(RETURN TO THE TITLE PAGE) 200 - CLINTON COUNTY, OHIO. office of Dr. A. T. Corlis, at Lebanon. He graduated from the Ohio Medical College at Cincinnati in 1845, and practiced in Harveysburg for several years, then removed to Oakland. Dr. Andrew Robb was born in Clermont county, Ohio, of German and Scotch-Irish ancestry. His early life was passed on a farm with his father. He received the usual training in the common branches of that period and, at the age of sixteen, entered the academy at New Richmond. At the age of eighteen he began the study of medicine with Dr. Alfred B. Noble, at Goshen. In 1837 he began practicing with his preceptor, and continued until the fall of 1840. He then attended lectures at the Ohio Medical College, and graduated with the class of 1841. Doctor Robb then practiced medicine at Blanchester for many years. Dr. S. B. Moon, born at Martinsville, this county, May 11, 1835, was a son of Henry and Mary (Paxton) Moon. He read medicine with Doctor Davis, of Greenfield, Highland county, Ohio, and attended lectures at Starling Medical College and also at Miami Medical College of Cincinnati. He then returned to his native village of Martinsville, where he practiced two years, and removed to Cuba, where he remained for six years. In 1879, Doctor Moon located at Wilmington and was numbered with the physicians of that village for several years. Dr. J. W. Bennett was born in Clermont county, Ohio, in the year 1833. He read medicine with Doctor Bennett and later attended lectures at Miami Medical College, Cincinnati, from which school he graduated. In 1857 he commenced practicing at Woodville, in his native county, where he remained for one year. He then located in Cuba, in 1858, and remained there until 1870. That year he removed to Cherry Grove, Hamilton county, Ohio, and there practiced for five years. In 1875 he returned to and became actively engaged in his profession. Dr. Andrew F. Deniston was the son of James R. and Elizabeth R. Deniston. He read medicine in Lynchburg, Highland county, Ohio, with Doctor Spees during the years 1855, '56 and '57. Doctor Deniston located at Westboro, February 1, 1858, and practiced continuously in that vicinity with the exception of the time he was in the service of his country in the War of the Rebellion. Dr. A. T. Johnson was born on June 1, 1829. at Leesburg, Highland county, Ohio. His parents, Joseph W. and Rachel (Terrell) Johnson, were natives of Campbell county, Virginia. In 1859 Doctor Johnson graduated from the Ohio Medical College of Cincinnati, and, in 1868, at the University of Pennsylvania. He began practicing in New Vienna in the spring of 1859. In the fall of 1861, he was appointed assistant surgeon of the Forty-eighth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He remained in this position until the summer of 1863, when, on account of disease, he was compelled to leave field duty and served in various hospitals until 1864, when he resumed practice in New Vienna, and continued in the active practice of medicine until 1875, when failing health necessitated hig retiring in a great measure from active professional life. Dr. George M. Telfair was the son of Dr. Isaac and Nancy A. (Boggs) Telfair, natives of the state of Virginia. He read medicine in the village of Bloomington in the office of Doctor Williams; later attended lectures at the Ohio Medical College, where he graduated in 1860. Before locating in Bloomington be practiced two years with Dr. M. Lemon at Midway, Madison county, Ohio. Doctor Telfair located in Bloomington in 1862 and actively engaged in the medical profession. Dr. A. T. Quinn, who was an active physician in Wilmington for a number of years, was a native of Highland county, Ohio, born December 16, 1837. His parents were Rev. Isaac Quinn, M. N., and Cynthia (Witten) Quinn, natives of Virginia. Doctor Quinn was a classical scholar, having graduated at the University of Athens, Ohio, in 1859. He then studied medicine and graduated in the Ohio Medical College in 1862, and was CLINTON COUNTY, OHIO - 201 appointed assistant surgeon in the United States army, where he served until 1864. In that year he located in Wilmington, where he engaged in his profession. Dr. W. S. Farabee was born in Pennsylvania in 1833, and when nine years old came to Ohio. He attended lectures at the Cincinnati _School of Medicine and Surgery in 1555-56, and entered upon the practice of that science in Ross county, Ohio, with a brother. He located in New Antioch in 1866. Dr. G. T. Ewbanks was a graduate of the Eclectic Medical College of Cincinnati, and continued to practice that system. At the outbreak of the Civil War, Doctor Ewbanks was a, citizen of the state of Indiana, and from that state volunteered in the defense of the Union. Doctor Ewbanks commenced the practice of medicine in this county at Port William in 1868. Dr. A. J. Gaskins was the son of Dr. John Gaskins, who was a practicing physician in Clermont county, Ohio, whither he emigrated at an early date. The son read medicine with his father, and attended lectures at the Eclectic Medical Institute of Cincinnati, graduating in 1869. Doctor Gaskins located in Sabina in 1868, one year before receiving his degree from the medical institute. He was actively engaged in this county until his death. Dr. B. Farquhar was the son of Jonah and Elizabeth Farquhar, natives of Maryland, from whence they emigrated in 1814. Doctor Farquhar's preparation extended over a period embracing the years 1866, 1867 and 1868. His preceptor was Doctor Loar, of Clinton county, from whose office he entered a medical institute at Cincinnati, and from which institute he later graduated. After receiving his degree, he located in New Burlington and was engaged in the profession. Dr. J. McKenzie, a native of Maine, settled in Ohio with his father in 1847, removing to Monroe, Butler county. He was a graduate of the Ohio Medical College, Cincinnati, having completed his course of lectures there in 1861. Eight years afterward (1869) he located in this county, and began the practice of medicine at Wilmington. Doctor McKenzie married Julia Hadley, of Clinton county. Dr. W. R. Morton, a native of this county, read medicine at Centerville with Dr. D. B. Mort', and later attended lectures at the Cincinnati Medical College. He located as a practitioner of medicine in Centerville in the spring of 1870. He remained in that place until the fall of 1874, and removed to Reesville, where he was in active practice. Dr. Z. Garland, son of T. S. Garland, was born in this county, read medicine with his father, and attended lectures at the Ohio Medical College of Cincinnati, after which he engaged in the active practice in Clarksville. Dr. S. B. Lightner was a native of Greene county, Pennsylvania, born on May 4, 1839. His parents were George and Mary (Woods) Lightner, the former a native of Maryland and the latter of Pennsylvania. He read medicine with Dr. E. H. Cary, of Nineveh, Pennsylvania, and graduated at Jefferson Medical College of Philadelphia in March, 1863. From February, 1864, until August, 1865, he served as surgeon of the Eighth Regiment, Pennsylvania Cavalry. He located at Sabina in 1871. but before locating at that place he practiced one year at New Vienna and three years in the city of Cincinnati. Dr. R. Lytle was the son of Dr. James Lytle, a native of Pennsylvania, with whom the son read medicine. He then attended lectures, and graduated at the Eclectic Medical College of Cincinnati. He settled in Fayette county and was for three years attendant upon the inmates of the county infirmary. He located in Sabina in December, 1871. Dr. Nathan N. Sidwell was a native of Georgetown, Brown county, Ohio, where he was born on October 18, 1840. His father was James Sidwell, a Kentuckian, and his mother was Lucinda (Newkirk) Sidwell, a native of this state. He read medicine in his native town, and subsequently graduated at both the Eclectic Medical College and Miami Medical College at Cincinnati. He graduated from the former in the winter of 202 - CLINTON COUNTY, OHIO. 1860-61, and at the latter in the spring of 1871. In April, 1861, Doctor Sidwell enlisted in Company B, Twelfth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and in January, 1863, he was appointed assistant surgeon, in which capacity he served until the summer of 1864. Doctor Sidwell located as a physician and surgeon in Wilmington in 1872, but before locating in Wilmington he had practiced in Warren, Hamilton and other counties of Ohio. He later retired from practice. Dr. George M. Ireland was born in Knox county, Ohio, March 1, 1850. His parents were Davis and Susan (Hoke) Ireland, natives of Pennsylvania. Doctor Ireland read medicine with Dr. E. M. Hall, of Frederickstown, and graduated in the school of homeopathy at Cleveland, in the class of 1876. Soon after his graduation he located at Wilmington. Dr. G. W. Wire was born in the state of Indiana in 1852 and educated at Asbury University (now DePauw University), read medicine with Dr. S. E. Munford, of Princeton, Indiana, and attended lectures at Miami Medical College, graduating in 1876, at the age of twenty-four years. He settled in Wilmington in the same year. Dr. J. F. Bowers, a native of this county, was born in the village of New Vienna, in the year 1842. His father, C. C. Bowers, settled in this county in 1840, coming from New Jersey. The son read medicine with Doctor Johnson, of New Vienna, and completed his medical education at Miami Medical College, Ohio, graduating in 1867. From that time until 1876 Doctor Bowers was engaged in practice in various points in different states. In 1876 he located at Port William, where he remained until his death. Dr. John H. Stephens was the son of Peter J. and Charlotte Stephens, the former a native of Virginia and the latter of North Carolina. He read medicine in Port William with Doctor Ewbanks, and graduated at the Eclectic Medical College of Cincinnati in 1876. He first located at Buena Vista, in Fayette county, Ohio, but a short time afterwards he settled in Centerville. Dr. T. J. Savage was the son of James and Frances Savage, natives of Virginia and Kentucky, respectively. He read medicine with Dr. E. Judkins, of New Lexington, Highland county, Ohio, attended lectures and graduated at the Cincinnati College of Medicine and Surgery in 1879. After his graduation he located in Centerville and continued in active practice in that place. Dr. E. W. Brown was born at Oxford, Butler county, Ohio, October 1, 1856. His parents were S. R. and Sarah (Duvall) Brown, both natives of Ireland. He read medicine under the instruction of Dr. S. S. Salisbury, of Washington Court House, and subsequently graduated at the Hahnemann Medical College of Philadelphia. He located in the practice of medicine in the village of New Vienna in June, 1879. Dr. D. M. Barrere was a native of Highland county, Ohio. He was a medical student of Dr. H. Whistler, and attended Miami Medical College. Cincinnati, and there graduated in the spring of 1878. His first practice was at Sardinia, Brown county, Ohio, from which place he came to Clinton county and located in the village of New Antioch. Dr. George B. Crawford read medicine with Doctor Mitchell, and subsequently graduated from the Ohio Medical College at Cincinnati. He practiced some time in Alpha, Greene county, before settling in Clinton county. He settled in Lumberton in 1880 and began the practice as a physician and surgeon. Dr. C. Briggs located at Cuba in 1881. He read medicine in this county and graduated in the Ohio Medical College in 1881. Dr. Nelson B. Vanwinkle