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was ordained as an evangelist in October, 1813, and went to the Western Reserve in Ohio, in the service of the Connecticut Missionary Society. Here he labored nearly two years. He was then settled as pastor of the church in Hudson, Ohio, August 17, 1815, and continued in this station till September 7, 1831. He then went to Windham, Portage Co., Ohio, where he was settled as pastor, Oct. 12, 1831. After about ten years he retired to Tallmadge, Ohio, where he resided during the residue of his life.

He married a daughter of Elizur Wright, of Tallmadge, O., but left no children.

1809.

JOSIAH WILLARD GIBBS died in New Haven, Conn., March 25, 1861, aged 70.

He was son of Henry and Mercy (Prescott) Gibbs, and was born in Salem, Mass., April 30, 1790.

He was tutor in Yale College from 1811 to 1815. He also pursued a course of theological study, and was licensed to preach. He devoted himself with special zeal to the study of Hebrew, and to the literature of the Bible generally, and was one of the first in this country to make available here the fruits of German research.

In 1824 he removed from Andover, Mass., to New Haven, Conn., and from that time to his death he was connected with the Theological Institution of Yale College, first as Lecturer, and after 1826 as Professor in the department of Sacred Literature. During a part of this period he also gave instruction in Hebrew to such students in the Academical Department as desired it.

In September 1824 he was appointed Librarian of Yale College and continued in this office till he resigned it in 1843.

In September 1830, he married Miss Mary Anna Van Cleve, of Princeton, N.J. Their children were four daughters and one son. In 1853 he received the degree of LL. D. from the College of New Jersey. In biblical criticism and general linguistics he ranked among the most eminent. He contributed to the periodical publications of his time many important papers on subjects of philology and criticism. His chief separate publications are the following, viz :

* Translation of Storr's Essay on the Historical Sense of the New Testament. (Bost. 1817 12°)

* " of Gesenius's Hebrew Lexicon of the Old Testament. (Andover 1824. 12°.)

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Manual Hebrew and English Lexicon, abridged from Gesenius. (1828 and 1832. 8°.)

Philological Studies. (New Haven, 1857. 12°.)

Latin Analyst. " 1858. 12°.)

Teutonic Etymology. " 1860. 12°.)

A commemorative discourse by Professor George P. Fisher, appears in the New Englander for July, 1861, and also in a separate form. (8°. pp. 20.)

1813.

JAMES DERHAM JOHNSON died in Morristown, N. J, Aug. 3, 1861, aged 72.

He was the son of Richard and Martha (Rayner) Johnson, and was born in Hanover, Morris Co., N. J., March 30, 1788.

He was engaged in the business of instruction from the time of his graduation to near the close of life; never undertaking other employment, except that during a few years he was occupied in collecting funds for the Seamen's Home Society of Norfolk, Va.

After teaching a while in private families in New Jersey, he was in May, 1814, invited to be the Principal of the Morris Academy in his native county, which position he occupied till April 1821. In December 1821 he accepted an invitation to take charge of Oxford Academy, N. C., where he remained till 1833. In October 1833 he removed to Norfolk, Va, where he taught a select classical school with much reputation and success for sixteen years, until his health began to be impaired. After journeying a year or two, he returned to his loved profession, and in 1850 opened a select high school, which he continued till the year 1855. He then returned to his old homestead in Morristown, and in that place established a select school for ladies which he taught for about two years, when the increasing infirmities of age induced him to retire from a field of labor which he had so long and so well cultivated.

1814.

WILLIAM LUCIUS STORRS died in Hartford, Conn, June 25, 1861, aged 66.

He was the son of Lemuel and Betsey (Champion) Storrs, and was born in Middletown, Conn., March 25, 1795.

After a course of professional study, he was admitted to the bar, commenced practice in his native town, and rapidly rose to eminence. He was soon called into public service. In

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1827, 1828 and 1829, and again in 1834, he represented Mid-
dletown in the State Legislature, and in the latter year he
was Speaker of the House.

He was a Representative in Congress from this State from
1829 to 1833 and again in 1839 and 1840. In June 1840 he
was elected a Judge of the Supreme Court of Connecticut
and in 1856 was promoted to the office of Chief Justice of the
same, which he held at the time of his death. In 1846 he
was appointed one of the Professors of Law in Yale College,
having been chief instructor in the Law Department during
the year previous. This Professorship he resigned in 1847.
The duties of these various stations he discharged with eminent
uprightness and ability.

1815.

THOMAS GRAY died in Norwich, Conn., August 29, 1860,
aged 66

He was the only son of Samuel (Dartm Coll. 1771,) and
Charlotte (Elderkin) Gray, and was born in Windham, Conn.

He studied law, and to some extent, engaged in the practice,
residing most of his life in his native town. He was often
elected to offices of honor and trust, and was for several years
Clerk of the House of Representatives at Washington. At
the time of his death, he was Clerk of the Superior Court of
Connecticut for Windham County, and Judge of Probate for
the district of Windham.

WOODBIDGE STRONG died in Boston, Mass., March 31,
1861, aged 66.

He was the third son of Joseph (Y. C. 1784) and Sophia
Woodbrige) Strong, and grandson of Joseph Strong, (Y. C.
1749,) and was born in Heath, Mass, August 24, 1794.

He studied medicine under the late Dr Nathan Smith, in
the Medical Department of Yale College, and received the
degree of M. D. here in 1818. Soon afterwards he went to
Boston and there continued to reside in the practice of his pro-
fession until August 1859, when he was attacked by a cerebral
affection from which he never recovered. As a physician he
was enthusiastic and skilful.

He married (1) in 1826. Miss Elizabeth F. Wheaton, of
Norton, Mass, who died in 1834, without children (2) in
1840, Mrs. Harriett Atwood Torry, who died in 1851, leaving
one daughter who died in March, 1859.

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1816.

FRANCIS PARSONS died in Hartford, Conn., March 19, 1861, aged 66.

He was the son of David and Harriet (Williams) Parsons and was born in Amherst, Mass., February 16, 1795.

He studied law with his uncle Hon. Thomas S. Williams, in
Hartford, was in due course admitted to the bar, and through
life continued to reside in that city engaged in the practice of
his profession. Although always avoiding notoriety, he was
honored with many public and private trusts, and was a prom-
inent and influential citizen. He was for a time Judge of the
Hartford County Court, and declined the offer of the place of
Commissioner of the School Fund. In benevolent and charita-
ble enterprises he took a leading part, and was president of the
directors of the Hartford hospital at the time of his death.

He married Miss Clarissa Brown, Dec. 23, 1829, and left
one son and two daughters.

SAMUEL STILES STEBBINS died in Sherburne, Chenango Co.,
N. Y., September 5, 1860, aged 66.

He was son of Samuel and Sarah (Boardman) Stebbins and
was born in Hartland, Conn., June 13, 1794.

After graduating he taught school one year in Sherburne,
N. Y., then returned to Connecticut and married. He then
went to Montrose, Penn. Subsequently he taught for nine
years in the academy at Pompey, N. Y., two years in Sherburne,
N. Y., and two years in Syracuse, N. Y., and in 1846 he took
the female academy in Florence, Alabama. In 1851 he opened
a select school in Quincy, Illinois, leaving which he returned
to Sherburne, where he was still occupied in teaching when
overtaken by death.

He married Miss Laura Bestor of Simsbury, Conn., in 1823,
and had four children.

1817.

CHAUNCEY BULKLEY died in Philadelphia, Pa., May 23,
1860, aged 62.

He was born in Wethersfield, Conn., January 16, 1798, be-
ing the son of Francis Bulkley of that town, and a descendant
of Rev. Peter Bulkley of Concord, Mass.

After graduating, he taught a school in Philadelphia, for
about a year, and then for three years he was an instructor in
Mount Airy College, in Germantown, Pa. He studied law

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with Charles Cháuncey, Esq., of Philadelphia, was admitted to the bar May 20, 1822, and resided in that city engaged in practice. In 1832 and 1833 he was Secretary and Treasurer of the Germantown and Norristown Railroad Co. From 1845 to 1850 he was one of the Aldermen of the city of Philadelphia. After this he resumed his professional practice and continued it till his death.

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ORLANDO CANFIELD died near Columbus, Mississippi, July 14, 1860, aged 66.

He was the son of Lemuel and Sarah Canfield, and was born in Bridgewater, Conn., April 4, 1794.

Immediately after his graduation he began to teach a school at Greenville, N. C, which he continued for two years, at the same time employing his leisure hours in the study of Law. He was admitted to the bar in 1821, and practised law five years, when he was compelled by impaired health to undertake a more active business. He retired to a farm near Hookerton, N. C, but devoted a part of his time to teaching and with success. In March 1837, he removed to Columbus, Mississippi, where he spent the remainder of his life, engaged in the pursuits of a cotton-planter.

He died on his plantation, seven miles from Columbus, leaving a wife and six children.

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DANEL VANMATRE died at Cincinnati, O., December 19, 1860, aged 60.

He was born in Martinsburgh, Va., Feb. 10, 1800. He studied law, and established himself in the practice in Cincinnati, Ohio, where he resided through life. He was for a time the City Solicitor, and from 1830 to 1835 he was State's Attorney for Hamilton County.

In 1833 he married Miss Maria A. Henderson of Cincinnati, and had three sons and four daughters.

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ALFRED TERRY died in New Haven, Conn., December 15, 1860, aged 58.

He was son of Nathaniel (Y. C. 1786) and Catherine (Wadsworth) Terry, and was born in Hartford, Conn., Sept. 28, 1802.

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He studied law in the Law School at Litchfield, Conn., was admitted to the bar, and from 1824 to 1831 resided in Hartford engaged in practice. In 1832 he removed to New Haven and was for several years engaged as a bookseller and publisher. In 1843 he was elected Clerk of the town of New Haven, and continued in this office till 1856. After that he was occupied in professional business, relating especially to the examination of titles of real estate, until his death.

In September 1825 he married Miss Clarissa Howe of New Haven. Their children were five sons and six daughters.

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JOHN ARNOLD ROCKWELL died in Washington City, D. C., Febr. 10, 1861, aged 57.

He was son of Charles and Sarah (Arnold) Rockwell, and was born in Norwich, Conn., Aug. 27, 1803.

He studied law and devoted himself to the practice of this profession in his native city. He was soon called into public life. In 1838 and 1839 he was elected to the Senate of the State, and not long after this he was chosen Judge of the Court of New London County. In 1847 he was Representative in Congress from the 3d Congressional District of this State. He served through two consecutive terms, during the last of which he was chairman of the Committee on Claims. The Court of Claims, at Washington, owes its existence chiefly to him, and since its establishment he has been one of the most prominent and successful practitioners at its bar. For the last ten years his professional labors were chiefly in that Court. In this connection he found it necessary to learn the Spanish language, and he published one or two volumes on Mexican law, which are now standard authorities.

In September 1831, he married Miss Mary W. Perkins, of Norwich, sister of Dr. Alfred E. Perkins (Y. C. 1830), the distinguished benefactor of the Library of Yale College. Their children were five, three of whom are now living.

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THORN SELL KINGSLAND, died on Staten Island, N. Y., in 1859, aged about 55.

He was son of Daniel Kingsland, and was born in New York City.

He studied law with David B. Ogden, Esq., in New York.

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He established himself in the practice of his profession, on Staten Island, near the town of Richmond, and was at one time District Attorney for the county of Richmond.

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CHESTER BIRGE died in Hudson, Summit Co. O., May 2, 1861, aged 64.

He was born in Bolton, Conn., September 20, 1796.

He studied theology in the Seminary of this College, completing his course in 1828. After preaching a few months in North Greenwich, Conn., he went to Ohio as a home missionary. He labored one year in New Philadelphia, and was then installed pastor of the Presbyterian and Congregational Churches in Vienna, Trumbull County, Ohio, November 17, 1830. Within five years his health gave way, so that he was compelled to ask a dismissal from his pastoral charge. After this he engaged in teaching students in his own house. He remained in Vienna till 1852, when he removed to Hudson, O., in order to educate his children and here he finished his course.

He married Mrs. Hannah C Mead, and left three children.

### JOSEPH ELLSWORTH died in East Windsor (Windsorville) Conn., August 25, 1860, aged 56

He was the son of Timothy and Ann (Mather) Ellsworth, and was born July 12, 1804, in East Windsor, Conn.

In November 1831 he married Miss Mary A. Starkey of Essex, Conn., and about a year later he removed to that place, and engaged in ship-building. In 1852 he went to Brooklyn, N. Y., and was connected with an Insurance Company until 1854, when, after a short stay in Connecticut, he removed to Detroit, Michigan. In 1856 he returned to Windsorville, and there resided until his death. He was the father of eleven children.

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ELIEZER CRANE died in Cornwall, Orange Co., N. Y., June 3, 1860, aged 53.

He was son of Daniel Crane, and was born in Chester, Orange Co, N. Y, November 2, 1806. He came to College from Waterbury Conn. For the last twenty years of his life he resided in Cornwall, in the quiet employments of a farmer. He was a man of singular unworldliness and simplicity of character.

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1827.

GEORGE EDWIN DELAVAN died in Wyoming, Jones Co.,
Iowa, March 18, 1861, aged 56.

He was born in Dover, N. Y., in 1804. He studied theology at Andover and Yale. Soon after this he was offered a Professorship in Wabash College, which he declined. He was settled as pastor of the Presbyterian church in Hammondspor, N. Y., for two years, then three years in Sherburne, N Y., where he established an academy, and then in Lafayette and in Wilson, N. Y., six years each. In the spring of 1856 he removed to Maquoketa, Iowa., and took charge of the congregational church there. About a year later he removed to Wyoming, Iowa, where he was pastor of the New School Presbyterian church until his death.

JOHN DICKINSON died in New London, Conn., May 24,
1860, aged 53.

He was the son of William and Betsey Dickinson, and was
born in New London, Conn., September, 14, 1806.

He married Miss Isham in 1829, and resided in New Lon-
don through life. He was for many years, and at the time of
his death, the Secretary and Treasurer of the New London,
Willimantic and Palmer Railroad Co.

JOSEPH HENRY GALLUP died in Norwich, Conn., May 23,
1861, aged 52.

He was the son of Jared and Mary (Whipple) Gallup, and
was born in Preston, Conn, September 14, 1808.

After graduation he spent most of his time in study, and in
teaching in various parts of Connecticut and Massachusetts,
the latter years of his life being passed in Norwich. He was
eminent for his attainments in mathematics and in general
science.

He married Miss Sarah Maria Parish, of Brooklyn, Conn.,
Nov. 21, 1834, who died May 20, 1852. He left an only
daughter.

CORTLANDT VANRENSSELAER died in Burlington, N. J.,
July 25, 1860, aged 52.

He was the son of Stephen Van Rensselaer, and was born in
Albany, N. Y.

He studied theology in the Seminaries of New Haven and
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voluntary agency for the College of New Jersey, and raised
$100,000 for its endowment. He was elected Secretary of the
Board of Education of the Presbyterian Church, and discharged
the duties of the place with great zeal and eminent ability and
usefulness. He founded the Presbyterian Magazine and was a
large contributor to its pages. Every year he compiled and
published a volume on the Church, the Ministry, and the
School, which he distributed with a liberal hand.

He received the degree of D. D. from the University of the
city of New York in 1845

A volume of his miscellaneous Sermons, Essays, and Ad-
dreses, edited by his son, has recently been published in Phila-
delphia, (1861, pp 569, 8vo)

1828.

ORSON COWLES died in North Haven, Conn., Dec. 23, 1860,
aged 60.

He was son of Aaron and Jemima (Chapman) Cowles, and
was born in East Hartland, Conn., January 14, 1801.

After teaching an academy in Woodstock, Conn., for two
years, he pursued a course of theological study in the Semi-
nary of this College, and was licensed to preach. Receiving a
second call from the church in North Woodstock, Conn., he
entered on the labors of the place January 19, 1832 and was
ordained pastor April 25th following. Here he continued un-
til severe and protracted illness compelled him to resign in
September 1837. Retiring to North Haven, Conn., he taught
there a select school till April 1839. In September 1840 he
entered the service of the American Board of Commissioners
for Foreign Missions, as District Secretary for Southern New
England, and discharged the duties of this office with his
characteristic earnestness and fidelity, until August, 1860,
when increasing illness permitted him to work no longer.

He married Miss Eunice Foot of North Haven, November
25, 1832, and had six children.

1829.

CHARLES WILLIAM ROGERS died in Savannah, Ga, May 9,
1861, aged 52.

He was son of Doct Rogers, and was born in Savannah, Ga.

He pursued a course of theological study in the Seminary at
Princeton, N. J, and was licensed as a preacher. He was
however not settled as pastor of any church, but preached
in various places, chiefly to the colored people in his native
State.

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1830.

WILLIAM BOUTON WEED died in Norwalk, Conn., Dec. 13, 1860, aged 49.

He was son of Daniel and Martha (Benedict) Weed, and was born in Néw Canaan, Conn., March 22, 1811.

The five years succeeding his graduation he spent in teaching in Ohio, Tennessee, Louisiana, and Florida. In 1836 he continued the study of law with Hon. Thaddeus Betts, of Norwalk, Conn. Removing to New Haven, he became a member of the law school of this College, and prepared himself for admission to the bar. But constrained by his new convictions, he resolved to become a minister of the gospel. He pursued a course of study in the Theological Department of this College and was in two years licensed to preach. He was settled as pastor of the First Congregational Church in Stratford, Conn., Dec. 4, 1839, and continued here till May, 1855. He was then dismissed at his own request, and accepted a call from the First Congregational church in Norwalk, Conn., where he was installed June 27th following and where he remained until his death, having for many years held a high rank among the clergy of this State.

He married on the 7th July, 1840, Miss Harriet A. Miller of North Stamford. They had three children, two of whom survived him, but one has since died.

A volume containing 39 of his sermons has been published (N. Y. 1861, pp. 413, 12mo.) under the care of his classmate, Rev. S. B. S. Bissell.

1833.

SAMUEL CHAMBERLAIN KERR died in Princeton, N. J., June 4, 1861, aged 48.

He was born in Talbot Co., Maryland, studied theology three years in the General Theological Seminary of the Protestant Episcopal Church in New York City, where he was instituted Rector of a parish in Prince George's County, Maryland, in 1836 and there continued many years. He subsequently preached in other Southern States, his last parish being in Jacksonville, Florida.

1834.

JOHN MURDOCH died at Cane Mount, near Rodney, Mississippi, January 11, 1861, aged 47.

He was the son of John and Esther (Anketell) Murdoch, and was born in Concordia Parish, La., August, 1813.

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He resided through life on his estates, in Jefferson Co., Mississippi, engaged in the business of a cotton planter. He was one of the chief founders and most liberal patrons of Oakland College in Mississippi, and was a frequent contributor to the public journals of his neighborhood on the social and political topics of the day.

He married Miss Frances L. Bristol, of New Haven, Conn., Oct. 28, 1840. Their children were eight, of whom six survive him.

WILLIAM HENRY WASHINGTON died in North Carolina, Aug. 12, 1860, aged 46.

He came to College from Waynesboro', N. C. He studied law and practised this profession in Newbern, N. C. He was called into public life, having been a member of the Legislature of North Carolina five or six years, and having held other official stations. From 1841 to 1843 he was a Representative in Congress from his native State.

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HUGH WALSH died in New York City, December 1, 1859, aged 43.

He was the son of James and Elizabeth Walsh, and was born in New York City, January 7, 1816.

Soon after graduation he pursued a course of study in the Theological Seminary at Princeton, N. J., but afterwards preferred to enter upon the study of medicine. He received the degree of M. D from the College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York, and resided in that city engaged in practice until 1850, when he removed to Fordham, Westchester Co., N. Y. In May 1843 he was appointed Resident Surgeon of the New York Hospital, having been assistant surgeon for two years previous. In 1844 he went to Europe, where he remained two years, attending the hospitals in London and Paris in order to improve his knowledge of the profession. During most of his residence in Fordham he held the appointment of physician and surgeon to St. John's College.

He married in New York in May, 1847, Miss Elizabeth C. Hall, who died February 4, 1855, leaving four children, three of whom died the year following. These severe bereavements were doubtless the occasion of the decline which ended in his death.

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1842.

FREDERICK DAN BEEMAN died in Litchfield, Conn., Aug. 4, 1860, aged 39.

He was the son of Daniel Beeman, and was born in Warren, Conn., January 1, 1821.

He studied law with G. H. Hollister, Esq., in Litchfield, Conn., and was admitted to the bar in 1846. Thenceforward he resided in Litchfield, in the practice of his profession. In 1852 he was appointed Clerk of the Courts in Litchfield County, having been assistant Clerk of the same for seven years previous.

He married Miss Maria Hall Brisbane of Charleston, S. C., July 15, 1851, and had one child.

1843.

WILLIAM BURROUGHS died in Germantown, Penn., March 24, 1861, aged 38.

He was the son of John and Margaret (Proctor) Burroughs, and was born in Boston, Mass., February 1, 1823.

After graduating he was for one year a member of the Yale Law School. He then pursued a course of theological study in the Seminary of this College, and received license to preach, in 1846 for one year, and in 1847 for four years.

His health was too feeble to permit him to discharge the duties of a clergyman, and he resumed the study of law, in the office of Henry J. Williams, Esq. of Philadelphia. In 1853 he was admitted to the bar, and entered on the practice to a limited extent, chiefly in administering on estates and in managing private trusts. After admission to the bar, he resided in Philadelphia, except that in 1855 he travelled extensively in Europe.

In his last will he bequeathed to Yale College for the benefit of the Theological Institution, the sum of $10,000, subject for a few years to a small annuity. This generous bequest (already paid,) places him among the largest benefactors of this department of the College.

LUCIUS FRANKLIN ROBINSON died in Hartford, Conn., March 11, 1861, aged 37.

He was the son of David F. and Ann (Seymour) Robinson, and was born in Hartford, Conn., February 1, 1824.

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then ardently engaged in politics, he was for a year occupied
as editor of the Whig, a daily paper in Hartford. He soon
entered on the special business of his profession in that city,
and was engaged in full and increasing practice down to the close
of his life. He was for several years City Attorney and was
often a member of the Common Council.

In 1850 he married the only daughter of Gov. Joseph Trumbull and leaves a widow and four daughters.

1847.

WILLIAM HENRY GILMAN died in Exeter, N. H., June 3,
1860, aged 34.

He was born in Exeter, N. H., March 17, 1826.

He studied law in Exeter, N. H., and at the Law School in
Cambridge, Mass., completing his preparatory studies in the
office of Attorney General Sullivan, in Exeter, N. H.

He was admitted to the bar in Rockingham County, N. H.,
and in 1851 he removed to Rochester, N. Y., where he was in
practice about a year. Hoping to improve his health by a
change of climate, he went in 1853 to Dayton, Ohio, but after
about three years of professional practice there, increasing ill-
ness compelled him to relinquish business. He returned to
Exeter, and afterwards sailed in the U. S ship Merrimack, as
Secretary of the Commander, Capt. John C. Long, and on this
cruise visited many remote parts of the world. He came home
without material benefit and gradually declined.

MATTHEW GREGORY WING died in Santa Fé, New Mexico,
July 6, 1860, aged 34.

He was son of Dr. Joel A Wing, of Albany, N. Y., and
was born in that city, April 10, 1826.

