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Subsequent breakaways from the parent Order and from this new Order resulted in the formation of further Orders of Odd Fellows. In the case of the parent Order, various lodges seceded in 1832 to found the Ancient & Noble (Bolton Unity) which subsequently dissolved in 1962, and in the case of the New Order, the Nottingham Odd Fellows.
The Grand United Order of Odd Fellows, American Jurisdiction is a jurisdiction of the Grand United Order of Oddfellows in the United States, Jamaica, Canada, South America, and other locations. Since its founding in 1843, its membership has principally included African Americans , due to their being discriminated against in most other fraternal ...
In 1843, rejected from the Independent Order of Odd Fellows due to race, Peter Ogden petitioned the Grand United Order of Oddfellows for a charter and was granted it forming the Philomathean Lodge, No. 646, in New York City. [6] The women's auxiliary organization, Household of Ruth was established in 1858. [7]
By 1987, four were still active: the Odd Fellows, Lizzie Rebekahs, the Masons and the Eastern Star. The Odd Fellows, he said, was the second oldest, behind the Masons.
The head of a local lodge was called a Grand Chief Orient; other officers were the Grand Vice Orient, Grand Prophet (chaplain) and Grand Marshall. [37] A splinter group called the Ancient Order of the Sanhedrims broke from this in 1895 and offered a benefit to members of "some secret societies in good standing."
General Grand Chapter logo Signage at the Order of the Eastern Star birthplace, the Little Red Schoolhouse. The Order was created by Rob Morris in 1850 when he was teaching at the Eureka Masonic College in Richland, Mississippi. While confined by illness, he set down the principles of the order in his Rosary of the Eastern Star. By 1855, he had ...
Star of Hope Lodge: ... Grand United Order of Odd Fellows, Sandy Spring Lodge #6430 1920s: 1308 Olney-Sandy Spring Rd Sandy Spring, Maryland "Two-story, gable-fronted ...
While predominantly black, the order had white members. There was evidence that the Grand United Order of Odd Fellows had something to do with its founding. [23] United Knights and Daughters of America - Headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri. Reportedly had many members in the Midwest. Attempts to contact the order in 1923 were unsuccessful. [24]