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LODGES AND SOCIETIES.
ODD FELLOWS.
Miners' Lodge, No. 20, was instituted December 14th, 1829, by William L. Brown, of Philadelphia, the charter members being George Dedrick, John Espey, Andrew Sheridan, Joseph W. Gordon, and George W. Duncan.
On the same evening the following persons were initiat- ed: Samuel S. Wallace, John Miller, Jacob Buckwalter, and Frank Vanhorn; after which the following officers were installed: N. G., John Espey; V. G., George W. Duncan; Sec., James S. Wallace; Treas., Jacob Buckwal- ter. George Dedrick was appointed D. D. G. M. for the region. Three meeting nights a week had to be appoint- ed, so great was the desire of persons to become ini- tiated.
Samuel J. Potts, who is now the sitting past grand, and has just passed the chairs for the second time, is the oldest living member of the lodge. He was admitted by card January 25th, 1830, and was the district deputy grand master some fifteen consecutive years.
March 15th, 1830, the first by-laws were adopted. May 24th, 1830, the first public procession of Odd Fellows took place in this region, and was participated in by the members of Schuylkill and Miners' lodges. August 18th, 1832, the first degree lodge was instituted by the union of Hayden, Schuylkill and Miners' lodges.
In 1837 the lodge authorized the trustees to subscribe $1,000 toward the stock of the Town Hall Association, which amount was lost upon the failure of the associ- ation.
April 22nd, 1851, the first purchase of the grounds now known as the Odd Fellows' Cemetery was made by this lodge. Additional plots have been added from time to time until now it comprises some fourteen acres. A per- manent fund is being established from a portion of the proceeds of sales of lots, to protect and provide for the future maintenance of the grounds. The lodge has in- vested some $15,000 in this cemetery. June 3d, 1862, the lodge donated and set apart eight lots as a free burial place for soldiers, and up to the present time these lots contain 36 graves.
March 19th, 1876, Miners' Lodge lost all its pharapher- nalia and furniture by the burning of the old town hall. No insurance. April Ist, 1876, Miners', Lily of the Val- ley, Girard and Hayden lodges and Franklin Encamp- ment effected lease on Lyceum Hall for the term of five years. Here all Odd Fellows' meetings are held.
At the celebration of the 50th anniversary of the insti- tution of the lodge, on the evening of January 6th, 1880, Past Grand Sire James B. Nicholson, in company with D. G. M. Alfred R. Potter, of the grand lodge of the State, was present and assisted to initiate a class of twenty- three candidates, comprising some of the best young men of the town.
Miners' Lodge No. 20 is the oldest beneficial order in Schuylkill county, and is rightly termed the mother of Odd Fellowship in this region. Since its institution some 850 candidates have passed through its portals, and from a membership composed mostly of miners at its in- stitution, there are but three living members at present who are known to have followed that occupation. The receipts from dues and cemeteries have been over $40,000. Funeral and weekly benefits have been paid amounting to $15,000. The present membership is 106.
The present officers are: N. G., Frank R. Pershing;
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ODD FELLOWS' AND MASONIC LODGES, POTTSVILLE.
V. G., D. F. O'Brien; secretary, Charles H. Parker; as- sistant secretary, H. P. Laner; treasurer, Julius Knerten. R. S. Chrisman, M. P. Walker, James G. Lowrey, A. L. Boehmer, C. V. Archambaultephen Rogers, John R. Mortimer, Charles N. McGinnes, F. L. Cooch and E. D. Smith fill the subordinate official stations. The trustees are Sol. Hoover, R. B. Barrett and William Smith; cemetery committee-John Pollard, F. R. Pershing, C. H. Parker; sexton at cemetery, James Robertson.
Hayden Lodge, No. 44, was chartered in 1832, and the early meetings were held in a private house in Centre street. Their next place of meeting was in the town hall, which was occupied by this lodge when it was burned in 1876. At that time the property of the lodge, including the records and charter, was burned. John G. Conrad, Stephen S. Taylor, John P. Bertram, John G. Brown, Henry Gressang, Francis Barth, and Simon Strouse were among the early members and prominent officers of this lodge. The present officers are: Louis Stoffregen, N. G .; George Bader, V. G .; John P. Ber- tram, secretary, and Frederick Leffler, treasurer.
