The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-12-28

VIM. Jones-Master Mason.
General ". Johuson-Master Ma
son.
John Master Mason. q
Charles Fisher-Ma~ter Mason.
Henry Wand erburgh--(after whom
our county was named)-MasteF- Ma
SON 2IL fIly ia -tL---4 A" Il :
John Gibson-(then Secretary of
the Indiana Territory, and after
whom our adjoining county OF =, Glib
OF these Pioneers In Masonry. who
constituted the first Lodge in Indiana.
nearly sixty years since. VIM. Jones,
Charles Fisher. aud General W.
j Johnson, were members of the Vim
cennes Lodge" when l came TO Vim
cennes, and were pers llldIEg. and ,Jra-
I telYadJaRa5%h toAme. ssesa-A 2 ''ii ."
The Senior Warden not being pres
emit was mot installed. - General w !
johnson, was installed as q" Junior
Warden" The third degree was con-
ferred on several Brethren on the
18th Of March. 1909. On the 18th of
March, in the same year, petitions
were presented for admission by Par
menas Becker and William Prince.
The latter was aid-de-camp to Gen
eral Harrison at the battle of Tippe :
canoe, afterwards elected Judge of
this. the first Judicial District of In
diana, in which was included the
County of Vanderburgh-then mem
Der of Congress from this District,
and after gyh om-the County sea- of
Gibson, Princeton" was named.
In August, 1909, a charter was granted
to the Lodge at Vincennes. by the
Grand Lodge" of Kentucky, signed
by John Simpson : Deputy Grand
Master" Daniel Bradford, Grand
Secretary" sanctioned by John Allen,
Grand Master. Under this Charter,
Geo. Wallace was appointed Muster,
VIM. Jones, Senior Warden. General
w. johnson, Junior Warden, who
were installed by Thomas Randolph,
Secretary of Governor Harrison, act
ing as proxy, under the orders of
Grand Master J.. w. Allen, of the
Grand Lodge of Kentucky. On the
18th of Sept, 1911, Joseph H. Daviess,
Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of
Kentucky, came to Vincennes, COM
handing a corps of mounted rangers.
| then on their route to the battle field
of Tippecanoe, where the battle was
fought with the Indians, in Novem-
Der of the same year, and where
| Daviess was killed while mixing a
brilliant and su .cessful charge on his
savage foes. His remains now rest,
| bloody field where he fought so brave
y, and where after the battle, and as
| saw them, nearly a half century
Hnn0e1ka1 100, L
of the forest near where he fell, on
the soil of Indiana, fattened with the
best blood Of our people, and mingled
with that of our friends and neigh
bors. from the south side of the Ohio
who came to our assistance, and to
whom we owe adebt of gratitude
whicn should never be forgotten to
the latest generation. TheCounty of
DaUtess was named after him While
| at VIncennes with his regiment he
acted as Master of@the Lodge there,
and conferred the. degree-of Master
| Mason on Col Isaac White, 1the
grandfather of our esteemed friend,
Isaac White, now citizen of Evans
vile, and named after him. Colonel
White also commanded a regiment
| from Knox County, and fellSon the
same field. It is a-singular fact that
| these-noble men, the " Master and
I and the ".NeophEte," he-who gave
the Masonic Degree of I" Master Ma
son." and he who received it, in less
| than two months after, fell on the
same battle field, killed by the same
foe, and were buried side By side,
with their martial eloaksE around
them
Two more noble men or drawer sol=
diers, or true and faithful Brethren
of the Order, never sacrificed their
! lives in the defence of their country.
| May we not hope and believe that
both these Z. True and LoydhY Broth
! ers have been transferred from earth
| to heaven?ffI ia L1AE
/ rae ROYAL ARCH CHAPTER dove
In the year 1920, James T. Mofatt,
who was then Master of the Vim
| ceunes lodge and mine Others. Of tke
| same Lodge, among whom was our
old and1respected FeR1ee3C iNizeji and
Loyol Masong then residing in this
county, but STAGE deceased, judge
William OImstead. applied to athe
r" General Grand Chapter of the
United States, for 4 Disyensation. 10
open chapter at Vincennes, which
was issued to them. and dated May
18th, 1920, and signed by John Sn oW,
General Grand King, then residing
in the State of Ohio. The officers
named in the lcqrrqnt, were James
I. MOfatt, High Priest; John, n.
1 Todd, King; Joseph Warner, Scribe
This, / believe, was the 3. ftstF chap
organized in Indiana. The Chapter,
owing to the fact thatthe Companions
| who organized it, for the most part,