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At the conclusion of the formal exercises a supper, prepared in the most elegant style by Br. Tarbell, was partaken of, after which speeches were made by Ira D. Davenport, W. M., Grand Master [http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=GMDame Dame], Rev. Br. [http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAGLJDadmun Dadmun], Rev. Br. [http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAGLWAlger Alger], Rev. Br. Gaylord, Brothers [http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAGLCWoodbury Woodbury], [http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAGLWMarshall Marshall], and others. The speeches were interspersed with music. Br. William Marble read a poem, and Br. H. D. Barnabee contributed to the enjoyment of the occasion with several comic songs and recitations.
 
At the conclusion of the formal exercises a supper, prepared in the most elegant style by Br. Tarbell, was partaken of, after which speeches were made by Ira D. Davenport, W. M., Grand Master [http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=GMDame Dame], Rev. Br. [http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAGLJDadmun Dadmun], Rev. Br. [http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAGLWAlger Alger], Rev. Br. Gaylord, Brothers [http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAGLCWoodbury Woodbury], [http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAGLWMarshall Marshall], and others. The speeches were interspersed with music. Br. William Marble read a poem, and Br. H. D. Barnabee contributed to the enjoyment of the occasion with several comic songs and recitations.
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=== MEMORIALS ===
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==== JUSTIN E. STEVENS 1822-1852 ====
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* MM 1843, Mount Lebanon
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''From Moore's Freemason's Monthly, Vol. XII, No. 3, January, 1853, p. 94:''
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In this city, on the morning of the 17th December, Dr. Justin E. Stevens, youngest son of Dr. John Stevens, aged 30.
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Dr. Stevens was a graduate of the Military Academy of Vermont, under the charge of Capt. Partridge. He afterwards studied medicine in this city, and received a diploma from Harvard University. On the breaking out of the war with Mexico, he received an appointment as surgeon in the army, and was present at the taking of the city of Mexico. On the establishment of peace, he returned home, bringing with him, like hundreds of others, the seeds of the disease which finally terminated his existence on earth.
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He was made a Mason soon after attaining to his majority, and was a member of the Boston Encampment of Knights Templars at the time of his death. He was a young man of great purity of character, and was highly esteemed by all who knew him, for the amiability of his temper and excellent social qualities. His friends will long lament his premature death, as the loss of one to whom they had become endeared through warm, social and fraternal relations. He leaves a young and accomplished wile—an aged father, and brothers and sisters, to embalm his memory in tears of sorrow.
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His funeral was attended by his military and Masonic friends, from the residence of his father, on Monday, the 20th. The President elect, Gen. Pierce, to whose regiment the deceased was attached, while in Mexico, was present, and united in paying the usual military honors to his memory.
  
 
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MOUNT LEBANON LODGE

Location: Boston

Chartered By: Samuel Dunn

Charter Date: 06/08/1801 II-181

Precedence Date: 06/08/1801

Current Status: Active

NOTES

A Boston lodge, chartered at the beginning of the 19th century and one of the few Dunn charters still active.

