c Y12U 1833L4 r ./x ^rm^ aU tfolUge. CLASS OF 1833. SECOND DECENNIAL MEETING, JULY 17. im. NEW HAVEN: 'lT.IN"l'Hl> BV STOKED & MOEEHOBSE, FRANKLIN OFFICE. 1864. %\ Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2012 with funding from University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign http://archive.org/details/yalecollegeclassOOdutt a ill iixu YALE COLLEGE. SECOND DECENNIAL MEETING, JUL.Y 2Yth, 1§53. In accordance with a vote passed at the first decennial meeting, in 1843, and with a circular letter from the Secretary reminding them of that vote, the class assembled in New Haven, at the an- nual Commencement in 1853. On the evening of the 27th, the day before Commencement, by invitation of one of their number, Prof, James D. Dana, they met at his house in the Avenue. There were present, Buckingham, J. Clark, Dana, Day, Dunlap, Dutton, Eells, Emerson, Gardner, Landon, Mather, Russell, Sherman, Taft, Tucker, Vansantvoord, Wolcott. Brandegee came to New Haven, but was prevented from attending the meeting by a sudden call to return home. E. A. Johnson was in the city, but was detained from the meeting by illness. Pettee arrived on the following day. (20.) Alphonzo Taft, Esq. was appointed Chairman, and Rev. S. W. S. DuTTON, Secretary. Letters were received from Abbott, Ballard, Davenport, G. B. Hawley, W. p. Johnston, Marshall, Perry, Tilton, Thom- as and Wood. The chairman, with the catalogue before him, called for infor- mation respecting each member of the class, in alphabetical order. Rev. S, W. S. Dutton was requested to continue his services as Secretary and Historian, and was desired to publish, as soon as adequate information could be obtained for the purpose, a pamphlet containing a brief account of each member of the class. The means for defraying the expense of such publication were contributed and placed in the hands of the Secretary. ONIVERSrtV OF ILUNOIS UBRARV W URBM*A-CHAMPA»6N The members present were so absorbed in hearing what each communicated respecting himself and the absent and deceased, that ere they were aware the morning was upon them ; when having completed the catalogue, they adjourned to the Com- mencement in 1863, having passed a unanimous vote of thanks to Prof. Dana, for the rich and varied supper, and the generous hos- pitality, with which they had been treated. On the evening of the 28th, the members of the class present, with their wives and friends, by invitation of Dr. Wm. H. Russell, met a brilliant company at his house on Wooster Square. The information contained in the following pamphlet was in part communicated on the night of the 27th. The chief part of it, however, has been collected by the Secretary, through letters, and otherwise, and he begs leave to say, with much labor, and patience. The publication has been long delayed by waiting for information. But it has been thought desirable to obtain as full intelligence as possible, and to wait for it rather than to give an unnecessarily incomplete account of the class. A work which is done only once in ten years may well have time to be thoroughly done. In all cases where the necessary information has been afforded, the names of parents have been given, including the maiden name of the mother in brackets, since it is pleasant to know the ancestry of those in whom we are interested. The Secretary regrets that on this, as well as many other points, he has not been able to give full and definite information concerning many members of the class, because his letters asking for such information have not been answered. He requests that such intelligence may be com- municated to him by members of the class respecting themselves or their classmates, now while the subject is revived by the recep- tion of this Class Book, and from time to time, as will afford ma- terials for a more complete one in 1863. Let the meeting in 1863 be a full one, embracing all who may then survive. Those who met in 1853, after an experience of twenty years since graduating, felt that they were well paid for coming together. And they had a deep conviction, as they sur- veyed the ranks of the class so thinned by death, that the survivors should have an increaaing interest in each other's welfare, useful- ness and honor. BRIEF HISTORICAL SKETCH OF THE CLASS OF 1833 RUFUS ABBOTT. Born April 17, 1807, in Wilton, New Hampshire, son of Zeba- diah and Elizabeth (Hale) Abbott. For two years from the au- tumn of 1833 taught school and studied medicine in Greensburgh, Ky. ; in the winter of 1835-6 attended medical lectures at the Medical School, Lexington, Ky. ; commenced practice in the spring of 1836 ; married, April 5, 1838, Mary B. Aikin, daughter of Joseph and Susan Aikin, of Greensburg, Ky., who died Oct. 12th of the same year. In the winter of 1838-9 attended medi- cal lectures in Louisville, Ky, and received the degree of M. D. In the spring of 1839 removed to Jefferson City, Missouri, and practiced medicine. Married, Oct. 21, 1840, Mary R, Hart, daughter of Samuel L. and Ann T. Hart of Jefferson City — Children, (1) Charles Hale, aged 10, (2) Ann Curd, aged 7, and (3) Caroline Hart, aged 4. Fond by early habit of agriculture, purchased a farm in Hibernia, Callaway Co., just across the river from Jefferson City, the cultivation of which he adds to his pro- fessional pursuits ; has a competence, fully realizing his sober ex- pectations ; is attached to the West, but remembers the East and especially "Old Yale" with affection. EPAPHRODITUS CHAMPION BACON. Born in Litchfield, Ct., Sept. 2, 1810, son of Asa and Lucretia (Champion) Bacon ; studied Medicine six months in New York ; studied Law in Yale University ; was admitted to the Bar in 1835, and resided in Litchfield, Ct. ; spent three winters in Mo- bile. A delegate from Connecticut to the Harrisburgh (Whig) Convention in 1839 ; a member of the Conn. House of Repre- sentatives from Litchfield in 1840 and 1841 ; Judge Advocate of Litchfield County ; devoted himself chiefly to general literature, especially to heraldic, antiquarian and historical studies, in which he was enthusiastic and eminent. Left the United States in May, 1844, with the purpose of taking the tour of Europe, for his pleasure and improvement, and also for the benefit of his health, which was delicate. After spending a few months in Paris and London, he left the latter city in December for Portugal and Spain, expecting after passing through those countries to visit It- aly and to return home early in the ensuing spring. His general health had been much improved by his travels. But he was sud- denly attacked at Seville, Spain, with strangulated hernia, of which he died, after an illness of five days, at the age of thirty- three. He died in a land of strangers, fully conscious of his sit- uation, and after writing particularly to his friends at home. His body was sent home and lies buried in his native town. By the kindness of his parents, who now reside in New Haven, his portrait graced the parlor of Prof. Dana, in which the class met. The letter of his father to the class, after alluding to the subsequent death of a younger son, closes with these touching words. "It has pleased G-od to write me childless. ' My children are gone forth of me and are not. There is none to stretch forth my tent any more.' " MICHAEL BALDWIN. Born in New Haven, June 11, 1813, son of William and Ann (Perrin) Baldwin. The first year after graduation. Teacher in Owego, N. Y. ; the two succeeding years studied Law in Yale University ; entered on the practice of Law in Natchez, Miss, in the autumn of 1836. He was fast rising to eminence in his pro- fession, when he died of pulmonary consumption Oct. 19, 1839, aged 26. JOSIAH BALLARD. Born in Peterborough, N. H., April 14, 1806, son of William and Mary (Chandler) Ballard. Teacher at Westfield, Mass. in 1834. Studied Theology partly at Andover Theological Semina- ry, and partly with Rev. John Whiton, D. D. of Antrim, N. H. Ordained Pastor of the Congregational Church in Chesterfield, N. H., July 1835. Married Oct. 1, 1835, Miss Elizabeth D. Whiton, daughter of Rev. Dr. John and Abby (Morris) Whiton, of Antrim, N. H. Installed at Nelson, N. H. July 12, 1836. Installed at Sudbury, Mass., March 3, 1841. Installed at New Ipswich, N. H., July 14, 1852. Has two children, Edward Otis, born April 19, 1837 ; and Catharine Elizabeth, born April 9, 1840. SHUBAEL FITCH BARTLETT. Born in East Windsor, Ct., Aug. 25, 1811, son of Rev. Shubael and Fanny (Leffingwell) Bartlett. He began the study of medi- cine immediately after graduating, which he pursued at East AVindsor (under private tuition,) and at the medical department of Yale, where he received his degree at the termination of the usual course. After receiving his degree, he continued his studies at East Windsor, Hartford, and New York, where he attended lec- tures and visited the hospitals. In Sept. 1837 he united, by pro- fession of his faith in Christ, with the Congregational Church in East Windsor, under the pastoral care of his father. From Sept. 1837 to Oct. 1838 he was employed as Professor in the New York Institution for the deaf and dumb. Continuing his medical stud- ies till the Spring of 1840, he then commenced practice in Lyme, Ct. He married, Sept, 1842, Miss Fanny Griswold of Lyme, daughter of Charles and Ellen (Perkins) G-riswold and grand- daughter of Grov. Roger Griswold. His first child was born in March 1844 and died in the following June ; his second, (Adeline Champlin) was born March 27 1836 ; his third (Charles Griswold) was