1904 Scarbrough Odd Fellows, Anderson County, Tennessee

Consolidation with Clinton 1924
Scarbrough Odd Fellows organized October 1904
by Katherine B. Hoskins, County historian

Part Ill
Victory Lodge 446, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, was organized Oct. 16,
1904 at Scarbrough community in Anderson County, located within the area
which is now Oak Ridge.

Charter members were A. J. Bearden, C. R. Bearden, C. E. Collins, W. H. Cox,
J. R. Cross, W. A. Cross, W. L. Hackworth, G. H. Holt, J. H. Holt, J. S.
Holt, Andrew Hutcheson, H. H. Hutcheson, J. P. Hutcheson, W. F. Johnson, C.
B. Lee, R. E. McClure, T. J. Pritchard, W. E. Pritchard, C. J. Scarbrough,
H. F. Stringfield, G. W. Turpin, B. E. Walters, C. C. Walters, I. L. Walters
and William Walters.

Five months later, in April 1905, the trustees of Victory Lodge, C. E.
Collins, John P. Hutcheson and R. E. McClure, contracted with the trustees
of Shiloh M. E. Church, South, to make certain repairs on the church and
purchase one-half interest in the land on which the church was situated.

In return the lodge was to have possession and control of the second floor
of the church building for a lodge hall; the church to occupy and control
the ground floor.

Church trustees were G. B. R. Lea, S. S. Tadlock, J. N. Freels, S. W. Lowe
and J. E. Reed. Shiloh Church was located on the public road near F. M.
Scarbrough's property and had right-of-way to get water from the E. C.
Scarbrough spring.

Members who joined Victory Lodge after incorporation, and before
consolidation with Clinton Lodge, are listed below. They lived in several
communities of that general area, and are listed according to their home
community:

Byington: O. A. Purdy.

Edgemoor: Fred Bacon, W. H. Brock, J. H. Clough, J. H. Crawford, V. H.
Cross, Fred Davis, S. S. Davis, F. W. Dunaway, I. F. Dunaway, W. W. Dunaway,
C. B. Ellis, J. E. Foster, L. C. Foster, J. C. Freels, Fred Gamble, Sam C.
Gamble, J. B. Holloway, Louis Jestice, A. T. Jett, James Jett, W. F. Jett,
D. W. Johnson, F. M. Johnson, S. S. Johnson, J. M. Jones, John Jordan,
Robert Lee, W. A. Lockett, Fred Miller, A. C. Moore, J. A. Morgan, F. O.
Norman, H. A. Norman, J. A. Peak, A. E. Peters, J. W. Pyatt, W. S. Pyatt,
Walter L Reed, C. H. Seeber, S. J. Shoebart, H. C. Taylor, C. F. Turnbill,
Jake Wright.

Lupton: E. H. Braden.

Oliver Springs: O. B. Anderson, G. C. Boatman, S. L Brummett, J. C. King, J.
W. King, W. A. McFarland, G. W. Reed, J. E. Wilshire.

Robertsville: C. E. Freels, C. G. Johnson, L. M. May, Ed McKamey, John A.
McKamey, C. H. Watson, B. F. Wilson, H. D. Winchester.

Scarbrough: J. R. Austin, W. H. Brown, E. W. H. Ellis; J. L. Hackworth, S.
A. Hackworth, J. H. Holloway, W. T. Jeffries, J. N. Johnson, J. S. McCoy, J.
M. McCoy, W. H. McCoy, J. H. McWane, R. A. Peters, C. R. Scarbrough, T. R.
Scarbrough, W. A. Scarbrough, J. E. Shoebart, C. O. Walters, U. S. Walters,
R. A. Wilkins, C. S. Winchester, W. D. Winchester, W. H. Wright.

Wheat: R. M. Coley, S. R. Coley, J. H. Copeland Jr., J. R. Cross, L. A.
Stubbs, U. N. Stubbs.

On March 11, 1924, members of Victory Lodge 446 met to discuss consolidation
with Clinton Lodge 18. Consolidation took place May 6, 1924. D. A. Ward Jr.
was noble grand of Victory Lodge at that time, and B. H. Peters was noble
grand of Clinton Lodge.  The consolidation of the two lodges made a very
strong organization, and much philanthropic and benevolent work has been
accomplished during the ensuing years.

[To be continued]