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NECROLOGY 1916- 1918

HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT July, 1918 TRINITY COLLEGE BULLETIN

Issued quarterly by the College. Entered January 12, 1904, at Hartford, Conn., as second class matter, under the Act of Congress of July 16, 1894. The Bulletin includes in its issues: the College Catalogue, Reports of the President, Treasurer, and Librarian; Announcements and Circulars of Information. NECROLOGY

MEN Who Died During the Years . 1916-1918

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Hartford, Connecticut July, 1918 PREFATORY NOTE

Among the manifold services to the College ren­ dered so freely and so ably by the late Rev. Dr. Samuel Hart of the Class of 1866, was the keeping of the necrology of the Alumni Association. One of the features at the Annual Meeting of the Alumni for many years was the .reading of these brief obituaries by the beloved Dr. Hart. At the two meetings since Dr. Hart's death, no necrological record has been presented. To supply this omission, and to put in permanent form, into the possession of all interested, the records of the graduates and former students of the College, it is planned- to devote each year a number of the Bulletin to brief accounts of those of the Alumni who have died within the year. This pamphlet is the first issue of what it is hoped will be a worthy, if inadequate, record of the careers of the sons of the College. The data here presented has been collected through the prompt and persistent efforts of the Treasurer of the College, who makes it his concern to secure and preserve as full a record as possible of the activities of Trinity men. Arthur Adams. OBITUARY RECORD.

Walter Alves Towles Class of 1846. \iValter Alvc Towles was born on the family estate "Elmwood", ncar Bender on, Henderson County, Kentucky, February 7, 1825. He wa the son of J udgc Thomas and Elizabeth (Alves) Towles. Hi father was a Federal Judge in Illinois while it was still a Territory; later he was a tobacco grower at "Elmwood" in Henderson County. Elizabeth Alves was born in Chapel Hill, Iorth Carolina. Mr. Towle received his preparation for College at the Episcopal High chool in Alexandria, Virginia. He entered Kenyon College, but in September, 1844, came to Trinity. At Trinity he was a member of the Parthenon Society and of the I. K. A. Fraternity. He left coll ege in June, 1845, without taking his degree. February 12, 1854, at Henderson, Kentucky, he married usan Daniel Anderson, daughter of John Daniel Anderson, a farmer and banker of Bender on, and his wife Tabitha Cheatham Marshall. There were ten children, five of whom urvive him: Elizabeth Alves; usan Starling; Walter Alves, Jr., educated at the State College, Lexington, Kentucky; Lillia; and Therret, of New York, educated at the College of Pharmacy, Philadelphia. Mr. Towles li ved the quiet life of a country gentleman, and wa very highly estcemc<;l in his community. He was a regular communicant of St. Paul's Church all his long life. A local newspaper says of him: "He was great in hi sim­ plicity, in his love for his fellowmen and his fear of God, in his uprightness and hi devotion to his family and friends. He wa a tacit preacher of righteousness and justice, a lover of truth and freedom." He died at the age of ninety-three after an illness of four day March 4, 19I7, and wa buried in Fernwood Cemetery. At the age of ninety, his daughter wrote of him that he was still trong, his countcnal}c rud ly, his black hair just be­ ginning to turn gray, his memory and intellect as keen as ever. He wa indeed a fine type of Southern gentleman. 4 TRINITY COLLEGE.

Horace Baldwin Hitchings Cia s of 1854. The Reverend Horace Baldwin Hitching , D.D., was born at Malden, Ma sachusetts, January 31, 1830. He was the son of James Hitchings, a farmer of Malden, and his wife Eunice More Mcintosh. Dr. Hitchings did not marry. He was prepared for college at Middleborough, Mas ., and by his half-brother, the Rev. James L. Scott, of the Cia s of 1843, while he was Rector of the Church in Marbledale and Washington, Conn. A son of the Rev. James L. Scott, Horace Brown Scott, M. D., was graduated in the Class of 1878. Dr. Hitchings was a m mber of the Athenaeum Society and of the Delta Psi Fraternity during hi . tudent days at Trinity. He was graduated with the degree of B. A. in 1854; received the degree of M. A. in 1857; and the degree of D. D. in 1904. He was alway loyal to the College, and wa generou in his gifts. In 1905 he was one of the alumni who e gifts made possible the fitting up of the Trinity College Union. The Ivy for 1916 is dedicated to these men, and contains a portrait of Dr. Hitchings. Dr. Hitchings bequeathed $4,000 to the College to found a Scholar hip for the benefit of young men studying for the ministry of the Episcopal Church. On graduation from college, Dr. Hitchings entered the Berkeley Divinity School, from which institution he was graduated in 1857. He was ordained Deacon by Bishop \ Villiams in that year, and was raised to the Prie thood the following year. For six years, he was Rector of St. Stephen' Church, East Haddam, Conn. He wa Rector of t. John's in the vVilderness, Denver, Colorado, for seven year . After extended travel abroad, Dr. Hitchings bought a ranch of more than 3000 acres in El Paso County, Colora lo, on which he lived for two years. He then accepted a call to St. John' Church, Bangor, Maine, but finding the climate too severe, accepted an invitation to become an Assi tant Minister of Trinity Church in ew York City. In 1882 he resigned his place in Trinity Church, and traveled extensively in Europe, Asia, Africa, and South America, but spending a part of the time on his Colorado ranch. At the time of his death, April 13, 1917, he resided with a nephew J. Alvin cott, of Misha>vaka, Indiana. He was buried in the grounds of the Cathedral Church of t. John, Denver, of which Pari h he was Rector Emeritu , by pecial grant of the City Council. OBIT ARY RECORD. 5

George Abishai Woodward Class of 1855· General George Abishai Woodward was born at Wilkes­ Barre, Pennsylvania, February 14, 1835. His father George \Vashington Woodward, was an eminent lawyer and Chief Justice of Pennsylvania; his mother was Sarah Elizabeth Trott. General Woodward was prepared for college at Bolmar's Academy, 'vV st Chester, Pa., 'vVilkes-Barre Academy, and \Vyoming Seminary, Kingston, Pennsylvania, and entered Trinity College in the fall of 1851 with the Class of 1855· He was a member of the Athenaeum Society, of which he served as President, and of the I. K. A. Fraternity. He received a Junior Exhibition and a Commencement Appointment, and was al o a President of his class. He was graduated with the degree of B. A. in 1855, and in 1895 received the M. A. degree from the College. After his graduation, he retui·ned to his native town, and accepted a temporary appointment as a teacher in Wyoming eminary. In ovember, 1855, he went to Milwaukee, 'vVis­ con in, to study law; he was admitted to the Bar in 1856. In 1858 he was elected City Attorney, the only civil office he ever held or sought. In 1859 he moved to Philadelphia, and practised Law there till 1861. At the beginning of the Civil War, he raised a company of volunteers, and was commis ioned Captain of Company A, 2nd Regiment, Pennsylvania Reserves, May 27, 1861. He erved with thi command in the Army of the Potomac during the campaigns of 1861, 1862, and 1863. He was wounded in the right foot and left leg and was taken prisoner at the battle of Glendale, Virginia, June 30, 1862, and was confined in Libby Pri on. He commanded his regiment at the Battle of Gettys­ burg in July 1863, and was brevetted Colonel for gallant and meritorious conduct in that battle March 2, 1867. He was commissioned Major, April 2, 1862; Lieutenant Colonel, Feb­ ruary 20, 1863; Major, Veteran Reserve Corps, August 24, 1863; Lieutenant Colonel, September 25, 1863; Colonel, De­ cember 4, 1863. He was mu tered out July 20, 1866, and was appointed Lieutenant Colonel of the Forty-fifth Regiment of Infantry in the Regular Army July 28, 1866. He was trans­ ferred to the Fourteenth Infantry March 15, 186<); was made Colonel of the Fifteenth Infantry January IO, 1876; and was retired March 20, 1879, on account of disability resulting from wounds. He was made a Brigadier General on the Retired 6 TRINITY COLLEGE.

List April 23, 1904. While in service in the Regular Army, he served in Kentucky, Tennessee, Dakota, 'vVyoming, N e­ braska, and Utah. After his retirement from the Army, he settled in Phila­ delphia, and from 1879 to r887 was connected with the fir of L. R. Hamersley and Co., engaged in publishing Army an Navy books. He was also Editor of the United Service Maga zine, to which in addition to the greater part of the editorials, he contributed numerous articles. Among them may be mentioned: The Difference between Military Law and 1artial Law, October, 1879; Some Experiences with the Cheyennes, April, 1879; The First Home Coming of the Reserves, Augu t, r88o; and The ight of Lincoln's Assasination. General Woodward's firm also published the Church Cyclopaedia, oi which the Revererld Angelo Ames Benton, S. T. D., of the Class of 1856, was Editor. In r887, General Woodward retired from business and went to live in Washington. February 14, r867, General Woodward married at Colum­ bus, Ohio, Charlotte Treat Chittenden, Daughter of Asahel Chittenden, a mail contractor and real estate operator, a11d his wife Harriet Harpin Treat. There are two children: Henry Sterne, born September 2, r868, in Nashville, Tenn., a gradu­ ate of Yale University in the Class of r8go, and Sarah Eliza­ beth, born at Fort Fetterman, Wyoming. General 'vVoodward was Rector's Warden, at Calvarv Church, Germantown, Pa., .and Senior Warden of St. Thomas' Church, Washington, D. C. He was a member of the Corp­ oration of the Episcopal Eye and Throat Hospital in vVa h­ ington, and was a Trustee of the Diocesan Church Fund. He was one time President of the Hydro-Pneumatic Power Com­ pany. He was a member of the Loyal Legion, and Commander of the District of Columbia Commandery in r8g6, of the G. A. R., of the S. A. R., and the Order of American War, of which he was Senior Vice Commander. He was a member of the Army and Navy Club in \iV ashington (its President r8gs-6), and of the Chevy Chase Club. General Woodward died December 22, rgr6, at the vValter Reed Hospital in Washington, and is buried in the N a tiona! Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia. OBITUARY RECORD. 7

Philander Kinney Cady Class of 1856 (honorary). Philander Kinney Cady was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, October 23, 1826. He was the son of David Knight Cady, a Merchant of Cincinnati, and Ann Eliza Kinney. Mr. Cady was graduated as Valedictorian from Woodward College, Cincinnati, in the class of 1843, receiving the Master's degree in 1847. He was graduated from the General Theo­ logical Seminary in 1847. Mr. Cady received the honorary degree of M. A. from Trinity College in 1856; the S. T. D. degree from Columbia University in 1868; and the D. D. de­ gree from the General Theological Seminary in 1895. In 1850, he was ordained Deacon by Bishop Whittingham, and in 1851 Priest by Bishop DeLancey. He was Rector of Trinity Church, West Troy, from 1851 to 1857; of Grace Church, ewark, ew Jersey, from 1857 to 186o; of Grace Church, Albany from 1861 to 1865; of Christ Church, Pough­ keepsie, from 1866 to 1874; and of St. James Church, Hyde Park, N. Y. from 1876 to 1889. In 1888, he became acting Professor of "Evidences" in the General Theological Semi­ nary, and in 1890, was made Professor, serving to 1904. He was Sub-dean of the Seminary from 1898 to 1904, and was Acting D ean from the death of Dean Hoffman in 1902 to the election of Dean Robbins. June II, 1863, he married, at West Troy, Helen Sophia, Hamilton, of Watervliet, . Y. She was the daughter of David Hamilton, a railroad contractor, . and Sophia Poole. Their children were: Hamilton, born November 15, r864, a graduate of Columbia in the class of r885, and of the General Theological Seminary in 1889-he was a clergyman and died June 26, 1902; and Helen Sophia Cady, born April 27, r866. He was a Trustee of the General Seminary, of the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, of Trinity School, New York, and St. Agatha's School, New York. After his retirement from the Seminary, Dr. Cady resided at Ridgefield, Conn., where he died August 30, 1917: The place of interment was Rural Cemetery, Albany, N. Y.

Edward Miner Gallaudet Class of r8s6. Eaward Miner Gallaudet was born in Hartford, February 5, 1837. His father was Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet, who was born in Philadelphia, December ro, 1787, and died in Hartford 8 TRI ITY COLLEGE.

September 9, 185r. His wife was ophia Fowler, born in 1798, died in ·washington May 13, 1877, who was one of hi first deaf-mute pupils. The father was graduated from Yale in 1805. In 1815, he vi ited France and England tp tudy methods of teaching the deaf, his attention having been drawn to the great neglect of the deaf in this country. He returned in 1816, bringing with him Laurent Clerc, himself a deaf-mute. In 1817 he opened in Hartford the first school in America for the instruction of the deaf. Edward Miner Gallaudet received his preparation for College in the Hartford Public High School; entering the junior class of Trinity College in 1854, he was graduated in 1856. Three years later he received the master's degree. In 1869 he received the LL.D. degree from Trinity, and in 1895 the same degree from Yale University. In 1867 he received the Ph.D. degree from the Columbian University. In 1907 he was elected an honorary member of the Beta of Connecticut, ;Fhi Beta Kappa. In 1873, he was appointed an honorary U . . Commissioner to the Vienna Exposition. In 1912, the French Government conferred on him the cross of a Chevalier of the Legion of Honor in recognition of his work. In College he vyas a member of Beta Beta of Psi Upsilon, and of the Parthenon Society. Before entering College, Mr. Gallaudet had been em­ ployed for three years as a clerk in the Phoenix Bank, and even before graduation he had begun to teach in the American School for the Deaf, of which hi father was the founder. In 1857 he was appointed Superintendent of the Columbia In ti­ tution for the Deaf, in Washington, D. C. He wa moved to accept this appointment largely because he saw great po i­ bilities in it. Even while in College he had conceived the design of founding an institution of higher education for the deaf. The year 1864 saw the beginning of the realization of his dream, for in that year ongre s gave the in titution oi whi-ch he·was the head collegiate powers, and made a generou appropriation for its support. Congre s has continued it liberal policy toward thi institution, which later was named Gallaudet in honor of the Pr.e ident's father, and now it ha beautiful grounds and buildings, an excellent equipment, and receives generous support from the Government. It i still the only college in the world for the deaf. Mr. Gallaudet wa President of the College, President of the Board of Director, an~ Professor o.f Moral a~d Political cience. In 1910 he res1gned as Pres1dent, and 111 191 r gave up all connection with the College and came to Hartford to live. OBITUARY RECORD. 9

Dr. Gallaudet was the leading advocate in America of what is known as the "combined system" of educating the deaf. He urged in truction in peech and lip-reading, but believed also the ign language hould be used. In r886 at the invitation of the British Government, he appeared before the Royal Commis ion on the Education of the Deaf. His te timony in favor of the "combined system" had great weight. Dr. Gallaudet was Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Convention of American Instructors of the Deaf from r869. On the Incorporation of that body in r895, he was elected President, and was re-elected at each subsequent meet­ ing during his life. During hi long residence in Washington, Dr. Gallaudet was active in many literary, scientific, and social organizations. He wa a member of the Literary Society of \Vashington, of the \Vashington Academy of Sciences, of the Philosophical ociety, the Social Science Association, the American Histori­ cal Society, the Huguenot ociety, the Red Cross A sociation, Son of the American Revolution, the Chevy Cha e Club, the Cosmo Club, etc. He was Trustee of George W a hington Univer ity, Howard L niversity, of the American School for the Deaf, and of the Cedar Hill Cemetery Association in Hartford. Dr. Gallaudet was a Presbyterian, and served as a Trustee and Elder. He was alway deeply interested in Trinity College and loyal to it. In r869, he delivered an· address before the Alumni Association on the ubject "The Di ea es of the Body Politic". He was active in the Alumni Associations of Balti­ more and \Vashington. His elder brother, Thomas Gallaudet, of the Class of 1842, was a distinguished clergyman of the Epi copal Church. Amid his manifold duties and interest , Dr. Gallaudet found time for considerable literary work. In 1878, he pub­ lished a "Manual of International Law," of which the fifth edition appeared in rgor; its exten ive use as a text-book is eloquent testimony as to its high quality. In r887, he issued a "Life of Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet", hi father. Among his many contributions to periodical , may be noted: The Poetry of the Deaf, Harper's, March, r884; International Ethic , Social Science Association Proceedings, eptember, 1883; Governmental Patronage of Art, Vienna Expo ition Re­ port, 1873; Unconscious Cerebration as Evidenced by Mnemonic Action, Pennsylvania Monthly, August 1877; How Shall the Deaf be Educated? International Review, Decem- 10 TRI ITY COLLEGE. ber 1881; Deaf-Mutism, International Review, July 1875; Ad­ dresses at Congress of Instructors of the Deaf, Milan, 188o, Glasgow, 1891, London, 1897, Paris, 1900, Edinburgh, 1907; and many articles in the Annals of the Deaf. Dr. Gallaudet died in Hartford September 26, 1917, and was interred in the family lot in Cedar Hill Cemetery. He was twice married: first, July 28, 1858 to Jane Melissa Fessenden, daughter of Edson Fessenden, President of an Insurance Company in Hartford, and his wife Lydia vVorden; second, December 22, 1868, to Susan Denison, daughter of Joseph Adam Denison, of Royalton, Vermont, and his wife Eliza Skinner. The children by the first marriage were: Katherine Fessenden, born June 25, 1861 ; Grace Worden, born December 27, 1862, married May 22, 1893, William B. Classon of Newton, Massachusetts; Edward LeBaron, born November 9, 1864, and died June 23, 1865. The children of the second marriage were: Denison, born April I, 1870, a graduate of Amherst in the Class of 1893; Edson Fessenden, born April 21, 1871, a graduate of Yale in the Class of 1893; Eliza, born June 28, 1874, died August 26, 1875; Herbert Draper, born September 12, 1876, a graduate of Yale in the Class of 1898, and Marion vVallace, born April II, 1879, married in Wa hington, November 8, 1905, John \Varren Edgerton, Trinity 1894, a profes or in the Yale Law chool. Denison and Edson F. are aeroplane manufacturers of Ea t Greenwich, Rhode Island; Herbert D. is a clergyman, late of Bridgeport, and now an officer in the I ational Army of the United States.