born Dec. 25, 1848. Dr. Bartlett had made high attainments in medical science and skill, and had a good practice; but he was attracted tojoin a small and select company who were going to California, as their Physi- cian. He left home in March 1849, went by land to New Orleans, thence by steamer to Corpus Christi, across the country to Mazat- lan, and by sea to San Francisco. His health began to fail soon after his arrival. Though it was usually robust, by the fatigue of his long journey, miserable accommodations on board the Chilian brig from Mazatlan, and the sad change from the comforts and endear- ments of home to the privations of California at that period, it was completely destroyed. Soon after his arrival, he met with Major Kingsbury of the U. S. Army, whose friendship he had gained in Connecticut, having been his family physician. Major K. assisted him to a lucrative situation for medical practice. But it was too late. His health was rapidly failing, and he resolved to leave im- mediately for home. He left Sacramento for San Francisco, (ex- pecting there to take the steamer) in the U. S. transport schooner Invincible, in which Major K. had procured him a passage. But his disease (chronic dysentery) increased rapidly, and he died Oct. 12, 1849, on his way down the river, and was buried at Benicia, in a cemetery belonging to the U. S. The captain of the Invinci- ble proved to be an old acquaintance and treated him with great care and kindness. His funeral was suitably attended — the servi- ces being performed by a Christian minister who had just arrived from the Eastern States. His venerable father and his brother (by whose communications the Secretary has been enabled to make this particular sketch) speak highly of his religious character, as it appeared for several years previous to his death, and especially in his letters after he left home on his fatal adventure to California. SAMUEL HENSHAW BATES. Born in Northampton, son of Hon. Isaac Bates. After gradua- tion studied law with his father, and was admitted to the Bar in Northampton ; chose agriculture as his employment ; resides in Northampton; not married. JOHN CAMPBELL BEACH. Studied Law at Utica N. Y., began to practice his profession at Skaneateles, N. Y. About 1842 removed to Auburn, and entered into partnership with Hon. Wm. H. Seward. Married in New York city, July 10, 1851, Miss Elizabeth Townsend Porter of that city ; does not practice his profession ; is understood to be engaged to a large extent in the financial department of the wheat or flour business. STANTON BELDEN. Born in Sandisfield Mass. Jan. 15, 1808, son of Martin and Pru- dence (Sholes) Belden. Has been a Teacher since graduation ; is now, and has been since 1835, Principal of the " Fruit Hill Class- ical Institute," Fruit Hill, R. I., three and a half miles from Prov- idence. Married at Fruit Hill, Dec. 9, 1835, Antoinette Percival Manchester, daughter of William and Ann (Sowle) Manchester, of Tiverton, R. I. Children, (1) Francis Stanton born Nov. 10, 1836 ; (2) Marian Howard, Aug. 28, 1838 ; (3) Antoinette Percival, Sept. 18, 1840 ; (4) Clarence Le Roy, July 7, 1842, deceased ; (5) Preston Lincoln, Nov. 16, 1843 ; (6) Adehne Mauran June 17, 1846 ; (7) Claren- don Dwight, May 3, 1848 ; (8) Florence Eugene, May 31, 1851 ; (9) Laura Sherman, May 6, 1853. Has been successful in teaching, having had for many years a very flourishing Family School limited to forty pupils ; expects in a few years to retire from its pressing cares and responsibilities. NOAH BISHOP. Came to College from Litchfield, Ct. After graduation, taught at Brooklyn, Ct. for two years. Studied Theology at East Wind- sor in 1835,6,7 ; had the bronchitis ; resumed teaching in Keene, N. H. and continued it for two years ; ordained Pastor of a Pres- byterian church in Enon, Ohio, sometime in 1843 ; married dur- ing the same year. At the present time he has charge of a Church and High School in Monroe, Butler Co., Ohio. EDWARD ANTHONY BRADFORD. Came to College from Plainfield, Ct. Studied Law at Harvard University ; entered on a successful practice of his profession in New Orleans ; Clerk of Court and Bank Commissioner in that city, and a Commissioner under the Bankrupt Law ; was nominated by President Fillmore, near the close of his office, to the U. S. Senate, as Judge of the U. S. Supreme Court. It being near the begin- ning of an administration by an opposing political party, the nomination was rejected by a party vote. Married Sarah E. Fanning, has had several children, and has lost one or two by death ; visited Europe in the Summer of 1853. ELISHAMA BRANDEOEE. Born, Jan. 14, 1814, in Berlin Ct., son of Elishama Brandegee ; graduated from the Medical Department of Yale University ; practiced medicine in St. Louis, Missouri, for two years ; in the Spring of 1841 married Miss Florence Stith of Petersburg Va., and since that date has practiced medicine in his native place, Ber- lin Ct. ; has six children, three boys and three girls, the oldest ten and the youngest an infant ; he and his wife have recently united with the Congregational Church in Berlin, by profession of their faith in Christ. SAMUEL GILES BUCKINGHAM. Born in Lebanon, Ct. Nov. 18, 1812, son of Samuel and Joanna (Matson) Buckingham. Studied Theology in 1834-5-6, in the Theological Department of Yale University ; ordained Pastor of a Congi-egational Church in Millbury Mass., May 1837. Mar- ried May 10, 1837, at New Haven, Harriet Taylor, daughter of 8 Rev. Dr. Nathaniel W. and Rebecca (Hine) Taylor. Installed Pastor of a Congregational Church in Springfield, Mass. June 16, 1847. Has one child, Harriet Taylor, born Feb. 13, 1842. WILLIAM ADOLPHUS BUTLER. Studied medicine in New* York, and remained for a time in Brooklyn L. I., his native place. For several years he practiced medicine in Tampico, Mexico, of v^^hich post he was United States Consul. A few weeks before our decennial meeting in 1843, he sailed from Tampico for New York, and after having been five days at sea, by violent retching produced by sea-sickness, burst a blood-vessel and died. Not married. A. B. CAMPBELL. Have not heard from him directly since graduation. The de- cennial report of him reads thus. " Teacher from 1833 to 1835 in Litchfield Co. Ct., and from 1835 to the present time (1843) in G-alena 111. Married in 1835 and has one child." Dr. Cheney Howe informed the Secretary in 1848, that Mr. Campbell was at that time in Galena, teaching a private school ; that his health was feeble ; that in 1845 or thereabout he lost his voice, and visited Jamaica, W. I. for his restoration. ROBERT CARVER. Born in Taunton Mass. April 22, 1810, a lineal descendant of the first Grovernor of Plymouth Colony. His father's name v/as David, his mother's maiden name was Dean. Studied Theology at Andover from Oct. 1833 to May 1836 ; preached a year in Can- ada East ; preached a year in Berlin Mass., and was ordained Pastor of the Congregational (Orthodox) Church in that place, in the autumn of 1838 ; remained there till the spring of 1843 ; atr tended Theological Lectures for a few months in New Haven Ct.; preached a year in Byfield Mass. ; spent six months in Wisconsin, from July 1845 to September 1847 ; preached to a church near Greenport L. I.; was married in that vicinity Oct. 16, 1845, to Jane B. Ingram, widow of Rev. S. B. Ingram, and daughter of Rev. Daniel Beers of Orient, L. I. Was installed pastor of a Con- gregational church in Raynham, a parish of Taunton, his native town, Dec. 1. 1847 ; in which place and office he still remains. JOSIAH CLARK. Born at Leicester, Mass., Feb. 7, 1814 ; son of Josiah and Ase- nath (Edwards) Clark. Teacher at 1833 to 1835 j at Baltimore from 1835 to 1837. Studied Theology at Andover from 1837 to 1841, Principal of the Academy at Leicester, Mass. from 1841 to 1849. From 1849, and now, Principal of the Acad- emy at Easthampton, Mass. Married, Nov. 21, 1842, Lucy Edwards Dewey, daughter of David L. and Lucy (Edwards) Dewey, of Northampton, Mass. NOAH BARBER CLARK. Came to College from East Windsor, Ct. The record respect- ing him in 1843 was this. " Teacher at Berlin, Ct., Hartford, Ct., Fishkill, N. Y., and now at Wethersfield, Ct. Married in 1836." Nothing has been heard from him, and very little respecting him, since. JOHN OLIVER COLT. Manufacturer at Patterson, New Jersey. Have no definite in- formation respecting him. JOHN CRUMP. Born in New London. After graduation studied Medicine, went to the South for his health in vain ; returned to New Lon- don, where he died of pulmonary consumption, July 4, 1835. JOHN MORRILL CURRIER. Born in Amesbury, Mass., in 1809, son of Richard and Dolly Currier ; fitted for the Sophomore Class in Yale College, at Phil- lips (Exeter) Academy. Studied Medicine with Dr. Balch of Amesbury ; attended Lectures in Boston, afterward in Woodstock, Vermont ; commenced practice in Mississippi in 1835. Married, in 1843, Mrs. Francis M. Stuart of Woodville, Miss. Sixteen months after marriage he died of Yellow Fever, leaving an infant son. JAMES DWICHT DANA. Born at Utica, N. Y., Feb. 12, 1813, son of James and Harriet (Dwight) Dana. In July, 1833, appointed Instructor of Mid- shipmen in the U. S. Navy, and went to the Mediterranean, in U. S. ship Delaware ; returned Feb. 1835. Assistant of Prof, Silliman in the Department of Chemistry, Mineralogy and Ge- ology in Yale College, 1836-7. Appointed, Dec. 31, 1836, Mine- ralogist and Geologist in the Scientific Corps of the U. S. Ex- ploring Expedition, sailed in the sloop of