| # |
Chapter Name |
Township |
Established |
1966
List |
2005
List |
Closed |
From 1897 History |
| 54 |
Charleston Valley * |
|
1873 |
x |
x |
|
Charleston Valley Grange, No. 54, P. of H., is one of the oldest
granges in the county. It was organized December 20, 1873, and now numbers
116 members. It meets at Round Top, in a hall building erected for its
use in 1886-87 by a stock company. |
| 84 |
Sullivan |
Sullivan |
1873 |
x |
|
Merged to East Sullivan # 821 |
Sullivan Grange, No. 84, and the East Sullivan Grange, No.
821, represents the Patrons of Husbandry . The former was organized
in February, 1873, meets in Mainesburg, and has a large membership. The
latter was organized April 9, 1887. It meets at the residence of Isaac
Squires, near Gray’ Valley, and numbers fifty-three members. |
| 241 |
Tioga |
|
1874 |
|
|
|
The Tioga Grange, No. 241, was organized May 6th 1874, at the
house of George W. Hazlett, by District Deputy Evans, of Charleston. There
were 22 charter members enrolled, and the following officers were chosen:
Daniel Dewey, master; O.H. Blanchard, overseer; E. F. Bentley, lecturer;
R. P.H. McAllister, steward; A. E. Niles, assistant steward; J. M. Stevens,
treasurer; T. L. Baldwin, secretary; C. Hammond, chaplain; W. A. Mitchell,
gatekeeper; Mrs. P. C. McAllister, Ceres; Mrs. G. W. Haxlett, Pomona; Mrs.
J. H. Westbrook, Flora; Miss Ellen F. Johnson, lady assistant steward The
society continued in existence only three years, and in that time Daniel
Dewey, H. S. Johnston and Elisha F. Bentley were its masters. As this order
still exists in other sections of the county and State, and the Tioga Grange
may possibly be revived, it is here historically mentioned. It is an educational,
social and protective association. A county or Pomona grange, No. 30, was
organized at Mansfield June 27th 1877, and Elisha F. Bentley and Henry
H. Goodrich were its master and secretary at its last organization. It
had 90 enrolled members. |
| 293 |
Ogdensburg * |
Union |
|
x |
x |
|
|
| 384 |
Middle Ridge |
|
1881 |
x |
|
|
Middle Ridge Grange, No. 385, P. of H., one of the oldest granges
in the county, owns a two-story hall building here in which meetings are
held regularly. This grange is one of the strongest in the county It was
incorporated April 18, 1881. |
| 600 |
Ward |
Ward |
1875/1883 |
x |
|
|
Ward Grange, No.900,P. of H., was first organized October 2,
1875,
and reorganized March 2, 1883. It owns and meets in a hall building, erected
in 1883, near the Segar school. in the eastern part of the township. It
has now forty-five members, embracing the leading farmers of that section,
and it is one of the strong and prosperous granges of the county. |
| 705 |
Middlebury |
|
1874/1891 |
x |
|
|
Middlebury Grange, No. 705, was organized May 14, 1874, with
a large membership, and was incorporated August 24, 1891. It now has a
membership of 135, owns a fine hall, with spacious carriage sheds and extensive
grounds, and is prosperous. |
| 784 |
Union Center * |
|
|
x |
x |
|
|
| 817 |
Fairview |
|
|
x |
|
|
|
| 821 |
East Sullivan |
Sullivan |
1887 |
x |
|
1995 |
|
| 841 |
Farmington Hill |
Farmington |
1888 |
x |
|
|
Farmington Hill Grange, No. 841, which was organized March 8,
1888, meets in a hall near the Farmington Hill Methodist Episcopal church.
It now numbers sixty-four members. |
| 874 |
Aurora |
|
1889 |
x |
|
|
Aurora Grange, No. 874, P. of H., was organized March 8, 1889.
It meets in the Packard building at Cherry Flats, and has nearly sixty
members. |
| 876 |
Valley |
Deerfield |
1889 |
x |
|
|
Academy Corners - The village is the meeting place of Valley
Grange, No. 876, P. of H. Valley Grange was organized March 25, 1889,
and is one of the strongest granges in the county, having a membership
of 150. It owns a two-story, slate roof hall, purchased in 1889, and is
in a flourishing condition. |
|
Niles Valley |
Middlebury |
1889 |
|
|
|
Niles Valley Grange, P. of H., was organized in 1889. It meets
at Holidaytown and has a membership of seventy-five. |
| 902 |
Shippen |
Shippen |
1890 |
|
|
|
Shippen Grange, No. 902, P, of H., meets at Ansonia. It was
organized January 8, 1890, and has now a membership of nearly forty. |
| 903 |
Kennedy |
|
|
|
|
|
Kennedy is a post office situated in the southwestern part of the township,
near the head of Campbell run. This is the meeting place of Kennedy
Grange, No. 903, P. of H., which owns a hall building here and has
a large membership. |
| 905 |
Alert |
Nelson |
1890 |
x |
|
|
Alert Grange, No. 905, P. of H., was organized January 18, 1890.
It now numbers over sixty members and contemplates erecting a hall building
in the near future. |
| 912 |
Mitchell's Mills |
|
1890 |
x |
|
|
Mitchell’s Mills Grange, No 912, P. of H., was organized January
31, 1890. It meets at Mitchell’s Mills. The hall owned by this society
was originally the Alder Run Methodist Episcopal church building.
