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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH
Of
M⸫W⸫ David C.H. Rothschild

1873-1874

M⸫W⸫ Bro. David C.H. Rothschild , a Past Master of Port
Townsend Lodge, No. 6, was elected Grand Master in 1873.
He was born in Bavaria on August 7, 1824 and emigrated to
the United States in 1843. He came to Whatcom (now
Bellingham) in 1858 and entered the mercantile business in
Port Townsend in 1859. He conducted this enterprise until
his death by suicide there on April 26, 1886.

He was made a Mason in Mount Neboh Lodge, No. 257, in
New York in 1853. He served as Master of Port Townsend
Lodge three years, 1868-70, and later as its Secretary and
Treasurer.