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CHAPTER XXII.
SOCIETIES.
COMMENCING BACK IN THE OTHER CENTURY-RAPID INCREASE IN THE LAST FEW YEARS-ETC.
O NE of the oldest lodges in Northern Pennsylvania is Rural Amity Lodge, No. 70, F. & A. M., Athens, established by warrant, July 6, 1796. This was then Luzerne county, and lodges were established as follows: No. 108 at Wysox and Orwell, in 1808, and now in Towanda. The day named, the Grand Council of Philadelphia issued a warrant allowing it constituted as follows: Arnold Colt. mas- ter; Stephen Hopkins, senior warden, and Ira Stevens, junior warden. The following is a list of the members of Rural Amity Lodge, No. 70, who had been made Masons in Union Lodge, Newtown, previous to its organization : Capt. Ira Stephens, Maj. Elisha Satterlee, Gen. Simon Spalding, Col. John Spalding, Wm. Witter Spalding, Col. Jos. Kings- bury, John Shepard, Esq., David Paine and Isaac Cash, Rev. Noah Mur- ray, Rev. Moses Park and Stephen Hopkins.
Dr. Stephen Hopkins came to Tioga Point, in 1790, from Morris county, N. J., was long and well-known to the citizens of this valley, and his descendants still reside amongst us. The first Masonic record we find of him is in the minutes of the sixteenth meeting of Newtown Lodge, February 17, 1794, where he is recorded as a member. In 1800, he was made master of Lodge No. 70, and afterward was a hard worker for the success of the Lodge; was made a Royal Arch Mason in Athens, January 21, 1813, an honorary member in 1820, and died at Athens. March 24, 1841. Clement Paine was appointed secretary, Maj. Elisha Satterlee, treasurer; Joseph Kingsbury, senior deacon ; John Hutchinson, junior deacon; John Spalding, tyler. There were present, Gen. Simon Spalding, Chester Bingham, John Shepard, Col. David Pixley, Benjamin Wynkoop, William Witter Spalding, fourteen in all, who, by mutual assent became the original or charter members of the lodge.
Capt. Ira Stephens was a soldier of the Revolution, his certificate of honorable discharge, at the closing of the war, was signed by Gen- eral Washington. He was the father of Chester Stephens, also of the late Ira H. Stephens, of Towanda. Was made a Mason in New- town Lodge, February 24, 1794 ; was killed by a desperado in Angelica, N. Y., September 19, 1803, where he was buried with Masonic honors.
Clement Paine was born in Eastham, Mass., August 11, 1769 ; came to Tioga Point in 1794. He was a prominent merchant and citizen of this place till his old age. He delivered the first address before the Lodge at their first celebration of St. John's Day, December 27, 1798. He went to Troy, Bradford county, in 1845, to reside with his son, and died there, March 1, 1849.
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Maj. Elisha Satterlee was made a Mason in Newtown Lodge, Feb- ruary 24, 1794, and a Mark Master Mason, at Tioga Point, in 1809. He was the father of John F. Satterlee, and the grandfather of John F. Satterlee, Jr. Died at Athens, August 24, 1826, aged sixty-six years, and was buried with Masonic honors by the Lodge.
Gen. Simon Spalding was a resident of Sheshequin, where he had settled in 1783. He is well known in the history of Wyoming, as he held a captain's commission in troops raised for both Hartley's and Sullivan's expedition, in each of which he bore a part. He took the first step in Masonry in the Lodge at Newtown, June 23, 1794, but his second and third degrees in No. 70, March, 1799. He was born in Plainfield, Conn., 1741, and died at Sheshequin, January 24, 1814. Capt. John Spalding was a son of Gen. Simon Spalding and was initiated into the mysteries of Masonry at the same time and place with his father.
Wm. Witter Spalding was initiated at Newtown, June 23, 1794, was admitted a member of No. 70, May 21, 1798. He was grand- father of Maj. A. Hanson Spalding, late sheriff of Bradford county. Benjamin Wynkoop resided at Tioga Point at the date of organi- zation of the Lodge. Was a silversmith by trade. He had been made a Mason previous to his settling here, and was admitted as charter member of the Lodge.
