Joplin Globe from Joplin, Missouri • Page 42

JOPLIN GLOBE, SUNDAY, JUNE 10, 1923. ODD FELLOWS LODGE 72 First Noble Grand John Alllnfc- Class of Candidates Numbered Only Five. Granddaughter of County's First White Settler Resides in Joplin The Odd Fellow lodge was the first fraternal organization to be established in Joplin. On July 21, 1872, seventeen men. who belonged to I.

O. O. F. lodges in almost that many different met and talked of an organization in Joplin. A petition wns sent to the I.

O. O. F. grand lodge of the stnte of Missouri, asking that a lodge be instituted in Joplin. The petition was Signed by the churter members, and Jesse Shortens, who iire.sided at llie call meeting, and J.

Jladdy, who acted ns secretary, on the night of July 21. On'November 1, 3S72, Joplin's first Odd Fellow lodge was instituted. Lyman Binch. district deputy grand master, who lived in Carthage, was instituting officer. The first officers elected were John Allington, noble grand: S.

H. "White, vice grand: Ir.t Creech, secretary pro tem: S. W. Beach, permanent secretary; William Karbe, treasurer. On November 22, 1S72-.

a class of candidates consisting of W. McAntire, J. W. Clehouse. J.

A. Miller. Arnold Hogle and J. B. Thomas wai? Initiated into the order.

JOO POUNDS OF FLOVR COST $5 HERE IN 1872 Cost of living in Joplin in 1ST2 was decidedly below the cost of today If figures compiled from the market reports of November, 1ST2, and published In the Joplin Mining News are to be taken as authority. Some of the Items listed are: Flour, a hundred pounds; potatoes, 75 cents a bushel; eggs. 20 cents a dozen; lump sugar, for 12 pounds; wood, $2.50 a cord, coal 15 cents to 25 cents a bushel, or from $3 .75 to $5 a ton. Thacker Vivion, first white man to come into Jasper county and locate I permanently, was of English ancestry. He was born in Kentucky abotit ITflO, the exact ilafe of his birth being unknown to local historians.

From boyhood he was filled with the roving spirit and sought adventure. His parents were wealthy according to standards of those early days, and young Vivion received a good education. He was energetic, enthusiastic, and blessed with a pleasing personality, according to younger members of the family. At the time of his migration into Jlis.oourl he wa.s the father of several children, one of whom was a Ind of 14 years, a boy named John and the oldest son in the family. There eight children In all.

Xoar Snivosle. Thacker Vivion and his son, John, built their primiitve homo near a big spring at what is now Sarooxie. They erected a water grist mill at the present site of Boyd mills and ground corn for their own use and for the n.se of the neighbors who were scattered throughout the forest. The crude machinery ground nothing but corn, for that wa.s the only grain raised in Jasper county then. If wheat was desired, one must travel overland to Kane Hill.

Ark. At first the corn was sround for family consumption in a small hand- mill; the grinding took place before each meal and only jenough for the one "batch" of corn pone was pre-" pared. Children of the pioneer family (lid the grinding, a tedious task, and often the family tired of the sameness of the fare, but as there was no other kind of breadstuff, they were forced to e.at it and be satisfied. AVhon Vivion located hi.s little hillside farm and looked across country he saw miles and miles of beautiful country, but little else. Rank grass and spring water were in abundance.

The closest store wag at Springfield, nearly hundred miles east. The only road was a dim trail that led out through the trees. around through the valleys, land finally reached the Greene county trading center. Jlrs. niiza Jameson, now residing at No 410 Byers avenue.

Joplin, a granddaughter of Thacker Vivion, in speaking of the early hardships undergone by the hardy p'oneer ancestors said: Grand-daughter ToUs Story. I "In the early days my grandmoth- would mount a horse, ride to Springfield following the trail that often she had to look closely for to find, and after buying her supplies ride back home to her family. My grandfather made the trip most iof the time, but sometimes she was to go alone. She thought little ahout the danger, for she knew it had to be done and she the one who must do it," ThacUery Vivion felt the spirit of the rover coming over him after he had been in Jasper county a number of years. He had wandered over the wilds of the new country and knew every path that led through the forest.

