Past Masters of Charleston Lodge
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William D. Gage 1845 Charter member; Methodist minister; helped organize Jackson Lodge #47 at Shelbyville	William B. Mills 1846-48-51 First visitor to Lodge; elected member and Master same night; organized area Lodges.	Edmund Roach 1847 Charter member; hatter by trade; first Postmaster of Charleston in 1843	Arthur Gray Mitchell 1849 Coroner; First County Treasurer; helped to organize the Old-School Presbyterians in 1835
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Augustus H. Chapman 1850 Lt. Col. in Civil War; first Master of Wabash Lodge; merchantile business; freight agent	Byrd Monroe 1852 Built first steam mill in Charleston; merchantile business with A.H. Chapman; State Senator	John P. Waterhouse 1853 Quite an active member of the Lodge; Grand Sword Bearer of Grand Lodge of Illinois	Samuel Huffman 1854 County Clerk 1840 to 1853
George W. Teel 1855-56-57-58-60-66 Circuit Clerk; Assistant Postmaster	Henry P.H. Bromwell 1859-61-62-63 Grand Master of Illinois in 1865; Grand Orator; Attorney; U.S. Congress; wrote Masonic book	Samuel C. Levinson 1864-65 A merchant tailor in Charleston	Eliphalet Butler Gage 1867 Had an extensive milling business.
Jacob Edwin Taylor 1868 Was a printer by trade; passed away during term as Worshipful Master	William E. Ginther 1869-71-72-73-74-78-92-93 Proprietor of Charleston Woolen Mill; dealer of hardware & farm machinery; City Council	Horatio Sutter Parcels 1870 In the merchantile business; quite a prominent business man	Eugene B. Buck 1875-76-77-79
Henry Clay Barnard 1880-83 One of the prominent physicians and surgeons of Charleston	Charles Clary 1881-84 Cashier of the Second National Bank of Charleston	Lucian S. Dunbar 1882 Publisher of Charleston Plaindealer; later in the grocery business	John W. Tucker 1885-86 Brick mason by trade; grandfather of Charles Tucker; great-great-grandfather of Jon Cole.
George M. Sefton 1887-88-89-90-94 Ticket agent at the Big Four Depot	Robert L. Reat 1891 Large livestock farmer; raised purebred Hereford cattle; passed away during term as Master	John Paul Jones 1895 Farmer; Charleston Police force; received 50-year pin at state Lodge meeting.	Thomas T. Shoemaker 1896-97-99-00-01-02-03 Farmer for several years; Mayor of Charleston; Town Supervisor
Christopher C. Webb 1898 A physician and surgeon in Charleston; an Army surgeon at one time	Fred G. Hudson 1904-05-06-07-14 Cashier at First Nat'l. Bank in Charleston; manager of Andrews and Company Lumber	Oscar B. Root 1908-09 City Clerk; a horseshoer and blacksmith	John P. Harrah 1910 Attorney; County Judge, 1898 to 1902
Fred N. Todd 1911-12-17 Farmer; ran a garage and sold cars	John W. Gannaway 1913 Farmer; VP and Cashier of Second Nat'l Bank; Township Supervisor; School Board member	Thomas T. Moore Owner of Moore's Super Service Grocery & Market; President, Chamber of Commerce	William B. Tym 1918 Dentist in Charleston for years.
Clifford C. Hubbard 1919 Professor at the College before moving to teach in Rhode Island	Frank M. Francis 1921 In the theater business in Charleston; quite active in Lodge work	Harry D. Fields 1922 In the Dry Goods business for years; also in real estate and insurance	Glen T. Edman 1923 Owner and manager of the Edman Super Service Gasoline Station.
Clarence Otto Rogers 1924-25 Boiler inspector for the Nickel Plate Railroad	Faye W. Claar 1926-27 President of Charleston National Bank; active in community affairs; elder in Christian Church	Edgar H. Hayes 1928 Secretary of Chamber of Commerce; bookkeeper for Alexander Dry Goods	Otto C. Pinnell 1929 owner and operator of Pinnell's Market & Grocery
George Pattison 1930 Nickel Plate RR: Brown Shoe Company; Supt. of shoe department in State Controlled Institution.	Floyd L. Tolly 1931-33 City mail carrier; quite active in Lodge work	Marshall L. Newman 1932 Fireman for Nickell Plate Railroad	Charles W. Reynolds 1934 City Commissioner; Cashier at Charleston Nat'l Bank; Treasurer, Coles County Fair Assn.
Marvin L. Stratton 1935 Farmer; salesman for the Coles-Cumberland Service Company	Earl W. Goodman 1936 Owner and operator of the Earl W. Goodman Grocery Store; farmer; school teacher.	Marquis A. Patton 1937 Carpenter; had a bicycle shop; passed away during his term as Worshipful Master.	H. Ogden Brainard 1938 Attorney; City Attorney; President, Illinois Bar Association; active in EIU athletics
Charles R. Monroe 1939 Chiropractic Practitioner; wrote Lodge history for 1945 Centennial Book	Gerald A. Reed 1940 Real Estate and Insurance business; U.W. Army Air Force pilot; flew 30 missions over Europe	John C. Blagg 1941-42 Fireman on Nickel Plate Railroad; employed at Brown Shoe Company	Verne H. Cochran 1943 Electric utility service man for CIPS; farmer; minister
Gerald B. King 1944 Owner and operator of Gerald King Grocery; City Council; Brown Shoe Company worker	Robert C. Hill 1945 Owner and operator of the Bob Hill Variety Store on north side of the square	Frank B. Willingham 1946 Owner and operator of Shell Service Station; Grand Lecturer; awarded honorary 33° in 1961.	Robert F. Finch 1947 Brown Shoe Company; Assoc. Guardian of Job's Daughters; KTCH in 1970; Grand Lecturer
Lowell C. Baggott 1948 Brown Shoe Company Worthy Patron of Sopha C Chapter of Eastern Star.	Robert E. Brown 1949 Brown Shoe company; EIU Maintenance; artist; donated several of his paintings to the Lodge	Raymond Snodgrass 1950 Shoe Factory foreman in both Illinois & Missouri; Elder and teacher in Christian Church	Forrest W. Walls 1951 Employed at CIPS; Worthy Patron of Sopha C. Chapter of Eastern Star
Walter H. Reasor 1952 A delivery agent for Railway Express	Victor A. Ross 1953 Employed at Central Illinois Public Service (CIPS)	Carl W. Holsapple 1954 Meat cutter at Kroger; retired as Meat Operations Mgr., Safeway Stores, El Paso, Texas	John B. Stoner 1955 Owner of Stoner Planing Mill and Stoner Wood Products
Richard P. Frommel 1956 Owner and operator of Mar-Chris Gift Shop for 34 years; Assoc. Guardian of Job's Daughters	Albert Prince 1957 Brown Shoe Company; carpenter; made and donated large wooden storage cabinet to Lodge	Arthur Wiseman 1958 Social Worker for Illinois Department of Public Aid	Frank R. Ellison 1959 Owner of a welding and repair shop in Loxa; father of James Ellison (1970).
W. Wesley Corbin 1960 Retired Lt. Col., U.S. Air Force; pilot; City Commissioner; police officer at EIU	Donald E. Jenkins 1961 Deputy Sheriff; auto mechanic at McArthur Motors; groundskeeper for Eastern Illinois Univ	Charles F. Tucker 1962 Retired from Chemistry Dept. at EIU; grandson of John W. Tucker; grandfather of Jon Cole	James B. Swann, Jr. 1963 Employed in power plant at EIU; Worthy Patron of Sopha C. Chapter of Eastern Star