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the illness of Schuyler, he assumed command and captured St. John's, Chambly, and Montreal. At this time he was made major general and joined his 300 men with Benedict Arnold's, q.v., 600 for an assault on Quebec in Dec. 1775. He was killed with the first volley of British guns, while leading the assault on the fortified city. Carleton, the British commander and a Freemason, gave him burial within the city. In 1818 the remains were moved to St. Paul's churchyard in N.Y.C. and interred on July 8. As an early American martyr of the Revolution, he was toasted at Masonic meetings as "one of the three eminent Masons who fell in liberty's cause-Montgomery, War r e nand Wooster," qq.v. This toast was given in American Union Lodge on June 24, 1779 (a Conn. military lodge). Lodges in Conn., Mass. and N.Y. have been named for him. In the original proceedings of the Grand Lodge of New York for June 4,1819, the grand treasurer's account shows the following: "To cash paid for expenses for the funeral of brother Gen. Montgomery." The proceedings of this grand lodge in 1902 (p. 100) also list him as a member of Mount Vernon Lodge No.3, Albany, N.Y. James R. Case in his Fifty Early American Military Freemasons believes that he was initiated in the traveling Lodge of Unity No. 18 under Irish registry, as this lodge was attached to his 17th Regiment of Foot. This lodge's chest fell into the hands of the Americans at the capture of Stony Point in 1779, along with other regimental impedimenta and was returned under a flag of truce by Samuel Holden Parsons, master of American Union Lodge. d. Dec. :31, 1775.
vard. Has been with Standard Oil since 1919, first as a chemist, refinery manager, assistant general manager, and .since 1956 vice president in charge of manufacturing; member of board of directors since 1951. Member of Piasa Lodge No. 29, Alton, Ill. since about 1921; 32 0 AASR (NJ) at Chicago, and member of Medinah Shrine Temple, Chicago.
William, 3rd Viscount Montjoy (see 1st Earl of Blesington). Due de Montpensier Chartres).
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Jose Montufar Costa Rican General and son of Dr. Lorenzo Montufar, q.v., one of the founders of the Scottish Rite in Central America. He died in Guatemala in a military action combating the dictatorship of Estrada Cabrera. Was a member of Union Fraternal Lodge No. 19. Lor e n Z 0 Montufar (1823-1898) Costa Rican lawyer and historian. He was rector of Santo Tomas U., and one of the founders of the Scottish Rite of Central America, and its first grand minister of state. Daniel J. Moody Governor of Texas, 1927-31. b. June 1, 1893 in Taylor, Texas. Student at U. of Texas, 1910-14. Admitted to the bar in 1914 and began practice at Taylor. He was attorney general of Texas from 1925-27. Since his governorship he has practiced law at Austin. In WWI he was an Army lieutenant. Member of Solomon Lodge No. 484, Taylor, Texas, receiving de.. . grees in 1914. Also member of York, Scottish Rite bodies, and Shrine.
William H. Moody (1853-1917) U.S. Congressman; U.S. Attorney General; U.S. Secretary of Navy; U.S. SuS. A. Montgomery Vice President preme Court Justice. b. Dec. 23, 1853 of Standard Oil of Indiana since 1956. in Newbury, Mass. Graduate of Harb. March 14, 1896 in Osborn, Miss. vard in 1876, he studied law in the ofGraduate of Mississippi A. & M. ColI. flee of Richard H. Dana and was adin 1917 and graduate study at Har- mitted to the bar in 1878, starting 220