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| − | Current Status: ''in Grand Lodge Vault; merged into [http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Eden2 Eden] Lodge, 10/27/1939.'' | + | Current Status: ''in Grand Lodge Vault; merged into [http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Eden2 Eden] Lodge, 10/27/1939. Charter may have been surrendered some time between 1826 and 1858; restored 1858.'' |
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| − | + | === NOTES === | |
| − | + | ==== RESTORATION OF CHARTER, MARCH 1858 ==== | |
| + | ''From Moore's Freemason's Monthly, Vol. XVII, No. 6, April 1858, Page 164:'' | ||
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| + | Among other matters of much local interest which came before the Grand Lodge of this Commonwealth at its late Quarterly Communication, was the following interesting Report from the Committee to whom at the previous meeting, had been referred the subject of restoring to the petitioners the Charter of Bethel Lodge, at Enfield, which, during the antimasonic persecution, had been surrendered to the Grand Lodge : — | ||
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| + | <blockquote> | ||
| + | ''To the M. W. Grand Matter, Grand Wardens and Brethren of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts —''<br> | ||
| + | <br> | ||
| + | "The Committee to whom was referred, with full powers, the application for the restoration of the Charter of Bethel Lodge, of Enfield, were waited upon by a com mittee of the petitioners, consisting of Brothers J. B. Woods and Ichabod Pope, who gave them such information as induced your Committee to decide unanimously in favor of the application. The Charter has accordingly been restored. The seven petitioners all reside in Enfield. There are in all sixteen members of the Lodge now surviving. Enfield itself is a town of about eleven hundred inhabitants. There were, prior to the antimasonic invasion, Lodges in Belchertown, five miles, and in Ware, seven miles, distant. The nearest Lodge now, is at Palmer Depot, distant twelve miles. There are two others — one at Northampton, and one at Barre — distant eighteen and seventeen miles.<br> | ||
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| + | "In the days of its prosperity, Bethel Lodge built a Hall, which was purchased, and is now owned by Brothers J. B. and Leonard Woods — two of the petitioners. <br> | ||
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| + | "Nowhere were our Brethren more accrimoniously persecuted during the dark ages, than at Enfield Their Lodge room was broken open, and their jewels stolen and divided among the thieves, as a reward for their virtuous and valorous attacks upon their peaceful and law abiding neighbors. | ||
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| + | "The Records and seal were preserved ; and the more bulky furniture, but little injured, now remains the property of the Lodge. <br> | ||
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| + | "Since that time, now a quarter of a century, the Lodge room has remained as it was left, awaiting the time when the sound of the gavel should again call order oat of chaos ; and the Brethren to renew their peaceful labors. <br> | ||
| + | <br> | ||
| + | "The Brethren to whom the Charter has been restored, are among the most wor thy and wealthy of the town. They are full of Masonic zeal — and rejoice in the restoration of a Charter identified with their early Masonic years ; that, in their old Hall and in their ancient seats, with a large and bountiful field before them, and with the mysteries of Masonry safely deposited in their faithful breasts, they may rebuild the Lodge of their youth in Wisdom, Strength and Beauty. <br> | ||
| + | <br> | ||
| + | "Truth, though crushed to earth shall rise again." | ||
| + | </blockquote> | ||
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| + | [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAGLBDean Benjamin Dean], [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAGLWBaker William W. Baker], [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAGLWMartin William C. Martin], Committee. | ||
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| + | * [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/images/BethelRestoration1858.pdf Original document] | ||
| + | |||
| + | === PAST MASTERS === | ||
| + | |||
| + | <div style="column-count:3;-moz-column-count:3;-webkit-column-count:3"> | ||
| + | * Henry Fobes, 1825-1828; '''[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAOtherBrothersF#FOBES.2C_HENRY_1792-1885 Mem]''' | ||
| + | * Aaron Woods, Jr., 1829-1857 | ||
| + | * Josiah B. Woods, 1858 | ||
| + | * John Crosby, 1859-1863 | ||
| + | * Cyrus F. Woods, 1864-1866 | ||
| + | * William S. Douglas, 1867, 1871, 1872; '''[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MASuppNecrologiesAG#DOUGLAS.2C_WILLIAM_SPERRY_1836-1917 SN]''' | ||
| + | * George S. Dixon, 1868, 1869 | ||
| + | * Henry E. Brown, 1870 | ||
| + | * William B. Kimball, 1873, 1874 | ||
| + | * James G. Ford, 1875-1877, 1881-1884, 1890, 1891 | ||
| + | * John W. Felton, 1878-1880 | ||
| + | * Fred N. Pierce, 1885-1888, 1892-1894 | ||
| + | * Eugene C. Lamson, 1889 | ||
| + | * Lewis D. Sloane, 1895, 1896 | ||
| + | * Henry Bittner, 1897, 1898, 1904, 1905 | ||
| + | * William Milsop, 1899, 1900, 1902 | ||
| + | * William F. Howe, 1901 | ||
| + | * William Lisk, 1903, 1918-1920 | ||
| + | * Frank Johnston, 1906, 1907 | ||
| + | * Stewart Twible, 1908, 1909 | ||
| + | * Thomas Hickland, 1910, 1911 | ||
| + | * Edwin H. Howe, 1912 | ||
| + | * James R. Lisk, 1913 | ||
| + | * Charles W. Felton, 1914 | ||
| + | * Herbert A. Coolbeth, 1915 | ||
| + | * Edward B. Downing, 1916, 1917 | ||
| + | * H. Morgan Ryther, 1921-1923; '''[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MANecrologiesNR#RYTHER.2C_HARRY_MORGAN_1892-1973 N]''' | ||
| + | * J. Frederick Zappey, 1924, 1925; '''[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MASuppNecrologiesSZ#ZAPPEY.2C_JOHN_FREDERICK_1883-1956 SN]''' | ||
| + | * Hartwell J. Hill, 1926 | ||
| + | * Elliott E. Harwood, 1927 | ||
| + | * Charles D. Walker, 1928 | ||
| + | * Albert E. Richardson, 1929 | ||
| + | * Merton C. Pike, 1930 | ||
| + | * William Metcalf, 1931 | ||
| + | * Lester E. Hall, 1932, 1936 | ||
| + | * Jerome L. Spurr, 1933 | ||
| + | * Preston M. Putnam, 1934 | ||
| + | * Charles A. Fitts, 1935 | ||
| + | * Homer B. Briggs, 1937 | ||
| + | * Oliver Russell Snow, 1938, 1939 | ||
| + | </div> | ||
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| + | <hr> | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===LIST OF MEMBERS OF BETHEL LODGE=== | ||
| + | First Line of Officers in May 1825: | ||
| + | * W.M. Henry Fobes (was the first Master, however his signature is not found in the original By Law Book) | ||
| + | *S.W. Aaron Woods, Jr. | ||
| + | *J.W. James Magoon | ||
| + | *Treas. William Stone | ||
| + | *Secy. Eliphas Jones | ||
| + | *S.D. Abner Pepper | ||
| + | *J.D. Amory Fisk | ||
| + | *S.S. Jonathan Russell | ||
| + | *J.S. Daniel Howard | ||
| + | *Tyler. Nathan Weeks | ||
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| + | List is in order of signatures recorded in the Lodge By Laws. | ||
| + | <div style="column-count:3;-moz-column-count:3;-webkit-column-count:3"> | ||
| + | * Prince Ford | ||
| + | * Alden Lathrop | ||
| + | * Leonard Woods, August 17, 1825 | ||
| + | * Daniel Ford, August 30, 1825 | ||
| + | * Josiah B. Woods, August 30, 1825 | ||
| + | * Ambrose Packard, August 30, 1825 | ||
| + | * Jonah Crofs, August 30, 1825 | ||
| + | * Tertius Walker, August 30, 1825 | ||
| + | * Elijah Cutter Jr., November 30, 1825 | ||
| + | * Joseph Doane Jr., November 30, 1825 | ||
| + | * John N. Hastings, Dec. 27, 1825 | ||
| + | * Jason Abbott, Jan. 24, 1826 | ||
| + | * William Collins Jr., Feb, 28, 1826 | ||
| + | * Alonzo Cutler, Feb. 18, 1826 | ||
| + | * Charles T. Little, Feb, 28, 1826 | ||
| + | * Royal Keith, Mar. 28, 1826 | ||
| + | * John Crosley, Mar 28, 1826 | ||
| + | * Ansel Fobes, Mar. 28, 1826 | ||
| + | * Rev. Joshua Crosley, Apr. 25, 1826 | ||
| + | * Rev. Joseph Blodget, Apr. 28, 1826 | ||
| + | * Timothy Brainard, May. 23, 1826 | ||
| + | * Ichabod Pope, May. 23, 1826 | ||
| + | * William Douglas, Aug. 22, 1826 | ||
| + | * Elijah Mills, Aug. 22, 1826 | ||
| + | * William Josslyn, Jan. 16, 1827 | ||
| + | '''In 1833 the Charter was returned to Grand Lodge in Boston on October 14th, 1833.''' | ||
