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Entered as second-class matter, August ^30, 1906, at the post office at New Haven, Conn., urider the Act of Congress of July 16, 1894. Acceptance for mailing at the special rate of postage pro-, vided for in Section 1103, Act of October 3, 1917, authorized August 12, 1918. , The BULLETIN, which is issued semimonthly, includes: 1. The University Catalogue. 2. The Reports of the President and Treasurer. 3 The Catalogues of the several Schools. 4 The Alumni Directory and the Quinquennial Catalogue« 5. The Obituary Record.

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Bulletin of Yale University OBITUARY RECORD OF GRADUATES DECEASED DURING THE YEAR ENDING JULY i, 1932

INCLUDING THE RECORD OF A FEW WHO DIED PREVIOUSLY, HITHERTO UNREPORTED NUMBER 91

Twenty-ninth Scries • Number Three New Haven • 15 October 1932

YALE UNIVERSITY OBITUARY RECORDt YALE COLLEGE Virgil Maro Dow, B.A. 1856. Born April 5,1833, in New Haven, Conn. Died February 19,1932, m New Haven, Conn. Father, Lucius Kalipon Dow, a druggist and apothecary in New Haven; son of Rev. Hendricys Dow (B.A. 1784, M.A. 1790) and Hannah (Gilbert) Dow, of New Haven. Mother, Julia Ann (Townshe'fcd) Dow; daughter of Robert and Sarah (Ford) Townshend, of New Haven. Yale relatives include: Rev. Daniel Dow (B.A. 1793) (great-uncle); James G. Dow (B.A. 1820) and Dr. Virgil M. Dow (honorary M.A. 1842) (uncles); Dr. Pinckney W. Ellsworth (B.A. 1836) (brother-in-law); and Rev. Wolcott W. Ellsworth, '90, and Ernest B. Ellsworth, '93 S. (nephews). Hopkins Grammar School. Entered Yale with Class of 1855; joined Class of 1856 as a Sophomore in 1853; member Beethoven Society and Linonia. After graduation went to New York City to engage in the perfumery business and study chemistry in connection with it; studied medicine there 1857-58; then returned to New Haven and earned on his father's drug business for fifty years; studied in Yale School of Medicine 1862-64 (M.D. 1864); practiced medicine in New Haven from 1864 until retirement in 1906; assistant surgeon in Knight United States Army General Hospital in New Haven 1863-65; partner with John Cooley in the eighties in business of extracting oil from cotton waste, with factory in Westville, Conn.; deacon in Plymouth (Congregational) Church 1893-1905. Unmarried. Death due to acerebral hemorrhage and arteriosclerosis. Buried in Grove Street Cemetery, New Haven. Survived by no immediate relatives. He was the last survivor of the Class of 1856 and of the Class of 1864 in the School of Medicine and the oldest living graduate of Yale College at the time of his death. f l f the father of an alumnus is a Yale graduate, the father's record is not given in this volume, but may be found m published form elsewhere.

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Joseph Aldrich Cooper, B.A. 1859. Born August 27,1S34, in Mattituck, N. Y. Died June 27,1932, in Edinboro, Pa. Father, Sylvester Cooper, a farmer and school trustee. Mother, Rosetta (Reeve) Cooper. Amenia (N. Y.) Seminary and tutors. Taught for three years and was a clerk in Brooklyn before entering Yale in 1855. Third prize in mathematics Freshman year, second prize in special Greek examination and oration appointment Junior year, high oration appointment Senior year; speaker at Junior Exhibition and Commencement, member Brothers in Unity, Sigma Delta, Alpha Delta Phi, and Phi Beta Kappa. Principal of Ulysses (Pa ) Academy 1859-1861; professor of chemistry at State Normal School, Edinboro, 1861-63, and principal 1863-1892; editor of Educational Independent from 1892 until retirement 1900; member of firm of Cooper Brothers Company, wholesale dealers in postcards, in Edinboro 1909-1927; spent one summer in the field with Geological Survey of Kentucky, in connection with the Harvard Summer School; member Methodist Episcopal Church, Edinboro. Married December 26, 1861, in Ulysses, Lydia Maria, daughter of Ambrose and Susan Carpenter (Olds) Corey. Children: Mary Emma (died in infancy); Charles Joseph, Allegheny College ex-'91 (died in 1932); Harry Lee; and George Whitefield (died in childhood). Death due to infirmities of age Buried in Edinboro Cemetery Survived by wife, one son, and three grandchildren. Was the last surviving member of his Class and the next to the oldest living graduate of Yale College at the time of his death

James Mascarene Hubbard, B.A. 1859. Born August 15, 1836, in Boston, Mass. Died January 7,1932, in Brookline, Mass.

Father, Samuel Hubbard (B.A. 1802, LL.D. 1827 and Harvard 1842); son of William and Joanna (Perkins) Hubbard, of Boston Mother, Mary Ann (Coit) Hubbard; daughter of Ehsha and Rebecca (Manwaring) Coit, of New York City. Yale relatives include* Rev Joseph Coit (honorary M.A. 1702) (great-great-great-grandfather), Gurdon Saltonstall (B.A. 1725) (great-great-grandfather); Daniel Hubbard (B A 1727) and David Manwaring (B A. 1759) (great-

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grandfathers); John Hubbard (honorary M.A. 1730) (great-greatuncle); Russell Hubbard (B A. 1751) (great-uncle); Charles Eustis Hubbard, *6% (brother); Edward Buck (B.A. 1835) (brother-inlaw); Walter Buck, '70 (nephew); and William J. Hubbard (B.A. 1820) (first cousin). Boston Latin and Boston English high schools. Third prize in English composition Sophomore year; oration appointment Junior year and speaker at Junior Exhibition; dissertation appointment Senior year and speaker at Commencement; purser of Thulia Boat Club Sophomore year and second lieutenant Junior year; librarian of Beethoven Society Sophomore year and secretary Junior year; member Brothers in Unity (assistant librarian Senior year), Delta Kappa, and Alpha Delta Phi. Studied in Andover Theological Seminary 1859-1861 and continued his theological studies at home in Boston 1861-62; ordained July 23, 1862; pastor of the Sears Chapel, Longwood, Brookhne, 1862-63; pastor Middleton, Mass., 1864-68 and Grantville (Wellesley Hills), Mass., 1868-1874; assistant in Boston Public Library 1875-1887, during the last seven years engaged in cataloging the Barton Collection (Shakespeare); associate editor of the Youth's Companion 1887-1917; also book en tic for the Nation 1880-1916, treasurer and clerk of Bostonian Society 1881; charter member St Botolph Club, Boston; member Church of Our Saviour (Episcopal), Longwood, Brookline. Married October 16,1861, in New Haven, Sarah Hill, daughter of Henry Abraham Tomlmson (B A. 1828, M.D. 1832) and Maria Beers (Ives) Tomlmson, granddaughter of Dr. Eli Ives (B.A. 1799), and sister of Charles Tomlmson, '58. Children: Florence Mascarene (Mrs. Robert Rantoul); Roberta Wolcott (died in childhood); and Paul Mascarene (B.A. Harvard 1898 and LL.B. 1901). Mrs. Hubbard died June 15,1918. Death due to bronchopneumonia Buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, Wellesley, Mass Survived by son and daughter

Joseph Fitz Randolph, B.A. 1862. Born December 4, 1843,in New Brunswick, N. J. Died February 16, 1932, in Mornstown, N. J. Father, Joseph Fitz Randolph (honorary M.A. Princeton 1851), a lawyer; judge of Supreme Court of New Jersey; member U S. House of Representatives from New Jersey and of New Jersey Constitutional Convention; son of Robert Carter Randolph (M D. University

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of Pennsylvania 1830) and Nancy (Campion) Randolph. Mother, Sarah Ann (Cooper) Randolph; daughter of John Cooper (M.D. University of Pennsylvania 1829) and Mary (Erwin) Cooper, of Easton, Pa. Trenton (N. J.) Academy. Entered Yale as a Sophomore in 1859; oration appointment Junior year; high oration appointment Senior year; member Alpha Delta Phi and Phi Beta Kappa; graduate member WolFs Head. Studied at universities of Berlin, Heidelberg, and Gottingen and at Ecole de Droit, Paris, 1862-64; studied law in his father's office in Trenton 1864-65 and at Columbia Law School 1865-66; admitted to New York Bar 1866 and to New Jersey Bar as attorney 1867 and as counselor 1870; practiced law in New York City for short time during 1866-67 and in Jersey City 1867-1911; member of firm of Randolph & Talcott 1876-1882 and of Randolph, Condict & Black 1887-1901; also had a law office in Morristown 1878-1884; and in New York City 1882-1911; retired from court practice about 1905 and from private practice about 1920; advisory master in Court of Chancery of New Jersey 1885-1905; bankruptcy referee, New Jersey District Court, 1894-98; president of New York Title & Abstract Company 1888-1895, president of Morristown Board of Education; chairman of executive committee of Morristown Civil Service Association; trustee of German Theological Seminary, Bloomfield, N. J., 18871890; a manager of American Bible Society 1911-16; an editor of Jarman on Wtlls^ 5th American edition (1880-81) and Wtlliams on Executors (1895); author: Randolph on Commercial Paper (1888 and , 1901), Succession Law tn New Jersey (1906 and 1909), New Jersey Transfer Tax Laws (1913), U. $. Inheritance and Transfer Taxes (1917), Succession Statutes tn New Jersey, New Tork, and Pennsylvania (1925), The Lord's Death (1909), The Law of Faith (1914), and Beliefs and Bibles (1929); contributed to Cyclopedia of Law andProcedure•, volumes 7 and 8 (1903); member New York Bar Association and South Street Presbyterian Church, Morristown (elder 18791914, superintendent of Sunday school 1880). Married October 17, 1872, in Jersey City, Harriet Williams, daughter of William Hubbard and Harriet Newell (Williams) Talcott. No children. Mrs. Randolph died March 23, 1891. Death due to lobar pneumonia and chronic myocarditis. Buried in Easton Cemetery, Easton, Pa. Survived by a niece, Miss Harriet T. Buxton, of Morristown.

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Selah Brewster Strong, B.A. 1864. Born October 1,1841, in Setauket, N. Y. Died December 4,1931, in Setauket, N. Y. Father, Selah Brewster Strong (B.A. 1811); son of Thomas Shepard and Hannah (Brewster) Strong, of Setauket. Mother, Cornel a (Udall) Strong; daughter of Dr. Richard Udall and Prudence (Carll) Udall, of Islip, N. Y. Yale relatives include: George W. Strong (B.A. 1803) (great-uncle); Richard A. Udall (B.A. 1830) (uncle); Thomas S. Strong, '$$, and Rev. Charles R. Strong, '64 (brothers); Thomas S. Strong, '96, James B. Strong, *o6 S., Arthur T. Strong, *v-*97, and Richard U. Strong, '99 (nephews); and Seymour W. Strong, '31 S. (grandnephew). Prepared for college at Setauket. Member Glyuna Boat Club, Linonia, Delta Kappa, and Delta Kappa Epsilon. LL.B. Albany Law School 1865; practiced law in New York City 1865-1879; in office of Forster & Weeks 1865-67; and then in partnership with his brother, Thomas S. Strong, under firm name of T. S. & S. B. Strong three years and of Strong & Spear from 1870; had lived in Setauket since 1879; engaged in farming 1879-1918; trustee of Setauket Union Free School 1894-1916; on board of visitors of Suffolk County Almshouse since 1898; former vice-president and a director of Mallory Wheeler Lock Company of New Haven; one time vice-president of Long Island Bible Society; president of board of trustees of Presbytery of Long Island since its incorporation 1880; an elder of Setauket Presbyterian Church and superintendent of its Sunday school since 1879 and trustee since 1882; corresponding secretary of Suffolk County Historical Society 1905-08; volunteer observer for New England Meteorological Society three years and for U. S. Weather Bureau from 1885; secretary and treasurer of Class of 1864 since 1919 and Class agent of Alumni Fund 1920-22. Married April 15,1868, in New Haven, Julia Davenport, daughter of Russell Canfield Wheeler (B.A. 1816) and Theodosia Mary (Davenport) Wheeler, sister of William Wheeler, *$$, and J. Davenport Wheeler, '58 S., a granddaughter of John A. Davenport (B.A. 1802), a great-granddaughter of Rev. Jehu Minor (B.A. 1767) and John Davenport (B.A. 1770), a great-great-granddaughter of Abraham Davenport (B.A. 1732) and Rev. Thomas Canfield (B A. 1739), a great-great-great-granddaughter of John Russell (B.A. 1704), a great-great-great-great-granddaughter of Rev. Samuel Russel, a member of the Yale Corporation 1701-1730, and a niece of Rev. J. Radcliffe Davenport (B.A. 1830) and Rev. John S. Davenporjt (B.A. 1833). Children: Cornelia Theodosia; Elizabeth Daven-

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port; Caroline Amelia (died in infancy); Kate Wheeler; and Russell Wheeler, '09 S. Mrs. Strong died May 25, 1913. Death due to the infirmities of age. Buried in St. Georges Manor Cemetery, Setauket. Survived by three daughters, son, and three grandchildren

William Henry Drury, B.A. 1865. Born January 12,1841, in Worcester, Mass. Died February 25, 1932, in Waltham, Mass.

Father, William Embert Drury, a coal dealer; son of Ephraim and Betsy (Wheeler) Drury, of Holden, Mass. Mother, Martha Kendall (Haskell) Drury; daughter of Calvin and Polly (Seaver) Haskell, of Templeton, Mass. Worcester High School. First prize in English composition Sophomore year; second dispute appointment Senior year; president of McClellan Club; member Varuna Boat Club, Linonia (third prize in Bishop Prize debate Freshman year and second prize Senior year, vice-president and president Senior year), Kappa Sigma Epsilon, Delta Kappa Epsilon, and Spade and Grave. Spent the year 1865-66 in the West, chiefly in Ohio; Paymaster's Clerk, U S. Navy, 1866-1871, stationed in Pensacola, Fla., New Orleans, La , and Boston, and on cruise to the Pacific in spring of 1871; studied at Harvard Law School 1871-72, practiced law in Boston from 1872 until his retirement about 1913; associated with his classmate, Francis W. Kittredge, 1910-13; member Bar Association of the City of Boston. Married September 29, 1875, m Ellsworth, Maine, Mary Alice, daughter of George Stevens Peters (B A. Bowdoin 1847) a n d Charlotte Ann (Clark) Peters. Children* George Peters (B A Harvard 1897 and LL.B. 1900); and William Clark, Harvard ex-06 S. Death due to a cerebral hemorrhage and bronchopneumonia Buried in Mt. Feake Cemetery, Waltham. Survived by wife, sons, three grandchildren, and a brother, Capt. Hiram E. Drury, U.S N , ret, of Cambndge, Mass.

