Ledger of the Alpha Council of Hallowell, Maine, comprising entries of the 1890s and early 1900s.
The ledger is approximately 8-1/2" x 7" x nearly 1" thick. Nearly every page is full. The first few pages marked with letters list the members with surnames corresponding to that letter, and the majority of the pages are devoted to a listing of the dues and other activities of one or two members. Fortunately, some of the names on the first pages that consist of initials and a surname are expanded on the individual pages to a given name, initial and surname.
An alphabetical list of the names of the 367 members appears at the end of this post. Click on a page to enlarge it. See the entire album in a video at the end of this post.
If you can decode initials or provide more information on any of the names in the alphabetical list below, please leave a comment or contact me directly. I'll update the text with the added information.
A | John G. Adams | H | J. B. Hall | P | Rev. F. Palladino |
Edgar G. Adams; died March 7, 1892 | Everett S. Hall | George C. Parker | |||
Charles B. Adams | E. D. Hamilton; died May 1881; presumably Erastus D. Hamilton | C. E. Parlin | |||
E. C. Allen; died July 28, 1891 | Fred Hamlin | A. Parsons | |||
Leroy A. Ames | Briney H. Hanson | J. Parsons | |||
Albert G. Andrews | Moses H. Harlow; honorary member November 17, 1880 | Allen Partridge | |||
E. W. Arey | A. C. Harrington | Stephen S. Patten | |||
James Atkins, Jr.; died 1901 | William A. Harvey | Roy C. Pearce | |||
John E. Avery; died 1900 | G. P. Haskell | Alfred B. Perkins | |||
B | J. D. Bailey | George D. Haskell | G. A. Philbrook; diedf January 1904 | ||
George H. Bangs | W. P. Hatch | J. F. Pierce | |||
Arthur Barber | W. F. Hatch | Manley H. Pike | |||
Herbert C. Barrell | B. T. Hathaway | H. D. Pinkham | |||
W. E. Barrows | J. Q. A. Hawes; died March 17, 1889 | F. W. Plaisted | |||
Norman L. Bassett | H. O. Hawes; died Nov 1902 | Levi M. Poor | |||
George W. Bates | Lemuel D. Hazelwood | W. E. Potter; died August 1887 | |||
D. F. Bean | Alden A. Heath; died August 4, 1899 | Charles A. Price; died August 22, 1897 | |||
Edward H. Beane, Togus | H. A. Heath | C. E. Purrinton | |||
Seth Ela Beedy | Herbert M. Heath | R | Charles D. Record | ||
A. M. Bennett | Elwin M. Henderson | William H. Reid | |||
L. H. Bishop | Charles S. Hichborn | C. T. Rice | |||
R. W. Black; died March 25, 1897 | W. Scott Hill, M.D. | Edward J. Roberts | |||
Ezekiel Blake; died August 6, 1891 | H. B. Hill | M. G. Robinson | |||
H. F. Blanchard | J. W. Hinds; honorary member Novemer 17, 1880 | John M. Robinson | |||
James E. Blanchard | W. L. Holland | J. M. Rockwood | |||
Thomas H. Bodge | Melvin S. Holway | B. A. Roundy | |||
George F. Bodwell | Eben Horn; honorary member November 17, 1880; died March 25, 1882 | J. W. Rowe; died September 28, 1896 | |||
Joseph F. Bodwell | William C. Horn | G. D. Rowe | |||
F. T. Boothby, or F. E. Boothby | H. L. Horsman | Daniel Russell | |||
W. G. Boothby | H. L. Horsman | A. D. Russell | |||
Michael Bowden | William Hosken | S | G. A. Safford | ||
Fred O. Boynton | Isaiah B. Hosken | B. T. Sanborn | |||
L. E. Bradstreet | Fred D. Hoyt; died November 26, 1886 | E. A. Sanborn; died May 28, 1894 | |||