After his graduation he continued here some time a student
in the Department of the Philosophy and the Arts. His
health having from his earliest years been frail, he sought to
improve it by travel From the year 1849 to the time of his
death, he was generally away on long journeys and rambles, in
the West Indies, in various parts of Europe, Asia Minor,
Egypt, and Western America. In the Spring of 1860 while
crossing the Rocky Mountains, at an elevation of more than
6000 feet, he suffered from exposure to a pelting rain, and
reached Santa Fé, on the 30th of June, in a dying condition,
surviving his arrival only six days.

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1848.

THEODORE WINTHROP died at Great Bethel, Va., June 10, 1861, aged 32.

He was born in New Haven, Conn., Sept. 21, 1828, and was son of Francis B. and Elizabeth (Woolsey) Winthrop, and a descendant of the distinguished colonial governors of that name in Massachusetts and Connecticut.

In the summer of 1848, during his Senior Year, he was elected to the Clark Scholarship, (for the highest rank at a special examination in all the studies of the College course,) then awarded for the first time. He remained in New Haven the next year on this foundation, engaged in a course of study. From 1849 to 1851 he was travelling in Europe. Several of the subsequent years he spent in study and in travel. His love of adventure and of out-door life was conspicuous. Among other enterprises in which he took part was the celebrated expedition of Lieut. Strain in Central America. On his return he took up his residence on Staten Island, entered on the practice of the law and the further prosecution of literary pursuits, sometimes varied by political labors and addresses in the vicinity.

When President Lincoln issued his proclamation, April 15, 1861, for volunteers, Mr. Winthrop offered himself promptly and joined the New York Seventh Regiment. The story of the hastening of this corps to the defense of Washington has been well told by him in the Atlantic Monthly. Before the return of this regiment he was released from further duty, in order to accept the position of first Lieutenant in the regular army to which he was about to be appointed. Meanwhile his love of active service led him to connect himself with the staff of General Butler, and he reported for duty to him at Fortress Monroe. He took part in the expedition against the insurgents entrenched at Great Bethel, Va., and while gallantly leading a charge on the battery there, he fell mortally wounded and died in a few minutes. His body was buried near the spot where he fell. It was subsequently disinterred, and after funeral obsequies in New York City, was brought to New Haven, where on the 28th of June, 1861, with unusual demonstrations of respect, from military, civic and academic bodies and from the people at large, it was laid to rest in the burial place of his father.

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the work of teaching, and continued therein until disabled by illness.

He married Miss Clara A. Robie of Plymouth, N. H., Aug. 12, 1858

1859.

EDWARD CHASE SHEFFIELD died in Philadelphia, Pa, March 18, 1861, aged 22.

He was the son of William and Elizabeth (Chase) Sheffield, and was born in New Haven, Dec. 13, 1838. At the time of his death he was engaged in teaching in the city of Philadelphia.

His body was brought to New Haven, where he sleeps among his kindred.

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Of the deaths above enumerated

<table><tr><td>there occurred in Connecticut</td><td>17</td></tr><tr><td>" " New York</td><td>10</td></tr><tr><td>" " Massachusetts</td><td>5</td></tr><tr><td>" " New Jersey</td><td>4</td></tr><tr><td>" " Pennsylvania</td><td>4</td></tr><tr><td>" " Ohio</td><td>4</td></tr><tr><td>" " Mississippi,</td><td>2</td></tr><tr><td>N. H, Va, N C, S. C, Ga, Mpl., Ill, Ind,</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Iowa, D. Col., New Mex., Spain, one each,</td><td>11</td></tr></table>

Among the deceased were

<table><tr><td>Lawyers</td><td>19</td></tr><tr><td>Clergymen</td><td>15</td></tr><tr><td>Physicians</td><td>3</td></tr><tr><td>Professors and Teachers</td><td>7</td></tr><tr><td>Variously employed</td><td>13</td></tr></table>

The four oldest surviving graduates are now

Class of 1787 JOSHUA DEWEY, aged 94; of Brooklyn, N Y.

" 1788 DANIEL WALDO, aged 98, of Syracuse, N Y.

" 1792 WILLIAM BOTSFORD, aged 88, of Westmoreland Co, New Brunswick.

" 1793 DAVID SHERMAN BOARDMAN, aged 93; of New Milford, Conn.

Of the graduates ad eundem and honorary, the oldest survivor is
1792 JOSIAH QUINCY, who graduated at Harvard in 1790, and is the oldest
living graduate of that University.

Of those who graduated before 1801 there now survive 32, viz., of the class
of 1787, 1,—1788, 1,—1792, 1;—1793, 1,—1794, 4,—1795, 4;—1796, 7,—
1797, 6,—1798, 1,—1799, 2;—1800, 4.

The number of the regular graduates (A. B) of the College to the year 1860
inclusive, is 6920, of whom 3600 are dead.

The average annual number of deaths among the academical graduates for the
five years ending with 1859 was probably about 60. Some of the deaths are of
course not ascertainable by the reporter until many years after their occurrence.

OBITUARY RECORD
OF
GRADUATES OF YALE COLLEGE

DECEASED DURING THE ACADEMIC YEAR ENDING IN JULY 1862,
INCLUDING THE RECORD OF SEVEN WHO DIED THE YEAR
PREVIOUS, HITHERTO UNREPORTED.

[Presented at the Meeting of the Alumni, July 30, 1862.]

[No. 3 of the printed Series, and No 21 of the whole Record]

"Onward the ceaseless current sweeps —"

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## EDWARD CLAUDIUS HERRICK.

NOTE — The first of the Annual Obituaries of the Graduates of Yale College, was prepared for the Alumni Meeting in 1842, by Professor James L. Kingsley, who also prepared the two subsequent records. In 1844-5, and subsequently till Professor Kingsley's death, (with the exception, perhaps, of one year,) Mr. E. C. Herrick was associated with him. Since the year 1851-2, Mr. Herrick has had sole charge of the Necrology. This important service in addition to his other labors for the College, renders it obviously fitting, that although only an honorary graduate of the Institution, his name should be here enrolled.

It deserves mention that of sixty names in the obituary of this year, he collected fifty-seven, and wrote out the sketches of about twenty. At the commencement of his memoranda for this object, as if he foresaw his end, he gave specific directions for the printer, prefixing the significant line,—

“Onward the ceaseless current sweeps—”

EDWARD CLAUDIUS HERRICK died at his residence in New Haven, June 11, 1862, aged 51 years.

He was the youngest child of Rev. Claudius Herrick, (Y. C. 1798,) a much respected teacher in New Haven, and Hannah (Pierpont) Herrick. He was born in New Haven, (on what is now a part of the College square,) February 24, 1811.

After a good preliminary education, of which the College course did not form a part, he was engaged as a clerk in the well known book-store of Gen. Hezekiah Howe, where excellent opportunities were afforded him to gratify his early thirst for knowledge. For a short time, he was in business as a bookseller on his own account.

His official connection with the College commenced in 1843. As the Library was about to be removed to the new edifice in which it still remains, he was appointed Librarian, and he continued to discharge the duties of that office fifteen years,—till his resignation in 1858. In 1852 he was also appointed Treasurer of Yale College, and he held that post until his death. His services to the College, however, were by no means confined to his official trusts; but he labored for its interests in every way which his versatile industry could suggest.

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deceased graduates of the College. He also made extensive
researches respecting the history of the College, and collected
much information respecting the biographies of the early grad-
uates.

His public spirit led him to perform many important labors
for the town of New Haven, among which, his care for the
public records, and his supervision of the Cemetery, are most
note-worthy

Notwithstanding his life of incessant business, he made high
attainments in various departments of science. Entomology
was one of his favorite studies, and although he published com-
paratively little, his acquaintance with the literature of the
subject was extensive, and his original investigations were
valuable. (

He was enthusiastically devoted to Astronomy and Meteor-
ology. From an early period in his life, he was an observer of
the heavens, and an accurate recorder of his observations. He
rendered important services in determining the periodicity of me-
teoric showers, and discovered by his own researches the return
of the August shower He took great pains to collect information
respecting the paths of remarkable meteors of which he heard,
and to look up historical notices of those of earlier years. He
likewise paid special attention to the recurrence of the Aurora
Borealis, keeping for several years an accurate daily register of
the appearance or non-appearance of that phenomenon. Nu-
merous articles from his pen, on all these topics, are to be
found in the American Journal of Science.

He received, but did not accept, an appointment as a member
of the U S. Exploring Expedition, under Capt Wilkes.

In the local history of the college, the town and the state,
in American biography, in general literature, especially in
quaint and entertaining lore, in English etymology, and in
bibliography, his attainments were great, and his knowledge
was always at command. He was constantly referred to as an
adviser and a critic, not only by his neighbors and College asso-
ciates, but by those at a distance who knew his reputation. It
is believed that the time and pains which he expended in these
indirect contributions to literature and science, would, if oth-
erwise employed, have given him wide distinction in the world
of letters.

After a very brief illness, he passed away in the calm assur-
ance of Christian faith. He was never married, but kept house
in New Haven for his mother, to whom he was affectionately
devoted, until her death in 1859.

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years President of the American Asylum for the Deaf and Dumb, and for a long period Vice-President of the Retreat for the Insane.

His generosity to this College deserves grateful mention. Whenever applied to in behalf of her interests, he always contributed cheerfully and largely, and by his last will he left to the institution a residual legacy of $5,000.

In 1812 he married Miss Deha Ellsworth, daughter of Hon. Oliver Ellsworth. She died in 1840, and he afterwards married Miss Martha M. Coit, of Boston, who survives him. He leaves no children.

## 1795.

### NATHANIEL HOLLEY died in Storrs Township, near Cincinnati, Ohio, Oct. 4, 1861, aged 90.

He was the only son of Israel Holley, of Suffield, Conn., and was born in Suffield, Conn., April 15, 1771.

After leaving College, he began the study of Theology under Rev Cotton Mathei Smith, of Sharon, Conn. Becoming acquainted with the doctrines of the New Jerusalem Church, he finally embraced them after long and earnest study. In the early part of the present century he removed to New York, and in October, 182-2, he was ordained in Baltimore, Md., a minister of the New Church, in order to be pastor of the Society in Abingdon, Va., of which place he was then a resident. In 1825 he removed to Cincinnati, Ohio, where he edited a New Church periodical work entitled the *Herald of Truth*. In 1837 he was connected with the Western Literary Institute and College of Professional Teachers, and was corresponding Secretary of that body. He was for many years engaged in teaching in New York and in Cincinnati, Ohio.

In April, 1814, he was married to Miss Elizabeth Wilson, of New York. Then children were five sons and three daughters. The latter years of his life were spent in and near Cincinnati, with one of his daughters.

### DAVID SMITH died in New Haven, (Fair Haven,) Conn., March 5, 1862, aged 94

He was son of Capt. Ebenezer Smith, who served in the Revolution, and was born in Bozrah, New London Co., Conn., Dec 13, 1767. Three years after his birth, his father removed to Berkshire, Mass.

After studying Theology, he was ordained, in 1799, pastor of the Congregational Church in Durham, Conn., succeeding Rev. Elizur Goodrich D. D. He remained the pastor of that Church till 1832. During much of this time, he received young men's

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into his family, and trained them in the elements of classical
learning. In 1821 he was elected one of the Fellows of Yale
College, and held this position forty years, till the close of the
session in 1861, when he tendered his resignation. During this
time he was never absent from a regular meeting of the corpo-
ration. He was able to travel and to preach until a short time
before the close of his long and useful life.

He was first married to Miss Betsey Marsh, by whom he had
one son. After her death he fitted for college, and subse-
quent to graduation, he married Catherine, daughter of Rev.
Dr. E Goodrich, by whom he had six children, one of whom
studied theology.

1796.

WILLIAM HENRY JONES died in Hartford, Conn., Nov. 26,
1861, aged 83.

He was son of Isaac Jones, and was born in New Haven, Nov
3, 1778.

He studied Law, but did not enter much into practice. In
early life he went to the South with his uncle, Prof. Meigs, and
was for a time engaged in teaching at Athens, Ga. He was
appointed, May 3, 1814, Postmaster of New Haven, and he
continued in that office till Jan 18, 1842,—a period of nearly
twenty-eight years. In Nov., 1858, he went to Hartford to
reside with his daughter, Mrs. T. G. Talcott

He was married in Nov. 1809, to Sarah Russell, daughter of
Col. Edward Barker, of Wallingford, Conn., and had several
children.

1797.

SETH PERKINS STAPLES died in New York City, Nov. 6,
1861, aged 85.

He was son of Rev. John and Susanna (Perkins) Staples,
and was born in Canterbury, (Westminster Parish,) Conn.,
Aug. 31, 1776.

After studying law for two years in the office of Judge Dag-
gett, in New Haven, he was admitted to the bar in Litchfield,
in Sept. 1799.

He began to practice his profession in New Haven. His
legal attainments and his excellent library early drew around
him a large number of students, and he soon found himself at
the head of a flourishing private Law School. After toiling
alone for several years, he called to his aid, in 1820, Judge
Samuel J. Hitchcock, and made him a partner both in his bus-
iness and in his Law School. In 1846 the School thus origin-

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ated, having meanwhile passed into other hands, was formally
recognized by the Corporation of Yale College, as the Law De-
partment of that Institution.

In 1824 he removed from New Haven to the city of New
York, where he was wholly devoted to his profession till about
1856. His ability, industry and attainments made him a dis-
tinguished ornament of the bar. During his residence in New
Haven, he was several times a Representative of the town, in
the Legislature of Connecticut, but he withdrew wholly from
public life in 1816.

He was married in Nov., 1799, to Catharine, only daughter
of Rev S. Wales, Prof. of Divinity in Yale College. He had
three sons and three daughters.

1799.

ELI IVES died in New Haven, Conn., October 8, 1861, aged 82.

He was son of Dr Levi and Lydia (Auger) Ives, and was
born in New Haven, February 7, 1779.

The two years after his graduation he spent as Rector of the
Hopkins Grammar School in New Haven, at the same time
studying medicine partly with his father and partly with Dr.
Æneas Munson At a subsequent period he attended in Phil-
adelphia the lectures of Drs Rush and Wistar. In 1801 he
began to practice his profession in New Haven, and was con-
tinuously engaged in a widely extended field, during a period
of over fifty years His eminence as a physician was recognized
throughout the state, and even beyond its limits.

He was one of the originators of the Medical Institution of Yale College, and at its organization in 1813, was appointed one of the first five professors. He held the chair of Materia Medica and Botany for sixteen years till in 1829 he was transferred to the chair of the Theory and Practice of Medicine. In 1853 he ceased to be actively engaged in the Institution, and was named by the Corporation, Professor Emeritus. He was one of the founders of the New Haven Medical Association, and an active member of the State Medical Society and many other local associations. In 1860, the American Medical Association at its meeting in New Haven, elected him President. While Professor in the Medical College he expended much time and effort in the maintenance of a Botanical Garden.

He published four articles in early volumes of the American
Journal of Science, an Oration before the Phi Beta Kappa
Society in 1802, and an address before the New Haven Horti-
cultural Society in 1837.

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He married, Sept. 17, 1805, Maria, daughter of Deacon Nathan Beers, and had three sons and two daughters.

He was honored and beloved for his eminent attainments and his many Christian virtues. A commemorative discourse was delivered at his funeral, by Rev. Dr. Dutton, and was printed in the New Englander, (Oct. 1861,) and as a separate pamphlet.

### 1801.

JOSEPH TRUMBULL died in Hartford, August 4, 1861, aged 78.

He was son of David and Sarah (Backus) Trumbull, and was born in Lebanon, December 7, 1782.

He studied law with William T'Williams, Esq., of Lebanon, and in 1802 he was admitted to the bar in Ohio, and soon after in Windham County in this State. In 1804 he removed to Hartford, where he resided during the remainder of his useful and honored life. He continued the practice of law till 1828, when he became President of the Hartford bank, an office which he held till his resignation in 1839.

He represented the town of Hartford in the General Assembly of Connecticut in 1832, 1848, and 1851. In 1834 he was elected to fill a vacancy as Representative in Congress, and he was also a member of the House in the 26th and 27th Congresses from 1839 to 1843. In 1849 he was elected Governor of Connecticut, an office which his grandfather and uncle had previously filled.

Through life he manifested a deep interest in the welfare of the community where he resided, and especially in the advance-ment of Institutions of charity. He was an officer of the American Asylum for the Deaf and Dumb, of the Hartford Retreat for the Insane, of the Hartford Orphan Asylum, and of various other public bodies.

He married, March 6, 1818, Harriet, daughter of General Henry Champion, and, after her decease, Eliza Storrs, sister of the late Chief Justice Storrs. His only daughter survives him. His only son died in 1855.

### 1802.

JOHN HOUGH died at Fort Wayne, Ind., July 17, 1861, aged 77.

He was son of Dr. Walter and Martha (Lockwood) Hough, and was born in Stamford, Conn., Aug. 17, 1783.

He pursued the study of Theology under Rev. M. C Welch,

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and other clergymen, and on the 8th of October, 1805, at
Hampton, Conn., he was licensed to preach, by the Windham
Association. In 1806 he went to Vermont as a missionary of
the Connecticut Missionary Society, and began his labors at
Vergennes, in September. An ecclesiastical society was soon
formed and he was ordained pastor in that place, March 12,
1807. In 1812 he left Vergennes and was appointed Professor
of Languages in Middlebury College, Vt. This chair of
instruction he held till 1817, and again from 1825 to 1838,
in all eighteen years. From 1817 to 1825 he was Professor of
Theology there, and from 1838 to 1839 he was Professor of
Rhetoric and English Literature. In all, he was connected with
Middlebury College 27 years, and his character and his schol-
arship were an ornament to the institution. As a labor of love
he prepared the notices of all the deceased alumni of the Col-
lege, for presentation at the jubilee in 1850. The volume was
published. After leaving Middlebury in 1839, he spent some
time in the service of the American Colonization Society. He
resided subsequently in Western New York, and in June 1841
he was installed pastor of the church in Windham, Ohio. In
May, 1850, he obtained a dismission, in the expectation (not
realized) of a settlement in Illinois. From this time his sight
failed until he became wholly blind. From 1852 till his death,
he resided with his son at Fort Wayne. His wife, with whom
he had lived nearly half a century, died Feb. 11th, 1859.

ERASTUS SCRANTON died at Burlington, Conn, Oct. 5, 1861,
aged 84.

He was the eldest son of Theophilus and Abigail (Lee)
Scranton, and was born in Madison, Conn, August 1, 1777.

After preaching a few months at Rocky Hill, Conn., he
began the study of Divinity with Rev. John Elliott. In 1804
he was licensed to preach by the New Haven East Association,
and he was ordained and installed pastor of the Congregational
church in North Milford, afterwards Orange, Conn, July 4, 1805.
Being dismissed at his own request in January 1827, he
preached in Wolcott two years, and was then, in January
1830, installed Pastor of the Congregational Church in Bur-
lington, Conn. He was relieved of his pastoral charge in
1840, but he continued to reside in Burlington, occasionally
preaching in the neighboring churches. He published, in 1855,
a Genealogical Register of the descendants of John Scranton,
of Guilford, Conn. (Hartford, 1855, 8vo. pp. 104.)

He married, April 10, 1806, Mary Elizabeth Prudden, of
Milford.

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1803.

WILLIAM S. DARLING died in Bergen, N. J., Oct. 26, 1861, aged 78.

He was son of Dr. Samuel and Clarissa Darling, and was born in New Haven, Conn., Sept. 25, 1783.

He resided for a short time in Bridgeport, Conn, and then removed to New York City, where he was a dry goods merchant for many years.

He married an English lady, Miss Sophia Augusta Geib, by whom he had four children.

MINOTT MITCHELL died at White Plains, N. Y., Feb 20, 1862, aged 77.

He was son of Rev. Justus Mitchell, (Y. C. 1776,) of New Canaan, Conn., and was born in that town, Sept. 24, 1784.

After studying law with his uncle, Hon. Roger Minott Sherman, he entered, in 1806, on the practice of his profession at White Plains, N. Y. He continued to be for many years a distinguished member of the bar in West Chester County, N. Y., giving professional instruction, from time to time, to many young men whom his learning and excellence of character drew around him. In later years he was engaged to some extent in other business.

He married, Dec. 3, 1806, Eliza Leeds, daughter of Joseph Silliman, of New Canaan, and has had eight children Three of his sons have studied law and one is a physician.

A discourse commemorative of his character, by his pastor, Rev. David Teese, was printed. (New York, 1862, 8vo. pp. 21)

1806.

SAMUEL HUNTINGTON DEVOTION died in Scotland, formerly a parish of Windham, Conn, May 7, 1862, aged 79

He was son of Judge Ebenezer and Eunice (Huntington) Devotion, and grandson of Rev. Ebenezer Devotion, (Y. C. 1732,) the first minister of the parish of Scotland, in the town of Windham, Conn. He was born Feb. 18, 1783, in this parish.

He studied law with Judge Swift, of Windham, and was admitted to the bar in that place in 1808. He was subsequently admitted to the bar in Boston, (1810,) and still later in New Orleans, (1811,) and in Pittsburg, (1814) This was his last effort in professional life. He was a man of uncommon ability and scholarship, but he early went into retirement, engaging

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but little in any business. The later part of his days he spent
in his native parish

THOMAS GLASBY WATERMAN died in Binghamton, N. Y.,
Jan 7, 1862, aged 74

He was born in New York City, Jan 23, 1788, and while yet
a child removed with his parents to Salisbury, Conn.

He studied law at the Law School in Litchfield, Conn., and
afterwards with Hon Samuel Sherwood in Delhi, N. Y. He
was admitted to the bar in New York City, in 1809, but re-
mained with Mr. Sherwood until 1812, when he went for a few
months to Owego, N Y., and thence to Binghamton, where
he resided till his death He practiced law till about 1830,
attaining eminence in his profession.

He was to some extent in public life In 1826 he was a
member of the Assembly of N Y. from Broome County, and
during the four succeeding years a member of the State Senate.
By appointment of the Governor, he discharged in Broome
County the duties of Judge of the Court of Common Pleas.
While a member of the N. Y Legislature, he was one of a
committee which made a thorough revision of the statutes of
the State, and bore an important part in that laborious work.

In 1828 he prepared and published a volume on the Powers
and Duties of Justices of the Peace, which became celebrated,
and rapidly passed through three editions

In 1813 he married the eldest daughter of Gen. Joshua
Whitney, of Binghamton.

1807.

ABRAHAM DUDLEY BALDWIN died in Greenfield Hill, June
8, 1862, aged 74.

He was the son of Dudley Baldwin (Y. C. 1777) and a nephew
of Abraham Baldwin, (Y. C. 1762,) one of the framers of the
Constitution of the U. S., and of Henry Baldwin, (Y C 1797,)
one of the Judges of the Supreme Court of the U. S.

He studied law, but declined to enter upon its practice,
residing through his life on Greenfield Hill, chiefly engaged in
agricultural pursuits, and occasionally in the discharge of pub-
lic offices to which he was called by his fellow citizens He
was several times a member of the House of Representatives,
and also of the Senate of Connecticut, and while a Senator he
was a member of the Corporation of Yale College.

DAVID RAYMOND DIXON died in Unadilla, Mich, June 24,
1861, aged nearly 78

He was son of Joseph and Mercy (Raymond) Dixon, and
was born July 4, 1783, in Manchester, Vt.

