OF TP OF THE CLASS OF 1844; FRO31 184A TO 1 8 5 4, WVITH A NOTICE OF TIlE ]cennial tr-tnian at wattc 2i{e;t THURSDAY JULY 27, 1854. PUBLISHED FOR THE USE OF THE CLASS. PHIL AD E LPHI A: PRINTED BY ISAAC ASHMEAD. 1854. OF THE CLASS OF 1844;FROM 18]44 TO 1 8 5 4 WITH A NOTICE OF THE lercnnaal ge-nnio at ~ate (~~1ege, THURSDAY JULY 27, 1854. PUBLISHED FOR THE USE OF THE CLASS. PHILADELPHIA: PRINTED BY ISAAC ASHMEAD. 1854. CLASS OF 1844. IN accordance with custom, and the resolution of the meetingof 1847, a Decennial re-union of the class of 1844 took place in New Haven, at the College Commencement of 1854. A preliminary meeting having been held at 2 o'clock, P. M,, on Wednesday, July 26th, arrangements were made for securing a room at the Tontine Hotel; and between nine and ten o'clock in the evening of Thursday the 27th, twenty-six members of the class were assembled around the supper-table. Six who had been with us during the day, were unable to remain. to the entertainment.,Had they been present, our number would have been thirty-two. On motion, Robert F. Fisk was called to the Chair, and presided during the session. The divine blessing having been invoked upon our' joyful assembling after years of separation, a sufficient attention was given to the first item,-the Supper, — which was well seasoned with reminiscences and jokes, and witticisms that bore us back to the olden time. This over, we proceeded to business. The office of Class Secretary having been left vacant by the death of William H. Elliott, John W. Dulles was chosen to that office, and directed to draw up an abstract report of the narratives of the class, and to have it printed. To meet this expense a contribution was made by those present. A vote of thanks was passed to T. M. Thompson for his kindness in acting as Secretary pro tem., during the past year; and a collection made to defray the expenses incurred by him in the call of the meeting. It having been brought to the notice of the class that eight of our number have been removed by death since the last meeting of the class in the year 1847, Messrs. Stanley, Dulles, and Belden were directed to draw up suitable resolutions, and send them to the friends of the deceased. The following resolutions were presented and approved. 4 Resolved, That the class of 1844 would record with unfeigned sorrow, the death of our classmates, Messrs. Oswin H. Doolittle, William H. Elliott, William H. Guernsey, Samuel D. Marsh, Alexander F. Olmsted, Hollis Russell, William Smith, and James E. Yan Bokkelen, whilst recognizing in these sad events the hand of Almighty God, whose fiat none may resist, and to whom we bow with reverence and submission. Resolved, That in these several losses, we sustain a personal loss of those who were kind and faithful friends, and who reflected honor upon our class and our Alma Mater; and that we hold them in continued remembrance, whilst striving to imitate their virtues. Resolved, That we deeply sympathize with the surviving companions, children, parents, and near relatives of the deceased; and that we commend them to the consolations of the word of God, and the Christian hopes in which these our friends have departed rejoicing in the assurance of another and a better life. Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be sent to the families and immediate relations of the deceased. The eight above named, in addition to Denison Olmsted, and Henry C. Birdseye, previbusly recorded, make ten deaths from our ranks-just one for each year since graduation-and leave, so far as we are informed, ninety-four survivors of the class of 1844. The meeting now proceeded to its chief business; that of calling the roll, and ascertaining as far as could be gathered from those present, the fortunes, residence, family, &c., of each member of the class. Several who Mwere unable to be present reported themselves by letter; and others verbally by class-mates who had lately visited them. On the whole the information gathered was quite full, and very satisfactory. Our class seems to be doing credit to itself, honor to old Yale, and good to our country. The deaths reported though more than we could wish, and sad to the survivors, have not exceeded the ordinary ratio of mortality; and have been accompanied by the unspeakable consolation of the Christian's hope. Death could hardly have taken ten members of our company, whose lives would have left us less to regret; and, though their character as educated Christian men makes their loss the greater, it takes all bitterness from the sorrow of their friends. Nine of the ten were professors of religion in evangelical churches; and four of them ministers of the Gospel; one, a missionary to the heathen. The narrations were full of interest, and occupied the whole night. Towards five o'clock of -Friday morning, the roll was finished; and having resolved to meet again in 1.859, we adjourned to the college yard. There, in the dawn of an exquisitely lovely summer day, beneath the noble old elms that never looked more beautiful, we sang together some wellremembered college songs, and, closing with "'AULD LANG SYNE," bade farewell to each other for five years to come. Those present at this meeting found it so delightful to greet old and loved friends, that they will not fail to make an effort to renew this pleasure, if their lives are spared, in 1859; and they earnestly recommend to those who were unable to attend this gathering, that they do not fail, if possible, to be present at that time. The Secretary in sending out this report to the members of the Class, regrets that it is not more complete; and yet congratulates himself and the class, upon the large number of facts ascertained. By quite an extensive correspondence, he has gathered much infOrmation not given at the class meeting. Should his life be spared, he will endeavor to make the returns still more complete at the time of our next gathering. It will be a matter of no small interest, even to those less personally acquainted with the subjects of this record, to be able at the end of thirty or forty years, to trace the course of more than a hundred young men, graduated at Yale College in 1844. To those of us who survive, such a record will be of the deepest interest. The Secretary would request therefore, that those who discover any errors or deficiencies in that which relates to themselves, would report them withzout delay. And also, that if any such errors or deificiencies in the accounts given of others, not likely to see the report, are noticed, that they should be made known to the Secretary. And farther, that any events of interest in the personal history of members, should be reported upon their occurrence. Letters should be directed to John W. Dulles, Philadelphia, Pa. Any one wishing an additional copy of the report, will receive it on making the fact known, as a number will be reserved for future calls. In reply to several who had not an opportunity to join in the pleasures and contributions of the late meeting, and who have by letter expressed a desire to bear a share in the expense of printing and circulating these statistics, it may be stated that the fifty dollars collected in New Haven, will nearly, if not quite cover these expenses. Hoping to meet many of you in 1859, and wishing to each prosperity, temporal and eternal, I am your friend and classmate, JOHN W. DULLES, Class Secretary. STATISTICS. Number graduated, - 104 As to the professions followed, Deceased, - - 10 Lawyers, - - - 37 Present at Commencement, Doctors, - - - - 13 1854, - - - - 32 Ministers, - - - - 26 Mlarried, (including Widow- Teachers and Professors, - 9 ers,) - - - - 60 Farmers and Planters, - 7 Single, - - - - 33 Engaged in Business, ManuUnknown, - - - - 11 factures, Literature, &c., 11 Number of children, as far as Unknown, - 1 known, - - - 85 Of whom there have died, - 12 Total, - 104 Names of the deceased marked *. Of those attending the commencement of 1.854 t-. CLASS OF 1844. t MARSHALL B. ANGIER.' Southborough, Mass. Spent four years in the study of Theology, at the Union Theological Semlinary, New York City, and at Princeton. Of the remaining six years, three have been spent in preaching in Massachusetts, and three in preaching in New Hampshire. He is now settled in Hopkinton, N. H. Is still unmarried. ISAAC ATWATER. Homer, N. Y. After graduation, spent a year in teaching in Macon, Ga. Returning to the North, he