Source: Roll of The Members of Escurial Lodge No. 7 F & A. M.
Virginia, Storey County, Nev., San Francisco: Frank Eastman, Printer,
1868, Contributed by Veneta McKinney
OFFICER ELECT FOR 1868
Samuel B. Ferguson,..…..W. Master.
Hiram H. Conklin,………S. Warden.
Samuel Owen, -…………J. Warden.
Thos. Parker, …………..Treasurer.
John G. Bloomer, ………Secretary.
A BRIEF HISTORY OF ESCURIAL LODGE NO 7 F & A. M.
Early in the fall of 1863 it was proposed by several brethren, to
organize the second Masonic Lodge, in Virginia. After several months'
consideration, the friends of the movement, fourteen in number, met on
the evening of December 31, 1863, and signed a petition to the Grand
Master of California, for a dispensation. The petition was recommended
by Virginia City Lodge, No. 164, Cal. Reg. ; now Virginia Lodge, No.
7, Nev. Reg.
On January 22d, 1864, the M. W. Wm. C. Belcher, G. M. of California,
issued his dispensation, to open and hold a Lodge of F. & A. M.,
naming therein Bros. Charles M. Cornell as W. Master, Wm. A. M. Van
Bokkelen as S. Warden, and Columbus Walker as J. Warden.
The first communication of the new Lodge was holden on Tuesday,
February 9th, 1864. At the next annual Grand Communication of the M.
W. Grand Lodge of California, October 13th, 5864, a Warrant was
granted to Bros. Geo. W.. Hopkins as W. Master, Wm. A. M. Van Bokkelen
as S. Warden, and Columbus Walker as J.*. Warden, and their successors
in office, under the name and number of Escurial Lodge, No. 171. The
Lodge was constituted, on October 28th, 1864, by W. Bro. Robert H.
Taylor, P. M. and Act. Dep. G. M., according to the ancient usages of
the Craft.
At the stated communication in November 1864, at the suggestion of the
W. M.*., Bro. Geo. W. Hopkins, a committee, consisting of the Bros.
Hopkins, Van Bokkelen, and John G. Bloomer, was appointed to confer
with the other Lodges in the State as to the expediency of organizing
an independent Grand Lodge. At the stated communication in December,
the report of the committee and accompanying resolutions in favor of
organizing the Grand Lodge of Nevada, were adopted; these resolutions
were subsequently adopted by six of the eight Lodges then in the
State. The Lodges met in convention on January 19th, 1865, the Lodges
surrendering their Warrants to the Grand Lodge of California,
receiving new ones from the Grand Lodge of Nevada. Subsequently the
Grand Lodge of California presented the Lodges with their original
Warrants, as mementos of their connections with that jurisdiction.
In December, 1864, the two Lodges organized a joint Board of Relief,
to consist of the Masters and Wardens of both Lodges, agreeing to pay
for its support twenty-five cents per month for each M. M. on the
roll, and five dollars for each degree conferred. At the present time
only the degree money is collected by the Board, the other being
remitted until the Board shall need it to meet its expenditures. The
Board is now clear of debt and has;
Loaned out at 2 ½ percent…… $1455.10
In Treasury, ………………………127.93
Due from Lodges…………………..75.00
Interest due, ……………………….35.00
Assets Dec. 1st, 1867…………. $1693.03
At the stated communication, February 13, 1866, the Lodge By-Laws were
amended so as to abolish the fee for affiliation. This at the time was
considered of doubtful expediency, but of it every Brother who voted
for the amendment should be proud : the experience of a few months
proved that it was a move in the right direction. And so evident were
its good effects in reducing " the army of non-affiliates, " that the
Grand Lodge on September 18, 1867, unanimously amended the Grand
Constitution so as to prohibit the collection of any fee for
affiliation.
In the year 1866, a committee was appointed to procure and have
properly arranged, jointly with the other Masonic bodies, a suitable
burial ground. Eight acres of land have been purchased, and a portion
of it fenced and laid out.
Thus briefly have we sketched the prominent landmarks in the history
of Escurial Lodge, during its short existence.

In the number of its members it now ranks as second in the
jurisdiction.
Summary of Work, Ac, from Organisation to December 1st, 1867.
