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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.
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