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2 Joseph Cross was born about 1776, and entered the United States army in 1797, being attached to the First Regiment of Artillery. About the close of 1807, Lieuts. Joseph Cross and Hannibal M. Allen, of Vermont (a graduate of West Point in 1807), were married at Niagara, N. Y., to two sisters, the Misses Ann and Catharine Lowe, who, it is thought by Rev. R. P. Farris, of St. Louis, a grandson of Capt. Cross, were born in Westmoreland County, Pa. Capt. Cross' first child, Catha- rine Ann, was born in Fort Pitt (Pittsburgh), in 1808. He came to St. Louis with troops for Bellefontaine in 1810, went below in the fall to Natchez, where the United States troops were concentrating for the purpose of taking forcible possession of Baton Rouge, illegally withheld by the Spanish authorities, and went around by sea to the East. He came a second time to St. Louis in 1811, where his second child, the late H. N. Cross, was born in that year. During Capt. Cross' sojonrn in St. Louis, being a Mason, he participated in the transactions of old St. Louis Lodge, No. 111. He left the service of the United States in 1813, with the rank of captain of artillery.
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tlemen of position, intelligence, and education. There being then no lodge in existenee, it was determined to establish one, and accordingly a petition was pre- sented to the Grand Lodge of Tennessee for a dis- pensation.
At a meeting of the Grand Lodge of Tennessee, held Oet. 3, 1815, a dispensation was issued to Joshua Norvell,1 John Pileher, and Thomas Brady to open a lodge in St. Louis to be ealled Missouri Lodge. This dispensation was signed by Robert Searey, G. M .; James Trimble, S. G. W .; David Irwin, J. G. W .; Wilkins Tannehill, G. See .; J. C. MeLemore, G. Treas.
On the 8th of October, 1816, the by-laws and pro- eeedings of the lodge under the dispensation were re- eeived and approved, and a charter was issued by the Grand Lodge,-M. W. Robert Searey, G. M .; O. B. Hayes, D. G. M. pro tem .; James Trimble, S. G. W. ; and Wilkins Tannehill, Grand See.,-dated Nash. ville, Oct. 8, 1816, which constituted Joshua Pil- cher, W. M .; Thomas Brady, S. W .; and Jeremiah Conner, J. W., and their associated brethren into a regular lodge of Master Masons, to be held at the town of St. Louis, Territory of Missouri, under the name of " Missouri Lodge, No. 12."
The first secretary of No. 12 was Judge William C. Carr, the first records being in his handwriting. He had been initiated into the order in the old lodge, No. 111, the most of the members of which still re- maining in the place affiliated themselves with the new lodge. Among them were Governor William Clark, Col. Thomas F. Riddick, Governor Frederiek Bates, Judge Alexander Stuart, Judge Robert Wash, Joseph V. Garnier, William Christy, Alexander Me- Nair, and others.
Missouri Lodge, No. 12, worked under this charter from Tennessee for about five years, until the estab- lishment of the Grand Lodge of Missouri in 1821, when by the right of seniority it received charter No. 1 under the new jurisdiction of Missouri.
During these five years, owing to the great inerease of population of the place after the war, the lodge was in a very flourishing condition, adding largely to its membership by initiations into the order and admis- sions of members from other localities. Among these were the following :
Maj. Thompson Douglass, Maryland, payınaster U. S. A. ; Capt. Risdon H. Price, Eastern Shore, Md., merchant; Judge Nathaniel B. Tucker, Virginia, judge Circuit Court; Col. Thomas H. Benton, Nashville, Tenn., lawyer; Capt. Peter Fer-
guson, Norfolk, Va., afterwards judge of probate; Dr. Edward S. Gantt, surgeon U. S. A .; John Rice Jones, judge Supreme Court, Ste. Genevieve ; Capt. Henry S. Geyer, Hagerstown, Md., lawyer ; Sergeant Hall, Cincinnati, lawyer and editor ; Jonathan Guest, Philadelphia, merchant; William H. Hopkins, Philadel- phia, merchant; William Renshaw, Sr., Baltimore, merchant ; David B. Hoffman, New York, merchant; Abraham Beck, Albany, N. Y., lawyer; Moses Scott, Ireland, justice of the peace; George H. C. Melody, Albany, N. Y .; Joseph C. Laveille, architect, Harrisburg, Pa .; Daniel C. Boss, Pittsburgh, Pa., merchant; William G. Pettus, Virginia.
