General catalogue of Bowdoin College and the Medical School of Maine, 1794-1912, Part 6

Author: Bowdoin College; Little, George Thomas, 1857-1915, ed
Publication date: 1912
Publisher: Brunswick, Me. : The College
Number of Pages: 516


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Thomas C. Upham, 1824-67. George T. Ladd, 1879-81.


Samuel Harris, 1867-71.


Paul A. Chadbourne, 1871-72.


Samuel G. Brown, 1883-85.


Ephraim C. Cummings, 1872-73. William DeW. Hyde, 1885 -.


Mark Hopkins, 1873-74. Charles T. Burnett, (Psychology), 1904 -.


Joshua L. Chamberlain, 1874-79.


PHYSICAL TRAINING


William C. Dole, 1866-70.


Dudley A. Sargent, 1870-75.


Frederick K. Smyth, 1875-77.


Alfred G. Ladd, 1877-78. Daniel A. Robinson, 1878-81. Frank N. Whittier, 1886 -.


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Gabriel Campbell, 1881-83.


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PHYSICS


Instruction in Physics was from the first in charge of the Department of Mathematics.


Cyrus F. Brackett, 1864-73.


Charles C. Hutchins, 1885 -.


Henry Carmichael, 1873-85.


PHYSIOLOGY


David S. Conant, 1857-63.


Corydon La Ford, 1863-71.


Robert Amory, 1871-75.


Burt Green Wilder, 1875-84.


Henry H. Hunt, 1884-91. Charles D. Smith, 1891 -.


SURGERY


Edmund R. Peaslee, 1857-60.


Timothy Childs, 1860-63.


David S. Conant, 1863-65.


William W. Greene, 1866-81.


Stephen H. Weeks, 1882-1905. Frederic H. Gerrish, 1905-11. Alfred King, 1911 -.


Henry H. Brock, (Clinical), 1911 -.


LIBRARIANS


John Abbot, 1802-24.


Calvin E. Stowe, 1824-25.


Joseph H. Abbot, 1825-27.


John Abbot, 1827-29.


Henry W. Longfellow, 1829-35.


Samuel Adams, 1835-36.


Henry B. Smith, 1836-38.


Daniel R. Goodwin, 1838-53.


Charles C. Everett, 1853-57.


William P. Tucker, 1857-63.


Stephen J. Young, 1863-69.


Alpheus S. Packard, 1869-81.


Henry Johnson, 1880-85. George T. Little, 1883 -.


OFFICERS OF INSTRUCTION, 1912


William DeWitt Hyde, President. Professor of Mental and Moral Philosophy.


Alfred Mitchell, Professor Emeritus of Internal Medicine.


Lucilius Alonzo Emery, Professor of Medical Jurisprudence.


Henry Leland Chapman, Professor of English Literature.


Frederic Henry Gerrish, Professor Emeritus of Surgery and Pro- fessor of Medical Ethics.


Henry Johnson, Longfellow Professor of Modern Languages and Curator of the Art Collections.


Frank Edward Woodruff, Joseph E. Merrill Professor of the Greek Language and Literature.


Charles Bryant Witherle, Professor of Neurology and Mental Dis- eases.


George Thomas Little, Librarian.


Charles Dennison Smith, Professor of Physiology.


Addison Sanford Thayer, Professor of Internal Medicine and Dean of the Medical Faculty.


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Officers of Instruction, 1912


William Albion Moody, Wing Professor of Mathematics. John Franklin Thompson, Professor of Diseases of Women. Charles Clifford Hutchins, Professor of Physics.


Willis Bryant Moulton, Professor of Ophthalmology and Otology.


Frank Nathaniel Whittier, Professor of Hygiene and Physical Training and College Physician; Professor of Pathology and Bac- teriology.


Henry Herbert Brock, Professor of Clinical Surgery. George Taylor Files, Professor of Germanic Languages.


Edward Joseph McDonough, Professor of Obstetrics.


Wilmot Brookings Mitchell, Edward Little Professor of Rhetoric and Oratory.


Charles Theodore Burnett, Professor of Psychology.


Roscoe James Ham, Professor of German.


Frederic Willis Brown, Professor of Modern Languages.


Walter Eaton Tobie, Professor of Anatomy.


Daniel B. Fayerweather Professor of Economics and Sociology.


Kenneth Charles Morton Sills, Winkley Professor of the Latin Language and Literature and Dean of the College Faculty.


Charles Henry Hunt, Professor of Materia Medica, Pharmacology and Therapeutics.


