Colonel Harland Sanders
Born September 9, 1890, Henryville, Indiana · Died December 16, 1980, Louisville, Kentucky · Henryville Lodge No. 651, Indiana; later Hugh Harris Lodge No. 938, Corbin, Kentucky
Founder of Kentucky Fried Chicken, whose Masonic record survives in the Grand Lodge of Kentucky card file.
Founder of Kentucky Fried Chicken, whose Masonic record survives in the Grand Lodge of Kentucky card file.
Sources
- https://freemasonry.bcy.ca/biography/sanders_h/sanders_h.html (citing Grand Lodge of Kentucky card file)
- Portrait image: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Harland_Sanders_(circa_1914).png (Public domain)
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Life & Masonic Timeline
September 9, 1890
Born — Henryville, Indiana
April 6, 1917
Age 26
Initiated an Entered Apprentice in Henryville Lodge No. 651, Indiana; later Hugh Harris Lodge No. 938, Corbin, Kentucky
1919
Age 29
Passed to the Degree of Fellowcraft — Henryville Lodge No. 651, Indiana; later Hugh Harris Lodge No. 938, Corbin, Kentucky
1919
Age 29
Raised to the Sublime Degree of Master Mason — Henryville Lodge No. 651, Indiana; later Hugh Harris Lodge No. 938, Corbin, Kentucky
1930
Age 40
Took over a service station in Corbin, Kentucky
1935
Age 45
Named a Kentucky Colonel
1952
Age 62
Franchised his first Kentucky Fried Chicken
October 27, 1953
Age 63
Affiliated with Hugh Harris Lodge No. 938
1964
Age 74
Sold KFC
December 16, 1980
Age 90
Died — Louisville, Kentucky
Unclear, likely someone from the family of Colonel Sanders, via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · Source