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His youth was passed in Sherburne, Chenango Co., N. Y., and after preparation at the Academy which has since become Hamilton College, he entered the Junior Class at Yale

Several of the years next after his graduation, he spent in teaching an academy in Utica, N. Y., and in the study of theology. After being licensed to preach, he went about the year 1814, as missionary to Oswego County, N. Y. He was soon ordained pastor of two Presbyterian Churches in the town of Mexico, and this relation existed about twenty years, during which period he performed a great amount of pioneer missionary labor. In 1835 he removed to Tipton, Mich, and a few years later to Unadilla, where he remained till his death. During nearly all of the last twenty years of his life, he was an industrious colporteur of the American Tract Society.

He married Nancy Taft, Nov., 1809, by whom he had one son. After her death, he married Elizabeth Sergeant, Oct., 1813, by whom he had four children.

### 1808.

WILLIAM SILLIMAN died at East Chester, Westchester Co., N. Y., October 24, 1861, aged 73.

He was the son of Dr. Joseph Silliman of New Canaan, Conn., and was born in that place Jan. 17, 1788.

After leaving College he studied law, and from the time of his entrance upon that profession until his death, he was a successful practitioner in the City of New York, chiefly in the courts of Chancery.

JOB STAPLES died in Cranbury, Butler Co., Penn., Sept. or Oct., 1861, aged 75.

He was son of Rev John and Susanna (Perkins) Staples, and brother of Seth P Staples. He was born in Canterbury, (Westminster Parish,) Windham Co., Conn., Aug. 23, 1786

He taught school for a short time in Chester, Orange Co., N. Y. The most of his life he passed in Cranbury, Butler Co., Penn., engaged in the cultivation of a farm

He was married, and had five sons and eight daughters.

### 1809.

BENJAMIN CLARK MEIGS died in New York City, May 12, 1862, aged 72.

He was the son of Dr. Phineas Meigs, of Bethlem, Conn., and was born Aug 9, 1789.

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He received his Theological education in the seminary at Andover. He was one of the founders of the Ceylon Mission of the American Board, and after having been ordained, he embarked for that Island in October, 1815, from Newburyport, Mass, one of the second company of Missionaries sent out from this country. In 1840-1 he made a brief visit to his native country.

In 1858, after 42 years of faithful and useful service, he retired from the field to spend his last days among his children and friends in this land, and so far as his strength permitted, he continued to labor here for the cause in which his life had been spent. His health failing, he spent the last winter in Kingston, Jamaica, but without material benefit, and after protracted illness, died in perfect peace. In accordance with his request, his remains were removed to Oxford to rest by the side of his mother.

He was married in 1815, to Miss Peet, of Bethlem, Conn., who is still living.

## 1810.

JONATHAN BARNES died in Middletown, Conn., Dec. 24, 1861, aged 72.

He was the son of Jonathan Barnes, and was born in Tolland, Conn., in 1789.

He began the study of law with his father, and in 1811, he removed to Middletown, where he completed his preparatory studies with Chauncey Whittelsey, Esq. He was admitted to the bar in 1813, and from that time forward he practised his profession in Middletown with unusual constancy, industry, and success. He always shunned public office, was a learned scholar and a highly esteemed and useful citizen.

## 1812.

CHARLES AUGUSTUS GOODRICH died in Hartford, Conn., Jan. 4, 1862, aged 72.

He was son of Rev. Samuel Goodrich, of Berlin, and was born in Ridgefield, Conn.

After acting as a private tutor, in Albany, for a short time, he studied Theology with Dr. Yates, of East Hartford. In 1816 he was ordained and installed pastor of the First Church in Worcester, where he remained four years. He then returned to his native State, and resided for a considerable time in Berlin. For many years he has made his home in Hartford.

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He was associated with his brother, S. G. Goodrich, (Peter Parley,) in preparing books for the young, and he also published, independently, a number of volumes. Among them were a "Bible History of Prayer," "Lives of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence," "Great Events of American History," "Universal Traveller," "Family Encyclopædia," and "Outlines of Geography."

He was once a member of the Senate of Connecticut.

In 1818, he married Sarah, a daughter of Rev. Dr. Upson, of Berlin, by whom he had seven children.

### 1813.

STEPHEN MITCHELL CHESTER died suddenly in Wethersfield, Conn., April 14, 1862, aged 68.

He was the son of Stephen and Elizabeth (Mitchell) Chester, and was born in Wethersfield, Conn., Oct. 18, 1793.

He was for nine years engaged in mercantile business in North Carolina, and was for a long time afterwards a merchant in New York City. He was also an officer in several Insurance companies there, and an elder in the Presbyterian Church. His natural taste for music and painting he cultivated assiduously. He devoted himself to the improvement of the choirs of the churches with which he was connected, and collected a gallery of valuable paintings.

The last five years of his life were spent in his native town, in the infirmities consequent upon paralysis, but usefully to the last. An acquaintance says of him: "He was beloved and respected in all the walks of private and social life, and sustained uniformly the character of a sincere, consistent, and devoted Christian."

He was never married.

### 1814.

JOHN BENEDICT HOYT, died in Coventry, Chenango County, N. Y., July 4, 1862, aged 68 years.

He was son of Thaddeus and Jemima (Benedict) Hoyt, formerly of New Canaan, Conn., and was born Jan. 31, 1794, in Walton, Delaware County, N. Y.

After graduating he spent a year in teaching in Dutchess County, New York, and soon after began the study of Theology with Rev. S. Williston, D. D., at Durham, N. Y. In 1818 he was licensed to preach the gospel, and was soon ordained at Green, N. Y., where he remained Pastor of the Congregational church for many years. In 1829, he accepted a call to

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the second Congregational church in Coventry, N. Y, where he
has since resided.

He published a volume of Sermons, entitled, " A Pastor's
Tribute to his People, " (Norwich, N. Y., 1851; 12mo pp. 288,)
and several occasional discourses.

He was twice married, first to Miss Emeline C Fenn, of Harpersfield, N. Y, and after her decease, to Miss Eliza Ann Phillips, of Coventry. He was the father of eight children, five of whom survive him.

JAMES POTTER died in Savannah, Georgia, Jan 25, 1862,
aged 68.

He was son of John Potter, a native of Ireland, who came
to Charleston, S C, soon after 1783. He was born in Charles-
ton, S C, Aug. 23, 1792.

Soon after graduating he traveled extensively in Europe.
Being averse to a professional life, he became, upon his return
from abroad, the proprietor of a rice plantation on the Georgia
side of the Savannah river, and devoted himself with success to
the management of this estate. During his later years, the
education of his children led him to seek a home at the North,
and he passed a considerable portion of the year in Princeton,
N. J, though still continuing to direct the plantation.

He sincerely deplored the present contest in arms, and returned to his southern residence to be an advocate for peace. His anxiety for the country preyed upon his spirits and health, and hastened his decease

He married Miss Grimes, of Georgia. Six children survive
him.

NATHANIEL SHELDON WHEATON died in Marbledale, Washington, Conn, March 18, 1862, aged 70.

He was born in Washington, Conn, August 20, 1792.

He pursued a course of theological study in Maryland, where
he resided four years, and was ordained by Bishop Clagett, deacon and priest in the Protestant Episcopal Church. In 1818 he was chosen rector of Christ Church, Hartford, and for over twelve years he discharged with marked efficiency the duties of that post. He resigned the rectorship in 1831 to become the second President of Trinity, then Washington College, Hartford, succeeding Bishop Brownell. For this office he was highly qualified by his ability and learning. He had been one of the most efficient of the founders of the Institution, and while he was President he raised forty thousand dollars for its maintenance. In 1837 he resigned the Presidency to accept the

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Rectorship of Christ Church, New Orleans, where he labored with fidelity seven years. During the ravages of the yellow fever, he was incessant in his devotion to the sick and dying. In 1823-4, he visited Europe, and wrote upon his return, a volume entitled "Journal of a Residence in London, and of Tours in England, Scotland and France," (Hartford, 12mo. 1830.) He also published an expository volume, and occasional discourses. In 1844 he went abroad again.

After his second return he divided his time between Washington, his native place, and Hartford, his early home, preaching occasionally, but assuming no special pastoral charge. He bequeathed to the institution over which he presided, the sum of twenty thousand dollars. He was never married.

The degree of D. D. was conferred upon him by Yale College in 1833.

### 1815.

JOHN SILL ROGERS died in Rome, Ashtabula Co., Ohio, Dec. 28, 1860, aged 64

He was the son of Gideon and Lucy (Ackley) Rogers, and was born in Lyme, Conn., April 15th, 1796.

He was a physician and a farmer. He resided in Lyme, Conn., until 1837, when he removed to Rome, Ashtabula Co., Ohio, which was thereafter the place of his residence. He was to some extent in public life, having been several times a member of each house of the Legislature of Connecticut, and also, in 1840, representative in the Legislature of Ohio.

He married Matilda Lord, of Lyme, Conn., Feb. 10, 1822, and their children were two daughters.

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JAMES WRENTVILLE FRISBIE died in Woodbridge, N. J., Sept. 21, 1861, aged 63.

He was the son of Samuel and Irene (Baldwin) Frisbie, and was born in Branford, Conn., March 29, 1798.

Most of his life, after graduation, was spent in teaching. He was an instructor for nine years in Columbia County, N.Y., fifteen years in Branford, Conn., and eleven years and a half in Orange, N. J., and one and a half years in Metuchen, Woodbridge, N. J.

He was twice married and had six children, three of whom have died. His remains were brought home to Branford for burial.

ITHAMAR PILLSBURY died in Andover, Henry Co., Illinois, April 19, 1862, aged 70.

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He came to College from Canaan, N. H. For many years he was pastor of the Presbyterian church in Smithtown, (L. I.) N. Y. In 1853 he was chosen President of McDonough College, Illinois.

He was twice married and left several children.

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FREDERICK JOSEPH JUDSON died in Bridgeport, Conn., Feb. 6, 1862, aged 58

He was son of Pixlee and Catharine (Nichols) Judson, and was born in Stratford, Conn., Feb. 14, 1804

After teaching school for more than two years in New Kent County, Va., he commenced in 1827 the study of medicine, and attended lectures in New Haven and New York. He received his medical degree from Yale College in 1829.

He resided in New Haven and Westport, Conn., until about 1832, when he removed to St. Mary's, Georgia. He followed his profession in that place till 1846. In 1847 he came to Bridgeport, Conn., and continued to practice there as a physician, until his death. He was thrice married.

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WILLIAM WHITE DWIGHT died of consumption in New York City, July 11, 1861, aged 54.

He was son of Elihu Dwight, an eminent physician, and was born in South Hadley, Mass., August 19, 1806

He received the degree of M. D. from Harvard College in 1830. He had resided in New York City for the last twenty-five years with the exception of two years when he was in California.

WILLIAM AUGUSTUS LARNED died in New Haven, Conn., February 3, 1862, aged 55.

He was son of George Larned, and grandson of Gen. Daniel Larned, of Thompson, Conn., and was born in that town, June 23, 1806

Two years after graduating he spent in teaching at Salisbury, North Carolina. Then from 1828 to 1831 he was a tutor in Yale College. At the close of this period a change in his religious convictions led him to abandon the course of law studies on which he had entered, and devote himself to Theology under the guidance of Rev. Dr. Taylor, in the Seminary at New Haven.

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till October of the next year, when the loss of health compelled
him to resign. He then accepted proposals from Rev. Dr.
Beman and Rev. Mr. Kirk to engage with them in the instruc-
tion of a Theological school at Troy, N. Y. He was there
occupied in teaching Hebrew and Greek and in preaching, till
the Institution was crippled by the financial disasters of 1837.
In 1839, on the transfer of Prof. Goodrich to the Yale Theo-
logical Department, Mr. Larned was elected Professor of Rhet-\oric and English Literature in Yale College, and for twenty-two
years he discharged the duties of this office with assiduity and
success.

From its commencement in 1843, he was one of the most
constant contributors to "the New Englander," about thirty
articles on political, literary, and philosophical topics having
been published by him in that magazine. In 1854 and 1855,
he acted as its editor. He printed, but did not publish, an
exposition of the grammatical principles of Becker in "The
Analysis of the Sentence," (New Haven, 12mo. pp. 100) In
the later years of his life he was much occupied in preparing
an edition of the Oration of Demosthenes on the Crown, with
philological and rhetorical notes. (2d Ed. revised, New Ha-
ven, 1858, 8vo..) Although he made this volume a text-book
in his own classes, he refrained, with characteristic diffidence,
from offering it to the public.

His increasingly useful career was suddenly terminated by a
stroke of apoplexy as he was returning home, in a snow storm,
from a walk on which his last known act was an example of
the unselfish Christian kindness which had adorned his life.

He was married in 1843 to Irene, daughter of Joseph Battell,
of Norfolk, Conn.

A discourse by President Woolsey, commemorative of Mr.
Larned, has been printed, (New Haven, 8vo) and an article from
the same pen appeared in the New Englander for April, 1862.

1828.

LEVI HART GODDARD died in Norwich, Conn, May 9, 1862,
aged 53.

He was the son of Hon. Calvin and Alice (Hart) Goddard,
and was born in Norwich, Oct. 29, 1808. After studying law
in the office of his father, and in the Cambridge Law School,
he commenced, in 1832, the practice of law in his native town.
In 1833 he went to Marietta, Ohio, and remained there till
1836, when he returned to Connecticut, and made his home
upon a farm in Salem. In 1847 he returned to Norwich, and
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death. At the time of his decease he was the oldest practising member of the bar in Norwich.

In 1835 he married Miss Mary W. Perkins, of Norwich, and left four children.

JOHN NITCHIE LEWIS died very suddenly in Brooklyn, N Y., Oct. 5, 1861, aged 53.

He was son of Zechariah (Y. C. 1794) and Sophia (Nitchie) Lewis, and was born in New York City.

He studied theology at Princeton, N J., and was ordained and settled as a minister near Newburgh, N. Y.

For many years he was the Secretary of the Central Education Society of the Presbyterian Church, (N. S.) and also Clerk of the Synod of New York and New Jersey.

The larger part of his life he spent in Brooklyn, N. Y.

He married Sarah, daughter of Col. William Edwards, of Hunter, N Y, and left a large family of children.

ISAAC WILLIAM STUART died in Hartford, Oct. 2, 1861, aged 52

He was son of Rev. Moses Stuart, of Andover, and Abigail (Clark) Stuart, and was born in New Haven, while his father was pastor of the Centre Church in this place.

For a short time after graduating, he taught in the Hopkins Grammar School at Hartford, and was much engaged in the study of hieroglyphics and oriental literature. He published in 1830 a translation, with notes, of Greppo's "Essay on the Hieroglyphic System of Champollion." (Boston, 1830, 12mo.) Being elected Professor of Greek and Latin in the College of South Carolina, he removed to Columbia, and there remained some time. He published in 1837, an edition with notes of the Ædipus Tyrannus of Sophocles. (New York, 12mo)

At length he returned to Hartford, and was well known for many years as proprietor of the Wyllys Estate on which was standing the famous Charter Oak. He was distinguished for his enthusiastic attention to the history of his native state. He published in 1856, a Life of Nathan Hale, the Martyr Spy of the Revolution, (Hartford, 1856, 8vo.) a volume of local historical sketches, entitled "Hartford in the Olden Time," by Scœva, (Hartford, 1853, 8vo.) and an elaborate Life of Governor Jonathan Trumbull. (Boston, 1857, 8vo. pp 700.)

He married Caroline Bulkely

1831.

JAMES HOPKINS ADAMS died at his residence, in Richland District, near Columbia, S. C., July 27, 1861, aged about 50.

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From childhood he resided in New York. After leaving
College he entered upon the business of a broker, which he
pursued with diligence during the most of his life, cultivating
at the same time a gentle disposition and a fine intellectual
taste. In later years, declining health and adversity kept him
from public observation, but the excellence of his life was
acknowledged by all who knew him.

He married Miss Catherine Vanderburgh, of Troy, and left
no children.

1833.

JAMES TUTTLE SHERMAN died in Trenton, N J., May 20,
1862, aged 47

He was the youngest son of George Sherman, who removed
from New Haven to Trenton in 1797, and Rebecca (Potts)
Sherman. He was born Dec. 21, 1814.

After studying law for a short time, he became associated
with his father in the conduct of the *State Gazette*, published
in Trenton, N. J, and he continued to be the editor till 1853.
He was invited to assume the charge of the United States
Gazette in Philadelphia, when Mr. Joseph A. Chandler retired
from its management, but declined this proposal.

Although deeply and honestly interested in the political
welfare of the state and nation, he resolutely declined to accept
any nomination for office. Since his withdrawal from editorial
labors, he has been an active friend of the State Normal School
at Trenton.

1838.

THOMAS WHEELER WILLIAMS died at Emerald Grove, Wis.,
July 27, 1861, aged 51

He was the son of Cyrus and Martha (Wheeler) Williams,
and was born in North Stonington, Conn, Nov. 14, 1809.

After a few years spent in teaching in Buffalo, N. Y, he
removed to Wisconsin, and devoted his life chiefly to agricul-
tural pursuits, using his talents and education for the best
good of the community in which he lived.

He married Eliza Parrott, of Washington, D. C, Nov., 1838,
and had one child, a daughter.

1839.

DANIEL BROOKS died in Brooklyn, N. Y., Dec. 24, 1861,
aged 47

He studied medicine, and graduated in the school at Castle-
ton, Vt, and was for a time engaged as medical assistant in the

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Insane Retreat, Hartford. About 1844 or 5, he began to reside in Brooklyn, N. Y., where he was a highly respected physician until his death. He was thrice married.

### 1840.

JOHN BURROUGHS ALLEY died in Boston, Mass., April 29, 1862, aged 41.

He was the son of Nathaniel Alley, and was born in Boston, April 25, 1821.

He graduated in the Medical School of Harvard University, in 1844, and then spent two years in Europe, chiefly in Paris, pursuing his medical studies. From that time till his decease he resided in Boston, an active and useful member of the medical profession.

For several years he was Superintendent of the Boston Dispensary. He was also Secretary, and, for a time, one of the Councillors of the Massachusetts Medical Society. In these and other responsible positions, he discharged his duties with fidelity and efficiency; but from delicacy of health, or other causes, he did not enter extensively into the practice of his profession. He was never married, but devoted himself to his widowed sister and her children.

### 1841.

WILLIAM HENRY PORTER died in Roxbury, Mass., May 26, 1861, aged 43.

He was born in Rye, N. H., Sept 19, 1817, and was one of the eighteen children of Rev. Huntington Porter, formerly pastor of the church in that place. After a preliminary course of study in Phillips Academy, Andover, Mass., he entered College in 1837, with his twin brother, Charles Henry Porter, who died after completing his Sophomore year.

He studied Theology one year in the Union Theological Seminary in New York City, one year in the Theological Department of Yale College, and a few months at Lynn, Mass., under the instruction of his father. In the Spring of 1844 he was licensed to preach. In the Autumn of 1845 he was settled over a Presbyterian church in Litchfield, N. H., where he remained as pastor four years. In 1851 he united with the New Jerusalem, or Swedenborgian Society, in Boston, Mass.

On the 19th of May, 1844, he married Miss Mary Frances, daughter of Hon. Paul Wentworth, of New Hampshire. He had several children, the eldest of whom, a daughter, died in 1850.

He published "Common and Scriptural Proverbs Compared," 1845, and "The Heavenly Union, or New Jerusalem on Earth," 1850.

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1842.

WILLIAM SIDNEY HUGGINS died in Kalamazoo, Michigan, March 23, 1862, aged 40

He was born in New Haven, Conn, March 19, 1822.

For three years after leaving College, he was engaged as a private tutor in Judge Couper's family, Glynn Co, Georgia, and then for three years he was a member of the Yale Theological Seminary. He visited Europe in 1836. The next year he was licensed to preach, but for want of good health he was not settled as a Pastor until November 1852, when he was ordained and installed over the Congregational church in Whitewater, Wisconsin. This charge he was soon compelled by ill health to give up. In September 1854, he was installed pastor of the Presbyterian church in Kalamazoo, Michigan, and there he remained until his death.

He married, in Oct 1854, Mary Frances Smith, daughter of Hon. A. D. Smith, of Milwaukee.

JAMES MERIT RANDALL died in Woburn, Mass, August 2, 1861. He was born with apoplexy the day previous, at his office in Boston.

He was born in Millbury, Mass., June 21, 1817.

The first year after graduating, he spent as private tutor, in Gloucester Co, Va. After studying law in Worcester Co., Mass., and in Boston, he was admitted to the bar July 30, 1845.

He was engaged in the practice of his profession, in Boston, Mass., up to the day previous to his death.

He married, March 9, 1846, Miss Ann R. Munroe, of Lexington, Mass., and leaves three children, one child having died in 1856.

1843.

FREDERICK MOORE LATHROP died in Hartford, Conn., Oct. 14, 1860, aged 38

He was the son of John and Nancy (Moore) Lathrop, and was born in Norwich, Conn, May 24, 1822.

After graduating, he entered the Harvard Law School, and subsequently pursued the study of law under the private instruction of Hon. J. A. Rockwell, of Norwich, and Judge Waite, of Lyme.

He was admitted to the bar in New London Co., in June, 1846, and resided in his native city till 1853, engaged in practice. He then removed to Chicago, Ill., continuing his profes-

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sional practice, with a brief interruption, till a few months
prior to his death. His health suffering from close study and
insufficient exercise, he entered the Retreat for the Insane, at
Hartford, Conn, Aug. 22, 1860, and died there of paralysis.

He was unmarried

1844.

ARCHELAUS WILSON died in New Britain, Conn, Feb 26,
1862, aged 44

He was son of the late Judge Wilson, of New Hampshire,
and was born in 1818.

After studying law he was admitted to the bar and began
to practice in Manchester, New Hampshire He afterwards
removed to Boston, and subsequently to New York. In addi-
tion to his professional duties, he devoted himself to telegraphic
improvement, especially to an arrangement for lighting numer-
ous gas burners at the same instant. His hopes were cut off
by a disease of the lungs which terminated fatally.

He married Julia A., daughter of the late E. A. Andrews,
LL. D.

1846.

JEFFERSON FRANKLIN JACKSON died in Montgomery, Ala.,
March 27, 1862, aged 40

He was a member of the law firm of Watts, Judge & Jackson.

1847.

HENRY CHRISTIAN KUTZ died in Wilkesbarre, Penn., April
24, 1862, aged 34.

He was born July 4, 1827.

After studying law in the office of Hon. Joel Jones, of Phil-
adelphia, he was admitted to the bar in that place, and he
continued to practice there till a few months before his death.
He accepted, in the Spring of 1861, a Major's commission on
the staff of Brig. Gen. Pleasonton, and discharged its duties
with success till mortal disease interrupted his labors

1848.

FREDERICK PACKARD died of consumption, after a short
illness, in Philadelphia, July 18, 1862, aged 34 years.

He was son of Frederick A and Elizabeth D. (Hooker) Pack-
ard, and was born in Springfield, Mass., July 21, 1828.

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He entered the class as Sophomore resident in Philadelphia.
After graduating, he studied law in the office of S. H Perkins
Esq., in Philadelphia, and subsequently in the Harvard Law
School. He was admitted to the bar at Green Bay, Wisconsin,
Oct. 7, 1850, and immediately commenced the practice of law
at Appleton, Lower Fox River Valley, in the same State. He
followed his profession in that place with diligence and success
until a few weeks before his death.

He married Miss Ellen M. Hall of Geneva, N. Y.

JOHN RICHARD WATROUS died in Madison, N. J, June 12,
1861, aged 35

He was the son of John L and Laura (Isham) Watrous, and
was born in Colchester, Conn, June 27, 1826.

