CLASS OF 1858

Samuel Mills Gleason died May 25 at his home at Thetford Center, Vt., after a long and gradual decline. He was born in Thetford, June 28, 1833, being the son of Richard Mills and Harriet (Moxley) Gleason. He prepared for college at Thetford Academy. In college he was connected with Alpha Delta Phi. Immediately after graduation he entered the law office of C. W. Clarke of Chelsea, Vt., as a student, and in 1861 was admitted to the bar and opened an office at Thetford Center. He soon attained an excellent standing in his profession,and became known as one of the soundest and best equipped lawyers in his section of the state. In 1864-5 and in 1868-9 he was state's attorney for his county, represented his town in the legislatures of 1864 and '5, and was a member of the state senate in 1880. In 1883 he was appointed receiver of the property of "the Vermont Copper Mining Company, then involved in litigation, and successfully managed his trust, involving property valued . at over a million dollars. He had been trustee of Thetford Academy and of the State Normal School at Randolph, director of the West Fairlee Savings Bank, trustee of the Bradford Savings Bank and Trust Company, and in 1880-2 chairman of the state board of railroad commissioners. In 1886 he was elected judge of probate for Bradford district, and continued to hold this position till 1910, retiring from practice on assuming its duties. Some thiryt-five years since he united with the Methodist Episcopal church, and for many years was steward and class leader. He was married May 19, 1862, to Sarah Lysenbee, daughter of Dr. Enoch Hilton and Arvilla Smith (Brown) Pillsbury of Hubbardston, Mass., who died March 28, 1907. They had no children.

At the recent commencement of Harvard University,. Rev. Samuel C. Beane addressed the alumni of the Divinity School on the fiftieth anniversary of his graduation there. During the half century, without a day of interim, he has had, and still has, active charge of pulpit and parish.

Ellen A. (Jewett), widow of John T. Clarke of this class, died in Northampton, Mass., September 28.

Lucian Osgood Livingston, 8.5., died at Peacham, Vt., August 27, 1911. A native of Cabot, Vt., son of Lauriston Rawson and Sarah F. (Osgood) Livingston, he prepared for college at Peacham Academy. On college graduation, he joined his father's firm, Livingston, Copeland, and Company, in the manufacture of builders' hardware and malleable iron at Pittsburgh, Pa. After his father's death, he made ventures in the oil fields, and also in the iron foundry business in Pittsburgh. Later he engaged in the development of mineral lands, and later still held an important position in the department of public works in Pittsburgh. The last two years of his life were spent in retirement near his native spot. Livingston was deeply interested in politics, and earnestly active in religious matters. He was a loyal friend, a warm-hearted classmate. A widow and two sons survive him.

Secretary, Rev. Samuel C. Beane, Grafton, Mass.