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Class of 1873

THOMAS EDWARD CRAMER, whose death is here chronicled, was born in Montgomery, Ala., July 7, 1850, the son of John N. P. and Eliza A. B. (Anderson) Cramer. His father, a teacher and a part of his life a commission merchant, died when our classmate was young, and the mother moved to Poughkeepsie, N. Y., where Thomas prepared for college at Riverview Military Academy. From this school Adriance, Cramer, Ward, and Wright entered Dartmouth in the fall of 1869, and a fifth Poughkeepsie man, Snyder, a Civil War veteran, joined the other four as a member of the class of 1873.

Cramer was one of the most popular members of the class, always friendly with every one. He was a lover of outdoor life, always ready for a long hike over the roads or through the woods. At the close of junior year, according to a custom of those days, a White Mountain party with covered wagon, filled with tent, folding stove, blankets, and stores of food, took the road to Mount Washington, one driving while the rest walked, each driver stopping at the end of half an hour and waiting for the next in turn to come up. A comfortable house tent had been purchased at a U. S. Army sale of tents left over after the Civil War. Each day, after a tramp of twenty miles or more, with the permission of some farmer on a roadside field, or on the rear of some village hotel, the tent was pitched, the blankets laid, the horse fed, the two cooks ready with the "grub," and all sat down hungry and tired. In all of this expedition, Tom Cramer was chief cook, and Francis E. Clark his able assistant. (This F. E. Clark, by the way, was afterwards known over the world as the founder of the great Christian Endeavor movement.) At the close of college life, Tom, with five others of the class, spent two weeks camping at Nahant, and so fitly climaxed the four glorious years of college life.

True to his fixed purpose to enter upon a business career and with a love of the South, he went to Texas, where his older brother John was engaged in business. For a time, however, he engaged in teaching, but not for long. He and his brother invested money in land, upon which they built houses for sale. Then and for the remainder of his life he took a most active part in church work, became superintendent of the Presbyterian Sunday school, was soon elected an elder, and became one of the substantial citizens of Hearne, Texas. There he met with a great bereavement, his wife dying and leaving him with the care of four small children, two of them

twins, who however survived their mother only six months. From Hearne he moved to San Angelo, Texas, there with his brother John engaging in business. "In 1893 he married again. Moving soon to Cameron, Texas, after a brief residence there he settled in Santa Monica, Calif., where he remained for many years, his store being in Santa Monica, with his home at Redondo Beach, about twelve miles south. He began to write and publish certain brief tracts on religious subjects, and for years was not only active in business but a leading elder in the Presbyterian church and the teacher of a large class of men. Some of his addresses to these men were published. Still later we find him at Burbank, Calif., moving thence to 10450 Toothill Bouelvard, San Fernando, Calif. There on March 10, 1935, he died, of angina pectoris, fortunately without great suffering.

He married, November 14, 1876, Miss Emma J. Burt of Hearne, Tex. They had four children, Helen Symmes and Annie Melville, and then twins, who soon died. His wife died in 1882. June 21, 1893, he married Harriet Peck, who survives him. By his second wife he had three children, John H. P., Margaret Stewart, and Katherine E.

Incidentally it may be interesting to note that Mr. Cramer's son-in-law, Rev. E. W. Shurtleff, who married Helen Symmes Cramer, was pastor of a large Congregational church in Cleveland, Ohio, and afterwards pastor of the American Chapel in Paris, where he devoted himself assidu- ously to the care and comfort of American youth studying art or attending any of the professional schools. Mr. Shurtleff was the author of that great hymn, now found in many hymnbooks, whose first line is "Lead on, O King Eternal."

Class of 1894

WINTHROP PARKER, a member of this class in the Chandler School in freshman year, died suddenly of heart disease, at his home in Manchester, N. H., March 9, 1935.

The son of William McAfee and Susan (Judkins) Parker, he was born in Winchester, Mass., December 19, 1871. The family removed to Manchester, N. H., and he graduated from the high school of that city. In college he became a member of the Vitruvian fraternity (now Beta Theta Pi).

