CHAPTER XXIII - FRATERNAL ORGANIZATIONS. (CONT'D)
SARDIUS LODGE NO. 444, MASONS, AT IRWIN.
The dispensation authorizing the organization of Sardius Lodge No. 444, at Irwin, was granted by George V. Van Saun, most worshipful grand master of Iowa, January 15, 1883, to the following named charter members: Peter J. Brant, G. M. Dunham, J. M. Dunlap, S. F. Denman, W. W. Gibbs. J. L. Hall, Peter Mayer, J. C. Piper, Miles Reynolds, R. B. Thomas, J. C. Wood and Amos Wright.
The first meeting was held February 15, 1883, and the following selected as the first officers of the lodge: W. W. Gibbs, worshipful master; J. C. Piper, senior warden; S. F. Denman, junior warden; Miles Reynolds, treasurer; G. W. Dunham, secretary; P. J. Brant, senior deacon; J. C. Wood, junior deacon; J. L. Hall, senior steward; Peter Mayer, junior steward; J. M. Dunlap, tyler.
The charter was granted by the grand lodge of Iowa on June 5, 1884. Since the organization of the lodge the following members have held the offices of worshipful master and secretary.
| Year. | Masters. | Secretaries. |
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| 1883 | W. W. Gibbs for year | G. W. Dunham for year |
| 1884 | W. W. Gibbs | W. S. Branson |
| 1885 | P. J. Brant | W. S. Branson |
| 1886 | P. J. Brant | W. S. Branson |
| 1887 | W. D. Dunlap | O. L. Russell |
| 1888 | P. J. Brant | O. L. Russell |
| 1889 | P. J. Brant | O. L. Russell |
| 1890 | J. C. Wood | B. T. Jessen |
| 1891 | J. C. Wood | Peter Nelson |
| 1892 | J. C. Wood | Peter Nelson |
| 1893 | J. W. Wurtsbaugh | R. B. Thomas |
| 1894 | G. E. McMullen | R. B. Thomas |
| 1895 | G. E. McMullen | R. B. Thomas |
| 1896 | W. A. Lessenger | R. B. Thomas |
| 1897 | W. S. Branson | R. B. Thomas |
| 1898 | W. S. Branson | R. B. Thomas |
| 1899 | G. E. McMullen | R. B. Thomas |
| 1900 | G. E. McMullen | A. G. Christensen |
| 1901 | G. E. McMullen | A. G. Christensen |
| 1902 | J. M. Edwards | Peter Nelson |
| 1903 | J. M. Edwards | Peter Nelson |
| 1904 | J. M. Edwards | Peter Nelson |
| 1905 | J. M. Edwards | Peter Nelson |
| 1906 | J. M. Edwards | Peter Nelson |
| 1907 | G. E. McMullen | Peter Nelson |
| 1908 | G. E. McMullen | Peter Nelson |
| 1909 | G. E. McMullen | Peter Nelson |
| 1910 | G. E. McMullen | Peter Nelson |
| 1911 | W. W. Ames | Peter Nelson |
| 1912 | Peter Nelson | G. E. McMullen |
| 1913 | Peter Nelson | G. E. McMullen |
| 1914 | W. J. Kington | G. E. McMullen |
The lodge is now in a flourishing condition with forty-one members on its roll. The present officers are as follows: W. J. Kington, worshipful master: C. M. Mickelson, senior warden; William Fogarty, junior warden; M. Mickelson, treasurer; G. E. McMullen, secretary: J. M. Edwards, senior deacon; Alhert Quick, junior deacon; R. W. Nellis, senior steward: Jacob Nelson, junior steward; Lloyd Selby, tyler.
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Transcribed by Cheryl Siebrass, January, 2025 from the Past and Present of Shelby County, Iowa, by Edward S. White, P.A., LL. B.,Volume 1, Indianapolis: B. F. Bowen & Co., 1915, pp. 488-490. |
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