LINDENWALD LODGE,

NO. 442

HUDSON,

  COLUMBIA COUNTY, NEW YORK

By Captain Franklin Ellis¹⁶⁹

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     Lindenwald Lodge, No. 442, was instituted Nov. 19, 1875, at Hudson, with twenty-eight charter members, as follows:  Edmond Chas. Getty (P. G.), Henry W. Race, Depew C. Wildey (P. G.), Geo. C. Byrne, Jr., (P. G.), Martin Rowe, Alexander R. Benson (P. G.), Charles F. Dernell, William L. Shortman, Minard C. Shaver, Jacob Waterman, (P. G.), William E. Hallenbeck, Edward A. Osborne, John B. Longley (P. G.), Ira Rider, Hiram Best (P. G.), Milo P. Moore, George G. Miller (P. G. ), Norman S. Roe, Jay D. Ten Broeck, Frederick Hebener, Dedrick Van Hoesen, William Park, George B. Sweet, William Rowe, Andrew H. Getty, Richard M. Remington, Jr., John Elting, Christopher M. Mellen.

     Officers when instituted:  Alexander R. Benson, N. G.; George C. Byrne, Jr., V. G.; Depew C. Wildey, Sec.; Norman S. Roe, Treas.

     Present number of members, eighty-seven; place of meeting, No. 225 Warren street.

     The officers for 1878 are George P. McArthur, N. G.; Charles Van Albert, V. G.; Hiram Simons, Sec.; William C. Falk, Treas.; Alexander R. Benson, R. S. N. G.; Robert R. Dormandy, L. S. N. G.; Richard Roche, Warden, Valentine Raab, Conductor; Casimer H. Guertin, R. S. S.; Dedrick Van Hoesen, L. S. S.; Jacob Waterman, O. G.; Martin Egan, I. G.; Theodore Morris, R. S. V. G.; Andrew Shiller, L. S. V. G.; Herbert H. Trent, Chaplain; Robert F. Hermance, Organist; Hiram Best, Jr. P. G.; John B. Longley, Frederick A. Welch, Wilson Van Hoesen, Trustees.