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Hannibal Lodge, No. 61, A. O. U. W.

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.