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church has always been a very active one, and within the last three years has increased very rapidly in numbers and strength. It contributes over $300 annually for the support of the ministry and other church purposes. Its membership now numbers 202, and supports a flourishing Sunday-school of about sixty mem- bers, with James L. Fretwell, superintendent.
La Belle .- The First Baptist Church of this place was origin- ally situated two miles northwest of LaBelle, and named Mount Pleasant. The building was a frame, erected in 1867 and cost- ing $1,200. The church organization took place in September, 1856, with Elder J. W. Rowe, as pastor, and the following mem- bers: Jacob, Mary A. and Jane Zinn; John, Margaret M. and J. W. Stephens; John W. Allen; Benjamin C., Harriet, John T., Lydia M., Rebecca and James Lewis; L. W., and L. A. Harbi- son; Maria J. Bourne, Nancy Sanders, John and Sarah Briscoe, and W. and M. Burkhart. In 1883 the church, as a body, moved to La Belle and built its present house of worship, a frame, cost- ing $2,500, which was dedicated in October of the same year. Rev. J. F. Cook, LL.D., preaching the sermon. The pastors have been the Revs. John W. Rowe, R. D. Truman, James M. Holt, D. T. Pulliam and W. D. Cave.
Monticello Baptist Church was organized December 5, 1863, by Rev. J. M. Holt. The first members were J. B. Parthenia, Cleopatra and Thomas G. Wallace and wife Narcissa; William F., and William Smith and wife Martha; D. F., Louis C., Will- iam H., Delia, Alice, Isabelle and N. C. Staples and wife Susan; William Fible and wife; William F., David and Nancy Ragan; William W. Walters and wife; Fountain and Mary Rutledge; R. S. Briscoe and wife; William S. Sterritt, Mattie Tompkins, Nancy Simpson, Hazie Mattingly, Elizabeth McAllister, Elizabeth Bar- man, and two colored persons. The church building, a brick, 56x36, was erected in the fall of 1869 at a probable cost of $1,500, the dedicatory sermon being preached the following January by Rev. J. F. Cook, LL.D. The pastors who have had charge of this congregation were J. M. Holt, from 1863 to 1867; T. J. Mus- grove, July, 1867, to March, 1869; William Cleaveland, 1869-70; J. F. Cook, 1870-75; D. B. Ray, 1875-77; James M. Lillard,
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1877-81; T. N. Sanderson, 1881-83; D. T. Pulliam, 1883-84; T. J. Musgrove, 1884-85; T. N. Sanderson, 1885 to the present.
Lewiston .- This church was originally named the Corinth Baptist Church, and was organized by Elder James M. Lillard, on the third Saturday in October, 1866, at the Turner school- house, in Dickerson Township. The first members were W. T. and M. S. Humphrey, E. H. and Mary J. Nunn, T. A. and L. A. Piner, William R. Wallace, William H. and E. D. Crews, Will- iam H. Turner, S. D. Mattingly, J. D. Payne, A. Slaughter, J. W. Cooper, P. K. Walters, S. L. Rodefer, E. J. Richardson and others-thirty-five in all. In 1869 this church united with two other denominations in building a union house. The building was a frame, 40x60, costing $1,800, and was erected on the north- west corner of the Widow Graves farm, in Dickerson Township. In 1872 the building was moved to Lewiston, and placed upon its present site. Elders P. N. Haycraft, J. M. Lillard, J. M. Holt, W. D. Cave, D. T. Pulliam, J. M. Holt and James Roan have been pastors of this church. The present membership of this church consists of 124 communicants.
Mount Olivet Church was built and dedicated in 1880, the church organization having occurred December 19, 1879. The building is a frame, 44x60, and valued at $1,000. It is situated on Section 16, Township 60, Range 8. The organizing ministers were W. D. Cave, T. Scott and A. W. Johnson, and the first communicants were T. J. and Sarah J. McCann, E. R. and Amanda Haycraft, J. D. McCann, J. G. and Mary Wallace, W. D. and Nancy O. Briscoe, W. H. and Ann Wallace, Susan Mc- Cann and Rev. Joseph Shumate. The membership now num- bers 120. The pastors who have administered to the spiritual needs of this congregation are Revs. William D. Cave, A. S. Ingman, G. C. Brown and A. W. Johnson.
