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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. Mr. Whitney entered the Sophomore Cla s in Trinity College in September 1871 from Shattuck School. He was a member of the Beta Beta Chapter of the Psi Upsilon Fraternity and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa in his Junior year. He re- - ceived an appointment to speak at ommencement and was a member of the Class Day Committee. He was an Editor of the Ivy in 1874. He was graduated with the degree of Bachelor of Arts in 1874. In 1878 he received the M. A. degree, and in 1914 the honorary degree of L. H. D. Immediately after graduation, Dr. Whitney returned to Shattuck School as a teacher· of Latin. His whole life, there­ after, was given to the service of the school, teaching Latin and German. From 1902 to 1905, he was Headmaster. During all those years, he had charge of the Choir at the School, and for eighteen years was Precentor of the Cathedral of Our Merciful Saviour in Faribault. One who knew him well writes of Him: "He was a man of · high integrity, possessed a lofty sense of duty and of devotion to his tasks. A loyal churchman, he has left a deeper impress of personality on his community as well as on the scores of students who came in touch with him during a period of over forty years official connection with Shattuck than any other layman." Dr. Whitney published little. He contributed a "History of Masonry in Rice County", to the History of that county, and compiled the War -Service Record of Shattuck School. He was intensely interested in Free Masonry. He was a Past Grand Commander of Knights Templar of Minnesota, a member of the 33° A. A. S. R., Southern Jurisdiction, a member of the Order of Constantine, of the Mystic Shrine, and of other Masonic bodies. He was a member of the Executive Committee of the Minnesota Historical Society, a member of the Sons of the Revolution, and Deputy Governor of the Society of Colonial OBITUARY RECORD. 9

Wars in the State of Minnesota. He was a member of the Com­ mercial Club of Faribault, and of the University Club of St. Paul. He was a Trustee of the Minnesota Masonic Home. August 3, 1881, in Christ Church, Poughkeepsie, New York, he married Mary Van Vliet, daughter of Benjamin Cromwell Van Vliet, a jeweler of Poughkeepsie, whose wife was Persis Balding. The children were Mary, born November 11, 1883, graduate of St. Mary's Hall, Faribault, 1901, married George Richard Kingham, December 25, 1913, and had Mary Van Vliet, born October 8, 1914, and Harry Whitney, born January 20 , 1915. Dr. Whitney died in Faribault May 2, 1926, and is buried there.

George Frederick Lewis Class of 1877. George Frederick Lewis was born in Bridgeport, Connecti­ cut, April 27, 1854, a son of George Thomas Lewis, and Mary Bradley. The father was a carriage maker in Bridgeport. Dr. Lewi's received his preparation for college in a private school conducted in Bridgeport by Mr. G. B. Day. He was admitted to Trinity College in September 1873, with the class of 1877._ He was a member of the Beta Beta Chapter of Psi Upsilon. . After his graduation with the degree of Bachelor of Arts in 1877, he taught for two years at the Academy in Oxford, New York,; from 1879 to 1881, he taught in Bozeman, Mon­ tana .• In 1881, he entered the Yale Medical School, and was graduated M. D. in 1884. During tlie year 1884-1885, he was Resident Physician in the New Haven Hospital. From 1885 to his death he practised his profession in Stratford, Connecticut. He married, April 27, 1886, in Hartford, Clarissa A. Curtis, daughter of Robert G. Curtis, a farmer of Stratford, whose wife was Sarah Wells. The children were Helen Birdseye, born March 18, 1887, died March 20, 1887; Robert Curtis, born March 3, 1888, Ph. B., Yale 1909, Ph. D., Yale, 1912; Frederick Bradley, born July 3, 1889, Ph. B. Yale, 1912, C. E., Yale, 1913; Eleanor Wells, born September 24, 1890; Esther Coe, born November 5, 1891, B. A., Mt. Holyoke, 1913; Claribel May, born December 31, 1892; and Florence Birdseye, born February 24, 1894. Dr. Lewis died in Stratford, June 29, 1924, and is buried in Union Cemetery there. 10 TRINITY COLLEGE.

Thomas Alexander Hyde Class of 1879. The death in April 1925 of the Reverend Thomas Alexander Hyde, who entered college in 1875, from Lawrence, Massa­ chusetts, w'ith the class of 1879, and who remained about three years, has been reported to the college office, but the date of death has not been secured, and the data for an adequate account of his life is lacking. He graduated from Harvard with the degree of B. A. in 1881, and from the Cambridge Divinity School with the degree of B. D. in 1884. He was ordained Deacon in 1884 and Priest in 1885 by Bishop Paddock. He was an Assistant Minister in St. Paul's Church, Gardner, Massachusetts, from 1884 to 1887; in Christ. Church, Westport, from 1887 to 1895; Rector of St. Matthias' Church, Sheepshead Bay, New York, from 1895. He was the author of "A Rational System of Elocution and Ora-" tory", "How to make the clergy better speakers", and of "Christ, the Orator". It is hoped that a full account may be printed later.

William Timothy Elmer Class of 1881. The Reverend William Timothy Elmer, whose home while he was in college was Marietta, Georgia, died in Fredericks­ burg, Virginia, March 25, 1925, where he is buried in Oak Hill Cemetery. Mr. Elmer was prepared for college at the Episcopal Acade­ my, Cheshire, Connecticut. He was a member of the Beta Beta Chapter of the Psi Upsilon Fraternity. He received honors in English in his Freshman year. He was an editor of the Trinity Tablet, in 1880-1881, and of the Ivy, 1881. He was graduated with the degree of B. A. in 1881, and received the M.A. degree in 1884. From 1881 to 1883, he was a Tutor in St. Stephen's College; from 1883 to 1885, Classical Master, in the Episcopal Academy, Cheshire. During the year 1885-1886, he was a student at the Berkeley Divinity School. In 1886, he was ordained Deacon by Bishop Williams, and in 1887 Priest by Bishop Neely. From 1886 to 1893, he was a teacher in St. John's Diocesan School, at Presque Isle, Maine; from 1893 to 1896, Headmaster of Trinity Hall, Louisville, Kentucky; from 1896 to 1898, Rector of Grace Church, Canton, Mississippi; from 1899 to 1900, Assistant Head Master of St. Matthew's School, Dobbs' Ferry, OBITUARY RECORD. 11

ew York; in 1901, Chaplain at Wood-Berry School, Orange, Virginia. Later he was Headmaster of the Boys' School, St. Paul's Parish, Baltimore; Rector of All Saints' Church, Reister­ town, Maryland; and Chaplain of Hannah More Academy. June 29, 1911, he married Maria L. Blight, of Fredericks­ burg, Virginia, daughter of ]. D. Blight, a farmer, whose wife was Fanny Carter. The children were: Virginia Carter, April 11, 1912; William Taylor and Louise Blight, twins, born June 15, 1915; and Ruth Jane, born March 7, 1917.

