Mrs. B. B. Lord

Mrs. B. B. Lord by Carabel Lewis Munger from the Chautauqua County Pomona Grange Yearbook 1913

No account of the history of the Order of Patrons of Husbandry in Chautauqua County would be complete without a sketch of the work of Sister B. B. Lord, whose name is not only familiar but dear to every Patron in the state. She has been our inspiration and her delightful personality the delight of our Order. Her ability as an organizer in this state is well known, for she was not only a Deputy in this county but a "General State Deputy" for many years. It was by her efforts that "Grange Day at Chautauqua" was secured, and later she was on the Executive committee for the county when Grange headquarters were established, and it was through her efforts that Bro. O. H. Kelley and Sister Caroline A. Hall were brought there for the dedication of the same. It was also her efforts that brought "Father" Kelley from his distant home in the sunny southland to attend the Silver Anniversary of Fredonia Grange No.1.

When the management of the Pan-American Exposition at Buffalo proposed to the New York State Grange to establish headquarters, in a building which they were to furnish, Sister Lord was one of the committee which advised its acceptance and was later the unanimous choice of the Committee for "Manager" of the same, a position which she filed, not only with credit to herself but with great honor to the Order.

At that time there were but three Granges in Erie County while now there are at least sixteen, and the Grange throughout the other counties in the state have also increased until now the membership has reached the large number of over one hundred and nine thousand.

In 1902 she was elected Lecturer of the State Grange, but had been on its lecture bureau for several years before that, beside being on the Farmers' Institute force for ten years

For the past eight years she has been a resident of the State of Washington, which state has honored her by commissioning her as Honorary Deputy Mster of Washington State Grange.

Personally, I love Sister Lrd, not only as a Patron but as am individual, and like best t recall her as she was in the dear old days, when in hr home in Sinclairville, assisted by her devoted husband, she dispensed delightful and generous hospitality.