Durham .- This church was organized April 26, 1879, and the building erected the same year. It has never been dedicated but is out of debt, $800 having been expended in its erection. The original members were L. M. and Elizabeth Humston, J. G. Humphrey, Amos and Nancy Leake, and about twenty-five others. Present membership, 144. Services are held monthly, the fol- lowing pastors having had the church in charge: Revs. Joseph
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Shumate, T. E. Smoot, T. N. Sanderson, W. D. Cave, J. H. Terrill and T. S. Scott. The Sabbath-school consists of eighty- five members, the superintendent being W. C. Cave.
Tolona .- The present membership of the Baptist Church at Tolona is thirty-three. The organization was effected May 3, 1885, by Elders G. A Crouch and O. F. D. Wilson. The latter has been pastor since the organization. The constituent mem- bers numbered twenty-five, viz .: M. R. Pritchard, James Fret- well, Allen Hibler, Albert Hibler, Lee Hibler, William Dacon, B. F. McKenney, James Bell, John King, Arthur Walters, Ever- ett Walters, E. Dubois, M. E. McKenney, Susan Hibler, Emma Pritchard, Nora Bell, Maud Bell, Ettie Dance, Caroline Boyle, Ada Briscoe, Kate Cooper, Minnie Johnson, Minnie Kaiser, Lyda Walters and Annie Washburn. The church building, a frame, was erected in 1885, and will cost, when entirely completed, about $600. The Methodist Episcopal Church owns an interest in the building, but has no organization. The Christian denom- ination holds services here, which are generally conducted by Rev. J. M. Smith, of Lewiston.
METHODISM.
The first regularly sent preachers of Methodism in Lewis County were Revs. Dole and L. B. Stately, who held meetings in the neighborhood of Canton and La Grange in 1835, and perhaps earlier. According to the statements of Mrs. Mary Pat- rick, of Highland Township, at whose father's house services were frequently held, these pioneer ministers were circuit riders sent out by the Missouri conference to work in the then wilder- ness of Northeast Missouri. The circuit was very extensive, the labor hard, and the remuneration small. There were few or no church-houses in the county, and meetings were uniformly held at private houses, and occasionally at the few scattered school- houses. As early as in 1840 a church was organized in La Grange, and Judge Anderson states that the first Methodist Church organization in the county was formed at the house of Capt. William Pritchard, on the Cottonwood Prairie, as early as 1832. The Cottonwood Prairie was the expanse of river bottom on which were afterward built the town of Tully and the north- ern part of the town of Canton.
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Rev. Samuel G. Patterson was another pioneer Methodist preacher, and perhaps he, too, was a circuit rider. In about 1836 he held the first camp-meeting in the county at the site of Mount Moriah Church. The presiding elder, Rev. Andrew Monroe, was present at this meeting, and preached to the large congregation subsequently, at different times, until the outbreak of the civil war. In the spring of 1840 Fred Agee and others organized a class in Deer Ridge Township, at the house of Pres- ton Richardson. The members met at the houses of one another until the building of the Walker schoolhouse, when services. were held therein. This class was the foundation upon which the present Deer Ridge Church was constituted.
Upon the division of the church, in 1844-45, the Methodists in this county went with the Methodist Episcopal Church South. There were very few members of the Methodist Epis- copal Church, or "Northern " Methodists, in the county until after the war.
METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH SOUTH.
Canton .- The Southern Methodist Church at Canton was. organized in 1845 or 1846. George Cordell, Middleton Smoot, William Ellis, Thomas O. Reese and William Pritchard were among the first members. A commodious brick edifice was erected in 1847, and remodeled in 1865, at a cost of $1,500. It. is the oldest church in the town. Every other protestant denom- ination in the place worshiped within its walls prior to the building of their own edifices. Before the war the organization had a good seminary under its control, but the war closed it, and the building passed into the hands of the school board, and is now used as a public school building. The present member- ship of this church is 125.