War Peacock, July, 2 10 1838, on a voyage around the world. Before leaving, united with a Christian church in New Haven, by profession of his faith ; was shipwrecked at the mouth of the Columbia river in Oregon, July 1841 ; returned to the U. S. June 10, 1842, after an absence of three years and ten months. Since his return has resided, during the first two years in Washington, and during the re- mainder of the time in New Haven. In the autumn of 1851, was appointed " Silliman Professor of Natural History" in Yale Col- lege, but has not yet entered on the duties of the office, on ac- count of unfinished engagements connected with the Exploring Expedition. Published, in 1838, a Treatise on Mineralogy, 586 pp. large octavo ; a second edition in 1844 ; a third in 1850 ; and is now preparing a fourth for the press. Also, in 1846, a Manual of Mine- ralogy, 360 pp. 12mo. He has been chiefly employed, however, since his return to the country in 1842, in preparing and publish- ing the results of his observations in the Exploring Expedition. In 1846 he published a Report on Zoophytes, one vol. 680 pp. quarto, with an Atlas of 61 plates folio ; in 1849, Report on Ge- ology, one vol. 740 pp. quarto, with an Atlas of 21 plates ; in 1852-3, Report on Crustacea, one vol. 1620 pp. with an Atlas of 96 plates, folio. Since 1846, has been co-editor of the Am. Journal of Science; has been the author of various memoirs in the Journal of Science, and in the Proceedings of the Academy of Nat. Science, Phila- delphia, and of the Academy of Arts and Science, Boston. Married, June 5, 1844, in New Haven, Henrietta Frances Sil- liman, daughter of Prof Benjamin and Harriet (Trumbull) Silli- man ; has three children, Frances Henrietta, born July 24, 1846; Edward Salisbury, born Nov. 16, 1849 ; and James Silliman, born April 19, 1853. JOHN SIDNEY DAVENPORT. Born in Stamford, Ct. Sept. 26, 1808, son of John A. and Eliza M. (Wheeeler) Davenport ; entered the Junior Class at Yale, af- ter having been engaged in Mercantile business in New York. Commenced the study of Theology in New Haven in the autumn of 1833, and continued two years ; ordained Pastor of a Con- gregational Church in Bolton, Mass. July 1836. Married at New Haven, July 5, 1836, Miss Elizabeth Leverett ; remained at Bol^ 11 ton three and a half years ; and then, after an interval of a few months, was installed Pastor of a Congregational Church in Gor- ham, Me. After remaining for some time in Gorham, he took orders in the Protestant Episcopal Church, and has since had the charge of parishes in Newburyport, Mass. and in Oswego, N. Y., in the latter place for seven years. In 1850 visited Europe, for health, recreation, and intellectual improvement. Has published various articles in the Church Review, and a pamphlet of some size, entitled *« The Permanency of the Apostolic Office as dis- tinct from that of Bishops, with reasons for believing that it is now revived in the Church." Has had five children, all of whom are living, Julia, Martha, James Boorman, Elizabeth, and John Sidney. At the time of the class-meeting, was residing in Syra- cuse, N. Y. without charge. He now resides in New York City, temporarily engaged in mercantile business, without however re- linquishing the clerical profession, and hoping soon to resume his entire devotion to it. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN DAVIS. No direct and little definite information has been received re- specting him. He came to College from Monticello, S. Carolina. It is understood that he studied Law in the office of Hon. Wm. Preston of S. C, and that he soon relinquished his profession and engaged in agriculture, in Monticello, Fairfield Co., S. C. GEORGE EDWARD DAY. Born in Pittsfield Mass. March 19, 1815, son of Gad and Rox- anna Rice Day ; entered College from New Haven Ct. whither his parents removed in 1822. Teacher in the Institution for the Deaf and Dumb in New York city from 1833 to 1835 ; studied Theol- ogy in New Haven from 1835 to 1838; Assistant Instructor in Sacred Literature in the Theological Department of Yale College from 1838 to 1840 ; ordained Pastor of the Union (Congregation' al) Church, Marlborough, Mass. Dec. 2, 1840 ; went to Europe in 1844, and remained nearly a year, partly pursuing theological studies at Berlin, and partly employed by the New York Institu- tion for the Deaf and Dumb in examining the condition and modes of instruction of European Institutions for the Deaf and Dumb ; returning, remained in Marlborough till his removal to North- ampton, Mass. where he was installed Pastor of the Edwards Church, Jan. 12, 1848. Since May, 1851, has been Professor of 12 Biblical Literature and Lecturer on Church History in Lane The- ological Seminary, Cincinnati, Ohio. Published a Report on the Institutions for the Deaf and Dumb in Europe and especially in Germany, 1845, 8 vo. pp. 140 ; also various articles in the Bibli- otheca Sacra, a Quarterly, published at Andover, Mass., of which he is one of the corresponding or assistant editors. Married in New Haven, Aug. 24, 1843, Amelia Hotchkiss Oaks, daughter of Henry and Mary (Hotchkiss) Oaks. HIRAM DOANE. Very little has been heard respecting him since the meeting in 1843. The record at that time was this. " Teacher in Green- wich, Ct. and New Rochelle, N. Y. and is now a Congregational clergyman somewhere in the western part of New York. Mar- ried." He is supposed to be at the present time Pastor of a church in Jefferson Co. N. Y. ABIJAH BARNUM DUNLAP. Born at Ovid, N. Y., Aug. 29, 1809, son of William and Eliza- beth Dunlap. His father is now living at the age of 91. Teacher for a short time after graduation. Farmer and Whig Politician about ten years in Ovid, N. Y. Studied Theology at Auburn, N. Y. in 1846-7 ; preached at Saline, Washtenaw Co., Michigan, nearly two years ; and at Ovid, N. Y., nearly three years. Mar- ried, June 29, 1853, at Le Roy, N. Y., Miss Mary A. Wright, Principal of Ingham Institute in that place, and formerly Mission- ary for seven years at Smyrna and Athens. Intends to teach in company with his wife at Le Roy. WILLIAM MASON DURAND. Came to College from Milford, Ct. He studied Law in New Haven, and commenced practice in Hartford, Ct. But a pulmo- nary disease, against the incipient influence of which he had long been struggling, compelled him after two or three years to relin- quish practice. A voyage and a short foreign residence did not check its progress. He died at his father's house in Milford, Oct. 14, 1841, at the age of twenty-six years. SAMUEL WILLIAM SOUTHMAYD DUTTON. Born in Guilford, Ct., March 14, 1814, son of Rev. Aaron and Dorcas (Southmayd) Dutton. From Sept. 1833, to Sept. 1834, Teacher of Latin and Greek in Mount Hope College, Baltimore, Md.; from Sept. 1834, to Sept. 1835, Principal of the Hopkins 13 Grammar School in New Haven. From Sept. 1835, to April 1888, student of Theology in New Haven. From April 1836, to April 1838, Tutor in Yale College. Ordained, June 1838, Pastor of the North Church in New Haven. Married, Sept. 12, 1838, by his classmate Buckingham, at Millbury, Mass. to Harriet Waters, daughter of Asa and Susan (Holman) Waters. Published, in 1842, History of the North Church in New Haven during the last cen- tury, pp. 128 octavo. Since Jan. 1843 one of the Associate Edit- ors of the New Englander and a frequent contributor to its pages. Has published various Sermons and Addresses. WILLIAM WOODWARD EELLS. Born in Middletown Ct. son of Samuel and Lucena (Woodward) Eells. Teacher at St. Mary's, Florida; studied Theology at Co- lumbia, S. C. Ordained, Nov. 1838, Pastor of a Presbyterian Church in Wilmington, N. C. by the Presbytery of Fayetteville. Stated supply of a church in Washington city from 1844 to 1846, Pastor of a Presbyterian Church in Newburyport Mass. at the present time, and since 1846. Married in 1840 at Wilmington, N. C, to Christina Bradley. Has had two children, the oldest a daughter, born and deceased in 1841, the second, a daughter, An- na Sophia, born April 25, 1847. Has published occasional ser- mons, and various articles in Periodicals. Z. ROGERS ELY. Studied Theology at New Haven, where he was licensed to preach in April, 1836 ; spent about a year in Jefferson County, N. Y., supplying the churches at Brownville and Chaumont. During the summer of 1837 he journeyed for his health, which had been impaired by exposure and severe labor. In the autumn of 1837, his health having been improved, he was ordained Pastor of the Congregational Church in Deep River, Ct. But his ministry was of short duration. Labor, too constant and severe in his Master's work, during the summer of 1838, was followed by hemorrhage of the lungs, and he was persuaded to leave his people for a time. He retired to the house of his wife's father in Watertown, Jefferson County, N. Y. ; where, after struggling against his disease for several months, with hopes more and more decidedly disappointed, he died Nov. 16, 1839, aged 30. He was married in 1837. BROWN EMERSON. Born at Harvard, Mass. in 1807, son of Jacob and Dorothy 14 (Warner) Emerson. Studied Theology at New Haven. Pastor of a Congregational Church in West Boylston, Mass. from Aug. 1837 to Oct. 1839 ; of a Congregational Church in Torringford, Ct. from 1841 to 1844 ; of a Congregational Church in Dracut, (near Lowell,) Mass. at the present time, and since 1850, Post Office address, Lowell, Mass. Married, April 10, 1838, to Cathe- rine B. Emerson, daughter of Rev. Dr. Emerson, of Salem, Mass. Children, (1) Helen Louisa, aged 