CLASS OF 1871
Charles Henry Conant died in Lowell, Mass., December 26, of an abdominal cancer, after an illness of several months. Mr. Conant, the son of Francis and Sophia (Goldsmith) Conant, was born in Acton, Mass., September 28, 1844, and prepared for college at Appleton Academy, New Ipswich, N. H. In college he became a member of Alpha Delta Phi. After graduation he began at once the study of law with Stevens and Anderson of Lowell, and was admitted to the bar in March, 1873. He then became partner of his former instructor, George Stevens '49, and from the first was engaged in a large legal business, to which he devoted himself with unremittingattention until his last illness, standing high in his profession. When the state civil service law was enacted he was appointed civil service examiner, and continued to hold this position. He was closely identified with Republican politics in the city, being for some years a: member and treasurer of the city committee. In 1885, '6, and 7 he was a member of the school committee. He was prominently connected with the city board of trade, of which body he was vice-president in 1902 and president in 1903 and '4, and for many years on the board of directors and on important committees. He was warden of St. Anne's Episcopal church for over twenty years, and at his death senior warden of the parish. June 1, 1875, he was married to Alice V. M., daughter of Brock and Harriet (Boothby) Wheeler of Lowell, who died January 26, 1909. Two daughters and a son were born to them, all of whom are still living in Lowell.
Dr. Francis Hart Stuart, an eminent med- ical practitioner of Brooklyn, died at his home in that city September 4, 1910, after a long period of failing health. He was born in Logansport, Ind„ July 29, 1846, being the son of judge William Z. and Minerva Hart (Potter) Stuart. His medical studies were pursued at the College of Physicians and Surgeons of New York and at the Long Island College Hospital, and he graduated from the latter in 1873. He immediately established himself in practice in .Brooklyn, where he remained. In 1874-6 he was adjunct physician to St. Peter's Hospital; in 1874-80 adjunct surgeon and lecturer on obstetrics in the Long Island College Hospital; registrar of vital statistics for the city board of health in 1874-8; obstetrician for the Brooklyn Hospital since 1894. Doctor Stuart was a member of the Medical Society of the County of Kings, the Brooklyn Pathological Society (at one time its president), the Academy of Medicine, of New York, the American Academy of Medicine and the British Medical Association. He was a contributor to text-books and to medical and surgical periodicals, principally on obstetrics and gynecology, and the translator of Vierodt's "Medical Diagnosis," first and fourth editions, 1891 and 1898. He was a member of the Hamilton, University, and Congregational clubs of Brooklyn. February 9, 1875, he was married to Rebecca Sabina Kemper of Washington, D. C., who survives him.
Secretary, Prof. M. D. Bisbee, Hanover, N. H.
