1951-1952 Obituary Record of Graduates of Yale University
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OBITUARY RECORD OF GRADUATES OF THE UNDERGRADUATE SCHOOLS DECEASED DURING THE YEAR 195M952 1 September 1969 OBITUARY RECORD OF GRADUATES OF THE UNDERGRADUATE SCHOOLS DECEASED DURING THE YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1952 1969 YALE UNIVERSITY OBITUARY RECORD YALE COLLEGE WILLIAM JOSEPH BREWSTER, B A. 1881. Born September3, 1858, New Haven, Conn., died March 31, 1952, Litchfield, Conn. Father, Joseph Brewster, 1842, Episcopal clergyman, son of James and Mary (Hequembourg) Brewster, eighth gen- eration descendant of William Brewster, ruling elder of the Pilgrims. Mother, Sarah Jane (Bunce) Brewster, daughter of Chauncey and Letitia (Lockwood) Bunce, ancestors migrated from England, 16 39, settled at Hooker Colony, Hartford, Conn Yale relatives include Joseph Brewster, 1842 (father), Chauncey Bunce Brewster, 1868, James Henry Brewster, 1877s, Benjamin Brewster, 1882 (brothers), James B Cone, 1857, William R. Corson, 1891, George S. Brewster, 1891 (cousins), John Anson Carver, 1875 (brother-in-law) Hopkins Grammar School, New Haven, Conn. Psi Upsi- lon, Delta Kappa, Freshman football team, business manager, Record, Class secretary, 1881-84. Teacher, Rye, N. Y., 1882, farmer, Mt. Carmel, Conn., 1883, farmer and teacher, South Dakota, 1883-87, postmaster, Groton, S. D., 1887-90, farmer, Mt. Carmel, Conn., 1891-95, studied for the ministry, 1895, ordained deacon, 1897, deacon, St. Andrew's Church, Northfield, Conn., 1897, ordained priest, 1898; rector, St. John's Episcopal Church, Warehouse Point, Conn., 1899-1916, rector, St. Michael's Episcopal Church, Litchfield, Conn., deputy, Synod of First Province (New Eng- land) Clergy, diocesan convention, Episcopal clergy of Conn., archdeacon, Hartford Archdeaconry, director, Litchfield Nursing Assn., Litchfield Library, independent, Republican, officer, Red Cross, member, Society for Prevention of Tuber- culosis; Home Guard Company, scoutmaster Boy Scouts, mem- ber, local Yale Assn. Married October 7, 1885, Hutchinson, Minn., Emma Colby, daughter of G. H and Emma E. (Pardee) Colby. Chil- dren James (B. A. Trinity Coll. '08, B. L. S. Albany Library School, '26), Hiilip Bartlett, Mary Bunce (B. A Smith Coll. '10, B. L. S. Albany Library School '18); Josephine (Class of 48 Mus.), George Colby (B.S. Norwich Univ. f14). 4 Yale University Obituary Record DUDLEY PHELPS, B. A. 1883. Born October 7, 1861, New York, N. Y.; died June 29, 1952, Mamaroneck, N. Y. Father, Benjamin Kinsman Phelps, 1853, district attor- ney, New York City and County, son of Rev. Dudley Phelps, 1823, and Ann (Kinsman) Phelps. Mother, Hannah Maria (Catlm) Phelps, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Julius Catlm. Yale relatives include Dudley Phelps, 1823 (grandfather), Benjamin Kinsman Phelps, 1853 (father) Psi Upsilon. LL B. Columbia Univ Law School, 1885, admitted to bar, New York, 1886, general law practice, corporation, estate management work, 1886, connected with law firm, Knevals and Ransom (later Knevals and Perry), 1886-1907, member of firm, 1890, general solicitor, Westmghouse, Church Kerr and Co., 1907-08, private practice most of career, elected Class Secretary and Treasurer, 1938, honorary mem- ber, Union League Club, member, University Club, Misquami- cut Golf Club of Rhode Island, St. Andrew's Golf Club, founder, Watch Hill Chapel, member, Yale Club of New York City. Married June 1, 1899, Margaret Groesbeck Burnet, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Burnet (descendant of George Washington's surgeon general) Children Margaret (Mrs. C. Berkeley Cooke, Jr.), Ann Kinsman (Mrs F Micher Bishop). Death after long illness. Survived by two daughters, sister, Mrs. William H. Merrill and eight grandchildren. EDWARD MORTIMER CHAPMAN, B. A. 1884. Born September 27, 1862, Old Saybrook, Conn., died May 25, 1952, ]>Jew London, Conn. Father, Robert Chapman, farmer and businessman, son of George H. Chapman and Lucia (Tully) Chapman, descendant of Robert Chapman, first settler of Saybrook, Conn. (1635). Mother, Maria Green (Shepard) Chapman, daughter of Freder- ick Shepard, M.D., 1834, and Maria (Green) Shepard, grand- daughter of Capt. James Green, Second Conn. Light Horse Regiment. Yale relatives include Frederick Shepard, M.D., 1834 (grandfather), Rev. Amos S. Chesebrough, 1835, Frank Job Shepard, 1873, John Woodruff Shepard, 1879 (uncles); Frank S. Chapman, 1894 (brother), Edward Northrop Chapman, '17 (son), Robert G. Chapman, '47 (grandson). Seabury Institute, Old Saybrook, Conn.; Morgan School, Yale College 5 Clinton, Conn. Sophomore composition prize (third), high oration appointments, Junior, Senior years; spoke for Junior Exhibition and De Forest prize, Psi Upsilon, John A. Porter Prize, 1887. B.D. Yale Divinity School, 1890. Teacher, King