General Thomas Lyon Hamer 1800-1846
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Teacher — Lawyer — Congressman — Soldier. Master Mason (1824). Georgetown Lodge No. 72.Free and Accepted Masons. ” . . . Hamer was one of the ablest men Ohio ever produced . . . I have always believed that had his life been spared, he would have been President of the United States . . .” Ulysses S. Grant. Memoirs, Vol. 1. [Masonic Emblem]
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