He studied in Yale Law School, but did not enter on the
practice. He resided with his father, in Auburn, N. Y., engag-\ged in a bank there, until he was compelled by declining health
to seek a more favorable climate. In the Autumn of 1860 he
removed to Madison, N J., where he purchased a little place,
well stocked with fruits, in the care of which he hoped, but in
vain, to recover his lost health.

He was unmarried.

1849.

HAMILTON COUPER died at Manassas Junction, Va., in
March, 1862, aged 33.

He was the son of James Hamilton Couper, (Y. C. 1814,) of
St. Simon's Island, Georgia, and was born in Glynn Co., Georg-
ia, Jan. 11, 1829.

He entered Yale College at the beginning of Sophomore year.
After graduating, he studied law in Georgia, then in the school
at Cambridge, Mass., and afterwards in the office of Daniel
Lord, Esq., New York City. In 1853 he was admitted to the
bar in Brunswick, Georgia The same year he established
himself as a lawyer in Savannah, and continued in the practice
of his profession at that place till 1861. Soon after the
secession ordinance was passed in the State of Georgia, he
joined the Confederate army as Captain in Bartow's Georgia
Regiment and commanded the company which, under the orders
of the Governor of the State, took possession of Fort Pulaski
about a year since He was afterwards promoted to the rank
of Major or Lieut Colonel.

He died in the hospital at Manassas of typhoid fever, a short
time previous to the evacuation of that post by the Confederate
forces.

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### 1850.

SAMUEL H. EDWARDS died in Syracuse, N. Y., March 17, 1862, aged 30.

He was son of Hon. Samuel L. Edwards, Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in Onondaga County, N. Y., and was born in Manlius, N. Y., December 27, 1831.

After studying law in his native town, he was admitted to the bar in Jan. 1853, and began his professional practice first in Manlius and then in Buffalo. In 1858 he removed to Syracuse, N. Y., and continued to be there engaged in his profession until his death.

He was married in November, 1861, to Virginia, daughter of Hon. Wm. H. Shankland.

### 1851.

JAMES MADISON SPENCER died in Lafayette, Ind., March 4, 1862, aged 32.

He was born in 1830.

He had been for several years engaged in business in Lafayette, Ind.

### 1852.

DUDLEY PEET died in New York City, April 18, 1862, aged 31.

He was the third and youngest son of Dr. Harvey P. Peet, (Y. C. 1822) and Margaret M. (Lewis) Peet, and was born at Hartford, Conn., July 9, 1830.

He studied medicine in the college of Physicians and Surgeons in New York, and received from that Institution the degree of M. D. in 1856, and for a short time pursued the practice of his profession in New York City. In 1857 he removed to Burlington, Iowa, and was occupied there as a physician for the next two years. He was then invited to become one of the instructors in the N. Y. Institution for the Deaf and Dumb, with which his father and two elder brothers had been long connected. He was well fitted for this work, and during the three closing years of his short life, distinguished himself by the zeal and the success with which he labored for the education of deaf mutes.

He married, Jan. 27, 1857, Miss Caroline W. Hubbell, of New York, and left no children.

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MYRON OLIVER ALLEN died in Lowell, Mass., Aug. 1, 1861, aged 30

He was the only son of Rev. D. O. Allen, D. D., formerly Missionary of the American Board in India, and Myra W. Allen, and was born at Bombay, India, Feb. 15, 1832.

After graduation, he studied till 1854 in the Pennsylvania Medical College, where he received the degree of M D. During the next Winter he acted as Demonstrator of Anatomy in the same Institution. In 1855 he began to practice medicine in Wenham, Mass. Several months before his decease, a disease which had twice interrupted his College course, compelled him to relinquish his profession, and he returned to his friends in Lowell to die. He wrote a History of Wenham, which was published by the town ; (12mo pp. 220 ;) and in many other ways he manifested his interest in the intellectual and moral improvement of the community in which he resided.

He was married in May, 1858, to Miss Susan W. Barnes.

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JAMES MCHOSE died in Brownsville, Minnesota, July 18, 1861, aged 36

He was born in Buffalo, N. Y, June 20, 1825, and entered College from Milwaukee, Wisconsin

He spent some time after graduating, in teaching in Illinois and Michigan, and was for a time engaged as a Home Missionary in Dubuque Co., Iowa. He worked his way through great difficulties into the Christian ministry, and graduated at the Andover Theological Seminary in 1860. He died of hemorrhage of the lungs

He married Miss Sarah M. Willston, at Molina, Illinois, July 24, 1853.

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NELSON BARTHOLOMEW died Nov. 21, 1861, in Philadelphia, Pa., aged 26 years

He was the son of Adolphus and Lydia (Conant) Bartholomew, and was born in Hardwick, Mass., Dec. 29, 1834.

After studying law in the Cambridge Law School, he was admitted to the bar in Suffolk County, Mass, and commenced the practice of his profession in the town of Oxford, in August, 1858. His home was there until his death.

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| Class | Name and Age. | Place and | Time of Death. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1855 | James McHose, 36, | Brownsville, Min. | July 18, 1861. |
| 1856 | Nelson Bartholomew, 26, | Philadelphia, Penn | Nov. 21, 1861. |
| 1857 | Albert W Drake, 27, | South Windsor, Conn | June 5, 1862. |
| 1859 | Edmund B Allis, 25, | East Whately, Mass | Oct 12, 1861 |

HONORARY A M (1838)

| Edward C. Herrick, 51, | New Haven, Conn. | June 11, 1862. |
|---|---|---|
| Total Number, | 60. | |
| Average age, | 57. | |

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Among the deceased were

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Class of 1787 JOSHUA DEWEY, aged 94, of Brooklyn, N Y
" 1788 DANIEL WALDO, aged 97, of Syracuse, N Y
" 1792 WILLIAM BOTSFORD, aged 88, of Westmoreland Co, New Brunswick
" 1791 DAVID SHERMAN BOARDMAN, aged 93, of New Milford, Conn.

Of those who graduated before 1801 there now survive 26

The number of the regular graduates (A B) of the College to the year 1862 inclusive, is 7116, of whom 3702 are dead

The average annual number of deaths among the academical graduates for the last few years has probably been about 60 Some of the deaths are of course not ascertainable by the reporter until many years after their occurrence

The graduates of the College, and all other persons who are interested in the publication of this obituary, are requested to communicate fresh intelligence respecting the deaths of Yale Graduates, in any of the departments, to the Librarian of Yale College.

DECEASED DURING THE ACADEMICAL YEAR ENDING IN JULY 1863,
INCLUDING THE RECORD OF A FEW WHO DIED THE YEAR
PREVIOUS, HITHERTO UNREPORTED.

[Presented at the Meeting of the Alumni, July 29, 1863.]

[No 4 of the printed Series, and No 22 of the whole Record]

OBITUARY RECORD

OF GRADUATES OF YALE COLLEGE

deceased during the academic year ending in July 1863, includ-
ing the record of a few who died the year previous,
hitherto unreported.

[Presented at the Meeting of the Alumni, July 29th, 1863]

1795.

JOHN ADAMS was born in Canterbury, Conn., September
18, 1772.

His father was John Adams, an officer in the Revolution,
and a lineal descendant of Henry Adams, who fled with eight
sons from Devonshire, Eng, to the province of Massachusetts.

After graduation, he taught the academy in his native town
for three years. In 1800, he was appointed Rector of Plain-
field Academy, and in 1803, Preceptor of Bacon Academy, in
Colchester, Conn. In June 1810, he was chosen Principal of
Phillips Academy, Andover, Mass, in which office he contin-
ued twenty three years. In 1833 he resigned this position,
and removed with some of his family to Illinois where he in-
vested his property in the new lands.

Possessed of a constitution of unusual soundness, he discov-
ered that in his 72d year he had both the power and opportu-
nity of doing great good Always interested in the young, he
volunteered his services for their advantage, and after he had
passed the period allotted to man, organized in the state of his
adoption, several hundred sabbath schools, many of which have
grown into churches.

Eminent as a teacher of the classics, he was also specially
wise and faithful in the religious education of his numerous pu-
pils. He has left copious manuscripts illustrative of the art of
mental management in educating and governing the young

When resident in Andover he took part in the organization
of several of the great national charities of the country.

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The degree of LL D. was conferred on him by his Alma Mater in 1854

He married Elizabeth Ripley of Scotland, (Windham) Conn, (a lineal descendant of Gov. Wm. Bradford of the Mayflower) who was the mother of his eleven children,—seven of whom survive him His three sons are graduates of Yale College in the classes of 1821, 1825, and 1827.

He died in Jacksonville, Illinois, April 24, 1863, in his 91st year, retaining to the last the full possession of his faculties, a sound judgement, and a most cheerful Christian hope. A discourse delivered at his funeral by Rev. L M. Glover, has been printed.

1797.

LYMAN BEECHER was born in New Haven, Conn., Sept. 12, 1775, the son of David and Catherine (Lyman) Beecher. His early life was spent in the family of his uncle, Lot Benton of North Guilford, where he was fitted for college by the Rev. Thos. W. Bray, (Y C. 1765,) minister of the parish.

After a course of theological study at New Haven, directed by President Dwight, he was licensed to preach in Sept. 1798, and soon afterwards began to supply the pulpit of the Presbyterian church at East Hampton, L. I., where he was ordained in Sept. 1799. In 1810 he accepted an invitation to the First Congregational Church in Litchfield, Conn., where he was installed as Pastor in the month of June, and where he remained till March 1826, "the most laborious part of his life," according to his own statement.

In 1826 he removed to Boston and became Pastor of the Hanover Church in that City where he remained for six years and a half, and was actively concerned in the theological controversies of the day. While residing here his celebrated "Sermons on Intemperance" were first printed.

When he was nearly sixty years old he was invited in 1832, to become President of Lane Theological Seminary near Cincinnati, and a large amount of money was pledged to the institution on condition of his acceptance. The duties of this position he discharged for nineteen years, during the earliest half of which he also acted as the minister of the 2d Presbyterian Church in Cincinnati. His name was retained as the official head of the seminary until his death.

In 1851, he returned to Boston from the West, and subsequently removed to Brooklyn, N. Y., where his declining years were passed. He died in that city, Jan. 10, 1863, aged 87 years. His remains were brought to New Haven and interred,

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according to his own request, by the side of Rev. Dr. N. W. Taylor. A funeral discourse preached in Brooklyn, by Rev. L. Bacon, D. D., was printed, as was also the eulogy pronounced in Cincinnati by Rev. Prof. Allen of Lane Seminary.

Dr. Beecher was the author of a large number of published sermons and addresses. He was also a frequent contributor to various theological magazines, especially to the Christian Spectator, the Connecticut Observer, the Spirit of the Pilgrims. A collection of some of his writings, in three volumes duodecimo was made under his own supervision. His eminence as a pulpit orator, and his efficiency as the head of a theological seminary, are every where acknowledged.

He was thrice married, and was the father of thirteen children, ten of whom survive him. Several of them are eminent in their theological and literary reputation. The eldest, Rev. Edward Beecher, graduated at Yale College in 1822.

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THOMAS BARNARD STRONG died in Pittsfield, Mass., May 24, 1863, aged 83

He was born in New Marlboro, Mass., and in early life removed to Pittsfield, Mass., the home of his uncle Ashbel Strong, Esq., (Y. C 1776,) by whom he was adopted. After leaving college he studied law with this relative, but neither choice nor pecuniary necessity led him to engage in the practice of his profession.

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RINALDO BURLEIGH, son of John and Persis (Hayward) Burleigh, was born at Ashford, Ct., Feb. 20, 1774, and died in Plainfield, Conn., February 10, 1863, aged nearly 89 years.

His grandfather John Burleigh, came to this country at the age of 14 years, with Gov. Belcher of Mass. in 1730. Rinaldo Burleigh, having lost an arm while a boy, determined to obtain a liberal education, and by dint of difficult and persevering exertions, he succeeded, almost unaided, in fitting himself to enter college.

He chose teaching as his occupation in life, and acted successively as preceptor of the academies in Colchester, Woodstock and Plainfield, Conn., and was widely known as an accurate scholar and a successful teacher. For over forty five years from 1817, he was a Deacon in the Congregational Church in Plainfield. He was also among the foremost to advocate the abolition of slavery, and to help forward other social reforms.

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During the last sixteen years of his life, he was afflicted with
total blindness, arising it is said from excessive study.

He married Lydia Bradford of Canterbury, a descendant of
Gov Wm. Bradford Five of his nine children survive;—
four of them sons, who are widely known both as writers and
public speakers.

1805.

AARON HERVEY KELSEY died in Killirngworth, Conn, July
4, 1863 in the 80th year of his age.

1806.

-HENRY CARLETON died in Philadelphia, March 28, 1863 in
his 78th year.

Henry Carleton Coxe was born in Virginia, and entered college from Athens, Georgia After leaving college, he dropped the surname Coxe, removed to Mississippi, and finally established himself at New Orleans in 1814 He served as a Lieutenant of Infantry, under Gen. Jackson, in the campaign which terminated Jan. 8, 1815. He then actively engaged in the profession of the Law, and soon after, in connection with Mr L. Moreau, he began the translation of those portions of Las Siete Partidas, a celebrated Spanish code of Law, which were observed in Louisiana. In 1832 he was appointed U. S. District Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana. He was afterward appointed a Judge of the Supreme Court of the same State, which post he resigned on account of ill health in 1839.

He visited Europe several times and traveled extensively
in this country, and finally, a number of years since, took up
his residence in Philadelphia. He devoted much attention to
biblical, theological and metaphysical studies, and published in
1857 a volume on "Liberty and Necessity." A few days be-
fore his death he read an essay on the Will, before the Ameri-
can Philosophical Society. Notwithstanding his early life in
the south and the exposure of his property to confiscation by
the Confederates, he adhered uncompromisingly to the Consti-
tution and the Union

He was twice married,—first to Mlle. d' Avezac de Castera,
(a sister of Mrs. Edward Livingston,) and after her death to
Miss Vanderburgh

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HEZEKIAH GOLD UFFORD died in Stratford, Conn., Jan. 23d, 1863, in his 84th year.

He was son of Samuel and Abigail (Gold) Ufford, and was
born in Stratford, April 14th, 1779.

He fitted for College with Rev. Ira Hart, of Middlebury,
Conn, studied Theology with Dr. Dwight, and was licensed
by the Fairfield East Association His strength of voice not
allowing him to speak in public, he accepted an invitation to
become principal of an academy in Bloomingdale, N. Y., and
he subsequently devoted many years to the work of a classical
teacher in New York and in his native town He retained his
habits of classical study to the close of his life.

In 1823 he published a Logic which was considered a work
of merit.

He married, March 19th, 1812, Miss Julia Hine, of Wood-
bridge, who, with four children, survives him.

MARTIN WELLES, son of Gen. Roger, (Y. C. 1775,) an offi-
cer in the Revolutionary army, and Jemima (Kellogg) Welles,
was born in Wethersfield, Conn., Dec. 7, 1787, where he re-
sided during most of his life.

Having studied Law with Samuel Cowles, Esq., of Farm-
ington, he opened an office in that place Subsequently he
was admitted to the bar in the State of New York, and began
to practise his profession first at Newburgh, and afterwards in
the city of New York. His health failing he returned to his
native place, and refrained for a time from professional activity
During this period he interested himself in planning and su-
perintending the Connecticut State Prison, in the establish-
ment of which at Wethersfield he was the chief instrument.

He was chosen to the House of Representatives in 1824, 5,
6, 7, and also in 1831 and 2. During the first three years of
his membership he was Clerk, and during the last two he was
Speaker of that body. In 1827, 8 and 9, he was a member of
the State Senate, being in 1827 elected to both Houses. While
a Senator he was a member of the Corporation of Yale College.
He was also an associate Judge on the bench of the Hartford
County Court.

During the last fifteen years of his life he was engaged with
energy and success in the practice of his profession in Hartford.

His death occurred at Martin, Ottawa County, Ohio, Jan-
uary 19, 1863, at the age of 76 years.

He married Fanny, daughter of Reuben S. Norton, of Farm-
ington.

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1809.

ALFRED HEYLIGER was the son of John and Elizabeth (Solomons) Heyliger, and was born in New Haven, July 19, 1788?

He was for many years a dry goods merchant in his native town, where he lived in later days a life of great retirement

He died in New Haven, July 5, 1863, aged about 75 years.

1810.

DYAR THROOP BRAINARD was born in 1790, in New London, Conn., the son of Hon. Jeremiah G. (Y. C. 1779) and Sarah (Gardiner) Brainard. Two of his brothers graduated at Yale College, William F., in 1802, and John G. C., in 1815.

After leaving college he studied medicine, and entered upon
its practice in his native place, where he continued to reside
until his death, highly respected for his professional skill and
for his excellent character

He was never married, but devoted himself with paternal
care to the bereaved children of his brother

His death occurred in New London, February, 6, 1863, aged
73 years.

FREDERICK GRIMKE died in Chillicothe, Ohio, March 8,
1863.

He was born in Charleston, S. C., Sept. 1, 1791, and was
a brother of Hon. Thos. S. Grimke, (Y. C. 1807).

Having devoted himself to the profession of Law, he removed
to Ohio, where for several years he was Presiding Judge of the
Court of Common Pleas in one of the circuits of that State.
In 1836, he was elected by the Legislature a Judge of the Su-
preme Court, which post he held for the next seven years.

He published a work entitled "Considerations upon the Na-
ture and Tendency of Free Institutions," (Cincinnati, 1848,
8vo. pp 544,) and an essay on Ancient and Modern Literature.

He left a fund to his executor to provide for the publication
of a collection of his various writings in two volumes octavo.

1811.

ROGER SHERMAN BALDWIN, second son of Simeon (Y. C. 1781) and Rebecca (Sherman) Baldwin, was born January 4, 1793, in New Haven, where he resided through life.

After leaving college, he studied law in his father's office in
New Haven, and also in the Litchfield Law School, and was
admitted to the bar in 1814. Although repeatedly called into
public office, he devoted himself through life to the profession

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of his choice, attaining the highest distinction, especially in the
discussion of questions of law. His defence in 1841, of the
rights of the Africans of the Amistad, is celebrated both on
account of its marked ability, and also because of the peculiar
interest which was felt in these unfortunate captives.

After having been a member of the city government in New
Haven, in 1826 and 1828, Mr. Baldwin was elected in 1837
and again in 1838, a member of the State Senate. In 1840
and in 1841 he represented the town of New Haven in the
General Assembly. He was chosen Governor of the State in
1844 and was reelected in 1845. On the death of Hon. J. W.
Huntington in 1847, Mr. Baldwin was appointed by Governor
Bissell to fill the vacancy thus occasioned in the United States
Senate, and in December of that year he took his seat as a
member of that body. He was elected by the Legislature in
the following May to the same position, which he held till
1851. Since that period he has held no public office, except
that he was one of the presidential electors in the canvass of
1860, and by appointment of Gov. Buckingham was a delegate
to the Peace Convention which met in Washington, in 1861,
by request of the State of Virginia. In all his career as a
statesman he was distinguished for the wisdom of his counsels,
the purity of his character, and an unswerving devotion to the
progress of Liberty.

The death of Governor Baldwin occurred in New Haven,
February 19, 1863, at the age of 70. A biographical discourse
was pronounced at his funeral by Rev. Dr. Dutton, which was
printed in the New Englander for April, 1863, and was also
published as a pamphlet.

Mr. Baldwin was married in 1820 to Miss Emily Perkins of
Hartford. Four of their nine children are surviving. The
two eldest sons, graduates of Yale College in 1842 and 1847,
died in early manhood. His younger sons were graduated in
1853 and 1861.

RALPH EMERSON, formerly Professor of Ecclesiastical History and Pastoral Theology in the Andover Theological Seminary, died at Rockford, Illinois, May 26, 1863, aged nearly 76

He was born, Aug. 18, 1787, in Hollis, N. H, where his
father was a leading citizen, and where his grandfather, Rev.
Daniel Emerson (H. C 1739) was a Pastor from 1743 to 1801.

After studying theology at Andover, he held the office of
Tutor in Yale College, from 1814 to 1816, and at the close of
this service he was ordained and installed as Pastor of the
Congregational Church in Norfolk, Conn. Here he remained

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till 1829, when he was appointed Professor in the Theological Seminary at Andover,—an office which he retained through a period of twenty-five years till April, 1854. The next five years he resided at Newburyport, Mass., after which he removed to Rockford, Ill., for the sake of being near his children. While at the west, he repeated by request his lectures on the History of Christian Doctrine, to the students of the Chicago Congregational Theological Seminary. He was a contributor to the Bibliotheca Sacra and the Christian Spectator, and to other religious periodicals. He also published a life of his brother, Rev Joseph Emerson, and a translation, with notes, of a work on Augustinism and Pelagianism, by C F Wiggins.

He received the degree of Doctor of Divinity from Yale College in 1830.

He was married in 1817 to Miss Eliza Rockwell who survives him. Three of his sons have entered the ministry and one is a lawyer.

A sermon was preached at his funeral by his son-in-law, Rev Prof. Haven, and his body was interred at Beloit, Wisconsin.

HENRY COLLINS FLAGG was born in the parish of St. Thomas, near Charleston, S. C., January 5, 1792, and died March 8, 1863, aged 71 years. His father, whose exact name he bore, was a native of Rhode Island, who served through the Revolutionary war. His mother was Miss Moore.

Some of his early studies were pursued in Newport, Rhode Island. After leaving college he returned to South Carolina, and remained there for some years. He then came back to New Haven, studied law with S. P. Staples, Esq., and began to engage in its practice. He took an active part in the political movements opposed to the Federalist party in Connecticut, both as a public speaker and as an editor of the Connecticut Herald, which he had purchased. He was also Clerk of the New Haven County Court.

About 1824, he returned to South Carolina, where he practiced law till 1833.

Designing to educate his children at the North, he then again took up his residence in New Haven, where his home continued till his death. He practiced law till 1842 when he retired. From 1834 to 1839 he held the office of Mayor of New Haven.

He married, March 20, 1811, Miss Martha Whiting, daughter of Joseph Whiting, Esq., who survives him, and six of their seven children are also still living.

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Mr. Flagg's attachment to his native State was strong, but his devotion to the Union was stronger, and like his friend, Petigru, with whom, side by side, he withstood the nullifiers in 1832, he was true to the last.

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DENNIS KIMBERLY was born October 23, 1790, in what was then a part of New Haven, and is now the town of Orange. He was the youngest but one of the twelve children of Capt. Silas and Sarah (Smith) Kimberly. He was fitted for college in the school at Litchfield South Farms.

His chosen profession was the law, which he studied in Springfield with Geo. Bliss, Esq, and in Fairfield with Hon. Roger M. Sherman. In March, 1814, he was admitted to the bar in New Haven, where he soon acquired a solid reputation.

In early life he bestowed much time on military affairs, holding finally the rank of Major General in the State Militia. Other public offices were thrust upon him

He was a member of the House of Representatives in 1826, 27, 28, 29, 32 and 35. In 1831 he held the office of Mayor of the city and was reelected in 1833 but declined the appointment.

In 1838 he was chosen by the Legislature of Connecticut, a Senator of the United States, but after deliberation, he decided not to enter upon the office. He also declined a nomination for Governor at a time when his election was regarded as certain. A few years later, from 1845 to 1848, he was States Attorney for New Haven County.

