Matthew David Dupee, Esq., was born in Philadelphia, PA to Bernard H. Dupee and Leonora Reese. He is married to the former Susan Nancy Rhodes.
Mr. Dupee is an attorney at law. He graduated with honors from Penn State University in 1981 with a BA in Political Science. In 1983, he entered the M.Phil. Soviet East European Studies program, he attended the University of Glasgow in Scotland, in 1985 he received Diploma in Comparative Law from the University of Florence in Italy and in 1987 Juris Doctor from the Dickinson School of Law.
Memberships
Connecticut Society of the Cincinnati
Military Society of 1812: Past President
Order of Founders and Patriots: Secretary General
Colonial Order of the Acorn: Solicitor General
Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the US: Past Commander (PA); Judge Advocate General in Chief
Society of Colonial Wars (NC, FL, IL); Past Chancellor (NC)
Colonial Society of Pennsylvania: Councilor
Aztec Club of 1847: Councilor
Order of Indian Wars (Council of 7)
St Nicholas Society of the City of New York (Board of Managers)
Gavel Society
National Society Sons and Daughters of the Pilgrims; Former Vice President (SC)
General Society War of 1812 – (PA) Former Councilor (PA); Counselor General
Sons of the Revolution – (PA) Former Board Member
Society of the Sons of St. George; Counselor, Former Foundation Treasurer
Military Order of Foreign Wars; Former Judge Advocate (PA)
St. Andrews Society of Philadelphia; Former Regalia Chairman
Ancient Chivalric and Heraldic Order of Albion
Société de Bienfaisance- Charleston
Antebellum Planters- Chancellor
Society of Descendants of Colonial Clergy
Order of Descendants of Colonial Physicians and Chirurgiens
Scots Irish Society
Order of Lafayette
National Society Sons of American Colonists
New England Society of New York
Friendly Sons of Saint Patrick of Philadelphia
Winthrop Society
Authorships
The Liturgy of the Knight Templar Priests 2008
Looking Glass, A Chapbook 2020
Chew on Sniff (Republished with a Foreword by MDD) 2021
Chivalric Orders
Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem - British Realm, HM Queen Elizabeth, II; KNIGHT
Order of the Immaculate Conception of Vila Vicosa (Portugal, House of Braganca); COMMANDER with STAR
Royal Order of Francis I- Knight (Bourbon of the Two Sicilies); COMMANDER
Order of the Holy Trinity (Ethiopia); GRAND CROSS
Imperial order of St Stanislas (Russia- House of Romanov); KNIGHT 3rd CLASS
Listed In (Publications)
Outstanding Young Men of America, 1987
Who’s Who In Freemasonry, 1998
Who’s Who in America, 2022
Other
A. State Commissions and Awards from State Governors
Lieutenant Colonel of the Veterans Corps of Artillery of the NY- 9th Field Artillery Regiment
State of Indiana- Sagamore of the Wabash
State of Texas- Admiral in Texas Navy
State of Arkansas- Arkansas Traveler
Commonwealth of Kentucky Colonel and Aide de Camp
B. Guilds and Ancient Companies
Freeman of the City of London
Worshipful Company of Makers of Playing Cards (London) - Liveryman
Guildable Manor of Southwark- Juror of the Court Leet
Burgess of the City of Glasgow
Merchants House of Glasgow
Incorporation of Wrights of the City of Glasgow - Company member
Incorporation of Gardeners of the City of Glasgow - Company member
Incorporation of Coopers of the City of Glasgow - Company member
Incorporation of Tailors of the Royal Burgh of Rutherglen - Company member
Deacons and Free Preseses Society of Glasgow Member
C. Private Organizations and Charities (Partial)
Lincoln University – Board Member 2012-16 (appt by PA State Senate)
Numismatic and Antiquarian Society of Philadelphia, President 2005- 2008, Vice President 2003-2005, Secretary 1989-2003, 2009-2015
Penllyn Club, President, 2005- 2008, Secretary 2002-present
English Speaking Union, President 2002-04, National Board 1991-1993, Executive Committee, Phila Branch Vice President 1992-1994, Secretary 1995
Penn Club, President, 2005- 2007, Vice President 2004, Secretary 2000-04
Pan American Association of Philadelphia, Vice President, Board member 2000- 2005
Philadelphia Club, Elective Committee Secretary, Library committee
