CLASS OF 1860

Edward Savage, one of the best known lawyers in the Middle West, died December 8 at his home in Minneapolis, Minn. He was born in Schenectady, N. Y. May 26, 1840 the son of Edward and Sarah (Van Vechten) Savage. His father, a professor in Union College, died m the year of his son's birth, and in 1846 his mother became the wife of Professor Samuel G. Brown 31 and a resident of Hanover. Young Savage fitted at Hanover and at Andover, Mass., and was a member of Alpha Delta Phi and Phi Beta Kappa. After graduation he read law at Hanover and at Albany Law School, graduating from the latter in 1862. After serving for two years as commissioner of deeds, he began practice at Albany in May, 1865, and remained there till September, 1880, when he removed to Minneapolis. He stood high in his profession in both cities, and was president of the bar association of Minneapolis. A proficient musician, he had been organist for various churches. December 26, 1863, Mr. Savage was married to Sarah Elizabeth, daughter of Theodore Dwight Smith of Albany. She died November 29, 1869, and he was again married, September 19, 1876, to Lydia A. Hoag, of Albany. There were two daughters by the second marriage.