CLASS OF 1871

Rev. Rolla George Bugbee was born in Bridgewater, Vt., September 7, 1848, and died in Peterboro, N. H., August 13, 1915, of arterio-sclerosis. His parents were George Howard and Catharine (Weld) Bugbee. He prepared for college at Green Mountain Academy, South Woodstock, Vt.

For the first two years after graduation he taught at Weston, Vt., and elsewhere, and then entered Yale Divinity School, where he completed the three years' course, and graduated in 1876. He then entered the Congregational ministry, and continued in active service until a short time before his death, having occupied the following fields: West Hartland, Conn., 1876-80; Bridgewater, Vt., 1880-2; Bethel, Vt., 1882-3; Randolph Center, Vt., 1883-4; Canton, N. Y. (Presbyterian church), 1885-7; Thomaston, Conn., 1888-92; Wells River, Vt., 1892-7; Athol, Mass., 1897-1904; Peterboro, N. H., 1904-15. He was a strong preacher, and a faithful and efficient pastor.

Mr. Bugbee was a member of the Peterboro school board at the time of his death, which position he had held for six years. He was a member of Franklin Lodge, F. and A. M., of Lebanon.

August 24, 1876, Mr. Bugbee was married to Susan Imogene, daughter of Cushing and Susan Elizabeth (Andrews) Barrett of Mount Holly, Vt., who survives him, with her daughter, Mrs. Albert L. Puffer of Winchester, Mass. A son died in infancy.