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S U TO THE OBITUARY RECORD TO GRADUATES OF YALE UNIVEESITY. 1909—10. YALE COLLEGE. (ACADEMICAL DEPARTMENT) 1832 JOHN H \MPDFN LEWIS, son of Joshua and America (Lawson) Lewis, was born on September 14, 1810, m New Orleans, La, and was a resident of that city during his life In 1796 his father moved from Virginia to Kentucky, studied and practiced law there, and when the purchase of Louisiana was effected was sent by President Jefferson, with Edward Livingston and James Brown, as a commisMoner to receive the territory from the French authorities He was Territorial Judge of the Territory of New Orleans, and after the admission of the State of Louisiana into the Union was Judge of the First Judicial District until his death in 1833 In Sophomore year the son was involved in the "Conic Sections Rebellion" of 1830, and with many of his classmates left college, but he received the degree of Master of Arts and was enrolled with his class in 1880 In accordance with the desire of his father he began the study of medicine, first taking a winter course at Cincinnati, and con- tinuing his studies in the Charity Hospital in New Orleans, of which he became Assistant Surgeon In 1832 he went to Pans, and after eighteen months of study abroad returned and grad- YALE COLLEGE 1339 uated in 1836 with the first class from the Louisiana Medical College After having charge of a private infirmary for a time he again went abroad for further study In order to obtain the nec- essary diploma in arts and sciences he first studied in the Sorbonne after which he entered the School of Medicine of the University of Pans and received the degree of Doctor of Medicine m 1839 After these nine years of study he began the active practice of his profession, which he continued without interruption, except during the Civil War, until his retirement in 1889 During the siege of the forts near the mouth of the Mississippi he was Surgeon of Colonel Szymanski's Chalmette Regiment, and was captured with his regiment by the Federal forces under Admiral Farragut After his retirement from regular practice Dr Lewis did much in the way of gratuitous practice among the poor He died at his home in New Orleans, November 19, 1893, at the age of 83 years He married, November 20, 1852, Annie E L DeBntton, a native of the island of St Thomas, in the West Indies, and had two sons and four daughters The children all survived him, but Mrs Lewis died in 1865 One son graduated from the University of Virginia in 1875 1836 FREDERICK LEWIS DURAND, son of Samuel and Eloise (Lewis) Durand, was born September 25, 1816, m Cheshire, Conn, but during his boyhood his parents removed to Berlin, Conn After graduation he was employed as a classical teacher in Brownwood Institute, near La Grange, Ga, nearly three years, and about the same length of time was principal of an academy m eastern Alabama While teaching in Alabama, he began the study of law, and in 1842 relinquished teaching to devote himself entirely to legal study The following year he was admitted to the bar in Alabama, and also received the degree of Master of Arts from Yale Circumstances brought him to New York state and to gam a knowledge of New York practice he spent a year *and a half in Troy, was admitted to the bar, and then settled in Rochester, where he thereafter resided in the successful practice of his profession From 1878, his son (BA Yale 1876) was in partnership with him In his later years he gradually withdrew from practice At one time he was City Attorney, and had also been Commissioner of Schools Mr Durand died at his home in Rochester, August 9, 1903, at the age of nearly 87 years He married, in 1852, Lydia W. Powers, and had three sons and one daughter Mrs Durand died in i860 1340 YALE UNIVERSITY 1838 SAMUEL HARPER LEA, son of Dr Squire Lea, a surgeon in the United States Army, and Eliza (Nelson) Lea, was born at Baton Rouge, La, about 1818 He entered the class of 1837, but left in Sophomore year, and completed his college course with the following class After graduation he took the course in the Yale Medical School, recemng the degree of Doctor of Medicine in 1843, and continued to study in New Haven for a time, after which he returned to New Orleans He is said to have practiced medicine to some extent in Louisiana till 1849, when he went to California by way of Cape Horn, visited the Hawaiian Islands, returned to New Orleans five years later, and was for several years in Texas He died at Devall, La, in 1888 at the age of 70 years He rever married He was a brother of Judge James Nelson Lea (B A Yale 1834) and a nephew of Judge Samuel Henderson Harper (hon MA Yale 1831) of Louisiana 1840 FREDERICK AUGUSTUS PRATT, son of Deacon Phineas and Mary (Reed) Pratt, was born at Deep River, m