PAST MASTERS

  • Henry Fowle, 1801-1803, 1805
  • William Bentley, 1804, 1806
  • John Barber, 1807
  • Samuel Thaxter, 1808-1810, 1813
  • Benjamin Gleason, 1811; SN
  • Robert Lash, Jr., 1812, 1823
  • Jared Lincoln, 1814
  • Charles Wells, 1815, 1816, 1818-1822, 1826; SN
  • William Barry, 1817
  • Simon W. Robinson, 1824, 1825, 1845
  • Gilbert Nourse, 1827, 1828, 1844; SN
  • William Knapp, 1829, 1830
  • Thomas Waterman, 1831, 1832
  • Samuel Millard, 1833, 1834
  • James Holbrook, 1835-1837
  • William Eaton, 1838-1840
  • Edward Bell, 1841, 1842, 1846
  • Osgood Eaton, 1843
  • Charles Bates, 1847-1850, Mem
  • Albion K. P. Cooper, 1851, 1852
  • William H. L. Smith, 1853-1856; Mem
  • Franklin H. Sprague, 1857, 1858
  • William H. Sampson, 1859, 1860
  • John L. Stevenson, 1861-1863
  • John F. Abbott, 1864, 1865
  • Ira D. Davenport, 1866-1868
  • William J. Ellis, 1869, 1870
  • Caleb Blodgett, 1871, 1872
  • George D. Moore, 1873, 1874
  • Warren B. Ellis, 1875, 1876; Mem
  • Albert L. Richardson, 1877, 1878; Memorial
  • Charles J. Miller, 1879, 1880
  • George E. Atwood, 1881, 1882
  • Edward F. Smith, 1883, 1884
  • Charles E. Phipps, 1885, 1886
  • Frank Fuller, 1887, 1888
  • George H. Endres, 1889, 1890
  • Bart M. Young, 1891, 1892
  • Gus G. Stanwood, 1893, 1894
  • William B. Phipps, 1895, 1896
  • Harry D. Delano, 1897, 1898
  • C. W. Parker, Jr., 1899, 1900
  • Frederic I. Clayton, 1901, 1902
  • Walter B. Tripp, 1903, 1904; Mem
  • Edwin M. Steere, 1905
  • Charles W. Kidder, 1906, 1907
  • Joseph T. Paul, 1908, 1909; Mem
  • Frank E. Buxton, 1910, 1911
  • Charles S. Hadaway, 1912, 1913
  • Harrington D. Learnard, 1914, 1915
  • Everett W. Crawford, 1916
  • Frank A. North, Sr., 1917
  • Andrew P. Cornwall, 1918, 1919; N
  • Edward C. Mathewson, 1920, 1921
  • D. Henry Childs, 1922, 1923
  • Walter F. Nolen, 1924, 1925
  • T. Frederick Brunton, 1926, 1927
  • Edward W. Phillips, 1928
  • Henry W. Stevens, 1929, 1930; N
  • A. VanAllen Thompson, 1931, 1932
  • Wilhelm E. Lundqvist, 1933, 1934
  • George E. Seabury, 1935
  • Frank A. North, Jr., 1936
  • Leo E. Davison, 1937
  • Walter E. Duncan, 1938, 1939
  • Frederic L. Pike, 1940, 1941; N
  • Henry W. Cook, Jr., 1942
  • George E. Amazeen, 1943, 1944
  • Lawrence G. Hopkins, 1945, 1946
  • George E. Tew, 1947, 1948
  • Lester M. Clark, 1949, 1950
  • George N. Ackerman, 1951, 1952
  • Raymond G. Hallgren, 1953, 1954
  • Harry W. Tileston, Jr., 1955, 1956
  • Harold F. Petherick, 1957, 1958, 1978, 1979
  • Hans O. Johnson, 1959, 1960, 1976, 1977, 1981; N
  • John F. Van Baars, 1961, 1962; N
  • Robert N. Gordon, 1963
  • William C. Scott, 1964, 1965
  • Ira W. Biggar, 196
  • Daniel D. Field, 1967, 1968
  • Robert H. Gallagher, 1969
  • Thomas G. Smiley, 1970, 1971
  • John R. Waldman, 1972, 1973
  • Joseph M. Dube, 1974, 1975
  • Dean A. Burland, 1980
  • Clark B. Loth, 1982-1984; PDDGM
  • Albert V. Ferguson, 1985, 1986
  • Taylor F. Massie, Jr., 1987, 1988, 1993
  • Ronald K. Beaton, 1989, 1990
  • Paul H. Walker, 1991, 1992
  • David J. Gray, 1994, 1995
  • Vaughn A. Lovejoy, 1996, 1997
  • Ronald H. Ackerman, 1998, 1999
  • Frank B. Gomes, Jr., 2000, 2001
  • David P. Cerasoli, 2002-2004
  • Stephen B. Smith, 2005
  • Robert V. Jolly, Jr., 2006, 2007
  • Timothy A. Ackerman, 2008, 2009
  • Matthew J. Wissell, 2010, 2011

YEARS

1801 1820 1821 1839 1855 1866 1869 1870 1872 1873 1874 1875 1878 1879 1881 1885 1890 1892 1895 1897 1900 1901 1902 1904 1906 1908 1912 1916 1922 1924 1926 1927 1928 1934 1935 1936 1938 1943 1947 1950 1951 1976 1993 2010 2011

EVENTS

INSTALLATION, JANUARY 1864

From Moore's Freemason's Monthly Magazine, Vol. XXIII, No. 4, February, 1864, p. 114:

The officers of this excellent and prosperous Lodge were publicly installed at Freemasons' Hall, in this city, on the evening of the 10th of January. There were about a hundred ladies, principally the wives and daughters of the members, present to witness the ceremonies, which were ably performed by the Deputy Grand Master, R. W. Brother Charles C. Dame, and were interspersed with music by a fine quartette of ladies and gentlemen. The Charge was given by the M. W. Grand Master Parkman, in his usual happy and impressive manner. At the conclusion of the ceremonies a procession was formed and the company repaired to the Banqueting Hall, where Brother Silsbee of the Winthrop House, had spread one of the finest entertainments of the season, both in its variety and service.