| + | '''In 1858 the Charter was restored to the Lodge after the sentiments of the Anti Masonic period had settled.''' | ||
| + | * Cyrus F. Woods, Mar 2, 1858 | ||
| + | * Micah H. Gross, Mar. 2, 1858 | ||
| + | * Andrew Russell, | ||
| + | '''On March 23rd, 1858 the First Regular Communication (after restoration of Charter) was held in the Masonic Hall.''' | ||
| + | * Stephen Douglas, Apr. 6, 1858 | ||
| + | * John T. Jordan, Apr. 6, 1858 | ||
| + | * Jason Blackmer, Apr. 24, 1858 | ||
| + | * Charles Richards, May. 21, 1858, dem. 10/20/1874 | ||
| + | * Joseph W. Winslow, May. 21, 1858, dem. 1/10/1865 | ||
| + | * Daniel B. Gillett?, May. 21, 1858 | ||
| + | * Levi W. Lombard, May. 21, 1858 | ||
| + | * Robert Powers, Jun. 1, 1858 | ||
| + | * Augusts Moody, Jun. 1, 1858 | ||
| + | * Ozias Randall, Jun. 1, 1858, dem. 3/19/1867 | ||
| + | * John L. Wilson, Jun. 29, 1858 | ||
| + | * Henry Allen, Aug. 24, 1858 | ||
| + | * Soloman Shumway, Aug. 24, 1858 | ||
| + | * Gilbert McKinney, Aug. 24, 1858 | ||
| + | * Joseph A. Haskins, Oct. 26, 1858 | ||
| + | * Monroe Richardson, Oct. 26, 1858 | ||
| + | * Albert L. Doak, Oct. 26, 1858 (died8/14/1887) | ||
| + | * Lynus Tourtillot, Nov. 23, 1858 | ||
| + | * Nathaniel Topliff, Nov. 23, 1858 | ||
| + | * Charles P. Crowell, Feb. 22, 1859 | ||
| + | * Richard B. Allen, Apr. 19, 1859 | ||
| + | * Sewall Randall, May. 17, 1859 | ||
| + | * Luther Holland, Jun. 21, 1859 | ||
| + | * J. W. Goodell, Jul. 19, 1859 | ||
| + | * Luke Earle, Sept. 13, 1859 | ||
| + | * Phienas Bridgeman, Oct. 18, 1859 | ||
| + | * John T. Thurston, Jan. 31, 1860 | ||
| + | * Daniel Andrews, Feb. 6, 1860 | ||
| + | * Calvin Bridgeman, Apr. 3, 1860 | ||
| + | * Louis W. Pope, May. 29, 1860 | ||
| + | * Loban L. Kingman, Jun. 26, 1860 | ||
| + | * Dr. David Worthington Miner, Nov. 27, 1860 (Physician, had a practice in Ware. He was also a Charter Member of Eden Lodge of Ware, MA. Buried Aspen Grove Cemetery, Ware, MA) | ||
| + | * S.W. Longley, Nov. 27, 1860, dem. 11/9/1860 | ||
| + | * George F. Thompson, Dec. 25, 1860 | ||
| + | * J. C. Haskins, Dec. 25, 1860 | ||
| + | * Franklin D. Richards, Oct. 15, 1861 (Lawyer, had a practice in Ware, Charter Member of Eden Lodge of Ware, MA. Buried Aspen Grove Cemetery, Ware, MA) | ||
| + | * Joseph S. Darling, Jan. 14, 1862, dem. 12/5/1868 | ||
| + | * L. S. Blackmer, Feb. 11, 1862 | ||
| + | * David L. Richards, Mar. 18, 1862 (died 9/25/1915) | ||
| + | * William C. Demond, Apr. 13, 1862 | ||
| + | * Charles W. Richards, Apr. 13, 1862 | ||
| + | * William S. Douglass, May. 13, 1862 (died 6/19/1917) | ||
| + | * Allen Goodman, Jun. 10, 1862 | ||
| + | * Edwin F. Ward, Jun. 10, 1862 | ||
| + | * John F. Dyer, Jul. 8, 1862 | ||
| + | * Theron Temple, Jul. 8, 1862 | ||
| + | * N. L. Johnson, Sept. 2, 1862 | ||
| + | * George S. Dixon, Oct. 23, 1862, susp. 1880 | ||
| + | * E. S. Haskins, Nov. 4, 1862 | ||
| + | * Warren Hale, Nov. 4, 1862 | ||
| + | * William Elwell, Nov. 4, 1862 | ||
| + | * Francis DeWitt, Nov. 4, 1862 | ||
| + | * Wilson Andrews, Nov. 4, 1862 | ||
| + | * J. Wesley Goodman, Jan. 6, 1863 | ||
| + | * J. W. Bennent ?, Jun. 2, 1863 | ||
| + | * Saml' W. Warren, Jul. 28, 1863 | ||
| + | * W. A. Trask, Sept. 22, 1863 | ||
| + | * Robt. D. Bussey, Oct. 20, 1863, Susp. 11/3/1908 | ||
| + | * J. F. Snow, Oct. 20, 1863 | ||
| + | * Henry E. Brown, Mar. 29, 1864, (died 7/28/1902) | ||
| + | * O. H. Drury, Apr. 19, 1864 | ||
| + | * Sylvester F. Root, Jun. 14, 1864, dem. 11/9/1897 | ||
| + | * Charles H. Dow, Jun 14, 1864 | ||
| + | * Stephen Witt, Sept. 13, 1864 | ||
| + | * Harfield L. Vaughn, Nov. 30, 1864 | ||
| + | * Francis H. Brown, Nov. 9, 1864 | ||
| + | * Arthur H. Pomeroy, Feb. 7, 1865 | ||
| + | * A. J. Nye, Feb. 7, 1865, (died 12/17/1888) | ||
| + | * Allen W. Goodman, Feb. 7, 1865, dem. 9/10/1867 | ||
| + | * Alvin Cleveland ?, Mar. 7, 1865 | ||
| + | * Willard E. Johnson, Mar. 7, 1865 | ||
| + | * Edwin P. Walker, Apr. 13, 1865 | ||
| + | * undiscernable signature, May. 9, 1865, (died 12/15/1915) | ||
| + | * W. H. Hawks, Jun. 6, 1865, dem. 6/14/1870 | ||
| + | * G. S./O. S. ? Roberts, Sept. 6, 1865 | ||
| + | * James D. Barnes, Oct. 3, 1865, dem. 12/14/1880 | ||
| + | * S. F. Cleveland, Oct. 17, 1865 | ||
| + | * Joshua G. Longley, Oct. 17, 1865, dem. 6/14/1870 | ||
| + | * A. W. Freeman, Dec. 5, 1865 | ||
| + | * Reuben E. Aldrich, Jan. 30, 1866, dem. 5/2/1871 | ||
| + | * Austin R. White, Apr. 24, 1866, dem. 6/14/1870 | ||
| + | * L. D. Fenton, Apr. 24, 1866, dem. 11/24/1868 | ||
| + | * Lewis Brewster, May. 29, 1866 | ||
| + | * Nelson H. Hunt, May. 29, 1866 | ||
| + | * J. Warren Towne, Jun. 26, 1866 | ||
| + | * John H. Morgan, Jun. 26, 1866, dem. 8/26/1879 | ||
| + | * Horace Hunt, Nov. 20, 1866 | ||
| + | * Henry H, Jepson, Dec. 18, 1866 | ||
| + | * Charles W. Morse, Mar. 19, 1867 | ||
| + | * Henry M. Brown, May. 19, 1867 | ||
| + | * Edwin A. Kemp, Dec. 10, 1867 | ||
| + | * Jonathan E. Woods, Jan. 7, 1868 | ||
| + | * Gilbert E. Walker, Mar. 10, 1868 | ||
| + | * Amiel Hess, May. 5, 1868, dem. 4/25/1885 | ||
| + | * Henry M. Aldrich, May. 5, 1868, dem. 9/9/1916 | ||
| + | * Rev. John W. Lee, Jul. 7, 1868, dem. 4/19/1870 | ||
| + | * Levi Arnold, Sept. 1, 1868, dem. 6/14/1870 | ||
| + | * Daniel B. Gilbert Jr., Sept. 5, 1868 | ||
| + | * Joseph M. Towne, Sept. 5, 1868, dem. 6/14/1870 | ||
| + | * L. E. Upham, Sept. 5, 1868, dem. 6/14/1870 | ||
| + | * Thomas E. Field, Oct. 6, 1868, dem. 3/31/1874 | ||
| + | * William M. Ayers, Oct. 6, 1868, (died 1913) | ||
| + | * Saml' H. Andrews, Nov. 3, 1868, dem. 2/8/1881 | ||
| + | * J. Juther Hunt, Nov. 3, 1868 | ||
| + | * George W. Pope, Apr. 3, 1869 | ||
| + | * John Crowthier, May. 1, 1869 | ||
| + | * John Eddy, May. 25, 1869, (died 4/7/1922) | ||
| + | * Wm. W. Bester, Aug. 24, 1869, (died 5/1923) | ||
| + | * John H. Newcomb, Feb. 26, 1870, dem. 4/19/1870 | ||
| + | * Albertus W. Morse, Feb. 26, 1870, dem. 12/13/1870 | ||
| + | * Edward Pope, Mar. 22, 1870 | ||
| + | * Henry Kipka, Nov. 8, 1870 | ||
| + | * J. Henry Howe, Dec. 13, 1870 | ||
| + | * Fred C. Pope, Jan. 31, 1871 | ||
| + | * Fredrick N. Pierce, Mar. 7, 1871 | ||
| + | * Rufus W. Gillett, Apr. 15, 1871, dem. 3/16/1875 | ||
| + | * Wm. H. Hills, Jun. 3, 1871, dem. 10/8/1878 | ||
| + | * Mils W. Abbot, Aug. 29, 1871 | ||
| + | * Alfred E. Barrows, Jul. 20, 1872, dem. 11/4/1873 | ||
| + | * Whitman A. Aldrich, Jul. 20, 1872 | ||
| + | * Waldow H. Pierce, Jul. 20, 1872 (died 5/23/1921) | ||
| + | * Edward D. Ripley, Jul. 20, 1872, susp. 11/3/19080 | ||
| + | * Martin N. Haskell, Jun. 18, 1872 | ||
| + | * Charles S. Gross, Sept. 19, 1872 | ||
| + | * Algernon W. Pierce, Oct. 15, 1872, (died 11/7/1917) | ||
| + | * Ambrose E. Walker, Dec. 10, 1872, dem. 11/9/1875 | ||
| + | * James G. Ford, Dec. 10, 1872 | ||
| + | * Daniel Powers, Feb. 11, 1873 | ||
| + | * William B. Kimball, Feb. 11, 1873 | ||
| + | * Chas. F. Mathews, Aug. 5, 1873 | ||
| + | * George H. Mason, Aug. 5, 1873, (died 12/10/1922) | ||
| + | * Lorenzo D. Newland, Mar. 3, 1874, (also a member of Eden Lodge of Ware, MA) | ||
| + | * Saml' L. Howe, Mar. 31, 1874, (died 1/26/1929) | ||
| + | * Chauncey L Griffin, Feb. 16, 1875 | ||
| + | * Oscar A. Titus, Jun. 15, 1875 | ||
| + | * Albert Nemyre, Oct. 18, 1875, dem. 12/7/1886 | ||
| + | * Abel Gilbert, Mar. 7, 1876 | ||
| + | * Edward Lindrus ?, Oct. 2, 1876, dem. 9/23/1879 | ||
| + | * Cyrus E. Smith, Nov. 9, 1876 | ||
| + | * Geo. L. Johnson, Aug. 21, 1877, (died 2/1/1892) | ||
| + | * Thomas H. Gates, Mar. 12, 1878, (died 10/31/1928) | ||
| + | * John W. Felton, Apr. 16, 1878 | ||
| + | * Henry D. Hamilton, Jul. 23, 1878 | ||
| + | * Stephen E. Whitemore, Mar. 4, 1879, dem. 2/5/1884 | ||
| + | * Henry A. Powers, Jun. 3, 1879 | ||
| + | * Henry Bence, Mar. 23, 1880 | ||
| + | * Mason W. Haskins, Jun. 22, 1880 | ||
| + | * Lewis D. Sloan, Dec. 14, 1880 | ||
| + | * Chas. F. Dudley, May. 10, 1881, dem. 8/22/1882 | ||
| + | * Edmund G. Wells, Jun. 7, 1881, dem. 1/29/1890 | ||
| + | * John Forward, Oct. 4, 1881, dem. 6/15/1886 | ||
| + | * Asa V. Snow, Oct. 4, 1881, (Hayden Lodge of Brookfield, MA) | ||
| + | * Joseph F. Stone, Nov. 29, 1881 | ||
| + | * Herbert Coolbeth ? , Mar. 28, 1882, (died 4/6/1916) | ||
| + | * John B. Jacques, May. 30, 1882 | ||
| + | * Charles E. Gee, Jul. 25, 1882, susp. 1/10/1922 | ||
| + | * Seimus M. Pierce, Sept. 5, 1882 | ||
| + | * Frank W. Hamilton, Oct. 24, 1882 | ||
| + | * Anson Merrick Howard ?, Apr. 17/1883 | ||
| + | * Jared Gould, May. 15, 1862 | ||
| + | * Robert Johnston, Jul. 17, 1883, (died 2/25/1929) | ||
