The Souvenir of Forty Years
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1871
THE
SOUVENIR
OF
FORTY
YEARS
1911
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1871
THE
SOUVENIR
OF
FORTY
YEARS
1911
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1871-1911
The Souvenir
of
Forty Years
PUBLISHED 1911 BY CLASS OF 1871
Ohio Wesleyan University
EDITOR
W. D. CHERINGTON, Chillicothe, Ohio
PUBLISHING COMMITTEE
L. C. BLACK, Cincinnati, Ohio. W. C. NYE, Delaware, Ohio
J. A. SMITH, Cleveland, Ohio. C. E. JONES, Chicago, Ill.
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1871-1911
The Souvenir
of
Forty Years
PUBLISHED 1911 BY CLASS OF 1871
Ohio Wesleyan University
EDITOR
W. D. CHERINGTON, Chillicothe, Ohio
PUBLISHING COMMITTEE
L. C. BLACK, Cincinnati, Ohio. W. C. NYE, Delaware, Ohio
J. A. SMITH, Cleveland, Ohio. C. E. JONES, Chicago, Ill.
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PRESIDENT MERRICK
1871
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PRESIDENT MERRICK
1871
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PRESIDENT WELCH
1911
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PRESIDENT WELCH
1911
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[image of OWU buildings and campus]
O.W.U. and O.W.F.C. in 1871
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PRESIDENT DONELSON MRS. DONELSON
1871 1871
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O.W.U. and O.W.F.C. in 1871
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PRESIDENT DONELSON MRS. DONELSON
1871 1871
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UNIVERSITY HALL AND GRAY CHAPEL
1911
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UNIVERSITY HALL AND GRAY CHAPEL
1911
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MONNETT HALL IN 1911
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MONNETT HALL IN 1911
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REUNION PICTURE
Left to right, Front Line:- MARY D. WILSON, HELEN PEASE MERRIAM, DELIA E. PAINE, JOHN G. WOOLLEY, MRS. JOHN G. WOOLEY,
ELLA DOWNS TWITCHELL, WILSON M. DAY, MRS. WILLIAM NYE, MRS. JOHN A. SMITH, JOHN A. SMITH, WILLIAM P. McLAUGHLIN,
Rear:- JOHN M. WILSON, EUGENE LANE, MRS. EUGENE LANE, DAVID J. SMITH, LEWIS C. BLACK, EDWARD H. JEWITT, WILLIAM C.
NYE, WILLIAM D. CHERINGTON, CHARLES E. JONES.
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REUNION PICTURE
Left to right, Front Line:- MARY D. WILSON, HELEN PEASE MERRIAM, DELIA E. PAINE, JOHN G. WOOLLEY, MRS. JOHN G. WOOLEY,
ELLA DOWNS TWITCHELL, WILSON M. DAY, MRS. WILLIAM NYE, MRS. JOHN A. SMITH, JOHN A. SMITH, WILLIAM P. McLAUGHLIN,
Rear:- JOHN M. WILSON, EUGENE LANE, MRS. EUGENE LANE, DAVID J. SMITH, LEWIS C. BLACK, EDWARD H. JEWITT, WILLIAM C.
NYE, WILLIAM D. CHERINGTON, CHARLES E. JONES.
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THE REUNION
The appropriate preface to this souvenir book of the Ohio Wesleyan
class of 1871, is the story of the '71 Reunion, which was held in Delaware,
June 13, 1911. Of the original class (both of the O.W.U. and the O.W.
F.C.) numbering sixty-eight, twenty-eight have died. The forty surviving
members are scattered over the United States, with two in South America.
We had sixteen members of the class at Delaware, and four of them brought
their wives, making a '71 company of twenty. Those who were present were
Mrs. Ella Downs Twitchell, Mrs. Helen Pease Merriam, Miss Delia Paine,
Miss Mary Wilson, Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Nye, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Smith,
Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Woolley, Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Lane, D. J. Smith, E. H.
Jewitt, J. M. Wilson, C. E. Jones, W. M. Day, L. C. Black, W. P. Mc-
Laughlin, and W. D. Cherington.
Room No. 5 in the University Hall was the appointed place for our
headquarters. Here we spent much of the day Tuesday, meeting each other,
and meeting our old friends of other classes, who called to see us. An in-
teresting exhibit of the earlier and later pictures of the members of our class
was suspended in a paper frame that reached around the room. Our table
was filled with old programs and souvenirs of our college days.
At noon we found ourselves happily together at the '71 table of the great
Alumni banquet, where John G. Woolley, of our class, presided and spoke
as toastmaster, and William P. McLaughlin delivered one of the addresses.
Both of them reflected much honor upon the class they represented.
It was very interesting to meet each other, for a number of us had not
met for forty years, and so great had been the changes that we did not know
each other.
Our '71 Reunion proper began at four o'clock. John G. Woolley was
elected president, and W. D. Cherington secretary. The roll of the class was
called, those present responding with the hearty freedom of the family circle;
and those absent being reported by letter or verbally. We deeply regretted
that many of our class could not be present. We had not program of speeches,
but just the hearty good time that members of the family circle would have,
after long years of separation. In the midst of our happiness, we were pained
to hear of the many members of our class who have passed forever beyond
the reach of earthly reunions.
At five o'clock we adjourned to have a reunion picture taken on the front
steps of University Hall. This picture appears in the opening pages of
this book.
At six o'clock we met in the parlors of the English Lutheran Church,
where the ladies of that church served us a class banquet, that we shall re-
member with pleasure for years to come. After the banquet we renewed the
roll call, and tarried together until a late hour.
The members of the class present unanimously passed the motion to
publish a Fortieth Anniversary Book, and appointed W. D. Cherington as
the editor, and L. C. Black, W. C. Nye, J. A. Smith and C. E. Jones as the
publication committee. Fifteen members present generously subscribed ten
dollars each, to start the fund for the publication of the book.
We certainly all felt that we had spent a happy day together, and that
in communion with those whom we had loved in our early life, we had re-
newed our youth.
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THE REUNION
The appropriate preface to this souvenir book of the Ohio Wesleyan
class of 1871, is the story of the '71 Reunion, which was held in Delaware,
June 13, 1911. Of the original class (both of the O.W.U. and the O.W.
F.C.) numbering sixty-eight, twenty-eight have died. The forty surviving
members are scattered over the United States, with two in South America.
We had sixteen members of the class at Delaware, and four of them brought
their wives, making a '71 company of twenty. Those who were present were
Mrs. Ella Downs Twitchell, Mrs. Helen Pease Merriam, Miss Delia Paine,
Miss Mary Wilson, Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Nye, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Smith,
Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Woolley, Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Lane, D. J. Smith, E. H.
Jewitt, J. M. Wilson, C. E. Jones, W. M. Day, L. C. Black, W. P. Mc-
Laughlin, and W. D. Cherington.
Room No. 5 in the University Hall was the appointed place for our
headquarters. Here we spent much of the day Tuesday, meeting each other,
and meeting our old friends of other classes, who called to see us. An in-
teresting exhibit of the earlier and later pictures of the members of our class
was suspended in a paper frame that reached around the room. Our table
was filled with old programs and souvenirs of our college days.
At noon we found ourselves happily together at the '71 table of the great
Alumni banquet, where John G. Woolley, of our class, presided and spoke
as toastmaster, and William P. McLaughlin delivered one of the addresses.
Both of them reflected much honor upon the class they represented.
It was very interesting to meet each other, for a number of us had not
met for forty years, and so great had been the changes that we did not know
each other.
Our '71 Reunion proper began at four o'clock. John G. Woolley was
elected president, and W. D. Cherington secretary. The roll of the class was
called, those present responding with the hearty freedom of the family circle;
and those absent being reported by letter or verbally. We deeply regretted
that many of our class could not be present. We had not program of speeches,
but just the hearty good time that members of the family circle would have,
after long years of separation. In the midst of our happiness, we were pained
to hear of the many members of our class who have passed forever beyond
the reach of earthly reunions.
At five o'clock we adjourned to have a reunion picture taken on the front
steps of University Hall. This picture appears in the opening pages of
this book.
At six o'clock we met in the parlors of the English Lutheran Church,
where the ladies of that church served us a class banquet, that we shall re-
member with pleasure for years to come. After the banquet we renewed the
roll call, and tarried together until a late hour.
The members of the class present unanimously passed the motion to
publish a Fortieth Anniversary Book, and appointed W. D. Cherington as
the editor, and L. C. Black, W. C. Nye, J. A. Smith and C. E. Jones as the
publication committee. Fifteen members present generously subscribed ten
dollars each, to start the fund for the publication of the book.
We certainly all felt that we had spent a happy day together, and that
in communion with those whom we had loved in our early life, we had re-
newed our youth.
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The Souvenir of Forty Years (p. 10)
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THE EDITORIAL STATEMENT
Two score years ago, and for a long period earlier and later, it was the
custom in the Ohio Wesleyan University, for each Junior class to issue a
college publication, under such a name as the class might select. These an-
nual Junior records, under a variety of names, were the forerunners of the
College "Bijou," which has apparently come to stay.
The Junior record of the class of 1870 was known as "The Chain." There
appeared our University circles in 1910 a beautiful book, under the editor-
ship of Mr. J. A. Jackson, entitled "The Chain of Forty Links." The book,
published by the class of '70, has been such a delight to us all, that it gave us
an inspiration for a book of like character from our class, which we earnestly
trust may in turn have some influence to help the University that we all love.
