PAST AND PRESENT OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY - 141 (RETURN TO THE TITLE PAGE) CHAPTER XV. FRATERNITIES, COMPRISING SECRET SOCIETIES, FREEMASONRY, ODD FELLOWSHIP, KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS, IMPROVED ORDER OF RED MEN, DEGREE OF POCHONTAS, KNIGHTS OF THE MACCABEES, UNITED COMMERCIAL TRAVELERS, PATRIOTIC ORDER SONS OF AMERICA, GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC, UNION VETERAN LEGION, NAVAL ASSOCIATION, WOMEN'S RELIEF CORPS, SONS OF VETERANS, BENEVOLENT AND PROTECTIVE ORDER OF ELKS, MUNIFICENT ORDER OF CAMELS, ROYAL ARCANUM, ANCIENT ORDER OF UNITED WORKMEN, KNIGHTS OF HONOR, FRATERNAL MYSTIC CIRCLE, FRATERNAL ORDER OF EAGLES, ANCIENT UNITED ORDER OF DRUIDS, MODERN WOODMEN OF AMERICA, PATHFINDERS, FRATERNAL CENSOR, GRAND UNITED ORDER OF ODD FELLOWS, COLORED FREEMASONS, SUNDRY SOCIETIES. SECRET SOCIETIES. A prominent position-must be assigned the so-called secret societies among the direct influences affecting the moral and temporal welfare of a community, and the fact is indisputable that the best types of citizenship are found where such organizations are most cultivated. The church appeals solely to the spiritual nature and hedges and limits its capabilities with so much theory and dogma, and demands so much self-denial and restraint of natural inclinations that many men decline to enact a role whose requirements their personal sentiments do not endorse. Banks and building companies attract and assist the industrious and thrifty in enlarging their operations, but their influence in behalf of the public weal is exerted only upon those who are themselves exemplars of sobriety and good citizenship. Secret societies inculcate morality, industry, fidelity and patriotism : demand from their members no more than can reasonably be performed ; promise and provide material pleasures and rewards during the continuance of health and prosperity, and when sickness and misfortune overtake a member do not desert him nor permit him to suffer for friendly counsel and assistance : they require that members shall be honorable and respectable. not noted for the performance of good deeds, but for their abstinence from evil ones : that they shall observe, as nearly as possible the Golden Rule, and that questions of politics and religion shall be determined by the conscience of each individual. That such organizations are popular is evinced by the large number which exist, and few of the men who join them limit their affiliations to one society. They are active in social, benevolent and protective work and deserve more than mere "honorable mention" for their achievements in the great battle of human life. The range of their operations is extensive, the Shrine and Elks being types of the social class ; the Freemasons of the charitable, the Odd Fellows, and Knights of Pythias of the benevolent, and the Roval Arcanum, and Modern Woodmen of America of the protective. FREE MASONRY. Muskingum county was little more than a year old when William Raynolds, William Smyth, Levi Whipple, Daniely Conyers, Abel Lewis, and 142 - PAST AND PRESENT OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY. Lewis Cass met May 25, 1805, and "after becoming known to each other as Master Masons, in the manner prescribed by the rules of the craft, entered into conversation respecting the practicability and propriety of procuring a charter, authorizing them to hold a lodge in this place ; and in order to determine the question appointed Brother Smyth, Brother Cass and Brother Raynolds a committee for the purpose of preparing such resolution relative to the object of the meeting, as to them should seem expedient, and to report to this meeting on Saturday next." The committee was active and June t, the obect was reported "attainable," and the committee was continued to prepare and forward the petition to the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania and solicit the endorsement of Washington Lodge, of Philadelphia. The petition was signed by William Raynolds, William Smyth, Daniel Conyers, Levi Whipple, Abel Lewis, Lewis Cass, I. Van Home, Seth Fuller, Master Masons, and Noyce Stone, fellow craft, and June 4 the officers were selected t._ be named in the charter : Lewis Cass, worshipful master ; William Smyth, senior warden ; Seth Fuller, junior warden ; Isaac Van Horne, treasurer; William Raynolds, secretary. No time was lost in forwarding the paper, as the Grand Lodge acted upon it and granted the prayer, June 24, but as the charter fee had not been sent ,the papers were withheld and it was not until May 28, 18o6, that the essential payments were made, and as a safe and certain conveyance was secured, and then Captain James Taylor, a non-Mason, brought the Long-looked for papers. The magnitude of the undertaking will be comprehended when it is considered that the settlement contained about 25 cabins and 15o inhabitants, and that there were not to exceed 300 inhabitants in the entire county ; there was no place sufficiently secure for meetings unless guarded exteriorly ; every member was practically penniless, and those coming to the settlement were in like condition and were seeking it in the hope of bettering themselves ; it was the first organization of any character in the settlement, and the Lodge of Amity, No. 5, represents the first effort for social, moral and religious culture. The authority to constitute the lodge was addressed to Gen. Van Home, who was the only Past Master in the settlement, but the dispensation was limited to one year and did not reach him until after it had expired ; he assumed to act, however, and reported the facts to the Grand Lodge under date of September 23, 1806, and October 20 the Grand Lodge sanctioned his action. There is no official record of the date upon which the constitution was effected, but from private letters it is learned that the ceremony was set for Tuesday, September 9, 1806, the lodge possesses a book of constitutions inscribed as presented by Lewis Cass, September 7, Sunday, and the first lodge record is dated September 26, at which time it was in working order with by-laws, etc. The ceremony of institution was performed in the new two-story, frame hotel building, owned by Gen. Van Horn and occupied by Benoni Peirce, at the northeast corner of Main and Fifth streets, so long the site of a hotel, and of the famous Zane House. The lodge was registered as No. 105, on the Pennsylvania register, but when it participated in the formation of the Grand Lodge of Ohio, its seniority of charter placed it fifth in the Ohio register, and the original seal, furnished by the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania, served for the Ohio lodge by removing the figures. “10" from the die. An Ohio charter was issued and dated January 15, 1812, and the original apears to have been returned to Philadelphia. The early meetings alternated between Zanesville and Putnam, wherever convenient and suitable accommodations could be obtained ; private residences, hotels and the court house were used until 1817, when the last meeting was held in Putnam, and the lodge settled permanently in the Senate chamber until December 18, 1821, when it moved into the first Masonic hall ; no meetings were held outside it until 1881, when