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 1861

James Pierpont Gilman was born at Gilmanton, N. H., August S, 1834, and died at Laurel, Mont., February 28, 1927. His parents were Nicholas and Hannah (True) Gilman, and he fitted for college at Gilmanton Academy, entering Dartmouth in the fall of 1857 and graduating in 1861.

After graduating he went West in 1865, locating in the town of Andrew, Jackson County, la., where he taught for several months.

From 1866 to 1869 he was employed in the Engineering Department of the Chicago & Northwestern Railroad. For the following three years he was engaged in similar work in Arkansas and Texas. In 1872 he returned to lowa, where he worked on different railroads till 1875, when he settled in Rock Rapids, where he lived till early in 1927, when he went to Montana to reside with a daughter till his death.

When he staked out the town of Rock Rapids he took in part payment for his work a block of land 300 by 300 feet on which he built his home and where he always lived till his removal to Montana, a few weeks before his death. He also purchased 80 acres of land adjoining the town. He married quite late in life and his wife died in 1900. She left him with one son and four daughters, and after they married and had families of their own, he continued to live alone.

In 1916 he wrote the Secretary of the class that he worked the farm himself and this he continued to do till after he was 90 years of age.

He never visited Hanover after he graduated but was always greatly interested in her progress and was proud of the fact that he was a classmate of William Jewett Tucker.

CLASS OF 1863

Dr. Amos Wilson Abbott died at his home in Minneapolis, Minn., February 27, 1927.

The son of Rev. Amos and Anstice (Wilson) Abbott, he was born January 4, 1844, in Ahmadnagar, India, where his parents were missionaries. Rev. Dr. Justin E. Abbott '76 is a brother. He fitted for college at Phillips Andover Academy. He was a member of Alpha Delta Phi. He left college in the fall of junior year.

September 2, 1862, he enlisted in Company C, 16th New Hampshire Volunteers, and served until August 20, 1863. From 1864 to 1868 he was employed in the paymaster's department of the army. Meanwhile he had been studying medicine, and graduated from the College of Physicians and Surgeons of New York in 1869. After some hospital experience in New York, he opened practice at Delhi, N. Y., in 1870, whence he removed to Minneapolis in 1877. For many years he was one of the most prominent physicians of the city. In the early days of his practice, he established a dispensary, which he operated for several years. In 1881, with several other physicians, he helped to establish the Minneapolis College Hospital, the first medical school in Minneapolis. He became one of the board of directors, and taught anatomy and later gynecology there. Later he was professor of gynecology at the medical school of the University of Minnesota, and was emeritus professor at the time of his death. He had served as president of the Hennepin County Medical Society, the Minnesota State Medical Society, the Academy of Medicine, the Pathological Society, and the Western Surgical Association. He was also a member of the American Medical Association.

August 19, 1880, Dr. Abbott was married to Helen G. Wright of Delhi, N. Y., who survives him, with three children, Mrs. Lyndon King, Miss Elizabeth Abbott, and Wilson Abbott, all of Minneapolis.

CLASS OP 1868

Rev. Walter Howard Ayers died at the Sisters of Mercy Home, Los Angeles, Cal., December 26, 1926, of senile debility.

The son of Joseph and Lucy Caroline (Emery) Ayers, was born in Canterbury, N. H., April 26, 1845. Jeremiah E. Ayers '63 and Henry C. Ayers '64 were brothers. He prepared for college at New Hampton Institution and Kimball Union Academy. He was a member of Kappa Kappa Kappa and Phi Beta Kappa.

After graduation he took the three years' course in Union Theological Seminary, where he graduated in 1871. He then preached for short terms for several Congregational churches—Bethel, Me., 1871; Winooski, Vt., 1872; Castleton, Vt., 1873-4; Lebanon, N. H., 1874-5. The two years were spent in theological study in Chicago and travel in Europe. He then resumed the work of his profession, and was at Hudson, Wis., 1877-8; La Salle, Ill., 1879-81; Chicago, Ill., 1881-4; Albert Lea, Minn., 1884-5; in Chicago in evangelistic work, 1885-7; Second Presbyterian church, Belvidere, N. J., 1888-90; Downsville, N. Y., 1890-1; Lebanon, Mo., 1893-4. He was then for a short time in the ministry of the Episcopal church, being chaplain of St. Luke's Hospital,' Chicago, 1896, and at Ardmore, Okla., 1897. His active ministry appears to have closed at this time, and his later history, in which he was variously employed, is difficult to trace. He had been for some years in and about Los Angeles. He was never married.

