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CAPEN, AZEL 1796-1884
From Proceedings, Page 1884-145:
Brother AZEL CAPEN, of Stoughton, Mass., died February 8, 1884, aged eighty-eight years, — the last survivor of the twenty six Brethren in that town who signed the Declaration of Freemasons in 1831. He was made a Mason in Rising Star Lodge, Stoughton, in October, 1821, and was, buried with Masonic honors by the Brethren of that Lodge, February 15, 1884.
CARLTON, FRAZIER 1787-1883
From Proceedings, Page 1883-228:
Bro. FRAZIER CARLTON was born in Boxford, November 14, 1787; was admitted into Essex Lodge, May 4, 1824, and died in Salem, August 3, 1883, in the ninety-sixth year of his age. He was one of the most respected citizens of Salem, genial in his manners, kind and generous in his impulses. He was a Mason of the old stock, tried and trusty.
A signer of the Declaration of 1831.
CHICKERING, JONAS d. 1853
From Proceedings, Page V-472:
Whereas the Masonic family have recently been called to mourn over the sudden loss of its late dear Brother, Jonas Chickering, this Grand Lodge feels itself called on to enter on its records some slight memorial of its regard for the departed, and some expression however unavailing, of its sympathies with the survivors.
As the representatives of the Masonic family of this State, we may well lament, in their name, the withdrawal of one, who was in every relation of life, indeed, a workman that needed not to be ashamed, in religion, sincere and devout; in every duty which religion prompts most faithful and true; ever seeming to live to God and to his fellows; in whom the sufferer ever found a friend, and who, we humbly trust, when the earth and sea shall give up their dead, will rise called and fitted for higher exertion, and for undying happiness.
Ordered. That the Chairs of the Presiding Officers, which we owe to his bounty, and that the Organ due in a great degree, to his Kindness, be clothed in mourning, and that the Stewards of this Grand Lodge attend to that duty.
Ordered. That the Recording Grand Secy, send a copy of these votes, with the preamble to the family of Bro. Chickering, and that the same be entered on the records of this Grand Lodge.
CHILDS, FRANCIS 1820-1887
From Proceedings, Page 1887-68:
Since the last Quarterly Communication of this Most Worshipful Grand Lodge the Angel of Death has indeed reaped a rich harvest, gathering, not only, as it seems to us, ripe grain, but that which we looked upon as still growing, and destined to bear still greater fruit in the field of Masonry.
Prominent on the roll of our Brethren who have passed away may be mentioned the honored name of R.W. Francis Childs. Francis Childs was the only son of Nathaniel and Catherine Simpson Childs, and was born in Charlestown, July 28, 1820. He received his education in the public schools of that city, and, being a studious, observing scholar, was graduated with high honors. At about the age of twenty years he was united in marriage with Juliette Wilcox Deering, with whom he lived happily until her death, about three years ago.
In the mercantile world Bro. Childs had been long and favorably known. He was for many years the senior member of the firm of Childs, Crosby & Lane, afterwards Childs &Lane. His honesty, integrity and fair dealing won for him a handsome competence, which he dispensed with a liberal hand to various objects of charity.
In political life Bro. Childs attained to prominence, as is evinced by the various positions which he was called upon to fill. In 1862 and '63 he was a member of the Board of Aldermen of Charlestown, and during 1863 was also a Trustee of the Public Library of that city. He was always deeply interested in everything that pertained to the welfare of his native city, and was a zealous advocate for its preservation as an independent municipality. He was one of the first to discern and advocate the benefits to be derived from the introduction of water from the Mystic ponds into the city of Charlestown, and, when that undertaking was accomplished, he served as a prominent member of the Mystic Water Board for eight years, where his intelligence and business sagacity won for him the esteem of his associates.
