longbow62
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Today I got out for a little bit with a buddy. I found this cool old Shriner's badge marked Duluth-St. Paul MN. That's 650 miles as the crow fly's from Jonesboro AR. I easily found a badge just like it by a Google search.
I then tried searching the temple and found it was formed in 1905. Interestingly one of the first officers was a Henry Nesbitt. There is a street named Nesbitt in Jonesboro, and the Nesbitts were a a prominent family during the early settlement Jonesboro well before and after 1908. It does seem more than a coincidence that a early temple officer in Duluth had the same last name as a prominent family that lives in Jonesboro. Maybe he moved here later? Nesbitt is not a super common last name. Anyway it's an interesting find.
I then tried searching the temple and found it was formed in 1905. Interestingly one of the first officers was a Henry Nesbitt. There is a street named Nesbitt in Jonesboro, and the Nesbitts were a a prominent family during the early settlement Jonesboro well before and after 1908. It does seem more than a coincidence that a early temple officer in Duluth had the same last name as a prominent family that lives in Jonesboro. Maybe he moved here later? Nesbitt is not a super common last name. Anyway it's an interesting find.
