The history of Camden county, New Jersey, Part 94

Author: Prowell, George Reeser, 1849-1928
Publication date: 1886
Publisher: Philadelphia : Richards
Number of Pages: 1220

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In that time these sums have been paid for the objects named ;

Relief of brothers .

. $17,660.60

Relief of widowed families

. 1,600,20

Education of orphans 237.00

Burying the dead

. 5,885.50

Total . $25,383.32

The lodge, with two hundred and twelve mem- bers, meets in Morgan's Hall, Thursday evenings, and is strong financially. The officers for 1886 are : N. (., Benjamin S. Lewis ; R. S., Samuel P. Jones; V. (+., Lewis Traunweiser; P. S., Robert W. Meves.

SENATUS LODGE, No. 76, was instituted in Bon- temps Hall, February 9, 1848, with these officers in position : P. G., William E. Lafferty; N. G., C. C. Sadler ; V. (., John R. Graham ; S., W. B. Miller ; A. S., J. F. Cake ; T., William Morrell, The lodge prospered for a time, but from various causes the charter was surrendered in 1857. In 1868 some

of the old members, with others, decided to take np the surrendered charter and were duly insti- tuted, with these charter members: E. P. Andrews, John R. Graham, Seth Thomas, J. M. Rodgers, J. M. Sickles, William H. Stansburg, William H. Jeffries, James H. Stevens, F. H. Shinn, Stephen Parsons, Andrew B. Frazee, Frank Skinner, J. Earl Atkinson, A. C. Jackson, William H. Allen.

Since its reorganization Senatus Lodge has pros- pered. It numbers one hundred and sixty mem- bers, with three thousand dollars invested, and is well provided with costly and complete parapher- nalia for the work of the order. The meetings are held Wednesday evenings in Central Hall. The officers are : N. G., Charles Schnitzler ; R. S., John Cook; T., W. B. Stewart; V. G., Thomas Fitzgerald ; P. S., Frank M. Tussey.

WILDEY LODGE, No. 91, was instituted February 20, 1849. The officers for 1886 are as follows : N. G., John Marshall; V. G., Joseph B. Arm- strong ; R. S., Stephen Robinson ; P. S., A. G. M. Ashley ; T., Robert H. Patton. The lodge meets at Wildey Hall every Tuesday evening. The total number of members is one hundred and forty.

KANE ARCTIC LODGE, No. 115, was organized by warrant dated August 12, 1857, at which time, in Odd-Fellows' (Morgan's) Hall, Hampton Wil- liams, of New Jersey Lodge, No. 1., D.D). Grand Master, installed these officers: Levi Bachrach, N. G .; William Hage, V. G .; Emanuel Schneider, T .; and with them initiated these charter mem- bers : Julius Barth and John M. Hertlein.

The lodge meets in Central Hall and has a mem- bership of one hundred and thirty-seven, including thirty-nine Past Grands. The assets amount to $3257, $3000 of which, invested in mortgages, re- alizes $180 per year. The present officers are : Noble Grand, Bernard Kohn; Vice-Grand, Frid- olin Hanzy ; Recording Secretary, Karl E. Treb- ing ; Permanent Secretary, Henry Philipp; Treas- urer, Levi Bachrach.

CAMDEN LODGE, No. 155, was organized Feb- ruary 17, 1871, with the following charter mem- ' bers : Thomas McDowell, Samuel M. Gaul, Chris- topher C. Smith, William Randall, Past Grands ; Frederick G. Thoman, William W. Thoman, Josiah Matlack, Bowman Matlack, Horace Ham- mell, Andrew J. Cunningham and William T. Brewer. The organization took place in Wil- dey llall, where the lodge has met since. It has had a full measure of prosperity, numbers one hundred and fifty-five members and has a re- serve fund of five thousand dollars. The Past Grands number twenty-six, and P. G. William T. Brewer is a Past Grand Master. The present

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officers are: N. G., Samuel M. Baker; V. G., Thomas R. Murphy ; R. S. P. G., Frank P. Jack- son ; P. S. P. G., Edward G. Bugge ; T. P. G., Josiah Matlack.