James Glynn Gregory, B.A. 1865. Born May 12, 1843, in Norwalk, Conn. Died February i, 1932, in Norwalk, Conn

Father, Ira Gregory (M D. 1829); son of Moses .and Abigail (Gregory) Gregory, of Wilton, Conn. Mother, Frances Augusta

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(Gregory) Gregory; daughter of Moses and Esther (Hoyt) Gregory, of Norwalk. Yale relatives include two first cousins: Rev. Samuel G Willard, '46, and Rev. Lewis Gregory, '64. Norwalk and Wilton academies. Oration appointment Junior year; second dissertation appointment Senior year; member Glyuna Boat Club, Presentation Day Committee, Brothers in Unity, Delta Kappa, Alpha Beta Phi, and Phi Beta Kappa; graduate member Wolfs Head. M.D. Columbia 1868; interne at Brooklyn City Hospital 1868-69; had practiced medicine and surgery in Norwalk since 1869; surgeon general of Connecticut 1881-82; a founder of Norwalk Hospital 1892; consulting surgeon to Soldiers' Home, Noroton, Conn , 1900; member of Connecticut Legislature 1879-1880; president of Fairfield County Savings Bank of Norwalk since 1922; member of Court of Burgesses of Norwalk 1886-87; warden of the Borough (mayor) 1888-89; president of Norwalk Public Library since its incorporation in 1879; trustee of Norwalk Union Cemetery, Norwalk, since 1902, member of Governor's Foot Guard 1881; charter member Sons of the American Revolution; member Norwalk Medical Association and Norwalk Historical Society; affiliated with First Congregational Church. Married December 5, 1877, in Greenwich, Conn., Jeannette Lindsley, daughter of Timothy Stone Pinneo (B A. 1824; M.D. Ohio Medical College 1843) anc* Jeannette (Lindsley) Pinneo, granddaughter of Rev. Bezaleel Pinneo (B.A. Dartmouth 1791; honorary M,A. Yale and Dartmouth 1798), great-granddaughter of Rev. Timothy Stone (B.A. 1763), great-great-granddaughter of Rev Solomon Williams (D D. 1773), and great-grandniece of William Williams (honorary M.A. 1753). Children: Ward Slosson (Ph B. 1899; M.D. Columbia 1903) (died in 1917); Jeannette Lindsley (B.A Wellesley 1902), the wife of Homer M. Byington; and Alyse, the wife of Llewellyn Powys (B.A Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, 1906). Death due to arteriosclerosis. Cremation took place in North Bergen, N. J.; ashes buried in Union Cemetery, Norwalk. Survived by wife, two daughters, six grandchildren, two of whom are Homer M. Byington, Jr., '30, and James G. Byington, '34, and two sisters, Mrs. Esther H. Barclay, of Plainfield, N. J , and Mrs Antoinette G White, of Norwalk

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Robert Proudiit Gibson, B.A. 1866. Born September 2,1844, in Erin, N. Y. Died February 5,1932, in Pinebluff, N. C. Father, Rev John Dunlap Gibson, a United Presbyterian minister in Stamford, N. Y.; son of Colin and Margaret (Miller) Gibson, of Albany, N. Y. Mother, Catherine Denniston (Wood) Gibson. Delaware Academy, Delhi, N. Y. Attended Union College 1862-64 as member of Class of 1866. Entered Yale as a Junior in 1864; member Linonia. Taught at Alexander Military Institute, White Plains, N. Y., 1866, graduated from Princeton Theological Seminary 1869; on account of eye trouble engaged in no regular occupation for two years, but served as stated supply of church in Conklingville, N. Y., 1870; ordained to Presbyterian ministry April 7, 1871, at Greenville, Tenn., where he served as stated supply that year; pastor at Silver Spring, Pa., 1871-75 and at Middletown, Pa., 1876-77; stated supply at Hobart, N Y , 1878-79 and at Franklin, Pa., 1880; home missionary in Louisville, Colo., 1883-84; stated supply of Presbyterian Church, Longmont, Colo., 1884; stated supply of Presbyterian Church, Croton Falls, N. Y , 1885 and then pastor until retirement 1916, lived in 01ean,N. Y., 1916-1921, White Plains, N. Y., 1921-23, and since then in Pinebluff. Married (1) April 18, 1877, in Franklin, Pa., Agnes Clementina, daughter of Samuel and Eliza (McClellan) Dale. Children: Alice Schieffelm (B.A. Vassar 1901, M.A. Columbia 1902), the wife of James P Locke (B S Harvard 1900); Helen (died in infancy); Anna Dale (B.A. Vassar 1905), the wife of Thomas E. Fugate (B S. Pennsylvania State College 1901); and Agnes Dale (died in infancy). Mrs Gibson died June 30, 1884. Married (2) January 12, 1887, *n Middletown, Pa , Katharine Rebecca, daughter of Benjamin J. and Evelyn (Ross) Wiesthng. One son, Robert Ross (died in childhood). Mrs. Gibson died June 19, 1921. Married (3) January I, 1923, in Pinebluff, Gussie, daughter of George Washington and Susan Maria (Reeve) Abrams. Death due to cardiac failure. Buried in Ivandell Cemetery, Somers, N Y. Survived by wife, two daughters, five grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren.

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John Epaphras Miller, B.A. 1866. Born August 26,1842, in Oxford, N. Y. Died March 29,1932, in Oxford, N. Y.

Father, Henry Laurens Miller, a merchant; member of dry goods firm of Miller, Perkins & Company; cashier and vice-president of National Bank of Oxford; president of the Village of Oxford; trustee of Oxford Academy; son of Epaphras and Elizabeth (Baldwin) Miller, of Oxford Mother, Elizabeth (Mygatt) Miller; daughter of William and Elizabeth (Northrop) Mygatt, of Oxford. Uncle: Benjamin S. Miller, '47. Oxford Academy. Member Brothers in Unity and Gamma Nu. Clerk with Miller, Perkins & Company, Oxford, 1866-67 and again 1870-72; teller in First National Bank, Oxford, 1867-69 and in State National Bank of Minneapolis 1869-1870; engaged in quarrying and selling blue and gray sandstone in Oxford 1872-1886, during a part of the time (1881-83) as member of firm of John E. Miller & Company, with offices also in New York City; conducted his own farm, "Forest Hill Farm," near Oxford, from 1886 until retirement from active business 1910; also supervised other farms and engaged independently in real estate business; member of board of trustees of Village of Oxford six years; vice-president of Yale Club of Utica and Vicinity 1915; member Oxford Congregational Church. Unmarried. Death due to pneumonia. Buried in Riverview Cemetery, Oxford Survived by a niece, Miss Elizabeth M. Miller, of Woodmere, N. Y., and a nephew, Benjamin M. Miller, of North Plainfield, N. J.

Samuel Howard Dana, B.A. 1869. Born February n , 1847, *n Portland, Maine. Died February 24, 1932, in Exeter, N. H.

Father, Luther Dana, a merchant in Portland; member Portland Rifle Corps in War of 1812; son of Lieut. Ephraim Dana and Tabitha (Jones) Dana, of Natick, Mass Mother, Louisa (Kidder) Dana; daughter of John Kidder, of Hallowell, Maine. Philhps-Andover. Third prize in declamation Sophomore year; member '69 Glee Club, College Choir, Beethoven Society, Kappa Sigma Epsilon, Alpha Sigma Phi, Delta Kappa Epsilon, and Scroll and Key. Graduated from Andover Theological Seminary 1872; ordained to

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Congregational ministry October 9, 1872; pastor Congregational Church, Newton Highlands, Mass., 1872-77; traveled abroad and lived in Torquay, England, and Mentone, France, 1877-79; pastor Congregational Church, Stratford, Conn., 1879-1882; lived in New Haven 1882-83 and supplied pulpits in various places; pastor First Congregational Church, Quincy, 111, 1883-1903; Phillips Church, Exeter, from 1903 until retirement 1918; D.D. Illinois College 1888, clerk of board of trustees of Phillips Academy, Exeter, 1912-1924; vice-president of Yale Club of Boston 1918—19; member Congregational Church, Exeter, at time of death. Married July 16,1872, in New Haven, Susan Holmes, daughter of Rev Alexander Hamilton Bishop (B.A. 1830) and Susan (Holmes) Bishop, granddaughter of Timothy Bishop (B.A. 1796), great-greatgranddaughter of John Hotchkiss (B.A. 1748), sister of Rev. G. Livingston Bishop, '66> niece of E. Huggins Bishop (B.A. 1826), and great-grandniece of Rev Frederick W. Hotchkiss (B.A. 1778). One daughter, Mabel Bishop. Mrs. Dana died June 15, 1912. Death due to chronic degenerative nephritis. Buried in Exeter Cemetery Survived by daughter.

Cornelius Thomas Driscoll, B.A. 1869 Born May 2, 1845, in Cahie, County Kerry, Ireland Died August 15, 1931, in Milford, Conn.

Father, Daniel Driscoll. Mother, Hannah (Sullivan) Driscoll Norwich (Conn) Free Academy. Second colloquy appointment Junior and Senior years. LL.B 1871; admitted to Connecticut Bar in December, 1870; had practiced law in New Haven since 1871; partner with Adolph Asher, '72 L , 1872-1884 and with Carleton E. Hoadley, '87 L., 1887-1890; member New Haven Common Council two years (president 1876-77) and Board of Aldermen 1878-1882; corporation counsel for New Haven 1883-1889 and again 1891-95, member Connecticut Legislature 1881; a founder, organizer, and incorporator of the Knights of Columbus 1882 and advocate of San Salvador Council No. 1 for a number of years; member New Haven County and Connecticut Bar associations and St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church, Milford. Married (1) September 11,1877, in New Haven, Mary Benedicta, daughter of Owen and Elizabeth (Saunders) O'Brien. Children: Mary Elizabeth (Mrs. Earle D. Wood); Hannah Benedicta; and Cornelius Edward (died in infancy). Mrs Driscoll died October 28, 1883 Marned (2) July 27, 1915, in New Haven, Rose A. Ward, ex-91

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Art, daughter of Patrick and Rosanna (Healey) Ward. No children by second marriage. Mrs. Driscoll died April 11,1926. Death due to heart disease. Buried in St. Bernard's Cemetery, New Haven. Survived by two daughters.

Charles Shafer Belford, B.A. 1870. Born November I4,1848, in Mauch Chunk, Pa. Died May 1,1932, in Mauch Chunk, Pa. Father, George Belford, a coal operator; also an associate judge Mother, Hannah (Rhinesmith) Belford. Saunders Institute, West Philadelphia, Pa. Member Linonia, Gamma Nu, Delta Beta Xi (Alpha Sigma Phi), Delta Kappa Epsilon, and Scroll and Key. M.D. University of Pennsylvania 1873; had never engaged in the practice of medicine; in hay and grain business in Mauch Chunk 1873-1887; in auditor's office of coal sales department Lehigh Valley Railroad at Fort Washington, Pa., from 1887 until retirement about 1912; a manager of the Mauch Chunk Y. M. C. A. and an elder in the Presbyterian Church. Married February 24, 1881, in Philadelphia, Jennie, daughter of J. A. and Sarah (Richards) Boyle. No children. Mrs. Belford died May 6, 1916. Death due to chronic myocarditis. Buried in Mauch Chunk Cemetery. Survived by no immediate relatives.

Edward Bement, B.A. 1870. Born May 30, 1848, in West New Brighton, N. Y. Died November 21, 1931, in Pans, France.

Father, Edward Bement, a banker; member of firm of Ketchum, Rogers & Bement, New York City; son of William and Deborah (Nicolls) Bement, of Salisbury, Conn. Mother, Sarah Jenkins (Havens) Bement; daughter of Rensselaer and Anna (Jenkins) Havens, of New York City. Yale relatives: Nicoll Havens (B A 1753) (great-grandfather); and Jonathan N. Havens (B.A. 1777) (great-uncle). ^ Reid and Hoffman School, Stockbridge, Mass., and PhillipsAndover. Left college at end of Sophomore year; in 1891 received honorary degree of M A., with enrollment in Class of 1870; member

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Linonia, Delta Kappa, Phi Theta Psi, and Psi Upsilon; graduate member Wolfs Head. Traveled and studied in Europe 1869; clerk with Morton, Bliss & Company, bankers, New York City, 1869-1871; traveled in South America 1871-72; studied at Columbia Law School 1872-74 (LL.B 1874); never practiced law; engaged in brokerage business in New York City from 1874 until retirement 1902; partner in firm of L. Chase & Company 1874-1883; member of firm of W. H. Goadby & Company, members of New York Stock Exchange, 1883-1902; became member of Exchange 1884; since retirement had spent much of his time abroad and made his home in Paris; member New York Historical Society, American Fine Arts Society, and Societe de VHtstotre de Pans; elected to Elizabethan Club 1916. Unmarried. Death due to apoplexy. Buried in Fountain Cemetery, West New Brighton, Staten Island. Survived by an aunt, Miss Kate E. Havens, of Stamford, Conn. Gave Pbtlobiblon of Richard de Bury Collection to the Yale University Library in 1894; by the terms of his will a bequest of 150,000 was left to the Library Fund and trust funds amounting to % 100,000 for the ultimate benefit of Yale University, as well as $5,000 to the Alumni Fund and $5,000 for the annual award of the Montaigne Prizes, which had been given anonymously by him since 1914.

Willard Eddy, B.A. 1870. Born August 29,1845, m Turner, Maine. Died February 26,1932, in Omaha, Nebr.

Father, Rev. Henry Eddy (B.A. 1832, M.D. 1851); son of Thomas and Abi (Lewis) Eddy, of Berlin, Conn. Mother, Sarah Hay ward (Torrey) Eddy, a graduate of Mount Holyoke Seminary (now College) in 1839; daughter of Turner and Sarah (Snell) Torrey, of Brockton, Mass. Brother, Henry T. Eddy, '67. North Bridgewater (Mass.) Academy. First prize in mathematics Freshman year; second dispute appointment Junior year; first dispute appointment Senior year; member Brothers in Unity and Gamma Nu. LL.B. Albany Law School 1871; in a law office in Hartford, Conn., for a time and while there taught Greek at Hartford Theological Seminary 1871-72; practiced law in Hartford 1873-1908, specializing in patent law, and then in Omaha until his retirement in 1930; had been lecturer at University of Minnesota on corporation law and

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special lecturer at Creighton Law School, Omaha; president of Bailey Manufacturing Company of New York City (letter presses) 1905; member Unity Church of Omaha. Married September 28,1876, in Hartford, Marie Minna, daughter of Christian Frederick and Christiana Fredericka (Bachman) Hertel. Children: Sarah Snell; David Birge (died in 1893); Willard Hertel; and Charles Parker, *i6 (died in 1928). Mr. and Mrs. Eddy were divorced in 1908. Death due to a cerebral embolus and toxemia, with contributory causes. Buried in Haddam (Conn.) Central Burial Association Ground. Survived by daughter and one son.