the town of Saybrook, Conn , October 10, 1816 After graduation he entered East Windsor (now Hartford) Theological Seminary, finishing the course in 1843 He was ordained as a home missionary July 9, 1844, and labored succes- sively at Peru and Knoxville, 111, Muscatme, Oskaloosa, Andrew, and Scotch Grove, la At the last mentioned place was a large colon} of Scotch Presbyterians from Lord Selkirk's settlement near Hudson Bay, among whom he was stationed for several years. He was then at Fulton, Wise, and Decatur, 111, until bronchial troubles caused him to give up preaching for a time. He was principal of Bellefonte (Pa) Academy, and also taught the first free* public school in Portsmouth, Va In 1847, he received the degree of Master of Arts from Yale In April, 1857, he removed with his family to Dakota County, Minn, and for eleven years worked among the early settlers of that section, establishing and supplying \anous churches in the Presbytery of St Paul In 1868 he remo\ed to a farm between Sterling and Mapleton, Blue Earth County, Minn, where he resided until his death, preaching occa- sionally, but giving special attention to Sunday school work at Sterling Center He died of chronic nephritis at St Peter, Minn, June 5, 1900, in the 84th year of his age | YALE COLLEGE 134.I Mr Pratt married at Muscatine, la, Oct 2, 1849, Judith Ann, daughter of Stephen McCormick, of Auburn, Fauquier County, Va,, and had two sons and a daughter, who survived him The elder son is a physician, a graduate of the Medical Department of Columbian (now George Washington) University in 1889 Mrs Pratt died at her home near Mapleton, Minn, September 14, 1900 LEWIS STIRLING, son of Lewis and Sarah (Turnbull) Stirling, was born at Bayou Sara, now St Francisville, West Fehciana Parish, La, March 5, 1819 He suffered heavy loss during the Civil War, but after a long, severe struggle he cleared the load of debt from his plantation During his later years he lived the quiet life of a country gentleman, and died at his home on Wakefield Plantation, near St Francis- ville, May 10, 1901 He was 82 years of age, and had never married 1841 SIDNEY FLETCHER, eldest of the four children of Elijah Fletcher (Umv Vt 1810), was born June 16, 1821, in Amherst County, Va His father was a native of Ludlow, Vt, but removed in 1812 to Virginia, where he became an extensive landowner, and was for forty years editor of the Lynchburg Virginian His mother was Mane Antoinette (Crawford) Fletcher He completed his preparation for college at the classical school in New Haven taught by Edward L Hart (BA Yale 1836) In college he was librarian of the Calhopean Society For two years after graduation he devoted his attention to farm- ing at his home near Amherst Court House, Va, then studied medicine and attended a course of lectures at Richmond, Va After this he spent nearly three years in Europe, during a part of this time attending medical lectures in Pans, but is not known to have received a medical degree In 1849 he went to California and remained a year Since then he had resided on his estate at "Tusculum," near New Glasgow, Amherst County, engaged in farm- ing and stock-raising He was highly esteemed in the community, and held a warm place in the affection of his classsmates. Mr. Fletcher died suddenly April 12, 1898 He had been in appar- ently good health, but while resting after a drive of ten miles from home to one of his farms he passed away in sleep He was in his 77th year, and had never married He was a member of 1342 YALE UNIVERSITY the Protestant Episcopal Church, and with his sister erected a beautiful little church at Amherst Court House His sister, Mrs I F Williams, who was the chief legatee of his estate, at her death less than three years later, left all her property to found the Sweet Briar Institute, now the Sweet Briar College for women, at her home in Virginia 1843 GEORGE BRIGH\M NEWTON, son of Willard and Phoebe (Emerson) Xewton, was born at Royalston, Mass, December 1, 1816 For two years after graduation he resided at Brattleboro, Vt, engaged in teaching, and the following year was Professor of Mathematics in La Grange College, Ky He was then principal of a high school for young men in Louisville, Ky In 1855 he established a school for young men in Georgetown, Pettis County, Mo of which he continued in charge until it was closed by the Civil War Some years later he opened a high school in Marshall, Mo, where he taught until a few years before his death He died in Marshall suddenly of apoplexy November 11, 1892, in his 76th \ear He married in Brattleboro, Vt, April T, 1846, Louise, daughter of Ira and Jemima (Ward) Haven, and had five daughters and four sons, of whom a daughter and son are deceased Mrs Newton died m 1867 1844 J\MES> M \DISON ROBB, son of Charles Robb, a merchant