The Junior record of our class of 1871, passed into history as "The Souvenir."
This brief historical record of the members of our class since graduation, re-
ceives its name by inheritance, as "The Souvenir of Forty Years."
By the appointment of the members of our class who were present at
our reunion in commencement week of 1911, it has fallen to our lot to prepare
the fortieth anniversary book of the class of '71. We are indebted to Mr. J.
A. Jackson for many kindnesses that have helped us in this enterprise; to
Dr. W. W. Davies, for much valuable information; to the University Regis-
trar, for giving us access to the Alumni records; and to the University Treas-
urer, for the loan of many valuable cuts of the buildings.
These pages will give the present day roll of our class, with the correct
present addresses of our living members, and with the addresses of the nearest
relatives of our deceased members, in so far as we have been able to secure
them.
The reunion of our class in 1911, on the occasion of our fortieth anni-
versary, was a most interesting and delightful event that is briefly told in
these pages. But while this book had its birth in "The Reunion," the burden
of its message reaches far beyond a single "Red Letter Reunion Day." It is
definitely "The Souvenir of Forty Years" of the real life history of sixty-
eight men and women who went our from the University in 1871, to belt the
world 'round with their influence, and to encompass immortality itself with
their living presence.
Must we make defense of this book against the charge that it has a large
grave-yard department in it? Not until some one shall arise who can set to
music the real life story of an equal number of men and women, through a
like period, without a single minor note of death to mar the "hallelujah
chorus" of two score years of life.
Are any of our beloved classmates grieved because the delightful life-
stories which they kindly sent us, do not appear in full in these pages? This
volume already exceeds the original limitations marked out for it; and it
would have required a volume double its size, to have written the full history
of all the events worthy of record in our noble class.
Were any of the members of the class of '71 oppressed by being driven
to the art galleries against their will, to meet the expectations of this book?
In the coming years their children, and their children's children, will arise
to call this humble editor blessed, because in many instances he confessedly
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THE EDITORIAL STATEMENT
Two score years ago, and for a long period earlier and later, it was the
custom in the Ohio Wesleyan University, for each Junior class to issue a
college publication, under such a name as the class might select. These an-
nual Junior records, under a variety of names, were the forerunners of the
College "Bijou," which has apparently come to stay.
The Junior record of the class of 1870 was known as "The Chain." There
appeared our University circles in 1910 a beautiful book, under the editor-
ship of Mr. J. A. Jackson, entitled "The Chain of Forty Links." The book,
published by the class of '70, has been such a delight to us all, that it gave us
an inspiration for a book of like character from our class, which we earnestly
trust may in turn have some influence to help the University that we all love.
The Junior record of our class of 1871, passed into history as "The Souvenir."
This brief historical record of the members of our class since graduation, re-
ceives its name by inheritance, as "The Souvenir of Forty Years."
By the appointment of the members of our class who were present at
our reunion in commencement week of 1911, it has fallen to our lot to prepare
the fortieth anniversary book of the class of '71. We are indebted to Mr. J.
A. Jackson for many kindnesses that have helped us in this enterprise; to
Dr. W. W. Davies, for much valuable information; to the University Regis-
trar, for giving us access to the Alumni records; and to the University Treas-
urer, for the loan of many valuable cuts of the buildings.
These pages will give the present day roll of our class, with the correct
present addresses of our living members, and with the addresses of the nearest
relatives of our deceased members, in so far as we have been able to secure
them.
The reunion of our class in 1911, on the occasion of our fortieth anni-
versary, was a most interesting and delightful event that is briefly told in
these pages. But while this book had its birth in "The Reunion," the burden
of its message reaches far beyond a single "Red Letter Reunion Day." It is
definitely "The Souvenir of Forty Years" of the real life history of sixty-
eight men and women who went our from the University in 1871, to belt the
world 'round with their influence, and to encompass immortality itself with
their living presence.
Must we make defense of this book against the charge that it has a large
grave-yard department in it? Not until some one shall arise who can set to
music the real life story of an equal number of men and women, through a
like period, without a single minor note of death to mar the "hallelujah
chorus" of two score years of life.
Are any of our beloved classmates grieved because the delightful life-
stories which they kindly sent us, do not appear in full in these pages? This
volume already exceeds the original limitations marked out for it; and it
would have required a volume double its size, to have written the full history
of all the events worthy of record in our noble class.
Were any of the members of the class of '71 oppressed by being driven
to the art galleries against their will, to meet the expectations of this book?
In the coming years their children, and their children's children, will arise
to call this humble editor blessed, because in many instances he confessedly
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coerced them to place an order for the only shadows of themselves the world
has seen since their graduation day.
And after all, is "The Souvenir of Forty Years" only an enterprise of
extravagance, without any mission? We venture the prophecy that the little
offering we have made, once in a life-time, to make this little souvenir book
possible, will bring as large a measure of blessing to our lives, and to the
lives of others, as any offering that we have ever made, in these two score
busy years.
And so, under the commission of the class of '71, and greatly encouraged
by their hearty co-operation, we have sought to gather the histories and the
pictures of the royal men and women, who made up the diploma procession
of the Ohio Wesleyan University in 1871. Sixty-eight strong we went out
into the world, and through the long years since, our paths have crossed all
continents and all oceans. Twenty-eight of our number have already
completed the post-graduate work of earth, and have gone to receive their
immortal parchments, in the great Commencement day of their eternal life.
Our surviving members are living in many distant states and countries, and
it has required the search ligth of the marvelous postal system of the twen-
tieth century, to find them all.
Pity the limitations of an editor, whose office is the growth of a night,
and who is suddenly dispatched on the impossible errand of gathering the
histories and the shadows of more than three score men and women, widely
separated by distance and death. And know this: that however incom-
plete the work may be, it has been wrought in the ardent love of the old
college days, and is offered as a sincere contribution to the literature of our
lives.
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coerced them to place an order for the only shadows of themselves the world
has seen since their graduation day.
And after all, is "The Souvenir of Forty Years" only an enterprise of
extravagance, without any mission? We venture the prophecy that the little
offering we have made, once in a life-time, to make this little souvenir book
possible, will bring as large a measure of blessing to our lives, and to the
lives of others, as any offering that we have ever made, in these two score
busy years.
And so, under the commission of the class of '71, and greatly encouraged
by their hearty co-operation, we have sought to gather the histories and the
pictures of the royal men and women, who made up the diploma procession
of the Ohio Wesleyan University in 1871. Sixty-eight strong we went out
into the world, and through the long years since, our paths have crossed all
continents and all oceans. Twenty-eight of our number have already
completed the post-graduate work of earth, and have gone to receive their
immortal parchments, in the great Commencement day of their eternal life.
Our surviving members are living in many distant states and countries, and
it has required the search ligth of the marvelous postal system of the twen-
tieth century, to find them all.
Pity the limitations of an editor, whose office is the growth of a night,
and who is suddenly dispatched on the impossible errand of gathering the
histories and the shadows of more than three score men and women, widely
separated by distance and death. And know this: that however incom-
plete the work may be, it has been wrought in the ardent love of the old
college days, and is offered as a sincere contribution to the literature of our
lives.
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SLOCUM LIBRARY
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SLOCUM LIBRARY
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THE ROLL OF 1911.
ALBRIGHT, RUBY J. (deceased). Daughter,
Miss Estella M. Albright, Delaware, Ohio.
ANDERSON, THOMAS C. Portsmouth, Ohio.
BARNES-CHERINGTON, MARY, (deceased). Husband,
W. D. CHERINGTON, Chillicothe, Ohio.
BLACK, LEWIS C. Union Trust Building, Cincinnati, Ohio.
BREWSTER-MOUSER, ELIZA (deceased). Husband,
Mr. Homer S. Mouser, Huron, South Dakota.
BROCK, JOHN W. (deceased).
BUNDY-WELLS, ELIZA M. Office of Public Roads, Dept. of
Agriculture, Washington, D.C.
CAMPBELL-EDWARDS, MARY (deceased). Brother,
Mr. John E. Campbell, Delaware, Ohio.
CELLAR, THOMAS J. (deceased). Wife, Mrs. Eliza Cellar.,
Prospect, Ohio.
CHAMBERLAIN, MARY E. Humboldt, Kansas.
CHERINGTON, FLETCHER B. (deceased). Wife,
Mrs. Sue Cherington, Pasadena, California, R.F.D.
CHERINGTON, WILLIAM D. Chillicothe, Ohio.
CLARK, DAVIS W. Cincinnati, Ohio.
CLARK-MENDENHALL, HARRIET E. Piqua, Ohio.
CLARK, LEMEN T. (deceased). Wife, Mrs. L. T. Clark,
731 Dennison Avenue, Columbus, Ohio.
CLIPPINGER, CHARLES L. (deceased).
CRABB, WILLIAM D. Address unknown.
CROW, HERMAN D. Olympia, Washington.
CRUIKSHANK-LEEPER, EUNICE (deceased). Sister,
Mrs. Lois C. Murdoch, Delaware, Ohio.
DAVIDSON, WILLIAM. Lancaster, Ohio.
DAVIS, LUCIEN M. Troy, Ohio.
DAY, WILSON M. 900 Monolith Building, 45 W. 34th Street,
New York City.
