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INOVIEMBlER 17



1788



-19018



SHOWING, WITHOUT RHETORICAL FOG, THE SPIRIT OF THE WORK
         IN LEXINGTON FOR THE PAST CENTURY
                 AND A QUARTER





         Published by order and authority of the Lodge
                  November 17, 1913
                        J. J. RO3ZELL, Master
                        M. S. DAVIS, S. W.
                        J. W. NORWOOD, J. W.
                                 Committee



LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY, NOVEMBER, 19!3

 


































































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                     LEXINGTO., KY


 












                             FOREWORD

                 A JACKASS IS LED, BUT A CANDI: ATE FOR THE MYSTERIES
                    OF MASONRY IS CONDUCTED.'--J SOULE SMITH

Reader, allow us to conduct you t.hrough the following pages:

             REEMASCNRY, being the science of Morality veiled in allego-y
   ,Kwi       and illustrated by symbols, requires for a presentation of its
               history, not the dry data of Lodge Minutes, but the biographies
 =___________  of its initiates.
                 The Lolge is merely a school wherein this great Science is
               taught in a peculiar and impressive manner as has been the
    ; 3 w F cu stomn f or untold ages. Ceremonies, signs and sy.-nbols are b ---t
 _________   the text books of this school. To teach Freemasonry under-
               s andingly, these text books mustbe understood by the teacher,
               otherwise the blind may as well be led by the blind
    Degrees do not "make" the Mason, any more than the rossession of a
scien-ific works makes .he man of science. That which makes the true man
of science, namely, personal experiment and demonstration of facts, also makes
t'he Mason who cannot be "made" otherwise, however many titles and degrees
he may take. And when a candidate, knowing in his heart of a secret ur.-
wvorthy motive in asking for admission into the lodge, presumes to assume
obligations that he does not keep and has no intention of keeping, thus per-
jur=3 himself, ha not only injures thz repuwation of the craft and imposes upon
his brothers, but invariably fails to gain the great knowledge he seeks.
    These reflections should convince the thoughtful thatthe history of a Lodge
is in reality a history of the lives of students it tends forth to the world. If
those lives are worthy, the Lodge is credited thereby. For there are certain
Natural truths taught in the Lodge, that are calculated to make men wiser.
better and greater. They are henceforth the champions of Liberty, Equality
and Brotherhood.
    With these sentiments in mind, the present writer will content himse'f with
telling the story of the "First Lodge West cf the Alleghenies," in terms of
human lives, with such additional comments on contemporaneous events as
may seem necessary and proper.

                 SETTLEMENT OF KENTUCKY

    Old Town, or Harrodsburg, was settled in 1774. A party of hunters, from
Harrodsburg, under Col. Robt. Patterson, including Simon Kenton, Michael
Stoner, John Haggir, John and Levi Todd, John Maxwell, Isaac Greer, Hugh
Shannon, Jas. Masterson. Wm. McConnell and Jas. Dunkin, campedon thesite
of Lexington in the latter year but made no settlement. The camp was called
' Lexington" by them after the famous battle which had just been .'foight for-

 








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American freedom. But it may be thought of some significance that the first
proposal for a name was "York," the legendary birthplace of English Masonry.
For there is no doubt but many Freemasons were in Kentucky at that time
and that some it not all these first pioneers were of the craft.
    Levi Todd afterward was Master of Lexington Lodge, and John Maxwell's
son occupied the chair. James Dunkin seems to have been a charter mem-
ber of the Paris Lodge, but though the family names of others are well known
in early Masonry, it is probable that most of the original pioneer Masons in
Kentucky died or were too old to take active part, before the organization of
the craft.
    The comrades erected a single cabin for McConnell and nothing else was
done until March 1779, when Col. Patterson built a blockhouse thus establish-
ing a frontier fort for protection against the Indians, Lexington grew rapidly
after this.

                           A,















                   In 1870, mi itary government was replaced by a town
               board of Trustees. Virginia had made Fayette one of three
               counties into which the entire district of Kentucky was divi-
               ded. Education was placed in charge of John McKenney
               "Wildcat McKenney' who afterward became Grand Master.
               Transylvania University was char cred this year but not located
               in Lexington urail 1788.