Manton Copeland, Professor of Biology.


Marshall Perley Cram, Professor of Chemistry and Mineralogy and Josiah Little Professor of Natural Science.


William Edward Lunt, Thomas Brackett Reed Professor of His- tory and Political Science.


Paul Nixon, Professor of Classics and History.


William Hawley Davis, Professor of English and Argumentation. James Edward Keating, Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine. Wallace Wadsworth Dyson, Assistant Professor of Anatomy.


Warren Benjamin Catlin, Assistant Professor of Economics and Sociology.


Orren Chalmer Hormell, Assistant Professor of History.


Gerald Gardner Wilder, Assistant Librarian.


Henry Bissell Alvord, Assistant Professor of Surveying, Mechani- cal Drawing and Astronomy.


James Alfred Spalding, Clinical Instructor in Ophthalmology and Otology.


Alfred King, Lecturer on Surgery.


Herbert Francis Twitchell, Instructor in Clinical Surgery.


Gilbert Molleson Elliott, Demonstrator of Anatomy.


Gustav Adolf Pudor, Lecturer on Dermatology.


Gilman Davis, Lecturer on Diseases of the Nose and Throat. Ambrose Herbert Weeks, Instructor in Internal Medicine.


Arthur Scott Gilson, Instructor in Clinical Surgery.


Richard Dresser Small, Instructor in Obstetrics.


William Wheeler Bolster, Instructor in Physiology.


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Alfred Mitchell, Jr., Lecturer on Genito-Urinary Surgery.


Edville Gerhardt Abbott, Lecturer on Orthopedic Surgery. Thomas Jayne Burrage, Instructor in Internal Medicine. Willis Bean Moulton, Instructor in Diseases of Women. Edwin Wagner Gehring, Instructor in Internal Medicine.


Edwin Motley Fuller, Jr., Instructor in Pathology and Bacteriol -. ogy


Fred Paterson Webster, Lecturer on Diseases of Children.


Louis Andrew Derry, Instructor in Materia Medica, Pharmacology and Therapeutics. .


Philip Pickering Thompson, Instructor in Embryology.


Joseph Blake Drummond, Demonstrator of Histology.


Erastus Eugene Holt, Jr., Demonstrator of Histology.


Nathaniel Edward Loomis, Instructor in Chemistry.


[James Lukens McConaughy, Instructor in English and Secretary of the Christian Association. On leave of absence. ]


Elmer Henry King, Demonstrator of Histology.


Carl Hervey Stevens, Instructor in Pathology and Bacteriology.


Francis Wilson Lamb, Clinical Assistant in Orthopedics.


Alfred William Haskell, Clinical Assistant in Surgery.


William Moran, Clinical Assistant in Diseases of the Eye. Harold Ashton Pingree, Clinical Assistant in Orthopedics. Ernest Woodbury Files, Clinical Assistant in Medicine.


Oramel Elisha Haney, Clinical Assistant in Surgery.


Francis Joseph Welch, Clinical Assistant in Medicine. Charles Langmaid Cragin, Assistant Demonstrator of Anatomy. Harold Josselyn Everett, Clinical Assistant in Obstetrics. Lucinda Blake Hatch, Clinical Assistant in Obstetrics.


Roland Banks Moore, Clinical Assistant in Obstetrics.


Ernest Gibson Fifield, Assistant in English and Secretary of the Christian Association.


Berton Charles Morrill, Assistant in Hygiene and Physical Train- ing.


OTHER OFFICERS


Ira Peirce Booker, Treasurer.


Samuel Benson Furbish, Assistant to Treasurer.


Hugh Mclellan Lewis, Assistant in the Library.


Edith Jenney Boardman, Cataloguer.


Alice Curtis Little, Secretary.


Caroline Tillson Robinson, Assistant Curator of the Art Collec- tions.


ALUMNI


GRADUATES OF BOWDOIN COLLEGE


Class of 1806


Richard Cobb. A.M., 1809. b. 28 Feb., 1788, Portland, Me. Merchant, Portland, 1811-25. Res., Boston, Mass. Overseer, 1817- 36. d. 16 July, 1837, London, Eng.


Isaac Foster Coffin. A.M., 1809. b. 27 Mar., 1787, Portland, Me. Lawyer, Boston, Mass. Merchant, Chili, 1817-23. Teacher, Rox- bury, Mass. d. 24 Jan., 1861.


John Davis. b. Jan., 1779, Beverly, Mass. Mechanic, Limerick, Me. Teacher, Portland Acad. Capt., U.S.A., 1812. d. June, 1841, Lovell, Me.


