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.)

Alumni Notes

NECROLOGY

CLASS OF 1872

REV. ARTHUR NORMAN WARD died April 24, 1929, at his home, 18 Oakland Ave., Arlington Heights, Mass., after a brief illness.

The only son of Arthur and Hannah Stevens (Dudley) Ward, he was born at Plymouth, N. H., October 20, 1849. He was in the seventh generation from William Ward of Sudbury, England, who settled in Sudbury, Mass., about 1638, and whose greatgrandson was General Artemas Ward, first commander-in-chief of the American Revolution. Among his maternal ancestors were Governor Thomas Dudley and Governor John Winthrop of the Massachusetts Bay colony.

He completed his preparation for college at Kimball Union Academy, Meriden, N. H., by a two years* attendance prior to graduation in 1868. He entered college in the succeeding autumn as one of the original members of the class of '72 and remained with the class uninterruptedly for the entire period of four years. During his college course he established a record for sterling qualities and dependable conduct, and was highly esteemed by all his associates. He was one of the charter members of the Dartmouth Chapter of the Theta Delta Chi fraternity, organized during his course at Hanover.

After graduation lie became principal of the high school at Winchester, N. H. In 1874 he joined a partnership for the sale of the Plymouth Buck Glove, which had been manufactured for twenty years by the firm of Ward and McQuesten, but this occupation not proving congenial he sold his interest to his father, who continued it until his death in 1878, He also served part of his time as a newspaper reporter on one of the Boston dailies. In the early part of 1875 he took a trip of six months to Europe, but returned to enter Andover Theological Seminary in September, and completed the regular three years' course. During the summer of 1877 he was engaged in mission work in Minnesota.

On January 1, 1879, he commenced his duties as pastor in the Congregational church in Falmouth, Me., and on February 25 of that year he was ordained minister of that church, which position he held until November 1, 1883.

Successively he was minister of the Congregational church in Center Harbor, N. H., February 17, 1884, to December, 1886; Pembroke, N. H., from April 1, 1887, to April 1, 1891; Wenham, Mass., from October 1, 1891, to April 1, 1898.

In October, 1898, in order that his children might have the benefit of city schools, he took up his residence at 5 Bigelow St., Somerville, Mass., where he remained without charge until 1908, when he purchased a home in Arlington, where he resided until his death.

On September 18, 1890, at Milford, N. H., before the General Association of Congregational Churches of the state, he read a paper on "The Problem of the Country Church" of such moment and importance that it was subsequently printed in full in the NewHampshire Journal, Another notable production was a sermon preached by him at the rededication of the Congregational house of worship in Wenham, Mass., which was published in full in the Beverly Times of October SO, 1893. Another of his sermons which had special commendation was delivered by him on the 250 th anniversary of the Congregational church at Wenham, Mass., and was published in full in the Salem Evening News of October 8, 1893. He also contributed articles to newspapers from time to time. Among those of special mention was a series of eight foreign letters published in the Boston Daily Globe in the summer of 1875, and other foreign articles published in the Congregationalist of Boston and in the Independent Statesman of Concord, N. H.

He became a trustee of the Wenham Public Library in 1892, and was elected on the Wenham school board in 1895, but declined to accept the duty.

He also served as chairman of a Good Citizenship Committee of Salem Union of Christian Endeavor Society. He was also a member of the Essex Congregational Club. In politics Ward was a consistent Republican. He was a daily lover and observer of nature and a sympathetic friend of animals. He sought his enjoyment not in the pleasures of the world, but up in his native New Hampshire hills. When he felt the "call of the mountains," he would roam over "The Range" with congenial friends and thrill with the precipitous "Six Husbands' Trail" down the side of Jefferson's Knee, then reminisce in sleepy contentment before a Great Gulf camp fire. Thus communion with nature brought to him rest and the "peace that passeth all understanding."

His thoughts naturally fell into rhyme, which he wrote with ease, and in lines written by him on his birthplace, "Plymouth of the Past," he closed with the fond expression:

"May this little town among the hills continue to be The one place on the map for you and for me; Though her children may wander the wide world over, Plymouth will always mean home to the rover."

His loyalty to Dartmouth was consistent and conspicuous. He attended the fiftieth anniversary of the graduation of the class in 1922, and contributed to the Tucker Alumni Fund to the last. His name is on the Honor Roll for 1929.

