Craft Masonry in Oneida County, New York - Onondaga and ...

stranded in almost every village. The sober second thought, however, came at last, the rising generation viewed the matter
intelligently, without prejudice, and the reaction set in, and to-day in this State more than eighty thousand Masons, numbering in
their ranks the greatest and best men any State can boast of, assemble around her altar, and with "he“rt and tongue join in
promoting each other's ’elfare, and rejoice in each other's ’rosperity."Th” dream of those old- time veteran Masons of Paris Lodge for
a "ha“l of wood or stone," h”s been more than realized in the present well- appointed building and beautiful lodge-room. Those two
pioneer manufacturers, Bros. N. W. Moore and Abner Brownell, who, out of their abundance so liberally contributed to this result,
are no more here to share and enjoy its beauties. The extensive factory and paper mills, once their pride, and the wealth of the
valley, are silent, or in ruins. The beautiful creek which, obedient to their skill and energy, was yoked into power, turning the mighty
machinery and the thousands of humming spindles, furnishing employment to hundreds of workmen, and infusing business vitality
into this once active village, now untrammeled, bubbles dancingly by the Valley Cemetery, where both silently sleep; thence
aimlessly along past the deserted paper mills and on down, reflecting on its rippling bosom the gaunt spectre of the ruins of the
dismantled, fire-blackened walls of the once busy factory, and on to the sea. Their good deeds, however, live after them. Generation
succeeding generation, who shall assemble within these hallowed walls in peace and unity, as they "me“t upon the Level, and part
upon the Square," w”ll ever treasure deep emotions of gratitude for their munificent generosity.
AMICABLE LODGE, NO. 664, F. & A. M., OF WASHINGTON MILLS.
Having worked one year under dispensation from the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of the State of New York, on the 11th da y of
May, 1868, before W. Henry C. Rogers, Assistant Grand Lecturer for the Fifth Judicial District, Amicable Lodge exemplified the work
and lectures, whereupon W. Bro. Rogers granted them the official certificate of suitable proficiency, to enable them to be chartered.
June 15, 1868, a charter was granted to them by the M. W. Grand Lodge of the State of New York. The first regular communication
under the charter, was held on the 18th da y of July, 1868.
FIRST OFFICERS.
J. T. Perkins, M.;
H. N. Adams, S. W.;
Albert Owens, J. W.;
George Helm, Treas.;
George E. Eastman, Secretary;
C. H. Moore, S. D.;
Robert Codlin, J. D. (1867, Amicable, U. D.;)
W. F. S. Irwin, Chaplain;
L. H. Van Allen, (1867, Amicable, U. D.,) M. of C,
Dwight Denio, (Otsego,) M. of C;
J. Quackenbush, Tiler, (1867, Amicable, U. D.)
A. P. Mallory,
Henry Whitacer,
H. L. Kirtland,
George P. Landt,
Michael Weigle,
Isaac Dingman,
Hon. W. H. Chapman d. 21Aug 1876.
John Pringle,
L. D. N. Mason,
CHARTER MEMBERS IN ADDITION.
J. B. Warnes,
Robert Bailey,
Hugh Sloan, M. D.;
T. W. Blackstone,
E. Cummings,
W. W. Chapman,
Hon. D. M. Prescott,.
William H. Griffith,
F. D. Blackstone,
Horace Plumb, (1855,)
E. H. Dean,
C. G. Denning,
N. S. Hayes,
John Miller,
R A. Smith,
A. M. Mills—Sauquoit Lodge 150.
Total officers and members from Sauquoit Lodge, 32.
Charles Eberle, M. C. Blackstone, Hon. Geo. W. Chadwitk, Oriental Lodge, No. 224;
C. B. Manchester, Isaac Bray ton, Utica Lodge, No. 47;
Edwin R Polly, Philanthropic Lodge, No. 164;
E. W. Denio, E. C. Denio, Otsego Lodge.
SINCE ADMITTED.
1867—W. G. Perkins, George Hinchliff, David Hughes, J. D. Green, Uriah D. King, H. L. Babcock.
1868— G. R. Wadsworth, J. A. Rice, William Cone, H. Kellogg, A. A. Rogers, Marshall Sackett, Thomas Lewis, Reuben Weeder,
John Marks, John Murphy.
1869—Samuel Patterson, George F. Merrill, L. E. Rogers; (died June 25, 1877;) James Wood, Thomas Monroe, Charles
Greenwood.
1870—H. O. (Adams, Thomas Adams, Richard Manning, George Wood, J. W. Norton.
1871—Henry Barton, John Thompson, William H. Kelly, D. P. Root.
1872— J. E. Dempsey, J. B. Winship, Thomas W. Moore, Henry Dodge, William Farrill, E. Jacquemer, Joseph Sault.
1874—John D. Thickens, M. O. Dingman.M. M. Gaylord, O. N. Olmstead, George W. Shumaker, (died March 1, 1879,) H. J.
Mathews.
1875—C. O. Millard, E. S. Snow, J. W. Cook, John Benton Robert R. Gibbs, N. A. Cook, C. H. Dodge, Henry Page, C. H' P’ilo, J.
Lighbody, Hon. R. U. Sherman, J. L. Comstock, P. L. Tyler, C. F. Lee, W. Johnson.
1876—W. D. Van Valkenberg, Daniel Richards, L. E. Moore, J. S. Knapp, E. W. Hurty, J. W. Seaton, A. J. Bullock, (died August,
1878.)
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