After being purchased by the grange it was repaired and furnished , and
now is one of the best grange halls in the county. The society numbers
224 members in good standing, and is prosperous. |
| 913 |
North Elk Run |
|
|
x |
|
|
|
| 918 |
Tioga Valley |
Richmond |
1890 |
x |
|
|
Tioga Valley Grange, No. 918, P. of H., was organized February
16,1890 with thirty-one charter members. The first officers were J.F.Pitts,
M.; J.E. Rose, O.; Byron Bartlett, L.; Edwin Allen, S.; C.H. Horton, A.S.;
W.W. Inscho, C.; W.B. Jerald, T.; Byron J. Costley, Sec.; S. McConnell,
G.K.; Mary E. Bartlett, C.; Julia E. Sturdivant, F.; Estelle Clark, P.;
Nettie Allen, L.A.S. The present membership of the lodge is ninety-six,
and it embraces many of the leading farmers of Richmond township. The meeting
place is Allen’s hall, in Mansfield. |
| 929 |
Tioga County Center |
|
|
x |
|
|
|
| 937 |
Lawrence |
|
|
x |
|
|
|
| 966 |
Crooked Creek |
|
|
x |
|
|
|
| 981 |
Troups Creek |
Brookfield |
|
x |
|
|
|
| 989 |
Sabinsville * |
Clymer |
1890 |
x |
x |
|
Sabinsville Grange, No. 989, P. of H., has a membership of sixty-five.
It was organized December 15, 1890, and is in a flourishing condition. |
| 1009 |
Wellsboro |
|
|
x |
|
|
|
| 1016 |
Covington Boro |
Covington |
1891 |
x |
|
|
Covington Borough Grange No. 1016, P. of H., was organized March
7, 1891, and now numbers twenty- seven members. It met in Covington borough
until December, 1894, when the place of the meeting was changed to the
residence of Bradley Wilkins, near West Covington.There is also a large
and prosperous grange in the Frost Settlement. |
| 1017 |
Charleston Union |
|
|
x |
|
|
|
| 1033 |
Stony Fork |
|
1891 |
x |
|
|
Stony Fork Grange, No. 1,033, P.of H., was chartered July 1,
1891. It owns a hall building, originally erected for a store, which was
purchased in the spring of 1894 for $1,000. This grange is strong and prosperous. |
| 1047 |
Sebring * |
|
1891 |
x |
x |
|
Sebring Grange, No. 1047, P. of H., was organized November 2,
1891, with sixteen members. It now numbers 100 members, and meets regularly
at Sebrings, where it owns a hall building, erected in 1892 at a cost of
$500. |
| 1056 |
Nauvoo |
Liberty |
1892 |
|
|
|
Nauvoo Grange, No. 1056, P. of H., was organized in February,
1892, with eighteen members. It now numbers fifty members. Its place of
meeting is Nauvoo. |
| 1078 |
Sylvester |
|
1893 |
x |
|
|
Sylvester Grange, No. 1078, was organized February 9, 1893.
In 1894 it erected a two-story, frame hall building costing $600. This
grange has
grown steadily and now numbers fifty-seven members. |
| 1088 |
Eulalia * |
Westfield |
1893 |
x |
x |
|
Eulalia Grange, No. 1088, P. of H., was organized August 18,
1893. It is a flourishing condition and has eight members. |
| 1092 |
South Union Grange |
Union |
1894 |
|
|
|
South Union Grange, No. 1092, P. of H., was organized in 1894.
There are also granges at Carpenter, at Union Center and in the Thomas
neighborhood, near the Bradford county line |
| 1095 |
Lorenton |
Morris |
|
x |
|
|
Lorenton Grange, No. 1095, P. of H., with about fifty members,
meets at Lorenton, where it erected a two-story frame hall building in
1896. |
| 1107 |
Union |
Charleston |
1891 |
|
|
|
Union Grange, No. 1107, P. of H., was organized March 6, 1891,
with thirty-four members. In 1892 it erected a hall building in Catlin
Hollow, at a cost of $800 |
| 1110 |
Jobs Corners |
Jackson |
1894 |
x |
|
Merged to East Sullivan # 821 |
Job’s Corners Grange, No. 1110, P. of H., was organized May
29, 1894, in the fall of which year it erected a hall building at Job’s
Corners, costing $1,200. It is a strong and prosperous society, having
now about 100 members, embracing the representative farmers of that section
of the county. |
| 1113 |
Marshfield |
|
1894 |
x |
|
|
Marshfield Grange, No. 1113, P. of H., comes next in the order
of time, having been organized August 14, 1894. In 1895 it erected a grange
hall at Marshfield, 22x48 feet, and two stories high. This grange contains
about eighty members and is in a flourishing condition. |
| 1136 |
Excelsior |
Chatham |
1895 |
x |
|
|
Excelsior Grange, No. 1136, P. of H., which meets at the hall
over Beach’s store, was organized May 16, 1895. It has a membership of
twenty-six. |
| 1223 |
Tioga * |
|
|
x |
x |
|
|
| 1497 |
Jemison |
|
|
x |
|
|
|
|
Totals |
|
34 |
28 |
7 |
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