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Gouverneur Lodge No. 217, Gouverneur, St. Lawrence, New York
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Gouverneur Lodge No. 217, Gouverneur, St. Lawrence, New York Warrant: The warrant in possession of the Lodge is dated 9 Jun 1851 Constituted: 10 Jun 1851 by W.’. Abram Kingsbury, Past Master of St. Lawrence Lodge No. 111. The name and number has never been changed. Minutes: Intact. The organization of this Lodge occurred during the winter of 1850-51. There are no existing records to show just how, or what circumstances influenced the movement which brought about the birth of the Lodge. The petition was signed by: Barnum, O[ssian]. L. Brown(e), William H. Cone, Sylvanus Conklin, Henry L. Cushman, Myron Haven(s), Newell Holmes, William Skinner, Benjamin F[ranklin] Van Buren, Samuel Waid, Josiah The Lodge held its first meetings in the Gouvereur Wesleyan Seminary. It afterward moved to Van Buren’s Hall, next to the Conklin Block, then to the Egbert Block. The next move was to Union Hall, thence returning to the Egbert Block, returning again to Union Hall, where it remained until the completion of the Masonic Temple. Twice had the home of the Lodge been destroyed by fire, in each case inflicting severe loss upon its property. These losses for a time weakened the Lodge financially, but in the end proved to be blessing in disguise, for the created a desire among the members to secure a permanent home, owned and controlled by the Lodge. The first definite move to accomplish this end was the purchase of a plot on Main Street in 1892 from the Thomas M. Thayer estate. The cooperation of other Masonic Bodies located in the village was secured, fund were obtained and a Board of Trustees was appointed under the laws of the State of New York to hold and manage the property. The cornerstone was laid by R.’.W.’. John Webb, Jr., on 10 Aug 1893, and on 1 Mar 1894 the building was completed. It was dedicated by R.’.W.’. Charles E. Ide [of Central City Lodge No. 305, Syracuse], Junior Grand Warden, on 25 Sep 1894. Men in Public Office
Abbott, J. B., Postmaster Bingham, Alexander A., Postmaster Conger, Gerritt S., Special County Judge Day, Silas W., U.S. Collector Dodge, W. R., Postmaster Dusee, S. B., Postmaster Earl, C. P. Postmaster Fuller, Charles, Village President Gates, Abram C., Postmaster Gleason, George M., Assemblyman Goddard, Abel, Assemblyman Hall, W. W., State Dairy Instructor Harder, J. F., Sheriff Hazelton, George D., Village President Johnson, J. B., Village President Kelley, G. W., Postmaster McCarty, Charles, Village President McFerran, John E., Village President Moore, D. A., Assemblyman Neary, Edward H. County Judge Orvis, Arthur W., Village President Peck, Daniel, Assemblyman Reynolds, John M., Postmaster Sackett, M. R., U.S. Consul, Prescott, Ont. Scholton, David G., Village President Waid, Josiah, Sheriff Walker, Charles R. County Clerk Winslow, George B., Postmaster Grand Lodge Officers White, Horace, DDGM Holmes, William, Junior Grand Warden Webb, John, DDGM Hossie, Thomas R. DDGM Baker, Joseph V., DDGM Gerner, Herman H., Grand Sword Bearer Masters
