History of Pickaway County, Ohio and Representative Citizens, Part 42

Author: Aaron R. Van Cleaf
Publication date: 1906
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The ceremony of dedication being con- cluded, a procession was formed, comprising Ely, Miami, Athens, Cyprus, Chillicothe and Lancaster commanderies, and Lancaster, Dres- den, New Lexington, Amity, Amanda, Aurora, Paramuthia, Scioto, Frankfort, Magnolia, Goodale, Greenfield, Bloominburg, Lock- bourne, Sabina, Malta, Mount Sterling, New Holland, Lithopolis, Heber, Battin and Pick- away lodges. The crowd gathered on the

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streets to watch the parade was estimated at 7,000. The march extended to the Fair Grounds, where dinner was served to 1,500, after which the following program was ren- dered :

MUSIC Cadet and Bauer's Band PRAYER Rev. J. W. Swick VOCAL MUSIC-"SEARCH ME, O LORD" Arion Quartette-Messrs. McCrae, Oliver, and Melanchton and Edward Wittich ADDRESS OF WELCOME Andrew R. Bolin ADDRESS-"FREE MASONRY AROUND THE WORLD" Dr. Robert Morris. P. G. M., of Kentucky VOCAL MUSIC-"I'LL THINK OF THEE" Arion Quartette BENEDICTION

There were 922 Masons in the parade. while the musicians, military escort, etc., added 100 more.

During the three decades that have elapsed since the building of the Temple, the same fraternal spirit has animated the brothers that stirred, in the old days, such men as Brothers Turney, Doane, Thrall, Denny, Webb, Frank- lin, Robbins, Huston, Sage, Gephart, Leiby, Kinnear, Hull and a host of others, and that same spirit is a guarantee that Pickaway Lodge is a permanent institution.

Brother William B. Thrall was honored for four successive years-1843; 1844, 1845, 1846-with the office of grand master of Ohio.

There are now upon the roll of the lodge 206 members. The present officers are as fol- lows: Jonathan R. Florence, W. M .; Stuart R. Bolin, S. W .; Nelson Wolfley, J. W .; Ger- main Joseph, treasurer; William. Vieth, secre- tary ; Earnest L. Tolbert, S. D .; John N. Cook, J. D .; I. Lutz May, S. S .; David H. Lewis, J. S .; and Thomas R. Bell, tyler. The stated communications are held on the first and third Wednesdays of each month.

The Temple now belongs to the Masonic bodies in the following proportion :

Pickaway Lodge, No. 23, F. & A. M. -$ 9,000

Circleville Chapter, No. 20, R. A. M. 5.000

Tyrian Council, No. 60, R. & S. M. 500

Scioto Commandery, No. 35, K. T. 3.220

Total 1,772 shares $17.720

Circleville Chapter, No. 20, R. A. M .- On February 23, 1830, a meeting was held by a number of Royal Arch Masons in the office of James D. Caldwell, for the purpose of organ- izing an effort to establish a chapter of Royal Arch Masons in Circleville. James D. Cakl- well was chairman of the meeting and Will- iam B. Thrall was secretary; and resolutions were adopted approving the establishment of a chapter. A committee, consisting of Henry Sage, James D. Caldwell and William B. Thrall, was appointed to superintend the prep- aration of the hall for the conferring of the chapter degrees.

A dispensation was secured from the Grand Chapter and the following companions were chosen as the first officers: Henry Sage. high priest; William B. Thrall, king; Andrew Huston. scribe; Otho M. Herron, captain of host : James D. Caldwell, principal sojourner : Matthias Robbins, royal arch captain: James R. Hulse, master of Ist veil; Andrew Shaughnessy, master of 2nd veil; and Nelson Franklin, master of 3rd veil.

At the first meeting, held on May 17, 1830, appropriate by-laws were adopted and petitions were received from Brothers James W. Fin- ley, John Cochran and Seymour G. Renick. On June 7, 1830, all the degrees of the chapter were conferred . upon 'Brothers James W. Fin- ley, John Cochran and George A. Patterson. On January 5, A. L. 5831, a charter was granted to the above-named companions, to be known as Circleville Chapter, No. 20, Royal Arch Masons, the official signatures being John Scatterthwaite, G. H. P .; William Gwynn, D. G. H. P .; Timothy Baker, G. K .; Henry Sage, G. S .; and John L. Starling, G. S.

