HUDSON CITY LODGE,

NO. 142

HUDSON,

  COLUMBIA COUNTY, NEW YORK

By Captain Franklin Ellis¹⁶⁶

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     Hudson City Lodge, No. 142, was instituted in Hudson, Aug. 9, 1849, with the following charter members:  M. W. Leland, Abraham G. Vosburgh, Silas W. Tobey, Henry Miller, Wm. H. Coons, Morgan H. Chrysler, Wm. I. Traver, John Crapser, Wm. H. Crapser, Edward Crossman, Chas.  Mitchell, John H. Charlot.

     The first officers were Abraham G. Vosburgh, N. G.; Morgan H. Chrysler, V. G.; Edward Crossman, Sec.; Charles Mitchell, Treas.; Henry Miller, P. Sec.

     Officers for 1878 are Jacob Fleahman, N. G.; Robt. J. Smith, V. G.; Richard J. Race, Sec.; Lewis W. Bachman, Treas.; William Horton, W.; Augustus H. Sanford, C.; William Horton, I. G.; E. H. Roberts, O. G.; William H. Crapser, Alexander Tanner, and Charles Ziesneitz, Trustees.

     Present number of members, ninety-one.

     The lodge meets at Odd-Fellows' hall, Warren street, every Tuesday evening.