 








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    By 1785 Lexington assumed the semblance of a frontier metropolis. Rob-
ert Parker, later a charter member of Lexington Lodge, was made first survey-
or, Bros. James Bray and Robert Megowan, established the first and second
taverns and lodging houses. The sign of the Megowan Inn, was a Sheaf of
Wheat, a Masonic symbol that is stiil seen on the Seal of Lexington, even to
its proximity to running water, which in this case may be presumed to be
"Town Branch," which was a considerable "creek" in those days.













    In 1783 Virginia had divided Kentucky into Fayette, Jefferson and Lincoln
Counties, the first district judges being John Floyd and Samuel McDowell.
The following year, 1784, was held the first of a series of conventions at Dan-
ville, of which Samuel McDowell was President and Thomas Todd, who was
later a charter mce.ber of Lexington Lodge was Clerk. The purpose of the con-
"entions was to seek Statehood and autonomous government for Kentucky.
    The second convention included among its delegates Robert and Levi
Todd, James Trotter and Caleb Wallace, afterward concerned with the organi-
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in August of the same year and delegates were sent to Virginia which passed
the Kentucky statehood act January 10, 1786.  1 he rnerrorial of the Kentuck-
ians was placed in the hands of John Marshall, celebrated in Masonic history
as Grand Master of Virginia, and in civil history as Governor of that State and
afterward Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Statcs.
    As the Federal Congress promptly refused to rat fj the acticn of Virgtini,
the efforts of three Danville Conventions failed,
    It is not surprising that the fourth convention did not meet, becauseo no
quorum could be gotten from the dispirited members. October 1786, Virginia
again Fassed the St tehotd act. Yet Kentucly ter elf seemed to be at a stand-
still, with no local legislature nor any one to guide her.
    At this juncture, a half dczen gentlemen met at Judge McDowell's resi-
dence near Danville, on St. John's Night, Dec. 27, 1786, and formed what they
termed "The Political Club".
    This organization proceeded to revive the drooping spirits o the pioneers
and to take the place of the Fourth Danville convent:on. Its roster never con-
tained more than 29 names, of which 12 can be identified as afterward affili-
ated with organized Masonry in Kentucky. There were, Major John Belli, a
merchant of Alexandria, Virginia, one of the chief movers of the club, and
afterward Washington's secret agent in the Indian campaigns of Bre. Anthony
Wayne.
    Thomas Todd, afterward a famous jurist, Clerk of previous conventions;
John Brown, first U. S. Senator from Kentucky; James Brown, first Secretary
of State, and David Walker, later a congressman, all members cf Lexington
Lodge, Thomas Todd being also identified wi.h Frankfort and James Brown
with Frankfcrt and Shelbyville lodges.
    The others were, Baker Ewing; identified with No. 2 and No. 4, Gabriel J.
Jones; with No. 5, Matthew Walton; with No. 6, Stephen Ormsby; with No. 3
James Speed; No. 20.

                      The result of these unselfish activities -was the revival
                  of the Danville Convention in 1787 and the sending of
                  delegates to Virginia General As3embly which ratified the
                  Federal Constitution the same year. These delegates were
                  Bros. Humphrey Marshall and John Fowler. At the same
                  time there was formed "The Society for the Promotion cf
                  Useful Know'edge," among whose 33 members may be
                  recognized the foremost Freemasons of the State.  Like-
  Maj. Jno. Belli  wise the first newspaper west of the Alleghenies was start-
ed by John Bradford with the patronage of the Danville convention, and this
brought the first paper mill and other factories. Fowler, Levi Todd, Marsha I,
all members of this revived convention, were afterward amrong the caT!y
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    During a'l this period Kentucky had been under the jurisdiction of Vir-
ginia and the a.filiation3 of her pioneer Misons mostly in lodges in that state
or in Penns3lvania, though other eastern states may bc expected to furnish
some records.
    The Grard Masters of Kentuc' y at that time were therefore the Grand
Mastcrs of Virginia. The Virginia Grand Lodg- was formtd in 1778 and we
find John Blair the filrs Grand Master 1778, followed by James Mercer 1784,
followed by Edmtnd Randclph, 1785, who presided until 1789. Randolph
was therefore G.and MVrter of Kentucky Masons in 1788 when we obtained the
c'-artfr for thc lodgs at Lexington. He was likewise the Governor of Virginia
1735-7
                             .... . .v .   . .._..._. ....,



