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The membership of Brand Post has included several hundred veterans since it was established thirty-six years ago, but a large majority have either died, moved away, or dropped their membership from the post. On. Decoration Day, 1917, the roster of active members included seventy-nine, as follow : J. J. Anderson, Co. G, 3rd O. V. C .: T. T. Brand, Co. K. 2nd O. V. I. and 18th U. S. I .; T. S. Binkard, Co. G. 107th O. V. I .; W. H. Baxter, Co. A, 136th O. V. I .; J. Barthell, Co. D, 82nd O. V. I .; H. F. Bradley, Co. A, 40th O. V. I .; H. F. Bradley, Co. C. 17th O. V. I .: D. Berrner. Co. A, 2nd O. V. I .; J. M. Burrough, Co. K. 96th O. V. I .: George A. Collins, Co. E. 95th O. V. I .: J. C. Clayman, Co. G, 3rd O. V. I .: John Craig, Co. I, 197th O. V. I .; J. H. Cooper, Co. G. 27th Ky. V. I .: M. Cart- mell. Co. E. 134th O. V. I .: J. K. Cheetham. Co. A. 134th O. V. I .: Andrew Craig. Co. I, 66th O. V. I. : J. H. Diltz, Co. A, 66th O. V. I .: B. F. Dixon, Co. A. 134th O. V. I .: J. R. Dolsen, Co. I. 197th O. V. I .; L. Dickerson. Co F, 8th U. S. C. T .; M. P. Downey, Co. A, 2nd O. V. I .; M. P. Downey, Co. D, 13th O. V. I .; W. L. Earsom, Co. E, 134th O. V. I .: J. W. Evans, Co. G, 134th O. V. I .; J. Fenton, Co. E, 15th O. V. I .; T. Fennessey, Co. D, 6ist O. V. I .; J. Fanning, Co. L, 8th O. V. C .; Dorsey Fletcher, Co. I,
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13 Heavy Art .; B. F. Ganson, Co. B, 66th O. V. I .: G. Greenbank, Co. C, 116th O. V. I .: John Gumpert, Co. D, Ist O. V. I .; Thomas Greenlee, Co. D. Ist O. V. I. ; S. H. Hedges, Co. A, 66th O. V. I .; J. M. Hunter, Co. H. 86th O. V. I .; P. A. Huff, Co. K, 113th O. V. I .; B. A. Haines, Co. I. 42nd O. V. I .; John Howard, Co. A, 70th O. V. I .: A. Hanawalt, Co. D, 145th O. V. I .; D. W. Happersett, Co. H, 86th O. V. I .: E. J. Hanna, Co. G, 66th O. V. I .: Albert Haines, Co. B, 148th O. V. I .: James E. Johnson, Co. G, Ill. V. I .: William Kunkle, Co. K, 79th Pa. V. I .; J. M. Maitland, Co. G, 95th O. V. I .; Noah Minnich, Co. G. 66th O. V. I .; John E. Murphy, Co. B, 66th O. V. I .; J. P. Mundell, Co. E, Purnell Legion, Md .; T. Mumma, Co. H, 65th O. V. I .; A. W. Mumper. Co. G, 134th O. V. I .; Colin McDonald, Co. A, 134th O. V. I .; M. G. McWilliams. Co. H. 5th O. V. I .: C. McDargh, Co. G, 3rd O. V. I .: J. C. McCracken, Co. A, O. V. I .: Thomas Neeld, Co. F, Ist Marines: Thomas Neeld, Co. F, 6th O. V. I. ; J. P. Neer, Co. H, 45th O. V. I .; W. R. Neal, Co. E. 134th O. V. I .: Llewellyn Niles, Co. G. 66th O. V. I .: F. H. Ninekirk, Co. E. 10th O. V. I .: J. M. Poysell. Co. B, 96th O. V. I .: John Powell, Co. B, 66th O. V. I .; S. L. Raff, Co. C, 12th O. V. C .: J. C. Rhodes, Co. 7, U'nion L. G., O. V. Cav. ; WV. A. Shook, Co. G, 95th O. V. I .: J. D. Shofstue. Co. H. 26th O. V. I .: D. W. Todd, Co. F, 2nd O. V. I., and Q. M. 86th O. V. I .; Dr. J. Thatcher, Co. K. 53rd O. V. I .: A. F. Vance, P. M. U. S. V .; W. R. Warnock, Co. G. 95th O. V. I .: J. H. Woolenham, Co. A, 13th O. V. I. and Co. K. 93rd O. V. I .: W. W. Wilson, Co. G, 66th O. V. I. : W. W. Williams, Co. C. 9th U. S. C. T .: J. J. Wooley, Co. A. 66th O. V. I. : S. H. Warnock, Co. A. 134th O. V. I. : J. T. Woodward, Co. 1, 86th O. V. I .: J. T. Wood- ward, Co. E, 134th O. V. I .: W. M. Whitaker, Co. H. 32nd O. V. I .: James Young, Co. I, 45th O. V. I.
