Deaths

(This is a listing of deaths of which word hasbeen received since the last issue. Full notices,which are usually written by the class secretaries,may appear in this issue or a later one.)

CLASS OF 1861

Dr. Marshall Lebanon Brown died on May 5 of heart disease at the home of his daughter in the Flatbush district of Brooklyn, N. Y.

Dr. Brown was born in New Ipswich, N. H., April 18, 1837, and took in College the course of the Chandler Scientific Department, being a member of the Phi Zeta Mu fraternity (now Sigma Chi).

November 12, 1861, he enlisted as a private in Company E, Sixth Regiment, New Hampshire Volunteers, and served three years and nine months, being mustered. out July 17, 1865. January 2, 1863, he was promoted to hospital steward, and June 1, 1865, to assistant surgeon, and was detailed on hospital service during most of his term.

Upon leaving the army he took up the study of medicine, and received his medical degree at Dartmouth in the fall of 1866, with the class of 1867. He then went to Europe, and took two courses of medical lectures in Paris and spent a month each in the hospitals of Berlin and Vienna He settled in practice in Winchendon, Mass., in 1868, and remained there until 1873, being subsequently in Brighton and Allston. In 1911 he retired from practice, and removed to Brooklyn. He was prominent in his profession while in active practice.

In 1870 Dr. Brown was married to Helen Adams of Winchendon, who survives him. They had three daughters, of whom, one survives, Mrs. Clarence D. Pollock of Brooklyn.

CLASS OF 1873

Herbert Graham King died May 27 at the Harper Hospital, Detroit, Mich. He had been ill with pneumonia only a few days. At the weekly Dartmouth luncheon in Detroit two of the men were delegated to take flowers to him, and reached the hospital only a few hours before his death.

He was born in Springfield, Mass., September 30, 1851, the son of John Lord and Caroline (Harding) King. He fitted in the_schools of that city for the Chandler Scientific Department, and was a member of Phi Zeta Mu (now Sigma Chi). While in College he took considerable pleasure in gymnastics, and at a public athletic exhibition he was one of six students chosen to give a special display of work on the parallel bars.

After graduation he studied for two years at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, taking the course in architecture. He then entered the office of J. L. Silsbee, an architect of Syracuse, N. Y., but removed after a short time to Boston, where he was in the office of Peabody and Stearns. He was then for a time in Springfield and in New Orleans, and again in Syracuse, N. Y., from about 1884 to about 1897. Since then he had practiced his profession in Detroit. Previous to opening an office of his own he had been for a long time with the Solvay Process in an architectural capacity connected with the enlarging of their plant. He was a member of the American Institute of Architects, the Michigan Society of Architects, and the Detroit Engineering Society.

So shy and reserved was he that those who did not know him thought him a little gruff. "Underneath this veneer lay a warm love of and a keen interest in all things pertaining to old Dartmouth," writes a friend. He took great pleasure during many years past in attending the stated reunions of his class, making every effort to be present, and taking the trip from Detroit to Hanover, even if he was able to spend only a few hours with the boys of '73.

He never married, and a nephew is the only near relative remaining.

CLASS OF 1875

Charles Edwin Cochran died in Manchester, N. H., April 30, of heart disease, after an illness of many months.

He was born in Manchester July 17, 1852, of Scotch-Irish ancestry. His mother was Achsah N. Cochran; the name of his father, who died early, has not been reported. He fitted at Manchester High School. His fraternity was Kappa Kappa Kappa.

For the first three years after graduation he was in Oakland, Cal., engaged in business. He then returned to Manchester and took up the study of law, being admitted to the bar m 1881. From that date he practiced his profession in his native city. He was unmarried.

Rev. Leonard Baker Tenney died May 18 at his home in Bartlett, N. H. He had been ill for two or three days with a throat trouble, but kept to his bed only the last day, the end coming very suddenly from edema of the larynx.

He was born in Jaffrey, N. H., September 12, 1854, his parents being Rev. Leonard (Dartmouth 1840) and Malvina (Baker) Tenney. In 1857 his parents removed to Thetford, Vt., and in 1868 to Barre, Vt., where he fitted for college at Barre Academy, under Jacob S. Spaulding '41. Dr. Benjamin Tenney '83 is a brother. He was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon, and graduated with Phi Beta Kappa rank.

His preparation for the ministry was interrupted by teaching and intervals of preaching, and was taken at three theological seminaries, Hartford, Andover, and Union. He graduated from the last in 1881, and spent the next year there as a graduate student.

