YORK COUNTY NEBRASKA
OLD SETTLER'S HISTORY

(64) York Lodge, No. 56, A. F. & A. M., was granted a dispensation August 2,1874, issued to the following members: Malcolm G. Barney, Charles Lee Count, Samuel McConaughy, William M. Knapp, Lee Love, Andrew Rowley, J. D. P. Small, J. W. Foster, Albert A. Bunch, Henry Smith, James A. McKillip, John A. Eatherly. A charter was granted to the same members June 24, 1875, by Grand Mas-Frank Welch, and Grand Secretary William R. Brower. The first meeting was held November 3, 1874 at which the following officers were chosen: W. R. Knapp, W. M.; Lee Love, S. W.; M. G. Barney, J. W.; J. A. Eatherly, Secretary; J. D. P. Small, Treasurer; J. A. McKillip, S. D., Charles Lee Count, J. D.; Andrew Rowley, Tiler. Trustees: M. G. Barney, Charles Lee Count, J. A. McKillip. The lodge is in a prosperous working condition, and one of the strongest in the state.

     (65) York Lodge No. 35, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, was granted a charter October 2, 1872, and is the pioneer lodge of York County. The charter members are: William H. Keckley, S. E. Gandy, J. P. Miller, Austin Lindsay. D. A. Ritner, E. H. White, A. E. Streeter, Francis Brooks, R. B. Stevens. At the first meeting held October 2, 1872, the following officers were elected: W. H. Keckley, Noble Grand; S. E. Gandy, Vice Grand; E. H. White, Secretary; J. P. Miller, Treasurer. The lodge built a fine large frame building, in 1878, the chambers of which are devoted to the lodge and ante-rooms of the Order. The membership in 1882 reached seventy-five (75) with the following officers: A. F. Rice, Noble Grand; C. F. Day, Vice Grand; A. L. McClellan, Secretary; W. H. Gould, Treasurer.


     Robert Anderson Post, No. 32, Grand Army of the Republic, was granted a charter June 23, 1880, by James W. Sorogage, Department Commander, and Jno. S. Wood, Assistant Adjutant General.

     It It is s named in honor of Gen Robert Anderson, the hero of Fort Sumpter, and its roster of charter members includes the following gentlemen: B. Crabb, Captain Company H, Seventh Iowa Infantry; R. D. Ralstron, private, Company H., One Hundred and Nineteenth Illinois Infantry; J. B. Lay cock, Sergeant, Company F, Seventh P. R. C. Infantry; John Lett, private, Company E Eleventh Iowa Infantry; A. W. Gandy, private, Company E, Third Iowa Cavalry; W. M. Knapp, private Company G, Fiftieth New York Infantry; A. C. Montgomery, private, Company B, Eighty-third Pennsylvania Infantry; S. E. Gandy, private, Company E, Third Iowa Calvary; E. Granger, private, Company F, Twenty-eight, Iowa Infantry; H. C. Graves, private, Company D, Sixty-fifth Illinois Infantry; J. W. Frost, private, Company I, Seventh Minnesota Infantry; George Flock, private, Company D, Sixth Iowa Infantry; D. Hutchinson, private, Comany I, Thirty-sixth Iowa Infantry; A. H. Campbell, private, Company E, Fifty-third Illinois Infantry; W. L. Nichols, private, Company E, Third Wisconsin Infantry; D. W. Keister, private, West Moreland Guards; L. D. Muller, private, Company L, First Indiana Cavalry; J. S. Gray, (66) private, Company E, First Indiana Artillery; H. D. Wright, private, Company I, Eleventh Illinois Infantry; T. V. Smith, musician, Company A, One Hundred and Second Iowa Infantry; G. W. Albem, private, Company C, One Hundred and Forty-eighth Pennsylvania Infantry; N. M. Morgan, private, Company L, Second United States Artillery; S. R. Lichtenberger, Captain, Company D, Fifteenth Illinois Infantry W. H. Keckley, private, Seventh Iowa Battalion; A. M. Fansler, private, Company B, United States Marines. The first Post Commander was B. Crabb, First Senior Vice Commander, J. B. Lacock; First Adjutant, John Lett. The post meets the first and third Thursdays in each month, has a membership of ninety-nine, and is one of the strongest in the State.

     The present officers of the Post are Wm. F. Bullock, P. C.; F. M. Staley, S. V.; J. Fountain, J. V.; M. Sovereign, Adjt.; A. W. Wirt, S. M.; E. Reisinger, Q. M.; E. Van Vranken, O. D.; R. C. Shipman, O. G.; Rev. C. B.  Couch, Chaplain; H. W. Alberts, Q. S.

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