The Messalonskee Lodge, Masons, was chartered 16 May 1862, with the following charter members: Samuel H Blackwell, Charles H Blaisdell, Edwin P Blaisdell, Bainbridge Crowell, Henry M Foster, Alonzo J Hallett, Andrew Herbert, John U Hubbard, Andrew Pinkham, and Abner Pitts (d 28 Aug 1866). Charles H Blaisdell was the First Worshipful Master. They met in Blaisdell's Hall (over Crowell's store) for the first time in June 1862, moving to A J Hallett's hall in July 1863.

Special note was made on 10 September 1864, admitting Asa Bates as an honorary member; he was born 30 Nov 1795, and was a mason in Troy, NY for more than 55 years at that time.

On 6 May 1865, the Drummond Royal Arch Chapter was organized. William H Hatch and his son built a permanent home for the Masons, and the organization met there 4 January 1868.

Masters and members raised to the end of 1870 included:

CHARLES H BLAISDELL: Marcus Morton Bartlette, 27 Jun 1862; Henry E Kenney, 9 Aug 1862; George W Hubbard, 13 Aug 1862; William Macartney, 30 Aug 1862; Charles W Folsom, 13 Sep 1862; Seth H Willard, 8 Oct 1862; W B Smith, 18 Dec 1862; Charles F Stevens, 18 Dec 1862; Orin J Doyne, 6 Jan 1863; William A Hatch, 14 Feb 1863; Alfred G Ricker, 14 Feb 1863; Henry A Waitt, 28 Mar 1863; George W Gilman, 28 May 1863; William P Blake, 20 Jun 1863; Abner R Small, 14 Aug 1863; Benjamin F Otis, 5 Sep 1863; Sewall A Allen, 12 Sep 1863; John Cornforth 2d, 12 Sep 1863; Reuel Nason, 21 Sep 1863; Charles E Folsom, 26 Sep 1863; William H Wheeler, 26 Sep 1863; Edward B Herbert 3 Oct 1863 (died 14 Jan 1865); William H Hatch, 3 Oct 1863; A C T Wheeler, 17 Oct 1863; Horace F Gage, 3 Nov 1863; Henry N Fairbanks, 5 Dec 1863; Isaac N Bates, 20 Feb 1864; Benjamin Hersom, 20 Feb 1864; Erastus W Bates, 4 Jun 1864; Addison W Lewis, 1 Jun 1864; Elhanan Smith, 18 Jun 1864; Silas W Kenney, 22 Aug 1864; Samuel T Hersom, 4 Sep 1864; Asa Bates, 10 Sep 1864; Sewall A Allen, 12 Sep 1864; Hiram C Winslow, 18 Sep 1864.

JOHN U HUBBARD: John Robinson, 24 Dec 1864; Sherman H Cornforth, 10 Dec 1864; Henry C James, 25 Mar 1865; F W Bunnell, 3 Jun 1865; Alvin Atwood, 24 Jun 1865; Henry J Morrill, 8 Jul 1865.

WILLIAM MACARTNEY (installed Deputy Grand Master of 12th Masonic District 22 May 1869): Orin McIntyre, 9 Sep 1865; W H Ellis, 20 Sep 1865; William A Hatch, 30 Sep 1865; Henry J Morrill, 30 Sep 1865; George H Bryant, 4 Nov 1865; John M Smart, 11 Nov 1865; John F Libby, 13 Jan 1866 (d 21 Aug 1869); Stephen T Blaisdell, 22 Jan 1866; Herbert A Benson, 3 Feb 1866; George T Benson, 6 Mar 1866; John Wesley Gilman, 22 Mar 1866; Cyprian Letourneau, 24 Mar 1866; Julius F Hallett, 16 Jun 1866; Warren A Farr, 20 Oct 1866; Julius F Hallett, 1 Jan 1867; Daniel W Bowman, 1 Feb 1867; Percival L Wheeler, 16 Mar 1867.

ALVIN ATWOOD: William E Ward, 1 Aug 1867; Louis Belanger, 26 Sep 1867; Jairus P Phillips, 7 Dec 1867; A J Parker, 18 Apr 1868; Charles H Marston, 2 May 1868; William E Ward, 4 Aug 1868.

