Summary

Military Service

• Formed Southampton Calvary at Cedar Lawn in 1861, later to become Co. H, 5th Virginia Cavalry, later to reform as

Summary

The Biggs family moved to Virginia from North Carolina after the Civil War; his father, the elder Asa Biggs (1811–1878), was a U.S. Senator and federal judge who also died in Virginia (Norfolk) a few years prior in 1878.

History of Franklin Lodge No. 151 A.F.& A.M.

The History of Franklin Lodge

Franklin Lodge No 151 is a product of four different Lodges. Mt. Olivet Lodge No. 25 (), Berlin Lodge No. 42 (), Somerton Lodge No. 99 (), and Acacia Lodge No. 84 () can each give to the history of Franklin Lodge. The distance of each of these Lodges from the Franklin area and the mode of transportation in the year 1855 gave rise to the need of a Lodge in Franklin. On February 13, 1856 Brother Stephen G. Darden, Secretary of Mt. Olive Lodge No. 25 submitted a petition to the Grand Lodge of Virginia for a Lodge in Franklin. There were eleven other signatures on the petition. All but one of these eventually joined Franklin Lodge. The name of the Lodge was left blank on the petition with the choices being Franklin or Seaboard. The charter was granted on December 10, 1856, with twenty-eight charter members.

The following is a list of the District Deputy Grand Masters governing Franklin Lodge No. 151: