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Brahan Lodge History,   p. 2
Brahan Lodge was given the name of Brahan in honor of
Robert Weekly Brahan, a native of Tennessee, who, following
the custom of his day, migrated to Alabama, thence to
Mississippi, and finally, in 1854, to Texas. In Texas,
although he had been trained in medicine, Brahan engaged
in farming and ranching and, in addition, devoted his
talents to civic service in Guadalupe, Wilson, and Bexar
counties. This founder of Brahan Lodge was buried with full
Masonic honors on April 16, 1865.
John Rhodes King, the first Worshipful Master, was also
a native of Tennessee, but migrated to Texas in 1837,
settling in Seguin in 1838. Throughout his life he was
active in civic, military, and Masonic affairs. His military
record is exceptional. He was a sergeant in Captain Caldwell's
Texas Rangers; he served as a lieutenant in Captain French's
Company in 1842; and he fought heroically in the Battle of
Salado Creek. During the Mexican War he was with Captain
Ben McCulloch. When the Civil War broke out he served first
as a Captain and later as a Major in Colonel H.E. McCulloch's
regiment of Texas 1 ounted Rifles. His Masonic career is no
less exceptional. Made a Master Mason in Austin Lodge No. 12
in 1848, he was also a charter member of Prairie Lodge No.
114, and helped organize Guadalupe lodge No. 109, Brahan
Lodge No. 226, and Stockdale Lodge No. 470.
In addition to Robert Weekly Brahan and John Rhodes King,
the following are considered charter members of Brahan Lodge:
Robert Adams, J.H. Armstrong, T.T. Collier, Stephen T. Cook,
Connally F. Henderson, William Scudder Hamilton, Ross
Houston, W.P. Hughes, Sam H. Milam, Henry M. Morgan, J.1d.
Morrison, C.R. Patton, Isaac Roberts (who migrated from
Georgia to Florida and then to Texas), William D. Scull (a
veteran of the Texas Revolution), R.H. Spence, J.W. Thompson,
Eli Toole, John A. Wells, and John Wheeler.