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Ol.UME XXXVI NEW SERIES NUMBER 3 Wrtutty <trnllrgr iullrtiu NECROLOGY Jlurtforb, atnnnrrtirut July, 1939 Wrinity O!nlltgt itullrttn Issued quarterly by the College. Entered January 12, 1904, at Hartford, Conn., as second class mail matter under the Act of Congress of July 16, 1894. Accepted for mailing at special rate of postage provided for in Section 1103, Act of October 3, 1917 authorized March 3, 1919. The Bulletin includes in its issues: the College Catalogue; the Necrology; Reports of the President, Treasurer, and Librarian; Announcements and Circulars of Information. NECROLOGY TRINITY MEN Whose deaths were reported during the year 1938-1939 Hartford, Connecticut July, 1939 PREFATORY NOTE. This Obituary Record is the nineteenth issued, the plan of devoting the July issue of the Bulletin to this use having been adopted in 1918. The data here pre­ sented have been collected through the persistent efforts of the Treasurer of the College, who makes it his con­ cern to secure and preserve as full a record as possible of the activities of Trinity men as well as anything else having value for the history of the College. Readers who find it in their power to correct errors or to contribute further information will confer a great favor if they will at once communicate with the Treas­ urer's Office. Material corrections and additions will be incorporated in the next issue of the Necrology. Attention is particularly called to those alumni for whose biographies we have only meagre data. It is hoped that relatives and friends may be able to supply additional information, so that an adequate record may be preserved. ARTHUR ADAMS. /// OBITUARY RECORD William Curtis Prout Class of 1870 (Honorary) The Rev. William Curtis Prout, who received the honorary M.A. from Trinity College in 1870, died September 6, 1939, at the advanced age of ninety. He was born January 31, 1848, in W atanga, North Carolina, a son of the Rev. Henry Hedges Prout and Maria Wicks. He was graduated from the University of North Carolina, where he was a member of the Delta Psi Fraternity. He was graduated from the General Theological Seminary in 1870, and was ordained Deacon in 1870 and Priest in 1872 by Bishop Doane. He was Rector of Trinity Church, Cleveland and All Saints Church, Hudson, N. Y., 1870-1876; in charge of St. Paul's Free Chapel, Troy, N. Y., 1876-1879; Rector Trinity Church, Granville at North Granville, N. Y., 1879-1891; Rector, Christ Church, Schenectady, N. Y., 1891-1893; Rector, Christ Church, Herkimer, N. Y., 1893-1919; Rector Memorial Church, Middleville, and ~1issionary, Fairfield, N. Y., 1919-1934. He was Assistant Secretary of the Diocese of Albany, 1873-1879; Secretary, 1880-1934; and wa an Assistant Secretary of the House of Deputies, 1889-1919. July 21, 1885, in Saratoga Springs, N. Y., he married Clara Warner Eaton daughter of George E. Eaton and Caroline Warner, of Detroit, Michigan. There were no children. Edward Nicoll Dickerson Class of 187 4 Edward Nicoll Dickerson was born August 23, 1852, in New­ port, Rhode Island, a son of Edward Dickerson, a lawyer of New York City, whose wife was Mary Caroline Nystrom. //)/ 6 TRINITY COLLEGE He was a member of the Beta Beta Chapter of Psi Upsilon, and was distinctive as a scholar. He was elected to Phi Beta Kappa in his junior year. In his senior year he received the First Prize in Chemistry, and was valedictorian of the class of 1874, graduating with the degree of B.A. He studied law in the Law School of Columbia University, graduating with the degree of LL.B. in 1876. He was engaged in the practice of his profession in New York City, but spent much time in travel, and in later years lived much abroad. He died November 9, 1938, in Plourivo, Cotes du Nord, France, and is buried in Monte Carlo, Monaco. He was a member of the St. Nicholas, the Manhattan, the New York Athletic and the Lambs Clubs in New York; of the Larch­ mont Yacht Club; the Metropolitan Club of Washington; and the Royal Thames Yacht Club of England. He married Charlotte Ogden. The children were Lilian Louise born February 25, 1900, died in July 1921, and Priscilla Ogden, born November 21, 1905. Jaµies Dowdell Stanley Class of 1877 James Dowdell Stanley was born in Chambers County, Alabama, May 27, 1856, a son