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 1862

Arthur Sewall Lake died suddenly at his home in Shenandoah, lowa, October 1, 1925.

The son of David and Julia Byron (Sanborn) Lake, he was born in Chichester, N. H., November 11, 1836, and prepared for college at Pittsfield, N. H., Academy. His mother was a sister of Prof. Edwin D. Sanborn of Dartmouth. Albert E. Lake '72 is a brother. He was a member of Alpha Delta Phi and Phi Beta Kappa.

He was a teacher for eleven years following graduation, being successively at Conway, Bradford, Hingham, and Hanover, Mass., in 1862-65, from 1865-70 at Thomaston, Conn., and then at Winsted and Walcottville, Conn. His health having become impaired, in 1873 he went to Shenandoah, lowa, where a brother was living, and there remained .for the rest of his life. In 1874 he was elected mayor of the village, and held that office for a year. He then was for two years engaged in the hardware business, and afterwards for many years in real estate and loan business. He was one of the original stockholders of the First National Bank and a director for several years.

A notice in the local paper says this about Mr. Lake: "He was a charter member of the Congregational church in this city, and helped organize it in 1877, serving as superintendent for twenty years. During the years following he taught a Bible class with regularity, always in his place, always prepared, the one man above all others relied upon in the church activities from year to year. He was methodical in all his activities, in business, in society, in church, a friend to the newspaper and one who often wrote for this paper, always acceptable articles, never 'slopping over' or writing too little or too much on any subject. He was always active in educational work, the friend of the schools. He was temperate in all his habits, a man of rare judgment, whose advice was eagerly sought by all who knew him."

November 18, 1869, he was married to Jennie H. Fox of Thomaston, Conn., who died in 1913. Two children survive, Carrie H. Lake and John F. Lake of Shenandoah. Two other sons died in infancy.

CLASS OF 1864

Dr. John Lewis Hildreth died November 27, 1925, at the Winchester (Mass.) Hospital, where he had gone for an operation a short time before.

The son of John Caldwell and Harriet Maria (Blanchard) Hildreth, he was born at North Chelmsford, Mass., November 29, 1838, and prepared for college at Appleton Academy, New Ipswich, N. H. He was a member of Alpha Delta Phi. He left college at the close of sophomore year, but in 1879 was granted his degree and enrolled as a graduate member of the class.

In 1864 he entered the service of the United States Sanitary Commission, and was with the army in Louisiana until a severe illness in November of that year. He did not recover sufficiently to resume work, and was finally discharged in June, 1865. In 1865—67 he was principal of the academy at Peterboro, N. H., and studied medicine meanwhile. In November, 1867, he graduated from Dartmouth Medical School in the class of 1868. He began practice immediately at West Townsend,. Mass., and remained there until 1870, when he removed to Cambridge, Mass., where he remained until his retirement and removal to Winchester in 1915.

From 1875 to 1889 he was a member of the school board of that city. In 1875-76 he was surgeon of the Fourth Battalion, Massachusetts National Guard, and in 1876-79 medical director of the First Brigade. From 1877 to 1882 he was medical examiner for Middlesex county. In 1873 he organized the Cambridge Dispensary, and was its clerk from 1873 to 1879. From 1886 until his retirement he was physician and surgeon at the Cambridge Hospital. From 1894 to 1900 he was professor of clinical medicine at Tufts Medical School, dean of the school from 1897 to 1900, and professor emeritus since 1900. In 1895-98 he was a member of the Massachusetts State Board of Lunacy and Charity. He was also a trustee of Appleton Academy and the New Ipswich (N. H.) library, a fellow of the Massachusetts Medical Society, and a member of the St. Botolph Club of Boston and the Colonial Club of Cambridge. In 1881 he was elected to membership in Phi Beta Kappa, and in 1900 received the degree of LL.D. from Tufts College.

March 2, 1864, Dr. Hildreth was married to Achsah B. Colburn of Temple, N. H., who died February 22, 1920. They had three children: John L., Dartmouth 1892, who died in 1920; Beulah G., now Mrs. Charles E. Barrett of Winchester, Mass.; and Alfred H., also living in Winchester.

At the funeral services at Mount Auburn chapel, Dr. Hildreth's classmate, Rev. Dr. Cyrus Richardson, assisted the officiating clergyman.

