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A Brief History of the Craft With a focus on North American Freemasonry by Hayward Evans A Brief History of the Craft by Hayward T. Evans is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License Based on a work at www.ohperry341.com. Files linked to this paper include The Leo Taxil…
First of all to become a Freemason you need to ask one. You may have seen a bumper sticker, poster, or something on the web that said, 2B1ASK1. It’s that simple, the first step to becoming a Mason is to ask a Mason that one simple question, “How do I join?” Traditionally Masonry has not…
On Sunday morning every Memorial Day weekend, the Masonic Lodge Oliver H. Perry No. 341 of Port Clinton, Free and Accepted Masons of Ohio, performs a Masonic Memorial Service in honor of the Masons who died at Johnson’s Island Federal Prison while being held prisoner there during the Civil War. The Masonic ceremony coincides with…
A Short History of Oliver H. Perry Masonic Lodge Oliver H. Perry Masonic Lodge No. 341 F&AM Oliver H. Perry No. 341 F&AM was established in 1862 when the Most Worshipful Grand Master of Ohio, George Rex, issued a Dispensation authorizing the Freemasons of Port Clinton to form a legal lodge of Free and…
Ira Dutcher Business Man and First Worshipful Master of Oliver H. Perry and Oak Harbor Lodges by Leonard T. Evans, P.M. Ira S. Dutcher, a prominent citizen of Ottawa County, Ohio, was born March 13, 1814 in Dover, Dutchess County, New York to Ruleff (Ralph) Dutcher (of Holland ancestry) and Almira (Waring) Dutcher (of English…
