Brief History, Constitution and Statutes of the Masonic Pacific Coast
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UC-NRLF 151 BRIEF HISTORY CONSTITUTION AND STATUTES masonic Ueteran JSssociation IF THE WITH THE OF OFFICERS AND THE ENTIRE ROLL OF" FRO DECEMBER 27, J878, TO JANUARY J, 190 \ 3Y :G, EDWIN ALLEN SHERMAN, 33 t G, (Past National Presider, M. V. U. S. A.) RIGHT VENERABLE GRAND SECRETARY EDITOR OF "FIFTY YEARS OF M..SONFY IN CALIFORNIA FOR THE USE OP MEMBERS ONLY Carrulh & Carruth, fr-inters, Oakland W. BRO. HENRY FAIRFAX WILLIAMS, P. M. MOST VENERABLE GRAND PRESIDENT, 1899, 1900, 1901. of the Founders of the Masonic Veteran Association of the Pacific Coast. to California at the Born March 2, 1828, in Dumfries, Prince William County, Va. He came same time, on the steamship California that brought the Charter of California Lodge No. I, F. and A. M., when she first arrived on Feb. 28, 1849, the first steam vessel to enter the Golden Gate, ' the Fourth (and of which the Chief Engineer, our late Bro. M. W. Charles M. Radcliffe, became the first Grand Master of Masons of California in 1853.) w - Bro - Henry F. Williams was in No. on Dec. and petitioner for the Degrees of Masonry in California California Lodge T, 7, 1849 furnished elected Dec. 20, 1849. He fitted up the hall and made the furniture of that Lodge and the Bible upon which his vows were taken. He became a Charter Member of San Jose Lodge No. in and a Life 10, F. and A. M., Nov. 27, 1850. He afterwards became Worshipful Master 1858-9 San Francisco No. Member of California Lodge No. i, but withdrew to organize South Lodge in 212, F. and A. M. of which he was appointed, elected and served as Worshipful Master 1870- Brother 1-2 and is a Life Member. A good and true Brother Mason, a good citizen, an honored California Pioneer of 1849 an(i tlie beloved husband and father of wife and ten children of which branches. lie may well feel a justifiable pride, surrounded by his olive EDWIN ALLEN SHERMAN, 33. RIGHT VENERABLE GRAND SECRETARY (22 YEARS) 1878-1901. Founder of the Masonic Veteran Association of the Pacific Coast. Founder of the Masonic Veteran Association of the United States, 1889. Past National President of the same 1892-3-4-5. Hon. Inspector General 33 and Grand Cross of the Sup. Con,, S. J., U. S. A. First Grand Registrar and Past Grand Minister of State of the Grand Consistory of California. First Eminent Commander of De Molay Council of Kadosh No. 2, Oakland, Cal. Past Wise Master Gethsemane Chapter No. 2 of Rose Croix No. 2, Oakland, Cal. Charter Member and Past Orator of Oakland Lodge of Perfection No. 2, Oakland, Cal. Past Thrice 111. Master of Oakland Council No. 12, R. and S. M., Oakland, Cal. Life Member of Oakland Chapter No. 36, R A. M., Oakland, Cal. Life Member of Oakland Lodge No. 188, F. and A. M., Oakland, Cal. Editor of Fifty Years of Masonry in California and author of other works. First Local Reporter of Chicago Journal, 1844. Veteran of the Mexican War, 1846 8, California Pioneer of May 24, 1849. Born August 25, 1829, in Brockton. Plymouth County, Mass. Initiated and Passed June ist, and Raised to the A. Sublime Degree of Master Mason June 6, 1854, in Columbian Lodge, F. and M., Boston, Mass. THE PIONEERS OF MASON^Y\ON; i COAST M. W. W. BRO. JOSEPH HULL, P. M. CHRISTOPHER TAYLOR, 33 P G. M. Past Right Venerable Grand Vice President The First Master of a Masonic Lodge on the Pacific for Oregon, of the Masonic Veteran Association of the Coast. Multnomah No. i, A. F. and A. M. was Lodge Pacific Coast. The first Mason initiated, passed and him on at opened by Sept. n, 1848, Oregon City, Oregon. raised on the Pacific Coast, on Sept. n, 1848, in Mult- Grand Member of the Masonic Vett ran Asso- Honorary nomah Lodge No. i, at Oregon City, Oregon, by W. ciation of the Pacific Coast. (Deceased.) Bro. Joseph Hull, W. M. (Deceased.) The little Old Hair Covered tacks are bright, but this old Trunk, now bald headed, that the trunk it brought the Light. 