Girard Lodge, No. 53, was instituted December 10th, 1832, with Phillip Hoffa N. G .; Almond Phillips, V. G .; Henry Mathers, secretary; H. G. Stambuch, treasurer; Jacob Olewine, recording secretary. The present officers are: C. C. Hay, N. G .; John P. Stine, jr., V. G .; Abram McNeal, secretary; William M. Zerbey, treasurer; Frank Esterly, assistant secretary.
Lily of the Valley Lodge, No. 281, dates from Novem- ber 8th, 1847. Its charter officers were: Thomas Foster, N. G .; Henry A. Achternacht, V. G .; Joseph P. Smith, secretary; Jacob D. Rice, treasurer; J. S. Elliott, assist- ant recording secretary. The officers for 1880 in the same order are: J. W. White, William H. Stodd, John Bolich, Daniel L. Krebs and William Bearstler.
Franklin Encampment, No. 4, was instituted at Potts- ville January 24th, 1834. The charter officers were: Chief Patriarch, Stephen Taylor; senior warden, Benja- min T. Taylor; junior warden, Charles H. Richards; high priest, Charles F. Mann; scribe, A. L. Williams; treas- urer, Strange N. Palmer.
MASONIC.
For several years prior to 1876 Schuylkill county con- stituted the fifth of the twenty-seven masonic districts of Pennsylvania, but in that year the district was enlarged to include Columbia county. The Grand Lodge of the State is represented in this district by D. D. G. M. Christopher Little, of Pottsville.
Pulaski Lodge, No. 216, A. Y. M. was the second masonic lodge organized in Schuylkill county. It was chartered June 6th, 1831, and on July 9th William B. Potts, acting as R. W. G. M., instituted the lodge and installed Joseph E. Sorber, W. M .; Strange N. Palmer, S. W .; and Samuel Huntzinger, J. W. This ceremony was performed in the old stone dwelling house of David Phillips, on Centre street. After a few years the lodge met for a short time in the attic of the Exchange Hotel,
but when the town hall was built, in 1841, a room in it was prepared for a lodge room.
Thus far there had been an increase of only five in the membership of the lodge, and the destitute condition of the treasury rendered special subscriptions necessary. The prosperity that has marked the later years of this lodge dates from 1853, when a committee consisting of C. Little, John Hughes, William L. Whitney and Heister Clymer, as representatives of the younger element of the lodge, made a full investigation of the crooked accounts of the lodge, and established a basis for future operations.
On St. John's day, 1859, the lodge held its first session in Bright's building, Centre street. The lodge paid $1,060 for ten years use of these rooms, and expended about three times as much to fit and furnish them. These rooms well served the purposes of the craft, but when the Pennsylvania National Bank building was erected, in 1872, a very desirable hall was offered at $500 per an- num, and upon those terms a lease was taken for fifty years. This hall was fitted up and furnished at an ex- pense of $6,000, making it not only the most suitable but one of the best furnished lodge rooms in the State.
From the first this lodge has included in its member- ship many of the best men in Pottsville. The following is the list of acting members in the order of their elec- tion: Joseph Sorber, Benjamin Thurston, Andrew B. White, Isaac Beck, Charles Ellet, Benjamin W. Cum- mings, Andrew B. White, Jesse Foster, Thomas J. Baird, Samuel J. Potts, James S. Carpenter, Lawrence F. Whit- ney, Andrew B. White, John K. Souders, C. Fegen Jack- son, John F. Whitney, Henry L. Cake, Hiester Clymer, John Hughes, Christopher Little, Henry A. Achter- nacht, William L. Whitney, M. Edgar Richards, Decatur E. Nice, William D. Hodgson, Daniel Washburn, Francis M. Nichols, Michael F. Maize, John M. Miller, Jacob Greenwald, J. Oliver Roads, Lebbeus W. Bosbyshell, Henry C. Russel, Daniel D. Moreton, John P. Bertram, Jacob F. Emhardt, Levi Huber, William Kendrick, Fred- erick D. Fernsler, John F. Muth, R. F. Lee, William H. Robinson, M. D., J. J. Cake and James G. Lowrey.
