Meadville, PENNSYLVANIA - Odd Fellow Home

Description: Meadville, PENNSYLVANIA - Odd Fellow Home - 1908: Meadville is a city in and the county seat of Crawford County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 13,050 at the 2020 census. The first permanent settlement in Northwestern Pennsylvania, Meadville is within 40 miles (64 km) of Erie and within 90 miles (140 km) of Pittsburgh. It is the principal city of the Meadville micropolitan area, as well as part of the larger Erie–Meadville combined statistical area. The Independent Order of Odd Fellows (IOOF) is a non-political, non-sectarian international fraternal order of Odd Fellowship. It was founded in 1819 by Thomas Wildey in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. Evolving from the Order of Odd Fellows founded in England during the 18th century, the IOOF was originally chartered by the Independent Order of Oddfellows Manchester Unity in England but has operated as an independent organization since 1842, although it maintains an inter-fraternal relationship with the English Order. The order is also known as the Triple Link Fraternity, referring to the order's "Triple Links" symbol, alluding to its motto "Friendship, Love and Truth" Organized April, 1872, for the care and education of orphans of deceased Odd Fellows. The Meadville Odd Fellow Home is the first orphans’ home that was ever established by Odd Fellows, and as far as known, the first established by any fraternal society. This Divided Back Era postcard, mailed in 1908, is in good condition. O. A. Speakman Meadville, Pa. No. 1055. Germany.

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