Independent Order of Odd Fellows Coos County, Oregon An early example of the Odd Fellows dress attire, date and location in Oregon unknown Last Name First Name City Office Years Served Collier Benjamin Franklin Coquille Coquille IOOF Cemetery #1 Emblem on heastone unknown Drane Thomas W. Coquille Coquille IOOF Cemetery #1 Emblem on heastone unknown Giles Miss Ann Myrtle Point Treasurer, Una Rebekah Lodge 1902 Harmon William H. Coquille Obituary unknown Heller Louis Coquille Coquille IOOF Cemetery #1 Emblem on heastone unknown Huling Miss Mattie Myrtle Point Noble Grand, Una Rebekah Lodge 1902 Milbury William Bernard Myrtle Point Noble Grand, Myrtle Point 1916 Nosler John H. Coquille Coquille IOOF Cemetery #1 Emblem on heastone unknown Page Mrs. Viola Myrtle Point Con., Una Rebekah Lodge 1902 Prey Miss Bertha Myrtle Point Secretary, Una Rebekah Lodge 1902 Rohm William Coquille Coquille IOOF Cemetery #1 Emblem on heastone unknown Self Miss Fannie Myrtle Point O.G., Una Rebekah Lodge 1902 Short J. Owen Empire City Obituary unknown Snyder Ira W. Coquille Coquille IOOF Cemetery #1 Emblem on heastone unknown Spires Mrs. Emma Myrtle Point Vice Grand, Una Rebekah Lodge 1902 Stockman John C. Coquille Coquille IOOF Cemetery #1 Emblem on heastone unknown Von Pegert Charles Frederick Wilhelm Coquille Coquille IOOF Cemetery #1 Emblem on heastone unknown Wagner Miss Lillie Myrtle Point Warden, Una Rebekah Lodge 1902 Walters Miss Leona Myrtle Point I.G., Una Rebekah Lodge 1902 Willard Titus B. Coquille Coquille IOOF Cemetery #1 Emblem on heastone unknown Wood Edmund G. Coquille Coquille IOOF Cemetery #1 Emblem on heastone unknown Myrtle Point Enterprise, Feb. 28, 1902 Una Rebekah Lodge, No. 117 (120), IOOF, was organized at this place last Monday evening with a list of 40 members - 18 males and 22 females. A large delegation from Coquille City was in attendance and assisted in the work of organization. The Independent Order of Odd Fellows is a secret fraternal, benefit society, founded in England sometime during the second quarter of the 18th century. A grand lodge of Odd Fellows for England was formed at London in 1803. In 1809 a subordinate lodge at Manchester successfully declared itself independent of the grand lodge, and, as the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Manchester Unity, constitutes today the largest English branch of the order. Thomas Wildey is considered to have been the founder of the society in America, although other lodges are known to have existed before Wildey came to the United States. In 1819, Wildey and other English associates (John Welch, John Duncan, John Cheatham, and Richard Rushworth) organized a lodge of Odd Fellows at Baltimore, which received a charter from the Manchester Unity. In 1843 the American order declared its independence of the older society after Manchester Unity recognized the Grand United Order of Odd Fellows, which was founded in that year by Peter Ogden, an African American sailor. In Coos County, IOOF Halls were located in Coos Bay (Marshfield), Bandon, Coquille and Myrtle Point. The Lodge in Coquille is still an active lodge. Many of the IOOF lodges also sponsored cemeteries. There are four located in Coos county, the Marshfield Pioneer Cemetery, the Coquille Pioneer #1 and Pioneer #2 cemeteries, and the Bandon IOOF Cemetery. Where to go from here      Researchers are encouraged to take a look at the IOOF of Oregon website at http://www.ioof.org/jurisdictions/oregon.html Back to Top Updated January 2011 Transcribed by Robyn Greenlund unless otherwise noted All data on this website is © Copyright 2007-present by Genealogy Trails with full rights reserved for original submitters.