Deaths

This is a listing of deaths of which word has been received since the last issue. Full notices, which are usually written by the class secretaries, may appear in this issue or a later one.

Everett Boynton, the last survivor of his class, and for a brief period the oldest living graduate of the College, died of the infirmities of age at his home in Swampscott, Mass., November 11.

The son of Eli and Mary (McDonald) Boynton, he was born in Pepperell, Mass., July 12, 1822, and prepared for college at Pepperell Academy.

Soon after graduation he went to Mobile, Ala., and taught in the Barton Academy and in a school for boys established by him. In 1850 he returned to Massachusetts, and taught a short time at Pepperell, and then at Swampscott and Lynn until 1861.

September 4, 1861, Mr. Boynton enlisted as a private in the First Massachusetts Cavalry, and served with his regiment in South Carolina, Maryland, and Virginia. In 1863 he was detailed for service tin the Signal Corps. During his last year of service he was incapacitated for active service in the field, and was employed as clerk at the Rendezvous of Distribution until he was honorably discharged, September 25, 1864.

He then resumed teaching at Swampscott, but in 1877 left the profession and opened a periodical store, which still bears his name, though the active management has long since passed to his daughter.

May 5, 1847, Mr. Boynton was married at Mobile, Ala., to Sarah Cleveland, daughter of Enos Cune, who died November 24, 1864. They had seven children, of whom a son and two daughters survive.