History of Essex and Hudson counties, New Jersey, Vol. I, Part 132

Author: Shaw, William H
Publication date: 1884
Publisher: [United States :]
Number of Pages: 840

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Germania Lodge, No. 128, was organized Dee. 10, 1872, with the following charter members: George Burgesser, Bernard Assmann. Henry Koch, William Kraft, John Wegle, Louis Kiefer, Bernard Kellner, John Thielen, Henry Becker, Michael Ort- mann, Fred Danner, Jacob Briel. Its first officers were W. M., George Burgesser, P. M .; S. W. B. Ass- mann; J. W., Michael Ortmann; Treas .. Henry Koch; Frc., HI. Berker; S. D., William Kraft, J. D., Jacob Briel; M. C., Fred. Kiefer and John Thiclen ; Tyler, Joseph Albers.

The officers for 1554 were John Goehring, W. M .; Charles Marte, S. W .; John Meyer, J. W .; G. F. Fickler, Treas .; F. Frantzel, Sec .; Richard Krauth- eim, S. D .; John Shertel, J. D .; H. Becker and L. Speeler, M. of C .; E. Boylan, Tyler.

The Past Masters are George Burgesser, Bernard Assmann, Henry Kock, William Meisselbach and John Gochring.

There are thirty-eight members on the roll. Regular communications are held on the first and third Tues- days in each month at No. 768 Broad Street.

Roseville Lodge, No. 143, is the youngest of the Masonic lodges in Newark. It was organized in 1875. with Charles B. Day as W. M. ; Samuel Klotz, S. W., John D. Toppin, J. W. The charter members were Albert Allen, Charles T. Cochran, David Collins, Edward S. Condit, Benjamin F. Crane, Res. R. L. Dashiell, D. D., Charles B. Day, Daniel M. Dill, M.D.,

August F. Eggers, Samuel W. Gerry, George E. Hart, Charles t'. Herrick, Res. George E. Borr, Franci- W. W. Jackson, Samuel klotz, Joseph Peri. m. George Richardson, Nicholas W. Rutan, Henry V. D. Schenck, Samuel G. Sturtevant, George HI Saydam, Thomas W. Topham, John D. Toppin.

The Past Masters of Roseville Lodge are Charles B. Day, JJohn D. Toppin, Charles C. Herrick, Henry ('. Poss, and James A. Smith. The officers for 1-54 were James A. Smith, W MT .; Samuel N. Penrose, S. W .; Aaron B. Jewell, J. W .; Charles U. Her- rick, Treas .; Richard J. Carey, Ser .; Samuel 6. Sturtevant, Chaplain ; John S. Heath. S. D .; William D. Reeve, I. D .; George Ryman and Noah 3. Baldwin, M. C.'s; Milton Hudson, Organist; flo- ratio T. Hewitt, Tyler. The lodge meets on the first, third and fifth Mondays of each month, at the corner of Orange Street and Roseville Avenue.

Union Chapter, No. 7, R. A. M .- 'ryptic Masonry, as with the symbolic degrees, found its first resting- place in New Jersey with brethren of Newark. In 1513, almost simultaneous with the recognition of the Holy Royal Arch as a part of Ancient ('raft Masonry by the United Grand Lodge of England, a dispensation was granted from the General Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons of the United States to a number of Royal Arch Masons to form a chapter in Newark, to be known as Washington Chapter, No. 1, and on the 7th of August of that year the chapter was duly organized and the officers installed. From data placed in the hands of the compiler by Mr. Charles E. Weeks, Secretary of I'nion Chapter No. 7, we are able to pre- sent the following interesting facts.

In the early part of the year 1817 an invitation was extended by Washington Chapter to Brearley and Solomon Chapters to unite in forming a Grand Chap- ter for New Jersey. The invitation was declined by Brearley Chapter, which was working under dispen- sation from the Grand Chapter of Pennsylvania, unless the General Grand Chapter would modify the general regulations, which forbid any intercourse with the chapters of Pennsylvania and Delaware. At the meeting of the General Grand Chapter, in September, 1819, it was decided that no tirand Chapter could be legally constituted in this State until there should be three chapters under its jurisdiction. No further ac- tion was therefore taken until the organization of Franklin Chapter, in 1825, when delegates from Wash- ington, Solomon and Franklin Chapters met at Eliza- beth, and organized a Grand Chapter, and on the 9th day of May the Grand Officers were duly installed at New Brunswick.