DOVE, THEODORE F. (deceased). Wife, Mrs. T. F. Dove,
Shelbyville, Illinois.
DOWNS-TWITCHELL, ELLA. Winter Park, Florida.
DREES, CHARLES W. 133A Calle Lavalleja, Montevideo,
Uruguay, South America.
FRENCH-LEFEVRE, EVA. 1311 York Street, Denver, Colorado.
FUNK, THEODORE K. Portsmouth, Ohio.
GANN, JOHN A. (deceased). Wife, Mrs. Anna M. Gann,
Wooster, Ohio.
GOODIN, CHARLES W. Ottawa, Kansas.
HAMILTON, JAMES F. (deceased).
HASKINS, JOSEPH N. (deceased).
HASTINGS, ENOS W. (deceased). Relative,
Miss Sallie B. Donavin, Delaware, Ohio.
HICKS, WILLIAM A. 510-511 Johnston Bldg., Cincinnati, Ohio.
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THE ROLL OF 1911.
ALBRIGHT, RUBY J. (deceased). Daughter,
Miss Estella M. Albright, Delaware, Ohio.
ANDERSON, THOMAS C. Portsmouth, Ohio.
BARNES-CHERINGTON, MARY, (deceased). Husband,
W. D. CHERINGTON, Chillicothe, Ohio.
BLACK, LEWIS C. Union Trust Building, Cincinnati, Ohio.
BREWSTER-MOUSER, ELIZA (deceased). Husband,
Mr. Homer S. Mouser, Huron, South Dakota.
BROCK, JOHN W. (deceased).
BUNDY-WELLS, ELIZA M. Office of Public Roads, Dept. of
Agriculture, Washington, D.C.
CAMPBELL-EDWARDS, MARY (deceased). Brother,
Mr. John E. Campbell, Delaware, Ohio.
CELLAR, THOMAS J. (deceased). Wife, Mrs. Eliza Cellar.,
Prospect, Ohio.
CHAMBERLAIN, MARY E. Humboldt, Kansas.
CHERINGTON, FLETCHER B. (deceased). Wife,
Mrs. Sue Cherington, Pasadena, California, R.F.D.
CHERINGTON, WILLIAM D. Chillicothe, Ohio.
CLARK, DAVIS W. Cincinnati, Ohio.
CLARK-MENDENHALL, HARRIET E. Piqua, Ohio.
CLARK, LEMEN T. (deceased). Wife, Mrs. L. T. Clark,
731 Dennison Avenue, Columbus, Ohio.
CLIPPINGER, CHARLES L. (deceased).
CRABB, WILLIAM D. Address unknown.
CROW, HERMAN D. Olympia, Washington.
CRUIKSHANK-LEEPER, EUNICE (deceased). Sister,
Mrs. Lois C. Murdoch, Delaware, Ohio.
DAVIDSON, WILLIAM. Lancaster, Ohio.
DAVIS, LUCIEN M. Troy, Ohio.
DAY, WILSON M. 900 Monolith Building, 45 W. 34th Street,
New York City.
DOVE, THEODORE F. (deceased). Wife, Mrs. T. F. Dove,
Shelbyville, Illinois.
DOWNS-TWITCHELL, ELLA. Winter Park, Florida.
DREES, CHARLES W. 133A Calle Lavalleja, Montevideo,
Uruguay, South America.
FRENCH-LEFEVRE, EVA. 1311 York Street, Denver, Colorado.
FUNK, THEODORE K. Portsmouth, Ohio.
GANN, JOHN A. (deceased). Wife, Mrs. Anna M. Gann,
Wooster, Ohio.
GOODIN, CHARLES W. Ottawa, Kansas.
HAMILTON, JAMES F. (deceased).
HASKINS, JOSEPH N. (deceased).
HASTINGS, ENOS W. (deceased). Relative,
Miss Sallie B. Donavin, Delaware, Ohio.
HICKS, WILLIAM A. 510-511 Johnston Bldg., Cincinnati, Ohio.
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Description
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HITT, GEORGE C. 814 Traction Terminal Building,
Indianapolis, Ind.
JEWITT, EDWARD H. 484 The Arcade, Cleveland, Ohio.
JONES, CHARLES E. 327 Pine Avenue, Austin Station,
Chicago, Illinois.
KENNEDY, ALICE. Address unknown.
LADD-WHITEHEAD, ANNETTE. Galena, Delaware Co.,
Ohio, R.F.D.
LANCE, WILLIAM W. Defiance, Ohio.
LANE, EUGENE. Columbus, Ohio.
MAGUIRE-MANDEVILLE, ELIZABETH (deceased).
McCAY, ELNORA J. 1429 College Avenue, Topeka, Kansas.
McCONNELL, CAREY W. 938 N. 25th Street, Lincoln, Nebraska.
McLAUGHLIN, WILLIAM P. 718 Corrientes, Buenos Aires,
South America.
MEANS-GLOVER, MARGARET. 2121 Colfax Avenue S.,
Minneapolis, Minn.
MOORE-EDWARDS, SARAH (deceased).
MORRISON-MOORE, MARY (deceased. Sister,
Mrs. Dr. J. W. Murphy, "The Leverone," Cincinnati, Ohio.
NYE, WILLIAM C. Delaware, Ohio.
PAINE, DELIA E. Columbus, Ohio. Post Office, Shepard, Ohio.
PAINE, JAMES B. (deceased). Wife Mrs. Cornelia Paine,
Jackson, Ohio.
PEASE-MERRIAM, HELEN. 419 Garrison Street, Frement, Ohio.
ROBERTS, THOMAS G. (deceased). Son, Mr. G. M. Roberts,
945 Mt. Vernon Ave., Columbus, Ohio.
SHARP, EBENEZER P. (deceased).
SMITH, DAVID J. Granville, Ohio.
SMITH, JOHN A. 1206 Williamson Building, Cleveland, Ohio.
STUDY, JUSTIN N. Fort Wayne, Indiana.
THOMAN, WILLIAM G. (deceased).
VAN CLEVE, JOHN S. 285 Audubar Avenue, New York City.
WARNER, MILLARD F. (deceased). Wife,
Mrs. Mabel G. Warner, 7210, Melrose Ave., Cleveland, Ohio.
WATSON, ALGERUS C. (deceased). Wife,
Mrs. Jennette P. Watson, Boise, Idaho..
WELLS, CHARLES J. (deceased).
WHISLER, JOHN (deceased).
WILLIAMS-SWEET, ROSE. 1507 S. Santa Fe, Salina, Kansas.
WILSON, JOHN M. Station A, Box 774, Columbus, Ohio.
WILSON, MARY D. Station A, Box 774, Columbus, Ohio.
WINKLER-CADOT, MARY (deceased). Daughter,
Mrs. R. O. LeBaron, Portsmouth, Ohio.
WOOLLEY, JOHN G. University Heights, Madison, Wisconsin.
ZINSER, SOLOMON L. (deceased).
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HITT, GEORGE C. 814 Traction Terminal Building,
Indianapolis, Ind.
JEWITT, EDWARD H. 484 The Arcade, Cleveland, Ohio.
JONES, CHARLES E. 327 Pine Avenue, Austin Station,
Chicago, Illinois.
KENNEDY, ALICE. Address unknown.
LADD-WHITEHEAD, ANNETTE. Galena, Delaware Co.,
Ohio, R.F.D.
LANCE, WILLIAM W. Defiance, Ohio.
LANE, EUGENE. Columbus, Ohio.
MAGUIRE-MANDEVILLE, ELIZABETH (deceased).
McCAY, ELNORA J. 1429 College Avenue, Topeka, Kansas.
McCONNELL, CAREY W. 938 N. 25th Street, Lincoln, Nebraska.
McLAUGHLIN, WILLIAM P. 718 Corrientes, Buenos Aires,
South America.
MEANS-GLOVER, MARGARET. 2121 Colfax Avenue S.,
Minneapolis, Minn.
MOORE-EDWARDS, SARAH (deceased).
MORRISON-MOORE, MARY (deceased. Sister,
Mrs. Dr. J. W. Murphy, "The Leverone," Cincinnati, Ohio.
NYE, WILLIAM C. Delaware, Ohio.
PAINE, DELIA E. Columbus, Ohio. Post Office, Shepard, Ohio.
PAINE, JAMES B. (deceased). Wife Mrs. Cornelia Paine,
Jackson, Ohio.
PEASE-MERRIAM, HELEN. 419 Garrison Street, Frement, Ohio.
ROBERTS, THOMAS G. (deceased). Son, Mr. G. M. Roberts,
945 Mt. Vernon Ave., Columbus, Ohio.
SHARP, EBENEZER P. (deceased).
SMITH, DAVID J. Granville, Ohio.
SMITH, JOHN A. 1206 Williamson Building, Cleveland, Ohio.
STUDY, JUSTIN N. Fort Wayne, Indiana.
THOMAN, WILLIAM G. (deceased).
VAN CLEVE, JOHN S. 285 Audubar Avenue, New York City.
WARNER, MILLARD F. (deceased). Wife,
Mrs. Mabel G. Warner, 7210, Melrose Ave., Cleveland, Ohio.
WATSON, ALGERUS C. (deceased). Wife,
Mrs. Jennette P. Watson, Boise, Idaho..
WELLS, CHARLES J. (deceased).