CAMDEN ENCAMPMENT, No. 12, instituted August 13, 1846, meets Fourth and Market, at Morgan's Hall, second and fourth Friday nights. Number of members, seventy-five. The present officers are : Chief Patriarch, Lewis Traunweiser ; Senior Warden, Sewell H. Colley; Scribe, John Matlack ; Treasurer, Benjamin D. Coley; High Priest, Samuel Mills, Sr .; Junior Warden, Robert R. Kates; O. S. C., Nathan A. Carter ; I. S. C., Theo. W. Pimm ; Guide, Henry Grosskopf.

FAME ENCAMPMENT, No. 26, was instituted August 14, 1851. The officers for 1886 are as fol- lows : C. P., Sam. M. Baker; H. P., James Hough- ton; S. W., Asa Kirby; J. W., H. J. House ; T., Joseph B. Fox; S., A. George M. Ashley. This encampment meets at Wildey Hall the first and third Friday evenings of every month. The total number of members is forty-eight.

CANTON RIDGLEY, NO. 5, PATRIARCH MILI- TANT, was instituted March 3, 1886. The present number of members is twenty. The present offi- cers are: Captain, Jonathan J. Sheppard ; Lieu- tenant, James Houghton : Recorder, John W. Matlack; Accountant, George Wailes; Ensign, Benjamin F. Fortiner. Meetings are held at the northwest corner of Second and Federal Streets on the first and second Wednesday evenings of each month.

MOUNT ZION LODGE, NO. 7, DAUGHTERS OF REBEKAH, was instituted November 17, 1868. Meetings are held at Fourth and Market Streets, in Morgan's Hall, on the first and third Friday nights. The present officers are : Noble Grand, Robert R. Kates; Vice-Grand, Mrs. H. Strang; Secretary, John W. Matlack ; Financial Secretary, Lucy Hubbs ; Treasurer, Priscilla'Johnson ; R. S. N. G., Mary Campbell ; L. S. N. G., Mary Corson ; Warden, J. W. Johnson; Conductor, Mary Paul ; I. S. S., Lewis Traunweiser; O. S. S. Nathan Carter; Chaplain, Althea Bond; R. S. V. G., Jane Hearn; L. S. V. G., Arietta Lewis. The lodge has two hundred members.

THE ODD-FELLOWS' FUNERAL AID ASSOCIA- TION, of Camden, was instituted October 16, 1868. The number of members at present is two hundred and forty-five. The present officers are : President, W. C. Husted ; Vice-President, A. G. M. Ashley ; Secretary, John W. Matlack ; Treasurer, Benjamin D. Coley; Directors, Samuel W. Stivers, Thomas W. Pimm, Benedict Youngman, Levi Bachrach,

Harry Bennett, Conrad Austermuhl, Joseph Der- hamer, Lewis C. Harris, James Maguire.

KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS.

The Knights of Pythias, a secret benevolent or- der, was organized in the city of Washington, D. C., February 19, 1864, by J. H. Rathbone. On No- vember 28, 1867, Honorable Stephen D. Young, William B. French, Robert F. S. Heath, Richard B. Wilmot, John Matlack, George W. Conrow, Charles Mayhew, Joseph Braddock and William Penn Repsher, all residents of Camden, were ini- tiated into Damon Lodge, No. 8, in Philadelphia. On December 12th, of that year, the above-named Knights assembled in Odd-Fellows' Hall, in Cam- den, and were instituted as Damon Lodge by several Grand Officers from Washington, D. C. Upon that occasion nearly fifty gentlemen were initiated, among the number Honorable Samuel Read, who subsequently became the first Supreme Chancellor. P. G. C. Young officiated that evening as Grand Junior Guard. At a later day charters were re- ceived for two lodges, New Jersey Lodge receiving the first number and Damon No. 2. Undoubtedly a mistake had been made, as the members who had been initiated in Philadelphia constituted Damon Lodge in Camden and were justly entitled to the first number.

The Grand Lodge was organized in Camden March 16, 1868. The first annual session was held in Camden April 20, 1868. The Grand Lodge meets annually at Trenton, in February. The fol- lowing were the first Grand Officers : Robert F. S. Heath, No. 2, V. G. P .; Samuel Read, No. 1, W. G. C .; Robert Muffett, No. 5, V. G. C .; William B. French, No. 2, G. R. S. ; Charles W. Heisler, No. 1, G. F. S .; Anthony Phillips, No. 1, G. B .; John T. Tompkins, No. 4, G. G .; John L. Sharp, No. 6, G. I. S .; Frederick L. Cobb, No. 3, G. O. S.