studied law in the Yale Law School, and in the office of Robert Benner7 Esqc., in the city of New York. He is now practising law in St. Paul's, 3Minnesota; where, we were informed, he is at the head of his profession. [n 1849, he married in Homer, N. Y., and in' 1850 removed to the West. Has had two children, of whom one died. t EDWARD H. AVERY. Columbus, N. Y. In 1844-1845-1846, taught in Georgia. In 1847 returned to his native state, and entered the law office of Clark and Underwoodl, in Auburn, N. Y. In Nov. 1848, was admitted to the bar. In 1849 and 1850, resided in Dansville and Bath. In 1851, went to Auburn, where he is now practising law. On MIay 5th, 1852, was married to Susan Taylor of Brooklyn, L. I., and has one son. - F1REDERICKI D. AVERY. Ledyard, Ct. Studied theology at the Yale Theological Seminary from 1844.to 1847, and was licensed to preach, August 13th, 1847. After supplying a church in Eden, N. Y., for a year and a half, was called to the Congregational Church in Coluabia, Ct., where he was ordained, June 11th, 1850; and still resides and preaches. Was married to Julia M. Smith of New Haven, on March 12th, 1849. Has no children. SAMUEL A. BADGER. Kittery, Me. After spending-two years in travel and study, commenced business in Portsmouth, N. H., where he continued until 1852, when he removed to New York, where he was- a commission merchant until February, 1854. At this time an opportunity offered of entering upon a profitable business in Detroit, where he now resides; and is one of the proprietors of a steam furniture manufacturing establishment. In the year 1849-1850, he was a member of the New Hampshire Legislature, and whilst in Portsmouth held other posts of honor and trust. Hie was married August 30th, 1847, and has one childl; a boy born October 4th, 1848. - MYRON BARRETT. Northeast, Dutchess Co., N. Y. After teaching for three years in Columbus, Ga., studied theology in New York, in the years 1848-1849-1850, and in Princeton, in 1851. He then went to Pontiac, Michigan. In 18521853, he supplied the pulpit of the Rev. Dr. Duffield in D)etroit. Was ordained February 1853, at Detroit; and in the spring of 1854 accepted a call to settle over a Presbyterian church in New.ton, Sussex Co., N. J., where he is pleasantly situated in a promising field of labor. Is unmarried. ABRAHAM B. BATTERSON. Coxsackie, N. Y. Studied law in New York; ands was admitted to the bar, M~ay 14th, 1847. He commenced the practice of law, but did not persevere in it long. After performing the duties of clerk on a North River steamboat for a while, he went to the " Great West;" and in Iowa fell in with 3Mershon, by whom he was reported as little changed since graduation. He is now studying medicine in Cincinnati. Unmarried. t DELOs W. BEADLE. St. Catherines, Canada West. After graduation pursued the study of law for a year in St. Catherines, Canada West, with Lorenzo D. Raymond, Esq. In the autumn of 1845, went to Toronto, and there studied law in the University of King's College. Having become disgusted with colonial government, he concluded to leave the Province, and in 1846 entered the law school of Harvard College. After receiving the degree of Bachelor of Laws, in the summer of 1547, he removed to the city of New York, where he has since practised law. He was admitted to the bar in April 1848; and on May 1st opened his office. The clients who were at first few and far between, grew more numerous; and he is now doing "a living business." Beadle is the author of a popular legal treatise. He was married October 7th, 1852, to Harriet C. Steele of Windsor, Vt. Has no children. ? E. PORTER BELDEN. Wethersfield, Ct. Has been engaged since the completion of his " Models of New Haven and New York," in general literary pursuits, contributing to periodical literature, writing books, &c. He has resided in New York, and Sing Sing, (outside however, he assures us, of the prison walls,) and is building at Ossaning, in the neighborhood of the latter place. Was married to Eliza A. Hallock of New Haven, August 21st, 1848, and has one daughter. RICHARD D. S. BELL. Columbus, Ga. After graduation studied law; was admitted to the bar, and commenced practice in Columbus. In January, 1851, he relinquished law for planting, and now resides in Society Hill, Macon Co., Alabama. Was married May 21st, 1850, and has two boys.;t HENRY C. BIRDSEYE was born in Pompey, N. Y., July 18, 1823. After graduation he taught school for some months in Old Milford, Ct. With a feeble constitution and delicate health, he became quite nervous, though he struggled to prevent the infirmities of his body from effecting his temper and disposition. Hle commenced the study of the law in Albany, but in February, 1847, before completing his studies, was attacked by the typhus fever, and after a few days' illness died on the 19th of February, 1847. Conscious of his approaching dissolution, he was calm and collected, and resigned his soul to his Maker with full confidence in the merits of his Redeemer. It is an interesting fact, that Birdseye died a martyr to humanity. Hearing that disease was prostrating members of his father's family, he hastened to them; and with a full consciousness of the danger he incurred, devoted himself day and night to nursing the sick. He contracted the disease from which the objects of his'affection were restored; himself to fall before its attack. But the summons did not find him unprepared. EDWARD BISSELL. Toledo, Ohio. In August, 1844 commenced the study of law at Cambridge. In February, 1846 continued this study in Galveston, Texas; and in May of the same year volunteered as a private in the first regiment of Texas riflemen. The regiment was disbanded at Camargo, in September, 1846; and he returned to Galveston. In July, 1847, he returned to Toledo, where he was admitted to the bar in 1848. Since the spring of 1852 he has given up his profession on 2 10 account of ill health, and spent much of his time in travelling. Is now (August, 1854,) at Jacksonville, Florida; with health somewhat improved; and hopes to return to Ohio, the coming spring. Is unmarried. t CHARLES W; BLENCOE. Leesburgh, Va. Having completed his law studies and been admitted to the bar in Leesburgh, was engaged for some years in family affairs. He is now practising law in Alexandria, D. C. Is still unmarried; but as there are no hinderances in the way of his now giving his attention to this important matter, will, it is hoped, soon forsake the path of " single blessedness." t WILLIAM E. BOIES. Charleston, S. C. After leaving Kentucky, where he taught, studied theology at Lane Seminary, Cincinnati. He is now preaching at Longmeadow, Mass., and vicinity. Is unmarried. EDWARD A. BREED. Charlestown, Mass. Has been engaged in mercantile pursuits since graduation. In 1845-1846-1847, visited Australia, New Zealand, Manilla, and China. About 1850, was an engineer on the Boston Water-Works. Is now a merchant in San Francisco, Cal. SAMUEL M. BROWN. Fair Haven, Ct. Lives at Fair Haven, and is said to be engaged in quarrying stone. HENRY M. BUEL. Litchfield, Ct. After completing his medical studies, entered the New York Hospital, where he continued until 1849. He then took charge of the Insane Asylum at Flushing, L. I. In the spring of 1854, he returned to Litchfield, his native place. Is unmarried. t EDWIN A. BULKLEY. Charleston, S. C. Graduated at the Union Theological Seminary, and settled as Pastor of a Congregational church in Geneva, N. Y., in 1847, having been ordained October 11th of that year. He left Geneva in the spring of 1850, and having received a call from the church in Groton, MIass., accepted it, and has remained there until the present time. Was married Sept. 27th, 1848, to Catharine Oakley of Huntington, L. I., and has two sons and a daughter. JAMES S. BS. u Rochester, N. Y. After having commenced the practice of law in Rlochester, left the profession to make preparation for taking orders in the Episcopal church. Has been married, but lost his wife and child. 