George Bailey Hopson Class of 1857. The Rev. Dr. George Bailey Hopson was born at N auga­ tuck, Connecticut, January 18, 1838; he died at Annandale, Dutchess County, New York, August 30, 19i6, and wa buried there. His parents were the Reverend Oliver Hopson and Caroline Allis. His father was a graduate in the fir t class (1827) of Trinity College, and died October 26, 18g3, aged 89. A brother, Edward C. Hopson, graduated from Trinity College in the Class of 1864, and was killed in the Civil War. Mr. Hopson wa prepared for College at the Troy Con­ ference Academy, Poultney, Vermont, and entered Trinity in the fall of 1853 with the Class of 1857. In college he wa a OBITUARY RECORD. 11 brilliant student, receiving election to Phi Beta Kappa in his junior year, being valedictorian on his graduation, with the degree of B. A. in I8S7· He was a member of the Parthenon Society and of the I. K. A. Fraternity. He received theM. A. degree from Trinity in I86o. ' After graduation from College, for three years he taught a private school in his father's house at Poultney, Vermont, among others preparing his brother Edward for College. Mr. Hopson graduated from the General Theological Seminary in the Class of I863. He was ordained Deacon June 28, I863, and Priest the following year by Bishop Potter. In the year of his graduation from the Seminary he be­ came Professor of the Latin Language and Literature in St. Stephen's College. This professorship he held with distinc­ tion for fifty years, becoming Professor Emeritus in I9I3; the latter title he held at the time of his death, August 30, 19I6. He received the degree of A. M. from St. Stephen's in I874, that of D. D. in I886, and that of D. C. L. in I903. Thre~ times during his long connection with the College he was appointed Warden: September I, 1898 to October I, I899; July I, I903 to February I, I904; and September r, 1907 to June I7, 1909. At these periods he was a1so ex-officio a Trustee. Dr. Hopson was a Mason and a Knight Templar. He was a member of the New York Historical Society and of the ational Geographical Society. He was also active in tiie work of the Association for the Promotion of the Interests of Church Schools, Colleges, and Seminaries. Dr. Hopson published a work on "Fasting Communion" in I886, a pamphlet on "Beneficiary Education of Young Men for the Sacred Ministry" in I889; and "Reminiscenses of St. Stephen's College" in I9IO. March 29, I864, he married Mary vVilliamson Johnston, daughter of Dr. Francis Upton and Mary (vVilliamson) Johnston. Their children were: Francis Johnston, born Feb­ ruary 4, I865, a graduate of St. Stephen's in I88s; Caroline Allis, born March 8, I866, died March 27, I867; Mary \iVilliam­ son, born February 23, I868, died January 6, I874; Edward Mansfield, born May 3I, I870, died February 6, I874; and \Villiam Olive.r, born November 19, 1872. 12 .TRI ITY COLLEGE.

D. Maitland Armstrong Class of r8s8.

D(avid) Maitland Armstrong was born 111 "Danskam­ mer", Newburgh, N. Y., April rs, I8J6. He was the on of Captain Edward Armstrong, and a grandson of Colonel "William Armstrong, both of the British Army. His mother was Sarah (Hartley) Ward, a daughter of Colonel John \Vard, of Charleston, S. C., a soldier in the vVar of r8r2. Colonel Ward was a graduate of South Carolina College, a planter, a distinguished lawyer, and at one time President of the outh Carolina Senate. Mr. Armstrong received his preparation for College at the Grammar School of ew York University, at College Hill, Poughkeepsie, N. Y., and with Professor Charles Murray Nairne of Columbia College. He entered Trinity College in September, 1854, and graduated with the degree of B. A. in 1858, receiving the M. A. degree in r868. In college, he be­ came a member of the Phi Kappa Chapter of A lpha Delta Phi, and of the Athenaeum ociety. In his Senior year, he re­ ceived the Chemical Prize, and was Clas Orator. On graduation from College, after everal months traYel in Europe, Mr. Armstrong began the study of law with Judge ·william Kent, and the Hon. J. C. Bancroft Davis. In 1863, he was admitted to the ew York Bar, and practised until r869. In r869, he was appointed U. . Consul to the Papal States, and in 1871 Consul General for Italy at Rome. He also had charge of the American Legation at Rome, though with no diplomatic rank, from r869 to 1871. During his residence in Italy, Mr. Armstrong became deeply interested in Art, and on his retuq1 to Jew York in 1872, he became a profe ional painter. In 1878, he went to Paris as Director of the American Art Department at the Pari Exposition. Here he studied for nine months in the ~ tudio of Luc Olivier Merson. On hi return to the U . S., he began the artistic decoration of house , churches, etc., and particu­ larly the designing and making of stained glass windows, mosaics, etc., in which he continued with great success till his death. His daughter Helen Maitland was his partner, under the firm name of Maitland Armstrong and Company. The taste and skill of Mr. Armstrong may be seen in the thousands of windows d·esigned by him and in the decoration of many churches, public building , and private residence throughout the country. Among the best known works of OBITUARY RECORD. 13

Mr. Armstrong's firm, may be mentioned windows in these churches in New York: the Ascension, St. Michael's, Holy Communion, Holy Trinity; the windows in All Saint's Chapel,. Biltmore, N.C.; windows in the Memorial Chapel built by Mrs. 0. H. P. Belmont in Woodlawn Cemetery, and in the Armory of Mrs. Belmont's New York house; and five windows in the Chancel of the Chapel, Sailor's Snug Harbor, Staten Island. Mr. Armstrong contributed occasionally articles on var­ ious subjects to magazines and newspapers, and lectured at Columbia University and elsewhere on Art and Agriculture. \Vhile Consul, he made many reports to the U. S. government, including an important one on the taking of Rome in 1872 by the Italians. He was made a Chevalier of the Legion of Honor of France in 1878; he was an Associate of the National Academy of Design, a member of the Architectural League of New York, of the National Society of Mural Painters, of the Society of American Artists, and was a Fellow of the Metro­ politan Museum. He was a member of the Century Club. He was a manager of the New York Institution for the Blind, and a Trustee of the T ew York Society Library. Mr. Armstrong was an ardent Episcopalian. While in Rome, he was a Vestryman of the American Church there, and was for many years a Vestryman of Christ Church, Marlborough, ew York. In ew York, he was a communi­ cant of Grace Church. December 6, 1866, he married, in ew York, Helen Neilson, daughter of Dr. John Neilson, who was a grandson of Colonel John Neilson of the Revolutionary Army. The wife of Dr. John Neilson was Margaret Ann Fish, daughter of Colonel Nicholas Fish of the Revolutionary Army. The children of this marriage were: Edward Maitland, born in New York, March 15, 1874; educated at St. Mark's and Columbia (1806); married Gwendolin, daughter of David King of Jewport, R. I., II. Margaret Neilson, born in ew York, September 27, 1867. III. Helen Maitland, born in Florence, Italy, October 14, r869. IV. Marion Howard, born in Jew­ burg, June 9, r88o; married Alfred Edey, of Jew York, in April 1908. V. oel, born in New York, January 26, 1882; educated at St. Mark' and Yale Sheffield ( 1903) ; a mining engineer. VI. Hamilton Fish, born in New York, April 7, 18g3; in I91I at the Coventry School, Baltimore. Mr. Arm­ strong died May 26, 1918. In 191! he wrote: On the whole, I have had a very happy 14 TRI ITY COLLEGE.

life-happy in my home, in my wife and children; happy al o in being able to fo llow the profession I like best; and-almo t best of all-at the age of seventy-four in excellent health.

Charles Lewis Fischer Class of r86o. The Reverend Charles Lewi Fi cher, D.D., a graduate of Trinity College in the Cla s in 1860, died April 17, 1917. He was born in Baltimore August 12, 1839, and was the son of John Henry and Anna Maria Fischer. He received his prep­ aration for college in the public schools of Philadelphia. He entered Trinity Coll ege with the Cia s of r86o, and wa grad­ uated in that year, receiving election to Phi Beta Kappa in his Junior Year. In r863, he received his master's degree, and in 1895 received the D. D. degree from his Alma Mater. In r864 Mr. Fi cher wa graduated from the Philadelphia Divinity School, and that year was ordained Prie t by Bi hop Steven , having been ordained Deacon the preceding year by Bi hop Potter. On his graduation from the Divinity chool, he became Rector of the Church of t. John the Evangeli t, Philadelphia, remaining there till 1871, and building the present edifice. In 1871, he became Rector of t. John' Church, Lower Merion, Pa., where he remained for three years, leaving to accept the Rectorship of St. John's Church, Olympia, where he remained two years. From 1877 to r893, he was Rector of St. Paul's, hillicothe, Ohio, re igning in 1893 to accept the Bedell Profe sorship of New Te tament Literature in Kenyon Coll ege. This office he re igned in 1903, intending to retire. Fee.ling dissatisfied ·with this rela­ tive inactivity, he accepted the Rectorship of St. Luke' Church, eaford, Delaware, which office he held till his death. Dr. Fischer was a very active man of scholarly ta te and attainment . He was univer ally belO\·ed wherever he min­ i tered.

Thomas Bezaleel Sexton Cla of 1860. Thomas Bezaleel Sexton was born at \Varehouse Point, Connecticut, . ovember 28, 1839; he was the son of Bezaleel Sexton, a woolen manufacturer of Warehouse Point, and hi wife Elizabeth Phelps. Mr. Sexton received his preparation at the Phillip' OBIT ARY RECORD. 15

Academy, Andover, Massachusetts, and entered Trinity Col­ lege in 1856 with the Cia of 186o. In College he was a member of the Beta Beta Chapter of Psi Upsilon. He received the degree of B. A. with the Class of 186o, and in 1863, re­ ceived theM. A. degree. After leaving college, he was Secretary of the East \Vindsor vVoolen Company, and of the Leonard Silk Com­ pany, both at \IVarehouse Point until 1870. From 1870 to 188o, he was in New York, at least part of the time with the H. B. Claflin Company. After r88o he lived almost entirely in Mexico. During his earlier years there, he was engaged as a Mining Engineer in Chihuahua; latterly he lived on his ranch at Guaymas, in the State of onora. During his long resi­ dence in Mexico, he formed many close friendships with prominent Mexican identified with the Diaz Regime, and so came to be looked on as an authority in Mexican affairs. Mr. Sexton married, first, about 1871, at Providence, Rhode Island, Celia Mowry, by whom he had a son Cecil, who died at the age of eight months. He married, second, at Albuquerque, ew Mexico, July 25, 1892, Reba Evelyn Geddes, who survives him. 1r. Sexton died at Atlantic City, ew J er ey, December 20, 1917, and was buried at \Varehouse Point, Connecticut. He was an Episcopalian.

William Dixon Penfield Class of r862. \Villiam Dixon Penfield was born in Portland, Connecti­ cut, November 7, 1837; he was the son of Edward Augustus Penfield, a farmer of Portland, and his wife Belinda mith Jorton. Mr. Penfield received hi preparation for college at Daniel Chace's School in fiddletown, and at the Hartford Public High School. He was in college a member of the Order of Beta Beta, and of the Beta Beta Chapter of the Psi Upsilon Fraternity, anu was graduated with the degree of B. A. in the Cia s of r862. After graduation, Mr. Penfield was the Principal of . chool at Greenwich, Lonnecticut, and \Varren burg, New York. During the Civil \Var, he was Captain's Clerk of the U. . S. Monongehela. He began farming in Douglas County, Illinois, and in r881 returned to the home farm in Portland, where he resided till his death, April 13, 1917. The interment was in Center Cemetery, Portland. 16 TRINITY COLLEGE.

He was Senior Warden and Treasurer of Christ Episco­ pal Church in Middle Haddam. He was a Democrat in poli­ tics, and was a member of Mansfield Post, G. A. R. Mr. Penfield did not marry.

Robert Watkinson Huntington Class of 1864. Robert vVatkinson Huntington was born in Hartford, December 3, 1840. He was the son of Samuel Howard Hunt­ ington, Yale 1818, a lawyer of Hartford, and Sarah Blair 'Watkinson. The father, Samuel H. Huntington, was a Trustee of Trinity College from 1830 to 1858, and Secretary of the Board from 1831 to 1854. He was admitted to the M.A. degree in Trinity College ad eundem in 1845. Colonel Huntington received his preparation at the Hartford Public High School and entered Trinity College in the fall of 186o with the Class of 1864. He was a member of the Alpha Delta Phi Fraternity. On the breaking out of the Civil War, he enlisted as a Private in Company A, (Capt. Joseph R. Hawley), Ist Connecticut Infantry. June 5, 1861 he was made a econd Lieutenant in the Marine Corps. September I, 1861, he was commissioned First Lieutenant and June 21, 1864 he became a Captain. He was at the Battle of Bull Run; on DuPont's Expedition for the capture of Port Royal, S. C., in . ovember, 1861 ; at the capture of Fort Church, Fernandino, Florida, in March, 1862; and was attached to the ship James town from June 1862 to September 1865, commanding the s:ruard at the Legation in Tokio, Japan, in July and August, 1864. In 18q8 at the beginning of the Spanish War, he was sent in command of the first organized force to land in Cuba, and was in command during the fig-hting that followed the landing at Guantanamo. He was also at the bombardment and sur­ render of Manzanillo on August 24, 1898. He was then pro­ moted to Colonel for eminent and con picuous conduct in battle. . In 1900 Colonel Huntington retired from active service and lived at Charlottesville, Virginia. Here he died November 3, 1917, and was buried in Heards, Virginia. In ovember, 1865, Colonel Huntington married Jane Lathrop Trumbull, daughter of Daniel Lathrop and Alex­ andrine Navarre (Wilson) Huntington, of Norwich, Connec­ ticut, a great-granddaughter of Jonathan Trumbull of Revo­ lutionary fame. She died in 1869.. Some ten years later he OBITUARY RECORD. 17

married Elizabeth Sherburne ·whipple, of Portsmouth, N. H., who survived him. Colonel Huntington left two sons by the first wife and a daughter by the second: Robert Watkinson Huntington, Junior, born ovember 9, 1866, President of the Connecticut" General Life Insurance Company, Yale 1889; Daniel Trum­ bull Huntington, born August 4, 1868, Yale 1892, Bishop of Anking, China; and Eleanor Sherburne, wife of Edwin M. ·wayland, of Heards, Virginia.

Robert Shields Stedman Class of r864. Robert Shields Stedman was born in Hartford, Connecti­ cut, February 3, 1844. He was the son of Griffin A. and Mary A. Stedman. He was a brother of General Griffin A. Sted­ man, of the Class of 1859, who distinguished himself in the Civil vVar, and to whom a statue has been erected in Hartford, and a cou in of Thomas Lathrop Stedman of the Class of 1874· A nephew Nathan Parker Stedman was for a time a member of the Class of 1918. Mr. Stedman graduated from the Hartford High School, and entered Trinity College in r86o. He however left college in r86r. While in College he was a member of the I. K. A. Fraternity and of the Athen~eum Society. After leaving Trinity, he studied at the Pennsylvania Polytechnic Institute in Philadelphia, graduating with the degree of B. S. in Mechanical Engineering in 1863. During the years 1863 to r865, he served in the United States Navy as an engineer. For a number of years, he was engaged in the practice of Civil Engineering in Hartford and New London. In r88o he received the degree of M. D. from the College of Physicians and Surgeons (Columbia), and spent the rest of his life in the practice of his profession in Brooklyn, New York. Dr. Stedman was unmarried. He died in Brooklyn, New York, April 13, 1918; the interment was in Cedar Hill Ceme­ tery, Hartford, Connecticut.

John Leighton McKim Class of r865 (honorary). The Rev. John Leighton McKim was born in Newcastle, Delaware, August I, 1835. He was the son of the Rev. John Linn McKim and Susan Agnes McGill. The elder Mr. 18 TRI ITY COLLEGE.

McKim was a graduate of Dickinson College in the Class of 1830; he was at the time of his death the senior clergyman in the Episcopal Church, having been ordained by Bishop ·white in 1835. Mr. McKim was prepared for college in the Georgeto\\"n Academy, Georgetown, Delaware, and graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1857. He was a member of the Zelosophic Society, of the Phi Kappa Sigma Fraternity, and of Phi Beta Kappa, and wa elected to deliver an oration at Commencement. He received the degree of M. A. from his Alma Mater in 186o, and was admitted M. A. at · Trinity, ad e~mdem in 1865. Mr. McKim was ordained Deacon in 1859 by Bishop Lee and Priest in 186o by Bi hop Odenheimer. He was A si tant at the House of Prayer, Newark, ew Jersey, during the year 1859-186o. In 186o, he was called to the Rectorship of St. Timothy's Church, Roxborough, Pa., where he built a new church. In 1862 he ucceeded his father as Rector of Christ Church, Milford, Delaware, remaining here till 1879, when he was elected Rector and Principal of St. Mary's Hall, Bur­ lington, New Jersey. Here he remained till 1887. From 1887 to 1894, he was Rector of St. Paul's, Georgetown, and St. George's, Indian River. In 18g...j. he returned to Christ Church, Milford, where he remained till 1910, when he became Rector of St. Stephen's Church, Harrington, Delaware. Here he labored till his death March 20, 1918. Mr. McKim was much interested in the restoration of old churches in Sussex County, Delaware. To him is due the building of St. John Baptist's Church, Milton, and "t. teph­ en's Church, Harrington, to both of which he mini tered while Rector of Christ Church, Milford. At a time when architecture, art, and music were neglected in the church, Mr. McKim wa alive to their im­ portance, and did much to secure for them a just recognition. He was a scholarly man and an acceptable and an able preacher. For many years he was a prominent figure in both Diocesan and General Conventions. For seven years, he was a member of the Standing Committee of the Diocese of Dela­ ware, and represented Delaware in nine General Convention . He was a Trustee of Burlington College, and a member of the University Club in Philadelphia. December 4, 186o, at Lewes, Delaware, he married Sarah · Fisher Rodney. She was the daughter of Henry Fisher Rodney and Mary Burton. Their children were Maurice, born OBITUARY RECORD. 19

larch r8, r864, a graduate of Harvard in the Class of r886; Helen, a graduate of St. Mary's Hall, Burlington, m r885; and Marian, a graduate of St. Mary's in r886.