DAMON LODGE, No. 2, meets at the southeast corner of Fourth and Market Streets, Monday evenings. It was instituted December 12, 1867. The first officers were as follows: V. P., Richard B. Wilmot; W. C., Robert F. S. Heath; V. C., John W. Matlack; R. S., William B. French ; F. S., Charles G. Mayhew ; Banker, George W. Con- row; Guide, Samuel E. Radcliff; I. S., Stephen D. Young ; O. S., Joseph B. Braddock. The present officers are : P. C., Jacob F. Voight ; C. C., Charles J. Barr ; V. C., John O. Zuschnitt; M. at A., Robert J. Roberts ; M. of E., H. F. Chew; M. of F., Charles E. Fisher ; K. of R. and S., Herman Rosade ; Prelate, A. H. Clymer; I. G., N. A. Carter; O. G., John S. Clark, The present number of members is one hundred and twenty.

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CORINTHIAN LODGE, No. 19, was instituted March 16, 1869, by the following Grand Lodge Officers : James A. Parsons, V. G. P .; William H. Barton, G. C .; Thomas G. Rowand, V. G. C .; Ben- jamin C. Tatem, G. B .; William R. Robinson, G. G .; J. W. Cochran, G. I. S .; Samuel I. Wood- ruff, G. O. S .; William B. French, G. R. S. The officers for the term ending September 1, 1886, were: P. C., Frank B. Sweeten ; C. C., Charles W. Leas; V. C., J. G. Howard; P., Benjamin D. Gardner ; K. of R. and S., Harry Fifield ; M. of F., Thomas A. Wood ; M. of E., Benjamin F. Sweeten; M. at A., William W. Curry ; I. G., Howard Mc- Cormick ; O. G., C. C. Greeney. The number of members is eighty-seven ; the amount paid for re- lief, eight thousand seven hundred and forty-two dollars. Place of meeting, Morgan's Hall, Fourth and Market Streets, every Tuesday evening.

PALESTINE LODGE, No. 1, 1. O. LADIES OF PYTHIAS, was organized April 1, 1874. The fol- lowing were the first officers : P. W. C., Catharine Johnson; F. C., Rebecca Adams; Second C., Emma Johnson ; Scribe of R., Annie M. Quick ; Scribe of F., Sally Carty ; Bankress, Ruth A. Ross; First Guide, Kate Hagerman ; Second Guide, Kizzie E. Sparks ; First M., Eliza J. Leibecke ; Second M., Emily Kelley ; Sentry of I. G., Mary L. Fields ; Sentry of O. G., Margaret Doyle; Ex., Mattie Gibbs ; Dv., Hannah Connelly. The pres- ent officers are : P. W. C., Elizabeth Eames ; F. C., Mary Winters ; S. C., Ellen Biddle; S. R., Annie M. Quick; S. F., Kizzie Sparks ; Bankress, Ruth A. Ross; F. Guide, Margaret Whittle; S. Guide, Elizabeth Casto; F. M., Rachel Piper; S. M., Elizabeth Lilly; S. of I. G., Lizzie Eames; S. of O. G., Lois Wrifford ; Ex., Elizabeth Long; Dv., Elizabeth Cleaver; Guardsmen, first, Catharine Johnson ; second, Isabella Dobleman ; third, Mary E. Whirlow ; fourth, Margaret Davis ; fifth, Han- nah Snyder; sixth, Emma Kessler. The number of members is sixty-five. The evening of meet- ing is Wednesday and the place the Hall of the Mechanics, Fourth and Spruce Streets.

IMPROVED ORDER OF RED MEN.

This order claims its origin as a patriotic asso- ciation under the title of Society of Red Men, composed of volunteers who were in garrison at Fort Mifflin, on the Delaware River, opposite Red Bank, in 1813. It is a fraternal and benevolent organization, with its ritual based upon the cus- toms of the North American Indians. The officers are known as Sachem, Sagamore and Prophet, and the members as warriors and braves, while the era dates from the landing of Columbus, and tlieir

time is divided into grand suns, moons, suns, runs and breaths. The subordinate body is called Tribe, that of the State, Great Council, and of the country, Great Council of the United States. The Great Council of New Jersey was instituted in Trenton, by Great Incohonee Robert Sullivan, there being at the time three tribes in the State- Arreseoh, No. 1; Lenni Lenape, No. 2; and Red Bird, No. 3. These were under its jurisdiction.