Historic Rittenhousetown, Board Member 2001-2005
Society of the Sons of St. George, Foundation Treasurer, Counselor, 1989-Present
Franklin Inn Club, President 1998-2000, Secretary 1993-5, 1997
Rittenhouse Club, Board of Governors, Executive Committee 1990-1999
The Brook (NY), Rolling Rock Club , Metropolitan Club (Washington D.C.), Pohoqualine Fish Association, Racquet Club of Phila, Farmington Country Club, Hillsboro Club, Little Club (Gulfstream, FL), Palmetto Golf Club, Fourth Street Club, The Beefsteak Club ( London), Flyfisher’s Club (London), Savage Club (London), New Club (Edinburgh), Royal Cinque Ports GC and Royal Blackheath GC (UK), Royal Tennis Court (Hampton Court), Leamington Spa Rel Tennis Club, Athenaeum of Philadelphia, Pilgrims of the US, Shakespeare Society of Philadelphia, Squadron A Association of NY, Burns Society of NY, Ends of the Earth, Pickwick Club of Philadelphia, Orpheus Club, Honor Guard of the Pantheon (Italy)
Freemasonry
Brother Dupee was raised in Shiloh Lodge by his father, Bernard H. Dupee, PM in April 1982, and later, served as WM in 1989. He was a member of the Spring 1987 Class of the Valley of Allentown and served as Most Wise Master of Kilwinning Chapter of Rose Croix in the Valley of Philadelphia. He received his 33rd° in Cleveland in 2012.
Knight Grand Cross (highest National honor) of the
Masonic Rosicrucian Society
The Grand College of Holy Royal Arch Knight Templar Priests of the United States of America
The Grand Council of Allied Masonic Degrees of United States Of America
The Grand Council of Knight Masons of United States Of America
Grand College of Rites of the USA
The Grand College of Rites and the Convent General of Knights of the York Cross of Honor
Masonic Order of Alfred the Great
Recently, upon retiring from a successful term as Sovereign Grand Master of the Grand Council of Allied Masonic Degrees, Brother Dupee received the singularly rare honor when, for the first time in history, the Grand Council of Allied Masonic Degrees of England and Wales conferred upon him the title of Honorary Past Grand Master.
He was the first American to hold the VII° in Operative masonry and holds seniority as the first American member of the Commemorative Order of St. Thomas of Acon, Masonic Order of Athelstan, the Hermetic Chapter of Spiritual Knights, the Pilgrim Preceptors and the August Order of Light. He served a decade as the Right Worshipful Provincial Grand Senior Warden of the Royal Order of Scotland for the USA.
Among his other responsibilities, he presently serves as Regent of the York Rite Sovereign College of North America.
HSC 2024 Honorary Member
David Lawrence Grinnell was born in Newport, Rhode Island, to Clairmont Livesey Grinnell, Jr., and the former Mildred Anna Gladding. He had two children, son, Nathan Grinnell of Georgia and daughter, Jodi Grinnell Brierly of Missouri.
David graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from Bryant College in Smithfield, RI. After working in public accounting for several years, he decided to try a religious vocation, attending Holy Cross Monastery in West Park, New York for three years. After leaving the Monastery, David returned to Rhode Island to pursue his career in accounting, working first for the City of Newport and later became the CFO of Codac. After he retired, he moved to Palm Springs CA.
Memberships
The Order of the Crown of Charlemagne
The Society of the Cincinnati
National Society Sons of the American Revolution, Treasurer
Order of the Kings and Queens in the Holy Lands
General Society of Mayflower Descendants, California Past State Treasurer
The Order of the Crown of Charlemagne in the United States
Order of the Norman Conquest
The Merovingian Dynasty
The Baronial Order of Magna Charta
Order of the Descendants of the Justiciars
Descendants of Lady Godiva
National Guild of Saint Margaret of Scotland
National Society of Saints and Sinners
The Order of Alba
Order of the Kings of Wessex
Order of the Monarchs of Rheims
National Society Descendants of Colonial Indentured Servants
David belonged to over 40 lineage societies.
