East Texas Family Records, Volume 8, Number 3, Fall 1984 Page: 19
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EAST TEXAS FAMILY RECORDS VOL. 8, NO. 5, FALL 1984
PANOLA COUNTY - HASTON TIWOMEYL MIA NIC LEAD ER_- 182-1899_
by Lei!Lj B. LaGrone
Carthage, Texas
Haston TWOMEY, a Panola County Mason, served his Ioc;i L A. F., A. M. and
R. A. chapters well; but he did much more. The Grand High Priest of Texas, J. C.
KIDD, wrote a beautiful Tribute of Mourning to "All Royal Arch Masons of Texas",
on June 29, 1899.
"In his death the Church has lost a devoted worker for the glory of God and
the good of the people; the State, an upright true-hearted citizen; Masonry, one
whose life was the embodiment of the principles it teaches; and Humanity, a
friend."
Haston TWOMEY was a good example of the strong and courageous pioneers who
tamed the East Texas wilderness. He was born in Monroe County, Tennessee, March
4, 1824; and by his sixteeth birthday, he had lived alternately in Arkansas,
Tennessee, Indiana and Mississippi.
Arriving in Texas in 1840, he lived in what was then Shelby County. By 1845,
he had established himself in Rusk County. He became a member of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, in 1842, and he became a licensed minister of the Methodist
Church in 1874. He married Emily TIPPET on June 22, 1845, and they lived several
years in the newly established Panola County.
In March, 1854, he moved his family to California where they lived in Amador
County until returning to Panola County, Texas, in 1861. Two very early mention
of Mr. TWOMEY in HISTORY OF PANOLA COUNTY was TWOMEY'S Mill as the start of a
school precinct in 1854; and "Haston TWOMEY as a supply Minister for Woods
Methodist Church in 1881".
Mr. TWOMEY entered the Confederate Army from Woods Post Office area, where
he had settled. Masonic records say "He was a valiant soldier in the cause until
the fall of Vicksburg in 1863." He had become a Mason at Carthage Lodge #78, in
1850, and served as its Master in 1853.
In California, he affiliated with Volcano Lodge #54, and also served as its
Master. There, he also received Royal Arch Degrees in 1855.
After the Civil War, Mr. TWOMEY became one of the most respected Masons in
Texas. He received Council Degrees in Washington, #2, Texas in 1870. The Order
of Temple was conferred upon him by Gray Commandery #16, Knights Templar at Marshall,
Texas in September, 1895.
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East Texas Genealogical Society. East Texas Family Records, Volume 8, Number 3, Fall 1984, periodical, Autumn 1984; Tyler, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth38040/m1/22/?q=%22East+Texas+Genealogical+Society%22: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting East Texas Genealogical Society.