John Maurice O'Brien. A.M., 1809. b. 9 Sept., 1786, Newbury- port, Mass. Lawyer, Newburyport, 1809-20; Brunswick, Me., 1820- 37; Boston, Mass., 1838-45. Res., Brunswick, Me., 1846-65. Maine Leg., 1835. d. 19 Dec., 1865.


Moses Quinby. b. 19 Apr., 1786, Stroudwater, Me. Lawyer, Westbrook, Me. d. 6 May, 1857.


George Thorndike. A.M., 1810; A.B., Harvard, 1807. b. 6 Jan., 1789, Beverly, Mass. d. 23 Dec., 1811, St. Petersburg.


Benjamin Titcomb. b. 4 Dec., 1787, Standish, Me. Clergyman, Freeport, Me. d. 29 Mar., 1829, Brunswick.


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Class of 1807


Charles Stewart Daveis. A.M., 1810; LL.D., 1844. b. 10 May, 1788, Portland, Me. Lawyer, Portland; retired from practice, 1850. Lieut .- Colonel, State Militia, 1818-27. £ U. S. Agent to Holland, 1829. Overseer, 1816-36; Trustee, 1836-64. Maine Senate, 1841. President, Mass. Society of the Cincinnati. d. 29 Mar., 1865.


Robert Means. A.M., 1810. b. 23 Jan., 1786, Amherst, N. H. Lawyer, Amherst, N. H. Supt., Suffolk Mills, Lowell, Mass. d. 26 Sept., 1842, Lowell, Mass.


Seth Storer. A.M., 1810. b. 17 Feb., 1787, Saco, Me. Lawyer, Saco, 1810-21. Farmer, Scarboro, Me., 1821-76. Overseer, 1843-57. d. 22 Mar., 1876.


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Class of 1808


Alfred Johnson. A.M., 1811. b. 13 Aug., 1789, Newburyport, Mass. Lawyer, Belfast, Me. Mass. Leg., 1819; Maine Const. Conv., 1819. Maine Leg., 1820. Judge of Probate, 1820-38. Overseer, 1821-38; Trustee, 1838-52. d. 22 Mar., 1852.


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1808-10


Enos Merrill. A.M., 1814. b. 18 Mar., 1786, Falmouth, Me.


Teacher, 1808-10. Andover Theol. Sem., 1813. Tutor, 1814-16. Pastor, Freeport, Me., 1816-30; Alna, Me., 1832-41; Mechanic Falls, Me., 1846-55; Fairlee, Vt., 1858-61. Overseer, 1817-56. d. 22 Mar., 1861, Orford, N. H.


John Patten. A.M., 1811. b. 4 Oct., 1785, Topsham, Me. An- dover Theol. Sem., 1809-11. Teacher, North Carolina. Merchant, Charlestown, Mass. Merchant and farmer, Bowdoinham, Me., 1824- 66. Maine Leg., 1832, 1844-45. d. 28 Aug., 1866.


Joseph Sprague. A.M., 1811. b. 16 Aug., 1788, Bowdoinham, Me. Lawyer, Thomaston, Me. d. 21 Sept., 1826.


David Stanwood. A.M., 1811. b. 19 Feb., 1788, Brunswick, Me. Lawyer, Brunswick, 1811-34. U.S.A., 1814. Col., State Militia. d. Feb., 1834.


William Allen Tompson. A.M., 1811. b. 18 Apr., 1787, South Berwick, Me. Andover Theol. Sem., 1809-11. Prin., Berwick Acad., So. Berwick, 1813-19. Farmer, So. Berwick, 1819-35. d. 3 Oct., 1835.


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Class of 1809


Lithgow Hunter. b. 6 Nov., 1787, Topsham, Me. Lawyer, Union, Me. Farmer, Topsham, Me. d. 28 Aug., 1862.


Nathan Lord. A.M., 1812; also Dartmouth, 1821; D.D., 1828; LL.D., Dartmouth, 1864. b. 28 Nov., 1792, Berwick, Me. Inst., Phillips Acad., Exeter, N. H., 1809-11. Andover Theol. Sem., 1815. Pastor, Amherst, N. H., 1816-28. Trustee, Dartmouth, 1821-63; President, 1828-63. d. 9 Sept., 1870, Hanover, N. H.


John Mussey. A.M., 1812. b. 15 Oct., 1790, Portland, Me. Law- yer, Portland, 1812-86. Clerk, U. S. Dist. Court, 1819-48. Over- seer, 1829-39. d. 21 May, 1886.


