MassachusettsMemorials

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.
• Bicknell, Lovell, Grand Standard Bearer. 1875 Memorial.
• Bradford, John R., Past Grand Warden. 1865. Memorial.
• Butler, Caleb, Past Grand Master. 1854 Memorial.
• Burlingame, Anson. Member of Amicable Lodge. 1870 Memorial.
• Burns, Robert Stuart, Past Grand Master of South Carolina. 1874 Memorial.

C

• Chickering, Jonas, Director. 1853. Memorial.
• Cole, Thomas, Past Grand Warden. 1852 Memorial.
• Crane, Elijah, Past Grand Master. 1834 Report of death.
• Conkey, Ithamar F., Past Grand Warden. 1875 Memorial.
• 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.
• Davis, Wendell T., Past Senior Grand Warden. 1876' 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.
• Dove, John, Grand Secretary of Virginia "and the oldest Grand Secretary in the United States." 1876' Memorial.

E

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

F

• Farragut, David G., Bro. and Admiral. 1870 Memorial.
• Fay, Samuel P. P., Past Grand Master. 1856. Memorial.
• Ferson, William, Past Senior Grand Warden. 1853. Memorial.
• Flint, John, Past Grand Warden. 1875 Memorial.
• Flint, William, Deputy Grand Master. 1859. Memorial.
• French, Benjamin Brown, Past GM of District of Columbia. 1870 Memorial.

G

• Gay, Eben F., Grand Tyler. 1875 Memorial.
• Gay, Lemuel, Past DDGM, 5th District. 1866. 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.
• Hews, John, Past Junior Grand Warden. 1870 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.
• Laurie, William A., Grand Secretary of the Grand Lodge of Scotland. 1870 Memorial.
• Lewis, Winslow, Jr., Past Grand Master. 1875 Memorial. Also, more than 250 pages in this volume of the Proceedings was given over to testimonials, correspondence and other material related to this Brother.
• 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.
• Moore, Charles W., Past Grand Secretary, Honorary Past Grand Master. 1873 Memorial and Funeral Obsequies.
• 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.
• North, William, Past Senior Grand Warden. 1872 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.
• Power, Thomas, Past Senior Grand Warden. 1868 Memorial.
• Purkitt, Henry, Past Junior Grand Warden. 1846. Memorial.

R

• Randall, George M., Past Grand Master. 1873 Memorial.
• Raymond, Edward A., Past Grand Master. 1864. Memorial.
• Robbins, Charles, Past Junior Grand Warden. 1871 Memorial
• Robinson, Simon W., Past Grand Master. 1868 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.
• Sheppard, John H., Past Junior Grand Warden. 1873 Memorial.
• Sigourney, Andrew. Past Grand Treasurer. 1820. Necrology.
• Soley, John, Past Grand Master. 1851. Memorial.
• Spofford, Richard S., Past Senior Grand Warden. 1872 Memorial.
• Stevens, Benjamin, "an active, adhering and faithful Brother." 1865. Memorial.

T

• Thomas, Isaiah. Past Grand Master. 1831. Will and Bequest.
• Thompson, Newell A., Past Deputy Grand Master. 1874 Memorial.
• Tolman, Thomas, Past Senior Grand Warden. 1869. Memorial and Interment.

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.
• Waterman, Thomas, Past Secretary of Mount Lebanon Lodge. 1875 Memorial.

• Weston, Allyn, Past Grand Master of Masons in Colorado. 1869. Memorial and Interment.
• 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.