Columbian Herald (Charleston, SC), June 4, 1787, p. 2:
NEWBERN, (N. C.) May 9.
On Thursday last departed this life, in the 63d year of his age, Col. RICHARD COGDELL, late Master of the Union Lodge No. 1, of this town: His remains were on Sunday afternoon, followed to the grave in the burying ground of Christ-Church, by that worshipful lodge, and a number of other members of the most ancient and honourable society of Free-Masons.
Col. Cogdell has been in the commission of the peace of Craven-county for a long series of years; he had filled with honor the offices of Judge of Admiralty, and State Treasurer, and had often been called upon to represent the county in General Assembly.
Previous to the late revolution, he acted as Chairman of the first committee of observation held in this district, and was chosen one of the members of the first Provincial Convention of this State. In public and private life he constantly manifested that benevolence and philanthropy, which are the only characteristic of the honourable society, of which he had proved a worthy member. The Lodge, it is said, being desirous of testifying in a peculiar manner their regard for their deceased brother, made it a rule at their last meeting, that every member should wear mourning during a week.
NEWBERN, (N. C.) May 9.
On Thursday last departed this life, in the 63d year of his age, Col. RICHARD COGDELL, late Master of the Union Lodge No. 1, of this town: His remains were on Sunday afternoon, followed to the grave in the burying ground of Christ-Church, by that worshipful lodge, and a number of other members of the most ancient and honourable society of Free-Masons.
Col. Cogdell has been in the commission of the peace of Craven-county for a long series of years; he had filled with honor the offices of Judge of Admiralty, and State Treasurer, and had often been called upon to represent the county in General Assembly.
Previous to the late revolution, he acted as Chairman of the first committee of observation held in this district, and was chosen one of the members of the first Provincial Convention of this State. In public and private life he constantly manifested that benevolence and philanthropy, which are the only characteristic of the honourable society, of which he had proved a worthy member. The Lodge, it is said, being desirous of testifying in a peculiar manner their regard for their deceased brother, made it a rule at their last meeting, that every member should wear mourning during a week.
Columbian Herald (Charleston, SC), June 4, 1787, p. 2:
NEWBERN, (N. C.) May 9.
On Thursday last departed this life, in the 63d year of his age, Col. RICHARD COGDELL, late Master of the Union Lodge No. 1, of this town: His remains were on Sunday afternoon, followed to the grave in the burying ground of Christ-Church, by that worshipful lodge, and a number of other members of the most ancient and honourable society of Free-Masons.
Col. Cogdell has been in the commission of the peace of Craven-county for a long series of years; he had filled with honor the offices of Judge of Admiralty, and State Treasurer, and had often been called upon to represent the county in General Assembly.
Previous to the late revolution, he acted as Chairman of the first committee of observation held in this district, and was chosen one of the members of the first Provincial Convention of this State. In public and private life he constantly manifested that benevolence and philanthropy, which are the only characteristic of the honourable society, of which he had proved a worthy member. The Lodge, it is said, being desirous of testifying in a peculiar manner their regard for their deceased brother, made it a rule at their last meeting, that every member should wear mourning during a week.
NEWBERN, (N. C.) May 9.
On Thursday last departed this life, in the 63d year of his age, Col. RICHARD COGDELL, late Master of the Union Lodge No. 1, of this town: His remains were on Sunday afternoon, followed to the grave in the burying ground of Christ-Church, by that worshipful lodge, and a number of other members of the most ancient and honourable society of Free-Masons.
Col. Cogdell has been in the commission of the peace of Craven-county for a long series of years; he had filled with honor the offices of Judge of Admiralty, and State Treasurer, and had often been called upon to represent the county in General Assembly.
Previous to the late revolution, he acted as Chairman of the first committee of observation held in this district, and was chosen one of the members of the first Provincial Convention of this State. In public and private life he constantly manifested that benevolence and philanthropy, which are the only characteristic of the honourable society, of which he had proved a worthy member. The Lodge, it is said, being desirous of testifying in a peculiar manner their regard for their deceased brother, made it a rule at their last meeting, that every member should wear mourning during a week.
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