14; (2) William Brown, aged 11; (3) Henry Hopkins, deceased at the age of 6 years. BARNABAS MAYNARD FAY. Came to College from Berlin, Mass. Teacher from 1833 to 1838 in the Institute for Deaf Mutes in New York City. Studied Theology in that city. Pastor of a Congregational Church in Hardwick, Mass. from May 30, 1840 to Aug. 1843. Married in Sept. 1842 ; is now Teacher in the Asylum for the Blind in In- dianapolis, Indiana. SAMUEL FIELD. Came to College from Madison, Ct. ; son of Jared Field of that place. Little definite information has been received respecting him. After graduating he went to Georgia, where his mother's friends resided, engaged in teaching, studied Law, married, buried his wife ; is now a Lawyer at Sandersville, Washington County, Georgia. ROBERT DIXON GARDNER. Born in East Haddam, Ct, March 16, 1805 ; son of Nicholas and Sarah (Wright) Gardner. From Sept. 1833, to April 1834, Teacher at Wheeling, Va. ; from May 1834 to Oct. 1835, Teach- er at East Hampton, L. I. Studied Theology at East Windsor from 1835 to 1838. Pastor of a Congregational Church in Mon- roe, Ct. from March 31, 1841, to Sept. 30, 1851 ; since that time and now Teacher at Lyme, Ct. Married at East Hamptom, L. I. Sept. 5, 1838, to Phebe G. Miller, daughter of Samuel Miller, Esq. of that place ; one child, Samuel Miller, aged 13. Married, a second time, at Monroe, Ct. Aug. 25, 1842, to Louisa M. Ely, daughter of Elisha Ely, of Huntington, Ct. JOHN CALVIN GODDARD. The following is the record respecting him in the report of 1843. Studied Law at Harvard University ; went into legal 15 business in company with his classmate, Van Santvoord, in New York City, Nov. 1836 ; was admitted to the Bar in 1837, where the power of rapid acquisition, the untiring industry, the reten- tive memory, and the affluence of diction, for which he was re- markable in College, made him a successful practitioner, and gave promise of eminence in his profession. In this morning of prom- ise and hope he was suddenly cut down. He died, Feb. 5, 1843, of small pox, supposed to have been taken on board the U. S. ship North Carolina. He was a regular attendant on the minis- trations of Rev. Dr. Mason, and expressed to his friends, in his last days, the hope and belief that he was prepared, through faith in Christ, and by the grace of God, for a happy eternity." He was born in New London, Ct., and came to College from that place. ALFRED KIMBALL GOULD. The following is the record respecting him in the report of 1843. ''Teacherfor a short time in New Canaan, Ct., and died of consumption while a member of the Theological Seminary in An- dover, July 29, 1835. Mr. G. was a scholar of excellent merit, and a Christian of uniform and decided piety. He came to Col- lege from Hopkinton, N. H." RUFUS E. HART. Came to College from Middlebury, Ohio. Studied Law ; be- gan practice in Akron, Ohio ; removed to Marietta, Ohio, in the autumn of 1838. Is now Principal of the Ohio Asylum for the Blind, at Columbus. Married. GEORGE BENJAMIN HAWLEY. Born in Bridgepoit, Ct. in lfil2 ; came to College from Water- town, Ct. Studied medicine in New Haven. After receiving the degree of M. D. he was assistant physician for four years at the Retreat for the Insane in Hartford, and since has been in the suc- cessful practice of his profession in that city. He was married in 1840 to the daughter of Silas Fuller, M. D. of Hartford, who died in 1847, leaving one child, George Fuller. He was married again in 1848 to the daughter of Sherman Boardman of Hartford, by whom he has one child, Willie Sherman. Z. KENT HAWLEY. Born in Avon, Ct. July, 1806, son of Rufus F. Hawley, and grandson of Ilev. Rufus Hawley, who was for fifty years Pastor 16 of the Congregational Church in that place. Studied Theology one year (1833-4) at Lane Seminary, Cincinnati, Ohio. Tutor one year (1834-5) in Illinois College, Jacksonville ; completed hia Theological studies in New Haven ; ordained in Plymouth, N. H. in 1838. Married, April, 1838, to Miss Emily P. Price, (daughter of Rev. Ebenezer Price of West Boscawen, N. H.) who was for two years Principal of the "Jacksonville Female Academy," Ill- inois. Went in 1838 to Illinois as a Home Missionary ; preached in La Harpe, Hancock Co., one year, in Dubuque, Iowa, a year and a half, and in Payson, Adams Co., 111., for a year and a half; when on account of the ill health of his family he came to the Eastern States ; preached in various places in New Hamp- shire for more than a year, being in doubt about returning to the West; in 1844 took the pastoral charge of the 2d Congregational Church in Norwalk, Ct., which he resigned in 1848, and accepted the charge of the 1st Presbyterian Church in Knoxville, Illinois, which, having been formed on the ** Plan of Union" was " divided in the breaking up of that Plan." In 1851 he became and now is Pastor of the 1st Congregational Church in Payson, Adams Co., Illinois, to which he had formerly ministered for a year and a half. In connection with his professional duties he has a " Select Fam- ily School for Young Ladies," limited in number to ten. Children, (1) Edwin Price, born in Dubuque, Iowa, Nov. 22, 1840, and died at Knoxville, 111., Aug. 15, 1851 ; (2) Lucy Elizabeth, born in Boscawen, N. H., Oct. 7, 1842 ; (3) Emily Evelina, born in Nor- walk, Ct., March 15, 1845; and (4) Frederic Kent, who was born in Norwalk, Ct., March 19, 1848, and died in Knoxville, 111., Sept. 15, 1849. Has published two volumes, one in favor of the Con- gregational and one against the Methodist Episcopal mode of church government and order. ABEL KNAPP HINSDALE. Came to College from Torrington, Ct. Teacher in Belleport, L. I. 1834-5 ; studied Theology in Auburn, N. Y. ; was ordained in 1838, and sailed from Boston Jan. 1841, as Missionary of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, to the Independent Nestorians of Persia. On his way thither, he was the guest of his classmate, Wolcott, in Beirout, Syria. Proceed- ing thence toward his place of destination, he waa seized with typhus fever, and died Dec. 2Q, 1842, at Mousul, on the Tigris, 17 where his grave is marked by a humble monument. He was married in 1840. His wife, who partook of his spirit, as well as his labors, has been employed since his death as Teacher of a school for the children of Missionaries at Constantinople. SILAS HOLMES. Studied Medicine in Bristol, R. I., his native place. In 1838 he went, on a voyage around the world as Assistant Surgeon in the United States Exploring Expedition. He returned with the Expedition in 1842, and continued his connection with the U. S. Navy till his death. He was drowned by the upsetting of a sail-boat in the harbor of Mobile, Alabama, May 21, 1849. One of his classmates states that he was foremost among many com- petitors in both his examinations for the Navy ; that he was high- ly respected in Bristol, his home, and his death was felt to be a public loss. Married, Oct. 2, 1837, Maria, daughter of Ezekiel Gunn, of Bristol, R. I. ; children, (1) Virginia Dimon, born July 2, 1838 ; (2) Jabez Silas, born Oct. 30, 1844. CHENEY HOWE. Born in Townsend, Vt. Aug, 1840. In 1833 attended a course of Medical Lectures in Pittsfield, Mass. In Jan. 1834 went to the northern part of Alabama, and taught school, studying Medi- cine at the same time, for eight months ; went to Texas and spent the winter (1834-5) in traveling and looking about in that State j went to Louisville, Ky. in March, 1835, and taught school till Nov. 1835 ; then began to practice Medicine with an established physician in Louisville, and continued with him two years, till Nov. 1837 ; then went to Cincinnati and attended a course of Medical Lectures, and received a degree from the Medical Col- lege of Ohio, in March, 1848 ; returned to Louisville and re- sumed practice ; married, in that place, Oct. 1838, Miss Jennette Prindle, a Teacher from Monroe, Ct. In Feb. 1839, removed to St. Louis, where he gradually acquired a very large and lucrative practice. His health began to fail in Oct. 1846. He came on to the East in March, 1847 ; spent the spring and summer in New England, chiefly in Townsend, his native place ; visited New Haven in July, in very feeble health, [when he called on the Sec- retary and gave him the greater part of the information con- tained in this notice,] He then hoped to return to St. Louis ia 3 18 October. But his hope was disappointed. His disease, pulmona- ry consumption, continued to enfeeble him, and terminated his life at his native home in Townsend, Vt. His classmate, Tucker, whose family physician he was in St. Louis, being present, gave honorable testimony respecting his character as a physician and a man. His wife has deceased since his death. Her body was brought for burial to Monroe, Ct., her native place, where his classmate, G-ardner, the Pastor of the Congregational Church, preached a funeral sermon. They had two children, one of whom died before the death of the father ; the other, a daughter, still survives. EBENEZER KINGSBURY HUNT. Born in Coventry, Ct., Aug, 26, 1810, son of Eleazer and Sibyl (Pomeroy) Hunt. Teacher at Monson, Mass. from Sept. 1833 to Sept. 1834, and at Natchez, Miss., from Nov. 1834 to Nov. 1836. Entered the Jefferson Medical School in Philadelphia, Dec. 1836, and graduated March, 1838. Practiced in Ellenville, Ulster Co., N. Y., from April, 1838, to Oct. 1839, and from Nov. 1839 till the present time in Hartford, Ct. ; where he enjoys a successful busi- ness. Married at Hartford, Ct., June 18, 1848, Miss Mary A, Crosby, daughter