Ji UNI\fc.RSJTY OBITUARY RECORD OF YALE GRADUATES PUBLISHED By THE UNIVERSITY NEW HAVEN Eighth Series No 9 July 1912 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 tatalogue. 2 The Reports of the President, Treasurer, and Librarian 3. The Pamphlets of the Several Departments. 1 THE TU1TLE, MOREHOUSE 4 TAYI OK COMPANY, NEW HAVEN, CONN OBITUARY RECORD OF GRADUATES OF YALE MYERSITY Deceased during the year endingf JUNE 1, 1912, INCLUDING THE RECORD OF A FEW WHO DIED PREVIOUSLY HITHERTO UNREPORTED [No 2 of the Sixth Printed Series, and So 71 of the whole Record The present Series •will consist of fi\e numbers ] OBITUARY RECORD OF GRADUATES OF YALE UNIVERSITY Deceased during the year ending JUNE I, 1912, Including the Record of a few who died previously, hitherto unreported [No 2 of the Sixth Printed Series, and No 71 of the whole Record The present Series will consist of five numbers ] YALE COLLEGE (ACADEMICAL DEPARTMENT) 1838 HENRY PARSONS HEDGES, third of four sons and fourth of the six children of Zephaniah and Phebe P (Osborn) Hedges, was born at Wamscott in East Hampton, Long Island, N Y, October 13, 1817 His grandfather, Deacon David Hedges, was a member of the Colonial Congress at Kingston, N. Y, and a member of the Constitutional Con- vention of the State of New York which ratified the constitution of the United States Since the death of his classmate, Chester Dutton, July 1, 1909, he had been the oldest living graduate of the University He was the last survivor of his class He attended the Yale Commencement exercises in 1910, and made an addiess at the Alumni Meetmg, and was also an honored guest in 1911 He was fitted for college at Clinton Academy, East Hampton, and entered his class in college Sophomore year After graduation he spent a year at home and a year in the Yale Law School, and then continued his law studies I66 YALE COLLEGE with Hon David L. Seymour (B A. Yale 1826) of Troy, N Y, Judge George Miller of Riverhead, N. Y., and J C Albertson of New York City. In the spring of 1843, a year after his admission to the bar, he went to Ohio with the idea of settling there, but returned to Long Island, and in September, 1843, opened an office at Sag Harbor, prac- ticing there until 1893 In March, 1854, he removed to Bndgehampton, where he also had an office He was exec- utor of many estates and the owner of a large farm and other valuable land From 1869 to 1899 he was president of the Sag Harbor Savings Bank. From 1861 to 1866 he was district attorney of Suffolk County, and from the latter date to 1870 and from 1874 to 1880 county judge and surrogate In 1852 he was elected to the New York Assembly on the Whig ticket and in 1856 was active in the formation of the Republican party Judge Hedges was an authority on the history of eastern Long Island, where his ancestors had lived since its first settlement. In his 80th year he published a History of the Town of East Hampton which includes beside the chapters specially written for it the Introductions he wrote (1887-89) for the four published volumes of the Town Records and his Address at the Bicentennial Anniversary in 1849. ^f gave the Centennial and Historical Address at Bndgehamp- ton, July 4, 1876, the Bicentennial Address at the Bridge- hampton Presbyterian Church in 1886, and an address at the Two Hundred and Fiftieth Anniversary of the Village and Town of Southampton (1890), which were printed, and witn others edited the Records of the Town of Southampton. He united with the Presbyterian Church in 1840, and since 1847 nad t>een an elder in Sag Harbor or in Bndgehampton. Judge Hedges died in sleep at his home in Bridge- hampton, September 26, 1911, at the age of nearly 94 years 1838-1841 167 He married at East Hampton, May 9, 1843, Glonana, daughter of Samuel and Mary Ann (Smith) Osborn, who died in 1891 Of their three sons, the eldest and the youngest (B A. Yale 1874) are living, but the second son (B A Yale 1869) died m 1881 In Februaiy, 1892, Judge Hedges married Mary G, daughter of Matthew and Hannah (Topping) Hildreth, who survives him 1841 THOMAS COFFIN YARNALL, son of Benjamin Hornor and Elizabeth (Coffin) Yarnall, was born December 10, 1815, in Philadelphia, Pa. His father was a native of Philadelphia and his mother of Nantucket, both of Quaker stock In Senior year he was one of the editors of the Yale Liter- ary Magazine His brother William graduated from Haver ford College in 1837 After graduation he entered the Middle