CLASS OF 1873

Dr. Thomas Manley Dillingham, who died at Santa Barbara, Cal., October 26, 1925, was the son of Rev. William A. P. and Caroline Price (Townsend) Dillingham. He was born September 27, 1850, in Dover, Me. Pitt Dillingham of '73 was his brother. Thomas took the scientific course, and was a member of the Vitruvian fraternity, now Beta Theta Pi.

Leaving Dartmouth in 1871, he entered the School of Medicine of Boston University, and graduated there in 1874. From 1874 until 1909 he was engaged in the practice of medicine of the homeopathic school in New York city. At the end . of this period of thirty-five years, in which he was most successful, he retired in 1909 to his farm in Marlboro, N. H., near Keene. In a book issued in 1911 by the State Board of Agriculture, entitled "New Hampshire Farms for Summer Homes," is a picture of his home, accompanied by the following description: "Dr. T. M. Dillingham of New York purchased the run-down farm in the picture in the autumn of 1902. It could riot strictly be called an aban- doned farm, for there had been no time when the place was deserted since it was built in 1758. But the once productive field of fifty or one hundred years ago had become 'bound out,' the buildings dilapidated, and hardly a bare living left for the owner. Three years after the pur- chase of Westover Farm, which contained 125 acres, the owner purchased the adjoining farm of about 60 acres, using the buildings for farm operations and a home for his farmer. In 1911, having retired from the practice of his profession, he went to reside permanently on his estate, continuing' always to make many additions and improvements." Some time ago his health failed. Part of the year he spent on his estate in Marlboro, and the winter months among the flowers and in the sunshine of Santa Barbara. More than six months before he died, he dictated a letter saying, "I can't see much, and can walk about ten rods, with the help of my wife and two canes."

He married, July 4, 1897, Miss Harriet Ashley Carlton of Boston, Mass., who survives him.

CLASS' OF 1877

John Willey Willis died very suddenly of heart disease at the Powhatan Hotel, Washington, D. C., September 12, 1925. He had gone to Washington from his home in St. Paul, Minn., to attend the annual convention of Catholic charitable societies in the capacity of president of the Metropolitan Council of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul.

He was born in St. Paul,'Minn., July 12, 1854, the son of Charles Luther and Anna Marie (Gleason) Willis. He graduated from the high school of his native city in 1873 and entered Minnesota State University, remaining only about a month. For the rest of the year he pursued college studies privately in St. Paul. Entering Dartmouth at the beginning of sophomore year, he took high rank in scholarship at once, and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa at graduation. He was a member of Psi Upsilon.

After graduation he began the study of law in the office of Gilman, Clough, and Lane of St. Paul, and for the year 1878-79 he also taught Latin in the city school. October 18, 1879, he was admitted to the bar, and the next year opened an office in the city, being from April, 1882 to October, 1884, in partnership with his classmate, Charles A. Willard. Except during the years of his service on the bench, he remained in active practice for the rest of his life, being engaged in much important litigation and holding a high rank in the profession.

During the years 1881 and 1882 he was a member of the city board of education. In 1883 he was the unsuccessful Democratic candidate for attorney general of the state. In 1888 he was appointed by Governor McGill a member of the State Board of Corrections and Charities. In November, 1892, he was elected a judge of the District Court for the Second District of Minnesota, and held that office for the term of six years from January 1, 1893. While holding this office, he received in 1894 the Democratic and Populist nominations for as- sociate justice of the Supreme Court, and in 1898 was the Democratic candidate for Congress from the Fourth District, but his party was unsuccessful in each instance. Upon leaving the bench he was appointed by Governor Lind a member of the State Board of Corrections and Charities, and served as such until the board was superseded by the State Board of Control, In 1907 he was appointed by Governor Johnson a delegate to the national conference on trusts and monopolies, held at Chicago under the aus- pices of the United States Civic Federation, and at the conference served as a member of the committee on resolutions.

Throughout his active life Judge Willis was in constant demand as a political speaker, and entered actively into every campaign of his party. He was also a frequent lecturer on other topics. In the College of Law of the University of Minnesota he had been a special lecturer on the history of jurisprudence. A fine classical scholar, he was also a practical linguist, reading and speaking four modern languages besides his mother tongue.

