FIRST -- Institutor of an IOOF Lodge in TX, Texas State Cemetery, Austin TX
N 30° 15.914 W 097° 43.635
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Jacob De Cordova, who is responsible for several firsts in Texas, including instituting the first IOOF Lodge in Texas, is buried at the Texas State Cemetery at Austin, Texas
Waymark Code: WMQ01X
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 11/20/2015
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Jacob De Cordova's firsts include contributions to the International Order of Odd Fellows, the state of Texas, and the City of waco. His amazing life is briefly memorialized on his tombstone that stands in the Texas State Cemetery in Austin, Texas.
His tombstone reads as follows:
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JACOB DE CORDOVA
June 6, 1808 – January 26, 1868
First Deputy Grand Sire IOOF outside USA
Instituted first IOOF Lodge in Texas, Lone Star No. 1 -- July 25, 1838
Instituted Grand Lodge IOOF of Texas April 29, 1841
Member, 2nd Legislature of the State of Texas
Established first cotton mill in the state of Texas
Founder of the city of Waco Texas
Erected by the Odd Fellows of Texas
and the state of Texas
1937
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Rebecca Sterling De Cordova
April 19, 1808 - December 30, 1882
A True Wife and Helpmate of Jacob De Cordova
In All His Undertakings"
From the IOOF history website: (
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"The first lodge of Odd Fellows in Texas was instituted in Houston, as Lone Star Odd Fellow Lodge Number One on July 25, 1838 by Jacob DeCordova, Grand Master of Louisiana."
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