Joshua Miltorr Fiero, B.A. 1870. Born October 14,1850, in Catskill, N. Y. Died March 28,1932, in Yonkers, N. Y. Father, Joshua Fiero, Jr ; New York State assemblyman and senator; acting governor of New York; son of Joshua Fiero. Mother, Mary Elizabeth (Pierson) Fiero; daughter of William Pierson. Phillips-Andover. First colloquy appointment Junior and Senior years; member Beethoven Society, Brothers in Unity, Delta Kappa, and Alpha Delta Phi; graduate member Wolf's Head Studied law with Beebe, Donahue & Cooke 1870-71 and with Arnoux, Ritch & Woodford 1871-73 in New York City; admitted to New York Bar 1873; practiced law in New York City from 1875 u n " til retirement in 1920; associated with firm of Arnoux, Ritch & Woodford 1875-1880; member of firm of Fiero, Chittenden & Fiero (in which Simeon B. Chittenden, '65, also a member) 1880-1910; later practiced as member of firm of Fiero, Conklin & Fiero and of Fiero & Fiero, with his two sons in partnership with him. Married October 16, 1882, in Binghamton, N. Y., Jeannette Waterman, daughter of Charles and Pamela Jeannette (Waterman) Eldredge. Children: Jeannette Waterman Eldredge; Mary Elizabeth ^Pierson (Mrs. Sidney S. Wormsa); Joshua Milton, Jr.; Charles Eldredge; and Dorothy E. Mrs. Fiero died January 22, 1894, Death due to cerebral apoplexy. Buried in Catskill Rural Cemetery. Survived by two sons and three daughters.

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James Gore King McClure, B.A. 1870. Born November 24,1848, in Albany, N. Y Died January 18,1932, in Lake Forest, 111 Father, Archibald McClure; president of A McClure & Company, wholesale druggists; son of Archibald McClure, who came from Armagh, Ulster County, Ireland, and settled in Guilderland, N. Y., in 1801, and Elizabeth (Craigmiles) McClure. Mother, Susan Tracy (Rice) McClure; daughter of Col William Rice, of the 4th Massachusetts Regiment in War of 1812, and Welthea (Cottrell) Rice, of Worthington, Mass. Yale relatives include a nephew, Ledyard Cogswell, Jr, '99. Albany Academy and Phillips-Andover. Dissertation appointment Junior year; first dispute appointment Senior year; vice-president of Yale Baseball Club Junior year and member second Yale Baseball Team; gave presentation address of the Cochleaureati of Class of 1870; a Class deacon and member of Committee of Yale College Church; vice-president of Yale Temperance Society Junior year and president Senior year; member Brothers in Unity, Delta Kappa, Phi Theta Psi, Psi Upsilon, Skull and Bones, and Phi Beta Kappa. Graduated at Princeton Theological Seminaty 1873; ordained to Presbyterian ministry December 10, 1874; pastor Presbyterian Church, New Scotland, N. Y., 1874-79; traveled abroad 1879-1880; preached in various places in New York and Rhode Island 1880-81; pastor Presbyterian Church, Lake Forest, 1881-1905; president pro tern Lake Forest University 1892-93 and president 1897-1901 (trustee 18 89-1923); president McCormick Theological Seminary (now Presbyterian Theological Seminary), Chicago, 1905-1928 and president emeritus since 1928; university preacher at Yale, Harvard, Princeton, and many other universities and colleges; also preached at boys' preparatory schools and delivered the Baccalaureate at Culver Military Academy for twenty-two successive years; gave the Bross lectures at Lake Forest University 1929; D.D. Lake Forest 1888 and Yale and Princeton 1906, LL.D. Illinois College 1904 and Lake Forest 1929; author: History of New Scotland (N. T.) Presbyterian Church (1876), Possibilities (1896), The Man Who Wanted to Help (1897), The Great Appeal (1898), Environment (1899), F°r Hearts That Hope (1900), A Mighty Means of Usefulness (1901), Living for the Best (1903), The Growing Pastor (1904), Loyalty, the Soul of Religion (1905), Supreme Things (1907), sermons in series entitled Modern Sermons by World Scholars (1909), Grandfather's Stones, I (1926), Grandfather's Stories, II (1928), History of the Presbyterian

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'Theological Seminary•, Chicago (1929), The Supreme Booh of Man-

kind (1930), and The Victorious Jesus (1931); contributed to The Presbyterian Advance, The Westminster Teacher, The International Journal of Religious Education, The McCormick Seminary Alumni

Book List, and The Continent; deputy governor general of Society of Mayflower Descendants 1930-32 and governor of the Illinois Society 1919-1930; member Chicago Presbytery at time of death. Married November 19, 1879, in Westerly, R. I., Phebe Ann, daughter of Nathan Fellows Dixon (B.A. Brown 1833; Yale School of Law 1835-36) and Harriet (Swan) Dixon, and granddaughter of Rev. Roswell R. Swan (B.A. 1802). Children: Annie Dixon (B.A Wellesley 1902), the wife of Dumont Clarke (B.A. Princeton 1905, M.A. 1920); James Gore King, Jr. (B.A. 1906; D.Sc. Berea 1929); Harriet (Mrs. R. Douglas Stuart), Archibald (B.A. 1912; honorary B.D. Presbyterian Theological Seminary 1917) (died in 1931); and Nathan Dixon, ex-|8. Death due to carcinoma. Buried in Lake Forest Cemetery. Survived by wife, two daughters, two sons, and fourteen grandchildren

Henry Burrall Mason, B.A. 1870. Born December 20, 1848, in Bridgeport, Conn Died February 20, 1932, in Chicago, III o

Father, Roswell B. Mason, a civil engineer; builder of Illinois Central Railroad; mayor of Chicago; son of Capt. Arnold Mason of War of 1812 and Mercy (Coman) Mason, of New Hartford, N. Y Mother, Harriet Lavinia (Hopkins) Mason Yale relatives include Edward G. Mason, '60 (brother); Henry E. Mason, '89, Edward H Mason, '92, James R. Trowbridge, '94, Roswell B. Mason and Henry G. Miller, both '95, William S. Miller, '96, Julian S. Mason, '98, Huntington Mason, '99, Maurice Mason, '01, Roy Mason and Mason Trowbridge, both *O2, Elmer B. Mason, ^-'02, Macdonnell Mason, ex~*o^y Lawrence Mason, '04, George C. Mason, ex-Of, and Frederick O. Mason, '09 (nephews); and Edward G. Mason, 2d, *26, William W. Miller, '28, and Barrett K Mason and Mason Trowbridge, Jr., both '32 (grandn^phews) Chicago High School. Second prize in English composition Sophomore year; Townsend Premium Senior year; a Class historian and Class poet; member Linoma (first prize in debate Freshman and Junior years and second prize Sophomore and Senior years), Kappa Sigma Epsilon, Phi Theta Psi, Psi Upsilon, and Skull and Bones Studied law in office of Mattocks & Mason (Edward G. Mason,

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'60) in Chicago 1870-72 and in Columbia 1872-74 (LL.B. 1874; third prize for essay at graduation); practiced law in Chicago from 1874 until death; in partnership with John Andrews, '70, under firm name of Mason & Andrews 1874-79; since 1881 had been member of firm of Mason Brothers, of which Edward G. Mason was a partner until his death in 1898 and Alfred Bishop Mason, '71, a partner until 1882, and of which Henry E. Mason, '89, is now a member; member Illinois State Board of Law Examiners several terms, Chicago Bar Association, Illinois and United States Supreme Court bars, and Chicago Historical Society; wrote stories for children, including Letters from Uncle Henry (1924). Married June 12,1880, in Hyde Park, 111., Frances Fay, daughter of John Benjamin and Frances (Thompson) Calhoun, and sister of Gouverneur Calhoun, '91, and Robert Calhoun, ex-'91 S. Children: Frances Eleanor (B A. Bryn Mawr 1905), the wife of James R. Trowbndge, '94; Rosalind (B A. Bryn Mawr 1911); and Calhoun, ex-'04 (died in 1907). Mrs. Mason died June 28,1928. Death due to cerebral thrombosis, with contributory causes. Buried in RosehiU Cemetery, Chicago. Survived by daughters and brother, Alfred Bishop Mason, '71.

George Douglas Miller, B.A. 1870. Born November 5,1847, in Rochester, N. Y. Died February 9, 1932, in Richmond, Va.

Father, Samuel Miller (B.A Middlebury 1822), a lawyer; judge of the County Court, Rochester; New York state senator; son of Ehsha and Loraine (Jackson) Miller, of Williston, Vt. Mother, Mary Ann (Douglas) Miller; daughter of Alanson and Ann (Sutherland) Douglas, of Troy, N. Y. Yale relatives: Rev. A. Douglas Miller, '64 (brother), Rev. Sutherland Douglas (B A. 1822) and George H. Douglas (B.A. 1828) (uncles); and Rev. Elisha W. Miller, '68, Elliott S. Miller, '73, Hiram A. Miller, '76 S., and Charles A. Miller, *79 (cousins). General Russell's Collegiate and Commercial Institute and Williston Academy. Entered Yale withdClass of 1869; joined Class of 1870 as a Junior in 1868; member '69 Baseball Club, Linonia, Delta Kappa, Phi Theta Psi, Psi Upsilon, and Skull and Bones. Studied modern languages in Yale Graduate School 1870-71 and also acted as librarian of the Linonia Library; connected with publishing house of Pott, Young & Company, New York City, 1871-72; secretary of New England Car Spring Company 1872-79; general

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manager of New York and Straitsville Coal & Iron Company of Shawnee, Ohio, 1879-1881; connected with Connecticut Electric Company, New Haven, 1881-82; secretary of Thompson Paper & Pulp Company of New Haven; treasurer, secretary, and office manager of Wheeler & Melick Company (agricultural machinery manufacturers), Albany; treasurer of Charity Organization of Albany and of Albany Vigilance Committee; president of Albany Art and Historical Society four years; member St. Peter's Episcopal Church, Albany. Married (1) May 3,1877, in Albany, Anna dePeyster, daughter of Volckert Peter Douw (B.A. Princeton 1809) and Helen Louis (Franchot) Douw. Children. Mary, the wife of Hunsdon Cary, University of Virginia Law School 1894-96; Helen Franchot (Mrs. Levi Hasbrouck) (died in 1931); Samuel (died in childhood); and Margaret Livingston (died in infancy). Mrs. Miller died July 10, 1921. Married (2) December 30, 1924, in Troy, N. Y., Florence Farnngton Young, daughter of John and Ann (Ferguson) Farrington. Death due to pneumonia. Buried in Albany Rural Cemetery. Survived by wife, one daughter, a stepson, Everett G Young, two stepdaughters, Anna M. Young and Esther F. Young, ten grandchildren, and a sister, Miss Julia Miller, of Santa Barbara, Calif.

James Banks, B.A. 1871. Bom August 22,1850, in Griffin, Ga. Died December 21,1931, in Chicago, 111

Father, Henry Banks, a shoe merchant and manufacturer m Griffin and Atlanta; son of Hyatt and Elizabeth (Wakeman) Banks, of Greenfield Hill, Conn. Mother, Mary Margaret (Cox) Banks; daughter of John Morris and Mary Blanton (Hawkins) Cox, of Lexington, McDonough, and Griffin, Ga. Great-grandfather, Gershom Banks (B.A. 1732). Prepared for college in New Haven under James M. B. Dwight, '46. Member Delta Kappa, Delta Beta Xi (Alpha Sigma Phi), and Delta Kappa Epsilon. Studied at Harvard Law School 1871-72; admitted to Georgia Bar at Griffin in February, 1872; practiced law in Atlanta 1872-1883; private secretary to U. S. senator Benjamin H. Hill of Georgia in 1881; engaged in saw and sill milling in Mill town, Ga., in rice milling and farming in Berrien County, Ga., 1883-88, and in orange growing at City Point, Fla., 1893-1927; public administrator of Fulton Country, Ga., 1896-1900; assistant tax collector of Atlanta; chair-

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man of Democratic executive committee of Atlanta and president of Young Men's Democratic League; state librarian of Georgia 1875-77, a director of Atlanta Title & Trust Company; retired from active business in 1927 and had since made his home in Chicago, where member of Good Shepherd Congregational Church. Marned July 7,1927, in Chicago, Dolly Stroud Gardner, daughter of Jackson *and Victone (Chapman) Stroud. Death due to bronchopneumoma and pulmonary hypostasis Buried in Oakwoods Cemetery, Chicago. Survived by wife and a sister, Mrs. Enoch Calloway, of LaGrange, Ga

William Dolsen Mills, B.A. 1871. Born November 11, 1849, in New York City Died January 23, 1932, in Goshen, N. Y.

Father, Jacob Doremus Mills; member New York Stock Exchange; son of David Smith and Lydia Almira Joan Mills, of Newtown, N. Y. Mother, Phoebe Ann (Dolsen) Mills; daughter of William and Elizabeth Ann (McCamly) Dolsen, of Warwick, N. Y. Columbia Grammar School, New York Entered Yale with Class of 1869, but left during Freshman year; reentered with Class of 1871; second dispute appointment Junior and Senior years; member Delta Kappa and Phi Theta Psi. Lived on a dairy farm in Warwick 1871-72; studied law in office of F V Sanford in Warwick 1872-75 and in Columbia Law School 1875-77 (LL.B. 1877); practiced law in Warwick 1877-79 anc* *n New York City 1879-1881; assistant general counsel of Pennsylvania Railroad for New Jersey at Trenton 1881-84; assistant in law office of Joel Parker in Freehold, N J., 1884-87; practiced law in Goshen from 1888 until retirement 1925; corporation counsel of Village of Goshen 1890-1900; justice of the peace in Township of Goshen 1889-1901

Unmarried Death due to myocarditis. Buried in Rosedale Cemetery, Orange, X J Survived by a half brother, Robert D. Mills, '97.

John Curtis Chamberlain, B.A. 1872. Born August 18,1847, in Bridgeport, Conn Died July 14, 1&31, in Bridgeport, Conn

Father, John Chamberlain, a farmer; son of Salmon and Orilla (White) Chamberlain, of Woodbury, Conn Mother, Emeline

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Lucretia (Curtis) Chamberlain; daughter of David and Betsey (Seeley) Curtis, of Bridgeport. Golden Hill Institute, Bridgeport. Second colloquy appointment Junior year; first colloquy appointment Senior year; member Kappa Sigma Epsilon. Taught school and studied law in Springfield, 111., 1872-73; taught school and studied law in office of William F. Bailey in York, Pa., 1873-74; conducted a government claim agency in Bridgeport March-August, 1874; admitted to Minnesota Bar in September, 1874, and practiced law in Minneapolis 1874-75; admitted to Connecticut Bar in January, 1876; practiced law in Bridgeport 18761931; member of firm of Chamberlain & Hull and later of Chamberlain, Hull & Newman; clerk of Bridgeport City Court 1877 and 1878; prosecuting attorney of Bridgeport 1878-1893; Fairfield County health officer 1893-94; president of City Title and Guarantee Trust & Safe Deposit Company of Bridgeport 1907-1915, Georgia Loan & Trust Company of Macon since 1914, Watervliet (N. Y.) Hydraulic Company, Metabetchanan Fish and Game Club of Canada, and Seaside Outing Club of Bridgeport. Married (1) September 1, 1874, in Ascutneyville, Vt., tMary Lois, daughter of John and Lorintha Tuttle. Mrs. Chamberlain died December 5, 1875. Married (2) September 12, 1878, in Sharon, Conn., Nettie Ocain, who died in October, 1902. Married (3) August 3, 1904, in Waterbury, Conn., Harriet Louise, daughter of Eugene Pulaski and Margaret Eleanor (Smith) Slason. No children. Death due to tabes dorsalis and progressive paralysis. Buried in Mountain Grove Cemetery, Bridgeport. Survived by wife.

