History Of Freemasonry In Ohio

From 1791 to 1912

by W. M. Cunningham and John G. Reeves

THE HISTORY OF THE MOST WORSHIPFUL GRAND LODGE
OF FREE AND ACCEPTED MASONS OF THE STATE
OF OHIO
From 1892 To 1912
INCLUSIVE

By W. M. CUNNINGHAM, M. A.,
Past Grand Master F.& A M., P. G. H. P. of Royal Arch
Masons, P. G. M. of R. and S. Masters, and
S. G. I. G. 33° Grand Historian.

VOLUME 3

Part IV

Copyright, 1914 By J. H. Bromwell Grand Secretary Cincinnati, Ohio

1912

M.·. W.·. THOMAS B. GUITTEAU, GRAND MASTER, IN THE CHAIR

The Grand Lodge of the Most Ancient and Honorable Fraternity of Free and Accepted Masons of the state of Ohio convened in the Valentine Theater, Toledo, Ohio, at ten o'clock, A. M., Wednesday, October 23, 1912, there being in attendance all the Grand Officers, the following.

PAST GRAND OFFICERS

M. .W. Past Grand Masters Leander Burdick, Levi C. Goodale, Allen Andrews, Wm. B. Melish, Barton Smith, Nelson Williams, F. C. Gulliford, F. L. Lybarger, Frank S. Harmon, Ike M. Robinson, W. A. Belt, O. P. Sperra, C. G. Ballou, Lewis P. Schaus, Horace A. Irvin, Geo. D. Copeland, C. S. Hoskinsen, B. F. Perry and H. S. Kissell.

R.·. W.·. Past Deputy Grand Master, Wm. J. Akers, and 23 District Lecturers.

OPENING

M.·. W.·. Bro. F. C. Gulliford submitted the following:

REPORT ON CREDENTIALS

Number of chartered Lodges, 524; number of Lodges represented, 518; number of Lodges not represented, 6; proxies on file of Worshipful Master, 32; proxies on file of Senior Warden, 226; proxies on file of Junior Warden, 225.

The committee further reported all of the Grand Officers, all of the Past Grand Masters except M.·. W.·. Bro. Carroll F. Clapp, the Past Deputy Grand Master, all of the District Lecturers except Bros. F. G. Chamberlin and Fred F. Harmon, and a constitutional number of Lodges, duly represented by their officers and proxies, present and registered.

Whereupon the Grand Master declared the M.·. W.·. Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of the state of Ohio opened in Ample Form.

This was followed by an invocation by the R.·. W.·. Grand Chaplain, Clement G. Martin. The Masonic Glee Club, made up entirely of Masons, and under the direction of Bro. V. O. Moore, rendered a musical selection.

The M.·. W.·. Grand Master submitted his annual address in which among other things were the following:

IN MEMORIAM

Past Deputy Grand Master M.·. W.·. Bro. Jacob L'Hommedieu Long died at Mansfield, Ohio, on May 31, 1912. His remains were conveyed to Ottawa, Ohio, his former residence, under an escort of Brethren from Mansfield, where, on Sunday afternoon, June 2, the beautiful funeral service of the Order was performed at the Presbyterian Church of that city, under the auspices of Ottawa Lodge No.325.

Upon receipt of the notice of the death of M.·. W.·. Bro. Long, a memorial was issued and sent to each Lodge in this Grand Jurisdiction.

FRATERNAL DEAD IN OTHER JURISDICTIONS

During the year I have received notice of the death of twenty-six distinguished Brethren of other Grand Jurisdictions.

DISTRICT LECTURERS

I issued a call to the District Lecturers to meet at the Masonic Temple, Columbus, on January 19, 1912, for the purpose of perfecting plans for the inspection of Lodges, the discussion of ritualistic work, inspection blanks, etc. Twenty of the twenty-five Lecturers were present, and a profitable day was spent discussing these matters.

We were honored upon this occasion by the presence of M.·. W.·. Bro. Lewis P. Schaus, P. G. M., and R.·. W.·. Bro. George L. Marshall, Junior Grand Warden All Lodges in the Jurisdiction have been inspected. Each Lodge has received a letter from the Grand Master upon receipt of the District Lecturer's report. I am pleased to say that with few exceptions the Lodges arc shown to be proficient in the Ritual, and in an excellent financial and physical condition.

The District Lecturers are deserving of much praise for the zeal and efficiency displayed. They have served the Craft with the utmost fidelity, and have kindly and cheerfully responded to every personal request.

TRUSTEES OF THE OHIO MASONIC HOME

In accordance with the provisions of Resolution XXII of this Grand Lodge, on December 28, 1911, I reappointed Bros. Edward Harford and R. Arthur Worthington, both of Springfield, Ohio, as Trustees of the Ohio Masonic Home.

DISPENSATIONS FOR NEW LODGES

I have granted six dispensations to establish new Lodges, the petitioners having in each case complied with all the requirements of the Code, viz.:

October 21, 1911, to 145 applicants to open a Lodge in Toledo, Ohio, to be known as "Barton Smith Lodge," so named in honor of M.·. W.·. Bro. Barton Smith, a Past Grand Master of this Grand Lodge, a beloved member of the Fraternity of Toledo, and well known to Masonry throughout the world.

Since granting dispensation, this Lodge has attained a membership of approximately 225, with a large amount of work in sight. Barton Smith Lodge is in a most flourishing condition.

December 28, 1911, to petitioners of Cincinnati, Ohio, to open a Lodge to be known as "Winton Lodge."
May 23, 1912, to 80 applicants of Youngstown, Ohio, to open a Lodge to be known as "Youngstown Lodge."
May 29, 1912, to petitioners of Dayton, Ohio, to open a Lodge to be known as "Stillwater Lodge."
July 30, 1912, to petitioners of Sherwood, Ohio, to open a Lodge to be known as "Sherwood Lodge."
August 20, 1912, to petitioners of Columbus, Ohio, to open a Lodge to be known as "David N. Kinsman Lodge."
This Lodge was named in honor of that great and good man, our late Bro. David N. Kinsman, of Columbus, Ohio. May the naming of this Lodge in his memory be a monument to '~iis untiring efforts in behalf of Masonry!

DISPENSATIONS GRANTED

During my term of office I have granted ninety dispensations, as follows:

To elect and install various officers of Lodges 30
To attend Divine Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25
To occupy temporary quarters . . . . . . . . . . . .12
To remove into new Lodge rooms . . . . . . . . . 12
To participate in laying corner stones . . . . . . 11
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .90

SPECIAL COMMUNICATIONS

During my term of office the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of Ohio has been convened in Special Communication for the following purposes:

DEDICATIONS

November 25, 1911, Lodge rooms of Dover Lodge No.489, Dover, Ohio, R.·. W.·. Bro. Edwin S. Griffiths Deputy Grand Master, presiding.

December 11, 1911, Lodge rooms of Covington Lodge No.168, Covington, Ohio, M.·. W.·. Bro. Thomas B. Guitteau, Grand Master, presiding.

December 27, 1914, Lodge rooms of Roseville Lodge No.566, Roseville, Ohio, M.·. W.·. Bro. Ike M. Robinson, Past Grand Master, presiding.
February 22, 1912, Lodge rooms of Spartan Lodge No.126, Millersburg, Ohio, W. Bro. Clinton B. Wilcox, Junior Grand Deacon, presiding.
June 14, 1912, Lodge rooms of Bryan Lodge No.215, Bryan, Ohio, M.·. W.·. Bro. Thomas B. Guitteau, Grand Master, presiding.
September 7, 1912, Lodge rooms of Olive Lodge No.210, Mt. Ephraim, Ohio, Bro. E. G. Chamberlin, District Lecturer, presiding.
September 16, 1912, New Masonic Temple at Chicago, Ohio, M.·. W.·. Bro. Thomas B. Guitteau, Grand Master, presiding.

Detailed reports of the above communications are printed in the proceedings.

SPECIAL EMERGENT COMMUNICATIONS

At the last session of the Grand Lodge, charters were issued to the following Lodges, all of which have been constituted and consecrated by myself or by Brethren acting under authority of my proxy:

LODGES CONSTITUTED

October 24, 1911, I regularly constituted and consecrated Meridian Lodge, No.610, and installed its officers at Cleveland, Ohio.
October 30, 1911, I regularly constituted and consecrated Calumet Lodge No.612, and installed its officers at Toledo, Ohio.
October 31, 1911, acting under authority of my proxy, M.·. W.·. Bro. Frank S. Harmon, Past Grand Master, regularly constituted and consecrated Henry Perkins Lodge No.611, and installed its officers at Akron, Ohio.
November 4, 1911, acting under authority of my proxy, Bro. Joseph C. Brenan regularly constituted and consecrated Belpre Lodge No.609, and installed its officers at Belpre, Ohio.

Detailed reports of the above communications will be found in the proceedings.

CORNER STONES LAID

October 22, 1911, Marvin Memorial Parish House of the Church of Our Savior (Episcopal), Akron, Ohio, M.·. W.·. Bro. Thomas B. Guitteau, Grand Master, presiding.
November 17, 1911, Public School Building, Mason, Ohio, R.·. W.·. Bro. George L. Marshall, Junior Grand Warden, presiding.
November 24, 1911, Federal Building at Ironton, Ohio, R.·. W.·. Bro. Charles J. Pretzman, Senior Grand Warden, presiding.
April 19, 1912, Carnegie Library Building, Mt. Sterling, Ohio, R.·. W.·. Bro. Charles J. Pretzman, Senior Grand Warden, presiding.
June 8, 1912, New Masonic Temple, West Toledo, Ohio, M.·. W.·. Bro. Thomas B. Guitteau, Grand Master, presiding.
June 30, 1912, All Souls' Universalist Church, Cleveland, Ohio, M. .W. Bro. Thomas B. Guitteau, Grand Master, presiding.
August 10, 1912, New Postoffice at Massillon, Ohio, M.·. W.·. Bro. Thomas B. Guitteau, Grand Master, presiding.
August 18, 1912, New Masonic Temple, Defiance, Ohio, M.·. W.·. Bro. Thomas B. Guitteau, Grand Master, presiding.
August 25, 1912, New Masonic Temple, Montpelier, Ohio, M.·. W.·. Bro. Thomas B. Gnitteau, Grand Master, presiding.
September 1, 1912, Episcopal Church at Nelsonville, Ohio, M.·. W.·. Bro. Thomas B. Guitteau, Grand Master, presiding.

Detailed reports of the above are printed in the proceedings.

FIRES

During the past year the following Masonic Temples or Halls were damaged or destroyed by fire, and in one ease the charter was lost:

The Masonic Temple at Washington C. H. was entirely destroyed by fire on the night of December 30, 1911. I am pleased to state, however, that Fayette Lodge No.107, saved its charter, as well as part of the records. Thereupon, at the request of said Lodge, I issued a dispensation authorizing it to temporarily hold its meetings in the I. O. O. F. Building in that city.

On January 23, 1912, the Masonic Temple at Portsmouth was badly damaged by fire, sustaining a loss of approximately $25,000.00, which fortunately was fully covered by insurance. The Lodge rooms of Aurora Lodge suffered no damage other than that occasioned by smoke.

On April 8, 1912, the Hall of Bloomingburg Lodge No.449, F. & A. M., Bloomingburg, Ohio, together with its charter, part of the records and all the furniture, was totally consumed by fire. Other quarters having been secured and inspected, on April 9th I issued a dispensation authorizing Bloomingburg Lodge to temporarily occupy the same.

The Hall of Chester Lodge No.238, F. & A. M., at Chesterville, was entirely consumed by fire in the afternoon of June 3, 1912. While said Lodge lost all its furniture, the records and charter were saved. I therefore issued a dispensation authorizing Chester Lodge to temporarily hold its meetings in the Hall of the I. O. O. F., in said village.

VISITATIONS

During my term of office I visited thirty-one Lodges, and personally conducted the services at the laying of seven corner stones, the dedication of three Masonic Halls, and the consecration of two Lodges.

The Grand Treasurer submitted his report showing the balance in the General Fund, October 12, 1912, $67,792.71.

The Grand Secretary presented his twenty-fourth annual report stating this has been, so far as increase of membership is concerned, one of the most prosperous years in this Grand Body. The number of members August 31, 1912, was 86,493, a net gain for the year of 3,660. The total income for the year was $64,790.50 of which $63,644.65 was Grand dues. The per capita tax due the Masonic Homo is $25,947.90, and he recommends the additional donation of the sum of $20,000.00, which recommendation was concurred in by the Committee on Accounts and adopted by the Grand Lodge, which appropriated to the Building or Dormitory Fund, $15,000.00, and to the General Expense Fund, $5,000.00.

He further reports as follows:

EXAMINATION AND CORRECTIONS OF BY-LAWS

"I take pleasure in informing you that the work of examining and causing corrections to be made in the various By-Laws is practically completed, the only two which are still unfinished being those of Nos.151 and 464."

CUTS OF TEMPLES

He has procured a large number of photographs of Masonic Temples throughout the state and, with your permission, will make a selection for insertion in the annual proceedings for this year. They can not all be included at one time, but the others can follow in the succeeding proceedings until all have been printed.

He has also obtained from the living Past Grand Masters biographical sketches giving their Masonic records, to be filed for future reference.

DISTINGUISHED VISITOR

M.·. W.·. Bro. Frank T. Lodge, Past Grand Master of the Grand Lodge F. & A. M. of Michigan, and representative of that Grand Lodge near the Grand Lodge of Ohio, was introduced to the Grand Lodge and made a most interesting and eloquent response to the greetings extended to him by the Most Worshipful Grand Master.