building was remodeled, and during that summer one meeting was held in the Odd Fellows hall, in Putnam. The approaching completion of the first Masonic hall caused a meeting to be held Senate in the chamber, December 6, 1821, to take action towards organizing a chapter of Royal Arch Masons, which was attended by Daniel Convers, Calvin Conant, Levi Whipple, Joshua Downer, Horace Nye, Dudley W. Rhodes, and Charles Hill. A committee was appointed to secure signers to an application to the Grand Chapter, and officers were chosen as follows : Calvin Conant, most excellent high priest ; Daniel Convers, most excellent king ; Joshua Downer, most excellent scribe ; Horace Nye, captain of the host; Dudley W. Rhodes, principal sojourner ; Charles Hill royal arch captain ; S. S. Miles, Francis Fowler and Levi Whipple, masters of the veils. December 13, 1821, the Grand Chapter approved the application, and February 1, 1822, Zanesville Royal Arch Chapter, No. 9, was opened in Masonic hall ; a full charter was granted January 15, 1823, and May 5, 182?, the constitution was performed in ample form. The anti-Masonic crusade seriously affected the chapter and it remained closed from September 5, 1831, until July 8, 1837, when it was revived through the efforts of Dudley W. Rhodes, Daniel Applegate, Nimrod Barr, David Reed, David Maginnis, William Twaddle, John Anthony, and James Caldwell. PAST AND PRESENT OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY - 143 The second lodge in the city and county and the third Masonic body in the city was Lafayette Lodge, No. 79, for which a dispensation was issued May 16, 1825, and the lodge met for the first time in the Masonic hall, May 25, with the following officers: George James, worshipful master; Calvin Conant, senior warden ; William Blockson, junior warden ; L. L. Hamline, senior deacon, Isaac Van Horne, treasurer ; H. Safford, secretary, and a regular charter was issued January 10, 1826. This lodge did not occupy the Masonic hall, but assembled in the Senate chamber, or at Market and Fifth streets, until 1837, when it held communications for a year in the Masonic hall; in 1838 it moved to Main street , and 1847 to Main and Fifth streets, where rooms were used jointly with the Knights Templars February 22, 1844, a dispensation was issued to Daniel Applegate, George L. Shinnick, John T. Arthur, Charles W. Spaulding, I. Bartol, and George James, to form Zanesville Council of Royal and Select Masters, and when the body was opened Adam Peters, Nimrod Barr, and H. M. Miller were present in addition to the petitioners, John Barney, grand lecturer, representing the grand puissant. The date of the erection is not recorded, but the evidence points to the last week in February ; the officers were : Daniel Applegate, thrice illustrious master ; George L. Shinnick, deputy illustrious master ; John T. Arthur, principal conductor of the work ; Charles W. Spaulding, captain of the guard. October 26, 1844, a charter was issued, but no number was assigned, and October 24, 1845, it was registered as No. 13, but later a correction of the register was made and the number 12, was permanently assigned. The organization of this body was accomplished in the and until the Masonic hall, and until the completion of the second Masonic hall the bodies meeting in the Market street building were the Lodge of Amity, the Chapter and the Council. November 27, 1848; John L. Fattier, grand master of Templars in Ohio, issued a dispensation to John T. Arthur, Thomas Bell, Amos Bartholomew, Robert H. Cotton, Gilbert D. Palmer, Israel Hoge, Thomas Launder, Josephus Laken, and Thomas F. Nevitt, to open an encampment of Knights Templars in Zanesville to be known as Cyprus. and named Thomas Bell, grand commander ; John T. Arthur, generalissimo; Gilbert D. Palmer, captain general, and Amos Bartholomew, prelate. January 3, 1849, M. Z. Kreider, past grand master, opened an encampment in Lafayette lodge room, southeast corner of Main and Fifth streets, and November 9, 1849, a charter was issued as No. 10; in 1867 the title of the body was changed to Commandery. The ruptures in Masonic harmony which attended the Cerneau-Northern Jurisdiction Scottish rite controversy caused the suspension of the charter of Cyprus Commandery, August 20, 1887, on which date Lafayette Lytle, right eminent grand commander, issued a special order arresting the charter, directing that all books and records be surrendered to the eminent grand recorder, and that all meetings be suspended until the revocation of the order. The demand was refused by the local officers and September 12 the right eminent grand commander came in person and renewed the demand and was again refused ; October 11-12, the grand commandery being in session revoked the charter, and November 14 a formal appeal from the action of the grand commandery to the grand encampment was made no relief was accorded as the grand encampment held that the grand commandery had jurisdiction. November 5, 1890, Cyrene Commandery, No. 10, was erected in place of the former Cyprus, by W. B. Melish, right eminent grand commander, and S. S. Williams, deputy grand commander, with the following officers : James C. Gillespie, eminent commander ; Herman F. Achauer, generalissimo ; Albert B. Worstall, captain general, and a membership composed of former members of Cyprus Commandery. For half a century the Masonic bodies of Zanesville had no permanent home ; the Lodge of Amity was organized in Benoni Peirce's tavern, but the Putnam members wished the inconveniences of crossing the river divided, and when Burnhamsis tavern was completed the meetings alternated between the towns ; when Burnham moved to the northwest corner of Main and Fourth streets the feetings were held there, and later and for some time at the Widow Peirce's home, in Fifth street, between South street and Locust alley, and from there the lodge moved to the Senate chamber, where it remained until the first Masonic hall was erected. The three-story brick building, m Market street, immediately west of the former Masonic hall, was erected, as an academy, and August 15, 1820, Daniel Conyers and John Dillon, on behalf of the Zanesville Academy, and John Butler, David Spangler and John Lattimore, on behalf of the Lodge of Amity, agreed that if the. lodge would pay one-third of the expense of erecting the building and construct stairways from the second to the third floor at its own expense, it should have the exclusive privilege to occupy the third floor without rent, the academy to have the right to buy the lodge's interest upon 144 - PAST AND PRESENT OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY. payment of the amount expended upon the building, after one year's notice. December 18, 1821, the lodge met in the new hall, and when the Chapter and Council were organized they were permanent occupants. When Lafayette Lodge was organized it met in the Senate chamber, and when the new brick was built at southeast corner of Market and Fifth streets, met in the garret, where it remained until the spring of 1837, when it moved to the Amity room, and after one year moved to the third story of a building on the north side of Main street, between Fifth street and Court alley, where it remained until 1847, when the rooms in