Water loo Echoes Eastern Star History In Iowa Chapter
Waterloo chronicles the rise of the Order of the Eastern Star within Iowa Masonry. It recounts adoption of adoptive rites, Robert Morris’s edits, and George H. Jackson and A. L. Lindner as leading figures. notes creation of the general grand chapter in 1866 and ritual reforms by 1878.
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Order of the Eastern Star
France
Grand Orient of
Wm. Leigh
Alabama
Heroine
Jericho
Robert Mortis
Robert Morris
the Eastern Star
Indianapolis
Indigoa
England
America
George Washington
LaFayette
Robert Macay
General Grand Chapter
Macoy
Eastern Star in Iowa History and Chapter Records
The first Eastern Star chapter in Iowa formed in Clermont in April 1870. By 1900, 261 of 296 Grand Chapter roll chapters reported, with 59 in state and only six uninterrupted. The article notes reorganizations, officers, regalia, and the move to use Masonic halls for events, including key figures and dates from 1877 to 1891.
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Iowa
Clermont
McCoy
Ruth
Iowa City
Cedar Rapids
Jennie E. Matthews
Grand Masonic Brotherhood
Daniel McDonald
Indiana
Grand Lodge
Order of the Eastern Star
Grand Chapter Officers Elected in Iowa City 1903
The list of officers elected or appointed October 29 1903 in Iowa City includes Worthy Grand Matron Mrs. Fanny M. Sever Stuart and Worthy Grand Patron A. T. Lindner Muscatine among others. The article notes the Eastern Star chapter in Waterloo began around 1874 and reorganized in 1893 with charter members such as Mr. and Mrs. Geo. R. Turner and others, with Marion Jackson as grand secretary.
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Waterloo
Harriette A. Ercantack
Ercanback
S. M. Graff
Iowa
Tle
Kittle Lezotte Muscatine
C. E
W. M
Jessie L. Martin
W. P
C. E. Moore
A. M
Halcon G. Turner
Jozie V. Hukih
Mabel C. Coykendal
Cerimide Calla
F. B. Dietrick
Adah
June Foster
Ruth
Lillian A. Mack
Esther
Nora— Bishop
Martha—Maude K. Pemberty
Blesta
Alice
Mills
Fanny, Taylor
F. W. White
Jeanie Landgraft
Margaret F. Derrick
Organlut
Florence B. Eberhart
Iowa City
Fanny M. Sever
Stuart
Aa. T
Lindner
Muscatine
Lena Ward
Eldora
P. J. Maria
Maria Jackson
Couteil Binfts
Grand Treasure
Hila L.houghton
Red Oak
Hoa Sillitman
Colo
Ilizabeth A. Stewart
Cedar Rapids
Grand Adab
G. W. Ashton
Lyons
Grand Ruth
Aetna Foote
Therville
Grand Esther
Lulu B. Tibail
Independence
Grang Marthy
Fannie Ti Thomas
Perry
Grand Electar
Luella Bellow
Boone
Grand Warder
Irs
Tillie Hoover
Vinton
Grand Sentinel
Amoz Alberson
Washington
Mary Go [Crooks
Order of the Eastern Star
Geo.r. Turner
R. A. Whitaker
Matt Parrott
J. T. Burkett
A. Brecher
L. 8. Parsons
Tne
Marion Jackson
Bate
C. Brechner
G. C. Hom
Waterville Chapter Grows Largest in Iowa at 341 Members
The grand chapter issued Waterloo chapter No. 128 charter on October 3, 1893. Since inception the order's Waterlog Masonry branch shows rapid growth, reaching 341 members and assets over $2000. The Waterloo Eastern Star chapter is praised for harmony, activity, and support within the Masonic family.
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Waterloo
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Stewart
Grand
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Order of the Banter Star
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Dewey
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