WHISLER, JOHN (deceased).
WILLIAMS-SWEET, ROSE. 1507 S. Santa Fe, Salina, Kansas.
WILSON, JOHN M. Station A, Box 774, Columbus, Ohio.
WILSON, MARY D. Station A, Box 774, Columbus, Ohio.
WINKLER-CADOT, MARY (deceased). Daughter,
Mrs. R. O. LeBaron, Portsmouth, Ohio.
WOOLLEY, JOHN G. University Heights, Madison, Wisconsin.
ZINSER, SOLOMON L. (deceased).
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Title
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Description
[page 15]
[corresponds to unlabeled page 17 of Souvenir of Forty Years]
CLASS HISTORY
INTRODUCTORY NOTE
1-- The names marked (*) are our deceased members.
2-- The Portrait Pictures on the left side, are those taken in 1871;
those on the right side are pictures taken from late photographs.
3-- In some instances we have only the one photograph; while in a
few instances we have been unable to secure any picture.
[corresponds to unlabeled page 17 of Souvenir of Forty Years]
CLASS HISTORY
INTRODUCTORY NOTE
1-- The names marked (*) are our deceased members.
2-- The Portrait Pictures on the left side, are those taken in 1871;
those on the right side are pictures taken from late photographs.
3-- In some instances we have only the one photograph; while in a
few instances we have been unable to secure any picture.
Title
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Description
[page 16]
[corresponds to page 18 of Souvenir of Forty Years]
[photos]
RUBY J. ALBRIGHT
*RUBY J. ALBRIGHT was the youngest of all the "Boys of '71." His
home was in Delaware. After his graduation he went to Europe, where he
spent eighteen months in special study in Halle University. Returning to
Delaware, he spent quite a time in the study of law. June 14, 1876, he was
joined in marriage with Miss Adah Adams, who was a member of the O.W.
F.C. class of '73. They lived for a time in Indianapolis, Indiana, where he
practiced law. Returning to Delaware, he took up the work of the law there.
He then moved to Selma, Ohio, where he engaged in teaching, and where
his wife died March 10, 1879. Their only child is a daughter, Estella Mar-
garet, whose home is in Delaware, with her maternal grandmother. After his
wife's death he returned to his law work in Delaware, and later was Super-
intendent of the Public Schools in Gambier, Ohio. He died at his mother's
home in Delaware, July 31, 1885. Failing eyesight compelled him to give up
his law practice and his teaching. The early death of his beloved wife and
of others near to him, and his blindness, made our dear classmate's life full
of discouragement. The entire Albright family to which he belonged, so well
and favorably known in University circles, have all passed to the great beyond.
THOMAS C. ANDERSON began the study of law at Portsmouth, Ohio,
in December, 1872, and was admitted to the Bar in 1874. In January, 1875, he
formed a law partnership, that brought him at once into a large practice.
Since his graduation, he has spent his life in Portsmouth, where he is still
engaged in the practice of law. In recent years, he has been actively engaged
also in real estate enterprises. September 21, 1876 he was joined in marriage
with Miss Ida Frances Cole, of Portsmouth. They have seven children, all
living, Clifford B., Bessie L. Frederick, Martha Kate Jordan, Lollie L., Charles
L., Mary E., and Hayward M. They have also three surviving grand-children,
two having died in infancy.
September 16, 1911, Mrs. Anderson, the beloved wife of our classmate,
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[corresponds to page 18 of Souvenir of Forty Years]
[photos]
RUBY J. ALBRIGHT
*RUBY J. ALBRIGHT was the youngest of all the "Boys of '71." His
home was in Delaware. After his graduation he went to Europe, where he
spent eighteen months in special study in Halle University. Returning to
Delaware, he spent quite a time in the study of law. June 14, 1876, he was
joined in marriage with Miss Adah Adams, who was a member of the O.W.
F.C. class of '73. They lived for a time in Indianapolis, Indiana, where he
practiced law. Returning to Delaware, he took up the work of the law there.
He then moved to Selma, Ohio, where he engaged in teaching, and where
his wife died March 10, 1879. Their only child is a daughter, Estella Mar-
garet, whose home is in Delaware, with her maternal grandmother. After his
wife's death he returned to his law work in Delaware, and later was Super-
intendent of the Public Schools in Gambier, Ohio. He died at his mother's
home in Delaware, July 31, 1885. Failing eyesight compelled him to give up
his law practice and his teaching. The early death of his beloved wife and
of others near to him, and his blindness, made our dear classmate's life full
of discouragement. The entire Albright family to which he belonged, so well
and favorably known in University circles, have all passed to the great beyond.
THOMAS C. ANDERSON began the study of law at Portsmouth, Ohio,
in December, 1872, and was admitted to the Bar in 1874. In January, 1875, he
formed a law partnership, that brought him at once into a large practice.
Since his graduation, he has spent his life in Portsmouth, where he is still
engaged in the practice of law. In recent years, he has been actively engaged
also in real estate enterprises. September 21, 1876 he was joined in marriage
with Miss Ida Frances Cole, of Portsmouth. They have seven children, all
living, Clifford B., Bessie L. Frederick, Martha Kate Jordan, Lollie L., Charles
L., Mary E., and Hayward M. They have also three surviving grand-children,
two having died in infancy.
September 16, 1911, Mrs. Anderson, the beloved wife of our classmate,
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Title
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Description
[page 17]
[corresponds to page 19 of Souvenir of Forty Years]
heard God's call, and entered into rest. Thus are the homes of our class
broken alogn the years. May our family circles be complete in God's re-
union country.
[photos]
THOMAS C. ANDERSON
[photos]
MARY G. BARNES
*MARY G. BARNES (Mrs. W. D. Cherington).
For three years after her graduation, Mary G. Barnes remained at her
home in Delaware, where she was a teacher in the public schools. September
24, 1874, she was joined in marriage with William D. Cherington, of the
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[corresponds to page 19 of Souvenir of Forty Years]
heard God's call, and entered into rest. Thus are the homes of our class
broken alogn the years. May our family circles be complete in God's re-
union country.
[photos]
THOMAS C. ANDERSON
[photos]
MARY G. BARNES
*MARY G. BARNES (Mrs. W. D. Cherington).
For three years after her graduation, Mary G. Barnes remained at her
home in Delaware, where she was a teacher in the public schools. September
24, 1874, she was joined in marriage with William D. Cherington, of the
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Title
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Description
[page 18]
[corresponds to page 20 of Souvenir of Forty Years]
class of '71. Her homes throughout their married life were in the cities of
the state to which her husband was appointed as a minister in the Ohio Con-
ference. It falls to the lot of the partner of her life to write the following
historical note in her memory: We had a happy life-union, covering a period
of thirty-one years. November 25, 1905, from our home in Lancaster, Ohio,
she crossed over to God's better country. We have had four children. The
eldest and youngest were daughters, bearing the names of Eva and Minnie.
God claimed them both for heaven in their infancy. Our two sons, Frank
and Fred, are both graduates of the Ohio Wesleyan. Frank also graduated
from Harvard University, and has been for nine years as teacher of English
in the University High School of the University of Chicago. Fred graduated
from the normal school of the Ohio University in 1911, and is about to enter
upon the work of teaching. Our united tribute to the wife and mother of
our household, is that her memory is forever sacred in our home, and in all
the churches where she lived and labored. We are living in the holy evening
twilight of her beautiful life, with the full assurance that we shall meet her
in God's new and radiant morning.
[photos]
LEWIS C. BLACK
LEWIC C. BLACK sends us the following statement of his life:
"After graduation in 1871, I was appointed to a clerkship in the Depart-
ment of the Interior at Washington, D.C. The faculty of Ohio Wes-
leyan University had been offered the opportunity of nominating two mem-
bers of the graduating class of 1871 to clerkships in the office of General
James H. Baker, then Commissioner of Pensions. The Faculty nominated
Mr. John G. Woolley and myself. I accepted and went to Washington; Mr.
Woolley declined.
While at Washington I matriculated in the Columbia Law College, and
graduated thereform in 1873. Columbia Law College has consolidated with,
and is a part of, the George Washington University, of Washington, D.C.
I was admitted to the practice of law in the Supreme Court of the Dis-
trict of Columbia in 1873, in the Supreme Court of the State of Ohio in 1875,
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[corresponds to page 20 of Souvenir of Forty Years]
class of '71. Her homes throughout their married life were in the cities of
the state to which her husband was appointed as a minister in the Ohio Con-
ference. It falls to the lot of the partner of her life to write the following
historical note in her memory: We had a happy life-union, covering a period
of thirty-one years. November 25, 1905, from our home in Lancaster, Ohio,
she crossed over to God's better country. We have had four children. The
eldest and youngest were daughters, bearing the names of Eva and Minnie.
God claimed them both for heaven in their infancy. Our two sons, Frank
and Fred, are both graduates of the Ohio Wesleyan. Frank also graduated
from Harvard University, and has been for nine years as teacher of English
in the University High School of the University of Chicago. Fred graduated
from the normal school of the Ohio University in 1911, and is about to enter
upon the work of teaching. Our united tribute to the wife and mother of
our household, is that her memory is forever sacred in our home, and in all
the churches where she lived and labored. We are living in the holy evening
twilight of her beautiful life, with the full assurance that we shall meet her
in God's new and radiant morning.