In 1904 he took a civil service examination and secured a position in the Custom House in Boston, where he remained for twenty-four years.

He lived a quiet life, uninterrupted by storms or crises, and perhaps for this reason, although never rugged, he enjoyed the best of health in all his seventy-nine years until the last year, when it meant a tremendous will power to start each day's work. Six weeks of bronchitis in January drew down his reserve, but he resumed his daily task and continued to two weeks before the end, when he was stricken with a cerebral hemorrhage and never recovered his voice. He maintained a simple, childlike faith throughout his life in things to be, shown in the last verse of lines he wrote on "The Great White Way," found after his death:

"The way may be narrow, but it is always straight, And it is sure to reach the Golden Gate. Well may we follow and not alone, For at last it leads to the Great White Throne."

On February 17, 1880, while pastor of the church at Falmouth, Me., he was married to Miss Ella M. Shaw of Portland, Me., who survives him. Two children have been born to them, a son, Arthur H. Ward, born December 2, 1881, at Falmouth, Me., and a daughter, Katherme. His son was educated at Essex High School and at Rindge Manual Training School of Cambridge, Mass. He enlisted in the Motor Transportation Corps and served therein during the World War. His daughter Katherine, born September 22, 1884, at Center Harbor, N. H., was graduated at Somerville High School and Radcliffe College, class of 1907, and is now engaged in secretarial work in Boston.

Funeral services were held in the Park Avenue Congregational church, Arlington Heights, Mass., April 26, at which Rev. John G. Taylor conducted the services, and among other tributes said:

"My acquaintance began with him in 1876 on Andover Hill, while he was yet in his youth.

"When he came to Andover Hill his ideals were unformed, yet in the making. All life, we have come to know, is in the making. Nothing walks with aimless tread. We know not what lies beyond the horizon, but we do know that any life consecrated to God will wind up at last in God's more intimate house.

"Mr. Ward gave himself to the great work of making the world better, a fitter habitation to dwell in for all of us. The ideal moved him as the wind once moved the ship; upon that ideal the sun never set. In doing people good, which never forsook his mind and heart, he won many friends in the churches to which he faithfully gave himself by night or by day. He neither withheld the kindly word nor the gentle ministry of touch, but gave himself unreservedly to his great task.

"Not only did he speak the word, helpful to many souls in the hour of crises, but he held them in the bond of unending friendship. The community felt this thoughtful touch, as souls had felt his thoughtful and inspiring words and deeds.

"Ward may not have been able to overlook the mountains roundabout, but he never forgot the beyond. In his several parishes, among his business associates he was always the good ministering soul. Among his student associates and especially those who were drawn near to him, he was the quiet, trustworthy, staunch friend. Dark days or light he always shone with a light unquenchable.

"Edwin Markham puts in a few words my own estimate of Ward's friendship:

'I built a chimney for a comrade old, I did the service not for hope or hire, And then I traveled on in winter's cold, Yet all the day I glowed before the fire.' "

Interment was in Mount Pleasant Cemetery in Arlington.

CLASS OF 1877

GEORGE WILLIAM SAUNDERSON died September 16, 1928, at his home in Seattle, Wash., after protracted suffering from intestinal cancer, complicated by diabetes.

The son of William P. and Hannah C. (Marshall) Saunderson, he was born in Hollis, N. H., April 22, 1854. The family removed to Nashua in 1870, and he prepared for college at the high school of that city. In college he was of the quiet, studious type, excelling in all classroom work, and winning a place on the programs of Junior Exhibition and Commencement. He was a member of Alpha Delta Phi and Phi Beta Kappa.

For the first year after graduation he was a law student in the office of George B. French '72 in Nashua. He then went to Boston, where he continued his studies in offices and at Boston University Law School, where he graduated in 1880. In the following January he began practice in Boston, and continued until September, 1883. Close confinement to an office impaired his health, which had never been very vigorous, and he went to California, bought a small fruit ranch near Santa Barbara, and remained there until the summer of 1886. With restored health but with the conviction that a change of occupation was imperative, he returned to Boston and studied for two years at the Monroe College of Oratory, where he graduated with the degree of Master of Oratory in 1888.

Now began a long and highly successful career as an instructor. In 1888-9 he taught elocution and oratory at the University of Kansas; in 1889-93 he was professor of rhetoric and oratory in the University of Indiana; in 1893-6, instructor in elocution and oratory at the University of Wisconsin; and from 1896 to 1902, professor of English literature at Ripon College, Wisconsin.