11 HENRY BYNE. Augusta, Ga. Of Byne's history nothing is known. CHARLES H. CAMP. New Preston, Ct. Graduated at Union Theological Seminary, N. Y., in 1847; in which year he turned his face westward, and settled in Genesee, twenty-five miles west of Milwaukee, as pastor of a Congregational church. In 1853 he removed to Sheboygan, Wis., to take charge of the Congregational church in that place. Being prevented by the circumstances of his family, from attending the meeting, he sent his cordial greeting by letter. He was married in October 1847, to Miss E. J. Whittlesey, of New Britain, Ct., and has a son and a daughter. t NATHAN C. CHAPIN. Hartford, Ct. After teaching in Mississippi and New England, studied theology at the Union Theological Seminary, New York. In 1849 went to Milwaukee, and preached for a year; then to Watertown, where he preached until January, 1854; when he came to New York, and entered the rooms of the American Home Missionary Society, as an assistant to the Secretaries. He is now without regular employment, having left the Mission Rooms. Unmarried, but with prospects of a change for the better in this respect. JOHN T COIT. Buffalo, N. Y. Studied theology at Andover, and in Geneva, Switzerland. He is now residing in Buffalo, and preaching in that city and the neighborhood. Is unmarried. AuGUSTUS A. COLEMAN. Camden, S. C. Was practising law in Cahawba, Dallas Co., Alabama, but his present residence not certainly known. Said to be married. t THERON G. COLTON. Westford, N. Y. Completed his studies in the Theological Seminary at New Haven, in 1848; and preached in North Haven, where he was ordained Sept. 25th, 1849, until Sept. Ist, 1851. On Sept. 3rd, 1851, was settled in Ware, Mass., where his experience has been pleasant especially during the last six months. Was married Sept. 23rd, 1849 to Jane Harwood. IHas two children, a boy and a girl. CHARLES H. CRANE. Norfolk, Va. Having graduated at the Harvard Medical School, entered the U. S. Army, as Assistant Surgeon. He is now stationed in California, and doing well in his profession. Supposed to be unmarried. JAMES L. CUNNINGHAM. Fayetteville, Ga. Studied law, and is supposed to be.practising his profession in his native State. 12 t CHRIsTOPHER CusHING. South Scituate, Mass. Studied theology at Yale and Andover. He was preaching for some time to a church in Boston; but is now pastor in North Brookfield, Mass., and maintains a high rank in the ministry. Was' married Sept. 23rd, 1847, to Mary Frances Choate. Has had three children, of whom two survive. - JOHN A. DANA. Princeton, Mass. Was admitted to the bar, January 24th, 1848; and has since practised his profession in Worcester, Mass. He was appointed trial justice in July, 1850; but the office has been abolished. Having attained to the honorable rank of Major, as judge advocate in the Massachusetts troops, he sports moustache and beard. Is unmarried. * OsWIN H. DOOLITTLE. Wallingford, Ct. Resided in Wallingford, and afterwards in North Haven. He was a farmer and successful politician; having been twice sent to the Connecticut Legislature, and distinguished himself as a debater. His health, never robust, was broken by an attack of the measles; and he died of lung fever in July, 1850. He had been for many years a professor of religion. The funeral services were conducted by our classmate Colton, and attended by Elliot and Macy. t JOHN W. DULLES. Philadelphia, Pa. After pursuing the study of medicine in 1844-1845, in the University of Pennsylvania, entered the Union Theological Seminary in New York, in January, 1846. Completed his theological studies in New York, in the spring of 1848; was ordained October 2nd, 1848, and on October 10th, sailed from Boston to Madras, South India, as a missionary of the American Board of Foreign Missions. He labored among the Hindus, until compelled by loss of voice and health, to return to America; reaching Boston in March, 1853. Is now unable to preach, and has entered upon the duties of a secretary of the American Sunday-school Union, Philadelphia. Office, at the Society's house, No. 316 Chestnut street; where he will be happy to see any member of the class passing through the city. Was married Sept. 20th, 1848, to Harriet L. Winslow, daughter of the Rev. M. Winslow of Madras, at Bloomingdale, N. Y. Y. Has four sons. HENRY P. DUNCAN. Natchez, Miss. Is now residing opposite to Natchez, on the Mississippi river; spending his summers at the North. 13 Was married to Mary Sargeant of Philadelphia, October 6th, 1847. Has no children.' WILLIAM H. ELLIOT. New Haven, Ct. Completed his law studies in December, 1847, and commenced to practise in New Haven, but was compelled to travel for his health, and died of yellow fever, at Santa Cruz, December 8th, 1852. He was a consistent Christian, and member of the Episcopal Church. Was married June 5th, 1849, and had one son. SOLOMON R. EMERSON. Norfolk, Ct. Studied law in Albany, N. Y., and was admitted to the bar in 1847. He has since practised law in New York City, with some wanderings; and is reported as being but little changed, since the days of'44. Is unmarried. JOHN H. FELDER. Orangeburgh, S. C. After graduation studied law; and for two or three years practised in Orangeburgh. Since then he has turned his attention from Blackstone and Co. to mother earth, and her gifts, and devoted himself to planting. Was elected last year, to the Legislature of South Carolina. Is unmarried. ORRIS S. FERRY. Bethel, Ct. Was admitted to the bar, in August 1847; and has continued the practice of his profession, since that time, at his residence in Norwalk, Ct. Was married May 1847, to Charlotte E. Bissell of Norwalk, and has one child, a daughter. t ROBERT F. FISK. Cambridge, Mass. Studied law at Cambridge, and was admitted to the blar, in February, 1848, but has not made its practice his profession. Has been engaged in mercantile pursuits in Boston. Was married to Narcissa P. Whittemore, of New Haven, June 16th, 1847. Has lost one child, and has two boys living. t SAMUEL A. FISK. Cambridge, Mass. Studied medicine in Boston and Philadelphia, receiving his M. D. from the University of Pennsylvania, in 1846; and settled in Northampton, Mass. Was married to Harriet B. Bininger, of Northampton, June 5th, 1851. No children. THADDEUS FOOTE. Southwick, Mass. Studied law in Fairfield, Ct., and in the Dane Law School, Harvard. Was admitted to the bar, April 9th, 1847; and has practised law in Canfield, Ohio. 14 Was married to Harriet AI. Betts, of Southwick, Mass., lay 31st, 1847. CIHARLES FOSTER. Lansinburgh, N. Y. In October, 1847, was admlitted to the practice of law in the State of New York. But soon after being advised to an active out-door life for his health, undertook the trade of buying and selling stock; (' animal, not fancies;") and continued it, until January, 1853, driving flocks of sheep, and herds of cattle from Lake Erie to the Hudson. Is now practising law in Cortland, N. Y. Being unable to appear in person, he sent a letter to the class meeting as a substitute. WVas married October 13th, 1853, in Cortland, N. Y. WAIT R. GRISWOLD. Wethersfield, Ct. Has been engaged in teaching in different places. Was married in 1846, to Mliss Roberts, of Bristol, Ct. In 1847 had one child. His wife has since died. * WILLIAM 1H. GUERNSEY. Litchfield, Ct. Graduated at the Auburn Theological Seminary, in June, 1847; and was ordained at Oriskany, Oneida Co., N. Y., where he preached for sorne time. His health failing, he went to the South; where he died in the spring of 1850, leaving a wife and child. HENRY H. HAIGHT. Rochester, N. Y. Studied law in Rochester, and St. Louis, Mo., where he was admitted to the bar, in july, 1847. He soon however removed to San Francisco, where he has done well. In May of the present year, he returned to the East, but goes again to California, in the Autumn. Is unmarried. t ALFRED HASBROUCK. New Paltz, N. Y. Received the degree of 31. D., in New York, in 1848. He has resided and practised mzaedicine in Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Was married September 28th, 1848, to Margaret A. Mlanning, and has three children, two girls and a boy. JOHN JACKSON. Malden, Mass. Has studied theology, taught, and engaged in the collection of statistics. He resides in Boston, and is now at work upon the census. Is unmarried. WILLIAM C. KAIN. Trafalgar, Tenn. Studied law for two years, and was admitted to the bar, in Knoxville, Tenn. Then coming to New Haven for a wife, returned and commenced farming. This he continued for three years, when he re 15 moved to Knoxville, and has resided there since that time, practising law and dealing in land warrants. Was married June 24th, 1846, to Mary A. Austin, of New Haven. Has one child. HENRY KINNEY. Amenia, N. Y. Studied theology in New York, and was ordained as a missionary to the