For several years W. H. Brand Post has had its headquarters in Ander- son hall, 121/2 Monument Square, where meetings are held on the first and third Thursdays of each month. Recently, however, the members have been seriously considering a change of meeting place. To reach Anderson hall, the members of the post, whose steps are not nearly so elastic as they were some years ago, have to climb three long flights of stairs. This condition as well as the physical disability of many members, has made it possible for only from six to ten to attend the meetings. The post conferred with the county commissioners concerning the setting aside of a room on the ground floor of the court house, after it had been enlarged and repaired for the use of the old soldiers, as has almost every county in the state done. There
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they could rest and talk over their experiences for a few hours when they came in from the farm. The old soldiers were doomed to disappointment, . for the commissioners could not provide a room for them at this time. It seemed mandatory that the post relinquish its charter and a meeting was called for April 19, 1917, when the question was considered. The members refused to surrender their charter, and as yet no provision has been made to change their headquarters. It is to be hoped that pleasant quarters can soon be provided for the heroes of '61, for it would be a decided calamity if their remaining dwindling numbers could not be accommodated and they would have to give up their charter.
H. C. SCOTT POST NO. III, ST. PARIS.
H. C. Scott Post No. 111, Grand Army of the Republic, was organized at St. Paris in Odd Fellow hall in 1882 or 1883. The first officers of the post were the following: S. T. McMorran, commander; G. G. McCrea, senior vice-commander : H. G. Grossman, junior vice-commander; J. P. Kite, quartermaster; Dr. B. F. Baker, surgeon; A. Ingals, chaplain; J. C. Brokaw, officer of the day; H. C. Gibbs, officer of the guard; J. F. Riker, adjutant : H. H. Brecount, quartermaster sergeant.
The charter members of the post numbered fifty-one veterans. The names of those marked with an asterisk in the following list have answered the last call: * S. T. MeMorran, *H. C. Grossman, J. P. Northcutt, John Wank, *Henry Huffman, *A. E. Golden, *F. E. Bull, *W. Y. Smith, Henry Smith, G. W. Smith, Joseph Smith, *T. J. Losh, H. C. Gibbs, *G. W. Bol- inger, *J. B. Cutter, J. Q. Baker, G. E. Lewis, *A. D. Riker, *A. Ingals, J. C. Brokaw, B. F. Baker, *William Jenkins, *Doris Pike, *J. C. Rawl- ing, J. P. Kite, Frank Snapp. * J. H. Gordon, *Alvin Matoon, *G. W. Flowers, Willis Huddleston, *G. G. McRea, C. H. Weith, *J. W. Warick, H. H. Brecount, *David Ward, Morris Frazier, *J. M. Baird, *J. F. Riker, G. W. Kelly, *Henry Toomire, B. R. Wilson, *Jacob Martz, *H. B. Hard- acre, *Jacob Ludrick, *G. W. Wert, *S. B. Grube, *Thomas Reed, *David Jenkin, *Gabren Blue, *Luke Murray.
This number has dwindled down until now there are only fifteen mem- bers in good standing. These meet twice a year. The present officers of the post are: J. C. Brokaw, commander; C. H. Weith, senior vice-com- mander ; Henry Smith, junior vice-commander : J. Q. Baker, quartermaster ; H. D. Pile, chaplain ; J. P. Kite, officer of the day: John Wank, officer of the guard; S. A. Lewis, adjutant.
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THE POST AT NORTH LEWISBURG.
John Briny Post, Grand Army of the Republic, at North Lewisburg, . was organized in the early seventies and for a time was one of the strongest of the several posts in the county. John Briny, for whom the post was named, was the first man from this township to be killed in the war. The post still retains its charter, but there are only twelve members who are now in good standing and the interest is on the wane.
THE POST AT WOODSTOCK.