At the re-organization of No. 70, under its old charter, .n November, 1846, the following named were its charter members: JosephKing- bury, Simon Spalding, John Spalding, Zephon Flowers. Dan Elwell, Ebenezer Shaw, J. F. Satterlee, Sr., Chester Stephens, Edward Her- rick, Thos. T. Huston, Ab'm Minier, C. Matthewson, Francis Tyler, Charles Comstock, W. H. Overton, S. S. Bailey, Ira H. Stephens, Guy Tozer, Harvey Beach, Samuel Huston, Thomas W. Hill, Wm. Hall, Wm. Kiff, A. P. Spalding. Also, Harvey Gore, Patrick Conroy, N. J. LeDioyt, H. T. McGeorge, Wm. Kendall, Jos. G. Wilkinson and Asahel Buck.
List of masters of Rural Amity Lodge: 1798, Arnold Colt ; 1799, Joseph Kingsbury ; 1800, Stephen Hopkins; 1801, Joseph Kingsbury ; 1810, Elisha Satterlee; 1811, Solomon Everts ; 1812, Joseph Kingsbury : 1816, John F. Satterlee ; 1818, Thomas T. Huston ; 1822, Eb. Backus ; 1823, Asahel Buck ; 1824, Joseph Kingsbury ; 1828; John F. Satterlee; 1829, Samuel Huston ; 1839, Charles Comstock ; 1847, John F. Satterlee ; 1849, Harvey Beech ; 1851, Wall'r Olmsted, 1852, Fred S. Hoyt ; 1856, Sidney Hayden ; 1858, Henry Mckinney, 1859, Sidney Hayden ; 1860, H. C. Baird ; 1862, Sidney Hayden ; 1865; Henry Mckinney; 1867, A. H. Seward; 1868, W. H. Mathewson ; 1869, E. Herrick. Jr. ; 1872, Joseph M. Ely, Jr. ; 1873, E. Herrick, Jr. ; 1874, Joseph M. Ely, Jr. ; 1875, E. P. Allen ; 1876, F. S. Morley ; 1877, H. C. Hayes ; 1878, George E. Davis ; 1879, F. M. Wells; 1880, D. W. Tripp. The present officers are: F. T. Sairs, W. M .; Charles Brown, S. W. ; Clarence W. Peck, J. W .; Job Griffin, treasurer ; George E. Davis. secretary. Present membership, 125.
A. F. & A. M .- Union Lodge, No. 108, Towanda, was chartered March 7th, 1807, and was instituted April 3rd following, by Joseph
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Kingsbury, at the house of Amos Mix, in Wysox, with the following officers : Horatio Grant, W. M .; Amos Mix, S. W .; Ebenezer Tuttle, J. W .; Josiah Grant, Treas .; Geo. Scott, Sec .; William Myer, steward ; Cyp. Grant, S. D .; William B. Whitney, J. D .; William B. Foster, tiler. As set forth in the charter, the meetings of the Lodge were to be held alternately in the townships of Orwell and Wysox. This arrangement was observed till about 1815-16, when the house of William Myer in Wysox was selected as the place of meeting, and continued as such until 1829. Owing to the anti-Masonic movements at this time, the Lodge only met on rare occasions till November 14, 1839, when a meeting was held at the house of William Myer, and the Lodge thoroughly and energetically revived. Since that time its meet- ings have been continuous. In December, 1839, the scene of its labors was changed to Towanda, where its meetings were at first held in the old " Fire Proof," and since 1856-57 in the Kingsbury block. In 1887 it was removed to the Chamberlin block, where it still remains. The present officers are : Frank C. McKee, W. M .; John N. Califf, S. W .; William H. Minor, J. W .; William Chamberlin, Treas .; James H. Codding, Sec. It has a membership of 184.
Union Royal Arch Chapter, No. 161, was chartered in 1846. Its present officers are : Chas. P. Welles, H. P .; Sam. W. Buck, king; John N. Califf, scribe ; William Chamberlin, Treas .; James H. Cod- ding, Sec. It has a membership of 129.
Northern Commandery, No. 16, was chartered in 1856. The pres- ent officers are : E. C., S. W. Buck ; Gen., T. B. Johnson ; C. G., L. R. Frost ; Treas., Wm. Chamberlin ; . Sec'y, Jas. H. Codding.