In 1834 Companion Henry Sage was called upon to preside over the deliberations of the Grand Chapter of Ohio, and was succeeded by Companion William B. Thrall, who was

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again honored by his companions by being chosen grand high priest in 1839. Companion Samuel W. Courtright has been grand king and grand scribe of the Grand Chapter of Ohio, and was high priest of the local chapter for a quarter of a century.

The chapter has had a steady growth to the present time, when the enrollment is 148 members. It has $5,000 invested in the Tem- ple. The meetings have always been held in the same hall with the blue lodge, and are held the first Monday of each month.

The present officers of Circleville Chapter are : Charles C. Chappelear, high priest; Harry B. Weaver, king; Israel U. Finkel, scribe; Isaac B. Barnes, captain of host; Charles S. Gusman, principal sojourner; Harry C. Baker, royal arch captain; Enoch F. Anderson, master of Ist veil; Nelson Wolfley, master 2nd veil; Bartan Walters, master of 3rd veil; Germain Joseph, treasurer; Stephen L. Grigsby, secre- tary; and Thomas R. Bell, guard.

Tyrian Council, No. 60, R. & S. M .- Upon the recommendation of Lancaster Council, No. 4, a number of the fraternity in Circleville ap -. plied for a dispensation to organize a council of Royal and Select Masters. On May 17, 1838, a dispensation was issued to William B. Thrall, thrice illustrious master; John H. Tennant, D. I. M .; George C. Gephart, prin- cipal conductor of work; Henry Sage, William Emmett, D. Kinnear, Matthias Robbins, S. Diffenderfer and J. M. Milligan, Royal and Select Masons, by William J. Reese, puissant grand master of the Grand Council of Ohio.

The first meeting under authority of the dispensation was held the same evening that it was granted, in the Masonic Hall, in the old Academy building, and petitions for degrees were received from 10 Royal Arch Masons, viz .: P. K. Hull, Jason Case, George Brun- ner, G. Botkin, E. Kirkbridge, H. J. Cheno- weth, J. W. Julian, D. Brunner, J. C. Hunter and George Try.

A charter was granted on June 22, 1838, by the Grand Council, in session at Lancaster, to Tyrian Council, No. 7. The council sur- vived for eight years, but at that time had en-

countered obstacles, which it could not over- come, and it suspended operations, the last record being a transfer of the funds of the council to Pickaway Lodge, No. 23, F. & A. M., for hall rent, in 1846.

The council lay dormant for 26 years, and was reorganized March 20, 1872, by a dispen- sation granted by Puissant Grand Master Jo- seph B. Conrad, to Companions E. Z. Hays, T. I. M .; S. A. Moore, D. I. M .; A. Smith, Prin. Con. W .; and J. Y. Duncan, Henry N. Hedges, Jr., Jacob Rutter, Jason Case, Wil- liam B. Thrall and Nelson J. Turney, Royal and Select Master Masons. Two days later, the council was constituted by Companion Orestes A. B. Senter, acting by proxy for l'. G. M. Joseph B. Conrad. The Grand Council of Ohio met in Columbus in October, and on October 12, 1872, a charter was granted to Tyrian Council, No. 60, Royal and Select Masters, signed by Joseph B. Conrad, P. G. M. On January 21, 1873, it was duly constituted by Companion O. A. B. Senter, by proxy from the puissant grand master.

The first petitions for membership came from Jesse D. Courtright, Samuel B. Evans, Samuel W. Courtright, George R. Miller, Theophilus K. Wittich, Battael H. Moore, John Courtright and Palmer Lowe.

Companion Samuel W. Courtright was chosen by the brethren of the State three years in succession, in 1875, 1876 and 1877, as thrice illustrious grand master of the Grand Council of Ohio. He is at this time second in seniority in point of service.

A vacancy occurring by death in the office of grand treasurer of the Grand Council, in 1876, Companion Samuel B. Evans was ap- pointed by Puissant Grand Master Courtright to fill the position and was re-elected and served thereafter until his death, which oc- curred May 14, 1902-a period of 26 years.

The council now has a membership of 92, and meets in Masonic Temple on the second Thursday of each month. They own $500 worth of stock in the Temple building.

