CLASS OF 1861

Henry Marcus Putney, chairman of the board of railroad commissioners of the state of New Hampshire for twenty-three years, political editor of the Manchester Mirror for thirty, six years,and one of the foremost public men and journalists in northern New England, died of apoplexy at his home in Manchester, N. H., July 30, after a week's illness. He was born in Dunbarton, N. H., March 22, 1840, being the oldest of seven children of Henry and Abbie Moore (Alexander) Putney, and prepared for college at New London (now Colby) Academy. He taught the high school of Dunbarton, and for one year the Amoskeag grammar school in Manchester. After studying law in Concord and Manchester, he was admitted to the bar in 1864, and practiced several years in Andover, which town he represented in the legislature of 1868. In January, 1873, he returned to Manchester to become political editor of the Manchester Mirror, to which he had for some time been a contributor. Upon this paper the main work of his life was done. He became , noted at once for the keenness and vigor of his pen, and has been a storm center in all the political battles which have been fought in the state during the period. Mr. Putney was appointed by President Arthur collector of internal revenue for the district of New Hampshire, but was removed by President Cleveland for " offensive partizanship." In 1886 he was appointed member arid chairman of the state board of railroad commissioners, and held the office by successive reappointments until his death. At the organization .in 1873 of the People's Savings Bank, he was chosen a trustee and member of the investment committtee, and so continued through life. In 1894 he became a member of the Derryfield Club, with which he was thereafter closely associated. In 1900 he was appointed by President McKinley one of the twelve commissioners to represent the United States at the international exposition in Paris, and fulfilled the appointment with much credit. In 1865, Mr. Putney was married to Miss Ellen S Pevare of Lebanon, N. H., who survives him, with their two daughters.