of the Rev. Augustus Olin Stanley, whose wife was Rebecca Lily Dowdell. He was prepared for college in Giles College, Pulaski, Tennessee, and entered Trinity College in September 187 3 with the Class of 1877. He was a member of the Beta Beta chapter of Psi Upsilon, and was active in student affairs. He was a member of the Glee Club, Class Secretary, and Pipe Orator on Class Day. He received the Silver Oratorical Medal in 1876. He was graduated with the degree of B.A. in 1877, and in 1880 received the M.A. degree. He was graduated from the General Theological Seminary in 1880. He was ordained Deacon in 1880 by Bishop J. C. Talbot and Priest in 1881 by Bishop Jaggar. He was Rector of the Church of the Epiphany, Cincinnati, 1880-1886; Rector of St. Stephen's Church, Terre Haute, Indiana, 1886-1896; Rector of the Church of Our Saviour, Cincinnati, 1896-1901; and Rector of Christ Church, Indianapolis, Indiana, 1901-1924. For many years he was President of the Standing Committee of the Deacons of Indianapolis. He was a Delegate to the General Convention of 1889, 1892, 1895, 1904, //.Ii OBITUARY RECORD 7 1910, 1913, 1917, and 1922. After his retirement from the active work of the Ministry, he spent much of his time in travel. He died November 16, 1937. He was a member of the Free Masons. In St. Paul's Church, Richmond, Indiana, November 10, 1891, he married Camilla Rebecca Hutton, daughter of Jessee "Milhouse Hutton, a manufacturer of Richmond, whose wife was Rebecca Shaw. The children were Howard Hutton, born August 18, 1892, and James Selwyn, born January 11, 1897. Charles Treat Willson Class of 1877 Notification of the death of Charles Treat Willson has been received, but the date has not been learned. Only meager data con­ cerning him are in hand, but it is hoped that a fuller account may be included in the next issue of the Necrology. He was born in Meadville, Pennsylvania, August 26, 1857, a son of the Rev. William Willson, a graduate of Alleghany College in Meadville, whose wife was Gertrude Catherine Treat. The father, an Episcopal clergyman, died in LaFayette, Indiana, May 5, 1892. He was prepared for college in Racine College Grammar School, Racine, Wisconsin, and in the Episcopal Academy of Connecticut in Cheshire, Connecticut, and entered Trinity College in September 1873 with the Class of 1877. He was a member of the Beta Beta Chapter of Psi Upsilon. He was graduated with the degree of B.A. in 1877 and in 1883 received the M.A. degree. For some time after graduation, he was engaged in orange grow­ ing in San Gabriel, California. In 1884, he engaged in the whole­ sale hardware business in Jacksonville, Florida. In 1887, he became a reporter on the Chicago Globe, continuing in newspaper work in Chicago until 1898, when he moved to LaFayette, Indiana. Here he engaged in fruit culturing and newspaper work on the LaFayette Journal. From 1903 to 1905 he owned a farm in Stanford, Ken­ tucky. From 1905 to 1911, he was Managing Editor of the Daily Republican in Joliet, Illinois. He then returned to his home in Stanford. May 5, 1892, in LaFayette, Indiana, he married Grace Aldrich Bennett, daughter of Annice Merchant Bennett, a grain broker of Chicago, whose wife was Mary Elizabeth Whitmore. They adopted a child, Marian Catherine, born April 4, 1897. /If 8 TRINITY COLLEGE Charles Erling Hotchkiss Class of 1882 Charles Erling Hotchkiss was born in Brooklyn, New York, December 2, 1861, a son of Jeremiah Hotchkiss, a banker of Brook­ lyn, whose wife was Caroline Eliza Darrow, a graduate of the Packer Collegiate Institute of Brooklyn. He was prepared for college at the ·Gouverneur Seminary, Gouverneur, New York, and entered Trinity College in 1878 with the Class of 1882. He was a member of the I.K.A., later of Delta Phi, in which he maintained a life-long interest and which he gen­ erously supported. He was graduate with the degree of B.A. in 1882, and in 1886 received the M.A. degree. He was elected a Trustee of the College in 1927 and served till his death. Dr. Silas Henry Parks, also of the Class of 1882, was a brother-in-law. After graduation, he studied Law at the Law School of Columbia University, graduating with the degree of LL.B. in 1888. He spent his entire active life in the practice of his profession in New York City, attaining a high place in the Bar.