THAYER CEMETERY
Northville Towmship
Wayne County, Michigan
Submitted by
Mark Jennings
Canton, Michigan
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John Lewis 1845-1941
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The mystery is that on top of his tombstone
is the Mason's symbol. I did not know that the Freemason's accepted blacks
into their society. John Lewis and his family is buried in the back of this
cemetery, a distance from the other graves. It appears they were
separated. This is only the second cemetery where I have found black
graves separated from white graves. Though he was separated from the
whites, he was inducted into the Freemasons??? I have e-mailed a
Freemason's website to ask for info about the Freemasons and blacks in the
1800's. If I get an answer I will forward it to you.
Mark Jennings
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