CLASS OF 1861

George Washington Cate died at his home in Amesbury, Mass., July 28, of paralysis, after an illness of several months. Mr. Cate was the son of Jonathan and Mary (Johnson) Cate, and was born in Northwood, N. H., March 10, 1834. He prepared for college at Pembroke Academy and was largely dependent on his own exertions, teaching each winter during his college course as well as the fall of junior year. He continued to teach for a time after graduation, meanwhile reading law until his admission to the bar in 1865. For two years from July, 1864, he was school commissioner of Rockingham county, and the second year secretary of the state board of education. In 1866 he opened an office in Amesbury,and continued there in successful practice. In 1867 he was appointed trial justice, which position he held until the establishment in 1888 of the Second District Court of Essex, when he was made judge of this court. He retained this position until his death. From 1868 to 1872 he served on the school board of Salisbury, where his home then was, and in 1880 he was chosen to the same position in Amesbury, serving for six years as chairman of the board. In 1878 and 1879 he was an influential member of the state senate. In 1884 he was a delegate to the National Republican Convention which nominated James G. Blaine for the presidency. In 1885 he was made one of the commissioners to' establish the true boundary line between Massachusetts and New Hampshire. Judge Cate was one of the original trustees of the Provident Institution for Savings. For many years he was an intimate friend of his townsman, the poet Whittier. In January, 1873, he was married to Caroline C., daughter of David Batchelder of Amesbury, who survives him.

Secretary, Edward D. Redington, 1905 Harris Trust Building, Chicago