David Cargill, Twenty-fifth Grand Master
Most Worshipful Brother Cargill was born in Jefferson, Maine, September 18, 1818, and when a young man removed to Winthrop and later to Livermore Falls, where he resided until his death, June 13, 1895. He received his Masonic degrees in Kennebec Lodge at Hallowell, May 12, 1858, and from that date until his death only twice, both on account of sickness, did he miss attendance at the annual sessions of the Grand Lodge. One of the most important Masonic activities of his life was his successful effort to resuscitate Temple Lodge, No. 25, at Winthrop, which was one of the working lodges at the time of the organization of the Grand Lodge of Maine, but surrendered its charter during the anti-masonic crusade. The very next year after receiving his degrees, a dispensation was issued to Brother Cargill and others to <sic: word apparently missing> Temple Lodge, and its charter was later restored even though another lodge had been given the same name two years before, Temple, No. 86, at Westbrook, thus explaining why we now have two " Temple " Lodges on our State roll. Brother Cargill was the first Master of Temple Lodge, No. 25, after its revival. He was District Deputy Grand Master of the Grand Lodge in 1865, and in 1866 was elected Junior Grand Warden; was promoted in regular order which was a custom then followed, to the office of Grand Master, to which he was elected in 1872, and which he continued to hold for three years. Brother Cargill was exalted in Jerusalem Chapter, No. 4, at Hallowell, and served as its High Priest in 1805, he was also Past T. I. Master of Alpha Council, R. & S. M., at Hallowell and a Past Commander of Maine Commandery. No. 1, at Gardiner.
Albert Moore, Twenty-sixth Grand Master
Brother Moore was born in North Anson, September 4, 1815, passed all his life in the village of his birth, and died there April 7, 1895. He was educated in the public schools and at Anson Academy. On leaving school he engaged in various business pursuits, serving for a time as Deputy Sheriff of Somerset County. In 1856, he became editor and publisher of the Anson Advocate, a local paper, which he continued until his death. He was chairman of the Board of Selectmen of his town for twenty years; represented his town in Legislature in 1856; was Collector of Customs for the Moose River District for four years, and Judge of Probate of Somerset County for four years. He was made a Mason in Northern Star Lodge, No. 28, in 1849; was elected Master in 1856, served nine consecutive years, and declined a re-election. He first attended the Grand Lodge in 1858, and in 1866 was appointed District Deputy Grand Master and continued to hold that office for four years. He was elected Senior Grand Warden in 1871, and served as Grand Master in 1875 and 1876, declining a unanimous re-election for a third term. He was a member of Chapter and Commandery, but living so far as he did from his local bodies, his Masonic interest was devoted especially to the symbolic degrees.
Edward Payson Burnham, Twenty-seventh Grand Master
Edward P. Burnham was born in Kennebunk, December 3, 1827, and died in Somersworth, N. H., May 12, 1902. Educated at Bridgton Academy, he read law, was admitted to the bar in 1849; practiced in Bangor, and Holyoke, Mass. In 1853, he was elected Treasurer of the Saco and Biddeford Savings Bank, and soon afterward Treasurer of the Saco Mutual Fire Insurance Company, both of which positions he continued to hold until 1885, when on account of his wife's health, he resigned. After a winter in the South they returned to take up residence in Roxbury, Mass. Brother Burnham was raised in York Lodge, No. 22, at Kennebunk, on September 22, 1852, but the next year, having moved to Saco, he joined Saco Lodge, No. 8, which he served as Master from 1857 to 1860, and was its Treasurer from 1871 to 1885. In the Grand Lodge was appointed Grand Junior Deacon in 1856, and continued to hold office in subordinate positions until 1874 when he was elected Senior Grand Warden; Deputy Grand Master in 1875, and Grand Master in 1877 and 1878. Brother Burnham was equally active in other grades of Masonry. He was Grand High Priest in 1869; Vice President of the Council of Grand High Priesthood from 1879 until his death; M. I. Grand Master of the Grand Council from 1858 to 1862, and Grand Commander of the Grand Commandery in 1881. In Scottish Rice he received his degrees to the eighteenth in 1857; the thirty-second in Boston Consistory the same year, and was a charter member of Maine Consistory, which he served six years as Commander-in-Chief. He was made an Honorary Member of the Supreme Council, Thirty-third Degree, in Boston, May 22, 1862; and on September 27, 1883, was crowned Active Member for Maine, of that body.
Charles Irving Collamore, Twenty-eighth Grand Master
Most Worshipful Charles I. Collamore was born in Bangor, January 8, 1836, and died in that city, July 13, 1914. He entered the employ of the Maine Telegraph Co. in 1855, continuing with that company and with the New England Telephone and Telegraph Co., it <sic> successor in Bangor, until his death. His principle recreation from the cares of business was Masonry, and because of the many hours he devoted to the study of it made him one of the recognized authorities on matters of jurisprudence in this State. He was made a Mason in Rising Virtue Lodge, No. 10, June 13, 1865, and at the next election was elected to office and continued to advance until 1870, when he was elected Master. After serving there for one year he was elected Secretary of the lodge and continued in that office for forty-one years; a term of service hardly without a parallel in this State. He early took an active interest in the Grand Lodge, never missing attending its annual communications, and was Grand Master in 1879 and 1880. After retiring from the chair he continued to serve the Grand Body, and until his death, was a member of the important committees on Jurisprudence and Grievances and Appeals. He served many years as one of the Trustees of the Charity Fund. He was exalted in Mt. Moriah Chapter in 1866; was High Priest in 1881 and 1882, and Grand High Priest in 1890 and 1891. Was greeted in Bangor Council in 1870; served as its T. I. Master from 1872 to 1878, and as Most Illustrious Grand Master of the Grand Council in 1873 and 1874. He was knighted in St. John's Commandery in 1867, and served as Eminent Commander in 1886. He received the degrees of the A. & A. Scottish Rite in the Bangor bodies, and the, Thirty-second Degree in Maine Consistory, March 28, 1890.
Marquis Fayette King, Twenty-ninth Grand Master
Marquis F. King was born in Oxford, Maine, February 18, 1835, and died in Portland, October 21, 1904. He was fourth in direct line of descent from Benjamin King, a member of the Provincial Congress. His parents moved to Portland when he was about ten years of age, and in early manhood he engaged in the business of photography, which he continued until 1893. He served in both branches of the City Government of Portland, and as Mayor of the City in 1884. From 1881 until his death he was a director of the Union Mutual Life Insurance Co., and he also served as trustee of several state institutions, and in them all he left monuments of his unflinching integrity. Brother King was made a Master Mason in Ancient Land-Mark Lodge, July 6, 1859, and from that time until his death his devotion to the Craft never faultered. He served in the principal offices in lodge, chapter, council and Commandery, having presided over all those bodies at different times. He was Grand Master of the Grand Lodge in 1881 and 1882. He was Grand King of the Grand Royal Arch Chapter in 1870, and also served as Grand Master of the Grand Council. In Scottish Rite Masonry he received all the degrees to the Thirty-third, inclusive, and was crowned an Active Member of the Supreme Council on September 17, 1885. He served the Grand Lodge of Maine as Grand Treasurer from 1894 until his death.
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