| + | * E. C. Samson, Dec. 11, 1883, dem. 5/22/1939 | ||
| + | * Edward B. Downing, Dec. 11, 1883, (died 4/21/1936) | ||
| + | * E. St. Stowe, Mar. 11, 1884, dem. 1939 | ||
| + | * John Micha Eddy, Mar. 11, 1884 | ||
| + | * Eugene Worthington Rod, Mar. 11, 1884 | ||
| + | * F. A. Alden, Jun. 3, 1884 | ||
| + | * Chas. Alfred Powers, Jun. 3, 1884, susp. 11/3/1908 | ||
| + | * George Moran Laskett, Aug. 5, 1884 | ||
| + | * Howard Isaac Shaw, Sept. 30, 1884, susp. 1/10/1922 | ||
| + | * Herbert E. Pence, Sept. 30, 1884 | ||
| + | * Andrew E. Freeman, Jun. 23, 1885, suspended NPD 3/6/1928 | ||
| + | * H. M. Ives, M.D., Sept. 22, 1885, dem. 8/10/1886 | ||
| + | * W. Henry Walker, Jun. 15, 1886, (died 8/5/1934) | ||
| + | * O. .S. S. Southworth, Aug. 10, 1886 | ||
| + | * Zephanian Abbott, Oct. 12, 1886 | ||
| + | * Francis E. Johnson, Oct. 12, 1886 | ||
| + | * Levi N. Chamberlin, Feb. 8, 1887 | ||
| + | * Charles O. Davis, Feb. 8, 1887 | ||
| + | * Adolpho A. L. Page | ||
| + | * Edward O. Williams, Apr. 5, 1887, dem 4/22/1902 | ||
| + | * Frank H. Douglas, May. 3, 1887, dem. 11/1/1892 | ||
| + | * Albert Rast House, Aug. 2, 1887 | ||
| + | * Frank Kossuth Southworth, Sept. 27, 1887, dem. 4/22/1902 | ||
| + | * Alfred Hastings Squire, Oct. 25, 1887 | ||
| + | * Walter Lyman Brown, Nov. 13, 1888 | ||
| + | * Samuel House, Aug. 30, 1888 | ||
| + | * George B. Walker, Feb. 12, 1889 | ||
| + | * Emray A. Moore, Feb. 12, 1889, (died 12/29/1930) | ||
| + | * Charles W. Felton, Oct. 15, 1889, (died 10/1938) | ||
| + | * Henry Taylor, Mar. 24, 1891, (died 4/8/1922) | ||
| + | * Frank Johnston, Apr. 21, 1891, (died 4/8/1922) | ||
| + | * Robert H. Thompson, Oct. 13, 1891 | ||
| + | * Arthur Henry Grass, May. 10, 1892 | ||
| + | * Benj. A. Sawtelle, Jan. 31, 1893 | ||
| + | * George Lyman Holdridge, Apr. 18, 1893, dem. 2/13/1915 | ||
| + | * C. P. Hassington ?, Apr. 18, 1893 | ||
| + | * Edward Silas Handy, Apr. 18, 1893 | ||
| + | * William F. Howe, May. 30, 1893, (died 1/23/1931) | ||
| + | * Josaiah Willard Flint, May. 30, 1893, (died 11/3/1917) | ||
| + | * John Mulholland, Jul. 25, 1893, (died 9/23/1921) | ||
| + | * Henry Bittmer, Oct. 24, 1893, (died 9/27/1924) | ||
| + | * George Hall, Jul. 17, 1894, (died 12/30/1935) | ||
| + | * Henry E. Nimton, Oct. 9, 1894, (died 10/1918) | ||
| + | * William Milsop, May. 7, 1895 | ||
| + | * Henry Roehm, May. 7, 1895 | ||
| + | * Charles Hurden ? Hunter, Jul. 30, 1895 | ||
| + | * W. Hostess Chapin, Oct. 29, 1895, (died 3/10/1915) | ||
| + | * Francis Johnston, Mar. 24, 1896, dem. 11/15/1921 | ||
| + | * Sean Whipple Johnson, Sept. 15, 1896 | ||
| + | * Fred Augusts Barnes, Nov. 13, 1896, susp. 1/10/1922 | ||
| + | * Stewart Twible, Mar. 8, 1898, dem. 5/22/1939 | ||
| + | * Pliny F. Pike, Jan. 24, 1898, (died 2/5/1916) | ||
| + | * Thomas John Rock, Mar. 21, 1899, dem. 5/22/1939 | ||
| + | * James Lisk, May. 23, 1899 (died | ||
| + | * Thomas Hickland, May. 23, 1899 (died 5/23/1928) | ||
| + | * John Metcalf, Jr., Apr. 10, 1900 | ||
| + | * S. F. Gage, Mar. 5, 1901 | ||
| + | * William Gates, Mar. 5, 1901 | ||
| + | * William ......?, Apr. 30, 1901, (died 1/20/1929) | ||
| + | * Joseph N. Plant, Apr. 30, 1901, (died 10/20/1926) | ||
| + | * Rutherford A. Clifford, Sept. 24, 1901 | ||
| + | * Alexander Hickland, Nov. 19, 1901, dem. 9/6/1927) | ||
| + | * Anthony W. Mason, Apr. 22, 1902, (died 9/16/1923) | ||
| + | * Francis Robert Lisk, Jul. 15, 1902 | ||
| + | * George E. Cooley, Mar. 1, 1904, dem. 5/22/1939 | ||
| + | * Carl M. Clifford, Mar. 1, 1904 | ||
| + | * Willis R. King, Apr. 26, 1904 | ||
| + | * Edwin Austin Bacon, Jul. 26, 1904, susp. 6/10/1924 | ||
| + | * Daniel G. Weston, Oct. 18, 1904, (died 4/24/1921) | ||
| + | * Oscar Asa King, Jan. 17, 1905, dem. 5/22/1939 | ||
| + | * Samuel George Tennard, Jan. 17, 1905 | ||
| + | * Charles F. Rittridge, Jun. 13, 1905, susp. 6/30/1925 | ||
| + | * Charles M. Mullen, Jun. 13, 1905 | ||
| + | * Howard H. Dickinson, Jun. 13, 1905, dem. 1/31/1928 | ||
| + | * Charles B. Coit, Dec. 5, 1905, dem. 5/22/1931 | ||
| + | * David E. Tito | ||
| + | * Omar LaForest Downing | ||
| + | * Arthur Julias Garfield, (died 6/23/1937) | ||
| + | * William Simmington, Jul. 3, 1906, dem. 2/27/1934 | ||
| + | * Howles Andrus, Jul. 31, 1906, dem. 3/14/1916 | ||
| + | * James Robert Lisk, Jul. 31, 1906 | ||
| + | * Henry James Sargent, Feb. 26, 1907, dem. 10/7/1924, also Jerusalem Lodge, Northampton, MA) | ||
| + | * Samuel Richardson, Feb. 26, 1907 | ||
| + | * James Metcalf, Apr. 23, 1907 | ||
| + | * Joseph Beaver Tuggey, Apr. 23, 1907, dem. 6/14/1927 | ||
| + | * Richard Hickland, May. 21, 1907 | ||
| + | * John Edward Hunter, Sept. 17, 1907, (died 7/7/1932) | ||
| + | * Fred Wm. Doubleday, Dec. 17, 1907, dem. 5/22/1939 | ||
| + | * J. Edwards Woods, Apr. 14, 1908 | ||
| + | * Robert A. Starrington | ||
| + | * Geo. D. Garfield, Jun. 9, 1908 | ||
| + | * Robert Calbett, Dec. 1, 1908, dem. 3/25/1935 | ||
| + | * Stephen H. Walker, May. 4, 1909 (died 10/3/1918) | ||
| + | * Harry B. Hess, May. 4, 1909 | ||
| + | * Arthur delToro, Jul. 19, 1909, susp. 1/10/1918 | ||
| + | * Henry Francis DeBean, Mar. 22, 1910 | ||
| + | * Daniel Beecher, Jun. 21, 1910 | ||
| + | * John Bradford Steven, Jun. 21, 1910, dem. 3/3/1939 | ||
| + | * Harold A. Legus ?, Apr. .11, 1911, dem. 3/3/1939 | ||
| + | * Samuel James Ritchie, Oct. 10, 1911, dem. 5/22/1939 | ||
| + | * Walter Stewart Johnston, Mar. 26, 1912 | ||
| + | * Joshua Henry Crowther, Mar. 26, 1912, dem. 11/4/1930 | ||
| + | * Albert Henry Parker, Mar. 26, 1912, dem. 5/22/1939 | ||
| + | * ..... Herbert Woodward, Jun. 25, 1912 | ||
| + | * William John Twible, Jun. 25, 1912 | ||
| + | * William Ernest Garvin, Jun. 25, 1912 | ||
| + | * John Johnston, Jun. 25, 1912, (died 1/1917) | ||
| + | * Henry Ward Beecher, Mar. 18, 1913, (died 1913) | ||
| + | * Charles Dexter Walker, Mar. 18, 1913 | ||
| + | * Arlon Earle Moore, Jun. 17, 1913 | ||
| + | * Donald Williams Howe, Oct. 3, 1913 | ||
| + | * Robert James Irwin, Jun. 2, 1914, dem. 1939 | ||
| + | * Howard Worth Sawtelle, Nov. 10, 1914 | ||
| + | * Abraham Richardson, Jun. 13, 1916 | ||
| + | * Vermir Swimmington, Mar. 31, 1917 | ||
| + | * Stewart J. Lisk, Mar. 31, 1917 | ||
| + | * Robert V. Johnston, Mar. 31, 1917, susp. 11/16/1937 | ||
| + | * Harrison D. Pierce, May. 1, 1917 | ||
| + | * Frank LeRay Gage, Sept. 25, 1917, dem. 5/22/1939 | ||
| + | * George N. Biddles, Oct. 30, 1917, dem. 5/22/1939 | ||
| + | * Samuel Richardson, Jr., Dec. 25, 1917, susp by G.L. 6/12/1935 | ||
| + | * Milton F. Howe, Dec. 25, 1917 | ||
| + | * Guy Haskins Reed, Jun. 18, 1918, dem. 5/22/1939 | ||
| + | * Joseph A. Stock, Jul. 8, 1919, dem. 5/22/1939 | ||
| + | * Clark Leonard Thayer, Oct. 2, 1919, dem. 5/22/1939 | ||
| + | * George E. Smith, Dec. 2, 1919 | ||
| + | * Henry O. Stevens, Dec. 2, 1919 | ||
| + | * Ernest W. Gardner, Dec. 2, 1919 | ||
| + | * George William Jones, Dec. 2, 1919 | ||
| + | * Elliott Elmer Harwood, Dec. 2, 1919 | ||
| + | * John Frederick Zappey, Jan. 6, 1920, dem. 5/31/1939 | ||
| + | * Robert R. Kitching, Jan. 6, 1920 | ||
| + | * Harry L. Ryther, Jan. 6, 1920, demit 5/22/1939 | ||
| + | * Earl S. Crowther, Mar. 2, 1920, dem. 5/22/1939 | ||
| + | * Earl Loudon, Mar. 2, 1920, disc. 6/8/1927 | ||
| + | * Harry Morgan Ryther, Jun. 1, 1920, dem. 5/22/1939 | ||
| + | * Marcus Bennett, Jun. 1, 1920 | ||
| + | * Niles Henry Amery ?, Jun. 1, 1920 | ||
| + | * Walter Henry Dawson, Jun. 1, 1920, dem 2/14/1936 | ||
| + | * L. Johnson Griffin, Jun. 1, 1920, dem. 9/26/1933 | ||
| + | * Hartwell James Hill, Oct. 26, 1920, dem. 5/22/1939 | ||
| + | * Richard Williams Jackson, Oct. 26, 1920 | ||
| + | * Robert Abraham Richardson | ||
| + | * Paul Johnston Lisk, Jan. 18, 1921 | ||
| + | * Lester R. Mason, Jun. 29, 1921, dem. 5/29/1939 | ||
| + | * Ralph William Peeso, Nov. 8, 1921, susp by G.L. 6/6/1935 | ||
| + | * Charles H. Grout, Nov. 8, 1921, dem. 5/29/1939 | ||
| + | * Willard Henry Young, Nov. 8, 1921, susp. by G.L. reinst. 2/1938 | ||
| + | * Linus G. Warren, Nov. 8, 1921, dem. 10/7/1930 | ||
| + | * Frank P. Hall, Apr. 4, 1922, 5/22/1939 | ||
| + | * Lester Everett Hall, Apr. 4, 1922, dem. 5/22/1939 | ||
| + | * John Houghton King, Apr. 4, 1922, 5/22/1939 | ||
| + | * Stanwood Reed King, Apr. 4, 1922, dem. 5/22/1939 | ||
| + | * Fred H. Veinghn ?, Apr. 4, 1922, dem. 5/22/1939 | ||
| + | * Leroy Benjamin Beals, Apr. 4, 1922, dem. 5/22/1939 | ||
| + | * Harry Edwin Jones, Apr. 22, 1922 | ||
| + | * Fred F. Foley, Jun. 6, 1922, dem. 5/22/1939 | ||
