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 1869

John Page Sanborn of Newport, R. 1., died March 4, 1926, at the Hotel Driscoll, Washington, D. C. He had been there with Mrs. Sanborn for ten days. They had both gone South for the winter for the benefit of their health, and not receiving the expected benefit they were on their way home when both suffered a complete collapse in Washington. Mrs. Sanborn died in Washington on the 18th of March, never having fully recovered consciousness and not having been informed of her husband's death.

Mr. Sanborn was born in Fremont, N. H, September 9, 1844, the son of Alvah and Nancy (Page) Sanborn. He prepared for college at Kingston Academy and New Hampton Institution. He was a member of Kappa Kappa Kappa. His college studies were interrupted by the Civil War, during the latter part of which he served in the U. S. Christian Commission, engaged in the relief of wounded or disabled soldiers. In this capacity he was in the city of Washington on that eventful April night in 1865 when Abraham Lincoln was assassinated in Ford's Theatre. He was one of the first to enter the room in which the president had died, after the body had been removed, and was given a piece of the pillow case, still stained with his blood.

Shortly after graduation he became principal of the high school at Toledo, Ohio, and later was head of the Franklin Family 5" Nhool for Boys at Topsham, Me. In 1871 he decided to enter journalism, and became assistant editor of the Newport (R. I.) Daily News. The next year he purchased the Newport Mercury, and for many years was its editor and pro- prietor, later taking his son, Alvah H. Sanborn, into the management of the paper.

Mr. Sanborn early became actively interested in Rhode Island politics, and was a member of the House of Representatives for four years, beginning in 1879. In 1881 and 1882 he was elected speaker. In August, 1882, he was appointed by President Arthur one of the board of three commissioners to examine the Northern Pacific Railroad, and resigned the speakership and his membership in the House to accept that position. In 1885 and 1886 he was a member of the Senate, and again a member of the House in 1898 and 1899. In 1906 he was again elected to the Senate, and served until January, 1912, being its president from 1907 to 1910. He was a delegate to the National Republican Conventions of 1880 and 1896. From 1874 to 1881 he was a member of the school board of Newport. He represented the state on the Deeper Waterways Commission, and was appointed by Governor Pothier one of the commissioners representing Rhode Island on the Perry Centennial Commission.

He was closely connected with the various organizations of Masonry, and among other official positions had been senior grand warden of the Grand Lodge of Rhode Island, grand king and grand high priest of the Grand Chapter of Rhode Island, grand commander of the Grand Commandery of Massachusetts and Rhode Island. He was a charter member of Palestine Temple of the Mystic Shrine, and a 32d degree member of the Scottish Rite. He was also for many years supreme treasurer of the New England Order of Protection, and a member of other fraternal organizations. For several years he was treasurer of the Rhode Island Society, Sons of the American Revolution.

April 7, 1870, he was married to M. Isabella Higbee of New Hampton, N. H. Three children survive their parents: S. Florence, now Mrs. Albert S. Howard of Attleboro, Mass,; Alvah H., who has succeeded his father in newspaper management; and John Royal, division superintendent for the Westinghouse Company at Bethlehem, Pa.

CLASS OF 1884

Edwin Humphrey WatsoiT died February 19, 1926, at his home in the Colonial Apartments, Media, Pa., after a few days' illness with pneumonia. He was buried February 22 beside his wife, who died two years ago, in the old and picturesque cemetery of St. David's Episcopal church at Devon, Chester County, Pa. Longfellow's poem entitled "Old St. David's at Radnor" was written about this church. The funeral service was held, as was that of his wife, at the home of his nephew, Mr. Robert S. Wickham, in Devon.

Watson 'was born at Salmon Falls, N. H., November 3, 1859, the son of Byron W. and Margaret (Libby) Watson. He attended the primary and grammar schools of Biddeford, Me. Then he entered: the Limington, Me., Academy, finishing his college preparatory course in the Manchester, N. H., High School, graduating in 1880. He entered Dartmouth with the class of 1884. He was a good student, doing creditable work. He was of rather a quiet disposition, but made warm friends with the smaller number of intimates. He enjoyed the college life, was a loyal '84 man, and had a deep and lasting affection for his college. He taught two winter terms of school at Eastham, Mass., during his college course, thus enrolling in that large and honorable body of Dartmouth men "who went out teaching." He was a member of the Kappa Kappa Kappa fraternity. He graduated with his class with the degree of A.B. The men of '84 remember him with a warm affection and genuine respect for the qualities of heart and mind which he displayed as one of their number.