Among those who received their degrees in Mis- souri, No. 12, were the following :
Edward Bates, Virginia, lawyer; Stephen Rector, surveyor ; James Kennerly, Virginia, merchant; James Howard Penrose, Philadelphia ; John F. Ruland, Detroit; Amos J. Bruce, Vir- ginia; John D. Daggett, Massachusetts; George Morton, Scot- land ; Thomas Andrews, Pittsburgh; Thornton Grimsley, Ken- tucky ; John Walls; Walter B. Alexander, Virginia; Joseph C. White; William L. Long, Gravois; William K. Rule, Ken- tucky ; Robert P. Farris, Natick, Mass .; Isaac A. Letcher, Vir- ginia; William Clarkson, Virginia; James F. Spencer ; Thorn- ton Grimsley, Kentucky; William Stark, Kentucky; John E. Tholozan, France; Peter Haldeman, Kentucky ; John Jones, David Knecland, Hart Fellows, Henry Rollins, William Lencve, Philip Rocheblave, William Hughes, Joseph Walters, George Blanchard, John Hay, John Wallace, Phineas James, John J. Douberman, Zenas Smith, Thomas Berry, Moscs B. Wall, Joseph M. Yard.
In 1816, Gen. William Clark built on the east side of Main Street (now in bloek No. 10, between Pine and Olive Streets) a two-story briek house, the sixth briek structure in St. Louis, of twenty-one feet front by about thirty-two deep. The lower floor was oeeu- pied by a store and counting-room, with a staircase in the southeast eorner, and the second story was di- vided into two rooms. On this floor Missouri Lodge, No. 12, had its lodge-room for about two years, until its removal into " Douglass' new house," on Elm Street, late in 1817. This building had been ereeted during that year by Maj. Thompson Douglass, and was lo- eated on the north side of the present Elm Street, between Main and Second Streets, a two-story briek dwelling-house of about thirty-eight feet square, di- vided into four rooms on each floor. While the build- ing was in progress of ereetion, the room then oeeu- pied by the lodge in Clark's house being poorly adapted for Masonie purposes and inconveniently located, Douglass, then Worshipful Master, and a zealous Mason, was indueed to add an attie or third story for a lodge-room for No. 12. This room was used for Masonie purposes for about sixteen years, until the elose of 1833, when Missouri Lodge, No. 1 (the sueeessor of No. 12), under the pressure of eir- eumstanees, eeased its labors for a time, and the Grand Lodge was removed to Columbia, Boone Co.
In this room Missouri Royal Areh Chapter, No. 1,
1 Joshua Norvell removed from Nashville to St. Louis in 1815 to conduct the Western Journal in opposition to Charless' Ga- zette.
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was organized and commenced operations, as was also the Grand Lodge of Missouri, and it was here that on Friday, April 29, 1825, the Grand Lodge was hon- ored by a visit from the distinguished Revolutionary soldier and French patriot, Gen. Lafayette.
Missouri Lodge, No. 12, unlike its predecessor, St. Louis Lodge, No. 111, did not as a rule make public displays on the occasion of the Masonic festivals of St. John. The only observance of which any record remains occurred Dec. 27, 1819, on which occasion there was a procession from the lodge-room to " the long room at Bennett's Hotel," where an oration was delivered. Among the Masonic interments in which No. 12 participated was that of Capt. Thomas Ram- say, Aug. 17, 1818, of the First Regiment United States Rifles, killed in a duel by Capt. Martin of the same regiment.
After the establishment of the Grand Lodge of Missouri, Missouri Lodge deposited its old charter, No. 12, with the new Grand Lodge, and being the senior of the three lodges that participated in the or- ganization of the Grand Lodge, received a new charter, as heretofore stated, numbered onc under the new jurisdiction, under which it continues to work.
