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A memorial notice in the Catskill Recorder, presumably from the same pen, closes : "On the day which was to be his last he busied himself as usual among the flowers of his beloved garden. During the past month his activity had been wonderful. He preached in Christ's Church, spoke to the members of the Young Men's Christian Association, presented the flag to the 16th Separate Company, delivered his address on Alexander before the Coxsackie University Extension Center, and gave his charming talk on Venice to the Catskill branch of the same society. His illness was of but a few hours' dura- tion. For him his eighty-two years had been a preparation. He knew nothing of wasting decline, and little of suffering. 'God's finger touched him and he slept.'"
Dr. Howard was married, June 4, 1851, to Mary Elizabeth Spencer, of Utica, N. Y., daughter of Judge Joshua Austin Spencer, LL.D., and Electa Dean. She survives him.
He died of angina pectoris, at Catskill, N. Y., May 12, 1898, aged eighty- two years, three months, and twenty days.
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William Gardner Tuttle.
Son of Dea. Thomas Sparhawk Tuttle and Sarah Butterfield; born in Littleton, Mass., September 25, 1819; prepared for college at Groton (Mass.) Academy and Phillips Academy, Andover; graduated at Amherst College, 1846; took the full course in this Seminary, 1846-49; licensed to preach by the Andover Association, meeting with Rev. John L. Taylor at Andover, April 17, 1849. After a few months of home missionary service in eastern Maine, and of preaching in his native town, he was ordained as pastor at Harrisville, N. H., April 16, 1851, remaining there until 1860; was pastor of the First Church, Ware, Mass., 1861-87; afterward resided at Worcester, Mass., until his death, supplying the church at Holden, Mass., in 1888, the Lakeview Church, Worces- ter, in 1889, and frequently preaching in other churches.
Rev. George E. Fisher, of North Amherst, Mass., sends this tribute to his classmate : "Mr. Tuttle was my classmate four years at Amherst and three years at Andover, and was one whom I confided in most fully and loved most truly. I was on terms of special intimacy with him during all those years, and indeed always afterward to the day of his death. He was a good scholar, a good preacher, a good pastor, and a good man. His Christian and ministerial life was a sincere, earnest, consistent, and useful one. He possessed a fund of good humor and greatly enjoyed an exchange of ' sharp shots ' with his friends. Pure in mind, in heart, and speech, his spirit was sweet and gentle and loving from first to last. We who knew him best respected and loved him most in life, and lamented him most in death. He was so much like Christ, we are sure he has gone to be with, and still more like, the Lord whom he loved and served."
Mr. Tuttle was married, July 31, 1850, to Harriet Elizabeth Wallace, of Milford, N. H., daughter of Royal Wallace and Hannah French, who sur- vives him. A son, Amherst, 1885, is a physician in New York City, and a daughter was for ten years instructor in Wellesley College; one son is deceased.
Mr. Tuttle died of degeneration of the brain, at Worcester, Mass., August 5, 1897, aged seventy-seven years, ten months, and eleven days.
Joseph Franklin Griggs. (Non-graduate.)
Son of Lieut. John Griggs and Mary Campbell Thurston; born in Sutton, Mass., April 24, 1822; prepared for college at Wesleyan Academy, Wilbra- ham, and Leicester Academy; graduated at Yale College, 1846; in this Seminary, part of the junior year, 1846-47 ; taught select schools in Sutton and Holden, Mass., 1847-48, and in the " Men's Winter School," Worcester, Mass., 1848-49; conducted a classical school for boys in Alleghany and Pitts- burgh, Pa., from 1849 to 1855, when it was merged in the Western University of Pennsylvania; was professor of Ancient Languages in the University until 1864; then professor of Greek Language and Literature until 1880; afterwards secretary and treasurer of the Board of Trustees until disabled by sickness in 1892-a service in all of thirty-seven years. He continued to reside in Pittsburgh until his death.
Rev. Prof. Matthew B. Riddle, D.D., LL.D., of the Western Theological Seminary, in his address at the funeral of Professor Griggs, said: "He was the
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connecting link between the University which had suspended and the University which was revived in 1855. He stood in a gap at the time when everything seemed to be against anything like proper educational facilities in this region. He faithfully did his duty all those long years. The significance of a life like that is rarely understood. If a teacher can make a speech, if he can write a book, if he can engage in something else more attractive to the public eye, then he can be tolerated; but the patient hours of labor, requiring fortitude and endurance beyond almost any other form of service, this is rarely appreciated. As a fellow-teacher I owe it to the memory of Professor Griggs to make this public testimony to his faithfulness in this arduous service." Rev. Edward P. Cowan, D.D., ex-pastor of the Third Presbyterian Church of Pittsburgh, of which Professor Griggs had been for thirty-five years an elder, said : " When I received an invitation to become the pastor of this church I received a kindly note from Dr. John De Witt, mentioning some pleasant features in connection with the church, and among other things he said : 'You will find one man in the session that will remind you of the beloved disciple.' He named the man, but if he had not named him I would have picked him out; it was Professor Griggs. He once contemplated entering the Christian ministry, but was turned aside from it on account of his health. If he had entered the ministry he would have preached the gospel of St. John. He did proclaim this gospel; he preached to all who came into contact with him; his influence as a member of the community and as a teacher in the class-room always commended the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ."
