W#* 4m> r»i.«s. ubrary of congress, £2 MAT. i ■\\ Caprjrigijl I)u r_/W3 UNITED STATES Or AMERICA. H< //% Tmm ■ Memorial Sketches AND HISTORY OF THE Class of 1853 Dartmouth College. BY MOSES T. RUNNELS, Class Secretary. "We thank thee, Father! let thy grace Our narrowing circle still embrace, Thy mei'cy shed its heavenly store, Thy peace be with us evermore !" O. W. Holmes. APR 2 ./ / newport, n. h. : Barton & Wheeler, 1895. lo ( lOPYRIGHT, 1895, By M. T. Runnels. TO THE PRECIOUS MEMORIES OF THE TWENTY-NINE WHO HAVE PASSED ON BEFORE US, AND TO THE CHARITABLE REGARD OF THE THIRTY-FOUR MEMBERS OF THE CLASS OF 1853, WHO "a little longer wait," this volume is affectionately inscribed by their brother class-mate and Secretary, THE AUTHOR. ^ODLCTION. This little book, though ehfefly designed for distribution among survivor* of the Class and the relative* of its deceased members, is yet commended to the Alumni and friends of the College with the hope that no discredit may hare n cast upon the name of oar belored Alma Mater, in its latter pages at least, as showing how widely and favorably her influence lias been diffused. [joint of view the present volume is simply a second edition of the smaller Memorial printed in 1*64: and the /rd of those brothers who had passed from earth at or be- fore that time — but whose memory we wish still to perpetuate — ot, in many cases, essentially different. The ancestral notes prefixed to these sketches constitute a new feature in the work, and are more or less full accordingly as material for the same was furnished to the Class Secretary. The figure* with dashes. -*1 ." >*f . etc -tand as abbreviated expressions which are common to all the biographies, and are used t -pace and avoid the monotony of repetition. being fully explained below. The compiler determined not todis- persona] or family sketches with such abbreviations as"unnj.. .." (sine prol child." If numbers " 01 •• ; " are wanting in any sketch, the facte cting family relation - efficiently made known. n-graduates of the Class are with us still; as they used pou the recitation seats : not in a separate portion of the volume, and with no peculiar designation after each na Jt must be borne in mind that the attachments formed by ,f us with brothers who were with us but comparatively a wtf time, at the first or middle of our course, were very strong and have proved life- these brothers, though VI. INTRODUCTION. graduates of other Colleges, have vet shown a loyalty to our Class quite as ardent as some others who graduated with us. They have been among the most constant and ready to supply the Secretary with material for the Class records. It would therefore have proved unjust and discourteous to such, if their '"sketches" had been withheld or essentially curtailed. In the case of all living members of the Class, the Secretary has embodied or "dove-tailed" the facts and items of the former Memorial upon those which subsequently came to hand, so as to make one continuous life-history. Inasmuch as a MS. copy of his completed sketch was sent to every class-mate for his approval and modification (nearly all being promptly returned) , and as the corrections and suggestions thus made were in every case heeded, to the last particular, it is confidently believed that a commendable degree of accuracy has been attained, and that no one can reasonably complain in reference either to the facts themselves on their mode of presentation. In conclusion, the Secretary needs only to add that had it not been for the very liberal pecuniary aid proffered him by a noble class-mate, who stipulates that no clue shall be given to his name, the now issued volume could never have been attempted. To him, therefore, our special thanks should be rendered; while the Secretary feels that to all his class-mates and their friends who have furnished the desired facts and information ; to the printers and artists who have made the book, in its material aspects, what it is; and above all to the Infinite Preserver and Guide of our lives and destinies, the sincere gratitude of all > our hearts is justly due. Newport. N. II.. .Ian. 1. 1895. EXPLANATIONS. An asterisk (*) following a name indicates, as usual, the death of the individual. ••>-. &." also following a name, shows that the individual did not graduate with us : and was a mem- ber of the Class for only a portion of the under-graduate course. Following every name is a designation of the town and state where was the home residence of each individual on the College catalogues while connected with Dartmouth. ••1 " introduces place and date of birth- with parents' names and ancestral notes. Supply, in place of dash: "He 4 k was born at." ••2 " introduces place of preparatory studies, before en- tering Dartmouth College. Supply in place of dash: "He -'fitted for College at." "3 "introduces marriage (first . supply in place of dash : "He married." ••4 " introduces the Christian names of children, in the order of their birth. Supply in place of dash : -'His children '•were." The following are the more common abbreviations emploved : •y. o." — non-graduate. "b." — born. • • m . " — married . • -d . " — died . lau." — daughter. -grad." — graduated. ••Acad." — Academy. "D. C." — Dartmouth Col- lege, especially in parenthesis. In explanation of the • 'Pedigrees.''* the small index figures represent the generations, in order : the person whose pedigree is given having the largest or latest number. For example. "Levi 5 " (Robinson), his father being ••Charles 4 ." his grand- father •' Joseph V etc.. back to --Levi 1 ." his earliest known ancestor in this countrv. \ HI. I AIM. \\ ATIONS. The following is established as the uniform order o( the sketohes : A^fter u l " are the birth, parentage and pedigree, (so fai as known) of each class-mate; with snoh genealogical or ancestral notes, as have been supplied, After "2 " are the places of preparatory study, and usually the names of instructors with whom each member of the Class fitted for College, After ••;> — " comes the first marriage record, with subse- quent marriages, if any ; and such information respecting the parents and ancestors of our wives as were furnished to the Secretary. After u 4 " come the full Christian names of the chil- dren, in order, with birth dates and plaoesof birth, and usually with dates and notices of their deaths, if in early life. These ohildren are introduced by the Roman numerals, [., [I., etc. Next is given the connected narrative of each life, from leav- ing Dartmouth to the present. Notices of published works; and, in some oases, places of residence or professional labor are introduced by Arabic numerals in parenthesis. More ex- tended obituarv notices arc often added, o\' those who have died, with places o\' burial, etc. Quotations are given from letters or other writings o( the subjects themselves, or from others respecting them, as the case may be. At the conclusion o( most sketches o\' those whose children have arrived at maturity— having passed their educational careers or become settled in life- -the children's names re- appear under the same Roman numerals as before. The grand- children, whose names and birth dates have been furnished, are also introduced by Arabic numerals in parenthesis. The sketches, o\' course, vary in length or fulness. Where much* was not given, much cannot reasonably be required. s. ^ ., ::: MEMOl imej h$ Dr~ Xjemwk mf f Pharmacy, and Director of the Botanical Garden, in which office he achieved a wide and merited distinction. He was a leading member of the Illinois State Microscopical Society; was long identified with the ••( Ihicago Academy of Natural Sciences" and its president at his death. AVas regarded as one of the best botanists in the country. He was one of the founders of the Uniou Swedenborgian Church, of Chicago, and president also of that organization at the time of his departure. Especially was he a highly esteemed member of the ••Chicago Literary Club," his name standing upon their "Scheme of Exercises," as the leader appointed to conduct a conversation on "Our Native "Flora," at a meeting to be held May 8, 1882. This Club published a memorial at his death, for its rec- BAB C O CK-BL AISDEL L . O cords, his family and the Chicago papers, from which the following extract is taken ("Chicago Tribune*" Nov. 11) : -*In all positions he did his work well. "In manner, he was kind and dignified; in spirit, "noble; in character, pure; in conduct, just; in "scholarship, eminent: and in devotion to duty. "unswerving." BL AISDEL L, ALFRED OSGOOD. Haxoveb, X. H. 1 Lebanon, X. BL, March 13, 1833. His father was Hon. Daniel Blaisdell (D. C, 1827), for forty years treasurer of the College; his mother, be- fore marriage, Charlotte Osgood, of Haverhill, X. H. His grandparents were Hon. Elijah and Mary (Fogg) Blaisdell of Pittsfield. X. H. His ances- tors came from England and settled in Salisbury, Mass., about the year 1610. 2 Hanover, under the care of Prof. Steph- en Chase and Edward vVebster, Esq., (D. C. 18^L8). 3 Marv Estabrook Martin, daughter of Hon. Wheeler Martin of Providence, R. I,, Dec. 31, 1860, at P., by Rev. Dr. Caldwell. Her family is traced from England to Swansea, Mass., in 1690. 4 I. R^lph, b. August 23, 1861, at Han- over, X. H. II. Edith, b. Feb. 24, 1874, at Brook- lyn, X. Y. Pursued his scientific studies, under Prof. Ira Young at Hanover, for two years after graduation ; 6 BLAISDELL. and secured a practical preparation, for bis profess- ion as an engineer, in the Amoskeag Machine Shop. Manchester, N. H., from July, 1855, till April, 1857, and, thenceforward, in the Providence Machine Co.'s works, Providence, P. L, till June, 1858. Was employed by Wm. T. Nicholson, and the Hope Brothers (manufacturers of engraving ma- chinery) in Providence, till April, 1861. One month of the following summer, in the shop of E. &: T. Fairbanks, St. Johnsbury, Tt., and, re- turning to Providence with the revival of business, iu Dec, 1831, took charge of Nicholson's shop till June, 1862, and was for six months, mechanical draftsman for the Providence Tool Co., designing machinery for gun-making, till December of the same year. He then went to Xew York City and obtained employment in the office of A. C. Stimers, where the fleet of monitors were designed, and in May 1863, engaged himself as draftsman at Secor's Foundry and Shipyard, Jersey City, X. J. (resid- ing in Xew York), and worked on drawings of var- ious monitors and other vessels for the U. S. gov- ernment, then being built or repaired in that yard, till July, 1865. He next sought a more intimate acquaintance with "the dear old Uncle Sam," who proved a kind employer, for about ten years long- er, in the Brooklyn Navy Yard. On the slacking of government works in 187."), he found a variety of employments on gas works, sugar houses, and the Xew York and Brooklyn Bridge, till August, 1880, when the chief engineer of the U. S. Navy BLAISDELL. 7 Yard at Brooklyn, Mr. Loving, offered him a desir- able situation, made vacant by the death of its for- mev incumbent; placing him "in charge of the "Drawing Room, in the department of Steam Engi- neering." This berth and the same work at mechanical drawing is still (1894) supplied to him by the same kind "Uncle Samuel." His residence, for 26 years, has been at 268 Clermont Ave., Brooklyn, N". Y.; his church home, the Clinton Ave. Congregational church, of which he has lately been elected one of the deacons. His religious work, however, has, for many years, been largely for the benefit of the poor children in Mission Sunday Schools, mostly between the ages of four and twelve. As early as 1873, he was re- ported at our class meeting as having developed a remarkable talent for interesting the young people of these mission schools; his blackboard delinea- tions being hardly less sought after than his spoken addresses. He had also enlisted the sympathy of the Han- over Christian ladies, prior to 1878, in these objects of his care, numbering about one hundred; to whom he still devotes much of his time with unabated zeah Brother Blaisdell was the Secretary of our Class from 1853 to 1863 ; entered the first records in the "Class Book", and gave a rich account of our first post-graduate Class meeting, in 1856. His son, I. Ralph (1894) resides in Springfield, 111., and is Auditor of the St. Louis, Chicago and St. Paul R. R. Was married, Oct. 11, 1888, to Miss Lilian 9 &i \ - i 1 1 (u tx - Mix^h > ^ \ 5 Children: (1) J I i. 1890 n i Os K June •>. 189 11 t&mrti - u at home, pursuing ihe sti ----- \ the or$ran, ft] iVM\ CHAMPS SI 1.1. IN AN. \ n S Lot .>. 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Dr. Effiott. ms wff pa*tor. and the sabbath before his death the saera- ment of the Lord** Sapper was administered to htm. with his nearest friends. Jai a happy man. and with finth and hope **in a far better worM June 16. . - " Hi* funeral was largely attended, and he sleeps in the family tanringr-groiind. called Belle Fount- ain Cemeterr. abot north of the e ■ A headstone of white marble, and a monument in the center of the lot. bear his name and dates of birth and death. He had a poBey of insurance on his fife for wbieh was paid to hk widow, to whom he hk g n foil instiTietions in reference to his earth- ly affair* They talked them orer and over again. with the utmost calmness on bis part, while she bedside, day or n _ roiing her- fan: roted wife. He suffered but ray little pain during his illness. 10 BLOOD-BROWN. and was conscious to the last moment. His widow has since married, 2d, H. W. Warm- ington, and was residing, with his two children, in Virginia City, Montana Territory, in 1878; though the older child, I. Nellie W., had been attending school in St. Louis for two years, 1875-77. BROWN, JONATHAN C, * Caxdia, N. H. - Candia, N. H., Jan. 19, 1827; being the son of Jonathan and Sally (Fitts) Brown. 2 Atkinson, N. H., Academy, under E. H. Greeley (D. C, 1845); at the Blanchard Academy, Pembroke, N. H., under Jonathan Tenney (D. C, 1843) ; and at Andover, Mass., for about one year. Taught the Academy in Pitchburg, Mass., for one year after graduating; then the High School in South Weymouth, Mass., one term; next the Academy at Deerfield, Mass., during the year 1855. In Jan., 185(5, he removed to Cincinnati, O.; was one of a business firm in a book-store, and at the same time studied law. Overwork and hard study soon began to wear upon his health, and he was prostrated by a brain fever, from which he never fully recovered. In 1858, the disease had assumed the form of insanity, and he was for a short time a patient at the Insane Retreat in Dayton, O., from which, with temporary relief, he returned to the home of his childhood in March, 1859. His malady BROWN. 11 increasing during the year and five months he re- mained at home, his friends were obliged to take him, Aug. 4, 1860, to the asylum at Concord, where he resided, under the medical treatment of Dr. J. P. Bancroft (D. C, 1841) and others, till his death, Aug. 18, 1881, "of chronic mania and phthisis", aged 54 years and 7 months. Through the period of his health and usefulness, he was accustomed to write articles for newspapers, and deliver lectures from time to time. Dr. Bancroft said (Feb. 8, 1864) : "I have no "doubt that the case is confirmed and entirely in- surable. The form of his insanity is this: His "mind is wholly possessed with certain delusions. "He believes that his mind is, and has been from "boyhood, taken possession of and controlled by "other minds, by some process of animal magnet- "ism, and thus diverted from his own control and "legitimate use, and made to subserve the will of "those who control him. This belief irritates and "sours his moral feelings toward most persons, "especially his relatives and those who have the "charge of him here." Dr. Bancroft's latest testimony respecting our afflicted class-mate (Aug. 4, 1878) was "that there "is no change in Mr. Brown's mental condition. He "is somewhat demented, but still has not lapsed "into complete dementia. His mind is filled with "delusions, more or less active. He talks but little, "and that almost entirely to himself. Always "returns the salutation of 'Good morning!' but "enters into no conversation. Physically he is 12 BROWN. "quite well and strong." McDuffee, also, at our meeting, the same year, reported an interview with him to the effect that his ease seemed utterly hopeless; that the nature of his vagary appeared to be that he was a super- human being, and that his plans were thwarted by evil spirits. Others could draw from him; hence he would not talk with his friends. The "silver lining" to this dark cloud seems to have been that his brothers were very successful in business, that they liberally supported him in his retirement, and had him furnished with all admissi- ble comforts to the last. BROWN, MOSES DAKEX, Cakmel, Me. 1 Appleton, Me., May 22, 1828. 2 East Corinth, Me., under the instruction of D. S. True, afterwards of Davenport, la. 3 Henrietta White, of Pittsburg, Pa., eldest daughter of D. M. White, former editor of the "Pittsburg Gazette", Oct. 8, 1857. She died prior to Sept., 1878. 4 I. Ella M., b. Sept. 18, 1858. II. Walter Meredith. III. Harry Simpson. Both the two last died in infancy. He was principal of an academy at Randolph, Vt., in 1854-5, during which time he also read law, as far as possible, in the office of Hon. J. P. Kid- der of Randolph. BROWN. 13 In Nov., 1855, removed to Chicago, 111., and in January following was admitted to the practice of his profession. Was there located, in 1864; was visited by Cahoon in 18(56, and had his office at 194 Clark Street, in 1878. He spoke of his first three or four years of professional life in Chicago as a "struggle between life and death, with pover- ty, grim and hungry, staring him in the face." After that the tide of battle turned, and his pro- fession, adhered to with commendable industry and energy, became both pleasant and lucrative. His standing was represented by two eminent lawyers of Chicago, in 1864, as remarkably good, and his prospects flattering. "He seems to enjoy "a high degree of success in the winning of his "cases.' 