CLASS OF 1877

Dr. David Nelson Patterson died at his home in Lowell, Mass., April 23, 1908. He had not been in good health for several months, but had attended his patients until within two weeks of his death. He was born in Lowell, Aug. 9, 1854, being the only child of the late George W. and Julia (Woods) Patterson, and was educated in the Lowell schools. Immediately after graduation he entered upon practice in his native city, and continued there. He was kind "and sympathetic in temperament, and successful in practice. He was a frequent contributor to newspapers and magazines, and was the author of “A Necrology of the Physicians of Lowell and Vicinity," published by the Middlesex North Medical Society. He was a Mason and an Odd Fellow, and a member of St. Anne's Church. He is survived by a widow, Adilene (Whitney) Patterson, to whom he was married May 20, 1879.