Professor Griggs was married, April 16, 1863, to Eliza Buchanan Brooks, of Pittsburgh, Pa., daughter of Dr. Jeremiah Brooks and Martha Clarke Buchanan, who survives him. They had two daughters and three sons, one of the daughters dying in infancy ; one son, a graduate of the Western University of Pennsylvania and in medicine of the University of Pennsylvania, is a physi- cian, another a bank officer, and the third general secretary of the Y. M. C. A. of Pittsburgh.
Professor Griggs died as a result of apoplexy, at Pittsburgh, Pa., April I, 1897, aged seventy-four years, eleven months, and eight days.
OLASS OF 1850.
John Riddle Upton.
Son of Dea. John Upton and Betsey Riddle; born in Wilmot, N. H., October 4, 1819; prepared for college at Kimball Union Academy, Meriden, N. H .; graduated at Amherst College, 1847; took the full course in this Seminary, 1847-50; licensed by the Andover Association, meeting with Rev. William T. Briggs, at North Andover, April 16, 1850. After a few months of home missionary service in Alexander and Cooper, in Maine, he was ordained at Wilmot, N. H., April 23, 1851, and went to Iowa, laboring in Dubuque County, 1851-53; at Inland, Buckingham and Monona, 1853-55; resided at Moretown, Vt., occasionally preaching, 1855-57; acting pastor, Buckingham, Io., 1857-59; at Monona, Io., 1860-69; in home missionary service at Lakeville, Io., 1869-80; without charge, Spirit Lake, Io., 1880-83; Sibley, Io., 1883-88 (except one year, when he conducted the Alton Review, at Alton, Io.); Platte- ville, Ill., 1888-89; Pekin, Ill., 1889-90; removing, after death of his last
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surviving daughter, to Escondido, Cal., where he was kindly cared for by Christian friends.
A notice in the Advance says that "he was of much value on the frontier as a public-spirited citizen and educator as well as a Christian minister." A gentleman in Iowa, who knew him well, writes : “Mr. Upton was a great reader and student all his life. He took a rare delight in nature and the natural sci- ences. While in California, 1890-98, he engaged in fruit culture and the study of botany. Mr. and Mrs. Upton brought up and helped educate an adopted boy, while in their frontier mission home at Lakeville, Io. The young man went West, located in Wyoming, and became mayor of his city, State senator, and member of Congress."
Mr. Upton was married, October 11, 1852, to Mary Bass, a teacher in St. Paul, Minn., daughter of Judge Adolphus Bass and Sally Copeland of Moretown, Vt. She died February 5, 1883. Of three daughters, one died in childhood, the others after reaching mature life.
He died of hemorrhage of lungs, following grip, in Escondido, Cal., April 4, 1898, aged seventy-eight years and six months.
CLASS OF 1851.
Justin Edwards Burbank.
Son of Dea. Samuel Burbank and Mary Lawrence; born in Washington, N. H., March 18, 1825; prepared for college at Phillips Academy, Andover ; graduated at Dartmouth College, 1848; took the full course in this Seminary ; was licensed by the Suffolk South Association, at the room of the Massachu- setts Home Missionary Soicety, in Cornhill, Boston, April 1, 1851; returned to Andover for further study as resident licentiate, 1851-52. After brief periods of service in teaching and preaching, in different places at the East, he was commissioned in 1857 by the Massachusetts Home Missionary Society as home missionary in Minnesota, and was acting pastor at Carimona and Preston until 1862, having been ordained at the former place April 13, 1858. He occasion- ally also supplied at Union (now Bristol), 1859-60. From 1861 to 1865 he was editor of the Preston Republican. Remaining in Preston for some time without charge, he was acting pastor at Mazeppa, Minn., 1868, and at Quincy, Minn., 1869-70. Returning to New England, he was acting pastor of the church in Nelson, N. H., 1871-72. He subsequently resided in Hartford, Conn., for some years, and also in Concord, N. H. In Hartford he was editorially connected with the Religious Herald, and in Concord for some time with the Standard. In the early part of 1895 he removed to Washington, N. H., his native town, and there resided until his death, a part of the time on his native homestead, which he had purchased. He was never married, and left his property, amounting to about eight hundred dollars, in trust for the benefit of the Congregational church in Washington.
