(J.C. Braden's) involvement is noted herebbecause he was present at the first known Masonic ceremony held in what is now North Dakota: The ceremony was a Masonic Funeral Service for Brother Frederick Beever, near Bismarck . The best account of the event is thought to come from M.W. Brother Braden himself: In 1877, M. W. Brother John C. Braden, as Grand Master of Minnesota, traveled to Bismarck , N.D. to constitute Bismarck Lodge #120. [12] In his address before the Grand Lodge that year is found the following, which is probably the most authentic account of the Masonic burial of Brother (Lieutenant) Frederick John Holt Beever: [8]
" At Bismarck I was reminded of a Masonic service, in which I bore a part during General Sibley's Indian expedition of 1863. While in camp four miles below the present site of Bismarck, Brother Beever, a volunteer aide on the staff of the general commanding, was killed by the Indians. On the last Sunday of July, R. W. Brother John C. Whipple, then Deputy Grand Master, called together in a Lodge of Emergency the brethren with the expedition; he appointed Brother A. J. Edgerton, now Junior Grand Warden, Worshipful Master; myself, Senior Warden; and the late Brother Patch, Junior Warden. Thus constituted, the last sad rites of Masonry consigned to our Mother Earth, in the then far-off wilds of the upper Missouri , all that was mortal of our brother. Brother Beever came to the general commanding, a stranger, but strongly recommended by prominent citizens of New York , among them Hamilton Fish and John Jacob Astor. He soon endeared himself to all acquaintances. He was fitted to adorn any society, for he was of a good English family, and an Oxford man. His remains have since been removed and now lie in Oakland Cemetery , near this city. ( St. Paul ). This was the first Masonic service held in Dakota Territory ."
———— clipped from Ed Halbous and Glenn Kiecker published article about Broth Braden..
Frederick John Holt Beever was an English nobleman who attended Jesus College at Oxford, England. He came to America seeking adventure, and in 1863, he joined the staff of General Henry H. Sibley on his expedition into Dakota Territory. In 1862, the Dakota Indians, frustrated by their situation for a variety of reasons, had launched a war against the whites in Minnesota, killing hundreds. Sibley's expedition was seeking to drive the Dakota further away from Minnesota.
On July 29, 1863, the expedition was approaching the Missouri River, near present-day Bismarck. Beever, who was an aide to Sibley, wanted to see the Missouri. Sibley sent Beever to carry a message to a group that had gone on ahead of the main party. Beever was shot and killed by the Dakota while on this assignment, and his body was recovered the next day. On July 31, he was buried there, in a crude coffin. He remains were later moved to Fort Snelling in Minnesota, and, in 1865, they were moved again to St. Paul's Oakland Cemetery, where they now remain. The inscription on his gravestone reads "Here Lieth the Body of Rev. Fred. John Holt Beever, M.A., Fellow of Jesus College, Oxford, Who was killed by the Sioux July 19, 1863, Aged 33." The Dakota were also known as the Sioux. Beever's story is related on page 105 of "Dakota Uprising Victims: Gravestones & Stories," published in 2007 by Curtis Dahlin.∼Lt Fredrick John Holt Beaver was an aide on the staff of Gen. Sibley's 7th Minnesota Infantry,during his expedition through Dakota territory during the Sioux uprising of the late 1800's.
He was an English Nobleman, educated at Oxford and also an ordained Clergyman of the Episcopal Church. He had served in the Crimean wars and was considered wealthy. His recommendations from notable americans included John Astor. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge in England before coming to the United States.
During a skirmish with a large Sioux war party on the banks of the Missouri river near the site of present day Bismarck, ND, Sibley asked Beaver to carry a dispatch to Col. William Crook who was located near the river. His body was found the next day and it appeared that he had been ambushed on is return to the Sibley camp.
By chance there were a number of Masons in the expedition including the present Deputy Grand Master for the Grand Lodge of Minnesota, John C. Wipple. Wipple called for a Lodge of Sorrow by the Masons present and he was buried in the rifle pits above the river in a full Masonic ceremony on July 31, 1863. This was the first Masonic ceremony conducted in what is now the state of North Dakota.
Beaver's body was disinterred on Sept. 8, 1864 by Capt. Thomas of the 8th MN Inf, and Lt. Whipple, and taken to Ft. Snelling, MN, where it was buried. On Aug. 27, 1865, Beaver's body was removed from its grave at Ft. Snelling and brought to Oakland for a final burial.
