Hanson Lodge No. 766 was granted a dispensation February 22, 1905
by the Grand Lodge of Kentucky and set to work March 20, 1905 by
Past Grand Master H. H. Holeman. The following officers were appointed
in the dispensation:
J. F. Bailey- Master
J. H. Clinton - Senior Warden
A. J. Rickard - Junior Warden.
The remaining officers were elected and they were:
L. Kennedy - Senior Deacon,
W. E. Kercheval - Junior Deacon
L. A. Pritchett - Treasurer,
W. D. Brown - Secretary
Pearl Dame - Tyler
Hanson Lodge No. 766 is entering its 99th year of existence and
is planning to be around for years to come.
Hanson Lodge No. 766 was not the first Lodge granted a charter
for Hanson, KY but is the third. The first two were able to survive
only a few years.
The City of Hanson was founded in 1869 and incorporated in 1873. The
first Masonic Lodge in Hanson was granted a dispensation October 24, 1872
and set to work November 13, 1872 by J. T. Soyars Grand Master. The
following officers for Hanson Lodge No.541 were elected for the
ensuring year:
W. M. Henry - Master,
W. Q. Pritchett - Senior Warden,
L. A. Pritchett - Junior Warden,
B. L. Gooch - Treasurer
J. S. Waller - Secretary
O. E. Slaton - Senior Deacon,
C. C. Brown - Junior Deacon
A. A. Nance - Tyler.
The last recorded meeting of this Hanson Lodge No. 541 was April 2,
1880.
On May 15, 1893, Hanson Lodge No.688 was granted a dispensation
by the Grand Lodge of Kentucky and set to work May 26, 1893 by
H. H. Holman - Grand Junior Warden.
The following officers were appointed in the dispensation:
T. M. Gooch - Master
J. B. Ferguson - Senior Warden
O. E. Slaton - Junior Warden.
The remaining officers were elected
and they were:
J. R. Jenkins - Senior Deacon,
W. D. Brown - Junior Deacon
L. A. Pritchett - Treasurer,
D. S. Edwards - Secretary
W. O, Rickard - Tyler.
At the meetings of December 18 and 28, 1896, the advisability of
discontinuing the Lodge was considered at length.
It was decided to surrender the Hall and move furniture to some
convenient place. On December 18, 1897, after a general discussion
of the assured failure of the lodge, a motion carried to appoint
T. L. Ashby, J. B. Ferguson and L. A. Pritchett to a committee to sell
all salable property and apply proceeds to a note due L. A. Pritchett.
It was decided to notify all members to be present at the regular meeting
of December 27 to pay dues and get demits before discontinuing the Lodge.
Lodge was disbanded as planned on December 27, 1897.
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