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At the date of the directors' annual report, December 12, 1837, when the work upon the new penitentiary building was quite completed, it had cost $93,370, and there had been expended® upon it, besides, 1,113,462 days of convict labor. With the prison walls, the new penitentiary formed a hollow square, con- taining about six acres of ground.
ADDITIONAL GROUND .- By joint resolution, adopted May 16, 1868, the legislature authorized the directors of the penitentiary to purchase ten acres of land lying immediately north of, and adjoining the grounds then occupied by that institution. Ac- cordingly, on the 1st of October following, the directors com- pleted a contract with the representatives of Dr. Lincoln Goodale, for the ten acres, for the sum of $20,000, payable in one year from the 4th of July, 1868.
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The directors, in their annual report for 1871, state that the wall around this additional ground was completed, including the coping and guard-houses. That which had been built, being on three sides only, is one thousand eight hundred and seventy- three feet in length, and from the bottom of the foundation, twenty-four feet high.
WARDENS .- The following are the names of the wardens of the present penitentiary, with the year of appointment, from its organization in 1835 to the present time :
N. Medberry, 1835; W. B. Van Hook, 1839; Richard Stad- den, 1842; John Patterson, 1843; Laurin Dewey, 1846; D. W. Brown, 1851; A. G. Dimmock, 1852; Samuel Wilson, 1854; J. B. Buttles, 1855; John Ewing, 1856; L. G. Van Slyke, 1858; John A. Prentice, 1860, Nathaniel Marion, 1862; John A. Prentice, 1865; Charles C. Walcutt, 1866; Raymond Burr, 1869. Colonel Burr still holds the position of warden.
PRESENT OFFICERS .- The present officers of the penitentiary are as follows :
Directors-Judge James L. Bates, of Columbus, president; George Harsh, of Massillon; Stanley Matthews, of Cincinnati. Raymond Burr, warden; James A. Dean, deputy warden ; O. H. Newton, chaplain ; C. V. Hamer, clerk; J. W. Gillies, assistant clerk ; R. A. McIntire, steward; Norman Gay, physician; Geo. Cunningham, captain of the night watch; and H. A. Clark, William Arnold, S. S. Desellem, and C. A. Barker, superintend- ents, respectively, of the hospital, kitchen, state-shops, and yard. Besides these, there are sixty guards employed.
RECEIPTS .- The gross receipts of the penitentiary for the year 1872 were $182,897.60, and the total amount of expenses, $153,872.01, leaving a balance in the treasury of $29,005.59.
NUMBER OF PRISONERS .- The highest number confined in the prison during 1871 was 1,041, on the 14th of April; the lowest, 955, on the 31st of October. The average number for the year was 1,014 3-5.
The number remaining in the prison, October 31, 1871, was :
From State courts, males. 905
66 66
females. 27
From United States courts, males ... 16
military courts, males 7
Total 955
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THE PRISON LIBRARY .- The number of volumes in the prison library amounted, at the close of 1871, to two thousand, besides a large number of monthly magazines, taken for the benefit of the prisoners. These, with the books, were very generally ap- preciated, and there was an increasing demand for books of his- · tory, of travel, and of a religious character.
RELIGION IN THE PRISON .- The religious exercises in the prison on Sunday consist of a service in the female depart- ment, one in the dining-room, one in the hospital, the Sunday- school, preaching in the chapel, and prayer and conference meetings, which were, at the close of last year, attended by nearly four hundred prisoners. The Sunday-school, at that time, consisted also of nearly four hundred members. The chaplain says, in his report for 1871 :
" At the close of the previous year, sixty-seven had made a public profession of their faith in Christ, and united with the Young Men's Christian Association, or " Prison Church ;" that number has now increased to two hundred and sixty, besides thirty-one candidates who have passed examination and stand propounded for membership."
CHAPTER XV.
MUTUAL AID SOCIETIES.
THE MASONS.
GRAND LODGE .- The first meeting of the Grand Lodge of Ohio was held in this city December 14, A. D. 1818, and sub- sequent meetings were held here annually to the year 1828; again in 1831 to 1836, and in 1845 to 1847, and from 1861 to 1865. The meeting of the Grand Lodge for 1872 was held at the new City Hall, in this city, October 15th. It is composed of 450 lodges, each one of which is entitled to three representatives in the Grand Lodge, making a total membership of 1,350. Judge William B. Thrall and Thomas Sparrow, deceased, of this city, have acted as Grand Masters of this lodge. Wm. B. Hub- bard, deceased, of this city, had taken the 33d degree and was Grand Master of the Knight Templars of the United States of America. He was the only citizen of Ohio that ever held the
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office. Mr. Hubbard was also Grand Commander of the Scot- tish Rite, the highest order of Masonry in the world.
