P R E F A C E .
BY th e u n animou s r e qu e s t of th e me mbe r s of th e
H RV RD CL of 1834 r e s e n t a t th e Annu a l Me e t A A ASS , p in Co e n ce e n t 1 883 I c on s e n te d to tr to br i n g, mm m , , y g toge th e r s u ch s imp l e m e moi r s of th e de ad an d living a s w u ld s ti s i n a e su r e th e n tu r de s i r e to o a fy, m a , a al kn ow s ome th i n g of th e doings of th os e With Wh om we h a d th e p e cu liar a n d i n timate r e lati on s of clas s mate s
fif r T r de h of th e ty ye a s ago . h e e a ly an d lame n te d at
h e s e n ce Cla Se cr e t r Dr . S u e P a r kma n a n d t b ss a y, am l , a of a n r e u r r e cor d h a s de it diffi cu lt to ive a y g la , ma g full ac cou n t of s ome of th o s e Wh o di e d long s i n ce ; bu t th e atte mp t h a s b e e n made to s up p ly th e omission a n d gai n th e de s i r abl e i n formati on by e xte n s ive cor r e sp on de n ce a n d s e ar ch in g e ve ry acce s s ibl e r e cor d . F or th e as s i s tan c e th at th e comp ile r h a s r e ce ive d fr om va r i ou s clas s mate s h e de s i r e s h e r e to e xp r e s s h i s gr ate ful h t an k s .
TH OMAS CUSH IN G .
TABLE F C NTENTS O O .
PREF ACE
LIST OF GRADUATES OF 1 834
NECR OLOGY OF GRADUATES OF 1 834
MEMOIRS OF THE DECEASED
NOTICE S OF THE SURVIVORS
IS OF S OM IM IN LA 1 L T TUDENTS S E T E THE C SS OF 834, WH O DID NOT GRADUATE WITH IT
NOTICES OF STUDENTS ABOVE MENTIONED
GRADUATES
OF THE CLAS S OF 1 834.
WI IAM L R A I LL E OY NN N , K I S A K I N MAN T NSON, * G1D F E 0 N ORRE STER BARSTOW,
H B A CH ARD ENRY L N , E W D B I D ARD ARLEY O T , * EDWARD BRADSTREET * C B A X N B C I G ALE LE A DER U K N HAM, H BURR OUGH S ENRY , * TH C AP P ADDEUS L , JAM F M C MA ES REE AN OL N, B JAMI EDDY C I G EN N OTT N , * M H WILLIAM S IT CRUFT, TH MA C S I G O S U H N , *E B I G G CUTLER L R D E ERRY , * TH OMAS D A D ON L SON, F D H REDERIC WI G T, *J TI GH MA E AMES L N ARLE , S MOR SE F AMUEL ELTON, * S C F O STER AMUEL ONANT , * F x EDWARD o , * EUGENE FULLER , *MILE S T G EEL ARDNER, H G S S ENRY A ETT, *Z BI M GU G A E NA ONTA LE SON , H F CIS H I G ENRY RAN ARR N TON, * GEORGE H HAS I GS ENRY T N , *A H AYD ARON EN, ISAAC HINCKLEY B X TH E CLASS OF 1 834.
* RUF US H O SMER ,
* IN S NAT H ANIEL BABCO CK GER OLL ,
* MI K N W TBENJA N O ER , * R F TI K IN G U US LDEN , * DR AUSIN B Z L B C ALTHA AR A RAN HE, * RUF US BIG W L W C ELO A REN E , MA SON CHARLES , * M GE 0 RGE OORE , ""L CI P U US ARKER , C BRE CK P HARLES ARKMAN , * S M P M A UEL ARK AN , H W R JO N ITT ANDALL , * WILLIAM P UTNAM RICHARDSON S M WI I R DMA A UEL LL AM O N, J P S G OSE H AR ENT , * TURNER S G AR ENT , * WILLIAM VINCENT TE ACHER * CHARLES TE ACHER R TYLER OYALL , C E I W HARLES L OT ARE, C N W W HARLES E ELL ARREN , HI M W I G RA ELL N TON, N I W ATHAN EL EST , ”X‘ CH AR LES H WH EELWR IGH T ENRY , * ROBER T I K IFF E T W C L ,
J P H H W WI IAM OSE ART ELL LL S ,
F n s h e d th e co e e cou r s e bu t di d n ot r e ce e th e r de r e e s i n 1 834 an d T i i ll g , iv i g , n e e r a e d for th e m su b s e u e n t v ppli q ly. N E C R O L O G Y
NATHANIEL BAB COCK INGERSOLL .
e d r kl M . arch 1 836 . Di at B oo ine , ass M ,
BENJAMIN KNOWER .
e d A . . lb N Y Octebe r 1 83 6 . Di at any, ,
I I I W LL AM V NCENT TE ACH ER . d e Se a. o a e fr m S a an n ah u l 1 6 1 83 9 . Di at on v y g o v , J y ,
CALEB ALEX ANDER BUCK INGH AM . d e Ge n e a Ill . J n r 1 841 . Di at v , a ua y,
RUF US BIGELOW LAWRENCE .
e d Pau r ce Jan . 1 3 1 841 . Di at , F an , ,
EDWARD BRADSTREET .
e d v r D . 1 3 1 l M e c 844 . Di at Be e y, ass . ,
ELBRIDGE GERRY CUTLER .
d . A l 2 e R d Pe n n ri 8 1 846 . Di at ea ing, p ,
GEORGE MOORE .
d c Ill . M r h 1 1 7 e a c 1 84 . Di at Quin y, ,
WILLIAM SMITH CRUF T .
e d P r r 1 6 nc Jul 1 847 . Di at a is , F a e , y ,
ROBERT WICKL IFF E . D e d e xi n ton K . 1 849 . i at L g , y xii THE CLASS OF 1 834.
BS DRAUSIN BALTHAZ AR LABRANCH .
L Au . 26 1 853 . e d St. Ch ar e s . Di at l , a g ,
GEORGE HENRY HASTINGS .
1 854. e d Ch attan oo a T . Se t. 2 Di at g , enn p ,
M SAMUEL PARK AN .
e d De c . 1 5 1 854 . Di at Boston , ,
WILLIAM P UTNAM RICH ARDSON .
e d K d ll Ill . ar ch 2 7 1 85 7 . Di at en a , M ,
EUGENE FULLER .
ost S Ju n e 21 1 85 9 . L at ea , ,
RUF US HOSMER .
L A ril 20 1 86 1 . e d ch . Di at ansing, Mi p ,
THADDEUS CLAPP .
e d Dor ch e ste r M . Jul 1 0 1 86 1 . Di at , ass y ,
CHARLES HENRY WH EELWRIGH T .
e d th e Naval H l Pilotstown M . Jul 3 0 1 86 2 . Di at ospita , , iss y ,
I G DEON FORRESTER BARSTOW.
e d Fort n de e n de n ce Boston H rb r J 5 1 86 4 . Di at I p , a o , une ,
AARON HAYDEN .
e d E r M O t. 2 2 1 86 5 . Di at astp o t , aine , c ,
MILES TEEL GARDNER .
h . e d D r c 1 86 7 . Di at et oit , Mi
ZEBINA ONTAG LEASO M U G N . ’ r M . . e d W b Au . 1 8 1 86 8 Di at est o o , ass g ,
U US A L CI P RKER . xiii NECROL O GY.
CHARLES TE ACH ER .
e d ar ch 23 1 86 9 . Di at Boston , M ,
SAMUEL CONANT FOSTER .
N r A 1 1 8 e d e w Y k r 8 1 73 . Di at o , p i ,
TURNER SARGENT .
e d Fe b . 24 1 8 7 7 . Di at Boston , ,
TH A OM S DONALDSON . Md e d l m r . . 4 1 8 7 7 Oct . Di at Ba ti o e , ,
EDWARD FOX .
P rt d ‘ e d M D . l e c 1 4 1 881 . Di at o an , aine , ,
M TI G JA ES L H MAN EARLE .
e d C r v ll Md Ju n 26 1 Di at ent e i e , e , 883 .
RUF US TILDEN I K NG . e d n l 7 Ju 1 883 . Di at Bosto , y ,
A DDENDUM .
H ENRY BUR ROUGH S .
Ju n e 8 1 884 . e d , Di at Boston ,
MEMOIRS OF TH E DECEASED
NATHANIEL BABCOCK INGERSOLL .
ATH ANIEL A CO C LL of n B B K INGERSO , son Natha
wa s iel and Eliza (Babcock) Ingersoll , born in Brookline , 1 . 1 f 3 . fi t or . 1 5 8 H e a s t e d Mass , Dec , w college at the High h e c . S ool in his native town During his collegiat course , which
wa s h e highly creditable to him , lived with his Widowed mother r in a modest house within walking distance of the college , whe e
his friends in the class enjoyed a simple and sweet hospitality .
His personal appearance , manners , conversation , everything
t u n c mm n a n d con sci e n about him , indica ed o o sweetness , purity
ti ou s n e s s . d Every body love and respected him and hoped that ,
h e wou ld t with increasing years , acquire a physical vigor tha seemed to be the on ly thing necessary to make his virtues and
n accomplishments of lasting be e fit to his friends and society . But the somewhat obscure indications of consumption rapidly
. H e fille d wa s e increased after his graduation , while he abl , with much success the position of Assistant in the High Sch ool
wa s u wa s first at Brookline , where he born and ed cated , and the of n i n 1 83 6 th the class to pass the veil , dyi g March , , at e e a rly
- age of twenty two . 2 TH E CLASS OF 1 834.
CHARLE S KNOWER
HARLE S W s on of KNO ER , Benjamin Knower , was born
2 1 . Y . . 8 5 a t N . 1 Albany , , Feb , H e joined the class of 1 834 a t the beginning of th e S oph o
r f to t more yea , and showed himsel be a man of scholarly habi s ,
u u t a n d . H e w a s of t p re tastes , and prigh life character ra her a reserved nature ; but those who gained h i s intimacy fou n d in him a friend well worth having . Like many others of th e class
t a t of he did not ake his degree the close the Senior year , and
t a l his early death , the second in the class , preven ed his ever p p y ing for it. Soon after leaving coll ege he began the study of th e law with
- — h i s i n . M c th e t brother law , Gov ar y, so prominent in poli ics of
York t t th e New at hat time , and af er a year continued study
Mr . t of H e with S evens , an eminent lawyer Albany . applied himself very closely to his studies , and bid fair to become an ornament to his profession . ’ In the winter of 1 83 5 and 3 6 he w a s appointed private secre
. M c h im t tary to Gov ar y , which gave an opportuni y to become
t a n d acquainted wi h men things . In th e following su mmer he
u i t b travelled through the western co ntry , where is sup posed e t f w con racted the disease , bilious ever , hich terminated in his H . e t death bore his last illness with pa ience and resignation , fully supported by his fir m belief in Christ and the glorious
of . d of 1 83 6 promises his religion Thus ied in the autumn , and
- ou n of at the early age of twenty one , a y g man great excellence and promise .
CALE ALEX ANDER U HAM B B CKING .
AL B AL X A R U HAM os e h C E E NDE B CKING , son of J p T. Al v rd u t and Melinda ( o ) B ckingham , was born in Bos on ,
8 1 81 4 . Oct . ,
4 TH E CLASS OF 1 834.
i n o m . striking si ilarity of person , disposition or character Will am
a s i H e w cautious and hard to n flu e n ce . brought everything to
of for or the test pure reason , and cared little popularity the
of . wa s f . opinion others Charles rank , sympathetic and impulsive T m heir lives which had run , outwardly at least , in the sa e
n w . channel till the close of their college course , o diverged
n William , in accorda ce with plans of long standing , began the s of tudy theology in the Harvard Divinity School , and Charles that of medicine in the Medical School . This separation proved
fin al . At s of the clo e their studies , William preached for a time
a t n Ga . i n e u Sava nah , , and died while on his passage north f 1 6 1 83 9 m fir st of eebled health July , being a ong the the class to take his departure from this life . During his short pastorate he had made himself dee ply respected
an d . a flock d on beloved His p rishioners e board the vessel which ,
wa s h im it hoped , would bear where his health might be restored i r but this hope prov ng vain , they erected a tablet in his chu ch with th e followin g inscription
In me mory of
Re v. M E T E A H WILLIA VINC N T C ER ,
Pa s r to of th is Ch u r ch .
A m de st a n d h umb e Ch r s t an o l i i , th e pr in ciple s an d p re ce pts of h i s M a s te r wh ich h e in cu lcate d fr om th e pu lpit h e e x e mp lifie d in h i s own ch ar a cte r
an d u s tr ate d b a on li f ill y c s is te n t e . Of e n t e man n e r s an d warm affe ct on s g l i , h e w on man y s oul s to Ch r is t
b h i s mil d an d ath c e o u n y p e ti l q e ce . Th os e wh o migh t h a ve r e s is te d a bolde r appe a l e de d to h i s ca m an d u e t te a ch n yi l l q i i g, a ckn owle dgin g th e p owe r of s in ce re pie ty an d th e ch arms of s imple goodn e s s .
cv . 1 0 1 83 7 Charles sailed for Havre , N , , and studied at Paris
1 83 9 . H e till July , then travelled extensively in Europe , coming H home to his family upon hearing the death of his brother . e
be did not permanently follow the profession of medicine , but came a partner in a whole s ale periodical business and eventually 5 RUFUS BIGELOW LAWRENCE .
It r ofitable fin all f it. bought the whole o proved very p , and y became merged in the great corporation of the American News f c . w a s of o C Dr . Thacher a member the Cincinnati ; also the
H e fin all t of Masonic fraternity . y fell a Vic im to enlargement the liver, bearing the wasting pain of a two years ’ illness with
u 23 1 86 9 th e marvello s patience , and dying March , , at age of
- fift t u h e St. y hree , in the ho se where was born in Chestnut His “ H a m . e last words were , I ready was a devoted and beloved
son and brother , and a true and generous friend .
RUFUS BIGELOW LAWRENCE .
UFUS GELO LAW BI W RENCE , son of Hon . Luther
H . C . 1 80 1 w a s ( ) and Lucy (Bigelow) Lawrence , born
1 81 4 . H e fir st in Groton , July , attended school at Groton and then at Stow , Mass .
H e fir st t of 1 833 en ered college with the class , and his name
on firs t appears the two catalogues of that class . H e then left
it of 1 834 college , and rejoined in the class at the commence
n ment of the Ju i or year .
H e had a handsome person , sweet disposition and pleasant and gracefu l man ners . These qu alities gained him many friends and
made him a general favorite . ’ t l a w otfice Af er graduation he studied in his father s at Lowell , t In 1 9 and began business here . 83 he opened an office in Bos to ton . Life seemed open before him in its most brilliant and
’ y attractive colors . But , unfortunatel , one important element w a s w t anting , withou which all other advantages are almost use
s les ; his health soon failed him , and symptoms of consumption
. H e S or t manifested themselves pent two three years in ravel , i n the h0 pe of overcoming these alarming indications of early
. H e Pa u 1 841 death but in vain died at , in , being th e fourth
’ of ofl the class to put this life and enter another . 6 TH E CLASS OF 1 834.
R EDWA D BRADSTREET .
D DWAR A . H BR DSTREET , son of Dr Nathaniel ( . C .
1 7 95 t t w a s e ) and Mary (Crombie ) Brads ree , born in N w
bu r ort . . 1 0 1 81 3 c o yp , Mass Nov , being a dire t descendant of G v .
H e th Simon Bradstreet . was prepared for college at e Newbury
. t port High School , and by Hon George Lun , then a resident
w a s t of that town . His college life in every way credi able to him . Having lost his father not very long before entering , he seemed oppressed by the sense of his loss , and could hardly enter
t of with Sp irit into the lighter occupa ions the place . After
fir s t u . R . . ff of grad ation he studied medicine , with Dr S Spo ord t d Newburyport , and af erwards , while at the Me ical School in f H . I . o . t t . fin i s h in Boston , wi h Dr Bowditch that city Af er g
e firs t t his medical studi s , he practised for a ime at Manchester ,
s fill of t wh o Mas , to the place of the physician hat town was
t a t s disabled by sickness , and af erwards Beverly , Mas , where
e t he established hims lf, and there married Mar ha Jane , only
u daughter of Dr . Asa Woodb ry of that town .
After remaining at Beverly several years , failing health com p e lle d h i m to seek some place where he would be less exposed
th e u s to east winds , and he removed to Amesb ry , Mas , where
u . t e n he established a successf l practice His heal h , however ,
tir e l c u . 1 3 y failed , and he died of ons mption at Beverly , Dec ,
- 1 844 a t a of on e . , the e rly age thirty
H e w a s f extravagantly ond of his profession , and wherever he went ga ined always th e affection a n d con fide n ce of all who t knew him . Had health been gran ed him , he would have made a successful and eminent p ractitioner . ELBRIDGE GERRY CUTLER .
ELBRIDGE GERRY CUTLER .
LBRIDGE GERRY U L s on of 1 C T ER , Nathan (Dart 7 u w a s t . 1 98 mo u h C ) and Hannah (Moore) C tler , born ’
1 4 1 81 2 . B t May , , in Farmington , Maine y the fa her s side he
w s u t t of VVa te rtown a descended from the P ri an , James Cu ler ,
wh o to t 1 6 34 r or folk u t En came Massachuset s in f om N Co n y , g 1 829 t t n. . B Ge land y the death of Lincoln in , his fa her , at tha
ti in e t of . presiden the Senate , became Governor of Maine
‘ of u Elbridge was a boy a studious and serio s disposition , and while but a youth joined th e Congregational Church of his n ative
h n t . H e t e c town was prepared for college at Farmi g on A ademy , ’ working during the summer on his father s farm . It is presumed
t w a s tha he poorly prepared in Greek , as the examining Pro f' fe s s or . e o , presumably Dr Popkin , told his father at the tim his t admission , hat he might at some time have known some Greek , ” bu t he had worked it all off in th e haying season . H e w a s a f aithful and conscientious student , and lived a pure and upright
of life , in which could plainly be seen the workings a deeply r eligious nature that looked above for guidance in all the trials
H e u and temptations of life . seemed generally nder the i n flu e n ce of a gentle melancholy which may have been caused by the fir s t symptoms and premonitions of th e ill -health which caused his
t . F or t c early dea h two years af er leaving ollege , he studied law
office of t -i n - in the his father , and of his bro her law , the Hon .
of F bu t Robert Gardner , late armington he never contemplated ‘ t f h e practice o the profession of law . The year following he spent at the Theological Seminary a t
n s A dover , Mas , and the two years thereafter at the Divinity
of r t School at Yale College , in the pursuit thei respec ive courses
of w a s study , and in due course he ordained as an Orthodox 42 Congregational minister . In the year 1 8 he was settled over
" r t the Congregational Chu ch and Socie y at Belfast , Maine . There
for two e difica ti on of he ministered and a half years , to the the 8 TH E CLA S S or 1 834.
n people and with increasing i n flu e n ce and widening reputatio ,
t 1 846 a s un il the spring of , when he w prostrated by a lung
. a th e h O e fever After a p rtial recovery , in p that a change of
be n e fici al t climate would be to his heal h , he accepted an invitation H e to preach to the Presbyterian Society at Reading , Penn . had been there a few weeks only and was contemplating making
it his permanent residence , when he had a relapse of his illness , 28th of 1 846 and , on the April , , died , tenderly cared for in the l f o a t U . . t fami y J dge S rong , late of the S Supreme Cour , whose
wa s . a s guest he while he preached in Reading H e w an earnest ,
c -s a crifici n able and scholarly prea her , and a conscientious , self g
and genial gentleman .
N on e n e w h im bu t to o e h im k l v , ” N on e n ame d h im bu t o r a s e t p i .
1 843 of a cob In the year he married Clara Ann , daughter J
Es . of . Abbott , q , Farmington , and sister of Rev Jacob Abbott , th e wh o . H e well known author , still survives him had no
children .
GEORGE MOORE .
E R E M of R was n O G OORE , son Abel and uth Moore , bor
Ma 4 1 81 1 . H e in Sudbury , y , removed to Concord when
t . quite young , where he lived until he en ered college His life
while a student was quiet , manly and industrious , commanding
H is a s the respect of all . scholarship w good and his habits most
In - exemplary . addition to his class work he usually had some thing in hand of a remunerative nature as a partial means of
H e ma n ifice n t support . wrote a g hand , both clerkly and ele
gant , an unusual accomplishment for a student , and did a great
H . deal of work for Jared Sparks ( C . afterwards Presi f t on of dent o the Universi y , but then engaged his life Washing 9 GE ORGE MO ORE .
’ ’ k s of Mr . S a r s ton . The large mass Washington s papers in p
r a of ti a n d possession requ ired a g eat de l sor ng , arranging copy
’
w Mr . s u ing , for hich work Moore caref l habits and excellent
Nor wa s handwriting were eminently adapted . he the only “ ” on e wh o t Mr . on did this work wi h Sparks , this and kindred m tt ff a ers , a ording moderate remuneration for several years to those who needed and were adapted to i t.
t r Mr . Af er an honorable g aduation , Moore taught a young ’ t u s ladies school wi h m ch success in Plymouth , Mas , for a year , and after spending another year in the Harvard Law School , as
of of of a f a. means mental discipline and gaining a knowledge t fairs , he entered the Divini y School at Cambridge , as had been
‘ n n i n h i s i te t o from the beginning . From this point let his friend ,
- H . w t t . fello s udent , and bro her in the ministry , Rev John Hey
for wood , many years settled at Louisville , Kentucky , take up t the s ory of his life . George Moore was graduated at the Harvard Divinity School
i n 1 83 9 . A t u c fai hf l , cons ientious student , he had commanded the esteem and w on the affection of his teachers and fellow-stu
t . H den s e went forth to the work of the ministry with a clear ,
u - vigoro s , well furnished mind , and with strong desire and resolute p u rpose to render the best service in his power to God and man . D uring the first year after his gradu ation he preached with great t accep ance in Templeton , Northampton and other towns in Massa ch u s e tt s but his heart turned to th e West . Late in the autumn o f 1 840 n on l st of he we t to Quincy , Illinois , where the Decem ber of that year he became pastor of the Unitarian or Second Con ” re a ti on a l h i n a s . flou r i s w g g Church Quincy , now a g city , then a w small to n , but very beautiful in its situation upon the banks of th e fin e a i t Mississippi , With a pr irie country behind , and very
u wa s attractive in its cordial , hospitable society , made p , as it , i n of ll great measure earnest , inte igent men and women from c f N o . ew England , Kentu ky and other parts the Union M ’ r . wa s Moore s congregation small in numbers , but its mem bers were devoted to their church and al ways ready to cooperate
t a n d u heartily With heir pastor in all religious h mane work . 2 1 0 THE CLASS OF 1834.
i h i m " Warmly welcoming him on his arr val , respecting" thorough y
t t to t r from the outse , hey soon learned love him , and his and hei mutual affection be came grad u ally deeper and stronger to th e
of t u m t 1 1 day his dea h , which occ rred fro consump ion , March ,
1 847 . t t u u w a His minis ry , hough short , was very sef l and he s f m t H e t t . very happy in i . put his hear in o his work O cal t t t v emperamen , not very demonstra i e , but possessing deep feel
r n ot u ings and st ong convictions , governed by principle , imp lse , ff he labored persistently , e ectively for his church and Sunday
th e school , for general education , for freedom , for all highest and t best interests of the communi y and of h u manity . Frank and
u outspoken , his fellow citizens never do bted where he would
t i n f a w s and re erence to any great mor l cause , and they kne that ,
firm t . wherever he stood , he would be and rue “ H e u . i ts loved Q incy The picturesqueness of its position ,
t th e u of th e commanding ou look , grande r the noble river , grace
o f fl - t ful outlines the ower gemmed , rolling prairie cons antly
fin e t ministered to his appreciation of beauty and sublimi y . H e loved the people and was mightily interested in them not only
of u in their earnest labors , but also , his sense the h morous being
t c very keen , in the quaintness and eccen ricity which haracte rized s ome members of a community very variously comp osed a n d of
d . H e th e marked in ivid uality loved the name which town bore , t t so dear to all loyal Massachusetts hear s , and he de ligh ed to tell
w h ow th e n ot visiting friends , his eye t inkling as he told , people ’ t th e u content wi h calling co nty Adams and the town Quincy , ’ t c t mus all the li tle park in the to wn John .