Benjamin Randall. 'A.M., 1812. b. 14 Nov., 1789, Topsham, Me. Lawyer, Bath, Me., 1812-57. Maine Senate, 1833, 1835, 1838. Member Congress, 1839-43. Overseer, 1818-57. d. 14 Oct., 1857. William Richardson. M.D., Harvard, 1813. b. 13 Mar., 1788, Boston, Mass. Physician, Slatersville, R. I., 1813-17; Portsmouth, R. I., 1817-38; Johnston, R. I., 1838-64. d. 30 Sept., 1864.


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Class of 1810


John Emery Abbot. A.M., 1813; also Harvard, 1815. b. 6 Aug., 1793, Exeter, N. H. Harvard Div. Sch., 1813. Pastor, Salem, Mass., 1815-19. d. 7 Oct., 1819, Exeter, N. H.


George William Boyd. A.M., 1816. b. 30 Aug., 1791, Ports- mouth, N. H. Lieut., U.S.A., 1813-17. Editor and merchant, New Orleans, La. d. 6 Mar., 1860, Portland, Me.


William Clark. A.M., 1826. b. 12 Oct., 1788, Hallowell, Me. Lawyer, Hallowell. Maine Leg., 1826, 1828-30, 1832-33. d. 18 May, 1855.


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1810-11


Edward Henry Cobb. A.M., 1813. b. 30 Jan., 1792, Portland, Me. Merchant, Portland. d. 18 Jan., 1818, Havana, Cuba.


Jeremiah Fellowes. b. 1 May, 1791, Exeter, N. H. Lawyer, Exe- ter. d. 5 Sept., 1865, Concord, N. H.


Benjamin Lincoln Lear. A.M., 1813. b. 11 Mar., 1792, Phila- delphia, Pa. Lawyer, Washington, D. C. d. 1 Oct., 1832.


Arthur McArthur. A.M., 1848. b. 14 Jan., 1790, Limington, Me. Lawyer, Limington, 1817-74. d. 29 Nov., 1874.


Robert Page. A.M., 1817. b. 25 Apr., 1790, Readfield, Me. An- dover Theol. Sem., 1815. Pastor, Bradford, N. H., 1822-28; Dur- ham, N. H., 1828-31; Hanover, N. H., 1831-33; Hardwick, Vt., 1833- 35; Kenduskeag, Me., 1835-44; Old Town, Me., 1844-46; Hills- borough, N. H., 1847-51; Lempster, N. H., 1851-56; West Farming- ton, O., 1857-63. d. 12 Jan., 1876.


Henry Smith. A.M., 1817. b. 2 June, 1789, Durham, N. H. An- dover Theol. Sem., 1815. Pastor, Camden, N. Y., 1817-28. d. 19 July, 1828.


Frederic Southgate. b. 9 Aug., 1791, Scarboro, Me. Tutor, 1812- 13. d. 29 May, 1813. James Weston. A.M., 1813. b. 9 Nov., 1791, Augusta, Me. Teacher, Bath, Me .; Augusta, Me. Pastor, Litchfield, Me., 1824-38. d. 20 Jan., 1870.


William Cobb Wilde. b. 2 Sept., 1792, Hallowell, Me. Lawyer, Hallowell, Me .; Amesbury, Mass. d. 23 Dec., 1825, Newburyport, Mass.


John Wise. A.M., 1813; M.D., Harvard, 1816. b. 20 Jan., 1790. Surgeon, U.S.N., War of 1812. Physician, Sherburne, Mass. d. 8 Mar., 1829, Kennebunk, Me.


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Class of 1811


Cornelius Dennison. b. 2 Feb., 1783, Freeport, Me. Lawyer, Brookville, Ind. Teacher, Virginia. Farmer, Schuyler Co., Illinois, 1835-46. d. 15 Apr., 1846.


John Barton Derby. A.M., 1814. b. 13 Nov., 1793, Salem, Mass. Lawyer, Dedham, Mass. U. S. Civil Service, Boston, Mass. d. 8 July, 1867.


Josiah Little. A.M., 1814. b. 13 Jan., 1791, Newbury, Mass. Land-owner, and manufacturer. Mass. Senate, 1839-40. Overseer, 1847-59. d. 5 Feb., 1860, Newburyport, Mass.


