CLASS OF 1866

Schiller Hosford died in New York city April 5. Death came without warning from a stroke of apoplexy. While he had not been in the best of health during the last year, yet nothing serious had manifested itself. He had been in the South for rest and recuperation, and thence had journeyed to New York. Mr. Hosford was born in Orford, N. H., February 1, 1846. His fraternity affiliation was with Alpha Delta Phi. After graduation he moved to Chicago, engaging in various pursuits. In 1870 he went to Clinton, lowa, where his uncle, H. E. Hosford, owned the Union Iron Works, and was manager for this company for two years. He then became secretary of the Clinton Lumber-Company, which position he held for twenty years. In 1892 he went to Chicago, building hotels for the World's Fair. His connection with the John Deere organization at Moline, Ill., began in 1897. In 1900 he became secretary of this corporation, and held this position at the time of his death. One of the Moline papers says of him:—"Mr. Hosford was one of the dominant figures of the Deere organization. He was a man of more than ordinary ability, sane, and well balanced. He was optimistic and sympathetic, a man who was ever ready to see the best in his fellow men. His passing will be truly mourned by hundreds." He was not only interested in Moline industrially, but was foremost in all enterprises which were for the benefit of the entire community. He was an Episcopalian by faith and was senior warden of his church. He was married in Moline in 1880 to Miss Floy M. Chapman, who passed away in 1904. He is survived by two sons, Willard Deere and Richard Schiller, both graduates of Yale. The former is treasurer of the John Deere Plow Company of Omaha, and the latter is connected with the parent Deere factory in Moline. In compliance with Mr. Hosford's request, the remains were taken to Davenport, lowa, for cremation, but the ashes will be placed in the family lot in Moline. "His memory will be cherished in the hearts of all, for he was a friend of all."

Secretary, Henry Whittemore, State Street, Framingham, Mass.