Grand Lodge of New York Masonic Lodge Histories Lodge Nos. 201-230
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- John W. Timson
- Pocahontas Lodge No. 211, Seneca Falls, New York
W  illiam Jenkins Worth (March 1, 1794 – May 7, 1849) was a general during the Mexican-American War. Worth was born in 1794 in Hudson, NY, to Thomas Worth and Abigail Jenkins. Both of his parents were Quakers, but he rejected the pacifism of their faith. He received common schooling as a child and moved to Albany where he was working as a merchant when the War of 1812 began.
During the war he served as an aide to (then brigadier general) Winfield Scott, and developed a friendship with him. Worth later named his son Winfield Scott Worth. He distinguished himself at the battles of Chippewa and Luny’d Lane during the Niagara campaign. In the latter battle, he was seriously wounded by grapeshot in the thigh. He was not expected to survive, but after a year's confinement he emerged with the breveted rank of Major—though he would remain lame for the rest of his life. Also as a brevet Major Worth uttered his most famous words that now inscribed in West Point's "Bugle Notes", a book of knowledge all cadets must know by heart. They are as follows: But an officer on duty knows no one -- to be partial is to dishonor both himself and the object of his ill-advised favor. What will be thought of him who exacts of his friends that which disgraces him? Look at him who winks at and overlooks offences in one, which he causes to be punished in another, and contrast him with the inflexible soldier who does his duty faithfully, notwithstanding it occasionally wars with his private feelings. The conduct of one will be venerated and emulated, the other detested as a satire upon soldiership and honor. After the war he was Commandant of Cadets at West Point and would rise to the rank of Colonel in 1838 when he was put in command of the newly created Eighth Infantry Regiment. Using his own tactics he successfully prosecuted the Second Seminote War in Florida and was made a brevet Brigadier General in 1842. Eventually, he convinced Secretary of War John C. Spencer to allow the remaining Indians in the territory to confine themselves to the region south of Peace Creek, and declared an official end to the war in August of that year. When the Mexican-American War began Worth was serving under Zachary Taylor in Texas and negotiated the surrender of the Mexican city of Matamoros. He next commanded the 2nd Regular Division, Army of Occupation at the Battle of Monterey. In 1847, Worth was transferred to his old friend Winfield Scott's army and placed in command of the 1st Division. During the amphibious landings at Veracruz he jumped from the landing craft into shoulder deep water and waded ashore to become the first American to make an amphibious military landing. <  Monument on Worth Square in Manhattan
He took part in the siege of Veracruz and engaged in the following battles of Cerro Gordo, Contreras and Churubusco. In Mexico City Scott ordered Worth to seize the Mexican works at the Molino del Rey. Worth and Scott's friendship came to a head when Scott refused to allow Worth to modify the attack and the battle caused the 1st Division severe casualties, much to Worth's dismay. Worth later renamed his son Winfield Scott to William. He next led his division against the San Cosme Gate at Mexico City. When U.S. forces entered Mexico City, Worth personally climbed to the roof of the National Palace and took down the Mexican flag replacing it with the Stars and Stripes. For his service at the Battle of Chapultepec, the U. S. Congress awarded him with a sword of honor. In 1848, Worth was approached by a group of Cuban Freemasons known as the Havana Club, composed of sugar plantation owners and aristocrats, who advocated the overthrow of the Spanish colonial government in Cuba. The Havana Club sent college professor Ambrosio Jose Gonzales to entreat Worth to lead an invasion of Cuba. Knowing Worth was also a Freemason, Gonzales greeted the war hero with the Masonic secret handshake, and subsequently offered him three million dollars to lead an invasion force of five thousand American veterans of the Mexican-American War against the Spanish in Cuba. Worth accepted the offer, but before the plot could be concluded, he was transferred by the War Department to Texas. He was in command of the Department of Texas when he died of cholera in 1849 in San Antonio. His remains were reinterred in a monument on Worth Square on an island of land between Fifth Avenue and Broadway at 25th Street in Manhattan. The monument was designed and built by James G. Batterson in 1857. Each spike of the cast-iron fence surrounding the memorial is topped with a plumed helmet, reflective of the plumed helmet Worth is shown wearing in the memorial. Worth Street (Manhattan) at the southern end of Little Italy was named in his honor Worth was married to a woman named Rebecca C. Goodman. Ref. also, “Report on the Erection of a Monument to the Memory of William Jenkins Worth ,” by New York Common Council.