Mt. Moriah Lodge, No. 150, F. & A. M., Troy, was chartered in 1817, with Ezra Long as first master. This was the third Lodge chartered in Bradford county. The members of this Lodge in 1823 were as follows : Ezra Long, Stephen Fowler, James Long. John Calkins, Howard Spalding, John Barber, Elikin Case, Charles Taylor, Reuben Smead, Daniel A. Balcon, John B. Murphy, Churchill Barnes, Jacob Carter, Seth Rowley, William Gernert, Joshua G. Landon, Wilbur Reuben, Vine Baldwin, Cauklin Baker, William White, Francis Mead, Oliver Besley, Nath. Blakesley, Hoyt Ballord, Harvey Park- hurst, Lera Dodge, Alex. Hughes, Griffin Bailey, William Pratt, Erastus Lillibridge, Richard Comfort, Amos Strickland, Sylvester Streeter. Asa Pratt. The officers in 1824 were Eliker Case, W. M .; Charles Taylor, S. W .; John Barber, J. W .; Jacob Carber, Sec .; Reuben Smead, Treas. About this time they held their meetings at Vail Baldwin's house in Troy township, on the old Porter road, two miles out of the borough. It was kept up till July 16, 1823, and here the records seem to be lost. That the Order was still in existence is evidenced by a letter addressed to Howard Spalding, W. M. of Mt. Moriah Lodge, also a letter addressed to Churchill Barnes, Sec., dated December 14, 1824. In 1826, five members were added to the list, viz .: William Garnert, Ezra Landon, James Lukist, Charles Salsbury, William S. Ingles. The Lodge, it is supposed, surrendered its charter in 1827, after which it was again revived ; it then surrendered its charter a second time, in 1837, during the Morgan excitement. The charter
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members of this Lodge are supposed to have revived the Lodge June 25, 1857, under the name of the Trojan Lodge, No. 306, at Canton. The following are the charter members: D. Perry Elliott, David Babcock, Newton Landon, Warren Landon, Andrew E. Watts, William W. Whit- man. Present officers are : Isaac Cleaver, W. M .; Robert C. Kendall, Sec.
Trojan Lodge, No 306 .- The following are the officers for 1891 : Isaac Cleaver, W. M .; Milton O. Loomis, S. W .; J. T. McCollom, J. W .; Edward VanDine, Treas .; Robt. C. Kendall, Sec .; Daniel Fleisher, S. D .; Dr. G. W. Gregory, J. D .; Fred Taylor, S. M. C .; Dr. Thomas Gamble, J. M. C .; Dr. P. N. Barker, Purs .; J. W. Gould, tyler; Rev. F. T. Eastment, chaplain.
Past Masters .-- Elihu Case, 1857-58; Irad Wilson, 1859 ; R. C. Rockwell, 1860-61 ; C. S. Mckean, 1862 ; Irad Wilson, 1863-64; Wm. C. Kendall, 1865 ; Delas Rockwell, 1866-67-68.
Canton Commandery was first called Minnequa Commandery, organized June 29, 1886, with the following members: Charter mem- bers-J. E. Cleveland, W. C. Crippen, Henry J. Benedict, Andrew D. Foss, H. Eugene Landon, Almeron Burt, George H. Webb, M. O. Loomis, E. G. Tracey, Hollister Catlin, Luman Putnam, Jr., T. Murray Watts, V. M. Boiser, A. M. Jewett, William A. Weaver, Charles G. Sayles, Murray Moore, Jno. N. Wolfe, W. W. Whitman, Ex. Com .; A. C. Fanning, general; W. L. Selden, captain gen- eral ; C. E. Stone, G. F. Kinse, Theodore Pierce, Vine H. Baldwin, Charles E. Bullock, Mial E. Lilley, Daniel J. Moran, E. L. Manley, Warren Landon, Newton Landon, Jno. A. Innes, Daniel Innes, John E. Dobbins, Isaac Cleaver, E. J. Hill, J. H. Grant, Liston Bliss, B. B. Mitchell, Delos Rockwell, George D. Leonard, J. C. Strait, E. E. Van- Dine, J. H. Brown.
Present officers-Isaac Cleaver, eminent commander ; Newton Lan- don, generallisimo; E. Everett Van Dine, captain general; Theodore Pierce, treasurer; Charles E. Bullock, recorder.
