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Ferlin Husky our
favorite country singer and Member
of this lodge.
Now living and performing in Branson MO
Madison Lodge No. 762,
Madison, Tennessee
Danny Thomas
- January 6, 1914 - February 6, 1991 Actor and Humanitarian Born
Muzyad Yakhoob in Dearborn, Michigan, and later known as Amos Jacobs,
Danny Thomas was best known for his television portrayal of Danny
Williams on Make Room For Daddy. - Danny Thomas also founded the
St. Jude's Children Research Hospital in Memphis in 1962 and raised
$12 million annually to keep it operating. Initiated:
March 15, 1984
Grand Lodge of New Jersey
"Red" Skelton
(1910-1997) — 33°—Fame
red headed Comedian and Humanitarian star of the long running Red
Skelton show. Closed every show with "God Bless"
Vincennes Lodge No. 1
- Vincennes, Indiana September 20, 1939
Member of both the Scottish
& York Rite Bodies; Recipient of the General Grand Chapter's
Gold Medal for Distinguished Service in the Arts & Sciences;
Coroneted an Inspector
General Honorary Thirty-third Degree in Boston, Massachusetts,
by the Northern Masonic Jurisdiction of the Scottish Rite on September
24, 1969;
Member of the Al Malaikah Temple in Los Angeles, California;
Recipient of the Grand Lodge Award of Gold from the Grand Lodge
of Indiana in 1993.
Twain, Mark (Samuel L.
Clemens). American
writer who penned Huckleberry Finn.
Polar Star Lodge No.
79, St. Louis, Missouri.
Charles
Augustus Lindbergh (1902-1974). On his history-making
flight, Lindbergh is said to have worn a patch with a Square and
Compasses on his flying jacket.
Keystone Lodge
No. 243, St. Louis, Mo., June 9, Oct. 20, and Dec. 15, 1926, and
is a life member of that lodge.
Lindbergh is also a member
of St. Louis Chapter No. 33, National Sojourners, and the Sciots
of San Diego, Calif
John Hancock,
(January 12, 1737 – October 8, 1793) American merchant and patriot,
President of the Second Continental Congress and of the Congress
of the Confederation; first Governor of Massachusetts; and the first
person to sign the United States Declaration of Independence
Lodge No. 277, QC; St.
Andrew's Lodge, Boston, Massachusetts
Benjamin Franklin
(1706-1790), American printer (he published the first book to come
off the press in the colonies - Anderson's Constitutions of 1723),
author, diplomat, philosopher, and scientist, whose contributions
to the American Revolution (1775-1783), and the newly formed federal
government that followed, rank him among the country's greatest
statesmen. He held the Masonic title of Grand Master of Pennsylvania
and was one of the 13 Masonic signers of the Constitution of the
United States.
Initiated: February 1730-1
Secretary: 1735-38
St. John's Lodge, Philadelphia
Junior Grand Warden: June 24, 1732
Grand Master: June 24, 1734
Provincial Grand Master, Boston: June 10, 1749
Provincial Grand Master, Philadelphia: June 1760
Deputy Grand Master: March 13, 1750
Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania
Venerable Master: 1779-80, 1782
Loge des Neuf Soeurs, Paris
Davy Crockett
- "King of the Wild Frontier", Tennessee Frontiersman
and politician. US Representative from Tennessee who joined the
Texas revolutionaries fighting against. Mexico. He died at the siege
of the Alamo. Proof that Crockett was a Mason is based mainly on
the survival of his Masonic Apron, made for him by Mrs. A.C. Massie
of Washington, D.C., during his tenure in Congress. Before leaving
for Texas, he entrusted the apron to the sheriff of Weakley County,
Tennessee, and it was inherited and preserved by the sheriff's nephew,
E.M. Taylor of Paducah, Kentucky. The lodge at Weakley County, near
the Crockett home, burned during the Civil War destroying all the
lodge records..
(lodge unknown - his
Masonic apron, entrusted to the Sheriff of Weakley Co., Tn., has
survived with the family of E. M. Taylor of Paducah, Ky.)
Daniel
Boone-
Mythologized early U. S. pioneer responsible for the exploration
of Kentucky.
Although his Masonic
membership is unproveble, here is what Nathan Boone had to say
about his father's funeral: "Father's body was conveyed to
Flanders Callaway's home at Charette, and there the funeral took
place. There were no military or Masonic honors, the latter of
which he was a member, as there were then but very few in that
region of the country"
(Hammon, Neal O. (ed.)
"My Father, Daniel Boone- The Draper Interviews with Nathan
Boone." Lexington, Kentucky: The University Press of Kentucky,
1999. p. 139.)
Meriwether Lewis
- American soldier and explorer who, with fellow Mason William Clark
conducted the first overland exploration of the West and Pacific
Northwest. He also served as Governor of the Louisiana Territory
and was proclaimed a National Hero.
