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Ill∴ Paige then moved to Binghamton and was associated with his father-in-law, Colonel Hazard Lewis, in lumbering, milling and framing operations. He was general agent and adjuster for the Imperial Insurance Company of London for New York and Pennsylvania from 1863 to 1896, being associated with Joseph B. Chaffee and John B. Babcock. He was a charter member and served as the first president of the New York State Association of Supervisory and Adjusting Insurance Agents. Masonic Record BLUE LODGE: 24 Mar 1853 - Raised in Syracuse Lodge No. 102 7 Jun 1853 - Petitioner and Charter Member of Central City Lodge No. 305; Junior Deacon, 1853; Senior Warden 1854; Master, 1855-1860. 1858 & 1859 Junior Grand Warden, Grand Lodge, F&AM, of the State of New York. 1860 & 1861 Senior Grand Warden, Grand Lodge, F&AM, of the State of New York. 1862 Deputy Grand Master, Grand Lodge, F&AM, of the State of New York. 1863 & 1864 Grand Master of Masons, Grand Lodge, F&AM, of the State of New York. 1864-1898 Grand Representative of the Grand Lodge to New Jersey. CAPITULAR MASONRY: Royal Arch: 18 May 1853 - Mark Master and Past Master, Syracuse Chapter No. 70, R.A.M. 01 Jun 1853 - Most Excellent Master, Syracuse Chapter No. 70, R.A.M. 17 Jun 1853 - Exalted, Royal Arch Mason, Syracuse Chapter No. 70, R.A.M.; Chapter Member No. 14. 1857 King, Syracuse Chapter No. 70, R.A.M. 03 Dec 1861 - Affiliated with Binghamton Chapter No. 139; High Priest, 1861-1871. 1875-76 Grand Captain of the Host, Grand Chapter, R.A.M. 1870-1902 - Grand Representative to the Grand Chapter of Maine. Royal and Select Masters (Cryptic Council): 8 Jun 1858 - Greeted, Adelphic Council No. 7, R.& S.M., New York City. 7 Dec 1859 - Affiliated, Central City Council No. 13, R.& S.M., Syracuse, NY. Commandery: • 15 Dec 1853 - Knighted, Utica Encampment No. 3, K.T., Utica, NY. • 8 Mar 1856 - A meeting of those eligible as petitioners was held at the office of Clinton F. Paige at 8:00 p.m. to take into consideration the expediency of petitioning the Grand Encampment for a dispensation or charter for an Encampment of Knights Templar to be located in Syracuse, styled Central City Encampment. Sir Knight Clinton F. Paige was elected chairman and upon balloting, was elected to be the first Grand Commander. This petition was endorsed by Salem Town Encampment No. 16 on 14 Mar 1856; a Dispensation was granted on 17 March. • 6 Feb 1857 - Warrant issued at the Annual Conclave of the Grand Encampment in Albany, NY, for Central City Commandery No. 25, K.T.; Clinton F. Paige, Charter Commander, which office he held from 1856 to 1860. • Affiliated with Malta Commandery No. 21, K.T., Binghamton, NY; Commander, 1863 to 1871. A.A.S.R., Otseningo Bodies, Binghamton, NY: 14 Jan 1862 - Sublime Prince of the Royal Secret, Hays Council. Received the Fourth to Thirty-second Grades inclusive in Hays Council. 5 Jun 1862 Elevated to the 33º in Hays Council. 20 Oct 1864 Admitted to Active Membership in Hays Council. 1867 As an Active Member and Committee Member of Hays Council, he attended the Union of all the Supreme Councils of the Northern Masonic Jurisdiction. 17 May 1867 to Oct 1873 - Grand Minister of State, Supreme Council, A.A.S.R, N.M.J. Oct 1873 to 16 Sep 1902 - 1875-1902 Trustee, Supreme Council, A.A.S.R., N.M.J. 1874-1902 Chairman of the Committee on Returns. 1894-1897 Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Correspondence. He was also a Committee Member of: Jurisprudence 1867-1871 Ritual 1868-1870 Constitutions 1868-1873 Grand Secretary General, Supreme Council, A.A.S.R., N.M.J. Foreign Correspondence 1874-1876 Rituals and Ritualistic Matters 1897-1900 He was also a Grand Representative of the Supreme Council 33º for England, Wales and New Granada, and an Honorary Member of the Supreme Councils for Mexico and Canada. 1883-1887 Thrice Potent Master Otseningo Lodge of Perfection. 1883-1895 Sovereign Prince, Otseningo Council, Princes of Jerusalem. 1870-1895 Most Wise Master Otseningo Chapter of Rose Croix. 1867-1902 Commander-in-Chief Otseningo Consistory. The strength of Freemasonry at that time and the impact of a great personality on the Brothers of his Fraternity can be gleaned from the magnitude of the funeral service on the Passing of Ill∴ Clinton Freeman Paige, 33º, on 13 November 1902. At his request, Masonic services were conducted by Central City Lodge No. 305. A special train carried the Syracuse delegation of 200 Masons with an additional 50 boarding at Cortland and 25 at Marathon and other points, having left Syracuse at 11:30 a.m. The entourage did not reach Binghamton until 2:00 p.m., due to a breakdown at Cortland. Inspiring Episcopal services were held at his home. 49 members of the Supreme Council attended with additional services conducted by Ill∴ William Homan, 33º, Deputy for the State of New York. The scene was one of solemnity and impressiveness as each Brother deposited a rose on the casket. The march to the cemetery constituted one of the most soul-stirring corteges ever seen in Binghamton including 100 members of the Malta Commandery No. 21, 300 Brothers from Binghamton Lodge No. 177 and Otseningo Lodge No. 433, and 300 Masons from 24
