work to M. E. Companion Thomas E. Garrett and
others, who conferred the order on several members,
who held meetings during that year. M. E. Com-
panion Garrett was elected president, which office he
has held continuously ever since.
M. E. Companion George H. C. Melody was presi-
dent from the organization until 1860, the year of his
death. M. E. Companion Joseph Foster was presi-
dent until 1865, and M. E. Companion James Mc-
Daniel was president in 1866 ; M. E. Companion D.
T. Wainwright in 1867.
In 1882 the officers were
Thomas E. Garrett, M. E. P. ; Allan McDowell, E. V. P. ;
Isaiah Forbes, E. C.; John R. Parson, E. T.; William H.
Mayo, E. R. ; W. R. Stubblefield, E. M. of C. ; James B.
Austin, E. Cond.; Joseph S. Browne, E. H. ; William H.
Dale, E. Steward ; A. Newmark, E. Sentinel.
THE COUNCILS OP ROYAL AND SELECT MASTERS
located in St. Louis are
St. Louis Council, No. 1, John D.Vincil, M. ; R. H. Mather,
recorder.
Hiram Council, No. 10 : John E. Jones, M. ; L. J. Clark, re-
corder.
KNIGHTS TEMPLAR COMMANDERIES. The Grand
Commandery of Knights Templar in Missouri was
organized by a convention which assembled on the
22d of May, 1860 ; Benjamin M. Runyan, president,
and Ludwell R. Ringo, recorder. The officers of the
Grand Commandery up to the present time (1882)
have been
1790
HISTORY OF SAINT LOUIS.
Date.
May, I860...
" 1861...
Grand Commanders. DC
George W. Belt.
puty Grand Commanders
R. M. Henderson.
W. R. Penick.
B. M. Runynn.
Thomas M. Wannall.
Geo. Frank Gouley.
Lewis F. Weimer.
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John D. Vincil.
Joseph M. Fox.
Wilbur F. Tuttle.
John Ure.
Samuel A. Gilbert.
John C. Bloomfield.
Frederick B. Young.
AV. W. Anderson.
Thomas W. Park.
W. W. Garth.
William G. Hall.
William J. Terrell.
R. E. Anderson.
Grand Junior Wardens.
George W. Culver.
James H. Matheny.
E. 0. Sayle.
John Glenny.
J. A. H. Lampton.
B. F. Newhouse.
Washington Jones.
G. W. Tindall.
D. W. Wei Is.
J. J. McElwee.
Wm. W. Anderson.
Burwell G.Wilkerson.
David Goodfellow.
H. C. Frost.
Wm. H. Hotchkiss.
J. R. Hardy.
George Lambert.
George F. Rogers.
Grand Warders.
A. D. Hoy.
Joseph S. Browne.
D. N. Burgoyne.
W. T. Woods.
William H. Stone.
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Oren Root, Jr.
Win. W. Anderson.
John A. Dollman.
Henry C. Frost.
John R. Parson.
Jeff. W. Bedford.
Sol. E. Waggoner.
Robert McCulloch.
George F. Rogers.
H. C. Litchfield.
John T. Ruffin.
Grand Generalissimos.
John W. Crane.
Jacob C. Rinehard.
William N. Loker.
Geo. Frank Gouley.
Josiah Hunt.
James F. Aglar.
James Carr.
William H. Stone.
John Ure.
Samuel A. Gilbert.
John C. Bloomfield.
Frederick B. Young.
Win. W. Anderson.
Thomas W. Park.
James N. Burns.
John B. Maude.
William J. Terrell.
John A. Sloan.
J. R. Hardy.
Grand Treasurers.
John D. Daggett.
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William N. Loker.
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William P. Mullen.
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Grand Sentinels.
H. T. Shlossner.
A. Stille.
Thomas Harris.
George B. Brua.
John Geekie.
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James X. Allen.
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George Thorp.
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John W. Owen.
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Grand Captain-Generals. Grand Prelates.
Henry Flynt. Ludwell R. Ringo.
John W. Crane. Edward S. Dulin.
W. A. Cunningham. Thomas E. Garrett.
James F. Aglar. "
" John D. Vincil.
James McDaniel.
James Carr. P. M. Pinkard.
D. P. Wallingford. "
Samuel Russell. William M. Rush.
Francis M. Tufts. "
Oren Root, Jr. John D. Vincil.