1 In the "List of Addresses", published by a committee of the Dartmouth Alumni in 1892, his location is given as "69 Dearborn Street, Chicago, 111."; but repeated efforts on the part of the Class Secretary have failed to secure any response from him since 1864. Of his parentage we have only learned that his mother's Christian name was Deborah. 14 BURNET. BUKNET, CLAKE^CE LINDEN, * TlCONDEROGA, N. Y. 1 Ticonderoga, N. Y., Aug. 17, 1831. He was the son of Hon. Jonathan (D. C, 1824) and Augusta (Russell) Burnet. His father died at Ticonderoga, Feb. 6, 1868, aged 68, and his mother was still living there, in 1878. His grandfather was Jonathan Burnet, Sen., of Bethel, Vt., and his paternal grandmother, Abigail Parish. 2 Ticonderoga, for the most part, under his father, and partly at Waterford, N. Y., with the Rev. E. F. Edwards. 3 Mrs. Helen (Brown) Hunt, by Bishop Littlejohn, of the Long Island diocese, July 1, 1875. 4 I. Helen, b. July 12, 1876. II. Clarence Linden, Jr., b. Aug. 12, 1878. He taught a classical school at Staten Island, N". Y., for one year after graduating; also six months at Berkshire, N. Y.; and for a year and three months was Principal of an academy at Warwick, N. Y. Studied law in New York City until 1857, when he entered the Law School at Albany, and there graduated in Feb., 1858. The first of March following he commenced the practice of law at 11 Wall Street, New York, where he continued till Jan. 7, 1862. On that day was ordered to report for duty on board the U. S. BURNET. 15 gunboat " Kennebec ", as paymaster ; for in a moment of enthusiasm, he had determined to see something of "this accursed rebellion" with his own eyes, and to : 'do something to put down treason." Nothing else presented itself but this position in the navy; and, having previously had a taste of salt water, he left desk, brief and profession, as above. In Dec, 1863, was off Mobile, Ala., and in Feb., 1864, had witnessed the encouragement implied in the fact that when he went out "the government "had no foothold in the Grulf, west of the Tortugas, "except Ship Island; while in two years, only "Mobile and Galveston remained to be occupied." Was transferred to the U. S. receiving ship "North Carolina", May, 1864, at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, N. Y., and was there remaining on duty Aug. 22, following. In Sept., 1868, was again at his law office, 15 Nassau Street, having just returned from an ex- tended tour through the great west and the Rocky Mountains. While living in New York, was the superintendent of the "Trinity Church" Sunday School, and afterwards of a Mission Sunday School in that city. In the autumn of 1872 had lost his leg by acute necrosis, amputation above the knee being nec- essary. Office had been changed to 213 Montague Street, Brooklyn, prior to Dec. 15, 1873, and during the fall election of 1878, when he was unanimously chosen for the third year, Alderman of the First 1(5 BURNET. Ward in Brooklyn, he was visited by the first symptoms of a nerve disease which obliged him, in the following April, to resign his office as Alder- man, give up business, and retire to Ticonderoga, where he continued with his family till Jan., 1880. Then, on the advice of his physician to seek a warmer climate, he again removed to Cambridge, Dorchester Co., Md., and there remained a year and a half, with nattering prospects at first, but with no permanent relief. His wife also being a constant sufferer from the climate, they sold their place in Maryland, and "went into the north woods" (state of New York), where he was so much improved that he came back to Brooklyn and again began work, Nov. 1, 1881, "not with the old vigor, but finding it a decidedly "better thing than enforced idleness." The next winter he received an invitation to the Dartmouth dinner in New York, with a request that he speak on that occasion; but was hardly well enough to go over. "As a proof of his popularity, he was nominated "for Surrogate in Brooklyn, in the spring of 1882, "and would easily have been elected, but was com- pelled by poor health to decline the offer." [Class- mate Blaisdell's letter of May, 1883]. His lamented death occurred at Ticonderoga, May 5, 1883, in his 52d year. In the midst of much physical suffering, he had kept cheerfully about his work; had made money, made friends, lived liberally, and given liberally to others who needed it, especially to an aged mother and infirm sister. BURNET-BURTON. 17 Better than all, he found from what he suffered (as he writes in 1879), "now, at my 48th year, "that there is very little in this brief life, at the "best; and that were it not for the hopes of the life "to come, it were better to have never been born." His widow is now (1894) the wife of Rev. James Davis, of Beatrice, Neb. I. Helen is a student at Brown well Hall, Omaha, Neb. II. Clarence L. is with his mother at Beatrice. BURTON, HORATIO NELSON, * Washington, Vt. 1 Washington, Yt., Dec. 17, 1826. His parents were Stephen and Judith (Nelson) Bur- ton; his pedigree in the paternal line, Horatio Nelson 4 , (Stephen 3 , Jacob 2 , Israel x ) . 2 — — Kimball Union Academy, Meriden, N. H., from 1845 to 1849, under C. S. Richards (D. C., 1835). 3 Amelia Newell, at her former residence, Burke, Vt., May 18, 1858; the daughter of Hon. Charles Newell, a judge in the Caledonia Co. courts for many years. 4 — — I. Charlotte Elizabeth, b. April 10, 1860. II. Stephen E., b. Nov. 8, 1862. III. Charles Newell, b. March 20, 1866. Studied theology two years at the Theological 18 KIKTON. Institute of Conn., East Windsor Hill, meanwhile teaching in the academy at that place; completed his third year at Andover, Mass. Was approbated to preach by the Essex Asso- ciation, at Lynn, Mass., in 1856. Did Home Missionary service at Concord, Tt., eight months, 1856-7; also at Burke; and preached three months of 1857 at St. Johnsbury. His pastorates are tabulated as follows: (1) Ordained as Pastor of the Cong. Church in Newbury, Vt., Dec. 31, 1857; dismissed March 1.7. 1869. (2) Settled over the Cong. Church in San- dusky, Ohio, Sept., 1869, till April, 1876; when (3) he became pastor of the Plymouth Cong. Church, Kalamazoo, Mich., and there continued four years. (i) Was pastor of the Cong. Church in Sycamore, 111., from 1882 to 1885, three years: (5) of the Cong. Church, Union City, Mich., from 1885 to 1888, three years; and (6) finally, having returned to Vermont, was acting pastor at Lyndon and Kirby from January, 1888, to April, 1890, two and one-fourth years, residing at Mrs. B's. old home, in East Bnrke. His pastorate at Kalamazoo seemed to "move on the most prosperously and "happily" of all his ministerial engagements. Dr. Homer O. Hitchcock (D. C, 1851), was one of his leading members, and he retired to the woods of Northern Michigan, each summer, "to play Indian "with his boys." After this, for the recruiting of health he was on a farm, with his brother, at Grand View, Jackson Co., Mo., 17 miles from Kansas City, nearly two years. BURTON. 19 In May, 1890, at East Burke, he met with a severe accident, being thrown from a carriage with great violence, while returning from a benevolent errand for one of his former parishioners, a mile or two distant. This mostly incapacitated him for preaching. In August following the family home- stead at East Burke was finally sold, and he again removed to the west, to be chiefly with his sons at Minneapolis, Minn.; though from April to Novem- ber, '92, he was again at Grand View, Mo., with his wife and daughter, who were his very useful and efficient aids in managing the business of his stock farm. His health still failing, they hastened back to Minneapolis, Nov. 10, and a council of physicians decided that "softening of the brain" had been insidiously developed. He lingered in growing feebleness, though not with extreme pain, and his last hours were singularly tranquil. "It 'was the beautiful morning of Communion Sab- 'bath, March 5, 1893, at half-past 5, the hour he 'was accustomed to arise, when in health, to begin 'his Sabbath's labors. It seemed as if the morning 'stars sang and the heavens rejoiced to welcome 'him. After he was at rest, there was an expres- sion of peace and joy in his face, we had not seen 'for months. How could we but feel that the 'clouds had all lifted, and he had received the ' 'well done, good and faithful servant,' and 'had 'entered into the joy of his Lord.' " [Mrs. Burton's letter.] His age was 66 years and 3 months. His fun- eral services were conducted by his brother-in-law, 20 KUKTON. Dr. E. P. Goodwin of Chicago, at his late resi- dence, Xo. 1010 21st ave., on the Tuesday follow- ing. The "Minneapolis Journal" said: "He was an "earnest Christian worker, strong in his beliefs, "yet gifted with that respect for the opinions of "others, that he could lend his aid to all; devoted "to the laws of God and his country, and never "afraid to declare his position in politics or church, "when once he had carefully decided the best step "to take." The "Union City Register" added to the above: "Dr. Burton, while pastor of the Cong. Church "in this city, endeared himself to our people per- "haps as no other pastor has ever done before. "About a year and a half ago, Gen. Daniel Dustin, "in speaking of him, as an old class-mate, said to "us, 'he is one of God's noblemen ; and if anyone "gets a seat near the Great AVhite Throne, that "man will be Dr. Burton.' " In his own letter to our class meeting from Kalamazoo, Aug. 20, 1878, he says: "And so tell "the boys my life has rolled on like the volume of "a sweet song, more sweet, more loud from the be- ginning to the end. * * One thing more, the "greatest, the grandest, and best of all, the life of "God within the soul has been as some celestial "melody telephoned daily to my heart from the "better land, where the Kingdwelletb in His glory. "Amid all the surging seas and howling storms of "popular and scientific skepticism, I have heard in "sweeter and sweeter accents, the voice of him who BURTON. 21 "hushed and walked the waves, saying 'It is I, be "not afraid.' I want especially, and above all else "to bear my testimony, to my class-mates who may "be present, to an unfaltering, growing faith in "that Book which demands all virtues that ever "blessed society, or adorned human character, and "which utterly proscribes all vices that have ever "disgraced and debased mankind, and which above "all, points us to the one propitiation for the remis- sion of sins that are past."" While at Newbury, he was scribe of the "Orange Association." The degree of S. T. D. was conferred upon him by Old Dartmouth in 1865. He was on the Examining Committee at Dartmouth College, November, 1867; and a delegate to the National Congregational Council, at New Haven, Conn., in 1874. Publications: (1) Discourse preached at the Semi-Cent ennial Anniversary of the "Vermont Domestic Missionary Society," at St. Johnsbury, June 17, 1868; pub- lished in "Home Missionary" the next October. (2) Article of 13 pp., "The Blessed Hope of "the Church according to Christ and His Apos- "tles," in "Way Marks in the Wilderness" (Vol. 8, No. 4, Oct., 1870). (3) Memorial of Dea. Freeman Keyes, of New- bury, Vt., 1872. Has written many articles for periodicals, usually without signature. The pub- lication of his sermons and discourses, though often sought, has almost always been declined. I. Charlotte Elizabeth was a superior class- '2'2 BUETON-CAHOOX. ical scholar, especially in Greek, and has been a successful teacher; now residing with her mother and brothers in Minneapolis. II. Stephen E. has been in the employ of the "Guaranty Loan Co. of the Northwest" fal- se veral years. III. Charles X. has graduated as a physic- ian; was first in Burke, and is now (1892-4 in) Minneapolis, "in a fair practice of medicine." CAHOON, GEORGE WILLIAM, * Lyxdox, Yt. 1 Lyndon, Yt., Dec. 15, 1831. His great- grandfather, Daniel Cahoon, was an original grantee of Lyndon in 1788; his grandfather, AVil- liam, one of the earliest settlers, and the most prominent man in town for many years; was also Lieut.-Gov. of Vermont, 1820-21, and Representa- tive in Congress from 1829 till his death, in 1833. His father, Hon. George Clinton Cahoon, was born in 1798; educated at the Vermont University, Burlington; a successful lawyer in Lyndon, and there died in 1879, aged 81. His mother was Mary Ripley Baylies, the daughter of Hon. Nicholas Baylies, of Montpelier (D. C, 1794), who was the son of Dea. ^Nicholas, of Uxbridge, Mass., and married Mary, daughter of Rev. Prof. Sylvanus Ripley, of Hanover, (D. C, 1771). Her mother was Abigail, daughter of Pres. Eieazer Wheelock. Hence he was the great-great-grandson of the founder and first president of Dartmouth College; CAHOON. 23 his pedigree being: George "W. 5 (Cahoon), Mary 4 (Baylies), Mary 3 (Kipley), Abigail 2 (Wheelock), Eleazer 1 . 2 Lyndon Academy, under Alexander Miller; also at St. Johnsbnry Academy, under J. K. Colby. 3 Charlotte D. Cahoon, Jan. 23, 1856, at her residence in Portland, Me. She was the daughter of Mayor Cahoon of Portland, attended the Young Ladies' School at Hanover, and died July 11, 1868, after a protracted illness. He was married, second, to Mary Lydia Bellows, of Lancaster, N. H., Sept. 9, 1869, who died Feb., 1881, at Lyndon, of gastric fever, after an illness of nine weeks. Was married, third, to Mrs. Sarah E. Russell (Pearson before marriage), of J^ewburyport,Mass., who had been a widow for three or four years, and returned to Newburyport a year or two after her second husband's (Cahoon's) death. 4 I. James William, born Dec. 22, 1856. II. George Clinton, born Aug. 3, 1858. III. Mary Elizabeth, born Aug. 26, 1862. IV. Charlotte Demlxg (second wife), born Nov. 16, 1870. V. Grace Wilson, born Feb. 19, 1872. He studied law with his father at Lyndon, from graduation till the June term, Caledonia Co. Court, 1855, when admitted as attorney-at-law on the second Tuesday in July. Was in practice with his father at Lyndon for several years, "George C. & George W. Cahoon." 24 < AllOON. Early in his practice was appointed notary public, and afterwards admitted to practice in Supreme Court, and Court of Chancery. In the winter of 1859 was admitted Attorney and Counsellor of the U. S. Court at Washington, on motion of Hon. Jacob Collamer. M. C. Elected State's Attorney of Caledonia County in September, I860, and served in that capacity two years. He was very favorably noticed in the "Vermont Union," 18(V7, as a successful lawyer, both in the business of col- lecting and in managing and winning his cases at the courts. His business connection. May 8, 188."), (as per card in "Vermont Union") was "Cahoon "& Hoffman, Lawyers and General Insurance -agents, Lyndon and Lyndonville. One of the firm "will be at office in Fletcher's block, Lyndonville, "every da v." In February, 1889. however, he had a similar office by himself at Lyndonville. He was first attacked with la grippe, early in 1891. Spent a few weeks in Xewbnryport, and "returned not much improved. His trouble then "developed into Bright's disease, and as some "thought, softening of the brain." He was quite cheerful; fully expecting to recover, when last seen by Chase, June 19, "little realizing that the loth of "the next month (July, 1891) was to be his last "day on earth." His age was 59 years and 7 months; and it was "a singular coincidence, that "the death of the only male descendant in Lyndon "of the family which first settled in town should "occur so soon after its centennial celebration," (July 4 and 5.) CAHOO.V. 25 His funeral was largely attended on the Wednes- day following hie death, with an eloquent and com- forting address from his pastor, the Rev. J. C. Bod well. "As a lawyer he was well read: unusually famil- "iar with the Vermont statute- and decisions; and "his strongest point was in the preparation of his "eases. Was in a constant practice for thirty-one "years, his name appearing on the docket as often "as that of any other attorney, and at one time "with more eases than the name of any other law- yer at the bar. A large degree of his success "was due to his persistent push. lie never tired. "and was never humiliated or disconraged by de- "feat, but was always ready to try it again. Mr. "Cahoon was a public spirited man. always ready "to contribute, according to his means, to town "improvements, and to any worthy enterprise. In "his business he earned a good fortune, but believed "in the principle of enjoying it as he went along. "He was of the wrong material to make a miser of. "He was a man of generous impulses and kindly "feelings; very indulgent in his family, and court- "eons in his bearing among men. He will be much "missed in Lyndon." [From Class-mate Chase's tributes, "Vermont Union."] I. James W. graduated at the U. S. Naval School, Annapolis, Md., 1878; married Mary Bel- lows Perkins, of Portland, Me.; was stationed as ensign at Newport, P. I., 1885, having previously returned from a three years' cruise to South 26 CAHOOX-CARTER. America and Africa, including a station for some time at Montevideo. He has since been an elec- trician in Boston, with residence in Lynn, Mass. II. George C. first learned the printers' trade of Chase in Lyndon, but studied law and was ad- mitted to the bar in 1882. AYas settled in Carth- age, Dakota; had married, and there d. Dec. 25, 1888, aged 30 years, 1 months, leaving a dau. five months old. His son's widow and her little child were kindly cared for by our class-mate. III. Mary E. m. Edward H. Hoffman, Esq., the law partner of her father, about 1881. Her two oldest children were (1) Helen (Hoffman), and (2) Lottie; to which family group three other little girls and one boy have since been added (1891). IT. Charlotte D. and V. Grace W., were educated in the graded school and "Institute" and follow teaching as their profession, with good positions in Minnesota. CARTER, jNTATHA^ FRANKLIN, HEXXrKER, X. H. 1 Henniker, Jan. 6, 1830, being the son of Nathan and Margery (Wadsworth) Carter. His grandfather was Samuel Carter, of Hillsboro, N. H. His father settled at Henniker in 1819. He is of the fifth generation on his mother's side, from the Rev. Aaron Hutchinson, earliest pastor in Wood- Mock, Vt., who preached there and at Hartland and Pomfret alternately. CARTER. 