Tennessee Knights Templar N - S

Tennessee Knights Templar: Nashville Membership to 1883.

from Tennessee Templars: A Register of Names with Biographical Sketches of the Knights
Templar of Tennessee and Brief Histories of the Grand and subordinate Commanderies
by James Daniel Richardson. Nashville: Robert H. Howell & Co., 1883.

Surnames N - S

NELSON, ANSON..
Printer, Publisher and Editor.

Born Washington County, November 19, 1821. Married.
Master Mason, Sequoyah Lodge 156, April 23, 1850; Royal Arch Mason, Cumberland
Chapter I, April 10, 1860; Knight Templar, Nashville Commandery I, June 7, 1866.
Removed to Nashville in 1840. Been the owner in whole or in part of the following
papers published in Nashville at different dates; Nashville Whig, Christian Record,
Nashville Daily Gazette, Tennessee Organ; two being political, one religious, and the
last named a temperance organ. Been for about thirty years serving the city of
Nashville in some official position. Been Director of Nashville and Chattanooga
Railroad. President of National Bank. Has received 14th degree of the Ancient and
Accepted Scottish Rite.
Address—Nashville.

NELSON, WILLIAM A..
Minister of the Gospel.

Affiliated with Nashville Commandery I, October 20, 1874. Dimitted November 15,
Has occupied many prominent positions in Masonry; was Grand Lecturer for
the Grand Lodge, 1882.
Address—Salem, North Carolina.

NICHOL, BRADFORD..
Merchant..

Born Nashville, December 5, 1841. Married.
Master Mason, Cumberland Lodge 8, September 6, 1867; Royal Arch Mason,
Cumberland Chapter I, September 30, 1869; Knight Templar, Nashville Commandery
I, April 30, 1880; charter member Corinthian Lodge 414, and of King Cyrus Chapter
107; has filled every office in Lodge and Chapter. Grand Scribe of Grand Chapter;
Grand Representative of Grand Chapter of Nevada.
Address—Nashville.

NORMAN, FELIX GRUNDY.

Created a Knight Templar in Nashville Commandery I, April 27, 1848, from
Tuscumbia, Alabama. Non-affiliated.

NORRIS, GEORGE DASHIELL..
Physician.

Born Baltimore, Maryland, October 25, 1811. Married.
Created a Knight Templar in Nashville Commandery I, May 19, 1848; been Grand
Generalissimo of Grand Commanderies of Alabama and Georgia; Grand Master of
Masons, Grand High Priest of Grand Chapter of Alabama. Member of Madison
County, Alabama, Medical Association; Alabama State Medical Association;
American Medical Association; Medical Society City of Baltimore; Medical and
Chirurgical Society of Maryland.
Address—New Market, Alabama.

NORTHCOTT, ROBERT SANDERS..
Editor.

Born Rutherford County, September 30, 1818. Married.
Master Mason, Mt. Moriah Lodge 18, February, 1849; Royal Arch Mason, Pythagoras
Chapter 23, June, 1852; Knight Templar, Nashville Commandery I, April 21, 1859;
been Junior and Senior Warden and Master of Lodge, High Priest of Chapter, Grand
King of Grand Chapter. Dimitted from Nashville Commandery May 20, 1869.
Address—Clarksburg, West Virginia.

NORVELL, JOSEPH..
Printer.

Created a Knight Templar in Nashville, about 1826. Was a charter member of
Nashville Commandery I, and its first Treasurer and Recorder. Filled many prominent
positions in Masonry.
Died January 7, 1847.

NUNNALLY, WILLIAM A.

Created a Knight Templar in Washington Commandery —, Alabama; affiliated with
Nashville Commandery, December 21, 1848; afterwards dimitted.

O’CONNOR, MATTHEW..
Locomotive Engineer.

Created a Knight Templar in Nashville Commandery I, January 10, 1879. Died 1881.

OGDEN, JOHN W.

Created a Knight Templar in Nashville Commandery I, September 21, 1848. Dimitted
December 16, 1858.

ORR, ROBERT..
Merchant..

