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GEORGE ATWOOD PETTIGREW 1858-1938
Grand Master of South Dakota, 1918-1919
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BIOGRAPHY
From "The First 100 Years of the Grand Lodge A.F. & A.M. of South Dakota, 1875-1975", Page 102:
George Pettigrew, the forty-fifth Grand Master of Masons of South Dakota was born at Ludlow, Vermont, April 6, 1858. He graduated in Medicine from Dartmouth College in 188? and came to Flandreau, Dakota Territory, the same year where engaged in the practice of medicine. Along with his many community activities, he was president of the Flandreau State Bank.
On October 19, 1887, he was married to Miss Eudora ZuIette Stearns in Troy, New York. To them was born a daughter, Addie Stearns. A few years later they adopted another daughter, Madeleine.
He was raised in King Solomons Lodge, No. 14, Scythev11le, New Hampshire, June 14, 1880. He affiliated with Flandreau Lodge No. 11 January 5, 1884, and on November 3, 1905, he affiliated with Unity Lodge No. 130, Sioux Falls. He was exalted in Orient Royal Arch Chapter and Knighted in Cyrene Commandery, Knights Templar. He was a member of Koda Council Under Dispensation. He was a Past Grand Patron of the Order of the Eastern Star and a member of the El Riad Shrine Temple, Sioux Falls. He was a member of Oriental Consistory No. 1, Yankton, where he had attained the Rank and Decoration of Knight Commander Court of Honor.
1919
As Grand Master George A. Pettigrew opened the forty-fifth Annual Communication at Sioux Falls in 1919, he said, "...today we are not only celebrating our Thirtieth Anniversary as a Grand Lodge, but are extending the glad hand to many of our members who are returning from the battlefields of Europe and the camps; so I have taken the liberty to designate this forty fifth Annual Communication, the Pearl and Victory Session."
During the war an effort had been made to establish recreation centers or clubs by several Grand Jurisdictions near the fighting areas. Permission had been refused by the Washington authorities to carry out this work. In an effort to present a unified front for any further activity, representatives from 21 Grand Jurisdictions responded to a call to meet in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on November 26, 1918. From this meeting the Masonic Service Association of the United States, a voluntary association of Masonic Grand Jurisdictions of the United States of America_ for service to mankind, was formed. Mem bership for South Dakota was given full approval by the Grand Lodge.
The Grand Master reported on a meeting of the George Washington Masonic National Memorial Association held at Alexandria, Virginia, which he had attended. All the Grand Jurisdictions were being asked to contribute to the Memorial, with each state's quota being worked out according to its Masonic population. Brother Pettigrew was asked by the Association to be the chairman for South Dakota. Brother Pettigrew called attention to the fact that the Grand Lodge of South Dakota was the first to recognize a Grand Chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star and to exchange greetings at the time of their Annual Sessions.
Dispensations had been issued during the year for lodges at Herrick and Humboldt; and Speirs Lodge No. 186, Ree Heights, had been constituted. The Trustees reported that they had expended $990.00 for the relief of needy brothers during the year. From the Grand Charity Permanent Fund they had purchased $10,000.00 in Liberty Bonds and $5,000.00 in Victory Bonds.
The war had had little effect on the growth of the Grand Lodge as the records showed 13,526 members, 148 chartered lodges, and 622 new members.
As Most Worshipful Brother George A. Pettigrew finished his year as Grand Master, he was again elected as Grand Secretary.
