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(II) John, son of Thomas Burgess, was born about 1635 and died in 1701. He was a freeman of Plymouth colony in 1657 and served on a grand jury in 1661. He removed to Yarmouth and was a deputy to the general . court in 1680. He married, September 8, 1657, Mary, daughter of Peter Worden. She died in 1723. Children: John, Thomas, Jo- seph, Samuel. Jacob, Martha Storrs, Patience Nye, Mercy Winslow. Mary Ellis and Sarah. (III) Thomas (2), son of John Burgess, was born about 1670. He settled at Windham, Connecticut. He married, February 26, 1696, Sarah Storrs, of Barnstable, Massachusetts. Children : Mary, born November 27, 1697 : Thomas, mentioned below ; Hannal, May 2, 1701 : Martha, February 15. 1703: Sarah, January 4, 1705; Thankful, January 10. 1707 ; Ebenezer, June 13, 1709: Mathias, March 4. IZII : David, August 23, 1713.
(IV) Thomas (3), son of Thomas (2) Burgess, was born August 8, 1698. He re- moved from Cape Cod to Windham, and thence, it appears, to Litchfield county, Con- necticut. He probably lived at Haddam, Con- necticut, also. Children: James, mentioned below ; Ebenezer, removed from Litchfield to Dover, Dutchess county, New York : Samuel, married Annis Scott and removed to Harford, Cortland county. New York : probably other children.
(V) James, son of Thomas (3) Burgess
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judging from the best evidence to be had, was born about 1720. He is said to have come to Litchfield, Connecticut, from Haddam. Chil- dren: Ezra; James, mentioned below ; Irene, married Robert Lemmon : Mary, married Ben- jamin Throop; Mrs. Bartholomew.
( VI) James (2), son of James (1) Bur- gess, was born about 1745, died June 2, 1815 (gravestone at Litchfield). He married, September 8, 1771, Rosanna Smith. In 1790 James Sr. had in his family at Washington, Litchfield county, according to the first federal census, three males over sixteen, one under sixteen and five females. Ebenezer married Martha Throop and had Leman, Ezra, Ebe- nezer and Asa. An Ebenezer, probably the last named, had Lucy, Henry and Gideon, per- haps others at Litchfield. James Burgess, of Litchfield, also of this family, had by wife Lydia Bennett, who died January 12, 1815, aged seventy, Bennett, Joseph, Lydia, Hannah Baldwin, Olive, wife of Amos Bishop. Phebe, wife of Bill Bishop, James. married Lucy Barnes and had nine children, and Alphence.
(VII) James (3), son of James (2) Bur- gess, was born in Litchfield, about 1780. He came from Litchfield to Marathon, New York, in 1817, and died there in 1848. He was a carpenter and builder and erected several houses and the First Presbyterian Church at Marathon. At one time he conducted the prin- cipal tavern in the town ; was a successful man of affairs, and a useful and prominent citizen. He served the town as justice of the peace and supervisor, and from his office as magis- trate was generally called "Squire Burgess.' He was one of the pioneers of this section. He married Lucy Marsh. Children: Lewis .A., mentioned below : Moreau D., mentioned below: Henry: Oscar: Lucy : Vinette and Massena.
(VIII) Lewis A., son of James (3) Bur- gess, was born in Litchfield. December 25. 1809. died at Marathon, New York, April 16. 1886. He came to Marathon, New York, with his parents in 1817 and received a com- mon school education there. He learned the trade of carpenter and joiner and became a successful builder and millwright. He and his brothers were excellent craftsmen and did much good work in building up this section of the county. Much of the work of Lewis A. Burgess is still standing. He built and operated a saw mill in which he made the lum- ber that he used and he continued through-
out his active life in the lumber business. In early life he was a Whig, afterward a Re- publican. For many years he was a justice of the peace of Marathon. He married, March I, 1832, Catherine Squires, born August I5, 18II, in Cincinnatus, New York, died July 31, 1877, at Marathon, daughter of William and Lucy (Church ) Squires. Children : James S., mentioned below ; Frances, born April 4, 1836, died October 27, 1836; Henry W., May 4, 1838, died September 16, 1868; Augustine L., August 19. 1840, died April 28, 1875; George R., May 26, 1842 ; Frances, December 10, 1845, widow of Albert Smith; Edmund B., May 23. 1848, a farmer of Marathon ; Winfield Scott, February 19, 1850, a master painter of Marathon ; Mary L., February 29, IS52, died September 24, 1855.