H e i was very happy n his surroundings , having his home for ’ i n u some years the Q incy House , a hotel admirably kept by a
a - s wh o i t l rge hearted family from Northborough , Mas , made a re al home to him and for the last two years having a home of
' own his , presided over by his devoted and noble sister , Miss
t . Harrie Moore , a worthy daughter of Concord ’
r . M Moore s life and ministry were early ended . H e wa s but - old t thirty six years when he died , and his minis ry altogether covered but eight years but life and ministry were so pure i n
1 2 THE CLASS OF 1 834.
n t w a s fitte d busi ess almost intui ively , and he probably as well for it as if he had spent seven years of his life in the counting
At th e room , in the usual apprenticeship of those days . close of
Ne w this year he removed to York , and formed a copartnership
Ne w fir m with a York merchant , under the name of Newbold
—a Cruft , as general commission merchants connection which con ti n u e d until his death dissolved it having meanwhile sustained th e highest character for intelligence , correctness and integrity . 1 In 83 7 Mr . Cruft visited Bumpe to make his house known
1 83 8 . 1 841 and establish correspondence , returning in In failing h e alth ’ dr ove h im e H e a n d on again to Europ . recovered , his 1 843 of or wi ch . return in married Miss Fitch , N , Conn In
1 844 w a s a he again compelled to seek a milder clim te , and went firs t r 1 846 to Madeira and thence to the continent , retu ning in
i n . improved condition His health , however , failed again , and
1 850 u in he left our shores for Europe never to ret rn , dying at 1 6 1 8 1 5 3 6 . u Paris , July , aged years His remains were bro ght M d t. 1 4 1 85 1 home and eposited at Auburn , August ,
of . " o In a notice him , his pastor , Dr Bellows , says N mer chant of his age had a higher or more enviable place in th e com
i l of m e r c a world . His standard as a man business w a s of th e very
a im t th e highest character , and his and ambition as lof y as most
. M t n scrupulous moralist could desire If r . Cruf had e joyed
health while engaged in business , or lived even with such health
f we as he had through the ordinary period of a business li e , do not doubt he would have placed himself on a moral eminence a s a business man that would have made him a general mark for b ” respect and veneration in the usiness community . 1 3 ROBERT WICKLIFFE .
ROBERT WICKLIFFE .
W L of OBERT ICK IFFE , son Robert and Margaret
’ w Wi cklifie w a s tu c (Ho ard) , born at Lexington , Ken ky ,
f t u . 2 8 1 81 5 . t w a s on e o Dec , His fa her the most dis ing ished ”
of th e s on th e of lawyers state , and gave his all advantages a t ff t t liberal edu cation . Rober Wickli e displayed grea in elligence
a u t h is H e fir s t and ssid i y in studies . entered Transylvania Uni it t vers y , where he soon took a prominent p osi ion in his classes ,
t th e especially in the classical depar ment , to studies of which he
a s u i w m ch devoted . Leaving Transylvan a he entered Harvard
, H i n 1 83 2 a t th e of u . e w a s t , beginning the J nior year hen a
of t fin e t young man lof y stature and presence , wi h fair com
fin e t . H e plexion , fea ures and an eagle eye was regular in his
i n e f habits , grave his manners , and gained the r sp ect o all . Though reserved in his disposition his manly and honorable char t acter made him popular wi h his classmates , as one proof of which
w a s of a he chosen captain the Harvard W shington Corps , a military orga mz a tion of th e students then in a very flou ri s h i n g
At u . t condition the time of grad ation , his very posi ive views of What d u ty a n d honor requ ired of him prevented his taking the
u w a s t steps necessary to sec re a degree , as the case wi h many others of the class .
H e a n d w a s returned to Kentucky , studied law , admitted to
t -fir s t s the bar in his twen y t year . For hi career he w a s p e cu li rl a u . y suited , and in it he was very successf l After abou t three ’
c Mr . ff w a s years pra tice , Wickli e nominated as a candidate for th e t Legislature by the people of his na ive county , in which
. M i . wa s Henry Clay resided Cass us Clay also nominated , and
t i n Mr l a very bitter and exci ing canvass ensued , which . C ay wa s
elected by a few votes . Afterwards they were again rival can dida te s t for the next Legisla ure . The contest became very ex
' Mr r k i M . i c l fi . W e t cited , so that Clay challenged , hough tli e
wa s . n latter avowedly opposed to duelling The challe ge , how 1 4 THE CLASS OF 1834.
wa s t th e ff w a s d ever , accepted , and after hree shots a air a justed
At ct Mr . ff w a s ct by friends . the ensuing ele ion Wickli e ele ed
t w n t for over Mr . Clay . Af er ards , he was omina ed Congress
bu t a s th i n fl u n c H n . e e e against the o Garret Davis , was defeated ,
w a s 1 rr 8 81 sti ble in of Henry Clay , which the congressional
t w a s . distric s , exerted against him
' ff M1 In the year 1 849 President Tyler o ered . Wickliffe the position of Minister o f the United S tates to th e Kingdom of
c c . H e Sardinia , whi h he ac epted devoted his leisure while at that cou rt to a minute study of th e life of Macchiavelli and th e th b t o f t e . his ory his imes , with a view to a work on su ject This was p artia lly completed and was left u n fin is h e d a t th e time of his
H e t t on s titu premature death . also commenced a rea ise on C ti on al La w t t , founded upon the Constitu ion of the Uni ed States in comparison with E u ropean governments .
r ff r m of M . Wickli e eturned to America at the commence ent
. H e the administration of Gen . Taylor had become a very a c
t u complished French and Italian scholar , and was par ic larly well
H e versed in Greek literature . recommenced the practice of
u the law in Lexington with brilliant s ccess . His early manhood w a s auspicious of a distinguished career ; but he fell into ill ’ i n i n 1 849 health , and died in his father s house Lexington , , in
tli i r t -fou r tll of c the y year his age , leaving no hildren . “ No man of his day in th e State of Kentucky gave greater promise of legal distinction and forensic renown than Robert
' ff . Wickli e The cast of his mind was composed , severe , and
l H e a t nob e . made few attempts to ple se , and his p opulari y was
u u d e fin e d c u t fo nded pon clearly prin iples resol ely maintained ,
n ot t and upon the plausible arts usual among poli ical leaders .
His purposes were clear , and his courage immovable . His
' o 1 th e t of power ve Democracy preceded hat Breckenridge , and fa shioned the ide a s which Bi e cke m 1d cr e a fte r wards advocated in f ” Kentucky until the commencement o the war . GE OR GE HENRY HASTINGS .
J
DRAUSIN BALTHAZAR LABRANCHE .
RAUSIN BALTHAZAR LABRANCHE w a s born in H t 1 2 1 81 . e o r L . 5 t. S Cha les Parish , a , April , came
u tt u 1 82 7 c th e Massach se s in J ly , , and prep ared for ollege at
'
1 7 i n . H . 9 school of William Mills ( C . 6 ) Cambridge
‘ c c t to His ollege life was redi able him , while his frank and manly chara cter and pleasant manners made him a favorite amon g
A t u t l a w t th c t . e his lassma es f er grad a ion he studied , and spen A t of t t St. u . 25 res his life in his na ive own , Charles , dying g ,
1 853 .
R GEO GE HENRY HASTINGS .
EORGE E A of H NRY H STINGS , oldest son Joseph
ta c t w a s u n e 1 7 1 1 8 4 . S y Has ings , born in Boston , J , H e entered college from th e famous Round -Hill School at North
n o t ampton . His earlier college years were marked by th e serio u sness and self-consecration that characterized the later
u s a t t ones . Some of c nno call to mind wi hout a hearty lau gh th e escap ades in which his mirthful natu re and lively tempera
- ment led him to indulge . Having resided for a time a t Afn dove r h e came under i n flue n ce s that worked a n entire chan ge i n his n u —a of u c t of at re , case gen ine conversion or conse ra ion all his
a u t t to f c l ies and activi ies the highest earthly objects . H e says of hims elf in the class -book that he grad u ated with th e i n te n ” tion of becoming a missionary . Had his health been equ al to his zeal and devotion , he might have become a second Brainerd
n of u or Ju ds o . Symptoms p lmonary consumption s oo n showed themselves bu t he w a s able for several years to fill th e place of chaplain to the American Legation at Rome . Finally he was 1 6 TH E CLASS or 1 834.
' obliged to leave the place on account of the r apid progres s o f
2 1 854 . t n n . . his disease , and died at Chat anooga , Te , Sep t ,
a t e During his residence Rom , as well as during his residence t t t t t e t and ravels in he sou hern s a es , he was a regular correspond n of the New York Commercial Advertiser .
M SA UEL PARKMAN .
f H 1 L o . 81 a n AMUE A MA C . 0 d P RK N , son Samuel ( )
Br omfie ld w a s t Mary (Mason ) Parkman , born in Bos on ,
h u 2 1 1 81 6 . H e w u t e c u a t an . J , ent thro gh f ll prep aratory o rse
t c d t th e Bos on Latin S hool , and also remaine for a supplemen ary
H n " year on acco u nt of his you th . e did ot join th e class in col
1 83 1 u tu th e lege till , having p rsued the s dies of Freshman year
H . . n . C t t u w ith I) . G I graham ( an eminen ins r ctor of that time . Being thus well prepared for college and possessed of t t t talents , ambi ion and applica ion , he took and main ained a fair rank thro u ghou t his course . H e possessed th e elements of
u t s pop lari y , having a frank and pleasant addres and manners ,
fin e . and a , manly person t w a s A the close of the Senior year he chosen class secretary ,
bffice t u o which was no sinecure , owing to the s irring s ccession f u nusual events which marked the close of th e career of the class
f 1 834 bu t i t a o , which is unnecessary to rec ll more particularly
' t - to any member o i t. The class book shows how carefully and diligently he recorded all that seemed worthy of record of those exciting times . No young man started in the race of life with more of the
of c . H e t of elements su cess had a wide family connec ion , great
flu e n ce fin a n cia l a n d i n in , social professional circles , zeal , good health and a solid substratum of good sense and good principle . S AMUEL PARKMAN .
H e c m th e u d of i n th e om enced st y medicine , and addition to
’ u u t u s u o f c u - s u r s al hree years co r e , d ring one whi h he was ho se
a t th e a c u tt u geon M ssa h se s General Hospital , sp ent a year in st dy
u 1 . t t M . . 83 8 in E rop e , and ook his degree of D in Immedia ely
o n tu c ct his re rn , he ommenced the pra ice of medicine and sur
t t t t . gery in Bos on , giving his at en ion more par icularly to surgery 1 842 t h E . c t c t . In , in conne ion wi h his lassma e , Dr C arles Ware , he edited th e Ne w England Q u ar terly Jou rn al of Medicine and Sur
r ge y . In th e win ter of 1 844 he received an invitation to deliver th e co u rse of lectures upon s u rgery and anatomy in th e Medical
o a t t to . c . C llege Cas leton , Vermont , as successor Dr Mc lintock This he accepted and he repeated th e cou rse th e Following year
w fin di n t t th e c u t hen , g ha long absen e req ired interfered wi h his f I t a t u th e . n pro essional prospec s home , he relinq ished post
1 846 n th e a t , whe M ssachusetts General Hospi al was enlarged ,
t o n e of th e u he was ap p oin ed new s rgeons , and he continued one
' o f i ts t t u ffi r s h mos reliable and fai hf l o ce to t e close of his life . H e w a s an a cti ve member of all the medical associations in the
c t v t t n valu a i y for the ad ancement of science , and con ribu ed ma y
ble papers . His position as a surgeon having frequently called
h im t t a s th e in o cour a witness or an expert , during last few years of his life he gave m u ch attention to th e relations of the pro
' fe s s i on th e l a w of to , and wrote two excellent articles upon it one
w A Re r t _ o of th e u hich , p of a Committee Massach setts Medical
c t u u t for t w a s m So ie y p on s i s Malp rac ice , read at the annual eet
th e c t l 853 —r e rn a r ka ble c ing of So ie y in , for its learness , can
d o r n d t a prac ical wisdom . The year before he died he was
ct w th e ele ed a Fello of American Academy of Arts and Sciences ,
a n d of th e also Recording Secretary Massachusetts Medical Society ,
O of t th e ne his associa es in Society who knew him well , says o f h i m in th e p ages of a medical journal Of th e many prominent men w h o have been taken from the S ociety by de a th during th e past year although one of th e u t on e t . yo nges , no has lef a wider vacancy than Dr Samuel
Parkman . Always active and interes ted in the general welfare o f t t i t his profession and in every hing hat related to , he felt a 3 1 8 THE CLASS OF 1 834. special interest in that spirit of progress which requ ires th e energy and ambition of youth for i ts advancement. His fin e person and manly bearing were bu t th e r esu lt and expression of his eminently manly character . Accomplished in the science of
u t t his profession ; candid and cautious in his j dgmen , and mos
u t u t f conscientio sly fai hful to his d ty kind , disinteres ed and
n u huma e , he was a man to be relied pon for his opinions , and
I n t to be trusted in action . his social relations he was a fai hful ,
m th e u l war , and honest friend ; at hand in ho r of tria sympa thi zi n o t g in the hour of j y , and rue and frank when a friendly
t be u t t t to . An t and , it migh , an npleasan ru h was be told almos
t to m morbid hos ility to anything like pretension , so as ake him uncharitable , perhaps , to so common and venial a weakness ,
a m u t e w s a most arked feat re in his charac er . H always appeared
‘ h e m c less than was himself, because he feared to clai that whi h t he wa s n ot. A the hour when he w a s beginning to become
wa s to c i n more widely known , when he beginning exer ise the flu e n ce which sterling merit and well -tried character must always
of exercise , the mysterious hand Providence has struck him down , and the profession is called upon to mo u rn on e of its a blest and ” best friends .
. of Dr Parkman married Mary Eliot , daughter Edmund
w Es . t D ight , q , and lef two children , a son and daughter , the
1 of Mr . a l former whom , Henry Parkman , a young lawyer , has
' ready made his mark as an able and upright member of ou r municipal government , and active particip ator in our state poli
t—for dwa rdn e ss 1 tics , exhibiting the same uprightness , straigh and f sterling honesty o character which distinguished his father .
20 THE CLASS OF 1 834.
' but at the end o f a week be came convinced that n atu re inte n ded me for no su ch thing ; retu rned gladly to college a t th e begin
u n ior a r t c t t th e ning of the J ye , and remained here on en edly till
t Mr . u present era ( Graduation) . Af er leaving college F ller t studied law , partly in the law school at Cambridge and p ar ly f h H . o t e office F . . . C in of George Farley , Esq ( Can
t h i s ct r o ton , Mass . Af er admission to the bar he pra ised his p f s s i t t t e on wo . H e years at Charlestown , Mass af erwards wen to t th e u t t New Orleans , and was connected wi h p blic press of ha
. H e t or t city spen several summers there , and two hree years
f ff u t n be ore his death was a ected by a sunstroke , res l i g in a
of th e softening brain , which came very near proving fatal , and
t h O i n t t left him in a shat ered condition . His friends p g ha medi
be n e fit h im t cal treatment at the North might , he embarked wi h
an attendant on board the Empire City for New York . When
on e t t t ith - day out , his a tendan being prostra ed w sea sickness ,
H e Mr . Fuller w a s left alone and was not afterwards seen .
2 1 1 85 9 . must have been lost overboard June , The New
w a s t Orleans Picayune , with which paper he for some ime con
n t d i i n e c e n of 30th Mr . " , its issue June , says of Fuller His
du s tr y, reliability and intelligence were equalled only by his m invariably mild , correct , and gentle anly demeanor , and he was
Mr . u liked and respected by all wh o knew him . F ller married
. of Mrs Rotter , a widow lady of New Orleans , originally Phila
. five two . delphia They had children , three sons and daughters
RUFUS HOSMER .
UFU 1 H u H . . 8 S H M s on of on . C 00 OS ER , R fus ( ) and
m n w a s i n w . u A elia (Pai e) Hosmer , born Sto , Mass , J ly B 1 6 1 8 1 6 . t t m t w a s , y bo h the p a ernal and a ernal side he
b H e a s sprung from the est colonial a n d revol u tionary stock . w 2 1 RUFUS HO SMER .
f w a s fitte d for college at th e academy in Stow . His college li e
u t u u c d d 1 834 . q ie and neventf l , and he re eive his egree in
’ After leaving college he stu died la w in his father s office a t
- t t c u a t th e La w c a t d . S ow , and a tended le t res S hool Cambri ge
1 838 t to c t tt In he wen Mi higan , and soon af erwards was admi ed
H e ct c of h i s r t c to the bar . began the p ra i e p ofession at Pon ia ,
c fir s t t t c u i s Mi higan , at in par nership wi h his o s n , Charle Draper h l . t e . ( H . C and afterwards with ate George Wisner
H e u tt a w was very successf l , and a ained a high r nk as a la yer bu t t th e to af er a few years he relinquished profession , removed
e of th e t t D troit , and became editor Daily Advertiser in hat ci y . " H e t a held this posi ion about seven years , when , having been p
t c pointed state prin er , it became ne essary for him to reside in the H l m c t of . e La n s m api al the state according y re oved to g , where he became part o wner and editor of th e Lansing Adve r
t . t u iser Here he remained about hree years , and relinq ished his situ ation a few days before his death to accept the app ointment l —on - - VIa i n of consu l at Frankfort the . While making p repara t ion s for his departure to his foreign p ost , he was prostrated by ’ of t fe w an attack apoplexy , which terminated his life af er a days
a n d fin i h t i . s e d llness As an editor , an agreeable and wri er , he
fe w u bu t for t had s periors it was his eminent social quali ies ,
wi t of c t his keen , his ready repartee , and his powers onversa ion that he w a s best known a n d most admired in the various c om mun i ti e s in which he resided . H 1 840 a e u . married in S rah Chamberlin , da ghter of Dr
of a i Olmsted Chamberlin Ponti c , his W fe surviving him , as did also two dau ghters and a son . 2 2 THE CLASS OF 1 834.
THADDEUS CLAPP .
H ADDEUS LA s o n t c d of C PP , the second and hird hil
t u C w a s t. Cap William and Elizabe h (H mphreys) lapp , born
1 1 H e fit e 1 1 8 1 . d c c t 1VIa s s . t in Dor hes er , , May , was for ollege h 1 825 at t e Academy of Hiram Manley ) in Dorchester .
w a s di n ifie d c c t s tu t In college he a grave , g and ons ien iou s den ,
w u i n al ays gentle and mild in speech and manners , and faithf l d . r ofite every respect No one p more , if so much , by the ex
ce lle n t u t . t u of instr c ion of Dr Beck in the La in lang age , some
t t t u c t whose me hods , hen novel in America , had exci ed m h in er
t c o wn c t est and zeal in tha study , through whi h and his app li a ion
Mr . Clapp became one of the best Latin scholars of his time .
H e n a n d th attained a high ge eral rank , graduated very high in e
m t t u class . Im edia ely af er leaving college he ta ght a p rivate H s chool i n Br o okli n e for a short time . e was s u p erintendent of th e S u nday School of the First Church and Society in Dor
u chester for abo u t tw o years from 1 83 6 . O the 1 6 th of Feb 1 r u a r 1 83 7 t 0 0 . d n y , , he entered his name wi h Loammi Bal wi o f of En i n e e r m t Charlestown , as a student g g ; but on accoun
- of ill health he did not prosecute his st udies . On taking his
M. 1 3 7 n of A . 8 degree in , the Lati Valedictory Oration was
ff umc on of e o ered him by President Q y, which , account fe ble
. H e d health , he could not accept was secretary of the Boar of
c s t School Committee in Dor hester everal years , and wro e some o f th e a nnu al reports ; amo n g them those for th e years 1 842 1 43 8 t . th e 1 83 8 t and , which were prin ed In fall of he wen to
L . for or t u t Franklin , a , where he was six seven mon hs a t or in
m . L . t a Es . b W . J . L . the f mily of Palfrey , q , ro her of Rev
a H . . c 1 P lfrey ( C H e returned to Dor hester in 83 9 . No doubt this visit to th e so u th strengthened th e anti- slavery convicti ons which his conscientio u sness and love of j u stice had l t 1 840 i n e d him already to feel . A bou the year he engaged
t c t hor icultural and pomological pursuits , which he on inued to 23 CHARLE S HENRY WH EELVVRIGH T.
H e u t c t u t follow during his life . became q i e elebra ed among fr i
t c t c t gro we rs for his theore i al and prac i al knowledge , and ob ained
fin e of t o f u t many p remiu ms for samples choice varie ies fr i , and
u tu or folk " became a member of th e Mass . Hortic l ral and N Agri
f t a t a n d c t . H e o c u ltu ral So ie ies was a mos ami ble disposi ion , t t t led a life of th e most conscientiou s and u nsp o ted in egri y . Feeble health alone prevented his occu pying more conspicu ou s
’
t th e t t . H e ul 1 0 1 86 1 . posi ions in world s es ima ion died J y ,
H u u t 1 85 7 H . Du s H e i l N . . marr ed in C aremont , , A g s , , Mary
f n ti n d u t of Re v . u c t o , a gh er Caleb D stin , and a des endan Ha nah
t t th e t o f Dus in , so celebra ed in early his ory New Hamp shire , wh o s u rvives him .
E H EEL T CHARLE S H NRY W 1VRIGH .
AR LES E of Lot H HENRY WH ELWRIGHT , son and
VVh e e lwr i h t i n u Susannah (Wilson) g , was born P rchase At t t 2 9 18 1 4 . of h e S ree , Boston , May , the age ten years
t - t spen a year at the Round Hill School at Northamp on , and ’ u some time subseq ently at Mr . Greene s Academy at Jamaica t Plain . His heal h being delicate , he completed his preparation h u of . on a t a n t n as a p pil Hon J Chap man ( H . C . ravelli g
a t t t th e in ervals to improve his bodily condi ion , and entering 1 1 H Sophomore class in 83 . e subsequ ently was obliged to ’ a of obtain year s leave absence for the same reason , spending
i t mostly a t the South . His genial disp osition and frank and pleasant manners m a de him a general favorite among those who
knew him . In his Senior year he was adjutant o f th e Ha rvard
t th e t t o f th e Washing on Corps , mili ary organiza ion day . F or th e same reasons that i n flu e n ce d others of his classmates he
t c of a n d n did not ake his degree at the lose his Senior year , , bei g
u n a absent from the co ntry most of his subsequent life , ever p 24 TH E CLASS OF 1834.
i t bu t th e u t of c t i t c p lied for at req es his lassma es , was onferred
u 1 8 75 t t t t . H e tu p on him in , hir een years af er his dea h s died i h ffi o r . . c t e o ce f D C . tu c of t medi ne in Geo Shat k , Bos on , and
c th . 1 7 . re eived e degree of M D . in 83
d to t th e ff Having ecided en er navy , he o ered himself for
t a t th e t th e t examina ion Philadelphia , p assed hird on lis , and
w a s c t t u 1 H e w a s a ommissioned assis an s rgeon in 83 9 . p p oi n ted to th e sl 0 0 p o f w a r Marion m 1 843 ; to th e re ceiving ship Ohio and frigate Independen ce of th e home squ adro n
in 1 845 . H e w a s next ap p ointed to th e Naval Hosp ital a t
c v u t t t Pensa ola , a ery nheal hy p osi ion , of grea labor and
t t r responsibili y . Af er very a du o u s services du ring th e p revalen ce
o f w a s t of i t malarial fever , he aken ill himself, came very near
d a n d w a s i n fir m t t d . H e th e ying , never heal h af erwar s joined
t a u 1 848 1 850 to Medi err nean sq adron in , and in was ordered
n 1 2 California by way of th e Is thmu s . I 85 he went with th e
w t on th e e t w a s t Po ha an Japanese exp di ion , and p romo ed to a
u c n th e u t 1 n 1 1 e f ll surgeon y o Plymo h in 860 a d 86 . H did du ty
a t th e o n th e of Brooklyn navy yard , and Board Examining
u t t t of t t S rgeons , a place at ha ime grea labor and resp onsibili y . Not awa re of his ow n feebleness he ap plied for more active ser
w a s to th e c t c 9 th a n d vice , and appointed San Ja in o , Mar h ,
to to t th e t - fi h t ordered Hampton Roads take par in exp ec ed sea g ,
H e after which his friends never saw him again . missed orders to
t th e t - go Nor h in Colorado by for y eight ho u rs . Had he received them he wo uld have been saved from ano ther summe r in th e
i n lf c t h e d a d . Gu , whi h his feeble heal h re de Orders came to him to take charge of th e Naval Hospital at ’ 7 I ilo ts to wn a t th e S . “ . th e t u u , p ass of Mississippi , a mos ard o s
t w w t u t c n c t posi ion , here i ho prop er applian es or e essary assis ance he had to s tr u ggle with sickness and death i n th e most a p p a lling
d w c a t . t c forms Worn o n by in ess n work , he wrote in a prophe i
t bu t th u n t c u e spiri , wi aba ed o rage I have been here a w ek , have
n e t n t a n d a m w f a n o w a n t o d r oe . only assis a , eak from sleep dia rh a
n o w a to e t l n h There is y g re ief from my situatio . I s all do my h d u ty to t e end . AAR ON HAYDEN .
