I A History of Occidental Lodge No. 40, A. F. & A. M., WHlTti Ottawa, Illinois. APRON -a^.eoe WILLIAM LEE ROY MILLIGAN. ww; i wn * t>tw ' tk'^^i i iMiiii." ' t" ■ i iiiii iiW »' "<"W WW' nw ^ i. i i * m ' . -L I B RARY OF THL UN IVLRSITY or ILLINOIS 3GG.1 Return this book on or before the Latest Date stamped below. University of Illinois Library 5 ISSt; MAY30 '/ ^ 9 1S96 HAY 8 1396 984 L161 — 1141 The White Apron A COMPILATION OF THE Hi^ory of Occidental Lodge, No. 40, A. F. & A. M., OTTAWA, ILLINOIS, With a Complete Li^ of Members from the Date of Dispensation, 1845, to Ocftober 10, 1906, and a Summary of her Daughter, HUMBOLDT LODGE, No. 555, A. F. & A. M., Together with a Hi^ory of OTTAWA LODGE, No. 114, A. F. & A. M., Working under the Jurlsdidtion of the Grand Lodge of Kentucky, 1839 to 1845. •Also a Resume of her Daughter, ST. JOHNS LODGE, No. 13, A. F. & A. M., Located at Vermillionville in 1841, and transferred to Peru, Illinois, 1843. Also a Synopsis of the Introducftion of Freemasonry Into America And the Fir^ Lodges in Illinois. BY W. L, MILLIGAN, 33"^ Past Master Occidental Lodge, No. 40, A. F. & A. M. Past High Priest Shabbona Chapter, No. 37, R. A. M. Past Thrice 111. Master Oriental Council, No. 63, R. & S. M. Past Commander Ottawa Commandery. No 10, K. T. Past Grand High Priest Grand Chapter, R. A. M., of Illinois. Past Grand Master Grand Council, R. & S. M., of Illinois. Anno Lucis 5907. REPUBLICAN-TIMES, PRINTERS, OTTAWA, ILL. Copyright 1907 by William Lee Roy MlUlgan, Ottawa, lUlnola. ubhhti) Of \ht WILLIAM LEE ROY MILLIGAN Worshipful Master 1884. 1885 and 1886 Ottawa, 111., Jan. i, 1907. W. L. MiLLiGAN, Ottawa, Illinois. Dear Sir and Brother: It gives me great pleasure to know that you have completed by many years of labor the compilation of the history of Occidental Lodge, No. 40, A. F. & A. M., con- taining a list of the members from the date of the dispen- sation in 1845 to and including October 10, A. D. 1906, a period of sixty years. This volume preserves to Occidental' Lodge the most interesting portion of her history, and, as the old records of the Lodge were destroyed by fire, it will be invaluable for future reference. The volume certainly should be, and I sincerely hope will be, in the possession of every member. Yours fraternally, RICHARD D. MILLS, W. M. of Occidental Lodsfe. LlBRAKY Of fHE UNIVEKJillY Of ILLSNOJS JOHN FISK NASH Worshipful Master 1863 and 1864. The oldest living Past Master. THIS WORK IS HOST RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED TO THE GOOD MAN AND TRUE MASON, JOHN FI8K NASH, Past Master Occidental Lodge, No. 40, A. F. & A. M. Past High Priest Shabbona Chajder, No. 37, B. A. M. Past Commander Ottawa Comniandery, No. 10, K. T. Past Grand Commander of tl\e Grand Commandery K. T. of Illinois. " Type of a generation dropping fast, Pillar of faultless worth and dignity, This record of the imreturning past Is dedicated with loving heart to thee.''^ History, in every age, is only popular among a few thoughtful men. It was scarcely known or understood in the early ages of the world, but the place of history was everywhere supplied by myths and legends. — de groot. HISTORY OF OCCIDENTAL LODGE. MASONIC CALENDAR. Ancient Craft Masons commence their ca with the cre- ation of the world, calHng it "^Anno Lucis (A. L.), "in the year of hght." Scottish Rite same as Ancient Craft, except the Jewish chronology is used, Anno Mtindi (A. M.), "in the year of the world." Royal Arch Masons date from the year the second temple was commenced by Zerrubbabel, Anno Invcntionis (A. Inv.), "in the year of the discovery." Royal and Select Masters date from the year in which the temple of Solomon was completed, Anno Dcpositionis (A. Dep.), "in the year of the deposit." Knights Templar commence their era with the organi- zation of their Order, Anno Ordinis (A. O.), "in the year of the Order." "^'Not claimed to be coeval with the creation, but has symbolic reference to the Light of Masonry. THE WHITE APRON. RULES FOR MASONIC DATES. 1. Ancient Craft — add 4000 to the common time. Thus 1907 and 4000 equal 5907. 2. Scottish Rite — add 3760 to the common era. Thus 1907 and 3760 equal 5667. After September add another year. 3. Royal Arch — add 530 years to the vulgar year. Thus 1907 and 530 ec[ual 2437. 4. Royal and Select Masters — add 1000 to the common time. Thus 1907 and 1000 equal 2907. 5. Knights Templar — from the Christian era take 1 1 18. Thus 1 1 18 from 1907 equals 789. THE PRESENT. Year of the Lord, A. D. 1907 — Christian Era. Year of Light, A. L. 5907 — Ancient Craft. Year oi the World, A. M. 5667— Scottish Rite. Year of the Discovery, A. In v. 2437 — Royal Arch. Year of the Deposit, A. Dep. 2907 — Royal and Select Masters. Year of the Order, A. O. 789 — Knights Templar. LIBRARY OF fH£ UNIVERSITY Of ILLINOIS PREFACE. The introduction of Freemasonry in Ottawa, Illinois, is coeval with the transformation of the wild prairies of the Valley of the "Illini" to wheat fields and corn fields; of the wigwam of the red man to the beautiful homes of the white man. Where, not more than a century ago, the Indian was the sole possessor of the prairies and forests of this beau- tiful valley, and the buffalo, elk and deer were his herds, and the Indian wigwams were pitched in the shady groves, fragrant with blossoms of the wild plum and wild apple, along the banks of rippling streams of pure and crystal- like waters, from which the Indian maiden angled the most delicious of black bass and pickerel for the evening meal of the Indian warrior on his return from the chase, is now the center of the most highly civilized nation on the face of the earth. Only three-quarters oi a century ago the first white settler dared the western wilds and located in the Valley of the Illinois. In a few years, others began to arrive, and among them were members of the craft who brought some knowledge of Freemasonry from the East to the West. Many came from Massachusetts, Connecticut, Pennsylva- nia, Virginia and Kentucky. And when they would gather around the back-log fires in their log-cabin homes during the long, cold winter nights, far from the influences of schools and churches and former homes, their minds wan- dered back to their old Masonic homes and fraternal circles at labor and refreshment. Is it any wonder, then, that when Henry D. Gorbett, Benjamin Thurston, Andrew J. Kirkpatrick and Dr. James 9 lO THE WHITE APRON. G. Armstrong suggested the establishment of a Masonic Lodge at Ottawa in 1838. it was hailed with joy, and that Colonel Daniel Fletcher Hitt, in the bigness of his heart, opened his purse and gave the price to obtain a charter from the Grand Lodge of Kentucky, and that Captain Henry J. Reid, who until recent years lived 011 the road between Ot- tawa and Dayton, rode on horseback across the wild prai- ries of Illinois, and through the trackless forests of Indiana, to attend the annual communication of the Grand Lodge of Kentucky, held in Louisville in the month of August, 1840, and brought to Ottawa the charter for Ottawa Lodge, No. 114, under the jurisdiction of the Grand Lodge of Ken- tucky ? Such elongations of the cable-tow were rarely witness- ed in the search for ''Light" as that exemplified in the organization of the first Masonic Lodge in Ottawa, and I am proud to have the honor of having my name enrolled as a member of a fraternity of Fireemasons organized in the Valley of the "Illini," when the atmosphere was sweet and pure with the fragrance of the wild rose of the prairie and the aroma from the blossoms of the wild plum and the wild apple. In compiling a history of Occidental Lodge, No. 40, A. F. & A. M., it has been a source of private pleasure to me, a labor of love, notwithstanding it has been attended with a considerable amount of time and labor, to search among the dusty records and brush the mould from the time-worn pages of the history of our fraternity, and trace the gene- alogy of Occidental Lodge far down the vista of time, a direct descendent of the mother Grand Lodge of England. In compiling this work, I found myself surrounded by sacred memories and historic associations. The gavel of Occidental Lodge has been sounded by HISTORY OF OCCIDENTAL LODGE. II strong right hands that wielded the victor's sword on the battlefields of our country. The voice of authority has been uttered in Occidental Lodge by lips of men that plead the cause of justice in our courts and swayed the minds of men in the halls of the Con- gress of our Nation. The Masters and brothers of Occidental Lodge have come from every walk in life — the mechanic, the artisan, the merchant, the banker, the editor and the farmer, and many have held positions of trust, not only in private enter- prises, but in public capacities. Many of our members have gone forth to found other Masonic homes and shed lustre upon the name of Occiden- tal Lodge, in which they first saw the Light of Masonry. In compiling the roll of members of Occidental Lodge from date of organization, we are most forcibly reminded of the "inevitable destiny of man." Many voices that have been heard in song at our com- munications are silenced forever. Lives useful and honored have been ended. Hands whose brotherly grasp we have felt have mould- ered to dust. Eyes that flashed upon us the light of intelligence and love are closed. "And many rest in sleep by dreams unbroken, By winds unswept, by storms unseen; Never to speak again as they have spoken Or know lost joys that might have been. When slow departing summer day yet lingers Behind the purpling western bars. When winds sound faint, as if some far off singers Were touching harps with tired trembling fingers, We see lost eyes smile in the stars." The labor expended upon this volume will best be esti- mated when it is realized that the early records O'f both Oc- 12 THE WHITE APRON. cidental Lodge and the Grand Lodge of Illinois were de- stroyed by fire, and that, without a predecessor in a history of Occidental Lodge, I have been twenty years in compiling this work, and that for every statement of facts and names of members recorded, an amoimt oi research has been ex- pended amounting to real extravagance in point of time and labor. Every detail, in comparing conflicting statements and reconciling discrepancies, out of which this work has been compiled, partakes, therefore, almost of the nature of a discovery. I trust that it will meet the requirements for not only a correct history of Occidental Lodge, but a ready reference from which to gather data otherwise unobtainable, and that it may be the province of some brother more competent than I to continue to compile the future history of Occidental Lodge when I am "at rest" in that beautiful city of silence and rep'Ose on the banks of the peaceful Illinois. Fraternally, W. L. MILLIGAN. HISTORY OF OCCIDENTAL LODGE. 1 3 Tell US then no more that our Lodges are the receptacles of sacriligious and revolutionary miscreants, — I see them frequented by men of unaffected piety, and undaunted pa- triotism. Tell us no more that our brethern of the order are traitors, or indifferent to the welfare of their country, — I see them in the form of heroes, at the head of our fleets and our armies ; and the day will arrive when a Freemason shall sway the sceptre of these kingdoms and fill with honor and with dignity the British throne. SIR DAVID BREWSTER. King Edward VII. is a Freemason and Past Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of England. Theodore Roosevelt is a Freemason and the President of the United States of America. 14 THE WHITE APRON. THE LEVEL AND THE SQUARE. We meet upon the level and we part upon the square, What words of precious meaning these words Masonic are! Come, let us contemplate them! They are worthy of a thought, With the highest and the lowest, and the rarest they are fraught. We meet upon the level, though from every station come — The King from out his palace and the poor man from his home, For the one must leave his diadem without the Mason's door. And the other finds his true respect upon the checkered floor. We part upon the square, for the world must have its due; We mingle with its multitude, a cold, unfriendly crew; But the influence of our gatherings in memory is green. And we long upon the level, to renew the happy scene. There's a world where all is equal — we are hurrying toward it fast. We shall meet upon the level there when the gates of death are past; We shall stand before the Orient, and our Master will be there, To try the block we offer by His own unerring square. We shall meet upon the level there, but never thence depart; There's a Mansion — 'tis all ready for each zealous* faithful heart; There's a Mansion and a welcome, and a multitude is there, Who have met upon the level and been tried upon the square. Let us meet upon the level, then, while laboring patient here, Let us meet and let us labor, tho' the labor seem severe, Already in the western sky the signs bid us prepare To gather up our working tools and part upon the square! Hands round, ye faithful Ghiblelmites, the bright, fraternal chain; We part upon the square below to meet in Heaven again, O what words of precious meaning these words Masonic are — We meet upon the level, and we part upon the square. — Rob. Morris. The above is the original form in which this poem was written. Its history, as often told, is simple enough, and has none of the elements of romance. In August, 1854, as the author was walking home from a neighbor's, through the sultry afternoon, he sat upon a HISTORY OF OCCIDENTAL LODGE. 1 5 fallen tree, and upon the back of a letter dashed off, under a momentary impulse, and in stenographic Characters, the lines upon this page. Brother George Oliver, D. D., eminent above all others in English Masonry, and the Masonic historian for all time, said of the poem : ''Brother Morris has compassed many fervent, eloquent and highly poetic compositions, songs that will not die, but in 'The Level and the Square' he breathed out a depth of feeling, fervency and pathos, with brilliancy and vigor of language, and expressed due faith in the im- mortal life beyond the grave." 1 ^^ ^ -4 4^ -^y H-- ^,^, (^-^ ' C^ ^^ «> -'^^.■v h r- '■' y V -Si^^ ^J" ^ ^ ^ -^ 4 ^■^ ^4 i^ fillet r:|| \\r. m o Q O < ■^ z a: tu C/) "^ '^ ^ IL ^ •^ O 1 ^ z o p < z m 0^ LIBRARY OF IHf UNIVtKSIlV 0^ ILLfWOIS CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTION OF FREEMASONRY IN AMERICA. The real history of Freemasonry, in America may be said to have its coinmencement in 1730, when on June 5, 1730, Daniel Cox, the Duke of Norfolk, was appointed Pro- vincial Grand Master of New York, New Jersey and Penn- sylvania, by the Grand Lodge of England, to whom appli- cation was made by Bro. Henry Bell and others, who on frequent occasions had been meeting at Tun Tavern, Water street, Philadelphia, and opening a Lodge of Masons, for a charter, which was granted in 1730. The above evidence rests on the authority of the Library Committee of the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania. Benjamin Franklin, who was made a Mason in Febru- ary, 1 73 1, printed a notice of this Lodge in the Pennsyl- vania Gazette, then published by him, December 8, 1730. Benjamin Franklin was Provincial Grand Master in 1734. Franklin was succeeded as Grand Master by James Hamilton, and he in turn by Thomas Hopkinson. James Hamilton afterwards became Governor of Pennsylvania, and Thomas Hopkinson at the time of his election was Admirality Judge in the province of Pennsylvania. The first Masonic hall in America was erected in Phil- adelphia in 1754. In 1758 Pennsylvania was invaded by the "Ancients," and from that time the lodges under the old sanction de- clined, and the last printed notice of any of them occurred in 1760, and the last official act of the first Lodge occurred B 17 l8 THE WHITE APRON. in 1782, and about eleven years later all the lodges in Phil- adelphia under the original Grand Lodge of England ceased to exist, and September 26, 1786, the present Grand Lodge was originated. MASSACHUSETTS. Viscount Montague, Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of England, appointed Henry Price Provincial Grand Mas- ter of New England in 1733, and the Earl of Crawford appointed him Provincial Grand Master over all America in 1734. July 30, 1733, Price opened a Provincial Grand Lodge in Boston, which was known on the rolls of the Grand Lodge of England (list 1756) as Royal Exchange, No. 65. The second Lodge in Boston was constituted February 15, 1750. Only two degrees were conferred in the first Lodge, the third not being given until 1794. A separate set of minutes was kept of the "Lodge of Masters." Inde- pendent records of the third degree were frequently kept in England also. December 27, 1769, St. Andrews Lodge, with the assis- tance of three British Army Lodges, organized the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts, and elected Joseph Warren Grand Master. The two Grand Lodges united and formed the present Grand Lodge in 1792, and elected John Cutler Grand Master. VIRGINIA. Among the list of lodges in America on the roll of the Grand Lodge of England we find — No. 236, Royal Exchange, Norfolk, Virginia, 1753. No. 205, Swan, Yorktown, Virginia, 1755. No. 457, Williamsburg Lodge, Virginia, 1773. No. 458, Botetourl Lodge, Virginia, 1773. HISTORY OF OCCIDENTAL LODGE. 1 9 And the following Lodges obtained their charters from the British Isles, other than the Grand Lodge of England : No. 82, Blandford, Va., Scotland, 1756. No. — , Fredericksburg, Va., Scotland, 1758. No. — , Tappahannock, Va., Killarney, 1758. No. 117, St. John, Norfolk, Va., Scotland, 1763. No. — , Falmouth, Va., Killarney, 1775. And one from the Grand Orient of France, No. — , Sa- gessee, Portsmouth, Virginia, 1785. One Lodge received a charter from Boston, and the ju- risdiction of Ireland is also supposed to have been represent- ed in the state. The Provincial Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania (Ancients) established a Lodge at Winchester, 1768; Al- exandria, 1783; and Portsmouth, 1784. The Grand Lodge oi Virginia was organized October 13, 1778, by Lodges working under the Grand Lodge of England. John Blair, of Williamsburg, was unanimously elected Grand Master, and was installed October 30th, en- suing. THE FIRST LODGE IN ILLINOIS. The first Lodge of Ancient, Free and Accepted Masons organized within the present limits oi the state of Illinois, was at Kaskaskia, in the year 1805, by virtue of a dispensa- tion from the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania, one of the oldest Grand Lodges on the American continent, and whose first Grand Master was Benjamin Franklin. On the 9th day of March, 1805, the following letter was addressed to the Right Worshipful Grand Lodge of Penn- sylvania : "To the Right Worshipful Lodge of Pennsylvania — Greet- ing : "The subscribers, and many others of our brethren in the counties of St. Qair and Randolph, beg leave to ap- 20 THE WHITE APRON. proach your worshipful body, and state to you, that they are far removed from those social enjoyments which they once as Masons have experienced ; that from the growth of population many worthy and respectable brethren have settled, and many more will soon come to this country ; and that your suppliants, from a sense of duty incumbered on them as Masons and as men, to promote their mutual hap- piness, the happiness of their neighbors, and as far as in their power lies humanize society ; and furthermore, to im- press on their memory what has long been written on their hearts; wherefore, your suppliants thus presume to ap- proach your worshipful body and request that, if in your councils you think it expedient, your worshipful body will grant to your suppliants a warrant, or, if that can't be obtain ed, a dispensation, authorizing them to hold a regular Lodge in the town of Kaskaskia, appointing such of your suppliants to preside therein as may seem proper to your worshipful body, sending with your said warrant your constitution, all other necessary instructions and the amount of expenses attending the same, which will be duly remitted by your suppliants, etc., etc. (Signed) "Robert McMahan, Stanton, No. 13. "Wm. Arundel, St. Andrews Lodge, No. 2, Quebec. "James Edgar, Lodge No. 9, Philadelphia. "Michael Jones, No. 45, Pittsburg. "James Galbreath, No. 79, Giambersburg. "RuFus Easton, Roman Lodge, No. 82, Qiambersburg, "Robert Robinson, Stanton, No. 13. "Indiana Territory, Kaskaskia, March 9, 1805." To this letter, or petition, the following answer was made : HISTORY OF OCCIDENTAL LODGE. 21 "We, Israel Israel, Esquire, R. W. Grand Master of Masons in and for the CoiTUTionwealth of Pennsylvania and Masonic jurisdiction thereunto belonging, to all Free and Accepted Masons, wheresoever dispersed — Greeting: "Reposing the greatest confidence in the zeal, favor and constancy in the craft of our worthy and beloved brother James Edgar, a past Master Ancient York Mason, residing at Kaskaskia, in the Indiana Territory, in the United States, and by virtue of the powers and authority vested in us, we do hereby authorize and empower and request him to call to his assistance a sufficient number of known and approved Master Masons to open a Lodge at the town of Kaskaskia aforesaid, and then and there Initiate, Pass and ^aisc Frccuiasons, according to the most ancient and hon- orable custom of the craft in all ages and nations through- out the known world, and not contrarywise, and to make report to us hereon endorsed of their proceedings. This dispensation to remain in full force six months from the date hereof, and no longer. "Given under our hand and the Seal of the [Seal.] Grand Lodge at the city of Philadelphia, this 24tli day of September, in the year of our Lord 1805, and in the year of Masonry, 5805. (Signed) Israel Israel, Grand Master. "Attest: (Signed) George A. Baker, Grand Sec'y." This dispensation was received, the Lodge regularly or- ganized, and the corner stone of our Masonic edifice laid for the first time on the soil of Illinois at Kaskaskia, Randolph county, Indiana Territory, on Saturday, the 14th of Decem- ber, 1805, A. L. 5805. At the end of six months the dispensation was returned to the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania, and a charter granted, dated the i8th day of June, 1806, A. L. 5806, and signed by James Minor, Grand Master, and attested by George A. Baker, Grand Secretary. On Saturday, the 13th day O'f September, 1806, A. L. 22 THE WHITE APRON. 5806, the Lodge was duly constituted as "Western Star Lodge, No. 107," by Robert Robinson. At this time all business was transacted in the Entered Apprentice degree, except the conferring of the second and third degrees, installation of officers, and trial of charges against members. The first petitions ever received for the degrees of Ma- sonry in Illinois were those of Andrew Henry, Walter Fen- wick and George Bullett, of Ste. Genevieve, Louisana Ter- ritory, now state of Missouri, On the 3d day of February, 1806, Charles Query, the first to receive the "Light" of our mystic circle in Illinois, was initiated. The first demit was granted on June 5, 181 1, to Wm. Arundel, and signed by P. Fonke, Master, Wm. C. Green- up, S. W., James Edgar, J. W., and Michael Jones, Sec'y P. G. The first diploma was granted to Brother Philip Roche- blave on March 2, 18 16, and because of its novelty we take space herewith to insert it : "To all Free and Accepted Masons — Union, Health and Happiness : "We, the Master and Wardens of Western Star Lodge, No. 107, held at Kaskaskia, in the county of Randolph, under the Grand Warrant of Pennsylvania, assembled in due form, adorned with all our honors, do hereby declare and attest to all men enlightened on the face of the earth, that our beloved brother, Philip Rocheblave, who hath signed his name in the margin, hath been received as an Entered Apprentice, passed as a Fellow Craft, and after having sustained with firmness, strength and courage the most painful works and wonderful trials, we have given to him as a recompense due to his zeal, diligence and capacity the sublime degree of Master, and have admitted and ini- tiated him as such into our mysteries and secret works, in which he has helped us with his talents, skill and knowledge. HISTORY OF OCCIDENTAL LODGE. 23 In testimony whereof, we have granted to him this present certificate, signed by our Master and Wardens, and attested by our Secretary, with the private seal of the said Lodge, the twenty-fifth day of April, in the year of Masonry 5816, and of salvation 18 16. "S. Bond, W. M. "P. FONKE, S. W. "Samuel Walker, J. W. "Attest : D. S. Swearingen, Secretary." On the 23d day of January, 1816, the Worshipful Mas- ter announced to the brethren the melancholy death of their worthy brother, Thomas Todd, who departed this life on Monday evening about 9 o'clock, the 15th inst. The Treas- urer was directed to procure crepe and blue ribbon for the members, the crepe to be worn on their hats and the ribbon at the thii d buttonhole of the vest, to be worn thirty days. Second Lodge, 181 5. From 1805 until the year 18 15, Western Star was the only Lodge of Masons in the state. In 1815, the second Lodge O'f Free and Accepted Masons was or- ganized in Illinois, to be holden at Shawneetown, and known as Lawrence Lodge, No. 34, by authority of a dispensation issued by the Grand Lodge of Kentucky. Date of dispensation, September, 18 15. Charter, Au- gust, 18 1 6. Third Lodge, 1819. The third Lodge was organized at Edwardsville in 1 8 19, under dispensation O'f the Grand Lodge of Ten- nessee, and issued to sundry brethren to open a lodge at Edwardsville, to be called Libanus Lodge, No. 29. Fourth Lodge, 1820. The fourth Lodge was organized at Belleville, under dispensation dated June 28, 1820, from the Grand Lodge of Tennessee, to David Blackwell and others, 24 THE WHITE APRON. to be called Temple Lodge, No. 35. This Lodge sur- rendered its dispensation in 1821. Fifth Lodge, 1821. On October 30, 1821, on recommendation of Liba- niis Lodge, No. 29, the Grand Lodge of Missouri granted a dispensation to the requisite number of breth- ren residing at, or near, Alton, Illinois, constituting them into a regular Lodge of Free and Accepted Ma- sons, to be opened in the town of Alton, by the name of Olive Branch Lodge, No. 5. Sixth Lodge, 1822. The sixth Lodge was organized at Albion, Illinois, as Albion Lodge, under dispensation from the Grand Lodge of Indiana, dated March 12, 1822, Seventh Lodge, 1822. The seventh Lodge was organized in February, 1822, at Vandalia, as Vandalia Lodge, No. 8, under dispen- sation from the Grand Lodge of Missouri, on recom- mendation of Libanus Lodge, No. 29. Eighth Lodge, 1822. The eighth Lodge, known as Sangamon Lodge, No. 9, was organized at Springfield, Sangamon county, under dispensation from the Grand Lodge of Missouri, dated April 5, 1822. A charter was granted Oct. 25th, following. Ninth Lodge, 1822. The ninth Lodge was organized at Jonesboro, under dispensation from the Grand Lodge of Missouri, dated May 4, 1822. This Lodge was duly organized as Union Lodge, No. 10, on the 22d of June, 1822. Tenth Lodge, 1822. The tenth Lodge was organized at Covington, as Eden Lodge, No. 11, under dispensation from the r /^"y^x DEPUTY GRAND MASTER. &'>6'^/i -z:— SENIOR C.RAND WARDEN. J-'rA-^-f' '^:-?'/^' JUNIOR GRAND WARDEN. r. HE GR.iXD LODGE OF PE^^^SrLKimA Af,'D MASO^■^C iURISDICTIO.V THEREWYTO BELONG IJ^G ^u..4,nfU Form .u,mbhd at PbiUiddpbia, m the CamrhnwatUb of Ptnnsi/lmma. ;7-SDC:^l/! STREJi-GTHrt! FRATlRmTi-t'l llnOto^r. .7/-.OT^/./„^©ranI.1LDbBe /,/../. ^^ ,..,-/ 7.^...// 7,.„„,, , X ,y^ ^-^^'f" ^''"'f"^"/" ^^^f^Z ^■Jli i^iuf!Uj^^.C^,ii^'> c;rand secretary. 4: ^■' /y^^y^W^:-^.., GRAND TREASURER. CHARTER OF WESTERN STAR LODGE 1806 The First Masonic Lodge in Illinois LIBRARY Of THE UNIVERSITY OF \lUm\S HISTORY OF OCCIDENTAL LODGE. 25 Grand Lodge of Missouri, dated June 13, 1822. This was the last Lodge organized in IlHnois prior to the or- ganization O'f the first Grand Lodge in 1822. THE FIRST GRAND LODGE. Thus we have borne you along over the trackless prairies of Illinois from the year 1805, when the first Lodge was or- ganized in our state, until the year 1822, when the first Grand Lodge of A. F. & A. M. was organized in Illino'is. During that period of seventeen long years but ten Lodges were organized in the state — 1st. Western Star, No. .107, at Kaskaskia in 1805. 2d. Lawrence Lodge, No. 34, at Shawneetown in 18 15. 3d. Libanus, No. 29, at Edwardsville in 1819. 4th. Temple, No. 35, at Belleville in 1820. 5th. Olive Branch, No. 5, at Alton in 182 1. 6th. Albion, No. 5, at Albion in 1822. 7th. Vandalia, No. 8, at Vandalia in 1822. 8th. Sangamon, No. 9, at Sangamon in 1822. 9th. Union, No. 10, at Jonesboro in 1822. loth. Eden, No. 11, at Covington in 1822. Pursuant to a circular letter addressed to the several Lodges heretofore named by Vandalia Lodge, No'. 8, the following brethren having produced their certificates, and being recognized as delegates, met in convention at Van- dalia, 111., (then the state capital) Dec. 9, 1822, and pro- ceeded to organize a Grand Lodge of Masons in Illinois : Western Star Lodge, No. 107. Thomas Reynolds and Shadrach Bond. Lawrence Lodge, No. 34. Thomas C. Brown and James Hah. Libanus Lodge, No. 29. Richard J. Kinney, Dennis Rockwell, John Y. Sawyer, Nathaniel Buckmaster, William H. Hopkins and David Pricket. 26 THE WHITE APRON. Olive Branch Lodge, No. 5, James W. Whitney, Charles Gear and Charles W. Hunter. Albion Lodge. Benjamin J. Mills and Gilbert T. Pell. Vandalia Lodge, No. 8. William H. Brown, James M. Duncan, John S. Duncan, Russell Botsford, E. C. Berry, John Warnock. Union Lodge, No. 10. Abner Field and Charles Dunn. Eden Lodge, No. 11. James Turney. Brother Thomas C. Brown was appointed chairman, and Brother William H. Brown, secretary. On December loth, a constitution was adopted, and on December nth, the following grand officers were elected: Shadrach Bond, Grand Master. John G. Sawyer, Grand Senior Warden. William M. Alexander, Grand Junior Warden. Richard T. McKinney, Grand Secretary. James O. Wattles, Grand Treasurer. And the first Grand Lodge of Ancient Free and Accept- ed Masons was organized in Illinois. The last known of this, the first Grand Lodge, was April 10, 1829, from which time until 1835 Masonry was a blank in Illinois. Western Star, the first Lodge organized within the present limits of Illinois, was the last to surren- der its gavel. Kaskaskia Lodge, No. 107, was absolved from allegi- ance tO' the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania by the Grand Master, November 30, 1826, as by the following letter: "In pursuance of the power vested in us, by virtue of a resolution of the R. W. Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania, adopted on the 21st day of November, A. D. 1825, A. L. 5825, we do hereby authorize and empower the W. M. and brethren of Lodge No. 107 to surrender the warrant there- of to us and to apply to the R. W. Grand Lodge of Illinois to hold a Lodge under warrant from that Grand Lodge. HISTORY OF OCCIDENTAL LODGE. 2^ "Given under our hand and seal the 30th day of Novem- ber, A. D. 1826, A. L. 5826. [Seal] "H. KiTTERA, Grand Master." The Lodges which at this time were under the jurisdic- tion of the Grand Lodge of Illinois were : Western Star, No. i, Kaskaskia, 111. Lawrence, No. 2, Shawneetown, 111. Libanus, No. 3, Edwardsville, 111. Olive Branch, No. 4, Upper Alton, 111. Vandalia, No. 5, Vandalia, 111. Union, No. 6, Jonesboro', 111. Eden, No. 7, Covington, 111. Hiram, No. 8. Albioii, No'. 9, Albion, 111. Palestine, No. 10. Green, No. 11, Carrolton, 111. Illion, No'. 12. Frontier, No. 13, Lewistown, 111. Lafayette, No. 14. Sangamon, No. 15, Springfield, 111. None of them survived and entered into the organization of the present, or second. Grand Lodge of Illinois. THE SECOND, OR PRESENT, GRAND LODGE. Having the Grand Lodge of Virginia, a direct descend- ant from the mother Grand Lodge of England, we will now proceed to follow the lineage down to the Grand Lodges of Kentucky and Missouri, from whence (Kentucky) Ottawa Lodge, No. 114, obtained its charter, and the Lodges enter- ing intO' the foundation of the present Grand Lodge in 1840, from whose authority Occidental Lodge is now working. KENTUCKY. Five Lodges were established in Kentucky under war- 28 THE WHITE APRON. rants from the Grand Lodge of Virginia, the earliest of which, in 1788, was the first Lodge instituted west of the Alleghany mountains. These Lodges met in convention October 16, 1800, and organized the Grand Lodge of Ken- tucky, the first Grand Lodge west of the Alleghany moun- tains, by which warrants were issued to Lodges in Tennes- see, Indiana and Missouri, which entered into the formation of Grand Lodges in their respective states. MISSOURL Lodges were constituted in Missouri by the Grand Lodges of Pennsylvania in 1807 and 1808, Tennessee in 1816 and 1819, and Indiana in 1820. Three of these Lodges met in convention April 23, 1821, and organized the Grand Lodge of Missouri. OTTAWA LODGE, No. 114, A. F. & A. M. Tlie first Lodge of A. F. & A. M. organized in Ot- tawa, Illinois, was under dispensation from the Grand Lodge of Kentucky, dated December 19, 1839. It was issued to Henry D. Gorbett, Master, Benjamin Thurston, Senior War- den, and Andrew Kirkpatrick, Junior Warden. The Lodge was toi be called Ottawa Lodge, and the dispensation was issued by M. W. George Breckenridge, Grand Master. Bro. Henry J. Reid, stepfather of our late townsman, George Hayvvard, who' lived on the Dayton road, about two miles from Ottawa, and was known as Captain Reid, rode on horseback from Ottawa, Illinois, tO' Louisville, Ky., and rep- resented Ottawa Lodge, U. D., at the annual communica- tion of the Grand Lodge of Kentucky, held at Louisville, Ky., in the month of August, 1840, and returned to Ottawa with the charter for Ottawa Lodge, as No. 114, dated Sep- tember I, 1840. The following is a copy of the returns of Ottawa Lodge, HISTORY OF OCCIDENTAL LODGE. 29 U. D., for the year 1840; stated meetings on the Thursday preceding the full moon. OFFICERS. Henry D. Gorbett Worshipful Master. Benjamin Thurston Senior Warden. Andrew Kirkpatrick Junior Warden. James G. Armstrong Secretary. David Wells Treasurer. Lucius Woodrufif Senior Deacon. Flenry J. Reid Junior Deacon. William K. Brown Steward and Tyler. Past Masters: Henry D. Gorbett, Benjamin Thurston AI aster Masons: Luther Woodward, Jabez Fitch, C. G. Miller, J. Hall, Asa Holdridge, Champlain R. Potter, Wil- liam L. Dunavan, T. Bole, Thomas Russell, Seth B. Farwell, J. Stadden, G. F. Weaver, W. F. Walker, Benjamin Thomp- son, R. Miller, Gilbert L. Thompson, William Stadden, J. Cooper (undoubtedly Jesse Cooper, formerly Sec'y Western Star Lodge, at Kaskaskia, 111.), Alson Woodrufif, James Clark, James Armour, A. R. Dodge. Fellozi' Crafts: Aaron Daniels, Walter Lamb. Entered Apprentices: J. J. Hill, L. W. Liske, Dr. Hen- nessee. Returns from Ottawa Lodge, No. 114, to Grand Lodge of Kentucy, 1841 : OFFICERS. George H. Norris Worshipful Master. Lorenzo P. Sanger Senior Warden. James Armour Junior Warden. Geo. F. Weaver Secretary. Marshall Miller Treasurer. James W. Roberts Senior Deacon. 30 THE WHITE APRON. Gilbert L. Thompson Junior Deacon. Thos. A. Henry, Benj. Thompson Stewards. Joseph Avery Tyler. Past Masters: Benj. Thurston, George H. Norris, Benj. Thompson, Henry D. Gorbett. Master Masons: P. M. Kilduff, Z. H. Baxter, Samuel Rodecker, Abram R. Dodge, William L. Dunavan, Thos. Russell, Setli B. Farwell, Walter Lamb, Alson Woodruff, Adam Lamb, Herman Whitehead, C. H. Charles. Entered Apprentices: William Chumasero, John H. McFarren, John J. Hill. Died: Lucius Woodruff, M. M., Aug. 27, 1840; Chris- tian H. Charles, M. M., July 20, 1840; James G. Arm- strong, M. M., Dec. 3, 1840. Rejected: Josiah Fairchild, about 40, Mormon preach- er, residence Dayton, Illinois, Feb. i, 1841. Suspended: W. F. Walker, H. J. Reid and Jabez Fitch, all unmasonic conduct, Aug. i, 184 1. At the annual communication of the Grand Lodge of Kentucky, September i, 184 1, the committee on returns made this report about Ottawa Lodge: "Your committee have also examined the return of Ot- tawa Lodge, No. 1 14, and find their work correct and dues paid ; and your committee would further recommend that the prayer of said Lodge petitioning for a dissolution of their allegiance tO' this Grand Lodge, and a recommenda- tion by this Grand Lodge to the M. W. Grand Lodge of Illi- nois be granted. Your committee would therefore recom- mend the adoption of the following resolution : "Resolved, That this Grand Lodge do absolve Ottawa Lodge, No. 114, from all allegiance to this Grand Lodge, and with pleasure recommend said Lodge to the favorable care and protection of the M. W. Grand Lodge of Illinois; said Ottawa Lodge having conformed to all the regulations of this Grand Lodge while under its jurisdiction." HISTORY OF OCCIDENTAL LODGE. 