Morgan,
Unfortunately, I couldn’t find any information about the IOOF lodge you mentioned in Brentsville in the records I have. However, (I am not sure how often you are in Richmond) the Library of Virginia has copies of a magazine called the Virginia Odd Fellow for the years you are interested in. I am sure you could find information about the Brentsville Lodge there. Usually fraternal newspapers like this one note the opening and closing of lodges, and sometimes even contain lodge rosters.
Here is some other information you that might help you.
At least two other IOOF lodges existed in Prince William County during the 1920s -- in Dumfries (R.E. Lee Lodge No. 221) and Independence Hill (Highland Lodge No. 252). There was also a Rebekah Lodge (the IOOF’s women’s auxiliary) – Virginia Dare Lodge No. 66 in Dumfries. It seems that Dumfries was the hub of fraternal activity in Prince William County at the beginning of the 20th C. I would bet that there are men from Brentsville who transferred their membership to lodges there when their own closed.
There were also two other lodges listed as being located in Fairfax County at that time, Crescent Lodge No. 33 in Occoquan (created out of R.E. Lee lodge), and Woodbridge Lodge No. 402.
I wonder if the Woodbridge Lodge is the lodge that someone mentioned to you – or possibly if was a lodge that was apart of another fraternal organization called the Woodmen of the World, usually referred to as just “the woodmen.”
I wish I could be more helpful. Good luck.
Ami
Morgan Breeden <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
Hi Ami,
I saw your reply concerning the list of Mason members and wonder if you can
help me with a related (sort of) problem.
I am the unofficial historian of our small town. I have pictures of (and
have recently learned the identity of) an IOOF lodge that was functional here
during 1917-1919 (and perhaps earlier or longer). The lodge was identified as
the Brentsville Lodge 77 IOOF, Brentsville, VA and may have been also called
the "Woodsman Lodge." I know a large number of our residents were members,
including Mr. Grady Shoemaker. I am trying to find anything about the lodge
of historical interest such as year it was started, year ended, why it ended,
etc. Do you have any information that can be released to the general public
on this installation that can be included in our community history?
Best regards,
Morgan Breeden
9721 Windy Hill Drive
Nokesville, VA 20181
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