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Independent Order of Odd Fellows (IOOF)

Odd Fellows Building

339 State Street – State & West Idaho Streets, Southwest Corner

–Weiser Lodge #17 was located in the IOOF Building

From Waymarking – March 21, 2011

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Evolving from earlier Orders of Odd Fellows first founded in England during the 1700’s, the Independent Order of Odd Fellows (IOOF) is a non-political and non-sectarian co-ed international fraternal order founded in 1819 by Thomas Wildey in Baltimore, Maryland.

The command of the IOOF is to “visit the sick, relieve the distressed, bury the dead and educate the orphan.” The mission is to “improve and elevate the character of mankind.”

From Independent Order of Odd Fellows

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Several theories aim to explain the etymological background of the name “Odd Fellows“, often spelled “Oddfellows” in British English. In the 18th century United Kingdom, major trades were organized in guilds or other forms of syndicates, but smaller trades did not have equivalent social or financial security. One theory has it that “odd fellows”, people who exercised unusual, miscellaneous “odd trades”, eventually joined together to form a larger group of “odd fellows”.

Another theory suggests that in the beginning of odd fellowship in the 18th century, at the time of the early era of industrialization, it was rather odd to find people who followed noble values such as fraternalism, benevolence and charity. The name was supposedly adopted at a time when the severance into sects and classes was so wide that persons aiming at social union and mutual help were a marked exception to the general rule. Possibly, it met a mixed reaction from the upper classes, who may have seen them as a source of revenue by taxes, but also as a threat to their authority.

Any suggestion of history before the 18th century is considered mere speculation.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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