On 24 May 1883, a number of Catholics of Chicago, Illinois, organized as the Catholic Order of Foresters of Illinois. A flat all-around death assessment of one dollar was adopted, and men of all ages were admitted to membership at the same rate. The word Illinois in the original title of the organization was dropped in 1888, as the membership had then extended beyond that State. It had in April, 1909, 1600 courts and a membership of 136,212 distributed over 26 states and Canada. The main offices were at Chicago, Illinois. The official organ, The Catholic Forester, was published at Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It is presently headquartered in Naperville, Illinois.

Back Row: C. J. Cash J. W. Conmay Jno. Gorman T. L. Connery

William Wallace Ben Waterback T. L. Power James Ford

Center Row: S. T. McLaughlin Jno. Neville Jno. Gorman Dr. T. C. Gorman Chas Waterback Jno. Morrison

Front Row: Wm. McCarty J. S. Gable Jno. Flarerty

There are a number of problems with this photo:
There are nine gentlemen standing in the back row, but only eight of them are named. Can anyone help match the names with the pictures?
The second person from the left in the back row is labeled "J. W. Conmay." I'm sure this should be "J. W. Conmey." Here is his picture compared to another one on the site.

From the photo above.

From Souvenir of Anamosa, 1907

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