224 S. High St
Lancaster, OH 43130
740.653.3162
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Lancaster Masons serving the Grand Lodge of Ohio

There have been numerous officers and members of Lancaster Lodge #57 that served as Officers of the Grand Lodge of Ohio, as well as no less than four Grand Masters.  A fifth - Joseph Grubb - went on to serve as Grand Master of Arkansas in 1844.  No other Lodge in the state has produced as many Grand Master for the State, as well as in total.

In 2027 - the Great Architect willing - Lancaster Lodge will provide its 5th Grand Master of Ohio, and 6th in total.
PAST GRAND MASTERS
Charles Robert Sherman  - 1824
William Irvin - 1825
William James Reese - 1834-1842
Michael Z. Kreider - 1847-1849

Other Grand Officers
[Philemon Beecher : Grand Treasurer 1810-1812, Deputy Grand Master 1817] **
Jacob Deitrick : Senior Grand Deacon 1820
James Gates : Grand Senior Deacon 1823
George Sanderson :  Grand Marshal 1826
Joseph Grubb : Senior Grand Deacon 1828; became Grand Master of Grand Lodge of Arkansas in 1844
William James Reese : Senior Grand Warden 1830-31; Deputy Grand Master 1833
Gabriel Carpenter : Junior Grand Deacon 1833; Senior Grand Deacon 1834; Grand Marshall 1837-38
George W. Claspill : Grand Tyler 1837-44
George Myers : Grand Treasurer 1837-42
Michael Z. Kreider : Grand Orator 1843; Senior Grand Warden 1846
Gottlieb Steinman : Grand Tyler 1847
Phillip M. Wagenhals : Deputy Grand Master 1869-70
Thomas C. Coats : 13th District Lecturer 1902-05
John L. Graham : 13th District Lecturer 1909-10
John Graybill Reeves : Grand Historian 1909-20
Roi DeLancy : 13th District Lecturer 1927-32
Albert A. Immel : 13th District Deputy Grand Master  1955-57

Frank Stuck : 13th District Deputy Grand Master 2011-2014
Robin Leonard : 13th District Education Officer 2018 - current
Michael L McCandlish : Grand Marshal 2022
      Previous: 13th District Education Officer 2012-2015; 13th District Deputy Grand Master 2016-2019
;  Junior Grand Deacon 2020; Senior Grand Deacon 2021

** Philemon Beecher was a member of Pickaway Lodge No. 23 in Circleville at the time he served in Grand Lodge.  After the formation of Lancaster Lodge, he transferred his membership.



Lancaster Masonic Temple
224 S. High St.
Lancaster, OH 43130
Phone: 740.653.3162
Email: LancasterLodge57@gmail.com

Photo credits:
Brother Nick Powell

Brothers of Lancaster #57


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2023 Lodge Officers:
Worshipful Master: Billy B. Arnold, Sr
Senior Warden: Jonathan W. Allison
Juni
or Warden:  James E. Beadle
Treasurer: Michael  H. Stasiak
Asst. Treasurer:  William C. Duerson
Secretary: Thurlow B. Weed IV

Asst. Secretary:  Frank Stuck
Senior Deacon: Joshua D. Manley

Junior Deacon: L.. Michael Flowers
Tyler:   Tyler J. Huston
Senior Steward: Craig Miller
Junior Steward: Edward L. Miller
L.E.O.:  Timothy E. Byers PM
Assistant L.E.O.: James R. Bradford PM

Chaplain: Donnie E. Casto PM
Assistant Chaplain:  Kevin J. Chase PM
Musician: Thurlow B. Weed IV
Lodge Advisor: Frank Stuck PM, PDDGM