Edward Pearsons Newton Class of 1881. Edward Pearsons Newton was born August 8, 1859, at St. Alban's, Vermont. His father, the Reverend Benjamin Ball Newton, a graduate of the University of Vermont in the class of 1831, was a Congregationalist minister. In later life, he entered the Episcopal hurch and died in Brooklyn, New York. His wife was Adelina Prichard. Mr. Newton was prepared for college at St. John's School, Manlius, New York, and entered Trinity in September 1877 with the class of 1881. He was a member of the Alpha Delta Phi Fraternity. He was active in student affairs and distin­ guished himself in scholarship. He was Business Manager of the Trinity Tablet during his Junior year, and received election to Phi Beta Kappa. On his graduation in 1881, he was appointed to. deliver an oration at Commencement. In 1895 he received the Master's degree, and in 1914 the degree of Doctor in Divinity from the college. During the year 1881-1882, he was a private tutor in Brook­ lyn, New York; and during the year 1882-1883, he was Latin Master in St. Margaret's School, Waterbury, Connecticut. In 1883 he entered the Berkeley Divinity School, graduating in 1886. He was ordained Deacon in 1886 by Bishop John Williams, of Connecticut, and Priest in the same ye.ar by Bishop Spaulding in Denver, Colorado. He was Minister in charge of St. Mark's Church, Denver, from July to December 1886. From 1886 to 1902, he was Rector of Holy Trinity Church, Pueblo, Colorado. From 1892 to 1897, he was Senior Curate in Calvary Church, New York. In 1907, in response to Bishop Rowe's appeal, he went to Alaska, and was rector of Church of the Epiphany at Valdez, serving till 1911. In 1912, he became Rector of St. James' Church, Hyde Park, New York. While in Colorado, he was Secretary of the Diocese, Rural ~I I

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Dean, and a Delegate to the General Convention of 1895. Of his work in Alaska, Bishop Rowe said, "Words would fail me in the attempt to recite the wonderful results accomplished by him on behalf of the Church and for the uplift of all men. When he left, men, women, and children, regardless of creed, class, or vocation, were in tears at his departure." He established the "Red Dragon of Cordova", a kind of religious clubhouse that proved a godsend to the miners and railroad builders who frequented the little town of Cordova on the southwest coast of Alaska. His ministry at Hyde Park was likewise fruitful, and he was loved and honored by the whole community. He wrote a history of the Parish under the title "Historical Notes of St. James' Church", Poughkeepsie, 1913. Dr. Newton was a member of the New York Society of the Sons of the Revolution, of the Players Club of New York, of the Order of Alaskan Moose, and ?f the Free Masons. February 8, 1912, in Calvary Church, New York, he married Caroline Burton Hart, daughter of Charles Alfred Hart, a Physician of Plainfield, New Jersey, whose wife was Virginia Burton. There were no children. Dr. Newton died March 8, 1926, at the Rectory in Hyde Park after a short illness. He was always a loyal alumnus of the college, and several hundred books from his library were given to the college by Mrs. Newton after his death, a gift highly appreciated.

Charles Sebastian Fischer Class of 1882 (honorary). Notification of the death of Charles Sebastian Fischer, M. D., of Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, who received the honorary degree of Master of Arts in 1882, has been received, but the date of death has not been ascertained. Dr. Fischer was born in New York City, January 28, 1847. His father, Charles Sebastian Fischer, was a manufacturer of pianos. His mother was Helena Wyatt Beilby. After graduation from the College of the City of New York, for some fifteen years, Mr. Fischer was engaged with his father in the manufacture of pianos. Later he entered the college of Physicians and Surgeons, graduating with the degree of M. D. in 1881. He began the practice of his profession in New York City immediately, and continued it till a few years before his death, when he retired to Hastings-on-Hudson. He was at one OBITUARY RECORD. 13 time or another connected with St. Luke's, Roosevelt, Mt. Sinai, and the New York Hospitals. He was a member of the New York State and County Medical Societies, of the Medico­ Legal Society of New York, the Society for the Relief of Widows and Orphans of Medical Men, and of the Physicians' Mutual Aid Association of New York. Dr. Fischer was an Independent Republican in politics. He was for many years Vestryman of the Church of the Holy Apostles, and was Vestryman and Treasurer of the Church of the Heavenly Rest for twenty years.

Harmon Pumpelly Read Class of 1884. Harmon Pumpelly Read was born July 13, 1860, in Albany, New York. His father, General John Meredith Read, was first U. S. onsul General to France, and later U. S. Minister to Greece. He was descended from George Read, of Delaware, a Signer of the Declaration of Independence. General Read's wife was Delphine Marie Pumpelly. Mr. Read was prepared for college at the Albany Academy, St. John's School, Ossining, and at a private school in Paris. He was in college only one year, because of ill health. He was a member of the Epsilon Chapter of Delta Psi. Aft~r leaving college, he travelled extensively in France, Italy, Spain, Greece, Great Britain, Morocco, and Turkey. Be was active for a number of years in the Republican party in Albany. For years he contributed frequent articles to news­ papers over such signatures as "The Antiquary", "A Citizen", etc. As President of the Y. M. C. A. in Albany, he secured for the Association, the large sum of money left by Harmanus Bleecker, with which Harmanus Bleecker Hall was built. He was an authority on heraldry and was a member of the Heraldic Society of Italy. He was a member of the Royal Geo­ graphical Society of England, of the Geographical Society of France, of the American Geographical Society, the New York Historical Society, of the Albany Historical Society, of the Fort Orange Club, Albany, the St. Anthony Club, New York, of the Society of Descendants of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence, the Society of the Cincinnati, the Society of Colonial Wars, of the Society of Mayflower Descendants, of the Knights of Albion, and was founder and President of the Philip Livingston Chapter of the Sons of the Revolution. 313

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For many years he was Inspector of Rifle Practice (with rank of Major) in the old 5th Brigade. He was Envoy of the National Guard of New York to France to inspect forts and regi­ ments, and received the thanks of the Governor and the Ad­ jutant General for his report. He was the first National Guard officer to receive the official recognition of the French government. He published a "History of the Ancestors of the Pumpelly Family", "Rossiana", and many other historical and genealogi­ cal papers. August 24,_ 1889, he married in Stamford, Connecticut, Marguerite de Carron d'Allendans, of Paris, daughter of Jacques Frederic de Carron d'Allendans, of Franche Comte, France, whose wife was Catherine Pillard. Major Read died in Albany, December 22, 1925. He was survived by his widow, two sisters, Mrs. Edward Spence, of New York, and the Countess Max de Foras, of France, and a brother John Meredith Read.

William James Tate Class of 1886. William James Tate was born in Thompsonville, Connecti­ cut, April 7, 1862, a son of James Moody Tate, a business man of Windsor Locks, Connecticut, whose wife was Mary McElroy. Mr. Tate entered Trinity in September 1882 from the Connecticut Literary Institute at Suffield, Connecticut. He won distinction as a student, receiving election to Phi Beta Kappa in his Junior year and graduating as Salutatorian with the B. A. degree in 1886-, He received Honors also in French and in German. In 1889, he received his Master's degree. From 1886 to 1889 he taught Latin and Greek at the Con­ necticut Literary IJ;istitute at Suffield. From 1889 to 1892 he was a student at the Hartford Theological Seminary, teaching also at the Collins Street Classical School and- at the Hartford Public High School. May 10, 1893, he was ordained to the Congregational Ministry at his home church in Windsor Locks. He was Pastor from 1893 to 1896 in Springfield, Massachusetts; from 1896 to 1899 in Lockport, New York; from 1899 to 1917 in Higganum, Connecticut; and from 1919 to his death in Franklin, Connecti­ cut, December 16, 1925. The place of burial is Higganum, Connecticut. He was in ill health for several years before his death. OBITUARY RECORD. 15

June 20, 1894 in the Baptist Church in Plantsville, Connec­ ticut, he married Emily Louise Bond, daughter of the Reverend Julius Bond, of Plantsville, whose wife was Julia Elizabeth Rogers. The children were Stanley Bond, born September 24, 1895, died December 6, 1912; William James, Jr., born May 15, 1903, B. S. Trinity, 1925; and George Edward, born January 30, 1905, B. S. Trinity, 1925. Mr. Tate was a member of the Sons of Veterans, and of the Middlesex Association of Congregational Ministers.