H e 30 1 86 2 u died July , , a true martyr to his d ty and
of 8 country , whom as their only representative in the active
vice of the wa r of the rebellion his classmates may be proud .
GIDEON FORRESTER BARSTOW .
IDE N A W . O FORRESTER B RSTO , son of Dr Gide
N t wa s and ancy (Forrester) Bars ow , born in Salem , D
23 , 1 81 5 . H e received his preparatory education at the Salem La
S O h omc School , and joined the class at the beginning of the p
year in 1 83 1 . Immediately upon graduation he commenced t
h first N study of medicine , whic he practised in ew York a t subsequently in Salem . Relinquishing his profession he beca
Ma ss a ch a civil engineer , working upon railroads in northern
e . s tts and Connecticut Marrying Miss Mary Cogswell , ’ physician s daughter in Connecticut , he resumed the practice
a r medicine in that state . During the w of the rebellion s
' - of h i m geon general Dale , Massachusetts , appointed to a p in Fort Warren , Boston Harbor , where he died suddenly Ju
5 1 864 l on e . , , eaving a widow and son
AARON HAYDEN .
N HAY of n R H a A ARO DEN , son Aaro and uth (Jones) wa s e . 23 1 81 4 . den , born at Eastport , Main , Sept ,
H e a attended school at Washington Academy , East Machi h M . fin i s e d for B e , and his preparation college at South eadi
Academy . His college life wa s quiet and un eve n tful . H e 4 26 THE CLASS OF 1834.
a n d tended strictly to the objects for which he came to college ,
had the respect of all wh o knew him .
u 1 834 e e s After grad ating in , he pursued his studi s for thre year
H e wa s at the Cambridge Law School . admitted to the bar in
1 838 t of of , and commenced the prac ice law in his native town
wa s t a n d t Eastport , to which he fondly at ached , where he conten
e dl t y spent his life , hough his talents and acquisitions would have
of 1 844 1 845 adorned a wider sphere . In each the years , and , he
' w a s f t elected to the House of Representatives o his native s ate ,
1 85 6 w a s of t . and , in , he a member the Sta e Senate In these public positions he distinguished himself as a dign ifie d and wisely
e fie cti ve . t practical legislator , and an debater His poli ical
n n . sentiments were moderate , co servative and ational When ,
of i e at a later period his life , the ex stenc of the national govern
w a s e of th e ment imperilled , he ardently embrac d the cause t t consti u ion and the Union , and zealously labored with his voice
and pen for their maintenan ce and preservation . M r . Hayden w a s interested from early years in religious sub
e cts of c j , and the extent and variety his theologi al inquiries were
of remarkable . Though educated in the religious tenets his
i n family , he took nothing upon trust , but with conscientious dependence following his own investigations to their natural r e s ults 30th N 1 864 con firmati on , on the of ovember , , he received
as a member of th e Episcopal church .
t b n Mon hs before his departure , struck down y a sudde and
a of well nigh instantaneously fat l stroke apoplexy , he rallied but partially from the attack . Loving life , yet not fearing death ,
firmn e s s he resisted its progress with heroic , and performed his d t uties with entire steadiness , un il at last , forced to yield to its irresistible power , he calmly , peacefully and hopefully met his
on 22d of t 1 86 6 . fate the Oc ober ,
Mr . d r of R M Hay en married Miss Jane B iggs , obbinston , e . ,
1 0 1 847 n n E o e s . n June , , and left son , Aaro Hayden , q , ow also of Robbin ston .
28 THE CLASS OF 1 834.
N . Y. N , where he continued his legal studies with George
c . of w a s Titus , Es i that city , and the following year admitted to
Ne w the York bar . While in Troy he wa s much interested in
rn an an d fr e politics , wrote y articles for the press , engaged in quent and animated discussions on the political question s of the
da . 1 838 a s y In he w licensed to practise as Attorney at Law ,
of in the courts Illinois , having been admitted to the bar in that
. to wa s state The following year he returned Westborough , and
1 3 9 . L . 8 married to Miss Mary Harrington of that town , May ,
Mr . 7 1 841 a . She died Oct , , le ving no children . Subsequently G w leason taught a select school for many years in his native to n , a n d l B 0th 1 847 wa s . on June , again married to Miss Caroline
of Clarke , Framingham .
B 1 850 ne ce s y the death of his father in , he became almost by sit wa s y , as well as by inclination , a farmer , and an enterprising , Al intelligent , and progressive leader in agricultural pursuits . though residing in the Village , he took great pride and pleasure ” i n owning and successfully cultivating the homestead farm ,
Which had been in possession of his family for four generations .
wa s His interest in the schools of the town lifelong , and during his offici al connection with them he e ndeavored to raise their standard and awaken in every scholar a desire to attain a degree fi o f excellence that would t him for useful activity in life .
A . 1 1 u 8 868 . H e Mr . Gleason died of carditis g , left six child
i n of ren , of whom two graduated at Harvard University the class ’ Mr . 78 . wh o h im and , respectively One knew well says of of Gleason possessed strong traits character , which genuineness
H S . e was a leading one despised all hams , and although natu
- H e rally very reserved , had great self reliance . arrived at his conclusions after long and patient thought , and , once formed , he
at required proof positive to change his Opinion . His domestic
a ch me n ts t were peculiarly strong , and he ever showed himself a t ” kind and affec ionate husband and father . 29 SAMUEL C ONANT FO STER .
LUCIUS PARKER .
J H . C of . U US A C . L I P RKER , son Rev eroboam Parker ( t . . 3 1 8 7 a s 0 . w born in Sou hborough , Mass , Sept ,
fir st t a of 1 833 Mr . Parker entered college wi h the cl ss , but
r e én te r e d leaving sometime during the Freshman year , with that of 1 4 t 83 . Being a ma ure man at the time of entrance and strongly
th e i n flu e n ce of under religious principle and feeling , his college
‘ life w a s t a n df str i ct marked by digni y , gravity attention to study . t Such men are an advantage to any college class , as hey in some measure balance the immaturity and light-headedness of th e major
'
an d . of ity , do good by quiet example As an expression this
con fide n ce d - feeling of respect and it is recor ed in the Class Book ,
Mr s 1 1 1 834 . w March , , that Parker a chosen Chaplain for the
Class Day exercises , and on Class Day it is recorded that the ” m w a s Mr . eeting Opened by prayer from the Chaplain , Parker . M t r . i n tifi Entering the ministry af er graduation , Parker de e d himself with the Methodist persuasion , in which he rose to be a
offici ati n - Bishop , g in Wisconsin and other north western states .
H e wa s 1 868 twice married , and died in , having been a faith f ul an d lifelong worker in the Christian vineyard .
' M L A SA UE CON NT FOSTER .
AMUEL O . w H C NANT FOSTER , son of Dr Andre ( . C .
1 800 wa s . 24 1 81 ) and Mary ( Conant) Foster , born Oct , 7
a t a mai ca . J Plain , Mass H e made his preparation for college at the well-known school
. 1 80 2 a mai of W . H . C ca Charles Greene ( ) at J Plain , and of entered at the early age thirteen , being less than a year younger 3 0 THE CLASS O F 1834.
u . Ou than Warren , the most youthf l member of the class his 1 834 of graduation in , he commenced the study medicine in the
of office of Dr . Winslow Lewis , Boston , and received the degree
M e ffe r s on 1 837 of . D . at the J Medical College , Philadelphia , in ,
bu t . H e when he was twenty years old then went abroad , studied
S in London and Paris , and pent six months in the Dublin Lying ’ t i n H ospi al . After nearly three years absence , he returned home H 1 839 . e and began practice in New York in became , in a short time , one of the Physicians to the New York Dispensary , and in 1 85 2 wa s a pp oin e d on e of the Visiting Physicians to
Bellevue Hospital , which post he held for nearly six years , doing
H e faithful duty and being always re spected for his skill . held
H e a s numerous places of honor in the profession . w Vice Presi
of n t dent of the Academy Medici e , Secretary and af erwards Vice President of the Ne w York Society for the Relief of the
wa s Widows and Orphans of Medical Men , and an active mem ber of several other learned societies .
u Mr B . P 7 . . In 1 85 he married Mary , da ghter of Theodore
Ne w five of Bogert , of York , by whom he had children , four Whom survived him . In 1 859 severe attacks of pleuritis and sciatica forced him to give u p business almost entirely for three or four years and when partial recovery enabled him to resume practice , he gradually r e és tabli sh e d himself ; but just as he had obtained an enviable
s place in his profession , tuberculosis manifested itself and he wa obliged to break off again .
e t of wa s f The r s his life a pursuit after health , with brie inter H of . e vals professional practice Visited Colorado , made a voy
visiti ri age in a sailing vessel , g Cadiz , Marseilles and Paris , and
fin all Ne w y, as a last resort , removed his family to Nassau ,
Providence . Here he was able to cheer the sick and do some
ff wh o l thing to relieve the su erings of many were , ike himself,
H e seeking health in a foreign land . calmly watched the prog
of o n 1 8 of ress his disease , and died most peacefully the th Ap ril , 1 873 of , in the full possession his faculties , and conscious to the last . TURNER SAR GENT . The memorial from which the above facts are mostly taken “ wa s of says of him Dr . Foster a man clear and vigorous intel
d of lect , nurture in the best schools literature and medicine , and
ripened by large experience in hospital and private practice . H e
a s . w a rare scholar , calm , judicious , logical , and just " t His family relations were of the mos tender and loving .
H e was a good citizen , eminently patriotic , and his dealings with t t all men were marked by the stric es integrity . “ n ot His contributions to medical literature were many , but
n of superior excellence . Everythi g that came from his pen
. own showed care and elegance Critical over his writings , he
wa s prompt to detect the least departure from good taste in others . “ w a s u As a medical practitioner he calmly thoughtf l , taking
of great pains in the investigation his cases , attentive to his
patients , and doing his duty conscientiously .
H i s opinions were valued by the profession , and he brought
of forward to enforce them a full storehouse knowledge , gathered ” u own from caref l study and from his private experience . Among his writings on medical subjects may be mentioned “ ” n of his essay o Atelectasis the Lungs in Young Infants , and ” his paper on Mammary Abscesses . Besides these is his paper ” n n of O Phenome a observed in a case Epilepsy , and his most
fin i sh e d production , his Oration before the New York Academy
of Medicine .
TURNER SARGENT .
N R AR TUR E S GENT , son of Henry and Hannah (Welles ) wa s . 1 1 1 Sargent , born in Dorchester , Mass , August 81 3 . His preparation for college wa s made chiefly at the Boston
Latin School , being interrupted from time to time by the deli
of cacy his health , an obstacle with which he had to contend
n a t through life . H e e tered the beginning of the second term 3 2 THE CLASS OF 1 834.
of s r 1 83 2 . the Sophomore yea , early in January , Like other
o f th e n ot of c class he did take his degree at the close the ourse , ’ b t M w a s of r . u received it in 1 83 5 . Much Sargent s life spent in travelling and in foreign countries but though he gained
somewhat in vigor towards middle life , he never undertook con
i n f r e fin e d t u ou s or pro essional labor . Having a taste and sympa
t t t w a s be n e fit he ic and generous hear , he able to the community in many ways in his position as a private gentleman of means
of t t . and leisure , by the exercise hose quali ies Such men are highly u sefu l in a community where the high pressure activity of bu siness life does n ot spare many men for th e important ser
fin r e e . vices tending to , improve , and elevate In this connection
' it seems fitti n g to introduce a letter growing out of a conver
t u th e of sa ion with a m tual friend , pastor the First Church in
Mr . . l Boston , where Sargent had ong attended
1 0 A LB O H TR ET 6 M R OR UG S E ,
Ma ch 2 2 1 884. r , H DEA R MR . CU S IN G
You asked me abou t you r class mate a n d my p ari sh ioner
Mr . Tu S a n t wh o i s m th u s . I wa s a d to be s o i n rner rge , no ore wi gl r h m n r f n i n u d of. F o a s t e s t o th e F s t Ch u ch a d m e r q ire i i e ir r , y p s n a at on s to th a t n t ma I owe h im d bt h ch i t i s a sa n t o l rel i ge le n , a e w i ple to a ckn owledge . H e wa s a member of th e Standing Committee of th t Ch u ch wh I wa s s ta d a s i ts s t a n d sa v th s u ch i n a r en in lle p a or, , e wi te r r up ti on s a s were n ecess a ry on accou n t of h i s frequ ent absences from r c u s d h th e c u t o b t e s i n ss s of. h i s st s o n ry, were a e y evere ll e e la year , h e wa s d t i n th e d sch of th e du ti s of th t t u s t a n d si n iligen i arge e a r , gula rly a n d mos t u sefu lly s o du ring th e very tryin g tra ns ition a n d n f th n i f transplanti g o e co gregat on rom Ch a u n cy to Marlborou gh St. H e wa s of th e u tmos t s ervi ce i n p lanning a n d bu ilding th e new h ou s e f o sh a n d i n u d to s t s f ct i s su s th e ch s i n th e o w r ip , g i ing a i a ory e ange f ms of s c h ch th n s d a n d ca d i n t fie ct. or ervi e, w i were e prop o e rrie o e ma n f d Mr . S t wa s o t d a n d u n i u s s s argen a eep , en er, gen i e rel gio en i bili ti e s a n d a to c mu ch wh ch i s c u s i n th s wa bu t , e ger re over i p re io i y, h ad been i n evitably drop p ed for th e time by an over a nxiou s P u rita n H e u d s t od th t ou r so-ca d c a t a i i s m. well n er o a lle ongreg ion l worsh ip s e xtremely objective a nd too mu ch dep enden t on th e moods of th e ffici a ti n m n s t a nd n ot su ffici e n tl x s s of Ch s n n o g i i er, y e pre ive ri tia co s ci ou s n e s s i n a cts of common a . H e wa s ch u ch ma n i n th e p r yer a r ly , s t s n s of th t w d br d a n d c t of n e w f ms f t u th be e e a or , very oa re ep ive or o r ; THOMAS D ONALD SON .
bu t s c fu of th e old Ch st a t su a n d m a d to fu lfil al o are l ri i n rea re, ore eng ge f i mu ch t h i s n s t th a n to destroy. We o th e F rs t Ch urch owe o ge ero i y —h i s fts of t m mon e cou n s h on o b m th ds i n th e bu s n e s s gi i e, y, el , ra le e o i affa s of th e Ch u ch th e s t of a h h -ton d ma n of affa s a d ir r , p iri ig e ir pplie
a s i t s o oft fa s to be to Ch st a n n st tu t o s . u t i n h i s ( en il ) ri i i i i n Q ie ly, own wa h e ca m t th e c mmu of th e c a t o . H e y, e in o open o nion ongreg i n o d th e h ou f God a s th c n h ch H e h ad s d l ve se o e p lace con erni g w i ai , ” M H m th t h e h st y name sh all be th ere . e always h elp ed e all a one ly
coul d. H a t h a in h i s u d me n ts an d e wa s t c s d t c t b , p ien , on i era e, ari le j g , wh il st h e ch erish ed h i s own religiou s con victions h e h a d a ki n d s ide for mu ch h ch h h il w s w i h e cou ld accep t on ly in p art. Th e C u rc w l al ay p oin t wi th deligh t a n d p ride to th e Sargent win dow memorial of h i s fa th h i s s bu t m ou r s of h im a s w a n d t s s to hi s er in eye , eye ell , a wi ne a c h a be ppre ia tion of th e mystic elemen t i n ou r Di vin e Faith . I s ll glad l n any record whi ch you h a ve to make of h im to be nu mbered with th e remnan t of elders still lingering i n First Ch u rch among Mr . ’ Sargent s warm friends .
Y u m s t m mb c of st s o rs plea an re e ran e p a year ,
RUFUS ELLIS .
Mr . w a s no . Sargent twice married , but left children 24 1 87 7 His health gradually declined , and he died Feb . ,
THOMAS DONALDSON .
OMAS AL oh n oh n ston H DON DSON , the oldest son of J J t and Caroline (Dorsey) Donaldson , was born in Bal imore , h 1 8t 81 5 . May , His ancestors on both sides were of Irish ex
traction , and had been conspicuous and patriotic citizens of their
adopted country . At about the age of ten years h e was sent to Round-Hill
N fi e e n School , at orthampton , where he remained for v years ,
t 1 83 1 . ering the Freshman class at Harvard in April , Here his fin e natural abilities and good preliminary training enabled him to take high rank as a scholar , while his sweet disposition and gentle and con ciliatory man ners made h im a gen eral favori te 5 34 THE CLASS OF 1834.
among his classmates and acquaintances . It is hardly necessary to recall to any member of the class of 1 834 the circumstances ’ close of ou r under which we parted at the Senior year , involving the suspension of their degrees to several of high standing both
as students and gentlemen . These were subsequently given to
Mr . all wh o applied for them . Donaldson never applied for his but in 1 85 1 it was voluntarily conferred on him by the d college , which , like an honorary egree , may be considered a
tribute to his character and position . This is mentioned as it
n ot n i n flue n ce may be generally known , and shows the softe ing
of time in the views of governing bodies .
of After leaving Harvard , he began the study the law in
th e ‘ a cti ve Baltimore but his health failing , he began duties of
n wa s life as a civil engi eer , and employed in the construction of
'
. 1 838 h e various railroads During this period , in the year ,
n a n married his cousi , Eliz beth Pickering Dorsey , of Bosto ,
ol . . granddaughter of C Timothy Pickering , of Massachusetts
of r of Eleven children were born this mar iage , nine whom and m their other and seven grandchildren survived him .
wa s s u fficie n tl When his health y reestablished , he commenced
of law the more congenial study the , and came to the bar in 4 f 1 8 3 . About this time he purchased some acres o land in a high and picturesque tract called Elkridge , eight miles from
e i Baltimore . In this plac , wh ch he called Edgewood , he built a " w wa s l comfortable house , hich it his p easure to adorn with all
n r of that e dea s a home , and where he resided the rest his life . In the years 1 847 and 1 848 he served as a member of the
of fillin difficult im House Delegates of Maryland , g the and portant position of Chairman of the Committee of Ways and "
Mar lan d a Means . y had become a defaulting State , and for some years had ceased to pay interest on her debt . This things was intolerable to the upright and honorable mind of Mr .
of s tai Donaldson , and he devoted himself to the removal this m upon the honor of his n ative State . H e wa s un wearied i n his ;
As s tate d i n a Me mor a S e tch of h im ub sh e d i n B a t more 1 5 1 i l k p li l i in 8 .
3 6 TH E CLASS OF 1 834.
wa s of wa s closed , his side the cause presented to the jury with
o n w f persuasive and forcible el que ce , making him al ays a ormi l dab e Opponent .
N e t of or did h at any ime neglect , during a life unusual toil
‘ an d th e br oade r e many cares , fl culture which non need so much
of H e a s as men engrossing professional pursuits . w a ripe and a n d fin e graceful scholar , illustrated in his and graceful elocution his thorough familiarity with the best literature of the English
‘ - . l s . n o n tongue It wo der , therefore , that the public respect for
his abilities an d th e u niversal con fide n ce r e p ose dn in him were
warmed by feelings of admir ation and affection . Among his
profession al brethren his popularity wa s u nqu alifie d . In private
n o on and social life e could be more universally esteemed , for n o on e could be more faithful than he to all its duties and m all its relat1on s more true as a frien d or more delightful as a com h h panion . T ose wh o knewh imb e s t wer e those w o loved him with What s ufferings and trials
i s f t or wi it JWas h ate to s ruggle , th how much of manly and ” Christian fortitude a nd courage h e rose above them all .
EDWARD FOX .
WAR FOX s on of ED D , John and Lucy Jones (Oxnard) l H r F ox was o n M . e e , b rn Portland , e , June
ce ive d his early training in the public schools of his native city .
After" graduating from the High School he w a s sent to Phillips
N . H n h r fo m . fi i s e d r Acade y, Exeter , , where he his prepa ation
1 H e e 830 . colleg , and entered in was a successful student ,
dii atin 1 834. gra g with honor m Entering as a boy , he grew a of l n s liter lly in every direction , recording himself the cla s
be te e n book , that increased m height fif inches during his col H e imm di t l . c a e lege course y entered the Harvard Law School , 3 7 EDWARD FOX .
' of LL B where he spent three years , and received the degree .
H e w a s th e n admitted to Cumberland County bar , and bega
fir L . . m A . R . of practice with Codman , Esq , under the name
F ox l 1 848 or 1 84 Codman , which partnership lasted ti l 9 .
H e of of married a daughter Nathan Winslow , Portland , for
F or be n e fit of his fir s t wife . the her health he removed to Cin ar cin n ati . , where he practised his profession p t of a year After
wa s her death he returned to Portland , and soon after elected
office City Solicitor , and discharged the duties of this with credit to hi mself and the profession .
wa s e le bte d o While he was City Solicitor he County Att rney , and in 1 862 he was appointed a judge of the Supreme Court of
. H e office n the State of Maine resigned this soon after , and e te r e d e into partn rship with his brother Frederic , under the firm
F ox . 1 6 h F . 86 name of E . In e was appointe d to succeed
ud e ct of th e U . 8 . i J g Ware as Distri Judge Court , which m t portant position he held ill his death . ’ It will thus be seen that Mr . Fox s life illustrates the suc ces
of sive steps the successful lawyer , and the esteem and con fide n ce
hi s of fellow citizens and the general government .
H i s wh o hi m w a s second wife , survives , Mrs . Fessenden , her
. fir s t l maiden name being Trask His wife left two chi dren , a
. w F c son and a daughter The son , Edward Winslo x , became a member of the Cumberland bar , and gave high promise of
. wa s eminence in his profession His health poor , and i n com
hi s pany with father he took a journey to the South . H e died 1 877 at Savannah in , and his father returned with the dead body
a of his son . It is thought that J dge Fox never fully recovered from the shock caused by the death of his son . Ju dge Fox wa s on e of the most prominent and successful law
' e rs t of y in Maine , and , while in the prac ice his profession , he carried on an immense business . H e successfully brought to
a an issue m ny very important cases , which will be remembered
of of by the older members the bar and citizens Portland . Though he always took a keen interest in public affairs and w a s fitte d i n - for any position the gift of his fellow citizens , the 38 THE CLASS OF 1 834. judge held himself aloof from all political discussions and party
' H of movements . e never tried to gain the good will any party
t H i s or individual except by plain straigh forward dealing . of stern integrity , uncompromising love justice and antique sim
li cit n s p y, with his grand and massive prese ce , made him almo t the ideal judge .
JAMES TILGHMAN EARLE .
T. ME A of R . A S TILGHMAN E RLE , son and Mary ’ wa s e e (Tilghman) Earle , born in Centr ville , Queen Ann s
a 1 3 1 81 4 . wa s County , Maryl nd , July , His father for many
of of years the chief judge the Judicial District , composed ’
e . H e w a s Que n Anne s , Cecil , Kent and Talbot Counties for
' many years conspicuous in the politics of Maryland . His a d
wa s vent into political life as a Democrat , in the hazardous cam
ai n 1 864 wa s p g of , when he elected to the Senate of Maryland , five where he remained consecutive terms , serving nearly all that time as Chairman of the Finance Committee . During the session of 1 872 he brought forward the Chesapeake and Dela ware Ship Canal project . H e wa s also largely ide n tifie d with the agricultural in terests
' oi l and practical education farmers n Maryland . It was very largely through him that steps were taken for the endowment
H e with public lands of the Maryland Agricultural College .
' w a s also at one time president of th e Maryland Agricultural
Society .
H e 1 5 1 882 of died at his residence in Centreville , July , , general prostration , resulting from malaria . 3 9 RUFUS TILDEN KING.
RUFUS TILDEN KING .