3I During- the time intervening between the last known of the first Grand Lodge, April lo, 1829, and the organization of the second, or present. Grand Lodge in Illinois, April 6, 1840, the following Lodges were organized in Illinois, under dispensation, as follows : Bodley Lodge, Ouincy, III, by dispensation from the Grand Lodge of Kentucky, dated Aug. 31, 1835. Franklin Lodge, Alton, 111., by dispensation from the Grand Lodge of Missouri, dated Dec. 9, 1836. (This Lodge balloted for a candidate for the third degree in a lodge of E. A., the candidate being present at the time.) Ecjuality Lodge, Equality, 111., by dispensation from the Grand Lodge of Kentucky, A. D. 1836. (The first meeting was held April 7, 1837.) Temperance Lodge, Vandalia, 111., by dispensation from the Grand Lodge of Missouri, dated June 30, 1838. Harmony Lodge, Jacksonville, 111., by dispensation from the Grand Lodge of Missouri. Constituted Nov. 30, 1838. Springfield Lodge, Springfield, 111., by dispensation from the Grand Lodge of Missouri, dated February 25, 1839. Columbus Lodge, Columbus, 111., by dispensation from the Grand Lodge of Missouri, dated June 3, 1839. Far West Lodge, Galena, 111., by dispensation from the Grand Lodge of Missouri, 1838. Chartered by the Grand Lodge of Missouri, Oct. 12, 1839, as No. 29. Mount Moriah Lodge, Hillsboro, 111., by dispensation from the Grand Lodge of Missouri, dated August 17, 1839. Ottawa Lodge, Ottawa, 111., by dispensation from the Grand Lodge of Kentucky, dated Dec. 19, 1839. Charter issued September i, 1840, as No. 114. Far West Lodge, No. 29, Galena, Grand Lodge of Mis- souri, and Ottawa Lodge, No. 114, Ottawa, Grand Lodge 32 THE WHITE APRON. of Kentucky, were the first two Lodges organized in North- ern IlHnois. ORGANIZATION OF THE PRESENT GRAND LODGE OF ILLINOIS. On the 20th day of January, A. D. 1840, A. L. 5840, at a convocation of Masons, composed of delegates from sev- eral of the subordinate Lodges in Illinois, held in the Ma- sonic Hall, in the town of Jacksonville, it was unanimously Resolved, That it is expedient and proper that a Grand Lodge for the State of Illinois be established upon principles consistent wdth, and subordinate to, the general regulations and ancient Constitutions of Free Masonry ; and that broth- ers W. B. Warren and V. S. Vance, of Jacksonville, and J. Adams and M. Helm, of Springfield, be a committee to cor- respond with the several Lodges in the state, and ask their co-operation and assistance, and request their attendance by representative or proxy at a convocation to be holden at Jacksonville, on the 6th day of April, A. D. 1840, A. L. 5840, for the purpose of discussing the propriety of estab- lishing a Grand Lodge for the State of Illinois, and deter- mining the best place for locating same. Accordingly, on the 6th day of April, A. D. 1840, A. L. 5840, a convocation was held at Mason's Hall, in the town of Jacksonville. Present : J. T. Jones Worshipful Master. W. B. Warren Senior Warden. A. Dunlap Junior Warden. A. V. Putnam Secretary. S. W. Lucas Treasurer. W. S. Vance Senior Deacon. J. M. Lucas Junior Deacon, A. C. Dixon Steward and Tyler. And the following representatives : Bro. James Adams, Springfield Lodge, No. 26. SHADRACH BOND The first Territorial Governor 1808. Tke first Grand Master of the First Grand Lodge 1822 LiBRARV Of m mmsn^ Of umts HISTORY OF OCCIDENTAL LODGE. 33 Bro. H. Rodgers and H. Dills, Bodley Lodge, No. 97. Bro. W. D. McCann, Columbus Lodge, No. 20. Bro. J. T. Jones, proxy, Equality Lodge, No. 102. Bro. D. Rockwell, proxy. Far West Lodge, No. 29. Bro. W. B. Warren and A. Dunlap, Harmony Lodge, No, 24. The object of the convocation held here fully considered, the following was adopted : ''Resolved, That the several subordinate Lodges of An- cient Free Masonry in the state of Illinois here assembled, represented by delegates and proxies, properly authorized, as a matter of right and as conducive to the general benefit of Masonry, that a Grand Lodge be established in the state of Illinois, and that they now proceed to establish, organize and locate the same accordingly, to be known and designated by the name of the Grand Lodge of Illinois." A constitution and by-laws for the government of the Grand Lodge was adopted, and the following grand officers elected : M. W. Abraham Jonas Grand Master. R. W. James Adams Deputy Grand Master. W. W. S. Vance Grand Senior Warden. H. Rodgers Grand Junior Warden. W. B. Warren Grand Secretary. A. Dunlap Grand Treasurer. The Lodges entering into the formation of the present Grand Lodge were working under the jurisdiction of the following Grand Lodges : Springfield, No. 26, Grand Lodge of Missouri. Equality, No. 102, Grand Lodge of Kentucky. Bodley, No. 97, Grand Lodge of Kentucky. Columbus, No. 20, Grand Lodge of Missouri. Far West, No. 29, Grand Lodge of Missouri. Harmony, No. 24, Grand Lodge of Missouri. C 34 THE WPIITE APRON. On September 2, 1841, the present Grand Lodge being organized and recognized by the Grand Lodge of Kentucky, Ottawa Lodge, No. 114, was dismissed from the jurisdic- tion of the Grand Lodge of Kentucky and recommended to the Grand Lodge of Ilhnois. Ottawa Lodge took no part in the formation of the Grand Lodge of Ilhnois, nor had it a representative there until 1846, when it was represented by Rev. Charles V. Kel- ley, proxy for the Worshipful Master. Rev. Charles V. Kelley was elected Grand Chaplain of the Grand Lodge October 7, 1845. What Ottawa Lodge was from the time the Grand Lodge of Kentucky surrendered control over the same until its formal recognition by the Grand Lodge of Illmois w^e cannot say, further than that the committee on work and returns of Lodges reported in 1843 ^^^ 1844 that no returns had been received from Ottawa Lodge, U. D. This Lodge held its communications in a room set apart for its use in the old Mansion house, corner Court and Main streets, which was at that time the fashionable hotel of Ottawa, and tradition has handed down to us the fact that a certain prominent citizen of Ottawa at that period of its history, having a favorable opinion of the institution of Free Masonry, and being desirous of becoming a member thereof, conceived the idea of secreting himself in the lodge room to learn if possible w'hat trials and hardships he would have to endure to become a full fledged ]\Iason. On being discovered by the brethren, he soon learned, by being pitched into the middle of the street, that his action was severely re- buked by the brethren. He always claimed that he had re- ceived two degrees in Masonry by being pitched down two flights of stairs, and that he would have received the third, had there been another flight of stairs. October 14, 1845, Most Worshipful Brother W. F. HISTORY OF OCCIDENTAL LODGE. 35 Walker, Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Illinois, re- voked and annulled the dispensation of Ottawa Lodge, for having justly forfeited its being by non-use of its powers and a non-fulfillment of its duties, and at the same time granted a dispensation to brothers Geo. H. Norris, Maurice Murphy, Alson Woodruff and the requisite additional breth- ren, to form and open a Lodge at Ottawa, to be called Occi- dental Lodge, designating and appointing brothers Geo. H. Norris, Worshipful Master, Maurice Murphy, Senior War- den, and Alson Woodruff, Junior Warden. No fees were required for the dispensation. John Dean Caton and Milton H. Swift were raised De- cember II, 1845, Worshipful Brother John Barney, Grand Lecturer, presiding, as he also did November 29, 1845, when the above brethren and Brother Lorenzo Leland were passed. A peculiar state of things havmg followed affecting the interest of the Lodge, a dispensation was subsequently granted for holding an election, and the first officers were changed. Lorenzo Leland was raised January 2, 1846, Theophilus Lyle Dickey and Jos. O. Glover January 17th, Burton C. Cook February 24th, Wm. Osman June 13th, Shelby Doo- little, Wm. Reddick, Nov. 30th. On February 6th brothers C. V. Kelley, John D. Caton, T. Lyle Dickey and M. H. Swift were appointed a commit- tee on the resolutions of Harmony Lodge, No. 3, Jackson- ville, Illinois, which Lodge had complained to the Grand Lodsre, and forwarded resolutions to the various subordi- nate Lodges under the jurisdiction of the Grand Lodge of Illinois, complaining and objecting to a certain lodge in Cook county allowing negro Masons to sit in theii Lodge, and also to having received petitions from negroes for the degrees, etc., which resolution of Harmony Lodge, No. 3, 36 THE WHITE APRON. caused the following resolution to be unanimously adopted by the Grand Lodge of Illinois in 1846 : "Resoh'cd, That this Grand Lodge is unqualifiedly op- posed to the admission of negroes or mulattoes into Lodges under her jurisdiction." February 24th Worshipful Brother John Barney presided in Occidental Lodge, at which time brother Burton C. Cook- was raised. Wm. Osman was passed June 12th and raised June 13th, the records stating that the reason for the ap- parent haste was the fact that Brother Osman intended leaving the country for Mexico. On the 23d of June, the following officers were elected : John D. Caton Worshipful Master. G. L. Thompson Senior Warden. Joseph Avery Junior Warden. L. Leland Treasurer. J. O. Glover Secretary. B. C. Cook Senior Deacon. Marshall Miller Junior Deacon. August 2 1 St James Lafferty was appointed Tyler. CONSTITUTION AND CHARTER. On Wednesday morning, October 7, 1846, A. L. 5846, at the seventh annual communication of the Grand Lodge of Illinois, held in the city of Peoria, the committee on Lodges U. D., consisting of brothers H. Dills, W. W. Happy and A. R. Robinson, examined the by-laws, returns and work of Occidental Lodge, U. D., and found them correct, and a charter prayed for by brothers J. D. Caton, G. L. Thomp- son, Joseph Avery and the requisite number of brethren, and the committee recommended the adoption of the follow- ing resolution : Re^olvd'd, That a charter issue to said Lodge as Occi^ dental Lodge, No. 40, and that brother Chas. V. Kelley be HISTORY OF OCCIDENTAL LODGE. 2>7 invited to take a seat as proxy for the Worshipful Master of said Lodge. (Signed) H. Dills, W. W. Happy, A. R. Robinson, Committee. On motion the report was accepted, and the resolution was adopted, and on the same date a charter was issued, and on October lo, 1846, Occidental Lodge was duly constituted as No'. 40, and brother John D. Caton installed as Master. The returns of Occidental Lodge, No. 40, to the Grand Lodge in 1846 showed that the Lodge then met on the first and third Fridays of each month, and that the officers were as follows : George H. Norris Worshipful Master. Rev. Chas. V. Kelley Senior Warden and Chaplain. Alson Woodruff Junior Warden. Gilbert L. Thompson Treasurer. Milton H. Swift Secretary. Burton C. Cook Senior Deacon. Marshall Miller Junior Deacon. James Lafferty Tyler. Past Masters: Jacob B. Rich, Thomas Tracey, John D. Caton. Master Masons: Lorenzo Leland, Matthew Diamond, Daniel Newton, William K. Brown, David Walker, John Palmer, William Osman, Theophilus L. Dickey, Joseph Avery, William H. L. Wallace, Daniel Lyons, Shelby Doo- little, Edward Bacon, J. Otis Glover. Entered Apprentices: William Reddick, Madison E. Hollister, William Palmer. Initiated: Milton H. Swift, William Osman, J. Otis Glover, John D. Caton, Shelby Doolittle, William H. L. Wallace, Madison E. Hollister, Burton C. Cook, Lorenzo Leland, William Reddick. 38 THE WHITE APRON. Passed: Milton H. Swift, Shelby Doolittle, Lorenzo Le- land, John D. Caton, Burton C. Cook, William H. L. Wal- lace, William Osman, Theophilus L. Dickey, J. Otis Glover, Raised: Milton H. Swift, William H. L. Wallace, Lo- renzo Leland, John D. Caton, William Osman, Shelby Doo- little, Theophilus L. Dickey, Burton C. Cook, J. Otis Glover, Admitted: Marshall Miller, Matthew Diamond, Ed- ward Bacon, Thomas Tracy, Daniel Newton, Joseph Avery, William K. Brown, James Lafferty, David Walker. One petition was rejected. Occidental Lodge had at this time a membership of 25, and paid $6.25 Grand Lodge dues, and $6.25 to the Grand Charity fund. They also paid the Grand Lodge $2.00 for a seal for the Lodge. 1847. June 18, 1847, the following officers were elected in Oc- cidental Lodge : GillDert L. Thompson Worshipful Master. David Walker Senior Warden. Burton C. Cook Junior Warden, Lorenzo Leland Treasurer, Madison E. Hollister Secretary, H. W. Hopkins Senior Deacon, James Lafferty Junior Deacon, Past Masters: George H. Norris, John Dean Caton. Raised: William Reddick, M. E. Hollister, William Palmer, George W, Hyde, H. W. Hopkins, John Dillon. Affiliated: A. Keefer, William Baldwin, William Rich- ardson. The election of officers was for some cause suspended on June i8th and resumed on June 24th, when M. E. Hol- lister was elected Secretary and H. W. Hopkins and James Lafferty, Deacons. HISTORY OF OCCIDENTAL LODGE. 39 On August 20th it was resolved that every brother ab- sent from the Lodge at regular meetings, unless excused, should be fined 6yl cents; if an officer, 125^ cents. In 1845 the Grand Lodge adopted a resolution requiring all Lodges under her jurisdiction to transact all their busi- ness in a Lodge of Master Masons, except conferring the first and second degrees. Prior to 1845, ^^ previously stated, the business of the Lodges, except conferring the sec- ond and third degrees, was transacted in the lodges of En- tered Apprentices. On Monday afternoon, October 6, 1845, at the fifth annual communication of the Grand Lodge, Rev. Bro. W. F. Walker offered the 'following resolution, which was laid on the table until the following day, when it was adopted : Resolved, That the Lodges under the jurisdiction of this Grand Lodge be, and are hereby, instructed to require of every candidate initiated, that he perfect himself in the lecture appertaining to the first degree before being passed to the second, and in that of the second before being raised to the third; and in that of the third degree within one year from the time of his being raised; and that he satisfy the brethren, by examination in open Lodge, of his being so per- fected ; and that the Worshipful Master of each Lodge is expected to provide for such instruction being given in each case as is contemplated by this resolution. 1848. August 21, 1848, the following officers were elected: William H. L. Wallace Worshipful Master. Burton C. Cook Senior Warden. H. W. Hopkins Junior Warden. L. Leland Treasurer. William Osman Secretary. John D. Caton Senior Deacon. William Reddick Junior Deacon, Rev. C. V. Kelley Chaplain. William K. Brown Tyler. 40 THE WHITE APRON. These officers were not installed until February, 1849. On the 17th of January, 1848, the death of Bro. Shelby Doo'little was announced to the Lodge as having occurred on the 9th inst., at Princeton, 111. This was the first death among the brothers of Occidental Lodge. Brother B. B. Fellows was raised August 7, 1848, and was the only work done by Occidental Lodge in 1848. W. L. Dunavan, formerly a member of Ottawa Lodge, A. Delano and F. Mendelbaum, affiliated. 1849. On October i, 1849, the following officers were elected: William H. L. Wallace Worshipful Master. David Walker Senior Warden. F. Mandelbaum Junior Warden. M. E. Hollister Treasurer, William Osman Secretary. George H. Norris Senior Deacon. James Lafferty Junior Deacon. W. K. Brown Tyler. Two brothers were raised in 1849, Nelson Knicker- bocker, April 2d, and John M. Quimby, October 15th. N. P. Heath and Henry Beach affiliated. Bro. J. B. Rich died at sunrise this morning, Dec. 23d (record), and Occidental Lodge performed the funeral services and deposited the sprig of acacia in the grave of Bro. Rich Dec. 24, 1849. This was the first Masonic fu- neral by Occidental Lodge, No. 40, A. F. & A. M. General W. H. L. Wallace represented Occidental Lodge, No. 40, at the Grand Lodge in April, 1850, and the name of Thomas J. Wade appears as representing Mount Joliet Lodge, No. 42, at the same communication of the Grand Lodge. It appears that the Grand Lodge did not meet in 1849, ABRAM JONAS The first Grand Master of tke present Grand Lodge, 1840 LIBRARY OF m UNIVERSnv Of ILLJNOIS HISTORY OF OCCIDENTAL LODGE. 4 1 but met, as above stated, in April, 1850, and again in Octo- ber, 1850. W. H. L. Wallace was Grand Sword Bearer of the Grand Lodge in 1849. 1850. The officers of Occidental Lodge for 1850 were: John D. Caton Worshipful Master. George H. Norris Senior Warden. F. Mandelbaum Junior Warden. William Reddick Treasurer. H. Beach Secretary. N. P. Heath Senior Deacon. G. L. Thompson Junior Deacon. J. M. Quimby Tyler. But one brother, Philo' Lindley, was raised in 1850, on Dec. 23d. James Lafferty and Joseph Avery demitted, and Wil- liam K. Brown died August 16, 1850, and was buried in Ot- tawa Avenue cemetery. Thomas L. Boughton, E. A., died May 31, 1850, and is buried in the Ottawa Avenue cemetery. W. H. L. Wallace represented Occidental Lodge at the communication of the Grand Lodge in April, 1850. 1851. The officers of Occidental Lodge in 185 1 were: John Dean Caton Worshipful Master, Arthur Lockwood Senior Warden. Wm. L. Gibson Junior Warden. Rev. C. V. Kelly Chaplain. Wm. Palmer Treasurer. Philo Lindley Secretary. E. C. Henshaw Senior Deacon. H. W. Hopkins Junior Deacon. John M. Quimby Tyler. 42 THE WHITE APRON. Initiated: George S. Fisher (no further record). Raised: Arthur Lockwood, Edward C. Henshaw, Wil- liam L. Gibson, William I. Moore and John Fiske Nash. Amiiated: C. G. Miller, A. N. Tuttle and H. ^I. Kel- logg. D emitted: G. W. Hyde and Henry Beach. Suspended N. P. D.: A. Keefer, A. Delano and Wm. Richardson. It seems Occidental Lodge had no regular time for hold- ing elections in the early days, as any time from April to October seemed to suit. 1852. No returns were made to the Grand Lodge by Occidental Lodge in 1852, Brother Philo Lindley was Worshipful Master. Broth- er John D. Caton represented Occidental Lodge at the Grand Lodge, and was a member of the Jurisprudence Committee. The following brethren were raised : Daniel D. Thomp- son, Lipman Raugh, R. Eaton Goodell, Wm. P. Thomas (or Thompson), A. Vogle, J. J. Finley, D. Mcintosh. P. V. N. Smith and Ira Patton affiliated. E. C. Henshaw and Frank Mandelbaum demitted. John Palmer died July 22d. 1853. John M. Quimby Worshipful Master. Alexander Magill Senior Warden. Marshall Miller Junior Warden. William Palmer Treasurer. Isaac V. Waterman Secretary. Rev. Chas. V. Kelly Chaplain. John F. Nash Senior Deacon. Bradford C. Mitchell Junior Deacon. John Dean Caton Steward. HISTORY OF OCCIDENTAL LODGE. 43 Theophilus Lyle Dickey Steward. Madison E. Hollister Steward. William Masters Tyler Raised: Alexander Magill, Bradford C. Mitchell, Jared B. Ford, Isaac V. Waterman, Joshua Whitmore and George Churchill. Affiliated: Isaac Reed, Henry Moore and Wm. Masters. D emitted: Wm. I. Moore and Thomas Tracy. It will be noticed that the offices of stewards were filled by three of the most distinguished members of the lodge — two of whom were in later years judges of the Supreme Court of Illinois, and the other judge of the Circuit Court and, later, Supreme Judge Supreme Court of Idaho. 1854. The officers of Occidental Lodge in 1854 were: Oliver Cromwell Gray Worshipful Master. Alexander Magill Senior Warden. Joshua Whitmore Junior Warden. Philo Lindley (P. M.) Treasurer. William L. Gibson Secretary. Rev. Chas. V. Kelly Chaplain. John F. Nash Senior Deacon. William P. Thomas (or Thompson) Junior Deacon. John M. Quimby (P. M.) Steward. William Palmer Steward. David Robbins Gregg Tyler. Raised: David Robbins Gregg, W. W. Cavarly, Theo- dore Hay, Silas W. Cheever, Robert Hickling, Wm. C. Smith, Avon Pearson, Azro C. Putnam, Reuben Sherman, Wesley B. Hall, John Morrill, Moses R. Brown, Henry P. Brunker, Wm. Fry, Rev. S. F. Denning and Francis C. Warner. The records show one Eli Plumb as having been initiated only, and no further record can be found. 44 THE WHITE APRON. Affiliated: Oliver Cromwell Gray, John Stout, Thomas Jefferson Wade, Daniel C. Stone, Richard Stadden, Chaim- cey U. Wade, Frank C. Flora, John D. Morgan and Daniel Fletcher Hitt. 1855- The officers of Occidental Lodge were : Thos. J. Wade Worshipful Master. Oliver C. Gray Senior Warden. Daniel D. Thompson Junior Warden. Philo Lindley (P. M.) Treasurer. Lipman Raugh Secretary. Rev. S. F. Denning Chaplain. John F. Nash Senior Deacon. John Morrill Junior Deacon. John M. Quimby (P. M.) Steward. William Palmer Steward. David R. Gregg Tyler. Raised: Charles Turk, Aaron Daniels, R. W. Batchel- ler, William P. Gregg, Edward L. Herrick, James Hathe- way, Henry G. Cotton, Joseph Ware. Affiliated: Octavius R. Hanbury, Qiarles Phillips, F. S. McNamara and William Breg. Demitted: R. Eaton Goodell, Henry W. Hopkins, Theophilus L. Dickey, Aaron Daniels, A. N. Tuttle, D. C. Stone, David Mcintosh and Charles Phillips. Initiated: Richard Tliorne and Casper Meyer. No rec- ord of their having taken any other steps in Masonry. Died: W. W. Cavarly and Wm. P. Thomas (or Thomp- son). 1856. The officers of Occidental Lodge were : Philo Lindley Worshipful Master. Daniel D. Thompson Senior Warden. HISTORY OF OCCIDENTAL LODGE. 45 John F. Nash Junior Warden. Edward L. Herrick Treasurer. Lipinan Raugh Secretary. John Morrill Senior Deacon. Wm. C. Smith Junior Deacon. John M. Ouimby (P. M.) Steward. William Palmer Steward. David R. Gregg Tyler Raised: Levi Mason, Theodore Cunningham Gibson, William C. Fash, George M. Dunavan, George W. Fuchs. Amiiatcd: Edward M. Wade, Henry D. Gorbett, Wil- liam L. Dunavan and Quincy D. Whitman. Fclloztf Craft: Orville L. Moore. Initiated only: R. F. Taylor, W. L. F. Jones and War- ren R. Brundage. Deinittcd: R. W. Batcheller, Henry Moore and Joseph Ware. Died: Henry G. Cotton, Sr., and Alson Woodruff. 1857- Officers of Occidental Lodge were : Thos. J. Wade Worshipful Master. John F. Nash Senior Warden, John Morrill Junior Warden. Edward L. Herrick Treasurer. Avon Pearson Secretary. Wesley B. Hall Senior Deacon. Levi Mason Junior Deacon. W. P. Gregg Tyler. Raised: Joseph Ford, John M. Earl, Moses D. Calkins, Jeremiah Abbey, Erasmus N. Jenks, William K. Stewart, Joseph Cushman Hatheway and Charles H. Froese, F. C. only. Affiliated: Adolph Hoffman, Samuel Eyster, Coleman Olmstead and Daniel C. Stone. 46 THE WHITE APRON. Dciiiittcd: D. F. Hitt, James Hatheway, S. F. Denning and R. Stadden. Thomas J. Wade was appointed Grand Lecturer of the Grand Lodge this year. 1858. The officers for 1858 were: Burton C. Cook Worshipful IMaster. John ]\Iorrill Senior Warden. Levi Mason Junior Warden. Bradford C. Mitchell Treasurer. Avon Pearson Secretary. Rev. Chas. P. Clark Chaplain. Wesley B. Hall Senior Deacon. John ^L Earl Junior Deacon. Quincy D. Whitman Senior Steward. Frank Warner Junior Steward. Wm. P. Gregg Tyler. Raised: Hosea B. Williams, Simon Zimmerman, Solo- mon Degen, Nelson Conrad, Julius C. Avery, Holmes Slade, Samuel A. W. Jewett and Samuel C. Walker. Affiliated: Theron Johnson, James Russ Murphy, Dan- iel H. Ashton and H. F. Clark. Franklin D. Sweetser received the E. A. Degree and never went any further. D emitted: Robert Hickling. Thos. J. Wade was again appointed Grand Lecturer for Illinois by the Grand Master. There is no record that Rev. Chas. P. Clark was a mem- ber of Occidental Lodge. It was customar}^ at times in early days to appoint the Chaplain from among the minis- try, if they were Masons, regardless of their affiliation. HISTORY OF OCCIDENTAL LODGE. 47 1859. OFFICERS. Thomas J. Wade Worshipful Master. Levi Mason Senior Warden. Wesley B. Hall Junior Warden. Philo Lindley (P. M.) Treasurer. Henry F. Clark Secretary. Rev. Samuel A. W. Jewett Chaplain. Julius Avery Senior Deacon. John M. Earl Junior Deacon. Daniel D. Thompson Senior Steward. Azro C. Putnam Junior Steward. William K. Stewart Tyler. Raised: W. G. Earl, James Keeler, John F. Lamb, Sam- uel D. Cole, Isaac R. Hill, W. A. McCullom, S. O. Wade, Henry Gondolf, Calvin Wilson, Samuel Thanhauser, R. P. Vorce, Frank J. Crawford and George H. Walker. Admitted: Herman Alschuler, Robert H. Pierce, Wells Wait, J. W. Fay and George J. Burgess. D emitted: George H. Norris, Henry D. Gorbett, John M. Ouimby, Dan. C. Stone, N. P. Heath, Daniel F. New- ton, J. J. Finley and P. V. N. Smith. During the year death claimed as her reward Bradford C. Mitchell, father of Bro. Marshall B. Mitchell, James Russ Murphy and Orville C. Moore, Fellowcraft. Bro. Bradford C. Mitchell died Sept. i8, 1858, and was buried with Ma- sonic honors, and the writer, at that time, a small boy, re- members this as the first Masonic funeral and procession of the brethren witnessed by him. Brother Mitchell was Treasurer of Occidental Lodge when he died. Brother Orville L. Moore, Fellow Craft, lies buried in Ottawa Avenue cemetery, and his monument was erected by the members of the Illinois and Mississippi telegraph oper- ators, whose instrument factory was at that time located in 48 THE WHITE APRON. Ottawa. Bro. Moore was the first telegraph operator to re- ceive messages by sound. Henry D. Gorbett demitted in 1859, and was elected Chaplain of Cement Lodge, at Utica, 111., which was or- ganized in 1859. i860. OFFICERS. Levi Mason Worshipful Master. D. D. Thompson Senior Warden. W. L. Gibson Junior Warden. P. Lindley Treasurer. O. D. Whitman Secretary. C. G. Miller Senior Deacon. S. Thanhauser Junior Deacon. J. C. Hatheway Senior Steward. C. Wilson Junior Steward. C. S. C. Crane Tyler. Raised: George B. Schneider, Cornelius Claggett, J. B. Rice, Joel Pierce, Geo. W. Adams and O. P. Stumph. Admitted: C. S. C. Crane. Demitted: Joshua Whitmore, William Smith, James Keeler, Holmes Slade and Nelson Conrad. Initiated: C. A. Mathewson and Samuel R. Lewis. Suspended N. P. D.: Francis McNamara, Theron John- son, William C. Fash, Adolph Hoffman. Died: Theodore Hay, Sept. 26, i860. 1861. OFFICERS. D. D. Thompson Worshipful Master. W. L. Gibson Senior Warden. H. F. Clark Junior Warden. Geo. W. Adams Treasurer, J. W. Fay Secretary. LibKAK> Of IHt UNiVEKSnv Uf ILLilflUtS HISTORY OF OCCIDENTAL LODGE. 49 S. Thanhauser Senior Deacon. T. C. Gibson Junior Deacon. C. S. C. Crane Tyler. Raised: John Powe, E. C. Hatheway, N. A. Heinsfere- ter, A. H. Strobel, T. H. Clark, W. S. Easton, A. Wolford, D. Hapeman, E. J. Campbell, Charles Stout, D. M. Clarke, George Cloud, C. Huston, S. B. Griswold, E. G. Halbert and H. C. Nash. Admitted: S. B. Olmstead, E. S. Hobert and J. Colwell. D emitted: William Breg, John M. Earl and R. P. Vorce. 1862. OFFICERS. D. D. Thompson Worshipful Master. E. L. Herrick Senior Warden. J. B. Rice Junior Warden. C. Stout Treasurer. J. W. Fay Secretary, G. W. Adams Senior Deacon. E. S. Hobert Junior Deacon. C. S. C. Crane Tyler. Raised: J. R. Cameron, J. O. Harris, D. P. Jones, E. L. Armstrong, G. Koch, M. Osman, P. S. McKay, G. B. Mor- gan, F. F. Maybury, F. F. Brower, Geo. S. Stebbins, Geo. B. Mitchell, A. B. Moore, W. H. Williams, C. Irion and John A. Carton. Admitted: S. Harvey, D. H. Porter. Demitted: George H. Walker, George Cloud, P. S. McKay, C. W. Adams, C. Wilson, S. Harvey and S. O. Wade. General W. H. L. Wallace killed in the battle of Shiloh. 1863. OFFICERS. John F. Nash Worshipful Master. D 50 THE WHITE APRON. T. C. Gibson Senior Warden. John Stout Junior Warden. J. R. Cameron Treasurer. W. S. Easton Secretary. Qias. Stout Senior Deacon. C. Claggett Junior Deacon. H. Alschuler Senior Steward. Samuel D. Cole Junior Steward. George J. Burgess Tyler. Rai>sed: S. H. Hill, S. Poundstone, Chas. Houghtaling, W. W. Gardner, T. Y. Mickle, George Beatty, R. W. King, R. M. McArthur, George Woelfel, Joseph Gondolf, J. C. Warner and Justus Harris, Demitted: I. V. Waterman, N. A. Heinsfereter and John F. Lamb. Died: Jared B. Ford, C. U. Wade, F. C. Flora and Chas. Turk. Initiated only: James Spencer. 1864. OFFICERS. J. F. Nash Worshipful Master. W. S. Easton Senior Warden. Chas. Stout Junior Warden. J. R. Cameron Treasurer. J. W. Fay Secretary. Henry Gondolf Senior Deacon. W. K. Stewart Junior Deacon. Geo. Beatty Senior Steward. Chas. Huston Junior Steward. George J. Burgess Tyler. Raised: T. C. Fullerton. Thos I. Conger, F. G. King, S. I. Haney, S. M. Pettingill, C. G. Lutz, H. Warlick, J. F. Marriner, Edward C. Mills, Henry Bilharz, L. N. Kennedy, Samuel Degen and Washington Bushnell. Admitted: Oscar H. Mann, A. E. Gibbs and W. E. Bell. HISTORY OF OCCIDENTAL LODGE. '51 Initiated: C. P. Stimpson and J. B. Smith, who died the same month. James Way received E. A. (and second, and third in No. 417, Marseilles, 111.). D emitted: T. Johnson, W. H. Williams, Joshn^toiit and' Geo. Woelfel. Philo Lindley was killed in battle at Altoona June 25, 1864, and his remains were brought to Ottawa and lay in state in the court house, from thence they were conveyed to the Ottawa Avenue cemetery, and deposited in their last resting place by Occidental Lodge. S. I. Haney and Thos. I. Conger were also killed in battle. No officers reported in proceedings of 1865, 1866, 1867, 1868, 1869 and 1870, except the Masters. 1865. W. S. Easton Worshipful Master. Raised: Sidney C. Bates, Henry M. Godfrey, Jacob Hess, W. H. Carey, Mathew B. Lamb, Thomas Ryburn, Simon Alschuler, Champlain P. Chester, John F. Gibson, Francis L. Fiske, Frank B. Chapman, Warren V. Cooley, Randall Lyman, A. P. Barnes, Jacob Schmid and John L. Morrison. Amiiated: M. F. Goodspeed, F. P. Childs and J. M. Crosby. Deniitted: E. J. Campbell, J. W. Fay, Levi Mason, Wm. A. McCulIom, S. B. Olmstead, R. H. Pierce, David Walker, R. W. Batcheller, E. G. Halbert, G. B. Morgan, Avon Pearson, A. C. Putnam and O. P. Stumph. Died: S. M. Pettingill. Initiated: H. D. Williams (Passed and Raised in Polar Star Lodge, No. 113, Iowa). 52 THE WHITE APRON. 1866. W. S. Easton Worshipful Master. Raised: Ozell Trask, Peleg A. Hall, Robert Henning, William H. Cushman, Francis B. Metcalf, A. E. Grow, Rob- ert G. Murphy and Henry Koch. Affiliated: Wm. C. Smith, Leman A. Rising, Wm. S. Jackson and Edward H. Smith. Initiated: Wm. N. Richardson and Jesse B. Charles. D emitted: Albert Wolford, Gustav Koch, Moses Os- man, James C. Warner, Thomas C. Fullerton, A. P. Barnes, Samuel A. W. Jewett, Moses R. Brown, Erasmus N. Jenks and F. F. Maybury, 1867. W. S. Easton Worshipful Master. Raised: George W. Cummings, Charles Henry Nattin- ger, Gilbert Goff, William H. Long, Benjamin Padgett, Jo- seph W. Dow, Alexander Hanna, John A. Gray, Frederick F. Crane, A. D. Simon, Andrew J. Sawyer, John H. Druitt, F. P. Duplain, Ebenezer E. Lewis, N. C. Walker, S. Thor- sen and D. Batcheller. Initiated: W. J. Pigott, Abram Cummings and Harvey J. Logan. Demitted: Wm. H. Cushman, J. R. Hill, C. G. Miller, C. Claggett, L. Raugh, Henry Bilharz, Wells Wait, John A. Carton, Chas. Houghtaling, Jacob Schmid, Henry Koch, Jacob Hess, Herman Warlick, C. G. Lutz, Henry Gondolf, Joseph Gondolf, Christian Irion, A. H. Strobel and Herman Alschuler. Admitted: Ross Denny, James Rhoads, Robert E. Riale, Frank B. Stearns, Wm. Cullen, Wm. E. Bowman, George W. Francis, Avon Pearson. HISTORY OF OCCIDENTAL LODGE. 53 SitrSpended: Daniel H. Ashton, Reuben Sherman and S. B. Griswold. Expelled: Marshall Miller, for disobedience of sum- mons to pay dues. Died: Alexander W. Magill and Geo. S. Stebbins, both of whom were buried with Masonic honors. On March 14, 1867, permission was given Polar Star Lodge, No. 113, Iowa, to confer the Fellow Craft and Mas- ter Mason degrees on H. D. Williams, who was initiated in Occidental Lodge October i6, 1865. A general Masonic celebration of St. John's day was held in Ottawa June 24, 1867, and was one of the greatest Ma- sonic events ever held in Ottawa. Masonic Lodges and Commanderies of Knights Templar from surrounding towns participated, and the Masonic procession, under escort of Commanderies of Knights Templar, was the most im- posing ever witnessed in Ottawa. A festival and speaking was the program in Washington park, and a Masonic ball was the social feature in the evening in Washington hall. A charter was granted to Humboldt Lodge, No. 555, October i, 1867, and the following severed their member- ship with Occidental Lodge, No. 40, November 18, 1867, and became charter members of Humboldt Lodge, No. 555 : H. Alschuler, Geo. W. Fuchs, A. H. Strobel, Christian Irion, Joseph Gondolf, H. Warlick, C, G. Lutz, Jacob Schmid, Henry Koch and Henry Gondolf. 1868. W. S. Easton Worshipful Master. Raised: John F. MacKinlay, Fred March, Edwin Coan, Francis M. Rose, Walter Todd, Austin C. Cregar, John W. Collins, James N. Col well, William Stadden, Fernando C. Prescott, Wm. A. Brundage and John H. Shepherd. 54 THE WHITE APRON. AfRUatcd: Daniel J. Holmes, George J. Randell and Isaac N. Beem. Dcmitted: Chas. Huston, Lewis N. Kennedy, Oscar H. Mann, Andrew J. Sawyer, Daniel C. Stone, Randall Lynne and George W. Ciimmings. Suspended for N. P. D.: Ira Potter and M. E. Hollis- ter. M. E. Hollister was reinstated in 1874. June 4, 1868, W. S. Easton, Julius Avery and Samuel C. Walker, as trustees of Occidental Lodge, purcliased the property on which the old Masonic temple and opera house now stands. W. S. Easton was appointed District Deputy Grand Master, Seventh Masonic District. 1869. Geo. J. Burgess Worshipful Master. Raised: James R. Cross, Chas. M. Catlin, Samuel W. Porter, Obadiah Jennings, James O'Donnell and John Boh- lander. Amiiated: William W. Estabook and Phillip R. Martin. D emitted: Edwin Coan, George Churchill, Ross Denny, Francis M. Rose, Jeremiah Abbey, S. Thanhauser, Wm. K. Stewart, W. S. Jackson, D^avid H. Porter and Walter Todd, Died: Samuel Walker, Oct. 23, 1869. Expelled: J. F. Marriner. An act to incorporate the Masonic Association of Ottawa was approved March 26, 1869. Occidental Lodge, assisted by Humboldt Lodge, under escort of Ottawa Commandery, No. 10. Knights Templar, participated in the laying of the corner stone of the soldiers' monument, October 14, 1869. There was a large attend- ance of Masons and Knights Templar from sister bodies. HISTORY OF OCCIDENTAL LODGE. 55 La Salle county was changed to the Sixth Masonic Dis- trict in 1869. 1870. W. S. Easton Worshipful Master. Raised: Edward K. Walbridge, Geo. G. Wentz, Henry A. Rowland, Wm. K. Cash, Henry Stead, Amasa C. Childs. Affiliated: Benjamin S. Porter, D wight W. Fuller. Fellozit Craft: Elisha Smith (received M. M. Degree Rockton Lodge, No. 516, Kent, Ohio). Demitted: John W. Collins, S. H. Hill, Fred'k March and Geo. J. Rundell. Died: Samuel C. Walker, Julius C. Avery and Frank F. Brower (all prominent members of the La Salle county bar; were buried with Masonic honors), and Charles H. Nattinger. Thos. J. Wade, District Deputy Grand Master, the Eighth Masonic District. 1871. OFFICERS. Robert Henning Worshipful Master. Wm. W. Estabrook Senior Warden. James C. Warner Junior Warden. Henry C. Nash Treasurer. Wm. S. Easton Secretary. Geo. J. Burgess Senior Deacon. Frederick F. Crane Junior Deacon. James N. Col well Senior Steward. Benjamin S. Porter Junior Steward. David R. Gregg Tyler. Raised: Albert J. Pool, Thomas, Thomeley, James J. Kellogg, Charles W. Cook. Affiliated: Michael Huthmaker. Demitted: Phillip R. Martin, William Reddick, Joseph 56 THE WHITE APRON. W. Dow, E. M. Wade, Geo. W. Francis, Wm. H. Long, Charles Stout, Colemen Olmstead, Dorr M. Clark, Frank B. Chapman, Seward Thorson, Warren V. Cooley, Wm. W. Estabrook. Suspended N. P. D.: Edward C. Mills. Died: Champlain P. Chester and O. C. Gray. O. C. Gray was one of the most prominent members at the La Salle coimty bar. (See obituary.) Bro. Thos. J. Wade was chairman of the committee to examine visiting brethren at the annual communication of the Grand Lodge in 1871. Thos. J. Wade, District Deputy Grand Master, Eighth Masonic District. 1872. OFFICERS. Robert Henning Worshipful Master. James C. Warner Senior Warden. Benjamin S. Porter Junior Warden. Henry C. Nash Treasurer. Edward L. Herrick Secretary. Francis P. Duplain Senior Deacon. James N. Colwell Junior Deacon. Charles W. Cook Senior Steward. Samuel Degen Junior Steward. Justus Harris Tyler. Raised: George V. Hull, Alexander Richards, Reuben F. Dyer, Sidney V. Wise. Affiliated: Jesse C. Allen, Wm. K. Stewart. D emitted: Mathew F. Goodspeed, Quincy D. Whit- man, John H. Druitt, Thomas H. Clark. Died: H. P. Brunker, Geo. H. Schneider, John H. Shepherd. The returns of Occidental Lodge reports the death of Dr. John Paul September 25, 1872. We can find no record of his being a member of Occidental Lodge. ^ oo *St O H ^ >— 1 (5 ^ I O H H H ^ O g ^^ uBKAK> Of (Hb UNIVLKSIIY U^ WmtS HISTORY OF OCCIDENTAL LODGE. 57 At a stated communication of Occidental Lodge, May 5, 1872, on motion of Bro. John F. Nash, it was unanimously resolved that the Masons of Ottawa and vicinity desired the erection the coming season of a Masonic building, and that we make the attempt to raise the money for the same. This was the beginning, or first move, toward the erection of the Masonic hall and opera house block, which is more fully treated of under the head of Masonic Hall and Opera House Block in this work. La Salle county changed to the Ninth Masonic District in 1872. W. S. Easton appointed District Deputy Grand Master. 1873. OFFICERS. Robert Henning Worshipful Master. Benjamin S. Porter Senior Warden. David Batcheller Junior Warden. Henry C. Nash Treasurer. Edward L. Herrick Secretary. Francis P. Duplain Senior Deacon. Sidney V. Wise Junior Deacon. Charles W. Cook Senior Steward. Samuel Degeii Junior Steward. Justus Harris Tyler. Raised: Patrick Ryan, John L. Steele, Enoch S. Yent- zer, David Kroiise, Charles Snow and George N. Cash. Affiliated: Hubert A. McCaleb and George L. Austin. D emitted: John Bohlander, James J. Kellogg, Burton C. Cook, George M. Dunavan, Ebenezer E. Lewis, Frank B. Stearns. Died: Simon Alschuler, in Denver, Colorado, and was buried there with Masonic honors. Thomas J. Wade was a member of the committee to ex- 58 THE WHITE APRON. amine visiting brethren at the annual communication of the Grand Lodge, October, 1873. Occidental Lodge moved from the Lynch building, on Main street, to their new hall in the opera house block and Masonic temple this year. (See history of Masonic Build- ing Association.) Tlie corner stone of the Masonic hall was laid in 1873. Occidental Lodge, assisted by Humboldt and neighboring Lodges, under escort of Ottawa Commandery, No. 10, K. T., and sister Commanderies, formed the escort. William S. Easton, District Deputy Grand Master. 1874. OFFICERS. John F. Nash Worshipful Master. David Batcheller Senior Warden. James O'Donnell Junior Warden. Rev. John L. Steele Chaplain. Henry C. Nash Ireasurer. Charles M. Catlin Secretary. Edwin S. Hobert Senior Deacon. Fred F. Crane Junior Deacon. William K. Cash Senior Steward. David Krouse Junior Steward. Justus Harris Tyler. Raised: Henry G. Cotton, Daniel C. Mills, Henry Mayo, John H. Widmer, James E. Rathburn, William Thomas, William Stormont, John L. Piergue, Frederick W. Mattocks, Allen Jordan, Jr., Roswell W. Holmes, H. A. Shuler, Frank A. Kendall, C. C. Glover, Geo. A. Mills, W. B. Titus and Jesse B. Ruger. Affiliated: E. Follett Bull, James A. Comstock, S. R. Helmick, August Haeberlin and Charles Blanchard. D emitted: George G. Wentz, Jesse C. Allen, Thomas Thomeley, John Stout. HISTORY OF OCCIDENTAL LODGE. 59 Died: Fernando C. Prescott and Amasa C. Childs. The Grand Master rendered a decision, which was ap- proved by the Grand Lodge in 1874, that before the Wor- shipful Master elect can be installed, he must have been in- vested with the secrets of the chair in a convocation of act- ual Past Masters, notwithstanding such a brother may be in possession of the degree of virtual or chapter Past Mas- ter, and that none but actual Past Masters should be pres- ent during the ceremony of investing the Master elect with the secrets of the chair. It was formerly the law in symbolic Lodges that the Masters elect should be invested with the secrets of the chair. It is not now in force. W. S. Easton, District Deputy Grand Master. 