George Andrew Huron papers, 1880 - 1912

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George Andrew Huron papers, 1880 - 1912

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/711866060

The collection consists of business correspondence sent to Huron; letterpress books with indexes and copies of outgoing correspondence, much of it related to the Odd Fellows' De Boissiere Orphan Home and Industrial School in Franklin County and more generally to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows (IOOF), as well as to Huron's legal practice; legal and court documents, such as bills of cost, affidavits, witness statements, and the like; materials related to the Marian L. Bensley estate and a court case involving the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company among other companies; a 1915 unpublished manuscript entitled, "Kansas and Prohibition: Being a brief history of the uplift that has come to Kansas' happy homes through the heroic battle waged by her heroic people to draw the fangs of the demon Rum"; and check stubs and canceled checks.

1.75 cubic feet (4 boxes).

Kansas State Historical Society

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SNAC Resource ID: 8078240

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Huron, George Andrew, 1838-1927

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George Andrew Huron was born in March 1838 in Hendricks County, Indiana to Katherine Harding and Benjamin Abbott Huron. He spent some of his schooling at the Methodist Academy of Danville, Indiana, and just before enlisting, he married Mary Frances Freeman. He joined the 7th Indiana Infantry, Co. I in August 1861 after the Civil War broke out. After mustering out in 1864, Huron continued to serve in the war as a sanitary agent for the armies of the Potomac and James, commissioned by Indiana gove...

Independent Order of Odd Fellows

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Men's benevolent and fraternal organization. From the description of Independent Order of Oddfellows records, 1843-1901. (The South Carolina Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 36794006 The Independent Order of Odd Fellows in North America is a fraternal organization which originated in England. The I.O.O.F. became independent from the English Old Fellows Order in 1834 after lodges were established in New York and Baltimore. Charity Lodge No. 6 was established in Stockt...