Hannibal
Lodge, No. 61, A. 0. U. W.-Was
instituted by H. W. Busse, D. D. The dispensation was issued
October 29, 1879, and the charter bears date November 5, 1879. The
charter members were:
T. H.
Bacon
D. H.
Shields
E. C.
Bennett
J. E.
Catlett
Lou
McCarty
E. R.
Davenport
W. H.
Drescher
W. C.
Crawford
C. J.
Pitts
Benton
Coontz
Geo. W.
League
H. C.
Buchanan
John
Holcombe
V. C.
Ledford
C. H.
Apler
and
others.
The first
officers were Thos. H. Bacon, P. M.; W. D. H. Shields, M. W.; E.
C. Bennett, foreman; E. M. Stockton, overseer; Lou McCarty, guide;
E. R. Davenport, recorder; W. C. Crawford, receiver; W. H.
Drescher, financier; Olaf Anderson, inner watchman; C. J. Pitts,
outer watchman; D. H. Shields and E. H. Pierce, representatives to
the Grand Lodge. Dr. D. H. Shields is grand foreman in the Grand
Lodge. The membership is 83. |