, 1877, - comprising the southeast quarter of the southeast quarter of section 13, north of the railroad.

After the depression caused by the panic of 1873 had been lifted, the progress of the town of Hamilton was rapid and substantial. In time the first small one-story frame business houses gave way to splendid and imposing brick blocks, and large and complete stocks of merchandise of all kinds were brought in. Every branch of business has been well

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represented. The merchants and business men have uniformly been gentlemen of intelligence, enterprise and integrity. They have always stood by the town and its interests. Every enterprise for the public weal has always been warmly welcomed and substantially encouraged. If a railroad was projected anywhere in this quarter, Hamilton, as one man, reached out for it. If a church or school house was to be built, it was but little trouble to do it. The two newspapers in the place, the News-Graphic and the Hamiltonian, are ever on the watch for opportunity to say something or do something for the town, and how- ever widely they may differ as to party politics, they are of one party and one opinion when the interests of the town are to be considered.

The merchants and business men, too, are gentlemen of integrity and high character, and their reputation in this regard has become proverbial. No scandals of defalcation, embezzlement, or breaches of faith have ever existed among them, and no complaints of short weights, scant measures, and extortionate prices at their hands are heard. The financial and commercial standing of the business men are first class. Though not millionaires, they are " solid." Nearly every man's paper is as good as gold, and his word is as good as his paper.

Two popular banking houses with ample capital ; two enterprising handsomely printed, and really ably conducted newspapers ; two splendid hotels whose bills of fare and accommodation are unsur- passed in the interior of the State ; a magnificent $15,000 school house, numerous church buildings, a commodious, well-arranged public hall ; beside steam flour mills, grain elevators, machine shops, splendid stores and shops - these are among the institutions that make Ham- ilton the busy, enterprising, substantial town that she is - not for- getting by any means, her first-class railroad, the Hannibal & St. Joseph, which gives her easy and speedy connection with the outside world. The present population is not far from 1,800.

INCORPORATIONS.

Hamilton was first incorporated by the county court, as a town, August 3, 1868, on petition of M. A. Low and others. The bounda- ries of the town were declared to be as follows : -

Commencing at the northeast corner of the southwest quarter of section No. 13, in township 57, range 28 ; running thence south to the center of section No. 24, in said township and range; thence west to the southwest corner of the southeast quarter of the northwest quarter of said last named section ; thence south to the southeast corner of the southwest quarter of the southwest quarter of said last named sec-

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tion ; thence west to the southwest corner of said last named section ; thence north to the northwest corner of said last named section ; thence west to the southwest corner of section No. 14, in said township and range; thence north to the northwest corner of the south- west quarter of said section 14; thence east to the northeast corner of the southwest quarter of said section 13, the place of begin- ning. And that the common in said town is bounded as follows, to wit : On the north by School Street, on the east by Hughes Street, on on the south by Park Street, and on the west by Frame Street.

The first board of trustees was composed of Geo. S. Lamson, Anthony Rohrbough, F. P. Low, J. N. Morton, and Wm. Partin. The first chairman of the board was F. P. Low, and the secretary was Marcus A. Low.

The town was governed under this incorporation by a board of trus- tees until October 5, 1880, when, by a vote of 112 to 21, it was organ- ized under the laws of the State as a city of the fourth class, which it now is. The mayors under the recent incorporation have been J. F. Naugle, to April, 1881; B. M. Dilley, from April, 1881, to Decem- ber, 1882; Crosby Johnson, from December, 1882, to May, 1885 ; and S. M, Young, from May, 1885, to the present. The city clerks have been B. M. Dilley, E. D. Rearden, R. G. Dildine, and L. M. Love. The city's affairs have been admirably managed, and at pres- ent the corporation is entirely out of debt and has a considerable sum in its treasury.

CHURCHES OF HAMILTON.

M. E. Church. - The first organization of this church dates from the year 1867, and the following year the building, a frame, was erected at a cost, including the bell, of near by $4,000. The pastors have been Revs. J. G. Thompson, H. S. Beardsley, H. Chadeayan, W. G. Fowler, A. M. Brown, L. V. Ismond, J. W. Bovee, Isaac Hill, Wm. Hanley, W. F. Clayton, W. H. Welton, Thos. Wolcott, A. H. Pow- ell and D. H. Johns. Two notable events in the history of the church are the revival meetings in 1878, when 127 new names were placed on the church rolls, and the rebuilding of the parsonage in 1884, which was accomplished at a cost of $675. At present the church numbers 155 members, the Sabbath-school 100 scholars, both in effective work- ing condition. The latter is superintended by R. G. Dildine.

Christian Church. - In the fall of 1865, Elder Samuel Rice organ- ized a congregation of the Christian Church at Hamilton, with but 17 members. Services were held somewhat irregularly until 1873, when the organization failing to be self-supporting, they were abandoned. In 1873, Elder James Whitt came to Hamilton to make his home, and

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soon after his arrival he interested himself in gathering together the faithful members of the Christian organization, and services were held in private houses until in July, 1876, when a reorganization was effected with 35 members .. In 1878, a frame church was erected which cost about $800. Although the organization has never had a regular pastor, the following elders have ministered to it, viz. : Revs. James Whitt, P. R. Claypoole, S. P. Johnson, W. S. Trader, John F. Jordan and L. A. Engle. The present membership is 85.