(IX) James S., son of Lewis A. Burgess, was born at Marathon, New York, February 24, 1834. He received his early education in the public schools of his native town. At the age of seventeen he began to work in his father's saw mill. At that time the old mill had been in operation for twenty years, and the mill itself was of the old-fashioned style, having an upright saw with pitman and hori- zontal shaft. After a few years in which he learned the business thoroughly, he was ad- mitted to partnership by his father, in July, 1861, under the firm name of Burgess & Son. When the railroad was built the field of opera- tions was greatly enlarged and the facilities of the mill were increased so that much lum- ber was shipped to distant markets. A few years later the father leased his share of the business to Stephen Bouton and retired from active life. Mr. Bouton was succeeded in the firm by Walter A. Brink and the firm name became Burgess & Brink. This firm improved the power of the mill by installing a better water wheel and added further to the plant from time to time. The Taylor saw mill on the east side of the river had been purchased by Burgess & Son in the meantime. After- ward. when Mr. Burgess continued the busi- ness without a partner, he bought the water privilege of the Carley grist mill on the west side of the river. At one time the old mill sawed a million and a half feet of lumber a year, but in later years the average has been smaller, the entire output finding a local mar- ket. Formerly the mill shipped much rough lumber, whereas in later years the lumber has been finished for building in this section.
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The water power never fails and it furnishes power for the electric light company of Mara- thon. The old mill was burned May 16, 1908, and he is now rebuilding a new mill on the old site. Mr. Burgess has been in business for sixty years and has a reputation second to none for integrity, fairness and ability. In addition to the mill, he has a farm of fifty acres in Marathon, an excellent and well man- aged property. He is a member of Marathon Lodge, No. 167, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and of Rebekah Lodge. He has always been interested in municipal affairs, and for thirty years was an active and useful member of the Marathon fire department. Al- though not a church member, he is a liberal contributor to all the churches of the town and to various charities and benevolent enter- prises in the town. In politics he is an influ- ential Republican, but he has declined to ac- cept public office. He married. December 9. 1897, Mrs. Lillie (Barden) Smith, daughter of Ezra S. Barden, of Richford. Tioga county, New York, and Catherine (Judson ) Barden. They had no children. She died November 30, 191I.
(VIII) Moreau D., son of James (3) Bur- gess, was born in Litchfield, Connecticut, April 4. 1813. the same day and in the same town in which Rev. Henry Ward Beecher was born, and the elder Beecher officiated at the wedding of the parents of Mr. Burgess. When he was four years old, Moreau D. Bur- gess came to Marathon, New York, with his father's family and he had resided there the remainder of his life. He died there June 13, 1901. He was educated there in the public schools and learned his trade there. He was a skillful carpenter and millwright and be- came a successful carpenter and builder, and many of the best houses and business build- ings were erected by him. In early life he was a Whig in politics, and afterward a staunch Jeffersonian Democrat. He was ener- getic, industrious, progressive in methods and uniformly prosperous in his business. He married. October 3, 1843, Jane Church, born at Marathon, March 22, 1821. died August 6. 1876, daughter of William and Eve (Slugter) Church. Her father was born April 24, 1795, died October 27, 1845 : her mother was born September 25, 1794. died November 4. 1867. Children of Moreau D. and Jane Burgess : Duane, mentioned below ; Corwin. mentioned below.