Central NY. Crowds lined the streets to the cemetery where two thousand others were waiting. The final majestic and moving Masonic Rites were completed at the grave in the glow of lanterns. References: • Cathers, George B., “Historical Sketch of Central City Lodge No. 305, F.& A.M., at its Diamond Jubilee, June 11, 1928, Syracuse, NY.” • Cummings, William L., “History of Central City Bodies, A.A.S.R., 1862-1937.” • Peacher, William G., “100 Years of Scottish Rite Masonry in the Valley of Syracuse, 1862-1962.” • Peacher, William G., “History, Central City Chapter No. 70, Royal Arch Masons, 1821-1962.” • Peacher, William G., “History, Central City Commandery No. 25, Knights Templar, 1857-1966.” • Vogt, George C., “Our Heritage: Centennial, Otseningo Bodies, 1867-1967.” M..W.. William S. Farmer, Grand Master 1918-1919 William Sidney Farmer was born in Hailesborough, St. Lawrence, New York, on 18 Jul 1861, was the son of Seymour M. and Alethea M. Farmer. His education was in the district schools and in Wesleyan Seminary at Gouveneur. Following graduation he studied law in the office at the latter place of the late Jude Vasco P. Abbot, and in 1862 was admitted to the bar at the General Term of the Supreme Court at Saratoga. Seven years later he located at Kimball, South Dakota, were he engaged in legal lines and also served as vice president and managing director of a bank. Returning to the east in 1891, he began practice of the law at Syracuse as senior member of the firm of W. S. and H. H. Farmer. In 1915 he was appointed Judge of the Municipal Court, a position which he occupied until his death. On 27 Feb 1889 he was married to Ruth Adelia Selleck, daughter of William H. Selleck, and they had a daughter, Alethea Farmer. Judge Farmer belonged to the Universalist faith and was a member of the Citizens Club, Masonic Club, Syracuse Escort, Mystique Krewe, and Elks Club of Syracuse, and the Masonic Club of New York City. BLUE LODGE: 20 Nov 1894 Initiated in Central City Lodge No. 305 1895 Junior Master of Ceremonies 1896 Senior Deacon 1897 & 1898 Junior Warden 1899 & 1900 Master 1902-1905 District Deputy Grand Master, 27th Masonic District 1908 Grand Lodge Commission of Appeals; Chief Commissioner, 1909 1910-1914 Junior Grand Warden 1914-1918 Senior Grand Warden 1918-1919 Grand Master of Masons in the State of New York CAPITULAR MASONRY: 24 May 1895 Received in Central City Chapter No. 70, RAM, serving in various capacities 02 Jan 1901 Initiated in Central City Council No. 13, Royal and Select Masters 18 Apr 1898 Knighted in Central City Commandery No. 25, K.T. A.A.S.R., Valley of Syracuse: 30 Mar and 2 Apr 1898 The degrees of the Scottish Rite were conferred upon him. 1906 Sovereign Prince of the Council 17 Sep 1918 Honorary Member 33 o , Supreme Council, A.A.S.R., NMJ Judge Farmer was ever watchful for the true interests of the Masonic order. He was Grand Master during the hectic period of the First World War when countless numbers turned their thoughts toward securing fraternal affiliation, and his thought in the particular was expressed to the Lodges in the following from their Grand Master: “We must have good material – men of courage, men of thought, men of conviction. We do not want, and must not elect to membership, the unworthy, cowards, grafters, trimmers, weaklings, men lacking backbone, floaters with the popular tide no matter whither they may tend. Direct your Lodge members in passing upon applications to do their full duty, manfully, bravely, without fear, without favor. Direct them to scrutinize closely the character of those who seek to join. Direct them to make exception of no man, howsoever great, howsoever wealthy, howsoever influential. Direct them to see to it that no person be admitted to the rites of Freemasonry who does not measure up to the standard of a man, bearing in mind this axiom, that the end of man’s human destiny is not to be counted as the best Frenchman, the best Englishman or the best American in any other sense than the he is the best man that his physical, mental, and moral faculties can make of him.” On the natal day of the Father of our Country in 1930, while returning from a meeting in Washington of the Directors of the George Washington National Masonic Memorial Association, to which enterprise he had given ten years of earnest effort, Ill.’. William Sidney Farmer, 33 o , was suddenly stricken in the city of New York, and passed to the Celestial Lodge Above. The fraternity in the entire state was shocked and grieved by the new and general mourning ensued. The body was conveyed to his home city, Syracuse, and there laid to rest on Thursday afternoon, 27 Feb 1930, duly honored by all branches of the fraternity and by the citizenry in general. ----------- George Judd Gardner, born 19 Jul 1818, in Boston, MA, was one of seven children of Thomas and Hannah (Anna) Judd Gardner. About 1830 he became one of Syracuse’s first newsboys and an apprentice printer to his cousin, Lewis H. Redfield, Onondaga County’s first printer (and member of Onondaga Lodge 98). He thereafter led an active and successful business and active public life. He was deeply interested in Masonry, serving with distinction in all Bodies: 25
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