Born Province of Ulster, County Tyrone, Ireland, August 5, 1834. Married.
Master Mason, Phoenix Lodge 131; Royal Arch Mason, King Cyrus Chapter 107;
Knight Templar, Nashville Commandery I, February 21, 1882.
Address—Nashville.

ORR, WILLIAM FREDERICK..
Merchant..

Born Province of Ulster, County Tyrone, Ireland, November 9, 1832. Married.
Master Mason, Phoenix Lodge 131, April 13, 1881; Royal Arch Mason, King Cyrus
Chapter 107, June 30, 1881; Knight Templar, Nashville Commandery I, October 18,
1881.
Address—Nashville.

OTEY, JAMES HERVEY..
Episcopal Bishop of Tennessee.

Born Bedford County, Virginia.
Master Mason, Hiram Lodge 7, December 11, 1826; Royal Arch Mason, Franklin
Chapter 2; Knight Templar, Nashville Commandery I, January 30, 1851.
Episcopal Bishop of Tennessee.
Dead.

OVERTON, JOHN..
Farmer.

Born Davidson County, May 26, 1821. Married.
Master Mason, Angerona Lodge 168, May 13, 1857; Knight Templar, Nashville
Commandery I, March 1861. Member of lower house Tennessee Legislature from
Davidson County one term; also a member of County Court of Davidson County.
Address—Nashville.

OWEN, GEORGE HENRY..
Merchant..

Born Bath, Maine, June 23, 1843. Married.
Master Mason, Polar Star Lodge, Bath, Maine, September 1866; Royal Arch Mason,
Edgefield Chapter 75, May 28, 1872; Knight Templar, Nashville Commandery I, May
7, 1874; affiliated with Edgefield Lodge 254; been Master of Lodge, High Priest of
Chapter, Junior Warden and Prelate of Commandery. Removed to New York, January
1, 1882.
Address—555 Broadway, New York.

PALMER, JOSEPH BENJAMIN..
Lawyer.

Born Rutherford County, November 1, 1825. Married.
Master Mason, Mt. Moriah Lodge 18, July, 1847; Royal Arch Mason, Pythagoras
Chapter 23, 1848; Knight Templar, Nashville Commandery I, 1850; charter member of
Murfreesboro Commandery 10; been Master of Lodge, High Priest of Chapter,
Eminent Commander of Commandery; was Grand Commander of Knights Templar in
1872. Member lower house Legislature, 1849-50 and 1851-52. Brigadier General
C.S.A. Charter member of Sinai Lodge of Perfection 4, Ancient and Accepted
Scottish Rite.
Address—Murfreesboro.

PARKES, JOSEPH LEONARD..
Bank Cashier.

Born Cradley Forge, Staffordshire, England, February 11, 1835. Married.
Master Mason, Hiram Lodge 7, about 1856; Royal Arch Mason, Franklin Chapter 2,
March 5, 1866; Knight Templar, Nashville Commandery I, October 23, 1867; charter
member of DePayens Commandery 11. Has filled almost every office in Lodge,
Chapter and Commandery, including Worshipful Master, Most Excellent High Priest
and Eminent Commander. Came to Tennessee in 1851.
Address—Franklin.

PARKES, LEONARD..
Cotton Factor and Commission Merchant.

Born Cradley Forge, Staffordshire, England, January 9, 1844. Married.
Created a Knight Templar in Nashville Commandery I, September 6, 1872; charter
member and first Secretary of King Cyrus Chapter 107.
Address—Nashville

PARSONS, JOSEPH.

Created a Knight Templar in Nashville Commandery I, March 16, 1854. Non-
affiliated.

PATTON, JO. B..
Merchant..

Married.
Master Mason, Edgefield Lodge 254; Royal Arch Mason, Edgefield Chapter 75, April
26, 1870; Knight Templar, Nashville Commandery I, February 15, 1878.
Address—Augusta, Georgia.

PEARL, DYER..
Banker and Broker.

Married.
Master Mason, Cumberland Lodge 8, Nashville, November 15, 1825; created a Knight
Templar in Nashville in 1828; charter member of Nashville Commandery I, and its
first Senior Warden.
Dead.

