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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]
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 ...
Odd Fellows lodges were first documented in 1730 in England from which many organizations emerged. While several unofficial Odd Fellows lodges had existed in New York City sometime in the period 1806 to 1818, the American Odd Fellows is regarded as being founded with Washington Lodge No 1 in Baltimore at the Seven Stars Tavern on April 26, 1819, by Thomas Wildey along with some associates who ...
Founding location Type Afffiliation Status References Prince Hall Freemasonry: September 29, 1784: Boston, Massachusetts: Freemasonry, community-based Active Grand United Order of Odd Fellows in America: 1843 New York City, New York: General, community-based Independent Active International Order of Twelve Knights and Daughters of Tabor: 1872
The Odd Fellows, he said, was the second oldest, behind the Masons. Through the years the building housed a variety of businesses, including a grocery store, a men’s clothing store, a flower ...
[7] [5] In 1843, the Philomathean Lodge, No. 646, was established in New York City with Peter Ogden as the first Grand Master. [6] [2] [8] Ogden initiated the other men into Odd Fellowship bringing over the ritual and symbolism from England and oversaw the creation of a second lodge in New York, the Hamilton Lodge, No. 710.
Location City, state Notes Odd Fellows Home (Gainesville, Florida) 1893 built Gainesville, Florida "Odd Fellows Home was built in 1893 as a tuberculosis sanatorium for Odd Fellows and Rebekahs. It was subsequently used as a girls school and as the city hospital. In 1914 it became a rest home for aged Odd Fellows and an orphanage.
In about 1900, a large, two-story, rear brick wing was added to accommodate orphaned children of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows members. From 1907 to 1944, the building was used as the Odd Fellows Orphanage. It is believed that the Niagara grape was developed on a portion of the over 800 acre Comstock farm, sold to Obadiah P. Hoag about 1825.