CLASS OF 1873

Word has only recently been received of the death of Albert Franklin Baxter, non-graduate. He was one of the five Civil War veterans of the class, which did not enter college until four years after the expiration of the war. Three of these, Baxter, Belford, and Snyder, did not graduate; Guthrie and Kerr graduated with the class. Of the five, Kerr, now a lawyer in Colorado Springs, Colo., alone survives. Baxter was a member of Company A, Second New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry; Belford of Company A, and subsequently Company E, First Vermont Cavalry; Guthrie of Company D, Third lowa Cavalry; Kerr of Company E, Fourteenth Connecticut Infantry; and Snyder of Company D, Seventh New York Cavalry, and afterwards of Company C, 150th New York Infantry.

Baxter, whose death is now chronicled, was born June 17, 1845. He was the son of Ansel Baxter. He fitted for college at Appleton Academy, New Ipswich, N. .H., and entered Dartmouth with his class in the fall of 1869, remaining, however, but two years. He was a member of Alpha Delta Phi fraternity. Financial considerations obliged him to leave college. He was a carpenter by trade, but being interested in religious work he entered the ministry of the Free Baptist church, and served various churches of that denomination. Later he returned to the practice of his trade. He was a great sufferer from rheumatism. He had lived in Nashua, N. H., for many years. After the death of his wife he lived for some time with his daughter. His last years were passed at the Soldiers' Home in Tilton, N. H., where he died March 3, 1914, having suffered a paralytic shock.

Word has recently been received of the death of George Philip Heilman, a graduate of this class in the scientific course. He was born in Evansville, Ind., November 2, 1852. The city where he was born was his home through his whole life. He belonged to one of the prominent pioneer families of Evansville. He was the son of William and Mary (Jenner) Heilman, his father being a manufacturer of machinery and at one time representing the First District of Indiana in the national House of Representatives. George P. Heilman, the son, fitted for college at the Evansville High School, and entered Dartmouth in the fall of 1869, continuing his course without interruption and graduating with the class. He was a member of the Vitruvian fraternity, now Beta Theta Pi. After his graduation he returned to his native city, where he spent the remainder of his life. He was a miller and mill proprietor, and for a number of years was engaged in the hominy and corn mill business in Henderson, Ky. He was prominently identified with the political life of Evansville, and was during one administration assistant city treasurer. He retired from business ten years before his decease, and this gave him an opportunity to take an active part in civic and religious movements. In 1880 he united with the. Trinity Methodist Episcopal church of Evansville,

and was a member of the official board of that church. At the time of his decease he was the oldest member in continuous service in Lavalette Commandery, Knights Templar, having been made a member of that order August 24, 1874.

He married, November 2, 1880, Miss Lura C. Fellows of Evansville, who, with three sons and four daughters, survives him. Mr. Heilman had suffered from cancer for more than a year, but was confined to his bed only for a short time. He died August 24. 1914, at his home. 1100 Upper Second St., Evansville, Ind.