First County Judge, first Postmaster of Newton, important figure in the early history of the county. He was killed when struck by a locomotive. Son John Rickman [1849-1850] is the earliest recorded death in Newton Union.
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CHAPTER XIII - CIVIC SOCIETIES OF THE COUNTY
Past and Present of Jasper County Iowa
B.F. Bowden & Company, Indianapolis, IN, 1912
ANCIENT FREE AND ACCEPTED MASONS
The first Masonic Lodge instituted within Jasper County was Newton Lodge No. 59, founded under dispensation of James L. Hogin, grand master, March 30, 1855. The first officers were: R. D. Minard, worshipful master; Jesse Rickman, senior warden; Hugh Rodgers, junior warden; S. Cooper, treasurer; Elisha Hammer, secretary; William Rodgers, senior deacon; Z. M, Allen, junior deacon; Lewis Helfry, tiler.
Hugh Rodgers represented this little band as proxy for the worshipful master at the grand lodge the following June, the session being held at Keosauqua. The report of that session remarked in record: "The work of this lodge is mostly square. The lodge was opened May 26, 1855, and has not yet been closed. Otherwise the work is good and the by-laws correct. They recommend that a charter be granted to said lodge by the name of Newton, No. _____." Later in the grand lodge the number " 59" was bestowed upon this lodge. The lodge was represented at grand lodge at Oskaloosa in 1856 by Jesse Rickman. It does not appear that any "work" was done until in June 1855, but a year later the following had "formed the perfect square:" J. A. Harris, Caleb Lamb, J. R. Sparks, P. M. Wood, G. W. Corney, Little Woods; John Dunsmore, David Evans, W. M. Springer, Henry Welker, Joshua Rickman, Thomas Rees, W. R. Matthews, William H. Silssby, G. W. Louthian, William Dinwiddy, Riley Ashley, A. R. Joslin, William Dunn, Thomas Pearson, Henry Blake, Levi Combs, S. W. Foreman, T. J. Dinsmore. At the close of 1858 this lodge had a membership of forty-two. In 1878 it had increased to one hundred and twenty-eight.
In 1875, in conjunction with the chapter and commandery, they built a third story over the building erected by Morgan & Ledyard and R. Burns, on the west side of the public square, which was fitted up for their use at a cost of twelve thousand dollars. The rooms and equipment of this hall were, in their first days, considered as good as any in Iowa.
The present number in this lodge is two hundred and sixty-four. Its officers in the spring of 1911 were as follows: James E. Callison, worshipful master; Frank Wilson, senior warden; O. N. Green, junior warden; Christian Griebling, treasurer; Fred L. Kennedy, secretary; J. B. Harvey, senior deacon; John W. Kennington, junior deacon; David Conn, senior steward; George F. Scott, junior steward; L. B. Westbrook, tiler.
The following is a complete list of the past worshipful masters in Newton: R. D. Minard, Jesse Rickman, 1857; R. D. Minard, 1858; R. D. Minard, 1855-6; Jesse Rickman, 1857; R. D. Minard, 1858; William Rodgers, 1859; J. A. Harris, 1860-61; T. H. Miller, 1862; William Rodgers, 1863; I. A. Hammer, 1864-5; William Rodgers, 1866; I. A. Hammer, 1867; S. G. Smith, 1868; J. W. Wilson, 1869-70-71-72-73, and grand master, 1878-79; S. H. Galusha, 1874-5; S. J. Condit, 1876-77; A. P: Hanson, 1878; J. W. McLaughlin, 1879-80; Caleb Lamb, C. P. Axtel, 1882; J. B. Eyerly, 1883; Robert Burns, 1884; O. W. Treman (May to December) ; H. S. Winslow, 1885; H. Kt. Stahl, 1886; V. W. Skiff, 1887-8; C. F. Morgan, 1889-90; J. Y. Bailey, 1891-92-93; H. V. Byers, 1894; O. N. Wagley, 1895-96-97-98, and grand custodian; F. D. Winn, 1899-1900; J. T. Pound, 1901-02; S. C. Hughes, 1903; David Conn, 1904-05; E.P. Malmberg, 1906; David L Clark, 1907; Walter J. Morgan, 1907; Clifford V. Cox, 1909; James E. Callison, 1910. All are now deceased but twenty-one.
ROYAL ARCH MASONS
Gebal Chapter No. 12 was granted a dispensation for charter by James R. Hartsock, grand high priest, March 6, 1856, to J. Swallow, J. D. Minard, Caleb Lamb and a few others.
In 1878 the number of members of this chapter was ninety-eight and at this date it is one hundred and sixty-one.