(IX ) Duane, son of Moreau D. Burgess, was born at Marathon, New York, June 20, 1844. died December 24, 1901. Ile received a common school education in his boyhood in his native town. When but a boy he en- listed in Company K. One Hundred and Fifty-seventh New York Regiment of Volun- teer Infantry and served all through the civil war. For over three years of the time he was never off duty or absent from his regi- ment and he participated in all the ac- tive service of a regiment that was dis- tinguished for fighting in such battles Chancellorsville, Gettysburg. Hagers- as town, Morris Island Siege, Charleston and many other battles and skirmishes. When he was discharged and mustered out in 1865 after the close of the war, he entered the employ of the Syracuse & Binghamton Rail- road Company as an assistant operator. Af- ter five years of steady work in this depart- ment he was appointed a freight conductor. Next he became station agent at Whitney Point, New York, and remained there for two years. He then decided to join the great stream of settlers going to the western part of the country, and resigned. For a time he was located at Lincoln, Nebraska, and for ten years had a stock farm in Iowa. In 1885 he returned to Marathon, however, and dur- ing the remainder of his life was engaged in business as a dealer in cattle and in slaugh- tering cattle. He also built up a retail coal business at Marathon. He was an upright and honorable man, of sterling sense, pub- lic spirit and agreeable personality, an emi- nently useful citizen. He married Luna, daughter of Gabriel Oakley, of Marathon. Children: Earl W., now in the theatrical business with offices in New York and Chi- cago : Jessie, died young.
(IX) Corwin, son of Moreau D. Burgess, was born in Marathon, February 11, 1850. He attended the public schools of his native town. At the age of twenty. July 5, 1870, he entered the employ of the Syracuse. Bing- hamton & New York Railroad Company as helper in the station at Marathon. He be- came assistant station agent and in course of time agent of the Delaware & Lackawanna Company which afterward secured control of this line. He had charge of the coal business of the railroad at Marathon, was agent of the United States Express Company, and manager of the local Western Union Tele-
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graph Company. After nearly thirty-seven years in the railroad business, in 1906 he em- barked in business on his own account and built a large coal elevator along the line of the Delaware & Lackawanna railroad. He has been very successful in both wholesale and retail trade as a coal dealer. During President Cleveland's administration he was postmaster at Marathon. He has followed his father in politics and is an influential Democrat. He is a member of Marathon Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, is popu- lar in social and business circles, and highly esteemed by all classes in the community. He married, in 1880, Hattie A. Rogers, of Upper Lisle, New York, born August 30, 1854, daughter of Moses and Frances (New- ell) Rogers, granddaughter of John V. Rog- ers, great-granddaughter of John Rogers, of New London, Connecticut, descendant of one of the early settlers of Connecticut. Mr. and Mrs. Burgess have no children.
BRIGGS John Briggs, immigrant ances- tor, was born in 1609, died in 1690. In 1638 he was one of those admitted as inhabitants of the island of Aquidneck. On April 30, 1639, he was one of twenty-nine to sign the following : "We, whose names are underwritten, do ac- knowledge ourselves the legal subjects of his Majesty, King Charles, and in his name do hereby bind ourselves into a civil body poli- ticke, unto his laws, according to matters of justice." He was made freeman, March 16, 1641. On October 5. 1643, he was directed to go to every house to see what arms were defective. On August 24, 1643, he bought a house and lot of John Hall, of Portsmouth. He was assistant in 1648 and commissioner for uniting the four towns of Rhode Island, August 31, 1654. In 1649 he was licensed to keep an ordinary. He served as commis- sioner in 1654-55-56-59-61-62-63. He was made freeman in 1655, and on May 25, 1665, was on a committee to build a cage and stocks. In 1656 he was juryman, and deputy to the general assembly in 1664-65-66-68-69. He deeded to his son Thomas and wife Mary, March II, 1679, a quarter of a share (thirty- five acres) in Dartmouth, and on October 14, 1679, he deeded one-half a share in Dart- mouth to his eldest son John. His will was dated April 19, 1690, and proved November 16, 1690. To his son Enoch he left all his
estate, as the sons John, Thomas and Will- iam, and daughter, Susanna Northway, had received their shares; to his son Job he left live stock. His wife died in 1690. He lived at Portsmouth, Rhode Island. Children : John, born 1642; Thomas; William, men- tioned below; Susanna ; Job; Enoch.
