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Tribute of Allen Page |
Tribute of Allen Page
Allen Page, Tribute of Respect
Masonic Hall, Sepulga Lodge, No. 238?, Starlington, Ala., June 2nd, 1860
[Copied from the June 16, 1860 South Alabamian]
The committee appointed to draft resolutions expressive of the feelings of the Lodge towards our beloved brother, Allen Page, who was murdered by highway robbers on the 11th day of November, 1859, offer the following:
WHEREAS, In the untimely death of our beloved brother Allen Page, Conecuh County has lost one of her oldest,
best, and most useful citizens, and the Lodge, as well as the Fraternity at large, have been deprived of an exemplary and
worthy member, whose memory we revere, and loss we sincerely deplore. Plain, honest, unassuming, and an honorable high minded
gentleman in every particular. He had been a citizen of Conecuh County for many years, and his kind and affable disposition
had won him many valuable friends. His social qualities and ardent affections made him a kind parent and good neighbor, a
devoted and confiding friend. And even his murderers had not a better friend on earth, they having applied to him again and
again for favors, and were never denied. His love of truth and rectitude, his ready frankness in censuring wrong was proverbial
wherever he was known. He has left a large and interesting family to deplore his untimely death, with whom we most sincerely
sympathize.
But while we mourn, we mourn not as those who have no hope, for we are well assured that our loss is his eternal gain.
Resolved, That in the untimely death of our brother Page, the community has lost a valuable and worthy citizen, and the
Fraternity a member whose Masonic character is altogether unimpeachable, whose virtues are proverbial, and whose attachment
to the principals of our order, firm and unflinching.
Resolved, that we tender to the bereaved widow and family our heart-felt and sincere sympathies in their great bereavement.
Resolved, That as a further testimony of the friendship and esteem we bear towards our departed brother, that his name and age
be inscribed upon a blank page in the records of the Lodge. That this Preamble and Resolutions be spread upon the minutes of
the Lodge, and that we wear the usual badge of mourning for thirty days.
Resolved, that the Secretary furnish a copy of these resolutions to the widow of the deceased, and the same be published in
the newspapers of Butler County. Coleman O'Gwynn, Moses Myrick, W.P. Myers, Committee
Submitted by Bill King, Houston, TX ~ September 30, 2006