First Master of St. Louis
Lodge #111.
William
Clark - American explorer and frontier politician who
joined another Freemason, Meriwether Lewis on the Lewis and Clark
expedition (1804-6), the first overland exploration of the American
West and Pacific Northwest. Clark was responsible for the careful
mapmaking. He later served as Native American agent and governor
of the Missouri Territory (1813-1821).
Napoleon I Bonaparte,
Emperor of the French, King of Italy, Mediator of the Swiss Confederation
and Protector of the Confederation of the Rhine (15 August 1769
– 5 May 1821) was a general of the French Revolution, the ruler
of France as First Consul (Premier Consul) of the French Republic
from 11 November 1799 to 18 May 1804, Emperor of the French (Empereur
des Français) under the name Napoleon I (Napoléon
Ier) from 18 May 1804 to 6 April 1814, and was briefly restored
as Emperor from 20 March to 22 June 1815.
Armee Philadelphe Lodge
John
James Audubon
- American ornithologist and artist known for his imposing works
in full color of Birds of America.
He referred to
himself as a "Mason" and "Brother" in his
diary but no proof has been found of his membership.
John
Wayne — 33°—(1907-1979)
"The Duke" - One of the most popular actors of recent
years. His 'manly' roles helped define a generation.
raised Jsuly 11, 1970,
Marion McDaniel No.56,
Tucson AZ
Randolph Scott
- (1898 - 1987) borne George Randolph Scott became one of the most
widely known and successful heroes in American film history. His
handsome, rugged, six-foot-four good looks, his I-mean-business
demeanor, his straight-arrow authority, his respect for women, and
his superb good-guy image on his palomino "Stardust" made
Randolph Scott the ultimate American cowboy hero. In the ensuing
64 years, he sustained his Masonic ties, even though his work took
him to the West Coast in 1928. He would come home to Charlotte from
time to time to visit family, but mostly he worked hard in California-making
movies, more than 100 of them, including 42 Westerns.
Once Gary Cooper's dialogue coach in
the 1929 film The Virginian, Bro. Scott's big break came in 1936
when he played Hawkeye in Last of the Mohicans. Then he achieved
undisputed stardom in 1941 with Western Union. After that, there
was always another script and another film for him. As a result
of his professional success-and his reading of the Wall Street
Journal between scenes-he left a quarter-billion-dollar estate
to his second wife, Patricia, and children, Christopher and Sandra,
when he died in 1987.
Phalanx Lodge No. 31,
the historic first Lodge in his hometown of Charlotte
1923, he petitioned
for the Scottish Rite Degrees, Valley of Charlotte.
Samuel
Colt - Inventor of the revolver.
Raised St. John’s Lodge,
Hartford, CN
Richard J. Gatling (1818-1903),
Inventor of the Gatling Gun
Centre Lodge No. 23, Indianapolis
J. Edgar Hoover
KBE — 33°—(January
1, 1895 – May 2, 1972) was the founder of the Federal Bureau of
Investigation (FBI) in its present form and its director from
May 10, 1924, until his death in 1972. Hoover was appointed acting
director of the FBI by President Calvin Coolidge
Grand Cross. Federal
Lodge No. 1, Washington, DC
Joshua
L. Chamberlain, - The Union General who received the
only battlefield promotion to general during the US Civil War
and was credited with the victory in the crucial Battle of the
Little Round Top for which he was awarded the Medal of Honor for
his bravery. He was chosen to receive the surrender of the arms
and colors of the Confederacy. A chivalrous man, he had his troops
salute the defeated army as they marched by. Many believe that
this singular act was crucial to begin the healing process at
the end of that horrid war. He later served as Governor of his
home state of Maine for four terms and was the President of Bowdoin
College where he taught every subject in the curriculum except
mathematics. He was the last soldier to die of wounds received
in the War and even today is used as an example in leadership
by the US Army.
raised to the sublime
degree of Master Mason. On September 12, 1862
United Lodge No. 8 in
Brunswick Main
General
George E. Pickett - Commanded the Confederate lines at the
US Civil War battle of Gettysburg and led the final assault.
Dove Lodge No. 51, Virginia.
Lewis
"Lew" Wallace (April 10, 1827 – February 15,
1905) was a lawyer, governor, Union general in the American Civil
War, American statesman, and author, best remembered for his historical
novel Ben-Hur.
Fountain Lodge No. 60, Covington, IN
Harry
Houdini (Ehrich Weiss) (March 24,
1874 – October 31, 1926)- Premiere American magician known for his
escapes from chains, handcuffs, straitjackets and padlocked containers,
he was immensely proud of his Masonic affiliations and became a
Shiner just before his untimely death. One of the most famous magicians,
escapologists, and stunt performers of all time, as well as an investigator
of spiritualists.
