Death

(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 1863

Captain Eri Davidson Woodbury died at his home in Cheshire, Conn., April 14, aged 91 years. The class of 1863 had 99 men; six of them are living: Barton Fisk Blake, age 87, and active in business, cashier of a large mercantile firm in Philadelphia; Zeeb Gilman, age 87, retired physician; Azel W. Hazen, D. D., retired, haying held a pastorate fifty years; Maitland C. Lamprey, age 90, retired schoolmaster; John Scales, age 92, active in newspaper work and historical research; Charles W. Spalding, age 85, yet active in the management of his large ranch, at Blackfoot, Idaho.

Capt. Woodbury was born at Francestown, N. H., May 30, 1837, son of Henry and Hannah (Davidson) Woodbury, a descendant of the Woodbury family that settled in Beverly, Mass., in 1628, of whom the historians say: "Few enterprises of great pith and moment were set on foot in the colony except a Woodbury was in the party." He was fitted for college in the public schools of Manchester and the New Hampton Academy, from which he was graduated, and entered Amherst College in the fall of 1859, coming to Dartmouth at the beginning of sophomore year. During his college course he taught district schools, as most of his classmates did, the curriculum being so arranged that the students could earn money in the winter to pay the way through college.

At the time of graduation in June, 1863, nearly half of the class were soldiers in the Union army, in the effort to subdue the rebellion. Mr. Woodbury, soon after receiving his diploma enlisted as private in Company E., First Vermont Cavalry, of which company his classmate and personal friend, Oliver T. Cushman, was captain, and had proved himself to be a very brave and competent officer. The regiment was part of Phil Sheridan's cavalry corps, one of the most famous of the army in Virginia. Woodbury participated in everyaction of that cavalry corps under Sheridan, from that time until the end of the war. In. the battle of the Wilderness his horse was shot under him. He was promoted from private to fifth sergeant July 1, 1864, and in August his division, of the Third Cavalry, was sent with Sheridan into the Shenandoah Valley.

In all the engagements of that campaign the First Vermont Cavalry was conspicuous, and. the bravest of the brave. On October 19, 1864,. in the battle of Cedar Creek, Sheridan made his famous "twenty-mile-ride," Sergeant: Woodbury was in command of his company, and General George A. Custer was commanding the division. In the awful conflict Woodbury captured the battle flag of the Twelfth. North Carolina Infantry, and two days later, with others who had taken flags, was sent to Washington with General Custer, to turn over to the War Department the captured colors.. For this exploit Woodbury received . twenty days furlough, the medal of bronze from Congress, and from Governor Smith of Vermont, a commission as second lieutenant in Company E. He was at once transferred to the command of Company B, and soon afterwards,, while still in command, was placed in the adjutant's office as acting adjutant. Though urged to accept the adjutant's commission, he preferred to remain with his company. In March, 1865, he was promoted to first lieutenant and shortly afterwards captain by brevet,, "for gallant and meritorious service in the field." Two horses were shot under him,, while on a charge with his regiment at the battle of Five Forks. He was there made a prisoner, but succeeded in making his escape before his captors took the prisoners from the field. In the battle of Appomatox Station, Va., the evening before Lee surrendered, in a charge led by the gallant Custer, Woodbury was struck by a fragment of a shell which knocked him from his horse, passed through; his left arm, near the shoulder, across his breast, cutting open the jacket and shirt without scratching the skin, then took off half of his right hand!

Captain Woodbury was mustered out with his regiment June 21, 1865. On September 12, 1865, he was appointed classical teacher in the Episcopal Academy at Cheshire, Conn. In 1870 he was promoted to headmaster, and held that office until 1874, when he was elected principal of the high school in Denver, Colo. He served there two years, when the trustees of the academy at Cheshire urged him to return and accept the position of vice-principal; Capt. Woodbury accepted the call, and served six years. He then took a year off and tried fruit-growing in Florida. At the end of a year the trustees elected him principal of the academy, and he returned to Cheshire, and remained principal until 1903, when he resigned. At the age of 66 he was made principal emeritus. Later the academy ceased to function, and was reorganized as "Roxbury School," with which Capt. Woodbury had no connection.