The officers of Tyrian Council at the pres- ent time are : Jonathan R. Florence, T. I. M .; Nelson Wolfley, D. I. M .; Stuart R. Bolin,

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principal conductor of work; Germain Joseph, captain of guard; Charles S. Gussman, con- (luctor of class; L. M. Long, steward; Harry B. Weaver, treasurer; Stephen L. Grigsby, recorder ; Thomas R. Bell, sentinel.

Scioto Commandery, No. 35, K. T .- An application or petition to open a commandery at Circleville was presented to the Grand Com- mandery in session at Lancaster, in August, 1879, and on August 6th a dispensation was granted to Sir Knights Samuel W. Court- right, Samuel B. Evans, Lloyd W. Buckmas- ter, Charles F. Krimmel, Ira Busick, James O'Neal. Samuel M. Green, Battael H. Moore, Alva B. Courtright, Emanuel Westenhaver, John Courtright, Isaac N. Abernethy, Stephen L. Grigsby and Theophilus K. Wittich, nam- ing Samuel W. Courtright to be first eminent commander ; Samuel B. Evans, first generalis-' simo, and Charles F. Krimmel, first captain general. The dispensation was signed by Brenton D. Babcock, grand commander, and James Nesbitt, grand recorder. The following sir knights were appointed to complete the ros- ter of officers: Battael H. Moore, prelate; Theophilus K. Wittich, senior warden; Isaac N. Abernethy, junior warden; Ira Busick, treasurer; Stephen L. Grigsby, recorder; John Courtright, standard bearer; Emanuel Wes- tenhaver, sword bearer; Alva P. Courtright, warden; James O'Neal, sentinel.

There were II applications for the orders of knighthood at the first meeting held by the commandery, the late John L. Krimmel head- ing the list, and being the first upon whoni the work was conferred, on October. 30, 1879, there being present a large number of visiting knights, among whom were Jacob Randall, grand captain general; J. W. Lewis, past grand generalissimo; B. F. Reese and A. B. Robin- son, past commanders of Mount Vernon Com- mandery, No. 1, Columbus; C. W. Matthews, generalissimo, and C. Wiley, captain general, of Lancaster Commandery No. 2; F. H. Reh- winkel, commander, W. A. Wayland, treas- urer, and I. N. Miller, recorder of Chillicothe Commandery, No. 8, J. B. Hudson, generalis- simo, Robert Beeson. captain general, D. F.

Furtwangler, treasurer, H. D. Pursell, warden, and J. L. Milliken, sentinel, of Garfield Com- mandery, No. 28, Washington Court House; James E. Stewart, prelate of Palestine Com- mandery, No. 33; and a large number of sir knights.

Twenty-five members were added to the original dispensation list during the year, as follows : Thomas R. Bell, Scott C. Boggs, Andrew R. Bolin, Burr H. Bostwick, Daniel W. Boyer, Peter White Brown, Hartley R. Clarke, Wesley Davis, Lewis C. Dungan, Jon- athan R. Florence, Herdman E. Grand-Girard, Albert J. Grigsby, William A. Griner, Joshua Hedges, Robert Hughes, John L. Krimmel, Leander D. Lyon, Milton Morris, John D. Newton, Jr., William B. Renick, Joseph W. Swick, James Ward, William J. Weaver, Dill Wiegand and Frank A. Williams.

The charter was issued to the sir knights named in the dispensation on September 16, 1880, and the commandery was duly consti- tuted on November 10th of the same year, by Grand Commander J. Kelly O'Neal, and Dep- uty Grand Commander H. H. Tatem, assisted by sir knights from the following commander- ies : From Mount Vernon No. I, of Columbus ; Lancaster No. 2, Chillicothe No. 8, Calvary No. 13, Miami No. 22, and Garfield No. 28, of Washington Court House. The regularly elected officers were then duly installed by Grand Commander J. Kelly O'Neal, assisted by Deputy Grand Commander H. H. Tatem.

The officers were the same as those selected at the opening of the commandery with the exception that Charles F. Krimmel, captain general, asked to be excused from serving further and Samuel M. Greer was elected to fill the place.

Arrangements were duly made with the Masonic Temple Association for holding the conclaves of the commandery in the new Ma- sonic Temple, and such conclaves have con- tinued to be held there since that time.

There have been 35 deaths in Scioto Com- mandery since its organization, the first being that of Daniel Dum, on November 10, 1882; and the second, that of Benjamin Franklin Ruth, on September 29, 1883.