John McKeen. A.M., 1814. b. 21 Dec., 1789, Beverly, Mass. Andover Theol. Sem., 1813-14. Legal business, Brunswick, Me. Overseer, 1839-61; Secy. of the Board, 1841-61. d. 2 Dec., 1861.


John Merrill. A.M., 1814. b. 3 Jan., 1793, Newbury, Mass. Mer- chant. Mass. Leg., 1823-25, 1835-36; Senate, 1827-31. Judge, Court of Sessions, 1826-28. Res., Woodbury, N. J., 1841-46; Bal- timore, Md., 1846-48, 1850-52; Newburyport, Mass., 1848-50; Brooklyn, N. Y., 1852-61. d. 10 Aug., 1861, Orange, N. J. Asa Redington. LL.D., Bates, 1873. b. 4 July, 1789, Vassal- boro, Me. Principal, Gorham Acad., Me., 1812-14. Lawyer, Wa-


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terville, Me., 1815-32; Augusta, Me. Judge, Dist. Court, Augusta, 1841-46. State Treas., 1835-37. Overseer, 1840-42. Reporter of Decisions, 1850-54. d. 6 June, 1874, Lewiston, Me. 6 -* 6


Class of 1812


John Parker Boyd. A.M., 1815. b. 1 June, 1792, Portland, Me. Lawyer, Portland. d. 20 July, 1871.


Charles Freeman. A.M., 1815. b. 3 June, 1794, Portland, Me. Lawyer, Portland. Pastor, Limerick, Me., 1820-53. Overseer, 1846- 47. d. 19 Sept., 1853.


George Freeman. b. 9 Mar., 1796, Portland, Me. Law student. d. 27 Nov., 1815.


George Lamson. A.M., 1815. b. 6 Oct., 1793, Exeter, N. H.


Lawyer, Exeter. Editor and publisher, Exeter; New York City,. 1823-26. d. 1826, New York City.


William Pilsbury. b. 16 June, 1793, Boston, Mass. Law student. d. 10 Aug., 1815.


Joseph Sewall. A.M., 1818. b. 26 Apr., 1795, Bath, Me. Law- yer, Bath, 1815-51. Adj .- Gen., Maine, 1833-34. U. S. Col, Customs, Bath, 1834-41. d. 27 Apr., 1851.


Moses Shaw. A.M., 1821; M.D., Colby, 1835. b. 28 Oct., 1790, Georgetown, Me. Physician, Wiscasset, Me. Maine Leg., 1827-30, 1832-35. d. 13 Sept., 1847.


John Parker Boyd Storer. A.M., 1815; also Harvard, 1817. b. 6 Nov., 1793, Portland, Me. Studied Theology, Cambridge, Mass. Tutor, 1816. Pastor, Walpole, Mass., 1826-39; Syracuse, N. Y., 1839-44. d. 17 Mar., 1844.


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Class of 1813


John Anderson. A.M., 1823. b. 29 July, 1792, Windham, Me. Lawyer, Portland, Me. Maine Senate, 1824. Member Congress, 1825-33. U. S. Dist. Att'y, 1833-36; U. S. Col. Customs, Portland, 1836-41, 1843-47; Mayor, 1833, 1842. Overseer, 1821-32. d. 21 Aug., 1853.


Nathan Dane Appleton. A.M., 1823. b. 20 May, 1794, Ipswich, Mass. Lawyer, Standish, Me., 1818-20; Alfred, Me., 1820-61. Maine Leg., 1829, 1847-48; Maine Senate, 1830; Att'y Gen., 1857- 59. d. 12 Nov., 1861.


Moses Bailey Chase. A.M., 1831. b. 13 Jan., 1791, Salisbury, N. H. Rector, Accomack Co., Va., 1823-26; Hopkinton, N. H., 1826- 41. Chaplain, U.S.N., 1841; Ret., 1861. d. 21 Oct., 1875, Cam- bridge, Mass.


Nehemiah Cleaveland. A.M., 1816; LL.D., 1869. b. 16 Aug., 1796, Topsfield, Mass. Andover Theol. Sem., 1813-14. Teacher, 1814-17. Tutor, Greek and Latin, 1817-20. Prin., Dummer Acad., 1821-39; Female Sem., Brooklyn, N. Y., 1842-48. Res., New York, N. Y .; Topsfield, Mass .; Westport, Conn. d. 17 Apr., 1877. Author of "History of Bowdoin College."


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Graduates


1813-14


Rufus King Porter. A.M., 1816. b. 3 Sept., 1794, Biddeford, Me. Lawyer, Machias, Me., 1817-56. d. 11 Dec., 1856.