Sandwich Islands, July 7th, 1847. He left for his field of labor the following winter, and has since been engaged in the missionary work, in the Sandwich Islands. Was married to Maria L. Walsworth, of West Bloomfield, N. Y., September 6th, 1847. Has children. ALEXANDER C. LANIER. Madison, Indiana. Engaged in business in New York, in connection with the firm of Lanier, Winslow and Co. Travelled in Europe, where he was met by Norton at Geneva. Is reported as now residing in Madison, Indiana, of the Legislature of which State, he has been a member. t IRA LEwIS. Lewisville, Canada. Studied law in King's College, Toronto, receiving the degree of B. C. L., in 1848. Since that time has resided in Godrich, the west end of Canada West, (156 miles from Buffalo,) practising law, and has prospered. Was married in 1849, to Julia L. Dwight, of New Haven, M{ershon officiating, and has one child, a boy. CHARLES LITTLE. Columbia, Ct. Studied theology in New York, and New Haven; and was ordained September 1st, 1847. IIHe was married to Amelia M. Newton, on the 29th of September, and sailed for Madras, December 4th, of the same year; reaching his station at Madura, South India, May 11th. On July 18th, lMrs. Little was removed by death. He continued the missionary wook, until January 1852, when failing health called for a visit to America. He was married September 15th, 1853, to Susan Robbins, of Brockport, N. Y., and with restored health, sailed a second time from Boston, October 27th, 1853. He arrived at Madras, March 20th, 1854; and writes thence to the class, presenting his affectionate greetings, with the prayer that we may meet an unbroken band, where sorrow and death enter not. His field of labor is in the district of Madura. JOSEPH LOVELL. Washington, D. C. Was admtitted to the bar in New York, in 1847, and has practised law in that city with 16 great success. Office, 5 New street. Having been called to go to Great Britain on legal business, was prevented meeting with the class, but appeared by letter. Is unmarried and disengaged, but has good intentions, and does not despair. CHARLES R. LYNDE. Homer, N. Y. Studied law in Brooklyn, from graduation until 1847; when he commenced the practice of his profession in that city, and has done well. Is unmarried. t WILLIAM ALLEN MACY. New York City. After studying theology for a year in New Haven, sailed for Hong Kong, to act as a missionary teacher in the school of the Morrison Education Society. He was here joined by his mother. The school was given up in 1849; and his lother's health failing, he returned soon after to America, leaving China December 1, 1849. He completed his theological studies at New Haven, in 1852. The death of his mother having removed the only obstacle to his return to China, he was ordained January 28th, 1854, in Centre Church, New Haven, (Dulles taking part in the services,) and expects to sail for his field of labor in the Autumn. Is unmarried. CHARLES A. MAISON. Poughkeepsie, N. Y. In the fall of 1844, his health not being good, he went to North Carolina; where in connection with his duties as private tutor, he studied theology, as a candidate for orders in the Protestant Episcopal Church. In the fall of 1845, he entered the Gen. Theological Seminary in New York City, intending to finish his course of studies there; but his health again took him to North Carolina, in 1846; where he completed his third year; and in October, 1847, he was admitted to Deacon's orders, in St. Luke's Church, New York. He resided in Edenton, N. C., and was there admitted to Priest's orders, in April, 1849. In August of the same year, he was married to a young lady of New York City, daughter of P. H. Holt, Esq., with whom he returned to N. C. He had charge of two parishes, Windsor and Williamston, on the Roanoke, from October, 1850, to January, 1852. Then, after a few month's residence in New York City, he became Rector of St. Paul's Church on Staten Island, N. Y., where he now resides. He has a family of three children, one son and two daughters; who are thought to bear a striking resemblance to their father; and who would 17 undoubtedly join him in welcoming any of his college friends, and classmates to his quiet home. VIRGIL M. D. MARCY. Cold Spring, N. J. Studied medicine in New Haven, and in Baltimore, where he received his MI. D., in 1847. He commenced the practice of medicine in Gloucester Co., Va., after a few months spent at Cape May. But in September 1849 returned to Cape May, where he has since practised medicine very successfully. Was married October 19th, 1848, to Mary Jane Bennett, and has two sons. * SAMUEL D. MARSH. Was born in Ware, Mass., November 28, 1817, where he was hopefully converted in 1835, and joined the Congregational Church the subsequent year; graduated at Yale College in 1844; studied theology at Union and New Haven Theological Seminaries; was ordained at Ware Village, September 9, married Mary S. Skinner, of New Haven, Ct., August 31, and embarked for the mission among the Zulus in South Africa, October 28, 1847; where he arrived the 20th of the January following; and died December 11, 1853; having been engaged in active missionary service, a little short of six years. The early years of his life were spent in diligent labors on his father's farm; but no sooner had he learned the true end of existence, than he longed to promote the end for which Christ laid down his life. It was this that led him to enter on a course of liberal study. It was his cherished hope from the beginning, that he might be privileged to preach the Gospel among the heathen. A nine years' course of study had no influence in weakening these feelings. Having finished his preparatory labors, he offered himself as a missionary to the American Board of Foreign Missions; and sailed with his wife for South Africa, in the fall of 1847. It was with great joy that he arrived at the scene of his future hardship and toils. Every thing in nature had for him a pleasant aspect. Man was indeed vile, but he knew this before he came, and was amongst them that he might proclaim the gospel which alone can raise the degraded from their vileness. He saw with deep emotions of joy, that this work had already begun at some stations among the Zulus, and labored cheerfully and hopefully among these degraded 3 18 heathen, that they might be raised from this darkness and degradation. His home was in a fair spot amid the hills of South Africa, where it was his hope to see a Christian village form around him, corresponding to the loveliness of nature, which every where delighted his eye. His labors for this were untiring, and doubtless hastened his death, which occurred in December 1853, after an unusually painful illness of two months. It did not meet him unawares. " For some time previous to his sickness," says a friend, " his thoughts and reading had been turned to this subject, and when he was obliged to take his bed, his own conviction was, that he should never recover. During most of his sickness his mind wandered, but even then, scarcely less than during his lucid moments, his thoughts and conversation were on heave nly subjects. At times in the midst of his pains, he would break out with the exclamation-' Why do I linger here?' and once, when I told him it seemed the will of God that he should glorify him by suffering, he said-' Oh yes, it is all right; Heavenly Father, thy will be done.' When allusion was made to leaving his wife and child, he replied-' I have no concern for themthe Lord can takle better care of them than I can.' Once I remember he clasped his hands and prayed most fervently that God would make him grateful for sending him so many kind friends to take care of him in his sickness, and that he might be patient and submissive under all his sufferings. Occasionally, he sang as long as his strength would allow, such hymns as,'Jerusalem, my happy home;''Majestic sweetness sits enthroned,' &c. Once he repeated, Hangs my helpless soul on Thee!' I said,' Do you feel it safe to hang on Christ?' He replied,'Yes, perfectly safe, perfectly safe.' "His end was calm and peaceful; without a struggle his soul passed sweetly into the arms of his Saviour.'The good pilot,' as he called the Saviour, just before his departure, did not leave him alone, but safely conducted him over Jordan. His remains now lie at his own station, on the hill, where he loved to call together the dying heathen to tell them