Benjamin Davis Wilson, Los Angeles Lodge 42 and Pentalphia Lodge 202, was a California statesman who became the second Mayor of Los Angeles. Mount Wilson and the famed observatory that sits atop it were named in his honor. At a time of acts of unspeakable violence toward them, Native Americans called him Don Benito because of his benevolence toward the tribes in his area. Brother Wilson is also the grandfather of World War II General George S. Patton, Jr., a man not known for benevolence toward anyone.