The officers for 1881 are. Robert A. Reid, W. M .; George W. Eiler, S. W .; Robert S. Chrisman, J. W. Milton Boone, treasurer; Charles M. Lewis, jr., secretary.
The royal arch chapters of Schuylkill county formerly composed the 18th district of Pennsylvania, but the county is now a part of the 6th district, under the juris- diction of the G. H. R. A. Chapter of Pennsylvania. The district includes Columbia, Montour and Northum- berland counties. Abraham K. Whitner, of Pottsville, is the deputy grand high priest of this district.
Mountain City Chapter, No. 196, R. A. M .- On the 29th of March, 1860, this chapter was instituted, with nine charter members, of whom Daniel Washburn was M. E. H. P .; Washington Reifsnyder, king; William Milnes, jr., scribe; C. Little, secretary; Lawrence F. Whitney, treasurer. The successive high priests for twenty years were: William Milnes, jr., Rev. Samuel F. Colt, H. C. Russel, Jacob Greenwald, C. Little, Michael F. Maize, Rev. Emanuel Oppenheim, John P. Bertram,
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Jacob F. Emhardt, David H. Seibert, L. H. Koch, W. S. Sheafer, W. H. Lewis, A. K. Whitner, T. B. Inness, J. G. Lowrey, Levi Huber, D. D. Moreton and William Beck. The officers for 1881 were: J. J. Cake, M. E. H. P .; William D. Pollard, king; Hugh N. Coxe, scribe; John P. Bertram, treasurer; D. D. Moreton, secretary.
Constantine Commandery, No. 91, K. T. was instituted May 24th, 1871, with twenty-seven charter members. The first officers were: Walter S. Sheafer, E. C .; Jacob T. Emhardt, Gen .; David H. Seibert, Capt. Gen .; Henry B. Davis, treasurer; Charles H. Woltjen, recorder. Emi- nent commanders have been elected as follows: Jacob Emhardt, David H. Seibert, Charles H. Woltjen, James G. Lowrey, A. K. Whitner, Charles H. Dengler, William Beck, F. D. Sterner. The official posts were as follows in April, 1880: Levi Huber, E. C .; Samuel Hower, Gen .; J. J. Cake, Capt. Gen .; D. H. Seibert, treasurer; J. G. Lowrey, recorder.
Gowen Post, No. 22, Grand Army of the Republic, Department of Pennsylvania, was organized on the 22nd day of January, A. D., 1867, with Jacob G. Frick, Oliver C. Bosbyshell, J. K. Rorer, William Auman, Samuel R. Russell, Joshua K. Sigfried, Clem W. Evans, Frank R. Leib, Charles W. Schnerr, E. F. Bodey, Zaccur P. Boyer and William H. H. Werner as charter members.
The first officers of the post were: P. C., Oliver C. Bos- byshell; S. V. C., E. F. Bodey; I. V. C., William J. Hin- kle; adjutant, Charles H. Hazzard; quartermaster, J. Albert Huntzinger; chaplain, J. K. Sigfried; O. D., Charles W. Schnerr; O. G., William H. H. Werner.
The succeeding presiding officers up to January, 1880, were: E. F. Bodey, Robert B. Booth, 2 terms; Levi Hu- ber, J. J. Cake, Charles E. Beck, William F. Huntzinger, H. M. Kammerer, E. C. Baird, 2 terms; Nathan Houser, Levi Huber, Reuben Jones, Richard Rahn, George W. Kennedy, J. M. Wetherill and Charles F. Garrett.
The officers for the year 1880 were: P. C., Richard Rahn; S. V. C., William F. Gressang; J. V. C., J. C. Staehle; adjutant, August Knecht; quartermaster, Reu- ben Jones; O. D., Frederick M. Wade; O. G., George W. Koch; sergeant-major, Abraham Kuhn; quartermaster- sergeant, Samuel Faust; captain, A. W. Schalck; I. S., Henry Matthews; O. S., James Lafferty.
The post meets every Thursday evening at Hoffman's building, on North Centre street, between. Market and Norwegian streets.