Samuel Hart Class of r866. Samuel Hart was born at Saybrook, Connecticut, June 4, 1845, the son of Henry Hart and his mother Mary Ann \rVitter. Henry Hart was a farmer, banker, and Judge of the Probate Court in Saybrook, and a distinguished and useful citizen. Dr. Hart included among his ancestors many persons of note in the history of Connecticut and New England, being de- cended from Deacon Stephen Hart, an early settler of Farm­ ington, and the Rev. John Hart, the first student to receive a degree from Yale. Dr. Hart's interest in historical subjects naturally led to a study of his ancestry, though his interests were always historical rather than genealogical. He was an original member of the Society of Colonial Wars in the State of Connecticut, and alway took a deep interest in its affairs. Dr. Hart received his preparation for College in the Episcopal Academy at Cheshire, Connecticut, and entered Trinity College in September, r862, with the Class of r866. In College his career was most distinguished. He was awarded the Freshman Greek Prize, the Latin Prize in his Junior Year for the best examination on all the Latin of the College Course, and the Senior Prize. He was Valedi.ctorian of his Class, and was graduated A .B., with the title of Opfimus-the first to be so honored. Perhaps no student in the history of the College has received more honors for scholarship and doubtless no one deserved them more. He was elected a member of Phi Beta Kappa in his Junior Year. In r87o he was elected Secretary of the Connecticut Beta of Phi Beta Kappa, and held the office until his death, the longest record of service as Secretary in the annals of the Fraternity. In r.892 he was elected a Senator to the United Chapters of Phi Beta Kappa, and in 1917 was made a Senator for life, he being then Senior Senator. His interest in the Fraternity was keen, and his faithfulness and devotion to its interests unfailing. Dr. Hart was a member of the Beta Beta Chapter of ·Psi Upsilon, and no more loyal, enthusiastic, and useful member ever adorned a college fraternity. He was constant in at- 20 TRI ITY COLLEGE. tendance, wise in counsel, and devoted in friendship to the members of the Society for more than fifty years, and his memory is a precious possession of all whose privilege it was to be associated with him in this connection as in so many others. Dr. Hart entered the Berkeley Divinity School, gradu­ ating in 1869. In 1868 he was elected a Tutor in Trinity College, and for the next three years was now and again called on to teach whenever any member of the Faculty was in any way disabled, perhaps giving more instruction in Greek than in any other department. He was ordained Deacon in Middletown, June 2, 186<), and Priest in 1870 by Bishop John Williams. In 1870 he was made Adjunct Professor of Mathematic , in 1873 Professor of Mathematics, and in 1882 was made Seabury Professor of Mathematics and Astronomy. This Professorship he resigned in 1883 to become Professor of the · Latin Language and Literature. He was long Secretary of the Faculty, editor of the Catalogue, and from 1889 to 1&)9 acted as Librarian. In 1899 he resigned his place in the College to become Professor of Doctrinal Theology and of the Prayer Book, and Vice-Dean in the Berkeley Divinity School. In 19o8 he became Dean of the School, and so remained till his death February 25, 1917. The value of Dr. Hart's services to the College cannot be over-estimated. He was a profound scholar in several rather diversified fields. He was as good a mathematician a he was a Classical Scholar, and above all he was a Theologian and faithful Priest and Teacher. He was elected a Trustee of Trinity College in 1913, and his intimate familiarity with the College, together with his sound judgment, at once won for him recognition as one of the most useful members of that body. Dr. Hart's services to the Diocese and the Church at large were most valuable. He was Registrar of the Diocese from 1874 to his death. For more than thirty years he was a member of the Standing Committee of the Diocese. He was long Chairman of the Committee on Constitution and Canons of the Diocesan Convention, and brought to· the work of the Committee an unusual knowledge of Canon Law. In 1886 he was made Custodian of the Standard Book of Common Prayer; in 1892 he was elected Secretary of the House of Bishops; and in 1898 he was elected Historiographer and Registrar of the General Convention. He served on the Com­ mission appointed by the General Convention on Prayer Book OBITUARY RECORD. 21 rev1s10n, and had much to do with the revision of 1892. He was also proving him elf a most valuable member of the Com­ mi ion at present engaged in the work of revision. Dr. Hart certainly was one of the most learned Liturgists of the American Church, and his taste in liturgical matters was not inferior to hi learning. In this very important field, the Church is his debtor as in many others. Though never technically in parish work, Dr. Hart was most faithful in the work of his ministry. For forty years he missed hardly a Sunday in hi vi it to the Hartford Hospital. There is hardly a small parish in the Diocese within his reach to which he did not give freely of his services. Though he never had charge of a parish, yet many are stronger and better becau e of his ministry. Dr. Hart's historical attainments made him in constant demand for anniversary sermons, historical discourses, and the like. He always responded cheerfully and produced many most valuable studies. · It is hardly too much to say that if his papers of this sort were collected, we should have a valuable source for a dioce an hi tory on a generous scale. or were his historical interest confined to the Church. He was deeply learned in the whole history of Connecticut, and hi election to the office of President of the Connecticut Historical Society in 1900 in succession to Charles J. Hoadley wa a simple recognition that he was the person best fitted to continue the labors of that distinguished student of the history of the State. This office Dr. Hart held worthily and with pardonable pride as long as he lived. Naturally Dr. Hart was a member of many learned socie­ ties and received many academic honors in recognition of his attainments and contributions to knowledge. He received the M. A. degree in 1869, delivering the "Master's Oration" on the topic "The Age of 'Synthesi ". This oration at the time received much favorable comment. From Trinity College he received also in 1885 the degree of D.D. and in 1899 the degree of D.C.L. In 1902 he received the degree of D.D. from Yale niversity, and in 1909 the degree of LL.D. from \Ye leyan University. In 1901 he declined the call to become Professor of Pastoral Theology in the General Theological eminary. He was elected Bi hop of Vermont June 22, 1893, but declined the election. He was a member of the American Philological Associa­ tion, its Secretary from 1873 to 1878, and its President in 1892; of the American Oriental Society; of the Society of Biblical Lit.erature and Exegi is; of the American Historical Asso- 22 TRI ITY COLLEGE. ciation; the American Association for the Advancement o Science; the Connecticut Historical Society; the Connecticu Library Association-its President in 1894; the New Have Colony Historical Society; the ew London County Histori cal Society; the American Antiquarian Society; and of th Society of Colonial Wars. He was a Trustee of the Wadsworth Athenaeum; the ·watkinson Library; the Colt Beque t; the Hartford Good Will Club; the Russell Library; Ridgefield chool; an Trinity College. Among Dr. Hart's publications may be mentioned: Satires of J uvenal, 1873; Satire of Persius, 1875; Bishop Seabury's Communion Office, with notes, 1874; 2nd ed., 1883; Mozarabic Liturgy, 1877; Somnium Scipionis, r887; Maclear' Instruction for Confirmation and First Communion, 1895; In Memoriam: Samuel Colt and Caldwell Hart Colt, 1898; Hi - tory of American Prayer Book in Frere's Proctor, 1901; Short Daily Prayers for Families, 1902; History of the American Book of Common Prayer, 1910; Faith and the Faith, (Bohlen Lectures), 1914; Archbi hop Cranmer and the Prayer Book, 1915; The Witness of the Church (Paddock Lecture ), 1916; sermons and historical addresses published and unpublished; articles in Appleton's Dictionary of American Biography and in other works; contributions to periodicals; edition of col­ lege catalogues, journals of conventions, etc. This necessarily brief account of Dr. Hart may well be closed with a quotation from the minute adopted by the Faculty of Trinity College. "The Faculty of Trinity College, mindful of the long and distinguished career of their former colleague, the late Rev. Dr. Samuel Hart, desire to place on record their high appreciation of his profound scholarship, hi singular gifts as a teacher, his unswerving loyalty to his Alma Mater .... In the midst of grief .at the loss of a faithful and dearly beloved friend, the Faculty recall, as the highest good, Dr. Hart's lofty ideals and his unblemished Christian charac­ ter .... May he rest in peace; and may light perpetual shine upon him." The funeral service wa held in Holy Trinity Church, Middletown, and the interment was in the family plot at Saybrook Point. Memorial services were held in the Church of the Good Shepherd and in other churches about the I)iocese. Dr. Hart was indeed a good and a great man, and it may truly be said of him that in all things he was found faithful. OBITUARY RECORD. 23

William Fell Johnson Class of 1866. vVilliam Fell Johnson was born on the family estate, "Rockland", Baltimore County, Maryland, July 21, 1846. His father, also William Fell, was a graduate of Baltimore College in the Class of 1816, and was a planter. His mother was Ann Mifflin Barker, and was educated at Pecault's School, Phila­ delphia. Mr. Johnson was prepared for college at Lystra Seminary, Baltimore County, Maryland, under Henry Onderdonk, and entered St. James College. When that institution suspended in 1864, Mr. Johnson came to Trinity with the Rev. John Barrett Kerfoot, who at that time assumed the Presidency. He was admitted to the Junior Class and made a very credit­ able record. He was a member of the I. K. A. Fraternity, and was President of his Class in the Senior Year. At graduation he was one of those appointed to deliver orations. After graduation he read Law with Judge Vv. F. Giles. He was admitted to the Maryland Bar in 1868, and received his M.A. from Trinity in that year. However, he never practised Law, but managed the family estate "Rockland", till his death July 10, 1916. He lived the retired life of a country gentleman, devoting himself to the estate and to the comfort of his mother. He took much interest in the raising of pure-bred horses, and used to come to Charter Oak Park (Connecticut) at the Annual Fair. He, however, traveled extensively both in this country and Europe. He was for thirty years a member of the Vestry and Registrar of St. Thomas' Parish in Baltimore. He was a member of the Churchman's Club of Maryland, of the Mary­ land Agricultural Society, of the Green Springs Valley Hunt­ ing Club, of the Maryland Historical Society, and of the Municipal Art Society of Baltimore. He was a member of a Cavalry Company at Pikesville, Maryland, during the riots of 1877. About two years before his death, his nervous· system was shattered following an attack made upon him by a negro. Just before his death, he went to Baltimore for special treat­ ment. Mr. Johnson was always loyal to his Alma Mater and to his fraternity. He wrote to his classmates at the time of the fiftieth reunion of the Class, expressing his great regret that the state of his l)ealth made it impossible for him to be present. Mr. Johnson did not marry. 24 TRI ITY COLLEGE.

Robert Meech Class of 1867 (honorary). The Rev. Dr. Robert Meech, Rector Emeritus of Chri t Church, Pittsburgh, aged eighty-four years, died Sunday, ovember 4, 1917. He was a graduate of vVilliams College in the Class of 1858, and of the Berkeley Divinity School in the Class of 1866. On his graduation he was invited to be an Assistant Minister in Chri t Church, Hartford, and on the resignation of the Rector, the Rev. George H . Clark, D.D., in 1867, Mr. Meech was made Rectqr. He was ordained Deacon in 1866, and Priest June 15, 1867, by Bishop Williams. He was Rector of Christ Church until 1874, when he went to Christ Church, Pittsburgh. For thirty-one years, he was Rector of that Parish, retiring some fourteen year ago. After that time till his death he took such supply duty as his health permitted. Dr. Meech received the degree of M. A. from Trinity College in 1867, and the degree of D.D. from the University of Pittsburgh in 1905. During the Civil VI ar, he served as Lieutenant in the 12th New York Cavalry, U. S. V. A portrait of Dr. Meech as a young man is to be found in Russell's History of Christ Church. At the time of his death Dr. Meech was the oldest clergyman in the Diocese of Pitt - burgh, in point of canonical residence, except one. The interment was in Buffalo, New York.

Henry Ferguson Class of 1868. The Rev. Henry Ferguson, LL.D., was born in Stamford, Connecticut, April 1_8, 1848. He was the son of John Fergu­ son, a Banker of Stamford, and his wife Helen Morewood. Henry Ferguson received his preparation for College at St. Paul's School, Concord, ew Hampshire, where he was a student from 1859 to 1864. He entered Trinity College in eptember, 1864, graduating with the Class of 1868. In College, he was a member of the Beta Beta Chapter of P i Upsilon, and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa in his junior year. He received the prize for the highest scholarship in both his junior and senior years. In the spring of 1866, Henry Ferguson with his brother Samuel, Trinity '57, took a long sea voyage for the benefit of the latter's health. When their ship, the Hornet of ew York, was several hundred miles from the Galipagos I land , OBIT ARY RECORD. 25 fire compelled the crew to take to the boat , which were pro­ visioned for ten days. It wa decided to try to gain the path of ships sailing from San Francisco. After forty-three days, during which the sailors endured every privation and untold suffering, one boat with fifteen men reached the Hawaiian Islands. Samuel L. Clemen , at that time in Honolulu, on the basis of journals kept by Henry and Samuel Ferguson, wrote an account of this extraordinary adventure, which was published first in the Sacramento Union in its issue of July 19, 1866. Later the story was published also in the Decem­ ber number (1866) of Harper's Magazine. This incident did much to bring ·"Mark Twain", a life-long friend of Dr. Fergu­ son's into notice. In 186g, Dr. Ferguson began the study of Theology at the Berkeley Divinity chool, graduating in 1872. In later years, he studied at Bonn, Oxford, and at the Sorbonne. From Trinity College, he received the degree of Master of Art , In Course, in 1875, and the degree of LL.D. Honoris Cm,sa in 1900. Dr. Ferguson was ordained Deacon by Bishop \Villiams in 1872, and Priest a year later by Bishop iles. He was Rector of Chri t Church, Exeter, New Hampshire, from 1872 to 1878; of Trinity Church, Claremont, ew Hampshire, from 1878 to r88o. The years 1881 and 1882 were spent in travel. In 1883, he was cho en Northam Professor of History and Political Science in Trinity College, holding this office until hi re ignation to assume charge of St. Paul's School in 1906. He served as Rector of St. Paul's from 19o6 to 19II, doing a constructive work of the greatest value and importance. From 19II till his death, March 30, 1917, Dr. Ferguson lived in Hartford, among other things, giving untiring thought and labor to the affairs of the College, he having been elected a Tru tee in 19o6 on his retirement from his Professorship. Although he did not publish extensively, Dr. Ferguson was an accomplished scholar in several fields. In the Semitic languages, especially Hebrew and Arabic, his learning w~s accurate and extensive. He contributed to the "Journal of the Society of Biblical Literature and Exegesi " (June and eptember, 1882), an article entitled "The Use of the Ten e in Conditional Sentences in Hebrew", that attracted wide attention among scholars. Its accuracy and fullness of treatment make it of permanent value. However, Dr. Ferguson's favorite fields of study were History and Economics. He published in 1885, "Four Per- 26 TRINITY COLLEGE. iods in the Life of the Church", and in 1894 "Essays in Ameri­ can History". His reports as Rector ·of St. Paul's School should not be forgotten. He contributed also to the Hartford Courant and other Periodicals. In I9II he delivered the Mary Fitch Page Lectures at the Berkeley Divinity School, dealing with the origins of the Church and the Ministry. Unfortunately Dr. Ferguson did not publish these lectures, though urged to do so. Professor Ferguson was interested in many philanthropic and civic affairs in Hartford. He gave much attention to the Good Will Club, and for several years gave invaluable service to the Board of Park Commissioners. Among the many societies of which Dr. Ferguson was a valued member may be mentioned the American Historical Association, the Society of Church History, the American Economic Association, the American Statistical Association, the American Geographical Society, the American umis­ matic Society, the American Academy of Political and Social Science, the American Social Science Association, the Ameri­ can Oriental Society, the Society of Biblical Literature and Exegesis, and the Archaeological Institute of America. He was a member of the Hartford Club; of the Century, Univer­ sity, and Psi Upsilon Clubs of New York; and of the Uni­ versity Club of Boston. He had a country place in Farming­ ton, and a summer home on Fisher's Island. Dr. Ferguson was a valued member of the Boards of Trustees of Trinity College and of St. Paul's School. To both institutions he gave liberally, but most unostentc:tiously. Probably no per­ son knows the amounts of his benefactions, but many realize the importance of them and of his manifold services to these two institutions that held so large a place in his affection. October 15, 1873, Henry Ferguson and Miss Emma Jane Gardiner were married. Mis Gardiner was the daughter of the Rev. Frederic Gardiner, D.D., Professor of Old Testament Exegesis in the Berkeley Divinity School, and of his wife Caroline Vaughan. Professor Ferguson left four children: Samuel, Trinity 1896, who studied Electrical Engineering at Columbia, and who is Vice President of the Hartford Electric Light Co.-he married Margaret Price and has three children; Eleanor; Henry Gardiner, a Harvard graduate; and Charles Vaughan, Trinity, 1907, who pursued graduate study at Harvard. OBITUARY RECORD. 27

Wordsworth Young Beaven Class of r87I. \Vordsworth Young Beaven was born in Charles County, 1aryland, May 3I, I849. He was the son of George Francis and Virginia Lavinia (Waters) Beaven. George Francis Beaven, after studying a year at Nashotah House, took Orders in the Episcopal Church. For fifty-one years he was Rector of t. John's Parish, Hillsboro, Caroline County, Maryland, dying in r8gg. \Vordsworth Young Beaven, received his preparation for College in the Cheshire Academy, entering Trinity in Sep­ tember, r867. In College, he was a Charter Member of the Chapter of Delta Upsilon, and was a Vice-President of the Class of I87I. In r871, he was graduated with the degree of B. A ., and in 1874 received the M. A. degree. After graduation, he taught for two years in Ury House School, Philadelphia. In 1873, he entered the General Theo­ logical Seminary, from which institution he was graduated with the degree of S. T. B. in 1876. July 20, 1876, he was ordained Deacon by Bishop Hay, of Maryland in St. Paul's Church, Hillsboro, Md. For two year , he was an A sistant Minister in Bishop Hay' Cathed­ ral; in Easton; from 1878 to I88o, he was an Assistant Minis­ ter in t. Michael's Parish. During these years (1876-I88o), he taught also in a Select School in Easton. From I88o to his death he was Rector of All Saints' Church and Parish, Longwood, Talbot County, Diocese of Easton, living in Ea ton. In I8go, he preached the ermon before the Convention of the Dioce c of Easton on the 3rd verse of the Epistle of t. Jude. For twenty years he was a member of the Standing Committee of the Dioce e of Easton, and represented the Diocese in the General Conventions in 1895, 1904, and Igro. Mr. Beaven was a member of Coates Lodge, o. 102, A. F. & A. M., of Easton, and of the Royal Arch body. He was also a member of Miller Lodge, No. 18, I. 0. 0. F., of Easton. January IS, 1885, he married in his own Church, Anna Henrietta Kirby, daughter of James Thomas Kirby, a farmer who lived near Ea ton. Mrs. Beaven's mother was , annie Price. Their children were oleridge Livinrrstone Beaven, born Nov. 2, 1885, who graduated from the Easton High · chool in 1904, and who received the M. D. degree from Balti­ more Medical Coll ege in 1908, and Helen Kirby Beaven, born 28 TRI ' ITY COLLEGE.

