CLASS OF 1877

George Addison Brown died March 15 at his home in Everett, Mass., after a protracted illness from an obscure disease.

He was born in Plymouth, Vt., November 24, 1854, his parents being James S. and Polly Maria (Taylor) Brown. He prepared for college at Black River Academy, Ludlow, Vt., and at Kimball Union Academy. He was a member of Kappa Kappa Kappa, and received the Grimes prize for general improvement at graduation.

He was well known during his college course for his readiness in public speaking, and was evidently foreordained for the legal profession. He began his studies for this profession immediately after graduation at Bellows Falls, Vt., and studied in Harvard Law School for the year 1877-8. Pecuniary reasons caused an interlude of three years (1878-81), during which he was principal of Bellows Falls High School. He meanwhile kept up his law studies, was admitted to the bar in March, 1881, and in the following July opened an office in Bellows Falls. In 1890 he removed to Everett, Mass., and maintained offices there and in Boston until failing health compelled his retirement some two years ago.

Mr. Brown not only ranked high as a lawyer, but was an unusually effective political speaker, and did much service for the Republican party in many campaigns.

He was married July 18, 1877, to Flora E., daughter of Edson X. Pierce of North Springfield, Vt., who survives him, with two sons and a daughter. The sons are Nelson P. Brown '99 and James B. Brown '07, who have been their father's associates and later his successors in law practice, -the former having been recently appointed to the bench of his state.