UFUS T LDEN IN of an d R I K G , son Major Rogers Mary wa s . (Tilden) King , born in West Medford , Mass , May
2 1 1 . H e wa s , 80 7 prepared for college at the Academy in Stow ,
first 1 829 . H e Mass . , and entered for the time in remained in h f 833 t is class (that o 1 ) for two years , holding a high rank among men so eminent for scholarship as many of its members
H wa s - of subsequently became . e the room mate , for a part the i of t t me at least , Fletcher Webster , and hrough him became
wh o u well acquainted with Daniel Webster , strongly enco raged
l a w w a s him to study the , considering that his mind well adapted
to . w a s that profession His health failing , he obliged to leave
for college a year , and when he returned , though strongly urged
to own by President Quincy rejoin his class , he entered the next
on e 1 834. , thus graduating in After graduating he began the study of the law in the office of Hon . Luther Lawrence of Lowell
H . C . 1 80 1 n a s ( ) but , his health co tinuing delicate , he w obliged to abandon his preparation for the bar . Soon after he
t S . of wen to Yarmouth , N , where he held the position princi pal of Yarmouth Academy for some time . After the death of his
first n E . of i n 1 845 wife , Emeli e Stone , Framingham , , he taught for several years in the well known private school of Charles
H . . 1 02 amai a . W. Greene ( C 8 ) at J c Plain While there he
W. . H e Ne w married Miss Chloe Smith next went to York ,
u where he met with marked s ccess in classical teaching . The
of Mr . Fe r n a n di n a latter years his life King spent in , Florida ,
of where he devoted his time to the cultivation oranges , rather
t of as a means of improving his heal h than as a source profit . H e on 3 1 88 . died while a Visit to Boston , July , 3 A cotemporary notice speaks of him as follows A man of great intellect , a close and accurate scholar , an affectionate son , husband and brother , ever making friends and never losing them, feeling a strong interest in all matte rs of religion and philanthropy , his death will cast a deep shadow over all with ” n whom his long life has been so pleasantly co ne cted .
4 4 THE CLASS OF 1 834.
th e both public and private schools and academies , in towns of
Le N . Y. . Roy , , Cambridge , Mass , in Boston , at the High ’
Mr . W. School at Jamaica Plain , in Charles Greene s School ,
c . a t u i n at Watertown and Con ord , Mass , and vario s places
or t New York , for longer shorter erms ; and for many years have had private pu pils at the same time . I was also employed as surveyor on the lines of the Lexing ton and Old Colony Railroads , and in the distribution of the t - Commonweal h newspaper in anti slavery times .
1 85 2 Le In I returned to Roy , my native place , where I have
or t oc since resided , doing more less private teaching , lec uring
’ ca si on all t th e of y , and assis ing in management my brother s
- reading room . More recently my time has been partly occupied
u in horticultural and agricultural p rsuits . i Never inclined to rest in scepticism , baptized in babyhood n
u con fir me d the Presbyterian faith , and in yo th in the Episcopal
of Church , at one time I became a member the Congregational
Le Church in Roy , which may now be said to have disbanded , since most of th e members have gone to far better homes than At they had here . Harvard , however , I attended the Chapel t services , Where we hen had those good preachers , Henry Ware ,
Jr . and Dr . Palfrey .
In my Junior year , in company with my classmate , Felton ,
t th e t I made a pedes rian tour to Whi e Mountains , made the
of Mt. t th e of n ascent Washing on , stood upon top Red Mountai , and got quite a general idea of the scenery of three of the New
England States . Listening and reading rather than talking or writing seem to have been my characteristic ; but partial deafness has n ow changed all that . On ce I was advanced in French and German but I was obliged partly to give up the modern langu ages for the classic authors . Some modern historians have drawn largely u m y a m pon time , and I not so much troubled as formerly with
t . t owe his oric doubts I hink , perhaps , I something to the for ' ” u t of th e Law cible ill stra ion Higher , presented in the anti
. a m t slavery discussions before the civil war I hope I pa riotic , 45 KIN SMAN h TKINSON .
and I mean to be a good citizen . And let me ask , historically
' following the march of ou r nation with her long line oi martyrs
of t and heroes , in what age of the world fuller great though s and great deeds could on e have live d than in that between 1 81 2 and 1 87 6 ?
KINSMAN ATKINSON .
OUR respected classmate sen ds the following interesting and typical account of the life and struggles of a Ne w England
boy in the early part of the present century .
n I was born in Buxton , Mai e , then part of Massachusetts , f . 1 6 1 80 7 on e o Oct , , being the twelve children of John and
Olive (Haley) Atkinson . f m ‘ e As a sort o premonition of y future profession , my eld r “ or brothers and their playmates nicknamed me, Elder Old ” n r e a ch Elder , and setti g me on a box or chair required me to p
for their amusement .
wa s five wa r 1 81 2 ou t When I about years old , the of broke ,
wa s im and my eldest brother enlisted as a privateer , taken and
prisoned in Hali fax . H e wa s exchanged just in time to prevent
s m n t his being ent to England . To prevent his go g to sea a d o
u f rnish work for his large family , my father exchanged his smaller
H . of a N . farm in Buxton for two hundred acres land in E ton ,
My eldest brother was to have one hundred acres for a farm , and he immediately commenced felling the trees and clearing
- n There was no meeting house nor settled minister in the to w .
The school district in Which w e lived wa s large in territory .
- w a s on The school house a high hill , about two miles distant , where a school was kept about two or three months in summer and A the same in winter . t an early age I wa s sent to this school 46 THE CLASS OF 1 834.
in summer , then taught by Miss Delia Danforth . The seats
t . were long benches , withou supports for the back The girls
on . sat on one end , the boys the other Once I happened to be
th e . sitting nearest girls , of whom I manifested a shyness Miss Danforth told me to sit nearer ; I hitched an mch or two that did not satisfy her so she made me hitch again and again for her amusement . I have no recollection of going to more than on e summer school ; as soon as I could be of use on th e farm my school privileges were limited to the winter .
of o ou t When twelve years age , I th ught it time to look for
me myself, as my father had neither the means to educate nor to give me a settlement when of age . Therefore , I agreed to
-in - of on e u fift live with my brother law till age , for h ndred and y dollars . H e purchased on e hundred acres of an almost unbroken
of forest of large extent , the haunt bears and other wild animals , and gave me my choice between this lot of land and one hundred
- and fifty dollars if I lived with him till twenty one years o f age .
At fifte e n t t o wn , however , I lef him , and wen to live with my
a nd u wa s brother , then married , subseq ently obliged to work a year or two gratis for my father as a min or . My school privi leges while with my brother amounted to almost n othing bu t I h At w a s brought more into contact with t e world . eighteen years of age I began to work for myself o n small pay . I ex ’ a t n pended my w ges for books , clo hing , and ine weeks schooling at Fryeburg Academy .
of 1 826 of In the fall , being almost nineteen years age , I t w t lef Eaton and all my relations , in a stage coach , i h all my ff h e ects in a wooden trunk , whic I carried on my shoulder from on e to o Ne w t a hotel to another , g to Hamp on Ac demy , only
- i u twenty five miles distant . As the stage d d not pass thro gh
t c i t New Hampton , I was acciden ally arried beyond , and when
fin di n m t I reached the town of Atkinson , g an Acade y here , I determined to become a member of it. Here I found kind fr i e n ds a n d m r e f had uch interesting experience , especially in
a to m ff n g rd y spiritual a airs , which resulted in my maki g a public
of an d of th e n profession religion before the church society tow , 47 HENRY BLANCHARD .
feeling irresistibly impelled to offer a broken but excited prayer
to between the close of the services and the benediction , much t the surprise of the clergyman and the congregation . The effec
was indescribable . Some wept aloud . The Holy Spirit seemed
to fall on the meeting . The effect on me wa s that I had the
of witness the Spirit to my conversion .
t fitte d Af erwards , I went to Andover , for college , and entered
1 83 1 . 1 833 Bowdoin in In I came to Cambridge , graduating
1 834. in I studied Theology at Andover , and was ordained a
on Congregational minister in 1 838 . I j oined the Methodist C 1 4 8 3 a m . ference in , of which I now a member
u D ring my preparatory , college and professional studies , I
taught n ine different schools to defray expenses . I preached four years in the Congregational churches of Mendon and Washing
of ton , and subsequently in the Methodist churches Belchertown ,
F arn u mville To sfie ld Winchendon , Princeton , Weston , , p , Ded 1 3 . 8 8 ham , Ludlow , and Hubbardstown I married in Dorothy
of Myrick Woods , niece of Rev . Leonard Woods , Andover ,
five of . and have had ten children , whom are living
HENRY BLAN CHARD .
H E n s on os e h T subject of this otice , of J p and Sarah (Brown) . . 25 1 81 1 . Blanchard , was born in Billerica , Mass , Sept ,
on e of of His father was a farmer , and a large family French
wh o of Ne w origin , settled in various parts New England and
o T ks . f e w York His maternal grandfather , Benjamin Brown ,
fir st . wa s bury , Mass a deputy to the Continental Congress , and a n o ffice r i n the war of the Revolution .
H e remained at home till near the age of seventeen , assisting
a s in such light work as w suitable to his age , attending district schools and such private schools as the town afforded ; he wa s i l also sent to the B l ericaAcademy for several terms , where he 48 THE CLASS OF 1 834.
began the study of Latin and Greek With a view to a collegiate
. 1 1 828 e s education About August , , he was plac d in Phillip
o Academy , Andover , to commence in earnest his preparati n for
college .
His father died soon after he left the paternal roof. H e wa s then for the fir st time called to realize that he had got to de pe nd
i n a H on his own efforts his onward w y in life . e found himself left with the very inconsiderable patrimony of eight hun dred a nd
fift o y dollars , with which to make preparation for c llege , to sup " e port himself while ther and while studying a profession . After ’ e r two years stay at Andov r he ente ed Harvard , being the only
of l t one of a class twenty to enter that col ege , the res going to
r d i n fl various other colleges which were under O tho ox ue nce s . ’ ' His father s family all entertained liberal or Unitarian" views of At Christian belief. the academy he stood alone in his inherited
’ A " of all of o faith . very large proportion the members the sch ol belonge d to the different evangelical churches a nd their aim w a s H a s n . e w the mi istry , of course , subject to a strong pressure of
i n flu e n ce ' a Orthodox , and at an age when a young m n is supposed
to be somewhat impressible . Instead of yielding quietly to the
h m wa s forces brought to bear against i , he moved to an earnest
effort to stand his ground and hold the fort against all assaults . t e t It cos him somewhat of a struggle , y it is doubtful if he regret
a s ted the ordeal to which he w subjected .
h i s Little is to be said about college life and success . The two impediments to a more complete rea liza tion of what college
of life ought to be and the anticipations he had entertained , were
n i uti on al diffi n his narrow pecuniary circumstances and a co s t t de ce . n r off s As he looks back to those seemi gly fa days and —adly calls to mind the difficultie s under which he labored from over sensitive
of n ess and too much distrust himself, he can imagine how nearly equivalent is plenty of assurance and self-con fide n ce to
i a ff the actual possess on of those facilities which we lth a ords.
b at His stinted means having een hinted , it may be proper to h fi i i allude to some of t e ways adopted to su pply de c e n c e s . As
' fi i ar lack of sn s s to be n e c y aid , besides the studiou e and brilliancy 49 HENRY BLANCHARD .
ob o f scholarship , his modesty was an obstacle to his success in taining mu ch from that source .
As w a s the custom fifty years ago more than at present , under gradu ates a vailed themselves of the long winter vacation to teach
in country district schools . This he did in two successive wa s winters . During two summer vacations he emp loyed by i th e u . Dr . Thadde s W Harris to assist him in var ous ways in
of of College Library . During ten weeks summer the Junior
H . u wa s N . , year , incl ding the vacation , he employed at Derry ,
' to assist Master Hildreth of the Pinkerton Academy in preparing
a class of boys for entrance to college . One summer vacation only was in any degree devoted to r e t creation . This was partially spent in the country at the pa ernal it f ff h i m homestead . Thus will appear that college li e a orded
but little pastime .
Of incidents in college life personal to himself, few , if any ,
were enough ou t of the ordinary routine to call for mention . It
w u may , ho ever , be proper to all de to the fact that each student is likely in the course of his career to manifest a taste or prefer
of l ence for some sp ecial branch study , and wi l gain a corres f r ofici n c i t . O ponding p e y in . This was his case the ancient languages his leaning w a s very decidedly to the Greek ; accord
i n gly his p r ofici e n cy in that language was fairly commendable .
u of This was fort nate , as he was called upon to teach it much
th e time for the three years after graduating . The more he
u a nd t it ta ght s udied , the more he came to appreciate its rich d . f ness , expressiveness , and beauty O the mo ern languages his
t w a s par iality for the German . It is not unlikely that his love of this langu age wa s i n te n sifie d by his reverential regard for that t grea , good and learned man , Dr . Follen , his teacher .
To th os e of his classmates whom he well knew , he formed an
attachment ; to none did he ever feel an antipathy . This class
e a attachment continues , as w ll as a thorough loy lty to all the t class raditions . Of tender recollections may be mentioned one incident . When he was settling his last college bills he found a de fici e n cy i n his 50 THE CLASS OF 1 834.
immediately available funds . The circumstance somehow reached ' ' ” o f l s ta t n omzm s u mbr a to the ear a c assmate , , who hastened
. t proffer the loan of more than was required . The accommoda ion w a s no more gratefu lly received than cheerfu lly offered . It has been a pleasure to him to know that this kindly impulse on ly
w u t n o t foreshadowed a record of generous deeds , hich he do b s ” have blessed not less him wh o gave than th ose wh o received . Fifty years ago he left Alma Mater with some regrets for time
fir i . s t misemployed , yet with a consc ence tolerably clear His
wa s of on e essay , in compliance with the request of his tutors , to go to the eastern shore of Maryland to take charge of a private
a u n i school . This w s not with a very ambitious aim from a p e c
th e v ary standpoint , but year there passed was a ery enjoyable
n H — o e . e v had an Opportunity to iew slavery , not in its most
a — i ts hi s hideous ph ses , but he saw enough of atrocities to enlist sympathies in the movement , then in its early stages , which t culmina ed in the civil war and its fin al overthrow .
n th e Returni g from south at the end of a year , he at once h w a s viz . t e accepted a position which in waiting for him , charge
of . t the Academy at Hallowell , Me Here he also spen one year ,
fin a n i a l t t H t with better c results han h e preceding . e had men ally
‘ to me d1c1n e decided prepare himself for the practice of , and felt
of that it was time to make a beginning . Feeling the need more
th e of t means in furtherance of his aim , at request ci izens of his n t a ive town he then Opened a private school , and also began his h t e . Z medical studies under direction of Dr adock Howe , then the most eminent physician and surgeon in Middlesex County .
i n Passing one year this way , he went to Boston and entered the
B Do c fii ce th e t . of la e George ane , with whom he remained two
th e u years , meanwhile attending all required lect res , hospital f c &c . M . . o linics , , and received his degree of D in the spring
1 840 .
Here again his impecuniousness i n flu e n ce d him to his di s ad vantage . It did not require strong solicitation to induce him to accept an invitation to settle in a somewhat remote country town , l M rsh fi ld . h e difficu t i n n u a e , Mass , where had little y e tering pon
52 TH E CLASS 0 13 1 834.
EDWARD DARLEY BOIT . II‘H E compiler has received the following interesting statement our from classmate , under date of
EWP O T 7 1 884 . N R , March , ’ H My father s name was John Boit . e was born in Boston
1 7 6 9 . H e in , and , with a short interval , went to sea all his life wa s chief office r of the ship Columbia when she gave her name t to the great river of that name , and I have been old that when
of wa s first in command a boat searching for water , actually the to discover and enter i t.
In 1 7 94 sloo of he sailed from Newport in the p Union , ninety
five on a H e ou t tons , a voy ge round the world . went round
of 0 Cape Horn , and returned by the Cape Good H pe , reaching “
two . Boston in rather less than years His journal says , she wa s probably the fir st sloop that ' ever circumnavigated the ” m a w a s t I H e globe , and I believe we y add , she the las died in 1 828 . ’
f . n M . o My mother s maiden ame was Ellen Jones , Newport
w Malbon e c When a girl she kne , the elebrated painter , and we
t of h i m a n d have a minia ure her done by on ivory , she is said ” also to be represented as the Present in his p l ctu re of th e “ ”
. 1 830 . Present , Past , and Future She died in
five on e I have had sisters and brother , all dead except my
wh o tu w youngest sister , married Russell S rgis , of London , here they now live .
w a s Au . 1 1 1 3 3 8 . I born in Boston , g , I entered the fourth th e 1 825 class at Boston Latin School in , and remained there
1 828 of t t until , when , on the death my fa her , I was aken from school and put into a store . The next year , however , I resumed
d t to 1 830 my studies , was a mit ed Harvard College in , and staid
u the four yea rs . After leaving college I worked on the s rvey f o 1. . Boston Harbor , then being made by C0 Loammi Baldwin D R EY OIT 53 EDWARD A L B .
of 1 83 6 m to cu tt In the spring I ade a voyage Java and Cal a , and a rr 1 ve d home about th e end of the year . The commercial
1 83 7 t d t t be crisis of p reven e ano her voyage , and , af er a time , I ’ came treasurer s clerk of a corporation in S tate Street .
u 1 838 a to P . u In Febr ary , , I was eng ged Miss Jane H bbard ,
th of daughter of e late John Hubbard , Boston , and we were I 1 3 1 83 9 . t a married June , Af er my marriage ran a p per mill ,
u d and s bsequently entered the Dane Law School at Cambri ge , where I went through th e u su al course of stu dy . I completed
B . t P . R . t office of C . my s udies in the Cur is , in Boston , and
‘ on my admission to the bar became their junior partner .
1 848 a a ma ica In I removed with my f mily to J Plain , where
t " w e lived several years . While here I represented West Rox
of Ja mai ca bury , which Plain formed a part , for two years in b 1 54 the Massachusetts Legislature . A out 8 I partially agreed
l n with a lawyer Chicago to join him as a conveyancer there . I worked on the details for nearly a year ; then abandoned the
ou t m project , and sold y interest in the books to my intended partner .
t u S ill later I retired from the law , and was made treas rer of
th e t . u t 1 860 Newton Mills , a co ton factory near Boston Abo ,
n t u in co nection with a capitalist , I superin ended the b ilding of th e Oriental Mills , another cotton factory , near Providence ,
R . I . W , of which , hen completed , I became treasurer . We
u s bsequently built the Oriental Point Works , ten miles From
w a s of t Providence , and I made treasurer hem also . 1 86 8 In I resigned these positions , and established a cotton
Ga . bu t commission at Savannah , the enterprise was not suc ce s sful 1 875 t n t , and in I returned to Bos on , and have o engaged
a u . u ou r in ctive b siness since D ring residence in Savannah , t Mrs . Boi and I made two trips to Europe . We Visited En g t a c t bu t land , Sco land , Fr n e and I aly , did not make a general t of th t our e con inen t. We came back from ou r last visit i n
1 87 5 t t e n o a w w . , and settled Newp or , where live We have
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c t t . Of t had six hildren , hree boys and hree girls hese , th e f 1 875 w youngest died in in ancy , and in , hile abroad , we lost 4 5 THE CL ASS OF 1 834.
w f' u r o H . o eldest daughter , Elizabeth Greene , wido Joseph t wh o fe w m t Pa ten , of Providence ( died a on hs before her) and their deaths constitu te th e - o n e great sorrow of an otherwise a l
- most uninterrupted domestic happ iness of forty six years . Ou r
s u r vi vi n dau h te r H . . t g g , Jane , is now Mrs Ar hur Hunnewell , of Boston .
D. Our eldest son , Edward , graduated from Harvard in
H e . 1 863 . was admitted to the bar , but did not practise In
M. u t . 1 86 4 L . H e he married Miss C shing , of Wa ertown is t an ar ist , and has lived abroad many years , where he now is .
u r A . 1 86 8 . H e O second son , Robert , graduated in went
u s with to Savannah , and there married Miss Georgie Mercer , H wh o . e has since deceased , leaving two little girls is engaged
c . in the insuran e business in Boston Our youngest son , John ,
c u s . is an ar hitect , and lives with at Newport
a m t As for myself, in theology I a Unitarian ; in poli ics a
t c conserva ive Democrat , and an advocate of civil servi e reform and free trade . I a m also a total abstainer from th e use of alcohol and tobacco . I begin what some on e calls the march along th e melan choly ” of th e t t line Seven ies , s rong in faith and hope , and expecting
” fir m th e c to die in convi tion that Life is indeed worth living .
N Y HE R BURROUGHS .
B U U H of EN Y B RRO G S , the only child Henry and
u u Catherine ( Greene) B rro ghs , was born in Boston , April
1 8 1 81 5 . t old His mo her died when he was two years , and his home during his childhood and youth was at the family man sion in Hollis Street , covering with its garden the site now called
u l B u rro ghs P ace . From 1 823 to 1 830 he was a scholar in the celebrated academy
M . of r W. H . C . a Charles Greene ( at J maica Plain , 5 5 HENRY BURROUGH S .
1 830 where he was prepared for Harvard College , entering in
h t to at t e age of fifte e n . Af e r leaving college he devoted a year
i n 1 83 5 t th e a general study Boston , and in en ered Gener l Theo logical Seminary of the Protestant Epis copal Chu rch in th e city of Ne w t a York . Having completed the course of study in h t
t tu w a s ins i tion and received the usual testimonials , he ordained
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th e Rt. . . t Deacon by Rev Dr Griswold , Bishop of the Eas ern
c u on 1 5th Jul 1 83 8 . Dio ese , in Trinity Ch rch , Boston , the of y , ’
H e t St. c soon af erwards entered upon the charge of Paul s Chur h ,
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t St. Camden , Trini y Church , Moorestown , and Mary s Church ,
e t H a s r t c e r s e . e w Col s own , New J y ma ried in Trini y Chur h ,
t 1 8 1 838 u Bos on , December , , to Miss Sarah Tilden , da ghter of
u t the late William Tilden , and grandda gh er of Captain George H t Inman of the British army . e was admi ted to the priesthood
Rt. . f r s Re v . W e e by the George Doane , Bishop o New J y , in ’
St. 29 1 83 9 . t Mary s Church , Burlington , N J May , Af er
c of five to Ma s s a ch u a residen e years at Camden , he removed ’ t h n s i e t. o n u se ts , and becam rector of S J Church the beautif l v 1 4 H of t 8 3 to 1 85 2 . e illage Nor hampton , where he lived from w t - then removed to Boston with his family , and resided t en y nine
a ll w a s th e u t years , during which time he engaged in d ies of the
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t . ofi ci a ti n St. Ch u r ch B r ooklin e for minis ry After g in Paul s , ,
t t u a few mon hs , he had the emporary charge of Grace Ch rch ,
e R . I . 1 85 3 1 854 . 1 85 5 1 85 6 Providenc , , in and In and he
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t e St. u t acted as assis ant minist r in John s Ch rch , Por smouth
H . th u N . e . , during illness of his ncle , the Rev Charles Bur D ’ u D . . H e u of t. ro ghs , then ass med the pastoral care S Mary s
u F t two Ch rch , Newton Lower alls , which he held for abou years .
1 860 1 86 8 w a s of u c u From to , he rector Christ Ch r h , Q incy ,
c 1 868 t of t u and in O tober , , he became Rec or Chris Ch rch , ff t 1 881 Boston , which o ice he held ill July , , when he sailed for
1 883 . England , and was absent till December ,
On 28th of 1 87 3 a the December , , he delivered an ddress ,
wa s t u on th e on e fifti e th which af erwards p blished , hundred and
of of o anniversary the opening Christ Church , the oldest house f w on 1 8th 1 875 orship in Boston ; and the of April , he held in 5 6 THE CLASS OF 1 834. the church a service commemorating the hanging out of Pau l
’ Revere s signal lanterns from th e tower o f Christ Church on th e
' H e night before th e battle oi Lexington . served fourteen years
n tt t te n o the School Commi ee of the city of Bos on , and was for ’ years th e Chairman of th e Committee on the Girls High and
H e t of th e Normal School . was for several years Secre ary Standing Committee of th e Diocese of Massachu setts from 1 8 73 to 1 881 t 1 85 5 , the Boston Ep iscopal Chari able Society from to 1 87 1 ’ ’ 1 86 5 1 881 , the Widows and Orphans Society from to ,
u H t n and of other instit tions . e has also for e years held the
f Ex a mmi n t f position o g Chaplain o the Bishop o Massachusetts .
