CornerStone

CORNER STONE LODGE

Location: Duxbury

Chartered By: Samuel Dunn

Charter Date: 12/14/1801 II-190

Precedence Date: 12/14/1801

Current Status: Active

NOTES

Charter surrendered 07/05/1834; functioned as the "Corner-stone Charitable Association" for the next nine years.
Charter restored 12/11/1844

A very detailed Centennial History appears on Pages 1902-98 through 1902-120.

Note that Corner Stone Lodge was a member of the 5th Masonic District at least from 1861 through 1867.

PAST MASTERS

Amos Brown, 1801-1804
Studley Sampson, 1805, 1807, 1812, 1813; SN
1806?
Nathaniel Winsor, Jr., 1808-1811
George Loring, 1814, 1815
1816-1819?
Seth Sprague, Jr., 1820-1822
Thomas Peterson, 1823, 1831, 1834
1824?
Gershom B. Weston, 1825, 1826, 1829, 1830, 1845, 1856
John Porter, 1827, 1828
1832, 1833?
DARK 1835-1844
Martin Waterman, 1846, 1853-1855, 1857
William H. Sampson, 1847-1852
John Perkins, 1857, 1858
Samuel E. Ripley, 1858
Hambleton E. Smith, 1859
John Holmes, 1860
1861-1870?
David Cushman, 1871
1872?
George H. Bonney, 1873-1875
George Baker, 1876
1877?
Thomas Alden, 1878-1880
Fernando Wadsworth, 1881
Stephen W. Eastman, 1882, 1883
Elnathan Delano, 1884, 1885
Franklin W. Hatch, 1886-1888
George H. Chandler, 1889, 1890
Arthur F. Blanchard, 1891, 1892
William W. Myrick, 1893, 1894
Walter C. Hammond, 1895, 1896
Joseph Sherman, 1897-1899, 1903; SN
Nathaniel K. Noyes, 1901, 1902
Daniel D. Devereaux, 1904-1906
1907-1910?
Robert J. Needham, 1911, 1912
1913, 1914?
Frank C. Woodward, 1915, 1916
Edgar A. Baker, 1917, 1918; SN
George B. Cushing, 1919, 1920
Oscar C. Swope, 1921, 1922
1923, 1924?
Charles A. Whitman, 1925, 1926; N
1925-1929?
Alden B. Hefler, 1930
1931-1941?
Eugene O. Page, 1942, 1943
1944, 1945?
George W. Cushman, 1946, 1947; SN
1948-1951?
George R. Riddell, 1952, 1953; N
1954?
Albert A. Post, 1955
1956, 1957?'
Theodore S. Chase, 1958
1959?
Robert B. Delano, 1960
Richard A. Melvin, 1961; N
1962-1969?
Richard Frederick Warren, 1970
1971-1979?
Dexter L. Gasper, 1980; PDDGM
1981-2002?
James M. Walsh, 2003
Thomas A. Morris, III, 2004
James J. Bennette, 2005, 2006
Carl E. Russell, 2007, 2008
Jack T. Sutton, 2009
Mark A. Grylls, 2010, 2011
Brandon T. Turner, 2012
Howard W. Carver, ?

REFERENCES IN GRAND LODGE PROCEEDINGS

Petition for Charter: 1801
Petition for Restoration of Charter: 1844

ANNIVERSARIES

1902 (Centenary)
1926 (125th Anniversary)

VISITS BY GRAND MASTER

1880 (Welch)
1883 (Lawrence)
1902 (Gallagher; Centenary; Special Communication)
1911 (Flanders)
1926 (Simpson; 125th Anniversary; Special Communication)
1934 (Chapman)
1951 (Roy; 150th Anniversary; Special Communication, though not recorded in Proceedings)
1961 (Eaton; Hall Dedication; Special Communication)
1976 (Maxwell; 175th Anniversary; Special Communication)
1983 (Berquist)

BY-LAW CHANGES

1879 1893 1898 1903 1914 1918 1920 1927 1929 1946 1954 1957 1967 1968 1969 1972 1989 1991 1999 2001 2004 2007

HISTORY

1902 (Centenary History, 1902-86)
1926 (125th Anniversary History, 1926-363)
1976 (175th Anniversary History, 1976-390)

OTHER

1816 (Petition for abatement of dues, III-64; rejected)
1830 (Report of delinquency, IV-170)
1866 (Jurisdictional dispute with Norfolk Union Lodge, VII-72)
1872 (Participation in laying the cornerstone of the Myles Standish Monument, 1872-151)
1881 (Jurisdictional dispute with Plymouth Lodge, 1881-66; 1881-193)

GRAND LODGE OFFICERS

Edgar A. Baker, DDGM, District 27 (Plymouth), 1922, 1923; SN
George W. Cushman, DDGM, District 27 (Plymouth), 1948, 1949; SN
Dexter L. Gasper, DDGM, District 27 (Plymouth), 1994, 1995
Richard A. Melvin, DDGM, District 27 (Plymouth), 1978, 1979; N
Frank Morton, DDGM, District 19 (Taunton), 1878, 1879; SN not WM here
George R. Riddell, DDGM, District 27 (Plymouth), 1960, 1961; N
Studley Sampson, DDGM, District 3 (South Shore and Cape Cod), 1821, 1822, 1823; SN
Joseph Sherman, DDGM, District 25 (Hingham), 1900, 1901; SN
Seth Sprague, Jr., DDGM, District 3 (South Shore and Cape Cod), 1827, 1828, 1829; Senior Grand Warden 1829
Charles A. Whitman, DDGM, District 27 (Plymouth), 1930, 1931; N