Edward Hopkins Jenkins, B.A. 1872. Born May 31,1850, in Falmouth, Mass. Died November 6,1931, in New Haven, Conn. Father, John Jenkins, a shipping agent in Falmouth; president of the Falmouth Bank; Massachusetts State senator and representative; son of Weston and Elizabeth (Robinson) Jenkins, of Falmouth. Mother, Chloe (Thompson) Jenkins; daughter 6f Augustus and Kezia (Hopkins) Thompson, of Goshen, Conn. Phillips-Andover. Member Class Boat Club Sophomore year (member executive committee), '72 Shell Crew Junior year; a Class historian; member Linonia, Kappa Sigma Epsilon, Phi Theta Psi, and Psi Upsilon. Studied agricultural chemistry in Sheffield Scientific School 1872-

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75 (elected to Berzelius) and in Leipzig and Tharandt, Germany, 1875—76; Ph D. Yale 1879; connected with Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station from 1876 until retirement in 1923 (in Middletown 1876-77 and then in New Haven); assistant chemist 1876-1882; chemist and vice-director 1882-1900; director 1900-1923; director and treasurer 1901-1923; president of American Association of Agricultural Colleges and Experiment Stations 1911-12 (on executive committee and chairman of section of experiment station work); member of advisory board of Connecticut Forestry Association 1903 and 1904, president 1905, and vice-president 1906-1915; charter member (1884) of Association of Official Agricultural Chemists, one of its early presidents, and member of its committee on food standards, member board of directors of New Haven Hospital 1886-1919; compiler of Ftfty Tears* Index, 1877-/927, Bulletin 309, of Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station; contributor to the History of Connecticut (compiled 1925); an editor of the first edition of the Century Dictionary (1889-1891); member American Association for the Advancement of Science and New Haven Colony Historical Society, had been secretary of the Class of 1872 for about fifty years. Married June 18, 1885, in Guilford, Conn , Elizabeth Eliot Foote, *v-'73 Art, daughter of George Augustus and Eliza (Spencer) Foote. No children. Death due to coronary sclerosis. Buried in Nut Plains Cemetery, Guilford. Survived by wife. The new building of the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station has been named Jenkins Laboratory in his honor.

Charles Addison Northrop, B.A. 1872. Born March 21,1850, in Ridgefield, Conn. Died September 19, 1931, in Danbury, Conn.

Father, Benjamin Keeler Northrop, a teacher and farmer; member Ridge field Board of Education and Connecticut Legislature; son of Cyrus and Polly Bouton (Fancher) Northrop, of Ridgefield. Mother, Catherine (Keeler) Northrop; daughter of Jeremiah and Hannah (Smith) Keeler, of Ridgefield Uncle: Cyrus Northrop, '57. Wilhston Academy. Third prize in English composition Sophomore year, oration appointments Junior and Senior years; member Kappa Sigma Epsilon and Delta Kappa Epsilon. Principal of classical department and teacher of classics and mathematics, University Grammar School, New York City, 1872-75; studied at Union Theological Seminary 1875-78 (graduated); or-

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dained to Congregational ministry October 2, 1878; pastor Congregational Church, Georgetown, Conn., 1878-1880, Utchfield, Mich., 1880-81, Jewett City, Conn., 1882-85, anc^ First Congregational Church, Norwich, Conn., 1885-1904; secretary of systematic beneficence for Congregational churches of the United States (traveling in northern states) 1904-06; special representative of American Missionary Society in the East and South 1906-09; city missionary and probation olicer of United Workers (charity organization), Norwich, from 1909 until retirement 1921; chairman of State Prohibition Convention two years; author (with Rev. Leonard W. Bacon, '50): Toung People's Societies (1900); permanent secretary Union Theological Seminary Class of 1878; member First Congregational Church, Norwich, at death. Married November 10,1879, in Redding, Conn., Charlotte Elizabeth, daughter of Edmund Ogden and Mary (Gilbert) Hurlbutt. Children* Christina Leigh, Wellesley ex-o^ the wife of Robert A. King; Enid Hurlbutt (B.A. Mount Holyoke 1908), the wife of Henry A. Morgan (B.A. Williams 1904); Florence Vivian; Ruth Katharine, the wife of George K. Palmer; Addison Gilbert (B.A. Williams 1914); and Elizabeth Gilbert, the wife of Theodore Newcomb (E.E Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 1916, Eng.D. 1920). Mrs. Northrbp died October 9, 1920. ' Death due to mesenteric thrombosis. Buried in Branchville Cemetery, Ridgefield. Survived by son, five daughters, six grandchildren, and a brother, Orville H. Northrop, of East Hampton, N. Y.

Edward Thomas Owen, B.A. 1872. Born March 4,1850, in Hartford, Conn. Died November 9,1931, in Madison, Wis. Father, Elijah Hunter Owen, a merchant; son of Elijah and Sarah (Hunter) Owen, of East Otis, Mass. Mother, Susannah (Boardman) Owen; daughter of Thomas Danforth and Elizabeth Bidwell (Lewis) Boardman, of Hartford. Yale relatives: Charles H. Owen, '60, and Henry E. Owen, '64 D. (brothers); and Elijah H. Owen, '97 S. (nephew). Hartford Public High School. Entered Yale with Class of 1871, but left at end of Junior year because of illness; joined Class of 1872 Senior year; third prize in English composition and third prize in mathematics Sophomore year; oration appointment Junior and Senior years; second College Premium in English composition Senior year; captain of 'ji Boat Club; Class historian of '71; member '71

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Glee Club, College Choir two years, Beethoven Society, Kappa Sigma Epsilon, Phi Theta Psi, Psi Upsilon, Skull and Bones, and Phi Beta Kappa. Took graduate work at Yale 1872-73, University of Gottingen 1873-75, anc* m Paris 1875-76; lived in Hartford 1876-77 and New Haven 1877-78, engaged in literary pursuits; instructor in modern languages at University of Wisconsin 1878-79, professor of the French language and literature 1879-1905, and of the French language and linguistics from 1905 to retirement 1915; since then professor emeritus; during leave of absence 1886-87 taught French and Spanish at University of California; Ph.D. Yale 1900; author notes on the Jeune Homme Pauvre of Feutllet (1883), Petite Fadette of Sand (1885), Travailleurs de la Mer of Victor Hugo (1888), Ursule Mtrowet of Balzac (1889), and Ctnq Mars of Vigny (189a); monographs on Meaning and Function of Thought Connectives (1898), Revision of the Pronouns^with Special Examination of Relatives and Relative Clauses (1900), Interrogative Thought and the Means of Its Expression (1903), Hybrid Parts of Speech (1907), and Syntax of the Adverb, Preposition^ and Conjunction (1931), life member Home Missionary Society; member First Congregational Church, Madison Married April 11, 1874, in Brooklyn, N. Y., Emilie Brace, daughter of Henry Zachariah and Lucy E. (Brace) Pratt, of Hartford. Children: Ethel (died in childhood); Cornelia Loomis (died in childhood); Emily Pratt (B.A. Smith 1907; M.A. University of Wisconsin 1910), the wife of Barry H. Cerf (B.A. University of California 1902, M.A 1903; Ph.D. Harvard 1908); and Gladys (B.A. Smith 1911), the wife of William H. Kiekhofer (B.A North Central College 1904, Ph D University of Wisconsin 1913). Death due to cardiorenal disease and pulmonary embolism Buried in Forest Hill Cemetery, Madison. Survived by wife, two daughters, and five grandchildren.

Charles Percy Latting, B.A. 1873. Born May 28,1850, in New York City. Died November 1,1931, in New York City.

Father, John Jordan Latting (B.A. Middlebury 1838), a lawyer, member of firm of Wakcman & Latting, New York City; son of Charles and Elizabeth (Frost) Latting, of Lattingtown, N. Y. Mother, Harriet Augusta (Emerson) Latting; daughter of Rev. Brown Emerson (B.A. Dartmouth 1802, and D.D. 1835) anc* Mary (Hopkins) Emerson, of Salem, Mass., and sister-in-law of Brown

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Emerson (B.A 1833). Yale relatives include a nephew, Leslie D. Carter, ex-01 S. Philhps-Andover. First prize in declamation Sophomore year; member Junior and Senior Promenade committees, Delta Kappa, Phi Theta Psi, and Psi Upsilon; graduate member Wolf's Head. LL.B. Columbia 1875; practiced law in New York City from 1^75 until retirement May 1, 1931; clerk with Wakeman & Latting 1875—78; organizer and partner in firm of Russell & Latting 18781884 and partner in its successor, Russell, Dennison & Latting, 1884-1891; United States loan commissioner 1881-1904; on local Legal Advisory Board 1919; member Bar Association of the City of New York, Sons of the Revolution, New York Zoological Society and St. Bartholomew's Episcopal Church, New York; chairman of perpetual committee of Class of 1873 Married May 17, 1877, i n Chicago, Isabella Williamina, daughter of James Carter, a graduate of Marischal College, Aberdeen, Scotland, and Helen Anderson (Leslie) Carter, and sister of Leslie Carter, *73, and Ernest Carter, '79. Children. Helen Leslie (student in public health, Columbia University, 1920); Emerson, '04; and Charles Percy, Jr. Death due to coronary thrombosis. Buried in Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn. Survived by wife, daughter, sons, and a sister, Mrs Clarence R. vanBenthuysen, of New York City

James Wessell Smith, B.A. 1873. Born February 1,1853, in New York City. Died July 20,1931, in New York City.

Father, Charles Henry Smith (B.A. Trinity 1836; M.A. Trinity 1839; LL.B.), a lawyer; member of firm of Charles H. Smith & Sons, New York; son of James and Elizabeth (Sell) Smith, of Jamaica, N. Y. Mother, Lucretia Colt (Spencer) Smith; daughter of Isaac and Anne (Wells) Spencer, of Hartford, Conn. Yale relatives include a brother, George J. Smith, ex-*]% Columbia Grammar and Lyon's Collegiate schools, New York City. Won Southworth cup for single sculls; member Delta Kappa. LL.B. Columbia 1875 (member Phi Gamma Delta); practiced law in New York City 1875-1886; also studied in General Theological Seminary 1883-86 (B.D. 1886); ordained deacon in Protestant Episcopal Church at Garden City, N. Y., 1886 and priest 1887; rector of Grace Church, Riverhead, N. Y., 1886-88, Christ Church, Sag Harbor, N. Y., 1888-1890, Trinity Church, Vincentown, N. J.,

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1890-93, St. Paul's Church, Kinderhook, N. YM 1893-1903, St. Andrew's Church, Newark, N. J. (also chaplain of Hospital of St. Barnabas), 1903-07, and St. Mary's Church, Tomah, Wis., 19071916 (while there engaged in missionary work am?ng the Winnebago Indians); chaplain of Protestant Episcopal City Missionary Society of New York 1917-18; assistant priest of Corpus Christi Church, New York, from 1919 until retirement 1930; had made his home in Ridgefield, N. J., since 1917; member New York Society of the Order of Founders and Patriots of America and Confraternity of the Blessed Sacrament. Married July 7, 1892, in Vincentown, May Gordon, daughter of John Gordon Herbert, **-*48, and Mary Jane (Poole) Herbert. Children Spencer Herbert, University of Wisconsin ex-16; Agnes Herbert (B A. Vassar 1917), the wife of Daniel Merrill VanCott (special student at Columbia 1915-17); and Gordon Herbert, University of Wisconsin £#-'19. Death due to angina pectoris, with contributory causes. Buried in Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn. Survived by wife, two sons, daughter, and three grandchildren.

Wellington Campbell, B.A. 1874. Born September 27, 1852, in Millburn, N. J. Died June 17,1932, in Orange, N. J. Father, Wellington Campbell, a paper manufacturer; son of Thomas and Agnes Campbell, of Southfield, N. Y. Mother, Mary Tenbrook (Wade) Campbell; daughter of Oliver and Phoebe (Denman) Wade, of Springfield, N. J. Brother: Charles Campbell, ex-69 S. Prepared for college at his home in Millburn by Thomas R. Lounsbury, '59. Member Kappa Sigma Epsilon. M.D. Columbia 1877; practiced medicine in Springfield, N. J., 1877-78; North Branford, Conn., 1878-1881 and Short Hills, N. J., since 1881, member Millburn Board of Health 1915-1929; health physician of Millburn since 1907, member of Millburn Township Committee 1904-08 (chairman and treasurer 1906 and 1907) and again 1915-1929 (in charge of roads and sewers); a founder of Orange Mountain Medical Society and of Summit Medical Society in 1905 (president two terms). Married February 8,1888, in New Haven, Carolyn Sibyl, daughter of Frederick and Sibyl Celestia (Tuttle) Foote, of Northford, Conn. Children: Agnes Foote (B.A. Vassar 1913) (died in 1929);

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Katharine Wade (Wellesley 1914-15), the wife of Edward A. Hill (M.E. Cornell 1915); Wellington Foote, Lehigh '19; and Ruth (died in infancy). Mrs. Campbell died July 28, 1912. Death due to pneumonia. Buried in St. Stephen's Episcopal Church Cemetery, Millburn. Survived by son, one daughter, and two grandchildren.

George Levi Fox, B.A. 1874. Born November 16,1852, in New Haven, Conn. Died August 6, 1931, in New Haven, Conn.

Father, Levi Goodell Fox, an engineer; son of Joseph Kneeland and Sally (Gray) Fox, of Hadley, Mass. Mother, Elizabeth Hamlin (Bodfish) Fox; daughter of Simeon and Elizabeth (Hamlin) Bodfish, of Windsor, Conn. Hopkins Grammar School. Entered Yale with Class of 1873, but left during the first term on account of ill health; re=:ntered with Class of 1874; first prize in English composition Freshman year; second Berkeley Premium Sophomore year; dissertation appointment Junior and Senior_years; speaker at Commencement; an editor of Tale Courant; member Gamma Nu, Phi Theta Psi, and Psi Upsilon. Taught the classics at General Russell's Collegiate and Commercial Institute, New Haven, 1874-75; engaged in private tutoring in New Haven 1875-77; studied in Yale Graduate School 1874-77 and Yale School of Law 1878-79 (LL.B. 1879); admitted to bar of New Haven County; senior teacher in Latin and Greek at Hillhouse High School, New Haven, 1877-1885; M.A. 1885; rector of Hopkins Grammar School 1885-1901; head of Fox Tutoring School, New Haven, 1885-1926; lecturer on municipal administration at Yale 1895-1900; gave course of twelve lectures on the Great Public Schools of England before Lowell Institute, Boston; had also lectured widely on same subject and against Sinn Feinism; assisted in Liberal Budget Election campaign in England 1909; took part in campaign against the House of Lords 1910; member Connecticut Commission on Arbitration and Mediation 1917-1920; member Committee of Seven of American Historical Association on the teaching of history 1896-98 and contributed to its Report; author: The Study of Politics (1885) and of numerous critical pamphlets on Prussianized Germany, Sinn Feiners, and Panama Canal; contributed to the Nation, Journal of Education (London), London Spectator, Political Science Quarterly, Tale RevieWy Tale Alumni Weekly > Proceedings of American Political

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Science Association (of which a member) (1906), School and Society, Nito Tork Worlds and Springfield Republican; member Connecticut

Civil Service Reform Association, and Center Church (Congregational), New Haven. Unmarried. Death due to acute myocardial failure and diabetes melhtus. Buned in Evergreen Cemetery, New Haven. Survived by two nephews, one of whom is Edward L. Fox, '93 S. By the terms of his will Yale was made one of the residuary legatees, the bequest to be used for scholarships to be known as the George L. Fox Scholarships, his library also was given to Yale University with the provision that duplicates should be made available to the New Haven Public Library.