the story of redeeming love. There may they rest in quiet, till the morning of the resurrection." His co-laborers concur in their testimony, as to the uncommon excellence of the character of our classmate. Says one one of them:-" During all the time he was with us, in health 19 and in sickness, he never said, or did, or left undone, a single thing which tended, even in the least degree, to weaken the conviction, deep in the minds of all who knew him, that he was eminently a man of God. In his family he ever appeared as a beautiful model of a husband and father; and his removal from this world will cause his widow long to feel, that her hearth and her heart, have both been made desolate. " Our departed friend was wise to plan, and prompt to execute; courageous to undertake, and persevering till the end was accomplished. He was true and faithful, and loving and generous in all the relations and duties of life. Cheerful in manner, chaste in conversation, often amusing and often instructive; his society was always agreeable, and frequently a luxury. In our business meetings, his opinions were always heard with great respect; and in our religious meetings, his words of exhortation, praise and prayer, were our delight." His widow has returned with their little daughter, to her native land, leaving the body of our friend to rest, where he wished it to rest, on the spot where they labored alone, to do something toward the regeneration of the natives of Africa. He has departed to be with Christ. " Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my last end be like his 1" JOHN P. MIARsHALL. Kingston, N. IH. In September, 1845, taught in Effingham, N. H. In May, 1846, took charge of the Liberal Institute, at Lebanon, N. H. In November, 1848, made the tour of some of the Southern States, spending a winter in Jacksonville, East Florida. In June, 1849, took charge of the Danvers High School; and in December, 1851, removed to accept the mastership of the High School, at Chelsea, Mass., where he now resides. In August, 1854, was appointed Professor of Mathematics and Natural Science in Tuft's College, Somerville, Mass. Was married November 21st, 1853, to Caroline E. Clement, of Chelsea, Mass. JAMES H. MCKEE. Arlington, Vt. Supposed to be in Wisconsin, and married. JOHN McLouD. Philadelphia, Pa. Studied theology in New Haven, and took the pastorate of the American Presbyterian Church, in Montreal, Canada, which he still retains, respected and useful in his calling. Is unmarried. 20 CHARLES H. MEEKER. Newark, N. J. Having become a convert to Hydropathy whilst in Germany, on his return home he opened a Water-Cure establishment in Orange, near Newark, N. J. This he sold about 1850. In 1852, he was travelling in this country for his health, being affected with bronchitis. Supposed to be unmarried. t JOSEPH K. MERRITT. Harrison, N. Y. Studied medicine in New York, and in 1848, entered the N. Y. Hospital as assistant surgeon; in 1849 was resident surgeon, and in 1850 accompanied a party of exploration, as surgeon, to New Granada and Uragua. After eighteen months returned to New York, and in a few months again went to Central and South America. In December, 1853, returned from a third trip to the same countries, and is settled in New York, (30 Clinton place,) where he expects to continue in the practice of medicine. Is not married. t JAM.ES R1. M3ERSHON. Fleming Co., Ky. Studied theology at Yale and Andover Seminaries, and was ordained and installed in the spring of 1848, as pastor of the Congregational Church in Durham, Ct. After two years, he resigned to build up a Church, in Ansonia, Ct. In this he succeeded, and after travelling awhile for his health, removed in the autumn of 1851, to 3Marion, Lynn Co., Iowa; where he labored in the ministry for a year, when he buried his wife, and with health much broken, brought his children to New Haven. His future is unknown. Was married October 15th, 1844, at Nashville, Tenn., to Susan Atwater of New Haven, (now deceased,) and has three children living, (girls,) having lost two boys, one of them the little recipient of the cup from the class in 1846. t WILLIAM F. MILLER. Buffalo, N. Y. Studied law in Buffalo, where he was admitted to the bar, and has since resided in the practice of his profession. Has been successful and prosperous. Was married April, 1849, to Julia Stedman in Cleaveland, Ohio. Has two children, a boy and a girl. SAMUEL MINOR. Woodbury, Ct. After graduation travelled in the West, and taught at Mansfield, Ohio, till the spring of 1845. From that time till March, 1847, studied law in Poughkeepsie and New Haven, being admitted to the bar at the latter place. Taught in Milan, Ohio, and travelled until June 10th, 1848, 21 when he settled in Sandusky, Ohio, where he has since practised law, and is prospering. Being unable to attend the meeting, appeared by letter. Was married May 1st, 1850, to Mary T. Boughton, at Port Huron, Mich. JOHN C. MULLIKEN. Prince George's Co., Md. Having studied law in Prince George and Baltimore, was admitted to the bar, March 6th, 1847, and has since practised his profession very successfully in Upper Marlboro, Md. Being unable to attend the meeting, appeared by letter, desiring a " whole souled remembrance to the whole class," with best wishes for their success in this life, and happiness in the life to come. Is unmarried. j EDWARD NORTON. Albany, N. Y. Resided for four years in Albany, engaged in mercantile pursuits, and as superintendent of cars on the Rail Road. Since that time he has lived upon a farm in Farmington, Ct., having also a connection with a business establishment in Albany. Is unmarried. * ALEXANDER F. OLMS.TED. Born December 20th, 1822, at Chapel Hill, N. C. Died May 5th, 1853, at his father's house in New Haven. The subjoined sketch of the last two years of the life of our classmate, kindly sent to the Secretary by Professor Olmsted, in answer to a request for information, will be read with deep interest, and will preclude the necessity of further notice. Prof. Olmsted has the most lively sympathy of the class of 1844, in the painful afflictions to which he has been called, by the loss of four sons in the bloom of manhood; of whom two were their classmates and friends. Yale College, Aug. 12th, 1854. My DEAR SIR: The affectionate sentiments mutually entertained between my dear departed sons, Fisher and Denison, and their classmates, were to me a source of much satisfaction while they were living; and the fond remembrance in which they are now held by the survivors, is among my sweetest consolations. I therefore readily comply with your request to furnish some facts for record in the class-book, respecting the last years of my son Fisher. Immediately after his graduation at College, be became an assistant in the University Grammar School, in the city of 22 of New York. His nervous system was too delicate to sustain, without great suffering, the confinement and the harassing duties of the place, and I think this first " entrance into life," was a year of much unhappiness to him. In the autumn of 1845, he entered our Theological Seminary, but the trial of a few weeks, proved that he was too feeble to bear confinement to study. He failed so rapidly indeed, that his friends persuaded him to give up study, and to make serious efforts to regain his health. With this view, he accepted the invitation of a warm family friend of ours, the Rev. W. Robbins of Maryland, who had resided in our family while in College, and had repeatedly proffered to us the liospitalities of his house. There my son found society exceedingly congenial to his taste, an atmosphere of piety and benevolence, and the warmest domestic affections. Accordingly, he rapidly recovered his health and spirits, entered with characteristic zeal into the plans of his excellent host and hostess, who devoted a large portion of their time, and of their ample income, to the promotion of the interests, both temporal and spiritual, of the surrounding inhabitants. Warmed and animated by scenes so delightful to him, ordinary language was too feeble to express his emotions, and, unexpectedly to his friends, he all at once turned poet If his productions, which were afterwards quite frequent, did not place him high on the scale of the Muses, yet they exhibit uncommon facility in versification, and an intensity of devotional feeling seldom met with. When my son returned home in the spring of 