COLUMBUS LODGE, No. 30 .- Originally instituted on the 11th of June, 1815, at Franklinton (now within the corporate limits of this city), under the name of Ohio Lodge, No. 30. Abner Lord, W. M .; John Kerr, S. W .; Alexander Morrison, J. W .; Lincoln Goodale, treasurer, and Joel Buttles, secretary, were the first officers of the lodge.
Judge Gustavus Swan was made first Master of the lodge October 19, 1815.
The lodge has a membership at present numbering eighty. Its regular meetings are held the second and fourth Tuesdays in each month.
Officers for 1873 : C. H. Parsons, W. M .; B. F. Rees, S. W .; Zelotes Wood, J. W .; L. C. Bailey, treasurer ; P. W. Corzelius, secretary ; John D. Archer, S. D .; H. F. Strauss, J. D., and Joseph M. Stuart, tyler.
MAGNOLIA LODGE, No. 20, F. A. M .- A dispensation was granted by Grand Master William B. Thrall, June 10, 1847, and an organization was effected a few days after, and a charter was granted by the Grand Lodge, October 20, 1847. The founders of this lodge were : Bela Latham, B. F. Martin, Henry A. Field, John W. Milligan, D. T. Woodbury, James T. Donahoo, Na- thaniel Marion, Harvey Fletcher, Harvey Bancroft, and Will- iam Harrison, who elected Bela Latham, W. M .; B. F. Martin, S. W., and Henry A. Field, J. W., their first officers.
This lodge has a membership numbering 180. Its meetings are held every first and third Tuesday in each month.
Officers for 1873 : Charles S. Glenn, W. M .; Silas H. Fowler, S. W .; Julius H. Graves, J. W .; Samuel E. Kile, treasurer ; John F. Lincoln, secretary ; F. B. Ihrig, S. D .; H. N. P. Dole, J. D., and J. H. Cushing, tyler.
GOODALE LODGE, No. 372 .- The dispensation was granted by Thomas Sparrow, M. W. G. M., July 20, 1866 (being his forty- eighth birthday), to James Williams, Dolphin G. Smith, William S. Phares, Ashley B. Robinson, William A. Hershiser, John B. Romans, Edwin C. Beach, Charles A. Wiggins, Charles C. Wal- cutt, Albert G. Byers, Samuel Thompson, William Ewing, Otis B. Perkins, Isaac C. Ashton, William R. Thrall, Moses P. Smith, Martin P. Ford, Harry Tarbill, Jacob B. Beauman, William McDonald, Denman R. Kinsell, Stephen V. R. Carpenter, and Jacob H. McColm, Free and Accepted Master Masons ; and or- ganized Monday, July 23, 1866, by him, assisted by P. G. M. William B. Thrall; Past Masters B. F. Martin, J. M. Stuart, S. Spencer, D. G. Smith ; Worshipful Masters L. C. Bailey, of
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Columbus Lodge, and F. N. V. Spice, of Magnolia Lodge. The officers named in the dispensation were James Williams, W. M .; William S. Phares, S. W., and Harry Tarbill, J. W. The W. M. appointed Bros. D. G. Smith, treasurer ; A. B. Robinson, secre- tary ; W. A. Hershiser, S. D. ; J. B. Romans, J. D., and W. R. Thrall, tyler.
The charter was granted Wednesday, October 17, 1866, by the Grand Lodge of Ohio, at Toledo, and the lodge constituted Monday, October 22, 1866, by .M. W. G. M. Thomas Spar- row.
The lodge was named " Goodale," in honor of Dr. Lincoln Goodale, for long and eminent services to the craft in the early settlement of the State, and as the last survivor of the founders of Ohio Lodge, No. 30, the first located in the city, now called Columbus Lodge; as the oldest surviving Master Mason made in the county, and perhaps in the State; as the oldest officer of the Grand Lodge and Grand Chapter.