John C. Bloomfield. R. L. M. McEwen.
Frederick B. Young. William Wilmott.
Win. W. Anderson. C. H. Foote.
Thomas W. Park. George C. Betts.
John R. Parson. "
AV. W. Garth. "
Win. H. Hotchkiss. "
John A. Sloan. "
F. J. Tygard. George W. Penn.
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Grand Recorders. Grand Standard-Bearers.
E. G. Heriot. 0. F. Potter.
" Robert Hale.
A. O'Sullivan. John E. Ryland.
" J. A. H. Lampton.
" Hampton Woodruff.
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A. B. M. Thompson. Peter B. Grant.
Geo. Frank Gouley. F. H. Lewis.
" William Bosbyshell.
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" John C. Bloomfield.
" Burwell G. Wilkerson.
" John H. Brown.
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" S. E. Waggoner.
William H. Mayo. J. H. Brown.
" William J. Terrell.
" C. E. Ballard.
" George J. Tyrrell.
" William A. Hall.
Foreign Correspondents. Grand Drill-Masters.
A. O'Sullivan.
James N. Burns.
A. O'Sullivan. A. O'Sullivan.
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A. B. M. Thompson. James F. Aglar.
Geo. Frank Gouley. John D. Vincil.
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1 C. B. Randolph.
' William H. Stone.
< C. B. Randolph.
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' Thomas M. Wannall.
' C. B. Randolph.
William H. Mayo. C. J. Atkins.
" E. J. Nickerson.
" John R. Parson.
Allan McDowell.
" John A. Sloan.
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" 1865...
Thomas M. Wannall.
" 1866...
Geo. Frank Gouley.
Oct. 1867...
" 1868...
James F. Aglar.
" 1*69...
" 1870
" 1871. .
Francis M. Tufts.
" 1872...
Oren Root, Jr.
" 1873...
....John Ure.
" 1874 .
Samuel A. Gilbert.
" 1875 .
. . John C. Blootnfield.
" 1876...
Frederick B. Youn<".
" 1877...
" 1878...
....John R. Parson.
....C. J. Atkins.
May, 18801.
" 1881...
Sol. E. Wageoner.
William G. Hall.
" 1882...
Date.
May, 1860...
....William J. Terrell.
Grand Senior Wardens.
William N. Loker.
" 1861...
Paris S. Pfouts.
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" 1864...
James F. Aglar.
D. N. Burgoyne.
" 1865...
Martin Collins.
" 1866...
Oct. 1867...
Samuel Hardwick.
" 1868...
Peter B. Grant.
" 186V)...
.... William K. Spinney.
" 1870...
John Ure.
1871...
William Bosbvshell.
1872...
Frederick B. Youn" 1 .
1873...
Win. W. Anderson.
1874...
1875...
Burwell G.Wilkerson.
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1877..
1878...
John B. Maude.
Sol. E.Waggoner.
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1881...
James Carroll.
E. H. Mix.
1882...
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May, I860...
Grand Sword-Bearers.
Samuel M. Hays.
" 1861...
George W. Beardslee.
" 18631.
" 1864...
Edward Button.
Edward G. Brooke.
" 1865...
" 1866...
Oct. 1867..
James McDaniel.
William Bosbyshell.
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J. E. R. Miller.
" 1870...
J. S. McElwee.
' 1871...
Fred. B. Young.
' 1872
J. A. Tyler.
' 1873..
William E. Whiting.
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' 1875..
' 1876...
' 1877..
' 1878...
May, 188()i.
" 1881...
" 1882...
T. W. Letton.
Henry C. Frost.
M. S. Clernmens.
E. J. Nickerson.
.... John A. Sloan.
R. 0. Carscadin.
Erwin Ellis.
Robert Taubman.
No conclave in 1862 or 1879.
The Grand Commandery was incorporated under
the style of " The Grand Commandery of Knights
Templar and the Appendant Orders," on the petition
of John D. Vincil, J. M. Fox, William H. Stone,
Francis M. Tufts, William M. Rush, John Ure, D.
W. Wells, William N. Loker, George Frank Gouley,
William Bosbyshell, J. J. McElwee, 0. Root, Jr.,
and John Geekie, by the Circuit Court of St. Louis
County at the June term of 1871.
The commanderies located in St. Louis in 1882,
with their officers and membership, were
St. Louis, No. 1, William H. Dale, Eminent Com-
mander ; John T. McCoy, Recorder ; one hundred and
twenty-one members.
