Title - Ancient Free and Accepted Masons (AF&AM)

Hamilton County, IAGenWeb

Title - Ancient Free and Accepted Masons (AF&AM)

Source - Proceedings of the Grand Lodge of Iowa at the Thirteenth Grand Annual Communication,
Held in the City of Oskaloosa on Tuesday, June 2D, A.D. 1856,
A.L. 5856; T.S. Parvin, Muscatine, Grand Secretary;
Printed by Raymond, Foote & Eystra, Faust Printing House, 1856.

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copyright 2005

No. 82, Homer Lodge Homer, Webster Co. (became Hamilton Co. in 1856) Stated Meetings: Monday on or before Full Moon Grand Lodge Dues, $25.70 Dispensation granted Nov. 24, 1855 Chartered June 4th, 1856 Number of current members: 17
Kelsey	Joel G.	1855-56 officer: WM; elected as 1856-57 officer (either Master or Warden); an original founder of Homer Lodge
Walker	Franklin	1855-56 officer: SW; elected as 1856-57 officer (either Master or Warden); an original founder of Homer Lodge
Kelsey	James	1855-56 officer: JW; an original founder of Homer Lodge
Corbin	Hampson	1855-56 officer: Treas
Meservy	William N.	1855-56 officer: Sec
Gregory	George	1855-56 officer: SD
Camp	Clark	1855-56 officer: JD
Gaines	Alfred	1855-56 officer: Tyler
Butterworth	Hiram	master mason; elected as 1856-57 officer (either Master or Warden)
Call	Asa	master mason
Carrell	David	master mason
Doud	W.V.	fellow craft
Eckerson	David A.	master mason
Faught	James	master mason
Hays	J.C.	master mason
Lisk	H.H.	fellow craft
Prime	N.	master mason
Rice	David	master mason
Royster	William	master mason

Key:
WM - worshipful master
GM - grand master
PGM - past grand master
DGM - deputy grand master
GSW - grand senior warden
GJW - grand junior warden
SW - senior warden
JW - junior warden
SD - senior deacon
JD - junior deacon
GT - grand treasurer
GS - grand secretary
Treas - treasurer
Sec - secretary
Tyler - - definition not given
non-affiliated - definition not given
U.D. - under dispensation

Notes:
-Masonic lodges have three separate degrees or ceremonies: Entered Apprentice, Fellowcraft, and Master Mason, given in that order.
-A lodge is a group of Masons, meeting in a specific location at regularly scheduled times. Many lodges meet in a building called the Masonic Hall. The state Grand Lodge grants charters (permissions) to the Subordinate Lodges within that state. The subordinate lodges then operate under the bylaws and regulations of the Grand Lodge.
-The officers of a lodge are the Worshipful Master (presiding officer), Senior and Junior Wardens, Treasurer, Secretary, Senior and Junior Deacons, Senior and Junior Stewards, and Tiler (Tyler). The first five officers are elected and installed annually; the WM appoints the other officers each year.
-The WM generally serves for one year and then is called a Past Master, although as a PM are equal in status to ordinary members.