Text Box: Henry Brush was born in Amenia, Dutchess County, New York on the 12th day of February 1777 the son of Lemuel and Amy (Holmes) Brush. He was educated in the town of Poughkeepsie, New York, where he subsequently studied law in the office of Governor Clinton, and was admitted to practice in the Supreme Court of that state on the 11th day of August 1803. Realizing the opportunities that lay in the Northwest Territory, he left New York, settling in Zanesville, Ohio, where he was admitted to practice in the Supreme Court of Ohio in 1805. Shortly thereafter he left Zanesville and set up permanent residency in Chillicothe, where he commenced the practice of law. Brother Brush was made a Mason in Scioto Lodge #2 at Chillicothe, then working under a charter from the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts. The records of the Lodge show that under date of December 21,1807, at a special meeting, the petition of Henry Brush was presented, referred to a committee, which reported favorably. A ballot was taken, the applicant accepted and initiated all on the same evening. Brother Brush was passed to the degree of Fellow Craft and raised a Master Mason on January 16, 1808. He was elected Senior Warden of Scioto Lodge on December 7, 1808 and on December 6, 1809, was elected Worshipful Master of the Lodge, which office he afterward filled for several terms. At the session of the Grand Lodge of Ohio in January 1809, Brother Brush was one of the delegates from Scioto Lodge and is there designated as a Past Master. At this session of the Grand Lodge, the question was raised as to the legality of its organization, which question was referred to a committee consisting of Brothers Lewis Cass, Henry Brush and C. A. Stewart. Brother Brush was also on the committee which reported the first code of laws for the government of the Grand Lodge of Ohio. At this session, as well, he was elected Grand secretary, and re-elected until 1812 at which time he was elected Senior Grand Warden. At the Grand Lodge session of 1813 he was elected to the office of Most Worshipful Grand Master, and re-elected up to 1818. About the year 1823 he was elected to Congress, and served two years. He was also appointed one of the Supreme Court Judges of the State of Ohio, serving with distinction until he retired to return to private practice. Most Worshipful Brother Brush was Raised in Scioto Lodge #2 January 16, 1807

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Henry Brush

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A Milestone in History
Text Box: Henry Brush Text Box: Duncan McArthur was preeminently a self made man. He rose to prominence and affluence, unaided by the stimulating hand of ancestral wealth and influence, and carved for himself an honorable name and fame in the annals of history. Young McArthur devoted his early years to any honorable vocation which would yield him a livelihood. At the age of eighteen he enlisted in the expedition of General Harmar against the Indians north of the Ohio river. Escaping the perils, or fatalities, of this disastrous campaign, he again enlisted in 1792, and at the battle of Captina, his captain being killed, young McArthur was unanimously chosen to succeed him, though only twenty years of age, and the youngest man in the company. Mr. McArthur made rapid progress in mastering the intricacies of surveying, and by the autumn of 1793, he was designated as assistant surveyor, under General Massie's tuition. In this capacity, he assisted his chief in laying out the town of Chillicothe in the spring of 1796, and was ever afterward closely identified with the history of the place. He purchased and improved a large tract of land just north of the town site, upon which he established his permanent home, the local designation of which is "Fruit Hill." This is one of the historic homes in Chillicothe. In 1805, he was elected to the legislature, in which body he bore a conspicuous and honorable part. He was especially interested in the military organization of the State, and was an acknowledged authority on military affairs. As a soldier of recognized standing, he was named as the successor of General Massie, in 1808, and elected by the legislature as major general of the State militia. In 1830, he was elected governor of Ohio, a position he filled for two years with the same honest endeavor which had characterized all of his official acts. Weary of public life, and full of years and deserved honors, he retired to his beautiful home on "Fruit Hill," and there ended his days. Brother McArthur was Raised in Scioto Lodge #2 October 28, 1807

Duncan McArthur