[photos]
LEWIS C. BLACK
LEWIC C. BLACK sends us the following statement of his life:
"After graduation in 1871, I was appointed to a clerkship in the Depart-
ment of the Interior at Washington, D.C. The faculty of Ohio Wes-
leyan University had been offered the opportunity of nominating two mem-
bers of the graduating class of 1871 to clerkships in the office of General
James H. Baker, then Commissioner of Pensions. The Faculty nominated
Mr. John G. Woolley and myself. I accepted and went to Washington; Mr.
Woolley declined.
While at Washington I matriculated in the Columbia Law College, and
graduated thereform in 1873. Columbia Law College has consolidated with,
and is a part of, the George Washington University, of Washington, D.C.
I was admitted to the practice of law in the Supreme Court of the Dis-
trict of Columbia in 1873, in the Supreme Court of the State of Ohio in 1875,
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Title
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Description
[page 19]
[corresponds to page 21 of Souvenir of Forty Years]
and in the Supreme Court of the United States in 1878.
I remained in Washington four and one-half years and removed to Cin-
cinnati in 1875. In 1878 I formed a partnership with the Hon. J. B. Foraker.
This partnership continued, with an intermission while Mr. Foraker was Gov-
ernor of Ohio, until 1893.
I married Abbie L. Lounsbury, a member of the graduating class of Mon-
nett Hall, of 1870. Two children were born to us, Margaret Eleanor and
Robert Lounsbury. My wife died on the twenty-eighth anniversary of our
wedding, October 23, 1906.
My son Robert graduated from Yale University in the class of 1903, and
is a graduate of the Harvard Law School of the class of 1906. Since his
graduation he has been in partnership with me in Cincinnati in the practice
of law."
[photo]
ELIZA A. BREWSTER
*ELIZA A. BREWSTER (Mrs. Homer S. Mouser).
We will remember Eliza Brewster, whose home at the time of gradua-
tion was at Shelbyville, Illinois. The college records show that on the date of
June 4, 1873, she was joined in marriage with Mr. Homer S. Mouser, who
was a member of the Ohio Wesleyan class of 1867. Mr. Mouser was for sev-
eral years Superintendent of Public Instruction for Shelby County, Illinois;
and later an attorney at law, with his later and present residence at Huron,
S. Dakota. These notes of his residence and labors, indicate where Mrs.
Mouser's life was spent. Her death occured July 18, 1899. Her memory is
cherished by her classmates, who knew well the worth of her high character.
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and in the Supreme Court of the United States in 1878.
I remained in Washington four and one-half years and removed to Cin-
cinnati in 1875. In 1878 I formed a partnership with the Hon. J. B. Foraker.
This partnership continued, with an intermission while Mr. Foraker was Gov-
ernor of Ohio, until 1893.
I married Abbie L. Lounsbury, a member of the graduating class of Mon-
nett Hall, of 1870. Two children were born to us, Margaret Eleanor and
Robert Lounsbury. My wife died on the twenty-eighth anniversary of our
wedding, October 23, 1906.
My son Robert graduated from Yale University in the class of 1903, and
is a graduate of the Harvard Law School of the class of 1906. Since his
graduation he has been in partnership with me in Cincinnati in the practice
of law."
[photo]
ELIZA A. BREWSTER
*ELIZA A. BREWSTER (Mrs. Homer S. Mouser).
We will remember Eliza Brewster, whose home at the time of gradua-
tion was at Shelbyville, Illinois. The college records show that on the date of
June 4, 1873, she was joined in marriage with Mr. Homer S. Mouser, who
was a member of the Ohio Wesleyan class of 1867. Mr. Mouser was for sev-
eral years Superintendent of Public Instruction for Shelby County, Illinois;
and later an attorney at law, with his later and present residence at Huron,
S. Dakota. These notes of his residence and labors, indicate where Mrs.
Mouser's life was spent. Her death occured July 18, 1899. Her memory is
cherished by her classmates, who knew well the worth of her high character.
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Title
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Description
[page 20]
[corresponds to page 22 of Souvenir of Forty Years]
*JOHN W. BROCK was a soldier in the Civil War, being a sergeant in
the 156th O.V.I. At the close of the war he came to the Ohio Wesleyan,
and graduated with us. 1871-73 he was Superintendent of Schools at New
London, Ohio; 1873-77, Principal of high schools, Winona, Minnesota, and
Orrville, California; 1880-83, Superintendent of Schools at Walla Walla; 1883-
85, Superintendent of Schools for the County of Walla Walla. He received
the degree of A.M. from Ohio Wesleyan in 1874. He died March 15, 1907.
[photos]
ELIZA M. BUNDY
ELIZA M. BUNDY (Mrs. Eliza M. Wells).
Mrs. Wells found it impossible to be at our Reunion, to her great regret.
She said in a personal letter: "It would give me much pleasure to gaze once
more upon some of the young-old faces, this side of the Borderland." She
has sent us the following letter as her greeting to the class:
"Dear Classmates:
All Hail! I send greetings and regrets. While I cannot be with you in
the bodily form, my spirit ego will most assuredly hover near. For forty
years you have been, more or less, in my waking thoughts, and quite often
some of you have been mixed up in that stuff of which my dreams are made.
According to calendar years the seventeenth of June, 1911, will find me
sixty-one years young. When those figures were reversed, I was wandering
up and down the halls of Monnett in innocent and ignorant adolescence. Was
this a dream also? And if it was, I hope it was the kind from which I will
never awaken.
Did you ask for a little of my history? For the past fourteen years I
have been drawing my salary from "Uncle Sam" in Washington, D.C., and
you should know that government clerks have no history.
Dear old Girls and Boys! I am sorry that I have never done anything
to make you proud of me--only in my dreams--but just wait a little while
and I promise you, theosophically speaking, that I shall do great things in
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[corresponds to page 22 of Souvenir of Forty Years]
*JOHN W. BROCK was a soldier in the Civil War, being a sergeant in
the 156th O.V.I. At the close of the war he came to the Ohio Wesleyan,
and graduated with us. 1871-73 he was Superintendent of Schools at New
London, Ohio; 1873-77, Principal of high schools, Winona, Minnesota, and
Orrville, California; 1880-83, Superintendent of Schools at Walla Walla; 1883-
85, Superintendent of Schools for the County of Walla Walla. He received
the degree of A.M. from Ohio Wesleyan in 1874. He died March 15, 1907.
[photos]
ELIZA M. BUNDY
ELIZA M. BUNDY (Mrs. Eliza M. Wells).
Mrs. Wells found it impossible to be at our Reunion, to her great regret.
She said in a personal letter: "It would give me much pleasure to gaze once
more upon some of the young-old faces, this side of the Borderland." She
has sent us the following letter as her greeting to the class:
"Dear Classmates:
All Hail! I send greetings and regrets. While I cannot be with you in
the bodily form, my spirit ego will most assuredly hover near. For forty
years you have been, more or less, in my waking thoughts, and quite often
some of you have been mixed up in that stuff of which my dreams are made.
According to calendar years the seventeenth of June, 1911, will find me
sixty-one years young. When those figures were reversed, I was wandering
up and down the halls of Monnett in innocent and ignorant adolescence. Was
this a dream also? And if it was, I hope it was the kind from which I will
never awaken.
Did you ask for a little of my history? For the past fourteen years I
have been drawing my salary from "Uncle Sam" in Washington, D.C., and
you should know that government clerks have no history.
Dear old Girls and Boys! I am sorry that I have never done anything
to make you proud of me--only in my dreams--but just wait a little while
and I promise you, theosophically speaking, that I shall do great things in
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Title
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Description
[page 21]
[corresponds to page 23 of Souvenir of Forty Years]
my next incarnation, when my dreams shall become a reality.
And now, good-bye, and if the editor cuts out everything else, I hope he
will leave the love between the lines.
Yours in '71,
DIDE BUNDY WELLS.
[photos]
MARY D. CAMPBELL
*MARY D. CAMPBELL (Mrs. Chas. M. Edwards).
Mary Campbell died in early life. She will ever be held in loving remem-
brance by her classmates. All will read with tender interest the following
story of her short, sweet life, written by her beloved brother:
"Mary Campbell Edwards, eldest daughter of the Rev. and Mrs. J. S.
Campbell, was born in Ripley, Brown County, Ohio, March 9, 1854. After
being graduated from college, she taught in the Delaware city schools, finally
becoming the Principal of the East Building, until her growing deafness
compelled her to give up the work in the year 1876. She was an earnest
Christian from early childhood, and at this time was active in all departments
of church work, being also church organist.
On January 8, 1880, she was married to Mr. Charles M. Edwards, of Cin-
cinnati, Ohio. Three daughters were born to them: Antoinette Campbell
(Mrs. W. D. Thomson), Catherine Lefavre (deceased), and Mary Joe (Mrs.
E. L. Main).
After a long illness in her father's home at Delaware, Ohio, she died
July 8, 1887. The words "Only Believe" were often on her lips, and death
for her was a triumphant going home."
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my next incarnation, when my dreams shall become a reality.
And now, good-bye, and if the editor cuts out everything else, I hope he
will leave the love between the lines.
Yours in '71,
DIDE BUNDY WELLS.
[photos]
MARY D. CAMPBELL
*MARY D. CAMPBELL (Mrs. Chas. M. Edwards).
