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THOMAS TALBOT LODGE

Location: Billerica

Chartered By: Henry Endicott

Charter Date: 12/11/1889 1889-147

Precedence Date: 02/27/1889

Current Status: Active


PAST MASTERS

© = portrait below.

  • Charles H. Kohlrauch, 1888, 1889 ©
  • Albert C. Lane, 1890, 1891 ©
  • Hiram C. Brown, 1892, 1893 ©
  • Matthew H. Kohlrausch 1894, 1895 ©
  • Arthur W. Holden, 1896, 1897 ©
  • David J. MacDonald, 1898, 1899
  • William H. Sexton, 1900, 1901 ©
  • William Stevenson, 1902 ©
  • Herbert A. King, 1903, 1904 ©
  • Abraham L. Dunham, 1905, 1906 ©
  • Arthur L. Blodgett, 1907, 1908 ©
  • Alfred J. Walter, 1909, 1910 ©
  • Eugene C. Vining, 1911, 1912 ©
  • Dana H. Spiller, 1913, 1914 ©
  • Albert H. Richardson, 1915, 1916 ©
  • Immanuel Pfeiffer, 1917 ©
  • Louis Pfeiffer, 1918, 1919 ©
  • Herbert F. Jacobs, 1920, 1921 ©
  • Everett S. Bull, 1922, 1923 ©
  • Ralph L. Dodge, 1924 ©
  • J. Frank Roome, 1925 ©
  • George H. Sweetnam, 1926 ©
  • J Harold Dale, 1927, 1928; © N
  • Herbert A. Martin, 1929, 1930 ©
  • Charles W. Knox, 1931, 1932 ©
  • Earle W. True, 1933, 1934 ©
  • Harold E. Tivey, 1935, 1936; © N
  • Edmund L. French, 1937, 1938 ©
  • George R. Gillette, 1939, 1940 ©
  • Newell A. Ritchie, 1941, 1942 ©
  • John R. Cannon, 1943 ©
  • Charles H. Eames, 1944 ©
  • Walter F. Stephenson, 1945, 1946 ©
  • Fred P. Nickles, 1947, 1948 ©
  • Frederick H. Gould, 1949, 1950 ©
  • Frederick G. Brown, 1951, 1952 ©
  • Edward T. Morrison, 1953 ©
  • Earl M. Sawyer, 1954, 1955 ©
  • William A. Knox, 1956, 1957 ©
  • William H. Wallace, 1958, 1959 ©
  • Herbert Nickless, 1960, 1961 ©
  • Martin H. Johansen, 1962; © N
  • John Chapman, 1963 ©
  • Albert J. Egan, 1964 ©
  • 'W. Terence Stephens, 1965 ©
  • Lewis E. Staples, 1966 ©
  • Charles W. MacRannolds, 1967 ©
  • Donald W. Fudge, 1968; © PDDGM
  • William A. Nordstrom, Jr., 1969 ©
  • Roger A. Evans, 1970 ©
  • James E. Holdman, 1971 ©
  • Albert F. Gabalis, 1972 ©
  • E. Stephen Meeker, 1973 ©
  • Leslie A. Greenleaf Sr., 1974 ©
  • John A. Burns, 1975
  • Kenneth A. Johnson, 1976
  • Jack E. Munnis, 1977 ©
  • Richard C. McLay, 1978 ©
  • George F. Mackie, III, 1979 ©
  • Leslie A. Greenleaf, Jr., 1980 ©
  • Virgil M. Fenton, 1981 ©
  • George E. Staples, 1982 ©
  • John D. Heckman, 1983 ©
  • James P. Burke, Jr., 1984 ©
  • Richard J. Simpson, 1985 ©
  • William H. Young, 1986; © N
  • Roy J. Leone, 1987
  • Robert H. Price, Jr., 1988 ©
  • William C. Rawnsley, Sr., 1989 ©
  • Jeffrey A. Newell, 1990 ©
  • Norman M. Nicolson, 1991 ©
  • Richard T. Herald, 1992 ©
  • Lee W. Sutherland, 1993 ©
  • Richard H Young, II, 1994 ©
  • David R. Rosewell, 1995 ©
  • Frederick W. Marland, Jr., 1996 ©
  • Joseph P. Bowker, 1997 ©
  • William J. McPhee, 1998 ©
  • Robert G. Parsons, 1999 ©
  • Richard P. Knapp, 2000 ©
  • Richard S. Nicoll, 2001, 2002; ©PDDGM
  • Emerson C. Reed, 2003
  • Robert I. Bailey, 2004
  • Richard Burke, 2005 ©
  • Steven A. Burton, 2006; © DDGM
  • Robert W. Lawrence, 2007 ©
  • John E. VanKuilenburg, 2008 ©
  • John D. Anderson, 2009 ©
  • Joseph V. Curran, 2010, 2012 ©
  • Ken Murnane, 2011 ©

PICTURES OF PAST MASTERS

01_Charles_H_Kohlrausch_1888-90.jpeg 02_Albert_C_Lane_1890-92.jpeg 03_Hiram_C_Brown_1892-94.jpeg 04_Matthew_H_Kohlrausch_1894-96.jpeg
C. Kohlrausch, Lane, Brown, M. Kohlrausch

