Craft Masonry in Monroe County, New York - Onondaga and ...

the Universalist church of Manchester, and appropriate singing by the Congregational and Methodist choirs—the large auditorium
being filled with sorrowing relatives and friends, brothers, neighbors and citizens, "who a last tribute would pay to a good man
passed away." The Hudson Post, a Republican newspaper, closed an appreciative obituary with these words: "Mr. Eaton leaves a
widow (the companion of his youth), two sons and one daughter, many grandchildren, and a host of friends to mourn his departure:
" 'But why weep ye for him, who having won
The bound of man's appointed years, at last.
Life's blessings all enjoyed, Life's labors done,
Warren Lodge, No. 147, Free and Accepted Masons, adopted the following resolutions:
Serenely to his final rest has passed;
While the soft memory of his virtues yet
Lingers like twilight hues when the bright sun is set?' "
WHEREAS, Our esteemed brother, Silas Eaton, has, at the ripe age of seventy-eight years, been called to exchange an earthly for a
spiritual state of existence;
Resolved, That while we are thankful to our Supreme Grand Master for the many years of social intercourse we have been
permitted to enjoy with our brother Eaton, we mourn his departure as a loss to ourselves and our noble craft, no less than to his
family and relatives.
Resolved, That we recognize in our departed brother a true type of the noble pioneers who converted the wilds of Michigan into
fertile fields, and that we recognize it as our duty to cherish the memory of those departed, and by kindly offices light the pathway of
those remaining,
Resolved, That we commend our sister, the widow of our departed brother, to the active sympathy of the craft, and that we extend to
our brothers (the sons of the deceased), and to his daughter, the hand of condolence in their sad bereavement; but as a source of
comfort in such trying scenes, remind them that his work was fully done, and that he departed full of days, with earth's honors
untarnished.
Resolved, That these resolutions be published in the village papers, and that copies be furnished the widow and children of our
departed brother.
* Morning Star Lodge, No. 26, Hudson, dispensation granted in 1848 by Grand Master E. Smith Lee; 17 members at close of that
year. Charter surrender 7 Nov 1859.
Maxson Lodge, No. 26, Hudson, dispensation granted by Deputy Grand Master William L. Greenly, 17 Nov 1859; 44 members at
close of year. Charter surrendered in 1880.
Lebanon Lodge, No. 26, Hudson, organized from the consolidation of Maxson Lodge, No. 26 and Warren Lodge, No. 147, both of
that place, under name of Hudson Lodge, No. 26, name afterwards changed to Lebanon Lodge. Present membership 120.
Occupied a fine Masonic temple valued at $9000.
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Benajah Holbrook [4C], was born 19 Nov 1772, in Billingham, MA, and lived in Riga, Monroe County, New York. He served as
Major of Militia and was stationed in Buffalo. He was also a petitioner and Past Master of Harmony Lodge No. 212 in Riga.
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Benajah Holbrook, Esq., emigrated in early life from Bellingbam to N. Adams, MA. Here he m. Judith Badger, and prior to 1810
removed to Riga, Monroe Co., NY. About 1840 be moved from Riga to Chili in the same Co., where his lady deceased. He then
went to Livonia, Wayne Co., Mich., where he spent the remainder of his days with his daughter, Roena.
He was by avocation a farmer, inherited an excellent constitution, was never sick until shortly before his death, and was to wise and
happy in the choice of a wife as to transmit his excellent constitution to his children; and if his example in this thing could reach and
control the future generations of the race, he would be one of their greatest benefactors. Mr. Holbrook served as Major in the militia,
in the war of 1812, and was for a time stationed at Buffalo. "He was never in any battle, yet constantly doing battle for Gen.
Jackson.” During his residence at Riga be transacted much public business, and was repeatedly elected a justice of the peace.
Children:
i. Judith m. Jan. 1826, Henry Ide, who d. 1833, and 2d, Davis, res. Mt. Morris, NY.
ii. Benajah, b. Jan. 26, 1805, was a merchant; res. San Francisco, CA, where he d. 27 Sep 1850. He m1. 13 Apr 1830
Jerusha E. Ingraham, b. Oct. 8, 1835; m2. Jane Herr, May 19, 1836, who res. with her children, at Plymouth, Mich.
iii. Henry B[adger] formerly a merchant, now res. a land agent at Grand Rapids, Mich., m. 18 Nov 1832, Sarah Woodruff.
iv. Mary Ann, m1. Dr. Willard Slocum, Aug. 31, 1831, who d. Jan. 17, 1847; and 2d, Jona. F. Chubb, Jan. 8, 1849, who res.
as a merchant at Grand Rapids
v. Charles m. Eliza Pinkney, Feb. 19, 1845, res. as a farmer at Lansing, Mich.
vi. Roena b. 14 Dec 1813, m. Julius C. Willcox, Dec. 31. 1840, who res. a farmer at Livonia, Mich.,
vii. Milton b. 14 Jan 1817, m1. Sarah A. Bronson, Dec. 2, 1844, who d. 9 Jan 1853; and 2d, Electa Woodruff, Oct. 4,
1855, sister of his brother’s wife, and lived at Detroit, a general collecting agent.
viii. DeWitt C(linton). Holbrook Esq., a lawyer of good standing in the profession, and a gentleman much esteemed in society, res. at
Detroit ; m. Sep. 26, 1850, Mrs. Mary A. Berdan, dau. of Thomas. P. May, Sr., of Plymouth, Mich., and formerly from London, Eng.,
ix. Ursula True m. Sylvester Fuller, ca 1853; res. at Utica, Mich.
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http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nymonroe/bios/biographies018.htm
History of Rochester and Monroe County New York From the Earliest Historic Times to the Beginning of 1907 by William F. Peck
(1908), pages 503-504
Colonel Caleb HOPKINS, whose life history forms an integral factor in the annals of Monroe county, was connected with many
events which shaped the policy and molded the destiny of this part of the state. He was born in 1770 and died 14 Jan 1818, age 47,
three years before the county of Monroe was organized. He was a son of James HOPKINS and a grandson of Ebenezer HOPKINS
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