IROQUOIS DEGREE COUNCIL, No. 3, was insti- tuted December 18, 1884, the Great Chiefs present being: G. P., Daniel M. Stevens; G. S., Reuben L. Bowen; G. J. S., Samuel L. Durand ; G. C. of R., John T. Davies ; G. K. of W., C. G. Zimmerman; D. G. S., Leonard L. Roray. The first Chiefs were : P., David B. Petersen ; S., George W. Ewan ; S. S., J. C. Mason ; J. S., George Walters ; C. of R., D. C. Vannote; K. of W., Tobias Altman. The present Chiefs are : P., J. C. Mason ; Sachem, Frank Applegate ; S. S., Lemuel Pike; J. S., Au- gustus Barto ; C. of R., F. H. Drake; K. of W., Tobias Altman. The number of members is thirty- five. The council meets on the second and fourth Tuesdays of each month, at Broadway and Kaighn Avenue.

LENNI LENAPE TRIBE, No. 2, is the oldest existing tribe of the order in the State, and in numbers and wealth the strongest and richest in the United States. It was instituted May 10, 1850, by Great Incohonee William B. Davis, assisted by Francis Fullerton, of Lenni Lenape Tribe, No. 3, of Pennsylvania, and Great Chief of Records of the United States. These were the charter members : Nathaniel Chew, William F. Colbert, John T. Davis, Timothy C. Moore, Sylvester Rainhard, Joseph Shipley, Daniel S. Garwood, William Beckett, George Wood, E. D. Brister, John Wood, Joseph Myers, Albert Robertson, John W. Hoey, James B. Richardson, Robert Maguire, Joseph B. Hawkins, James O. Stillwell and Anthony Joline. The officers were as follows : P., Timothy C. Moore ; S., Nathaniel Chew ; S. S., John Wood; J. S., William F. Colbert ; C. of R., Joseph Myers ; K. of W., Albert Robertson.

Lenni Lenape has had an eventful career, at times flourishing and at other times so short of funds that a few faithful members paid expenses and benefits out of their private purses, but per- sistence won at last and a flood tide of prosperity set in, which has continued until the Lenni Lenapes number seven hundred and thirty-two and the wampum belt contains $21,370.89.

Amongits members are these Past Great Sachems : George W. Watson, John T. Davis, Charles H. Gordon, Thomas J. Francis and Daniel M. Stevens ;

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and of its Past Sachems these are living: Timothy C. Moore, Henry A. Breyer, Lewis Zeigler, Samuel J. Fenner, Edward J. Steer, William F. Farr, Samuel D. Watson, George Horneff, George A. Cairole, Thomas J. Rowand, Samuel A. Owens, Benjamin M. Braker, Lambert Banes, George Pfeiffer, William Sheridan, Thomas F. Muckelson, Hope Sutton, James P. Moore, D. D. Worts, Leonard Raray, Benjamin J. Price, John A. Hall, B. S. M. Branning, Abraham Davis, Harry B. Garrison, Walter E. Garwood, George A. Rogers, William C. Davis, Frank P. Jackson, H. Frank Pettit, John A. Harbeson, John Quick, Angus B. Cameron, Lewis Z. Noble, George Leathwhite, Conrad F. Austermuhl, John K. Seagrove, Charles L. Vansciver, Harry Hoffman, Harry B. Tyler, James H. Reeve and George W. Davis. The officers are: P., G. W. Davis ; S., Edward Francis; S. S., Samuel Baker ; J. S., Joseph Watson ; C. of R., L. Z. Noble; K. of W., C. F. Austermuhl ; Trustees, T. J. Francis, T. F. Muckelson, J. K. Reeve, L. L. Raray and H. F. Pettit.

