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=== MEMORIALS ===
 
 
==== ELIJAH THOMAS 1802-1850 ====
 
 
* MM 1827, [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=EveningStar Evening Star]
 
 
''From Moore's Freemason's Monthly, Vol. X, No. 3, January 1851, Page 95:''
 
 
Died at his residence in South Lee. Mass., Dec. 10, 1850, Mr. Elijah Thomas, aged 48 vears. Brolher Thomas was made a Mason in the year 1827, and during the antimasonic excitement that immediately followed that period, he remained a steadfast, consistent and faithful supporter of the principles of the Fraternity. of which he had become a member. And whereas, it has pleased Almighty God to take from amongst us our Brolher Elijah Thomas, long known and highly esteemed. not only as a high minded. virtuous and useful citizen, but as almost worthy Brother. whose cardinal principles. not only in profession but in practice, were friendship. morality and Brotherly love. - As a Mason, he was a strict adherent lo the true principles of our Order, holding fast to Brotherly love, relief and truth. Therefore,
 
* ''Resolved'', That in the death of Brother Thomas the Masonic Fraternity have been deprived of a bright example in Masonry, and a just and upright Brother.
 
* ''Resolved'', That Evening Star Lodge, of which he died a member, and the Fraternity at large, have sustained in his death an irreparable loss.
 
* ''Resolved'', That we tender our heartfelt sympathies to the widow, children and family relatives of our deceased worthy Broiher, in the loss of a kind husband, an indulgent father and faithful friend,-one who has endeared liimself to all by his kindness. benevolence and christian courtesy.
 
* ''Resolved'', That the furniture and jewels of this Lodge be clothed in mourning for the usual space.
 
* ''Resolved'', That the Secretary be and hereby is authorized, to transmit a copy of the foregoing resolutions to lhe widow and family of our deceased Brother, and a copy of the same to the Freemasons' Magazine, for publication.
 
 
By order of the Master and Brethren, ''Caleb Belder, Secretary.''
 
  
 
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Revision as of 04:05, 13 August 2013

EVENING STAR LODGE

Location: Lenox; Lee (1849)