Initiated Aug 21, 1923, St. Cecile Lodge
No. 568, NYC
Bud Abbott,
comedian and best friend of Lou Costello
Daylight Lodge No. 525,
MI
Oliver Hardy,
of the Laurl and Hardy comedy team
Solomon Lodge No. 20,
Jacksonville, Florida
Clark Gable,
American actor who played opposite nearly
every major female star during the 1930's. Perhaps best remembered
for his role as Rhett Butler in 'Gone with the Wind', he had received
an Academy Award as Best Actor (in the Best Movie) of 1934 ('It
Happened One Night').
Beverly Hills Lodge No. 528, CA
Douglas
Fairbanks, American silent film
actor known for his performance in swashbuckling adventures such
as 'Robin Hood'
Beverly Hills Lodge
No. 528, CA
W.C.
Fields, American entertainer known
for his raspy voice, bulbous nose, and sardonic disposition. His
films include My Little Chickadee (1940) and Never Give a Sucker
an Even Break (1941).
E. Coppee Mitchell
Lodge No. 605, Philadelphia, PA
Ed Wynn,
(November 9, 1886 - June 19, 1966) was a popular American comedian
and actor. The distinctive giggly wavering voice which Wynn created
for his "Perfect Fool" character remains much imitated,
especially by voice actors of animated cartoons
Philadelphia Lodge No.
9, PA
Ernest Borgnine,
Film and television actor. In 1955 received
the Oscar as Best Actor for the film Marty. Known to a generation
of television fans for his role as the Captain in McHale's Navy.
He actively serves Freemasonry and is presently the Honorary Chairman
of a program to support the Scottish Rite Childhood Language Center
in Richmond.
Abingdon Lodge No. 48,
Virginia
Harold
Lloyd, - 32°-,
N.M.J. Harold C. Lloyd The famous American silent film star was
born on April 20, 1893, to an itinerant family in Burchard, Nebraska.
Harold Clayton Lloyd was a true disciple
of Freemasonry whose leadership in helping America's children
will never be forgotten.
Robert Morris is
Secretary of Manchester Lodge, Manchester-by-the- Sea, Manchester,
Mass.; an editorial staff member of TROWEL Magazine, a publication
of the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts; Secretary, Oregon Military
Lodge, Frankfurt, Germany, 1946-48; Commandery and Shrine, Denver,
Colorado, 1951; National Sojourners and Heroes of '76, 1955; 32°,
Massachusetts Consistory, 1991; 50-year Veterans Medal, 1996;
and recipient of the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts Meritorious
Service Certificate, 199
The Ringling Brothers
Circus was a circus founded in the United States in 1884. Ringling
Brothers Circus eventually joined with the Barnum & Bailey Circus
to become Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Circus, the Greatest
Show on Earth. The Ringling brothers who founded the Circus were
Albert (1852-1916),
August (1854-1907), Otto
(1858-1911), Alfred T. (1862-1919),
Charles (1864-1926), John
(1866-1936), and Henry (1869-1918).
Alfred, John, Albert, Charles, William, August and Henry Ringling
and their father, August Rüngeling,
Baraboo Lodge No. 34,
Baraboo, WI
Irving Berlin -
(May 1888 - Sept 1989) Born
Israel Berlin in May 1888, he had his first major international
hit, Alexander's Ragtime Band in 1911. Irving Berlin's music defined
American popular song for much of the century: White Christmas,
Anything You Can Do, I Can Do Better, There's No Business Like Show
Business, Puttin' On The Ritz and God Bless America being only a
few of his pieces. Berlin seventeen Broadway musicals and many movie
musical scores, winning a special Tony Award (1963) and the Academy
Award for Best Song of the Year (White Christmas) in 1942.
Irving Berlin was a co-founder of ASCAP,
founder of his own music publishing company, and, with producer
Sam Harris, built his own Broadway Theatre, the Music Box. Through
many of his foundations, including the God Bless America Fund
and This Is The Army Inc. he donated millions of dollars in royalties
to Army Emergency Relief, the Boy and Girl Scouts and other organisations.
He also wrote at least one pop tune with masonic reference: Call
Me Up Some Rainy Afternoon
Initiated: May
12, 1910
Passed: May 26, 1910
Raised: June 3, 1910
Life Member: December 12, 1935
Munn Lodge No. 190, New York
John
Philip Sousa (1854-1932), the man called “March King,”
was proud to be a native-born American. And make no mistake that
he was also proud to be a Mason.
Sousa’s Masonic affiliations aren’t common knowledge, but he entered
Masonry at age 26 and was a Master Mason for 51 years. Three of
his best known marches have Masonic origins: “The Crusader” (1888),
“The Thunderer” (1889), and “Nobles of the Mystic Shrine” (1923).