The charter thus granted reads as follows :
" Sit Lux et Lux Fuit. "The Most Worshipful " Thomas F. Riddick, Esq., Grand Master.
" To all and every, our Right Worshipful and Loving Bretbren, Honorable Society of Free and Accepted Masons in the State of Missouri, send greeting :
" Know ye, That we, at the petition of our Right Worship- ful and well-beloved brethren, Edward Bates, John D. Daggett, · and John Walls, and several otber brethren residing at and near St. Louis, in the State of Missouri, do bereby constitute the said hrethren into a regular lodge of Free and Accepted Masons, to be opened at St. Louis, hy the name of 'Missouri, No. 1,' and do further, at the said petition and of the great trust and confidence reposed in the above-named three bretbren, hereby appoint Edward Bates, Master ; John D. Daggett, Senior Warden; and John Walls, Junior Warden, for opening the said lodge, and for such further time only as may be thought proper hy the brethren thereof. It being our will that this our ap- pointment shall in nowise affect any future election of officers of that lodge, but that the same shall be according to the regu- lations of the lodge, and consistent with the general laws of the society contained in the book of constitutions. And we do hereby require you, tbe said Edward Bates, to take special care that all and every of the said brethren are or have been regu- larly made Masons, and that they do perform, observe, and keep all the rules and orders contained in the hook of constitu- tions, and also such as may from time to time be transmitted to you hy us. And, furtber, that you do from time to time cause to he entered in a book to be kept for that purpose an account of your proceedings in the lodge, together with such regulations as shall he made for the good government thereof, a copy of which you are in nowise to omit laying before the Grand Lodge once in every year, together with a list of the members of thic lodge. That you annually pay into the grand treasury the sum
of - dollars towards the grand charity. And, moreover, we hereby will and require of you, tbe said worshipful Edward Bates, as soon as conveniently may be to send an account in writing of what shall he donc by virtue of these presents.
"Given at St. Louis under our band and seal of Masonry tbis fourtb day of September, A.L. 5821, A.D. 1821.
" Attested :
" WILLIAM RENSHAW,
" Grand Secretary.
SEAL.
" THOMAS F. RIDDICK, G. M. " JAMES KENNERLY, S. G. Warden. " WILLIAM BATES, J. G. Warden."
The following is the roll of the members of Mis- souri Lodge, No. 12, at the date of the organization of the Grand Lodge of Missouri, April, 1821 :
Edward Bates, W. M .; Jobn C. Daggett, S. W .; Jobn Walls, J. W. ; Peter Haldeman, Treasurer ; William K. Rule, Secretary; Isaac A. Letcher, S. D. ; Thomas Andrews, J. D .; Joseph Wbite, Steward ; John C. Potter, Tyler ; Thomas F. Riddick, Thomas H. Benton, William Renshaw, George H. C. Melody, Jobn Jones, Stephen Rector, Hart Fellows, William Leneve, Risdon HI. Price, Nathaniel B. Tucker, James Kennerly, David B. Hoff- man, Joseph V. Garnier, William Clarkson, David Kneeland, Amos J. Bruce, Henry Rollins, Thornton Grimsley, Daniel C. Boss, William Stark, Joseph C. Laveille, Philip Rocbeblave, Robert P. Farris, William Hugbes, Joseph Walters, George Morton, James P. Spencer, Moses Scott, George Blanchard, John E. Tholozan, Jobn Hay, William L. Long, Jonatban Guest, Jobn Wallace, Pbineas James, Zenas Smitb, Jobn J. Douber- man, Thomas Berry, Moses B. Wall, Joseph M. Yard, Walter B. Alexander.
