Proceedings of the Grand Lodge of Missouri, 1865: return of Somerset Lodge No. 206
Record
- Date
- 1865
- Held by
- Grand Lodge of Missouri, A.F. & A.M.; published on Issuu (momason, gl_proceedings_1865, 23 May 2012); the page posted on Ancestry ("Missouri Freemasons Bruner", shared by kathj1012, 17-18 Feb 2019)
- Reference
- pp. 194-195
- Seen as
- originalimagetranscriptabstractindex
What it says
Seen 11 Oct 2026 as a screenshot of the page in the Ancestry viewer.
“SOMERSET LODGE, No. 206. 42 Members. OFFICERS. Albert Bruce, W. M.; Eli Bruner, S. W.; D. Slowery [?], J. W.; D. J. Duree, Treas.; J. W. Stoekman [?], Sec’y.; B. Vanbuskink [?], S. D.; J. S. Hawk, J. D.; Mason True, Tyler; Matt. Crawford, Chaplain.
“Members: James H. Brown, J. Russell, P. D. Brown, Benjamin T. Humphrey, T. M. Laughlin, J. C. Norcross, J. A. Kennedy, Benj. Strong, J. M. Nash, John Snyder, Calvin Morris, J. W. Laughlin, Thomas Hollensworth, Wm. Linkham, J. W. Beerley, Joseph Brown, L. Breckney, F. A. Stockman, T. C. Laughlin, M. Laudebaugh, J. Lewis, J. R. Walters, Samuel Cass, D. M. King, John Howery, B. T. Bull, A. J. Gradel, James Crawford, H. Bruner, H. J. Alley, B. Amack, F. M. Evans, W. R. Markland.
“Initiated, 10; passed, 10; raised, 8; dimitted, 3; admitted, 1; died, 1; rejected, 3.”
Eli Bruner was the lodge’s Senior Warden, second to the Worshipful Master, Albert Bruce, who laid out the town of Somerset. H. Bruner among the members is probably his father, Hickman.