TESTIMONIAL TO THE GRAND SECRETARY

M.·. W.·. Bro. Levi C. Goodale, on behalf of the Special Committee appointed at the last session of the Grand Lodge to procure and present to the Grand Secretary a testimonial of the appreciation of the Grand Lodge for the services rendered by him in the examination and correction of the Lodge By-Laws, submitted a report of that committee and presented to the Grand Secretary, in the name of the Grand Lodge, a beautiful office desk and revolving chair.

M.·. W.·. Bro. Horace A. Irvin, chairman of the committee appointed at the last communication to procure and present to the retiring Grand Master, M.·. W.·. Harry S. Kissell, a Past Grand Master's Jewel, reported that the committee had duly performed the pleasant duty assigned to them at a special meeting of Anthony Lodge No.455, (of which Brother Kissell is a member), called for that purpose, at which over five hundred Masons were present and which was followed with an elaborate banquet.

On recommendation of the Committee on Charters and Dispensations a duplicate charter was granted to Bloomingburg Lodge No.449, in lieu of the original destroyed by fire.

The Committee on Necrology submitted their report and testimonials as to the loss by death of Past Deputy Grand Master R.·. W.·. Jacob L'H. Long; Past Master J. Russell Johnson of Mystic Lodge No.405, Dayton, Ohio, who was also a Past Grand Commander of the Grand Commandery of Knights Templars of Ohio, and a Thirty-third Degree member of the Supreme Council of the A. A. S. R. for the Northern Masonic Jurisdiction of the United States of America, and the 1137 members of the Subordinate lodges in this Grand Jurisdiction; and the distinguished dead of twenty of our sister Grand Jurisdictions, among which were R.·. W.·. Bro. Wm. H. Dingley, 86 years, for 42 years Grand Treasurer of the Grand Lodge of Alabama, and had served as Grand Treasurer of all the Grand Masonic Bodies in that state; R.·. W.·. Henry B. Grant, 75 years, served 25 years as Grand Secretary of the Grand Lodge of Kentucky. At Painesville, Ohio, Joseph Chapmen, Past Grand Master of Iowa, 81 years; R.·. W.·. Christopher Diehl, 82 years, for 40 years Grand Secretary of the Grand Lodge of Utah, and a number of others whose ages range from 73 to 88 years. Verily the grim reaper has been busy garnering in the ranks of the Patriarchs of the Order.

PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO SECTION 28 OF THE CODE

R.·. W.·. Bro. Chas. J. Pretzman submitted the following proposed amendment to Section 28 of the Code, properly seconded:

"No Lodge shall receive the petition of any applicant for the degrees unless such applicant shall have resided one year in the jurisdiction of such Lodge; provided, however, that any commissioned, non-commissioned, or warrant officer, or enlisted soldier of the regular army of the United States, who has been in the service for a period of not less than one year, and who is stationed at a regular United States barracks or post within the Grand Jurisdiction of Ohio, may petition any Lodge within whose jurisdiction said barracks or post is located, without reference to his actual residence for one year within said jurisdiction," which was referred to the Committee on Masonic Jurisprudence which reported thereon and the same was laid over to the next Annual Grand Communication.

DISTINGUISHED GUESTS

The following distinguished Masons being present were severally introduced to the Grand Lodge and welcomed to seats in the Grand East:

M.·. E.·. Companion Thomas H. Isitt, Grand High Priest of the Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons; M.·. Ill.·. Lewis P. Schaus, Grand Master of the Grand Council of Royal and Select Masons; M.·. W.·. Bro. Frank S. Harmon, Thirty-third Degree, Deputy of the A. A. S. R.; M.·. W.·. Bro. Horace A. Irvin, Venerable President of the Masonic Veterans Association of Ohio, and M. Em. Sir Wm. B. Melish, Grand Master of the Grand Encampment of Knights Templars, U. S. A.

Each of these distinguished Brethren made suitable responses as introduced.

On motion of M.·. W.·. Bro. Frank S. Harmon, (R.·. W.·. Bro. E. S. Griffiths being in the Chair), the following committee was appointed to procure and present to M.·. W.·. Bro. Thomas B. Guitteau, Grand Master, the usual Past Grand Master's Jewel, viz.: M.·. W.·. Bros. Barton Smith, Frank S. Harmon and Leander Burdick.

Brother Edwin S. Griffiths of Cleveland, was elected M.·. W.·. Grand Master; Bro. Charles J. Pretzman of Columbus, R.·. W.·. Deputy Grand Master; Brother George L. Marshall of Dayton, R.·. W.·. Senior Grand Warden; Bro. Frank H. Marquis of Mansfield, R.·. W.·. Junior Grand Warden; Bro. Ralph R. Rickly of Columbus, R.·. W.·. Grand Treasurer, for the eighteenth consecutive time, and Bro. J. H. Bromwell of Cincinnati, R.·. W.·. Grand Secretary, for the twenty-fifth consecutive time.

Columbus, Ohio, was selected as the place, and Wednesday, October 22, A. D. 1913, as the time for holding the next Annual Grand Communication.

On recommendation of the Committee on Charters and Dispensations, charters were issued to the following Lodges, viz.: Barton Smith Lodge at Toledo; Winton Lodge at Cincinnati; Youngstown Lodge at Youngstown; Stillwater Lodge at Dayton, and Kinsman Lodge at Columbus; and Sherwood Lodge was continued under dispensation.

The Committee on S. Stacker Williams Library reported that they have received from the Masonic Library Association of Cincinnati, (Custodian of the Williams Library), through its President, a tabulated statement showing the additions made to the Library since it came into their possession, in 1907, of which the following is a condensed report:

Proceedings needed July, 1909 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,087
Proceedings needed later to cover the years of 1910, 1911 and 1912 . . . 719
Total Proceedings needed to Oct.15, 1912 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,806

Proceedings secured to Oct., 1911 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,466
Proceedings secured from Oct., 1911, to Oct., 1912 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 591
Total Proceedings procured to date. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,057
Leaving Proceedings yet needed to complete all sets up to 1912 . . . . . .749

On recommendation of the Committee the sum of $100.00 was donated to the Cincinnati Masonic Library Association for the purpose of defraying the expense of postage, expressage, etc., incidental to the procuring of the volumes needed to keep the sets of proceedings up to date.

The Committee on Foreign Correspondence presented its report covering 195 pages, reviewing the proceedings of seventy Grand Lodges and giving a condensed and masterly epitome of the important transactions of every Grand Jurisdiction in the world for the year past, and containing more useful information in relation to Masonic law, jurisprudence, usage and procedure than can be found in any monitor of history extant.

A slight idea of the scope of these reports can be had by examining the index of that report covering five pages, treating 145 subjects.

In referring to these reports at various times during the second and third volumes we have called the attention of our readers to many of the important subjects contained in them, urged the Craft and specially the Masonic student and the officers of the Subordinate Lodges to carefully read and study them thereby better fitting themselves to perform their duties as officers and Masons.

For over half a century M.·. W.·. Bro. William M. Cunningham, regularly attended every communication of this Grand Lodge, and for a quarter of a century he served it continuously as Chairman of the Foreign Correspondence Committee and gave to that service and to its reports his long experience, his unexcelled literary ability, and his ripe scholarship in Masonic history, jurisprudence 'and procedure, dispensing light on many important subjects Dot treated in the monitors or histories, such as Clandestine Masonry, Negro Masonry, the so called Prince Hall Grand Lodge, manner of wearing the Masonic Apron, and hundreds of others as can be seen by consulting the index to each yearly report, and we again urge on all Masonic students and officers to read them carefully, including those since his death, which are kept up to the same high standard.

M.·. W.·. Bro. Nelson Williams, chairman of the committee, concludes his 1912 report as follows:

And now having done the best we could, we leave the labors of the committee for a season of rest and refreshment:

FROM LABOR TO REFRESHMENT

From Labor to Refreshment-what a happy thought it is,
As we journey down the avenues of Time,
To feel that sweet refreshment will reward our labors here,
In that Lodge where every precept is sublime.

To fell that all the burdens, all the sorrows, all the woes,
All the trials, all the aches, and all the pains,
Will be buried as poor Hiram, when the Soul in freedom goes
To that Lodge where our Grand Master ever reigns.

From Labor to Refreshment - 'tis the Junior Warden's call
In the Lodge Known as Symbolic here below,
And every Brother pauses when he hears the gavel fall,
For its potent power all the Masons know.

Our Mystic work suspended, sweet converse reigns supreme,
And Fellowship, which is our richest gem,
Is set in Love cemented, and its iridescent gleam,
Lights to brilliancy our dazzling diadem.

From Labor to Refreshment - 'tis the Great Grand Master's call
When our labors in the earthly Lodge are o'er,
And he takes us through the portals of His Grand Celestial Hall,
There to live in sweet refreshment evermore.

There we shall see completed all the Master's wise designs,
No longer need the level and the square;
And there will ho no longer any need of grips or signs,
For we shall all be Brethren over there.

Nelson Williams, for the Committee.

OHIO MASONIC HOME

The officers and trustees of the Masonic Home pre~nted their annual report, which is printed in the proceedings.

The number of residents during the past year were: men, 71, average age 71 years; women, 50, average age 72 years; boys, 28, average age 11 years; girls, 22, 'average age 11 years; total residents, 171. The amounts contributed by the several Ohio Grand Masonic Bodies at their 1911 sessions were:

Grand Lodge . . . . . . . . $44,849.90
Chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,643.50
Council . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,000.00
Commandery . . . . . . . . . .4,000.00
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $62,493.40

The following is a statement of the Christmas and Entertainment Fund:

August 1, 1911, Balance on hand . . . . . . . $472.78
August 1, 1912, Received to date . . . . . . . . 870.28
Interest to July 1, 1912 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14.62
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,357.68
Disbursements to Aug. 1, 1912 . . . . . . . . . .765.88
Balance, August 1, 1912 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$591.80

The various Subordinate Masonic Bodies and individual Masons contributed during the year to the Home Improvement Fund for refurnishing rooms, etc., the sum of $17,117.91.

The Grand Chapter of Ohio Order of the Eastern Star donated for repairs and additions to the Hospital the sum of $3,012.59.

A large number of donations were made by the various Subordinate Masonic Bodies, Chapters of the Eastern Star, and individual Masons, which are set out in detail in the report, but are too numerous to mention here.

The following table shows the receipts, expenditures and balances in each of the funds beginning August 1, 1911, and terminating August 1, 1912:

Funds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Balances July 31, 1911 . . . . . . . Receipts . . . . . . . Disbursements . . . . . . . Balances July, 31 1912

General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $8,385.69 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $44,182.80 . . . . . . . $38,794.84 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $13,753.65
Endowment . . . . . . . . . . 148,471.89 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5,731.76 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152,203.65
Ground Improvement . . . . 2,299.35 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1,099.40 . . . . . . . . . . .963.66 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2,435.15
Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,849.70 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77.58 . . . . . . . . . . . .74.09 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1,853.19
Cemetery . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1,591.89 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.88 . . . . . . . . . 1,584.95 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17.82
W. C. Langenau . . . . . . . . . .515.10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20.80 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 535.90
Home Improvement . . . . . 2,945.23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,117.91 . . . . . . . . 11,614.96 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8,448.18
Refurnishing . . . . . . . . . . .2,779.64 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,021.85 . . . . . . . . . 8,151.63 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1,649.86
Hospital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3,012.59 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3,012.59
Dormitory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,137.77 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5,137.77
Huntington . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,288.49 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2,288.49
Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . $166,818.49 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $80,701.89 . . . . . . . $59,196.72 . . . . . . . . . . . . . $188,323.66

It will be observed that the Endowment Fund now amounts to the sum of $152,203.65.

The committee recommends the transfer of $5,000.00 from the Home Improvement Fund to the Dormitory Fund, and the transfer of $5,000.00 from the General Fund to the Dormitory Fund, also the income from the Endowment Fund for the coming year.

The amounts contributed and donated by the several Ohio Grand Masonic Bodies at their annual sessions in 1912, were as follows:

Grand Lodge,
Per Capita Tax . . . . . . . $25,947.90
Dormitory Fund . . . . . . .15,000.00
General Fund . . . . . . . . . .5,000.00
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $45,947.90

Grand Chapter,
Per Capita Tax . . . . . . . $7,872.25
General Fund . . . . . . . . . 5,000.00
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$12,872.25

Grand Council,
General Fund . . . . . . . $1,500.00
Cemetery Fund . . . . . . . . 500.00
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$2,000.00

Grand Commandery . . .4,000.00
Grand Total . . . . . . . $64,820.15

The Dormitory Fund was established by the Grand Lodge at the 1911 communication as a nucleus for an amount sufficient to erect and equip two dormitories, one for boys and one for the girls; and the Grand Lodge appropriated $5,000.00 at that session and $15,000.00 at this (1912) session, which with the interest accrued, $137.77, makes $20,137.77; and with the transfer of the $10,000.00 recommended by the Auditing Committee brings the fund up to $30,137.77, enough to start the work on the dormitories.

The returns from the farm, garden and hennery during the past year amounted to the sum of $6,280.86.

IMPROVEMENTS

During the past few years very liberal donations have been made by all the Masonic Bodies of both the York and Scottish Rite, and including the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine and the Order of the Eastern Star, for the purpose of making many needed additions, repairs and improvements to the Home buildings and grounds, and which have been noted in this history from time to time as they progressed.

During the past year many valuable improvements have been completed which practically cover every part of the main building from basement to tower, and also the hospital and grounds.