The Grand Chapter having failed to meet for five years, a dispensation was granted on the 2sth of August, 1843, by the D. G. G. H. P., to continue the work of Washington Chapter until the triennial con- vocation of the General tirand Chapter, in September, 18-14 The last records of this chapter are dated March 28, 1844.

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HISTORY OF ESSEX COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.

Union Chapter, No. 1, was organized March 18, ' ney was for two terms D. G. H. P. Several other 1848, and received its warrant from the General Grand Chapter on the 17th of September, 1850.

Newark Chapter, No. 2, was organized June 24, 1848. At the regular meetings of this chapter the at- tendance was so small that frequently there was not a quorum present, and at the convocation of March, 25, 1853, a communication was received from Union Chapter extending an invitation to unite with them, whereupon the invitation was accepted, and Newark Chapter dissolved.

The present trand Chapter was organized at Bur- lington on the 30th of December, 1856, and the first Grand Officers were installed at Jersey City on the 13th of February, 1857.

Union Chapter refused to recognize the Grand Chapter until the 25th of August, 1859, when it was resolved that the warrant which was granted by the General Grand Chapter be surrendered, and that ap- plication be made to the M. E. G. R. A. Chapter of the State of New Jersey for a new warrant. The warrant was granted on the 7th of September, 1859, and as the Grand Chapter was composed at this time of six chapters, Union Chapter was designated as No. 7.

The officers elected in 1848 were as follows: Luther Goble, M. E. I. P .; Elias Van Arsdale, E. K .; James Miller, E. S .; Henry K. Ingraham, C. Il .; Thomas Youngs, P. S .; John (. Littel, R. A. C .; Andrew Rankin, G. M. 3d V .; William Frame, G. M. 2d V .; John S. Darcy, G. M. Ist V .; Moses W. Personette, Treas. ; Thomas C. Chandler, See .; William Godber, Tyler.

The charter members of Union Chapter were the officers above named (except the last four), and Ly- man S. Averill, Aaron E. Ballard, Otis Boyden, Peter 1 .. Donaldson, Alexander Dickerson, Simcon Harri- son, Joseph Hollingsworth, Joseph Munn, John II. Stout, Richard Sweasy, William Wright-in all num- bering nineteen. The present membership is three hundred and twenty.

The present officers of the chapter are Milton (. Dodd, M. E. I. P .; Lewis G. Dawson, E. K .; Wil- liam A. Sharpe, E. S .; John P. Meclue, C. Il .; Henry E. Krock, P. S .; Harry L. II. Boylan, R. A. C .; Stephen W. Gordon, M. 3d V .; Lewis R. S. Need- ham, M. 2d V .; James A. Warrender, M. Ist V .; Altred Ridler, Treas .; Charles E. Weeks, Sec. ; Law- rence Boylan, Tyler.

The l'ast High Priests in their successive order have been Luther Goble, John R. Weeks, Milton Baldwin, John L. Lenhart, Richardson Buckbee, Melville T. Hard, William D. Kinney, Aug. B. Whitehead, Israel Ballwin, Charles B. Thurston, Charles Boylan, David L. Garrigus, Edward Goeller, John Hastings, Theodore F. Young, Charles Belcher, Jr., Thomas Godson, Frederick C. Hawkins.

members of this chapter have held offices in the Grand Chapter.

Regular convocations of Union Chapter are held every Monday evening, at No. 768 Broad Street.

Harmony Chapter, No. 9, R. A. M., was organ- ized by virtue of a warrant granted by the Most Ex- cellent Grand Royal Arch Chapter of the State of New Jersey, sitting in Annual Convocation at the city of Trenton, on the 7th day of September, 1859, William Wallace Goodwin being Grand Iligh Priest, and John Woolverton, Grand Secretary.

