Preserve: A Hint that James Madison Coor was an Ancient Free and Accepted Mason
This past week, I have been on a research trip in north Texas researching my Coor, Lancaster, Loveless, Johnston, and Polly families in Comanche, Dallas, Erath, Montague, and Rockwall Counties. I have been successful in locating hints, background information on the periods in which they lived, and actual records of deeds and tax lists. I have also visited cemeteries and photographed my family’s tombstones. For the theme this week, I did an every-word search in my genealogy program and came up with a hint that I had forgotten about. In the Dublin Progress on 20 April 1889 was a “Resolution of Respect” printed about the passing of James Madison Coor. This resolution was given by the Dublin Lodge 504 of the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons (A.F. & A.M.). [1] James Madison “Matt” Coor is my maternal 3x-great-grandfather. He was born on 13 October 1833 in Copiah County, Mississippi. [2] He married Melissa Ann Welch on 9 October 1856 and they had ten children. [3] Ann died in 1876...