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October 20, 1916
The Daily Banner
Cambridge, Dorchester County, Maryland
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William Lloyd Bowron, the first official member of the Elks' Lodge No. 1 in New York City (instituted February 16, 1868), died in San Diego, California on Tuesday of this week. He requested cremation and his ashes to be kept in a silver urn at the New York lodge.
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FIRST ELK DIED THIS WEEK IN CALIFORNIA
First Elk To Sign Roll of Lodge No. 1 in New York Dies in San Diego, California.
When Cambridge Lodge, No. 1272, meets this evening in the Lodge room at the corner of High and Locust streets, announcement will be made of the death in San Diego, Cal., on Tuesday, of this week, of William Lloyd Bowron, who was the first Elk to acquire official membership in this country. The circumstances were these: When No. 1 Lodge, which was, of course, the first lodge in the country, was instituted in New York City, February 16, 1868, Mr. Bowron, who had been initiated, was the first man to sign the roll of the lodge, with a number of other gentlemen. So devoted was he to old No. 1 Lodge that he had requested that his remains be cremated and that the ashes be sent back East to the club-house of the Lodge in New York, where they will be kept in a silver urn.
First Elk To Sign Roll of Lodge No. 1 in New York Dies in San Diego, California.
When Cambridge Lodge, No. 1272, meets this evening in the Lodge room at the corner of High and Locust streets, announcement will be made of the death in San Diego, Cal., on Tuesday, of this week, of William Lloyd Bowron, who was the first Elk to acquire official membership in this country. The circumstances were these: When No. 1 Lodge, which was, of course, the first lodge in the country, was instituted in New York City, February 16, 1868, Mr. Bowron, who had been initiated, was the first man to sign the roll of the lodge, with a number of other gentlemen. So devoted was he to old No. 1 Lodge that he had requested that his remains be cremated and that the ashes be sent back East to the club-house of the Lodge in New York, where they will be kept in a silver urn.
What sub-type of article is it?
Biography
Historical Event
What themes does it cover?
Moral Virtue
What keywords are associated?
Elks Lodge
First Member
William Lloyd Bowron
Death
San Diego
New York
Cremation
Ashes Urn
What entities or persons were involved?
William Lloyd Bowron
Where did it happen?
San Diego, California; New York City
Story Details
Key Persons
William Lloyd Bowron
Location
San Diego, California; New York City
Event Date
Tuesday Of This Week; February 16, 1868
Story Details
William Lloyd Bowron, first to sign the roll of Elks Lodge No. 1 in New York instituted February 16, 1868, died in San Diego on Tuesday of this week; requested ashes sent to New York lodge in silver urn.