Mary Campbell died in early life. She will ever be held in loving remem-
brance by her classmates. All will read with tender interest the following
story of her short, sweet life, written by her beloved brother:
"Mary Campbell Edwards, eldest daughter of the Rev. and Mrs. J. S.
Campbell, was born in Ripley, Brown County, Ohio, March 9, 1854. After
being graduated from college, she taught in the Delaware city schools, finally
becoming the Principal of the East Building, until her growing deafness
compelled her to give up the work in the year 1876. She was an earnest
Christian from early childhood, and at this time was active in all departments
of church work, being also church organist.
On January 8, 1880, she was married to Mr. Charles M. Edwards, of Cin-
cinnati, Ohio. Three daughters were born to them: Antoinette Campbell
(Mrs. W. D. Thomson), Catherine Lefavre (deceased), and Mary Joe (Mrs.
E. L. Main).
After a long illness in her father's home at Delaware, Ohio, she died
July 8, 1887. The words "Only Believe" were often on her lips, and death
for her was a triumphant going home."
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Title
The Souvenir of Forty Years (p. 22)
Description
[page 22]
[corresponds to page 24 of Souvenir of Forty Years]
[photo]
THOMAS J. CELLAR
*THOMAS J. CELLAR was born in 1827, in Delaware County, Ohio, was
reared on the farm, and was largely self educated. He graduated from Ohio
Wesleyan in 1871, and received the degree of A.M. in 1874. He was prob-
ably the oldest member of his class, being forty-four years of age at his grad-
uation. Long before he entered Ohio Wesleyan, he had taught Latin for
three years in Kenyon College, had been Principal of the Mount Pleasant
Academy at Kingston, Ohio, and had served his country in the Civil War,
being a member of the 145th O.V.I. He was licensed to preach by the
Presbytery of Marion in 1866, and was pastor of the Presbyterian Church at
Marseilles, Ohio. During his pastorate at Marseilles, he finished his course at
Ohio Wesleyan. In 1873 he became pastor of the Presbyterian Church at
Forest, Ohio, where he remained for eighteen years. He then served as pastor,
successively, the churches of Rador, Radnor Township, and Prospect, where
he had his last work, and where he died May 25, 1904.
He was married December 28, 1859, to Eliza Harter, of Delaware County,
who is still living. Six children were born to them, one son dying in child-
hood. The children living are: G. A. Cellar, Supt. of Telegraph of Penn.
Lines at Pittsburg; Mrs. R. M. Horn, of Prospect; Miss Elnora Cellar, of
Prospect, (to whom we are indebted for our information concerning his life);
Miss Martha Cellar, a trained nurse in Toledo; and Miss Anna P. Cellar, a
teacher in Toledo. He have no picture of him at his graduation, but present
in this book a picture taken in later life.
MARY E. CHAMBERLAIN lives with her aged mother in Humboldt,
Kansas. Her dear mother, far on in life's eventide, is her sweet and sacred
care, and she could not think of leaving her, much as she desired to be at the
Reunion. She sent the following message to us, on the reunion day: "To
the class of '71, and friends assembled at Delaware, greetings, with loving
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[corresponds to page 24 of Souvenir of Forty Years]
[photo]
THOMAS J. CELLAR
*THOMAS J. CELLAR was born in 1827, in Delaware County, Ohio, was
reared on the farm, and was largely self educated. He graduated from Ohio
Wesleyan in 1871, and received the degree of A.M. in 1874. He was prob-
ably the oldest member of his class, being forty-four years of age at his grad-
uation. Long before he entered Ohio Wesleyan, he had taught Latin for
three years in Kenyon College, had been Principal of the Mount Pleasant
Academy at Kingston, Ohio, and had served his country in the Civil War,
being a member of the 145th O.V.I. He was licensed to preach by the
Presbytery of Marion in 1866, and was pastor of the Presbyterian Church at
Marseilles, Ohio. During his pastorate at Marseilles, he finished his course at
Ohio Wesleyan. In 1873 he became pastor of the Presbyterian Church at
Forest, Ohio, where he remained for eighteen years. He then served as pastor,
successively, the churches of Rador, Radnor Township, and Prospect, where
he had his last work, and where he died May 25, 1904.
He was married December 28, 1859, to Eliza Harter, of Delaware County,
who is still living. Six children were born to them, one son dying in child-
hood. The children living are: G. A. Cellar, Supt. of Telegraph of Penn.
Lines at Pittsburg; Mrs. R. M. Horn, of Prospect; Miss Elnora Cellar, of
Prospect, (to whom we are indebted for our information concerning his life);
Miss Martha Cellar, a trained nurse in Toledo; and Miss Anna P. Cellar, a
teacher in Toledo. He have no picture of him at his graduation, but present
in this book a picture taken in later life.
MARY E. CHAMBERLAIN lives with her aged mother in Humboldt,
Kansas. Her dear mother, far on in life's eventide, is her sweet and sacred
care, and she could not think of leaving her, much as she desired to be at the
Reunion. She sent the following message to us, on the reunion day: "To
the class of '71, and friends assembled at Delaware, greetings, with loving
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Description
[page 23]
[corresponds to page 25 of Souvenir of Forty Years]
remembrances of the past, and high hopes for the future of Ohio Wesleyan."
In response to our request for her history, Miss Chamberlain writes:
"You want to know what I have been doing? Not much of a record, but here
it is, summed up: When we first came to Kansas, I taught two terms in a
[photos]
MARY E. CHAMBERLAIN
country school--genuine pioneering; then one year in the Eureka schools:
then I was offered a position in the Humboldt schools where I taught for
sixteen years. I was county superintendent for two years. After my father's
death, which was the one great sorrow of my life, I was bookkeeper in a
store. For several years I have devoted all my time to giving lessons in
china and water color painting, and to doing order work. I am happy in my
home, my friends and my work, and feel that in many ways I have been
greatly blessed. I hold Delaware and the Ohio Wesleyan in great affection,
for the influence and inspiration received there, have been great factors in
my life.
*FLETCHER B. CHERINGTON joined the Upper Iowa Conference of
the Methodist Episcopal Church, in September, 1871, and was pastor in Iowa
for one year. In the fall of 1872 he was joined in marriage with Miss Carrie
Reed, who was for many years the beloved partner of his life, both in India
and in America. By this marriage he had four sons: Reed, now pastor of
a Congregational church in California; Paul, Assistant Professor in the Col-
lege of Commerce, in Harvard University; William, a business man in Los
Angeles; and Howard, deceased.
Returning now, in our story of his life, to the time of his marriage, it
should be recorded that October 23, 1872, he and his wife sailed from New
York for India, where he was a missionary, being stationed at Setapore.
After four years, the rapidly failing health of his wife necessitated his return
to this country, where for a number of years, he was pastor of leading
churches in Kansas and Iowa. In 1886 he was transferred to the Southern
25
[corresponds to page 25 of Souvenir of Forty Years]
remembrances of the past, and high hopes for the future of Ohio Wesleyan."
In response to our request for her history, Miss Chamberlain writes:
"You want to know what I have been doing? Not much of a record, but here
it is, summed up: When we first came to Kansas, I taught two terms in a
[photos]
MARY E. CHAMBERLAIN
country school--genuine pioneering; then one year in the Eureka schools:
then I was offered a position in the Humboldt schools where I taught for
sixteen years. I was county superintendent for two years. After my father's
death, which was the one great sorrow of my life, I was bookkeeper in a
store. For several years I have devoted all my time to giving lessons in
china and water color painting, and to doing order work. I am happy in my
home, my friends and my work, and feel that in many ways I have been
greatly blessed. I hold Delaware and the Ohio Wesleyan in great affection,
for the influence and inspiration received there, have been great factors in
my life.
*FLETCHER B. CHERINGTON joined the Upper Iowa Conference of
the Methodist Episcopal Church, in September, 1871, and was pastor in Iowa
for one year. In the fall of 1872 he was joined in marriage with Miss Carrie
Reed, who was for many years the beloved partner of his life, both in India
and in America. By this marriage he had four sons: Reed, now pastor of
a Congregational church in California; Paul, Assistant Professor in the Col-
lege of Commerce, in Harvard University; William, a business man in Los
Angeles; and Howard, deceased.
Returning now, in our story of his life, to the time of his marriage, it
should be recorded that October 23, 1872, he and his wife sailed from New
York for India, where he was a missionary, being stationed at Setapore.
After four years, the rapidly failing health of his wife necessitated his return
to this country, where for a number of years, he was pastor of leading
churches in Kansas and Iowa. In 1886 he was transferred to the Southern
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Description
[page 24]
[corresponds to page 26 of Souvenir of Forty Years]
California Conference, where he was pastor of University Church in Los An-
geles, and later Professor in the Theological School, and Dean of the College
of Liberal Arts in the University of Southern California. Later he was Presi-
dent of Puget Sound University, and pastor of churches in Tacoma, Spokane,
San Francisco and Los Angeles. He was an eloquent preacher, beloved in the
churches. A few years after his return to America his wife died. In 1888 he
was joined in marriage with Mrs. Sue Durbin, a teacher in the University of
Southern California, with whom he lived most hapily during the last twenty
years of his life, who was his strong helper in the work on the Pacific coast.
[photos]
FLETCHER B. CHERINGTON
and who now survives him and is living with her son, Mr. William Durbin,
in their home near Pasadena. He died November 6, 1908.
