CLASS OF 1861

David Henry Brown died at his home in West Medford, Mass., Feb. 21, his death being due to injuries received while boarding an electric car in December. Mr. Brown was born in Raymond, N. H„ Aug. 17, 1836, being the son of Joseph and Elvira (Howard) Brown. His preparation for college was at Phillips Academy, Andover. For nearly three years after graduation he taught in Massachusetts, and was then for a time clerk in the quartermaster department of the United States army. For nearly four years following he was employed by the book firm of Taggard and Thompson in Boston, and in March, 1869, entered the textbook business for himself as a member of the firm of Thompson, Bigelow & Brown. The firm later became Thompson, Brown & Co., and he remained an active member of the firm till his decease. Though never accepting public office, he had always a keen interest in matters concerning the welfare of the town of his residence. He was the first president of the West Medford Village Improvement Society. He was one of the original members of the Congregational church of West Medford, and had held various offices in the church. In 1896 he took a leading part in the organization of the Medford Historical Society, was its president from 1902 to 1906, and was at his death editor of the Medford Historical Register. In genealogical matters he had more than a local reputation, and was a frequent contributor to the press on this topic. Among the organizations of which he was a member were the New England Historic Genealogical Society, the Sons of the American Revolution, the Society of the Colonial Wars, the Boston Congregational Club, and Columbian Lodge, F. and A.M. He was married, Oct. 20, 1869, to Abby Dudley Tucker, daughter of Gen. Henry Tucker of Raymond, N. H. She survives him, with three sons, who are all graduates of Harvard College.

Benjamin Franklin Jenness died at Willmar, Minn., Aug. 29, 1907. He was born in Dover, N. H., Aug. 30, 1838. Soon after graduation he went West, and was a teacher and superintendent of schools in Stillwater, Minneapolis, Mankato, and Mantorville, Minn. During the spare time and vacations of his teaching he studied law; and in 1873 he was admitted to the bar, and removed to Willmar, Minn., then a frontier village, which ever afterward was his home. He was a director on the village board of education, and in 1883 was its president. He was county attorney for one term, and from 1892 to 1902 was county surveyor. In 1886 he united with the Presbyterian church, and for thirteen years was one of its trustees. He was married May 1, 1872, at Mantorville, Minn., to Miss Lucia A. Fancher, who died Dec. 28, 1900. He leaves two daughters, who are teachers in Willmar, and a son, who is a student in the University of Minnesota.