Difference between revisions of "MassachusettsMemorials"

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NECROLOGIES AND MEMORIALS

The Proceedings often contained memorials and necrologies for prominent members of the Craft. In earlier years, these generally took the form of memorial resolutions and notes of the death and funeral of the Brother, but sometimes there were extensive memorials presented by a member of the Grand Lodge.

A

• Abbot, John, Past Grand Master. 1854 Memorial.

B

• Baker, Ruel, Grand Steward. 1848. Memorial.
• Bates, Charles, Grand Lecturer. 1852 Memorial.
• Baxter, Sylvanus, Past District Deputy Grand Master. 1861. Memorial.
• Bigelow, Timothy. Past Grand Master. 1821. Memorial, beginning on page III-356.
• Bradford, John R., Past Grand Warden. 1865. Memorial.
• Butler, Caleb, Past Grand Master. 1854 Memorial.

C

• Chickering, Jonas, Director. 1853. Memorial.
• Cole, Thomas, Past Grand Warden. 1852 Memorial.
• Crane, Elijah, Past Grand Master. 1834 Report of death.
• Cutler, John, Past Grand Master. 1805. Funeral Procession, beginning on Page II-298.

D

• Davis, Col. P. Stearns, Master of Putnam Army #8, at Petersburg. 1864. Memorial.
• Dean, Paul, Past Grand Master. 1860. Report of death; 1861. Memorial.
• Dickson, James A., Past Grand Warden. 1853. Memorial.
• Dixwell, John, Past Grand Master. 1834. Report of death.

E

• Eaton, Asa, Past Deputy Grand Master. 1858. Memorial.

F

• Fay, Samuel P. P., Past Grand Master. 1856. Memorial.
• Ferson, William, Past Senior Grand Warden. 1853. Memorial.
• Flint, William, Deputy Grand Master. 1859. Memorial.

H

• Hammatt, John B., Past Deputy Grand Master. 1864. Memorial.
• Harris, Thaddeus Mason, Past Deputy Grand Master, Grand Chaplain. 1842. Memorial Service.
• Haskell, Elias, Past Senior Grand Warden. 1857. Memorial.
• Huntoon, Benjamin, Past Senior Grand Warden. 1864. Memorial.

J

• Jackson, Andrew, Former President. 1845 Necrology.

K

• Kane, Elisha Kent. 1857. Memorial.

L

• Lash, Robert, Past Senior Grand Warden. 1863. Memorial.
• Lewis, Winslow, Sr., Past Deputy Grand Master. 1850. Memorial.
• Loring, James J., Past Senior Grand Warden 1856. Memorial.

M

• Martin, William C., installed as Senior Grand Warden. 1863. Memorial.
• Morse, Elijah, Past Deputy Grand Master. 1831. Mourning.
• Mower, Ebenezer, at age 100, a member of Morning Star Lodge, Worcester. 1861. Memorial.

N

• Newhall, Asa T., Past Grand Warden. 1850 Memorial.

O

• Oliver, Francis P., Past Grand Master. 1858. Memorial.
• Osgood, Samuel, Grand Chaplain. 1862. Memorial.

P

• Pattee, Jesse P., Past Junior Grand Warden. 1863. Memorial.
• Peabody, Augustus, Past Grand Master. 1850. Memorial.
• Pickman, C. Gayton, Past Junior Grand Warden. 1861. Memorial.
• Purkitt, Henry, Past Junior Grand Warden. 1846. Memorial.

R

• Raymond, Edward A., Past Grand Master. 1864. Memorial.
• Russell, Benjamin, Past Grand Master. 1845. Memorial Service.

S

• Seavey, Isaac, Past District Deputy Grand Master. 1862. Memorial.
• Shaw, Robert, Trustee of the Grand Charity Fund (and purchaser of the Masonic Temple). 1853. Memorial.
• Sigourney, Andrew. Past Grand Treasurer. 1820. Necrology.
• Soley, John, Past Grand Master. 1851. Memorial.
• Stevens, Benjamin, "an active, adhering and faithful Brother." 1865. Memorial.

T

• Thomas, Isaiah. Past Grand Master. 1831. Will and Bequest.

V

• Vinson, Thomas M, Past Senior Grand Warden. 1852 Memorial.

W

• Warren, John. Past Grand Master. 1815. Funeral for Grand Master Warren, beginning on Page II-625.
• Washington, George, Former President. 1800. Funeral Obsequies. These were held in Boston and also in Oxford, Massachusetts.
• White, Ferdinand E., Past Deputy Grand Master. 1853. Memorial.
• Whiting, Joseph J., of Aberdour Lodge, who although not a member of Grand Lodge was a "highly respectable and beloved member" of his lodge. 1863. Announcement of death.