OUR HOME CEMETERY

under the direction of Bro. Goodale, is reported as approaching completion.

Members of Antioch Temple, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine of Dayton, presented to the Home what are probably the finest and most fully-equipped separate boys' and girls' playgrounds in the United States, as a gift from Antioch Temple, erected at a cost of over $1,200.

DONATIONS

Again, as in past years, it becomes a pleasing duty to give credit and to acknowledge our appreciation and to extend our sincere and hearty thanks to the Order of the Eastern Star for what it has done for us during the past year, by its munificent contribution of $3,000 to meet the expenses of modernizing and looking after much needed repairing of the hospital.

The following is the roster of the Officers and Board of Trustees of the Ohio Masonic Home, Springfield, 1912:

OFFICERS

James W. Iredell, Jr . . President
A. Frank Vance, Jr . . First Vice-President
Gibson H. Robinson . . Second Vice-President
Edward Harford . . Treasurer
John W. Parsons (Springfield) Secretary
Philip H. Dorn . . Superintendent

TRUSTEES

REPRESENTING THE GRAND LODGE

Leander Burdick . . . Toledo
Edward Harford . . . Springfield
Nelson Williams . . . Hamilton
Carroll F. Clapp . . . Warren
R. Arthur Worthington . . Springfield
Charles H. Voegele . . Mansfield

REPRESENTING THE GRAND CHAPTER

James W. Iredell, Jr . . . Cincinnati
Levi C. Goodale . . . Cincinnati
Gibson H. Robinson . . . Cleveland

REPRESENTING THE GRAND COUNCIL

Jacob H. Bromwell . . . Cincinnati

REPRESENTING THE GRAND COMMANDERY

Martin J. Houck . . . Dayton
John P. McCune . . . Columbus
A. Frank Vance, Jr . . . Urbana

REPRESENTING THE A. & A. SCOTTISH RITE

William B. Melish . . . Cincinnati
Matthew Smith . . . Cleveland

COMMITTEES

EXECUTIVE

Edward Harford
A. Frank Vance, Jr.
John P. McCune
Levi C. Goodale
R. Arthur Worthington

ADMISSION AND DISCHARGE

Gibson H. Robinson
Martin J. Houck
James W. Iredell, Jr.
Carroll F. Clapp
Matthew Smith

FINANCE

William B. Melish
Jacob H. Bromwell
Leander Burdick,
Nelson Williams
Charles H. Voegele

AUDITING

William B. Melish
Jacob H. Bromwell
Nelson Williams

RECOMMENDATION AS TO LODGES UNDER DISPENSATION

M.·. W.·. Bro. Levi C. Goodale offered the following resolution, which was unanimously adopted:

Resolved, That it is the sense of this Grand Body that hereafter all Lodges under dispensation applying to this Grand Lodge for charters shall come before the Committee on Charters and Dispensations on the day preceding the Annual Grand Communication with a short historical preamble of the steps leading up to the acquiring of a dispensation; copy of all their official transactions as a Lodge under Dispensation properly transcribed in their minute books; and all these accompanied by a duplicate copy of said transactions for the use of the office of the Grand Secretary.

M.·. W.·. Bro. Nelson Williams was re-appointed Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Correspondence and M.·. W.·. Bro. A. B. Meldrum, Chairman of the Committee on Necrology.

INSTALLATION OF GRAND OFFICERS

All of the officers elected and appointed, with the exception of R.·. W.·. Bro. A. B. Meldrum, were duly installed; M.·. W.·. Bro. Frank S. harmon acting as Grand Master and M.·. W.·. Bro. B. F. Perry as Grand Marshal.

On motion the Grand Secretary was authorized to request the officers of Woodward Lodge No.508, to install R.·. W.·. Bro. A. B. Meldrum as Grand Chaplain.

The Grand Lodge of Ohio was closed in Ample Form, and with a benediction by Acting R.·. W.·. Grand Chaplain C. G. Martin, the Lodge of Master Masons, which was opened at the beginning of the session, was duly closed.

Complimentary Dinner to the Past Grand Masters,

By M.·. W.·. Bro. LEANDER BURDICK, P. G. M.

While not actually a part of the proceedings of the M.·. W.·. Grand Lodge of Ohio at its One Hundred and Third Annual Grand Communication, it would seem eminently proper to insert therein a report of the dinner tendered by M.·. W.·. Bro. Leander Burdick, the senior living Past Grand Master, to his associate Past Grand Masters, the M.·. W.·. Grand Master, the R.·. W.·. Deputy Grand Master and the R.·. W.·. Grand Secretary on the evening of Tuesday, October 22, in the Boody Hotel.

All the invited guests were present except M.·. W.·. Bro. Carroll F. Clapp, who was detained at home by reason of the illness of his wife. With this exception, the unbroken line of Past Grand Masters was complete and in attendance.
Brother Burdick was thoroughly qualified to act as host on this occasion and there was not a minute of dullness or fatigue during the five hours devoted to this feast of good things and flow of soul.

The guests were as follows:

PAST GRAND MASTERS

Leander Burdick, Levi C. Goodale, Allen Andrews, Wm. B. Melish, Barton Smith, Nelson Williams, E. C. Gulliford, E. L. Lybarger, Frank S. Harmon, Ike M. Robinson, W. A. Belt, O. P. Sperra, C. G. Ballon, Lewis P. Sehaus, Horace A. Irvin, George D. Copeland, C. S. Hoskinson, B. F. Perry and H. S. Kissell.

GRAND LODGE OFFICERS

M.·. W.·. Grand Master Thomas B. Guitteau, R.·. W.·. Deputy Grand Master Edwin S. Griffiths and R.·. W.·. Grand Secretary J. H. Bromwell.

This delightful occasion was closed by all uniting in that good old Scotch song, "Auld Lang Syne," and each joined with others in the earnest wish that this remarkable unbroken line of Past Grand Masters might continue, with new accessions year by year, for many future Grand Communications of our Grand Lodge.

PROCEEDINGS OF THE OHIO MASONIC VETERANS' ASSOCIATION

The Ohio Masonic Veterans' Association met in its Forty-first Annual Meeting in the Blue Lodge Room, Masonic Temple, Toledo, Ohio, at 6:30 P. M., October 23, 1912.

OFFICERS PRESENT

Ven. Bro. F. L. Lybarger, President; Ven. Bro. J. H. Bromwell, First Vice-President; Ven. Bro. H. A. Irvin, Second Vice-President; Ven. Bro. W. A. Belt, Third Vice-President; Ven. Bro. F. C. Gulliford, Fourth Vice-President; Ven. Bro. Nelson Williams, Fifth Vice-President; Ven. Bro. C. G. Ballon, Chaplain; Ven. Bro. E. H. Archer, Secretary-Treasurer; Ven. Bro. L. P. Schaus, Marshal; Ven. Bro. W. B. Melish, Master of Ceremonies; Ven. Bro. D. J. Caine, Inside Guard; Ven. Bro. Henry Haws, Outer Guard.

Ven. Bro. Leander Burdick, Past President, and twenty-five Brethren.

The record of the Fortieth Annual meeting was admitted in print, read, and approved.

The Secretary-Treasurer submitted his annual report, which was, on motion, adopted.

The Secretary reported the deaths of Venerable Past President J. L'H. Long and Bro. E. B. Cox.

Eighty-five petitions were presented and each petitioner declared duly elected.
The petitioners were, by the direction of the Venerable President, presented by the Master of Ceremonies and Marshal, and duly received and greeted as Venerable Brothers, and by his direction enrolled as Venerable Members of this Association and each presented with a certificate of membership.

The President appointed Bro. Leander Burdick, F. C. Gulliford and O. B. Hannan a committee to recommend nominations for officers for the ensuing year. They submitted the following report and election was held, and the following were duly elected:

Ven. Bro. H. A. Irvin, President; Ven. Bro. W. A. Belt, First Vice-President; Ven. Bro. F. C. Gulliford, Second Vice-President; Ven. Bro. Nelson Williams, Third Vice-President; Ven. Bro. J. W. Moore, Fourth Vice-President; Ven. Bro. Ike M. Robinson, Fifth Vice-President; Ven. Bro. F. H. Archer, Secretary-Treasurer; Ven. Bro. C. G. Ballou Chaplain; Ven. Bro. W. B. Melish, Master of Ceremonies;

Ven. Bro. W. T. S. O'Hara, Marshal; Ven. Bro. W. E. Joseph, Inner Guard; Ven. Bro. Ralph R. Rickly, Outer Guard.

Venerable Bro. Nelson Williams, poet laureate, delivered a memorial to the memory of the deceased members, concluding with the following:

THE DEAR OLD CRONIES

Brethren, let us pause a moment
In this consecrated hall;
Let us bow our heads in silence,
While we all our dead recall.
It is needless here to name them,
They were noble men and true;
And if you had gone before them,
They would say the same of you.

This is where they loved to linger,
With the inner man supplied,
And drink in the words of wisdom
From their Brethren true and tried.
But no more will they be with us
In this world of pain and care;
Theirs the gladness, ours the sadness
Till we meet them over there.

Yes, we miss these dear old Cronies'
We have known so long and well,
And our sorrow at their absence
Neither tongue nor pen can tell.
We shall miss them as the seasons,
With their changes, come and go,
And our hearts each year will sadden
As their vacant places show.

Dear old chums, of course we miss you,
And your places none can fill;
For we loved your genial faces
And your forms, now cold and still.
But while you have gone far from us,
Yet we have you ever near;
You are sleeping 'neath the cedars,
But have left your image here.

Some are here who soon must follow;
Others quickly follow them;
Who knows but that on the morrow
You may chant my requiem?
Brethren, if such be God's pleasure,
All that I can ask of thee
Is to judge my motives kindly,
And each year remember me.

Officers and Brethren then repaired to the banquet room, and were most hospitably treated to a very satisfying dinner, after which addresses were made by the retiring President, F. L. Lybarger, and the newly elected President, H. A. Irvin, and Venerable Bros. Deardorif, W. B. Melish, Thomas H. Isitt and Leander Burdick.

On motion of Venerable Bro. Belt, a hearty and rising vote of thanks was given to the Brethren of Toledo for their hospitality.

After an invocation by the Chaplain, the forty-first meeting adjourned.

Time and Place of Next Meeting

The next Annual Grand Communication will be held in the city of Columbus, Ohio, on the fourth Wednesday of October, (22), 1913.

GRAND OFFICERS 1912-1913

Brother Edwin S. Griffiths, Cleveland, M. Grand Master; Bro. Chas. I. Pretzman, Columbus, R.·. W.·. Deputy Grand Master; Bro. Geo. L. Marshall, Dayton, R.·. W.·. Senior Grand Warden; Bro. Frank H. Marquis, Mansfield, R.·. W.·. Junior Grand Warden; Bro. Ralph R. Rickly, Columbus, R.·. W.·. Grand Treasurer; Bro. T. H. Bromwell, Cincinnati, R.·. W.·. Grand Secretary; Bro. A. B. Meldrum, Cleveland, R.·. W.·. Grand Chaplain; Bro. Joel C. Clore, Cincinnati, R.·. W.·. Grand Orator; Bro. Matthew Smith, Cleveland, R.·. W.·. Grand Marshal; Bro. H. M. Hagelbarger, Akron, W. Senior Grand Deacon; Bro. Clinton B. Wilcox, Sandusky, W. Junior Grand Deacon; Bro. A. B. Fairchild, Ravenna, Grand Tyler; The proceedings for this year cover 492 pages, and are embellished with the cuts of twenty-five of the Ohio Masonic Temples made from photographs secured by our R.·. W.·. Grand Secretary. A cut of the other Masonic Temples in the state will follow from year to year until all have been inserted.

The Masonic Temple at Columbus, now practically completed, is one of the largest temples in the United States devoted entirely to Masonic purposes, and will be opened, dedicated and consecrated to Masonic uses this fall.

This closes the record of the Annual Communication of 1912, being the one hundred and third Annual Grand Communication of the Grand Lodge, and completes the history of the Grand Lodge from its organization to the close of its 1912 Annual Communication, a record of which the Craft in Ohio have every reason to be proud.

The history of Masonry in the Great Northwestern Territory and state of Ohio, is contemporary with the settlement, civilization and progress of this great commonwealth.

General Rufus Putnam, who was the first Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Ohio, the leader and founder of the first white settlement in the great Northwestern territory, at Marietta, Ohio, April 8, A. D. 1788, and a Past Master of American Union Army Lodge; and Captain Jonathan Heart, Commandant of Fort Harmar opposite Marietta, a Past Grand Lecturer in Connecticut, being the Worshipful Master of said American Union Lodge; and Benjamin Tupper, a Past Master of Hampshire Lodge of Connecticut, who was a constant visitor of said Army Lodge; and Bros. Thomas Stanley, Griffen Green, Robert Oliver, William Stacy, William Buruham, and William Mills, met at Marietta, June 28, 1790, and opened said American Union Lodge, elected said seven Masons members of the Lodge, and thus established American Union Lodge as the first Masonic Lodge in the great Northwestern territory. The history of this and five other Lodges whose representatives formed and organized the Grand Lodge of Ohio at Chillicothe, January 4, A. D. 1808, is given in detail in the first volume of this history.