1875; OFFICERS. Henry F. Clark Worshipful Master. Charles M. Catlin Senior Warden. Frederick F. Crane Junior Warden. Henry C. Nash Treasurer. Roswell W. Holmes Secretary. Walter B. Titus Senior Deacon. Alexander Hanna Junior Deacon. Patrick Ryan Senior Steward. Clarence C. Glover Junior Steward. Justus Harris Tyler Raised: Arthur Lock wood Wagner, Charles E. Pettit, William H. Phillips, Lester O. Phillips, Walter D. Strawn, Andrew J. Brown, Qiarles A. Works, Edward C. Lewis, William O. Gorman. Affiliated: Henry P. Clark, Wm. L. Phillips, H. W. Smith, John N. Tiffany, Theodore C. Miller, William Stuart Spiers, Cairo D. Trimble and William E. Ensminger. D emitted: Francis B. Metcalf, Mathew B. Lamb, Frank 6o THE WHITE APRON. J. Warner, James C. Warner, James A. Comstock, R. W. King, W. W. Gardner. Died: Octavius R. Hanbnry. Thos. J. Wade, District Deputy Grand IMaster, Ninth Masonic District. On motion of Bro. Thos. J. Wade, the Grand Lodge at the annual communication in October, 1875, remitted the dues of Occidental Lodge, in view of the loss of their hall by fire during the past year. During the annual communication of the Grand Lodge, October, 1875, the Grand Lodge by-laws were amended so that one clear ballot entitled a candidate to the three degrees of symbolic Masonry upon his showing a suitable proficiency for advancement. Prior to this a candidate had to be bal- loted on for each degree. 1876. OFFICERS. Henry F. Clark Worshipful Master. Frederick F. Crane Senior Warden. Walter B. Titus Junior Warden. Henry C. Nash Treasurer. Roswell W. Holmes Secretary. Charles E. Pettit Senior Deacon. Alexander Hanna Junior Deacon. Clarence C. Glover Senior Steward. Geo. A. Mills Junior Steward. Justus Harris Tyler. Raised: Thomas A. Smurr. Affiliated: Wm. E. Codding. Demitted: James O'Donnell, Edward K. Walbridge, Daniel J. Holmes, William Stuart Spiers, Madison E. Hol- lister, Charles A. Works, George L. Austin and Charles M. Catlin. HISTORY OF OCCIDENTAL LODGE, 6l Edward L. Herrick died April ii, 1876. James N. Col- well killed by cars at Streator, October 11, 1876. Thomas J. Wade was District Deputy Grand Master, Ninth Masonic District. At the annual communication of the Grand Lodge in 1876, M. W. Bro. Cregier offered the following resolution, which was adopted : Resolved, That the Grand Lodge of Illinois condemns the prevailing practice of transmitting by "postal card" no- tice of the business and other doings of Lodges, and it is hereby ordered that all notices emanating from Lodges or their officers shall be sent to members under sealed covers : Provided, that the bare notice of time and place of meeting of said Lodge may be sent by postal card. This law^ is still in force and a violation of it would subject the guilty party to expulsion from the fraternity. Occidental Lodge took a prominent part in the centen- nial celebration in Ottawa, July 4, 1876, Ottawa Com- mandery, No. 10, K. T., acting as escort to the Masonic bodies. Humboldt Lodge also participated. 1877. OFFICERS. Robert Henning Worshipful Master. E. Follett Bull Senior Warden. Solomon Degen Junior Warden. William Stormont Oiaplain. Henry C. Nash Treasurer. E. S. Hobert Secretary. William K. Stewart Senior Deacon. Henry P. Clark Junior Deacon. John L. Piergue Senior Steward. Lester O. Phillips Junior Steward. David R. Gregg Tyler. Raised: Samuel Richolson, Samuel Dittenhoffer, Wm. T. Dickey and Asa Mann Hoffman. 62 THE WHITE APRON. Suspended N. P. D.: Moses D. Calkins, Michael Hiith- maker, Sidney C. Bates, Obadiah Jennings, John Colwell, Henry Rowland, Frank P. Duplain and Sidney V. Wise. D emitted: William Palmer, James R. Cross, George J. Burgess, William S. Easton, J. O. GloA^er, William O. Gor- man, Dwight W. Fuller, W. L. Gibson, C. S. C. Crane and David Batcheller. Obadiah Jennings demitted after having been reinstated from suspension for N. P. D. Died: Henry F. Clark, Jan. lo, 1877; Dr. D. D. Thompson, May, 31, 1877; Thomas Ryburn, — , 1877. ThO'S. J. Wade, District Deputy Grand Master, Ninth Masonic District. 1878. OFFICERS. Robert Henning Worshipful Master. Solomon Degen Senior Warden. F. P. Childs Junior Warden. H. C. Nash Treasurer. Clarence C. Glover Secretary. James McManus Senior Deacon. Henry P. Clark Junior Deacon. Fred F. Crane Senior Steward. Justus Harris Junior Steward. David R. Gregg Tyler. Raised: Benjamin F. Bole, Lothrop Perkins. Affiliaied: James McManus and David A. Cook. Demitted: Robert E. Riale, J. ]\I. Crosby, Avon Pear- son, Frank J. Crawford, Wm. H. Ensminger. Died: Hubert A. McCaleb, Tvlarch 24, 1878. Thos. J. Wade, District Deputy Grand Master, Ninth Masonic District. HISTORY OF OCCIDENTAL LODGE. 63 1879. OFFICERS. Solomon Degen Worshipful Master. Thomas A. Smiirr Senior Warden. James McManus Junior Warden. Wm. Stormont Qiaplain. Lothrop Perkins Treasurer. Asa Mann Hoffman Secretary. William K. Stewart Senior Deacon. Benjamin F. Bole Junior Deacon. Patrick Ryan Senior Steward. Henry P. Qark Junior Steward. Justus Harris Tyler. Raised: William L. Milligan, W. W. Arnold and Rev. Francis Burdette Nash, Jr. Affiliated: Paul Teissedre. Demitted: Benjamin S. Porter, John F. MacKinlay, Al- bert E. Gibbs, Andrew J. Brown, Ozell Trask, Walter B. Titus, Franklin P. Childs, John L. Piergue, Benjamin F. Bole and Wm. K. Cash. Died: Col. Absalom B. Moore, July 7, 1879. Buried with Masonic honors. Allen Jordan, Jr., July 12, 1879. The third degree was not conferred in Occidental Lodge during 1879 until after the annual communication of the Grand Lodge in October. Occidental Lodge had be- come financially embarrassed through loss by fire, and its connection w^ith the Masonic building association, and many predicted, and, in fact, were in favor of surrendering the charter. Thirteen of the brethren demitted. Good men refused the responsible position of Worshipful Master dur- ing this trying time of Occidental Lodge, but Brother Solo- mon Degen accepted the office, and at once began the her- culean task of bringing order out of chaos. The dues were raised to five dollars per annum. Brother Degen per- sonally attended to the collection of back dues ; called per- 64 THE WHITE APRON. sonally on members in arrears, wherever meeting them, in their offices or on the streets. Those were the days Ma- sonry was tested in Ottawa ; when brethren went down into their pockets and raised funds for Masonic funeral expenses and calls for charity. The brethren who are members of Occidental Lodge to-day should revere the names of Broth- er Solomon Degen and the loyal band of brethren who stood by the helm of old Occidental, and piloted her to a safe and secure harbor. 1880. OFFICERS. Solomon Degen Worshipful Master. James McManus Senior Warden. Lothrop Perkins Junior Warden. Henry C. Nash Treasurer, Asa M. Hoffman Secretary. William L. Milligan Senior Deacon. Henry P. Clark Junior Deacon. William K. Stewart Senior Steward. Paul Teissedre Junior Steward. Patrick Ryan Tyler. Raised: Charles W. Fredenburg, Joseph N. Dunaway and James Rollo Chapman. Reinstated: Francis P. Duplain. Suspended N. P. D.: Jesse B. Ruger, Alexander Rich- ards, Robert G. Murphy and William A. Brundage. Expelled: William L. Phillips, for disobedience of sum- mons to pay dues. D emitted: John F. Gibson, Elias C. Hatheway, John ^lorrill. William E. Bowman, Wesley B. Hall, Albert J. Pool, Leman A. Rising, Frederick W. Mattocks, William Thomas, Joel F. Pierce, John N. Tiffany, Henry G. Cotton and William T. Dickey. Theodore Tuthill Gurney was Grand Master in 1880 WILLIAM OSMAN Raised in 1846. The oldest living member LIBRARY Of fH£ UNiVEKSilY or iilimiS HISTORY OF OCCIDENTAL LODGE. 65 and rendered some important decisions, among the most important of which, and which was approved and recog- nized as the law of the Grand Lodge, and which w^e deem proper to note herewith, as follows : That "the Grand Lodge clearly sets forth 'The usages and general regulations of Masonry,' bv defining the duties of its Treasurer. We are therefore decidedly of the opinion that a dual custodianship of the fiscal property of the Lodge is not authorized by Masonic usage, neither by any law of the Grand Lodge. "It is true that a Lodge can direct a treasurer to invest its funds as it may elect, but we are not of the belief that it can create a financial department other than that recognized by 'The usages and general regulations of Masonry.' The treasurer, under our system, is the only lawful custodian of the moneys of the Lodge and his position must be respected in its entirety ; otherwise we abandon one of the most prom- inent features of 'usages' and 'general regulations,' that has been handed down to us by the fathers of our organization." This decision was referred to the Jurisprudence Com- mittee, who made the following report, w'hich was adopted by the Grand Lodge : "That in the making of leases, suits, conveyances and other legal transactions, to which the Lodge is a party, the Master and Wardens are the trustees in fact, where action is required to validate such transactions under the civil law." (Pages 26 and io8, G. L. Pro., 1880.) The following report from the Jurisprudence Committee w^as also approved by the Grand Lodge : "Your committee concur in the sentiments expressed, and recommend the approval of the action reported by the Grand Master under this head ; and ask your assent to the declaration that the Grand Lodge looks with disfavor upon the practice of renting lodge premises for other than Ma- sonic purposes." (Page no, G. L. Pro., 1880.) E 66 THE WHITE APRON. 1881. OFFICERS. Solomon Degen Worshipful Master. James McManus Senior Warden. Lothrop Perkins Junior Warden. Henry C. Nash Treasurer. Asa Mann Hoffman Secretary. William L. Milligan Senior Deacon. Henry P. Qark Junior Deacon. Wm. K. Stewart Senior Steward. Paul Teissedre Junior Steward. David R. Gregg Tyler. Raised: William H. Oilman, John W. Clegg, Nathaniel McDougall, John W. Green, Thos. W. D. Crane, Walter McDonald Woodward, Thomas E. MacKinlay and James Milligan, Jr. AMmted: Henry Peck, W. E. Prichard, R. Farns- worth and William Sheppard. Dcmitted: Roswell W. Holmes, Charles E. Pettit, Geo. B. Mitchell, Francis B. Nash and Silas W. Cheever. DHed: Patrick Ryan, June 13, 188 1 ; Samuel Eyster, June 29, 1 881; Lorenzo Leland, August 26, 1881 ; Charles Snow, Sept. 9, 188 1. Suspended N. P. D.: Harry W. Smith. The corner stone of the new court house of La Salle county was placed in position by the Masonic fraternity July 4, 1881. M. W. Bro. William H. Scott, Grand Master, con- vened an occasional Grand Lodge, with the assistance of R. W. Bro. H. C. Cleveland, Junior Grand Warden, and oth- er grand officers pro tcm., in the presence of many prominent citizens and a large number of Masons, officiated. Occiden- tal and Humboldt Lodges and many visiting Lodges, under escort of St. Bernard Commandery, No. 36, K. T., Ottawa Commandery, No. 10, K. T., and other Commanderies, HISTORY OF OCCIDENTAL LODGE. dj formed procession and acted as escort to the Grand Lodge on this occasion. Occidental and Humboldt Lodges also took part in the Garfield memorial services, under escort of Ottawa Com- mandery, No. lo, K. T., September 26, 1881. 1882. OFFICERS. James McManus Worshipful Master. Lothrop Perkins Senior Warden. William K. Stewart Junior Warden. Henry C. Nash Treasurer. Asa Mann Hoffman Secretary. Thomas W. D. Crane Senior Deacon. Alexander Hanna Junior Deacon. Paul Teissedre Senior Steward. John W. Clegg Junior Steward. David R. Gregg Tyler. Raised: Willard S. Wheeler, John Green, John E. V. Morse, John C. Farnsworth, William H. Stead, Jesse E. Morgan, Simeon G. Gay, John S. Ryburn. Affiliated: Charles E. Pettit. Suspended N. P. D.: Nathaniel C. Walker. Demitted: James Rhoads and George N. Cash. Died: Charles W. Cook and John Powe. John Powe was buried with Masonic honors. The first Masonic school of instruction ever held in Ot- tawa was on the 7th, 8th and 9th days of March, 1882. There were present : M. W. W. H. Scott, Grand Mas- ter; R. W. M. D. Chamberlain, president pro tern.; R. W. W. B. Grimes, secretary of board ; R. W. J. H. C. Dill, as- sistant; also R. W. L. L. Munn, Grand Secretary, and others. Twenty-nine Lodges were represented. At each of these schools the opening and closing cere- 68 THE WHITE APRON. monies and work in each of the degrees were fully exem- plified, a general course of instruction given, the lectures re- hearsed and each degree conferred on actual candidates. During this school certain portions of the ritual allud- ing to the g — p's were stricken from the work because of supposed interfering with the cosmopolitanism of Freema- sonry. 1883. OFFICERS. James McManus Worshipful Master. William L. Milligan Senior Warden. William K. Stewart Junior Warden. Henry C. Nash Treasurer. Asa Mann Hoffman Secretary. Thomas W. D. Crane Senior Deacon. Thomas E. MacKinlay Junior Deacon. William H. Stead Senior Steward. Simeon G. Gay Junior Steward. Alexander Hanna Tyler. Raised: Thomas Reedy, John C. Corcoran, Louis W. Hess, Joseph A. Wilson. AfUliatcd: John F. Gibson, Garvey Donaldson, Thomas C. Fullerton. Died: William Stadden, June 15, 1883. Was buried with Masonic honors. 1884. OFFICERS. W^illiam L. Milligan Worshipful Master. William K. Stewart Senior Warden. Geo. A. Mills Junior Warden. William Stormont Chaplain. Henry C. Nash Treasurer. Asa Mann Hoffman Secretary. Thomas W. D. Crane Senior Deacon. HISTORY OF OCCIDENTAL LODGE. 69 John C. Corcoran Junior Deacon Joseph A. Wilson Senior Steward. Paul Teissedre Junior Steward. Alexander Hanna Tyler. Raised: Rector Cass Hitt, John M. Purrucker, Warren C. Riale, Frederick W. Gay, John Dawdle Hammond, Wil- liam H. Watts, Martin C. Hodgson and John Wesley John- son, F. C. only. Affiliated: Samuel Caldwell and Daniel Fletcher Hitt. Suspended N. P. D.: Edward S. Hobert. D emitted: George V. Hull, Edward H, Smith and Wm. L. Dunavan. W. L. Dunavan was made an honorary mem- ber. Died: Lothrop Perkins, September i6, 1884; David P. Jones, November 7, 1884. Both buried with Masonic hon- ors. M. W. Rob. Morris, Past Grand Master of Kentucky, visited Occidental Lodge during this year and conferred the degrees of Palm and Shell (Arabic Masonry) on quite a number of the brethren. He also delivered his lecture on the Holy Land. The question of Masonic home was frequently mention- ed in Occidental Lodge during the year 1884, and at the annual communication of Occidental Lodge, January, 1885, the Worshipful Master placed special stress on this subject in his address to the Lodge. 1885. OFFICERS. William L. Milligan Worshipful Master. Thomas C. Fullerton Senior Warden. William H. Stead Junior Warden. Henry C. Nash Treasurer. Asa Mann Hoffman Secretary. James McManus Senior Deacon. 70 THE WHITE APRON. Paul Teissedre Junior Deacon, Joseph A. Wilson Senior Steward. Samuel Caldwell Junior Steward. Alexander Hanna Tyler. Raised: Charles H. Angevine, Charles E. Dunbar, Charles Zeitler, Charles Schaulin, Harry E. Rockwood. AMiatcd: Edward H. Roberts. Demittcd: August Haeberlin, William H. Phillips and Lester O. Phillips. Died: Washington Bushnell, June 30, 1885 ; Robert Henning, September 27, 1885. They were both buried with Masonic honors. William L. Milligan was District Deputy Grand Mas- ter in 1885. The Illinois Masonic Orphans' Home was organized March 11, 1885, and W. L. Milligan elected a member of the visiting committee. Received life membership certificate number one in recognition of having made first contribu- tion to fund for home. Occidental Lodge was reported in the first annual report of the president of the Illinois Masonic Orphans' Home as the banner Lodge, in point of active and life membership. Humboldt Lodge was most honorably represented in the organization of the Illinois Masonic Orphans' Home, every member of Humboldt Lodge having contributed and received a certificate of active membership. 1886. OFFICERS. William L. Milligan Worshipful Master. Chas. E. Pettit Senior Warden. John C. Corcoran Junior Warden, William Stormont Chaplain. Henry C. Nash Treasurer. Asa Mann Hoffman , Secretary. HISTORY OF OCCIDENTAL LODGE, J\ Thos. C. Fullerton Senior Deacon. Paul Teissedre Junior Deacon. Joseph A. Wilson Senior Steward. Samuel Caldwell Junior Steward. Alexander Hanna Tyler. Raised: Joshua P. Rodgers, Daniel E. Daly, George M. Trimble. AMiated: W. A. Jeff ery. and David Batcheller. D emitted: Garvey Donaldson. Died: Milton H. Swift, May 14, 1886; Robert M. Mc- Arthur, Aug. 12, 1886. Robert M. McArthur was buried by Ottawa Commandery, No. 10, K. T. Thos J. Wade died September 6, 1886, and was buried with Masonic honors. W. L. Milligan, District Deputy Grand Master, Ninth Masonic District. The Illinois Masonic Orphans' Home was dedicated by the Grand Lodge October 7, 1886. W. L. Milligan elected member board of trustees, Illinois Masonic Orphans' Home. 1887. OFFICERS. Charles E. Pettit Worshipful Master. Wm. K. Stewart Senior Warden. Charles E. Dunbar Junior Warden. Thomas E. MacKinlay Treasurer. Asa Mann Hoffman Secretary. William A. Jeffery Senior Deacon. Samuel Caldwell Junior Deacon. John C. Farnsworth Senior Steward. Charles H. Angevine Junior Steward. Alexander Hanna Tyler. Raised: Charles B. Vosburgh, Charles E. Russell, James Francis Murphy, Charles E, Hook, Ross C. Mitchell, Frank B. Loean. 72 THE WHITE APRON. Affiliated: William McCombs, Daniel J. Holmes, L. A. Rising. Suspended N. P. D.: Theodore C. Miller, Francis P. Duplain, Samuel S. Dittenhoffer and Henry P. Clark. Demitted: J. C. Hatheway, James E. Rathburn, Henry A. Shuler, John L. Morrison, J. R. Chapman. Died: Asa Mann Hoffman, May 4, 1887, and was buried by Ottawa Commandery, No. 10, K. T. ; and Ross C. Mitchell, October 6, 1887, and was buried with Masonic honors. W. L. Milligan, District Deputy Grand Master, Ninth Masonic District. October 5, 1887, W. L. Milligan was introduced to and received by the Grand Lodge as the first representative of the Grand Lodge of South Australia, near the Grand Lodge of Illinois, with the honorary rank of P. S. G. W. of the Grand Lodge of St/'Uth Australia. A Masonic school of instruction was held in Ottawa March i, 2 and 3, 1887. Fifty-seven Lodges were repre- sented, and two hundred nineteen names registered. There were present M. W. A. T. Darrah, Grand Master; R. W. Bro. L. L. Munn, Grand Secretary; Edward Cook, presi- dent; W. B. Grimes, secretary; M. D. Chamberlain, James Douglass and C. F. Tenney, members of the board of Grand Examiners; A. B. Ashley, J. H. C. Dill, H. E. Huston and W. E. Ginther, Deputy Grand Lecturers; Owen Scott and W. L. Milligan, D. D. G. M.'s, and others. At each of these schools the opening and closing ceremonies and work in each of the degrees were fully exemplified. 11 OFFICERS. Charles E. Pettit Worshipful Master. William K. Stewart Senior Warden. GILBERT L. THOMPSON Worshipful Master 1847 LiBhAKY Of (Hfc UNivEKstrv Of iiiimis HISTORY OF OCCIDENTAL LODGE. 73 Charles E. Dunbar Junior Warden. Daniel J. Holmes Chaplain. Thomas E. MacKinlay Treasurer. William L. Milligan Secretary. James McManus Senior Deacon. Joseph A. Wilson Junior Deacon. Daniel C. Mills Senior Steward. John C. Farnsworth Junior Steward. Alexander Hanna Tyler. Raised: James E. Cooke, Clarence Griggs, Wm. H. Knowles, Marshall B. Mitchell and Charles E. Fisher. Affiliated: Louis Degen and A. R. Tressler. Suspended N. P. D.: Walter M. Woodward. D emitted: Qiarles Zeitler, Jr., John R. Cameron and Samuel Poundstone. Died: Justus Harris, E. Follett Bull. Justus Harris was buried with Masonic honors ; E. F. Bull by the Knights Templar. W. L. Milligan, District Deputy Grand Master, Ninth Masonic District. 1889. OFFICERS. Charles E. Pettit Worshipful Master. Wm. K. Stewart Senior Warden. Joseph A. Wilson Junior Warden. Daniel J. Holmes Chaplain. Thomas E. MacKinlay Treasurer. David Batcheller Secretary. James E. Cooke Senior Deacon. Lewis Degen Junior Deacon. Daniel C. Mills Senior Steward. William A. Jeffery Junior Steward. Alexander Hanna Tyler. Raised: Augustus Ives, Jr., William H. Barnard, John James Withrow, Frederick E. Mayo, Abraham Cross God- 74 THE WHITE APRON. frey, Duncan McDougall, George Adams Forbes, Charles Benton Hess, Nathaniel Earl Degen, John J. Carrick. Admitted: John Haws, Henry G. Cotton, Willis Her- bert Ward, Henry R. Turner, John J. Tobias, Alva B. Holmes and Henry W^aldecker. D emitted: John Michael Purrucker, Gilbert Goff and Arthur Lockwood Wagner. Suspended N. P. D.: Webster Wesley Arnold, Fred F. Crane, Henry Clay Nash, Hosea B. Williams, Samuel Degen and George W. Green. Died: Thomas Reedy, May 4, 1889; Henry M. God- frey, June 19, 1889. Both were buried with Masonic hon- ors. Charles Snow also died in 1889. The fiftieth anniversary of the organization of the Grand Lodge of Illinois was celebrated by the Grand Lodge in Chi- cago, October i, 1889. W. L. Milligan, District Deputy Grand Master, Ninth Masonic District. 1890. OFFICERS. Charles E. Pettit \\'orshipful Master. James E. Cooke Senior Warden. Joseph A. Wilson Junior Warden. Thomas E. MacKinlay Treasurer. David Batcheller Secretary. Willis H. Ward Senior Deacon. William H. Barnard Junior Deacon. Daniel C. Mills Senior Steward. Abraham C. Godfrey Junior Steward. Alexander Hanna Tyler. Raised: William C. Weise, Luman Albert Williams. Admitted: Hans Gulbronson, P. C. Weaver, Byron F. Maxon, Royal D. McDonald, Charles E. Hills. HISTORY OF OCCIDENTAL LODGE. 75 D emitted: Dianiel J. Holmes, Rector C. Hitt, John J. Tobias, John E. V. Morse and Henry R. Turner. Died: Nathaniel McDougall, March 5, 1890; Byron F. Maxon, June 22, 1890; and William H. Carey, Sept. i, 1890. The corner stone of the Masonic temple in Chicago was laid by the Grand Lodge, November 6, 1890. 1891. OFFICERS. James E. Cooke Worshipful Master. Duncan McDougall Senior Warden. William Henry Barnard Junior Warden. James McManus Chaplain. Thomas E. MacKinlay Treasurer. David Batcheller Secretary. Charles E. Hook Senior Deacon. Luman A. Williams Junior Deacon. Clarence C. Glover Senior Steward. P. C. Weaver Junior Steward. Alexander Hanna Tyler. Raised: Adelbert Thomas Olmsted, Clark Brading Provins, Jacob Benner Shuler, Edward Augustus Nattinger, Frank Y. Herbert, David L. Grove and Henry H. Long. Admitted: Timothy E. Gapen. Occidental Lodge leased their present quarters from King & Hamilton and moved from the Masonic hall and opera house block in the winter of 1891 and 1892. 1892. OFFICERS. James E. Cooke Worshipful Master. Duncan McDougall Senior Warden, William H. Barnard Junior Warden. James McManus Chaplain. 76 THE WHITE APRON. Thomas E. MacKinlay Treasurer. David Batcheller Secretary. Frank Y. Herbert Senior Deacon. John J. Carrick Junior Deacon. L. A. WilHams Senior Steward. WilHam C. Weise Junior Steward. Foster H. McKenney Tyler. Raised: Edgar G. Dyer, Charles P. Taylor, J. A. Dock- ter, W. F. Weese, F. M. Yentzer, Mathew Scanlan, John Wesley Hackett, Isaac Baumgardner, William E, W. Mac- Kinlay, John Raymond Hoffman, Charles Sumner Beck- with. Reinstated: John A. Gray. Afdliated: Le Roy L. McKinley, Gilbert Goff, Foster H. McKenney, James M. Trenary, James Briggs and John Stout. Suspended N. P. D.: Fred E. Mayo and Charles Ed- ward Russell. Demitted: Adelbert T. Olmsted. Dned: John Stuart Ryburn, Sept. 21, 1892; Frederick W. Gay, May 6, 1892. On March 15, 1892, M. W. Monroe C. Crawford, Grand Master, assisted by R. W. Brother George W. Warvelle, who acted as Grand Orator on the occasion, and R. W. Brother Edward Cook, Junior Grand Warden, and other brothers, organized an occasional Grand Lodge and dedi- cated the lodge room, ante-room and the other parts of the hall of Occidental Lodge, No. 40, to the purposes of Free Masonry, in due and ancient form. There was a large at- tendance of not only the brethren of Occidental Lodge and Humboldt Lodge, but from sister Lodges of La Salle and adjoining counties. HISTORY OF OCCIDENTAL LODGE. 'J'J 1893. OFFICERS. . William H. Barnard Worshipful Master. Charles E. Hook Senior Warden. Luman A. Williams Junior Warden. James McManus Chaplain. Tliomas E. MacKinlay Treasurer. David Batcheller Secretary. Charles S. Beckwith Senior Deacon. Clarence E. Tryon Junior Deacon. Daniel C. ]\Iills Senior Steward. William E. W. MacKinlay Junior Steward. Foster H. McKenny Tyler. Raised: Kimball White Leland, Henry Edgar Gedney, Clarence Edward Tryon, Jacob Isaac Warner, Albert Bur- ling Cole, Daniel Douglas Saylor, David Refior, Milo Put- ney, Douglass Lee Dunavan. AMiatcd: Rector Cass Hitt, James Norris Downs, Thomas Wilson Burrows. Dlcmittcd: William E. Codding, Henry Harrison Long. Died: Benjamin Beach Fellows, March 3, 1893. A Masonic school of instruction was held in Masonic hall, in Ottawa, 111., January 24, 25 and 26, 1893. There were present M. W. Monroe C. Crawford, Grand Master; R. W. Edward Cook, J. G. W. ; R. W. L. L. Munn, Grand Secretary; R. W. brethren W. B. Grimes, A. B. Ashley, James John, Jos. E. Evans and John W. Rose, Grand Examiners; R. W. Bro. D. D. Darrah, D. G. L. There were forty-six Lodges represented and two hun- dred and eighty-six names registered. 1894. OFFICERS. ^^'illiam H. Barnard Worshipful Master. 78 THE WHITE APRON. Lmnan A. Williams Senior Warden. Charles S. Beckwith Junior Warden. James McManus Chaplain. Thomas E. MacKinlay Treasurer. David Batcheller Secretary. Clarence E. Tryon Senior Deacon. David Refior Junior Deacon. Daniel D. Saylor Senior Steward. Douglass L. Dunavan Junior Steward. F. H. McKenney Tyler. Raised: Frederick Lewis Fischer, Matthew W. Bach, Arthur S. Hook. Affiliated: Charles J. Yockey. Suspended N. P. D.: Samuel R. Helmick, Matthew Scanlan and W. S. Wheeler. D emitted: John Green, A. R. Tressler. Died: William E. Bell, Feb. 12, 1894; Henry E, Ged- ney, Jan. 31, 1894; Thomas C. Fullerton, Aug. 2, 1894; William Stormont, Oct. 12, 1894; Simon Zimmerman, Oct. 8, 1894. 1895. OfFlCERS. Luman A. Williams Worshipful Master. Charles S. Beckwith Senior Warden. Clarence E. Tryon Junior Warden. Thomas E. MacKinlay Treasurer. David Batcheller Secretary. James McManus Qiaplain. David Refior Senior Deacon. Arthur B. Cole Junior Deacon. Douglass L. Dunavan Senior Steward. Frederick L. Fischer Junior Steward. Tames M. Trenary Tyler. Raised: Louis Wayland Merrifield, William Dyer Ful- lerton, Edgar Eldredge and Everett H. Butterfield. HISTORY OF OCCIDENTAL LODGE. 79 AMiated: Wilbur F. Heath, E. S. Jacobs and Adelbert J. Newell. D emitted: John A. Dockter, Thomas E. MacKinlay, Timothy E. Gapen. Died: David Robbins Gregg, John Dean Caton and Gilbert L. Thompson. Brothers Caton and Tliompson were charter members of Occidental Lodge. 1896. OFFICERS. Adelbert J. Newell Worshipful Master. Clarence Edward Tryon Senior Warden. David Refior Junior Warden. Charles E. Hook Treasurer. David Batcheller Secretary. James McManus Chaplain. William Dyer Fullerton Senior Deacon. Edgar Eldredge Junior Deacon. Paul Teissedre Senior Steward. Alva B. Holmes Junior Steward. Alexander Hanna Tyler. Raised: Elmer Ellsworth Gladfelter, John Duncan MacKenzie, John Hilliard, Harry Nicholas Weber, Samuel S. Pearson, Albert T. Lardin, Charles W. Campbell, Enos Ephraim Palmer and Elnathan P. Hatheway. Affiliated: Hazen Hayward, H. L. Cawthorne, Davis N. Shipman, William Briggs Rowe and Samuel H. Heidler. D emitted: James Briggs. Suspended N. P. D.: Chas. B. Vosburgh, Jesse Emer- son Morgan. Initiated: Simeon W. Lauck and Wilson Hupp. Neither of these brethren ever took any further steps in Ma- sonry. Died: David LaFayette Grove, David Batcheller, John 8o THE WHITE APRON. A. Gray, Arthur Lockwood, John Brooks Rice, George Beatty and Reuben F. Dyer. 1897. OFFICERS. Adelbert J. Newell Worshipful Master. William Dyer Fullerton Senior Warden. Edgar Eldredge Junior Warden. Charles E. Hook Treasurer. James McManus (by dispensation May 15th.) . . .Secretary. William H. Barnard Chaplain. Elmer E. Gladfelter Senior Deacon. Enos Ephraim Palmer Junior Deacon. Alva B. Holmes Senior Steward. Alexander Hanna Tyler. Raised: Calvin D. Phillips, Enoch Yentzer, Jr., Syl- vester Canfield, Irving De Forest Vincent, George Craft Dunaway, Edward Webster Bach, Charles Lewis Belrose. Amiiatcd: Arthur W. Ladd. Dcmittcd: Davis N. Shipman, James E. Cooke, Henry G. Cotton, Jr., Frank A. Kendall, Samuel Caldwell, John Wesley Hackett and Edgar G. Dyer. Suspended N. P. D.: Charles H. Angevine and John D. Hammond. Died: William C. Weise. 1898. OFFICERS. William D. Fullerton Worshipful jMaster. Joseph N. Dunaway Senior Warden. Charles W. Campbell Junior Warden. Charles E. Hook Treasurer. James McManus Secretary. William H. Barnard Chaplain. James N. Downs Senior Deacon. Alva B. Holmes Junior Deacon. JOSEPH AVERY Junior Warden 1846 LIBRARY OF [HE UNIVEKSnv Of ILL'JWIS HISTORY OF OCCIDENTAL LODGE. 8 1 Irving De Forest Vincent Senior Steward. Sylvester Canfield Junior Steward. Alexander Hanna Tyler. Raised: Charles G. Deenis, Henry Phillips, Christian Gasser, Edward Danyel Ross, George John Kruse, Albert Warren Merrifield, Harry Gilman Cook, Angus Ross Mer- cer, Herbert Charles Wiley. Affiliated: Harry J. Lee. Demitted: Samuel H. Heidler, Cairo D. Trimble. Suspended N. P. D.: John J. Carrick. Died: James McManus. Was buried with Masonic honors. 1899. OFFICERS. Joseph N. Dunaway Worshipful Master. Charles W. Campbell Senior Warden, Walter F. Weese Junior Warden. Charles E. Hook Treasurer. Charles E. Pettit Secretary. William H. Barnard Chaplain. Albert B. Cole Senior Deacon. Enoch Yentzer, Jr Junior Deacon. Angus R. Mercer Senior Steward. Herbert C. Wiley Junior Steward. Alexander Hanna Tyler. Raised: Albert Clinton Bradish, Samuel Baldwin Brad- ford, Qiarles William Weeks, Charles Francis Wilson, William H. Gruhlkey. Affiliated: William Herbert Higby. Demitted: Irving De Forest Vincent, David Krouse, Samuel B. Bradford, Wilbur F. Heath. Died: Daniel Fletcher Hitt, Adelbert J. Newell and Benjamin Padgett. Reinstated: Samuel Degen. F 82 THE WHITE APRON, 1900. OFFICERS. William H. Higby .Worshipful Master. Herbert C. Wiley Senior Warden. Angus R. Mercer Junior Warden. Charles E. Hook Treasurer. Charles E. Pettit Secretary. William H. Barnard Chaplain. Edward W. Bach Senior Deacon. George C. Dunaway Junior Deacon. William H. Gruhlkey Senior Steward. Qiarles F. Wilson Junior Steward. Alexander Hanna Tyler. Raised: John Bergeson, William D. Duncan, Ralph Aylmer Green. AMiated: William Raley, William F. Jacobs, J. D. Mc- Caughtry, Christopher J. Byrne, Robert Lucien Smith. Initiated: John B. Haeberlin. No further record. Demitted: Albert Warren Merrifield and Kimball White Leland. Die'd: Clarence E. Tryon, Willis H. Ward. Suspended N. P. D.: Qiarles Schaulin, John D. Mac- Kenzie. On March 7, 1900, the Grand Master granted a dispen- sation permitting Occidental Lodge to pass John H. Weaver to the degree of F. C. without having to pass an examination in the E. A. degree. A Masonic school of instruction was held in IMasonic hall, Ottawa, 111., March 6, 7 and 8, 1900. There were present M. W. C. F. Hitchcock, Grand Mas- ter; George M. Moulton, D. G. M. ; W. B. Wright, S. G. W.; C. E. Allen, J. G. W. ; J. H. C. Dill, Grand Secretary; Edward Cook, P. G. M. ; A. B. Ashley, J. E. Evans, J. R. Ennis, H. T. Burnap and H. S. Hurd, Grand Examiners ; S. S. Borden, G. O. Frederick, James John, E. F. Seavey, HISTORY OF OCCIDENTAL LODGE. 83 J. S. Thomas, H. S. Albin, W. M. Burbank, Herbert Pres- ton, W. B. lott, James McCredie, J. J. Crowder, R. R. Strickler, D. D. Darrah, Arthur Goodrich and A. O. No- vander, D. D. G. L.'s. Two hundred seventy-eight names were registered, sev- enty-one Lodges and two grand institutions were repre- sented. 1901. OFFICERS. WiUiam H. Higby Worshipful Master. Herbert C. Wiley Senior Warden. Harry N. Weber Junior Warden. Charles E. Hook Treasurer. Charles E. Pettit Secretary. William H. Barnard Chaplain. Charles F. Wilson Senior Deacon. William H. Gruhlkey Junior Deacon. George J. Kruse Senior Steward. Albert C. Bradish Junior Steward. Alexander Hanna Tyler. Raised : William Alfred Dunaway, Henry Fehr, Albert Edmund Herzog, Eric Larson, Howard Halsey Bayne, George Grant Galloway, George Philo Hills, William Hen- ry Seward, Otis Bach, Albert Jay Roberts, Samuel Erastus Bergeson and Herbert Le Roy Pettitt. Affiliated: William Sherman Dick, John L. Clark, Nicholai A. Hauge. D emitted: Nathaniel Earl Degen, Douglass Lee Dun- avan and Henry Fehr. Died: Joseph Cushman Hatheway, Samuel Degen, Peleg A. Hall and Isaac Reed. 1902. OFFICERS. Herbert C. Wiley Worshipful Master. 84 THE WHITE APRON. Joshua P. Rodgers Senior Warden. Charles F. Wilson Junior Warden. Charles E. Hook Treasurer. Charles E. Pettit Secretary. William H. Barnard Chaplain. Christopher J. Byrne Senior Deacon. Frederick L. Fischer Junior Deacon. A\'illiam H. Seward Senior Steward. Otis Bach Junior Steward. Alexander Hanna Tyler. Raised: Richard Daniel Ivlills, Douglass Low McKen- ney, Herman Silver Blanchard, Frank Leslie Seward, Wil- liam Willard Harden, Peter McGilvary Campbell, George Henry Ahlborn, Albert Morton Shaw, Emil J. Hoffman. Initiated: Edward Justice Belrose. No further record. Affiliated: Charles M. Buell, Benjamin F. Reeder. Reinstated: Wesley W. Arnold and John D. Ham- mond. Suspended N. P. D.: Warren C. Riale, Frank B. Logan and Abraham C. Godfrey. Demitted: Charles W. Weeks, William S. Dick, Mile Putney, Louis Degen and Louis W. Hess. Died: Royal D. McDonald, Charles J. Yockey. Theodore Roosevelt, then Vice-President of the United States, received the third degree of Masonry in Mantine- cock Lodge, No. 806, at Oyster Bay. New York, on April 24, 1902. William D. Fullerton, appointed in October, 1902, Dis- trict Deputy Grand Master, Ninth Masonic District. 1903. OFFICERS. Joshua p. Rogers Worshipful Master. Edward W. Bach Senior Warden. George) P. Hills Junior Warden. HISTORY OF OCCIDENTAL LODGE. 85 Charles E. Hook Treasurer. Charles E. Pettit Secretary. Howard H. Bayne Chaplain. Herman S. Blanchard Senior Deacon. Ralph A. Green Junior Deacon. Emil J. Hoffman Senior Steward. George H. Ahlborn Junior Steward. Leman A. Rising- Tyler. Raised: Martin Luther Sample, Travers Herbert Bar- rett, Fred Andrew Bach, Qiarles Gideon Kelly, Earl Wayne Zibbell, William Beighel Myers, James Henry Monteith, Edward Holbrook Ashley, Harry Wallace Mitchell. Affiliated: Robert J. Reid, Samuel Baldwin Bradford. Reinstated : John D. MacKenzie and Abraham C. God- frey. Suspended N. P. D.: James N. Downs. Demitted: John D. Hammond, George John Kruse, William B. Rowe. Died: Solomon Degen, Calvin D. Phillips and Edward A. Nattinger. By request of Occidental Lodge, the Fellow Craft and Master Mason degrees were conferred on Edward Hol- brook Ashley by Palace Lodge, No. 765. Wm. D. Fullerton, District Deputy Grand Master, Ninth Masonic District. 1904. OFFICERS. Edward W. Bach Worshipful Master. Samuel B. Bradford Senior Warden. Herman S. Blanchard Junior Warden. Charles E. Hook Treasurer. Charles E. Pettit Secretary. William H. Barnard Chaplain. James H. Monteith Senior Deacon. 86 THE WHITE APRON. Emil J. Hoffman Junior Deacon. Earl W. Zibbell Senior Steward. Harry W. Mitchell Junior Steward. Leman A. Rising Tyler. Raised: Charles Samuel Eells, William Scales, John Low Barnard, John Welch Willard, Ralph Melvin Cram, Benjamin Franklin Trumbo, William Huntington Hull, Ed- gar Freeman Bradford, Walter Garfield Button, Thomas Woods Smurr and Frank Forrest Follett. Initiated: Albert Freeman Hornung, Lewis Edmond Weidemann and Oscar Frank Weidemann. No further record. Reinstated: Charles B. Vosburgh, James N. Downs and George W. Green. Amiiated: R. J. W. Briggs, Ellis Seed, Burdett El- merine La Due. Suspended N. P. D.: Charles E. Dunbar. Demitted: James D. McCaughtry, George W. Green, Angus Ross Mercer. Died: John Haws and William W. Harden. Wm. D. Fullerton, District Deputy, Ninth Masonic Dis- trict. 1905. OFFICERS. Samuel B. Bradford Worshipful Master. Herman S. Blanchard Senior Warden. James H. Monteith Junior Warden. Charles E. Hook Treasurer. Charles E. Pettit Secretary. William H. Barnard Chaplain. Emil J. Hoffman Senior Deacon. Earl W. Zibbell Junior Deacon. Harry W. Mitchell Senior Steward. John L. Barnard Junior Steward. Joseph A. Wilson Tyler. HISTORY OF OCCIDENTAL LODGE. 8/ Raised: George William Harris Dingman, Charles Wallace Long, William Henry Hinebaugh, Walter Elmer Speckman, Charles Lincoln Gapen, Samuel Emory Clegg, Troy Wilson Appleby. AMiated: James Madison McKeel, George John Waters, Walter Stephen Bradford. D emitted: Harry E. Rockwood, Edward H. Ashley, Nicholai A. Hauge, Eric Larson. Suspended N. P. D.: Charles M. Buell. Died: Joanis O. Harris, Daniel C. Mills, Douglas Hape- man, David A. Cook and Frank G. King. Wm. D. Fullerton, District Deputy Grand Master, Ninth Masonic District. 1906. OFFICERS. Herman S. Blanchard Worshipful Master. Richard D. Mills Senior Warden. Emil J. Hoffman Junior Warden. Charles E. Hook Treasurer, Qiarles E. Pettit Secretary. William H. Barnard Chaplain. Earl W. Zibbell Senior Deacon. Harry W. Mitchell Junior Deacon. John L. Barnard Senior Steward. William Scales Junior Steward. Joseph A. Wilson Tyler, Raised: Elmer Ellsworth Roberts, Silas Eclips Kain, David Arthur Cook, John Sedgwick Rhoads, Carl Moody Provins, Carl Volkenannt. Affiliated: William Sherman Myers. Reinstated: Sidney V. Wise. D emitted: H. L. Cawthorne, Samuel E. Bergeson and Sidney V. Wise. Died: John F. Gibson, Clark B. Provins and Samuel Richolson. Wm. D. Fullerton, District Deputy Grant Master, Ninth Masonic District. 88 THE WHITE APRON. THE SIXTIETH ANNIVERSARY Of Occidental Lodge was appropriately celebrated on Octo- ber 8, 1906, by a large assemblage of the members and their wives and families, in all more than two hundred being present. William Osman, the venerable editor of the Ottawa Free Trader, who is the only Mason now living who was raised in Occidental Lodge sixty years ago, was to have been pres- ent and given some reminiscences of those old days, but, owing to a temporary indisposition, was unable to be present. Richard D. Mills, acting Master, presided. The address of John F. Nash, the oldest living Past Mas- ter of Occidental Lodge, was rich in historic lore. It was his pleasure to enjoy the personal acquaintance with every Master of the Lodge from date of organization in 1846. Omitting the topic assigned to Brother Osman, the pro- gram, as carried out, was as follows : Presiding officer, Richard D. Mills. Called to order, 8:15 P. M. Music, Oriental Quartet of Qiicago. Presiding officer's address. "Tile Genealogy of the Lodge," W. L. Milligan. Music, Quartet. "The Early Masters of Occidental Lodge," J. F. Nash. Music, Quartet. "The Craft," A. T. Lardin. "Greeting from our Daughter Lodge," George H. Haight. Music, Quartet. After which an elegant repast was served in the ban- quet room, where a general social good time was had. BURTON C. COOK Worshipful Master 1858 LIBRARY Of [HE UNIVEKSIIY OP liUmiS HISTORY OF OCCIDENTAL LODGE. 