of Daniel P. and Sarah (Dunham) Crosby. Children, (1) Sarah C, born Sept. 10, 1849, deceased June 2, 1853 ; (2) Mary S., born March 9, 1852. JOHN HUSTIS. Came to College from Phillipstown, N. Y. ; resides at Hustis- ford, forty-six miles northwest of Milwaukie, Wisconsin. Mar- ried Miss Ludington, of Carmel, N. Y ; has four children. EBENEZER ALFRED JOHNSON. Born in New Haven, Aug. 18, 1813, son of Ebenezer and Sa- rah B. (Law) Johnson. Teacher at New Canaan, Ct., from 1833 to 1835 ; Tutor in Yale College from Sept. 1835 to Sept. 1837, studying Law at the same time in the Yale Law School. Ad- mitted to the Bar in New Haven, where he remained till Sept. 1838, when he entered on the oiBce of Professor of the Latin Language and Literature in the University of the City of New York, which office he still holds. Married, Aug. 18, 1842, Margarett H. Vancleve, daughter of Dr. John and Louisa Anna (Houston) Vancleve, who deceased 19 June 15, 1849. Their children, (1) Elizabeth Day, born July, 1843, and deceased at the age of five months ; (2) Frances Hen- rietta, born March 28, 1845 ; (3) Alfred Vancleve, born June 10, 1847 ; (4) a son, born June, 1849, and died soon after birth. Married, in New York, July 9, 1851, Harriet Gilley, daughter of William B. and Harriet (Eaglesfield) G-illey. WILLIAM P. JOHNSTON. Born in Savannah, Ga., son of Col. James and Ann (Marion) Johnston ; came to College from the Round Hill School, North- ampton, Mass., and entered the Sophomore Class in its third term. After spending the v^inter of 1833-4 in Georgia, removed to Philadelphia, in the spring of 1834, and commenced the study of Medicine ; was a private pupil of Prof. Wm. Horner ; attended the Lectures t)f the University of Penn., and the Summer School of Medicine, the " Philadelphia Medical Institute" ; also acquired a practical knowledge of the duties of an Apothecary in the drug store of Samuel Griffith ; graduated M. D. in the spring of 1836, and was immediately appointed one of the resident Physicians to the Blockley Hospital. In the spring of 1837 was appointed a Physician to the Philadelphia Dispensary, and took charge of the " South Western District." Went to Europe in the fall of 1837 , and returned in the summer of 1840, having spent two years in Paris, pursuing medical studies, and a year in traveling through Switzerland, Italy, Austria, Germany, Belgium, Holland, and Great Britain. While residing in Philadelphia was made an hon- orary member of the Philadelphia Medical Society ; and while residing in Paris was elected, in Dec. 1838, a member of the "So- ciete Medicale d'Observation de Paris," and in July, 1839, a corresponding member of the " Societe Anatomique" of Paris. Married, Dec. 3, 1840, Miss Mary E. Hooe, daughter of Ber- nard Hooe, Esq., of Alexandria, Va., and immediately after lo- cated himself in Washington, D. C, for the practice of Medicine. In 1842 wa^ elected Professor of Surgery in the Medical De- partment of the Columbian College in Washington, (now the National Medical College.) After delivering three courses of Lec- tures in Surgery, was transferred, in 1845, at his own request, to the chair of " Obstetrics and Diseases of Women and Children," which became vacant, and at the present date occupies that posi- tion, and has also a large and lucrative practice. 20 His children are (1) Mary Belle, born Sept. 17, 1841 ; (2) Wil- liam Bernard, born Dec. 12, 1842, and died when two weeks old; (3) William Waring, born Dec. 28, 1843 ; (4) Bernard Houstoun, born Sept. 4, 1845 ; (5) James Marion, born Feb. 27, 1850. SAMUEL C. KERR. Came to College from Easton, Md. Studied Theology for three years in the General Theological Seminary of the Protestant Epis- copal Church in New York City ; was instituted Rector of a par- ish in Prince George's Co., Md., in 1836, where he was in the sum- mer of 1847, when the Secretary received this information, for which he is indebted to Dr. Cheney Howe. EDWARD RUGGLES LANDON, Born in Guilford, Ct., in 1813, son of Nathaniel Ruggles and Mary (Griswold) Landon, After graduation studied Law in New Haven; began the practice of his profession in Tecumseh, Michi- gan after studying in a Law Office in Detroit. Married in Guil- ford in 1837, Miss Anna Lay, who, with her infant child, died in Tecumseh in the fall of 1838. He returned in Dec. 1838 with their remains to Guilford, his native place, where he has since re- sided in the practice of his profession. ASAHEL HOOKER LEWIS. Came to^College from Farmington, Ct. Studied Law in Con- necticut, removed to Ohio ; was for several years Editor of the Ohio Star, at Ravenna, Ohio, was a member of the Senate of Ohio in 1846 ; is now, and for some years has been, a Lawyer in Cin- cinnati. At the decennial meeting in 1843, was reported as marri- ed and having one child. CHRISTOPHER R. M'CLELLAN. Came to College from Baltimore. Studied medicine at New Haven, married Miss Perry of New Haven, resided for a few years in Baltimore ; then located himself in Brooklyn, L. I. ; where he soon acquired, and now enjoys, a large medical practice. Has two children. JOHN M'CLELLAN. Born in Woodstock, Ct., son of John M'Clellan, Esq. Studied medicine in Philadelphia, has never practiced ; has chosen agri- culture as his pursuit, in connection with his father, who has a large farm in Woodstock. Not married. 21 SAMUEL DAVIES MARSHALL. Born in Illinois, Oct. 8, 1812, son of John Marshall, a native of Ireland who has lived in that state more than fifty years. His maternal grandfather was also a native of Ireland, and taught the first school ever collected in Louisville, Ky. ; came to College from Shawneetown, 111. Studied law and entered upon practice in Shawneetown ; an influential and prominent member of the Legislature of Illinois ; has been editor of the Springfield Repub- lican, a political journal ; has been associated with his father in trade ; has been a Whig candidate for Congress ; was one of the State Electors on the Harrison ticket in 1840 ; went in 1846 to the Mexican War, Major of the fourth Regiment of Illinois vol- unteers ; was engaged in the capture of Vera Cruz, and was ap- pointed by Gen. Scott one of a Board of Commissioners to make regulations for the government of that city after it was taken. Married, Nov. 12, 1837, his cousin Miss Achsah Ann Leech, who deceased May 16, 1846. Their children, (1) Eugenia, born April 15, 1839, died May 15, 1843 ; (2) Laura, born Feb. 1844, died in April, 1844 ; (3) John died May 5, 1845; (4) Frances, died in infancy. His letter to the Secretary expresses a tender sense of his do- mestic bereavements, and his determination not to mingle with society after the death of his beloved wife. P. S. Before these sketches were given to the press, the Secre- tary received the Southern lUinoisan, published at Shawneetown, containing a notice of the death of Major Samuel D. Marshall, at Shawneetown, April 12, 1854, in the forty sec(md year of his age. From this notice the following extract is made. "He was a profound Lawyer, and an orator of the first order. His eloquence touched the heart, and while his reasoning produced conviction, his nervous and impassioned appeals carried the feel- ings of his hearers by storm. As Major of the third Regiment of Illinois Volunteers in Mexico, he conducted himself with great bravery. Always acting with the most scrupulous sense of jus- tice in his dealings with others, he was unjust to none but himself. " He had been residing with his brother in White County, Illi- nois, for a short time — and came to this place Tuesday evening last, and the next morning without any knowledge by his friends that his health was not good, but being apparently well, he lay down and in a few moments died, without convulsions or pain." 22 FREDERIC ELLSWORTH MATHER. Born in Windsor, Ct., May 23, 1809, son of Ellsworth and Laura (Wolcott) Mather. Studied Law in Hartford a year, be- ginning in November 1833, and during the year following in the Yale Law School. In Oct. 1835 entered upon a *' Law Clerk- ship " in New York City, and was admitted an Attorney in 1838 in that city, where he still continues, enjoying a prosperous busi- ness. Was a member of the N. Y. Legislature from the city of New York in 1845 ; and for ten years or more has been known among the "citizen soldiery" as a "General." Married, at Hartford, May 23, 1837, Ellen Pomeroy Goodrich, adopted daughter of Elizur Goodrich, Esq. ; Children, (1) Eliza G., born Feb. 25, 1838 ; (2) Ellsworth, born Feb. 3, 1839, and lost in the wreck of the steamer Swallow on the Hudson river, April 7, 1845 ; (3) Ellen L. born Oct. 30, 1840 ; (4) Laura W. born July 31, 1843 ; (5) Ada E. born Nov. 18, 1851. Since the class meeting has had another child, (6) Isabel P. born Dec. 25, 1853. Has been prominent in the Municipal Reform movement, and is a member of the newly created City Legislative body. WILLIAM NEWTON MATSON. Came to College from Colchester, Ct. Taught the Hopkins Grammar School in Hartford for one year after graduation ; stud- ied Law in that city, where he has practiced his profession till the present time ; was for several years Judge of Probate for the Dis- trict of Hartford. Is Reporter of the Superior and Supreme Courts of Ct. Married a daughter of Lewis Strong, Esq. of North- ampton, has one child. MARSHALL MERIAM. Came to College from Concord, Mass. The record in 1843 re- specting him is this. " Teacher a year and a half in Springfield Ky., studying medicine during that time ; attended two courses of lectures in Philadelphia, and settled