RELEASE DATE: OCTOBER 26, 2014
KINSEARCHING
by
Marleta Childs
P. O. Box 6825
LUBBOCK, TX 79493-6825
[email protected]
This week we conclude the list of names of members of the Granbury chapter for the years 1878-1879. The data can be found on page 124 of TRANSACTIONS OF THE M. E. GRAND ROYAL ARCH CHAPTER OF TEXAS AT ITS THIRTIETH ANNUAL CONVOCATION HELD AT THE MASONIC TEMPLE, IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON, ON THURSDAY, THE ELEVENTH DAY OF DECEMBER, A. D. 1879, A. I. 2409, AT THREE O’CLOCK P. M., which was published in Houston by W. H. Coyle, Printer and Lithographer, in 1880. (In the title, the M and E are each followed by three dots, representing the Triple Tau emblem of the organization. However, for simplicity, a period is used in this column.)
Royal Arch Masons:
D. L. NUTT
G. W. PATTON
A. L. PETERS
L. E. RHODES
J. J. SHIRLEY
E. W. SIMMONS
Jacob STEWART
P. H. THRASH
T. J. WILLIAMS
Past Master:
T. J. EVANS
Most Excellent Master:
E. T. SHIPLEY
Dimitted:
Jesse CARAWAY
J. R. JONES
Moses WALTERS
A. J. WRIGHT
(End)
Now we will begin to list the names of members of the Comanche chapter for the years 1878-1879. The data can be found on page 128 of TRANSACTIONS OF THE M. E. GRAND ROYAL ARCH CHAPTER OF TEXAS AT ITS THIRTIETH ANNUAL CONVOCATION HELD AT THE MASONIC TEMPLE, IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON, ON THURSDAY, THE ELEVENTH DAY OF DECEMBER, A. D. 1879, A. I. 2409, AT THREE O’CLOCK P. M. (See the first paragraph of this column for further details.)
Comanche Chapter, U. D.
Meetings held at Comanche, Comanche County, on the Friday on or after the full moon in each month. Post office: Comanche.
Officers:
Wm. L. SARTWELL – H. P.
James CORDER – K.
D. WALCOTT – S.
J. J. FRANKLIN – C. H.
W. T. LEE – P. S.
G. A. BEEMAN – R. A. C.
Ben F. WRIGHT – Treasurer
J. W. GREEN – Secretary
E. L. SHROPSHIRE – M. 3rd V.
Rufus HOLLAND – M. 2nd V.
C. S. FRITS – M. 1st V.
M. V. FLEMING – Sentinel
(To be continued)