1846, although he was greatly improved in health, still I feared he was unable to bear close application to study; and the case of his brother Denison, who was then sinking into the grave, made us the more anxious to prevent a relapse. At our request therefore, he passed the following summer with a friend, in the country, on a farm. The following autumn, he accepted the situation of " teacher of natural sciences," in the celebrated school of Rev. MIr. Bolton of New Rochelle, near New York. Here he remained for two years, devoting all his time with untiring industry to his work. Although he had contracted to spend but three hours daily in the school, yet as it fell to him to give instruction in a great variety of natural sciences, and to exhibit experimental illustrations in Natural Philosophy, Astronomy and Chemistry, he conscientiously devoted all his time, not actually occupied in teaching, to the necessary preparation. He was thus led to take a wide survey of the 23 studies of nature, and began to cherish a purpose which he afterwards pursued with great interest,- that of bringing to the aid of Natural Theology many striking proofs of the existence and goodness of God which the progress of science has afforded since the days of Dr. Paley. In the autumn of 1848, my son entered Union Seminary in New York, and resumed his theological studies with the long cherished hope of devoting his life to the sacred ministry. After a few months, the occurrence of a slight hemorrhage of the lungs, followed by great prostration, induced his friends to urge him to relinquish all thoughts of attempting a profession requiring labors so disproportionate to his strength. Accordingly, early in 1849, he returned home; when he passed the following summer, partly in mechanical recreations, of which he was very fond, and partly in writing on his favorite theme, " the wisdom and goodness of God as manifested in His works." Among his writings is an extended manuscript on this subject, which he wrote during the summer of 1849. In the autumn of that year, he received an invitation to become assistant to the Professor of Chemistry, in the University of Alabama, having already made some progress in the study of practical chemistry in our analytical laboratory. Iie passed a pleasant and profitable winter at Tuscaloosa, and returned the following June, bringing with him very marked testimonials of the respect and esteem which he had acquired from the faculty of the University. The interest which he had now imbibed for the studies of Chemistry, determined him to make choice of this as a profession; and he betook himself with much diligence to the labors of the laboratory, devoting however several hours daily to the preparation of a school book on the elements of Chemistry. This work made its appearance in the early part of summer in the year 1851. It was favorably received in the academies and schools, the first edition being exhausted in one year from the time of publication. This success greatly encouraged him, and he set about the preparation of a second edition with characteristic energy and zeal, most diligently perusing the ablest works on the science, aud culling from every source, the best materials for improving his work. Indeed, he re-wrote the entire work, and had advanced three-fourths of the way in carrying it through the press, when its progress was arrested by the failure of his health, early in 1853. After much delay, arrangements have been made for the completion of the book, and it 24 will soon be issued by a publishing house in the city of New York. At the meeting of the American Association at New Haven, in 1850, my son read a paper on the " Burning of a canebrake in Alabama," in which the phenomena were described with great precision and vividness; and, bearing as they did on the controversies connected with the true theory of storms and whirlwinds, the paper excited much attention, and was highly spoken of by leading men in the Association. It was published in the transactions of that body, and in the American Journal of Science; and was republished in some of the scientific journals of Europe. Early in the year 1853, my son received an invitation to the professorship of Chemistry, in a new collegiate institution at the West. It was a situation exceedingly adapted to his wishes, both in regard to the subjects to be taught, (for Chemistry and its kindred studies had now become his ruling passion,) and to the field of labor, for he had from childhood constantly entertained the purpose of devoting his life to the great West; and since he was not permitted to preach there the Word of God, it was consoling to be allowed the privilege of illustrating His glorious works. About the same time, however, his health began to decline, and being unable to study, he resorted again to Maryland, to renew his visit to his friend, the Rev. Mr..Robbins, where a few years before, he had experienced so happy a change in his health and spirits. But after several weeks, he returned much worse than he went, and from that time gradually descended to the grave. His disease, though considered as in general a scrofulous affection, diffused over the whole system, was of a mysterious character, and we are still somewhat uncertain respecting its nature. It had the appearance of some virulent poison pervading every part of the body. He was able to walk abroad and to ride out until within a week of his death; and he repeatedly expressed his gratitude to God, that he was passing away so gently. Still, the final struggle with the king of terrors was severe, and I have seldom witnessed sufferings so intense, as those which attended him during,the last twentyfour hours of his life. With but slight exceptions, my dear son enjoyed to the last, the full possession of his mental powers, and I had with him at different times, much conversation respecting the trials before him. On one occasion I reminded him of what he 25 once said to me, when he first became pious, that " he thought he should love to die and go to heaven." Ite replied that " that was said like a child, that it is a solemn thing to die, even with a high assurance of the blessings of heaven." He added, that to human view, this seemed the wrong time for him to die, inasmuch as all his previous life seemed but preparatory for useful action; and now the time had just arrived when the opportunity was afforded him of rendering that preparation fully available. The book which he had prepared with so much labor, was beginning to promise a full return, and the appointment which was proffered to him, opened a field of effort exceedingly adapted to his attainments and wishes. He remarked that while his faith had never been shaken, yet he lamented the seasons of coldness and unfruitfulness which had sometimes marked his progress in the Christian life; but hoped his friends would in charity ascribe some portion of his apparent alternations of religious interest and zeal, to his peculiar nervous temperament. Out of his immediate family circle, there were none for whom he cherished so warm an attachment as for his classmates. A visit from any of them was always attended with a marked exhilaration, even in his seasons of greatest dejection. For the students of the Analytical laboratory also, he acquired a strong interest, which was warmly reciprocated. Being older than most of them, and more advanced in the science, he was able to afford to the younger members of the school valuable assistance, and nothing delighted him more than to have them call on him, as they constantly did for such aid. I have ever felt a peculiar interest in the class of'44, and it will always while I live, afford me much satisfaction to see any and all of them; and I shall watch with high satisfaction, their progress in usefulness and eminence, hoping that we may all at length be re-united to the dear friends who have gone before us, in a world where " Adieus and farewells are a sound unknown." Truly and affectionately yours, DENISON OLMSTED. * DENISON OLMSTED, was born at Chapel Hill, N. C., on the 16th of February, 1824. He early exhibited indications of being the possessor of more than ordinary abilities; and while his companions were still acquiring the rudiments of knowledge, he was developing superior mathematical powers. At the age 4 26 of nine years, he had not only become familiar with the most abstruse rules of arithmetic, but