On July 8, 1873, Capt. Woodbury married Miss Annie Augusta Jarvis of Cheshire, and to them were born two sons, named San ford and Roger, who are now business men, residing in New Haven, Conn. Mrs. Woodbury died in 1877. June 25, 1903, he married a second wife, Miss Emma M. McChesney, who survives him. No children were born to them, but an adopted daughter is one of the family.

After giving- up teaching Capt. Woodbury engaged in farming, in which he was successful, "living on easy street." He was a devout Episcopalian and served as vestryman and warden of St. Peter's parish many years. In Cheshire and the country around he was known as "The Grand Old Man." At the funeral, in St. Peter's church, on Tuesday following his death, the highest honors were paid his memory. Captain Woodbury is one of the graduates Dartmouth's alumni may well feel proud of.

J,OHN SCALES,

Secretary.

CLASS OF 1873

Amos Edwin Rollins, a member of the class for a very brief period, died March 27, 1928, at his home at Blodgett Landing, N. H., of dropsy and heart disease.

He was born August 4, 1850, in Methuen,. Mass., and was the son of Amos C. and Elizabeth Howe (Brown) Rollins. After his preparatory course he entered Colby University (now named Colby College), from which he transferred to Dartmouth at the beginning of sophomore year. His stay at Dartmouth was very brief, and after a few weeks he began, the study of law, and was admitted to the bar in Essex County, Mass., March 12, 1874. After a brief practice in Lawrence, he turned toteaching, and was principal of the grammar school at North Andover, Mass., for several years, and then of a grammar school at Middleboro, Mass. On the death of his father,, business matters connected with the settlement of the estate occupied his attention. Moving, to New Hampshire, he engaged in farming for a time, and then took up work as a painter,, living at Lake Sunapee. For several years his home had been at Blodgett Landing, but hiswinters were spent in Florida.

October 22, 1874, he was married to Lucy Josephine Knight of Lawrence, Mass., who survives him, with four children, Mrs. Maude L. Robinson of New York city, Charles A. Rollins of Brockton, Mass., John E. Rollins of State Farm, Mass., and Wilfred K. Rollins of Swampscott, Mass.

Albert Nason Gould died not long ago but at a date not yet ascertained at his home in Effingham, N. H.

He was born in Berwick, Me., June 21, 1847,.. and was the son of Edward Gould. He fitted for college at Berwick Academy at South Berwick, and entered college at the beginning of" freshman year, taking the regular classical" course. At the end of freshman year he left,, desiring to begin his professional studies at: once.

Entering the Medical School at Dartmouth, he graduated there in 1873, with the regular M. D. degree. Since May, 1875, he had resided at Center Effingham, N. H., living a. useful, quiet, and helpful life, for many years practicing his profession and then retiring. He wrote many thoughtful articles for various papers of that section, these articles dealing largely with matters pertaining to the district school system. Though not an ordained clergy man, he was frequently called upon to supply the pulpits of village and rural churches, during the illness of the pastors, or during the interim between pastorates. Early in his career, he began to pay special attention to the subject of diet, expressing himself as having "faith in temperance, hygiene, physiology, good nursing, etc., as opposed to drugging the human frame by man-made medical absurdities." During the World War he wrote a letter in which he expressed his sorrow over the suffering of the soldiers, and expressed the prayer and wish "for the safety and speedy return again to the arts and peaceful pursuits of life, and for peace, prosperity, and closer bonds of union of all." And in his beautiful rural surroundings he spent his days. Of him it can be said, as it was of the Master whom he so well loved, "he went about doing good." For many years he was librarian of the Free Public Library at Center Effingham.

CLASS OF 1876

Rev. James Oscar Emerson, the son of Simeon and Mahalah (Adams) Emerson, was born at Barnstead, N. H., July 1, 1852. He prepared for college in Pittsfield, N. H., and, entering Dartmouth in 1872, remained there for his freshman year. He was graduated from Bates College in 1876. At Dartmouth he became a member of the Theta Delta Chi fraternity.