He had built a mill and men had g.a'hered at his little abode, dis- 'cussed the scant news of the day and he bad helped mould affairs of his oommunity. H's forest hoine was losing the charm to hold him and he longed to go into new fields to seek adventure. "U'hen his son was grown and had married young woman by the name of Julia. Ann DeGrattenreid. and John Vivion was able to manage business alone.

Thacker Vivion. middle-aged, started to Alaska. His family waited three years for his return, then one day he oame wniking up the little trail and deposited several bags of gold in the center of the log cabin kitchen. The family looked on and listened in astonishment while he related some of his ad. ventures, which were fascinating ns a romance, but which members of the family now living remember little about.

After his return to his home near Sarcoxie. Thacker Vivion sold his mill and his store that housed the little postoffice and went to the western part of Jasper county to what later became Lehigh, near Carl Junction. He settled on a big tract of land and began to cultivate his farm, building a home which was one of the best in the whole countryside. It was a two-story brick structure and was furnished with every comfort the times could afford. His son.

John Vivion, then the father ot two sons and two went with him and settled near his father. Jameson was one of John Vivien's children and the only one now living of the original family. She is 7 5 years old. Couldn't Iitvo OH Gmss. Tn speaking of the advent of the DeGraffenreid into the locality, she stated that because ot letters from an telling ot the wonderful opportunities offered In the new country, her mother's people were induced to come to this locality.

I'pon arrival here they found the uncle and h'a family living on a plot cleared of brush, with nothing but a small cabin of logs as a home. The Grattenreid family had brought a wagon-train of provisions, household belongings and farm equipment. The immigrant father turned to the uncle and said: "Where Is the wealth you told about?" The uncle replied, waving his hand at the beauty of the scent, "Look at the grass, man, look at the acres of grass, hundreds of acres of it." DeGraffenreid sat down and wept, "My God. man," he cried, "I have seven children. Can they eat grass?" Jtrs.

Jameson relates that the fam- iliy became 111 soon after coming Into the new country and, with the exception Her mother, all died. Their fortune was gone and they were broken-hearted over their loss. Again Vision craved to wander. This time he w-ent into the land and settled at Goliad, Texas. He made a fortune In speculation and spent it as fast as it accumulated, according to his granddaughter.

In 1S71 he returned to Jasper county, looked around over the country which he had been the first to enter and after visiting for several weeks he returned to his home in Goliad. Shortly afterwards he died at that place. AVflvS Atlilcto nt 80. A description oC the pioneer, given by his granddaughter, pictures a man of great endurance and strength and exceeding good nature. He was fine looking, she declares, and had winning smile.

At' the age of SO he could dance and was somewhat ot an athlete, often jumping straight in the air for exercise. At the time of his death he had never lost a tooth, every molar being firm and un- decnyed. After the elder Vivion Avent south hia son, John filed on the homestead his father had staked In 1844 and the land descended to and remained In possession of Afrs. Jameson for a number ot years. Some of the richest lead mines In the county were on that piece of ground.

The only living descendants of Thac.ker Vivion are still in Jasper county. They have taken active pnrt In affairs in the county and are identified with the life of Joplin at the present time. Mrs. Jameson's children, Mrs. Mary Lytle, No, G07 Sergeant avenue, and Albert "Webb.

Los Angeles, are great grandchildren of CROCKER BROS. PACKING CO. want to meiet you Golden Jubilee Week at their booth in the Manufacturers' and Jobbers'Exhibit. We have a souvenir for you. the first settler.

It Is InterestlnVb note that Albert Webb, who ton lived here, was the inventor first fire truck ever made in tl' world.nnd that Joplin bought it. COLE YOUNGER'S BROTHER WAS EARLY MINER HER Cole Younger was a member, rode madly up in front of one of the saloons, kidnaped the joung man and, mounting dashed rapidly away that the citizens of the town learned who the likable young fellow was. several days afterwards inhabitants cf the town feared the town would bo raided because the marauders were in the district. During the summer of 18761' Bruce Tpunger, kid brother of Cold First In Siiporvlsion. Younger, lived In Joplin and work- Jasper county was the first county ed Irt the newly discovered lead dig-n the state to adopt county super- glngs.

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