August 27, 1890, he was married to Harriet Elizabeth, daughter of Charles M. and Esther (Parker) Colburn of West Lebanon, N. H., who had been the previous year teacher of physical culture at Smith College. In 1902 they removed to Seattle and together established the Saunderson School of Oratory and Dramatic Art, and he also taught English literature in the city high school. In 1907 he surrendered the Saunderson School to Mrs. Saunderson's care, and the school now became affiliated with the Seattle Conservatory of Music. At this time Mr. Saunderson became head of the English department of the Lincoln High School of Seattle, and held that position until ill health compelled his resignation in April, 1928. During this long period he was never absent nor tardy at One of his classes.

Mrs. Saunderson survives him, with their four daughters, all of whom are married, and several grandchildren. The funeral service was held at Plymouth Congregational church, of which Mr. Saunderson was a deacon. A communication to Mrs. Saunderson from the heads of English departments in the city high schools contains this tribute: "It may be some slight satisfaction for you to know that Mr. Saunderson was looked upon as the most scholarly, the most careful, and the most experienced of any of our group, and there is absolutely no one to fill his place. He belonged to that race of New England scholars who put culture and efficient attainment above the mere shell of public recognition and worldly compensation. He was a gentleman in the. truest sense of the word, a scholarly gentleman. We are all proud to have been known to him and to have known him, and we share with you your present prostration."

CLASS OF 1881

GEORGE ELWYN ROSE died of cerebral hemorrhage at his home in Youngstown, Ohio, April 23, 1929, after an illness of three days.

He was bora in Carlisle, Ohio, December 9, 1856, the son of Elijah and Lucy (Bacon) Rose. His home when in college was Elyria, Ohio. He was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon.

Immediately after graduation he began to read law in the office of George P. and Charles A. Metcalf of Oberlin, Ohio, and continued until his admission to the bar in December, 1882. He at once began practice at Youngstown, which was his home for the rest of his life. He was successful in practice, and was city solicitor from 1888 to 1892, and judge of probate for Mahoning county from 1894 to 1900.

In 1911 he organized the Realty Security Company and became its president and general manager. This company developed hundreds of acres of land in different parts of the city, and Mr. Rose continued as president until 1926. He soon gave up his legal practice, and devoted his time to this company and other business interests. He was a member of the Youngstown Club, the Youngstown Country Club, and the Poland Country Club

October 22, 1890, he was married to Louise Baxter of South Dennis, Mass., who died May 15, 1908. They had one daughter, Louise Marguerite, now Mrs. Robert J. Eppley of Youngstown.

Mr. Rose's daughter writes that her father was an interested reader of the MAGAZINE, and was looking forward to the next reunion of his class, to which he had hoped to bring his grandson, now eight years old.

CLASS OF 1884

LYMAN POKTEE THOMAS died of cerebral hemorrhage on February 22, 1929, at St. Luke's Hospital, Middleboro, Mass. He was driving his car in Pierceville that morning, when he was crowded off the highway by a speeding automobile. He was seen to steer his car to the side of the street, and was found crumpled on the seat soon after. He did not regain consciousness.

Thomas had not been in his usual health for some months, but had kept at his business as usual. He had planned a trip to Florida for his health. The increased heart action caused by what seemed to him an impending collision doubtless caused the hemorrhage and snuffed out his life.

He was born at South Middleboro on March 20, 1861, the son of William and Lydia (Bates) Thomas. He graduated from the Middleboro High School when nineteen years old, and joined the class of 1884 at the beginning of its second- term, taking the course of the Chandler Scientific Department.

After graduation he taught school for one year in Michigan. He was then employed by the Santa Fe Railroad as construction and maintenance engineer with headquarters at Topekaj Kans., where he remained for four years. Returning to the East, he was for five years in the employ of the Old Colony Railroad as construction engineer. He had charge of work of doing away with grade crossings of that railroad in Brockton, Mass., and made the plans for its freight yard in that city. '

In 1895 he was employed by the firm of Holbrook, Cabot, and Daley, Boston contractors, as their superintendent. Later he formed a partnership with the late William H. Connor, under the name of Thomas and Connor. They built many bridges and breakwaters on Cape Cod peninsula and in Rhode Island and Connecticut. In 1916 he and two of his brothers established a grocery business in South Middleboro, and he was general manager of their store at the time of his death.