The Officers selected for the Lodge at the organization meeting were: Peter Morrison, Master Joseph McArthur SW Joseph Hodgeman, JW John W. Timson, Treasurer William P. Schofield Secretary At this meeting a petition was prepared to be presented to St. John’s Grand Lodge asking for a warrant or dispensation which was signed by the following: Cromwell, William A. Devoy, John M. Ewen (Ewing), John B. Gregory, George I. Hodgeman, Joseph Kabel, Henry McArthur, Joseph Mead, John H. Morrison, Peter Pope, Henry F. Randolph, William Roberts, Roberts E. Schofield, William P. Shophofff, Henry B.. Sterns, Joseph Timson, John W. All of the petitioners, except Bros. Sterns and Roberts, were former members of York Lodge No. 197. The petition was recommended by the officers of Lebanon Lodge No. 12 [now No. 191]. A dispensation was immediately issued by M.’.W.’. Henry C. Atwood, it being the last official act of the kind done by him as Grand Master of St. John’s Grand Lodge. At the great Union meeting held at Tripler Hall 27 Dec 1850 but two days after the dispensation had been issued, it was surrendered, and at this memorable and impressive occasion, amid “a scene which baffled description,” the Lodge received a new dispensation from the Grand Lodge of the State of New York. It continued to work under the new dispensation until 4 Mar 1851, when a warrant was granted and it became Worth lodge No. 210 on the register of the Grand Lodge. The warrant named as officers those listed above for the organizational meeting. The first meeting after the warrant had been granted was held 4 Mar 1851 when four applications for degrees were received and one candidate was raised in to the sublime degree of Master Mason. On 8 May 1851 the Lodge was constituted and the following officers installed by M.’.W.’. Oscar Coles. Peter Morrison, Master Joseph McArthur SW Joseph Hodgeman, JW John B. Ewing, Secretary Robert E. Roberts, SD David Bunce, JD James Compeer, Tiler
The Lodge continued to work harmoniously until the summer of 1853, when for some unexplained reason some of the members desired to surrender the warrant. At a meeting held 21 Jun, a motion to surrender the warrant was defeated by a large majority, whereupon some of the officers offered their resignation, which were accepted by the Lodge. At a meeting held 28 Jun the Deputy Grand Master, Joseph D. Evans, presided and the following officers were elected and installed: Peter Morrison, Master Erick R. Jackson, SW Christopher H. Richardson, JW John W. Timson, Secretary In all probability the main cause of the trouble which disturbed the Lodge was the vain effort made by some discontented spirits to revive St. John’s Grand Lodge. Two of the officers who resigned were active in this movement. Their efforts failed disrupt the Lodge and since that time it has prospered and become a prominent Lodge in the Metropolitan District. Meeting Places: Mar 1851 The first meeting place was at No. 71 Rivington Street May 1851 moved to Columbian Hall on Grand Street. Jan 1852 moved to No. 281 Grand Street May 1854 moved to No. 68 East Broadway. May 1865 moved to No. 594 Broadway May 1866 moved to Odd Fellows’ Hall, corner of Grand and Centre Streets May 1874 moved to the corner of Rivington Street and the Bowery. May 1885 moved into the German Masonic Temple, No. 220 East Fifteenth Street Apr 1896, moved into the new Masonic Hall on 24th Street, where it is quartered in the Colonial Room. The Lodge was represented at the laying of the cornerstone of the Masonic Hall on 23rd Street 8 Jun 1870, and the laying of the cornerstone of the Home at Utica, NY, 21 May 1891. On 11 Oct 1859 the Lodge, by resolution, contributed the sum of $250 to the Hall and Asylum Fund and on 27 Dec 1886 paid its full quota toward the payment of the “Great Debt.” John W. Timson, the first Treasurer and several years Secretary of the Lodge, was also the first Master of York Lodge No. 197, and Darcy Lodge No. 187. He was Junior Grand Warden of the St. John’s Grand Lodge in 1837. Grand Lodge Officers William H. Jenks, Grand Steward Clarence B. Marter, DDGM Masters
1851 Peter Morrison 1852 Joseph McArthur / John B. Ewing 1853 Peter Morrison 1854 Erick R. Jackson 1855 Thomas Bannan 1856 Thomas Bannan 1857 Thomas Bannan 1858 Anthony J. Allaire 1859 Thomas Bannan 1860 Edward Taylor 1861 Thomas Bannan 1862 James I. McQuade 1863 James I. McQuade 1864 William R. Murray 1865 August H. Bruning 1866 William R. Murray 1867 William R. Murray 1868 William R. Murray 1869 William H. Caldwell 1870 John R. Sprague 1871 August H. Bruning 1872 August H. Bruning 1873 August H. Bruning 1874 August H. Bruning 1875 August H. Bruning 1876 William H. Caldwell 1877 William H. Caldwell 1878 John F. Duls 1879 Rasmus J. L. Kieler 1880 William H. Caldwell 1881 William H. Caldwell 1882 Jacob L. Frey 1883 William H. Caldwell 1884 John W. Timson 1885 John W. Timson 1886 John W. Timson 1887 John J. Burchel 1888 John J. Burchel 1889 Jacob L. Frey 1890 Peter G. Muller 1891 Peter G. Muller 1892 William A. Banks 1893 William R. Blackford 1894 Francis A. Brown 1895 William H. Caldwell 1896 William H. Jenks 1897 James W. Downing 1898 James W. Downing 1899 David Greenlie 1900 David Greenlie 1901 George F. Palmer 1902 James D. Wood 1903 Edgar M. Miller 1904 Edward M. Hamilton 1905 Archie R. Horner 1906 Archie R. Horner 1907 Charles E. Fitschen 1908 William Faucett 1909 William Faucett 1910 William Faucett
Pocahontas Lodge No. 211, Seneca Falls, New York Warrant: The original warrant, dated 8 Apr 1851 was destroyed by fire the night of 16/17 Jan 1869. The warrant in possession of the Lodge is dated 4 Jun 1869. The name or number has never been changed. Minutes: Not intact. No records or papers can be found relating to the organization and early history of the Lodge, consequently but little is known concerning its affairs previous to the year 1869. Who the organizers were is uncertain. At 2:00 o’clock in the afternoon of 8 Apr 1851 Masons from neighboring Lodges met in Seneca Falls to participate in the first installation of officers in the newly chartered Pocahontas Lodge. The Masons in Seneca Falls had been trying for years to have a new Charter granted, and this was the culmination of their efforts. Heretofore, men of that village were obliged to travel to other communities to join a Masonic Lodge. In fact, six of the 19 original members of the new Lodge were members of Seneca Lodge No. 113 in Waterloo, and six were members of St. Paul’s No. 124 in Auburn. John Morse, of St. Paul’s was installed Master and Jacob H. Corl of Seneca, Secretary.