located at Westboro in April, 1878. He read medicine in the office of Dr. H. Whistler, of New Market; then attended two fall courses of lectures at Miami Medical College of Cincinnati, where he graduated in the spring of 1878. Dr. Edward Stevens, late of Clarksville, was the son of Dr. E. B. Stevens. He was born in the city of Cincinnati, read medicine with his father, and subsequently attended lectures at the College of Medicine, Syracuse University; also at Miami Medical College, CLINTON COUNTY, OHIO - 203 Cincinnati, graduating at the latter in March, 1881. He located in Clarksville in April of the same year. Dr. Daniel B. Mory, Jr., of Wilmington, a partner of Dr. Daniel B. Mory, Sr., was a native of this county; read medicine with his father and graduated at the Ohio Medical College, Cincinnati, in March, 1882. Among other physicians who have practiced in the county may be mentioned the following: Doctors Herron and C. Cole, of Martinsville; Creighton, of New Burlington; Simeon and C. WatkInson and son, G. R. Conrad and Thomas Quinn, of New Vienna ; others whose location has not been ascertained include: John Quinn, J. C. Walker, R. T. Short, S. S. Bentley, H. B. Stevens, A. J. Martin, D. C. Harrison, A. L. Dryded, W. W. Canny and D, Gould. PRESENT PHYSICIANS OF CLINTON COUNTY. In 1915 there were forty-two physicians in the active practice of their profession in Clinton county, Wilmington, with twelve, having the largest number. The complete list, with their location, is given in the following table: Clarksville—F. A. Batten, C. W. Snook. Centerville—C. A. Shaeffer. New Vienna—W. T. Mathews, G. R. Conard, H. M. Brown and E. W. Brown. New Antioch—V. E. Hutchins. Blanchester—F. M. Baldwin, J. H. Norman, L. J. Spickard, Robert Conard and Raymond Watkins. Sabina—T. E. Craig, James F. Fisher, 0. A. West, H. Stuntz, F. G. Lightner and Joseph C. Cole. New Burlington—H. 0. Whitaker and W. F. McCray. Oakland—J. B. McKenzie. Port William—P. D. Espey. Martinsville—W. T. Scott and W. K. Ruble. Westboro—C. A. Tribbet and A. F. Dennison. Midland—A. B. Martin. Wilmington—G. M. Austin, A. D. Blackburn, E. Briggs, W. J. Dudley, Kelley Hale, D. V. Ireland, 17. G. Murrell, S. D. Myers, F. A. Peelle, Elizabeth Shrieves, H. Whisler, A. J. Williams, G. W. Wood and G. W. Wire. CLINTON COUNTY MEDICAL SOCIETY. The first medical, society (proper) in Clinton county was organized in the fall of 1851. At a meeting of Clinton county physicians held November 1, 1851, A. T. Davis was appointed president pro tem., and G. W. Owens, secretary. Drs. A. Brooke, I. C. Williams, T. W. McArthur and A. Jones were appointed a committee to draft a constitution, which was presented, adopted and signed by the following named persons: A. Jones, A. Brooke, I. C. Williams, William G. Owens, A. T. Davis, T. W. McArthur, R. T. Short, G. F. Birdsall, I. C. Walker, W. W. Sheppard, L. A. Fairchild, J. K. Sparks, L. B. Welch (dentist), D. B. Morey, S. S. Bentley, H. B. Stevens and A. J. Martin. Officers as follows were then chosen for the ensuing year: President, Aquila Jones; vice-president, A. Brooks; secretary, I. C. Williams; treasurer, I. W. McArthur. VETERINARY SURGEONS. Within the past few years the treatment of animal diseases has reached a point where it may be regarded a science. Veterinary colleges are springing up all over the country, and in the best of them courses are given which demand as careful preparation for graduation as any medical college. Our state universities are putting in courses in veterinary science and the veterinarian of the future will have as broad a training as his brother practitioner who treats human ills. The first organization of the Clinton county veterinarians was made on July 16, 204 - CLINTON COUNTY, OHIO. 1915, when twelve of the leading veterinarians of the county met at Wilmington and effected a permanent organization. They adopted the following resolution: -That it is the sense of this meeting that the organization of a society for the promotion of good-fellowship among its members; to elevate the standard of veterinary science; to protect the fraternal interests of the profession and the public at large, should be organized in Clinton county." The meeting opened with Dr. E. C. Langdon as chairman and Dr. H. K. Bailey, as secretary. A committee was appointed to draft by-laws and to report same at the next meeting. The name of the new society is Clinton County Veterinary Medical Association, and composed of the following members: Drs. S. D. Meyer, Wilmington; E. C. Langdon, Sabina; E. J. Starbuck, Port William; S. J. Sigman, Clarksville; W. J. Jones, Lynchburg; B. K. Jones, Blanchester ; C. H. Thompson, New Vienna ; H. T. Armstrong, Sabina; B. W. Gray, Clarksville; W. L. Christ, Martinsville; J. F. Derivan, New Vienna ; and H. K. Bally, Wilmington. CHAPTER XIII. SECRET SOCIETIES. PREP AND ACCEPTED MASONS. The Lebanon Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons, in 1817, recommended to the grand lodge of the state that a dispensation be granted to Wilmington to open a Masonic lodge. This dispensation was granted and the lodge numbered 52, with the following appointed as officers by the charter : Arnold Treusdell, master ; Reuben Adams, senior warden; John Baptist Demond, junior warden, and Nathaniel Harris, secretary. This lodge held regular meetings for about three years and its membership gradually increased to sixteen members: Stephen Bosworth, William R. Cole, James How, Charles Paist, William Brooks, Thomas Bellows, James Williams, Henry Vandeburg, Samuel Cox, J. N. Reynolds, Doctor Magee, James Birdsall, Robert Way and the four officers named above. The lodge was held in an upper room of Samuel H. Hale's hotel, on the north side of Main street near the court house. In 1820, Treusdell left Wilmington to become a student in Ohio University at Athens, Ohio, and John Baptist Demond returned to New York, and the lodge sessions were discontinued, it adjourning sine die and giving up its dispensation charter. In 1842 another dispensation was received from the grand lodge and No. 52 was reorganized. The charter states that permission to hold lodge meetings "is granted to Bebee Treusdell, Benjamin Hinkson, Levi Gustin, George E. Hibben, J. S. Wright, Jabez Harlan and others who have heretofore assembled under a dispensation from the grand master," and, that the "lodge shall be known as No. 52, and its rank and precedence shall date from the 18th of October, 1842." The officers appointed were Levi Gustin, master ; J. S. Wright, senior warden, and Jabez Harlan, junior warden. The reorganized lodge first met in a room OD the second floor of the building at the southwest corner of Main and South streets, from which they moved to a room on the second floor of a building on the west side of South street, on the south corner of the alley north of Main street. The next move was to a room on the third floor of the Clinton Hall building, corner of South and Locust streets, where they remained until 1880, when they took possession of quarters in the Carothers building. The lodge at this time numbered about seventy-five members. In 1913 the lodge occupied the new Masonic temple. At this time (1915) the membership includes one hundred and forty-two, with the following officers: Thomas M. Bales, master ; Harold C. Hiatt, senior warden ; Martin J. Spinks, junior warden; C. A. Rannells, secretary; W. H. Rannells, treasurer; R. L. Compton. senior deacon; Chester D. Swaim, junior deacon, and William McNemar, tyler. ROYAL ARCH MASONS. Wilmington Chapter No. 63, Royal Arch Masons, was organized on October 22, 1855, in accordance with a dispensation which had been presented to the proper authorities on the first of the preceding January. The charter members were: J. C. Ellis, J. Harlan, J. D. Haines, William Smith, William J. Morgan, B. Hinkson, Levi Gustin and D. Medsker. The officers appointed by the charter were: Levi Gustin, high priest; Benjamin Hinkson, king; J. C. Ellis, scribe; A. Hockett, captain of the host; W. H. Harrison, principal sojourner; J. Harlan, royal arch captain; W. M. Hale, grand master of the 206 - CLINTON COUNTY, OHIO. third veil; J. B. McWhorter, grand master of the second veil; J. W. Farren, grand master of the first veil. In 1912-13 the Masons of Wilmington built a beautiful temple, at a cost of fifty thousand dollars. This is one of the finest Masonic buildings in the state for a city the size of Wilmington. The lower floors are rented for commercial purposes, the upper floors being devoted to the use of the fraternity in its various degrees. This building stands on Main street across from the court house. The officers of the chapter in 1915 are as follow : C. W. Swaim, high priest; Granville Wallace, king; S. D. Chancellor, scribe; 0. J. Peeling, captain of the. host; M. J. Spinks, principal sojourner ; Daily Smith, grand master of the third veil; Harry A. Metzger, grand master of the second veil; C. W. Stoltz, grand master of the first veil ; C. A. Rannells, secretary; W. H. Rannells, treasurer. MASONS AT SABINA. The Free and Accepted Masons of Sabina were organized as Lodge No. 324 in October, 1860, with the following charter members: Jacob Theobald, S. A. Christy, John Jackson, R. C. Luttrell, Cyrus Elwood, James D. Achor, Reuben Newman, David Chance, Joseph Rapp, Benjamin Doggett, James Plymire and David Giffin. The first officers included Reuben Newman, worshipful master ; David Giffin, senior warden; James D. Achor, junior warden. The lodge has assets of sixteen hundred dollars, with no liabilities. The lodge first met in the second story of the Rapp tavern, an ancient landmark of the town, which is still standing. Later it moved to the building of Richard Curtis, at the corner of Washington and Howard streets. In 1877 the lodge built the third story on the Ely building, now known as the Curren block. This was occupied until 1904, when they sold this room and moved to the Showalter block, their present location, at the corner of Elm and Howard streets. The lodge now has a thriving membership of one hundred and six and is officered as follows: P. H. Sparks, worshipful master; Robert S. Dun, senior warden; R. A. Lewis, junior warden; T. L. Kelso, treasurer ; George C. Barns, secretary ; E. R. Mills, senior deacon; Roy L. Curtis, junior deacon; T. J. Rankin, tyler ; W. H. Cole, chaplain; Leo Plymire, master of ceremonies. The trustees are A. L. Cole, A. N. Dowden and Lewis Wilson; the stewards are R. L. Harris and Howard Barns. The prudential committee is composed of T. W. Ausbaugh, T. 0. Dakin and W. A. Linkhart. The deceased past masters of the Sabina lodge are Reuben Newman, Jacob Theobald, David Giffin, S. B. Lightner, Z. R. Sanders and D. Edwards. Loyal Chapter No. 144, Order of the Eastern Star, was installed at Sabina on October 9, 1902, with the following charter members: Anna Ansbaugh, Thomas W. Ansbaugh, Effie Plymire, Luna Barns, Marie Barns, Laura Rapp, Zella Wilson, Autha Rapp, Anna Woodmansee, Anna Moore, S. B. Lightner, Anna Dumond, George C. Barns, Mary A. Morey, Adna H. Lightner and W. B. Woodmansee. The first officers of the lodge included : Anna Ansbaugh, worthy matron; T. W. Ansbaugh, worthy patron; Effie Plymire, associate matron. The present officers are as follow : Clare Harris, worthy matron; R. L. Harris, worthy patron; Ona Dun, associate matron; Jennie Bangham, treasurer; Anna Ansbaugh, secretary; Maude Plymire, conductress; .Luna Barns, associate conductress. The membership is now seventy-two. MARTINSVILLE MASONS. Martinsville Lodge No. 391, Free and Accepted Masons, was organized May 20, 1867, with