Norwich bulletin., 1913-10-16
WAS ONE OF TWO
 OLDEST VALE GRADUATES.
Death Of Rev. George A. Bryan, Last
 to Survive of the Class of 1843.

Retired from the active ministry for the last twenty years and during that time a resident of this city, Rev. George Andrew Bryan passed away on Wednesday evening at II o'clock at his home No. 29 Otis street He was in his 94th year and for the past two months had been in gradually failing health, due to his age.
 He was the last surviving member of the class of 1843, Yale, and the second oldest living graduate of that college. According to the last di- rectory of Yale graduates, David F. Atwater, M. D., of Springfield, Mass, class of 1888, is now the oldest living Yale graduate. The last member of Rev. MT; Bryan's class to die before him was William Beeson of Union- town, Pa, whose death occurred on May 14, 1913.
 George Andrew Bryan was the sec end son of Andrew and RoXana (Peck) Bryan, and was born in Wa terbury on December 15, 1919. His maternal grandfather, Ward Peck, was soldier in the war of the Revo- lution ,enlisting at the age of 14, and serving to the end at Yorktown. In preparation for college MT. Bryan's studies were partly at the academy in Waterbury and partly at Bacon academy, Colchester, and also for a
 
 Henry Day, pastor in Colchester. Be- fore entering college he taught for a year, first at Rocky Hill and then 8 summer term at the Academy at Bristol. After graduating from Tale in 1S43 he took charge of select school in Stonington, resigning in the spring of 1S45 to enter the divinity school in the class of 1847.
 Accepting a call to the Congrega- tional church in Upper Middletown near Cromwell, he was ordained June 13, 1849. After eight years in this pastorate, he became pastor at West Haven on Sept. 1, 1858, and remained with this church for Il years. This was followed by a paStorate at West brook, although retaining his home in West Haven and on May l, 1876 he became acting pastor of the Congre- gati0nal church in Preston.
 The pastorates in West Haven and in Preston were two of his most irn- portant pastoral charges and in the acceptably, for eight years, going from there te the church at Mapping, a parish in the town of South Windsor where he remained two and 8 half years, For four years from November 1886 he was pastor of the church at Scotland, and then having completed his three score years and ten, he full filled his intention of retiring at that age and made his home in this city, Here he has been a member of Broad way church., fulfilling the duties and answering the calls for service as best he might until the growing iHfirRaities of age made this nc longer possible,
 He married on May 5, 1852, Mary Edward Robbins daughter of Arthur Robbins of WethersGeld and Eliza ChaPin of Rocky Hill. She died New. f. 1887. On May s, 1877, he married Elizabeth Hull Browning, of Preston, daughter of Thomas and Amy (Pren- tice) Browning. She died Aug. $, 1908. His nearest surviving relatives are nepAeWs and nieces.
 In the spring of 1869 he was elected to the legislature from the town of Orange, serving on the committee on humane institutions.
 When the New London County Yale Alumni association was formed two years ago Rev. MT. Bryan was elected an honorary member as the oldest Yale alumnus of the county. He at tended the banquet and made brief remarks as well as asking the blessing at the opening of the banquet.
 The Tale class to which he belonged contained 96 members. The late John Avery and the late Robert P. Stanton, were Norwich members of the class.