Below you will find pages that utilize the taxonomy term “Famous Mason”
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Masonic Biography of MAJ Joseph E. Gillette
Summary
| Born | 6/26/1827 at Cedar Lawn, just outside Hunterdale, VA |
| Died | Nov/1/1863 at 36 yrs at Cedar Lawn |
| Father | Ezra Gillette |
| Mother | Elizabeth F. Murdaugh |
| Married | Edith Emeline Worrell on Oct 4, 1849 |
| Primary Masonic Affiliation | Franklin Lodge 151 |
| Primary residence | Cedar Lawn, Southampton County VA |
| Burried | Cedar Lawn in family cemetary |
| Children | 6 |
Military Service
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Formed Southampton Calvary at Cedar Lawn in 1861, later to become Co. H, 5th Virginia Cavalry, later to reform as
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Asa T. Biggs, Jr.
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| Born | 1849 in Williamston, North Carolina |
| Died | Nov 10, 1883 at 34 yrs in/near Franklin, VA |
| Father | Asa T. Biggs, Sr. |
| Mother | Martha E. Andrews Biggs |
| Married | Lucy Myrick Massenburg in Apr 1879 |
| Occupation | Farmer |
| Primary Masonic Affiliation | Franklin Lodge 151 |
| Children | Son, William Asa Biggs (born June 1, 1883) |
The Biggs family moved to Virginia from North Carolina after the Civil War; his father, the elder Asa Biggs (1811–1878), was a U.S. Senator and federal judge who also died in Virginia (Norfolk) a few years prior in 1878.