Rob Morris, 1818-88, lived here for 28 years after being born near Boston, Mass. He founded the Order of the Eastern Star, served as Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Kentucky in 1858-59, and from 1861 to 1865 was president of the Masonic College in La Grange, which operated from 1844-73. The author of many Masonic books and poems, he was crowned Poet Laureate of Freemasonry in 1884 and died here in 1888.