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First Deputies and SGIG for Orient of Montana

Henry St. George Hopkins 33°, Deputy for the territories of Montana and Idaho, State of Nevada, December
12, 1874 to May 27, 1878.
Robert C. Jordan 33°, Inspector General in Nebraska and for the Territories of Wyoming and Montana,
October 7, 1878 to January 26, 1880.
William Gustave Emile Tonn 32°, Deputy of the Supreme Council for Montana, January 26, 1880 to January
23, 1881.
Harry Ritzer Comly 33°, First- Inspector General in Montana, for the Territory of Montana - January 1,
1882 to January 26, 1895.
Cornelius Hedges 32°, Deputy for the State of Montana, January 26, 1895 to October 23, 1895.
Erasmus Theodore Carr 33°, Inspector General in Montana, October 23, 1895 to May 12, 1915. Selected
Cornelius Hedges as his Deputy.

On display at the Montana Masonic Museum in Helena
is the Master of the Royal Secret 32° Apron of Cornelius
Hedges.
The photo below shows Cornelius Hedges wearing this
apron.

Laying the cornerstone of the Masonic Temple, Broadway & Jackson, Helena, M.T.
Photo June 16,1885: Front L - R: Henry M. Parchen, Grand Treasurer; Cornelius Hedges, PGM, Grand Secretary; Harry
Comly, PGM, SGIG in Montana; Sam Langhorne, Grand Master; John Stedman, PGM; J.R. Weston, PGM; and Moses
Morris, PGM.
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