E. H. ADDINGTON

OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA. 63
Brother Gorham was active in all of the York Eite Constituent
and Grand Bodies and at the time of his death was
Past Eminent Commander of Malta Commandery No. 12, King
of the Grand Chapter and M. I. Grand Master of the Grand
Council of Louisiana.
He was Grand Senior Deacon of this Grand Lodge in 1908
and District Deputy over" the Lodges in Southwestern Calcasieu
in 1910, and had been reappointed for the year 1911,
when I was apprised of the fact of his death. He entered into
eternal rest on the 18th of March, 1911, at the ripe age of
73 years. •
William W. Leake was born in St. Francisville during the
year 1833. He received his early education in the common
schools, later studying at Centenary College in this State. His
first business employment was as agent of the West Feliciana
Railroad at Bayou Sara. Later taking up the study of law,
he was admitted to practice on the 9th of November, 1856. At
the outbreak of the war he enlisted in the Confederate service
. as a captain and served from September, 1861, to May, 1865.
Resuming the practice of his profession, which was extensive
and lucrative, he became Judge of the Court of Appeals and
acted in this capacity from 1896 to 1904. He passed away at
his home on Saturday, the 20th of January of this year, in the
79th year of his age.
He was made a Mason in Feliciana Lodge No. 31 during the
year 1854. We find him Junior Warden in 1855, Secretary in
1856, and Master in 1867 and 1868. He was District Deputy
Grand Master in 1871 and 1872 and Grand Junior Warden of
this Grand Lodge in 1882. He was active in Capitular Masonry,
having been exalted in Bayou Sara Chapter No. 11, shortly
after the close of the war. He filled with credit the various
official stations and was High Priest of the Chapter in 1874 and
1875. He was Grand Master of the 3rd Veil in 1878 and Grand
Scribe in 1873 and 1874. At the time of his death he was the
second oldest member of his Lodge, the fifty-fifth anniversary of
his Masonic connection being celebrated by the Lodge with
.fitting ceremonies. He was a model citizen and an ardent
Mason and his death was a loss to the Fraternity.