Members named in Dispensation, 14
Of whom now members, ... 8
Of whom admitted, 4
Of whom susp. for non-pay't dues, 2
Members acquired by affiliation, 96
Members acquired by conferring third degree, . . 57
Dimitted members named in Dispensation, 4
" members acquired by affiliation, 20 " members acquired by third
degree, 8 Died, 1
Suspended for non-payment of dues, 5 38
Present number in good standing, 129
Number of degrees conferred 1st, 65
Number of degrees conferred 2d, ... 60
Number of degrees conferred 3d, . 57 182
Entered Apprentices received from other Lodges, 3
Summary of Finances from Organization to Nov. 18th, 1807. Received for
degrees, ……….$6,825 00
Received for dues,………….. 3,333 56 Received for affiliation,……..... 326
00 Received from sundries, ……….217 00 Amount due from members, ....
469 33 ………………………………. 1,170 89 Amount of dues overpaid, … $ 44 25
Amount of expenditures, . . 9,824 93 ………9,869 18
Total assets November 18th, 1867, ………. $1,301 71
Of the present members, 123 reside in Virginia.
Of the present members, 6 reside in the State of Nev.
Of the present members, 2 reside in California. Of the present
members, 1 resides in South America. Of the present members, 2 reside
in Wales.
OFFICERS
Mentioned in Charter, Oct. 1864, to Dec. 1865.
George W. Hopkins, W. Master,
Wm. A. M. Van Bokkelen, . . S. Warden,
Columbus Walker, J.. Warden,
Erasmus W. Haines, Secretaries.
George D. Keeney,
Dec. 1865, to Dec. 1866.
Wm. A. M. Van Bokkelen, . . . W. Master,
John G. Bloomer, S. Warden,
Ellis H. Morton, J.. Warden,
Erasmus W. Haines, Secretaries.
George W. Hopkins,
Dec. 1866, to Dec. 1867.
George W. Hopkins, W. Master,
Samuel B. Ferguson, S. Warden,
Hiram H. Conklin, J.. Warden,
John G. Bloomer, Secretary.
Board of Trustees, 1867 and 1868.
Thomas Parker, John Clay Hampton,
Wm. A. M. Van Bokkelen.
ROLL OF MEMBERS OF ESCURIAL LODGE NO 7 F & A.M
| LODGE NO | PRESENT NO | NAME | HM | WM | HC | WC | |
| 24 | |
Anthony, Chas V | A | 10 May 1864 | W | 8 Aug 1867 | |
| 46 | 27 | Allinbach, Jacob | A | 13 June 1865 | |
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| 80 | |
Arnold, Jesse H | R | 13 July 1866 | W | 22 Dec 1866 | |
| 116 | 85 | Attwood, George | R | 2 Feb 1867 | |
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| 108 | |
Allabaugh, James | A | 22 Dec 1866 | W | 27 April 1867 | |
| 166 | 134 | Allabaugh, James | A | 23 Nov 1867 | |
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| 7 | |
Brooks, Charles B | D | |
W | 22 June 1866 | |
| 8 | 5 | Barry, Basil V | D | |
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| 15 | |
*Borneman, Wm G | A | 8 Mar 1864 | W | 10 Jan 1865 | Died Dec 2nd 1867 |
| 22 | 15 | Bloomer, John G | R | 26 Apr 1864 | |
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| 17 | 11 | Birdsall, Geo W | A | 12 Apr 1864 | |
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| 18 | |
Baxter, Robert | A | 12 Apr 1864 | W | 8 Aug 1865 | |
| 49 | 30 | Bishop, Henry | R | 25 July 1865 | |
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| 48 | 29 | Bawden, Henry | A | 11 July 1866 | |
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| 52 | |
Bowers, Daniel | A | 12 Sept 1865 | W | 13 Mar 1866 | |
| 60 | |
Bivins, Benj F | A | 9 Jan 1866 | |
13 Mar 1866 | |
| 85 | 57 | Barney, Ephraim | R | 29 July 1866 | |
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| 73 | 47 | Brinton, John P | A | 25 May 1866 | |
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| 81 | 53 | Badgley, Jay | R | 20 July 1866 | |
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| 86 | 58 | Bonnifield, Wm S | R | 17 Aug 1866 | |
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| 117 | 86 | Bowers, Peter H | R | 3 Feb 1867 | |
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| 128 | 97 | Borland, Archibald | R | 13 Apr 1867 | |
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| 146 | 114 | Burson, Isaac S | R | 17 Aug 1867 | |
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| 143 | 111 | Bishop, Wm W | A | 27 July 1867 | |
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| 1 | 1 | Cornell, Chas M | D | |
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| 6 | |