HSC Advisor
John Hallberg Jones and Lorraine "Lane" Yatckoske Jones were lifetime residents of Minnesota, having attended high school together. They had two sons and seven grandchildren.
Mr. Jones attended the University of Minnesota at Minneapolis. After a thirty-seven-year career in the paper industry, Mr. Jones retired a Partner in Unisource Worldwide Inc. in 2000.
Memberships
National Gavel Society, Honorary President
General Society of Colonial Wars, former Gentleman of the Council of the Wisconsin Society
Order of Americans of Armorial Ancestry, Honorary President General
National Society of Sons of American Colonists, Founder; Honorary Governor General
National Society Sons and Daughters of the Pilgrims, Honorary Governor General; Minnesota Branch Founding Governor
National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, former Vice President General; 1985 Minuteman Award Recipient; former President of the Minnesota Society; former Secretary-Treasurer of the Minnesota Society, serving for nearly fifty years
Order of Three Crusades 1096-1192, Auditor General; former Treasurer General
Order of Indian Wars of the United States, Honorary Commander
Continental Society Sons of Indian Wars, Honorary Governor General
Order of the Crown of Charlemagne in the United States of America, former Treasurer General; former Councilor General
Order of the Merovingian Dynasty, former Advisory Council Member; Founder Member
National Society Americans of Royal Descent, former Archivist; Member of the Most Venerable Order of Saint Louis
Order of the Crown in America
National Guild of St. Margaret, former Second Vice President General
Baronial Order of Magna Charta, former Surety
Military Order of the Crusades, former Surety
Colonial Order of the Acorn
Colonial Society of Pennsylvania
Ancient Heraldic and Chivalric Order of Albion
General Society Sons of the Revolution, former President of Minnesota Society
Military Society of the War of 1812, former member
Order of Scions of Colonial Cavaliers 1640-1660
Society of the Friends of St. George's & Descendants of the Knights of the Garter, Life Descendant Member
Order of the Founders and Patriots of America, Wisconsin Society former Councilor General
Jamestowne Society
Veteran Corps of Artillery State of New York, former member
Society of the Descendants of Colonial Clergy
National Huguenot Society, Minnesota Society former President
General Society of the War of 1812, former Vice President General for Minnesota of the General Society; former President of the Minnesota Society
National Society Sons of Colonial New England, former Treasurer General
General Society of Mayflower Descendants, former Member of Board of Assistants of the Minnesota Society
Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts
Hereditary Order Descendants Loyalists & Patriots American Revolution, former Chaplain General
National Society Sons and Daughters of Antebellum Planters 1607-1861
Sons and Daughters of the Colonial & Antebellum Bench & Bar 1565-1861
Order of Lafayette
Military Order of Foreign Wars of the United States
Military Order of the World Wars, Founding Adjutant of Fort Snelling Chapter; former Commander, former Chaplain
Presidential Families of America, Regent for Minnesota
National Society Descendants of Early Quakers
Flagon & Trencher: Descendants of Colonial Tavern Keepers
Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War
Sons of Confederate Veterans
Military Order of the Stars and Bars
National Order of the Blue and Gray, former Treasurer General
Order of the First Families of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, First Chaplain General
Hereditary Order of the Families of the Presidents and First Ladies of America, Charter Member; former Chaplain
First Families of Massachusetts
Order of the First Families of Maine
Descendants of the Knights of the Bath
Order of the First World War
Order of the Second World War
Guild of Colonial Artisans and Tradesmen 1607-1783
Order of the First Families of New Hampshire, Founder member, Founding Chaplain General; former Director General
Descendants of Sheriffs and Constables of Colonial and Antebellum America, Founding Chaplain General; former Deputy General
National Society of Saints and Sinners, Founding Member, Founding Chaplain
Registry of Famous and Infamous Relatives in American Families (9/9 Categories)
