CLASS OF 1863
George Washington Bingham died February 12 at his home in Derry, N. H., after an illness of two years.
The son of Courtney and Lovey Ann (Lebourveau) Bingham, he was born in Claremont, N. H., October 23, 1838, and prepared for college at Kimball Union Academy. He was a member of Psi Upsilon and Phi Beta Kappa.
From 1863 to 1865 he was principal of Gilmanton (N.H.) Academy; then of Pittsburgh (Pa.) Seminary to 1871. From 1871 to 1878 he was in the nursery business in Burlington, lowa, and then returned permanently to educational work. From 1878 to 1884 he was principal of Denmark (Iowa) Academy; in 1884-8 of Coe's Academy, Northwood, N. H.; and then for many years of Pinkerton Academy, Derry, from which he retired a few years ago as principal emeritus.
In 1888 he was president of the New Hampshire Sunday School Association, and represented the Association at a world's convention in London in 1889.
November 19, 1865, Mr. Bingham was married to Mary Upham, daughter of Rev. Elliot Colby Cogswell '38. She died March 4, 1902, and he was married August 3, 1906, to Mrs. Elizabeth Greenleaf (Cogswell) Prescott, a sister of his former wife. She survives him. There were no children.
