Prominent Members of Phoenix Lodge No. 8

Phoenix Lodge No. 8 has been home to many prominent citizens over the years.  Our members have included Senators, Congressmen, Ambassadors, Military Leaders, Judges, Doctors, a signatory to the U.S. Constitution, and even the 13th Vice President of United States.  A summary follows below:

- Federal Government -

1 - Vice President of the United States of America (William Rufus DeVane King).

1 - Nominee for Vice President of the United States of America (John Owen, who declined the nomination).

2 - Members of the United States Senate (William Rufus DeVane King, Robert Strange).

1 - President of the United States Senate (William Rufus DeVane King).

3 - Members of the United States House of Representatives (William Barry Grove, William Rufus DeVane King, Samuel Dinsmore Purviance).

1 - Ambassador (William Rufus DeVane King, who was Minister to France in 1844).

1 - United States Consul (John Adams Cameron - United States Consul to Vera Cruz, Mexico).

2 - Federal Judges (Dillon Jordan, John Louis Taylor).

1 - Recipient of the Thanks of Congress (a Congressional Gold Medal) (Major General Edmund Pendleton Gaines)

1 - Signatory to the United States Constitution (William Rufus DeVane King).

- United States Military -

1 - Major General (Emund Pendleton Gaines).

1 - Brigadier General (William Watts Jones)

2 - Army Colonels (Guilford Dudley (Revolutionary War), William Polk (Revolutionary War))

- Confederate States Military -

1 - General (Walter Draughon)

- State Government -

1 - Governor of the State of North Carolina (John Owen).

8 - Members of the North Carolina State Senate (John Black, Dr. Thomas Nash Cameron, Hector McAllister, John McKay, Alexander Murchison, John Owen, Samuel Dinsmore Purviance, John D. Toomer).

32 - Members of the North Carolina State House of Commons (John Adams Cameron, James Campbell, Robert Cochran, Thomas Davis, James Dick, William Duffy, Jonathan Evans, Stephen Gilmore, Thomas Gilmore, William Barry Grove, John W. Hay, Thomas Lewis Hybart, William Watts Jones, Dillon Jordan, William Rufus DeVane King, Peter J. Mallett, Hector McAllister, John McKay, Archibald McNeill, David McNeill, Neill Graham McNeill, Duncan K. McRae, John Owen, William Polk, James Porterfield, Samuel Dinsmore Purviance, Robert Strange, John Louis Taylor, John D. Toomer, John C. Williams, Edward Winslow, John Winslow).

1 - Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of North Carolina (John Louis Taylor).

1 - Attorney General of the State of North Carolina (John Louis Taylor).

1 - Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of North Carolina (John D. Toomer).

4 - Judges of the Superior Court of North Carolina (John Hall, Robert Strange, John Louis Taylor, John D. Toomer).  

- Local Government -

1 - Mayor of Fayetteville, NC (Joseph Oscar Tally, Jr., 1949-1953)

1 - Mayor of Raleigh, NC (William Polk, 1799)

3 - Chiefs of Police of Fayetteville, NC (James Seawell, 1832, Thomas S. Lutterloh, 1855, J. Ross Jones, PM, 1923-1935) 

7 - Postmasters of the City of Fayetteville, NC (Archibald Moore Campbell, James Gee Cook, Royal D. Jones, George Lauder, PM, Duncan McRae, John McRae, John Sibley, PM).

18 - Commanders of the Fayetteville Independent Light Infantry (F.I.L.I) (Major Herman Levitt Bishop (1954-1960, 1967-1969), Major Archibald Moore Campbell, PM (1850-1855),  

Major William Frederick Campbell, PM (1884-1889), Major Bruce Joseph Daws (1984-Present), Major Walter Draughon (1855-1858), Major William L. Hawley (1830-1834), Major Phillip O. Hoffer, PM (1935-1937), Major J. G. Hollingsworth (1899-1900), Major James H. Hooper (1826-1828), Major J. Ross Jones, PM (1929-1935), Major Eugene Chapman McDonald, PM (1949-1951), Major Archibald McLean (1846-1850), Major Ransom N. Smith (1947-1949), Major Robert Strange, PM (1823-1826), Major John M. Strong (1828-1830), Major John C. Vann (1893-1896, 1900-1912, 1915-1925), Captain John Winslow (1801-1806, 1811-1819), Major John Winslow Wright (1819-1823).

