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Fred. N. Lindsay, Assistant Chaplain Matthew J. Steele, Tiler Quartette : John Louret, John W. Singleton, William W. Spragge, Charles V. Lansing; James E. Carson, Jr., Soloist; Finance Committee: Charles Price Simpson, Charles P. Lyon, Isaac DeMallie; Trustees: William H. Jones, Henry M. Plant, William J. McKelvy; Member Masonic General Committee: Jos. A. Crane. ERAC Lodge No. 163, Rochester, New York Warrant: May 2000 Lodge Website: http://www.erac163.org/ [no history] 979 Bay Road, Suite 2, in Webster NY 14580-1736 Monroe Lodge No. 173, Brockport WARRANT: The warrant in possession of the Lodge is dated June -21, 1850. Name or number has never been changed. MINUTES : Not intact. CHARTER MEMBERS. Joshua Field. William Cook. Joseph Greenleaf. Benjamin C. Grinnell. Lyman Warren. Albigence W. Cary. William E. Skidmore. Henrv Adams. Edward H. Raleigh. James Benjamin. OFFICERS NAMED ON WARRANT JOSHUA FIELD. Master; WILLIAM COOK, Senior Warden; HENRY ADAMS, Junior Warden. The Lodge participated in the ceremonies attending the laying of the corner-stone of the Masonic Temple at Rochester Nov. 1, 1901. also at the laying of the corner-stone of the Masonic Hall at Spencerport, September 23, 1905. It was represented at the laying of the corner-stone of the Home at Utica, May 21, 1891. MASTERS. 1850. Joshua Field. 1851. Joshua Field. 1852. Nathaniel I. Hall. 1853. Samuel M. Olden. 1854. Nathaniel I. Hall. 1855. Samuel M. Olden. 1856. Samuel M. Olden. 1857. Samuel M. Olden. 1858. Daniel Holmes. 1859. Samuel M. Olden. 1860. Samuel M. Olden. 1861. Enos T. Chappell. 1862. Samuel M. Olden. 1863. Ezra Greenough. 1864. Ezra Greenough. 1865. Gordon Height. 1866. D. T. Davis. 1867. J. B. Hartwell. 1868. Ezra Greenough. 1869. Ezra Greenough. 1870. Ezra Greenough. 1871. John A. Getty. 1872. John A. Getty. 1873. John A. Getty. 1874. W. G. Haines. 1875. John A. Getty. 1876. John A. Getty. 1877. Frank J. Conant. 1878. Frank J. Conant. 1879. Albert F. Avery. 1880. Albert F. A very. 1881. Wesley S. Merritt. 1882. John A. Getty. 1883. Samuel F. Parker. 1884. John A. Getty. 1885. Samuel F. Parker. 1886. Stephen P. Frost. 1887. John A. Getty. 1888. Stephen P. Frost. 1889. Alvin C. Madden. 1890. Alvin C. Madden. 1891. Alvin C. Madden. 1892. Alvin C. Madden. 1893. Harvey P. Crandall. 1894. A. G. Chriswell. 1895. A. G. Chriswell, 1896. John N. Drake. 1897. John N. Drake. 1898. George E. Locke, 1899. George E. Locke. 1900. Warren B. Conkling. 1901. Warren B. Conkling. 1902. Harvey E. Hamil. 1903. Warren B. Conkling. 1904. Edward W. Root. 1905. George C. Brown. 1906, Arthur G. Colernan. 1907. Henry S. Bushnall. 1908. Lewis W. Udell. http://books.google.com/books?id=ejAfAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA275&lpg=PA275&dq=%22Joshua+Field%22+%22brockport%22&source =bl&ots=YlKdnqs7lQ&sig=zSny9bFnei5G86IdL1uXCOnanDE&hl=en&ei=TG31S6DrEcX6lwe07eGDCw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=r esult&resnum=5&ved=0CB0Q6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=%22967%22&f=false page 404. Joshua Field (Joareb, Samuel, Ebenezer, Zechariah, Zechariah, John, John, Richard, Will1am, William), b. 8 Feb 1785, Bergen, NY; d. 1871; m1. 1815, Lydia Towle, b. 18 Aug 1797; m2., ca 1827, Betsey Heath, b. 24 Oct 1800; m3., Maria Green, b. 12 Aug 1805; m4., Delia A. Marsh, b. 11 Aug 1805. Res. New York. Children: i. WILLIAM H., b. 25 Jan 1816; d. 1828. 22
ii. HERMAN, b. 18 Feb 1818; m. Lucy Van Allen Trumbull, who d. ca 1895 in Lawrence, Kans. iii. ADELIA, b. 18 Jul 1820; d. 16 Sep 1881; m. 1840, Josiah Harrison, b. 1808. iv. EDWIN T., b. 05 Nov 1823; unm. v. LYDIA BETSEY, b. 16 Sep 1828. Res. Brockport, N. Y. vi. JOSHUA, b. and d. in infancy. http://freepages.history.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~monroenys/sketches-h.htm Daniel HOLMES, now practically living retired, was the pioneer lawyer of Brockport and for many years a prominent attorney of the Monroe county bar. He is a native of West Bloomfield, Ontario, NY, b. 11 Sep 1828, and has therefore reached the 79th milestone on life's journey. His parents were Daniel and Susan (HALE-STUART) HOLMES, natives of Massachusetts, who, removing westward about 1812, settled in Ontario county, NY, where they cast their lot with those who were reclaiming a frontier district for agricultural uses. The father served his country as a soldier in the war of 1812 and participated in the battle of Buffalo. The maternal ancestry of Mr. HOLMES was represented in the Revolutionary war, the grandfather, Thomas HALE, being a drummer boy at the battle of Bunker Hill. Daniel HOLMES was reared at Aliens Hill, NY, his father being proprietor of a hotel at that place for a number of years. After mastering the elementary branches of learning he prepared for college at the Brockport