In 1902 Thomas was elected to the office of selectman, a position he held for eleven years. He brought about many reforms in the work of the board, and served as superintendent of water works and as a member of the municipal light board. In 1903 he was made county commissioner, holding that office for twelve years. He was soon recognized by people all over the county as an unusually capable and efficient officer.

Thomas was a prominent member of the Progressive party in 1912, and was a delegate to the convention of that party in Chicago that year. He was a member of Mayflower Lodge, A. F. & A. M., past master of South Middleboro Grange, Patrons of Husbandry, and a member of the Unitarian church, in which he was prominent as a church and Sunday school worker. Members of the clergy and prominent citizens of the town participated in the funeral services. The local papers carried a complete story of his life, as well as evidently well-deserved encomiums to his character and services to the community.

He was married December 27, 1888, to Miss Evelyn Small of Truro, Mass., who survives him. They had two children, a son, Lyman Hinckley, who graduated from Dartmouth in 1913, and Margaret Evelyn, who is married and lives in South Middleboro. The son died in Italy in January, 1919.

In college Thomas was rather a quiet personality. He served as vice-president of the class one term of sophomore year. He was a good student, a man who quietly thought out things, and formed his own conclusions, showing the same qualities which in after life made him so useful and well-thought-of a man in his community. He is perhaps best remembered by most 'B4 men as catcher of the college baseball team, where his ability to catch a ball with a quick movement of his hands seemed almost uncanny. He was awarded first prize in botany in his freshman year.

He was a most likable fellow, a loyal class and college man, always dependable, giving the best that was in him to whatever he essayed to do. He was regularly at class reunions until the death of his son. In these contacts with his fellows he impressed his fine manhood and clear-cut convictions upon his associates. He was always held in high regard, and those who knew him best learned to admire and love him much. He gave to his class and his fellows a genuine, abiding affection, and received the like in return. He was of us, ours, and his going leaves a wide gap in our ranks. We shall miss him greatly, which is perhaps the best tribute we can pay to his fine qualities as a man.

CLASS OF 1891

PROF. CHARLES FRANCIS ABBOTT passed away on April 27, 1929, at his home in Middlebury, Vt., where he had been a member of the faculty of Middlebury College since 1913 and Jermain professor of government and law since 1917.

His death came as a result of cancer, from which he had suffered for several years, twice undergoing operations, which, however, failed to give any lasting improvement.

Charles Francis Abbott was born in Suffield, Conn., on August 24, 1868. His boyhood, however, was largely spent in Claremont, N. H„ where he prepared for college at the Stevens High School, graduating in 1886. He entered Dartmouth College in 1887 and was graduated in the class of 1891. Following his graduation he taught as submaster in the Nashua High School for a year, and became principal of the Gardner, Mass., High School in 1892. Following years found him alternating between teaching and studying law at the University of Michigan. From 1897 to 1901 he practiced law in Denver, Colo., and in Gardner, Mass. In 1901, however, he again returned to his beloved profession of teaching, going to Somerville, Mass., where he was a submaster in the English High School for several years until he became principal of the Danvers High School, where he remained through June 1912. In 1906-07 and 1912-13 he studied at Harvard University, taking postgraduate courses in political science and history and receiving the degree of Master of Arts.

On July 24, 1893, Abbott married Edith M. Howard at the Epiphany church in Chicago, Ill. Mrs. Abbott survives her husband. Their marriage was unusually happy and their devotion to one another and to the interests of each other very marked.

Abbott was a man of strong ideas and firm convictions, and a constant and serious student of world affairs, especially as they pertained to his chosen profession of teacher.

A memorial service was held in Mead Memorial Chapel on May 8, in which President Moody, Prof. Skillings, Prof. Bryant, and Ellsworth Lawrence '29 took part.

President Moody has written the following tribute to Professor Abbott:

"In the death of Professor Abbott the college has lost immeasurably. Ever since he has been connected with Middlebury he has enjoyed the respect and the affection of the students, both as a teacher, and as a man. His high standards of scholarship, his exacting demands upon his students, equaled only by his demands upon himself, made his classroom one of the best training schools for life, whether the student contemplated law or business. His bravery in the face of his illness, his devotion to Middlebury and the best interests of his students, have given us a bright heritage and an imperishable inspiration. He was a worthy successor of the giants of the past. His ability was only equaled by the nobility of his character."