Benjamin [Franklin] Salter. b. 6 Apr., 1792, Portsmouth, N. H. Merchant, Fayetteville, N. C .; New York City. d. 8 Sept., 1858.


Bellamy Storer. A.M., 1821; LL.D., 1874; also Kenyon, 1857. b. 26 Mar., 1796, Portland, Me. Lawyer, Cincinnati, O. Judge Su- perior Court, 1854-73. Member Congress, 1835-37. Prof., Cincin- nati Law School. d. 1 June, 1875.


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Class of 1814


James Bowdoin. A.M., 1817; also Harvard, 1818; Yale, 1826. b. 23 July, 1794, Boston, Mass. Lawyer, Boston. Mass. Leg., 1829- 32. Overseer, 1827-31. d. 6 Mar., 1833, Havana, Cuba.


John Bush. b. 3 July, 1792, Boylston, Mass. Physician, Vassal- boro, Me. d. 27 Feb., 1876.


James Cargill. b. 22 Feb., 1790, Newcastle, Me. d. 17 Sept., 1814.


Charles Northend Cogswell. A.M., 1817. b. 24 Apr., 1797, South Berwick, Me. Lawyer, South Berwick. Maine Senate, 1833-34; Maine Leg., 1842. d. 11 Oct., 1843.


John Abbot Douglass. A.M., 1817. b. 4 Feb., 1792, Portland, Me .. Pastor, Waterford, Me., 1821-78. Trustee, Bridgton Acad., 1827-74; Pres. of the Board, 1828-43, 1861-74. d. 7 Aug., 1878.


Charles Dummer. A.M., 1817. b. 3 Sept., 1793, Hallowell, Me. Lawyer, Hallowell. Maine Leg., 1831-32. Treas. Dept., Washing- ton, 1839-55. Deputy Col. Customs, New York City. Overseer, 1821-39, 1864-72. d. 28 June, 1872, Hallowell, Me.


Stephen Emery. A.M., 1817. b. 29 Apr., 1790, Minot, Me. Teacher, 1814-16. Lawyer, Paris, Me., 1819-63. Judge of Probate, 1826-38. Att'y Gen., 1839-41. Mem. Council, 1847. Judge, Dist. Court, 1850-52. d. 18 Nov., 1863, Auburn, Me.


John Eveleth. A.M., 1817. b. 24 Oct., 1786, New Gloucester, Me. Prin., Hebron Acad., 1814-16. Lawyer, Windham, Me., 1819-


59. Maine Leg., 1823-26. Overseer, 1832-35. d. 17 Sept., 1859.


Nathaniel Groton. A.M., 1818. . b. 9 May, 1791, Waldoboro, Me.


Lawyer, Bath, Me. Judge of Probate, 1834-48. Maine Senate, 1832, 1834. Overseer, 1821-35. d. 28 Oct., 1858.


Samuel Hale. A.M., 1817; also Harvard, 1818. b. 30 Apr., 1793, Barrington, N. H. Merchant and ship-owner, 1822-42. Portsmouth, N. H. Manufacturer, Rollinsford, N. H. d. 20 Dec., 1869.


Winthrop Hilton. A.M., 1817. b. 14 Sept., 1794, Deerfield, N. H. Farmer, Deerfield. N. H. Legislature. d. 15 Aug., 1869.


Elijah King. b. 21 May, 1789, Minot, Me. Lawyer, Kentucky. d. before 1830.


Edward Orne. b. 3 Apr., 1791, Salem, Mass. Sea captain, to 1834. Land agent, Mississippi. d. 7 Apr., 1845.


William King Porter. b. 5 Nov., 1795, Topsham, Me. Lawyer, Turner, Me., 1818-34. Overseer, 1821-26. d. 7 Sept., 1834.


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William Henry Robbins. A.M., 1817. b. 22 Oct., 1794, Hallowell, Me. Lawyer, Cheraw, S. C. d. 26 Mar., 1843.


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Class of 1815


Robert Pinckney Dunlap. A.M., 1818. b. 17 Aug., 1794, Bruns- wick, Me. Lawyer, Brunswick. Maine Leg., 1822-23; Maine Sen- ate, 1824-28, 1830-32; Pres., 1827-28, 1831-32; Mem. Council, 1833. Governor, 1834-37. Member Congress, 1843-47. U. S. Coll. Customs, Portland, Me., 1848-49. Overseer, 1821-59; President of the Board, 1843-59. d. 20 Oct., 1859, Brunswick, Me.