89 Those in charge of the event were congratulated upon the thorough success of the entire affair. The general committee consisted of brothers J. N. Dun- away, W. D. Fullerton, C. E. Fisher, A. J. Roberts and S. B. Bradford. The decorations, which were beautiful, consisted of autumn leaves, flags and potted plants, and were under the supervision of brother C. E. Fisher and a special committee. The reception committee was composed of brother R. D. Mills and sister, Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Mitchell, Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Barnard, Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Pettit, Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Hook and Mr. and Mrs. David Refior. Six subordinate Lodges, with a membership of one hun- dred and twenty-seven, owed allegiance to the Grand Lodge of Illinois in 1840. In 1906, the Grand Lodge of Illinois has upon her roll seven hundred and forty-three chartered Lodges, with a membership of more than seventy thousand Free Masons. 90 THE WHITE APRON. THE TYLER'S SWORD Is of historic origin. It was carried by Lieut. John Gibson, during the war of 1812, at the battle at Lundy's Lane, Bridge Water and the storming of Fort Erie, and was pre- sented to Occidental Lodge by his sons, William L. and Theodore Cunningham Gibson, both of whom saw military service in both the Mexican and Civil wars, truly inheriting the military spirit of their father. Brother Theodore C, Gibson is still a member of Occidental Lodge and one of its oldest members, having been raised in 1856. HISTORY OF OCCIDENTAL LODGE. gi TO THE MOCKING BIRD. Sweet bird! Thou singest in the lonely woods, Far from great cities. There men dream of life, And walk with blinded eyes, while grim care broods Upon their withered hearts; and snarling strife, Flaps her foul wings before the eyes of men. Hate gnaws their hearts, and sordid avarice halts Out from his noisome, miserable den, Clutching men's souls with yellow, shriveled hands, Till each shrinks up; and filthy gods exalt To proud dominion, worse than Pagan lands Ever bowed down before; While grasping handfuls of his glittering ore. He makes of it, oh wonder! tough strong bands. To bind them to his sordid service and curst lore. n. Thou knowest nought of this, thy home is in The thick, green forests. There thou hast thy nest, Where the leaves whisper with an earnest din, And gentle winds cool thy harmonius breast. And there thy music fills the listening wood. And rings among the giant forest trees. Waking up every slumbering solitude, And sending out with never ceasing flow, A different strain on the wings of every breeze. Now loud, now soft, now rapid and then slow. With many a merry change; And causing men, for thy wild, wondrous range. Halt in their journeying, and seek to know, What emulous mad bird pours out a song so strange. in. Thou small philosopher, who laughs at All troubles of the world. I would that I Thy mirth and merriment could imitate. And high above all care and trouble fly. Thou art not drunk with rich, rosy wine, Joy ever nestles in thy happy heart, Shaking a dewy influence divine. From his soft wings upon it. Thou whose throat Surpasses in its powers all human art, 92 THE WHITE APRON. Who startles each lone bird with his own note. As if thou wert his mate. Thou, whose fine song is heard, early and late, Through the thick leaves and flowers to dance and float. Teach me the joyful secret of thy happy state! IV. It cannot be that thou, who now dost sing With so tumultous melody, while round All spirits of the woods are hovering And drinking in with eager ears each sound, — It cannot be that thou, too, dost conceal The sorrows of thy soul in stormy mirth, Or that thou dost not in good earnest feel The joyance of thy song. That is for men Who walk alone on the pain-peopled earth. And pour out melodies with tongue and pen That all the world admire, While they with their own songs grow faint and tire, And sadly droop and languish, even when. Their golden verse burns brightest with poetic fire. 1828. — ALBERT PIKE. HISTORY OF OCCIDENTAL LODGE. 93 THE MASONIC TEMPLE AND OPERA HOUSE. Occidental Lodge held its first communications in the third story ol the old Reddick block, on Court street, thence in the third story of the Glover and Cook building, now the Gedney block, at the corner of Court and Madison streets, where the brethren continued the practice of the mystic rites until about the year 1862, when more commodious rooms were secured on the fourth floor of the Hickling building, now owned by the estate of the late Andrew Lynch. (On Mr. Lynch assuming ownership of this building he had the fourth story taken down.) Occidental Lodge was at this time in a flourishing condition, and had accumulated several thousand dollars, which, with funds stored in the treasuries of Shabbona Chapter, R. A. M., and Ottawa Commandery, No. 10, K. T., it was deemed advisable to invest the same in real estate on which to erect at some time in the near future a Masonic home. Accordingly, on the 4th day of June, 1868, William S. Easton, Julius Avery and Samuel C. Walker, as trustees of Occidental Lodge, No. 40, A. F. & A. M., purchased from Abigail Holland and Edward C. Holland, the north sixty feet of lot three, and the north forty feet of lot four, in block eighty-nine, in State's ad- dition to Ottawa, La Salle county, Illinois, for the sum of $4,500.00. During the winter of 1868 and 1869 the brethren of Occidental Lodge began to devise means whereby they could erect a Masonic temple on the Holland property. It was finally decided that a Masonic association be incorpo- rated for the purpose of constructing and maintaining a Masonic temple in Ottawa. On application to the Secretary of State a charter was duly issued March 26, 1869. 94 the white apron. An Act to Incorporate the "Masonic Association OF Ottawa." Section i. Be it enacted by the people of the state of Ilhnois, represented in the General Assembly, that William S. Easton, John F. Nash, Henry F. Clark, George J. Bur- gess, Francis L. Fiske, Thomas J. Wade, Robert McArthur, Robert Henning, William L. Gibson, and their associates and successors, be, and the same are, hereby created a body corporate, by the name and style of the Masonic Association of Ottawa, and by that name shall have perpetual succession, and sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, may make all needful rules and regulations and by-laws for the govern- ment of the said company, and the control of its property, fix the amount of the capital stock of the said company, not exceeding the sum of one hundred thousand dollars, and ap- point such officers and agents as it may deem necessary. Section 2. Said company may receive by donation, buy, lease, mortgage, sell and convey real and personal estate for the purpose only of constructing and maintaining a Ma- sonic temple in the city of Ottawa, in La Salle county, and may have and use a common seal. Section 3. Said company shall consist of all persons who become stockholders therein, and in managing the af- fairs of said company each stockholder shall be entitled to one vote for each share owned by him, and shares shall not be less than seventy dollars, and Ottawa Commandery, No. 10, Shabbona Chapter, No. 37, and Occidental Lodge, No. 40, and Humboldt Lodge, No. 555, may each, as a Masonic order, become stockholders in said company. The stock of each of said orders shall be represented by one trustee to be appointed by each of said orders. Section 4. Said company may organize when three thousand dollars is subscribed to the capital stock. Section 5. As soon as said company is organized Sam- uel C. Walker, Julius Avery and William S. Easton shall convey to it all real estate held in trust by them for any of said orders, and each of said orders shall be considered sub- scribers to said stock for an amount equal to their several amounts advanced by them, respectively, for the purchase of said real estate. HISTORY OF OCCIDENTAL LODGE, 95 Section 6. In case either of said Masonic orders cease to exist, the interest of said order in said company shall vest in, and belong to, said corporation for the benefit of the same. Section 7. This act shall be a public act, and shall take effect after its passage. (Signed) F. CoRWiN, Speaker of the House oi Representatives. J. Dougherty^ Speaker of the Senate. Approved March 26, 1869. John M. Palmer, Governor. United State of America, State of Illinois, ss. — Office of Secretary. I, Edward Rummel, Secretary of State of Illinois, do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy of an act to incorporate the Masonic Association of Ottawa, approved March 26, 1869, now on file in this office. In witness whereof, I hereto set my hand and affix the great seal of state, at the city of Springfield, this loth day of April, A. D. 1869. (Signed) Edward Rummel, [Seal.] Secretary of State. At a stated communication of Occidental Lodge, No. 40, A. F. & A. M., April 4, 1870, on motion of brother Thomas J. Wade, brother John Stout was unanimously chosen trus- tee to represent the interests of Occidental Lodge, No. 40, in the Masonic Association of Ottawa, in accordance with charter of said association. The Masonic Association of Ottawa, Illinois. At a meeting of the corporators of the Masonic Associa- tion, of Ottawa, held at the office of Wm. S. Easton, on Monday evening, May 9, 1870, there were present Wm. S. Easton, Robert M. McArthur, George J. Burgess, Robert Henning, Francis L. Fiske, Thomas J. Wade, Wm. L. Gib- son, John F. Nash and Henry F. Clark, corporators of the 96 THE WHITE APRON. Masonic Association of Ottawa, also Edward H. Smith, trustee of Shabbona Chapter, No. 37, R. A. M. W. S. Easton was chosen chairman and H. F. Clark secretary. Tlie object of the meeting being to perfect the organization of the Masonic Association of Ottawa, under the charter from the people of the state of Illinois, Wm. S. Easton, J. F. Nash and H. F. Clark were appointed a committee to pre- pare and report by-laws, and at an adjourned meeting of the association, held May 23, 1870, Wm. S. Easton, from the committee on by-laws, reported the following, which were unanimously adopted : By-Laws. Article i. The name of this Association shall be the "Masonic Association of Ottawa." Article 2. The board of directors shall consist of nine persons, one of whom shall be the trustee appointed by Oc- cidental Lodge, No. 40, A. F. & A. M., one the trustee ap- pointed by Shabbona Chapter, No. 37, R. A. M., and one the trustee appointed by Ottawa Commandery, No. 10, K. T., to represent and vote on the stock which each of said IMasonic bodies may hold in said association, and six other persons, stockholders in the association, who shall be IMaster ]\Iasons in good standing, who shall be elected on the 23d day of May, 1870, and annually thereafter on the first IMonday in January, and shall immediately enter upon the duties of their office, and shall hold the same until their successors shall be elected and qualified. No person shall be declared elected who shall not receive a majority of all the votes cast. Va- cancies happening from any cause shall be filled by appoint- ment by the remaining members of the board for the un- expired term. In the case of suspension or expulsion of a member of the board of directors, or an officer of the asso- ciation, by a Master Mason's Lodge, his official position shall be declared vacant, and the vacancy filled as provided for in Article 4 of these by-laws. Article 3. All elections shall be by ballot, each share of stock being entitled to one vote, and the number of shares o g o : i ^ w 1 LIBRARY Of THE UNIVERSITY Of- ILUmJIS HISTORY OF OCCIDENTAL LODGE. 97 of each stockholder shall be endorsed upon his ballot. Bal- lots may be cast in person or by proxy appointed in writing, the appointment to be filed with the secretary. Stock owned by Masonic bodies may be voted by the trustee of the body owning the stock. Article 4. The officers shall consist of a president, vice- president, secretary and treasurer, who shall be chosen by the board of directors at their first regular meeting after their election, and shall hold their offices for one year, or until their successors are elected and qualified. Vacancies from any cause may be filled for the unexpired term by ap- pointment by the board. Article 5. No person shall be eligible to the office of president unless he be a director. His duties shall be to pre- side at all meetings of the board of directors, and call special meetings of the board for the transaction of business, to see that the officers perform their duties, and that these by-laws are enforced, and to do such other things as may be required of him by law. He shall not vote except to give the casting vote in case of a tie. Article 6. The vice-president shall be chosen from the board of directors, and shall perform the duties of president in case of his absence, or inability to perform them from any cause. When acting as president he shall not vote except to give the casting vote in case of a tie. Article 7. The secretary shall have the care and custody of the records and seal of the association. Shall record the proceedings of all meetings of the board of directors, and perform such other duties as they may direct or as may be required by law. Article 8. The treasurer shall have the care and custody of the books of accounts and business papers of the associa- tion, as well as of all moneys, with authority to collect and receive the same, and shall pay out the same only on tha order of the president, countersigned by the secretary, unless otherwise specifically directed by the board oi directors. He shall give a bond in the sum of at least twenty thousand dollars, conditioned that he shall faithfully perform the du- ties of his office, and keep an account of all the moneys of the association which shall come to his hand while he shall G 98 THE WHITE APRON. hold the office of treasurer, which bond shall be approved by the board of directors. Article 9. There shall be a finance committee appointed by the president annually, at the first regular meeting of the directors, consisting of three members of the board, who shall serve for one year, and whose duty it shall be to ex- amine all accounts and reports of the officers of the board, and make annual and other reports as directed by the di- rectors. Article 10. The capital stock shall be fifty thousand dollars, divided into shares of twenty dollars each, and shall be transferable upon the books of the association only upon a surrender of the certificate therefor, and the issuing of a new certificate for the same to the person or persons to whom the same is transferred. In case of the loss or destruction of a certificate of stock, to be established to the satisfaction of the board of directors, a new certificate or certificates may be issued to the person or persons entitled to same. Article 11. In the case of the failure of any subscriber to the capital stock to pay any call or assessment upon or for any portion of his stock at the time same shall be made pay- able, the board of directors, at their option, may declare such subscription forfeited, and upon such forfeiture all moneys paid on such subscriptions, or stock, issued to such subscrib- ers, shall become the absolute property of the association. Article 12. Regular meetings of the board of directors shall be held on the second Monday in April. July, October and January, in each year, at the office of the association. Special meetings may be called at any time by the president or upon the written request of any two directors, left with the secretary, of which he shall give all the directors written notice. For business purposes, a majority of the board shall constitute a quorum, but no officer shall be elected unless by the votes of a majority of all the directors. Article 13. The compensation of the various officers shall be fixed by the board of directors. Article 14. These by-laws shall not be altered, amended or repealed except at a regular meeting of the board of di- rectors, and then only when written notice of the proposed action shall have been given to each director at least thirty HISTORY OF OCCIDENTAL LODGE. 99 days previous to the meeting; provided, however, that by a unanimous vote of all the members of the board the same may be altered or repealed without notice. Adopted May 23, 1870. The subscription book being opened at this meeting, the following sums were duly subscribed : Occidental Lodge, No. 40, A. F. & A. M., by John Stout, trustee $1,300.00 Shabbona Chapter, No. 37, R. A. M., by E. H. Smith, trustee 1,600.00 Ottawa Commandery, No. 10, K. T., by Julius Avery, trustee 600.00 John F. Nash 100.00 H. F. Clark 100.00 Wm. S. Easton 100.00 F. L. Fiske 100.00 R. M. McArthur 100.00 W. L. Gibson 100.00 At a meeting of the stockholders of the Masonic Associ- ation, held in the office of Wm. S. Easton, on Monday even- ing, May 23, 1870, Wm. S. Easton, H. F. Clark, J. F. Nash, F. L. Fiske, R. M. McArthur, W. L. Gibson, Julius Avery, E. H. Smith and John Stout were elected directors. R. Henning was afterwards appointed to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Julius Avery. At a meeting of the directors of the association, Monday evening. May 23, 1870, the following officers were elected: Wm. S. Easton, President. R. M. McArthur, Vice-President. H. F. Clark, Secretary. John F. Nash, Treasurer. And the president appointed F. L. Fiske, W. L. Gibson and John Stout to serve on the finance committee, and the by-laws adopted by the corporators were unanimously adopted by the directors. 100 THE WHITE APRON. At a stated communication of Occidental Lodge, No. 40, A. F. & A. M., Monday evening, Feb. 6, 1871, on motion of brother F. L. Fiske, the following preamble and resolution was adopted unanimously : Whereas, Abigail Holland and Edward C. Holland, by their deed, dated June 4, 1868, did convey to Wm. S. Easton, Julius Avery and Samuel C. Walker, as trustees of Occidental Lodge, No. 40, A. F. & A. M., and the survivor or survivors of them, the north sixty feet of lot three and the north forty feet of lot four in block number eighty-nine, in the State's addition to Ottawa, La Salle county, Illinois, in trust for the uses and purposes following, to-wit : That said trustees, as trustees, shall have and hold said property for the sole and exclusive use, behoof and benefit of said Oc- cidental Lodge, with full power in said trustees to mortgage, sell, convey and lease said property or any part thereof with the consent oi said Occidental Lodge, to be expressed by a resolution of said Lodge at any regular meeting thereof. And, Whereas, By an act to incorporate the Masonic Associa- tion of Ottawa, approved March 26, A. D. 1869, it is pro- vided in section five of said act that as soon as said com- pany is organized Samuel C. Walker, Julius Avery and William S. Easton shall convey to it all real estate held in trust by them for any Masonic orders in Ottawa, including Occidental Lodge, No. 40. Therefore, Resolved, That Wm. S. Easton (he being the sole sur- vivor of trustees above mentioned) be, and he is, hereby authorized and directed to execute a quitclaim deed, con- veying the title held by him, as aforesaid, in the real estate aforesaid, to the Masonic Association of Ottawa. In compliance with said resolution, Wm. S. Easton ex- ecuted a trust deed to the Masonic Association of Ottawa, III, February 18, 1871. At a stated communication of Occidental Lodge, No. 40, A. F. & A. M., Tuesday evening, January 15, A. D. 1872, on motion of brother J. F. Nash, it was unanimously HISTORY OF OCCIDENTAL LODGE. lOI resolved that the Masons of Ottawa and vicinity desire the erection this coming season of a Masonic building, and that we make the attempt to raise the money for same, and, on further motion, Bros. W. S. Easton, J. F. Nash and John Stout were appointed a committee to solicit subscriptions for said purpose. At this time the Masonic Association had subscribed to their capital stock four thousand one hundred dollars. At an adjourned meeting of the directors of the Masonic Association of Ottawa, Monday evening, April lo, 1872, director Fiske offered the following resolution, which, on motion of director Nash, was unanimously adopted : Resolved, That a committee of three be appointed by the president to procure plans and specifications for a Masonic hall and opera house. Said plans to be made on the basis of the sketches now in possession of the association, and made by Messrs, Carter & Drake, of Chicago, with such al- terations and changes as the committee may suggest, pro- vided that said plans for the building shall be made so that the estimated cost of said building shall not exceed $40,000. John F. Nash, James N. Col well and Robert Henning were appointed a committee to procure plans and specifica- tions for building, in accordance with the above resolution, and, on motion of Nash, the president was added to the com- mittee. At the same meeting Article 10 of the by-laws was amended, as follows : "And no assessment shall be made upon any stock that has been paid in full." At an adjourned meeting of the Masonic Association, May 3, 1872, the president was directed to take the neces- sary steps to procure title to the south twenty feet of lot 4, block 89, State's addition to Ottawa. Director Henning filed his certificate as director from Ottawa Commandery, No. 10, K. T., in place of Julius 102 THE WHITE APRON. Avery, deceased, said appointment bearing date January 12, 1871. The committee on plans and specifications reported that they had contracted with Carter & Drake for plans and specifications for building, designed for an opera house and Masonic hall, and presented the plan for the stone founda- tion for inspection. The committee on finance reported $23,000.00 subscribed to the capital stock. At an adjourned meeting of the Masonic Association, May 7, 1872, president Easton presented a bond for a deed for the south twenty feet of lot 4, block 89, in the State's addition to Ottawa. The proposal of Colwell, Clark & Co. to excavate the cellar and construct the stone work for the Masonic building, according to plans and specifications, for the sum of $3,390.00, was received, and, on motion of Fiske, the work was let to Colwell, Clark & Co. for the above amount, to be performed under the direction of a building committee appointed by the president, consisting of F. L. Fiske, R. Henning and John Stout. At a meeting of the directors of the Masonic Associa- tion, June 5, 1872, director Fiske from committee on build- ing, reported proposals from W. F. Bushnell, Mendota, for a portion of the work for the sum of $39,600.00, and from Colwell, Clark & Co. for the entire work, as specified, for the sum of $44,312.00. On motion of Fiske both bids were rejected. At a meeting of the directors of the association, June 10, 1872, on motion of J. F. Nash, the proposition of Col- well, Clark & Co., to make the necessary excavations and erect the building on lots 3 an 4, in block 89, according to the plans and specifications furnished by Carter, Drake & Wright, for the sum of $44,312.00, was accepted. Accord- ingly a contract was subsequently drawn and signed by the president and secretary for the association. HISTORY OF OCCIDENTAL LODGE, IO3 Twenty per cent, of the capital stock of the association was made payable June i, 1872, twenty per cent. July i, 1872, and twenty per cent, every fifteen days after July r, 1872. On July 16, 1872, the treasurer of the association was ordered to draw an order for $6,000.00, payable August 16, 1872, to be paid the contractors, which amount being due per estimate of the building committee. At a meeting of the directors, August 10, 1872, it was agreed to execute to Col well, Clark & Co., notes at sixty days, to the amount of $10,000.00, and that, in final settle- ment with said Colwell, Clark & Co., the association reim- burse to them the discount on said notes. Subscribers were slow in paying their subscriptions to the capital stock, and an assistant secretary was appointed, at a salary of $50.00 per month, to assist the secretary in collecting assessments. The building being completed, the building committee was directed to procure carpets and nec- essaries for putting home in order. At a meeting of the association, October 22, 1872, di- rector J. F. Nash presented a statement of finances, and a list of delinquent subscribers, and, on motion, such delin- quent subscriptions, as in the opinion of the secretary and treasurer cannot be collected, were ordered placed in the hands of Messrs. Bushnell & Bull for collection. At this meeting the secretary was empowered to rent hall at such rates as in his discretion may be proper, and the president secretary and building committee were authorized to fix the rent of stores and offices, and to lease the same as may be seen best, and the building committee were authorized to hire a janitor. On November 6, 1872, at a meeting of the directors of the Masonic Association, the secretary was instructed to procure insurance on Masonic temple building, not to ex- ceed $30,000.00, said insurance to be for the benefit of Col- 104 THE WHITE APRON. well, Clark & Co., as contractors and builders, and the cost of said insurance to be allowed to them in final settlement. The new Masonic temple and opera house was completed late in the fall of 1872. Subscribers failed to come forward with ready cash to satisfy the contractors. The balance due, amounting to many thousands of dollars for extra work and finish, was heavy. The Masonic association was unable to meet its obliga- tions with the contractors. The association was confronted with a deficit in the treasury. Colwell, Clark & Co. secured the services of Washington Bushnell, and the beginning of the end of the Masonic Association was at hand. At a meeting of the directors of the Masonic Associa- tion, December 31, 1872, Washington Bushnell, attorney for Colwell, Clark & Co., presented and made a statement of the basis of settlement in full for building Masonic temple and opera house, and extras. On January 3, 1873, Wash- ington Bushnell, attorney for Colwell, Clark & Co., pre- sented a written statement to the directors of the associa- tion, showing final adjustment of all accounts against the Masonic Association, and, on motion, a committee was ap- pointed to examine the same and report at an adjourned meeting. The meeting then adjourned to meet again at 3 p. M., of the same day, at which meeting, on motion of brother Robert Henning, it was ordered that all former propositions for settlement with Colwell, Clark & Co. by the directors be rescinded, and, on motion of brother Ed. H. Smith, it was ordered that the settlement with Colwell. Clark & Co. be placed in the hands of an attorney, said at- torney to be selected by the president and secretary. At the annual meeting of the Masonic Association, held in the opera house block, January 4, 1873, brothers J. F. Nash, E. F. Bull, R. M. McArthur, George J. Burgess, Wm. S. Easton and E. L. Herrick were elected directors. 'THE EAST" OF OCCIDENTAL LODGE Of fHt UNIVEKSI1V OP iiumis HISTORY OF OCCIDENTAL LODGE. IO5 At the next subsequent meeting of the directors, held in January, 1873, on motion of brother E. H. Smith, W. S. Easton was elected president for the ensuing year. On motion of brother J. F. Nash, brother John Stout was elected secretary for the ensuing year, and on motion of brother W. S. Easton, brother J. F. Nash was elected treas- urer for the ensuing year. On motion of brother J. F. Nash, it was ordered that a settlement be made with Col- well, Clark & Co., upon the basis reported by director E. F. Bull, and, on motion of brother E. H. Smith, the following preamble and resolutions were adopted : Resolved, Whereas, it api^ears upon the adjustment and settlement of the matters of differences between the Ma- sonic Association of Ottawa, and John Colwell, Henry F. Clark and James N. Colwell, composing the firm of Col- well, Clark & Co., that there is now due said firm of Col- well, Clark & Co., upon their contract for building the opera house and Masonic hall building, and for their bill of extras (after allowing all proper deductions), the sum of twenty- two thousand three hundred and ninety-five and 50-100 dollars, upon which sum said Colwell, Clark & Co. are en- titled to interest at the rate of ten per cent, from the first day of November, A. D. 1872, which would make the amount, principal and interest, due said firm on the first day of January, A. D. 1873, the sum of twenty-two thousand seven hundred and sixty-eight and 75-100 dollars; And, whereas, on the first day of January, A. D. 1873, there was due Henry Smeeton, the sum of five hundred six- ty-seven and 02-100 dollars for work done and material fur- nished to said Masonic Association, and to George J. Bur- gess, the sum of one thousand seventy and 47-100 dollars for plumbing, gas fitting and labor and material, and to Messrs. Carter & Drake, the sum of twelve hundred dollars for services as architects, and on note at National City Bank, balance due fifteen hundred dollars, all of which said sums so due said Smeeton, Burgess, Carter & Drake, and on said note, said Colwell, Clark & Co. have assumed and agree to pay, and which sums so assumed by them, added to the I06 THE WHITE APRON. amount found due upon their contract, makes the sum total oi twenty-seven thousand one hundred six and 2/[-ioo dol- lars, now due them, oil which they are justly entitled to in- terest from the first day of January, A. D. 1873; And, whereas, the said Masonic Association are unable to pay the sum at present, and said Colwell, Clark & Co. have agreed to take notes, secured by a trust deed upon the real estate and buildings owned by said Association, for the sum so due, drawing interest at the rate of ten per cent, per annum, payable semi-annually, and notes and trust deed to bear date January i, 1873, and to become due eighteen months after date; therefore, be it Resolved, By the board of directors of said Masonic As- sociation, that the president and secretary be, and they are, hereby authorized and directed to make, execute and de- liver to said Colwell, Clark & Co. the notes of said associa- tion, amounting in the aggregate to the sum of twenty-seven thousand one hundred six and 24-100 dollars, dated January I, 1873, to be due in eighteen months from date, drawing interest at the rate of ten per cent, per annum, interest pay- able semi-annually, and containing a provision that upon a failure to pay either installment of interest the whole of the principal sum and interest shall immediately become due and payable, and that in order to secure the payment of said notes they execute and deliver to E. Follett Bull, for the association, a trust deed upon the following described lots or parcels of real estate, situated in the city of Ottawa, coun- ty of La Salle and state of Illinois, viz. : The north sixty (60) feet of lot No. three (3), all of lot No. four (4), in block No. eighty-nine (89), State's addition to Ottawa, including the stage scenery in the opera house and other fixtures, containing power of sale in the usual form, authorizing said trustee to sell and convey said prem- ises, and all equity of redemption for the whole of said prin- cipal sum and interest, or cither installment of interest, and also providing that said association shall keep the building situated upon said premises insured for the full amount due said Colwell, Clark & Co., and for their benefit, in first class companies, and that said association shall pay all taxes as- sessed against said real estate from time to time in due HISTORY OF OCCIDENTAL LODGE. lO/ season, and that in default thereof the said Colwell, Clark & Co. may pay the same and add the amount so paid, either for taxes or insurance, to the sum due on said notes, and thereupon the principal sum and interest due upon said notes shall become immediately payable, and the provision of said trust deed enforced to secure its payment. Resolved, That said trust deed shall contain all the pro- visions usually required by persons loaning money on real estate security, and inserted in trust deed or sale mortgage given to secure the re-payment of money loaned. On motion of Herrick ordered that the committee ap- pointed to rent the building be authorized to purchase coal, etc., that may be necessary for the opera house, and the clerk ordered to draw orders for same. John Stout, Secretary, In compliance with the above resolution, the Masonic Association of Ottawa executed trust deed to E. Follett Bull, dated January i, 1873. Copy of Article of Agreement. Article of Agreement, made this 13th day of January, A. D. 1873, between the Masonic Association of Ottawa, of the one part, and Colwell, Clark & Co., of the other part. Witnesseth, That said association will reserve and pay to Colwell, Clark & Co. the net proceeds arising from the rent of their buildings, situated on the north sixty feet of lot No. three, and all of lot four, in block No. eighty-nine, in State's addition to the city of Ottawa, La Salle county, Illi- nois, and all moneys collected and stock subscriptions re- maining unpaid, after paying the taxes and insurance, and all necessary repairs and expenses on said building, first to be applied tO' the payment of the semi-annual interest on their claims against the association, and the balance, if any, to be indorsed on the notes held by them at the expiration of each six months. Said Colwell, Clark & Co., hereby agree to raise the chimneys on the main buildings, as soon as prac- ticable, two feet higher than now, to give the cornice over store front and north entrance one coat of pure white lead I08 THE WHITE APRON. and oil paint, to grain the doors and woodwork in the vesti- bule, to paint the iron steps, to place two shelves in each closet and strips for clothes hooks and hooks therefor (hooks to be ten inches apart), to fill in with brick work from the storm wall to the chimneys in opera house, to properly brick up and cement the pediment and inside of iron cornice, to oil the main stair rail in the vestibule, to place such fastenings on all the windows as per specifications, to pay the following claims and debts against the association, viz. : To Henry Smeeton $ 567.02 To Geo. J. Burgess 1,070.47 To Messrs. Carter & Drake 1,200.00 On note at National City Bank, balance due. . . . 1,500.00 Dated at Ottawa, the day and year above written. Masonic Association of Ottawa, By Wm. S. Easton, its President. John Stout, Secretary. CoLWELL, Clark & Co. Copy of Receipt. Received of the Masonic Association of Ottawa, notes to the amount of $27,106.24, dated January i, 1873, due in eighteen months, w'ith interest at ten per cent., payable semi- annually, in full payment and satisfaction of all claims against said association for work done on opera house building, including contract and extras, and also including our responsibility in assuming the payment of the above receipted indebtedness, said notes secured by a trust deed to E. F. Bull, on north sixty feet lot No. 3, and whole of lot No, 4, in block 89, State's addition to Ottawa, January 15, '^' CoLWELL, Clark & Co., By Bushnell & Bull, their attorneys. Four notes at $2,500.00, dated Jan. i, 1873, due in 18 months, $10,000.00. Two notes at $5,000.00, dated Jan. i, 1873, due in 18 months, $10,000.00 Three notes at $1,500.00, dated Jan. i, 1873, due in 18 months, $4,500.00. HISTORY OF OCCIDENTAL LODGE. IO9 One note, dated Jan. i, 1873, due in 18 months, $2,- 606.24. Total, $27,106.24. Interest on the above notes at ten per cent, per annum, payable semi-annually. The new Masonic temple being completed, Occidental Lodge began to make arrangements for leasing the Masonic hall, and properly apportioning the amount of lease among the different Masonic bodies which were to meet in the hall. The question of appropriately furnishing the new hall was a momentous question for Occidental Lodge to handle, with their exchequer now empty, their cash assets having been invested in the stock of the Masonic Association of Ottawa. At a stated communication of Occidental Lodge, No. 40, A. F. & A. M., Monday evening, October 21, 1872, brother W. S. Easton presented the following resolution in writing, as an amendment to our by-laws, by adding Sec- tion 5 to Article 2, which section reads as follows : "There shall be appointed by the Worshipful Master, at each annual election, one trustee to represent and vote on the stock which this Lodge holds in the Masonic Association of Ottawa."' At a stated communication, November 15, 1872, the above amendment was adopted, and, on motion of brother B. S. Porter, it was ordered that the Worshipful Master appoint a committee of one, to confer with a like committee from Shabbona Chapter and Ottawa Commandery, to ar- range for the rent of the new hall, and also for the frescoing of the same. Whereupon the Worshipful Master appointed brother Ed. H. Smith such committee. At the annual communication of Occidental Lodge, No. 40, A. F. & A. M., Monday evening, December 2, 1872, brother John Stout was appointed trustee to represent Oc- cidental Lodge in the Masonic Association of Ottawa. no THE WHITE APRON. At a stated communication of Occidental Lodge, No. 40, A. F. & A. M., Monday evening, December 16, 1872, on motion of brother E. L. Herrick, it was ordered that the Worshipful Master, Senior and Junior Wardens secure a lease of the new Masonic hall of the Masonic Association of Ottawa, for a term of ten years from January i, 1873, at an annual rental not to exceed $500.00. Said officers were also authorized to loan from Shabbona Chapter, No. 37, R. A. M., two hundred and fifty dollars for one year, at ten per cent, interest. During the winter of 1873 a social party was given by the Lodge, which netted them $51.00, also a Masonic dramatic association was organized and gave performances of a high- ly creditable character in the Masonic opera house, which netted Occidental Lodge $200.00, At a stated communication of Occidental Lodge, No. 40, A. F. & A. M., Alonday evening, February 17, 1873, broth- er Ed. H. Smith, who was appointed to arrange for fres- coing, furnishing and adjusting rent of Lodge rooms as between the other Masonic bodies, reported as follows : 1872. Nov. 22. Smith and Cameron, fare to Chicago $ 12.00 Nov. 25. Moving stove .75 Nov. 27. Cover for flue .12 Nov. 30. Carrying coal .60 Dec. 3. Carrying coal .60 Dec. 6. A. Anderson, night watch.... 