Canton Lodge, No. 415, F. and A. M., was chartered March 4, 1868, with following charter members: D. Perry Elliott, David Babcock, Newton Landon, Chas. W. Landon, Warren Landon, Andrew E. Watts, William W. Whitman. The following are the first officers :
Charles W. Landon, W. M. ; Warren Landon, S. W. ; William W. Whitman, J. W. ; D. Perry Elliott, Treas. ; Byron W. Clark, Sec'y. ; David Babcock, S. D. ; Andrew E. Watts, J. D., Ebenezer L. Manley, S. M. C. ; Simeon P. Barnes, J. M. C .; Newton Landon, pursuivant ; George W. Tooker, tyler. The present officers are Chas. D. Derrah, W M. ; John A. Innes, S. W. ; Willis T. Davison, J. W. ; Theo. Pierce, Treas. ; Chas. E. Riggs, Sec.
Evergreen Lodge, No. 163, F. & A. M., of Monroeton, was organized March 1, 1819. The first officers were: Eliphalet Mason, W. M .; Simon Kinney, S. W .; Russel Fowler, J. W. The present officers are: F. F. Lomax, W. F .; P. E. Allen, secretary. The charter was surrendered for a short time during the Morgan troubles, but was soon restored.
Roman Lodge, No. 418, of Rome, was organized March 9, 1868. The present officers are: L. R. Browning, W. M .; I. M. Thompson, Sec.
Smithfield Lodge, No. 428, of East Smithfield, was organized Septem-
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ber 10, 1868. The present officers are: Geo. M. Bird, W. M .; Wilson F. Voorhis, secretary.
Le Ray Lodge, No. 471, of Le Raysville, was organized June 22, 1870. The following are the past masters: W. S. Heaton, S. W. Little, H. H. Atwood, M. E. Warner, H. B. Taylor, W. H. Darling, J. G, Bensley, B. P. Pendleton, S. B. Tupper, W. B. Payson, L. A. Codding, J. P. Bosworth. The following are the present officers : Scott W. Johnson, W. M .; Hollis H. Atwood, secretary ; L. E. Gran- ger, S. W .; J. V. Kecler, J. W .; Frank Brister, treasurer; William Darling, chaplain. Present membership, 40.
. Athens Sisterhood Branch, No. 586, O. I. H. The officers for 1891 are : Past chief justice, Mrs. Phebe E. Newhart; chief justice, Mrs. Frank Campbell; vice justice, Mrs. Margaret Stickel ; account- ant, Mrs. Ethan Jakeway ; cashier, Mrs. Ada Hodge; adjuster, Mrs. H. F. Johnson ; prelate, Mrs. J. C. Flood ; herald, Mrs. J. L. Elsbree ; watchman, Mrs. Linda Lewis; vidette, Mrs. A. L. Munn ; trustee, Mrs. Lueyett Rogers, Mrs. Caroline Kenyon, Mrs. Lizzie Wolcott; medical examiner, C. L. Stevens, M. D.
Royal Arcanum, Queen Esther Council, No. 1153, was organized May 10, 1889. Charter members: J. W. Murrell, H. C. Hayes, Edward Mills, G. H. Curtis, James B. Maney, Theo. Mullock, Chas. .T. Hull, R. N. Lowe, James Bennett, I. Loewy, N. V. Weller, Harry L. Towner, Elliott M. Frost. The first officers were : J. W. Murrele, R .; H. C. Hayes, V. R .; E. Mills, O .; George H. Curtis, P. R .; James B. Maney, Sec .; T. O. Mullock, Col .; Chas. T. Hull, Treas .; R. N. Lowe, chaplain; James Bennett, G .; I. Loewy, W .; Nathan V. Weller, S. Present officers: Miles Finch, R .; James F. Dyer, V. G .; E. Mills, O .; James Maney, P. R .; S. Loewy, Sec .; D. J. McAffee, Col .; C. T. Hull, Treas .; C. L. Stevens, chaplain ; Chas. Horton, G .; R. N. Lowe, W .; A. P. Palmer, S .; trustees, E. Mills, J. B. Maney, C. L. Stevens.