GEORGE W GILMAN: Levi P Collier, 26 Dec 1868; Charles W Perkins, 26 Dec 1868; Henry Hatch, 23 Jan 1869; Eugene Richardson, 23 Jan 1869; Bradford H Mitchell, 13 Feb 1869; Charles E Mitchell, 20 Feb 1869; George W Goulding, 27 Mar 1869; George F Chapman, 22 May 1869; C E A Winslow, 19 Jun 1869; H A Bachelder, 21 Aug 1869; Charles E Fogg, 16 Oct 1869; Nathan Clemson, 27 Nov 1869; Charles H Marston, 4 Dec 1869; J R Thompson, 18 Dec 1869; J B Emerson, 12 Mar 1870; George F Allen, 14 Mar 1870; Fred E Boothby, 25 Jun 1870; Clarence F Lovejoy, 3 Dec 1870; Emilus N Small, 31 Dec 1870.

Masters between 1870 and 1892 included George F Benson, Adoniram J Parker, J Wesley Gilman, Charles Rowell, Orestes E Crowell, Frank L Given, Albert F Bachelder, and Horace A Burrill.

The Drummond Royal Arch Chapter, Masons, was instituted in 1867, but the charter listing original members was badly damaged by fire, and was illegible.

Organized 2 January 1875 with Hiram Cornforth as First Master, this organization's charter members included: Mr and Mrs Hiram Cornforth, Alice Cook, E W Cook, J W Hersom, A C Marston, Joseph Mitchell Jr, Mr and Mrs Henry J Morrell, Mr and Mrs Josiah Morrell, W H Morrell, Etta Parker, Evelyn Parker, Alice Shores, Emma J Watson, Stephen C Watson, C B Wheeler, Charles A Wheeler, Cyrus Wheeler, Emma F Wheeler, Lottie Wheeler, and Jerome Wilson. They ran a grange store until about 1890. Until about 1913 they held meetings in Liberty Hall, located on the northeast corner of Alpine and Summer Streets. Masters to 1892 were Hiram Cornforth, Henry Morrill, Stephen C Watson, Justin A Sawtelle, Howard A Sawtelle, and Howard W Wells.

This organization was chartered 2 May 1877, with charter members: Charles H Blaisdell, William P Blake, Nathan Clemson, Albert Crowell Jr, Charles W Heney, George W Hubbard, John U Hubbard, Henry E Kenney, Cyprian Letourneau, A J Libby, William Macartney, B F Otis, Adoniram J Parker, William H Wheeler, and Hiram C Winslow.

Amon Lodge was instituted 2 November 1882, with seven charter members. The first Noble Grand was E C Blackwell, and his successors to 1892 were A A Parker, A H Lord, J M Field, C W Shepard, J A Sawtelle, H H Bowden, F H Lyford, Redington Ellis, F C Sawtelle, George Soule, C D Cummings, Wellington Ellis, H Sawtelle, O F Emory, and C G Eaton. In 1892, the lodge had 139 members.

This post was organized 7 December 1883 with J Wesley Gilman as its first Commander. The post was named for William A Wyman, who enlisted in Co G, 3rd Maine Inf. He was wounded at Bull Run, and after recovering, reenlisted in Co B, 21st Maine Inf. A Corporal, he was promoted to Sergeant, and was wounded at Port Hudson, LA 27 May 1863, and died 1 June 1863.