On account of impaired health, Gen. Kimberly, in July, 1852, began a tour in Europe, from which he returned in May, 1854, somewhat better, but he was far from being well during the closing years of his life. He continued to pay some attention to his professional business, and especially to the affairs of the N. Y. & N. H. Railroad Co., in which he was a Director, until a few months before his death. This event occurred in New Haven, December 15, 1862, in his 73d year.

A discourse, commemorative of his life, was preached by Rev. E. L. Cleaveland, D. D., and was printed. (New Haven, 22 pp. 8vo.)

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HENRY DWIGHT CHAPIN died at Flushing L. I. July 14, 1862, in the 69th year of his age.

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he removed to Baltimore, and subsequently, about twenty
years ago, to the City of New York

In 1849 he removed to a country residence in Flushing,
L I, where he resided till his death.

ISAAC ADRIANCE was born of Dutch ancestry in Harlem,
New York City, Feb. 13, 1794, and died in New York, Aug.
26, 1862, aged 68 years and 6 months.

At an early age he was sent to the boarding-school of Dr.
Smith, of Stamford, Conn., where he fitted for college. After
graduating he studied law in the office of Richard Riker, Esq.,
then Recorder of New York, and on the completion of these
studies he immediately began to reside in the town of Geneva,
N Y, Preferring however a home in his native city, he soon
returned to New York, where he practiced law till the time of
his death. He was successful in his profession and assiduous
in his attention to business. He also filled a number of public
offices of trust It was his skill which devised the present
system of taxation in the city, by which order was brought out
of great disorder

He married, Dec 28, 1830, Miss Margaret E. McGown. His
widow and three of their four children survive him

1817.

JONATHAN PRESCOTT HALL died in Newport, R I, Sep-
tember, 1862, aged 67 years

He was a native of Pomfret, Conn

He was engaged in the practice of law in New York City,
where he rose to distinction, and held the office of U. S. Dis-
trict Attorney, by appointment of President Taylor

He published two volumes of Law Reports, entitled "Re-
ports of Cases in the Superior Court of the City of New York,
1828-9." (New York, 1831-3, 2 v. 8vo)

He married Miss De Wolf.

WYLLIS LYMAN died in Burlington Vt., December 1, 1862.

He came to college from Hartford, Vt, in which place, after
a course of professional study at Cambridge, he began to prac-
tice law. He was repeatedly a member of the Legislature.

During the latter portion of his life he resided in Burlington.

1820.

CHARLES HOOKER, son of William and Hannah Hooker,
was a native of Berlin, (Kensington) Conn, and a descendant of
Thomas Hooker, the first minister of Hartford

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He was born March 22, 1799, and died in New Haven, March 19, 1863, aged 64 years.

He pursued his medical studies in the school at New Haven, where he graduated in 1823. He immediately began the practice of his profession in this city, which he followed with constancy and success, during a period of forty years. In 1838, he was appointed Professor of Anatomy and Physiology in Yale College, and he discharged the duties of this post until his death, acting also as Dean of the medical faculty.

He took an active part in public affairs related to his profession and was interested especially in the management of the Connecticut State Hospital, in which he was a Director and one of the attending physicians from the time of its foundation.

He was the author of various medical essays, which were printed

He was married in 1823 to Miss Eliza Beers.

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JOHN ADAMS TAINTOR, only son of Hon Roger Taintor, was born in 1800, in Hampton, Conn, and was fitted for college at Bacon academy, Colchester.

Soon after graduating he made an extended tour in Europe, and after his return he married and engaged in mercantile business in Springfield, Mass. In 1834 he removed to Hartford, and about the year 1840 he began to engage in the importation of the best breeds of sheep from Spain and Saxony Subsequently he paid much attention to neat cattle and was the first to introduce the Alderney stock into New England. He was of great service to the country by these efforts for the improvement of stock.

He was married in 1831 to Miss Adelia Croade, and left two children His death occurred suddenly in Hartford, November 15, 1862, at the age of 62 years.

PHINEAS BACON WILCOX died in Columbus, Ohio, March 25, 1863, aged 67 years.

He came to college from Middletown, Conn

He was a lawyer by profession, and was engaged in an extended and successful practice in Columbus, Ohio, from the time of his removal to that place, about forty years ago, paying particular attention to the titles of land.

He was the author of several important professional volumes, among them,—the 10th volume of Ohio Reports, (Co-

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lumbus, 1840) and several volumes of condensed and digested
Ohio Reports.

His earnest and religious character is evinced in more than
one printed pamphlet, especially in a brief essay entitled "A few
thoughts by a member of the bar," (Columbus: 1836, 18mo.)
He married in 1821 Miss Sarah D. Andrews and left two children.

1822.

JONATHAN DORR BRADLEY died in Brattleboro, Vermont,
September 8, 1862, aged 59 years, 5 months

He was the son of the Hon. William C. Bradley, and was
born in Westminster, Vt., April, 1803

He entered upon the profession of the Law, and was settled
first at Bellows Falls, and afterwards at Brattleboro, Vermont.
To his legal attainments, he added unusual acquisitions in lit-
cature and science

In 1856 and 1857 he represented the town of Brattleboro in
the Legislature, and he was also a member of the Board of
Education in Vermont, from its organization until his death

He has left a widow and four sons.

1823.

NORMAN PINNEY died in New Orleans, October 1, 1862,
aged 58 years

He was born in Simsbury, Conn, Oct. 21, 1804.

In 1826 he became a tutor in Trinity College, Hartford, and
in 1828, Professor of the Ancient Languages in the same in-
stitution. This position he relinquished in 1831.

He was admitted by Bishop Brownell to the ministry of the
Protestant Episcopal Church, and was settled for a time at
Mobile, but coming to differ from the doctrines of that church,
he gave up his charge and devoted himself to the education
of the young

He was the author of a well known series of text-books for
instruction in the French Language.

1825.

JOSEPH HULBERT NICHOLS was born, August 20, 1805,
at Newtown, Conn, and there resided until 1815, when
his parents removed to New York City. He fitted for college
in the Episcopal Academy at Cheshire, Conn

After attending a course of medical lectures in New York,
he studied law with Seth P. Staples, Esq., and also in the
Litchfield Law School He was admitted to the bar in 1828,

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at Albany, but soon gave up the profession of law and fitted
himself for the ministry by a course of study in the General
Episcopal Theological Seminary in New York. He graduated
there in 1831, and was immediately ordained by Bishop On-
derdonk. He was then called to Richmond, Va., to assist
Bishop Moore in the Monumental Church; his health failing,
he returned to his native town and then from 1832 to 1839 was
Rector of Christ Church, Greenwich, Conn. He subsequently
became assistant Minister of Trinity Church, New Haven,
Conn., where he remained till 1846. After officiating as a
minister in Bristol and Cheshire, he removed in 1851 to Ra-
cine, Wis., where he was rector of St. Luke's Church, until
1856, and Professor of English Literature in Racine College,
till 1862. In 1862, he became chaplain of the 19th Reg. Wis-
consin Volunteers, and went with his Regiment to Norfolk, Va.,
where he was prostrated by a fever, which brought on delirium,
terminated by his death, Dec. 11, 1862, in the Government
Hospital for the Insane. He was buried in Washington. He
was well known as a writer in verse and prose. His poem on the
Future was delivered as an Inaugural at Racine.

He married, Sept 17, 1844, Louisa, daughter of Rev. Edward Rutledge, of New Haven.

ISAAC GURDON SEYMOUR was killed in battle near Richmond, Va., July 3, 1862.

He was of Connecticut ancestry, but came to college from Sa-
vannah, Ga.

He held for a time the office of President of the Bank of
Macon, Ga., and afterwards removed to New Orleans.

He engaged in the war as Colonel of a Louisiana Regiment,
having declined an appointment as a Brigadier General. He
fell while storming the batteries of Gen McClellan.

He married Caroline, daughter of Rev. Mr. Whitlock, of
New Haven. She died in 1860, leaving an only son, who was
taken prisoner at Fort Jackson, by the Union forces. The
only daughter died in 1858.

1832.

JOHN BOWERS died in St. Johnsbury, Vt., February 4, 1863,
aged 57 years and 4 months.

He was the son of Alpheus and Anna (Sumner) Bowers and
was born in Thompson, Conn., Sept. 14, 1805.

After graduating in the Theological Seminary at Princeton
in 1836, he taught for a year in Nichols Academy, Dudley,
Mass., and having been licensed to preach by the Presbyt-

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ery of Long Island in 1835, he was ordained Pastor of the
Congregational church in Wilbraham, Mass, Dec. 13, 1837.
This church he left in the spring of 1856, and after preaching
nearly a year at Agawam Falls, he was invited to become Pas-
tor of the 3d Congregational church in St. Johnsbury, where he
was installed Feb. 4, 1858

He was married in 1836 to Miss Maria Healey, of Dudley,
Mass.

He published a thanksgiving discourse in 1843 and two dis-
courses at the close of his ministry in Wilbraham.

1833.

ROBERT CARVER died at Orient, L. I, February 25, 1863,
aged 52 years and 10 months

He was born in Taunton, Mass., April 20, 1810, the son of
David and Lydia Carver, of that town.

He studied theology in the Seminary at Andover, and after
preaching at Phillipsburg, C E., and Walden, Vt, he was or-
dained, November 21, 1838, as Pastor of a church lately form-
ed in Berlin, Mass

He resigned this post in 1842, attended lectures for six
months in the seminary at New Haven, and then, during the
winter of 1843-4, he supplied a pulpit in Lancaster, Grant
Co, Wis For two years afterward he was stationed in Cut-
chogue, L I, and was subsequently installed, Dec. 1, 1847, in
the town of Raynham, Mass., where he remained ten years.
He then became connected with the Wheaton Female Semi-
nary in Norton, and afterwards removed to Franklin, Mass.

At the opening of the present war he became Chaplain of
the 7th Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteers, and continued
with them, without a single furlough, through all their marches
in Virginia. His health was seriously injured in the Peninsula
campaign, and he was obliged to leave the army at Falmouth,
Jan 18, 1863, for the hospital at Georgetown. He was finally
carried to the house of his father-in-law, at Orient, where he
died after a few days His body was taken to Taunton for
burial and a commemorative discourse was preached by Rev.
Mr. Maltby He was married about 1846 to Mrs. Jane Ingram,
daughter of Rev. Mr Beers, of Cutchogue.

ASAHEL HOOKER LEWIS died in St. Louis, Mo, Sept. 25,
1862, aged 52 years.

He was the youngest son of Ehas and Urania (Hooker) Lew-
is, of Farmington, Conn, and was born in that town, Sept. 11,
1810.

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After studying Law with Hon. W. L. Storrs in Middletown, Conn., he removed to Cleveland, Ohio, in 1835, where he was for several years editor of the Cleveland Herald. He afterward resided in Ravenna and had charge of the "Ohio Star." In 1847 and '48 he represented the counties of Summit and Portage in the State Legislature—and in 1848 removed to Cincinnati, where he remained eight years, and was associated with Hon. Henry Starr in the practice of Law. Then he removed to Akron, O., and took the editorship of the "Beacon," which he retained for a number of years. In the autumn of 1861 he went to St. Louis, and became one of the editors of the "Missouri Democrat." His strength was unequal to his arduous labors, and he fell a victim to disease. He was married in 1843 to Miss Jennette, daughter of Christian Keene of Ravenna, O., and after her death, in 1848, to Miss Jane Platt. He leaves a son and two daughters.

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JAMES ALEXANDER HAZEN died in Sprague, Conn., (Hano-ver Society,) Oct. 29, 1862, aged 49 years. He was the young-est of thirteen children, and was born in West Springfield, (now Agawam,) Mass., May 2, 1813. Having early been left an orphan, he was fitted for college by his brother, Rev. R. S. Hazen, (Y. C. 1818.) Serious illness while in college left him an invalid for life.

He studied theology at East Windsor, and was ordained Pastor of the Congregational church in South Wilbraham, Mass., early in the year 1839, where he remained ten years. After a brief agency in behalf of the seminary at East Windsor, he was installed pastor of the church in South Williams-town, Mass., where he remained four years and then became, in December 1852, minister of the church in Hanover Society, of Lisbon (now Sprague) Conn., where he remained till his death.

He was married to Miss Rockwell, of South Windsor, and after her death to Miss Grant, of Stafford. His widow and two of his four children survive.

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WALTER THOMAS LENOX was born at Washington, D. C., Aug. 15, 1817.

He studied law in his native city and there began to pursue his profession.

For a time he was President of the Board of Aldermen in Washington, and in 1850 was Mayor.

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At the beginning of the rebellion he went to Richmond, where he died in Jan. 1863, aged 45 years

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CHALES RICH died in Beardstown, Illinois, October 31, 1862, aged 53 years

He was a son of Capt. Benjamin and Susanna (Heath) Rich, and was born in Boston, September 12, 1809.

After fitting for college at the Boston Latin School, he went to sea and made several voyages, first as a sailor before the mast, and afterward as mate of a vessel. A change in his religious sentiments taking place, he determined to become a minister, entered Yale College and graduated at the age of twenty nine years.

After studying divinity at Andover, he was settled as a minister in Washington City, then in Nantucket, and finally in Buffalo. About the year 1853, he gave up preaching and entered into mercantile business in Beardstown, Illinois.

He married in 1840, Miss Clapp, of Pepperell, Mass., who, with two of their three children, survives him.

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JOSEPH GIBSON HOYT died in St. Louis, November 26, 1862, after protracted suffering from consumption, aged nearly 48 years

He was born in Dunbarton, N. H, Jan 19, 1815, and fitted himself for college in the face of serious obstacles.

After completing his collegiate studies, he took charge of an academy at Plymouth, N. H., and in 1841, was appointed Instructor in Mathematics and Natural Philosophy in Phillips Academy, Exeter, N. H., where he remained for eighteen years.

He was here distinguished for the public spirit and energy with which he labored for the good of the community, and especially for the improvement of the common schools. In 1851 he was a member of the Convention for the revision of the State Constitution. In 1845-6 he revised Colton's Greek Reader, furnishing for it an entirely new lexicon.

His eminence as a scholar and teacher led to his appointment, in 1858, to be Chancellor and Professor of the Greek Language and Literature in Washington University, a newly established institution in St. Louis. He was formally inaugurated in Oct, 1859, and entered with bright promises of success, upon the duties of this office.

During his declining days he occupied some of his time in making a collection of his Miscellaneous writings, Addresses,

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Lectures, and Reviews, which was printed after his death, with an introductory note by Rev. Dr. A. P. Peabody, of Harvard College (Boston, 1863, 8vo. pp.) A commemorative dis- course, by Prof. S. Waterhouse, delivered in St. Louis, Jan. 20, 1863, has also been published.

He received the degree of LL. D. from Dartmouth College in 1859. In 1842 he married Miss Margaret S. Chamberlain, of Exeter. Five of their six children are still living.

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EDWARD MILLS, son of Lewis Mills, of Morristown, N. J., was born Oct. 1, 1820, and died in Cincinnati, Ohio, Decem- ber 5, 1862, aged 42 years

For three years after graduation he studied law in his native town and then entered upon the practice of his profession in Cincinnati, where he continued until his death. In 1861 he made a visit to Europe.

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JAMES HORTON DILL died near Nashville, Tenn., Jan. 14, 1863, aged 42 years.

He was born in Plymouth, Mass., Jan. 1, 1821

After a course of theological study in the Seminary at New Haven, he was ordained Pastor of the First Congregational church in Winchester, Conn., Aug. 26th, 1846. He remained there till November, 1851. After passing a few months in study at New Haven, he was installed, in February 1852, as Pastor of the First Congregational church in Spencerport, New York.

In 1859 he removed to Chicago, and became the Pastor of the South Congregational church.

He became Chaplain of the 38th Regiment of Illinois Vol- unteers in the autumn of 1862, and went with his regiment to the seat of war in the South West. He was sent home in De- cember on regimental business, and while traveling was taken ill, but he persisted in joining his regiment, contrary to medi- cal advice, and died on board the Lady Franklin, on the trip from Louisville to Nashville.

The fidelity which marked his whole career was conspicuous in his military life.

He was married July 14, 1846, to Miss Catharine D. Brooks, of Cheshire, Conn., and left several children.

JOHN ABRAM LENT died in San Francisco, California, Jan. 2, 1863, after a long and tedious illness, at the age of 41 years

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He entered college from Poughkeepsie, N. Y., and after grad-
uation he studied law for a time and then engaged in mercan-
tile pursuits in New York

He was one of the early emigrants to California, where for
a time he held the office of County Judge of Alameda County.

1844.

JOHN TOWNSEND COIT, son of George Coit, Esq., of Buf-
falo, N. Y, was born in that city, May 8, 1824 He died in
Albion after a short illness, January 23, 1863, aged 38 years.

He pursued a course of theological study more than usually
prolonged and comprehensive, beginning at Auburn and con-
tinued at Andover. He subsequently determined to go to Ger-
many and place himself under the tuition of Dr Neander, but
this eminent theologian having died before Mr. Coit reached
Berlin, he went to Halle, and remained there two years, attend-
ing the exercises of Prof Tholuck. He afterwards passed sev-
eral months in Gottingen, and then made an extended tour in
Europe

On his return to this country he was invited to become the first
minister of St. Peter's Church, Rochester, where he preached six
months, and then became the settled pastor of the Presbyter-
an church in Albion, N Y Here he remained five years,
when the church in Rochester to which he had before minis-
tered, recalled him He remained their pastor during the re-
maining three years of his life. He was honored with a rare
degree of affectionate respect, wherever he was known

The funeral sermon was preached by Rev. W. Clarke, D D.,
of Buffalo By request of Mr Coit it was based upon a text
(1 Cor 1, 24) on which he was writing a sermon when the fa-
tual illness terminated his life. His body was buried in Buffalo.

He leaves a widow but no children.

1845.

WILLIAM THOMAS CASTO died near Dover, Kentucky, May
8, 1862, aged about 38 years

He studied law in the Transylvania University, and subsequently resided in Maysville, Kentucky. He was shot in a duel, occasioned by his maintenance of secession sentiments.

1847.

DANIEL TEMPLE NOYES was son of Deacon Daniel Noyes,
of Boston, and was born in Boston.

After his graduation he taught for a while in New York
City, and then pursued a course of theological study, first in

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the Union Theological Seminary, and afterward in the Semi-
nary at Andover

In 1853, he was settled as a Congregational Minister in Dorchester, Mass. About two years afterward he removed to Prairie du Sac, Wisconsin, and assumed the charge of a Congregational Church in that place.

When the war began, he received a commission as a Lieu-
tenant in the 6th Wisconsin Battery, and while acting in that,
capacity, he fell at Corinth, October 4, 1862, aged about 36.

1849.

WILLIAM GEORGE CHANDLER was born at Mobile, Ala., September 15, 1829, and died July 3, 1862, aged 32 years

After leaving college, he was engaged in mercantile business
in Mobile, for the last few years in the firm of St John, Pow-
ers & Co.

He was married in 1857 to Miss Holbrook, of New York.

1850.

NEWTON SPAULDING MANROSS was born in Bristol, Conn, June 20, 1825.

He sailed for Europe the day after graduation, and spent a
a year and a half in studying chemistry at Gottingen. He re-
ceived the degree of Doctor of Philosophy from that Univer-
sity in 1852. After spending three months in traveling on the
continent, mainly in visiting mines, he returned to this country
in the summer of 1852. The following year he spent at his home
in Bristol, constructing machinery. In the fall of 1853 he
sailed for the Orinoco in an exploring company in search of
mining investment, and spent four or five months in examin-
ing the gold region of the Yuruarı, between the Orinoco and
Amazon. He returned home by way of Trinidad in the spring
of 1854. In the spring of 1856 he went to the Isthmus of
Panama, where he passed the summer in exploring for coal,
iron, and other minerals in the province of Chiriqui. Imme-
diately after his return he set out for Mexico, where he was
engaged for six months in searching for coal and iron, princi-
pally in the district between the City of Mexico and the Pa-
cific coast. During this trip he visited many of the great sil-
ver districts, and descended into the craters of Jorullo and
Popocatapetl. He returned home in July, 1857, and for
several years remained in Bristol, (Forestville,) Conn, en-
gaged in perfecting mechanical and chemical inventions.

He was for one year acting Professor of Chemistry in Am-
herst College. He subsequently raised a Company of volun-

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teers, and went to the war as Captain of Co. K., 16th Reg.
Connecticut Volunteers. He fell after a day of gallant action
at Antietam, Md. Sept. 17, 1862.

He was the author of several papers in the American Jour-
nal of Science and Arts, and was already eminent for his sci-
entific attainments when he gave up his life for his country.

He was married, Nov. 3, 1857, to Miss Charlotte H. Royce,
of Forestville, Conn. •

NATHAN APPLETON LEE was born in London, England,
Jan. 6, 1829, and entered College from Charleston, S C. He
studied law in the Yale Law School, and received the degree
of Bachelor of Laws in 1852 Since that time he has resided
in New York City, but on account of ill health, he refrained
from the active pursuit of his profession

He died in New York City, March 18, 1863, aged 34 years,
and his body was interred in Greenwood Cemetery.

PHILEMON TRACY, son of Hon. Edward Dorr Tracy, Judge
of the Supreme Court of Georgia, was born in Macon, Ga., in
June, 1831.

After leaving college he established himself in the practice
of Law in his native town, where he edited the Macon Tele-
graph and held the position of Probate Judge. In 1860, he
was a member of the Georgia Legislature. He afterwards
held the post of a Major in the 6th Georgia Infantry, and
while acting as such in the battles near Richmond, in July,
1862, he was severely wounded. He died from the effect of
these injuries, Sept 18, 1862, at the age of 31.

He was married some years ago to Mrs. Caroline Walker,
who died about a year after their marriage, leaving no children.

1852.

JOHN SAFFORD PARSONS, the son of Joshua and Laura
Parsons, was born in Hartford, Vt, May 14, 1828. He entered
College from Amesbury, Mass, having encountered great ob-
stacles in his preliminary studies.

After graduating, he studied theology in the Seminary at
Andover, from 1852 till 1855 He was licensed to preach the
gospel, February 7, 1855. During the year 1856, he was
Principal of the Latin School in Schenectady, N. Y., and from
1857 to 1860, he was Principal of Schoharie Academy, Scho-
harie County, N Y He became Master of Dummer School,
Byfield Parish, Newbury, Mass., in October, 1860, the duties
of which post he discharged with ability and success till the
time of his death. He died October 23, 1862, aged 34 years.

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He was married in 1855 to Miss Lydia S. Eames, of Newry, Maine, who, with one child, survives him.

HENRY LORD PAGE KING, son of Hon. T. Butler King, was born at St Simon's Island, Georgia, April 25, 1831.

He studied law in the Cambridge Law School from 1853 to 1855, receiving at the close of his course the degree of LL. B. He afterwards continued his studies in Savannah, Ga., and subsequently passed a considerable part of his time in New York City.

While acting as aid of Maj Gen McLaws, with the rank of Captain in the Confederate forces, he fell in the battle of Fredericksburg, December, 13, 1862, aged 31 years.

He had previously taken part in the actions on the Peninsula, before Richmond, at Sharpsburg and Harper's Ferry.

### 1853.

WILLIAM SCOTT DENNISTON was drowned in the James River, Virginia, July 22, 1862, aged 30 years.

He was a son of Hon. Robert Denniston, (Un Coll 1820,) and was born in Blooming Grove, Orange Co., N. Y., July 28, 1832.