RELIGIOUS, BENEVOLENT, SOCIAL, SECRET, AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS. 1791
Ivanhoe, No. 8, H. L. Aldrich, Eminent Com-
mander ; R. M. L. McEwen, recorder ; eighty-four
members.
Ascalon, No. 16, John H. Krippen, Eminent Com-
mander ; Frederick Williamson, recorder ; seventy-
four members.
St. Aldemar, No. 18, William Richardson, Emi- ,
nent Commander ; James Bailey, recorder ; eighty-
one members.
COLORED FREEMASONS. The colored people of j
the United States have a Masonic organization; dis- j
tinct in its workings from that of other Masons of this
country. Their charter was derived from York, Eng- ;
land, in 1784, and a lodge was established in Boston, i
They are called " Free and Accepted Ancient York
Masons." Other lodges were soon after started in
Philadelphia and New York, and these three formed
a Grand Lodge in Philadelphia. Lodges were formed
in different parts of the country under the authority
of this Grand Lodge until 1847, when delegations from
different parts of the Union met in Boston and or-
ganized the national Grand Lodge. From that time
the craft has prospered. The government of the order
is on an independent basis, and vested in a national
Grand Lodge, under which the State Grand Lodges
work, and under these the subordinate lodges.
The first Grand Lodge in Missouri was established in
St. Louis in 1865, with H.M. Alexander as Grand Mas-
ter, and George Phillips as Junior and John Sexton as
Senior Grand Wardens, though subordinate lodges
had been working here under the Grand Lodge of Ohio
for about twenty years. In 1869 there were seven-
teen lodges in Missouri, four of them in St. Louis, and
also a Royal Arch Chapter (St. John's), working under
the Grand Chapter of Pennsylvania, and Western Star
Encampment of Sir Knights, working under authority
from the Grand Encampment of Pennsylvania. In
1869 the order officiated at the laying of the corner-
stone of a colored church, called Carondelet Chapel, in
the then city of Carondelet. The officers of the
Grand Lodge of Missouri then were
Moses Dickinson, G. M. ; William P. Brooks, D. G. M. ; Francis
Robertson, Sr. G. W. ; William Robertson, Jr. G. W. ; R. 0.
Smith, G. Sec.; Alexander Clark, G. Treas.
There are now about ninety lodges in Missouri,
with two thousand members, while in St. Louis there
are six lodges. The present Grand Lodge officers
are
Grand Master, Willis N. Brent, Boonville, Mo. ; Deputy Grand
Master, J. M. M. Stokes, St. Louis; Senior Grand Warden, J.
C. C. Owens, Haunibal, Mo. ; Junior Grand Warden, W. H.
Jones, St. Joseph, Mo.; Grand Treasurer, J. J. Bruce, Bruns-
wick, Mo.; Grand Secretary, Robert 0. Smith, St. Louis; Grand
Chaplain, James Madison; Grand Lecturer, Rev. Moses Dick-
son, Higginsville, Mo.
There are four commanderies in St. Louis, with
two hundred and fifty members. In 1881 a Grand
Commandery was formed by the union of the " Grand
Commandery of the State of Missouri" and the
" African Grand Commandery," and the following
officers were elected :
R. E. G. C., Milton F. Fields, St. Louis; V. E. D. G. C., Wil-
liam T. Mumford, St. Louis; E. G. Gen., Wm. T. Scott, Cairo,
111.; E. G. C. G., Richard A. Barret, St. Louis; E. G. P., J.
C. C. Owens, Hannibal, Mo. ; E. G. S. W., James A. Johnson,
St. Louis; E. G. J. W., Edward Mitchell, Kansas City; E. G.
T., John Pride, St. Louis ; E. G. R., Richard H. Cole, West St.
Louis.
This Grand Lodge has established an endowment
fund of one thousand dollars for the heirs of deceased
members, and is gathering funds to establish a Grand
Lodge library.
The Colored Masonic Hall is located at 409 Wash-
ington Avenue.
MASONIC HALL. That a building was set apart
and used for Masonic purposes at an early period ap-
pears from the fact that in the Missouri Gazette of
July 5, 1809, an account was printed of a Fourth of
July dinner given " by Capt. R. Webster in Lee's
Orchard, and a ball at night in the Masonic Hall."
