Deaths

CLASS OF 1858

Joseph Edward Marsh died April 1, at his home in Los Angeles, Cal.

He was born in Pelham, N. H., Septemter 2, 1836, his parents being Joseph and Rhoda R. (Gage) Marsh. He prepared for the Chandler Scientific Department at Phillips Academy, Andover. His fraternity was Phi Zeta Mu (now Sigma Chi.)

Until 1865 he remained at his old home in Pelham. He then went to Charleston, Ill., where he was engaged in the milling business until 1876, and was then for twelve years at Little Rock, Ark., in the same business. He then removed to Los Angeles, where he was engaged in the real estate business. He had taken a prominent part in the commercial development of Los Angeles, had met with pecuniary success, and was widely known and loved for his many charitable and philanthropic deeds.

December 18, 1862, Mr. Marsh was married to Martha J., daughter of Gen. Joshua and Eliza J. (Noyes) Atwood of Pelham, who survives him, with a son, Robert Marsh of Los Angeles, and a daughter, Mrs. C. A. Andrews of New Orleans.

CLASS OF 1869

Arthur George Lewis died March 11, at his home in Worcester, Mass., of heart disease, after a very brief illness.

He was born at West Claremont, N. H. March 17, 1845, his parents being George Gilbert and Adeline (Labaree) Lewis. Four brothers were also graduates of Dartmouth - Eugene '64, Francis W. '66, Henry E. '72, and Homer P. '74. His preparation for college was obtained in part at Kimball Union Academy. His fraternity was Psi Upsilon.

He had taught winters during his college course, and continued in that calling through life. He was principal of Clinton Liberal Institute at Clinton, N. Y., from 1869 to 1873,' then for two years superintendent of schools at Weymouth, Mass., and for three years at Adams, Mass. In 1878 he went to Worcester to become principal of the Belmont St. grammar school, and remained in that position until his retirement from active service in June, 1915. He was also for many years a district supervisor of schools in the city.

Mr. Lewis was of a retiring disposition, avoiding publicity, but had been for many years a member of the Principals' Club, a Greek Club, the Worcester County Music Festival Chorus, and the Worcester Economic Club.

June 26, 1871, he was married to Delia C. Loomis, who died in 1893. They had three children, two sons, one of them a graduate of Harvard, both dead, and a daughter, Mary D. Lewis, now associate professor of English in Smith College. A second marriage, January 30, 1897, was to Grace R., daughter of Abram and Rebecca G. Everett, who survives him.

CLASS OF 1871

Charles Ebenezer Hill died in Temple, N. H., on Friday, April 6, 1917, where he was born February 7., 1848.

Hill left college before graduation to become assistant professor of English and history in the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, Md., where he remained until 1875. He then resigned to take up the practice of law, and in that year was admitted to the bar of Baltimore, Maryland. There he was married to Kate W. Clayton, whose death preceded his by exactly ten years.

The funeral and interment were in Baltimore on Easter Sunday.

He leaves three sons: John Philip, a lawyer in Baltimore, and formerly United States attorney; Eben Clayton, a physician in Poughkeeepsie, N. Y.; and Joseph Bancroft, a civil engineer in Baltimore, Md.

When he had barely reached sixty years of age he developed a tubercular trouble, which banished him from his friends and his profession and from Baltimore, and he returned to his native hills of Temple.

There are nearly ten years he lived a quiet life amid his books and his fruit trees, with gradually failing strength.

His degree of A. B. was conferred upon him out of course, but he never attended any of the class reunions.

In a letter written only a few weeks before his death to a classmate, he closes with the brave message:

"I am cheerfully waiting for the last event, somewhat curious to know what is beyond, not anxious."

Samuel Taylor Page died at the Elliot Hospital, Manchester, N. H., April 16, following an operation for appendicitis. He had been in failing health for sometime, and was passing the winter in Manchester with his wife at the home of her sister.

The son of David and Margaret (Taylor) Page, he was born in Haverhill February 14, 1849, and prepared for college at Haverhill Academy and Kimball Union Academy.

For a year after graduation he read law in his father's office at Haverhill, and then for two years with Cross and Burnham. of Manchester, N. H. From 1871 to 1874 he was also private secretary to the governor of New Hampshire.

In 1874 he was admitted to the bar, and practiced in his native town until 1888. Meanwhile he was register of probate for Grafton county in 1874-6 and in 1878-85, superintendent of schools for Haverhill from 1875 to 1887, and member of the lower house of the state legislature in 1877 and 1887.

For a long time he had had business interests in Manchester, and removed there in 1888. In 1903 he returned permanently to Haverhill. He was a member of Franklin St. Congregational church of Manchester, and of the Patrons of Husbandry.