27 2 Meriden, N. H., 1846-8, under C. S. Kichards(D. C. 1835). 3 Hattie. Frances Weeks, at Exeter, N. H., by Rev. Nathan Lasell, of Amesbury, Mass., March 12, 1860. She was a dau. of Major Nathaniel and Harriet By ram (Gilman) Weeks, of Exeter; there b. July 15, 1833, and d. in Concord, Oct. 8, 1890, aged 57 years and 3 months. He was m., second, at Exeter, by Rev. Swift Byington, to Mrs. Harriet Louisa Gale, dau. of Nathaniel, and Mary Elizabeth (Lovering) Jewell, Oct. 12, 1892. She was b. in Exeter, Jan. 9, 1842, and was the widow of Dea. Joseph Wakefield Gale, at the time of her second marriage to Mr. Carter. The coincidences may be noted that he saw both the Mrs. Carters for the first time at the same place, on the same evening; that the parents of both lived not far from each other on the same street in Exeter, and that the last was afterwards his pupil for four years. He was principal of the Highland Lake Institute, East Andover, N. H., from Aug., 1853, to Nov., 1854; of the High School, Concord, N. H., three months, 1854-5, and of the High School, Exeter, N. H., from April, 1855, to Feb. 26, 1864, a period of nine consecutive years. Meanwhile he had been approbated to preach by the Piscataqua Associa- tion, April 20, 1859, for four years; May 15, 1863, for four years more, and July 16, 1867, for four years more. In May, 1864, he connected himself with the middle class, Bangor (Me.) Theological Seminary, and was there graduated July, 1865. 28 CAKTER. Besides temporarily supplying various other pul- pits, he was stated supply at Pembroke, N". H., one year, Aug., 1865, to Aug., 186(5, and at Xorth Yarmouth, Me., from May, 1867, till April 1, 1869, where he was also ordained an Evangelist, Dec. 19, 1867. Was pastor at Orfordville, K H., from Aug. 1, 1869, till Sept. 1, 1874. Installed at Bellows Falls, Vt., Oct. 28, 1874; dismissed Oct. 28, 1879. Acting pastor of the Cong. Church, Quechee, Vt., June 1, 1879, till Feb. 18, 1880, when he was installed pastor; and dismissed Sept. 22,1887. Owing to the failing health of his wife, an accepted call to South Deerfield, Mass., was re- scinded for lack of suitable house accommodations, and he took up his residence at Concord, BT. H., Oct. 1, 1887, finally purchasing a pleasant home at 51 Rumford street. He has continued his Sabbath labors, supplying at Wilmot, X. H., July 29, 1888, till 1890; at East Andover and Andover, X. H., Nov., 1890, till April 15, 1891; at East Concord, July 1, till Oct. 1, 1891, and at Campton, X. II., from April, 1892, till Nov., 1893. His ministerial labors, in each of his earlier fields, were attended with powerful revivals, about forty uniting with his church at North Yarmouth, on the 1st of Jan., 1868, 84 while at Orfordville, 70 at Bellows Falls, and about 40 at Quechee. He was superintending school com. of Andover in 1854; one of the editors of the "N. II. Journal of Edu- cation," 1858 to 1861, and acting local editor of the "Exeter News-Letter," 1859-60. Was coun- CARTER. 29 cillor and vice-president of the ST. H. State Teachers' Association, and president of the Young Men's Christian Association at Exeter. In 1864 had contributed upwards of 600 articles, mostly short, to some 30 different newspapers, magazines and one hymn book, the most extended being a valuable religious series of 107 "Bible Pictures" in the "Congregational Journal" of 1ST. H. During his leisure time, for several years, was employed upon "The Native Ministry of New Hampshire," which appeared by installments in the "N. H. Statesman" in 1883, and is now ready to be issued, more completely, in book form. "The Ride for "Life," and other occasional poems, appeared about the same time. "Names of the Master" is another series of poems, upwards of 200 in number, now ready for the press. "Social Life, — Responsibility of "Church Members," an essay before the Merrimack Co. Conference, published by request in the "N. "H. Journal" of Dec. 9, 1892. "The History of "Pembroke, N. H.," which he has succeeded in bringing out, after several failures on the part of others, is this year (1894) being published. Be- sides these literary "Children" of his, he patented in 1878 an improved "Rotary Library Reference "Table," a vade mecum for professional men, es- pecially ministers. He has been the highly es- teemed and efficient secretary of the "Central N. "H. Congregational Club" since its organization, and of the "N. H. Prisoners' Aid Association" since 1891, also a member of the "NYH. Historical "Society" since 1890. 30 CARTER-CHASE. His mottoes seem to have been to "fill life with "hard work," and "be helpful to as many a weary "pilgrim as possible on the way to Heaven." (For his class poem see Records of Class Meetings.) CHASE, CHAELES MONROE, Lyxdox, Vt. 1 Lyndon, Nov. 6, 1829; his father being Gen. Epaphras B. Chase, and his mother, before marriage, Louisa Baldwin, of Bradford, Vt. 2 The Caledonia Co. Grammar School, Lyndon, under Alexander Miller, at St. Johns- bury, Vt., and finally at Meriden, X. H., under Cyrus S. Richards, A. M. 3 Lizzie M. Wells, of Sycamore, 111., Juna 15, 1864, by Rev. J. Alden (D. C. 1852). 4 I. Everett Baldwin, b. Dec. 26, 1865. II. Mary Louise, b. Oct. 16, 1867; d. April 26, 1872, of malignant canker-rash, aged four and a half years. III. Frederick Charles, b. Aug. 26, 1870; d. April 30, 1872, of canker-rash, followed by lung fever, aged 1 year and 8 months. IV. John Bryaxt, b. Sept. 24, 1872. V. George Augustus, b. March 5, 1875. VI. Jexxie Wells, b. Feb. 17, 1879. VII. Nellie Louise, b. May 17, 1881 ; all in Lyndon. From the fall of 1853 till the spring of 1856 (except the summer of 1854, which he spent in Madison, Wis.,) he was in Cincinnati, Ohio, teach- C. M. CHASE, at 63. CHASE. 31 ing music in the city, and at Farmer's College and the Ohio Female College, five miles out. Also read law with President Allen of Farmer's College, and passed one summer with his uncle, Alphonso Wood, A. M. (D. C. 1834), studying botany. Next removed to Sycamore, 111., still teaching music and reading law. In 1857 was admitted to the bar, and in 1858 entered into partnership with Jacob A. Simons, Esq. (Simons & Chase), contin- uing till 1862. Was police magistrate in Syca- more from 1858 to 1862; edited the a De Kalb Co. Sentinel" during the year 1858; was the leader of a band at Sycamore for several years, and took the same into the 13th Illinois Infantry, enlisting for three years, but was discharged after three months' service, under Gen. Fremont's order reducing the number of bands in that department. Was Kansas correspondent of the "Sycamore True Republican "and Sentinel" during the summer and fall of 1863. On the morning of the Lawrence massacre he and Adj. -Gen. E. Russell were approaching Lawrence from the south, over the road taken by the guer- illas in their flight from the burning city. Noth- ing but "tall running" (for a place of obscurity) avoided contact with that bloodthirsty gang. Dur- ing his residence at Leavenworth he was em- ployed by Gov. Tom Carney as city editor of the "Leavenworth Daily Times;" had charge of the City Musical Association, embracing most of its prominent singers ; taught music in the churches ; had charge of the largest choir in the city, and was for a time teacher in Leavenworth College. In 32 CHASE. June, 1864, returning to Lyndon on a visit, he prolonged his stay till Feb. 10, 1865, when he issued, as editor and publisher, the first number of the "Vermont Union," a weekly newspaper which he has continued at Lyndon for nearly 30 years without interruption. Was reported at class meeting in 1878 to have made journalism in con- nection with the "Union" quite profitable, pecun- iarily. The "Union," it is claimed, was the first paper in the U. S. which adopted the practice of giving localities, Avithin the scope of its circulation, special heads of their own, or of grouping all items concerning a town or a village under its own name. Apparently a trifling invention in the make-up of a country paper, it proved important, was soon copied, and is now the universal custom through- out the count rv. The address of Mr. Chase before the "Vermont "Editors' and Publishers' Association" at Burling- ton, June 4, 1873, on the "Local Paper and How "to Make It," was well received and published in the "Dailv Free Press and Times" of June 5. mi Was Democratic candidate for Representative to Congress, from the Second Vermont District, in 1866, and again by a second regular nomination in 1868; also delegate to the Democratic Xational Convention, at St. Louis, Mo., in 1876. He was one of the judges at a brass band tournament at Owl's Head, Lake Memphremagog, in the fall of 1878, at which five bands contested for prizes. Was admitted to the Caledonia County bar in 1866; was for a time notary public, and 20 years CHASE. 33 justice of the peace. He is a liberal supporter of the Cong. Church and Society at Lyndon, and in 1869 began to labor for the establishment of a first-class graded school, to take the place of the old Lyndon Academy, es- tablished in 1831. As the result, a new school building was erected, at a cost of $13,000; and, with the assistance of class-mate Cahoon, the old school district was enlarged and incorporated. For 14 years he was president of the school board of six members. For many years has been in the habit of making annual trips to distant states, and by his corres- pondence has given the "Union" something more than a local reputation. (1) A long series of racy and interesting letters were written from the Philadelphia Exposition of 1876. (2) "The Editor's Bun in S"ew Mexico and Col- orado" was a trip made in October, November and December, 1881; making 28 letters and 63 newspaper columns of 25 inches each. (3) "Out on a Fly" was a series of North Caro- lina letters, April and May, 1884; making 16 letters and tilling 32 columns. (4) "Drifting in the Sunny South" was in Florida, Feb, to May, 1885; 24 letters, 54 columns. (5) "Out West Again" was in New Mexico, Feb. to May, 1886; 18 letters, 33 columns. (6) "A Southern Raid" was through Florida again, Feb. to May, 1887; 29 letters, 65 columns. (7) "California" was on the Pacific coast, Feb. 34 CHASE. to June, 1888; 30 letters, 67 columns. (8) "Cape Cod," Aug., 1890; 9 columns. (9) "Iowa," Sept., 1890; 5 columns. (10) "Off for Kansas," Sept., 1891; 9 letters, 15 columns. (11) "Reminiscences" was a series of 28 articles which appeared in the "Union" regularly every week, from Dec. 16, 1892, to June 30, 1893; vary- ing from one to nine columns each. They em- braced a refreshing mixture of serious and racy descriptions of Lyndon people, places and cus- toms, from the earliest to the present time. "The Editor's Run" was published in book form in 1882, making a vol. of 21:0 pages. Out of some 26 different press notices of this book, which have met your secretary's eye, he would select the three or four following, to give his class-mates some idea of Bro. Chase's success in this department of his newspaper work: [Newport (X H.) Argus.] "Interesting and valuable.'' [Davenport (la.) Democrat.] "The book contains more real valuable informa- tion regarding Colorado, New Mexico and Santa "Fe, the oldest city on the continent, than any "book of western travel we have seen." [Springfield (Mass.) Republican.] "His book shows a habit of shrewd observation, "a perception of humor and au ability to get the "news and facts, and write them out in a free and "easy way, which has brought success to the " 'Union' as a local paper." CHASE. 35 [Boston Times.] " 'The Editor's Kun' is by C. M. Chase, the able "and witty editor of the * Vermont Union,' one of "the best papers of the Green Mountain State. "Mr. Chase is a man of sense and observation, as "well as of original wit, and he has a faculty of "getting at all the material facts, and setting them "forth clearly, simply and entertainingly." In his busy life our class-mate has not forgotten his old love for music, but has found time to com- pose and publish a goodly number of church tunes, which have appeared in several different singing books since 1855. Among his last publications was the "Vermont Union Polka," dedicated to the Vermont editors. [Bellows Falls Times.] "It is bright, vivacious and sparkling, with tak- "ing bits of melody, which will make it a favorite, "and is lively enough to set the editors of the "Green Mountain State on a dance to the cornet." [Sycamore (111.) Republican.] "Many of our townsmen will remember Mr. "Chase as a gentleman of rare musical attain- ments, as well as of agreeable social qualities. "We take pleasure in recommending this last "musical production of his to those who want a "really good thing." 36 CROSBY. CKOSBY, ALPHEUS BEXNING, * Hanover, N". H. 1 Gilmanton, 1ST. H., Feb. 22, 1832. He was the son of Prof. Dixi Crosby, M. D., of Dart. College, and Mary Jane, dan. of Stephen Moody, Esq., of Gilmanton. His father was b. Feb. 8, 1800, in Sandwich, N*. H., and d. at Hanover Sept. 26, 1873, in his 74th year. His mother was b. Dec. 18, 1807, and m. July 2, 1827. His pedigree runs : Alpheus Benning 8 , (Dixi 7 , Asa 6 , Josiah 5 , Josiah 4 , Josiah 3 , Simon 2 , Simon 1 ). His grand- father, Asa, was a distinguished physician, and father of physicians, in Sandwich and Gilmanton. The three ancestral Josiahs were b. in Billerica, Mass.; the second Simon was b. June, 1637, in Cambridge, Mass., and Simon, 1st, the immigrant, arrived with his wife, Ann, in 1635, at the age of 26, and settled in Cambridge. 2 Hanover, under Asa Weeks, M. A. (D. C.,1846). 3 Mildred Glassell Smith, in Baltimore, Md., at St. Paul's Church, July 26, 1862. She was b. lS"ov. 7, 1840, at Spring Hill, near Mobile, Ala., the dau. of Dr. William Robert Smith, after- wards of Galveston, Texas. She d. in Galveston, Feb. 3, 1882, aged 41 years, and 3 months. 4 I. Mayuant Moody, b. Dec. 27, 1863; d. Dec. 23, 1867, aged 4 years. "Extinctus amabitur "idem." II. Mildred Morton, b. June 2, 1865, in Hanover. CROSBY. 37 III. Dixi, b. July 25, 1869, in Hanover. IY. William Pierce, b. June 14, 1874, in New York. Studied medicine at the Dart. Medical School, 1853-4; passed one year (1855) as assistant sur- geon in the Marine Hospital, Chelsea, Mass t ; graduated M. D., at Hanover, in 1856. Practiced medicine in Hanover five years, till May 1, 1861, when he entered the service of the government, as surgeon of the 1st Regiment of N". H. Yolunteers. Aug. 12, promoted to brigade surgeon, and assigned as division surgeon to Gen. Charles P. Stone's staff. Afterwards served as "Medical Director" in departments of Gens. Sedge- wick, Casey and Peck, successively. Officiated at the battle of Ball's Bluff, during the seven days' fight before Richmond, Ya., June, 1862, and through all the principal engagements of the army of the Potomac, up to the second battle of Bull Pun. Resigned his commission July 16, 1862; re- sumed practice in Hanover; re-appointed by the Secretary of War in September following, but de- clined, and in 1863 was appointed "Associate Pro- fessor of Surgery" in Dart. College, delivering lectures on military surgery. In 1870, on the resignation of his father, was chosen "Profes- sor of Surgery," and so continued till his death. Was also professor of surgery in the Yermont Medical College, Burlington, from 1865 onwards; the same chair in the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, 1869-72, and in the Long Island Col- lege Hospital, Brooklyn, N". Y. Also delivered a 38 CROSBY. course of medical lectures at Bowdoin College, Maine, in 1869. He was professor of anatomy at Bellevue Hospital Medical College, New York, in 1873, and declined invitations to chairs in medi- cine from the "University of New York," and from the "Jefferson College" in Philadelphia, Pa. He suffered from dissection poison and had a loner and severe illness after the death of his little boy, winter of 1867-8. Was hence advised by his medical friends to seek a warmer climate, and ac- cordingly opened an office in New York, which continued to be his winter residence through life. His first published medical pamphlets were: (1) "Foreign Bodies in the Knee Joint, with Seven "Cases of Removal." (2) "A Successful Case of "Ovariotomy." Also in the Boston Medical Jour- nal two papers: (1) "Diabetes," and (2) "A "Month in a Volunteer Camp." The following is a completed list of his articles, published in the transactions of the 1ST. H. Medical Society, and in the IS". H. Medical Journal: (1) ''Abscesses" (a series), 1863. (2) "Commemora- tive Address on Prof. David Conant." (3) "Gun- "shot Injuries of the Knee Joint, requiring Am- putation." (4) "The Significance of Pain." (5) "Septicaemia," 1868. (G) "Commemorative Ad- dress on Dr. R. D. Muzzy," 18(59. (7) "The "Early Medical History of New Hampshire." (8) "A Contribution to the Medical History of New "Hampshire," 1870; same in pamphlet form. There were also published his "Eulogy on Pres. "N". Lord, D. D.," delivered at Dartmouth com- CROSBY. 