Soon after leaving college he entered the employ of the American Woolen Company, and for six years was superintendent for that company of the Queen City Mills in Burlington, Vt. He then returned to ManChester to become connected with the Amoskeag Manufacturing Company, and remained about 25 years with the company, being at the time of his retirement superintendent of cotton spinning. At the time of his death he held an important position in the manufacture of goods distributed through the ERA.

In April, 1929, he was appointed by Governor Tobey fish and game commissioner for New Hampshire, and held that position nearly four years. He was a Mason, being a member of lodge, council, commandery, and temple.

October 21, 1903, he was married to Estella Howard, who survives him, with their two children, Rosalind, now of Keene, N. H., a graduate of Smith College, and Winthrop Jr.

Class of 1898

ROBERT FISKE MARDEN died March 13, 1935, at Miami, Fla., following an operation for an acute infection of the appendix. He had been in Florida with Mrs. Marden since the middle of December, and classmates and friends who were with him reported that up to a few days before his death he had been in good health and full of the joy of living which characterized him.

"Bob," as he was known to his generation of Dartmouth men, was born in Lowell, Mass., June 14, 1876; son of George A. Marden, Dartmouth 1861, and Mary P. (Fiske) Marden; brother of Philip S. Marden, Dartmouth '94, now a trustee of the College. Bob was married June 12, 1901, to Ella B. Pote. He is survived by Mrs. Marden and two daughters, Dorothy Marden Fairbanks and Barbara Marden.

In college he was a member of the Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity and the Casque and Gauntlet senior society. During his senior year he was editor-in-chief of The Dartmouth. After graduation he engaged in the life insurance business until 1905, when he became associated with the Courier-Citizen of Lowell, which through the efforts of his father and of Edward T. Rowell, also of Dartmouth 1861, and their successors, has become a leading New England newspaper, the organization also operating the Courier Citizen Printing Co., one of the largest commercial printing establishments in New England. During these years Bob has been associated with his brother Phil, editor of the Courier-Citizen, and it is interesting to note that they have added to their official family Walter B. Reilly, Dartmouth 1911, and his two brothers. Their father was associated with Bob's father from the early beginnings of the organization. Bob was also interested as a partner in the firm of Marden & Murphy, real estate brokers, and president of Marden & Murphy, Inc., owners of industrial real estate. He was a director of the Appleton National Bank of Lowell, trustee of the Lowell Institution for Savings, and president of the Lowell Morris Plan Co.

His distinguishing characteristic, however, was his very great interest in all community affairs. While he held only two political offices—county commissioner of Middlesex county, by appointment for an unexpired term of seven months in 1913, and park commissioner for the city of Lowell from 1916 to the present time he had been a director of the Lowell Board of Trade, president of that body, and director of the succeeding organization, the Lowell Chamber of Commerce. He served as chairman of the Middlesex North Chapter of the Red Cross during the war, and in more recent years was a member of its directing board. He was chairman of the Liberty Loan drive when these bonds were sold in Lowell, with additional service in the same activity in the Middlesex district. He had taken an active part in local philanthropic organizations, having been a trustee of the Lowell Boys' Club, the Lowell General Hospital, and the Lowell Humane Society, president of the last named organization for five years.

He was a member of various Masonic organizations, an enthusiastic golfer, member of Vesper Country Club of Lowell, and of Longmeadow Club of Lowell.

Bob Marden, in college and out, always had a fine loyalty to every organization with which he was associated. He was tremendously interested in the College, a generous subscriber to all good causes, often giving financial help to boys struggling for an education or older men in distress, but more than that always putting himself in the place of the big brother.

Hundreds of friends and associates in his private life and public activities were present at his funeral. General recognition of the loss to the City of Lowell was expressed by the lowering of the flag to half staff on City Hall. As the editors of the Courier-Citizen well stated, to his inherited capacity for work he added a geniality and good nature which made association with him a delight, and few among us have ever revealed more genuine zeal for the advancement of whatever was for the common good.