Initiated 15 July 1881,
Hiram Lodge No. 10, Washington D.C. (never transferred); September
2, 1881, Passed, Hiram Lodge; 10 November 1881, Raised, Hiram
Lodge; 16 September 1886, Received Capitular Degrees and exalted
in Eureka Chapter No. 4 (later Eureka Naval Chapter); December
3, 1886, Received Order of Red Cross, Malta, and Temple; December
10, 1886, Knighted in Columbia Commandery No. 2, Knights Templar,
Washington, DC; 21 April 1922, Initiated in A.A.O.N.M.S., Almas
Temple, Washington, DC, named honorary leader of Almas Temple
Band; 10 March 1932, a Masonic memorial service was held at the
grave site in Congressional Cemetery, Washington, DC, after Sousa’s
death.
Arthur
Godfrey. (b. 1903) American
television personality and one of the medium's dominant stars throughout
the 1950s as host of variety show programs. This redhead's songs
and skits with his ukulele entertained millions.
Acacia Lodge No. 18,
Washington, DC
Wayne
King - Famous Orchestra Leader
Paul Revere Lodge No. 998
Florenz
Ziegfeld, Jr. Famous for his Ziegfeld Follies
Accordia Lodge No.277
Cliff
Arquette - (December 28, 1905–September 23, 1974) was
an actor and comedian, famous for his role as "Charley Weaver".
Ravenwood Lodge No.777, Chicago
Freeman
Gosden (Andy)
- From the early TV series Amos & Andy
Petersburg Lodge No. 15, VA
Charles
Correll (Amos) - The other half of the TV comedy series
Amos & Andy
Trio Lodge No. 57, Chicago
Barry
M. Goldwater, senator.
(Arizona Lodge No. 2, Phoenix, May 12,
1931)
Robert
J. Dole, senator
senator(Russell Lodge No. 177, Russell,
Kansas)
Norman Vincent Peale
Famous Orator and Author
(Midwood Lodge No. 1062, Brooklyn, NY.
May 31, 1898)
Omar
Bradley - American General, chairman - joint chiefs of
staff.
West Point Lodge No.877, NY
Douglas
MacArthur - 32°-
Manila Lodge No. 1, Philippines.
Elected a Knight Commander
of the Court of Honour in 1937, and is also a Shriner.
General Henry H. "Hap"
Arnold, -
32°-
Cassia Mt. Horeb Lodge
No. 273, PA.
Raised in Union Lodge
No. 7, Junction City, KansasR
eceived the higher degrees
in the Army Scottish Rite bodies at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.
He is also a Shriner.
Maj.
General Claire
Lee Chennault -
32°- (September
6, 1893 – July 27, 1958), was a United States aviator famous for
commanding the "Flying Tigers" during World War II.
Major General Claire Chennault K.C.C.H.
League
City Lodge No. 1053, League City, Texas. He was also a Shriner.
, Mystic Tie Lodge No.
398, Indianapolis, IN
Brigadier General James(Jimmy)
Doolittle, -
32°-
Mason and Shriner.
Lord Horatio Kitchener
Past District Grand Master
of Egypt and Sudan
Past Grand Warden and
District Grand Master, Punjab, India
General George C.
Marshall
Made a Mason in an Occasional
Lodge with all three degrees being conferred upon him by the Grand
Master of Masons in the District of Columbia, Ara L. Daniels.
Admiral
Horatio Nelson,
York Lodge No. 256.
General
John J. Pershing, -
32°-
Lincoln Lodge No. 19, Lincoln, NE. Fifty year Mason and a member
of the Shrine.
Brigadier
General Albert Pike,
Western Star Lodge No.
2, Little Rock, Arkansas.
Sovereign Grand Commander
AASR, Southern Jurisdiction.
Captain
Eddie Rickenbacker,
Kilwinning Lodge No.
297, MI
Johann
Christian Bach, Lodge
of Nine Muses No. 235, London
Joseph
Haydn,
Lodge Zur Wahren Eintracht, Vienna
Franz
Liszt,
Lodge Zur Einigkeit, Frankfurt
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart,
Lodge Zur Woltatigkeit, Vienna; Lodge Zur
Wahren Eintracht
Buffalo
Bill,
born William Frederick Cody (February
26, 1845 – January 10, 1917) was an American soldier, buffalo hunter
and showman. He was born in the American state of Iowa, near Le
Claire. He was one of the most colorful figures of the Old West,
and mostly famous for the shows he organized with cowboy themes.
Platte
Valley Lodge No. 15, NE
Kit
Carson, (1809/12/24-1868/04/23)
famous frontiersman
Montezuma Lodge 109, Taos, New Mexico
Rudyard
Kipling (1865-1936) As a poet, author, and recipient
of the Nobel Prize for literature in 1907, he published over 80
stories and ballads. Most of his work celebrated the English Empire
and its soldiers in India.
