Past Grand Masters of West Virginia

Welcome to the home of the Past Grand Masters of West Virginia.  Below is a list of the past leaders of our beloved Grand Lodge

Year Served

Name

Lodge Number

Information

1866-1867

Jacob M. Bickel

2

Died  12-17-1875

1868---

William L. hyland

13

Died 4-29-1891

1869--

William Wilen

24

Died 4-29-1891

1870

James P. Davis

37

Died 3/14/1884

1871

Peter Darnell

14

Died 6/9/1889

1872

George Edwards

13

Died 8-2-1909

1873

Wheeler Reeves

5

Died 8-13-1917

1874

Daniel Rentch

4

Died 3-3-1918

1875

John H. Rosier

25

Died  ?-?-?

1876

E.A. Peck

37

Died 11-21-1897

1877

E.A. Jeremiah A Miller

9

Died 1/16/1925

1878

George L. Hensel

24

Died 5-1-1908

1879

Thomas W. Fleming

11

Died 7-4-1937

1880

J.T. Hoke

78

Died 1-16-1891

1881

Robert S. Brown

15

Died 1-16-1891

1882

O.K.J. Ellifritz

12

Died  Dropped out of order

1883

R. Ganoe

60

Died  4-11-1889

1884

A.F. Lang

28

Died  11-7-1891

1885

O.S. McKinney

84

Died  9-26-1926

1886

William Ellingham

9

Died  3-6-1922

1887

Thomas S. Spates

8

Died  7-10-199

1888

George Mo. Fought

7

Died  9-27-1926

1889

Robert Alexander

62

Died  4-21-1906

1890

Samuel A. Steele

90

Died 12-23-1918

1891

Godfrey Schul

48

Died 6-8-1901

1892

John Beckley

74

Died  6-8-1910

1893

A.G. Dayton

59

Died  7-30-1920

1894

Septimus Hall

42

Died  2-27-1926

1895

John A. Bock

67

Died 3-19-1940

1896

Samuel t. Dodd

24

Died  5-1-1930

1897

Romeo H. Freer

99

Died 5-9-1913

1898

George C. Sturgis

10

Died 2-26-1925

1899

W.E. Ruttencuter

57

Died  7-19-1948

1900

W. R. Cummings

63

Died  5-12-1918

1901

Charles M. Roach

31

Died 7-15-1914

1902

Charles M. Roach

31

Died  7-15-1914

1903

G. A. Vincent

11

Died  10-6-1930

1904

Joshua Morris Chapman

21

Died  1-8-1929

1905

W. I. Canter

67

Died 3-15-1941

1906

S.P. Bell

200

Died  1-29-1949

1907

Atherton M. Woodridge

140

Died 12-23-1930

1908

William H. Cecil

7

Died  2-16-1933

1909

J. Dellius Marstiller

116

Died dropped out of order

1910

 D. R. Kessler

176

Died 7-30-1945

1911

E. W.  Rouse

42

Died 7-9-1925

1912

Henry  F. Woody

49

Died  5-15-1935

1913

Evan J. Davies

64

Died 2-17-1922

1914

Thomas Liversedge

155

Died  11-4-1929

1915

Dr. David Ash

8

Died   2-9-1925

1916

W.F. Hollister

176

Died   4-24-1958

1917

Charles L. Simpson

121

Died  3-10-1933

1918

George S. Fullerton

10

Died 2-18-1940

1919

Lee T Baker

90

Died  5-8-1930

1920

W. T Stephenson

28

Died  1-27-1928

1921

Rev. C. N. Coffman

142

Died  7-5-1933

1922

Thomas H. Neal

36

Died   9-29-1943

1923

John C. Hicks

274

Died  5-3-1939

1924

A. W. Martin

16

Died   5-3-1928

1925

W. H. O’Brien

30

Died   10-22-1932

1926

D. E. Casto

8

Died  12-6-1935

1927

Ottway Gunnoe

227

Died  3-27-1976

1928

L.L Price

95

Died  11-21-1940

1929

Fred A. McFarlin

263

Died  4-14-1940

1930

R. F. Mason Jr.

24

Died  5-29-1970

1931

L. R. Crago

9

Died  8-12-1947

1932

F. I. Day

8

Died  5-16-1941

1933

Claude F. Garrison

9

Died  9-30-1957

1934

Rev S. B. Hart

116

Died  5-4-1962

1935

W. B. Burdette

28

Died  5-25-1943

1936

J.P. Wilkinson

123

Died  5-6-1939

1937

C. A. Richards

6

Died  dropped out of order

1938

Allen T. Casto

10

Died  6-29-1968

1939

Grant Cremeans

160

Died  9-23-1940

1940

Ralph D. Cox

90

Died  5-25-1961

1941

Forest poling

263

Died  12-25-1972

1942

Herbert Skeens

30

Died  9-19-1954

1943

R. Moore Dodrill

115

Died  2-3-1953

1944

R. Moore Dodrill

115

Died  2-3-1953