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Scioto Commandery has 105 members, who meet in the Masonic Temple, in which they own stock to the value of $3,220. The regular conclaves are held on the last Thursday of each month.

The officers of the commandery serving at the present time are: Richard A. Brown, eminent commander; Stuart R. Bolin. general- issimo; Samuel J. Irwin, captain general; Nel- son Wolfley, senior warden; Edward C. Rec- tor, junior warden; George H. Colvill, prelate; Israel U. Finkel, treasurer; Stephen L. Grigs- by, recorder; Edward T. Tootle, standard bearer; George P. Teegardin, sword bearer; George P. Hunsicker, warden; Thomas R. Bell, sentinel.

Circleville Chapter, No. 90, O. E. S., was instituted January 11, 1898, and a charter was granted October 14, 1898, to 42 charter mem- bers, as follows: Irwin Boggs, Mary M. Boggs, Theodore B. Long, Jennie A. Long, Andrew R. Bolin, Sophronia I. Bolin, Ger- main Joseph, Emma Joseph, Samuel W. Court- right, Jennie R. Courtright, Burdick Court- right, Florence C. Dunn, Stephen L. Grigsby, Mary E. Grigsby, Emma E. Grigsby, S. Jen- nie Grigsby, Israel U. Finkel, Ella Finkel, Henry C. Allen, Louise S. Allen, William J. Weaver, Ella M. Weaver, Emanuel S. Neud- ing, Mary Neuding, Margaret R. Caldwell. John P. Given, Emma Given, Margaret J. Morris, Emily E. Haswell, Marietta B. Up- ton, William E. Haswell, Clara Haswell, Al- bert J. Grigsby, Mary Grigsby, Lorenzo W. Lewis, Anna A. Lewis, Hyde C. Trask, Sarah E. Trask, Nellie Trask, Lizzie C. Blackstone, Nell H. Schleyer and Harriet R. Weldon.

The first officers, for the year ending in November, 1899, were as follows: Mary M. Boggs, worthy matron; Theodore B. Long, worthy patron; Sophronia I. Bolin, associate matron; Louise S. Allen, secretary ; Margaret R. Caldwell, treasurer; Jennie A. Long, con- ductress; Mary Neuding, associate conduc- tress; Emma E. Grigsby, Adah; Nell H. Schleyer, -Ruth; Burdick Courtright, Esther; Marie Grigsby, Martha; S. Jennie Grigsby, Electa; Margaret J. Morris, warder; Germain

Joseph, sentinel; Lizzie C. Blackstone, chap- lain ; Nellie Trask, marshal; Jennie R. Court- right, organist.

There are at the present time 106 members of Circleville Chapter, Order of the Eastern Star, who meet in the Masonic Temple on the second and fourth Tuesdays of each month. The officers at the present time, for the year ending in November, 1906, are as follows : Ella Finkel, worthy matron; Samuel Preston Deeds, worthy patron; Jennie R. Courtright, associate matron; Bertha Taylor, secretary; Louisa A. Miesse. treasurer; Carrie Patton, conductress ; Eva Black, associate conductress ; Laura A. Hughes, Adah; Melissa Colvill, Ruth; Anna Corne, Esther; Harriet Tee- gardin, Martha ; Nellie F. Chappelear, Electa ; Anna Ruth, warder; Sarah E. Trask, chap- lain; Belle T. Gearhart, marshal; Sophronia I. Bolin, Mary M. Boggs and Lizzie C. Black- stone, assistant marshals; Emma E. Grigsby. organist; and John Taylor, sentinel.

INDEPENDENT ORDER OF ODD FELLOWS.

Columbia Lodge, No. 32 .- According to arrangements previously made, the evening of Monday, August 12, 1844, five petitioners for a charter to conduct a lodge of Odd Fellows, met with a number of brethren from Charity Lodge, No. 7, of Lancaster, and Chillicothe Lodge, No. 24, in the lodge room of the Ma- sonic fraternity in the old Academy building, on Watt street, for the purpose of instituting a lodge. The brethren were called to order by R. W. G. G. Joseph Phares, of the Grand Lodge of Ohio, acting for the Grand Master, and Columbia Lodge, No. 32, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, was duly instituted, in accordance with the established usages and ceremonies of the order. A charter was pre- sented to Asa G. Spurgeon, William Med- craft, Henry A. Mccullough, Peter S. Hoff- man and George Umbaugh, signed on August 12, 1844, by Horatio N. Clark, M. W. G. M .: Jas. T. Snelbalser, R. W. D. G. M .; Joseph Roth; R. W. G. W .; Isaac Hefley, R. W. G. S .; Charles Thomas, R. W. G. T .; Joseph Phares, R. W. G. G .; Chatfield Walker. R. W.