The following is a full list of all those who received degrees in old Missouri Lodge, No. 1, from June, 1821, to October, 1833, inclusive, with the date when " raised" :
Walter B. Alexander, June 12, 1821; William Robertson, Oct. 16, 1821 ; James Conner, Oct. 30, 1821 ; Samuel Stebbins, Nov. 16, 1821 ; Paul M. Gratiot, Jan. 16, 1822; Lewis C. Beck, Jan. 22, 1822; Theodore L. McGill, Jan. 30, 1822; Francis Mason, March 23, 1822; Sullivan Blood, March 23, 1822; Daniel Blair, April 2, 1822; Richard Milligan, June 10, 1822 ; Asa Wheeler, April 4, 1823 ; Frederic L. Billon, Dec. 10, 1823 ; Lawrence Taliaferro, Feb. 3, 1824 ; James D. Earl, July 9, 1824; Charles Bent, Aug. 9, 1824; William Spiekernagle, Aug. 2, 1825 ; Ewil Baker, Oct. 4, 1825; John Simonds, Sept. 30, 1826; Edward Klein, Sept. 30, 1826; Phincas Block, Sept. 10, 1827; John M. Causland, Feh. 22, 1828; Chris. M. Price, Feb. 22, 1828; Bernard Pratte, Jr., Feb. 22, 1828 ; Nicholas War- nock, Nov. 5, 1828; II. B. DeWitt, March 3, 1829 ; George Wilson, March 3, 1829; Washington Hood, March 28, 1829; David Waldo, May 5, 1829; Beriah Graham, June 24, 1829; John M. Polloek, Dec. 19, 1829 ; James R. Pullen, Dec. 4, 1830 ; Thomas II. West, Feb. 1, 1831 ; John B. D. Valois, Sept. 7, 1831; Ruel Bryant, Sept. 7, 1831; Alpha O. Abby, Sept. 8, 1832; Bernard McAnulty, Sept. 8, 1832.
Admitted to mewhership : Abrain S. Platt, March 4, 1823 ; John Sbackford, Feb. 5, 1822; Hamilton R. Gamble, Nov. 2, 1824; Jacob Cooper, Feh. 2, 1825; Robert Wash, Feb. 7, 1826 ; James S. Lane, April 8, 1826; Hardage Lane, July 8, 1826 ; David E. Cuyler, Aug. 1, 1826 ; Jobn Russell, April 3, 1827 ;
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Adam L. Mills, July 3, 1827 ; Augustin Kennerly, Jan. 12, 1828 ; George Maguire, Jan. 12, 1828 ; Dugald Ferguson, Jan. 12, 1828; William T. Smith, Jan. 12, 1828 ; George Knox, Jr., May 6, 1828; John Woolfolk, Dec. 14, 1830 ; R. W. Coan, Dee. 14, 1830 ; Cornelius Campbell, June 7, 1831 ; Archibald Gamble, Dec. 27, 1831; John Haverly, Jan. 3, 1832 ; John M. Raulston, Jan. 3, 1832; Jesse Little, May 1, 1832; J. G. A. Mckinney, May 1, 1832.
Fellow-craftsmen : Edward Moore, March 9, 1822 ; John J. Lacroze, May 18, 1822; French Strother, Feb. 7, 1826 ; Richard H. Woolfolk, Dec. 4, 1827; Valen J. Peers, Dec. 4, 1827.
Entered apprentiees : Otis Tiffany, Aug. 6, 1822; John F. A. Sanford, Dee. 16, 1825; William Orr, Sept. 3, 1822; Franeis W. Hopkins, April 28, 1826; James Sterritt, Oct. 14, 1826 ; Peter R. Pratte, Aug. 22, 1829 ; Joseph Rudisell, Oct. 13, 1829 ; Charles Cabanné, May 8, 1830; E. T. Christy, June 31, 1831.
Up to October, 1833, the statistics were :
Members of old lodge, No. 12
49
Admitted to membership .. 23 l
Raised to Master Mason in No. 1. 37 60
Total of Master Masons. 109
Demissions
37
Stricken from roll
17
Suspensions
3
Interred
5
Removals, etc.
19
Total
81
Members remaining October, 1833.
28
The officers of Missouri Lodge, No. 1, from 1821 to 1833 were-
Worshipful Masters.
Senior Wardens.
Junior Wardens.
Treasurers.
Secretaries.
1820 . Edward Bates.
66
John C. Daggett. John Walls.