| + | * W. Arthur P.....?, Aug. 26, 1922 (elected on demit from Joseph Warren Lodge of Boston), dem. 5/22/1939 | ||
| + | * Luther E. Metcalf, Feb. 20, 1923, dem. 5/22/1939 | ||
| + | * Leslie Manning Pierce, May. 25, 1923, (died 12/13/1936) | ||
| + | * Melvin George Gilbert, May. 25, 1923, dem. 4/5/1939 | ||
| + | * Esare Milsop, May. 25, 1923 | ||
| + | * Albert Edward Richardson, May. 25, 1923 | ||
| + | * Harlow Oscar Howard, May. 25, 1923 | ||
| + | * Edwin Chandler Howe, Oct. 23, 1923 | ||
| + | * William James Bryans, Oct. 23, 1923, susp. by G.L. 6/24/1935 | ||
| + | * Merle Chas. Pike, Oct. 23, 1923, dem. 5/22/1939 | ||
| + | * Charles J. Gardner, May. 2, 1924, dem. 5/22/1939 | ||
| + | * Francis R. Jones, Nov. 29, 1924 | ||
| + | * George Hall Jr., Nov. 29, 1924, (died 1/31/1929) | ||
| + | * Wilfred Henry Lyman, Jun. 30, 1925 | ||
| + | * Carl Bartlett, Oct. 27, 1925, dem. 5/22/1939 | ||
| + | * Philip Duane Walker, Oct. 27, 1925 | ||
| + | * William David Milsop, Dec. 26, 1925 | ||
| + | * William Metcalf, Apr. 27, 1926 | ||
| + | * Edwin A. Grout, Dec. 24, 1926 | ||
| + | * Merton Clyde Pike, Aug. 25, 1927, dem. 5/22/1939 | ||
| + | * Charles Herman King, Aug. 27, 1927, dem. 5/22/1939 | ||
| + | * Fred Edwin Base, Jan. 3, 1928, susp. NPD 11/16/1937 | ||
| + | * Joseph Walter Bruce, Jan. 3, 1928 | ||
| + | * Lawrence Clay Milsop, Jan. 28, 1928 | ||
| + | * Oliver Russell Snow, Apr. 3, 1928, 5/31/1939 | ||
| + | * Homer Burton Briggs, Apr. 3, 1928, dem. 5/22/1939 | ||
| + | * Charles B. ........?, Jun. 1, 1928 | ||
| + | * Jerome Lyon Spurr, Jun. 4, 1928 | ||
| + | * Edwin Hiram Randall, Jun. 26, 1928, (died 6/9/1934) | ||
| + | * Levis Walker Johnston, Sept. 25, 1928 | ||
| + | * Edward Summer Dickinson, Sept. 25, 1928 | ||
| + | * Emil Robert deLuccs, Mar. 8, 1929 | ||
| + | * Charles Arthur Fitts, Mar. 8, 1929 | ||
| + | * Preston Meldraw Putnam, Mar. 8, 1929 | ||
| + | * Allan Thurston Gifford, Mar. 19, 1929, dem. 5/22/1939 | ||
| + | * Clarence Newman Truesdol ?, Mar. 19, 1929, dem. 5/22/1939 | ||
| + | * Matthew Alexander Marcalay, Jun. 18, 1929, dem. 5/22/1939 | ||
| + | * Robert Sanderson Newbury, Aug. 13, 1929 | ||
| + | * Raymond Edwin Randall, Sept. 17, 1929, susp. NPD, 11/16/1937 | ||
| + | * Edwin Arson Krause, Mar. 11, 1930, susp. .by G.L. 6/6/1935 | ||
| + | * LeRoy Herman Thayer, Oct. 15, 1930 | ||
| + | * Carl Alfred Rennington, Mar. 3, 1931, dem. 5/22/1939 | ||
| + | * Paul Ephraim Radasch, Sept. 15, 1931, dem. 5/22/1939 | ||
| + | * William Albert Granger, Mar. 22, 1932, dem. 5/22/1939 | ||
| + | * Walter Hilton Jenkins, Jun. 23, 1932, susp. NPD 11/16/1937 | ||
| + | * Lawrence Everett Randall, Sept. 13, 1932, susp. NPD 11/16/1937 | ||
| + | * George Lucius Ellis, Feb. 7, 1933, dem. 5/22/1939 | ||
| + | * Jess Franklin Oliver, Mar. 30, 1933 | ||
| + | * Burton Fred Curtis, Oct. 31, 1933, dem. 7/25/1937 | ||
| + | * Harold Leslie McLeod, Nov. 28, 1933 | ||
| + | * Harry Darius Crane, Nov. 28, 1933, dem. 5/22/1939 | ||
| + | * William Sterling Duncan Jr., Oct. 16, 1934, dem. 5/22/1939 | ||
| + | * Norman Wallace Nicholson, Dec. 23, 1934, dem. 5/22/1939 | ||
| + | * Thames Bell Mackie, Jan. 15, 1935, dem. 5/22/1939 | ||
| + | * Roger Kay Poole, Apr. 16, 1935, dem. 5/22/1939 | ||
| + | * James Avery Stalbird, Nov. 26, 1935 | ||
| + | * Chester Fred Arder, Feb. 13, 1936 | ||
| + | * Edward Thomas Parsons, Feb. 24, 1936, dem. 5/22/1939 | ||
| + | * Wilfred Theodore Weston, Feb. 24, 1936 | ||
| + | * Duffy Leroy Barqestock ?, May. 5, 1936 | ||
| + | * Fred William Doubleday Jr., Jan. 26, 1937, dem. 5/22/1939 | ||
| + | * Warren Nehemiah Doubleday, Feb. 25, 1937, dem. 3/17/1939 | ||
| + | * Charles Evelle Bibb, Mar. 24, 1938, dem. 4/18/1938 | ||
| + | * Roger Truman Doubleday, Jun. 22, 1939 | ||
| + | * Charles Owen Lindsey, Dec. 14, 1937, dem. 5/22/1939 | ||
| + | * Joseph Floyd LaValley, Dec. 24, 1937 | ||
| + | * Edmund Schofield Wagner, Jan. 8, 1938, dem. 5/22/1939 | ||
| + | </div> | ||
| + | |||
| + | === REFERENCES IN GRAND LODGE PROCEEDINGS === | ||
| + | |||
| + | * '''Petition For Dispensation: [http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1825 1825]''' | ||
| + | * '''Petition for Merger: [http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1939 1939]''' | ||
| + | |||
| + | ==== VISITS BY GRAND MASTER ==== | ||
| + | |||
| + | * '''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1826 1826]''' ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=GMJAbbot Abbot]; constitution of lodge) | ||
| + | * '''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1927 1927]''' ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=GMSimpson Simpson]) | ||
| + | * '''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1939 1939]''' ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=GMPerry Perry]; consolidation with [http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Eden2 Eden] Lodge) | ||
| + | |||
| + | ==== BY-LAW CHANGES ==== | ||
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| − | [http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title= | + | |
| − | + | ==== HISTORY ==== | |
| − | [http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title= | + | |
| − | [http:// | + | * '''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1964 1964]''' (Historical notes in the Centenary History of [http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Eden2 Eden] Lodge, 1964-192) |
| − | [http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title= | + | |
| − | [http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title= | + | ===== HISTORICAL NOTES IN THE CENTENARY HISTORY OF [http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Eden2 EDEN] LODGE, JUNE 1964 ===== |
| − | [http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title= | + | |
| − | [http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title= | + | ''From Proceedings, Page 1964-192:'' |
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| − | [http:// | + | Beginning about 1930, the State of Massachusetts began the huge project of the building of the Quabbin Reservoir. The reservoir area was then occupied by several towns which had to be vacated. One such town was Enfield, which for many years had a flourishing Masonic Lodge called Bethel Lodge. The membership was made up not only of Brethren who were residents of Enfield, but of other towns in the Valley which also were to be inundated. [http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Eden2 Eden] Lodge extended its hospitality to the members of Bethel Lodge to use our Lodge Rooms during the upheaval. In 1938, Bethel Lodge voted to affiliate with us, and on May 1, 1939, a petition, requesting such affiliation, was sent to the Grand Lodge for its approval. Approval was granted. On October 27, 1939, both Lodges met for the formal Affiliation. The meeting was held in the Unitarian Church, and was attended by the Most Worshipful Grand Master, [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=GMPerry Joseph Earl Perry], and his suite. Worshipful Donald S. Dinsmore was Master of our Lodge, and Worshipful O. Russell Snow was Master of Bethel Lodge. About 200 Masons were in attendance. Bethel Lodge surrendered its charter to the Grand Master for preservation and transferred its records and funds to Eden Lodge. Seventhy-six Bethren of Bethel Lodge were brought into our fellowship and care. |
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| − | [http:// | + | ==== OTHER ==== |
| − | [http:// | + | |
| − | [http:// | + | * '''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1829 1829]''' (report on delinquency) |
| + | * '''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1857 1857]''' (petition for restoration) | ||
| + | ** '''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1858 1858]''' (restoration granted) | ||
| + | * '''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1938 1938]''' (in Grand Master's address: last meeting due to creation of Quabbin Reservoir) | ||
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| + | <hr> | ||
| + | |||
| + | === EVENTS === | ||
| + | |||
| + | ==== OFFICER LIST, FEBRUARY 1864 ==== | ||
| + | |||
| + | ''From Masonic Monthly, Vol. I, No. 4, February 1864, Page 190:'' | ||
| + | |||
| + | The officers of Bethel Lodge, Enfield, Mass., for the current term, are as follows :— | ||
| + | * John Crosby, W. M.; | ||
| + | * C. F. Woods, S. W.; | ||
| + | * A. L. Doak, J. W.; | ||
| + | * Augustus Moody, Treas.; | ||
| + | * Charles Richards, Sec.; | ||
| + | * W. S. Douglass, S. D.; | ||
