The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1866-08-18
Alumni OF vya,erville College.
m NEUROLOGY OF 1scJ-GG.

VI eV atefVHAHe OOfte&es
NEUROLOGY OF 1scJ-GG o.
PREPARED BY PROF. CHARLES E. HAMLIN.
Inc number of deaths that are known to have
SSocarrea among the Alumni of the College,
ouTlng tne last academic year, is five.
VI the class of 1928, Sullivan Sumner Rawson
l olea IN N San Francisco, CAL, June 18th, 1866,
agee oU years and months He was born in
farls Oct Sd, 1905, and was the son of Eben-
S1er Ster and Elizabeth lTaylor) Rawson. He was
neld Academy. After graduation he studied
we law with Stephen Emery (Bowd. Col, 1814)
OF Paris, and Nicholas Emery of Portland. He
seetled IN the practice of his profession at East
thro hhore Mnere ne was Collector Of Customs
through the latter half of Mr.. Van Buren's ad-
~ HHilnistratlon. He was member of the State
senate, from Washington county, for one ses-
sion. sion He removed to California about the wear
fooU, Ge, ana was for time clerk for an U. S. Law
COMMISSION oto m at the head of which was ex-sen-
Houlton in this State. I "'
e,-N WI; = hawson resumed the practice of law in
San francisco, and was a member Of the Iepis-
Iature OF California in 1S51-52. His death was
Suor0 Suuuehi ne was found deal in his sleeping
room. lie was never married. yt,r
;, OF the class. of 1884, Rev. Albert Welsted
Poole died at his fathers house in Portland
Sept. 9th, 1865, aged 81 years and months
he was the son OF James and Patience (Hun-
newelI Poole, and was born in Portland. Mar
2oth, 1873 He was prepared for college at the
I4rtland academy, under the instruction of the
went to Clinton, La, where he taught school
ABOUT TWO years, until his removal to Wood
land, land, IN the same State. By his marriage. in
1875, with Maria M. Woodward of the latter
place, ne came into possession of plantation,
upon which he subsequently lived, occupied
with the management Of this estate, and acting
churches 'o--e 4
He died of congestion of the lungs, during q
vlsIt 70 ms native place, leaving wife and
Woodland. -
Of the class of 1sa9, Rev. William Holt HIM
phrey died in Hastings, Mimi. Dec ftb 1ass
aged ~ years He was the sixth son of Ben
lamin and Mary Q. (Rice) Humphrey and was
porn IN North Yarmouth, Dec I'd, 1928. In
M may; lsao. ne united with the Baptist church
care OF Rev. Zabdiel Bradford (Wat Coli ISaT
and with the ministry in view, soon beeaI, to TX
for college at the North Yarmouth Academy
which was at that time, and. for MANY wears
under under the m 81 charge Of the well known teacher,
course, Mr.. Humphrey studied at tRee
Newton Theological Seminary through the
two academic years next preceding june.
1852; and on August 18th following. began
to preach with the Baptist church in Rich
till March 1st, 1854. At the close F of six
years OF successful labor in Richmond. he
resigned his pastorate on Aug. 1st 1853. and in
Oct. OF the same year became pastor of the
Granville St. church in Halifax, N s. Here
he labored for three and q half years with great
success, till April, 1862, when be found himself
forced by disease of the throat and lungs to
suspend pulpit labor altogether, and RESIGNED
his position contrary to the earnest remonstran-I
ces OF ms people. In June he removed to Min
nesota, where, finding his health greatly i'm
proved by change of climate, he accepted the |
superintendence Of the schools in Minneapolis
and the place of Principal of the High School. 4
On Oct LIST, 1868, he entered upon labor as pas 4
tor over the Baptist church in Hastings. taiI- i
ing health obliged him at the end of the second
year TO tender his resignation to the church,
who, however, declined to accent III and hi,
pastorate closed only with his life. W
MI. Humphrey was married, July 8th. 1852
to Emma Y. daughter of Nehemiah GetcReII of
Waterville. Hisswife and four children survive
him. TTi 8sEH. II 5G---S 'Ai 'i'o
Of the class of 1851, Rev. Albion BYRON
Clark died in Skowhegan, Sept. 9. 1863. soed
80 = .90S siie asea sea
Of John and Sarah (Hinkley) Clark, and was
was fitted for college at Pennington Acade-
my and the Wesleyan Seminary at Kents
Hill. After graduating, he was Principal of
the Academy at Shelburne Falls, Mass. from
Sept, 1852, to March, 1854, when he entered
tns a Newton Theological Seminary. He was
Bloomfield (now part of Skowhegan9 Sept. 2,
1855. In the spring of 1859 he was compell,
ed by i'll health to lay aside pastoral duties.
and IN May removed to New York, having
taken an agency of the American Baptisf
Publication Society, in which he remained
I'LL JAN i, 1868, when, accepting call to a
pastorate in Columbia, Cal, he sailed for the
Pacific coast, with the hope that more GEN
lal climate might restore his shattered cen
stitution. AT the end of three months of la
Dor in his new position, however, he was
prostrated by his disease and remained anal
most helpless invalid until his death. In
April, 1865, he was brought back to hissna-
tive State to die among his friends in Show
hogan. Mr.. Clark was a highly popular and
successful preacher. He was married, Aug.
20, 1866, to Emily NJ, daughter of Rev. John
Billings of Mt. Vernon. ~ ~
OF the class of 1854, DR.. John Butler Will
sonrdied in Dexter, March 15, 1866. aged 50
years. He was born in Portland, Feb. "a.
1884, and was the eldest child Of Rev. DIR.
Adam (Bowd; Coll. 1870 and Sally H. tRick-
Portland Academy by Master Libby, but
spent his last two school terms at Hebron
Academy, under the instruction of A.. K, z.
Small (Wad. Coll. 1849) now of Bangor AZ
ter graduating, he taught at East Corinth
and Dexter for two or three years. Studying
medicine with DR.. Boutelle OF Wateryille and
DIR. Sanger of Bangor, he attended lectures at
the Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia,
Wnere ne IOOk tne degree OF Doctor of Medi-
cine in the spring of 1852 He commenced
the practice of his profession in Exeter.
where he remained till the fall of 1861, when
he entered the service of his country as cap
tain of Co. H. 18th Reg. Me. Vols. He was
sent with his regiment to the Department of
the Gulf and was appointed Provost Marshal
at Pensacola. After about year and a half
of service in this capacity, he was appointed
surgeon of the 7th Reg. U. S. Infantry and
acted as Medical Director to all the forces in
Texas. He was next appointed Medical In
spector of the District Of Florida, and after
wards surgeon of the troops near Mobile,
which post he held until ill health forced him
to resign and return to Maine in Feb, 1865.
The next May he recommended practice at
Dexter, but very soon sunk under the vast
ing disease which he had contracted in the
army, and which after two years of suffering
terminated his life. A highly commendatory
notice of DR.. Wilson appeared soon after his
decease, in the Boston Medical and Surgical
journal. He was man of fine talents and
attainments, qualified for high rank in the
profession Of his choice; and his ardent love
for the study of nature, which he had pursu-
ed from early youth, would, had his life been
spared, have ensured for him distinction in
physical science.