George Williamson Smith Class of 1887 (honorary). George Williamson Smith, President of Trinity College from July 1, 1883, to July 1, 1904, who received the honorary degree of LL. D. from the College in 1887, died at George Washington University Hospital in Washington, D. C., Decem­ ber 27, 1925. President Smith was born in Catskill, New York, November 21, 1836, a son of George Smith, a farmer, manufacturer, and business man, who lived successively in New York City, Rochester, and Warsaw, New York, and whose wife was Catherine Wil­ liamson. Dr. Smith prepared for college at the Rochester Collegiate Institute and entered Rochester University. He transferred to Hsibart College and was graduated in 1857. He was a member of the Theta Delta Chi Fraternity. From Hobart he received the M.A. degree in 1860 and the D. D. in 1880. He also received the D. D. degree from Columbia University in 1887 and from Yale in 1903. He received the LL. D. degree from Williams in 1893. In 1885 he was elected an honorary member of the Trinity Chapter of Phi 'Beta Kappa. From 1857 to 1859 he was Principal of the Bladensburg Academy, Bladensburg, Maryland. In 1859 he established a private school at Seventeenth Street and Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, but when the War broke out, most of his students entered the Southern Army, and he closed the school. He had studied Theology in the meantime, and was ordained Deacon in the Episcopal Church March 4, 1860. From 1861 to 1864 he was a clerk in the Navy Department serving also as an Assistant Minister at the Church of the Epiphany and at St. John's Church, Washingtoi;i. During this period, he came to know President Lincoln and John Hay., He was ordained Priest / 3 /6

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in 1864, and was appointed a Chaplain in the Navy by President Lincoln. He served on a vessel blockading the North Carolina Coast. He served as Chaplain and as Acting Professor of Mathe­ matics (1864-65) of the U. S. Naval Academy which was the_n located at Newport, Rhode Island, and as Chaplain after it had been returned to Annapolis (1865-1868). Here he was also Professor of Mathematics. He was Chaplain on the U. S. S. Franklin from 1868 to 1871. During a cruise off the Belgian coast in 1868, sixty men were stricken with smallpox and re­ moved to old buildings on shore fitted up as a temporary hospital. Against the protest of his commanding officer, Chaplain Smith went ashore to minister to the sick and to bury the dead. He resigned from the Navy October 1, 1872. From 1872 to 1881 he was Rector of Grace Church, Jamaica, Long Island, and from 1881 to 1883, of the Church of the Re­ deemer, Brooklyn, New York. He was elected President of Trinity College and Hobart Professor of Metaphysics, in 1883. Of his services to the college much might be said, but it wilt suffice to quote the minute adopted by the Faculty, ] une 10, 1903: - "The Professors and Instructors of Trinity College have · learned with great regret of the approaching retirement of President Smith. They desire to assure him of their profound esteem and of the sincere sorrow which they feel at the prospect of the severance of their mutual relations. "For twenty years President Smith has guided with dignity and impartiality the transactions of the faculty, and the internal administration of the College, a period within which great and important advances have been made in the extension of the course of study and in the broadening and deepening of the methods of instruction. "In their personal relations to him they have always found him a true and sympathizing friend, who has appreciated their endeavor, respected their opinions, and extended to thein his hearty support. "They wish at this time to express their acknowledgement of his unfailing kindness and consideration, and to assure him of their great respect. "They wish for him a speedy restoration to health, and many years in which he may serve, as he has in the past, the best interests of both Church and Country." While he was President, he was twice elected Bishop, but each time declined, feeling that his duty was with the college. July 1, 1904, he became Emeritus Professor of Metaphysics, retaining this title until his death. OBITUARY RECORD. 17

After his resignation of the Presidency, Dr. Smith returned to Washington, D. C. where he was an Assistant Minister of St. John's Church. Dr. Smith published little and seemed to hold what he wrote in no high esteem. Beside sermons and occasional papers, he published a short biography of the Reverend J. V. Van Ingen, D. D.; "A study of the Seven Words from the Cross" (Gorham, 1911); "A Short Apology for Being a Christian in the Twentieth Century", Longman; "The Origin of the Episcopate", an "Appendix" to the "Crucial Race Question" by Bishop William M . Brown. Dr. Smith served for thirty years as a member of the Board of Missions of the Episcopal Church, and for many years as a Trustee of the General Theological Seminary. He was a member of the Loyal Legion, of the U.S. Naval Order (Chaplain General), of the New York Historical Society, of the Archaeological In­ stitute of America, of the Century Association of New York, and of the Cosmos Club of Washington, D. C. October 19, 1859, he married at Bladensburg, Maryland, Mary Susanna Duvall, daughter of Samuel Duvall, a business man of Bladensburg, whose wife was Eliza Hall. Mrs. Smith died August 20, 1918. There were no children. After the death of his wife, Dr. Smith lived at the Cosmos Club in Washington. A characteristically gracious act was his leaving $1000 in his will to be divided among the servants of the Club, who had been kind to him in his last years.

Warren McConihe Class of 1890. Warren McConihe was born in Troy, New York, July 8, 1869. His father was Isaac McConihe, sometime Mayor of Troy, member of Copgress, and Chairman of the Democratic State Committee, whose wife was Phebe McKean Warren, a descendant of Thomas McKean, the Signer of the Declaration of Independence. Mr. McConihe was prepared for college at St. John's School, at Ossining on the Hudson. He was admitted to Trinity College in September 1886, with the Class of 1890. He was a member of the I. K. A., now the Sigma Chapter of Delta Phi. On the graduation of his class, he was elected Class Poet. In 1893 he received the Master's degree. 18 TRINITY COLLEGE.

After graduation he studied Law at Union, graduating with the degree of LL. B. in 1892. That year he was admitted to the Bar of the State of New York. In 1896, he was elected Judge of the City Court of Troy, serving till 1900. He early became interested in real estate, and devoted a good deal of his time and energy to this business. He was President of the McConihe Realty Company, of the Mount Airy Realty Company, Secretary of the Pomona Realty Company, of Caetano-Saggese, Inc., and was Secretary-Treasurer of the Trojan Film Corporation. Mr. McConihe married, first, June 8, 1908, Margaret Scott Schneider, daughter of Albert F. Schneider, a mining engineer of Perth Amboy, New Jersey, whose wife was Jennie Hubbel, by whom he had a daughter Anita Phebe Warren. He married, second, July 9, 1923, Celeste Fiske, daughter of Wilbur Fiske, of Providence, Rhode Island. Mr. McConihe died of pneumonia in New York, March 19, 1926, and is buried in Troy. · In politics he was a Democrat. He was a communicant of St. Thomas Church, New York. Malcolm McConihe, of the class of 1892, is a brother. -

Burton Parker Class of 1893: Burton Parker was born in Hartford, June 8, 1869. His father, the Reverend Edwin Pond Parker, was for many years Pastor of the South Congregational Church. He was a graduate of Bowdoin College in the class of 1856, and received the degree of D. D. from Yale and the degree of LL. D. from Trinity. His wife was Lucy Marsh Harris. Burton Parker entered Trinity ollege from the Hartford Public High School in September 1889. He was a member of the Epsilon Chapter of the Delta Psi Fraternity. In 1893 he was graduated with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. His brother, Robert Prescott Parker, was a member of the class of 1894. After graduation Mr. Parker engaged in the advertising business, living at different times in Toledo, where he was a member of the Toledo Club, Detroit, Troy, Hartford, and Hackensack, New Jersey. He was for a number of years Manager of the Export Department of the Billings and Spencer Company of Hartford. January 17, 1900, he married in Buffalo, New York,Mildred Evelyn Breslyn. A son, Burton Parker, Jr., was born October 10, 1901, in Hartford. OBITUARY RECORD. 19

Mr. Parker died April 19, 1926, in Hartford, though his home was in Hackensack. He is buried in the Parker Family Lot in Cedar Hill emetery, Hartford.