the following charter members: A. S. Amberg, A. Frank Taft, H. F. Walker, E. K. Ferd, D. W. Dannsbery, Jacob Reller, John R. Moon, William W. Hunt and D. H. Moon. The first officers included A. S. Amberg, worshipful master ; A. Frank Taft, senior warden; H. F. Walker, junior warden. The present officers include C. J. Smith, worshipful master ; H. J. Wright, senior warden; Herman Lazenby, junior warden; A. B. Spence, secretary. In May, 1902, the lodge completed a frame building of its own, at a CLINTON COUNTY, OHIO - 207 cost of four thousand dollars. The lower part is rented for commercial purposes and the lodge rooms occupy the upper stories. The lodge has a membership at the present time of sixty-five. Martinsville Chapter No. 173, Order of the Eastern Star, was instituted on October 26, 1904, by the Clarksville chapter. The charter members were Bertha Archdeacon, A. J. Pate, Emma Peale, Alice Crawford, Effie Smith, Cora N. Cashman, Carrie Crawford, Mae Peale, Anna Smith, Lena Smith, Margaret Carmen, Anna R. Pate, E. E. Cashman, Ed Archdeacon, Anna E. Freeman, Mrs. E. B. Crawford, Alfred V. Smith, Mrs. Mary Randal, J. D. Randal. Effie Smith is the present worthy matron, and B. L. Moon is worthy patron. BLANCHESTER MASONS. Blanchester Lodge No. 191 was chartered by the grand lodge of Ohio, October 15, 1850. The charter members were Luther Adams. Thomas Adams, James Hagen, John H. Adams, Gavin Morrison, Joseph Mulford, Jacob Weidner, William A. Liston, John Kirk and E. K. Mulford. The first officers were as follow : Luther Adams, worshipful master : Thomas Adams, senior warden; John H. Adams, junior warden; James Hagen, senior deacon ; Peter Sidles, junior deacon ; Joseph Mulford, treasurer ; David McCleave, secretary. The officers for 1915 are as follow : W. L. Hixon, worshipful master ; Aetna Laymon, senior warden; G. R. Crosson, junior 'warden ; A. Crosson, treasurer ; W. H. Cramer, secretary; W. L. Pfister, senior deacon. The lodge first met in Samuel Baldwin's hall, and later leased a room of R. Goodwin. They remained here from 1854 to 1871, at which time they purchased a lodge room in the Trickey block on Broadway near the railroad. The present membership is one hundred and thirty-five. All records and property were destroyed by the terrible fire which visited the town on October 18, 1895. George Hudson, the fourth initiate (February 15, 1851), is the oldest member of the lodge. The masters of the lodge have been as follow : Luther Adams, 1850, '51, '52, '53, '54, '56, '59, '66. '67 ; Hisler C. Starkey, 1857; Henry Brown, 1855; William Kelsey, 1858, '60, '61, '62, '63, '64; C. T. Morris, 1865; John Ely, 1868, '73, '74 ; H. C. Watkins, 1869 ; Jonas Watkins, 1879, '71, '72 ; D. H. Moon, 1875, '76, '77, '80 ; J. W. Gustin, 1878, '79, '94; F. M. Baldwin, 1881, '82, '83; J. W. Fisher, 1884, '85; John Frazee, 1886, '87; N. B. Van Winkle, 1888; E. D. Smith, 1889, '95 ; J. S. Dewey, 1890, '97; George Snider, 1891; J. H. Rowland, 1892; W. C. Gregory, 1893 ; B. L. Van Winkle, 1896; Lyman Watkins, 1898, '99, 1904; 0. L. Fordyce, 1900; Enoch Whitacre, 1901; R. E. Andrew, 1902 ; C. B. Watkins, 1903 ; Frank Rudell, 1905 ; J. W. Noftsger, 1906; William Kulp, 1907; H. E. Katzenmeyer, 1908; J. T. Sharp, 1909; C. M. Day, 1910; J. A. McPhail, 1911; W. H. Cramer, 1912; Frank Jackson, 1913; Robert Conard, 1914. Blanchester Chapter No. 153, Royal Arch Masons, was organized on October 7, 1885. The present membership is eighty-five. The officers for 1915 are as follow : J. A. McPhail, high priest; F. M. Baldwin, king; William Kulp, scribe; C. M. Day, captain of the host; G. R. Crosson, principal sojourner ; Robert Conard, royal arch captain ; Alex Crosson, treasurer ; W. H. Cramer, secretary; H. G. Hudson, grand master of the third veil; F. V. Baldwin, grand master of the second veil; T. A. Williamson, grand master of the first veil; Aetna Laymon, guard; trustees, C. M. Day, John Frazee and W. H. Cramer. Cary Chapter No. 221, Order of the Eastern Star, was organized at Blanchester on July 25, 1905,, the charter being granted on October 25 of the -same year. The twenty-four charter members were Mrs. Lillie McReynolds, Delilah Crosson, Mrs. Pache Bald- win, Mrs. Anna Baldwin, Mrs. Hannah Noftsger, Mrs. Carrie Kohlhagen, Mrs. Olive Sharp, Iva Jackson, Mrs. Vesta Starkey, Mrs. Mary Crosson, Mrs. Lizzie Kulp, Mrs. Mary Baker, Mrs. Pearl Moon, Mrs. Sallie Hahn, Mrs. Ada Fay, Mrs. Rose Greenfield, Mrs. Cleo Cramer, Mrs. Hattie Katzenmeyer, William Kulp, Newton W. Baker, Mark A. 208 - CLINTON COUNTY, OHIO. Hahn, Alden Moon, William A. Greenfield and Frank Rude11. The first officers were as follow : Vesta Starkey, worthy matron; N. W. Baker, worthy patron; Lizzie Kulp, associate matron; Iva Jackson, conductress; Delilah Crosson, associate conductress; Pearl Moon, secretary; Cleo Cramer, treasurer; Rosa Greenfield, Ruth; Anna Baldwin, Esther; Olive Sharp, Martha; Lillie McReynolds, Electa; Hannah Noftsger, chaplain; Mary Crosson, marshal; Carrie Kohlhagen, warder; William Kulp, sentinel; Pache Baldwin, organist. The lodge now has a membership of one hundred and thirteen. The officers for 1915 are as follow : Laura Garrison, worthy matron; H. G. Hudson, worthy patron; Maggie Anderson, associate matron; Carrie Kohlhagen, secretary; Anna Baldwin, treasurer; Stella Laymon, conductress; Matella Doughman, associate conductress; Ada Day, Adah; Evia Garrison, Ruth; Mary Crosson, Esther; Lottie Trovillo, Martha; Mary Crawford, Electa; Hattie Katzenmeyer, warder; Jacob Kohlhagen, sentinel; Martha Williams, chaplain; May Reeder, marshal; Iona West, organist. The past worthy matrons are: Vesta E. Starkey, 1905, '06; Lizzie Kulp, 1907, '08; Hetta McFaddin, 1909, '10; Mary Baker, 1911; Sarah Michael. 1912; Margaret Conard, 1913; Lena Greenfield, 1914. The past worthy patrons are: N. W. Baker, 1905, '07; Dr. F. M. Baldwin, 1906; William Kulp, 1908, '09; James T. Sharp, 1910; J. M. Garrison, 1911, '12; I. M. Statler, 1913; H. G. Hudson, 1914. MASONS AT NEW BURLINGTON. Lodge No. 574, Free and Accepted Masons, at New Burlington, was organized in April, 1895, by Judge William Savage, under dispensation from the Wilmington lodge. The men included in the organization as effected at this time included 0. F. Collett, Benjamin B. Bangham, Frank S. Colvin, G. M. Colvin, Isaac Evans, Thomas C. Haydock, Henry E. Miller, John W. Haydock, Lewis Smith, Dr. Benjamin Farquhar, Sullivan D. Chancellor, Philip Trout, J. H. Colvin and Dr. Silas G. Sewell. The first officers were: Master, Sullivan D. Chancellor ; senior warden, G. M. Colvin; junior warden, Lewis Smith; secretary, Dr. S. G. Sewell; treasurer, Isaac Evans; senior deacon, Frank S. Colvin; junior deacon, 0. F. Collett; tyler, John W. Haydock; first steward, T. C. Haydock; second steward, B. B. Bangham. On October 24, 1895, the grand lodge of Ohio, held at Springfield, Ohio, granted the charter to the above mentioned men, with the addition of Frank Jenkins, W. H. Bales, H. E. Booth, E. W. Bradstreet, Charles E. Harrison, W. T. Lackey, Jacob Marshall, C. H. McKay and J. Henry Painter. The lodge now has a membership of sixty-one. Their lodge room is in a former school building now owned by the Methodist Episcopal church. Eight members have died since the lodge's installation. Its roll included the names of four Civil War veterans. The gavel used is of laurel, cut from the battlefield of Lookout Mountain, and is a present from C. E. Harrison. The following men have served as past masters: S. D. Chancellor, M. G. Colvin, F. S. Colvin, H. B. Reeves, Charles E. Harrison, J. A. Fletcher, W. N. McKay, Trevor C. Haydock, B. H. Miller and C. H. McKay. The present officers are: Clarence H. McKay, master; William A. Sayres, senior warden; Thomas C. Haydock, junior warden; Trevor Haydock, secretary; W. N. McKay, treasurer ; R. D. Collett, senior deacon; H. J. Lundy, junior deacon; George A. Phillips, tyler, and John W. Powell, first steward. The present trustees are E. W. Bradstreet, Thomas C. Haydock and Trevor Haydock. Chapter No. 363, Order of the Eastern Star, at New Burlington, was instituted on August 5, 1913, the charter being granted on the 22nd of the following October. The charter members were Sarah M. Smith, Zella Smith, Anna A. Collett, Mary F. McKay, Veird Phillips, Sarah Shambaugh, Margaret Haydock, Margaret Collett, Ada McKay, Mary Collett, Lydia Powell, Virginia McGee, Hattie Miller, Sarah Haydock, Jennie M. Miller, Nellie Lackey, Robert D. Collett, Herley H. Smith, Thomas Haydock, George A. CLINTON COUNTY, OHIO - 209 Phillips, William C. Miller, Burwell H. Miller, Wayne C. Smith and Raymond M. McKay. The first officers were as follow: Mrs. Sarah McKay Smith, worthy matron; Robert D. Collett, worthy patron; Zella Smith, assistant matron. The lodge now has a membership of twenty-four. The present officers are as follow: Mrs. Sarah M. Smith. worthy matron; Robert D. Collett, worthy patron; Zella M. Smith, associate matron; Mrs. Nellie C. Lackey, secretary; Weldon N. McKay, treasurer; Mrs. Ada M. McKay, conductress; Mary Collett, assistant conductress; Mary M. Collett, Adah; Mrs. Ann S. Collett, Ruth: Mrs. Mary F. McKay, Esther; Mrs. Lydia C. Powell, Martha ; Mrs. Hattie Miller, Electa ; Virginia McGee, marshal; George A. Phillips, sentinel; Mrs. Margaret Haydock, chaplain; Mrs. Velrd Phillips, warder; Esther Powell, organist. The New Vienna chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star was organized in July, 1910, with the following charter members: B. Penn, Will Penn, Mr. and Mrs. M. B. Coffin, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hodson, Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Nordyke, James Cadwallader, C. E. Kratzer and Dr. Will Matthews. The first officers were as follow : Mrs. James Cadwallader, worthy matron; Mrs. Rena Edwards, associate matron; Edward T. Butler. worthy patron; Ella Boden, treasurer; Mary Hoskins, secretary; Mrs. Louis Penn, conductress; Mrs. Olive Neffner, assistant conductress; Elizabeth Gordin, Adah; Mrs. Kate Penn, Ruth; Mrs. Jesse Kratzer, Esther; Mildred Hoskins, Martha; Mrs. Elizabeth Cline, Electa; Mrs. Edward Butler, chaplain; Lucile Pittser, pianist; Lettie Powell, marshal; Wirt Pittser, warder. The present officers are as follow : Mrs. Olive Neffner, worthy matron; Will Penn. worthy patron; Lettie Powell, associate matron; Mildred Hoskins, conductress; Mrs. Kate Penn, assistant conductress; Ella Bowden, treasurer; Mary Hoskins, secretary; Mrs. Michaels, Adah; Mrs. Elizabeth Cline, Ruth; Mrs. Clara Ernhof, Esther; Ada Johnson, Martha; Mrs. Edward T. Butler, Electa; Mrs. Ada Elton, chaplain; Ethel Johnson, marshal; Edgar Edwards, warder. The chapter now has fifty members. The worthy matrons who have officiated since the charter was founded are Mrs. Repa Edwards, Mrs. Louis Penn and Mrs. Olive Neffner. Ella Bowden has served as treasurer from the beginning, and Mary Hoskins has always served as secretary. INDEPENDENT ORDER OF ODD FELLOWS. Star of Hope Lodge No. 127, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, was organized at Wilmington on March 1, 1849, with six charter members: Isaac B. Thomas, Hiram M. Finley, G. S. Hill, John P. Pidgeon, I. S. Coats and Jacob S. Niswander. The first officers were as follow : J. S. Niswander, noble grand; I. B. Thomas, vice-grand; G. S. Hill, recording secretary; H. M. Finley, treasurer. The lodge erected a twenty-thousanddollar brick, three-story building in 1889, renting the lower rooms for business purposes. The present membership is two hundred and twenty. The resources of the lodge total twenty-four thousand four hundred