LARRABEE to LOVELL

LARRABEE, WILLIAM CLARK
Born in Cape Elizabeth Dec. 23, 1802. Raised to the Sublime Degree of Master Mason in Lafayette Lodge Oct. 18, 1827. He graduate from Bowdoin College in 1828; was a teacher in the Maine Wesleyan Seminary (Kents Hill School) 1827-28. and acting principle part of that time and again 1835-40 when he was elected to a professorship n Asbury University in Indiana. He was elected Superintendent of Public Instruction for Indiana in 1852 and again in 1856 and was also in charge of the Asylum for the Blind. He died in Indiana, May 4, 1859.


LAUGHTON, WILLIAM
Born in Hallowell Oct. 4, 1833 (son of Thomas and Isabella <Atkinson> of Hallowell married Olive Whittier of Readfield in 1874). Made a Master Mason in Lafayette Lodge Sept. 3, 1870. Member of the Lafayette Chapter O.E.S. Formerly Bro. Laughton was a tanner but for a good many years he has been a farmer and gardener. Lives in Readfield (on Old Kents Hill Road. died 1926 buried Readfield Corner Cemetery on Whittier / Morse / Laughton lot)


LEIGHTON, BERTRAN EDWIN
Born in Mt. Vernon Apr. 19, 1869 (son of Timothy and Sarah <Huntoon> Leighton). Made a Master Mason in Lafayette Lodge May 2, 1903l J.S. 1904-05; S.D. 1906. Lives at Readfield. Sealer in boots, shoes and men's furnishing boots. A member of Lafayette Chapter O.E.S. (died 1920 buried at Readfield Corner Cemetery)


LEWIS, JOHN EUGENE
Born in Dedham, MA Jan. 25, 1845. Made a Master Mason in Lafayette Lodge Sept. 8, 1866; J.W. 1874-75; Master 1876-78; D.D.G.M. 1890; a member of Jerusalem R.A.C. and Trinity Commandery K.T. For many years he was a carpet printer by trade. One of the selectmen of Winthrop in 1889. He was elected Honorary Member of the lodge June 6, 1896. Died at his home in Winthrop June 9, 1900.


LEWIS, ERNEST WOODBURY
Born in Portland, ME Dec. 9, 1851. Raised to Sublime degree of Master Mason at Lafayette Lodge Mar 1, 1873. Was a carpet printer in the oilcloth works for some years and then became a farmer, which occupation he now follows at Livermore Falls, Maine where he has lived for some years. ( died at Readfield 10/13/1924; buried East Readfield Cemetery)


LOVEJOY, HERMAN WINFIELD SCOTT
Born at Salem, Maine Dec. 10, 1862 (son of Bartlett & Susan Lovejoy). Made a Mason in Siloam Lodge, Fairfield, Maine Dec. 10, 1862 and was S.D., Secretary, S.W. and Master at that lodge and D.D. G.M. of the 13th Masonic District. Affiliated with Lafayette Lodge, Jan. 4, 1902. He is a member of Winthrop R.A.C. and Trinity Commandery K.T. He is a carpenter by trade and lives at Kents Hill. (boarding in a home in Kents Hill in 1910, divorced; date of death and place of burial unknown)


LOVEJOY, FREDERICK AIKEN
Born in Fayette, Maine Mar. 3, 1845 (son of Howard and Eliza <Aiken> Lovejoy) Made a Master Mason in Lafayette Lodge Jan. 19, 1867. He was a clerk by occupation for many years, and at his death he was in the employ of Hovey & Co. of Boston (single). He died in Boston Dec. 4, 1903.


LOVEJOY, SEBASTIAN SMITH
Born at North Wayne, Maine May 28, 1840 (son of Tillotson L. and Jerusha Ann <Fillebrown> Lovejoy). Made a Master Mason in Lafayette Lodge Nov. 30, 1861. Was a scythe maker at North Wayne; later went to Janesville, Wisconsin and engaged in the lumber business; then went to Arkansas in the same business. He now lives in Port Angelos, Washington where he still continues in the lumber business (in 1909). (died 1912 in Port Angelos, WA)


LOVELL, STEPHEN, REV.
Born in Weymouth, MA April 1799. Made a Mason in Amity Lodge, Camden, Maine in 1825. He was made an Honorary Member of Lafayette Lodge May 10, 1827 and was Master of Temple Lodge in Winthrop in 1828. He was a member of the Jerusalem Chapter R.A.M. and of the Council Encampment of Commandery of Boston. He was a Master of St. Paul's Lodge, South Boston and G. Chaplain of Grand Lodge of Massachusetts and an Honorary Member of Portland Lodge. He was a distinguished Methodist clergyman and is said to have preached 6,000 sermons. He was also a prominent lecturer on Masonry. He died in Boston in 1858.