PEDEN, CHARLES WESLEY..
Merchant..

Born in Giles County, May 21, 1835. Married.
Master Mason, Cumberland Lodge 8, June 18, 1859; Royal Arch Mason, Cumberland
Chapter I, April 10, 1860; Knight Templar, Nashville Commandery I, November 27,
1861; been Standard Bearer and Junior Warden of Commandery.
Address—Nashville.

PENDLETON, EDWARD.

Created a Knight Templar in Nashville Commandery I, November 24, 1853, from
McMinnville. Dimitted December 16, 1853.

PENNEBAKER, EDWIN RUTHVEN..
Merchant..

Born Wilson County, June 10, 1833. Married.
Created a Knight Templar in Nashville Commandery I, August 22, 1866. Was
elected Comptroller of the State Treasury May 20, 1870, and held this position until
February 1, 1873.
Died May 31, 1875.

PERKINS, PETER A..
Physician.

Born in Nashville, February 26, 1817.
Created a Knight Templar in Nashville Commandery I, March 25, 1848. Dimitted
July 20, 1875.

PERKINS, PHILIP GASPARD STIVER..
Lawyer.

Born Nashville, January 24, 1818.
Master Mason, Hiram Lodge 7, June 1840; Royal Arch Mason, soon thereafter;
Knight Templar, Nashville Commandery I, 1847; been Grand Scribe and Grand High
Priest of Grand Chapter. In 1847 he represented the Grand Chapter in the General
Grand Chapter of the United States at Columbus, Ohio. Held office in all the
subordinate Masonic bodies. Member of Tennessee Legislature from Williamson
County 1849-50; County Judge of same county, 1855 to 1863.
Died July 23, 1880.

PERKINS, THOMAS FEAM, JR.

Born Williamson County, December 6, 1842. Married.
Master Mason, Hiram Lodge 7, in 1870; Royal Arch Mason, Franklin Chapter 2,
September 30, 1872; Knight Templar, DePayens Commandery 11, February 6, 1873;
been Senior Deacon, Senior Warden and Master of Lodge; Recorder, Captain of Host
and High Priest of Chapter; Junior Warden and Captain General of Commandery.
Graduated from W. M. Institute, 1861. Was 1st Lieutenant of Artillery C. S. A.; was
captured at Fort Donelson 1862; was Captain of Company I, 11th Tennessee Cavalry,
Forrest’s command; paroled 1865. Been Clerk of County Court and member of State
Senate.
Address—Franklin.

PILCHER, MATTHEW BARROW..
Merchant..

Born Nashville, April 1, 1840. Married.
Master Mason, Phoenix Lodge 131, 1865; Royal Arch Mason, Cumberland Chapter I,
June 1, 1866; Knight Templar, Nashville Commandery I, October 23, 1866; been
Prelate and Eminent Commander of Commandery. Received 14th degree of the
Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite.
Address—Nashville

PILCHER, MERRITT SCOTT..
Merchant and Steamboat Captain.

Born in Woodford County, Kentucky, January 1, 1802. Married.
Master Mason, Cumberland Lodge 8, November 5, 1825; Royal Arch Mason,
Cumberland Chapter I; Knight Templar, Nashville Commandery I, April 19, 1847;
been Master of Lodge.
Dead.

PILLOW, JOHN A.

Affiliated with Nashville Commandery I, February 16, 1875. Address—Carthage.

PLUMMER, THEODORE..
Merchant..

Born Clarksville, July 24, 1852. Married.
Master Mason, Clarksville Lodge 89, December 9, 1873; Royal Arch Mason,
Clarksville Chapter 3, June 30, 1874; Knight Templar, Clarksville Commandery 8,
June 28, 1875; affiliated with Nashville Commandery I, May 15, 1877; been Warder,
Junior and Senior Warden of Commandery.
Address—Nashville.

POLK, JAMES KNOX..
Book-keeper.

Married.
Master Mason, Phoenix Lodge 131; Royal Arch Mason, King Cyrus Chapter 107;
Knight Templar, Nashville Commandery I, October 28, 1882.
Address—Nashville.