Members of the post included: Abram Bachelder, Henry A Bachelder, John H Bacon, George T Benson, David Berry, Howard S Bessey, Nathan P Beverage, Elbridge Bickford, Foster Bickford, Isaac B Bickford, John C Bickford, Stephen Bickford, Edwin Blake, Sumner P Boise, Charles E Bowden, Henry H Bowden, Austin Bragg, George H Bryant, Jackson Cayford, S Chamberlain, George F Chapman, David Clark, George Cochrane, Robert Cochrane, Baxter Crowell, F M Cumner, Robert Damren, Horace O Farrar, G F Fitzgerald, Charles E Frost, J Wesley Gilman, George R Gleason, George W Goulding, Henry J Goulding, Charles A Hall, Charles W Heney, Andrew W Herbert, Samuel T Hersom, William H Hersom, Albert H Higgins, Curtis Higgins, Eli Higgins, George S Higgins, John B Hodsdon, Henry A Howard, George W Hubbard, John U Hubbard, Charles L Hutchings, Parker P Hutchings, George Hutchinson, Henry E Kenney, John King, Charles Knox, Sylvanus Knox, Sylvester Knox, Rufus F Lancaster, Cyrus A Laughton, Joseph Lewis, George A Littlefield, William H Macartney, William F Morang, Baxter Mosher, F B Mosher, George Mosher, Frank S Nelson, LaFayette Oliver, Thomas O'Neil, David E Parsons, David Peavey, C R Penney, Everett A Penney, John Perkins, Henry W Pierce, David Pike, William R Pinkham, Otis Pollard, Stephen M Pullen, Luther Quint, Joel Richardson, Greenleaf W Robinson, J M Rockwood, George Ronco, Asa M Rowe, David O Sawtelle, H A Sawtelle, Justin A Sawtelle, Richard S Shaw, Alfred Shepherd, Cyrus W Shepherd, Ora M Sibley, Abner R Small, Emilius N Small, F O Smiley, Henry H Smith, Ephraim Sprague, Elijah G Stevens, G T Stevens, Henry Stevens, W H Stevens, R A Sturtevant, S J Thayer, Horace B Tibbetts, William A Tibbetts, Charles L Towle, Thomas A Trask, Timothy Tucker, O F Walker, Andrew P Watson, Amaziah W Webb, Howard W Wells, Tristam G Wentworth, Franklin White, W E Willey, Otis Williams, Hiram C Winslow, Hiram Wyman, Hiram R Wyman, and L F Young.

This Camp was named for J Wesley Gilman, the first commander of the Sergeant Wyman G.A.R. post, and was organized 24 Apr 1894, with 20 charter members. Gilman was the Department Commander of Maine in 1904-05. Charles W Heney was the First Commander.

Organized 11 April 1895 with Mrs Alice S Gilman as President, charter members included: Julia E Berry, Emma Beverage, Olive A Boardman, Albina S K Bryant, Orilla Chapman, Emma Crowell, Cynthia A Cunningham, Ellen Ellis, Rebecca B Farrar, Laura E Folsom, Mary A Folsom, Jeannette Foster, Alice S Gilman, Martha A Gleason, Pauline Goulding, Aroline E Hall, Mehitabel K Hallett, Olive A Ham, Mattie Hersom, Mary Higgins, Lizzie F Hodsdon, Lizzie A Howard, Mary E Hubbard, Mary J Hubbard, Hattie B Hunton, Julia A Libby, Eliza Littlefield, Ellen M Macartney, Mary Morrell, Abbie E Mosher, Abbie E Nelson, Jennie R Nelson, Edna L Penney, Jennie S Penniman, Sarah E Penney, Carrie Pettee, Sarah Pike, Mary R Pinkham, Deborah C Shaw, Lizzie O Sibley, Ella N Shepherd, Medora C Small, Ella V Smith, Grace A Smith, Elva Soule, Hannah M Stevens, Mary Towle, Alma C Walker, May E Winegar, M Ellen Winslow, and Ellen A Wyman.

Acme Rebekah Lodge was instituted 25 Mar 1896, with Mrs Bessie Hanscom Chase as the first Noble Grand.

This Auxiliary was established in February 1910 with 25 charter members. Mrs J Mae Hallett was the first President.

This Tent was established on 26 June 1916, and was named for Mrs Sarah Simpson, wife of Capt C A L Simpson, Co D, 3rd Me Regt. A nurse, she devoted herself to Maine soldiers throughout the Civil War. First President was Louise M Benson. Members to 1932 are listed, with charter members starred. Ten of the charter members descend from 3rd Me Regt soldiers.