The list of high priests have been as follows: Joshua Swallow, Caleb Lamb, William Rodgers, D. R. Minard, Jesse Rickman, 1863; William Rodgers, 1864; Caleb Lamb, 1865; William Rodgers, 1866-67; J. W. Murphy, 1868; William Rodgers, 1869; H. S. Winslow, 1870-71-72-73, and grand high priest, 1875-76-77; S. J. Condit, 1874; S. E. Zinn, 1875-6; George R. Ledyard, 1877-78; A. P. Hanson, 1879-80; S. H. Galusha, 1881; D. L. Clark, 1882; J. W. McLaughlin, 1883; C. P. Axtel, 1884-5; O. W. Treman, 1886; Charles H. Wilder, 1887, and grand custodian, 1894-5; J. W. McLaughlin, 1888; C. H. Wilder, 1889-90; O. C. Meredith, 1891-92; F. D. Winn, 1893-94-95; J. Y. Bailey, 1896-97; Howard Case, 1901-02; John Hartwig, 1903-04-05; David Conn, 1906-07-08; Fred L. Kennedy, 1909-10. Dates given denote the year elected, the election occurring in November. All are now deceased but sixteen.
Source:
http://iagenweb.org/jasper/history/1912/history/chapter13.htm
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CHAPTER XIII - CIVIC SOCIETIES OF THE COUNTY
Past and Present of Jasper County Iowa
B.F. Bowden & Company, Indianapolis, IN, 1912
ANCIENT FREE AND ACCEPTED MASONS
The first Masonic Lodge instituted within Jasper County was Newton Lodge No. 59, founded under dispensation of James L. Hogin, grand master, March 30, 1855. The first officers were: R. D. Minard, worshipful master; Jesse Rickman, senior warden; Hugh Rodgers, junior warden; S. Cooper, treasurer; Elisha Hammer, secretary; William Rodgers, senior deacon; Z. M, Allen, junior deacon; Lewis Helfry, tiler.
Hugh Rodgers represented this little band as proxy for the worshipful master at the grand lodge the following June, the session being held at Keosauqua. The report of that session remarked in record: "The work of this lodge is mostly square. The lodge was opened May 26, 1855, and has not yet been closed. Otherwise the work is good and the by-laws correct. They recommend that a charter be granted to said lodge by the name of Newton, No. _____." Later in the grand lodge the number " 59" was bestowed upon this lodge. The lodge was represented at grand lodge at Oskaloosa in 1856 by Jesse Rickman. It does not appear that any "work" was done until in June 1855, but a year later the following had "formed the perfect square:" J. A. Harris, Caleb Lamb, J. R. Sparks, P. M. Wood, G. W. Corney, Little Woods; John Dunsmore, David Evans, W. M. Springer, Henry Welker, Joshua Rickman, Thomas Rees, W. R. Matthews, William H. Silssby, G. W. Louthian, William Dinwiddy, Riley Ashley, A. R. Joslin, William Dunn, Thomas Pearson, Henry Blake, Levi Combs, S. W. Foreman, T. J. Dinsmore. At the close of 1858 this lodge had a membership of forty-two. In 1878 it had increased to one hundred and twenty-eight.
In 1875, in conjunction with the chapter and commandery, they built a third story over the building erected by Morgan & Ledyard and R. Burns, on the west side of the public square, which was fitted up for their use at a cost of twelve thousand dollars. The rooms and equipment of this hall were, in their first days, considered as good as any in Iowa.
The present number in this lodge is two hundred and sixty-four. Its officers in the spring of 1911 were as follows: James E. Callison, worshipful master; Frank Wilson, senior warden; O. N. Green, junior warden; Christian Griebling, treasurer; Fred L. Kennedy, secretary; J. B. Harvey, senior deacon; John W. Kennington, junior deacon; David Conn, senior steward; George F. Scott, junior steward; L. B. Westbrook, tiler.
The following is a complete list of the past worshipful masters in Newton: R. D. Minard, Jesse Rickman, 1857; R. D. Minard, 1858; R. D. Minard, 1855-6; Jesse Rickman, 1857; R. D. Minard, 1858; William Rodgers, 1859; J. A. Harris, 1860-61; T. H. Miller, 1862; William Rodgers, 1863; I. A. Hammer, 1864-5; William Rodgers, 1866; I. A. Hammer, 1867; S. G. Smith, 1868; J. W. Wilson, 1869-70-71-72-73, and grand master, 1878-79; S. H. Galusha, 1874-5; S. J. Condit, 1876-77; A. P: Hanson, 1878; J. W. McLaughlin, 1879-80; Caleb Lamb, C. P. Axtel, 1882; J. B. Eyerly, 1883; Robert Burns, 1884; O. W. Treman (May to December) ; H. S. Winslow, 1885; H. Kt. Stahl, 1886; V. W. Skiff, 1887-8; C. F. Morgan, 1889-90; J. Y. Bailey, 1891-92-93; H. V. Byers, 1894; O. N. Wagley, 1895-96-97-98, and grand custodian; F. D. Winn, 1899-1900; J. T. Pound, 1901-02; S. C. Hughes, 1903; David Conn, 1904-05; E.P. Malmberg, 1906; David L Clark, 1907; Walter J. Morgan, 1907; Clifford V. Cox, 1909; James E. Callison, 1910. All are now deceased but twenty-one.
