Class of 1862

Jason Henry Dudley committed suicide by shooting at Colebrook, N. H., March 31. He had been in ill health for some time, and very despondent since the death of his wife two and a half years ago.

He was a son of Jonathan and Minerva (Armstrong) Dudley, and was born in Hanover, November 24, 1842, fitting for college in Hanover.

For three years after graduation he was principal of Colebrook Academy, reading law at the same time with W. S. Ladd '55; in 1865-6 principal of Phillips Academy, Danville, Vt., continuing his law studies with B. N. Davis; and in 1866-7 principal of West Randolph (Vt.) Academy, finishing his preparation for the bar with Edmund, Weston. In 1867 he was admitted to the bar, and opened an office in Colebrook, where he became successful in his position and prominent in all public affairs of that region.

From 1878 to 1888 he was county solicitor of Coos County; a member of the House of Representatives in 1889; of the Senate in 1891; and of the constitutional conventions of 1904 and 1912. He had been a trustee of the State Normal School and the State College. He was a Democrat in politics, and a member of the Odd Fellows and the Knights of Pythias.

September 22, 1869, Mr. Dudley was married to Lucy A., daughter of Dr. Austin and Amelia (Bissell) Bradford of Vergennes, Vt., who died in 1915. They had two sons, the elder of whom died in early manhood and the younger in infancy. The daughter-in-law and two grandchildren formed Mr. Dudley's family during the last years.

Dr. Augustus Chapman Walker died April 5 of arteriosclerosis at his home in Cambridge, Mass.

He was born in Barnstead, N. H., June 9, 1833, his parents being Joseph Alcott and Abigail (Murray) Walker. He fitted at Thetford (Vt.) Academy. He was a member of Kappa Kappa Kappa. To continue the study of medicine, which he had begun while in college, he left college in the spring of junior year. In 1871 he was given his degree, and enrolled with the graduate members of the class.

After medical studies at the University of Vermont and at Harvard, he entered military service as medical cadet at the Soldiers Home Hospital, New York city, in May, 1862, and was there until August. In September he was commissioned assistant surgeon of the Tenth New York Volunteers and soon transferred to the 133d New York. He served with his regiment near Washington until December, and then in Louisiana and Texas to 1864, and then in the Shenandoah Valley until September, 1864, when he was commissioned surgeon of the Eighteenth New York Cavalry. He was with this regiment in camp and garrison duty in Louisiana until April, 1865. Being then detailed as surgeon-in-chief of the cavalry division commanded by General Knife at Greenville, La., he remained on his staff until mustered out of service at the close of the war, June 13, 1865.

From September, 1865, to March, 1866, he resumed his medical studies at Harvard and obtained his degree of M.D. After a few months in New York city, he engaged in practice at Greenfield, Mass., and continued there with excellent success until his retirement and removal to Cambridge in 1907.

September 11, 1862, Dr. Walker was married to Maria Churchill, daughter of Sidney S. and Louisa (Turner) Grant of Lyme, N. H., who died August 17, 1917. They had three sons, two of whom survive their parents, one being Sidney Grant Walker '91.