Thomas Andrews.
Thornton Grimsley.
William K. Rule. John D. Daggett. =
1822
66
Thornton Grimsley.
Sullivan Blood.
Joseph C. Laveille. 66
1823 .. ..
1824 ...... John D. Daggett.
James P. Spencer.
Daniel Blair.
Thornton Grimsley.
1825 ......
Frederic L. Billon.
John J. Douberman. 66
66
Theodore L. MeGill.
1828 Frederie L. Billon.
John Simonds.
Theodore L. MeGill.
1829 ..
. Edward Bates.
A. L. Mills.
66
Bernard Pratte, Jr. George Maguire.
1830 .. ...
1831
66
Bernard Pratte, Jr. James P. Spencer.
Augustin Kennerly. John B. D. Valois.
1832 66
In the year 1824, Charles S. Hempstead, trustee of the estate of Jeremiah Conner, deceased, conveyed to John D. Daggett a lot or square of ground in Con- ner's addition, outside the then city limits (Seventlı Street), and considered a long distance " in the coun- try," and on April 2, 1824, John D. Daggett sold this lot to Missouri Lodge, No. 1, Edward Bates and Archibald Gamble, trustees, for four hundred dollars, for a Masonic burial-ground.
On the 12th of April, 1824, the body of Dr. Richard Mason, late of Philadelphia, was there in- terred by the lodge, the procession being escorted by Capt. Archibald Gamble's troop of City Cavalry, of which the deceased was a member. The ground being found too wet and swampy, and otherwise un- suitable for the purpose designed, the body was subse- quently removed, and the trustecs were instructed to dispose of the lot. This they accomplished after a few years, selling it to Peter Ferguson on Sept. 1, 1831, for the sum of seven hundred and fifty dollars, thien a fair price for it. That lot is now " City Block No. 179," two hundred and seventy feet front on the south side of Washington Avenue, from Tenth to Eleventh, by one hundred and fifty deep, south to St. Charles Street, opposite the St. Louis University, and is now the property of Peter Ferguson's son, William F. Ferguson.
After many vicissitudes and fluctuations in the his- tory of the lodge, resulting mainly from the political anti-Masonic excitement then existing in various por-
tions of the Union, the few active remaining members arrived at the conclusion that it was best for the in- terests of the institution to suspend its labors, for a time at least.
On the 18th of October, 1831, the Grand Lodge submitted to the subordinate lodges a proposition to dissolve the grand and subordinate lodges in the State, and when the proposition came before this lodge on the evening of Dec. 12, 1832, the following was adopted :
" Resolved, That it is the wish of Missouri Lodge, No. 1, that the Worshipful Masters and Wardens of said lodge attend the Grand Lodge on the next Monday, the 19th, and that it is the sense and wish of this lodge that said Worshipful Masters and War- dens vote against the dissolution or suspension of said Grand Lodge, or the lodges subordinate thereto."
Edward Bates, Worshipful Master, offered the fol- lowing :
" Whereas, Under existing circumstances, and in view of the high excitement which unhappily prevails in many parts of the United States on the subject of Freemasonry, many good and virtuous persons having been led to doubt whether the benefi- cent effects resulting from the exercise of our rules do more than counterbalance the evils inflicted upon society by the pas- sions and prejudices brought into action by our continuing to act in an organized formn ; and while we feel an undiminished reverenee for the excellent principles inculcated by the order, and an unshaken belief in the many and great serviees it has rendered mankind; nevertheless,
" Be it Resolved, That immediately after the close this even- ing this lodge shall eease to act as an organized body, and that its charter be surrendered and returned to the Grand Lodge."
Frederic L. Billon. Ewel Baker.
1826 ...... Hamilton R. Gamble. 1827 ..
George Knox. Thomas Andrews. 16
John Walls.
Peter Haldeman.
1821 .. ...
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Many of the members becoming dissatisfied with the course of the mover of this resolution during the preceding months, had already " demitted," and ou the 5th of October, 1833, the lodge surrendered its charter to the Grand Lodge, and ceased its labors for the time.
