RELEASE DATE: JUNE 22, 2014
KINSEARCHING
by
Marleta Childs
P. O. Box 6825
LUBBOCK, TX 79493-6825
[email protected]
Now we conclude the list the names of members of the Stephenville chapter for the years 1878-1879. The data can be found on page 125 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:
J. L. KEITH
N. KEITH
Wm. KEITH
W. H. KING
A. J. MORRISON
T. L. NUGENT
J. G. O’BRIEN
D. T. OLDHAM
F. C. OLDHAM
Josiah PHILLIPS
J. R. RANDLE
J. R. RICKARD
I. N. ROBERTS
R. D. ROSS
Jas. A. SHELTON
J. N. SLIGAR
D. R. THORNTON
E. C. THORNTON
J. A. WHITE
R. M. WHITESIDE
Dimitted:
T. C. MURPHY
Suspended for “Unmasonic” conduct:
John A. SHELTON
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If you have kin in the far West Texas region, have you ever looked at issues of the annual publication, Journal of Big Bend Studies? Sometimes the scholarly periodical, sponsored by the Center of Big Bend Studies at Sul Ross State University, contains articles which include genealogical information. For instance, Volume 22, which was published in 2010, has family data in “The Big Bend: Personal Reminiscences” by Richard H. Hancock. His material furnishes a brief history of the GILLETT and HANCOCK families of Alpine, Texas, as well as details about their ancestral lines, HUMPHRIS and POWE.