Charles J. Weatherby

Charles Jerome Weatherby (August 17, 1842 - August 8, 1916) was an American physician, an insurance broker (who sold fraudulent policies in Missouri and Kansas), and a fraternalist organiser, first as a promoter of the Kassidean Knights and later as founder of the Knights of the Ancient Essenic Order.

Background

 * Sergeant, 9th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company F (20 April 1861 - 29 July 1861)
 * 1st Lieutenant, 109th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company H (10 July 1863 - 17 July 1863)
 * District Agent for Iowa Life Insurance Co. (Cedar Rapids, IA ), c. 1875
 * Secretary of Centennial Mutual Life Association (Burlington, IA ), 1876-188(?)
 * Physician (Hot Springs, AK ), 1879-188(?)
 * President of Kaw Life Association (Kansas City, KS ), 1883-1887
 * Physician (Kansas City, MO ), c. 1886
 * V.G. Hierophant, Kassidean Knights (Kansas City, MO), c. 1888
 * V.G. Hierophant, Kassidean Knights (San Francisco, CA), c. 1890
 * V.G. Hierophant, Kassidean Knights (Salt Lake City, UT), c. 1891
 * Supreme Ruler of K.A.E.O. (St. Louis, MO), c. 1893
 * Supreme Ruler of K.A.E.O. (Louisville, KY ), c. 1894
 * Supreme Ruler of K.A.E.O. (Biloxi, MI ), c. 1896

Selected Bibliography

 * Ritual of the Knights of the Ancient Essenic Order (c. 1897)

Reading

 * &mdash; a detailed biography of Supreme Ruler Weatherby