Following this settlement at Marietta by General Rufus Putnam and his forty-seven associates, were settlements at various places in the territory, among which was old Mingo Town, about three miles below the present city of Steubenville, and the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania in 1799 issued a warrant for a Lodge at that place; at Cincinnati, and on September 8, 1791, the Grand Lodge of New Jersey warranted Nova Cesarca Lodge at that place, afterwards consolidated into N. C. Harmony Lodge No.2; at Warren, known as the Connecticut Western Reserve, where the Grand Lodge of Connecticut at its communication in 1804, warranted Erie Lodge; at Chillicothe, where Scioto Lodge No.2, was chartered by the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts in 1805; at Zanesville, where Amity Lodge No.5 was warranted by the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania, June 24, 1805; at Worthington, where New England Lodge No.4, was chartered by the Grand Lodge of Connecticut, October 19, 1803, and at various other points the pioneers from the eastern states founded settlements and the resident Masons of such settlements secured charters from the Grand Lodges from which they hailed and erected the Altars of Masonry in the wilderness of this great territory. Thus from these sentiments of brave, fearless, hardy pioneers has grown this great commonwealth now numbering nearly five million souls, and from these few scattered, weak Lodges, has sprung the 529 active Lodges with their 84,493 members; thus civilization, religion and Masonry have traveled hand in band through the length and breadth of this grand domain, showering their favors and manifold blessings on all mankind within its borders, and carrying its benign influence throughout the entire empire of the "Great West," and beyond its borders to the "Isles of the Seas."

In the early days of the territory and state of Ohio, Masonry furnished many of their prominent officials.

Space will not permit a detailed statement, but this Grand Benevolent Institution in Ohio furnished the nation three Presidents of the United States, eight members of the President's Cabinet, six United States Senators; and the state, twelve Governors, and twelve Judges of the Supreme Court.

One of its Grand Masters, General Lewis Cass, moved to the territory of Michigan, and served as Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Michigan; as Governor of that territory from 1813 to 1831; as Secretary of War of the United States from 1831 to 1836; as United States Minister to France from 1836 to 1842; as United States Senator from 1845 to 1857; as Secretary of State of the United States from 1857 to 1860, and was candidate for President of the United States in 1848. Many other of our Brethren served the nation, state, districts and counties in other prominent official positions too numerous to mention in this history.

Others turned their faces toward the setting sun, and with the star of empire westward wended their way, and rose to distinction both in civil and Masonic life in their new homes, serving in prominent official positions in nation and state, and in their Masonic Grand Lodges from Grand Master down. Some of these visited their old homes and our Grand Lodge during its sessions, and mention of their fraternal reception will be found in the proceedings of the Grand Lodge and this history.

In the Councils of the General Masonic Bodies in both York and Scottish Rites, the influence of Ohio's gifted and honored Masonic Brethren has always been felt and recognized.

Space will not permit us to enumerate in detail their valuable and efficient services in every Grand and General Grand Body in the York Rite, and we will have to confine ourselves to the principal offices held by Ohio Masons in these exalted Masonic Bodies, as follows:

YORK RITE

General Grand Encampment of Knights Templars of the United States of America, now designated Grand Encampment of Knights Templars of the United States of America.

JOHN SNOW

Was present representing St. John's Encampment of Providence, R. I., at the convention held at Masons Hall in the city of New York, June 20 and 21, A. D. 1816, which organized the General Grand Encampment, and was elected General Grand Sword Bearer. Thomas Smith Webb, who represented Boston Encampment, was elected Deputy Grand Master.

In 1816 Webb and Snow came to Worthington, Ohio, and engaged in business there. On March 14, 1818, Webb issued to John Snow and others a dispensation authorizing the organization of Mt. Vernon Encampment Knights Templars at Worthington, and it was organized the next day. Sir Thomas Smith Webb, Sir John Snow and Sir Fredrick Curtis, a Knight Templar hailing from Ireland, the only Knights Templars known to be in Ohio, at that time, officiating. Sir Thomas Smith Webb returned to Boston in August, 1818, on some business connected with the enterprise of Snow and himself, and in July started to return to Worthington, but died suddenly at Cleveland, Ohio, July 6, A. D. 1819.

At the next session of the General Grand Encampment, 1819, John Snow was elected and installed as General Grand Generalissimo, and served until 1826.

He served as Grand Master of this Grand Lodge from 1819 to 1823.

EZ'RA GRISWOLD

Served as General Grand Sword Bearer, 1829 to 1832, and General Grand Standard Bearer, 1832 to 1835.

WILLIAM J. REESE

Knighted in Mt. Vernon Encampment No.1, May 22, 1830; served as General Grand Senior Warden, 1835 to 1838; General Grand Captain General, 1838 to 1841; General Grand Generalissimo, 1841 to 1844.

Served as Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Ohio, 1834 to 1842; as Grand High Priest of the Grand Chapter of Ohio R. A. M. 1833 and 1835 to 1839; and M.·. Ill.·. Grand Master of the Grand Council of Ohio, R. & S. M. 1834 to 1837.

Sir Wm. J. Reese issued the dispensations for and organized the following Encampments of Knights Templars:

Cincinnati Encampment No.3, Cincinnati, Ohio, December 30, 1839; Massillon Encampment No.4, Massillon, Ohio; Clinton Encampment No.5, Mt. Vernon, Ohio, October 12, 1843; on April 26, 1842, for an Encampment at Versailles, Ky.; on January 2, 1840, for an Encampment at Louisville, Ky.; on March 20, 1841, to the Encampment at Lexington, Ky., to meet and resume its Masonic business and labors; on June 3, 1841 to Mt. Vernon Encampment No.1, at Worthington, Ohio, to meet and resume labor, no meeting having been held since May 22, 1830, when Sir Wm. J. Reese was Knighted in that Encampment.

REV. ROBERT PUNSHON

General Grand Prelate, 1841 to 1844. He was a charter member of Cincinnati Encampment No.3; the M.·. W.·. Grand Master of the Grand Council of Ohio, R. & S. M., from its organization in 1830 until 1833; and Grand Prelate of the Grand Encampment of Ohio Knights Templars, 1844.

JOHN D. CALDWELL

Grand Recorder of the Grand Encampment U. S. K. T., 1862 to 1871; Grand Secretary of the Grand Chapter of Ohio, R. A. M. 1851 to 1869; Grand Recorder Grand Commandery of Ohio, K. T., 1851 to 1869; Grand Secretary Grand Lodge of Ohio F. & A. M., 1851 to 1888.

KENT JARVIS

Grand Captain General Grand Encampment, Knights Templars, U. S. A., 1865 to 1869; Grand Generalissimo, 1868 to 1871; Grand Commander of the Grand Commandery of Ohio Knights Templars, 1859 to 1863.

LAFAYETTE LYTTLE

Grand Captain General Grand Encampment, U. S. A., Knights Templars, 1877 to 1880; Grand Commander, Grand Commandery of Ohio Knights Templars, 1886.

WILLIAM B. HUBBARD

General Grand Captain General of the General Grand Encampment Knights Templars, U. S. A., 1844 to 1847 and General Grand Master of that Grand Body, 12 years, 1847 to 1859.

It was during his incumbency in the office of General Grand Master, (at the Triennial Session of 1856, at Hartford, Connecticut), that the Constitution of The General Grand Encampment of Knights Templars and Appendant Orders for the United States of America, was amended, and the name thereof changed to "The Grand Encampment of Knights Templars of the United States of America," the title "General" dropped from all its officers, the names and titles of the State Grand Encampments changed to "Grand Commandery," and of the Subordinate Encampments to "Commandery" and the titles of the officers of the state and Subordinate Encampments changed. A number of other amendments and additions were adopted, which gave rise to much dissatisfaction and dissension in the Grand and Subordinate Encampments, resulting in a number of the Grand Encampments, Ohio among them, terminating their connection with the General Body for a time, but the difficulty was afterwards healed and all the Grand and Subordinate Bodies renewed their allegiance to the Grand Encampment, and conformed to the new Constitution as afterwards amended.

Brother W. B. Hubbard served as Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Ohio, 1850 to 1852, and Grand High Priest of the Grand Chapter of Ohio, R. A. M., 1842 to 1846.

WILLIAM B. MELISH

Served as Grand Standard Bearer of the Grand Encampment Knights. Templars, U. S. A., 1892 to 1895; Grand Junior Warden, 1895 to 1898; Grand Senior Warden, 1898 to 1901; Grand Captain General, 1901 to 1904; Grand Generalissimo, 1904 to 1907; Deputy Grand Master, 1907 to 1910.

Sir Henry Warren Rngg, M. Em. . Grand Master, departed this life July 21, A. D. 1910, and Sir William B. Melish, assumed command and control of the Grand Encampment as Acting Grand Master until the Triennial Conclave of the Grand Encampment held at Chicago, Ill., August 9th to 11th, A. D. 1910, at which he was unanimously elected M.·. EM.·. Grand Master, and served as such until the close of the Triennial Conclave held at Denver, Colorado, August 12th to 15th, A. D. 1913.

Sir Wm. B. Melish served as Grand Commander of the Grand Commandery of Ohio Knights Templars in 1890, having served as Deputy Grand Commander in 1889, and Grand Generalissimo in 1888.

He served as Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Ohio F. & A. M. in 1895; Deputy Grand Master in 1894, and Senior Grand Warden in 1892 and 1893.

He has also been an active member of, and worker in, the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite, having received the Thirty-second Degree in Ohio Sovereign Consistory May 30, 1874, and the Honorary Thirty-third Degree in the Supreme Council of the Northern Masonic Jurisdiction, September 15, 1885.

He filled various offices in the Bodies of the Rite at Cincinnati, Ohio, from 1876 to 1910, serving as Commander in Chief of Ohio Sovereign Grand Consistory from 1895 to 1910.

He also served as Imperial Potentate of the Imperial Council of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine from 1892 to 1893 and 1894 to 1895.

REV. JOHN M. WALDEN

Served as Grand Prelate of the Grand Encampment, U. S., Knights Templars, 1910 to 1913.

GENERAL GRAND COUNCIL OF ROYAL AND SELECT MASTERS OF THE UNITED STATES

ORESTES A. B. SENTER

Was present as the representative of the Grand Council of Ohio, at the convention held at Detroit, Michigan, August 25 to 28, 1880, and assisted in organizing the General Grand Council; served as General Grand Treasurer, 1880 to 1886; General Grand P. C. W., 1886 to 1889; General Deputy Grand Master, 1889 to 1891; and General Grand Master, 1891 to 1894. Served as Ill. Grand Master of the Grand Council of Ohio, R. & S. M., 1878 to 1879; as Grand High Priest of the Grand Chapter of Ohio, R. A. M., 1893.

GRAFF M. ACKLIN

Served as General Grand Marshal of General Grand Council, 1897 to 1900; General Grand Captain of the Guard, 1900 to 1903; General Grand P. C. of W., 1900 to 1906; General Deputy Grand Master, 1906 to 1909; General Grand Master, 1909 to 1912; served as Ill. Grand Master, Grand Council of Ohio, R. & S. M., 1890 to 1891; as Grand High Priest of the Grand Chapter of Ohio, R. A. M., 1897.

NELSON WILLIAMS

Served as General Grand Sentinel of General Grand Council, 1900 to 1903; as M.·.Ill.·. Master of the Grand Council of Ohio, 1904; as Grand High Priest of the Grand Chapter of Ohio, R. A. M., 1902 ; as Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Ohio, 1897.

GENERAL GRAND CHAPTER OF ROYAL ARCH MASONS OF THE UNITED STATES

REUBEN C. LEMMON

Served as General Grand Treasurer, 1880 to 1891; General Grand King, 1891 to 1894; Deputy General Grand High Priest, 1894 to 1897 M.·.EX.·. General Grand High Priest, 1897 to 1900.

Also served as Grand High Priest of the Grand Chapter of Ohio, R. A. M., 1875 to 1876; Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Ohio, 1879 to 1880.

JOHN D. CALDWELL

General Grand Secretary, 1865 to 1871.

REV. ROBERT PUNSHON

General Grand Chaplain, 1841 to 1844.

SCOTTISH RITE

Supreme Council, Thirty-Third Degree, of the Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite for the Northern Masonic Jurisdiction of the United States of America.

KILLIAN VAN RENSSELAER

Served as Ill. Grand Master of Ceremonies of the Supreme Council, Thirty-third Degree, 1848 to 1851; as Ill. Deputy for Western Pennsylvania and Ohio, 1851 to 1860; as P. Lieutenant Grand Commander, 1860 to 1862; as M. P. Sovereign Grand Commander, 1862 until May 17, A. D. 1867, when at the Union of the United Supreme Councils he resigned, and

Josiah H. Drummond of Portland, Maine, was elected by the United Supreme Councils M. P. Sovereign Grand Commander. He was an active, earnest worker in the cause of Masonry to the date of his death, which occurred January 29, 1881. Sov. Grand Commander, Henry L. Palmer in announcing his death among other things, said: "Undoubtedly he did more than any other man, dead or alive, towards popularizing the Ancient Accepted Bite." The Supreme Council Thirty-third Degree for England, Wales and the Dependencies of the British Crown sent a letter of condolence to our Supreme Council in which it testified to his eminent Services for the Bite.

In 1851 Brother Van Rensselaer instituted Adoniram Lodge of Perfection, and a Council of the Princes of Jerusalem at Columbus, the first Bodies of the Bite organized west of Albany, New York. In 1852, Enoch T. Carson, George Hoadly, John H. Gerard, Absalom Death, Charles Brown, John A. Conn and George B. Cramer, having taken the Degrees at Columbus, petitioned the Supreme Council for a dispensation to open a Lodge of Perfection and Council of Princes of Jerusalem at Cincinnati, which was granted, and those Bodies instituted by Ill. Bro. K. H. Van Rensselaer on April 27, 1853, and on his recommendation a dispensation was granted to, and he instituted Ohio Sovereign Grand Consistory, Thirty-second Degree, at Cincinnati, Ohio, December 27, 1853, which was the first Consistory instituted west of New York, and afterwards became one of the largest Consistories in the world, and from which sprang the other four great Consistories in Ohio.

