CLASS OF 1873

Dr. .Warren Brown Maxwell was born October 18, 1848, at Wells, Maine, being the son of Barak and Betsey A. Maxwell. He fitted for college at Topsham, Me., and at Appleton Academy, New Ipswich, N. H., of which latter Earl W. Westgate '60 was principal. In college he was a member of the Zeta Psi fraternity, and on Class Day gave the address at the old pine, the tree then standing vigorous and beautiful. After graduation he remained at Dartmouth for the study of medicine, obtaining his medical degree in 1876. The following year he spent in graduate work at Harvard Medical School, and in September, 1877, he began practice at Farnumsville, Mass., remaining there until 1891, when he removed to Grafton, Mass., where he continued the practice of his profession until his decease. He had a large practice, and was frequently summoned for consultations to other towns. He made a special study of pneumonia, and was considered an expert in the treatment of that disease. He was an enthusiastic automobilist, and was fond of hunting and fishing, passing his vacations in the woods of Maine and Canada, or at Fisher's Island, N. Y. He was taken sick April 4, as the result of becoming chilled while riding in his automobile. Pneumonia, the disease in which he himself was regarded as an expert, developed. His condition became at once critical, and though he was attended by four skillful physicians and two trained nurses, he died April 11, 1912. Dr. Maxwell had frequently told his patients that if he had pneumonia it would cause his death. He was town physician, and was physician for Court Grafton, No. 82, F. of A., and had served on the school committee for many years. He was a member of Franklin Lodge, F. and A. M., and of the I. O. O. F. Dr. Maxwell married April 16, 1878, Miss Mary E. Taylor, who survives him. They had no children.

Secretary, Rev. S. Winchester Adriance, Win Chester, Mass.