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OXFORD LODGE

Location: Oxford

Chartered By: Winslow Lewis

Charter Date: 09/12/1860 VI-323

Precedence Date: 09/17/1859

Current Status: Active


PAST MASTERS

  • John A. McGraw, 1859
  • George Mason, 1860, 1861
  • Theophilus W. Wilmarth, 1862
  • Loren C. Parks, 1863-1866
  • Charles A. Bacon, 1867-1870
  • George H. Dodge, 1871
  • Edward W. Bardwell, 1872-1878
  • Lester H. Cudworth, 1879, 1880, 1882, 1890; SN
  • Cornelius Putnam, 1881
  • Nelson G. Dodge, 1883, 1884
  • John A. Taft, 1885, 1886
  • Walter D. Tyler, 1887-1889
  • George A. Tanner, 1891-1893
  • Charles H. Hawes, 1894, 1895
  • George A. Tanner, 1896
  • Byron Stone, 1897, 1898
  • Andrew P. Howarth, 1899, 1900; SN
  • Charles Cooper, 1901, 1902
  • Homer S. Joslin, 1903, 1904; Memorial
  • Thomas M. Harrington, 1905, 1906
  • Flourith H. Darling, 1907, 1908
  • Alfred F. Putnam, 1909, 1910
  • Stephen B. Stafford, 1911, 1912
  • Hall A. Siddall, 1913
  • Ira G. Ellis, 1914, 1915
  • Roy H. Newton, 1916, 1917
  • Walter R. Nye, 1918, 1919
  • Warren S. Illingworth, 1920
  • Guy W. Olney, 1921, 1922
  • Merton A. Rich, 1923, 1924
  • William L. Stokes, 1925, 1926; N
  • George O. Crosby, Jr., 1927
  • Ernest F. Low, 1928, 1929
  • Willard B. Cady, 1930
  • Walter F. Tibbetts, 1931, 1932
  • Charles C. Sibley, 1933-1935
  • Harry E. Howard, 1936
  • William W. Taft, Jr., 1937, 1938
  • Fred H. Smith, 1939, 1940
  • Herbert B. Langer, 1941
  • Raymond A. Warden, 1942-1944; N
  • George A. Merriam, 1945
  • Hjalmar T. Johnson, 1946
  • Harlan P. Moore, 1947
  • Shaw Taylor, 1948
  • Charles L. Norcross, 1949
  • Warren H. Chaffee, 1950
  • George A. Emanuelson, 1951
  • Rodney N. Fiske, 1952
  • Harold E. Dimock, 1953
  • Lorne B. Strader, 1954; N
  • Laurence R. Bedard, 1955
  • Clarence E. Knight, 1956
  • Charles G. Fyfe, 1957
  • Richard K. Merrell, 1958
  • Charles W. Farr, 1959
  • Joseph Grandone, 1960
  • Edward W. Ricketts, 1961
  • Arthur W. Hill, 1962; N
  • Volkert E. Smith, 1963
  • Herbert C. Werme, 1964
  • Normand J. Therrien, 1965
  • Ernest E. Wessell, Sr., 1966
  • Gordon E. Dimock, 1967
  • Edward H. Stockman, 1968
  • Everett H. Carey, 1969
  • Donald G. Eames, 1970
  • John M. Strader, 1971
  • Harry E. Meehan, 1972
  • Norman L. Briggs, 1973
  • Harold E. Russell, 1974
  • L. Sargent Clifford, 1975; N
  • Robert G. Edmonds, 1976
  • Charles E. Stone, 1977
  • James H. Cooper, 1978
  • James A. Cooper, 1979, 1980
  • Edward W. Ricketts, 1981
  • Charles G. Fegreus, Sr., 1982, 1983; N
  • Oliver J. Chapdelaine, Jr., 1984, 1985; PDDGM
  • Albert M. Adams, 1986; PDDGM
  • Robert W. Davis, 1987
  • William A. Stevens, 1988, 1991
  • William F. Flagg, 1989
  • Clifford W. Briggs, 1990, 2001
  • Allan D. Braught, 1992
  • Kenneth E. Partridge, 1993
  • William G. Davidson, Jr., 1994
  • Christopher V. Johnson, 1995
  • Charles E. Corriveau, 1996-1999
  • Thomas H. Garr, 2000, 2003
  • Donald E. Alstrom, 2002
  • John J. Kelley, 2004
  • Gary S. Clifford, 2005, 2008
  • Erik B. Sampson, 2006
  • Robert C. Schremser, 2007; PDDGM
  • James P. Robbins, 2009
  • Douglas J. Ellis, 2010-2012; DDGM