Hereditary Society of Teachers, Founder Member
Son of a Witch
Order of Descendants of Justiciars, Founding Member; former Councilor
Society of the Descendants of Lady Godiva, Founding Member
Order of the Norman Conquest, Founding Member
Order of Alba
Pilgrim William White Society
Order of the Monarchs of Rheims
Order of Descendants of El Cid
Order of the Descendants of Native Americans and Friends
National Society Descendants of American Railroad Workers
Order of the Kings and Queens of the Holy Land
Legion of Vikings and Valkyries
Founders Fellowship
Descendants of the IX
Descendants of the Templar Knights
Descendants of Fossors
Descendants of Cape Cod and the Islands
Descendants of Early Postmasters
Descendants of American Farmers
Order of Cloak and Dagger
The Order of American Cousins of the Present and Future Sovereigns of Great Britain
Chivalric Orders
The Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem (Officer Companion)
Sovereign Military Order of the Temple of Jerusalem(Grand Cross, Founder, Prior I, and currently Treasurer of the Priory of Our Lady of Sorrows of the West; former Grand Secretary of the Grand Priory of the USA)
Knight of Grace of the Military and Hospitaller Orderof Saint Lazarus of Jerusalem
Ordo Sancti Constantini Magni (Grand Officier; former member of the Council of Archons of the government of the Order; former Administrative Officer for the Exarchate of the USA)
Other Notes
Mr. Jones was active in numerous fraternal orders. He was involved in various political and community activities over the years, including management of state Senatorial campaigns and PTA leadership. He was a Kentucky Colonel; an Honorary Chief of the Minneapolis Fire Department; a LT COL Aide de Camp of the Alabama State Militia; and an Arkansas Traveler. Mr. Jones was also an accomplished magician, an avid ornithologist, pianist, and traveler, having logged over one million airline miles. In 1996, he returned to travel exclusively by train, his lifelong favorite method of travel. Lane and John were strong adherents of the Seventh Day Adventist faith.
HSC 2024 Honorary Member
Kenneth Duane Roach was born in Springfield, Missouri, to Donald and Gretchen Batts Roach. He is married to the former Joanne Stringer and they have two children Kenneth Duane Roach III and Kara Deann Roach.
Kenneth attended Troy University, in Troy, Alabama. He Served 41 Years in the US Army and the Army National Guard to include two tours of duty as an Army Helicopter Pilot in the Republic of Vietnam with the 101st Airborne Division. He also served as an advisor to the South Vietnam Air Force. His qualifications include five types of Army Helicopters and three types of Army Fixed Wing Aircraft. During his career he served as an Instructor Pilot, Instrument Flight Examiner, Army Safety Officer, and an Intelligence Officer. His Awards include the Silver Star, Legion of Merit, Distinguished Flying Cross, Bronze Star with Oak Leaf Cluster, Air Medal with V for Valor and Oak Leaf Cluster, Vietnam Cross of Gallantry. He retired as a CW5.
Kenneth served for 29 Years in the Federal Aviation Administration as an Aviation Safety Inspector type rated in various Jet Fixed Wing Aircraft. Twenty-one years of which he was a Supervisory Aviation Safety Inspector at the Flight Standards District Office, Bradley International Airport, Windsor Locks, CT. During his career he conducted Special Inspections in Central and South America for the US Department of State and other special emphasis investigations throughout the United States. He represented the Federal Aviation Administration at various ICAO Conferences.
Memberships
Aztec Club of 1847, President 2022-Present
Society of the Cincinnati in the State of Connecticut, President 2019-2022
Society of the War of 1812 in the State of Connecticut, President
Military Order Loyal Legion United States, Connecticut Commandery, Commander
National Society Sons of the American Revolution, Vice President General, New England
Military Order of Agincourt, Captain General
Order of the Founders and Patriots of America, Historian General
Descendants of Lady Godiva, Earle General
Sons of Spanish American War Veterans, National Treasurer
Baronial Order of the Magna Charta
Order of the Merovingian Dynasty
Order of the Crown of Charlemagne in the U.S.A.