12.00 Dec. 14. Wire cloth for ventilators .... .50 Dec. 18. Coal 3.50 Dec. 19. Help moving furniture i.oo Dec. 20. Tacks i.oo Dec. 20. Cleaning floors, etc 8.45 1873- Jan. 17. Coal 3.75 Jan. 22. Freight on carpet 1.50 HISTORY OF OCCIDENTAL LODGE. Ill Thread for carpet .25 Taking up and cleaning old car- pet 2.25 Nov. 6. Dewey's bill, putting up stoves, etc 3.05 Nov. 13. Tacks, thread, etc .35 Nov. 17. Piatt's bill, cleaning Lodge... 12.00 Sewing and putting down car- pet 8.00 Planing floor 5.00 T. B. Lauderback, keeping fires 20.00 S. H. Reade, carpet 278.31 J. Gaul, upholstering furniture 18.90 H. Smeeton, stoves 74-70 D. R. Gregg, putting down car- pets I5-00 G. J. Burgess, gas fitting 274.98 Schobert & Knoeing, frescoing 550.00 $928.04 By cash $180.52 By cash 200.00 $380.52 List of creditors : Schobert & Knoeing $210.00 G. J. Burgess 274.98 S. H. Peck 178.31 D. R. Gregg i5-00 H. Smeeton 74-70 J. Gaul 18.90 I. B. Lauderback 33-00 E. H. Smith, advanced 123.15 $928.04 Report of rent adjusted : Humboldt Lodge $100.00 Ottaw^a Commandery 100.00 Shabbona Qiapter 150.00 (Signed) E. H. Smith, Com. Which report was received and, on motion, adopted, and 112 THE WHITE APRON. brother Smith discharg-ed from further duties in the prem- ises, with the thanks of the Lodge. On motion of brother Easton, it was ordered that orders upon the treasurer be drawn for amounts reported by said committee to be due from the Lodge, as follows : Schobert & Knoeing $210.00 George J. Burgess 274.98 S. H. Peck 178.31 D. R. Gregg 1 5-00 H. Smeeton 74-70 J. Gaul 18.90 L B. Lauderback 33-00 E. H. Smith 123.15 $928.04 At the annual communication of Occidental Lodge, No. 40, A. F. & A. M., Monday evening, December i, 1873, brother Robert M. Mc Arthur was elected Worshipful Mas- ter. John Stout was again appointed trustee to represent Occidental Lodge in the Masonic Association of Ottawa for the ensuing year. At the following stated communication, the following communication was received from brother R. M. Mc Arthur, which was accepted, and ordered that a dispensation for an election of Worshipful Master be procured : Ottawa, 111., Dec. 15, 1873. Worshipful Master, Wardens and Brothers of Occidental Lodge, No. 40, A. F. & A. M. : I have the honor to acknowledge the official notice of your action at the late annual election of officers of Occiden- tal Lodge, No. 40, on the evening of the ist inst., at which time it was your pleasure to elect me as Worshipful IMaster for the ensuing Masonic year. While I acknowledge the high compliment thus conferred, I must say that it would afford me much pleasure to serve you in that capacity, but THE WEST" OF OCCIDENTAL LODGE SKo-wing the finest Masonic Pillars in the United States mBKAKY Of fHt UNIVtKJillv Of iiitmts HISTORY OF OCCIDENTAL LODGE. II3 circumstances, which I cannot control, will compel me to decline that distinguished honor. Very respectfully, your brother fraternally, RoBT. M. McArthur. Accordingly a dispensation was duly received from the Grand Master, a special election held, and Worshipful Brother H. F. Clark was elected Worshipful Master for the ensuing Masonic year. The Masonic Association having failed to meet their financial obligations, entered into with Colwell, Clark & Co., in January, 1873, trustee E. Follett Bull was required to ex- ecute a trust deed to Colwell, Clark & Co., dated Jan. 17, 1874, consideration the amount of four notes due Colwell, Clark & Co., $27,106.24. This was the last transaction of the Masonic Association of Ottawa, and we trust that the Masonic bodies may never have such another experience in their efforts to secure a home. At a stated communication of Occidental Lodge, No. 40, A. F. & A. M., May 4, 1874, a committee of three, consist- ing of brothers John F. Nash, Geo, J. Burgess and E. H. Smith, was appointed to confer with Calwell, Clark & Co., to whom the Masonic temple was transferred, in regard to leasing the lodge rooms. At the following stated communication, May 18, 1874, the abo-ve committee reported that the proprietors had sug- gested to them the following terms for a new lease, viz., a lease for the term of six years from Jan. i, 1874, at an an- nual rental of $300.00 for the first three years, and an an- nual rental of $500.00 for the last three years, and agreed, upon the execution of said new lease, to remit to the Lodge all back rent due up to the ist day of January, A. D. 1874. On motion, the report was received and the committee dis- charged. At a stated communication of the Lodge, August 17, H I 14 THE WHITE APRON. 1874, a communication from Cohvell, Clark & Co. was presented, notifying the Lodge that they had become pro- prietors of the building in which the lodge room of Occiden- tal Lodge was situated, and that they did not consider the existing lease between the Lodge and the Masonic Associ- tion binding upon them. At the stated communication of Occidental Lodge, No. 40, A. F. & A. M., September 21, 1874, it was ordered that the Worshipful Master and Secretary, under seal of the Lodge, or the Worshipful Master and Wardens, be author- ized and directed to execute on behalf of Occidental Lodge a lease from the proprietors of the Masonic building, for the Masonic rooms, for six years from January i, 1874, at a rental of $300.00 per year for the first three years and $500.00 per year for the next three years, rent payable quarterly. The said proprietors guaranteeing the Lodge from any payment for rent prior to said January i, 1874. At the next stated communication the new lease was pre- sented and accepted. At the annual communication of Occidental Lodge, De- cember 7, 1874, the Worshipful Master elect appointed brother Qias. M. Catlin trustee, to represent Occidental Lodge in the Masonic Association of Ottawa, for the ensu- ing Masonic year. The last communication of Occidental Lodge held in the new Masonic Temple, before it was destroyed by fire, was Monday evening, December 21, 1874. The temple was destroyed by fire on the night of De- cember 27, 1874. On January 4th, following the loss of their temple by fire. Occidental Lodge secured a lease of the Metropolitan hall from Andrew Lynch, for an annual rental of $100.00, where they continued to meet until Colwell, Clark & Co., who began at once the rebuilding of the Ma- HISTORY OF OCCIDENTAL LODGE. II5 sonic temple and opera house block, had same ready for oc- cupancy, during the winter of 1875-6. Occidental Lodge began preparing to put their new home in order as soon as Colwell, Clark & Co. began re- building, as will be observed from the following extracts from their records during the summer and fall of 1875. At a stated communication, June 7, 1875, on motion, brothers F. L. Fiske, W. B. Titus and Ed. H. Smith were appointed a committee to confer in relation to the purchase of an organ. At a stated communication, June 21, 1875, the commit- tee, to whom was referred the matter of the purchase of an organ, made their report, and the committee was discharged, and, on motion, further action was posponed. New Hall, 1875. Tlie pillars, "J^chim and Boaz," at the entrance to the middle chamber, were made by Colwell, Clark & Co., at a cost of $235.98, which amount was ordered paid at a stated communication, July 19, 1875. They are said to be the fin- est pillars for Masonic purposes in the United States. At this same communication, the Worshipful Master ap- pointed brothers J. F. Nash, F. L. Fiske, J. H. Widmer, W. B. Titus and E. L. Herrick a committee to examine into the condition of the finances of the Lodge, and also to see what furniture will be necessary for the new lodge room, and the probable cost of the same, including the frescoing of the hall, with a request that they report at the next regular com- munication of the Lodge. At a stated communication, September 6, 1875, the above named committee made their report in the above premises, and, on motion, the Worshipful Master was added to said committee, and full power given them to fresco and furnish the new lodge room for occupancy, and the Secre- Il6 THE WHITE APRON. tary was ordered to draw orders on the Treasurer for such sums as may be certified as necessary by said committee in frescoing and furnishing said hall. On motion of brother Thos. J. Wade, for the purpose of raising funds for frescoing and furnishing said hall, a loan was authorized of twelve hundred dollars, for a term of three years, at ten per cent, interest per annum, payable an- nually, for which the bonds of this Lodge shall be issued, with interest coupons attached, said coupons when due to be receivable for the dues of this Lodge. On further mo- tion, brothers T. J. Wade, L. A. Rising and W. B. Titus were appointed a committee to solicit subscriptions for said loan. At this meeting brother Wade was authorized to invite brother Robert Morris to be present at some future meeting and deliver his lecture upon ''The Holy Land under the light of Freemasonry." At a stated communication, Sept. 20, 1875, brother T. J, Wade, as chairman of the committee to solicit a loan of twelve hundred dollars, reported his progress, whereupon brother E. F. Bull presented the following preamble and resolutions, which were adopted : Whereas, Several persons, members of Occidental Lodge, No. 40, A. F. & A. M., and others, have subscribed and promised to subscribe various sums of money for the purpose of assisting Occidental Lodge, No. 40, A. F. & A. M., in frescoing, painting and furnishing and otherwise improving the new lodge room of said Lodge, in the opera house block, for which said sums so subscribed, it is pro- posed to issue to each person so subscribing the obligations of the Lodge for the sums so subscribed and paid, such obli- gations to be made payable in three years, to draw interest at ten per cent, per annum, interest payable annually ; and, Whereas, It is desired on the part of said Lodge to se- cure the persons who may contribute funds for the purpose aforesaid; therefore, be it HISTORY OF OCIIDENTAL LODGE. II7 Resolved, That the title of the furniture of the said Lodge, now owned by it, and that which shall be hereafter purchased, be, and the same is hereby vested in the Master of the said Lodge, and in his successors in office, and that the title thus vested in the Master be held for him in trust for the benefit of the persons contributing to the purposes set forth in the preamble. Resolved, That the title of the said furniture continue to be vested in the Master of this Lodge and his successors in office until said sums shall be fully repaid with interest. Resolved, That the Master and his successors be, and he is hereby directed to keep such furniture fully insured, and in case of loss to pay said persons so contributing the several sums due them, with interest, the balance of the insurance, if any, to accrue to the benefit of i\\^ Lodge. At this communication, the Worshipful Master was in- structed to secure a loan of $500.00 from Shabbona Chap- ter, No. 37, R. A. M., at ten per cent, interest per annum, and execute a note in the name of the Lodge, as security therefore. At a stated communication, October 18, 1875, the Wor- shipful Master reported tO' the Lodge that he had secured a loan of $400 from Shabbona Chapter, No. 37, R. A. M., due in one, two, three and four years, with interest at the rate of ten per cent., and executed the notes of the Lodge as security therefor. At this same communication, brothers F. F. Crane, C. E. Pettit and J. E. Rathbun were appointed a committee to confer with the other Masonic bodies and with Ottawa Commandery, No. 10, who contemplated oc- cupying the new hall, for the purpose of apportioning the rent to be paid by them for its use and occupancy, and report this action to the Lodge for confirmation. Upon the ap- proval by the Lodge of said committee's action, the three principal officers were ordered to execute leases to the sev- eral bodies so occupying the hall, for the same time and upon the same conditions as the lease from Colwell, Clark Il8 THE WHITE APRON. & Co. A committee was also appointed at this communica- tion, consisting of brothers Jas. E. Rathbun, C. C. Glover, B. S. Porter, Solomon Degen and Fred F. Crane, to make arrangements for a social entertainment, to be held at some future time in the new lodge room, at the discretion of said committee. Occidental Lodge moved into the new temple during the winter of i875-'6, and continued making it their home until 1892, when, owing to their inability to make a satisfactory renewal of lease with F. A. Sherwood, who had purchased the property from Colwell, Clark & Co., secured a lease from King & Hamilton for their present home, which they moved into in 1892. The Masonic bodies purchased the Columbus street school property from the Board of Education in 1906, the title running to brother Wm. D. Fullerton, in trust, on which they hope to be able to erect a Masonic temple in the near future. CHAPTER II. TO THE LIVING AND THE DEAD. Let us drink together fellows, as we did in days of yore, And still enjoy the golden hours that fortune has in store. The absent friends remembered be, in all that's sung or said, And love immortal consecrate the memory of the dead. Fill every goblet to the brim — let every heart be filled With kindly recollections, and all bitter ones be stilled. Come round me, dear old fellows, and in chorus as we sing, Life's autumn days shall be as glad as were its days of spring. Drink, brothers, to the absent who are living, first of all, While each familiar name and face we lovingly recall; The generous and brave and good; the kind and frank and true. Who knew not how false word to speak or what was base to do. We see the faces of the dead, they hover in the air. And looking on us lovingly, our mirth they seem to share. O dearly loved, though ye have gone to other stars or spheres, We still have for you thoughts of love and consecrated tears. Pour a libation rich with love upon the graves that hold The ashes of the gallant hearts that lon^ ago grew cold; And swear that never party feuds or civil war shall break Our bonds of love, and enemies of friends and comrades make. The dead are with us always; friends, let us their teachings heed. "Forgive thy brother, if he err," they eloquently plead; "Let bygones be bygones," they cry, "let the old love revive. And on the altars of your heart keep friendship's fire alive." It is better far to love than hate, for nations as for me. Let us hope the old good humor soon will bless the land again, But if the politicians still should wrangle, scold and fight. Their quarrels shall not break the ties that we re-knit to night. Our av.tumn days of life have come, the frosts begin to fall, Beyond the dark, deep river, hark! we hear old comrades call. To the dead and living, whom each loves, let each his goblet fill, And the memory of the dead shall make the living dearer still. ALBERT PIKE. 119 LIBRARY Of THt UNIVERSITY Of lUmuiS HISTORY OF OCCIDENTAL LODGE. 121 Col. D. F. Hitt. He was a physician and a zealous Mason, and was the first among the brethren to suggest the organization of a Ma- sonic Lodge in Ottawa, and was the chief factor in obtaining a dispensation from Grand Master Breckenridge of Kentucky in 1839. and was elected the first Secretary. He died December 3, 1840. Col. Hitt said he was a noble and generous man. David Wells. Proprietor of Mansion house, in partnership with the firm O'f Wells & Fulton. It was in this historic hostelry that Ottawa Lodge held their meetings. Was Treasurer of Ottawa Lodge, No. 114, Grand Lodge of Kentucky, in 1840. Moved to Galena, Illinois, and af- filiated with Far West Lodge, No. 29, June 18, 1842. Lucius Woodruff. No authentic records, but is supposed to have been the father of Alson Woodruff, and came here from New York in 1834. He was Senior Deacon of Ottawa Lodge in 1839- '40, and died August 29, 1840. Henry J. Reid came from Pennsylvania in 1834. Was a carpenter by trade. Stepfather of the late George Hayward. Rode on horseback from Ottawa, 111., to Louisville, Ky., to session of the Grand Lodge of Kentucky in August, 1840, and brought the charter of Ottawa Lodge, No. 1 14, back with him. Was Jun- ior Deacon in i839-'40. Died about 1892. Was Second Lieutenant in Dickey's company during war with Mexico. William K. Brown kept hotel near the acqueduct at time of building. Was known as "Billy-K.- Brown." Was Steward and Tyler in 1840. Affiliated with Occidental Lodge, No. 40, and was Tyler of No. 40 in 1848 and 1849. Luther Woodward. Came from Taunton, Mass., and set- 122 THE WHITE APRON. tied in Deer Park township in 1836. Built a dam and saw-mill on the Vermillion river. Was justice of the peace several years. Went to California in 1850; returned in 1853 to Deer Park, and died in 1857. He demit- ted from Ottawa Lodge at the organization of St. John's Lodge, No. 13, at Vermillion- ville, and was Master of St. John's Lodge in 1841, 1842 and 1845. Thomas Russell. Could only learn that brother Russell (a merchant) lived in South Ottawa. No record of his membership since 1841. Jabez Fitch came from Plattsburg, N. Y., in 1835, and lo- cated in South Ottawa. He was a merchant, and County Treasurer of La Salle county from 1839 to 1846. He moved to New York, where he died. Seth B. Farwell came from New York to Ohio, thence to Ottawa in 1835. Lawyer. Was State's At- torney for La Salle county in 1838. Went to Sacramento, Cal., where he was elected judge. Died on the plains. Charles G. Miller came to Ottawa in 1836 from Cum- berland county. Pa. Was justice of the peace in Ottawa several years. Lived on west side, near Catholic church. Affiliated with Occi- dental Lodge, No. 40, in 1846. Jonathan Stadden, son of Wm. Stadden, Dayton. Mil- ler. John R. Hall. No record showing him a member of Ot- tawa Lodge since 1840. He was named in petition for dispensation for JMaster of Ot- tawa Lodge, but records from Grand Lodge of Kentucky show H. D. Gorbett named as such in the dispensation granted December 19, 1839, by George Breckenridge, Grand Master of Kentucky. HISTORY OF OCCIDENTAL LODGE. I23 G. F. Weaver, associated with John Hise as editor Ottawa Free Trader. Returned to Harrisburg, Pa. Asa Holdridge came from New York in 1833, and settled near Bailey's Point, on the Vermillion river, in Eden township. Was a successful farmer. Demitted from Ottawa Lodge, No. 114, to organize St. John's Lodge, No. 13, at Ver- millionville, 111. Was Junior Deacon of St. John's Lodge in 1842. Was Treasurer in 1843. Senior Warden in 1844. Died in 1866. Wilbur F. Walker came from Virginia to Ottawa in 1825. Brought up the first keelboat on the Illinois river. Son of Dr. David Walker and brother oi George E. Walker, first Sheriff of La Salle county, and of David Walker of Oc- cidental Lodge. W. F. Walker never affil- iated with Occidental Lodge. He resided in Ottawa until 1857, when he moved to Union county, 111. Wilbur F. Walker was an Indian trader, and kept a general store on what was known at that time as Water street. Champlin R. Potter came from New York to Eden town- ship in 1834. He was a farmer and surveyor. Held ofifice of justice of the peace several years, and was member of the Legislature in 1853. He died September 27, i860. Benjamin Thompson came from Massachusetts in 1834. Merchant and partner of W. H. W. Gush- man. Died in Massachusetts in 1846. William L. Dunavan came from Licking county, Ohio, in 1830. Settled in Rutland township in 1831. Affiliated with Occidental Lodge in 1848. Reuben Miller, brother of Charles Miller, and of "Uncle" John Miller, of Freedom township. Came from Cumberland county, Pa., to Dayton township in 1834. Moved to Salt Lake in an 124 THE WHITE APRON. early clay, and became an elder in the Mor- mon church. T. Bole. No record since 1840. Gilbert L. Thompson became charter member of Occiden- tal Lodge (see record of Occidental Lodge). William Stadden came from Lucas county, Ohio, to Day- ton in May, 1830. Built a flouring mill in 183 1. Was Sheriff of La Salle county 1834 and 1835. State Senator 1839-1840-1841. He was a prominent and useful citizen. He died in 1848. His son, Richard Stadden, was a member of Occidental Lodge, No. 40. James Clark came from England to Ohio and thence to Utica in 1833. Contractor on Illinois and Michigan canal, and was the pioneer manu- facturer of hydraulic lime from the Trenton limestone, and greatly enriched himself. He was a member of the Legislature in 1871. He never affiliated with Occidental Lodge. Assisted in organizing Cement Lodge, at Utica, in 1859, and became a member thereof. J. Cooper. No record other than his membership in Ot- tawa Lodge. There are strong probabilities that this is Jesse Cooper, who' at one time was Secretary of Western Star Lodge, or- ganized at Kaskaskia, 111., in 1805, ^^^^ came to this part of Illinois with Warren Brown, who was also a member of Western Star Lodge, and in 1841 was charter member of St. John's Lodge, No. 13, organized at Ver- million ville, 1 84 1. He was raised in Western Star Lodge June 6, 18 18. Demitted March 6, 1819. James Armour. Confectionery and bakery. Affiliated with Far West Lodge, No. 29, at Galena, 111., in 1844, and was one of the Deacons in 1848. Demitted and affiliated with Acacia Lodge, HISTORY OF OCCIDENTAL LODGE. 12$ No. (ij, La Salle, in the 50s. He was a brother of John Armour, a prominent grain merchant in Ottawa during the 50s and 60s, and father of Mrs. Dr. Ryburn. Alson Woodruff came from Onondago county. New York, in 1834. County Commissioner in 1840. Sheriff in 1836 and 1837. Affiliated with Occidental Lodge, No. 40. Abram R. Dodge, lawyer. Boarded at Fox River house. No record since record of Ottawa Lodge. Was member of the Legislature in i840-'4i. Aaron Daniels received F. C. degree in Ottawa Lodge. Went to California in 1849; returned and received M. M. degree in Occidental Lodge, No. 40. Walter Lamb. No record since 1841. John J. Hill. No record except received the E. A. degree in 1840, and was on the roll as such in 1841. L. W. LiSKE. No' record except received the E. A. degree in 1840. Thomas W. Hennessee came from Ireland to La Salle in 1837. Was a practicing physician in La Salle for twenty years. Then moved to a farm in Dimmick township. Was initiated in Ottawa Lodge in 1840 and raised in St. John's latter part of 184 1. Treasurer of St. John's Lodge in 1842. Junior Deacon 1844- '45. George H. Norris. Worshipful Master in 1841. (See record in Occidental Lodge with which he af- filiated.) Lorenzo P. Sanger came from Ohio' tO' Ottawa in 1838. Member of David Sanger & Sons, who had contract and built the aqueduct across Fox river for Illinois and Michigan canal. Was Senior Warden Ottawa Lodge in 1841. No record since. 126 THE WHITE APRON. Marshall Miller. Shoemaker. Treasurer of Ottawa Lodge in 1841. Affiliated with Occidental Lodge. James W. Roberts. Senior Deacon in 1841. No other record. Civil engineer at building of Illinois and Michigan canal. Thomas A. Henry. Carpenter. Tyler 1841. Patrick M. Kilduff came from Harper's Ferry, Va., to Peru, 111., in 1838. Was mayor of Peru, 111., in 1838. Was mayor of Peru, magistrate and County Commissioner in 1849. Affiliated with St. John's Lodge, No. 13. (His widow died February, 1907.) Z. H. Baxter. No record since 1841. Samuel Rodeker. No record since 1841. Adam Lamb. No record since 1841. Herman Whitehead. Affiliated with St. John's Lodge, No. 13, in 1842, and on December 15th was elected Senior Warden, and the year fol- lowing elected Treasurer of St. John's Lodge. He died in 1849. Christian H. Charles, and wife, Juliet Mann, came from Tioga county, Pa., tO' Peru, 111., in 1837. Was a merchant in partnership with John Hoffman, brother-in-law and father of Asa Mann Hoffman, whO' was Secretary of Occi- dental Lodge several years. Brother Charles was the father of Mrs. Washington Bushnell, one of Ottawa's most estimable ladies, now residing on the east side. He died July 20, 1840. William Chumasero came from New York to Peru, 111., in 1838. A lawyer of fine ability. Initiated in Ottawa Lodge, No. 114, in 1841. Raised in St. John's Lodge, No. 13, at Peru, 111., April 29, 1847, s"d on June 13, 1847, was elected Junior Warden. HISTORY OF OCCIDENTAL LODGE. 127 John H. McFarren (or McFarrand) came from Tioga county, New York, to La Salle in 1837. Rail- road contractor. Was contractor on Illinois and Michigan canal and on the Illinois Cen- tral railroad. Was postmaster several years ; also member board of supervisors. No Ma- sonic record since 1841. 128 THE WHITE APRON. THE GOLDEN WEDDING. O Love, whose patient pilgrim feet Life's longest path have trod, Whose ministry hath symboled sweet The dearer love of God; The sacred myrtle wreaths again Thine altar as of old And what was green with summer then Is mellowed now to gold. Not now as then the future's face Is flushed with fancy's light, But memory, with a milder grace. Shall rule the feast to-night. Blest was the sun of joy that shone, Nor less the blinding shower. The bud of fifty years agone Is love's perfected flower. O memory! Ope the mystic door! O dream of youth return! And let the light that gleamed of yore Beside this altar burn. The Past is plain; 'twas love designed E'en sorrow's iron chain; And mercy's shining thread has twined With the dark warp of pain. So be it still! O thou who hast That younger bridal blest Till the May morn of love has passed To evening's golden rest. Come to this later Cana, Lord, And at thy touch divine. The water of that earlier board To-night shall turn to wine. DAVID GRAY. LORENZO LELAND Treasurer in 1846 LIBRARY Of m UNIVEKSny Of (UHNUIS HISTORY OF OCCIDENTAL LODGE. 1 29 PERSONNEL OF OCCIDENTAL LODGE, No. 40, A. F. & A. M. George H. Norris came to Ottawa in 1835. Owned ferry on Illinois river. County Surveyor ten years. Justice of the peace. Admitted to the bar in 1839. Established the bank of Ottawa, now the First National bank. Helped to build the Ottawa starch factory. Moved to Colorado, thence to Florida. Was Worshipful Master of Ottawa Lodge, No. 114, Grand Lodge of Kentucky. Charter member and first Wor- shipful Master of Occidental Lodge, U. D., 1845. Demitted 1859. Rev. Charles V. Kelley. Episcopalian minister. Was member of Ottawa Lodge, No. 114, Grand Lodge of Kentucky. Was charter member of Occidental Lodge, No. 40, and Senior Warden and Chaplain 1845. Demitted in 1859. Alson Woodruff came from New York in 1834. Was County Commissioner in 1840. Sherifif in i836-'37. Member of Ottawa Lodge, No. 114, Grand Lodge of Kentucky. Charter member of Occidental Lodge, No. 40, and Junior Warden while Lodge worked under dispensation in 1845. Died in 1856. Gilbert L. Thompson came to Ottawa in 1840. Kept a drug store a number of years. Was member of Ottawa Lodge, No. 114, Grand Lodge of Kentucky. Was charter member of Occiden- tal Lodge, No. 40, and at an election of of- ficers held June 23, 1846, was elected Senior Warden. Was Worshipful Master in 1847. He died October 26, 1895, and was buried by Occidental Lodge, according to^ his wish. He was held in high esteem as a citizen and a Mason. 130 THE WHITE APRON. Marshall Miller was a shoemaker. Member Ottawa Lodge, No. 114, Grand Lodge of Kentucky. Charter member Occidental Lodge, No. 40, and Senior Deacon in 1846. Expelled June 21, 1867, for disobedience of summons to pay dues. Joseph Avery was a carpenter. Member of Ottawa Lodge, No. 114, Grand Lodge of Kentucky. Char- ter member Occidental Lodge. Junior War- den in 1846. Demitted in 1850. William K. Brown. Hotel-keeper. Member of Ottawa Lodge, No. 114, Grand Lodge of Kentucky. Was charter member of Occidental Lodge. Was Tyler Occidental Lodge in i848-'49. Died August 16, 1850. Is buried in Ottawa avenue cemetery, and his marble tombstone has square and compass engraved on it. Milton H. Swift came to Ottawa in 1838. Lawyer and financier. President First National bank sev- eral years. Raised in Occidental Lodge De- cember II, 1845. Secretary in 1846. Died May 14, 1886. John Dean Caton came to Ottawa in 1842. Was among the first lawyers in Chicago. Circuit Judge of circuit embracing La Salle county, and, subsequently, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Illinois. Accumulated a fortune. Raised in Occidental Lodge December 11, 1845. ^Vas installed Worshipful Master of Occidental Lodge October 10, 1846, the day Occidental Lodge was constituted ; also Wor- shipful Master in 185 1 and 1852. He con- tinued his membership until July 20, 1895, when he died in Chicago, and is buried in Ottawa avenue cemetery. Lorenzo Leland came to Ottawa July, 1835. Lawyer. Clerk Circuit Court i842-'49. and vSupreme Court i848-'67. Raised in Occidental Lodge HISTORY OF OCCIDENTAL LODGE. I3I January 2, 1846. Elected Treasurer June 23, 1848; also Treasurer i847-'48. Died August 26, 1 88 1. Theophilus Lyle Dickey came to Ottawa in 1839. Law- yer. Elected Judge Circuit Court 1842 ; also Judge Supreme Court 1875. Captain in Mex- ican war. Colonel Fourth Illinois cavalry during Rebellion, and chief of cavalry on Gen. Grant's staff. Raised in Occidental Lodge January 17, 1848. Was Steward in 1853. Demitted 1855, when he moved to Chicago, where he had opened a law office in 1854, to enable him to pay off his old debts contracted during the financial panic of 1837. At the expiration of twenty-one years he paid all his debts with interest. Of him, the Hon. Leonard Swett said before the U. S. Circuit Court, Northern District of Illinois : "J^'dge Dickey and his sons and sons-in-law have rendered marked services to their country, and deserve a monument more enduring than brass." * * * "In all that adorns a man, Judge Dickey was as bright as a new blade. He was quick and bright in his standard of honor. His professional and judicial char- acter was pure, and was never even sullied by suspicion or accusation." Joseph Otis Glover came to Ottawa in 1835. Lawyer. United States District Attorney 1869. Ex- mayor of Ottawa. Raised January 17, 1846. Elected Secretary June 2;^, 1846. Demitted July 5, 1877. Maurice Murphy. Nursery. Raised in Joliet Lodge, No. 10, May 20, 1841, while working U. D. Was one of the brethren to whom the Grand Master granted a dispensation to form and open Occidental Lodge, U. D., and was named as Senior Warden, but no further rec- ord of his membership can be found, and tlie 132 THE WHITE APRON, returns of Occidental Lodge, U. D., 1846, show Rev. Chas. V. Kelley Senior Warden. Burton C. Cook came to Ottawa in 1835. Lawyer. State's Attorney 1846- 1850. State Senator 1852 and 1856. Member of Peace Conference in 1 86 1 at Washington. Elected to Congress 1864, 1866, 1868 and 1870. Raised in Occi- dental Lodge February 24, 1846. Senior Deacon 1846. Junior Warden 1847, Senior Warden 1848. Worshipful Master 1858. De- mitted April 21, 1873. William Osman came to Ottawa from Dauphin county, Pa., where he was born June 18, 1820. Vet- eran Mexican war. Editor Ottawa Free Trader since 1840. Is now the oldest editor in the United States, as well as the oldest living member of Occidental Lodge, having been raised June 13, 1846, and continued his membership to the present time, 1906. A member sixty years. Secretary i848-'49. He was clerk of Illinois House of Representa- tives i85i-'56. Postmaster i856-'58 and i886-'90. And now, nearly 90 years of age, continues to write editorials for his paper, and attends divine services at the Episcopal church, of which he has long been a member and warden over forty years, every Sunday morning. James Lafferty. Carpenter. Made a Mason in Pittsburg, Pa. Affiliated with Occidental Lodge in 1846, and was appointed Tyler August 21, 1846. Was Junior Warden i847-'48. De- mitted in 1850. Affiliated with Humboldt Lodge, No. 555, in the 80s. Died May 25, 1900. Jacob B. Rich. Tinsmith for John Manley. Affiliated 1846. Died at sunrise October 23, 1849. Buried with Masonic honors in Ottawa av- enue cemetery. HISTORY OF OCCIDENTAL LODGE. 1 33 Thomas Tracy lived in South Ottawa. Farmer. Came there in 183 1. AffiHated in 1846. Demitted in 1853, and removed to Michigan, where he died. John Palmer. Millwright. Affiliated 1846. Died July 22, 1852. Buried in Ottawa avenue cemetery. Daniel Lyons. Reported as member in 1846, but no fur- ther record can be found. Shelby Doolittle, Lawyer. Raised November 30, 1846. Died at Princeton, 111., January 9, 1848. William Reddick. Merchant, capitalist and politician. Came from Fayette county, Pennsylvania, 1835. Settled on the Vermillion river. Sheriff La Salle county in 1838. Was also State Senator several terms. Raised Novem- ber 30, 1846. Demitted February 2, 1871. Father of the Reddick liquor law. Bequeath- ed to the city of Ottawa his homestead, valued at $60,000, and a fund of $125,000 for a public library (Reddick's library) ; also to La Salle county one hundred acres of fine land adjoining the county asylum. Daniel F. Newton. Hardware merchant. Affiliated 1846. Demitted 1859. Moved to Ohio. Edward Bacon. Affiliated in 1846 while Lodge was work- ing U. D. No further record. David Walker. Came to Ottawa in 1826 with his father, Dr. D^vid Walker. Druggist. Was mayor of Ottawa and president Board of Education. Member Ottawa Lodge, No. 114, Grand Lodge of Kentucky. Affiliated in 1846. De- mitted January 16, 1865. William Henry Lamb Wallace. Son of John Wallace, of Deer Park. Lawyer. State's Attorney i852-'57. Served in Mexican war. Colonel Eleventh Illinois infantry, and Brigadier Geri- eral at Pittsburg Landing, where he was 134 THE WHITE APRON. killed, April lo, 1862. Raised 1846. Wor- shipful Master 1848- 1849. (See obituary.) Mathew Diamond. Affiliated 1846. Demitted same year, and affiliated with St. John's Lodge, No. 13, Peru, 111. H. W. Hopkins. Physician. Raised 1847. Junior War- den 1848. Demitted 1855. William Baldwin. Merchant at Rockwell. Came to Farm Ridge in 1837. Affiliated with Occi- dental Lodge in 1847. No further record. William Richardson came from New York in 1837. Kept hotel in Peru several years, then bought a farm in South Ottawa. Dealt largely in cat- tle. Affiliated in 1847. Suspended N. P. D. 185 1. Was father of Wm. Capron Richard- son, grain merchant in 50s and 60s. William Palmer came to Ottawa in 1836. Wagonmaker, Raised 1847. Demitted February, 1877, Madison E. Hollister came to Ottawa in 1836. Lawyer. Circuit Judge. Postmaster under President Van Buren. Consul Buenos Ay res 1866. Chief Justice Supreme Court Idaho Territory 187 1 -1877. Raised April 6, 1847. Demitted March 6, 1876. A. Keefer. Hotel-keeper at Norway. Affiliated in 1847. Suspended N. P. D. 185 1. Went to Califor- nia, via Isthmus of Panama, in 1849. Extract from letter to Mr. Phelps, of Ottawa, from A. Keefer : Panama, December 7, 1849. Dear Sir : I met Mr. Qark, of Chicago, to-day, and as he will pass through Ottawa, I seize the opportunity to drop you a few lines. I arrived here about the first of last month, and found about 1,200 persons here, waiting passage through to San Francisco. The fare is very high. Cabin pas- sage on board the steamers is utterly out of the question, while steerage passage tickets sell as high HISTORY OF OCCIDENTAL LODGE. 1 35 as $600.00, and they are paying $300.00 passage on sail vessels. * * * j would advise all who think of going to California to stay at home. If they could see the misery I have seen they would not think of going. * * * yiy respects to all. A. Keeper. Again, December 3, 1849, he writes: Dear Sir : I have purchased a ticket for a passage on the Unicorn, which leaves for San Francisco on the 15th of January. I paid $350.00 for my ticket, which is fifty dollars less than I have heard of them being sold since I left the Isthmus. I will get to San Francisco on the loth of February. * * * With respects to all, etc. A, Keeper. Thomas L. Boughton. Merchant. Initiated in 1847. Died May 31, 1850. Buried in Ottawa av- enue cemetery. John S. Dillon. Raised November 5, 1847. Connected with building of Illinois and Michigan canal. No further record. George W. Hyde. Civil war veteran. Raised November 5, 1847. Demitted 185 1. Benjamin Beach Fellows. Civil war veteran. Came to Mission township in 1835. Elected County Treasurer 1851. Moved to Ottawa. Raised August 7, 1848. Killed by railroad train March 3, 1893. John M. Quimby. Merchant. Raised October 15, 1849. Tyler 1851. Worshipful Master 1853. De- mitted 1859. A. Delano. Affiliated 1848. Went to Sacremento in 1849. Suspended N. P. D. 185 1. From Sacramento, California, A. Delano wrote a letter to Judge Caton March 12, 1850, in which occurred the following passage : * * * "Dur- ing my uncertain absence I commend my family to the care of my brethren, and I doubt not they 136 THE WHITE APRON. will receive from you such attention as your kind- ness of heart will prompt you to bestow. * * * Fraternally yours, A. Delano.'" F. Mandelbaum. Merchant. Affiliated 1848. Junior Warden i849-'5o. Demitted 1852, and moved to California. Nelson Knickerbocker. Proprietor country tavern on Chicago road. Raised April 2, 1849. No fur- ther record. N. P. Heath. Affiliated 1849. Senior Deacon 1850. De- mitted 1859. Henry Beach. Merchant. Affiliated 1849. Secretary 1850. Demitted 185 1. Philo Lindley. Clerk of Circuit Court 1849 ^^ 1856, in- clusive. Raised December 23, 1850. Secre- tary 185 1. Worshipful Master 1856. Killed near Altoona, Ga., June 24, 1864, Was Quartermaster of Fifty-third Illinois regi- ment at time of his death. George S. Fisher. Banker. Initiated 185 1. No further record. Arthur Lockwood. Dry goods merchant and justice of the peace. Raised 185 1. Died November 18, 1896. Edward C. Henshaw. Retired. Captain Henshaw's bat- tery during Civil war. Raised 185 1. Demit- ted 1852. William L. Gibson. Furniture, drugs and grain. In Mexican war. Colonel Fifty-third Illinois during Civil war. Raised 185 1. Senior Warden 1861. Demitted October i, 1877. William I. Moore. Raised 1851. Demitted and affiliated with Bureau Lodge, No. 112, Princeton, 111., February 19, 1853. Was farmer near Prince- ton, 111. HISTORY OF OCCIDENTAL LODGE. I37 John Fiske Nash. Born in Massachusetts, December 24, 1824. Came to Ottawa, 1847. Admitted to the bar in 1849. Clerk of the Circuit Court and Recorder of Deeds from 1855 to 1861. Was clerk of the Senate of State of Illinois 1861-1865. Assisted in organizing the First National bank in 1865. Was cashier thirty- five years. Is now retired, and passing his declining years most happily with his family at his beautiful home on Illinois avenue, where the social element of his nature is fre- quently exemplified in entertaining his host of friends. The oldest living Past Master of Occidental Lodge. He was raised 185 1. Sen- ior Deacon 1853, '54, '55. Junior Warden 1856. Senior Warden 1857. Worshipful Master i863-'64. Was Grand Commander Grand Commandery Knights Templar 1877, He has discharged every duty assigned him with marked ability. Charles G. Miller. Justice of the peace. Member Ot- tawa Lodge, No. 114, Grand Lodge of Ken- tucky. Affiliated 18 m. Demitted February 18, 1867. A. N. TuTTLE. Merchant. Affiliated 185 1. Demitted 1855- H. M. Kellogg. Affiliated 185 1. Died 1855. Daniel D. Thompson. Physician. Raised 1852. Died May 31, 1877. Worshipful Master Occiden- tal Lodge i86i-'62. R. Eaton Goodell. Raised 1852. Demitted 1855. Came to La Salle county in 1834 with his parents and settled near Buffalo Rock. Sheriff 185 1- '53. Married daughter of Governor Matte- son and moved to Springfield. LiPMAN Raugh. Clothier. Raised 1852. Secretary 1855. Demitted May 6, 1867. 