| + | * M. H. Gross, J. D.; | ||
| + | * R. D. Bussey, S. S.; | ||
| + | * W. A. Trask, J. S.; | ||
| + | * Ozias Randall, T. | ||
| + | |||
| + | <hr> | ||
| + | |||
| + | === GRAND LODGE OFFICERS === | ||
| + | |||
| + | * William S. Douglas, DDGM, [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAPalmer17_1883-1910 District 17 (Palmer)], 1886, 1887, 1888; '''[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MASuppNecrologiesAG#DOUGLAS.2C_WILLIAM_SPERRY_1836-1917 SN]''' | ||
| + | * H. Morgan Ryther, DDGM, [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAPalmer19_1911-1926 District 19 (Palmer)], 1926; [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAPalmer19_1927-2003 District 19 (Palmer)], 1927; '''[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MANecrologiesNR#RYTHER.2C_HARRY_MORGAN_1892-1973 N]''' | ||
| + | * J. Frederick Zappey, DDGM, [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAPalmer19_1927-2003 District 19 (Palmer)], 1936, 1937; '''[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MASuppNecrologiesSZ#ZAPPEY.2C_JOHN_FREDERICK_1883-1956 SN]''' | ||
| + | |||
| + | === OTHER BROTHERS === | ||
| + | |||
| + | * Henry Fobes, '''[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAOtherBrothersF#FOBES.2C_HENRY_1792-1885 Memorial]''' | ||
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=== DISTRICTS === | === DISTRICTS === | ||
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| − | [http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title= | + | '''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1825 1825]''': [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAWorcester6_1821-34 District 6] |
| − | [http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title= | + | '''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1835 1835]''': [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MACentralMass6_1834-48 District 6] |
| − | [http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title= | + | '''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1849 1849]''': [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MADISTRICT6_1849-66 District 6] |
| − | [http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title= | + | '''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1867 1867]''': [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAGreenfield8_1867-1882 District 8 (Greenfield)] |
| − | [http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1911 1911]: District 19 (Palmer) | + | '''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1873 1873]''': [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAPalmer18_1867-1882 District 18 (Palmer)] |
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| + | '''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1878 1878]''': [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAGreenfield8_1867-1882 District 8 (Greenfield)] | ||
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| + | '''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1883 1883]''': [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAPalmer17_1883-1910 District 17 (Palmer)] | ||
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| + | '''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1911 1911]''': [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAPalmer19_1911-1926 District 19 (Palmer)] | ||
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| + | '''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1927 1927]''': [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAPalmer19_1927-2003 District 19 (Palmer)] | ||
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=== LINKS === | === LINKS === | ||
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| + | [http://asteria.fivecolleges.edu/findaids/umass/mums012.html Archive Reference] | ||
[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsLodges Massachusetts Lodges] | [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsLodges Massachusetts Lodges] | ||
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BETHEL LODGE
Location: Enfield
Chartered By: John Abbot
Charter Date: 09/14/1825 III-554
Precedence Date: 09/14/1825
Current Status: in Grand Lodge Vault; merged into Eden Lodge, 10/27/1939. Charter may have been surrendered some time between 1826 and 1858; restored 1858.
NOTES
RESTORATION OF CHARTER, MARCH 1858
From Moore's Freemason's Monthly, Vol. XVII, No. 6, April 1858, Page 164:
Among other matters of much local interest which came before the Grand Lodge of this Commonwealth at its late Quarterly Communication, was the following interesting Report from the Committee to whom at the previous meeting, had been referred the subject of restoring to the petitioners the Charter of Bethel Lodge, at Enfield, which, during the antimasonic persecution, had been surrendered to the Grand Lodge : —
To the M. W. Grand Matter, Grand Wardens and Brethren of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts —
"The Committee to whom was referred, with full powers, the application for the restoration of the Charter of Bethel Lodge, of Enfield, were waited upon by a com mittee of the petitioners, consisting of Brothers J. B. Woods and Ichabod Pope, who gave them such information as induced your Committee to decide unanimously in favor of the application. The Charter has accordingly been restored. The seven petitioners all reside in Enfield. There are in all sixteen members of the Lodge now surviving. Enfield itself is a town of about eleven hundred inhabitants. There were, prior to the antimasonic invasion, Lodges in Belchertown, five miles, and in Ware, seven miles, distant. The nearest Lodge now, is at Palmer Depot, distant twelve miles. There are two others — one at Northampton, and one at Barre — distant eighteen and seventeen miles.
"In the days of its prosperity, Bethel Lodge built a Hall, which was purchased, and is now owned by Brothers J. B. and Leonard Woods — two of the petitioners.
"Nowhere were our Brethren more accrimoniously persecuted during the dark ages, than at Enfield Their Lodge room was broken open, and their jewels stolen and divided among the thieves, as a reward for their virtuous and valorous attacks upon their peaceful and law abiding neighbors.
"The Records and seal were preserved ; and the more bulky furniture, but little injured, now remains the property of the Lodge.
"Since that time, now a quarter of a century, the Lodge room has remained as it was left, awaiting the time when the sound of the gavel should again call order oat of chaos ; and the Brethren to renew their peaceful labors.
"The Brethren to whom the Charter has been restored, are among the most wor thy and wealthy of the town. They are full of Masonic zeal — and rejoice in the restoration of a Charter identified with their early Masonic years ; that, in their old Hall and in their ancient seats, with a large and bountiful field before them, and with the mysteries of Masonry safely deposited in their faithful breasts, they may rebuild the Lodge of their youth in Wisdom, Strength and Beauty.
"Truth, though crushed to earth shall rise again."
Benjamin Dean, William W. Baker, William C. Martin, Committee.
PAST MASTERS
- Henry Fobes, 1825-1828; Mem
- Aaron Woods, Jr., 1829-1857
- Josiah B. Woods, 1858
- John Crosby, 1859-1863
- Cyrus F. Woods, 1864-1866
- William S. Douglas, 1867, 1871, 1872; SN
- George S. Dixon, 1868, 1869
- Henry E. Brown, 1870
- William B. Kimball, 1873, 1874
- James G. Ford, 1875-1877, 1881-1884, 1890, 1891
- John W. Felton, 1878-1880
- Fred N. Pierce, 1885-1888, 1892-1894
- Eugene C. Lamson, 1889
- Lewis D. Sloane, 1895, 1896
- Henry Bittner, 1897, 1898, 1904, 1905
- William Milsop, 1899, 1900, 1902
- William F. Howe, 1901
- William Lisk, 1903, 1918-1920
- Frank Johnston, 1906, 1907
- Stewart Twible, 1908, 1909
- Thomas Hickland, 1910, 1911
- Edwin H. Howe, 1912
- James R. Lisk, 1913
- Charles W. Felton, 1914
- Herbert A. Coolbeth, 1915
- Edward B. Downing, 1916, 1917
- H. Morgan Ryther, 1921-1923; N
- J. Frederick Zappey, 1924, 1925; SN
- Hartwell J. Hill, 1926
- Elliott E. Harwood, 1927
- Charles D. Walker, 1928
- Albert E. Richardson, 1929
- Merton C. Pike, 1930
- William Metcalf, 1931
- Lester E. Hall, 1932, 1936
- Jerome L. Spurr, 1933
- Preston M. Putnam, 1934
- Charles A. Fitts, 1935
- Homer B. Briggs, 1937
- Oliver Russell Snow, 1938, 1939
LIST OF MEMBERS OF BETHEL LODGE
First Line of Officers in May 1825:
- W.M. Henry Fobes (was the first Master, however his signature is not found in the original By Law Book)
- S.W. Aaron Woods, Jr.