National Society Americans of Royal Descent
Ancient Heraldic and Chivalric Order of Albion
Order of the Norman Conquest
Order of the Three Crusades
Descendants of Templar Knights
Military Order of the Crusades
Sons of the Revolution
Descendants of the Knights of the Garter
National Gavel Society
Order of Americans of Armorial Ancestry
General Society of Mayflower Descendants
National Huguenot Society
General Society of Colonial Wars
Order of Indian Wars of the United States
Colonial and Antebellum Bench and Bar
Order of Descendants of Colonial Governors
Military Order of the Carabao
Richard III Society
Order of Cloak and Dagger
Authorships
Army Aviation Flight Fax April 2006, Vol 34, No. 4 – “Inadvertent Instrument Meteorological Conditions”
The Flash, A Publication of the 78th (Lighting) Infantry Division Veterans Association January 2012, Vol MMXII, No. 1 – “The Battle for Steeg"
Other
101st Airborne Division Association, President, 2001–2002; Chairman of the Board of Governors, 2014–to Present; Brigadier General Don Pratt Memorial Committee Chairman, responsible for the Pratt Monument in Hiesville, Normandie, France, Chairman since 2018
Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association, Member since 1989
Grace Episcopal Church, Windsor, CT, Senior Warden and long serving Vestryman, continuous since 1990
Washington Masonic Lodge #70, Windsor, CT, Worshipful Master, 2024
Grand Commandery of Knights Templar in the State of Connecticut, Grand Captain General, 2024
Kenneth’s other interests include genealogical family research, military history and travel, stamp and coin collecting, and West Point football and wrestling sports.
Sandra Hendrick Staley was born in Ft Knox, Kentucky, to Robert Ellis Hendrick and Helen Bartholomew. She lives in Midand, Texas and has four children Catherine Elizabeth Staley Hyde; Paul G. Staley; Mark Ellis Staley and Jennifer Elaine Staley Kostohoryz.
Sandra has a BS from McMurry University in History and Speech with a minor in Religion. She was a history and debate teacher at Midland Public Schools for three years.
Memberships
Baronial Order of the Magna Charta
Colonial Dames of America
Daughters of the Republic of Texas
DelMarVa First Families, Founder
Descendants of Brian Boru
Descendants of Early Postmasters
Descendants of Sheriffs and Constables of Colonial and Antebellum America
First Families of Kentucky
Founders Fellowship
Hereditary Society of Teachers, National President; National Recording Secretary
Jamestowne Society
National Gavel Society
National Guild of St. Margaret of Scotland
National Huguenot Society, President General; Vice President General
National Society Colonial Dames XVII Century, Chapter President; Chapter Vice President
National Society Colonial Daughters of the Seventeenth Century, Chapter President
National Society Dames of the Court of Honor
National Society Daughters of Colonial Wars
National Society Daughters of the American Colonists, Chapter Secretary; State Junior Page
National Society Daughters of the American Revolution, Former Chapter Regent; Nominated for Texas Outstanding Junior
National Society Descendants of Early Quakers
National Society Magna Charta Dames and Barons, State First Executive Vice President
National Society of Fossors 1609-1850
National Society of New England Women
National Society of Saints and Sinners
National Society Sons and Daughters of Antebellum Planters
National Society Southern Dames of America
National Society United States Daughters of 1812, Chapter President
Nicholas Martiau Association
Order of Descendants of Ancient Planters
Order of Descendants of the Justiciars
Order of the Founders of North America 1492-1692
Order of Medieval Women
Order of the Crown of Charlemagne in America
Order of the Descendants of El Cid
Order of the First Families of Maryland
Order of the Kings and Queens of the Holy Land
Order of the Merovingian Dynasty
Order of the Monarchs of Rheims
Order of the Norman Conquest
Order of the Sovereigns of Ancient Scandinavia
Order of the Steel Magnolias
Sons and Daughters of Virginia Founding Fathers
Sons and Daughters of the Colonial and Antebellum Bench and Bar 1565-1861
The Commonwealth Assembly
The Continental Society Daughters of Indian Wars
The Hereditary Order of Descendants of Colonial Governors
The Hereditary Order of the Families of the Presidents and First Ladies of America
The National Society Sons and Daughters of the Pilgrims
The Order of American Cousins of the Present and Future Kings of Great Britian
The Order of First Families of Connecticut
The Royal Order of Saint George
The Winthrop Society
United Daughters of the Confederacy, Chapter President
Other
Appointed Midland Community Ambassador to Greece, 1967
Midland Junior League, sustainer
Midland Junior Woman’s Association, past president
Ballet Midland, past Board member
Midland Symphony Guild, past president
Midland Country Club Ladies Association, past president
Petroleum Club of Midland Ladies Association, past president
Minute Club of Midland, debutante presentation; past president
Community Children’s Clinic, past president and board member
Midland PTA, past president for San Jacinto Junior High
Midland Genealogical Society, past president
Midland Cerebral Palsy Center, past volunteer
Bush House Childhood Home, docent
Named Outstanding Woman by the Permian Basin Girl Scouts for 2010
Midland Centennial Library Foundation Board
Sandra is a member of the First Presbyterian Church and is a poetry writer.
