Deaths

NECROLOGY

CLASS OF 1860

Rev. Sullivan Cicero Kimball died at his home in Newmarket, N. H., March 3, 1924, of pneumonia, after a brief illness. He was born at Contoocook, N. H., July 21, 1838, his parents being Hazen and Mary (Baker) Kimball, and prepared for college at Hopkinton Academy.

He taught in a female seminary in Albany, N. Y., for six months after graduation, and then read law until October, 1861. He was then assistant editor of the DailyStatesman at Albany, until April, 1863, and reported for that paper the proceedings of the state senate.

Altering his plans for life, he entered the Methodist General Biblical Institute at Concord, N. H., in the fall of 1863, and remained there for the three years' course, graduating in 1866. He entered the ministry of the Free Baptist church, being pastor at North Weare, N. H., 1864-7; at Newmarket, N. H., 1867-9; at Wells, Me., 1869-71; at Gilford Village, N. H., 1871-5; at Center Strafford, N. H., 1875-80. In the last year he returned to Newmarket, and made his home there, preaching temporarily in various places. During the period of his ministerial studies and his pastorates he engaged also in teaching, being principal of Contoocook Academy two years when in Concord, of Riverside Academy at North Weare two year-s, and of Austin Academy at Center Strafford five years. When at Gilford he was superintendent of schools two years. For some years he was editor and publisher of the Christian Witness. For many years he had lived on his farm in Newmarket.

February 12, 1866, Mr. Kimball was married to Julia A., daughter of Daniel Ayer of Albany, N. Y., who died October 29, 1866. May 25, 1868, he was married to Edna A., daughter of John Weare and Elizabeth (Langley) Shaw of Durham, N. H., who survives him, with two sons, Hazen of Providence, R. 1., and Edwin M. of Newmarket. Two other sons died in infancy. There are also three grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

CLASS OF 1889

Joseph Morgan died early in December at Fort Worth, Texas, of pneumonia. The son of John Henley and Margaret (Oliver) Morgan, he was born in Denton County, Texas, February 19, 1861. He prepared for college partly at Torquay, England, and partly at Sam Houston State Normal Institute, Huntsville, Texas. He was a member of Phi Delta Theta and Phi Beta Kappa.

For 'twenty-five years after graduation he was a teacher in the high school of Dallas, Texas, and for the last fourteen years principal of the school. In June, 1914, he retired from teaching, and for the following seven years was cashier of a bank at Hebron, Texas. In 1921 he retired to a farm near that place. He had recently received a license to practice law, and was temporarily located at Fort Worth with this end in view.

The following tribute to Mr. Morgan as a teacher is from a former pupil: "It has been my good fortune to know many admirable teachers, but it is a simple statement of fact that not in Dallas nor at Sewanee nor at Harvard have I ever known any man more skilled as an instructor, more scholarly in his handling of his subject, or more conscientious, capable, gentle, and unassuming in the performance of all his duties." June 24, 1896, he was married to Frances Gill of Dallas, who survives him, with three sons, Joseph Guiton of Austin, John Henley of Dallas, and Charles Gill of Dallas. His mother is also living.

CLASS OF 1894

Among the eleven persons who lost their lives in the burning of the Lawrence Building, Montpelier, Vt., in the early morning of February IS, 1924, was Walter Cutting Washburn, who was killed in leaping from a window.

The son of Justus W. F. and Emma Victoria (Cutting) Washburn, he was born in Montpelier, November 22, 1870, and fitted for college at Montpelier High School. He was a member of Theta Delta Chi.

He left college early in sophomore year, returned to Montpelier, and went into the insurance business with his father. Since the death of the latter he had conducted personally the Washburn Insurance Agency, and was widely known in that capacity. He was an enthusiastic devotee of Masonry, was a member of the Grand Commandery of Vermont and of the 32d degree Scottish rite, and in 1921 was potentate of Mt. Sinai Temple in Montpelier.

June 28, 1922, Mr. Washburn was married to Lillian A., daughter of William and Mary (Browning) Myers of Sherbrooke, Que., who perished in the flames together with their daughter, Jean Lillian, ten months old.

CLASS OF 1902

William Hanson Howard died in Lowell, Mass., February 10, 1924, after a long illness.

