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CHAPTER XVII.LODGES AND FRATERNAL SOCIETIES.From History of Audubon Co., Iowa (1915)
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ORGANIZATIONS AT AUDUBON.These have held the office of worshipful master: Elias W. Beghtol, Ethelbert J. Freeman, John D. Holmes, Marion Johnson, Andrew F. Armstrong, Henry W. Hanna, John H. Scott, John McKarahan, James L. Rippey, Daniel L. Freeman, A. M. Currier, Joe H. Ross, Walter A. Brainard, Edward B. Cousins, William R. Smith, Abner H. Edwards, Halleck J. Mantz, George Scott, George G. Wever. Present membership, one hundred and thirty-six. Amity Chapter No. 93, Royal Arch Masons. Dispensation dated April 18, 1881. Charter dated October 28, 1881. Charter members: Thomas Chadwick, Elias W. Beghtol, Andrew F. Armstrong, Henry Young, Alpheus F. Rogers, Philip Young, Isaac A. Shingledecker, Francis M. Jones, Robert G. Sands, George E. Hastings. These have held the office of high priest: Thomas Chadwick, Elias W. Beghtol, Andrew F. Armstrong, Henry W. Hanna, Alexander H. Roberts, Charles W. DeMotte, Edward B. Cousins, Daniel L. Freeman, John M. McKarahan, Frank S. Watts, Abner H. Edwards, George W. Preston, John Weighton, Charles L. Tramp, Earl Maharg. Present membership, ninety-three. Godfrey Commandery No. 44, Knights Templar. Dispensation dated April 15, 1882. Charter dated June 22, 1882. Charter members: Elkanah S. Foster, Isaac A. Shingledecker, Ethelbert J. Freeman, Elias W. Beghtol, Andrew F. Armstrong, Henry W. Hanna, William H. Scott, Edward B. Cousins, Wilson Burnside, John Norris, George E. Hastings, Francis M. Jones, Alphens F. Rogers. These have held the office of eminent commander: Elkanah S. Foster, Ethelbert J. Freeman, Isaac A. Shingledecker, Daniel H. Walker, Andrew F. Armstrong, William H. Scott, Alexander H. Roberts, John A. Nash, Edward B. Cousins, John B. Doak, Cyrus H. Earhart, James E. Griffith, Daniel L. Freeman, John M. McKarahan. Present membership, ninety. Audubon Chapter, Order of the Eastern Star. Instituted November 21, 1888, with sixty-one charter members. First officers: Mrs. Gertrude R. Nash, worthy matron; Mrs. A. H. Roberts, worthy patron; Mrs. B. W. Brown, associate matron; Eva Freeman, treasurer; Mrs. H. W. Hanna, secretary; Mrs. H. W. Wilson, conductor. Audubon Chapter No. 421, Order of the Eastern Star. Organized June 15, 1908. Chartered October 29, 1908. Charter members: Harriet M. Bilharz, Martha A. Bryant, Christine Christensen, Agnes Cole, Lucile Cole, Ada Currier, Drucca Davis, Nellie Farquhar, Alice Layland, Clara E. McLeran, Bertha Musson, Eva Eearls, Kathryn Simpson, Villa Talbott, Anna Tramp, Nettie L. Ward, Ada K. Wever, Emma K. Wilson, Walter A. Brainard, Daniel L. Freeman, John A. Musson, Will R. Smith, Harper W. Wilson, A. M. Currier. These have held the office of worthy matron and worthy patron, respectively: 1908-9--Harriett M. Bilharz, worthy matron, Daniel L. Freeman, worthy patron; 1910--Clara E. McLeran, Arthur Farquhar; 1911--Anna Tramp, Adam M. Currier; 1912--Nellie Farquhar, George G. Wever; 1913--Etta Kennels, Joe H. Ross; 1914--Kathryn Simpson, George W. Wever; 1915--Ada K. Wever, Daniel L. Freeman. Present membership, eighty-seven. Aretas Lodge No. 396, Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Instituted August 17, 1879. Charter dated October 23, 1879. Charter members: Henry E. Cole, William Mallory, S. B. Johnson, Samuel P. Rhoads, T. M. Acres, George W. Myers. These have held the office of noble grand: Henry E. Cole, Seth Paine, J. F. Wells, J. W. Rosenburg, Evan Davis, Thomas J. Stafford, E. M. Funk, Fred A. Buthweg, Joseph H. Breniman, O. A. Overfield, George W. Ellis, William Cloughley, H. M. Stuart, Andrew J. Bailey, James R. Chandler, John H. Frahm, Charles T. Tramp, Thomas J. Frederick, Peter M. Sheafer, Peter I. Drury, Melvin Nichols, Eugene M. Johnson, S. A. Aikeman, James H. Baker, Harlan P. Albert, James L. Rippey, John F. Consigney, Henry J. Cooley, Henry Rohrbeck; William H. Kelley, Jr., Joseph Dixon, William P. McLaren, John T. Chapman, John Kennedy, Joseph Moody, George W. Hoover, Roy L. Hibbs, William Hamilton, C. E. Delahoyde, Jens O. Christensen; Joe H. Ross, William Blohen, O. C. Donaldson, Harry Parrott, A. H. Delahoyde, J. H. Freedline, William A. Thompson, George W. Oelke, John M. Hite, Charles E. Nelson, H. M. McLuan, Howard E. Kettell, Jesse Graves, John A. Graham, A. M. Carrier, George W. Dye, F. J. Schwardt. Present membership, one hundred and five. Allison Post No. 34, Grand Army of the Republic. Organized March 19, 1881. Re-organized May 4, 1883. It was named for Capt. Robert Allison, Company C, Sixth Regiment, Iowa Volunteer Infantry, who was killed at Missionary Ridge, November 25, 1863. Charter members: Elkanah S. Foster, Seth Paine, H. C. Paul, W. P. Roades, Emerson H. Kimball, D. H. Walker, Ethelbert J. Freeman, Elias W. Bechtal, J. B. Roades, John F. Consigney, Henry E. Cole, J. P. Gray, B. P. Schovill, Arthur L. Sanborn, J. C. Williams, James Pollett, P. H. Anderson, David Adams, John Both, Robert C. Cobean, Henry Newmire, C. P. Maple. These comrades have held the office of post commander: Elkanah H. Foster, 1881; Ethelbert J. Freeman, 1883; Melvin Nichols, 1884; J. W. B. Cole, 1885; Clark H. Cross, 1886; J. Mal Bryan, 1887; Elisha Baxter, 1888; Harper W. Wilson, 1889; Henry E. Cole, 1890; John S. Dennis, 1891; Henry F. Andrews, 1892; Ed. B. Cousins, 1893; Joel E. Sharp, 1894; A. S. Culver, 1895; Abner H. Edwards, 1896; G. H. Jones, 1897; George Agnew, 1898; Charles Wilkins, 1899; Hiram M. Talbot, 1900; Joseph Ridpath, 1901; Martin Smith, 1902; J. W. Baker, 1903; William Lyman, 1904; John Ott, 1905; Daniel L. Thomas, 1906; John C. Willson, 1907; Clark Wilson, 1908; Lewis A. McGinnis, 1909; Ethelbert J. Freeman, 1910; Wesley H. Jay, 1911; John N. Brockway, 1912; George Agnew, 1913; Anthony N. Detwiler, 1914; J. C. Fisher, 1915. Audubon Lodge No. 164, Knights of Pythias. Organized October 7, 1886. Charter members: William Cloughley, J. W. Rosenburg, Seth Paine, Harlan P. Albert, Peter Book, H. H. Willis, William H. O'Connell, J. A. Wheatley, Edwin Delahoyde, Peter W. Ledyard, Lewis D. Phelps, Alfred L. Brooks, E. J. Smith, W. H. McClure, John Intween, Benjamin F. Howald, C. H. Colson, W. D. Blackwood, John F. Consigney, Melvin Nichols, Hans A. Christensen, S. A. Aukerman, G. R. Darlington, John A. Nash, Adelbert L. Weaver, Henry B. Herbert, John H. Kate, John H. Rendleman. Past chancellor commanders: Harlan P. Albert, P. W. Ledyard, William H. O'Connell, John A. Nash, W. H. McClure, Adelbert L. Weaver, W. H. Negley, J. A. Wheatley, Seth Paine, John Weighton, Frank E. Brainard, Simeon L. VanScoy, Charles Vail, Frank Fish, Frank P. Rees, Harry D. Fish, John H. Hosier, Ed. Dickinson, Ed. S. VanGorder, Robert C. Rice, David, C. Mott, Orrin B. Train, Fred H. Blume, George E. Kellogg, Charles E. Breniman, Arthur Farquhar, Peter A. Rasmussen, Hans Albertsen, William J. Hamilton, Vern L. Culver. Present membership, forty-two. Audubon Woman's Relief Corps No. 38. Auxiliary to the Grand Army of the Republic. Organized May 26, 1885. Charter dated September 15, 1885. Charter members: Lizzie Kimball, Emma Mathias, Esther Bryan, Maria Needles, Almeda Nichols, Fannie E. Talbot, Myrtle Cole, Lydia E. Rosenburg, Rachel Cole, Alice M. Consigney, Anna Edmondson, Sarah A. Gardner, Delia Ott, Sarah G. Cason, Martha Peck, Mary Mathias. Past Presidents: Emma Kimball, Alice M. Consigney, Lydia E. Rosenburg, Fannie E. Talbot, Ella L. Bell, Delia Ott, Lydia A. Chandler, Eliza I. Moyer, Minerva Cole, Mina Bartch, Charity Aldrich, Agnes Cole, Mary Kraus, Levina McGinnis. Present membership, sixty-five. Charles Stuart Camp No. 50, Sons of Veterans. Organized October 13, 1885. First officers: Daniel L. Freeman, first lieutenant; Charles H. Rollins, second lieutenant; Edwin Delahoyde, first sergeant; Wilson S. Kimball, quartermaster. Daniel L. Freeman, major of Iowa division, June, 1888. It had a membership of fifty. Capt. Charles Stuart presented the camp seventy-two breach-loading Springfield rifles and equipment. The camp was disbanded years ago. Audubon Lodge No. 158, The Danish Brotherhood in America. Organized December 17, 1902. First officers: Peter A. Rasmussen, past president; J. P. Kilgar, president; Chris Hendricksen, vice-president; Nels Hansen, secretary; Hans Albertsen, treasurer; Ed Ruiss, Rasmus Rasmussen, Jens C. Christensen, trustees; Henry Jacobsen, guide; Jacob W. Andersen, inner guard; Chris H. Berg, outer guard. Charter members: N. G. Nelsen, Anders Lastine, Knud Fredericksen, Chr. J. Roed, Ludvig Gamrath, Jens O. Chritsensen [?sic Christensen], Julius Rasmussen, L. C. Larsen, Lawitz Madsen, Walter Jensen, Rasmus Sorensen, A. J. Jensen, Chris Olsen, Steffen Mathisen, Niels Top, Lars O. Petersen, Mathias Johnson, Nels P. Petersen. These have been president: Peter A. Rasmussen, J. P. Kelgar, Chris Hendricksen, Jas Lang, Rasmus Rasmussen, Peter Mathisen, Jacob M. Andersen, Haas Albertsen, Lars C. Christoffersen, Lars O. Petersen, Lars J. Larsen. Present membership, seventy-eight. Freja Lodge No. 97, Danish Sisters Society in America. Date of charter, February 22, 1907. First officers: Anna M. Vosmos, ex-president; Neorline Kellogg, president; Christine Berg, vice-president; Jakoline C. Rasmussen, secretary; Kirstine A. Christensen, treasurer; Kirstine M. Christensen, Anna M. Olsen, Celia M. Johnsen, trustees; Lina Albertsen, marshal; Kirstine H. Petersen, inner guard; Kirstine M. Knudsen, outer guard. Present membership, twenty-six. |
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Transcribed by Cheryl Siebrass, November, 2018, from History of Audubon Co., Iowa (1915), by H. F. Andrews, page 245-249. |