The rest of his life was spent in the work of the Congregational ministry, and he held in succession pastorates at the following places: Tucson, Ariz., 1882-4; North Troy, Vt., 1885-7; Jeffersonville, Vt., 1887-90; Essex, Vt., 1890-9, where he also taught Latin and Greek in Essex Classical Institute; South Hero, Vt., 1899-1902; Harrisville and Nelson, N. H., 1902-4; Niantic, Conn., 1904-5; Scotland, Conn., 1906-13; Bristol, Me., 1913-16; South Portland, Me., 1916-19; and for the last nine months at Bartlett, N. H.

In 1904 with Mrs. Tenney he visited Palestine, Egypt, Italy, and Great Britain. They being delegates for the World's Fourth Sunday School Convention.

September 27, 1893, Mr. Tenney was married to Adelia Maud, daughter of Albert James and Mary (Frisbee) Hayward of Willsboro, N. Y., who survives him. They had no children.

CLASS OF 1880

Franklin Morton Gilmore is reported to have died at Mound Valley, Kansas, July 7, 1919.

He was born December 30, 1855, in Faribault, Minn., which was his home when he entered Dartmouth at the beginning of sophomore year. He was a member of the Kappa Kappa Kappa fraternity.

After graduation he studied law in an office in Faribault and at the University of Michigan, graduating from the latter in 1883. He practiced first in Nebraska, where he was for a time county judge of Nance county. He then went to Elk Point, S. D., where he practiced for a time and was also cashier of a bank. In 1894 he was mayor of the city, and he served a term in the Senate of that state. He finally removed to Mound Valley.

While in Nebraska, he married Amelia Slaughter. They had two children, Grace and George. The daughter now lives in Honolulu, and the son was recently discharged from the navy with the rank of ensign. The foregoing meager information is all that can be given about the life history of this uncommunicative son of Dartmouth.

William Bainbridge Fellows died suddenly of heart disease at his home in Tilton, N. H., May 2.

The son of Enoch Quimby and Mary E. (Quimby) Fellows, he was born in Sandwich, N. H., July 5, 1858, and fitted for college at New Hampshire Conference Seminary, Tilton. He was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon.

After graduation he began the study of law in the office of Hon. E. A. Hibbard of Laconia, and was admitted to- the bar in August, 1883. For a time he practiced at Ashland, and removed to Tilton in 1885. In 1881 he was sergeant-at-arms of the New shire Senate. The winters from 1883 to 1887 he spent in Washington as private secretary to United States Senators Austin F. Pike ana Person C. Cheney and as clerk of the Senate Committee on Claims. From 1891 to 189? he was solicitor of Belknap County, and from 1895 to 1909 judge of probate of the same county. From 1909 to 1911 he was state auditor.

From 1901 to 1908 he was secretary of the State Board of Equalization, in 1908 chairman of the New Hampshire special tax commission, and since 1911 a member and secretary of the New Hampshire State Tax Commission. He was a recognized authority on taxation matters, and was probably better versed on this subject than any other man in the state.

Judge Fellows was a member of the constitutional conventions of 1902 and 1913, and was treasurer of the town of Tilton in 1902 and 1906. He had been a trustee of Tilton Seminary for twenty-four years, of the Tilton and Northfield Library Association since 1887, and of the Hall Memorial Library Building since 1901.

October 1, 1881, he was married to Ida G., daughter of Franklin and Marcia (Hackett) Scribner of Ashland, N. H., who died January 14, 1908. August 24, 1909, he was married to Clara D., daughter of Eli and Almeda (Gilman) Merriman, who survives him. There were three sons by the first marriage, of whom John H. (Dartmouth '08) and Paul R. survive their parents, the third son having died in early childhood.

CLASS OF 1885

Arthur Day Hawley died of pneumonia at the City Hospital in Hartford, Conn., February 8, after a brief illness.

He was born in Bristol, Conn., January 10, 1863, his parents being Dr. Roswell and Jams Betsey (Rich) Hawley. He entered Dartmouth in senior year from Williams College, where he was a member of the Zeta Psi fraternity. In 1910 he received his diploma from Williams, and is hence enrolled as a graduate of both institutions.

In the fall of 1885 he entered the office of the Bristol Manufacturing Company, and remained there until the following May. He was then for a time with the Bristol Savings Bank, but returned later to the Bristol Manufacturing Company, manufacturers of knit underwear, becoming treasurer and general manager of the company, and finally its president. He was also director of Bristol National Bank and of Bristol Savings Bank.