OTTAWA TRIBE, No. 15, was instituted in Wash- ington Hall, in the Wigwam of Lenni Lenape, June 2, 1868, by Great Sachem James A. Parsons, G. S. S. G. Charles H. Gordon; G. K. of W. Charles H. Chew and G. C. of R. John T. Davis, who ini- tiated and installed the following :

Samuel S. Radcliff, P .; George A. Driesback, S. ; Andrew Snyder, S. S .; Richard Elwell, J. R .; Edward L. Duffell, C. of R. ; Joseph L. Bright, K. of W. ; James Smoker, Wm. Soper, Ristine Lippin- cott, Charles Watson, John Haverstick, Charles H. Jeffries, Charles H. Pugh, Thomas Platt, Leonard Smith, Isaac P. Stone, A. W. Hutchinson, Chas. A. Layer, E. W. N. Custus, Chas. Clenden- ing, George W. Myers, Thos. J. Sparks, John Crookshanks, Josiah Matlack, Edward Renshaw. Of the thirty-six Past Sachems, these are still members : Joseph L. Bright, John W. Matlack, John Shelhorn, Thos. J. Sparks, Wm. H. Gill, Henry R. Snyder, George Roth, Edward C. Sparks, Frank H. Tice, Isaac Lippincott, George A. Saund- ers, Elisha Chew, Ernest D. Chafey, Frederick Wahl, Wm. A. Aikens, Clark Osler, John Fox, Jr., Levi B. Randall, George W. Ewan, Wm. J. Titus. There have been adopted into the Tribe nine hundred and ten pale-faces and the membership numbers four hundred and forty-one. The aggre- gate income since the institution of the tribe has been $34,120.44, and the expenditures, $27,495.84; balance on hand and invested July 1, 1886, $6,- 624.62.

The officers are-Prophet, Wm. J. Titus; Sa- chem, Nelson Lyons; Senior Sagamore, John R.

Gordon; Junior Sagamore, Frank H. Randall ; Chief of Records, Joseph L. Bright; Keeper of Wampum, Levi B. Randall ; Assistant Chief of Records, Harry Sharp. The meetings are now held in Central Hall on Thursday evenings.

WYOMING TRIBE, No. 55, was instituted July 8, 1880. The Great Chiefs present were Great Prophet, Wm. P. Hall; Great Sachem, James M. Smith; G. C. of R., John T. Davis. The first Chiefs of the tribe were Prophet, Joseph H. Min- nett; Sachem, Alonzo Bicking ; Senior Sagamore, Chas. G. Zimmerman ; Junior Sagamore, Wm. F. Propert ; C. of R., D. C. Vannote; K. of W., Jos. B. Fox. The present Chiefs-P., J. A. Dold; S., Henry C. Boddy ; S. S., Wm. B. Bignell; J. S., Wm. J. Boddy ; C. of R., D. C. Vannote ; K. of W., J. B. Fox. The number of members is one hundred and fifty-eight. The lodge meets Wednes- day evenings at Third and Market Streets.

METAMORA TRIBE, No. 71, was instituted June 4, 1884, with the following Great Chiefs present : G. P., Daniel M. Stevens; G. S., Reuben L. Bowen ; G. J. S., Samuel L. Durand; G. C. of R., John T. Davis ; G. K. of W., Charles G. Zimmerman. The first Chiefs were-P., Edgar Hardcastle; S., Rich- ard T. Bender; S. S., Joseph Rubicon ; J. S., Wm. B. Reeves ; C. of R., Robert King, Jr .; K. of W., John H. Daniels. The present Chiefs are-P., Jos. C. Jeffries; S., Geo. Walters; S. S., Wm. H. Stone ; J. S., Geo. W. James ; C. of R., Robt. King, Jr .; K. of W., John H. Daniels. The number of members is one hundred and thirty-one. Meetings are held Friday evenings at Broadway and Kaighu Avenue.

SIOUX TRIBE, No. 25, was instituted in Wildey Hall, March 23, 1871, by Great Sachem John E. Cheeseman, with members of Sioux Tribe, Phila- delphia, who presented them with a set of toma- hawks, still in use. The officers were: S., Silas Letchford; S. S., John A. Parker; J. S., John Fox; C. of N., F. W. Wilson; K. of W., David C. Vannote; Prophet, Theodore L. Parker. The Past Sachems are Silas Letchford, James Brough- ton, Aaron Hand, William T. Mears, William F. Mason, Samuel H. Deal, Sr., John H. Mason, W. E. Campbell, Charles H. Hagelman, Henry F. Snyder, George A. Fenner, Isaac King, Theodore L. Parker, David B. Peterson, John B. Wright, William Hagelman, James Barton, Edward B. Chew, George W. Kleaver, J. P. R. Carney, James C. Mason, Edward A. Martin and John Barrett.