George Edmund Munroe, B.A. 1874. Born December 9, 1851, on board the California clipper ship "Mandarin" in the Indian Ocean, Died April 3,1932, in New York City

Father, George Downes Munroe; a stock broker and later in Chinese tea trade; son of Edmund and Sophia (Sewall) Munroe, of Boston. Mother, Pauline (Washburn) Munroe; daughter of Abiel and Pauline (Tucker) Washburn, of Boston. Edwards Place School, Stockbridge, Mass. Second colloquy appointment Senior year; on Class Crew Freshman, Sophomore, and Junior years, member Thanksgiving Jubilee Committee Sophomore year, Committee for the new Boat House, Delta Kappa, Phi Theta Psi, Psi Upsilon, and Skull and Bones. M D. Columbia 1877; house physician on staff of Bellevue Hospital, New York, 1877-79 anc* of Woman's Hospital 1879-1880; practiced medicine in New York City from 1881 until retirement about 1922; sanitary inspector on Board of Health for a few years; vice-president of East Hampton (N. Y ) Electric Light Company 1902-1922; vice-president of Maidstone Club, East Hampton, 1892-1914 and president 1915-1920; president of Maidstone Improvement Company; member tariff reform committee of Reform Club of New York, American Medical Association, New York Academy of Medicine, Medical Society of the County of New York, and Medical Society of the State of New York. Married February 3,1881, in Burlington, N. J., Jessie, daughter of John Longley and Julia (Farmer) Reynolds: One daughter, Marjory. Mrs. Munroe died March 20, 1928. Death due to a cerebral hemorrhage. Cremation took place and

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Henry Spencer Robbins, B.A. 1874. Born February 5,1853, *n Stoughton, Mass Died April 27,1932, in Chicago, 111.

Father, John Virgin Robbins, a shoe manufacturer. Mother, Anastasla (Ford) Robbins; daughter of Jacob John and Mary (Halstead) Ford. Hopkins Grammar School. Left college during Junior year, but in 1894 given his degree and enrollment in Class of 1874; secretary of Class Baseball Club Freshman year; member Delta Kappa and Delta Beta Xi (Alpha Sigma Phi). Studied law in office of Gregory & Pmney in Madison, Wis., a year and a half and also at Law School of University of Wisconsin (LL.B 1874); admitted to bar of Wisconsin in June, 1874; went to New York City and following his admission to the New York State Bar in 1875 practiced law in New York for a year; had practiced law in Chicago since 1876; partner in firm of Washburne & Robbins 1876-1883, Trumbull, Washburne & Robbins 1883-1890, and Green, Robbins & Honore 1890-98; practiced independently 1898—1918; partner in firm of Robbins, Townley & Wild 1918-1924; associated with firm of Taylor, Miller, Dickinson & Smith (in which Jacob M. Dickinson, '12, and George D. Smith, '08 S , were partners) 1924-27 and with its successor, Taylor, Miller, Busch & Boyden, from 1927 until death, counsel for Chicago Board of Trade 1898-1924, special assistant to U. S. Attorney General 1910; had represented New York Stock Exchange and New York Cotton Exchange before U. S. Supreme Court; active chairman of Illinois delegation to National Democratic Convention at Indianapolis in 1896; member American Bar Association and Fourth Presbyterian Church, Chicago. Married (1) December 12, 1883, in Chicago, Frances Fuller, daughter of Henry Morris and Frances (Fuller) Johnston. Children Marjorie Johnston (Mrs. James M. Hopkins); Dorothy Ford (Mrs Frank Hibbard); Isabelle McBirney (Mrs. Charles W. Isaacs, J r ) , and Frances Spencer, the wife of William R. Odell, Jr. (B.A. Harvard 1919). Mrs. Robbins died June 29, 1927. Married (2) in September, 1929, in Toronto, Canada, Helen Beatrice, daughter of Herbert Graham. Death due to coronary thrombosis Buried in Graceland Cemetery, Chicago. Survived by wife, four daughters, five grandchildren, and a sister, Miss Alice B Robbins.

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Thomas Townsend Sherman, B.A. 1874. Born July 28,1853, in London, England. Died August 27,1931, in London, England. Father, Edward Standish Sherman, a metal merchant in New York City; son of Roger Sherman (B.A. 1787) and Susannah (Staples) Sherman, of New Haven. Mother, Catharine Augusta (Townsend) Sherman; daughter of Solomon Davis Townsend (B.A. Harvard 1811 and M.D. 1815) and Catherine Wendell (Davis) Townsend, of Boston Yale relatives include* Roger Sherman (honorary M.A. 1768) (great-grandfather); Oliver Sherman (B A. 1795), Seth P. Staples (B.A 1797), Job Staples (B.A. 1808), and Sophos Staples (B A 1809) (great-uncles); Frederick R. Sherman (B.A. 1836) and George Sherman (B A. 1839) (uncles); Roger Sherman, *io (nephew); and Henry D. White, '51, Charles A. White, '54, Willard W. White, ex-'56, Roger S White, '$% Dr. Thomas H. White, '60, Oliver S. White, '64, George E. White, '66, Sherman D. Thacher, '83, and William L. Thacher, '87 (first cousins). Fairfield (Conn ) Academy and Hopkins Grammar School. Member first University Football Eleven and Delta Kappa; graduate member Wolf s Head. Taught at Frossard's School, Irvington-on-Hudson, N. Y., 187475, attended Columbia University Law School 1874-76 (LL.B. 1876); admitted to New York Bar December 13, 1876; in law offices of Evarts, Southmayd & Choate (William M. Evarts, '37, and Joseph H Choate, LL.D. 1901) 1875-1884 and Evarts, Choate & Beaman 1884-1902,; member of firm of Evarts, Tracy & Sherman (Allen W. Evarts, '69, and J. Evarts Tracy, '57 L.) 1902-08, Evarts, Choate & Sherman (Joseph H. Choate, counsel) 1908-1919, and Evarts, Choate, Sherman & Leon since 1919; director, vice-president, and president of James Gordon Bennett Memorial Home for New York Journalists; trustee of New York Genealogical and Biographical Society 1912-1931 (member executive committee 1917-1931) and fellow 1931, life member New York Historical Society since 1911 (member executive committee since 1918 and domestic corresponding secretary since 1923); a governor of Apawamis Club, vice-president 1903-05, and president 1905-07; vestryman of Christ's Church at Rye, N. Y. (Episcopal), 1883-1906 (clerk of vestry from 1893) and warden since 1906; delivered address at 200th anniversary of founding of Parish of Rye 1895; author: Sherman Genealogy (1920); member Association of the Bar of the City of New York, New York County Lawyers Association, New England Historic Genealogical Society, and New England Society of New York.

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Married October 19, 1887, in Rye, Anne Loder, daughter of Augustus Wiggin, Rutgers ex-'46, and Ann Elizabeth (Loder) Wiggin. One daughter, Emily Balch (Mrs. Arthur Talbot). Death due to uremia. Buried in Greenwood Union Cemetery, Rye. Survived by wife, daughter, a sister, Miss Rose Standish Sherman, of Rye, and two brothers, Arthur Outram Sherman, of Mahopac, N. Y., and Vinton Sherman, of Rye.

Harry Seymour Barnes, B.A. 1875. Born December 21, 1852, in Buffalo, N. Y. Died September 13,1931, in North Sutton, N. H.

Father, Joseph Cogswell Barnes, a dry goods merchant; partner in firm of R. D. Sherman & Company and Sherman & Barnes and its successors in Buffalo; son of Britannia Doddridge and Sarah (Pardoe) Barnes, of Bath, Pa. Mother, Harrietfe Brown (Seymour) Barnes; daughter of Henry Roderick and Lucia Mary (Grosvenor) Seymour. Nephew: Jfohn G. Howard, '12. Farrand's Collegiate Academy, New York City. An editor of Tale Courant; member Class Glee Club, Delta Kappa, Delta Beta Xi (Alpha Sigma Phi), and Delta Kappa Epsilon. In office of Russell Sturgis, architect, New York City, 1875-77; studied architecture in Paris ateliers and at the Beaux Arts 1877-78; practiced architecture in partnership with Charles H. Smith in New York 1879-1882; engaged in dry goods business as partner in firm of Dale, Barnes, Morse & Company in Minneapolis, Minn., for a short time from 1882; subsequently studied painting under William Sartain and exhibited at, the National Academy and in various cities, but since 1893 had not painted on account of eye trouble; director of Artist-Artisan Institute, New York City (founded by John W. Stimson, '72), for several years; honorary Ph.D. Iowa College 1882; had made his home in North Sutton since 1901; an associate of American Institute of Architects since 1881; member New England Society of Orange, N. J. Married (1) August 4, 1879, in Nuremberg, Germany, Helen Estelle, daughter of Daniel Sanford (honorary M.A. Wesleyan 1850) and Helen Eliza (Sammis) Sanford, of Redding Ridge, Conn., and sister of Daniel S. Sanford, '82. Children: Helen Seymour, the wife of Frederick S. Mabrey (B.S. University of Chicago 1907); and Hilda (died in childhood). Mrs. Barnes died December 18, 1884. Married (2) July 20,1889, in New York City, Minnie L. O' Brien. Married (3) August 13, 1913, in North Sutton, K£te Lincoln, daughter of Edmund Hitchcock and Malvina Chapin (Rowell) Rogers.

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Henry Blodget, B.A. 1875. Born October 22,1854, in Greenfield, Mass Died May 23, 1932, in Bridgeport, Conn.

Father, Rev Henry Blodget (B.A. 1848; Yale Divinity School 1852, D.D. 1872); son of Bliss and Mary (Thurston) Blodget, of Bucksport, Maine. Mother, Sarah Franklin (Ripley) Blodget; daughter of Franklin and Charlotte (Barrett) Ripley, of Greenfield Yale relatives include* George H. Richards, '03, and Henry B Richards, '12 (nephews); and Rev Edward Y. Hincks, '66, Rev. John H Hincks, '72, Alfred L. Ripley, '78, William B. Hincks, honorary M.A 1878, and George R Blodgett, '84 (first cousins). Hartford Public High School High oration appointment Junior and Senior years; second Winthrop prize Junior year; member Theta Psi, Delta Kappa Epsilon, and Phi Beta Kappa; graduate member Wolf's Head. Student in Yale Graduate School 1875-76 and in Yale School of Medicine 1876-77; taught Latin and mathematics in Norwich (N Y.) Academy 1877-79; M D. Bellevue Hospital Medical College 1881, on staff of Bellevue Hospital 1880-82, as house physician; studied at the General Hospital and the Polyclinic in Vienna and in Leipzig 1882-83, resident physician at New York Foundling Hospital 1883-84, practiced medicine and surgery in Bridgeport from 1885 until retirement in 1929; pathologist to Bridgeport Hospital 1887, visiting physician and surgeon 1893-96, attending surgeon 1896-1915, and consulting surgeon since 1915; visiting surgeon to St Vincent's Hospital, Bridgeport, 1905-1914 and since then consulting surgeon; in 1907 went abroad again for study, member of Bridgeport Board of Health 1897-1901 and of board of medical visitors at Hartford Retreat since 1915; director of Bridgeport People's Savings Bank 1924-1932; member of board of trustees of Connecticut Junior Republic at Litchfield; on board of Bridgeport Mental Hygiene Society from its organization in 1924 until death and on advisory board of Visiting Nurse Association since 1919; member American Medical Association, Bridgeport, Fairfield County, and Connecticut Medical societies, and United Congregational Church, Bridgeport

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Married June 1, 1893, m Bridgeport, Mabel, daughter of Rev. Hugh Aiken McKelvey (B.A. Indiana University 1843) and Dotha Ann (Hotchkiss) McKelvey, and sister of Charles W. McKelvey, '00, Children: Donald McKelvey, '17; and Henry Blodget, 2d (died at birth). Death due to chronic endocarditis and myocarditis. Buried in Mountain Grove Cemetery, Bridgeport. Survived by wife, son, three grandchildren, and a sister, Charlotte B. Richards, the widow of Rev. William R. Richards, '75, of Bridgeport.

Alpheus Tompkins Bulkeley, B.A. 1875. Born July 4,1851, in Albany, N. Y. Died September 5,1931, in Albany, N. Y. Father, Henry H. Bulkeley, a wholesale grocer; son of Abel and Elizabeth (Brundage) Bulkeley, of Galway, N. Y. Mother, Sarah Maria (Tompkins) Bulkeley; daughter of Stephen S. and Esther (Jaycox) Tompkins, of Clarkesville, N. Y. Albany Academy. Member Freshman Class Supper Committee, Phi Theta Psi, and Psi Upsilon. Studied law in office of Hand, Hale & Schwarz, Albany, and at Albany Law School 1875-76 (LL.B. 1876); admitted to New York State Bar 1876; managing clerk for Hand, Hale & Schwarz 1876-78; partner in firm of Hand, Hale & Bulkeley 1879-1880, Hale & Bulkeley 1881-87, Hale, Cowen & Bulkeley 1887-88, Hale & Bulkeley 1888-1892, Hale, Bulkeley & Tennant 1892, Hale & Bulkeley 1892-96, Patterson, Bulkeley & VanKirk 1897-1906; had since practiced independently; counsel for United States Fidelity & Guaranty Company of Baltimore and on advisory board of its Albany office 1906-1929; chairman of board of trustees of Emmanuel Baptist Church (of which a member) since 1918; trustee of Fort Orange Club (founder and charter member 1880) 1909-1915; vice-president of Albany Country Club 1910-16 and president 1917-1921; president of Yale Alumni Association of Northeastern New York 1913-15; member Albany County Bar Association and Sons of the Revolution. Unmarried Death due to angina pectoris and arteriosclerosis. Buried in Albany Rural Cemetery. Survived by a sister, Miss Albena M. Bulkeley, of Albany.

