John C. Reynolds records James Adams' absence and Meredith Helm's election as Deputy Grand Master.
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John C. Reynolds, History of the M. W. Grand Lodge of Illinois, Ancient, Free, and Accepted Masons: From the Organization of the First Lodge Within the Present Limits of the State, Up to and Including 1850 (Springfield, IL: H. G. Reynolds, Jr., Masonic Travel Office, 1869), 148, 150, accessed February 21, 2022.
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The Grand Lodge met at Jacksonville, Monday, October 4.
The following grand officers were present: M. W. Abraham Jonas, Grand Master; Alexander Dunlap, Senior Grand Warden; Harrison Dills, Junior Grand Warden ; W. D. McCann, Dep. Grand Secretary; P. Coffman, Grand Treasurer; Meredith Helm, Grand Senior Deacon; John Crockett, Junior Grand Deacon; A. V. Putnam, Grand Marshal, pro tem.; John Gregory, Grand Pursuivant; M. J. Kelly, Grand Sword Bearer, pro tem.; A. C. Dixon, Grand Tyler, pro tem.
Five Lodges were represented, as follows : Bodley, No. 1, by. Harrison Dills and John Crockett; Harmony, No. 3, by John Gregory, Mat. Stacy, and G. Hackett; Springfield, No. 4, by M. Helm and P. J. Shepherd; Columbus, No. 6, by W. D. McCann; and Macon U. D., at Decatur, by Geo. A. Patterson. Equality and Far West Lodges were not represented.
The following visiting brethren were present: Henry Carrigan, Z. P. Cabiniss, Chas. W. Chatterton, Sam'l Matlack, L. B. Adams, M. Lindsay, Samuel L. Hesser, A. Y. Ellis, Harrison A. Hough, M. J. Kelly, and Maurice Doyle, of Springfield Lodge No. 4; Chapin Allen and George Hackett, of Harmony, No. 3 ; and V. B. Holmes, of Randolph Lodge, Tennessee. . . .
The following grand officers were then elected : M. W. A. Jonas, of Columbus, G. M.; R. W. M. Helm, of Springfield, D. G. M.; W. A. Dunlap, of Jacksonville, S. G. W.; W. H. Dills, of Quincy, J. G. W.; M. R. F. A. McNeill, of Springfield, G. C.; James Shields, of 'Springfield, G. 0.; W. B. Warren, of Jacksonville, G. Sec.; P. Coffman, of Jacksonville, G. Treas.; G. Hackett, of Jacksonville, G. T.
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