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.)

NECROLOGY

CLASS OF 1871

Martin Woodman Hoyt died in Northwood, N. H., March 23, 1924.

The son of Jonathan K. and Nancy (Woodman) Hoyt, he was born in Northwood, November 26, 1847, and fitted at Pittsfield (N. H.) Academy.

He was a faithful, painstaking student, and his rank as a scholar placed him among the speakers at Commencement. He was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon.

For the first year after graduation he was assistant teacher in Coe's Academy, Northwood, in 1872-3 principal of Pembroke (N. H.) Academy, and in 1873-4 of Deerfield Academy. About this time he was offered a position in St. Paul's School, Concord, but on account of the impairment of his hearing he felt obliged to decline. For a time he taught in the public schools, but, his deafness becoming total, he retired from his chosen work. He remodeled the buildings at his old home, and settled down to farm life. The loss of his younger son in 1900 and the destruction of his home by lightning six years later cast a cloud over him which he was unable to dispel. He then removed to Haverhill, Mass., and remained there until 1909, when he removed to Manchester, N. H., to be with his son, an engineer on the Boston and Maine Railroad. Fifteen years ago he had a severe attack of bronchitis, from which he never fully recovered. Two years ago, to get the benefit of the country air, he removed to JYorthwood.

He was the author of "Rambles in Whittier Land", from the press of the Granite State Publishing Company, containing a description of the poet's native place in Haverhill, Mass., with quotations from his poems, scholarly criticisms, biographical notes, etc.

July 31, 1872, he was married to Addie E„ daughter of James W. and Ellen (Clarke) Hoyt of Northwood, who survives him. They had two sons, Martin Ethelbert, now living in Manchester, N. H., and Victor Earle, deceased. There art also two granddaughters.

CLASS OF 1874

Fred Lyman Allen died at his home in Bangor, Me., January 19, 1924, of heart disease and hardening of the arteries, after a year's illness.

The son of Dr. Samuel Johnson and Mary Jane (Lyman) Allen, he was born at White River Junction, Vt.5 July 7, 1848, and was prepared for college privately at West Lebanon, N. H. He was a member, of Alpha Delta Phi, and graduated with Phi Beta Kappa rank, receiving at graduation the prize for general improvement.

The first three years after graduation he spent at Andover Theological Seminary, where he graduated in 1877. In the following September he was ordained pastor of the Congregational church at Walpole, N. H., where he remained for seven years. From 1884 to 1896 he was pastor at Henniker, N. H.

Leaving the ministry, he lived for a time at his old home at White River Junction, and then engaged in the book business, first in Springfield, Mass., then in Bangor, Me.

June 19, 1878, Mr. Allen was married to Adelaide, daughter of Rev. Josiah (Dartmouth 1841) and Henrietta (Converse) Merrill of Cambridge, Mass. This union, from which a son and a daughter were born, was terminated by divorce. A second wife survives him, with a daughter.

CLASS OF 1875

Charles Henry Burleigh died at his home in South Berwick, Me., November 22, 1923, of cancer of the tongue, after a long illness.

He was born in South Berwick, December 4, 1852, his parents being John Holmes and Matilda (Buffum) Burleigh, and fitted at Berwick Academy. He was a member of Psi Upsilon. A younger brother, John Micajah Burleigh, entered Dartmouth with him, but did not remain long.

For a time after graduation he studied law at Portland, Me., and Stamford, Conn., but was called home by the death of his father, and managed a gristmill and a sawmill at South Berwick for some time. From 1879 to 1881 he was in New Mexico, Arizona, and Colorado, in various employment. In 1882 he went to Florida, and purchased a sawmill. Later he had an office in Boston in connection with mining companies. Finally he returned to South Berwick, and engaged in woolen manufacturing with the Newichawanick Company, so continuing until the failure of his health.

In January, 1882, he was married in Jacksonville, Fla., to Sarah Butler, who survives him. They had no children.

CLASS OF 1877

Fred Leon Parker died of heart disease at his home in Merrimac, Mass., October 22, 1923. He was born in Stoneham, Mass., December 4, 18SS, the son of John Flagg and Cyrene T. (Weeks) Parker, and fitted for the Chandler Scientific Department at several schools, the last being New London (N. H.) Institution, now Colby Academy. He was a member of the Phi Zeta Mu fraternity (now Sigma Chi). He left college in the spring of freshman year.

From the spring of 1878 until his retirement in June, 1923, he was a druggist in Merrimac, and was successful in business. He was a member of the Masonic order.

June 8, 1878, he was married to Ella Frances, daughter of John and Harriet (Twombly) Pepper of Lakeport, N. H., who survives him. They had no children.

CLASS OF 1908

Clarence Percy Skillin died at his home in Wilmette, 111., March 31, 1924, of hypernephroma, after a long and painful illness.

He was born in Portland, Me., August 6, 1884, his parents being Edward Johnson and Harriet (Jordan) Skillin. His home when in college was at Oak Park, 111., and he fitted at Oak Park High School. In high school he took a prominent part in athletics, especially as a baseball pitcher. In college he was well known for his skill as a pitcher on the varsitynine, and won intercollegiate fame for his ability in that capacity. He was a member of Psi Upsilon and Casque and Gauntlet.

After his college course he became associated with A. G. Spalding and Brothers as a special representative, selling athletic goods to the professional trade. He was with them until he entered the war service under the Y. M. C. A. in the summer of 1918. He served as athletic instructor for the Y. M. C. A. with the rank of captain, and was in active service in France for six months. After the close of the war he became associated with Hoagland, Allum, and Company, investment securities, in Chicago, and continued with them until his final illness.

October 11, 1911, he was married to Eleanor. Marcel, daughter of William Parker and Elizabeth (Yarbour) Young, who survives him, with their two sons, Edward Jordan and David Hanna.

At the funeral service, held April 3 at the family home in Wilmette, his classmate Rev. William F. English, Jr., officiated, and there was a large delegation of Dartmouth men present, twenty or thirty in number, including four or five members of 'OB.