September 23, 1891, Mr. Hawley was mar. ried to Dorothy, daughter of Samuel H. and Mary H. Hudson of Boston, and sister of Samuel H. Hudson '85. She survives him, with their son, Hudson R., a graduate of Yale in 1914.

CLASS OF 1886

Dr. Frank Byron Brown died suddenly from apoplexy at his home in the Dorchester district of Boston, July 1. He had been apparently in his usual health, and on the day of his death visited and received patients.

The son of David T. and Julia Clark (Prescott) Brown, he was born in Chichester, N. H., September 3, 1863, and prepared for college at Pittsfield and Pembroke Academies. In sophomore year he left college and began the study of medicine, but in 1911 the trustees granted him his diploma and enrolled him with the graduate members of his class.

In 1887 he graduated in medicine at Bowdoin College. In 1896 he went abroad and studied for a time in Berlin. From 1887 to 1892 he was in practice at Selina, Kansas, and then returned to the East and settled in Dorchester, where he has since remained. From 1894 to 1899 he was instructor in bacteriology and pathology in the Medical School of Tufts College. He was a member of the Massachusetts Medical Society and the Norfolk County Medical Society, and of the Colonial Club of Dorchester. He was never married.

At the funeral service, which was held at his late home on July 6, four of his classmates were pallbearers, J. W. Newton, G. W. Ransom, F. A. Wood, and W. M. Hatch.

Dr. Brown's will contains two bequests to Dartmouth, one of $5000 for a scholarship fund and one of $2000 for the Alumni Fund on the Tucker Foundation.

CLASS OF 1887

Rev. Charles Henry Dutton died in Louisville, Ky., June 11, 1920.

He was born in Shirley, Mass., January 26, 1865, his parents being Rev. Albert Ira and Helen A. (Reed) Dutton. His home when in college was East Longmeadow, Mass. At the end of freshman year he left Dartmouth for Amherst, and graduated from the latter in 1887.

For the first year after graduation he preached for the Congregational church of Bethel, Vt. He then studied for a year at Hartford Theological Seminary, and then was pastor at Ashland, Mass., from 1888 to 1892. During this time he studied theology at Boston University, and also took work in the graduate school aiming at the degree of Ph.D., but did not complete either course. He was then pastor at Wilton, N. H., from 1892 to 1899, at New Haven, Vt., from 1900 to 1906, and at Watertown, N. Y., from 1906 to 1909. He next spent a year in Oberlin Theological Seminary, from which he graduated in 1910. Then followed pastorates at East Cleveland. Ohio, 1910-11; Kane, Pa., 1911-15; and at South Natick, Mass., 1915-18, going thence to Kentucky.

July 23, 1889, Mr. Dutton was married to Marcia J., daughter of Clement and Helen (Smith) Drew of Royalton, Vt., who died January 16, 1907. They had two children, Philip Drew and and Ruth. A second wife, to whom he was married several years since, survives him.

CLASS OF 1890

Matthew Gault died June 26 at his home in Worcester, Mass. He had been confined to the house for about ten days with a bronchial trouble, but was not considered seriously ill. A sudden turn for the worse set in, and he died almost immediately.

He was born in Hooksett, N. H., August 18, 1867, the son of Norris C. and Ann H. (Mitchell) Gault, and fitted at Pembroke Academy. He was a member of Kappa Kappa Kappa and graduated with Phi Beta Kappa rank.

Immediately after graduation he entered the office of the city engineer of Worcester as assistant, and in 1892 was given charge of sewer construction. In April, 1907, he became superintendent of the sewer department, and filled this position for the rest of his life, performing its duties with unusual success and being an exceptionally efficient and dependable city official.

Mr. Gault was a member and past master of Athelstan lodge of Masons, a member of Eureka Chapter and Hiram Council, and a member and past eminent commander of Worcester County Commandery, Knights Templar, of which he had been for many years prelate. He was also a member of the Rotary Club and of Old South Congregational church. While in College he played on the varsity baseball team, his position being first base, and was always greatly interested in outdoor sports in Worcester, being especially devoted to baseball.

December 9, 1896, Mr. Gault was married to Grace Warren, daughter of Warren I. and Clara T. (Richardson) Stetson, who survives him, with their two children, Warren Stetson (Dartmouth '20) and Helen Norris.

CLASS OF 1891

John Crockett Sanborn died May 14 at his home in Methuen, Mass.. of cerebral embolism, after a short illness.

He was born in Lawrence, Mass., December 1, 1868, his parents being John Crockett and Susan (Kingsbury) Sanborn. He fitted for college in the high school of his native city. He was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon and Phi Beta Kappa. During his college course he was actively interested in both baseball and football, and was perhaps the originator of the position of captain of the second eleven.