The Lodge of Perfection and Council of the Princes of Jerusalem at Columbus flourished several years, and finally ceased work and surrendered their charters, and other Bodies were later instituted and chartered and are now in a flourishing condition, as is also Scioto Sovereign Consistory, Thirty-second Degree, located there.

ENOCH TERRY CARSON

Served as Illustrious Deputy of Supreme Council, Thirty-third Degree, for Ohio and Indiana, 1860 to 1867, when Indiana was made a separate district; and as Deputy for Ohio, from 1867 to 1899. As Deputy he organized the first Scottish Bite Bodies in Indiana, and instituted the Sovereign Consistory at Indianapolis, Indiana, in 1864. Was a charter member of Ohio Sovereign Consistory at its organization, December 27, 1853, and served as its Commander in Chief, from 1857 to 1895, when he declined re-election.

He was a member of the Union of the Supreme Councils, Thirty-third Degree, May 17, 1867; served as P. Lieutenant Commander of the Supreme Council, 1870 to 1876; served as Grand Commander of the Grand Commandery of Ohio Knights Templars, 1871 to 1874; and enjoyed the distinction of being elected Grand Commander from the floor by the Grand Cornmandery of Ohio; served as Chairman of Foreign Correspondence Committee of the Grand Commandery of Ohio, 1876 to 1898.

HEMAN ELY

Served as Grand Treasurer General of the Supreme Council, Thirty-third Degree, A. A. S. R., N. M. J., 1867 to 1891, re-elected in 1891, but declined on account of ill health, and a resolution of respect was unanimously adopted. Be was one of the members of the union of May 17, 1867; served as Grand Commander of the Grand Commandery of Ohio Knights Templars, 1864 to 1870.

BARTON SMITH

Served as Illustrious Deputy of the Supreme Council for Ohio, 1906 to 1909; as P. Lieutenant Commander of the Supreme Council, 1909 to 1910. At the close of the ninety-eighth annual meeting of that Body, held at Detroit, Michigan, on September 22, A. D. 1910, General Samuel F. Lawrence, M. P. Sovereign Grand Commander, tendered his resignation to take effect at the close of the session, and Illustrious Barton Smith succeeded him as M. P. Sovereign Grand Commander. At the annual meeting held at Boston, Massachusetts, September 30, A. D. 1912, was re-elected for the ensuing term of three years, and is still acting as such. He represented the Supreme Council as one of its Delegates at the International Conference of the Supreme Councils of the World, held at Brussels, Belgium, June 10 to 15, A. D. 1907.

He served as Grand Commander of the Grand Commandery of Ohio Knights Templars, in 1896; Deputy Grand Master, in 1895; and as Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Ohio, in 1896.
Truly a Masonic record of which Ohio may well be proud!

ADDENDA

The following Lists, Tables, Statistics and other Masonic Information, are added as matters of ready reference, and will be found very convenient to the Craft, furnished in a condensed form, saving valuable time and labor in searching through the history for the facts therein contained.

LIST OF SUBJECTS

1. Statistics of membership by counties, 1912.
2. List of the elective Grand Lodge Officers of Ohio, from 1808 to 1912.
3. List of the appointive Grand Lodge Officers of Ohio, from 1808 to 1912.
4. List of Grand Lodge Officers of Ohio, from 1808 to 1889, which offices were abolished or ceased.
5. List of active Lodges under the Grand Lodge of Ohio, 1912, in numerical order giving number, name and location.
6. List of active Lodges under the Grand Lodge of Ohio, 1912, giving location in alphabetical order and date of charter.
7. List of extinct Lodges under Grand Lodge of Ohio, giving date of charter and of surrender of charter.
8. Number of members and time and place of meeting of the Grand Lodge each year from 1808 to 1912.
9. List of Army Lodges.
10. Description of the proposed Grand Lodge Hall at Lancaster, Ohio, 1838.

TOTAL MEMBERSHIP BY COUNTIES, 1912

Adams 362 . . . . . . . . Hamilton 9,530 . . . . . Noble 296
Allen 823 . . . . . . . . . .Hancock 385 . . . . . . .Ottawa 374
Ashland 347 . . . . . . . Hardin 672 . . . . . . . . Paulding 294
Ashtabula 1,437 . . . . Harrison 347 . . . . . . . Perry 761
Athens, 1,078 . . . . . . Henry 421 . . . . . . . . . Pickaway 460
Auglaize 345 . . . . . . .Highland 482 . . . . . . . Pike 119
Belmont 1,720 . . . . . Hocking 142 . . . . . . . .Portage 788
Brown 525 . . . . . . . . Holmes 148 . . . . . . . . Preble 436
Butler 802 . . . . . . . . .Huron 1,056 . . . . . . . Putnam 499
Carroll 234 . . . . . . . .Jackson 519 . . . . . . . .Richland 1,363
Champaign 821 . . . . Jefferson 875 . . . . . . . Ross 601
Clark 1,107 . . . . . . . .Knox 843 . . . . . . . . . .Sandusky 450
Clermont 1,042 . . . . .Lake 497 . . . . . . . . . . Scioto 643
Clinton 495 . . . . . . . .Lawrence 441 . . . . . . .Seneca 842
Columbiana 1,512 . . .Licking 1,377 . . . . . . .Shelby 325
Coshocton 412 . . . . . Logan 745 . . . . . . . . . Stark 1,635
Crawford 722 . . . . . . Lorain 1,195 . . . . . . . .Summit 1,665
Cuyahoga 9,189 . . . . Lucas 3,469 . . . . . . . . Trumbull 1,067
Darke 719 . . . . . . . . .Madison 595 . . . . . . . .Tuscarawas 844
Defiance 535 . . . . . . .Mahoning 1,230 . . . . . Union 368
Delaware 685 . . . . . . Marion 714 . . . . . . . . .Van Wert 320
Erie 802 . . . . . . . . . . Medina 555 . . . . . . . . .Vinton 269
Fairfield 750 . . . . . . .Meigs 503 . . . . . . . . . . Warren 634
Fayette 410 . . . . . . . .Mercer 307 . . . . . . . . . Washington 969
Franklin 4,962 . . . . . Miami 1,058 . . . . . . . . Wayne 555
Fulton 573 . . . . . . . . Monroe 406 . . . . . . . . .Williams 636
Gallia 471 . . . . . . . . .Montgomery 2,537 . . . Wood 770
Geauga 274 . . . . . . . .Morgan 552 . . . . . . . . Wyandot 698
Greene 524 . . . . . . . . Morrow 286. . . . . . . .------------------
Guernsey 682 . . . . . . Muskingum 1,574 . . . .Total 86,493

LIST OF ACTIVE LODGES UNDER GRAND LODGE OF OHIO, 1912, GIVING NAME, NUMBER AND LOCATION.

