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WILLIAM RIDGEWAY PENICK 1829-1897
Grand Master, 1861-1862
BIOGRAPHY
From Biographies of Past Grand Masters, 1821-1901, by the Grand Lodge of Missouri:
Most Worshipful Brother William Ridgeway Penick is recorded as present at the Annual Session of the Grand Lodge of 1857, as Senior Warden of St. Joseph Lodge No. 78, and served on the Committee of Ways and Means. In 1858 he represented his Lodge as Master and was appointed Junior Grand Deacon. At the session of 1859 he was elected Senior Grand Warden; in 1860 Deputy Grand Master, and in 1861 Most Worshipful Grand Master. However, he never presided, having entered the army. He sent an address from the field to the Grand Lodge session of 1862. His successor was M. W. Brother George Whitcomb.
Brother Penick was born in Boone County, Missouri, May 20, 1829. He was made a Mason in St. Joseph Lodge No. 78, March 1, 1856, Senior Warden in 1857, Worshipful Master in 1858 and 1859. He was President of the Masonic Board of Relief of St. Joseph for twenty-one years. He was exalted in St. Joseph Royal Arch Chapter No. 14 in 1856; served as Excellent High Priest in 1860. He assisted in organizing St. Joseph Council No. 9, Royal and Select Masters, in 1871, and presided as Thrice Illustrious Master during the first two years of its existence. He was Knighted in Weston Commandery No. 2, Knights Templar, in 1859, and assisted in the formation of St. Joseph Commandery No. 4 in 1859, and was the first Eminent Commander. He was a 32° member of the A. & A. S. Rite, and presiding officer of the two Constituent Bodies in St. Joseph during their existence.
In the Grand Bodies he was Royal Arch Captain in 1857, Scribe in 1858 and 1859, and Most Excellent Grand High Priest of the Grand Chapter in 1861. He was M. P. Grand Master of the Grand Council Royal and Select Masters in 1877, and Deputy Grand Commander of the Grand Commaudery Knights Templar of Missouri in 1861.
His death occurred in St. Joseph, December 4, 1897. He was then the oldest Past Grand High Priest in point of service, and the oldest member of St. Joseph Lodge who had been raised and retained continuous membership therein.