138 THE WHITE APRON. William P, Thomas (ot Thompson). Raised 1852, Died 1855. A. VoGLE. Raised 1852. No record since 1856, when his name appeared among the list of members. J. J. FiNLEY. Marble cutter. Raised 1852. No record since 1853, when his name appeared among list of members. David McIntosh. Raised 1852. Demitted 1855. Clerk for Walker & Hickling. Moved on farm near Mud Creek, Livingston county, Illinois. P. V. N. Smith. Raised 1852. No record since 1853. when his name appeared among the list of members. William Masters. Affiliated 1853. Tyler 1853. No further record. Alexander W. Magill. Grain merchant. Raised 1853. Died July 9, 1867. Ira Potter. Veterinary surgeon. Civil war veteran. Af- filiated 1852. Suspended N. P. D. November 18, 1867. Bradford C. Mitchell. Mexican war veteran. Served with Colonel Dickey in Mexican war. Gun- smith and ammunition store. A valued citi- zen, and father of brother Marshall B. Mitchell. Raised 1853. Died September 18, 1858, and buried with Masonic honors. Jared B. Ford. County Treasurer i85i-'54. Raised 1853. Died November 9, 1862. Isaac V. Waterman. Insurance and real estate. Raised 1853. Secretary 1853. Demitted December I, 1863. George Churchill. Stonemason. Raised 1853. Demit- ted January 4, 1869. Joshua Whitmore. Clerk. Affiliated 1853. Junior War- den 1854. Demitted i860 and affiliated with Pontiac Lodge, No. 294. HISTORY OF OCCIDENTAL LODGE. 1 39 Henry Moore. Merchant. xA.ffiIiated 1853. Demitted 1856. Isaac Reed. Farmer. Affiliated 1853. Died November II, 1901. David Robbins Gregg. Veteran Mexican war. Musician for Fifty-third Ilhnois during tlie RebeUion. Raised 1854. Tyler i854-'56, and several years during the 70s and 80s. Died March 23. 1895- Wm. C. Smith. Lawyer. Raised 1854. Junior Deacon 1856. Demitted i860. W. W. Cavarly. Physician. Son of Lyman D. Cavarly and son-in-law of A. W. Cavarly. Raised 1854. Died 1855. Avon Pearson. Clerk in postoffice. Civil war veteran. Raised 1854. Secretary 1858. Demitted October 6, 1865. Reaffiliated June 3, 1867. Demitted November 4, 1878. Theodore Hay. Physician. Raised 1854. Died Septem- ber 26, i860. Azro C. Putnam. Physician. Raised 1854. Civil war veteran. Demitted October 2, 1865. Silas W. Cheever. General store. Raised 1854. Demit- ted May 16, 1881. Reuben Sherman. Plasterer. Raised 1854. Suspended N. P. D. November 18, 1867. Robert Hickling. Merchant. Raised 1854. Demitted in 1858, and moved to Kansas. Wesley B, Hall. Engineer. Civil war veteran. Raised 1854. Senior Deacon 1858. Demitted Jan- uary 5, 1880. John Stout. Dry o-oods merchant. Insurance. Affiliated 1854. Demitted October 19, 1874. Reaffil- iated May 16, 1892. Oliver Cromwell Gray. Lawyer. Veteran Mexican I40 THE WHITE APRON. war. Affiliated 1854. Worshipful Master 1854. Died July 31, 1 87 1. Was a prominent lawyer and brilliant man. John Morrill. Farmer. Veteran Mexican war. Colonel Sixty-fourth Illinois, Civil war. Brevet Brig- adier General. Raised 1854. Demitted Jan- uary 5, 1880. Thomas Jefferson Wade. Hotel proprietor. Affiliated 1854. Worshipful Master 1855, 1857 and 1859. Was Grand Lecturer for several years. Died September 6, 1886. MosES R. Brown. Grain merchant. Raised 1854. De- mitted October i, 1866. Daniel C. Stone. Physician. Affiliated 1854. Demitted 1855. Reaffiliated 1857. Demitted April 6, 1868. Richard Stadden. Attorney. Affiliated 1854. Demitted 1859. Henry P. Brunker. Gunsmith. Civil war veteran. Rais- ed 1854. Died February 20, 1872. Chauncey U. Wade. Livery stable. Affiliated 1854. Died February 15, 1863. William Fry. Cabinet-maker. Raised 1854. No record since 1858, when his name appeared among list of members, Frank C. Flory. Meat market. Affiliated 1854. Died 1863. S. F. Denning. Minister. Raised 1854. Chaplain 1855. Demitted 1857. John D. Morgan. Dry goods merchant. Affiliated 1854. Suspended N. P. D. 1873. Francis Warner. Sheriff La Salle county i854-'55, 1858- '59. Raised 1854. Demitted April 19, 1875. Moved to Chicago. Daniel Fletcher Hitt. Came to Ottawa 1830. Civil HISTORY OF OCCIDENTAL LODGE. I4I engineer. In Blackhawk and Mexican wars. Colonel Fifty-third Illinois during Rebellion. Became a member of Far West Lodge, No. 29, Galena, 111., July 31, 1841. Affiliated Oc- cidental Lodge 1854. Demitted 1857, and assisted in organizing Cement Lodge, at Uti- ca, 1859. Reaffiliated with Occidental Lodge January 7, 1884. Died May 11, 1899. A brave, noble and generous man. Richard Thorne. Sheriff i853-'54. Received E. A. de- gree 1855. No further record. Eli Plumb was initiated 1854. No further record. Charles Turk. Farmer. Raised 1855. Died 1863. Aaron Daniels. Came from Ohio in 1831. Farmer Rut- land township. Received Fellow Craft de- gree in Ottawa Lodge, No. 114, Grand Lodge of Kentucky. Raised Occidental Lodge 1855. Demitted same year. Moved to Kansas. R. W. Batcheller. Farmer. Raised 1855. Demitted 1856. Reaffiliated June 6, 1865. Demitted October 16, 1865. William P. Gregg. Civil war veteran. Printer. Raised 1855. Demitted June 6, 1870. Edward L. Herrick. Quartermaster One Hundred Fourth Illinois in Civil war. Deputy County Clerk. Raised 1855. Treasurer i856-'57. Senior Warden 1862. Died April 11, 1876. James Hatheway. Proprietor Geiger house. Raised 1855. Demitted 1857. Henry G. Cotton, Sr. Probate Judge 1847. Probate and County Judge to November, 1856. Raised 1855. Died November 1856. Joseph Ware. Storekeeper. Raised 1855. Demitted 1856. Casper Meyer. Brewer. Record shows initiated 1855, and no further record at hand. 142 THE WHITE ArRON. OcTAVius R. Hanbury. Brewer. Affiliated 1855. Re- turned to England. Died 1875. Charles Phillips. Affiliated 1855. Demitted 1855. F. S. McNamara. Physician. Affiliated 1855. Suspend- ed N. P. D. i860. William Berg (or Breg or Berge). Affiliated 1855. De- mitted 1861. R. F. Taylor. Initiated 1856. No further record. Farm- er near Newark. William L. F. Jones. Initiated 1856. Raised in, or af- filiated with, Meteor Lodge, No. 283, Sand- wich. Was a farmer and blacksmith, living near where Millington is now located, only on west side of Fox river. Levi Mason. Superintendent Gas Co. Raised 1856. Jun- ior Deacon 1857. Junior Warden 1858. Senior Warden 1859. Worshipful Master i860. Demitted April 17, 1865. Theodore Cunningham Gibson. Furniture dealer. Elected member Legislature 1862. County agent for several years. Insurance. In Mex- ican war. Major Fifty-third Illinois during the Civil war. Raised 1856. Junior Deacon 1 86 1. Senior Warden 1863. A continuous member for fifty years, with honors worthily worn. William C. Fash. Shoemaker. Raised 1856. Suspended N. P. D. i860. Orville L. Moore. Telegraph operator. First to receive messages by sound. Fellow Craft only 1856. Died January 14, 1859. George M. Dunavan. Farmer. Raised 1856. Demitted May 5, 1873. George W. Fuchs. Civil war veteran. Groceries. Raised 1856. Demitted November 18, 1867. Char- ter member Humboldt Lodge, No. 555. HISTORY OF OCCIDENTAL LODGE. I43 Warren R. Brundage. Farmer. Initiated 1856. No fur- ther record. Henry D, Gorbett. Farmer and preacher. Lived in South Ottawa. (See record Ottawa Lodge, Grand Lodge of Kentucky.) Affiliated 1856. De- mitted 1859, to assist in organizing Cement Lodge, at Utica. William L. Dunavan. Came to La Salle county from Ohio in 1830. Farmer in Rutland township. Was a member of Ottawa Lodge, No. 114, Grand Lodge of Kentucky. Affiliated with Occidental Lodge 1856. Demitted Septem- ber 15, 1884. Made honorary member on same date. Moved to Texas and died there. QuiNCY D. Whitman. Civil war veteran. Revenue col- lector. Affiliated 1856. Secretary i860, Demitted June 3, 1872. Edward M. Wade. English capitalist. Affiliated 1856. Demitted September 20, 1871. Lived on west bluff. Returned tO' England. Joseph Ford. Farmer. Civil war veteran. Raised 1857. Suspended N. P. D. April 5, 1875. John M. Earle. Wagonmaker. Firm, Slack & Earle. Raised 1857. Demitted 1861. Moses D. Calkins. Proprietor Farmers' house. South Ot- tawa. Raised 1857. Suspended N. P. D. April 4, 1875. Jeremiah Abbey. Raised 1857. Demitted April 5, 1869. Erasmus N. Jenks. Farmer. Raised 1857. Demitted 1866. William K. Stewart. Civil war veteran. Contractor. Raised 1857. Demitted November i, 1869. Affiliated May 6, 1878. Tyler 1859. Sen- ior Deacon 1877, 1879. Senior Warden 1884, '87, '88, '89. Junior Warden i882-'83. Joseph Cushman Hatheway. Physician. Raised 1857. 144 THE WHITE APRON. Senior Steward i860. Demitted April 18, 1887. Affiliated May 3, 1897. Died January 21, 1901. C. H. Froese. German teacher in old Mechanics hall. In- itiated and passed 1857. No further record. Adolph Hoffman. Affiliated 18 S7. Suspended N. P. D. i860. Samuel Eyster. Carpenter. Affiliated 1857. Died June 29, 1881. Coleman Olmstead. Came to Ottawa 1835. Farmer. Affiliated 1857. Demitted September 5, 1881. Holmes Slade. Raised 1858. Demitted i860. HosEA B. Williams. Paper manufacturer. Raised 1858. Suspended N. P. D. May 4, 1889. Simon Zimmerman. Furniture. Raised 1858. Died Oc- tober 8, 1894. Soloman Degen. Stock dealer. Raised 1858. Worshipful Master 1878, '79 ^^^ '^O- ^ied January 4, 1903. Nelson Conard. Farmer. Raised 1858. Demitted i860. Julius Caesar Avery. Lawyer. Member firm Gray, Avery & Bushnell. Ex-mayor of Ottawa. Democratic candidate for Congress 1870. Raised 1858. Senior Deacon 1859. Died November 22, 1870. Franklin D. Sweetzer. Agricultural implements. E. A. 1858 only. Samuel A. W. Jewett. Methodist minister. Raised 1858. Chaplain 1859. Demitted December 17, 1866. Samuel C. Walker. Lawyer. Son of George E. Walker, the first Sheriff of La Salle county. Raised 1858. Died October 23, 1869. Reuben Sherman. Plasterer. Raised 1858. Suspended N. P. D. November 18, 1867. WILLIAM REDDICK Who, by will, endowed Reddick's Library LIBRARY OF IHt UNIVERSITY Of ILLU1UIS HISTORY OF OCCIDENTAL LODGE. I45 Daniel H. Ashton. Clothier. Affiliated 1858. Suspend- ed July 5, 1867. Henry F. Clark. Contractor. Member firm Cohvell, Clark & Stebbins. Affiliated 1858. Secretary 1859. Junior Warden 186 1. Worshipful Master 1874, '75 and '76. Died January 10, 1877. Theron Johnson. Clerk in store. Affiliated 1858. De- mitted 1864. James Russ Murphy. Druggist. Affiliated 1858. Died 1859. John F. Lamb. Farmer Rutland township. Raised 1859. Demitted December 9, 1863, to become char- ter member of Marseilles Lodge, No. 417. Isaac R. Hill. Carpenter. Raised 1859. Demitted May 20, 1867. S. O. Wade. Livery. Raised 1859. Demitted April 7, 1862. William G. Earle. Civil war veteran. Painter. Raised 1859. Suspended N. P. D. April 5, 1875. William A. McCullom. Farmer. Raised 1859. Demit- ted June 6, 1865. Samuel D. Cole. Retired farmer. Raised 1859. James Keeler. Miller. Raised 1859. Demitted i860. Henry Gondolf. Harnessmaker. Raised 1859. Demit- ted November 18, 1867, to become charter member of Humboldt Lodge, No. 555. Calvin Wilson. Carpenter. Raised 1859. Junior Stew- ard i860. Demitted July 21, 1862. Samuel Thanhauser. Clothier. Raised 1859. Senior Deacon i86o-'6i. Demitted December 6, 1869. R. P. VoRCE. Superintendent Cushman foundry. Raised 1859. Demitted 1861. Frank J. Crawford. First lieutenant Company E. Fifty- J 146 THE WHITE APRON. third Illinois, Civil war. Lawyer. Raised 1859. Demitted November 18, 1878. George H. Walker. Justice of the peace. Raised 1859. Demitted 1862. Herman Alschuler. Clothier. Affiliated 1859. Demit- ted November 18, 1867, to become charter member of Humboldt Lodge, No. 555. Robert H. Pierce. Miller. Affiliated 1859. Demitted March 20, 1865. Wells Waite. Farmer. Affiliated 1859. Demitted Jan- uary 7, 1867. J. W. Fay. Banker and lawyer. Affiliated 1859. Demitted March 20, 1865. George J. Burgess. Machinist and plumber. Affiliated 1859. Tyler i863-'64. Senior Warden 1868. Worshipful Master 1869. Senior Deacon 1 87 1. Demitted October 2, 1876. Oliver P. Stumph. Druggist. Raised i860. Demitted November 6, 1865. Samuel R. Lewis. Farmer. Treasurer La Salle county i855-'58. State Senator i878-'8o. Initiated i860. No further record. George B. Schneider. Cigar and tobacconist. Raised i860. Died April 11, 1872. Cornelius Claggett. Cabinetmaker. Raised i860. De- mitted June 21, 1867. John Brooks Rice. Ex-mayor of Ottawa. Lawyer. Rais- ed i860. Died February 24, 1896. Broth- er Rice was one of the beacon lights of the La Salle county bar. Was honored in his pro- fession and a friend to the lawyer student. Joel F. Pierce. Meat market. Raised i860. Demitted May 3, 1880. George W. Adams. Clerk City bank. Nephew L. H. Fames. Board of Trade, Chicago. Raised HISTORY OF OCCIDENTAL LODGE. 14/ .i£v--. , i860. Treasurer 1 86 1. Senior Deacon 1862. Demitted April 7, 1862. C. A. Mathewson. Initiated i860. No further record. C. S. C. Crane. Detective. Tyler 1 861 -'62. Affiliated i860. Demitted October 15, 1877, John Powe. Farmer. Raised 1861. Died May 26, 1882, Eli AS C. Hath ew ay. Merchant and fruit grower. Depu- ty Sheriff i882-'86. Raised 1861. Demitted January 5, 1880. N. A. Heinfareter. Raised 186 1. Demitted September 7, 1863. A. H. Strobel. Harnessmaker, and toll-keeper Fox river bridge. Raised 1861. Demitted November 18, 1867, to become charter member Hum- boldt Lodge, No'. 555. Thomas H. Clark. Principal Columbus street school. Raised 1861. Demitted December 16, 1872. Wm. S. Easton. Insurance. Raised 1861. Secretary 1863. Senior Warden 1864. Worshipful Master 1865, '66, '67, '68 and '70. Demitted June 2, 1877. District Deputy Grand Master 1868. Albert Wolford. Meat market, southwest corner La Salle and Madison streets. Raised 186 1. Demit- ted April 16, 1866. Douglas Hapeman. Editor and book store. Colonel One Hundred Fourth Illinois during Civil war. Raised 1861. Died June 3, 1905. E. J. Camprell. Merchant. Raised 1861. Demitted June 6, 1865. Charles Stout. Dry goods merchant. Raised 186 1. De- mitted July 3, 187 1. D. M. Clark. Dry goods merchant. Raised 1861. De- mitted November 20, 1871. 148 THE WHITE APRON. George Cloud. Son of Joseph Cloud. Raised 1861. De- mitted May 19, 1862. Charles Huston. Druggist. Clerk for E. Y. Griggs. Re- sides Columbus, Ohio. Raised 1861. Demit- ted March 16, 1868. Sheldon B. Griswold. First lieutenant Company B, Fifty- third Illinois, Civil war. Grain dealer. Raised 1861. Suspended N. P. D. November 18, 1867. E. G. Halbert. Shoe merchant. Raised 1861. Demitted October 2, 1865. S. B. Olmstead. Affiliated 1861. Demitted February 7, 1865. E. S. Robert. Dentist. Affiliated 1861. Suspended N. P. D. August 18, 1884. John Colwell. Contractor. Firm Col well, Clark & Steb- bins. Affiliated June 17, 1861, Suspended N. P. D. August 21, 1876. Henry C. Nash. Bank teller. Raised 1861. Treasurer several years. Suspended N. P. D. March 4, 1889. John R. Cameron. Dry goods and postmaster. Raised 1 86 1. Demitted February 6, 1888. J. O. Harris. Surgeon Fifty-third Illinois, Civil war. Physician, insurance and real estate. Raised January 13, 1862. Died January 10, 1905. David P. Jones. Lawyer. Ex-mayor of Ottawa. Raised February 17, 1862. Died November 7, 1884. Was State's Attorney i86i-'64. Edward L. Armstrong. Clothier. Raised February 22, 1862. Suspended N. P. D. March 17, 1873. Gust AVE Koch. Brass worker. Raised March 3, 1862. Demitted March 5, 1866. Moses Osman. Bookstore. Veteran Mexican war. Rais- ed March 10, 1862. Demitted March 5, 1866. HISTORY OF OCCIDENTAL LODGE. I49 P. S. McKay (or Mackey). Raised March ly, 1862. De- mitted July 7, 1862. G. B. Morgan. General store. Raised March 24, 1862. Demitted November 6, 1865. F. F. Maybury. Druggist, Firm Dimmick & Maybury. Raised April 7, 1862. Demitted December 3, 1866. Frank F. Brower, Lawyer. Ex-mayor of Ottawa. Raised April 28, 1862. Died April 8, 1870. George B. Mitchell. Restaurant. Raised June 2, 1862. Demitted March 21, 1881. Absalom B. Moore. Methodist minister. Colonel One Hundred Fourth Illinois during the Civil war. Clerk County Court i865-'68. Affiliated June 2, 1862. Died July 7, 1879. George S. Stebbins. County Treasurer i859-'62. Raised July 7, 1862. Died November 29, 1867. Samuel Harvey. Lawyer. Affiliated January 27, 1862. Demitted July 7, 1862. David H. Porter. Merchant. Affiliated July 21, 1862. Demitted October 18, 1869. W. H. Williams. English capitalist. Raised September 30,1862. Demitted April 8, 1864. Returned to England. Christian Irion, Grocer. Raised November 17, 1862. Demitted November 18, 1867. John A. Carton, Farmer, Raised December i, 1862, De- mitted July 15, 1867, Moved to Ackley, Iowa. Samuel Poundstone. Farmer. Raised February 2, 1863. Demitted February 6, i< Charles Houghtaling. Captain Houghtaling's Battery during the Civil war. Raised February 16, 1863. Demitted February 18, 1867. 150 THE WHITE APRON. W. W. Gardner. Civil war veteran. Toll-keeper Illinois river bridge. Raised March 2, 1863. De- mitted December 20, 1873. T. Y. MiCKLE. Traveling salesman. Raised March 7, 1863. Now resides in St. Louis, Mo. George Beatty. Dry goods merchant. Firm, Lynch, Beatty & O'Kane. Raised March 9, 1863. Died February 25, 1896. Richard W. King. Box manufacturer. Raised March 23, 1863. Demitted November 15, 1873. Robert M. McArthur. Physician. Raised April 6, 1863. Died August 12, 1886. George Woefel. Farmer. Raised April 13, 1863. De- mitted September 19, 1864. Joseph Gondolf. Harness manufacturer. Raised June I, 1863. Demitted November 18, 1867, to become charter member of Humboldt Lodge, No. 555. James C. Warner. Telegraph instrument manufacturer. Raised June 8, 1863. Demitted June 19, 1866. Affiliated November 16, 1868. Junior War- den 1871. Demitted June 21, 1875. Justus Harris. City marshal and deputy Sheriff. Raised August 7, 1863. Tyler 1872-1875. Died November 27, 1888. Sylvanus H. Hill. Raised September 7, 1863. Demitted November 21, 1870, Thomas C. Fullerton. Farmer. Lawyer. Captain in Sixty-fourth Illinois during Civil war. Rais- ed February 25, 1864. Demitted February 25, 1866. Affiliated December 3, 1883. Sen- ior Warden 1885. Senior Deacon 1886. Died August 2, 1894. Was Republican can- didate for Congress, and died during the campaign. Thomas I. Conger. Farmer. In Sixty-fourth Illinois dur- HISTORY OF OCCIDENTAL LODGE. I5I iiig the Civil war. Raised February 25, 1864. Killed at battle of Atlanta, Ga., 1804. Frank G. King. Pump manufacturer. In Fifty-third Illi- inois during Civil war. Raised April 21, 1864. Died October 30, 1905. Samuel I. Haney. Farmer. Raised April 21, 1864. Kill- ed in battle during the Civil war in 1864. S. M. Pettingill. Farmer. Raised July 19, 1864. Died January, 1865. J. B. Smith. First Lieutenant Company B, Fifty-third Illi- nois, Civil war. Received E. A. degree April 4, 1864, and died the same month. Qerk in Kimball's hardware store. James Spencer. Farmer. Received E. A. degree August 3, 1863. No' further record. Daniel Way. Received E. A. degree March 21, 1864. Received second and third degrees in Mar- seilles Lodge, No. 417, A. F. & A. M. C. G. LuTZ. Bookbinder. Raised July 18, 1864. Demitted November 18, 1867, to become charter mem- ber of Humboldt Lodge, No. 555. Herman Warlick. Painter. Raised August i, 1864. Demitted November 18, 1867, to become charter member of Humboldt Lodge, No. 555- J. F. Marriner. Civil war veteran. Painter. Dentist. Raised August 15, 1864. Expelled May 17, 1869. Edward C. Mills. Farmer. Raised September 5, 1864. Suspended N. P. D. December 4, 187 1. Henry Bilharz. Farmer. Raised September 5, 1864. Demitted October i, 1867. Lewis N. Kennedy. Merchant. Raised October i, 1864. Demitted January 6, 1868. Samuel Degen. Stock dealer. Was in Confederate serv- 152 THE WHITE APRON. ice during Rebellion. Raised November 28, 1864. Suspended N. P. D. September 16, 1889. Reinstated August 7, 1899. Died April 24, 1 90 1. Washington Bushnell. Was born in Madison county, New York. Graduated at the National Law School, Poughkeepsie, N. Y., 1853. Was ad- mitted to the bar, and came to Ottawa the same year, and was a member of the law firm of Gray, Avery & Bushnell, the strongest law firm then in Illinois. Elected State Senator i86o-'64. Elected Attorney General of Illi- nois in 1868 for four years. Was city at- torney three years and State's Attorney for four years. JNIarried Phoebe M. Charles, daughter of Christian H. Charles, who was a member of Ottawa Lodge, No. 114, Grand Lodge of Kentucky. Raised December 12, 1864. Died June 30, 1885. Oscar H. Mann. Inventor of safety valve for steam en- gines. Affiliated November 21, 1864. De- mitted February 21, 1868. Charles P. Stimpson. E. A. degree December 3, 1864. No further record. A. E. GiBBS. Dentist. Affiliated November 21, 1874. De- mitted March 17, 1879. William E. Bell. Bridge builder. Affiliated December 19, 1864. Died February 12, 1894. Francis P. Childs. Shoe merchant. Affiliated January 2, 1865. Demitted July 21, 1879. J. M. Crosby. Carpenter. Affiliated January 5, 1865. Demitted October 2, 1878. Henry M. Godfrey. Physician. Raised January 16, 1865. Died June 9, 1889. Sidney C. Bates. Painter. Raised January 23, 1865. Suspended N. P. D. June 4, 1876. HISTORY OF OCCIDENTAL LODGE. 1 53 Jacob Hess. Miller. Raised February ii, 1865. Demitted December 2, 1867. Affiliated with Hum- boldt Lodge, No. 555, March 20, 1868. Simon Alschuler. Clothier. Raised February 12, 1865. Died in Colorado February 13, 1873. Matthew B. Lamb. Farmer. Raised March 7, 1865. Demitted x\pril 5, 1875. William H. Carey. Grain dealer. Raised April 24, 1865. Died September i, 1890. Champlain C. Chester. Raised April 24, 1865. Died February 26, 1871. Buried at Monmouth, Illinois. John Fletcher Gibson. Farmer. Veteran Mexican war. Raised April 24, 1865. Demitted October 6, 1879. Affiliated February 19, 1883. Died February 24, 1906. Francis L. Fiske. Clothing. Firms of Fiske, Strickland & Wing, and Fiske & Beem. Raised May I, 1865. Frank B. Chapman. Express agent. Raised May i, 1865. Demitted December 4, 187 1. Thomas Ryburn. Grain dealer. Raised May 15, 1865. Died 1878. M. F. GoooDSPEED. Grain dealer. Affiliated June 6, 1865. Demitted February 5, 1872. Warren V. Cooley. School teacher. Raised June 19, 1865. Demitted December 4, 1871. Albert P. Barnes. Printer. Raised July 3, 1865. De- mitted August 6, 1866. Affiliated June 17, 1867. Suspended N. P. D. 1873. Randall Lynne. Raised August 21, 1865. Demitted De- cember 7, 1868. H. D. Williams. Paper manufacturer. E. A. degree Oc- tober 16, 1865. Passed and raised in Polar Star Lodge, No. 113, Iowa, in 1867. 154 THE WHITE APRON. Jacob Schmidt. Wagonmaker. Raised November 20, 1865. Demitted November 18, 1867, to be- come charter member of Humboldt Lodge, No. 555. John L. Morrison. Clerk for Wm. Reddick, general store. Veteran Civil war in Henshaw's Bat- tery. Raised November 27, 1865. Demitted September 19, 1887. Albanus E. Grow, Deputy Sheriff under Sheriff Water- man. Raised January i, 1866. Suspended N. P. D. March 15, 1875. OzELL Trask. Jeweler. Raised February 17, 1866. De- mitted April 17, 1879. William N. Richardson. Grain dealer. E. A. degree February 26, 1866. No further record. Peleg a. Hall. Bookkeeper. Raised April 4, 1866. Killed by falling off building June 28, 1901. William H. Cushman. Bank teller. Raised April 4, 1866. Demitted February 4, 1867. Moved to Colorado. Died in New York. Jesse B, Charles. Printer. E. A. degree April 23, 1866. No further record, Leman a. Rising. Cigar manufacturer. Firm, Smith & Rising. Veteran Civil war. Affiliated April 2, 1866. Demitted February 16, 1880. Af- filiated November 21, 1887. Tyler i903-'04. Robert Henning. Telegraph instrument manufacturer. Raised April 16, 1866. Worshipful Master 187 1, 'y2 and '73. Moved to Chicago. Died September 27, 1885. Was buried in Ottawa avenue cemetery with Masonic honors. Francis B. Metcalf. Raised x\ugust 24, 1866. Demitted April 5, 1875. Robert Y, Murphy. Furniture. Raised October 15, 1866. Suspended N. P. D. June 7, 1880. HISTORY OF OCCIDENTAL LODGE. 1 55 Henry Koch. Bookkeeper. Raised November 19, 1866. Demitted November 18, 1867. Qiarter mem- ber Humboldt Lodge, No. 555. William S. Jackson. Farmer, speculator, banker. Affil- iated November 19, 1866. Demitted 1869. Charter member Seneca Lodge. Edward H. Smith. Cigar manufacturer. Firm of Smith & Rising. Deputy Sheriff 1 881 -'82. Civil war veteran. Affiliated December 3, 1866. Demitted February 2, 1884. William Cullen. Farmer. Sheriff i865-'66. Editor Ottawa Republican several years. Elected to Congress 1880 and re-elected in 1882. Af- filiated January i, 1867. Charles Henry Nattinger. Carpenter. Raised Febru- ary 18, 1867. Died December 9, 1870. Ebenezer E. Lewis. Lawyer. Raised March 2^, 1867. Demitted May 19, 1873, Ross Denny. Plasterer. Affiliated February 4, 1867. De- mitted April 5, 1869. James Rhoads. Farmer. Affiliated February 18, 1867. Demitted January 2, 1882. William H. Long. Farmer. Raised April 6, 1867. De- mitted June 5, 1 87 1. George W. Cummings. Wagonmaker. Raised April 8, 1867. Demitted October 8, 1868. Charter member Streator Lodge. Abram Cummings. Wagonmaker. E. A. degree April 22, 1867. Passed and raised in Streator Lodge. Gilbert Goff. Dry goods merchant. Raised April 13, 1867. Demitted December 16, 1889. Affil- iated June 3, 1892. Lives at Goodland, Ind. Benjamin Padgett. Tailor. Raised May 13, 1867. Died September 28, 1899. 156 THE WHITE APRON. William E. Bowman. Photographer. Affiliated May 6, 1867. Demitted January 7, 1880. Robert E. Riale. Grocer. Affiliated June 3, 1867. De- mitted June 13, 1878. Frank B. Stearns. Hotel. Affiliated June 15, 1867. De- mitted February 2, 1884. Joseph W. Dow. Postmaster during the 60s. Raised June 15, 1867. Demitted January 2, 1871. George W. Francis. Received E. A. and F. C. degrees in Occidental Lodge in 1864. Received M. M. degree in some other Lodge and affiliated with Occidental Lodge June 15, 1867. Demitted June 5, 1871. Alexander Hanna. Farmer and collector. Resided in South Ottawa. Raised June 15, 1867. Tyler 1883 to 1891, inclusive, and 1895 to 1904, inclusive. John A. Gray. Minister. Raised June 17, 1867. Suspend- ed N. P. D. April 5, 1875. Reinstated July 6, 1892. Died September 29, 1896. Harry J. Logan. Millwright. Initiated July 15, 1867. No further record. Frederick F. Crane. Grain-buyer and bookkeeper. Raised July 22, 1867. Senior Steward 1878. Sus- pended N. P. D March 4, 1889. Andrew J. Sawyer. School teacher. Raised July 22, 1867. Demitted, May 4, 1868. John H. Druitt. Lawyer. Raised August 16, 1867. De- mitted August 6, 1872. Francis P. Duplain. Telegraph instrument maker. Rais- ed October 12, 1867. Senior Deacon 1872- '73. Suspended N. P. D. 1877. Reinstated July I, 1895. Nathaniel C. Walker. Clerk. Raised October 12, 1867. Suspended N. P. D. June 5, 1882. HISTORY OF OCCIDENTAL LODGE. 1 57 David Batcheller. Clerk. Civil war veteran, Hen- shaw's Battery. Raised November 4, 1867. Demitted June 3, 1878. Affiliated February 15, 1886. Secretary from 1888 to time of his death, December 28, 1896. Seward Thorson. Dry goods merchant. Firm, Hull & Thorson. Raised December 16, 1867. De- mitted December 4, 1871. William J. Pigott. School teacher. Initiated December 23, 1867. No further record. Frederick March. Clerk. Raised January 6, 1868. De- mitted February 21, 1870. George J. Rundell. Affiliated January 20, 1868. Demit- ted January 17, 1870. Isaac N. Beem. Clothing merchant. Firm, Fiske & Beem. Affiliated February 17, 1868. Austin G. Cregar. Raised January 20, 1868. Suspended N. P. D. 1877. John F. MacKinlay. Banker. Raised February 24, 1868. Demitted February 27, 1879. John H. Shepherd. County Treasurer. Civil war vet- eran. Raised March 2'iy, 1868. Died June 27, 1872. Edward Coan. Episcopal minister. Raised May 13, 1868. Demitted April 19, 1869. Francis M. Rose. Druggist. Raised May 11, 1868. De- mitted April 19, 1869. Walter Todd. Miller. Raised May 25, 1868. Demitted October 4, 1869. John W. Collins. Raised October 19, 1868, Demitted September 19, 1870. William Stadden. Miller at Dayton. Raised March 25, 1868. Died June 5, 1883. Anthony D. Simon. Music teacher. Raised October 21, 1867. 158 THE WHITE APRON. Daniel J. Holmes. Methodist minister. Affiliated August 17, 1868. Demitted February 21, 1876. Re- affiliated February 7, 1887. Chaplain 1888- '89. Demitted February 3, 1890. Fernando C. Prescott. Gents' furnishings. Raised No- vember 23, 1868. Died February 22, 1874. James N. Colwell. Contractor. Firm, Colwell, Clark & Stebbins. Raised December 21, 1868. Sen- ior Steward 1871. Junior Deacon 1872. Killed by the cars at Streator, October 10, 1876. William A. Brundage. Carpenter. Raised December 28, 1868. Suspended N. P. D. January 7, 1880. James R. Cross. Constable. Civil war veteran. Raised April 5, 1869. Demitted February 9, 1877. Charles M. Catlin. Bookkeeper. Raised May 10, 1869. Senior Warden 1875. Suspended for un-ma- sonic conduct in August, 1875. and reinstated January 3, 1876. Demitted January 17, 1876. Samuel W. Porter. United States express agent. Civil war veteran. Raised June 14, 1869. William W. Estabrook. Minister. Affiliated August 2, 1869. Senior Warden 1871. Demitted De- cember 4, 1 87 1. Obadtah Jennings. Farmer. Raised October 4, 1869, Demitted December 3, 1877. James O'Donnell. Lawyer. Raised October 4, 1869. junior Warden 1874. Demitted January 17, 1876. John Bohlander. Telegraph instrument maker. Raised October 11, 1869. Demitted February 2, 1873. Philip R. Martin. Affiliated November 15, 1869. De- mitted January 2, 1871. William K. Cash. Book store. Raised August 15, 1870. Demitted December i, 1879. HISTORY OF OCCIDENTAL LODGE. 1 59 Amasa C. Childs. Shoe store. Raised December 19, 1870. Died May 18, 1874. Henry Stead. Farmer. Raised March 21, 1870. Father of brother W. H. Stead. Edward K. Walbridge. Farmer. Raised April 2, 1870. Demitted January 17, 1876. George G. Wentz. Merchant. Raised May 7, 1870. De- mitted January 19, 1874. Henry A. Howland. Son of Dr. Howland. Raised Jan- uary 20, 1870, Suspended N. P. D. August 20, 1876. Benjamin S. Porter. Carriagemaker. Affiliated Decem- ber 5, 1870. Senior Warden 1873. Demit- ted February 2, 1879. Elisha Smith. Received Fellow Craft degree April 18, 1870; received Master Mason degree in Rock- ton Lodge, No. 316, Kent, Ohio. Dwight W. Fuller. C., B. & O. station agent. Affiliated December 5, 1870. Demitted September 17, 1877. Albert J. Pool. Farmer. Raised February 20, 1871. De- mitted January 19, 1880. Thomas Thomeley. Raised May 22, 1871. Demitted July 6, 1874. * James W. Kellogg. Lawyer. Raised July 19, 1871. De- mitted August I, 1872. Charles W. Cook. Millwright. Raised November 20. 1871. Senior Steward 1873. Died January 10, 1882. Michael Huthmaker. Affiliated December 4, 1871. Sus- pended N. P. D. January 4, 1876. George V. Hull. Salesman. Raised January 22, 1872. Demitted January 7, 1884. Alexander Richards. Farmer. Raised February 5, 1872. Suspended N. P. D. January 10, 1880. l6o THE WHITE APRON. Jesse C. Allen. Affiliated February 5, 1872. Demitted May 18, 1874. Reuben F. Dyer. Physician and surgeon. Veteran Civil war. Raised June 17, 1872. Died January 25, 1896. Sidney V. Wise. Raised November 25, 1872. Junior Deacon 1873. Suspended October 2, 1876. Reinstated April 16, 1906. Demitted May 7, 1906.. Patrick Ryan. Bookkeeper. Veteran Civil war. Captain. Raised January 20, 1873. Tyler 1880. Died January 3, 1881. John Lawrence Steele. Minister. Raised May 12, 1873. Chaplain 1874. Demitted April 19. 1876. David Krouse. Gunsmith. Veteran Civil war. Raised July 7, 1873. Demitted January 16, 1899. Enoch S. Yentzer. Tailor. Raised July 14, 1873. Charles Snow. Moulder. Raised August 4, 1873. Died September 9, 1881. George N. Cash. Bookstore. Affiliated May 19, 1873. Demitted January 5, 1882. Hubert A. McCaleb. Colonel Sixth United States Col- ored artillery in Civil war. Affiliated Jan- uary 6, 1873. Died March 24, 1878. Was Sheriff La Salle county i866-'68. County Clerk i873-'74. George L. Austin. Machinist. Affiliated September i, 1873. Demitted January 7, 1876. Samuel R. Helmick. Machinist. Affiliated January 19, 1874. Suspended N. P. D. March 5, 1894. ' John H. Widmer. Lawyer. Major One Hundred Fourth Illinois, Civil war. Raised January 26, 1874. Henry Mayo. School teacher, lawyer. State's Attorney i872-'8o. Postmaster since 1896. Civil war veteran. Raised February 2, 1874. THEODORE CUNNINGHAM GIBSON A member over fifty years UBHm HISTORY OF OCCIDENTAL LODGE. l6l E. FoLLETT Bull. Lawyer. Affiliated February i6, 1874. Senior Warden 1877. Died December 4, i^ James A. Comstock. Tinsmith. Affiliated February 16, 1874. Demitted September 20, 1875. Daniel C. Mills. Retired farmer. Raised May 4, 1874. Senior Steward i888-'89. Died May 2, 1905. Brother Mills was one of La Salle county's early settlers and most prosperous farmers and substantial citizens. He was of decided opinions and strict integrity. Henry G. Cotton. Druggist. Raised May 11, 1874. De- mitted June 7, 1880. Affiliated February 4, 1889. Again demitted April 5, 1879. William Thomas. Canal superintendent. Raised July 20, 1874. Demitted April 19, 1880. James E, Rathbun. Grain dealer. Raised July 27, 1874. Demitted April 18, 1887. William Stormont. Foundry and machine shop. Raised July 27, 1874. Chaplain i877-'79. Died Oc- tober 12, 1894. Frederick W. Mattocks. Traveling salesman. Raised August 3, 1874. Demitted February 16, 1880. August Haeberlin. Hardware. Affiliated August 3, 1874. Demitted February 16, 1885. John L. Piergue. Cafe. Raised August 10, 1874. Senior Steward 1877. Demitted July 21, 1879. Charles Blanchard. Lawyer. State's Attorney. Judge Circuit Court. Affiliated August 17, 1874. Allen Jordan, Jr. Manufacturer. Raised September 21, 1874. Died July 12, 1879. RoswELL W. Holmes. Circuit Clerk. Raised October 5, 1874. Secretary i875-'76. Demitted Jan- uary 3, 188 1. K l62 THE WHITE APRON. Henry A. Shuler. Grain dealer. Raised October 12, 1874. Demitted April 18, 1887. [The beau- tiful clock that hangs upon the wall of Occi- dental Lodge was presented to Occidental Lodge by brother Shuler.] Frank A. Kendall. Hardware. Raised October 19, 1874, Demitted April 5, 1897. Clarence C. Glover. Collector Illinois and Michigan canal. Raised November 9, 1874. Secretary 1878. George A. Mills. Farmer. Raised November 11, 1874. Junior Steward 1876. Walter Briggs Titus. Contractor. Raised November 23, 1874. Senior Deacon 1875. Junior War- den 1876. Demitted March 13, 1879. Jesse B. Ruger. Lawyer. Raised November 30, 1874. Suspended N. P. D. January 7, 1880. John N. Tiffany. Wagonmaker. Affiliated January 4, 1875. Demitted May 18, 1880. Charles E. Pettit. Printer. Associate editor Republican- Times. Civil war veteran. Raised February 22, 1875. Demitted March 21, 1881. Affil- iated August 7, 1882. Senior Warden 1885. Worshipful Master 1887 to 1890, inclusive. Secretary 1899 and consecutive years since. Theodore C. Miller. Clerk. Affiliated March i, 1875. Suspended N. P. D. April 4, 1887. William Stuart Spiers. Minister. Affiliated March i, 1875. Demitted February 21, 1876. William H. Phillips. Grocer. Raised April 12, 1875. Demitted February 16, 1885. Lester O. Phillips. Grocer. Raised April 26, 1875. Junior Steward 1877. Demitted April 20, 1885. Walter D. Strawn. Farmer. Director National City bank. Raised June 14, 1875. HISTORY OF OCCIDENTAL LODGE. 163 Edward C. Lewis. Farmer and stockman. Chairman Board of Supervisors La Salle county several years. Now manufacturing heating furnaces in Chicago. Raised June 28, 1875. Charles A. Works. Lawyer. Raised July 5, 1875. De- mitted August 7, 1876. Andrew J. Brown. Pump manufacturer. Raised July 12, 1875. Demitted April 7, 1879. Cairo D. Trimble. Clerk Supreme Court. Affiliated July 24, 1875. Demitted December 19, 1898. William O. Gorman. Bookkeeper. Raised August 9, 1875. Demitted February 19, 1877. Henry P. Clark. Painter. Affiliated September 6, 1875. Junior Deacon i877-'78. Suspended N. P. D. April 18, 1887. Arthur Lockwood Wagner. General regular army, U. S. A. Raised September 13, 1875. Demitted May 30, 1889. W. L. Phillips. Merchant. Affiliated September 20, 1875. Expelled January 7, 1880. Harvey W. Smith. Hotel-keeper, Qifton. Affiliated Sep- tember 20, 1875. Suspended N. P. D. Jan- uary I, 1881. WiLLiM H. Ensminger. Affiliated November i, 1875. Demitted November 18, 1878. William E. Codding. Canal collector. Affiliated January 17, 1876. Demitted December 19, 1893. Thomas A. Smurr. Physician. Raised August 20, 1876. Junior Warden 1879. Samuel Richolson. Lawyer. Ex-mayor of Ottawa. Raised May 7, 1877. Died June 24, 1906. Samuel Dittenhoffer. Clothier. Raised October i, 1877. Suspended N. P. D. April 4, 1887. William T. Dickey. Jeweler. Raised November 5, 1877. 164 THE WHITE APRON. Demitted June 21, 1880. Moved to Califor- nia, where he died. Asa Mann Hoffman. Deputy County Treasurer. County Treasurer 1886. Raised December 24, 1877. Died May 4, 1887. Secretary 1877 to 1887, inclusive. Benjamin F. Bole. Painter. Raised May 20, 1878. Jun- ior Deacon 1879. Demitted August 18, 1879. LoTHROP Perkins. Superintendent Gas & Coke Co. Raised July i, 1878. Treasurer 1879. Jun- ior Warden i88o-'8i. Senior Warden 1882. Died September 16, 1884. James McManus. Deputy County Clerk. Affiliated De- cember 17, 1877. Senior Warden i88o-'8i. Worshipful Master i882-'83. Secretary i897-'98. Died September 23, 1898. David A. Cook. Lawyer. Bank examiner 15 years. Civil war veteran. Past Master Mendota Lodge. Affiliated January i, 1878. Died September 21, 1905. Paul Teissedre. Clerk. Affiliated July 21, 1879. Junior Steward 1881 and 1884. Senior Steward 1882. Junior Deacon i885-'86. William Lee Roy Milligan. Farmer. Deputy Sheriff i883-'86. Traveling salesman. Raised Octo- ber 13, 1879. Senior Deacon i88o-'8i. Sen- ior Warden i882-'83. Worshipful Master i884-'86. Webster W. Arnold. Warden county asylum. Raised November 3, 1879. Suspended N. P. D. March 4, 1889. Reinstated January 6, 1902. Francis Burdett Nash, Jr. Minister. Raised Decem- ber 15, 1879. Demitted April 18, 1881. Charles William Fredenburg. Traveling salesman. Raised April 12, 1880. Joseph Newton Dunaway. Farmer. Grain merchant. HISTORY OF OCCIDENTAL LODGE. 