- J.W. James Magoon
- Treas. William Stone
- Secy. Eliphas Jones
- S.D. Abner Pepper
- J.D. Amory Fisk
- S.S. Jonathan Russell
- J.S. Daniel Howard
- Tyler. Nathan Weeks
List is in order of signatures recorded in the Lodge By Laws.
- Prince Ford
- Alden Lathrop
- Leonard Woods, August 17, 1825
- Daniel Ford, August 30, 1825
- Josiah B. Woods, August 30, 1825
- Ambrose Packard, August 30, 1825
- Jonah Crofs, August 30, 1825
- Tertius Walker, August 30, 1825
- Elijah Cutter Jr., November 30, 1825
- Joseph Doane Jr., November 30, 1825
- John N. Hastings, Dec. 27, 1825
- Jason Abbott, Jan. 24, 1826
- William Collins Jr., Feb, 28, 1826
- Alonzo Cutler, Feb. 18, 1826
- Charles T. Little, Feb, 28, 1826
- Royal Keith, Mar. 28, 1826
- John Crosley, Mar 28, 1826
- Ansel Fobes, Mar. 28, 1826
- Rev. Joshua Crosley, Apr. 25, 1826
- Rev. Joseph Blodget, Apr. 28, 1826
- Timothy Brainard, May. 23, 1826
- Ichabod Pope, May. 23, 1826
- William Douglas, Aug. 22, 1826
- Elijah Mills, Aug. 22, 1826
- William Josslyn, Jan. 16, 1827
In 1833 the Charter was returned to Grand Lodge in Boston on October 14th, 1833. In 1858 the Charter was restored to the Lodge after the sentiments of the Anti Masonic period had settled.
- Cyrus F. Woods, Mar 2, 1858
- Micah H. Gross, Mar. 2, 1858
- Andrew Russell,
On March 23rd, 1858 the First Regular Communication (after restoration of Charter) was held in the Masonic Hall.
- Stephen Douglas, Apr. 6, 1858
- John T. Jordan, Apr. 6, 1858
- Jason Blackmer, Apr. 24, 1858
- Charles Richards, May. 21, 1858, dem. 10/20/1874
- Joseph W. Winslow, May. 21, 1858, dem. 1/10/1865
- Daniel B. Gillett?, May. 21, 1858
- Levi W. Lombard, May. 21, 1858
- Robert Powers, Jun. 1, 1858
- Augusts Moody, Jun. 1, 1858
- Ozias Randall, Jun. 1, 1858, dem. 3/19/1867
- John L. Wilson, Jun. 29, 1858
- Henry Allen, Aug. 24, 1858
- Soloman Shumway, Aug. 24, 1858
- Gilbert McKinney, Aug. 24, 1858
- Joseph A. Haskins, Oct. 26, 1858
- Monroe Richardson, Oct. 26, 1858
- Albert L. Doak, Oct. 26, 1858 (died8/14/1887)
- Lynus Tourtillot, Nov. 23, 1858
- Nathaniel Topliff, Nov. 23, 1858
- Charles P. Crowell, Feb. 22, 1859
- Richard B. Allen, Apr. 19, 1859
- Sewall Randall, May. 17, 1859
- Luther Holland, Jun. 21, 1859
- J. W. Goodell, Jul. 19, 1859
- Luke Earle, Sept. 13, 1859
- Phienas Bridgeman, Oct. 18, 1859
- John T. Thurston, Jan. 31, 1860
- Daniel Andrews, Feb. 6, 1860
- Calvin Bridgeman, Apr. 3, 1860
- Louis W. Pope, May. 29, 1860
- Loban L. Kingman, Jun. 26, 1860
- Dr. David Worthington Miner, Nov. 27, 1860 (Physician, had a practice in Ware. He was also a Charter Member of Eden Lodge of Ware, MA. Buried Aspen Grove Cemetery, Ware, MA)
- S.W. Longley, Nov. 27, 1860, dem. 11/9/1860
- George F. Thompson, Dec. 25, 1860
- J. C. Haskins, Dec. 25, 1860
- Franklin D. Richards, Oct. 15, 1861 (Lawyer, had a practice in Ware, Charter Member of Eden Lodge of Ware, MA. Buried Aspen Grove Cemetery, Ware, MA)
- Joseph S. Darling, Jan. 14, 1862, dem. 12/5/1868
- L. S. Blackmer, Feb. 11, 1862
- David L. Richards, Mar. 18, 1862 (died 9/25/1915)
- William C. Demond, Apr. 13, 1862
- Charles W. Richards, Apr. 13, 1862
- William S. Douglass, May. 13, 1862 (died 6/19/1917)
- Allen Goodman, Jun. 10, 1862
- Edwin F. Ward, Jun. 10, 1862
- John F. Dyer, Jul. 8, 1862
- Theron Temple, Jul. 8, 1862
- N. L. Johnson, Sept. 2, 1862
- George S. Dixon, Oct. 23, 1862, susp. 1880
- E. S. Haskins, Nov. 4, 1862
- Warren Hale, Nov. 4, 1862
- William Elwell, Nov. 4, 1862
- Francis DeWitt, Nov. 4, 1862
- Wilson Andrews, Nov. 4, 1862
- J. Wesley Goodman, Jan. 6, 1863
- J. W. Bennent ?, Jun. 2, 1863
- Saml' W. Warren, Jul. 28, 1863
- W. A. Trask, Sept. 22, 1863
- Robt. D. Bussey, Oct. 20, 1863, Susp. 11/3/1908
- J. F. Snow, Oct. 20, 1863
- Henry E. Brown, Mar. 29, 1864, (died 7/28/1902)
- O. H. Drury, Apr. 19, 1864
- Sylvester F. Root, Jun. 14, 1864, dem. 11/9/1897
- Charles H. Dow, Jun 14, 1864
- Stephen Witt, Sept. 13, 1864
- Harfield L. Vaughn, Nov. 30, 1864
- Francis H. Brown, Nov. 9, 1864
- Arthur H. Pomeroy, Feb. 7, 1865
- A. J. Nye, Feb. 7, 1865, (died 12/17/1888)
- Allen W. Goodman, Feb. 7, 1865, dem. 9/10/1867
- Alvin Cleveland ?, Mar. 7, 1865
- Willard E. Johnson, Mar. 7, 1865
- Edwin P. Walker, Apr. 13, 1865
- undiscernable signature, May. 9, 1865, (died 12/15/1915)
- W. H. Hawks, Jun. 6, 1865, dem. 6/14/1870
- G. S./O. S. ? Roberts, Sept. 6, 1865
- James D. Barnes, Oct. 3, 1865, dem. 12/14/1880
- S. F. Cleveland, Oct. 17, 1865
- Joshua G. Longley, Oct. 17, 1865, dem. 6/14/1870
- A. W. Freeman, Dec. 5, 1865
- Reuben E. Aldrich, Jan. 30, 1866, dem. 5/2/1871
- Austin R. White, Apr. 24, 1866, dem. 6/14/1870
- L. D. Fenton, Apr. 24, 1866, dem. 11/24/1868
- Lewis Brewster, May. 29, 1866
- Nelson H. Hunt, May. 29, 1866
- J. Warren Towne, Jun. 26, 1866
- John H. Morgan, Jun. 26, 1866, dem. 8/26/1879
- Horace Hunt, Nov. 20, 1866
- Henry H, Jepson, Dec. 18, 1866
- Charles W. Morse, Mar. 19, 1867
- Henry M. Brown, May. 19, 1867
- Edwin A. Kemp, Dec. 10, 1867
- Jonathan E. Woods, Jan. 7, 1868
- Gilbert E. Walker, Mar. 10, 1868
- Amiel Hess, May. 5, 1868, dem. 4/25/1885
- Henry M. Aldrich, May. 5, 1868, dem. 9/9/1916
- Rev. John W. Lee, Jul. 7, 1868, dem. 4/19/1870
- Levi Arnold, Sept. 1, 1868, dem. 6/14/1870
- Daniel B. Gilbert Jr., Sept. 5, 1868
- Joseph M. Towne, Sept. 5, 1868, dem. 6/14/1870
- L. E. Upham, Sept. 5, 1868, dem. 6/14/1870
- Thomas E. Field, Oct. 6, 1868, dem. 3/31/1874
- William M. Ayers, Oct. 6, 1868, (died 1913)
- Saml' H. Andrews, Nov. 3, 1868, dem. 2/8/1881
- J. Juther Hunt, Nov. 3, 1868
- George W. Pope, Apr. 3, 1869
- John Crowthier, May. 1, 1869
- John Eddy, May. 25, 1869, (died 4/7/1922)
- Wm. W. Bester, Aug. 24, 1869, (died 5/1923)
- John H. Newcomb, Feb. 26, 1870, dem. 4/19/1870
- Albertus W. Morse, Feb. 26, 1870, dem. 12/13/1870
- Edward Pope, Mar. 22, 1870
- Henry Kipka, Nov. 8, 1870
- J. Henry Howe, Dec. 13, 1870
- Fred C. Pope, Jan. 31, 1871
- Fredrick N. Pierce, Mar. 7, 1871
- Rufus W. Gillett, Apr. 15, 1871, dem. 3/16/1875
- Wm. H. Hills, Jun. 3, 1871, dem. 10/8/1878
- Mils W. Abbot, Aug. 29, 1871
- Alfred E. Barrows, Jul. 20, 1872, dem. 11/4/1873
- Whitman A. Aldrich, Jul. 20, 1872
- Waldow H. Pierce, Jul. 20, 1872 (died 5/23/1921)
- Edward D. Ripley, Jul. 20, 1872, susp. 11/3/19080
- Martin N. Haskell, Jun. 18, 1872
- Charles S. Gross, Sept. 19, 1872
- Algernon W. Pierce, Oct. 15, 1872, (died 11/7/1917)
- Ambrose E. Walker, Dec. 10, 1872, dem. 11/9/1875
- James G. Ford, Dec. 10, 1872
- Daniel Powers, Feb. 11, 1873
- William B. Kimball, Feb. 11, 1873
- Chas. F. Mathews, Aug. 5, 1873
- George H. Mason, Aug. 5, 1873, (died 12/10/1922)
- Lorenzo D. Newland, Mar. 3, 1874, (also a member of Eden Lodge of Ware, MA)
- Saml' L. Howe, Mar. 31, 1874, (died 1/26/1929)
