AF&AM
Ancient Free and Accepted Masons
1856
The general lodge information is:
No. 77, Osceola Lodge
Osceola, Clarke County, IA
Stated Meetings: Tuesday on or before Full Moon
Grand Lodge Dues, $43.70
Dispensation granted July 12, 1855
Chartered June 4th, 1856
Number of current members: 31
| Name | Notes: |
| Brown, James | 1855-56 officer: Worshipful Master; elected in 1856-57 officer; an original founder of Osceola Lodge |
| Sherrick, L.M.D. [Sherick] | 1855-56 officer: Senior Warden; elected in 1856-57 officer; an original founder of Osceola Lodge |
| Beckett, Robert | 1855-56 officer: Junior Warden; elected in 1856-57 officer; an original founder of Osceola Lodge |
| Dodd, G.P. | 1855-56 officer: Treasurer |
| Lamson, M.R. | 1855-56 officer: Secretary |
| Parrott, R.B. | 1855-56 officer: Senior Deacon |
| Lamson, E.G. | 1855-56 officer: Junior Deacon |
| Courter, E. | 1855-56 officer: Tyler |
| Barnhill, David | master mason |
| Bertlett, Jerome | master mason |
| Buckingham, Esau | master mason |
| Chambers, Jos | master mason |
| Coulter, D.M. | fellow craft |
| Davis, Wm. B. | master mason |
| Fitzgerald, Abner | master mason |
| Gardner, Jas E. | master mason |
| Glass, William | entered apprentice |
| Goss, P.J. | master mason |
| Keeran, Thomas | master mason |
| Keevis, John | master mason |
| Miller, Thos | master mason |
| Mussulman, Noah | entered apprentice |
| Noxon, A.M. | master mason |
| Nunn, Jos. B. | master mason |
| Orr, John | entered apprentice |
| Osmond, Wm. R. | master mason |
| Ridgway, N.M. | master mason |
| Ridgway, Wm. H. | master mason |
| Scovill, D.W. | master mason |
| Sherer, John | master mason |
| Starnes, P.S. | fellow craft |
| Thomas, Cain | master mason |
| Thompson, Jas | master mason |
| Vanhouton, P. | master mason |
| Warfel, Isaac H. | master mason |
| Webster, Dickinson JR | master mason |
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Extracted from:
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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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.
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Thanks to Sharyl Ferrall, County Coordinator, Allamakee, Clayton, Winnebago Counties and Ass't CC, Dubuque County for sharing this information.
Last Revised September 2, 2010