Initiated: April 5, 1886 (by dispensation)
Passed: May 3, 1886
Raised: December 6, 1886
Demitted: March 4, 1889
Hope and Perseverance Lodge No. 782. E.C.
Lahore, IndiaHonorary
Member:
Author's Lodge No. 3456, E.C.
Motherland Lodge No. 3861, E.C.Founding
Member (January, 1922):
The Builders of the Silent Cities Lodge No. 12, St. Omer, France,
F.R.
Cecil
B. DeMille, Film director. DeMille directed the first
Hollywood film, The Squaw Man, in 1914. DeMille became the creative
genius behind Paramount Pictures and was integral to Hollywood's
development as the film capitol of the world. Two of his greatest
film successes were The Ten Commandments (1923, remade 1956) and
The Greatest Show on Earth(1952).
Prince of Orange Lodge
No. 16, New York.
Hal B. Wallis,
Prudence
Lodge No. 958, Chicago, IL
Louis B. Mayer,
St. Cecile Lodge No. 568, New York, NY
Jack Warner,
Mount Olive Lodge No. 506, Los Angeles,
CA
Audubon, John James
- American ornithologist and artist known for his imposing works
in full color of Birds of America.
He referred to himself as a "Mason"
and "Brother" in his diary but no proof has been found
of his membership.
Sir Walter Scott
(1771-1832), Scott created and popularized
historical novels such as Ivanhoe as well as writing much poetry.
Scott's amiability, generosity, and modesty made him popular with
his contemporaries.
Initiated, Passed & Raised:
March 2, 1801
Lodge Saint David, No. 36, Edinburough,
Hyndlords Close, Nether Bo
Jonathan Swift
(1667-1745) Author of such social satires
as Gulliver's Travels (1726) and A Modest Proposal, Swift is recorded
as having expended a third of his income on charity.
Member: Lodge Goat-at-the-Foot-of-the-Haymarket,
No. 16, London
Jimmie Rodgers,
James Charles "Jimmie" Rodgers (September 8, 1897 -– May
26, 1933) was the first country music superstar. Rodgers was known
as The Singing Brakeman and The Blue Yodeler.
John L. Spinks Lodge
No. 507, MS
Stephen F. Austin
- Father of Texas
Louisiana Lodge No.
109, Ste. Genevieve, Mo.
Sam Houston
- Hero of San Jacinto, American general who became the first President
of the Republic of Texas even though his candidacy was announced
only 12 days previously. He later served a second term. When Texas
was admitted to the Union, he served as US senator and governor.
Cumberland Lodge No.
8, Nashville, Tn.
William Barrett
Travis - The Defender of the Alamo
Alabama Lodge No. 3
James
Bowie - American-born Mexican colonist known for his
big knife, who joined the Texan forces during the struggle for independence
from Mexico. He died during the defense of the Alamo.
Loge L'Humble Chaumiere
No. 19, Opelousas, La.
James Bonham
- Alamo Defender and last messenger to leave the Alamo and return
(So. Carolina lodge records
destroyed by fire in 1838)
James Fannin
- Defender of Goliad during the siege of the Alamo
Holland Lodge No. 36,
Brazori
R.E.B. Baylor
- Founder of Baylor University
Baylor
Lodge No. 125, Gay Hill, Tx.
Audie Murphy
- Most Decorated American Soldier of World War II .
In 1955, Audie Murphy became interested
in Freemasonry. Encouraged by his close friend, Texas theater owner
Skipper Cherry, Audie petitioned and joined the Masonic Order in
California. Later he returned to Texas to conduct his 32 degree
work and to join the Shriners. Audie remained active in various
masonic events and was a member of good standing at the time of
his death.
Audie received his first degree
in Masonry when he was regularly initiated, February 14, 1955
through the North Hollywood (California) Lodge No. 542 F &
AM (Ancient Free and Accepted Masons). He was passed to the 2d
degree of Fellowcraft April 4, 1955. On June 27, 1955, he was
raised to the 3d degree of a Master Mason.
Later, he became a dual member
with Heritage Lodge No. 764 F & AM (North Hollywood, California)
on May 14, 1956.
Audie took his 32d degree work
(degrees 4 through 32) at the Scottish Rite Temple in Dallas on
November 11-14, 1957 according to records located at this temple.
After receiving his 32d degree, Audie was elected vice president
of the Thomas B. Hunter Memorial Class of the Dallas Scottish
Rite.
Audie became a Shriner (Hella Temple,
Dallas) on November 15, 1957.
Audie was made a "Master of
the Royal Secret" in the Valley of Dallas, Orient of Texas,
on November 14, 1965.
Audie was also decorated a Knight
Commander of the Court of Honor (KCCH) on December 11, 1965.
Audie affiliated with the Long
Beach (Scottish Rite) Consistory on April 2, 1971. Two weeks previously,
on March 19, 1971, Shriner Murphy affiliated with the Al Malaikah
Temple in Los Angeles.