Dr. John Herbert Twombly died March 4, 1927, in Boston, where he had made his home since last fall.

He was born in Dover, N. H., October 17, 1848, his parents being John and Charlotte (Drew) Twombly, and prepared for college at Gilmanton Academy. He was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon.

After graduation he studied medicine at Dover and at Harvard Medical School, receiving his medical degree in 1872. From March to October of that year he was assistant to Dr. Jasper H. York of Dover, and was then in private practice in Brooklyn, N. Y., to January, 1874. The next six months he was assistant physician in Kings County Lunatic Asylum at Flatbush, N. Y., and then in a similar position at the Michigan Asylum for the Insane, at Kalamazoo, Mich., for five years. From October, 1879, to October, 1887, he was engaged in the drug business at Newmarket, N. H. Pulmonary weakness kept him on a farm until the fall of 1890 (in Milton, N. H.), when he returned to the drug store, where he remained until April, 1895. Most of the time since has been spent quietly on his farm in Milton.

July 11, 1878, he was married to Frances W. Plummer of Milton, N. H., who survives him. They had no children.

Dr. Twombly was prominent in Masonic circles in New Hampshire, having served as district deputy grand lecturer of the Grand Lodge. He was a member of Strafford Lodge of Dover, Belknap Chapter, and St. Paul's Commandery.

CLASS OF 1876

Charles Bell Hibbard died suddenly at his home in Laconia, N. H., early in the morning of February 20, 1927. He had attended a reunion of his class at the Hotel Vendome, Boston, on the previous evening. His health had been impaired during the winter, but he had attended to his professional duties as usual.

The son of Ellery Albee and Mary Houston (Bell) Hibbard, he was born in Laconia, December 25, 1855, and prepared for college at Tilton, N. H., and at Phillips Exeter Academy. He maintained a high rank in scholarship, and delivered the salutatory oration at graduation. He was a member of Kappa Kappa Kappa.

After graduation he read law in his father's office in Laconia, and was admitted to the bar in 1879. He practiced for a few months in Worcester, Mass., but in June, 1880, he opened an office in Boston, where he remained until 1886. He then returned to Laconia, and formed a partnership with his father which continued until the latter's death in 1903. Since that time he has practiced alone, and was one of the best known lawyers in his section of the state.

In 1886 he was elected county solicitor, and held the office two years. In 1890 he was elected a member of the Laconia board of education, and held that position for several years. From 1895 to 1899 he was state law reporter, having in charge the work of editing and publishing the decisions of the Supreme Court of the state.

December 14, 1897, Mr. Hibbard was married to Mary Eastman, daughter of Lucian Gale (Dartmouth 1844) of Laconia, who survives him. They had two children, a son and a daughter, but both died in infancy. A sister also survives him.

The class secretary writes: "Hibbard was unusually faithful to class reunions, never having missed one of the forty-three reunions in Boston. He had a high place in the regard of the class, both as to mind and nature."

CLASS OF 1889

Frederick James Allen died at the Charlesgate Hospital, Cambridge, Mass., February 17, 1927, following an operation for appendicitis. He was ill only a few days.

He was born at Limerick, Me., February 23, 1864, the son of Francis H. and Hannah M. (Chase) Allen. He prepared for college at the academies in Limerick and Limington, entered and graduated, A.8., with the class, and also received the degree A.M. in 1892. He was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon and of Phi Beta Kappa. He was high school principal for ten years, two years at Limerick, one at Cornish, Me., three at Milford, N. H., and four at Franklin, N. H. He was instructor in history and mathematics at Boston University 1899 to 1903, instructor in mathematics at Simmons College 1903-1904. Early in 1904, he became irector of the City History Club of Boston, a newly organized society to teach history and civics to the youth of all nationalities living in Boston and to help them become good citizens. A few years later this was renamed the Young Men's Civic Club. Allen continued his active interest in this work up to the end of his life, though of necessity he gave but little time to it in the later years. In 1910 he became associated with the Vocational Bureau of Boston, and ever after his chief interest and work was along the lines of vocational guidance. He taught in Boston University, Simmons College, and Harvard.

