Leslie Lodge, No. 212, F. and A. M., was organized in the winter of 1865-66, and January, 1866, received a charter from Grand Lodge, its membership being ten or twelve, most of them being members of the lodge at Mason. The first Master, under dispensation, was O. D. Ford, and Dr. J. D. Woodworth was the first master after the lodge was chartered. The membership in September, 1880, was about eighty-five, and the following were then the officers of the lodge: I. H. Weatherwax, Worshipful master; William H. Rice, Senior Warden; Horace Haynes, Junior Warden; Ernest Riesdorph, Sec; James Blair, Treas.; Elias Crater, Senior Deacon; Edward Hogan, Junior Deacon; Edward Aldrich, Tiler.

Leslie Chapter, No, 100, R. A. M., was organized in 1876 with nine members. Allen C. Manly was High Priest, Henry B. Hawley, King, and William Haynes, Scribe. The present membership is thirty-four, and the officers are: E. Oldman, High Priest; V. H. Grout, King; James Blair, Scribe; James McDaniels, Sec.; John Sigler, Treas.; William Hutchings, Captain of the Host; Allen C. Manley, Principal Sojourner; M. E. Rumsey, Royal Arch Captain; Peter Earl, Master 3d Veil; Horace Haynes, Master 2d Veil; Frank Rossman, Master 1st Veil.

Leslie Council, No. 50, R. and S. M, was also organized in 1876, with twelve members, and Edward Oldman, T. I. M. The present membership is twenty-seven, and the officers are: E. Oldman, Thrice Illustrious Master; James Blair, Deputy Illustrious Master; William Hutchings, Principal Conductor of the Work; A. C. Manly, Captain of the Guard; James McDaniels, Sec; John Sigler, Treas.; M. E. Rumsey, Conductor of Council.

Leslie Chapter, No. 6, Order of Eastern Star of Adoptive Masonry, was organized Jan. 1, 1870, with fifteen charger members. Its principal officers then were: Mrs. M. Woodworth, W. P.; L. C. Rice, V. P.; Mrs. Crump, Sec.; Mrs. Platt, Treas. It has a membership at present of fifty-two, and its prominent officers are: M. A. Oldman, W. M.; W. H. Rice, W. P.; M. A. Vaughn, Sec.; E. C. Hawley, Treas.

Taken from:
"History of Ingham and Eaton Counties Michigan, with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Their Prominent Men and Pioneers", by Samuel W. Durant.
Published by D. W. Ensign & Co., 1880.
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