(II) William, son of John Briggs, of Portsmouth, was born in 1650 at Portsmouth, Little Compton, Rhode Island, died May 12, 1716. He was a member of Captain Peleg Sanford's horse troop, August 10, 1667. He was made freeman, April 30, 1672. His will was dated April 3, 1716, and proved July 2, 1716, his wife Elizabeth and son Job being the executors. He left to his son Job his dwelling house and farm; to William the land north of a certain line and Job the south side ; to Job the live stock; to daughter Susanna the house and land occupied by Thomas Waite: to daughter Deborah Head, twenty pounds ; to daughter Elizabeth Woodman one hundred pounds ; to son William, thirty pounds and some household goods; and to wife ten pounds per annum to be paid by Job and her choice of rooms, use of house- hold stuff and maintenance for her four ser- vants. He married, in 1680, Elizabeth, born in 1653. died in 1716, daughter of John and Mary (Borden) Cook. Children : Susanna, born April 9. 1681 : John, November 13, 1685 ; William, January II. 1688; Elizabeth, De- cember 27, 1689 : Thomas, September 5, 1693 ; Deborah, September 5, 1693 : Job, mentioned below.
(III) Job, son of William Briggs, was born in Portsmouth, Rhode Island, August 3, 1696, died February 28, 1739. He lived at Little Compton until about 1731, when he removed to Portsmouth. He married, in 1715-16, Mary -, who died June 23, 1769. Children, born at Little Compton: Oliver, December 16, 1716: William, April 24, 1718; Joseph. January 4, 1720; Jeremiah, 1721 ; De- borahı. 1723; Bathsheba, 1724: Elizabeth, 1726; Walter or Warren, 1728; Lovet, 1730. Born at Portsmouth: Job, July 26, 1732; George, mentioned below ; Elizabeth, Novem- ber 18, 1735; Mary, January 15, 1738; Job, April 5, 1739: Ann, April 22, 1740; Hannah, March 14, 1741-42.
(IV) George, son of Job Briggs, was born at Portsmouth, April 4, 1734. He settled in Warwick as early as 1756. He was an ensign in the Rhode Island militia, August 8, 1763.
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In the census of 1774 he is reported from Warwick as having eight sons and three daughters. He was admitted a freeman of Warwick in May, 1758. He moved to Easton, Albany county, New York, in 1782, thence to Smyrna, Chenango county, New York, in 1796.
He married (first), at Warwick, Han- nah, widow of John Wightman, March 8, 1756. He married (second) Sarah Wells, sister of John Wells, of Goshen, New York. He married (third), about 1780, Lydia - Children by first wife: Stephen, born No- vember 5, 1757; John, November 4, 1758; Giles, February 7, 1761. Children of second wife: George, April 29, 1767, lived in Ply- mouth, New York, died in 1835; Elizabeth, February 13, 1769, died October 11, 1769; Elizabeth ; Arnold, March 23, 1770, died in 1770; Isaac, September 20. 1771 ; Sarah, Jan- uary 20, 1773. Children of third wife: War- ren, mentioned below ; Rufus. born 1783, died 1863; Mary, married Stephen Austin, and moved west.
(V) Warren, son of George Briggs, was born at Smyrna, New York, September 17, 1782, died October 14, 1854. He married, about 1807, Tryphosa Gardner, of Worthing- ton, Massachusetts, born August 26, 1788, died August 13, 1841. He moved to Erie, Pennsylvania, where his death occurred. Children : 1. Senaca, born May 2, 1808, died in 1871. 2. Sidney, August 16, 1809. 3. Eras- tus, mentioned below. 4. Rosalinda. Septem- ber 30, 1812: married Hugh Gillispie and moved to Florida. 5. Julia, November 2, 1815: married Alonzo L. Bennett and had seven children. 6. Vining. November 27, 1817, died March 18, 1826. 7. Sarah C., June 12, 1821 ; married Carlos Greenleaf and had three children. 8. George W., July 3, 1819; married Diantha Francis and died in 1873 at Delavan, Wisconsin ; had four sons and one daughter. 9. DeWitt C., September 13, 1823, married Charlotte West. 10. Semantha, Sep- tember 14, 1825 ; married Charles Wilcox and had two children. II. Lycitria or Jeanette, May 5, 1828, died November 1, 1845. 12. Tryphosa or Leonora, March 22, 1831 ; mar- ried William Champlain, of Minnesota. I3. LaFayette, September 27, 1832, died March 27, 1833. 14. LaFayette, born January 25, 1834 ; married Almira Smith and has daugh- ter Maggie and son Frederick: lived at 74 Pineapple street, Brooklyn, New York.