- Chauncey L Griffin, Feb. 16, 1875
- Oscar A. Titus, Jun. 15, 1875
- Albert Nemyre, Oct. 18, 1875, dem. 12/7/1886
- Abel Gilbert, Mar. 7, 1876
- Edward Lindrus ?, Oct. 2, 1876, dem. 9/23/1879
- Cyrus E. Smith, Nov. 9, 1876
- Geo. L. Johnson, Aug. 21, 1877, (died 2/1/1892)
- Thomas H. Gates, Mar. 12, 1878, (died 10/31/1928)
- John W. Felton, Apr. 16, 1878
- Henry D. Hamilton, Jul. 23, 1878
- Stephen E. Whitemore, Mar. 4, 1879, dem. 2/5/1884
- Henry A. Powers, Jun. 3, 1879
- Henry Bence, Mar. 23, 1880
- Mason W. Haskins, Jun. 22, 1880
- Lewis D. Sloan, Dec. 14, 1880
- Chas. F. Dudley, May. 10, 1881, dem. 8/22/1882
- Edmund G. Wells, Jun. 7, 1881, dem. 1/29/1890
- John Forward, Oct. 4, 1881, dem. 6/15/1886
- Asa V. Snow, Oct. 4, 1881, (Hayden Lodge of Brookfield, MA)
- Joseph F. Stone, Nov. 29, 1881
- Herbert Coolbeth ? , Mar. 28, 1882, (died 4/6/1916)
- John B. Jacques, May. 30, 1882
- Charles E. Gee, Jul. 25, 1882, susp. 1/10/1922
- Seimus M. Pierce, Sept. 5, 1882
- Frank W. Hamilton, Oct. 24, 1882
- Anson Merrick Howard ?, Apr. 17/1883
- Jared Gould, May. 15, 1862
- Robert Johnston, Jul. 17, 1883, (died 2/25/1929)
- E. C. Samson, Dec. 11, 1883, dem. 5/22/1939
- Edward B. Downing, Dec. 11, 1883, (died 4/21/1936)
- E. St. Stowe, Mar. 11, 1884, dem. 1939
- John Micha Eddy, Mar. 11, 1884
- Eugene Worthington Rod, Mar. 11, 1884
- F. A. Alden, Jun. 3, 1884
- Chas. Alfred Powers, Jun. 3, 1884, susp. 11/3/1908
- George Moran Laskett, Aug. 5, 1884
- Howard Isaac Shaw, Sept. 30, 1884, susp. 1/10/1922
- Herbert E. Pence, Sept. 30, 1884
- Andrew E. Freeman, Jun. 23, 1885, suspended NPD 3/6/1928
- H. M. Ives, M.D., Sept. 22, 1885, dem. 8/10/1886
- W. Henry Walker, Jun. 15, 1886, (died 8/5/1934)
- O. .S. S. Southworth, Aug. 10, 1886
- Zephanian Abbott, Oct. 12, 1886
- Francis E. Johnson, Oct. 12, 1886
- Levi N. Chamberlin, Feb. 8, 1887
- Charles O. Davis, Feb. 8, 1887
- Adolpho A. L. Page
- Edward O. Williams, Apr. 5, 1887, dem 4/22/1902
- Frank H. Douglas, May. 3, 1887, dem. 11/1/1892
- Albert Rast House, Aug. 2, 1887
- Frank Kossuth Southworth, Sept. 27, 1887, dem. 4/22/1902
- Alfred Hastings Squire, Oct. 25, 1887
- Walter Lyman Brown, Nov. 13, 1888
- Samuel House, Aug. 30, 1888
- George B. Walker, Feb. 12, 1889
- Emray A. Moore, Feb. 12, 1889, (died 12/29/1930)
- Charles W. Felton, Oct. 15, 1889, (died 10/1938)
- Henry Taylor, Mar. 24, 1891, (died 4/8/1922)
- Frank Johnston, Apr. 21, 1891, (died 4/8/1922)
- Robert H. Thompson, Oct. 13, 1891
- Arthur Henry Grass, May. 10, 1892
- Benj. A. Sawtelle, Jan. 31, 1893
- George Lyman Holdridge, Apr. 18, 1893, dem. 2/13/1915
- C. P. Hassington ?, Apr. 18, 1893
- Edward Silas Handy, Apr. 18, 1893
- William F. Howe, May. 30, 1893, (died 1/23/1931)
- Josaiah Willard Flint, May. 30, 1893, (died 11/3/1917)
- John Mulholland, Jul. 25, 1893, (died 9/23/1921)
- Henry Bittmer, Oct. 24, 1893, (died 9/27/1924)
- George Hall, Jul. 17, 1894, (died 12/30/1935)
- Henry E. Nimton, Oct. 9, 1894, (died 10/1918)
- William Milsop, May. 7, 1895
- Henry Roehm, May. 7, 1895
- Charles Hurden ? Hunter, Jul. 30, 1895
- W. Hostess Chapin, Oct. 29, 1895, (died 3/10/1915)
- Francis Johnston, Mar. 24, 1896, dem. 11/15/1921
- Sean Whipple Johnson, Sept. 15, 1896
- Fred Augusts Barnes, Nov. 13, 1896, susp. 1/10/1922
- Stewart Twible, Mar. 8, 1898, dem. 5/22/1939
- Pliny F. Pike, Jan. 24, 1898, (died 2/5/1916)
- Thomas John Rock, Mar. 21, 1899, dem. 5/22/1939
- James Lisk, May. 23, 1899 (died
- Thomas Hickland, May. 23, 1899 (died 5/23/1928)
- John Metcalf, Jr., Apr. 10, 1900
- S. F. Gage, Mar. 5, 1901
- William Gates, Mar. 5, 1901
- William ......?, Apr. 30, 1901, (died 1/20/1929)
- Joseph N. Plant, Apr. 30, 1901, (died 10/20/1926)
- Rutherford A. Clifford, Sept. 24, 1901
- Alexander Hickland, Nov. 19, 1901, dem. 9/6/1927)
- Anthony W. Mason, Apr. 22, 1902, (died 9/16/1923)
- Francis Robert Lisk, Jul. 15, 1902
- George E. Cooley, Mar. 1, 1904, dem. 5/22/1939
- Carl M. Clifford, Mar. 1, 1904
- Willis R. King, Apr. 26, 1904
- Edwin Austin Bacon, Jul. 26, 1904, susp. 6/10/1924
- Daniel G. Weston, Oct. 18, 1904, (died 4/24/1921)
- Oscar Asa King, Jan. 17, 1905, dem. 5/22/1939
- Samuel George Tennard, Jan. 17, 1905
- Charles F. Rittridge, Jun. 13, 1905, susp. 6/30/1925
- Charles M. Mullen, Jun. 13, 1905
- Howard H. Dickinson, Jun. 13, 1905, dem. 1/31/1928
- Charles B. Coit, Dec. 5, 1905, dem. 5/22/1931
- David E. Tito
- Omar LaForest Downing
- Arthur Julias Garfield, (died 6/23/1937)
- William Simmington, Jul. 3, 1906, dem. 2/27/1934
- Howles Andrus, Jul. 31, 1906, dem. 3/14/1916
- James Robert Lisk, Jul. 31, 1906
- Henry James Sargent, Feb. 26, 1907, dem. 10/7/1924, also Jerusalem Lodge, Northampton, MA)
- Samuel Richardson, Feb. 26, 1907
- James Metcalf, Apr. 23, 1907
- Joseph Beaver Tuggey, Apr. 23, 1907, dem. 6/14/1927
- Richard Hickland, May. 21, 1907
- John Edward Hunter, Sept. 17, 1907, (died 7/7/1932)
- Fred Wm. Doubleday, Dec. 17, 1907, dem. 5/22/1939
- J. Edwards Woods, Apr. 14, 1908
- Robert A. Starrington
- Geo. D. Garfield, Jun. 9, 1908
- Robert Calbett, Dec. 1, 1908, dem. 3/25/1935
- Stephen H. Walker, May. 4, 1909 (died 10/3/1918)
- Harry B. Hess, May. 4, 1909
- Arthur delToro, Jul. 19, 1909, susp. 1/10/1918
- Henry Francis DeBean, Mar. 22, 1910
- Daniel Beecher, Jun. 21, 1910
- John Bradford Steven, Jun. 21, 1910, dem. 3/3/1939
- Harold A. Legus ?, Apr. .11, 1911, dem. 3/3/1939
- Samuel James Ritchie, Oct. 10, 1911, dem. 5/22/1939
- Walter Stewart Johnston, Mar. 26, 1912
- Joshua Henry Crowther, Mar. 26, 1912, dem. 11/4/1930
- Albert Henry Parker, Mar. 26, 1912, dem. 5/22/1939
- ..... Herbert Woodward, Jun. 25, 1912
- William John Twible, Jun. 25, 1912
- William Ernest Garvin, Jun. 25, 1912
- John Johnston, Jun. 25, 1912, (died 1/1917)
- Henry Ward Beecher, Mar. 18, 1913, (died 1913)
- Charles Dexter Walker, Mar. 18, 1913
- Arlon Earle Moore, Jun. 17, 1913
- Donald Williams Howe, Oct. 3, 1913
- Robert James Irwin, Jun. 2, 1914, dem. 1939
- Howard Worth Sawtelle, Nov. 10, 1914
- Abraham Richardson, Jun. 13, 1916
- Vermir Swimmington, Mar. 31, 1917
- Stewart J. Lisk, Mar. 31, 1917
- Robert V. Johnston, Mar. 31, 1917, susp. 11/16/1937
- Harrison D. Pierce, May. 1, 1917
- Frank LeRay Gage, Sept. 25, 1917, dem. 5/22/1939
- George N. Biddles, Oct. 30, 1917, dem. 5/22/1939
- Samuel Richardson, Jr., Dec. 25, 1917, susp by G.L. 6/12/1935
- Milton F. Howe, Dec. 25, 1917
- Guy Haskins Reed, Jun. 18, 1918, dem. 5/22/1939
- Joseph A. Stock, Jul. 8, 1919, dem. 5/22/1939
- Clark Leonard Thayer, Oct. 2, 1919, dem. 5/22/1939
- George E. Smith, Dec. 2, 1919
- Henry O. Stevens, Dec. 2, 1919
- Ernest W. Gardner, Dec. 2, 1919
- George William Jones, Dec. 2, 1919
- Elliott Elmer Harwood, Dec. 2, 1919
- John Frederick Zappey, Jan. 6, 1920, dem. 5/31/1939