NUMBER - NAME - LOCATION - COUNTY - CHART DATE
1 American Union - Marietta - Washington - Jan. 05, 1816
2 N. C. Harmony - Cincinnati - Hamilton - Jan. 06, 1809
3 Old Erie - Warren - Trumbull - Oct. 18, 1854
4 New England - Worthington - Franklin - Jan. 05, 1814
5 Amity - Zanesville - Muskingum - Jan. 15, 1812
6 Scioto - Chillicothe - Ross - Jan. 15, 1812
7 Morning Dawn - Gallipolis - Gallia - Jan. 05, 1810
8 Harmony - Urbana - Champaign - Feb. 06, 1815
9 Mt. Zion - Mt. Vernon - Knox - Jan. 08, 1810
11 Center Star - Granville - Licking - Jan. 06, 1813
12 Unity - Revenna - Portage - Oct. 22, 1852
13 St. Johns - Dayton - Montgomery - April 07, 1810
14 Franklin - Troy - Miami - Jan. 05, 1815
15 Cleveland City - Cleveland - Cuyahoga - Oct. 19, 1842
16 Belmont - St. Clairsville - Belmont - June 15, 1812
17 Washington - Hamilton - Butler - Jan. 06, 1813
18 Hiram - Delaware - Delaware - Jan. 21, 1811
19 Jerusalem - Hartford - Trumbull - Jan. 14, 1814
20 Magnolia - Columbus - Franklin - Oct. 20, 1847
21 Western Star - Youngstown - Mahoning - Jan. 04, 1816
22 Rising Sun - Ashtabula - Ashtabula - Oct. 23, 1845
23 Pickaway - Circleville - Pickaway - Jan. 03, 1815
24 Warren - Piqua - Miami - Oct. 21, 1841
25 Paramuthia - Athens - Athens - Jan. 14, 1814
26 Lebanon - Lebanon - Warren - Jan. 03, 1815
28 Temple - Painsville - Lake - Oct. 17, 1842
29 Clermont Social - Williamsburgh - Clermont - Jan. 04, 1816
30 Columbus - Columbus - Franklin - June - , 1815
33 Ebenezer - Wooster - Wayne - Jan. 13, 1819
35 Mansfield - Mansfield - Richland - Feb. 10, 1818
37 Mt. Moriah - Beverly - Washington - Feb. 14, 1819
38 Highland - Hillsboro - Highland - Jan. 09, 1817
40 Northern - Light - Maumee - Lucas - Dec. 21, 1818
43 West Union - West Union - Adam - Aug. 22, 1818
44 Columbia - Miami - Hamilton - Dec. 13, 1817
45 Steubenville - Steubenville - Jefferson - Jan. 24, 1820
46 Miami - Cincinnati - Hamilton - Jan. 10, 1818
47 Clinton - Massillon - Stark - June 22, 1837
48 Aurora - Portsmouth - Scioto - Dec. 15, 1820
49 Xenia - Xenia - Greene - Oct. 19, 1819
50 Science - Sandusky - Erie - Dec. 12, 1820
52 Wilmington - Wilmington - Clinton - Oct. 19, 1842
54 Milford - Milford - Clermont - Dec. 11, 1820
55 Eastern Star - Franklin - Warren - Dec. 15, 1820
56 King Solomon's - Elyria - Lorain - Dec, 12, 1821
57 Lancaster - Lancaster - Fairfield - Dec. 15, 1820
58 Medina - Medina - Medina - Dec. 23, 1820
59 Tuscarawas - Canal Dover - Tuscarawas - Oct. 24, 1845
60 Canton - Canton - Stark - Oct. 12, 1821
61 Bethel - Bethel - Clermont - Oct. 12, 1821
64 Mount Vernon Norwalk - Huron - Dec. 12, 1821
65 New Lisbon - Lisbon - Columbiana - Oct. 20, 1859
66 Cambridge - Cambridge - Guernsey - Oct. 08, 1850
67 Oxford - Oxford - Butler - June 18, 1822
70 Marion - Marion - Marion - Oct. 21, 1841
71 Union - Ripley - Brown - Sept. 15, 1840
72 Georgetown - Georgetown - Brown - Oct. 17, 1839
73 Temperance - Sidney - Shelby - Jan. 20, 1826
74 Seville - Seville - Medina - Oct. 19, 1842
76 Somerset - Somerset - Perry - Jan. 10, 1836
77 Tiffin - Tiffin - Seneca - Oct. 19, 1842
78 Leesburg - Leesburg - Highland - Oct. 14, 1842
79 La Fayette - Zanesyille - Muskingum - Jan. 10, 1826
80 Libanus - Lewisburg - Preble - Oct. 23, 1845
81 La Fayette - Cincinnati - Hamilton - Jan. 11, 1826
82 Bolivar - Eaton - Preble - Jan. 08, 1827
83 Akron - Akron - Summit - Oct. 21, 1841
85 Jackson - Brownsville - Licking - Oct. 21, 1841
88 King Hiram - W. Alexandria - Preble - Oct. 19, 1842
89 Friendship - Barnesyille - Belmont - Oct. 15, 1828
90 Jefferson - Middletown - Butler - Jan. 15, 1828
91 Western Sun - Wheelersburg - Scioto - Oct. 21, 1847
93 Chardon - Chardon - Geauga - Oct. 18, 1842
94 Montgomery - Montgomery - Hamilton - Jan. 16, 1828
96 Coshocton - Coshocton - Coshocton - June 26, 1846
97 Newark - Newark - Licking - Jan. 05, 1829
98 Minerva - Miamisburg - Montgomery - Oct. 22, 1842
100 New Carlisle - New Carlisle - Clark - Oct. 18, 1850
101 Clark - Springfield - Clark - Sept. 28, 1848
102 Felicity - Felicity - Clermont - Oct. 19, 1839
103 Dresden - Dresden - Muskingum - Oct. 19, 1839
104 Batavia - Batavia - Clermont - June 20, 1838
105 Moriah - Powhatan - Point - Belmont - Oct. 18, 1842
106 Fellowship - New Paris - Preble - Oct. 20, 1840
107 Fayette - Washington C. H. - Fayette - Oct. 20, 1840
108 Wakatomica - West Carlisle - Coshocton - Oct. 22, 1840
111 Corinthian - McConnelsville - Morgan - Oct. 24, 1843
112 Wood County - Bowling Green - Wood - Oct. 17, 1843
113 Mechanicsburg Mechanicsburg - Champaign - Oct. 23, 1843
115 Hanover - Loudonville - Ashland - Oct. 25, 1844
116 Hebron - Hebron - Licking - Oct. 25, 1844
118 Malta - Norwich - Muskingum - Oct. 25, 1844
119 Goshen - Goshen - Clermont - Oct. 25, 1844
120 McMakin - Mt. Healthy - Hamilton - Oct. 25, 1844
121 Mercer - St. Marys - Auglaize - Oct. 25, 1844
122 Moscow - Moscow - Clermont - Oct. 25, 1844
123 Phoenix - Perrysburg - Wood - Oct. 25, 1844
124 Carroll - Carrollton - Carroll - Oct. 25, 1844
126 Spartan - Millersburg - Holmes - Oct. 24, 1845
127 Wellington - Wellington - Lorain - Oct. 23, 1845
131 Vinton - Vinton - Gallia - Oct. 24, 1845
132 Trowel - Jackson - Jackson - Oct. 24, 1845
133 Cincinnati - Cincinnati - Hamilton - Oct. 24, 1846
134 Columbian - Cumberland - Guernsey - Oct. 23, 1846
135 Butlerville - Butlerville - Warren - Oct. 23, 1846
136 Sharon - Sharon - Noble - Oct. 23, 1846
137 Harrisville - Lodi - Medina - Oct. 23, 1846
138 Chandler - London - Madison - Oct. 23, 1846
140 Cheviot - Cincinnati - Hamilton - Oct. 20, 1847
141 McMillan - Cincinnati - Hamilton - Oct. 20, 1847
143 Greenville - Greenville - Darke - Oct. 27, 1847
144 Toledo - Toledo - Lucas - Oct. 27, 1847
145 Valley - Malta - Morgan - Oct. 23, 1847
147 Dayton - Dayton - Montgomery - Oct. 20, 1847
148 Mt. Olive - Chester Hill - Morgan - Oct. 21, 1847
149 Aberdeen - Aberdeen - Brown - Oct. 14, 1847
150 Buckeye - New Richmond - Clermont - Oct. 20, 1847
151 Ashland - Ashland - Ashland - Oct. 19, 1847
152 Venus - Mansfield - Richland - Oct. 20, 1847
153 Farmers - Fredonia - Licking - Sept. 22, 1848
154 Latham - Kenton - Hardin - Sept. 26, 1848
155 Cynthia - Cincinnati - Hamilton - Oct. 15, 1849
156 Albany - Albany - Athens - Sept. 27, 1848
157 Philodorean - Nelsonville - Athens - Sept. 28, 1848
158 Palestine - Marysville - Union - Sept. 28, 1848
159 Camden - Camden - Preble - Sept. 26, 1848
161 Mad River - West Liberty - Logan - Sept. 28, 1848
162 Yeatman - Cincinnati - Hamilton - Sept. 17, 1848
163 Waynesville - Waynesville - Warren - Sept. 29, 1848
164 Pomeroy - Pomeroy - Meigs - Sept. 27, 1848
165 Hildreth - Republic - Seneca - Sept. 28, 1848
166 Russellville - Russellville - Brown - Oct. 27, 1848
167 Hamer - Wapakoneta - Auglaize - Sept. 27, 1848
168 Covington - Covington - Miami - Sept. 29, 1848
169 Lithopolis - Lithopolis - Fairfield - Oct. 29, 1848
170 Thrall - Fredericktown - Knox - Oct. 18, 1849
171 Mingo - Logan - Hocking - Oct. 19, 1849
172 Done - Deavertown - Morgan - Oct. 19, 1849
174 Tippecanoe - Tippecanoe City - Miami - Oct. 27, 1850
175 Lone Star - Newcomerstown - Tuscarawas - Oct. 15, 1849
176 Warpole - Upper Sandusky - Wyandot - Oct. 17, 1850
177 New Philadelphia - New Philadelphia - Tuscarawas - Oct. 19, 1849
178 Lynchburg - Lynchburg - Highland - Oct. 15, 1849
179 Superior - West Unity - Williams - Oct. 16, 1849
180 Wellsville - Wellsville - Columbiana - Oct. 20, 1849
181 Bridgeport - Bridgeport - Belmont - Oct. 17, 1849
182 Smithfield - Smithfield - Jefferson - Oct. 15, 1849
184 Irville - Nashport - Muskingum - Oct. 18, 1850
185 Perry - Salem - Columbiana - Oct. 15, 1850
186 Wyoming - Wyoming - Hamilton - Oct. 18, 1850
187 Star - Cuyahoga Falls - Summit - Oct. 17, 1850
189 Monroe - Woodsfield - Monroe - Oct. 15, 1850
191 Blanchester - Blanchester - Clinton - Oct. 19, 1850
192 Fielding - South Charleston - Clark - April 24, 1850
193 Snow - Harrison - Hamilton - Oct. 15, 1850
194 Mystic Tie - Uhrichsville - Tuscarawas - July 15, 1850
195 Tu-en-da-wie - Defiance - Defiance - Oct. 18, 1850
196 Bambridge - Bambridge - Ross - Oct. 19, 1849
198 Lawrence - Ironton - Lawrence - Oct. 18, 1850
199 Ohio - Bladensburg - Knox - Oct. 28, 1851
201 Richiand - Plymouth - Richland - Oct. 25, 1851
202 Port Washington - Port Washington - Tuscarawas - Oct. 28, 1851
203 Marathon - Marathon - Clermont - Oct. 28, 1851
204 Sharonville - Sharonville - Hamilton - Oct. 27, 1851
205 Lima - Lima - Allen - Oct. 28, 1851
206 Mt. Gilead - Mt. Gilead - Morrow - Oct. 24, 1851
207 Delta - McArthur - Vinton - Nov. 10, 1851
208 Hanselmann - Cincinnati - Hamilton - Oct. 25, 1851
209 Bellefontaine - Bellefontaine - Logan - Oct. 28, 1851
210 Olive - Mt. Ephraim - Noble - Oct. 28, 1851
211 Rushville - Rushville - Fairfield - Oct. 30, 1851
213 Summit - Twinsburg - Summit - Oct. 28, 1851
214 Hope - Delphos - Allen - Oct. 01, 1851
215 Bryan - Bryan - Williams - Oct. 28, 1851
217 Social - Lena - Miami - Oct. 22, 1852
218 Van Wert - Van Wert - Van Wert - Oct. 22, 1852
219 Harrison - Cadiz - Harrison - Oct. 22, 1852
220 Hubbard - Adamsville - Muskingum - Oct. 22, 1852
221 Madison - West Jefferson - Madison - Oct. 22, 1852
222 Evergreen - Conneaut - Ashtabula - Oct. 22, 1852
224 Plainfleid - Plalifield - Coshocton - Oct. 20, 1852
225 Fort Stephenson - Fremont - Sandusky - Oct. 22, 1852
226 Mt. Olivet - Christiansburg - Champaign - Oct. 22, 1852
227 Findlay - Findlay - Hancock - Oct. 22, 1852
228 Hamer - Owensville - Clermont - Oct. 22, 1852
229 Iris - Cleveland - Cuyahoga - Oct. 22, 1852
232 Lockbourne - Lockbourne - Franklin - Oct. 20, 1853
236 Winchester - Winchester - Adams - Oct. 20, 1853
237 Rubicon - Toledo - Lucas - Oct. 13, 1853
238 Chester - Chesterville - Morrow - Oct. 20, 1853
239 Erie - Milan - Erie - Oct. 20, 1853
240 Groveport - Groveport - Franklin - Oct. 20, 1853
241 Celina - Celina - Mercer - Oct. 20, 1853
243 Bigelow - Cleveland - Cuyahoga - Oct. 18, 1854
244 Monticello - Clyde - Sandusky - Oct. 18, 1854
245 Golden Gate - Chagrin Falls - Cuyahoga - Oct. 19, 1854
246 Garrettsville - Garretteville - Portage - Oct. 19, 1854
247 East Liberty - East Liberty - Logan - Oct. 18, 1854
248 Fulton Delta - Fulton - Oct. 19, 1854
249 Newton - Raymond - Union - Oct. 19, 1854
250 New Lexington - New Lexington - Perry - Oct. 18, 1854
251 Hazen - Morristown - Belmont - Oct. 18, 1854
252 Webb - Stockport - Morgan - Oct. 18, 1854
253 Hoffner - Cincinnati - Hamilton - Oct. 19, 1854
254 Sardinia - Sardinia - Brown - Oct. 18, 1883
255 Warsaw - Warsaw - Coshocton - Oct. 17, 1854
256 Napoleon - Napoleon - Henry - Oct. 25, 1855
257 Germantown - Germantown - Montgomery - Oct. 26, 1856
258 Emery Loveland - Clermont - Oct. 20, 1854
259 Mineral Hamden - Vinton - Oct. 26, 1855
260 Floral New - London - Huron - Oct. 24, 1855
261 Fairfield - North Fairfield - Huron - Oct. 24, 1855
265 Morrow - Morrow - Warren - Oct. 24, 1855
266 Meridian Sun - West Richfield - Summit - Oct. 26, 1855
267 Bellaire - Bellaire - Belmont - Oct. 26, 1855
268 Blazing Star - North Lewisburg - Champaign - Oct. 25, 1855
269 Mount Sterling - Mt. Sterling - Madison - Oct. 25, 1855
271 Conrad - Alliance - Stark - Oct. 25, 1855
272 Arcana - Crestline - Crawford - Oct. 26, 1855
273 Bellevue - Bellevue - Huron - Oct. 26, 1855
274 Village - Burton - Geauga - Oct. 26, 1855
275 Orphan's Friend - Wilkesville - Vinton - Oct. 25, 1855
278 Allen - Columbiana - Columbiana - Oct. 18, 1855
277 Rock Creek - Rock Creek - Ashtsbula - Oct. 22, 1856
278 Ameaville - Amesville - Athens - Oct. 22, 1856
280 Kalida - Kalida - Putnam - Oct. 22, 1856
282 Pleasant Ridge - Pleasant Ridge - Hamilton - Oct. 22, 1856
283 Anchor - Duncan Falls - Muskingum - Oct. 23, 1856
284 Relief - Pierpont - Ashtabula - Oct. 22, 1856
285 Clemente Amitie - Reinenville - Morgan - Oct. 22, 1856
287 Sylvania - Sylvania - Lucas - Oct. 23, 1856
288 Fostoria - Fostoria - Seneca - Oct. 23, 1856
289 Grand Rapids - Grand Rapids - Wood - Oct. 23, 1856
290 Versailles - Versailles - Darke - Oct. 21, 1857
291 Licking - Utica - Licking - Oct. 21, 1857
292 Boggs - De Graff - Logan - Oct. 21, 1857
293 Bartlett - Bartlett - Washington - Oct. 21, 1857
295 Ithaca - Arcanum - Darke - Oct. 21, 1857
296 Western Phoenix - Parkman - Geauga - Oct. 21, 1857
298 Flushing - Flushing - Belmont - Oct. 21, 1857
300 Stafford Stafford - Monroe - Oct. 22, 1858
301 Gibson - Wakeman - Huron - Oct. 21, 1858
302 Willoughby - Willoughby - Lake - Oct. 21, 1858
303 Mt. Cannel - Richwood - Union - Oct. 21, 1858
305 Stokes Port - Jefferson - Shelby - Oct. 21, 1858
306 Acadia - Spencerville - Allen - Oct. 21, 1858
307 Lake Shore - Madison - Lake - Oct. 21, 1858
308 Aurelius - Macksburg - Washington - Oct. 20, 1859
309 Frankfort - Frankfort - Ross - Oct. 20, 1859
310 Eden - Bloomville - Seneca - Oct. 20, 1859
311 Urania - Plain City - Madison - Oct. 20, 1859
312 Harveysburg - Harveysburg - Warren - Oct. 20, 1859
313 Sullivan - Sullivan - Ashland - Oct. 20, 1859
314 Wyandot - McCutchenville - Wyandot - Oct. 20, 1859
315 Riddle - East Liverpool - Columbiana - Oct. 20, 1859
316 Rockton - Kent - Portage - Oct. 20, 1859
317 Manchester - Manchester - Adams - Oct. 20, 1859
318 Greenfield - Greenfield - Highland - Oct. 20, 1859
321 Orient - Waverly - Pike - Oct. 17, 1860
322 East Townsend - Collins - Huron - Oct. 17, 1860
323 Clarksville - Clarksville - Clinton - Oct. 19, 1860
324 Sabina - Sabina - Clinton - Oct. 17, 1860
325 Ottawa - Ottawa - Putnam - Oct. 17, 1860
326 Center - Johnstown - Licking - Oct. 18, 1860
329 Perseverance - Sandusky - Erie - Oct. 18, 1860
330 Caldwell - Bolivar - Tuscarawas - Oct. 20, 1860
