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3 unusual facts about Batavia Cemetery


Batavia Cemetery

Two years later, in 1882, an organization called the National Christian Association Opposed to Secret Societies called attention to William Morgan, a Batavia resident who, after a failed bid to join the local Masonic Lodge, began speaking and writing against the order and its alleged hidden influence on society and politics.

Elected to succeed David Evans as U.S. Representative in 1827, he served through 1833, often taking Anti-Masonic positions.

supposedly after an abduction, helped catalyze the formation of an Anti-Masonic Party.



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