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Trinity College Trinity College Digital Repository Trinity College Bulletins and Catalogues (1824 - Trinity Publications (Newspapers, Yearbooks, present) Catalogs, etc.) 7-1-1926 Trinity College Bulletin, 1925-1926 (Necrology) Trinity College Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/bulletin Recommended Citation Trinity College, "Trinity College Bulletin, 1925-1926 (Necrology)" (1926). Trinity College Bulletins and Catalogues (1824 - present). 112. https://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/bulletin/112 This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the Trinity Publications (Newspapers, Yearbooks, Catalogs, etc.) at Trinity College Digital Repository. It has been accepted for inclusion in Trinity College Bulletins and Catalogues (1824 - present) by an authorized administrator of Trinity College Digital Repository. VOLUME XX.III NEW SERIES NUMBER 3 Wriuity <1tnllrgr iullrtiu NECROLOGY 1925-1926 HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT July, 1926 TRINITY COLLEGE BULLETIN Issued quarterly by the College. Entered January 12, 1904, at Hartford, Conn., as second class matter und~ the Act of Congress of July 16, 1894. The Bulletin includes in its issues: the College Catalogue; Reports of the President, Treasurer and Librarian; Announce ments and Circulars of Information. Accepted for mailing at special rate of postage provided for in Section 1103, Act of October 3, 1917, authorized March 3, 1919. NECROLOGY TRINITY MEN Whose Deaths were Reported During the Year 1925-1926 Hartford, Connecticut July, 1926 PREFATORY NOTE. This Obituary Record is the eighth issued, the plan of devoting the July issue of the Bulletin to this use having been adopted in 1918. The data here pre sented has been collected through the persistent efforts of the Treasurer of the College, who makes it his con cern to secure and preserve as full a record as possible of the activities of Trinity men as well as anything else having value for the history of the College. Readers who find it in their power to correct errors or to contribute further information ·will confer a great favor if they will at once communicate with the Treasurer, Edgar F. Waterman, Esquire. Material corrections and additions will be incorporated in the next issue of the Necrology. Attention is particularly called to those alumni, for whose biographies we have only meagre data. It is hoped that relatives and friends may be able to supply additional information, so that an adequate record may be preserved. ARTHUR ADAMS. OBITUARY RECORD. Jam Walters Clark lass of 1863. The Reverend James Walters Clark was born in Meriden, onnecticut, April 12, 1840. He was a son of Charles Hazelton lark and Jeannette urtis. After graduation from the Hopkins Grammar School in New Haven, he entered Trinity ollege in 1859 with the class of 1863. He wa a member of the Ep ilon Chapter of Delta Psi, and in hi Junior year received election to Phi Beta Kappa. He was graduated with the degree of B. A. in 1863 and in 1866 received the M. A. degree. After graduation he entered the United States Navy, erving on We tern river as an Acting A sistant Paymaster under Admirals Porter and Lee from 1863 to 1865. In 1866 he entered the Berkeley Divinity School, graduat- • ing in 1868. He was ordained Deacon June 5, 1868, in Middle town and Priest Eebruary 17, 1 69, in t. Andrew's Church, Meriden. He served as a Dea on in t. Andrew's hurch, Meri den, and in St. Andrew's hurch, tamford. From Advent 1 6 to Advent 1876 he served as a Missionary in Putnam, onnecticut. From 1873 to 1874, he was Rector of Christ Church, Pomfret, Connecticut. In 1877 he went to Washington, D. C. as an Assistant Minister in St. John's hurch, having charge of the Chapel of the Holy Communion and remained until 1881. In 18 1 he became an Assistant Minister in St. James' Church, Washington and in 1882 was made Rector. He retired because of advancing years about a year before his death. He died of heart failure April 21, 1926, while attending a meeting of the ational athedral Association in Whitby Hall at Mt. St. Al ban's. January 19, 1870, in Pomfret, Connecticut, Mr. Clark married Henrietta Maria Gilliat, daughter of the Reverend John Henry Gilliat, whose wife was usan Harriet Schroeder. The children were Robert Alexander Hallam, born February 19, 1871; James Gilliat, born October 5, 1872; died January 2, 1900; Margaret Gilliat, born June 13, 1875; John Henry Gilliat, born ovember 3, 1897, died Augu t 1 , 1 85. 