CLASS OF 1856

Henry Langdon Parker died suddenly of heart disease at his home in Worcester, Mass., February 24. The son of Asa and Ann Margaret (McCoristone) Parker, he was born in Acton, Mass., Oct. 7, 1832,. and prepared for college at Appleton Academy, New Ipswich, N. H., and Lawrence Academy, Groton, Mass. In College he became a member of the Psi Upsilon fraternity. Reading law after graduation, he began practice in 1860 at Hopkinton, Mass., in partnership with his classmate Caleb Blodgett. In 1865 he removed to Worcester, where he remained in constant and successful practice through the remainder of his life. He. was a member of the Worcester school committee from 1882 to 1888, one of the representatives of that city in the state house of representatives in 1886 and '87, and a state senator in 1889 and '90. When the city charter of Worcester was revised, in 1893, he was a member of the commission in charge of the revision; he was also a member of the trustees of public reservations of the state. He had been president of the Worcester County Horticultural Society, and had given much attention to horticulture. In politics he was a Republican, and had been for many years a leader in the party councils of the city and county. In 1872 he was one of the founders of St. Matthew's Episcopal church, and served for many years as a warden of this and of St. Mark's church. His first marriage, January 1, 1861, was to Isabel Hayden, daughter of Rev. David S. and Ann Mason of Cochituate, Mass. She died July 21, 1872, and Mr. Parker was again married, October 10, 1877, to Helen Frances, daughter of Josephus and Mary B. Gooding of Bristol, R. I., who died April 3, 1884. Three sons of Mr. Parker have graduated from Dartmouth: Henry L. '85, associated with his father in the practice of law; George C. '87, who died in 1889; and Herbert G. '02, who is a lawyer at Anaconda, Mont.

Secretary, Rev. Franklin D. Ayer, 3739 Walnut St., Philadelphia