CLASS OF 1897

Dr. Elisha Bennett Burnham died at his home in South Essex, Mass., October 10, 1918, of pneumonia, after an illness of five days.

He was born in Essex, September 7, 1871, his parents being S. Perry and Theresa M. (Annable) Burnham. He attended the public schools of Essex and Manning High School of Ipswich.

In the Spanish-American war he served as hospital steward of the Eighth Massachusetts Infantry. After his discharge from military service he settled in practice at Rye, N. H., later going to Portsmouth, N. H., and finally returning to his native town. He never married.