CHAPTER XVII.
LODGES AND FRATERNAL SOCIETIES. (CONT'D)
ORGANIZATIONS AT BRAYTON.
Audubon Lodge No. 217, Independent Order of Odd Fellows. The oldest lodge in Audubon county. Organized at Louisville, Iowa, October 19, 1871. Removed to Oakfield, Iowa, 1874, and in 1882 to Brayton, Iowa. Charter members: Daniel W. Miller, Orris C. Keith, Francis J. Shrauger, Richard Gault, J. F. Low, John B. Connrardy [aka Conrardy].
These have held the office of noble grand: Daniel W. Miller, Francis J. Shranger, Orris C. Keith, Isaac V. D. Lewis, Giles N. Jones, Samuel Minser, John B. Conrardy [aka Connrardy], John T. Jenkins, Joseph Doner, Peter F. Howell, Isaac H. Jenkins, C. Adelbert Heath, Horace M. Bartlett, Thomas J. Essington, Joseph Reynolds, Charles L. Bison, James L. Anderson, Erwin A. Jones, Walter Brown, Evelyn Wood, Ward B. Smith, William R. Koob, Ed. Cotton, Sidney McGuire, Jacob P. Bendixen, Ludwig F. Miller, Hans Nymand, Jacob Blom, Silas B. Clark, Lewis P. Rasmussen, John Lorah, Samuel B. Green, Hans Hansen, Peter Beck, Warren G. Chase, John W. Cannon, N. M. Nelson.
Present membership, forty-eight.
Brayton Lodge No. 567, Daughters of Rebekah. Chartered February 14, 1907. Charter members: Horace W. Bartlet and wife and daughter, Mildred; Charles L. Bisom and wife and daughter, Imo; Hans Hansen and wife and daughter, Alma; Erwin A. Jones and wife; Samuel B. Green and wife; Lewis P. Rasmussen and wife; Ward P. Smith and wife; Clyde Bowen, Evelyn Wood, H. S. Burton, Peter F. Howell.
These ladies have held the office of noble grand: Jeanette Bartlett, Mrs. Charles L. Bisom, Mrs. Lewis P. Rasmussen, Ray Miller, Vivian Bartlett, Ardine Bartlett, Gladys Chamberlain, Ethel Bisom, Mrs. B. M. Gross, Minnie Miller, Mrs. Warren G. Chase, Edna Hansen.
Present membership, forty-one.
Brayton Camp No. 2900, Modern Woodmen of America. Charter dated April 17, 1895. Charter members: Jacob P. Bendixen, Hans Nymand, Peter C. Knudsen, Jacob Blom, Jesse Nymand, William R. Koob, David A. Carpenter, P. C. Petersen, Ludwig F. Miller, Peter J. Hansen, John A. Stender.
These have held the office of venerable consul: Jacob P. Bendixen, William R. Koob, Thomas J. McGovern, Daniel W. Chamberlin, Ray G. Chamberlin, Raymond Miller, John A. Johnson, Ludwig F. Miller, Howard M. Parrott, and others.
Present membership, one hundred and twenty.
Danish Brotherhood Lodge No. 297. Organized September 1, 1913. Officers: Peter Beck, president; Hans Anderson, secretary; Martin L. Beck, cashier; Peter Christensen, R. Nielson and Chr. Hansen, trustees.
Present membership, thirty-two.
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Transcribed by Cheryl Siebrass, November, 2018, from History of Audubon Co., Iowa (1915), by H. F. Andrews, page 249-250.
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