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 1868

Curtis Benson Childs died of pneumonia at his home in Henniker, N. H., February 19, 1923.

He was born in Henniker, August 23, 1845, the son of Warren S. and Sarah T. (Lane) Childs, and obtained his preparation for college in Henniker Academy. He entered the class in the Chandler Scientific Department at the beginning of the second term of sophomore year. He was a member of the Phi Zeta Mu fraternity (now Sigma Chi).

Taking up the profession of civil engineering. he was engaged in surveying for railroad construction in southeastern lowa for a year from August, 1868. He was then occupied in similar work and in bridge building in Kansas, Colorado, Missouri, the Indian Territory, and Texas until 1876. In that year he returned to his native farm in Henniker, and remained there for the rest of his life, actively engaged in agricultural pursuits.

He never sought or held political office, but was a member of the Constitutional Convention of 1918. He was an active member of the national, state, and local grange, and had held office in that order for over twenty-five years. He was for many years a member of the local board of health. He was active in the local church, and taught a large Bible class in its Sunday school.

In April, 1890, Mr. Childs was married to Sarah, daughter of Dr. Leonard Wood and Louisa (Kelley) Peabody of Henniker, who survives him. They had no children. Francis L. Childs '06 is a nephew.

CLASS OF 1885

Abraham Lincoln Fuller died at his home in Atkinson, N. H., February 27, 1923. His death was the result of an apoplectic stroke received last August.

The son of Cyrus and Lucretia (Turner) Fuller, he was born in Vershire, Vt., July 26, 1863, and fitted at Thetford Academy. In college he was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon, which he represented on the Aegis board, baseball manager, and winner of the second Greek prize. He graduated with Phi Beta Kappa rank.

After graduation he studied in Germany for three years, receiving the degree of Ph.D. from .the University of Erlangen in 1888. From 1890 to 1904 he was professor of Greek in Adelbert College, Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, and for a time dean of the college. In 1904 he retired from academic life, and entered the shipping business with William F. Palmer of Boston, assisting in the management of the Palmer fleet. After the sale of this business in October, 1910, he removed to a farm in Atkinson, N. H., where he has since lived, devoting his time to fruit and poultry raising.

He was married June 29, 1885, to Julia Edwards Turner of Hartford, Vt., who survives him, with their son, Edward Deering Fuller (New Hampshire State College 1916), of Newark, N. J.

CLASS OF 1911

Rev. George Washington French died at his home in Templeton, Mass., February 20, 1923. of carcinoma, after a protracted illness.

He was born in Washington, D. C., December 31, 1871, his parents being William H. and Mary Holt (Dugan) French. His father is now living in Springfield, Mass. His early home was in Harper's Ferry, W. Va., the family removing to Millbury, Mass., when he was ten:. years old, and later to Springfield, Mass. His preparatory education was obtained in the public schools of Millbury and Springfield. After some years of business life he decided to prepare for the ministry, and in 1904 he entered Bangor Theological Seminary, from which he graduated in 1907.

He was ordained to the Congregational ministry at Holden, Me., December 31, 1907, and was pastor there from 1907 to 1909. In the fall of that year he entered the junior class at Dartmouth and took the pastorate of the church at West Hartford, Vt., for two years carrying on the double work. He remained at West Hartford until February, 1913, when he became pastor at Shoreham, Vt. In June, 1914, he took a church at Middletown Springs, Vt., where he remained until December, 1917, when he became pastor at Templeton, Mass. He remained pastor here until his death, but had been granted a leave of absence in hope of restoration to health.

April 22, 1896, he. was married to Etta May Clark, who died February 4, 1903. They had two children, L. Clark, now a student at Bangor Theological Seminary, and Stewart, who died in infancy. A second marriage, October 7, 1908, was to Mary E., daughter of William and Annie E. (Mann) Milligan, who survives him, without children.

CLASS OF 1916

William Cleigh Brady died September 26, 1922, after a period of poor health lasting for about three years.

The son of Edward Francis and Annie (Cleigh) Brady, he was born in Medford, Mass., January 1, 1895. He graduated from Boston Latin School in June, 1912, entering Dartmouth in the fall of that year. He was a member of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity, and a consistent performer on the track team during his sophomore and junior years.

After graduation he was in the employ of Jordan Marsh Company of Boston before the failure of his health.

He is survived by his parents, a sister, and a brother, Edward Brady '13.

Charles Monroe Belknap died at the home of his parents in South Royalton, Vt., March 1, 1923, after an illness of about four months.

He was born in South Royalton, November 17, 1894, the son of Perley Seymour and Katherine Elfrida (Shepard) Belknap, and fitted at South Royalton High School. He was a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon.

At the close of his college course he found himself with seriously impaired health, and for two years was unable to engage in any business. In September, 1918, with health apparently restored, he took a position as teacher in the Massachusetts Hospital School for Crippled Children at Canton. A year later, in September, 1919, he was appointed superintendent of the Massachusetts Industrial School for Crippled and Deformed Children at 241 St. Botolph St., Boston, and held that position at the time of his death, having been on leave of absence since last November. Of his work there one of the directors has said: "His peculiarly sympathetic personality, combined with his firmness of character and keen business insight, made him one in a thousand for a particularly specialized position."

He was a member of the Masonic order, and the funeral service was under Masonic auspices.

CLASS OF 1922

William Wentworth Sprague died following a serious abdominal operation in a Boston, Mass., hospital, February 11, 1923. While horseback riding' on Tuck Drive with a Prom guest last May, Sprague was thrown from his horse, which reared when startled by an automobile. He was taken to the hospital unconscious with a fractured skull, and did not recover until the middle of June. He spent nearly all the summer in a hospital, suffering from internal disorders, and returned there February 5.

He was born in Boston, June 29, 1900, the son of Charles W. and Anne (Osgood) Sprague. He was a graduate of Henry L. Pierce Grammar School and Dorchester High School. In high school he was a prominent figure, and in his senior year was a captain in the school regiment and a member of the student council. During his college course he took an active part in student life, and was a member of the Christan Association Cabinet and of the College Band. He was a member of the Theta Chi fraternity. During the present academic year he had been a member of the second year class in the Tuck School.

His funeral was held from his home church, the Dorchester Temple Baptist church, February 13. He is survived by his parents, who live at 72 Brent St., Dorchester.