RELEASE DATE: SEPTEMBER 13, 2015
KINSEARCHING
by
Marleta Childs
P. O. Box 6825
LUBBOCK, TX 79493-6825
[email protected]
This week we continue the list of names of members of the Royal Arch Masons chapter in Palestine, Anderson County, Texas, for the years 1878-1879. The data can be found on pages 78-79 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:
JACKSON, R. M.
JONES, S. D.
JOWERS, W. G. W.
LACEY, W. M.
LAWRENCE, J. A.
LEWIS, W. J.
LILLEBRIDGE, J. A.
MARSH, R. S.
MCCLANAHAN, W. M.
MCCLURE, Robert
MCCOPPIN, Alex. (sic)
(Editor’s note: Since a period follows
the name, it may be an abbreviation for Alexander.)
MCKNIGHT, J. B.
MEARS, J. M.
NATHAN, H.
OLDHAM, F. H.
OZMENT, J. W.
PARKER, T. S.
PETTY, R. B.
QUARLES, J. J.
RATCLIFF, A. T.
REAGAN, J. H.
REEVES, R. A.
ROLLINS, S. A.
SIMPSON, J. C.
STAFFORD, U. M.
UNGER, Phil. (sic)
WATTS, J. F.
WILSON, I. E.
WOODARD, J. H.
WOODARD, J. M.
WORD, Jeff. (sic)
WORD, J. J.
Dimitted:
HONIGSBERGER, I.
Suspended for Unmasonic Conduct:
GAMAGE, T. T.
(To be continued)