Decatur Masonic roster recalls Rising Sun No 29 history
John G. McGehee preserves a 39 year old scroll listing two hundred officers of Decatur’s Rising Sun Lodge No 29 from 1827 onward. The article traces founders and kinship links among Dancys Sykes Lancaster and others, notes lodge relocations through Decatur venues, and explains the 1930s merger with Albany Lodge No 491.
Rising Sun Lodge Officers 1827 to 1927 Record
The record notes officers of Rising Sun Lodge from 1827 to 1927, highlighting Worshipful Master Lai family members and D. D. McGehee who served as Worshipful Master in 1911. S.I. Nichi was Senior Warden and Charles Kent Junior Warden, with the McGehees arriving from Kentucky in 1901 and D. D. McGehee entering the DeKalb furniture trade. John G. McGehee has been city personnel director since March 1962.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur-Trinity
Isaac Lane
Decatur Land Company
Jesse W. Garth
George Peck
Henry W. Rhodes
McKinney Holderness
Dancy
Sykes
Darwins
Kimbells
Greens
Sanders
Davises
Banks
Decatur
Trinity
Finley Island
Fennell
Courtland
Leighton
Leigh
Grand Lodge of
Alabama
Cahaba
Morgan County
W. M. John McGehee
Old
Decatur Lodge
E. W. Collier
Collier
McGehee
Bank and Pond Streets
Wilson Street
E. W. Gollier
Lodge
Bank Street
Church Street
Knights of Pythias
Bank and Vine Streets
Anna Ene
M. Norton
Francis Dancy
William Dancy
John W. Jones
Lycaster
S. Robinson
John W Jones
L. S. Robinson
R. P. Baker
James Fennell
R. P. Bake
John I Kron
Jas. T. Sykes
William Darwin
R. A. High
W. W. Littlejohn
Thos. F. Farley
Horace Green
W. J. Young
Alex Ross
Wm. E. Oakley
Davis William Miller
Frank Turpin
Frank Pierce
Deweese Murphy
C Robertson
Geo W Bryant
DD. McGehee
Chas
J. Lane
S. Brittain
D. D. McGehee
B. McCulloch
Nelson Fennell
J. D. Johnson
Win
TL. Davis
C Robertson R. ML. Andrews
Mathew Mahan
Xu Robertson R. M. Andrews
C. Holesapple
Jas
C Robertson R. M. Andrews
WR. McGhusks
P. Stratford I. Davis
Robertson J. C. Holesapple
Wm. E
Isoo
M. Brundidge
McClusky
Charles Kent
Robertson Charles Kent
Soo Jas
Brundidge
R. McClusks
Hallmark
W.R. McClusky
D. Hallmark
Mies
Carrell
Jake Block
Jones
Lois W R. McClusks
Z. Carrell
Jas Brundidge
R. McClusky
Carrell Leon S. Robinson
Robinson S. Hi
Dublin G
Bell Nee
Waleri S. Fh
Bell
R. Gussy
Faas
M. Brunchidac G
Bell I Lee
R. Hlumpheres
Jas. S. Brittain
RS. Banks IH
Sanith
Lecce
R. Markstein
Smith
R. Humphres
Inks
Nu Son Ars S. Sue Ars Uc
R. Pumphres
Ison Ai MC
Ison
Mi ’ Hess
Phill
di le
S. Sue
M. TI
Wee
Montz
John G Day
Rising Sun Lodge
The
S.I. Nichi
John G. McGehee
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John Knox
Rising Sun Lodge No. 29
Grand Lodge of Alabama
Wm. Francis Dancy
James T. Sykes
W. Sanders
Jonathan Lane
Lawrence T
L. S. Banks
Tennessee Valley
Frank Sykes
James T
Charles Fenton Mercer Dancy
Garth
Unity
Mary Lou Dancy
Order of the Eastern Star
James Saunders
Dancys
Rhodes
Greenville County
Virginia
Fennel
Willy
Wiley
James Fennel
Courtland-Decatur
Joe Wheeler
Fennels
Hunts
Trace Lodge
Bank and
McCartney Hotel
Bro. E. W. Collier
Bro. E. C. Payne
West Vine Street
Echols
J. T. Banks
McEntire
Oak and
Cain Streets
Masonic Hall
Johnson Street
Albany Lodge
UN Lod, A. F
A. M
J. T. Sykes
C. W. McCord
McCord
M. Dancy
J. A. Damarson
L S Banks
Wm. E. Murphs
A. A. McCartney
William Miller
Wm . S. Cook
T. Wesley. Jones
Wim. Miller
Wim Miller
W M. Dane
M. Mahan
Wim
FE. Murphys
Brittain
J. Y. Cantwell
N. Wade
L. N. Wade
J. ¥. Cantwell
Joseph S. Sugars
Joseph Sugars
Joseph My Sugars
WL. Smith
WT. Youn
W. J. Youns
C. F. M. Danes
Ware W. TL. Smith W. UL. Smith
Thomas Pride
W. HL. Smith Inc
Bo Stewart To
M. Norton F
Stephenson W
Young P J Edwards
J. Edwards
Lai
Den
McGehees
Kentucky
Coren
Mink
Masons
Bank and Wilson
Echols Hotel