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Frank Hatch Jones, B.A. 1875. Born March 6,1854, in Griggsville, 111. Died October 2,1931, in Chicago, III. Father, George Watson Jones; merchant and manufacturer of agricultural implements; clerk of Circuit Court, Pittsfield, 111., and of Appellate Court, Springfield, 111.; son of Nathan Watson and Hannah Pulsifer (Glazier) Jones, of Griggsville. Mother, Cecelia (Bennett) Jones; daughter of Simeon Losee and Katherine (Wolcott) Bennett, of Henry, 111. Pittsfield High School Vice-president of Class Boat Club Sophomore year; sang in College Choir, University Glee Club, and '75 Glee Club three years, floor manager of Junior and Senior promenades, member Delta Kappa, Delta Beta Xi (Alpha Sigma Phi), Delta Kappa Epsilon, and Skull and Bones. Studied law in office of Matthews & Wike, Pittsfield, 1875-76, in Columbia University Law School 1876-77, and in Union College of Law, Chicago, 1877-78 (LL.B. 1878); admitted to Illinois Bar 1878, practiced law in Pittsfield 1878-79, and in Springfield 18791893 (as member of firm of Wilson & Jones 1886-1893); first assistant postmaster general 1893-97; practiced law in Chicago 1897-1900 as member of firm of Uhl, Jones & Landis; secretary of American Trust & Savings Bank, Chicago, 1900-1910; secretary and trust officer of Continental and Commercial Trust & Savings Bank, Chicago, from 1910 until retirement 1915; active in reorganization of railroads, street railways, and other corporations, in railroad, coal mine, and other receiverships, and in management of trust properties; delegate to Democratic National Convention 1892; president of League of Democratic Clubs of Illinois; member Illinois Legislature 1891; attended Presbyterian church. Married (1) November 28, 1883, m Springfield, Sarah Irwin, daughter of Jacob and Elizabeth Jane (Ferguson) Bunn. Mrs. Jones died November 20,1892. Married (2) July 4,1912, in Coburg, Ontano, Ellen Wrenshall Grant Sartoris, daughter of President Grant and Julia Boggs (Dent) Grant. Mrs Jones died August 30, 1922 No children by either marriage. Death due to cardio vascular disease, with contributory causes Buried in Springfield. Survived by a brother, Fred Bennett Jones, of Chicago. By the terms of his will a bequest was made to. Yale University Class of 1875 Fund.

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Charles Newell Fowler, B.A. 1876. Born November 2,1852, in Lena, 111. Died May 27,1932, in Orange, N. J. Father, Joshua Durant Fowler, a farmer; son of James and Unity (Durant) Fowler, of Springfield and Pawlet, Vt. Mother, Rachel (Montague) Fowler. Preparatory Department of Beloit College. On Class Crew Sophomore and Junior years and University Crew Senior year; member Kappa Sigma Epsilon (first declamation and first oration prizes), Phi Theta Psi, Psi Upsilon, and Skull and Bones Read law in office of Williams & Thompson in Chicago and attended Chicago Law School 1876-78 (LL.B. 1878; honors at graduation); instructor in mathematics and political economy at Bryant & Stratton's Business College 1877 a n d ^78; admitted to the bar 1878 and practiced law in Beloit, Kans., 1879-1883; local attorney for Missouri Pacific Railroad Company 1880-83; helped organize Equitable Mortgage Company 1883 and was an incorporator 1884; first vice-president of the company and in charge of New York City office 1884-87; president of company 1887-1893; aided in forming Union Typewriter Company 1893-94 and member of the board 1895-97; member of Congress from New Jersey 1895-1911, served on banking and currency committee of the House 1895-1909 (chairman 1901-09); member New Jersey Republican State Committee 1898-1901; advocate of gold standard in i8c6; in 1900 instrumental in establishing monetary commission of that year, which brought about enactment of gold standard; member of committee on civil service reform throughout his term in Congress and at times of committees on insular affairs and foreign affairs; in 1910 prepared and introduced in Congress the Federal Reserve Act (approved by Congress with slight changes December 23, 1913); president of Rutland Florence Marble Company of Fowler, V t , 1900-1910; author: Seventeen 'Talks on the Banking Question (c. 1913), National Issues of 1916 (c. 1916), and United States Reserve Bank (1922).

Married April 30,1879, in Beloit, Wis., Hilda Sophia Heg, daughter of Colonel Hans Christian Heg, 15th Wisconsin Volunteers, and Cornelia (Einong) Heg. One son, Charles Newell, Jr., ex-o$. Mrs. Fowler died February 20, 1932. Death due to nephritis and bronchopneumonia. Buried in Fairview Cemetery, Westfield, N J Survived by son, two grandchildren, and one great-grandchild.

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John B. Kendrick, B.A. 1876. Born September 18,1851, in Wallingford, Conn. Died October 9, 1931, in Wallingford, Conn.

Father, John Kendrick; part owner and captain of merchant ship "Defiance"; later in coal business in Wallingford; son of John Kendrick, of Harwich, Mass. Mother, Frances Myra (Edmonds) Kendrick, daughter of Meredith Muse and Mary (Cauthorn) Edmonds, of Westmoreland County, Va. Suffield (Conn.) School and Hopkins Grammar School. Third prize in mathematics Freshman and Sophomore years; first prize in English composition Sophomore year; philosophical oration appointment Junior and Senior years; second prize in mathematics Senior year; member Phi Beta Kappa Taught mathematics and English at the Peddle School, Hightstown, N J , 1876-78; studied in Yale Graduate School 1878-79, vice-president and instructor in sciences, mathematics, and the classics at the Peddie School 1879-1882; had lived in Wallingford since 1882, private tutor 1882-83; instructor at Hopkins Grammar School 1883-84; in charge of office and warehouse in Montreal, Canada, of Simpson, Hall, Miller & Company, silver manufacturers^ of Wallingford during parts of the years 1884-87; private secretary to Samuel Simpson of that company and engaged in accounting and auditing for the firm 1888-1897; an auditor in city comptroller's office, New Haven, 1899-1901; special accountant for International Silver Company, Wallingford, and engaged independently as an expert accountant and consultant, Hartford, 1901-03; auditor for Scovill Manufacturing Company, Waterbury, Conn., from 1903 until retirement 1919, represented Wallingford in Connecticut General Assembly 1887, 1899, and 1901; member Constitutional Convention of Connecticut 1902; an incorporator of First National Bank of Wallingford 1882; a founder of Wallingford Historical Society and its president since 1928; treasurer Wallingford Town Park Commission 1915-1931 and member School Committee 1919-1926; author. History of the Walhngford Disaster (1878), member First Baptist Church, Wallingford. Married August 24,1881, in Wallingford, Hattie Amelia, daughter of Lyman and Elizabeth (Johnson) Treadway. One son, John Treadway, ex-o% S Mrs. Kendrick died May 2, 1920. Death due to pulmonary edema from cardiac insufficiency. Buried in In Memoriam Cemetery, Wallingford. Survived by son and a brother, Thomas M. Kendrick ex-66 S.

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Nathan Peabody Tyler, B.A. 1876. Born October 11,1848, in Barry town, N. Y. Died January 22,1932, in Norfolk, Va. Father, Phineas Lovejoy Tyler; engaged in steamboat and barge freighting business on Hudson River; son of Nathan Peabody and Persis (Lovejoy) Tyler, of Blenheim, N. Y. Mother, Jane Ann (VonWaldron) Tyler. Hasbrouck Institute, Jersey City, N. J. Second prize in mathematics Freshman year; second dispute appointment Junior year; second colloquy appointment Senior year; member '76 Glee Club three years, College Choir Senior year, and College Church Committee three years; chairman Picture Committee Senior year; a Class deacon; member Gamma Nu. College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia 1876-77; studied in Yale School of Medicine in fall of 1877, and took courses in French and German in Yale Graduate School, but left on account of ill health; reentered Yale School of Medicine in 1878 (M.D. 1879); interne at New Haven Hospital 1879-1880; practiced medicine in New Haven 1880-85, Jersey City 1885-86, and New Rochelle, N. Y., 1886-1907; consulting physician to New Rochelle Hospital 18971906; deacon in First Presbyterian Church, New Rochelle, 18871904; engaged in fruit growing in Manati, Porto Rico, 1905-1913 and in Millville, W. Va, 1913-17; had since lived in New York City, Barrytown, Portsmouth, Va, and Norfolk; former member New Rochelle, New Haven, and Westchester County Medical societies; member Ghent Methodist Church, Norfolk Married June 16,1884, in Tarrytown, N. Y., Mary Wallace, daughter of John and Mary (Craigg) Millar. Children: Frank Mclntosh (died in infancy); Margaret Eloise Mclntosh (Mrs. Charles F. Matthew); and Lyon Leavenworth. Dr and Mrs. Tyler were divorced in 1913. Death due to chronic myocarditis and interstitial nephritis. Buried in Forest Lawn Cemetery, Norfolk. Survived by one son, daughter, and seven grandchildren.

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Charles Henry Willcox, B.A. 1876. Born May 11,1855, in Fitchburg, Mass. Died March 30,1932, in Windsor, Conn. Father, Rev. Giles Buckingham Willcox (B.A. 1848; Andover Theological Seminary 1851; D.D. Drury 1877 and New York University 1881); son of Oliver and Sally (Stanton) Willcox, of New York City Mother, Mary Jane (Cooley) Willcox; daughter of Charles Ingraham and Lucy Beckwith (Ely) Cooley, of Norwich, Conn. Yale relatives include* Rev. Henry E. Cooley, '63 (uncle), Alfred B. Willcox, '8a S (brother); Rev. Edward W. Willcox, '21 (nephew); and David Willcox, '72 (first cousin). Hasbrouck Institute, Jersey City, N. J. Hurlbut Scholar Sophomore year, high oration appointment Junior year and second prize at Junior Exhibition; oration appointment Senior year; an editor of Tale Courant Senior year; Class Supper historian Sophomore year, member Kappa Sigma Epsilon and Phi Beta Kappa. Principal of Staples Academy, Easton, Conn., 1876-78; studied in Yale Divinity School 1878-1882 (B D. 1881; Hooker Fellow 188182), studied at University of Leipzig 1882-83 and spent next year in travel, ordained to Congregational ministry November 6, 1884, at Lowell, Mass, where pastor of Pawtucket Congregational Church until 1892, Greek master and assistant minister at Lawrenceville School (N J.) and master of Dickinson House from 1892 until retirement 1921; had since made his home in Windsor; member of executive and finance committees of board of Windsor Public Library since 1923; president of Windsor Historical Society 1928-1930, member Mayflower Society and First Church of Windsor (Congregational). Married August 1, 1882, in Springfield, Mass., Mary Chaffee Dudley, a graduate of Mount Holyoke Seminary (now College) in 1878, daughter of Rev. Martin Dudley (B.A. 1839; Yale Divinity School 1843) and Sarah (Rowland) Dudley, a great-granddaughter of Rev David S Rowland (B.A. 1743), and sister of Edward M. Dudley, *77, and Charles R. Dudley, '77 L. One son, Dudley, '08. Death due to myocarditis Cremation took place and ashes were buried in Pahsado Cemetery, Windsor. Survived by wife, son, and three sisters, Gertrude M. Weakley (B S. Wellesley 1888), the wife of William R Weakley (Ph.B. Central College, Mo , 1893), of Hardin, M o , and Mrs Lucy B. E Wallace (B.L.S. University of Illinois 1900), and Harriet B Gunn (B.A Wellesley 1903), the wife of Alexander Hunter Gunn (B S University of Illinois 1907), both of Evanston, 111

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Allen Everett Beeman, B.A. 1877. Born August 4,1855, in Litchfield, Conn. Died April 17,1932, in Bridgeport, Conn. Father, Frederick Dan Beeman (B.A. 1842); son of Daniel and Abigail (Everett) Beeman, of Warren, Conn. Mother, Maria Hall (Brisbane) Beeman; daughter of John Wilson and Mary Susannah (Gillon) Brisbane, of Charleston, S. C Stratford (Conn ) Academy. Member Delta Kappa. Studied theology at Oriel College, Oxford University, 1877-78; graduated from Berkeley Divinity School 1880; ordained as deacon in the Protestant Episcopal Church June 2, 1880, and priest 1881; honorary M.A. Trinity 1881; rector Christ Church, Unionville, Conn., 1880-85 and Christ Church, West Haven, Conn., 1885-86; assistant rector Christ Church, Hartford, Conn., 1887-88; rector Christ Church, Gardiner, Maine, 1889-1893; supplied at Grace Church, Charleston, S. C , and elsewhere 1893-95 and rector of Grace Church 1895; missionary at Port Henry, N. Y., 1896; rector St. Paul's Church, Fairfield, Conn., from 1897 until retirement 1926, when made rector emeritus; archdeacon of Fairfield County 1907-1924; secretary of Farmington (Conn.) School Committee 1880-85, of Fairfield School Committee 1898-1925, and of Fairfield Historical Society since 1903; vice-president of Audubon Society of Connecticut since its incorporation 1918 (chairman of its executive committee); trustee of Birdcraft Sanctuary, Fairfield, since 1918; member St. Paul's Church. Married June 11, 1885, in Farmington, Sarah Cowles, daughter of Charles Carrington (M.D. Columbia i860) and Elizabeth (Whiting) Carrington. One son, Charles Carrington, '09. Death due to diabetes melhtus, with contributory causes. Buried in Farmington Cemetery. Survived by wife, son, and two grandchildren.

Elbridge Clinton Cooke, B.A. 1877. Born October 31, 1854, in Tiskilwa, 111 Died November 4,1931, in Minneapolis, Minn.

^Father, Joseph Clark Cooke, a retired sea captain; son of William and Betsey (Burgess) Cooke, of Gloucester, R. I. Mother, Amy (Wade) Cooke; daughter of Rev. Charles Wade, a Baptist minister, and Sally (Pray) Wade, of Rhode Island. Norwich (Conn.) Free Academy. First colloquy appointment Junior year; second dispute appointment Senior year; member Class

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Crew three years (captain Junior and Senior years) and University Crew Junior and Senior years, Kappa Sigma Epsilon, Delta Beta Xi (Alpha Sigma Phi), Delta Kappa Epsilon, and Skull and Bones. Taught at Norwich Free Academy and studied law in office of George C Ripley, '62, Norwich, 1877-79; admitted to Connecticut Bar 1879 and practiced law in Norwich as partner in firm of Ripley & Cooke until 1883; city attorney of Norwich 18S1-83; founder of Northern Pacific Bank in Mandan, N. Dak., 1883 and president 1883-86, member of firm of Meech & Cooke, bankers, Mandan, 1883-86, also practiced law in Bismarck, N. Dak., 1884-86 as partner in firm of Flannery & Cooke; practiced law in Minneapolis 18861915, as member of firm of Morrison & Cooke until 1887, Morrison, Flannery & Cooke 1887-1890, and Flannery & Ccoke 1890-1915; associated with Minneapolis Trust Company (now First Minneapolis Trust Company) from 1895 un *il death; director from 1895, vicepresident 1896-1903, president 1903-1920, and chairman of the board 1920-29; also served as trust officer 1910-18; president of Real Estate Title Company of Minneapolis 1907-1929; treasurer of North American Telegraph Company 1889-1919; director of Northwestern National Bank 1897-1912 and First and Security National Bank (now First National Bank) of Minneapolis since 1912; member St. Mark's Episcopal Church, Minneapolis. Married October 9, 1883, in Norwich, Isabella Boies, daughter of Sidney and Isabella (Boies) Turner. No children. Death due to coronary sclerosis and occlusion. Buried in Lakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis. Survived by wife. By the terms of his will a trust fund was left to Yale University to establish the Elbridge C. Cooke and Mrs. Elbridge C. Cooke Scholarship in Yale College, as a memonal for his namesake, Elbndge Clinton Day, of the Class of 1923

Gustavus Eliot, B.A. 1877. Born March 22, 1857, in North Haven, Conn Died March 1, 1932, in North Haven, Conn