April 18, 1887, who graduated from the Hannah Moore Academy in 1906. The Rev. Mr. Beaven died uddenly on Sunday, the nineteenth of ovember, 1916, while preparing for the service in his Church.

Henry Paine Bartlet Class of 1872. Henry Paine Bartlet was born in Newburyport, Ma a­ chusetts, April 19, 1850. He was the son of Henry and Abbie W. (Williams) Bartlet. Henry Bartlet was a merchant in Newburyport. Receiving his preparation at Brown High School, Henry Paine Bartlet entered Trinity College in the fall of r868. In College he was a member of the I. K. A. At the end of his Sophomore year, he left College to engage in business. . After living for some years in Calcutta, India, and in Brazil, in December, r883, Mr. Bartlet entered into business as a banker and broker in New York City, in which he con­ tinued the rest of his life. January 16, 1897, Mr. Bartlet married Amelia Scott Allen, of Stamford, Conn. They made their home in Stamford, while Mr. Bartlet's place of business was 48 Wall Street, New York. Mr. Bartlet was an ardent Churchman and was a member of the Church Club of New York. He was fond of social life, and was a member of many clubs and societie , of which may be mentioned the Calumet Club, Down Town A sociation, Jew England Society, New York Yacht Club, the Suburban Club of Stamford, Car Club of Stamford, Golf Club of Stam­ ford, the Chamber of Commerce, New York, and the Alumni Association of Trinity College. Mr. Bartlet died January 5, 1918, and was buried at the place of his birth- J ewburyport, Massachusetts.

James Hardin George Class of 1872. The Rev. James Hardin George was born in Albany, Georgia, 1arch 29, 1853, the son of the Rev. James Hardin George, of Marietta, Georgia. He entered Trinity College with the Class of 1872, and took high rank as a student. In his fteshman year he re­ ceived Honors in Mathematic , Greek, Latin, and English, OBITUARY RECORD. 29 maintaining his good record throughout his course. He was elected to Phi Beta Kappa in his junior year, and was the alutatorian of his Class on graduation in 1872 with the degree of B. A. In 1875, he received his M. A. degree. In college he was a member of the Beta Beta Chapter of the Psi Upsilon Fraternity. On graduation, he entered the Berkeley Divinity School, graduating in 1875. In that year, May 26, he was ordained Deacon by Bishop John Williams. He was in Christ Church, Exeter, N. H., during the year 1875-1876; Rector of St. Steph­ en's, Pittsfield, . H., from 1876 to 1881, being ordained Priest by Bishop Niles in 1877. From 1881 to 1883, he was Rector of St. Paul's, "Windsor Locks, and Calvary, Suffield, and from 1883 to 1902, he was Rector of St. John's, Salisbury, Conn. In 1902, he became Rector of the historic and important Parish of Trinity Church, Newtown, Connecticut, which he served faithfully and most acceptably till his death of pneu­ monia, after a short illness, January 18, 1917. From 1890 to 1902, he was Archdeacon of Litchfield County, and from 1908 he served as an Examining Chaplain of the Diocese. He was a member of the Committee on Con­ stitution and Canons of the Diocesan Convention, and of the Board of Religious Education. Mr .. George was active and useful in the life of the com­ munity in which he ministeJ;ed. He was Chairman of the Newtown Board of School Visitors, and Acting Visitor and Supervisor of the ewtown High School. It was largely through his efforts that this High School was established some fifteen years ago. Mr. George was also much interested in the ewtown Public Library, and was President of the ew­ town Library Association. He labored hard to make the celebration of the Bi-Centennial of the Town a succes , and was Chairman on the day of the Celebration. Mr. George was very active in fraternal organizations, particularly the Masons and the Knights of Pythias. At the time of his death, he was Grand King of the Grand Chapter, R. A. M., of Connecticut, and was a member of the Grand Lodge of the Knights of Pythias. Mr. George was thrice married: first, at Thompsonville, September 8, 1875, to Miss Hattie, daughter of the Rev. David P. Sanford, Trinity '44; second, at St. Margaret's School, \Vaterbury, May 13, 1896, to Miss Jennie Eliza Buckland. His widow was Miss Jane Beers. Six children survive him: David, of Salisbury; the Rev. J arne Hardin, Jr., Trinity 'os,

. ... 30 TRINITY COLLEGE. now in the service of the United States; Theodore; Mrs. \V. R. Curtis; Miss Caroline; and Miss · Marilla. Mr. George was a brother of the Rev. John Francis George, of the Class of 1877, and of Thomas M. N. George, of the Class of 1880. Two nephews Willis Briscoe George, 'r6, and Nelson James George '16, as well as his son James Hardin, Jr., are graduates of the College.

J ohn Cameron Buxton Class of 1873. John Cameron Buxton, for three years a member of the Class of 1873, was born in Asheville, North Carolina, Septem­ ber 30, 1852. He was the son of the Rev. Jarvis Buxton, D.D., a graduate of the University of North Carolina in the class of 1839, and his wife Anna Nash Cameron. Through his mother, John Cameron Buxton was related to the Honorable Paul Carrington Cameron, a graduate of Trinity in the Class of 1829; a brother Jarvis Barry Buxton was a graduate in the Class of 1872. Mr. Buxton received his preparation for College at St. Clement's Hall, Ellicott, Maryland. He entered Trinity in the fall of 186<), where he was a member of the Phi Kappa Chapter of the Alpha Delta Phi. Leaving College at the end of his junior year for financial reasons, he taught school for a year at Edenton, N. C. Entering Hobart College, he "·as graduated in 1874 as Salutatorian of his cla s, an unu ual honor considering his having ·been in residence only a year. In 1876 he received the M. A. degree from Hobart. Mr. Buxton was admitted to the bar in North Carolina in 1875 and soon after settled in \Vinston-Salem, then a small town. Here he spent the rest of his life in the practice of hi profession, and in good works for the improvement of the town. He was General Counsel of the vVinston-Salem South­ bound Railway, and Division Counsel of the orfolk and Western Railway. In 1883, he was Mayor of the City. In 1890, he became a member of the Board of School Commissioners, serving till his death, and accomplishing much for the cause of education in \i\Tinston-Salem and the South. Mr. Buxton for some years was the only Episcopalian in Winston, but his interest in the Church was always intense, and he was instrumental in advancing it rapidly, not only in his home town but also in that section of the State. He was Senior Warden of St. Paul's Church for thirty-five years. OBITUARY RECORD. 31

Mr. Buxton was a Democrat, and was a member of the North Carolina Senate in 1885, 1886, 1907, and 1909. October 16, 1877, Mr. Buxton was united in marriage to Agnes C. Belo, of Salem, orth Carolina, daughter of the late Edward and Amanda (Fries) Belo. They had four children : Cameron Belo, born August 7, 1878, a graduate of the Uni­ versity of North Carolina; Caro Fries, born January 9, r88o, a graduate of Bryn Mawr, in the Class of 1901; Anna Nash; and Jarvis, who died at the age of ten. Mr. Buxton was a man of giant stature, and a great favorite with all classes of people. He died April 26, 1917. The funeral was in charge of the Right Rev. Joseph D. Cheshire, '6g. So great was the interest, that services were held simultaneou ly in all the Churches of the City, and it is e timated that fully five thousand people went to the Ceme­ tery. Mr. Buxton was freely admitted to be \Vinston-Salem's most u eful and best-loved citizen.

Nathaniel Harding Class of r873. The Rev. Nathaniel Harding was born at Chocowinity, Beaufort County, orth Carolina, March 6, 1847. He was a son of Jathaniel Harding, a planter of Chocowinity, and his wife Elizabeth Ann. The Rev. Mr. Harding received his preparation for Col­ lege in the Cheshire Academy, Cheshire, Connecticut, and entered Trinity College in eptember, 1870. He was a mem­ ber of the Delta Psi Fraternity, and was the first President of his Class. He was also a member of the Parthenon Society. Leaving college in 1872, he was for a time Instructor in Mili­ tary Tactics and English at the Che hire School, then known as the Episcopal Academy of Connecticut. September 15, 1873, Mr. Harding was ordained Deacon by Bi hop Atkinson of Iorth Carolina at Washington in that State; he wa ordained Prie t in 1875 by the same Prelate. Mr. Harding was Rector of St. Peter's Church, \Vashington, . North Carolina, from his ordination to his death-his only parish. For twelve years, he wa Secretary of the Diocese of East Carolina; for twelve years Dean of the Convocation of Edenton. He wa President of the Council of East Carolina, and long one of the Examining Chaplains. As a boy of seventeen, he was a oldier in the 67th North Carolina Regiment of the Confederate Army. For twenty- 32 TRINITY COLLEGE. eight years, he was Chaplain of a Regiment of the ational Guard of North Carolina. Mr. Harding's interest in education was always keen, and for twenty-five years he was Superintendent of Public In­ struction for Beaufort County, serving faithfully and effi­ ciently. Mr. Harding married, first Mary E. Hughes, daughter of the Rev. N . C. Hughes, second, Rena B. Handy. There were six children: Collin H., a graduate of the University of North Carolina; Freaerick Harriman, a graduate of the University of the South and of the General Theological Seminary; Mary C., a graduate of St. Mary's Raleigh; William B.; Edmund; and Rena B. Mr. Harding died June 27, 1917. His affection for the College was deep and abiding. In 1912 he wrote: "I shall always retain a deep affection for Trinity College, where some, and indeed many, of the happiest hours of my life were spent."

Charles Pomeroy Parker Class of 1873. The Rev. Professor Charles Pomeroy Parker was born in Boston April 12, 1852. He was a son of Henry Melville Parker and Fanny Cushing Stone. The father was a graduate of Har­ vard in the Class of I 839; he was a lawyer in Boston; and was a trustee of Trinity College from 1859 to 1863, the year of his death. The Rt. Rev. Edward Melville Parker, Bishop of New Hampshire, is a brother of Professor Park{!r. Mr. Parker was prepared at St. Paul's School, Concord, and in 1870 entered the Sophomore Class at Trinity College, having passed the examinations for the same class at Harvard. In College, as in St. Paul's, Professor Parker made a brilliant record as a student. In 1871 he received the French Prize, and in his sophomore yearwas awarded honors in Greek, Latin, and English. He was a member of the Beta Beta Chapter of the Psi Upsilon Fraternity. In 1872 Mr. Parker became a student in Balliol College, Oxford. He received the degree of B. A. with First Honors in Classics in 1876. He went to Oxford chiefly with the idea of studying and living with the Cowley Fathers (Society of St. John the Evangelist), intending to become a member of the Or­ der if he felt so inclined after taking his degree. However, he seemed to derive greater inspiration from Jowett than from Father Benson, and did not join the Fathers. After taking his OBITUARY RECORD. 33 degree he remained in Oxford a year, studying with Canon Wes­ cott, later Bishop of Durham. Mr. Parker returned to the United States, and was ordained Deacon by Bishop iles in I878. He became a Master in St. Paul's School, Concord, in I877, and remained there for three ·years. Then, he went to Cambridge, at first as a Private Tutor. He became a tutor in Greek and Latin in Harvard in I883; from I889 to I897 he was an Instructor; from I897 to I902 an Assistant Professor; from I902 to I9I I an Associate Professor; and from I9I I to his death, December 2, I916, Professor. Professor Parker's learning was both deep and fine. He was interested chiefly perhaps in the Greek Philosophers, and most of all in Plato. He had undertaken as the great work of his life the task of editing the Scholia on Plato, but his early death prevented the completion of the work. He contributed numerous valuable articles on classical subjects to the classical publications of Harvard University, and to other publications. In 1914 he contributed a delightful essay on "Virgil and the Country Pastor" to the Churchman. But Professor Parker was above all a teacher. To quote from Professor Rand's account of Profes or Parker in the Harvard Graduates' Magazine for March, 1917, "Teaching was for him a priestly rite; it meant not merely the imparting of information but the quickening of souls." Largely because of the close personal interest Professor Parker always manifested in his students, as well as because of his administrative ability, he became increasingly involved in the administrative work of the Faculty. In I898 he was made a member of the Administrative Board; in 1901 he was appointed Chairman of Freshman Advisers; and in I909 on the restriction of the Free-Elective System and the adoption of the present plan, he was made Chairman of the Committee on the Choice of Elective Studies. His place on this Committee brought him into close touch with hundreds of Harvard men, and enabled him to be of the sort of personal service which it was ever his happiness to render. As a summary of the life and work of Professor Parker, we may quote again from Professor Rand's appreciation in the "Harvard Graduates' Magazine": "As we look back over the life of this rare scholar and very human saint, we need not lament that his work was not completed. His publications were fewer than they should have been; we could read Plato and Seneca with better understanding if all Parker's studies had been carried to their goal. But his life had tended evenly to the very position in which he found himself at its close. In his management of an important educational reform, in his office 34 TRINITY COLLEGE.

of counselor and friend of innumerable students, he has left a finished work. The humanization of what might have been perfunctory routine, is the great and permanent achievement that Charles Parker, at the sacrifice of cherished ambitions of another sort, contributed to Harvard College." June 27, 1898, at Cambridge, Professor Parker married Frances Greene, daughter of the Rev. David Green Hoskins of Cambridge, and Mary Cogswell Daveis, who was of Portland, Maine. Mrs. Parker survives her husband.

Charles Platt, Jr. Class of 1875 Charles Platt, Jr., was born in Philadelphia, July 6, 1853. His father was Charles Platt, a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, and President of the Insurance Company of orth America; his mother was Laura ewbold, a member of a family well known in Pennsylvania and ew Jersey. Mr. Platt received his preparation for college in St. Paul's School, Concord, New Hampshire, and entered Trinity College in the fall of 1871 with the Class of 1875. fie was a member of the Delta Psi Fraternity. He rowed as number 2 on the Crew that r;epresented Trinity in the Inter-Collegiate Regatta at Springfield in 1874, perhaps the only Crew ever to represent the College in such a contest. Mr. Platt left college in the middle of his Junior year to engage in the insurance business in Philadelphia. He was in this business independently until 1894, when he formed the firm of Charles Platt and Company. In 1904 this firm consol­ idated with another under the name of Platt, Youngman & Company, with offices at Fourth and Walnut Streets. With this firm Mr. Platt continued till his death, October 3, 1916, his two sons also being interested in the business. He died of heart failure while undergoing an operation at the University Hospital, and was buried in the White Marsh Cemetery, White Marsh, Montgomery County, Pa. Mr. Platt was a Director of the Insurance Company" of North America, of the Alliance Insurance Company, and of the Franklin Fire lnsorance Company. He was president of the Fire Jnsurance Patrol of Philadelphia, and was a Director of the Zoological Society. He was a member of the Rittenhouse, Philadelphia Country, and Rabbitt Clubs. He was an Episco­ palian and a Republican. October 10, 1879 at Philadelphia, he married Elizabeth Norris. She was the daughter of S. Henry Norris, a lawyer of Philadelphia, and Mary Yates. Their two sons, who with their OBITUARY RECORD. 35 mother survived Mr. Platt, are: Charles Platt, 3rd, born March 12th, 1881, a graduate of Harvard in the Class of 1902, and Henry Norris Platt, born October 19th, 1888, a graduate of Harvard in the Class of 1910.

Theodore Atkinson Porter Class of 1876. Word has been received at the College of the death of the Rev. Theodore Atkinson Porter, but no details as to his career, not even the date of death, have been elicited even by persistent inquiry. Mr. Porter entered Trinity College in the fall of 1872 from Charleston, South Carolina. He was a member of the Phi Kappa Chapter of the Alpha Delta Phi Fraternity. He was graduated B. A. with the class of 1876, and in 1887 received the M. A. degree. He graduated from the Berkeley Divinity School in 1879, and was ordained Deacon in that year and Priest in 1880 by Bishop Williams. He served in St. Mark's Church, Charleston, the year of his diaconate. In 1880 he became an Assistant Minister in the Church of the Holy Comforter, Charlston, and in 1897, Rector of that Parish. Some years before his death, he resigned the active work of the ministry.

Edwin John Rinehart Class of 1876. Edwin John Rinehart was born in Port Deposit, Maryland, January 23, 1854, the son of Edwin Rinehart, for sometime a student at Yale, and Elizabeth Kline. Mr. Rinehart was prepared for college at Burlington College. Burlington, New Jersey, and entered Trinity College with the Class of 1876. He, however, left College in 1874. He was a. member of the Beta Beta Chapter of the Psi Upsilon Fraternity. Mr. Rinehart was of a retiring disposition. He did not marry, and except for a trip to Europe in 1886, he devoted himself to mercantile pursuits and dealing in real estate. He was interested in large real estate operations in Colorado, and was in mercantile life in both Baltimore and Philadelphia. He was a director of the Cecil National Bank, Port Deposit, Mary­ land. He was an ardent Churchman and long a vestryman. Mr. Rinehart died February 26, 1916, at Baltimore, and was buried in West Nottingham, Cecil County, Maryland. 36 TRINITY COLLEGE.

William Edward Potwine Class of 1879. The Rev. William Edward Potwine was born in Fair Haven, Connecticut, March 26, 1856. He was the son of athaniel Wadsworth Potwine, a merchant and miller of Fair Haven, and his wife Lydia Townsend Thompson. Mr. Potwine was prepared for College at the Episcopal Academy at Cheshire, Connecticut, and entered Trinity College in September, 1875. He was a member of the Beta Beta Chapter of the P i Upsilon Fraternity, and on his graduation with the degree of B. A. in 1879, received a Commenc;:ement appointment. He graduated from the Berkeley Divinity School in the Class of 1882, and was that year ordained Deacon by Bishop Williams. He volunteered immediately for the domestic mi - sionary field, and practicatly his whole life was spent in this work. In 1882, he went to the missionary district of Oregon, and with Headquarters at the Church of the Redeemer in Pendleton, Oregon, he ministered to the people of Umatilla County for more than twenty-two years. He was ordained Priest by Bishop B. Wistar Morris in 1883. While in Oregon, he was a member of the Standing Com­ mittee, served as Secretary of the Convention, a an Examining Chaplain, and on hospital and educational boards. He was a Deputy to five General Conventions, and in 1888 attended Bishop Morris to the Lambert Conference as his Chaplain. In 1904 he accepted appointment as a Missionary under Bishop Restarick at Honolulu. Here he had charge of St. Elizabeth's Mission in Honolulu, and was a Canon of St. An- drew's Cathedral from 1910 to 1915. ' The work at St. Elizabeth's was largely among Chinese, Koreans, and Hawaiians. Among the fruits of his work here may be · counted a Chinese Priest and a Korean Deacon. For ten years he was Secretary of the District, and was a member of the Council of Advice. When Bishop Morris died, he was one of those most considered for his successor; he was also considered for the District of Spokane. In 1915 Mr. Potwine became Rector of the Church of the Incarnation, Santa Rosa, California. He was elected a member of the Standing Committee of the Diocese of Sacramento at the last Convention he ever attended. Mr. Potwine died August 29, 1917, at Riverside, California. The Burial Office was read by his life-long friend, The Rev. William Seymour Short, of the Class of 1883. Mr. Potwine was buried in the family plot in Fair Haven. OBITUARY RECORD. 37

September 5, 1907, at Hortolulu, Mr. Potwine married Alice Edgerton Shipman, of West Liberty, Iowa, daughter of George Shipman, an Insurance Agent and otary Public, and his wife, Melissa Stone. Mrs. Potwine under date of October 13, 1917, writes: "He (Mr. Potwine) has always been devoted to Trinity College. We have always planned that our one son­ (Edward Edgerton) only eight years old at present-should go to Trinity College, and it is still my desire that he may."

