Dr. Azarie Moise Joseph Provost died September 9, 1916, at his home in Berlin, N. H. of pneumonia.
He was born in Montreal, Que., August 19, 1872 (so one authority; the General Catalogue says 1869), and received his preliminary edufcation in the public schools of Lewiston, Me, his home from boyhood. In 1892 he graduated from Sherbrooke College, Canada.
After one year as house physician in Mary Hitchcock Hospital he established himself in practice in Lewiston, Me., whence he removed in 1900 to Berlin. He was immediately successful in practice, and early enjoyed the confidence of a large clientele. He was prominent in social and fraternal circles, as well as in the medical world. At the time of his death he was chairman of the Berlin board of health, and a member of the American Medical Association, the Elks, the Eagles, the Moose, the Royal Arcanum, the Modern Woodmen of America, the Catholic Order of Foresters, and the A. C. A.
January 30, 1900, he was married to Amelia Talbot of; Lewiston, Me., who survives him.