05_Arthur_W_Holden_1896-98.jpeg 07_William_H_Sexton_1900-02.jpeg 08_William_Stevenson_1902-03.jpeg
Holden, Sexton, Stevenson

09_Herbert_A_King_1903-05.jpeg 10_Abraham_L_Dunham_1905-07.jpeg 11_Arthur_L_Blodgett_1907-09.jpeg 12_Alfred_J_Walter_1909-11.jpeg
King, Dunham, Blodgett, Walter

13_Eugene_C_Vining_1911-13.jpeg 14_Dana_H_Spiller_1913-15.jpeg 15_Albert_H_Richardson_1915-17.jpeg 16_Immanuel_Pfeiffer_1917-18.jpeg
Vining, Spiller, Richardson, I. Pfeiffer

17_Louis_Pfeiffer_1918-20.jpeg 18_Herbert_F_Jacobs_1920-22.jpeg 19_Everett_S_Bull_1922-24.jpeg 20_Ralph_L_Dodge_1924-25.jpeg
L. Pfeiffer, Jacobs, Bull, Dodge

21_J_Frank_Roome_1925-26.jpeg 22_George_H_Sweetnam_1926-27.jpeg 23_RW_J_Harold_Dale_1927-29.jpeg 24_Herbert_A_Martin_1929-31.jpeg
Roome, Sweetnam, Dale, Martin

25_Charles_W_Knox_1931-33.jpeg 26_Earle_W_True_1933-35.jpeg 27_RW_Harold_E_Tivey_1935-37.jpeg 28_Edmund_L_French_1937-39.jpeg
Knox, True, Tivey, French

29_George_R_Gillette_1939-41.jpeg 30_Newell_A_Ritchie_1941-43.jpeg 31_John_R_Cannon_1943-44.jpeg 32_Charles_H_Eames_1944-45_small.jpeg
Gillette, Ritchie, Cannon, Eames

33_Walter_F_Stephenson_1945-47.jpeg 34_Fred_P_Nickles_1947-49.jpeg 35_Frederick_H_Gould_1949-51.jpeg 36_Frederick_G_Brown_1951-53.jpeg
Stephenson, Nickles, Gould, Brown

37_Edward_T_Morrison_1953-54.jpeg 38_Earl_W_Sawyer_1954-56.jpeg 39_William_A_Knox_1956-58.jpeg
Morrison, Sawyer, Knox

41_Herbert_C_Nickless_1960-62.jpeg 42_RW_Martin_H_Johansen_1962-63.jpeg 43_John_L_Chapman_1963-64.jpeg 44_Albert_J_Egan_1964-65.jpeg
Nickless, Johansen, Chapman, Egan

45_RW_WTerence_Stephens_1965-66.jpeg 46_Lewis_E_Staples_1966-67.jpeg 47_Charles_W_MacRannolds_1967-68.jpeg 48_RW_Donald_W_Fudge_1968-69.jpeg
Stephens, Staples, MacRannolds, Fudge

49_William_A_Nordstrom_Jr_1969-70.jpeg 50_Roger_A_Evans_1970-71.jpeg 51_James_E_Holdman_1971-72.jpeg 52_Albert_F_Gabalis_1972-73.jpeg
Nordstrom, Evans, Holdman, Gabalis

53_E_Stephen_Meeker_1973-74.jpeg 54_Leslie_A_Greenleaf_Sr_1974-75.jpeg
Meeker, Greenleaf Sr.

57_Jack_E_Munnis_1977-78.jpeg 58_Richard_C_McLay_1978-79.jpeg 59_George_F_Mackie_III_1979-80.jpeg 60_Leslie_A_Greenleaf_Jr_1980-81A.jpeg
Munnis, McLay, Mackie, Greenleaf Jr.

61_Virgil_M_Fenton_1981-82.jpeg 62_George_E_Staples_1982-83.jpeg 63_John_D_Heckman_1983-84.jpeg 64_James_P_Burke_Jr_1984-85.jpeg
Fenton, Staples, Heckman, Burke

65_Richard_J_Simpson_1985-86.jpeg 66_RW_William_H_Young_1986-87.jpeg 67_RW_Roy_J_Leone_1987-88.jpeg 68_Robert_H_Price_Jr_1988_89.jpeg
Simpson, Young, Leone, Price

69_William_C_Rawnsley_Sr_1989-90.jpeg 70_Jeffrey_A_Newell_1990-91.jpeg 71_Norman_M_Nicolson_1991-92.jpeg 72_Richard_T_Herald_1992-93.jpeg
Rawnsley, Newell, Nicolson, Herald

73_Lee_W_Sutherland_1993-94.jpeg 74_Richard_H_Young_II_1994-95.jpeg 75_David_R_Rosewell_1995-96.jpeg 76_Frederick_W_Marland_Jr_1996-97.jpeg
Sutherland, Young, Rosewell, Marland

