The dated census: Chapman 1880, the 1883 directory, Howard 1907 — and the two townships' negative, read whole

1880–1907 · Mishawaka and South Bend (boundary); Clay and Harris townships

Chapman, 1880 — Mishawaka's own section. Chapman gives Mishawaka a headed "SECRET SOCIETIES" section (pp. 796–797), and it is short: "The Freemasons and Odd Fellows have a fine, well-furnished hall in the third story of the Phoenix Block." The Masonic lodge "was organized May 26, 1852, A. L. 5,852," with the organization officers named — R. S. Alden, W. M.; D. H. Smith, S. W.; J. Holdridge, J. W.; J. E. Hollister, Treasurer; T. S. Cowles, Secretary; A. C. Foot, S. D.; W. M. Wood, J. D.; and A. L. Brimsmaid, Tyler — "in a flourishing condition." The Odd Fellows: "St. Joseph Lodge No. 27, I. O. O. F., was organized about 1843," its members then including Dr. Eddy and John Niles, deceased, and Albert Cass, H. E. Hurlbut, A. H. Long and James Easton; "This lodge ceased to work, and Monitor Lodge, No. 286, was instituted Aug. 13, 1867," its charter members A. H. Long, James Easton, Washington Gibson, Philip McElvain and Thomas S. Long, "the latter being the first Noble Grand." The lodge hall "was destroyed by the fire of 1872, with all the furniture; since then the lodge has furnished a new hall in the Phoenix block," and "The lodge has over a hundred members and is in a prosperous condition." One line more: "There is also a lodge of the Knights of Pythias, of recent organization in Mishawaka" — no number, no name, in 1880.

Howard, 1907 — Mishawaka, twenty-five named bodies. Howard's Mishawaka chapter, Sec. 11, "Societies and Clubs" (pp. 344–345), carries the 1907 roster with officers: St. Joseph Lodge No. 27, I.O.O.F., organized about 1843 (Dr., afterwards Colonel, Norman Eddy, John Niles, Albert Cass, Harris E. Hurlbut, A. H. Long, James Easton), afterwards discontinued; Monitor Lodge No. 286, instituted 13 August 1867 (charter members A. H. Long, James Easton, Washington Gibson, Philip McElvain, Thomas S. Long), its hall destroyed in the great fire of 5 September 1872 and replaced by a finer hall in the Phoenix building, "still in a flourishing condition"; the Masonic lodge organized 26 May 1852 (the same first officers as Chapman), carried in 1907 as Mishawaka Lodge No. 130, F. & A.M. (A. H. Henwood, W.M.; John W. Hutchinson, recorder); Fidelity Rebekah Lodge No. 122, I.O.O.F. (Mrs. Vona Borden, N.G.; Mrs. Marie Burkhart, secretary); Houghton Post No. 128, G.A.R. (carried whole in the Veterans leg, row #9, not retold here); Mishawaka Tribe No. 304, I.O.R.M. (John C. Quick, sachem; George Hitesman, secretary); Independent Order of Foresters, St. John's Court No. 1490; Catholic Order of Foresters, St. John's Court No. 952, and the Sacred Heart Court (women's); Knights & Ladies of Columbia, Mishawaka Council No. 2; Knights of the Maccabees, Mishawaka Tent No. 12, K.O.T.M.; Knights of the Modern Maccabees, Twentieth Century Tent No. 1121; Catholic Benevolent Legion, St. Joseph Valley Council No. 503; Catholic Knights of America, St. Michael's Branch No. 498 (John J. Schindler, recording secretary); Knights of Pythias, Mishawaka Lodge No. 453 (William Garman, C.C.; Frank P. Christoph, K. of R. & S.), with the Uniform Rank, K. of P. (Walter C. Herzog, captain; William Drumhiller, recorder); Ladies' Branch, W.O.W., Home Grove Circle No. 10; Ladies of the Maccabees, Mishawaka Hive No. 68, L.O.T.M.; Ladies of the Modern Maccabees, Mishawaka Hive No. 907; Royal Arch Masons, Mishawaka Chapter No. 83 (Tabor Ham, H.P.; John W. Hutchinson, secretary); the Masonic Club of Mishawaka; Order of Eastern Star, Mishawaka Chapter No. 26 (Amelia Henwood, W.M.; Allie Michael, secretary); Mishawaka Court of Honor, District Court No. 167; Modern Woodmen of America, Mishawaka Camp No. 4788; and Woodmen of the World, Enterprise Camp. No Knights of Columbus council appears in Mishawaka's 1907 list, and no Pythian Sisters temple appears in it either — both negatives are printed again in their own articles below.

