RELEASE DATE: JANUARY 26, 2014
KINSEARCHING
by
Marleta Childs
P. O. Box 6825
LUBBOCK, TX 79493-6825
[email protected]
This week we will list the names of members of a Smith County chapter for the years 1878-1879. The data can be found on pages 83-84 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. Because many of organization’s names of offices also include the Triple Tau emblem, only the initials of those ranks will be used in this column.)
Tyler Chapter, No. 24
Meetings held at Tyler in Smith County, on the fourth Saturday night of each month. Post office: Tyler.
Officers:
Tom H. THORNTON – H. P.
H. H. ROWLAND – K.
W. J. KAY – S.
W. T. WEAVER – C. H.
Joseph ELSASSER – P. S.
W. T. MATHIS – R. A. C.
M. L. FLEISHEL – Treasurer
George M. JOHNSON – Secretary
E. B. WILLIS – M. 3rd V.
A. F. HUNT – M. 2nd V.
William HILL – M. 1st V.
George ADAMS – Sentinel
Past High Priests:
W. H. PARK
H. J. MCBRIDE
H. G. ASKEW
Royal Arch Masons:
George ADAMS
B. F. ALFORD
Casey ASKEW
H. G. ASKEW
Thos. R. BONNER
S. H. BOREN
H. B. BUTLER
J. W. BUTLER
H. E. CALLAHAN
J. B. CHEAK
Joseph ELSASSER
G. B. EPPERSON
R. M. FELTON
M. L. FLEISHEL
Jesse GIBSON
G. S. GILCHRIST
I. GOLDMAN
B. Elwood GREEN
William GREEN
(To be continued)