Durham Methodist Episcopal Church South was organized in December, 1881, by Rev. James Penn. The original members were J. M. Nunn and family, James A. Goings and wife, E. S. Turner, Mrs. Ann M. Brown, Mrs. Sarah Buckley and family, Mrs. M. J. White, Mrs. Catherine Gaines and family and P. F. Musick. The present membership is thirty-five. The church was erected just before the organization, and all paid for, so far
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as completed, $800 being expended. Preachers in charge have been Revs. James Penn (two years), J. R. Kendall, J. D. Shook and T. M. Patterson. Services are held monthly. The Sunday- school consists of forty scholars. Mr. Fletcher, a young man, is superintendent at present, but that position had been held by J. M. Nunn, many years.
METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH.
Hopewell Methodist Episcopal Church is situated in Salem Township; it was built in 1881, is a frame (38x44) and cost about $1,000. It was dedicated by Rev. William Enzart, in the same year of its erection. A class of nearly fifteen members, had been organized about the year 1865, by Presiding Elder Hanley, with Rev. T. F. Williams, pastor, and Elizabeth Cole leader; she has remained in that position ever since. The class at one time, increased to nearly seventy-five members, and was in a prosperous condition, but, in 1885, a great many became " sanctified," withdrew from the church, and united with the Hol- iness Order. The present class does not exceed eighteen mem- bers. The preachers in charge have been Revs. O. Martin (two years), J. F. Williams (three years), P. Feiffer (three years), Beardsley (three years), Steiner (two years), Lewis, Wilson, and Still, the present pastor.
Lone Star Church of the Methodist Episcopal society, was organized in 1873, by Rev. D. Rozelle, who was also its pastor. Other pastors have been Revs. E. B. Cater, F. M. Green, J. W. Turner, Mat. Cordray and Charles Riggle. Services have thus far been held at "Lone Star " schoolhouse. The present class numbers about eighteen.
CHRISTIAN CHURCHES.
The first congregation in Lewis County holding to the prin- ciples of the present Christian Church organization was formed at Twyman Moore's residence, on Durgan Creek, by Rev. East- ham Ballenger. It is claimed that the date of this meeting was in July, 1833. At that period the members were often called "New Lights." The names of those present at this meeting can not now be ascertained.
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In May, 1837, a small congregation was organized at the schoolhouse on Little Sugar Creek, half a mile west of Benjamin, by Rev. Ballenger. The members were Elijah Patterson and his- wife, Caroline; John Shanks and his wife, Elizabeth; James Sut- ton and his wife, Margaret; William H. Durrett and his wife, Mary; and Mrs. Ledford. Meetings were held at first in the schoolhouse. During the war the present church building, called Sugar Creek Church, was built. This congregation united with that at Monticello, when the latter was first organized, and met. with it for some time, and then returned to Sugar Creek. After Rev. Ballenger the next preacher to the Sugar Creek Church was Elder John Shanks, who is happily still in service.
The Christian Church at Monticello was organized by Eastham. Ballenger in the fall of 1839. The members were Coleman Ammerman, Mrs. Matilda Blair, Mrs. Ransom Reddish, Hoard Roberts and wife, Frank Richardson and wife, John Shanks and wife. Elder Jacob Creath, of Palmyra, was the first resident. pastor. The society steadily progressed, and has been one of the most earnest and successful of the county.
La Belle Christian Church was built in 1870. It is a frame structure, costing $2,200, and was dedicated by Elder Benjamin Smith. The original members were Hudson Bourne, William P. Graves, George C. Hinson, Samuel Ewalt, David Wilson,, Joseph Bowles, Jacob Juda, Jacob Morton, Thomas Sullivan, Frank Bourne, John Wright and their wives and Martha Zimmer- man and Ann Poage. The church organization was effected by Elder John Shanks, Sr. The first ruling elders were Hudson Bourne, William G. Graves and Jacob Morton. The present. elders are Samuel Ewalt, William G. Graves and Edward Robin- son. Prior to the erection of the church preaching was held in the Bowles schoolhouse, La Belle Township. The pastors of this church have been Elders John Shanks, Sr., John Risk, Clark, Doyle, Hosea Northcutt and Dr. J. Lucas.