POLK, JOHN HORACE..
Bank Book-keeper.

Born Bolivar, May 16, 1846. Married.
Master Mason, Clinton Lodge 54, October 3, 1871; Royal Arch Mason, Bolivar
Chapter 34, January 11, 1872; Knight Templar, Jackson Commandery 13, December
5, 1873; affiliated with Phoenix Lodge 131, and Nashville Commandery I; Charter
member and first Almoner of Emulation Lodge of Perfection 3, Ancient and Accepted
Scottish Rite. Has received in this Rite the 32nd degree. Been Master of Lodge.
Address—Nashville.

POLK, LUCIUS JUNIUS..
Planter.

Master Mason, Columbia; Royal Arch Mason, same place; Knight Templar, Nashville
Commandery I, December 6, 1849; was Grand Commander of Tennessee in 1860.
Died October 3, 1870.

POOLE, RODNEY..
Photographer.

Born Springfield, Ohio, June 10, 1837. Unmarried.
Master Mason, Clark Lodge 101, Springfield, Ohio, 1858; Royal Arch Mason,
Springfield Chapter 48, same place, 1859; Knight Templar, Nashville Commandery I,
April 30, 1878. Removed to Nashville in 1860.
Address—Nashville.

PORTER, JAMES ARMSTRONG..
Merchant..

Born in East Tennessee, September 23, 1800.
Created a Knight Templar in Nashville about 1828. Charter member of Nashville
Commandery I, and was its first Junior warden; afterwards served as Captain General
and Generalissimo.
Died March 21, 1853.

PORTER, THOMAS ADDISON..
Merchant..

Born in Sumner County, March 19, 1837. Married.
Master Mason, Phoenix Lodge 131, September 22, 1871; Royal Arch Mason, King
Cyrus Chapter 107, August 30, 1872; Knight Templar, Nashville Commandery I,
January 8, 1873.
Address—Nashville.

PORTER, WILLIAM.
Merchant..

Born Wilson County, February 1, 1821. Married.
Master Mason, Phoenix Lodge 131, about 1850; Royal Arch Mason, Cumberland
Chapter I, November 7, 1851; Knight Templar, Nashville Commandery I, May 2,
1871; been Senior Warden of Lodge; charter member of King Cyrus Chapter 107;
Treasurer of Commandery from 1874 to date. Has received the 32d degree Ancient
and Accepted Scottish rite.
Address—Nashville.

POWELL, BENJAMIN DAVIS..
Merchant..

Born Wilson County, September 21, 1821.
Master Mason, Lebanon Lodge 98, April 16, 1855; Royal Arch Mason, Lebanon
Chapter 25, December 29, 1855; Knight Templar, Nashville Commandery I, October
12, 1859. Non-affiliated.

QUINTARD, CHARLES TODD..
Episcopal Bishop of Tennessee.

Master Mason, Cumberland Lodge 8; Royal Arch Mason, Cumberland Chapter I,
August 22, 1859; Knight Templar, Nashville Commandery I, September 5, 1859.
Non-affiliated.

RAINS, JOHN..
Minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

Born Macon County, Kentucky, May 27, 1796.
Created a Knight Templar in Nashville Commandery I, September 1, 1851.
Died June 5, 1879.

RAMSEY, FRANCIS ALEXANDER..
Physician.

Born Knoxville, April 21, 1821.
Created a Knight Templar in Nashville Commandery I, January 4, 1854. This Knight
“attained high rank in his profession. In his twenty-fifth year he was called to a
professional chair, and to a different one in his thirtieth year. From these positions he
retired voluntarily and resumed the practice of his profession.” Non-affiliated.

RAMSEY, SAMUEL McCASLIN..
Farmer.

Born Hickory Creek, Warren County, January 13, 1831. Widower.
Master Mason, at McMinnville; Royal Arch Mason, at Murfreesboro; Knight Templar,
Nashville Commandery I, December 2, 1854. Dimitted October 20, 1859.
Address—Viola.

