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Wm. Bromwell Melish (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

  • pennylrichardsca (now at ipernity) said:
    Cincinnati businessman, President of Bromwell Brush and Wire Goods, and Masonic leader; b. 1852, m. Sallie Gatch, father of two (May and Thomas).
  • Wystan said:
    Melish was a Templar bigwig: as Right Eminent Deputy Grandmaster and Acting Most Eminent Grandmaster of the United States, he led the 31st national conclave of Knights Templar in Chicago, in 1910. The total of attendees and guests was estimated at 500,000. Item in the New York Times, August 7, 1910: query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?_r=1&res=9B01E...
  • Richard Norton said:
    I added him to Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Bromwell_Melish
  • B-59 said:
    Another photo of him was in The Sunday Oregonian, July 27, 1913, SECTION FIVE, Image 61 with the caption: "William B. Melish is the grandmaster of the Knights Templar of the United States, who will hold their Grand Encampment at Denver August 12. His home is in Cincinnati. Mr. Melish is a native of Wilmington, Del. He has been engaged in the manufacture of brush and wire goods since 1898. He has been Waterworks Commissioner of Cincinnati, a colonel on the staff of the Governor of Ohio, and has held many high positions in Masonic organizations." oregonnews.uoregon.edu/lccn/sn83045782/1913-07-27/ed-1/se...

Empire Lodge #269, Church Street, Ottumwa, Iowa (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

Portrait of a man wearing a masonic apron, possibly of the surname 'Hooker'

from Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons

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  • tlwmdbt said:
    Maybe the free masons know something about this guy.
  • Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons said:
    tlwmdbt Well spotted! That apron is certainly a masonic one. Thanks for clearing that up, our records have been updated.
  • tlwmdbt said:
    I don't know how deep your ambitions are, but I found this freemasondatabase.com/ via google. It seams, it is a search engine for members.
  • Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons said:
    tlwmdbt thanks! We have a couple images of this guy, so perhaps we will be able to track down his name one of these days :)
  • antefixus21 said:
    Someone would have to email a request to the various Australian Grand Lodges asking them to email their lodge secretaries to ask their brethren if they could ID this Master Mason. Perhaps in later years he became Master of a lodge or a member of one of the Grand Lodges. If his surname was Hooker, they'd have him listed on their rolls. www.google.ca/#q=the+grand+lodge+of+australia

[U.S. Army Medal of Honor with neck band] (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

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  • 34spartan said:
    "Honor"
  • easywriterguy said:
    whoa. the medal of honor.
  • D. Sheley said:
    This is the version of the medal given to members of the U.S. Army. The Army, Navy and Air Force have different versions of the MoH.
  • Kristi (LOC P&P) said:
    Doug Sheley: Yes, this is indeed the U.S. Army Medal of Honor, so we can add that information to this record when we update. Thanks for the comment!
  • cordeiroj57 said:
    The Medal of Honor is often INCORRECTLY identified as the "Congressional". Take note that it is presented by the Commander in Chief of US military forces and not by a senator or representative.