Chartered By: Paul Revere

Charter Date: 06/08/1795 II-75

Precedence Date: 06/08/1795

Current Status: Active

ø Charter surrendered 06/11/1834; restored 06/13/1849


PAST MASTERS

  • William Walker, 1795-1801; DD?
  • Caleb Hyde, 1802; SN
  • Eldad Lewis, ?
  • Joseph Tucker, ?; SN
  • James Whiton, 1821
  • David Osborne, 1825
  • Jared Bradley, 1826-1855
  • Eli Bradley, 1856
  • John T. Fenn, 1857
  • George F. Bradley, 1858
  • Benjamin A. Morey, 1859, 1860
  • Eliphalet Wright, 1861-1865, 1870-1872
  • William Demming, 1866
  • Robert McAlpine, 1867, 1879
  • Timothy D. Thatcher, 1868
  • Charles S. Osborne, 1869
  • Alonzo Bradley, 1873, 1875, 1878, 1887; SN
  • Edward L. Melius, 1874
  • Dorvil M. Wilcox, 1876, 1877, 1880-1882
  • Charles F. Smith, 1883
  • Edwin H. Phinney, 1884, 1885
  • Henry F. Smith, 1886
  • Jared Bradley, Jr., 1888, 1889, 1895
  • John W. Cooney, 1890, 1891, 1894
  • Edward J. Norman, 1892
  • William G. Clifford, 1893
  • Frank M. Pease, 1896
  • James O. Clifford, 1897
  • Carl Wurtzbach, 1898, 1899; SN
  • Charles E. Tucker, 1900
  • Harvey W. Fenn, 1901
  • Frank J. Barrett, 1902, 1903
  • George W. Ferguson, 1904
  • Victor W. Bradley, 1905
  • Robert C. Lyon, 1906
  • Alfred J. Loveless, 1907
  • Charles H. Marsh, 1908
  • Harry E. Kendall, 1909
  • Alfred H. Wingett, 1910
  • Thomas Proctor, 1911
  • James A. Rice, 1912
  • Thomas Page, 1913
  • Henry W. Jones, 1914
  • William Cameron, 1915
  • Thomas M. Kerr, 1916
  • Charles A. Markham, 1917
  • Manton R. Sedgwick, 1918
  • Henry Heeremans, 1919
  • Harry E. Farrar, 1920
  • Edmund Spencer, 1921
  • Charles H. McCarthy, 1922
  • William H. Prowse, 1923
  • Elmer C. Newton, 1924
  • William B. Connor, 1925
  • Oliver B. Humes, 1926
  • Adelbert I. Newton, 1927
  • Edward A. Sitzer, 1928; N
  • Walter J. Bryans, 1929
  • William Bower, 1930
  • George G. Woodin, 1931
  • Earl W. Dowd, 1932
  • Roscoe L. Spofford, 1933
  • Herbert Hobday, 1934
  • George A. Graves, 1935
  • Albert T. Phelps, 1936
  • Floyd E. Graves, 1937
  • Owen F. Kelly, 1938
  • Henry Sohl, 1939
  • Albert N. Nettleton, 1940; N
  • Warren A. Turner, 1941
  • Bernard G. Graves, 1942
  • R. Harry Barnes, 1943
  • Maurice J. Letner, 1944
  • Franklin T. Kelly, 1945, 1946
  • Frederick C. Holmes, 1947
  • Charles E. Slater, 1948
  • Frederick A. Judd, 1949
  • George E. Burleigh, 1950
  • Raymond C. Pecon, 1951
  • Almon H. Griffin, 1952
  • John A. MacGregor, 1953
  • Marshall L. Barnard, 1954, 1955
  • Stewart D. Seedman, 1956
  • Richard P. Davis, 1957
  • P. Roy Wheeler, 1958
  • Henry N. LePrevost, 1959
  • Joseph Liss, 1960; PDDGM
  • William N. Demos, 1961
  • Edward N. Decker, 1962
  • Donald I. Fillio, 1963
  • Richard E. Sitzer, 1964
  • Robert C. Dunn, 1965
  • William A. Hosmer, 1966
  • Ernest A. Lowry, 1967
  • Robert S. Bierwith, 1968
  • Harry J. Szewczak, 1969
  • Hugh C. Pecon, 1970
  • Edwin R. Grady, 1971
  • Keith M. Raftery, 1972; PDDGM
  • John G. Kelly, 1973
  • Harold E. Soules, 1974
  • Kenneth L. Berry, 1975
  • Gordon G. VanOrman, Sr., 1976, 2002
  • Gordon E. Leeman, 1977
  • John G. Kastrinakis, 1978
  • Charles M. Tacy, 1979
  • Donald R. Hart, 1980
  • M. James Shaw, 1981
  • Rainsford B. Morehouse, Jr., 1982
  • Donald B. Hale, 1983
  • Merrill E. Morehouse, 1984
  • John B. Egee, Jr., 1985
  • Frederick E. Warden, III, 1986
  • Gordon D. Bailey, 1987
  • Rainsford B. Morehouse, 1988
  • Ralph A. Packard, 1989
  • Gordon G. VanOrman, Jr., 1990, 1991, 2004
  • Myron J. Shaw, 1992
  • Merrill E. Morehouse, 1993
  • Gerald E. Strock, 1994-1996
  • Ralph Alden Packard, 1997
  • Thomas Butcher Thorn, 1998
  • Donald R. Hart, 1999-2001
  • Blake O. Middleton, 2003
  • John E. Arnold, 2005-2007
  • Thomas P. Morawiec, 2008, 2009
  • Thomas L. Fennelly 2010-2012

REFERENCES IN GRAND LODGE PROCEEDINGS

  • Petition for Charter: 1795
  • Petition for Restoration: 1849 (Lodge removed to Lee)

ANNIVERSARIES

  • 1895 (Centenary)
  • 1945 (150th Anniversary)
  • 1971 (175th Anniversary)
  • 1995 (200th Anniversary)

VISITS BY GRAND MASTER

BY-LAW CHANGES

1858 1932 1950 1955 1956 1963 1968 1976 1977 1985 2000

HISTORY

  • 1895 (Centenary History, 1895-98; note that a Centennial Volume exists in print)
  • 1945 (150th Anniversary History, 1945-210)
  • 1971 (175th Anniversary History, 1971-254)
  • 1995 (200th Anniversary History, 1995-200)

OTHER

  • 1813 (Granting of petition to work under the "old charter")
  • 1820 (Note on delinquency; III-283)
  • 1821 (Note on delinquency; III-341)
  • 1822 (Note on delinquency; III-428)
  • 1824 (Note on delinquency; III-525)
  • 1825 (Exoneration from charges for the year; III-560)
  • 1828 (Note on delinquency; IV-146)
  • 1829 (Note on delinquency; IV-170)
  • 1857 (Petition for a replacement charter destroyed by fire; VI-95)
  • 1896 (Participation in the centennial celebration of Cincinnatus Lodge; 1896-196)


GRAND LODGE OFFICERS


DISTRICTS

1803: District 8 (Berkshires)

1821: District 8

1835: District 9

1849: District 9

1867: District 9 (Pittsfield)

1883: District 15 (Pittsfield)

1911: District 16 (Pittsfield)

1927: District 16 (Pittsfield)

2003: District 31


LINKS

Massachusetts Lodges