Having nearly six hundred dollars, a large sum then, in the treasury, it made the following disposition of its surplus funds :
To the Sisters of Charity, who had then but re- cently erected their hospital building, at Fourth and Spruce Streets, two hundred dollars; to the St. Louis Library Association, then just set on foot, two hundred and fifty dollars. The balance, one hundred and twenty-eight dollars, was applied to the payment of rent, Grand Lodge dues, and other incidentals.
Following the return of the charter of Missouri Lodge, No. 1, to the Grand Lodge of Missouri, in October, 1833, some few of its members, in conjunc- tion with others, in 1834 petitioned the Grand Lodge for a charter for a new lodge in St. Louis, to be called Lafayette. The Grand Lodge changed the name, and in 1836 granted a charter to the lodge as St. Louis, No. 20.
On Tuesday, Oct. 18, 1842, at the annual meeting of the Grand Lodge, Priestly H. McBride, M. W. G. M.,-
" The petition of Brothers Jesse Little, Thornton Grimsley, William Renshaw, John D. Daggett, Augustin Kennerly, Thomas H. West, A. L. Mills, James S. Lane, George Wilson, and Frederic L. Billon, late members of Missouri Lodge, No. 1, praying that the Grand Lodge grant them the liberty of re- suming their Masonic labors and the enjoyment of Masonic privileges, under and by virtue of their former charter, as a regular lodge of Free and Accepted Masons, was presented.
" Thereupon, upon motion of Brother Carnegy, it was unani- mously ordered that the prayer of said petitioners be granted."
Pursuant to the above the following members of Missouri Lodge, No. 1, assembled at the hall Oct. 20, 1842, and proceeded to reopen Missouri Lodge, No. 1, viz .: Jesse Little, Thornton Grimsley, John Si- monds, Adam L. Mills, Augustin Kennerly, George Wilson, S. W. B. Carnegy, P. G. M., Joseph Foster,
S. G. W., John M. De Bolle and Esrom Owens; Joseph Foster as W. M .; John Simonds, S. W .; Thornton Grimsley, J. W .; Augustin Kennerly, Treas .; S. W. B. Carnegy, Sec .; George Wilson, S. D .; Jesse Little, J. D. ; Esrom Owens, Tyler.
It was unanimously resolved to accept the privi- leges granted by the Grand Lodge, and the lodge then proceedcd to an clection of officers, which re- sulted in the choice of the following : John Simonds, W. M .; John D. Daggett, S. W .; Thornton Grims- ley, J. W .; Frederic L. Billon, Sec. ; Augustin Kennerly, Treas; George Wilson, appointed S. D .; Jesse Little, appointed J. D .; Esrom Owens, ap- pointed Tyler. These officers were installed the same evening by P. G. Master S. W. B. Carnegy. The transaction of business was proceeded with, and thus the old lodge was revived.
Following is a list of the members initiated in Mis- souri Lodge, No. 1, from 1842 to 1848, inclusive :
Initiated.
Passed.
Raised.
John M. Eager .. Dec. 1, 1842.
Dec. 13, 1842. April 14, 1843.
Feb. 8, 1843. Oct. 11, 1843.
James M. Martien ....... Dec. 9, 1842.
Joseph B. Walker ....... Jan. 26, 1843. Henry Caldwell .. Feb. 6, 1843.
March 10, 1843.
April 6, 1843.
Anthony Bennett. .. Marclı 6, 1843.
James Gresham. .Oct. 10, 1843.
Oct. 24, 1843. Jau. 4, 1844.
Nov. 2, 1843. Feb. 1, 1844.
Isaiah Forbes ... .. Dec. 7, 1843.
Edwin T. Denig .. .. Ang. 30, 1844.
T. C. Hovaker. Oct. 3, 1844.
Nov. 16, 1844
Dec. 2, 1844.
Jan. 2, 1845.
Jan. 23, 1845.
David Levison. .Jan. 2, 1845.
Jan. 23, 1845.
Feb. 6, 1845.
Damassus Gezzi .. Feb. 12, 1845.
March 6, 1845.