RANDLE, WILLIAM THADDEUS..
Merchant..

Born Murfreesboro, December 13, 1850. Married.
Master Mason, Phoenix Lodge 131, July 19, 1872; Royal Arch Mason, King Cyrus
Chapter 107, April 3, 1878; Knight Templar, Nashville Commandery I, July 23, 1880;
been Senior Deacon, Junior and Senior Warden, and Master of Lodge twice; Captain
of Host and High Priest of Chapter; Recorder of Commandery; Junior Grand Warden
and Senior Grand Warden of Grand Lodge; charter member and first Senior Warden of
Emulation Lodge of Perfection 3, Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite. Has received
all the degrees in this Rite to 32d. Secretary Nashville Masonic Board of Relief.
Representative of Grand Lodge of Alabama, and of Grand Chapter of Mississippi.
Address—Nashville.

RAY, JOHN E. R..
Lawyer.

Created a Knight Templar in Nashville Commandery I, November 25, 1861. Dimitted
March 17, 1870. Died in Memphis, of Yellow Fever, July 13, 1879.

READ, JOHN C.

Created a Knight Templar in Nashville Commandery I, March 15, 1860. Dimitted
February 18, 1869.

REED, WILEY MARTIN..
Minister.

Born near Mt. Pleasant, Alabama, March 8, 1828.
Knight Templar, Nashville Commandery I, November 26, 1858. Was Colonel of
Infantry in Confederate Army. Was wounded at Fort Donelson, and from the effect of
the wound died May 1, 1864.

RICHARDS, WILLIAM VIGORS..
Officer United States Army.

Born Dublin, Ireland, August 15, 1842.
Master Mason, Grenada Lodge 31, Grenada, Mississippi, 1870; Royal Arch Mason,
DeWitt Clinton Chapter 12, same place, 1870; Knight Templar, St. Cyr Commandery
6, Water Valley, Mississippi, 1870; affiliated with Nashville Commandery I, June 19,
1873; been Captain General of Commandery. He says: “In a roving, floating life, I
have ever found Masonry an unfailing anchor to probity, and the honor of my beloved
Commandery an omnipotent incentive to rectitude of conduct, a constant source of
solicitude, my idol and my pride.”
Address—Headquarters, 16th Infantry, U.S.A.

RICHARDSON, JAMES A..
Manufacturer.

Created a Knight Templar in Nashville Commandery I, October 14, 1851. Non-
affiliated.

RICHARDSON, S. P..
Minister of the Gospel.

Created a Knight Templar in Nashville Commandery I, April 9, 1847, and
immediately thereafter removed to Key West, Florida.

ROCHE, FRANCIS GURNEY..
Clerk.

Born in Huntingdon, Pennsylvania.
Master Mason, Columbia Lodge 31, February 1842; Royal Arch Mason, Lafayette
Chapter 4, 1842; Knight Templar, Nashville Commandery I, October 31, 1849; been
Master of two Lodges; Senior Grand Warden, Grand Lodge 1857. Non-affiliated.

ROOK, THOMAS CAMPBELL..
Pattern Maker.

Born Pittsburg [sic], Pennsylvania, February 2, 1829. Widower.
Master Mason, Cumberland Lodge 8, August 25, 1868; Royal Arch Mason, King
Cyrus Chapter 107, August 12, 1873; Knight Templar, Nashville Commandery I, May
2, 1874; charter member of Corinthian Lodge 414; been Senior Warden and Master of
Lodge, Principal Sojourner, Captain of Host and Scribe of Chapter.
Address—Nashville.

ROSS, HORACE CARDWELL..
Insurance Agent.

Born Frankfort, Kentucky, November 3, 1841. Married.
Master Mason, Cumberland Lodge 8, July 26, 1866; Royal Arch Mason, Cumberland
Chapter I, January 10, 1867; Knight Templar, Nashville Commandery I, March 22,
1871; charter member and first Secretary of Corinthian Lodge 414; been Junior
Warden of Lodge.
Died July 1, 1882.

ROWEN, WILLIAM MITCHELL..
Merchant Tailor.