class in the General Theological Seminary of the Protestant Episcopal Church in New York City and studied there two years. He was ordained Deacon July 9, 1843, m Christ Church, Phila- delphia, and was in charge of Christ Church, Wilhamsport, Pa., six months The following April he was chosen rector of St. Mary's Church, then in Hamilton Village, a suburb of West Philadelphia, but now within the city of Philadel- phia. With this parish he remained the rest of his long life. May 19, 1844 ne was ordained Priest by Bishop Onderdonk A new edifice was built on the site of the early one in 1873, and this was later enlarged Upon the fiftieth anniversary of his rectorship in 1894, his parish- ioners placed in the church a handsome stone and brass pulpit in commemoration of his unusual service. In 1898 he became rector emeritus In 1881 he made a trip to Europe, and in 1891, at the age of 75, enjoyed a journey to Alaska lie received the honorary degree of Doctor of Divinity from the University of Pennsylvania m 1868 168 YALE COLLEGE He married July 9, 1846, Sarah Price Rose, daughter of John S. Rose, M.D., of Philadelphia. Their golden wed- ding anniversary was appropriately observed in 1896. His parents and three others among his near kindred have also celebrated fifty years of married life. Dr Yarnall died November 28, 1911, at the rectory in Philadelphia, the life use of which had been granted him by the vestry. He had enjoyed remarkably good health until early in 1909, when he suffered an attack of pneumonia. He was in the 96th year of his age. He was buried 111 Woodlands Cemetery. Mrs. Yarnall died in June, 1904, but their six sons and three daughters all sur- vive him. The sons George H. and Francis are rectors of Protestant Episcopal Churches, and one daughter is the wife of Rev. James B. Halsey (B A. Univ of Pa. 1886). A grandson, Robert B. Luchars, received the degree of Bachelor of Arts at Yale in 1911 The actual age of Dr. Yarnall was nearly two years greater than that of either Judge Hedges of the class of 1838 or Dr. Atwater of 1839 1843 WILLIAM WALLACE ATTERBURY, son of Lewis and Cath- erine (Boudinot) Atterbury, was born August 4, 1823, in Newark, N. J, but entered college from New York City. The year after his college graduation he was a resident graduate student, and the following year entered the Divinity School, completing his course there in 1847. He then supplied the Congregational Church in Detroit, Mich, a year. October 13, 1848, he was ordained as an evangel- ist in New York City, and until May, 1854, labored under a commission of the American Home Missionary Society in Lansing, Mich., which had then just been settled, and organ- ized a Presbyterian Church there He was also chaplain of the State Legislature. In November, 1854, he was 1841-1843 169 installed pastor of the Second Presbyterian Church in Madi- son, Ind, and continued in that relation until 1865, then spent more than a year in travel in Europe and the East He preached for a year in the First Presbyterian Church in Cleveland, Ohio, during the absence of the pastor. In 1869 he succeeded Rev Dr. Philip Schaff as secretary of the New York Sabbath Committee, and since then had devoted himself to preaching, lecturing, and writing for that work. He organized and conducted the Sunday Rest Con- gress at the Columbian Exposition at Chicago in 1893, and edited its principal papers m a volume, "The Sunday Problem " As agent of the committee he was active in securing the enforcement of existing laws for guarding Sunday rest He retired from the work m 1898, but con- tinued to reside m New York City While spending the summer in Benmngton, Vt, he died of heart failure, August 6, 1911, at the age of 88 years He was buried m Woodlawn Cemetery, New York He received the degree of Master of Arts in course from Yale in 1846, and of Doctor of Divinity from New York University in 1888 He was never married A brother graduated from Yale College in 1831, and another brother from New York University in 1844 William W. Atterbury (Ph B. Yale 1886) is a nephew and namesake. GEORGE APPLETON MEECH was born m Norwich, Conn, January 19, 1824, the son of Appleton Meech, captain of a vessel engaged m the East India trade, and Sibyl (Brewster) Meech After graduation he taught in Bozrah, Conn., a few months, and was then principal of the Norwich Academy for a year, but m 1845 on account of ill health went South and taught in Demopohs, Ala , till September, 1847.