On the 15th of March, 1817, there appeared in the
same paper the following advertisement of a lottery
to raise funds for the erection of a Masonic Hall :
" By authority : Scheme of a lottery for building a Masonic
lodge in the town of St. Louis,
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$60,000
" Less than two blanks to a prize. Part of the prizes to be
determinable as follows, viz. :
" 1st. Drawn number on the first, second, third, fourth, fifth,
sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth, and tenth day's drawing, each to
be entitled to one of the above six hundred dollar prizes, paya-
ble in part by one hundred tickets, beginning with No. 7001 to
No. 8000 inclusive. The first one hundred tickets for the first
drawn number on the first day, and so on in regular succession
for the rest. All other prizes floating. Prizes subject to a de-
duction of fifteen per cent., payable in sixty days after the
drawing is completed.
"To be drawn three times a week, five hundred tickets each
day. Tickets in the above lottery may be had at the following
places, viz. : At the stores of Riddick & Pilcher, Th. Hanly,
Simpson & Quarles, Moses Scott, and James Kennerly, St. Louis;
E. A. Elliot, Ste. Genevieve; John Jones, Mine a Breton ; Wil-
liam Bates, Herculaneum ; at the office of Michael Jones, Esq.,
1792
HISTORY OF SAINT LOUIS.
Kaskaskia: at the office of John Hay, Esq., Cahokia, and at
the store of John Rochester, St. Charles.
" J. Pilcher, T. Brady, T. Douglass, D. V. Walker,
T. Hanly, commissioners appointed by the
Legislature for superintending the drawing
of the above lottery."
This scheme does not appear to have succeeded, for
we find (as elsewhere stated) that the different Masonic
bodies occupied the Clark building, and afterwards
that erected by Maj. Thompson Douglass on the
north side of the present Elm Street, between Main
and Second Streets, until 1833. In 1822 committees
were appointed by Missouri Royal Arch Chapter, and
Missouri Lodge, No. 1, for the purpose of procuring
funds to build a Masonic Hall, but this project also
appears to have been a failure.
On the 18th of October, 1849, the fourth floor of
the building at the corner of Third and Chestnut
Streets was dedicated to Masonic uses. The Grand
Lodge was opened by the Grand Master, and a prayer
was offered by the Rev. Mr. Libby, which was fol-
lowed by the customary exercises of the order, during
which the exordium was delivered by the Rev. Mr.
Libby. Subsequently the doors were closed upon all,
excepting the members of the order, and the cere-
mony of dedicating the hall was performed. The
procession then formed on Chestnut Street, and
marched through the principal streets to Concert Hall,
where the ceremonies were opened by prayer offered
by the Grand Chaplain of the order. An ode was
then sung by the choir of the Unitarian Society, who
volunteered their services for the occasion, which was
followed by the delivery of the oration by Judge
Ryland, the Grand Master. An ode was then sung
by the choir, which was followed by the benediction.
About 1853 it was determined to erect a hall which
should be in keeping with the prosperity and strength
of the order, and on the 12th of February, 1853, a
perpetual charter was granted to John D. Daggett,
Benjamin M. Runyan, John J. Anderson, William
Renshaw, Jr., Daniel G. Taylor, J. R. Barret, David
C. Tuttle, Joseph Foster, and T. E. Courtney, as cor-
porators of an association organized to carry out that
object.
The first board of directors elected consisted of B.
M. Runyan, T. A. Buckland, D. G. Taylor, F.
Dings, John W. Luke, Thomas Richeson, John A.
Brownlee, James H. McCord, and A. B. Sheder. In
June, 1858, the board purchased from Mrs. Anne L.
Hunt for fifty-five thousand dollars, being a deduc-
tion by Mrs. Hunt of twenty thousand dollars from
its estimated value, the lot on which the present build-
ing stands, measuring one hundred and nine feet on
Seventh Street, and one hundred and thirty-five feet
on Market Street. After various delays the money
was secured for the purchase of the lot, and on the
| 30th of May, 1866, the corner-stone of the present
edifice was laid by the Grand Lodge of the State.
The cost of the building was about one hundred
and ninety-five thousand dollars, which, with the lot,
made a total cost of two hundred and forty thousand
dollars.