Dr. Lincoln Goodale was made a Mason in New England Lodge, No. 4, at Worthington, Ohio, August 3, 1808, being the year of the organization of the Grand Lodge of Ohio, was one of the petitioners and founders of Ohio Lodge, No. 30, at Frank- linton, June 11, 1815, which lodge was removed and located at Columbus, December 26, 1816. He was present and assisted, at the raising of the first Master Mason of Ohio Lodge, Gustavus Swan, October 19, 1815 ; was in attendance at the Grand Lodge as early as January 1, 1810, and represented New England Lodge, January 6, 1812. He was exalted to the degree of R. A. M., May 15, 1816 ; was secretary of the convention at the or- ganization of the Grand Chapter of Ohio, September 27, 1816, and was Grand Treasurer of that body from 1817 to 1837.
Dr. Lincoln Goodale died at his residence, No. 43 East Town street, Columbus, Ohio, on Thursday morning, April 30, 1868. He was born in Worcester county, Massachusetts, on the 25th of February, 1782. In the seventh year of his age, his father, Major Nathan Goodale, an officer in the war of the Revolution, removed with his family to Marietta, Ohio, August, 1788.
Major Goodale soon after settled at Belpre, on the Ohio river, and just previous to Wayne's treaty, was captured by the In- dians, while at work on his farm. He died near Sandusky, on the way to Detroit, the place to which the Indians were taking him.
Dr. Lincoln Goodale studied medicine at Belpre, Ohio, with Dr. Leonard Jewett; came to Franklinton in the year 1805, and commenced the practice of his profession. In 1814 he moved to Columbus, and has ever since resided there.
In 1812 he volunteered and joined the army, and was ap-
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pointed by Governor Meigs, Surgeon's Mate, in Col. MeArthur's regiment. He was taken prisoner at Hull's surrender, sent to Malden, where he remained with our wounded men, and after they were released, brought them to Cleveland. He was a resi- ent of Ohio about eighty years.
Worshipful Masters sinee organization : James Williams, 1866; William S. Phares, 1867; Ashley B. Robinson, 1868; Charles C. Waleutt, 1869; Edward West, 1870; Theodore P. Gordon, 1871; William Botimer, 1872; Wm. A. Hershiser, 1873. The lodge was incorporated November, 1869.
Trustees eleeted November 8, 1869 : A. B. Robinson, Otis B. Perkins, W. A. Hershiser.
Charter members, 23; initiated, 46; affiliated members, 18. Total number, 87.
Officers for 1873 : Wm. A. Hershiser, W. M .; Jas. W. Gillis, S. W .; Henry E. Bryan, J. W .; A. B. Robinson, treasurer ; Win. S. Phares, secretary ; Chas. M. Williams, S. D .; Chas. H. Butler, J. D .; Ed. West, tyler.
MASONIC MUTUAL BENEFIT ASSOCIATION was organized in March, 1871. Any Master Mason, in good standing, of any lodge in Ohio, and who shall be in good health, and not over sixty years of age, ean become a member ; the fee for member- ship is $2.25. An assessment of $1.25 is made at the death of a member. The association numbers at present 405 members. Officers : Benj. F. Rees, president; Edwin Morrell, vice-presi- dent ; Henry O'Kane, treasurer ; and W. A. Hershiser, secretary.
Trustees : Z. Wood, Benj. F. Rees, and J. M. Stuart, Colum- bus Lodge, No. 30; Henry O'Kane, Ed. Morrell, and S. E. Kile, Magnolia Lodge, No. 20; W. S. Phares, A. B. Robinson, and W. A. Hershiser, Goodale Lodge, No. 372.
OHIO CHAPTER, No. 12, R. A. M .- This organization was chartered November 16, 1824. The first eleetion of officers took place December 4, in the same year, as follows : Bela Latham, H. P .; Daniel Turney, K .; Joel Buttles, S .; A. J. MeDowell, treasurer; James Pearce, secretary; James Robinson, C. of H .; John Warner, P. S .; Caleb Houston, R. A. C .; A. Benfield, Lin- coln Goodale, and Joseph Leiby, G. M. of the V. The chapter, at present, has a membership numbering 165.
Officers for 1873 : Theodore P. Gordon, H. P .; Samuel E. Kile, K .; Edward Morrell, S .; Jas. Williams, treasurer; Wm. Boti- mer, C. of H .; Jas. W. Gillis, P. S .; A. B. Coit, R. A. C .; Zelotes Wood, 3d veil; Chas. H. Butler, 2d veil ; H. N. P. Dale, 1st veil ; and Henry Bures, guard.