In the fall of 1884 Watson went to Beaver, Pa., where he was engaged as a teacher for five years. From 1889 to 1894 he was superintendent of schools at Scituate, Mass. Giving up his work as a teacher, he took up the practice of law in Boston, having prepared for this profession during the years he was engaged in teaching. Until 1908 he made his home in Everett, Mass., and then removed to Boston.

Failing health compelled him to give up his professional work in Boston. He went to Churchtown, Pa., where for three years he was engaged in farming. His health was so much improved that he again turned to the practice of law in Philadelphia, making his home in Media. At the time of his death he was connected with the title department of the Land Title and Trust Company of Philadelphia, where he was doing a splendid work and was highly respected by his associates.

Watson was married to Julia Wickham at Beaver, Pa., on June 28, 1886. They had no children.

When Watson left Boston we lost touch with him, and it was only within a year or so that he was located by us in Media. This will account for the rather meager details of his life during the later years. It will be of interest to Dartmouth men and especially to '84 men to know that the Richard Rommell photogravure of Dartmouth College hung in his apartment at Media.

His nephew, Mr. Robert S. Wickham of Philadelphia, to whom we are indebted for the details of Watson's later years, writes: "I have heard so very many tales of 'Dear Old Dartmouth' during the years that I have a most kindly feeling toward those interested in the untimely passing of one who felt that he could yet be useful and who was doing so splendidly."

CLASS OF 1886

William Henry Taylor, associate justice of the Supreme Court of Vermont, died of pneumonia after an illness of five days at the home of his son, Dr. Harold F. Taylor, in Burlington, Vt., March 27, 1926.

The son of Benjamin F. and Amanda M. (Stetson) Taylor, he was born in Wheelock, Vt., July 18, 1863, and prepared for the Chandler Scientific Department at Hardwick Academy. He wag a member of the Vitruvian fraternity (now Beta Theta Pi).

For the first three years after graduation he was principal of Hardwick (Vt.) Academy, and then for two years supervisor of schools for Caledonia County. From 1901 to 1906 he was examiner of teachers for the county. Meanwhile he had been studying law in the office of Ide and Stafford of St. Johnsbury, and was admitted to the bar in 1892. He began practice at once at Hardwick, and continued until his elevation to the bench. . In 1892 he was clerk of the committee on revision of bills in the legislature. From 1894 to 1898 he was state's attorney for the county. In 1900 he was a member of the House of Representatives, and in 1906 of the Senate. His legislative work was so valuable and he was so highly esteemed by his fellow legislators that while a member of the Senate he was chosen by the legislature as a superior judge. His work as a trial judge was from the first unusually strong, and in 1913 he was promoted to the Supreme Court. Here he has been recognized as one of the ablest members of the court. The judicial temperament he thoroughly possessed, and he was able calmly and fairly to think through the legal questions that arose and express his decisions in lucid and convincing language.

He was of great value to the community where he made his home. For two years he was president of the village of Hardwick, and for many years until his death an auditor of the town. He was a member of the Methodist church, and of the Masonic lodg-e and chapter.

July 27, 1887, Judge Taylor was married to Nettie I. Clark of Hardwick, who survives him. They have four children: Dr. Harold F. Taylor (Dartmouth 1914), a physician in Burlington; Florence M.., now Mrs. Lane of Hardwick; Mildred I. of Hardwick, a trained nurse; and Cecyle A., a stenographer in Washington, D. C. There are also four grandchildren.

CLASS OF 1887

Dr. Amos Gale Straw died March 13, 1926, at his home in Manchester, N. H., after an illness of several months.