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G. C .: Jacob Ernst, R. R. G. C .; Albert G. Day, G. C. S.

The officers for the ensuing quarter were then duly installed and took their seats, as fol- lows : Peter S. Hoffman, noble grand; Henry A. McCullough, vice grand; William Med- craft, secretary ; Samuel Marfield, treasurer (afterward initiated). The following candi- (lates were then proposed for membership, and upon being balloted for were duly elected, viz. : Justus B. Bell. George Wilmore, John Brotherlin, Joseph S. Redd, Fanus Crouse, W. N. Skinner, James H. Ladd, David Leonard and Samuel Marfield.

The candidates being in waiting were sol- emnly initiated into the mysteries of Odd Fel- lowship.

Hyram R. Geiger presented his visiting card from Charity Lodge, No. 82, held in Hali- fax. Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, and, after examination. was permitted to visit.

Committees were appointed to arrange for jewels, etc., and to draft by-laws.

On Friday evening of the same week, Au- gust 16th, the appointive officers were installed as follows: Fanus Crouse, R. S. of N. G .; Justus B. Bell, L. S. of N. G .: George Wil- more. conductor ; Joseph S. Redd, warden ; W. .N. Skinner and David Leonard, scene suppor- ters; James H. Ladd, inside guardian; John Brotherlin, outside guardian.

At the meeting of August 17th, a commit- tee was appointed, consisting of Fanus Crouse, WV. N. Skinner and William Medcraft, to pro- cure a suitable room for the lodge to hold its meetings in, and at the next meeting, Satur- day evening, August 24th, the committee re- ported as follows :

"The committee called on Dr. Olds, who offered them a suitable room for the term of five years, at the following price: $40 for the first year, and $50 a year for the remaining four years payable quarterly."

The committee was instructed to procure the room, and reported on August 31st that the room would be ready in about two weeks; and it is presumed that at about that time the lodge moved in, though the record does not show such fact. But on October 25th it was

unanimously agreed, upon motion of Brother Samuel Marfield, that "as the lodge had been at a considerable expense in furnishing carpet, each member who should spit upon said carpet, should pay a fine of $1," which was a wise precaution, though there is no means of ascer- taining the amount of profit accruing to the general fund thereby. The room was in the third story of the building on the north side of West Main street, adjoining the first alley west of Court street.

The lodge continued to meet in this room until the building at the corner of Court and Main streets was purchased by the lodge, and it has since had its quarters in that building. The purchase was made November 26, 1861, the title conveyed to Peter Kinney, Jacob H. Schryver and William W. Bierce, trustees, pos- session to be given by Felix Miller, the grantor, on April 1. 1862. The consideration was $10,000, and payment was made $4,000 on April 1, 1862, and $1, 131.42 on each succeed- ing April Ist for seven years. During the summer of 1862 the new hall was appropriately refitted and furnished and was then taken up as the permanent home of Odd Fellowship.

A contract was entered into between Co- lumbia Lodge and Pickaway Encampment whereby the encampment acquired an interest in the property, which now amounts to 35 per cent. The lodge also invested the Widows' and Orphans' Fund in the building and that fund now owns half the stock in the entire real estate.

" On December 13, 1894, the lodge and en- campment purchased the Wagner Block for $15.000. The Odd Fellows are the owners of by far the most valuable real estate of any lodge in the city; and it is clear of encum- brance. The lodge room proper is 40 feet wide and 55 feet in depth, while the ante-rooms and paraphernalia rooms are commodious, and the furnishings of all are well-appointed.

Columbia Lodge has for many years had by far the largest "Widows' and Orphans Fund" of any lodge in Ohio, it having been started as long ago as November 5, 1847, when a by-law was passed setting aside 10 per cent. of the whole receipts of the lodge for a fund,

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solely to be applied for the relief and support of indigent widows and orphans of deceased members of the lodge, and an additional ten per cent. of the whole receipts for a fund, solely to be applied for the education of indi- gent orphans of deceased members. A few years ago, the Odd Fellow law no longer re- quiring the setting aside of a certain per cent. after the fund has reached $500, and the fund of Columbia Lodge being about $15,000, the appropriation of a portion of the lodge receipts was discontinued, as the fund now more than sustains itself.