Rev. William H. Dowden (Class of 1866), the pastor at Washington at the time of Mr. Burbank's death, writes: " He lived there as a recluse. He was respected by those who knew him for his real excellence and for his good qual- ities of mind and heart. His intelligence was the result of much reading; his scholarly attainments were above the average; his clearness of thought and readiness of expression always rendered what he said interesting." Mr. W. A.
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Hotchkiss, his editorial successor in Preston, Minn., writes of him: " He was much respected here. He never said much about himself, but was always a Christian gentleman. His integrity was never questioned. He was often called ' the walking dictionary.''' The compilers of the history of Washing- ton express their indebtedness to him for his valuable assistance in historical researches.
Mr. Burbank died of heart disease, at Washington, N. H., November 4, 1897, aged seventy-two years, seven months, and seventeen days.
CLASS OF 1853.
William Augustus McCorkle, D.D. (Non-graduate.)
Son of James McCorkle and Elizabeth Hanna; born in Troy, O., Novem- ber 2, 1822 ; graduated at Wabash College, Crawfordsville, Ind., 1850, having pursued his preparatory studies under the instruction of college professors there; studied in this Seminary, 1850-51, and in Lane Seminary, 1851-53. He was ordained by the Crawfordsville Presbytery, June 19, 1853, and was home missionary pastor at Attica, Ind., 1853-54; agent of the American Tract Soci- ety, 1854-55, residing at Thorntown, Ind. ; home missionary pastor, Superior, Wis., 1856-58; pastor, Marshall, Mich., 1858-63; without charge, in impaired health, at Detroit, Mich., 1863-64; at Cleveland, O., 1864-65 ; became assistant pastor to Rev. George Duffield, D.D., of the First Presbyterian Church, Detroit, in 1865, and on his death in 1868 succeeded him as pastor, remaining until 1871; pastor Third Presbyterian Church, Boston, 1871-73; of Second Presbyterian Church, Princeton, N. J., 1874-77; of church at Lake Forest, Ill., 1877; of Reformed Church, Nyack, N. Y., 1878-81 ; pastor First Presbyterian Church, Ypsilanti, Mich., 1881-89; afterwards without charge, although often supplying vacant churches at Detroit until his death.
He received the degree of Doctor of Divinity from Wabash College in 1871. He was one of the founders of Alma College in Michigan, and a trustee of the same until his death. During his residence in Detroit he was the stated clerk of Detroit Presbytery, and was the moderator of the Synod of Michigan in 1866.
From a sketch in the Michigan Presbyterian is taken the following : " In a marked degree Dr. McCorkle possessed the combined qualities of mind and heart which constitute a successful minister of Jesus Christ. To natural gifts of a high order he united the graces of the Spirit which give efficiency to the ambassador of the cross. Impressive in appearance, gracious in manner, positive in conviction, felicitous in utterance, he was a preacher who needed not to be ashamed, rightly divining the word of truth. Ripe in scholarship, a diligent student of the Word, a discriminating exegete, he continually brought forth things new and old from the storehouse of Holy Scripture."
Dr. McCorkle was married, September 9, 1852, to Cordelia Maria Foster, of Adrian, Mich., daughter of William Foster and Phœbe Mann, who survives him. Two sons were graduates of Princeton College and became lawyers in Michigan, one of them dying the present year ; two other sons died in infancy, and two daughters are living.
Dr. McCorkle died of chronic inflammation of the bladder, at Detroit, Mich., April 16, 1896, aged seventy-three years, five months, and fourteen days.
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Charles Strong Smith. (Non-graduate.)
Son of Dr. Aaron Smith and Amelia Strong; born in Hardwick, Vt., July 24, 1824; prepared for college at Peacham (Vt.) Academy; graduated at the University of Vermont, 1848; was principal of Craftsbury (Vt.) Academy, 1848-49; studied in this Seminary, 1850-51, and graduated at the Theological Institute of Connecticut, East Windsor, 1853; was licensed to preach by the Hampshire East Association, at Enfield, Mass., May 11, 1852. He preached at New Preston, Conn., 1853-55; was ordained as evangelist at Franklin, N. Y., November 13, 1855, and was acting pastor at North Walton (New Road), N. Y., 1855-57. His health failing, he took a sea voyage to Labrador and on return taught and preached for a time in Waitsfield, Vt., 1857-58, and supplied the pulpit in his native town for a part of 1858. He was without charge five years, 1858-63, and from 1863 to 1888, twenty-five years, was secretary of the Vermont Domestic Missionary Society at Montpelier, where he continued afterward to reside.