For the first year after graduation he was clerk for the Lawrence Board of Health, and then was for a time principal of the high school at Chester, Vt. He then entered upon the study of law, and graduated from the Law School of Boston University in 1896. Since that time he had been in active and successful practice in Lawrence. For many years he was at the head of one of the city evening schools, and was also an assistant clerk of the district court.

In politics Mr. Sanborn was a strong Democrat, and in 1911, 1912, and 1913 was a member of the lower house of the state legislature, serving on the committees on judiciary and ways and means.

He was a Mason, and a member of the Home Club and the Merrimack Valley Country Club. He was never married, and his nearest surviving relatives are a sister, with whom he lived, and two brothers.

CLASS OF 1895

William Harry Langmaid died April 8 at the Elliott Memorial Hospital in Manchester, N. H., from cancer of the stomach, after an illness of less than two months.

He was born in South Ryegate, Vt., October 13, 1869. His parents were Albert Hill and Martha (Carruth) Langmaid. Thrown on his own resources at an early age, ht worked his way through school and college, graduating from Haverhill (N. H.) Academy in 1891, from the Chandler Scientific Department of Dartmouth in 1895, and from the Thayer School in 1896. He was a member of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity.

After leaving college he entered the office of a city engineer, but soon left to act as surveyor for the Pike Manufacturing Company, Pike, N. H., which at this time had extensive holdings of timber lands. After several years he gave up this position and bought a farm at East Haverhill, N. H., continuing to work at his profession as opportunity offered. During the last six years of his life he was a district chief in the New Hampshire Forestry Department, covering Grafton county. He was a prominent member of the Odd Fellows, the church and the Grange. His high ideals of service made him a leader in his community, and brought to him many positions of trust and responsibility.

December 24, 1898, he was married to Julia Effie Cutting, who survives him. The only child, a son, Norman J., is preparing to enter Dartmouth.

CLASS OF 1909

The Alumni Editor wishes to correct an error in the notice of the late Ralph L. Theller in the April issue of the MAGAZINE. The statement was there made that Mr. Theller was an "unsuccessful" candidate for the Constitutional Convention in Massachusetts. As a matter of fact, he was elected and sat in the Convention of 1917.

CLASS OF 1912

Joseph Elijah Wadleigh died of consumption at his home at Milton Mills, N. H., May 26.

The son of Francis Freeman and Mary Janet (Gilmour) Wadleigh, he was born in Lynn, Mass., September 27, 1889. His father was later a farmer at Union, N. H., where Joe fitted for college at Nute High School. He was one year in Norwich University before entering the sophomore class at Dartmouth.

For several years after graduation he was mainly occupied in the struggle to regain his health. In the fall of 1917 he received a diploma from the New England Institute of Anatomy, Sanitary Science, and Embalming, and was licensed in both New Hampshire and Maine as a licensed embalmer and undertaker. In November, 1917, he established himself in this business at Milton Mills, and continued there until his death. He had become a popular member of the community, where he was a member of the local lodge of Masons, the Eastern Star, and the Knights of Pythias.

November 21, 1917, he was married to Edwina Elvira, daughter of Charles D. and Hattie M. (Fox) Fox of Milton Mills. They have one son, Joseph Elijah, Jr., born October 25, 1918.

Of a quiet and reserved type, Joe will nevertheless be remembered with warm affection by a large number of the class, and he will be missed particularly at the gathering of the class, at which his staunch loyalty, whenever he was able to attend, was so much in evidence. Those who have known Joe in recent years will recall with admiration the long and heroic fight which he has made against a disease which was almost certain to make all of his efforts futile.

CLASS OF 1918

Richard MacKuet Woolworth was accidentally killed at a summer camp near Parry Sound, Ont, June 18. The circumstances of his death were these: Woolworth and a friend were discussing with the caretaker of the camp the difference between the American and British manuals of arms, Woolworth and his friend having served in the American army while the caretaker was a veteran of the British army. While the caretaker was demonstrating his manual with the use of a rifle, the gun was accidentally discharged and the bullet entered Woolworth's right temple.

Woolworth was 24 years old, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Felix M. Woolworth, now of Youngstown, N. Y. He fitted for college at the Niagara Falls High School and the Lafayette High School of Buffalo. He served 18 months overseas as a sergeant in the ordnance department, and was commmissioned a second lieutenant before his discharge. He had just finished a year's course in the Harvard School of Business Administration, and on his return from vacation would have taken a position with the Oneida Community, Ltd., at Sherrill, N. Y.