The post has adopted both the beneficial and non-ben- eficial features, and has a post fund and a relief fund. The post fund is used only for the purpose of defraying the necessary expenses, and benefits to sick comrades.
The relief fund is used for the sole purpose of assist- ing needy and destitute soldiers and the widows and orphans of deceased soldiers, and since the organization of the post there has been more than thirty thousand dollars expended from the relief fund for that purpose.
KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS.
1868, being the first lodge of this order in the county The charter members and first officers were: Henry M. Chambers, Joseph Spencer, Godfrey Leonard, John F. Finney, John Crane, Charles H. Parker, Daniel Libe, George W. Stillwagon, and Aaron Billington. During the first three months of this lodge's existence the mem- bership increased to over three hundred. Lodges of this order are now located in nearly every borough in this county.
CATHOLIC SOCIETIES.
Young Men's Hibernian .- This is the oldest Catholic organization in Schuylkill county, having been incorpor- ated in 1853. It holds its meetings regularly on the first Saturday night in each month, at the Emerald Vindicator office. It pays a regular weekly benefit, and a similar amount on the death of a member. The officers are: President, John P. Powers; secretary, John Boland; treasurer, Patrick McCormick. The panic interfered considerably with many of the Catholic societies, but at present they are recuperating under the prosperous times. St. Patrick's Beneficial Society .- This society was or- ganized in March, 1869, initiating a large number of mem- bers for the first year. Its first officers were: President, James B. Reilly; secretary, John Boland; treasurer, Wil- liam J. Sigfried. The meetings were held in the base- ment of the church the first Sunday in each month. It numbered over one hundred and twenty-five members, but during the panic gradually reduced down to fifty. Assets about $400. Present officers: President, John Boland; secretary, William J. Sigfried.
Emerald Beneficial Association .- The Emerald Bene- ficial was organized in the basement of St. Patrick's Church, on Sunday, May 12th, 1872, initiating sixty-nine members at the first meeting. It took its number as "Father Walsh Branch, No. 13, E. B. A., of Pottsville, Pa." Its first president was Hon. James B. Reilly, secre- tary John A. Sullivan, treasurer Joseph Dolan. At every meeting a large number of members were elected, until two hundred and sixty-five members made it the largest society of its kind in the United States. One of its first acts was to expend over $400 in fitting up the basement of the church for its meeting room. On another occasion $400 was given to the pastor of the church, the proceeds of a pic-nic in conjunction with the other societies of the church. It has relieved many cases of distress only known to the stewards and a few of its members. The State convention was held in Pottsville, January 13th-15th, 1880, at which forty repre- sentatives were present, representing over ten thousand members, located in every part of the State.
The present officers are: President, John Boland; sec- tary, P. B. Moore; treasurer, Martin Devlin.
The Emerald Band is a musical organization of twenty members, an offspring of the Emerald Society. Their instruments cost about $400.
THE POTTSVILLE CORNET BAND
Knights of Pythias, Henry Clay Lodge .- This lodge was organized in Pottsville, as No. 44, February 19th, | was organized from the remnants of Jones's Cornet
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Band on the 19th of September, 1879, with Joseph Skeen president; B. Bryson McCool, treasurer; Adolph H. Kopp, secretary; J. I. Alexander, musical director. The band consisted of thirty members, supplied with instru- ments valued at $1,800. They have rented and fitted up a neat room in Seitz's building, Centre street, for their band meetings. The only changes in officers since the organization were the election of William H. Linder- muth president, and Louis Weston secretary.
THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
The fire department of Pottsville is under the direc- tion of B. B. McCool, chief engineer, and his four assist- ants. The department includes the following com. panies :
Humane Hose and Steam Fire Engine Company, No. 1, was instituted September 4th, 1833, as the Pottsville Fire Company. Eleven years later it was incorporated, and in 1859 the name was changed to Humane Hose Company. The charter was again amended to the pres- ent title in 1866, when the company was furnished by the citizens of Pottsville, at a cost of $8,500, with the first steam engine in the borough.
American Hose, No. 2, was organized in 1865, and ten years afterward was made an engine company by the purchase of a No. 4 engine. Its membership is about 250. It succeeded the " Rough and Ready."
