Probably the first Masonic Lodge organized in what is now Merced County, was Masonic Lodge, No. ___, instituted at Snelling on Saturday evening the twelfth of August, 1865. E.G. Rector, W.M.; S.P. Jackson, S.W.; George P. Lake, J.W.; J.M. Strong, S.D.; N.L. Coats, J.D.; I.J. Jacobs, Treasurer; W. Mayrs, Tyler; P.D. Wigginton, Secretary.

History of Merced County, California
Elliott & Moore, Publishers
San Francisco, Cal.
1881
Page 102
Transcribed by Julie Appletoft 6/09/2008

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