Chappell, Roderick C | D | |
W | 25 May 1866 | |
| 33 | |
Churchill, Clark | R | 1 Sept 1864 | W | 22 June 1866 | |
| 35 | |
Chauvel, Ovid | A | 13 Sept 1864 | D | 7 Feb 1865 | |
| 53 | 31 | Conklin, Hiram H | A | 12 Sept 1865 | |
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| 61 | 36 | Corson, Dighton | A | 13 Mar 1866 | |
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| 82 | 54 | Conoly, Robt S | A | 27 July 1866 | |
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| 103 | 74 | Cowin, Thomas | R | 24 Nov 1866 | |
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| 106 | 77 | Cowin, John | R | 8 Dec 1866 | |
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| 94 | 66 | Cook, Aaron | A | 28 sept 1866 | |
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| 111 | 80 | Chapman, John | R | 29 Dec 1866 | |
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| 140 | 108 | Commerford, Michael | A | 27 July 1867 | |
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| 160 | 128 | Cox, Edward | A | 26 Oct 1867 | |
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| 62 | |
Dunn, Thos H | A | 13 Mar 1866 | W | 27 July 1867 | |
| 102 | 73 | Davis, Simon (P. M.) | A | 24 Nov 1866 | |
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| 104 | 75 | Daley, Peter | A | 24 Nov 1866 | |
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| 113 | 82 | Durkee, John V | R | 12 Jan 1867 | |
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| 127 | 96 | Daley, Marcus | A | 23 Mar 1867 | |
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| 10 | 7 | Eichler, Robt | D | |
S | 22 June 1866 | |
| 23 | 16 | Estes, Edwin T | R | 26 Apr 1864 | S | 28 Sept 1867 | |
| 30 | 19 | Earl, Josiah | A | 14 June 1864 | S | 28 Sept 1867 | |
| 99 | 69 | Edwards, Wm S | A | 26 Oct 1866 | |
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| 9 | 6 | Ferris, Leonard W | D | |
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| 27 | |
Fleming, John | A | 14 June 1864 | W | 8 Nov 1864 | |
| 37 | 22 | Faull, John | R | 29 Nov 1864 | |
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| 88 | 60 | Ferguson, Sam'l B (WM) | A | 24 Aug 1866 | |
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| 87 | 59 | Forsyth, Wm L | A | 24 Aug 1866 | |
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| 158 | 126 | Fitzgerald, Terrence | A | 26 Oct 1867 | |
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| 165 | 133 | Fagg, George | A | 23 Nov 1867 | |
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| 43 | 24 | Green, Jonas C | A | 9 May 1865 | S | 28 Sept 1867 | |
| 59 | |
Greenthal, Morres | R | 30 Dec 1865 | W | 24 Aug 1866 | |
| 114 | 83 | Gugnina, Nicholas | R | 24 Jan 1867 | |
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| 151 | 119 | Gillespie, Adam | R | 16 Sept 1867 | |
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| 144 | 112 | Green, Chas C | A | 27 July 1867 | |
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| 159 | 127 | Gourd, Sampson | A | 26 Oct 1867 | |
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| 4 | 3 | Haines, Erasmus | D | |
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| 5 | 4 | Hopkins, Geo W (PM) | D | |
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| 31 | 20 | Higbee, Benjamin L | R | 30 Aug 1864 | |
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| 42 | |
Hirschman, Adolph | R | 14 Mar 1865 | W | 12 Sept 1865 | |
| 38 | |
Haynes, William J | A | 14 Feb 1865 | W | 22 June 1866 | |
| 109 | |
Haynes, William J | A | 22 Dec 1866 | W | 23 Feb 1867 | |
| 51 | |
Hanks, Walter S | R | 29 Aug 1865 | W | 14 Nov 1865 | |
| 66 | 40 | Hiller, Frederick | R | 13 Apr 1866 | |
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| 119 | 88 | Hampton, John C | A | 23 Feb 1867 | |
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| 124 | 93 | Hundley, Pat O | A | 23 Feb 1867 | |
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| 129 | |
Harrington, Daniel | A | 27 Apr 1867 | W | 23 Nov 1867 | |
| 131 | 99 | Hall, Charles R | A | 25 May 1867 | |
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| 150 | 108 | Hedger, Henry A | R | 16 Sept 1867 | |