(VI) Erastus, son of Warren Briggs, was born February 7, 1811. At an early age he came to the town of Oxford, Clienango county, New York. He taught school in South Oxford and afterward in Kentucky. He died in LaPort, Iowa. He married Children: I. Edwin R. D., clergyman, Mil- ford, New York. 2. Ira E., court stenog- rapher, Erie, Pennsylvania. 3. Herbert, in the appellate division of the supreme court, Brooklyn, New York. 4. Elizabeth, died in 1909; married Moorehouse. 5. Marion, married Fish. 6. Oscar E., mentioned below.
(VII) Oscar E., son of Erastus Briggs, was born in South Oxford, New York, Feb- ruary 12, 1840, died at Binghamton, New York, May 30, 1908. He was educated in the public schools. For thirty-five years he made his home in Binghamton and was en- gaged in business there as a promoter and insurance agent and broker. During the civil war he served in the New York Volunteer Militia.
In politics he was a Prohibitionist and for some years he conducted a newspaper of this party. He was a member of the Grand Army of the Republic. He married Julia E. Loomis, born in Brisban, Chenango county, New York, 1850, daughter of Daniel B. and Ruth A. (Williams) Loomis. They had a son, Ralph Eugene, mentioned below.
(VIII) Ralph Eugene, son of Oscar E. Briggs, was born at Binghamton, New York, February 19, 1874. He attended the public schools of his native place and graduated from the Binghamton high school. He stud- ied stenography and typewriting for his pro- fession and he has been a shorthand reporter and court stenographer since completing the course at school.
In 1905 he came to Owego, New York, and has resided there since, and in 1906 he opened a school of stenography and typewriting in that town. He is a justice of the peace of the town of Owego and has taken an active part in public affairs. He is a member of the Be- nevolent and Protective Order of Elks. He married, January 10, 1898, Evelyn Caster Graham, of Centralville, Maryland, daughter of Rev. Thomas and Martha (Thurston) Graham, granddaughter of Robert Graham, of Maryland. They have had one child, Ruth Dorothy, born October 10, 1903, died Sep- tember 30, 1904.
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Thomas Brown, immigrant an-
BROWN cestor, was born in 1628, and settled in Lynn, Massachusetts. He married Mary, youngest child of Thomas and Mary Newall, of Lynn. Children : Thomas, mentioned below; Mary, born Feb- ruary 10, 1655, died May 18, 1662; Sarah, August 20, 1657, died August 1, 1658; Jo- seph, February 16, 1658; Sarah, September 13. 1660, died April 2, 1662: Jonathan, born and died April 12, 1662; John, removed to Stonington ; Mary, born July 26, 1666; Jona- than, February 11, 1668: Eleazer, August 4, 1670, removed to Stonington; Ebenezer, March 16, 1672, died young ; Ann and Grace (twins) born February 4, died February 7, 1674; Daniel, February 1, 1676, removed to Stonington.
(II) Thomas (2) son of Thomas (I) Brown, was born in Lynn, Massachusetts, died December 27, 1723. He settled in Ston- ington, Connecticut, soon after his marriage. He married, February 8, 1677. Hannah Col- lins, at Lynn. Children, born in Stonington : Samuel, December 8, 1678: Hannah, Decem- ber 3. 1680; Mary, May 26, 1683; Jerusha, December 25, 1688; Sarah, July 11, 1689; Thomas, February 14, 1692; Elizabeth, May 9, 1694: Daniel, mentioned below ; Priscilla, January 30, 1699; Humphrey, September 16, 1701.
(III) Daniel, son of Thomas (2) Brown, was born in Stonington, Connecticut, Octo- ber 9, 1696. He married Mary, daughter of John and Mary (Palmer) Breed, June 21, 1721. They were married by Rev. Henry Ford, of Preston. Children, born in Stoning- ton : Samuel, October 14, 1722; Daniel, March 20, 1725; Walter, February 1, 1728; Amos, October 28, 1730 ; Desire, July 5. 1733 ; Christopher, March 12, 1736; Nathan, men- tioned below ; Nehemiah, July 11, 1740.