One of his brothers graduated at Yale College in 1856, and another left the class of 1862 to become a Paymaster in the Navy after the present war began.

He studied medicine in Philadelphia and New York, and after receiving the degree of M. D. from the college of Physicians and Surgeons, he removed in 1857 to Chicago, Illinois, where he practiced his profession till the summer of 1861. He then removed to Newburgh on the Hudson.

He entered the service of the United States, as Assistant Surgeon, and was stationed for a time in the General Hospital at Harrison's Landing. His self sacrificing labors, during the Peninsula campaign, brought on a fever, resulting in delirium, and while thus distracted, he threw himself into the James river, and was drowned.

### 1854.

JOHN WORTHINGTON HOOKER, son of Prof. Worthington Hooker, (Y. C. 1825,) was born in Norwich, Conn., July 14, 1833.

After graduating in 1857 as a Doctor of Medicine in the Medical School at Yale College, he acted for a considerable time on the Surgical Staff in the N. Y. City Hospital, and subsequently continued his professional studies in Europe.

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In 1860 he was appointed Professor of Hygiene and Physi-
cal Education in Amherst College, which position he was com-
pelled by ill health to resign.

He died at his father's house in New Haven, January 26,
1863.

1855.

GEORGE STUART, a native of Sherman, Fairfield County,
Conn, died in that town, Saturday, July 11, 1863.

After studying law in Sherman and in New Milford, Conn.,
he became, in 1858, a member of the bar of Fairfield County,
and had just commenced the practice of law when the war
broke out. He was among the first, if not the first to volun-
teer from that county, enlisting in the first company, in the
1st Regiment Connecticut Volunteers. He was soon afterward
commissioned as a Lieutenant in the Regular Army, and at-
tached to the 13th Regiment U. S. A. He took part in the
battles of Milliken Bend and Arkansas Post, and marched with
his regiment over a large portion of Kentucky. Unusual ex-
posure in rescuing the wounded and captured of Antietam,
and exposure in the camp near Vicksburg, brought on a lin-
gering disease which terminated his life. He returned home,
much wasted, and died in about a month.

1856.

HENRY MARTYN MCINTIRE died at Baltimore, Md., Janu-
ary 16, 1863

He was the son of Andrew McIntire, and was born at
Woodside, near Elkton, Md, March 19, 1835.

After graduating, he commenced the study of the law in the
Law School at New Haven, and continued his studies with
Joseph J. Lewis, Esq, at West Chester, Penn, where he was
admitted to the bar in Sept., 1858 He continued the practice
of his profession in that town till 1861

When the present war began, he enlisted in the "Brandy-
wine Guards," a volunteer company formed in Westchester,
and was elected Captain He was afterwards made Lieuten-
ant Colonel of the 1st Regiment of the Pennsylvania Reserve
Corps, under Maj Gen McCall, in which capacity he was en-
gaged in many arduous services The corps was engaged in
the defence of Washington, and won the victory of Drainsville.
In the memorable seven days' battles before Richmond it held the
enemy in check at Mechanicsville, and bravely covered the re-
treat of the army Col. McIntire shared in all these vicis-
situdes, till on the 30th of June, 1862, at Glendale or Charles
City, he was wounded in the ankle, rendering amputation

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necessary. He was taken in this condition as a prisoner to Richmond, where he remained until exchanged on the 29th of July following. For several months subsequently he was a patient in the David's Island Hospital, near New York, after which he returned to his home in West Chester. Here he was elected without opposition District Attorney for Chester County, but before assuming the office he died from the effect which his wound produced upon the brain. He was buried in Oakland Cemetery near West Chester.

TIMOTHY KEELER WILCOX died in Chicago, Illinois, February 27, 1863, aged nearly 28 years.

He was born May 18, 1835, in North Greenwich, Conn., where his father, Rev. Chauncey Wilcox, (Y. C. 1824,) had been pastor of a Congregational Church.

After graduating, he devoted himself for three years to teaching in the High School at Hartford, and from 1859 to 1861 he held the office of a Tutor in Yale College. He studied theology at New Haven, and subsequently at Princeton, where he graduated in 1862. Having been licensed to preach the gospel, he supplied for three months the Congregational pulpit in New Preston, Conn., and then established a temporary home in Chicago, hoping to become a settled pastor in some western church. He preached in McGregor, Iowa, and in LaSalle, Illinois, and would probably have been invited to remain in the latter place, had not death suddenly snatched him away.

### 1857.

HENRY MELZAR DUTTON, only son of Judge Henry Dutton (Y. C 1818) and Elizabeth (Joy) Dutton, fell in the battle of Cedar Mountain, near Culpepper C. H., (Va.,) August 9, 1862, aged 24.

After graduating, he taught school for a short time and then began to study law in the Yale Law School. He was admitted to the bar and began to practice his profession at Middletown, Conn. He subsequently removed to Litchfield.

When the President first called for 300,000 men, he enlisted as a private in the Fifth Reg Conn Volunteers, but he was soon promoted to be Orderly Sergeant, then 2d Lieut., and then 1st Lieut. in Company C. After arduous service in the Shenandoah valley, his regiment was engaged in a desperate encounter under Gen Banks, with the Confederate forces under Gen. Jackson, at Cedar Mountain. In this hotly contested battle he was pierced by a ball through the heart, and was buried on the field.

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FRANCIS EUGENE BUTLER fell in battle at Suffolk, Va., and died May 4, 1863, aged 38 years.

He was a native of Suffield, Conn., and was born Feb. 7, 1825.

For about twelve years previous to entering college, he was engaged in mercantile pursuits in New York City, where he was well known as Secretary of the N.Y. Bible Society, as one of the founders of the Young Men's Christian Association, and as the active friend of other religious institutions. His zeal in his Master's service was so great, that at length, when 29 years old, he determined to enter college, and fit himself for the ministry. When his college course was over, he spent three years in the study of theology at Princeton, and subsequently one term at Andover.

While a student in Princeton, in addition to his influence in other respects, he was a strong advocate of physical education, and secured funds for the erection of a hall for Langdonic gymnastic exercises, in which he himself gave lessons.

Having been licensed to preach, he supplied for a time the pulpit of a Church in Bedford Springs, Penn., and afterwards that of the 2d Presbyterian Church in Cleveland, Ohio.

He was next engaged as Minister of the Congregational Church in Paterson, N. J., in the place of the pastor, who had entered the National service.

When the 25th Regiment of New Jersey Volunteers was organized, he accepted the post of Chaplain, and accompanied the Regiment to Suffolk, Va. In an engagement near that place, May 3, he was actively employed in the relief of the wounded and exhausted of his regiment, which was stationed on the left. Learning that some men of a Connecticut Regiment on the right were suffering for want of surgical assistance, he went to their relief, and in thus passing through a position which was greatly exposed, he was shot by a sharp-shooter and died the next day.

JOHN GRISWOLD was born in Old Lyme, Conn., April 24, 1837.

After graduation, he remained at home until the Spring of 1858. From that time till December of the same year, he was employed as surveyor in Kansas. Returning again to his home, he remained for a little more than a year, and on January 3, 1860, he sailed from New London for Honolulu, to engage in business.

He subsequently remained for six months, with a single Kanaoka companion, on a Guano island in the Pacific, of which it was important to claim possession. He was at length taken

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off by a company of Chinamen and carried to San Francisco

At the outbreak of the rebellion, he hastened home and en-
tered the national service as Captain of Co. A, 11th Connecti-
cut Volunteers. He showed great boldness on the field of bat-
tle, and at Antietam, bravely gave up his life for his country.

EDWARD LEIGHTON PORTER, the son of Dr. Isaac G. Porter,
(Y. C. 1826) of New London, Conn., was born in that city,
June 17, 1837.

He early evinced a love of study, especially of metaphysical
inquiry, in which, through his life, he continued to be interes-
ted. He was fitted for college in Williston Seminary At
one time he seriously thought of seeking admission to the Mil-
itary Academy at West Point.

After graduation, he taught school for a short time in Vir-
ginia, but finding his residence there not congenial, he returned
home, studied law and was admitted to the New London
County Bar. In August, 1862, he determined to offer his
services in his country's defense, and received the appointment
of Adjutant in the 18th Connecticut Volunteers, which office
he filled till May, 1863, when he was promoted to be 'Captain
in the same Regiment Soon afterwards, he was shot in the
head by a sharpshooter of Jackson's corps near Winchester
When the rebels entered Winchester he was seriously ill in
the hospital, but in spite of his surgeon's advice, he took com-
mand of his company, and fell while leading his men to their
fourth charge. He died almost immediately, June 15, 1863,
aged nearly 26 years. His fearlessness of danger cost him his
life. His body was buried near the battle field. His short
career was honorable in a high degree.

An article from his pen entitled " The Horses of Neptune,"
appeared in the New Englander for July, 1862.

GEORGE WASHINGTON ROBERTS was born in Chester Co.,
Pa., October 2, 1833.

After graduation, he studied Law and was admitted to the
Bar in West Chester, Pa., in December, 1857 He continued
there in the practice of his profession until March 1, 1860,
when he removed to Chicago Here he remained active and
successful in his business till the breaking out of the south-
ern rebellion, when he turned his attention to the military
service. He was energetic in his efforts to aid in the organiza-
tion of the Douglas Brigade, one of the regiments of which—
the 42nd Illinois—he commanded till the time of his death.
His daring enterprise in spiking the rebel guns at Island No.
10, his gallantry at Farmington Roads, and his services at

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Corinth, gained for him a brilliant military reputation. During the last part of his life, he was in command of a brigade, where he displayed the same qualities which had marked his whole career in the service of his country. He fell in the battle of Murfreesboro, Tenn., December 31, 1862.

JAMES JUDSON SMITH was born, as is supposed, in 1837, and came to College from Clinton, East Feliciana Parish, La.

After leaving college he studied law at home.

He entered the Confederate service when this war began, and fell in battle at Malvern Hills, July 1, 1862.

### 1858.

EDWARD FOSTER BLAKE, son of Eli Whitney and Eliza (O'Brien) Blake, was born in New Haven, Ct., Nov. 25, 1837.

He remained in New Haven after his college course was over, first engaged in the office of Librarian of the Young Men's Institute, and then in the study of law, till the autumn of 1861, when he determined to engage in the military service of his country.

He received the appointment of Adjutant in the 5th Regiment Connecticut Volunteers, and served with distinction both in this regiment and on the staff of Gen. Crawford. He was engaged in the campaign of Gen. Banks in the Shenandoah Valley, where he won high encomiums for his efficiency and bravery. Soon afterwards he was appointed Major of his regiment. He fell in the battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., August 9, 1862, admired and loved by his comrades on the field, and by a large circle of friends at home. Strong hopes were entertained for a time that he was taken prisoner by the opposing forces, but these are now abandoned. His age was 25 years.

### 1859.

DANIEL BOWE, son of George L, and Frances (Bagg) Bowe, was born Jan 13, 1833, in Agawam, Mass.

After graduation he studied theology, the first year in Union Theological Seminary, New York City, and the next two in the Theological Seminary, Andover, where he graduated in July, 1862.

During the early part of 1862, he spent about four months near Port Royal, S. C., as superintendent of plantations in the employment of the Educational Commission of Boston, and after a short visit to Andover he returned thither and resumed with activity and fidelity the discharge of this duty. The exposure to an almost tropical climate, brought on an attack of typhus fever, from which he recovered sufficiently to set out for home,

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but before the vessel reached New York, he sunk into a state of unconsciousness from which he could not be aroused. On the 30th of Oct, 1862, he died in one of the rooms of the Union Theological Seminary, New York, aged 29 years.

CHARLES EASTON was born in the year 1833, in Afton, Chenango Co., N. Y., and entered college at the beginning of junior year, from Wellsville, N. Y. The first year after graduation he spent in Memphis, Tenn., engaged in teaching. During the second year he studied theology in the Union Theological Seminary, New York City, at the end of which time being compelled to discontinue his studies on account of ill health, he went to Black River Falls, Wis., with the hope of regaining strength and vigor. He returned to his home in Wellsville early in Oct. 1862, his health being very poor, and from that time he failed gradually until his death, which occurred April 5, 1863, in his 30th year.

DIODATE CUSHMAN HANNAHS was born in 1839, in Otsego, N. Y., but entered college from New York City. He died in Williamsburgh, Va., Sept. 10, 1862, aged 23 years.

The autumn after graduation he entered the law office of Evarts, Southmayd & Choate in New York City, and remained there, attending at the same time the lectures in the Columbia College Law School, about two years. In August, 1861, he joined the "Ira Harris Guard" (6th N. Y. Cavalry) as 1st Lieutenant. His energy contributed in a marked degree to the organization of this regiment. In November he was promoted to the rank of Captain.

In December, Capt. Hannahs's regiment went into winter quarters at York, Pa. In February he was transferred to Perryville, Md., and shortly after was ordered to the seat of war on the Peninsula. The battalion of Cavalry to which his company belonged was attached to the corps of Gen. Sumner.

After the evacuation of the Peninsula by the army of the Potomac, his company remained in the vicinity of Yorktown, attached to the command of Gen. Keyes. On the 8th of September a body of rebel cavalry made a dash into Williamsburgh, Va., driving our troops from the place in confusion. Gen. Keyes ordered a squadron of cavalry from Yorktown to their support. The enemy having retired before the approach of our forces, Capt. Hannahs's company was detached to reestablish the picket line in an advanced position. While employed on this service he was mortally wounded, by a ball through the right lung, and died the following morning.

CHARLES MORTIMER WHEELER, son of J. M Wheeler, Esq., was born December 8, 1837, in Canandaigua, N. Y. He was killed in the battle of Gettysburgh, July 4, 1863, aged 25 years.

After leaving college, he returned to his native place, and was there engaged in the study of Law until June 1861, when he was admitted to the bar. In the autumn of 1862, he entered the army as Captain in Co. K of the 126th Regiment N. Y Volunteers, and went into active service. He was made a prisoner at Harpers Ferry when Col. Miles surrendered that post, and after his exchange he entered with new zeal into the duties of his position, until his patriotic career, bright with promise for the future, was suddenly terminated on the nation's birth-day. He was killed almost instantly, by the bullet of a sharpshooter while he was leading a skirmishing party in the battle which drove from Pennsylvania the armed forces of the rebellion.

1860.

GEORGE WATERMAN ARNOLD died at Fairfax Seminary, Va., Dec 8, 1862, in the 23d year of his age. He was the son of Bur-rill Arnold of Centreville, R I, and was born in Johnston, R. I., October 19, 1840.

After leaving college, he began to study Law, first in the office of Messrs Green & Anthony, Providence, and afterward in the School at Cambridge, Mass. In October 1862, he enlisted as a private in the 12th Rhode Island Regiment, and was soon afterward made a Sergeant. In November he was taken ill with a typhoid fever, and when his regiment, which had been stationed in the defenses of Washington, was sent forward, he was left behind in Fairfax Seminary Hospital, where he died a few days afterward.

CHARLES ALFRED BOIES, son of the late Rev. Artemas Boies, of Keene, N. H., was born in Boston, June, 1838.

He died in Keene, May 14, 1863, aged 25 years.

For a year after the close of his college course, he was an in-
structor in the family of Judge O'Neill of Fernandina, Florida.
In the fall of 1861, he entered the Seminary at Princeton,
where he remained through the winter and then returned to
Keene. He at once began to preach in the neighboring town
of Roxbury, taking also an active part in the Sunday Schools of
that neighborhood. In September 1862, he entered the Semi-
nary at Andover, and remained there till January, when his
health which had never been vigorous, gave way and he went
home again to die.

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DANIEL HEBARD, son of Hon. Learned Hebard of Lebanon, Conn., and brother of Albert Hebard (Y. C, 1851,) was born in that town, September 3, 1836.

For a short time after his college studies were over, he was in charge of the Library of the Am. Geographical Society in New York, and he then accepted the position of an Instructor in the Ohio Asylum for the Deaf and Dumb at Columbus.

While residing there, he joined the Home Guards, in the Spring of 1861, and was subsequently occupied for some weeks in guarding bridges on the thoroughfares to Western Virginia. He retained his position in the Asylum at Columbus till the close of that year, when he was appointed Assistant Adjutant General of Volunteers, and attached to the staff of Gen Gor- man. He entered upon these duties December 18, 1861. He acted a brave part in the battles of the Peninsula and before Richmond. But his incessant services seriously impaired his health, and he was sent home to recover strength. The disease however terminated fatally soon after he reached New York. He died in the New England rooms of that city August 7, 1862, aged 26 years

WILLIAM CURTIS JOHNSTON, died of pneumonia, in Mumfordsville, Ky., Dec. 3, 1862.

He was a son of Rev Thomas P Johnston, late Missionary of the American Board in Turkey, and was born July 11, 1839 at Trebizond, Asia Minor. He subsequently resided in Smyrna, and in 1853 came to the United States. He was fitted for college in Salem, Mass.

After graduation he studied Theology in the Presbyterian Theological Seminary at Danville, Ky, and after two years was licensed to preach. In the summer of 1862 he was engaged in preaching and teaching at Greensburg, Ky. In the following September he was ordained, and commissioned as a Chaplain in the 13th U. S. Kentucky Volunteers. He had already acquired much influence for good in the regiment when death terminated his efforts

1861.

FREDERICK STANTON DAVIS, the son of Thomas T. Davis, was born in Kingston, Miss, July 24, 1839. After leaving college he resided at home till March 1862, when he enlisted in the "Natchez Southrons," (10th Mississippi Regiment) and joined the army of Bragg. The hardships of his military life he endured with great fortitude. After the battle of Perryville he was left exhausted to die, but recovered sufficiently to

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march 150 miles and rejoin his regiment, subsisting for eight
days on parched corn. He took part in the battle of Murfrees-
boro and in many subsequent engagements. He suffered from
repeated attacks of illness, but persisted in adhering to the
service on which he had entered, till he died of pneumonia on
or about April 15, 1863 at Chattanooga, Tenn. His remains
were taken home for burial.

1862.

FRANCIS NORTON STERLING died on board the steamer Arago, 34 miles south of Cape Hatteras, December 6, 1862, aged 21 years.

He was a son of William C. Sterling, Esq, of Poughkeepsie,
N Y, and was born December 6, 1841 at Salisbury, Conn.

He received a commission as 1st Lieutenant in Co D, 128th
Reg N Y Volunteers, Col. D S Cowles, in which capacity
he set sail for New Orleans in the expedition commanded by
Maj Gen Banks. An attack of typhoid fever soon terminated
a career which was bright and promising.

ANDREW FREEMAN SHIVERICK, son of Capt. Andrew M. Shiverick of New York, died of fever at Memphis, Tenn., April 22, 1862, aged 20 years He was born March 8, 1842, at Falmouth, Mass

Immediately after leaving college he obtained a commission
as Captain in the 28th Wisconsin Regiment, and joined
that body in Milwaukee. He was engaged in the Yazoo Pass
Expedition, and was for a considerable time stationed at Hele-
na, Arkansas, where he rendered efficient service to the coun-
try by his enterprise and bravery.

OBITUARY RECORD

OF

GRADUATES OF YALE COLLEGE

DECEASED DURING THE ACADEMIC YEAR ENDING IN JULY 1864,
INCLUDING THE RECORD OF A FEW WHO DIED A SHORT
TIME PREVIOUS, HITHERTO UNREPORTED.

[Presented at the Meeting of the Alumni, July 27, 1864.]

[No 5 of the printed Series, and No 23 of the whole Record]

OBITUARY RECORD

OF GRADUATES OF YALE COLLEGE

deceased during the academical year ending in July 1864, includ-
ing the record of a few who died previously,
hitherto unreported.

[Presented at the Meeting of the Alumna, July 27th, 1864.]

[No 5 of the printed Series, and No 23 of the whole Record.]

CLASS OF 1787.

JOSHUA DEWEY, who has been since 1859 the graduate of
oldest academic standing in this College, died at Watertown,
N. Y., Feb 23, 1864, in his ninety-seventh year.

He was born in Lebanon, Conn., April 7, 1767, where his
father, Daniel Dewey, resided as a farmer. The son was fitted
for college in his native town, at the school of the well-known
"Master Tisdale" After the burning of New London in the
Revolutionary War, he shouldered his musket and became for
a time one of the garrison of Fort Griswold on the Thames.

He removed in 1791 to Cooperstown, N. Y., and taught a
school in which James Fenimore Cooper is said to have
learned the alphabet. Two years later he became a farmer in
that neighborhood and began to enter into public life. He was
thrice elected a member of the Legislature, and was afterwards
commissioned by President Adams as a Collector of Internal
Revenue. In 1809, he removed to the new town of De Kalb,
St Lawrence Co., where he also exercised various political func-
tions, being a supervisor of the town, a county magistrate and
a commissioner of schools In the war of 1812, he joined the
militia for a short time in the defense of Ogdensburgh. In
1817, he became a religious man, and with his wife and four
children united with a Presbyterian Church.

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In 1830, he removed to Watertown, and subsequently to Sackett's Harbor and then to Auburn. In his later years, he has resided with his son Lewis, in Brooklyn, L I., (where he attended the church of Rev T L Cuyler.) and also with his daughter, Mrs Woolsey Butterfield, at whose house in Watertown he died In late years he has repeatedly attended the Commencements of Yale College. His mind was clear and his health good till the close of his days.

In 1787, he married Miss Lora Lewis, who died in 1841.

1792.

WILLIAM BOTSFORD, the son of Amos Botsford, (Y. C. 1763,) was born in New Haven, April, 1773 His mother was the daughter of Joshua Chandler (Y. C. 1747).

His father, who had been an adherent of the crown during the Revolution, removed to New Brunswick on the cessation of hostilities, and devoted himself to the profession of law. (Cf. Sabine's Amer. Loyalists) The son accompanied the father to Annapolis, N B, in 1782, but was afterwards sent back to Connecticut and fitted to enter college under the instructions of Rev Dr. Elzur Goodrich, of Durham

After graduation, he went home and pursued the study of law, (partly with Hon Jonathan Bliss, Chief Justice of the Province of New Brunswick,) was admitted to the bar in 1795, and commenced the practice of his profession at St John.

In 1803, he was appointed Judge of the Vice-Admiralty Court, over which he presided until 1807, when at the request of his father, he removed from St. John to Westmoreland Co., resigning this position

On the death of his father in 1812, he succeeded him in the representation of the county in the Assembly of the Province. In 1817, he was elected Speaker of the House, and continued so by reelection till 1823, when he was promoted to the Executive and Legislative Council. In 1817, he was appointed Solicitor-General, and he held this position till his elevation to the bench of the Supreme Court in 1823. In this office he remained for twenty-two years. His hearing having then become slightly impaired, he resigned his seat on the bench, and during the remainder of his life resided on his estates at Westcock, active in promoting the public welfare, and especially interested in the advancement of agriculture. His long and honorable career was terminated by death, in Westmoreland, May 8, 1864, in the ninety-second year of his age.

In 1802, he married Mrs Sarah Lowell Murray, daughter of Hon. William Hazen, and widow of Thos. Murray, Esq. Her

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death occurred May 4, 1850. Their children were eight sons and two daughters.

