WMJ Oct 2007 - Freemasons of Wisconsin

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I was readingLaw and helping to provide for my family.“In 1822 I convinced a schooner captain to give me passageto Mackinac Island, Michigan Territory, on credit. There I taughtschool and continued my law studies. Judge James Duaw Dotyadmitted me to practice law, and in 1824, I followed him toGreen Bay. I became the first practicing attorney in what was tobecome the State of Wisconsin.“I had married one of my students from Mackinac Island. Wesettled in Shanty Town, an area east of the Fox River and aboutthree miles south of the Bay. Fort Howard was adjacent toShanty Town and it is there that I became acquainted with theBrethren of Menominee Lodge No. 374 chartered by the GrandLodge of New York. I received my three degrees and served asMaster from 1826 to 1830. My mother lodge could not sustainitself and ceased to exist shortly thereafter. I have never forgottenthe valuable lesson I learned.“I became successful, if not rich, and was on one side or theother of most notable court cases of this period. In 1830 I prosecutedChief Oshkosh and his two kinsmen for the murder ofanother Indian. The jury brought in a verdict of guilty, but JudgeDoty reversed the decision on the grounds that Territorial Lawwas not enacted for Indians, and Indians were governed by tribaltraditions and customs.“In 1836, with the formation of the Wisconsin Territory, I wasappointed Attorney General. I held the office for three years,resigning in 1839 rather than investigate the practices of theBank of Wisconsin in Green Bay. It was alleged that the bankwas issuing money without the gold to redeem the paper.“Other state duties included: President of the First LegislativeCouncil, Secretary to Governor Dodge at various times, QuarterMaster General of the Territorial Militia during the BlackhawkWar, and serving on the convention that framed the State Constitution.“In December of 1847, I and fifteen other Masons petitionedGrand Master Abram Smith to begin work under the nameWashington Lodge. Three weeks later the petition was grantedand Masonry returned to Green Bay. I was the Charter Masterand continued in that station for the next six years.“My term as Grand Master was from 1856-1857. I thought itimportant that we stress quality rather than quantity in our candidates,and that we should adhere to the Ancient Landmarks.I granted charters to 18 new lodges during my term.“I retired from the practice of Law in 1860. The last severalyears before retiring I was President of the State Bar Association,an institution I took the lead in forming.“In 1862, during my term as Mayor of Green Bay, severalhundred armed Belgian immigrants, protesting the conscriptionof men into the Union Army, converged on US Senator TimothyOtis Howe’s residence. I had ordered the bridges leadinginto Green Bay raised, but through miscommunication theywere not. The mob gathered at Senator Howe’s home and wasthreatening violence. A man who could speak Belgian divertedthe protesters while Senator Howe escaped.“In October 1871 I was pleased to chair the Relief Committeefor the Peshtigo and Door Peninsula fires.“Henry S. Baird Lodge was granted its charter in June of1879, four years after my death on May 3, 1875.“And now I will cede the floor to the Grand Master (J. B. VanHollen) wishing him as much success in his career as I had inmine.” – Brother James S. Wade as Henry S. 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