Transcribed by Gina Cappello, from files of the Allegany County Historian.
Allegany County Democrat, January 12, 1877
The following officers were installed in the Masonic Lodge, Friendship, on Wednesday evening, 27th ult:
R. V. Scott, W. M.
A. E. Willard, S. W.
S. A. Hancock, J. W.
W. H. Scott, Treas.
R. A. Scott, S. D.
H. P. Allen, J. D.
John Coats, S. M. of C.
L. M. Wait, J. M. of C.
F. M. Alford, Chap.
A. F. Taylor, Tyler