Callahan County Texas Archives History .....Baird Masonic Lodge No. 522 A.F. & A.M. December 15, 1880 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/tx/txfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Dorman Holub searchersofourpast@gmail.com April 16, 2024, 6:13 pm The Belle Plain Lodge No. 522, A.F. & A.M. was instituted in Belle Plain on 15 December 1880. At that time, Belle Plain was the county seat of Callahan County. The lodge was organized with 43 members. The first officers of the organization were: T.J. Largen, W.M.; W.J. Norman, S.W.; C. Estes, J.W.; E.S. Seay, Treasurer; W.H. Parvin, Sec.; J.E. Thomas, S.D.; W.C. Asbury, Tiler. Charter members: Larkin Hearn, E.S. Seay, W.H. Parvin, R.J. Harris, E. L. Huffman, P.S. Windham, Sam Cutbirth, C.C. Edwards, C.L. Terry, G.S. Hood, Richard Adams, S.H. Toney, T.J. Largen, J.D. Merchant, W.B. Chittem, W.C. Asbury, H. Windham, Z.R. Porter, C.W. Merchant, S.R. Dunagan, John Collins, C.R. Sheppard, O.M.L. Parker, J.E. Heslep, J.F. Byler, R.A. Barclay, B.W. Smith, A.J. Berry, W.J. Norman, J.E. Thomas, M.M. Terry, Thomas Russell, B.F. Williams, D.P. Hadley, W.B. Twony, James P. Torrey, C. Estes, W.J. Powers, J.J. Adkins, J.E. Gilliland, W.A. McLoury, Benjamin Heath, and N.C. Smith [Later, when the lodge was moved to Baird, the name was changed to Baird Lodge.] File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/tx/callahan/history/other/bairdmas119nms.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/txfiles/ File size: 1.6 Kb