Janet was born and raised in Macon, Georgia. Her parents, Shirley Ann Bloodworth and David Melson Butler, were born in Macon and both of her grandfathers were attorneys in Macon. She graduated from Stratford Academy in Macon in 1975. She attended Converse College in Spartanburg, SC and graduated from the University of Georgia in Athens with an A.B. degree in Psychology in June 1979. She did graduate work at Mercer University in Macon.
Janet was married to high school and college sweetheart the late William “Billy” O. Walker of Macon in August 1979. They have one adult married son with two sons, and one adult married daughter with two daughters, all of Macon.
Janet has vast business experience as a Forest Landowner and Manager of over 6000 acres of timber and kaolin. She is a former Support and former Lead Therapist with Severely Emotionally Disturbed Adolescents in a Psychoeducational Program. She is a former Director of Children’s Ministries at Mulberry Street United Methodist Church and a former retail owner.
Memberships
Huguenot Society of America
Colonial Dames of America, Chapter Recording Secretary
National Society Daughters of the American Revolution, Former Chapter Regent
The Sovereign Colonial Society Americans of Royal Descent
Colonial Order of the Crown
National Society Colonial Dames of America, Macon Town Committee
National Society United States Daughters of 1812, Former Chapter President; former State First VP
United Daughters of the Confederacy, Former Chapter President; former State Assistant Registrar
Children of the Confederacy
National Society Colonial Daughters of the 17th Century, State First VP
Baronial Order of Magna Charta
Magna Charta Society Dames and Barons, Former State First VP
Plantagenet Society
Order of Americans of Armorial Ancestry, Council Member
Sons & Daughters of the Pilgrims
National Society Colonial Dames Seventeenth Century, Former Chapter President
National Society Daughters of American Colonists, Former Chapter Regent
Dames of the Court of Honor
Society of Founders of Manakin in the Colony of Virginia
The Society of Descendants of Knights of the Most Noble Order of the Garter
National Society Daughters of Colonial Wars, Current State Advisor
Society of the Descendants of the Colonial Clergy
Jamestowne Society, Georgia Company Genealogist
National Huguenot Society, Honorary State President; Honorary President General
Flagon and Trencher
Southern Dames of America, Founding Chapter President
Guild of St. Margaret of Scotland, First VP General
National Society Descendants of Early Quakers
First Families of Georgia 1733-1797, Former Chaplain General; Librarian General
Continental Society Daughters of Indian Wars
Colonial Order of the Crown
Ancient Planters, State First VP
First Families of North Carolina
Sons & Daughters of the Colonial & Antebellum Bench & Bar 1565-1861
Presidential Families of America
Antebellum Planters
First Families of Maryland
Hereditary Order of the Presidents & First Ladies
Guild of Colonial Artisans & Tradesmen, Chaplain General
Order of the Merovingian Dynasty
Descendants of Teachers
Saints and Sinners
Order of the Norman Conquest, Third VP General
Descendants of Lady Godiva
Descendants of Fossors 1607-1860
Order of Alba, Former Chaplain General; First VP General
Descendants of Early Postmasters, Surveyor General
Order of Medieval Women of Consequence
Order of The House of Wessex
Order of the Monarchs of Rheims, Marshal General
Order of Descendants of Brian Boru
Hereditary Order of the Red Dragon
Vikings and Valkyries
National Society Descendants of Colonial Indentured Servants, Co-Founder; Honorary President General; Historian General