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| 161 | 129 | Harvey, A Barth | A | 26 Oct 1867 | |
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| 26 | 17 | Jenkins, William H | R | 17 May 1864 | |
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| 40 | |
Jackson, William A | A | 14 Feb 1865 | W | 23 Mar 1867 | |
| 115 | 84 | Jones, Hugh E | A | 26 Jan 1867 | |
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| 132 | 100 | Johnson, James M | A | 25 May 1867 | |
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| 34 | 21 | Kennedy, Alexander E | R | 1 Sept 1864 | |
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| 36 | |
Keeney, Geo D | R | 27 Sept 1864 | W | 22 June 1866 | |
| 47 | 28 | Kincaid, Elbert S | A | 11 July 1865 | |
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| 56 | 33 | Kuh, Jacob | A | 14 Nov 1865 | |
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| 72 | 46 | Kaneen, John S | A | 25 May 1866 | |
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| 89 | 61 | Keen, Michael J | A | 24 Aug 1866 | |
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| 105 | 76 | Kinney, Wm | R | 8 Dec 1866 | |
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| 97 | 69 | King, Wilson | A | 26 Oct 1866 | |
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| 118 | 87 | Kerr, Ransom P | A | 23 Feb 1867 | |
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| 149 | 117 | Kruttschnitt, Aug N | R | 14 Sept 1867 | |
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| 39 | |
Lochem, Sol | A | 14 Feb 1865 | W | 13 June 1865 | |
| 44 | 25 | Levy, Chas | A | 9 May 1865 | |
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| 55 | |
Langridge, Geo | A | 10 Oct 1865 | W | 28 Sept 1866 | |
| 63 | 37 | Lewitt, Harris F | R | 23 Mar 1866 | |
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| 74 | 48 | Love, David M. | R | 15 June 1866 | |
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| 126 | 95 | Lang, Frank | A | 23 Mar 1867 | |
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| 155 | 123 | Luckhart, Caesar A. S. | R | 12 Oct 1867 | |
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| 11 | 8 | Morton, Ellis H | D | |
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| 32 | |
Merchant, Stephen D | R | 30 Aug 1864 | W | 25 May 1866 | |
| 58 | 35 | Mau, Albert | R | 30 Dec 1865 | |
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| 45 | 26 | Mitchell, Joseph | R | 27 June 1865 | |
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| 50 | |
Mayer, Isodore | R | 1 Aug 1865 | W | 10 Oct 1865 | |
| 138 | 106 | Mayer, Isodore | A | 27 June 1865 | |
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| 64 | 38 | Mayer, Leopold | R | 23 Mar 1866 | |
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| 65 | 39 | Morton, Andrew | R | 30 Mar 1866 | |
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| 76 | 50 | Mackay, John W | A | 22 June 1866 | |
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| 77 | 51 | Mather, Samuel H | A | 22 June 1866 | |
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| 90 | 62 | McColm, Nathaniel | A | 24 Aug 1866 | |
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| 148 | 116 | McLaughlin, James P | R | 14 Sept 1867 | |
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| 147 | 115 | Mozingo, Sam'l G | R | 10 Sept 1867 | |
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| 141 | 109 | McClure, Sam'l | A | 27 July 1867 | |
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| 142 | 110 | McDonald, Mathew A | A | 27 July 1867 | |
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| 156 | 124 | McHughes, Thos B | A | 26 Oct 1867 | |
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| 157 | 125 | Northey, Wm H | A | 26 Oct 1867 | |
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| 12 | |
O'Brien, John | D | |
W | 25 May 1866 | |
| 70 | 44 | O'Flying, Chas C | A | 25 May 1866 | |
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| 107 | 78 | Owen, Samuel | R | 13 Dec 1866 | |
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| 131 | 99 | Oliver, Thomas | R | 18 May 1867 | |
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| 13 | 9 | Powers, Daniel N | D | |
