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Type of entity
Corporate body
Authorized form of name
Sons of Temperance, Columbia Division No. 24.
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History
The Sons of Temperance was founded in 1842 by New York printers John and Isaac Oliver, who wanted to distance their order from some of the less respectable fraternal organizations that grew up around abstinence and prohibition movements. The organization expanded rapidly, remaining strongest in urban centres in the northeastern United States. In 1847, the Acadia Division was chartered in Nova Scotia by the Reverend William Ashley, who also served as the “deputy most worthy patriarch” for the National Division. Within five months, Nova Scotia boasted ten divisions and 600 members as well as a Grand Division. The Columbia Division No. 24 was opened on July 8, 1848 in Weymouth, Nova Scotia by Edward J. Budd, assisted by Stewart Budd and others from the Union Division No. 6 at Digby.