Past District Deputy Grand Masters
Seventh Masonic District of Ohio • 1856 to the Present
83Brethren
170Years
20Lodges
20Living
Currently Serving 2026 2
The District Deputy Grand Masters presently appointed to the Seventh District.
2026
Edward Paul MooreDeceased
Lynchburg 484 Lodge
2026
Samuel Keith Johnson, Jr.
Bainbridge 196 Lodge
The Three-Deputy Era 2003 – 2025 20
Beginning in 2003 the Grand Master appointed three Deputies to the Seventh District, reflecting the growth of the district’s lodges.
2024–2025
Rex Randall Knight
Logan Elm 674 Lodge
2023–2025
Tyler Glenn Sheeley
West Union 43 Lodge
2021–2023
Mark Franklin Allman
Orient 321 Lodge
2020–2022
Willard Aaron Buckler
Aurora 48 Lodge
2018–2020
Larry Dean Cornwell
Leesburg 78 Lodge
2018–2019
Mark Anthony White
Western Sun 91 Lodge
2015–2017
Charles Curtis Shanks
Leesburg 78 Lodge
2015–2017
Timothy Brent Allen
Lucasville 465 Lodge
2012–2014
Robert Silas JonesDeceased
Logan Elm 674 Lodge
2012–2014
Samuel Keith JohnsonDeceased
Bainbridge 196 Lodge
2011–2013
Karl Douglas Akers
Aurora 48 Lodge
2009–2011
Daniel Curtis Downs
Winchester 236 Lodge
2008–2010
Dennis Michael Evans
Lucasville 465 Lodge
2007–2009
Robert Joseph Shilling
Orient 321 Lodge
2006–2008
Loren Lester Bower, Jr.Deceased
Highland 38 Lodge
2005–2007
Timothy Dean Martin
Aurora 48 Lodge
2004–2006
David V. MedertDeceased
Scioto 6 Lodge
2003–2005
Samuel Joseph Sutherland
Nauvoo 769 Lodge
2002–2004
Larry Eugene ShoemakerDeceased
Bainbridge 196 Lodge
2001–2003
Robert Keith BrownDeceased
Orient 321 Lodge
The Two-Deputy Era 1944 – 2002 41
From 1944 the district was served by two Deputies at a time, each overseeing a portion of the five counties.
1999–2001
Terrell Gene MooreDeceased
Lynchburg 484 Lodge
1998–2000
Jerry L. ShupertDeceased
West Union 43 Lodge
1996–1998
Jon Mark Hall
Scioto 6 Lodge
1995–1997
Paul Edwin MapleDeceased
Western Sun 91 Lodge
1993–1995
Leslie Deverele Daniels
Logan Elm 674 Lodge
1992–1994
Richard Leon FisherDeceased
Orient 321 Lodge
1991–1992
Dwight O. "Ike" Hodson
Leesburg 78 Lodge
1989–1991
William E. BrownleeDeceased
Winchester 236 Lodge
1989–1990
James Robert DerexsonDeceased
Scioto 6 Lodge
1986–1988
Joseph Eugene TaylorDeceased
Leesburg 78 Lodge
1986–1988
Mana Jenkins Jr.Deceased
Lucasville 465 Lodge
1983–1985
George Leonard O'Neal
Rome 535 Lodge
1983–1985
Gerald A. NewmanDeceased
Highland 38 Lodge
1981–1982
Edward P. TaylorDeceased
Western Sun 91 Lodge
1980–1982
Roger Allen Bost
Scioto 6 Lodge
1978–1980
Earl Wayne PixleyDeceased
Manchester Lodge
1977–1979
William Alexander MeadowsDeceased
Logan Elm 674 Lodge
1976–1977
Saul KeithDeceased
Peebles Lodge
1975–1976
Thomas Arthur FultonDeceased
Sinking Spring 365 Lodge
1973–1975
James Wendell WoodDeceased
Lucasville 465 Lodge
1972–1974
James Denny KitchenDeceased
Logan Elm 674 Lodge
1970–1972
Marvin R. KennardDeceased
Nauvoo 769 Lodge
1969–1971
John T. KinzerDeceased
Greenfield Lodge
1967–1969
Robert L. HendersonDeceased