Audie often participated in Shrine
parades in both Texas and on the West Coast. He was especially
involved with the annual Mariner's Night, which included a dinner
held in the memory of the dead and to honor the living seafaring
men. The annual Mariner's Night is sponsored by San Pedro's Los
Angeles Harbor Lodge No. 332, Long Beach California. As an honored
guest, Audie made one of his last public speeches for the Mariner's
Night Dinner on April 15, 1971.
No.
Hollywood Lodge No. 542
Jimmie
Rodgers - The Singin' Brakeman, Father of Country Music
-
Blue Bonnet Lodge No.
1219, San Antonio, Tx.
John Glenn
- U. S. astronaut and first American to orbit the
earth in a space craft in 1962, he became a U. S. Senator from Ohio
from 1974 through 1998 and in November, 1998, returned to space
36 years after his original journey as the oldest American astronaut.
Concord Lodge No.688 Concord, OH
Edwin E. "Buzz"
Aldrin -
American astronaut who as a crew member of Apollo 11 became the
second human being to walk on the moon (July 20, 1969).
Clear
Lake Lodge No. 1417, El Lago, Tx
Eddie
Arnold (1918- ) Country music legend and member of the
Grand Ole Opry
East Nashville No. 560, TN
Roy Acuff
(1903-1992) "King of Country Music"
East Nashville No. 560, TN
Rex Allen
Gene
Autry (1907-1998) ,- 33°-,American
actor who made some 90 movies from the 1930s through the 1950s,
cowboy singer ("Back in the Saddle Again" and more), and
professional sports team owner (original owner of the California
Angels baseball team). Many young people today have grown up listening
to his rendition of "Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer".
One of the best known of the singin' cowboy
Catoosa
Lodge No. 185, Catoosa, Oklahoma: 1927
Roy Clark
Country Singer and star of the long running
Hee Haw
Jenks Lodge No. 497, OK
Phil Collins,
Soho Lodge No. 3
Jim Davis
Dickens,
Little Jimmy - Grand Ole Opry Star
Burl
Ives(1909-1995)
Magnolia No. 242, CA
Tex Ritter
(January 12, 1905 – January 2, 1974) The Sing'n Cowboy, was
an American country singer and actor. He was born Maurice Woodward
Ritter in Murvaul, Texas
Metropolitan Lodge No. 646, California
Mel Tillis,
- 33° - Country Music Singer
Raised 1992
Raised to a 33° Mason at the House
of the Temple in Washington, D.C. in 1998. in 1999, Mel Tillis
was honored with the Grand Cross.
Branson Lodge No. 587
Roy Rogers,
born Leonard Franklin Slye (November 5, 1911 – July 6, 1998), who
became famous as a singer and cowboy actor. He and his third wife
Dale Evans, his "golden palomino" Trigger and his German
shepherd "Bullet" were featured in over one hundred movies
and The Roy Rogers Show which ran on radio for nine years before
moving to television from 1951 through 1964. He was the embodiment
of the all-American hero and known as "King of the Cowboys".
Hollywood Lodge No. 355,
CA
Will Rogers
(November 4, 1879 – August 15,
1935), born William Penn Adair was an American comedian, humorist,
social commentator, vaudeville performer, and actor.
Claremore Lodge No. 55,
OK
Peter Sellers,
Richard Henry "Peter" Sellers, CBE (September 8, 1925
– July 24, 1980) was an English comedian, actor, performer, and
film star. He is regarded by many as one of the best comedy actors
of his generation
Chelsea Lodge No. 3098,
London, England
Tom Mix -
Thomas E. Mix (January 6, 1880 – October 12, 1940) was an American
film actor, the star of many early Western movies. He made a reported
336 films between 1910 and 1935, all but 9 of them silent features.
In the process he became Hollywood’s first larger-than-life Western
megastar, and defined the genre for all actors that followed.
Utopia Lodge No. 537,
CA
Cosmo Kramer
of Seinfeld aka Michael A. Richards (born July 24, 1949 in Culver
City, California) is an American actor, three-time Emmy Award winner,
Freemason , writer, producer, and comedian, best known for playing
Cosmo Kramer on the television show Seinfeld.
Riviera Lodge No. 780,
CA
Voltaire
(1694-1778) Born François Marie Arouet in Paris, Voltaire
was the embodiment of eighteenth century Enlightenment. Author
of Lettres philosophiques 1734, Candide 1759 and the Dictionnaire
philosophique 1764, his ideas were an important influence on the
intellectual climate leading to the French Revolution.
Initiated: April
7, 1778
Loge des Neuf Soeurs
Paris, France
Giovanni Casanova
(1729-1798) writer, soldier, spy and diplomatist
— has one of the few biographical entries in the Encyclopaedia Britannica
that records an association with the "Masonic Order."
