The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-04-18
GEORGE A. TORRANCE. WILLIAM o. MUNRoE
ZFNAS c PRIEST WALTER GILBERT

ZENAs c. PRIEST. WALTER GILBERT.
Sir Knight Priest was raised to the sublime
degree of Master Mason in Utica lodge, No.
| AZ, Aug. l3, 1855, and elected worshipful mas
ter thereof in lSG2-63 He received the ex-
allied degree of Royal Arch, in Oneida chap
ter No. 81, Dec. IA, 1855; was created a
Knight Of the Temple in Utica commandery,
No 8, Jan. ., 1856, and served two years
CSG1-G2 as grand commander of the grand
commandery of this state. In 1862 he was
complimented with the distinguished position
of very eminent grand generalissimo by the
grand encampment of the United States, in
which office he served three years, and was
also an honorary member of Little Falls
commandery, No. %.
In 1860 he was regularly promoted in rank
to the position of brigadier general of the
Seventeenth brigade, Fifth division, of the
state militia, which he held up to the time of
his death.
June G, 1868, he was honored by the Su-
preme Council, Ancient and Accepted Scot
fish rite, northern jurisdiction, with the
thirty-third degree. He was the recipient of
many positions of trust and honor among the
civil, religious and official associations at and
near his home.
The browning glory of his Masonic achieve
ments was displayed in his zeal, devotion and
usefulness in the chivalric department of
Masonry. In 1858 he was elected to the office
\ of eminent commander of Utica command
y aTy, No. 3, and year after year reelected
until 1871.
George Allen Torrance was born in Lock
port, n Y, Feb. l, 1896, and died in the city
of Cleveland, O., Feb. -, 1888.
He was raised to the masters degree in Red
bot lodi W tod
to the royal arch degree in Ames chapter,
No. IS, Nov. 5, 1865; received and greeted
royal and select master in Bruce council, No.
10, March l, 1876; created knight templar
in Genesee commandery, No. TO- Jan. l, 1869.
He was elected to the office of standard bearer
April = 1869 In 1870 he was elected to the
office Of captain general, which office he filed
for six years
He was elected eminent commander April
G, 1877, and reelected May 3, 1878 He filed
various subordinate positions in lodge, chap
ter and council, and was devoted to the fra
ternity in all its vicissitudes.
Walter Gilbert, of De Soto commandery,
No. 80, died May q, 1883. Eminent Sir Gil
bert was born in the year 1913, at Chazy, n.
Y. He was made a Mason in Clinton lodge,
No. 1856 at Plattsburg, March IL, 1873, and
presided as master Of that lodge from De-
cember, 1879, to December, 1881, and again
served as master during 1854. He was exalt-
ed to the sublime degree Of Royal Arch Ma
son, Sept 8, 1873, in Plattsburg chapter, No.
4 50, and created Knight Templar in De Soto
commandery, No. 40, Plattsburg, Nov. II,
1873. He was elected eminent commander
of De Soto commandery on May 8, 1886, and
served as such until April 2, 1888.
William Otis Munroe died at his home in
the city of New York, Aug %, 1855 He
was made a Mason in Atlantic lodge, No.
rs, in 1867; a Royal Arch Mason in Jerusa-
lem chapter, No. 8, shortly after that time,
and was created knight Templar in CHur
de Lion commandery, No. %, in 1870 He
was elected and served three terms assemi-
nent commander of that body, his last term
Z expiring in April, 1883. He was also mem
Der of the several Scottish Rite bodies of
New York city. In the grand commandery
he served on many important committees
with ability and fidelity.
These brief sketches are condensed from
articles which appeared in a recent issue Of
The Voice of MasonfS =, written by Thomas E.
Haslehurst, grand commander.