590 MASTERSON, ALBERT “RED” Royal and Select Masters (R.&S.M.), and the commanderies of the Knights Templar (K.T.). The R.A.M. have chapters in Carrollton (No. 55), Covington (No. 35), Dayton (Temple Chapter No. 172), Fort Thomas (No. 177), and Maysville (No. 9). The Covington chapter, established in 1848, meets at the Scottish Rite Temple at 1553 Madison Ave. The R.&S.M. have councils in Covington (Kenton No. 13, chartered in 1851), and Dayton (Jeff ries No. 33). The K.T. have commanderies in Covington (No. 7, chartered in 1852) and Newport (No. 13). The Order of the Eastern Star, which enrolls both men and women, established a number of early chapters in Northern Kentucky, including Bradford No. 493 (Independence, 1948); Bristow No. 15 (later No. 31, Erlanger, 1896); Burns No. 31 (Maysville, 1909); Covington-Daylight No. 375 (Covington, 1923); Dora No. 2 (Dayton); Emera No. 392 (Covington, 1924); Fiskburg No. 334 (Fiskburg, 1921); Gertrude No. 19 (Newport); Keturah No. 50 (Latonia, 1905); Lucille (Brooksville); Miriam No. 365 (Bratton); Rosebud No. 39 (Covington, 1905); and Vashti No. 39 (later No. 22, Ludlow). Currently the Order of the Eastern Star has 13 chapters in Northern Kentucky, in Augusta, Brooksville, Carrollton, Covington, Dayton, Falmouth, Florence, Independence, Mount Olivet, Newport, Tollesboro, Warsaw, and Williamstown. A.A.S.R.: Third Spring Reunion: Institution of the Consistory: Orient of Covington: Valley of Covington. Cincinnati: Sellers, Davis, 1911. Bracken Co. Extension Homemakers. History of Bracken County. Bicentennial ed. Brooksville, Ky.: Bracken Co. Extension Homemakers, 2002. Grand Lodge of Kentucky: Free & Accepted Masons. www.grandlodgeofkentucky.org/about/about.htm (accessed August 16, 2008). Guthrie, Charles Snow. Kentucky Freemasonry, 1788–1978: The Grand Lodge and the Men Who Made It. Masonic Home, Ky.: Grand Lodge of Kentucky, F.&A.M., 1981. Knight, William F. Golden Rule Lodge No. 345. F. & A. M. Centennial, 1857–1957. Covington, Ky.: T. & W., 1957. “Masonic New Quarters,” CE, January 2, 1899, 8. “New Masonic Temple!” Maysville Daily Evening Bulletin, February 23, 1887. Available in the vertical fi les of Kentucky Gateway Museum, Maysville, Ky. Pictorial and Industrial Review of Northern Kentucky. Newport, Ky.: Northern Kentucky Review, 1923. “Square and Compass: Dedication of the Splendid New Masonic Temple,” DC, October 26, 1877, 1.
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MASTERSON, ALBERT “RED” (b. December 22, 1905, Columbus, Ohio; d. December 12, 1972, Cincinnati, Ohio). Albert “Red” Masterson, also known as “The Enforcer,” stood six feet tall, weighed more than 200 pounds, and had distinctive red hair. From the 1930s into the 1950s, Masterson worked for the Cleveland Syndicate, which controlled organized crime in Newport. He was the son of William W. and Elizabeth “Bettie” Sampson Masterson; William was a bootlegger, and by 1920 the family lived in Newport’s West
F.&A.M. LODGES IN NORTHERN KENTUCKY
Name
No.
Location
Dates
Belleview
544
McVille, Grant P.O.
Boone Boone Union Burlington Burlington Florence Good Faith Hamilton Hebron North Bend Petersburg Petersburg Petersburg Verona Walton-Verona
100 304 56 264 949 95 354 757 540 579 693 926 876 719
Petersburg Union Burlington Burlington Florence Florence Big Bone Hebron Francisville Petersburg Petersburg Petersburg Verona Walton
1874–1945; merged with Burlington in 1945 1837–1854 1854– 1819–1841 1853– 1956– 1835– 1858–1889 1904– 1873–1886 1876–1893 1895–1903 1924– 1914; merged 1899–
80 154 274 207 476 767
Augusta Brooksville Foster Germantown Milford Milford
1826–1848; 1849– 1847– 1854; closed 1850; closed in the 1990s 1869–1892 1905; closed
152 397 808 607 135 198 358 163 916
Alexandria Grants Lick Fort Thomas Dayton Newport Silver Grove Newport Newport Silver Grove
1847– 1864; closed 1908– 1879– 1844–1856 1850– 1858– 1848– 1922–
Carrollton English
134 724
Carrollton English
Eureka Ghent Owen
867 344 68
Worthville
681
Sanders Ghent Port William, now Carrollton Worthville
1844– 1900–1945; merged with Carrollton in 1945 1913–1937 1857; closed 1821–1836
Glencoe Napoleon Sparta
498 216 260
Glencoe Napoleon Sparta
Tadmor Warsaw
108 94
Warsaw Warsaw
458 584
Mason Corinth
Boone Co.
Bracken Co. Augusta Brooksville Foster Germantown Milford Milford Campbell Co. Alexandria Aspen Grove Fort Thomas Henry Barnes Licking Valley Mayo Newport Robert Burns Silver Grove Carroll Co.
1893–1970; merged with Carrollton in 1970
Gallatin Co. 1870–1874; 1877– 1851–1930 1853–1942; merged with Tadmor in 1942 1839– 1831, probably never organized
Grant Co. Carter Corinth
1867–1903 1887–1947; merged with Grant in 1947