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Grand Lodge of
California Independent Order of Odd Fellows and Rebekahs |
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Seal of the Grand Lodge of California |
The history of
Odd Fellowship in California dates back to 1849. |
Seal of the Rebekah Assembly |
The Grand Lodge of California, I.O.O.F., was formally established on May 17, 1853, in the Gianella Building in San Francisco, with Samuel H. Parker of San Francisco Lodge No. 3 as Grand Master; John Frederick Morse, Sacramento Lodge No. 2, Deputy Grand Master; Edwin W. Colt, Charity Lodge No. 6, Grand Warden; T. Rodgers Johnson, San Francisco Lodge No. 3, Grand Secretary; John M. Coughlin, California Lodge No. 1, Grand Treasurer; Isaac Zachariah, Charity Lodge No. 6, Grand Marshal; L. F. Zantzinger, California No. 1, Grand Conductor; and Andrew J. Lucas, Eureka Lodge No. 4, Grand Guardian. It was during this first session that John M. Coughlin of San Francisco presented the design for the Grand Lodge seal, and it was adopted. It was in the form of a shield, and the center of the seal followed the design of the seal of California Lodge No. 1, and from which the design of the seal of the State of California had been patterned. |
Excerpt of article by Donald R. Smith, PSGM |
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