The degree of S . T . D . was conferred upon him by Trinity Col 1 7 t 8 6 . lege , Har ford , in
t u t His oldes son , Major George Burroughs , grad a ed at West
1 86 2 t c Point in , and received two brevets for meri orious servi es as an office r of the Corps of Engineers du ring the war of th e
H e on i n of rebellion . died while duty the harbor Charleston , 2 2 1 7 8 0 . . C . u S , Jan ary ,
i on 9 th o f t 1 882 His second son , Henry , d ed the Oc ober , , at
u t n So hsea , E gland
u t to . His only da ghter , Ca harine , was married Dr Luther
of u . Parks , Boston , and is now residing in E rope
JAMES FREEMAN COLMAN .
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B Mr . . y Colman s request , all notice of him is omitted BENJAMIN EDDY C OTTING .
BENJAMIN EDDY COTTING .
' HIS sketch of th e life of our classmate is taken mainly from — T. C . th e Biographical Encyclopaedia of Massachusetts .
' Be n a mm t of j Eddy Cot ing , son William and Sarah (Eddy)
w a s . , Cotting , born in West Cambridge , now Arlington , Mass
b 2 1 81 2 . Novem er , In early life young Cotting’ s inclinations were for the mili
a of r e t ry service , and his education was the special character
qu ired to fit h im for th e National Military Academy . Before
th e design could be consummated , other considerations interfered ,
th e u w a t n and p rpose a s bandoned . Af er studying in his ative
town he en tered Harvard University without conditions in 1 830 . There he received some of the highest testimonials to the excel lence of his scholarship in th e exhibition appointments of his
c a 1 4 83 . lass , and gr duated with honors in In th e third year of his college course he undertook the
t m c o f t a n d e porary harge an academy at Nor h Andover , bore w ith tact a n d s u ccess th e inevitable trials of temper and abilities
a t u t th sually attend a fir s t essay at teaching . Af er receiving his diploma he deliberately chose th e healing art as the calling to
c H e t whi h his energies should be devoted . s udied at the Har
c th e t vard Medi al School , which then enjoyed eachings of pro
fe s s or s t th e so eminen in profession , as Warren , Jackson , ” B 1 837 . igelow , Hayward , and Ware , and took his degree in S chool instruction was supplemented by service as i n te rn e
th e u of u t —an ff at County Ho se Ind s ry , institution then a ording special and highly appreciated Opportunities for clinical obs e r t va ion . Many discomforts accompanied his labors there . The office rs of th e establishment showed slight consideration for B medical assistants . ut his zeal and persistent thirst for know
offici al h im ledge overcame prejudices , and bore triumphantly t hrough . 5 8 THE CLASS OF 1 834.
. t t Dr Cotting remained for a while in Bos on , supplemen ing his work as a physician by giving instr u ction i n th e cl a ssics and
i a s - t t c n W r ofici e n t. w t five ma hema i s , which he a p T en y p hysi
ci a n s of w th e t t ccu t , hom he was las comer , hen o pied Win er h t t i n t e t th e c t . t t a ll S ree , hear of i y One af er the o her , were
o u t th e v t u t i c driven by onward ad ance of rade , and so gh res den es
t f th t ct h in o ther p ar s o e ci y or neighborhood . A ing u nder t e
a 1 843 to Rox dvice of judicious medical friends , in he removed
u t t t b ry , hen an independen ownship . There he speedily achieved
surprising and exceptional s u ccess . Physicians and citizens
a t u u u t u u c were f miliarized wi h his n s al surgical ap it de . Q i k to
t to th e fitti n u t seize and pa ient improve g opp ort ni y , successful
' man agement of critical surgical c ases Spread abroad his fa me
a t U thro u gh all th neighborhood . p to recent years he performed most of the unus u al as well as ordinary su rgical operations i n
n t d a s Roxbury a d vicinity . Rep uta ion wi ened experience i n
c w on for th e t th e reased , and him posi ion he now holds on con
n H s ulti g sta ff of the Boston Ci ty Hospital . e had previou sly several times declined th e otfice of attending surgeon at th e
Hospi tal . h i t e c a fl h rs of u . tt t In publi Roxb ry , Dr Co ing exhibi ed keen and abiding in terest so long as i t remained an indep endent m u ni
A o n e th t t th t cip a lity . s of e ru s ees of e Rox bu ry La in School
for a u t t to i ts . H e m ny years , he gave m ch at en ion management resisted the prevailing tendency to extravagance in expensive schoolhou ses ; and wi th another tru s tee he p lanned and erected
a n u th e i n th e n inexpensive b ilding , only one eighborhood that
t th e c t cost less han appropriations , and one whi h s ill remains uns u rpassed i n completeness for th e p urposes inte n ded . For eight years he served as physician to th e Roxbury Almsho u se a c onnection which afforded exceptional op portu ni ties for medi
c ca l observation . More than two thousand cases ame u nder his
t t tu firs t t notice in hat ins i tion alone . A class hospi al rarely offers to an individ u al practitioner a larger n u mber or a greater pathological diversity withi n a similar period . tt m f th In 1 83 7 Dr . Co ing was ad itted to the fellowship o e
60 THE CLASS OF 1 834. w a s created by his liberality for th e continuance of that p r o
t of for a n d t vision . Generous gif s money prizes o her purp oses ,
t n personal activity in important special and s a ding committees ,
of ff n unabated interest in all matters whatever magnitude , a ecti g
of the honor and welfare his medical brethren in Massachusetts , richly entitle h im to their gratitude and respect . ’ ffilia ti on s t m O u . a tside the State society , Dr Cotting s wi h edi
H e w cal and s ci e n tific bodies a r e quite numero u s . is a Fello and also a Councillor of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences ; an honorary member of the Connecticu t and of th e New Hampshire State Medical Societies a corresponding mem “ of t Gre e ce a n d ber the Royal Medical Society of A hens , fi of ’ the Academia de Quiri ti at Rome .
th e The Obstetrical Society of Boston , Norfolk District Society , t and the Boston Society for Medical Improvemen , owe much to his zeal and labor in founding and maintaining them .
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1 843 . e firi e s W m When , in , his friend Dr J yman retired fro
office of . the of Curator the Lowell Institute in Boston , Dr Cot
t to ting became his successor . Sound judgment and ready tac ,
“ th e of c t gether with expenditure mu h ime , are demanded by its
t tu a n d t c th e r e u 1s 1t1 o duties . The promp i de fulness wi h whi h q n has been s a ti s fie d have been largely compens a ted by th e intimate
t a t t t relation it involves wi h m ny eminen scien is s and scholars .
u t t u a n d Acq aintance hus began wi h Agassiz , G yot , Lyell
— u t others , acquaintance which ripened into val ed and permanen friendship . t ’ The activity of Dr . Co ting s life is apparen t in this n e ce s
n o f t s a r ilv brief biograp hic sketch . It would t admit o elegan t leis u re . Extensive and engrossing prac ice afforded no res l pite . Only by breaking away from ever increasing ocal
t In 1 4 s . 8 8 engagemen s could he obtain an occa ional rest . he v s t of th e t c i i ed Europe , and witnessed some s irring s enes con n e cte d with the deposition of Louis Phillippe and th e promulga tion
f h c 1 t o t e F . 860 ren h Republic Again , in , he made an ex ended
u t u t t c E ropean o r , in which Cons an inople and the ity of Athens
H e r e e d to th e R o a M e d ca S o c e t of A th e n s i n G r e e a cce t n th e pli y l i l i y , k , p i g m e mb e r s h l w h ch h a d e e n e s to w e d u o n l1 1m b o te of th e So c e t s h ow p i b b p y v i y, i n th a t th e te a ch n s of h i A ma M a t r h a d fa n o — s e T. C . g i g l ll e n go od s o il . B EDDY C O 6 1 ENJAMIN TTING .
1 6 c th c . 8 5 e t t were in luded Again , in , he rossed A lan ic for
t n th e p u rp ose of re cre a tion in travel . The immedia e eed of th e last trip was occasioned by his expos u re to u nfavora ble clima tic
’ a i n flu e n ce s while an efficient membe r of Prof. Ag ssiz s exploring
a a u c u expedition to Br zil . Physic l dist rban es p ec liar to th e t th e f t o f w c n u r e c ov ropics , and from ef ec s hi h he has ever f lly
c to th e t u i e n ered , ompelled him leave dis ing sh d compa y some w t t a n d to a cl m t ha sooner han he intended , seek a more geni l i a e . While in Bra zil he w a s introdu ced to th e enlightened a n d p a tri
t Dom t u b a n c u a t o ic Emperor , Pedro , and h s egan a q in an ce which his Majesty spontaneo u sly renewed du ring his recen t visit t to th e United S ates . In addition to frequent contributions to periodical medical
h a s t t . t u t literature , Dr Cot ing wri ten hree more formal p rod c ions
fir s t on medical topics . The is an address entitled Natu re in ” W c i n 1 83 2 th e a Disease , hi h was delivered May , ; second , n
" ” t t t of th e of t address en i led Disease , a par Plan Crea ion , delir
1 865 th e a t of th e u t ered in , at nnual mee ing Massach set s Med
i tt t t t . ical Soc ety , which a racted grea a ten ion The more liberal of c t i t t i t n ot e s medi al hinkers received cordially , al hough has
- caped criticism of a less friendly n atu re . In 1 86 6 i t received th e compliment of translation and p u blica tion in th e Fren ch lan
' of th e a to a g u a ge in Paris . The last ddresses referred w s d cli v
l\Ia 1 87 2 u th e t t t u t a s ered in y , , nder i le of My Firs Q es ion — a Medical Stu dent its Solu tion a su re Basis for Rational Thera
” p e u ti cs . Each of these essays is a plea for rational medical science and — procedu re e a ch is a protest against pertu rbation a g a inst e mp i r i w cal and u nne cessary medication . All ere rep u blished by th e t 1 875 th e t t au hor in , in a small volume bearing i le of Medica l
tu t u u t c to th e Addresses for gra i o s distrib ion , espe ially Fello w s ” o f th e Massachu setts Medica l So ciety .
1 843 a t ct. 5 N tt O . Y . Dr . Co ing married , , , Brooklyn , , Miss
t a a t . o f Ne w En Ca harine Greene S yer , born Dedham , Mass , g
. c n on a ou r n e to o land origin Ac omp a ying him j y Calif rnia , she
of u m n l 29 1 88 1 a - ca r died painless pne o ia , Apri , , in a r ilroad , 6 2 THE CLASS OF 1 834. as th e tra in was nearing th e mile tree in Utah Terri t w t fl u tt th e w d ory , i h p rairie owers in her hand , while ering or s
a u t u u t t of th e w - be if l , grand , as her eyes ca gh sigh sno covered
’ summits o f Pike s Peak ; a circumstance which excited th e deep ’ f sympathy ot th e many friends of hersel and husband . She left no children . tt w t i n Dr . Co ing has al ays felt great interes everything
t to th e 1 834 w c per aining class of , hi h he has shown in many s u bstantial ways .
THOMAS CUSHING .
‘ AVINGr tried in vain to get a notice of myself written by
t to t th e F ano her hand , I propose do it wi h reedom and frankness which I have enjoined with some degree of success
t th e th c ma t upon o hers , as being p rop er ing among lass es .
w a s Bu lfin ch t 1 0 1 81 4 b " I born in Place , Bos on , April , , eing th e oldest son of Thomas and Eliza Constantia (Watson ) C u sh
n t t a m th e n th c t ing . Whe I say ha I ni in des en on both sides
r u t t n o t o a t b c f om Plymo h p ilgrims , I hink I need g any f r her a k
i n a to c t . n w a s u old reg rd my an es ors Whe I fo r years , mer c a n tile V1 ci s s i tu de s comp elled a chan ge from th e liberal and pleasan t s u rro u ndings in whi ch I w a s born to a comp a ratively
' u m th e u of t h bler residence in neighboring r ral village Dorches er ,
' where I learned something of co u n try life as w ell as s u ffici e n t
' book knowledge i n th e schools oi th e to wn to enable me to e n ter
th e u c t c th e of te n n P bli La in S hool at age years , whe I had
a n ta n t again become inhabi t of Bos on .
t c du five a w a s The La in S hool , ring my years of attend nce ,
' f ci e n u t t o e ffi c d B . in a very high sta e y and po p lari y un er A .
4 . t 1 8 1 F P . t H . . 2 Go uld ( H . C . ) and Levere ( C 1 8 1 ) as e - ” i ll . . 2 7 r a . D x we H 1 8 c E . S C mas te r a n d p in ip ls , and ( ) as sub ,
at - S u s e u e n t r n c a 1 836 185 1 . b q ly p i ip l, 6 3 THOMA S CUSHING .
c w h o te w t several gentlemen as tea hers , af r ards became dis in
It c n l a ll gu is h e d in their variou s profession s . embra ed ear y th e boys in th e city w h o were aiming a t an extended or u niversity
u t u t two u fift u w t u t ed ca ion , abo h ndred and y in n mber , i h j s mu ch distinction of class and means a s i t is wholesome for boy s
l e t c to be brought u p u nde r . And here me re ord my happy and
t d a satisfa ctory recollec tion s of th e years tha I p asse t this s chool . Everything is fix e d in my memory in th e brightest and rosiest
t c t t colors . My ea hers were eminen ly gen lemen and scholars ,
a e to t bu t n ot c u my ssociates agr eable me , the discipline stric r el , th e short and decisive methods of which were n ever a pplied to m e t u t th e c c o n t t wi ho ons iousness , my part , hat hey were richly
s t t t c th e for me t de erved , and ha hey leared score for the ime being , leaving no sting to break my sleep or interr u pt my p lay . My co untry training and s tu rdy frame enabled my right hand to
a t m ou t w t keep my head and m in ain y rights of doors , a some ha
c necessary accomplishment in those days . The long s hool year
u t to i n u t o f and school days , eq ivalen nearly double amo n school
u to th e t - u s to do ho rs presen ever shrinking allowance , enabled o u r t u t u u fa to do work wi ho h rrying or undue press re , and , in ct ,
u t w a s c t c a a m ch more han ne essary to en er ollege , which , g in , w tt a s t u - - a s by no means so li le is some imes ass med now a days .
i ts u i ts t t to For p rpose and in day , I do not hesi a e say , having
ow of c t th e a t n c a t t t t some kn ledge s hools , hat L i S hool ha ime w a s m t t t t t of al os ideal excellence , and ha I gained here wha w a s of inestimable advantage to me in my college co u rse and t fu u re p u rs u i ts . The fame of th e thorou gh and elegan t s cholarship of Robert
C . W t S . w a s t l th e in hrop and George Hillard s i l alive in school ,
n a t a u t and amo g my schoolm es were Ch rles S mner , Lo hrop
t e M . t Mo l y , James Freeman Clarke , William Evar s , Wendell
7 t h ta d “ . w o Phillips , Henry Torrey , and many o hers have ob ine dis tinction in life and sho wn that th e s chool w a s building u pon
u t a t a s re fo u ndation of classical and ma hem ical cultu re . I had such con fide n ce also in my teachers that I felt that w hat t t ever hey said was right and whatever hey required was possible , 6 4 THE CLASS OF 1834.
w t u a l a n d therefore to be done i ho t hesit tion or grumb ing . This w a s s tr iki n e exe mpli fie d by the readiness with which I u nder took th e writing of a s o- called Greek poem for my grad u ating
t t . u n tt exercise , at rather shor no ice Tho gh I had ever wri en a
of or c u t line Greek made a Greek letter ex ept for am semen , I
n t u t o f t bu t t of ever ho gh pleading inabili y , by diligen plying
c t u h ot - u Lexi on and Gradus , early and la e , d ring the mid A gust
( l a i n du e t u ou t th e u c ys , ime I t rned req ired forty lines , whi h
u d fl t t u c o l be scanned , and I at ered myself had the r e Homeric t ring to them . I have h u s always had th e p leas u re of looking
a k u c t of f m n ot b c p on the s hool por ion my li e , which to any is a n a greeable s ubject of r e fle cti on with feelings of unalloyed
u . u t fin d th e pleas re and happiness As ill s rating this , I on blank
- l t Au . eaf of my well thumbed old Greek grammar , under da e of g
M y l a st day a t La ti n Sch ool . ” Sorry to lea ve i t.
’ t u or t No m ch poetry sentimen in this , but a boy s downright
expression of an honest conviction .
t u tt c i n 1 829 r e s a zz u s m d o Af er q i ing s hool , the g mi made my prospect of a more extended ed u cation rather misty ; bu t i t j u st a t th e time when was ne cessary for me to take some step
u tu u t a t fix e d - to my f re s pp or , my f e was and my life work
u t t t a settled by a cas al mee ing wi h ano her of my te chers , whose
uffi i n tl M s c e r . F . memory I can never y honor , Gideon Thayer ,
i t t w a s u t th whose intermed a e school I had at ended , as q i e e c u s
n t for t u to rn i hose days , at the noon hours , ins r ction in some of
n ot t h t t e . Mr th e English branches taugh in La in School .
fin din u c to Thayer g my course nde ided , p ro posed to me com
th e of t c i n i ts t t a n a mence work ea hing simples elemen s , as p
t c th e t t Ch a u n c pren i e to the business , in new priva e insti ution , y l w h h e u u i n t Hal School , hic had j st fo nded Bos on , and where
t o f w ork for c c t H there w a s plen y every ap a i y . e offered me also th e opportunity to continu e my studies in any of th e de
a r tme n ts o f th e c . f w a s l cc p s hool This o fer I g ad to a ept , and 1 829 t i n September , , I began my work , li tle thinking that I 6 5 THOMA S CUSHING .
on i n was to carry it the same institution , with a comparatively
for u t . short intermission , j st half a cen ury
f i t u t The hope o a colleg a e ed ca ion was not entirely abandoned ,
tu t tu t th e h O e and my s dies were mos ly rned in tha direction , in p of some day rejoining my old L a tin - Sch ool classmates by enter
o w as s u ffici e n tl ing a year r more in advance . This hope y strong ’ to induce me at the age of sixteen to sup plement a long day s
th e of a t a t t work in school , seven hours le s , wi h so much study
th e or t in early morning la e evening as enabled me , though w t t ithou a teacher , to keep up with the class that en ered Har v 1 830 t w a s t ard in , un il the door unexpec edly opened for me to
th e a n u a r of 1 83 2 office s of on e wh o join it in J y , by the kind made it her pleas u re to assist those striving to obtain a collegiate
u f of ed cation . My habits o early study and power long and
t u u ct t con in o s labor , with perfe heal h and a thorough preparation
w a s made college work seem very light to me , and I able to do considerable to wards my own support by giving private i n stru c
Mr th e tion and assisting . Sparks in arranging and copying Washington manuscripts fo r the press and all this wi thout neglecting my own s tu dies or Cu tting myself off from the athletic
of f n and social pleasures college li e , which I e joyed like one long
t u u t t holiday , ho gh I vol n arily practised what seem in the re ro
u spect severe economies , and always grad ated my expenditures by my means . I think myself and classmates to have been fortunate in having
of th l been members e col ege just when we were . The recent accession of Mr ; Q uin cy to the presidency had given a whole " to th e t u t some stir and impulse ins it ion as a whole , while the cl a ssical and modern lan guage departments had received a de cided advance from such eminent scholars as Drs . Beck and t t Follen . The rhe orical depar ment , as administered by Dr .
T r m w a s of Edward . Cha ing , at the height its usefulness . The s tudies pursued with him were the most interesting part of my
s u ffici e n tl u work , and I can never be y thankf l for the very libera l
of of u s allowance work demanded , and the pains that he took to ground u s in th e writing of correct English and in forming 9 6 6 THE CLASS OF 1 834.
Ii' . u e r some idea of proper style and expression , as I have nd t t stood , this depar men is now less prominent and less work is ’
it s . done in , the more the pity I took mu ch pleasure a lso in the exercises of th e Harvard
flour i shi n Washington Corps , then in a very g condition , and was
fill o f t u happy to several the humbler posi ions , req iring con
r l a n d th e s ide a b e labor responsibility , though not conspicuous in t eyes of ou r fair friends on Exhibi ion Days . The athletic exercises of th e stu dents were on a pleasant and
. u of comfortable footing They were not made a b siness , nor
n entrusted to n m e s or elevens . A ybody could p articipate i n
. t a - a football , cricket , etc , as hen pl yed , who had reasonable
of t t modicum s reng h and hardihood , and large numbers did so
own . at their leisure moments , much to their advantage Swim ming in the noble Charles w a s also a recreation very largely i n
l i n th e t m n u du e d . g , as summer er lasted early thro gh July All
t u t these things were s rictly am semen s , and were therefore
rofita ble t pleasurable and p , and did not interfere at all wi h
serious work .
A of little cloud was thrown over the end our Senior year ,
t c u t which it is not necessary to speak of more par i larly . O her
w a s of wise my college life a time unalloyed satisfaction , of f h o t e . which , as my school days , I was sorry to see end I had succeeded in obtaining what had been th e chief object of my f t t u t c o me . you hf l ambi ion , whi h i self was enough to make happy If I a m considered too m u ch of an optimist in these r e col
’ ct s e e m t too cou l e u r de r os e ii le ions , and of g hings much , it is tho u ght that I ought to be able to conj u re u p some shadows for
r b ou t of th e t c my pictu e , it pro ably grows fact hat I lived in su h a s tate of exubera nt health and strength that life itself wa s a t t pleasure to me , hat I almost grudged a little ime for sleep , and
w a s t always ready and happy to face the new day wi h its labors ,
trials , and responsibilities .
Bu t f u ’ college li e came to an end , and having d ly graduated ,
1 834 for in September , , I took the place that was ready me at
- h a u n c c M . C r W. y Hall S hool , succeeding Henry Pickering 1 . 1 8 H . C 3 t of ( ) as sole instruc or the Classical Department .
68 THE CLASS OF 1834.
u l m Working thus ntrammeled and irresp onsib e , except to y
o wn m conscience , I was always comfortable and happy in y
t t t m fift of position , and can say wi h tru h hat I enjoyed y y years
- s of it. t chool keeping , and still enjoy the retrospect Tha I wa s able to do this under the very heavy burden of work that
of th e w a s u for a large portion time laid upon my sho lders , arose no dou bt from the fact that they were made broad and strong enou gh to bear it by the u ninterrupted continuance of perfect health and great endurance for without these the lot of th e
c u t t tea her m st be truly miserable . For unately my astes helped
a s of t to keep up this state of things . I w fond and prac ised
t c regularly athle ic exercises , such as boxing , fen ing , gymnastics ,
' d u t of and , as I grew ol er , riding , adding to the good res l s the last exercise by using horses hard-trotting enough to stir the blood i n
bu t u the coldest winter weather . I have also been mildly , sually u u a fie ld- bu t h a d nsuccessf lly , ddicted to sports have what I
of consider the chief advantage them , air , exercise , and some
to f thing turn the mind ou t of i ts usual course o thought . It is probably owing to unsu itable original conditions and th e want
of t ou t-of- t - tas e for door exercises and pursuits , tha school keep t t ing is so of en distasteful and inj u riou s o the health .
c t When I began to teach , the summer va a ion was about two
a n d m of . h ow and a half weeks in length , the proble to pass it
w a s t t pretty simple . But after i t had gradually expanded o h e
w of hole month August , and I began to have a young family
u t t growing p around me , I hought it best to secure a li tle spot
o f t t mo her earth , where , far from fashion and its vo aries and the
o f d n - ways hotels and boar i g houses , I could build a shelter , at
u s t of least , before all the beautif l pots were aken possession for
u d o the summer mansions of the ri ch . I fo n such a place n a t u u o c t t . bea if l beach in the t wn of North S i ua e , Mass , and hav
h o to ing found an optimistic Yankee carpenter , w promised ” five u build me a palace for h ndred dollars , I allowed him to do
8 0 . o m u m 1 848 w t Her I have had y s m er residence since , i h
a w h o great dvantage to myself and family , have all become in
u fis h e r me n F d b i n a meas re boatmen , , and armers , besides ab ling S C S IN 6 9 THOMA U H G .