1945

Carl B. Johnson

22

Died  7-10-1953

1946

William A. Shuman

88

Died  1-6-1978

1947

Jeff Lockhart

228

Died  12-28-1975

1948

A. Ford Winters

30

Died  5-14-1999

1949

Dr. W. C. Camp

101

Died  4-8-1961

1950

George F. Hull

123

Died  1-25-1981

1951

Ed T, Davis

380

Died  11-21-1954

1952

Percy K. Martin

228

Died  11-28-1988

1953

Luther B. Hudson

140

Died  11-9-1976

1954

Charles. A Stidings

78

Died  10-15-1989

1955

John E. Lake

82

Died  6-9-1987

1956

Carl Fortney

184

Died  9-19-1990

1957

Robert A. Roller

25

Died  2-27-1998

1958

M. B. Kincell

10

Died  1-24-1970

1959

J. W. Allison

25

Died  3-1-1988

1960

Mike Casey

123

Died  10-20-1978

1961

William C. Gifford

28

Died  12-5-1967

1962

J. Garland Hart

223

Died  1-21-1974

1963

Charles P. Wilheim

107

Died  4-6-1976

1964

Andrew Jackson Trail Jr.

228

712 Ellette Drive., Charleston Wv. 25311

1965

Clinton W. Fielder

380

Died  3-14-1992

1966

E. Ralph Clear

10

Died  11-14-1971

1967

Harry K. Anderson

49

Died  8-19-1973

1968

E. Garland Ray

64

Died  12-26-2003

1969

Ralph R. Pickens

25

Died  4-1992

1970

Harry G. Johnson

85

Died  1-1968

1971

George Spurlock

64

Died  10-17-1981

1972

Hal E. Smith

22

Died 10-9-2008

1973

Ernest W. Ashcraft

414

Died  10-20-1981

1974

Elijah M. Kittle

67

Died  1-7-1976

1975

Plummer D. Pride

10

Died  11-1-2000

1976

Norville L. Folmar

94

Died  4-23-2003

1977

Edward R. Arnold

176

Died  6-1-1999

1978

Carl C. Williams

263

Rt. 6 Box 295, Clarksburg WV, 26301

1979

Delmar C. Guthrie

30

Died  2-25-1983

1980

Lawrence J. Kilburn

25

Died  3-16-2000

1981

Charles W. Dicks

380

Died  6-22-1998

1982

Harold V. Vass

372

Died  7-27-1984

1983

Dicky Joe Weekley

8

19 Pebble Creek Lane. Finleyville PA,   

1984

Loy Earl McAtee

168

Died  10-19-1994

1985

Paul  R. Humphrey

64

143 Bradley Forest dr. Huntington, WV, 25705

1986

Meril E. Peak

25

Died 1-8-2008

1987

Robert C. Cooksey

140

Died  3-6-2005

1988

Harold C. Neeley

380

Died  10-23-2000

1989

W. Larry Ferguson

116

Rt. 2 Box 551, Elkins WV, 26241 

1990

Harless A. Turner

105

P.O. Box 191, Glenville, Wv, 26351

1991

Gary L. Price

59

413 Locust Lane, Philippi, WV, 26416

1992

Earl. N. Brown

9

Dropped out of Order

1993

Corbon Siders

30

Dropped out of order (deceased)

1994

Frank Hamrick

184

82-B Fifth Street, Shinnston, WV,  6431

1995

Ronald Thompson

104

Died 11-21-1995

1996

Charles David Moles

25

Died 10-31-2003

1997

Paul R. Spurlock

64

99 Simpson Drive, Huntington, WV, 25705

1998

Paul L. Hevner

10

1465 Tremont Ave, Morgantown, WV, 26505

1999

Robert L. Spencer

1

P.O. Box C, Harpers Ferry WV, 25425

2000

Virgil E. Lehew

22

Died  2005

2001

Russel R. Casto

30

Rt. 1 Box 192 Ripley, WV, 25271

2002

Marion N. Carney

85

P.O. Box 144, Poca, WV, 25159

2003

E. Wesley Stollings

170

30 Pineridge Rd, Tornado, WV, 25202

2004

Robert L. Spencer

274

1014 First Avenue, Logan, WV, 25601

2005

Dewey W. Nottingham

30

Rt. 1, Box 240, Leroy, WV, 25252

2006

Kenneth C. Roby, Sr.

9

603 Wilson Ave. Martins Ferry, OH, 43935

2007

Russell Swecker

116

Route 2. Box 550, Elkins WV, 26241 

2008 Robert E. Fisher 10 1700 Grafton Road
Morgantown, West Virginia 26508

 2009

 James Varney

176 

 195 Lazy J Drive
Camden-On-Gauley. WV
       

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



Past Grand Master's Jewel

 

The Past Grand Master's Jewel is awarded to an Odd Fellow who has successfully served as Grand Master in the Grand Lodge.