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Junior Grand Warden, 1823<br>
 
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Senior Grand Warden, 1824-1826
 
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=== MEMORIAL ===
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''From Proceedings, Page IV-546:''
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As the good & the faithful are removed from among us, no more to be seen of men, their work completed, their earthly labours ended, it becomes the duty of those who
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remain, to improve the inflictions of the all-wise Disposer of events, by keeping alive the memories of the just, that by the light they shed while on earth; still unextinguished, still beaming from their Bright example; they yet shall minister to our service, & though ''Dead'' yet speak from their dark abode. Therefore, with these motives, & that the virtues of a departed Brother shall survive in our hearts:
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''Resolved.'' That we mourn, though not as those without hope, for the great loss the masonic family in general & the Gr. Lodge of Massachusetts in particular, have sustained by the decease of our R. W, & Honored Brother Samuel Thaxter, Esq.
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''Resolved.'' — That in his example & character we have another testimonial that the good christian, the upright Citisen, & God's noblest work, the honest man, are but the practical excellencies inculcated by the precepts of our Institution.
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''Resolved.''—That this tribute of our feelings be transmitted to the family of the deceased as an earnest of the esteem & consideration with which we cherish his memory
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— with the assurance of our deepest sympathy in this bereavement, which has taken from them the good husband & father, & from us the devoted and honored Masonic Brother.
  
 
=== BIOGRAPHY ===
 
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Revision as of 12:53, 12 July 2011

SAMUEL THAXTER 1769-1842

Junior Grand Warden, 1823
Senior Grand Warden, 1824-1826

MEMORIAL

From Proceedings, Page IV-546:

As the good & the faithful are removed from among us, no more to be seen of men, their work completed, their earthly labours ended, it becomes the duty of those who remain, to improve the inflictions of the all-wise Disposer of events, by keeping alive the memories of the just, that by the light they shed while on earth; still unextinguished, still beaming from their Bright example; they yet shall minister to our service, & though Dead yet speak from their dark abode. Therefore, with these motives, & that the virtues of a departed Brother shall survive in our hearts:

Resolved. That we mourn, though not as those without hope, for the great loss the masonic family in general & the Gr. Lodge of Massachusetts in particular, have sustained by the decease of our R. W, & Honored Brother Samuel Thaxter, Esq.

Resolved. — That in his example & character we have another testimonial that the good christian, the upright Citisen, & God's noblest work, the honest man, are but the practical excellencies inculcated by the precepts of our Institution.

Resolved.—That this tribute of our feelings be transmitted to the family of the deceased as an earnest of the esteem & consideration with which we cherish his memory — with the assurance of our deepest sympathy in this bereavement, which has taken from them the good husband & father, & from us the devoted and honored Masonic Brother.

BIOGRAPHY

From Surveying History web site:

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Samuel Thaxter was born in Hingham, Massachusetts in 1769 and died in Boston in 1842. He is first listed in the 1796 Boston Directory as a mathematical instrument maker. In the 1822-23 edition, the business is listed as Samuel Thaxter & Son (Joseph H. 1801-1835). Samuel Thaxter's grandson, Samuel Thaxter Cushing (1821-1882), took over the business around 1843. Upon the death of Samuel Thaxter Cushing, his widow, Abby C. Cushing took over management of the business until 1905 at which time Herbert Risteen Starratt became manager. The last entry of the company (Samuel Thaxter & Son) in the Boston Directory is 1916.



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