CLASS OF 1870

Dr. William Frederick Heald died at his home in Pepperell, Mass., Nov. 6, after an illness of a week. Doctor Heald was born in the city of Boston, Sept. 12, 1843, and was the son of Joseph Gerrv and Ann Jane (Ames) Heald. Most of his boyhood was spent in Fort Smith, Ark., and Pepperell, Mass. After an academic education and several years in business pursuits be took up the study of medicine at Bowdoin and Dartmouth, and under the direction of Dr. J. Benson of Newport, Me. After graduation he practiced in Newport for three years, and then conducted a drug store in Boston. In 1888 he returned to Pepperell, and') resumed practice, remaining there through the rest of his life. He was actively interested in the schools and the public library of his town, and in its fire department. He was married to Sarah E. Babbidge of Pepperell, Sept. 4, 1870, who survives him, with one son, Dr. Charles G. Heald.