1 65 Raised August 2, 1880. Senior Warden 1889. Worshipful Master 1899. James Rolla Chapman. Officer U. S. army. Raised Sep- tember 20, 1880. Demitted August 3, 1887. Richard Farnsworth. Farmer and stockman. Affiliated April 3, 1 88 1. Henry Peck. Farmer and stockman. Affiliated April 3, 1881. William H. Oilman. Painter and contractor. Raised April II, 1881. John W. Glegg. Plumber. Raised June 20, 1881. Junior Steward 1882. William E. Prichard. Horse dealer. Vice-president Ottawa Banking & Trust Co. Civil war vet- eran. Affiliated October 13, 1881. Past Master Marseilles Lodge, No. 417. William Sheppard. Veterinary surgeon. Affiliated Oc- tober 17, 1 88 1. Thomas Wilson Dorr Crane. Lawyer. Raised Novem- ber 28, 1881. Senior Deacon i882-'84. Walter McDonald Woodward. School teacher. Law- yer. Raised December 10, 1881. Suspended N. P. D April 2, 1888. Nathaniel McDougall. Drug clerk. Raised December 19, 1 88 1. Died March 5, 1890. Thomas E. MacKinlay. Lawyer. Raised December 19, 1 88 1. Junior Deacon 1883. Treasurer 1887 to 1895, inclusive. Demitted December 10, 1895. James Milligan. Merchant tailor. President Ottawa Tailoring Co. Raised December 19, 1881. George W. Green. Tile manufacturer. Raised December 26, 188 1. Suspended N. P. D. November 18, 1889. Reinstated July 4, 1904. Demitted December 19, 1904. l66 THE WHITE APRON. John E. V. Morse. U. S. raihvay mail clerk. Raised Feb- ruary 4, 1882. Demitted January 20, 1890. WiLLARD S. Wheeler. Photographer. Civil war vet- eran. Raised March 6, 1882. Suspended N. P. D. June 4, 1894. John Green. Tile manufacturer. Raised March 9, 1882. Demitted March 5, 1894. John C. Farnsworth. Carriage maker. Raised October 2, 1882. Senior Steward 1887. William H. Stead. Lawyer. State's Attorney. Elected Attorney-General of Illinois in 1904. Raised October 7, 1882. Junior Warden 1885. Jesse Emerson Morgan. Clerk. Raised October 16, 1882, Suspended N. P. D. March 2, 1896. Simeon G. Gay. Carriage manufacturer. One of the lead- ing manufacturers of Ottawa. Raised De- cember 16, 1882. John S. Ryburn. Physician. Raised December 18, 1882. Died September 21, 1892. Garvey Donaldson. Photographer. Affiliated February 19, 1883. Demitted November 15, 1886. Thomas Reedy. Warden county asylum. Civil war vet- eran. Raised April 7, 1883. Died March 4, 1889. John C. Corcoran. Harness manufacturer. Raised May 7, 1883. Junior Warden 1886. Louis W. Hess. Baker. Superintendent electric street car line. Ex-mayor of Ottawa. Raised October I, 1883. Demitted March 17, 1902. Joseph A. Wilson. Photographer. Raised November 19, 1883. Junior Deacon 1888. Junior Warden i889-'90. Tyler since 1905. Rector Cass Hitt. Son of Col. D. F. Hitt. Lawyer. Raised January 21, 1884. Demitted Febru- ary 17, 1890. Affiliated January 16, 1893. HISTORY OF OCCIDENTAL LODGE, 1 67 Samuel Caldwell. Carpenter. Affiliated February 7, 1884. Junior Steward 1886. Junior Deacon 1887. Demitted April 18, 1897. John Michael Purrucker. Carpenter, U. S. railway mail clerk. Civil war veteran. Raised Feb- ruary II, 1884. Demitted February 4, 1889. Warren C. Riale. Grocer, Raised April 7, 1884, Sus- pended N, P, D, May 19, 1902, Frederick W. Gay, Traveling salesman. Raised April 12, 1884. Died May 6, 1892, Martin C, Hodgson, Farmer and stock raiser. Raised May 19, 1884. John Wesley Johnson. Received Fellow Craft degree September i, 1884. John Dawdle Hammond, Traveling salesman. Raised September 15, 1884. Suspended N, P, D, June 7, 1897. Reinstated January 6, 1902. Demitted February 16, 1903. William H, Watts, Farmer, Raised December i, 1884. Edward H, Roberts, Clerk, Affiliated June i, 1885. Demitted February i, 1897, Charles H, Angevine, Farmer, Raised November 2, 1885, Suspended N, P, D, January 7, 1897. Charles E, Dunbar, Farmer, Raised November 16, 1885, Junior Warden 1887, Suspended N. P, D, September 19, 1904, Charles Zeitler. Silversmith. Raised November 21, 1885. Demitted January 16, 1888. Charles Schaulin. Farmer, Raised November 28, 1885. Suspended N, P, D, July 16, 1900. Harry E. Rockwood, Farmer. Raised December 5, 1885. Demitted March 6, 1905. Joshua P. Rodgers. Retired farmer. Raised March i, 1886. Senior Warden 1902. Worshipful Master 1903. l68 THE WHITE APRON. Daniel E. Daly. Traveling salesman. Raised May 17, 1886. George M. Trimble. Bookkeeper and insurance. Raised June 21, 1886. William A. Jeffery. Carpenter and contractor. Affiliated August 16, 1886. Senior Deacon 1887. Charles B. Vosburgh. Clerk. Raised February 3, 1887. Suspended N. P. D. March 2, 1896. Re- instated February i, 1904. Charles E. Russell. Insurance agent. Raised March 3, 1887. Suspended N. P. D. May 7, 1892. James Francis Murphy. Mechanic. Raised April 4, 1887. Charles E. Hook. Cashier First National bank. Ex- mayor of Ottawa. Raised April 26, 1887. Senior Deacon 189 1. Senior Warden 1893. Treasurer 1896 to 1906, inclusive. Ross C. Mitchell. Clerk. Raised May 25, 1887. Died October 6, 1887. William McCombs. Janitor Reddick's library. Civil war veteran. Affiliated October 3, 1887. Frank B. Logan. Carpenter and contractor. Raised Oc- tober 17, 1887. Suspended N. P. D. May 19, 1902. Louis Degen. Stock dealer; electrician. Affiliated Feb- ruary 6, 1888. Demitted March 3, 1902. James E. Cooke. Insurance agent. Raised April 30, 1888. Senior Deacon -1889. Senior Warden 1890. Worshipful Master 1891-92. Demitted Jan- uary 21, 1897. Clarence Griggs. Lawyer. Raised May 14, 1888. Has served as County Attorney for La Salle coun- ty for several years. A. R. Tressler. Clerk. Affiliated June 4, 1888. Demitted January i, 1894. HISTORY OF OCCIDENTAL LODGE. 1 69 William H. Knowles. Foundry and machine shop. Raised June 9, 1888. Marshall B. Mitchell. Cigar manufacturer. Son of Bradford C. Mitchell. Raised June 11, 1888. John Haws. Retired. Affiliated January 7, 1889. Died January 8, 1904. Augustus Ives, Jr. Physician. Raised January 21, 1889. Charles E. Fisher. Merchant. Firm, Fisher, Myers & Co. Raised February 11, 1888. Willis Herbert Ward. Telephone superintendent. Affil- iated February 18, 1889. Senior Deacon 1890. Died May 27, 1900. John James Withrow. Merchant. Raised February 18, 1889. William Henry Barnard. China store. Raised Febru- ary 23, 1889. Junior Deacon 1890. Junior Warden i89i-'92. Worshipful Master 1893. Henry R. Turner. Upholsterer. Affiliated March 18, 1889. Demitted January 6, 1890. John J. Tobias. Clergyman. Affiliated April i, 1889. De- mitted March 3, 1890. Frederick E. Mayo. Bookkeeper. Raised April i, 1889. Suspended N. P. D. March 7, 1892. Abram Cross Godfrey. Grocer. Raised April 29, 1889. Suspended N. P. D. May 19, 1902. Rein- stated May 4, 1903. Junior Steward 1890. Alva B. Holmes. Carriagemaker. Affiliated May 6, 1889. Senior Steward 1896. Junior Deacon 1897- '98. Duncan McDougall. Lawyer. Raised May 28, 1889. Senior Warden i89i-'92. Henry Waldecker. Cigar manufacturer. Affiliated June 3, 1889. George Adams Forbes. Traveling salesman. Vice-presi- 170 THE WHITE APRON, dent Ottawa Tailoring Co. Raised June 22, 1889. Charles Benton Hess. Capitalist. Raised June 29, 1889. Nathaniel Earl Degen. Lawyer. Raised July 2, 1889. Demitted January 7, 1901. John J. Carrick. Clerk. Raised November 25, 1889. Junior Deacon 1892. Suspended N. P. D. March 7, 1898. Hans Gulbronson. Piano tuner. Affiliated January 6, 1890. Philo C. Weaver. Piano tuner. Affiliated January 6, 1890. Byron F. Maxon. Bookkeeper. Affiliated January 6, 1890. Died June 22, 1890. Royal D. McDonald. Lawyer. Affiliated February 17, 1890. Past Master Acacia Lodge at La Salle, 111. Died January 11, 1902. Charles E. Hills. Druggist. Affiliated February 17, 1890. William C. Weise. Miller. Raised March 17, 1890. Died February 6, 1897. LuMAN Albert Williams. Lawyer and city editor. Raised March 31, 1890. Junior Deacon 1891. Sen- ior Steward 1892. Junior Warden 1893. Senior Warden 1894. Worshipful Master 1895. Frank Young Herbert. Dentist. Raised November 9, 1891. Senior Deacon 1892. David Lafayette Grove. Implements. Raised November 30, 1891. Died December 14, 1896. Henry Harrison Long. Bookkeeper. Raised November 23, 189 1. Demitted December 18, 1893. Mathew Scanlan. Contractor. Raised March 28, 1892. Suspended N. P. D. June 4, 1894. HISTORY OF OCCIDENTAL LODGE. I7I Timothy E. Gapen. Druggist. Affiliated April 20, 1891. Demitted November 18, 1895. Adelbert Thomas Olmsted. Dentist. Raised April 27, 1 89 1. Demitted November 21, 1892. Clark Brading Provins. Physician. Raised May 4, 189 1. Died June 4, 1906. Jacob Benner Shuler. Coal dealer. Raised May 18, 1891. Edward Augustus Nattinger. Editor ; postmaster. Civil war veteran. Raised June i, 1891. Died September i, 1903. Isaac B. Baumgardner. Tinner. Raised April 11, 1892. William E. W. MacKinlay. Student. Veteran Spanish- American war. Raised April 25, 1892. Is now a commissioned officer in U. S. army. Charles Sumner Beckwith. Traveling salesman. Rais- ed April 30, 1892. Senior Deacon 1893. Junior Warden 1894. Senior Warden 1895. James Briggs. Druggist. Affiliated May 16, 1892. De- mitted March 16, 1896. John Raymond Hoffman. Son of Asa Mann Hoffman. Physician. Raised May 28, 1892. Leroy L. McKinley. Lawyer; school teacher. Affiliated July 6, 1892. Edgar Goodrich Dyer. Student. Raised September 12, 1892. Demitted October 18, 1897. Charles Philander Taylor. Vice-president National City bank. Raised September 26, 1892. Foster H. McKenney. Retired. Affiliated October 19, 1892. Tyler i892-'94. James M. Trenary. Retired. Affiliated November 16, 1892. Tyler 1895. Walter F. Weese. Veterinary surgeon. Raised Novem- ber 28, 1892. 172 THE WHITE APRON, John Wesley Hackett. Glass blower. Raised December 3, 1892. Demitted February 15, 1897. John Albert Dockter. Glass blower. Raised December 19, 1892. Demitted March 18, 1895. Francis Marion Yentzer. Traveling salesman. Sales manager J. E. Porter Co. Raised December 31, 1892. Henry Edgar Gedney. Horse buyer. Raised January 9, 1893. Died January 31, 1894. Jacob Isaac Warner. Real estate and insurance. Raised January 26, 1893. Kimball White Leland. Physician. Raised March 13, 1893. Demitted September 3, 1900, and as- sisted in organization of Utica Lodge, No. 858, Utica, 111. James Norris Downs. Physician. Affiliated March 20, 1893. Suspended N. P. D. May 4, 1903. Reinstated Nov. 21, 1904. Arthur Burling Cole. C, B. & O. station agent. Raised April 23, 1893. Junior Deacon 1895. Senior Deacon 1899. Daniel Douglass Saylor. Glass packer. Raised April 24, 1893. Senior Steward 1894. Thomas Wilson Burrows. Physician. Affiliated July 3, 1893. David Refior. Hardware merchant. Raised September 25, 1893. Junior Deacon 1894. Senior Dea- con 1895. Junior Warden 1896. MiLO Putney. Jeweler. Raised November 13, 1893. De- mitted December 16, 1901. Clarence Edward Tryon. Insurance. Raised November 21, 1893. Senior Deacon 1894. Junior War- den 1895. Senior Warden 1896. Died June 20, 1900. HISTORY OF OCCIDENTAL LODGE. I73 Douglass Lee Dunavan. Lawyer. Raised November 27, 1893. Demitted January 21, 1901. Charles J. Yockey. Sheriff La 'Salle county i894-'97. Civil war veteran. Affiliated April 16, 1894. Died December 27, 1902. Frederick Lewis Fischer. Hardware merchant. Raised November 12, 1894. Matthew W. Bach. Collar manufacturer. Raised De- cember I, 1894. Arthur S. Hook. Teller and bookkeeper. Raised Decem- ber 15, 1894. Wilbur F. Heath. Clerk. Affiliated March 3, 1895. Demitted December 18, 1899. Louis W. Merrifield. Salesman. Raised May 4, 1895. William D. Fullerton. Son of Thos. C. Fullerton. Law- yer. Raised June i, 1895. Senior Deacon 1896. Senior Warden 1897. Worshipful Master 1898. District Deputy Grand Master since 1902. E. S. Jacobs. Farmer. Affiliated June 17, 1895. Edgar Eldredge. Lawyer. Raised September 21, 1895. Junior Deacon 1896. Junior Warden 1897. Elected Judge Circuit Court October, 1906. Everett H. Butterfield. Physician. Raised Novem- ber 23, 1895. Elmer E. Gladfelter. Furniture dealer. Raised Febru- ary 24, 1896. Senior Deacon 1897. John D. Mackenzie. Harnessmaker. Raised March 16, 1896. Suspended N. P. D. September 3, 1900. Reinstated April 20, 1903. John Hilliard. Merchant. Retired. Civil war veteran. Raised March 21, 1896. Harry N. Weber. Tinner. Raised March 23, 1896. Jun- iar Warden 1901. 174 THE WHITE APRON. Adelbert J. Newell. Grain merchant. Affiliated Nov. 1 8, 1895. Worshipful Master i896-'97. Died April 9, 1899. During his short resi- dence in Ottawa he had endeared himself to the brethren. Hazen Hay ward. Farmer. Affiliated February 17, 1896. H. L. Cawthorne. Clergyman. Affiliated March 16, 1896. Demitted February 19, 1906. Davis N. Shipman. Paper dealer. Affiliated March 16, 1896. Demitted June 7, 1897. Samuel S. Pearson. Hardware merchant. Civil war vet- eran. Raised April 13, 1896. Albert T. Lardin. Lawyer. Judge Probate Court. Raised April 27, 1896. Charles W. Campbell. Livery. Raised May 11, 1896. Junior Warden 1898. Senior Warden 1899. John L. Morrison. Clerk. Affiliated September 7, 1896. Simeon Washington Lauck. Minister. Initiated Sep- tember 14, 1896. No further record. Samuel H. Heidler. Teacher. Affiliated October 5, 1896. Demitted June 19, 1898. Elnathan p. Hatheway. Physician. Raised Novem- ber 23, 1896. Enos Ephraim Palmer. Physician. Raised November 30, 1896. William Briggs Rowe. Railway mail clerk. Affiliated December 7, 1896. Demitted October 19, 1903. Wilson Hupp. Retired farmer. Initiated March 8, 1897. No further record. Calvin D. Phillips. Merchant. Raised March 29, 1897. Died August 7, 1903. Sylvester Canfield. Blacksmith and farmer. Raised June 14, 1897. HISTORY OF OCCIDENTAL LODGE. 1 75 George Craft Dun away. Grain buyer. Raised March 5, 1897. Junior Deacon 1900. Edward Webster Bach. Bookkeeper. Raised March 14, 1897. Senior Warden 1903. Worshipful Master 1904. Enoch Yentzer, Jr. Electrician. Raised April 26, 1897. Irving De Forrest Vincent. Bookkeeper. Flour and feed merchant. Firm, Hamilton & Vincent. Raised October 18, 1897. Demitted Jan- uary 2, 1899. Affiliated September 4, 1899. Charles Louis Belrose. Grain buyer, Wedron, 111. Rais- ed November 29, 1897. Arthur W. Ladd. Foreman. Affiliated December 20, 1897. Harry J. Lee. Organ tuner. Affiliated May 2, 1898. Charles G. Deenis. Veterinarv surgeon. Raised May 9, 1898. Henry Phillips. Circuit Clerk. Raised August i, 1898. Christian Gasser. Engineer. Raised October i, 1898. Edward Danyal Ross. Merchant. Raised October 24, 1898. George John Kruse. Plumber. Raised October 31, 1898. Demitted October 5, 1903. Albert Warren Merrifield. Bookkeeper. Raised No- vember 14, 1898. Demitted January i, 1900. Angus Ross Mercer. Superintendent Silica sand works. Raised November 28, 1898. Senior Steward 1899. Junior Warden 1900. Demitted De- cember 19, 1904. Herbert Charles Wiley. Attorney. Raised December 2, 1898. Junior Steward 1899. Senior War- den 1900. Worshipful Master 1902. Harry Gilman Cook. Attorney. Raised December 2, 1898. 176 THE WHITE APRON. Albert Clinton Bradish. Lumber dealer. Raised Feb- ruary 27, i(S99. Junior Steward 1901. Samuel Baldwin Bradford. Cashier Ottawa Banking & Trust Co. Raised March 13, 1899, Demit- ted November 20, 1899. AffiHated March 2, 1903. Worshipful Master 1905. Commis- sioned Grand Lecturer 1906. William Herbert Higby. Druggist. Captain infantry during war with Spain. Affiliated May 15, 1899. Worshipful Master i900-'oi. Charles William Weeks. Music teacher. Raised May 29, 1899. Demitted October 21, 1901. Charles Francis Wilson. Civil engineer. Raised June 12, 1899. Junior Steward 1900. Senior Deacon 1901. Junior Warden 1902. William H. Gruhlkey. Railroad section foreman. Rais- ed July 10, 1899. Senior Steward 1900. Junior Deacon 190 1. John Bergeson. Oculist. Raised June 15, 1900. William Raley. Upholsterer. Affiliated February 19, 1900. William F. Jacobs. Manufacturer. Secretary J. E. Por- ter Col Affiliated March 5, 1900. J. D. McCaughtry. Minister. Affiliated March 19, 1900. Demitted March 7, 1904. William D. Duncan. Druggist. Raised April 23, 1900. Christopher J. Byrne. Teacher and superintendent of schools. Affiliated July 16, 1900. Senior Deacon 1902. Ralph Aylmer Green. Railway mail agent. Raised Sep- tember 24, 1900. Junior Deacon 1903. Robert Lucien Smith. Railroad freight agent, now Dep- uty County Treasurer. Affiliated November 5, 1900. JOHN STUART RYBURN To "whose memory Ryburn Memorial Hospital was erected by bis widow LIBRARY OF THE UNIVLKSilY Ofr ILLINUiS HISTORY OF OCCIDENTAL LODGE. 1 77 John Henry Weaver. Insurance agent. Raised January 14, 1901. William Alfred Dunaway. Civil engineer and County Surveyor. Raised February i8, 1901. Henry Fehr. Physician. Raised February 21, 1901. De- mitted June 17, 1901. William Sherman Dick. Engineer. Affiliated March 4, 1901. Demitted December 2, 1901. Albert Edmund Herzog. Physician. Raised March 18, 1901. Eric Larson. Piano maker. Raised April 29, 1901. De- mitted December 18, 1905. Howard Halsey Bayne. Attorney. Raised May 6, 1901. Chaplain 1903. George Grant Galloway. Electrician. Raised May 20, 1901. George Philo Hills. Attorney. Raised September 25, 1 90 1. Junior Warden 1903. William Henry Seward. Clerk. Raised October 14, 1901. Senior Steward 1902. Albert Jay Roberts. Physician. Raised November 11, 1901. John L. Clark. Retired. Affiliated November 18, 1901. Otis Bach. Bookkeeper. Raised October 28, 1901. Samuel Erastus Bergeson. Merchant. Raised Novem- ber 25, 1 90 1. Demitted March 19, 1906. NiCHOLAi A. Hauge. Dentist. Affiliated December 16, 1 90 1. Suspended N. P. D April 17, 1905. Reinstated October 16, 1905. Demitted No- vember 20, 1905. Herbert Leroy Pettitt. Druggist. Raised December 30, 1901. Douglas Low McKenney. County Clerk La Salle coun- ty. Raised February 10, 1902. 178 THE WHITE APRON. Charles M. Buell. Farmer. Affiliated February 17, 1902. Suspended N. P. D. June 5, 1905. Richard Daniel Mills. Attorney. Assistant State's At- torney. Raised March 24, 1902. Senior Warden 1906. Acting Master, Master- elect having moved from jurisdiction. Herman Silver Blanchard. Attorney. Raised April 14, 1902. Worshipful Master 1906. Commis- sioned Grand Lecturer 1906. Frank Leslie Seward. Druggist. Raised April 28, 1902. William Willard Harden. Druggist. Raised May 5, 1902. Died September 7, 1904. Benjamin F. Reeder. Carpenter. Affiliated June 16, 1902. Peter McGilvary Campbell. Farmer. Ice dealer. Rais- ed September 20, 1902. George Henry Ahlborn. Carriage trimmer. Raised Oc- tober 7, 1902. Junior Steward 1903. Albert Morton Shaw. Physician. Raised October 13, 1902. Edward Justice Belrose. Clerk. Initiated October 20, 1902. No further record. Emil J. Hoffman. Manufacturer. Raised October 27, 1902. Senior Steward, 1903. Junior Dea- con 1904. Senior Deacon 1905. Junior Warden 1906. Martin Luther Sample. Hotel-keeper. Raised Febru- ary 9, 1903. Travers Herbert Barrett. Dentist. Raised April 27, 1903. Fred Andrew Bach, Bookkeeper. Raised June i, 1903. Earl Wayne Zibbell. Bank clerk. Raised June 22, 1903. Senior Steward 1904. Junior Deacon 1905. Senior Deacon 1906. HISTORY OF OCCIDENTAL LODGE. 1 79 Charles Gideon Kelly. Grocer. Raised June 29, 1903. Robert J. Reid. Commission agent. Affiliated July 6, 1903. William Beighel Myers. Merchant. Firm, Fisher, My- ers & Co. Raised July 13, 1903. James Henry Montieth. Insurance superintendent. Raised September 28, 1903. Senior Deacon 1904. Junior Warden 1905. Edward Holbrook Ashley. Dentist. Raised October i, 1903. Demitted March 20, 1905. Harry Wallace Mitchell. Electrician. Raised No- vember 9, 1903. Senior Steward 1905. Jun- ior Deacon 1906. William Scales. Piano maker. Raised February 8, 1904 Junior Steward 1906. Charles Samuel Eells. Farmer. Raised February 8, 1904. John Low Barnard, Bookkeeper. Raised March 14, 1904. Senior Steward 1906. John Welch Willard. Insurance superintendent. Raised March 28, 1904. Albert Frederick Hornung. Farmer. Initiated April 18, 1904. No further record. Louis Edmund Weidmann. Merchant. Initiated May 9, 1904. No further record. Oscar Frank Weidmann. Merchant. Initiated May 9, 1904. No further record. Ralph Melvin Cram. Traveling salesman. Raised May 16, 1904. Robert J. W. Briggs. Veterinary surgeon. Affiliated June 6, 1904. Ellis Seed. Retired. Affiliated June 6, 1904. William Huntington Hull. Merchant. Firm, Irion & Hull. Raised October 10, 1904. l8o THE WHITE APRON. Edgar Freeman Bradford. Laundryman. Raised Octo- ber ID, 1904. Walter Garfield Button. Bookkeeper. Raised October 31, 1904. Benjamin Franklin Trumbo. Farmer. Sheriff La Salle county i903-'o6. Raised November 28, 1904. Tom Woods Smurr. Lawyer. Raised November 2S, 1904. Burdette Elmerin La Due. Spvecialist. Affiliated De- cember 5, 1904. Frank Forest Follett. Lawyer. Raised December 26., 1904. George William Harris Dingman. Farmer. Raised January 9, 1905. James Madison Mekeel. Contractor. Affiliated January 16, 1905. Charles Wallace Long. Farmer. Raised January 23, 1905. William Henry Hinebaugh. Lawyer. Judge County Court. Raised February 20, 1905. George John Waters. Traveling salesman. Affiliated April 3, 1905. Walter Elmer Speckman. Printer. Raised April 10, 1905. Walter Stephen Bradford. Confectioner. Affiliated June 5, 1905. Charles Lincoln Gapen. Druggist. Lieutenant Com- pany C, war with Spain. Raised June 26. 1905. Samuel Emory Clegg. Steam fitter. Raised June 26. 1905. Troy Wilson Appleby. Secretary insurance company. Raised November 13, 1905. HISTORY OF OCCIDENTAL LODGE. l8l Elmer Ellsworth Roberts. Attorney. Raised January 29, 1906. William Sherman Myers. Salesman. Affiliated April 2, 1906. Silas Eclips Kain. Farmer. Raised April 9, 1906. David Arthur Cook, Attorney. Cashier Central Title & Trust Co., Geneseo, 111. Raised April 23, 1906. William Sumner Watson. Mechanic. Raised April 30, 1906. John Sedgwick Rhoads. Jeweler. Raised September 3, 1906. Charles Wesley Nichols. Piano maker. Initiated De- cember 18, 1905. Carl Volkenannt. Blacksmith. Raised September 3, 1906. Carl Moody Provins. Farmer. Raised October i, 1906. recapitulation. John Dean Caton and Milton H. Swift, father of our esteemed townsman, Edward C. Swift, were raised Decem- ber II, 1845. This was the first work in Occidental Lodge, and it was done while the Lodge was working under dispen- sation. Since that time, to October 10, 1906, four hundred and fifty-six brethren were raised and one hundred and seventy affiliated in Occidental Lodge, making a total mem- bership in sixty years of six hundred and thirty-three, an average increase of more than eleven members each year. The average raising in the sixty years is more than seven and two-thirds, a record not excelled outside of Chicago Lodges. Of this fraternity of men, two hundred and fifty- three demitted, fifty-one were suspended for non-payment of dues, and three were expelled. Two^ of those expelled were for failure to answer summons to pay dues. Death claimed 1 82 THE WHITE APRON. one hundred and eleven members, which left eleven of the brethren of whom I was unable to discover how their mem- bership with Occidental Lodge was cancelled. With these deductions, Occidental Lodge had, on the tenth day of Oc- tober, 1906, a membership of one hundred and ninety- seven. Raised 456 Affiliated 170 626 Demitted 253 Suspended N. P. D 51 Expelled 3 Dead iii No record 11 Membership October 10, 1906 197 626 In the above tabulation we do not count those E. A.s or F. C.s who never advanced. HISTORY OF OCCIDENTAL LODGE. 1 83 POLITICAL AND CIVIL OFFICES Held by Members of Occidental Lodge, No. 40, A. F. & A. M. JUDGES supreme COURT. John Dean Caton, Chief Justice. Theophilus Lyle Dickey, Judge. Madison E. HolHster, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Idaho. JUDGES OF THE CIRCUIT COURT. John Dean Caton, i843-'48. Theophilus Lyle Dickey, i849-'52. Madison E. HolHster, i855-'66. Charles Blanchard, 1887- 1906. Edgar Eldredge, 1906 and present time. JUDGES OF THE COUNTY COURT. Henry G. Cotton, Sr., 1847. Patrick M. Killdufif, Associate, 1847. William Henry Hinebaugh, 1892 to present time. JUDGES OF THE PROBATE COURT. Henry G. Cotton, Sr., ex-officio, 1847. Albert T. Lardin, 1894 to present time. ATTORNEY GENERALS STATE OF ILLINOIS. Washington Bushnell, i868-'72. William H. Stead, 1904, present incumbent. MEMBERS OF NATIONAL CONGRESS. Burton C. Cook, 1864 to 1871, when he resigned to be- come solicitor for the Chicago & Northwestern railroad. William Cullen, i88o-'84. Burton C. Cook was a member of the Peace Commission that met in Washington in 1861 to try to avert the Civil war. 184 THE WHITE APRON. STATE SENATORS. William Stadden, 1839, 1840, 1841. William Reddick, 1847, 1849, 185 1, and in the 80s. Burton C. Cook, 1853, 1855, 1857, 1859. Washington Bushnell, 1861, 1863, 1865, 1867. MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATURE. Abram R. Dodge, i840-'4i. Joseph Otis Glover, 1847. Champlin R. Potter (Ottawa Lodge), 1853. Theodore C. Gibson, 1863. James Clark, 1871. state's ATTORNEYS. Seth B. Farwell, 1838, 1841, 1842. Burton C. Cook, 1846 to 1852. W. H. L. Wallace, 1852 to 1857. Washington Bushnell, 1857 to 1861. O. C. Gray, substitute, 1858. David P. Jones, 1861 to 1864. Charles Blanchard, 1865 to 1873. Henry Mayo, 1872 to 1880; also County Attorney sev- eral years, W. H. Stead, 1896 to 1900. Clarence Griggs has been elected County Attorney by the Board of Supervisors for several years past. SHERIFFS. William Stadden, i834-'3S. Alson Woodruff, i836-'37. William Reddick, i838-'39. R. Eaton Goodell, i85i-'53. Francis J. Warner, 1854, '55, '58, '59. William Cullen, i865-'66. Hubert A. McCaleb, i867-'68. THEOPHILUS LYLE DICKEY LIBRARY Of THE UNIVERSny Of ILLINOIS HISTORY OF OCCIDENTAL LODGE. 1 85 Benjamin Franklin Trumbo, i903-'o6. W. L. Milligan was chief Deputy Sheriff under his fa- ther, W. R. MilHgan, i883-'86. CLERKS CIRCUIT COURT. Lorenzo Leland, 1 841 -'48. Philo Lindley, i846-'56. John F. Nash, i857-'6i. Absalom B. Moore, i862-'64. Roswell W. Holmes, i876-'8o. Henry Phillips, i896-'o4. CLERKS COUNTY COURT. David Walker, i83i-'32. Maurice Murphy, vice Joseph Cloud, deceased, 1842, Philo Lindley, i857-'6o. A. B. Moore, i865-'68. H. A. McCaleb, i873-'77. Douglas L. McKenney, 1898, present incumbent. COUNTY TREASURERS. Lorenzo Leland, 1836. Jabez Fitch, i839-'46. B. B. Fellows, i852-'53. Jared B. Ford, i854-'55. Samuel R. Lewis, E. A., i856-'59. George S. Stebbins, i86o-'62. Asa Mann Hoffman was elected Treasurer in 1886, and died May 4, 1887. MAYORS. Patrick M. Killduff, Mayor of Peru, 1838. David Walker, Mayor of Ottawa. J. O. Glover, Mayor of Ottawa. Milton H. Swift, Mayor of Ottawa. Julius Avery, Mayor of Ottawa. 1 86 THE WHITE APRON. John Brooks Rice, Mayor of Ottawa. Frank F. Brower, Mayor of Ottawa. David P. Jones, Mayor of Ottawa. Samuel Richolson, Mayor of Ottawa. Louis W. Hess, Mayor of Ottawa. Charles E. Hook, Mayor of Ottawa. COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. Benjamin Thurston, 1835. Alson Woodruff, 1840. Henry G. Cotton, 1849. Champlain R. Potter and Israel C. Cooper were commis- sioners who divided La Salle county into townships, 1850. HISTORY OF OCCIDENTAL LODGE. 187 MY OLD HUNTING HORN. [Written in 1878 by W. L. Milligan, as his farev/ell to the chase, a sport he was endeared to while on the farm, and which charms were lost with the death of his hunting horse, Frank.] I. Your mouthpiece is gone and your luster is dim, Your sides are all dented and bad broken in, 'Twould be a vain effort to waken the morn. With such a cracked instrument, old hunting horn. II. Thro' forests and wild-woods, your echoes have dwelled, Along rolling waters your anthems have swelled; To call from pursuit the hounds all forlorn. Or cheer up the chase, my old hunting horn. III. 'Way over green fields and seared meadows you've sang. Far over the hills and thro' valley you've rang; And from rock to rock on the night air you've borne The sweetest of music, my old hunting horn. IV. For a moment you'd kiss the wild ledges on high. And then your soft cadence would soar to the sky, And sing songs to the stars — returning at morn, To waken "old Theron," — my old hunting horn. V. Your clear ringing notes that once swelled to the skies. Are now, my old horn, but low whispering sighs. Ah, yes, you've grown old; the Vermillion would scorn To prolong your faint echoes, my old hunting horn. VI. I'll wind you no more, you're faltering in sound, You've lost your rich tenor to call in the hound, Your strains so elysian, no more on the morn. Will startle old Reynard, my old hunting horn. l88 THE WHITE APRON. THE WHITE APRON AND THE SWORD. Major General Joseph Warren, who was slain at the battle of Bunker Hill, was a Freemason and the Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts, and it is sig- nificant that this was the first grand offering of American Freemasonry at the altar of liberty, and the ground floor of the temple of the American union was bloodstained at the eastern gate. On this same day, Washington was elected commander-in-chief of the American army. Washington was made a Mason in Frederickburg's Lodge, Virginia, in August, 1753. He was offered the Grand Mastership of the Grand Lodge of Virginia in 1779, but declined the honor. He, however, accepted the office of Master of Alex- andria Lodge, No. 22, in 1788. On the 30th day of April, 1789, he was sworn in as President of the United States on the bible of St. John's Lodge, New York. He officiated as Grand Master pro tem. in laying the corner stone of the capitol at Washington in 1793. He died in. 1799, and was buried with Masonic honors December 18, 1799. The familiar words, "First in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen," which described the estimation in which he was regarded by his countrymen. were expressed by Major General Henry Lee, a Member of Congress, and a Freemason, in his Masonic oration on December 26, 1799, the day Congress paid a national tril> ute to the memory of Washington. General Washington presided and conferred the degrees of symbolic Masonry on General LaFayette, in a military Lodge at Valley Forge, in the winter of 1777. Brigadier General Richard Montgomery was a Freema- son. He entered the American army as Brigadier General, and was killed at the battle of Quebec December, 1775. HISTORY OF OCCIDENTAL LODGE. 189 Major General David Wooster was a Freemason. He was both a naval and military hero for over forty years. He served in the armies and navies of Spain, France and England, and as Major General in the American army was mortally wounded while leading an attack on the British troops in 1777. Richard Caswell led the troops under General Gates at the battle of Camden in 1780. He was a Freemason, and afterwards Governor of North Carolina, and Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Freemasons of the same state. Mordecai Gist was a Freemason. He foiight for his country from the commencement to the close of the Revolu- tionary war. He was Master of Army Lodge, No. 27, and president of the convention of Masons from the Military Lodge of Morristown, New Jersey, and finally Grand Mas- ter of the Grand Lodge of Georgia. James Jackson served with distinction in the continental army. He afterwards became Governor and Grand Master of Georgia. Morgan Lewis, who as chief of the staff of General Gates accompanied him in the campaign of 1776 and in the war of 18 1 2, commanded a division of the American army, was Governor of New York in 1804, and Grand Master of Masons of New York from 1830 until his death in 1844. Irsael Putnam commanded a regiment in the expedition which captured Havana, and was a prominent figure in the war of the Revolution. His tombstone bears the inscrip- tion : "He dared to lead where any dared to follow." Rufus Putnam, "the father of the northwest," was for some time chief engineer of the American army, and com- manded a brigade under General Wayne in 1792. He was made a Mason in "American Union Lodge" in 1779, and elected Grand Master of Ohio in 1808. 190 THE WHITE APRON. John Sullivan, one of the most famous of the Generals of the Revolution, was elected Governor of New Hamp- shire in 1786, and Grand Master in 1789. Anthony Wayne, whose popular title was "Mad An- thony," won great renown by his capture of Stony Point, New York, only bayonets being used. He succeeded St. Clair in command of the Western army and gained a bril- liant victory over the Miami Indians in 1794. A monument to his memory was erected by the Masoiiic fraternity at Stony Point in 1857. The Baron de Kalb, mortally wounded at the battle of Camden, was buried with military and Masonic honors by his victorious enemies. Count Casimir Pulaski, the famous cavalry leader, kill- ed at Charleston in 1779, was a Mason. Commodore James Nicholson, an active member of the fraternity, was placed in 1776 at the head of the list of cap- tains in the Continental navy, a position which he retained until the close of the war. His brothers, Samuel and John, were alsO' Masons and naval captains. Stephen Decatur was a member of the same Lodge as Commodore James Nicholson, and, like the latter, a captain in the United States navy from its first establishment. Commodore Edward Preble, a member of the ''Ancient Landmark Lodge," in Portland, Maine, entered the navy in 1779, and commanded the American squadron at the bom- bardment of Tripoli in 1804. Commodore Whipple was a member of the "American Union Lodge" during the early days at Marietta. He burn- ed the Gaspe in 1772, and was one of the most brilliant of- ficers of the land or sea service. General Andrew Jackson at various times commanded armies in the field, but is best known in connection with his HISTORY OF OCCIDENTAL LODGE. I9I decisive victory over the British at New Orleans in 1815, which put an end tO' the war. He subsequently became President of the United States and Grand Master of Ten- nessee. General William H. Winder, who commanded on the losing side at Blandensburg, the other eventful battle of the war of 1812, was elected Grand Master of Maryland in 1821. General Stephen Austin, the liberator of Texas, and "Sam" Houston, the recognized hero' of the Texas war of independence, were Freemasons ; also Colonel David Crock- ett, backwoodsman and Member of Congress, who fought on the same side, and after a hard siege, surrendered to Gen- eral Santa Anna, by whose order he was put tO' death with the other survivors in 1836. [Robert Yates Gibson, broth- er of Bro. Theodore C. Gibson, of Occidental Lodge, was slain with Crockett and his brave followers at the massacre of the Almo.] William J. Worth served during the last war with Eng- land, and was present at the actions of Chrystler's Farm, Chippewa and Lundy's Lane. In 1842 he commanded the army which defeated the hostile savages in Florida, and subsequently distinguished himself in the battles of the Mexican war. A monument was dedicated to^ his memory by the Grand Lodge of New York in 1857. John A. Quitman, Grand Master of Mississippi, com- manded a division of General Scott's army, and when the city of Mexico was taken, he was made its Governor until peace was proclaimed. The brethren holding high rank during the Civil war were very numerous. Among them were John A. Rawlins, Eli S. Parker, a Seneca Indian, and William R. Rowley, on the staff of General Grant ; John Corson Smith, Lieutenant- 192 THE WHITE APRON. Governor and Grand Master of Illinois ; and the following brethren commanded armies in the field : George B. Mc- Clellan, Winfield Scott Hancock, whose bayonet charge at Williamsburg won from McClellan the compliment, which became proverbial, that "Hancock was superb," N. P. Banks, John A. McClernand, John A. Logan, George E. Pickett, who led the famous final assault on the Union lines at Gettysburg in 1863 ; Robert E. Patterson and Benjamin F. Butler, against whose life a plot was formed by Confed- erate prisoners, but given up on their learning that he was a Freemason. Among the Masonic veterans of the war, General James A. Garfield and Major William IMcKinley were elected Presidents of the United States. General Robt. Anderson, of Fort Sumpter fame, and Albert Pike, scholar, orator, poet and man of letters, were also of the fraternity. The valuable library of the latter, at Little Rock, Arkansas, was about to be destroyed by the Federal troops during the Civil war, but General Thomas H. Benton (Grand Master of Iowa), in command of the Union forces, interposed, and by making the house his headquarters, not only preserved the library but also the residence. General Nelson A. Miles, Indian fighter, and for several years commander of the American army, and General Rus- sel A. Alger, Secretary of War during the war with Spain, were meml^ers of the Masonic fraternity. General George M. Moulton, who commanded a brigade during the war with Spain, was afterwards Grand Master of Masons of Illinois. Many prominent officers of the army and navy, who took part in that short conflict, are Freemasons, and among them Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United States, and General William R. Shafter (recently deceased) and Ad- miral Schley, the former commanding the American land forces before Santiago and the latter the squadron which performed such brilliant service off the coast. UBRARY OF THE UNIVERSITY or ILLiflOlS HISTORY OF OCCIDENTAL LODGE. I93 In reviewing the roll of members of Occidental Lodge, No. 40, we point with pride to the long roll of patriotic brethren who' responded to their country's call and offered their lives a sacrifice upon the battlefields of Mexico, the sunny South, Cuba, Porto Rico and the Phillipines. Like God's own voice, in after years, Resounds the warrior's fame, Whose soul his hopeless country cheers, Who is its noblest name. ALBERT PIKE. William Osman, the Masonic patriarch, and venerable editor of the Ottawa Free Trader, fought gallantly at the battle of Buena Vista in the war with Mexico. General W. H. L. Wallace, Past Master of Occidental Lodge, commanded a company in Colonel Hardin's regi- ment in the war with Mexico. In 1861 he raised the Elev- enth regiment Illinois infantry, and for gallantry at the bat- tle of Fort Donelson was promoted Brigadier General. He was mortally wounded at the battle of Shiloh, and died April 8, 1862, with the rank of Major General. Colonel Theophilus Lyle Dickey was a member of Occi- dental Lodge. In 1846 he commanded a company of in- fantry in Colonel Hardin's regiment in the Mexican war. He raised and commanded the Fourth regiment of cavalry during the Civil war and was a gallant and dashing cavalry leader. He was made chief of cavalry on General Grant's staff. At the close of the war he was elected one of the Judges of the Supreme Court of Illinois. Colonel Daniel Fletcher Hitt, a member of Occidental Lodge, was the hero of three wars, the Black Hawk, Mex- ican and Civil, and distinguished himself for fearlessness and heroic achievements. He commanded the Fifty-third Illinois during the Civil war. M 194 THE WHITE APRON. The three brothers, Wilham L., Theodore C. and John Fletcher Gibson, were all in the Mexican war. Their fa- ther, John Gibson, was a Captain of Pennsylvania troops during the war of 1812. William L. was Lieutenant Colonel, and Theodore C. was Major of the Fifty-third dur- ing the Civil war. They were among the first to answer their country's call and raised companies for the Eleventh Illinois infantry. John Morrill, E. C. Henshaw, David R. Gregg, O. C. Gray and Bradford C. Mitchell, father of our worthy brother Marshall B. Mitchell, fought Santa Anna at Buena Vista, and shared the glories of victory with others whom we have named in the war with Mexico. Still, still our glorious banner waves, Unstained by flight or shame, And the Mexicans among their hills still Tremble at our name. So honor unto those that stood! Disgrace to those that fled! And everlasting glory unto Buena Vista's dead! ALBERT PIKE. Douglas Hapeman, a member of Occidental Lodge, was the beloved and gallant Colonel of the One Hundred Fourth regiment during the Civil war. J. H. Widmer was Major of the same regiment. Colonel A. B. Moore was the first Colonel of the One Hundred Fourth. They, too, were members of Occidental Lodge. John Morrill, a member of Occidental Lodge, was Colonel of the Sixty-fourth Illinois infantry, and for gal- lantry was brevetted Brigadier General. He was also in the war with Mexico. Joanis O. Harris was Surgeon of the Fifty-third, and Reuben F. Dyer, Surgeon of the One Hundred Fourth dur- inf^ the Civil war. HISTORY OF OCCIDENTAL LODGE. I95 Hubert A. McCaleb was Colonel of a regiment of infan- try. He, too, was a member of Occidental Lodge. Philo Lindley was Quartermaster of the Fifty-third Illi- nois during the Civil war^ a Past Master of Occidental Lodge. E. C. Henshaw and Charles Houghtaling were Captains of artillery. Thomas C. Fullerton, Moses Osman, Frank G. King, Leman A. Rising, Patrick Ryan and E. H. Smith were Captains. Arthur L. Wagner and James Rolla Chapman, graduates of West Point, were distinguished officers in the regular army. W. H. Higby was Captain of Company A, Third Regiment, Illinois National Guard, and C. L. Gapen and W. E. W. MacKinlay were in Company C, Illinois National Guard, in the war with Spain in 1898. W. E. W. MacKinlay is now an officer in the regular army. Other veterans of the Civil war who' were members of Occidental Lodge were: David Batcheller. Edward L. Herrick. Henry P. Brunker. John Hilliard. George J. Burgess. Geo. W. Hyde. Thomas I. Conger. David Krouse. David A. Cook. J. F. Marriner. Frank J. Crawford. Henry Mayo. James R. Cross. Wm. McCombs. Wm. G. Earl. Wm. A. McCullom. Frank C. Flora. John L. Morrison. Joseph Ford. E. A. Nattinger. George W. Fuchs. Samuel S. Pearson. Wm. P. Gregg. Charles E. Pettit. Sheldon B. Griswold. Samuel W. Porter. Wesley B. Hall. Ira Potter. S. I. Haney. W. E. Prichard. 