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Silas Tiffany. Otis Alvord.
G. W. Fenton. N. A. Alexander.
J. R. Babcock.
It was recommended by Hiram Lodge, No. 105, and named as officers:
RUFUS GREENE. Master.
JUDIAH E. BUDLONG, Senior Warden.
EMERICK EVANS, Junior Warden.
The same officers are named in the warrant granted June 15, 1849. Upon the back of the warrant of the old Lodge is written the
following letter:
"I am the only surviving officer of the original lodge and from my age and infirmities must soon pass away. I desire to perpetuate
the early history of our beloved village of Jamestown and the early foundation of Masonry in it. I believe there is not a man now
living in Jamestown that resided there when I settled in it in the spring of 1815.
A new charter having been granted to Mount Moriah Lodge under which it now works, I have arranged all the records and
proceedings of the original M. M. Lodge, No. 207, for preservation. I herewith surrender my charge to my beloved Masonic brethren
of Mount Moriah Lodge, 145, of Jamestown, with the injunction that they carefully preserve the records and charter committed to
them which will, if preserved, furnish the only existing early history of Freemasonry in Jamestown and, in some respects, the entire
county. In the records you will find some facts relating to the early history of our village and the autographs and some particulars of
a large share of the Masonic brethren in the south part of Chautauqua County. NY, and Warren County, l'a., in early days.
Beloved brethren, friends and candidates for eternity, I close this communication with my fraternal injunction—beware of
intemperate and immoral candidates for Masonry in your Lodge. A contrary course will destroy the reputation of your Lodge and
disgrace the institution. A man is known by the company he keeps.
With esteem and fraternal regards,
September, 1870.
E. T. FOOTE."
HON. ELIAL T. FOOTE was Master of the Lodge in 1822-23 and for many years was an active, zealous Freemason.
He died at New Haven, Conn.. November 17, 1877.
When the Lodge was revived it met in the Jones Block on the corner of Main and Third Streets; in 1854 it moved to the corner of
Main and Second Streets, where it remained until 1857, when it moved to the Hawley Block on the corner of Main and Third Streets.
On January 30, 1861, this building was destroyed by fire and the Lodge procured temporary quarters in Rescue engine house on
Chandler Street. When the Hall building was erected on the site of the Hawley Block it secured rooms on the third floor of that
building. where it remained until 1868, when it secured the third story of the Jones and Gilford Block; here it remained until 1901,
when it moved into its present quarters in the Prendergast Building on the corner of Main and Third Streets; these rooms were
dedicated by .’. W.'. CHARLES W. EAD, January 8, 1901.
It held "Jubilee" services on April 24, 1889, when addresses were delivered by R.'. W.'. JOHN B. SHAW and W.'. FRANK B. BUSH.
It was represented at the laying of the corner-stone and dedication of the Home at Utica. On September 28, 1895, it assisted at
the laying of the corner-stone of the Jamestown City Hall. It furnished and maintains a room in the City Hospital.
GRAND LODGE OFFICERS.
John B. Shaw, District Deputy Grand Master. Frank Merz, District Deputy Grand Master.
Clarence A. Slone, District Deputy Grand Master.
MASTERS.
1817. Heman Bush.
1818. Heman Bush.
1819. Phineas Stevens.
1820. Theron Plumb.
1821. Heman Bush.
1822. Elial T. Foote.
1823. Elial T. Foote.
1824. Joseph Waite.
1825. Joseph Waite.
1826. Joseph Waite.
1827. Joseph Waite.
1828. Joseph Waite.
1829. Solomon Jones.
1830. Judiah E. Budlong.
1831. Solomon Jones.
1849. Rufus Greene.
1850. Judiah E. Budlong.
1851. Judiah E. Budlong.
1852. Judiah E. Budlong.
1853. Silas Tiffany.
1854. Silas Tiffany.
1855. Silas Tiffany.
1856. James M. Brown.
1857. James M. Brown.
1858. Levant L. Mason.
1859. William E. Barrett.
1860. Joseph S. Mathews.
1861. Joseph S. Mathews.
1862. Joseph R. Mathews.
1863. Robert I. Baker.
1864. Corydon W. Eddy.
1865. James M. Murray.
1866. Corydon W. Eddy.
1867. David N. Marvin.
1868. David N. Marvin.
1869. David N. Marvin.
1870. James Boyd.
1871. David N. Marvin.
1872. Anson A. Burlin.
1873. Anson A. Burlin.
1874. Anson A. Burlin.
1875. Abner Hazeltine, Jr.
1876. Anson A. Burlin.
1877. Judson W. Breed.
1878. Judson W. Breed.
1879. Elial F. Carpenter.
1880. Elial F. Carpenter.
1881. Elial F. Carpenter.
1882. Frank B. Bush.
1883. Frank B. Bush.
1884. Frank B. Bush.
1885. Frank B. Field.
1886. Frank B. Bush.
1887. Lathrop L. Hanchett.
1888. Lathrop L. Hanchett.
1889. Lathrop L. Hanchett.
1890. Frank Merz.
1891. Frank Merz.
1892. Theodore B. Hanchett.
1893. Theodore B. Hanchett.
1894. Joseph Whitaker.
1895. Joseph Whitaker.
1896. Herbert R. Wiley.
1897. Clarence A. Slone.
1898. Louis C. Jagger.
1899. John C. Mason.
1900. Edward H. Perry.
1901. Richard Peart.
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