History

Russell Lodge #284

Jamestown, Kentucky

History

Russell Lodge #284

Jamestown, Kentucky

Was chartered on August 31, 1854 with eight officers

Officers

Wm. N Fishback, Master

Wm. D. Blair, Senior Warden

John A. Leveridge, Junior Warden

M.D. Straub, Secretary

Lewis Irwin, Treasurer

Joseph Holt, Senior Deacon

Wm. Irwin, Junior Deacon

D. T. KcKean, Stewart and Tyler

Master Masons

George Bryan N. B. Stone James Stone H. R. Ryan

Thomas Gann A. M. Rowe Salathiel Coffee Isham Rolin

A. C. Meadows Proctor B. Hays Thomas P. Jefferies William Lucas William Green

Fellow Crafts

Mosses Higginbotham William Payne Daniel Barger

Entered Apprentices

John Price Franklin Pierce

The lodge went defunct in July 10, 1886 and was rechartered in October 3,1890 with the same name and lodge number.

Over the years a few lodges have consolidated with Russell lodge. They were Friendship lodge # 474 at Irvin's store on October 18,1888,

Russell Springs lodge #840 at Russell Springs, Kentucky on January 15, 1926, Fonthill lodge # 752 at Fonthill, Kentucky on January 13, 1932,

Eli lodge # 894 at Eli, Kentucky on October 2, 1937, and Lairsville lodge # 533 on the Cumberland river on May 16, 1950.

From it's first charter Russell lodge has had three known meeting places. The first was over the Christian Church in the 1800s

the second the old lodge building were the town hall is now seating, and the third is our present building that was build in 1939.