Mr. Smith represented his native town in the Vermont Legislature in 1863. He was associate editor, with Rev. William H. Lord, D.D. (Class of 1846), of the Vermont Chronicle, 1875-77, and editor of the same from 1885 till its re- moval to St. Johnsbury in 1895, continuing afterward to furnish much editorial matter and the Sunday school lesson notes until his last illness. His only other publication was an Essay on Systematic Beneficence. In 1876 Middlebury Col- lege conferred upon him the degree of Doctor of Divinity, which he declined.
Rev. Charles H. Merrill, of St. Johnsbury (Class of 1870), his successor in office, sends the following tribute : " It was my fortune to succeed Mr. Smith in the office which he had held for twenty-five years, and to be brought into close personal relations with him in both missionary and editorial work up to the time of his last illness. His work and his character could stand the test of most careful scrutiny. As secretary of missions he was careful, patient, wise, and hopeful. As a counsellor, both for ministers and for churches, his judg- ment was rarely at fault. He had a thorough knowledge of the principles of our Congregational polity, and never failed to raise his voice in warning when there was danger of the slightest departure from them. Upon occasion he could stand with a minority, and wait for time and event to vindicate his posi- tion. His convictions were slowly and deliberately formed, but when reached remained unshaken. He was independent in thought and decision; and yet no man could work more readily and harmoniously with others, even if need be in carrying out plans that did not fully meet his approval. To a surprising degree he won the confidence of the churches. New pastors coming to the State and hearing him address their people, with his weak voice and quiet manner, could not understand the hearty response made to his appeals. As an editor Mr. Smith had a singularly pure and correct style and on occasion was not wanting in keen wit, but maintained a high spiritual tone both in his writings and selections. It was in the quality of his Christly character that Mr. Smith will be longest remembered and his influence most deeply felt. He was a good man. He showed an unfailing spirit of sweetness and generosity that could meet the severest tests. It was wholly characteristic of him to decline an honorary title given him by one of the colleges in the State, in such a manner that in later years only personal friends knew that it had ever been granted.
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He left to his family and to the churches he had served the legacy of a good name, and the memory of a man who had 'walked with God.'"'
Mr. Smith was married, July 24, 1854, to Lucy Ann Maynard, of Walton, N. Y., daughter of Levi Maynard and Anna Day. She died February 2, 1857. He married, second, December 8, 1869. Sarah Jane Landfear, of New Haven, Conn., daughter of Dea. Harry L. Landfear and Sarah Talcott, who survives him. He had four daughters and one son; one of the daughters died in infancy and another while a student at Mt. Holyoke Seminary; the son is the chemist of the city of Worcester.
Mr. Smith died of a complication of troubles, following the grip, at Mont- pelier, Vt., January 11, 1898, aged seventy-three years, five months, and eighteen days.
Stephen Rollins Dennen, D.D. (Resident Licentiate.)
Son of Stephen Rollins Dennen and Ruth Winslow Hall ; born in Poland, Me., November 6, 1826; prepared for college at Hebron (Me.) Academy ; graduated at Waterville College, now Colby University, 1849; took the full course in Bangor Seminary, 1849-52; licensed to preach by the Penobscot Association, December, 1851 ; studied in this Seminary as resident licentiate, IS52-53. He was ordained over the Phillips Church, Watertown, Mass., July II, IS55, and remained until 1862. He supplied the Winthrop Church, Charles- town, Mass., during the absence of the pastor, Rev. Abbott E. Kittredge (Class of 1859), in Europe. He was then without charge, residing at Watertown and Somerville, until his installation over High Street Church, Providence, R. I., March 1, 1865, remaining until 1868; was pastor of the First Church, Woburn, Mass., 1868-71; of the First Church, Lynn, Mass., 1872-75; of the Third Church, New Haven, Conn., 1875-84. Residing without charge, but frequently supplying vacant pulpits, in Concord, Mass., 1884-87, and in West Newton, Mass., 1888-93, he removed to the Pacific Coast; supplied in 1894 the Con- gregational Church in East Los Angeles, Cal., for six months, and the First Presbyterian Church in San Diego, Cal., for three months; afterwards preached in Pasadena and elsewhere; was pastor of the Presbyterian Church, Long Beach, Cal., from 1896 to the time of his death.
