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PHIPPS, WILLIAM H. 1833-1913
From Proceedings, Page 1913-35:
R.W. WILLIAM HENRY PHIPPS was born in Hopkinton, Mass., Oct. 9, 1833. and died at Oakland, Cal., Feb. 3, 1913.
He was made a, Master Mason Sept. 21, 1858, in Montgomery Lodge, of Milford. He was a Charter member ofJohn Warren Lodge, of Hopkinton, and was Master of that Lodge in 1862. He was a Charter member of Alpha Lodge, of South Framingham, and its Master under the Dispensation. In 1878 and 1879 he was District Deputy Grand Master of the Twelfth Masonic District.
Having settled in California, he united with Live Oak Lodge of Oakland, in that State. He received the Capitular Degrees in Mount Lebanon Royal Arch Chapter of Milford, in 1858; and received the orders of Knighthood in Milford.Commandery, K.T., of Milford. He was Eminent Commander of Milford Commandery in 1864. Brother Phipps received the Degrees of the Scottish Rite in Boston, in 1865, and those of the Royal and Select Masters in Worcester Council, in 1866. He was an active member of the Masonic Veteran Association of the Pacific Coast.
Brother Phipps, for over fifty years, was a consistent, active, and zealous Brother, who exemplified to a marked degree the principles of our Fraternity.