The son of William Hanson Howard, he was born in Somerville, Mass., April 30, 1878. His home when in college was in Lowell. He was a member of Theta Delta Chi,

The best available record of his history since graduation is that given by himself for the report of his class published twenty years after graduation. He says: "On leaving Dartmouth, went to work in a broker's firm in Boston, and started to go into the banker's business. The next June my only sister died, and my mother and father in the fail, which practically wiped out my whole family except a married brother within a year. Broken in health and very miserable, I started the next fall for the Harvard Graduate School, and spent a year in graduate work. I left there and took a position as a French teacher in Holderness School, Plymouth, N. H. I liked the place and the climate, and the association with boys began to restore my health, and I soon found myself well again. I stayed there eight years and a half, and left to take a position in French here at Lawrenceville, where I have been for ten years. In the meantime I have taken eight trips to Europe and Iceland, and have spent a great deal of the time studying French and living in Paris. I have never been able to return to a graduation at Dartmouth, as my own commencements have always come at the same time, and I could never leave. In this charming school with its beautiful surroundings I have been content to stay, with many attractions for any one who cares for such a life,, and for all the time since I left college I have specialized and taught simply French. I have never married, and I have seldom run across any of my old classmates, as I am living rather a retired life."

A colleague in the Lawrenceville School, Lawrenceville, N. J., writes thus about him: "Mr. W. H. Howard was a master in Lawrenceville School from 1913 to 1923. He came here to teach French and German, but in 1915 he began to teach only French, in which subject (until the time he became ill) he made a splendid record. He was very popular with the boys, having been elected the most popular master three years in succession. He was a member of the Fifth Form Scholarship Committee, and was dramatic censor. He left Lawrenceville in May, 1923, on account of ill health."

A classmate writes the class secretary that during the latter part of. his illness "Bill" was afflicted with extreme nervous depression.

CLASS OF 1909

Brief mention was made in the MAGAZINE for March of the death of Simpson Wesley Horner, Jr., who committed suicide by shooting on February 1, 1924, in a hotel at Atlantic City, N. J. Further particulars of his life history can now be given.

The son of Rev. Simpson Wesley and Mary Lavinia (Witter) Horner, he was born in Madison, Wis., June 17, 1885, prepared for college at Detroit University School, the family then residing in Detroit, and took his freshman year at Allegheny College, Pennsylvania. He transferred to Dartmouth at the beginning of sophomore year, and left before the end of the year. He was a member of Phi Kappa Psi.

Not long after leaving college he entered the automobile business, at first in Kansas City and later in Philadelphia. In March, 1918, he entered the army as lieutenant in the Ordnance Service, automobile and tank equipment section. He was stationed at Raritan Arsenal, Metuchen, N. J., until June, 1918, when he was sent to Washington and promoted to the rank of captain. After his discharge at the close of the war he entered the Electric Storage Battery Company as service station manager at 671 Broad St., Philadelphia, which position he held at the time of his death.

Horner was a Mason and a Shriner. Although his stay at Dartmouth was so brief, he was enthusiastic in his interest in the College, and at the time of his death was president of the Philadelphia Alumni Association.

December 29, 1913, he was married to Evelyn Blackburne, daughter of Samuel W. and Emma (Blackburne) Coons of Germantown, Pa., who survives him. February 21, 1915, a son, Simpson W. Horner, 3d, was born, who lived only three weeks. August 16, 1918, a daughter, Mary Lavinia, who survives her father, was born.

MEDICAL SCHOOL

CLASS OF 1896

Dr. T. Bates Cook died at his. home in Pasadena, Cal., January 22, 1924, after a long illness.

He was born in St. Catherine's, Ontario, December 27, 1853.

As a young man Dr. Cook went to Oregon and engaged in business, going later to the Klondike. After his graduation he practiced his profession in Laconia, N. H., removing to Pasadena about fifteen years ago. He was one of the most active members of the Southern California Alumni Association, and had served as its president.

A widow and an adopted daughter survive.

HONORARY

In 1909 the degrees of Master of Arts and Doctor of Laws were conferred upon Henry Brewer Qtainby, then governor of New Hampshire. Governor Quinby died suddenly in New York city, February 9, 1924, while sitting in his automobile.

He was born in Biddeford, Me., June 10, 1846, the son of Thomas and Jane E. (Br-ewer) Quinby. Preparing for college at Nichols Latin School, Lewiston, Me., he graduated at Bowdoin in 1869. From graduation until 1877 he was in business at Lakeport, N. H., as an accountant, and then held a clerkship at Washington, D. C., until 1883. While in Washington he studied medicine at National Medical College, and graduated as M.D. in 1880. In 1883 he returned to Lakeport, and engaged in manufacturing, in which he was highly successful, being for many year-s president of the Cole Manufacturing Company. He was also president of the Laconia National Bank and of the City Savings Bank of that city.

His political career began in 1872, when he served on the staff of Governor Straw. In 1887 he was a member of the House, in 1889 of the Senate, and in 1891 of the Council. In 1892 he was a delegate to the Republican National Convention, and in 1896 chairman of the Republican State Convention. From 1909 to 1911 he was governor of the state.

Governor Quinby was a member of the board of overseers of Bowdoin College for, many years from 1911. He was a 33d degree Mason.

June 22, 1870, he was married to Octavia M. Cole of Lakeport, who survives him.