and twenty-four dollars. Hebron Lodge No. 157, Daughters of Rebekah, is the ladies' auxiliary of Star of Hope Lodge. The officers for 1915 are as follow: C. P. Beebe, noble grand; C. W. Voice, vice-grand; W. H. Miars, recording secretary; T. E. Brindle, financial secretary; Harold Smith, treasurer. ODD FELLOWS AT CUBA. Cuba Lodge No. 651, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, was organized on July 27, 1876, with the following charter members: W. R. Moon, J. R. Moon, S. T. Moon, W. H. Moon, William Clevenger, William Berlin, John Berlin, John Hays, G. R. Mitchell, J. W. Bennett, W. H. King, S. R. Mitchell, P. Green, Jr., and Mr. Kibbey. Owing to the destruction of the early records, it is not known who were the first officers of the lodge. The lodge built a frame building for meeting purposes in 1897, at a cost of two thousand (14) 210 - CLINTON COUNTY, OHIO. dollars. The present membership is fifty-five. A Rebekah lodge is maintained in connection with the subordinate lodge. The present officers are as follow : Fred Carpenter, noble grand; A. D. Blackburn, vice-grand; 0. R. Jenks, recording secretary; W. H. Moon, financial secretary; G. A. Bobbitt, treasurer. ODD FELLOWS AT MARTINSVILLE. Orphans Hope Lodge No. 182, at Martinsville, was established on May 3, 1851, by J. B. Thomas. The charter members were: C. S. Parker, Samuel Hiatt. Daniel Rizer, Jacob Glenn, Levi Pike, John Devis, Chambers Hiatt, Ed Bond, David A. Thompson. The first officers were as follow : C. S. Parker, noble grand; Samuel Hiatt, vice-grand; Levi Pike, secretary; Jacob Glenn, treasurer. The lodge has had three buildings, one frame and two brick. The last building was erected in 1895, and cost eight thousand dollars. The lodge derives its income of three hundred and sixty dollars a year from the rental of the lower rooms of the lodge building. The lodge has a beautiful cemetery adjoining Martinsville. There are now seventy members in good standing. The present officers are: Noble grand, W. W. West; vice-grand, Clint Mooney; secretary, F. W. Spencer ; treasurer, S. C. Turner ; trustees, C. B. Clelland, B. W. Williamson, George Cochran. Meteor Lodge No. 569, Daughters of Rebekah, was instituted on December 4, 1904, by Joseph M. Bever. The charter members were Margaret Carmen, Annie C. Neffner, Olive Ousley, Laura West, Leona West, Ora Thornhill, Ollie Hadley, Agnes Scott, Maggie Thrusher, Minnie Johnson, Louie Ruble, Clara Raines, Bertha Archdeacon, Nora Mann, Bertie Archbeacon, Margaret M. Neffner, Leota M. Spence, Jennie Batson, Mantle Raines, Emily J. Hixson and Nancy Clelland. The present officers are: Noble grand, Anna Betts; vice-grand, Mantie Raines; secretary, Clara Raines; treasurer, Maude Lieurance; trustees, Ora Dolph, Elizabeth J. Preston, Emma Edwards. The present membership is sixty-eight. BLANCHESTER ODD FELLOWS. Fithian Lodge No. 373, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of Blanchester, was organized under a charter of the grand lodge of Ohio, on June 2, 1865. The charter members were Whorton Ensign, William Peacock, Elias Gibson, Perry Dean, John J. Crawford, Amos Collins, S. R. Nickerson, Alva W. Baldwin and Jonas Watkins. The first officers _were as follow : Whorton Ensign, noble grand; S. R. Nickerson, vice-grand; J. J. Crawford, secretary; William Peacock, treasurer. The lodge erected a fine lodge building of brick in 1896, at a cost of six thousand seven hundred dollars. The present membership is one hundred and eighty-seven. On May 5, 1368, Excelsior Encampment No. 106 was organized, and at the present time has a membership of eighty-three. The present officers of the subordinate lodge are as follow : D. Chenneworth, noble grand; Frank Setty, vice-grand; Harry Leeka, recording secretary; Chester Sayers, financial secretary; H. V. Spencer, treasurer. The Fithian lodge building was destroyed in the great fire which swept away practi cally all of the business district of Blanchester on October 18, 1895. The lodge was put to a great expense, not only in rebuilding, but also in buying new furniture and regalia. The members made many sacrifices, and by their united efforts soon had a new building which still stands as a credit to the town. The lodge is now in a prosperous condition financially and is carrying forward the great truths of the order, "Friendship, Love and Truth," in such a way as to make it of real worth to its members. The Blanchester Daughters of Rebekah, Eudora Lodge No. 98, was organized on July 18, 1874. The charter members were Mrs. S. C. Shisler, Mrs. M. K. Shaw, Mrs. Mary Peacock, Mrs. M. J. Barry, Mrs. M. A. Burton, R. M. Riley, William Peacock, S. L. Barry, S. W. Shisler, James Shaw, Jonas Watkins, J. H. Hannon, C. W. Warning, Joseph Burton and A. Crosson. The present officers are as follow : Mrs. Almeda Reeves, noble grand; Marie Moon, vice-grand; Mrs. Mattie Chenneworth, recording secretary; Roberta CLINTON COUNTY, OHIO - 211 Scott, financial secretary; Mrs. Mary Campbell ,treasurer. The present membership is eighty-four. NEW VIENNA ODD FELLOWS. Clinton Lodge No. 92, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, located at New Vienna was established August 19, 1847, with the following men as charter members: Samuel Nordyke, C. H. Savage, A. S. Hughes, Israel Thornburgh, John Johnson, C. C. Bowers, John E. Dalton, George Johnson, Joseph K. Rulon, W. C. Hunley and Jonathan Hodson. This lodge owns its hall, which is a brick structure, erected in 1887, at the cost of about nine thousand dollars. Its present membership includes ninety-nine persons. Its present officers are: Noble grand, Melville Hildebrant; vice-grand, L. G. Morton; financial secretary, J. W. Penn; recording secretary, J. F. Woodmansee; treasurer, George M. Neffer; R. S., C. S. Drake; L. S., Frank Wright; conductor, C. B. Miller; R. S. S., H. H. Gilliland; L. S. S., E. Shockley; outer guard, George Oxley; inner guard, R. J. Woodmansee; chaplain, S. A. Elliott. Johnston Lodge No. 244, Daughters of Rebekah, is affiliated with Clinton lodge. ODD FELLOWS AT SABINA. The Sabina lodge of Odd Fellows was organized on July 22, 1904, although there seems to have been a lodge of this fraternity organized in Sabina on September 5, 1871, under the number of 501. The lodge organized in 1871 had eight charter members, and the following officers: James Van Pelt, noble grand; H. H. Thorp, vice-grand; D. C. Harrison, secretary; John Gilliland, treasurer. By 1882 the lodge numbered sixty-five members and had a flourishing encampment. In 1874 the lodge built a third story on a two-story building, the room costing the lodge twelve hundred dollars. What became of this first lodge of Odd Fellows, has not been ascertained, but evidently it must have surrendered its charter. The report of Lodge No. 877 gives the date of its organization as July 22, 1904. The charter members were George M. Haines, L. E. Whinery, A. J. Gaskins, R. B. Stadden, 0. A. West, J. A. Blakley, A. F. Stewart, C. R. Ellis, C. T. Pavey, James F. Gaskins, J. F. Fisher, J. C. Adams, G. E. Watt, C. C. Bentley, G. A. Brown, A. J. Darbyshire, S. P. Wilson and E. P. Peelle. The first officers were as follow : J. C. Adams, noble grand; 0. A. West, vice-grand; L. E. Whinery, recording secretary; George M. Haines, financial secretary ; R. D. Stadden, treasurer; R. B. Stadden, C. T. Pavey and G. E. Watt, trustees. The present officers are as follows: 0. R. Moon, noble grand; James M. Richards, vice-grand; H. L. Littleton, financial secretary; James F. Gaskins, recording secretary; M. E. McGuire, treasurer ; W. L. Dowden, Alfred Johnson and D. H. Adams, trustees. The lodge has no quarters of its own, but rents lodge rooms. The present membership is sixty-five. Sabina Lodge No. 606, Daughters of Rebekah, was organized June 12, 1905, with fifty-two charter members. The first officers were as follow : Winona Whinery, noble grand; Altha Palmer, vice-grand; Jessie Blakley, recording secretary; Cecile Reeder, financial secretary; Charlotte Fisher, treasurer; Mabel West, right supporter of the noble grand; Rosse Darbyshire, left supporter of the noble grand; Daisy Bentley, warden; Imogene Blakley, conductress; Arthur Palmer, outer guard; Ethel Reeder, inner guard; Celia Gaskins, chaplain; Almeda Gaskins, right supporter of the vice-grand; Ida Thornhill, left supporter of the vice-grand. The present officers are as follow : Helen Craig, noble grand; Addle Goodson, vice-grand; Alice Shoemaker, recording secretary; Mary Craig, financial secretary; Fay Stoltz, treasurer; Lillie McGuire, right supporter of the noble grand ; Martha Van Pelt, left supporter of the noble grand; Ola Van Pelt, warden; Etta Kester, conductress; John Van Pelt, outer guard; Ella Webb, inner guard; Jennie Haines, chaplain; Ola Johnson, right supporter of the vice-grand; Amelia Grubbs, left supporter of the vice-grand; Emma. Ellis, Betty Henry and• Martha Van Pelt, trustees. The present membership is eighty-eight. 212 - CLINTON COUNTY, OHIO. NEW ANTIOCH ODD FELLOWS. Stickney Lodge No. 298, Independent Order of Odd Fellows at New Antioch, was organized on April 25, 1856, with W. C. Wilson. F. A. Bowemaster, Samuel Rulon, Paul Huls, Aquila Coats and Samuel Cashmon as charter members. The lodge now has a membership of sixty-seven. The present officers are: Rodney Purtee, noble grand; David Burby, vice-grand; Will Hodson, recording secretary ; L. M. Green, financial secretary ; W. E. Zortman, treasurer ; J. R. Roliston, Dr. V. E. Hutchins and L. C. Treadway as trustees. They own their lodge room, which was erected in 1896 at a cost of nineteen hundred and fifty dollars. The daughters of Rebekah Lodge No. 590, at New Antioch, was organized on July 18, 1904, with the following charter members : Emma Ward, Edna Pond, Sallie Green, Alice Pond, Ida Ward. Ella Fisher, T. G. Rannells, W. A. Pond, L. M. Green, J. W. Ward, W. E. Zortman, A. B. Ward, L. C. Treadway and T. M. Fisher. The present officers are Effie Ward, noble grand ; Ellie Fisher, vice-grand; T. M. Fisher, recording secretary ; Alice Pond, financial secretary ; Lina Murphy, treasurer. ODD FELLOWS AT PORT WILLIAM. Port William Lodge No. 485, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, was organized July 18, 1871, with the following charter members : A. G. Beal, W. J. Barlow, James Cropper, J. T. Arnold, James Hart, A. J. Spurgeon, J. C. Early, J. L. Carlisle, Silas Mathews, Harmond Avy, Jacob Semans and A. M. Sanderson. The first record book of the lodge has been lost and it was therefore impossible to secure a list of the first officers. The present officers of the lodge are as follow : S. C. Brown, noble grand; H. R. Crawford, vice-grand; C. A. Atley, recording secretary ; William Bence, financial secretary. The lodge built a brick building in 1875 at a cost of twelve thousand dollars. The resources of the lodge in 1915 were twenty-two hundred dollars. The present membership is one hundred and two. The Port William Daughters of Rebekah, Sunlight Lodge No. 591, was instituted on July 19, 1904, by George C. Kalb and C. H. Leyman. The charter members were Porter Jasper, James and Iva Barnhart, Charles and Sue Conklin, David and Bell Powers, Harvey and Emma King, John and Amanda Gerard, William and Elizabeth Barlow, Malhon and Sallie Brown, Morton and Ida Ewbank, James and Mary Conklin, Carson and Ivy Jenkins, Henry and Mary Stephens, Burl and Addle Mason, Dayton and Alzina Sanderson, Henry and Tillie Arnold, Charles and Ella Holloway, Lewis and Lucinda Stanton, John K. Howell, Jerome and Nancy Devoe, Edward and Ella Borton, Georgia Gerard, Abbie Ewbank, Kate Strickle, Cynthia