In 1876-7 he was principal of the high school at Milton Mills, N. H. Entering Yale Divinity School in 1877, he was graduated in 1880, and the same year was ordained as a Congregational minister in Breckenridge, Minn., and organized a church there of which he became pastor. From 1884 to 1889 he was pastor of a church at Bunker Hill, Ill., and from 1889 to 1899 he served a church at Pittsfield, HI. Two brief pastorates followed, and in 1904 he went to Germantown, N. Y., and engaged in fruit culture there. In 1909 he removed to Roxbury, Conn., and purchased a house and 'and and established a permanent home. He served several terms in the Connecticut legislature. He was called to the pastorate of the Congregational church in Roxbury, and continued as minister till a year ago, when he removed to Westfield, Mass. He died in Westeld, April 2, 1928.

He was married February 14, 1884, to Anna Mather of Eldon, lowa, who survives him, with three daughters, Mrs. Ernest Guild of Wheaton, Ill., Miss Grace Emerson of Cleveland, Ohio, and Mrs. Charles J. Sibler of New York city, and a son, Frank M. Emerson of Westfield, Mass.

Emerson had a love of the out-of-doors, and almost a passion for the soil. It was with no ordinary satisfaction that he entered upon a domain that he could call his own, and could spend a portion of his recreation seasons in the cultivation of growing things.

CLASS OF 1891

Herbert Everett Colby of Danville, N. H., was drowned in Cub pond, Danville, at about 8:15 in the morning of March 26, 1928, the body being recovered late in the afternoon. Services were held on March 29. The following account of Mr. Colby appeared in the local paper.

"In the passing of Herbert E. Colby, Danville has lost one of its most highly esteemed and useful citizens. Born in 1864, his residence has always been at the home of his ancestors. He graduated from New Hampton Institution in 1887, and from Dartmouth College, class of 1891. He was a member of Phi Beta Kappa, Theta Delta Chi, and Casque and Gauntlet fraternities. After graduation he taught Latin and mathematics in Nashua High School for two years, when he returned to assist in caring for the extensive landed interests of his family, in company with his brother, Lester.

"In 1902 he married Annie H. Downs of Berwick, Me., who survives him, also three children, Miriam, a teacher in Bellows Falls High School, Faoline, a student at N. E. Conservatory of Music, and Alden, in business with his father. "Always a very active member of the Baptist church, he has been its clerk for thirty-five years. He was a member of Gideon Lodge of Masons, Corinthian Chapter O. E. S., and Bethany Shrine;

. "Delighting in the finer things of life, his outlook on the world was optimistic, and his friendship was an inspiration to his large circle of acquaintances. The following is from a letter received from the secretary of his class at Dartmouth: 'He gained a reputation for ability and solidity of character that was unexcelled among his friends. He was one of those, who, although very quiet and of a self-effacing nature, won the real esteem, of every member of his class with whom he came in contact.'

"The funeral was attended by Rev. Howard A. Reyman, pastor of the church, whose remarks were very appropriate as applied to the life of Mr. Colby, closing with this poem from James Whitcomb Riley: 'I cannot say, and I will not say That he is dead. He is just away. With a cheery smile and a wave of the hand, He has wandered into an unknown land, And left us dreaming how very fair It needs must be, since he is there.' "Mr. Howard Clark of Haverhill sang and the Masonic service was rendered. The floral tributes were many and beautiful."

CLASS OF 1899

Samuel Burns, Jr., died at the Roosevelt Hospital, New York city, on April 28, 1928. For some time he had not been feeling well. A few years ago he had been afflicted by a slight stroke, and had never been quite him-self since that time. It was because of his depressed feeling that he decided to take a vacation and go east to visit Pap Abbott for a little rest. He had just sat down with Pap for an old-fashioned chat when suddenly, without any warning, he fell off the couch where he was seated. He never regained consciousness, although he lingered for several days. The funeral took place Monday at Hartford, Connecticut. Pap's letter to the secretary did not arrive until the funeral was over, and at the present writing we cannot state whether other members of the class besides Pap were present.

