The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-01-30
VENERABLE ODD FELLOWS.
1TB. LEONARD IS NOT THE ONLY
 MEMBER OF 50 YEARS STANDING.s

. A List of Others That Has Been Careful
 ly Prepared From the Records of the
 State.
 The Fraternal News of Hartford will publish in its odd Fellows column this week among other interesting informa tion list of Connecticut men who have been members of that order for over fifty years. The preparation of the list was instigated by the an- nouncement of some newspapers that Horace Leonard, of Middletown, who is to be presented with an honorable vet eran's jewel on Thursday is the first man eligible to the honor i'll the state. The Willimantic Chronicle claims par ticularly that Mir. Leonard S record can h9 beaten in the person of Past Grand Master Lloyd E. Baldwin, who has been a member of the grand lodge of Odd Fellows since 1844, making it fifty one years of lodge service; besides Gen eral Baldwin is hale and hearty and eighty-five years of age.
 The Fraternal News says: "The above news item is not accurate. We understand that Brother Leonard is the first person in the state to be presented with the jewel, but there are many brethren whose membership in the or der exceeds his record.
 Brother Baldwin is the oldest living past grand master in the state, but is not eligible to the decoration mentioned above as his membership has not been continuous. He was originally mem- Der of Washington lodge of Williman- tie, and when that lodge surrendered it's charter he did not connect himself with another lodge till the institution of Obwebetuck lodge. No. 16, many years thereafter, when he again re- gained membership. The oldest mem Der in the order in this jurisdiction, so far as years of membership are consid- ered is Henry Fl. Foote, of Quinnipiac lodge No. 1, of New Haven, who was initiated into that lodge in October, 1889. The lodge was instituted on Sep tember 8, 1889, and the order thereby established in Connecticut.
 Among other members of that lodge who have been in a membership for over fifty years, and the time of their initiation, are, Robert Sizer, grand herald of the grand lodge of Connecti- cut, June 2S. 1841; William A. Wellman, 1841; Charles A. Nettleton, October, 1841; James M. Evarts, May 16, 1S42; Henry w. Sperry, 1842; David Twitch- ell, 1S42; Calvin Russell, 1S44; Henry F. Andrus, April 1S44, a native of Hart ford and at present a resident of this city, and who on the occasion of his tif- tieth anniversary was presented with silver loving cup by representatives of the subordinate lodges of Hartford.
 Harmony lodge, No. 5, of New Ha- ven, instituted June 14, 1S41, has on it's roll of membership at present the fol- lowing brethren who have passed the fifty year period of continuous member ship:
 John Bogart, June 22, 1S41; A. w. Phelps, past grand master, August IT, 1S41: Daniel Clark, November 30, 1841; Isaac Hopkins, April 5, 1S42; Stephen Lord, July 6, 1842 Erwin Shelley, Octo- Der ?, 1S49; William Jepson, November 28, 1S43; Henry Ives, February 20, 1S44; John w. Munson, February 27, 1S44; Samuel T. Cummins, April 2 1S44; Will lis A. Law, August IS, 1S44; Jeremiah Parker, September 10 1S44
 "City lodge, No. 36, of New Haven, has on it's roll of membership at pres ent Thomas c. Hollis, past grand pa triarch of the grand encampment and chief veteran of the Odd Fellows Vete- ran association of Connecticut, who was initiated June 15. 1S41, Charles B. Hanson initiated July, 1844, and J. M. D. Hendrick in 1844 These members were initiated in Harmony lodge and withdrew to become charter members of City lodge which was instituted De- cember 2, 1S46.