Indiana Digger
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- Joined
- Oct 13, 2010
- Messages
- 509
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- Location
- E.C. Indiana
- Detector(s) used
- White's Eagle II SL90
- Primary Interest:
- All Treasure Hunting
I found this button today at the site of an old farmstead.
I do not know the actual date of this button.
Here is some information on the society.
The Ancient Order of United Workmen (AOUW). The AOUW was founded by John Jordan Upchurch and thirteen others in Meadville, Pennsylvania on October 27, 1868. Each member paid $1 into the insurance fund to cover a death benefit paid to a members dependents when he died. Each time a member died, $1 was due from the surviving members to reestablish the fund. Fraternal benefits societies soon became quite popular as a means of providing financial protection to working class people at an affordable rate. Additionally, Fraternal benefits societies typically maintained a lodge w members could meet together in a spirit of fraternalism and brotherhood. In at least one case - the Populist movement - the fraternity evolved into a powerful political organization providing a voice for their members. By 1887, the AOUW had more than 176,000 members in 3,200 member groups (called lodges) across the country. The order had about died out by the late 1940's."
I do not know the actual date of this button.
Here is some information on the society.
The Ancient Order of United Workmen (AOUW). The AOUW was founded by John Jordan Upchurch and thirteen others in Meadville, Pennsylvania on October 27, 1868. Each member paid $1 into the insurance fund to cover a death benefit paid to a members dependents when he died. Each time a member died, $1 was due from the surviving members to reestablish the fund. Fraternal benefits societies soon became quite popular as a means of providing financial protection to working class people at an affordable rate. Additionally, Fraternal benefits societies typically maintained a lodge w members could meet together in a spirit of fraternalism and brotherhood. In at least one case - the Populist movement - the fraternity evolved into a powerful political organization providing a voice for their members. By 1887, the AOUW had more than 176,000 members in 3,200 member groups (called lodges) across the country. The order had about died out by the late 1940's."
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