George Rogers Clark (1752-1818) was the highest ranking military officer on the western frontier in the American Revolution. He was also the brother of famed Freemason William Clark (of the Lewis and Clark expedition). A Freemason, George Rogers Clark's Lodge is unknown, but Abraham Lodge 8, Louisville conducted his Masonic funeral. In 1809, at age 57, Brother Clark suffered a stroke and fell into a fireplace, burining his leg so badly it required amputation. When Dr. Richard Ferguson, Master of Abraham Lodge, performed the amputation, the only anesthetic Brother Clark received was music from a fife and drum corps playing in the background.
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