77_Joseph_P_Bowker_1997-98.jpeg 78_William_J_McPhee_1998-99.jpeg 79_Robert_G_Parsons_1999-2000.jpeg 80_Richard_P_Knapp_2000-01.jpeg
Bowker, McPhee, Parsons, Knapp

81_Richard_S_Nicoll_2001-03.jpeg 84_Richard_Burke_2005-06.jpeg
Nicoll, Burke

85_Steven_A_Burton_2006-07.jpeg 86_Robert_Lawrence_2007-2008.jpeg 87_John_E_VanKuilenburg_2008-2009.jpeg 88_JohnAnderson.png
Burton, Lawrence, VanKuilenburg, Anderson

89_JosephCurran.png 90_KenMurnane.png
Curran, Murnane


YEARS

1889 1908 1912 1919 1920 1921 1928 1932 1933 1934 1940 1941 1942 1953 1956 1963 1966 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1979 1980 1981 1982 1986 1988 1989 1992 1994 1995 1999 2003 2004 2008 2009 2011


HISTORY

50TH ANNIVERSARY HISTORY, JANUARY 1940

From Proceedings, Page 1940-1, History by Wor. Albert H. Richardson:

Although this is a history of Thomas Talbot Lodge A. F. & A. M. of Billerica, Mass., it seems to your committee that a reference might be made to earlier Masons in Billerica. There are good reasons to believe that there were masons in Billerica as far back as 1630. There are no records of any lodge in Billerica until a Charter was issued to Dr. Zadock Howe and others on June 14, 1826. This lodge was named Clinton Lodge in honor of Governor DeWitt Clinton of New York.

In the latter part of 1826 a strong anti-masonic feeling swept the country and many lodges dosed their doors. The building in which Clinton Lodge held its meetings, situated on Bosto Road opposite the present location of the Central Fire Station, together with its jewels, furniture, etc. was completely destroyed by fire in 1828. The Grand Lodge of Massachusetts received no records of Clinton Lodge after 1828. Dr. Howe and members of Clinton Lodge were threatened with bodily injury by anti-masons if they did not cease masonic activities.

Sixty years later, in the fall of 1888, there were twenty-five Masons in Billerica. The following Brothers – Wor. Bro. Charles H. Kohlrausch, Jr., our beloved First Wor. Master, Henry M. Hutchins, Warren A. Evans, John E. Rowell, Hiram C. Brown, Robert Ritchie, Matthew H. Kohlrausch, Dr. Albert C. Lane, Herbert W. Sheldon, and Saville D. Metcalf petitioned the Grand Master for a Dispensation to establish a Lodge and it was granted in March, 1889.

The first business meeting was held at the office of the Faulkner Mfg. Co. by courtesy of Supt. Warren A. Evans. Eight of the above members were present. They voted to organize themselves into a Masonic body under the name of Thomas Talbot Lodge as amark of respect and memorial to their beloved Brother and distinguished townsman, Ex-Gov. Thomas Talbot, deceased.

They studied the work through the winters of 1888 and 1889 at the home of Brother John E. Rowell. On March 12, 1889, the Lodge held its first regular communication under the Dispensation. On April 9, 1889, the Lodge met at the Baptist Church in No. Billerica and Bro. Jonas Whatmough, their first candidate, was initiated in due and ancient form. Under this Dispensation the Lodge initiated thirteen candidates.

The Dispensation with records, by-laws, etc. were returned to the Grand Lodge with a request signed by the ten brothers starting the Lodge that a Charter might be granted them. The Charter was granted December 11, 1889, and bears the name of Henry Endicott as Grand Master. On December 23, 1889, the Lodge was constituted in due and ancient form by the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of Massachusetts. None of the Charter members of Thomas Talbot Lodge were aware of the fact that there had ever been a Masonic Lodge in Billerica until several years after Thomas Talbot Lodge was constituted. None of the Charter members are now living. Of the thirteen members initiated under the Dispensation only two are now living, Bro. James W. Ritchie, initiated April 23, 1889, and Bro. David W. Fitch, initiated May 21, 1889.

The Most Worshipful Grand Lodge presented these two Brothers with fifty-year medals on Nov. 14, 1939. Bro. James W. Ritchie has missed only one communication since he was initiated over fifty years ago and would not have missed then but was obliged to work. He has been Marshal continuously since 1898.

In 1901 Friendship Lodge, of Wilmington, was constituted. ln 1921 Wamesit Lodge, of Tewksbury, was constituted. When these Lodges were constituted some members living in the vicinity transferred their memberships from Thomas Talbot Lodge.

On February 22, 1915, Thomas Talbot Lodge celebrated its twenty-fifth anniversary in the Town Hall, Billerica. Rev. R. Perry Bush, D.D., Grand Chaplain of the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of Masons in Massachusetts, was the speaker.

Thomas Talbot Lodge has been holding its communications in regular form and is in a good financial condition. Today celebrating our Fiftieth Anniversary we have two hundred and sixty-eight members.


GRAND LODGE OFFICERS

DISTRICTS

1889: District 11 (Lowell)

1911: District 12 (Lowell)

1927: District 12 (Lowell)

2003: District 12


LINKS

Lodge Web site

Massachusetts Lodges