                    Act





                  Edmund Randolph and John Marshall



                        THE FIRST LODGE

    The first chartered Lodge was undoubtedly meant to be the mother
lodge of the state. On Nov. 17, 1788, the Virginia Grand Lodge granted a
charter to Lcxington L :dge No. 2, naming the first three officers only, who
were, Co'. Richard Clough Anderson, Green Clay and John Fowler. The
former was from Jefferson Coun'y and at the same time its representative to
the Sixth Danville Convention. Clay from Madison and Fowler from Lexing-
trn were re-presentatives to the Virginia Assembly the same year, and it was
Clay who Presented the petition for the Kentucky Masons.
    Unfort:nately no records now exist as to who the charter members were
since the V;rginia Grand Lodge has only returns from Lexington for the years
179' and 1797 which see in the appendix.
    The capi ular degrees, were at that time conferred in Master's Lodges, and
they were rot separated in Kentucky until many years after. There seems to
have been a '"Mark Lodge" in Lexington at early date.  Lexington Lodge was
of the sort called "Ancient Masonry" for that was all the kind of Masonry Vir-
ginia had. Having now sketched the background for our history, let us ob-
serve the progress made by Masonry year by year through the lives of its
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                        17E8, Col. Richard Clough Anderson. Born in Han-
                    over Ccunty Va., Jan. 12, 1750, and ard died Oct. 16
                    1826. Served in Revo:ution, retiring with rank of Lieut.
                    Col. of Third Virginia. Twice married, first to a sister of
         WlGeorge Rogers (lark. In charge of military at Louisville
                    from 1784, and established permanent headquarters there
                    as Surveyor of the Kentucky District, 1798. Anderson
                    County named for him. Member of Danville Convention
                    1788, and of first eectoral college after admission of Ken-
                    tucky into Union. Warm friend cf Washington. Portrait
from a fine oil, owned by grandson, Edward L. Anderson of Cincinnati, who
presented the Lodge a fine photographic copy.
     Trasylvania University estab!ised in Lexington.
                       1789, General Green Clay. Born Aug. 15, 1757, in
                   Powhattan Co. Va., and died in Madison Co. Ky., Oct. 31,
               j   1826. Came to Kentucky as young Surveyor, Acquired
                   fortune in land; presented petition of Kentucky Masons to
                   Virginia Grand Lodge and took active part in formation of
                   Kentucky Grand Lodge.   Member of Virginia Assembly
                   and helped frame the Kentucky Constitution of 1799. Rep.
                   resented Madison in Kentucky Legislature and was Speak-
er of the House. Brig. General of first Kentucky troops to go out in war of
1812. Relieved Fort Meigs and repulsed attack 1500 British and 5C00 Indians.
C ay County named for him.

                       1790, Capt. John Fowler. Born 1755 and died Aug.22,
                   1840. Captain in Revo!u ion. Settled in Lexington, grew
           1 4ji twealthy and owned pleasure park known as "Fowler's Gar-
                  den"' where now are Deweese and contiguous streets. An
                  ardent horseman, soldier, patriot, and statesman. Episco-
L            my palian and Democrat. Lived near where Ayers Alley ran
                  into Water street. Charter member of Society for Promot-
                  ing Useful Knowledge, and member of Danville Convention
with Bros. Humphrey Marshall, Levi Todd, Caleb Wallace, Wm. Ward. Original
member of Tammany Society of 1811. Member of Virginia Assembly 1788.
First member of Congress from this district 1796 and held office until 1804.
Succeded John Jordan as Postmaster and was Charter member of the Kentucky
Agricultural Society of 1814. Fowlers Garden was the great convention center
of Kentucky. Capt. Fowler was a warm supporter of Andrew Jackson. He
was buried with Masonic honors. Portrait from old cut in book of family
history of Fowlers, furnished by Mrs. Laura Given, 2052 Catherine street
Philadelphia, the mother of Bro. J. G. Given.
    1791, Notley Conn, assisted at introduction of Masonry into Geogetown,
helping James Morrison and Alex McGregor install officers of that lodge 1796
and at that time being a member of Paris Lodge. 4  Lexington town officials
ordered down all wooden chimneys and post and rail fences across the streets.