The chapter was instituted on the 5th day of Oc- tober, 1859, in presence of the Grand Officers and the Most Excellent General Grand High Priest of the United States ; Albert (. Mackey, of South Carolina, who performed the ceremony of installation upon Charles M. Zch, M.D., as High Priest, John R. C'rockett as King, Dennis W. Morris as Seribe, Wil- liam Mead as Captain of the Host, George Booth as Principal Sojourner. The charter members, in addi- tion to the above, were John Garside, Lucius D. Baldwin, Abram Grabenheim and Simcon Baldwin.

The Past High Priests of this chapter have been as follows : Charles MI. Zeh, William Meade, Charles L. C. Gifford, Ludlow Allen, David S. Battey, John II. G. Haines, Edward A. Campbell, George E. Crosby, James Tucker, Jacob Guyer, Charles B. Day, R. W. Vandervoort, John Brockic, George A. Williams.

The present officers are M. J. De Witt, M. E. H. P .; William Allen, K .; Frederick L. Mecker, Scribe; Joseph Sawyer, C. of II .; William W. Davidson, P. S .; Henry A. Beckmeyer, R. A. C .; George H. Vanderhoof, M. 3d V .; John Mewhiney, M. 2d V. . James Patrick, MI. 1st V. ; R. W. Vandervoort, Treas. : Isaac F. Jones, Sec. ; W. Scott Sims, Organist; An- drew Amrine, Tyler.

The chapter holds its regular convocations on the second and fourth Fridays of each month, at 481 Broad Street.

Kane Council, No. 2, R. and S. M., was organized July 12, 1859, by the name of Excelsior Council, and on Sept. 6, 1859. the name was changed to Kane Council. The first officers were John Sheville, T. I. M. ; William Mead, R. I. M. ;. Joseph K. Lewis, P. C. W. ; George Booth, Recorder; William D. Kinney, Treas. ; Andrew B. Wilcox, C. G .; Augustus B. Whitehead, C. C .; Caleb Il. Leonard, Steward; Nathan Condit, Sentinel.

The charter members were: John Sheville, William Mead, Joseph K. Lewis, Andrew B. Wilcox, David .J. Camfiehl, Jonathan Fairchild, Dennis W. Morris.

The officers for 1884 were David II. Brown, T. I. M .; James B. Small, R. I. M .; George W. Church P. C. W .; Charles E. Weeks, Recorder; John P. Me- cluer, Treas .; Frederick (. Hawkins, C. G .; Lewis G. Dawson, C. C .; Isaac Il. Munn, Marshal; Ilarry L. Il. Boylan, Steward; Lawrence Boylan. Sentinel;

Israel Baldwin and Edward Goeller have been dis- tinguished as M. E. G. H. P.'s, and William D. Kin- | Membership, one hundred and twenty-seven.

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FREEMASONRY IN NEWARK.

Damascus Commandery, No. 5, Knights Tem- plar was formed on the 11th of September, 1866, and is now held in pursuance of a warrant granted by the Grand Commandery of the State of New Jersey to the following-named Fir Knights : Isaac A. Nichols, Charles M. Zeh, Edward P. Nichols, Abraham Van Arsdale, David S. Battey, David Ayers, Charles Bor- cherling, John A. Nichols, George B. Nichols, Charles J. Myers. Dr. Isaac A. Nichols was the first Eminent Commander, Dr. C. M. Zch, Generalissimo, and Dr. E. P. Nichols, Captain-tieneral. The present officers are Charles Slee, Em. Com. ; Thomas Godson, Gen- eralissimo; William Allen, Captain-General ; John D. Toppin, Excellent Prelate; H. E. Krock, Senior Warden; John E. Rowe, Junior Warden; E. W. Dunning, Treasurer ; John J. Henry, Recorder; James A. Warrender, Standard-Bearer; George II. Parkin- son, Sword-Bearer ; L. G. Dawson, Warder ; L. Boylan, Captain of Guard; Il. B. Lyng, Third Guard ; M. 1 .. Mowrer, Second Guard; John E. Barcklow, First Guard : Trustees, C. C. Contes, R. II. Breintnall, A. S. Staats ; Enos Runyon, Quartermaster ; A. M. Mills, M.D., Surgeon ; Milton Hudson, Organist. The Past Commanders are David S. Battey, Charles It. In- galls, Augustus Pruyn, Orlando Greacen, W. W Hull- fish. The commandery meets on the second and fourth Thursdays in each month, at 751 Broad Street. The commandery has one hundred and eighty-five fraters on the roll.