as a Physician in Pitts- burgh, where he enjoyed a good share of patronage ; married in that place and has three children." Little additional information has been received respecting him. It has been said that he has acquired a large property, and has removed to Merrimack, N. H., where he is a Physician and Farmer. PHINEAS T. MILLER. Born in Middletown, Ct„ May 3, 1810, 8on of Samuel and Mary 23 (Gilbert) Miller. Studied medicine in New Haven immediately after graduating, and practiced his profession in that city till 1849? with the exception of a short time during which he pursued the business of an Apothecary in New York city. For some years he had charge of the General Hospital in New Haven. On the 23d of Jan. 1849, he sailed from New Haven in the schooner Montague with a company of fifty or more for California. In the winter of 1850, having been much enfeebled by chronic dysentery with which he was seized in the mining districts of that country, he set his face homeward. He embarked on board the ship Clarissa Perkins, commanded by Capt. Goodrich of New Ha- ven, but continued to fail and died on the passage on or about the 13th of Feb. 1850. His body was buried in the ocean. Married at Rocky Hill, Ct., Aug. 31, 1836, Elvira Whitmore, daughter of Henry and Anna (Butler) Whitmore. Children (1) Ellen Elvira, born Sept, 14, 1837 ; (2) Henry Samuel, born May 10, 1840, and died June 7, 1843 ; (3) Mary Elizabeth, born June 10, 1843 ; (4) Anna W. born Aug. 15, 1848, and died April 8, 1852. CHARLES SPOTSWOOD MILLS. No reliable information has been received respecting him since the first decennial meeting in 1843. The record made at that meeting was as follows. "Graduated in Medicine at Philadel- phia ; took charge of his father's coal mines near Richmond, and found it a lucrative business. In June, 1842, went to France and resumed his medical studies, and is daily expected at Richmond, where he will engage in medical practice. Married in 1839 ; has had two children, which have deceased." He came to College from Richmond, Va. N. S. MOORE. Died by his own hand, in November 1833, while on a voyage to France and when within sight of that country. His body was buried in a solitary grave on the shore. He came to College from River Head, L. I. GEORGE JACKSON MORGAN. Came to College from New Orleans, La. ; studied Medicine in Philadelphia, practised in New Orleans ; was Physician of the Charity Hospital, and died of yellow fever in 1838 or 1839» 24 JAMES E. NEWBOLD. Came to College from New York city. At the first decennial meeting (in 1843) nothing had been heard of him, except that he was at one time a merchant in New York city. It has since been learned that he has been afflicted with disease on the brain, which has rendered him idiotic. DAVID C. PERRY. Born in Sharon, Ct. Jan. 5, 1810, son of Rev. David L. and Anna S. (Strong) Perry. Studied Theology at Andover, and with his father in Sharon, from Sept. 1833 to 1837. In 1837 preached in the 2d parish of Sharon, his native place ; ordained in the spring of 1838, Pastor of the Congregational Church in New Fairfield, Ct., which he was compelled by feeble health to leave near the close of 1844 ; when he removed to Barlow, Ohio, pur- chased a farm and engaged in wool-growing. During the year 1845 he preached occasionally. In 1846 he undertook the care of a church in the place of his residence, (Barlow, Ohio,) which he resigned near the close of 1848. At the same time, tinder the influence of domestic affliction, he sold his farm with the intention of returning to New England. That intention he relinquished, and he now resides in Barlow, Ohio, occupied by the instruction of a few boys, nurturing his health (which is feeble) by horticul- ture, and occasionally performing the duties of a minister. Married at New Hartford, Ct. April 26, 1838, Margaret, daugh- ter of Wm. G-. Williams, Esq. who deceased Aug. 1, 1840 ; mar- ried, the second time, Sept. 21, 1841, Polly M. Ferry, sister of Starr Ferry, Esq. of Danbury, Ct., under whose care she was ed- ucated, her father having died in her infancy ; she deceased Dec. 25, 1845 ; married, the third time, Jan. 1847, Sarah Piatt of Dan- bury, Ct. who deceased Oct. 25, 1848 ; married, the fourth time, Jan. 31, 1850, Esther C. Walton, daughter of Nathan Walton, Esq. of Cincinnatti, Ohio, and sister of Rev. James S. Walton, his successor in the ministry at Barlow. Children, (1) George How- ard, born Nov. 28, 1842, and deceased April 4, 1845 ; (2) Charles Strong, born April 7, 1844; both children of the second marriage. ALFRED PERKINS. Born in Warren, Trumbull Co. Ohio, in the year 1811, son of Gen. Simon Perkins. After graduating, he remained for some 25 years in his native place, engaged in his father's business. In the fall of 1834, however, he was seized with a violent fever, which had been preceded by the lingering western ague. His constitu- tion gave way under the power of these diseases, and he gradu- ally sunk into a confirmed consumption. In September, 1838, accompanied by a younger brother, he sailed for Marseilles in hope of improving his health. He spent the winter in Rome, the ensuing summer in Italy and France, and returned home in the autumn of 1839. But the progress of his disease had not been arrested. His strength continued to fail, and he died among his friends on the 31st of March, 1840. JOSEPH PETTEE. Born in Salisbury, Ct. March 14, 1809, son of Joseph and Jo- anna (Everett) Pettee. Began the study of Theology at New Haven ; but after a time, embracing the doctrines set forth in the writings of Emanuel Swedenborg, he left the Theological Semi- nary, and engaged for about two years in teaching, in the mean time continuing to study the writings of Swedenborg. In 1837 he was licensed to preach ; and in 1838 was ordained Pastor of "the Society of the New Jerusalem" in Abington, Mass. Since that time he has been and is now. Pastor of that Society. But as his salary from the Society (which is small) is inadequate to the support of his family, he has been obliged for five or six years past to combine other employments with his ministry. In 1849 he was appointed " Inspector of the Customs " in Boston : which office he retained till June 30, 1853, when, in consequence of the change in the administration of the national government, he was removed. Has published a number of discourses (about thirty) in the "New Jerusalem Magazine"; also in the same periodical articles on the following subjects — On the nature of Inspiration, On De- grees of Freedom, Review- of a Discourse by Rev. Mr. Burnap on the " Manifestations of God," On the distinction between man and animals — also two tracts, one entitled, The Nature of True Religion, the other entitled. The Lord Jesus Christ, the one Grod — in all about 400 pp. octavo. Married at Salisbury, Ct., Feb. 24, 1835, Miss Mary Pierce, born Feb. 21, 1807, daughter of James and Mary (Hilliard) Pierce. Children, (1) James, born July 4, 1836 j (2) Benjamin, 4 26 born Aug. 26, 1839 ; (3) John, born Jan. 16, 1841 ; (4) Lemuel, born Feb. 24, 1843 ; (5) Joseph, born March 2, 1645 ; (6) AVil- liam, born Feb. 1, 1847. JOHN PHELPS. Came to College from Suffield, Ct. The record made respect- ing him after the meeting in 1843 was this, "Lawyer in Kingston, N. Y., not married." Little has been heard of him since, except that he has relinquished his legal business. GEORGE L. POTTER. Born in New Haven, Ct., Nov. 10, 1812, son of Samuel and Jemima (Scovil) Potter. Studied Law at New Haven, and com- menced practice at Natchez, Miss., in the spring of 1837 ; re- moved in the spring of 1842 to Jackson, Miss., the seat of the principal courts for that region, and the centre of his business. Married, in the fall of ] 845, Cynthia, daughter of Judge Mayes, formerly of Kentucky ; has three children, George, Fanny and Daniel; the youngest about two years old. STEPHEN ATWATER POTWINS. Born in East Windsor, Ct., was ill and absent when the class graduated ; died at his father's house in East Windsor, March 4, 1834. ROBERT ROBERTSON. Came to College from Norfolk, Va. Immediately after gradu- tion he studied Law with Hon. Wm. Maxwell, of Norfolk, but never applied for admission to the Bar. Became Secretary on board one of the vessels of the U. S. Navy, and made one or two voyages with Capt. Wilkins in the Macedonian. About the year 1844, he was Secretary of Commodore Kennedy, on board the Pennsylvanian, then the receiving ship at Norfolk. Intelligence has been received of his death, but not of its date. JOHN PURNELL ROBINS. Came to College from Snow Hill, Md. Studied Theology and was ordained, in Jan. 1836, Rector of two contiguous parishes of the Protestant Episcopal Church in Worcester Co., Md., near Snow Hill, his native place. Married in 1835, and had one child. Visited New Haven in the summer of 1845 or 1846, with his wife and child. Not long after, intelligence was received of his wife's 27 death. He was always what is called a " Low-churchman." Ho was in favor of union with all evangelical Churches in the Bible Society, and kindred institutions, and strenuously opposed to what is called " Puseyism," and to the views and measures of Bishop Whittingham, of the Episcopal Diocese of Md. Intelli- gence has recently been received that he has transferred his re- lation from the Episcopal to the Presbyterian Church. WILLIAM HUNTINGTON RUSSELL. Born at Middletown, Ct., Aug. 12, 1809, son of Matthew Tal- cott and Mary (Huntington) Russell. Teacher in a High School in Princeton, N. J., from Sept. 1833 to May, 