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- Sherman Anson Willson.Sernior is the son of Anson Abram Willson & Sarah ALICE HILL.
Abstract from Interview with his son Anson Willson Junior:
My father (Sherman Anson Senior) played 36 holes of golf Sunday afternoon, went to bed & woke up & died while shaving Sunday morning.
My father was the healthiest man I ever knew, except that nobody knew how to count calories & nobody knew what the dangers of overweight were, & so my wonderful father thought he could eat all he wanted to, & he did. So did I. But I was young enough so that I didnʼt develop the big belly that he did, & the weight killed him. He played 36 holes of golf on Sunday, got up & shaved Monday, & dropped dead. He was 56 years old. I was very young, in my 20s. He dropped dead & nobody knew why. Everything he did, I had to do with him. We both were golf & tennis champions. He had a huge library in his home. He designed his home just the way he wanted it. The library was filled with books & I had read everyone of them. …
My father was a Mason. I appreciated dad so much so I was enthusiastic when I joined. My mother was a bit against my joining because she had heard all these wild stories about how they beat each other up, & things of that kind, so it all worked & I jumped into Masonry with dad being right there. From then on we went to Lodge together. It wasnʼt too long after that that he died. I donʼt remember the Masonic funeral. I sometimes wonder what happened to me. I was too upset. …
My father & his 3 brothers were Masons. Shermanʼs father & grandfather were Masons.
Ref: Legacy Series: Oral Histories with Past Grand Masters of Michigan. - - -
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1885 - 1941 (55 years)