A monument and historical site recognizing Beaver's death, and the event of the first Masonic Ceremony in the state, was dedicated by the Grand Lodge of Masons in North Dakota on June 1, 1921. This site is located at the original gavesite on the east bluff of the Missouri River about 2 miles south of the Bismarck airport.
" At Bismarck I was reminded of a Masonic service, in which I bore a part during General Sibley's Indian expedition of 1863. While in camp four miles below the present site of Bismarck, Brother Beever, a volunteer aide on the staff of the general commanding, was killed by the Indians. On the last Sunday of July, R. W. Brother John C. Whipple, then Deputy Grand Master, called together in a Lodge of Emergency the brethren with the expedition; he appointed Brother A. J. Edgerton, now Junior Grand Warden, Worshipful Master; myself, Senior Warden; and the late Brother Patch, Junior Warden. Thus constituted, the last sad rites of Masonry consigned to our Mother Earth, in the then far-off wilds of the upper Missouri , all that was mortal of our brother. Brother Beever came to the general commanding, a stranger, but strongly recommended by prominent citizens of New York , among them Hamilton Fish and John Jacob Astor. He soon endeared himself to all acquaintances. He was fitted to adorn any society, for he was of a good English family, and an Oxford man. His remains have since been removed and now lie in Oakland Cemetery , near this city. ( St. Paul ). This was the first Masonic service held in Dakota Territory ."
———— clipped from Ed Halbous and Glenn Kiecker published article about Broth Braden..
Frederick John Holt Beever was an English nobleman who attended Jesus College at Oxford, England. He came to America seeking adventure, and in 1863, he joined the staff of General Henry H. Sibley on his expedition into Dakota Territory. In 1862, the Dakota Indians, frustrated by their situation for a variety of reasons, had launched a war against the whites in Minnesota, killing hundreds. Sibley's expedition was seeking to drive the Dakota further away from Minnesota.
On July 29, 1863, the expedition was approaching the Missouri River, near present-day Bismarck. Beever, who was an aide to Sibley, wanted to see the Missouri. Sibley sent Beever to carry a message to a group that had gone on ahead of the main party. Beever was shot and killed by the Dakota while on this assignment, and his body was recovered the next day. On July 31, he was buried there, in a crude coffin. He remains were later moved to Fort Snelling in Minnesota, and, in 1865, they were moved again to St. Paul's Oakland Cemetery, where they now remain. The inscription on his gravestone reads "Here Lieth the Body of Rev. Fred. John Holt Beever, M.A., Fellow of Jesus College, Oxford, Who was killed by the Sioux July 19, 1863, Aged 33." The Dakota were also known as the Sioux. Beever's story is related on page 105 of "Dakota Uprising Victims: Gravestones & Stories," published in 2007 by Curtis Dahlin.∼Lt Fredrick John Holt Beaver was an aide on the staff of Gen. Sibley's 7th Minnesota Infantry,during his expedition through Dakota territory during the Sioux uprising of the late 1800's.
He was an English Nobleman, educated at Oxford and also an ordained Clergyman of the Episcopal Church. He had served in the Crimean wars and was considered wealthy. His recommendations from notable americans included John Astor. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge in England before coming to the United States.
During a skirmish with a large Sioux war party on the banks of the Missouri river near the site of present day Bismarck, ND, Sibley asked Beaver to carry a dispatch to Col. William Crook who was located near the river. His body was found the next day and it appeared that he had been ambushed on is return to the Sibley camp.
By chance there were a number of Masons in the expedition including the present Deputy Grand Master for the Grand Lodge of Minnesota, John C. Wipple. Wipple called for a Lodge of Sorrow by the Masons present and he was buried in the rifle pits above the river in a full Masonic ceremony on July 31, 1863. This was the first Masonic ceremony conducted in what is now the state of North Dakota.
Beaver's body was disinterred on Sept. 8, 1864 by Capt. Thomas of the 8th MN Inf, and Lt. Whipple, and taken to Ft. Snelling, MN, where it was buried. On Aug. 27, 1865, Beaver's body was removed from its grave at Ft. Snelling and brought to Oakland for a final burial.
A monument and historical site recognizing Beaver's death, and the event of the first Masonic Ceremony in the state, was dedicated by the Grand Lodge of Masons in North Dakota on June 1, 1921. This site is located at the original gavesite on the east bluff of the Missouri River about 2 miles south of the Bismarck airport.
(J.C. Braden's) involvement is noted herebbecause he was present at the first known Masonic ceremony held in what is now North Dakota: The ceremony was a Masonic Funeral Service for Brother Frederick Beever, near Bismarck . The best account of the event is thought to come from M.W. Brother Braden himself: In 1877, M. W. Brother John C. Braden, as Grand Master of Minnesota, traveled to Bismarck , N.D. to constitute Bismarck Lodge #120. [12] In his address before the Grand Lodge that year is found the following, which is probably the most authentic account of the Masonic burial of Brother (Lieutenant) Frederick John Holt Beever: [8]
" At Bismarck I was reminded of a Masonic service, in which I bore a part during General Sibley's Indian expedition of 1863. While in camp four miles below the present site of Bismarck, Brother Beever, a volunteer aide on the staff of the general commanding, was killed by the Indians. On the last Sunday of July, R. W. Brother John C. Whipple, then Deputy Grand Master, called together in a Lodge of Emergency the brethren with the expedition; he appointed Brother A. J. Edgerton, now Junior Grand Warden, Worshipful Master; myself, Senior Warden; and the late Brother Patch, Junior Warden. Thus constituted, the last sad rites of Masonry consigned to our Mother Earth, in the then far-off wilds of the upper Missouri , all that was mortal of our brother. Brother Beever came to the general commanding, a stranger, but strongly recommended by prominent citizens of New York , among them Hamilton Fish and John Jacob Astor. He soon endeared himself to all acquaintances. He was fitted to adorn any society, for he was of a good English family, and an Oxford man. His remains have since been removed and now lie in Oakland Cemetery , near this city. ( St. Paul ). This was the first Masonic service held in Dakota Territory ."
———— clipped from Ed Halbous and Glenn Kiecker published article about Broth Braden..
Frederick John Holt Beever was an English nobleman who attended Jesus College at Oxford, England. He came to America seeking adventure, and in 1863, he joined the staff of General Henry H. Sibley on his expedition into Dakota Territory. In 1862, the Dakota Indians, frustrated by their situation for a variety of reasons, had launched a war against the whites in Minnesota, killing hundreds. Sibley's expedition was seeking to drive the Dakota further away from Minnesota.
On July 29, 1863, the expedition was approaching the Missouri River, near present-day Bismarck. Beever, who was an aide to Sibley, wanted to see the Missouri. Sibley sent Beever to carry a message to a group that had gone on ahead of the main party. Beever was shot and killed by the Dakota while on this assignment, and his body was recovered the next day. On July 31, he was buried there, in a crude coffin. He remains were later moved to Fort Snelling in Minnesota, and, in 1865, they were moved again to St. Paul's Oakland Cemetery, where they now remain. The inscription on his gravestone reads "Here Lieth the Body of Rev. Fred. John Holt Beever, M.A., Fellow of Jesus College, Oxford, Who was killed by the Sioux July 19, 1863, Aged 33." The Dakota were also known as the Sioux. Beever's story is related on page 105 of "Dakota Uprising Victims: Gravestones & Stories," published in 2007 by Curtis Dahlin.∼Lt Fredrick John Holt Beaver was an aide on the staff of Gen. Sibley's 7th Minnesota Infantry,during his expedition through Dakota territory during the Sioux uprising of the late 1800's.
He was an English Nobleman, educated at Oxford and also an ordained Clergyman of the Episcopal Church. He had served in the Crimean wars and was considered wealthy. His recommendations from notable americans included John Astor. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge in England before coming to the United States.
During a skirmish with a large Sioux war party on the banks of the Missouri river near the site of present day Bismarck, ND, Sibley asked Beaver to carry a dispatch to Col. William Crook who was located near the river. His body was found the next day and it appeared that he had been ambushed on is return to the Sibley camp.
By chance there were a number of Masons in the expedition including the present Deputy Grand Master for the Grand Lodge of Minnesota, John C. Wipple. Wipple called for a Lodge of Sorrow by the Masons present and he was buried in the rifle pits above the river in a full Masonic ceremony on July 31, 1863. This was the first Masonic ceremony conducted in what is now the state of North Dakota.
Beaver's body was disinterred on Sept. 8, 1864 by Capt. Thomas of the 8th MN Inf, and Lt. Whipple, and taken to Ft. Snelling, MN, where it was buried. On Aug. 27, 1865, Beaver's body was removed from its grave at Ft. Snelling and brought to Oakland for a final burial.
A monument and historical site recognizing Beaver's death, and the event of the first Masonic Ceremony in the state, was dedicated by the Grand Lodge of Masons in North Dakota on June 1, 1921. This site is located at the original gavesite on the east bluff of the Missouri River about 2 miles south of the Bismarck airport.
" At Bismarck I was reminded of a Masonic service, in which I bore a part during General Sibley's Indian expedition of 1863. While in camp four miles below the present site of Bismarck, Brother Beever, a volunteer aide on the staff of the general commanding, was killed by the Indians. On the last Sunday of July, R. W. Brother John C. Whipple, then Deputy Grand Master, called together in a Lodge of Emergency the brethren with the expedition; he appointed Brother A. J. Edgerton, now Junior Grand Warden, Worshipful Master; myself, Senior Warden; and the late Brother Patch, Junior Warden. Thus constituted, the last sad rites of Masonry consigned to our Mother Earth, in the then far-off wilds of the upper Missouri , all that was mortal of our brother. Brother Beever came to the general commanding, a stranger, but strongly recommended by prominent citizens of New York , among them Hamilton Fish and John Jacob Astor. He soon endeared himself to all acquaintances. He was fitted to adorn any society, for he was of a good English family, and an Oxford man. His remains have since been removed and now lie in Oakland Cemetery , near this city. ( St. Paul ). This was the first Masonic service held in Dakota Territory ."
———— clipped from Ed Halbous and Glenn Kiecker published article about Broth Braden..
Frederick John Holt Beever was an English nobleman who attended Jesus College at Oxford, England. He came to America seeking adventure, and in 1863, he joined the staff of General Henry H. Sibley on his expedition into Dakota Territory. In 1862, the Dakota Indians, frustrated by their situation for a variety of reasons, had launched a war against the whites in Minnesota, killing hundreds. Sibley's expedition was seeking to drive the Dakota further away from Minnesota.
On July 29, 1863, the expedition was approaching the Missouri River, near present-day Bismarck. Beever, who was an aide to Sibley, wanted to see the Missouri. Sibley sent Beever to carry a message to a group that had gone on ahead of the main party. Beever was shot and killed by the Dakota while on this assignment, and his body was recovered the next day. On July 31, he was buried there, in a crude coffin. He remains were later moved to Fort Snelling in Minnesota, and, in 1865, they were moved again to St. Paul's Oakland Cemetery, where they now remain. The inscription on his gravestone reads "Here Lieth the Body of Rev. Fred. John Holt Beever, M.A., Fellow of Jesus College, Oxford, Who was killed by the Sioux July 19, 1863, Aged 33." The Dakota were also known as the Sioux. Beever's story is related on page 105 of "Dakota Uprising Victims: Gravestones & Stories," published in 2007 by Curtis Dahlin.∼Lt Fredrick John Holt Beaver was an aide on the staff of Gen. Sibley's 7th Minnesota Infantry,during his expedition through Dakota territory during the Sioux uprising of the late 1800's.
He was an English Nobleman, educated at Oxford and also an ordained Clergyman of the Episcopal Church. He had served in the Crimean wars and was considered wealthy. His recommendations from notable americans included John Astor. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge in England before coming to the United States.
During a skirmish with a large Sioux war party on the banks of the Missouri river near the site of present day Bismarck, ND, Sibley asked Beaver to carry a dispatch to Col. William Crook who was located near the river. His body was found the next day and it appeared that he had been ambushed on is return to the Sibley camp.
By chance there were a number of Masons in the expedition including the present Deputy Grand Master for the Grand Lodge of Minnesota, John C. Wipple. Wipple called for a Lodge of Sorrow by the Masons present and he was buried in the rifle pits above the river in a full Masonic ceremony on July 31, 1863. This was the first Masonic ceremony conducted in what is now the state of North Dakota.
Beaver's body was disinterred on Sept. 8, 1864 by Capt. Thomas of the 8th MN Inf, and Lt. Whipple, and taken to Ft. Snelling, MN, where it was buried. On Aug. 27, 1865, Beaver's body was removed from its grave at Ft. Snelling and brought to Oakland for a final burial.
A monument and historical site recognizing Beaver's death, and the event of the first Masonic Ceremony in the state, was dedicated by the Grand Lodge of Masons in North Dakota on June 1, 1921. This site is located at the original gavesite on the east bluff of the Missouri River about 2 miles south of the Bismarck airport.
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