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MASONIC LODGES IN HANCOCK COUNTY
MARION F. BAXTER ORGANIZER' OF DIAMOND LODGE 393 in 1882
WPA - 1937 - Hancock County
Lamar Otis interview, Logtown, Miss.
Old Lodge 1^7 - 1850
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The first KftfiJPflic-Lodge to organize in HgpC-Qck.-C_Q.unty was This Lodge flourished for many years. In 1890 it was aisbanded and Blue^^odgeJ^^vas organized.
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Members:
Caldwell Lewis Joseph Monet John Martin, Jr. J. H. Williams
0.	R. Carr John Grace Jos. Anderson James B. Mitchell
Joseph Bruneau Miguel Martin Frances Lucke
Master
Senior Warden
Warden
Treasurer
Secretary
Senior Deacon
Junior Deacon
Ty^er
Past Masters:
Alfred Ulman E. J. Bowers
(Not complete from Jessie Cowand, Secretary in 1937)
Diamond Lodge 393 - 1882
Diamond Lodge 393 vas instituted in 1882. Grand Master John
F.	McCormac of the Mississippi Grand Lodge issued a Dispensation February, 1882, to about 15 Master Masons, who had withdrawn from *Moses-jt'Co ok**Lo d gewLl’liwwhich was then domiciled at Gainesvl'Tl’e^Mis for the purpose of organizing the new Lodge at Pear<ldng.ton*^ijSS.
The Lodge operated under Dispensation for one year with the following officers:
Marion F. Baxter Worshipful Master John A’. McKenzie	Senior Warden
Wiley M. Toomer	Junior Warden
A. E. Bullock	Treasurer
W. A. Brown	Secretary
The Grand Lodge issued the Charter on February 15, 1883.