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JOHN WALES, son of Rev Samuel Wales, D. D. (Y. C. 1767,) Professor of Divinity in Yale College, died in Wilmington, Del., Dec. 3, 1863, in his 81st year. He was born in New Haven, Conn, July 31, 1783

After a course of studies in law, he commenced the practice of his chosen profession at Hartford where he remained till 1812. He then removed to Baltimore and subsequently in 1815, to Wilmington, Del., which continued to be his home during the remainder of his life. He attained great eminence as a lawyer and was an earnest member of the Whig and Republican parties. He was occasionally called into public service. In 1845, he held the office of Secretary of State in Delaware, and in 1849, on the resignation of Mr. Clayton, he was chosen by the Legislature as a Senator of the United States, which position he held until 1851.

On the 12th of November, 1863, he attended a meeting of the friends of the Union at Middletown, and contracted a severe cold, which terminated fatally a few weeks later

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PELATIAH PERIT, son of John and Ruth (Webster) Perit, and grandson of Pelatiah Webster, (Y. C. 1746,) was born in Norwich, Conn, June 23, 1785. He was descended from a Huguenot family who early took refuge in New Haven colony.

His preparation for college was made in Philadelphia and New Haven. After graduation he taught for one year a private school in his native town, while he was considering the question of preparing himself for the Christian ministry. A weakness of his voice deterred him from this course and he entered upon a life of business in the city of Philadelphia. In 1809, he removed to New York City where he was concerned in commercial affairs to the close of his life. From 1817 to 1861, he was a partner in the shipping house of Messrs. Goodhue & Co, extensively engaged in foreign commerce.

From 1853 to 1863, Mr. Perit was President of the Chamber of Commerce of the State of New York and in that capacity he took a prominent part in the public affairs of the commercial metropolis. In 1857, when the peace of the city was endangered by riotous assemblages, and party faction prevented an organization of the police, he was chosen a Commissioner

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of the Police, and rendered at much personal sacrifice an important service in restoring the public security. Throughout his life he was an active supporter of the institutions of Christian benevolence. The American Board, the Bible Society, the Sea-men's Friend Society, the Sailor's Snug Harbor and the N. Y. Orphan Asylum were among the objects to which he devoted his special attention.

From 1836 to 1859, Mr Perit's residence was at Blooming-dale, on the Hudson. He then removed to New Haven. During the last two years of his life, he was engaged in the collection of materials for illustrating the History of the Commerce of the United States, which he intended to publish.

He died in New Haven, March 8, 1864, aged 78 years. He was married in 1825 to Maria, daughter of Daniel L. Coit, of Norwich, who survives him.

His brother, John W. Perit, graduated at Yale College in 1801, and his cousin in 1803.

A discourse commemorative of his life was preached in New Haven by Rev L Bacon, D D., and was printed in Hunt's Merchants Magazine for May, 1864.

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WALTER RALEIGH KIBBE died in Somers, Conn., April 22, 1864, aged 82 years. He was born in that town, Sept. 8, 1781.

He was a lawyer by profession, having been admitted to the bar in 1807. He represented his native place in the Legislature during the years 1828, '29, '31, '34, and '38, and in 1832 was a State Senator from the 20th district. He held the office of Judge of Probate during a period of ten years, and was Postmaster from 1821 to 1828. In the latter year, he was one of the Presidential Electors. In the public and private relations of life he maintained a reputation for uprightness and independence. His devotion to the study of the Bible is said to have been remarkable, especially in the later years of his life.

Three of his six children survive him.

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LEONARD COWLES, son of Gamaliel, and grandson of Josiah Cowles, died in Delaware, Ohio, Dec 29, 1861, aged about 78 years.

He was born in Southington, Conn., and was one of the earliest settlers of Delaware, Ohio. His profession was the law.

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GEORGE OLCOTT died at Charlestown, N. H., Feb. 4, 1864, aged 78 years. He was the eldest son of Judge Simeon Olcott, (Y. C. 1761,) formerly U. S. Senator, and the nephew of Rev. Bulkley Olcott, (Y. C. 1758,) both of Charlestown. His mother was Tryphena Terry, of Enfield, Conn.

Geo. Olcott was born in Charlestown, Nov 22, 1785, and after graduating at this College, he was educated as a lawyer, in the office of Benjamin West, Esq. He practiced his profession in his native town till the year 1824, when he accepted the position of Cashier of the Connecticut River Bank in the same place. He held that post until his death, honored and beloved by all who knew him, as an upright Christian citizen.

He married in 1831, Charity West, widow of Benjamin West, of Boston. She died May 24, 1836, leaving no children by this marriage. In August, 1837, he married Emily A., daughter of Isaac Silsby, Esq., of Charlestown. His widow and three sons survive him.

WILLIAM MATHER SMITH was the only child of the late Hon. John Cotton (Y. C. 1783,) and Margarette (Evertson) Smith. He was born at Sharon on the 18th day of August, 1787.

After his graduation he studied law in New York City, with his maternal uncle, Nicholas Evertson, Esq., (Y. C. 1787,) and was admitted to the bar in that city in 1808. Feeble health and a desire to minister to the comfort of his parents, determined him to give up professional pursuits and to spend his days in his native town. He was a man of devoted piety, and spent his life literally in doing good. As early as 1818, he entered warmly into the duty of sustaining and advancing the interests of Sabbath Schools, and the business of instructing children and youth, through that medium, was his chosen and beloved employment during the remainder of his days. He was the superintendent of the Sabbath School in Sharon for more than forty-five years, and his happy method of expounding the scriptures was remarkably adapted to interest the pupils in the subjects on which they were addressed, and to attach them warmly to himself, personally. In 1828, he was chosen Deacon of the Congregational Church, which office he greatly honored and held till his death. He died in great peace of mind, March 19, 1864. He was married February 19, 1809, to Helen, daughter of Robert Livingston, Esq., of Rhinebeck, N. Y., who survives him. Of three sons, two survive him.

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1806.

CALEB PITKIN was born in New Hartford, Litchfield Co.
Connecticut, February 27, 1781 His father, Stephen Pitkin,
was a farmer, with whom he labored till twenty-one years of
age. He then entered upon a course of study with a view to
the gospel ministry

His preparatory theological studies were pursued under Rev.
Asahel Hooker, of Goshen. He was licensed to preach, June
10th, 1807, and supplied for a time the churches of Derby and
Oxford. He afterwards became pastor of the Second Church
in Milford, where he remained nine years, being dismissed Oct.
22d, 1816. The succeeding winter he spent as a missionary in
Ashtabula and Portage Counties, Ohio, being in that portion
of the State then known as New Connecticut, or the Western
Reserve. He was installed April 23d, 1817, pastor of the Con-
gregational Church in Charlestown, Portage County. Here
he remained about ten years, spending one half of the time
with the Charlestown Church, and the other half traveling
extensively over the Reserve, as a missionary.

Previous to the close of this period, measures had been taken
by the Presbyteries of Grand River and Portage, toward the
establishment of a college. Mr Pitkin had been an active
agent in this work, and henceforward it was the principal object
of his attention. In 1828, he removed to Hudson, where West-
ern Reserve College was established in 1826, and remained
there till his death. He continued, after his removal to Hudson,
to preach in destitute places, upon the Sabbath, as long as
his strength permitted, laboring during the week in behalf of
the College. He died at Hudson, February 5, 1864, nearly
eighty-three years of age. At the time of his death, he was
the only remaining member of the original Board of Trustees of
Western Reserve College. Mrs. Pitkin (Anna Henderson,) survives her husband. Of five children, three sons and two daughters, the sons survive. Two of these, one a lawyer, the other a minister, are graduates of Western Reserve College. An adopted daughter, wife of Rev. D. Vrooman, a missionary, died in China.

1807.

DARIUS MEAD, son of Joshua and Rachel (Knapp) Mead,
of Round Hill, Greenwich, Conn., was born in that town, July
9, 1787. He was fitted for College under the tuition of Rev.
I. Lewis, D. D.

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After pursuing a course of study under Dr Rush, in Phila-
delphia, he received a medical diploma in 1809. He practiced
medicine for a few months in New York City, but returned to
his native town in 1810 and there continued to reside, still
engaged in practice.

In 1845 and 1846, he represented the 12th Senatorial Dis-
trict in the Senate of Connecticut, being nominated without
his knowledge of the intentions of his fellow-citizens For one
year he was a member of the Corporation of Yale College.

His death occurred in Greenwich, January 28, 1864. A
funeral sermon, by Rev S. B. S. Bissell, of Norwalk, was pub-
lished. (N. Y, 1864, 8vo. 19 pp)

Dr. Mead was married in 1809, to Lydia K., daughter of
Elisha Belcher, M. D, of Round Hill, who died in 1848

1808.

TIMOTHY TUTTLE died in Ledyard, Conn, June 6, 1864,
aged 82 years He was born in East Haven, Conn, Nov. 21,
1781. His father was Joseph Tuttle, a descendant of Wil-
liam Tuttle, one of the early settlers of New Haven His
mother was Mary, daughter of Daniel Granger, of Suffield,
Conn. (Y. C. 1730)

Timothy Tuttle was fitted for college by Rev D Smith, D.
D, of Durham, to which place his father's family had removed.
He studied theology with the same clergyman, and in Sept,
1810, went to North Groton, Conn, as a candidate for the
ministry. There he was ordained Aug. 14, 1811, and there he
lived and labored through his life, preaching on alternate Sab-
baths at North and South Groton until April, 1834. since
which time, his labors have been confined to North Groton,
now Ledyard

He married Miss Mary Norton of Durham, Conn, and has
left two daughters, one of them the wife of Rev. N. B. Cook,
formerly of Stonington and now of Ledyard.

His funeral sermon was preached by Rev T. L. Shipman, of
Jewett City, and a biographical sketch by the same person ap-
peared in the Congregational Quarterly, July, 1864.

1809.

CHARLES EZRA CLARKE was born in Saybrook, Conn.,
October, 1789, the son of Ezra and Elizabeth (Whittlesey)
Clarke. He was fitted for College, in his native place, by the
Rev. Frederick W. Hotchkiss, minister of the parish.

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After graduating at Yale College, he studied Law in Greene county, New York, and in 1815 established himself at Watertown, Jefferson County, in that State, in the practice of the Law, in which he was engaged constantly for about twenty years and partially till near the close of his life. In 1825 he purchased a farm and mill seat in the same county, and afterward, devoting much attention to that property and becoming a skillful agriculturalist, he gradually withdrew from his profession. He died at his residence, on his farm in Champion, on the 8th day of December, 1863, aged 74 years. He was elected to the legislature of New York two successive terms in the years 1838 and 1839, and to congress in 1849, serving in both stations with distinguished ability. As a lawyer he stood at the head of his profession in the vicinity of his practice.

He married in 1852, and left at his death a widow and four children

1810.

LOT NEWELL, son of Samuel (Y C. 1781) and Sarah (Hos-
ford) Newell, and grandson of Rev Samuel Newell, (Y. C.
1739,) was a native, and for many years a resident, of Bristol,
Conn. His career is well known to the residents of that place.
He died from exposure to the cold in New York City, March
30, 1864, aged 76 years.

His wife (Naomi Lewis) and child died several years previous.

1812.

THOMAS DUNLAP, a native, and during his life a resident, of
Philadelphia, died in that city July 11, 1864, aged 71 years

He was admitted to the bar in Philadelphia, Sept 4, 1816,
and during most of his life was engaged in professional prac-
tice

When Nicholas Biddle resigned the office of President of
the United States Bank, Mr. Dunlap was chosen to succeed
him, and he remained in that position until the Bank suspend-
ed operations, when he resumed the profession of the law.

1814.

CHARLES BACKUS GODDARD died in Zanesville, Ohio, Feb-
ruary 1, 1864, aged 67.

He was the son of Hon. Calvin and Alice (Hart) Goddard,
and was born in Plainfield, Conn., October 6, 1796.

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After studying Law with his father in Norwich, and with Judge Griswold in Lyme, he was admitted to the Connecticut bar, and went soon afterwards to Zanesville, Ohio, where he continued to reside in the uninterrupted practice of his profession until his death.

He was admitted to the bar in Ohio in 1817, (the year of his arrival) at Gallipolis. He was twice elected to the House of Representatives of the State and twice to the State Senate. He was Speaker of the latter during one term. In 1820, he married Harriet Munro, daughter of Daniel Convers, of Zanesville, who, with seven children, survives him.

DAVID LONGWORTH OGDEN died after a short illness in New Haven, October 31, 1863, aged 71 years.

He was the son of Jacob and Jerusha (Rockwell) Ogden, and was born in Hartford, Conn, October 6, 1792. His parents removed to New Haven while he was quite young.

He pursued a course of theological study, extending through three years, in Andover, and afterwards studied for a year at New Haven, under the instruction of Prof Fitch. He at length accepted a call to become Pastor of the Congregational Church in Southington, Conn, and was ordained in that place, Oct. 31, 1821, just forty two years previous to the date of his death.

Mr Ogden was dismissed from the pastoral relation to the Church in Southington, Sept. 13, 1836, and soon after removed with his family to Whitesboro, N. Y., where he was installed on the 28th of December following. Resigning his charge in that place in 1844, he was again installed in Marlboro, Mass., April 26, 1848, which place he left in Dec., 1850. In 1853, he preached for several months in Colebrook, Conn, but declined a call to make that his home. During the latter part of his life he resided in New Haven, preaching occasionally.

He married in 1824, Sarah Amanda daughter of Daniel Judson, Esq., of Stratford, Conn. Their children were five in number, three of whom are now living. One of them graduated at Yale College in 1861.

## 1817.

EBENEZER ANDREWS, born in Fairfield, Conn., April 30, 1795, died of apoplexy, in Chicago, Illinois, April 28, 1864, aged 69 years.

His legal studies were pursued in Westport, Conn., and he was admitted to the bar in New Haven, April 30, 1823. In

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the following year he began the practice of his profession at Milan, Ohio, and continued it till 1852 or 1853, when he was elected Judge of Probate in Erie County, Ohio. At a subsequent period, he became engaged in banking, first in Milan and after 1862 in Chicago, Ill. In the various stations of life, his uprightness and integrity commanded the respect of all who knew him

He was married August 15, 1825, to Rachel Hyde of Fairfield, Conn., who with two sons, (graduates of Yale College in 1859 and 1861,) and two daughters, survives him.

## 1818.

JOHN CALKINS COIT died at his residence in Cheraw, S C., February 6, 1863, aged about 64 years. He was a son of David and Betsey (Calkins) Coit, of New London, Conn., and was born in that town in 1799 His brother, David G Coit, graduated at this College in 1819

After reading law in the office of Judge Swift, of Windham, Conn., and subsequently in the office of Hay & Grimke, in Charleston, S C, he was admitted to the bar in the last named place, and soon after established himself in Cheraw, S C, which continued to be his home. For a time he was President of a Bank in that place

In consequence of a radical change in his religious views, he determined to become a minister of the gospel, and in due course of time he was ordained and installed Pastor of an Old School Presbyterian Church in Cheraw. His ecclesiastical and political sentiments were of a very decided character

During the last few years of his life, he was without pastoral charge, and for the improvement of his health he made a temporary residence in Milwaukee, Wis., Goldsborough, N C, and Sumter, S C, successively.

He was thrice married,—to Miss Campbell, of South Carolina—to Miss North, of New London,—and to Miss Barge, of North Carolina. Several of his children survive him. His widow resides in Fayetteville, N C. His son, Henry W. Coit, graduated at the Yale Law School in 1858, and died at home, from camp fever contracted in the confederate army.

REUBEN STEDMAN HAZEN, eldest son of Frederick and Sarah (Stedman) Hazen, was born at Tunbridge, Vt., and removed with his parents, in childhood, to Norwich and thence to West Springfield, Mass.

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After studying theology with Rev. Dr. Osgood, of Springfield, he was licensed to preach in June, 1820, by the Hampden Association. In the following year he was called to be pastor of the associated churches of Agawam and Feeding Hills, in the town of West Springfield, and was ordained Oct. 17, 1821. After remaining in this connection eight years, he withdrew from the church in Feeding Hills, and devoted himself to that in Agawam. After thirteen years additional labor here, he was dismissed May 17, 1843, and was soon after installed in Barkhampstead, Conn. After remaining here about six years and a half, he accepted an invitation to Westminster, where he was installed Sept. 26, 1849.

He died in Westminster, Conn., March 31, 1864, aged 73 years.

He was thrice married; to a daughter of Rev. L. Wood,—a daughter of Rev. A. King,—and to Miss Burgess, of Westminster. His brother, James A, (Y. C. 1834) died in 1862.

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GEORGE AUGUSTUS SHELTON, son of Rev Philo Shelton, (Y. C. 1775) of Bridgeport, was born in Fairfield, Conn., Nov. 21, 1800.

He studied theology at the General Theological Seminary of the Protestant Episcopal Church in New York city. On the 3d day of August, 1826, in Christ Church, Hartford, he was admitted to the order of Deacons, by Bishop Brownell, and on the 18th day of December, 1827, in St. James Church, Newtown, L. I, to the order of Priests, by Bishop Hobart.

In 1827, he was invited to the vacant rectorship of St James' Church, Newtown, L. I, which he accepted, and where, in abundant and faithful labors, he spent the remainder of an exemplary Christian life, till, on the 27th of December, 1863, he was called to his reward.

He was deeply interested in the circulation of the Bible, and for a period of twenty-seven years he was Recording Secretary of the Long Island Bible Society, in which capacity it is believed that he visited every town on the Island,—advocating the distribution of the Bible throughout the world.

### 1822.

THOMAS GRAY HUBBARD, son of Thomas Hubbard, M.D., Professor of Surgery in Yale College, and of Elizabeth (Gray) Hubbard, was born in Pomfret, Conn., Sept. 12th, 1803, and died in Hartford, August 26, 1863, aged nearly 60 years.

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After graduation he attended medical lectures in New York and Philadelphia, and received the Degree of M. D. at this college in 1825. He practiced his profession for a few years, first in Brooklyn, Conn., and afterwards in New York City.

He was, for the last thirty years of his life, an inmate of the Retreat for the Insane, at Hartford, Conn.

## 1824.

### EDGAR BURR DAY died at Catskill, N. Y., Nov. 22, 1863, aged 60 years

He was son of Orrin and Mary (Hull) Day, of Catskill, N. Y. and was born Sept 1, 1803

He originally entered Dartmouth College, removing thence to Yale College in his Sophomore year.

After a course of legal study at Catskill, and at Litchfield, he was admitted to the bar in 1827 and continued to practice his profession till 1841, when the failure of his eyesight led him to engage in mercantile pursuits. Catskill was his home through life.

He was an Elder in the Presbyterian Church, and for thirty years Superintendent of the Sunday School in the Church to which he belonged.

In 1835 he married Sophia A. Camp, of Sackett's Harbor, N. Y. Their children were four in number.

## 1825.

### THOMAS SLIDELL, of New Orleans, died at his residence in Newport, R. I., April 20, 1864, aged 57 years

He was a brother of John Slidell, the Southern representative in Paris. He entered College from New York.

He was an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court in Louisiana for several years subsequent to 1847, and in 1855 he was appointed Chief Justice of the State.

Having resigned his position on the bench, he went to Europe in 1856, for the purpose of recruiting his health, which had been impaired for a year or two, in consequence of his excessive professional labor. While abroad, mental disease developed itself, and he was brought back to this country to become a patient of the Butler Hospital, in Providence. During the winter of 1862-3, the cloud lifted, and in most respects his perceptions became quite clear and correct; and in April, 1863, he rejoined his family, who were residing in Newport, R. I., and there he remained until his death.

He leaves a widow, (formerly Miss Callender) and a son who is an officer in the national army.

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1826.

JOSIAH COLLINS, of Edenton, N. C., died in that place in 1863, aged about 57 years

He was a man of influence and wealth, and somewhat distinguished as a politician. (See page 148.)

RICHARD DeCHARMS, son of William and Sarah (Mead) DeCharms, was born in Philadelphia, October 17, 1796, and died in that city, March 20, 1864, aged 67 years 5 months. His father, a native of Hammersmith near London, came to this country in 1793, and became a noted practitioner of medicine in Philadelphia. His mother kept a boarding house in Philadelphia which was the favorite resort of the members of the early Congress assembled in that city. The DeCharms family, (*Des Champs*,) is of Norman origin; the Huguenot ancestors of the American branch having fled from Caen to London in 1685, on the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes.

In early life Richard DeCharms was a practical printer. His final preparation for College was made under the direction of Rev. John Langdon, at Bethlem, Conn. During the year subsequent to his graduation, he resided in Boston engaged in the study of Swedenborgian theology, under Rev. Thos. Worcester, D. D., at the same time superintending the publication of the "New Jerusalem Magazine," the first three numbers of which he printed with his own hands. His theological studies were continued in Baltimore with Rev. John Hargrove, and his first sermon on the "Paramount Importance of Spiritual Things," was published at that place in 1828, and was afterwards reprinted in London. After a year of pastoral labor in Bedford, Penn., Mr. DeCharms went to London and made further studies in Theology under Rev. Samuel Noble. On returning to this country in 1832, he became Pastor of the First New Jerusalem Church in Cincinnati, and conducted a periodical called "The Precursor." In 1839 he became Minister of the New Jerusalem Church in Philadelphia, in which post he remained five years. Between 1845 and 1850 he was settled in Baltimore, after which he returned to Philadelphia. He subsequently preached for a little while in New York, though Philadelphia continued to be his home.

In his later days he devoted much attention to various mechanical contrivances and inventions of his own. He published a large number of sermons and other treatises chiefly in the defense of Swedenborgian Theology, among the more important of which were the following :—"Sermons illustrating

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the Doctrine of the Lord," (1840); Series of Lectures deliv-
ed at Charleston, S C, (1841); "The New Churchman," a
periodical, and "The New Churchman—Extra," "Freedom
and Slavery in the Light of the New Jerusalem;" Portions of
a series of Sermons against Spiritualism.

The mind of Mr DeCharms was impaired in early life, but
not so seriously as to deter him from active intellectual em-
ployments. His severe labor brought on about the year 1847
a congestion of the brain, and other disorders from which he
never recovered.

In 1833, he married Miss Mary Graham, daughter of Major
George Graham of Stoystown, Penn. They became the parents
of eight children, four boys and four girls.

1829.

JAMES WOODS MCLANE, son of John and Lydia (Lawrence) McLane, died at Williamsburgh, N. Y., February 26, 1864, aged 62 years.

He was born May 22, 1801, in Charlotte, N C, and while he
was quite young his father's family removed to Illinois, from
which state he went to Phillips Academy, Andover, to prepare
himself for College He is said to have appeared at the Acad-
emy after a journey of a thousand miles on horseback.

After his graduation at New Haven, he taught a school in
New London two or three years and then returned to Andover,
where he pursued a course of theological study, graduating in
1835. During his residence in the Seminary he was also en-
gaged as a Tutor in the Academy of which he had been a pupil.

In 1836 he became the first minister of the Madison Street
Presbyterian Church in New York, and remained there till he
was called in 1844, to the charge of the First Presbyterian
Church in Williamsburgh, L I, where he continued to be the
Pastor during nearly all the remainder of his life. He was
dismissed from this charge in Dec. 1863, at his own request, on
account of his health, which began to fail while he was in Phil-
adelphia, attending the meeting of the General Assembly, in the
June preceding In addition to his efficient labor as a Pastor
he rendered important services to the ecclesiastical and benevo-
lent institutions with which he was connected. He was for
many years a Director and the Recorder of the Union Theolog-
ical Seminary, and was also Secretary of the (N. S) Presbyter-
an Church Election Fund

He was employed by the Committee on Versions in the
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were members,) to collate various editions of the English Bible,
with a view to the preparation of a standard copy, which was
adopted by the managers of the Society in 1851. This work
he performed with great fidelity, pains-taking and accuracy.
Various essays on the subject of Biblical Revision, from his pen,
appeared in the N. Y. Observer, under the signature of "Cam-
eroy," and he was also an occasional contributor to the Quar-
terly Reviews. N. Y. University gave him the degree of D. D.
in 1852.

