CLASS OF 1843

Francis S. Fiske, United States commissioner at Boston from 1885 to 1906, and bankruptcy clerk of the district court for thirty-four years, died at his home in Milton, Mass., August 5, 1907, from the effects of old age, being in his eighty-second year. Mr. Fiske was born in Keene, N. H., Nov. 9. 1825, and attended the schools of bis native town. He entered the Harvard Law School, and was graduated in 1846. The same year he was admitted to the New Hampshire bar. In his native state he was elected a member of the legislature in 1857, '58, and '59. Previous to the outbreak of the Civil War, Mr. Fiske was captain of the Keene Light Infantry. At the call for troops he immediately volunteered, and went out as lieutenant colonel of the Second New Hampshire Volunteers. Being attached to General Hooker's famous First Brigade, Colonel Fiske and General Hooker became firm friends, an attachment which lasted through life. Contracting army fever, Colonel Fiske was obliged to resign in November, 1862. Mr. Fiske was a member of the Suffolk county bar of Massachusetts and of the circuit court of the United States. In 1872 he was made deputy clerk of the district court and in 1885 appointed United States commissioner. He was a member of the Loyal Legion, the Masonic fraternity, and the Grand Army. He leaves a son, Redington Fiske, and three daughters. Mary Wilson Fiske of Milton, Mass., Mrs. E. H. Bradford of Boston, and Mrs. George C. Hitchcock of St. Louis. Mr. Fiske was one of the most popular officials in the government's service in Boston. He was widely known and highly respected. It was a matter of considerable pride to him to recall his early Dartmouth days, and especially to mention the fact that his diploma was handed him at Hanover by Daniel Webster.