OBIT:
The funeral of William Dinsmore, the oldest mason in Iowa, who died at his home in this city Saturday afternoon, August 14, was held at the Baptist Church yesterday, the sermon being preached by the Rev. R. R. Hepion.
Mr. Dinsmore was born in Guernsey County, Ohio, April 7, 1822. He was initiated into Jackson Lodge No. 85, A.F. and A.M. at Brownsville, Ohio, May 10 1842, was passed on May 24, 1843, and raised on June 7, 1843.
He was a charter member of Toleration Lodge No. 236 of Fremont, Iowa which has been in existence more than forty years. At the time of his death, he had been a Master Mason in good standing for a little more than sixty-six years, a record seldom beaten.
The Cedar Rapids Evening Gazette, August 17, 1909
OBIT:
The funeral of William Dinsmore, the oldest mason in Iowa, who died at his home in this city Saturday afternoon, August 14, was held at the Baptist Church yesterday, the sermon being preached by the Rev. R. R. Hepion.
Mr. Dinsmore was born in Guernsey County, Ohio, April 7, 1822. He was initiated into Jackson Lodge No. 85, A.F. and A.M. at Brownsville, Ohio, May 10 1842, was passed on May 24, 1843, and raised on June 7, 1843.
He was a charter member of Toleration Lodge No. 236 of Fremont, Iowa which has been in existence more than forty years. At the time of his death, he had been a Master Mason in good standing for a little more than sixty-six years, a record seldom beaten.
The Cedar Rapids Evening Gazette, August 17, 1909
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