WESSON

This page contains information on the following Masonic organizations:

• J. M. Wesson Lodge No. 317 Free & Accepted Masons
• Naomi Chapter No. 3 Order of the Eastern Star
• Friendship Chapter No. 64 Order of the Eastern Star
• William Oliver Chapter No. 176 Order of the Eastern Star

The town of Wesson was named for James Madison Wesson, Sr., who built a large cotton mill in the town in 1864.

MASONIC LODGE

• J. M. Wesson Lodge No. 317
• Dispensation 1868
• Chartered January 20, 1869
• Meets 3rd Monday at 7:00 P.M.

Further information on the Lodge is still being researched.

ORDER OF THE EASTERN STAR

Naomi Chapter No. 3 Order of the Eastern Star was chartered by the General Grand Chapter on May 17, 1897. When the Mississippi Grand Chapter was formed in 1906, it continued under the same name and number. It was defunct by 1908.

Friendship Chapter No. 64 Order of the Eastern Star was chartered in 1909. It was defunct by 1919.

William Oliver Chapter No. 176 was chartered around 1921. Additional information is still being researched.