William Ridgely Leaken Class of 1880. William Ridgely Leaken was born in Baltimore, Maryland, February 13, 1859. His ancestry was distinguished. His father the Rev. George Armistead Leaken, D. D., was a graduate of Princeton in the Class of 1835, and for half a century Rector of Trinity Church, Baltimore. He was also an author of repute, his work entitled "The law of Periodicity" being especially important. Mr. Leaken's grandfather, Gen. Sheppard Church Leaken was a distinguished soldier in the War of 1812. The family is descended from John Leaken, who established Leaken Manor on Middle River in 1674, and has always been prominent. Mr. Leaken's mother was Anna Middleton Miller, her grand- . father Theodore Middleton was a distinguished soldier in the War of the Revolution. William Ridgely Leaken and Ruth Stewart were married in Savannah, Georgia, December 27, 1894; there were no children. She was the daughter of James Turner Stewart, a cotton exporter and Elizabeth M. Reid. Having received his preparation for college in the University School in Baltimore, Mr. Leaken entered Trinity College in the fall of 1876 with the Class of I88o. In college he was a member of the I. K. A., to which he was loyal all his life. He was Pre­ senter of the Lemon Squeezer for his Class at Commencement. He was graduated with the degree of B. A. in 1880, and in 1883 received the Master's degree. After graduation from College Mr. Leaken engaged in tutoring for two years at Albany, Georgia, in the meanwhile studying law. In 1882 he went to Savannah to complete his legal studies in the office of Chisholm and Erwin. He was admitted to the Bar in 1883, and until 1889 practiced with the firm of Chis­ holm and Erwin; from that time until his death he practised independently, devoting himself particularly to admirality and marine practice. In 1885 he was admitted to practice before the United States Courts, ·and in 1897 to practise before the 38 TRINITY COLLEGE.

Supreme Court of the United States. In 1887, he was appointed Judge Advocate of the Savannah Volunteer Guards. In 1897 he was appointed assistant District Attorney for the Southern District of Georgia; in 1904 he was made. special assistant Attorney-General of the United States; July 9, 1909, he was appointed Collector of Customs for the Port of Savannah. In 1897 Mr. Leaken was a republican candidate for the office of Presidential Elector; in 1909 he was a delegate to the Repub­ lican National Convention; in 1900 he was a Republican Can­ didate for Congress in the First Georgia District. At the beginning of the Spanish War in 1898, Mr. Leaken enlisted as a Private in the Second Georgia Regiment, U. S. Volunteer. He was soon promoted to be Second Lieutenant, and at the end of the war was a First Lieutenant. He was for service elected an honorary member of the Savannah Volunteer Guard. He was also Judge Advocate of the First Battalion, Horse Artillery, Georgia State Troops. Mr. Leaken acquired local note as an author by contri­ buting a series of Romances to the Savannah Morning Tews, the series including "The Romance of Oglethorpe," the "Ro­ mance of Salzburg and Ebenezer," and the "Romance of the Shamrock and the Lily." He was a communicant of Christ Church, Savannah, and President of the Choir Guild. Among the many societies of which Mr. Leaken was a member, may be mentioned the Society of Colonial Wars in the State of Georgia, of which he was Governor, the Georgia Society of the Sons of the Revolution, of which he was Historian, the Oglethorpe Club, the Hibernian Society, the Irish-American Society, of which he was President from 1908 to 1910, the Georgia Bar and American Bar Associations, the American Mari­ time Association, the Savannah Yacht Club, and the Savannah Board of Trade. He was a Mason, a Knight Templar, Noble of the Mystic Shrine, a Knight of Pythia , and an Odd Fellow. He had travelled extensively in both Europe and America, and was conversant with French and Spanish. Mr. Leaken died March 9, 1918, and was interred in Bona­ ventura Cemetery, Savannah, Georgia. Hoffman Miller Class of 1880. Hoffman Miller was born in New York City October 12, 1858. His father George Macculloch Miller, was a graduate of Burlington College, and a lawyer of Morristown, ew Jersey; his mother was Elizabeth Hoffman. OBITUARY RECORD. 39

Mr. Miller after receiving his preparation for college at St. Paul's School, Concord, New Hampshire, entered Trinity College in the fall of 1876 with the Class of ·1880. He was a member of the Epsilon Chapter of the Delta Psi Fraternity, and was Class Day President at the Commencement of 1880, when he was graduated with the degree of B. A. He graduated from the Law School of Columbia University with the degree of L. B. in 1882. He was a member of the Law firm of Miller, Peckham, and Dixon, from 1884 to 1895; of Peckham, Miller, and King, from 1895 to 1905; and of Miller, King, Lane, and Trafford till his death. He was a member of the Union League, University, St. Anthony, Bankers, and Tuxedo Clubs, of the Bar Association of New York, and was a Trustee of Tuxedo School, Tuxedo Park. He was a Vestryman of St. Mary's Church, Tuxedo Park. October 28, 1885, he was married to Edith McKeever; she was the daughter of J. Lawrence McKeever, a Banker of New York, and his wife Mary Augusta Townsend. There were three children: George Macculloch, born December 31, 1886; Lawrence McKeever, born July 7, 1889, a graduate of Barvard in the Class of 1911; and the Rev. Lindley Hoffman, born October 27, 1892, a graduate of Harvard in the Class of 1914, and of the Cambridge Theological Seminary in 1917. Mr. Miller died August 12, 1917, and was buried in the family plot in Morristown, New Jersey.

Henry William Winkley Class of 1880. The Rev. Henry William Winkley was born in Boston, Mass., March 24, 1858, the son of the Rev. J. Frank Winkley and Abbey Lefavour. Mr. Winkley was prepared for college at the Westfield (Mass.) High and Normal Schools, and entered Trinity College in the fall of 1876, with the Class of 1880. He won a silver medal offered as an oratorical prize in his sophomore year. At the end· of that year, he left Trinity College, and entered Harvard. He was a member of the Beta Theta Pi Fraternity at Harvard, and was graduated with the degree of B. A. in 1881. A brother Robert Lefavour Winkley was graduated from Trinity in the Class of 1879. After graduating from Harvard, Mr. Winkley entered the Episcopal Theological School in Cambridge, Mass., graduating in 1884. He was ordained Deacon in 1884 and Priest in 1885 by Bishop Paddock. The year of his Diaconate was spent at } 40 TRINITY COLLEGE.

St. Paul's, Newton, Mass. He was at Trinity Church, St. Stephen, N. B., from 1885 to 1888; at Trinity Church, Saco, Maine, from 1888 to 1889; at Trinity Church, Branford, Con­ necticut, from 1889 to 1907; and was Rector of Calvary Church, Danvers, Mass., from 1908, until his death, February 4, 1918, of pneumonia. He was buried at Branford, Connecticut. Mr. Winkley married at Newton, Mass., June 11, 1885, Miss M. Jenine Kane o£ Williamstown, Mass., and there are three children: Frank H., Robert L., and Ruth Winkley. Mr. Winkley had a genial, cheerful disposition, and was much beloved by his parishioners. He was an enthusiastic conchologist, and spent his vacations at Wood's Hole in research work. It is said that at least one variety of shell is designated by his name-Winkleii. His collection of shells was presentes:l to Harvard University after his death.

George Endicott Perkins Class of 1881. George Endicott Perkins died September 17th, 1917, in New York City, the place of his birth. Receiving his preparation for college in St. Paul's School, Concord, ew Hampshire, Mr. Perkins entered Trinity College in the fall of 1877 with the Class of 1881. He was a member of the Epsilon Chapter of the Delta Psi Fraternity. He was graduated with the degree of B. A. in 1881, and in due course received the M. A. degree. Mr. Perkins was engaged in the manufacture of carpets, and from 1901 to 1914 he was Treasurer of the Hartford Carpet Co. In 1914 the Bigelow Carpet Company and the Hartford Carpet Company con olidated as the Bigelow-Hartford Carpet Company, and Mr. Perkins became Treasurer of the new cor­ poration, of which his brother Robert P. Perkins, Esquire, is President. Mr. Perkins lived in New York, though he retained a legal residence in Thompsonville, where he had lived for some years following the consolidation of the carpet companies in 1901. He was a member of various organizations in Thompsonville, such as the Calumet Club, the Carpet Company Overseer's Club, and the Thompsonville Board of Trade. Mr. Perkins died suddenly after a brief illness. The funeral service was held in Trinity Chapel in New York, and was atten­ ded by representatives of the Company's mills in Clinton, Lowell, and Thompsonville. OBITUARY RECORD. 41

Frederick Dashiels Buckley Class of 1884. The Rev. Frederick Dashiels Buckley, was born at Glenham, in the town of Fishkill, New York, February 14, 1855· He was the son of Philip and B. (Gilbert) Buckley; the father was a business man of Glenham. Receiving his preparation at the Greenwich Academy, East Greenwich, Rhode Island, Mr. Buckley entered Trinity College in September, 1880. In college he was on the Board of Editors of the "Ivy" and deJivered the Epilogue on Class Day. On the organization of the Alpha Chi Rho Fraternity, he became a member and always manifested a deep interest in the Society and zeal for its welfare. After graduation with the degree of B. A. in 1884, Mr. Buckley entered the Berkeley Divinity School, from which institution he was graduated in 1887. In 1897 he received the M.A. degree from Trinity. June 1, 1887, in the Church of the Holy Trinity, Middletown, Mr. Buckley was ordained Deacon by Bishop Williams; March 23, 1888, he was advanced to the Priesthood in St. John's Church, Stamford, by the same Prelate. He served Grace Church, Stafford Springs, from 1887 to 1889; St. Andrew's Church, St. Johnsbury, Vermont, from 1889 to 1892; and was Rector of Trinity Church, Waterbury, Conn., from 1892 to his death in 1917. His ministry was eminently acceptable and successful, and he greatly endeared himself to his congregation and the community. June I], 1887, in Providence, Rhode Island, Mr. Buckley married Nellie Adelaide Partridge, of Franklin, Massachusetts. She was the daughter of George I. Partridge and Harriet Hancock. Mr. and Mrs. Buckley's two children are Harriet;, Frederica, born February 17, 1888, and Sylvia Adelaide, born December 27, 1889. Harriet Frederica graduated from Smith College in 1910, and married Harry Spencer, September 29, 1915; Sylvia Adelaide graduated from Vassar in 1913. Mr. Buckley was prominent in the Masonic order, being a 32° Mason, and serving as Grand Chaplain of the Grand Lodge of Connecticut. After an illness of several weeks, the Rev. Mr. Buckley died ovember 21, 1917, survived by his mother, his wife, and two daughters, and was buried in Riverside Cemetery, Water­ bury, Connecticut. 42 TRINITY COLLEGE.

William Henry Boardman Class of I885. William Henry Boardman was born in Cleveland, Ohio, March IS, I862. He was a son of William Jarvis and Florence Sheffield Boardman; the father was a graduate of Trinity College in the Class of I854, and of the Harvard Law School in the Class of I856, and was for many years a Trustee of the College. He was an eminent lawyer, living in Cleveland and Washing­ ton, D. C. William Henry Boardman, after preparation in Newburgh, N. Y., entered Trinity College with the Class of I885, remain­ ing only his Freshman year. In College he was a member of the Alpha Delta Phi Fraternity. On April 3, I884, in Cleveland he married Augusta Wick Bissell, daughter of Charles and Cynthia Dutton (Wick) Bissell. The children of this marriage are William Jarvis Boardman, a graduate of the Sheffield Scientific School in the Class of I 908; Edith B.; and Florence Sheffield. Mr. Boardman was engaged in various commercial and manufacturing enterprises in Cleveland, particularly the Summit Silica Company, of Barberton, Ohio. Mr. Boardman was a Republican and a member of St. Paul's Episcopal Church of Cleveland. Mr. Boardman was instantly killed August 25, I9I7, in an automobile accident. While returning from a business trip, his car skidded on a curve near Massillon, and he was caught beneath it. Miss Mabel Boardman, head of the American Red Cross, is a sister.

James Goodwin Class of I886. The Rev. Dr. James Goodwin was born in Middletown, Connecticut, February IO, I86s. He was the son of the Rev. Francis Goodwin, D. D., and Mary Alsop Jackson. The Goodwin family is one of the oldest and most distinguished in Hartford, and Dr. Goodwin's father one of its worthiest repre­ sentatives, and the Jackson family one of the most prominent of Middletown. Dr. Goodwin's father, the Rev. Francis Good­ win, D. D., and his uncle James J. Goodwin, LL.D., have been for many years among the most interested and generous of the Board of Trustees of the College. A brother William Brownell Goodwin, of Columbus, OhioJ was a member of the Class of I888. OBITUARY RECORD. 43

The Rev. James Goodwin received his preparation for College in St. Paul's School, Concord, . H., and entered Trinity College in September, 1882. In College he was a member of the Alpha Delta Phi Fraternity. He was a member of the Tablet Board, took the Prize in History in his junior year, and was Class Poet and Class Orator at graduation in 1886. He received the degree of M. A. from Trinity College in 1889, and the D. D. degree· in 1911. His interest in the college was deep and his loyalty intense. He served as President of the Alumni Association. The year after his graduation he spent in study at the Sorbonne, and in travel in Egypt and the Holy Land. Returning, he entered the General Theological Seminary, graduating in 1890 with the degree of B. D., and receiving one of the three appointments to read orations. He was ordained Deacon by Bishop Williams in Middletown, June 4, 1890, and Priest in 1891 by the arne Prelate. For a short time after graduation, he was Rector's Assistant in Calvary Church, New York, but decided to spend a year in study at Oxford. He was in residence in Magdalen College during the year 1890-1891. From 1891 to 1895, he was Priest in Charge of St. Barnabas Mission, Berlin, N. H., and from 1895 to 1902, Rector of the Parish of the Good Shepherd, Na hua, . H. In 1902, he became Rector of Christ Church, Hart.ford, where he remained till his death January 3, 1917· Dr. Goodwin was a faithful and devoted Priest, an able preacher, and a scholar of no mean attainment. He was for many years a member of the Finance Committee of the Conven­ tion of the Diocese of Connecticut. He was from the first a delegate to the Synod of the First Province, and was elected a Delegate to the General Convention of 1916, though ill health prevented his attendance. He was deeply interested in the work of the Society for the Increase of the Ministry. He was long an Examining Chaplain of the Diocese. He translated in to Italian a pamphlet entitled "La Chiesa Episcopale," used after slight revision in the work among the Italians of the Diocese, in which he was keenly interested. He also translated the same document into Swedish. Altogether he represented the best traditions of the clergy in the extent and depth of his learning and his readings. He permitted hardly a day to pass without reading his Hebrew and Greek Scriptures. Dr. Goodwin had made for himself a large place in the life of the City of Hartford. He was appointed a member of the Board of Park Commissioners in' 1910 for a term of ten years, and in 1914 and 1915 was President of the Board. His activity in this field was in continuation of the long and most valuable 44 TRINITY COLLEGE. services of his father the Rev. Francis Goodwin. Dr. Goodwin was Chaplain of the First Company, Governor's Foot Guard, from 1908 till his death, and took great pride in his connection with the organization, of which his grandfather, James Goodwin, was long Major. He was a Trustee of the Athenaeum, of the Watkinson Farm School, of the Handicraft School, and of the Open Hearth Association; he was active also in the work of the Good Will Club. He was a member of the American Geographical Society, of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, of the Archaeological Society, of the Century Association of ew York, of the University Club of Hartford, and of the Hartford Yacht Club. June 13, 1894, Dr. Goodwin married Frances Whittlesey Brown, daughter of Roswell Whittlesey and Fanny Hunt ( oyes) Brown, a Manufacturer of Hartford. There are four children. The eldest, Francis, born in 1895, a student in Yale University, is in the a val Service of the United States. The three daughters are Helen, born in 1898, Mary, born in 1901, and Lucy Morgan, born in 1907.

Strathearn Hendrie Class of 1887. Strathearn Hendrie was born in Detroit, Michigan, October 12, r866. He was the son of George Hendrie, a Capitalist of Detroit, and his wife Sarah Sibley Trowbridge. A brother George Trowbridge Hendrie was a member of the Class of 1897. He was related also to Charles Christopher Trowbridge, '92, Samuel Breck Trowbridge, '83, Sidney Trowbridge Miller, '85, Alexander H. Sibley, '92, and Mark M. Sibley, '96. Mr. Hendrie entered Trinity College in the fall of r883, and was graduated with the degree of B. A. in 1887. In college he was a member of the Epsilon Chapter of the Delta Psi Fraternity. Mr. Hendrie was engaged from the time of graduation till his death August 25, 1916, in the construction and operation of electric railways, having his office in Detroit, but residingon the family estate at Grosse Pointe Farms, in Wayne County, Michigan. . He was a member of the Army and avy Club in Washing­ ton, of the St. Anthony Club in ew York; of the Yondoteqa, De_troit Boat, University, and Country Clubs of Detroit. He was a communicant ()f Christ Church of Detroit, and was a Village Trustee of Grosse Pointe Farms, elected first in 19o8. OBITUARY RECORD. 45

He served as an Ensign in the United States Navy during the Spanish War. Mr. Hendrie and Catherine Maria, daughter of William B. and Elizabeth (Van Dyke) Moran, were married in Detroit, ovember 22, I894· Their children are: William VanDyke, born in I895; George Strathearn, ·born in I897; and Elizabeth Trowbridge, born in I903.