Collegiate Institute and received his university training at Yale, which he entered in 1846. He is numbered among the alumni of 1848, having been graduated with the degree of bachelor of arts. Subsequently, in 1853, he received from the University of Rochester the degree of master of arts, and in the fall of the same year was admitted to the bar, for which he had previously prepared. He immediately began the practice of his profession in Brockport, where he has resided continuously since, having been in practice here for more than a half century. He was the pioneer lawyer of the town and his ability enabled him always to maintain a place in the foremost ranks of its legal fraternity. In recent years, however, he has retired from active practice to enjoy well-earned ease. In early manhood Daniel HOLMES was united in marriage to Miss Mary Jane HAWES, of Brookfield, MA, of whom extended mention is made below. Theirs was an ideal relation, their mutual love and confidence increasing year by year as they met together the joys and sorrows, the adversity and prosperity, the disappointments and the pleasures which checker the careers of all. Closer grew their friendship as time went by, the desire of each being always for the best interests and happiness of the other, but on 6 Oct 1907, they were separated through the death of Mrs. HOLMES. Mr. HOLMES still continues to reside in Brockport, where for many years he has figured prominently in community affairs. For thirty years he served as justice of the peace of Brockport, his decisions being strictly fair and impartial, so that he "won golden opinions from all sorts of people." He was also clerk of the village for twenty years and in community affairs was actively and helpfully interested, and is secretary and treasurer of the State Normal School at Brockport. Mr. HOLMES is a member of Monroe lodge, No. 173, F&AM, of which he is a Past Master. He also belongs to Daniel HOLMES Chapter, No. 294, R. A. M., and to Monroe Commandery, No. 12, K. T., of Rochester. He is senior warden of St. Luke's church at Brockport. He is also a member of the Empire State chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution and a member of the New York State Bar Association. He is one of the oldest attorneys of Monroe county, and while his professional career gained him rank with the leading lawyers of Brockport he has also been well known because of his activity in connection with the interests bearing upon the general welfare of society and the upbuilding and improvement of the community. Mary J. HOLMES - With one exception the works of no American novelist have been so widely read as those of Mrs. Mary J. HOLMES, and Brockport was proud to number her among its citizens; but while her name was a household word throughout the length and breadth of this land, in her home town she was loved for personal traits of character that endeared her to all with whom she came in contact. She was the wife of Daniel HOLMES, whose sketch is given above. In her maidenhood she was Miss Mary J. HAWES, of Brookfield, MA, a daughter of Preston HAWES, a man of rare mentality, while from her mother she inherited a love of poetry and of fine arts. When but three years of age she began to attend school, studied grammar at the age of six, and began teaching school when but thirteen years old. Her first article was published when she was only fifteen years old. Very early in life she manifested rare ability for story telling, entertaining her young companions with tales of her own invention. Her precocity has been borne out by the work of her later years, for there is perhaps no American author whose works are more widely read than those of Mrs. Mary J. HOLMES. Over two million copies of her books have been published and the demand for all of them continues unabated. The annual sale amounts to almost 100,00 copies, and no better proof of their merit and popularity could be given. A list of her published works includes the following: Bessie's Fortune, Cameron Pride. Chateau D'or, Christmas Stories, Cousin Maude, Daisy Thornton, Darkness and Daylight, Dora Deane, Dr. Hathern's Daughters, Edith Lyle, Edna Browning, English Orphans, Ethelyn's Mistake, Forrest House, Gretchen, Homestead on Hillside, Hugh Worthington, Lena Rivers, Madeline, Marguerite, Marian Grey, Meadow Brook, Mildred, Millbank, Mrs. Hallam's Companion, Paul Ralston, Queenie Hetherton, Rena's Experiment, Rose Mather, Tempest and Sunshine, The Abandoned Farm. The Cromptons, The Merivale Banks, The Tracy Diamonds, West Lawn. As an author she had a most happy career, with none of the trials which fall to the lot of so many writers, and her publishers have always been her friends. G. W. CARLTON and later Dillingham had charge of the sale of 23
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