1835. Tutor in Yale College from May, 1835, to Sept. 1836. From Sept. 1836 to the present time, Principal of a Fam- ily School for Boys, in New Haven, Ct., which has grown into ** The Collegiate and Commercial Institute," with one hundred and thirty Pupils, and twelve Assistant Instructors. Studied Medicine at New Haven in 1835-6, and received a medical degree from the Yale Medical School. Represented the town of New Haven in the Legislature of Connecticut in 1846 and 1847. Married, at Clinton, Oneida Co., N. Y., Mary Elizabeth Hub- bard, of New Haven, Ct., daughter of Thomas Hubbard (Prof, of Surgery in Yale College) and Lucy (G-ray) Hubbard. Children, (1) Lucy Gray, born July 7, 1837, and died April 2, 1838 ; (2) Frances Harriet, born Aug. 14, 1839 ; (3) Henrietta Lee, born Aug. 2, 1841 ; (4) Mary, born Dec. 27, 1844, and died June 7, 1849 ; (5) Talcott Huntington, born March 13, 1847 ; (6) William Huntington, born March 23, 1850, and died Feb. 27, 1851; (7) Thomas Hubbard, born Dec. 14, 1852; (8) Philip Gray, born Feb. 14, 1854. JAMES TUTTLE SHERMAN. Born at Trenton, N. J., Dec. 21, 1814, son of George and Re- becca Sherman. Studied Law less than a year, and gave it up from dislike of the profession. In 1835 assumed the charge of the New Jersey State Gazette, (Whig,) and continued to be edi- tor and one of the proprietors till Feb. 1853. Married, at Tren- ton, June 21, 1847, Mrs. C. H. Higbee ; has one child, Caroline, born May 20, 1848. 28 JEREMIAH SMITH. Returned to his home at St. Croix, W. I. ; found that his prop- erty had been embezzled and dissipated ; came to Philadelphia and entered upon a limited mercantile business, in which he had but small success. Married and had several children. Died at some time during two years past. JOSHUA SMITH. Came to College from Franklin, Ct. Nothing has been learned respecting him. JOHN HENRY SOUTHARD. Came to College from Fishkill, N. Y. Studied Law and com- menced practice in New York city, where he now resides. JOHN M. F. STODDAED. Came to College from Woodstock, Ct. Died soon after gradu- ation, in his native town. MOSES B. STITABT. Born in Andover, Mass., Oct. 18, 1813, son of Prof Moses Stu- art. Went to Beaufort, S. C, where he pursued his studies and also assisted an older brother in a High School for about a year : when he removed to Hartford, and was engaged in the study of Law, in the office of Gov. Wm. W. Ellsworth, till Oct. 23, 1835, when he suddenly deceased. He was ill of a slow fever, which in- dicated no danger ; but he was taken at midnight with hemor- rhage of the bowels, and in a few moments his life was spent. DORSON E. SYKES. Came to College from Lisbon, N. Y. Teacher for two years in Milledgeville, Ga. Studied Theology for three years in New Ha- ven, and was licensed to preach ; but being soon disabled by bron- chitis, went to Greorgia, where he resided for some time till his health was partially restored ; returned to Connecticut, and in 1841 became editor and proprietor of the Norwich Courier, a Whig paper. He still resides in Norwich. His paper is now a weekly, tri-weekly and daily. Married, November, 1840, Misa Georgianna May. ALPHONZO TAFT. Born Nov. 10, 1810, at Townsend, Vt., son of Peter Rawson 29 and Silvia (Howard) Taft. Teacher in the Ellington [Ct.] High School 1833-1835; Tutor in Yale College 1835-1837; studied Law while Tutor, and afterwards was admitted to the Bar in New Haven, Aug. 1838 ; commenced practice in Cincinnatti, Ohio, Jan. 1840 ; married, Aug. 29, 1841, Fanny Phelps, daughter of Charles and Eliza [Houghton] Phelps, of Townsend, Vt. About the time he began his residence in Cincinnatti, his own parents and his wife's parents removed to that place. His wife died June 2, 1852. Children, [1] Charles Phelps, born Dec. 21, 1843 ; [2] Peter Rawson, born May 10, 1846 ; [3] Mary, died in infancy ; [4) Alphonso, died in infancy ; [5] Alphonso, died in infancy. Married, Dec. 26, 1853, Louisa Maria Torrey, daughter of Samuel D. and Susan H. [Waters] Torrey, of Millbury, Mass. Has been successful in his profession. DAVID TILTON. Came to College from Gilmantown, N. H. Studied Theology one year at Taunton, Mass. and one year at Andover ; ordained Pastor of the Congregational Church in Edgarton, Mass. Nov. 14, 1835 ; installed Pastor of a Congregational Church in Gloucester, (Anisquam Parish,) Mass. Aug. 12, 1840 ; remained there till the spring of 1850 ; has resided since in North Chelsea, Mass. with- out pastoral charge, preaching occasionally and employed in ex- tending the circulation of the Congregationalist, a weekly relig- ious paper published in Boston. Married, March 14, 1836, Sarah F. Batehelder of Danvers, Mass. who died Oct. 13, 1848. Children, (1) William Bushley, born Aug. 10, 1837; (2) David Brainerd, March 15, 1840; (3) John Prescott, April 7, 1842; (4) Sarah Elizabeth, March 21, 1844 ; (5) Lucy, March 10, 1846. Married, Sept. 20, 1849, Miss Thirza Lee of New Britain, Ct. CHARLES TURNER TORREY. Born in Scituate, Mass., Nov. 21, 1813, son of Charles and Han- nah Tolman (Turner) Torrey. Taught school four months in West Brookfield, Mass. Studied Theology at Andover from Oct. 1834 to Oct. 1835 ; then six months with Rev. Mr. SpofFord at Scituate, Mass. ; then with Rev. Dr. Ide of West Medway, Mass. from June, 1836 till March 22, 1837, when he was ordained Pas- tor of the Richmond St. Congregational Church, Providence, R. L Married about the same time, Mary, daughter of Rev. Dr. Ide, 30 Installed Pastor of the Harvard St. Congregational Church, Salem, Mass., Jan. 4, 1838. In the latter part of the year 1839, engaged as an Anti Slavery Lecturer, and was thus employed, occasionally editing a paper, till the beginning of 1842, when he went to Wash- ington, D. C, as a reporter chiefly for anti-slavery papers ; went to Annapolis Md. to report the proceedings of a slaveholder's con- vention assembled there. For this his case was brought before the convention, a mob was gathered against him, and he was put in prison. On examination nothing was proved against him except that he came to report the proceedings of the convention, and he was released, In the autumn of 1842, he went to Albany and be- came the editor of the *' Tocsin of Liberty," afterwards called the *' Albany Patriot." Soon, at the request of a slave who had escaped to Canada, he went to Virginia to assist in the escape of his wife and children, — was unsuocessful in this, but secured the escape of John Webb, his wife and four children, the slaves of Bushrod Taylor of Va. In June 1844, he was arrested at Balti- more on the complaint of Bushrod Taylor, charged with aiding slaves to escape, and was put in prison to await the requisition of the Governor of Virginia, Immediately he was charged by Wm. He^kroth with assisting slaves to escape from Maryland, and was detained in prison at Baltimore to await trial on that charge. After two months, he made an unsuccessful attempt to escape from prison. He was then put in heavy irons, and confined in a damp, close and noisome cell ; which caused a fever and great nervous prostration. His trial began Nov. 29, 1844, and resulted in his conviction on three indictments, and his sentence to six years imprisonment in the Penitentiary on each of the indictments. His sentence was suspended for nearly a month, and during a fortnight of this time he wrote a book of 255 pages, which was sent to his wife and published, called "Home," or " The Pilgrims Faith revived." He was treated in the Penitentiary with as much kindness as the system of discipline would allow. In the fall of 1845, his health began seriously to fail, and it was evident that he was in danger of pulmonary consumption, and would soon die if retained in prison. Efforts were made to procure his par- don. Sufficient money was raised to pay for the slaves whom he aided to escape ; petitions, numerously and very respectably signed, were addressed to Gov. Pratt of Maryland, and the Gov- ernor was visited by Rev. Dr. Ide, Mrs. Torrey's father. But 31 while encouragement was given, the Governor delayed for one reason and another till it was too late ; and he died in the Peni- tentiary, May 9, 1846. His body was removed to Boston, and after funeral services and a sermon in the Tremont Temple, was buried in Mount Au- burn Cemetery, where a monument has been erected to his mem- ory. His death was the cause of much feeling in some parts of the country. Many public meetings were held, speeches made, and resolutions passed respecting him and those who caused his imprisonment and death. His memoir has been published in a volume of 364 pages, made up chiefly of his letters, and those of his wife and friends to him ; the biography is entitled, " Memoir of the Martyr Torrey." He had several children. JOSHUA THOMAS TUCKER. Born in Milton, Mass. Sept. 20, 1812, son of Joshua and Weal- thy (Thomas) Tucker. Went to St. Louis in 1833 ; studied The- ology in Lane Seminary, Cincinnatti, Ohio, and soon after took the pastoral charge of the 1st Presbyterian Church in Hannibal, Missouri ; left Hannibal in 1846, and during the same year be>- came Pastor of the North Presbyterian Church in St. Louis, Mis- souri ; was there Associate Editor of the St. Louis Herald of Religious Liberty ; was installed Pastor of the Congregational Church in Holliston, Mass. June 6, 1849 ; has published quite a number of occasional discourses. Married in St. Louis, May 30, 1837, Mary Oland Stibbs, who was born in London, England, Oct. 17, 1814, and died in August, 1844. Children, (1) Mary Ellen ; (2) Anne