Stephens and Rebecca Whitehead. The first officers were as follows: Sallie Brown, noble grand; Alzina Sanderson, vice-grand; Abbie Ewbank, recording secretary ; Sue Conklin, financial secreary ; Mary Conklin, treasurer ; Carson Jenkins, right supporter to the noble grand; James Barnhart, left supporter to the noble grand; Bell Powers, warden ; Ivy Barnhart, conductor ; Lewis Stanton, outer guard; Ella Borton, inner guard. The present officers are as follows : Ivy Barnhart, noble grand; Ida Ewbank, vice-grand; Effie Copsey, recording secretary ; Cleo Barnhart, financial secretary ; Amanda Gerard, warden; Millie Bone, conductor ; John Howell, chaplain; Josie Claybaugh, inner guard; Emma King, right supporter to the noble grand; Alice Weller, left supporter to the noble grand. The lodge now has a membership of fifty-eight. WESTBORO ODD FELLOWS. Enterprise Lodge No. 280, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, at Westboro, was organized on May 22, 1855, with the following charter members. F. G. Slone, Garner Hinshaw, Carey Hodson, William Peacock, John B. Moon, Levi Lyons and Alexander Rhea. The lodge now has a membership of seventy-two. The present officers are as follow : F. M. Nichols, noble grand: W. E. Walker, vice-grand; M. Holaday, financial CLINTON COUNTY, OHIO - 213 secretary; H. L. Cramer, recording secretary; M. W. Chism, treasurer; F. M. Nolder, chaplain. The lodge building was burned on October 24, 1892, and the present building was completed in the fall of 1913 at a cost of two thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars. KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS. Knights of Pythias Lodge No. 577, at Martinsville, was instituted on May 13, 1892, with the following members: C. E. Hunt, Willie Hunt, C. A. Ayres, Dr. C. E. Vance, W. R. Brown, C. N. Brown, T. Crouse, F. W. Hadley, F. Hixson, G. W. Weeks, 0. J. Townsend, Fran Hiatt, Rev. J. M. Roberts, Prof. R. B. Fairley, W. P. Turner, C. W. Turner, Ed Puckett, C. Puckett, Dan Turner, I. F. Moon, W. Moon, L. D. Kester, Dr. W. K. Ruble, 0. G. Harris, G. Hartman, C. Burkell, W. W. Magee, Walter Jackson, J. R. Hall and A. Gaskill. J. E. Greene, T. W. Hixson, P. A. McKinzie and Ed M. Jackson were taken in by card, having been members of the lodge elsewhere. The first officers were as follow : J. E. Greene, past chancellor; T. W. Hixon, chancellor; P. A. McKenzie, vice-chancellor; J. M. Roberts, prelate; C. E. Vance, keeper of records and seal; R. B. Fairly, master of exchequer; C. E. Hunt, master of finance; W. W. Magee, master at arms; Edward M. Jackson, inner guard; George W. Hartman, outer guard; trustees, Frank Hiatt, 0. J. Townsend and George G. Harris. The present officers of the lodge are as follow : H. A. Clark. chancellor commander; H. G. Page, vice-chancellor; Will Shaw, prelate; F. N. Smith, master of work; J. E. Thrusher, keeper of records and seal ; L. M. Townsend, master of exchequer; H. H. Hull, master at arms; S. M. White, inner guard; Nelson Lewis, outer guard; trustees. P. A. McKinzie, W. T. Scott and W. H. Sharpe. The first meetings were held over the Hadley drug store, the present wareroom of M. E. West. In 1896 the lodge built a two-story building at a cost of one thousand eight hundred and sixty dollars and ninety cents. The upper rooms are used for lodge purposes and the lower room is rented to Botts & Dolph, general merchants. The lodge has initiated one hundred and seventy-nine members since it was instituted and of this number fourteen have died. There are now one hundred and one members. Linton Temple No. 43, Pythian Sisters, was established at Martinsville on May 23, 1892, with the following charter members: Mattie Ayres, Ella Hunt, Macie Hiatt, Edith Magee, Carrie Greene, Phoebe McKibben, Laura Moon, Sallie Turner, Kate Hiatt, Sarah Roberts, Hannah Hixson, Sarah Turner, Lydia Achor, Ida McKenzie, Martha Hall, Mattie Gaskill, Melvina. Crouse, Frank Hadley, G. W. Hartman, C. A. Ayres, Will Hunt, 0. J. Townsend, P. A. McKenzie, J. F. McKibben, Rev. Roberts, D. M. Turner. Louis Achor, J. E. Greene, Frank Hixson. A. E. Hunt, Frank Moon, Frank Hiatt, Thomas Hixson, W. P. Turner, Walter Leinonton, Walter Jackson, Thurman Crouse, Will Magee, E. C. Greene, Ed Buckett, Charles Turner, John Hall. The present officers are: Past chief, Mrs. Scott; most excellent chief, Inez Hunter; excellent senior, Ida McKenzie; excellent junior, Vesta Duling; secretary, Alice Page; treasurer, Anna Shaper; trustees, Ida McKenzie, Dossie King, Ella Johnson. The present membership is fifty. CLABKSVILLE KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS. Clarksville Lodge No. 687, Knights of Pythias, was organized on May 8, 1895, with the following charter members: C. C. Ward, F. M. Harris, C. M. Wilkerson, Sherman Wilson, Edwin Vandervort, C. W. Sewall, John Cashman, A. E. Hadley, D. S. Howell, A. B. Woolery, H. A. Williams, Joseph Starry, A. N. Apgar, Jason Hamill, G. H. Shank, J. E. Linton, J. H. Linton, E. H. Urton. Thomas Gray, A. D. Vandoren, William Hildebrecht, Harry Hayner, J. S. Kimbrough, Harry Austin, Warren Brady and Samuel McCollum. The first officers of the lodge were as follow : John Mountz, past chancellor; William Magee, chancellor commander; Dr. Charles Snook, vice-chancel- 214 - CLINTON COUNTY, OHIO. lor; J. S. Kimbrough, prelate; Amos Vandoren, master of work ; J. E. Linton, keeper of records and seal; Harry Hayner, master of exchequer; Benjamin Howell, master of finance; Jason Hamill, master at firms; Sherman Wilson, inner guard; Thomas Gray, outer guard. The officers in 1915 were as follow: J. W. Stansfield, chancellor commander; W. B. Trindale, vice-chancellor; Joseph Watson, prelate; J. J. Hampton, master at work; J. P. Trindale, keeper of records and seal ; Will Fisher, master of finance; Adison Glasscock, master of exchequer; Grant Goodwin, master at arms; James F. Gray, inner guard; Cecil Hoover, outer guard. The present membership is seventy-one. Clarksville Lodge No. 233, Pythian Sisters, was organized December 1, 1903, with the following charter members: Lizzie Stanfield, May Ward, Olive Pyle, Linnie Pyle, Bertha Pyle, Carrie Villars, Minnie Bradfield, Jennie Humphreys, Julia Shank, Leona Bonner, Emman O'Hara, Anna Bogan, Florence Mounts, Madge Linton and Elmira Burroughs. The first officers were as follow : Lizzie Stanfield, past chief ; May Ward, most excellent chief ; Olive Pyle, excellent senior; Minnie Bradfield, excellent junior; Florence Mounts, manager; Carrie Villars, master of records and seal; Emma O'Hara, master of finance. The present officers are as follows: Hattie Ellis, past chief; Anna Trindale, most excellent chief ; Lydia Penquite, excellent senior; Nellie Glasscock, excellent junior; May Pyle, manager; Lizzie Stanfield, master of records and seal; Clara B. Kearns, master of finance. The present membership is twenty-one. PORT WILLIAM KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS. Liberty Lodge No. 717, Knights of Pythias, Port William, was organized on April 4, 1901, with the following charter members: H. A. Rowand, S. S. Thorp, S. C. Morrow, D. C. Wright, F. P. Gordin, F. M. Strickle, J. H. Sprowle, D. W. Gorham, F. W. Rose, Joshua Ellis, H. B. Ellis, J. M. Shaw, J. A. Conklin, J. C. Ellis, J. F. Brakefield, M. W. Anson, F. B. Howell, J. A. Brown, F. D. Hart, E. W. Hart, J. D. Ary, 0. A. Bingamon, J. P. Wilson, M. J. Stephens, H. D. Ellis, T. D. Bone, D. O. Mason, 0. C. Johnson, H. H. Bingamon, A. F. Sanderson and C. K. Ellis. The first- officers were as follow : G. B. Early, chancellor commander; J. R. Brown, vice-chancellor; S. C. Morrow, prelate.; H. R. Dailey, master of work; H. A. Rowand, keeper of records and seal; C. U. Conklin, master of finance; Joshua Ellis, master of exchequer; F. M. Strickle, master at arms; D. C. Wright, inner guard; F. B. Howell, outer guard. The lodge now has sixty members in good standing. Freedom Temple No. 234, Pythian Sisters, at Port William, was organized on December 5, 1903, with the following charter members: Maggie Zimmerman, Della Bingamon, Mrs. H. A. Rowand, Grace Anson, Weice Thorp, Dora O'Bryant, Rebecca Sanderson, Bernice Sanderson, Elsie Haines, Elizabeth Stephens and Edna Allison. The present officers are as follows: Eltie Ellis, past chief ; Della Devoe, excellent senior; Beatrice Devoe, excellent junior; Bertha Howell, master of finance; Lucretia Powers, master of records and seal; Rachel Shaw, manager; Ann Brakefield, protector; Grace Anson, outer guard. The temple now has thirty members. BLANCHESTER KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS. Blanchester Lodge No. 580, Knights of Pythias, was organized on May 12, 1892, with the following charter members: James Bundy, James Bindley, S. M. Creighton, H. L. Day, J. S. Dewey, J. W. Scott, U. E. Gregory, J. E. Reader, Patrick Savage, S. M. Hudson, U. H. Hudson, L. Simonton, D. H. Hampton, E. W. Hughes, John Inman, D. H. Moon, Z. T. Pettycord, Paul Rice, William Rosco, B. F. Vanwinkle, Edgar Turner, Lewis Jack. The first officers included the following: U. E. Gregory, excellent chief ; B. F. Vanwinkle, vice-chancellor; E. W. Hughes, prelate; J. E. Reeder, keeper of records and seal; J. S. Dewey, master of finance; Lew Jack, master of exchequer; L. H. Hampton, master at arms. The present officers are as follow : L. H. Hampton, excellent commander; T. J. Warning, vice commander; J. H. Shank, prelate; S. H. Bowman, keeper CLINTON COUNTY, OHIO - 215 of records and seal; C. L. Shumard, master of finance; Harry Shank, master of exchequer; E. A. Shapper, master at arms; Bert Corwin, inner guard; William Walsh, outer guard. The lodge room and all records were destroyed by a fire in 1895. The present membership of the lodge is fifty-one. GRAND UNITED ORDER OF ODD FELLOWS. Ohio Valley Lodge No. 1877, Grand United Order of Odd Fellows, was organized on July 17, 1878. The early records were burned several years ago and how many charter members there were in addition to the list of first officers is not known. The first officers were as follow : Wilson King, noble grand; Robert Rutledge, vice-grand; Henry Miscal, recording secretary; Charles Bundy, permanent secretary; J. R. Hawley, treasurer ; Arch Armstrong, outer guard; William Lee, inner guard. The present officers are: Charles Lindsey, noble grand; Thomas McKnight, vice-grand; Robert Emmons, recording secretary; Harvey Jameson, treasurer ; Lewis H. Buster, permanent secretary; J. W. Hughes, outer guard; Cyrus Moore, inner guard. The lodge rents a room in the probate court room for its use. The present membership is fifty. A ladies' auxiliary, known as the Household of Ruth, was organized in 1904, and now has twenty-five members. MODERN WOODMEN OF AMERICA. The Centerville Camp No. 4066, Modern Woodmen of America, was organized on November 15, 1902. The charter members were 0. D. Armstrong, A. J. Frye, Alba McFadden, Edward McFadden, Hugh Bernard, Alva Kirby, John W. Cox, Daniel Frye, Cary Hodson, B. W. McFadden, John N. McFadden, Leroy Webb, Dr. F. A. Peele, Dr. Simeon Lambright, Benson West and W. D. Jarrells. The first officers were as follows: A. J. Frye, consul; Hugh Bernard, advisor; Benson McFadden, banker; 0. D. Armstrong. clerk; John McFadden, escort; Leroy Webb, chief forester. The present officers are as follow : Hugh Bernard, consul; C. M. Cox, adviser ; P. R. Morton, banker; Alva Kirby, clerk; T. J. Bernard, escort; A. Kirby, chief forester. The camp now has a membership of seventy-two. The camp owns no building, but has always had quarters in a rented building. Purity Camp, Royal Neighbors of America, at Centerville, was