Born Limerick, Ireland, December 22, 1831. Married.
Master Mason, Phoenix Lodge 131, May 4, 1860; Royal Arch Mason, Cumberland
Chapter I; Knight Templar, Nashville Commandery I, June 22, 1866.
Address—Nashville.

ROWLAND, DeWITT CLINTON..
Civil Engineer.

Born Hartford, Connecticut, July 13, 1829.
Master Mason, Hiram Lodge 7, November 23, 1857; Royal Arch Mason, Franklin
Chapter 2, March 1, 1859; Knight Templar, Nashville Commandery I, June 14, 1859.
General Superintendent of the Louisville and Nashville and Great Southern Railroad.
Dimitted April 16, 1868.
Address—Nashville.

SANDS, JOHN EDWIN..
Railroad Conductor.

Born Chester County, Pennsylvania, July 8, 1817.
Master Mason, Smithland, Kentucky, September 10, 1844; Royal Arch Mason,
Nashville, October 19, 1852; Knight Templar, Nashville Commandery I, March 1,
1853. Died December 17, 1869.

SARTAIN, LARKIN RUFUS..
Locomotive Engineer.

Born Franklin County, Georgia, September 18, 1832. Married.
Master Mason, Cumberland Lodge 158, about 1858; Royal Arch Mason, Cumberland
Chapter I, 1859; Knight Templar, Augusta, Georgia, 1863; affiliated with Nashville
Commandery I, January 19, 1871.
Address—Cowan.

SAWYER, JAMES GREEN.

Born Williamson County, June 15, 1824. Married.
Created a Knight Templar in Nashville Commandery I, April 3, 1867. Superintendent
of Car Department of Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway.
Address--Nashville

SCALES, DAVID CAMPBELL..
Merchant..

Born Triune, April 14, 1843. Married.
Master Mason, Lebanon Lodge 98, March, 1867; Royal Arch Mason, Lebanon
Chapter 25, 1868; Knight Templar, Nashville Commandery I, March 30, 1881.
Affiliated with Triune Lodge 135, and served as Senior Warden in 1869, Master in
1870, 1873 and 1874; now a member of Phoenix Lodge 131.
Address—Nashville.

SCOTT, JAMES D.

Created a Knight Templar in Nashville Commandery I, July 23, 1860. Non-affiliated.
Address—Fayetteville.

SEABURY, JOHN MUMFORD.

Born Sag Harbor, Long Island, New York, February 24, 1796.
Master Mason, Adelphia Lodge 91, City of New York, 1818; Royal Arch Mason,
Rising Sun Chapter, 1820; Knight Templar, Nashville Commandery I, March 12,
1852; was Master of Bolivar Lodge 386, New York, during the Morgan excitement;
was also Master of Cumberland Lodge 8, and Nashville Lodge 156; was Junior Grand
Warden of Grand Lodge.

SEARCY, ROBERT THOMAS..
Physician.

Born Bedford County, January 1, 1824.
Created a Knight Templar in Nashville Commandery I, July 23, 1860.
Dead.

SEAY, GEORGE WHARTON..
Secretary and Treasurer, Nashville and Decatur Railroad.

Born Nashville, January 1, 1828. Married.
Master Mason, Sewanee Lodge 131, 1849; Royal Arch Mason, Cumberland Chapter
I, March 18,1878; Knight Templar, Nashville Commandery I, May 13, 1878; been
Senior Warden of Lodge, being now a member of Claiborne Lodge 293; Recorded and
Prelate of Commandery.
Address—Nashville.

SHAPARD, WILLIAM BOOKER.

Born in Cornell County, North Carolina, November 5, 1797.
Master Mason, Columbia, 1822; Royal Arch Mason, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania;
Knight Templar, Nashville Commandery I, January 31, 1850; was Generalissimo of
Commandery. At the age of sixty-two he wrote: “I can’t attend the meetings as I
desire, but still retain membership and best wishes for the Order.” Died January,
1870.

SHAW, SETH L..
Artist.

Created a Knight Templar in Nashville Commandery I, June 8, 1847.
Dead.

