| Robert E. B. Baylor
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May 10, 1793 – January 6, 1874 Lawyer, Democrat congressman, district judge and ordained Baptist minister, Robert Emmett Bledsoe Baylor was one of the founders of Baylor University at Independence, Texas (now located at Waco), and Baylor Female College at Belton, Texas in 1845. He served as one of the first faculty members at the School of Law when it opened in 1857, continuing to teach classes until his death in 1873. Initiated : 1828 Grand Chaplain : 1843, 1846, 1847 Grand Lodge of Texas Founding member : 1853 Baylor Lodge No. 125, Gay Hill
Source : The Texas Mason, Pete Normand. College Station, Texas : Texas Lodge of Research, 1986. Photo : http://law.baylor.edu/History/Faculty/baylor.htm |