Mr. Dennen received the degree of Doctor of Divinity from Iowa College in 1874. The following is taken from a memorial notice in the (San Francisco) Occident : " His influence has been wide in the community of Long Beach and the surrounding country, and productive of lasting good. His loss is deeply mourned, and his memory held in tender reverence. On the day of his funeral the schools and stores of Long Beach were closed, and many brother clergymen joined with his own people in the services which marked the close of his long and abundantly useful life. Dr. Dennen's sermons were earnest and powerful in proclaiming the way of salvation, carrying conviction by their pronounced sincerity and force, brilliant and exceedingly attractive. They were full of the gospel of Jesus Christ and preached with charming simplicity and convincing peruasiveness. His hearers went away delighted and instructed, better men and women, nerved to a higher life, and led to follow it."
Dr. Dennen was married, November 2, 1854, to Clara Whitney Ludwig, of Thomaston, Me., daughter of Dr. William Ludwig and Lucy Whitney, of
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Waldoboro, Me. She survives him, with three daughters, two of them at the head of the Girls' Collegiate School in Los Angeles, the other connected with the public library in the same city. Four children are deceased.
Dr. Dennen died of paralysis of the heart, at Long Beach, Cal., January 18, 1898, aged seventy-one years, two months, and twelve days.
CLASS OF 1854.
James McLaren Breed Dwight.
Son of James Dwight and Susan Breed, being a brother of President Dwight of Yale University, and a grandson of the elder President Dwight; born in Norwich, Conn., August 11, 1825; prepared for college at Norwich Academy; graduated at Yale College, 1846; instructor in Brainerd Academy, Haddam, Conn., 1846-47 ; tutor in Latin at Yale College, 1849-53; attended lectures in Yale Divinity School, 1849-52, and in this Seminary, 1853-54, having as his graduating theme The Art-Future of Puritanism ; continued theological study as resident licentiate, at Andover, 1854-55, and at New Haven, 1855-58. He was licensed to preach by the New Haven East Association, but was never ordained. Turning his attention to legal study he graduated from the Law Department of Columbia College, 1861, and practiced law in New York City, r$61-69, serving also for several years as assistant instructor in Municipal Law at Columbia College, under personal appointment of his cousin, Prof. Theodore W. Dwight, LL. D. From 1869 he resided in New Haven, except when travel- ing abroad, until his death.
Rev. Prof. George P. Fisher, D. D., LL. D. (Class of 1851), wrote of Mr. Dwight, in an article in the New Haven Journal and Courier : "His interest was keen in whatever was of historic significance and value in connection with New Haven, and in whatever has to do with its beauty and attractiveness as a place of residence. For the existence of East Rock Park the city is largely indebted to Mr. Dwight. Decided in his opinions, and not lacking courage and independence in the avowal of them, he was equally characterized by good temper and an unvarying courtesy. A Christian gentleman of uncommon intelligence, a public-spirited citizen, and a faithful friend, has gone from among us."
From a tribute to Mr. Dwight, read before a University club, of which he was a member, by Rev. Prof. James M. Hoppin, D.D., of New Haven (Class of 1845), the following extracts are made : "Mr. Dwight, we all would say, was a person of uncommon intellectual activity. He fed his mind on new ideas. He was a man of universal knowledge, or possessed of an intellectual hunger to know everything that is worth knowing; and this was for the pure sake of knowledge rather than for the display or reputation of it. He lived at home with his books, not a life of literary epicureanism. but of worthy ambition to delve into every source of information, to compass the whole round of knowl- edge, and also, I think, of a desire to possess the power of informing others, of imparting to other minds the knowledge he had gained for himself; and in this he showed true humility, for he did not seem to think of himself at all when he poured out a wealth of knowledge won through careful study and thought. ... His imagination constituted a large ingredient of his nature, and
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entered into all he was and did; more so, I think, than his friends supposed or gave him credit for. The only poem that he published was 'The Vigil,' which was printed for private circulation, and which runs in the currents of religious thought and ritual shaped by the service of the English Church, with whose spirit he was entirely familiar. This poem was received in England with high approbation, and also by American Churchmen. He was not only a reli- gious man, but he was a believer after the pattern of St. John and St. Paul. There are religious men who are, as we say, 'sound in the faith,' and whose theology is wrought like serried links of steel armor, hung up in academic hall, yet who have not, within this steel panoply, the living man, the spirit and life of love which make one capable of prayer, praise, and devotion. . . . We all, I think, who were present at his funeral, when our friend, or what was mortal of him, lay stretched on his bier, the choir standing by his side and singing his own Hymn to the Cross, thought that there lay one who was a holy man, whose spirit had ascended to the holy abode of God."
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