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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH
Of
M⸫W⸫ Asa L. Brown: 1864-1865
Asa L. Brown, Master of Walla Walla Lodge, No. 7, was
elected Grand Master. He was born May 3, 1828 at
Westport, N.Y. and he learned the blacksmithing trade in
Illinois. He was another Washington pioneer who joined the
California gold rush in 1849. He returned to Illinois in 1856,
and again came West to Walla Walla in 1862.
He affiliated with Walla Walla, No. 7 on a dimit from
Marcelline No. 114 of Illinois. He lived in Washington
Territory only five years. He removed to Plattsville,
Wisconsin in 1867 and entered the mercantile business
there. He took a dimit from Walla Walla Lodge and
affiliated with Melody Lodge, No. 2, of Wisconsin, and
served as its Master, and latter as its Secretary. He died at
Plattsville on Aug. 28, 1908.
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