39 mencement, 1872, and his "Valedictory Address" in the medical department of the University of Michigan, 1872. He was honored with membership in many med- ical associations, and was president of the "N". H. "Medical Society" in 1877. He d. of acute diabetes at Hanover, Aug. 9, 1877, aged 45 years, 6 mos., partly as the result of over-work, and the taking of extra doses of quinine to ward off disease. From Prof. Parker's funeral address, the "In "Memoriam" of his life-long friend, J. Whitney Barston, M. D. (D. C. 184G), before the N. H. Medical Society, in 1878, and from other sources the following items are gathered : "With an exuberance of animal spirits, he had "also a natural balance of caution. He was ardent, "but not hasty; self-reliant and fearless, but never "precipitate." At the age of 15 he began to assist his father in the administration of chloroform ; and had become his constant and sympathetic associate, so that he "gravitated by a sort of natural law into "his father's profession, as he did, later, into his "father's place." Many of us remember that cold November morning of our sophomore year, when Prof. Chase swooned and fell heavily forward upon his desk; and with what promptness and presence of mind Crosby sprang to his rescue, ordered the movements of the rest of us, and soon restored him to consciousness. "It is no small encomium for any man, when the "place where he has grown up, and in which he "has spent both his earlier and his riper years, has 40 CROSBY. "no recollection of him other than what is to his "praise." Let this be added to the "noble record "of his army services," that to him "belongs the "credit of having originated and erected the first "complete military hospital on the modern pavilion "plan, that was built during the War of the Re- bellion." From the time of his appointment as adjunct professor of surgery in Dart. College, autumn of 1862 "his honors literally outran his years. The "number of his appointments to professional chairs "in different institutions, is something beyond pre- cedent in the history of any young American "practitioner." For, what other young medical man of our time, at the age of 38, ever enjoyed the distinction of holding professorships in five or six prominent medical schools at once, and of declining, when scarcely in his 40th year, two other like positions? As a lecturer he was "master of his subject, clear "and definite in his demonstrations, direct and in- "cisive in his manner, apt in illustration, brim full "of good humor and pointed anecdote, and fluent, "even to prodigality, in his words, so that his "power over students was immense, and his class- "room was crowded." In the 21 years of his practice he operated more times than any other surgeon of his age in New England, and performed, without exception, every capital operation known in surgery. His last two years in New York were years of remarkable in- dustry and incessant toil. Two of his popular CROSBY. 41 lectures in the Cooper Institute, winter of 1876-7, on "The Foot" and "The Hand" were marvels of wit and common sense; were fully reported in the daily press, and were read and admired throughout the land. His "anatomical analysis of the violin "playing of Ole Bull," with whom he enjoyed an intimate acquaintance, was also an able and in- genious paper. His last lengthy address was by special invitation, at a meeting of the White Moun- tain Medical Society, at Lancaster, IS. H., on "Recent Improvements in Surgery," which effort, with the discussions following the wide range of his subject, kept him on his feet for five consecu- tive hours. A few days later he drove to Chelsea, Vt. ? and performed two operations, one of which occupied nearly three hours and was finished by candle light. Yet he delivered the opening lecture of his medical course Aug. 2 ; made his last professional visit, and enjoyed his last hour of communion with nature, Aug. 5, and the next day lectured to his class for the last time. In 48 hours more he was insensible; "and the next morning, rallying for the "effort to bid the last farewell to those he loved "best on earth, he breathed away his precious life "into the hands of that God whom he served and "trusted to the end." It was Dr. Peaslee's verdict (D. C. 1836), him- self so soon to follow, that "his brain had been "over-taxed for years, and had been but irregular- ly repaired by a sufficient amount of sleep. He "rose early, but retired late. * * He was at a 4r'2 CROSBY. "critical age between the sixth and seventh sep- "tennimn, vet he consented to assume one extra "task after another, and these he always fulfilled "conscientiously and nobly, but neglected the only "means of escape from the danger of overwork. "He recognized his mistake only when it was too "late." He was acknowledged to be one of the most brilliant "post prandial" orators in the country. His effort at the last Dartmouth commencement, before his death, will never be forgotten, and he was under appointment to speak to a toast at the Bennington, Vt., celebration in the August fol- lowing. We, his class-mates, are. well prepared to sub- scribe to the sentiment so beautifully expressed by Prof. Parker (D. C. 1841), that "in all his widen- ing range of work, and of social activities, his "large heart seemed as incapable of being over- loaded with friendship, as it was inexhaustible in "its overflowing friendliness." His children have resided in Hanover since the death of their mother. The oldest, (II) Mildred M., keeping house for her brothers, of whom (III) Dixi, studied medicine in the Dartmouth Medical College, graduating in 1890, and (IT) William P. is at present (1894) a student in the same in- stitution. DEARBORN. 43 DEAKBOKN, PITT FKANCIS, * n. g., EFFINGHAM, N*. H. 1 Effingham, May 11, 1832. His father, Josiah Dearborn, was b. Sept. 25, 1790, and d. March 31, 1873, aged 82 years, 6 months. Pedi- gree: Pitt Francis 4 , Josiah 3 , Asahel 2 , Josiah 1 . His great-grandfather, Josiah \ came from North Hampton, N. H., to Effingham, in 1760. His mother, before marriage, was Belinda Knight Quarles, of Ossipee (Belinda K. 4 , Samuel 3 , Jona- than 2 , Francis T ) . She was b. Feb. 25, 1811, and d. Oct. 6, 1853, aged 42 years, 7 months, the very autumn after he would have graduated. His ear- liest maternal ancestor, Francis Quarles, emigrated from England and settled in Hamilton, Mass. His grandfather, Asahel Dearborn, m. Elizabeth Drake, as his grandmother, the dau. of William Drake. The wife of his grandfather, Samuel Quarles, who was also his grandmother, was Abigail, the dau. of Enoch and Anna (Eastman) Knight. Samuel Q. Dearborn, of Effingham, kindly furnishes these genealogical notes, and is pleased to know that his brother is remembered by us (1878). 2 North Parsonsfield (Me.) Academy; at Effingham Academy (under the instruction of Mr. Walsh), and finally at Kennebunk, Me. We vividly recall his manly form, and dignified but courteous bearing, during our Freshman year. Sitting beside Crosby, in the recitation room, he was his rival in scholarship, as he might have 44 DEAKBORX. proved in usefulness and fame. He ranked among the very first of the class ; but the growing pallor of his countenance, the last few months of the year, betokened his early departure from us. We give his subsequent record precisely as it stood in the "Class Memorial" of 1864: "Having left us in poor health, at the close of "Freshman year, he was advised by his physician "to journey south, but did not start till about the "1st of January, 1851, his mother accompanying "him as far as New York City. Thence he pur- "sued his journey alone, feeble as he was, to Sa- "vannah, Ga., where he remained for some time, "and then proceeding to Jacksonville, Fla., he re- "sided in the family of Mi*. A. Parsons. With Mr. "Parsons' family he moved some fifty miles back "into the country, and soon after arriving at their "destination, he was brought under peculiar cir- cumstances of distress and discomfort to his feeble "body, to cast his soul unconditionally upon the "mercy of God. From this time forth he had con- stant peace in believing in Christ, and consolation "in the promises of the Holy Scriptures. But his "health not improving, he returned to his father's "in Effingham in April, and in July of the same "year (1851) was present with us at commence- "ment, settled for his room in Lang Hall, which he "had hired but not occupied during the year, and "took his leave of class-mates, never more to meet "them on earth, but hoping to meet them where "sickness, pain, sorrow and parting are unknown. "At home again, after the fatigues of this journey Rev. Jos. M. Dickson, D. D. DEARBORN-DICKSON. 45 "to Hanover, he continued gradually to lose "strength, with increasing suffering, all of which "he bore without a murmur, until Dec. 30, 1851, "when he expired (in his 20th year) calmly and "happily, strong in the faith and in the hope of the "gospel. His disease was consumption of the "lungs. He was buried in the garden, near his "father's residence, a spot of his own selection, and "a marble slab over his grave bears this inscription: " 'Friends of my youth, let sorrow cease, " 'Hope whispers — we shall meet again, " 'Restored to safety, love and peace.' " DICKSON, JAMES MILLIGA^, Rygate, Yt. 1 Rygate, Feb. 6, 1831 ; the son of Robert and Janet Dickson, both from Scotland, the former from Paisley, when 12 years old, with his father, Robert Dixon, who purchased and occupied the farm in Rygate, that is still in the family, in the fourth generation. Robert Dickson (2d) lived to the age of 72, was a public spirited man, for years town trustee, also for many years an elder in the Reformed Presbyterian Church at Rygate. Mrs. Dickson came later from Belfrou, a suburb of Glasgow; a widow at 18 — Mrs. Carmichael — her maiden name Lenny. She was a woman of great refinement, and unusually versed in the Scriptures. 2 Peacham Academy, under William Brad- ley, John Paul and A. Rix, in view of Dartmouth; first three years at Geneva Hall College, Ohio 46 DICKSOX. (now Geneva College, at Beaver Falls, Pa.) ; re- turning east, entered senior class at Dartmouth on examination, and graduated with ns. Has always prized his early western experience. 3 Agnes Annot M. kelson, of Pygate, Vt., April 7, 1858. "Was permitted to enjoy his happy "home but a short time," as she d. Feb. 23, 1851). Was married (2d) to Helen Alrina West of Dor- set, Vt. (previously of Brooklyn, X. Y.), Sept. 30, 1863. 4 I. Xelsox James, b. Feb. 21, 1859, in Brooklyn, N. Y. II. William Millard, b. Dec. 19, 1866, in Newark, X. J.; d. Jan. 1, 1867. III. Clarexce Haixes, b. Aug. 31, 1869, in Newark. IT. Maegarella May, b. April 29, 1874, at Montgomery, X. Y. Was offered at graduation the Greek Professor- ship at Geneva Hall College, but chose otherwise. Was associate principal of a classical school on Staten Island, X. Y., from Sept., 1853, till the spring of '54; then for six months teacher of lan- guages and mathematics in the Haverstraw Moun- tain Institute, Haverstraw, X. Y. Three years a student at the Union Theological Seminary, New York City, teaching an hour or two daily in a young ladies' school ; graduated in the spring of 1857; a few weeks later was licensed to preach by the Xew York Presbytery of the Reformed Pres- byterian Church. Spent the summer chiefly in rest and recreation, first at the home of an aged DICKSON. 47 clergyman (Rev. Dr. Christie) at Lebanon, N. J., and afterwards at his own home in Vermont, preaching occasionally; Nov. 18 was ordained and installed pastor of the "Church of the Covenanters," Brooklyn, H". Y. After burying his wife, as above, at Rygate, "in the little village on the hill, re- "turned to pursue his work alone and desolate," but with marked success, till April, 1862, when, much against the expressed will of his people, he resigned his charge ; spent the summer at his Ver- mont home again, where he was urged to accej)t a call (as he has been twice since) ; returned to New York in the fall and was almost at once called to the Sixth Presbyterian Church, Newark, N. J., where he was installed March 11, 1863. His work here was not limited to this immediate church, but as Secretary of the Essex Co. Bible Society he had a more extensive field, and on leaving was made an honorary member of the American Bible So- ciety; finding himself at length overworked, he re- signed all in Oct., 1869, to accept a call to the Goodwill Presbyterian Church, Montgomery, N. Y., where he was installed Nov. 1. A revival of religion soon began, which gave an impetus to work through thirteen and a half exceedingly happy years. The old house of worship, built in 1765, was enlarged and remodeled in 1871, and the membership of the church more than doubled. As president of the Orange Co. Sunday School Asso- ciation, and as the conductor of Temperance Councils in connection with the M. E. camp meet- ings in Wesley Grove, which was within the bounds 48 DICKSON. of his parish, his influence became general through- out the county. In the spring of 1883 resigned all again to ac- cept a call to the 34th Street Reformed Church, New York City, with his residence at 450 West 34th street, where he labored successfully till the spring of 1889, when he resigned to accept a call to the Pilgrim Congregational Church, Provi- dence, P. I., where he was installed March 6, with the learned Dr. Thomas Laurie as pastor emeritus — the two becoming and continuing the most devoted friends. Now just as this goes to press Dr. Dick- son accepts a call to, and is installed pastor of the East New York Reformed Church, Brooklyn, N. Y., the installation taking place July 2, 1894. He says: "I have always worked to the extent of my "physical ability, and have endeavored to keep in "step with the times, in sympathy with the age." From an editorial sketch of Dr. Dickson in the Treasury (New York) of May, 1889, we quote the following, which may account for his manifest ig- noring of denominational lines: "He is thorough- ly orthodox in his theology, but broad, almost Platitudinarian in his views of church government. "When he came to New York our attention was "called to him as a remarkable preacher and as we "have once and again listened to him, we have ap- proved the judgment expressed." In writing to us he once said: "Yes, I have been in several de- "nominations, and I hardly think the difference "between them, in view of practical results, worth "the turn of one's hand. Have in every case had DICKSON. 49 "a choice of fields in making a change, and have "invariably taken the one that seemed the most "urgent in its demands. I have never aspired to "the high places of the earth. Faithfulness is "what God requires. To him I have committed "my life." Our records show Brother Dickson on the examining committee of the Union Theological Seminary, ~New York, in May, 1868. He received the degree of A. M. from Alma Mater in 1878, and that of D. D. from Drury College, Mo., June 11, 1884. He has written considerably for the press. Sev- eral sermons have appeared in pamphlet form, and in 1880 he prepared the "Goodwill Memorial," a history of the original Presbyterian Church at Montgomery, N. Y., which was substantially the early history of the town. Brother Dickson's present address is 53 Vermont ave., Brooklyn, !N~. Y. He writes: "My church here celebrated its "fiftieth anniversary some three years ago; yet, "with the recent growth of the city in this direc- tion, it is in membership and spirit new. I was "unanimously called to it, notwithstanding many "applicants. Have been most heartily welcomed, "and never felt more in the spirit of work than "now. I began my ministry in Brooklyn, and, if "the Lord designs I shall end it here, I shall not "object. The day on which I announced my in- dention to resign my charge in Providence, I "welcomed to the church 38 new members; and in 50 DICKSOX. "the morning I preached my farewell sermon, I "baptized seven children. If the Spirit thus works "here, I shall be satisfied. Let me express my sin- "cere regard for all the living members of the class "and my sympathies for the friends of the depart- ed. May the good Lord bless and keep ns all for "time and eternity." His oldest child, I. Xelsox James, left mother- less when three days old, was not physically strong enough to pursue stndies, or he would have been, in all probability, in the ministry. After serving as a clerk, first with Shepard, Xorwell & Co., Boston, Mass., and afterwards with Ballene, Moore & Emery, Kansas City, Mo., he found out-door life a necessity and located at North Yakima, Washington; m. Miss Lita Conrad; has two chil- dren, (1) James G., and (2) Warren Graham. II. Clarexoe Haixes, after fitting for college, turned to business, and is with James McGovern & Co., stock and bond brokers, 6 Wall St., New York, with his home at Ridgewood, X. J. Married Miss Florence H. Minis, of Brooklyn, X. Y. ; one child, (1) James Donald. III. Margarilla May has just completed her first year (1894) as a student in the Woman's Col- lege, connected with Brown University, Provi- dence, R. I. All three are members of the church and have good promise of success in life. EMERSON. 51 EMERSON, JOHN DOLBEER, Candia, K". H. — Candia, May 29, 1828; son of Hon. Abraham and Abigail (Dolbeer) Emerson. His pedigree is John D. 5 , Abraham 4 , Moses 3 , Samuel 2 , Michael 1 ; Michael 1 being a settler in Haverhill, Mass., in 1652, and his daughter being the re- nowned Mrs. Dustan, who killed the Indians. Abigail Dolbeer, his mother, was the dau. of John Dolbeer, of Candia; b. Oct. 23, 1802. 2 Pembroke (N. H.) Academy, under Jonathan Tenney, 1847-8; where, also, most of the time, assistant teacher. 3 Sarah Jane Dudley, of Candia, June 2, 1859, at the residence of her father, by Rev. John Fullonton, D. D. She was the only daughter of Dea. Samuel Dudley; grad. at Thetford Academy, "Vt., in 1854, and taught four years in the academ- ies at Pittsfielcl and New Hampton, N. H. She combined rare excellencies of mind and heart, with efficiency in every department of life, and a highly cultivated literary taste, all of which made her, in more than one sense, "an help meet" for a minister of the gospel. A lover of hospitality, ready for every good word and work, her Christian life of remarkable devotedness, sincerity, and honesty in thought and act, was followed by a death singular- ly peaceful and triumphant, at Haverhill, Sept. 15, 1862. Her disease was consumption of the blood. He was m., second, to Mrs. Elizabeth F. Bell, at her residence in Chelsea, Mass., by Rev. A. H. bZ EMERSON. Plumb, Nov. 25, 1863. She was b. at Chester, X. II., March 29, 1835, only dan. of Dea. Nathan- iel French Emerson. (Elizabeth F. 5 , Nathaniel F. 4 , John 3 , Samuel 2 , Michael x ) . Was, at her marriage to Mr. Emerson, the widow of Dr. Charles Bell, who d. at Concord, N. H., Feb. 29, 1856. She d. at Biddeford, Me., July 28, 1869, aged 34 years, 4 months. He was m., third, to Lelia Florence Kendall, at Biddeford, by Kev. A. S. Ladd, Aug. 19, 1873. She was b. in Biddeford, Feb. 2, 1850, the only dau. of Nathan Otis and Susan (Lowe) Kendall. Her grandfather was Dea. Nathan Kendall, of Alfred, Me., who m. Lydia Emerson of Parsons- field. Her maternal grandfather was Capt. Joseph Lowe, and her great-grandfather, Capt. John Lowe, both seamen. 