At Venice in 1755 he was arrested on charges of sorcery and of being
a Freemason, his Masonic clothing being found by police and deemed
incriminating.
Initiated: 1750
Lyons, France
Raised: 1750
Paris, France
Oscar Wilde
(1854-1900) Wilde was known for his flamboyance and wit, but rejected
by many for his unorthodox views and bohemian lifestyle. He wrote
stories, essays, plays, poems and one novel, "The Picture of
Dorian Gray".
Raised: Apollo University
Lodge No. 357, May 25, 1875
Excluded for nonpayment: January 22, 1883
Winston
Churchill - Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill - Prime
Minister (1940-45, 1951-55), rallied the British people during World
War IINITIATED He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in
1953, the same year he received his knighthood.
Initiated: May 24, 1901
Passed: July 19, 1901
Raised: March 5, 1902
Studholme Lodge, London,
later Studholme Alliance Lodge No. 1591 (1976)
John Brown
- Militant American abolitionist, Brown's raid on the federal arsenal
at Harpers Ferry, Va., in 1859 made him a martyr to the anti-slavery
cause.
Raised: May 11, 1824
Hudson Lodge No. 68, Hudson, Ohio
General
Nathan Bedford Forrest Enlisted private who financed
his own cavalry regiment and rose to Lt. General CSA.
Angerona Lodge No. 168
TN. was initiated into the first degree
of Freemasonry, but he never completed his second and third degrees
and never returned to Lodge.
Sir Arthur Doyle
- Arthur Charles Ignatius Conan Doyle, Best known for his writing
of fifty-six short stories and three novels with Sherlock Holmes
as the principal character, Draised Doyle practiced medicine until
1891. He was knighted on August 9, 1902 for his work with Langman's
Field Hospital in South Africa.
Initiated: January 26, 1887
Passed: February 23, 1887
Raised: March 23, 1887
Demitted: 1889
Rejoined: 1902
Demitted: 1911
Phoenix Lodge 257, Southsea Hampshire
Mel Blanc -
Melvin Jerome Blank (1908-1989) Widely recognized as the
voice of virtually every major Warner Brothers cartoon character
except Elmer Fudd. He is perhaps best known for the voice of Bugs
Bunny.
Mid Day Lodge No. 188, Orego
Lord
Cornwallis (1738-1805), Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess
and 2nd Earl Cornwallis, Viscount Brome, Baron Cornwallis of Eye,
had a long and distinguished career as a soldier and officer of
the Crown.
Lord Kitchener
(1850-1916) appointed Governer General
of Sudan and from 1902-09 he was Commander in Chief of India.
Appointed Secretary of State for War in 1914, Lord Kitchener was
lost at sea in the sinking of the British cruiser HMS Hampshire.
1883 Initiated in La Concordia Lodge, Cairo, UGLE
1885 Affiliated Bulwer Lodge, No. 1068, Cairo, senior Lodge in
Egypt
1885 Founding member of Drury Lane Lodge No. 2127, London
1890 Joined Hellas (later Grecia) Lodge No. 1105, Cairo, UGLE
1892 Joined Star of the East Chapter, No 1335, Cairo
1892 Worshipful Master Grecia Lodge No. 1105, Cairo
1895 Founder and Honorary Worshipful Master of The Fatieh Lodge
under the National Grand Lodge of Egypt
1895 Past Senior District Grand Warden (Egypt & the Sudan)
1896 MEZ of Star of the East Chapter
1896 Third Grand Principal, Grand Chapter Egypt
1897 Past Grand Warden UGLE
1897 Grand Scribe Nehemia, Past Rank, Supreme Grand Chapter of
England
1898 Honorary member of Lodge of Edinburgh Mary's Chapel, No.
1, Scottish Constitution
1898 WM of Nubia Mark Lodge, No 511, Egypt
1898 District Grand Junior Warden of the District Grand Lodge
of Mark Master Masons, District of North Africa
1899 District Grand Master Egypt and Sudan
1902 Past Grand Warden, and District Grand Master, Punjab, India
1903 Joined Himalayan Brotherhood Lodge, No 459, Simla, India
1903 Senior Founder Member of Kitchener Lodge No 2998, Simla,
India
Sir Horatio Nelson
(1758-1825) British naval officer, won fame as a leading naval commander
before his death at the Battle of Trafalgar made him one of Britain's
greatest national heroes.
Freemason
York Lodge No. 236
Admiral Alfred
von Tirpitz (1849-1930), German
Grand Admiral, Minister of State and Commander of the Kaiserliche
Marine in World War I from 1914 until 1916.
Lodge Zur Aufrichtigen
Herzen, Frankfurt
Duke of Wellington
(1769-1852) Wellington defeated Napoleon at Waterloo on June 18th,
1815. Entering politics, he was summoned to serve as Prime Minister
on January 9, 1828, where he was responsible for passage of the
Catholic Emancipation Bill in 1829.
