CLASS OF 1872

Frank Henry Carleton died in Minneapolis, Minn., February 1, after a minor intestinal operation.

He was the only son of Henry Guy Carleton, banker and editor of Newport, N. H., and Hannah E. (French), and was born in Newport, October 8, 1849. He prepared for college at Kimball Union Academy. He taught a part of each year while in college, won the Grimes prize for English composition, and wrote the class ode. He was a member of Kappa Kappa Kappa.

For a few months after graduation he was city editor of the Manchester Daily Union. During the presidential campaign of 1872 he was secretary of the Democratic State Central Committee of New Hampshire. After the election he went to Minneapolis, and was for a few months a reporter on the Daily News; for a year in 1873-4 he was city editor of the St. Paul Press. He then studied law in the offices of Governor Cushman K. Davis and C. D. O'Brien of St. Paul, being admitted to the bar in 1877. In 1875 he was appointed clerk of the municipal court of St. Paul. This position he resigned in 1878, and traveled several months in Europe. On his return he was appointed private secretary to Governor John S. Pillsbury, in which position he rendered important service in the settlement of the repudiated Minnesota railroad bonds and in the development of the state university.

In 1882, on the expiration of Governor Pillsbury's term, he removed to Minneapolis and formed a law partnership with Judge Henry G. Hicks and Capt Judson N. Cross. From 1883 to 1887 he served as special city attorney. While in this position he originated' and became the defender of the unique and widely studied Patrol Limits Ordinance. This ordinance, restricting the saloons of Minneapolis to a narrow business district, was vigorously attacked by the liquor interests, but these attacks were successfully combatted for the city by Mr. Carleton. He specialized in probate law, and at the time of his death was the leading probate lawyer of the Minnesota bar. He had the legal charge of many large estates, and drew up many of the important leases involving Northern Minnesota ore lands.

For several years he was president of the Dartmouth Alumni Association of the Northwest. He belonged to the Masonic order and the Order of Elks, and was active in church and philanthropic work.

Mr. Carleton was a man of many hobbies, all of which he studied intensely. He was an expert fisherman, and spent much of his free time trout-fishing in the stream which traversed his country place in Wisconsin. He was devoted to the study and raising of flowers and shrubs. He was also interested in photography, books, New England antiques, and the collecting of paintings, rugs, and stamps. For ten years he served on the Minnesota Library Board.

March 24, 1881, Mr. Carleton was married to Ellen, daughter of Judge Edwin S. Jones of Minneapolis, who survives him. They have had seven children, of whom six are now living.