He wrote many books and pamphlets on subjects connected with occupations and the opportunities offered in different professions and industries. "Shipyard Employments" and "The Shipbuilding Industry" were written in collaboration with Roy W. Kelley, and published dur- ing the World War. Some of his other books were: "The Law as a Vocation," with introduction by William Howard Taft; "Business Employments"; "The Shoe Industry"; "Advertising as a Vocation"; "A Guide to the Study of Occupations"; "Studies in Agriculture, Forestry, and Animal Industry." The original Vocation Bureau of Boston was sponsored by the Boston merchant, A, Lincoln Filene. In September, 1917, it was taken over by the Department of Education of Harvard University, and Allen went with the Bureau as research associate. He continued as lecturer on vocational guidance and education in Boston University and in the Division of University Extension, Massachusetts Department of Education. He was instructor also in the summer schools of both Harvard and Boston University. During the war, he served as vocational counselor for returning soldiers and sailors, and later was "co-ordinator," and then "educational director," for the U. S. Veterans' Bureau. He was the first president of the Vocational Guidance Association of New England, and trustee of the National Vocational Guidance Association. This Association's magazine, published by Harvard since 1922, was edited by Allen. The May issue of the magazine is to be a memorial number to its former editor.' In everything connected with vocational guidance he worked with the enthusiasm and untiring zeal of a pioneer and a crusader. For one of our class reports, he wrote: "Vocational Guidance has a name, a method, literature, and a scientific organization in a great world-wide movement. It is the greatest force in modern education, and extends far outside of education."

In addition to the large number of books and shorter articles on vocational guidance and related subjects, he published, in 1905, in connection with his work in the City History Club, "The Boston Game" (a history of Boston in the form of a game). In 1902 "Red and White," a Boston University song, was published, and in 1926, a Harvard song. Other writings in verse appeared from time to time, including two small volumes of poems.

At Hanover, March 9, 1893, he married Maria Porter Hitchcock, daughter of the late Professor and Mrs. Charles H. Hitchcock. Two children were born, Maria Charlotte, now Mrs. Herbert H. Purington of Chesterfield, Mass., and Charles F. H., now instructor in chemistry at Tufts College. Mrs. Allen died August 12, 1895. In July, 1897, he married Miss Wilhelmina Pingree of North Conway, N. H., who survives with three children, Wilhelmina Frances, Frederick Chase, and Theodora Beatrke. The family has lived for many years at 47 Mt. Vernon St., Arlington, with a summer home at North Conway, N. H.

CLASS OF 1893

Charles Henry McDuffee, a member of this class in its freshman year, died at his home in Alton, N. H., January 28, 1927. He suffered an attack of paralysis in November, but seemed to have entirely recovered, when a second attack, much more severe, followed on January 7.

The son of Jonathan and Mary (Hurd) McDuffee, he was born in Alton, February 20, 1868, and prepared for college at New Hampton Institution and St. Johnsbury Academy.

On leaving college, he returned to his native town, and engaged in the lumber, ice, and boxmaking business, following these occupations until about 1902. He then became a contractor and builder, in which calling he met with marked success.

Always interested in public affairs, he was almost continuously a holder of town office for many years. In 1894 he was elected a member of the school board, and served for nine years. In 1901-2 he was tax collector, and was elected selectman in 1903, remaining in this office by continuous re-election with the exception of six years until 1921. He was a delegate to the constitutional convention of 1912, and a member of the legislature in 1915. In 1923 and 1925 he was custodian of mails for the legislature.

Mr. McDuffee was a Democrat in politics, a member of the Masons, the Eastern Star, and the Patrons of Husbandry, and an attendant of the Baptist church.