Order of the Eastern Star .- The Adoptive Rite of Freemasonry was framed for a more extended ditl'u- sion of the principles of morality and friendship by established and significant emblems, for inviting woman's influence towards the purposes of Masonic institutions, for increasing social enjoyment by the aid of the Masonic tie, for ameliorating the condition of the destitute widow and the helpless orphans, and for affording increased facilities in relieving distressed female travelers.

The Order of the Eastern Star is founded upon the Holy Writings. Five prominent female characters, illustrating as many Masonic virtues, are selected, adopted and placed under Masonic protection. The selections are Jephtha's Daughter, Ruth, Esther, Martha and Electa. Their virtues are all Masonic, and have nowhere in history more brilliant exemplars than in the five characters illustrated in the lectures of the Order of the Eastern Star.

The lawful recipients of the Adoptive Rite are wives, mothers, widows and daughters of Master Masons.

A Grand Chapter of the Order for the State of New Jersey was organized on July Is, 1870, by delegates from Eureka Chapter, No. 2, of Elizabethport, Electa, No. 3, of Newark, and Golden, No. 1, of Keyport. At the annual session of the Grand Chapter, held in Elizabeth, Oct. 5, 1883, the following officers were chosen: Lucinda Smith, W. G. M .; William (. Brown, W. G. P .; Amanda M. Morgan, A. G. M .; John N. Bunnell, A. G. P .; Mary J. Bunnell,

1. Sec. ; Susan A. Stewart, G. Treas .. Augusta M. Ladd, G. Cond .: Caroline Karsberg, A. G. Cond. The Worthy Grand Matron made the fol- lowing appointments : W V. W. Vreeland, G. Chap. ; William E. Boone, G. Marshal; Anna E. Garrabrant, G. Adah; Jane Cohan, G. Ruth ; A. Duinville, G. Esther : Anna E. Graul, G. Martha; A. E. Brown, G. Electa ; Mary T. Vreeland, G. Ward; Elwood Pharos, O. Sentinel.

There are nine chapters in the State, with a total membership of three hundred and righty-five at the tune of making up the last annual reports, in the early part of the year 1884.

Radiant Chapter, No. 7. Order of The Eastern Star was organized March 17, 1874. The charter members were Salina Kinnard, Ella M. Hammond, Phehe Chandler, Sarah A. Barrows, Hattie Hatch, Sarah E. Woodford, Mary Goddard, Emma Van Winkle. Louisa Carter, and Sarah Chandler. The chapter was instituted on the 28th of December of the same year, when the officers were installed, Worthy Matron, Mrs. S. Kinnard ; Worthy Patron, William C. Hammond ; Associate Matron, Mrs. Sarah A. Barrow ; Treasurer, Mrs. Elizabeth Evans ; Secre- tary, Miss George A. Coutts; Conductres, Mrs. Ella Hammond ; Associate Conductress, Mrs. Sarah E. Woodhead ; Warden, Mrs. kunna Van Winkle; Adah, Mrs. Hattie Hatch; Ruth, Mrs. Fannie Lourie, Esther, Mrs. Mary O. Walker ; Martha, Miss Lottie Smith ; Electa, Mrs. Martha ( handler ; Sentinel, Mrs. Horatio N. Barrows.