Order of the Kings and Queens of the Holy Land
Descendants of American Farmers
Descendants of American Prisoners of War
Order of Descendants of Ancient Scandinavia, Founding Corresponding Secretary General
Virginia Quit Rents 1704, Founding Librarian General; Councilor General
Bacon’s Rebellion, Founding Chaplain General
Colonial Regulators, Chaplain General
Colonial Officers
Order of Founders of the Granville District 1663-1763, Marshal General
Order of William the Marshal
Order of Founders of Places of Worship
First Families of Delmarva; Delmarva First Families
Commonwealth Assembly, Historian General
Crown and Sceptre
Founders Fellowship, Chaplain
Gavel Society
Authorships
The Rodgers – Mansfield – Seymour Families of Macon, Georgia – 2003
Other Genealogical Affiliations and Memberships
New England Historical and Genealogical Society
Georgia Archives
Georgia Historical Society
North Carolina Genealogical Society
Virginia Genealogical Society
Old Edgefield Genealogical Society
Community Affiliations and Offices
Davis-Stevens Memorial Library Trust Fund, Past Board Chairman
Historic Riverside Cemetery Conservancy, Macon, Past Board Chairman
Riverside Cemetery, Inc., Past Board Secretary and current Board member
The Janet and Billy Walker Library Trust Fund, Trustee
Intown History Club, Past President
Tri Delta Middle Georgia Chapter Alumni Association, Past President
Tri Delta Life Loyal member
Pines & Peaches Garden Club, Past President
Stratford Academy Alumni Board, inaugural and former member
Junior League of Macon, current member; sustainer
Cannonball House, former Board member
Idle Hour Club in Macon, GA, member
Forest Landowners Association member
Janet is a supporting and patron member of various historical and arts organizations in Macon.
HSC 2024 Honorary Member
Jerry William Zillion was born in Beardstown, Illinois, to Portia Rae Henderson and William George Zillion, Marine Corps South Pacific WWII. He has one son Ryan Joseph Zillion.
Jerry is a Harvard Business School, Owners Presidents Managers (OPM) Graduate; he attended Wharton School of Finance; George Meany Labor College, Finra Series 6, Series 63 and Series 7; and the American College of Financial Services as a Chartered Life Underwriter (CLU) and a Chartered Financial Consultant (ChFC), Blackhawk College, Eastern Illinois University.
Jerry served in the United States Army National Guard during the Chicago Riots after the death of Martin Luther King and Democratic Convention and Special Reserve Forces.
Jerry’s occupations include Amalgamated Meat Cutters Union, Chartered Life Underwriter, Chartered Financial Consultant, Registered Financial Consultant, Financial Consulting Group, American Assurance Associates, CEO, United Food and Commercial Workers.
Memberships
Society of the Cincinnati
Jamestowne Society, MD, Co-Founder, Past Governor
National Society Sons of the American Revolution, Washington D.C. Society, Past Vice President
Saint Andrews Society, D.C. Past Treasurer
National Society Sons of American Colonists
National Gavel Society
Lincoln Birthday National Commemorative Committee, Past Vice Chairman and Treasurer
Military Order Loyal Legion United States, Past Commander, Washington, D.C.
American Legion
General Society War of 1812
Order of Monarchs of Reim, Treasurer
Society of Indian Wars
Sons of Confederate Veterans, R. E. Lee Camp, Alexandria, VA, Past Commander
Other
Harvard Business Alumni
Mid-Atlantic Federal Credit Union Supervisory Committee Board
Lincoln Memorial University Board Member
Episcopalian