Loyal Lovejoy Leonard Class of 1896. Loyal Lovejoy Leonard was born in Oakland, Maine, February 7, 1893. His father was Watson Vaughn Leonard, a merchant of Oakland, whose wife was Irene Stuart. He was prepared for college at Coburn Institute, Waterville, Maine, and entered Trinity in 1892 with the class of 1896. He was a member of the D. K. E. Fraternity and was active in student affairs. From 1893 to 1896, he was an Editor of the "Trinity Tablet", and from 1894 to 1896, Business Manager also. He was Secretary of the Intercollegiate Athletic Associa­ tion in 1894-1895, and was for two years a member of the Dra­ matic Club. In 1894 he received the First Alumni Prize in English Composition, and in 1896 the Political Science Prize. He was graduated with the degree of Bachelor of Science in 1896. After graduation he entered the insurance office of John C. Barrows, Trinity 1880, in St. Louis, and studied Law in the Evening Law School of Washington University in St. Louis. He was graduated with Honors in 1902, receiving the Thesis Prize. He was admitted to the Bar in 1902. From 1904 to 1906 he was Assistant Special Counsel, and from 1906 to 1912 Special Counsel for the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, at the same time carrying on his private practice. In 1920 he bought a con­ trolling interest in four large storage warehouses in St. Louis, and organized the Missouri and St. Louis Warehouse Association. He continued the warehouse business and the practice of law till his death. He died suddenly at Mackinac, Michigan, while apparently in perfect health and in the fullest enjoyment of his business and social connections, July 9, 1925. He is buried in Forest Hills Cemetery, Jamaica Plains, Massachusetts. From 1909 he was active in political and civic affairs. In 1911 he was active in the campaign for a new charter for St. Louis. Through the Civic League, he was active in the campaign against bill boards. During the World War he was State Director of · Four Minute Men. He was a popular after-dinner speaker, and was considered one of the most successful trial lawyers in St. Louis. Mr. Leonard spent his summers in Maine and was fond 3!f

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of boating. Indeed he was fond of all sorts of sports and of out­ of-doors life. He was a great lover of animals, and was kindly and gentle and generous in dealing with all sorts of human suffering and misfortunes. He was a member of the Odd Fellows and of the Masons, of the Noonday Club, the Sons of the American Revolution, of the ·American Civic Federation, of the New England Society, and of the Maine Society of St. Louis. He was a member of the St. Louis Academy of Science, of the Missouri and St. Louis Bar Associations, of the St. Louis Law Library Association, and of the Public Questions Club. He was President of the Missouri Warehousemen's Association, Vice-President of the General Warehouse Association, and Director of the Widiener Engineering Company. In the Albany Law Journal in 1902, he published a paper on "The Law of Mistakes in Avoidance of Contracts." In the General Law Journal in 1903, he published an article on "Certifi- _ cates of Stock and the Relative Rights of Attaching Creditors · and Prior Equitable Transference." He published al~o an article on "Public Utility Commissioners - Their Powers." May 15, 1915, he married in Cambridge, Massachusetts, May F. Farquhar, daughter of Robert Farquhar and Mary Caroline Shearrer his wife. There were no children.

Walter Beardslee Wildman Class of 1898. Walter Beardslee Wildman was born in Wallingford, Con­ necticut, August 19, 1876, a son of the Reverend Joseph Edmund Wildman, an Episcopal minister, whose wife was Ann Augusta Beardslee. Mr. Wildman entered Trinity in September 1894 from the Wallingford High School with the Class of 1898. He was a member of the Alpha Chi Chapter of the D. K. E. Fraternity. He was graduate{! with the degree of B. A. in 1898. During the year 1899-1900, he was a teacher in the Groton Academy, Groton, Massachusetts; during the year 1900-1901, he was engaged in private tutoring in Brooklyn, New York; from 1901 to 1906, he was Headmaster of Rumsey Hall, Seneca Falls, New York; from 1906 to 1908, he was Secretary and Treas­ urer of the Scott County Coal Company, Helenwood, Tennessee. In 1908 he resumed teaching, and from 1915 to his de9-th was Latin Master in Trinity School, New York City. OBITUARY RECORD. 21

June 23, 1915 at Lexington, Kentucky, he married Bessie Bishop Fisher, of Danville, Kentucky, daughter of Richard McKenny Fisher, a breeder of thoroughbred stock of Danville, whose wife was Bessie Barnett Bishop. One son, Walter Beards­ lee, Jr., was born, March 19, 1924. Mr. Wildman died of angina pectoris at Deer Isle, Maine, September 16, 1925. He is buried in the family plot in Walling­ ford, Connecticut. His was a life of service, and his early death is a source of grief to his many friends.

Arthur Henry Bryant Class of 1900. Arthur Henry Bryant was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, May 16, 1878. He was a son of Leon Bryant, of East Hartford, who was an Insurance Ad.juster in Cincinnati, Ohio, for some years. Percy S. Bryant, of the class of 1870, was a brother. Arthur Henry Bryant's mother was Marion Agnes Cole. Mr. Bryant was prepared for college at the Hartwell High School, Hartwell, Ohio, and entered Trinity in September 1896, with the class of 1900. He was a member of the S. A. E. Frater­ nity. In April of his Freshman year, he was appointed to the United States Military Academy by Congressman E. Stevens Henry, and left college. He was graduated from West Point in 1901, and received February 2, 1901, an appointment as Second Lieutenant in the Artillery Corps. He was promoted First Lieutenant June 8, 1905, and Captain in the Coast Artillery Corps March 31, 1909. At different times he was stationed at Fort Trumbull, Connec­ ticut; Fort Walla Walla, Washington; Fort Snelling, Minnesota; West Point, New York; Fort DuPont, Delaware; The Presidio, San Francisco, California; Fort Baker, Colorado; Fort Monroe, Virginia; Fort Mansfield, Rhode Island; Fort McKinley, Maine; Fort Wint, Philippine Islands; Fort McDowell, California; and Fort Winfield, Scott, California. He was an instructor in .the School of Fire at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. In 1918 he was made Lieutenant Colonel, and assigned to the 62nd Coast Artillery on the Pacific Coast. He served in France, and took part in hot fighting. l\fay 26, 1902, he married at Walla Walla, Washington, Mabel Parke Chapman, daughter of Henry D. Chapman, a Civil Engineer of Aberdeen, Washington, whose wife was Addie Sharpstein. The children were Donald Leon, born November 9, 1903, at Fort Snelling, Minnesota, and Gordon Benjamin, born October 30, 1905, at West Point. ' 22 TRINITY COLLEGE.