Since his retirement he had lived in a little surburban home, where to use
his own words, he "camped on the border-land of Heaven." While thus
waiting at the crossing between the worlds, he sent this message to the Min-
isterial Association at Los Angeles: "Tell the brethren it is more than resig-
nation; it is peace, perfect peace."
WILLIAM D. CHERINGTON is charged with the preparation of this
book, and must be permitted to tell his personal story in the first person. In
the autumn of 1871 I entered Drew Theological Seminary, where I graduated,
with the degree of B.D., in May, 1873. During most of this time I served a
church as a student pastor, and thus made my way through the theological
school. In september, 1873, I joined the Ohio Conference of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, of which I have been an active member ever since. Sep-
tember 24, 1874, I was joined in marriage with Miss Mary G. Barnes, of Dela-
ware, a member of the class of '71. The record of our family will be found
in this book, under her name. My appointments in the Ohio Conference have
been as follows: Alexandria; Third Avenue, Columbus; Trinity, Chillicothe;
Washington C.H.; Jackson; First Church, Newark; First Church, Columbus;
26
[corresponds to page 26 of Souvenir of Forty Years]
California Conference, where he was pastor of University Church in Los An-
geles, and later Professor in the Theological School, and Dean of the College
of Liberal Arts in the University of Southern California. Later he was Presi-
dent of Puget Sound University, and pastor of churches in Tacoma, Spokane,
San Francisco and Los Angeles. He was an eloquent preacher, beloved in the
churches. A few years after his return to America his wife died. In 1888 he
was joined in marriage with Mrs. Sue Durbin, a teacher in the University of
Southern California, with whom he lived most hapily during the last twenty
years of his life, who was his strong helper in the work on the Pacific coast.
[photos]
FLETCHER B. CHERINGTON
and who now survives him and is living with her son, Mr. William Durbin,
in their home near Pasadena. He died November 6, 1908.
Since his retirement he had lived in a little surburban home, where to use
his own words, he "camped on the border-land of Heaven." While thus
waiting at the crossing between the worlds, he sent this message to the Min-
isterial Association at Los Angeles: "Tell the brethren it is more than resig-
nation; it is peace, perfect peace."
WILLIAM D. CHERINGTON is charged with the preparation of this
book, and must be permitted to tell his personal story in the first person. In
the autumn of 1871 I entered Drew Theological Seminary, where I graduated,
with the degree of B.D., in May, 1873. During most of this time I served a
church as a student pastor, and thus made my way through the theological
school. In september, 1873, I joined the Ohio Conference of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, of which I have been an active member ever since. Sep-
tember 24, 1874, I was joined in marriage with Miss Mary G. Barnes, of Dela-
ware, a member of the class of '71. The record of our family will be found
in this book, under her name. My appointments in the Ohio Conference have
been as follows: Alexandria; Third Avenue, Columbus; Trinity, Chillicothe;
Washington C.H.; Jackson; First Church, Newark; First Church, Columbus;
26
Title
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Description
[page 25]
[corresponds to page 27 of Souvenir of Forty Years]
[photos]
Grace Church, Zanesville; Third Avenue, Columbus (second time); Circle-
ville; Presiding Elder, London District; First Church, Marietta; First Church,
Athens; Presiding Elder, Lancaster District; District Superintendent, Chilli-
cothe District. In 1894 I received the degree of D.D. from Ohio Wesleyan.
In 1896 I was a member of the General Conference. My entire life has been
given to the preaching of the gospel, and the care of the churches. At the
call of the dear old class of '71, and sustained by their generous co-operation,
I esteem it as one of the sweetest labors of my life, to give to the world
"The Souvenir of Forty Years."
[photos]
DAVIS W. CLARK
DAVIS W. CLARK sends us the following brief notes of his life: In
27
[corresponds to page 27 of Souvenir of Forty Years]
[photos]
Grace Church, Zanesville; Third Avenue, Columbus (second time); Circle-
ville; Presiding Elder, London District; First Church, Marietta; First Church,
Athens; Presiding Elder, Lancaster District; District Superintendent, Chilli-
cothe District. In 1894 I received the degree of D.D. from Ohio Wesleyan.
In 1896 I was a member of the General Conference. My entire life has been
given to the preaching of the gospel, and the care of the churches. At the
call of the dear old class of '71, and sustained by their generous co-operation,
I esteem it as one of the sweetest labors of my life, to give to the world
"The Souvenir of Forty Years."
[photos]
DAVIS W. CLARK
DAVIS W. CLARK sends us the following brief notes of his life: In
27
Title
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Description
[page 26]
[corresponds to page 28 of Souvenir of Forty Years]
Europe, 1872-73--Boston University School of Theology S.T.B., 1875--Ohio
University, D.D.--Pastor in Cincinnati, Ohio and Kentucky Conferences,
stationed in Cincinnati, Dayton, Columbus and Covington, District Superin-
tendent of Cincinnati District six years--Author of "From a Cloud of Wit-
nesses," and "American Child and Moloch of Today, Child Labor Primer"--
Editor of "International Religious Literature Bureau" (Incorporated).
HARRIET E. CLARK (Mrs. Joseph Mendenhall). The Alumni records
of the University give us the information of the marriage of Harriet E. Clark
to Joseph Mendenhall. On furthur inquiry, we have ascertained that their
home is in Piqua, Ohio, where they are held in high esteem in the influential
circles of the city.
[photos]
LEMEN T. CLARK
*LEMEN T. CLARK was joined in marriage with Miss Martha A. Robin-
son, July 30, 1871. In the following September they removed to Defiance,
Ohio, where he was the successful Superintendent of the Public Schools for
three years. During this time he preached frequently where opportunity of-
fered, believing that the ministry was his life-work. During one summer he
filled the pulpit at Defiance, made vacant by the removal of the pastor to the
west. In 1874 he joined the Central Ohio Conference of the Methodist Epis-
copal Church, and was pastor of the following charges: Florida, Pioneer and
Perrysburg. His ministry was very short, but was signally successful in
revivals, and in adding strength to the churches. He died of typhoid fever at
Perrysburg, Ohio, December 1, 1878. Shortly after his death, great revivals
swept over the churches where he had labored as pastor, and these revivals
were believed by the people to have been the fruits of his earnest ministry,
and with the deep impression that his early death made upon the churches.
His wife survives him, and is living in Columbus, Ohio. They have two sons:
28
[corresponds to page 28 of Souvenir of Forty Years]
Europe, 1872-73--Boston University School of Theology S.T.B., 1875--Ohio
University, D.D.--Pastor in Cincinnati, Ohio and Kentucky Conferences,
stationed in Cincinnati, Dayton, Columbus and Covington, District Superin-
tendent of Cincinnati District six years--Author of "From a Cloud of Wit-
nesses," and "American Child and Moloch of Today, Child Labor Primer"--
Editor of "International Religious Literature Bureau" (Incorporated).
HARRIET E. CLARK (Mrs. Joseph Mendenhall). The Alumni records
of the University give us the information of the marriage of Harriet E. Clark
to Joseph Mendenhall. On furthur inquiry, we have ascertained that their
home is in Piqua, Ohio, where they are held in high esteem in the influential
circles of the city.
[photos]
LEMEN T. CLARK
*LEMEN T. CLARK was joined in marriage with Miss Martha A. Robin-
son, July 30, 1871. In the following September they removed to Defiance,
Ohio, where he was the successful Superintendent of the Public Schools for
three years. During this time he preached frequently where opportunity of-
fered, believing that the ministry was his life-work. During one summer he
filled the pulpit at Defiance, made vacant by the removal of the pastor to the
west. In 1874 he joined the Central Ohio Conference of the Methodist Epis-
copal Church, and was pastor of the following charges: Florida, Pioneer and
Perrysburg. His ministry was very short, but was signally successful in
revivals, and in adding strength to the churches. He died of typhoid fever at
Perrysburg, Ohio, December 1, 1878. Shortly after his death, great revivals
swept over the churches where he had labored as pastor, and these revivals
were believed by the people to have been the fruits of his earnest ministry,
and with the deep impression that his early death made upon the churches.
His wife survives him, and is living in Columbus, Ohio. They have two sons:
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Title
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Description
[page 27]
[corresponds to page 29 of Souvenir of Forty Years]
Walter Ernest, who after his graduation at Ohio Wesleyan, received the
degree of Ph. D. from Columbia University, and is now Professor of Political
Science in the College of the City of New York; and Frederick Smith, who
received the degree of M. D. from the Ohio Medical College.
[photo]
CHARLES L. CLIPPINGER
*CHARLES L. CLIPPINGER was Principal of the Central Ohio Con-
ference Seminary in 1871-72. From 1874 to 1880 he was Superintendent of the
Public Schools at Lithopolis, Mt. Sterling, and Celina, Ohio. In 1880 he be-
came Professor of Mathematics and Astronomy in Taylor University, at
Upland, Indiana. He received the degree of A.M. from Ohio Wesleyan in
1874. Beyond this we find no record of his life, except the statement of his
death. He died at Columbus, Ohio, January 27, 1903, in his fifty-seventh year.
We all remember him as one of the most pains-taking and conscientious
members of the class. We could always bank on him to be on the right side
of every question.