The officers for 1886 are: S., James G. Smith; S. S., Franklin H. Drake; J. S., Daniel England; P., J. P. R. Carney; C. of R., John P. Wright ; Assistant C. of R., David B. Peterson. The tribe

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has a membership of two hundred and ninety-three, and a reserve fund of $455.76.

DAUGHTERS OF THE FOREST.

GRAND COUNCIL IMPROVED DAUGHTERS OF THE FOREST .- The First Council Fire was on the Ninth Sun of the Traveling Moon, October, 1874. The officers for 1886 are: G. V. P., Mrs. Kate Tyler; G. N. I., Mrs. Mary A. F. Ward; G. W. I., Mrs. Mary M. Davis ; G. G. W., Mrs. Mary Cline; G. C. of R., Mrs. Cornelia Cox ; G. K. of W., Mrs, Hannah G. Ivins; G. G. of T., Mrs. Stratton ; G. of F., Mrs. Mary E. Corcoran. Number of Grand Council members, one hundred and thirty.

The Grand Council meets four times yearly at Wildey Hall. The number of subordinate tents is ten, as fellows: Cherokee Tent, No. 1; Lenni Lenape, No. 2; Morning Light, No. 3; Sioux, No. 4; Ottawa, No. 8; Manumuskin, No. 11; Wyo- ming, No. 12; Delaware, No. 13; Tippecanoe, No. 14; Osceola, No. 15. The total number of subor- dinate tent members is one thousand four hundred and twenty-four.

CHEROKEE TENT, No. 1, was organized Jann- ary 18, 1858, at Fourth and Spruce Streets, the officers being: V. P., Rebecca Seagrave; N. I., Lena Leon; W. I., Alice Piper; G. W., Cecilia Hanley ; First Squaw, Abbie Doughty ; Second Squaw, Anna Smick ; Third Squaw, Caroline Car- regan ; Fourth Squaw, Rosa Schregler; K. of T., Susan Weaver ; K. of F., Julia Coleman. Meet- ings are held Tuesday evenings, at the northeast corner of Third and Federal Streets. The mem- bers number eighty-two.

LENNI LENAPE TENT, No. 2, was organized as Chippewa Tent, No. 3, February 21, 1868, by Great Noble Incas Elizabeth Strumpfer and Great Chief of Records Mary A. Furter, assisted by the Great Council of Pennsylvania. Fifty-three, con- stituting the charter members, were initiated, and these officers installed : Noble Incas, Sarah Y. Winner; Worthy Incas, Roselina E. Smith ; Prophetess, Rebecca M. Thompson; Good Watcher, Hannah G. Ivans; Chieftess of Records, Susannah Poole; Wampum Scribe, Cordelia Matlack; Worthy Keeper of Wampum, Margaret W. Boyd ; Squaws, Ruth A. Ross, Elizabeth North, Clara Muckelson, Mary M. Lindale; Keeper of the Tent, Margaretta Hampton ; Keeper of the Forest, Camilla Sloan.

In September, 1868, the name was changed to Lenni Lenape Tent, No. 2, and the meeting-place afterwards changed to Wildey Hall. The tent has sixty-two past officers, three Past Grand Officers, and is working under the Great Council of New Jersey. The membership numbers eighty, and

since 1869 one thousand eight hundred and ninety- six dollars has been paid for sickness, and five hundred and ninety-five dollars for funeral bene- fits ; since the formation two hundred and eighty- eight have been initiated. The wampum on hand amounts to one thousand dollars. The officers are: W. P., Roselina E. Smith ; N. I., Emma A. Pierson ; W. I., Keturah Tenner; G. W., Susan Sweeten ; C. of R., Rebecca M. Thompson ; W. S., Cordelia Matlack; W. K. of W., Margaret W. Boyd ; Squaws, Roxanna Severns, Ellen Walton, Maria Kerens and Elizabeth Campbell; K. of T., Leonora Flowers; K. of F., Rachel B. Stone.

