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The Grand Lodge of California, I. O. O. F. Was formally founded on May 17, 1853, in the Gianella Building in San Francisco, with Samuel H. Parker of San Francisco Lodge No. 3 as Grand Master; John Frederick Morse, Sacramento Lodge No. 2, Deputy Grand Master; Edwin W. Colt, Charity Lodge No. 6, Grand Warden; T. Rodgers Johnson, San Francisco Lodge No. 3, Grand Secretary; John M. Coughlin, California Lodge No. 1, Grand Treasurer; Isaac Zachariah, Charity Lodge No. 6, Grand Marshal; L. F. Zantzinger, California No. 1, Grand Conductor; and Andrew J. Lucas, Eureka Lodge No. 4, Grand Guardian.