Class of 1903

MAURICE HUSSEY AVERY, born in Nashua, N. H„ July 26, 1881, the son of Charles H. and Ida L. Avery, died in Washington, D. C. on March 24, 1935- He was born a descendant of distinguished Massachusetts colonists, graduated from Nashua, N. H., schools, from Dartmouth College in the class of 1903, from the New York State Library School in 1905, and immediately thereafter joined the staff of the Library of Congress in Washington, D. C. becoming an officer of the library and an expert in the rareties of the book world. In 1927 he married Evelyn Fant of Washington, and in the same year resigned his position in the library to devote himself to private research work in his chosen field. He was regarded as the greatest authority in this country on the values of books and of rare books. He was responsible for acquisition of many fine items in the library, including the John Boyd Thatcher collection on the French Revolution. He was a Scottish Rite Mason, a member of the Sons of the American Revolution, the University Club of Washington, and the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity, and is survived by his widow and his brother, Philip S. Avery of the class of 1909.

Class of 1905

REV, OWEN AUGUSTINE MCGRATH died March 30, 1935, at the hospital at Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, following an emergency operation for appendicitis. He had been in Prince Edward Island for nearly a month, conducting a series of Lenten missions.

Father McGrath was born in South Boston on December 27, 1882, the son of John McGrath. He attended the Thomas S. Hart School and Boston Latin School, where he prepared for Dartmouth College, which he entered with the class of 1905. At the Latin School he developed into a clever quarterback on the football eleven and a catcher on the baseball team, captaining both teams in his senior year. He made a good record in the same positions while he was in Dartmouth and also at the Catholic University at Washington, which he attended for five years after leaving Dartmouth in his junior year. He was ordained as a priest at St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York, after completing his studies for the priesthood, and he preached his first sermon at the Gate of Heaven church, South Boston, the church of his boyhood. More than 2500 persons, the majority of them personal friends and relatives, attended his first public mass, and received his blessing.

He was with the 345 th Field Artillery in France during the World War, but was returned to this country because of ill health after serving for a year. On his return he spent six months at the Walter Reed Hospital at Washington. He had served as chaplain in the United States Army in 1912, when he was stationed at Camp Travers, San Antonio, Texas. For many years he has been attached to the headquarters of the Paulist Mission Fathers in New York. As a missionary he traveled throughout the United States and Canada, preaching in hundreds of cities and towns, during his 26 years as a clergyman.

He was a member of the Dartmouth chapter of Theta Delta Chi, and an honorary member of the Michael J. Perkins Post of the American Legion, South Boston.

Funeral services were held at St. Cecilia's church, Back Bay, Boston, on April 3, the officiating clergymen being former classmates at the Boston Latin School, and members of the football team captained by Father McGrath at that school. The body was taken to New York for interment in the Paulist cemetery the following day.

Surviving relatives include a sister, Mrs. Clarence J. McGilvray, of Quincy, Mass., and two brothers, Thomas J., of Newton ville, Mass., and Coleman J., of Fresno Calif.

Class of 1913

LEON GILLETTE BIGELOW died in St. Paul, Minn., early Monday morning, March 18, 1935, from a heart ailment. He was born on April 8, 1890, in Chicago, Ill., the son of Herbert H. and Frances M. (Gillette) Bigelow. After graduating from St. John's Military Academy, he entered Dartmouth, and was captain of the freshman hockey team and on the varsity squad and the varsity football squad his sophomore and junior years. He was a member of Beta Theta Pi.

Upon graduation from Dartmouth with the class of 1913 he was associated with the Pioneer Co. of St. Paul for one year, and then with Brown & Bigelow from 1914 to 1920. He became president and general manager of the Minnesota Specialty Co., manufacturers, a Brown & Bigelow subsidiary, which was formed to take over the company's previously active cloth department. Bigelow continued the affairs of this company until the death of Mr. Ned Bailey, then president of the Quality Park Box and Envelope Co., whom he succeeded. He was a director of Brown & Bigelow and shareholder in all of the Bigelow estate enterprises.

He married Hazel M. FitzPatrick on November 1, 1916, and his son, Herbert H. Bigelow II, was born on May x, 1918. Both survive him.

