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| − | == JOHN HEWS == | + | == JOHN HEWS 1787-1870 == |
Junior Grand Warden, 1845. | Junior Grand Warden, 1845. | ||
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| + | === MEMORIAL === | ||
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| + | ''From Proceedings, Page 1870-100:'' | ||
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| + | "To the long list of departed brethren must now be added the name of R.W. Br. John Hews, who died at Cambridge, on the 17th of March last, at the advanced age of 83 years. He received masonic light in [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=StJohnB St. John's] Lodge, Boston, about 1820, and in 1844 was elevated to the station of Junior Grand Warden. | ||
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| + | "During the bitter storm of anti-masonic fanaticism, he nobly sustained the society whose interest he had early espoused. At the time of his decease he was a member of [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Amicable Amicable] Lodge, of Cambridge, and an honorary member of St. John's Lodge, Boston; the brethren of these Lodges attended his funeral at Mount Auburn. A delegation of the Grand Lodge was also in attendance; and Past Grand Master [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=GMLewis Winslow Lewis], who had long been associated with Brother Hews, delivered an interesting and affecting address. Thus, brethren, one after another of the war-worn veterans of our Grand Lodge are passing away." | ||
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Revision as of 12:48, 30 March 2011
JOHN HEWS 1787-1870
Junior Grand Warden, 1845.
MEMORIAL
From Proceedings, Page 1870-100:
"To the long list of departed brethren must now be added the name of R.W. Br. John Hews, who died at Cambridge, on the 17th of March last, at the advanced age of 83 years. He received masonic light in St. John's Lodge, Boston, about 1820, and in 1844 was elevated to the station of Junior Grand Warden.
"During the bitter storm of anti-masonic fanaticism, he nobly sustained the society whose interest he had early espoused. At the time of his decease he was a member of Amicable Lodge, of Cambridge, and an honorary member of St. John's Lodge, Boston; the brethren of these Lodges attended his funeral at Mount Auburn. A delegation of the Grand Lodge was also in attendance; and Past Grand Master Winslow Lewis, who had long been associated with Brother Hews, delivered an interesting and affecting address. Thus, brethren, one after another of the war-worn veterans of our Grand Lodge are passing away."