Lieutenant Colonel Bryant died April 22, 1926, in an army veteran's hospital near Hollywood, California, and was buried at the Presidio, San Francisco. His sister Mrs. William P. Green of South Windsor, and his brother Percy Leon Bryant, editor of the Far East Journal, Shanghai, China, survived him. ·

John Hall Sage Class of 1901 (honorary). John Hall Sage, who received the honorary degree of Master of Science from the College in 1901, died August 16, 1925, at the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston following an opera­ tion for kidney trouble that came on in an acute form while on a fishing trip in Maine. Mr. Sage was born in Portland, Connecticut, April 20, 1847, son of Charles Henry Sage and Eliza Hall. The father was Treasurer of the Shaler and Hall Quarry Company and Judge of Probate. The Sage family descends from David Sage .and the Hall family from John Hall, both among the earliest settlers in Middletown. Mr. Sage received his formal education in the schools of Portland and in the Bridgeport High School. His health was not vigorous, and he spent much time in becoming familiar with the flowe.rs and birds in Portland. This interest endured as long as he lived. In February 1866 he entered the home office of the Aetna Life Insurance Company in Hartford, remaining till October 1873. October 6, 1873 he became the teller of the First National Bank of Portland; January 14, 1879, he became Cashier, and July 7, 1919, President. August 2, 1879, he was chosen Treasurer of the Freestone Savings Bank of Portland, and February 24, 1902, became President. On the merger of these two banks in 1925 to form the Portland Trust Company, he became Chair­ man of the Board of Directors. He was a Director of the Brainerd, Shaler, and Hall Quarry Company for many years and was a Director of the Portland Water Commission. January 16, 1900, he became Treasurer of the Diocese of Connecticut, and con­ tinued in office till his death. Aside from his business, Mr. Sage's chief interest was Ornithology. He was an authority on Connecticut birds, and with Dr. Louis B. Bishop, he compiled "The Birds of Connecti­ cut" published by the State. For over twenty-five years he served as Secretary or President of the American Ornithological OBITUARY RECORD.

Union. His unrivalled collection of Connecticut birds he left to the Morgan Memorial in Hartford. He was a member of the Linnean Society of New York, of the Biological Society of Washington, the New York Biological Society, the American Association for. the Advancement of Science, the American Association of Museums, the American Nature Association, the Appalachian Mountain Club, The American Fern Associa­ tion, the New York Academy of Science, the American Forestry Association, the Connecticut Forestry Association, the American Geographical Society, the Botanical Society of America, the American Society of Mammaloologists, the Agassiz Association, the American Society of Medical Progress, of the American Historical Association, the Connecticut Historical Society, the Archaeological Institute of America, the Middlesex County Historical Society, the Church Club of onnecticut, the Sons of the American Revolution, the Highland Country Club, of Westfield, Connecticut, and was Natural History Curator of the Wadsworth Athenaeum from 1910. In addition to the "Birds of Connecticut", Mr. Sage con­ tributed many articles to periodicals having to do with his favorite subject of study, such as "Bird Lore", the "Auk", the "Observer", the "Ornithologist" and "Oologist", the "Bulletin of the Nuttall Ornithological Club", "Forest and Stream", and the daily papers. In 1898 he published a ten-page pamphlet entitled "List of Birds found about my home", in 1902 a twenty­ page pamphlet entitled "Spring Migration, average dates of arrival of birds within fifteen miles of Hartford"; in 1909 a _ten page pamphlet entitled "Officials of the Parish of Trinity Church, Portland, from its organization in 1789 to 1909"; and in 1910 a thirty-five page monograph on "Memorials and other gifts in Trinity Church, Portland". He was Treasurer of Trinity Parish from March 29, 1875, to April 11, 1887; Junior Warden from April 11, 1887, to March 24, 1913; and Senior Warden from March 24, 1913, to his death. He was a Trustee of the Berkeley Divinity School, and of the Christ Church Cathedral in Hartford. In politics he was a Republican. September 16, 1880, in Hartford, he married Agnes Farwell Kellogg, daughter of Elijah C. Kellogg, a member of the firm of E. B. and E. C. Kellogg, lithographers, whose wife was Harriet lsl- am. The only child was Harriet Eliza, born Augus~ 26, 1884, married June 24, 1911, in Portland, to Samu~l St. John Morgan, of Brookline, Massachusetts, who was graduated with the degreerof B. A. from Trinity College in 1903. They have two children John Sage and Elizabeth Hall. 24 TRINITY COLLEGE.

Henry (Sherman)Smart Class of 1906. Henry (Sherman) Smart was born in Hartford, Connecticut, January 3, 1882, a son of Ezra Smart and Jane J. Warman. After studying at the Hartford Public High School, he entered the Preparatory Department of St. Stephen's College, graduating in one year and spending one year in St. Stephen's College. In 1903 he was admitted to the Sophomore class in Trinity College. Owing to the death of his father, he left college at the end of that year. After six months of travel abroad, he entered the Yale Divinity School. After a year here, he went to the Cambridge =Theological School, spending the year 1905-1906 there. The year 1906-1907 was spent in Europe, and the year 1907-1908 in private tutoring. In September 1908, he entered the General Theological Seminary in New York, graduating in 1910. In 1912 he received the B. D. degree from the General Seminary. In 1919 he received the degree of Doctor of Divinity (in course) from the University of King's College, Windsor, Nova Scotia. He was ordained Deacon in 1910 and Priest in the same year by Bishop Darlington. He was rector of St. John's Church, Huntington, Pa. 1910-1911; of Christ Memorial Church, Danville, Pa., 1911-1912; Missionary in the Diocese of Newark, 1912-1914· Rector of St. Stephen's Church, New Hartford, New York, 1914-1919; Assistant Minister, Church of Zion and St. Timothy, New York City, 1919-1920, and Rector of Christ Church, Hamilton and Wenham, Massachusetts, 1921-1925; and St. Andrews' Church Brewster, New York, from 1925 to his death. He died in Brewster, where he is buried in the Milltown Cemetery May 3, 1926, of Bright's Disease. His ministry was fruitful and he won the love of his people and the respect of the communities in which he lived. He was a good preacher, and was skilled in Church Music. He was a member of the American School Union and of the Guild of All Souls. He published "Prayers for Priests and People", 1915, the "Priest's Private Record", 1914; "Private Prayers for the Clergy", and "The Altar - Its ornaments and its care." May 19, 1910, he married in the Chapel of the General Theological Seminary, Helen Elizabeth · Denslow, daughter of the Reverend Professor Henry McKenzie Denslow, of the Seminary, whose wife is Anna M. Olmsted. The children were Elizabeth Denslow, born July 10, 1911; Ruth, born April 28, 1914; Mary, born December 18, 1916; and Robert McKenzie, born November 11, 1919. OBITUARY RECORD. 25

Wilfred Everard Roach Class of 1907. Wilfred Everard Roach was born in Washington, D. C., December 14, 1884. He was a son of William Henry Roach, a clerk in the War department in Washington, whose wife was Hattie Mariah Houghton. Mr. Roach entered Trinity•College in 1903 from the Wash­ ington High School, but remained only one year. He was a member of the Alpha Chi Rho Fraternity. After leaving Trinity he studied at William and Mary College where he was a member of the Philomathean Literary Society. He received the degree of M. A. from William and Mary in 1910, and in 1920 was elected a member of the William and Mary Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa. After graduation from William and Mary, he entered the Virginia Theological Seminary, graduating in 1913. In 1919 he received the degree of B. D. from the Seminary. He was ordained Deacon in the Bethlehem Chapel of the National Cathedral in Washington by Bishop Harding in 1913. April 26, 1914, he was ordained Priest by Bishop Funsten in St. Mkhael's Cathedral, Boise, Idaho. He was Rector of Trinity Church, Wallace, Idaho, from 1914 to 1917; from 1917 to 1921 he was Rector of Trinity Church, Marshall, and Emmanuel Church, Piedmont, both in Fauquier County, Virginia. In 1921 he became Rector of Christ Church, Martinsville, Virginia. He was an Examining Chaplain for the diocese of Southwestern Virginia. June 26, 1913, in New York City he married Carolyn Awilda Mosher, daughter of Edwin Howard Mosher and Jennie Slater MacKnight. · The children were: Alwilda Louise, born June 20, 1914; Virginia Belle, born November 1, 1916; Wilfred Everard, Jr., born June 2, 1918; and Jennie Mosher, born December 11, 1923. The Reverend Mr. Roach died in the hospital at Martins­ ville, Virginia, December 23, 1925, after an operation. He is buried in Glenwood Cemetery in Washington, D. C.