 








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Town surveyed for first time. "Unicn Fire Company organized as a volunteer
bucket brigade, with John Bradford as Secretary the year before, probably had
effect up.B the orders of the trustees as to fences and chimneys.

                       1791, Judge Edmund Bullock, Master during second
                   half of 1791, it being custom to elect officers on each St.
                   John's Day, until 1855. Early Trustee of Lodge and in
                   1893.98. Representative in Legislature. Speaker during
    C  A l         last three years of term; State Senator 1805-13. Appoint-
                   ed Judge. Trustee of Transylvania. Portrait from  India
                   Ink wash drawing. through kindness of his grandson, Ed-
                   mund Shelby of Favette Co.

    1792, James Lemon. First Master of Georgetoivn Lodge. No portrait ecx-
is-s according to his great-grandson  Portuguese were fleeing from the Papal
Inquisition to their Masonic brothers in New Yorkthisyear. Kentuckybecame
a state and Lexington was made temporary capital The Governor's first ap-
pointments for Fayette were all Masons as it happened: Robt. Todd, Brig.
General; William Russell dnd James Trotter. Lieut. Colonels; John Morrison,
Major; and Robert Parker, Surveyor, James Brown, the firstSecretaryof State
and John Brown the first U. S. Senator were members of Lexington Lodge.
Bro Robert Megowan's tavern was turned into the State Treasury and the
treasurer had to borrow funds to pay the legislators for their twelve day session
at 1 each per day.



                 1,      The seal of the State is today known to every
                      Mason in the world as the Masonic emblem   of Bro.
                   ,  tberly Love



                            BROTHERLY LOVE.
                                By the exercise of brotherly
                              love, we arc taught to regard the
                              whole humau species as one
                              family; the high and low, the
                              rich and poor; who, as created
                              by one Almighty Parent, and
             inhahitants of the same planet, are to aid, support,
             and protect each other. On this principle, Masonry
             unites men of every country, sect, andi opinion, and
             conciliates true friendship among those who might
             otherwise have remained at a perpetual distance.



 









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               1792. DANIEL WEISIGER
     First Master of Hiram Lodge, 1799.5  Probably came
 from No. 14 Va.  Portrait copied from fine oil painting in
 possession of Dr. A. j. Alexander, of Spring Station. Wood-
 ford County, his grandson.


                         1793. HUGH LOGAN
     Thought to be brother of Gen. Ben Logan, but not certain to which branch
 of family he belonged. Demitted in 1805 but was a visitor to Grand Lode
 in 1827.
                     1793. WILLIAM MURRAY

     First Grand Master of Kentucky. and when so elevated was Master of
 Hiram Lodge at Frankfort. Second Attorney General of State 1792-3 and
 made present of lat6 on N-E. corner of Walnut and Short streets to Lexington
 Lodge, 1795, for Masonic Hall. The Masons met in log cabin on this lot for
 many years. His descendants statethere is no portrait in existence.

                                1794. COL. JAMES MORRISON
                            Born in Cumberland County, Pa., 1755, and
                        served through Revolution, coming to Lexington in
                        1792. Representative in Legislature 1797. Quarter-
                        master General U. S. Army; President of U. S. Branch
                        Bank; Chairman Board of Trzstees of Trans, Ivania;
                        and Director of Kentucky Insurance Co. of 1802.
    From left to right   President of the convention of five lodgcs that
    Col. James Morrison
    Maj. Thomas Love    formed the Grand Lodge in 1800 and was the sec-
                        ond Grand Master 1801-2.  Accumulated vast for.
tune for those days.  Died in Washington, D. C., April 23; 1823 and left 40,-
000 to found Morrison Chapel at Transylvania and 10,000 to endow professor-
ship. Portrait hangs in Morrison Chapel and Grand Lodge, Portrait first on
left in cut
    Edward Westthis year built and operated on town branch a small model
steam boat. He was a member of Lexington Lodge.