The otheers in ISSA were Mrs. Anna E. Garrabrant, Worthy Matron ; E. H. Allen, Worthy Patron ; Mrs. Tillie Van Winkle, Associate Matron ; Mrs. Elizabeth Evans, Treasurer ; Mrs. Mary G. Allen, Secretary ; Miss Minnie Pugh, Conductress ; Miss Gertrude Wortman, Associate Conductress ; Mrs. Mary E. King, Warden; Miss Stella Coil, Adah ; Mrs. Phebe J. Powell, Ruth ; Mrs. Mira t'. Decker, Esther; Mrs. Anna E. Marsh, Martha; Mrs. Mary O. Walker, P. M., Electra ; William F. Van Houten, Sentinel ; James R. Smith, Chaplain ; Organist, t. Forman Smith.

It holds its meetings every Monday evening in the rooms of Oriental Lodge, No. 810 Broad Street.

Masonic Mutual Life Insurance Company .--- This association is the pioneer of Masonic mutual in- surance companies in the United States. It was or- ganized on the 10th of November, Istiti, on the mutual plan of insurance. The applicant of membership must be a Master Mason in good standing, and a member of a lodge in the jurisdiction of New Jersey, who is in apparent good health, and not over forty- five years of age. Upon the death of a member each surviving member is required to pay one dollar into the treasury within ten days, or one dollar and ten vents after date of second notice, should he neglect the first. Within thirty days after proof of death, the widow, heir or person designated by the deceased I member receives one thousand dollars.

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HISTORY OF ESSEX COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.

The first officers of the company were M. W. Silas Whitehead, G. M., president ; William D. Kinney, W. MI. Kane Lodge, No. 55, vice president ; Lewis D. Cranz, P. M., Eureka Lodge, No. 39, treasurer and secretary ; with the following directors: William B. Glasby, P. M .. St. John's Lodge ; A. Van Arsdale, W. M., New- ark Lodge; Charles Knopf, P. M., Diogenes; William Mead, P. M. Northern; William E. Pine, P. M., Eureka; Francis Lindsley, P. M., Oriental ; William D. Rutan. P. M., Kane; J. L. Labiaux, La Fraternité Française ; Peter Bender, P. M., Schiller; Eugene A. Bleything, W. M., St. Albans. The company has been carefully managed enjoys a reputation as the model Masonic insurance company of the United States. Since its organization there have been levied only one hundred and seventy-six assessments for one hundred and eighty-three deaths, making an average of about ten assessments per year, and it has paid in losses for deceased members $167,106.50. It has an accumulated fund of twenty-five thousand dollars in- vested in United States bonds, besides a balance of cash in the treasury of twelve hundred and seventy- five dollars. In 1881 and 1882 it paid seven thousand dollars from the surplus fund, its rule being to avoid an assessment whenever the surplus amounts to twelve hundred dollars. The membership on the Ist of May, 1884, was eleven hundred and thirty-six, the maximum permitted by the by-laws being twelve hundred.

The present officers of the company are as follows ; William E. Pine, president; William D. Kinney, vice- president ; Charles H. Ingalls, treasurer and secretary ; directora, David Bedford, Alfred Ridler, Samuel Fleischer, John J. Henry. James R. Smith, Daniel Wallace, William D. Rutan, Peter Bender, Alfred P. Mayhew, Isaac II. Terrill, James Lovatt. William M. Clarke, Seymour Tucker, John F. Hermann, and Isaac Crawford. Each lodge in the city represented in the company is entitled to one director.

The office of the seeretary and treasurer is at 761 Broad Street, Newark, N. J.

Northern Lodge Masonic Life Insurance Com- pany is an outgrowth, as its name implies, of Northern Lodge, the members of which met for the purpose of organizing a mutual insurance association on the 31st of January, 1874, at which meeting the following of- ficers were chosen : President, Levi H. Sandford; Secretary and Treasurer, John W. Kummerle. Com- mittees were appointed to set the machinery of the company in motion, and on the 4th of February the organization was perfected by the election of William Mead as vice-president, and the following directors; William t'. Astley, Jacob Guyer, George F. Elston, George Riley, Ransford W. Vandervort, and Isaac R. Elston. The company is now managed by a board selected from various sister lodges. The present officers are: President, L. W. Sandford ; Vice-Presi- dent, David S. Battey ; Secretary and Treasurer, John W. Kamerle. Directors: John J. Henry, Jacob(inyer,