At fir s t s many of th e mechanic arts . activity was nece sary to
t t i u n d provide food for a family , and I some imes old nq iri g frien s ” n f t a t . h I lived like the American India s , by hunting and ishing Bu t others have n ow fou nd ou t th e advantages and bea u ty of th e t 50 to or locali y land has risen from $ more an acre ,
u neighbors are crowding upon me , and , were I younger , I wo ld shou lder my gun and seek some more remote place to pass my summers .
of I have not attempted to do much outside my profession , n ot fin din s u ffici e n tl even to make a school book , g those in use y o go d if properly applied . I was one of the early members of th e a t tu t of t t c t Americ n Ins i e Ins ruc ion , a body whi h took h e fir st steps towards the edu cational improvements of th e last fifty t years . I was for many years its secre ary , and lectured several t t u t imes before it and o her ed ca ional bodies , besides giving my
on ct c t u th e views pra i al ins r ction in annual school catalogues .
t u t c t t I have visi ed E rope several imes in va a ions , and spen per
of 1 7 haps the most interesting week my life in Athens in 8 4 .
On 5th u t d the of J ne , I married Elizabe h Adelai e ,
of . t w t daughter Aaron Baldwin , Esq , of Bos on , hose talen s and
tu w t vir es were al ays a delight and inspira ion to me . H e r death
t of t th e 1 87 9 at about the ime my retiremen from school in ,
of m t t disappointed my hopes devoting y ime to her failing heal h , which had i n flu e n ce d me in taking that step . She left me four
u t Ch a u n c - sons , all of whom have been ed ca ed at y Hall School
a th e and Harv rd College , and are distributed among professions .
I have also eight grandchildren . 1 do not by any means fin d my time unoccupied since I have
t c . retired from active ea hing I have done some amateur work , and a m trying gradu ally to make some impression on the vast mass of interesting reading that I w a s obliged to p u t off to a ” more convenient season , and which I could not exhaust were
I to live a hundred years longer . Living in my native city among those whom I helped to
u c r a t tu ou n cr - ed ate , I meet f iends every rn , y D , middle aged , and w - even hite haired , and none are more friendly and more ready 7 0 THE CLASS OF 1 834. to acknowledge the be n e fits of school discipline than those wh o
u of it. i n e vita were th e special s bjects In my travels , also , the
u u t u ble old pupil t rns p , gree s me with satisfaction , and sually If gives a good account of himself. I have made any enemies f it they give no indication o . t With so much kindness around me and perfect heal h , I hope to live ou t gratefully whatever years may be added to th e allotted span of life .
FREDERIC DWIGHT .
DERIC t H . o . 1 793 a n d RE DWIGHT , son of Jona han ( ) t w a s Sarah ( Shepherd) Dwigh , born in Northampton about
1 81 5 .
H e received his pr eliminary education at th e famous Round
o f c t -m - Hill School , whi h his bro her law , George Bancroft
1 81 7 w a s on e of . Mr . w t ( H . C . ) the founders D igh has not of fu rnished any connected account his life since leaving college ,
t s o u though repeatedly reques ed to do , but has sent instead copio s t philosophical and poli ical speculations , for which there is not room in a p u blication of this sort .
S ri n fie ld H e has lived a retired life at Agawam , near p g , and devoted himself to theoretical and speculative pursuits .
SAMUEL MORSE FELTON .
SAMUEL MORSE FELTON , son of Cornelius Conway and t e wbu r . Anna (Morse) Fel on , was born at West N y , Mass ,
1 7 1 80 9 . July , His father early removed to North Chelsea ,
u of ncar Sa gus , where the subject this sketch attended the village S AMUEL M ORSE FELT ON .
u school , and passed his spare time in working pon the farms in
th e . r e n neighborhood When fourteen and a half yea s old , he te r c e d a gro ery store in Boston as errand boy and clerk , where
t . t u he stayed ill eighteen His older bro her , Corneli s Conway
H . t ( C . having just gradua ed with high honors , and having been ap pointed one of th e Principals of th e Livingsto n
u t tu t Co nty High School , in New York , he entered that ins i ion a s scholar and clerk , staying there two years , and preparing
for u 1 830 . u himself Harvard , which he entered in A gust , D ring ’ h i s u t four years residence in Cambridge , he s ppor ed himself by
u t t u u t teaching school d ring vaca ions , and priva e p pils d ring erm f th . c o e t u of 1 7 70 time In ollege he was a member Ins it te , th e u u c t on Hasty P dding Cl b and Phi Beta Kappa So ie y , and h M . 1 7 t t h is A . 83 e aking degree of in , he had honor of deliver ing th e Latin Oration .
t c Af er leaving Cambridge , he Opened a s hool in Charlestown ,
hi s u d e t th and entered name with J g Dana , in ending to make e
. con fin e me n t too u t law his profession The was m ch for his heal h , and he soon gave up the law for the more congenial study of
office of th e t n u e Civil Engineering , entering the dis i g ished n
in r e e ol . H . . t ol C . g , C Loammi Baldwin ( Af er C ’
1 83 8 Mr . office o wn Baldwin s death in , Felton opened an on his ’ c fir s t u th e -I on d ac ount , made the s rvey of Fresh Railroad , and
H u th e built it in 1 841 . e then surveyed and b ilt Fitchburg t t Railroad , of which he was Superin endent and Engineer un il
1 85 1 t e , at the same time having been engaged on o h r Ne w n t E gland railroads , notably the Cheshire , Ru land and Burlington
1 1 w a s and Vermo n t Central . In 85 he appointed president of th e t a t r Philadelp hia , Wilming on and B l imore Railroad , and e moved to Philadelphia , where he has since resided .
t on c The posi ion which he occupied this railroad , onnecting as
‘ u h im t c t it does the North with the South , bro ght in con a t wi h many me n prominent in the two sections of th e country then ’e drawing apart for the con flict which was soon to follow fi
’ A r F e ton e x e r e n ce w h il e r e s i de n t of th s r oa d i s of u h n e pis ode i n M . l s p i p i s c n at a n th ion al in te r e s t th a t i t i s th ou gh t b e s t to give i t t le g . Ear ly i n 1 86 1 i t came to h i s kn owle dge fr om r u mor s th a t th e r e w a s a con sp ir 7 2 THE CLASS OF 1 834.
m h e t r e In 1 86 5 Mr . Felton was obliged fro shattered al h to
s n th e c of th e t ig p residen y Philadelphia , Wilming on and Balti
i t more Railroad . In October of that year the Pennsylvan a S eel
a cy on fo ot amon g th e s ou th e r n s ymp ath ize r s 1 n B altim or e a gain s t th e r ailr oa d m d to n e s t a te th e t1 u th of th e s e r um or s h h h h a ch ai e . De te r n e o f w ic e d g i i v ig , h e too n to th e e m o of th e 1 a il r oa d th e n ow ce e r a te d de te ct e A an k i pl y l b iv , ll h h a s e o w or a n d i n a s h or t t m e Pm k e r ton . Pm k e r ton w t e t a s s s t n t s t t , i ig i , k i u n e ar th e d a con s pir a cy mu ch mor e w id e s p r e a d an d s e r iou s th an h a d b e e n s u p Th s con s r a c w a s b r i e fl a s fo ow s " if a n a tte m t w a s m a de to i n p os e d . i pi —y y ll p Va h n ton Mr n co n w a s to b e m ade w a a u u r ate th e r e s de n t e e ct i n 1 s . L g p i l i g , i l y W 1 th i n B a t mor e 0 11 h i s w a th r ou h th a t c t if on th e oth e r h an d a s th e n l i y g i y ; , , r a Mr I nn col n w a s n au u r a te d i n h a d e h a a n d tr o o s w e r e s e e m e d o e . p b bl , i g P il lp i , p ' c a e d for th e d e fe n ce of Wa s h n ton th e r d e s on th e Ph 1l a d e l h i a “ filmi n ll i g , b i g p , g ton a n d B a t mor e R a r oa d e tw e e n th e Su s u e h a n n a R e r an d B a t mor e l i il , b q iv l i , w e r e to b e u r n e d \ Va s h n ton s o a te d fr om th e o a N or th a n d th u s h a n de d b , i g i l l y l , o e r to th e S ou th e r n e r s w h o w e r e to s e z e i t a n d th e n a t on a a r ch e s an d d e v , i i l iv h cla re th e m s e lve s de f a cto th e n a tion al gove r n m e n t of th e Un ite d Sta te s . \ V e n Mr L n a r r e d i h e h a 0 11 h i s w a y to XVa sh i n ton h i s r o r amm e . n co n a d i l iv P il lp i , g , p g 11 a s to 0 o fr om h a de h a H a 1 r i sbu r w h e r e h e w a s to s e a a n d th e n P il lp i to g p k , f m a e h 1 s w a to “ a s h i n ton vi a th e N or th e r n Ce n tr a R a1lr oa d an d B a ti mor e . k y g , l l Imme d a te 0 11 th e a n n ou n ce m e n t of th s a n th e de te ct e s 1 e or te d th a t th e i ly i pl , iv p a tte n tion of th e con s pir a tor s i n B a ltim or e h ad b e e n tr an s fe n e d to th e N o1 th e r n C e n tr a R a r oa d an d th a t Mr L n co n w ou d b e w a y a d an d mu r de r e d on h i s l il , . i l l l i ’
a r o a ch to a t mor e r u 0 11 Mr . L n co n s ar r a i n h a de h a B b th a t o te . pp l i y i l iv l P il lp i , r F e ton th r ou h a fr 1 Mr n co n a c u a n te d h im th th e o t a a n s t M . e n d of . L w l , g i l , q i i pl g i r W h n r a e h a h h Mr fe an d u e d h im to o a ton t t t n t. T s h i s o t s . li , g g i g p iv ly ig i L n co n r e fu s e d to do s a n th a t h e h a d r om s e d to s e a i n H ar r s u r a n d i l . yi g p i p k i b g, th a t h e mu s t fulfil h i s r om s e bu t th a t a fte r h e h a d don e s o h e w ou d a ce p i ; , l pl a h a r r a e h 1ms e lf i n th e h an ds of h 1 s fr ie n d s . Th e follow in g pl n w a s t e n n g d b y
Mr F e ton for h i s s afe tr a n s m s s on to WVa sh i n to n . fte r de e r n h i s a d . l i i g A liv i g
dr e s s i n H ar r s u r h e w a s a ar e n tl to r e t r e w th G ov . Cu r t n for th e n h t i b g, pp y i i i ig , b u t r e a to b e d r e n to a om t tw o m e s ou ts de of H ar r s u r w h e r e a s e c a lly iv p il i i b g, p i l ca r a n d e n n e w e r e to a w a 1 t h 1m a n d mme d a te s tar t w th h im for h a gi , i i ly i P il h a Me a n wh e th e te e r a h r e l e a m i n a ll d r ct on fr om H ar r d e lp i . il l g p w i s d g i e i s is u T r a Mr u r w r e to b e c . n o n of n e ce s s t b g e t h e s p e cial t in con ve yin g . Li c l i y a r i iv e d i n Ph ila de lph ia la te r th a n th e s ch e du l e tim e for th e de p ar tu r e of th e n igh t r 1Va s h n on I a m ar h r a e x r e s s fo t . t th e r e for e e c e n e ce s s to d e a t s t n a n d p i g b y l y i i , a t th e s am e time to give s om e e x pla n a tion of i ts de l a y to th e ma n a ge me n t of th e B a t m or e a n d Oh o R a r o a d i n B a t mor e i n a s n th e m to a w a t i ts ar r a l i i il l i , ki g i iv l for e s ta r t n th e r tr a n for Wa h n ton Mr e ton h r r a te d to e s . . F t e e fo e s t th e b i g i i i g l , , a u th or itie s of th e B a ltimor e a n d Oh io th a t h e w a s p r e p ar in g a ve r y imp or ta n t p a ck a g e of p ap e r s for d e s p atch by th e n igh t e x pr e s s ; th a t ve r y pr ob a bly h e w ou d h a e to de a h i s tr a n for i t an d a s e d th e B a timor e a n d Oh o if th e l v l y i , k l i y w ou d a s a e r s on a fa or to h im de a th e de a r tu r e of th e r tr a n to 1Va s h i n l , p l v , l y p i i g on u n t th e a rr a of h i s tr a n fr om h a e h a Th s r e u e t w a s r e a t il iv l i P il d lp i . i q s di ly ’ Th n h m e d w th . e t x r Mr co e e s s a w a te d . L n co n s ar r a i n h a de h a pli i ig p i i l iv l P il lp i , r to o h im to B a t m or e w h e r e th e tr a n fo r “ a sh i n ton w a s a w a t n th s im k l i , i g i i g i ' or ta n t a c a e of a e r s a n d to o i t s afe th r ou h to th e n a t on s ca ta th e p p k g p p , k ly g i pi l , co n s p 1r a tor s i n B al t1m or e m e a n w h ile s u pp o s in g th e p r e s ide n t-e le ct qu ie tly s le e p u r In h e m i n g i n H a r r is b g . t or n in g th e fir s t m e s s a g e w h ich cam e ove r th e w ir e s 1 ‘ ” fr o m 1Va s h n ton w a s You r a c a e h a s ar r e d s afe a n d e e n de e r e d i g , p k g iv ly b liv , h e 1 e co n ce 1 tcd s i o 11 a1 th a t a ll 11 a d th a t t1 e a s on h a n t s w e a n d e e de fe a te d . p ll , b Attc1 th e ce l cb1 a te d p as s a ge o f th e S1x th M a s s a ch u s e tts Vol u n te e 1 s th r ou gh B al t1m o 1 e th e o t b e to 1 e con t1 i ve d a a n s t th e 1 a il 1 o a d w a s ca1 1 i e d n to e ffe ct , pl g i i , th e u d e s u r n e d an d \Va s h n ton cu t off h om a ll commu m ca ti on 1 1 i th th e b gti b i g ’ Du r i n th e r e o u t N or th . g p vi s win e r th e r ou te to Wa s h in gton via A n n ap olis h a d F 73 SAMUEL MORSE ELT ON .
fir s t t on Company , the concern to manu facture Bessemer S eel a M t r . commercial scale in the United S ates , was organized , and
office c Felton chosen its president , an whi h he has held ever
since . H e has for many years been connected with various rail
of roads the country , having been director in the Northern Paci fic St. u Co . , Paul and Dul th , Lehigh Coal and Navigation ,
Delaware Railroad , Eastern Shore , Chester Creek , Ogdensburg
e r s e and Lake Champlain , Pennsylvania , Reading , West J y and ’
c . t Pennsylvania C In Gov . Andrew s adminis ration he was
appointed a State Commi s s1on e r of th e Hoosac Tunnel . Later he
' w a s on e of the five government comm1s smn e r s appointed to make
fin al a examination of th e Union and Central P a cific Railroads . In 1 875 and 1 87 6 he was on e of the Centennial Board of
Exh ibi Finance , which organized and managed the Centennial
of of . tion , and is now President the Harvard Club Philadelphia
Mr . Felton has been twice married , and has four daughters
of and three sons , all living , and nine grandchildren . One his
wa s of of 1 87 9 on e sons a graduate Harvard College , class is a member of the present Sophomore class and one is a graduate
of the Institute of Technology at Boston , and is a civil engineer .
e e n u e Mr . s e st d to G e n . S cott b F e ton i n ca s e th e r d e s w e r e de s tr o e d b gg y l b i g y , an d th s r ou te w a s a t on ce or ani ze d b Mr F on n d Mr J Ed ar Th om s on e t a . i g y . l g p , r m h r e s de n t of th e e n n s ani a R a r oa d. Th e s e tw o e n t e e n on t e ow n p i P ylv il g l , i r e s on s li t hi r e d a n d r o s on e d s te ame r s a n d de s a tch e d th e m to A n n a p ibi y, p vi i p
o s a n d th e Su s u e h an n a . G e n . B u t e r on h i s a r r a in h a de h a fou n d p li q l , iv l P il lp i , e e r th n a rr an e d for h i s tr an s m s s on to WVa h 1 A n n a o s At v y i g g i i s i n gton 17 51 p li . fir h e r e fu d o a h a h i r r r m r B s t s e t o s i n t t s o de s w e r e to o th ou h B a t o e . u t g , y g g g l i mor e ru de n t cou n s e s r e a e d an d Bu t e r w e n t to Wa sh n ton via A n n a o s p l p v il , l i g p li , an d i n a ch ar a cte r istic s pir it claim e d for h ims e lf th e cr e dit of h avi n g or igin a te d an d o e n e d wh at a th n h e onl a f r e a h o a a a p w s e t y w yp c in g th e i s l te d c pit l . THE CLASS OF 1834.
HENRY GASSETT .
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B o f H . C . 1 7 95 EN Y GASSETT , son Henry ( ) and Lucy
Gra s s e tt u 7 1 81 3 . (Wood) , was born in Boston , Febr ary ,
w a s t— of c u u t His father the grea grandson a Fren h H g eno ,
wh o d Henri Gachet , emigrate from La Rochelle about the year
700 to u t . 1 Ta n on , Mass f 1 821 t c o . In , af er a s hooling several years under Messrs
t i n t w a s t Greely , Thayer , and o hers Bos on , he sent to Nor h
h a c t e u H . C . Andover to Fr nklin A ademy , Simeon P tnam ( h f t 1 8 1 1 . 1 82 6 a t t e o t ) Principal In , age hirteen , he was sen
h e t tw o u t. In to Paris , where spen years at the Pension Ro e
1 828 he retu rned to North An dover . Among his s choolmates at North Andover were several wh o have become more or less
u t . . disting ished in af er life , Viz , Oliver Ames , Dr William Dale , i M. . . t . G G. C Fel on , John Farley , Dr W lliam Ingalls , Dr eorge
A . . n a B . . Loring , Amos Lawrence , Prof Be j min Pierce , Rev
Re v . F . W . . Chandler Robbins , and J Ware ’ On t h i s - leaving college he went in o father s counting room ,
t u t t and af er a b siness experience of six een years , wi hdrew to
u t of t - c t , cul ivating a farm eigh y six a res in Nor h co ntry ‘ life V r e n th a m . or folk . 1 85 8 t V , Mass , now N In he lef home for a
u u u a tour of nearly three years thro gho t E rope , Egypt and P les 1 1 u n 86 . 1 86 6 to tine , ret rni g to his farm in In he removed
. u u Dorchester , Mass , and has f lly occ pied his time since in the care of his place and the management of his o wn and tr u st
1 1 t . 1 884 n ow p oper y In he removed to Braintree , where he ”e r e side s .
Mr G a s s e tt u h e d a on e th e cau e of mu h ar f . p l l s s ic on t e p t o th e ve ry u n mu s ical cla s s o f 1 83 4 i n th e Pie r ia n S o da lity ; h e a l s o w a s in s tr u m e n ta l w ith h D h t an d oth e r i or a n z n h ar ar Mu a A — Jo n S . s n t e H d s c s s oc a t w on . T C ig g i i g v i l i i . .
7 6 THE CLASS OF 1 834.
wa s pastor of the Lee Street Unitarian Society for ten years .
At , , 1 865 , the end of that time ‘ February he accepted an earnest invitation from the School Committee of the city of New , Bedford to take charge of the schools of that city as Su p e rin te n dent and in that position he has remained to the present time .
ove mbe r 1 838 dau h In N , , he married Elizabeth Davis Locke , g
of ose h ter J p and Mary Locke , of Boston , by whom he has had T fi . o f ve children w died in infancy . O those Who lived to
S . maturity , the oldest , Frances Sargent , married Henry Mackin of tosh , Cambridge the second , Mary Vincent , married James
of R . I . S . Tryon , Rumford , the third , Elizabeth Ingersoll ,
of Ne w married John Tetlow , then Bedford , subsequently of
n . i n 1 878 . Bosto She died March ,
ISAAC HINCKLEY.
R . HINCKLEY sends the following brief account of his
busy and useful life .
H ILADELPH IA . 27 1 883 . P , Dec , MY DEAR CLASSMATE
s n 1 1 . w a . 28 8 5 I bor in Hingham , Mass , October , My l parents were Isaac and Hannah ( Sturgis) Hinck ey . In my h seventh year I entered the Derby Academy , Hingham , w ere I w a s fitte d 1 833 to enter the class of , with my schoolmates , Baker ,
wa s on a o Eaton and Gay , but very properly retained at home count of my youth . In 1 830 I entered Without conditions with
of 1 834 the class , but passed the Freshman year at home , join
th e of ing the class at beginning the Sophomore year , September ,
1 83 1 . c ff I shot ducks , ki ked football , kept my shooting ski
l 1 83 2 of and studied a ittle until December , , when , by advice “ Dr . R first eynolds , at that time the oculist in Boston , I took I LE 7 7 SAA C HINCK Y.
up my connections temporarily , as I supposed , but in fact never
to resume them , until , to my great surprise , I received my degree
1 8 65 t of in , through the kind exer ions some of my classmates . w I had al ays , however , retained my interest in the class , and
1 85 9 we fir st t since , when had our class meeting af er graduating ,
I have never failed to dine with them on commencement day . From 1 83 2 to 1 83 6 I consulted the leading oculists in this
of country and in England , spending a portion the time in Lon
. 1 83 6 be don In , convinced that I must renoun ce all hope of
coming a civil engineer , as I had earnestly desired , I sought t position and work in Illinois , at that time distant from Bos on
t n of u u e days by mail route . There I was agent the A d bon t Land Cc . and a farmer without hired men . I served the Uni ed
- u of States as a post master , the State as a j stice the peace , and
the County as a surveyor and commissioner of school lands .
1 845 e n In worn out by fever and ague , I left the west and
t r e of e d the service the Boston and Providence Railroad Co . 1 848 Till I represented that company in Providence , and then became Superintendent of the Providence and Worcester Rail
firs t O . 1 850 road Cc . when perating their road In I left active railroad service and became Superintendent of the Merrimac
. tfic o . of o e t Manufacturing C Lowell , Mass , which I held ill
1 wa s of 865 . During most of that period I a director the Bos
h e l Co . t Co . ton and Lowell Rai road , Lowell Gas Light , and 1 86 the Lowell Institution for Savings . Early in 5 I accepted
of t the presidency the Philadelphia , Wilmington and Bal imore f c . o Railroad C , left vacant by the resignation my old friend and
M . u im classmate , Samuel Felton , whose health was so serio sly paired as to force hi m to retire after an eminently successful
administration of more than thirteen years .
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a m of P . W. B . R . R . Co . I still president the , and , and of
n tw o several other con ecting roads , but for years past I have f c been relieved rom active work , and have mu h time at my dis
‘ h of a m . h av a d posal I e my full share physical troubles , but still of reasonably well and able to travel in pursuit swans , geese and
n n ducks , from Florida to orthern Dakota , as I have do e this year . 78 THE CLASS OF 1834.
1 840 o In I married Julia Randolph T wnsend , born in Illinois 1 81 o f parents who emigrated from New York in 8 . We have f th had born to u s four boys a n d three girls . O e boys one died
f n n t t of 44th Ma s s a ch u in in a cy ; a o her , Wallace , Adju ant the 2d t l . ol . Vo setts V Infan ry , and of the Massachusetts Heavy t 1 86 5 of w - t Ar illery , died in , at the age t enty one , at For Macon ,
th e t t of to N C . , having given las hree years his life his ’
t . u s c oun ry s service Five remain to , and my dear companion in weal and wo for forty-three years continues to be the chief
blessing of my home .
Very truly ,
Your friend and classmate ,
SAAC HINCKLEY I .
CHARLES MASON .