Sayre Council, No. 1175, Royal Arcanum, was organized Aug. 3, 1889, with a charter membership of 19. The present officers are: C. H. Strauss, R. ; Jas. Raub, V. R. ; J. W. Richards, O .; C. L. Francisco, P. R .; A. T. Stark, Secy .; Andrew Harvie, collector ; J. S. Haupt, Treas. ; G. W. Brassington, chaplain ; J. H. Lynn, guide; F. H. Geiss, warden ; E. Berger, sentry. Present membership, 26.
Asa Packer Lodge No 156, Order Fraternal Guardians, was organized Dec., 30, 1890, with the following officers: W. I. Feed, C. G. ; James Adam, V. G. ; A. P. Kremer, P. C. G .; Chas. C. West, Sec .; W. E. Shipley, chaplain ; Herman Bolich, guide; E. O. Pealer, Treas.
Sayre Division, No. 380, Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, was organized Feb., 12, 1888, with a membership of 12. The first officers were: S. D. Scholey, Chief Eng .; E. A. Vaughn, first engineer ; E. Dietrick, Sec. Eng. ; W. H. Eaton, First Asst. Eng .; G. Decker, Sec. Asst. Eng .; L. E. Delaney, Third Asst. Eng .; C. Palmer, guide; H. H. Brown, chaplain. Present membership, 65.
Weaver Lodge, No. 379, B. of L. F., was organized Jan. 29, 1888, with a charter membership of 12. The charter officers were: E. Car- penter, P. M. ; John Durkin, M. ; Dennis Hays, V. M. ; C. L. Burrows,
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S .; W. J. Stewart, C .; E. E. Welton, R .; A. C. Burr, M. A .; Fred Brown, W .; Geo. Kirkland, C. D .; Fred Meeker, I. G .; J. C. Mc- Nerney, O. G. ; W. H. Cowell, C. H. The present officers are: John Durkin, P. M .; W. E. Preston, M .; Floyd Meeker, V. M .; James Denton, S. ; W. J. Stewart, C .; Johnson Walt, R .; H. C. Beam, M. A .; Joseph Hay, W .; Geo. Kirkland, C. D .; W. S. Kirkwood, I. G. ; John McDonald, O. G .; H. C. Beam, C. H.
Alumni Association of the Collegiate Institute. The officers are: John W. Codding, A. M., Pres. ; Chas. M. Homet, Vice Pres .; Emma L. Welles, Sec. ; N. N. Betts, Treas.
Wysox Pomona Grange, No. 23, P. of H .- President, Louis Piollet ; secretary, Dwight Kellnm. At a meeting held in Wysox, May 28, 1891, sixteen granges were represented by delegates. Some of the supporters of the Grange are: A. O. Tracy, C. J. Beardsley, F. W. Bullock, E. J. Ayres and Albert Cornell.
The " Golden Cycle," or, more properly, The International Frater- nal Alliance, of Baltimore, Md., was organized in this county in Jan- uary, 1889. D. N. Sargent, of Wellsburgh, N. Y., acting as attorney in organizing it.
Union Agricultural Society, Canton : President, J. H. Brown ; vice-president, F. A. Owen ; treasurer, George A. Guernsey ; secretary, Charles D. Derrah ; directors, John A. Innes, E. W. Sweet, A. H. Spencer.
Towanda Lodge, No. 290, K. of P., was organized in 1871, largely through the instrumentality of H. S. Clark. At its organization the principal officers were: H. S. Clark, V. P .; H. J. Madill, C. C .; G. H. Horton, V. C .; A. D. Harding, K. of R. S. On the establishment of the Order in the county Mr. Clark was appointed District Deputy G. C., and held the office for two years. The deputies who have suc- ceeded him have been H. J. Madill, O. A. Black, B. F. Crossley, B. Benedict, and J. N. Califf, the present incumbent.
Mountain Cliff Lodge, K. of P., of Barclay, was organized April 8, 1873. The first officers were, John Kellock, V. P .; F. M. Miner, C. C .; William Johnson, V. C .; John Noble, K. of R. S.
Monroeton Lodge, No.2083, K.of H., was organized March 9, 1880. Has a membership of 33. Present officers : Theo. Ackley, D .; C. W. Walker, F. R .; J. H. Devore, S. V. D .; E. B. Young, Treas .; O. II. Rockwell, Sec.
