Portville Masonic Lodge ~ A Who's Who of Portville Leaders
Wilson Collins
Minister
Charter Member
First Worshipful Master
1865-1866
John Hendy

Worshipful Master
1869
Charles Knapp Wright
Tanner
Charter Member
Morsena Langdon
Blacksmith
Charter Member
H. C. Scofield
Merchant
Charter Member
T. S. Jackson
Physician
Charter Member
Reuben B. Simpson
Clerk
Charter Member
Levi W. Simpson
Merchant
Charter Member
John H. Warden
First Initiate Mar 3, 1865
Second Raised Apr 25, 1865
Worshipful Master
1870-1874-1875-1879-1882
S. M. Gaston
Wagon Maker
Second Raised Apr 25, 1865
Worshipful Master
1867-1868-1871
William G. Truesdale
Merchant
First Raised April 10, 1865
Col. Lewis D. Warner

Secretary 16 years
Charles E. Lewis
Hair Factory Owner
50 Year Medal
R. W. Bro. Harry C. Holcomb
50 Year Medal
Worshipful Master
1894-1895-1905-1917
D. D. G. M. 1907-1908
Frank Fox

50 Year Medal
Fred Raymond

50 Year Medal
Frank Spencer

50 Year Medal
George Hollands

50 Year Medal
James Hollands, Jr.

Worshipful Master
1901
Frank H. Borst

Worshipful Master
1896-1897-1900
M. B. Bennie
Blacksmith
Charter Member
Worshipful Master
1872-1877
Charles Wesley VanWart
Blacksmith
Charter Member
Worshipful Master
1880
Ezer Borst
Wood Bundling/Planing Mill Owner
Worshipful Master
1876-1883-1884
Ezra M. Bedford
Merchant
Charter Member
Worshipful Master
1873-1878-1881-1885-1893
Frank E. Tyler, Sr.
Lumberman
Worshipful Master
1886-1887-1889-1890-1891
1892-1898-1899
Harry Phillips

Worshipful Master
1888
Myron D. Carr

Worshipful Master
1902-1903
Nelson S. Holcomb
Merchant
Worshipful Master
1906-1907
H. W. Wickwire

Worshipful Master
1904
J. Grafton Murdock

Worshipful Master
1908
Henry L. Jacoby

Worshipful Master
1910-1911
Jacob I. Trenkle, Jr.

Worshipful Master
1909
Herbert Keyes
Blacksmith
Worshipful Master
1912
Edward W. Lewis

Worshipful Master
1914-1915
D. D. G. M. 1941-1942
R. W. Frank E. Tyler, Jr.

Worshipful Master
1913
G. S. B. 1940-1941
Lewis Wildrick

Worshipful Master
1916
Benjamin W. Summers

Worshipful Master
1920-1921
Cecil R. Greenman

Worshipful Master
1918-1919
Earl L. Eldridge

Worshipful Master
1922-1923
Charles L. Vergason

Worshipful Master
1926-1927
Clark B. Hayes

Worshipful Master
1924-1925
Raymond M. Marble

Worshipful Master
1928
Harry E. Marsh

Worshipful Master
1930
Wyatt J. Case

Worshipful Master
1929
Harold T. Carlson

Worshipful Master
1931
Heston S. Carr

Worshipful Master
1933
Benjamin C. Sprague

Worshipful Master
1932
Frank L. Collins
Worshipful Master
1934-1937
Secretary 1958 to 1962
G.L. Rep 1963-1966
William Stephen

Worshipful Master
1936
F. D. VanGorder

Worshipful Master
1935
Raymond Roulo

Worshipful Master
1938
Thomas Farrar

Worshipful Master
1940
Ronald Shaner

Worshipful Master
1939
William Hill

Worshipful Master
1941
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Clifford Lewis

Worshipful Master
1944
James Chaffee

Worshipful Master
1943
Ernest TenEyck

Worshipful Master
1948
William Best

Worshipful Master
1951
Claude Shaner

Worshipful Master
1949
Elton R. Critchlow

Worshipful Master
1952
C. Raymond Burdick

Worshipful Master
1957
Vern Whitney

Worshipful Master
1954-1955
DDGM 1957
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Worshipful Master
William Best

Worshipful Master
1951
Claude Shaner

Worshipful Master
1949
Elton R. Critchlow

Worshipful Master
1952
RW Gerald A. Griffin

Worshipful Master
1963
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Worshipful Master
Edmond C. Burdick

Worshipful Master
1961-1962
AGL 1963-64 DDGM 1974-75
Vern "Bub"Weidemann

Worshipful Master
1965
Jim Greene

Worshipful Master
1964
Les Whitney

Worshipful Master
1966
Keith Wood

Worshipful Master
1968 - 1992
Lester Harris

Worshipful Master
1967
Harold Blauvelt

Worshipful Master
1969
Wayne Torrey

Worshipful Master
1972
Larry Tillow

Worshipful Master
1970
RW Roy W. Phillips
Worshipful Master
1973
GD of Ceremonies 1985-86,
Secty 1974-75, 1979-1987
Duane "Ozzie" Dunbar

Worshipful Master
1975
G. Don Taylor
(from PA)
Worshipful Master
1974
Edmund Burdick

Worshipful Master
1961-1962
AGL 1963-64 DDGM 1987-88
Dean McCoy

Worshipful Master
1978
Leon Payne

Worshipful Master
1976
Larry Donor
(from Hinsdale)
Worshipful Master
1977
Dana Fields

Worshipful Master
1984
Gary Rhinehart

Worshipful Master
1982
AGL 1984-1985
David L. Gelder

Worshipful Master
1983
Secty 1987-
George Crooks

Oldest Living Masonic Brother
1965
Leon Payne

Worshipful Master
2004-2005
Thomas Appleby

Worshipful Master
1997-1998-2002-2003
Kerry Bhe

Worshipful Master
1981
Terry Cole

Worshipful Master
1979
Keith Burdick

Worshipful Master
1980
Charles VanCuren

Worshipful Master
1985 - 1989
Gary Rhinehart

Worshipful Master
1982
AGL 1984-1985
David L. Gelder

Worshipful Master
1983
Secty 1987-