Lee County Genealogy
Organizations

Lee County Masonic Lodges
1856 - 1857

 Data extracted & transcribed by Sharyl Ferrall for Lee co. IAGenWeb  02/2008   

Key:
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
non-affiliated - definition not given
U.D. - under dispensation

No. 12, Eagle Lodge, Keokuk, Lee co. Stated Meetings: Wednesday on or before Full Moon. Grand Lodge Dues, $25 Chartered June 2d, 1847 Number of current members: 42
Conklin	O.S.	1855-56 officer: WM; past master
Hornish	J.K.	1855-56 officer: SW
McKee	Wm	1855-56 officer: JW
Graham	J.A.	1855-56 officer: Treas; elected as 1856-57 officer (either Treas or Sect'y)
Landon	M.T.	1855-56 officer: Sec
Worster	R.	1855-56 officer: SD
Phillips	G.B.	1855-56 officer: JD
Griffy	J.T.	1855-56 officer: Tyler
Anderson	J.M.	master mason
Baker	D.S.	suspended in 1853
Berry	D.P.	master mason
Bond	B.N.	expelled in 1851; also listed as expelled in 1852
Brown	A.	master mason
Campbell	H.J.	master mason
Carey	S.E.	elected as 1856-57 officer (either Master or Warden)
Casey	S.E.	master mason
Chineworth	T.J.	master mason
Clark	H.P.	master mason
Collins	M.F.	master mason
Conn	C.F.	master mason
Connoble	A.L.	non-affiliated
Dehuff	J.Q.A.	master mason
Dillon	H.	master mason
Dunn	Wm	master mason
Faulkner	C.	master mason
Fulton	Harry	past master; GJW 1852; GSW 1853
Gillmore	H.R.	non-affiliated
Haines	J.	master mason
Haines	J.	expelled in 1851
Hant	Charles	expelled in 1852
Heaight	S.	non-affiliated
Hinman	B.B.	master mason
Huff	Jesse	suspended in 1853
Hussey	G. St. Claire	past member; [abstracted by transcriber:  he appealed a charge that had been brought by G.B. Philips for "gross unmasonic conduct, to mislead and defraud" and "bring our time-honored institution into disgrace" by making "merchandise of Masonry, to accomplish selfish & venal purposes" while acting as agent of the Mohawk Valley Insurance Co. A Grand Lodge committee investigated and found that Hussey was an agent of the Insurance co., that the company failed & those insured lost their money. However the committee found no evidence that Hussey knew that the insurance co. was going to fail, or that he acted in bad faith. They ruled that the Eagle Lodge expulsion be reversed & Hussey be restored to full membership.]
Huston	L.	master mason
Jobe	Moses	suspended in 1853
Knight	James	entered apprentice
Knight	J.B.	non-affiliated
Lamb	Wm	master mason
Ogden	J.W.	past member
Patterson	John W.	past master; GJW 1850
Polser	H.	master mason
Rockwell	C.C.	master mason
Seaton	G.M.	master mason; elected as 1856-57 officer (either Treas or Sect'y)
Sharts	M.P.	non-affiliated
Shields	J.G.	master mason; elected as 1856-57 officer (either Master or Warden)
Staley	D.P.	past member
Staley	C.	non-affiliated
Stevens	C.C.	master mason
Templin	J.	master mason
Vanderwond	A.W.	master mason
Voohies	S.F.	master mason
Wells	Grey	master mason
Wickersham	Jesse	expelled in 1849
Woods	J.A.	master mason
Worster	W.H.	master mason
Wyman	R.H.	master mason; elected as 1856-57 officer (either Master or Warden)
No. 13, Fort Madison Lodge, Fort Madison, Lee co. Stated Meetings: First Wednesday of each Month . Grand Lodge Dues, $18 Chartered June 2d, 1847 Number of current members: 26
Lesuer [Leseur]	D.H.	1855-56 officer: WM
Claypoole	John	1855-56 officer: SW; elected as 1856-57 officer (either Master or Warden); past master; GSW 1851; GT 1855
Styner	Jacob	1855-56 officer: JW; past-master
West	J.H.	1855-56 officer: Treas
Albright	R.W.	1855-56 officer: Sec; past master
Bennett	Nathaniel	1855-56 officer: SD; elected as 1856-57 officer (either Master or Warden)