had also mastered the first four books of Euclid. Soon after this period, a circumstance trifling in itself, directed his attention to chemistry and mineralogy; and, in after years, while busied in the acquisition of classic lore, he never lost sight of these his favorite studies, but continued to cherish for them an enthusiastic fondness. With his history while in College, his classmates are well acquainted; the stand which he there took, was indicative of the eminence to which he would have attained, had Providence prolonged his life. After graduation he applied himself in the seclusion of the laboratory, to the study of analytical chemistry, with untiring zeal and energy. But he was soon to enter a more extended field of study and research. In the month of January, 1846, he was commissioned by the State of Vermont to assist in the geological survey of that State; and, when attacked by the disease which terminated his career, he was in nomination by the Geologist of the North American British Provinces, for the place of chemist in the geological survey of the Canadas. But death cut him off amid the fairest prospects of professional advancement and emolument. In March, 1846, he was assailed by a disease of a pulmonary nature, and by the middle of August, friends were weeping over his grave. He died on the 15th of August, 1846. He retained an affectionate remembrance of his classmates, and expressed a hope that he might live to be present at their appointed meeting. Dedicated at an early age to the service of his Creator, his dissolution was peaceful and triumphant. EDWARD A. RAYMOND. Canandaigua, N. Y. Studied law in Lima, and Rochester, N. Y., and has practised his profession in the latter city, with success. He is District Attorney of the county of Monroe. Is married.' ABNER RICE. Wayland, Mass. Taught in Woburn, Mass., for seven years. In 1852, he removed to Natick, fifteen miles from Boston, where he stills remains as principal of the High School. Was married to Nancy G. Reeves, December 4th, 1845, and has five children. JAMESM. ROBB. Philadelphia, Pa. Studied law in Philadelphia, and at the Dane Law School, Harvard; and comnmenced the practice of law in Philadelphia, in March, 1847. He has 27 since that time resided in Philadelphia, practising law. In 1853, visited Europe for health and pleasure, and on his return, Was married to Maria A. Burnett, of Philadelphia, July, 1854. CHARLES H. ROGERS. Pomfret, Ct. Studied medicine in New Haven, and commenced its practice in July, 1847, in West Woodstock, Mass., where he has since remained. Was prevented from attending the class-meeting, by the illness of his eldest child. Was married May 28th, 1848, to Sarah C. Morse. Has had three daughters, of whom two survive. SAMUEL T. ROGERS. New Fairfield, Ct. Taught and studied law in New Haven, from 1844-1846, when he received the appointment of Professor of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy, in Washington College, Chestertown, Md. t EDWARD H. ROOT. Conway, Mass. After teaching in Haddam, Ct., for two years, he studied theology for four months in New York, when he entered the Yale Theological School, where he completed his studies. From 1848-1850, he was tutor in Yale College, and on October 23rd, 1850, was settled as Pastor of the First Congregational Church of Williamsburgh, Mass., where he has since remained. Was married April 27th, 1852, to Ellen Maria Barrett, of Ashburnham, Mass. Has no children. * HOLLIS RUSSELL. Concord, Maine. Born, July 6th, 1817. Died at Schooleraft, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, August 13th, 1850. Russell will be remembered by all of the class with interest. His struggles to obtain an education in the face of poverty and discouragement, his kindness to all, his ability and wit as a writer, his comic poetry and parodies, formed a prominent item in our class history. After graduation, he taught for two years in Clarksville, Tenn., where very brilliant worldly prospects opened before him. He turned from the offers made to him, and chose the ministry as his calling for life. He studied theology at Princeton, and New Haven, and entered upon his labors in 1848. The tone of his piety had at this time greatly advanced, and he was regarded as an uncommonly holy man by those who knew him. On going to Michigan, 28 having but little in his personal appearance to recommend him, and not seeking great things for himself, he was not highly prized; and at the end of six months was settled in Schooleraft, where he found great obstacles in the shape of infidelity, and various forms of error. These, however, he surmounted with great tact, wisdom, and ability, so as to win the regards of those most opposed to his teachings. His progress in public esteem was rapid, so much so, that had he lived, any place in the State would have been open to him. But he was cut down in the morning of his usefulness. Having been attacked with dysentery, he died in less than a week, and in the thirty-fourth year of his age. One who was with him at his death writes, that " he greatly wondered, that after such toil of preparation, and with such a desire as he had to preach, he should be thus early cut down." This he often expressed. After twelve years of preparation, he preached but two. But he was ready without a murmur to leave his work, and enter into rest, saying, " I am now ready to be offered, and the time of my departure is at hand." I-He had that clear, practical, complete idea of faith, which, as it had constituted the leading element of his power in the pulpit, so also came in mightily to sustain him on his death-bed. He never evinced an emotion of anxiety for himself. It was for others that his chief solicitude was exercised. He was buried at Schoolcraft, Mich. Russell married in West Haven, Ct., and left a widow, but no children. AUGUSTUS SAMMIS. Norwalk, Ct. Graduated at the Yale Medical School in 1846, and has since practised medicine in Norwalk, Conn. Married, and has two children. GEORGE S. F. SAVAGE. Middletown, Ct. Studied theology in the Andover and Yale Theological Schools, and was ordained as a Home Missionary, at Middletown, Sept. 28th, 1847. Since that time, he has had charge of a Congregational church in St. Charles, Ill., where he has been laboring with more than ordinary success, and is highly useful and respected. Being unable to attend the class-meeting, he wrote expressing his cordial attachment to the class of'44. Was married to Elizabeth P. Prudden, of Middletown, Ct., Sept. 28th, 1847. Has no children. 29 - EDWARD D. SELDEN. New York City. After graduation, resided in Ticonderoga, N. Y., for a few years, and then removed to Brandon, Vt., his present home, where he is engaged in the business of quarrying and manufacturing marble. Is unmarried. JAMES A. SHELDON. Rupert, Vt. Studied law. He now resides in Rupert, Vt., farming and practising law in the village. Was married to a daughter of Judge Langdon. JOHN W. SHEPIERD. Huntsville, Ala. After graduation, taught and studied law in Huntsville, where he was admitted to the bar; and, as is supposed, practices his profession. t HENRY SMITH. North Haven, Ct. From graduation until 1850, taught in Connecticut; then spent two years in teaching music in Connecticut, Louisville, and St. Louis. Since then has been engaged in manufacturing in Meriden, Ct. After the present year, his address will be, Southington, Ct., where he will be engaged in the manufacture of carriage trimmings. Was married, April 24th, 1850, to Janet Higgins of Southington, Ct. Has one son. HiOWARD SMITH. New Orleans, La. Studied medicine in Philadelphia, and having received the degree of M. D., commenced practice in New Orleans, where he has since resided. Reported as in good practice, not much changed, and sending affectionate regards to the class. Was married to Miss Fanny Alexander, of Kentucky, about the year 1848. Has two children living, a boy and a girl, and has lost one child. * WILLIAM SMITH. Borodino, N. Y. After graduation, William Smith, (of the North Division, and editor of the Yale Literary Magazine,) went to Baltimore, where he engaged in teaching, pursuing at the same time the study of law. After two years he settled in Weston, 1Mo., and commenced the practice of his profession. In January, 1849, he set out for California, reaching San Francisco in July. After spending a little time in the mines, he engaged in business as one of the firm of G-. P. Post & Co., with flattering prospects; but was soon cut down by cholera, after a few hours illness. He died November 6th, 1850, and was biried in Sacramento. None of his relations saw him after he went to Baltimore, but they are assured that at all times, and in all associations, he merited and received universal respect. 