CLASS OF 1872

Francis D. Hutchins, cashier of the Lancaster National Bank, passed away August 5, at his home in Burnside Street, Lancaster, N. H., his death following a stroke of apoplexy which occurred about two weeks previously.

A resident of Lancaster for the past thirty years, he at different times served the town on the board of education, as town treasurer, supervisor of elections, and secretary and treasurer of the public library. In all these varied positions he never failed of meeting the expectations of his friends and was always efficient and successful. A discriminating and persistent reader, he was especially well versed in all matters relating to the financial history and system of the country. His associates in the financial institutions with which he . was identified agree that these institutions owe not a little of their success to the careful management of their cashier and treasurer. He was prominently identified with St. Paul's Episcopal church, an independent in politics, a firm believer in an honest dollar and in an upright and honorable manhood.

Mr. Hutchins was married March 11, 1874, to Miss Annie C. Carleton, who died September 29, 1885; and June 30, 1886, he married Miss Elizabeth D. Carleton, who survives. He is also survived by his son, Harry, of Lancaster; and daughter, Margaret, a senior at Smith College; and by a little grandchild, and his aged mother, and a sister, the wife of Dr. Gardner C. Hill of Keene.

Secretary, Albert E. Frost, Winthrop St., Pittsburgh, Penn.