School, Stamford, Conn., 1884-86, pastor, First Congregational Church, Rochester, N. H., 1890-92, associate pastor, Central Church, Worcester, Mass., 1893- 99; pastor, North Church, St. Johnsbury, Vt., 1900-05, acting pastor, Forest Church, Detroit, Mich., 1905; pastor, First Church, Old Lyme, Conn., 1906-15, lecturer, Biblical Litera- ture, Conn. College for Women, 1917-28, author, The Dynamic of Christianity, 1904, English Literature in Account with Reli- gion, 1910, Companions of the Way, 1916, A Modernist and his Creed, 1926, New England Village Life, 1937, The Chapmans of Old Saybrook, and numerous articles, Conn, delegate, Amer- ican Commission on Agricultural Cooperation, 1910, 1913, member, American Historical Assn., American Geographical Society, Graduates Club of New Haven, historian, Society of Colonial Wars; chairman, Red Cross, New London district. Married (1) June 28, 1894, Essex, Conn , Isabel North- rop, daughter of John E. and Cornelia Bostwick Northrop Children Edward Northrop (B.A. '17, M. D. Howard Med. School '21), Lucia Tully (B.A. Vassar '20, Mrs. T. Dudley Goord). Mrs. Chapman died 1920 Married (2) December 22, 1923, New York, N. Y , Louise Wadsworth Jones. Survived by wife, two children, two brothers, two sisters and three grandchildren. CHARLES LYMAN CARHART, B.A. 1885. Born March 13, 1865, Brooklyn, N.Y., died October 20, 1951, Chevy Chase, Md. Parents, Lyman Beecher and Ophelia Merle (d'Aubigne) Carhart. Yale relatives include William M. Carhart, 1885 (brother); John Coleridge Darrow, Class of 1895 (cousin). Peekskill Military Academy. High oration stand, Junior, Senior years; Phi Beta Kappa; Psi Upsilon. Teacher, Peekskill Military Academy, 1885-86, student, Union Theological Seminary, New York, 1886-89; Presbyterian home missionary, Itasca County, Minn., 1890, pastor, Lebanon Chapel of Calvary Presbyterian Church, Buffalo, N.Y., 1891- 92, Presbyterian Church, Marlboro, N.Y., 1892-99; tour of 6 Yale University Obituary Record Europe and Near East, 1899-1900, pastor, Congregational Church, Dorset, Vt., 1900-10, instructor, librarian, Syrian Protestant College, Beirut, Syria, 1910-12, pastor, organizer, Larchmont Ave. Church, Larchmont, N. Y., 1914-22; Union Church, Hankow, China, 1923-26, retired, 1927, Bible teacher, Chevy Chase Presbyterian Church, Washington, D. C, execu- tive secretary, Washington Council on International Relations, 1929-37, chairman, Washington Fellowship of Reconciliation, corresponding secretary, "The Brotherhood of the Kingdom", an organization promoting Christian socialism, member, "Fossils", a retired men's club. Married March 29, 1905, Beirut, Syria, Alfreda Post (B A. Packer Collegiate Institute 1889), daughter of Rev George Edward and Sarah (Reed) Post. Survived by two sisters, Mrs. Eloise Carhart Suter, Miss Anna G. Carhart, a niece, Miss Grace M. Carhart, two nephews, Merle Suter and Charles F. Suter and brother-in- law, Wilfred M. Post, M D. GEORGE [STANLEY] WOODWARD, B. A 1887. Born June 22, 1863, Wilkes Barre, Pa., died May 25, 1952, Chest- nut Hill, Philadelphia, Pa. Father, Stanley Woodward, 1855, judge, son of Hon. George Washington and Sarah Elizabeth (Trott) Woodward. Mother, Sarah Richards (Butler) Woodward, daughter of Col John Lord and Cornelia (Richards) Butler. Yale relatives in- clude Stanley Woodward, 1855 (father), John Butler Wood- ward, 1883 (brother), Henry Howard Houston (Class of '19), Stanley J. '22, Charles Henry, '27 (sons). Wilkes Barre (Pa.) Academy. He Boule, Delta Kappa Epsilon, Freshman football team, president, Glee Club, Junior Prom Committee; University Club, Scroll and Key, Ph. B. 1888. M. D. Univ. of Pennsylvania, 1891; German Hospital, Philadelphia, one and a half years; general practice, New Haven, Conn , assistant, Yale Medical School, associate, William Pepper Laboratory of Clinical Medicine, Univ. Perm., manager, Germantown Hospital, state senator, Sixth District, Philadelphia, Pa , 1918-38, founder, Stanley Woodward Lec- tureship, Yale Univ., 1907; author, numerous articles on medicine, politics, Samuel Richards' Diary of Philadelphia, 1909, The Pennsylvania Legislator, 1932-36, A Year For Yale College 7 France, The Memoirs of a Mediocre Man, 1935, biography of his daughter, Quita; director, Real Estate Trust Co., Octavia Hill Assn., Bureau of Municipal Research, Children's Aid Society, president, 1924, member, Board of Health, 3 years, City Charter Commission, Philadelphia Common Council, one year, Citizens' Permanent Relief Committee (executive com- mittee), "Committee of 70", treasurer, Child Labor Assn., accounting warden, St. Martins Episcopal Church, member, City Club, Philadelphia, Philadelphia and Gernfantown Cricket Club; Republican, president, Yale Alumni Assn of Philadelphia, director, Yale Club of Philadelphia. Married October 9, 1894, Gertrude Houston, daughter of Henry Howard and Sally S