N BULLETIN OF YALE UNIVERSITY OBITUARY RECORD OF YALE GRADUATES I916-I917 PUBLISHED BY THE UNIVERSITY NEW HAVEN Thirteenth Series No 10 July 1917 BULLETIN OF YALE UNIVERSITY Entered as second-class matter, August 30, 1906, at the-post-office at New Haven, Conn, under the Act of Congress of July 16, 1894 The Bulletin, which is issued monthly, includes 1. The University Catalogue 2 The Reports of the President and Treasurer 3 The Pamphlets of the Several Schools 4 The Directory of Living Graduates THE TLTTLE, MOREHOtSE & TAYLOR COMPANY, NEW HAVEN, CONN OBITUARY RECORD OF GRADUATES OF YA1E UNIVERSITY Deceased dating the yea* ending JULY 1, 1917 INCLUDING THE RECORD OF A FEW WHO DIED PREVIOUSLY HITHERTO UNREPORTED [No 2 of the Seventh Printed Series, and No 76 of the whole Record The present Series consists of -frve numbers] OBITUARY RECORD OF GRADUATES OF YALE UNIVERSITY Deceased during the year ending JULY I, 1917, Including the Record of a few who died previously, hitherto unreported [No 2 of the Seventh Printed Series, and No 76 of the whole Record The present Series consists of five numbers ] YALE COLLEGE (ACADEMIC DEPARTMENT) Robert Hall Smith, B.A. 1846 Born February 29, 1828, m Baltimore, Md Died September n, 1915, on Spesutia Island, Harford County, Md Robert Hall Smith was the son of Samuel W and Elinor (Donnell) Smith, and was born February 29, 1828, in Baltimore, Md. Through his father, whose parents were Robert and Margaret Smith, he traced his descent from Samuel Smith, who came to this country from Ballema- goragh, Ireland, in 1728, settling at Donegal, Lancaster County, Pa. His mother was the daughter of John and Anne (Smith) Donnell He was prepared for college at a private school in Balti- more County, and entered Yale as a Sophomore in 1843, receiving his degree with the Class of 1846 After graduation he became engaged in farming on Spesutia Island in Harford County, Md , where he con- tinued to make his home until his death, September 11, 1915, which resulted from infirmities incident to his age Interment was in Westminster Cemetery, Baltimore He was a member of the Protestant Episcopal Church. 256 YALE COLLEGE His marriage took place December 12, 1861, in Harford County, to Mary M , daughter of Andrew Hall They had five children. Robert Hall, Anna Moore, now the wife of Chapman Stuart Clark of Perryman, Md ; John Donnell, whose death occurred January 19, 1870, at the age of three years, Julian Chatard, and John Donnell. Mr Smith's brother, John Donnell Smith, graduated from the College in 1847, ne served with the Confederate Army during the Civil War, ranking as a captain at its close Charles Selden, B A. 1848 Born June 25, 1827, in Liverpool, England Died May 4, 1915, at Kings Park, N Y Charles Selden, son of David and Gertrude Elizabeth (Richards) Selden, was born June 25, 1827, in Liverpool, England, where his father, a merchant, was then engaged m business The latter was the son of Rev David Selden, a graduate of the College m 1782, and Cynthia (May) Selden, his wife's father was Abraham Richards Charles Selden's great-grandfather, Rev Eleazar May (B A. 1752), was the son of Deacon Hezekiah May and Anne (Stillman) May of Wethersfield, Conn, and a nephew of Benjamin Stillman (B A 1724) , he married Sibyl, daugh- ter of Deacon Samuel Huntmgton, and sister of Rev Ehphalet Huntmgton (B A 1759), and had two sons who graduated from Yale—John May in 1777 and Hezekiah May m 1793 He received his preparatory training at the Hopkins Grammar School in New Haven, Conn, and entered Yale in 1843 He joined the Class with which he was gradu- ated at the beginning of its Freshman year, and m the fall after receiving his B A degree returned to New Haven to take up the study of law at Yale In May, 1849, ne went to a health resort at Brattle- boro, Vt, where a year was spent He then served for a time as a clerk for his father in New York City, and was afterwards employed in various business houses there, later going to California to look after the affairs of a concern having mmmg interests in Placer County His 1846-1849 257 death occurred May 4, 1915, at Kings Park, N Y , where he had been living for some years He was first married June 5, 1856, to Georgiana Lane, daughter of James Vandenbergh of New York City She died May 8, 1857, and on November 9, 1865, Mr Selden married her sister, Emily Bloomfield Vandenbergh By his first marriage, he had one daughter, Georgiana Lane (Selden) McCall, who is now living in Albany, N. Y Two of Mr. Selden's brothers, Edward David and Silas Richards Selden, graduated from the College in 1844 and 1845, respectively, and his nephew, Robert William Selden, in 1880. Theodore