History
Jerusalem Lodge #99, Established 1850
Past Masters of Jerusalem #99
Sylvester Redfield |
1850 |
John N. Perkins |
1851 |
William S. Price |
1852 |
B. F. Morey |
1853 |
B. F. Morey |
1854 |
B. F. Morey |
1855 |
B. F. Morey |
1856 |
A. J. Dowdy |
1857 |
S. Temple |
1858 |
S. E. Patton |
1859 |
William Reeder |
1860 |
G. Nebeker |
1861 |
G. Nebeker |
1862 |
G. Nebeker |
1863 |
G. Nebeker |
1864 |
G. Nebeker |
1865 |
A. J. Dowdy |
1866 |
A. J. Dowdy |
1867 |
A. J. Dowdy |
1868 |
G. Nebeker |
1869 |
G. Nebeker |
1870 |
G. Nebeker |
1871 |
George B. Sparks |
1872 |
G. Nebeker |
1873 |
George B. Sparks |
1874 |
George B. Sparks |
1875 |
J. Roberts |
1876 |
J. Roberts |
1877 |
J. Roberts |
1878 |
P. Z. Anderson |
1879 |
B. F. Morey |
1880 |
B. F. Morey |
1881 |
B. F. Morey |
1882 |
J. Roberts |
1883 |
J. Roberts |
1884 |
H.B. Dudley |
1885 |
James Roberts |
1886 |
J. Roberts |
1887 |
R. B. Bailey |
1888 |
R. B. Bailey |
1889 |
J. Roberts |
1890 |
J. N. Frist |
1891 |
C. M. White |
1892 |
H. Nebeker |
1893 |
G. M. C. Bartmess |
1894 |
D. W. Larr |
1895 |
F. N. Frist |
1896 |
C. M. White |
1897 |
C. M. White |
1898 |
C. M. White |
1899 |
C. M. White |
1900 |
G. M. C. Bartmess |
1901 |
C. M. White |
1902 |
Ross Adams |
1903 |
Ross Adams |
1904 |
A. Roberts |
1905 |
C. Cluder |
1906 |
L. E. Marvel |
1907 |
L. E. Marvel |
1908 |
I. T. Peer |
1909 |
W. T. Reid |
1910 |
W. T. Reid |
1911 |
J. N. Frist |
1912 |
I. T. Peer |
1913 |
W. E. Benner |
1914 |
W. E. Benner |
1915 |
J. F. Adams |
1916 |
J. F. Adams |
1917 |
W. E. Benner |
1918 |
S. Amour |
1919 |
E. A. Lewin |
1920 |
E. A. Lewin |
1921 |
George Kitto |
1922 |
David Llewellyn |
1923 |
Thomas W. Wilson |
1924 |
W. Samuel Bell |
1925 |
David T. Wilson |
1926 |
Raymond B. Medlock |
1927 |
John Dunsmore |
1928 |
Charles Taylor |
1929 |
George Harwood |
1929 |
Clarence A. Harrison |
1930 |
H. Raymond Gilfoy |
1931 |
William F. Provence |
1932 |
E. A. Lewin |
1933 |
George Baird |
1934 |
Roy Butts |
1935 |
Fred E. Vanhorn |
1936 |
Louis J. Lemstra |
1937 |
Odell Archer |
1938 |
William M. Vastbinder |
1939 |
Toivo A. Lahti |
1940 |
Ray R. Shew |
1941 |
Otis F. Shell |
1942 |
John T. Miller |
1943 |
John Griffiths |
1944 |
Thomas A. Connely |
1945 |
John Griffiths |
1946 |
Leonard Hill |
1947 |
Ear B. Waters |
1948 |
Albert J. Dunsmore |
1949 |
Donald Reinerio |
1950 |
Wakefield P. Kirkman |
1951 |
Ray M. Biggs |
1952 |
Harold E. Ruby |
1953 |
James E. Moudy |
1954 |
Morris G. Montgomery |
1955 |
Joesph Marks |
1956 |
Claude L. Vietti |
1957 |
Eugene D. Barton |
1958 |
Elmer E. Humphrey |
1959 |
Herbert A. Donald |
1960 |
Paul R. Miller |
1961 |
Ben S. Sharp |
1962 |
Carl F. Cloyd |
1963 |
James W. Helms |
1964 |
Arthur S. Nowling |
1965 |
Jack L. McMullen, Sr. |
1966 |
Wayne L. Blackburn |
1967 |
David Llewellyn |
1968 |
Donald R. Kemper |
1969 |
Henry L. Maudlin |
1970 |
Arthur E. Jones |
1971 |
Edward M. Reiber |
1972 |
Donald M. Wright |
1973 |
Dtanley D. Owens |
1974 |
John B. Monts |
1975 |
Earl L. Guinn |
1976 |
Paul I. Holbert |
1977 |
Arnold T. Abner |
1978 |
Michael L. Guinn |
1979 |
Richard L. Baker |
1980 |
George E. Williams |
1981 |
Steven A. Giordano |
1982 |
Frank J. Pitchkites |
1983 |
Jack L. MuMullen, Jr. |
1984 |
James S. Cloud |
1985 |
John M. Summers |
1986 |
James W. Toppas |
1987 |
Michael Kelley |
1988 |
Floyd E. Bennett |
1989 |
Jeffery A. Bates |
1990 |
Edward P. Magee |
1991 |
Charles E. Cartwright |
1992 |
Paul E. Cox |
1993 |
Dirk Foltz |
1994 |
Leo Measch |
1995 |
Tim Foltz |
1996 |
Neal Woodard |
1997 |
R. Joe Cartwright |
1998 |
Brian V. Price |
1999 |
Robert D. Shepard |
2000 |
James W. Toppas |
2001 |
Ronald C. Lockwood |
2002 |
Ared Allen |
2003 |
Kevin S. Williams |
2004 |
James W. Toppas II |
2005 |
Bradley Shepherd |
2006 |
Here is a genealogy of Dr. Sylvestor Redfield, the Charter Master of Jerusalem Lodge #99.