James Shepard Class of 1909 (honorary). James Shepard, patent expert and historian, who in 1909 received the Honorary degree of Master of Arts from the college, died February 15, 1926, in the Grove Hill ffospital in New Britain, Connecticut. 26 TRINITY COLLEGE.

He was a son of Amos Shepard, a traveling salesman in the Southern States, whose wife was Statira Alcott, and was born in Southington, Connecticut, May 16, 1838. After graduating from the Lewis Academy in Southington;. he went to work in the old Stowe factory in Plantsville, which later became part of the Peck, Stowe, and Wilcox plant. He was employed here for twelve years, becoming an expert tool maker. In 1866 he organized a pat~nt-soliciting business in Bristol, maintaining an office also in New Britain. In 1876 he closed the Bristol office and removed to New Britain. Until this time the Honorable Charles E. Mitchell was associated with the business, the firm name being the New England Patent Agency. The name is still used by Mr. Louis M. Schimidt of New Britain and Hartford. Mr. Shepard became well-known as an expert in patent matters and was frequently called on to give expert testimony in patent cases in a.II parts of the country, particularly in the United States Circuit Courts. His testimony in regard ~ to a patent for air brakes for trolley cars was cited in cases in thirty other courts in different parts of the country. Mr. Shepard was also a diligent student and prolific writer in the field of genealogy and local history. He was interested in Natural History, especially in Botany. In his garden he had, it is said, fortY-two of the fifty-three known kinds of Connecticut ferns, in addition to a great variety of flowers and shrubs. He was familiar with mineralogy and conchology, contributing at times to the Peabody Museum at Yale and the Museum of the Smith­ sonian Institution. In Florida he discovered several new species of fossil shells, one of which was named by Professor Dall of the Smithsonian Institute "Ancillaria Sheparde" after him. He was a member of the New Britain Scientific Association and of the Connecticut Historical Society. He was a Republican and al­ though deeply interested in the History of the Episcopal Church in Connecticut was a Congregationalist. Among his contributions to the New England Historical and Genealogical Register, many of which were printed separately, may be mentioned The New Haven (Connecticut) Potters, 1900; Peter Malory of New Haven and some of his Descendants, 1900; John Whitehead of New Haven and Branford, 1901; the New Haven and Wallingford Johnsons, 1902; Samuel Blakesley of New Haven and his Descendants, 1902; and William Luddington, of Malden, Massachusetts, and East Haven, Connecticut, 1901. Other articles were: Shell Heaps and Mounds of Florida, An­ nual Report of the Smithsonian Institute, 1885; The Stone Age of Connecticut, New England Magazine, 1893; The Small Pox Hospital Rock, Farmington, Connecticut Quarterly, 1895 ~ OBITUARY RECORD. 27

Reservoir Park, West Hartford, Connecticut Quarterly, 1896; The Tories of Connecticut, Connecticut Quarterly 1898; Per­ sonal Sketch of James Shepard and Shepard Genealogy in Com­ memorative Biographical Record of Hartford County Connecti­ cut, Chicago, 1901; The Hunnewell Family, Stiles "Ancient Wethersfield," 1904; The Reverend Roger Searle of Connecticut and Ohio, Old Northwest Genealogical Quarterly, 1905. · Among books published by Mr. Shepard should be men­ tioned: Governor William Bradford and son Major William Bradford, New Britain, 1900; New Britain Patents and Patentees, New Britain, 1901; John Hall of Wallingford, Connecticut, 1902; History of St. Mark's Church, New Britain, Connecticut, and its Predecessor Christ Church, Wethersfield and Worthing­ ton, New Haven, 1907; The Episcopal Church and the Early Ecclesiastical Laws of Connecticut, New Britain, 1908; and Connecticut Soldiers in its Pequot War of 1637, Meriden, 1913. He also wrote articles on patent subjects and many articles on photography for various periodicals. He contributed many articles and poems to local newspapers. Altogether he was a remarkably accurate and versatile writer. September 25, 1859, in Plymouth, Con'necticut, he married Celia Adelaide Curtis, daughter of William Gaylord Curtis, a farmer of Bristol, whose wife was Lucy Preston. A daughter, Celia Antoinette Shepard, was born at Southington October 9, 1860, and died in New Britain October 26, 1907. Mrs. Shepard survived- her husband.

Masujiro Honda Class of 1911 (honorary). Word has been received of the death of Masujiro Honda, who received the honorary degree of L. H. D. from Trinity College in 1911. Dr. Honda was born in the Province of Mimasaka on the Inland Sea in Japan, January 15, 1866. His father was Mokuo Honda, a farmer of the Province of Mimasaka, whose wife was Y ayeko Yamada. After having studied Judo for seven years, and receiving the certificate of the third degree of proficiency in 1887 from Professor Kano's Judo Gymnasium in Tokyo, Dr. Honda was graduated from the Kobunkan, a private college in Tokyo in 1890. From 1890 to 1905 he taught English and other subjects in 28 TRINITY COLLEGE.

various government and private schools in Japan. In 1905 he was appointed a Government student for two years of study of methods of language teaching in America and England. From 1909 to 1912 he was editor of the "Oriental Review" in New York. In 1913 he returned to Japan, and was editor of the "Herald of Asia" in Tokyo. Dr. Honda was an Episcopalian and regarded the promotion of a cordial understanding between Japan and the United States as his chief work. He endeavored to diffuse Anglo-Saxon and Christian ideals among his countrymen and to interpret Japanese life and ideals to the English speaking world. In Japan he spoke and contended against militarism, bureauacracy, and limited suffrage, endeavoring to democratize the Japanese people and to counteract the influence of German militaristic and absolutistic ideals that had been more or less influential for some thirty years. He was a member of the Society for the Investigation of the Work of the Press, and of the International Press Association; both of Tokyo. Dr. Honda translated much both from English into Japanese and from Japanese into English. Among the translations from J apanE: se into English may be noted "Human Bullets," Financial and Economic Effects of the Russo-] apanese War (for the Japanese Branch of the Carnegie Foundation for International Peace), and a Japanese Drama for Mrs. Shericoff in America. He contributed many articles to the "Oriental Review", the "Herald of Asia", the "North American Review", and other periodicals. He was a promoter of the Japan S. P. C. A., and represented that Society in the Associated Humane Conference at \Nashing­ ton in 1910. He was in charge of the education of the first group of Chinese government students to Japan from 1896 to 1899. He represented the Peace Society of Japan at the 17th Inter­ national Peace Conference in London. In 1913, he visited China and met the political leaders of both the South and the North. Altogether Dr. Honda's career was notable, and his rela­ tively early death is a misfortune both to Japan and the United States. The Reverend Edwin Augustine White Class of 1911 (honorary). The Reverend Edwin Augustine White, on whom in recogni­ tion of his learning in Canon Law the ollege conferred the OBITUARY RECORD. 29 degree of D. . L. in 1911, died July 6, 1925, at Bellegrade Lake, Maine. He fell from a boat while fishing and was drowned in less than four feet of water. It is thought that he had suffered a stroke of apoplexy. Burial was in Rosedale Cemetery, Mont­ clair, New Jersey. Dr. White was born in Cornwall, Connecticut, December 27, 1854, a on of Edwin White, a farmer and member of the Connec­ ticut Legislature in 1842-43, and Laura Leach Whedon. He received his preparation for college in the Goshen Academy, Goshen, Connecticut, and entered Wesleyan Univer­ sity. He was a member of the Chi Psi Fraternity and was active in athletics, especially rowing. He was Captain and troke Oar of the Wesleyan Crew and Commodore of the Wes­ leyan Navy. He was Vice-President of his class and delivered the Boating Oration on Class Day. He received the degree of Bachelor of Arts in 1879. He received Honors in Chemistry, and was a contestant for the Rich Oratorical Prize in his Senior year. In 1918 he received the degree of Doctor in Divinity from the General Theological Seminary. . He studied law at Litchfield, Connecticut, from 1879 to 1882, and was admitted to the Connecticut Bar in 1881. In 1882 he settled in Cohoes and was admitted to the New York Bar, practicing in Cohoes and Ithaca until 1886. During the year 1886-1887 he was Instructor in Mathematics at Rutgers College. -He was a Democrat in politics and before his removal from Connecticut was Secretary of two State Conventions and received a nomination for member of the Connecticut House of Representatives. He then studied for Holy Orders in the Episcopal Church and was ordained Deacon in 1888 and Priest in 1888 by Bishop John Scarborough. For a year he was an Assistant Minister in St. John's Church, Elizabeth, New Jersey. From 1889 to 1891 he was Rector of St. John's hurch, Lafayette, Indiana, and from 1891 to 1920, Rector of Christ Church, Bloomfield and Glen Ridge, New Jersey, becoming Rector Emeritus in 1920. He was· elected a Deputy from the Diocese of New Jersey to every General Convention from 1901 to 1925. He was Chairman of the Committee on anons ·of the House of Deputies from 1913; President of the Ecclesiastical Court of the Diocese of Newark; and Chairman of the ommittee on Canons of the Diocese of Newark. He was a Lecturer on Canon Law in the General Theological Seminary, at Bexley Hall, and in the Western Theological Seminary. In addition to his contributions to the Church papers, the 30 TRINITY COLLEGE.