the third story of the building, still standing at southeast corner of Main and Fifth streets, were fitted up, and when the commandery was formed it occupied the rooms with Lafayette Lodge until the erection of the hall at Market and Fourth streets. In 1854 the question of more commodious and suitable rooms for Masonic uses were agitated and proposals to place a third story on projected structures, or to occupy existing ones, were considered and rejected, and the sentiment crystalized into a proposition to erect a building at the northwest corner of Market and Fourth streets, and May 6, 1857, William Galigher, C. W. Pot- win, Mark Loudan, Thomas Bell, John C. Hazlett, and William Schultz associated themselves as "The Masonic Hall Association," with a capital of $25,000.00, and filed their certificate next day with the Secretary of State. The association organized at the hall at Main and Fifth streets, and work had progressed so far that the corner-stone was laid July 4, 1857, on which day a special communication of the Grand Lodge was convened in Odd Fellows' lodge room ; the Master Masons assembled in the concert room of the Odd Fellows' hall ; the Royal Arch Masons, at the Amity lodge room, and the Knights at the Lafayette room. At I :3o p. m. a parade was formed in Main street and moved west to Third, to South. Fifth, Market, Sixth, South, Seventh, Market, and Fourth, where an arch of evergreens and flowers had been erected after the ceremonies the procession re-formed and proceeded by way of Market. Third, and Main streets, to the Odd Fellows' hall and was dismissed. The new hall was occupied in April, 1858, and in March the Lodge of Amity sold its interest in the old hall to the city : June 24, 1868, the hall was dedicated, and the day celebrated with a procession, and an oration and festivities at Gant’s grove. During the summer of 1881 the third floor was remodeled and a fourth floor introduced in the west end by utilizing the space between the trusses of the roof, but the improvements were insufficient to meet the increased demands for more room and various projects were discussed for relief. The lack of exterior dignity and of interior dimensions and conveniences had, for several years, been apparent to the Masons of Zanesville, as characterizing the old temple; it had been discussed at business and social assemblies and finally a meeting was held Feb 19, 1900, which was largely attended, and the universal sentiment was that a new building was a necessity. Three properties on the east side of Fourth street, north of Fountain alley, were optioned and purchased, and July 12 in incorporators were selected for a new temple company, April 9, 1901, the company organized with the following officers and directors : J. B. Hunter, president ; O. F. McKinney, vice president W. H. Goodlive, secretary and treasurer U. H. Brown, George W. McCormick, W. B. Cosgrave, J. K. Geddes, H. F. Achauer, J. K. Smith, O. N. Townsend, John Hartmeyer, and March 25, 1902, the contract was awarded to R. J. Evans and Company at their proposition of $114,433,00, to be completed March 1, 1903. The corner-stone was laid June 24, 1902, in the presence of an immense assembly of Masons and non-Masons ; the parade which preceded the ceremony was one of the most extensive civic displays ever witnessed in the city, and in it were five Masons who had been in the precession held on the occasion of the laying of the corner-stone of the old temple. The completed building was dedicated June 24, 1903 ; the day was made a gala occasion, and a large procession of resident and visiting Masons was had. The basement and six floors of the structure are built in the most substantial and finished in the most modern manner; the basement and first three floors are fitted for office and other business purposes ; the front of the fourth and fifth floors are also devoted to offices, and the sixth to a ball room; the of the three upper floors is occupied by the Masonic bodies of the Masonic club. The dedicatory week was marked by a Guild fair in the new temple, which proved a wondrous attraction, and which was opened by a night street parade, in which the Odd Fellows, Elks, Knights of Pythias. and Modern Woodmen of America joined the Masons, Templars and Shriners in making a success. On the European continent, especially France, the rite of adoption is largely practiced, but in America, Masonic associations have been confined to men : in 1855, Rob Morris introduced a series of degrees, known collectively, as the "Eastern Star," but until recent years their dissemination in Ohio has been discouraged and PAST AND PRESENT OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY - 145 almost prohibited. July 24, 1895, a meeting was held at the home of Mrs. Mary E. Meyer, in Linden avenue, to form a chapter, and J. H. Snoots, of Roseville, was commissioned deputy grand patron to institute Zanesville Chapter, No. 52, which was done August 15, 1895, with the assistance of the members of Martha Washington Chapter, at Roseville, the ceremonies being conducted in the old temple. October 10, 1895, a full charter was granted, on which forty-three names appear, and the first officers were : Mrs. Lizzie Vogel, worthy matron; A. E. Allman, worthy patron; Mrs. Nancy Bolin, associate matron; Mrs. Elizabeth Hess, secretary; J. C. Gillespie, Treasurer; Mrs. Eura Curtis, conductress; Mrs. Mary Meyer, associate conductress ; Mrs. Anna E. Bainter, Adah ; Miss Alice Gillespie, Ruth; Mrs Agnes Norman, Esther ; Mrs. Mary Van Valkenburgh, Martha; Mrs. Jennie Lewis, Electa; Mrs Hattie A. Allman, warder; C. H. Sebaugh, chaplain; Mrs. Lizzie Spencer, marshal; Miss Hattie Sly, organist ; Frank Vogel sentinel. ODD FELLOWSHIP. Muskingum Lodge, e, No. 28, was instituted May 11, 1844, by Mark P. Taylor, past grand master, of Cincinnati, and Past Grands John P. Blain and Justin Harrison, of Columbus. The charter members were: Lambert Thomas, Jonathan R. Johnson, Jacob Little, Jeremiah Zeigler, J. Warren Clayton, and William L. Langton’ and the first officers were : Jonathan R. Johnson, N. G.; Jacob Little, V. G.; Lambert Thomas, secretary, and John R. Worman, treasurer. Moxhala Lodge, No. 144, was instituted February 21, 1850, by William C. Earl, grand master, and the past grands of Muskingum lodge, the charter members being: Gemmill Arthur, A. W. Perlev, Dudley S. Fracker, E. W. Cox, Charles C. Russell, L. H. Bigelow, Silvers Porter, William Leckey, Thomas Durbin and C. T. Fracker. The first officers were; A. W. Perley, N. G.: Silvers Porter, V. G.; E. W. Cox, secretary ; Gemmill Arthur, permanent secretary ; Thomas Durban, treasurer. Pataskala Encampment, No. 8. was instituted by Patriarch Albert G. Day, grand senior warden of Ohio, March 31, 1845, with the followbers and officers : Elias Pike, C. P.; John Burns, H. P.; Silvers Porter, J. R. Johnson, J. W.; J. T. Fracker, jr., scribe; Robert Howard, treasurer ; Lambert Thomas, guardian, and on the night of institution George B. Reeve, A. C. Ross, Edward Davis, John Metcalf, and Moses Keys were initiated. The three bodies were organized and held their meetings in the Blocksom building, still standing at the northwest corner of Main street and Sewer alley, and April 9, 1850, James Darlinton was appointed a committee by Muskingum