James Dobbin Class of I 888 (honorary). The Rev. James Dobbin, S. T. D., Founder of Shattuck School and its Rector till September, I9I4, was born in Salem, ew York, June 29, I833· He was the son of Joseph and Martha S. Dobbin, and was reared on a farm, receiving his early edu­ cation in the public schools. He received his preparation for college in the Salem and Argyle Academies. In I855 he took charge of the school in Argyle, using his time for his own studies to so good effect that, entering Union College in I857, he was graduated in I859· On graduation, he began the connection with the Diocese of Minnesota that endured with slight interruption till his death. He assisted Dr. Jame.s Lloyd Breck in a mission school . in Faribault for a year. He returned to the Argyle Academy for a year; then had charge of the Greenwich Academy till I 864. In that year he went back to Faribault; he studied Theology at the Seabury Divinity School, receiving the B. D. degree in I867, and at the same time taught Latin and Mathematics in the school. Just before taking orders in I867, Bishop Whipple and Dr. Breck prevailed on him to found Shattuck School. He remained in charge of the Foundation till failing health, in I9I4, compelled him to resign and go to California. Shattuck under his care became one of the important schools of the country, and in it Dr. Dobbin has an enduring monument. He was ordained Deacon in I867 and Priest in I868 by Bishop Whipple, and in I888 received the degree of S. T. D. from Trinity College. Dr. Dobbin married, first, in Argyle, December 20, I86o, Fannie I. Leigh, second, in Faribault, April 9, I874, Elizabeth L. Ames. A son Edward Savage Dobbin was graduated from Trinity in the Class of I896. In I90I, feeling the need of a school for boys between the ages of seven and thirteen years, he and his wife founded St. 46 TRINITY COLLEGE.

James' School, of which he remained a Trustee until his death. This school also has been most successful. Dr. Dobbin died May 18, 1918, at Long Beach, California. Funeral services were held there and a memorial service at St. James' School at the same hour, Tuesday, May 21, 1918, the Rev. Dr. F. F. Kramer, paying an eloquent tribute at the latter service_. The interment was in Maple Lawn Cemetery, Faribault. Dr. Dobbin was for sixty years an outstanding figure in the life of the church in Minnesota. He was one of the pioneer group associated with Bishop Whipple, to which the Episcopal Church in this section owes so much. It has been well said of him: "His work is written in the lives of those who have passed under his fostering care for more than three decades past, and the influence which has emanated from his life will be felt for generations to come."

Alonzo McConihe Class of 1888. Alonzo McConihewas born in Troy, ew York, ovember 14, 1865. He was the son of Alonzo McConihe and Mary Thompson, who was a graduate of the Emma Willard School. The elder Mr. McConihe was the owner of a distillery in Merri­ mac, New Hampshire. Mr. McConihe received his preparation for College at St. John's School, Ossining, ew York, and entered Trinity in the fall of 1884 with the Class of 1888, but left College in his senior year· shortly before graduation to engage in the lumber business in Troy. He was a member of the I. K. A. From the time of his graduation he was engaged in the lumber business with the firm of Bayer and McConihe, which was or­ ganized in 1887, and of which he was the junior partner. The firm was incorporated in 1907, but Mr. McConihe retained his active connection with it. During the last few years he was also interested in a bottling business in South Troy. Mr. McConihe wa a member of King Solomon Lodge of Primitive Masons, the Troy Club, the Troy Auto Club, the Mohawk Golf Club, and of the Calumet Club in New York. He was a communicant of St. Paul's Church, Troy. May 21, 1907 he married Maria, daughter of Leonard McChesney and Rose Anna Banning. Mr. McChesney was a farmer of Cropseyville, New York. There were no children. Mr. McConihe died January 8, 1918. Besides his widow he left two sisters: Mrs. Grovenor P. Orton, of Los Angeles, California, and Mrs. Henry C. Shields of Troy. OBITUARY RECORD. 47

Marcus Cato McLemore, Jr. Class of 1889. Marcus Cato McLemore, Jr., was born at Galveston, Texas, ovember 12, 1867, the son of Marcus Cato McLemore, and Laura McMorries. His father, who was a lawyer of Columbia, S. C., and Galveston, Texas, graduated from South Carolina College, Columbia, in 1850, and from Harvard University in 1854. Mr. McLemore prepared for college at St. Luke's School, Bustleton, Penn., under the supervision of Mr. Stout. He en­ tered Trinity in the fall of 1885 with the Class of 1889. He was a member of the Parthenon Society and of the I. K. A. Fraternity. He was prominent in athletics, playing both football and base­ ball. He, however, left college to begin the study of law at the end of his sophomore year. He practised law in Galveston until 1907, and in California from 1907 to 1915, when he resumed practise in Galveston. He was Recorder of the City of Galveston from 1897 to 1899, and United States District Attorney for the South East District of Texas from 1897 to 1907. Mr. McLemore was an Episcopalian and a Republican. He was a member of the Texas State Bar Association, of the Galveston Artillery Club, of the Garten Verein, of the Aziola Club, and of the B. P. 0. E., Lodge No. 126. Mr. McLemore, April 9, 1916, in Trinity Church, Galveston, married Bessie Fowler Campbell. She was born in North Caro­ lina, the daughter of Andrew Monroe Campbell, a Cotton Planter, and Victoria Goodloe Williams. She was the widow of James Edward Galbraith, of Texas, who died in New York City in January, 1913. Mr. McLemore was practising his profession, chiefly in the Supreme Court of Texas, apparently in the best of ·health, when suddenly he expired at the dinner table of acute nephritis, ovember 7, 1916. He was a loyal son of the College, and ever proud of his connection with it.

Gilbert Payson Coleman Class of 1890. Gilbert Payson Coleman of Cincinnati entered Trinity College with the Class of 1890. In College he became a member of the Alpha Delta Phi Fraternity, and in his Junior year was elected a member of Phi Beta Kappa. On graduation, Mr. Coleman studied Law, and received 48 TRI ITY COLLEGE. the LL. B. degree. After a time, he became an Assistant Pro­ fessor in the Department of English and Law at the U.S. aval Academy at Annapolis, where he remained until shortly before his death, when he moved to Nantucket, Massachusetts. Mr. Coleman died January II, 1918, of pneumonia, in a hospital in ew York City. January 11, 1896, at Greenwich, Conn., he married Miss Clementine Guion Young.

Frederic Gardiner Member of the Faculty, 189o--1892 The Reverend Frederic Gardiner, who was Instructor in Natural Science in Trinity College from 1890 to 1892, was born in Gardiner, Maine, April 5, 1858. He was the son of the Rev. Frederic Gardiner, D. D., a graduate of Bowdoin College in the Class of 1842, who was a Professor in Kenyon College, and in the Berkeley Divinity School, and a noted Theologian and author. The mother of Mr. Gardiner was Caroline Manning Vaughan. He was a brother-in-law of the Rev. Henry Ferguson, LL. D. of the Class of 1868. Mr. Gardiner was prepared for College in the Phillips Academy, Exeter, New Hampshire. He was graduated from Harvard in the Class of 1880 and was a member of the Hasty Pudding Club. After graduation he remained in Cambridge for two years, studying at Harvard. In 1893, he received the degree of M.A. from Harvard, and in 19II the degree of L. H. D. from St. John's College (University of Maryland), Annapolis, Maryland. He spent the years 1882 to 1885 at the Berkeley Divinity School, graduating in 1885. He was ordained Deacon in i885, by Bishop Williams, and Priest in 1886 by Bishop Hare. The years 1885 to 1889 were spent in Calvary Cathedral, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, being Senior Canon and Dean. He was Rector of Christ Memorial Church, Pomfret, Connecticut, from 1889 to 1899, and was one of the founders of Pomfret School and an Associate Master from i:893 to 1898. He was Head Master from 1898 to 1899. During this period also he was an Instructor in Natural Science in Trinity College (1890-1892), living in Pomfret. In 1899 he became Head Master of Yeates School, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and served till 1915. In 1915 he became Field Secretary for Schools and Colleges of the Board of Religious Education, for the Province of Washington, and served in this capacity till his death. Dr. Gardiner married, at Roxborough, Philadelphia, Sep- OBITUARY RECORD. 49 tember 29, 1885, Sallie Merrick, daughter of William Henry and Sarah Maria (Otis) Merrick. There are four children: Samuel Vaughan, for a time a student at the University of Pennsylvania; Harriet Frances; Sallie; and Henry. Dr. Gardiner was a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, a member of the American His­ torical Association, the American Society of Naturalists, Society of American Morphologists, American Geographical Society, and of the Sons of the American Revolution. He was a member of the Hamilton Club, of Lancaster, Pa., and of the University Club of Philadelphia, and was also a Trustee of Yeates School. Dr. Gardiner died in Philadelphia, December 7, 1917, and is buried in St. Timothy's Churchyard, Roxborough,Philadelphia.

Seth Low Class of 1890 (honorary). Seth Low was born in Brooklyn, N. Y., January 18, 1850. His father was Abiel Abbott Low and his mother Ellen Dow; both belonged to old New England families. The father made a large fortune in the China Trade, at one time having more than a dozen ships. Mr. Low was educated in the Brooklyn Polytechnic In­ stitute and at Columbia, from which institution he graduated A. B. in 1870. After a trip abroad, he entered his father's office, ultimately becoming head of the business, retiring on the dissolution of the firm in 1887. In 1881, Mr. Low was elected Mayor of Brooklyn on a reform platform; his administration of the office won for him ational prominerice. In 1881, he became a member of the Board of Trustees of Columbia, and in 1890 was elected President. His adminis­ tration was able. Largely through his efforts, the University was moved from the old down-town site to Morningside Heights, Mr. Low himself giving the Library Building as a memorial to his father. From an inconspicuous college, Columbia became one of the most important of American Universities. · In 1897 Mr. Low was selected by the leaders of the reform movement as their candidate for the Mayoralty of New York, but he was defeated. In 1899, President McKinley appointed· him a delegate to the Hague Conference, where he served with distinction. In 1900, Mr. Low was again the reform candidate for Mayor of ew York, and this time was elected, resigning the Presidency of Columbia. His administration was clean and progressive. 50 TRI ITY COLLEGE.

In 1914, President Wilson appointed him one of the three Commissioners to settle the coal strike in Colorado. In the recent ew York Constitutional Convention, he was Chairman of the Committee on City Government, and gave most valuable service. aturally Mr. Low received many academic honors, among others the degree of LL. D. from· Trinity College in 1890. He was a member of many clubs and societies, of which may be mentioned the Mayflower Society, and the New York Academy of Political Science. Dr. Low, December 7, 1880, married Annie Wroe Scollay, ·daughter of Judge Benjamin Robins Curtis, of the United States Supreme Court, but there were no children. He died September 17, 1916.

William Sanford Kingsbury Class of 1891. Dr. William Sanford Kingsbury was born in Glastonbury, Conn., September 17, 1867. He was the son of Daniel and Lucy (Cone) Kingsbury; the father was also a physician in Glastonbury. Dr. Kingsbury entered Trinity College in September, 1887, having graduated from the Hartford High School. He was graduated with the degree of B. S. in the Class of 1891. Dr. Kingsbury was graduated from the Yale Medical School in 1896, and after a year as interne in St. John's Hospital, Lowell, he spent the rest of his life in the practice of his profession in his native town. · He was a member of the Connecticut Medical Society, of the Hartford County Medical Society, and of the Hartford Medical Society. Dr. Kingsbury ,was a Republican, and represented his town in the Legislature of 1905. He became a Progressive in the movement of 1912. He was a Vestryman of St. James' Episcopal Church, and was at one time a Warden. He was active in town affairs,· and from its organization was a member of the Williams Memorial · Association. He was one of the Physical Examiners for the Home Guard, of which he was a member. At one time, he was Presi­ dent of the Glastonbury Business Men's Association. Dr. Kingsbury married in Boston, in 1898, Mary L. Ray­ mond, daughter of Francis and Mary E. Schwartz. Mr. Ray­ mond was a coal dealer in Boston. There were two children- OBITUARY RECORD. 51

Elizabeth and Honor Prince. A sister of Dr. Kingsbury's­ Frances married the Rev. Thomas Henry Gordon, of the Class of 1871. Dr. Kingsbury died suddenly April 9, 1917, of angina pectoris; the interment was in St. James Cemetery, Glastonbury.

Heyward Scudder Class of 1891. Heyward Scudder was born in New York City in 1870. He was the son of Henry Joel Scudder, an eminent lawyer, a graduate of Trinity College in the Class of 1846, and a Trustee from 1858 to 1886; his mother was Emma Willard, of Troy, New York. Heyward Scudder was prepared for College at the Cutler School in New York City, and entered Trinity with the Class of 1891. He was graduated from Trinity College with the degree of B. A. in 1891, and received election to Phi Beta Kappa. He was a member of the I. K. A. Fraternity, as were his father Henry Joel Scudder '46, his uncle Townsend Scudder '54, and his brothers, Charles Davies Scudder '75, Edward Mansfield Scudder '77, and Willard Scudder '89. A fourth brother, the Rev. Henry Townsend Scudder, a graduate of Columbia Univer­ sity, received the honorary degree of Master of Arts in 1879. In 1894 Mr. Scudder graduated from the College of Phy­ sicians and Surgeons with the degree of M. D. He was much interested in the work of Chemistry, spending two years in graduate study at Trinity. In 1898, he received the B. S. degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and was engaged in research work there from 1900 to 1904. Dr. Scudder contributed articles on Chemical subjects to the technical journals. He was a member of the American Chemical Society and of the American Electrochemical Society; of the University, Union, and Chemists' Clubs in New York; and of the Technical Club in Boston. Dr. Scudder died suddenly February 10, 1917, at the Hotel Lenox in Boston. The excitement incident to a disastrous fire in the hotel was perhaps the immediate cause of death. Dr. Scudder was a loyal alumnus of Trinity College, and was perhaps particularly interested in the Library, to which \ from time to time he sent useful and valued gifts. 52 TRINITY COLLEGE.

Julian Elroy Ramsdell Class of I 892.

The Rev. Julian Elroy Ramsd~ll was born in Paris, Oneida County, New York, October IJ, I866. He was the son of Isaac Jackson Ramsdell and Charlotte Elmwood. His father was a manufacturer in Sauquoit, Oneida County, New York. Mr. Ramsdell received his preparation for College at the Phillips-Exeter Academy, and entered Trinity College with the Class of I892. However he left College in I890. He was a member of the D. K. E. Fraternity. After leaving Trinity, he studied at Syracuse University and at St. Andrew's Divinity School, Syracuse, New York. He was ordained Deacon in I89I and Priest in I892 by Bishop · Huntington. For the first few years after his ordination he served churches at Adams and Lowville in the Diocese of Central New York. Then for several years he was at Tiffin and Berea, Ohio, and at Bay City in Michigan. From I896 to I90I, he was an Assistant Minister in Grace Church, Utica, New York; from I90I to I907, he was Rector of Grace Church, Baldwinsville, New York. For a number of years he was at St. Augustine's Church, Wilmette, Illinois. At the time of his death, the date of which has not been definitely ascertained, he was Rector of St. Mark's Church, Fall River, Massachusetts. Mr. Ramsdell married in St. John's Church, Saginaw, Michigan, September 2I, I892 Harriet Greta Denison, daughter of Horace Denison, a manufacturer, and his wife Minerva Smith.

Charles Christopher Trowbridge Class of I 892. Professor Charles Christopher Trowbridge was born in Astoria, New York, April 26, I870. He was the son of General William Pettit Trowbridge and Lucy Parkman. The Trow­ bridge family has been intimately connected with Trinity College for many years. General Trowbridge, a graduate, at the head of his class, of West Point in I848, received the honorary degree of LL. D. in I88o. His brother Samuel Breck Parkman Trowbridge was a graduate in the Class of I883, and received the degree of Sc. D. in I9IO. Sidney Trowbridge Miller of the Class of I88S was a cousin, and Strathearn Hendrie, '87, George T. Hendrie, '97, Alexander H. Sibley, '92, and Mark M. Sibley, '96, were kinsmen. OBITUARY RECORD. 53

Professor Trowbridge received his preparation for college at the Hopkins Grammar School in New Haven, Connecticut, and entered Trinity College in the fall of 1888. He was a member of the Epsilon Chapter of the Delta Psi Fraternity, and was Chairman of the Class Day Reception on graduation. He was graduated with the degree of B.S. in 1892; received the degree of M.S. in 1903; and the degree of Sc. D . in 1908. On his graduation from college, he began that connection with Columbia University, where his father was Head of the Department of Engineering, that endured throughout life. He was Assistant in Physics from 1892 to 1896; Tutor from 1896 to 1903; Instructor from 1903 to 1913; and Assistant Professor from 1913 to his death. Professor Trowbridge began his scientific career as early as his fifteenth year when he discovered that many birds that soar interlock their wings, thus reducing the factor of fatigue to a minimum. He maintained his interest in ornithology as long as he lived, and wrote a number of important papers on ornithological subjects. He also made notable contributions to the knowledge of meteors. His chief work, ]:lowever, was in Physics, and he published in technical periodicals a number of papers dealing with such Physical topics as fluorescence, magnetism and afterglow in gases at liquid-air temperatures, specific heat, etc. Dean Pegram, of the Faculty of Applied Sciences said: "Among his notable services at Columbia is his development of the Ernest Kempton Adams Precision Laboratory in the De­ partment of Physics, one of the most complete in the country." Professor Trowbridge planned the Laboratory and developed the institution till at the present time it is considered one of the best planned and best equipped laboratories of the kind in the country. He was Secretary of the Library Committee of the Depart­ ment of Physics, and had been Secretary of the Physics, Chemis­ try, and Astronomy Section of the New York Academy of Science. He was a member of the American Physical Society, of the Astronomical and Astrophysical Society of America, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and of the Society of Sigma Xi. Professor Trowbridge was an Episcopalian, was unmarried, and lived at St. Anthony's Hall. He died of septic poisoning, after an illness of four days, in the Roosevelt Hospital, June 2, 1918, and was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, New Haven, Connecticut. TRINITY COLLEGE.