                   1795-6. MAjOR THOMAS LOVE

 Past Master from Lodge of Perfect Union, Massachusetts, and revolationary
 officer. Served under Gen. Chas. Scott, afterwards Governor of Kentucky.
 Moved to Frankfort, purchased Gen. Wilkinson's house, 1797. and opened an
inn widely known as the "Love House."

 







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     William Murray presented the lodge the lot heretofore mentioned, where
 the first "Masonic Hall" stood, 1795.  This year also saw the first brick house
 in Lexington built by Bro. January; Transylvania library was also founded
 through efforts of citizens who were all or nearly all Masons, with Brother
 Andrew McCalla, an apothecary, asits first librarian.
     In 1796 the first Episcopal church was founded and its first Fastor, the
 gentle James Moore, of "Flute and Violin" fame, is said to have been a mem-
 ber of No. 1. Portrait from miniature painted by Peale in Philadelphia, 1795,
 and owned by Misses Mattie and Florence Love, 203 W. Broadway, Louisville,
 Ky. Shown with Morrison above.
                   1797. ALEXANDER MACGREGOR

   First Deputy Grand Master 1800. Probably came with Januarys to Ken.
tucky 1780. One of lodge Trustees under Murray deed. Representative to
Virginia Grand Lodge 1798. Master of early Mark Lodge. Early member of
St. Andrews Society and probably charter member of the "Lexington Emigra-
tion Society," formed this year with Bro. Thorras Hart as President.  First
Deputy Grand Master and Member of the Danville Convention.
                         1798. HUGH M'ILVAIN

                   Grandfather of H. P. M'l1vain, P. H. P. ef Kentucky and
               probably came to Kentucky with Alex Macgregor. Portrait
               by courtesy of Bro. B. Wilson Smith, 2122 N. New Jersey St.,
               Indianapolis, Ind. Hugh M'llvain's sister married Jas. Rankin,
               the grandfather of Bro. Smith's wife. Top head in above cut
               is M'lvain.
                          1798. GENERAL THOMAS BODLEY
                   Portrait shown at bottom of above cut. Born July 4, 1772,
               in Pennsylvania and died June 10, 1833, in the great Cholera
               Plague in Lexington. Served in Wayne's Indian campaign
               and came to Lexington in 1787. First Secretary of the "Dem.
               ocratic Society" of 1793, of which Bro. John Breckinridge was
President; and one of the founders of St. Andrews Society 1798 and Captain
of the Lexington Light Infantry. First Circuit Clerk. Commissioned by Gov.
Garrard 1803, to restore burnt county records of Fayette; surveyed "Main
Cross Street" now Broadway; Deputy Q3uarteimaster General in War 1912;
elector from Kentucky 1817; Grand Master 18f8; Trustee Transylvania Univer-
sity.
                          1799. JAMES BLlSS

  Secretary for part of the year.  Nothing else known of him. The State
Constitution was revised this year. Bros. John Breckinridge and Buckner
Thurstot. of Lexington Lodge being delegates to the convention. Bridges
across Town Branch repaired and holes in street filled.



 









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                   1799. SAMUEL POSTLETHWAIT

  Afteiward assisted in establishing Kentucky Lodga in Mississippi. Harmony
No. 7 at Natchez. Portrait by Juett is catalogued by the Filson Club but can
not now be located.