lodge to confer with Moxahala lodge respecting the expediency of purchasing a site and erecting an ODD FELLOWS HALL. The proposition was favorably considered and February 22, 1851, incorporators were chosen, who applied to the General Assembly, and in the same month the Odd Fellows' Hall Association was incorporated by act of the legislature. The lots at the southwest corner of Main street and Potter's, or Diamond alley, were purchased at a cost of $4,000, and upon it the substantial, three- story, brick building, now occupied by the fraternity, was erected at a cost of $24,000.00, and while the exterior is not so ornamental as later structures, its imposing solidity attests its attractiveness for the period of its construction and with its handicap of fifty years will probably survive as long as later erections. Imposing dedicatory ceremonies were observed September 9, 1852 ; the parade of three hundred and fifty resident and visiting brethren, with the local, Dresden, and Wheeling bands, in escort of the officiating officials, being especially notable. Hon. L. P. Marsh was orator, and after the formal rites a ball and supper were provided for the wives and daughters of the three linked brotherhood. Rivalry arose between Muskingum and Moxahala lodges for the distinction of holding the first meeting in the new hall ; Moxahala met Monday, and Muskingum, Tuesday ; as the hall was completed, the members of the former lodge moved secretly at night, and August 2, 1852, assembled in the new hall, but a Muskingum member had "got next" and shut off the gas, and Moxahala obtained the coveted privilege by purchasing candles. Pataskala Encampment grew healthily, and T. L. Fracker, C. C. Russell, Joseph Crosby, Edward W. Cox, George W. Graham, J. A. Buck- master, W. R. Hazlett, S. G. McBride, Thomas Durban, and A. W. Perlev applied for a charter for a new encampment, which was granted, and June 9, 1853, Walhonding Encampment, No. 55. was instituted by Thomas J. McLain, grand patriarch, and installed the following officers : Thomas Durban, C. P.; W. R. Hazlett, H. P.; C. C. Russell, S. W. ; G. W. Graham, J. W. ; Joseph Crosby, scribe ; A. W. Perley, treasurer ; T. L. Fracker, guardian. The same night, S. Porter, William Hall, D. McCarthy, and R. S. Mershon were admitted to membership by card, and John C. Hazlett, William Laughlin, and 146 - PAST AND PRESENT OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY. Frank Fracker were initiated into the mysteries of the degrees. At the Grand Lodge session, held at Circleville, in February, 1854, a charter was granted to M. Keyes, Lewis Slyder, Jacob Lyda, Wilham H. Christ, Thomas Griffith, William H. Shaffer, R. S. Fairchild, John Kuhn, A. J. Hahn, William L. Langton, and Frederick Howell, and March 24, 1854, Alexander Glenn, grand secretary, assisted by District Deputy Henry Granger and other visiting brethren, instituted Mechanics Lodge, No. 230, and installed the following officers : Jacob Lyda, N. G.; Lewis Slyder, V. G.; Fred Howell, secretary ; William H. Shaffer, treasurer, and by special dispensation, John Drumm, James P. Kimberly, and Henry Koenig were initiated on the night of institution. The two encampments did not experience the prosperity that was anticipated and the members were convinced that strength would be found in union, and decided to surrender their charters and ask the grand encampment to issue a charter for a new organization. The request was complied with and July 2, 1858, Howard Encampment, No. 79, named in honor of the first C. P., was instituted with the following charter members Robert Howard, E. H. Church, Thomas Durban, E. L. Grigsby, Lewis Slyder, George D. Gibbons, Frederick Howell, W. J. Griffiths, John Brevmyer, W. H. Thomas, M. S. Thomas, S. G. McBride, N. K. Smith, J. Wilber, William For- graves, William Dunn, Charles Simmons, William Deffenbaugh, F. M. Hollister, William Bick, W. J. Woodside, Peter Hetrick, Alexander Clark, J. V. Smeltzer, Thomas Drake, W. R. Hazlett, J. T. Fracker, J. R. Winegarner, John Stone, D. B. Gary, Peter Dick, James M. Feeters, W. S. Wells, and Amos Hollingsworth. The institution was conducted by T. C. Cowan, grand patriarch, and the first officers were : Robert Howard, C. P.; Thomas Durban, H. P.; George D. Gibbons, S. W. ; Lewis Slyder, J. W.; W. R. Hazlett, scribe; E. L. Grigsby, treasurer. At the first meeting after the institution, sixty- five members of the two former encampments were admitted to membership. At the Grand Lodge sesson, in May, 1869, Fred. Geiger, A. Schaum, O. A. Duvee, C. Sunkle, Henry Koenig, Philip Muhl, Henry Roekel, Fred. Kappes, Adam Young, E. Dresher, William Derringer, J. Baum, William Bick, and Henry Knoedler applied for a charter for a lodge to work in the German tongue, and the request having been granted, June 25, 1869, Special Deputy Grand Master Henry Lindenburg, of Columbus, assisted by Past Grand Nich. Rem- linger, of Woodlawn lodge, instituted Mozart Lodge, No. 423, and installed the following officers : Ferdinand Hess, N. G.; Adam Young, V G. O. A. Duvee, secretary ; F. Kappes, treasurer. The interest which the wives and daughters of Odd Fellows, at other points, manifested in the work of the organization persuaded the Zanesville members to enlist their services 1ocally and January 12, 1870, James Turner, grand master, of Dayton, assisted by Past Grands William L. Langton, Harvey Hubbell, Thomas Sloan and C. Fracker, instituted Elizabeth Lodge No. 26, D. of R., so named in compliment to Elizabeth Howard, consort of Robert Howard, whose memory is perpetuated in the title of the encampment. The charter members were : Charles and Isabella Neimeyer, Isaac Piersol, E. V. Piersol, Lewis and Sidney Brenholts, John and Elizabeth Bowman, E. L. and Nancy Grigsby., John and Maria Greiner, Wolf and Eva Dryfus, T. L. Fracker, J. H. Coke, George W. and Hattie Griffee, Isaac and Sarah Hillier, Ferdinand and Theresa Hess, A. and Elizabeth Schaum, William L. and Isabella Langton, and Elizabeth Howard. The first officers were : W. L. Langton, N. G.; E. V. Piersol, V. G.; Hattie Griffee, secretary, and W. Dreyfus, treasurer. Canton Nova, No. 5, Patriarchs Militant, was instituted about 1884-5; this uniform branch of the order in Zanesville is in a prosperous condition and the inability to details respecting the origin is due to the loss of the records during the flood of 1898, while they were in the dwelling of one of the members. KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS. The order was introduced into Muskingum county by J. Hope Suitor, supreme representative of West Virginia, and Morris Springer, a Knight, from Indianapolis, who secured applicants for the charter and assisted in institution of McIntire Lodge, No. 38, on Thanksgiving Day, November 30, 1871. The services were conducted by Edward T. Haines. Grand chancellor, of Cincinnati ; Joseph Dowdal grand keeper of records and seal, and Henry Lindenburg, supreme representative of Ohio, both of Columbus, and a number of past chancellors and knights from Newark and Columbus. The first officers were : Edmund P. Moorehead, venerable patriarch ; Alfred Ball, M. D., worthy chancellor ; Henry C. Lillibridge, vice chncellor; Charles E. Randall, recording , scribe; Basil D. Brown, financial scribe; Henry Bimple, banker; Morris