ROYAL ARCH MASONS
Gebal Chapter No. 12 was granted a dispensation for charter by James R. Hartsock, grand high priest, March 6, 1856, to J. Swallow, J. D. Minard, Caleb Lamb and a few others.
In 1878 the number of members of this chapter was ninety-eight and at this date it is one hundred and sixty-one.
The list of high priests have been as follows: Joshua Swallow, Caleb Lamb, William Rodgers, D. R. Minard, Jesse Rickman, 1863; William Rodgers, 1864; Caleb Lamb, 1865; William Rodgers, 1866-67; J. W. Murphy, 1868; William Rodgers, 1869; H. S. Winslow, 1870-71-72-73, and grand high priest, 1875-76-77; S. J. Condit, 1874; S. E. Zinn, 1875-6; George R. Ledyard, 1877-78; A. P. Hanson, 1879-80; S. H. Galusha, 1881; D. L. Clark, 1882; J. W. McLaughlin, 1883; C. P. Axtel, 1884-5; O. W. Treman, 1886; Charles H. Wilder, 1887, and grand custodian, 1894-5; J. W. McLaughlin, 1888; C. H. Wilder, 1889-90; O. C. Meredith, 1891-92; F. D. Winn, 1893-94-95; J. Y. Bailey, 1896-97; Howard Case, 1901-02; John Hartwig, 1903-04-05; David Conn, 1906-07-08; Fred L. Kennedy, 1909-10. Dates given denote the year elected, the election occurring in November. All are now deceased but sixteen.
Source:
http://iagenweb.org/jasper/history/1912/history/chapter13.htm
First County Judge, first Postmaster of Newton, important figure in the early history of the county. He was killed when struck by a locomotive. Son John Rickman [1849-1850] is the earliest recorded death in Newton Union.
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CHAPTER XIII - CIVIC SOCIETIES OF THE COUNTY
Past and Present of Jasper County Iowa
B.F. Bowden & Company, Indianapolis, IN, 1912
ANCIENT FREE AND ACCEPTED MASONS
The first Masonic Lodge instituted within Jasper County was Newton Lodge No. 59, founded under dispensation of James L. Hogin, grand master, March 30, 1855. The first officers were: R. D. Minard, worshipful master; Jesse Rickman, senior warden; Hugh Rodgers, junior warden; S. Cooper, treasurer; Elisha Hammer, secretary; William Rodgers, senior deacon; Z. M, Allen, junior deacon; Lewis Helfry, tiler.
Hugh Rodgers represented this little band as proxy for the worshipful master at the grand lodge the following June, the session being held at Keosauqua. The report of that session remarked in record: "The work of this lodge is mostly square. The lodge was opened May 26, 1855, and has not yet been closed. Otherwise the work is good and the by-laws correct. They recommend that a charter be granted to said lodge by the name of Newton, No. _____." Later in the grand lodge the number " 59" was bestowed upon this lodge. The lodge was represented at grand lodge at Oskaloosa in 1856 by Jesse Rickman. It does not appear that any "work" was done until in June 1855, but a year later the following had "formed the perfect square:" J. A. Harris, Caleb Lamb, J. R. Sparks, P. M. Wood, G. W. Corney, Little Woods; John Dunsmore, David Evans, W. M. Springer, Henry Welker, Joshua Rickman, Thomas Rees, W. R. Matthews, William H. Silssby, G. W. Louthian, William Dinwiddy, Riley Ashley, A. R. Joslin, William Dunn, Thomas Pearson, Henry Blake, Levi Combs, S. W. Foreman, T. J. Dinsmore. At the close of 1858 this lodge had a membership of forty-two. In 1878 it had increased to one hundred and twenty-eight.
In 1875, in conjunction with the chapter and commandery, they built a third story over the building erected by Morgan & Ledyard and R. Burns, on the west side of the public square, which was fitted up for their use at a cost of twelve thousand dollars. The rooms and equipment of this hall were, in their first days, considered as good as any in Iowa.