Father, Whitney Elliott; member of Connecticut State Senate, school visitor, selectman, town agent, and justice of the peace; son of Wyllys and Lucy (Camp) Elliott, of North Guilford, Conn. Mother, Emma Elvira (Benton) Elliott; daughter of Joseph William and Esther (Harrison) Benton, of Guilford. Yale relatives include: Dr. Harvey Elliott (B A 1805) (great-uncle); Dr. Ellsworth Eliot, '49 (uncle), and Dr. Ellsworth Eliot, Jr. '84 (first cousin). Hopkins Grammar School. Second Berkeley Premium in Latin composition Sophomore year; second dispute appointment Junior

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and Senior years; member Delta Beta Xi (Alpha Sigma Phi) and Delta Kappa Epsilon. Studied in Yale School of Medicine 1877-78; M.D. Columbia 1880; resident physician and surgeon at Blackwell's Island Hospital, New York, 1880-81; traveled in the West 1881-82; had since practiced medicine in New Haven; attending physician to New Haven Dispensary 1882-87; physician to New Haven Jail 1887-1901 and to Home for Neglected Children and Leila Day Nursery; medical examiner for towns of North and East Haven; charter member of Connecticut Society of Mental Hygiene 1908 and director until 1922; an 6rganizer (in 1925) of Connecticut College of Pharmacy, of which dean and professor of physiology and materia medica 1925-28; had since been dean emeritus and vice-president of board of trustees; during the war assisted two draft boards and afterwards examined and treated disabled and discharged soldiers, at first with the U. S. Public Health Service and later with U. S. Veterans Bureau until July 1, 1923; contributed to American Journal of Medical Sciences, Journal of American Medical Association, New York Medical Journal, Buffalo Medical and Surgical Journal, 'Transactions of Ninth Interna-

tional Medical Congress, and Proceedings of Connecticut Medical Society; associate editor of New England Medical Monthly 18871894; member New Haven Medical Association (chairman of library committee and librarian several years), New Haven County Medical Society, Connecticut Medical Society (represented it in house of delegates of American Medical Association in 1904), New Haven Colony Historical Society, charter member Graduates Club 1894, and belonged to Trinity Church (Episcopal), New Haven. Married (1) April 21, 1887, in New Haven, Mary Ann, daughter of Samuel and Mary Ann (Potter) Forbes. Children: Ruth Forbes (B.A. Smith 1908; BX S. New York State Library School 1911; MA. Columbia 1927); Margaret (graduate, School of Nursing of Presbyterian Hospital, New York, 1921); Mary Forbes (died in infancy); and Esther Harrison (B.A. Smith 1915; Yale Graduate School 1916-18), the wife of William A. Forbes, '18. Mrs. Eliot died November 30, 1896. Married (2) July 29, 1905, in North Haven, Clara Frances Selleck Bailey, daughter of James Keeler and Samantha Brockway (Bontecou) Selleck No children by second marriage. Death due to coronary occlusion and bronchopneumonia. Buried in Greenlawn Cemetery, East Haven. Survived by wife, three daughters, a granddaughter, a stepdaughter, Florence Bailey Swigget t, the wife of Howard Swiggett, '14, two step-grandchildren, a sister, Miss Mary W. Eliot, of North Haven, and a brother, Henry W. Eliot (M D University of Vermont 1898), of Manchester, Vt

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George Thomson Elliot, B.A. 1877. Born December 20,1855, in New Orleans, La. Died September 14,1931, in Otisfield, Maine.

Father, Andrew Foster Elliot, a cotton broker; son of George Thomson and Rebecca Giraud (Foster) Elliot, of New York City. Mother, Marie Antoinette Odile (deBuys) Elliot; daughter of Pierre and Clemence (deViel) deBuys, of New Orleans and Biloxi, Miss. St John's School, Ossining, N. Y. Chairman of Senior Promenade Committee, member Delta Kappa, Delta Beta Xi (Alpha Sigma Phi), and Delta Kappa Epsilon. Studied medicine at University of Louisiana (now Tulane University) 1877-1881 (M D 1881); interne at Charity Hospital, New Orleans, 1879-1881; took graduate work in medicine in Vienna 1881-84, specializing in dermatology; practiced medicine in New York City from 1884 until retirement 1921; attending physician at Demilt Dispensary 1886-1896; pathologist and assistant visiting physician at New York Skin and Cancer Hospital 1884-1904 and consulting dermatologist 1884—1902; dermatologist to New York Infant Asylum; at time of death consulting dermatologist to St. Luke's, Columbus, and New York Lying-in hospitals and New York Eye and Ear Infirmary; professor of dermatology at New York Post-Graduate Medical School 1896-98 and at Cornell University Medical College 1898-1920 and then professor emeritus; corresponding member Soctete Frangatse de Dermatologie et de Sypbilologte; member New York State and New York County Medical societies, American Academy of Medicine, Medical and Surgical Society, New York Clinical Society, American Medical Association, Dermatological and Pathological societies, Society of Dermatological and Genito-Unnary Surgery, American Dermatological Association, Physicians' Mutual Aid Association, and American Association for the Advancement of Science; American secretary of International Congress of Dermatologists 1890. Episcopalian. Married November 8, 1892, in Bath, Maine, Eva Brown Maria Bnggs, daughter of Willard Otis and Averick Angeline (Jones) Brown. No children. Death due to acute dilatation of the heart, following chronic myocarditis. Buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, New York. Survived by wife and a sister, Mrs. Mane R. O Lawrance, of Rochester, N. Y

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John Herbert Johnston, B.A. 1877. Born February I2y 1855, in New York City. Died December 7,1931, in New York City.

Father, John Taylor Johnston (B.A. New York University 1839, LL.D. 1889; Yale School of Law 1839-1841); president Central Railroad Company of New Jersey; first president Metropolitan Museum of Art; son of John and Margaret (Taylor) Johnston, of Scotland and New York City. Mother, Frances (Colles) Johnston; daughter of James and Harriet (Wetmore) Colles, of New Orleans, La., Mornstown, N. J., and New York City. Yale relatives include: Colles Johnston, '76 (brother); and Johnston deForest, '96, Henry L. deForest, '97, Colles J. Coe, '15, Henry E Coe, J r , '17, J T. Johnston Mali, '15, and Henry J Mali, *2i (nephews) William Morris School, Mohegan Lake, N. Y., and Hopkins Grammar School. Member Kappa Sigma Epsilon, Phi Theta Psi, Psi Upsilon, and Scroll and Key. Connected with Dolphin Jute Mills, Paterson, N. J , as director 1876-1905 and 1908-1931, secretary 1877-1888 and in 1891, treasurer 1877-1893, vice-president 1889-1893 and again 1909-1918, and president 1893-1905; vice-president Central New Jersey Land Improvement Company; secretary Agatine Shoe, Hook, and Eyelet Company 1894-1925' (director from organization of company until his death); director of Niagara Fire Insurance Company since 1886, retired from active business some years before his death and subsequently traveled extensively; owner of country estate on Lloyd Harbour, Huntington, Long Island; member Presbyterian Church. Married May 23, 1892, in New York City, Celestine, daughter of Auguste and Emihe (Raberg) Noel. One daughter, Emilie Noel, the wife of William H. Appleton (B.A Harvard 1906). Death due to heart disease. Buried in Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn. Survived by wife, daughter, four grandchildren, and two sisters, Emilie Johnston deForest, the widow of Robert W. deForest, '70, and Eva Johnston Coe, the wife of Henry E Coe, '78

Charles Sumner Miller, B.A. 1877. Born June 2,1856, in Hornellsville, N. Y Died April 30* 1932, in Brooklyn, N Y

Father, Josiah Conger Miller; in real estate and fire insurance business; son of Abraham Miller, of Elizabeth, N. J. Mother, Emeline (Gibbs) Miller.

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Rochester (N. Y.) Free Academy. Second Berkeley Premium in Latin composition Freshman year; second colloquy appointment Senior year, member '77 Debating Society, Delta Kappa, and Psi Upsilon LL B Columbia 1879; admitted to New York Bar in May, 1879; clerk and office assistant in law offices of Hall, Brown & Westcott in New York City 1879-1882; had since practiced law in New York; associated in practice with Daniel D. Sherman and Gerritt Smith, both *77, 1909-1921; former vice-president of Patria Club of New York; member First Congregational Church, Chappaqua, N. Y.; secretary of Class of 1877 since 1912. Marned June 14, 1916, in New York City, Emilie Thorp Barnes Turner, daughter of Alfred Smith and Harriet (Burr) Barnes, and sister of Henry B Barnes, '66, and William D. Barnes, '80 No children Mrs Miller died December 15, 1925. Death due to carditis Cremation took place, ashes buried in Mount Hope Cemetery, Rochester. Survived by a stepson, Harold M. Turner, '05, and a stepgrandson, John S. Turner, '30 His stepson, Spencer Turner, '06, died in 1928

John Proctor Clarke, B.A. 1878. Born April 23, 1856, in Florence, Italy. Died January 12, 1932, in New York City

Father, Isaac Edwards Clarke, '$$; son of Isaac and Harriet (Amsden) Clarke, of Northampton, Mass. Mother, Mary Louise (Proctor) Clarke; daughter of Rev. David Choate Proctor (B.A. Dartmouth 1818; graduate Andover Theological Seminary 1821) and Frances Watkins (Nantz) Proctor, of Frankfort, Ky. Yale relatives include. David C. and John Proctor, both '54 (uncles); and Henry G. Hayes, 2^i '27 (nephew). Hopkins Grammar School and a tutor, Josiah Clark (B A 1833), in Northampton Third prize in English composition Sophomore year, Townsend Premium Senior year; on Class Crew four years (captain Junior and Senior years); substitute on University Crew; member Class Cup Committee, Linonia, Delta Kappa, Phi Theta Psi, and Delta Kappa Epsilon, graduate member Wolf's Head. Studied law in office of T. G. Spaulding, Northampton, 1878-1880; admitted to Massachusetts Bar October 27, 1880; assistant United States district attorney for Southern District of New York 1881-86; member of law firm of Hascall, Clarke & Vanderpoel, New York, 1886-1895, assistant corporation counsel of New York City 1895-97; practiced law independently in New York 1897-1900; deputy

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attorney general of New York 1900; in December, 1900, appointed by Governor Roosevelt to fill vacancy on bench of New York Supreme Court; elected for full term 1901 and reflected 1916; assigned to Appellate Division of Supreme Court 1905 and served as justice in that division until retirement for age limit 1926 (presiding justice from 1916); practiced law in New York as member of firm of Clarke & Kresel 1927-1930; appointed official referee for life of Appellate Division of Supreme Court of New York January 1, 1930; LL.D. 1917; president of 21st Assembly Republican District 1892 and of West Side Republican Club 1899-1901; vice-president of Republican Club of City of New York 1896 (chairman of executive committee 1895); delegate to many Republican conventions; vicepresident of Union League Club of New York 1905-07 and 1927-29 (chairman executive committee 1904; on admissions committee 1899-1901 and chairman 1901); vice-commodore of Larchmont Yacht Club 1908, 1911, and 1915-19; member American and New York State Bar associations, New York County Lawyers Association, and Association of the Bar of the City of New York (vicepresident 1928-1930); member committee of the University of New York Yale Club 1927-28 and advisory committee of Class of 1878 since 1928. Married (1) June 25, 1884, in Shrewsbury, N. J., Sarah Maria, daughter of Benjamin C. and Mary W. (Allen) Parker. Two sons* John Proctor (died in infancy); and Robert Parker, *I2. Mrs. Clarke died in May, 1924. Married (2) July 8, 1924, in Larchmont, N. Y., Ida Hatch Cambell, daughter of Joshua and Alison (Thompson) Hatch. Death due to pneumonia. Buried in Old Burying Ground, Northampton. Survived by wife, son, two grandchildren, and a sister, Mrs. Henry Hayes, of San Francisco.

Frederick Benjamin Lathrop, B.A. 1878. Born May 12,1854, in Springfield, Mass. Died June 11,1932, at Long Beach, Calif. Father, Benjamin Lathrop, a lawyer in Stafford, Conn ; son of Roland and Hannah (Craft) Lathrop, of Tolland, Conn. Mother, Mary Jane (Ladd) Lathrop; daughter of Ariel and Mary (Winchell) Ladd, of Tolland. Wilbraham (Mass.) Academy and Greenwich (R. L) Academy. Second colloquy appointment Junior year; member Linonia, Kappa Sigma Epsilon, and He Boul6. Taught 1878-1881, and was principal of North Manchester

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(Conn ) High School 1880-81; during that period read law in the office of Benezet H. Bill '54 L , in Rockville, Conn.; admitted to Connecticut and Tolland County bars 1881; admitted to Minnesota Bar in August, 1882, and practiced law in Minneapolis until about 1907; then went to San Francisco and made that city his headquarters for ten years, while engaged in mining operations in various parts of California, since 1921 had resided at Long Beach. Married March 31, 1886, in Holyoke, Mass., Lodicea, daughter of John and Mary Lathrop (Little) Mernck. No children. Death due to diabetes melhtus. Interment in Sunnyside Mausoleum, Long Beach. Survived by wife and a sister, Miss Mary E. Lathrop, of Long Beach.

Edmund Roderick Terry, B.A. 1878. Born June 11, 1856, in Brooklyn, N Y Died April 5, 1932, in Brooklyn, N. Y.

