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Transcription contributed by Martie Callihan 22 April 2005

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The History of Warren County Ohio
Part IV Township Histories
Harlan Township by J. A. Runyan
(Chicago, IL: W. H. Beers Co, 1882; reprint, Mt. Vernon, IN: Windmill Publications, 1992)

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Butlerville Lodge No. 185, F. & A. M. On April 12, 1846, a meeting of Master Masons was held at the house of Dr. Albert G. Walden, in Butlerville, to consider the propriety of organizing a new Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons at Butlerville. John Hill was elected chairman, and Thomas Adams secretary of this meeting. A resolution in favor of forming said lodge was passed, and a petition for a dispensation prepared and signed. A dispensation was granted April 27, 1846, and the first regular communication was held June 4 following, at the house, probably, of Dr. Walden. The Lodge was chartered October 23, 1846, Albert G. Walden, Sullivan F. Stephens, Isaac Leming, Thomas Adams, John Hill, Stephen F. Stewart, George B. Rohrer, Samuel P. Hunt, and David Hunt being charter members. The first officers were, Stephen F. Stewart, W. M.; Samuel P. Hunt, S. W.; Isaac Leming, J. W. During some time after its organization the lodge meetings were held in the second story of the dwelling house of Mathias Huffman, immediately opposite the site of the present Masonic Hall. In 1847 the

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lodge erected the hall which they still occupy. The lodge now has about twenty-five members, and is the only Masonic order in the township.

Pleasant Plain Lodge, I. O. O. F., No. 656, as the name indicates, is located at Pleasant Plain. This lodge, having for some time worked under a dispensation, was finally chartered and instituted, August 15, 1876. Among the charter members are the following: Peter C. Spurling, Jerry Hutchinson, John G. Oonk, Levi Felter, Isaiah Doughman, Michael Kellar, John R. Hitesman and others. The first officers were as follows, to wit: P. C. Spurling, N. G.; Jerry Hutchinson, V. G.; John G. Oonk, R. S.; Levi Felter, P. S.; Isaiah Doughman, Treasurer. At present the lodge numbers about thirty-one members, and is the only lodge of this order in the township.

Sons of Temperance. This society was organized and met in Butlerville in the Masonic Hall as early as 1848 and 1849. No records of the division remain, and little knowledge of the order can be ascertained; but it appears that the order did not flourish for some years after it was instituted. About 1856, however, the society was re-organized, and its membership largely increased, and about 1861 built a hall over the brick store room now occupied by D. S. Bird, Esq. The society met with reverses, however, and finally, about 1865, disbanded, and the hall was sold, and has since been used as a dwelling.


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