REFERENCES IN GRAND LODGE PROCEEDINGS

  • Petition for Dispensation: 1859
  • Petition for Charter: 1860

ANNIVERSARIES

  • 1909 (50th Anniversary)
  • 1959 (Centenary)
  • 2010 (150th Anniversary)

VISITS BY GRAND MASTER

BY-LAW CHANGES

1882 1889 1911 1925 1929 1949 1956 1957 1958 1963 1966 1967 1968 1983 1989 1991 1996 2006 2008 2010

HISTORY

  • 1909 (50th Anniversary History, 1909-115)
  • 1959 (Centenary History, 1959-222)

OTHER

  • 1933 (Action against lodge, 1933-19)

EVENTS

CONSTITUTION OF LODGE, OCTOBER 1860

From Moore's Freemason's Monthly, Vol. XX, No. 1, November 1860, Page 4:

OXFORD LODGE. A new Lodge under this name was constituted by the Grand Lodge on Friday, Oct. 5th, at the pleasant town of Oxford, on the line of the Norwich and Worcester railroad. The Grand Master with a delegation of Grand Officers was present and performed the ceremonies. The installation service took place in the church of the village in the evening, and was performed by the Junior Grand Warden, in the presence of a large assemblage of ladies and citizens; at the conclusion of which appropriate addresses were made by the Grand Master and others.

OFFICER LIST, DECEMBER 1863

From Moore's Freemason's Monthly, Vol. XXIII, No. 2, December 1863, Page 64:

Officers of Oxford Lodge, Oxford, Mass., for 1863-4.

  • Loren C. Parks, W. M.
  • E. W. Whiting, S. W.
  • E. W. Bardwell, J. W.
  • Jonas Bacon, Treas.
  • Henry L. Shumway, Sec.
  • John Harwood, S. D.
  • L. C. Cady, J. D.
  • E. Harwood, Chaplain.
  • George Hodges, Marshal.
  • H. J. Whiting, S. S.
  • Thos. D. Shumway, J. S.
  • H. Hoyden, Tyler.

OFFICER LIST, FEBRUARY 1873

From Moore's Freemason's Monthly, Vol. XXIII, No. 2, February 1873, Page 63:

OFFICERS OF OXFORD LODGE, OXFORD, MASS., 1872-3.

  • E. W. Bardwell, W. M.
  • A. W. Long, S. W.
  • H. W. Putman, J. W.
  • D. Rich, Treas.
  • G. H. Baker, Sec.
  • C. P. Dodge, S. D.
  • C. Putnam, J. D.
  • R. G. Huling, Chap.
  • J. Dart, Mar.
  • A. Young, S. S.
  • H. S. Brady, J. S.
  • B. D. 
Allen, Tyler.
  • L. H. Cudworth, Organist and Musical Director.

GRAND LODGE OFFICERS


DISTRICTS

1859: District 4

1867: District 11 (Worcester)

1870: District 12 (Milford)

1871: District 11 (Worcester)

1883: District 19 (Southbridge)

1911: District 20 (Southbridge)

1927: District 20 (Southbridge)

1931: District 20 (Blackstone)

2003: District 24


LINKS

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