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HISTORY OF SAGINAW COUNTY.

I. 0. 0. F.
0-saw-wa-bon Lodge, No. 74, was the first Odd Fellows lodge
organized here, and was started June 2, 1855. Owing to the
limited population, and many other causes, the organization ceased
in 1857 and was not resuscitated till 1865. The first officers of the
lodge formed in 1855 were C. B. Mott, N. G., and A. Furguson,
V. G. The charter members included Jay S. Curtis, M. Smith, S.
B. Knapp, Thomas M. Birdsall. The lodge resuscitated was
organized with J. S. Curtis, N. G.; A. Ferguson, R. S.; C. H.
Burton, P. S., and W. F. Glasby, S.
Vc1lley Encampmnent, NVo. 20, was instituted May 10, 1866, with
J. S. Curtis, C. H. Burton, A. Ferguson, T. E. Doughty, W. H.
Southwick, J. M. Luther and J. H. McFarlin, charter members.
The officers were J. H. McFarlin, C. P.; J. S. Curtis, N. P.; T.
E. Doughty, S. W.; A. Ferguson, S.; C. H. Burton, P.; and J.
M. Luther, J. W.
The Uniformed Company of the I. 0. 0. F. is presided over by
George S. Gould, Capt.; James Ayles, 'lst. Lieut.; William
Richardson, Secretary.
Hernman Lodge (German) No. 195. The present officers are:
P. K. Frank, N. G.; Henry Schmidt, V.. G.; Julius Guenther,
R. S.
The other lodges of the order comprise the Empire, organized
Aug. 12, 1874; the Buena Vista Lodge, Feb. 26, 1872; Oriental,
organized in 1872, with Le Roy H. De Lavergne, N. G., and the
Magara Encampment, organized April 28, 1875.
KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS.
Saginaw Lodge, No. 10, K. of P., was organized March 28,
1873, with James G. Terry as C. C. This important lodge is well
maintained, and its social and financial condition prosperous.
DAUGHTERS OF REBECCA.
A lodge of this order, known as Azure Lodge, No. 43, was
organized in 1871.
GOOD TEMPLARS.
East Saginaw Lodge, No. 172, the first lodge of Good Templars
in the city, was established Nov. 24, 1865, with Rev. B. S. Taylor,
W. C. T.; Jane Smith, W. V. T.; D. W. Perkins, W. S.; C. B.
Jones, W. T.; W. H. Burrill, W. F. S.; Anna West, W. I. G.;
Dr. 0. L. Mason, W. C.; Win. Willey, P. W. C. T.; Amanda
Allen, W. A. S.; Cornelius Wilson, W. M.; Margaret Coggswell,
W. D. M.; and 0. P. Davison, W. 0. G.
Fountain Head Lodge was instituted May 19, 1875, with Geo,
Stevens, W. C. T.; Lucy Clark, W. V. T.; Laura Wilde, W. Sec..
Mary Fenno, W. Treas., and 40 charter members.