CLASS OF 1860

Rev. Josiah Taylor Closson died December 4, of bronchitis, at his home at West Lebanon, Me. The son of Asa B. and Caroline (Taylor) Closson, he was born at Norwich, Vt„ November 26, 1833, and prepared for college at Kimball Union Academy. In college he was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon. After graduation he studied three years at Andover Theological Seminary, and then entered the Congregational ministry, preaching successively at the following places: Orfordville, N. H., 1863-4; North Deer Isle, Me., 1866-7; Fayette, Iowa, 1867-9; Bowen's Prairie, Iowa, 1869-73; North Deer Isle, Me., 1875-7; Fairlee and North Thetford, Vt., 1877-82; Salisbury, Vt., 1882-3; St. Johnsbury Center, Vt., 1883-4; Lebanon, Me., 1885-7; Truro, Mass., 1888-9; New Salem, Mass., 1889-92. His work had been much interrupted by poor health, and in 1892 he retired from the active ministry, and henceforth made his home at West Lebanon. July 7, 1880, he married Mrs. Ellen Louisa Morrison of Fairlee, Vt., who survives him, with a daughter.

Secretary, Rev. Arthur Little, 6 Melville Ave., Dorchester, Mass.