He married Dec. 3, 1833, Miss Ann H Richards, of New
London, who with six children survives him. Their eldest son,
bearing his father's name, graduated at Yale College in 1861.

1832.

CHARLES THERON PRENTICE died at Canaan, Conn., Oct.
18, 1863, aged 58.

He was the son of Rev. Charles (Y. C. 1802,) and Clarinda
(Kasson) Prentice, and was born in Canaan, Conn., March 31,
1805

After leaving College, he engaged in teaching in Bridgeport,
Conn., and at the same time prepared himself for the ministry
under the tuition of the Rev. Dr. Hewitt. In June, 1836, he
was settled as pastor of the Congregational Church in the par-
ish of North Fairfield, (then part of the town of Weston,)
now the town of Easton, Conn. Here he faithfully performed
the duties of a pastor until 1851, when he was released from
his charge.

From that time till his death he continued to reside in Eas-
ton. For several years after his dismission, he taught either a
family school or the Academy of the town, but for the last few
years of his life he was chiefly engaged in agricultural pursuits.
He was very useful as a citizen and a christian, and left upon
all who knew him the impression of strict integrity of charac-
ter.

He married Miss Harriet Ensign of Canaan, Conn, April 28,
1835, and leaves a widow, and an adopted daughter.

1833.

JOSIAH BALLARD died at Carlisle, Mass., Dec 12, 1863.

He was born in Peterborough, N. H., April 14, 1806, and
fitted for College at Monson Academy. He taught the clas-
sics in Westfield Academy for a year and a half, and studied
theology with Rev. Dr. Whiton, of Antrim, N. H., whose
daughter he married.

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In 1836 he was ordained in Chesterfield, N. H., and settled over a Congregational Church in Nelson, N. H. In 1841 he removed to Sudbury, Mass, where he remained as a Pastor eleven years In 1852 he was installed over a church in New Ipswich, N H, and in 1855 he became a stated supply of the Church at Plympton, Mass. He was finally installed over the Church in Carlisle, September 15, 1859.

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FRANK JOHNSTON, son of Alexander W. and Ann (Poin-tell) Johnston, was born in Philadelphia, October 31, 1816, and died, Dec 10, 1863, at The Meadows, near Pittsburgh, Penn, aged 47 years.

He studied law at Cambridge, and soon took up his resi-dence at Pittsburgh, but did not engage in professional life, his tastes and circumstances leading him to pass his days in schol-arly retirement,—chiefly devoted to the study of Greek litera-ture

One of his sons is a member of the Class of 1867, in Yale College.

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LEMUEL SPRAGUE PARSONS, son of Amos and Luna (Sperry) Parsons, was born in Wolcott, Conn, May 16th, 1809, and died in Cohoes, N Y., April 27th, 1864, aged nearly 55 years.

He commenced his preparatory studies in Hamden, Conn., which were afterwards completed at the Academy in Troy, N. Y. He entered Yale College in the class of 1835, but did not graduate until 1837, having devoted one year to teaching in Bristol, Conn. After graduation he taught for a short time in Norfolk Co, Va, but was obliged to return home on account of ill health. After teaching another year in Bristol, he moved to Albany, N. Y, in 1839, where with his sister he established a Select Family School. He was also at the same time Principal of the Pearl Street Academy for Boys, in the same city. In 1845 he was chosen Principal of the Albany Female Academy, the duties of which he discharged with success until 1855, when he resigned his office. In the same year he engaged in manufacturing business in Cohoes, where he remained until his death.

He married, July 14th, 1838, Miss Lucy Stanley, of Goshen, Conn, who, with four children, survives him.

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1838.

GEORGE ALLEN, son of Rev. George (Y. C. 1813) and Eliz-
abeth (Pitkin,) Allen, of Worcester, Mass, was born in Suf-
field, Conn., June 26, 1816, and died at Chelsea, Mass., May
1, 1864, aged 47 years. He left a widow and four children

Immediately after leaving College he engaged in the work of
teaching, to which his subsequent life was wholly devoted,
first in Newton and then in Boston. For many years, and at
the time of his death, he was Master of the Hancock School in
that place, which has been of late a school for girls, and in this
position he was highly esteemed.

ALMON DAVID CORBYN died in Jackson, Missouri, Oct. 18,
1855. He was the son of Joseph P. Corbyn, and was born in
Ashford, Conn, April 22, 1810. In 1815 the father removed
his family to Monroe Co., N. Y., which was then almost a wil-
derness. The son was fitted for College at Phillips Academy,
Andover.

After graduating at this College, he was for some time em-
ployed as a private tutor in Annapolis, Md., and afterwards
made his home in St. Louis, Mo., where he was Professor of
Greek in Kemper College. Here he was admitted to orders by
the Bishop of Missouri. In 1844 he left the College and took
charge of the infant parish of Christ Church, Booneville, on
the Missouri River, where he built a church and parsonage.
In 1852 he left this place for the charge of St. Paul's parish
in Columbus, Miss, and the next year he was invited to the
Rectorship of St. Andrew's College, near Jackson, Miss. This
charge he left in the spring of 1855, for the parish of St. An-
drew, in Jackson. In the following August the yellow fever
broke out in the city, and while ministering, in a self-denying
spirit, to the sick and dying, he took the disease and fell be-
neath the attack

He was twice married,—first to Miss Mary Hough, of St.
Louis, whose two sons are still living; and afterwards, in 1847,
to Miss Virginia Buckner, who, with three children, survives
him His brother, Rev Wm. B. Corbyn, D. D, of the class
of 1839, is now living at Palmyra, Missouri.

JOSEPH KNOX WALKER died at the residence of his brother-in-law, Mr. Wm. S. Pickett, in Memphis, Tenn, August 21, 1863, aged about 46 years. He was a son of James Walker, of Columbia, Tenn., and a nephew of President Polk

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ter having practised his profession for a time in his native
place, he removed, in 1849, to Marysville, Cal., where he resi-
ded till his decease. During the latter years of his life, he
was much occupied by political affairs, often advocating in
public the national cause.

He died in Marysville, Sept. 6, 1863, aged 41 years.

WILLIAM RUFUS NELSON, of Peekskill, N. Y., was born November 22, 1822, the son of Hon. William Nelson of that place.

Having pursued a course of legal study with his father and brother, he was admitted to the bar and began to practice his profession in Goshen, Orange Co., N. Y. But he soon returned to his native place, and about 1846 formed a partnership with his father and brother.

He was married, Sept. 14, 1853, to Miss Abby E Tuck,
eldest daughter of Hon. Amos Tuck, of Exeter, N. H.

His death occurred at Peekskill, February 24, 1864, in his
42d year.

1843.

JOHN JACOB BRANDEGEE, the eldest child of John and Mary Ann (Deshon) Brandegee, was born in New London, July 15, 1823, and died in Utica, N. Y., April 6, 1864.

He pursued a three years course of theological studies in the
General Theological Seminary in New York, and on its termi-
nation he was ordained Deacon by Bishop Brownell, in St.
John's Church, Hartford, July 3, 1846.

In the following autumn he went to the West Indies with an invalid brother, and for a time was associated with one of the ministers of the English Church in St. Croix, in his pastoral work. Thence he went to St. Thomas's, where there was a small congregation of members of the Church of England without a place of worship or a pastor. Under his faithful ministrations, the congregation grew in numbers and in stability, and a handsome stone church was built.

On returning to this country, he was ordained Priest by Bishop Henshaw, in St. James's Church, New London, January 24, 1849, and became Rector of St. Michael's Parish, in Litchfield, Conn. In 1854, he became Rector of Grace Church, Utica, N. Y., where, also, a church was erected under his auspices.

The honorary degree of D. D. was conferred on him by Hobart and Hamilton Colleges, in 1863.

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He married in Morristown, N. J., Martina L. Condit, who
survives him with four children,—three sons and a daughter.

A discourse commemorative of his life was preached by the
pastor of his youth, Rev. Dr. R. A. Hallam, of New London,
and was printed.

JOSEPH STILLMAN HUBBARD died of typhoid fever, in New Haven, August 16, 1863, aged forty years.

He was the son of Mr. Ezra Stiles Hubbard, and was born in
New Haven, Sept. 7, 1823.

After leaving college, he was engaged for a short time in
teaching at Southington, Conn., and he then went to Philadel-
phia where he found occupation for his remarkable powers as
a computer, in the service of Mr. Sears C. Walker, the distin-
guished astronomer. He was subsequently engaged by Capt.
John C. Fremont, in the reduction of the Astronomical obser-
vations of his first Expedition. Early in 1845, he was ap-
pointed by the Secretary of the Navy, Mr. Bancroft, a profes-
sor of Mathematics in the U. S. Navy, and assigned for perma-
nent duty to the Naval Observatory in Washington, then
recently established. His distinguished ability, both as an
astronomical observer and a mathematician, were apparent, not
only in his prolonged service at his post, but also in his extra-
official studies and investigations. He remained connected
with the Observatory until his death, which appears to have
been occasioned by the arduous efforts which he put forth during
the warm summer months, to relieve the sick and wounded sol-
diers in the hospitals of Washington. The printed volumes
of Washington Observations contain the chief results of his
labor. Many articles from his pen, including investigations
on the orbits of several comets and planets, were printed in Dr.
Gould's Astronomical Journal. He wrote the article on Teles-
copes, for Appleton's New American Cyclopaedia.

His relatives have presented to the Library of Yale College
a collection of his manuscripts, (chiefly computations,) in
fourteen quarto volumes.

Prof. Hubbard was appointed by Congress one of the original
members of the National Academy of Science

He married, April 27, 1848; Miss Sarah E. L. Hardy, of
Washington, who died in 1861. Their only child died in
1857.

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ROBERT WESLEY NELSON died at Walkersville, Md., April 23, 1863, aged 43 years.

He was born at Locust Grove, Frederick Co., Md., April 25, 1820. He pursued the study of medicine in Frederick City, Md., and in the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. He commenced practice in his native town, where he continued to reside until his death.

He was married, May 24, 1854, to Miss Ellen Jones, of Kent Co., Md., who survives him with two children.

HUBERT FRANKLIN NORTH died in New Britain, Conn., October 27, 1863, aged 41 years. He was son of Alvin and Clarissa (Burnham) North, and was born Nov. 13, 1822.

He pursued the study of Law in the office of R. H. Mills, Esq., in New Hartford, Litchfield Co., Conn., in the Yale Law School, and in the office of Hon. W. W. Ellsworth, of Hartford, Conn. He was admitted to the bar in March, 1845, and commenced the successful practice of his profession in his native town.

A serious affection of his eyes, and the failure of his general health, compelled him to abandon his profession and engage in more active pursuits. In 1849, he began the manufacture of saddlery hardware. The firm of H F. North & Co. was but a short time previous to his death, changed for permanence to North & Judd Manufacturing Co. which is its present designation.

As a business man, a member of community, an earnest and useful Christian, and in all the public and private relations of life, his course was crowned with honor and success, and he died widely mourned and lamented.

He was married, Sept. 1st, 1852, to Jane H., daughter of Abel Hendrick, Esq., of New Britain.

His children were two daughters, one of whom died in 1857.

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ROBERT FARRIS FISK died suddenly in Washington, D. C., December 16, 1863, aged 44. He was the third son of Deacon William and Jane (Farris) Fisk, and was born in Cambridge, Mass., May 5, 1819.

After a course of study fitting him for commercial life, he entered the counting-room of an India merchant in Boston, and remained there three or four years, subsequently making a voyage to the West Indies. An irresistible desire for a college education, and the partial failure of his health, led him to change his course of life.

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After graduating in New Haven, he pursued the study of law at Cambridge, and was admitted to the Massachusetts bar, but he did not enter upon the practice of his profession. He engaged in mercantile and manufacturing pursuits at Boston, and continued there until 1857, when he removed to St. Paul, Minnesota. From 1860 to 1863 he held the office of State Librarian of Minnesota, and then, in consequence of impaired health, he returned to the East.

He was married, June 16, 1847, in New Haven, to Miss Narcissa P. Whittemore, step-daughter of Hon. S. J. Hitchcock. His widow and five children survive him. His brother, Dr. S. A. Fisk, graduated in the same class, and is living in Northampton, Mass.

### 1847.

SETH ELY CASE, the son of Aurora and Betsey Case, was born in Simsbury, Conn., November 3, 1825, the youngest of five brothers.

He fitted himself for college in the school at Ellington, and under the instructions of Rev. C. McLean, at Collinsville.

Having chosen the Law as his profession, he pursued a course of preparatory studies in the Law department of this College, and subsequently in the offices of Judge Parsons and John Hooker, Esq., of Hartford. In 1850 he entered upon the practice of his profession at New Britain, where he continued to reside, respected and beloved by the community, until his death. This occurred, after a short illness, at New Britain, on the 19th of April, 1864, in his 39th year.

He was married, Oct 16, 1850, to Miss Minerva E. Wilcox, who, with two sons, survives him.

### 1849.

ARDREW UPSON, son of Levi Upson, was born in Southington, Conn., May 18, 1825.

After two years employed in teaching at Salem, N. J., and Wellsboro, Tioga Co., Pa., he returned to his native place, and resided there, engaged in agriculture. He was a member of the General Assembly of Connecticut in 1854.

In August, 1862, Mr. Upson entered the military service of the country as First Lieutenant, Company E, 20th Regiment Conn Vols, and was subsequently promoted to be Captain of Co. K., in the same Regiment.

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stationed with his company at Tracy City, Tenn., a small
place on the Cumberland mountains, which it was important
to hold for the protection of a coal mine worked for the gov-
ernment. On the 20th of Jan., 1864, a detachment of rebel
cavalry dashed into the place, and surrounding the quarters of
Captain Upson, took him prisoner. After his surrender he
was twice cruelly shot, and on the 19th of February he died
from the effects of the double wounds.

His career was that of a brave and upright Christian sol-
dier.

He married Miss Elizabeth Gridley, of Southington, who,
with three children, survives him.

1851.

CHARLES ALFRED BAER. (See page 149.)

1853.

JOSHUA ANDERSON died of consumption, in Brooklyn, N. Y.,
March 25, 1864, aged 35 years.

He was born in Buckingham, Pa., Dec. 14, 1828. After a
course of studies in the Law Department of this College, he
received the degree of LL. B. in 1855, and soon afterwards en-
tered on the active duties of his profession in the city of New
York, where he remained until his death.

1854.

GEORGE FREDERICK NICHOLS died in New York city, Oct. 2,
1863, aged 31 years. He was son of Willis Nichols, and was
born at Fairfield, Conn, March 8, 1832.

After a short time passed in teaching at Gallatin, Tenn., he
pursued the study of law with the firm of Mead & Taft in New
York city, and in 1857 he opened an office for the practice of
his profession in that place, in connection with Stewart L.
Woodford, Esq. There he continued until his decease, which
was occasioned by consumption. His remains were buried in
Greenfield, Conn.

JAMES CLAY RICE fell in battle, near Spottsylvania Court
House, Va., May 11, 1864, aged 34 years.

He was born at Worthington, Mass, Dec. 27, 1829.

After his college course was completed, he resided for a year
in Natchez, Mississippi, engaged in teaching and in writing for
one of the local newspapers. He also pursued the study of
law, and was admitted to the bar in that State.

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Returning to the North, he continued his legal studies in New York, in the office of Theodore Sedgewick, Esq., and in 1856 he commenced the practice of his chosen profession.

When the present war began, he engaged in the military service with rare ardor and efficiency. Enlisting as a private in the N. Y Garibaldi Guard, he soon became Lieutenant, then Adjutant, and afterwards Captain. When the 44th Regiment N. Y S. Vol. was organized, he received the appointment in it of Lieutenant Colonel. From that time on, his career is thus recorded in the N. Y. Evening Post, (May 12, 1864.)

"He led his regiment through Yorktown, at Hanover Court House, at the bloody battle of Gaines's Mill, at Malvern Hill, at Manassas, in 1862, and was absent from Antietam because he was on a sick-bed with typhoid fever; then at Fredericksburg, under Buinside, and Chancellorsville, under Hooker; then at Gettysburg, where he rendered the most essential and distinguished service. It was his brigade, then the Third brigade of the First division of the Fifth corps, which held the extreme left of the line on Thursday, the second day of the battle, and which successfully resisted the repeated and desperate onsets of the enemy. For three hours in that battle Colonel Rice fought incessantly, without receiving a single order from any superior officer, sending for, receiving and disposing of reinforcements with such cool skill and judgment that at the close of the day's fight he had cleared his front of the enemy and extended and advanced his line so as to cover Round-Top Mountain, which rendered it secure against any flanking movement. For this great service, as well as in reward for former gallant deeds, General Meade, supported by the previous earnest recommendations of Generals Hooker, Porter and Butterfield, had him appointed Brigadier General, in which position he participated in the advance upon Mine Run, passed through the perils of the Wilderness, and met his death amidst the carnage on the banks of the Po.

He fought from a sense of duty, was always foremost in battle, and the deep religious conviction which animated his heart made him, it is not too much to say, one of the best Christian soldiers of the army."

JAMES EDWARD RAINS, son of John Rains, was born in Wilson Co., Tenn., April 10, 1833, and entered college Sophomore year, a resident of Nashville, Tenn.

After teaching for a short time, he studied law and entered on the practice of his profession in Nashville.

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In the Confederate army he held the rank of Colonel, and subsequently of Brigadier General, and fell, shot through the heart, at Murfreesboro', Dec. 31, 1862.

He married Miss Yeatman, a step-daughter of John Bell, formerly U. S. Senator from Tennessee.

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WILLIAM WHEELER, youngest son of Russell C. (Y. C. 1816) and Theodosia (Davenport) Wheeler, fell in battle, near Marietta, Ga., June 22, 1864. He was born in New York, August 14, 1836. During his college life, the family residence was removed to New Haven.

After graduation he remained in New Haven, engaged in legal and other studies, till May, 1857, when he sailed for Europe. After passing the summer in travel, he continued the study of law during the winter of 1857-8, at the University of Berlin, and he subsequently visited Italy and Greece.

He returned to New Haven in July, 1858, and in the next Spring he entered the Law School at Cambridge, Mass., where he received the degree of LL. B. in 1860. He soon opened an office in New York City, and entered on the practice of his profession; but when the rebellion began, he could not resist the call of his country, and first went to the defense of the Capitol, with the Seventh Reg N. Y. S. N. G. in the spring of 1861. After this temporary service, he enlisted a company of men, many of whom were Germans, and received a commission, first as Lieutenant, and subsequently as Captain of the 13th Independent Battery of New York. In this artillery service he was arduously engaged until he was cut down by death.

In the Shenandoah Valley and at Gettysburg, with the Army of the Potomac, and subsequently in the battle of Lookout Mountain, and during the recent advance into Georgia, he bore a most honorable part.

As his battery was connected with no brigade, promotion above the rank of Captain was not possible for him without a change of service. He was however appointed Chief of Artillery on the Staff of Gen. Geary, (2d Div 20th Army Corps,) in which capacity he served with distinction.

During an engagement with the enemy, it was necessary for his battery to hold an unoccupied position between the First and Second Divisions of his corps. Gen. Geary told him that he could give him no support from the infantry. "Very well, I will support myself then," was Capt. Wheeler's reply. A

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few moments afterwards a bullet from a sharp shooter pierced
his heart, and he fell instantly killed.

His keen relish for knowledge, his quickness of perception
and his nobility of soul were strengthened by the army ser-
vice;—and bright hopes of scholarly distinction were buried
in this patriot's grave.

His body rests in Greenwood Cemetery. A Discourse com-
memorative of his life was preached in New Haven, July 17,
by Prof. Timothy Dwight.

1856.

CHARLES EDWIN BULKELEY, the son of Hon. Eliphalet
A. Bulkeley (Y. C. 1824) of Hartford, Conn., was born in
Colchester, Dec 16, 1835.

He was fitted for College in the Hartford Grammar School,
was admitted to Trinity College, and at the beginning of Jun-
ior year he became a member of this college.

After his graduation he studied law with his father, and
was admitted to the Bar in 1859. He was soon afterwards
made Clerk of the Hartford City Court.

He responded to the first call for troops in the present war,
and served as a member of Co. A. in the First Regiment of
Connecticut Volunteers. He was afterwards appointed First
Lieutenant in the 1st Conn. Heavy Artillery, and was again
promoted to be Captain of Co E in that regiment. He shared
the hardships of the Peninsular campaign and was subse-
quently stationed in the defenses of Washington. While in
the latter position he was selected for his proficiency to be the
Adjutant of the 1st Battalion. He died at Battery Garesche,
Va., February 13, 1864, after a short attack of typhoid fever
and pneumonia, aged 28 years.

GEORGE CHESTER ROBINSON died at Wellsboro, Penn., Sept.
21, 1863, aged 30 years.

He was the only son of Chester Robinson, Esq., and was
born in Wellsboro, August, 1833.

After pursuing a course of theological study in the Union
Seminary at New York, he became in 1858 the Minister of the
First Place Methodist Episcopal Church in Brooklyn, N. Y.,
and in the following year he took charge of the Union Chapel
in Cincinnati. His health failing, he was sent to Europe by
the ecclesiastical society of which he was the minister, and af-
ter an extended tour and a prolonged residence in Germany,
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His regiment being attached to the Army of the Potomac, he bravely participated in over twenty engagements. On the day of his death he had been sent to the front to repel an attack of the enemy. This he did successfully and returned to camp. While he was still on horseback, reporting to his Col-onel, he was shot through the body, (probably by a rebel sharp-shooter,) and expired in a few hours.

His body was carried to his home at Lewistown, Penn., for burial.

WILLIAM WATSON HOUSE, son of Wm. W. House, Esq., of Hartford, died of the dysentery at Harney House Hospital, Baton Rouge, La., July 24, 1863, aged 23 years.

He was a member of Co. A, 25th Regiment of Connecticut Volunteers, and was taken ill during the siege of Port Hudson. He had acquired the respect of his officers and comrades as a brave and faithful soldier.

His body was buried in the U. S. Cemetery at Baton Rouge.

RICHARD SKINNER, only surviving child of Hon. Mark Skinner, of Chicago, Ill., was born in that city in 1842.

On leaving College he entered at once on the military service of the country, receiving a commission as First Lieutenant in the regular army, and becoming attached to the 10th U. S. Infantry. His first service was on the staff of Gen. Hunter, in the department of the South. Subsequently he was transferred to the staff of Gen. Roberts, and was occupied in the inspection and purchase of commissary's stores in Iowa. He was subsequently transferred to the department of the Gulf and served in Texas. When summoned to his regiment, he went with alacrity to the front, and within two or three days of his arrival he was shot down, June 22, 1864, in the neighborhood of Petersburg, Va., and died the next day.

### 1863.

HARVEY HARRIS BLOOM, son of Benjamin and Abby La Rue Carle Bloom, of North Norwich, (King's Settlement,) New York, was born August 23d, 1838, and died at his father's home, March 18, 1864, aged 25 years.

He was originally a member of the class of 1862, and upon reaching the close of his Junior year, he entered the military service of his country as First Lieutenant in the Fifth Regiment, Excelsior Brigade, N. Y. State Volunteers.

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