George W. Martin, Isaac F. Jones and James L. John- son, of Northern Lodge, No. 25; Daniel Walsh, of Newark, No. 7; William D. Stiff, of Oriental, No. 51; John D. Toppin, of Roseville, No. 143; Alfred Collis, of Kane, No. 55; Joseph MeKay, of Copestone, No. 147; John Hall, of Bloomfield. No. 40; John F. Wisschusen, of Belleville, No. 108. The association numbers two hundred and forty-seven members.

The Masonic Mutual Life Insurance Company of New Jersey is of a similar character to the fore- going ; is composed of Master Masons in good stand- ing, and ealls for an assessment of $1.10 on the death of any member. The company was organized on the 20th of March, 1874, with the following officers : John Hastings, Newark Lodge, No. 7; E. A. Trault, Di- ogenes ; Robert Dingwell, P. M., Eureka; John D. Faitoute, W. M., Oriental; Thomas Godson, Kane; Joseph L. Moss, Mount Zion; Henry A. Thomas, Bergen; Frank A. J. Casterline, St. Albans ; W. M. Clark, Alpha ; J. II. Doremus, Oriental. The officers and directors for 1884 were as follows: President, Robert Dingwell, Eureka; Vice-President, Robert Green, Arcana ; Secretary and Treasurer, James L. Marsh, Eureka ; Directors, Mark W. Mahon, St. John's; Henry H. Davis, Cincinnati; Henry War- ner, Newark; Charles H. Ames, Clinton ; William McChesney, Union ; John F. Egner, Diogenes; John F. Cramer, Northern ; F. M. MeDonongh, Hoboken ; James D. Small, Eureka ; Henry A. Thomas, Bergen ; Chancellor W. Chase, Enterprise; John S. Clark, Oriental ; Edward W. Dunning, Kane; William Green, Corinthian; Joseph Cooper, Arcania ; Freder- ick Haag, Schiller ; Joseph II. Wightman, St. Albans; Cyrus A. Force, Cosmos; John G. Berian, Rising Star ; Peter P. Saunier, Triluminar ; John B. Warren, Pythagoras; JJohn R. English, Silentia ; J. II. Dore- mus, Orient ; Joseph L. Moss, Mount Zion; John S. Heath, Roseville.

The present membership is two hundred and sixty- three.

CHAPTER XLI.

ODD-FELLOW SHIP IN NEWARK.1

THIS order celebrated, in 1884, the sixty-fifth anni- versary of its introduction into the United States, and is largely represented in Newark. In 1884 the sub- ordinate lodges in Newark belonged to three districts, each being under the immediate authority of a District Deputy Grand Master, appointed by the Grand Master at the last session of the Grand Lodge, upon the recommendation of the lodges in the district.

District No. 6 embraces Howard, No. 7; Newark, No. 8; Friendship, No. 11 ; Clinton, No. 18 (Irving-

) Hy Henry Farmer.

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ton); Protection, No. 28; Apollo, No. 135; Goklen Rule, No. 153 ; Luzerne, No. INI ; and Hope Rebekah Degree Lodge, No. 42. The D. D. G. M. is Edwin D. Harrison, P. C. of Clinton Lodge, No. 18. Post office address, Irvington, N. J.

District No. 7 embraces Marion, No. 26 ; tiranite, No. 74; Halcyon, No. 83; Columbian, No. 117; Harrison, No. 120; Eureka, No. 123; Stella, No. 133; Eagle, No. 136; Trinity, No. 160 ; Arlington, No. 190; Kearny, No. 195; Liberty, No. 396; Park, No. 198 ; and I'nion, No. 1, and Harrison, No. 12, Rebekah Degree Lodges ; Pilgrim Lodge, No. 202, which was instituted at Arlington on April 29, 18st, and assigned to this district. The D. D. G. M. is John V. Mungesser, P. G. of Haleyon Lodge, No. 83. Post office address, Newark, N. J.