- Freemasonry -

16 - Grand Masters of the Grand Lodge of North Carolina A.F. & A.M. (John Huske Anderson (1927), James Woodrow Brewer (1961, Honorary), William James Bundy (1946, Honorary), Dr. Wallace Everett Caldwell (1950, Honorary), John Adams Cameron (1820, 1821), John Hall (1805-1807), Charles Anderson Harris (1957, Honorary), George Dudley Humphrey (1964, Honorary), Dalton W. Mayo (2014, Honorary), William Polk (1799, 1800, 1801, 1802), Dewey R. Preslar (2013, Honorary), Charles Harrison Pugh (1955, Honorary), Charles Carpenter Ricker (1962, Honorary), Harvey Ward Smith (1960, Honorary), Robert Strange (1823, 1824), John Louis Taylor (1802, 1803, 1804, 1814, 1815, 1816)).

4 - Deputy Grand Masters of the Grand Lodge of North Carolina A.F. & A.M. (Herschel S. Averitt, John Owen, John Louis Taylor, John Winslow).

1 - Grand Senior Warden of the Grand Lodge of North Carolina A.F. & A.M. (William Watts Jones, 1812)

2 - Grand Junior Warden of the Grand Lodge of North Carolina A.F. & A.M. (Robert Cochran, William Duffy).

10 - Recipients of the Joseph Montfort Medal for Distinguished Masonic Service (John Huske Anderson, James Woodrow Brewer (Honorary Member), William James Bundy (Honorary Member), Dr. Wallace Everett Caldwell (Honorary Member), Charles Anderson Harris (Honorary Member), George Dudley Humphrey (Honorary Member), Charles Harrison Pugh (Honorary Member), Charles Carpenter Ricker (Honorary Member), Thomas Gorrell Slate, Harvey Ward Smith (Honorary Member)).

6 - District Deputy Grand Masters of the Grand Lodge of North Carolina A.F. & A.M. (Louis Overton Dean, Jr., Robert Vincent McBryde, W. B. Mears, Thomas A. Pope (Honorary Member), Thomas Gorrell Slate, Kenneth W. Wical).

2 - District Deputy Grand Lecturers of the Grand Lodge of North Carolina A.F. & A.M. (Floyd Leroy "Butch Trimmer, Thomas A. Pope (Honorary)).

3 - Grand Excellent High Priests of the Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons of North Carolina (John Huske Anderson, Charles Wallace Jackson, Robert Strange).

1 - Grand Excellent High Priest of the Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons of Alabama (Robert William Southerland).

3 - Illustrious Grand Masters of Royal and Select Masters of North Carolina (John Huske Anderson, James Henry Horne, Thomas Gorrell Slate).

5 - Right Eminent Grand Commanders of the Grand Commandery of Knights Templar in the State of North Carolina (John Huske Anderson, Louis Overton Dean, Jr., Charles Wallace Jackson, William Lee Ramsey, Donald William Wooster).

1 - General Grand High Priest of the General Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons International (John Huske Anderson)

1 - Most Excellent Great Chief of the Grand Council of Knight Masons U.S.A. (Charles Wallace Jackson)

1 - Sovereign Grand Master of the Grand Council of Allied Masonic Degrees of the United States of America (Wallace Everett Caldwell)

2 - Grand Chancellors of the Grand College of Rites of the United States of America (Charles H. Pugh, Charles Wallace Jackson)