In 1863 he was elected to the Massachusetts Senate, and reelected in 1864. He served that body with the fidelity which was so characteristic of him. As a member of the Executive Council of Governor Rice, during the years 1877 and '78, he rendered still further service to the State, and proved by his wisdom and excellent judgment on many intricate subjects that he was worthy of all the honors bestowed upon him. But it was in the broad fields of Masonry that we knew him best and loved him most. He received the degrees in Freemasonry in Henry Price Lodge, of Charlestown, in the spring of 1864, and was admitted to membership July 8 of the same year. From the moment when he crossed the threshold of Masonry, until summoned to the Grand Lodge above, he was unswerving in his devotion to the principles of our Fraternity and in his allegiance to the M.W. Grand Lodge. He was thoroughly imbued with the spirit of Masonry, and sought in every act to live up to its teachings.
In October, 1864, be was appointed Chaplain of the Lodge, which position he filled for two years. In 1868 he was elected Senior Warden, serving one year. He was elected Worshipful Master in 1869 and '70, and during his term of office the interests of Henry Price Lodge were very materially advanced. In December, 1874, he was appointed District Deputy Grand Master for the Second Masonic District, which office he held for three successive years, and in which he displayed great ability.
In 1878 he was elected a member of the Board of Directors of this Grand Lodge, and his service in that capacity through the continuous years until his death, indicates the high appreciation of his sterling worth by the members of this Grand Body. His earnest endeavors, his wise counsel, and his constant attendance at the meetings of the Board, won for him the love and esteem of his fellow-members by whom his death will be deeply regretted.
Bro. Childs possessed one of those warm, genial natures that made him a universal favorite, especially among the Fraternity, who will miss that hearty grasp of the hand and kindly word of welcome with which he was wont to greet his Brethren. It may be truly said that he was the embodiment of those principles which constitute the good man, the true Mason, and the consistent Christian.
"His life was gentle ; and the elements
So mix'd in him, that Nature might stand up,
And say to all the world, 'This was a man.' "
From Proceedings, Page 1887-128:
The Grand Lodge mourns the loss of another prominent; Mason by the, death of R.W. Bro. Francis Childs, which occurred suddenly last spring. He was born in Charlestown, July 28, 1820, and was therefore, in the sixty-seventh year of his age at the time of his death. Like Brother Howland. he lived and died in the city of his birth.
He was a man of recognized position in business, in political life and in the Masonic. Fraternity. He was senior member, of the firm of Childs, Crosby & Lane, afterwards Childs & Lane, and was well known as a man of strict business integrity, considerate of the rights of others and generous in affording help where assistance was needed.
In public life he served as a member of the Board of Aldermen of Charlestown, and as a Trustee of the Public Library of that cily. He was elected and reelected to the Massachusetts Senate, and for two years his excellent judgment and clear thought did good service in the Executive Council of Governor Rice.
His Masonic career dated from 1864, when he received the degrees in Henry Price Lodge, of Charlestown. His interest in Masonic principles and observances never wavered through the rest of his life, and he held positions of trust and responsibility continuously, filling them with ability and faithfulness. In his own Lodge he served successively as Chaplain, Senior Warden and Worshipful Master. He was appointed District Deputy Grand Master in 1874, and held the office three years. In 1878 he became a member of the Board of Directors of the Grand Lodge, on which Board he remained until his death. He was constant in attendance at the meetings of the Board. His interest in all its proceedings, and his counsel there, made him a valuable member, greatly missed by his associates. He was warm in his friendships, and always enjoyed meeting with his Brother-Masons, either for labor or refreshment.
COLLAMORE, JOHN HOFFMAN 1816-1896
JOHN HOFFMAN COLLAMORE, son of Gilman and Maria Eliza (Hoffman) Collamore, was born at. his father's residence on Salem street, Boston, Nov. 21, 1816. His father was a merchant and importer of crockery ware, at one time a partner of Otis Norcross, Esq., who continued the business until he was succeeded by Messrs. Jones, McDuffee & Stratton.