The present number in this lodge is two hundred and sixty-four. Its officers in the spring of 1911 were as follows: James E. Callison, worshipful master; Frank Wilson, senior warden; O. N. Green, junior warden; Christian Griebling, treasurer; Fred L. Kennedy, secretary; J. B. Harvey, senior deacon; John W. Kennington, junior deacon; David Conn, senior steward; George F. Scott, junior steward; L. B. Westbrook, tiler.
The following is a complete list of the past worshipful masters in Newton: R. D. Minard, Jesse Rickman, 1857; R. D. Minard, 1858; R. D. Minard, 1855-6; Jesse Rickman, 1857; R. D. Minard, 1858; William Rodgers, 1859; J. A. Harris, 1860-61; T. H. Miller, 1862; William Rodgers, 1863; I. A. Hammer, 1864-5; William Rodgers, 1866; I. A. Hammer, 1867; S. G. Smith, 1868; J. W. Wilson, 1869-70-71-72-73, and grand master, 1878-79; S. H. Galusha, 1874-5; S. J. Condit, 1876-77; A. P: Hanson, 1878; J. W. McLaughlin, 1879-80; Caleb Lamb, C. P. Axtel, 1882; J. B. Eyerly, 1883; Robert Burns, 1884; O. W. Treman (May to December) ; H. S. Winslow, 1885; H. Kt. Stahl, 1886; V. W. Skiff, 1887-8; C. F. Morgan, 1889-90; J. Y. Bailey, 1891-92-93; H. V. Byers, 1894; O. N. Wagley, 1895-96-97-98, and grand custodian; F. D. Winn, 1899-1900; J. T. Pound, 1901-02; S. C. Hughes, 1903; David Conn, 1904-05; E.P. Malmberg, 1906; David L Clark, 1907; Walter J. Morgan, 1907; Clifford V. Cox, 1909; James E. Callison, 1910. All are now deceased but twenty-one.
ROYAL ARCH MASONS
Gebal Chapter No. 12 was granted a dispensation for charter by James R. Hartsock, grand high priest, March 6, 1856, to J. Swallow, J. D. Minard, Caleb Lamb and a few others.
In 1878 the number of members of this chapter was ninety-eight and at this date it is one hundred and sixty-one.
The list of high priests have been as follows: Joshua Swallow, Caleb Lamb, William Rodgers, D. R. Minard, Jesse Rickman, 1863; William Rodgers, 1864; Caleb Lamb, 1865; William Rodgers, 1866-67; J. W. Murphy, 1868; William Rodgers, 1869; H. S. Winslow, 1870-71-72-73, and grand high priest, 1875-76-77; S. J. Condit, 1874; S. E. Zinn, 1875-6; George R. Ledyard, 1877-78; A. P. Hanson, 1879-80; S. H. Galusha, 1881; D. L. Clark, 1882; J. W. McLaughlin, 1883; C. P. Axtel, 1884-5; O. W. Treman, 1886; Charles H. Wilder, 1887, and grand custodian, 1894-5; J. W. McLaughlin, 1888; C. H. Wilder, 1889-90; O. C. Meredith, 1891-92; F. D. Winn, 1893-94-95; J. Y. Bailey, 1896-97; Howard Case, 1901-02; John Hartwig, 1903-04-05; David Conn, 1906-07-08; Fred L. Kennedy, 1909-10. Dates given denote the year elected, the election occurring in November. All are now deceased but sixteen.
Source:
http://iagenweb.org/jasper/history/1912/history/chapter13.htm
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CHAPTER XIII - CIVIC SOCIETIES OF THE COUNTY
Past and Present of Jasper County Iowa
B.F. Bowden & Company, Indianapolis, IN, 1912
ANCIENT FREE AND ACCEPTED MASONS
The first Masonic Lodge instituted within Jasper County was Newton Lodge No. 59, founded under dispensation of James L. Hogin, grand master, March 30, 1855. The first officers were: R. D. Minard, worshipful master; Jesse Rickman, senior warden; Hugh Rodgers, junior warden; S. Cooper, treasurer; Elisha Hammer, secretary; William Rodgers, senior deacon; Z. M, Allen, junior deacon; Lewis Helfry, tiler.
