Range Township Secret Societies
From History of Madison County, W. H. Beers & Co, Chicago, 1883
Leanore Lodge, No. 512, F. & A. M., Midway, was declared in working order under a dispensation from the Grand Lodge of Ohio, granted October 26, 1875, with the following appointed officers: Jeriah Swetland, W. M.; a. P. Hewett, S. W.; D. T. Yates, J. W.; Henry McCann, Treasurer; S. J. Paulin, Secretary; Thomas S. Davis, S. D.; John W. Kellough, J. D.; John H. Peters, Tiler. The charter was granted and the lodge instituted November 2, 1876, by O. A. B. Senter, proxy for the Worthy Grand Master of Columbus, Ohio, with the following charter members: Jeriah Swetland, A. P. Hewett, Henry McCann, S. J. Paulin, David T. Yates, Frank Woosley, Thomas S. Davis, John R. Griffith, John W. Kellough, John H. Peters and James H. Horrell. Officered as follows: A. P. Hewett, W. M.; Henry McCann, S. W.; David T. Yates, J.W.; J. W. Green, Treasurer; S. J. Paulin, Secretary; Thomas S. Davis, S. D.; Fred L. Watkins, J. D.; R. F. Williams and John H. Peters, Stewards; and Daniel Greenwich, Tiler. The lodge now numbers forty-seven members, officered as follows: Ambrose Ogan, W. M.; Henry McCann, S. W.; Lewis Conants, J. W.; Mark L. Yates, Treasurer; S. A. Ireland, Secretary; W. H. Proffitt, S. D.; John Laytham, J. D.; William H. Gillmore, Tiler; R. F. Williams and R. L. Watkins, Stewards. The regular meetings of the lodge are on Thursday evening, on or preceding full of moon.
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