BACKGROUND SKETCH

This collection was donated to the Gore Center in April of 2004 by Harry Dement.  As part of an effort to honor past leaders of the Mt. Moriah Masonic Lodge in Murfreesboro, he collected biographical information of individuals and general historical information on the history of the Masons in Murfreesboro.  From this research he wrote brief biographical sketches of different men accompanied by their pictures and created a commemorative album.  He entitled this album, “Masonic History of Murfreesboro Tennessee.”

 The Mt. Moriah Masonic Lodge was founded in 1817, was inactive between 1838 and 1841, but has remained active since then.  Notable members of that lodge were John P. Buchanan and Joseph Palmer.