The regular meetings of this chapter are held the first Mon- day in cach month.
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COLUMBUS COUNCIL, NO. 8, ROYAL AND SELECT MASTERS, was instituted by letter of dispensation, issued by William B. Thrall, Puissant Grand Master of the State of Ohio, on (St. John's Day) the 27th day of December, 1841, 2841, A ... Dep ... to Companions Bela Latham, Leonard Humphrey, John W. Milli- gan, G. M. Herancourt, James Cross, Isaac Davis, R. Buckbee, John R. Barney, William Y. Emmett, John Bartram, James T. Donahoo, authorizing them to assemble on the same day in the city of Columbus, and organize a council, to be called Colum- bus Council, No. - , of Royal and Select Masters.
The letter of dispensation under which they acted, appointed Companions Bela Latham, T ... I ... G ... Master ; Leonard Hum- phrey, Dep ... I ... G ... Master ; John W. Milligan, P ... C ... of Work.
The charter was dated at Lancaster, October 21, 1842, dating back to December 27, 1841, and signed by the following Grand Officers : William J. Rees, Puissant Grand Master ; G. D. Hine, Dep ... Ill ... Grand Master ; C. F. Hanselmann, Dep ... III ... Grand Master; A. J. Sanford, Gr ... P ... C ... of Work. Attest : James D. Caldwell, Gr ... Recorder.
The following are the Thrice Illustrious Grand Masters since the organization of the council :
Bela Latham, John A. Bryan, John W. Milligan, A. B. Rob- inson, Amasa Jones, Joseph M. Stuart, A. B. Robinson, William A. Hershiser, James Williams, Dolphin Gilbert Smith, Orestes A. B. Senter, W. S. Phares.
The council was incorporated under the general law of the State, December 3, 1870. The trustees for incorporation previously elected were : Wm. A. Hershiser, John Greenleaf, and Thos. B. Asbury, members of the council.
The council has 104 members, and its stated meetings are held on the second Friday evening of each month.
Present officers : Ed. West, T. I. G. M .; Geo. R. Grier, D. I. G. M .; J. W. Gillies, P. C. of W .; W. A. Hershiser, treasurer; O. A. B. Senter, recorder ; Henry O'Kane, captain of G., and Jos. M. Stuart, sentinel.
KNIGHT TEMPLARS.
MT. VERNON COMMANDERY, No. 1, is not only the oldest com- mandery in the State of Ohio, but the first establishment of Knight Templars organized west of the Alleghany Mountains.
It was constituted by virtue of a letter of dispensation issued by Thomas Smith Webb, Deputy Grand Master of the Grand Encampment of the United States of America, on the 14th of March, 1818, to John Snow, authorizing him to assemble and congregate, in the town of Worthington, a sufficient and legal
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number of knights to open a council and commandery in said town, and therein to confer the orders of knighthood upon such tried and worthy companions of the royal arch as may make application for the same, conforming in all his doings to the con- stitution of the Grand Encampment of the United States of America.
By virtue of this authority, Sir Knight John Snow summoned all Sir Knights residing within the distance of forty miles to assemble at the Masonic Hall, in the academy, in said town, on the 15th of March, 1818; at which time and place there ap- peared the following Sir Knights, viz: Thomas Smith Webb, John Snow, and Frederick A. Curtis, all hailing from different commanderies, who, after interchanging credentials and estab- lishing their respective titles each with the other, at once pro- ceeded to business.
The dispensation under which 'they acted continued in force for three months. The last meeting held under it was on the 6th of June, 1818.
At the meeting of the Grand Encampment of the United States in 1819, a charter was ordered to be issued to Mt. Vernon Commandery, giving it rank and precedence from the 6th of June, 1818, and requiring it "to conform in all things to the constitution and edicts " of the Grand Encampment of the United States, " otherwise this charter and the privileges hereby granted shall cease to be of any further validity." This charter is dated 16th September, 1819. Under it Mt. Vernon Commandery was organized on the 20th of September, 1820, and, by virtue of the powers and privileges conferred by it, has acted from that time to the present.
The charter officers were as follows : John Snow, E. com- mander; Chester Griswold, generalissimo; Roger Searle, captain- general ; Joseph S. Hughes, prelate ; James Kilborne, senior warden ; Levi Pinney, junior warden ; Benjamin Gardner, treas- urer; William Little, recorder.
