Masonic Temple a treasure trove of genealogy data
As Hansen researched Thomson's story, she found a man who was married six times - widowed five times and left by his sixth wife - and who spoke Gaelic, was raised by his grandparents, became the sheriff in Paris, Idaho (later burned in effigy and run out of town) and founded the American Masonic Federation in 1907. After he was tried and convicted of mail fraud for setting up the clandestine lodge and selling Masonic degrees, he became the prison librarian at Leavenworth. Ref. Source 4