CLASS OF 1892

Dr. George Frank Abbott died at Kent, Wash., December 22, 1907. He was the son of George and Emmeline Abbott of Littleton, N. H., where he was born June 7, 1849. After leaving the high school of his native town he entered the drug business at his home, first as clerk and later as proprietor. He was afterwards in the same calling at Bethlehem, N. H., where he was postmaster for seven years. He then removed to Tilton, N. H., and while there began the study of medicine with the late Dr. Edward Abbott, D.M.S. '81. After receiving his medical degree he began the practice of his profession in his native town, and became highly successful. About three years since the failure of his health led to his removal to the West. He was a member of St. Gerard Commandery, Knights Templar, and of the Methodist church. He married Carrie Maria, daughter of James Parker, December 25, 1872, and with one daughter she survives him.

Dr. Addison Russell Smith died March 6, at a sanitarium in Patten, Cal. He was born in Williston, Md., April 9, 1866, being the son of Hillman and Sarah (Perry) Smith. His parents were from Maine, and returned there when Doctor Smith was four years old, making their home in Lewiston and Auburn. Doctor Smith attended the Lewiston public schools and Kent's Hill Seminary, and was for a time deputy sheriff when his father was sheriff of the county. After studying medicine at Bowdoin and Dartmouth he took a post-graduate course at Bellevue Hospital, and was for a time associated with Dr. John C. Irish of Lowell Mass. While at Dartmouth he was distinguished as an athlete, and is remembered for the prominent part taken in the capture of the murderer, Frank Almy. He practiced for a time at Washington, Me., then at Freeport, and removed to Rockland after his father had been appointed warden of the state prison. While in Rockland he served as prison physician, member of the board of aldermen, and city physician, and was largely instrumental in the establishment of Knox Hospital. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge and of the Elks. A little over a year since he removed to Reno, Nev., and was rapidly building up a lucrative practice there when he was smitten with brain disease and sent to a California sanitarium in the hope of recovery, a hope which has proved fruitless. In 1892 he was married to Elizabeth, daughter of Capt. John Humphrey of Yarmouth, Me., who survives him, with two sons. The burial was at Auburn, Me., where his widowed mother resides.