Distriet No. 8 is exclusively German, and embraces Atlas, No. 68; Allemania, No. 79; Teutonia, No. 118; Germania, No. 121 ; Humboldt. No. 137 ; Hermann, No. 142 ; Hansa, No. 145 (of Elizabeth), which, at the last session of the Grand Lange, was assigned to this district, and granted permission to work in the German language; John F. Morse, No. 153 (of Orange), and United German Rebekah Degree Lodge, No. 40. The D. D. G. M. is Frederick J. Roebrick, P.ti. of Atlas Lodge, No. 68. Post office address, Newark, N. J.

In the encampment branch there are two districts,- District No. 3 embraces Mount Ararat, No. 3; Washington, No. 13; Jefferson, No. 24; Mount Hebron, No. 37 (of Orange). The D. D. G. P. is John (. Gegenheimer, P. G. P C. P. of Mount Hebron En- campment, No. 37. Post office address, Orange, N. J.

District No. 15 embraces Newark, No. 17, and Mount Horeb, No. 34, both German. The D. D. G. P. is John R. Ruck, P. G. P. C. P. Post office address, Newark, N. J.

The present Grand Patriarch is J. Barton Smith, of Mount Ararat, No. 3. Post office address, Newark. N. J.

Howard Lodge, No. 7, was instituted by Grand Master Henry C. Boswell, Oct. 4, 3841, with the follow- ing-named persons as charter members : David P. Gardner, John Buttle, Joseph 11. Hopping, John W. Inness, Jr., Silas S. Lyon, James M. Lang, Samuel W. Bond, Charles W. Tucker, Joseph Rogers, John B. Taylor, Matthieu Cassien, John C. Ayers, George R. Welsh, Toussaint Beland, William H. Roberts, William S. Jacques, Henry Taylor, Joshua Fitzgerald, Philip Hellinger, Aaron B. Inness, John M. Scher- meier, Jacob C. Hunderpfund.

First officers : N. G., David Gardner ; V. G., John Buttle; Ree. See., John W. Inness, Jr .; Por. Sec., Joseph IL. Hopping ; Treas., Silas S. Lyon.

Present ofherrs : N. G. Joseph Canfield; V. C., Frederick A. Thorn; Rer. See., Aaron B. Crane ; Per. See., A. H. Richman ; Trens., A. S. Clark. The membership on April 1. 1884, was seventy-live. Howard Lange is the parent practically of all the lodges in Essex County, and it has been honored as

no other lodge in the State. It has given the Grand Lodge of New Jersey five grand representatives to the supreme body in Daniel T. Clark, Amos II. Heartoss. Christian Miller, Samuel W. Bond, aud the present representative, Varon B. Crane. Three of its member- have been Grand Masters of the Grand Lodge of the State-Daniel T. Clark, 150; Amos H. Secarlos, Jis; and Christian Miller, 1874. Its present Treasurer, .A. S. Clark, has been Grand Patriarch of the Grand Encampment of the State. It has also furnished in the person of Daniel T. Clark a Grand scribe. The regular meetings are held on Monday evening of each week.

Friendship Lodge, No. 11 .- The first informal meeting was held in the old Stewart Hotel, on June 3, 1842, and the lodge instituted on the 19th of the following month.

Charter members: AAaron B. Campfield, Luther E. Backus, Jerome B. Ward, John S. Peshine, Henry, Adams, Thomas Kirkpatrick, Bartholomew West, Amos Wilcox, Edwin Ross, Fra Merchant, L. Mark- net, Joseph Hollingsworth, James M. Thompson, David M. Mocker, John Reese, Joseph Burroughs Daniel Pierson, James S. Pierson, Miles IL Berrey, Cyrus Baldwin, James H. Tichenor, John t'. Jennings, James S. Gamble.

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History of Essex and Hudson counties, New Jersey, Vol. I, Part 132

Author: Shaw, William H Publication date: 1884 Publisher: [United States :] Number of Pages: 840

Author: Shaw, William H
Publication date: 1884
Publisher: [United States :]
Number of Pages: 840