6 TRINITY COLLEGE. Robert Agnew Benton · Class of 1864. The Reverend Robert Agnew Benton was born in Canea, Isle of Crete, August 13, 1842. He was a son of the Reverend George Benton of the class of 1833, a missionary in Crete, who secured there manuscripts of the Greek New Testament pre sented to the college Library in 1899 by his son. The wife of the ·Reverend George Benton was Caroline Spencer. He died in Little Rockfish, North Carolina. The Reverend Angelo Ames Benton, of the class of 1856, was a brother of Mr. Robert Agnew Benton, and the Reverend William Love Hall Benton, son of the Reverend Angelo Benton was for a time a member of the class of 1888. The Reverend Robert Agnew Benton was prepared for college in Trinity School in New York City and entered Trinity College in 1860 with the class of 1864. He was a member of the Parthenon Society, received elec tion to Phi Beta Kappa in his Junior year, won the Chemical Prize in 1864, and was Valedictorian of his class. In 1867 •he re ceived the Master's degree, and pronounced the Master's oration. After graduation with the degree of B. A. in 1864, he be came Mathematics Master in St. Paul's School, Concord, New Hampshire, teaching there until 1884. He read for Holy Orders under the direction of the Headmaster, Dr. Henry Coit, and was ordained Deacon in 1869 by Bishop Neely, acting for Bishop Chase, and in 1874, Priest by Bishop Niles. He was Rector of St. Andrew's Church, Hopkinton, New Hampshire, from 1879 to 1884. In 1884 he went to Meadville, Pennsylvania, to organize a school; but this proving a failure, he accepted in 1885 a call to the rectorship of St. Stephen's Church, Sewickley, Pennsylvania. His ministry here was eminently successful, and St. Andrew's became one of the strongest parishes in the Diocese of Pittsburgh. The present beautiful stone church was built under his leader ship. He served at various times as an Examining Chaplain. In 1908 he became Rector Emeritus, with a modest pension, and retired to Norfolk, Virginia, where he spent the remaining years of his life. Until about 1920 he took charge of the services in St. Stephen's Church during the vacation of the Rector. On going to Sewickley, Mr. Benton taught for a time in the Sewickley Academy. Later he organized and carried on a successful school of his own until obliged to give it up because of the pressure of parish work. He was a teacher of rare ability, OBITUARY RECORD. 7 and many received their training for college und~r his care. He was simple in his tastes, unassuming in his manner, and retiring and shy almost to a fault, but he was nevertheless a man of courage and of strong convictions. He won the respect of all and the love of many. January 13, 1875, he married in Wilmington, Delaware, Julia Rosalie Collins, daughter of Henry Talmage Collins, a farmer of Jacksonville, Illinois, whose wife was Julia Maria Robertson. John Attecus Robertson, of the class of 1854 was her uncle. The children were John Robert Benton, born June 6, 1876, B. S., 1897, B. A. 1898, Trinity, Ph. D., Gottingen, 1900, Professor of Physics and Electrical Engineering and Dean of the College of Engineering, in the University of Florida; Julia Margaret Benton, born November 25, 1878, married May 4, 1904, T. E. Ross; and Charles Collins Benton, born March 25, 1884, died August 17, 1884. Mr. Benton was deeply interested in Trinity College all his life. He gave many books to the college Library, especially a collection of translations of the New Testament into English. He died August 10, 1925, in Norfolk. Funeral services were held in St. Stephen's Church, Sewickley, on the afternoon of Wednesday, August thirteenth. He is buried in the Sewickley Cemetery which overlooks the beautiful Sewickley Valley he loved so well. Luther Martin Kennett Class of 1870. Luther Martin Kennett was born in St. Louis, Missouri, December 17, 1850. He was a son of Luther Martin Kennett and Agnes Kennett, cousins. The father was a merchant in St. Louis. Mr. Kennett received his preparation for college at the Rectory School in Hamden, Connecticut, and entered Trinity college in the fall of 1866, with the class of 1870. He was a member of the Beta Beta Chapter of Psi Upsilon. On his gradua tion with the degree of Bachelor of Arts in· 1870, he was ap pointed to deliver an oration; the title was ''Ruins, the Fossils of History." After graduation, he entered the Law School of Columbia University, graduating with the degree of LL. B. in 1873. He returned to St. Louis. Though admitted to the Bar, he gave most of his time to the management of the Kennett Estate, 8 TRINITY COLLEGE. Incorporated. He was a member of the St. Louis Club, and of the Racquet Club of St. Louis. He was a Democrat in Politics. Mr. Kennett died in St. Louis, June 21, 1924. Harry Edward Whitney Class of 1874. Harry Edward Whitney was born in Fort Covington, New York, September 4, 1851, a son of Charles Marsh Whitney, a banker and business man of La rosse, Wisconsin, and Fari bault, Minnesota, whose wife was Delia Minerva Safford.