Eliza ; (3) William Oland ; (4) Emma Ross ; the two last have died. Married again at St. Ijouis, October 1845, Anne D. Shackford, who was born in Portsmouth, N. H. Jan. 10, 1813 ; one child in the second mar- riage, John Shackford, who died in infancy. JONATHAN BALDWIN TURNER. Born in Templeton, Mass., Dec. 7, 1805, son of Asa Turner, Before graduation, in the spring of 1833, entered on the duties of Professor of Rhetoric and Belles Lettres in Illinois College, Jack- sonville. Resigned his professorship in 1848, and has since devoted his time to improvements in Agriculture and Horticulture, and to devising and promoting a practical and liberal system of educa- tion for the industrial classes in the West. Has been quite sue- 32 cessful in introducing a good mode of hedging the western prai- ries by the Osage Orange ; his object being to promote education by promoting the settlement of villages and compact school dis- tricts. Married, Sept. 1838, in Somers, Ct., Rodolphia Kibbe, daugh- ter of Rodolphus Kibbe, of that place ; has six children, viz : (1) Rodolphus Kibbe, aged 17 ; (2) John Baldwin, aged 15 ; (3) Wil- liam Henry, aged 13 ; (4) Charles Arthur, aged 13 ; (5) Mary Louisa, aged 8 ; Asa Howard, aged 4. Has edited a newspaper ; has preached frequently, though never having any regular pastoral charge ; has " stumped" a con- siderable part of the State of Illinois in behalf of Common Schools ; has published various pamphlets, and one book entitled ** Mormonism in all ages," octavo, pp. 304. CORNELIUS VAN SANTVOORD. Born Oct. 17, 1813, at Utica, N. Y., son of Abraham and Sa- rah (Hitchcock) Van Santvoord. Studied Law in New Haven a year and a half after graduating ; continued his studies in New York City, where he was admitted Attorney at Law, Oct. 28, 1836, and Counsellor in 1839 ; is still in that city, enjoying a successful practice. Married Susan R. Varick, May, 1841 ; has five children, viz : (1) Abraham; (2) John Varick ; (3) Anna Maria; (4) Elizabeth Hull ; (5) Richard. HIRAM WHEELER. Born in North East, N. Y., from which place he came to Col- lege. Nothing was learned of him by the Secretary, till the sum- mer of 1849, when Dr. Cheney Howe gave the following infor- mation, which is all that has been received. *' Cultivated his fa- ther's farm in his native place ; practiced Law some, though not a regular bred Lawyer. Teacher now [1849] in Rochester, N. Y. ; married in Sharon, Ct. MissHollister, and has [1849] four children." ALEXANDER B. WHITING. Born in New Haven, Ct., son of Nathan Whiting. Graduated in Medicine at New Haven in 1836, having in the mean time vis- ited South America. Began practice in New York City ; was for a time Physician at the Belle vue Hospital. During a Whig National Administration was the Physician of the Port of New York. m LEONIDAS WILSON. Came to College from Montgomery County, Md. Very little has been heard from him since he graduated. Was seen by Sher- man at the Whig Convention in Baltimore in 1840. Dr. Cheney Howe stated [in 1849 J that soon after he left College he became a Methodist Minister, and preached about a year in Maryland ; but, his mind becoming diseased, he relinquised his profession^ and engaged in merchandize with his father in Clarksburg, Mont- gomery Co., Md. SAMUEL WOLCOTT. Born in South Windsor, July 2, 1813 ; his father, Elihu Wol- cott, Esq., now (1854) residing in Jacksonville, 111., is a descen- dant of Henry Wolcott of Windsor, one of the first settlers and magistrates of the Colony of Connecticut ; his mother, Rachel M. McClure, who died in 1821, was a daughter of Rev. David Mc Clure, D. D., of South Windsor. Passed the year after gradua- tion mostly in New Haven, attending theological lectures ; entered the Theological Seminary, Andover, 1834, and completed the regular course in 1837. Was engaged, the two succeeding years, at the Missionary House in Boston. Married, Sept. 5, 1839, Catharine Elizabeth, daughter of Ezra Wood, Esq., Westminster, Mass. ; ordained in Boston, Nov. 13, 1839 ; embarked as a mis- sionary, Jan. 24, and arrived in Beirout, Syria, April 2, 1840 ; entered Mount Lebanon, and soon retreated to the coast for pro- tection. After witnessing, from the harbor, the bombardment of Beirout by the Allied Fleets, retired for a few weeks, with his family, to the Island of Cyprus ; visited Damascus in the spring of 1841, and in the summer established himself in Deir-el-Kamr, the capital of Mount Lebanon, where he opened a school for the sons of the Druze Sheikhs ; labors and residence suddenly inter- rupted by a sanguinary civil war, in which his effects were pil- laged. His wife died in Beirout, Oct. 26, 1841. Passed the foL lowing winter in Jerusalem, making investigations, and visiting places of sacred interest in Palestine, accounts of which, sent to Prof. Robinson, were published in the Am. Bib. Repos., 1842, and the Bib. Sacra, 1843. Returned in the spring of 1842, and resi- ded in Mt. Lebanon, until the labors of the Mission were again interrupted by civil war. Left Beirout, Jan. 2, returning by the way of England, and arrived in Boston, April 21, 1843; installed 34 pastor of the Congregational Church in Longmcadow, Mass., Aug* 30, 1843 ; of the Congregational Church in Belchertown, Mass. Oct. 2, 1849 ; and of the High Street Congregational Church, Providence, R. I., April 20, 1853. Married, Nov. 1, 1843, Har- riet Amanda, daughter of Jonathan A. Pope,^ Esq., Millbury, Mass. Children, all living, (1) Samuel Adams, b. Sept. 3, 1844; (2) Henry Roger, b. March 15, 1846 ; (3) Edvi^ard Oliver, b. March, 26, 1848 j (4) Harriet Agnes, b. March 15, 1850 ; (5) William Edgar, b. April 26, 1852. Has published the followring pamphlets : Thanksgiving Sermon, Nov. 1849 ; Election Sermon, before the Governor and Legislature of Massachusetts, Jan. 1853 ; Address at the consecra- tion of Rock Hill Cemetery, Oct. 1853 ; Remarks at Public Meet- ing in Providence to protest against the Nebraska Bill, March, 1845 ; wrote Tract No. 527, of the Am. Tract Society. GEORGE INGERSOLL WOOD. Born in Stamford, Ct., May 20, 1814. Son of Joseph and Fan- ny (Ellsworth) Wood. Studied Law for two years with his father in Bridgeport, Ct. Then made profession of his faith in Christ, and studied for the ministry in Bridgeport, New Haven and New York. Ordained pastor of the Second Presbyterian Church in Washington, D. C, May 1840. Installed pastor of the Congrega- tional Church in West Hartford, Ct., in the spring of 1841. Took charge of the Congregational Church in North Branford, Ct., in Dec. 1844. Installed paster of the Congregational Church in El- lington, Ct., June 26, 1850. Has published various Sermons, and Addresses, and several articles in the New Englander. Married in New Haven, April 28, 1840, Susan Townsend Mer- win, daughter of Rev. Samuel and Clarina (Taylor) Merwin. Children, (1) Emily Merwin, born Feb. 11, 1841, (2) Oliver Ells- worth, born June 6, 1844, (3) George, born Feb. 12, 1850, (4) Joseph, born Oct. 1852. APPENDIX. Of the large number who left the Class before graduating, in- telligence has been received from very few. Three, however-, have favored the Secretary with information by letter, respecting themselves, which, with intelligence from one or two others, is here given. ROGERS BIRNIE. Came to College from Frederick Co., Md. j left the Class, on account of ill health, during Junior year ; engaged in farming at Glen Burn, Md., at first with his father, and after 1837 on his own land ; at the same time giving instruction in Mathematics in a Female Seminary kept by his sisters. He now has a School of his own, limited to ten pupils ; which he conducts in addition to his supervision of his farm. Married, Jan. 1841, Miss Harry, of Hagarstown, Md. Five children, one daughter and four sons. JOHN HENRY LUMPKIN. Came to College from Hermon, Ga. He left the Class toward the end of its Junior year, in the summer of 1832. He was im-= mediately appointed Private Secretary to his uncle, Hon. Wilson Lumpkin, then Governor of Georgia ; continued in that office about a year; then studied Law at Lexington, Ga., with his uncle, Col. Joseph Henry Lumpkin ; was admitted to the Bar in March, 1834, when he removed to Floyd County, one of the new coun- ties made out of the Cherokee country. In Oct. 1835 he was elected Representative from Floyd County to the State Legisla- ture. In 1838 was elected by the Legislature Solicitor General of the Cherokee Circuit for the term of three years. In Oct. 1840, was nominated on general ticket, as one of the Democratic Representatives of the State in Congress. The ticket was de- feated. In 1842 was again nominated on general ticket, and elected. Has been elected once or twice since. Married, Feb. 4, 1836, at Milledgeville, Ga., Martha Antoinette, daughter of Robert McCombs, Esq., of that place, who died Nov. 1, 1838, leaving a son, born Feb. 1, 1837. Married again. May, 1840, Mary Jane, daughter of Col. Thomas C , (the word is illegible,) of Athens, Tenn. Children, a son and a daughter, at the time this information was received (Jan. 1844) ; the daughter deceased Jan. 9, 1844. HEMAN MEAD. Came to College from Greenwich, Ct. Left the Class during the Senior year ; has been since that time a Teacher in Maccm, Ga. Married and has children. Has recently moved to the North, JOSEPH THOMAS. Came to College from Ledyard, N. Y. Left College during Senior year, on account of sickness ; is a Physician in Philadel- phia, and one of the compilers of a Gazetteer of the U. States, just published in Philadelphia* 3 01 1208938491 8