Ulster Lodge, No. 2057, K of H., was organized February 19, 1880. The first officers were: James Mather, P. D .; James Irving, D .; J. F. Ammerman, V. D .; W. R. Weller, A. D .; E. F. Messerem, R. The present officers are: C. C. Geotchins, D .; W. W. Easterbrook, A. D .; James Kane, R .; J. Q. Sullivan, F. N. R. Present membership is ten.
Bradford Encampment, No. 41, I. O. O. F., at Towanda, was chartered June 22, 1846. The following were the charter officers: William H. Strickland, C. P. ; D. C. Salisbury, H. P .; E. W. Morgan, S. W .; G. F. Mason, J. W .; I. H. Stephens, scribe. The Society was reorganized Aug. 26, 1872. The present officers are: F. J. Kingsley, C. P. ; O. L. Stevens, H. P. ; E. E. Walters, S W .; J. O. Baker, J. W .; J. W. VanTuyl, scribe; J. H. Codding, Treas .; E. J. Browning,
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O. S. ; H. J. Hayes, I. S .; J. M. Morrison, G. ; J. J. Eilenberger, first W .; S. P. Smith, second W .; A. R. Owen, third W .; F. J. Timm, fourth W. ; H. A. Vail, first G. to T .; M. E. Chubbuck, second G. to T. Number of members, forty-six.
Canton Encampment, No. 184, I. O. O. F., was organized April 17, 1869. The present officers are : J. M. Bush, C. P .; Allen Baker, H. P. ; M. Close, S. W .; E. J. Cleveland, J. W .; Edward Newman, S .; H. H. Taylor, T .; W. H. Williams, O. S .; C. B. Worden, I. S .; G. C. Lathrop, G. Present membership, 30.
Bradford Lodge, No. 167, I. O. O. F., Towanda, was chartered March 9, 1846, and instituted July 7, 1846, with the following officers : William Elwell, N. G .; Stephen Pierce, V. G .; Charles Reed, sec- retary ; O. R. Taylor, treasurer ; E. W. Baird, Asst. secretary. The present officers are : J. H. Hayes, N. G .; Scott S. Watson, V. G .; James H. Codding, treasurer ; M. E. Chubbuck, secretary ; W. J. Lent, Asst. secretary. It has a membership of 105.
Priam Lodge, No. 247, I. O. O. F., Troy, was organized May 17, 1847. The first officers were : Francis Smith, N. G .; Erastus W. Hazzard, V. G. ; William F. Newbery, secretary ; Franklin S. Ayles- worth, A. S .; Curtis T. Fitch, treasurer ; the present officers are: W. P. Case, N. G .; W. S. Brown, V. G .; J. R. Willour, secretary ; H. M. Spalding, A. S .; Warren Case, treasurer. The Lodge now numbers forty-two members.
Canton Lodge, No. 321, I. O. O. F., was organized June 19, 1848, with the following officers : William Gosline, N. G .; W. S. Baker, V. G .; A. G. Pickard, secretary ; S. H. Newman, Asst. secretary ; John W. Griffin, treasurer. The following are the present officers : L. A. Bates, N. G .; E. J. Cleveland, V. G .; E. Newman, secretary ; F. W. Miller, Asst. secretary ; H. C. Stone, treasurer. The present member- ship is ninety-seven.
Athens Lodge, No. 165, I. O. O. F., was organized during the summer of 1846, but as the records were burned, the exact date of organization can not be ascertained. The first officers were : O. D. Satterlee, N. G., E. S. Mathewson, V. G .; O. Shipman, secretary : J. H. Welles; treasurer; I. H. Stephens, Asst. secretary. The present officers are : I. Loewy, N. G .; M. R. Heath, V. G .; J. H. Northrup, assistant secretary ; J. J. Kimball, treasurer.