Henry Hittell, B A. 1849 Born April 5, 1830, in Marietta, Pa Died February 23, 1917, in San Francisco, Calif Theodore Henry Hittell was the son of Dr Jacob Hittell and Catharine (Shertzer) Hittell, and was born April 5, 1830, in Marietta, Pa Before joining the Yale Class of 1849 as a Senior, he spent three years at Miami University In 1850 he began the study of law in Cincinnati, Ohio, and two years later was admitted to the bar of that state After practicing in Hamilton, Ohio, for three years, he removed, in October, 1855, to San Francisco His first wTork in California was as a reporter for his brother, John S Hittell, editor of the San Francisco Chronicle, and he was later on the staffs of the Evening Bulletin and the Times In 1861 he opened law offices in San Francisco, for a time being associated in practice with Mr Ehsha Cook As attorney for the "outside land" cases, Mr Hittell induced owners of land outside the pueblo of San Francisco to gi\e 1,000 acres to the city for park purposes Their gift is the present Golden Gate Park Mr Hittell served as a member of the California State Senate from 1880 to 1882 He had always given much time to writing, and was the author of "The Adventures of lames Capen Adams, Mountaineer and Grizzly Bear Hunter of California" (i860), "The General Laws of California, from 1850 to 1864, inclusive" (1864), "Hittell's Civil Practice," "Nevada Supreme Court Reports," "Hittell's Code and Statutes of the State of California" (two volumes, 1876), 258 YALE COLLEGE a supplement to the last named, published in 1880, and "A Memorial Address on Bancroft and his Services to California" (1883) For many years he was engaged on a "History of California/' two volumes of which appeared in 1885 and the remaining two m 1897 He completed an exhaustive "History of Hawaii" several months before his death, and his children are planning to publish this. Mr Hittell was an honorary member of the Society of California Pioneers He died at his home in San Francisco, February 23, 1917. Mr Hittell was married June 12, 1858, to Eliza C Wiehe of San Francisco Of their four children, three survive— Catharine Hermanna, a graduate of the University of California in 1882, Charles Jacob, who attended that institution from 1879 to 1881 and afterwards studied paint- ing abroad, and Franklin Theodore. A son, John Jacob, died in infancy Augustus Hart Carrier, BA 1851 Born March 2, 1831, in Canton, Conn Died September 12, 1916, m Santa Barbara, Calif Augustus Hart Carrier was born m Canton, Conn, March 2, 1831 His paternal ancestors came from England to Salem, Mass , early in the seventeenth century, members of the family later removed to Connecticut, one branch settling m that section of Hartford County afterwards called Canton On the maternal side, he was of German and English descent, some of his ancestors having come to America from the vicinity of Frankfurt-am-Mam about 1780 He received his preparatory training at the cottage school of Rev Henry Jones (B A 1820) in Bridgeport, Conn At Yale he was awarded a Berkeley premium in Latin composition in Freshman year, a first prize in English composition the following year, and a First Dispute appoint- ment at graduation He was a member of the editorial board of the Yale Literary Magazine, served successively as treasurer and president of Lmoma, and was one of the Commencement speakers The year following his graduation Mr Carrier spent as 1849-1851 259 a teacher at the Monson (Mass ) Academy. He then went to Georgia for his health, and while there continued his studies and did a little private tutoring In the fall of 1853, after teaching Latin and geometry for a term at Lawrence Academy, Groton, Mass , he entered Andover Theological Seminary, where he studied for a year On June 6, 1855, he was licensed to preach, being ordained to the ministry of the Congregational Church in New Haven the following January His first charge was that of the Presbyterian Church at Paris, Ky, where he was located for a year From 1858 to 1863 he served as pastor of a church of the same denomination at North East, Pa , and during the next three years held the pastorate of the Auburndale (Mass ) Congregational Church In 1867 he went to Minneapolis, Minn, in the hope that the climate would benefit his wife's health, and, after preaching for several months at the Congregational Church, was called to the pastorate of the First Presbyterian Church Going from Minneapolis in 1871 to the First Presbyterian Church, Erie, Pa, he passed the next eight years as pastor of the latter church For a few months after resigning that charge he supplied the Presbyterian Church in Grand Rapids, Mich.