                   1800. GRAND LODGE FORMED.

  Upon invitation of Lexington Lodge, 15 representatives of the five lodges in
Kentucky met in Lexington Sept. 8, 1800, to form an independent Grand
Lodge. They were all chartered by Virginia as follows;
    Lexington 25, November 17, 1788.
    Paris 35, November 25, 1791.
    Georgetown 46 U. D. Jan. 9, 1796, and chartered Dec. 1, 1796.
    Frankfort, Hiram 57, T. D. May 2; 1797, and chartered Dec. I1, 1799:
    Solomon U. D., at Shelbyville. Dec. 1799.
Bro. John Hawkins of Georgetown Lodge was- made chairman and resolutione
written by Bro. Wm. Murray were transmitted to Virginia expressing the in-
tention and good will of the Kentuckians. The convention met in Masons Hall
on Walnut street.
    Virginia heartily approbated the movement Dec. 11, 1800, by which time
a second convention had met Oct. 16-17 and formed the Grand Lodge. -,t
this convention only 13 representatives were present, of whom 6 had attended
the first convention. Col. James Morrison of Lexington, the oldest past master
present, was chosen chairman and Grand officers were then eleLted, the choice
falling uwon Wm. Murray for Grand Master and Alexander Macgregor for Dep.
Grand Master. The other officers were apportioned, 4 to Lexington, I toShel-
byville, 2 to Georgetown and 2 to Paris.


        CT                               was The seal of Lexington Lodge
                                          was chosen as the temporary seal
                                          of the Grand Lodge. Lexington s
                                          seal was the square End compass
                    "M  - with the moon and sun on either
                                         side. The present Grand Lodge
                                         seal is an evolution from that,
     cl0.1                              probably brought about chiefly
by Bro. Daniel Bradford, for many yeE rs the printer to the Grand Lodge. He
began printing the proceedings of the Grand body, using a cut in 1802, com-
posed of some of the various elements now added to the seal. In 1826 the All
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    The five lodges received new numbers, Lexington becoming Number I
The fact that most of the members of the Grand Lodge were probably Royal
Arch Masons, no doubt accounts for crimson, instead of blue being adopted
as the official G. L. colors.
     1800 Col. Morrison. See 1794. For the following year Grand Master.
                       1800, Alex. Macgregor. See 1797.
    It should be mentioned that two masters were elected every year in Lex-
ington Lodge, one on each St. John's night, until 1855. The most curious
event of the year was the great religious revival which struck this section at
this time.  Thousands of Presbyterians, Methodists and Baptists participated
in meetings at which the excitement became so intense that many persons went
into trances and had visions not to be surpassed by anything in modern spirit-
ualistic circles.
     1801, Capt. Levi Todd. Mentioned heretofore as one of earTy pioneers.
Brother of Capt. Robert and Col. John Todd. Comi-.anded company from
Bryan Station under Lieut. Col. Jno. Bowman in attack on; Chi'acothe, 1799.
Moved from Harrodsburg to Lexington 1780 and was chosen one of the first
Board of Trustees and drew one of the first town lots the following year.
County Clerk 1781-1807, Legis!ative representative. At Battle of Blue Licks
1782; in two Danville Conventions 1785 and one 1787. Was born in Virginia
1756 and died in Lexington. Married Jane Briggs, and their seventh child,
was father of Mrs. Abraham Lincoln. No portraits exist according to relatives
and the Lincoln collection.
    1801, John Jordan, an Englishman came toLexington 1793, DeputyGrand
Master 1801-2 and Grand Master 1803, again Deputy 1805-6. Was third post.
master of Lexington by appointment of Jefferson 1802, Ben. C. Kizer was his
deputy. Jordan entertained Aaron Burr and Blennerhaset (both Masons) when
they came to Lexington in 1805 and this afterward caused him to besusFected
in connection of the Burr "conspiracy " The post office and store was in
"Jordan's Row" on Upper street facing the courthouse, but he afterward rroveJ
to Main street where Odd Fellows Hall now stands. He died while postmaster
Sept. 9, 1813. Jordan was chairman of the committee on G. L. sea!, Oct. 13,
1891. This year David McClelland of No. I became first Masterof Bardstown
Lolge (Washington) chartered Feb. 10, 1801 as No. 6. Also Dr. James Taylor,
and old member of Lexington, becarnm first master ef Abraham U. D. Dec. 21,
1801 a, Middletown, now Nc. 8 at Louisville. He was alo the first Master of
No. 32 at Middl -town.