The Odd Fellows of Circleville have al- ways contributed liberally to their brethren in other parts, when overtaken by disaster, and to many other worthy objects, among others a contribution made February 26, 1851, to- ward the erection of the Washington Monu- ment. at the national capital.

The first death which occurred among the members of the lodge was that of John B. George, who was initiated November 7, 1845, and died December 28, 1845.^ The second death was that of James H. Ladd, who was initiated at the first meeting of the lodge on August 12, 1844. and died July 11, 1846.

Seventy-three members were initiated into the lodge within one year after its institution and 23 more within the next year.

Columbia lodge now has 154 members, senior of whom is William H. Yerington, of Banning. California, who was initiated at the age of 21 years, on April 23, 1847-60 years next April. In addition to seniority at the present time, he has been a member for a longer time than any one else, the second longest membership being that of Alfred Pedrick, the senior resident member, who was initiated March 18, 1848, and the third longest membership being that of E. Maynard, who was initiated January 24, 1845, and died June 9, 1903-a membership covering a period of 58 years, 4 months and 15 days. Brother Maynard was 99 years of age when he died.

The surviving brothers who have been members for over 50 years, besides Brothers Yerington and Pedrick, are: William Green, Gallatin, Tennessee, June 3, 1853; and Otis

Ballard, Toledo, Ohio, October 2, 1853. Eigh- teen brothers have been members over 40 years.

The officers for the present term are as follows: Socrates M. Yates, noble grand; Lewis E. Miller, vice grand; Lyman McGath, secretary ; George J. McMullen, treasurer; Al- bert C. Cook, right supporter of noble grand; Henry W. Fosnaugh, left supporter of noble grand; John H. Parks, warden ; John W. Lowe, conductor; W. E. Hampp, right scene sup- porter; Max Dulsky, left scene supporter; James A. Graham, outside guardian; John Beck, inside guardian : Samuel W. Courtright, chaplain; Clinton A. Leist, right supporter of vice grand; John A. Hoffman, left supporter of vice grand; Clarence Curtain, Samuel M. Lewis and Alfred English, trustees.

The lodge meets on Friday evening of each week.

Pickaway Encampment, No. 11 .- Upon petition from a number of members of Colum- bia Lodge, No. 32, I. O. O. F .. the Most Worthy Grand Lodge of the United States, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, through the Grand Encampment of Ohio, on the 6th day of December, 1845, issued a charter to the following patriarchs, authorizing them to conduct an encampment at Circleville, viz. : Edson B. Olds, Thomas Bown, Lorenzo H. Olds, John Brotherlin, Lyman N. Olds, Alex- ander P. Howe, James M. Pratt and Wilson Baker. The charter was duly signed by Isaac Hefley, grand chief patriarch; Chatfield Walker, grand high priest; John T. Blain, grand senior warden; W. Winters, grand junior warden: C. I. W. Smith, grand scribe; Samuel B. Neill, grand treasurer; Samuel Froomd, grand sentinel; Joseph Phares, dep- uty grand sire.

Upon the evening of Tuesday, April 21, 1846, the above-named petitioners except Thomas Bown, met in the hall of Columbia Lodge, pursuant to the call of Grand Chief Patriarch Isaac Hefley, and the patriarchal. golden rule and royal purple degrees were conferred upon them. An election for officers was then held, which resulted in the choice of Edson B. Olds for chief patriarch; Lorenzo

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H. Olds, high priest; Alexander P. Howe, senior warden; John Brotherlin, junior war- den; Wilson Baker, scribe; and James M: Pratt, treasurer; who were thereupon installed into their respective offices by Grand Chiet Patriarch Hefley and the encampment was de- clared a duly constituted encampment by the name and style of Pickaway Encampment No. II, of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, under the jurisdiction of the Grand Encamp- ment of Ohio.

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History of Pickaway County, Ohio and Representative Citizens, Part 42

Author: Aaron R. Van Cleaf Publication date: 1906 Publisher: Number of Pages: 923

Author: Aaron R. Van Cleaf
Publication date: 1906
Publisher:
Number of Pages: 923