CLASS OF 1877

Rev. John Merriam died at his home at Port Dickinson, N. Y., December 14, 1918.

A son of Dr. Marshall and Sarah (Shook) Merriam, he was born at Reed's Ferry, N. H., April 14, 1855, and fitted at Pinkerton Academy, Derry, his home having been from early years at Derry. In college he was a member of Theta Delta Chi.

After graduation he studied for three years at Andover Theological Seminary, graduating in 1880. He was first pastor of Congregational churches at New Hampton, lowa, 1881-2, and at Harford, Pa., 1882-4. He then became connected with the Presbyterian body, and served churches of that denomination at Luzerne and New Milford, Pa., and Coventry, Binghamton, and Augusta, N. Y., closing the last pastorate in 1917. He had made his home for some years at Port Dickinson, a suburb of Binghamton.

November 29, 1887, Mr. Merriam was married to Ellen Gertrude Best of Brooklyn, Pa., who survives him, with four sons and two daughters.

Not a man of brilliant parts, he had been diligent and faithful in every relation of life, and had won the respect and confidence of all who knew him.