Gertrude E Anderson, *Emma Axtell, *Maude A Bacon, Zillah L Bartlett, *Louise M Benson, *Charlotte Bickford, *E Leola Bickford, *Harriet L Blaisdell, Maude Bowie, *Mildred R Boynton, *Nina M Boynton, Ruth Boynton, Lula Brann, Edith Brown, Irene Bush, Grace Bubier, *Mary E Cochran, Emma Crotto, *Bertha J Crowell, Gladys L Crowell, *Avis V Dean, *Edna L Dusty, Helen Elliott, Annie Ellis, *Minnie E Ellis, Nellie Ellis, Cora Gleason, *Dora F Haynes, *Lottie R Hartford, Daisy Hersom, *Eva B Hersom, *Elizabeth Hodsdon, Edna M Hutchins, *Margaret T Jordan, Flora B Kelley, Lillian Knight, Madeline Knight, Elsie Laflin, Lottie M Laflin, Bessie M Lamb, *Jennie D Lapham, *Gladys Leach, *Jennie B Leach, *Maude G Leavitt, Clara Leech, Anna M Lewis, Bessie E Matthews, Marion Mithee, *Abbie O'Neal, Eliza Peavey, *Mary B Penney, *Mildred E Penney, Dorice Pettigrew, *Myrtle C Pierce, *Frances I Pike, Eleanor Sawtelle, *Mabel Sawtelle, Ethel B Short, Thelma O Short, *Elva O Soule, *Edna B Stevens, Mary K Strickland, Carrie M Taylor, Helen H Towle, *Gladys I Webb, *Josephine D Webb, *Myra L Wells, Marjory A Whitney, Nellie B Wilbur, and *Georgia L Youngman.

This post was chartered 22 September 1919, and was named for Pvt Harry G Decker. He served in Co M, 2nd Maine National Guard, and Co M, 103rd Infantry, killed in action in France in 1918. First Commander was Walter G Blake. Charter members included: Alex G Bain, George H Bates, Walter G Blake, Arthur H Bush, William E Bush, Leo A Damren, Eugene Doyon, Leroy F Goodman, Henry E Hutchinson, John E King, Theodore H Morin, Chester A Oliver, Carl N Reynolds, Daniel P Tozier, and Walter E Trask.

This post was chartered 15 August 1922, with Mrs Bessie Trask as first President.

The Dorcas Dearborn Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution was organized 28 December 1925, by organizing regent, Mrs Ada Gower. Membership in 1948 included the following women, listed together with the Revolutionary ancestor, and membership number. Other members are listed in the Oakland Chronicle, published for the Washington Bicentennial, 1932.

Allen, Amy J T (Mrs), desc of Maj Reuben Reed, 88719; Baker, Mary Bates (Mrs), desc of Caleb Page, 207954; Baker, Merta L; Benson, Louise M (Mrs), desc of Timothy Pollard, 139798; Benson, Susan E; Beverage, Emma F; Beverage, Sadie S; Blaisdell, Gladys G; Boston, Ethel (Mrs), desc of Timothy Pollard, 367265; Field, Bessie S; Gilman, Alice S; Gower, Ada D (Mrs), desc of Bartholomew Wentworth, 207592; Hambleton, Nellie W (Mrs W E), desc of Stephen Libby, 365076; Hatfield, Marion (Mrs), desc of Stephen Libby, 367266; Hersom, Angie L; Hersom, Ora A L (Mrs), desc of Samuel Duncan, 207119; Holmes, Myra C; Hurd, Margaret M (Mrs), desc of Maj Ephraim Heald, 20416; Leonard, Nathalia T; Leonard, Pamela Lovejoy (Miss), desc of Elisha Hallett, 217148; Marsh, Emma S; Marsh, Hazel Merrill (Mrs), desc of Jonathan Hill, 238389; Mitchell, Electa L (Mrs Warren), desc of William Kendall, 235103; Mosher, Lillian Baker (Mrs), desc of Caleb Page, 229264; Mosher, Sarah (Mrs), desc of Maj Ephraim Heald, 220417; Stevens, Helen F; Stinneford, Ruth (Mrs), desc of Nathan Norris, 367267; Thwing, Ermina (Mrs), desc of Elkanah Bangs, 241442; Totman, Mabel H T (Mrs), desc of Peleg Tupper, 213729; Towle, Helen H (Mrs), desc of Joshua Woodman, 231611; Tracy, Angie Etta (Miss), desc of Solomon Tracy, 148223; Walton, Charlena (Mrs K L), desc of Lt Samuel Rollins, 361447; Wheeler, Ethel Howe (Mrs), desc of John Brackett, 211701; Wilbur, Nellie Benson (Mrs), desc of Timothy Pollard, 267048; Wing, Alice D; Winslow, Alice B.

The Oakland Chapter was organized in January 1927 with Mrs Helen F Stevens as first Worthy Matron.