CLASS OF 1872

Ralph Talbot, for thirty years a leader of the bar of Denver, Colo., died June 28, at the home of a son at Fort Robinson, Neb., of creeping paralysis, with which he was stricken March 4 as a result of overwork. Mr. Talbot was bora in Fayette, Mo., August 17, 1850, son of Dr. John A. and Alice (Daly) Talbot. His father was one of the most eminent physicians in Missouri. An older brother is Bishop Ethelbert Talbot '70, of the diocese of Central Pennsylvania, and a younger brother, John Talbot, was for a time a member of the class of '74. Ralph Talbot prepared for college at Kemper's Academy, Boonville, Mo. He was a member of the Psi Upsilon fraternity." For two years following graduation he taught Latin and history in St. Paul's 'School, Concord, N. H., and then was in Europe for more than two years, where he studied law at the University of Leipzig. Returning to America, he entered a law office in Macon, Mo., and in 1878 began the practice of his profession in St. Louis. In 1880 he married Frances Hardin, a niece of Governor Charles Hardin of Missouri. Her health soon failed, and for a year he removed from place to place in search of health for her, and in 1882 finally settled in Denver, which became his permanent home, and has since been engaged in the active and successful practice of his profession. In 1886-7 he was assistant district attorney, president of the Denver fire and police board for some time from 1897, and at the time of his death a regent of the state university. He was a Democrat in politics, and took a keen interest in local and national questions, but never sought office. He was a member of the Masonic fraternity, and in 1893-5 Grand Chancellor of the Knights of Pythias. He was a lifelong communicant of the Protestant Episcopal church, and bore a reputation for absolute integrity. He was an active sportsman, an enthusiastic hunter and fisherman, always a genial companion, and a gifted after-dinner speaker. His widow survives him, with a daughter and four sons. Of these, the eldest is a lieutenant in the Twelfth United States Cavalry, the second has been associated in law practice with his father, and the two youngest are students respectively of medicine and law.

Secretary, Prof. Albert E. Frost, Winthrop St., Pittsburgh, Pa.