October 5, 1872, Mr. Page was married to Frances Maria Eaton of Manchester, who survives him. They have a daughter and a son, the latter being Donald T. Page '01. His sister is the wife of his classmate, Hon. Alvin Burleigh of Plymouth, N. H.

Page was an enthusiastic member of the class, making it a point to be present at all reunions, which derived no little pleasure from his mellow wit and characteristic style of story-telling. Probably every member of his class still retains Page's poem on the Class of '71, written soon after the reunion in 1906, entitled "Our Ideals—Dartmouth Men."

CLASS OF 1874

Rev. Albert Francis Newton died March 24, at his home in Brooklyn, N. Y., of arteriosclerosis, after an illness of about two years. After closing his last pastorate, April 30, 1916, he spent the summer at his daughter's home in Willsboro, N. Y., but continued to fail in health, and in October went to Brooklyn for the winter.

He was the son of Elbridge and Jerusha E. (Stearns) Newton, and was born at Salmon Falls, N. H., April 3, 1848. He prepared for college at Reed's Ferry and Francestown, N. H., and became a member of Alpha Delta Phi.

For three years following his graduation he studied at Andover Theological Seminary, and in 1877 became pastor of the Congregational church at Townsend, Mass. He remained there five years, and 'was then from 1882 to 1892 pastor at Marlboro, Mass. For five years from 1892 he was pastor of the Rochester Avenue church in Brooklyn, N. Y., from 1898 to 1901 of the Union church in Haverhill, Mass., from 1901 to 1912 at North Leominster, Mass., and then to 1906 at Dunstable, Mass. In all these fields he did faithful and effective work.

Throughout his active life Mr. Newton wrote much for the press, and was a frequent lecturer on temperance and on other topics.

December 5, 1877, he was married to Mary Elizabeth, daughter of Amos and Jane (Little) Wright of Milford, N. H., who survives him, with two daughters.

CLASS OF 1885

Dr. Daniel Goodenow died very suddenly on board Steamer Mohawk, on his way north from Jacksonville, Fla., at two o'clock A. M., Wednesday, March 14. Dr. Goodenow left his home in Maynard, Mass., about six weeks before on a trip to Florida for his health, which had been poor for about a year, and his death was due to a complication of asthma with heart and kidney difficulties.

Dr. Goodenow was born in Bangor, Maine, December 15, 1862. He was the son of Henry Clay and Mary (Brown) Goodenow. He entered Bowdoin College with the class of 1885 and remained there until after the middle of his sophomore year, when he came to Dartmouth, where he graduated with the class of 1885. He was a member of the Alpha Delta Phi fraternity, and took an active interest in athletic matters, and was a very popular man throughout his course. He attended Dartmouth Medical College, receiving his degree of M.D. in 1889. He practiced his profession in Alstead, N. H., and in Gloucester and Maynard, Mass. He was for several years a member of the board of health and of the school committee in the town of Maynard, and was active in all that related to the welfare of the town. He was prominent in its social life and was a member and past master of the local lodge of Masons, and past regent of the local council of the Royal Arcanum. His funeral was held in the Congregational church in Maynard, Friday, March 16, and a very large attendance testified to the respect in which he was held by all who knew him. The floral tributes were very numerous and beautiful, some pieces being sent by the school children of the town. The interment was made in the family lot at Hanover, N. H. Dr. Goodenow was married to Kate Belle Carter, of Hanover, N. H., on December 11, 1889, who, with their daughter Sadie, survives him.

CLASS OF 1913

Harry Allaire Taylor, affectionately known as "Rat" Taylor, died suddenly at his home in Brooklyn, N. Y., on Sunday, March 11, of pneumonia. The past winter Taylor had been playing hockey with the Crescent Athletic Club of Brooklyn, and played the Friday night before his death. On Saturday morning' he awoke with a severe attack of pneumonia, and died within thirty-six hours.

Harry Taylor was born December 7, 1890, in Brooklyn, the son of Henry and Miriam (Simonson) Taylor. He prepared for Dartmouth at the Boys' High School of Brooklyn, and was with the class throughout the course. He was a member of Beta Theta Pi; played on the class hockey team in freshman year and made the varsity team in junior year; he was in the "Pea Green Earl' and the "Summer Bachelors."

He entered his father's hardware business immediately after graduation. He was a member of Andrews Methodist. Episcopal church of Brooklyn, a life member of the Y. M. C. A., publicity manager of the Business Men's and Taxpayers' Association, member of Highland Park Civic Association and the Brooklyn Hardware Dealers' Association, and of the Home Defense League of the section in which he lived.

T. W. Towler and Jack MacDonald attended the funeral, held Thursday, March 15.

In "Rat" Taylor the class lost a good friend, the College a firm and loyal supporter. Taylor was a very likable fellow, and would do anything for a friend. He was always good-natured, big-hearted, and kind. He was a leading spirit at the reunion, and was looking forward to the fifth reunion.