Harry Davis Post No. 212, Grand Army of the Republic, was organ- ized at Woodstock, October 13, 1886, with the following charter members: John G. Hoisington, George Clark, J. S. Foster, S. A. McAdow, J. F. Hicks, M. Sessions, D. P. Smith, Eli Meacham, D. S. Galloway, C. A. Cush- man, R. Swisher, John Owen, A. Weatherhead, Miles Standish and D. G. Martin. The post was named for Harry Davis, a first lieutenant from this place, who was the first officer from the community to lose his life on the field of battle. The post still maintains its charter, but at the present time is practically dormant.
STEPHEN BAXTER POST NO. 88.
Stephen Baxter Post No. 88. Grand Army of the Republic, at Mechanics- burg, was granted a charter on June 23. 1881, the charter members being L. V. Taylor, J. W. Davis, William Boulton, J. V. B. Fairchild, James Conway, Warren Keys, J. N. Wommer, Alexander B. Creamer, C. J. Davis, H. W. Shepard, James H. Baughman, F. E. Hyde. C. K. Clark, William H. Baxter, E. C. McMullan, Thomas Shepard and Charles E. Baxter. The post was organized by John P. Church. and William H. Baxter was chosen as the first commander. Because of the absence of the early records, the details of the first organization of the post cannot be given. Stephen Baxter Post was not the first one organized in Mechanicsburg, for a few years previous to its organization another one was instituted, but for various reasons it was of short life.
The post has enrolled among its numbers soldiers who played a very important part in the Civil War. Stephen Baxter, after whom the post was named, is one of these. He was among the first to enlist from Mechanics- burg, and after serving a period of about two years was granted a furlough
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and returned home to see his family. Upon the expiration of his furlough, he returned to the army and in his first engagement was killed. His family seemed to have been filled with the spirit of patriotism, for, when his two boys became of age, they joined the army and assisted in the preservation of the Union. Thomas Bond, a physician who went with the company from Mechanicsburg, distinguished himself along with many others of his pro- fession in the army. According to official records, Levi Venrick, a member of this post, has the distinction of having fired the last gun of the Civil War.
The Knights of the Maccabees have very generously given the Stephen Baxter Post the use of their hall free of charge and there the post holds its meetings on the second and fourth Friday afternoons of each month. The post now includes thirty-seven members in good standing. Only six of the charter members are living. The officers for the year 1917 are: William H. Boulton, post commander; T. J. Lewis, senior vice-commander ; David Laughlin. junior vice-commander; Adam Chenny, quartermaster; C. V. Hulmes, surgeon; Jacob Horr, chaplain; J. W. Tway, officer of the day; Jacob Reed, officer of the guard; Curtis Bay, adjutant ; Albert Cheney, quarter- master sergeant; Warren Keys, sergeant-major; V. S. Magruder, delegate to the state encampment : Jacob Horr, alternate to the state encampment.
WOMAN'S RELIEF CORPS, URBANA.
W. A. Brand Woman's Relief Corps No. 202, was organized in Urbana in 1883 with thirty-seven charter members. The corps has enjoyed an active existence since its institution, and has assisted materially in further- ing the interests of the Grand Army of the Republic. The officers for the current year are as follow: Mrs. Mary Nincekirk, president; Mrs. Sarah Mast, senior vice-president ; Mrs. Alice Runyan, junior vice-president ; Mrs. Sarah Binkard, chaplain; Mrs. Hattie Johnson, treasurer; Mrs. Christine Organ, secretary; Mrs. Martha Murray, conductor; Mrs. Hattie Lewis, guard; Mrs. Lizzie Lauppe, associate conductor; Mrs. Sallie Shyrigh, asso- ciate guard. The membership of the corps at this time is sixteen. Meetings are held on the first and third Thursdays of each month in the Grand Army of the Republic hall.
WOMAN'S RELIEF CORPS, MECHANICSBURG.
Woman's Relief Corps No. 211 at Mechanicsburg was granted a char- ter on January 6, 1888. The original membership of this worthy organiza-
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tion consisted of the following : Polly Ann Guy, Amanda Shepard, Mary J. Davis, Josephine C. Hornley, Anna Lawler, Ella W. Culbertson, Maggie Culbertson, Eliza A. Morgan, Allie G. Davis, Samantha Joiner, Sarah M. Swisher, Silvia J. Davis, Florence Shepard, Lizzie Womner, Marcella Baughman, Sarah B. Adams, Mattie E. G. Donnelly, Kesiah Williams, Angeline Rutan, Esther Biem, Sarah S. Mckinney, Mary E. Clark, Orpha C. Mahoy and Mahuldie Baskeville. The present organization has the fol- lowing officers: Lillie Vaness, president ; Etta Tway, senior vice-president ; Amy Neer, junior vice-president ; Artie Hunter, chaplain; Clara Burnham, treasurer ; Mary Pearl Neer, secretary : Nona Reed, conductor; Lucy Culp, guard; Mae Thompson, assistant guard; Mary Erwin, assistant guard; Dora Blue, color-bearer No. 1; Barbara Mitchell, color-bearer No. 2; Mary Newman, color-bearer No. 3; Mary B. Neer, color-bearer No. 4, and Alcinda Mckinney, press correspondent. The membership of the corps at the present time consists of fifty-six members in good standing. The corps meets in the room occupied by the Boy Scouts.