1. William Redfield emigrated from England to the colony of Massachusetts between the years of 1630 and 1639. The exact date is unknown, but as early as 1639 he owned four acres on the south side of the Churles River about six miles from Boston. In September of 1646 he sold his land to Edward Jackson.
William removed to Pequot, later called New London, in the Connecticut colony where he bought 10 acres of arable land lying at Munhegan. His family at this time consisted of his wife, Rebecca; his daughters, Lydia, Rebecca, and Judith; and his son, James. William’s death occurred about May of 1662. His widow, Rebecca, survived him for an unknown period of time. The last record of her is in 1667.
2. James Redfield, the only son of William, bound himself to Hugh Roberts of New London on April 1, 1662 for five years, “to learn the art and trade of tanning,” when he was around age sixteen. In May of 1669, James Redfield married at New Haven, Connecticut to Elizabeth How. A daughter was born in May of 1670 and he removed to Tisbury, Martha’s Vineyard in 1671. In July of 1676 he was living at Saybrook with his wife, children, and a servant man.
James Redfield moved from Saybrook to Fairfield, Connecticut as early as 1963, and his wife, Elizabeth died a short time before moving. Living in Fairfield, he married for a second time, this time to Deborah Sturges. They had a son, James. James had three children by his first wife; their names were Sarah, Mrs. John Seeley, and Theophilus. Sarah married Daniel Frost. The deaths of James and Deborah probably occurred before 1723.
3. William Redfield, seventh son of Theophilus, son of James, resided at Guilford, Connecticut, and was a sea captain. He married Elizabeth Starr on January 8, 1755. He later moved to Middletown where he spent the remainder of his life and it was also the place where all of his children were born. He kept an inn and at one time was in charge of the jail. On July 1, 1977 he was appointed Issuing Commissary to the Battalion Raised in Connecticut for Continental Service. He died in July of 1813 at age 86, while his wife passed away near 1800. All four of his sons became seamen.
4. Pelig Redfield, fourth son of Captain William, son of Theophilus, left home at age 14, following the sea as his profession for most of his life. In 1788 he married Elizabeth Pratt of Staddle Hill, Middletown, where he died September 10, 1802, at age 41. In 1804 his widow married Nathan Sears. On the first day of June, 1806, the family consisting of his nine children and four of her younger ones started with and ox team for that part of Ohio then called New Connecticut, arriving July 25, 1806, in Randolph, Portage County. She died there on February 2, 1825.
5. Pelig Redfield, third son of Pelig, son of Captain William removed with his brother to Randolph, Portage County, Ohio in 1806. He married Silena Sherrill (born on July 17, 1797, daughter of Reverend Henry and Mercy Sherrill formerly of New Jersey and sister of his brother Samuel’s wife) on March 1, 1818. He cultivated a farm at Randolph until about 1838 when he moved to Rockville, Parke County, Indiana. In 1856 he moved to Nebraska City, Northwest Territory where he still lived when his wife died on September 15, 1858. They had six children; Alvin, Nathan, Sylvestor (born May 28, 1824), Mary, Louisa, Lavina Sileon, and William Pelig.
6. Dr. Sylvestor Redfield, physician and farmer, third son of Pelig, son of Pelig, son of Captain William, graduated from Electic Medical Institute of Cincinnati, Ohio. Born on May 28, 1853 in Randolph, Portage County, Ohio, moving to Parke County, Indiana in 1838 with his father, later moving to Clinton, Indiana before 1850. He was married on June 19, 1853 to Harriet Fryatt, Born on February 4, 1835, daughter of William and Delilah Fryatt. They had three children, Rowena Armed, Silena D. May, and Robert Morris. The family moved to Nebraska City, Northwest Territory in the year 1856.
The above information is presented to Jerusalem Lodge #99, F. & A.M., Clinton, Indiana due to the efforts of Leon Guinn and John Shepard (originally presented on January 4, 1997).