4 I. Edwards Dudley, b. May 30, 1862, at Haverhill. II. Lucy Charles (Bell), (2d wife's dan.), b. March 14, 1856, at Chester, MT. H. III. Steptiex Goodhue (2d wife), b, Oct. 19, 18(54, at Haverhill. IT. Sarah Delle, b. May 31, 1867, at Haverhill; d. at Biddeford, Me., May 19, 18(59, aged 1 year, 11 months and 19 days. V. Lizzie, b. July 5; d. Aug. 9, 1869, aged 1 month, 4 days, in Biddeford. TI. AYixmfked (3d wife), b. Sept. 21. 1874, in Biddeford. VII. Ralph Otis, b. March 3, 1876, in Biddeford. EMERSON. 53 YIII. Leon Lowe, b. Feb. 13, 1878, in Underbill, Yt.; d. at Underbill, July 13, 1882, aged 4 years and 5 months. IX. Alfkeda, b. March 3, 1881, in Un- derbill. X. Margaret Hill, b. Dec. 8, 1883, at Kennebunkport . XL John Robie, b. Nov. 18, 1886, at Kennebunkport. XII. Evelyn, b. April 17, 1893, at Bidde- ford. He became principal of the Pembroke Academy, May, 1853, and remained there two years. En- tered Andover Theological Seminary, Sept., 1855; was approbated to preach by the Andover Asso- ciation, in the autumn of 1857, and spent six weeks, in the spring of 1858, as a Home Mission- ary at West Newbury, Vt. Was graduated from Andover, August, 1858, and ordained and installed over the Congregational Church at Haverhill, N. II., Oct. 1, of the same year, Pres. 1ST. Lord, of Dart. College, preaching the sermon. Dismissed from Haverhill in November, 1867, after a nine years' pastorate, and commenced his labors at Biddeford, Me., Jan. 1, 1868, where he was installed as pastor over the Second Cong. Church the March following, Prof. John R. Her- rick, of Bangor, preaching the sermon. Closed his labors at Biddeford, April 1, 1876; began work at Underhill and Jericho Corners, Vt., second Sab- bath of November, 1876, and was dismissed from Biddeford, Feb. 1877. 54 EMERSOX. Ill 1883 his field was changed from Vermont again to Maine, at Kennebunkport, where he re- mained fixe years. Was engaged at Red Beach and Robbinston, Me., for six months in 1891. June 1, 1893, had purchased a home for his family at 155 Hill St., Biddeford, supplying pulpits, "as "eager as ever for the work of preaching the "gospel." Jan. 1, 1894, again in Vermont, he was holding a commission from the "Vermont Domestic Mis- sionary Society," and laboring in "Weston and Simonsville. Is now (Since April 1, 1894) pas- tor of the Cong. Church in Peru, Vt. "My health "is splendid and am happy in my work." His pastorates in Haverhill and Biddeford were highly prospered; and during the latter there were additions to his church on every communion but two. Is enabled to look upon the starting of twelve young men for the ministry, in Haverhill and Biddeford, largely by their pastor's influence, as being, under God, his great work. He was on the examining committee at Dart. College, in company with Waterhouse, in July, 1864; and again in November, 1867. Held the office of school superintendent and agent, on a board of three, in Biddeford, 1871-74. Was scribe of the "York Association" seven years; presided over the York County Confer- ence three years; was also on the first committee to advise about a classical school in Maine, and on the Board of Trust from its institution in 1873 till 1877. EMERSON. 55 The following is a list of his publications : (1) "Christian Character of the Apostle John," Cong. Journal, 1854. (2) "Report of Examination at K. U. Acade- my," Meriden, 1863. (3) Ditto, "at Tilden Female Seminary," West Lebanon, 1864. (4) "Comfort from Contrast;" discourse, com- memorative of Charles McQuesten, at Went worth, N". H. (2d Timo., 4:8), July, 1864. (5) "Discourse in memory of Corp. Jerome B. "Carr" (Matt., 14:10), North Haverhill, Mar. 19, 1865. (6) "Pastoral Letter," (Exodus 34:24, 1. c.) ; in M\ H. Minutes, 1865. (7) History of the Second Cong. Church, Bidde- ford, Me., Congregational Quarterly, April, 1869. (8) Sermon, "Memorial of the Pilgrims," 1620- 1870 (Prov. 14:6), by request of parishioners, Dec, 1870. (9) Sermon, "Mercantile Gambling" (Isa. 5 :18) ; b}^ the business men of Saco and Biddeford, Sept. 17, 1871. (10) "Thanksgiving Sermon" (Psalm 103:2), in Biddeford Union and Journal, Nov. 30, 1871. (11) "Address at Fifth Annual Convention" of the Maine S. S. Association, 1873. (12) Articles in the "Maine Journal of Educa- tion;" "Tact," "Originality," "Methods," etc., 1873. (13) "Christ Our Sanctihcation" (1st Cor. 1 :30) , at the request of Hon. D. McDonald and wife of 56 EMERSON. Toronto, C. W. (16 pp.), September 24, 1874. (14) "Thanksgiving Sermon" (Acts 28:15), at Baptist Church, by request (16 pp.), Nov. 26, 1874. (15) "The Second Advent" (John, 14:18), in a Biddeford paper, 1875. (16) "Report of Superintending School Com. of Biddeford (10 pp.), 1875. (17) "Sermon," from Eph. 4:5, on "Christian "Union," and "Church Union," 1875. (18) "Sermon," in the Maine Minutes (Luke, 7:22), 1875. (19) "History of the York Co. Conference" (pamphlet), 1876. (20) "Female Ornament" (1st Peter, 3:4) ; fun- eral of Miss Nellie J. Holmes (16 pp.), Sept. 13, 1877. (21) "Faith and Things;" a funeral sermon (Heb. 11:1), 1879. (22) Address at the 60th anniversary of Pem- broke Academy, 1879. (23) "Teaching and Voting," "New Hampton "Educator," Fairfax, Yt., 1880. (24) "The Living Temple" (Psalm, 1:3), "The "Church Union," 1880. (25) "The Three Worthies;" a funeral sermon (Rev. 2:10), 1880. (26) Two School Reports, town ot Jericho, Yt.. 1880-81. (27) "The Mother;" an affectionate tribute to his own (in part), 1881. ( 28) "Twelve Men of Ephesus ;" a sermon, 1889. EMERSON. 57 (29) "Earnest of our Inheritance ;" sermon, 1890. (30) "Ask, Seek, Knock;" a sermon, 1891. He also published extended "Memorials" of his two wives, and of Theodosia Gr. Emerson, Charles Henry Griffin, and Mrs. John L. Rix. The ab- stracts of 20 of his sermons appeared in the daily papers of Biddeford, and 20 of his articles in the "Congregationalist" and "Church Union." I. Edwards D., was baptized over his mother's casket; grad. at Phillip's Exeter Academy, and at D. C, 1884. Is now settled in business at Buf- falo, IS". Y., being an elder in the Presbyterian Church, and Superintendent of the S. S. Was m. to Mary Louise Underhill, of Buffalo, June 30, 1892. Child (1) Josephine Dudley, b. April 16, 1893; not quite a day older than her little "aunt," XII. III. Stephen Gr., grad. D. C, 1887, and at the Oberlin, O., Theological Seminary, 1890. Was m. to Florence Grafton Stone, of Kennebunkport (a graduate of Mt. Holyoke Seminary, 1890), Sept. 18, 1890, by Dr. A. H. Plumb, of Boston High- lands (see father's 2d marriage) . The same day started for his field in Oakland, Cali. Has been blessed in his labors in California, and is now (1894) pastor of the Cong. Church at Moreno, Cali. Child (1) Muriel Dana, b. Sept. 8, 1891, at Oakland, Cali.; (2) Adelle, b. May 5, 1894. His children, VI to XI, are now receiving their education in the schools, of different grades, at Biddeford. 58 FAIRBAXKS. FAIRBAXKS, HEXRY, St. Johxsbury, Yt. 1 St. Jobnsbury, May 6, 1830. His father was Hon. Thaddeus Fairbanks, of the well-known firm "E. & T. Fairbanks & Co.," and the original inventor of the Fairbanks' scales. Born at Brim- field, Mass., Jan. 17, 1796; d. at St. Johnsbury, Yt., April 12, 1886. He stands in the eighth generation from Jona- than Fairbanke, of Old Sowerby, England, who settled in Dedbam, Mass., 1636. Pedigree: Henry 8 , (Thaddeus 7 , Joseph 6 , Ebenezer 5 , Elea- sur 4 , Eliesnr 3 , George 2 , Jonathan 1 ). His mother was Lucy Peck Barker, b. St. Johns- bury, Yt., April 29, 1798; d. Dec. 29, 1866. 2 St. Johnsbury Academy, under the in- struction of James K. Colby, A. M. 3 Annie S. Noyes, at her father's residence in Hanover, April 30, 1862. She was b. June 14, 1845, the dau. of Prof. Daniel J. Xoyes, D. D. (D. C, 1832), her grandparents being Daniel and Nancy (Weare) Noyes, of Springfield, JT. H. Her religious character was finely developed, her life as a Christian useful; her death, occasioned by a fever patiently endured from Aug. 18, peaceful and triumphant; occurring Sept. 11, 1872, at the age of 27. He was m., second, to Ruthy B. Page, of Xew- port, Yt., May 5, 1874; daughter of Phinehas and Jacintha B. Page. 4 I. Arthur, b. Nov. 13, 1864, at Han- over. /Yfr^y r^ui^)U^*4^. FAIRBANKS. 59 II. Robert, b. Nov. 19, 1866, at Han- over. III. Lucy, b. Oct. 15, 1868. IV. Charlotte, b. Dec. 11, 1871. V. Albert Thaddetjs (2d wife), b. July 3, 1876; d. of typhoid fever, Dec. 16, 1891, aged 15 years, 5 months. "Mature, accomplished, "remarkably sincere, absolutely true." YI. Marion, b. April 27, 1881. TIL Dorothy, b. March 9, 1887. VIII. Euth Comeort, b. May 28, 1892; d- Sept. 17, 1893, of cholera infantum, aged one year and four months. The last six were all born in St. Johnsbury. He was a student at the Andover Theological Seminary from the fall of 1853, till March, 1856, when he sailed for Europe, in company with S. H. Taylor, LL.D. (D. C, 1832). Resumed his study, and grad. at Andover in the summer of 1857, having been licensed to preach by the Andover Association Feb. 12, 1856. One year later (Feb. 17) he was ordained as an evan- gelist at St. Johnsbury, with H. A. Hazen (D. C, 1854). For nearly three years, after leaving the Semi- nary, was engaged in the service of the "Vermont "Domestic Missionary Society," superintending their itinerant department, and laboring in nearly all the destitute missionary parishes of the state, especially at Burke and Barnet. Was appointed Appleton Professor of Natural Philosophy in Dartmouth College, July 29, 1859, 60 FAIRBANKS. and the year following (Ang. 24) commenced his labors there, which were continued five years. In 1865 received the appointment of "Professor of "Natural History," which he had resigned prior to September, 1868, when he had again taken up his residence in St. Johnsbury. His cabinet of the "Birds of New England" was donated to our Alma Mater. Was elected a member of the corporation (Trustees) of Dart. College, in 1870; which insti- tution also conferred upon him the degree of "Ph. D." in 1880. After leaving Dartmouth, he was preaching, as supplies were needed, and en- gaged in the evangelistic work, as Chairman of the State Committee of the Y. M. C. A., and later, and until now, as President of the Vermont Domestic Missionary Society. In 1869 had issued a patent for a scale for weighing grain, and has since been perfecting various other inventions, for fifteen oi* more of which he has received letters patent. Is Secretary of the corporation of "E. & T.Fairbanks "& Co.," and an officer in two other business cor- porations. Is President of the Trustees of St. Johnsbury Academy. Is a corporate member of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions; a uniform attendant upon its annual meetings, east and west, and an essential aid to its counsels by the contributions of his pen in the various religious journals. The most ornate and commodious building for the St. Johnsbury Y. M. C. A., as his gift, is one of the evidences of the in- terest which he takes in the moral and social wel- fare of his native town, as are his various dona- FAIRBANKS. 61 tions to the Academy. From the former edition of our "Class Memorial," we quote the following notice of his tour abroad in 1856 : "He went through France, almost directly, to "Malta and Egypt, thence to Palestine (tarrying "at Jerusalem) and Constantinople. He then "visited Greece, where he was taken sick, and owes "perhaps his life, under Providence, to the skill of "the good Dr. King. In Italy, crossed from Brun- "dusium, and visited Naples, Pome, Florence, "Pisa, Genoa, Milan and Venice. In Switzerland "climbed Mt. Blanc, with 'perfect weather,' and re- " turned through the Phine valley and parts of "Belgium, France, England and Scotland." He visited Europe a third time, with his family, in 1891, enjoying again its scenery and its art gal- leries, and attending the International Congrega- tional Council in London, as a delegate represent- ing the National Council of the United States. He has published: (1) "In Christian Remembrance;" a beautiful tribute to the memory of the former Mrs. Fair- banks, in a circular form; 1872. (2) "The Crucifixion Day;" a Sunday School concert exercise, pamphlet, 12 pp.; 1873. (3) "The Cross;" a Sunday School concert exer- cise, 8 pp. (4) "An Easter Service" for the South Cong. Church, St. Johnsbury, as Superintendent of its Sunday School, 14 pp. ; 1882. (5) "Easter Lilies," which also appeared in a newspaper; 1883. 62 FAIRBANKS. (6) "Appointing Foreign Missionaries, the Con- gregational Method," pamphlet, 16 pp.; Sept., 1887. (7) "Prudential Conditions of Missionary Ap- pointment;" pamphlet, 8 vo., 11 pp., 1893. Also, previously: (8) "The Problem of the Evangelization of "Vermont" (charts and maps) ; 1886. (9) "The Needs of the Rural Districts;" an ad- dress delivered before the Boston Conference of the Evangelical Alliance, Dec. 4, 1889. (10) Memorial of Thaddens Fairbanks, his father, for "Men of Vermont." I. Arthur was tutor at Dartmouth as soon as graduated (1886) ; was at Union and Yale Theo- logical Seminaries two years, and in Germany one year, receiving the degree of Ph. D.; was tutor in Greek one year, and Assistant Professor one year at Dartmouth. In 1892, was appointed Lecturer in the Yale Divinity School, Conn. He m., May 2, 1889, Bessie Leland Moody, a grand-daughter of President Lord; has one dan., (1) Mary Lord Fairbanks, b. Mar. 25, 1890. II. Robert went from college (1888), into business with "Fairbanks & Co.;" had spent the year previously to June, 1893, in Australia and New Zealand, and is still in their business in New York. Married Miss Camilla Van Klack, of New York, Jan. 1, 1890; and has one daughter, (1) Beatrice Helen Fairbanks, b. April 27, 1891. III. Lucy had graduated at Smith College FAIRBA^KS-FARlS T SWORTH. 63 (1891), and was a member of Mr. Moody's Bible Institution, Chicago, 111., in 1893. IV. Charlotte was graduated at Smith Col- lege, class of 1894. The two youngest children are now at school in St. Johnsbury. FAR^SWOKTH, JONATHAN" BREWER, Woodstock, Yt. 1 South Woodstock, April 20, 1826, being the son of Capt. Jonathan Brewer and Sarah (Slay ton) FarnsAVorth. His grandfather, Jona- than, came from Massachusetts in 1775 ; took up a farm in South Woodstock, returned for the winter, and finally brought his bride, Susannah Brewer, also from Mass., in 1790. 2 Ludlow, Yt., under Brownell, Smith and Knowlton, and finished the preparatory course at South Woodstock, under John Ward (D. C, 1847). 3 Maria Augusta Hatch, June 23, 1859, the dau. of Henry and Emily (White) Hatch of Wood- stock. Josiah Hatch, the father of Henry, rem. from Alstead, N. H., to Bethel, Yt., about 1815. Henry, after marriage, rem. from Bethel to Wood- stock, in 1832. The father of Emily White was Ebenezer, who settled in Braintree, Yt., from Brain tree, Mass. 4 I. George Hexrt, b. April 21, 1860, in Detroit, Mich. 64 FARXS WORTH. II. James Slaytox, b. July 15, 1866. III. Walter Kellogg, b. ^s T ov. 17, 1870. IY. Arthur White, b. Xov. 16, 1873; the three last in Windsor, Vt, He resided in Washington, D. C, one year after leaving college, 1853-4; employed as teacher of Greek and Latin in the Rittenhouse Academy. Was in Woodstock from 1854 till 1857, most of the time studying law, and was there admitted to prac- tice, Dec, 1856. In Feb., 1857, removed to De- troit, Mich., where he practiced his profession till July, 1862, part of the time by himself, afterwards in partnership Avith his old preceptor, John Ward, Esq. Leaving Detroit, at the last date mentioned, he resumed his business in Chicago, 111., and there re- sided till Jan. 25, 1864, when he returned to New England, and soon after located in Windsor, Vt., as successor in the law business of his late class- mate, William W. Howard, Esq. This has been his principal home till the present (1894), occupying a retired and beautiful resi- dence in the west part of the village. Was re- ported at our 25th anniversary in 1878, as still in practice at Windsor, with some insurance business and some farming, "driving a good horse and tak- "ing life easily." He has, however, lived tem- porarily in other places, partly for the sake of his boys, and on the 23d of May, 1887, was found by the class secretary occupying, as owner, the broad acres of one of the best farms of the Williams River valley, in Chester, Vt.; the farm having FARNTSWORTH. 65 been purchased by his sister's husband upon the condition that he would move there and hold the farm during the life of his brother-in-law. His sons were there engaged in practical farming with himself. A large and valuable barn, which he built in 1881, had been crushed by the heavy snows of the previous winter. When, thus, the rebuilding of this barn became necessary, his brother-in-law desired his occupancy to cease, and having his millions with which to push his pur- poses, and manifesting his intention to use them, the occupant peaceably surrendered. The Secretary has since enjoyed two or three ex- ceedingly pleasant visits with him and his amiable lady, at the Windsor home. Our class-mate is highly respected there. He united with the Congregational Church of Wind- sor, in June, 1869, and represented the town in the Vermont Legislature two terms, annual and bi- ennial, 1869 and 1870-71. His professional business has not been, as a gen- eral thing, of the sensational kind, though he has been in some important cases, and as a rule, on the winning side. A divorce case was among these, "Edminster vs. Edminster," where both sides ap- plied for bills, and his client won after a long and very sharp contest. In criminal business he has been for the defence in some noted cases, as "State vs. John Vaughan," for arson, who was acquitted; and "State vs. Lull" (Warden of state's prison) for assault on a con- vict. Lull was at first convicted, but after going GO FAEXSWOKTH-GOODWIX. to the Supreme Court he was let off. Mr. Parnsworth has been called upon for occas- ional speeches at home and public gatherings. His last and most acceptable effort in that line was on "Columbus Day," Oct. 20, 1892. His address was desired for publication, but not submitted. I. George H. is a veterinary surgeon in Rutland, Vt., having an extended patronage over the ad- joining country, and very successful. He was m. to Jessie Kelley, of Rutland, Dec. 5, 1886. II. James S. is residing in Springfield, Mass., as Secretary and business manager of a private in- stitute, or Retreat for Invalids. III. Walter Iv. was clerk in a store at Rutland; has now (1894:) gone quite extensively into poultry raising on an Otter Creek farm. IT. Arthur W. was clerk in a broker's office at Rutland, but now resides in Barton, Vt. (1894). as railroad station agent, telegraph operator, etc. These two youngest sons were boarding with their oldest brother (I) while in Rutland. GOODWIN, ANDREW JACKSOX, * x. < ... South Berwick, Me. 1 South Berwick, Nov. 15, 1831. 