Wisdom

WISDOM LODGE

Location: West Stockbridge; Stockbridge (1815); West Stockbridge (1856)

Chartered By: Isaiah Thomas

Charter Date: 06/13/1803 II-221

Precedence Date: 06/13/1803

Current Status: Active

ø Charter surrendered 06/11/1834

PAST MASTERS

DARK 1834-1855

Lewis Tyral, 1803
John C. Deming, before 1834; SN
James Van Horn, ?
Edward B Root, ? bet. 1857 and 1862
Charles W. Kniffin, 1863
Samual G. Lyman, 1864-1866
Robert B. Dickie, 1867
Richard Van Buskirk, 1868, 1894
Hiram Shook, 1869
William W. Leavitt, 1870
William F. Gale, 1871, 1872, 1874
Hiram N. Cooke, 1873
William J. Ray, 1875
Hayden M. Truesdell, 1876, 1877
George N. Barrett, 1878, 1879
John B. Scott, 1880, 1882, 1883, 1905, 1906
William L. Curtis, 1884
Ward L. Langdon, 1885-1887
Charles R. Van Buskirk, 1888, 1889, 1894
Julian C. Williams, 1890, 1891
Olney J. Carpenter, 1892, 1893
Clayton A. Bissell, 1895, 1896, 1898
Arthur E. Lyman, 1897
Howard E. Hastings, 1899, 1900
Arthur W. Bartlett, 1901-1903
James F. Woodruff, 1904
Albert H. Blake, 1907, 1908
J. Francis Allison, 1909; SN
John D. Lamont, 1910, 1911
William Dubois, 1912, 1913
J. J. Powell, 1914
Joseph L. Hover, 1915, 1916
George Rodney Root, 1917-1919
George D. Jastram, 1920, 1921
Ray C. Williams, 1922, 1923
John P. Smith, 1924, 1925
Chauncey P. Smith, 1926, 1927
Fred L. Schilling, 1928, 1929
John D. Patterson, 1930, 1931
Dudley F. Woodbridge, 1932, 1933
Malcolm F. Wheeler, 1934, 1935
Walter F. Janes
Harold L. Fairfield
David L. Johnston, 1942, 1943; N
Elmer F. Roberts
Phillip T. Buck
George R. S. Root, 1946
L. Howard Andrews
Ward J. Gaston, 1948
Dean W. Colton
J. Richard Tonini
Charles G. Hatch
Raymond K. Smith
Howard J. Gaston
Voltz A. Schilling
David D. Dixon
Russell H. Wilson
George M. Perkons
Walter D. Buck
Milton W. Barnum
Charles P. Hooker, II, 1961; SN
Carlin M. Lipps, 1962
Kenneth H. Hainsworth
Milton W. Barnum
Walter P. Hainsworth, Jr.
Charles R. Moffatt
Samuel N. Frank, Jr.
Robert E. Hamm; PDDGM
Robert C. Boleng
William C. Silvernail
J. Gordon Adams
Richard C. Scace
Kenneth H. Hainsworth
Robert E. Hamm; PDDGM
Lawrence D. Tonini
Bertrand M. Codwise
Barry P. Depew
Edward E. Stannard
Joseph G. Staples
Bertrand M. Codwise, 1985
Raymond J. Dorazio
John G. Kastrinakis
James T. Donaldson

REFERENCES IN GRAND LODGE PROCEEDINGS

Petition for Charter: 1803
Petition to Restore Charter: 1856

ANNIVERSARIES

1953 (150th Anniversary)

VISITS BY GRAND MASTER

1803 (Thomas; Constitution of Lodge)
1912 (Benton)
1929 (H. Dean)
1953 (Roy; 150th Anniversary; Special Communication)
1998 (A. Johnson)
2003 (Hicks)

BY-LAW CHANGES

1870 1886 1913 1916 1920 1927 1930 1935 1942 1956 1968 1970 1973 1978 1990 1994 2000 2005

HISTORY

1953 (150th Anniversary History, 1953-212)

OTHER

1806 (Petition regarding fees in New York, II-344)
1814 (Petition to remove to Stockbridge denied, II-604)
1815 (Petition to remove to Stockbridge granted, II-623)
1818 (Petition to remove to West Stockbridge referred, III-156)
1822 (Report on delinquency, III-428)
1824 (Report on delinquency, III-471)
1826 (Report on delinquency, IV-57)
1827 (Report on delinquency, IV-71)
1828 (Report on delinquency, IV-147)
1829 (Report on delinquency, IV-170)
1895 (Participation in the centennial of Evening Star Lodge, 1895-80)
1896 (Participation in the centennial of Cincinnatus Lodge, 1896-167)

GRAND LODGE OFFICERS

J. Francis Allison, DDGM, District 16 (Pittsfield), 1911, 1912; SN
John C. Deming, DDGM, District 8, 1822, 1823, 1824; SN
Robert E. Hamm, DDGM, District 16 (Pittsfield), 1991, 1992
Charles P. Hooker, II, DDGM, District 16 (Pittsfield), 1963, 1964; SN
David L. Johnston, DDGM, District 16 (Pittsfield),1945, 1946; N
Lawrence D. Tonini, DDGM, District 16 (Pittsfield), 1981, 1982; Junior Grand Warden 1984