Charles E. Brann | W. B. Hunt | J. M. Sanborn; died 1881 | |||
J. E. Brann | Herbert L. Hunt | W. Sandieson | |||
C. E. Brawn | J. P. Hunt | J. C. Sanford | |||
Charles H. Brick; deceased | T. S. Hutchins; not sure of first initial | N. H. Sawtelle | |||
J. W. Brock; died 1900 | I | Rolon C. Irish; died September 5, 1892 | J. B. Shaw; died 1901 | ||
W. H. Brooks | J | J. W. Jaqueth | E. P. Shaw | ||
Albert W. Brooks | E. H. Jenkins | Charles W. Shaw | |||
F. I. Brown | J. S. Johnson | E. P. Smart | |||
Lewis A. Burleigh | David H. Johnson | L. H. Smith | |||
C | Maning S. Campbell | Treby Johnson | A. L. Smith | ||
David Cargill | Wellington Johnson, M.D. | E. H. W. Smith; died May 14, 1884 | |||
Reuel W. Carlton | James J. Jones | A. R. G. Smith, Whitefield | |||
A. C. Carr; died March 3, 1894 | C. A. Jones, Togus | Fred R. Smith | |||
L. D. Carver | L. E. Jones | John E. Snell | |||
Henry A. Case | William T. Jones | P. H. Snell; died February 10, 1902 | |||
Ira Cass; honorary member November 17, 1880; died July 2, 1886 | Charles W. Jones | Reul W. Soule | |||
Alonzo H. Chadborn | Linwood B. Jones, Winthrop | Arthur H. Soule | |||
G. H. Chadwick | K | George B. Keene | E. Soule; middle initial either S or L | ||
C. E. Chandler | Carter B. Keene | E. L. Soule | |||
James L. Childs | Voranous Kimball | F. E. Southard | |||
W. S. Choate; died 1903 | James E. Kingsley | Albert M. Spear | |||
George F. Church | F. W. Kinsman | Simon H. Sprague | |||
Collumbus Churchill; deceased | Frank W. Kinsman, Jr. | Frank L. Staples | |||
J. W. Clapp | H. F. Kittredge | Wilber F. Stevens | |||
Fillmore R. Clary | W. S. Kittredge | Oberon O. Stetson | |||
Henry P. Clearwater | Frank Kittredge; died February 1904 | E. W. Stetson | |||
L. O. Cobb | A. D. Knight | James M. Stevens | |||
C. A. Cochran | Charles Knowlton | E. C. Stevens | |||
G. P. Cochran; died September 18, 1882; presumaby Granville Park Cochran | L | Townsend M. Laflin | Daniel Steward; died April 26, 1896 | ||
Rev. J. E. Cochran | S. W. Lane | Will H. Stilkey | |||
John H. Cogan | George E. Lane | Harry H. Stinson | |||
N. W. Cole | W. P. Lapham | Everett Stone | |||
W. J. A. Collins | J. B. Lawrence | M. M. Stone | |||
James T. Collins | Thomas Leigh, Jr. | Samuel P. Strickland | |||
George E. Colman | W. E. Leighton | T | W. L. Thompson; died September 30, 1894 | ||
G. A. Coney; died 1901 | J. Eugene Lewis | Augustus Thompson | |||
Charles F. Cook | Weston Lewis | W. S. Thompson | |||
Leroy A. Coons | James E. Libby | F. S. Thorne | |||
L. L. Cooper | Fremont J. C. Little | Leon O. Tibbetts | |||
James S. Cooper | Rev. William F. Livingston | C. H. Tilden | |||
John E. Cottle | A. G. Longfellow | Charles H. Tompkins | |||
F. D. Crissman | Stephen Lord; died March 30, 1882 | J. W. Toward | |||
L. Crooker; middle initial I or J or G; if J, could be Dr. Leander J. Crooker | Leverett Lord; honorary member November 17, 1880; died December 28, 1889 | William B. Trask | |||
Charles W. Crosby | John H. Lord | Avery O. Trouant | |||
G. H. Cross; died March 1888 | V. R. Luce | O. G. Turner; honorary member October 13, 1897 | |||
C. H. Cunningham | James E. Lunt | Edgar S. Turner | |||
Orlando Currier | Fred D. Lynn | V | P. H. S. Vaughan | ||