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| 19 | 12 | Parker, Thos | A | 12 Apr 1864 | |
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| 20 | 13 | Perry, John V. B. | A | 12 Apr 1864 | |
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| 21 | 14 | Parke, Frank A | A | 12 Apr 1864 | |
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| 28 | |
Pinkerton, Thos H | A | 14 June 1864 | W | 25 May 1866 | |
| 93 | 65 | Pefley, Samuel H | A | 28 Sept 1866 | |
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| 96 | 68 | Pitzer, Jesse S (PM) | A | 28 Sept 1866 | |
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| 109 | 79 | Parks, Peter | A | 22 Dec 1866 | |
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| 152 | 120 | Price, Wm W | A | 28 Sept 1867 | |
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| 16 | |
Ross, David C | A | 8 Mar 1864 | W | 13 June 1865 | |
| 57 | 34 | Reese, Phillip | R | 26 Dec 1865 | |
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| 71 | 45 | Rothenbucher, John | A | 25 May 1866 | |
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| 75 | 49 | Rosener, Samuel | R | 15 June 1866 | |
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| 110 | |
Roberts, Geo | A | 22 Dec 1866 | W | 25 May 1867 | |
| 112 | 81 | Roscoe, Eugene | R | 5 Jan 1867 | |
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| 123 | 92 | Rising, Richard | A | 23 Feb 1867 | |
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| 135 | 103 | Reynolds, Record S | R | 8 June 1867 | |
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| 137 | 105 | Rapp, John | A | 22 June 1867 | |
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| 14 | 10 | Scammon, Geo E | D | |
S | 22 June 1866 | |
| 29 | 18 | Stone, Phillip | A | 14 June 1864 | |
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| 67 | 41 | Stephen, Joseph | R | 20 Apr 1866 | |
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| 78 | 52 | Sutterley, Clement | R | 22 June 1866 | |
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| 92 | 64 | Spier, Wm J | R | 6 Sept 1866 | |
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| 120 | 89 | Stout, Alfred H | A | 23 Feb 1867 | |
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| 130 | 98 | Scott, Peter H | R | 4 May 1867 | |
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| 145 | 113 | Skerry, Daniel | A | 27 July 1867 | |
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| 153 | 121 | Scribler, Rudolph | A | 28 Sept 1867 | |
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| 154 | 122 | Stewart, Robert MG | A | 28 Sept 1867 | |
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| 162 | 130 | Strasser, George | A | 26 Oct 1867 | |
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| 163 | 131 | Sherlock, David C | A | 26 Oct 1867 | |
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| 167 | 135 | Symons, Henry | A | 23 Nov 1867 | |
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| 41 | 23 | Titus, Fred J | A | 14 May 1865 | |
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| 54 | 32 | Thomas, Alex | R | 3 Oct 1865 | |
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| 83 | 55 | Tritle, Fred A | A | 22 July 1866 | |
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| 84 | 56 | Tamkin, Henry | A | 22 July 1866 | |
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| 91 | 63 | Taylor, Rob't H (PM) | A | 24 Aug 1866 | |
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| 98 | |
Tuttle, Cephas | A | 26 Oct 1866 | W | 27 Apr 1867 | |
| 121 | 90 | Thomson, Neil | A | 23 Feb 1867 | |
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Libbey, Daniel C., Letterer, Leonhard, Henry, John
*Brodie, John S. - Chapman, Samuel - Chamberlin, ------ - Haas, David - James, Rich
Myrrick, Joseph P. - Scheel, Hermann J. T. - Stover, Samuel.
* died 21st Dec 1866
FELLOW CRAFTS
Libbey, Daniel C., Letterer, Leonhard, Henry, John
ENTERED APPRENTICES
*Brodie, John S. - Chapman, Samuel - Chamberlin, ------ - Haas, David - James, Rich
Myrrick, Joseph P. - Scheel, Hermann J. T. - Stover, Samuel.
* died 21st Dec 1866