Ellsrode	Geo W.	1855-56 officer: JD
Styner	Joshua	1855-56 officer: Tyler
Bacon	J.H.	master mason
Baldwin	Asha	master mason
Brown	John	non-affiliated
Cowles	Josiah	master mason
Douglass	George	entered apprentice
Eads	James D.	master mason; [abstracted by transcriber: charges were brought by James H. Gower in Iowa City Lodge, No. 4 & James Eads was expelled from that Lodge. The Grand Lodge committee reviewed the protest of Mr. Eads and ruled that the proceedings of No. 4 be quashed]
Eaton	Geo P.	master mason; elected as 1856-57 officer (either Master or Warden)
Edwards	J.H.	master mason
Epsy	S.B.	master mason; elected as 1856-57 officer (either Treas or Sect'y)
Finch	J.D.	master mason
Fulcher	Andrew	master mason
Hale	Thomas	non-affiliated
Hesser	Frederick	master mason; elected as 1856-57 officer (either Treas or Sect'y)
Hoffmiester	A.	master mason
Ingersoll	Arthur	non-affiliated
Kent	Josiah	master mason
Knapp	J.H.	master mason
North	W.S.	suspended in 1853
Skinner	Wm	master mason
Tibbetts	Daniel	non-affiliated
Toof	B.L.	past master
No. 29, Hardin Lodge, Keokuk, Lee co. Stated Meetings: Monday preceding Full Moon. Grand Lodge Dues, $29 Chartered June 2d, 1852 Number of current members: 21
Russell	Geo	1855-56 officer: WM; elected as 1856-57 officer (either Master or Warden)
Cross	Thos	1855-56 officer: SW
Anthony	J.Y.	1855-56 officer: JW
Garber	C.	1855-56 officer: Treas; elected as 1856-57 officer (either Treas or Sect'y)
Sanford	J.F.	1855-56 officer: Sec; past master; GJW 1855; GM 1856
Dodson	B.F.	1855-56 officer: SD; elected as 1856-57 officer (either Master or Warden)
Moore	C.	1855-56 officer: JD
Tyler	J.M.	1855-56 officer: Tyler
Beckwith	H.	master mason
Bruce	Thos	past member
Claggett	Thos W.	master mason; elected as 1856-57 officer (either Master or Warden)
Cowden	Jas	fellowcraft
Garbutt	C.C	fellowcraft
Hamlin	A.	suspended in 1854
Heaight	Thos	master mason
Holliday	Wm	master mason
Jennings	Thos W.	master mason
Lee	D.S.	suspended in 1854
Martin	D.G.	expelled in 1853
Mills	Frank	master mason; elected as 1856-57 officer (either Treas or Sect'y)
Mitchell	J.D.	fellowcraft
Parsons	Chas	master mason
Pressell	D.W.	master mason
Sample	H.W.	master mason
Schmidt	Frank	fellowcraft
Sheldon	A.C.	fellowcraft
Shelley	J.M.	master mason
Sloane	J.O.	master mason
Springer	Lorenzo	entered apprentice
Walker	W.W.	master mason
Wilson	Geo B.	master mason
No. 75, West Point Lodge, West Point, Lee co. Stated Meetings: Friday on or before Full Moon Grand Lodge Dues, $14.50 Dispensation granted June 14, 1855 Chartered June 4th, 1856 Number of current members: 14
Stafford	W.H.	1855-56 officer: WM; elected as 1856-57 officer (either Master or Warden); an original founder of West Point Lodge
Werner	Wm	1855-56 officer: SW; an original founder of West Point Lodge
Moody [Moodey]	Robert	1855-56 officer: JW; an original founder of West Point Lodge
Sala	E.M.	1855-56 officer: Treas
Everingham	J.	1855-56 officer: Sec
Martin	S.M.	1855-56 officer: SD
Sawyer	Thomas	1855-56 officer: JD; elected as 1856-57 officer (either Master or Warden)
Campbell	M.M.	1855-56 officer: Tyler
Bugard	H.	master mason
Burdick	Wm	master mason
Crossley	Ross	master mason
Edwards	J.W.	master mason
Fordemwalt	Adam	entered apprentice
Rodgers	Alex	master mason; elected as 1856-57 officer (either Master or Warden)
Sawyer	John	past member
Stewart	W.R.	entered apprentice
Source: Ancient Free and Accepted Masons (AF&AM) 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.

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