Baptist Church. - The first Baptist Church of Hamilton was organ- ized in 1868. Rev. B. Whiteley, W. P. Withers, I. C. Griffing, E. H. Green, James Highland, Frances Whiteley and Nancy Bustee were the original members. The church building, a frame, was built in 1877, at a cost of $2,000. The pastors have been Revs. B. White- ley, W. H. Dolby, F. J. Leavitt, J. E. Petty, T. S. M. Kenney, and W. G. Thomas. Present membership, 139. The Sabbath-school has 80 scholars and is superintended by Dr. P. N. Norton.

Congregational Church. - The history of the first Congregational Church of Hamilton may thus be summarized : It was organized Sep- tember 25, 1868 ; original members, Rev. Wm. Wilmott, Clara E. Wilmott, Nancy M. Perkins, Leonidas Keck, Sarah E. Keck, Mar- garet M. Courter, Benj. Livermore, Mary Livermore, Ebenezer Foster, John B. Tattershall, Mrs. Gee and Mrs. Barnes; the church house, a frame, was built in 1870, at a cost of $2,200, and dedicated May 8, of that year, the dedicatory sermon being preached by Rev. E. B. Turner, then the State superintendent of mission churches ; pastors, Revs. Wm. Wilmott, G. G. Perkins, Thos. T. Wicks, B. P. West, L. E. Danks, and R. J. Matthews ; present membership, 33. The Sabbath-school has 45 members, its being superintendent Rev. R. J. Matthews.

Episcopal .- Trinity Protestant Episcopal Church of Hamilton had at one time 14 communicants, but this number has been reduced by deaths and removals to three or four. Some of the first members were Mrs. Geo. Reddie, Mrs. Brosius, and Miss Ahna Clark. The church build- ing was erected in 1870, and consecrated April 28, 1871, by Rt. Rev. Bishop Robertson. It is a frame and cost, including the site, about $1,400. Rev. J. H. Waterman and Rev. Moore have been the pastors who have served the church.

Presbyterian. - The first Presbyterian Church of Hamilton was organized in April, 1867, the constituent members being William and Lucinda Gibson, George and Mary Wilson, Wm. G. and Lucinda Stewart, Andrew and Elizabeth King, S. P. Wilson, Saml. Quick,

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Miss Mary McAdoo, and Jane Collins. The pastors have been Revs. J. P. Fox, Joel Kennedy, Wm. M. Reed, T. C. Armstrong, J. C. Young, and H. W. Rogers. Present membership, 76; number of scholars in the Sabbath-school, 113; superintendent, W. T. Lindley. The church building is a frame.

SECRET ORDERS.

Royal Arch Chapter. - Hamilton Chapter No. 45, A. F. and A. M., was chartered October 8, 1868. The original members were Wm. Wilmot, high priest ; W. Griffin, king, W. P. Withers, scribe ; John Courter, W. W. Orr, J. S. Orr, J. L. Filson, J. J. Squire, H. J. Post, and John B. Sherman. The present membership is 55.

Masonic Lodge. - At one time there were three Masonic bodies in Hamilton, viz. : Hamilton Lodge No. 224, Hamilton Chapter No. 45, and Kadosh Commandery No. 21, beside Eastern Star Lodge No. 122. The commandery, however, has been removed to Cameron. Hamilton Lodge No. 224 was instituted by Grand Master John D. Vincil. The dispensation was issued June 25, 1867, and the charter October 14th following. The charter members were Willis Griffin, master ; Wm. Partin and Wm. G. Stewart, wardens; Geo. S. Lamson, treasurer ; Otis B. Richardson, secretary ; S. G. Anderson, chaplain, Howard F. Baker and A. J. Bessmer, deacons ; T. P. Ward and Albert G. Davis, stewards ; and F. W. Burt, H. H. Houghton, J. M. Kemper, Marcus A. Low, Cortland M. Morrow, B. F. Van Buren, Geo. S. Wilson. The present master is Joseph W. Harper and the secretary is A. R. Torrey. The lodge meets in a good hall and has a membership of 65. Odd Fellows. - Eden Lodge No. 190, I. O. O. F., was chartered May 28, 1868, the charter members being James McAdoo, noble grand ; W. W. Giles, vice grand ; J. H. Nunn, secretary ; Wm. Echel- berry, treasurer ; A. Kindig, Isaac R. Esteb, and a few others. The present membership is 90, and there is no better lodge in the State than this. It meets in a hall of its own, which cost nearly $2,500. The present noble grand is J. A. Austin ; the vice grand, F. M. Mas- ters ; the secretary, C. H. Lampton, and the treasurer, T. H. Hare.

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Author: Pease, Ora Merle Hawk, 1890- Publication date: 1886 Publisher: St. Louis, National Historical Company Number of Pages: 1260

Author: Pease, Ora Merle Hawk, 1890-
Publication date: 1886
Publisher: St. Louis, National Historical Company
Number of Pages: 1260