30 He was born August 31st, 1819, and at the time of his death was thirty-one years of age. WILLIAM FEW SMITH. Philadelphia, Pa. Has been engaged since graduation, as an instructor, particularly in the classics, in the city of Philadelphia. He is, in connection with another gentleman, conducting the Union Academy, Philadelphia, and resides in Camden, N. J. His address is Philadelphia. Was married October 22nd, 1852, at Norristown, N. J., to Catharine A. Schenck, and has one child, a girl. WILLIAM MANLIUS SMITH. Manlius, N. Y. Studied medicine in Albany, New Haven, and Philadelphia, receiving the degree of M. D., from the University of Pennsylvania, in April, 1849. In June, 1849, commenced the practice of medicine in Syracuse, N. Y., where he remained until October, 1851, when circumstances led to a return to the family homestead in Manlius, Onondaga Co., N. Y., where he still lives and practises his profession. Being unable to attend the meeting, sent his cordial salutations to the class by letter. Was married August 6th, 1847, in Manlius, to Frances L. Hall of New Haven. His first child, a son, died Sept. 20th, 1849, aged 16 months. Has two daughters.? HANNIBAL L. STANLEY. Rogersville, Tenn. Studied theology in the Seminaries at Cincinnati and New Haven, until 1848. In January, 1849 commenced the labors of the ministry, at Leroy, N. Y. In August, he settled in Churchville, N. Y., and in October, 1850, removed to Jonesville, Mich., on the line of the southern Michigan Rail-Road, where he still has charge of a Presbyterian Church. Wias married October 25th, 1848, and lost his wife, suddenly, August 22nd, 1849. Has one child, a daughter, born August 7th, 1819. EDWARD SWEET. Ipswich, Mass. Studied theology in New Haven, and was licensed in 1846. He preached for some time in Springfield, Mass., and afterwards for three years, at Haydenville, Mass. On the first of May, 1854, protracted ill-health requiring a change of employment, he retired from his charge, and is now a stock and exchange broker, in the city of New York. Office, 31 Wall street. Is not married. t NATHANIEL W. TAYLOR. New Haven, Ct. Studied medicine in the Yale Medical School, receiving the degree of M. D., in 31 1846. In 1847, he was a resident physician at Bellevue Hospital, New York, and thence returned to New Haven. In 1852 and 1853, he was for more than a year, surgeon of a whaling fleet at the Island of Desolation, in the South Indian Ocean. Is now practising medicine in Springfield, Mass. Is not married. t THOMAS M. THOMPSON. Olive, N. Y. Taught in South Britain, (Ct., for several years, when he removed to Woodbury, Ct., where he has cared for schools and other business; and where he still resides. Was married to Sarah Downs, September 29th, 1847, and has one child, born in August, 1848. * JAMES E. VAN BOKKPgLEN. Brooklyn, N. Y. After graduation, Van Bokkelen entered the General Theological Seminary of the Episcopal Church, in New York, and having completed his studies, was admitted to the ministry of that Church. During his short ministry, he had charge of Grace Church, Elkridge Landing, Md., and St. Paul's Church, St. Louis, Mo. From the latter place, where he was much worn down by attendance upon cholera patients, he removed to Maryland, to act as assistant minister of St. Timothy's Church. Whilst thus engaged he died in Baltimore, Nov. 17th, 1850, aged twenty-five years and five months. His remains were taken to Greenwood Cemetery, for interment. He was the son of Adrian H. Van Bokkelen, late of Newbern, N. C., and was married; but whether he left children, we do not know. JOSEPH B. WALKER. Concord, N. IH. After graduation, studied law, and has been engaged in farming, and the management of his property; and holding various offices of trust and honor, such as justice of the peace, major of militia, director of RailRoad, and Lunatic Asylum, &c. In the spring of 1847 was married to Sarah Fitz, of Ipswich, Mass., who was removed by death in about a year and a half from that time. In M3ay, 1850, he was married to a daughter of George Upham, of Concord, and has two children. ARTHUR WARD. Belleville, N. J. Studied medicine in New York, receiving his M. D., in 1847. He has resided and practised in Belleville, where he is highly respected. Has lately returned from Europe. Is not married. 32 t WILLIAM B. WASHBURN. Winchendon, Mlass. Has been and is engaged in manufactures in Orange, Mass. Has occupied a seat in each house of the Mlassachusetts Legislature. Was married in September, 1847, to Harriet HI. Sweetzer, and has one child. JOSHUA W. WATERMAN. Binghampton, N. Y. Studied law in Binghampton and Detroit, and was admitted to the bar at the latter place, where he has since practised his profession with success. He is the author of " The blichigan Justice," a valuable law manual. Is reported as faithful in his affection to the class of'44. Was married July 4th, 1849, to Miss E. Davenport. Has lost one child, and has one living. t WILLIAM J. WEEKS. Oyster Bay, L. I. Resides at Yaphank, L. I., and is employed in various ways. In 1847 was elected Town Superintendent of common schools, which office he held for two years, and resigned. He sometimes acts as surveyor, is engaged in horticulture, assists his father in the care of his estate, and serves the public as occasion may demand, with some leisure for reading and study; and is living happily with an affectionate wife. The addition of beard and moustache make him venerable, without otherwise changing the appearance of the honored captain of the Pioneer Boat Club. Was married, January 1st, 1848, to Miary Croswell, at Gilboa, Schoharie Co., N. Y., and has had two daughters, and two sons. His first child died in November, 1850. JOHN WETHERILL. Oxford, Mass. Studied law at Harvard, and since his admission to the bar has practised his profession in Worcester, Mass. Is unmarried. JOINATHAN WHITE. Randolph, Mass. Studied law at Harvard, and was admitted. to the bar in June, 1847. Resides at East Randolph, Mass. Is married, and has two or three children. t MARTIN K. WHITTLESEY. Stockbridge, Mass. Studied theology at Andover and Yale, and has for the past six years labored in the ministry in Ottowa, La Salle Co., Ill. He is delighted with life in the prairie land, and came a thousand miles to attend the class gathering. Was married in 1849, to Susan A. Camp, of Farmington, Ct. Has no children living. 33 CYPRIAN P. WILCOX. Hancock Co., Ga. After graduation taught in Georgia. Studied medicine in New York, where he also was a private tutor. After residing awhile in New IHaven, went to Geneva to study, and for six years has been in Europe engaged in study, and acting as private tutor. Is unmarried. HIUGH BRADY WILKINS. Pittsburgh, Pa. Studied law in Pittsburgh, where he was admitted to the bar, and has since resided and practised his profession with much success, especially as a conveyancer. Was married about 1848, to Sophia Denny of Pittsburgh. Has had four children, of whom one died. WILLIAM AI. WILLIAMS. Columbia Co., Ga. Is said to have studied law in Augusta, Ga., and to be practising in that State. ARCHELAUS WILSON. Nelson, N. H. Studied law at Harvard, and in the office of the Hon. IW. WV. Ellsworth, Hartford, where he was admitted to the bar in 1846. In the spring of 1847 opened a law office at Manchester, N. H., and in 1851 removed to Boston, his present home and place of business. In reporting his regrets at being unable, through sickness, to attend the class meeting, states that "domestically, his life has been all sunshine; professionally, a mingling of sunshine and shade, not altogether unpleasant." Was married October 9th, 1848, to Julia HI. Andrews, second daughter of Prof. E. A. Andrews, of New Britain, Ct. Has had no " crying evils" to cross his path. FREDERIC A. WooDsoN. Loch Lomond, Va. Studied law in Raleigh, N. C., where he is supposed to be now practising his profession. EDWIN A. WRIGHT. North Coventry, Ct. After graduation taught in the High Schools of Boston and Medford, Mass., and in 1847, in the Eliot Grammar School, Boston. Is married, and has one child.