CLASS OF 1862

Dr. Simeon Hunt died at his home in East Providence, R. I., April 5. His health began to decline a year ago, and he then gave up active practice.

The son of William Dennison and Lydia (Chase) Hunt, he was born at Seekonk, Mass., April 27, 1837. He fitted for college at the Friends' School, Providence, R. I. He was a member of Kappa Kappa Kappa and Phi Beta Kappa.

After graduation he began at once the study of medicine with Drs. Dixi and A. B. Crosby of Hanover and Dr. Buck of Manchester, attending lectures at Dartmouth Medical School. Upon receiving his medical degree in the. fall of 1864 he was appointed assistant surgeon of United States Colored Troops, but on account of illness was never mustered into service.

In February, 1865, he began practice at Corry, Pa., whence he removed after three months to Springfield, Pa. In the spring of 1868 he changed his residence to East Providence, R. I., where he soon acquired a large practice, and where the rest of his life was spent.

He had been health officer and member of the school committee. He was a 32d degree Mason, and a member of the American Medical Association, the Rhode Island Medical Society, the Providence Medical Association, the Rhode Island Medico-Legal Association, and the American Public Health Association.

October 25, 1865, Dr. Hunt was married to Anna M. Balch of Lyme, N. H. They had five sons, of whom two survive, the others having died in childhood.