The building was erected under the supervision of
the following board of directors : Erastus Wells, presi-
dent; Samuel Gaty, vice-president; William N. Loker,
treasurer; Thomas Richeson, Daniel G. Taylor, John
W. Luke, William H. Stone, John D. Daggett, T. A.
Buckland. Much of the success of the undertaking
was due to the active member of the building com-
mittee, William H. Stone, and the president, Mr.
Wells.
The building stands on the northwest corner of
Seventh and Market Streets. The front on the latter
street is one hundred and thirty-five feet, and on Sev-
enth eighty-four feet. It is four stories high, meas-
uring ninety-six feet from the line of the sidewalk to
the cornice. The general architectural design is after
the Florentine Italian style. It is not heavily orna-
mented, but plain and substantial, and is built of Joliet
marble, nearly white. Near the entrance on Seventh
Street is the corner-stone of the building, on which
there is the following inscription :
" To the glory of God, the Grand Architect of the Universe,
to whom be all honor, praise, and glory : This foundation-stone
of Freemasons' Hall was duly laid by the M. W. Grand Lodge
of A. F. & A. M., May 30th, 1866, A.L. 5866. John F. Hous-
ton, M. W. Grand Master; A. O'Sullivan, G. S."
This inscription was written by the Grand Secretary,
A. O'Sullivan, who was a leading spirit in the under-
taking, but died before the building was completed.
The lower floor is occupied by stores ; on the second
floor is the office of the Grand Secretary of the State of
Missouri and the library. This is a very handsomely-
i furnished room, and the ceiling is of unusual height. A
I flight of stairs leads up to a gallery on which the library
i cases open. There is also in this apartment a spacious
fire-proof safe, for the preservation of the records of the
State. One feature to be seen here are well-executed
oil-paintings of the Grand Masters of the State from
the time of organization. On this floor also is the
audience-room or hall. It measures one hundred feet
in length by sixty-five feet in width, and is twenty-two
feet in height from the floor to the ceiling. Eight
Corinthian columns support the ceiling, which is hand-
somely painted and ornamented. At the west end of
the hall is a spacious stage, intended for speakers
or other purposes.
KELIGIOUS, BENEVOLENT, SOCIAL, SECRET, AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS. 1793
The third floor of the building is mainly occupied
by the three degree rooms, attached to which are va-
rious committee-rooms and small halls, intended for
Masonic festivities and other purposes. The fourth
floor is divided somewhat similarly to that below, but
the rooms are devoted to the administration of the
higher degrees. The Royal Arch Chapter chamber
is on this floor, and is the most costly and splendid
room, in decoration and arrangement, of its character
in the building. The ceiling is vaulted and colored
blue, with other hues assisting in the ornamentation.
The building was erected under the supervision
and direction of James H. McClaren, architect. The
building committee was composed of the following
gentlemen : Erastus Wells, ex officio, president ; W.
H. Stone, secretary; Thomas Richeson, and Samuel
Gaty. Committee for furnishing the halls and car-
pets, etc. : William H. Stone, William N. Loker, and
J. W. Luke.
The building was dedicated on the 14th of October,
1868, by the Grand Lodge of Missouri, W. E. Duns-
comb, Grand Master, on which occasion an oration
was delivered by Thomas E. Garrett. One of the
principal features of the dedication was the procession,
which was organized at the Occidental Hall, Seven-
teenth and Market Streets. The following was the
order observed :
Headed by sixteen mounted police, Capt. Kohlhund.
Boehm's Band.
St. Louis Commandery, Knights Templar.
Ivanhoe Commandery, Knights Templar.
Herwig's Band.
Lodges in following order :
No. 243, Keystone Lodge, A. F. and A. M.
No. 218, Good Hope Lodge.
No. 179, Pride of the West Lodge.
No. 167, Orient Franjais Lodge.
No. 163, Occidental Lodge.
No. 121, Erwin Lodge.
No. 80, Bridgeton Lodge.
No. 79, Polar Star Lodge.
No. 45, Bonhomme Lodge.
No. 40, Mount Moriah Lodge.
No. 25, Napthali Lodge.
No. 20, St. Louis Lodge.
No. 9, George Washington Lodge.
No. 3, Beacon Lodge.
No. 2, Meridian Lodge.
No. 1, Missouri Lodge.
Band.
Grand Lodge of the State of Missouri and Grand Officers.
Carriages, judges of courts, city and county officials, City
Council, etc.
Grand Marshals, Col. James Coff, N. G. Elliott.