Antioch .- The first organization of the Christian Church at. Antioch was effected in about 1847 at the Rowe schoolhouse, on upper Sugar Creek. Some of the first members were Thomas. Baker, John Lay and Joe Steele and sons. The origin of the church was occasioned by a visit to the neighborhood of
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the renowned Bishop Marvin, who held a very successful meeting for the Methodists. The Disciples sent for Elder John Shanks, to hold a meeting for them, to meet the result of the Bishop's meeting. Elder Shanks came, held the meeting and organized the church. The church building, a large and commo- dious brick, was erected a few years before the war. Rev. John Risk, of Canton, has been the regular pastor of this church nearly ever since its organization.
PRESBYTERIANS.
Perhaps the first resident Presbyterian minister was Rev. Joseph Anderson, who came from Ohio in the fall of 1835, and located in the southern part of the county, in what is now High- land Township. His location was at the site of the town of Ken- nonsville, of which he was the founder. Under his ministration churches were organized in early days at McPheter's mill, on the lower Fabius, at the Travis schoolhouse, on Sugar Creek, and at Monticello.
First Presbyterian Church, La Grange, was organized Novem- ber 3, 1844, by Rev. John Blatchford, D. D., and Rev. F. R. Gray. The original members were A. Thayer, Mary Thayer, Joel B. and Frances Parsons, Mrs. Phila Lovell and Mrs. Matilda Hagood. The present membership is only twenty-six, though since the organization of the church there have been 265 members connected therewith. At the commencement of the war the church was self-sustaining, there being nearly 100 mem- bers. Among its elders have been some of the leading citizens of the county, viz .: Joshua F. Amos, Samuel McAfee, Lycurgus La Fon, Albert Poage, Joseph McAfee and John C. McAfee. Since the erection of the church a live, earnest Sunday-school has been in continuous operation. The building, of brick, was erected, at a cost of $2,500, in the year 1848, and is still in a good state of preservation. In the autumn of 1850 it was ded- icated by Rev. W. W. Whipple, a man pre-eminent in the his- tory of this church as a faithful Christian minister. He was its pastor between the years 1845 and 1861, and in connection with his ministerial labors taught one of the first graded schools of the county. Other ministers serving this church have been
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Revs. James H. Darrah, 1862; L. W. Dunlap, 1863-67; A. S. Powell, 1867; George F. Davis, 1868-73; Thomas Galla- her, D. D., 1873-83. Since 1885 Revs. S. D. Conger and M. B. W. Granger have preached the word within these walls.
Southern Presbyterian, La Grange .- James F. Hutton, W. S. Bohon, John F. Johnson, Julius Poage, S. N. Blackwood, J. V. Hutton, Jane Bohon, Susan Cashman and Ann, S. N. and S. J. Poage, were the first members of this church. The organization was effected August 20, 1866, by Rev. D. H. Hicks. Three years later, in 1869, a frame building was erected at a cost of $2,400, and dedicated April 18 of the same year. Rev. W. W. Robinson, of Westminster College, conducted the dedicatory serv- ices. The membership now consists of thirty-five persons. Pastors of this church have been Revs. D. H. Hicks, H. P. S. Willis, Carr B. Boyd, O. B. Caldwell, L. P. Bowen and T. B. Lunsford.
CONGREGATIONALISTS.
Salem Church, La Grange .- The German Congregational Church at La Grange was organized March 27, 1869, by E. B. Turner, superintendent of the American Home Mission of the Congregational Church. The first members were Frederick Bergeman, Henry Hetzler, Wil. Meircord, John Klusmeier, Herman Meier, Simon Hageman, John Tache and others. A frame church, costing over $3,000, was erected on Lots 3 and 4, Block 15, of Marlowe's addition, in 1869, and dedicated the same year. The pastors serving this church were Revs. Jacob Schwarz, 1869; S. S. Wurttenberg, 1869; John Schaerer, Zur- ich, Switzerland, 1870; Charles Schwarzauer, Saxony, Germany, 1879; J. J. Simon, Germany, 1881; Emil Schneider, Germany, 1882; Jacob Reuth, Switzerland, 1884. The present member- ship exceeds forty.
DUNKARDS.
Steffenville .- The society of German Baptists was organized at Steffenville in about the year 1883 by Rev. John Hays, with four members, viz .: Conrad Steffen and wife, Emeline Steffen and a Mr. Loer. Rev. Conrad Steffen was the first subsequent pastor. The membership is now seventeen. Services have thus far been held in the Steffenville schoolhouse.
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CATHOLIC.
