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A circa 1880 image of Joel Osgood Wilder, a member of Union Lodge No 58, when he was raised. The Union Lodge was charted in 1855, it was one of the first Freemasonry Lodges in Sacramento. Wilder was elected to the office position of Senior Warden in 1882 and the position of Tyler in 1907, a position he held again in 1917 as well as 1920. Wilder had a son who was also a member of Union Lodge No 58 named Joel Osgood Wilder Jr.
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