1851 Benjamin F. Skinner 1852 Benjamin F. Skinner 1853 Benjamin F. Skinner 1854 Sylvanus Cone 1855 Henry L. Conklin 1856 Isaac A. Waid 1857 Isaac A. Waid 1858 Benjamin F. Skinner 1859 Isaac A. Waid 1860 C. A. Parker 1861 Henry L. Conklin 1862 Henry L. Conklin 1863 Henry L. Conklin 1864 Henry L. Conklin 1865 Augustus E. Norton 1866 Augustus E. Norton 1867 Augustus E. Norton 1868 George B. Winslow 1869 Albert M. Barney 1870 Augustus E. Norton 1871 Albert [Alfred] K. Jepson 1872 Albert [Alfred] K. Jepson 1873 George B. Winslow 1874 John M. Reynolds 1875 John McCarty 1876 John McCarty 1877 John McCarty 1878 John McCarty 1879 John McCarty 1880 George W. Carpenter 1881 George W. Carpenter 1882 George W. Carpenter 1883 George H. Clark 1884 Frank H. Smith 1885 Henry L. Conklin 1886 Stephen A. Ackerman 1887 Thomas R. Hossie 1888 William J. Donaldson 1889 Thomas R. Hossie 1890 Frank H. Smith 1891 John Webb, Jr. 1892 John Webb, Jr. 1893 John Webb, Jr. 1894 Alexis S. Whtney 1895 William F. Bowhall 1896 William F. Bowhall 1897 Thomas R. Hossie 1898 Thomas R. Hossie 1899 John E. McFerran 1900 Charles McCarty 1901 Joseph B. Baker 1902 Joseph B. Baker 1903 David G. Scholton 1904 Herman H. Gerner 1905 Herman H. Gerner 1906 Herman H. Gerner 1907 Herman H. Gerner 1908 Herman H. Gerner 1909 Herman H. Gerner 1910 John B. Laidlaw 1855 Masonic Register GOUVERNEUR LODGE, NO. 217. Gouverneur Village, St. Lawrence Co. Date of Charter, June 9lh, 6851. Meets on Tuesdays of the week in which the moon fulls; except when it fulls on Tuesday, then on that day. Henry L. Conklin, Master Isaac A. Waid, Senior Warden Josiah Waid, Junior Warden
A. Ackermaa, Tiler. MEMBERS.
S. A. Ackerman, W. H. Andrews, S. A. Austin, J. K. Barney, O[r(a)mel]. G. Barnum, O[ssian]. L. Barnum, W. H. Bowne, Willett Bowne, Ira Cole, S[ylvanus]. Cone, H[enry]. L. Conklin, Ward Glazier, Newell Haven, William Holmes. John Killmer, G. G. Lewis, Stephen Mosher, C. A. Parker, Daniel Peck, A. S. Rhodes, Charles Rich, Moses Rich. H. Schermerhorn, Benjamin F. Skinner, A. L. Smith, J. B. Smith, Samuel Van Buren, D. F. Waid,
http://www.barnum.org/fam00904.htm Elijah BARNUM b. 1786 at Vermont; d. 8 Aug 1864; son of Jehiel Barnum and Hannah Eaton; m. ca 1811 Rhoda Griffin, b. ca 1791; d. 6 Jul 1857. CHILDREN i. Emily BARNUM d. 1815 ii. Albert Sevedra BARNUM b. 27 Dec 1812; d. 5 Mar 1894; m. 1837 Fidelia S. Thompson iii. Ossian LaCarva BARNUM b, 1815; d. 11 Jun 1880; m. Tabitha Waid, b. 1817; d. 1898; d/o Josiah Waid. Some sources show his middle name as ‘Lacarvey.’ iv. Ormel Griffin BARNUM b. 1819; d. 1884; m. bef 1839 Harty Alma Austin. He may have been confused with Oramel, son of Elijah, son of Elijah; m. Harty Alma AUSTIN , d/o of Elwell E. Austin [sister of Patty/Martha Austin] and Almira Streeter.