This denomination has several churches in the county-at Canton, La Grange and Deer Ridge-but only one priest, Rev. Father Cosgrove, of Canton. They are all in a flourishing con- dition under this able man.
MASONIC.
Monticello Lodge, No. 58, A. F. & A. M .- This lodge was instituted by S. W. B. Carnegy, District Deputy Grand Master, under dispensation issued by Judge Priestly, H. McBride, Grand Master of Masons in Missouri, April 12, 1842. The peti- tion for the dispensation was signed by Joseph Houston, Will- iam McHenry, Andrew Hamilton, John C. Johnson, Matthew Givens, James S. Green, Nathaniel Richardson and Matthew Ray. The lodge thus instituted worked until October 12, 1842, when it received its charter. The first officers were Matthew Givens, Master; John C. Johnson and Andrew Hamilton, War- dens; James S. Green, Secretary and Treasurer. The first meetings of the lodge were held in a room in the old courthouse, but in 1853 the present hall, a brick, was built at a cost of $1,800. Present membership, twenty-three.
Canton Lodge, No. 100, A. F. & A. M., was instituted by S. W. B. Carnegy, Past Grand Master, under a dispensation issued November 14, 1846. The charter bears date May 11, 1848. The charter members and first officers were Charles R. MaGee, Master; Chauncy Durkee, Henry F. Hughes, War- dens; H. M. Woodyard, Secretary; Henry J. Durkee, Treasurer; Jesse Weller, Robert Criswell, Deacons; James Howard, Tyler, and Addison Reese. The present membership is forty-two. The venerable S. W. B. Carnegy, Master of the Grand Lodge of Missouri in 1836-38, is now, at the advanced age of ninety- one years, a resident of Canton, and a member of this lodge. The hall in which the lodge meets was purchased in 1858 at a cost of $1,000.
Craft Lodge, No. 287, A. F. & A. M., at Canton, was insti- tuted April 9, 1868, by R. E. Anderson, District Deputy Grand Master. The charter is dated October 15 of the same year. The charter members were J. M. Holt, Master; J. H.
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Pendergrass, L. R. Lockwood, Wardens; H. S. Turner, Treas- urer; J. W. Barrett, Secretary; E. P. Manzey, H. D. Cromwell, Deacons; E. Craft and others. There are now forty-seven mem- bers. In 1882 $675 was expended in the erection of a brick hall.
Farmers' Lodge, No. 222 .- This lodge was organized at La. Belle, May 30, 1861. The charter members were Anthony Sheaffer, Master; Thomas A. Bondurant, Richard Garnett, Wardens; Isaac Allen, Secretary; Wyatt Allen, John Bondu- rant, John McReynolds, Harry Seaman, Joseph Bondurant and. William R. Allen. During the war, while the lodge was young, meetings were held over Triplett's store. The hall now used was built in 1872, at a cost of $600, and is fairly well furnished. The lodge at present has fifty members, is free from debt and in good condition generally.
Canton Chapter No. 88, Royal Arch Masons was insti- tuted by D. T. Wainright, Deputy Grand High Priest, under a. dispensation issued October 7, 1875. The charter is dated Octo- ber 5, 1876. The first officers and members were Henderson Davis, High Priest; J. W. Barrett, King; J. H. Hickman, Scribe; W. H. Graves, Treasurer; A. F. Poulton, Secretary ; J. M. James, Captain of the Host; W. S. Page, Principal Sojourner; W. H. Hopson, Royal Arch Captain; John T. Lewis, J. M. Miller, W. F. Conrad, Masters of First, Second and Third Veils; W. S. Rich- ardson, Guard, and S. W. B. Carnegy, F. G. Risk, H. S. Turner, J. R. Lucas and others. The present membership is thirty-five.