Not long after leaving college, he entered the Roman Catholic church, and became one of the leading laymen in his section of the country. He held important offices in the Knights of Columbus. He was also officially connected with the Elks. He impressed all who knew him as a courtly and dignified gentleman, a thorough scholar, a learned jurist, and an eloquent orator. St. John's University at Collegeville, Minn., con- ferred upon him the honorary degree of Doctor of Philosophy in 1914.

May 18, 1882, Judge Willis was married to Eleanor Riddle, daughter of Matthew Mason and Elizabeth (Wynn) Forsyth of St. Paul, who died June 22, 1894. June 30, 1897, he was married to Mrs. Margaret Wharton Fitz-Gerald, daughter of Alfred and Susan (Budd) Wharton and widow of James C. Fitz-Gerald, who survives him. There are no children.

CLASS OF 1880

James Ephraim Stone died October 29, 1925, at the Margaret Pillsbury Hospital, Concord, N. H., after an operation for a malignant growth of the bowels.

He was born in Dunbarton, N. H., May 6, 1854, the son of James Heseltine and Hannah (Lund) Stone, and graduated from Manchester high school in 1876. In college he was a member of the Glee Club and sang the part of Sir Joseph Porter in the production of "Pinafore" by a college company which successfully toured the cities of the East. He was a member of Kappa Kappa Kappa.

The first year after graduation he taught at East Weare, N. H., and then was for three years connected with the bleachery department of the Merrimack Manufacturing Company in Lowell, Mass. In 1884 he returned to his native town, and became a successful dairy farmer. He was highly regarded by his townsmen and often held public office. He was a lifelong member of the Congregational church, a leader in developing the public schools and the library, and a pioneer in company with other substantial citizens in introducing the rural telephone when such a development was rare. He was president of the Dunbarton Telephone Company and a charter member and promoter of the Merrimack Farmers' Exchange, Concord.

October 18, 1881, he was married to Anne Isabel, daughter of Samuel Burnham and Elizabeth Anne (Clement) Hammond of Dunbarton, who died in 1907. He afterwards married Mary Burnham, who survives him, with three sons of the first marriage, James H. Stone, senior highway engineer with the United States Department of Agriculture, Earle H. Stone, a partner with his father in his farming enter- prise, and Reid H. Stone, insurance realtor of Chicago—all Dartmouth men.

Mr. Stone was present at the reunion of his class at the last Commencement. His classmates Allen and Dickey were present at the funeral service.

CLASS OF 1888

Justice William Alberto Plummer of the Supreme Court of New Hampshire died at his home in Laconia, N. H., November 29, 1925, of angina pectoris, after a few days' illness.

The son of Charles Edwin and Mary Hoyt (Moody) Plummer, he was born in Gilmanton. N. H., December 2, 1865, and prepared for college at Gilmanton Academy. He was a member of Kappa Kappa Kappa. He left college at the close of freshman year on account of ill health, and did not return.

Entering upon the study of law, he graduated from the Law School of Boston University in 1889, and in July of that year he was admitted to the New Hampshire bar. In September he formed a partnership with Col. Stephen S. Jewett of Laconia, and the firm of Jewett and Plummer became one of the best known in the ctate. This partnership continued until Mr. Plummer's appointment as a justice of the Superior Court in December, 1907. In November, 1913 he was promoted to the Supreme Court.

Judge Plummer was a Democrat, and a member of the state House of Representatives in 1893 and 1907, being floor leader of his party at the latter session, and was a delegate to the National Convention of 1896. For nineteen years he was a member of the Laconia board of education, and its president for sixteen years. For many years he was a director of the Laconia Board of Trade, president of the City Savings Bank, and a director of the Laconia National Bank, and for a number of years a director of the Laconia Building and Loan Association. In 1918 he was a member of the Constitutional Convention. He was a member of the Belknap County, New Hampshire, and American Bar Associations, and of the New Hampshire Historical Society. He was a member of the Congregational church, of all the Masonic bodies in the city, of the Knights of Pythias, and of the Rotary Club.

January 1, 1890, he was married to Ellen Frances, daughter of George W. Murray of Canaan, N. H., who died April 29, 1922. Their son, Wayne M. Plummer of Laconia, survives his parents. July 7, 1923, Judge Plummer was married to Mrs. Winifred M. Stillings of Concord, N. H., who survives him.

The funeral was attended by the governor, justices of the,, Supreme and Superior Courts of the state, and prominent attorneys from every county, together with local lawyers and fraternal associates, who united in paying a tribute of love and esteem to their departed associate and friend.