Springer, guide; William H. Wilmot, inner guard ; Robert S. Willey, outer guard, and Robert J. Brown, A. J. Farnum, Chaplin Moore- PAST AND PRESENT OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY - 147 head, Thomas M. Gattrell, James Huff, Thomas Coppard, William C. Burns, Edward I. Cockrill, J. B. Copeland, William Goetz, Robert W. Jones; Reuben H. Morgan, William L. Prophater; Campbell T. Starr. The institution was held in the Druids' hall in Main street, east of Seventh, and permanent rooms were secured in the third and fourth floors of the First National Bank building, where elaborate furnishings were supplied; after a few years, more commodious rooms were fitted up in the Star block, at Third and Main streets, for several years. Accommodations were then obtained in Choral hall, in the Opera block, and upon the erection of the Shinnick block the castle hall was moved there and has since remained. For a number of years McIntire was the sole representative of Pythianism in the county, King David Lodge, No. 155, being the first addition, the institution being conducted in Gold hall, by James Faircild, April 18, 1883, when the following officers were installed : Sol. Levi, past chancellor; A. Hertsberg, chancellor commander; Sol Frank, vice chancellor J. Wolner, prelate; S. Goldberger, keeper of records and seals; S. Stern, master of finance; J. Englander, master of exchequer; J. Goldeberger. master at arms; L. Allas, inner guard ; no outer guard was named; M. Freilich, A. Goldstein, and B. Ritman, trustees. Zanesville Lodge, No. 172, was instituted in Star Block, October 26, 1883, with the following first officers: Charles Goertner, P. C.: Emil Geiger, C. C.; Fred Laudenbacher, V. C.: Ferdinand Zuland, prelate ; William Klinge. K. of R. & S.; Adolph Kreuter, M. of F.: Simon Hilpolsteiner, M. E.; Philip Hoffman, M. at A. ; Simon Linser, I. G.; George Somers, 0. G. ; August Miller, Charles Volland and Fred Cordes, trustees. Phoenix Lodge, No. 388, was instituted by Charles Fulkerson, in Memorial hall, December 4, 1889, with nearly three hundred members, the following being the first officers : 0. F. Palmer, P. C.; Ed. Reich, C. C.: C. F. Hearing, V. C. ; E. B. Roemer, prelate A. B. Cowgill, K. of R. & S. J. B. Mercer, M. of F.; W. M. Shinnick, jr., M. E. ; J. P. Kelley, M. at A.; C. W. Hubbell, I. G.; William Wells, 0. G. Vesta Lodge, No. 458, was instituted by Charles Fulkerson, December 17, 1890, with ninety-four charter members, and the following first officers; John Meyer, P. C.; Milo E. Dunn, C. C.; George Turner, V. C.; L. L. Stewart, prelate; F. W. Logan, K. of R. & S.; J. N. Palmer, M. Of F.; H. G. Bodker, M. E.; H. W. Booth, M. of A ; J. N. Thornburv, I. G.; R. L. Miller, O. G. In 1902 Vesta lodge consolidated with McIntire. Silver Cross Division, No. 45, Uniform Rank, was formed about 1886-7, but discontinued and was resuscitated about 1890 as Crescent Division, with the original number, and a charter membership of about eighty. Vesta Division was organized early in 1891, but after the Spanish-American war the name was changed to Merritt Company, No. 116, in honor of General Merritt. Originally the organizations were called "Divisions," but were later designated as "Companies." Section 1399, Endowment Rank, has an organization, but is strictly financial in operation, with F. W. Logan as local representative. Beulah Temple, No. 33, Rathbone Sisters, was organized in the Shinnick block, March 15, 1892, by Emma Bell, grand chief, of Columbus, with forty-two charter members, and the following first officers : Mary Meyer, M. E. chief ; Martha Stewart, M. E. senior ; Fannie, Hillier, M. E. junior ; Mary M. of T.; Ella Roeshaar, S. M. of R. '& C.; Kate Moody, S. M. F.; Mame Miller, G. of T.; Elizabeth Scholl, G. 0. T.; Annie Young, P. C. Eight ladies and eleven knights were added at the succeeding meeting. The order has been quartered for a number of years in the Shinnick block, at northwest corner of Main street and Cypress alley, where the entire third floor is comfortably fitted for Pythian uses, with two large lodge rooms, anterooms, etc. IMPROVED ORDER OF RED MEN. A tribe of the Improved Order of Red Men, known as Pocahontas, was organized August 2, 1870, by Great Sachem G. B. Means, of Steubenville, and was chartered in May, 1871 ; the first officers were W. R. Hazlett, sachem ; Alexander Platt. senior sagamore : G. W. Hazlett, junior sagamore ; Samuel Howard, jr., chief of records :A. P. Stultz, keeper of wampum. Difficulties were experienced in securing suitable rooms in which to assemble, and meetings were irregularly held, interest ceased, and when rooms were finally obtained in the Star block, Zanesville, the enthusiasm could not be re-kindled and the tribe was disbanded. A renaissance was effected, after a generation and WALTBECK TRIBE, NO. 143, was instituted March 29, 1892, in the Shinnick block, Main street and Cypress alley, by the great sachem, great chief of records, and other great chiefs of Ohio, the adoptive ceremonies being conducted by Minnewa Tribe, of Newark. The first officers were : H. H. Huffman, prophet ; I. N. Groomes. sachem ; George Miller, senior sagamore : George S. Brush, junior saga- 148 - PAST AND PRESENT OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY. more ; F. D. Abel, chief of records; Al. Petit, keeper of wampum. NATCHEZ TRIBE, NO. 220. was instituted in Memorial hall, October 12, 1904, by the great prophet, great sachem, and great chief of records, with Waubeck Tribe in charge of the ceremonies of adoption; large numbers of chiefs and warriors were present from surrounding counties, and the occasion was one of much enjoyment to visitors and visited. The first officers were : C. A. Barton, prophet; C. W. Highfield, sachem; William Bowers, senior sagamore ; Benjamin Grigsby, junior saga- more ; Frederick Wallworth, chief of records ; J. Reichart, keeper of wampum. A tribe was instituted at Roseville, but has been dormant for some time and no information can be obtained about it. Washetella Council, No. 19, Degree of Pocahontas, was instituted December 14, 1892, by Enos Pierson, great sachem, the ceremonies being conducted by Newark Council. The first officers were: Mrs. Mary Stewart, Pocahontas ; Miss Augusta ,Kronz, Wenonah; Mrs. Annie Getter, prophetess ; Cornelius Stewart, Powhatan ; Mrs. Mattie Allen, K. of R.; Mrs. Eliza Fleming, K. of W.; F. D. Abell, first scout ; Mrs. Hattie Barker, second scout; Mrs. Fannie Madden, guard of wigwam; Harry Fleming, guard of forest; Mrs. Kate Abell, first runner ; Miss Flora Wallace, second runner ; Miss Viola Hostler, first warrior ; Miss Mary Wilson, second warrior; Mrs. Cinnie Craig, third warrior; Miss Gertrude Malott, fourth warrior ; Harry Fleming, first councillor ; John Harlan, second councillor. Zanesville Tent, No. 237, Knights of the Maccabees, was instituted March II, 1895, with the following officers : N. H. Garner, past commander; Martin W. Miller, commander ; John Cr00ks, lieutenant commander ; Fred Biszants, record keeper ; Peter Ungemach, finance keeper; Frank Lemon, chaplain; D. P. Mercer, sergeant; A. L. Jackson, M. D., physician. Zanesville Council, No. 20, United Commercial Travelers of North America, was instituted April 18, 1891, and has a membership of over three