Knights Templar .- Star of Bethlehem Commandery, No. 37 K. T., was instituted by Past Grand Commander, R. E. Anderson January 30, 1882. The date of the charter is May 3, 1882. This commandery was originated by F. L. Schofield, who secured the twenty names of the other charter members. The first officers were F. L. Schofield, Eminent Commander; H. S. Turner, Gener- alissimo; W. H. Graves, Captain-General; J. W. Barrett, Prelate; W. B. Henton, Recorder. The following are the principal officers of the commandery since its organization: 1883-Eminent Com- mander, William S. Page; Generalissimo, H. S. Turner; Recorder, W. B. Henton. 1885-Eminent Commander, H. S. Turner; Gen- eralissimo, T. L. Durkee; Recorder, F. L. Schofield. 1885-Emi-
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nent Commander, B. H. Smith; Generalissimo, T. L. Durkee; Recorder, F. L. Schofield. 1886-Eminent Commander, F.L.Scho- field; Generalissimo, H. S. Turner; Recorder, T. L. Durkee. W. H. Graves has been Captain-General since the organization. S. W. B. Carnegy is a member of this commandery and is the oldest Mason and Knight Templar in the State. The present mem- bership is thirty-three.
ODD FELLOWS.
La Fayette Lodge, No. 20, I. O. O. F., at La Grange, was chartered November 30, 1846. The lodge was instituted by Charles D. Bourne, and the original members were R. L. Doyle, John Hutton and others. The first officers were R. L. Doyle, Noble Grand; John Hutton, Vice Grand; Joseph Fowler, Secre- tary; Joshua T. Amos, Treasurer. This lodge, the oldest in the county, now has a membership of twenty. A brick hall was erected in 1853 at a cost of $4,000.
Monticello Lodge, No. 43, I. O. O. F., was instituted May 11, 1850, by I. M. Veitch. The charter members were William Ellis, Noble Grand; R. S. Garnett, Vice Grand; Charles H. Ross- iter, Secretary; M. W. Plant, Treasurer; William Richardson, Warden; J. D. Million, Sr. Conductor; Joe Fible, Inside Guard ;. Medford Rankin, J. B. Reddish, Supporters; J. D. Million, Joe Fible, J. B. Reddish, Committee on Finance, and A. C. Waltman. During the war the lodge was suspended, but was reorganized under a charter dated May 23, 1878. The charter members under the reorganization were W. M. S. Richardson, Noble Grand ;. Thomas W. Hotchkiss, Vice Grand; P. C. Agee, Secretary; J. P. Bowles, Treasurer; and John S. Leeper, R. S. Garnett, J. L. Moore and William B. Reynolds. Present membership, twenty- five. Meetings are held in the Masonic Hall.
Franklin Lodge, No. 44, I. O. O. F., was instituted at. Canton, May 11, 1850, by Isaac M. Veitch. The charter bears date April 16, 1850, and the first officers were H. F. Hughes, Noble Grand; B. W. Burnett, Vice Grand; S. P. Vannoy, Secre- tary; A. L. Richards, Treasurer; L. F. Caruthers, Sr. Warden; Dr. W. Connell, Conductor; J. N. Puckett, Inside Guard; Elias Graves, James Dawson, Supporters. The present Permanent Secretary, P. F. Murphy, has held the office twenty-seven years.
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Present membership, seventy-one. The brick hall on the corner of Fifth and Clark Streets, was purchased in 1876 at a probable cost of $2,130; it is well furnished, and the lodge is in excellent financial condition, having $1,500 at interest.
Meridian Lodge, No. 162, I. O. O. F., Canton .- The charter of this lodge is dated May, 1867, though the organization was effected September 20, preceding, by C. C. Archer. The first officers and charter members were H. C. Clinn, Noble Grand; John G. Dyas, Vice Grand; J. W. Barrett, Secretary; W. H. Graves, Treasurer and Charles G. Baldwin. William S. Griffin, Samuel W. Lloyd, John M. Settle, J. W. R. Shamp, John W. Thrasher, Robert H. West, J. W. Barrett and William H. Graves have each been Master of the Grand Lodge. There are now seventy-four members, and the lodge has a circulating library of over 1,700 volumes, to which valuable additions are being constantly made. This is considered one of the most enter- prising lodges in the State.
Lewis Encampment, No. 16, I. O. O. F., at La Grange, was instituted by the Grand Encampment of Missouri and char- tered March 17, 1854. The first officers were A. C. Waltman, Chief Patriarch; J. N. Hagood, High Priest; V. M. Smith, Will- iam Gray, Wardens; Thomas Pryce, Scribe; other charter mem- bers were E. Taylor, W. T. Wright and John W. Henderson. A brick hall costing $4,000 was built in 1863. The present membership is sixteen.
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