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He later became vice president of Macoy Publishing and Masonic Supply Co. from 1946–70. He was an early amateur radio hobbyist, joining the Radio League of America [3] in its first year, 1915, and American Radio Relay League in 1922, eight years after its founding.
Robert Macoy (October 4, 1815 – January 9, 1895) [1] was born in Armagh, Ulster County, Ireland. He moved to the United States at the age of 4 months. [ 2 ] He was a prominent Freemason , and was instrumental in the founding of the Order of the Eastern Star [ 3 ] and the Order of the Amaranth . [ 4 ]
John Bayne Maclean, Canadian founder of Maclean's magazine and president of Maclean's Publishing Co. Ionic Lodge No. 25, Toronto. [5] Robert Macoy, U.S. publisher and organizer of Eastern Star [269] Duncan Macrae, Scottish actor [65] David Maddock (1915–1984), British Anglican clergyman, and Bishop of Dunwich from 1967 to 1976. Apollo ...
Grand Lodge of Texas centrally located in Waco. The Grand Lodge of Texas, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons is the largest of several governing bodies of Freemasonry in the State of Texas, being solely of the Ancients' tradition and descending from the Ancient Grand Lodge of England, founded on 17 June 1751 at the Turk's Head Tavern, Greek Street, Soho, London. [1]
The first Prince Hall Masonic Lodges first formed in Nebraska in the 1890s. On February 3, 1990, during the 133rd Annual Communication of the Grand Lodge, a resolution was passed extending fraternal recognition to the Prince Hall Grand Lodge, F.&
The History of Freemasonry, Vol. 6 (Masonic History Co., NY, 1898) pages 1485-1486 online membership by state 1898 Weisberger, R. William et al. Freemasonry on Both Sides of the Atlantic: Essays concerning the Craft in the British Isles, Europe, the United States, and Mexico (2002), 969pp
Henry Pelham Holmes Bromwell (August 26, 1823 – January 9, 1903) was an American lawyer, politician from Illinois, and prominent Freemason.He was a lawyer and judge who served as a U.S. representative from Illinois from 1865–1869 and continued to practice law when he moved to Colorado in 1870 where he was appointed to compile the state's statutes.
The first known Freemason to live in the "New World" is believed to be John Skene, who was a member of Aberdeen Lodge #1 in Scotland.His name appears as the 27th listed in one of the oldest written records of Freemasons, the Mark Book of Aberdeen Lodge#1 (1670), as "Merchand and Meason".