(IV) Nathan, son of Daniel Brown, was born in Stonington, Connecticut, June 20, 1738. He married Lydia Dewey, September 17. 1761. Children, born in Stonington: Ly- dia, March 8, 1762; Nathan, mentioned be- low : Charles, February 6, 1767; Esther, May I. 1771 : Deborah, August 14. 1773: Dudley, December 16, 1774; Joseph, March 16, 1778; Avery, May 28, 1780; Theodore, April 16, 1786; Polly, February 7. 1789.
(V) Nathan (2) son of Nathan (1) Brown, was born in Stonington. Connecti- cut, June 18. 1765. He married Chil-
dren : Ephraim, Charles, mentioned below ; Nathan.
(VI) Charles, son of Nathan (2) Brown, was born in Stonington, Connecticut, about 1798, died in Pharsalia, New York, about 1875. He came to New York state with his parents when very young. He was a farmer by occupation, and lived and died in the same section where his father was one of the early settlers. He married Paulina Brown. Chil- dren : Charles Dennison, William R., men- tioned below ; Loren, Charlotte, Frances, Roy, Mary.
(VII) William R., son of Charles Brown, was born in Pharsalia, New York, January 16, 1827. He is still living on the same place where he was born. He is a farmer by oc- cupation. He married, November 25, 1848, Elizabeth, daughter of Jesse Wrench, born in England, February 6, 1828, died March 18, 1907. She came to America with her father when she was only a year old. Chil- dren: Charles; Calvin S., mentioned below ; Ida, married Patter, died 1910; Alice, married Ross Bliven; Lottie, married Rich- ard Davis; Lillie May, died young.
(VIII) Calvin S .. son of William R. Brown, was born in Pharsalia. New York, March 25, 1860. He received a common school education. He became a farmer and followed that occupation in his native town until 1905, when he removed to the village of Cincinnatus, New York, where he has lived since. He has served the town as road com- missioner and superintendent in the past, and has recently been re-elected to the latter po- sition. He married, June 22, 1878, Nettie, born in Lincklaen, New York, April 25, 1858, adopted daughter of Alfred and Susan Ben- nett. Her own parents were Sidney Brenen- stuhl and Elizabeth Sampson. Her father was killed in the civil war. Children: Ross B., mentioned below ; Alfred Bennett, men- tioned below : Pearl, born May 20. 1885, mar- ried Jay Nourse, a teacher in the public schools, Cincinnatus.
(IX) Ross B., son of Calvin S. Brown, was born in Pharsalia, New York. January 17, 1879. He was educated in the schools of his native town and in Cincinnatus Academy. He was interested in farming until 1911, when he formed a partnership with his brother, Al- fred B., under the firm name of Brown Broth- ers, for the sale of farm machinery, imple- ments and country produce. In addition to
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this store in Cincinnatus, they have also a sim- ilar business in South Otselic, New York. Mr. Ross B. Brown has charge of the store in the latter place. He married, December 23, 1898, Beulah, daughter of Truman and Edna (Robbins ) Brown. Children: Velma E., born November 23, 1900; Ross B., February I, 1902; Rowena Elizabeth, July 1, 1904; Winifred Beulah, October 23, 1907.
(IX) Alfred Bennett, son of Calvin S. Brown, was born in Pharsalia, April 15, 1881. He was educated in the town schools and at Cincinnatus Academy. After leaving school he taught school for a time, and in 1902 came to Cincinnatus and entered the employ of Bol- ster & Company, dealers in farm implements. In 1905 he went into business of the same sort for himself. He dealt largely in farm machinery, implements, wagons, carriages, harness, etc. Until 1911 he did business un- der the name of A. B. Brown, but in Janu- ary of that year he took into partnership his brother, Ross B., and is now carrying on the business under the firm name of Brown Brothers (see above). Besides his regular business, he has large farming interests. In politics he is a Democrat. He has been jus- tice of the peace for four years, and has re- cently been elected to a second term as super- visor of the town. The town is strongly Re- publican, but elected him the second time by a largely increased majority, which speaks well for his personal popularity. He is a member of Cincinnatus Lodge, No. 706, Free and Accepted Masons, of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Maccabees, and the Grange, Patrons of Husbandry.
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