George Evans. A.M., 1818; LL.D., 1847; also Washington Coll., Pa., 1846. b. 12 Jan., 1797, Hallowell, Me. Lawyer, Gardiner, Me., 1818-47; Portland, Me., 1847-67. Maine Leg., 1825-29; Speaker, 1829. Member Congress, 1829-41; U. S. Senate, 1841-47. Att'y- Gen., 1853-55. Overseer, 1826-45; Trustee, 1845-67. d. 6 Apr., 1867.


Perez Bryant Mann. b. 26 Aug., 1798, Hallowell, Me. Business, Augusta, Ga. d. Dec., 1817.


Richard Elvins Orne. b. 20 May, 1795, Salem, Mass. Sea cap- tain, to 1835. Land agent, Memphis, Tenn., 1836-60. d. 22 Sept., 1860, near St. Paul, Minn.


Chandler Robbins. M.D., Harvard, 1818. b. 21 Aug., 1796, Hal- lowell, Me. Physician, Boston, Mass. d. 24 May, 1836, Cheraw, S. C.


Levi Stowell. A.M., 1818. b. 14 Jan., 1794, Paris, Me. Lawyer and farmer, Paris, Me., 1818-53. Postmaster and magistrate, Bruce- ville, Ind., 1853-63. Res., Mazeppa, Minn. d. 8 Sept., 1865.


Solomon Thayer. b. 4 Sept., 1789, Bridgewater, Mass. Lawyer, Lubec, Me., 1818-52. Maine Leg., 1844. Res., Portland, Me., 1852- 57. d. 22 Dec., 1857.


John Apthorp Vaughan. D.D., Kenyon, 1839. b. 13 Oct., 1795, Boston, Mass. Banking, London, Eng .; Planter, Jamaica, W. I. Teacher, Hallowell, 1829-33. Rector, Salem, Mass., 1834-36. Sec. Episcopal Board Missions, 1836-42. Supt., Inst. for Blind, Philadel- phia, Pa., 1845-48. Teacher, Philadelphia, 1848-54. Prof., Prot. Epis. Divinity Sch., Philadelphia, 1861-65. Overseer, 1830-40. d. 5 June, 1865.


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Class of 1816


Edward Emerson Bourne. A.M., 1819; LL.D., 1872. b. 19 Mar., 1797, Kennebunk, Me. Lawyer, Kennebunk, 1819-73. Maine Leg., 1826-31. Judge of Probate, 1857-73. Pres., Maine Historical So- ciety. Trustee, 1866-73. d. 23 Sept., 1873.


Randolph Augustus Lawrence Codman. A.M., 1835. b. 24 Nov., 1796, Gorham, Me. Lawyer, Standish, Me., 1821-24; Waterville, Me., 1824-30; Portland, Me., 1830-53. Maine Leg., 1837-38. d. 28 Oct., 1853.


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1816-17


Rodney Gove Dennis. A.M., 1820. b. 17 Apr., 1791, New Boston, N. H. Andover Theol. Sem., 1819. Pastor, Topsfield, Mass., 1820- 29; Somers, Conn., 1830-39; without charge, Grafton, Mass., 1843- 61, and Southboro, Mass., 1861-65. d. 29 Sept., 1865, Southboro, Mass.


Stephen Longfellow Lewis. A.M., 1819. b. 17 Mar., 1795, Gor- ham, Me. Lawyer, Athens, Me. Maine Leg., 1823. d. 4 Feb., 1825, Gorham, Me.


Dudley Norris. b. 6 Jan., 1796, Hallowell, Me. Medical student, 1816-17. d. 7 May, 1817.


Alpheus Spring Packard. A.M., 1819; D.D., 1860. b. 23 Dec., 1798, Chelmsford, Mass. Teacher, 1816-19. Tutor, Languages and Mathematics, 1819-22; Languages and Metaphysics, 1822-24; Prof., Languages and Classical Literature, 1824-42; Rhetoric and Ora- tory, and Classical Literature, 1842-45; Ancient Languages and Classical Literature, 1845-65; Collins Professor, Natural and Re- vealed Religion, 1864-84; Librarian, 1869-81; Acting Pres., 1883- 84. d. 13 July, 1884, Squirrel Island, Me.


Charles Richard Porter. A.M., 1822. b. 14 Oct., 1797, Topsham, Me. Lawyer, Topsham, 1819-26; Camden, Me., 1826-47; Bath, Me., 1847-60. Judge of Probate, 1856-60. d. 18 July, 1860.