Howard, 1907 — South Bend, the longer roster. Howard's South Bend fraternal roster (pp. 460–463) is headed by the Odd Fellows at Odd Fellows Hall, Main and Washington ("the oldest fraternal building in the city"): South Bend Lodge No. 29, South Bend Encampment No. 9, Canton South Bend No. 9, Schuyler Rebekah Lodge No. 29 (the Rebekah degree's origin credited to Schuyler Colfax), Robert Blum Lodge No. 278, Helena Rebekah Lodge No. 72, and a Grand United Order I.O.O.F. lodge — its name and number are cut off in the copy of Howard read and are not supplied here. The Masonic bodies meet in the new Masonic Temple, Michigan Street and LaSalle Avenue: Germania Lodge No. 301, F. & A.M.; South Bend Chapter No. 29, R.A.M.; South Bend Commandery No. 13, K.T.; South Bend Lodge No. 294, F. & A.M.; St. Joseph Lodge No. 45, F. & A.M.; Eastern Star Chapter No. 2; and among "the remaining" bodies, Anderson Commandery No. 4, U.R. of M., Odessa Chapter No. 28, O.E.S., and St. Peter's Lodge No. 31, A.F. & A.M. The Knights of Pythias: Crusade Lodge No. 14, the Uniform Rank, South Bend Co. No. 12, and the Moonlight Temple, Rathbone Sisters No. 255. The Elks: South Bend Lodge No. 235, B.P.O.E. (Elks Temple, W. Colfax Avenue). The Order of Eagles meets on Wednesdays (officers named, including Charles Keller, worthy president); Howard prints no aerie number. The Maccabees and Woodmen, the Foresters, the Catholic suite and the Red Men of this roster are carried in their own articles below, because each order's list is long enough to stand on its own.

The 1883 baseline. Between Chapman and Howard sits the South Bend city directory of 1883, which dates the South Bend bodies: St. Joseph Lodge No. 45, F. & A.M., "instituted in 1842," meeting first Mondays at Masonic Hall, 118 and 120 South Michigan Street; South Bend Lodge No. 294, "instituted in 1863"; Germania Lodge No. 301, "instituted in 1862"; South Bend Chapter No. 29, R.A.M., "instituted in 1855"; Eastern Star Lodge No. 2, "instituted in 1871"; South Bend Lodge No. 29, I.O.O.F., "instituted in 1846," meeting Wednesday evenings at Odd Fellows Hall, 132 and 134 West Washington Street; and Robert Blum Lodge No. 278, "instituted in 1867." St. Joseph No. 45, instituted 1842, is the oldest Masonic body in the census, ten years older than Mishawaka's lodge.

The township negative, read whole. Howard's township sections were read directly — Harris is Sec. 3, Clay is Sec. 7 — and a search for "lodge" in both returns zero matches: Harris names only Presbyterian, Evangelical and Christian churches; Clay's occupations are "almost exclusively agricultural." Chapman's township chapters were read whole too: Clay (pp. 676–681) runs from its 1840 organization (named after Henry Clay, first election in "Brooks' barn" on section 30) through mills, one German Baptist church, three cemeteries and its schools to its biographies, and Harris (pp. 712–717) from its first settlers through its first school-house, its Presbyterian, Evangelical and Christian churches (the Christian Church organized 7 January 1863 with 31 members) to its biographies — neither chapter carries a lodge, a society section, or a grange seated in the township. Chapman on Granger itself, in the Harris chapter (p. 715): "The Grand Trunk railroad passes through this township, running a northeast course. There is no town upon this line in this township, — nothing but a station, where there are a depot and postoffice, called Granger; no business of any kind is done." In 1880 the place was a station, not a town, and its fraternal ground was membership elsewhere — proven man by man in the next article.

Sources:

1. Chapman, Chas. C., & Co., History of St. Joseph County, Indiana (Chicago, 1880), Mishawaka chapter, "SECRET SOCIETIES," pp. 796–797, read whole (LDS Genealogy transcription, parts 78–79); Clay Township chapter, pp. 676–681, read whole (parts 66–67); Harris Township chapter, pp. 712–717, read whole (part 70).
2. Howard, Timothy Edward, A History of St. Joseph County, Indiana, vol. 1 (Lewis, 1907), Mishawaka chapter, Sec. 11, "Societies and Clubs," pp. 344–345, read whole (LDS Genealogy, part 56); South Bend fraternal roster, pp. 460–463, read whole (parts 72–73); township sections, Harris Sec. 3 (part 47) and Clay Sec. 7 (part 48), searched for "lodge" — zero matches.
3. South Bend, Indiana, city directory, 1883 (William L. Farr), Masonic and Odd Fellows directory entries, part 1 (LDS Genealogy) — institution years for St. Joseph No. 45 (1842), South Bend No. 294 (1863), Germania No. 301 (1862), South Bend Chapter No. 29 (1855), Eastern Star No. 2 (1871), South Bend Lodge No. 29 I.O.O.F. (1846), Robert Blum No. 278 (1867).