Aids, S. B. Stanard, George Rinkel, Jr., William Freadenau,
A. W. Henry, James Denny.
After the dedication ceremonies the lodges, com-
manderies, etc., proceeded to Bellefontaine Cemetery
to dedicate a monument to Anthony O'Sullivan, who
had recently died. 1
The chairman of the Committee on Monument,
Martin Collins, delivered the monument over to the
Grand Lodge and reported the work done, whereupon
Mr. Garret spoke as follows :
"BRETHREN OF THE GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI, We stand
in this city of the dead, above the mouldering remains of
many with whom we have associated in life, to unveil a monu-
ment erected to the memory of Anthony O'Sullivan, one of the
fathers of Masonry in Missouri. The mortal part of one whom
we knew and loved as a brother rests beneath this stone. We
are now about to perform the last public ceremony of respect to
departed worth, and inaugurate a monument commemorative of
his virtues and the position he held in life."
The Grand Master then unveiled the monument,
and Thomas E. Garrett, Grand Orator, delivered a
eulogy on Mr. O'Sullivan's character.
The monument is of Italian marble, sixteen feet in
height, consisting of a broken column standing on a
pedestal of three steps, the first step representing the
working tools of an entered apprentice; second, of
the fellow-craft ; third, of the Master Mason. On the
front is the inscription, " Erected to the memory of
Anthony O'Sullivan by the Grand Chapter and the
Grand Lodge of Missouri." On the east side is the
seal of the Grand Lodge, and on the west different
1 Anthony O'Sullivan was born in the county of Kerry, Ire-
land, on Nov. 29, 1808, emigrated to America about the year
1838, and resided in New York City one year, when he removed
to New Orleans, where he was married, Jan. 30, 1841. He re-
moved to Missouri and settled in Arrow Rock, Saline Co.,
March 17, 1841. He was initiated in Arrow Rock Lodge, No.
55, on May 9, 1846, and raised June 30th the same year. He
was exalted a Royal Arch Mason in Boonville Chapter, No. 5,
Boonville, Cooper Co., Mo., in 1849, and received the degree of
Royal and Select Master in the same chapter. He was cre-
ated a Knight Templar in St. Louis Commandery, No. 1, on
the 1st of August, 1852, and received the degree of the Ancient
and Accepted Scottish rite in the Southern jurisdiction in 1859,
at a meeting called in Chicago, 111. He was then made a 33d,
and Sovereign Grand Inspector-General of Missouri and border-
ing States. In the year ]852 he removed to St. Louis, where
he resided until 1860, when he removed to Springfield, Mo.,
and remained there until 1863, in which year he returned to
St. Louis and remained till the close of his life. He was elected
Grand Secretary of the Grand Lodge of Missouri in May, 1852 ;
Grand Secretary of the Grand Royal Arch Chapter in April,
1854 ; Grand Recorder of the Grand Commandery in May, 1863 ;
; :md Grand Puissant of the Grand Council in May, 1864. From
the organization of the order of High Priesthood he was its
secretary. All these offices he held until the day of his death.
He was Grand Secretary of the Grand Lodge under fourteen
Grand Masters, always re-elected with scarcely any opposition,
and sometimes by acclamation. He was also Grand Lecturer
of the lodge and chapter during most of these years, and the
chairman of the Committee on Foreign Correspondence, in which
field he particularly distinguished himself, and attracted the
attention of the fraternity at large.
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HISTORY OF SAINT LOUIS.
Masonic emblems of different degrees. A Grand Sec-
retary's jewel is suspended at the top pf the broken
column. The monument stands on the Masonic lot
in the cemetery.
The following were the Grand Chapter Committee
on Monument: Isaiah Forbes, William E. Glenn,
R. E. Anderson, and Martin Collins, from the Grand
Lodge; John D. Vincel, William N. Loker, John
W. Luke, and C. A. Rowley. Martin Collins acted
as chairman of the committee, and John W. Luke
as secretary.
On the 10th of November. 1873, the property was
sold under deed of trust, the Life Association of
America becoming the purchaser. The ground and
building brought one hundred and twenty-seven dol-
lars, subject to a deed of trust for one hundred and
forty thousand dollars, with accrued interest amount-
ing to about eighteen thousand dollars. The one
hundred and twenty-seven dollars was only intended
to cover the expenses of the sale.
The property was again sold under a deed of trust