hundred, being one of the most prosperous councils of the fraternity ; handsome club rooms are maintained at southwest corner of Main and Sixth streets, and are open to the resident and visiting "knights of the grip" at all hours. PATRIOTIC ORDER SONS OF AMERICA. The principles of this order that members must be natives or born under the jurisdiction of the United States, and that free public schools shall be maintained, and that there shall be no union of church and state, have given the impression that its objects are political; that such is foreign to its character is expressed in the constitution of the order, which directs that the use of the name for political or partisan purposes, by a camp, will forfeit the charter. All camps are named Washington, and their individuality is determined by number ; the first to be established at Zanesville was No. 43, which was instituted June 6, 1879, by E. S. Layman, of Cincinnati, state secretary, with the following charter members : Frank Harris, A. Petit, F. M. Willey, C. A. Barton, Ed. Parshall, George Moore, John Millis, Charles Ford, Wash. Sockman, W. R. Hazlett, M. D. Frazier, Webb McCann, John Bailey, Charles Huff, Jud. Alvis, Jack. Wiswell, Hosea Haines, Albert George. The first officers were : W. R. Hazlett, past president ; Frank. Harris, president; F. N. Willey, vice president ; Webb McCann, master of forms and ceremonies ; C. A. Barton, recording secretary; Charles Huff, financial secretary; Albert Petit, treasurer ; Charles Ford, conductor; George Moore, inner guard; Ed. Parshall, outer guard; Rev. H. A. Delano, chaplain. Camp No. 47 was instituted February 9, 1881, with fifty-six charter members, and the following as first officers : George Brown, president; George Murdoch, vice president; H. L. McCarty, recording secretary ; James Draake, assistant secretary ; G. H. Grubb, financial secretary; David Mercer, master of forms and ceremonies ; Smith Winchell, inner guard; A. B. Chilcote, outer guard. Two other camps were later formed, one of which was at Putnam, but they have consolidated into Camp No. 47, which at present is the only one in the county. HAZLETT POST, NO. 81, was so named in honor of Captain John C. Hazlett, of 2d O. V. I., and his cousin, Harry Hazlett, of the 5th U. S. Artillery, both of whom were killed during the Civil war; the post was organized June I, 1881, with the following officers; C. C. Goddard, post commander ; M. V. Kennedy, senior vice commander ; Wilson C. Moore, junior vice commander ; Howard Aston adjutant ; Charles L. Moore, quartermaster; Rev. Theodore Crowl, chaplain; A. Ball, M. D., surgeon; Charles Grant, officer of the day; Frank J. Van Horne, officer of the guard ; G. S, Warner, sergeant major; Fred. Geiger, assistant inspector ; H. C. Lillibridge, aide-de-camp, and the following roll of members: Jesse S. Arter, J. H. Axline, G. F. Axline, Fenton Bagley, Henry Barker, jr., J. S. Beach, Thomas G. Beacham, Thomas S. Black; D. J. PAST AND PRESENT OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY - 149 Brown, R. B. Brown, W. J. Chandler, A. B. Chilcote, R. A. Cunningham, F. C. Dietz, James Dixon, Joshua Downard, J. H. Drake, Daniel Dugan, S. F. Edgar, Abraham Emery, A. H. Evans, W. H. Foye, G. A. Gardiner, D. B. Gary, J. T. Gorsuch, M. M. Granger, John A. Green, Andros Guille; W. S. Harlan, S. V. Harris, E. B. Haver, Howard Israel, George James, Samuel H. John; Henry L. Korte, John Martin, J. W. Martin, N. C. McBee, Alex. McConnell, Thomas McLees; A. F. Munson, W. O. Munson, T. J. Newman, Q. C. Ong, D. B. Parker, J. W. Pinkerton, C. W. Otwin, H. M. Sedgwick, Joseph Shaw, R. F. Smart, E. F. Taylor, A. H. Watts, C. C. Wiles, S. L. Wiles, F. M. Willey, L. R. Wilson, David Zimmer. The post is now permanently quartered in a large, pleasant room in the Memorial building, and possesses a valuable and interesting collection of relics, colors and paintings. Encampment No. 118, Union Veteran Legion, October 7, 1892, with the following first officers: . H. C. Roush, colonel; W. O. Munson, lieutenant colonel; W. S. Ayers, major ; A. H. Watts, chaplain; J. A. Smith, surgeon ; John W. Goshen, officer of the day ; Joseph Brelsford, officer of the guard; Joseph Fix, guartermaster; E. F. Van Horne, adjutant ; Charles Claspell, sergeant major; H. Kerker, quartermaster sergeant; B. Willis. guard; James Sears, color sergeant. Herrick Blue Naval Association was formed June 16, 1892, with the following officers : S. S. : Russell, captain; William Larzalere, lieutenant commander; R. J. Brown, paymaster ; George W. Shaw, secretary ; Andrew Josselvn, chaplain. Hazlett Corps, Women’s Relief Corps, No. 11, and Muskingum Camp, No. 69. Sons, Sons of Veteran, have organizations, but the details respecting orgin has not been obtained. The G. A. R., , U. V. L. Naval Association, W. R. C., and S. of V., are provided assembly rooms in the Monumental building. BENEVOLENT AND PROTECTIVE ORDER OF ELKS. In January, 1889, a meeting was held in the counting room of Shinnick & Sullivan, northwest corner Main street and Cyprus alley, at which Frank A. Durban, John C. Sullivan, Julius, Moses Frank, Oscar Geis, and perhaps two or three others were present; C. C. Harrison, a member of an Elk's lodge at Columbus, explained the principles and practices of the organization and a lengthy discussion ensued upon the expediency of forming a lodge of B. P. O. E. at Zanesville. Subsequent meetings were held at the same place, in the law office of Train and Durban, and when more room was required, in the rooms of the Board of Trade, in the Monumental building. Having decided to secure a lodge a choice of officers was made before any of the men had been initiated, and at this meeting, February 8, 1889, at the Board of Trade room, a general committee on arrangements was named consisting of W. S. Bell, Thomas Scott, C. D. Wedge, Fuller Van Voorhis, C. A. Blake, Charles Geis, R. H. Hazlett, J. A. Morrow, J. J. Thomas and F. A. Durban. February 27, 1889, Zanesville Lodge, No. 114, with forty-five members, was formally organized in the concert room in Odd Fellows' hall, by George A. Clugston, district deputy grand exalted ruler, of Mansfield, assisted by the members of that lodge in that city, and the following officers were installed : W. S. Bell, exalted ruler; John A. Morrow, exalted leading knight ; F. A. Durban, exalted lecturing knight; Edward W. Reich, secretary ; C. D. Wedge, treasurer ; Alfred \V. Reich, trier; John Fitzpatrick, Leopold Dryfus, and W. Cliff Conrade, trustees ; Thomas Scott, Esq., Frank M. Haas, inner guard; C. U. Shrvock, chaplain. April 28 the committee on hall reported in favor of the rooms on the second floor of the Masonic temple. at Fourth and Market streets, and they were occupied April 25, 1889. On January 17, 1894, a lease was ordered executed for the rooms formerly known as Black's Music hall, in Main street, adjoining the Odd Fellows' hall on the west, which were fitted up in the most elaborate manner and occupied in June. Upon the first floor are reception, reading, writing, pool, billiard, and card rooms, a ladies' parlor and cloak room kitchen, china closet, and safe for the silverware. On the third floor, or second of the suite, are a commodious lodge room, team room, and closets, and a large dancing room. Two events, of which the members retain the most gratifying recollections, are the burgoo feast, on the Bolin farm. and the trip to Cleveland, by special train, to attend Grand Lodge; the engine was in charge of a member of the lodge and the trip was phenomenal for its short time. The club rules were unique when framed, but have been so extensively copied that their originality might be lost were not this record made. Betting of every character, gambling, and all treating are positively prohibited : no buffet is maintained, but a member may have his own refreshments kept in the club ice box, and his own cigars in a locker, but he must not share anything with another club member. The theory of the club is that treating is the cause of the drinking habit and that personal inclination would not prompt men to excess, hence the prohibition of inviting another to partake. 