I may have found it. Catholic Benevolent Legion A fraternal assessment life-insurance society organized in Brooklyn, New York, U.S.A., 5 September, 1881. The charter members were Dr. George R. Kuhn, John C. McGuire, John D. Carroll, John Rooney, Thomas Cassin, John D. Keiley, Patrick F. Keany, William G. Ross, David T. Leahy, and Robert Myhan Bishop Loughlin of Brooklyn was the spiritual adviser of the supreme council, the body through which the legal incorporation was made, and which governed the entire organization. The object of the Legion was, as stated in its constitution, to unite fraternally, for social, benevolent, and intellectual improvement, Catholic men between the ages of eighteen and fifty-five years at the time of admission. Life insurance not to exceed $5,000 was given in various amounts to members according to an optional classification, assessments for which were governed by the age of the member. The original figures of these assessments were increased in 1905 to meet the requirements of sounder insurance experience, as was the case with most of the other organizations of this character. Reports to 1908 showed that the Legion had, from its establishment, paid in death insurance $19,000,000. It had 20,000 members out of a total, from time of organization, of 74,188, and was represented by councils in six States: New York, New Jersey, Maryland, Indiana, Illinois and Connecticut. Philip L. Hayes http://www.hayesfamily.us Monroe, CT USA "Genealogy is where you confuse the dead and irritate the living." Researching: CT: Yerks, Condos, Smith NY: Tierney, Lewis, Beattie, Yerks, Hone and Hanley NH: Sheehan, Hayes, Kelty IA: Smith Wales: Lewis Scotland: Beattie Ireland: Hayes. Roach (Roche), Sheehan, Tierney, Kelty and Hanley

The Royal Arcanum is the only surviving founding member of the American Fraternal Alliance (formerly the National Fraternal Congress of America), an organization representing 70 fraternal benefit societies and millions of fraternalists. Founded with unselfish motives on the part of its creators, conducted upon sound business principles, improved by an experience of over One Hundred and Thirty Five years, it has all the facilities for successfully promoting its objectives. Those objectives include: Uniting fraternally all eligible male and female persons of sound bodily health and good moral standing, who are socially acceptable. Giving moral and material aid in its power to its members and those dependent on them. Teaching morality without religious distinction, patriotism without partisanship, and brotherhood without creed or class. Educating the members socially, morally and intellectually. Assisting the families of deceased members. Establishing funds for the payment of Death Benefits, Educational Loans and Annuities. Sound similar to the Catholic Benevolent Legion fa healyi > From: [email protected] > Date: Sat, 30 Jun 2012 19:19:15 -0400 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [BKLYN] Lexington Council, C B L? > > I may have found it. > > Catholic Benevolent Legion > > A fraternal assessment life-insurance society organized in Brooklyn, New York, U.S.A., 5 September, 1881. The charter members were Dr. George R. Kuhn, John C. McGuire, John D. Carroll, John Rooney, Thomas Cassin, John D. Keiley, Patrick F. Keany, William G. Ross, David T. Leahy, and Robert Myhan Bishop Loughlin of Brooklyn was the spiritual adviser of the supreme council, the body through which the legal incorporation was made, and which governed the entire organization. The object of the Legion was, as stated in its constitution, to unite fraternally, for social, benevolent, and intellectual improvement, Catholic men between the ages of eighteen and fifty-five years at the time of admission. Life insurance not to exceed $5,000 was given in various amounts to members according to an optional classification, assessments for which were governed by the age of the member. The original figures of these assessments were increased in 1905 to meet the requirements of sounder insuran! > ce experience, as was the case with most of the other organizations of this character. Reports to 1908 showed that the Legion had, from its establishment, paid in death insurance $19,000,000. It had 20,000 members out of a total, from time of organization, of 74,188, and was represented by councils in six States: New York, New Jersey, Maryland, Indiana, Illinois and Connecticut. > > > > Philip L. Hayes > http://www.hayesfamily.us > Monroe, CT USA > > "Genealogy is where you confuse the dead and irritate the living." > > Researching: > CT: Yerks, Condos, Smith > NY: Tierney, Lewis, Beattie, Yerks, Hone and Hanley > NH: Sheehan, Hayes, Kelty > IA: Smith > Wales: Lewis > Scotland: Beattie > Ireland: Hayes. Roach (Roche), Sheehan, Tierney, Kelty and Hanley > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message