Ebenezer Shillaber. A.M., 1825. b. 29 July, 1797, Salem, Mass. Lawyer, Newburyport, Mass., 1819-26 (?); Salem, Mass., 1826 ( ?)- 51; Clerk of Courts, 1841-51. Mass. Leg., 1825-26. d. 9 Nov., 1856, Biddeford, Me.


William Augustus Staples. A.M., 1819. b. 25 Oct., 1795, Eliot, Me. Studied medicine at Portsmouth, N. H., and Philadelphia, Pa. Physician, Matanzas, Cuba. d. 29 Apr., 1820, Havana, Cuba.


John Searle Tenney. A.M., 1819; LL.D., 1850. b. 21 Jan., 1793, Rowley, Mass. Lawyer, Norridgewock, Me. Maine Leg., 1838; Sen- ate, 1864-65; Justice, Supreme Court, 1841-55; Chief Justice, 1855- 62. Overseer, 1842-49; Trustee, 1849-69. Lecturer on Medical Jurisprudence, 1849-53; Professor of Law, and Lecturer on Medical Jurisprudence, 1853-69. d. 23 Aug., 1869.


Wilmot Wood. A.M., 1822. b. 16 Feb., 1796, Wiscasset, Me. Lawyer, Wiscasset; Merchant, Wiscasset. Overseer, 1831-65. d. 2 May, 1865.


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Ebenezer Cheever. b. 12 May, 1791, Reading, Vt. Pastor, Mt. Vernon, N. H., 1819-23; Waterford, N. Y., 1824-30; Newark, N. J., 1834-46; Tecumseh, Mich .; Ypsilanti, Mich .; Paterson, N. J., 1856- 62. Res., Ypsilanti, Mich., 1862-66. d. 31 Dec., 1866.


Nathan Cummings. b. 23 Aug., 1796, Waterford, Me. Lawyer, Portland, Me. U. S. Col. Customs, Portland, 1840-43. d. 15 July, 1878.


Samuel Johnson. A.M., 1820. b. 19 May, 1792, Winthrop, Me. Pastor, Alna, Me., 1818-28; Saco, Me., 1828-36. Sec. Me. Miss. Soc'y. Overseer, 1829-36. d. 16 Nov., 1836, Hallowell, Me.


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James McKeen. A.M., 1820; M.D., Harvard, 1820. b. 27 Nov., 1797, Beverly, Mass. Physician, Topsham, Me. Lecturer on Mid- wifery, 1825-29; Professor, Obstetrics, 1829-37; Lecturer, Theory and Practice Physic, and Professor, Obstetrics, 1837-39. Overseer, 1841-73. d. 28 Nov., 1873.


Joseph Green Moody. A.M., 1820. b. 3 Nov., 1797, Kennebunk, Me. Merchant, Kennebunk, Me .; Augusta, Me .; Bangor, Me .; Bos- ton, Mass., 1840-59. d. 30 May, 1879, Cambridge, Mass.


Charles Packard. A.M., 1820. b. 12 Apr., 1801, Chelmsford, Mass. Lawyer, Brunswick, Me., 1824-35. Andover Theol. Sem. and Lane Theol. Sem. Pastor, Hamilton, O., 1837-39; Lancaster, Mass., 1840-54; Cambridgeport, Mass., 1854-55; North Middleboro, Mass., 1855-57; Biddeford, Me., 1857-64. d. 17 Feb., 1864.


Phineas Pratt. b. 23 May, 1789, New Ipswich, N. H. Prin., Thornton Acad., 1820-26. Merchant, Gardiner, Me., 1843-65. d. 9 Dec., 1865.


John Widgery. A.M., 1825. b. 17 June, 1802, Portland, Me. Lawyer, Little Rock, Ark .; Mayor. Surveyor, St. Louis, Mo. Res., Portland, Me., 1867-73. d. 2 Aug., 1873.


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Isaac Parsons Anderson. b. 12 Apr., 1798, North Yarmouth, Me. d. 16 Dec., 1818, Beverly, Mass.


Rufus Anderson. A.M., 1821; LL.D., 1868; D.D., Dartmouth, 1836. b. 17 Aug., 1796, North Yarmouth, Me. Andover Theol. Sem., 1822. Asst. to Cor. Sec., A.B.C.F.M., 1822-24; Asst. Sec., 1824-32; Foreign Sec., 1832-66. Lecturer, Andover Theol. Sem., 1867-69. Res., Boston, Mass. d. 30 May, 1880.




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