following books of Dr. White's may be menticned: American Church Law, 1898, 2d ed, 1911; A Manual for Rectors and Vestries, of the Protestant Episcopal Church; Constitution and Canons of the General Convention Annotated and Explained, 1924; Diocesan Manual for the Diocese of Newark, 1903; revised ed, 1911, revised again, 1923. December 4, 1889, in New York City, Dr. White was married to Elizabeth Craig Fielding, daughter of Robert Fielding, Jr., a carriage manufacturer of New York, whose wife was Elizabeth Reese Craig. Their daughter, Constance Fielding White, born August 25, 1891, married February, 1917, William Hill Bleecher, Jr., of the Class of 1912 at Trinity. Elliott Fielding Pettigrew, a nephew of Dr. White's, was also of the Class of 1912 at Trinity, where both were members of the Alpha Delta Phi Fraternity. Dr. White was a member of the Masonic Fraternity and of the Glen Ridge Country Club.

Edgar Solon Leland Class of 1914. Notification of the death at New Rochelle, New York, of Edgar Solon Leland, of the class of 1914, November 14, 1925, following an operation for appendicitis, has been received, but data for an adequate sketch is lacking. He was born August 22, 1892. He received his preparation for college at the Holderness School. In college he was a member of the D. K. E. Fraternity. While a student, his home was in Providence. It is hoped that a fuller account may be presented later.

George Gordon Nilsson Class of 1916. Notification of the death of George Gordon Nilsson of the class of 1916 has been received at the college, but the date is unknown. He was born October 25, 1894, in Boston, son of Oscar and Emma Christina Nilsson. He entered Trinity from the Boston Latin School in September 1912 with the class of 1916, after a year at Bates College. He was a member of the I. K. A. Fraternity, now the Sigma Chapter of Delta Phi. In college he was particularly interested in English. He taught History in the Fessenden School, West Newton, OBITUARY RECORD. 31

Massachusetts, during the year 1916-1917. June 13, 191 7, he enlisted in. the Ambulance Corps of the United States Army, and after a period of training at Allentown, Pennsylvania, went to France, where he did good service. During the year 1920-1921, he was Instructor in English at Dartmouth College. From 1921 to his death, he was engaged in private tutoring in New York City. It is hoped that a fuller account can be given later.

Nathan Parker Stedman Class of 1918. Nathan Parker Stedman was born in Aurora, Indiana, March 15, 1895. He was a son of George Milton Stedman and Jeannette Benedict. The father was a graduate of Washington University in the class of 1885, and was a manufacturer of fer- tilizer machinery in Aurora. · Mr. Stedman entered Trinity College from Howe Military School in September 1914, with the class of 1918. He was a member of the I. K. A. Fraternity. He was related to General Griffin Alexander Stedman, of the class of 1859, to Dr. Thomas Lathrop Stedman of the class of 1874, and to Robert Shields Stedman, of the class of 1863. Edmund Clarence Stedman was also a kinsman. He left Trinity at the close of his Freshman year and entered the University of Indiana. Here he was a m~mber of the Browning Society, the Writer's Club, and the History and Political Science Club. In 1917, he was appointed a Secretary in the United States Diplomatic Corps and was attached to the embassy in Buenos Aires; later he served under Ambassador Shea at Santiago de Chili. As a secretary he attended the Peace Conference in Paris, and received appointment with the rank of Captain in the Educational Corps. He lectured at French Universities and in England. On his return to the United States, he engaged in journalis­ tic work: from 1922 to 1923, with the Philadelphia Ledg.er; from 1923 to 1924, with the London Times; and during 1924 with the Brooklyn Eagle. In 1924 he became Secretary to the Prison Association of New York, serving in that capacity at the time of his death. Mr. tedman contributed book reviews to the Philadelphia Public Ledger, the Los Angeles Times, Literary Digest Book Review (December 1924), etc. He published an article on South 3 3/

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America in "Travel" (1924). He wa a collaborator in the re­ vision of Edmund larence tedman's "Pocket Guide to Europe", brought out by Robert M. McBrid in 1924. He was a member of the American lub, London, of the Jockey Club, Buenos Aires, and of the Royal Automobile lub, of London. He was an Episcopalian and a Democrat. March 17, 1924, in incinnati, hio, he married atherine Murphy, of Tacoma, Washington, and an Francisco, alifornia. She was a daughter of James Francis Murphy, a merchant and banker, whose wife was Frances Eulalia Andrews. Mr. Stedman died May 28, 1925, in Brooklyn, New York, and is buried in Aurora, Indiana.

D sire Mercier la s of 1919 (honorary). ardinal Mercier, Primate of Belgium, who recei ed the degree of Doctor of Laws, at a memorable special ervice, - ctober 2, 1919, died January 23, 1925. He wa born at Braine l'Allend, Belgium, November 21, 1851, and had been Archbishop of Malines and Cardinal since 1907. He was educated at St. Rombault's College at Malines. He was ordained to the Prie t­ hood on April 4, 1874. He became Professor of Philosophy at the University of Louvain, and attained distinction. He founded the Revue N eo-scholastique. Among his books may be mentioned Criteriologie Metaphysique Generale, Les Origines de la Psychologie Contemporaire, and a Manual of Modern Scholastic Philosophy. But it was during the World War that the great Cardinal distinguished himself and won a sure place in history. He was in Rome when the news arrived that the Germans had invaded Belgium. He at once returned to Brussels; exhorted his people to resist the invasion with all their strength, and denounced the Germans from pulpit and the Palace. Through­ out the War he was a thorn in the ide of the German military authorities. On countless occasions, his defiance of the invaders evoked admiration. The famous pastoral letter of December 1914 directed to be read in every Roman atholic Church in Belgium on New Year's Day 1915 has been called the mo t damming indictment of the German invasion ever written: "Germany has violated her oath. We can neither number our dead nor compute the measure of our ruins. Occupied provinces are not conquered provinces. The authority of the invader is OBITUARY RECORD. 33

no lawful authority. Therefore, in soul and in conscience you owe it neither respect, attachment, nor obedience." By General vonBessing's order, the Cardinal was kept a prisoner in his home for two weeks in an effort to make him modify or retract, but no such modification was ever obtained. In a word, the patriotism and courage of Cardinal Mercier won the admiration of the world, as his saintly life won their reverence. After the War, he was a central figure in discussions con­ cerning the reunion of the Roman and Anglican Churches.

