A history of Lodge no 61, F and A M., Wilkesbarré, Pa .. with a collection of masonic addresses .. . n the debates and proceedings. He held the office ofD. D. Grand Master until the Summer of 1823, when theGrand Master appointed Bro. Garrick Mallery to succeedhim. He withdrew from the Lodge October 6th, 1823, and,so far as the minutes of the Lodge show, did not attend ameeting until December 27th, 1826, when he was presentand was appointed a member of a committee to devise plansfor erecting a Lodge-room.* He was an original memberof the Mark Lodge working under the Warrant of Lodge61, and was
A history of Lodge no 61, F and A M., Wilkesbarré, Pa .. with a collection of masonic addresses .. . n the debates and proceedings. He held the office ofD. D. Grand Master until the Summer of 1823, when theGrand Master appointed Bro. Garrick Mallery to succeedhim. He withdrew from the Lodge October 6th, 1823, and,so far as the minutes of the Lodge show, did not attend ameeting until December 27th, 1826, when he was presentand was appointed a member of a committee to devise plansfor erecting a Lodge-room.* He was an original memberof the Mark Lodge working under the Warrant of Lodge61, and was its presiding officer, or Master Overseer, in1822. Although not an active member of any Lodge dur-ing the last fifteen years of his life, yet Judge Scott wasalways interested during that period in the welfare of Lodge61 and its members, and was ever ready to serve them inany way possible. His daughter, Mrs. Watson, in a letterto the writer some years ago, said : My dear father wasalways a strong and zealous Free Mason, and I was broughtup to be a firm believer in that Order. * See page 62, MASONIC APRON OWNED AND WORN BYGEN. ISAAC BOWMAN, i823-5o. 523 David Scott was an eminent example of the invigoratingeffects and auspicious influences of our Republican institu-tions upon the actions and fates of men. He was, in truth,a self-made man. Unaided by wealth or influential con-nections, with no other capital than his head and his handsto commence with, he rose from the humble walks of life tosome of the most prominent and respectable public stations ;filling all with that measure of ability and industry whichalone make office respectable, and secure to the people thelegitimate benefits of a well-administered government. Inall the private relations of life Judge Scott bore the reputa-tion of stern integrity, and strict regard to morality and jus-tice. \¥jjX^s,Families of the Wyoming Valley I.: 393.] The late Chief Justice George W. Woodward—who wasadmitted to the Luzerne
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