2 Berwick Academy, under the instruction of Aurin M. Payson, A. M. (D. C. 1840), afterwards Principal of the Boys' High School, at Ports- mouth, X. H. In August, 1850, having studied one year in ad- GOODWIN. 67 vance with Mr. Payson, he entered the sophomore class of Dart. College; remained with ns four weeks, was taken sick with typhoid fever, returned home and was confined for three weeks. He was then considered out of danger. On Sunday, Oct. 27, was visited by his friend, Horatio N". Twombly (D. C, 1854) ; had a long talk with him and seemed very cheerful. The next morning, Oct. 28, in at- tempting to rise from his bed, he ruptured a blood vessel and expired in a few minutes, aged 18 years, 11 months and 18 days. His remains lie in the "Old Parish" cemetery at South Berwick, in which also were buried Rev. Jonathan Wise, the first settled minister of the town, Rev. Mr. Moore, Rev. John Thompson, and others of distinction. The sad intelligence of his death — the first to occur in our ranks — was received by his class-mates, Oct. 30, when they passed the following resolutions : "Resolved, That we, members of the sophomore "class of Dart. College, hear, with the deepest sen- sibility, of the sudden death of our class-mate, "Mr. Andrew J. Goodwin, of South Berwick, Me. "Resolved, That as a testimony of our respect "for our much esteemed friend, we will bear the "usual badge of mourning for thirty days. "Resolved, That this event of Divine Provi- "dence, which has severed at a blow the endearing "ties of kindness, of friendship and love, calls forth "our strongest sympathy for his bereaved friends, "and especially for his deeply afflicted parents. "Resolved, That in giving utterance to the feel- ings of our own hearts we are confident that it 68 GOODWIN- HAYWARD. "will meet response from all who intimately knew "him; that he was exemplary in all those virtues ••which ornament life, which exalt and refine the "human character. "Resolved^ That his elevated principle of action, ••his frankness, his integrity, evinced in eagerly '•pursuing the sentiments he uttered, his 'good will " 'towards men,' his pure and benevolent ambition, "united with habits of unwearied application, not ••only merited our esteem and confidence during "the brief period of our companionship, but "brought us all to honor and love him. "Resolved, That, as we pay this last sad tribute "to our departed friend, while we mingle our griefs "with those who mourn this great bereavement, we -would not forget that God is wise and omniscient "and be admonished by this dispensation of His "will ; and thus " 'So live that we shall die never, " 'So die that we may live ever.' " HAYWARD, SILYAXUS, ( rILSUMj X. H. 1 Gilsum, Dec. 3, 1828. He was the son of Dea. Amherst, and Sarah (Fish) Hayward, in the sixth generation from Jonathan, of Mendon, Mass. But his earliest known ancestor, in the direct line in this country, was William Hayward, of Dedham, Mass. Pedigree as follow-: Sil- vanus 8 , (Amherst 7 , Silvanus 6 , Peter 5 , William 4 , QS-Zi/v~CL^iAAs6 r>fauusiArajr&(. HAYWARD. 69 Jonathan 3 , William 2 , William 1 ). His mother, Sarah Fish, was grand-daughter of the Rev. Elisha Fish, of Upton, Mass., and was first cousin to W. C. Bryant, the poet; and, in one of her lines of descent, goes back to the famous John Alden. 2 Gilsuni, under the tuition of the Rev. James Tisdale. 3 Harriot Elvira Eaton, of Middleboro, Mass., Nov. 23, 1853, by Rev. Lorenzo Tandy. She was b. April 6, 1829, in Middleboro, the dau. of Ziba, and Jedidah (Washburn) Eaton; Ziba 6 , (Nathan 5 , Barnabas 4 , Samuel 3 , Francis 2 , Francis l ) ; Francis l Eaton being of the "May- -flower." She d. March 2, 1890, at Globe Village, Mass., in her 61st year. He was m., second, to Miss Lucy Anna Keays, of Berwick, Me., at South Berwick, Dec. 17, 1891. She was a niece both of Gov. Ichabod Goodwin and of Rev. Daniel R. Goodwin, D. D., Provost of the University ol Pennsylvania. •The "York Courant" represents her to have been "one of the most estimable and popular ladies in "his old parish; descended from one of the oldest "families in Maine, residing on an estate which has "been handed down through seven generations," and is still in her possession. 4 I. Arthur Jameson, b. Sept. 14, 1854, in Francestown, !N\ H.; d. Sept. 12,1855, aged one year, less two days, at Middleboro, Mass. II. Bell, b, July 1, 1856, in Francestown. III. Grace, b. Aug. 27, 1858, at Pem- broke, K". H. 70 HAY W AIM). IY. Paul, b. Oct. 16, 1863, in Dunbarton, H". H.; ci. in South Berwick, Me., Aug. 28, 1873, aged 9 years and 10 months. V. Johx Stark, b. Nov. 28, 1866, in South Berwick, and there d. Aug. 18, 1873, aged 6 years and 8 months. He was Principal of the academy at Frances- town, X. H., from graduation till July, 1856; a similar situation at Mclndoe's Falls (Barnet), Vt., till May, 1858. Next taught the academy at Pem- broke, N". H., for one year; was teacher at the Kimball Union Academy, Meriden, X. H., during the summer and fall terms of 1859, and the spring term of 1860; and in April, 1860, removed to New Ipswich, N. H., to assist E. T. Quimby (D. C, 1851), in the Appleton Academy. Had been studying for the ministry, in private and without assistance, especially during the previous winter, while out of employment in Meriden, and was ap- probated as a preacher by the Hoi lis Association at Amherst, N. H., in May, 1860; after which he supplied the pulpit of the Second Cong. Church in N. I., till Jan., 1861, when the two churches were united. His labors as teacher there closed with the summer of 1861. In Sept. of the same year he accepted a call to the First Cong. Church in Dun- barton, N. H., and was ordained and installed Oct. 9, 1861, our old instructor, Prof. S. Gh Brown, D. D., of Dart. College, preaching the sermon from 2d Cor. 4:16-18. Was dismissed from Dunbarton April 8, 18(56 — though in the face of an increased salary, on the HAY WARD. 71 part of his people there — and installed at South Berwick, Me., in May, 1866. Dismissed from South Berwick April 12, 1873, on account of impaired health and for needed rest; and accepted the professorship of mathematics in the Fisk Uni- versity, Nashville, Tenn., where he remained two years, from 'Nov., 1873. Returning to his native town, in Nov., 1875, he was pastor of the Cong. Church there four years; meanwhile writing and publishing the "History of "Gilsum," and residing in Keene one year while reading his proof. From Jan. 1, 1881, to the present, has been the highly esteemed and successful pastor of the "Evangelical Free Church" in Globe Village, Southbridge, Mass., where also he has served ten years as Chairman of the Board of Education for the town. He held the office of County Commissioner for common schools, in Merrimack Co., N. H., during the years 1864-65. Was on the Examining Com- mittee at Dartmouth, July, 1865, and once after- wards ; also at the Bangor Theological Seminary, in July, 1867, and at Andover Seminary on a similar errand. His name also appears in the August No. of the "Hartford Sem. Record" (1894), as one of the three years' Examining Committee at the Sem- inary; he being a member of the "Pastoral Union.' His first publication was (1) a sermon, "Liberty — "of God," by invitation of his people at Dunbar- ton, 1863. 72 HAY WARD. To this have been added the following: (2) "Creeds, as a test of Fellowship among "Christians." Cong. Quarterly, Oct., 1866. (3) Address at dedication of Masonic Lodge, Lyman, Me., 1872. (4) Address at Centennial Celebration of the Cong. Church in Gilsum, Oct. 28, 1872; pamphlet with appendix, 63 pp., 1873. ( 5 ) Paper on the National Cong. Council at Oberlin, O., at the General Conference of Maine. 1873. (6) "The History of Gilsum, X. H.," printed by J. B. Clarke & Co., of Manchester, one of the most elaborate and complete town histories in the coun- try. pp.468, 1881. (7) W *A Pointed Sermon on Current Events'* (Isa. 26:9) ; Southbridge paper, 1883. (8) Obituary sketch of our class-mate McDuffee, admirably written in the ornate "History of Straf- "ford County, X. H.," 1883. (9) "Temperance in its Relation to the Family, "the Church and the State"; a sermon from Matt. 3:10; twice repeated and then published by re- quest in the "Southbridge Herald," April 21, 1887; also as a broadside. (10) "The History of Rochester, X. H.," by Franklin McDuffee, Esq., edited, revised and in part written by himself, pp. 088; 2 vols., 181)2. (11) A poetical "Memorial Address," entitled "Freedom," before the Malcolm Ammidowu Post, \<>. 168, (r. A. R., at town hall, Southbridge, May 30, 1892, pamphlet, 20 pp. HAY WARD. 73 (12) "The King's Daughter;" a sermon preached by request, June 4, 1893, and expensively printed. Text: Psalm 45:15; pp. 18. Besides the above, there were printed in the "Southbridge Journal," by request: (13) A sermon from Jer. 51:27, before the G. A. R. Post of that place, about the year 1889. Also in the same paper, (14) a sermon on Marriage, preached June 28, 1891, from Genesis 2:18; en- titled by the editor, "A Pastor's Tribute to Woman "and Advice to Young Men." (15) His address before the graduating class of the Woodstock, Ct., Academy, June 15, 1894, has been fully published in the "Putnam Patriot." (16) Sermon, "The Signs of the Times" (Matt. 16:3) ; preached July 15 and 22, 1894; pamphlet, 34 pp. "The Schools of Misertown," a satirical poem, and also his Dart, poem of 1870, were delivered in various places. His poems at the anniversary of the Literary Societies, Dart. Commencement, 1870 (just al- luded to), and at the Alumni Dinner, Com., 1893, were not printed; but a poem read at an anniver- sary dinner of Andover Theological Seminary, and another (one of his best) on the occasion of the Class Secretary's silver wedding (1886) were both published. For his poems at our 25th and 40th class anni- versaries, see reports of those meetings. His dan., (II) Bell, his only surviving child, makes it her home with her father ; received a di- 74 HAY WARD. ploma for reading the "Chautauqua Course," in the first class, — the "Pioneers." III. Grace fitted for college at the K. U. Acad., Meriden, finishing her course there in 1877, and graduated from Smith College, Northampton, Mass., in 1885. We take the following from the Springfield (Mass.) High School "Recorder" of March, 1891: "We learn, with the deepest sorrow, of the death "of Miss Grace Hayward, a former teacher of the "High School. * * She first taught at the "Hitchcock Free High School, at Brimfield, and "afterwards came to Springfield. Here she soon "became known in the educational circles for her "ability as a teacher; and it is only right to say "that there was not a scholar in the school who "did not admire and esteem her. But after teaching "two years with the greatest success, she was "obliged to resign on account of poor health. She "went to Colorado, hoping the change of climate "would prove beneficial, but after staying six "months returned home much weaker. After a "year of suffering, she died of consumption, at her "home," Feb. 23, 1891, in her thirty-third year. HOLLENBUSH. 75 HOLLENBUSH, CALVIN GBOSS, * New Berlin, Pa. . Freeburg, Snyder Co., Pa., Aug. 24, 1830. His parents' names were originally, John H., and Sarah (Gross) Hilbish; his grandparents, Peter and Susannah (Schell) Hilbish, his patro- nymic being changed to Hollenbush in his early childhood. 2 Tuscarora Acad., Juniata Co., Pa., un- der David Wilson ; entering Dart. College, Feb., 1851. This sketch will be mostly a reprint from the former "Class Memorial." He commenced the study of medicine in the office of his brother, at Freeburg, Sept., 1853, and continued for one year, when he went to Philadelphia to attend medical lectures, at the same time entering Prof. Gilbert's office, as a private pupil. Grad. from the Penn. Medical College, in March, 1856. The first of April following, Dr. Hollenbush entered Blockley Hospital, as assistant physician, being one of six elected out of twelve or fifteen applicants. In Nov. of the same year he was examined before the Army Board in St. Louis, Mo., for the position of surgeon, there being 22 candidates, of whom two passed a satisfactory examination, himself and Dr. Taylor of Philadelphia. Was ordered to Cali- fornia in March, 1857, and sent to a post in the ex- treme north of the state, — Fort Crook, Shasta County, Here, remaining three years, he con- tracted laryngeal phthisis, and in May, 1860, re- 70 HOLLENBUSH. • turned home on sick-leave. Consulted Dr. Horace Greene of Xew York City, and in October follow- ing repaired to Magnolia, Fla., for the winter. In March, 18(51, sick-leave having expired, he report- ed health better and able to go to the assistance of another surgeon. Accordingly ordered to Fort Pickens, Fla., at that time garrisoned by 70 men, all told. Quoting from his letter: "We are in "constant fear of an attack from the enemy. Three "times, since I came here, have I been roused up, "between midnight and morning, by the hurried "beating of the 'long roll', and the cry 'To arms!' "But it turned out, each time, to be a false alarm. "We have more cannon than men, and now every "man has charge of a piece loaded with 'grape' and "ready to touch off. I shall, during the fight, "throw aside my profession, and take charge of the "case-mate guns." In May, 1861, after the reinforcement of Fort Pickens, he was ordered to Governor's Island, X. Y., where he remained till the first of August; his health still feeble, and his disease upon him, though permitting him to walk or ride out. On that day (Aug. 1) he started from Xew York to go to his old home at Freeburg. Arrived al his brother's house, the same evening, and there breathed his last, on Tuesday, Aug. 6, 1861, at the age of nearly 31 years. His mind was sound till the last moment. His mortal remains are now reposing beside those of his parents, in the old church yard at Freeburg. From the time of his uniting with the church at HOLLESTBUSH. 77 Hanover, our senior year, he was known to his room-mate (now the Class Secretary) and to all his friends, both in college and afterwards, as a hum- ble, devoted and remarkably conscientious Chris- tian. While residing in Philadelphia he was a worthy member of the Rev. Dr. Boardman's church, and active in the Sunday School enter- prise; and, to the last, none of his friends had ever a doubt as to the sincerity of his piety, and the consistency of his life. His eminent medical career — though brief — his unflinching patriotism, and his perseverance to the end, while baffled by the discouragements of disease, are worthy of notice. Yet, while he expressed himself, in his last hours, as ready and willing to die, he also re- gretted that he had not chosen the ministry for his profession, thinking that he thus might have been more useful in the cause of Christ, and have served Him more faithfully. His sister, Sarah S., it may be remembered, was present at our graduation, 41 years ago. She afterwards married George Merrill, and now re- sides in "Abilene, Dickinson Co., Kansas." Her youngest son is a worthy and promising young man, but greatly needing a little aid just now, for the completing of his education. If any of our class-brotherhood, who are blessed with abundant means should feel moved to confer with Mrs. Merrill very soon (address as above), with a view to assisting this nephew of our beloved class- mate, we should, in a pleasing and effective man- ner, be doing honor to his memory. 78 HOWARD. HOWARD. WILLIAM WALLACE. * Jamaica. Tt. 1 Jamaica, Dec. 31, 1827. His parents were Nahum and Sophia ( Howard ) Howard : being, before marriage, only distantly, if at all, re- lated. 2 Townshend, Yt.. under Moses Lyford, A. M.j and at Thetford. Vt.. under Hiram Orcntt. 3 Mary A. B. Pollard, of Plymouth, Yt.. Ang. 3, 1853, by the Rev. Thomas Baldwin. She was b. April 13. 1830. in Plymouth. Her father was Amos Boynton Pollard, and her mother's maiden name. Mary Ann Brown. 4 I. Clara Pollard, b. June 11, 1854. at Plymouth. II. Fraxk. b. Jan. 30. 185G, at Plymouth. III. Erxest. b. March 20. 1860, at Wind- sor. Yt. IV. Mary Axx. b. March 5. 18(54. at Windsor. He taught the West Randolph ( Yt. ) Academy two terms, 1853 and "54: also the fall term of 1854 in Black River Acad, at Ludlow. Yt.. a- assistant. Commenced the study of Law in the winter of 1854 and '•")'). in the office of Converse & Bar- rett. Woodstock, Vt., and was admitted to the bar. at the Dec. term of court. 1856. ( Sommenced the practice of hi- profession Feb.. 1857, in partnership with ex-Gov. Coolidge, at Windsor, Yt.. and continued thus about two year-. when the partner-hip was dissolved; though it may HOWARD. 