332 Edenton - Edenton - Clermont - Oct. 18, 1860
333 Unionport - Unionport - Jefferson - Oct. 16, 1861
334 Geneva - Geneva - Ashtabula - Oct. 16, 1861
335 Antwerp - Antwerp - Paulding - Oct. 16, 1861
336 Brainard - Fremont - Sandusky - Oct. 16, 1861
337 Coolville - Coolville - Athens - Oct. 16, 1861
338 New Home - Hanover - Licking - Oct. 21, 1862
339 Blendon - Westerville - Franklin - Oct. 21, 1862
340 Reynoldsburg - Reynoldsburg - Franklin - Oct. 21, 1862
341 O. H. Perry - Port Clinton - Ottawa - Oct. 21, 1862
342 Tuscan - Jefferson - Ashtabula - Oct. 21, 1862
343 Nevada - Nevada - Wyandot - Oct. 21, 1862
344 Ada - Ada - Hardin - Oct. 20, 1863
345 Concordia - Cleveland - Cuyahoga - Oct. 18, 1864
346 North Bend - Cleves - Hamilton - Oct. 18, 1864
347 Belle Center - Belle Center - Logan - Oct. 18, 1864
348 Salineville - Salineville - Columbiana - Oct. 29, 1864
349 Wauseon - Wauseon - Fulton - Oct. 18, 1864
350 Shelby - Shelby - Richland - Oct. 18, 1864
351 Portage - Elmore - Ottawa - Oct. 20, 1865
352 Jamestown - Jamestown - Greene - Oct. 18, 1865
353 Orion - Kingsville - Ashtabula - Oct. 16, 1865
354 Somerton - Somerton - Belmont - Oct. 19, 1865
355 Pharos - St. Paris - Champaign - Oct. 15, 1866
356 Kilwinning - Cincinnati - Hamilton Oct. 11, 1866
357 Edgerton - Edgerton - Williams - Oct. 17, 1866
359 Marks - Huron - Erie - Oct. 17, 1866
360 Point Pleasant - Pleasant City - Guernsey - Oct. 17, 1866
361 Pleasant Hill - Pleasant Hill - Miami - Oct. 17, 1866
362 Sunsbury - Beallsville - Monroe - Oct. 17, 1866
363 Middleport - Middleport - Meigs - Oct. 16, 1866
364 Rufus Putnam - Columbus Grove - Putnam - Oct. 17, 1866
365 Sinking Spring - Sinking Spring - Highland - Oct. 17, 1866
366 Portland - Oak Hill - Jackson - Oct. 16, 1866
367 Attica - Attica - Seneca - Oct. 16, 1866
368 Muskingum - Fultonham - Muskingum - Oct. 17, 1866
369 Excelsior - Cincinnati - Hamilton - Oct. 16, 1866
370 Tyrian - Cleveland - Cuyahoga - Oct. 16, 1866
371 Centerville - Thurman - Gallia - Oct. 16, 1866
372 Goodale - Columbus - Franklin - Oct. 17, 1866
373 Higginsport - Higginsport - Brown - Oct. 16, 1867
374 Matamoras - New Matamoras - Washington - Oct. 16, 1867
375 Bedford - Bedford - Cuyahoga - Oct. 16, 1867
376 Bellville - BeIlville - Richland - Oct. 17, 1867
377 Shanes - Roekford - Mercer - Oct. 17, 1867
378 Senate - Forest - Hardin - Oct. 16, 1867
379 Newburgh - Cleveland - Cuyahoga - Oct. 16, 1867
380 Oberlin - Oberlin - Lorain - Oct. 16, 1867
381 Litchfield - Litchfield - Medina - Oct. 16, 1867
382 Berea Berea - Cuyahoga - Oct. 16, 1867
384 Cardington - Cardington - Morrow - Oct. 15, 1867
385 Wadsworth - Wadsworth - Medina - Oct. 16, 1867
386 Vattier - Cincinnati - Hamilton - Oct. 16, 1867
387 Gorham - Fayette - Fulton - Oct. 16, 1867
388 Forest City - Cleveland - Cuyahoga - Oct. 16, 1867
390 Harmar - Marietta - Washington - Oct. 16, 1867
391 Martinsville - Martinsville - Clinton - Oct. 16, 1867
392 New Holland - New Holland - Pickaway - Oct. 16, 1867
394 Mahoning - Niles - Trumbull - Oct. 16, 1867
396 Sanford L. Collins - Toledo - Lucas - Oct. 16, 1867
397 Harts Grove - Harts Grove - Ashtabula - Oct. 16, 1857
398 West Salem - West Salem - Wayne - Oct. 21, 1868
399 Lagrange - Lagrange - Lorain - Oct. 21, 1868
400 Sparrow - Sunbury - Delaware - Oct. 21, 1868
401 Leetonia - Leetonia - Columbiana - Oct. 21, 1868
402 Wilishire - Willshire - Van Wert - Oct. 21, 1868
404 Pataskala - Pataskala - Licking - Oct. 21, 1868
405 Mystic - Dayton - Montgomery - Oct. 21, 1868
406 Orange - Leesville - Carroll - Oct. 21, 1868
407 Ashley - Ashley - Delaware - Oct. 19, 1868
408 Sandy Valley - Hanoverton - Columbiana - Oct. 21, 1868
411 Harrisonville - Harrisonville - Meigs - Oct. 21, 1868
413 Fort Black - New Madison - Darke - Oct. 21, 1868
414 Galion - Galion - Crawford - Oct. 21, 1868
415 Freeport - Freeport - Harrison - Oct. 21, 1868
416 Caledonia - New Albany - Franklin - Oct. 21, 1868
417 East Palestine - East Palestine - Columbiana - Oct. 21, 1868
418 Rawson - Rawson - Hancock - Oct. 21, 1868
419 Madisonville - Madisonville - Hamilton - Oct. 21, 1868
420 Carey - Carey - Wyandot - Oct. 21, 1868
421 Yellow Springs - Yellow Springs - Greene - Oct. 21, 1868
422 Bloomfield - Centerburg Knox - Oct. 21, 1868
424 Ely - Vermilion - Erie - Oct. 20, 1869
425 Summerfield - Summerfield - Noble - Oct. 20, 1869
426 Constitution - New Marshfield - Athens - Oct. 20, 1869
427 Green Spring - Green Spring - Seneca - Oct. 20, 1869
428 Gerard - Newtown - Hamilton - Oct. 20, 1869
429 Masterton - Masterton - Monroe - Oct. 20, 1869
430 Cedar - Orrville - Wayne - Oct. 20, 1869
431 Wm. McKinley - Canton - Stark - Oct. 20, 1869
432 Bluffton - Bluffton - Allen - Oct. 20, 1869
433 Genoa - Genoa - Ottawa - Oct. 20, 1869
434 Royalton - Union Lyons - Fulton - Oct. 20, 1869
435 New Harmony - Mt. Orab - Brown - Oct. 20, 1869
436 Lowell - Lowell - Washington - Oct. 20, 1869
437 J. B. Covert - Tobasco - Clermont - Oct. 18, 1870
438 Ionic - Bellaire - Belmont - Oct. 16, 1870
439 Thatcher - Nottingham - Cuyahoga - Oct. 19, 1870
441 Pioneer - Pioneer - Williams - Oct. 19, 1870
442 Gustavus - Kinsman - Trumbull - Oct. 19, 1870
444 Prospect - Prospect - Marion - Oct. 19, 1870
445 Monitor - Sayler Park - Hamilton - Oct. 18, 1870
446 Kirkwood - Hendrysburg - Belmont - Oct. 19, 1870
447 Oliver - Caledonia - Marion - Oct. 19, 1870
448 Gage and Gavel - Chandlersville - Muskingum - Oct. 19, 1870
449 Bloomingburg - Bloomingburg - Fayette - Oct. 19, 1870
451 Tontogany - Tontogany - Wood - Oct. 22, 1870
452 Symbol - New Lyme - Ashtabula - Oct. 19, 1871
453 Shade River - Chester - Meigs - Oct. 22, 1870
454 Brooklyn - Cleveland - Cuyahoga - Oct. 18, 1871
455 Anthony - Springfield - Clark - Oct. 18, 1871
456 Siloam - Cheshire - Gallia - Oct. 18, 1871
457 Collingwood - West Toledo - Lucas - Oct. 18, 1871
458 Jackson Center - Jackson Center - Shelby - Oct. 16, 1872
459 Noble - Caldwell - Noble - Oct. 17, 1872
460 Juilliard - Louisville - Stark - Oct. 17, 1872
461 Racine - Racine - Meigs - Oct. 18, 1872
462 Newton Falls - Newton Falls - Trumbull - Oct. 17, 1872
463 LaRue - LaRue - Marion - Oct. 16, 1872
464 Acacia - Wilkins - Licking - Oct. 17, 1872
465 Lucasville - Lucasville - Scioto - Oct. 16, 1872
466 Savannah - Guysville - Athens - Oct. 16, 1872
468 Jeffersonville - Jeffersonville - Fayette - Oct. 21, 1873
469 Galfia - Chambersburg - Gallia - Oct. 22, 1873
470 Bishopville - Bishopville - Morgan - Oct. 22, 1873
471 Jenkins - Irondale - Jefferson - Oct. 22, 1873
472 Zaleski - Zaleski - Vinton - Oct. 22, 1873
474 Edon - Edon Williams - Oct. 22, 1873
475 Baltimore - Baltimore - Fairfield - Oct. 22, 1873
476 Humboldt - Columbus - Franklin - Oct. 22, 1873
477 Gettysburg - Gettysburg - Darke - Oct. 21, 1874
478 Hickaville - Hickaville - Defiance - Oct. 21, 1874
481 Hulman - Youngstown - Mahoning - Oct. 21, 1874
482 Farmersyille - Farmersville - Montgomery - Oct. 21, 1874
483 Walnut Hills - Cincinnati - Hamilton - Oct. 21, 1874
484 New Straitsvllle - New Straitsville - Perry - Oct. 21, 1874
485 Ontario - Ontario - Richiand - Oct. 21, 1874
486 Ohio City - Martins Ferry - Belmont - Oct. 21, 1874
488 Ansoma - Ansonia - Darke - Oct. 24, 1874
489 Dover - Dover - Cuyahoga - Oct. 21, 1874
490 Frazeysburg - Frazeysburg - Muskingum - Oct. 21, 1874
493 Avery - Hilliard - Franklin - Oct. 21, 1874
495 Oak Harbor - Oak Harbor - Ottawa - Oct. 21, 1875
496 Patriot - Patriot - Gallia - Oct. 21, 1875
497 South Point - South Point - Lawrence - Oct. 21, 1875
498 Halcyon - Cleveland - Cuyahoga - Oct. 21, 1875
499 Homeworth - Homeworth - Columbiana - Oct. 21, 1875
500 Quaker City - Quaker City - Guernsey - Oct. 21, 1875
501 Heber - Willianisport - Pickaway - Oct. 21, 1875
503 Stonington - Amherst - Lorain - Oct. 17, 1875
504 Augusta - Augusta - Carroll - Oct. 21, 1875
505 Ellsworth - Cleveland - Cuyahoga - Oct. 21, 1875
506 Andover - Andover - Ashtabula - Oct. 21, 1875
507 Western Reserve - West Farmington - Trumbull - Oct. 21, 1875
508 Woodward - Cleveland - Cuyahoga - Oct. 21, 1875
509 Amanda - Amanda - Fairfield - Oct. 18, 1876
510 Hudson - Hudson - Summit - Oct. 18, 1876
511 Evansport - Evansport - Defiance - Oct. 18, 1876
512 Leanore - Sedalia - Madison - Oct. 18, 1876
513 Sager - La Fayette - Allen - Aug. 18, 1876
514 Elliot - Canal Fulton - Stark - Nov. 17, 1876
515 Marseilles - Marseilles - Wyandot - Oct. 17, 1877
516 Pemberville - Pemberville - Wood - Oct. 17, 1877
517 Adoniram - Akron - Summit - Oct. 16, 1878
518 Liberty Center - Liberty Center - Henry - Oct. 16, 1878
519 Mt. Blanchard - Mt. Blanchard - Hancock - Oct. 16, 1878
520 Sycamore - Deshler - Henry - Oct. 22, 1879
521 Thornville - Thornville - Perry - Oct. 22, 1879
522 Wakeman - Waterville - Lucas - Oct. 22, 1879
524 Price Hill - Cincinnati - Hamilton - Oct. 19, 1882
525 Champaign - Urbana - Champaign - Oct. 18, 1882
526 Shawnee - Shawnee - Perry - Oct. 18, 1882
527 Adelphi - Adelphi - Ross - Oct. 18, 1882
528 Garfield - Shreve - Wayne - Oct. 18, 1882
529 Cortland - Cortland - Trumbull - Oct. 16, 1883
530 Charity - Palmyra - Portage - Oct. 16, 1883
531 Pleasant Valley - Pleasantville - Fairfield - Oct. 16, 1883
532 Waterloo - Waterloo - Lawrence - Oct. 17, 1883
533 Mantua - Mantua - Portage - Oct. 16, 1883
534 Roby - Monroeville - Huron - Oct. 22, 1884
535 Rome - Rome - Adams - Oct. 22, 1884
536 Ohio Valley - Crown City - Gallia - Oct. 22, 1884
537 Alturas - Millersport - Fairfield - Oct. 22, 1884
538 Black Diamond - Wellston - Jackson - Oct. 22, 1885
539 Fort Recovery - Fort Recovery - Mercer - Oct. 22, 1885
540 Potter Canal - Winchester - Franklin - Oct. 22, 1885
541 Weyer - Demos - Belmont - Oct. 22, 1885
542 Avon - Cincinnati - Hamilton - Oct. 22, 1885
543 Greenwich - Greenwich - Huron - Oct. 20, 1886
544 Shiloh - Shiloh - Richland - Oct. 20, 1886
545 Argus - Canfield - Mahoning - Oct. 20, 1886
546 Danville - Danville - Knox - Oct. 24, 1888
547 Montpelier - Montpelier - Williams - Oct. 24, 1888
548 Leipsic - Leipsic - Putnam - Oct. 24, 1888
549 Dunkirk - Dunkirk - Hardin - Oct. 24, 1888
550 Proctorville - Proctorvllle - Lawrence - Oct. 24, 1888
551 Tubal - Minerva - Stark - Oct. 23, 1889
552 Lorain - Lorain - Lorain - Oct. 23, 1889
553 Holgate - Holgate - Henry - Oct. 23, 1889
554 Acme - Newark - Licking - Oct. 23, 1889
555 Swanton - Swanton - Fulton - Oct. 23, 1889
556 Trinity - Bucyrus - Crawford - Oct. 19, 1892
557 Trimble - Trimble - Athens - Oct. 23, 1889
558 Harbor - Aebtabula - Ashtabula - Oct. 23, 1889
559 Queen City - Cincinnati - Hamilton - Oct. 16, 1890
560 Weston - Weston - Wood - Oct. 21, 1891
561 North Baltimore - North Baltimore - Wood - Oct. 21, 1891
562 Golden Rule - Chicago - Huron - Oct. 21, 1891
563 York - Columbus - Franklin - Oct. 21, 1891
564 Omega - Defiance - Defiance - Oct. 19, 1892
565 Negley - Negley - Columbiana - Oct. 19, 1892
566 Roseville - Roseville - Muskingum - Oct. 19, 1892
567 Linwood - Cincinnati - Hamilton - Oct. 19, 1892
568 National - Barberton - Summit - Oct. 19, 1893
569 Wayne - Waynesfield - Auglaize - Oct. 24, 1894
570 Continental - Continental - Putnam - Oct. 24, 1894
571 Widow's Son - Paulding - Paulding - Oct. 24, 1894
572 Yondota - Toledo - Lucas - Oct. 24, 1895
573 Carthage - Carthage - Hamilton - Oct. 24, 1895
574 New Burlington - New Burlington - Greene - Oct. 24, 1895
575 Gibsonburg - Gibsonburg - Sandusky - Oct. 24, 1895
576 Norwood - Norwood - Hamilton - Oct. 24, 1895
577 West Milton - West Milton - Miami - Oct. 22, 1896
578 Dalton - New Vienna - Clinton - Oct. 21, 1898
579 Enterprise - Sycamore - Wyandot - Oct. 20, 1898
580 Flat Rock - Payne - Paulding - Oct. 21, 1898
581 Peebles - Peebles - Adams - Oct. 21, 1898
582 Collinwood - Collinwood - Cuyahoga - Oct. 26, 1899
583 Toronto - Toronto - Jefferson - Oct. 26, 1899
584 Corning - Corning - Perry - Oct. 25, 1900
585 Garrett - Wykoff Lima - Allen - Oct. 25, 1900
586 Mendon - Mendon - Mercer - Oct. 23, 1902
587 Scio - Scio - Harrison - Oct. 29, 1903
588 West Mansfield - West Mansfield - Logan - Oct. 29, 1903
589 Hyde Park - Cincinnati - Hamilton - Oct. 20, 1904
590 Amelia - Amelia - Clermont - Oct. 20, 1904
591 Peerless - Crooksville - Perry - Oct. 20, 1904
592 Eureka - Ohio City - Van Wert - Oct. 19, 1905
593 Bradford - Bradford - Darke - Oct. 19, 1905
594 Ostrander - Ostrander - Delaware - Oct. 11, 1906
595 Neoacacia - Columbus - Franklin - Oct. 11, 1906
596 Brookville - Brookville - Montgomery - Oct. 17, 1907
597 Clarington - Clarington - Monroe - Oct. 17, 1907
598 Enoch T. Carson - Cincinnati - Hamilton - Oct. 17, 1907
599 Euclid - Cleveland - Coyahoga - Oct. 22, 1908
600 Brenton D. Babcock - Cleveland - Cuyahoga - Oct. 22, 1908
601 Lakewood - Lakewood - Cuyahoga - Oct. 22, 1908
602 West Lafayette - West Lafayette - Coshocton - Oct. 22, 1908
603 East Gate - Columbus - Franklin - Oct. 21, 1909
604 Cypress - Strasburg - Tuscarawas - Oct. 21, 1909
605 Emmanuel - Cleveland - Cuyahoga - Oct. 21, 1909
606 W. K. Rickseckcr - Aurora - Portage - Oct. 20, 1910
607 Glouster - Glonster - Athens - Oct. 20, 1910
608 Bremen - Bremen - Fairfield - Oct. 20, 1910
609 Belpre - Beipre - Washington - Oct. 19, 1911
610 Meridian - Cleveland - Cuyahoga - Oct. 19, 1911
611 Henry Perkins - Akron - Summit - Oct. 19, 1911
612 Calumet - Toledo - Lucas - Oct. 19, 1911
613 Barton Smith - Toledo - Lucas - Oct. 24, 1912
614 Winton - Cincinnati - Hamilton - Oct. 24, 1912
615 Youngstown - Youngstown - Mahoning - Oct. 24, 1912
616 Stillwater - Dayton - Montgomery - Oct. 24, 1912
617 Kinsman - Columbus - Franklin - Oct. 24, 1912
620 Sherwood - Defiance - Sherwood U. D.

