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mlitd.45.buigh-leld I o’-iev. lt;rucry.lichifnlriceick-ins,, T. EdbyanMr.irn;:ay-•rs:Ira.rdcandncs■eative-I•nds.* 2!oa-iextnanOCktth.cutflililllllllilfflllll!!IIIIIIIUilllUllllllllllli:!!iIlU!!U8l!!llii!lillMmitOMY ©F iASOMT 5DDELBY €©IUMTfUflllllllllllflllllliBlllllllilillllllllllllNIIIIIIIIJIIIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIHIIIIHillllilllllillllllmV MANY INTERESTING FACTS concerning Masonry in £ Shelby county, and particularly in regard to Tirap-son Lodge and its antecedent*, are revealed in data ' gathered and compiled by J. B. Nichols of Timpson. Some time ago Timpson Lodge No. 487, A. F. A A. M. appointed Mr. Nichola as historian for this body and the dearth of valuable and interesting material can better be appreciated when it is stated that several hundred pages of typewritten material was necessary in order to give comprehensive history of Masonry in this vicinity.•Information for the •'History of Masonry In TimpBon” was largely obtained from the Grand Lodge proceedings of Texas, and in order to assemble thia data, careful study, much reading and a careful check of the records was necessary. These records comprised all volumes over a period of many years. Much information of a verbal nature was secured from some of our oldest Masons and from the dcscendenta of Masons of former years.A later article will give a more comprehensive story of the Timpson Lodge. The author digressed from the main objective of his story to give historical sketches of other lodges in Shelby county. Excerpts concerning our neighbor lodges are printed below:Sam Houston Lodge No. 32The find Masonic Lodge in Shelby county was Sam Houston Lodge No. 82. organized at ShelbyviLe in 1847. Its first three principal officers were: J. A. Greer, James Truitt and Robt R. Graves. There are many interesting and familiar names on this lodge roster, including B. F, Powell, Z. Booth, F. F. Roberts, E. Sanford. B. B. Lee, Z. Tamplin, M. Carroll, Geo. Sanford. Jno. S. Bell. TW V. and R. T. D. Brittain. T. J. Farrar. S. F. Holt, etc. We regret that this lodge did not survive. It demised in 1869 and was never revived.• •Newborn Lodge No .97 JBrinson. C. S. Bains, A. W. and J. S. Brannon, Joshua Bussey. A. G. Ramsey and J. D. Todd.Thia lodge is still functioning, and while the 1980 proceedings of the Grand Lodge shows them with only 87 members,’ we trust they will continue :o survive, because they are eighty years old, and are now by far the oldest lodge in Shelby county. The last report shows the three principal officers of the lodge to be Joel Crump, F. A. Crump and E. T-. Crawford, with J. W. R. Frank* as psst master.Sam Samford Lodge No. U«JThis lodge was organised and first known as Truitt Lodge in 1855, and is the samo age ofl Aq ikconsolidated with Truitt Lodge No. 149, when Truitt Lodgemoved to Center. The Center lodge retained Truitt’s number and charter and took Sam Samford’fl nsme. Most the Sand Hill members affiliated at Center, and the Sand Hill Lodge was thus very short Hved.Jhn Truitt Lodge No. 343 The next lodge organised in this county was “Jim Truitt” Lodge No. 845. It was chartered in 1872, and held its meetings at Truitt’s store, at Willow Grove where Truitt Lodge No. 149 had been held before moving to Center. We find on its first roll of members the names of James M. Roberts, worshipful master, Wm. Redditt. senior warden; John Burrow, junior warden; J. JL TruiU. treasurer; Wm. Collins, secretary- Others are L. M. Truitt, D. C. Middleton. Wm. May and L. N. Truitt. Later on we find the names of H. T. Children. 8. H. Oata. J. M. Spivey, T. H. Hay,.A. Burns, Asa Davis, J. H. Spivey, C. M. Pinkston and others. In the meantime the, Houston and Shreveport Railroad had been built through the county and the new t.owns of Tenaha and Joaqulr, had sprung up. The town of Willow Grove died and Jim Truitt Lodge No. 345 dem.ised in the year 1888, its members drifting largely to Tenaha and Jo- •: 1Other Shelby County LodgesThe next lodge for Shelby county was Timpson, No. 407, which had functioned in Rusk county since 1874, but which moved to Tirapaan in 1887.The next lodge for the county was a pew lodge a! Shelby-ville, called Shelby Lodge. No.
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Timpson Weekly Times
Timpson, Texas, US
Fri, Dec 11, 1931
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