"Big" was a loyal Dartmouth man, intensely interested in the class and a generous contributor to the Alumni Fund and class interests. Last January he wrote, All athletics, except an occasional game of golf, are now played from the softest bench obtainable." He will be greatly missed in the class.

Class of 1928

RICHARD HAMILTON NELSON died at Woodlawn Hospital, Chicago, Ill., December 7, 1934, of cancer of the pancreas, stomach, and liver.

He was born in Chicago, May 31, 1904, his parents being Albert Bernard and Edna Clare (Fox) Nelson, and prepared for college at Morgan Park High School in Chicago.

In July, 1928, he entered the employ of the First National Bank of Chicago, and continued in the trust department of the bank until October 19, 1934, when illness forced him to give up work. He had continued his education by attending evening classes at Northwestern University and at the American Institute of Banking. He had not married, and lived with his mother and brother at 7549 Essex Ave., Chicago. The burial on December 10, was at Mount Hope Cemetery, Chicago.

HENRY HENDERSON WHEELER was killed in an aeroplane accident January 13, 1935, while returning from Florida with the observation group of the Indiana National Guard, in which he was a lieutenant.

He was born in Indianapolis, Ind., January 16, 1907, the son of Homer Henderson and Altie Garver (Gladden) Wheeler. He prepared for college at Shortridge High School, Indianapolis. He was a member of Phi Delta Theta.

In February, 1926, he left college, and had since lived in Indianapolis, where he held the position of vice-president in charge of sales of the Artificial Ice Company of that city.

Class of 1929

BRUCE H. BENSON '29, died Saturday, March 30th, at the Northwestern Hospital, Minneapolis, while convalescing from an operation. He attended West High School in Minneapolis

before entering Dartmouth. While in college he was a member of the Musical Clubs, the Barbary Coast Orchestra, and Phi Delta Theta fraternity.

At the time of his death, Bruce was employed by the Northwest Bancorporation of Minneapolis.

He is survived by his wife, Florence, and an infant son, Bruce Hoyt Jr.; his parents Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Benson and a brother Robert, all of Minneapolis.

ALEXANDER SMETS DELANNOY BROOKS died in New York City, July 12, 1934, after an operation for appendicitis the day before.

The son of Otto and Alice Remshart (Delannoy) Bruch, he was born in Boston, Mass., August 3, 1908, and prepared for college at Dean Academy, Franklin, Mass. He was with the class only through the first semester of freshman year.

After leaving college he took a business position in Boston, and studied at the night classes of Boston University. Later he removed to New York, and attended evening classes at Columbia University. The business depression affected his prospects, but some time before his death he had acquired a promising position with a commission firm, John A. Graham & Co.

His hobby was hiking, and he belonged to three hiking clubs. He was a great lover of nature, and always liked to be out of doors, in the fields or on the mountains. He was of quiet manner, but made many friends. His father survives him, his mother having died in his early childhood.

Class of 1931

WILLIAM BARBOUR DUDDY III died in Philadelphia, Pa., March 12, 1935. He was born in Philadelphia, December

8, 1908, the son of William B. Jr. and Grace (Barber) Duddy. He prepared for college at Bridgeport, Conn., High School and Battin High School, Elizabeth, N. J. He was a member of Delta Tau Delta, and left college in February, 1930. Since leaving college he has been in poor health and unable to enter upon regular work.

Class of 1878

DR. JOHN HENRY DEARBORN died June 17, 1934, at the Hayden Home for the Convalescent, Sharon, Mass.

He was born at East Candia, N. H., May 23, 1855, the son of John C. and Mary A. (Griffin) Dearborn. He received his preliminary education at the public schools of Candia and at New Hampshire Conference Seminary at Til ton. He pursued his medical studies with Dr. True M. Gould, D. M. S. 1855, taking lectures at Dartmouth and Bellevue.