v. Orville Eleazer BARNUM b. ca 1820; m. Diana C. _____ NOTES vi. Orson Watts BARNUM b. 1829; d. 16 Sep 1889; m1. 1854 Ann Orrilla Hyde; m2. Carrie L. Roach. Spouses: Ann Orrilla HYDE Carrie L. ROACH
Josiah Waid was a sheriff. The gravestones at Riverside Cemetery (section C], Gouverneur, New York, include: Josiah Waid, born Oct 14, 1788; d. Jan 2, 1861 Martha Austin, his wife, 1796-1872 Dr. Dan F. Waid, b. Jan 23, 1824 - d. Jan 8, 1860 Isaac A. Waid, 1824-1892 Melissa, wife, 1834-1882 D. Fred, 1862-1909, son of Isaac & Melissa Waid Edith E., 1859-1913 Martha, 1822-1823; Dau of Josiah & Polly Waid; d. Mar 18, 1823; age 13 mos, Mariah, 1827-1830; Dau of J & M Waid; d. Aug 12, 1830 in her 3 yr, Mary Waid, died Feb 14, 1856; AE 24 yrs, 7 mos , -----
Sylvanus Cone http://www.ebooksread.com/authors-eng/albert-mack-sterling/the-sterling-genealogy-volume-1-ret/page-43-the-sterling-genealogy-volume-1-ret.shtml CLARISSA STERLING SILL b. 31 Mar 1801 in Lyme,; m. Dec. 2, 1817, Sylvanus Cone [5c4r], b. 22 Jan 1793, at Granville, Washington, NY, son of Eleazer and Rebecca (Beckwith) Cone of East Haddam, CT., afterward of Granville. Sylvanus Cone lived at Lyme a year or so after his marriage, then removed to Lee, MA, in 1819, where he remained until 1821, when he went to Fort Ann, Washington, NY, and thence in 1832 to Gouverneur, St. Lawrence, NY. He was a manufacturer of woolen cloths in the two latter places. At Gouverneur he purchased a farm but never gave his time to agriculture. Sylvanus d. at Gouverneur, 14 Jun 1877. Clarissa d. there 14 Mar 1885. Children [6c3r]: i. Henry Clay Cone, b. 01 Feb 1819; m. Sarah Elizabeth Kincaid. ii. Charles Sterling Cone, b. 15 Jan 1821; m. 1st, Lucy A. B. Parsons ; 2d, Mary Thomas. iii. Julia Anna Moore Cone, b. 25 Dec 1822 at Fort Ann; d. 16 Aug 1902; Gouverneur, NY, unm. iv. Delia Cone, b. 01 Oct 1825; m. 1st, David Chamberlain; 2d, Orville E. Van Buren. v. Frances Cone, b. 10 Sep 1826; m. William Malcolm. vi. Caroline White Cone, b. 30 Jun 1829; m. Junius M. Backus. vii. Mary Sill Cone, b. Sep 1834 in Gouverneur, NY; d. 28 Jul 1836. -  ----
http://www.gouverneurmuseum.org/articles/people/conger/conger.html Gerritt S. Conger, born in Canandaigua in 1847, was a private in Battery D, 1st NY Light Artillery (Winslow's Battery) and participated in many Civil War Battles, including Appomatox. Winslow's Battery, 1st New York Artillery, Battery B, was the only artillery in the the Wheatfield, which was part of the Battle of Gettysburg. All other artillery was positioned in the outside areas of The Wheatfield. Conger received a shell wound in the left knee at Bethel Church [Cold Harbor]. His father and three brothers were also in the service; together they participated in 50 battles. Mr. Conger was a member of the G. A.R. and was repeatedly elected Commander of Barnes Post. Jane Parker, in her book Gouverneur, A History 1805-1890, says that "the Erwin H. Barnes Post established through the indefatigable labors of our townsman, G. S. Conger, who may well be termed the sponsor of the movement." He was Junior Vice Commandant of the Department of NY in 1884. He was also attorney for the Legislative Committee that investigated Expenditures of Armories & Arsenals of the State. After graduating from the University of Michigan Law School, Conger studied Law in the offices of Charles Anthony and later practiced in the firm of Conger, Orvis, & McLear. He was a Special County Judge from 1880 to 1897. In 1873 Judge Conger married Martha A. Church [10 Jan 1850-8 Jan 1929. They have two children, a son, Alger A. Conger, now attending Cornell University, and a daughter Mary A. Conger. Gerrit's son, Alger, married Kathleen Noble, daughter of H.H. Noble and sister of Robert and Edward J. Noble. CONGER, GERRITT S. - Age, 18 years. Enlisted [1st NY Lt. Arty], 26 Feb 1864, at Winfield; mustered in as private, Battery D, 26 Feb 1864, to serve three years; mustered out with battery, 16 Jun 1865, at Elmira, N. Y. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=25942683 Gouverneur Northern Tribune – 9 Jan 1929 Mrs. Martha A. Church Conger, 78, widow of Gerritt S. Conger, died Tuesday morning at the home of her sister, Mrs. A. W. Orvis, on South Gordon street. She had been in failing health for several months. Mrs. Conger was born in Morristown 10 Jan 1850, a daughter of Daniel and Harriet Law Church. In 1873 she married Gerrit S. Conger and had lived in Gouverneur ever since. Mr. Conger, who died 31 Jan 1913, was one of the best known attorneys in St. Lawrence county. He was a member of the law firm of Conger, Orvis and McLear. He was a Civil War veteran and during the war served with Battery D, 1st NY Light Artillery. Mrs. Conger was of pioneer St. Lawrence County stock. Her grandfather was Daniel W. Church, native of Brattleboro, Vermont, who came first to St. Lawrence County in 1800 or 1801, and first went to Morristown. Later he went to Canton with Stillman Foote of that town and built the first mill in the town of Canton. He was represented in the centenary pageant recently presented at Canton. While the family lived in Canton, Mrs. Conger's father, Daniel Church was born. The family went from Canton to Ogdesnburg and D.W. Church entered the employ of David Parish. He build several mills in that immediate locality, some of which are still standing, and when the War of 1812 came on he went inland with his family and worked in and about Parishville. Later he went to the southern portion of the county and he built for Parish the road leading through the swamp from Oxbow to Rossie. Daniel Church, her father, was equally well known as a resident of southern St. Lawrence, and for years he operated the woolen mills at Wegatchie or Church's Mills, as it was then known. "Church's Mills" cloth was widely known over St. Lawrence county a half century or more ago. The father Daniel also lived for years in Morristown and it was while he lived there that the daughter, Martha A., was born. Daniel Church, the second son of the pioneer, owned extensive lands on Black Lake. He bought 500 acres or more of land of Edwin Dodge, grandfather of the Late Robert Lansing of Watertown, in 1870 or thereabouts. A portion of this land, still in woods, continues in the ownership of the family at the present time as an undivided section of the father's estate, and Mrs. Conger and Mrs. Orvis insisted always that no timber be cut from it. For many years the Judge and Mrs. Conger owned a summer home on an island in Black Late, which Mr. Conger purchased sometime about 1890. A sister of Mrs. Conger, Mary H. Church, the second child in the family, lost her life in a shipwreck in the Atlantic in 1873. She was on her way to Germany in the Ville Du Harve [Havre]. She was going there to study art. The ship was struck by another vessel in the bay of Biscay and while some of the passengers were rescued, she was among those drowned. The Conger home was for nearly 50 years on Barnes street in this village. Mrs. Conger was a woman of exceptionally good judgment and a rare sense of the justice in a situation. Serene and placid of manner, kindly and neighborly, she was respected and beloved by many persons. She brought her own family to maturity and then her daughter Mary dying, she reared the two young daughters, which Mrs. Brown left, making a home for them, looking after them from early childhood through the period of their education in the Gouverneur schools and to their graduation. This town has known no more valuable woman in the community than Mrs. Conger or one who performed greater service in the home. Her husband, the late Judge Conger, was at one time prominent in the politics of the town. He went to the Civil War as a mere boy, emerged a grown man, studied law and became a factor in affairs of this part of the county. He was one of the principals in the celebrated political battle of the 1880's when he ran for member of assembly against his comrade in arms, General N.M. Curtis of Ogdensburg. He served as Special County Judge of St. Lawrence County from 1880 to 1897. Through all his