The officers installed were as follows :—

  • John F. Abbot, Master
  • Ira D. Davenport, S. W.
  • William J. Ella, J. W.
  • Cadis B. Boyce, Treas.
  • Thomas Waterman, Sec'y.
  • Henry E. Lang, S. D.
  • George Moore, J. Deacon
  • Thomas W. Osborn, S. S.
  • Bela D. Ladd, J. S.
  • William R. Alger and John W. Dadmun, Chaplains
  • E. L. Sanderson, Marshal
  • William Pratt, Jr., I. S.
  • Stephen B. Ball, Chorister
  • Luther L. Tarbell, Tyler

INSTALLATION, JANUARY 1866

From Moore's Freemason's Monthly Magazine, Vol. XXV, No. 4, February, 1866, p. 118:

A public installation of the officers of Mount Lebanon Lodge took place at the Lodge-room, Masonic Hall, Summer street, on the 8th of January. The exercises were of a very interesting character, and quite a large number of ladies graced the occasion with their presence. The following is a list of the officers installed:—

  • Ira D. Davenport, W. M.
  • John W. Dadmun, S. W.
  • James R. Elliot, J. W.
  • Cadis B. Boyce, Treas.
  • Thomas Waterman, Sec.
  • George D. Moore, S. D.
  • Bela D. Ladd, J. D.
  • William Pratt, Jr., S. S.
  • Thomas Waterman, Jr., J. S.
  • Aaron R. Coolidge, I. S.
  • Noah M. Gaylord, Chaplain
  • William W. Elliot, Marshal
  • S. B. Ball, Chorister
  • John F. Abbott
  • J. F. Hews, William Boyce, M. V. Lincoln, and William Marble, Committee on Charity;
  • Luther L. Tarbell, Tyler.

The ceremonies of the installation were performed by M. W. Grand Master Charles C. Dame.

Appropriate music was furnished by Mount Lebanon Lodge Quartette Club, consisting of Brothers S. B. Ball, Hiram Wilde, J. Kimball, and Edward Prescott; Brother Howard M. Dow officiating as pianist.

At the conclusion of the formal exercises a supper, prepared in the most elegant style by Br. Tarbell, was partaken of, after which speeches were made by Ira D. Davenport, W. M., Grand Master Dame, Rev. Br. Dadmun, Rev. Br. Alger, Rev. Br. Gaylord, Brothers Woodbury, Marshall, and others. The speeches were interspersed with music. Br. William Marble read a poem, and Br. H. D. Barnabee contributed to the enjoyment of the occasion with several comic songs and recitations.

MEMORIALS

JUSTIN E. STEVENS 1822-1852

  • MM 1843, Mount Lebanon

From Moore's Freemason's Monthly, Vol. XII, No. 3, January, 1853, p. 94:

In this city, on the morning of the 17th December, Dr. Justin E. Stevens, youngest son of Dr. John Stevens, aged 30.

Dr. Stevens was a graduate of the Military Academy of Vermont, under the charge of Capt. Partridge. He afterwards studied medicine in this city, and received a diploma from Harvard University. On the breaking out of the war with Mexico, he received an appointment as surgeon in the army, and was present at the taking of the city of Mexico. On the establishment of peace, he returned home, bringing with him, like hundreds of others, the seeds of the disease which finally terminated his existence on earth.

He was made a Mason soon after attaining to his majority, and was a member of the Boston Encampment of Knights Templars at the time of his death. He was a young man of great purity of character, and was highly esteemed by all who knew him, for the amiability of his temper and excellent social qualities. His friends will long lament his premature death, as the loss of one to whom they had become endeared through warm, social and fraternal relations. He leaves a young and accomplished wile—an aged father, and brothers and sisters, to embalm his memory in tears of sorrow.

His funeral was attended by his military and Masonic friends, from the residence of his father, on Monday, the 20th. The President elect, Gen. Pierce, to whose regiment the deceased was attached, while in Mexico, was present, and united in paying the usual military honors to his memory.

GRAND LODGE OFFICERS

DISTRICTS

1803: District 1 (Boston)

1821: District 1

1835: District 1

1849: District 1

1867: District 1 (Boston)

1883: District 1 (Boston)

1911: District 1 (Boston)

1927: District 1 (Boston)

2003: District 1

LINKS

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