Class Notes

CLASS OF 1873

November, 1911 S.'Winchester Adriance
Class Notes
CLASS OF 1873
November, 1911 S.'Winchester Adriance

Rev. Henry Martyn Kellogg died July.27, 1911, at his home in Coventry, Conn. He had been in poor health for some time, but had kept on at work in his parish to the end. At length an operation was advised, which revealed a cancer of the liver. He did not survive the shock, and died the day following the operation. He was born April 2, 1851, at New Boston, N. H., and was the son of Rev. Erastus M. and Hannah R. Kellogg. His boyhood was spent in Nashua, N. H., and Barre, Mass. At fourteen years of age he moved to Manchester, N. H., where he attended the high school, of which William W. Colburn, Dartmouth 1861, was principal. Graduating there in the summer of 1869 he entered Dartmouth the following fall. He was obliged to work his way through college, and taught school during sophomore, junior, and senior winter terms, respectively at Londonderry, N. H., Lyme, N. H., and Hull, Mass. During his summer vacations he worked at farming. He belonge to Delta Kappa freshman fraternity, and was one of the earliest members of the Dartmouth chapter of Theta Delta Chi. He was an active member of the Theological and Missionary Society, a prosperous organization in those days. After leaving college he studied for the ministry, spending two years at Princeton Theological Seminary and one year at Union Theological Seminary, where he graduated in April, 1876. Two supplementary months of study were then spent at Andover Theological Seminary. After his ordination to the ministry in April, 1878, he was actively engaged until his death. He was installed pastor of the First Presbyterian church, Atlantic City, N. J., and remained there two years. The rest of his ministry passed in New England in connection with Congregational churches, viz.: 1880-2, at Francestown, N. H.; 1882-6, at Greenwich, Conn.; 1886-1893, at Lebanon, Conn.; 18937, at Wolcott, Conn.; 1897-1900, at Olcott (now Wilder), Yt.; 1900-2, at Mclndoe Falls, Vt.; 1902-11, at Voluntown, Conn. ;and from 1911 until his death at Coventry, Conn. He had made three trips abroad, conducting parties of travelers. He was a member of I. O. O. F. of White River Junction, Vt. He married first, October 16, 1879, Miss Cora O. Alton, who died March A, 1882; second, May S, 1885, Mrs. Stella G. West, who survives him. Three daughters and one son are living, Cora Esther, Hannah Ruth, Ruby Stella, and Ralph Martin.

Rev. Nathan T. Dyer, after a pastorate of four years over the Congregational church at Deep River, Conn., has gone (September 1) to become pastor of the church at Rowley, Mass. (the old Byfield church).

Secretary, Rev. S. Winchester Adriance, Winchester, Mass.