John Hoffman Collamore began his education at the old Salem-street Academy, then belonging to and adjoining Christ Church. It was at this Church that he received his spiritual instructions under the preaching of Drs. Eaton, Crosswell and Woart. After leaving the Academy, he with his two brothers entered the Chauncy Hall School, where he attended for a considerable time. From this school, after a visit to Europe under the care of a tutor, he entered the counting-room of Mr. Winchester, a merchant on South Market street, where he remained for several years, but possessing a roving disposition and having more than an ordinary love for the water he went to sea. He made one voyage to England and return, as a sailor. He went to Europe for the last time in 1845, and remained there for eighteen years, making Paris his home during much of this time.
He was favored through the influence of Count de Lestie, Chamberlain of the Empress Eugenie, and the Grand Prevost of the French Army, Monsieur le Colonel de Vernon, to accompany the French Army during the Franco-Austro-Italian War, and was an eye-witness of all the principal battles, Solferino and Magenta being the most important. He also travelled in the principal countries of Europe, in Egypt and other parts of Africa.
Bro. Collamore referred with evident pleasure to his exploration of rivers in flat-boats or canoes. His first experience in this line was in a canoe to Newburyport, Mass., by way of the old Middlesex canal and Merrimack river, at about the time the dam was built across the Merrimack at Lawrence. Later with some friends from Pittsburgh, Pa., he journeyed down the Ohio and Mississippi rivers to New Orleans. While in Europe he sailed and canoed on the Seine from Paris to Havre and on the Rhone from Lyons to Avignon.
On his return from Europe in 1863 he settled in Boston. After that time he made extensive journeys, visiting Alaska, Canada, Mexico,, South America and the Sandwich Islands. Meantime he gave attention to the care and management of his extensive financial interests.
Bro. Collamore was made a Master Mason in Columbian Lodge of Boston Jan. 2, 1890; a Royal Arch Mason in St. Andrew's R.A. Chapter, Boston, April 2, 1890; and was created a Knight Templar in Boston Commandery June 18, 1890. The degrees of Royal and Select Master were conferred upon him in Boston Council June 19, 1890. He received the Ineffable Grades in Lafayette Lodge of Perfection, Boston, Feb. 7, 1890; the Ancient Traditional Grades in Giles F. Yates Council, Princes of Jerusalem, Boston, Feb. 14, 1890; the Philosophical and Doctrinal Grades in Mount Olivet Chapter, Rose-Croix, Boston, Feb. 21, 1890, and the Modern Historical and Chivalric Grades in the Massachusetts Consistory, S.P.R.S., April 25, 1890. At the session of the Supreme Council of the 33d and last degree, Northern Masonic Jurisdiction of the United States, held at Providence, R.I., in September, 1892, Bro. Collamore was elected to the honorary grade of Sovereign Grand Inspector General, 33d degree. He was crowned with this grade at Chicago, Ill., September 19, 1893.
Bro. Collamore was an honorary member of the following-named Masonic Bodies: Aberdour, Columbian, Germania, Joseph Webb, Massachusetts,Mount Lebanon, Revere, St. John's and Winslow Lewis Lodges, of Boston; Lafayette and Washington Lodges, of Roxbury; Aurora and Charles W. Moore Lodges, of Fitchburg; Eliot Lodge, of Jamaica Plain; King David Lodge, of Taunton; Satuit Lodge, of Scituate and Winthrop Lodge, of Winthrop, all in Massachusetts; and Mt. Lebanon Lodge, of Laconia, N.H. Cambridge Royal Arch Chapter, of Cambridge, Dorchester, of Dorchester, Mount Vernon, of Roxbury, St. Paul's, of Boston and Thomas Royal Arch Chapter, of Fitchburg, Mass. Boston and De Molay Commanderies, K.T., of Boston, Bay State Commandery, of Brockton, Hugh de Payens, of Melrose, Cambridge, of Cambridge, Jerusalem, of Fitchburg, Joseph Warren, of Roxbury, Olivet, of Lynn, St. Omer, of South Boston, South Shore, of East Weymouth, and William Parkman, of East Boston, all in Massachusetts, and Pilgrim Commandery, of Laconia, N.H. Roxbury Council of Royal and Select Masters, of Roxbury, Lafayette Lodge of Perfection, A.A.S.R., of Boston, Giles F. Yates Council of Princes of Jerusalem, A.A.S.R., of Boston, and Merrimack Valley Lodge of Perfection, A.A.S.R., of Haverhill, all in Massachusetts. He was also a life member of the Widows and Orphans Masonic Home Association in Louisville, Ky., and a member of the Masonic Home Association of Springfield, O.