political battles his wife was his loyal upholder and counselor. Surviving Mrs. Conger are one sister, Mrs. A. W. Orvis of Gouverneur, one son, Alger Conger of Boston, two granddaughters, Harriet C. Brown and Martha C. Brown, students at Mount Holyoke college, a son-in-law, Richard M. Brown of Gouverneur, two grandsons, Robert N. Conger of Boston and Gerritt C. Conger, a student in a private school at Shirley Center Mass. The son, Alger, married Miss Kate Noble, daughter of Mrs. H.H. Noble of Gouverneur. Mrs. Conger was a member of the Unitarian church of Gouverneur, Gouverneur Grange No 302, a charter member of the Gouverneur Morris Chapter, DAR, and of the Woman's Relief Corps. -----
CUSHMAN, MYRON, age 43 years; enrolled [92nd NY Inf. Vols.] at Potsdam to serve three years, and mustered in as 1Lt Company I, 3 Oct 1861; discharged, 17 May 1862; commissioned 1Lt, 13 Jan 1862, with rank from 28 Oct 1861, original. -----
Children: i. Andrew Jackson WAID b. 1832; d. 1903 in Monmouth, Warren, IL. ii. Elizabeth WAID b. 1836. Hartland Lodge No. 218, Johnson’s Creek, Niagara, New York Warrant: Original warrant was issued 10 Jun 1851. The warrant in possession of the Lodge is dated 9 Jun 1881 Charter surrendered ca 1983. The name or number has never been changed. Minutes: Not intact. All records previous to 1881 were destroyed by fire. There are no records in existence relating to the organization or early life of Hartland Lodge. All records and papers belonging to the Lodge were destroyed when the building in which it had quarters was destroyed by fire 15 Feb 1881. On 9 Jun 1881 the Committee on Warrants issued a duplicate Warrant, also granting them permission to remove to Gasport to transact their business, for one year without change of jurisdictioon. Named as officers at this time were: Alfred Duell, Master William T. Shrader, SW Adelbert I. Lum, JW On the original warrant the officers named were: Robert Dickson, Master Charles Brown, SW Noel Potter, JW at which time the Charter Members were: Cornell, Benjamin K. Dickson, Robert Mason, Solomon Moore, John, Jr. Potter, Noel Richardson, Elias Richardson, Silas Warner, G. M. Weaver, Richard Webster, John In 1824 a Lodge was organized at Hartland, NY, called Hartland Center Lodge No. 376. At a session of the Grand Lodge held 1 Dec 1824 a petition for this Lodge was read, and on 5 Dec [1824] a warrant was issued which named as officers: Daniel Van Horn, Master James M. Christopher, SW Samuel Mapes, JW The petitioners were:
Arnold, Edward Christopher, James M. Edmunds, James Gleason, Ezra Herrington, Theo. Mapes, Samuel Morehouse, Philo Van Horn, Daniel Weaver, Richard
The petition was recommended by Lockport Lodge No. 401 (now No. 73). The Lodge had but a fitful existence, for scarcely had it been organized when the excitement occasioned by the Morgan episode became intense in the western part of the State, and it was forced to cease working. It mad no returns after 1829, and on 8 Jun 1832 its warrant was declared forfeit. There is no evidence to be found that any effort was ever made to revive the Lodge. The organization of Hartford Lodge No. 218 in 1851 appears to have been the first effort to establish a Lodge in the vicinity of Hartland after to forfeiture by Harland Center Lodge No. 376. Hartland enjoyed an unbroken existence when it was organized until it surrendered its charter ca 1982. It was represented at the laying of the cornerstone of the Home at Utica, NY 21 May 1891. Jay S. Rowe, served in the State Assembly and W.’. Franklin A. Featherstone was Grand Steward in 1907. 1855 Masonic Register
Johnson's Creek, Niagara County. Meets on Monday preceding the full of the moon
Jacob S. Flint, Master Alexander H. Jameson, SW Abner Kittridge, JW Sylvester Young, Secretary Benjamin K. Cornell, Treasurer Robert Dixon, SD Sheldon W. Jameson, JD L. Goodrewout, Steward Rowell Thomas, Steward G. W. Warner, Tiler Past Masters Benjamin K. Cornell, Robert Dixon, George W. Lusk Members
Aldrich, Ransom Bigelow, Hatsell F. Bigelow, Mortimer W.