SHEFFIELD, HENRY..
Physician.

Born in Stonington, Connecticut, January 22, 1828. Married.
Master Mason, Phoenix Lodge 131, April 5, 1857; Royal Arch Mason, Cumberland
Chapter I, March 18, 1858; Knight Templar, Nashville Commandery I, March 20,
1859. Graduated in medicine at Cleveland, Ohio, February, 1852. Removed to
Nashville, March, 1855. Been Prelate and Eminent Commander of Commandery, and
Grand Captain General of Grand Commandery. Dimitted May 20, 1879.
Address—Nashville.

SHEPHERD, JOSEPH HENRY..
Merchant..

Born in Fluvanna County, Virginia, December 31, 1816.
Master Mason, Cumberland Lodge 8; Royal Arch Mason, Cumberland Chapter I,
August 26, 1847; Knight Templar, Nashville Commandery I, June 22, 1848. Removed
to Memphis. Died 1864.

SIEFERLE, GEORGE..
Merchant..

Born in Ortenburg, Grand Duchey Baden, June 15, 1813. Widower.
Master Mason, Cumberland Lodge 8, May 20, 1857; Royal Arch Mason, Cumberland
Chapter I, August 22, 1859; Knight Templar, Nashville Commandery I, August 23,
1866; Sentinel of Nashville Commandery I from 1866 to this date; Grand Tiler of all
the Grand bodies in Tennessee from 1866 to date.
Address—Nashville.

SLATER, EDWARD CARLISLE..
Minister of the Gospel.

Master Mason, Cumberland Lodge 8, February 22, 1842; Royal Arch Mason,
Cumberland Chapter I; Knight Templar, Nashville Commandery I, August 6, 1847;
affiliated with St. Elmo Commandery 15. Died in Memphis, of Yellow Fever, in
1878.

SMITH, BENJAMIN FRANKLIN..
Railroad Conductor.

Born Coffee County, August 27, 1831.
Created a Knight Templar in Nashville Commandery I, September 23, 1867. Held the
office of Guard in Commandery. Dimitted April 17, 1873.
Address—Shelbyville.

SMITH, GRANVILLE PHYSIC..
Physician.

Born in Goochland County, Virginia, July 6, 1817. Married.
Master Mason, Nashville Lodge 143, July 6, 1817; Royal Arch Mason, Cumberland
Chapter I, October 27, 1849; Knight Templar, Nashville Commandery I, January 28,
1850. Removed to Tennessee in 1831. Was a Commission Merchant in Nashville
from 1845 to 1854. Special Agent of Post-office Department. President of the Bank
of Tennessee. Dimitted.
Address—East Nashville.

SMITH, HORACE CUSHING..
Bank Teller.

Born Ipswich, Massachusetts, March 8, 1840. Married.
Master Mason, Beulah Lodge 426, May 6, 1872; Royal Arch Mason, Edgefield
Chapter 75, March, 1873; Knight Templar, Nashville Commandery I, February 20,
1874. Removed to Nashville when two years of age.
Address—Nashville.

SMITH, JOSIAH, Jr..
Salesman.

Born Green Hill, Wilson County, September 19, 1851. Unmarried.
Master Mason, Phoenix Lodge 131, October 6, 1874; Royal Arch Mason, King Cyrus
Chapter 107, January 21, 1881; Knight Templar, Nashville Commandery I, March 31,
1881.
Address—Nashville.

SMITH, PLEASANT ANDREW..
Farmer.

Born Nashville, November 10, 1841. Married.
Master Mason, Okolona, Mississippi, 1863; Royal Arch Mason, Nolensville Chapter
74, November 2, 1881; Knight Templar, Nashville Commandery I, January 30, 1882.

SMITH, WILLIAM CRAWFORD..
Architect.

Born Petersburg, Virginia, November 26, 1837. Married.
Master Mason, Petersburg Lodge 15, October 17, 1864; Royal Arch Mason,
Petersburg Union Royal Arch Chapter 7, February 28, 1865, Petersburg, Virginia;
Knight Templar, Nashville Commandery I, April 16, 1872; affiliated with Cumberland
Lodge 8, and Cumberland Chapter I; was charter member and first Senior Deacon of
Corinthian Lodge 414; been Master of Lodge, High Priest of Chapter, Eminent
Commander of Commandery. Has received the 14th degree of the Ancient and
Accepted Scottish Rite.
Address—Nashville.

