Grand Lodge of the Ancient Order of United Workmen of Montana records, 1883-1906

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Grand Lodge of the Ancient Order of United Workmen of Montana records, 1883-1906

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The Ancient Order of United Workmen is a fraternal life insurance society. The Grand Lodge of Montana was formed in 1890. Records consist of the national and state constitutions (n.d.); local lodge minute books (1885, 1883-1886, 1903) for Boulder, Glendale, and Elkhorn lodges; a "Register Grand Medical Examiner Montana Jurisdiction," (1900-1906); and other records. Records consist of the national and state constitutions (n.d.); local lodge minute books (1885, 1883-1886, 1903) for the Centennial Lodge at Boulder, Montana, the Hecla Lodge at Glendale, and the Elkhorn Lodge at Elkhorn, Montana; a "Register Grand Medical Examiner Montana Jurisdiction," (1900-1906) that provides name, date of birth, and nativity of each applicant for membership statewide (arranged by local lodge and shelved on oversize shelf); lists (1894, n.d.) of suspended members; a list (March 1894) of members taking Workman Degree; beneficiary reports (1894-1895); and miscellaneous lodge materials of D.P. Cotter of Butte.

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Ancient Order of United Workmen. Grand Lodge of Montana

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The Ancient Order of United Workmen, the first fraternal life insurance society in the United States, was organized during the 1870s by John Jordan Upchurch in Meadville, Pennsylvania. The original group had only twelve members. By 1898 there was a national membership of over 400,000.The Grand Lodge of the Ancient Order of United Workmen of Montana was organized by J.W. Kinsley, Deputy Supreme Master Workman, on December 18, 1890. Kinsley had served as Supreme Overseer of the national organizati...