John Marshall Holcombe Class of 1920 (honorary). John Marshall Holcombe, who received the honorary degree of LL. D. in 1920, died January 15, 1926, in Hartford in the same house in which he was born, June 8, 1848. He was a son of James Huggins Holcombe, a lawyer of Hartford, whose wife was Emily Merrill Johnson. After graduation from the Hartford High Scheol, he entered Yale University, graduating in the class of 1869. He was a mem­ ber of the Wolf's Head Society. From Yale ·he received the honorary-degree of M.A. in 1909. Immediately after graduation, he entered the Office of the Actuary of the Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Company. In 1871 he was appointed Actuary in the Insurance Department of the State of Connecticut. In 1874 he was elected Assistant Secretary of the Phoeni , Mutual Life Insurance Company; in 1875, Secretary; in 1889 Vice-President; and in 1904 President of the ompany, serving till February 29, 1924, when he became Chairman of the Board of Directors. Mr. Holcombe was regarded as one of the most important men in the field of insurance in the country. He lectured on insurance at Yale and at Western Reserve University, as well as before many life insurance gatherings in various parts of the country. He contributed an article in the North American Review in 1889 entitled "The Money Value of a Human Life", and to the same periodical in 1900 an article entitled "Life In­ surance in the United States". In 1908 he published a collection of his papers and addresses with the title "Lectures on Insurance". He also lectured frequently on historical and literary topics. He was one of the founders of the Association of Life Insurance 34 TRINITY COLLEGE.

Presidents, and was frequently consulted by state officials and legislators on subjects relating to insurance, a notable instance being during the insurance investigation in New York State in 1905-1906. He was a Fellow of the Actuarial Society of America. Mr. Holcombe was President of the Mechanics Savings Bank, a Director of the Phoenix National Bank, of the Phoenix Fire Insurance Company, of the Fidelity Trust Company, of the Peck, Stowe, and Wilcox Company, of the National Surety Company of New York, and of the American National Bank. He was a member of the Yale Alumni Association, of the In­ surance Institute, of the Hartford Club, the Hartford Golf Club, the University Club of New York, of the Executive Committee of the American Missionary Association, of the Society of the War of 1812, of the Sons of the American Revolution, and of the Society of Colonial Wars. He was a Republican and a member of the First Church of Christ in Hartford. He was President of the Hartford Meadows Development Commission and Treasurer of the Hartford Retreat, a member of the City Plan Commission, a member of the Municipal Art Society, and of the Fine Arts Federation. He was a member of the Court of Common Council from the Second Ward in 1882 and President of that body in 1883. In 1885 he was President of the Board of Alderman. He was also for a time a member of the Board of Finance. He was an originator of the Hartford Board of Health; and served on it as a Commissioner. January 29, 1873, in Brooklyn, New York, he was married to Emily Seymour Goodwin, daughter of Edwin Olmsted Good­ win, a lawyer of Brooklyn, whose wife was Harriet Brown. Mrs. Holcombe died March 28, 1923, and both are buried in the Ancient Burying Ground at the rear of the Center Church on Gold Street. Mrs. Holcombe was active in the work of the Daughters of the American Revolution, and to her is due largely the credit for the restoration and the proper care of the ancient burying-ground of the city. The children were: Harold Goodwin, born November 29, 1873, Yale 1897; Emily Marguerite, born October 24, 1877; and John Marshall, Jr., born May 4, 1889, Yale 1911, who is Manager of the Life Insurance Sales Research Bureau.

Edward Forbes Burt Class of 1921. Edward Forbes Burt was born September 9, 1897, in New Haven. He was a son of Edward Samuel Burt, a carpenter of that city. OBITUARY RECORD. 35

He was graduated from the New Haven High School in the dass of 1917, a'nd entered Trinity College in September of that year. He was a member of the Sigma Chapter of Delta Phi (I. K. A.), and was liked and respected by both $tudents arid faculty. Owing to ill health, he was obliged to leave college toward the close of his freshman year. After leaving college, he lived in Harbor Springs, Michigan, and married. The college has received notification that he died in April 1923, but no information as to his activities from the time he left college to his death is in hand. It is hoped that a fuller account can be presented later.

Thane Bellows Wright Class of 1924. Thane Bellows Wright was born May 1, 1899, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He was a son of Julian Vallette Wright, a graduate of the Sheffielel Scientific School of Yale University in the class of 1889, whose wife was Katherine Mason Bellows. The father was a ·civil Engineer; he died June 1923 in Hartford. Mr. Wright entered Trinity from the Hartford Public High School ii! September 1920 with the class of 1924. He was a member of the Beta Beta Chapter of Psi Upsilon. He was a m~mber of the football team in his freshman and junior years, arid of the basketball team in his sophomore and junior years. In his junior year he won First Prize in the Frank W. Whitlock Speaking Contest, and in his Senior year won the F. A. Brown Prize. He was graduated with the degree of B. A. in June 1924. In August 1924 he entered the Claim and Legal Department of the Boston Office of the Travelers Insurance Company. At the same time, he studied law in the Evening Law School of Boston University. Overwork brought on a nervous breakdown, and he died suddenly at his home in Newton, Massachusetts, November 13, 1925. He is buried in Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio. Mr. Wright was a young man of great promise, and his early death is a shock to all his many friends. 36 TRINITY COLLEGE.

OBITUARY RECORD INDEX. Class Page 1864 Benton, The Reverend Robert Agnew 6 1900 Bryant, Lieutenant-Colonel Arthur Henry 21 1921 Burt, Edward Forbes 34 1863 Clark, The Reverend James Walters s 1881 Elmer, The Reverend William Timothy 10 1882 Fischer, Charles Sebastian, M. D. 12 1920 Holcombe, John Marshall . 33 1879 Hyde, The Reverend Thomas Alexander 10 1911 Honda, Masujiro 27 1870 Kennett, Luther Martin 7 1914 Leland, Edgar Solon . 30 1896 Leonard, Loyal Lovejoy 19 1877 Lewis, George Frederick, M. D .. 9 1890 McConihe, Warren 17 1919 Mercier, Cardinal Desire 32 1881 Newton, The Reverend Edward Pearsons 11 1916 Nilsson, George Gordon 30 1893 Parker, Burton 18 1884 Read, Harmon Pumpelly 13 1907 Roach, The Reverend Wilfred Everard 25 1901 Sage, John Hall 22 1909 Shepard, ] ames 25 1906 Smart, The Reverend Henry (Sherman) D. D. 24 1887 Smith, The Reverend George Williamson, D. D., LL. D. 15 1916 Stedman, Nathan Parker 31 1886 Tate, The Reverend William James 14 1911 White, The Reverend Edwin Augustine, D. D., D. C. L. 28 1874 Whitney, Harry Edward, L. H. D. 8 1898 Wildman, Walter Beardslee 20 1924 Wright, Thane Bellows 35

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