With the advice and consent of the Pastor, Rev. Thomas J. Walsh the Lewis Tucker Council of the Knights of Columbus was instituted on April 26, 1908, by State Deputy John S. Leahy and Staff and Mr. S. L. Moore, District Deputy, who with the members here did all the preliminary work.

The charter members were:

Rev. T. J. Walsh

Wm. Pierce

Andred Pierce

Henry A. Moran

Joseph E. Schulte

Jos. C. Muellersman

Francis T. Newton

Harry M. Hitzeman

Frank J. Eagen

J. W. Keyes

Frederick A. Schulte

John Spickerman

Allen DeGuire

R. M. Slaughter

Wm. H. DeGuire

Joseph Knagge

Oscar P. Wimer

J. L. DeGuire

Chase. A. DeGuire

John B. Dumphy

L. P. Budenholzer

Chris A. Wigenstein

John L. Schulte

John J. Hermes

Chas C. Bess

Wm. J. Donophan

Valle M. Ellis

David Sherman

John Muellersman

Sidney DeGuire

Herman S.Schulte

Joseph Spickerman

Joseph P. Budenholzer

A. D. Villars

Robt. D. Young

The following memembers were transferred from other Councils at the time of orgainzation:

Paul D. Deguire

L. P. O'connor

D. M. Tesreau

A. A. O'Connor

W. A. Robey

W. P. O'Brien

J. L. Robinson

R. A. Anthony

Joseph Villars

Wm. Dorsey

S. C. Slaughter, M. D.

The following members have been lost by death:

A. A. O'Connor, February 14, 1909, drowned

Clement Tucker, September 8, 1912, drowned

Andrew Pierce, December 30, 1915, Pneumonia

The affairs of the Council are in a flouishing condition, with seventy-nine members in good standing, among them a number of the most influential men of the City and County.

Chronicles of an Old Missouri Parish - Historical Sketches of St. Michael's Church, Fredericktown, Madison County, Missouri - 1917

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