MILITARY LODGES

WAR OF 1776

American Union Lodge. (See Vol.1, P.80.)

WAR OF 1812

Army Lodge No. 24 U. D., at Camp Meigs, 1813; represented in Grand Lodge session of 1814 and dropped from the rolls in 1820.

WAR OF 1861-65

Pioneer Military Lodge, members of 4th Regt., O. V. I. Dispensation, May 15, 1861. Officers, J. Y. Cantwell, W. M.; James Cantwell, S. W., and John Green, J. W. Made one return in 1861; Regiment disbanded but Dispensation not returned.

October 3, 1861; petition from members of 38th Regiment, O. V. I. at Camp Trimble, near Defiance. No fee was sent and Dispensation not issued.

Benedict Mi1itary Lodge, 55th Regiment, O. V. I. Dispensation, January 15, 1862. Officers, Geo. H. Safford, W. M.; Jas. M. Stevens, S. W., and Daniel F. DeWolf, J. W. Paid its dues and surrendered its Dispensation, October, 1863.

Candy Mili1ary Lodge, 66th Regiment, O. V. I. Dispensation, January 18, 1862. Officers, A. L. Shepherd, W. M.; Ross Colwell, S. W., and T. G. Keller, J. W. Aprons and Jewels returned March 16, 1864, but Dispensation not returned.

Washington Military Lodge, 68th Regiment, O. V. I. Dispensation, January 27, 1862. Officers, James G. Haley, W. M.; Robt. K. Scott, S. W., and J. J. Vorhes, J. W. Never made report, but in 1865, turned over Dispensation to Grand Lodge.

Union Military Lodge, 82nd Regiment, O. V. I. Dispensation, February 22, 1862. Officers, J. Y. Cantwell, W. M.; J. A. McClusky, S. W., and J. P. Drennan, J. W. Dispensation returned in 1865.

Ward Military Lodge, 17th Regiment, O. V. I. Dispensation, April 10, 1862. Officers, Bonham H. Fox, W. M.; James W. Stinchcomb, S. W., and Daniel M. Rea, J. W. No report made and Dispensation returned in 1865.

Shiloh Military Lodge, 77th Regiment, 0. V. I. Dispensation, August 15, 1863. Officers, Wm. B. Mason, W. M.; J. W. Warfield, S. W., and R. E. Smithson, J. W. No report made and Dispensation surrendered in 1865.

..........petition from members of 81st Regiment, O. V. I. The Dispensation was refused because application was not in proper form.

..........petition from members of 116th and 122nd Regiments. Dispensation refused for want of fees and required vouchers.

..........petition from members of 3rd Brigade, 5th Division, Army Corps, West Tennessee, but having no authority to establish in a branch of the service higher than a Regiment, the application was refused.

..........petition from members of 115th Regiment, O. V. I., December 30, 1863; but Dispensation was refused because application was not in proper form.

..........petition from members of The Ohio Brigade of the Army of the Cumberland, Janunary 12, 1864. Dispensation refused because no authority to establish a Lodge in any division of the army higher than a Regiment.

..........petition from members of the 105th Regiment, O. V. I., April 1, 1864. Dispensation refused because proper vouchers did not accompany the application.

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GRAND LODGE HALL

The Grand Lodge of Ohio F. & A. M., at its Annual Communication held in A. D. 1838, adopted the report of the committee theretofore appointed recommending the building of a Grand Lodge Hall, and the permanent location of the Grand Lodge at some central and convenient location in the state, and by a vote of sixty-five Lodges in favor to five against, selected the town of Lancaster as the location, and elected a committee of five to procure a suitable site, and proceed to the erection of the building.

Lancaster Lodge No. 57, located at Lancaster, subscribed the sum of $5,000.00 toward the erection and completion of the hall, to be paid as the work progressed.

At the 1839 Communication the committee reported the purchase of two lots in the town of Lancaster on Broad Street at the consideration of $2,800.00; Lancaster Lodge having paid the $1,000.00 hand payment and $225.00 to the architects, making $1,225.00 on its subscription; and committees were appointed to solicit subscriptions from the Subordinate Lodges for the funds necessary to erect the building.

At the Communication of 1840 the committee reported that by reason of the stringency of the money market no progress had been made in collecting subscriptions, and on their recommendation the Grand Lodge voted to loan the committee the surplus funds of the Grand Lodge amounting to $1,400.00, which was adopted and the money placed in the hands of the committee; $1,000.00 of this was paid on the purchase price of the lots and the balance expended in payment of hills.

On Monday, October 18, A. D. 1841, being the day prior to the convening of the Grand Lodge at its Annual Communication, at Lancaster, Ohio, the Grand Master called a Special Communication of the Grand Lodge for the purpose of laying the corner stone of the Grand Lodge Hall; all the Grand Lodge Officers, the representatives of the Subordinate Lodges and a number of surrounding Lodges, being present.

The following Lodges participated in the procession and ceremonies: Columbus Lodge No.30; Jackson Lodge No.85; Washington Lodge No.107; Friendship Lodge No.103; Newark Lodge No.97; LaFayette Lodge No.79; Somerset Lodge No.76; Pickaway Lodge No.23; Scioto Lodge No.6; Lancaster Lodge No.57; and Lancaster Encampment No.2, Knights Templars, acting as escort to the Grand Lodge.

Brother William B. Thrall, R.·. W.·. Deputy Grand Master in his introductory address among other things said:

"Brethren, you have been called together on this spot to witness the performance of a most interesting ceremony. It is intended at this time and in accordance with solemn usage, to lay the 'Head Stone of the Corner' in the foundation of an edifice, here to be erected, for the use of the Grand Lodge of this state.

"After the most mature deliberation, the representatives of the Subordinate Lodges assembled in Grand Convention, in June, 1838, resolved 'that it was expedient that a suitable Masonic Edifice should be erected in the town of Lancaster, to comport with the character and dignity of the institution.' A committee of their own body was chosen by ballot, to whom this important duty was confided, and they were clothed with all necessary powers to carry it into effect. From among the numerous designs presented the committee adopted the plan of John D. Jones, Esq., Architect, of Philadelphia.

PLAN OF THE BUILDING

"The style selected is of the Grecian Done character. The front elevation of the proposed building will present a portico, similar in form and proportions to the Temple of Diana Popylcea, at Eleusis, which is esteemed one of the purest examples of this noble architectural order.

"The entire length of the building will be one hundred feet, exclusive of the portico; and the entire width, seventy-three feet. Its altitude from ground to cornice top, will be about fifty feet. It will present, when finished, a massive and permanent structure, majestic in its simplicity, and classical in all its proportions, a faithful, enduring portraiture of the 'wisdom, strength and beauty' of the old institution. It will be devoted, both by design and arrangement in the several parts, exclusively to Masonic purposes. It has been thought that the Fraternity of this great state should possess a hall, entirely their own, one separated from every secular and business pursuit whatsoever; a pile, from 'turret to foundation stone' solemnly set apart for the performance of the beautiful and mystic rites of the temple.

"The time has passed by when the members of this Order were compelled to penetrate the deep shades of the forest or climb to the heights of the barren hill top-aloof from human presence and away from civilization-to pour out upon the rude altars of nature, their oblations and offerings to Nature's Mystic God. The opinions of men have undergone a radical change in regard to the institution. En-lightened reason has tested and approved it; Science has taken shelter beneath the banners of the Order; Philanthropy, in its widest and most comprehensive range, claims with it the most intimate fellowship; and Religion, from her thousand pulpits, has given it the influence of her presence and the benefit of her prayers. Demonstrations are now daily made in every part of the broad earth, of the great excellency of the institution by men of the purest morals and of the loftiest intellect. There is a movement abroad in the Masonic world-an awakening up to duty and responsibility which is destined to exercise an immense conservative influence upon the moral and social condition of man. It is believed that the noble building here to be erected, will greatly conduce to such result; and that in after days; it will stand out as a cynosure to the Fraternity of Ohio, the bond of their strength and the evidence of their prosperity, while from its walls there will go out in gushing, copious fullness the benign and elevated spirit of Masonry."

A full account of the proceedings and ceremonies connected with the laying of this corner stone, covering twelve pages (pages 51 to 63), was ordered printed by the Grand Lodge and sent out with the original proceedings of 1841.

A large amount of subscriptions and donations were pledged to the erection of the building, but unfortunately a severe financial depression and stringency occurred lasting some years, which rendered the Subordinate Lodges, individual Masons and the Grand Lodge itself, unable to carry out the enterprise; and it was finally abandoned, the property sold and the debts paid. Space will not allow us to follow these details, but they are recorded in the proceedings of the following years, where those desiring can investigate. We thought it proper to call attention to the important fact that the Craft at that early day were alive to the necessities and advancement of the Order, and planned a building which if completed would have been a credit to the Order, and which has since culminated in the erection and completion of our Ohio Masonic Home, the brightest jewel in the crown of Ohio Masonry.

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