CLASS OF 1907

BOY EVERETT LAVIN died at Calais, Me., on April 11, 1929. He had entered the local hospital for an appendix operation, and unexpected complications proved fatal, although his general health had appeared to be excellent.

He was born in Berlin, N. H., July 29, 1885, the son of James E. and Cora Lavin. He prepared for college at the Berlin High School, entered Dartmouth, and graduated with the class of 1907. He was a member of Phi Kappi Psi fraternity, and several Masonic orders.

Having always been interested in out-ofdoor life, it was natural that he should find his life's work there. He accepted a position with the St. Croix Paper Company at Woodland, Me., shortly after his graduation, and at the time of his death was the manager of its woods operating subsidiary, the Eastern Pulpwood Company.

Roy Lavin's outstanding characteristic was undoubtedly his keen personal interest in things about him. A loyal son of Dartmouth, he was just as loyal to the best interests in his community in after life, and to his many friends, and was devoted to his family. He was one of the founders of the St. Croix Country Club, and a member of St. Anne's Episcopal church at Calais. He assisted in the building of St. Luke's mission church at Woodland, drawing the plans and superintending the construction, one of the steps by which a new community was established in the wilderness. He was active in civic affairs. In 1924 he moved to the near-by town of Calais.

On September 11, 1912, he married Marion S, Black of Milltown, New Brunswick. They had two sons, John S.( aged fifteen, and George E., aged three and one-half. The other members of his family who survive him are his father and mother at Gorham, N. H., and sister, Mrs. Harold Ward, of Kennebunk, Me.

CLASS OF 1913

DEAN ALAN THOMPSON died suddenly April 4, 1929, at the Post-graduate Hospital in New York city. He had been in Chicago since the latter part of the fall, engaged in the reorganization of a recent subsidiary acquisition of the Postum Company, and when this was completed he returned to New York, where he was to be permanently located. Owing to the slight illness of his son, his wife and her mother did not accompany him, but followed the next day. He was staying temporarily at the Dartmouth Club, and his wife visited him there on her arrival on the morning of the 4th. He was not feeling well, and she agreed with friends at the club that it would be wise for him to go to a hospital to recuperate. Accordingly she bade him good- bye, and went to White Plains, where a house, built for them, was to be ready for occupancy May 1, while he went to the hospital. While preparing to go to bed he complained of feeling faint, and collapsed, passing away almost at once. An autopsy disclosed the fact that death was due to a form of autointoxication.

Dean Thompson was bora in Orange, Mass., May 8, 1892, the son of George H. and Carrie (Hubbard) Thompson. He graduated from the local high school in 1909, and entered Dartmouth with the class. He was a member of Sigma Nu. He remained at Hanover for an additional year, and graduated from the Tuck School in 1914.

On June 1 of the latter year he became associated with the Minute Tapioca Company of Orange, being assigned to the sales department, and in 1917 was made assistant sales manager.

When the United States entered the War, Thompson took the first stores course given at the Tuck School, and on the completion of this course enlisted as private in the Ordnance Enlisted Reserve Corps. He soon became ordnance sergeant, and January 26, 1918, was commissioned second lieutenant, and from this date until his discharge on February 1, 1919, was post adjutant at Raritan Arsenal, Metuchen, N. J.

Upon his discharge from the service, he returned to the Minute Tapioca Company, and was made sales manager, serving in that capacity until September, 1926, when the company was merged with Postum Company, Inc. In December he was called to New York to have charge of Minute Tapioca sales. His work was so successful that he was given charge of the Swans Down sales, and soon after the Jello account was added to his duties. In June, 1928, he was made vicepresident of the Post Products Company, Inc. In the fall of 1928 he was assigned the work of reorganizing the Calumet Baking Powder Company, bringing that concern into the Postum group as the Calumet Distributing Company. Of this company three days before his death he was made president.

A notice in the local paper says: "A man's character and ability may be judged by his accomplishments, and Mr. Thompson's record in the comparatively short span of years since launching his business career is a eulogy which needs no elaboration. A man of the best habits, fair, courteous, practical, progressive, and ambitious, he proved equal to the tasks of every new responsibility which came to him, and he leaves a record of which family and friends may be justly proud."

