Beloit Council No. 1, R. and S. M. was organized.

The evidence

• “Beloit Council No. 1, R. and S. M., was organized February 24, 1857. Then on April 18, 1864, was chartered Beloit Commandery No. 6, Knights Templar.”

  1908-brown-rock-county/06-history-of-beloit.md, Vol. 1, PDF p. 193 / book p. 175

  Brown, William Fiske, editor. Rock County, Wisconsin: A New History of Its Cities, Villages, Towns, Citizens and Varied Interests, from the Earliest Times, Up to Date. Chicago: C. F. Cooper & Co., 1908. 2 vols. archive.org/details/rockcountywiscon01brow, archive.org/details/rockcountywiscon02brow.

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