79 be added that the warmest friendship existed be- tween them, as long as Mr. Howard lived; so mnch so, that they each had a key to the other's office. Continuing in practice by himself, in Windsor, he was elected, on the 1st of Jan., 1858, treasurer of the Windsor Savings Bank, which office, as also that of First Selectman for the town, he held at the time of his death. Besides these, he had holden various offices in the Cong, church and society, the corporation, the town and other so- cieties. His health remained excellent, until the evening of Jan. 1, 1864, when he was taken with chills. The disease soon settled on the brain, and he con- tinued to fail until half-past one of the morning of Jan. 6, — not probably at all realizing his situation; but having previously given his friends great reason for the assurance that for him to die was gain. His age was 36 years and 6 days. The "Aurora of the Valley," a paper published in Windsor, contained the following notices: "It is with sadness that we record the sudden "death of William W. Howard, Esq., of Windsor; "a man of moral worth and esteem, and who had "been growing into a good professional business, "as a lawyer. He was attacked with congestion "of the brain on Friday night, and expired last "Tuesday night, Jan. 5, 1864. During the seven "years of his residence here, he has maintained the "character of an upright, laborious and Christian "lawyer. We have occasion to know that he "possessed the respect and confidence of the leading 80 HOWARD. "members of the bar, and was regarded as a rising "man in his profession. We are glad to bear tes- timony to the integrity which controlled his busi- ness transactions. He was far above that lax "standard of morality, which obtains, we will not "say in his profession, but too generally, in all "business relations. He had connected himself "with the genera] interests of our village; had ren- dered important service in directing our village "schools, and did much to promote the best inter- ests of the community. He was an active mem- "ber of the Cong, church and society — having "first made profession of his faith in Christ at "West Randolph, in 1853 — and, by his consistent "life and efforts, rendered valuable aid in strength- ening the religious interests of the town. His "premature death in the full maturity of his powers "and of his usefulness, is felt to be a public ca- lamity." His mortal remains were interred in the ceme- tery of Windsor village, near the Cong, house of worship. Mrs. Howard was residing at Adrian, Mich., in Dec, 1878, and in her letter of that date, ac- knowledged her gratitude to the class for their in- terest in her family and, "thanks to the Secretary for expressing it." I. Claha P., the oldest "child," of our class, had graduated from the Adrian High School, June, 187G, and had been, for two years, a clerk in the Adrian post-office. II. Fkaxk was completing his law studies in Rev. C. B. Hulbert, D. D. HOWAKD-HITLBERT. 81 Adrian, expecting to be admitted to the bar in about six months (Jan., 1879). He had twice made the journey from southwestern Texas on horseback; first, at the age of 16, alone, to Carth- age, Mo.; the last time (1878) extending his trip to Bismarck, Dakota. III. Ernest, having served two years' appren- ticeship in a printing office, had just entered the Preparatory Department of Oberlin (Ohio) Col- lege with the ministry in view. IV. Mary A., then in the Adrian High School, was a fine musician, and designing to fit herself for a music teacher. Later intelligence from the family, though so- licited, has not been received. HULBERT, CALVIN BUTLER, East Sheldon, Vt. 1 East Sheldon, Oct. 18, 1827. His pedi- gree, so far as established, is Calvin B. 4 , Chaun- cey 3 , Samuel 2 , Elisha 1 ; the last named his great- grandfather, having resided in Canaan, Conn. His mother was Charlotte, dau. of Joseph Munsel], of S wanton, Vt. 2 Bakersfield, Vt., under the instruction of Jacob S. Spauldiug, LL. D, ; also at Thetford, Vt., under Prin. Hiram Orcutt, LL. D. 3 Mary Elizabeth Woodward, at her resi- dence, Sandwich Centre, N". H., Aug. 28, 1854, by Rev. J. W. Guernsey, pastor of the M. E. church. 82 HULBERT. Her father was Rev. Henry Wood ward (D. C, 1815), missionary in Ceylon, and bis father, Prof. Bezaleel Woodward, who was connected with Dart. College, as tutor, 1770-78, and Professor of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy, 1782-1804. Her grandmother (wife of Prof. B. W. ) was Mary, dan. of President Wheelock. She was born Sept. 21, 1833, in Batticotta, Ceylon, India. Her mother's maiden name (afterwards Mrs. Henry Woodward) was Clarissa Emerson, dan. of Capt. John Emerson, of Chester, X. H., and sister of Rev. John Emerson, of the Sandwich Islands Mission. She was brought up by her aunt and foster mother, Betsey Emerson, the wife of Hon. Daniel Hoit, of Sandwich Center, where they were m. as above. 1 I. Mary Elizabeth, b. Oct. 16, 1855, in Sheldon, Vt. II. Henry Woodward, b. Jan. 26, 1858, in Sheldon. III. Ella Gertrude, b. March 25, 1861, in New Haven, Vt. IV. Homer Bkzaleel, b. Jan. 26, 1863, in New Haven. V. Archer Butler, b. Jan. 26, 1873, in Bennington, Vt. VI. Anne Wheelock, 1). July 23, 1877, in Middlebury, Vt. It will be noticed that his three boys were born on the same day of the same month — "a stroke of "ministerial economy," as he supposes, "to save "birthday celebrations." HULBEET. 83 After graduating, he had charge of the Swanton (Vt.) Acad, for one year; and in August, 1854, accepted an offer of the Franklin Co. Grammar School, at St. Albans, Vt., in which he remained two years. Entered Andover Theological Seminary Oct., 1866, and graduated thence in 1859. Was licensed to preach by the Derry (ST. H.) Association, Feb. 1, 1859. Ordained and settled over the Cong. Church at New Haven, Vt., Oct. 20, 1859, "an ex- cellent parish, and pleasantly situated in every "respect," where his labors were signally blessed, 170 uniting with the church by profession in 10 years. His labors here closed with the year 1869, and Jan. 19, 1870, he was installed over the Belle- ville Avenue Cong. Church, Newark, 'N. J., Rev. Ray Palmer, D. D., being moderator of the coun- cil, and Rev. J. E. Rankin, D. D., preaching the sermon. He continued in this field two years and four months — years of great service to himself — when he was recalled to Vermont and installed pastor of the Second Cong. Church in Bennington, May 1, 1872. Having some years been a trustee of Middlebury College, he was next called to the Presidency, and inaugurated July 21, 1875, his pastorate in Bennington finally closing the first Sabbath of September in the same year. Resign- ing the office of President at Middlebury, in 1880, he supplied the First Cong. Church in Dover, ]N\ H., during the pastor's absence. Was acting pas- tor of the Cong. Church in Lyndonville, Vt., from 1881 till 1887, and, after temporary residences in 84 HULBERT. Hartford, Conn., and New York City, succeeded his son-in-law, the Rev. E. E. Rogers, at East Hardwiek, Vt., for two years and four months, till April, 1890, when he removed to Zanesville, Ohio. In the spring of 1891 he took his son Henry's place, while in Europe, as teacher of English Literature, in Marietta College, Ohio. In Sept., 1891, he began, with improved voice, to supply the pulpit of the Madison Presbyterian Church, at Adams Mills, town of Cass, Ohio, a niece of the Hon. Lewis Cass being one of its leading sup- porters. Was there installed its following June, and still continues (1894).. He was honored with the degree of S. T. D. from Dart. College in 1876. Dr. Hulbert is blessed with an iron constitution, and with the single exception of impaired voice for awhile, has enjoyed, with Mrs. H., most excellent health. He has given many lectures and addresses, largely in Vermont, and in other states, which have been Ave 11 received. Among his numerous publications the Secretary finds the following, noted in the class book: Inaugural address at Middlebury, 1875. "God not Altogether like Ourselves" (Ps., ~)():2\ ) ; Baccalaureate sermon, 1870. "The Academy; Demands for It, and the Con- ditions of its Success;" an address delivered at the reunion and anniversary of Barre (Vt.) Acad., June, 1877; pamphlet, 29 pp. "The Sword Sheathed, or the Service of the "Sanctuary, the Defence of the State;" a dis- HULBERT. 85 course at Windsor, Vt., July 8, 1877, at the 100th anniversary of the adoption of the name and con- stitution of the State, in volume of centennial ad- dresses. "What is Involved in a Preparation for College ;" address before the societies of Kimball Union Acad., June 19, 1878; pamphlet, 20 pp. "Christ, the Harmony of the Doctrines," and "The Unity of the Race;" bac. sermons, at Middle- bury College for 1877 and '78, published by the liberality of L. M. Bates, of IS T ew York, 1879; pamphlet, 46 pp. One of his lectures, "The Distinctive Idea in "Education," which has had a large sale, was pub- lished by J. B. Alden, New York City. Besides the above, Bro. H. has written often for the "Vermont Chronicle," "The Religious "Herald," "The Interior," etc. His most import- ant contributions have appeared in the "Homi- "letic Review." One article was published in the "]STew Englander and Yale Review" (Jan., 1892), "Abolitionists and Prohibitionists, or Moral Re- "form Embarrassed by Ultraism." He modestly desires the Secretary to suppress from this sketch the titles of twelve other pub- lished productions, mostly sermons, and all able ones, which are also found on the class records; while all his articles, including sermons not here enumerated, number at least 77 in different period- icals and newspapers, two as leading editorials in the "New York Observer" and "The Interior," and one of his latest being in the Hartford, Ct., "Re- 86 HULBERT. "ligions Herald/' of Aug. 30, 1891, on "The "Nature and Power of Faith in Christian Experi- ence." I. Mary E. entered Wellesley College, and afterwards pursued elective studies in Smith. Was m. to Rev. Edwin E. Rogers, who graduated at Middlebury College (class 1878) and Union Theo- logical Seminary, New York City, 1881. Preached at Hammonton, X. J., New York City (Allen St. Pres. Church), East Hardwick, Yt., Covenant Chapel, New York City, and was installed pastor of the Putnam Pres. Church, Zanesville, Ohio, Nov., 1889. Two weeks before leaving Xew York City for Zanesville their only child, Olive Rogers, (born Nov. 1, 1886) fell from a fifth story window and was instantly killed. This sad be- reavement was one of the occasions that induced Bro. H. to remove to Zanesville. II. Hexry W. grad. from Middlebury College 1879. Spent a year in England, and under direc- tion of the Bureau of Education at Washington, prepared a pamphlet on "Rural Schools in England." Taught a year at Mechanics ville, N. Y.; was in- structor a year in Middlebury College; entered Union Theological Seminary, New York City, and graduated 1885; spent three years as instructor in the Protestant Syrian College at Beirut, Syria; in 1888 was elected Professor of Political Science and History in Marrietta College, Ohio, where he still teaches. For the present year (1894-5) he is granted leave of absence to teach in the chair of Church History in Lane Theological Seminary. HULBERT. 87 March 31, 1891, he m. Lily L. Pinnio, Newark, N. J. It was during his wedding tour in Europe that his father occupied his place in the College. Children: (1) Winnifred, b. July 4, 1892; (2) Chauncey Pinnio, b. Jan. 21, 1894. III. Ella Gertrude, grad. St. Johnsbury Academy 1882, and from Smith College 1886; taught two years in Wheaton College, Wheaton, 111..; was at the head of the ladies' department in Mr. Moody's Bible Institute in Chicago, 111., one year, and then in similar service at his school in Northfield, Mass., till her marriage to Rev. Edgar B. Wylie, May 7, 1891, who is now installed pas- tor of the Cong. Church at Summerdale, 111. Mr. W. was born in Rochester, N. II., and a grad. of Wheaton College and at the Chicago Cong. Theo- logical Seminary. Child: (1) Margaret Wylie, b. Feb. 26, 1892. IY. Homer Bezaleel, grad. Dartmouth Col- lege, 1884. Was two years in the Union Theo- logical Seminary, New York City. With two others he accepted an appointment to organize a Government school in Seoul, Korea. Having served two years, he renewed an engagement for three years more. On this renewal he returned home and m. May Belle Hanna, of New York City, Sept. 18, 1888. In a few weeks they started for Korea. Completing his three years' term of service, he re-engaged with increased compensa- tion, but embarrassed by some official interfer- ences he soon sought release from his engagement. They returned, via India and Europe, in the spring 88 HUL.BERT. of 1892. For the year following they resided with Mr. and Mrs. Rogers at Zanesville, and taught in the Putnam Military Academy, which Mr. and Mrs. Rogers had established. But they were not content, and both felt that their work was in Korea. There was no Cong. Mission in Korea, and having formed pleasant acquaint- ances among the Methodist missionaries, they ac- cepted service under the Methodist board, and in the autumn of 1893 went on their way. Their work thus far has been delightful. He preaches with facility in the Korean language. In a volume, "Geography and Gazetteer of the World," he has given to Koreans, in their language, a condensed history of the civilized nations. Will send a copy of this vol. to the Dart. Library. Children: (1) Helen, b. March 17, 1891; (2) Madelina, b. June 1, 1894, both in Seoul, Korea. V- Archer Butler is now a senior in Mar- ietta College, Ohio. VI. Anne Wheelock has been, the past year, in Mr. Moody's School for Ladies, East North- field, Mass., and expects to return this autumn (1894) . Our class-mate has had eight grandchildren, five of whom are living as above. HUTCHINSON. 89 HUTCHINSON, JOHN, * West Randolph, Yt. 1 Randolph, Yt. ? March 27, 1830. His father was James Hutchinson, of West Randolph ; his mother, before marriage, Sophia Brown. 2 West Randolph Acad., under F. U. Powers, A. M., and passed his Freshman year in the Vermont University at 'Burlington, "Vt. 3 Lydia A. Fowler, Oct. 1, 1857, at New London, Ct., her native place being Lansingburg, N". Y. 4 I. Mary Estelle, b. Jan. 5, 1860, in Minneapolis, Minn. II. A dau. b. 1867, in Leghorn, Italy. He commenced studying law, Aug. 15, 1853, under the instruction of Hon. Wm. H. Seward, in Auburn, N. Y. In March, 1854, went to Madison, Wis., and finished his law course in the office of Orton, Atwood . & Orton. Was admitted to the bar, June 20, 1854. Began practice in Lawrence, Kansas Territory, Sept. of the same year, and in March, 1855, was elected a member of the first Kansas Legislature, in which he declared himself in favor of making Kansas a free state, and for this was violently assailed by pro-slavery members, and after a few days expelled. Before leaving, he made a speech which was published in the Kansas papers, vindicating his right to a seat, and totally protesting against such unlawful and outrageous proceedings as were being inaugurated in the Territory. He stood armed in 90 HUTCHINSON. the midst of the members who were brandishing revolvers and making threats, believing that he Avas advocating the cause of liberty and defending the Constitution of his country. In 1855 he was one of the first to move in the formation of a state government, and after a constitution had been adopted, was elected a member of the Legislature and made Speaker of the same. In the fall and winter of 1855-6, he Avas sent by the Executive Committee of Kansas to the New England States for the purpose of advocating, before their Legis- latures the admission of Kansas into the Union. Addressed the legislative bodies of Maine, Ver- mont and New York, and spoke for three months in New England and New York. In the autumn of 185(5 he stumped portions of Iowa, Illinois, In- diana and Ohio, in favor of John C. Fremont, making, in all, sixty-three speeches. During his residence in Kansas he Avas twice arrested for treason, and when Lawrence Avas sacked in 185G, his office Avas pillaged, his college autograph book stolen, and his diploma cut into pieces. He re- mained in Lawrence till Dec, 1858, when, on ac- count of ill-health, he left Kansas and located in Minnesota, opening a law office at Minneapolis, and there continuing for two years. When Presi- dent Lincoln was elected (his first term), by Mr. Seward's invitation he went to Washington and was appointed Secretary of Dacotah Territory, March 27, 1861. Soon after this the Governor of the Territory resigned, and till the end of his terra, in 1865, Mr. Hutchinson was acting Governor. HUTCHINSON. 91 The territorial difficulties which led to the resigna- tion of the Governor, brought him into close per- sonal relations with the President, and he was ac- cordingly appointed U. S. Consul to Leghorn, Itaty, early in 1865, though his successor to the Secretaryship of Dakota was not confirmed by the Senate till "Jan. 10, 1866." He resided in Italy, with his family, four years, or till 1869; "and they "were happy years." He reported to us from Leg- horn, May 24, 1869, and again from Chicago, 111., June 18, 1878, when he was of the firm "Hutchin- "son & Hinds" (Theodore F. Hinds, Esq.), attor- neys-at-law, 79 Dearborn St. He was, in Chicago, an exemplary member of Trinity Episcopal Church, and prominent in the Lakeside Masonic Lodge. His death was caused by an obscure complicated disease of the liver, which baffled all the efforts of his physicians, and occurred at his residence, 3143 Indiana ave., at one o'clock in the morning of Dec. 12, 1887, at the age of 57 years and 8 months. The Chicago "Inter Ocean" of Dec, 1887, in noticing his death, adds to the above statements, that, while a student, "he contracted a life-long "friendship" with the Hon. Wm. II. Seward; that he was sent to the Eastern States to advocate the claims of Kansas "before Congress," as well as the State Legislatures; and that he "made speeches "through the Northern States during both the "Presidential campaigns of 1856 and of 1860." The following supplementary account is from the pen of J. F. Nichols, Esq., who, for more than 92 HUTCHINSON. twenty years, was on terms of the closest intimacy with Mr. Hutchinson. "Since 1870 he has been a prominent member "of the Chicago Bar. As a man of sound "judgment, and a successful advocate, he won "the respect and esteem of all his judicial "associates. As a citizen, he was representa- tive of all that constitutes the highest qual- ities of American citizenship. * * As a "friend, he was kind and genial, beloved by all "who intimately knew him. His life was of the "utmost purity. No word ever escaped his lips "that could cause a blush upon the cheek of purest "innocence. In his family, he was a model hus- "band and father. The failing health of his elder "daughter — (I) the dear Estelle — in the spring of "1884, induced the mother and two daughters to "go to Europe, where Estelle died in Paris, in "May, 1885, at the age of 25 years. She was "richly gifted and accomplished in a wide range of "scholarly attainments. A brief two and a half "years later, and the father followed the be- hoved child. During this time, his perturbed "spirit sometimes questioned as to the verities of "the future life. But it would seem that all these "questionings were solved in the vision of glory in "which his spirit took its flight; his last words "being, as his look seemed to penetrate within the "veil, 'And this is death; this is Heaven; I see " 'God; I see Jesus; I see Estelle. Heaven! " 'Heaven! Heaven!!' and he was no more with us. " 'So He giveth His beloved sleep/ He lies by the HUTCHL^SON-ISHAM. 