The gifts made by Bro. Collamore to various Masonic Bodies and to prominent Brethren are beyond enumeration. Among those worthy of special mention are the donations of a burial lot, with a handsome and massive sarcophagus erected thereon, in Pine Grove Cemetery, Lynn, Mass., to Mount Olivet Commandery, K.T., of that city; a burial lot, with a large and beautiful monument erected thereon, in Mt. Hope Cemetery, to Boston Commandery, K.T., of Boston; a burial lot and monument, in the same cemetery, to the Ancient and Accepted Scottish. Rite in the valley of Boston; and also a burial lot and monument, in the same cemetery, to the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts, A.F. and A.M. All of these monuments are made of the finest Quincy granite artistically finished and polished, with suitable inscriptions, mottoes and emblems engraved thereon.
Bro. Collamore presented to Lafayette Lodge of Perfection, of Boston, a set of new and elaborate paraphernalia, furniture, wardrobe, etc., and to Joseph Warren Commandery, K.T., of Roxbury, one of the most expensive and most perfect organs placed in any Masonic Hall in the United States. He also presented numerous other Lodges and Orders with Bibles, squares and compasses, wardrobes, etc., and to an unknown number of Brethren he presented swords, and other valuables, indicative of his personal regard and Masonic interest.
The charitable and fraternal work of Bro. Collamore was constant and unstinted. By the conditions of his will his generosity will continue to be shown and his charitable work will go on through coming generations. He left a legacy to each of the Masonic Bodies of which he was an honorary member, and especially made this Grand Lodge the almoner of his charity. He bequeathed to the Trustees of the "Masonic Education and Charity Trust," the sum of $50,000, to be allowed to accumulate until it shall become $100,000, to constitute the "John H. Collamore Charity Fund," the income thereof to be devoted, according to the discretion of the Trustees, to the relief of members of the Masonic Fraternity, who have received the degrees in Lodges under the jurisdiction of the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts, and the wives, widows, and children under sixteen years of age, of such members.
Bro. Collamore after a short illness passed away on the morning of Nov. 3, 1896. The funeral was held at the Emmanuel Church; Boston Commandery, K.T., performing the Knight Templar burial service. Many officers and members of the Grand Lodge attended the funeral, and the Grand Master, accompanied by many of the Brethren, followed the remains to their last resting-place in Forest Hills Cemetery.
John Hoffman Collamore will be held in grateful remembrance by us and by those Brethren who succeed us. His work on earth is done. The variety and extent of his kindnesses and charities were great, and his example is worthy of imitation.
CRANE, LEWIS M. 1838-1913
From Proceedings, Page 1913-157:
R.W. LEWIS M. CRANE of Brookline, was born in Mt. Holly, Vt., Nov. 11, 1838, and died at his summer residence in North Woodstock, Vt., on Saturday, Aug. 30, 1913. Though failing in health for a long time, his fatal illness was of a week's duration.
Brother Crane received the Masonic degrees in Beth-Horon Lodge of Brookline in 1878, and was its Master in 1888 and 1889. He served as District Deputy Grand Master of the Fifth Masonic District in 1894 and 1895.