196 THE WHITE APRON. John M. Piirrticker. Wm. K. Stewart. Thomas Reedy. Willard S. Wheeler. John H. Shepherd. Charles J. Yockey. J. B. Smith. In a few more years they will all be Under the sod and the dew, Waiting the judgment day; Under the rose the blue, Under the lilies the gray. HISTORY OF OCCIDENTAL LODGE. I97 CHARITY. Foot to foot, on mercy's errand. When we hear a Mason cry, Hungry, thirsty, naked, homeless. Let us heed and let us fly. And what'er his pain or grief. Quick with bread to feed the hungry, Quick with raiment for the naked. Quick with shelter for the homeless, Quick with God's own sympathy. A reference to the records of Occidental Lodge will re- veal the fact that Occidental Lodge, in a commendable de- gree, responded tO' the call of distress and all worthy Ma- sonic charities. Appeals for assistance from worthy sources always ap- peal to the charity of Occidental Lodge, and liberal amounts are contributed and charged up to the charity fund. Occidental Lodge took an active part in the organi- zation of the Illinois Masonic Orphans' Home in 1885. The author of this work, while Master in 1884, in his annual ad- dress tO' Occidental Lodge, laid special stress on the neces- sity of a home for the widows and orphans of Freemasons, and called the Lodge's attention tO' the wonderful accom- plishment of the Masonic Orphan's Home of Kentucky, of which he was an annual contributor, and also of similar in- stitutions in other Grand Masonic jurisdictions, including the Masonic Male and Female schools of England and Ire- land. A committee was appointed at this, the annual commu- nication in 1884, to prepare and present a memorial to the Grand Lodge, praying that body to take the necessary steps to endow such an institution. It was not a new subject to present to the Grand Lodge for its favorable consideration. 198 THE WHITE APRON. for it had been a live and engrossing topic among the craft for more than thirty years. The committee appointed by Occidental Lodge never had an opportunity tO' present the memorial of Occidental Lodge to the Grand Lodge, because of the active work of the brethren of Chicago Lodges, who, on the i ith day of March, 1885, secured articles of incorporation from the Secretary of State, and proceeded to organize The Illinois Masonic Orphans' Home. On the 20th of April, 1885, a meeting of the promoters was held in the parlors of St. Bernard Commandery, No. 35, K. T., when a formal organization was effected. The author of this work, then Master of Occidental Lodge, was present, and pledged the support of Occidental Lodge, and was among the first to contribute toward the worthy pro- ject, and, in recognition thereof, holds life membership cer- tificate number one. At this meeting a code of by-laws was adopted and the following officers elected : George M. Moulton, President. Henry Turner, Vice-President. Gil. W. Barnard, Secretary. Wiley M. Egan, Treasurer. George W. Warvell, Counsel. Trustees: Henson Robinson, Chas. A. Moses, D. H. McDonald, Herschel W. Dryer, George M. Moulton, Thos. E. Miller, S. T. Gunderson, Geo. W. Warvell, John J. Badenoch, Gorman B. Coffin, John A. Crawford, Henry Turner. Board of Visitation: Dr. W. A. Stevens, of Chicago, and P. W. Barclay, of Cairo, for one-year term. L. L. Munn, of Freeport, and James G. Elwood, of Joliet, for HISTORY OF OCCIDENTAL LODGE. 1 99 two-year term, and Norman T. Cassette, of Chicago, and W. L. Milligan, Ottawa, for the three-year term. At the first annual meeting of the IlHnois Masonic Or- phans' Home, held in the Armory of Apollo Commandery, No. I, K. T., March 9, 1886, in his annual report, delivered on this occasion, the president, brother Ceorge M. Moulton, had this to say about Occidental Lodge : "You will notice that Occidental Lodge, No. 40, located at Ottawa, is the banner lodge, by a large majority, so far as membership in this Association is concerned, embracing as it does in its fold ninety-eight active members and four life members. The brethren of Occidental Lodge are no different from the craft elsewhere in the state. They are not any more wealthy or inclined to giving for charitable purposes. The gratifying result stated is simply the result of a worthy brother's persistent effort for a few weeks among the fraters. Brother W. L. Milligan, with the in- terest of the Association at heart, canvassed thoroughly his Lodge, and, as a result, we have an income from that Lodge of nearly $100.00 annually (this did not include the four life members, $200.00), sufficient for the entire support of one orphan. If there were in every Lodge in the state as earnest a worker as brother Milligan, our absolute unquali- fied success would not be a matter of conjecture." The brethren who contributed $50.00 each and received certificates of life membership, were W. L. Milligan, Daniel F. Hitt, Asa Mann Hoffman and John D. Hammond. At this meeting, Alex T. Darrah, of Bloomington, then Crand Master, A. B. Ashley, Kewanee, Jacob Krohn, Freeport, and W. L. Milligan, of Ottawa, were elected as trustees for the three-year term. (W. L. Milligan was subsequently re- elected for a second three-year term.) A sum of $10,000.00 was appropriated for the purchase of a site for the home, should such purchase become necessary during the year. A suitable property and buildings was subsequently pur- chased at the cornor of Sheldon and Carrol avenues, and 200 THE WHITE APRON. was formerly dedicated by the Grand Lodge, October 7, 1886, and the Ilhnois Masonic Orphans' Home soon became a credit and an honor to the promoters, and yet the Grand Lodge had no connection with it whatever. April 7, 1888, brother Robert A. Miller, a resident of Moultrie county, Illinois, executed a will, bequeathing to the Masonic Grand Lodge of the state of Illinois a tract of land of 264 acres, located one and three-quarters miles from the city of Sullivan, upon condition that said Grand Lodge shall cause to be erected and maintained thereon a suitable home for such widows and orphans of Masons, as said Grand Lodge may, from time to time, designate, reserving only a life estate for his wife. Brother Robert A. Miller died in 189 1. Mrs. Miller died August 20, 1891, thus leaving the property free to come into possession of the Grand Lodge if it would accept it under the provisions of the will. Should the Grand Lodge refuse to accept the property it then would have become the property of Moultrie county. Through the untiring efforts of brother George M. Moul- ton, Grand Master, the Grand Lodge accepted the property at the annual communication of the Grand Lodge in Octo- ber, 1902, and erected thereon a Masonic Home, and on the Grand Lodge formally accepting this property, and build- ing a Masonic Home thereon, the Illinois Masonic Orphans' Home of Chicago was transferred to the management of the Grand Lodge, under the following conditions : "The Illinois Masonic Orphans' Home required as con- ditions precedent to the transfer of their property, and the rights of which it may be possessed, that the principal sum of the endowment fund, amounting to approximately $30,- 000, be kept intact, and that only the interest accruing there- from be expended in the accomplishment of the object for which said corporation was organized, also the further con- dition that the M. W. Grand Lodge will continuously main- tain a home at or near the city of Chicago, for the orphan 1." I I en O z J z > ►J D en H O X u z o en < LIBRARY Of THE UNIVLKSin Of ILUNOIS HISTORY OF OCCIDENTAL LODGE. 201 children of deceased Master Masons of this jurisdiction, and that the M. W. Grand Lodge will pledge itself to contin- uously administer the trust now devolving upon the Illinois Masonic Orphans' Home, the equivalent in all respects as it has been heretofore administered." The funds of the Illinois Masonic Home for the aged, approximately $9,000, were also transferred to the M. W. Grand Lodge, upon condition that the principal sum be kept intact as a permanent fund, and only the interest accruing therefrom be expended in the accomplishment of the object for which said Illinois Masonic Home for the aged was organized. The reports to the Grand Lodge in October, 1906, showed that sixty-six children were being cared for and educated by the Illinois Masonic Orphans' at Chicago, and fifty-five old people were being cared for and made as com- fortable as possible in their declining years in the Masonic Home at Sullivan, Illinois. CHAPTER III. THE DEAD. For I say that those who have Hved well are still living, rather than those are who lead ill lives. — EURIPIDES. He mourns the dead who lives as they desire. — YOUNG. In compiling the roll of our fraternal dead, for all of whom we mourn, we found so many who were distinguish- ed in military and civil life and Masonic standing that It may seem invidious to make special mention of any, yet there were some who were so conspicuous in military fame and distinguished in the civil affairs of our country and ac- tive in Masonic circles, that in justice to their memory an epitome of their biography, reciting their military prowess, the glory of their intellectual worth, and the beauty of moral merit that adorned their homes and sanctified their Masonic and domestic relations, should be inscribed as a tribute to their memory on the pages of the history of Occi- dental Lodge. 203 204 THE WHITE APRON. IN MEMORIAM. [By Norman T. Cassette, Chicago, and Past Grand Commander, K. T., Illinois.] I. Alas! When all is said which we can say, Above the pallid, cold and silent clay. When throbbing, sobbing dirge and funeral song Their force have spent upon the morning throng; When tone as well, from speaker's voice has sped. Naught then is left but memories of our dead. II. Hush! Hear the wheel's loud rumble in the street. The din of business and fast-stirring feet; No thought is there, midst traffic's hardened strife, Of death's fell work, with finite hope and life. III. Since man has lived to think, and toil, and die, Some hope he's sought on which he might rely. With hands outstretched, in potent voice of prayer. He has invoked an answer everywhere. Seraphic visions fill his mind at times. And music sounds as if from far-off climes. IV. The war then from the earth comes rushing in To draw his thoughts from God to earth's foul din; And hence the sons of Egypt sought to find Some solace for the worried, wearied mind. V. So, for their dead a sleeping place they made In vaulted crypt, hid under earth's deep shade. Above each crypt a Mastaba was found. Where oft the beat of saddened hearts would sound. Around, above and on the walls was spread A record of the deeds of all their dead. VI. The rumble in the noisy street goes on. They heed it not, in death's still Parthenon, And kneeling down, they spake then of the soul. In halo clothed, far off, from earth so cold. HISTORY OF OCCIDENTAL LODGE. 205 VIL We do not need to write upon the walls The deeds of these, our dead. Where falls A shadow on the floor, or roof above, Is record made, a silhouette of love; And deep within our hearts we seem to feel, A spirit cause, to make us pause and kneel. vin. Then let the wheels roll on, out in the street, But let us oft, in this our chapel meet. And here review the memories of the dead, Then silently retire, with noiseless tread. 206 THE WHITE APRON. SHELBY DOOLITTLE. Brother Doolittle was born in 1821, and was but 27 years old when he died. Brother DooHttle died at Prince- ton, 111., after an illness of but thirty-six hours, on Sabbath morning, January 9, 1848. Brother Shelby Doolittle was raised in Occidental Lodge in 1846, and his is the first death among the brethren of Occidental Lodge that we can find any record of. Brother Doolittle lived in Ottawa about three years, and by the excel- lence of his character and the kindness of his disposition had won many warm friends among the citizens of Ottawa. He was a man of firm principles, of high tone, generous feeling and warm and benevolent heart. His talents were of an order that promised usefulness in his profession, that of a lawyer. The news of his sudden and painful death was re- ceived with deep sorrow by his friends and brethren. Broth- er Doolittle was a bright and true Mason, who, in his inter- course with his brethren of the mystic tie, as well as with the world, ever regulated his conduct by the square. The death of brother Doolittle having been made known to the brethren of Occidental Lodge, the following resolutions were adopted : Resolved, That the brethren of this Lodge, whilst they desire to bow with submission to the Divine will, cannot but express their deep sorrow at the early removal of so worthy a brother, whose kind and affable demeanor had en- deared him to a large circle of friends, by whom, as well as the members of this Lodge, his loss will be deeply and se- verely felt. Resolved, That the brethren of this Lodge tender their kindest sympathies to the relatives and friends of the de- ceased, with the assurance that the memory of their depart- ed brother and friend will long be cherished in the kindly af- HISTORY OF OCCIDENTAL LODGE, 20/ fections of the brethren with whom he was connected in the Masonic tie. Resolved, That these resolutions be entered upon the records of this Lodge, and a copy of the same be forwarded to the relatives of the deceased, and also published in the Ottawa Free Trader. . His work was not done, yet his column is brolcen, Mourn ye and weep, for ye cherished his worth, Let every tear drop be sympathy's token. Lost to the brotherhood, lost to the earth. 208 THE WHITE APRON. IN TIME TO COME. The flowers are dead that made a summer splendor By wayside nooks and on the sunny hill, And with regret, these hearts of ours grow tender, As sometimes all hearts will. We loved the blossoms, for they helped to brighten The lives so dark with wearying toil and care. As hopes and dreams forever help to lighten The heavy loads we bear. How like the flowers, whose transient life is ended, The hopes and dreams are, that for one brief hour Make the glad heart a garden bright and splendid About love's latticed bower. One little hour of almost perfect pleasure, A foretaste of the happiness to come. Then sudden frost — the garden yields its treasure. And stands in sorrow dumb. Oh, listen, heart! The flower may lose its glory, Beneath the touch of frost, but does not die, In spring it will repeat the old sweet story. Of God's dear by and by. In heaven, if never here, the hopes we cherish. The flowers of human life we count as lost. Will live again. Such beauty cannot perish. And heaven has no frost. WILLIAM HENRY LAMB WALLACE Worshipful Master 1848 and 1849 LIBRARY HISTORY OF OCCIDENTAL LODGE. 2O9 BRADFORD C. MITCHELL. , Brother Bradford C. Mitchell, father of brother M. B. Mitchell, came to Ottawa in 1836, and at the time of his death had been a resident of Ottawa more than twenty years. We quote from the Ottawa Free Trader of Sept. 25, 1858: "Mr. Mitchell has been a resident of Ottawa for over twenty years past, and being an industrious, kind and amiable man, had a very large circle of friends. He was also a member of the Masonic fraternity, the Odd Fellows society, of the Niagara fire company, and had been a soldier in Mexico (was in Capt. Dickey's La Salle county company. — Author). On this account, besides a very large number of citizens, his funeral on Sunday was attended by all the civic societies of which he had been a member, and by the military companies of our city, all together forming the fin- est and largest funeral procession ever witnessed in Ottawa. He was buried, in accordance with his expressed wish, by the Masonic fraternity, whose beautiful and impressive cer- emonial on the occasion was witnessed by the vast concourse with deep awe and reverence." Brothers Thomas J. Wade, Philo Lindley and Oliver C^ Gray were appointed a committee to draft resolutions on the death of Brother Mitchell, which were presented to and adopted by Occidental Lodge, No. 40, A. F. & A. M., and are as follows : It having pleased our Supreme Grand Master to call from labor below to everlasting refreshment above our be- loved brother, Bradford C. Mitchell, and being deeply im- pressed with the loss thus sustained, be it Resolved, That Occidental Lodge, No. 40, A. F. & A. M., in the death of our beloved brother, has lost one oi its best and most faithful members, and though his place in the Lodge may never be filled, the memory of him and his truly N 2IO THE WHITE APRON. Masonic virtues, will ever remain a green spot within our hearts. Resolved, That we deeply sympathize with the widow and orphans of our departed brother, and may "He who tempers the wind to the shorn lamb" take them in His fa- therly protection, and aid us in our efforts to console them in their great bereavement. Resolved, That the members of this Lodge wear the usual badge of mourning thirty days. Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be printed in the city papers, spread upon the records of this Lodge, and furnished the family of the deceased. HISTORY OF OCCIDENTAL LODGE 21 T THE LAST FAREWELL. How many a strong hand that grappled ours In truest faith; How many a generous heart, with mercy filled, Lies low in death; How many a beaming eye that caught the light From the better shore; How many a tongue that thrilled our inmost chords Will speak no more; How many a seat where sat the good and true Is vacant now; How many a foot in mercy's quest that flew No more shall go; How many a knee that bent with ours in prayer Or prayed alone; Has vanished from our mystic brotherhood And gone — and gone To the Celestial Lodge, and Land of Peace, And Light and Song, Where war and bloodshed have no entering. Nor vice, nor wrong; Where the Supreme Grand Master wise presides. No blight, no curse. And keeps in holy welcome, crowned and blest, A place for us. 212 THE WHITE APRON. W. H. L. WALLACE. General W. H. L. Wallace was born at Urbana, Ohio, July 8, 182 1, and came with his parents to Illinois in 1834, first locating in Deer Park, La Salle county, Illinois. In 1845 he came to Ottawa and entered as a student of law in the office of brother T. L. Dickey. At the opening of the Mexican war, in 1846, he enlisted as a private in a com- pany raised by brother Dickey in Ottawa, and on the or- ganization of the campaign was made orderly sergeant, but was soon promoted to third lieutenant, and finally to the po- sition of adjutant of Colonel Hardin's regiment. He dis- tinguished himself at the battle of Buena Vista by his brav- ery and heroism. At the close of the Mexican war brother Wallace resumed his studies in the office of brother Dickey, whose daughter he subsequently married. Of his career as an attorney, it is sufficient to say that it was eminently hon- orable and successful. On the breaking out of the Rebellion he was invited to command the Eleventh regiment of Illinois volunteers. He cheerfully yielded to the call of his companions in arms and gave himself to his country. For his bravery at Fort Donelson, he was commissioned Brigadier General, and for distinguished services he was ad- vanced to act as Major General just before the battle of Pittsburg Landing. At this battle he bore himself nobly and safely through the perils of that unlooked for and over- whelming assault on Sunday till about 4 p. m. Finding his division liable to be flanked on either side, he had just given command to his brigade commanders "to fall back steadily." and while overseeing its execution the fatal messenger sealed his lips in silence. The ball passed from near the top of the left ear along the temple, taking in its exit the left eye. He HISTORY OF OCCIDENTAL LODGE. 213 disengaged his feet, as if to dismount, and fell to the ground. He was supposed to be dead. His brother-in-law, Lieutenant C. E. Dickey, and two men bore him tenderly after his retreating columns till the hard pressure of the foe obliged them to leave him on the field. The next day, our troops having recovered the field, found him uncon- scious, but alive, his pockets rifled and a blanket tossed over him. He was immediately transferred to Savannah to the care of his wife who had arrived the day previous on a visit, but as yet had not seen him. A slight return of con- sciousness, an occasional smiling recognition of his compan- ion in sorrow, and at last a motion of his finger pointing her to the peaceful Heaven above, were his last acts. The very last acts, coupled with his solemn written resolve after his seemingly providential deliverance at Donelson, to this ef- fect: "For this almost miraculous preservation of my life amid such dangers, I am resolved that henceforth all I am shall be the Lord's," leaves us the consolation in sorrow that he had found rest in Heaven. General Wallace was universally respected, loved by many, naturally noble and generous, always courteous, his life in most respects far above that of ordinary men, was a model of manly dignity and honor, and yet of engaging simplicity and unaffected modesty. The deceased had occupied a prominent position in La Salle county and held a high place in public esteem. His remains were brought tO' Ottawa and met at the Rock Island depot at four o'clock Monday morning, April 14th. The tolling of church bells announced the hour of arrival. An escort of Knights Templar and a delegation of citizens met the remains at the depot and accompanied them to his late residence, from whence, at two p. m., they were laid in state in the Supreme Court house, where they were viewed by thousands of citizens and strangers. Tuesday morning, 214 THE WHITE APRON. attended by the Masonic fraternity, the body was carried to the Episcopal church, from which, after appropriate funeral services, it was taken for interment to the family burial ground of brother T. L. Dickey, near his residence on the north bluff, and deposited in its last resting place with the sol- emn and impressive ceremonies of the Masonic order. Brother Wallace was raised in Occidental Lodge in 1846 and was Master of Occidental Lodge during the years 1848 and 1849, Too soon, too soon, alas, for earth and us. The Temple yet unfinished, he is gone. Weep, craftsmen, not for him — is not his fame Secure? — but for the stricken mourners left. Who, now, on tracing board, shall wisely draw The strange device that binds the finished work With the imdone, making a perfect fane. By closing up in one the grand design. Fallen the stroke, the inexorable blow. Too soon, too soon, alas! for earth and us. "If I die it is glory enough to die in such a cause, and furnish no reason for regret. Man must die some time and to die nobly is a boon granted to few." — GEN. Wallace's letter to his wife. HISTORY OF OCCIDENTAL LODGE. 21 HIS BONES ARE DUST. HoAV often we see quoted the beautiful lines : "His bones are dust, His sword is rust, etc." But how few know the author of them. This was the English poet Coleridge, and they occur as a part of a poem. Here is the connection : Where is the grave of Sir Arthur O'Kellyn? Where is the grave of that good man and true? By the side of a spring in the breast of Helvellyn, Under the boughs of a young birch tree. The oak that in summer was sweet to hear, And rustled its leaves in the fall of the year, And whistled and roared in the winter alone, Is gone, and the birch in its stead is grown. The knight's bones are dust, And his good sword rust. His soul is with the saints, I trust. 2l6 THE WHITE APRON. PHILO LINDLEY. Brother Lindley had been Circuit Clerk and afterwards County Clerk of La Salle county for a number of years. He was a kind, noble hearted man, and as an ofificer had no su- perior. He was Adjutant of the Fifty-third Illinois regi- ment at the time of his death. His remains were brought to Ottawa on Monday, and laid in state in the court house, un- til lo o'clock Tuesday, when they were borne to the Baptist church, and thence to the Illinois avenue cemetery, where they were consigned to mother earth by the solemn and im- pressive ceremonies of the Masonic fraternity of Occidental Lodge. "He slept an iron sleep, Slain in fighting for his country." PHILO LINDLEY Worshipful Master 1852 and 1856 LIBRARY Of THE UNIVERSITY OF ILUNOIS HISTORY OF OCCIDENTAL LODGE. 21/ THE BELLS OF LONDENDERRY. I. How sweetly rang the bells, when we chased the honey bee, And loudly sang the lark, to you, love, and to me. While winds of sunny April were whispering in glee; Sing merry! When childhood heard the bells of Londonderry. IL How softly rang the bells when we climbed the misty hill. When we reached the pebbled cradle of the foamy mountain rill, And pledged our love at noontide when every bird was still; Sing merry! So clearly rang the bells of Londonderry. IIL And sprightly was the dancing beneath the flowered thorn. When the little eastern moonlight, like plenty's golden horn, Lit our way from stile to stile through the fields of whispering corn. Sing merry! So gayly rang the bells of Londonderry. IV. But now the mountain flowers have lost their rich perfume. And the lark has now no rapture, the nodding rose no bloom, Since they took you from the ocean to lay you in the tomb. Never merry Shall sound for me sweet bells of Londonderry. V. But merrily they'll sound when my heart has passed away. To the fisher near his nets, and the hillman mowing hay. To mothers at their doorsteps, and lovers in the May Making merry. Shall chime the silver bells of Londonderry. 2l8 THE WHITE APRON. GEORGE S. STEBBINS. Brother George S. Stebbins was born at Springfield, Mass., in 1833, and was about 34 years of age at the time of his death. Brother Stebbins came to Ottawa in 1855, and entered the store of Ciishman & Lindley as bookkeeper and clerk, and afterwards, for several years, as bookkeeper for Mr, Cushman, private banker. Thence he entered the of- fice of County Treasurer, when Hon. S. R. Lewis was Treasurer, as bookkeeper and accountant, and at the close of Mr. Lewis' term he was for two successive terms elected County Treasurer, an office for which he was peculiarly fitted, and the duties of which he performed with singular fidelity and ability. On retiring from the Treasurer's office he became a partner of the firm of Colwell, Clark & Steb- bins. Of him the Ottawa Free Trader said : "We could dwell, did our space permit, fondly and elo- quently on the many virtues of the deceased. He was a genial, kind hearted man, with a hand open as day to melt- ing charity. No call in the way of voluntary contribution, whatever its object, if worthy, ever passed brother Stebbins without a liberal response. Modest and unassuming, al- most to a fault, he was yet a ripe scholar, and enthusiastic student of the classics, and as a writer wielded perhaps the most graceful pen in Ottawa." Brother Stebbins was a member of Ottawa Commandery, No, 10, K. T., Shabboua Chapter, No. 37, R. A. M., and Occidental Lodge, No. 40, A, F, & A. M. His funeral was one of the largest ever witnessed in Ottawa. It took place from the Episcopal church Sunday, December i, 1867, and his remains were accompanied to the cemetery by Occiden- tal Lodge and members of the Masonic fraternity from every Lodge in the county. Ottawa Commandery, No. 10, K. T., acted as escort, while at the grave, in accordance with HISTORY OF OCCIDENTAL LODGE. 219 the request of the deceased, the impressive service of the Masonic fraternity was observed. The following resolutions were adopted by Occidental Lodge, No. 40, A. F. & A. M. : Whereas, It has pleased the Supreme Architect of the universe to take from our number, by the hand of death, our beloved brother, George S. Stebbins; and, Whereas, Brother Stebbins has for many years been an influential and prominent citizen as well as a member of the different Masonic organizations of this city; therefore, Resolved, That, in his death, our order has lost a true and worthy member of our society, an active and pure minded citizen; a bereaved wife a devoted and kind hus- band, and his children a loving and affectionate parent. Resolved, That we deeply sympathize with the widow of our deceased brother in her loss, and that we will mourn with those that mourn and weep with those that weep. Resolved, That we will ever cherish the memory of our departed brother, and will ever imitate his virtues and bear witness to his high standing as a citizen, a close and true friend, a decisive, prompt and devoted Mason. Resolved, That these resolutions be spread upon the records of this Lodge, and be published in the papers of this city, and a certified copy of the same be furnished to the family of the deceased. Dust to dust, the dark decree! Soul to God, the soul Is free! Leave him with the lowly lain — Brother, we shall meet again. 220 THE WHITE APRON. THE GOLDEN DAYS DEPARTED. I. O voices still beneath the churchyard sod. Bright eyes that glistened behind long lashes, Warm beauty early given back to God, Red lips that now are ashes! II. Ah, so it is! All that hath ever been Experienced by the spirit is immortal; Each hope and joy and grief is hid within The memory's sacred portal. III. And yet the soft glow of the midnight hour — A strain of haunting music, sweet and olden, A dream, a bird, a bee, a leaf, a flower, A sunset rich and golden. IV. Can fling that portal open, and beyond Appears the record of each earlier feeling; All hopes, all joys, all fears, all musing fond, In infinite revealing. V. Till all the present passes from the sight. Its cares and woes that make us weary-hearted. And leave us basking in the holy light Of golden days departed. HISTORY OF OCCIDENTAL LODGE. 221 J. C. AVERY. Brother Julius Caesar Avery died Tuesday morning, No- vember 22, 1870. W. S. Easton, W. M., called a special communication of Occidental Lodge the evening of the same day. Brother Avery being held in such high esteem among the brethren, a large attendance was present. The Wor- shipful Master announced the death of brother Avery, and stated that it was the wish of his relatives that the funeral exercises should be of a strictly Masonic character, and should take place from the residence of George Avery, at 2 o'clock p. M., Wednesday, November 23, 1870. The com- mittee on resolutions, consisting of brothers Thomas J. Wade, John F. Nash, Arthur Lockwood, Robert M. Mc- Arthur and Robert Henning, presented the following reso- lutions, which were unanimously adopted : Loving hands have clothed the mortal remains of our beloved brother Julius Avery with the habiliments of the grave, and with saddened hearts have laid him gently down to sleep in the house appointed for all the living ; the solemn words, "Dust tO' dust, ashes to ashes, earth to earth," have been uttered, and all that was mortal of our brother has passed from our sight forever. It is eminently fit that this Lodge, of which he was so long a cherished member, should give expression to its feel- ing of sorrow and bereavement for its loss, and should say to the immediate relatives of our deceased brother, and to the world, that we loved him as a brother ; that his memory is, and ever will be, dear to us, and while it is not our prov- ince tO' indulge in panegyric, we cannot refrain from saying that in the Lodge, he was in every sense a brother, and in the world a man. Resolved, That these, our feelings and sentiments, be entered upon the records of this Lodge, a copy transmitted to the relatives of our deceased brother, and a copy furnished the press. 222 THE WHITE APRON. Resolved, That oiin Lodge be draped in mourning- and its members wear the usual badge according to our custom. Tlie Worshipful Master appointed as pall-bearers broth- ers David P. Jones, J. B. Rice, J. H. Shepherd, Herman Silver, E. F. Bull, H. M. Godfrey, J. C. Hatheway and George Beatty, and brothers E. S. Robert and Ed. H. Smith a committee on music. Brother Benjamin Padgett was appointed to carry the holy writings, and brother Fred- erick F, Crane, Marshal. On November 23d, at 2 o'clock p. m., the Lodge met in special communication, with William S. Easton, Worship- ful Master, and a large assembly of brothers of Occidental Lodge, also large delegations from sister Lodges. The usual ceremony was conducted in the lodge-room, after which, under the escort of Ottawa Commandery, No. 10, K. T., the Lodge proceeded to the residence of Mr. George Avery, brother of the deceased, where the usual Masonic services were held, after which the procession was formed and proceeded to the cemetery, where the remains were con- signed to the grave under the impressive ceremonies of the order. Julius C. Avery was born at New Milford, Susquehanna county. Pa., in 1831, and was therefore at the time of his death 39 years of age. Brother Avery was educated in the best schools in the vicinity oi his birthplace, but being thrown upon his own resources, about 1850, he came West, located at Ottawa, and commenced the study of law in the ofifice of Hon. M. E. Hollister, supporting himself at the same time by teaching school. About 1853 (in the mean- time having been admitted to the bar and opened an office) he joined an elder brother, who had just returned from Cal- ifornia, in the purchase of the newspaper office of the Ot- tawa Free Trader, of which he was editor about one year, when he sold his interest and returned to the practice of HISTORY OF OCCIDENTAL LODGE. 223 law. In this he rose rapidly, and in about 1856 became the second member of the law firm of Gray, Avery & Bushnell, and on the retiring of O. C. Gray, a few years afterwards, from the firm he became the law partner of the Hon. Wash- ington Bushnell, remaining such until his death. Brother Avery had held the office of city clerk, city attorney and mayor of the city of Ottawa. In 1870 he was nominated for Congress on the Democratic ticket, and ran against the Hon. B. C. Cook. The county and district were overwhelmingly Republican, yet he carried La Salle county by 800 majority, and cut down the Republican majority in the district from 7,600 to 2,600. As a Mason, he was true to its teachings. His charac- ter and worth as a public officer and private citizen were delineated so eloquently and lovingly in court proceedings that we regret we have not space to give the whole or even a part of the proceedings. His hand was "open as day to melting charity," he gave liberally to both public and private objects, but without ostentation. If ever a man observed the divine injunction, "Let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth," it was our friend and brother who is gone. His was not a charity trained in religious schools, as a matter of duty, it was spontaneous, the outgrowth of a generous nature. He could not withhold his hand or shut his heart against appeals to his benevolence. Of him, the Hon. E. F. Bull said, in the presence of the Circuit Court : "The oldest member of the profession can study his character with profit ; the youngest can find in his profes- sional conduct an example for truthfulness, for honesty, for candor, for strict integrity and all other graces that should adorn our profession, worthy of close imitation." As writ on walls in friendship's holy shrine, His sorrowing brother's tributes here are told; This threshold space, I would the power were mine To gild with sunlight's pure, unshadowed gold 224 THE WHITE APRON. That those here passing, joyous minded, might In kindred spirit, read these lines aright. For shadows never chilled the pleasant way. When access to his heart the poor would crave; Across his path the sunlight quivering lay And halo-like, is radiant o'er his grave. His generous heart illumined his whole career; Then why should shadows hold dominion here? Some inward source his joyous nature knew, Some fountain-head, wh