He was born in Manchester, February 9, 1864, the son of Daniel Felch and Lucretia Ann (Kenney) Straw, and prepared for college at the high school of that city. He was a member of Kappa Kappa Kappa and Phi Beta Kappa. For three years following graduation he studied medicine at Harvard, receiving his medical degree in 1890. He began practice in Manchester at once, and achieved a high rank in his profession. He began early to devote special attention to X-ray work, and gained wide recognition as an expert. In March, 1895, he was appointed surgeon and major of the First Regiment, New Hampshire National Guard, and held this position until 1900. Since 1894 he had been secretary of the local board of pension examiners. In December, 1915, he enlisted as a member of the Second Harvard Medical Unit for service with the Allies, and held the rank of major. At the entrance of America into the war he was on a visit home, and on July 3, 1917, he enlisted in the United States service, being commissioned a captain in the Medical Corps, and ordered to Camp Benjamin Harrison, Ind., a medical officers' training camp. He was soon assigned as surgeon of the 19th Cavalry at Fort Ethan Allen, Vt. In August, after pursuing a spec'al X-ray course in Boston, he was ordered to Camp Pike, Ark., and later to Fort Snelling, Minn. January 15, 1919, he was discharged from the service with the rank of major. He immediately enlisted in the Organized Reserves, and was appointed major in the 322d Medical Regiment, to date from March 24, 1919. July 8, 1923, he was promoted to lieutenant colonel. For some years past most of his time had been spent at the Veterans' Bureau Hospital at Northampton, Mass., where he served as X-ray specialist.

Dr. Straw was a member of the Manchester, Hillsboro County, and New Hampshire Medical Societies, the American Academy of Medicine, and the American Roentgenological Society. He was also a member of the Elks, the Masons, the Knights Templar, the Shriners, the Eastern Star, the American Legion, the Rotary Club, and other organizations. He served one term in the state legislature. He was well known as a singer, and was prominent in {he musical activities of Hanover St. Congregational church, of which he was a member.

November 12, 1891, he was married to Zatae Leola, daughter of Dr. W. H. Longsdorf of Carlisle, Pa. Mrs. Straw is herself a physician, and has continued in practice since their marriage. They have four children: Enid Constance, a graduate of Wellesley in 1922; Zatae Gale; Wayne C.; and David Gale.

CLASS OF 1892

Walter Ham Seavey died of pneumonia at the Hotel Touraine, Boston, February 17, 1926. He was born in Dover, N. H., September 12, 1870, his parents being James Frank and Sarah (Webster) Seavey. He prepared for college at Dover High School, but remained at Dartmouth only through freshman year. ,

In 1890 he entered the Concord (N. H.) office of E. H. Rollins and Sons, bankers, being transferred to the Boston office in the next year. He was employed in their sales department, and through his energy and ability made rapid advancement. In 1895 he became a director of the company, in 1899 its secretary, in 1911 its vice-president, and in 1923 president. This position he held until the time of his death. He was widely known and highly regarded for his sound business judgment and his ability to win and keep the confidence and affection of his associates. He had traveled extensively in the United States, and had many friends in different parts of the country.

October 14, 1896, Mr. Seavey was married to Eleanor Mabel, daughter of Samuel Z. Foster of Toledo, Ohio, who survives him, with a daughter, Eleanor, now Mrs. Richard M. Griffith of Pasadena, Cal. Another daughter died in infancy.

CLASS OF 1902

George Kynett Pattee passed away at Denver, Cofo., on April 4, 1926. For some years he has suffered, from creeping paralysis, and in March, 1925, became a patient in a sanitarium in Denver.

George devoted his life to teaching. After taking a master's degree at Dartmouth in 1903, he taught Greek and Latin in the Classical School at Pensacola, Fla., in 1903-4. The next year he was principal of the Birmingham Classical School in Alabama. From 1905 to 1916 he was a professor of English at Pennsylvania State College. In the latter year he accepted a professorship in Westminster College, New Wilmington, Pa. His last position, from 1917 to 1924, was on the faculty of Colorado College at Colorado Springs.

He was married on June 24, 1908, to Corinthia C. Smith of Pensacola, Fla. A daughter, Ellen G. Pattee, was born to them on November 20, 1909. They survive him. The burial was at Bristol, N. H.

HONORARY

Benjamin Hyde Sanborn, who received the honorary degree of Master of Arts in 1898, died April 4, 1926, at Southern Pines, N. C.

He was born at Morrisville, Vt., May 11, 1851, the son of Seth C. and Cornelia Sanborn, and prepared for Dartmouth at Morrisville Academy, but did not enter. Throughout his active life he was engaged in the text-book publishing business in Boston. He was first connected with Robert S. Davis and Company, and then with Leach and Shewell. In 1884 he became a partner in the latter firm, which became Leach, Shewell, and Sanborn. In 1898 he formed the corporation of Benjamin H. Sanborn and Company, of which he became president. He withdrew from active business in 1913. His home was in Wellesley, Mass., where he was vice-president of the Wellesley Bank.

November 24, 1875, he was married to Ida A. Doty of Elmore, Vt., who survives him.