S u the conventional circ mstance of being born , it seems
to commonly be expected , will be an item in any biograph v ical sketch , it may be stated here that that e ent , it is under
t on 3d da J 1 81 0 a t s ood , came to me the y of une , , Dublin ,
Jr . a H . N . My father and mother were Thaddeus , , and Lydi
u t m a n (Perry) Mason , both of D blin nativi y , whose im ediate
s a u t 1 7 6 c e s tor removed to that place from Sherborn bo the year 5 .
l t . My paterna lineage is deduced hrough Capt Hugh Mason ,
wh o c a to t n i n 1 63 4 i n me his cou try from England , and settled
a te r town . VV , Mass My early years were passed much as those of o ther farmers ’ boys at th a t time ; attending the district s chool for a term o f eight or te n weeks in the s u mmer and abou t the same in winter
t t w of af er hat in the inter only ; the rest the time at work . I began the s tu dy of Latin in the autumn after I was eigh teen at a private fall school which chanced to be held in the to wn that 7 9 CHARLE S MAS ON .
t t l tu year . The succeeding win er I kept a dis rict schoo , and s d i e t 1 829 t to d t t . n La in as I had ime The ex sp ring , , I wen
c t u a t t t ti bu t Phillip s Exeter Academy , where I on in ed ha me on e t t t of tu erm , and spen the res the year at home s dying , ex
h e cep t that in th e winter I kep t a p u blic s chool . In t sp ring
u cc 1 830 t d to th e s eeding , , I re urne Academy at Exeter , where
u th e v c u t I remained fo r terms , the last year in ad an ed class , n il 1 1 u u t 83 . A g s , m t When at Ex—eter I was a ember , and for a time presiden , of th e c th e Golden Branch , and delivered a Valedi tory before
a t th c f m t a t th a Society e lose o y las term e Ac demy . An d
t c t t ct here I ough to re ognize , as I do wi h deep p ersonal sa isfa ion , m t c u c u ff y obliga ions for the en o ragement , o nsel and aid a orded me at that stage of my edu ca tion by the Rev . Levi Washb u rn D D mi n . . m s te r m t . H . C t Leo ard , ( the of y na ive own ,
m a n of u t c of cti c of a p re and exal ed chara ter , pra al good sense ,
u c t of sound j dgment and wise dis rimina ion , a kindly and genial ” on e of th e w a s sp irit , doers of the word also , whose life
v th e t c u u t r e fin i n th e n gi en to arousing in elle t al fac l ies , g feeli gs
t n u u n u m a u c and tas es , keepi g p re and s llied the or ls , and q i k e n i n g the spiritu al perceptions of the people whose sp e cial de voti on th e u wh o and consecration were to yo ng , and did more ,
fo r s t t a n doubtless , the common chools of his adopted sta e han y t o her man of the day .
t t ft th e s In Sep ember , af er I le Exeter , I entered ophomore c t u t c t u th e lass in Dar mo h College , where I on in ed till towards
of th e u t t end college year , when I took p my connec ions wi h
u t to a t c Dartmo h in order enter Cambridge , for whi h I had been ,
w a s ct c for u as far as pra i able , preparing some weeks previo s . Unfortunately for me the course of study a t Dartmouth w a s then well nigh a fu ll year behind that of Harvard ; but remain
th e t of th e u ing at home res s mmer studying by myself, by dili
ce gen , p ersistence , and hard work generally , I was able to
t on fir s t of accomp lish so much , hat upon examination , the
1 83 2 w a s to of Sep tember , , I admitted clear the Junior class
Harvard College . 80 THE CLASS OF 1834.
u s n In those times , some of found it ecessary and were per mitte d to be absent for a term in the winter to keep school . In the Junior year I had a public school in the centre of North borough in th e Senior year in the centre of Sterling . With these exceptions I spent the whole of these two years in steady h attendance upon the work of t e class . The years passed
u pleasantly , and considering my limited time and opport nities ’ for fitti n b of tu g, and the reaks in my four years course s dy , as p r ofita bly and su ccessfu lly as could reasonably have been antici
i 1 834 . . n pated I graduated in regular course , and three years later took the degree of A . M . While in college I was a member of the Hasty P udding Cl ub e of and of th e Phi Beta Kappa Society . In the latt r part the Junior year I wrote a dissertation wh ich was offered for a Bow
fir s t w a s . doin prize , and to which the prize awarded I had intended to spend some time after gradu ating in teach
bu t ff ing ; no eligible place o ering at the time , I remained at
u i n h s e cific home through the aut mn , and default of anyt ing p
t u of th e to do , ook up the st dy Hebrew by myself ; and next term I spent in the Divinity School at Cambridge . But , at the
of t close the term , having an opportuni y to take the Medford i t High School , then just Opened , I gladly availed myself of , and had th e charge of that institu tion from May to Augu st . In the course of the summer a tutorship in the Latin department at
v ff Har ard College was o ered me , Which , with some hesitation , I
u accepted . I entered pon my duties as tu tor at the beginning
of of 1 83 5 th e it for . the fall term , and held pos ion four years D u ring two and a half years of this time I w a s also a student
La w in the Dane School , and having completed the prescribed i 1 83 9 LL n B . course of study , I received the degree of t Af er leaving the law school , I spent several months in the tfi f o ce o . Messrs Hubbard and Watts , in Boston , and in Sep
1 83 9 wa s t t tember , , admitted in Bos on to prac ise in the courts of the Commonwealth and in the United States Circuit and Dis
ot . 1 841 office tri Courts In June , , I opened an in Lancaster , 1 842 w where I remained till September , , hen I removed to the H E 81 C ARL S MAS ON .
n ow th e t t u neighboring town ( ci y) of Fi chb rg , where I have since
u 1 842 w a s t of t d resided . In J ne , , I ap p oin ed one the s an ing commissioners in bankru p tcy for th e Massach u setts District u nder th e t t t u t l a w a n d th e office t th e Uni ed S a es bankr p , held ill law h w a s . t w a s t t e repealed Af erwards , I a Mas er in Chancery for
u t of 1’ or ce s te r office c a t t t t h a d u r is di c Co n y V , an whi h , ha ime , j t of c 1 85 1 u c ion insolven y p roceedings ; and in , p on a hange in th e t tu t u th e u w a s t s a es p on s bject , I appoin ed a Commissioner of c c u t c office t 1 853 Insolven y for Wor ester Co n y , whi h I held ill ,
w a s F r e e Boi le r w wh en I removed for being a , hich , unde
n ia bl w a s . y , I
u tl I have had b t lit e participation in political or p u blic affairs . I was a member of th e Hou se of Representative s of Ma s s a ch u
t 1 849 1 85 1 . tt se ts in and in In the la er year my position , had
t u t I done no hing else , gave me an Opport ni y to do what I doubt
c t t n t — not I shall ever on emplate wi h profou d sa isfaction , to cast
c i n th e of t th e the vote , whi h , same sense as did that every o her of
o n e - t wh o t hundred and ninety hree members voted for him , af er
u t t on th e - a str ggle of more than hree mon hs , twenty sixth bal
l ot t t t . , elected Charles Sumner to the Uni ed S ates Sena e I was
th tu also a member of e Consti tional Convention in 1 85 3 . 9 1 t Au . 853 t I was married g , , to Caroline A her on Briggs ,
f . you ngest dau ghter o Dr Calvin and Rebecca (Monroe) Briggs .
u t of 1 803 Dr . Briggs was a grad a e Williams College , , and received
M E . th e A . M . . a 1 80 7 of degrees of and from H rvard in , and
M 1 81 1 ct c l\Ia rble h e ad . D . in , and was a p ra ising physi ian in for
- t five . on e h t M for y years We have c ild , A herton Perry ason ,
t 1 3 1 85 6 u i n born Sep . , , who grad ated at Harvard College
1 87 9 1 882 t c t u t , and in , af er omple ing the reg lar course of s udy
th e c M . . in Harvard Medical S hool , took the degree of D , and is t settled in th e p ractice of his profession a Fi tch bu r g .
a m w u c of a i ce s —tize All this , I a are , only to hes some the p
ti s — t th e c a th e p wi hout coming very near to a tual gr in , essence
Bu t t and su bstance of the life . hen the interior ph a se of an
u t u t or c c to t . neven f l life , if shown , is of lit le interest on ern o hers It has become rather fashionable to decry academical ed ucation 82 TH E CLASS or 1834.
of t u as lit le worth , if not indeed positively harmf l to success in
. w life For myself, I kno not for what consideration I would
of voluntarily part with the memory my relations , humble as
they were , with Phillips Exeter Academy and Harvard College ,
u n de n i and the resultant advantages of those relations . It is
u f able , that many a college grad ate wofully fails to achieve a li e
which in any worthy sense can be called successfu l . But could an accurate account be taken of th e nu mber of actual failures in life of college grad uates as comp a red with the whole class o f
of of u of u graduates , and the number like fail res those not grad
th e t ates as compared with whole of that class , I imagine hat the perce ntage of failures in the former class would be fou nd to
e . be surprisingly less than in the latt r Moreover , I confess to a w sympathy with a vie , which is well expressed by a writer in the
u d Ce n t r 1 883 . 9 50 . e y for October , , p The main purpose of u cati on th e is not to promote success in life , but to raise standard ” “ f n o life itself. I understand the word success in this connectio in the sense i n which I a m constrained to believe it lies in th e
d of of u of min s the majority people , as that success the nit
YVi h th e of th e do ll a r . t which , distinctively and always , is idea
a n of ttaining to this success , you g men instead laboring thought fully and patiently to develop and compact a broad and su bs ta n tial foundation , suitable , when needed , to receive any desired
u of on e superstructure , are spurred on to the excl sive culture or
fe w s e cific a p faculties , thereby marring the integrity , the whole n of t ess , the symmetrical completeness their consti ution , and rendering themselves in a degree deformed and monstrous and this to the end that they may the earlier become more effective
ma ch i n e s t for doing work , the whole ultima ing practically and mainly as the fin al cause in their earning more money or per
- t chance acquiring more fame both which are , af er all , but
lfish s e considerations .
1 on e of hold that a man , as his race , owes something to f all or d . himsel personally , and not to his estate to the worl
s u cc e s s th e s u c There is a in which I fully believe , and that is
c w t n n ot ess hose cri erio is primarily wealth or distinction , but
ch a r a cte r .
84 THE CLASS OF 1 834.
of ut Adams , the great patriot the Revol ion , was born in Boston ,
6 1 813 . Mass . , Nov . , H e received his preparatory edu cation at the Boston Latin
c t wh o t c S chool , in ompany wi h many were af erwards his lass
cu t mates i n college , by whom his pe liar and marked originali y
t w a s of character is well remembered . Though among hem he
of bu t to a t u t u t not wholly them , seemed h ve ho gh s , p rsui s and
o aspirations to which they were s t1 a n e 1 s .
th c t e nte i cd t This was also e ase af er he college , where his astes
s ci e n tific t t th e n developed m a direc ion , En omology being bra ch
d t h i 1n s e lf th ou h t i n s m to which he specially evo ed , g hear ily y did tt pathy with nature in her va 1 i ou s aspects . The college li le
o u c u r u t " ut Mr a t that time to e n cou t a e or aid s h p s i s b . Randall
t fin e colle c p u 1 s u e d the qu iet te n 0 1 of his way ill he had a very tion of inse cts and extensive and thorou gh kno wledge on that and
u t t be ll e s - l e ttr e s kindred s bjec s , while his taste for poe ry and the
was also highly cu ltivated .
c t u bu t u t H e stu died medi ine af er grad ation , his acq isi ions as a — n a t u ralist were so well kno wn and recognized that he received th e honorable ap p ointment of Professor of Z oti logy i n th e de h t p a r tm e n t of invertebrate animals in t e Sou h Sea Exploring ’ t c VVilke s s w t t fit Exp edi ion ( alled ) , hich the Uni ed S ates were
ting o ut about this time . VVe can all remember the wearis ome delays a nd jealo u sies
cu th e of th e t c fin a ll which oc rred before sailing Expedi ion , whi h y
to t w u t . c t cau sed Mr . Randall hro p his appoin ment Sin e hat
u t t t to time he has led a q ie and re ired life , devo ing himself his
u to t th e c ct n favorite purs its , adding hem also olle ion of engravi gs , of which he has o n e of th e most rare and original collections i n
H u c t to th u t this country . e has also devoted m h ime e c l ivation t t f n u . or a d improvemen of an ancestral co ntry sea at Stow , Mass
of c a t u th e ancient trees whi h he has an lmos individ al friendship .
’ u t o f l\Ir An a cco n his life and experiences from . Randall s o wn p e n would have been very interesting a s well as amu sing
t t u t c and wi ty ; for in hese q ali ies he ex els . In excusing himself
t w t a s f w from giving his , he ri es ollo s 85 JOHN WITT R ANDALL .
for As myself, my life having been wholly private , presents
t or t lit le that I care to communicate to others , hat others would
w a s care to kno w . I cannot even say for myself as much as ’ contained in Professor Te u fe ls dr ii ck s epitaph on a famous hunts
viz . t man , tha in a long life he killed no less than ten thousand foxes . " It might have been interesting in former days to have related
of n adventures my foot journeys as a aturalist , amid scenes and
or objects then little known wholly unknown , where the solitary
a n d of backwoodsman his family , sole occupants a tract of bound
t t to less forest , were of en so hospi able as surrender their only
t on floor . bed to the stranger , and huddle hemselves together the
Bu t u u r since A d bon published his t avels , and railroads have
' t be penetrated everywhere , such accoun s cease to original , and indeed th e people themselves have become almost every
. fill where homogeneous Itineraries all the magazines , and natural curiosities little known forty years ago have become long th since familiar to e public .
“ ' for f for As my present sel , I will say no more than that ’ u ou t-of- health s sake to be m ch doors , I have been for a long
u i m time engaged in hydraulic , planting , b ilding , and other
r o ve me n ts oc p on my grounds , which create , it is true , pleasant cu ati on bu t w t p , hich when compared wi h wild nature so varied
a m t t about me , I impressed wi h the convic ion how inferior are
‘ ou r a r tifici al of pleasures to those simple enjoyments wood , water , air and sunshine , which we have unconsciously and inexpensively
of in common with the innumerable creatures , equally capable enjoying them .
—if s ci e n tific As to my literary works , I except papers on sub
e cts a o on e on i n j long g abandoned , as Crustacea the Transactions of the Academy of Na tu ral Sciences of Philadelphia ; two on In sects in the Transactions of the Boston Society of Na tu r a l His
on e n of tory manuscript volume o the Animals and Plants Maine , furnished to Dr . Charles T. Jackson to accompany his Geologi
of on cal Survey that State , and lost by him ; Critical Notes
an d on e classificati on Etchers Engravers , volume ; of ditto , one 1 1 86 TH E CLASS OF 1 834.
u m vol me , both in manuscript inco plete and not likely to be
u t completed , together with essays and reviews in man scrip not —m likely to be published , y doings reduce themselves to six
u first w a s 1 85 6 vol mes of poetic works , the of which issued in
t th e and reviewed shortly af er in the North American , while
’ or a outbr e ak of th e others , nearly p rtially completed at the civil
w a r u n fin i sh e d th e c of , still lie among many wre ks Time , pain
u s or r e fle ct on ful to most of to look back upon , themselves a ” Future whose skies are as yet obscure .
. wa s t Dr Randall never married , and resides wi h his sister in
Roxbury .
SAMUEL WILLIAM RODMAN .
M t PRO ISED , I believe , at our last class mee ing , to write a
short sketch of my life . In looking back upon the past I
fin d t so lit le in it of general interest , that I feel sure my friends w own ill agree with my conclusion , that , the briefer the sketch , the better it will be .
l R . My father , Wi liam Rodman , was born in New Bedford , I R . . Mass . (the family having originally come to Newport , , in
wa s for and sent for some years to Reading , England ,
of his ed u cation . Soon after coming age he removed to Phila
a W d P . elphia , , and married my mother , Rebecca aln Morgan ,
of . wa s . 30 1 81 4 . that city I born in Philadelphia , Oct , The 1 family removed to New Bedford in the autumn of 829 . I was
firs t o t sent to a sch ol near Philadelp hia , then recen ly opened by l 1 82 6 t a Frenchman named Ph iqu e p a . In my fa her took me to "
or th a m ton . N p , Mass , and placed me in that famous Round
li be Hill boarding school , which had been estab shed not long t fore by Messrs . Cogswell Bancrof , and which attracted for years large numbers of boys of the most prominent families in the country , from Maine to Louisiana , from Canada and the
88 TH E CLASS OF 1 834.
m which enables me yet , in y seventieth year , to participate in these , my favorite pursuits , with the same ardor as I could twenty years ago .
JOSEPH SARGENT .
R . SARGENT sends the following statement in regard to
himself.
wa s . . 1 5 1 81 5 I born in Leicester , Mass , Dec , , being the second son of Henry and Elizabeth (Denny) Sargent .
t m e h Having received my prepara ion at Leicester Acade y , I th 1 83 4 te r e d 1 830 . a e college in Gr duating with class in , I entered immediately upon the study of medicine in the otfice of
Dr . Edward Flint , the principal physician in my native town .
h im on e I remained With year , reading a great deal and learning
f 1 n v . a u o 835 e ery little In the ut mn I went to Boston , and te r e d the Medical School , being also under private instruction from Dr . James Jackson , Dr . John Ware , Dr . Winslow Lewis , and Dr . George Otis , all Harvard graduates . I retained mem be r s h i 1 83 7 p in this school till my graduation in , although I spent about six months in the au tu mn and winter of 1 83 6 and 1 83 7 in Philadelphia , under instruction from both schools there ff at that time , the Pennsylvania University and the Je erson
e Medical College . These schools wer then at constant war
Gh ibbe li n e s w a s with each other , like the Guelphs and , and it a
r wonder to the foolish that I could belon g to both . My chu n
h o t w a s ou r S . w in Philadelphia classmate , Conant Foster , af er wards p ractised medicine in New York .
n 1 83 7 Returni g to Boston in the spring of , I took my medi
u t a cal degree in the A gust following , and was immedia ely p
u t 0 8 pointed house physician at the Massach se ts General H pital , which office I fille d for the customary period of on e year . In 89 JOSEPH S ARGENT .
1 838 c t . C . September , , in ompany wi h Dr William Mack (H who h a d been my associate a t the Hospital as ho u se sur
Eu m e . t geon , I sailed for p In Paris mos ly and in London for
fe w u t 1 840 w a weeks I purs ed my medical studies ill May , , hen h . t e of I sailed for New York Arriving in last May , I Opened
offic . 1 1 840 . r e an e in Worcester , Mass , June , Here I have t mained since , working faithfully , wi h two recesses of nearly on e fir s t year each spent in Europe for medical improvement , the 1 6 7 ’ in 1 850 and the second in 8 and 68 . 2 1 41 . 7 8 Sept , , I married Emily Whitney of Cambridge , sister of the wife of ou r admirable professor and president Fel
wh o w a s ou r th e t of ton , nearer to class because bro her our ex
l t . ce le n t t M . and dis inguished classmate , Samuel Fel on We
u have had six living children , of whom four s rvive , two sons and
of two daughters . The sons are both graduates Harvard Col
r . t of th e lege , Joseph Sargent , J , and Henry Sargen , classes of
1 870 1 87 6 . t and , and are both married The daugh ers remain unmarried . The foregoing is all of my history that could possibly interest
i t w a s to 0 th e any public , and my purpose st p here ; but sug
ou r t n ot for gestion from historiographer , that hese memoirs are
bu t . the public for the class , prompts me to say more The freedom and fu lness and con fide n ce with his classmates which may be becoming to the Harvard graduate of fifty years
n ot "be fit th e u of ago , do , alas grad ate in the large classes to t day , and would scarcely be apprecia ed . This ancient and honor able class -interest was an important part of th e interest of th e
th e t u graduate in college itself, hrew a halo aro nd its learning
i ts i n flue n ce s t u i ts and all happy , and con rib ted largely to p ros p e ri ty and success Bu t this is of the past . The college is “ ” t th e u of th e now cosmopoli an , and is run , to use lang age
u u o i ts u day , in a b siness way , and yo ng men g through co rses
i t . c t o wn tu t as a bus ness opera ion They sele t heir s dies , ins ead of submitting themselves to the guidance and instr u ction of men wise by learning and experience . The once scholastic campaign
a is a sort of guerill Operation , irregular , unsteady , discursive , 90 THE CLASS OF 1 834.
a n d erratic . When a whole class moved in the same ranks ,
fie ld t throu gh th e same , sus aining each other towards the same
n , e n d , under wise and experienced directio there was sympathy , fie ld fellowship and strength . The , the fellows , and the end were it n ever forgotten . I write this because I feel , and it may ex plain and excuse a more detailed autobiography .
fift ou r In looking back over the y years since graduation , I take satisfaction in saying , that while I studied medicine as an
u u u u ndergraduate , I st died most assid o sly , always far into the n ight . My thesis for graduation was upon Cicatrization of Tuber
wa s w fi cu l ar Cavities in the Lungs , and , so far as I kno , the rst t monograph ever written on his important subject . I read it fi t recently , after it had remained untouched nearly f y years , and w a s proud to fin d it wa s still good reading . I say this in the ’ - lorifica ti on of consciousness of self g , which is a proper part one s
n of fift a utobiography to his o w classmates y years ago . This
of . w e ssay attracted the attention Dr Jacob Bigelo , whose son , the great surgeon , Henry J Bigelow , was my successor at the t i n t Hospital , and who af erwards his own recovery from graves
of . disease illu strated the theory the essay To the favor of Dr .
Jacch Bigelo w I have been greatly indebted for what success I
have had in professional life .
1 83 8 1 83 9 u While in Paris , in and , I wrote a successf l prize
e ssay on Medulla Sarcoma . This essay is far behind the s u rgery
- bu t t t a t t o f to day it gave me some dis inc ion the time , and his
a t . f w a s largely increased by imts ssociating me wi h Dr Gerhard o wh o ot 1 840 . Philadelphia , g the edical prize in the same year of My professional life in Worcester has had a certain provincial
s uccess and I have often felt that I got more credit than I de
s er ved . I have endeavored to do good , and to hold high the
s tandard of the medical profession .
1 840 r Politically , as parties were in , I was a Democ at , and I held to that party so long as it seemed to me to have a n y fixe d
u principles . Free trade , a sound currency and eq al rights de
a s igmated my political creed . But I was lso an abolitionist of
t firs t th e Garrisonian ype , my inspiration coming from Henry
9 2 THE CLASS OF 1834.
h i s 1 834 subs e degree at Commencement in , but received it
n th e quently in 1 847 . O leaving college he immediately began B . f 0 tu office G . . o 8 s dy of law in the of Charles Loring Esq , ton t u of u , and was admi ted as Attorney and Co nsellor the S preme
u t 1 83 8 t of Co r in , and established himself in his native own ’ 1 9 th H t 83 e of . e Bra tleboro in , and began practice law ’ w a s a of t elected J dge Probate for the distric of Marlboro , which
t of of u 1 846 consis s the southern part the Windham Co nty , in , and has held th e otfice by success ive elections up to th e present
H of t of m time . e was appointed clerk all the cour s Windha h 1 1 u t e of 85 th e office . Co nty in spring , and holds still
e r w a s m E . d arried to Miss Laura Keyes , aughter of
’
u d e tt of 1 841 . H e J g Asa Keyes , of Bra leboro , in the spring h a s t u t on e of had hree da gh ers , whom died in infancy , and the other two are married .
C HARLES ELIOT WARE .
ARLE S EL OT WA . H H I RE , son of Dr Henry ( .
1 7 85 w a s ) and Elizabeth (Bowes ) Ware , born in Cam
. 7 1 81 4 . bridge , Mass , May , With the exception of on e year passed at the Academy at
. d Lancaster , Mass , he received his e ucation preliminary to e n t ering college at private schools in Cambridge . H e entered 1 830 1 Harvard in , and graduated in 834. H e immediately
th e t entered Medical School in Bos on , and took his medical de 1 7 gree in 83 .
B m of Excepting two visits to u pe , at intervals twenty years ,
c H a s he has lived and pra tised his profession in Boston . e w
1 854 on married in , and has e daughter . 93 CH ARLE S NEWELL WARREN .
CHARLE S NENVELL WARREN .
ARLE S of l H NEWELL WARREN , son Jonas and Do ly C T — u wa s t w . 2 1 ( cker) Warren , born in S o , Mass , July , 1 8 1 8 . H e received his prep aration for college a t th e Academy i n t 1 83 0 th e of S ow , entering in at age twelve years , and joining th e class at the beginning of th e last term of th e Fresh th man year in e summer of 1 83 1 . H e was the youngest mem ” of th e a l t ber class , and was f mi iarly known as Lit le Warren , his size and app earance correspon ding to his years . Though so you ng he was al ways found adequ ate to the d uties of his posi
t u c t 1 83 4. ion , and grad ated redi ably in
t t u c Af er gradua ing he ta ght suc essively at Framingham ,
. a t t a n d t M . Mass , and Bal imore Por Deposit , d In the winter of 1 83 6 he went to Kentu cky w ith th e intention of practising civil engineering ; bu t being made professor of mathematics in
a t K . t on e B con College , George own , y , he remained here year .