organized with the following charter members: Blanch Achor, Lottie Armstrong, Lona Babb, Myrtle Cline, Bessie Bernard, Nettie Bernard, Lillie Bean, Clara Fisher, Carrie Fowler, 011ie Martin, Ora McFadden, Mollie Howard, Ella McVey, Ella McGowan, John Morton, C. E. Bernard, Leo Grove, Alva Kirby, Janes McGowan, John Robinson and Dr. W. T. Matthews. The first officers were as follow : Myrtle Cline, oracle; Lottie Armstrong, vice-oracle; Etta McVey, chancellor; Ora McFadden, recorder ; Nettie Bernard, receiver; Ollie Martin, marshal. The present officers are as follow : Olla Morris, oracle; Nettie Bernard, vice-oracle; Belle Adams, chancellor; 011ie Martin, recorder ; Ora McFadden, -receiver ; Blanch Morton, marshal. The camp now has twenty-four members. LUMBERTON WOODMEN. Lumberton Camp No. 8065, Modern Woodmen of America, was organized on August 7, 1901. The charter members were J. A. Davis, W. H. Davis, Ewing Johnson, Frank Johnson, H. C. Linkhart, F. Michner, J. R. Middleton, Alonzo Oglesbee, A. M. Oglesbee, IT. S. Wall, William Adams and C. P. Whittington. The first officers were as follow : Alonzo Oglesbee, consul; H. C. Linkhart, advisor; W. H. Davis, banker ; J. A. Davis, clerk ; W. L. Rouse, physician. The lodge has lost only four members by death since it was organized fourteen years ago, namely: Lacy Beair, Calvin Linkhart, James Oglesbee and Dr. W. L. Rouse. The camp now has a membership of sixty. Insurance to the amount of forty-one thousand five hundred dollars is carried by the members of the camp. The present officers are 216 - CLINTON COUNTY, OHIO. as follow : H. M. Lighthiser, consul; E. W. Oglesbee, advisor; Alfred Haines, banker; J. R. Middleton, clerk; R. L. Haines, physician. MARTINSVILLE WOODMEN. Martinsville Camp No. 5791, Modern Woodmen of America, was organized October 31, 1898, with the following charter. members: James A. West, J. E. Thrusher, Marion Stanforth, J. C. Stautner, Fred Simonton, W. T. Scott, Charles Meeker, Victor Meeker, Elmer Carter, E. E. Cashman, Harry Dolph Louis Dolph and W. C. Corzatt. The first officers were as follow : J. C. Staunter, venerable consul; Elmer Carter, worthy advisor ; W. T. Scott, eminent banker; W. C. Corzatt, conductor; J. E. Thrusher, clerk; Henry Dolph, forester; Louis Dolph, watchman; Marion Stanforth, secretary. The lodge has had only three deaths since it was organized, seventeen years ago, and the families of the three deceased brothers were paid a total of eight thousand dollars insurance. The thirty-six members are now carrying a total insurance of fifty-three thousand five hundred dollars. The present officers are as follow : P. A. McKenzie, consul; Christopher Gilmore, worthy advisor; J. E. Thrusher, clerk; 0. J. Townsend, banker; M. C. Carmen, watchman; R. H. James, forester; C. J. Smith, escort; Will Shaw, sentry. SABINA WOODMEN. Sabina Camp No. 6357, Modern Woodmen, was instituted on April 10, 1899, with the following officers: E. A. Thornhill, consul; J. M. Bell, advisor; Rufus Ferrell, clerk; W. W. Clevenger. banker ; S. E. Adams, escort; A. F. Stewart, chief forester; C. D. McKenzie, physician; G. E. Sexton, outside sentinel; J. W. Schuster, watchman; M. R. Stover, William Moore and J. M. Bell, managers. These officers included all the charter members. The present officers are as follow : E. K. Polk, consul; F. E. Bottenfield, advisor; G. W. Andres, banker; James F. Gaskins, clerk; Fred J. Tolle, escort ; S. Larkin, chief forester; 0. A. West, physician; John Polk, watchman; Abraham Rude, sentinel; D. H. Adams, S. J. Will and Charles Ray. trustees. The camp room is in a rented hall. The resources of the camp consist of furniture, to the value of two hundred dollars, and funds of one hundred and fifty dollars. The present membership is two hundred and twenty-eight. The camp is one of the most active in the county and has the largest membership of any fraternity in Sabina. C. A. Morrow is a state district deputy and E. A. Thornhill is the local assistant deputy. Violet Camp No. 2622, Royal Neighbors of. America, at Sabina, was organized on June 19, 1901. The charter members were Rosena A. McKenzie, Marie Day, Anna M. Reynolds, Alice Gallemore, Blanche Brown, Anna R. Clevenger, Ella Adams, Gertrude Carson, Mertie M. Lloyd, Imogene Blakley, E. A. Thornhill, W. W. Clevenger, 0. W. Brown, Rufus Ferrell, A. F. Stewart, George W. Duff, Hattie Selsemeyer, Maggie R. Ferrell, Ida Thornhill, Ella Duff, Almeda Gaskins, Sue M. Stewart and Alice J. Crawford. The first officers were as follow : Estella Martin, oracle; Josephine Jacks, vice-oracle ; Ella Rhonemus, past oracle; Jessie Blakley, recorder; Imogene Blakley, receiver; Sarah McCoy, chancellor. The present membership is seventy-five. WILMINGTON WOODMEN. Wilmington Camp No. 5021, Modern Woodmen of America, was organized on September 23, 1897, with the following charter members : F. M. Nolder, M. W. Hill, F. P. Walker, F. M. Holaday, C. A. Moon, Charles Thompson, H. P. Thompson, W. E. Osborn, C. N. Conner and Frank Fisher. The lodge was started with the following officers: F. M. Nolder, consul; F. P. Walker, advisor; M. W. Hill, clerk; F. M. Holaday, banker; F. Fisher, escort; W. E. Osborn, watchman; H. P. Thompson, sentry; C. A. Moon, chief forester. The present officers include the following: F. M. Holder, consul; Clarence Walker, advisor; Harley Thompson, clerk; Milton Holaday, banker; Vernie Huffman, escort; Mildred Thompson, watchman; Charles Thompson, sentry; Elbridge Hudson, CLINTON COUNTY, OHIO - 217 chief forester. The lodge holds its meetings in a rented hall. It now has a membership of fifty-two. ROYAL ARCANUM. The Wilmington Council No. 428, Royal Arcanum, was organized on Thursday, January 8, 1880, with the following members: A. T. Quinn, N. H. Sidewell, George W. Brown, James M. Vernon, T. B. March, C. C. Nichols, John S. Savage, R. Higgins, J. M. Haynes, Madison Betts, Thomas Perfect, L. W. Crane, Edward J. West, J. D. Sayrs, L. P. Minter, J. B. Unthank and G. P. Fristor. The first officers were as follow : John S. Savage, regent; Edward J. West, vice-regent; J. B. Unthank, orator; C. C. Nichols, collector; Madison Betts, past regent; T. Q. March, treasurer; M. R. Higgins, secretary; W. P. Wolf, chaplain; E. S. Hadley, guide; N. H. Sidewell, S. Q. Fulton, George W. Brown and L. D. Sayrs, trustees. The lodge now numbers fifty-six. The present officers are as follow : F. M. Wegman, regent; J. W. Wire, vice-regent; C. A. Rannells, orator; C. L. Haworth, past regent; Edward J. West, secretary; W. H. Rannells, collector; J. M. Fisher, chaplain; C. E. Nichols, treasurer; Charles Farquhar, guide; E. A. Peebles, warden; E. J. Hiatt, sentry; E. J. Peelle, H. E. Hoskins and Charles Riggins, trustees. BENEVOLENT AND PROTECTIVE ORDER OF ELKS. Wilmington Lodge No. 797, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, was instituted, August 1, 1902, with the following charter members: W. W. Savage, W. H. Miller, C. M. Hughes, C. M. Hinman, J. M. Fisher, D. F. Taylor, N. B. Thorpe, J. N. James, W. B. Holloway, C. Q. Hildebrant, J. A. Edwards, E. E. Hall, 0. A. Crouse, A. R. Custis, D. Peebles, S. A. Mitchell, Alfred Dunn, Fred Weitz, C. E. Toops, F. C. Bath, S. T. Lorish, B. L. Conway, J. J. Spurgeon, S. Goodman, J. D. Mann, G. T. Sparks, S. H. Vaniman, F. A. Batten, Lee Allen, F. M. Wegman, C. F. Vandervort, G. A. Pavey, C. F. Rice, Jr., J. J. Curtis, F. C. Whinery, W. B Woodmansee, Lee Baker, W A. Harsha, F. L. Early, H. D. Wire, J. M. Champlin, H. S. Santee, Harry Eastren, I. J. Jefferis, Fred A. Vandervort, C. R. Fisher, S. R. Mitchell, S. D. Hurst, George Batten, Frank Paine, L. D. Vaniman, F. L. Rhonemus, E. A. Rockhill, H. A. Venard, S. A. Outcalt. On August 14, 1902. a charter was issued on the application of 0. F. Peddicord, W. W. Savage, A. W. Madden, W. H. Miller, C. M. Hughes, C. M. Hinman and J. M. Fisher. The lodge now has a membership of two hundred and eighteen. The first officers were as follow : A. W. Madden, exalted ruler; 0. F. Peddicord, esteemed leading knight; W. W. Savage, esteemed loyal knight; W. H. Miller, lecturing knight; C. M. Hughes, secretary; C. M. Hinman, treasurer; S. S. Outcalt. esquire; C. C. Burge, tyler ; J. M. Fisher, chaplain; C. E. Toops, inner guard; C. R. Fisher, Earl Shaw and S. R. Mitchell, trustees. The present officers are: H. G. Cartwright, exalted ruler; F. R. Smith, esteemed leading knight; Harry Hague, Jr., esteemed loyal knight; Carl Keller, lecturing knight; T. M. Bennett, secretary; H. E. Hoskins, treasurer; Will F. Taylor, esquire; Beryll H. Crouse, tyler; C. L. Haworth, chaplain; Robert E. Uhl, inner guard; G. P. Thorpe, Samuel Johns and S. S. Outcalt, trustees. JUNIOR ORDER OF UNITED AMERICAN MECHANICS. Continental Council No. 253, Junior Order of United American Mechanics, at Port William, was organized July 5, 1905. The charter members were: F. W. Rose, J. C. Ellis, Albert Ellison, Earl Starbuck, A. D. Sanderson, Charles U. Conklin, Alvin Stephens, Barney Ridgeway, Roy B. Sanderson, J. I. Gerard, T. H. Conklin, C. F. Holoday, F. W. Conklin, Lee Beal, Lee Holoday, Will Eyman, Omer Devoe, Alexander Linkhart, Isaac Fisher, Roy Linkhart, George Conklin. Oscar Devoe, Louis Devoe, Larmie Devoe, Orlando Stephens, Herbert Harris, Frank Shaw, D. R. Powers, F. H. Stephens, Dennis Pagett, Thomas Oliver, Albert Stephens, J. C. Beal, Charles Johnson, Arthur Ellison, A. T. Sanderson, J. A. Conklin and E. 0. Thompson. The first officers were as follow : 218 - CLINTON COUNTY, OHIO. Charles Conklin, councillor ; A. D. Stephenson, vice-councillor; Albert Ellison, recording secretary; A. T. Stephens, assistant recording secretary; Alexander Linkhart, financial secretary; T. H. Linkhart, treasurer ; Raymond Linkhart, conductor ; Dennis Padgett, warden; Fred Conklin, inner sentinel; Roy Sanderson. outer sentinel; Earl Starbuck, chaplain; trustees, John J. Gerard, Barney Ridgeway and E. 0. Thompson. The present officers are as follow: A. T. Sanderson, junior past councillor; F. M. Strickle, councillor; Frank. Gerard, vice-councillor; R. T. Oliver, recording secretary; Albert Ellison. assistant recording secretary; S. L. Copsey, financial secretary; A. H. Slaybaugh, treasurer ; Vern Wilson, conductor ; George Sproule, warden; Charles Conklin, inner sentinel; Albert Stephens, outer sentinel; William Faucher, chaplain; trustees, William Faucher, William Melvin and J. J. Gerard. The lodge was incorporated under the laws of Ohio, May 4, 1912. Lodge No. 225, Junior Order of United American Mechanics, located in the town of Martinsville, was instituted July 26, 1909, by Blanchester Lodge. The charter members were: M. W. Townsend, J. M. West, J. Stanley Kester, Virgil Townsend, Stanley McKenzie, P. A. McKenzie, H. G. Page, Clarence Stanforth, Otto Carter, Albert Wood, Harsha Gibson, Herman Carter, Clayton Stanforth, George Gustin, Will H. Cline, Guy McKenzie, G. R. Loney, S. S. Montgomery, E. E. Musselman, W. J. Casserman, Otis Wood, Bert Boerstler, Earle Loney, Homer King, J. C. Ellis, F. B. Moon, C. E. West, Byron Reddick, H. J. Greene, Orlando Haynie, 0. Guy Rhonemus, J. W. Turner, Earle Page, Charles Page, C. H. Heeg, Charles Hertlein, H. B. Davis, H. H. James, Clyde Stanforth, Frank Jones, William Preston, L. M. Townsend, Bob Grisham, S. P. Keer, William Shaper, P. E. Rhonemus, L. J. Snider, Frank Thompson, John McKelvy, Orland W. Kester, H. Everett Larrick, Edward J. Heeg, C. H. Custus, J. B. Williams, S. W. Rhodes, Roland Long, J. E. Thrusher, J. H. Botts, L. C. Dolph, R. C. Williamson, W. A. Patton, J. H. Vance, W. T. Kirby, Alvey Chaplin, George Vanoy, W. P. Turner, C. E. Kirby, W. M. Larrick. The