Pythians Enter Waynesboro

John Mitchell, Jr., and the Knights of Pythias establish a lodge in Waynesboro, Virginia.

Grand Chancellor John Mitchell, Jr., arrived here last evening and instituted Valley of Virginia Lodge, No. 95. He was accompanied by Dr. E. R. Jefferson, Sir Wm. E. Mitchell, G. M. at A.; Capt. John G. Smith, D. D. G. C. of Hanover county, and on the same train was Sir James H. Ferguson, D. D. G. C., who was en route to Stanton. Sir Samuel Moore, Sir G. W. Hobgood, and Sir A. C. Mabrey, of Staunton, came down from Staunton and assisted in the initiation.

“Pythians Enter Waynesboro,” Black Virginia: The Richmond Planet, 1894-1909, accessed February 19, 2026, https://blackvirginia.richmond.edu/items/show/1257.