Eleazar A. Paine (1815-1882) Freemason & Union Brigadier General of Volunteers in Civil War
Member of Monmouth Lodge No. 37, Monmouth, Ill. Died Dec. 16, 1882
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Johannes Valentinus Andreae Freemason and German theologian
Andreae was born on August 17th, 1586 in Herrenberg, Württemberg, Germany. At the age of 15, his father passed away and his mother moved with him to Tübingen. There his mother became the court apothecary. From 1604 to 1606 Andreae studied theology and natural sciences. It is claimed by Andrea, that during this time he wrote “The Chymical Wedding of Christian Rosekreutz.
José Eloy Alfaro Delgado was a Freemason and Ecuadorian revolutionary and politician
José Eloy Alfaro Delgado, more commonly referred to as Eloy Alfaro, was born in Montecristi, Ecuador on June 25th, 1842. He was educated in his hometown. After graduating he helped his father with business negotiations. He also aligned himself with anticlerical liberalism. After Alfaro’s passing the doctrine would be used to as the basis of the Ecuadorian Radical Liberal Party.
Henry Howard Molyneux Herbert, 4th Earl of Carnarvon
Henry Howard Molyneux Herbert, 4th Earl of Carnarvon was a Freemason & British politician.
Earl Carnarvon was born on June 24th, 1831 in London, England. He was educated at Eton College and Christ Church, Oxford. He was given the nickname “Twitters” because he had a nervous tic and twitchy behavior.
Daniel Carter Beard – Freemason, American illustrator, author and youth leader
Beard was born on June 21st, 1850 in Cincinnati, Ohio. As a young man he spent his times wandering in the woods and making sketches of nature. He moved with his family to Covington, Kentucky. In Kentucky he learned the stories of the pioneer life there, information that would serve him well later in life.
Richard Parks Bland was an Freemason and American politician
Richard Parks Bland was an Freemason and American politician
Bland was born on August 19th, 1835 in Hartford, Ohio County, Kentucky. Bland came from a prominent Virgina family, both on his mother’s and father’s sides of the family.
Famous Scottish Freemasons – John McDouall Stuart 1815 – 1866
John McDouall Stuart was born in 1815 in Dysart in Fife. After leaving school he graduated as a civil engineer and at the age of 23 he left Scotland for…
David Brearley was a Freemason and signer of the American Constitution
David Brearley was a Freemason and signer of the American Constitution. Brearley was born on June 11, 1745.
When the American Revolution broke out, Brearley was already a member of Monmouth County Militia. He eventually rose to the rank of colonel in the militia. From 1776 to 1779 he served in the New Jersey Line, a string of numbered regiments which served in New Jersey by order of the Continental Congress.
Famous Scottish Freemasons – Sir Jimmy Shand MBE, MA 1908 – 2000
Jimmy Shand was born in East Wemyss, Fife, on January 28th, 1908. Jimmy’s first musical instrument was the moothie or mouth organ, before his…