Samuel Burns, Jr., was born in Omaha, Nebraska, on April 18, 1876. His father was proprietor of a large wholesale crockery business in that city. Sam was prepared for Dartmouth at the Omaha High School, where he was graduated in the spring of '95. Entering Dartmouth the next fall at rather a late date, he was assigned to a room in No. 11 Reed. Without a single acquaintance in college as he came there, he soon had a host of intimate friends among both his own classmates and the upper classmen. Fred Crolius, who had been rooming on the third floor with Jim Wood worth '97, came down to share Room 11 with him. It was about that time that he began chumming around with Harold Kirk and A. M. Abbott, a friendship which was responsible for two nicknames, if not three. The New Englanders imagined that Omaha was a United States army post stationed there to defend the Union Pacific Railroad from the hostile Sioux. Both for this reason and because of Sam's straight black hair and dark complexion he was nicknamed "Heap Big Buck." It was Kirk who gave him this name, and he promptly retaliated by christening Harold "Squaw." The family was completed when "Papoose" Abbott was added.

All through our freshman year he was the life of the '99 group in the hall, which included Tim, Cav, Squaw, Crolius, Celery, Benny, Mushy, F. R., Hodge, Ted and George, Art Irving, John Wood, and Bill Hutch. When the fraternity chinning season came, he was rushed by almost all of the groups, finally joining Psi Upsilon. During sophomore year he roomed with Pap on the ground floor of Sanborn "Hall. Here again his room was always the center of a merry group.

He was among those who left us at the end of our second year. In the fall of '97 both he and Squaw were among the missing. He went to work in Omaha in his father's business, but soon entered the employ of the First National Bank of his native city. By 1906 he had become president of the Burns-Haskell Company, bankers and brokers. A few years later this firm had become Burns, Brinker, and Company, investment securities.

He served as a member of the Omaha school board, as treasurer and then president of the Dartmouth Alumni Association of the Plains.

He married in Omaha on June 15, 1905, Miss Marguerite Preston. There are twodaughters, Barbara, whose engagement to Mr. Guilford Stewart, Harvard '27, was announced a few months ago, and Marjorie, now seventeen years old.

There is no member of our class who surpassed Buck in love for the College and loyalty to the class of '99. Four of our reunions he attended, coming halfway across the continent each time. His lifelong devotion to Pap is a fine tribute to the character of each of them. The class had the same affection for him that he had for them. Few of our members were so universally beloved. This was especially notable at our vicennial reunion. As usual Buck was the life of the party, the leader in all activities.

He was a rare soul. An eminently succesful business man, he yet had the power to lay aside his cares and responsibilities and come right back to the boyish level of his undergraduate days, when he met his old pals.

His humor was irresistible. Hos and Bob before an audience are almost professionals in their fun-making, but Buck was overflowing with good nature and kindly wit at all times.

He was one of the most generous men in our class, a cheerful giver, both to the College and to those in need.

He has gone from among us, but while one '99 man remains on earth, we shall always speak with affectionate remembrance of our well-beloved Buck.

CLASS OF 1923

Frank Arthur Dillon died at Kings County Hospital, Brooklyn, N. Y., April 4, 1928. He was struck by an automobile in Prospect Park, Brooklyn, and the driver of the car took him to the hospital, where he died four hours later of a fractured skull.

He was born in Holyoke, Mass., September 21, 1901, his parents being Thomas J. and Katherine (Dowd) Dillon, and prepared for college at Holyoke High School. He was prominent in athletics and other school activities, captaining the track team during his last year in school and being winner of a prize speaking contest. He also represented the high school in an interscholastic contest at Rensselaer Tech.

His mother died in May, 1924, his father having previously died, at which time he removed to New York city with his sisters and brother, establishing a home at 3211 Park Ave., where his sisters, Marie and Rose Dillon, and his brother, Thomas J. Dillon, are now living.

He was employed as a salesman by Clarence Whitman Company of New York, covering the Southern territory.

CLASS OF 1927

Harold Pomeroy Hutchison was killed in an airplane accident on April 27, 1928, in Marshall, Missouri.

Hal entered Dartmouth with the class of 1927, coming from Montclair Academy. While at Dartmouth he was a member of the Phi Delta Theta Fraternity, and was a star on the swimming team. He withdrew from Dartmouth in February of 1925 to study architecture, and spent a year at the University of Virginia. During the years 1926 and 1927 he toured the West Coast and Mexico studying architecture. This past year he has been studying for his B. S. degree and his Master's degree in Architecture at the University of Washington in Seattle.