Good Intent was organized October 5th, 1846, and in- corporated in 1860.
Phoenix Fire Engine and Benevolent Company, No. 3, is the successor of the old Schuylkill Hydraulian Com- pany. The latter was the first fire organization in the borough, and its hand engine and two-wheeled hose truck were landed here with great ceremony. Flags were flung to the breeze, cannon and orators fired blank car- tridges, and the day was made memorable.
The Atkins Steam Fire Engine Company was organ- ized at Fishback, and consists principally of the em- ployes at the Pottsville Rolling Mills. On motion of B. Bryson McCool the court granted a charter to this com- pany in December, 1873. The officers elected were: William Brazier, president; L. W. Sharpless, treasurer; Charles E. Beck, secretary. The membership now num- bers seventy, uniformed and equipped. The officers are the same as at the organization, excepting that Lloyd Martz is now president.
ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY.
TRINITY PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CHURCH.
The parish of Trinity church grew out of St. Luke's Church, which was organized September 3d, 1827, by a few churchmen who desired to form a parish. Among the movers were Francis B. Nicholls, Abraham Pott and Joseph White. The building was erected, and in the summer of 1830 consecrated by Bishop Onderdonk. The rectors of St. Luke's organization were the Revs. Nor- man Nash, Cony Chambers, F. H. Cumming and James De Pui.
Changes arising from early pioneer life, and new church- men moving into the village, caused the necessity of newly organizing the parish; and it was deemed best to form a new parish organization. Accordingly Trinity church was organized, January Ist, 1832. The records show the rectors in charge, as follows: Rev. R. A. Hen- derson, 1836, 1837; Rev. A. A. Miller, 1837, 1842; Rev. Jacob B. Morrs, 1842, 1845; Rev. William C. Cooley, 1845, 1852; Rev. Daniel Washburn, 1852, 1863; Rev. William P. Lewis. D. D., 1863, 1875; Rev. Charles G. Gilliat, Ph. D., 1875. Among many useful assistants whom the parish has had the name of the Rev. T. A. Starkey, at present bishop of northern New Jersey, appears.
The present church edifice was built during the rector- ship of the Rev. William C. Cooley, the corner stone being laid on Sunday, July 11th, 1847, and the building was consecrated by Bishop Potter, of the diocese of Pennsyl- vania, the 13th of February, 1858, at which time the ser- mon was preached by the Rev. Dr. Ducachet, rector of St. Stephen's church, Philadelphia.
During the rectorship of the Rev. Daniel Washburn, who was instrumental in greatly strengthening the parish, occurred the erection of St. John's chapel, Fishback, which was opened on Thanksgiving day, 1861, and has been very effective in doing good. It is to be enlarged by a chancel and vestry room, through the aid of Charles Atkins, Esq.
The church building was remodeled under the rector- ship of the Rev. William P. Lewis, D. D., and greatly improved by the addition of a large chancel. The war- den, Charles Baber, presented a fine chime of bells to the church, which hangs in the massive tower to speak of his good works to generations yet unborn.
The present rector has been able to add largely by confirmation to this already large parish, the largest in central Pennsylvania. A large, much needed vestry room has been built during his rectorship, and other improve- ments are contemplated. The present rector's warden, the Hon. E. O. Parry, was one of the founders of Trinity parish, and has ever been zealous in working for its pros- perity. The vigor and effectiveness of its working power were never greater.
The chapel in the Charles Biber cemetery was built by Charles Baber, Esq., in 1876-80, at a cost of $25,000. It is intended for burial services for all denominations, and for an Episcopal chapel and Sunday school.
The spiritual and temporal aspects of the parish are evidenced in its working efficiency. There are four Sunday-schools, with an aggregate of over 800 scholars. The seating capacity of the church and the chapel of St. John's, Fishback, the chapel at Mechanicsville, chapel at Mount Carbon, and chapel of the Resurrection-all chapels of Trinity church-is 1,600. The congregations are large and growing, and the number of communicants added since the present rector's rectorship commenced is over 300. The parish is now more thoroughly worked than ever before by the rector and his two assistants, the Rev. Edward J. Koons and the Rev. Charles H. Kidder.
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ST. PATRICK'S ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH.