 









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    1802. Cuthbert Banks, first Secretary of the Jockey Club 1797 and came
from Virginia. Transylvania Medical Society formed this year, and it is pecu-
V.ar fac, teat its members were always largely Masons.
                          1803, Daniel Bradford, son of John Bradford who
                     came to Lexington 178; and founded the Gazette 1787.
                     Daniel was likewise an editor and succeeded his. father
        -           on the Gazette and also for a time published a paper in
                     Geowgetown. Edited the Gazette 1802-9 and 1835-40
                     Master of No. 1, also in 1808, 1810. 1813. 1814, 1816.
              i w  Ad Grand Secretary 1802-13 and 1820-30. Captain Union
                     Fire Company 1805. Succeed Bro. N. G. T. Hart as
    left to right  Capt. of Lexington Light Infantry 1812. Professor of
    Daniel Bradford  Transylvania University 1813. Grand Master of Ky.
 JLdge Geo. M. Bibb 1315; High Priest 1815 and 1831. One of the first con-
 trlbutors to the "Fayette Hospital" now known as the "insane Asylum", 1816.
 Editor of Lexington Public Advertiser 1820. Justice of the Peace 1838-9,
 Mayor of Lexington 1841. Died 1851.
    Bro. Bradford was one of the most versatile and active Masons Lexington
ever produced. Through the courtesy of Bro. C. P. Davenport of Georgetown,
a copy of his oil portrait by Sandy Bradford, which hangs in the Asylum of
Bradford Commandery, was secured for this work. So little had the George-
town Knights thought of the portrait that they had thrown it away with other
debris accumulated in a garret when it was rescued from destruction by a
zealous Knight.
    Bradford assisted at the introduction of all the "higher degrees" in the
"York Rite", into Lexington. One of his pupils, both in printing and Masonry
was Dr. J. G. Norwood, afterward famous as a physician, surgeon and geolog-
ist in Kentucky, Indiana and Missouri.

                       Dr. Joseph Granville Norwood, Born 1807, learned
                  Printing and Masonry under Daniel Bradford; initiated in
                  Daviess Lodge 1827 and various times affiliated with the
                  other lodges and masonic bodies. Joined No. I in 1829.
                  Graduated at Transylvania. Lost first wife in cholera of
                  1849. Master of. No. 22 in 1834, was High Priest and rose
                  to Junior Deacon in Grand Lodge and was Recorder of
                  Webb Encampment. Went to Louisville, then was State
                  Geologist of Indiana. Moved to Missouri where he died.
                  Dean of Science in State University at Columbia 1906.
 I. G. NORWOOD
    1804, Judge George M. Bibb. born Oct. 30, 1776 in Prince EdwardCounty,
Va., and died April 14, 1859 at Georgetown. Graduate of Princeton; member
of Lexington Bar 1804 and Grand Master 1804-7. Taught law to John J. Crit-
tenden who was initiated into Lexington Lodge and moved to Russellville with
his perceptor who was the first Master of Lodge 17 there and passed and raised
Crittenden.



 








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                       In 1808 was Judge of Court of Mppeals, Chief Justice
                   1809; U. S. Senator 181 1, resigning in 1814 and serving
                   again 1829-35. Chancellor of Louisville 1835-44. Secretary
                   of the Treasury and Assistant Attorney General under
                   Tyler. Died April 14. 1859.


John J. Crittenden
    This year Innis B. Brent, an old member of Lexington, loczarnc first Maas-
ter of No. 9, chartered at Henderson, Sept. 13. and Samuel Postelwait another
old membcr 'was on rolls of No. 7 in Natchez, Mississippi.
                         1805. WILLIAM BOBB
    Grand Pursuivant 1801.2. Fourth Jailor of Fayetta County.  Died Jan. P,
1814.
    The jail was a curious affair those days, at one time consisting of a apace
bounded by imaginary lines whose corners were marked on the sides of the
log houses. This year the use of chimney sweeps was endorsed and the k-ep.
ing of pet panthers prohibited by the town council. A bachelor's society vP5
organized in Bro. Geo. Wilson's Tavern, its members taxing all who would rat
marry. School books and law books were printed locally, and amorg the
lawyers who were members of No. I may be named Bibb, Crittenden, Wm. T.
Barry, Henry Clay, John Rowan, Jesse Bledsoe, and Felix Grundy, all of whom
became famous in public life,

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