CLASS OF 1856

Charles Horace Hersey died of the infirmities of age at his home in Wolfeboro, N. H., August 4, 1910. He was born in Tuftonboro, N. H., December 23, 1832, and was a son of George Washington and Mary Elizabeth (Wiggin) Hersey, who removed to Wolfeboro in 1835. Mr. Hersey was fitted for college at the local academy. In college he was a member of Kappa Kappa Kappa. After graduation he taught for nearly three years at Richfield, Ohio, and was in Texas in 1859-60. He then returned to his native State, and after teaching a short time, in June, 1862, became proprietor of a general store in Wolfeboro, which he conducted until his death, except for the years 1875-80, during the first four of which he was in the shoe business in Boston and the last year in DesMoines, lowa. During his long business career he maintained an enviable reputation for courtesy and integrity, winning the regard and confidence of his townsmen. Mr. Hersey was married July 20, 1865, to Mary Olivia, daughter of Nathaniel and Martha (Piper) Mason of Wolfeboro, who survives her husband, with their only daughter, the wife of Dr. Edward H. Ross '86, of St. Johnsbury, Vt.

Secretary, Rev. Franklin D. Ayer, 3739 Walnut St., Philadelphia