#mason lodge

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Lafayette Grande Banquet Facility - Pontiac, MI

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Early history and name Edit

Founded December 14, 1805, Overton Lodge was, at the time of its formation, a part of the Grand Lodge of North Carolina and Tennessee.

The Lodge was named in honor of John Overton, 1766-1833, by John Williams. Overton was a prominent Tennessee jurist and Freemason, who practiced law with another young lawyer and Freemason, Andrew Jackson.

On my way to this place the gentlemen of Rogersville requested me to procure from the Grand Lodge of No Caro: a dispensation for a masonic lodge at that place. Upon applying for the dispensation the officers of the Grand Lodge granted it and required that a name should be given the lodge. The gentlemen of Rogersville furnished me with no name for the lodge and I therefore I took the liberty of naming the lodge after you which was highly approved by the officers of the Grand Lodge. I hope _____ it will not be disagreeable to you.

— Williams to Overton, November 24, 1805, Overton Papers, Tennessee State Archives

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“Travers Back to the ‘Pen’,” Kingston Daily Standard. July 30, 1912. Page 02. --- Ex-Bank Manager Arrived Last Night. --- Wrecker of Farmers’ Bank Enjoyed Holiday in Toronto - Reported Suspended from Masons. --- W. R. Travers, ex-manager of the defunct Farmers’ Bank, has returned to the Penitentiary after a few months’ sojourn in Toronto, where he gave evidence in the enquiry into the failure of the Farmers’ Bank. The distinguished visitor arrived in the city last evening and after taking a short constitutional was taken out to the penitentiary.

Travers’ sojourn in Toronto apparently agreed with him for he was somewhat stouter than when he left the penitentiary several months ago. He had none of the ear marks of a convict and was treated with a certain amount of deference by his guard. There was no sign of the irons with which an ordinary prisoner is shackled. It is stated that after Travers had dinner he was invited into the bar for refreshments, but declined on the ground that he did not care for anything after his meals.

It is understood that Travers has been suspended from the Masonic Order, because of the disgrace of serving a penitentiary sentence. A despatch from Toronto states that a local Mason was authorized to serve papers on him in the penitentiary, calling on him to give reasons why he should not be suspended from the Order. Before he was served he was taken to Toronto to give evidence and it is understood that while he was there he was given notice of his suspension.