- Robert R. Kitching, Jan. 6, 1920
- Harry L. Ryther, Jan. 6, 1920, demit 5/22/1939
- Earl S. Crowther, Mar. 2, 1920, dem. 5/22/1939
- Earl Loudon, Mar. 2, 1920, disc. 6/8/1927
- Harry Morgan Ryther, Jun. 1, 1920, dem. 5/22/1939
- Marcus Bennett, Jun. 1, 1920
- Niles Henry Amery ?, Jun. 1, 1920
- Walter Henry Dawson, Jun. 1, 1920, dem 2/14/1936
- L. Johnson Griffin, Jun. 1, 1920, dem. 9/26/1933
- Hartwell James Hill, Oct. 26, 1920, dem. 5/22/1939
- Richard Williams Jackson, Oct. 26, 1920
- Robert Abraham Richardson
- Paul Johnston Lisk, Jan. 18, 1921
- Lester R. Mason, Jun. 29, 1921, dem. 5/29/1939
- Ralph William Peeso, Nov. 8, 1921, susp by G.L. 6/6/1935
- Charles H. Grout, Nov. 8, 1921, dem. 5/29/1939
- Willard Henry Young, Nov. 8, 1921, susp. by G.L. reinst. 2/1938
- Linus G. Warren, Nov. 8, 1921, dem. 10/7/1930
- Frank P. Hall, Apr. 4, 1922, 5/22/1939
- Lester Everett Hall, Apr. 4, 1922, dem. 5/22/1939
- John Houghton King, Apr. 4, 1922, 5/22/1939
- Stanwood Reed King, Apr. 4, 1922, dem. 5/22/1939
- Fred H. Veinghn ?, Apr. 4, 1922, dem. 5/22/1939
- Leroy Benjamin Beals, Apr. 4, 1922, dem. 5/22/1939
- Harry Edwin Jones, Apr. 22, 1922
- Fred F. Foley, Jun. 6, 1922, dem. 5/22/1939
- W. Arthur P.....?, Aug. 26, 1922 (elected on demit from Joseph Warren Lodge of Boston), dem. 5/22/1939
- Luther E. Metcalf, Feb. 20, 1923, dem. 5/22/1939
- Leslie Manning Pierce, May. 25, 1923, (died 12/13/1936)
- Melvin George Gilbert, May. 25, 1923, dem. 4/5/1939
- Esare Milsop, May. 25, 1923
- Albert Edward Richardson, May. 25, 1923
- Harlow Oscar Howard, May. 25, 1923
- Edwin Chandler Howe, Oct. 23, 1923
- William James Bryans, Oct. 23, 1923, susp. by G.L. 6/24/1935
- Merle Chas. Pike, Oct. 23, 1923, dem. 5/22/1939
- Charles J. Gardner, May. 2, 1924, dem. 5/22/1939
- Francis R. Jones, Nov. 29, 1924
- George Hall Jr., Nov. 29, 1924, (died 1/31/1929)
- Wilfred Henry Lyman, Jun. 30, 1925
- Carl Bartlett, Oct. 27, 1925, dem. 5/22/1939
- Philip Duane Walker, Oct. 27, 1925
- William David Milsop, Dec. 26, 1925
- William Metcalf, Apr. 27, 1926
- Edwin A. Grout, Dec. 24, 1926
- Merton Clyde Pike, Aug. 25, 1927, dem. 5/22/1939
- Charles Herman King, Aug. 27, 1927, dem. 5/22/1939
- Fred Edwin Base, Jan. 3, 1928, susp. NPD 11/16/1937
- Joseph Walter Bruce, Jan. 3, 1928
- Lawrence Clay Milsop, Jan. 28, 1928
- Oliver Russell Snow, Apr. 3, 1928, 5/31/1939
- Homer Burton Briggs, Apr. 3, 1928, dem. 5/22/1939
- Charles B. ........?, Jun. 1, 1928
- Jerome Lyon Spurr, Jun. 4, 1928
- Edwin Hiram Randall, Jun. 26, 1928, (died 6/9/1934)
- Levis Walker Johnston, Sept. 25, 1928
- Edward Summer Dickinson, Sept. 25, 1928
- Emil Robert deLuccs, Mar. 8, 1929
- Charles Arthur Fitts, Mar. 8, 1929
- Preston Meldraw Putnam, Mar. 8, 1929
- Allan Thurston Gifford, Mar. 19, 1929, dem. 5/22/1939
- Clarence Newman Truesdol ?, Mar. 19, 1929, dem. 5/22/1939
- Matthew Alexander Marcalay, Jun. 18, 1929, dem. 5/22/1939
- Robert Sanderson Newbury, Aug. 13, 1929
- Raymond Edwin Randall, Sept. 17, 1929, susp. NPD, 11/16/1937
- Edwin Arson Krause, Mar. 11, 1930, susp. .by G.L. 6/6/1935
- LeRoy Herman Thayer, Oct. 15, 1930
- Carl Alfred Rennington, Mar. 3, 1931, dem. 5/22/1939
- Paul Ephraim Radasch, Sept. 15, 1931, dem. 5/22/1939
- William Albert Granger, Mar. 22, 1932, dem. 5/22/1939
- Walter Hilton Jenkins, Jun. 23, 1932, susp. NPD 11/16/1937
- Lawrence Everett Randall, Sept. 13, 1932, susp. NPD 11/16/1937
- George Lucius Ellis, Feb. 7, 1933, dem. 5/22/1939
- Jess Franklin Oliver, Mar. 30, 1933
- Burton Fred Curtis, Oct. 31, 1933, dem. 7/25/1937
- Harold Leslie McLeod, Nov. 28, 1933
- Harry Darius Crane, Nov. 28, 1933, dem. 5/22/1939
- William Sterling Duncan Jr., Oct. 16, 1934, dem. 5/22/1939
- Norman Wallace Nicholson, Dec. 23, 1934, dem. 5/22/1939
- Thames Bell Mackie, Jan. 15, 1935, dem. 5/22/1939
- Roger Kay Poole, Apr. 16, 1935, dem. 5/22/1939
- James Avery Stalbird, Nov. 26, 1935
- Chester Fred Arder, Feb. 13, 1936
- Edward Thomas Parsons, Feb. 24, 1936, dem. 5/22/1939
- Wilfred Theodore Weston, Feb. 24, 1936
- Duffy Leroy Barqestock ?, May. 5, 1936
- Fred William Doubleday Jr., Jan. 26, 1937, dem. 5/22/1939
- Warren Nehemiah Doubleday, Feb. 25, 1937, dem. 3/17/1939
- Charles Evelle Bibb, Mar. 24, 1938, dem. 4/18/1938
- Roger Truman Doubleday, Jun. 22, 1939
- Charles Owen Lindsey, Dec. 14, 1937, dem. 5/22/1939
- Joseph Floyd LaValley, Dec. 24, 1937
- Edmund Schofield Wagner, Jan. 8, 1938, dem. 5/22/1939
REFERENCES IN GRAND LODGE PROCEEDINGS
VISITS BY GRAND MASTER
BY-LAW CHANGES
HISTORY
HISTORICAL NOTES IN THE CENTENARY HISTORY OF EDEN LODGE, JUNE 1964
From Proceedings, Page 1964-192:
Beginning about 1930, the State of Massachusetts began the huge project of the building of the Quabbin Reservoir. The reservoir area was then occupied by several towns which had to be vacated. One such town was Enfield, which for many years had a flourishing Masonic Lodge called Bethel Lodge. The membership was made up not only of Brethren who were residents of Enfield, but of other towns in the Valley which also were to be inundated. Eden Lodge extended its hospitality to the members of Bethel Lodge to use our Lodge Rooms during the upheaval. In 1938, Bethel Lodge voted to affiliate with us, and on May 1, 1939, a petition, requesting such affiliation, was sent to the Grand Lodge for its approval. Approval was granted. On October 27, 1939, both Lodges met for the formal Affiliation. The meeting was held in the Unitarian Church, and was attended by the Most Worshipful Grand Master, Joseph Earl Perry, and his suite. Worshipful Donald S. Dinsmore was Master of our Lodge, and Worshipful O. Russell Snow was Master of Bethel Lodge. About 200 Masons were in attendance. Bethel Lodge surrendered its charter to the Grand Master for preservation and transferred its records and funds to Eden Lodge. Seventhy-six Bethren of Bethel Lodge were brought into our fellowship and care.
OTHER
- 1829 (report on delinquency)
- 1857 (petition for restoration)
- 1858 (restoration granted)
- 1938 (in Grand Master's address: last meeting due to creation of Quabbin Reservoir)
EVENTS
OFFICER LIST, FEBRUARY 1864
From Masonic Monthly, Vol. I, No. 4, February 1864, Page 190:
The officers of Bethel Lodge, Enfield, Mass., for the current term, are as follows :—
- John Crosby, W. M.;
- C. F. Woods, S. W.;
- A. L. Doak, J. W.;
- Augustus Moody, Treas.;
- Charles Richards, Sec.;
- W. S. Douglass, S. D.;
- M. H. Gross, J. D.;
- R. D. Bussey, S. S.;
- W. A. Trask, J. S.;
- Ozias Randall, T.
GRAND LODGE OFFICERS
- William S. Douglas, DDGM, District 17 (Palmer), 1886, 1887, 1888; SN
- H. Morgan Ryther, DDGM, District 19 (Palmer), 1926; District 19 (Palmer), 1927; N
- J. Frederick Zappey, DDGM, District 19 (Palmer), 1936, 1937; SN
OTHER BROTHERS
- Henry Fobes, Memorial
