Alden Clark Millard, 33°
(Jul 17, 1838 - Jun 23, 1909)
1860 - Raised Lafayette Lodge, North Adams, Massachusetts

1862 - Royal Arch Mason, Berkshire Chapter, Adams, Massachusetts
1866 - Order of the Temple, Apollo Commandery, Chicago, Illinois

1866 - 32° Received the Scottish Rite degrees , NMJ, Chicago
1866-67 - Master of the Council of Princes of Jerusalem
1870 - Coroneted 33° Inspector General Honorary, NMJ, Cincinnati, Ohio
1902 - Affiliated with the Valley of Kansas City

Brother Alden Clark Millard received the Masonic degrees in Massachusetts and Illinois. He was born in North Adams, Massachusetts and received his education there and at Suffield, Connecticut. He was a manufacturer of boots and shoes until 1864. He moved to Chicago where he was engaged in the book and stationary business and served as Commissioner of West Chicago Park until the city was stricken by the Chicago Fire in 1871. He then moved to Kansas in 1877 and engaged in farming at Salina for nine years. His next move brought him to Independence, Missouri where he lived for another twenty-five years. He was elected Mayor of Independence, Missouri from 1896 to 1897 and served as a justice of the peace of Blue Township until just several days before his death. He was also owner of the Millard Office Building on West Lexington Street in Independence.

Masonic history
He was made a Mason in 1860 at Lafayette Lodge, in North Adams, Massachusetts. He became a Royal Arch Mason in 1862 at Berkshire Chapter also in North Adams, Massachusetts. He received the Order of the Temple in Apollo Commandery of Chicago in 1866. He also received the Scottish Rite degrees in November 16, 1866. He served as Master of the Chicago Council of the Princes of Jerusalem in 1866 and 1867. He was coroneted a 33° in Cincinnati, Ohio, Northern Masonic Jurisdiction, on June 18, 1870. Records of his affiliation with our temple indicate he paid dues to the Valley of Kansas City, Missouri Scottish Rite at least from 1902 through the time of his death while he remained a member of the Northern Jurisdiction. He was also a member of the Knights Templar Lodge of Independence, Missouri who assisted in his funeral.

Funeral services: First Baptist Church, Independence, MO. The mayor of Independence, Missouri, Llewellyn Jones, ordered the city offices closed during the funeral so that city officials could attend in a body. Interred: Mount Washington Cemetery, Independence, Missouri.