CLASS OF 1886

Dr. Elmer Ellsworth Moore died at his home in East Providence, R. I., January 30. He was taken ill in October, and after being confined to his bed for several weeks, recovered and was able to resume practice. About Christmas he suffered an attack of grippe, which was followed by capillary bronchitis, and did not recover from the effects. He was born in Quechee, Vt., October 10, 1861, being the son of Dr. David Comstock and Hannah Alzina (Estabrook) Moore. His father was for a large part of the course a member of the class of '58 in Dartmouth, and a graduate of Dartmouth Medical School in 1860. The home of the younger Dr. Moore was from boyhood at South Royalton, Vt., but after his father's death in 1876, the' family removed to Boston, where he received a high school training. In the fall of 1886 he began practice at East Providence, and continued there, going abroad to attend medical lectures in Berlin in 1897-8. He was a member of the Rhode Island Medical Society and the Providence Medical Association, and an honorary member of the Clinical Club, and was prominent in Masonic circles, being a member of the 32d degree, Scottish Rite. He was an active member of the Newman Congregational church, and its treasurer at the time of his death. In 1887, Dr. Moore Was married to Annie R., daughter of Robert R, and Ruth A. Pearse of East Providence, who survives him, with two sons and a daughter