93 "side of his cherished Estelle, in the beautiful "Oakwood Cemetery of this city." (The above bears date, Chicago, Jan. 29, 1888.) ISHAM, JAMES WILLAKD, * sr. g., ^ew Alstead, N. H. 1 lew Alstead, March 12, 1825. His par- ents were Dea. James Fuller, and Harriet (Wood) Isham. His pedigree: James W. 6 , James F. 5 , Joshua 4 , Timothy 3 , Isaac 2 , '. ^"ame of his immigrant ancestor not known ; came from Eng- land and settled in Barnstable, Mass., having three sons, Isaac 2 , John and Joseph. 2 Meriden, If. H., under C. S. Eichards, A.M. 3 Mrs. Henrietta E. Potter, at New Or- leans, La., April 10, 1854. She was a native of London, England, the dau. of William Gardner, and Lucy Ann (Wills) Evans. Was a widow at her second marriage, having m., first, Lyman Potter, Esq., a lawyer in New Orleans. 4 1. Alma, b. Jan. 14, 1855, in New Orleans. After leaving college, at the end of our first year, he was principal of a public school in the Fourth District in New Orleans ; also teacher of vocal music. He there d. of yellow fever, Aug. 4, 1855, after a short illness of three days, aged 30 years and 5 months. It was a source of grief to his friends, in 18G4, 94 ISHAM. that his remains were still there, and not where he so often expressed a wish that his body should lie, beside his brother's, in the little quiet burying ground of his native plaee. Mrs. Isham, in Jan., 1864. was a teacher in Brooklyn. X. Y., 143 Columbia St.; and Alma, described as a frail, deli- cate child, yet best suited in health by the climate of Xew Hampshire, was passing most of her time with her grandfather in Xew (East) Alstead. Mrs. Isham also reported from East Alstead, as her home, under date of Aug. 16, 1878. She says: "Many thanks for your kind remembrances of my "husband; also for the interest expressed for "Alma." She was m. to J. Thompson Hirst, of Titusville Penn., Sept. 4, 1877, and there still re- sides with her mother; where also her father's brother, J. Henry Isham, was then established asa jeweler; now of Duluth, Minn. Though oui" class-mate was with us but a single year, yet his pale countenance, earnest expression and genial manners, can never be forgotten by our Freshman band. The Secretary, on spending a few weeks at East Alstead, in 1889, found that all living traces of the Isham family had disappeared from that place. KENDALL. 95 KENDALL, JOHN, * Washington, D. C. 1 Frankfort, Ky., April 17, 1832, his father being the Hon. Amos Kendall (D. C, 1811), who was U. S. Postmaster-General 1835-40, and re- sided many years in Washington, D. C. His grandparents were Dea. Zebedee and Molly (Dakin) Kendall, of Dunstable, Mass. His mother was his father's second wife — Jane, the dan. of Hon. Alexander Kyle, of Kentucky. 2 Washington, under Mr. Joseph Perry (D. C, 1811). 3 Elizabeth Lawrence Green, of Groton, Mass., Oct. 5, 1854. He resided at Washington in the position of Telegraph Superintendent; and there d., of typhoid fever, Dec. 7, 1861, in his 30th year. From his earliest youth he had been habituated to the best society of our country, as found in Washington; and, from his father's political asso- ciations, was early brought in contact with public men and affairs. When he entered college, and all through his course, as will be recollected, he was noted for his quiet reserve, not growing out of the natural diffidence and inexperience which affect? most young men, but from a kind of exclusiveness pe- culiar to himself, and induced by his habits and education, which led him to make but few friends and not to care for many. His mind was acute and refined; he learned quickly and expressed his 96 KEXDALL. acquirements graeeftilly and pointedly. Had he been poor, or subject to the incentives and spurs by which many young* men are stimulated, who have only themselves to depend upon for success, he would have stood high and made his mark. He excelled in conversational powers, and had the ability of making himself very agreeable, and of adapting himself skillfully to all whom he de- sired to please or influence, During his Junior winter he went to the southwest to look after some property and lands owned by his father in Arkan- sas. He assumed in the matter an important re- sponsibility, and showed in his management fine business talent and executive ability. This would seem to have directed his attention to a business, rather than a professional life, and soon after grad- uating he embarked upon the telegraph business, as his life pursuit. Spent some time in the south and west, but afterwards had his headquarters in New York City, being engaged as superintendent of the lines between Washington and New York, and, probably, between Washington and Boston. The position was an important one. He received a large salary, was very successful in his manage- ment, and was looked upon with respect, as well fitted for his position. Afterwards took up his residence in Washington, as above stated. He de- voted himself to his business, and was personally engaged in many experiments, tending to enlarge the science of telegraphing, and develop that great channel of enterprise. Had he lived he would, no doubt, have become eventually, one of the leading KENDALL-KENDRICK. 97 telegraph men in the country. For considerable time before his death he was in poor health, with symptoms of pulmonary disease, and was evident- ly fearing a fatal result. It is said on the records that the above is sub- stantially from the pen of an intimate friend; that friend, we may now add, is our class-mate, Wash- burn. KEKDKICK, CALEB CHANDLER, * n. g,, Bedford, ~N. H. 1 Nashua, KT. H., March 14, 1832. His father's name was Caleb Kendrick; his mother's, Sally Chandler, she being the dau. of Thomas and Susannah Chandler, of Bedford. 2 Francestown, N. H. ; two terms at Pem- broke, N. H., and the remainder under the in- struction of Mr. Charles Tenney (D. C, 1835), at Gilmanton, N. H. His "own mother" dying April 21, 1832, and his father the 18th of September following, he was thus left an orphan at the very beginning of life. His last winter was spent in the law office of Samuel H. and B. F. Ayer, Esqs., at Manchester, ^N\ H. During the last vacation of his college course, he died, May 26, 1853, after a short illness, at the homestead of his great-grandfather Chand- ler, in Bedford, which had been the home of his childhood and youth, after the first year of his in- fancy. His demise was a severe stroke to his 98 KEXDRIOK. parents (by adoption), and all his other relatives, who justly thought that "hie mental faculties, su- perior scholarship and acquired attainments, "coupled with correct deportment and an amiable "disposition, were sufficient sureties that he would "make at least a respected and useful man in the -world." His mortal remains are now reposing beside those of his father and mother at Nashua. Their lot is in the Nashua cemetery, enclosed with a sub- stantial iron fence. The following resolutions were passed by his class, and a copy sent to his afflicted friends: "Resolved, That whereas death has again come "among us to snatch from our midst the form of "one whom we sincerely loved, we are led to make "this expression of our heart-felt sympathy with "his bereaved relatives, and particularly her whom "he delighted to call by the endearing name of " 'mother,' and to whom he was ardently attached. "Resolved, That though we are deprived of a "respected and noble-minded companion, learning "of a faithful follower, and society of a benefactor, "we are aware that no other love is worthy to be "compared with that of a mother, who is bereaved "of an affectionate son. We feel that there is " 'Xo mind that's honest, ."'But in it shares some woe, though the main part, "•'Pertains to her alone/ "Resolved, That while we most deeply lament "our irreparable loss, by which is taken from the KENDRICK. 99 "world, one whose diligence, genius and integrity, "we thought would have honored his friends, his "college and his country, and that while we feel "the entire inefficiency of human consolation in the "case of such a dispensation of Providence, we yet "hope it may prove an alleviating thought, that we "are able with one mind to bear affectionate testi- "mony to his many excellent and attractive quali- "ties — as those for a long time intimately associated "with him, by a similarity of pursuits and a union "of sentiments — as those who have uniformly re- spected his strength of mind and correctness of "judgment — and as those who have experienced "the influence of his manly and ingenuous dis- position. "Resolved, That it becomes us to pause in the "midst of our career, and first learn so to cultivate "within us those kindly affections and golden prin- ciples, that we, also, may live in peace with all the "world, possess its esteem and die lamented and "beloved. "Resolved, That as a public testimonial of re- "spect for the memory of the deceased, and a "badge of mourning, each member of the class "wear crape on the left arm for thirty days." 100 LAMSOX. LAMSON, JOHX AUGUSTUS, Topsfield, Mass. 1 Topsfield, March 3, 1831. His father, John Lamson, was the sixth generation, residing in the same homestead. His mother, nee Priscilla Averill (born in Topsfield), was the eighth gener- ation from Governor Thomas and Dorothy Dudley, the seventh from Ann Dudley and Governor Simon Bradstreet. 2 Phillips Academy, Andover, Mass. 3 Mary Elizabeth Whitcher, Oct. 18, 1876. She was b. in Milton, Mass., Nov. 11, 1819, dan. of the late Hon. Joseph Batchelder Whitcher and nee Barbara Ann Horton. He began the study of medicine with the late Charles Haddock, M. D., of Beverly, Mass., then entered the Boylston and Tremont Medical School-, Boston. He grad. March 12, 1856, from the medi- cal department of Harvard University, being one of six who were honored with the privilege of reading their Theses at the Medical Commence- ment. Immediately on receiving his medical degree, he was appointed one of the physicians of the kk Boston "Dispensary," which office he held for three years. In 1861 he was appointed Examiner for Volunteers by Surgeon-Gen. Dale. In L862 he was appointed surgeon of the 42d Regiment, Mass. Volunteers, and went into camp, but resigned his commission before the regiment left for the seat of war on account of impaired Jr. ctJflMuifryi/ LAMSON. 101 health from the exposure of camp life. (All the officers and three companies of this regiment were captured on arriving at Galveston, Texas, and the surgeon who was Dr. Lamson's successor was held in close confinement till released by death). He was immediately re-appointed by Surgeon-Gen. Dale as Examiner for Volunteers, being approved by Gov. Andrew. In 1863 he was appointed Assistant Examining Surgeon under the "Con- ascription Act." This office he held until the end of the "draft," During the war he examined, of volunteers, conscripts and substitutes, more than 12,000 men. In Sept., 1863, he was appointed the physician, chief in charge, of the "Discharged Soldiers' "Home," from which he resigned four years later, much to the regret of the trustees of the "Home." He was a member of the Boston School Board ten years, ending 1871; was the chairman of many important committees, among which were those of text books and salaries. He was elected a member of the State Legisla- ture in 1871; re-elected to the session of 1872, representing the wealthiest ward of the city. 1873 he spent traveling in Europe, visiting many of the hospitals in London, Dublin, Vienna, Paris and Berlin; then extended his trip to Constantinople and the East. In 1880 he was appointed Chief Medical Ex- aminer of the "Equitable Life Assurance Society" for Boston and Eastern Massachusetts. He has the appointment of all the examiners in the var- 102 LAMSOX. ions towns. This society does the largest business of any insurance company in the world, the new business last year exceeding $200,000,000. He retired from general practice in 1893,the "Equitable" furnishing him all the work he desires. Formerly he resided at the West End, but, driven out by the advance of business, last year removed to the Back Bay, the best residential part of the city, his present home and office being at Xo. 35 Fairfield street. As our class-mate, for a period of 37 years, until 1893, was in the continuous and successful prac- tice of his profession in Boston, the Secretary sug- gested that he furnish us some account of the ad- vance in medicine and surgery during these years. He has sent ns an able, though as lie claims, "a hastily prepared" paper. We only regret the necessity of abridging it to some extent. The medical graduate of thirty-eight years ago has great reason to be thankful that his professional life has covered that most interesting period of progress, during which medicine has been passing from the period of theorizing and dogmatism to a rational scientific basis of well ascertained facts. * * In the preceding periods advances had been made slowly and at long intervals. Exceptional men had discovered and pointed out the paths which led to true knowledge, but their teachings often had little influence among the mass of their unenlightened contemporaries. Medicine could not develop without a sound basis of anatomy and physiology to rest upon, nor could it ad- vance except in company with the related sciences of chemistry and physics. The unaided senses had to be supplemented hv those instruments of precision, the microscope, opthalmoscope. stethoscope, laryngoscope and clinical thermometer. * * Perhaps there is no department in which, to the popular eve. such rapid advancement has been made as in surgery. The LAMSON". 103 discovery of the anaesthetic use of ether in 1846, only ten years before the beginning of the period which we are considering, gave an immense impetus to the practice of surgery. Unlike many preceding discoveries, its value was at once recognized and put to practical use. The surgeon could now do his work leisurely and unhindered by the struggles of the patient. Thus more delicate and complicated operations now came within reach. There still remained, however, the dread of the tedious and frequently fatal results of local inflammation or general blood poisoning to deter the most skillful operator. The discovery by Lister of the relation of putrefactive organisms to these in- flammatory processes and the means of their prevention by the use of antiseptics has given even a greater impetus to surgery than the discovery of ether. The most daring operations may now be undertaken with relative safety, provided the patient is not too much exhausted by disease. To expose the brain, and the peritoneal cavity, to remove internal and deep-seated growths or diseased organs is now a common occurrence. But this power to operate with impunity carries an increased re- sponsibility, and demands nature judgment. There is often a great temptation to the young surgeon to seek a rapid fame by doing the most radical operations ; and, undoubtedly, import- ant organs, as the ovaries, have too frequently been removed for slight disease when more faithful and prolonged medical treatment would have made such mutilation unnecessary. The more experienced surgeons are now protesting against too radical and premature operations. * * In comparison with the well-known progress of surgery it is a common opinion that the treatment of strictly medical diseases has not made an equal advance. One reason for this opinion is that the results of surgery are plainly visible as the operations are done public- ly, while medical treatment is more quietly carried on and the results are concealed from view. In a sense, surgery is largely a question of mechanics. In doubtful cases, also, an * 'explor- atory incision" can often be made without harm, and the dis- ease exposed to sight and touch. Disorders of function, on the other hand, are much more complicated, and we can only infer 104: LA3ISOX. the nature of the disease from its secondary effects. The greatest progress has been made in discovering the causes of disease, especially of the infectious diseases caused by micro- organisms, such as cholera, typhoid fever, diphtheria, pneu- monia and consumption. This knowledge h^s been of value chiefly in enabling us to prevent the occurrence of these dis- eases, a much more important matter even than the cure of the disease when established. But an exact understanding of the cause of disease is sure to lead to the discovery of means for its cure, and such discoveries are now only a question of time. In the treatment of many other diseases there has been important, if not very striking, progress. The first steps were discarding the old fashioned blood-letting, and other heroic and meddlesome forms of treatment. We now know the natural history of most diseases when let alone, and that many of them end spontaneously after running a definite, limited course. The use of the microscope has been of the greatest assist- ance in studying the course of disease. * * It reveals the evidence of tuberculosis, while all other signs of pulmonary disease are still doubtful. The opthalmoscope, invented by Helmholtz in l