Cape Vincent Jefferson, NY, Masonic Lodges

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THE MASONIC LODGE

No. 334, F. and A. M., was instituted July 10, 1822, by Isaac Lee, installing officer. A petition was made to the Grand Lodge of the State of New York in December, 1821, and was signed by sixteen residents, among whose names was that of Count Real.
The Masters of the lodge until 1831 were as follows:
J. B. Esselstyn	elected in 1822
Z. Converse	1823
Philip P. Gaige	1825
D. W. Slocum	1826
G. S. Sackett	1827
Zebulon ? Converse	1828
C. Wright	1830
The last meeting of the lodge was held with ten charter members.
The Masters have been:
Zebulon Converse	elected 1853
A. J. Smith	1859
Z. Converse	1862
D. B. Owen	1864
S. Bickford	1866
H.A. House	1868
G. R. Starkey	1873
L. O. Woodruff	1875

The present lodge has an active membership of about sixty-eight persons. The present offices are: L. O. Woodruff W. M.; J. A. Scobell, S. W., L. R. Dezengremel, J. W., P. Judd, Treas., W. J. Grant, Sec., R. S. Scobell, S. D., W. T. Ebbs, J. D. ; Thomas Mason, S. M. C.; Albert Lennon, J. M. C.; A. h. Millen, Tyler. The officers are annually chosen, and some of the masters, as seen above, have been continued in office several successive years. (Jefferson County History, by L. H. Everts, 1878)

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