Walton Stoutenburgh Danker , Class of r 897. Obit pro Patria . •The Reverend Walton Stoutenburgh Danker was born at Little Falls, . Y., January 26, 1874. His father is the Rev. Albert Danker, -Ph. D., of Worcester, Mass., a graduate of the University of Troy in the Class of 1862, and his mother Susan Isabella Stoutenburgh. Walton S. Danker received his preparation for College in the Boston Latin School, entering Trinity with the Class of 1897 in September 1893. He received the degree of B. A. in 1897, and the degree of M. A. in 1900. In college he was a member of the D. K. E. Fraternity, and of Medusa Head. He was President of the Class in his freshman year; received the Oratorical Prize in his sophomore year; was Literary Editor of the Ivy; and was Business Manager of the Trinity Tablet in his Senior year. He w.as also a member of the Track Team. On graduation from college, he entered the General Theolo­ gical Seminary, from which he was graduated in due course in 1900. During the year, 1902-1903, he studied at Union Semi­ nary. While at the General Seminary (1900), he brought out the "Seminarian", the student annual. Mr. Danker was ordained Deacon by Bishop Lawrence in 1900, and Priest by Bishop Starkey in 1901. While a student, he assisted in the Sunday Schools of Trinity Parish. From 1900 to 1903, he was Curate in Trinity Parish at Bayonne, . J., from 1903 to 1906, he was Rector of Trinity Church, Milford, Mass.; during the year 1906-1907, he was Curate in the Church of the Messiah, Brooklyn, N. Y.; and in 1907, became Rector of St. John's Church, Worcester, Mass. He was Dean of the Worcester Convocation and a member of the Diocesan Board of Missions, and of the Boy Scouts'Council. He was a member and Chaplain of the 1812 Society, of the Worcester Economics Club, of the Parsons Club, of the Army and avy Union, and of the Central Massachusetts D. K. E. Association. In 1904 he began his military career, serving as Chaplain of the 6th Massachusetts Infantry from 1904 to 1906. From 1909 to 1917, he was Chaplain of the 2nd Massachusetts Infantry. He served at the Mexican Border with General Pershing from June 19th to November rst, 1916, and went to France as Chaplain, with the rank of Captain, of the 104th Regiment of the American Expeditionary Force, of which the old 2nd Massachusetts formed a part. OBITUARY RECORD,

His service in France was distinguished. His regiment bore the brunt of the German attack in the Appremont Forest on April 12,· 1917, and 122 members of the 104th on April 28th, received the French Croix de Guerre in recognition of their gallant conduct. -Among these heroes was Chaplain Danker. The newspaper translation of the French citation* which accom­ panied the bestowal of the Croix de Guerre reads: Rev. Walton S. Danker, Chaplain, Captain-"Showed during the attack particularly meritorious devotion and spirit of self-sacrifice. He treated the sick and wounded, gathered the dead, and caused them to be carried in, in the face of the enemy during the combat of the roth, IIth, and 12th, stayed with the first lines to uphold the morale of the combatants." On June 18, 1918, Chaplain Danker died at Evacuation Hospital No. 1 from a shell wound received on the 16th, the ·first American Chaplain to lose his life in the Great War. He was buried the next day near the spot where he fell. His bro­ ther, the Rev. Frederick H. Danker, who is in theY. M . C. A. service, was with him when he died. He was buried with fitting ceremonies. Six Captains of his regiment acted as pallbearers, with military escort and firing party, in addition to a large delegation from the various units of the Regiment. A graduate of the College writes: "he had done splendid work in the Regiment, and was awarded the croix de guerre for his excellent work in one of the fights. A few days ago, he was struck by a piece of flying shell and died a few hours later in a hospital. I knew him as a Trinity College graduate, and am proud to think of the sacrifices he made and the splendid spirit he always impressed you with. May his name always be remembered in the hall of Fame at Trinity!" Another graduate, an officer in the Regiment, says: "The Chaplain was highly regarded by both the officers and men of this Regiment and his loss is keenly felt. It fell to his lot to conduct the Church services on Sundays and other special days as well as taking charge of funerals, visiting the sick and wounded, and acting as Postmaster and Censor for the Reg­ iment. The writer mourns Chaplain Danker as a personal friend as well as an alumnus of Trinity College, This bald statement of facts may help you and the rest in preparing a fitting tribute to the man who died as he lived-a true Christian Gentleman."

*The citation in the original reads: "Walton S. Danker, Aum6nier, Capitaine au 194e R. I.: A montre, lors de l'attaque, un devoucment particulierement meritaire; !'esprit de sacrifice et de devoir le plus complet. A soigne les malades e t les blesses, a rassemble et fait enselevir les morts devant l'ennemi, du 2 au 14 Avril et particulierement pendant les combats des ro, 12, et 13 Avril 1918. 'est parte en toute premiere li gne pour soutenir le moral des combattants." 56 TRINITY COLLEGE.

Charles Luther Burnham Class of 1898. Charles Luther Burnham, a member of the Class of 1898, was born in Hartford, December 13, 1876. He was a son of Ralph Burnham, a manufacturer of leather belting in Hartford; his mother's name was Euphrosnia Brown. The Burnham family is descended from Deacon John Burnham, who settled in Ipswich, Massachusetts, in 1635. After graduation from the Hartford High School, Mr. Burnham entered Trinity College in September, 1894. In College, he was a member of the I. ·K. A. On graduation with the degree of B. A. in 1898, he entered the Yale Law School, from which he received the degree of LL. B. in 1901. In July, 1900, before graduation, he was admitted tq the Hartford County Bar, and in February 1901, he was admitted to the ew York Bar. After graduation he became managing clerk in the office of Cleveland and Cleveland in ew York. About a year later, in October, 1902, he became a member of the firm of VanWyck, Mygatt, and Burnham. In February, 1907, abandoning the practice of law, Mr. Burnham entered the firm of Coggeshall and Hicks, Bankers and Brokers. Later he was associated with the banking firm of H. N. Whitney and Sons., On account of ill health, he was obliged to give up business, going to New London to live. After a long illness, he died there of heart and lung trouble, February 28, 1917. For a number of years, Mr. Burnham was a member of Co. K., 7th Regiment . G., S. . Y. He was a Supervisor of St. George's Evening Trade School, and was a communicant of St. George's Church in New York. He was a member of the St. Nicholas Club, of the Society of Colonial Wars, of the Yale Club, and of the Ardsley Club, all in New York; in New London, he was a member of the Thames Club, and of the Pequot Casino. Mr. Burnham was an ardent Republican, serving on the Republican District and County Committees in ew York. November 9, 1904, the Rev. Samuel Hart officiating, Mr. Burnham married Anna Wallace Elliott. Dudley C. Graves '98, was best man, and George E. Cogswell '97, one of the ushers. Mrs. Burnham was the daughter of George Elliott, a Banker of New York, and Anna Simpson Wallace, of Philadelphia. There were three children of this marriage: Anita, born August 1/, 1905; Natalie, born June 10, 1908; and Elliott, born September 8, 1910. Mrs. Burnham died September 10, 1917. Both Mr. and Mrs. Burnham are interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery, Hartford. OBITUARY RECORD. 57

Bryan Killikelly Morse Class of 1899. Bryan Killikelly Morse was born in Canton, Ohio, Novem­ ber 10, 1877. He was the son of Henry Grant Morse, a graduate of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in the Class of 1871, who was eminent in the shipbuilding industry, he having been President of the Harlan and Hollingsworth Shipbuilding Com­ pany, of Wilmington, and finally of the New York Shipbuilding Company, of Camden, N. J. The Morse family early settled in ew Haven and Walling­ ford, Connecticut. Mrs. William Boardman was a cousin of Mr. Bryan Killikelly Morse. She built Kirtland Hall for Yale University, and Mr. Boardman was a generous benefactor of Trinity College. Mr. Morse's mother was Mary Margaret Killikelly, daughter of the Rev. Bryan Bernard de Killikelly, D. D., who is known for his important missionary labors in the Middle West, and who declined election as Bishop of Pennsylvania. Bryan Killikelly Morse was prepared for college at the Friends' Central School in Wilmington, and at the Episcopal Academy in Philadelphia. He entered Trinity College with the Class of 1899, and was a member of the Alpha Delta Phi Fraternity. He was interested in the musical clubs in college, and was popular. After graduation from college, he worked as a mining en­ gineer, and at various times was President, Manager, or owner of mines in the Western States and Mexico. He was employed as representative and in other capacities by Earl Gray, by various capitalists in New York, and at the time of his death was in correspondence with Russian capitalists in regard to the development of mines in Russia. Mr. Morse wrote articles for magazines and newspapers on mining subjects, and reported to the Smithsonian Institution on Cuban Mines, enlarging later on his report at the request of the Cuban government. Mr. Morse met his death January 12 , 1916, as the result of an explosion while exploring an old Spanish mine near Bahia Honda in Cuba. He was buried in the old Spanish cemetery in Bahia Honda. Mr. Morse had the reputation of being the best mining expert in Cuba, and his untimely death was a great shock and grief to his many friends. 58 TRI ITY COLLEGE.

P. Henry Woodward Class of 1900 (honorary). P. Henry Woodward was born in Franklin, Connecticut, March 19, 1833. He was the son of Ashbel and Emeline (Bick­ nell) Woodward, and was eighth in descent from Richard Woodward, who came from Ipswich, England, to Massachusetts in 1634, and was an early Proprietor of Watertown. The father was a graduate of Bowdoin College, receiving the degree of M. D. in 1829; in 1855 he received the honorary degree of M. A. from Yale University. Mr. Woodward was prepared for college at Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts, and entered Yale in the fall of 1851 with the Class of 1855. At Yale, he was a member of the Kappa Sigma Epsilon and the Psi Upsilon Fraternities (Beta Chapter). He was elected a member of Phi Beta Kappa. He received at different times the second and Third Latin Trans­ lation Prizes, the Second Berkleian Premium, the Third English Composition Prize in 1852, the Third Latin Examination Prize in 1854, and was a Commencement Orator. He was graduated with the degree of B. A. in 1855. He received the honorary degree of M. A. from Trinity College, and was a member of the Board of Trustees from 1896 to his death, and Secretary of the Board from April 29, 1905. After graduation he began the study of Medicine at the South Carolina Medical School (1857). Finding Medicine un­ congenial, he studied at the Harvard Law School in 1858. He was admitted to the Bar in avannah, Georgia in 1860, and opened an office in partnership with William Robert Gignilliat, but the beginning of the Civil War put an end to his plars for the practice of Law in the South, and he never resumed it. From 1862 to 1865 he was on the editorial staff of the Hart­ ford Courant. In 1865 he was appointed Special Agent of the Post Office Department, and was assigned the task of reconstructing the service in Georgia. Later he was put in charge of the through mails and of the system of railway distribution from the Ohio River to the Gulf of Mexico and the South Atlantic Ocean. This office gave opportunity for the development of Mr. Wood­ ward's remarkable powers of organization and administration. The postal car service attained a high degree of excellence under his management, partly as the result of his careful selection of clerks With the changes incident to the accession of Grant to the Presidency, Mr. Woodward was transferred to another branch of the service, of which he was made Chief in 1874, with Head- OBITUARY RECORD. 59 quarters in Washington. The corps of Special Agents under his control was reorganized on a strictly merit system, much to its advantage. After eleven years in the service, Mr. Woodward retired in 1876. In r88r, shortly after the inauguration of President Garfield, Mr. Woodward was invited by the Po t-Master General Thomas L. James to re-enter the Department and to take charge of the investigation into the alleged Star Route Frauds. The story is told, at least in part, in the seven volumes containing the record of the two trials, and in the testimony taken by the Congressional Committee. As a result of the investigation, two and a half million of dollars a year, despite an increase in the service, were lopped from the co t of steamboat service. The deficit was extinguished, and the Contract' Bureau regen­ erated. With the change of administration in r885, Mr. Wood­ ward finally retired from the Postal Service, and carrfe to reside in Hartford permanently. He identified himself with the business and financial in­ terest of the City, and contributed much to the life and progress of Hartford. In r888 he was the moving power in the organization of the Board of Trade. This movement seemed to quicken the com­ mercial life of the community, so much so that in ten years the population increased fifty per-cent. Mr. Woodward was the first Secretary of the Board. In 1890 the Board of Trade or­ ganized the Hartford Board of Trade Room and Power Company, with Mr. Woodward as Secretary and Treasurer. The Company erected a building 360 feet long and three stories high; this building was the necleus of the great plant of the Underwood Typewriter Company. Mr. Woodward was President of the Dime Savings Bank; Vice-Pre ident of the Connecticut General Life Insurance Company; a Trustee of the Hartford Retreat; of the Charity Organization Society; of the Security Trust Company; and of the Simeon L. and George H. Rogers Company. He was a member of the University Club, of the Hartford Club, and the Hartford Golf Club. He was much interested in the work of the Connecticut Historical Society; he was for many years Chairman of the Committee on Monthly Papers, and himself read papers of much merit before the Society. Concerning Mr. Woodward's services to Trinity College, we quote from the Resolution of the Board of Trustees: "This Board has lost a counselor, and the College an ally, whose devoted and unselfish service during twenty years has been of inestimable value in contributing to its growth and financial stability. 60 TRINITY COLLEGE.

"With punctilious regularity at their meetings, Mr. Wood­ ward has filled the part of Trustee and Secretary with loyalty and ability. His wide knowledge of affairs and keen business insight have given his opinions peculiar weight, and the Board has largely relied on his judgment in carrying the College through a difficult period of financial stress. "His voice was· always raised in warning against any pre­ cipitate action that might involve unforeseen risks; and yet far from being reactionary, he welcomed a broad policy of develop­ ment and ever-widening sphere of usefulness for Trinity that could not fail to contribute to its growth in influence and resource. "Mr. Woodward's vivid and forceful personality, his de­ votion to his friends of the Board, and his unfailing kindness and readiness to serve those who sought his aid were assets that cannot well be rated in the usual formulae; but their loss will long be felt as irreparable by all who were privileged to know him as an associate in working for a common goal of usefulness for the community." Mr. Woodward wrote considerably, chiefly on subjects relating to the history of the financial institutions of Hartford. Among his publications may be mentioned: Guarding the Mails, 1876, a later edition bore the title "Secret Service of the Post Office Department," 1886; Hartford: Its Institutions and Industries, 1889; One Hundred Years of the Hartford Bank, 1892; Oration at the Unveiling of the Statue in memory of Colonel Thomas Knowlton, 1896; Insurance in Connecticut, 1897; Manufactures in ~artford, 1897. The chief characteristics of Mr. Woodward's literary work are accuracy and clarity; but the style is pleasing and has literary quality. Several stories from "Guarding the Mails" were included in the volume ~n­ titled "Real Life" in the "Lock and Key Library," edited by Julian Hawthorne, and published by the Review of Reviews Company in 1915. Among the other authors represented are Andrew Lang, Charles Dickens, Arthur Train, and M. Robert Houdin. September II, 1867, at South Windham, Connecticut, Mr. Woodward married Mary Smith, of South Windham. She was the daughter of Charles Smith, a manufacturer, and his wife Mary Abbe. Their children were: Helen, born June 29, 1868, who married, November 16, 1892, the Reverend Stephen Henry Granberry; and Charles Guilford, born December 15, 1876, a graduate of Trinity College in the Class of 1898. The Rev. Mr. Granberry was graduated from Nashotah House with the degree of B. D. in 1873. He was for many years Rector of St. Barnabas Church, ewark, ew Jersey, but is OBITUARY RECORD. 61 now retired and lives in Hartford. A daughter Helen, is the wife of Edgar F. Waterman, of the Class of 1898, a graduate of the Columbia Law School, Treasurer and Trustee of the College. Charles G. Woodward studied Economics and finance at Columbia University after his graduation, and like his father and grandfather, is connected with the Connecticut General Life Insurance Company. He was elected a Trustee of the College in 1917. Mr. Woodward died September 4, 1917, and was interred in the Smith Family Tomb in Windham Cemetery, at Windham, Connecticut.

Henry Bernard Carpenter Class of 1903. Henry Bernard Carpenter was born in Boston April 23, 1882. He was a son of Henry Bernard Carpenter and Emma Bailey. The father was an Oxford graduate, and a clergyman. Mr. Carpenter received his preparation for College at the Holderness School, entering Trinity College in September, 1899, but leaving before graduation. He was a member of the Beta Beta Chapter of the Psi Upsilon Fraternity. After leaving College, he entered the office of Powell Broth­ ers' Shoe Company. Later he became connected with the Export Department of J. P. Morgan & Company. On the out­ break of the War, he entered the service of the British Ministry of Munitions as an Engineer, serving till his death, September 16, 1917, as the result of an accident while driving his automobile. He married, April 30, 1907, Kathryn R. Backhouse, daugh­ ter of George Backhouse, deceased, of Brooklyn. The wife and his mother survive him. Mr. Carpenter was a member of the First Cavalry, N. Y. N. G. for five years, receiving his discharge in 1914. He was a member of the Crescent Athletic Club, of Brooklyn, where he resided, and of the Sachem Yacht Club, Sachem's Head, Connecticut.

Hervey Boardman Vanderbogart Class of 1903. The Rev. Professor Hervey Boardman Vanderbogart died of pneumonia in the Middlesex Hospital, Middletown, Con­ necticut, January 30, 1917. His wife, Elizabeth Irene (Tierman) Vanderbogart, whom he married in 1908, had died December 9, 62 TRINITY COLLEGE.