'Tis Charter of Multnomah Lodge No. useful still, though the Charter i. A. F. the still lives and A. M , was brought burned, yet Lodge in across the plains and moun- and wages earned, by the Crafts- tains from Missouri to Oregon men at Willamette Falls obedient Or Master's Calls City, , arriving there on Sept. to the [Here n, 1848. The hair is gone, its Salmon begat Booz.] BRO. JOSEPH KELLOGG, 32 BRO. ORRIN KELLOGG Past Right Venerable Vice-President of the Masonic Who with his son, Bro. Joseph Kellogg, brought the Veteran A-sociation of the Pacific Coast and of the Ma- Charter of Multnomah Lodge No. i, A. F. and A. M., sonic Veteran Association of the United States He and delivered it to W. Bro. Joseph Hull. VV. M., at made the little hair trunk that contained the Charter of A. Oregon City, Oregon, on Sept. n, 1848. (Deceased.) Multnomah Lodge No. i, F. and M., ani accom- panied his father with it to Oregon City. He was after- wards Treasurer and for many years a member of that Lodge. He is now a member of Portland Lodge Xo. 55, at Portland, Oregon. A jewel of the Craft. BRO. JAMES FRAZIER REED COL. JONATHAN DRAKE STEVENSON The First duly authenticated Mason to arrive in Cali- The First M. W. Grand Master of Masons of California, fornia. He was one of the Donner Party and crossed April 19, 1850. The second duly authenticated Mason the plains and the Sierra Nevada, arriving in California to arrive in California and the First Past Master. He Oct. 23, 1846. He belonged to Springfield Lodge No, 4, arrived in San Francisco March 6, 1847, in command ol F. and A. M., at Springfield, 111. He served in the same the First Regiment of New York Yoluuteei s, during the Company with Abraham Lincoln in the Black Hawk Mexican War. (Deceased.) War. He served in the Mexican War in California in 1845-7 under Capt. Weber. (Deceased.) f*v. .... BRO. JOHN MILLER WILSON, 32 Of Omaha, Nebraska. Honorary Member Nov. 18, 1900. BRO. ALEXANDER P. MURGOTTEN This Brother, when but a little more than 21 years old, Of San set the boilers and attached the steam pipes to the Jose Lodge No. 10, F. and A. M., California. machinery of the Steamship California and the Oregon, Honorary Member July 7, 1896. The ardent, energetic, the first steam vessels to enter the Golden Gate. The public spirited and indefatigable Publisher and Editor of the California brought the Charter of California Lodge No. Pioneer, a compendium, history and biographical record of i, Feb. 28, on which our M. V. Grand the Pioneers of California, including many of arriving 1849, our President Henry F. Williams was a passenger. distinguished Veteran Masonic Brethren. BRIEF HISTORY CONSTITUTION AND STATUTES OF THE %ONIG VETERAN ASSOCIATION OF THE PACIFIC COAST WITH THE LIST OF OFFICERS AND THE ENTIRE ROLL OK MEMBERS FROM THE BEGINNING, DECEMBER 27, 1878, TO JANUARY J, J90J ^r COMPILED BY BRO, EDWIN ALLEN SHERMAN, 33, G. C (Past National President M. V. U. S. A.) RIGHT VENERABLE GRAND SECRETARY ONE OF ITS FOUNDERS. EDITOR OF "FIFTY YEARS OF MASONRY IN CALIFORNIA" FOR THE USE OF MEMBERS ONLY ft/ This copy is issued to Bro. .... jfevx^^ ** jb*^ *iX ' an ..j^tntf*********..,,......Member ASONIC VETERAN ASSOCIATION OK THE RACIKIC COAST. OFFICERS RE-ELECTED AND INSTALLED FOR THE 23D TERM, A. D. 1900-1901 M. V. GRAND TT^ESIDENT: W. HENRY FAIRFAX WILLIAMS, P. M. (California Pioneer, 1849). ..of San Francisco, Cal. T{. V. DEPUTY . WILLIAM A. JANUARY, P. M. (California Pioneer, 1849) of San Jose, Cal. R. V. GR^NT) I/ICE-PTtESITtENTS : W. WM. S. LOWDEN, P.S.W. (Cal. Pioneer, 1849) ist Grand Vice-Pres... of Weaverville, Cal. M. W. ED. M. PRESTON, P.G.M. (Cal., 1863), 2d Grand Vice-President..of Nevada City, Cal. OTHER R. V. GRA&CD VICE-PRESIDENTS : M. W. JACOB MAYER, 33, P. G. M of Portland, Oregon W. ELMER D. OLMSTED, 33, P. M of Spokane, Washington M. W. ALBERT LACKEY, P. G. M of Gold Hill, Nevada " CORNELIUS HEDGES, 33, P. G. M of Helena, Montana " JONAS W. BROWN, P. G. M of Boise City, Idaho " LAWRENCE N. GREENLEAF, 33, P. G. M of Denver, Colorado " FRANK M. FOOTE, 33, P. G. M of Evanston, Wyoming " SAMUEL PAUL, P. G. M of Salt Lake City, Utah " BENJAMIN TITUS, P. G. M of Clifton, Arizona " CHARLES BOWMER, P. G. M of Lucero, New Mexico W. HERBERT H. WILLIAMS, 33, P. M of Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands W. JAMES L. COGSWELL, P. M. (pro tern.} (California Pioneer, 1849) of Sitka, Alaska GEN. ROBERT HALL, 33, U. S. A of Manila, Philippines M. W. ELI HARRISON, P. G. M of Victoria, British Columbia M. W. PORFIRIO DIAZ, 33, P. G. M. (President) of City of Mexico, Mexico W. E. J. KILDARE, P. M. (deceased) of City of Guatemala, Central America " EDWIN A. SHERMAN, 33, R.V.Gr.Sec. (22 years) (Cal. Pioneer, 1849). ..of Oakland, Cal. " JAS.'L. COGSWELL, P. M., R. V. Grand Treas. (Cal. Pioneer, 1849). ..of San Francisco, Cal. " JOSEPH H. WYTHE, P. G. O., R. V. Grand Chaplain of Oakland, Cal. M. W. HIRAM N. RUCKER, 30, P. G. M., R. V. Grand Orator of Oakland, Cal. " LEWIS A. SPITZER, R. V. Grand Marshal of San Jose, Cal.