History of Oakland County Michigan a narrative account of its historic progress, its people, its principal interests / compiled from the official records of the county, the newspapers and data of personal interviews, under the editorial supervision of Thaddeus D. Seeley.

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HISTORY OF OAKLAND COUNTY

OAKLAND CHAPTER No. 5, R. A. M.
Oakland Chapter No. 5, R. A. M., was organized under dispensation, September 23, 1848, from Grand Charter of Michigan, and char —
tered January 3, 1850.
Charter members of the chapter are: A. Flower, F. Belding, J. Niles,
J. Chase, W. Brown, C. Hotchkiss, G. Bigelow, C. M. Eldridge, and T.
Johnson.
Past high priests: Andrew Flower, 1848-50; Chas. M. Eldridge, I851;
Greenleaf Wadleigh, i852-54; Francis Darrow, 1855-58; A. B. Cudworth, I859; Francis Darrow, I86o-6i; A. B. Cudworth, 1862-64; Mark
Walter, 1865-67; John P. Foster, 1868; Daniel G. Thurber, 1869-70
Mark Walter, 1871; Samuel H. Norton, 1872-76; Thos. F. Gerls, I877 -78; Henry A. Norton, 1879-81; E. C. Smith, 1882-83; Jos. E. Sawyer,
1884; J. I-Ienry Bange, 1885-86; L. F. Bostwick, I887; E. C. Fuller,
1888-89; John S. Miller, 1890-92; A. B. Avery, 1893; F. C. Walker,
1894; Arthur H. Smith, 1895-97; H. C. Guillot, 1898-99; A. A. Corwin,
1900; G. W. Dickinson, 1901; H. C. Guillot, 1902; L. F. Bostwick, 1903;
Jas. S. Gray, I904-05; John Parkinson, I906-07; John C. Allshouse, 1908;
L. B. Arnold, 1909; Arthur G. Newton, 191o-II.
Present officers are: F. H. Newton, high priest; L. S. Wardell, king;
A. E. Wright, scribe; Chauncey Brace, treasurer; William H. Davey,
secretary. The present membership is four hundred.
PONTIAC COMMANDERY NO. 2, K. T.
Pontiac Commandery No. 2 was organized under dispensation from
General Grand Encampment of the District of Columbia, March 25, I852.
Charter from General Grand Encamnpment of the District of Columbia,
October 27, I853. Dispensation from Michigan Grand Encampment,
April 7, I857. Charter from Michigan Grand Encampment, June I, I858.
Past eminent commanders:
Theron A. Flower, I852-53; Andrew Flower, 1854; Bela Cogshall,
1855; A. B. Matthews, I856; D. C. Jacokes, I857; Francis Darrow, I858 -60; Erastus Thatcher, I86I; A. C. Baldwin, I862; Theron A. Flower,
I863-64; Francis Darrow, I865; Theron A. Flower, I866-69; Henry M.
Look, 1870-73; S. S. Matthews, 1874-75; John P. Foster, 1876; Daniel G.
Thurbur, 1877-78; Samuel H. Norton, I879; Thos. F. Gerls, I880-8I;
Ed. C. Smith, 1882-84; J. E. Sawyer, I885-86; J. A. Harris, 1887-88;
Geo. H. Foster, 1889-90; J. A. Harris, I89I; A. B. Avery, I892; Jas. H.
Harger, 1893-94; Fred Walker, I895-96; Albert E. Curdy, I897-98; F. H.
Carroll, I898-I900; Wm. H. Morgans, I90I; A. E. Collins, 1902-03; G.
W. Diickinson, I904-07; F. H. Carroll, I908-II.
Present officers are: Fred R. Graves, eminent commander; Charles H.
Newton, generalissimo; Andrew W. King, captain general; Rev. H. H.
H. Fox, excellent prelate; J. L. Wardell, senior warden; Homer H.
Colaten, junior warden; James S. Stockwell, treasurer; William H.
Davey, recorder.
The present membership of Pontiac Commandery is two hundred.