{"id":3996,"date":"2020-01-21T19:01:08","date_gmt":"2020-01-21T19:01:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/guoofamerica.com\/guoof\/?page_id=3996"},"modified":"2020-01-21T19:01:08","modified_gmt":"2020-01-21T19:01:08","slug":"peter-ogden-founder-of-guoof","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/guoofamerica.com\/guoof\/history\/interesting-facts\/famous-odd-fellows\/peter-ogden-founder-of-guoof\/","title":{"rendered":"Peter Ogden, Founder of GUOOF"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":89,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3996","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P8rHzu-12s","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":111,"url":"https:\/\/guoofamerica.com\/guoof\/regions\/area-3\/","url_meta":{"origin":3996,"position":0},"title":"AREA III","author":"Sis. Anne Huffman","date":"April 16, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"LOCATIONS: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Michigan, Missouri, Ohio, Wisconsin Derrick Stinson - DIRECTOR Sister Donna Bell Maiden buys her 1st new home. The District of Illinois held Peter Ogden Thanksgiving Service. Those participating included \u00a0Tessie Free HHR 6929, Silver Leaf 5211 and CAS-WAL Lodge 12083.\u00a0PMWGSE Minnie Martin,\u00a0Guest Speaker Minister Denita\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/guoofamerica.com\/guoof\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Stinson-photo-225x300.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":91,"url":"https:\/\/guoofamerica.com\/guoof\/history\/interesting-facts\/","url_meta":{"origin":3996,"position":1},"title":"Interesting Facts","author":"Sis. Anne Huffman","date":"April 15, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"\u00a0 Interesting Facts In 1899, the GUOOF was the most powerful organization in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. There were 19 lodges and over 1000 members in the city. The organization had $46,000 in property, including two lodge halls. The organization also had its own newspaper, The Odd Fellows Journal. By 1900, the\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"fullshield","src":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/blackthen.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/fullshield.gif?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":87,"url":"https:\/\/guoofamerica.com\/guoof\/history\/","url_meta":{"origin":3996,"position":2},"title":"History","author":"Sis. Anne Huffman","date":"April 15, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"\u00a0 History HISTORY OF ODDFELLOWSHIP The exact origin of Oddfellowship is involved in obscurity. It must have had a beginning, but just when and where, no historian has ever been able to ascertain. All of its history prior to the introduction of the Order into England is merely conjecture founded\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"peter-ogden","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackthen.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/peter-ogden.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":58,"url":"https:\/\/guoofamerica.com\/guoof\/grand-council\/","url_meta":{"origin":3996,"position":3},"title":"Grand Council","author":"Sis. Anne Huffman","date":"April 15, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"The Grand Council, formerly Grand Council of the Patriarchal Order of Past Grand Masters of the Grand United Order of Odd Fellows. 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