Butterfield, William C. Cornell, Benjamin K. Davis, Hiram Dixon, Robert Foot, Benj. F. Goodrewout, Lewis Handy, Zebulon Mead, Matthew Nodine, Henry Ovid, Wheeler Parker, James B. Parker, Jasper Penfield, Hiram Petty, Hamilton Potter, Henry R. Richardson, Mortimer Sampson, Edward Seaman, Edward O. Shaffer, John W. Sharpsteen, Joshua M. Sheldon, William B. Skeels. George C. Spolding, John F. Weaver, Richard Weaver, Richard R. Webster, John Whalon, John L. Wickham, Isaac Wilcox, Josiah Masters 1851 Robert Dickson 1852 Benjamin H. Cornell 1853 George W. Lusk 1854 Jacob S. Flint 1855 Jacob S. Flint 1856 Alexander H. Jameson 1857 Alexander H. Jameson 1858 Benjamin H. Cornell 1859 William Hoag 1860 William Hoag 1861 William Hoag 1862 William Hoag 1863 William Hoag 1864 Loren W. Church 1865 Loren W. Church 1866 Loren W. Church 1867 William C. Butterfield 1868 E. O. Seaman 1869 Alfred Duell 1870 Alfred Duell 1871 Alfred Duell 1872 Alfred Duell 1873 Alfred Duell 1874 Alfred Duell 1875 Alfred Duell 1876 Alfred Duell 1877 Alfred Duell 1878 Nicholas L. Wallace 1879 Nicholas L. Wallace 1880 Alfred Duell 1881 Alfred Duell 1882 Alfred Duell 1883 Alfred Duell 1884 John Long 1885 John Long 1886 Alfred Duell 1887 Alfred Duell 1888 Alfred Duell 1889 Adelbert I. Lum 1890 Adelbert I. Lum 1891 Alfred Duell 1892 W. Seward Mudge 1893 W. Seward Mudge 1894 W. Seward Mudge 1895 Isaiah Davis 1896 Franklin A. Featherstone 1897 Franklin A. Featherstone 1898 W. Seward Mudge 1899 W. Seward Mudge 1900 Charles Seward 1901 Charles Seward 1902 George B. Taylor, Jr. 1903 George B. Taylor, Jr. 1904 Charles Seward 1905 Charles Seward 1906 Charles Seward 1907 George B. Taylor, Jr. 1908 Hiram J. Silsby 1909 Hiram J. Silsby 1910 Hiram J. Silsby http://genforum.genealogy.com/hays/messages/3437.html C. Earl Hays who is a general farmer and enterprising young business man of the town of Hartland, belongs to an old Niagara county family that has been identified with this section for more than a hundred years. Mr. Hays was born in the town of Hartland, March 5, 1892, a son of Fred R., grandson of Edwin and great-grandson of James Hays. James Hays was born in Pennsylvania, came to the town of Somerset, Niagara county in 1824, was married in 1826 to Oliva Brown, a native of Massachusetts. They spent their after lives in Niagara. Edwin Hays, son of James, was born in the town of Somerset in 1860 he was married to Sarah Holmes, who was born in 1838. Fred R. Hays, father of C. Earl Hays, was born in the town of Hartland, followed farming all his life and died on the homestead when 49 years old. His burial was in Hartland Center Cemetery. To his marriage with Clara Shaffer two sons were born: C. Earl and Edwin F., the later of whom served in the Unites States Navy. C. Earl Hays attended the public schools in the town of Hartland, the high school at Middleport and a business school at Lockport. With good judgment he chose an agricultural life and the large degree of success that has attended his efforts in this line justified his choice. He has many responsibilities for it is no light task to profitably manage an estate of 100 acres, and at the same time carry on an extensive trucking business, including the handling of fruits, to Buffalo and other points. The Hays farm lies along the Ridge road and is considered a valuable property. Mr. Hays married Beatrice M. Austin, a daughter of Fred A. Austin, of Royalton, Niagara county, and they have three children, Ralph A. Dorothy L. and Robert E. He is a member of Hartland Lodge No. 218 F&AM, and both he and wife belong to the Order of the Eastern Star. He has never been wiling to accept a public office, finding his strength sufficiently taxed and his time fully occupied as it is, but he is not an indifferent citizen in regard to the welfare of his town and country and wields considerable political influence because of his good judgment and trustworthy character. http://tonawanda-news.com/obituaries_archive_url/x681734961/Robert-G-King Robert G. King (90) died on 28 Sep 2007 in Venice Regional Hospital. He was a journeyman tool and die maker at the Harrison Division of General Motors for 42 years. He was the son of the late Robert J. and Pearl (Wicks) King, and he graduated from Lockport High School in 1935. Mr. King was a Past Mater of Hartland Lodge No. 