present officers are: Councillor, H. G. Page; vice-councillor, Chester Hiatt; recording secretary, 0. Guy Rhonemus; treasurer, R. H. James; trustees, P. A. McKenzie, Bert Boerstler, Ernest R. Hazard. The present membership is sixty-eight. Lodge No. 148, Daughters of America, at Martinsville, an auxiliary order of the Junior Order of United American Mechanics, was instituted, April 27, 1910, by Blanchester Lodge. The charter members were: Louie Ruble, Bessie Ruble, Mary Greene, Olive James, Ethel Carter. Alice Crawford, Silvia Rhodes, Vesta Rhodes, Carrie Crawford, Hattie Montgomery, Elva Wood, Minnie Kester, Vesta Webb, Agnes Scott, Anna Shafer, Lenna Vanoy, Ida McKenzie, Lelia Kirby, Jennie Kirby, Mae Stanforth, Clayton Stan-forth, Cora Grisham, Mrs. J. D. Loney, Herman Carter, Mary Alexander, Stanley Kester, Frank Alexander, Nellie Botts, Elva Miller, Veda Stanforth, Rachel Holliday, Sallie Turner, Clara Raines, Gertrude Winters, E. E. Musselman, Guy McKenzie, George Vanoy, Ed Conklin, Everett Larrick, Ed Heeg, Charles Heeg, P. A. McKenzie, 0. T. Stan-forth, Pearle Stanforth, Minnie Screechfield, Harry Greene. George Gustin, Charles Page, Alice Page, Cora Reddick, Ida Shaw, Ray Langley, F. B. Moon, Emma Edwards, Nellie Stanforth, Anna Howe, Mary Stanforth, Ora Thompson, Mrs. H. A. Williams, Ina Collins, Aslton McKenney, Myrtle King, 'Minnie Conover, Ella Johnson, Alva Chaplin, Bertha Wheatley, Bert Boerstler, Lee Champlin. The present officers are: Councillor, Alice Page; vice-councillor, Minnie. Kester; secretary, Gertrude Winters; treasurer, Anna Shaper ; trustees, Ina Collins, Emma Edwards, Ida McKenzie. The present membership is sixty-eight. Blanchester Council No. 134, Junior Order of United American Mechanics, was organized on. June 28, 1901. The following were charter members: F. T. Smith, Charles Maddox, Charles Crossley, G. P. Baker, J. W. Lee, A. T. Tucker, W. M. Orr, Edgar O'Conner, Wallace Clark, Harry Davis, Smith E. Hughes, Otto Griffin, A. E. Bowman, CLINTON COUNTY, OHIO - 219 J. E. Bradshaw, .E. E. Reeves, Everett Clark, Ottis Shank, A. E. Doughfman, Benjamin F. Long, Ora F. Campbell, C. W. Orr, Warren Kirk, C. H. Smith, 0. E. Hawthorne, Elmer Hopewell, R. D. Draker, E. E. Reeder, Grant Nicely, Evart Steele, Thomas Fletcher, Benjamin Fletcher, C. F. Dudley, J. A. Humphreys, C. W. Stratton, Alfred McCray, Fred C. Ross, 0. L. Hopewell, A. K. Elstun and F. H. Randall. F. T. Smith was the first councillor. The present officers are: Waldo Ratchford, councillor ; Villard Florea, vice-councillor; C. R. Eichelberger, recording secretary; E. J. South, financial secretary; H. G. Hudson, treasurer. The present membership numbers two hundred and seventeen. Carnation Council No. 63, Daughters of America, at Blanchester, was organized on March 30, 1905, with forty charter members. KNIGHTS OF THE MACCABEES. Wilmington Tent No. 402, Knights of the Maccabees, was organized on November 18, 1898. The charter members were as follow : Frank L. McDonald, D. B. Moore, Arthur Starbuck, C. W. Fisher, K. H. Grantham, W. J. Slack, Joe James, John E. Bond, Oscar Gilbert, N. J. Lewis, D. K. Palmer, D. D. Griffin, L. M. Greene, Lew Wallace. The first officers were: Joe T. Doan, commander; C. W. Fisher, record keeper ; C. A. Holaday, lieutenant commander. The death and sick benefits are paid by the supreme and great camps. Wilmington tent has lost two of its benefit members by death, Dr. J. H. Davis and W. H. Conner, and one social member, W. J. Slick. The meetings are held in the Knights of Pythias hall. The present officers are: D. K. Palmer, commander ; 0. W. Hale, record keeper (since June 4, 1902) ; Clinton Olvis, lieutenant commander. GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC. A meeting was held at the post rooms of Morris McMillan Post, Grand Army of the Republic, on July 13, 1888, of representatives of all Grand Army posts in the county for the purpose of effecting a closer union between them. At this meeting the following officers were chosen: D. A. Lamb, president ; the commanders of the various posts, vice-presidents; Asa C. Jenkins, adjutant; W. H. McLain, quartermaster. It was resolved to hold annual reunions. These reunions have, with few exceptions, been held and have proved a success. They are usually held on the first Thursday in October, with one of the posts acting as host. The 1915 reunion is to be held at Sabina on October 7. There are at present five posts in Clinton county, located at Wilmington, Blanchester, Westboro, New Vienna and Sabina. The following are the present officers of the association : R. H. Luttrell, of New Vienna, president; one vice-president from each township—David Jenks, Union; J. W. Vannard, Chester ; William H. Duncard, Green; William H. Dakin, Richland; J. T. Arnold, Liberty; C. E. Harden, Vernon; J. B. Hildebrant, Clark; J. H. Holaday, Marion; Moses Bogan, Washington; Henry Babb, Wayne; William Hockett, Jefferson; J. B. Carson, Adams; and M. G. Madden, Wilson. The president, H. H. Luttrell, died in New Vienna on July 28, 1915. THE WILMINGTON POST. Morris McMillan Post No. 58, Grand Army of the Republic, located at Wilmington, was instituted on January 17, 1884, by Harry Bowyer and Harry Lindsay, of the Washington Court House Post, especially detailed by the department commander, with the following charter members : Amos Huffman, E. D. Harlan, M. N. Lawrence, A. E. Crumley, J. E. Smith, William C. Glen, William H. Holmes, S. H. Beekman, Melville Hayes, C. G. Harden, C. S. Hightower, H. W. McFadden, F. L. Fornschell, E. B. Howland, M. J. Grady, D. A. Lamb, Frank Marble, C. B. Fox, A. D. Williams, James M. Smith, Asa D. Jenkins, Thomas Darbyshire, P. D. Barrett, 0. S. Outcalt, H. B. Kiphart, L. L. Moody, John Sager, T. J. Winfield—twenty-eight in all. The first officers of the post were: E. D. 220 - CLINTON COUNTY, OHIO. Harlan, post commander; Amos Huffman, senior vice-commander ; N. M. Lawrence, junior vice-commander; D. A. Lamb, chaplain; M. J. Grady, quartermaster; C. B. Fox, adjutant; W. H. Holmes, surgeon; Melville Haynes, officer of the day; A. E. Crumley, officer of the guard; F. L. Fornschell, sergeant-major; Asa C. Jenkins, quartermaster sergeant. On January 17, 1909, the post celebrated its twenty-fifth anniversary by a banquet in its post room on Locust street, to which the Woman's Relief Corps was invited. At this time one-half of its charter members were still living. Among the many honors that have come to this post should be mentioned the election of Amos Huffman as department commander of the Department of Ohio; J. S. Kimbrough, assistant adjutant-general of the department, and S. A. Holaday, as assistant quartermaster-general of the department. These men were elected to their positions of honor in June, 1905, and served for one year. The total membership of the post has been three hundred sixty-four. It has seventy-nine members in good standing at the present time. The present (1915) officers are : A. H. Hains, post commander; George H. Venlehr, senior vice-commander; David Jenks, junior vice-commander; C. C. Nichols, adjutant; Amos Huffman, quartermaster; M. H. Gaskill, surgeon; George L. Sever, chaplain; George A. Orebaugh, officer of the day; Albert T. Stackhouse, officer of the guard; R. P. Snowden, patriotic instructor ; S. A. Holaday, sergeant-major, and Paul Williams, quartermaster-sergeant; trustees, John Dehanty, Elias Doan and S. A. Holaday. CHAPTER XIV. BANKS AND BANKING. The first bank in Ohio was established at Cincinnati on January 28, 1817, by the United States Bank. In October of the same year another branch of the United States Bank was opened at Chillicothe, and both institutions were soon doing an extensive business. In fact, so prosperous did they become that in 1819 the state resolved to list them for taxation and scheduled them for fifty thousand dollars each. As might be expected, the banks registered a vigorous protest and the next few months saw the case carried from the circuit court of Ohio to the supreme court of the United States. The final upshot of the matter was that the banks did not have to pay the tax and the state, on its side, debarred the two banks from the state, allowing them no aid in the collection of their debts. Since the first banking experience, the banks have always been amenable to state supervision and little trouble has been experienced in keeping them under restraint. Constitutional and statutory provisions have been thrown around banks in such a way as to protect the depositors and few, if any, states in the Union have a better banking code at the present time than Ohio. The banks in existence in Clinton county prior to the establishment of the national banking act of 1863 were mostly banks of issue. The first banks were in the county seat and, according to the best accounts, the first institution which merited the name of bank did not make its appearance until early in the year 1853. FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF WILMINGTON. The First National Bank of Wilmington is the successor of a private bank, established on February 22, 1853, by W. C. Fife and T. L. Carothers in a building on the east side of South street. It was known as the Clinton County Bank and continued under this name until it was merged into a national banks in 1864. In 1855 Carothers retired from the bank and Fife took in Albert Hockett as a partner. C. M. Bosworth was taken into the firm in 1862 and, with the death of Fife, in December, 1863, the firm was left as Bosworth & Hockett. On February 22, 1864, the owners of the bank made application to the comptroller of the currency for a charter for the First National Bank of Wilmington. The application was signed by James Fife, John Hendee, Enos L. Lacy, Charles M. Bosworth, David Sanders, Albert Hockett, Abel Walker. Thomas W. McMillan and Elizabeth J. H. Fife. All of these persons are now deceased, but their's were familiar, as well as substantial, names in the early days of the life of the city. The application was approved by the treasury department at Washington, D. C., on April 5, 1864, and the new bank given its serial number of 365. It being necessary to publish the comptroller's certificate for two months prior to beginning business, the bank did not open until June 1, 1864. It started with a capital, stock of $50,000, which was increased to $100,000 on September 8, 1871. The following stockholders were the first directors: James Fife, E. L. Lacy, David Sanders, C. M. Bosworth, and Albert Hockett. Bosworth became the first president and Hockett, the cashier. C. M. Bosworth served as president until his death, October 11, 1888, and was succeeded by his son. Charles A., who held the position until his resignation, on January 8, 1895. Since that time A. J. Wilson has filled the office of president. Mr. Wilson has 222 - CLINTON COUNTY, OHIO. served as director, vice-president or president since 1878. The bank has had only four cashiers, during its whole career, namely : Albert Hockett, June 1, 1864, to September 1, 1865; W. B. Lang, elected cashier on October 23, 1865, died a few weeks later; C. 0. Nichols, January 13, 1866, to January 12, 1910; H. E. Hoskins, January 12, 1910, to the present time. Mr. Nichols had the unique honor of serving forty-four years as cashier, and at the time of his voluntary retirement from the bank was the oldest cashier in the state in point of service. C. A. Bosworth, the second president of the bank, resigned to become assistant United States treasurer at Cincinnati and later became president of the Second National Bank of that