HONORARY

Rev. John Wentworth Sanborn, a recipient of the honorary degree of Master of Arts in 1883, died of apoplexy at his home in Friendship, N. Y., October 14, 1922.

The. son of Jeremiah and Olive Sanborn, he was born in Epping, N. H., November 3, 1848, fitted for college at Phillips Exeter Academy, and entered the class of 1873 at Wesleyan University, leaving during sophomore year.

After leaving college he taught at Kingston and Newfields, N. H., and in 1873 entered the ministry of the Methodist Episcopal church, becoming a member of the Western New York (now Genesee) Conference, and . filling pastorates in that Conference for thirty-five years. While pastor at Gowanda, N. Y., the Seneca Indians on the neighboring reservation were a part of his parish, and he learned their language and compiled a hymnal for them, which he printed himself from, type made by him, and bound with his wife's aid. He gave much time to research on Indian topics, became a recognized authority on the subject, and wrote and published much upon it. He was a member of many literary and historical societies in this country and Europe.

A widow, who was Adelaide Hiscox of Brooklyn, N. Y., survives him, with three children, as well as a daughter by a former marriage.

Charles Miller Floyd, upon whom the degree. of Master of Arts was conferred .in 1908, died of bronchial pneumonia at his home in Manchester, N. H., February 3, 1923.

He was born in Derry, N. H., June 5, 1861, being the son of Sewall and Sarah J. (Sleeper) Floyd, and received his education in the schools of his native town. In 1888 he entered upon the clothing business in Manchester, and had achieved large business success. He was also a director of the Manchester National Bank, the Manchester Building and Loan Association, the Manchester Traction, Light, and Power Company, the Bachelder and Worcester Lumber Company, and the Floyd-Taylor Clothing Company of Haverhill, Mass., president of the Derryfield Lumber Company, and a partner in the Bachelder and Floyd Lumber Company.

Entering political life as a Republican, he was a member of the State Senate in 1901 and of. the Governor's Council in 1904, and governor of New Hampshire from 1907 to 1909.

June 16, 1886, he was married to Carrie E. Atwood of Haverhill, Mass., who survives him, with a daughter and three grandchildren.