Class of 1859

Edward Noyes Pomeroy died at his home in Wellesley, Mass., June 22, 1918. He was born at Yarmouth, Me., April 6, 1836, being a son of Frederick Augustus and Priscilla (Noyes) Pomeroy. He was in Dartmouth only during his freshman year, going thence to Bowdoin, where he graduated in 1859.

In 1862 he enlisted as a private in the 156th New York Volunteers, and in 1864 became a lieutenant of the 81st U. S. Colored Troops, serving finally on the staff of Major General Banks.

He then studied at Union Theological Seminary, graduating in 1868, and was pastor of Congregational churches at Riga and Bergen, N. Y., and West Springfield, Marion, and Taunton, Mass. In 1888 he retired from the active ministry, and made his home thereafter at Wellesley.

June 8, 1868, Mr. Pomeroy was married to Emma Gertrude Fitch. They had four children, of whom only one is now living.