In Masonry lie was a member of lodge, chapter, commandery, and temple, and was a member of the American Legion, the Congregational church, the Hickory Club, the Orange Gun Club, and the Orange Kiwanis Club. His widow, who was Miss Lucy S. Page of Haverhill, Mass., a son, Harlan, and a sister, Miss Dorene Thompson of Boston, survive him. The funeral service and burial were at Orange, Mass.

CLASS OF 1923

JoHN HAMILTON BURBOTTGHS was found dead on his chicken farm at North Danville, N. H., on the morning of April 13. He had been in poor health for some years, and had hoped to recover his strength on the farm he took over about a year ago. He had appeared to be gaining, but his brothers in Manchester, Robert ('21) and Henry ('31), failed to hear from him, and drove to the farm, where he lived alone, to discover if he were ill and needed assistance. They found his lifeless body, and a bottle of medicine, of which, no doubt, he had taken an overdose.

He was bom in Manchester, N. H., July 23, 1901, his parents being Sherman Everett (Dartmouth 1894) and Helen S. (Phillips) Burroughs. At the end of sophomore year he transferred to Leland Stanford, where he graduated in 1923. He had not married, and is survived by his mother and three brothers.

CLASS OF 1924

News has been received of the death of WENDELL PHILLIPS HOSLEY at Montevideo, Uruguay, on March 27. Death was due to injuries received from diving in shallow water. It is hoped to give a fuller notice in the next issue.

CLASS OF 1928

It is hardly possible that the class has not heard of DICK BLICKENSDEKFER'S tragic death on April 29 while shooting the rapids of the White River a few miles above White River Junction. To have this happen to one of us so soon after graduation has made the news all the more stunning—and to have it happen to Dick gives us much to think about.

He entered Dartmouth in our sophomore year, joined Phi Delta Theta, and played football. The latter interest, however, was subordinated to make way for his primary interest, medicine. To this he gave his entire energy with such wholeheartedness that the class lost to a degree his association. Yet to his associates he was one of the very bestforever cheerful, loyal, and ready to help—a rare privilege to have him as a friend. Already he was showing great promise as a student of medicine, with all the skill, personality, and attitude of mind of a great doctor.

The class will always remember Dick, and will realize in his going the loss of one of its finest.

Medical School

CLASS OF 1875

DR. CHAKLES PEASLEE FRENCH died at the town infirmary, Hanover, Mass., March 4, 1929.

The son of Dr. John Ordway (D.M.S. 1844) and Martha B. (Peaslee) French, he was born in Chesterfield, N. H., January 7, 1847. In 1855 the family removed to Hanover, Mass.

Dr. French studied medicine with his father and with his uncle, Dr. Samuel P. French (Dartmouth 1841), attending two courses of lectures at Dartmouth. He practised his profession for some years at Duxbury and Truro, Mass., but for the past thirty years he had led a roving life, regarding Hanover as his home.

CLASS OF 1878

DR. JAMES PARKHURST HOLT died at his home in Claremont, N. H., March 15, 1929. He had been nearly blind and in failing health for a number of years.

He was born in Claremont, June 19, 1858, the son of James and Maria (Parkhurst) Holt. His early education was obtained in the schools of Claremont, and he graduated from Stevens High School in 1873. He then worked in an uncle's drug store and studied medicine with Dr. Osmon B Way (D.M.S. 1866) of Claremont, attending two courses of lectures at Dartmouth.

After his graduation in November, 1877, he began practice in Claremont, but left in the fall of 1879 for Hartford, Conn., where he served in a hospital for six months as assistant and six months as house physician and surgeon. He then returned to Claremont and resumed practice. In May, 1884. he bought a half interest in the drug store in which he had earlier been employed, and the next year became sole proprietor. Failing health and impaired eyesight compelled his retirement after nine years. He was later able to take a position in the blueprint department of the Sullivan Machinery Company where he was employed for several years, until his eyesight again enforced retirement.

The local paper thus characterizes him: "Dr. Holt was possessed of extremely keen intellect, was well read, fond of music, and talented in many ways. In his younger days he was a leader in the social life of the town, and enjoyed the companionship of a wide circle of friends."

December 9, 1884, he was married to Helen Stevens of Brooklyn, N. Y„ who died four years ago. They had no children, and Dr. Holt left no near relatives.