Barrett, John, Jr. Beach, David Carpenter, Alanson B. Corl, Jacob H. Daniels, John H. Dauchy, William Davis, James Hatley, Henry H. Loundsbury, William McCoy, David Messereau, William Messereau, John C. Moore, Lyman T. Morse, John Relfe, Williaml Shaw, Isaac Shoemaker, Jacob Trowbridge, William Van Buskirk, William Wheeler, Roswell B. Whitney, Edwin H.
All of the above were members of the Craft [Lodges not stated] prior to the granting of the warrant except James Davis, who was initiated 15 Apr, passed 29 Apr, raised 12 May, and William Van Buskirk, who affiliated 12 May. These returns contain the name of Jacob Frauelsen, who was initiated 12 Mat, passed 20 May, and Horace DeCamp, who was initiated 20 May. While it is not known who the charter members were, owing to the loss of the records and papers, it may be presumed that the remaining Brothers listed above were charter members. These returns are signed by Jacob H. Corl, Secretary. The officers named in the original warrant were: John Moore, Master Lyman F. Moore, SW David McCoy, JW The officers named in the warrant now in the possession of the Lodge are: William Walker, Master W. F. Hoster, SW Andrew H. Kittell, JW The Lodge has changed its meeting place several times. At the time of the fire which destroyed its property it had quarters in the Mynderse Block on Fall Street. It afterward secured quarters in Good Templars’ Hall, where it remained until Jun 1870 when it moved to the G.A.R. Hall, remaining there until 28 Mar 1871, when it moved to rooms which had been specially fitted for it in the new Mynderse Block, which had been rebuilt. The Lodge thrived and its prosperity induced the members to take measures to secure a permanent home. This movement assumed different shape in 1900. A site for a building was secured on what was known as the Mason property. In the meantime funds were obtained, and on 15 Jun 1901 the cornerstone of the building was laid by M.’.W.’. Charles W. Mead, Grand Master. This event marked an epoch in the history of the Lodge. It attracted a large gathering an was the means of creating an increased in Masonic affairs in the community. The building was formally dedicated on 24 Oct 1902 by M.’.W.’. Elbert Crandall, Grand Master, who was accompanied by a number of Grand Lodge officers. The building contained a commodious Lodge room on the second story, and on the first story was an assembly hall which is was a source of revenue to the Lodge. The brick building was located on Cayuga Street near the business district, and was an excellent example of classic Masonic Temple design, with all of the proper columns and fenestrations in place. The Lodge held “Jubilee” services on 24 Apr 1889. On this occasion an address was delivered by Rev. Bro. Horatio C. Yates, Chaplain of the State Prison at Auburn, NY. It was present at the laying of the cornerstone of the Home at Utica, NY, 21 May 1891, and the dedication of the same 5 Oct 1892. T   Directory: sites -> default -> files -> history files -> Nstructions for Acquiring Excess Equipment online, through the 1033 Program files -> Occupational health and safety files -> The Black Panther Party’s Ten Point Program files -> International programs roel profile files -> Fermi Questions a guide for Teachers, Students, and Event Supervisors Lloyd Abrams, Ph. D. DuPont Company, cr&D/ccas experimental Station Wilmington, de 19880 files -> Personal Information Name: Maha Al-Ammari Nationality: Saudi Relationship Status history -> History of the Third Masonic District Grand Lodge of the State of New York history -> Freemasons of New York State in the Civil War history -> Grand Masters of the United Grand Lodge of England [ugle] and of Scotland Download 8.67 Mb. Share with your friends:
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