SONS OF VETERANS, URBANA.
The local camp of the patriotic order of Sons of Veterans was insti- tuted in Urbana in 1907. The camp is composed of about sixty members who meet once a year to initiate new members, elect officers and enjoy a banquet. The following officers were elected for the current year: W. R. Wilson, commander ; Frank Ganson, senior vice-commander; J. W. Sivetts, junior vice-commander; Joe Cheetham, treasurer; Walter C. Gifford, secre- tary ; R. E. Humphreys, C. F. Downey and W. J. Knight, camp council ; S. W. Carey and Frank W. Todd, delegates to the state encampment ; A. C. Madden and M. B. Owen, alternate delegates to the state encampment.
SONS OF VETERANS, MECHANICSBURG.
Buckeye Camp No. 9, Division of Ohio, Sons of Veterans of Mechan- icsburg, was granted a charter on March 29, 1909. The following were the charter members: E. L. Byers, Bruce Neer, Roy M. Cramer, Edward Morris, Y. E. Baughman, G. F. Culp, William L. Loop, W. F. Hupp, E. E. Conway, H. W. Johnson, Benn Linville, Joseph McEvoy, Daniel McEvoy, Guy Coffey, Lonnie Culp, J. A. Farrington, C. L. Blue, George C. Lemon, B. F. Blosser, L. C. Lintner, Thomas G. Davies, J. C. Thompson, W. B. Crim, J. C. Hathaway, W. F. Hunter, Cloice E. Neer, Francis McKee, C.
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Ropp, William Furrow, William Neer, Harrison Darrow, Harry Wood, and F. W. Hendrix. This camp, although not as active as some, maintains its charter and holds meetings at least once a year.
AUXILIARY TO THE SONS OF VETERANS, MECHANICSBURG.
The Woman's auxiliary to Buckeye Camp No. 9, Sons of Veterans at Mechanicsburg, was granted a charter on June 19, 1911, with the following charter members: Elsie F. Venrick, Ella Miller, Essie Jenkins, Melro Dar- row, Maggie Farrinton, Jessie Halsey, Grace Conway, Mattie Darrow, Cary M. Hard, Etta Miller, Mrs. C. L. Stoddard, Grace Violet, Ella Hatfield, and Frances Carter. The officers for the current year include the following : Mrs. Walter Midgley, president ; Mrs. R. A. Venrick, treasurer. The present membership is about fourteen.
SONS OF VETERANS, WOODSTOCK.
Julius Cushman Camp No. 122, Sons of Veterans, at Woodstock, was organized on July 26, 1886, with the following charter members: B. Smith, F. T. Crawford, W. J. Green, T. B. Smith, S. Clark, George W. Standish, Charles Sessions, Frank Smith, W. E. Harlan, and William Crawford. The camp was named for Julius Cushman, who was the first private from this community killed in the war. The camp is now in a dormant state.
LINCOLN COMMAND, SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR VETERANS.
Lincoln Command No. 90, State of Ohio, Spanish-American War Vet- erans, was organized at Mechanicsburg in September, 1901, and was granted a charter on November 11, 1901. Those instrumental in the organization were Corporal Elijah A. Horr, of Company D, Fourth Ohio Volunteer Infantry. The charter members included the following: J. A. Kirby, George M. Taylor, Richard Craig, Bert Henry, Ralph Bayless, Thomas Mannel, J. S. Shaffer, Arthur Turner, G. E. Craig, Lester Ashton, Verne Phellis, Rolla Burnham, Robert Hyde, Elijah A. Horr and Joseph Fout. Captain Shaffer was given command of the organization and a large number of members were added to the list. The organization flourished for a few years, but when the leading officers moved away the spirit began to wane and the Command finally became inactive.
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CHAPTER XXVIII.
FRATERNAL AND BENEVOLENT ORGANIZATIONS.
