CLASS OF 1858
Rev. Lucien Harper Adams, son of Edmund and Jane (Marsh) Adams, was born in Londonderry, N. H., July 28, 1829, and died in Derry, N. H., September 20, 1916, after an illness of ten months from the infirmities incident to old age.
Mr. Adams prepared for college at Kimball Union Academy, and in 1853 entered Yale College, leaving on account of ill health in a few months. After graduation he entered Andover Theological Seminary, where he graduated in 1861. He first preached for one year at Haverhill, Mass., and then was pastor of the Congregational church of Petersham, Mass., 1862-5.
The main work of his life was done as a missionary of the American Board in Turkey. He was appointed in 1865, and continued in the field until 1894, except for the years from 1885 to 1890, when he was in this country, living in Derry. He was stationed at Aintab, Kessab, Tarsus, and Adana. Since his final return in 1894, he has made his home in Derry, preaching much for neighboring churches and making addresses upon missionary topics, and interesting himself helpfully in local affairs.
Mr. Adams was married November 20, 1862, to Susan Augusta, daughter of Daniel N. and Eliza (Williams) Adams of Springfield, N. H., who died November 18, 1866, having had one son, who died in infancy. He was again married October 11, 1867, to Nancy Dora, daughter of Cyrus and Nancy (Pratt) Francis of Newington, Conn., who died in 1890. Two sons of this marriage died early, and a daughter and two sons survive. The younger son is Walter S. Adams '98, assistant director of the Mt. Wilson Observatory at Pasadena, Cal., and the elder, Edward F., was for a time in 1895 at Dartmouth, but graduated at Harvard in 1896.
Rev. Edward Payson Tenney, a member of this class in its freshman year, was born at West Concord, N. H., September 29, 1835, and died in Lynn, Mass., July 24, 1916.
His parents were Rev. Asa Peaslee and Mary (Tenney) Tenney. He fitted for college at Pembroke Academy. After recovering from the ill health which caused his leaving college, he entered Bangor Theological Seminary, where he graduated in 1858. From 1860 to 1876 he preached successively for Congregational churches at Assabet, Burlington, and Manchester, Mass., Central City, Colo., Topsfield, Braintree, Lowell, and Ashland, Mass. In 1876, mainly through his influence and labors, Colorado College at Colorado Springs was founded, and he became its first president, serving till 1884. He was then pastor at West Newfield, Me., 1887-8; at Orford, N, H., 1889-90; and at Pembroke, N. H., 1891-3.
During this time he had given much attention to literary work, and after his last pastorate this became his sole occupation, his home being in Cambridge, Boston, and finally in Lynn. In 1878 Dartmouth conferred upon him the honorary degree of Master of Arts.
Besides many periodical articles, the following books from his pen have been published: "The Silent Home," 1876: "Coronation," 1877; "Agamenticus," 1878; "The New West," 1878; "Colorado and the New West," 1880; "Constance of Acadia," 1886; "The Triumphs of the Cross," 1895; "A Story of the Heavenly Camp Fires," 1896; "Our Elder Brother," 1897; "The Dream of My Youth," 1901.
Mr. Tenney was married December 1, 1860, to Sarah J., daughter of Daniel and Sarah (Haines) Holden of West Concord, N. H., who died November 23, 1861. A second marriage, December 8, 1862, was to Ellen, daughter of Timothy and Elizabeth (Whitney) Weeks of Lowell, Mass., who survives him. They had two daughters, neither of whom is living.
