HISTORY OF HARMONY LODGE NO 6. A.F. & A.M.
Galveston, Texas - 1840-1997
By CHAS. K. PETITFILS et al
High, white and gleaming, Galveston rises on the island named after Count Galvez. Less a city than a symbol, Galveston was established with immortalized ideals… a metropolis of surging human aspiration. From the struggling evolution of a Mexican colony to a modern city, Galveston has always been a dominant power in the State of Texas.
Harmony Lodge No. 6, A.F. & A.M. had its beginning when the Galveston population was less than five hundred persons. The Lodge is so connected to the events of importance in the history of Galveston that the story of either would be incomplete without many joined references to each institution.
In 1838, a number of Master Masons residing in Galveston presented a petition for dispensation to form a new Lodge to Most Worshipful Grand Master Anson Jones. On June 2nd, 1838, the dispensation was granted to F. M. Gibson, Nicholas Lynch, Amassa Turner, W. Thomas Brannum, Samuel M, Williams, James P. Boylen and Thomas M. Thompson. However, from the Grand Lodge records it was learned that no Lodge was formed nor any action taken on the dispensation at that time. From old records of the city, this delay in organizing a Lodge was evidently due to epidemics of yellow fever, cholera, and other loathsome diseases which the medical profession was not yet able to conquer.
On June 5th, 1839, Most Worshipful Grand Master B. T. Archer issued a second dispensation to form a Masonic Lodge at Galveston to be known as Harmony Lodge No.6, A.F. & A.M. Brother George Fisher was authorized by the Grand Master to set the Lodge to work.
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Our fraternity has a wonderful history, which dates back more than three centuries. It is one of the world's oldest secular fraternities, a society of men concerned with moral and spiritual values. Founded on the three great principles of Brotherly Love, Relief and Truth, it aims to bring together men of goodwill, regardless of background and differences.