city, a position he still holds. There have been three assistant cashiers: B. B. Lang and T. Q. March, both deceased, and C. M. Hinman, the present manager of the Columbus clearing house. The present officers of the bank are as follow : A. J. Wilson, president; Simeon G. Smith, vice-president; H. E. Hoskins, cashier; P. H. Vandervort, teller; Daily Smith, bookkeeper; Thomas Murphy, bookkeeper. The directors of the bank are: A. J. Wilson; Charles A. Bosworth, Simeon G. Smith, Clinton C. Nickols, N. Houston Moore, E. Everett Terrell, Alfred L. Cole and Jervis S. Kimbrough. The first National Bank does a general banking business and also has a savings department, which was established a few years ago. It also has what is called a Christmas savings club, which has proved a very popular feature. The last public statement of the bank shows that . it has deposits of $672,168.00, with a surplus of $45,000.00. This bank, as well as the other two Wilmington banks, honored all checks during the panic of 1907-08. During its whole career of more than half a century the bank has never had to turn down a check for payment or refuse to loan money to responsible persons. Its policy, according to the president, has been to serve the people, and its growth may be attributed to this fact. It has always exhibited those qualities which justly beget public confidence, and because the bank's history of fifty years has been one of conservative, useful work, with an endeavor to conduct business to the satisfaction and convenience of its customers, it merits the high standing which it holds in the county. The building now occupied by the bank is located on the southeast corner of South and Main streets. It was erected in 1872, at a cost of thirty thousand dollars, by C. M. Bosworth, the president of the bank, and James Fife, one of the largest stockholders. Its banking rooms are equipped with every modern appliance for insuring prompt and accurate banking service. CLINTON COUNTY NATIONAL BANK. The Clinton County National Bank is the outgrowth of a private bank established in the fall of 1859 by the following stockholders: Thomas W. McMillan, Abel Walker, Isaac C. McMillan, R. E. Doan, Jediah McMillan and William Harlan. The bank started out with a capital of fifty thousand dollars and was operated under the title of the. Clinton County Bank until it was merged into the Clinton County National Bank, on June 11, 1872. The first cashier of the bank, upon its organization in 1859, was. Jediab, McMillan. The Clinton County National Bank was started with a capital stock of one hundred thousand dollars, and this remains the capital stock to the present time. The original stockholders were thirty in number, as follow : Thomas W. McMillan, J. W. Haws, Matthew Rombach, J. W. Denver, Arthur S. Denver, William F., Harlan, Mrs. Tamson. Kibbey, S. Robinson, Amelia Evans, Seth Linton. Cornelius Douglas, A, H. Miars, Mary Thorn, Henry Stix, Haines Moore, Hannah Chadwick, Sarah A. Linton, Joseph R. Moon, Milton L. Hunt, Rhoda C. Morris, D. J. Foland, Abel Walker, Eliza J. McMillan, Lewis Behymer, Harland F. Walker, Mary McMillan, William Cleveland, Jacob Burst, R. E. Doan and Madison Betts. Of these thirty stockholders, only two are now living, D. J. Foland and R. E. Doan. CLINTON COUNTY, OHIO - 223 The bank opened for business in the rooms of its predecessor, on the southeast corner of South and Locust streets. In the spring of 1873 the bank moved to its present location, on the east side of South street, between Main and Locust streets. In 1915 the bank erected one of the finest and most complete bank buildings in the state; in fact, no expense was spared in an effort to make it the equal of the best in the country. The building was erected by the Western Building Company of Buffalo, under the architectural supervision of the Emmett E. Bailey Company, Oil City, Pennsylvania. The building has a frontage on South street of twenty-seven feet and a depth of one hundred and fifteen feet. Massive granite monolith columns in front give the building a massive appearance and a dignity thoroughly in keeping with the stability of the institution itself. This bank prides itself on the fact that during the panic of 1907-08 it never refused to honor a single check presented for collection. It rejoices in knowing that in 1911 it appeared in the Roll of Honor of the national banks in the United States. It was accorded first rank in the county and seventh in the state of Ohio. This standing was based upon the amount of security for depositors provided by the surplus fund. During the forty-three years which have elapsed since this bank was established it has had only four presidents: R. E. Doan, June 11, 1872, to August 2, 1873; F. M. Moore, August 2, 1873, to February 20, 1889;. Matthew Rombach, July 2, 1889, to January 13, 1903; Matthew R. Denver, Jonuary 13, 1903, to the present time. There have also been but four cashiers namely : Jediah H. McMillan, May 10, 1872, to May 22, 1873; Madison Betts, May 22, 1873, to July 18, 1888; Col. J. W. Denver, Jr., January 8, 1889, to the time of his death, November 26, 1898: Edwin J. Hiatt, January 10, 1899, to the present time. The present cashier, Mr. Hiatt, has been with the bank since January 2, 1890, and is now the oldest stockholder and director in point of service connected with the bank. The following directors have served the bank : Matthew Rombach, Thomas H. McMillan, Abel Walker, Robert E. Doan, Jediah H. McMillan, Amos Huffman, Frank M. Moore, William Cleveland, Madison Betts, Gen. J. W. Denver, S. G. Smith, Jacob Burst, Enos L. Lacy, D. B. Van Pelt, Milton. L. Hunt, Albert I. Bailey, Matthew R. Denver, Edwin J. Hiatt, Horace G. McMillan and Dr. G. W. Wire. A comparative statement of the deposits of the bank by five-year periods indicates in a striking manner its growth. The statement follows: October 3, 1872, $32,284.67; April 14, 1877, $123,110.34; July 1, 1882, $209,921.22; May 13, 1887, $176,855.11; May 17, 1892, $202,845.29; May 14, 1897, $167,306.41; April 30, 1002, $394,977.48; May 20, 1907, $527,958.95; May 10, 1912, $552,893.09 ; May 1, 1915, $649,907.58. The present officers of the bank are as follow : Matthew R. Denver, president; Albert I. Bailey, vice-president; Edwin J. Hiatt, cashier; Robert C. Lawhead, teller; Orville W. Hale, general bookkeeper; Harold C. Hiatt, individual bookkeeper. The directors are: Matthew R. Denver, Albert I. Bailey, Edwin J. Hiatt, Horace G. McMillan and George W. Wire. CITIZENS NATIONAL BANK OF WILMINGTON. The Citizens National Bank, the youngest financial institution of the county, received its charter from the comptroller of the currency on June 25, 1906, and on the 4th of the following August opened for business. The bank started with a capital stock of $60,000, which was later increased to its present capital of $100,000.00. The thousand onehundred-dollar shares into which the capital stock was divided were taken by one hundred and fifty-seven stockholders. It is a noteworthy fact that all but three are residents of Clinton county. The stockholders of the bank are as follow : Ab. Boring, John B. Peelle, D. M. Fife, Charles W. Sewell, Matthew Irwin, J. P. Osborn, William Baty, Sara Kirk, Hugh McCoy, W. B. and Ethel Kirk, William J. Snowden, Seneca Murphy, S. D. Murphy, Horace Vantress, Alfred Vantress, Mrs. George H. Statler, Frank W. Haworth, S. L. Peelle, Austin Jones, C. B. Leonard, Ina H. Corkerill, A. J. Whiteside, John W. Durham, S. H. 224 - CLINTON COUNTY, OHIO. Skimming, I. N. Lair, T. H. Bryan, E. J. West, Charles Farquhar, F. M. Hughes, L. A. Wysong, Josephine E. Fife, David H. Fife, William Fife, J. W. Sparks, Caroline Farquhar, Weldon McKay, James McCarren, Mrs. James Hadley, J. G. Hunt, J. S. Eachus, Mrs. G. D. Haworth, R. C. Green, 0. 0. Outcalt, Asa Starbuck, B. Y. Collett, Wilfred H. Miars, E. M. Renner, William Drake, S. P. Curie, John Gillam, P. M. Champlin, Frank T. Hazard, John Delehanty, E. W. Harvey, Thomas A. Drake, C. G. Fairley, Mrs. J. D. Vandervort, Mrs. Sarah E. Hawes, Thomas E. Brann, Ethel F. Braun, Fred. D. Mitchell, E. M. Haworth, P. D. Learning, Mrs. Frances Fisher, Mary E. Sewell, J. Harter Shidaker, Bertha A. Deakin, Frank Lieurance, Lester Oglesbee, W. T. Lewis, I. M. Haworth, Joseph C. Doak, Florence Fenner, Mrs. H. A. Coate, J. W. B. Crouse, Wilson Hunnicutt, N. R. Vandervort, John W. Frazer, J. B. McKay, Camilla M. Farquhar, Priscilla A. McKay, William A. Pendry, Kate V. Wright, Howard Frazer, Charles Hunnicutt, J. W. Crouse, E. C. Fisher, James Williams, Mrs. Emma King, Milo Hale, A. R. Shidaker, J. A. Bailey, A. C. Briggs, E. Briggs, U. G. Murrell, L. G. Bangham, J. H. Hartman, Nellie C. Madden, J. W. Fife, A. B. Ward, Hiram Curl, H. S. Smith, L. W. Lacy, C. W. and Vinnie Sewell, W. G. Austin, Minerva J. Arnold, Maude S. Smith, Lulu S. Villars, Ruth A. Oren, Anna E. Oren, Clyde Bangham, C. L. Haworth, Ethel S. McCoy, Mrs. Anna Wysong, Ada Gordon, Charles S. Fisher, Jennie McKay, Charles Babb, Frank W. Antram, Mrs. Belle Antram, Mrs. Mary E. Champlin, Albert Bernard, Val Kaufman, Samuel Doak, William Hale, M. Elsie McCoy, J. C. Reardon, Lena Austin, Sarah A. Doak, Mrs. Corwin Haines, J. F. Marlow, H. B. Haynes, 0. J. Moon, Sarah Ireland, George G. Drake, E. F. Stackhouse, A. T. Stackhouse, J. A. Graham, Mrs. Belle Baughham, A. C. Whinery, Frank Oren, Lawrence Egan, W. A. Starbuck, Edith Haines. Mrs. Belle Farden, 0. R. McCoy, F. M. Harlan, Mrs. Sarah Moon, J. Walter Bogan, Ellery D. Brown, Roy Babb, Frank Haynes, W. K. and F. L. Brindle, Bessie B. Bogan, John A. Bogan and C. E. Fife. The first officers of the bank were as follow : J. W. Sparks, president; C. A. Rannells, vice-president; I. N. Lair, cashier. These three officials, with William Fife, Hugh McCoy and T. H. Bryan, constituted the first board of directors. There have been few changes either among the officials or directors since the bank was organized, nine years ago. In July 1912, William Fife succeeded C. A. Rannells as vice-president, and at the same time E. Briggs was elected on the directorate in place of Mr. Rannells. With these exceptions the officers and directors remain the same as they were upon the organization of the bank. The increasing business of the bank has made it necessary to add to the executive force, from time to time. F. M. Harlan was elected bookkeeper in March, 1909, and on July 1, 1911, was promoted to the position of teller. Since that time H. S. Smith and Della Hadley have been added as bookkeepers. At the time the bank was organized it purchased and remodeled the building at the southeast corner of South and Locust streets. The banking rooms are on the lower floor, facing South street, the remainder of the building being rented for offices and mercantile establishments. The banking fixtures are complete in every detail and especial attention is given to women patrons. A rest room is provided for them in the rear. The bank has enjoyed a steady growth from, the beginning and, although less than ten years old, its resources amount to $750,000. The bank also has a surplus of $45,000. At the close of its first month of business its resources amounted to $106,625.27, and this Is all the more remarkable when it is taken into consideration that a little less than half the capital stock of $60,000 had been paid in. That the bank had prospered in a gratifying way to its stockholders is shown by the increase of its deposits from year to year. The following statements, taken in even thousands, shows the deposits and resources of the bank on August 6 of each year since it was organized: