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Reference to an Enoch T. Carson library: The bequest of M.W. Samuel Crocker Lawrence, Grand Master, 1881-1883, following his death in 1911, added several thousand volumes to the library. His gift placed us on the level with other great Masonic libraries. The collection embraced the internationally known Enoch T. Carson Masonic Library that Bro. Lawrence had acquired en bloc. This made it possible also, for us to establish supporting ephemera which is encompassed today in sixty pamphlet files of Masonicalia. According to M.W. Leon W. Abbott in his report to Grand Lodge on December 12, 1917, --Taken from: http://www.glmasons-mass.org/Grand_Lodge/LIBRARY/libhist.htm More reference to Enoch: But the outstanding Masonic leader in those yesteryears was Bro. Enoch T. Carson, whose education was received solely in a little red schoolhouse, yet he became a profound student of Shakespeare, authored many notable books on Masonry and is said to have published the first Masonic bibliography in an English-speaking country. Incidentally, Bro. Carson once served as Cincinnati's Police Commissioner. and On Christmas Eve of 1884 our third home and all its costly equipment were destroyed by fire, and it is significant that the "dagger of truth", used in Ohio Consistory was salvaged, intact and untarnished. Our bodies promptly purchased the Cathedral of the Seventh Presbyterian Church on Broadway, remodeled and enlarged the building and, on March 9, 1885, occupied this new Home of the Rite which had risen, as it were, Phoenix-like, from the ashes of its predecessor. The magnificent, deep-toned bell in the tower which for years had called parishioners to worship, now tolled a requiem for our deceased brethren and for the Nation's great, and the great sorrow at the passing of the inimitable Enoch T. Carson. It is tragic that that famous bell of rich traditions should finally be sold and melted as scrap metal. --Taken from: http://www.rite32.org/history.htm Noble Enoch Terry Carson, 33°, was unanimously enrolled as a Life Member of Syrian Temple as a mark of esteem and the Recorder directed to furnish a certificate thereof. --Taken from: http://syrian.esmartweb.com/history.html Noteworthy collections include ... the Enoch T. Carson Shakespeare Collection --Taken from: http://www.archives.uc.edu/fra_rarebooks.html October 1, 1861 Howard Mathews, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. To Governor William Dennison. Letter introducing his friend, M.H.A. Atkins, who sought the appointment of Adjutant; and stating that Atkins had a military education and possessed business qualifications of a high order, and that he had no doubt Atkins would discharge the duties of the position with ability. Bears the endorsement of Enoch T. Carson. 1 p. [Series 147-10: 113] --Taken from: http://www.ohiohistory.org/onlinedoc/civilwar/sa0147/10_6.cfm See a photo of a memorial in his name at: http://www.geocities.com/cheviot140/ and http://www.cheviot.org/cnews/cn_carson_monument.htm The following is the inscription on the plaque on top of the Enoch T. Carson Monument: Enoch Terry Carson 1822 - 1899 Citizen, Freemason, and Pioneer Enoch Terry Carson was born on this site of 100 acres in 1822, a grandson of Enoch Carson who was Cheviot's first settler. In 1806, grandfather Enoch began a Harvest Days celebration which became the Green Township Harvest Home Fair, currently sponsored by the Kiwanis Club of Cheviot-Westwood. As a civic leader, Enoch Terry Carson began his public service as Chief Deputy Sheriff of Hamilton County. In 1861, President Lincoln appointed him as the Collector of the Port of Cincinnati and the United States Depository. He later served as Cincinnati Park Commissioner, and concurrently as Cincinnati Police Commissioner. In addition to his many public positions, Enoch Terry Carson was very active in the Masonic Fraternity and merited the distinction of being Foremost Mason in Ohio. His exceptional Masonic career began in 1845, at which time he became a Master Mason in McMakin Lodge #120. Brother Carson served five different times as Worshipful Master of three different Cincinnati area lodges; Cheviot Lodge #140, Cynthia-Vattier Lodge #155, and Kilwinning Lodge #356. Enoch Terry Carson died in 1899, and in 1907, Enoch Terry Carson Lodge #598 was named in his honor. In the spirit of universal brotherhood, this monument was dedicated by these five Masonic lodges to the memory of Ohio's foremost Masonic pioneer, on August 14, 1999. --Taken from: http://www.cheviot.org/cnews/cn_carson_monument_txt.htm
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Enoch Terry Carson
Birth: Sep. 18, 1822 Hamilton County Ohio, USA
Death: Feb. 23, 1899 Cincinnati Hamilton County Ohio, USA
Deputy Sheriff of Hamilton County, Union Civil War Port Director and Surveyor of Customs, Ohio Politician. Born in Green Township, Hamilton County, Ohio, he was raised on a farm. In 1846, he became a toll collector on the Cincinnati and Harrison turnpike. Carson was appointed as Deputy Sheriff of Hamilton County in 1848 and served in that capacity for two years. He then began to work for the Hamilton and Dayton Railroad Company as the depot master at the Sixth Street Depot in Cincinnati, Ohio. In November of 1852, he was appointed as Chief Deputy Sheriff of Hamilton County and served from 1852 to 1856. Carson then engaged in other business pursuits in the lamp and gas industry. A few months prior to the outbreak of the Civil War, he was appointed by President Abraham Lincoln as the United States Repository and Collector of the Port of Cincinnati. His position gained considerable importance after the war started as well as becoming extremely dangerous. After the war, he became involved with real estate and also worked again in the gas and lamp business. Unanimously elected as a member of the State Board of Equilization, he served from 1870 to 1871. He was then appointed as Commissioner of Costs and Fees of Hamilton County. He was also a member on the Board of Park Commissioners and a member of the Masonic Order. He was elected as Grand Commander of Knights Templar of Ohio in 1871 and became president of the Knights Templar Insurance Company. He died from heart complications at his residence in Cincinnati in 1899 when he was 76 years old.
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Descendants of Hendrick Willemsz
1822 - 1899 (76 years)
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