1916, only a few weeks b~fore, and he left no near relatives except an aged aunt in Troy, where he was born November 6, 1880. He was the son of John Henry and Susan (Craver) Vanderbogart. A brother, the Rev. Alvin J. Vanderbogart died some years ago. He wl:l.s a member of the Society of Biblical Literature and Exegesis, of the American Oriental Society, and of the Masonic Fraternity. Professor Vanderbogart was graduated from Trinity Col­ lege in 1903 with Honors in Greek, receiving election to Phi Beta Kappa. In his senior year he was awarded an Alumni Prize in English Composition, and won the First Prize in the Frank W. Whitlock Oratorical Contest. Professor Vanderbogart entered Berkeley Divinity School, and was graduated in 1906. He was ordained Deacon June 6, 1906, in the Church of the Holy Trinity, Middletown, and Priest May 23, 1907, in St. John's Church, Waterbury, by Bishop Brewster. From 1906 to 1911 , he was an Assistant Minister in the Church of the Holy Trinity. In 1908, he was appointed an Instructor in the Berkeley Divinity School to assist Dean Binney in the Department of Hebrew and the Old Testament, and in 1911, he was appointed Professor of He­ brew and Cognate Languages in succession to Dr. Binney. In 1912 he received the degree of B. D. from the School on examination, his thesis being on a topic in Moslem Eschatology. Professor VanderbogaTt was a pupil of Dr. Binney and of Professor Macdonald of the Hartford Theological Seminary, and showed remarkable aptitude for Semitic studies. He had given attention, in addition to Hebrew, to Aramaic, Arabic, Syriac, and Ethiopic. So great was his promise as a scholar that Professor Macdonald, himself a scholar of international repute, spoke of his death as a great loss to American Scholarship. But not only as a scholar was he prominent; he was a teacher who had the gift of communicating his own enthusiasm and accuracy to his pupils, and of evoking from them admiration and affection. His students loved him, and they alone know his services to them as teacher, counsellor, and friend. Professor Macdonald writes in the Berkeley Divinity School Bulletin for April, 1917: "In my teaching life of a quarter of a century I have known few things, if any, so pathetic as that this young and growing scholar, destined to all appear­ ances to be a great scholar, should be thus cut off. But he has left a memory of patient devotion which cannot soon be for­ gotten." OBITUARY RECORD. 63

Harry Beebe Altemus Class of 1904. Harry Beebe Altemus, who was a non-matriculated student during the academic year 1900-1901, died at Grace Hospital, Detroit, Michigan, October 30, 1916. During his connection with the College, Mr. Altemus lived in Hartford, where also he is buried. At the time of his death, his home was in Cleveland, Ohio, where his widow, Matilda S. Altemus, lives at 1899 E. 90th St. Robert Glenney Class of 1904. Obit P?'O Patria. Robert, son of Christopher and Sarah Ann, (Woodhouse) Glenney, was born in County Armah, Ireland, September 20, 1880, and came to American with his parents in 1889. The father, now deceased, was a farmer at South Manchester, Connecticut. Young Glenney was prepared for College at the South Manchester High School, graduating in 1899, and at ·williston Seminary. He spent the year 1901-1902 as a Special Student at Trinity College, and played baseball. Shortly after leaving College, he went to South Africa, where he was engaged in railroad surveying for the British Government. Later he was a member of the Germiston Mounted Police, and was made a member of the Detective Force. On the beginning of the War, he enlisted in Company C, First Regiment, South African Infantry, serving fifteen months in the South African Campaign, and winning promotion to be a Sergeant. He went to France, and after about nine months of service, was wounded near Ypres on September 21, and died Sep­ tember 23, 1917. He was buried at "Place o. 44 in France." He was the first Trinity man to die in the Great War. He was a member of St. Mary's Epi copal Church in South Manchester, and was at one time a member of the Connecitcut National Guard. He is survived by his mother, a brother, Christopher Glenney, and four sisters. George Wilkins Guthrie Class of 1907 (honorary). George Wilkins Guthrie, who, in 1907, received the degree of Doctor of Laws from Trinity College, was bor_n at Pittsburgh, Pa., September 5, 1848, the son of John Guthrie. 64 TRINITY COLLEGE.

In 1866, he graduated A. B. from the University of Pitts­ burgh. He .neceived the M. A. degree in 1868 from the same institution, and the degr.ee of LL. B. from George Washington University in 1869. His Alma Mater conferred the degree of LL. D. on him in 1905. December 2, 1886, he mar'ried Florence J. Howe, daughter of Thomas M. Howe, of Pittsburgh, who survives him. In 1869 he was admitted to the Bar. In 1876, he was Associate Council for the Tilden Electors before the Florida Retur.ning Board; in 1884, he was an Assistant Secretary of the Democr;:ttic National Convention; in 1902, he was unan­ imously nominated as Democratic candidate for the Lieutenant Governorship of Pennsylvania. In 1906, he was elected Mayor of Pittsburgh on a reform platform, and his administration attracted Nation-wide attention. On May 29, 1913, he was appointed Ambassador to Japan, and served most acceptably to both Japan and the United States. He died of apoplexy March 8, 1917, in Tokio, and the funeral services were held on the thirteenth in the American Episcopal Cathedral. Mr. Guthrie was a member of many organizations in Pittsburgh, and was prominent in Masonic affairs in Pennsylvania. His character and public services were indeed such as to reflect credit on the College whose adopted son he was proud to call himself.

Charles Tarbox Sanford Class of 191 r. Charles Tarbox Sanford was born in East Hartford,Connec­ ticut, July 24, 1887. His father was Charles Brainard Sanford, for thirty years an employee of the Flint-Bruce Co. of Hartford, and a Deacon in the South Congregational Church; his mother was Rebecca E. Boyd. Mr. Sanford graduated from the Hartford Public High School, and entered Trinity College in September, 1907, with the Class of 1911. He left college in 1910 to enter the employ of the Cushman-Chuck Co. of Hartford. In February, 191 I, he entered the service of the Pratt and Whitney Co. and was a Cost Accountant in the Small Tools Department. Shortly before his death, August 28, 1917, he entered the service of the Arrow Electric Company in a similar capacity. His death was the result of typhoid fever; the interment was in Cedar Hill Ceme­ tery, Hartford. Mr. Sanford was a member of the South Congregational Church, and was active in the Sunday School and Christian OBITUARY RECORD. 65

Endeavor Society. He was a member of the City Club of Hart­ ford, and was for three years a Sergeant in the Connecticut Na­ tional Guard. Two of his brothers have also been students at Trinity: William Oliver, a graduate in the Class of 19II, and George Adrian, of the Class of 1921. Another brother, Harry L. Sanford, is a sailor on the D. S. S. Georgia. There are also two sisters, Mrs. Howard F. Root of Chicago and Miss Grace S. Sanford of Hartford.

Stephen Howard J oesph Daley, Jr. Class of 1914. Stephen Howard (Joseph) Daley, Jr., was born in Hartford May 4th, 1890. He was baptised Stephen Howard after his father, but assumed the name Joseph in honor of his Patron Saint on his confirmation. 1-Jsually he wrote his name Howard J. Daley, and usually so ap'pears in the College records. His father, Stephen Howard Daley, a mechanic, was born in Ireland; but came to the United States a babe in arms; his mother Maria J. Dutton was born in Athlone, Westmeath, Ireland. Mr. Daley received his education io the public schools of Hartford (South School) and graduated from the Hartford High School. During his high school course he was largely self-supporting, being employed out of hours in a broker's office. He entered Trinity College in the fall of 1910, and in September, 1912, at his own request was honorably dismissed to Lehigh University. His record at both institutions was creditable, and he was graduated in 1915 from Lehigh with the degree of Mining Engineer. At Lehigh, he was a member of the Mining and Geological Society, of the Washington Republican Club, and was chosen "Chief of the Brauerie Crew." On graduation froin College, he entered the service of the Rumford Chemical Works, Rumford, Maine. Later he was employed at Niagara Falls as a Chemist. In March, 1916, he went to Cananea, Mexico, where he was employed as a Mining Engineer. Owing to disturbed conditions in Mexico, he secured employment at the Mines in Miami, Arizona, and soon through ability and hard work was made Superintendent. His death occurred June 20, 1817, as a result of a mine explosion. The funeral service was held in his Parish Church, St. Augustine's, in Hartford, and the interment was in Mt. St. Benedict Cemetery. Mr. Daley had one brother Edward J., and four sisters,­ Mrs. Ferdinand Richter, Mrs. Albert J. Waller, Miss Ida Daley, and Miss Genevieve Daley-all of Hartford. 66 TRI ITY COLLEGE.

Nelson James George Class of 1916. Nelson James George was drowned September 9, 1916, at Islip, Long Island, while bathing in South Bay with his pupil, Austin Flint. He was the son of the Rev. John Francis George, of the Class of 1877; his mother was Alice Briscoe, daughter of Judge Charles H . Briscoe, of Thompsonville, Conn., a graduate of Mount Holyoke College in the Class of 1887. His twin brother Willis Briscoe George was a member of the same class, and many others of the family are numbered among Trinity men, including James Hardin George, '72, Thomas M . Nelson George, '8o, the Rev. William T. Elmer, uncles, and James Hardin George, Jr., 1905, a cousin. Nelson James George was born at Portland, Maine, May 31, 1893. He received his preparation for college at the Rockville, Connecticut, High School, entering Trinity in September 1912, graduating in 1916 with the degree of B. A. Twice he was offered an appointment to the U. S. Naval Academy at Anna­ polis. He was active in College affairs and very popular. He was a member of the .Beta Beta Chapter of the Psi Upsilon Fraternity. He was a member of his class Foot Ball Team, of the Track Team, he was Cheer Leader in his junior and senior years; he was a member of the Mandolin Club and took part in the Sophomore Smoker Dramatics; he was a member of the Tripod Staff, and declined election as Editor-in-Chief of the Ivy, preferring instead to serve as Art Cartoonist and as Business Manager; and was Vice President of the Y. M. C. A. Mr. George spent the summer after his graduation in the New York University Summer School of Art, where he dis­ tinguished himself, as he had in the studio of the Connecticut League of Art Students and by his work in Art while in college. Though he was a Postulant for Orders in the Episcopal Church, yet he felt strongly drawn toward a career in Art. After a few days at home in Essex; N. Y., he became Tutor in the family of a Mr. Flint at Islip. It was here that he met his un­ timely death. Apparently he was stricken with paralysis, for ordinarily he was an able swimmer. In the effort to save him, the elder Mr. Flint nearly lost his life. The funeral service was held at Thompsonville, and the burial was in the family lot of his grandfather, Judge Charles H. Briscoe. The College was represented at the service by the Rev. the President Dr. Flavel S. Luther, and the Rev. Professor Dr. John J. McCook, President Luther making a brief address. OBITUARY RECORD. 67

James Palache Class of 1917. Obit pro Patria. James Palache was born in Berkeley, California, July 3, 1896. His father Whitney Palache was a student in the Univer­ sity of California, but was prevented by illness from attaining hi.s degree; his mother Belle White Garber was graduated from Mills College. Mr. Whitney Palache is Vice-President of the Hartford Fire Insurance Company, and resides in Farmington. The family are communicants of St. James Church there. James Palache received his preparation in the Thacher School in Berkeley, California, and entered Trinity College in the fall of 1913 with the Class of 1917. He left college at the end of his freshman year and entered Harvard'University. In college he was a member of the I. K. A. Fraternity, and was universally esteemed for his line character and gentlemanly bearing. In his fraternity he was most popular and beloved. In ovember, 1914, he sent a communication to the Nation entitled "Freshman Dormitories," that received considerable notice from persons interested in student-life. At Harvard he commended himself to all as he had at Trinity. He was a member of the Institute of 1770, of the Phoenix Club, of the Signet Club, and of the Hasty Pudding Club. Soon after the United States entered the War in 1917, Mr. Palache went to the Plattsburg Training Camp. Here his record was unusually good,-so good in fact that he was ap­ pointed a Second Lieutenant in the Regular Army. In January, 1918, he went to France, with Company E of the 18th Regiment of the Regular Army. On May 21, 1918, the family was officially notified that Lieutenant Palache had been killed in "No Man's Land." As early as the seventeenth, reports had appeared in the New York papers of the heroic death of a James Pellache, "a Harvard man, the son of a New York Artist," and for some days doubt existed as to the identity of this James Pellache with Lieutenant James Palache of Farm­ ington, but the official notification extinguished the last hope. On May 16, apparently, Lieutenant Palache was sent into " o Man's Land" with a working party. An Associated Press dispatch from the American Army Headquarters in France told a story of singular heroism. The correspondent praised Lieu­ tenant Palache for his bravery during the lighting in Picardy. In recounting the story of his death, he says that when his party was attacked by the Germans, he fell mortally wounded, but continued to light, and with his bare hands strangled a German in the moment of death. In so doing, he greatly encouraged and inspired his men. 68 TRI ITY COLLEGE.

So died James Palache on the field of battle, fighting to the last for those things that he held most dear. His story is perhaps not greatly different from the story of many other young Americans, but the singular charm of his personality, his high ideals, and his compelling sense of duty endeared him above the ordinary, and his memory will ever be an inspiration and a benediction to all who knew him.

Newell Brown Holmes Class of 1918 Newell Brown Holmes was born in Hartford, Connecticut, March 18, 1896. He was the son of Howard Morgan and Lillie Augusta (Brown) Holmes, who were married in orwich, Conn., June 23, 1885. His father was employed by the Old Dominion Line Steamship Company and lived in Brooklyn, . Y. Mr. Holmes was prepared for College at the Norwich Free Academy, and entered Trinity College in September 1914. In college he was a member of the D. K. E. Fraternity. He was President of his Class the first term of the Junior Year, and was elected Editor-in-Chief of the Ivy. He was a Student Assistant in the Library, and also worked evenings in an Insurance Office as a means of self-support. He was a communicant of the Church of the Good Shepherd in Hartford, and for a time assisted the Rector of St. Andrews Church, Hartford. He planned to enter the Berkeley Divinity School on graduation from college. Mr. Holmes died March 8, 1917, and was buried at Bozrah, ew London County, Connecticut. His early death was a great shock to all who knew him, and an untimely end to a promising career.

Albert Stephen Anthony Class of 1920. Albert Stephen Anthony was born in New York City November 10, 1898. His parents were Henry Burr and Laura B. C. Roe Anthony. The father, who was a member of the Class of 1879 at Brown, moved to Farmington, and became Secretary of the Standard Fire Insurance Company. Albert Stephen Anthony graduated from the West Hartford High School in 1916, standing fifth in his class. He entered Trinity College in September of that year, as a member of the Class of 1920, and became a member of the Delta Psi Fraternity. OBITUARY RECORD. 69

Early in March, 1917, he contracted pneumonia, and after an illness of thirteen days, died suddenly of heart failure on March 21, 1917. The family were members of Trinity Parish (St. Agnes Chapel), New York City, and Mr. Anthony was interred in Woodlawn, N.Y. Mr. Anthony left, in addition to his parents, two brothers: Burr Anthony, a student at Williams College, and a younger brother Raymond. Donald Francis Gaffney Class of 1920. Donald Francis Gaffney was born in Hartford, January 8, 1899. He was the son of Patrick Francis Gaffney, a salesman, and Annie Douglas McLagan, of Hartford. Mr. Gaffney was prepared for College at the Hartford Public High School, entering Trinity College in September, 1916. He withdrew at the end of the first term of his freshman year, and entered the office of the Travelers' Insurance Company as a clerk. Mr. Gaffney was drowned in the Connecticut River, July 28, 1917. He was a member of St. Peter's Roman Catholic Church in Hartford, and is buried in Zion Hill Cemetery. Paul Howell Baer Class of 1921. Obit pro ?atria. Paul Howell Baer was born at \Vestervillc, Ohio, June 27, 1897. He was the son of the Rev. Francis Vinton Baer and Kathleen Alleyne Howell, who were married at \iVester­ ville, Ohio, June 27, 1895. Kathleen Alleyne Howell was the daughter of Conrad Adams Howell, a merchant, and Mary Alleyne. · Mr. Baer graduated in 1916 from the Pierson High School, Sag Harbor, Long Island, where his father is Rector of Christ Church. He spent the year 1916-1917 in the Pulitzer School of Journalism of Columbia University, but deciding to enter the Ministry of the Episcopal Church, he entered Trinity College in Se)?tember, 1917. ir. Baer enlisted in the Regular Army of the United States, and reported at Fort Slocum, March 13, 1918. He wa stricken with pneumonia, and died March 19, 1918. He was buried at Sag Harbor, March 22,· 1918, with full military honors. Mr. Baer had won the sincere regard of his fellow students at Trinity, and his death brought deep regret. He died for his country as truly as if it had been his happier lot to fall in battle, and his sacrifice will long be remembered. I

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INDEX. Class Page 1904 AI temus, Harry Beebe . 63 1920 Anthony, Albert Stephen 68 1858 Armstrong, D(avid) Maitland 12 1921 Baer, Paul Howell 69 1872 Bartlet, Henry Paine 28 1871 Beaven, Rev. Wordsworth Y. 27 1885 Boardman, William Henry . 42 1884 Buckley, Rev. Frederick D. 41 !898 Burnham, Charles Luther 56 1873 Buxton, John Cameron 30 1856 Cady, Rev. Philander K. 7 1903 Carpenter, Henry B 61 1890 Coleman, Gilbert P. 47 1914 Daley, Stephen Howard 6s 1897 Danker, Rev. Walton S. 5-l 1888 Dobbin, Rev. James, D. D .. 45 1868 Ferguson, Rev. Henry, LL. D .. 2-l 186o Fischer, Rev. Charles Lewis, D. D. I.J 1920 Gaffney, Donald Francis 69 1856 Gallaudet, Edward Miner, LL.D. 7 1890 Gardiner, Rev. Frederic, L. H. D. 48 1872 George, Rev. James Hardin 28 1916 George, Nelson James 66 1904 Glenney, Robert . . 63 1886 Goodwin, Rev. James, D. D. 42 1907 Guthrie, George W., LL. D. 63 1873 Harding, Rev. Nathaniel 31 1866 Hart, Rev. Samuel, D. D., LL. D. 19 1887 Hendrie, Strathearn 4-l 1854 Hitchings, Rev. Horace B., D.D. 4 1918 Holmes, ewell Brown 68 1857 Hopson, Rev. George Bailey, D . D. 10 1864 Huntington, Col. Robert W. 16 1866 Johnson, William Fell 23 1891 Kingsbury, WilliamS., M. D. so 188o Leaken, William R. 37 1890 Low, Seth, LL. D. 49 1888 McConihe, Alonzo 46 1865 McKim, Rev. John Leighton 17 OBITUARY RECORD. 71

Class Page 1889 McLemore, Marcus Cato 47 1867 Meech, Rev. Robert 24 I88o Miller, Hoffman . . 38 !899 Morse, Bryan Killikelly 57 1917 Palache, James . . . 67 !873 Parker, Rev. Charles Pomeroy 32 !862 Penfield, William Dixon IS I88I Perkins, George .Endicott, 40 I87S Platt, Charles, Jr. . 34 !876 Porter, Rev. Theodore A. . 35 !879 Potwine, Rev. William Edward 36 !892 Ram dell, Rev. Julian Elroy 52 !876 Rinehart, Edwin John . 35 1913 Sanford, Charles Tarbox 64 1891 Scudder, Heyward, M. D. SI I86o Sexton, Thomas B. . 14 !864 Stedman, RobertS., M. D. 17 !846 Towles, Walter Alves . . . 3 1892 Trowbridge, Charles Christopher, Sc.D. 52 1903 Vanderbogart, Rev. Hervey B. 61 188o Winkley, Rev. Henry W. . 39 I8SS Woodward, General George A. 5 1900 Woodward, P. Henry 58