218, F&AM;, a Mason for 63 years, and a current member of Gasport Lodge No. 787, F&AM; He was the Scout Master of Troop 38 in Johnson Creek for 25 years, and he was also a member of Lockport Elks Lodge No. 41. He was an avid hunter and fisherman, who always enjoyed a game of cards or a good joke. He was predeceased by his first wife, Carolyn (York) King, who was a Union-Sun & Journal rural correspondent for 20 years, in Nov 1976; his second wife, Madeline (Chapman) King in Apr 1990; his brother Charles, and two sisters Hattie and Dorothy. Surviving are a son, Robert J. King of Camden, DE; one step-daughter, Mary Jane (Chapman) Byrdic of West Columbia, SC; two step-sons, William Chapman of Overland Park, KS, and Mark Chapman of Cheektowaga, NY; and his sister Jessie (King) Hoy of Lockport. He had 12 grand children, nine great-grandchildren, and 10 nieces and nephews. Summit Lodge No. 219. Westfield, Chautauqua, New York Warrant: The warrant in possession of the Lodge is dated 11 Jun 1851. The name or number has never been changed. Minutes: Intact Summit is the successor of Summit Lodge No. 312, organized at Mayville, NY, in 1818. The report of the Grand Secretary made at a session of the Grand Lodge held 2 Dec 1818, contains the following in reference to warrants issued by him: “On the 4th of September, A. L. 5818, to John Dexter, Master; James M. Cochrane, Senior Warden, and Asahel Lyon, Junior Warden, to hold a Lodge at the village of Mayville, in the town of Chautaqua in the county of Chautaugua, by the name of Summit Lodge No. 312.” On 20 Oct [1818] a meeting was held by order of W.’. Phineas Stevens, a Past Master of Mount Moriah Lodge No. 297 (now No. 145), constituted the Lodge and installed the following officers:
John Dexter, Master James M. Cochrane, SW Asahel Lyon, JW David Eason, Treasurer Calvin E. Macomber, Secretary David B. Granger, SD Samuel Ayers, JD Henry Walker, Steward Brown Sayles Steward
This meeting was held in the home of Asahel Lyon, and among those present was Thomas B. Campbell, who was elected Junior Warden 8 Dec 1818, and was also one of the organizers and the first Master of Summit Lodge No. 219. He was an active and zealous Mason, devoting 75 years of his life to the fraternity. The first by-laws adopted by the Lodge provided that the regular meetings should be held “on Tuesday preceding the full moon of every month, except that when the full moon occurred on Tuesday that should be the day of the meeting.” Another requirement was that the Lodge should open at three o’clock p.m. and closed not later than nine o’clock p.m. The Lodge at first flourished and grew in number, but for some unexplained reason in 1821 it began to decline. At a session of the Grand Lodge, held 13 Jun 1823, the Grand Secretary reported that the Lodge had been summoned to make returns or show cause why its warrant should not be arrested. The last returns were made by the Lodge in 1830. In all probability the Lodge was forced to extinguish its light, and, in common with so many other Lodges, yielded to public opinion, which for some time had been growing hostile toward the fraternity, ceased to work and were lost in that intense storm of persecution, which swept with such bitterness over the western part of the State of New York. The warrant of Summit Lodge No. 312 was declared forfeit by the Grand Lodge on 8 Jun 1835.
In 1850, a number of the brethren, upon consultation in respect to the reorganization, appointed a meeting for that purpose to be held at Hartfield, Aug. 31st. The meeting was held accordingly; and Mayville was designated as the location of the lodge. A petition to the grand lodge of the state for a dispensation was ordered sent, which was in due time received. The first regular meeting was held Nov. 4, 1850, at which were present the following named members: Thomas B. Campbell, W. M.; Abijah Clark, S. W.; Dexter Barnes, J. W.; R. Taylor Comstock, Sec'y; Wm. P. Holmes, Treas.; David L. Cochran, Tyler; George Clark, J. Dea.; David Myers, Nathan Cheney, Egbert Wilson, Wm. Hill, John Russell, Walter Strong. The fifth and last regular communication of the lodge at Mayville which appears on the records, was at the lodge-room, Feb. 14, 1851. Its location was changed to Westfield. -----
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