Allert G. Good All

Allert G . Good all

Allert G . Good all

FROM THE " MASONIC NEWSPAPEPV . " " as the sunny rain Of April makes the cloud and clay unite , Thus links the Past and > Present , the dark world and tho bright . " fTlBE subject of this sketch is a native of Montgomery , Alabama , -L having been born in that State on the 31 st of October 1826 . His

grandfather was English , emigrating to this country at an early age , settled in the South , and espousing tho cause of tho colonists , was one of " Marion ' s Men , " so famous for their daring . exploits and effective service against the English in South Carolina and Georgia during the Revolutionary war . He subsequently settled in the State of Georgia , where his father , Samuel Goodall , at that time was a

leading merchant , and one of the most influential citizens in that locality . The ventures of business lifo proved disastrous , aud the father of youug Goodall died wheu the son was but seven years of age . The widow , with her little family , returned to the reservation of tho Creek Indians , in Alabama , with many other settlers , and engaged in farming ; and amid such scenes , surrounded by the camps and villages

of the Creek Indians , he was afforded opportunities for constant intercourse with tho wild children of the forest , and experiencing a rough border life , amid scenes of danger . AVith such surroundings it cannot be imagined thab thero was much opportunity for educational advancement , aud the subject of our notice was limited to the rough lessons which the vicissitudes of changing fortunes

permitted , the schoolhouse being a place of refuge and fort . The belligerent disposition of the Indians in 1836 , when their houses were burnt and farms destroyed , compelled a change of domicile , and in due time this widowed mother , with her little family , emigrated to Texas , and settled in Galveston , where she died within a year afterward . At the early age of fifteen the subject of this sketch was appointed midshipman in tho navy of tho Republic of Texas , wherein he

remained for three years , during which time he was in active service , cruising in the Gulf of Mexico and Carribean Sea during the war between Texas and Mexico ; afterwards wc find our adventurer located on the " ever faithful isle , the Queen of the Antilles , " where , after various vicissitudes , fortune associated him with an American resident , with whom ho commenced business , with which he has since been identified , and which he has pursued so successfully to the present time . After four years' residence iu Havana , wo find our nn-

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tiring friend domiciled in Philadelphia , whence after a few years , ho removed to New York . It was iu the " City of Brotherly Love" thafc tho institution of Freemasonry first attracted his attention , and ib was not long before he had achieved the grades to the Order of the Templo inclusive , having been made a Master Mason in Montgomery Lodge , No . 19 , Philadelphia , 21 st September 1851 , and elected Master

in 1860 . Exalted in Jerusalem Royal Arch Chapter , No . 3 , 27 th Oct . 1856 , in Philadelphia ; received the Cryptic Rite Degree of Royal Super Excellent and Select Master in Philadelphia Council , No . 11 , 21 th Juno 1855 ; dabbed a Knight Templar in Philadelphia Commandery , No . 2 , 19 th December 1856 ; elected Generalissimo in 1861 , and Honorary Member in 1872 . Advancing to a more prominent

position in his business required a change of residence to New York , where he settled permanently in 1862 , and in due time affiliated with Holland Lodge , Jerusalem Chapter , aud Morton Commandery , of this city , and has continued an active worker in all tho grades , securing a social and official standing in this country , and especially abroad , unsurpassed by any other Craftsman in our mystic circle , reflecting

alike honour and dignity to American Masonry . Soon after becoming a resident of Now York he attained the grades of tho Ancient Accepted Rite , culminating in the honours of tho thirty-third aud last degree iu Masonry , which was conferred upon him 16 th September 1861 , at the hands of the late illustrious Edmund B . Hays , Sovereign Grand C mimander of the Supremo Council , aud immediately

thereupon received the appointment of General Foreign Representative of that body . How well ho discharged tho difficult and delicate diplomatic duties of that appointment in a Masonic field never before explored , tbo records of tbo Supreme Council for more than ten years will best attest , having visited all the regular Supreme Councils-in the world , and with Masonic powers so extensive that ; he was

universally received with distinguished honours , and in many instances elected to honorary membership . At the union of the Supremo Councils for tho Northern Masonic Jurisdiction of tho United States , 17 th May 1867 , Illustrious Bro . Good . 11 was elected an active member , and at the meeting of 18 f > 9 , the following was unanimously adopted : —

Whereas Hlust . Bro . Albert G . Goodall , General Grand Foreign Representative has , by a long , indefatigable , and invaluable service near Foreign Bodies of the Rite , advanced our interests and contri - buted largely to the continuance of amicable relations therewith ; and Whereas , the several able and elaborate official reports which have been made by him to this Supreme Council , and are printed with our Proceedings , give ample evidence of the fidelity and in-