On the 22d of February, 1844, the place of meeting was changed from Worthington to Columbus.
The eminent commanders since its organization are as follows : John Snow, 1819-41; John Barney, 1841-44; Bela Latham, 1844-47; William B. Thrall, 1847-52; William M. Savage, 1852-53; William B. Thrall, 1853-54; Daniel T. Woodbury, 1854-55; Dwight Stone, 1855-57; William B. Thrall, 1857-59; Benjamin F. Martin, 1859-61; Thomas Sparrow, 1861-65 ; J. M. Stuart, 1865-66; W. A. Hershiser, 1866-67 ; W. S. Phares, 1867-68; A. B. Robinson, 1868-69; Thomas Sparrow, 1869-70 ; S. M. Hotchkiss, 1870-71; J. M. Stuart, 1871-72.
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The stated meetings of this commandery are held on the last Thursday of every month. It has 122 members.
Officers for 1873: J. M. Stuart, E. C .; H. Tarball, G .; J. H. Curbing, C. G .; Ed. Morrill, Pr .; Samuel Thompson, S. W .; D. W. Brooks, treasurer; P. W. Corzilius, secretary; J. H. Sharp, St. B .; Charles Ammel, S. W. B .; S. E. Kile, W .; and Ed. West, C. G.
ST. MARK'S LODGE, NO. 7 (COLORED) .- Organized under a war- rant granted by the Most Worshipful Grand Master, W. S. Wat- son, of the Grand Lodge of Ohio, December 15, 1851, with the following officers: Hanson Johnson, W. M .; D. Jenkins, S. W .; James Evans, J. W.
The lodge has a membership at present numbering 80.
Officers for 1873: H. Johnson, W. M .; Jas. Ganson, S. W .; Samuel Hughes, J. W .; Wm. Jones, treasurer; J. B. Saylor, secretary ; John Carter, S. D .; E. Decker, J. D .; Thos. Wash- ington, S. S .; George Spencer, J. S. ; and Richard Upthisgroves, tyler.
There are two other subordinate lodges of colored Masons in the city, of which we were unable to obtain information.
JOHNSON CHAPTER, No. 3, R. A. M. (COLORED.)-Application having been made to the Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons for the State of Ohio, composed of colored citizens, at their session held at Xenia, Saturday, October 16, A. I. 2400, A. D. 1870, for a charter to organize the Johnson Chapter, No. 3, at Colum- bus, a warrant for the purpose was granted, and the chapter soon after organized itself with the above name. The chapter meets every Monday evening at 232 South High street, and numbers at present 23 members. The officers are J. P. Under- wood, high priest; H. Johnson, king; W. T. Boyd, scribe; J. B. Taylor, captain of host; D. Jenkins, prin. soj .; H. Garvin, R. A. C .; J. HI. Norman, M. 3d veil; H. Patterson, M. 2d veil.
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The first story is of limestone; the upper portions are of brick, with Lafayette marble dressings; the whole surmounted by an elaborate cornice of galvanized iron, so painted as to harmonize with the rest of the ornamental work.
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In the center of the facade, on High street, is the principal entrance, giving access to the lodge and encampment rooms, by a stairway leading to them and the different floors of the build- ing. The ground floor is appropriated to store and banking rooms, and the second story to offices. The third story contains an encampment room, 40 by 60 fect, with a complete set of ante-rooms, wardrobe, etc. On this floor are also two lodge- rooms, each 30 by 50 feet, and each having a complete set of ante-rooms, so arranged that should a public occasion make it desirable, they can be all thrown together, yet each set of rooms is in itself complete for lodge purposes. Over the ante-rooms are two halls, 19 by 45 feet, with a height of thirteen fect, now occupied by the Knights of Pythias. The cost of the building and furniture was about $75,000; it is owned by Columbus, No. 9; Central, No. 23; Excelsior, No. 145; Capital, No. 334; Harmonia, No. 358, and Capitol Encampment, No. 6.
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Twenty-three organizations occupy the hall at present, as follows: Nine lodges of Odd Fellowship; four Encampments; Rebekah Degree Lodge; Silent Workers; three lodges of the Knights of Pythias; three camps Independent Order of Knight- hood; one lodge of Good Templars; one lodge of the Temple of Honor; one lodge of the Jewish Order; and the Websterian Debating Club. These organizations are all located above the second story.
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