Hugh Rodgers represented this little band as proxy for the worshipful master at the grand lodge the following June, the session being held at Keosauqua. The report of that session remarked in record: "The work of this lodge is mostly square. The lodge was opened May 26, 1855, and has not yet been closed. Otherwise the work is good and the by-laws correct. They recommend that a charter be granted to said lodge by the name of Newton, No. _____." Later in the grand lodge the number " 59" was bestowed upon this lodge. The lodge was represented at grand lodge at Oskaloosa in 1856 by Jesse Rickman. It does not appear that any "work" was done until in June 1855, but a year later the following had "formed the perfect square:" J. A. Harris, Caleb Lamb, J. R. Sparks, P. M. Wood, G. W. Corney, Little Woods; John Dunsmore, David Evans, W. M. Springer, Henry Welker, Joshua Rickman, Thomas Rees, W. R. Matthews, William H. Silssby, G. W. Louthian, William Dinwiddy, Riley Ashley, A. R. Joslin, William Dunn, Thomas Pearson, Henry Blake, Levi Combs, S. W. Foreman, T. J. Dinsmore. At the close of 1858 this lodge had a membership of forty-two. In 1878 it had increased to one hundred and twenty-eight.
In 1875, in conjunction with the chapter and commandery, they built a third story over the building erected by Morgan & Ledyard and R. Burns, on the west side of the public square, which was fitted up for their use at a cost of twelve thousand dollars. The rooms and equipment of this hall were, in their first days, considered as good as any in Iowa.
The present number in this lodge is two hundred and sixty-four. Its officers in the spring of 1911 were as follows: James E. Callison, worshipful master; Frank Wilson, senior warden; O. N. Green, junior warden; Christian Griebling, treasurer; Fred L. Kennedy, secretary; J. B. Harvey, senior deacon; John W. Kennington, junior deacon; David Conn, senior steward; George F. Scott, junior steward; L. B. Westbrook, tiler.
The following is a complete list of the past worshipful masters in Newton: R. D. Minard, Jesse Rickman, 1857; R. D. Minard, 1858; R. D. Minard, 1855-6; Jesse Rickman, 1857; R. D. Minard, 1858; William Rodgers, 1859; J. A. Harris, 1860-61; T. H. Miller, 1862; William Rodgers, 1863; I. A. Hammer, 1864-5; William Rodgers, 1866; I. A. Hammer, 1867; S. G. Smith, 1868; J. W. Wilson, 1869-70-71-72-73, and grand master, 1878-79; S. H. Galusha, 1874-5; S. J. Condit, 1876-77; A. P: Hanson, 1878; J. W. McLaughlin, 1879-80; Caleb Lamb, C. P. Axtel, 1882; J. B. Eyerly, 1883; Robert Burns, 1884; O. W. Treman (May to December) ; H. S. Winslow, 1885; H. Kt. Stahl, 1886; V. W. Skiff, 1887-8; C. F. Morgan, 1889-90; J. Y. Bailey, 1891-92-93; H. V. Byers, 1894; O. N. Wagley, 1895-96-97-98, and grand custodian; F. D. Winn, 1899-1900; J. T. Pound, 1901-02; S. C. Hughes, 1903; David Conn, 1904-05; E.P. Malmberg, 1906; David L Clark, 1907; Walter J. Morgan, 1907; Clifford V. Cox, 1909; James E. Callison, 1910. All are now deceased but twenty-one.
ROYAL ARCH MASONS
Gebal Chapter No. 12 was granted a dispensation for charter by James R. Hartsock, grand high priest, March 6, 1856, to J. Swallow, J. D. Minard, Caleb Lamb and a few others.
In 1878 the number of members of this chapter was ninety-eight and at this date it is one hundred and sixty-one.
The list of high priests have been as follows: Joshua Swallow, Caleb Lamb, William Rodgers, D. R. Minard, Jesse Rickman, 1863; William Rodgers, 1864; Caleb Lamb, 1865; William Rodgers, 1866-67; J. W. Murphy, 1868; William Rodgers, 1869; H. S. Winslow, 1870-71-72-73, and grand high priest, 1875-76-77; S. J. Condit, 1874; S. E. Zinn, 1875-6; George R. Ledyard, 1877-78; A. P. Hanson, 1879-80; S. H. Galusha, 1881; D. L. Clark, 1882; J. W. McLaughlin, 1883; C. P. Axtel, 1884-5; O. W. Treman, 1886; Charles H. Wilder, 1887, and grand custodian, 1894-5; J. W. McLaughlin, 1888; C. H. Wilder, 1889-90; O. C. Meredith, 1891-92; F. D. Winn, 1893-94-95; J. Y. Bailey, 1896-97; Howard Case, 1901-02; John Hartwig, 1903-04-05; David Conn, 1906-07-08; Fred L. Kennedy, 1909-10. Dates given denote the year elected, the election occurring in November. All are now deceased but sixteen.
Source:
http://iagenweb.org/jasper/history/1912/history/chapter13.htm
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