150 - PAST AND PRESENT OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY. MUNIFICENT ORDER OF CAMELS. The order has its origin in the Eastern states, and a revision or reorganization was made at Cincinnati, April 15, 1903, at which time a supreme lodge was formed, of which A. A. George was elected supreme eminent ruler and D. H. Crawford, M. D., supreme secretary, both of whom were residents of Zanesville, Alpha Lodge, No. 45, was the first lodge chartered after the reorganization and the first to be formed in Ohio, and was instituted at Zanesville, December 3, 1903, with 150 charter members, the supreme eminent ruler and supreme secretary officiating. The first officers were : C. J. Lafayette, lodge deputy ; F. E. Wiles, eminent ruler ; E. C.. Bonfield, vice ruler ; Charles 0. Dozer, high priest ; S. H. Flemm, secretary ; George 0. Krause, master at arms ; H. W. Waters, sentinel ; 0. J. Skinner, picket ; J. F. Erskine, treasurer ; Glenn Mills, costumer ; G. W. Sigler, guide ; W. C. Waters, M. D., medical inspector ; T. F. Thompson, E. Eppley, and D. F. McCarty, trustees. ROYAL ARCANUM. Hope Council, No. 82, Royal Arcanum, was instituted in the lodge room, on the third floor of the Star block, northeast corner of Main and Third street, April 16, 1878, by Deputy Supreme Regent Teeples, and the following charter members: Samuel C. Abbott, Charles E. Albright, Albion J. Andrews, Orrin Ballou, R. J. Brown, Rufus C. Burton, Thomas Coulton, Rev. H. A. Delano, Thomas W. Dutro, Charles 0. Harris, George C. Harris, William H. Holden, M. D., James T. Irvine, Charles H. Jones, Henry C. Lillibridge, Alexander Manson, R. S. Mershon, Rev. Charles T. Morgan, Wilbur F. McCoy, George W. McCormick, George F. Russell, Louis D. Sandel, Howard M. Sedgwick, William M. Shin- nick, Jr., J. Hope Sutor, Frank J. Terry, C. G. Thompson, J. D. Warner, and James S. Wheeler. Nineteen of the applicants were present at the inauguration when the following officers were chosen: Regent, R. S. Mershon ; Vice Regent, Charles H. Jones ; Past Regent, Frank J. Terry ; Orator, James T. Irvine; Secretary, William M. Shinnick, jr. ; Collector, R. J. Brown ; Treasurer, George F. Russell ; Guide, H. M. Sedgwick ; Chaplain, Rev. Charles T. Morgan ; Warden, C. E. Albright ; Sentry, C. G. Thompson. April 19, eight signers of the charter were initiated, and April 25 the last two were admitted to the royal secret. Eight of the twenty- nine charter members have died, and eleven are still in affiliation; the remaining ten have transferred membership to other councils, or surrendered their fraternal privileges. Zane Lodge, No. 30, Ancient Order of Honor, was United Workmen, was chartered September 4, 1874, the first officers being Fred. Geiger, past workmen ; D. B. Gary, past master workman; Edward T. Hanmer, general foreman ; John McCaslin, overseer; R. T. Irvine, recorder; J. H.Ross, financier; A. P. Stults, receiver; M. C. Mitchell, guide ; Lewis Moore, inside warden; James Van Winkle, outside warden. The original place of meeting was in the Star block, and meetings are now held in the Sharpe building, in Fifth street, between Market street and Fountain alley. Star Lodge, No. 30, Knights of Honor, was organized in the Star block, September 15, 1874, by Darius Wilson, M. D., of Boston, past supreme dictator, with the following charter members : E. G. Bowen, W. A. Fillmore, James Gallogly, M. D., W. S. Harlan, W. H. Holden, M. D., Fred. Howell, H. C. Lillibridge, Thomas E. Richards, A. P. Stults, and Thomas E. Sturgeon. The first officers were : W. S. Harlan, past dictator and lodge deputy ; Thomas E. Sturgeon, dictator ; A. P. Stults, vice dictator; W. A. Fillmore, assistant dictator ; E. E. Brown, reporter ; James Gallogly, M. D., treasurer and medical examiner ; H. C. Lillibridge, guide; T. E. Richards. chaplain ; W. H. McOwen, trustee ; W. H. Holden, M. D., medical examiner. Zanesville Lodge, No. 3154, and Zane Commandery, No. 23, were later organized, but did not survive and were consolidated with Star lodge. Valley Ruling, No. 53, Fraternal Mystic Circle, was chartered December To, 1886, to L. E. Dodd, G. A. Allen, W. D. Lash, L. H. Binkley, W. M. Dodd, R. J. Brown, Joseph F. Stemm, S R. C. Burton, H. C. Lindsay, W. M. Shinnick, jr., John H. Best, Gilbert Snyder, Harry S. Bryan, Robert E. Kirkpatrick, J. B. Larzalere, J. K. Arnold, W. A. McLaughlin, Henry Roekel, Edward P. Church, H. E. Printz, F. K. Jackson, Frank C. Kerr, Smith L. Brown, Washington M. Adams, Wallace Burton, Benjamin C. Davis, Edmund C. Brush, M. D., John S. Derwachter, J. Lincoln Smith, H. B. Mechling. The original records have been lost and the names of the first officers cannot be ascertained. Concordia Grove, No. 13, United Ancient Order of Druids, was chartered and instituted May 3, 1859, by William Stoll, noble grand arch, and G. A. Rheinberger, vice grand arch, of Cincinnati. The first officers were : Henry White, noble arch ; Gottleib Glaesser, vice arch Edward Vogel, secretary ; Daniel Fehrends, treasurer, and the following additional charter members : Jacob Hartmaier, George T. Biehler, Heinrich Koche, Peter Shreck, Conrad Fischer, PAST AND PRESENT OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY - 151 Joseph Mees, Adam Mertz, Michael Seibert, Conrad Stolzenbach, George F. Fuessle, John W. Kiesswll, Louis Russi, Jacob Matzenbacher, Karl Miller, William Heinrich, and Xavier Meyer. The proceedings were conducted in German, and in March, 1893, Zane Grove, with forty charter members, was instituted to work in English; the elder Grove had not prospered by reason of the disinclination of men to attach themselves to an institution conducted in an unfamiliar tongue, and in January, 1901, Concordia decided to adopt the English ritual, which was used after June in that year, and in June, 1902, the two Groves consolidated under the older charter. An auxiliary of females, styled "Harmonie Circle,” is conducted in the German tongue. Zanesville Aerie, No. 302, Fraternal Order of Eagles, was instituted January 18, 1903, by Col. H. C. Voute, state deputy grand president, with the following officers : J. C. Drohan, past worthy president; E. Ebert Peabody, worthy president; R. K. Hine, worthy vice president ; D. A. T. Westall, worthy chaplain ; M. L. Tracy, worthy conductor; Simon Linser, jr., worthy treasurer; J. P. Daugherty, worthy secretary ; John C. Francks, worthy inner guard ; J. Friedenauer, worthy outer guard ; L. E. Dixon, E. J. Tracy, and C. W. Morrison, trustees. Rooms for lodge and club, purposes were fitted up in the upper stories of the Commercial Bank building, southeast corner of Main and Fifth streets. A. C. Swope, Bennett L. Taylor, Walter W. Verney, Curtis 0. Vinsel, Arthur S. Watts, Charles H. Watts, David Wells, 0. M. Wiseman, M. D. The first officers were : Venerable Consul, J. Lincoln Smith ; Worthy Adviser, Gavin L. Bell; Clerk, F. D. Roemer; Esteemed Banker, B. L. Taylor ; Escort, C. H. Watts ; Watchman, C. M. Arney; Sentry, H. E. Snell; Physician, 0. M. Wiseman, M. D.; Managers, J. L. Sammons, C. 0. Krone and W. E. Bowers. The first place of regular assembly was in Rechabites hall, in Maginnis block, for about one year ; K of P. hall, two years ; Choral hall, three years, and 1901 in the present commodious rooms at southeast corner of Main and Third streets. MODERN WOODMEN OF AMERICAN. The order introduced into Muskingum county at Zanesville, and a meeting, preliminary to the institution of Buckeye Camp, No. 3224, was held in the studio of J. Lincoln Smith September 2, 1895, when all preparations were concluded for the formal opening of the Camp on September 23 by R. E. Cornelius, Deputy Head Consul. The charter bears date September 18, 1895, and the ceremonies of institution were conducted in the rooms on the second floor of the former Masonic building, corner of Market and Fourth the following list of charter members: Charles M. Arney, Henry D. Beach, Gavin L. Bell, Wm. E. Bowers, Willis B. Bradford, 0. L. Butler, John Carroll, John B. Donahue, Charles L. Factor, Edward F. Grimsley, H. L. Jackson, , H. V. P. Jackson, Charles D. Jones, C. 0. Krone, Wm. T. Lewis; Elmer L. Linn, J. F. Lyons, Charles McBride, Harry M. Newberry, Wm. R. Newberry, Charles W. Northrup, Wm. T. Robinson, Charles V. Roemer, Edward B. Roemer, L. Sammons, J. Lincoln Smith, Harry E. Snell, Frank Spangler, John H. Stemm, PATHFINDERS. Denner Lodge, No. 45, was organized in Choral hall, February 8, 1899, as the labor of Benjamin Denner, and was installed by J. S. Myler, supreme secretary. The charter roll contained one hundred names and the first officers were : B. V. Woodburn, past president ; John Drake, president ; Frank Israel. vice president ; J. B. Smith, chaplain : Harry Haul:, secretary; Henry Knoedler, treasurer ; H. C. Gitter, sergeant at arms : Tames Paine, guide ; Mrs. John Drake, inner guard ; John Young, outer guard ; George McCormick, S. G. Sprague and Howard Shirer, trustees. Meetings are held in the Druids' hall on alternate Saturday nights. FRATERNAL CENSOR, Zanesville Council, No. 34, was instituted June 5. 1899. by E. S. Guiser, supreme president, and James S. Hill, deputy, with the following officers : Jacob Burgey, president; G. W. Foley, vice. president ; Silas Vansant, secretary; F. K. Jackson, financial secretary ; F. L. Israel, treasurer ; F. K. Jackson, representative; Silas Vansant, alternate ; and the followingber additional charter members : L. L. Magruder and wife ; George R. Fairall and wife; Mrs. G. W. Foley ; Miss E. Magruder ; Miss Grace Foley and J. P. Zinsmeister. The organization was effected in Gold Hall and regular meetings are held in the Rechabites' hall. HEBREW SOCIETIES. Gihon Lodge, No. 195, Independent Order of B'nai Berith was organized April 27, 1873, with Michael Steinfeld. president ; W. Dryfus, vice president ; Henry Baer, secretary ; H. Horkheimer, treasurer ; B. S. Dryfus, Rudolph Shonfield, 152 - PAST AND PRESENT OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY. M. Shonfield,  Cahen, S. Frank, Louis Steinfeld and D. Goodman as charter members; meetings are now held in the Richards' block. King Solomon Lodge, No. 133, Kesher Shel Barzal, was instituted August 16, 1874, with the following first officers : W. Freedman, president ; M. S. Witkosky, vice president; L. Witkosky, recording secretary; A. Cohen, financial secretary; B. Frosh, treasurer ; L. Newman, outer guard; J. Stern and A. Cohen, trustees; and D. Frosh, H. Weber, S. Levy, J. Goldberger, T. Rosher, J. Haber, J. Wollner, H. Heflich, Ignatius Stern, S. Freilich, S. Schwartz, S. Regan, W. Klein, A. L. Freedman, H. Reich, J. Metzendorf, S. Engletnan, M. Levy, B. Singer, J. Freedman, S. Cohen, S. Klein, J. Gotlob, W. Deutch, A. Starn, J. J. Klein, L. Klein, H. Kohn. The order disbanded about 1900. Clay City Lodge, No. 177, Independent Order of Sons of Benjamin, has an organization but nothing can be learned about its formation. GRAND UNITED ORDER OF ODD FELLOWS. The order is composed of colored men and has no affiliation with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, composed of white men. The first Lodge in America was numbered 646 and was opened in New York city, in 1843, and called Philomathean. The authority to open Lodges in America is derived from the Committee of Management in England, underwritten by a sub- Committee of Management in America, and March 4, 1878, the English authority, and July 8, 1878, the American authority issued a Dispensation for the formation of Guiding Star Lodge, No. 1880, at Zanesville, which was instituted July 30, 1878, by officers from Amity Lodge, at Cambridge, when the following officers were chosen and installed : Charles H. Sawyer, N. F,; Elisha Guy, N. G.; John H. Hargraves, V. G.; Enoch Harper, P. S.; John Parnell, E. S.; George W. Johnson, sr., W. T. Moses Green, P. N. G.; Wm. Pinn, chaplain; Richard Barnett. right hand, and Alonzo Doles, left hand supporter to the V. G. ; George Ottales, warden. Household No. 226. Household of Ruth, was chartered July 10. 1882, with Wm. Jones, Thornton M. Tate, T. J. Brown, C. A. Hogans and E. H. Guy. Grand Masters Council, No. 82, was chartered May 12, 1884. Patriarchy, No. 51. was chartered December 14. 1887. Clay City lodge. No. 5478, was chartered August it 902. COLORED MASONS. Golden Rule Lodge, No. 30. was chartered June 30, 1870, and was a revival of a previous organization. The first officers were : James A. Guy, worshipful master ; Wesley Gazaway, senior warden; Dr. McSimpson, junior warden. Queen Chapter, No. 15, Royal Arch Masons, was chartered June 20, 1875, with G. W. Johnson, high priest; Samuel Guy, king; Wesley Gazaway, scribe. Malta Commandery, No. 17, Knights Templars, was chartered June 30, 1880, with G. W. Johnson, eminent commander ; Samuel Guy generalissimo; James A. Guy, captain general. Queen Esther Court, No. 9, Eastern Star, was chartered July 8, 1869, with Mrs. Dorcas Tate as most ancient. The following fraternities have organizations, active or dormant, in the city, but no information respecting their origin has been possible of attainment Lincoln Council, No. 354, American of Legion Honor. Jewell Lodge, No. 332, Knights and Ladies of Honor. Diamond Lodge, No. 1943, Knights and Ladies of Honor. Zane Hive, No. 129, Ladies of the Maccabees. Putnam Council, No. 162, National Union. Chapter No. 35, American Insurance Union. Muskingum Home, Home Guards of America. Valley Circle, No. 398, Protected Home Circle. Banner Camp, No. 618, Royal Neighbors. Court Zane, No. 1294, Independent Order of Foresters. Clay City Council, No. 101, Order of American Mechanics. Maine Council, No. 29, Daughters of Liberty Myrtle Lodge, No. 44, Knights of Pythias, colored. Naomi Court, No. 35, I. O. O. C., colored.