The passing of Judge Plummer leaves a place hard to fill in the various business and social relations of the city with which he was associated, and upon the supreme bench, where he held a well-earned popularity. His decisions on questions of law were regarded as rightfully rendered and based on the soundest facts in jurisprudence. He was kindly in his nature toward all with whom he had dealings, whether in professional or social life, and ever retained in closest fellowship the friends he made in early life as well as those of the wider circle of his later associations during the years of his activity and advancement of his chosen career.

CLASS OF 1896

William Joseph Randall died at his home in Chelsea, Mass., November 16, 1925, after an illness of six years, resulting from a paralytic stroke received August 13, 1919.

The son of Charles A. and Ellen (McCarthy) Randall, he was born in East Boston, Mass., June 27, 1874. When he was two years old his parents removed to Chelsea, and he graduated from Chelsea high school in 1892. He was a member of Alpha Delta Phi, the Sphinx, and Phi Beta Kappa.

His career as a football player began in his high school days, and in college he was one of the prominent men in this sport, being regarded as one of the best right guards on the gridiron and being chosen as one of the Alt-American team. He also played center field on the varsity baseball team. After graduation he was for two years field coach with the University of Illinois, and then was coach of the Denver Athletic Club. He then returned to Dartmouth as coach and later as assistant coach, and for some years afterward he acted as scout. He was later associated with J. A. McCann and Company in the real estate and insurance business in Chelsea. In 1911 he was appointed health officer of the city, and retained that position until his death.

The Chelsea Gazette says of him: "During his service at City Hall he was extremely active in civic affairs. No movement was complete without his presence, nor was any committee appointed for the purpose of the common good but what Mr. Randall was a member. His knowledge, experience, and executive ability were invaluable, and especially during the war time was his worth best revealed. He gave unstintedly of his time, never shirked, and whatever the call might be responded with that co-operative spirit that meant success for the undertaking. He was a fine public official, a sterling citizen, and most loyal to his friends."

In 1898- he enlisted for the Spanish War, being attached to the medical volunteer service. He was a charter member of the Chelsea Lodge of Elks, and acted as secretary and organist for seveal years. He was also a member of Walter I. Chadbourne Camp, United Spanish War Veterans, and of the Charitable Irish Society of Boston. For twenty years he served as notary public.

November 1, 1911, he was married to Catherine Eleanor, daughter of James A. and Catherine J. McCann of Chelsea, who survives him. There are no children. Three brothers and five sisters also survive him.

Those of the class who knew Mrs. Randall will forever sing her praises for the care and attention which she gave to our classmate, and we owe our debt of gratitude to her for keeping his interest in the class and its affairs during his illness and making it possible for him to attend our reunions. None of us will ever forget the two last events at Hanover, when Randall was able to enjoy the occasions by the untiring efforts of his wife.

Judge Louis S. Cox, Philip Young, and Carl H. Richardson represented the class at the funeral service, held at Our Lady of Grace church, which was attended by the various orders to which Randall belonged, and by hun- dreds of friends who paid their last tribute to him.

CLASS OF 1910

Thaddeus Carlton Park, a member of this class during freshman year, died August 7, 1925, at his home in the West Roxbury district of Boston, after an illness of nearly a year.

The son of Thaddeus and Addie H. (Phelps) Park, he was born in Boston, April 8, 1884. His boyhood was spent in Grafton, Vt., and he prepared for college at Mt. Hermon School, Northfield, Mass., and Williston Seminary, Easthampton, Mass. In college he was a member of Sigma Nu.

After leaving college he had employment in Boston for the rest of his life, and was finally superintendent of construction with the William T. Reed Company.

September 30, 1914, he was married to Priscilla S., daughter of James R. Campbell of Boston, who survives him, with three sons, Thaddeus Carlton, Douglas C., and Robert P.

CLASS OF 1921

Everett DeWitt Egginton died of tuberculosis at Saranac Lake, N. Y., September 19, 1925, after an illness of several months.

After graduation he studied law at Harvard, and received his professional degree in 1924, being shortly admitted to the bar.

He is survived by his parents, a sister, and a brother. His father, Hersey Egginton, is a prominent member of the bar of Brooklyn, N. Y. The burial was in Greenwood Cemetery.