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1856 A.F. & A.M. Masons

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Ancient Free & Accepted Masons of Pottawattamie County

Proceedings of the Grand Lodge of Iowa at the Thirteenth Grand Annual Communication,
Held in the City of Oskaloosa on Tuesday, June 2D, A.D. 1856,
A.L. 5856; T.S. Parvin, Muscatine, Grand Secretary;
Printed by Raymond, Foote & Eystra, Faust Printing House, 1856
[special thanks to Sharyl Ferral for extracting and transcribing this information]


Key to Terms: WM - worshipful master, GM - grand master, PGM - past grand master, DGM - deputy grand master, GSW - grand senior warden, GJW - grand junior warden,
SW - senior warden, JW  - junior warden, SD - senior deacon, JD - junior deacon, GT - grand treasurer, GS - grand secretary, Treas - treasurer, Sec - secretary, Tyler - outer guard

No. 71 Bluff City Lodge, Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie County, Iowa
Dispensation granted June 8, 1855
Chartered June 4th, 1856
Number of current members: 35

Bowen, S. S. 1855-56 officer: WM; an original founder of Bluff City Lodge
McMahon, P. J. 1855-56 officer: SW; elected as 1856-57 officer (either Master or Warden); an original founder of Bluff City Lodge
Riddle, S. H. 1855-56 officer: JW; an original founder of Bluff City Lodge
Janes, W. C. 1855-56 officer: Treas
Larimer, A. V. 1855-56 officer: Sec
Beall, R. 1855-56 officer: SD
Keller, J. H. 1855-56 officer: JD
Fargo, J. C. 1855-56 officer: Tyler
   
Allen, H. master mason
Baker, J. W. master mason
Baldwin, J. T. fellow craft
Baldwin, J. T. entered apprentice
Benton, T. H. master mason
Benton, T. H. Jr. elected as 1856-57 officer (either Master or Warden)
Brown, J. W. master mason
Case, Wm. master mason
Childs, R. master mason
Clancy, Wm. master mason
Cook, J. R. master mason
Eggleston, Samuel master mason
Ellis, Silas entered apprentice
Ewbanks, C. master mason
Frazier, E. J. master mason
Goodlett, J. A. master mason
Graves, John master mason
Henshall, Thomas fellow craft
Hough, H. M. master mason
Izard, James master mason
Kelln, John master mason
Kelly, R. D. master mason
Knepper, Samuel master mason
Maynard, W. W. master mason
McGaven, Robert master mason
McGaven, G. H. master mason
Mullen, Louden master mason
Peagram, B. R. master mason
Raywood, H. master mason
Sherman, J. H. master mason
Street, Franklin elected as 1856-57 officer (either Master or Warden)
Stuart, T. F. master mason
Wells, Franklin represented the Lodge at Grand Lodge in 1856
Williams, S. W. master mason