As the wheels of progress revolve and the lamp of civilization burns brighter, men show more their divine origin through the recognition of their common kinship. Common brotherhood becomes, as the years pass, a greater reality. Even at this date the world is in the clutches of the grim god of war because the refrain, "on earth peace, good will toward men," has been called a fallacy by the most monstrous engine of autocracy of modern times. The ruthless law of the jungle, the survival of the fittest, which was consummated in the stern Spartan code, must be superseded by the law of divine love, the brotherhood of men.
Common brotherhood has not come forth in the rise of the race as Minerva sprang fully armed from the brow of Jove. Watered by the blood of martyrs, it has grown by a painfully slow process of evolution. This kind of association of men summons up in the human heart the grandest of emotions which makes the members thereof cognizant of their responsi- bilities toward the widows, the orphans, and the brothers in need. Thus has arisen benevolence, not the patronizing and coldly charitable kind, but that which comes from the heart.
In recognition of this noble instinct of the race, men have formed brotherhoods of one kind or another since the dawn of history. These may be traced from the time of the ancient Egyptians down to the present. It has, however, been left to the people of America to take the lead in such organizations-fraternal. benevolent and beneficial: for here no absolutist regime forbids men from organizing themselves into brotherhoods that are based on the highest emotion of human life. In no country is there such a multiplicity of such organizations, for there is scarcely a town in the United States which does not boast of an order of some kind.
There is only one fraternal organization which traces its origin from a period before 1000: and that one is the Masonic fraternity, which goes back to the time of King Solomon. It flourished during the Middle Ages and remains today the oldest and the most widely distributed of such organ- izations. It was established in the United States in 1730. Next in point
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of age comes the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, which came into exist- ence soon after the beginning of the eighteenth century. The Knights of Pythias dates from the time of the Civil War. Practically every other organization of fraternal or beneficial nature has been established since 1860.
At present there are in Champaign county fifteen different organiza- tions represented by fifty-three local lodges and their auxiliaries. Of these, the Odd Fellows have the greatest number of lodges, twenty-one. In this connection the Grand Army of the Republic should be mentioned, since there are six posts in the county : these, however, are discussed in the chapter on patriotic organizations.
It is needless to say that these societies have done in the county a great work, which has been carried on in the spirit laid down by the Apostle Paul in his immortal tribute to charity. In the main, they are faithfully preserv- ing for the generations to come the divine heritage, the brotherhood of men.
In this chapter, an effort has been made to present the history of every fraternal organization in the county. Immediately following is found a list of all these lodges, past and present, which have furnished data for a his- torical sketch. There are some lodges in the county that failed to respond to a request for information concerning their organization.
LODGE DIRECTORY OF CHAMPAIGN COUNTY.
1. Masons.
A. Blue Lodge-Harmony Lodge No. 8 ( Urbana), organized in 1809; Champaign Lodge No. 525 ( Urbana), charter granted on October 18. 1882; Clinton Lodge No. 113 ( Mechanicsburg), organized on October 24, 1843: Blazing Star Lodge No. 268 ( North Lewisburg), organized on July 9, 1855; Golden Square Lodge No. 23 (Urbana), organized in 1866: Pharos Lodge No. 355 ( St. Paris), charter granted on Novem- ber 25, 1865.
B. Roval Arch-Urbana Chapter No. 34 ( Urbana), organized on Octo- ber 16, 1847: Mechanicsbugr Chapter No. 168, organized on June 13, 1900: Star Chapter No. 126 (North Lewisburg), charter granted on September 26, 1871; St. Paris Chapter No. 132, charter granted on October 28, 1872.
C. Other organizations-Urbana Council No. 59, Royal and Select Mas- ters (Urbana), charter granted on September 28, 1871; Raper Com- mandery No. 19. Knights Templar (Urbana), charter granted on
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October 15, 1869: Urbana Masonic Club; Scottish Rite (Champaign County Thirty-second Degree Club), Urbana; Ancient Arabic Order of Nobles of the Mystic Shrine (Champaign Order of the County Club), Urbana.
D. Order of the Eastern Star-Diamond Chapter No. 84 (St. Paris), organized on May 7. 1897; Caroline Chapter No. 39 ( Mechanicsburg), instituted on December 14, 1894.