Orient 321 Lodge
1966–1968
Luther CarterDeceased
Scioto 6 Lodge
1964–1966
Charles Thomas HookDeceased
West Union 43 Lodge
1963–1965
Floyd C. WoodmanseeDeceased
Leesburg 78 Lodge
1961–1963
Charles Melvin Tomlin, Jr.Deceased
Manchester Lodge
1960–1962
Howard Slagle YoungDeceased
Frankfort Lodge
1958–1960
Howard Clinton HigginsDeceased
Lucasville 465 Lodge
1957–1959
Paul Flavius Pulse, Sr.Deceased
Highland 38 Lodge
1955–1957
Ralph E. WhitlachDeceased
Aurora 48 Lodge
1954–1956
Wayne Frederick CryderDeceased
Adelphi Lodge
1953–1954
Lee Williams OsborneDeceased
Peebles Lodge
1953
Kenneth N. LangleyDeceased
Scioto 6 Lodge
1950–1952
Clyde Sherman DeMintDeceased
West Union 43 Lodge
1950–1952
Thomas R. BadgleyDeceased
Greenfield Lodge
1947–1949
Carl Virgil Hohenstein, Sr.Deceased
Logan Elm 674 Lodge
1947–1949
Howard J. MorganDeceased
Western Sun 91 Lodge
1944–1946
Adrian Doty SmithDeceased
Western Sun 91 Lodge
1944–1946
Howard N. HendersonDeceased
Lynchburg 484 Lodge
The First Deputies 1940 – 1943 2
In 1940 the office of District Lecturer was retitled District Deputy Grand Master. These men were the first to serve under the new title.
1942–1943
Wayne C. HibbitsDeceased
Western Sun 91 Lodge
1940–1941
Harry Alvin ActonDeceased
Scioto 6 Lodge
District Lecturers — 1893 to 1939 1893 – 1939 17
With the district’s boundaries settled, the office returned to men of the five counties and was held continuously until the 1940 retitling.
1925–1929 & 1936–1939
Joseph W. ListDeceased
Highland 38 Lodge
1934–1935
R. C. HendersonDeceased
Manchester Lodge
1930–1933
Sherrard McCarthy JohnsonDeceased
Aurora 48 Lodge
1923–1924
Charles Mortimer KernsDeceased
Highland 38 Lodge
1922
H. Glenn DuisDeceased
Western Sun 91 Lodge
1918 & 1922
Frederick Benjamin WinterDeceased
Aurora 48 Lodge
1921
Harry Mitchell BakerDeceased
Aurora 48 Lodge
1919–1920
David Andrew Grimes, Sr.Deceased
Aurora 48 Lodge
1914–1917
Hugh McGuire LynchDeceased
Scioto 6 Lodge
1910–1913
Frank Mabrey BaggsDeceased
Aurora 48 Lodge
1907–1909
Henry Scott, Jr.Deceased
Aurora 48 Lodge
1906–1907
Augustus Humphrey DeanDeceased
Orient 321 Lodge
1901–1903 & 1905–1906
A. C. KoppDeceased
Scioto 6 Lodge
1904–1905
Charles HoytDeceased
Scioto 6 Lodge
1900
Aaron HeadDeceased
Greenfield Lodge
1898–1900
C. E. WilcoxDeceased
Frankfort Lodge
1893–1897
Edgar F. DraperDeceased
Aurora 48 Lodge
1873 – 1892
For these twenty years the district’s boundaries were drawn differently, and the men holding the office did not reside in what are now Adams, Highland, Pike, Ross and Scioto Counties. No record of their service is carried here.
The Founding Years — 1856 to 1872 1856 – 1872 1
The earliest recorded service in the district, under the original title of District Lecturer.
1856–1872
John Mills BarrereDeceased
Highland 38 Lodge
Living
Deceased
Years shown are years ending. From 1856 through 1939 the office was titled
District Lecturer; it was retitled District Deputy Grand Master in 1940.