D | S. F. Davenport | Robert I. Lynn | P. O. Vickery | ||
S. A. Davis | M | Everett W. Macomber | W | Elkanah H. Walker | |
Walter H. Davis | J. H. Manley | David Walton | |||
F. J. Day; honorary Member November 17, 1880 | M. W. Manter | B. F. Warner | |||
C. E. Dinsmore | Alexander Marr | G. E. Warren; died | |||
Edmund H. Doe | G. W. Martin; died 1896 | D. W. Webber | |||
J. H. Dolliver | C. C. Mason; died March 22, 1882 | E. W. Webber | |||
Lewis L. Dolliver | James G. Maxfield; died in 1888 | Sereno C. Webster | |||
Frank A. Dowe | I. F. McClench; died September 17, 1883 | George E. Weeks; died 1895 | |||
Charles E. Downing | John McClintock; died September 8, 1886 | Lyman B. Weever | |||
Edwin C. Dudley | James A. McDavid | L. L. Wellman | |||
Rev. H. E. Dunnack | W. L. McFadden | Alfred Wessman | |||
J. Frank Dyer | Ronald C. McIlroy | Nathan Weston | |||
E | C. B. Eaton; died in Auburn, January 1881 | James E. McIlroy | E. W. Whitcomb; died March 22, 1897 | ||
Hiram Ellis | John H. McIlroy | Nathaniel W. White | |||
J. W. Emery | Edward McMurdie; deceased | O. C. Whitehouse; died | |||
E. R. Emmerson | L. D. Merchant | Daniel Whitehouse | |||
Stephen R. Estes | Eugene L. Merrill | C. E. Whitman | |||
J. A. Eugley | Will C. Miller | H. L. Whitman | |||
J. M. Eveleth, M.D.; died October 26, 1894; Dr. John Marshall Eveleth | J. Clair Minot | G. W. Whitney; died May 26, 1881 | |||
F | Alfred P. Fifield | Thomas Mitchell | A. W. Whitney | ||
J. L. Fish | D. Frank Mooer | Charles B. Whitten | |||
George H. Fisher | George H. Mooers | F. D. Wight | |||
Fish Fitz Morris | Robert C. Mooers, Liberty | Charles A. Wight | |||
W. H. Fitzsimmons | Henry L. Morrill | W. H. Williams | |||
Fred L. Fogg | Henry T. Morse | Levi T. Williams | |||
L. D. French | C. B. Morton | Joseph Williamson, Jr. | |||
Hiram Fuller; Honorary Member November 17, 1880; died January 14, 1896 | Moses S. Moulton; died July 7, 1890 | Eri Wills; honorary member November 17, 1880; died May 27, 1882 | |||
Charles E. Fuller; died February 3, 1888 | A. G. Munro [?] | Emerson Wilson | |||
Rev. Caleb Fuller; honorary member November 1880; died | John M. Munro | Arthur G. Wing | |||
G | W. E. Gage | A. T. Murphy | Frank S. Wingate | ||
Irving O. Gage | N | Marshal A. Nash | J. T. Woodward | ||
W. H. Gannett | D. T. Neal; died February 6, 1896 | Elliott Wood | |||
H. R. Gatchell - according to a commenter: "Harvey Rice Gatchell (1844-1930) of Hallowell, Maine. A Civil war veteran and railroad man who owned the Lucky Strike fish camp." | John D. Newman | George L. Woodworth | |||
Bernard E. Getchell | John M. Nichols | E. F. Wyman; deceased | |||
Charles R. Getchell | Warren E. Noyes | S. W. Wyman; died | |||
Pope Gibbs | J. Edwin Nye | Y | J. G. Yeaton | ||
John Gilbert; honorary member 1900; died 1901 | O | Winslow S. Oakman | William Young | ||
Joseph Gilman; died 1889 [not sure of last digit] | Joseph F. Young | ||||
H. W. Golder | |||||
Harry E. Goodrich | |||||
John R. Gould | |||||
John W. Graffam | |||||
J. S. Grant | |||||
Charles W. Grant | |||||
John Grigg; died February 19, 1901 | |||||
H. L. Grindell | |||||
A. M. Grindell | |||||
Rev. Francis Grovenor | |||||
Charles H. Guppey; died March 22, 1892 |