In June, 1878, he began the practice of his profession in Kingston, N. H., whence he not long after removed to Rochester. In 1882 he removed to Beverly, Mass., and in 1900 to Salem, Mass., where he remained until his retirement on account of age and infirmity. On May 16, 1938, his 50th anniversary as a practitioner was celebrated by a banquet at the Essex House in Salem.

Dr. Dearborn was town physician in Beverly in 1888, 1889, and 1890, a member of the board of health in 1891 and 1892, being chairman in the latter year, and an alderman in the first city government in 1895. He was a member of Masonic lodge and commandery.

In 1903 he was married to Lucy Ropes Goodell of Salem, who died in 1913. They had no children.

Class of 1888

DR. GEORGE WALLACE RAWSON died at his home in Amherst, Mass., December 26, 1934, after an illness of several weeks. He had been in failing health for about a year.

The son of Hervey Elmon and Bethia (Hayward) Rawson, he was born in Keene, N. H., July 28, 1861, and attended Kimball Union Academy at Meriden.

Obtaining his medical degree in November, 1887, he was first an interne at Deer Island Hospital, Boston harbor, and then was assistant superintendent of the Dorchester Asylum in Boston. He entered upon private practice at Hillsboro Bridge, N. H., in 1890, whence he removed to Amherst in 1893. There he had been a well known and highly respected physician, and had held various positions of trust, such as school physician, member of the draft board at the time of the World War, and as medical examiner for the Third Hampshire District. He was a member of the Masonic order and of the Eastern Star.

In October, 1889, Dr. Rawson was married to Cynthia J. Flint, who died in September, 1905. November 28, 1906, he was married to M. Constance Lawless of Ottawa, Ont., who survives him. There are no children, and his nearest surviving relatives are two nephews and a niece.

Class of 1896

DR. AUGUSTINE JOSEPH MOLLOY died at his home in Bayonne, N. J., February 23, 1935, after a month's illness.

Dr. Molloy was born in Brooklyn, N. Y„ March 13, 1872, and received his preliminary education in the public schools of that city. His connection with Dartmouth was limited to his final course of medical lectures in the fall of 1895, at the close of which, in November, he received his degree. He also studied at the College of Physicians and Surgeons of New York.

He specialized in diseases of the eye, ear, nose, and throat, and maintained an office in Brooklyn until 1916, the date of his removal to Bayonne.

He married Jacqueline Borgmeyer, who survives him, with two sons and a daughter.

ADOLPH SIMON OCHS, the eminent publisher of the New York Times, who was a recipient of the degree of Doctor of Laws in 193 a, died suddenly from a cerebral hemorrhage in Chattanooga, Tenn., April 8, 1935.

The son of Julius and Bertha (Levy) Ochs, he was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, March is, 1858. The family early removed to Knoxville, Tenn., and he attended the common schools there. At the age of eleven he began his business career as newsboy and printer's apprentice. Four years later he was promoted to the grade of newspaper compositor, and worked at the case for four years. In 1878 he became owner and publisher of the Chattanooga Times, of which he was proprietor for the rest of his life. The great work of his life began in 1896, when he became publisher and controlling owner of the New York Times, a paper then in a critical condition but destined to become under Mr. Ochs' management one of the greatest newspaper enterprises of America. In 1901 he purchased the Philadelphia Times and in 1906 the Public Ledger of the same city, consolidating the two. In 1912 he sold his interests here to Cyrus H. K. Curtis. Since 1900 he had been a director and member of the executive committee of the Associated Press. He was a member of the American Philosophical Society and a Commander ©£ the Legion of Honor of France.

To his high ability was added the highest type of probity and devotion to duty. The large wealth which he acquired found many philanthropic uses. He made possible the publication of the Dictionary of American Biography by making $500,000 available to the American Council of Learned Societies for the preparation of manuscript. He initiated and organized a $5,000,000 endowment fund for the Hebrew Union College of Cincinnati. He was the originator and founder of the Chattanooga-Lookout Mountain Park.

February 28, 1883, he was married to Effie Miriam, daughter of Rev. Isaac M. Wise, who survives him, with their daughter, Iphigene Bertha, now Mrs. Arthur Hays Sulzberger.

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