SPURR, MARCUS ANTONIUS..
Manufacturer.

Born Fayette County, Kentucky, March 6, 1844. Married.
Master Mason, Phoenix Lodge 131, March 14, 1872; Royal Arch Mason, King Cyrus
Chapter 107, July 29, 1873; Knight Templar, Nashville Commandery I, February 20,
1874.
Address—East Nashville.

STAHLMAN, EDWARD BUSHROD..
Stock Yard President and Cotton Manufacturer.

Born Leusso, Germany, September 2, 1843. Married.
Master Mason, Cumberland Lodge 8, September, 1869; Royal Arch Mason,
Cumberland Chapter I, February 5, 1875; Knight Templar, Nashville Commandery I,
June 26, 1880; been Junior and Senior Warden of Lodge; “Beaucenifer” Nashville
Commandery I, 1880-81. Alderman of Nashville several terms.
Address—Nashville.

STANLEY, LEWIS ROBERT..
Merchant.

Created a Knight Templar in Nashville Commandery I, January 19, 1860.
Address—Nashville.

STARK, JOSEPH CARTER..
Lawyer.

Born in Sumner County, December 29, 1817.
Knight Templar, Nashville Commandery I, December 23, 1853. Was State Senator
Tennessee Legislature in 1851-2; Circuit Judge of 10th Judicial Circuit.
Address—Springfield.

STEELE, JAMES.

Created a Knight Templar in Nashville Commandery I, November 11, 1858. Non-
affiliated.

STEWART, ROBERT..
Farmer.

Born in Pennsylvania, March 3, 1813.
Master Mason, Cumberland Lodge 8, 1837; Royal Arch Mason, Cumberland Chapter
I, January 24, 1844; Knight Templar, Nashville Commandery I, February 16, 1848.
Dimitted October 17, 1861.

STEWART, WILLIAM..
Blacksmith.

Born Dumfarmlin [sic – should be Dunfermline], Fifeshire, Scotland, March 23, 1808.
Master Mason, Cumberland Lodge 8, May 22, 1838; Royal Arch Mason, Cumberland
Chapter I, December 7, 1838; Knight Templar, Nashville Commandery I, September
13, 1852. Came to America in 1818; to Nashville in 1830. Died January 25, 1872.

STOCKELL, WILLIAM..
Chief of Fire Department.

Born Malton, Yorkshire, England, October 17, 1815. Married.
Created a Knight Templar in Nashville Commandery I, March 30, 1868. Charter
member of King Cyrus Chapter 107, and Treasurer of same from organization to date.
Has received the 32d degree of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite.
Address—Nashville.

STONE, JESSE MADISON..
Physician.

Born in Fauquier County, Virginia, February 18, 1811.
Created a Knight Templar in Zanesville, Ohio, June, 1850; affiliated with Nashville
Commandery I, June 15, 1871. Was Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Morgan
County, Ohio, for seven years; Vice-President of Southeastern Ohio Railroad
Company. Died January 19, 1880.

STOUT, SAMUEL HOLLINGSWORTH..
Physician.

Born Nashville, March 3, 1822. Created a Knight Templar in Nashville Commandery I, August 31, 1849; been Master
of Lodge. Member of Grand Lodge and served upon the leading committees in that
body. Was Surgeon in the Confederate Army, enlisting as such in 3d Tennessee
Regiment; was promoted to be Medical Director of Hospitals of Bragg’s Army, and at
one time had charge of all the hospitals from the Savannah to the Mississippi River.
Address—Chattanooga.

The Register of Names with Biographical Sketches of the Knights Templar of Tennessee was transcribed and contributed by Kathy Lauder, editor of the Nashville Historical Newsletter. Published at nashvillehistory.blogspot.com with permission of Ms. Lauder.

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