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A lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows was established in Vienna Township in 1872.
The Odd Fellows was, and is, a fraternal benevolent organization dedicated to personal and social betterment.
Trumbull lodge No. 532, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Vienna, Ohio, was instituted July 24, 1872, with the following charter members:
Richard H. Law (FG)*
John L. Russell
Hugh H. Carey (FG)
John B. McNaughton (FG)
H. Bittaker
George Young
L. Horn
W. Crillman
David Wilson
John P. Rosser
I. A. Beggs
John Bowen
Albert C. Burnett (FG)
E. E. Folsom
The first officers were I. A. Beggs, NG (Noble Grand); John B. McNaughton, VG (Vice Grand); D. H. Wilson, secretary; J. L. Wilson, permanent secretary; and H. H. Carey, treasurer. The number who had been initiated as members of the lodge since its formation up to March 1882, was one hundred and five. Fifteen or twenty had also been admitted by card. The number of members in good standing in 1882 was sixty-two.
It is unknown when the group disbanded.
Updated 3/05/2026
Entry adapted from History of Trumbull and Mahoning Counties, with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches (Cleveland, Ohio: H. Z. Williams & Bros., 1882), Volume 2, p. 453
*A ‘Resolution of Respect’ in memory of the late Richard H. Law, Past Grand, was submitted by the Odd Fellows to the Western Reserve Chronicle and published on October 16, 1872.
*A ‘Resolution of Respect’ in memory of the late Richard H. Law, Past Grand, was submitted by the Odd Fellows to the Western Reserve Chronicle and published on October 16, 1872.
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