Death benefits certificate issued by District Grand Lodge, No. 18, to Cornelia Hill, 1913 June 1
Title
Death benefits certificate issued by District Grand Lodge, No. 18, to Cornelia Hill, 1913 June 1
Description
A death benefits certificate issued by District Grand Lodge, No. 18, of Atlanta, Georgia, to Cornelia Hill of Winder, Georgia. Dated June 1, 1913. In this document, Cornelia Hill, a member of the Winder Household of Ruth, No. 1445, purchases death benefits to be paid out to her husband in the event of her death. In 1843, Peter Ogden, "a person of color who traveled between New York and Liverpool, England," as a steward on a ship, founded the Grand United Order of Odd Fellows, an African American mutual aid society, in New York City.
Subject
Source
Collection of the Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library, Lexington, Massachusetts. FR 007
Date
1913 06 01
Rights
This image is presented for research and educational purposes only, and may not be distributed or re-published without permission from the Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library.
Language
English
Identifier
A2020/017/001
Coverage
Extent
1 item (4 pages) ; 47 x 46 cm.
Provenance
Museum purchase
Collection
Citation
Grand United Order of Odd Fellows in America. District Grand Lodge, No. 18, Jurisdiction of Georgia (Atlanta, Ga.), “Death benefits certificate issued by District Grand Lodge, No. 18, to Cornelia Hill, 1913 June 1,” digitalVGW, accessed March 29, 2024, https://digitalvgw.omeka.net/items/show/1053.