Brother James Naismith November 6th 1861 – November 28th 1939 Member of: Roswell Lee Lodge, Springfield, Massachusetts Later Lawrence Lodge #6, Lawrence, Kansas Worshipful Master : 1927-1928 Canadian physical educator, physician, chaplain, sports coach and innovator....
Brother Adolphe Sax November 6th 1814 – February 7th 1894 Belgian inventor and musician who invented the saxophone in 1846. He played the flute and clarinet, and his other inventions are the saxotromba, saxhorn and saxtuba....
Brother Will Rogers November 4th 1879 – August 15th 1935 Member of: Claremore Lodge #53 Claremore, Oklahoma (Now Will Rogers Lodge #53) American cowboy, vaudeville performer, humorist, newspaper columnist, social commentator, and stage and motion picture...
Brother George McClellan December 3rd 1826 – October 29th 1885 Member of: Willamette Lodge #2, Portland, Oregon McClellan received all three degrees of Freemasonry Dec. 9, 1853, by special dispensation of the grand master. American soldier, civil engineer, railroad...
Brother Samuel Colt July 19th 1814 – January 10th 1862 Member of: St. John’s Lodge No. 4 in West Hartford, CT American inventor and industrialist from Hartford, Connecticut. He founded Colt’s Patent Fire-Arms Manufacturing Company (today, Colt’s...
