Peter Ogden

CTL-E-3872 · Person · other · 1843-1852

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Black mariner who sailed between New York and Liverpool; initiated into Odd Fellowship at Victoria Lodge No. 448 in Liverpool; petitioned the English Grand United Order of Oddfellows for a charter and became the first Grand Master of Philomathean Lodge No. 646 (1843), founding the Black Odd Fellows order in America; died November 29, 1852.

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RELP88 new supporting entity: founder of the Grand United Order of Odd Fellows in America.

Relationships

Grand United Order of Odd Fellows in America — founded
Peter Ogden founded the Grand United Order of Odd Fellows in America via Philomathean Lodge No. 646, chartered March 1, 1843.

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Sources

Wikipedia - Peter Ogden (Odd Fellows founder)

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