Jackson County IL Archives News.....LEONIDAS LODGE KNIGHT OF PYTHIAS October 16, 1923
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Murphysboro Daily Independent October 16, 1923

    Leonidas lodge No. 87, Knights of Pythias, was instituted Oct. 2nd, 1880,
with 18 charter members only one of whom is at this time a member of this lodge.
 The first men to take up the work of this order were Henry JACOBS, James
ALEXANDER, Francis MAUND, Edmund NESBIT, John PATCHETT, Joseph PARTINGTON,
Francis SYMOND, William LIMBERT, Harry BATTY, Andrew LAWSON, George T. JONES,
Edward JONES, George PARTINGTON and Andrew KILLIAN, who became members by
initiation and John McBRIERTY, William BODEKER and Richard JENKINS, who were
admitted by eight during the remainder of the year, making a total membership of
26 on January 1st, 1881.  Of this number Harry BATTY is the only member left.

    John McBRIERTY served as Chancellor Commander for the first term and William
LIMBERT served as the first Keeper of Records and Seal.  Mr. Limbert continued
in this office until Dec. 31, 1882, and was followed by Thomas M. CAMPBELL.  The
following have served as presiding officer of the lodge since its organization:  

John McBRIERTY
William BODEKER
George PARTINGTON
Edward MAUND
Edward HUMPHREYS
William LIMBERT
John D. SYMOND
Thomas M. CAMPBELL
Harry BATTY
Geoge BOSTON
John PATCHETT
James H. MARTIN
Robert J. McELVAIN, Sr.
J. J. FREIDMAN
Phil DECKER
William WALL
E. A. WELLS
John ADAMS
W. S. ROBERTS
Jean DAGLE
Robt. FOLKEL
A. J. KENT
John KENNEDY
Chas L. RITTER
Bert R. BURR
Wm H. BASTIN
W. A. McKEE
F. O. YOUNGER
Theo F. ISMERT
I. D. BLACKWOOD
J. C. RAINBOW
Harry O. OZBURN
M. W. SHAW
O. H. KEENAN
John J. HARDY, Sr.
Ellis H. ROGERS
C. O. PELLETT
Daniel F. TURK
O. B. ORMSBY
Jos. H. DAVIS
E. J. KLEMME
William T. BUTCHER
William B. INMAN
William H. ETHERTON
D. E. MUNAL
John A. SULLIVAN
Elmer G. SMITH
S. J. SHOMAKER
W. H. TROBAUGH
Thomas NAUSLEY
J. H. BRENNEMAN
John J. PERKINS
Alvin SCOTT
Fred M. ROLENS
A. J. RENDLEMAN
H. R. CUMMINS
E. A. TRIPP
David B. LEVY
Otis F. GLENN
A. W. DUNCAN
Albert CHARLES
Robert PELLETT
Chester DELANO
Geo. B. FURNESS
Ed HARRELL
Geo J. OZBURN
Edgar RODMAN
W. T. STEPHENSON
James A. MUSTER
Roy G. EVERTS
and William B. INMAN, who is now presiding.  A number of these men have served
several terms as Chancellor Commander.

    In its forty years of service in Murphysboro, Leonidas lodge has occupied
five locations, including its present quarters in the Andrews' building.  Soon
after the lodge was instituted, it moved into the Bodeker building, which was
completed in 1881.  This location was continued until 1891, when the lodge moved
to Desberger's hall, where they remained until that building was destroyed by
fire in 1901 and then moved to the Apollo hall at 14th and Walnut streets.  This
location was retained until July 1st, 1923, at which time the lodge moved to its
present quarters.

    The following men have represented the lodge at the Grand Lodge:  John
McBRIERTY, Wm. BODEKER, Jos. STEVENS, R. J. McELVAIN, Sr., E. A. WELLS, Chas L.
RITTER, Ellis H. ROGERS, Jos H. DAVIS, John J. PERKINS, and Wm. T. STEPHENSON.
Leonidas lodge also boasts two Past Grand Chancellors, Robert J. McELVAIN Sr.,
and Chas L. RITTER.


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