April 11, 1845.
Wm. H. Merritt .... ... March 11, 1845.
Philip Ewald. June 13, 1845.
Gabriel Hains. June 13, 1845.
July 15, 1845.
Aug. 28, 1845. Oct. 8, 1845.
Erastus Wells. .July 3, 1845. Thomas Davenport. .... Sept. 4, 1845. Gustavns W. Dreger .... Sept. 12, 1845.
Napo'n Koscialowski ... March 5, 1846.
April 24, 1846.
Aug. 31, 1846.
May 12, 1846.
June 12, 1846.
April 20, 1846.
April 20, 1846.
July 3, 1848.
July 6, 1848.
Ed. S. Polkowski ... May 7, 1846. Conrad Smith June 4, 1846.
Thomas Dndman Aug. 6, 1846.
Feb. 4, 1847.
June 14. 1847. Aug. 23, 1847.
Feb. 4, 1847.
Feb. 27, 1847.
Wm. F. Chase ... .Jan. 12, 1847.
Feb. 4, 1847.
Feb. 27, 1847.
Thomas Ryan ......... .. April 16, 1847.
B. Liverman. .. Jan. 6, 1848.
March 15, 1848. May 26, 1848.
John Libby .. .. April 6, 1:48.
Oct. 5, 1848.
March 1, 1849.
William H. Latham .... Ang. 18, 1848. Isaac N. Barnes. .Sept. 7, 1848.
Dec. 29, 1848.
Dec. 29, 1848.
Edmund Flagg. .Sept. 7, 1848.
Feb. 26, 1849.
March 28, 1849.
Ed. C. Blackburn ...... .. Nov. 2, 1848.
Feb. 1, 1855.
The elective officers of Missouri Lodge, No. 1, from 1842 to 1882, inclusive, have been :
Worshipful Masters.
Junior Wardens.
Treasurers.
Secretaries.
1842 ...... John Simonds.
Senior Wardens. John D. Daggett.
Thornton Grimsley. 66
Augustin Kennerly. Wm. Renshaw, Sr.
Frederic L. Billon.
1843 .. .....
1844 .. . Frederic L. Billon.
Jesse Little.
James Gresham.
1845 ...... John D. Taylor.
John D. Taylor. Isaiah Forbes. 66
James Gresham. ..
66
1847
James Gresham. 66
Isaac H. Keim.
66
1848.
William F. Chase.
66
1849 ... .. James Gresham.
Samucl F. Currie. 46
John B. Coleman.
66
John D. Taylor. 66
1850. Isaiah Forbes.
1851 ... .. John D. Taylor.
1852 .. .. Samuel F. Currie.
John Libbey.
Wm. M. McLean.
R. Peyinghaus.
1853 ...... John Libbey and W. Wın. M. McLean and M. McLean. C. M. Brooks.
Bernard A. Pratte.
John D. Taylor. 66
1854 .. Wm. H. McLean.
C. M. Brooks. Judah A. Hart.
John B. Turnbull. William Burden. John Goodin.
Wm. McLean.
1856 ......
Wm. Burden.
R. S. Voorhis.
E.Carter Hutchinson ... Dec. 9, 1842.
Marclı 10, 1843.
April 7, 1843.
Daniel Meloy .. Dec. 7, 1844.
April 3, 1845.
May 13, 1845.
Aug. 12, 1845.
Oct. 2, 1845.
Dec. 22, 1845.
Isaac H. Keim ........... April 2, 1846. Micajah Littleton ....... April 19, 1846. Lee Curtis May 7, 1846.
Theodore Baker. Dec. 11, 1846.
H. W. Leflingwell .Jan. 12, 1847.
Thos. Davenport.
John D. Daggett.
Clark Winsor.
Isaiah Forbes.
1855 ...... John D. Taylor.
Frederic L. Billon. 66
1846
RELIGIOUS, BENEVOLENT, SOCIAL, SECRET, AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS.
1781
Worshipful Masters.
Senior Wardens.
Junior Wardens.
Treasurers.
Secretaries.
1857. ..... John D. Taylor.
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