Members of the Benevolent Protective
Order of Elks
Lodge No. 520
Sheridan, Wyoming
April 1903
This information was generously compiled
and submitted by Cynde Georgen.From: "Souvenir Program, Annual Entertainment of Sheridan Lodge No. 520, B. P. O. Elks; under the Direction of W. A. Miller, J. J. Bentley, Dr. Frackelton, E. A. & H. O. Martin; Akins Opera House, Thursday Evening, April 23rd, 1903."
"This lodge was instituted by the Billings Lodge No. 394 in November 1899 with a charter of 31 members and today the membership is about 120. The first meeting was held in the K. of P. Lodge Rooms and on April 13, 1900 the Lodge removed to its present quarters which are nicely furnished and this day finds Lodge No. 520 with several hundred dollars in its treasury. So soon as the new lodge building is completed it will be occupied and refurnished in a home-like manner."
Alger, H. C. - Charter Member; Esteemed Leading Knight Allen, Charles Arends, Dr. H. R. - Charter Member Barr, J. C. Beck, George T. Beicher, Norman Bentley, J. J. - Charter Member; Past Exalted Ruler Bill, J. W. Billings, Henry E. Boal, H. S. - Charter Member; Deceased Bostwick, H. Brittain, W. F. - Charter Member Burnett, W. C. Burnsides, Charles Camplin, M. B. Case, S. R. Chadwick, Walter R. Childress, C. L. Coyne, Thomas Crew, Jonathan Curran, Thomas - Charter Member DeLong, Edgar M. Denebrink, B. T. Diefenderfer, Alf - Charter Member; Treasurer Dodge, G. H. Donaldson, A. Downer, George W. Eaton, Earl R. Edelman, W. H. - Charter Member Eldred, F. C. Erhard, George Felker, Ote Fleming, Andrew ; Deceased Foster, W. M. - Charter Member Frackelton, William - Charter Member French, Howard - Charter Member Fryberger, Harvey E. Furray, Edward S. - Charter Member Garbutt, C. W. Garrard, G. T. Garrard, William - Charter Member Gavin, A. V. - Charter Member Gill, Thomas B. Griggs, W. B. Grinnell, C. H. - Charter Member Hanna, O. P. Harper, George J. Heald, J. Frank - Charter Member; Esteemed Lecturing Knight Helvey, J. D. Heumann, A. Holland, Jonathan E. Hollingsworth, H. E. Huggins, Charles B. Jackson, W. E. Kahn, D. - Charter Member Kelsey, W. G. ; Deceased Kirby, Ira J. (J. I.) - Charter Member Lord, George Mann, W. R. Martin, H. O. Marvin, W. H. McLaughlin, G. F. - Charter Member; Deceased McLaughlin, W .J. McShane, F. J. ; Past Exalted Ruler Metz, Judge W. S. Miller, W. A. ; Esteemed Loyal Knight Miller, William M. Monoghan, Thomas Moore, F. M. - Charter Member Morgan, W. C. - Charter Member Morrow, Frank M. Mullin, John J. - Charter Member Nelson, Oscar Neuman, A. Newcomer, Fred - Charter Member Newcomer, Paul Newell, M. A. - Charter Member; Exalted Ruler; Past Exalted Ruler Nielsen, Andrew J. Noies, J. M. - Charter Member Peck, Roy J. Perkins, B. F. - Charter Member Quick, O. N. Reynolds, C. H. - Charter Member Richards, J. B. Richardson, Ralph Ridgway, Wils Roberts, W. H. Rodden, W. E. Round, Charles. W. Saberhagen, C. J. Schroeder, Henry Shaw, W. W. Small, George E. Smith, F. E. Deceased Smith, George Levi - Charter Member Smith, S. H. Smith, Thomas G. Smyth, O. J. - Charter Member Snively, Scott K. Snow, E. P. Spear, W. M. - Charter Member Story, C. P. - Charter Member; Past Exalted Ruler Stout, Thomas A. - Charter Member Suits, J. F. Secretary Sweeney, W. E. Symons, W. H. Telander, John V. Timothy, John Tschirgi, Arnold Tynan, Thomas T. Van Houten, L. R. Vance, Warren Vaughn, W. J. Verstratten, J. J. Viall, E. B. Waters, W. P. Willey, A. L. Wilson, M. C. Young, David Young, W. A. Deceased
