Freemasons: Past Masters

HILLSBOROUGH No.25| FREE & ACCEPTED MASONS

Worshipful Joseph Moore Past Master

Worshipful Joseph Moore was the first Worshipful Master of Hillsborough Lodge. A pioneer and visionary for the future, Worshipful Moore led the early Freemasons of Tampa and contributed greatly to the ideals of the Lodge.

Past Masters of Our Lodge

The Past Masters of Hillsborough Lodge play a vital role in the direction of our Lodge and Freemasonry. A great many of our Past Masters continue to serve the Craft with the same zeal and fortitude as they did in their early Masonic careers. The Past Masters Jewel, as seen on the right, is given to a Master Mason of a particular Lodge, whereby he has served as the Worshipful Master of that Lodge. It is comprised of the sun, compasses, and the graduated arc, which is emblematical of the wisdom required to pass from the earthly to the heavenly. Below is a complete list of the Past Masters of Hillsborough Lodge.

**1850 - 1900 Past Masters**
1850-1853 Joseph Moore*	1876 W.P. Henderson*	1889 Duff Post*
1854 C.O. Crawford*	1877 William W. Wall*	1890 H. Glogowski, PDDGM*
1855-1856 M.L. Shannahan*	1878 Isaac C. Craft*	1891 Duff Post*
1857 D.A. Branch*	1879 Robert B. Thomas	1892 Ben A. Brown*
1858-1867 John Darling*	1880 Joseph Robles*	1893 E.T. Kendrick*
1868 E.A. Clark*	1881 H.L. Mitchell*	1894 H. Glogowski, PDDGM*
1869-1871 John Darling*	1882 Thomas A. Carruth*	1895 E.T. Kendrick*
1872 E.A. Clark*	1883 Duff Post*	1896 L.W. Buchholz, PDDGM*
1873 John Darling*	1884 E.A. Clark*	1897 George A. Benjamin
1874 E.A. Clark*	1885 D.B. Givens*	1898 Sam L. Lowry
1875 Joseph Robles*	1886-1888 H. Glogowski, PDDGM*	1899-1900 H. Glogowski, PDDGM*

**1901 - 1950 Past Masters**
1901-1902 E.H. Kratz*	1920 William H. Bongart*	1935 Arthur M. Alber*
1903 H. Glogowski, PDDGM*	1921-1922 David M. Cook*	1936-1937 William E. Riggs*
1904 D.F. Conoley*	1923 Leslie E. Joughin*	1938 J. Wes Rumley*
1906 W.P. Lawrence*	1924 Halle C. Allen*	1939 Lory A. McGeachy*
1907 Harry B. Roberts*	1925 James W. Nicholas*	1940 Vivian Gaither*
1908 Wilmot R. Fitts, PDDGM*	1926 George H. Leavitt, PDDGM*	1941 A. Sigmund Weil*
1909-1910 B. Marion Reed*	1927 Ernest C. Austin*	1942 Thomas R. Robinson*
1911 William M. Evans*	1928 Gorge A. LaFaye*	1943 O. Grayson Miller*
1912-13 Fred E. Fletcher, PDDGM*	1929 Shields E. Clarke*	1944 James A. Menedez*
1914 Lee MacDonnell*	1930 C. Judson Edwards*	1945 James G. Anderson*
1915 Robert T. Joughin*	1931 Abe Maas*	1946 Wesley H. Hamiter, PDDGM*
1916-1917 Ernest C. Harris*	1932 Fred W. Rosevelt*	1947 A. Don Fielding*
1918 E.L. Robinson*	1933 Robert L. Clinton, PDDGM*	1948 Howard L. Watkins, PDDGM*
1919 W. Penn Dawson*	1934 Wilmot R. Fitts, PDDGM*	1949 Norman F. Six*
		1950 Earle S. Snead*

**1951 - 2000 Past Masters**
1951 A.R. Allison*	1969 Russell W. Wells, PDDGM*	1985 Thomas C. Newton, PDI
1952 Elliott G. Austin*	1970 Cecil W. Mosteller*	1986 William J. Stewart, Jr.*
1953 Carleton W. Johnson*	1971 Leo S. Solomon, Jr.*	1987 Ronald P. Anderson *
1954-55 Raleigh W. Milian, PDDGM*	1972 John C. Kyle*	1988 C.J. Sam Pesola, PDDGM
1956 Charles L. Wagner*	1973 Peter J. Hirth, PDDGM*	1989 Dennis A. Payne
1957 Gerald M. Smith*	1974 Jerome S. Beckett, PDI*	1990 Terry D. McLaughlin
1958 J. Herbert Ellis*	1975 Stephen B. Jacobson, PDDGM	1991 Gary K. Esteppe, PDDGM
1959 William D. Powell, Jr.*	1976 John S. Taaffe *	1992 Jerry L. Brady, Sr.
1960 Alex Kaiser*	1977 Neil E. Boling, Jr., PDI*	1993 Thomas E. Johnson, Jr.
1961 John Taaffe*	1978 C. Donald Prosser, PDDGM	1994 Michael W. Fletcher
1962 Hale Godwin, Jr., PDDGM*	1979 Robbins H. Denham	1995 John J. Hillyer III
1963-1964 Fred R. LeVarge, Jr.*	1980 William R. Williams, PDDGM*	1996 Juan A. Martinez, PDI
1965 Reese M. Wise*	1981 William C. Fiedler, PDI	1997 Clayton R. Milligan
1966 Edwin B. Piper*	1982 Thomas C. Climer	1998 Joseph A. Almaguer
1967 Charles A. Scott*	1983 William D. Jones*	1999 R. Dayton Ward
1968 Murdock A. Fraser, Jr.	1984	2000 William Duggan *

**2001 - 2015 Past Masters**
2001 Patrice Falardeau	2006 Joseph V. Citro	2011 R.W. John D. Hooker DDGM
2002 Ed Martin, PDDGM	2007 William P. Jones	2012 Joseph A. Gonzalez
2003 Robert Cloversettle	2008 James A. Foster
2004 Harry Cumber	2009 C. Miles Hartnett
2005 Walter Schoepf	2010 James F. Bustin

* Denotes Past Masters who have passed to the Eternal Lodge above.

PDDGM, as noted above, were selected by the Grand Lodge of Florida to serve as District Deputy Grand Masters.

PDI, as noted above, were selected by the Grand Lodge of Florida to serve as District Instructors.