Ebenezer Foote

Ebenezer Foote was one of the original petitioners and first Master of Steuben Lodge No. 18, the first Masonic lodge in Orange County. He was a man of spotless integrity, unwearied diligence, and perseverance, and by his own intellectual powers and moral worth, he arose to an enviable distinction in society and has left many memorials of honorable fame as a legacy to his posterity.