CLASS OF 1875

Dr. Charles Bowman Sturtevant, one of the oldest and most successful physicians of southern New Hampshire, died at his home in Manchester April 12, of hardening of the arteries. Five years ago he gave up practice, and for the past four years his health had been failing.

The son of Paschal and Louisa A. (Harvey) Sturtevant, he was born in Barton, Vt., April 2, 1850. He attended the academies at Northwood and Pittsfield, N. H., and studied medicine with Dr. John Wheeler '50, of Pittsfield, attending lectures at Long Island College Hospital and at Dartmouth.

He first practiced at New Boston, N. H. After a nine months trip to California, he settled in Manchester in 1882, and had since remained there.

While in New Boston, he served for five years as superintendent of schools. He was a member of the First Congregational church of Manchester, the Manchester Historical Association, and the New Hampshire Medical Society. He was also connected with the Masons, the Good Templars, the American Mechanics, and the United Order of Workmen.

His hobby was books, and he collected a library of 5,000 volumes, one of the best private libraries in the state. Among his collections is one of different editions of Homer, and another bearing upon the history of New Hampshire.

In November, 1874, Dr. Sturtevant was married to Flora A. Rand of Barnstead, N. H., who died September 26, 1878. October 9, 1883, he was married to Mary E. Stewart of Topsham, Vt., who died some twenty years ago. Their two daughters survive them.