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GEORGE W. BISHOP 1849-1930
Senior Grand Warden, 1894
MEMORIAL
From Proceedings, Page 1930-273:
R.W. Bro. Bishop was born in West Burke, Vt., Oct. 4, 1849, and died in Newtonville April 22, 1930. Bro. Bishop came to Massachusetts early in life. He resided in Athol for many years, later moving to Newtonville where he resided at the time of his death.
Bro. Bishop was a railroad man and had long service as a member of the Massachusetts Railway Commissions. On his retirement from office he practiced as a consulting engineer.
Bro. Bishop was initiated in Star Lodge, of Athol, April 1, 1872, passed April 29, 1872, and raised May 27, 1872. He served Star Lodge as its Master in 1881 and 1882 and was District Deputy Grand Master for the then Twelfth Masonic District in 1886 ancl 1887 by appointment of M.W. Abraham H. Howland, Jr., and M. W. Henry Endicott.
IIe was Senior Grand Warden in 1894. His interest in the Fraternity extended. to other branches in which he did good service. He was a Past Eminent Commander of Athol Commandery No. 37 and a member of Massachusetts Consistory.
His widow survives him. His only child, a daughter, died about fifteen years ago. Her death was a blow from which he never fully recovered.
Bro. Bishop's long years of official position in the Fraternity made him one of our most widely-known members and the news of his sudden death spread sorrow throughout the Craft.
From Proceedings, Page 1930-374:
