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Amherst College Class of 1875
(from the Amherst College Biographical Record, Centennial Edition (1821-1921))

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2150. Adams, Francis Eugene.
2151. *Adams, George Blake.  S. of Newell and Abigail (Blake), b. Medway, O. 4, 1851.  Delta Kappa Epsilon.

Prepared privately and Phillips Acad., Exeter, N. H.  Hartford T. S., 1875-78; a. p. Cong. Ch. New Marlboro, 1878-79; ordained, N. 19, 1879; p. Cong. Ch. Northboro, 1879-81.  D. Northboro, Aug. 25, 1881.

Married O. 26, 1880, Emma Caroline, da. of James Noble, Hartford, Conn.

2152. Armstrong, Edward Payson.
2153. *Arnd, Charles.
2154. Babcock, Frank Irving.
2155. *Bellows, Frank Dexter.
2156. *Benton, Otis Bassett.
2157. *Blanchard, Abiathar.
2158. *Brooks, Stephen Driver.
2159. *Bruce, Charles Crombie.
2160. Buffum, Charles Albert.
2161. *Chapman, Arthur Eugene.
2163. DeWitt, William Henry.  S. of William and Mary A. (Wright), b. Ware, D. 2, 1852.

Prepared Cleveland (O.) H. S.  Practised law Cleveland, O., 1878-.

Address, unknown.

2164. *Elwell, Levi Henry.
2165. *Ely, William Brewster.
2166. Fearing, Clarence White.
2167. Feemster, William James.
2168. *Forbes, George Fairchild.
2169. *Freeman, Elias Dudley.
2170. *Gay, Moses.
2171. *Goodale, David Wilder.
2172. *Hamlin, Alfred Dwight Foster.
2173. *Headley, Ivory Hovey Bartlett.
2174. *Hosmer, Frank Alvan.
2175. Johnson, Frederick William.
2176. Kauffmann, Rudolph.
2177. Kent, Daniel.  S. of Daniel Waldo and Harriet Newell (Grosvenor), b. Leicester, Jan. 2, 1853.  Delta Kappa Epsilon.

Prepared Leicester Acad.  Boston U. L. S., 1875-77; admitted to Indiana bar, Indianapolis, Je. 14, 1880; woolen manufacturer Leicester, 1881-1900; president Lakeside Manufacturing Co. there, 1881-95; register of deeds for Worcester district, Worcester Co., 1901-.  Author genealogical sketches.  Donor Kent prize in English literature A. C.

Married (1) Jy. 2, 1878, Georgia Ella, da. of Nelson F. Tyler, Westfield; (2) D. 1, 1915, Hattie May Leland, Worcester.

Address, 20 Cedar St., Worcester.

2178. *Knight, Henry Sargent.
2179. *Lord, William Rogers.
2180. *Lowell, Henry Lyman.
2181. *Mayo-Smith, Richmond.
2182. *Mears, George Franklin.
2183. Moore, Daniel Marshall.
2184. Palmer, Frank Herbert.
2185. *Reeves, Thomas Alonzo.
2186. *Sanborn, Francis Wood.
2187. *Sanders, Charles Sylvester.  S. of Rev. Marshall D. and Georgianna (Knight), b. Chavagacherry, Jaffna, Ceylon, Ap. 18, 1854.

Prepared Amherst H. S.  Taught Granby, 1875-76; Hartford T. S., 1876-79; ordained miss'y of A. B. C. F. M., Hartford, Conn., Je. 3, 1879; miss'y Aintab, Turkey, 1879-1906.  Taught in Central Turkey Coll., 1883; Central Turkey T. S., 1893.  D. Aintab, Turkey, O. 27, 1906.

Married D. 24, 1881, Illie Grace, da. of Rev. John S. Bingham, Wellsville, N. Y., who d. Jan. 15, 1888.  1 da.  Bro. Joseph A. (A. C. 1878).

2188. *Sawyer, William Brewster.
2189. Scoville, Frank Churchill.  S. of Luman Humphrey and Harriet (Churchill), b. Bingham, Penn., Je. 4, 1850.  Alpha Delta Phi.

Prepared State Normal School, Mansfield, Penn. and with Rev. Darwin Cook, Merryall, Penn.  Union T. S., 1875-78; ordained Independence, Kans., N. 12, 1878; p. there, 1878-80; Saugerties, N. Y., 1880-85; grad. student Andover T. S., 1885-86; p. Dutch Reformed Ch. Greenwich, N. Y., 1886-.

Married (1) Aug. 18, 1878, Annie Judson, da. of Daniel Dobbins, Wellsville, N. Y.; (2) 1911, May Adelaide Underwood, Greenwich, N. Y.

Address, Greenwich, N. Y.

2190. Sears, Nathaniel Clinton.  S. of Ames Gould (A. C. ex 1854) and Susan Augusta (Davis), b. Gallipolis, O., Aug. 23, 1854.  M. A., A. C., 1878; LL. D., Northwestern, 1898.  Phi Beta Kappa; Delta Kappa Epsilon.

Prepared Elgin, Ill.; Knox Coll., Ill., 1871-72; A. C., 1873-75.  Studied Roman law U. of Berlin and Heidelberg, Germany, Sorbonne, Paris, 1875-77; admitted to Ill. bar, 1878; practised Chicago, Ill., 1878-93; judge of the superior court Cook Co., 1893-97; chief justice appellate court 1st district Ill., Chicago, Ill., 1898-1902; senior member firm Sears, Meagher & Whitney, there, 1902-16; Sears, Wiley & Sherwin, 1916-17.  Prof. in Law Dept. Northwestern U., 1898-.  Member Chicago Bd. of Education; trustee and vice-president Beloit Coll., Wis.; trustee and president of bd. Elgin Acad. and Junior Coll., Elgin, Ill.

Married May 26, 1887, Laura Raymond, da. of Orlando Davidson, Elgin, Ill.

Address, Daytona Beach, Fla.

2191. Skeele, Arthur Fessenden.
2192. *Smith, Harold.
2193. *Strong, Homer Chester.
2194. *Tead, Edward Sampson.
2195. Todd, David Peck.  S. of Sereno Edwards and Rhoda (Peck), b. Lake Ridge, N. Y., Mch. 19, 1855.  M. A., A. C., 1878; Ph. D., Washington and Jefferson, 1888.  Phi Beta Kappa.

Prepared John C. Overhiser's School, Brooklyn, N. Y.; Columbia, 1870-72; A. C., 1873-75.  In U. S. Naval Observatory, 1875-78; U. S. Nautical Almanac Office, 1878-81; prof. of astronomy and directory of the observatory A. C., 1881-1917; prof. emeritus, 1917-; prof. of astronomy and higher mathematics Smith Coll., 1882-87.  Chief N. E. eclipse expedition to Tex., 1878; chief astronomer Lick Observatory transit of Venus, 1882; Amer. eclipse expedition to Japan, 1887; U. S. scientific expedition to W. Africa, 1889-90; Amherst eclipse expedition to Japan, 1896; Lowell eclipse expedition to Tripoli, 1900; Amherst eclipse expedition to Dutch East Indies, 1901; eclipse expedition to Tripoli, 1905; Mars expedition (Lowell) to the Andes, 1907; exlipse expeditions to Russia, 1914; to Florida, 1918; to Brazil and Argentina, 1919.  Designed and erected several observatories, including those at Smith Coll., 1886-88 and A. C., 1903-06; est. Standard Time in Peru, 1907.  Member Amer. Astronomical Soc.; Washington Philosophical Soc.; Japan Soc.; fellow Amer. Assoc. for Advancement of Science; Soc. of Natural and Physical Sciences, Cherbourg, France; Sociedad Geografica de Lima, Peru.  Presented by Emperor of Japan with the Imperial Saké Cup, for services to cause of education in Japan, 1896.  Author New Astronomy; Stars and Telescopes, and many shorter articles; ed. Columbian Knowledge Series.

Married Mch. 5, 1879, Mabel, da. of Prof. E. Loomis, Washington, D. C.  Ch. Millicent (Bingham).

Address, Cocoanut Grove, Florida.

2196. Vinton, Lindley.
2197. *White, Maurice Putnam.
2198. *Wolfe, Charles Corydon.
3390. Cross, Charles Whitman.

NON-GRADUATES

*Bacon, James Poole.
Brown, George Washington.
Fiske, Francis Winslow.  S. of Henry and Dorothy B. (Keyes), b. Whitefield, N. H., May 13, 1849.  Delta Kappa Epsilon.  Prepared Phillips Acad., Exeter, N. H.; A. C., 1871-74.  With Ginn Bros., publishers, 1876; studied law offices of Gillett & Stevens and H. W. Ely, Westfield, 1877-80; in insurance business Minneapolis, Minn., 1884.
*George, Edward Barton.
Hanna, J. Sawyer.
*Henry, DeWitt Clinton.
Howard, Albert Spaulding.
*Littlefield, Charles Pierce.
Logan, Millard Fillmore.
*Norcross, Walter Spaulding.
Perkins, William Parker.
Perry, Wallace Putnam.
Pike, Charles Eliot.
Samson, Charles Haynes.
*Thompson, Warren.
Woodworth, Charles Louis.

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