Wyalusing Lodge, No. 503, I. O. O. F., was organized April 14, 1854, at the house of J. S. Thomas. Charter members : Joshua Bur- rows, Lorin Camp, Hiram Elliott, George Acroyd, James Beaumont, H. Black, H. Buck, J. D. Camp, L. B. Camp, F. S. Camp, J. S. Angle, V. Smith, J. Fee, J. C. Bartholf, Homer Camp, Steward Bosworth. First officers : Joshua Burrows, N. G .; Hiram Elliott, V. G .; S. W. Camp, Sec .; J. S. Thompson, A. S .; H. Black, Treas. Present officers : U. G. Peet, N. G .; C. S. Chaffee, V. G .; T. C. Lee, Sec .; C. S. Lafferty, Treas .; James Beaumont, Treas .; P. H. Sumner, Con .; G. H. Titus, R. S .; Frank Chamberlain, L. S .; C. J. Vosburg, R. S. to V. G .; A. C. Hammerly, L. S. to V. G .; W. S. Chaffee, I. G .; H. B. Lyon, O. G .; W. T. Depue, R. S. S .; N. B. Overton, L. S. S.
Austinville Lodge, No. 326, I. O. O. F., of Austinville, was organ-
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ized December 31, 1872, with twenty-two charter members. The present officers are : William Fisk, N. G .; M. H. Block, V. G .; W. D. Canfield, secretary ; J. S. Aspinwall, treasurer. Present membership, twenty-eight.
Valley Lodge, No. 446, I. O. O. F., Sheshequin, was organized July 18, 1851. The first officers were : Thomas Kinney, N. G .; Chas. H. Ames, V. G .; A. J. Cole, recording secretary; Samuel Griffin, A. S .; Elishu Satterlee, Treas. The present officers are : Addison R. Gillett, N. G .; Leland Griffin, V. G .; Walter S. Elsbree, recording secretary; Jacob P. Rogers, assistant secretary; George Childs, treasurer. The present membership is seventy-seven.
Monroeton Lodge, No. 137, I. O. O. F., was chartered November 17, 1845, and instituted February 12, 1846. The first officers were : D. C. Salisbury, N. G .; E. W. Morgan, V. G .; G. F. Mason, secretary; W. H. Strickland, treasurer. The present officers are : R. D. Phillips, N. G .; John M. Harvey, V. G .; John Dumfee, secretary; I. M. Piatt, assistant secretary. The present number of members is sixty-seven.
Springfield Lodge No. 381, I. O. O. F., was organized February 28, 1850, with the following as first officers: Thomas Smead, N. G .; H. W. Root, V. G .; Dr. Theo. Wilder, secretary; C. P. Williams, treasurer.
Le Rays Lodge, No. 416, I. O. O. F., was organized October 31, 1850, with the following as first officers: Dr. C. S. Dusenbury, N. G .; Steven Gorham, V. G .; L. P. Blackman, secretary; John Baldwin, treasurer.
Rome Lodge, No. 480, I. O. O. F., was organized September 12, 1853, with the following as first officers : H. D. Towner, N. G .; J. 11. Allen, V. G .; W. H. Shaw, secretary. Present officers: E. E. Chub- buck, N. G .; Bert Boardman, V. G .; S. O. Allen, secretary ; D. S. Boardman, assistant secretary ; L. C. Meracle, treasurer.
Asylum Lodge, No. 488, I. O. O. F., was instituted July 21, 1853, with the following as first officers: Henry Kinney, N. G .; D. L. States, V. G .; A. J. Stone, secretary ; David Wilson, treasurer.
Wyalusing Lodge, No. 503, I. O. O. F., was instituted April 14, 1854, with the following as first officers: Joshua Burrows, N. G .; Hiram Elliott, V. G .; L. W. Camp, secretary ; Harrison Black, treasurer.
New Albany Lodge, No. 682, I. O. O. F., was organized December 23, 1869, with the following as first officers : G. W. Burdick, N. G .; G. H. Kendall, V. G .; S. D. Steriger, secretary ; D. W. Harshburger, treasurer.
Granville Centre Lodge, No. 687, I. O. O. F., was organized December 24, 1869, with the following as first officers : Robert Innis, N. G .; M. O. Loomis, V. G .; P. M. Sayles, secretary ; Adam Innis, treasurer.
Aspinwall Lodge, No. 789, I. O. O. F., was organized March 14, 1872, with the following as first officers: James R. Brasted, N. G .; J. D. Wolfe, V. G .; Geo. H. Knapp, secretary; Ed. Wright, treasurer.
Barclay Lodge, No. 807, I. O. O. F., was organized July 12, 1872,
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with the following as first officers: Chas. Ilutchinson, N. G .; John Ditchburn, V. G .; L. S. Kelder, secretary ; Ed. Wheatley, treasurer.
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