H e u th e ct con then entered pon pra ice of civil engineering , and tinu e d u t a first on th it for fo r een years . H e w s engaged e Cincin nati a n d Charleston railroad then on th e road from Fr an kfor t to Lexington ; and fin a lly built the railroad from Frankfort to
Louisville .
th e 1 843 h e m l In year arried Miss Myra A dridge , of Lan
c a t K . n u s er , y , and has had a family of seve children , fo r girls
t of w . and hree boys , all hom are living
1 85 2 c u i n In he commen ed b siness as a private banker , and
1 865 of N t w t became president a a ional Bank , in hich posi ion he t remained for more than thirty years . The ins itution is thus spoken of in a book called The Ind u stries of Louisville Among the grea t fidu ci a ry institutions o f Lo u isville The Louis ’ t n ot ville City Na ional Bank stands p rominent , only for the
fin a n cial t th e t i ts t greatness of its weigh and ex ent of opera ions ,
on of th e but , also , account high standing and spotless character of s w a s its management . The banking bu iness established in 1 2 94 THE CLASS OF 1 834.
. P . t this city in 1 85 1 by C N . Warren and J Curtis a s a pri va e h d t . a n c c t e a n of C N . b nki g on ern , under name s yle Warren
a s of i ts t th e w a s Co . u D ring the e rly year exis ence , bank de v to u i n t t oted a general banking and brokerage b siness , and ha
l 1 fie d i ts M1 . c manager , Warren , displayed su h shrewd skill and
u of u of u u energy as a manip lator large s ms money , and p rs ed
u t t u t s ch an honorable and liberal p olicy , ha his ho se soon ook rank among th e most reliable and s u bstantial establishments of th e th e c t i ts t t th e u d kind in i y , and prop rie or s ood among so n est
a n mli s t 1 86 th w a s r or a n and ablest of ou r fin c s . In 5 e bank e g i z e d t u th e t A ct as a Na ional Bank , nder Na ional Banking ,
Mr . t t i ts t t . C aking hen presen name , wi h N Warren as presi
t u w c it w a s o r dent. The conserva ive basis pon hi h riginally o
a n iz e d th e n w c g has never been impaired , and pri ciples hi h were laid down for i ts guidan ce thirty years a go by i ts most promin ent fo u nder and present president have been adhered to through
” every change .
a r r n a Sin ce th e p u bli ca t1on of th e above Mr . WV e h s started a n e w —th e t Na ti on a l bank in Louisville , Four h Bank , a govern
t t c t. men deposi bank , of whi h he is presiden N0 on e has shown a greater interest i n his Alma Mater and
th a . H e class of 1 834 th n Mr . Warren e has almost invariably
c t a n d c a t h a s been present at commen emen s l ss fes ivals , and been a liberal contrib u tor to every thing calcul ated to promo te t t class in eres s and pleasures .
T —Mr “ a rr r r r m m a r N o Tn . e n e n u n a e to w te at e s e n t f o e d v s on b i g bl i p , i p i i i , th a o 1 ce h a e n r a r T C . e b ve n ot s b e p e p e d by .
HIRAM WELLINGTON .
RAM o f a n d c I WELLINGTON , son David Rebe ca
t a w a s c 1 4 1 80 6 i n ( S e rns ) Wellington , born Mar h , , f . th e l t o H e Lexington , Mass , being o des member the class .
9 6 THE CLA SS OF 1 834.
NATHANIEL WEST .
ATH ANIEL of a th an i e l WEST , son N and Mary Bowles
22 1 14 . . 8 (White) West , was born in Salem , Mass . , Oct , H e received his preparation for college at the Salem Latin
th e 1 830 School , entered Freshman class in , passed smoothly
Mr . u 1 834 . through the whole four years , and grad ated in
t a s - of- m Wes w very much interested in all out door exercises , which he was a p r ofici e n t ; at the present day he wou ld have
‘ th e of t of bee n champion his class in every hing the sort , having
l n a arge and noble person and great p hysical stre gth , combined
e t with a most g nerous and amiable disp osi ion .
fie ld S t r t Mr . Having a taste for por s and skill in woodc af ,
w th e fish West kne haunts and habits of beast , bird or for miles
u i aro nd . Cambridge was then comparatively a wild reg on
of th e r of within a moderate walk the college , and discha ge a
r u gun would cause no alarm o disturbance . Thus r ral excur
fish i n u e i n u sions , including shooting or g as a side iss e , wer vog e
u t for pleasant Saturdays , then largely leis re ime , and there was k no more s ilfu l leader and guide than he on s u ch occasions . The writer of this notice can well remember a golden holiday
u t passed under his guidance , when , tho gh not himself a spor s
th e m t of t man , he was admitted to ys eries the gen le art , helping
f t u th e of h to force a light ski f hro gh net work s allow streams , over
u u c flicke ri n u t arched by green bo ghs , thro gh whi h the g s nligh
th e w t t d fell upon water , hich connec ed Fresh Pond wi h a joining
u - u f u n waters , and seeing the bea tiful wood d ck all to his erring h f un o r t e fl ou t o . I t g , pickerel ash its native element Ah hose
were golden days indeed , to be lived again in memory , but never
to retu rn .
\Ir 1 . t t West moved to the West wi h his fa her and family , and
t te n n set led in Indianapolis . For about years he was engaged i
th e a m u u u t i n a e s f r ing and milling b siness , and s bseq en ly re l ta t w c t i n a t u t 1 860 e , in hich he on inued th t ci y n il , when he went E H R S 9 7 JOS P HA TWELL WILLIAM .
to Ne wton , County , settling in Kentland , and still continuing in th e 1 86 8 t c of real estate business until , when he was elec ed lerk
t of u t cifice t the cour Newton Co n y , which he held nearly hree
'
. Mr of two u c years . West owned a farm h ndred and forty a res
of t southwest Ken land , and desiring to improve it he moved H t o n th e . e from Kentland , and has con inued to reside farm
t t of t o t. is well loca ed , wi h evidence hrift and g od managemen
H e t t old bu t takes an in eres in his associates , can hardly look
t ou r t t forward to a tending mee ings , as he has been a vic im of t m muscular rheuma ism for any years .
- N OTE . B e n u n a e to u s e a e n Mr e t h a s e n tr u s te d me w th th e . W s i g bl p , i r e ar a f h a — C t on o t e o e n o T. . p p i b v tice .
H JOSEP HARTWELL WILLIAMS .
OSEPH LL AMS s on of a n d HARTWELL WI I , Reuel r Willia ms u u t Sarah Lowell (Cony) , was born in A g s a , Maine ,
1 1 1 4 t th e t t . 5 8 Feb , , a descendan in six h genera ion from Rich
c t n ard Williams , who ame to his country from Glamorga shire ,
2 t t u 1 63 . Wales , in , and set led soon af er in Ta nton , Mass His
t t a to grandfather , Se h Williams , came from Eas on , M ss
u 1 7 7 9 1 7 81 Zil h a dau h Aug sta in , and in married p Ingraham , g te r of e r e mi a h to u u t J Ingraham , who had removed A g s a from ‘ 1 1 7 t u t 1 1 a s s . 80 S o gh on , , in
t u w a s i n u u t u n e 2 His fa her , Re el Williams , born A g s a , J ,
1 7 83 t u u c t v t t , and al ho gh his ed a ional ad an ages did not ex end
th e ca t t w th e beyond a demy of his na ive o n , he received honorary
M . 1 1 A . 8 5 . t degree of from Harvard College in His mo her ,
a u 1 8 1 784 w a s d t S rah Lowell Cony , born J ly , , a augh er of
of a . u wh Daniel Cony , Sh ron , Mass , a yo ng p hysician , o in
d a u h te r of 1 7 7 6 u u t . u married S sanna C r is , g Rev Philip C rtis
H . C . . t ( born in Roxbury , Mass , but se tled as pastor of 98 THE CLASS OF 1 834.
. . u u t 1 7 78 a parish in Sharon Dr Cony came to A g s a in , where f he died i n 1 842 at the age o ninety years . Like h i s fa ther before h i m Williams has resided in A u gu sta m m t . H e n t ki n s rn a n os e h fro his bir h was a ed for a no able , J p
tw c u t s w u t t Har ell , a farmer of Massa h se t , hose ind s ry and probi y
d u c t a n d t w t u i m were isting ishing harac eristics , hey ere fai hf lly pressed u pon his yo u ng namesake by his parents as a s timulus f t h to th e acqu isition o a like honorable rep u tation . A t e age o f t wel ve years he w a s placed in th e family and u nder the i n
h . T. D. f t e . H u ct o S . C . s tr ion Rev Hezekiah Packard , (
f Vi s ca s se t u t two o V , Maine , where he remained abo years , being i th e t t a i i va te c In o n e of six boys at ending hat celebr ted p s hool . 1 2 t th t t th e spring of 8 9 he en ered e M . Pleasan Classical Insti
t . c of ik t t n tu te at Amhers , Mass , a s hool l e grade and dis inc io ' - s th e u c t M . a Ro nd Hill S hool at Nor hamp ton , ass , and remained
n t th e u m of 1 830 t th e u il s mer , When he en ered Freshman class o f Harvard College .
th e t e t w to a n From ou s he sho ed himself a diligent , not say
t u u t c a th e t a mbi io s st den , and was re ognized as mong mos meri tor i ou s members of his class by election i n to th e Phi Beta Kappa
a t th e c fraternity lose of his Ju nior year . The college honor w c t u w w a s u h im b hi h he mos val ed , ho ever , conferred pon y his classmates when they cho s e h im Class O rator for th e farewe ll
of th e ceremonies Senior year . U pon leavin g college in 1 834 he be came a member of the
a L a w c a t th t u th D ne S hool Cambridge , at a time nder e care of
a n d m u Professors Joseph Story Si on Greenleaf, whose inval able
t u cti d fo r th e tw o a ins r ons he enjoye greater p art of ye rs . Upon receiving th e cu s tomary degree a t gr a d u a tion he retu rned home to c m t tu i n th e l a w otfice o f a t H o ple e his s dies his f her . e w a s a tt to th e th e u o f 1 83 7 m a t dmi ed bar in s mmer , and i medi ely s u c to th e l a w u o f a t t c eeded b siness his f her , who re ired fr om practice u po n bei n g ele cted a Senator o f th e United S tates in 1 83 7
Fro m tha t p eriod he devo ted h imsel f to his p rofession un til
ul 1 8 6 2 w n th e e e a s fa r J y , , he d c e of his the , and the consequ e n t
1 00 THE CLASS OF 1834. thought of any public p romotion following his services i n that can
h ct of . On u t t e vass ret rning home , however , jus before ele ion t t u u ha year , he fo nd his name had been placed upon the Rep blican ticket for Senator for Kennebec by a County convention that had me t t t u u t h im , ac ed and adjourned wi ho t any previo s intima ion to t t hat such a purp ose was entertained . The result was his elec ion to th e t t t i t to of S a e Sena e , and proved a call a wider sphere du ty than us u ally falls to the l ot of a Senator . When the senate
u 1 85 7 t t organized in Jan ary , , he was made p residen of hat body ,
' and a t th e end o i six weeks it became his constitu tional function
ccu cu t wh o t to o py the exe ive chair in place of Go v . Hamlin hen
H e vacated i t to accept th e otfice of United States Senator . has reason to belie ve that th e du ties of the executive office w ere satis fa ctor ily dis charged by th e in cu mbent of it d uring th e remainder o f that year . The van tage ground he thus occu pied migh t well have j u stifie d
ct t u u of be an expe ation on his p ar , nder ordinary circ mstances , ing continued still lon ger in that position by a popular election bu t the inclination of political friends to take step s in that di r e c t u n ot c t ion was not enco raged by him . As long as he did a cep
t th e t fin a l c prohibi ion as ini ial and word in so iology , he was not likely to attract the indispensable votes of a body of men organ i z e d d u n At th e of and ple ged to s pp ort only o e wh o did . close th e 1 85 7 t t to th e a u t year , herefore , he re urned congeni l purs i s of his profession .
1 860 c In , when warlike preparations be ame necessary for the su th e th e u t t h is pp ression of secession of so hern s ates , he gave
a t a ll u t u e rnes ap proval to meas res , state and na ional , to phold
' th e th e u t oi 1 86 3 a t th e Union and in a umn , desire of his
a n d n . c t kinsman eighbor , Gov Cony , he consented to a cep an
t a s t t v th e a u ff d elec ion a Represen a i e in Legisl t re if o ere to him , a n d he w a s accordingly chosen a member o f th a t body for th e
1 86 4 a n d u u t t th year , was s bseq en ly reele c ed for e years 1 86 5 a n d 1 86 6 u . D ring these years of legislative service he was one o f th e t d tt fin a n ce a n d c of i t i n s an ing commi ee on , hairman 1 865 1 and 86 6 . H e was also during three years a member o f 1 01 J OSEPH HARTWELL WILLIAMS .
H e other important committees . heartily advocated the policy of establishing a sinking fund to provide for the reimbursement of existing loans and such as might yet become necessary under th t for t e pressure of the war , and draf ed the bill hat purpose
28 1 865 . of which became a law Jan . , The text this act is em
th t t u bodied in th e present laws of e state concerning ha s bject . H e regarded himself fortunate i n being a member of th e Legis
a of 1 86 5 u lat re , as it th s became his privilege to voice the will of his constituents in votin g to ratify the amendment of th e
t of Constitution of the United States , by which the exis ence
slavery within their j u risdiction w a s hen ceforth p rohibited . In 1 874 he again became a member of the Hou se of Representa
ti ve s t s e t , this time by the action of those of his fellow ci izens who
t u a u p an independent ticket . The election ook place d ring his h
t u or t th sence and wi ho t consent knowledge on his par , and e
subsequent service w a s reluctantly undertaken . The radical change made that year in the law governing th e Hospital for th e
w a s c w i t a n d Insane exceedingly obje tionable in his vie of , it w a s of i a s d it the cause deep chagr n that he w unable to efeat .
u u 1 87 7 m In A g st , , he accepted a no ination for Governor , which had been tendered him by th e State Convention of Demo
r a c ts held in the city of Portland in that month . With great reluctance he had permitted his name to be u s ed in that convem t th e otfice t th e ion , for he had no desire for and no fai h in as surance of friends that his Well-known independent cha racte r
t o t t t would , hat year , draw to his sup port fr m o her par ies vo es enou gh to effect his election . The disap pointment of their hope w a s n o u a n d n t of s rprise to him , he continued , in the e joymen
u o his private career , far happier than any p blic life , h wever suc
ce ssfu l m . , could have ade him Among the private trusts committed to his han ds has been the a greeable d uty of fostering the interests and promo ting the use
n t u fulness of the Co y Female Academy , an ins itution fo nded in
1 81 5 . 1 0 1 81 8 by his grandfather Cony , and incorporated Feb , ,
c H by the Commonwealth of Massa husetts . e became a membe r
' oi 1 85 1 s m e e i n the Board of Trustees in , and has erved ever s 1 3 1 02 THE CLASS OF 1 834.
t . A hat capacity , and also as their secretary and treasurer sub s ta n tia l and attractive brick school -building w a s erected by the
1 880 s t old trustees in upon the i e of the Academy , and it is now — devoted by th e consent of the tr u stees and agreeably to existing — laws to the uses of a Free High School for the city of Augusta .
S o it t of long as it shall stand will serve , not only as a monumen
u t of bu t the generosity and p blic spiri its founder , as a reminder of the service rendered by his tru stees to the cau se of sound learning which he had so mu ch at heart .
u 1 42 of w a s . 26 8 The s bject this sketch married Sept , , to
ut of t . u t Apphia P nam Judd , Nor hampton , Mass , da gh er of the
t u t t of t dis ing ished an iquary , Sylves er Judd , and sister the la e t h Rev . Sylves er Judd (Yale College 1 83 6) w o wa s settled over th e t u u u t ct 1 840 u s e Uni arian Ch rch in A g s a , in O ober , , whose ful pastorate of twelve years ( u ntil his death in 1 85 3 ) is still freshly remembered and whose published works in the fie ld of professional and general literature attest his brilliant and versa t u ile geni s .
of The only child the marriage was Arthur Lowell Williams ,
Au . 3 1 4 1 1 84 . 8 3 d . 5 6 born g , ; ied Dec ,
NOTICES OF STUDENTS ,
SOME IN TH E CL A OF 1 834 H O DID NOT TIME SS , W I GRAD U ATE WITH T.
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EZRA ABBOT,
ZRA A son o BBOT , of Ezra and Hannah (Poor) Abb t , H wa s n . . 27 1 808 . e born at A dover , Mass , Nov , com me n ce d his preparation for college at Phillips Academy , Andover ,
fin i sh e d a t e and it Phillips Academy , Exeter , ntering the latter
b r 1 82 7 . e e 1 830 e e institution in Having nter d college in ,
of s mained till the end the Sophomore year . Being several year
m of e e e older than ost his classmat s , and f eling that a lif of work
wa s of before him , he had not that love study in the abstract that would make him p a tiently give the years of manhood to H studies having no direct re lati on to his future pursuits . e wa s
a man prompt to decide and to act upon his decision . Having
th e chosen the medical profession , therefore , he decided to begin
e 1 832 study of it at onc , and leaving college in , pursued his
studies at Andover and Lowell , and the Harvard Medical School , e M D 1 83 7 wher he took his degree of . . in It is probable that he devoted some of the time between leaving college and taking
d n five his egree , an i terval of years , to some gainful calling , as it does not appear that he went abro a d or otherwise lengthened
. H e the usual course of study immediately began practice , set
tling soon after at Canton , Mass . , where he remained in full and f active pro essional work till his death .
H e wa s - an d a hard working and popular physician , much
Re . . A v widely respected and beloved schoolmate at Exeter , “ . n H e as e n a Dr Moriso , said of him , w a b r doctor by his m ke 1 0 6 THE CLASS OF 1834.
—s o and the bent of his mind quick in decision and action . In
a wa s con his ccounts and collections he excessively careless , and sequently , as is the case With many men devoted to the welfare of the community , his pecuniary gains were very inadequate and short of what they should have been .
. wa s firs t 1 839 dau h Dr Abbot twice married , in , to Harriet , g
. f h o W o . w ter of Frederic Lincoln , late Mayor Boston , Mass ,
22 1 844 on e died July , , leaving son , Ezra Lincoln Abbot , still
t . living . Ten y ears af er , Dr Abbot married Caroline Howard
Lincoln , by whom he had two sons and a daughter .
of 2 7 1 87 2 . Dr . Abbot died paralysis , April ,
H K FRANCIS ENRY JAC SON .
H NRY s on f E A o . RANCIS J CKSON , Dr James
1 7 9 6 wa s ) and Elizabeth (Cabot) Jackson , born in Boston , 1 8 6 1 5 . Mass . , July , H e received his preparatory education at the schools of William 7 1 D . . . 9 6 H . . Wells ( H . C ) and G Ingraham ( C
H e u on spent the Freshman and J nior years at college , and
u to a o leaving began the study of medicine , but discontin ed it cept the management or superintendency of some iron mines i n eastern New York , in which his family were largely concerned .
i t r ofita ble to These not prov ng permanen ly p he returned Boston ,
a u and became a real estate agent , and also p lanner and b ilder H of . e houses , in which vocations he had considerable success B oott of t . married Miss Sarah Anne , Boston , and lef two children
n ot u Mr . t Though he did grad ate , Jackson always took grea
t ff of tt in erest in the a airs the class , and a ended its meetings and
u festivals . The annu al meeting and dinner took place at his ho se i n th e of n 1 873 a t Boston on evening Comme cement , , which
Mr c to u t of time . Ja kson seemed likely o live most his guests ;
bu t ft 5 1 873 . died suddenly shortly a er , July ,
1 08 THE CLASS OF 1 834.
e b - Thus , amid other work , he had accomplished , as a m re y play , what usu ally occupies the whole time of young men for se veral
of years with every advantage direction and instruction .
His wonderful memory , great powers of acquisition , and ability w t i h his pen and tongue , would , no doubt , have gained him all the distinction that can be had in collegiate life had he remained to graduate . What he accomplished in his comparatively short
1 860 n life , dying in , at Florence , in Italy , where he had go e in search of health , is well known to all .
H ENRY CONSTANTINE WAYNE .
ENBY WAY s on of u sti ce CONSTANTINE NE , J James
M . of t wa s Wayne , the United Sta es Supreme Court , born
i n Ga . 1 81 5 . Savannah , , in
H e left college at the end of the Junior year , entered the 1 834 West Point Military Academy in , became a second lieu
1 838 w a s fi rs t tenant in the Fourth Artillery in , and promoted
r H i lieutenant in th e Fi st Artillery in 1 842 . e was assistant n s tru ctor in military and cavalry tactics at West Point from 1 841
to 1 843 1 846 . H e , and was made captain and quartermaster in t t served wi h the army in Mexico , and was brevet ed Major for
m h r gallant and eritorious services at Contreras and C e u bu s co . Soon after the annexation of the territory acquired from
c . t of t Mexi o , in the absence of railroads , etc , the ques ion rans p or tati on through that vast region awakened th e lively interest o f a n d t firs t the government , it is believed hat Major Wayne broached the idea of using camels for that purpose . At all t t events , he was commissioned to Visit Egyp and o her oriental
u t a n d of co n ries , with instructions to study the habits capacities “ ” o f w t these ships the desert , with the vie to their importa ion
n . H e i to this country made a thorough study of the subject , 1 1 0 9 H ENRY C ONSTANTINE NAYNE . and upon his report the government imported a large number of these beasts into Texas .
At of the breaking out the late war , when Georgia seceded ,
t w a s Major Wayne cast in his fortunes with his native S ate , and
- appointed quartermaster general of Georgia . It was to his knowledge of th e det a ils of military requirements that th e troops sent from Georgia to the theatre of war owed the completeness
of of their equipment . His devotion to the service the side he
w a s of th e had taken , unsparing , and towards the close struggle
c m of l he received the o mand a brigade , and was with the ittle ’ t army that disputed Sherman s march hrough the State .
When peace returned , Gen . Wayne entered upon the lumber
u t of and commission b siness , but af er a number years retired .
H e t was United Sta es Commissioner for several years , and was
t for th e instrumental in securing jus ice people of his section . fl t . t Gen Wayne was a uent and hough ful writer , and con
th e of H tributed often to columns the newspapers . e was also
“ th e of author several professional works , among which may be ” of A . H mentioned , Manual Sword Exercise e was very self s a cr ifici n g in the cause of hu manity when the yellow fever swept fl Savannah , and staid as a nurse when so many others e d in dismay .
Gen . Wayne was twice married , a n d leaves several children
firs t by his wife .
H ARVEY JOHN WRIGHT .
H ARVEY OHN WRIGHT , son of John S . and Mary
N . H (Wellman) Wright , was born at Piermont , May 7 ,
1 8 1 5 . 1 825 Coming to Boston in , he was placed in the Public 1 8 Latin School , and entered Harvard in 30 . His name appears o f in the catalogue the Freshman year only , and he graduated at 1 Amherst in 834. 1 4 1 1 0 THE CLASS OF 1 834.
H e received his medical education at the Harvard Medical 1 83 9 . School , and entered the navy as Assistant Surgeon in
” for From this date , a period of twenty years , he was in nearly
t s c t t cons ant active ervi e , when , his heal h failing , he was re ired ” i n 1 86 1 for long and continued service , holding at his death f office o 2 1 87 1 . the Medical Director under the act of March , ’ f . o t During Dr Wright s long period active service , he visi ed
of —th e many quarters the world , East Indies three times , the f H o . e coast Africa , the Mediterranean , and Mexico was present
' of th e an d at the storming Vera Cruz , the loss of Somers , at the
of u five bombardment the Barrier Forts , incl ding days opera
r tions . His lette s from China and Mexico , published in Har
' ’ e a ve r oof p r s Magazine , interested many readers , and g p of the f literary ability o the writer .
H e had a passion for books and engravings , and had made a
of of collection both , perhaps unsurpassed by that any private h wa s t e fir e . individual , Which unfortunately destroyed in great
H e w a s of a man great culture and sound judgment , which made him always interesting and instructive but what endeared him
W w a s most to all ho ever came in contact with him , his unvarying h e sweetness of disposition , under the painful disease from which i
a or . s u ffered . No one ever saw him ngry even irritable
A M . 1 63 . . 5 8 Feb , , Dr Wright married Miss nna Nichols , i h l E c o s s . daughter of Lyman N , q , of Boston , who survives
h i m . , with two young sons
2 6 1 87 9 . Dr . Wright died Dec . ,
wa s Though his connection with Harvard College brief, and
of he graduated elsewhere , when he became a resident Boston he ide n tifie d himself with his fir s t Alma Mater and the class of 834 1 , which he had entered , and took a lively interest in all class affairs .