CLASS OF 1852

Judge Phineas Ayer of Duluth died there on February 28 of general debility brought on by age, he being seventy-six. He was for twelve years judge of probate for St. Louis county, Duluth, and had long been a prominent figure in and around Duluth. He was born in May, 1830, at Haverhill,N. H., and graduated from Dartmouth College in 1852. He read law under Judge Bellows and graduated from Harvard Law School in 1854. The class of 1854 was one of Harvaid's most famous classes, among the members being Joseph H. Choate. Judge Aver was at one time a leader of the Boston bar. Since the death of his wife his years had told rapidly upon him. He never had been well a day since he left college. He grew morose and melancholy at times and appeared to constantly grieve over her death. He had been in Duluth twenty-three years.

Secretary, Martin H. Fiske, Temple, N. H.