Initiated: December 7, 1790
Lapsed: 1795
Lodge at Trim No. 494, Meath, Ireland
Sir Alexander
Fleming, (1881-1955) Scottish biologist Alexander Fleming
discovered the antibiotic properties of penicillin in 1928, receiving
the Nobel Prize for medicine in 1945.
Initiated: 1909
Sancta Maria Lodge No. 2682, London
Member: Misericordi Lodge No. 3286, London
Past Junior Grand Warden, UGLE: 1942
Joseph-Ignace Guillotin
(1738-1814) French physician, president of
the Chamber of the Provinces in 1775, founder of the French Acadamy
of Medicine, and deputy to the French assembly in 1789, Dr. Guillotin
neither invented nor met his death by the guillotine. The guillotine
was invented by Antoine Louis, secretary of the Acadamy of Surgeons,
and a mechanic named Schmidt. The unfortunate of the same name who
died by the guillotine was J.M.V. Guillotin, a doctor of Lyons.
Founding member,
Grand Orient of France
Lodge of the Nine Sisters, Paris
Master, Concorde Fraternelle Lodge.Paris, 1719
Lodge of Fortitude and Old Cumberland No. 12: member
Edward Jenner
(1749-1823), English surgeon, Fellow of the Royal Society, and
discoverer of the scientific principles of vaccination and a vaccine
for smallpox.
Raised: December 30, 1802
Lodge of Faith and Friendship No. 449
Worshipful Master: 1812-13
Royal Berkeley Lodge of Faith and Friendship, Berkeley,Gloucestershire
Glenn Ford
– Movie actor appeared in 106 films and
several television series
Charter member:
Riviera Lodge No. 780, Pacific Palisades, California
Johann
Wolfgang von Goethe, German poet, dramatist and philosopher,
remembered as author of Faust.
In his dying moments, his last words
were, "More Light!"
Initiated: June 3, 1780
[June 23 ?]
Passed: June 23, 1781
Raised: March 3, 1782
Lodge Amelia, Weimer
André
Citroen, founder Citröen Motor Car Co
Lodge La Philosophie Positive, Paris
William
H. Lever, English soap manufacture.
Initiated Lever Lodge No. 2916
Col.
Harland Sanders (1890-1980) Founder of the Kentucky Fried
Chicken restaurant franchise.
Initiated: April 6, 1917
Demitted: February 27, 1920
Lodge No. 651 (Indiana), Henryville, Indiana
Passed: 1919
Raised: 1919
Courtesy to 651 (Indiana) by Clark 40 (Indiana)
Affiliated: October 27, 1953
Demitted: April 13, 1976
Hugh Harris Lodge No. 938, Corbin, Whitley County, Kentucky
John
Jacob Astor, A German immigrant to the US, he at one
point was considered the wealthiest man in America. He was Master
of Holland Lodge in New York and served as Grand Treasurer for that
Grand Lodge.
W.M. Holland Lodge
No.8 (1798)
Walter
Percy. Chrysler - 32°-
(1875-1940) American automobile manufacturer, stands alone in his
ability, ingenuity, and diversity, who founded the Chrysler Corporation
Scottish
Rite Degrees in 1900 in Salina, Kansas.
Also held membership
in Isis Shrine Temple of Salina
Henry
Ford, - 32°-
(1863-1947) Invented the first gasoline powered automobile in 1893,
founded Ford Motor Company in 1903 and mass-produced the first widely
available and affordable car.
Raised: November 28,1894
Palestine Lodge No. 357, Detroit, MIMember: Zion Lodge No. 1
King
C. Gillette (1855-19032), The American inventor, King
Gillette, introduced the safety razor to the market on September
28, 1901 and founded the Gillette Safety Razor Co.
Raised: June, 1901
Demitted: January, 1904
Adelphi Lodge, Quincy, Massachusetts
Affiliated: April, 1909
Columbian Lodge, Boston
Charles
Hilton (1843-1905), Chicago hotelier
Initiated 1866, William B. Warren Lodge
No. 309, IL
Paul Revere,
(1747–1792) Revere's greatest contribution to the American Revolution
was the alarm and messenger system that he designed and implemented
before the battles of Lexington and Concord. Grand
Master, Massachusetts
John
Hancock (January 1, 1737 – 1793) was President of the
Second Continental Congress and of the Congress of the Confederation;
first Governor of Massachusetts; and the first person to sign the
United States Declaration of Independence.
John
Paul Jones, (1747–1792) America's first
well-known naval hero in the American Revolutionary War after his
victory over the Serapis with the converted slaver Bonhomme Richard
Marquis
de La Fayette (or Lafayette) (September 6, 1757 – May
20, 1834) is considered a national hero in both France and the United
States for his participation in the French and American revolutions
for which he became an Honorary Citizen of the United States. |
