CLASS OF 1879
The death of William Mead Mason, which occurred from Bright's disease at a hospital in Brattleboro, Vt„ January 14, 1917, has only recently been reported to the MAGAZINE.
Mr. Mason was a son of William G. and Sarah (Mead) Mason, and was born in Concord, N. H., September 23, 1858. He fitted for the Chandler Scientific Department at Concord High School. He was a member of the Phi Zeta Mu fraternity (now Sigma Chi).
Immediately after graduation he went into business with Mead and Mason, contractors and builders, becoming after a few years a member of the firm, which for many yearshas been concerned in the erection of many important buildings throughout New England. Among these are the Rollins Chapel and Butterfield, Bartlett, and Wilson Halls at Hanover, and the Post-office, State House, and Public Library at Concord.
In 1898 Mr. Mason removed his business from Concord to Boston, making his home in Winchester. In 1910 he retired from business on account of his health, and from 1914 made his home in Springfield. Vt. In 1892 he served in the New Hampshire House of Representatives.
In 1888 Mr. Mason was married to Amy Chase of Concord, who died in 1907. Their only children are William H. Mason '13, now first lieutenant in the 301st Infantry, and Carol C. Mason '16, of Chicago.
Frederick Warren Shattuck died at his home in Dorchester, Mass., May 13, after a long and painful illness from intestinal disease.
Mr. Shattuck was born in Reading, Vt., May 1, 1853, his parents being Cornelius Davis and Clarinda (Miller) Shattuck. He prepared for college at Green Mountain Perkins Academy, South Woodstock, Vt. His fraternity was Delta Kappa Epsilon.
Having taught during his college course, he continued in that calling through life. For the first year after graduation he was in charge of the high school at Waterbury, Vt., and for the next year at Windsor, Vt. From 1881 to 1884 he was principal of a grammar school in Fitchburg, Mass., and the year following in Lawrence, Mass. After a year's service in the Lincoln School of Manchester, N. H., he went in 1886 to the schools of Winchester, Mass., where he remained five years. From 1891 to 1897 he was master of the Luther V. Bell School in Somerville, Mass. He then went into the Boston schools, first as submaster of the Christopher Gibson School in Dorchester, then as master of the Blackington School in East Boston, and finally for five years as master of the Christopher Gibson School.
He was a man of simple tastes, quiet and reserved, just and honorable in all his relations, and thoroughly devoted to the intellectual and moral welfare of his pupils, with whom his influence will be abiding.
December 25, 1883, Mr. Shattuck was married to Isabel, daughter of William and Henrietta Gilchrest of Fitchburg, who survives him. They have had no children. His classmates Graves and Proctor were present at the funeral service, held at his late home on May 15.
Charles Darwin Edgerton died of heart disease June 11, at his home in Northfield, Vt.
The son of Orvis Darwin and Roxana Sophia (Taylor) Edgerton, he was bora at Brasher Falls, N. Y., August 25, 1856. At the age of ten years he came with his parents to Northfield, where he fitted for college at the local high school.
He remained in Northfield through life, following various occupations for several years, being for nearly two years bookkeeper for the Ely Foundry Company. Meanwhile he engaged in the study of law, and in October, 1886, he was admitted to the bar. He had since continued in practice, and had filled various business positions, having been for several years treasurer of the Northfield Telephone Company.
He had been many times moderator of the annual town meeting, and had held other town offices. From 1898 to 1902 he was assistant judge of the county court. For a long term of years he was secretary of the Grand Lodge of the Independent Order of Good Templars. For nearly twenty years after graduation he was secretary of his class, and issued ten successive class reports.
November 22, 1892, Mr. Edgerton was married to Roxana M. Orcutt, who survives him. They had no children.
His local paper says of him: "He was a man of strong parts, his convictions of right and wrong were fixed and unalterable, and his reputation as a man of inflexible honesty and absolute veracity was never questioned. As a lawyer he adorned his profession, and was highly respected and well regarded by his brethren. As a man and a citizen he was as nearly without blemish as often falls to the lot of mortals."