April 10, 1900, he was married to Alta Maude, daughter of Octavius W. and Rose Anna (Davis) Hill of Goodwin's Mills, Me., who survives him. Mrs. McDuffee has been president of the State Federation of Women's Clubs. They have one daughter, Doris, who is a member of the faculty at Abbot Academy, Andover, Mass.

The class secretary says: " 'Mac' was well liked during his year at Dartmouth, and his classmates who met him in after days found him a fine type of man and citizen. He brought with him to Hanover in the fall of 1889 one of the curious 'Star' bicycles, small wheel in front, high wheel in the rear, and as it was the only one in town it attracted much attention."

A tribute in a local paper may be quoted: "Usefulness, courage, and fidelity marked the course of this life that gave so much of worth to its associations. Something inherent in the honor and gallantry of his Scotch ancestry, of which he was justly proud, founded in his makeup a great sense of justice that never detoured in its course of duty."

CLASS OF 1913

Earle Thayer Spear died at his home in Faneuil, Mass., on February 28, 1927, from acute endocarditis, after an illness of only one week.

He was born March 9, 1892, at Peterboro, N. H., the son of Charles C. and Lucy L. Spear. He prepared for college at Arms Academy, where he was very prominent in athletics. At Dartmouth he took up the scientific course, and was a member of Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity. In 1912 he resigned from college to become manager of the Littleton Unit Brick and Tile Company, in Littleton, Mass. Later he was engaged in various enterprises in Providence and Boston, and for several years prior to his death had been associated with his father in the wholesale women's clothing business on Bedford St., Boston, where he was becoming very successful.

Always cheerful, studiously interested in many of the better things of life, always anxious to help a worthy cause, he made a host of friends, many of whom remember him best for his typical Yankee sense of humor. His spontaneous and original comments on men and current events made him something of a character among his most intimate associates.

In 1914 he married Dorothy Gardiner, of Newton Highlands, Mass., and thenceforth was known among his friends as an ideal family man. His devotion to his wife and three children was a thing of beauty. He was always keenly interested in everything pertaining to Dartmouth College and was a familiar figure at all alumni gatherings in Greater Boston during recent years. His death is a loss that will be keenly felt by the class.

He is survived by his father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. Charles C. Spear, a sister, Mrs. Harold Smith of Bartlesville, Okla., his wife, Dorothy, and three children, Adelaide, Earle, Jr., and Nancy.

MEDICAL SCHOOL

CLASS OF 1875

Dr. Locero Jackson Gibbs died July 12, 1926, at his home in Chicopee Falls, Mass.

He was born in Washington, Me., July 16, 1844. October 8, 1861, he enlisted in Company B, Eleventh Maine Volunteers, and was discharged for disability May 12, 1862. August 24 of the same year he again enlisted, this time in the Eighth Maine Volunteers. The regiment was then serving at Port Royal, S. C., but it was later transferred to Virginia, and participated in much of the fighting about Richmond. June 4, 1864, Mr. Gibbs was severely wounded at the battle of Cold Harbor, and was in a hospital for six months. Returning to his regiment, he was in active service to the end of the war, being present at the surrender of Lee at Appomattox. He was mustered out as sergeant October 30, 1865.

He attended one course of medical lectures at Dartmouth, having previously studied at the University of Michigan, and taking a course after graduation at the College of Physicians and Surgeons of New York. Then he began practice at Epping, N. H., whence he removed to Chicopee Falls in 1881. He was a man of much influence and highly respected in his profession, both as physician and surgeon.

Dr. Gibbs was a member of the Massachusetts Medical' Society, the Hampden District Medical Society, and the Eastern Hampden Medical Society, heing president of the last in 1887. From 1882-1885 he served as a member of the Chicopee school board, of the board of selectmen in 1886-7, and was president of the Chicopee board of health from 1890 to 1893. He was the author of articles in medical journals and of many papers read before medical societies. He was a Mason, an Odd Fellow, and a member of the G. A. R.

In 1879 he was married to Cora B. McClench, and after her death to Belle B. Chapin in 1886.