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History of East Trinity Lodge No. 157, A.F.& A. M.
Not only were Barnes and Heath leading citizens of the area, but
some of the others were also quite influential. For
example, the petitioner E.P. Chisholm is probably identifiable
as a 47 year old Methodist Minister listed in the census as "E.
Chisholm", a native of Tennessee who had been in Texas since the
early 1840's and owned $11,670 worth of personal property as
well as $5,700 worth of real estate. The other "Chisum" in
the Rock Wall Community in 1860 was probably the Isum or Isham
Chisholm, farmer, who had entered his name also on the 1854
petition for chartering of the Lodge. "I. Chisum" of the
1860 census of the Rock Wall Community was a fourth one. A
native of Mississippi, had a thirty six year old wife named
Charlotte and a family that included six sons and two daughters;
the children ranging in ages from eighteen years down to four
months.
M.N. Matthews a physician, Church of Christ Minister, Republic
of Texas Congressman and State Representative who deployed
himself and his family about over much of Northeast Texas as he
grazed his cattle on unclaimed lands for several decades,
beginning in the 1830's. Doctor Mansell W. Matthews was a
staunch member of the Masonic Lodge at Clarksville, Texas, and
probably influenced his younger relatives to enter the work as
they reached adulthood.
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