Father, Edmund Terry (B.A. 1837); son of Roderick and Harriet (Taylor) Terry, of Hartford, Conn Mother, Anne (Prentice) Terry; daughter of John Hill and Sarah Nichols (Davis) Prentice, of Brooklyn Yale relatives include Rev. John Taylor (B.A 1784) (greatgrandfather), Henry W. Taylor (B.A 1816) (great-uncle); Roderick Terry, ex-1%4.0 (uncle); Henry T. Terry, '69, Rev. Roderick Terry, D D , '70, John T. Terry, '79, Charles P. Kellogg, ex-fgjy Prentice Strong, '01, and Theron R. Strong, '03 (first cousins); and Wyllys Terry, J r , '31 (nephew) College Grammar School, Brooklyn (principal, Rev. Levi W. Hart, '46) Entered Yale with Class of 1877; joined Class of 1878 in spring of 1876; took part in Sophomore play at Thanksgiving Jubilee 1874 and in Junior play 1877; secretary of Yale Athletic Association Senior year, member Linonia, Delta Kappa, Delta Beta Xi (Alpha Sigma Phi), and Delta Kappa Epsilon Studied law at Dwight Law School (later merged with Columbia Law School), New York, 1878-79; admitted to New York Bar 1880 and practiced law in New York until his death; associated in practice with his father until 1890 and later with his brother, Eliphalet B. Terry, '88, for a time; member First Ward Democratic Association 1880 and later chairman of committee on organization of General Democratic Committee of Kings County; member New York Assembly 1908 and 1910; author. Votes for Women—Why* (1917) and The Universal Language and Other Poems (1932); wrote a play, "The

Matchmaker,'* which was produced at Criterion Theatre, Brooklyn, 1888, contributor to Century, Scrtbnerys> The Independent,

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Nicholas, and Ttdhts (London); deacon of Spencer Memorial Presbyterian Church, Brooklyn, since 1902 Unmarried. Death due to indigestion followed by heart failure. Buried in Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn. Survived by a sister, Miss Marion J. Terry, of Brooklyn, and four brothers, John P. Terry, '84 S., Wyllys Terry, '85, George D. Terry, '92, and James T. Terry, of New York City. His brother, Rev. Eliphalet B Terry, died in 1922

George Lester Lewis, B.A. 1879. Born May 31, 1857, in Buffalo, N Y. Died April 26, 1932, in Manhasset, N. Y

Father, Loran Ludowick Lewis; member of law firm of Lewis & Gurney, Buffalo; a justice of New York Supreme Court; New York state senator; son of John Case and Delecta (Barber) Lewis, of East Aurora, N. Y. Mother, Charlotte Eliza (Pierson) Lewis; daughter of Gordon and Nancy (Ford) Pierson, of East Aurora, N. Y. Yale relatives include two nephews, Austin Roe Preston, *i8, and Julian L. Kahle, '19. Briggs Preparatory School, Buffalo Second dispute appointment Junior year; second colloquy appointment Senior year, member College Choir, Glee Club, Junior Promenade Committee, Linoma, Delta Kappa, Adelphoi, and Delta Kappa Epsilon. Studied law in his father's office in Buffalo 1879-1881 and admitted to New York Bar; practiced law in Buffalo 1881-1908; in partnership with his father in firm of Lewis, Moot & Lewis 1882; member of firm of Lewis & Moot 1883-89, of Lewis, Moot & Lewis (in which his brother, Loran L. Lewis, J r , Williams '87, was also a member) 18891894, and of Lewis & Lewis 1894-1908; practiced law in New York City from 1908 until retirement about 1927; trustee of Buffalo Trust Company; president of Buffalo & Wilhamsville and Buffalo, Batavia & Rochester Electric Railway companies for a number of years; made an elder in Westminster Presbyterian Church, Buffalo, 1894 and trustee 1898; later member Brick Presbyterian Church, New York City. Married May 31, 1883, in Buffalo, Nellie Augusta, daughter of Joseph Buffum and Phebe Eliza (Webster) Sweet. Children* Lester Sweet, '07; Marjory (B A. Smith 1908), the wife of Emerson Comings, Oxford University; Jessica, Smith ex-io, the wife of George F. Coope (E. M. Columbia 1916); and Clement Buffum, '18 and '27 Art Death due to heart failure. Cremation took place at U. S Crematory, Fresh Pond, Long Island. Survived by wife, two daughters, two sons,

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nine grandchildren, and two sisters, Elizabeth L. Preston, the widow of Austin R. Preston, '83, of East Aurora, N. Y., and Mrs. Francis N. Kahle, Wellesley ex-%2y of Buffalo

John [Orlando] Perrin, B.A. 1879. Born January 17, 1857, in Rossville, Ind Died December 27,1931, in Washington, D. C.

Father, James Joel Bott Pernn; founder and president of Perrm National Bank of Lafayette, Ind.; son of Solomon Perrin, Jr., and Sarah Neal (Bott) Pernn, of Salem, Va. Mother, Margaret Neil (Cason) Pernn; daughter of Judge Samuel Cason and Margaret (Burckhalter) Cason, of Thorntown, Ind. Yale relatives include: Bernadotte Perrin, '69 (brother-in-law); Lee J. Perrin, '06, and Lester W. Perrin, '08 (nephews). Lafayette (Ind ) High School. Attended Wabash College one year (1874-75) as member of Class of 1878. Second dispute appointment Junior year; second colloquy appointment Senior year; member Freshman Class Supper Committee, Sophomore German Committee, Junior Promenade Committee (floor manager), Kappa Sigma Epsilon, He Boule, Delta Kappa Epsilon, and Skull and Bones. Senior partner in firm of Perrin Brothers (wholesale hardware), Lafayette (in which his brother, William H. Pen-in, ex-yg, was his partner), 1879-1889, studied banking methods in Europe 1889—1890; vice-president of Pernn National Bank of Lafayette 1890-99; in 1900 organized Amencan National Bank of Indianapolis, of which he was president until its merger with Fletcher National'Bank 1910; chairman of board of Fletcher-Amencan National Bank, Indianapolis, 1910-12, in 1906 chosen member of Currency Commission of American Bankers* Association, whose work led to enactment of Federal Reserve Act in 1913 (prior to its enactment, spent six weeks in Washington at request of Republican senators for consultation and as banking advisor), moved to California 1912; upon establishment of Federal Reserve System in 1914, appointed chairman of the board and agent of Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, which he helped to organize, and served as such until his resignation in 1926; represented Yale Alumni Association of Indiana on Alumni Board from its organization in 1906 until 1912 (member of executive committee); vice-president of Yale Alumni Association of Northern California in 1917, had published reports on vanous California industries and a pamphlet entitled Trade Fluctuations and Panics (published by National Citizens' League); Presbyterian. Marned October 3,1883, m Indianapolis, Ellenor Cathcart Bates,

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Northwestern Christian University (now Butler University) £v daughter of Major Hervey Bates, Wabash ex-$5, and Charlotte (Cathcart) Bates. Children: Hervey Bates (B.A. 1907), and John Bates (B.A. 1909) (died in 1913). Death due to myocarditis and acute cardiac dilatation. Buried in Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis. Survived by wife, one son, a grandson (John Bates Perrin), and his brother, William H. Pernn. Another brother, James H. Perrin, '95, died in 1898.

Wilmore Anway, B.A. 1880. Born April 26, 1854, in Newark, N. J. Died December 1,1931, in Scarsdale, N. Y.

Father, Warren Horton Anway, of Florida, N. Y. Mother, Sarah (Sanford) Anway; daughter of Joseph and Ann (Rydner) San ford, of New Jersey. Prepared for college in part by himself and partly under Samuel S. Hartwell, '59, in Unionville, N. Y. Taught at Lewisburg, N. Y , one year before entering Yale. Second colloquy appointment Junior year; member Gamma Nu and Psi Upsilon. Taught Greek and Latin in a private school in New York City 1880-81; studied law at Columbia 1881-83 (LL.B. 1883); managing clerk in office of Jordan & Hodges, New York City, 1883-84; had since practiced law independently in New York; president and counsel of Citizens* Savings & Loan Association of New York 1892-1924, Presbyterian. Married November 17, 1883, in New York City, Clara, daughter of Calvin Huson (B.A. Hobart 1845) a n ^ Catherine (Miller) Huson Children: Catherine (died in infancy); Raymond (died in infancy); Stewart (Mrs. Henry A. Maurer, Jr.); Clare; Wilmore, Jr. (died in childhood); and Warren (died in infancy). Death due to a cerebral hemorrhage. Buried in Warwick Cemetery, Warwick, N Y, Survived by wife and two daughters.

William Cooper Asay, B.A. 1880. Born June 28,1857, in Chicago, 111. Died June 23,1932, in Chicago, 111.

As it has been impossible to secure the desired information for publication in this volume, a biographical statement will appear in a subsequent issue of the OBITUARY RECORD.

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Willis Benner, B.A. 1880. Born August 6,1858, in Astoria, N Y Died May 5, 1932, in Bronxville, N. Y Father, Robert Benner (B A. 1842); son of Jacob and Margaret (Feroe) Benner, of Red Hook, N. Y. Mother, Mary VanAntwerp (Shaw) Benner, daughter of William and Elizabeth (VanAntwerp) Shaw, of New York City. Yale relatives include three nephews Winthrop M Crane, Jr., '04, Edward W. Benner, '10 S , and Charles Van A Benner, ex~\d S. Hopkins Grammar School Member Delta Kappa and Delta Kappa Epsilon. LL B. Columbia 1882; practiced law in New York City from 1882 until 1902; with exception of three years (1883-86), when engaged in mercantile business in Minneapolis, Minn., with the firm of Benner Brothers; practiced in his father's office 1882-83, associated with Holt & Butler 1886-87, and in partnership with his brother, Charles Benner, *y6, under firm name of Benner & Benner 1888-1902; engaged in real estate business in New York from 1902 until retirement in October, 1930, member New York Bar; attended Christ Church (Episcopal), Bronxville, N. Y. Married (1) October 16, 1885, in St. Paul, Minn., Caroline Charlotte, daughter of Robert and Caroline (Lee) McElroy, of New York City. Children: Roger, and Hildreth, 'io. Mrs Benner died August 27, 1889. Married (2) June 30, 1902, in New York City, Edith, daughter of Franklin and Fannie Cameron (Wood) Edson, Children: Dorothy, Marjorie, and Robert VanAntwerp. Death due to coronary thrombosis and arteriosclerosis. Buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, New York Survived by wife, three sons, two daughters, two grandchildren, and a brother, Franklin Benner, Special S. His brother, Charles Benner, died in 1918

Norris Galpin Osborn, B.A. 1880. Born April 17,1858, m New Haven, Conn Died May 6, 1932, in New Haven, Conn Father, Minott Augur Osborn; owner, manager, and editor of New Haven Evening Register; collector of the Port of New Haven; railway commissioner and member of board of road commissioners of New Haven; director and treasurer of New Haven Water Company, Major, 2d Regiment, Connecticut National Guard (member New Haven Grays); son of Eh and Elizabeth (Augur) Osborn, of

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New Haven. Mother, Catherine Sophia (Gilbert) Osborn; daughter of Ezekiel and Sarah (Hurd) Gilbert of Seymour, Conn. Yale relatives include: Hezeki ah Augur (honorary M.A. 1833) (great-uncle); Thomas Stoddard (M.D. 1836) (uncle); George W. Osborn and Sam-, uel A. York, both *6^t William Parsons, '68, and Clarence H. Stilson, *75 S. (brothers-in-law); Samuel A. York, '90, Clarence H. Stilson, '97 S., and Palmer York, '05 (nephews); Holcomb York, '17, Minott L. Osborn, yi% F., Samuel A. York, Jr., '24, and Minott A 0 . Stilson, Jr., '31 S. (grandnephews); and Rev. Robert G. Osborn, '77, Frederick A. Osborn, '86 L., Julius G. Day, '87 S., Selden Y. Osborn, *88 S., and Harry G. Day, '90 S. (first cousins) Hopkins Grammar School. Entered Yale with Class of 1879; joined Class of 1880 in 1876; on Class Crew three years; an editor of Tale Record Junior and Senior years; one of three editors of Tale Index in 1879; chairman of Junior Promenade; a Class historian; member College Glee Club (president Senior year), Thanksgiving Jubilee Committee, Delta Kappa, He Boul6, Delta Kappa Epsilon, and Scroll and Key. Had been engaged in newspaper work since graduation; with New Haven Evening Register 1880-1907, as a reporter 1880-84 and then as editor-in-chief and general manager; editor-in-chief of New Havjsn Journal-Courier since 1907; special contributor to Sunday edition of New Tork Herald under pen name "Trumbull" for about twenty-five years; editor of Men of Mark in Connecticut (1906-1910) and History of Connecticut in Monograph Form (1925); author: A Glance Backward (1905), Monartys of Tale (1912), and Isaac H Bromley (1920); contributor to Independent and Tale Alumni Weekly; Bromley lecturer on journalism at Yale 1919-1920, honorary M.A. Yale 1886; member of board of directors of Connecticut State Prison since 1895 anc ^ president of the board since 1912 (chairman of Board of Parole since 1917); active in Connecticut Civil Service Reform Association and its successor, Connecticut Civic Association, as member of executive committee for many years; vice-president of Connecticut Sound Money League 1896; vicechairman of Connecticut division of Association against the Eighteenth Amendment 1931; delegate to Connecticut Constitutional Convention and to Democratic National Convention 1892; aide-decamp, with rank of Colonel, on staff of Governor Thomas M. Waller of Connecticut 1883-85; during World War, member of Home Guard, recruiting officer for io2d Infantry, 26th Division, chairman of New Haven Fuel Conservation Commission, an alien property custodian, Four-Minute Man, and member of county auxiliary committee of State Council of Defense; Connecticut committee of American Historical Research Fund, Sons of the American Revolution, and

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Founders and Patriots of America; elected honorary member Association of the Army of the United States 1925; president of Graduates Club of New Haven 1926-28; and of Associated New England Yale Clubs 1921-22; secretary of Class of 1880 from 1910 until June, 1930, and secretary-emeritus since then; vestryman of St. John's Episcopal Church 1896-1903. Married December 27, 1881, in New York City, Kate Louise, daughter of Rev. Charles Huntington Gardner (B.A. Williams 1847 and MA. 1851; P h D . Hamilton 1863) and Laura (Chamberlain) Gardner Children: Innis Gardner, ex-'04 L.; Minott Augur, '07; Dorothy, the wife of Ernest M. Bristol, '07; Gardner, '15; and Katharine, the wife of Chandler Bennitt, '15, '17 L. Mrs. Osborn died March 3,1932. Death due to arteriosclerosis and gangrene of leg. Cremation took place and ashes were buried in Grove Street Cemetery, New Haven Survived by three sons, two daughters, eleven grandchildren, one great-grandchild, and a sister, Mrs Frank Elwood Brown, of New Haven

Eugene Winston Walker, B.A. 1880. Born August 1, 1857, in Richmond, Ky. ^ Died March 10,1932, in Atlantic City, N. J. Father, Owen Winston Walker; president of a private bank, owner of Walker Dry Goods Store, Richmond; son of William and Jane (Bates) Walker, of Richmond. Mother, Carlisle Dorothea (Stone) Walker; daughter of James Stone, of Albemarle County, Va. Nephew. Leonard C. Hanna, Jr., ex-13. Public schools in Richmond; attended Central University, Richmond, 1874-76. President of Football Association Senior year; member Gamma Nu, He Boule, and Psi Upsilon. LL.B. 1882; clerk in law office of Robert W. deForest, '70, New York City, 1882-83, practiced law in Richmond 1883-84 and in Louisville, Ky , 1884-87, as a partner in firm of Chenault & Walker; traveled abroad 1887-88; practiced law in New York with James R. Ely, '82, under firm name of Ely & Walker from 1888 until 1895, when he gave up practice on account of ill health; had since made his home in Richmond, director of State Bank & Trust Company of Richmond 1912-15 Married October 29,1901, in Louisville, Texie, daughter of William Orville and Texie (Macpherson) Woodson. No children. Death due to a cerebral hemorrhage. Buried in Richmond Cemetery. Survived by wife, a brother, J. Stone Walker, of Louisville, and a sister, Mrs. Leonard C. Hanna, of Cleveland, Ohio.

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Ten Eyck Wendell, B.A. 1880. Born November 7,1857, in Cazenovia, N. Y. Died February 3, 1932, in New York City. Father, Benjamin Rush Wendell, a lawyer in Cazenovia; son of Dr. Peter Wendell and Elizabeth (VanKleeck) Wendell, of Albany, N. Y. Mother, Margaret Ten Eyck (Burr) Wendell; daughter of William Morchlar and Catherine (Ten Eyck) Burr, of Ca2enovia. Cazenovia Seminary. Second colloquy appointment Junior and Senior years; member Class Supper Committee Senior year, Kappa Sigma Epsilon, and Psi Upsilon. LL.B. Columbia 1882; admitted to New York Bar 1882 and practiced law in New York with his brother, B. Rush Wendell, '78, under name of Wendell & Wendell until 1891; subsequently occupied with law and insurance matters, although with no regular office; lived in Washington, D. C , 1905-1917; president of Yale Club of Washington 191