The Iona Lodge, No. 381 A.F.&A.M. was a Masonic lodge which was organized and chartered and at one time it was a flourishing lodge. The Mason's there joined with the school district and put up the school house for school and lodge purposes. It was a two story building and the lodge was held upstairs. The charter members of this lodge were G.W. Colvin, A.M.H. Bills, Wiliam Simpson, R.M. Hargett, H.B. Groff, J.B. Coleman, Edward Saunders and Ferdinand Rauschelbach. The first officers were: William Simpson, W.M.; Joseph Colton, S.D.; G.W. Colvin, J.D; E.Brock, secretary; Edward Saunders, Ferdinand was born in Prussia.
By Bonnie Morris Conrad
The Iona Lodge, No. 381 A.F.&A.M. was a Masonic lodge which was organized and chartered and at one time it was a flourishing lodge. The Mason's there joined with the school district and put up the school house for school and lodge purposes. It was a two story building and the lodge was held upstairs. The charter members of this lodge were G.W. Colvin, A.M.H. Bills, Wiliam Simpson, R.M. Hargett, H.B. Groff, J.B. Coleman, Edward Saunders and Ferdinand Rauschelbach. The first officers were: William Simpson, W.M.; Joseph Colton, S.D.; G.W. Colvin, J.D; E.Brock, secretary; Edward Saunders, Ferdinand was born in Prussia.
By Bonnie Morris Conrad
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Ferdinand Richard Rauschelbach
1844–1864
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Adeline Aurora Rauschelbach
1848–1864
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Hannah Maude Rauschelbach Williams
1851–1931
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Emily J Rauschelbach Merritt
1853 – unknown
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Josephine Rauschelbach
1856–1862
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Pulaski Rauschelbach
1861–1862
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Leopold R "Leo" Rauschelbach
1863–1928
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Orsino Rauschelbach
1869–1870
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Jennie M. Rauschelbach
1884–1888
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