The first building erected in Pottsville exclusively for religious meetings was the Roman Catholic church on the corner of Mahantongo and Fourth streets, on a lot donated by John Pott. It was a small framed building, and was built in 1828, at a cost of about $1,000. The first pastor, Rev. J. Fitzpatrick, was succeeded in 1830 by Rev. Edward McCarty, who, during a pastorate of three years, was instrumental in enlarging and otherwise improving this building. From November, 1833, until May, 1839, Rev. Arthur Wainwright, D. D., was the pastor. During this time the main structure of the pres- ent cathedral was erected. The corner stone was laid Sunday, September 24th, 1837, and then gradually the walls of the new building arose around the old one, in which religious service was held until the old one must needs be demolished, in order to complete the new one, which was dedicated by Bishop Kendrick on the 29th of September, 1838. Father Wainwright only lived until the following May, and at his death was buried with most impressive services beneath the altar of the new church. Rev. J. Miller, the next pastor, was soon followed by Rev. Edward Maginnis, who was instrumental in the erection of the Orphans' Asylum on Mahanoy and Elev- enth streets. In 1845 the church was again enlarged and improved. During the pastorate of Rev. Joseph O'Keefe, who was appointed in 1852, the parsonage was built on Fourth street, opposite the church. Rev. Nicholas J. Walsh subsequently served the church for eleven years, and was successful in clearing the church from debt, and in purchasing a new cemetery. In addition to those al- ready mentioned as pastors of the church are found the following names: Rev. - Balf, D. D., Rev. Patrick Donahue, Rev. Henry Fitzsimmons, Rev. Robert Cant- well, Rev. Jeremiah O'Donohoe, Rev. - Nugent, Rev. Richard O'Connor, and Rev. Richard McElroy, the im- mediate predecessor of the present pastor, Rev. A. J. Gallagher, who is assisted by Rev. W. A. Duffy.
FIRST M. E. CHURCH.
Methodism in Pottsville dates from 1828, when a class was formed, which met at private houses and occasionally at the old log school-house in Centre street. This class consisted of Jonathan Wynn, William Milnes, David Myers, William B. Lewis, Andrew Mortimore, William Harris and their wives, and George Lieb. In April fol- lowing Rev. William Hunter Bull was stationed here by the Philadelphia Conference, and during the year he in- creased the membership to 67.
Among the early members were the late Benjamin Heywood, Thomas Sparks, and Jonathan Wynn, who were local preachers, and Abram Owen, Robert Gray, Mrs. John Offerman, and Mrs. Jane Buehler, a colored woman, who died on the 11th of April, 1881, aged III years, 8 months and 10 days.
In October, 1830, the first church building was dedi- cated. It was a substantial stone structure 40 by 60 feet. The present M. E. church on Second street is but an
enlargement of that building. It was enlarged in 1864-5 at a cost of $14,000, after an unsuccessful attempt had been made to erect a new church on Market street.
The growth of this society for over half a century has been almost uninterrupted, and it is now one of the strong congregations in the borough.
Rev. Dr. Dobbins, of Philadelphia, furnishes the fol- lowing list of pastors of this church, with the dates of appointment:
William Hunter Bull, 1829; Joseph McCool, 1830; Pharaoh A. Ogden, 1832; Henry C. King, 1834; James B. Ayres, 1836; Thomas Sovereign, 1837; William Coop- er, 1838; William Cooper and William H. Elliott, 1839; J. B. Hagany and John W. Arthur, 1840; William Barnes, 1841; Richard W. Thomas, 1843; James Neal, 1845: J. B. Hagany, 1847; R. Gerny, 1849; William H. Elliot, 1850; Henry Colelager, 1851; G. D. Carrow, 1852; J. L. Taft, 1853; T. S. Thomas, 1854; William L. Gray, 1856; H. E. Gilroy, 1858; J. W. McCaskey, 1860; C. I. Thomp- son, 1862; J. B. Mccullough, 1864; J. S. Cook, 1866; Franklin Moore, 1867; Jacob Dickerson, 1869; John J. Pearce, 1871; Samuel Baines, 1874; J. B. Dobbins, D. D., 1877; S. N. Chew, 1880.
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