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Knights of Honor

Knights of Honor, Salt River Lodge No. 1886,-Was organized November 21, 1879. 

Knights of Honor was founded in 1873. Its principles differ but little from those of other beneficent societies, the objects being to care for the sick and pay certain sums to the heirs of deceased members. Some lodges pay sick benefits from the local treasury, but all death benefits are paid by supreme lodge, the headquarters of which are at St. Louis, Mo. The Knights of Honor also hold to the theory that true charity should not be confined to any society or creed, and during the yellow fever epidemics in the '70s and '80s large sums of money were disbursed by the agents of the order to sufferers outside of the organization.

Charter members - 

John A. Brooks

N. B. Burkhart

John R. Bragg

James Carroll

R. Callaway

B. F. Dobyns

D. N. Evans

Pinckney French

Herman Franke

John M. Gordon

H. Glasscock

A. M. Harrison

C. S. Houston

P. W. Harding

J. H. Hayden

William Kemper

W. B. LaForce

J. C. Maple

W. W. Macfarlane

Lee McConnell

S. L. McKean

T. A. Keeton

James Pollard

C. T. Quisenberry

Edward Roth

W. J. Robinson

Jonet Tomlinson

First officers:

  • John A. Brooks, P. D.

  • J. C. Maple, D.

  • J. H. Haydon, V. D.

  • H. Glasscock, A. D.

  • Jonet Tomlinson, reporter

  • W. B. LaForce, H. R.

  • John M. Gordon, Treas.

  • S. L. McKean, Chap.

  • Lee McConnell, G.

  • W. J. Robinson, I. G.

  • H. Franke, S.

  • Pinckney French, M. E. 

For term commencing January 1st, 1880 - 

  • John A. Brooks, P. D.

  • J. C. Maple, D.

  • J. H. Haydon, V. D.

  • B. F. Dobyns, A. D.

  • Jonet Tomlinson, reporter

  • W. B. LaForce, H. R.

  • J. M. Gordon, Treas.

  • S. L. McKean, Chap.

  • Edward Roth, G.

  • W. J. Robinson, I. G.

  • N. B. Burkhart, S.

  • Pinckney French, M. E. 

Term commencing July 1, 1880: 

  • John A. Brooks, P. D.

  • J. C. Maple, D.

  • J. R. Pollard, V. D.

  • B. F. Dobyns, A. D.

  • Jonet Tomlinson, R.

  • W. B. LaForce, F. R.

  • J. M. Gordon, Treas.

  • P. W. Harding, Chap.

  • Edward Roth, G.

  • N. B. Burkhart, I. G.

  • H. Franke, S. W.

  • W. Macfarlane, M. E. 

Term commencing January 1, 1881 -

  • J. C. Maple, P. D.

  • John M. Gordon, D. J.

  • H. Haydon, V. D.

  • W. O. Vandyke, A. D.

  • R. Callaway, reporter

  • B. F. Dobyns, F. R.

  •  James Carroll, Treas.

  • P. W. Harding, Chap.

  • H. A. Kattleman, G.

  • J. T. Nelson, I. G.

  • S. L. McKean, S.

  • W. W. Macfarlane, M. E.

Term commencing July 1, 1881 - 

  • J. C. Maple, P. D.

  • J. M. Gordon, D.

  • W. O. Vandyke, V. D.

  • J. H. Haydon, A. D.

  • P. W. Harding, R.

  • B. F. Dobyns, F. R.

  • James Carroll, Treas.

  • H. Franke, G.

  • S. L. McKean, I. G.

  • M. Gorth, S.

  • W. W. Macfarlane, M. E. 

Term commencing January 1, 1882-

  • J. M. Gordon, P. D.

  • J. McD. Trimble, E.

  • D. D. Woodward, V. D.

  • Edward Roth, A. D.

  • P. W. Harding, R.

  • J. T. Nelson, F. R.

  • James Carroll, Treas.

  • S. L. McKean, G.

  • B. F. Dobyns, Chap.

  • W. J. Robinson, I. G.

  • Mike Gorth, S.

  • W. W. Macfarlane, M. E.

 Term commencing January 1, 1883 -

  • J. M. Gordon, P. D.

  • D. D. Woodward, V. D.

  • G. A. Poteet, A. D.

  • P. W. Harding, R.

  • J. T. Nelson, F. R.

  • George Robertson, Treas.

  • B. F. Dobyns, Chap.

  • W. J. Robinson, G.

  • J. H. Haydon, I. G.

  • Mike Gorth, S.

  • W. W. Macfarlane, M. E.