SIOUX TENT, NO. 4, was organized at Wildey Ifall, the Twelfth Sun of Plant Moon, (April,) 1872. The officers for 1886 are as follows: P., Hannah Shettinger; N. 1., Rebecca Davis; W. I., Mary J. Vannote ; G. W., Sallie Thomas; G. of C., Lizzie Olden; G. of W., Sarah Wiatt; C. of R., Mary E. Corcoran; W. S., Katie Darnell; K. of W., Sarah Letchford; First S., Virginia Ploetz; Second S., Virginia Gonardo; Third S., H. Cavanal ; Fourth S., Lizzie Banes. Meetings are held every Tuesday evening at Mechanics' llall, southwest corner of Fourth and Spruce Streets. The number of members is seventy-three.

OTTAWA TENT, No. 8, was organized January 12, 1874, in Yeager's Hall. The Past Officers who are members of the Grand Tent of New Jersey number twenty-five, and among the members of Ottawa are two Past Grand Officers. The tent has prospered and has a membership of one hun- dred and forty-five, with twelve hundred dollars in the treasury or invested. The officers are: G. P., Mary Sutton ; A. I., Mattie Craig ; W. I., Sarah Oehrle; G. W., Rose Prickett ; C. R., Lizzie Lilly ; W. S., Margaret Snyder ; K. W., Anna J. Wright; Trustees, Levi B. Randall, William T. Mears, John Matlack.

WYOMING TENT, NO. 12, was instituted the 28th Sun of Flower Moon (May), 1880. The officers for 1886 are : P., Cornelia Cox; N. I., H. F. Steward ; W. 1., Mary Houseman ; G. W., Henrietta Silance ; G. of F., - Trullender; G. of T., C. A. Knight ; C. of R., Mary A. F. Ward; W. S .. Anna Nulli- ner ; K. of W., Annie Williams; Ist Sq., Mrs. L. Broadwater ; 2d Sq., Annie Stearn; 3d Sq., Eliza Snow; 4th Sq., Maggie Stone. The number of members at present is fifty-five. Meetings are held every Wednesday evening at Mechanics' Hall.

TIPPECANOE TENT, No. 14, wasinstituted 9th Sun, Plant Moon (April), 1886. The following are the officers for 1886; l'., Fannie Williams; N. I., Emma Morris; W. I., Amanda Hoe ; G. W., Min-

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nie L. Wyle; C. of R., Lyda A. Cathcart; W. S., Susanna L. Rupert ; K. of W., Susanna M. Ristine ; G. of F., Sadie Marembeck ; G. of T., Viola S. E. Marembeck ; 1st Sq., Annie Wilkinson; 2d Sq., Ella M. Madison; 3d Sq., Miunie Madison ; 4th Sq., Emma L. Hemmingway. Charter members ; Jane Madison, M. E. D. Morris, Kate Hunt. The tent meets every Friday evening at Wright's Hall, in Wrightsville. The number of members is thirty-two.

KNIGHTS OF THE GOLDEN EAGLE.

The Knights of the Golden Eagle is a secret benevolent institution, founded in Baltimore, Md., February 6, 1873, and is now in successful opera- tion in the States of Maryland, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Delaware, New Jersey, California, Ohio, New York, Iowa, Georgia, Connecticut, West Virginia, Indiana, Michigan, Missouri, Col- orado, Virginia, Illinois, Alabama and the District of Columbia. It is based upon the most liberal principles consistent with future prosperity, and has for its motto, "Fidelity, Valor and Honor," a trinity of graces which are taught in its ritual.

The order has for its main object the promo- tion of the principles of true benevolence, asso- ciating its members together for purposes of mu- tual relief against the trials and difficulties which attach to sickness, distress and death, so far as they may be mitigated by sympathy and pecuniary assistance. It studiously avoids all sectarian and political controversy, and aims to cultivate the so- cial, moral and intellectual feelings of its mem- bers, and to promote their welware in all the walks of life.

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The history of Camden county, New Jersey, Part 94

Author: Prowell, George Reeser, 1849-1928 Publication date: 1886 Publisher: Philadelphia : Richards Number of Pages: 1220

Author: Prowell, George Reeser, 1849-1928
Publication date: 1886
Publisher: Philadelphia : Richards
Number of Pages: 1220