II. Odd Fellows.
A. Subordinate Lodges-Tawawa Lodge No. 253 (Rosewood), moved from Carysville in 1898; Woodstock Lodge No. 167, organized on July 18. 1850: Thackery Lodge No. 874, organized on June 30, 1904; Social Lodge No. 139 (Christiansburg), organized in 1849; King Lodge No. 546 (North Lewisburg ), organized on July 2, 1873; St. Paris Lodge No. 246, organized on May 10, 1854; Mosgrove Lodge No. 764 ( Ur- bana ), organized on July 31, 1888; Wildley Lodge No. 271 (Mechanics- burg), organized on April 17, 1855; Cable Lodge No. 395, organized on July 20, 1864; Catawba Lodge No. 349, organized on July 13, 1859; Grand United Order of Odd Fellows No. 47 ( Urbana), established on July 9, 1887: Grand United Order of Odd Fellows ( Mechanicsburg). organized about 1897: Grand United Order of Odd Fellows No. 1771 ( Urbana), organized on August 14, 1876.
B. Patriarchs Militant-Goshen Encampment No. 137 ( Mechanicsburg). . charter granted on May 3, 1871; Addison Encampment No. 75 (Christ- iansburg ), organized on July 8, 1858: Russell Encampment No. 141 (St. Paris ), organized on July 19, 1871.
C. Daughters of Rebekah-White Lily Lodge No. 449 ( Rosewood), organized on May 21, 1806; Sweet Home Lodge No. 524 (Christians- burg ), organized on August 7. 1900; Azalia Lodge No. 690 (Urbana), instituted on September 9. 1909; Woodstock Lodge No. 407, organized on August 29, 1894: Lotus Lodge No. 501 ( Mechanicsburg ), instituted on August 4. 1899; Patience Lodge No. 320, instituted November 20. 1800.
III. Knights of Pythias.
A. Subordinate Lodges-Olympic Lodge No. 658 (North Lewisburg). charter granted on May 27, 1869; Launcelot Lodge No. 107 (Urbana), organized on June 12, 1800: Homer Lodge No. 474 (Mechanicsburg). instituted on February 15, 1891; Dumas Lodge (colored) No. 35 (Ur- bana), organized in 1897.
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B. Pythian Sisters-Jewell Temple No. 307 ( St. Paris), organized on December 31, 1906; Brinel Temple No. 327 (North Lewisburg), organ- ized on April 11, 1917; Mechanicsburg Temple, organized on March 25, 1917.
IV. Improved Order of Red Men.
A. Subordinate Tribes-Mineola Tribe No. 37 (Urbana), organized on March 4, 1868, and discontinued in 1880; Washeangot Tribe No. 144 (St. Paris), organized on June 10, 1892; Tioga Tribe No. 91 (Me- chanicsburg ), organized on December 13, 1875.
B. Daughters of Pocahontas-Pascagonda Council No. 24 (St. Paris), organized May 9. 1894, (discontinued ).
C. Haymakers-Washeangot Lodge No. 1447/2 (St. Paris), organized a few years after the tribe was instituted.
V. Miscellaneous Organizations.
Modern Woodmen of America Lodge No. 7759, Mechanicsburg : char- ter granted March 3. 1900.
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks Lodge No. 127, Urbana; or- ganized on June 14, 1880; discontinued. 1891.
Knights of Maccabees Tent No. 496. Mechanicsburg : charter granted on December 11, 1911.
Fraternal Order of Eagles, Tecumseh Aerie, Urbana: organized on February 15, 1905.
Loyal Order of Moose, No. 949 (St. Paris), organized on November 1. 1917: No. 1215 ( Urbana), December 19, 1912.
Knights of the Golden Eagle, No. 91. St. Paris : April 11, 1902.
. Independent Order of Foresters. Urbana; organized on January 27, 1913: discontinued after a few months.
Junior Order of Union Mechanics, No. 13, Mingo Valley ; organized on November 8. 1894.
Junior Order of United American Mechanics, No. 56, Urbana; char- ter granted in 1889.
Plumbers Union, Urbana; organized on April 17, 1917.
MASONIC ORGANIZATIONS.
As its number indicates. Harmony Lodge No. 8, Free and Accepted Masons, at Urbana, is one of the oldest Masonic organizations in the state, and is the oldest lodge in Champaign county. It is not known when or
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to whom the warrant, under which Harmony lodge operated, was granted. It is quite possible, however, that it was organized in 1809. The six Masonic lodges of Ohio formed a convention at Chillicothe on January 4. 1808, to make preliminary preparations for forming a grand lodge for the state and this was accomplished on January 2, 1809. At the second com- munication of the grand lodge at Chillicothe on January 10, 1810, Harmony lodge was represented by George F. Tenery, its first worshipful master; but the minutes of the grand lodge are silent as to the time the warrant was issued to Harmony lodge.
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