Wilson was also connected with the Knights of Honor[3] and was reportedly a member of the Ancient Order of United Workmen.
There were initiation ceremonies but, if the candidate objected, these could be dispensed with and a formal obligation could be taken at any time and place.
[7] Like many fraternal orders of its time, the American Legion of Honor was based on inadequate rates that eventually led to bankruptcy.
While the organization was successful in the early years, as the mortality of its membership increased, the order could no longer pay promised benefits as fewer people joined and others withdrew.
Membership was open to acceptable white persons eighteen to fifty years of age, who were not engaged in an extra-hazardous profession.
Assessments were graded by age, and one fifth was set aside for a fund to be used in the case of an epidemic or other increase in the death rate.