Masonic Lodge

MASONIC LODGE

Brownville Lodge of F. and A. M., No. 378, was installed March 31, 1819 by Isaac Lee, acting G. M.; A. Trowbridge, D.G.M. Its Masters have been, Hoel Lawrence, Peleg Burchard, Joseph McKenzie, Sylvester Reed, Warren Skinner, S. Reed.

From 1827 till 1839 the meetings were discontinued, when the charter was renewed as No. 53. The lodge was reorganized April 2 of the same year, with Alanson Skinner, Master; Richard Buckminster, S. W.; Arba Strong, J. W.; Joel Blood, Treasurer; John K. Adams, Secretary, Henry W. Chapman, S. D.; Apollus Huntington, J. D.; Derrick Gibbons, Gideon Tillinghast, Stewards; Hugh Wiley, Tyler.

Masters:

1839 A. Skinner

1840 R. Buckminster

1841-42 Arba Strong

1843 John N. Cole

1844 A. Skinner

1845-46-47-48 A. Skinner

1849 R. Buckminster

1850 Chas. K.Loomis

1851 Horace skinner

1852 M. C. Loomis

1853 D. C. Priest

1854 H. Skinner

1855-56-57-58-59 John T. Wood

1861 Henry Barber

1862 Henry Barber

1863-64 Walter Zimmerman

1865-66 Wm. T. Skinner

1867 Walter Zimmerman

1868-69-70 W. T. Skinner

1871 Walter Zimmerman

1872 Rufus Zimmerman

1873 Rufus Zimmerman

1874 Henry Barber

1875 Edson C. Steele

1876 John B. Atwater

The officers for 1877 are John B. Atwater, Master; John W. Wilder, S. W.; Franklin Seeber, J. W.; Amos R. Wilcox, Treasurer; Horace Skinner, Secretary; Edmund H. Carpenter, S. D.; James Dier, J. D.; Chauncey W. Phippen, S. M. C.; James G. Gunn, J. M. C.; Newman H. Potter, Chaplain; Henry Barbour, Marshal; Chas. L. Witt, Tyler.

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Transcribed by Holice B. Young from Jefferson Co. History by L. H. Everts.