WILLIAM D. CRABB
WILLIAM D. CRABB received the degree of A.M. from the Ohio Wes-
leyan in 1890. In 1873 he published a poetical volume entitled "Poems of the
Plains." He was for many years a minister in the California Conference of
the Methodist Episcopal Church. He is one of the surviving members of our
class whose address we have been unable to find, after the most diligent
29
[corresponds to page 29 of Souvenir of Forty Years]
Walter Ernest, who after his graduation at Ohio Wesleyan, received the
degree of Ph. D. from Columbia University, and is now Professor of Political
Science in the College of the City of New York; and Frederick Smith, who
received the degree of M. D. from the Ohio Medical College.
[photo]
CHARLES L. CLIPPINGER
*CHARLES L. CLIPPINGER was Principal of the Central Ohio Con-
ference Seminary in 1871-72. From 1874 to 1880 he was Superintendent of the
Public Schools at Lithopolis, Mt. Sterling, and Celina, Ohio. In 1880 he be-
came Professor of Mathematics and Astronomy in Taylor University, at
Upland, Indiana. He received the degree of A.M. from Ohio Wesleyan in
1874. Beyond this we find no record of his life, except the statement of his
death. He died at Columbus, Ohio, January 27, 1903, in his fifty-seventh year.
We all remember him as one of the most pains-taking and conscientious
members of the class. We could always bank on him to be on the right side
of every question.
WILLIAM D. CRABB
WILLIAM D. CRABB received the degree of A.M. from the Ohio Wes-
leyan in 1890. In 1873 he published a poetical volume entitled "Poems of the
Plains." He was for many years a minister in the California Conference of
the Methodist Episcopal Church. He is one of the surviving members of our
class whose address we have been unable to find, after the most diligent
29
Title
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Description
[page 28]
[corresponds to page 30 of Souvenir of Forty Years]
[photo]
WILLIAM D. CRABB
search. We expect to find him some day, when we are not looking for him,
but it will then be too late for this book.
[photos]
HERMAN D. CROW
HERMAN D. CROW, after graduation, returned to his home in Urbana,
where he read law in the office of his father, and of Young and Chance. He
was admitted to the practice of law by the supreme court of Ohio in Decem-
ber, 1873. After spending a year in Texas, he returned to Urbana, Ohio,
where he practiced law for eleven years, five years of that time being city
attorney. In 1886 he went to Winfield, Kansas, where he practiced law until
30
[corresponds to page 30 of Souvenir of Forty Years]
[photo]
WILLIAM D. CRABB
search. We expect to find him some day, when we are not looking for him,
but it will then be too late for this book.
[photos]
HERMAN D. CROW
HERMAN D. CROW, after graduation, returned to his home in Urbana,
where he read law in the office of his father, and of Young and Chance. He
was admitted to the practice of law by the supreme court of Ohio in Decem-
ber, 1873. After spending a year in Texas, he returned to Urbana, Ohio,
where he practiced law for eleven years, five years of that time being city
attorney. In 1886 he went to Winfield, Kansas, where he practiced law until
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Title
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Description
[page 29]
[corresponds to page 31 of Souvenir of Forty Years]
1890. In 1890 he was sent to Spokane by a wealthy client, to represent his
interest there. He formed a law partnership, and remained there for eight
years. In 1898 he was elected to the state senate of Washington, and was
re-elected in 1900. In 1901 he was appointed regent of the Washington State
College at Pullman, which position he held until 1905, when he was appointed
Justice of the Supreme Court, which position he has held ever since, and is
now on a new term in his high office which will not expire until 1915. He
was presidential elector in 1904, and had the pleasure of voting for his old
college mate, Charles W. Fairbanks, for vice-president. He was married in
1877 to Miss Florence Mendenhall, of Delaware, who was a member of the
O.W.F.C. class of '73. They have one son, Captain Denton M. Crow, who
is married and practicing law at Spokane. Judge Crow received the degree
of L.L.D. from the Washington State College in 1908, and the same degree
from the Ohio Wesleyan in 1911.
[photos]
EUNICE M. CRUIKSHANK
*EUNICE M. CRUIKSHANK (Mrs. W. B. Leeper).
Mrs. Lois Cruikshank Murdoch, of the O.W.F.C. class of '73, the
esteemed sister of our deceased classmate, had kindly furnished the following
account of Mrs. Leeper's life:
After her graduation, Eunice M. Cruikshank taught very successfully for
three years, first in a district school and afterwards in the public schools of
Delaware. She was married July 8, 1875, to William B. Leeper. Living here
for a time, they afterwards removed to Portland, Indiana, and went from there
to Hartwell, Ohio, her husband being a partner in a wholesale hardware
house in Cincinnati. They returned to Delaware in the year 1887, where her
husband died, after a protracted illness, some ten years later, and where she
resided, with the exception of some months spent in the Southwest in the
hope of recovery from tuberculosis, until the day of her death, in July, 1905.
Her life, always unselfish, was, after the death of her husband, one of constant
and loving sacrifice for her children. Her husband, having been previously
31
[corresponds to page 31 of Souvenir of Forty Years]
1890. In 1890 he was sent to Spokane by a wealthy client, to represent his
interest there. He formed a law partnership, and remained there for eight
years. In 1898 he was elected to the state senate of Washington, and was
re-elected in 1900. In 1901 he was appointed regent of the Washington State
College at Pullman, which position he held until 1905, when he was appointed
Justice of the Supreme Court, which position he has held ever since, and is
now on a new term in his high office which will not expire until 1915. He
was presidential elector in 1904, and had the pleasure of voting for his old
college mate, Charles W. Fairbanks, for vice-president. He was married in
1877 to Miss Florence Mendenhall, of Delaware, who was a member of the
O.W.F.C. class of '73. They have one son, Captain Denton M. Crow, who
is married and practicing law at Spokane. Judge Crow received the degree
of L.L.D. from the Washington State College in 1908, and the same degree
from the Ohio Wesleyan in 1911.
[photos]
EUNICE M. CRUIKSHANK
*EUNICE M. CRUIKSHANK (Mrs. W. B. Leeper).
Mrs. Lois Cruikshank Murdoch, of the O.W.F.C. class of '73, the
esteemed sister of our deceased classmate, had kindly furnished the following
account of Mrs. Leeper's life:
After her graduation, Eunice M. Cruikshank taught very successfully for
three years, first in a district school and afterwards in the public schools of
Delaware. She was married July 8, 1875, to William B. Leeper. Living here
for a time, they afterwards removed to Portland, Indiana, and went from there
to Hartwell, Ohio, her husband being a partner in a wholesale hardware
house in Cincinnati. They returned to Delaware in the year 1887, where her
husband died, after a protracted illness, some ten years later, and where she
resided, with the exception of some months spent in the Southwest in the
hope of recovery from tuberculosis, until the day of her death, in July, 1905.
Her life, always unselfish, was, after the death of her husband, one of constant
and loving sacrifice for her children. Her husband, having been previously
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Title
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Description
[page 30]
[corresponds to page 32 of Souvenir of Forty Years]
married, had one son; and she was the mother of four children--two sons and
two daughters. The younger son died on December 23, 1909. The elder re-
sides in Kansas City, Missouri. The elder daughter, Mrs. John Bowdle,
resides in San Diego, California; the younger daughter in Los Angeles.
[photos]
WILLIAM DAVIDSON
WILLIAM DAVIDSON is a successful attorney-at-law, in Lancaster,
Ohio. In response to our appeal to him to come to the Reunion, and to give
us his history and picture, he gave the following reply:
"Regreat that I cannot attend the reunion. Have mailed you two recent
photos. Was admitted to the bar in August, 1873; have been busy in the
office ever since. Kept out of politics, married, have one child, a son, past
sixteen years of age. Hope the reunion will be a success."
In response to our further appeal to him to expand his history, he wrote
the following:
"I have nothing to add to my biography. 'My days have been passed as
a tale that is told'--each much like its predecessor. While there is variety
in the cases tried by a lawyer, even yet it becomes monotonous. Each im-
portant trial possesses consuming interest until its end; and then the dust of
forgetfulness covers the files, and matters of less moment claim the maximum
of attention. When I say I have practiced law here since 1873, there is noth-
ing more to be said. Best wishes to every member of 1871."
LUCIEN M. DAVIS sends us the following interesting statement of
his life:
I came into this world sixty-six years ago this April. I spent my infant
days in Hamilton County, and my boyhood days in Clermont County. Our
county was made famous by being made the birthplace of such men as U. S.
Grant, Randolph S. Foster, and General Corbin. While we were permitted to
breathe the pure air of that county the same as these illustrious men, we were
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[corresponds to page 32 of Souvenir of Forty Years]
married, had one son; and she was the mother of four children--two sons and
two daughters. The younger son died on December 23, 1909. The elder re-
sides in Kansas City, Missouri. The elder daughter, Mrs. John Bowdle,
resides in San Diego, California; the younger daughter in Los Angeles.
[photos]
WILLIAM DAVIDSON
WILLIAM DAVIDSON is a successful attorney-at-law, in Lancaster,
Ohio. In response to our appeal to him to come to the Reunion, and to give
us his history and picture, he gave the following reply:
"Regreat that I cannot attend the reunion. Have mailed you two recent
photos. Was admitted to the bar in August, 1873; have been busy in the
office ever since. Kept out of politics, married, have one child, a son, past
sixteen years of age. Hope the reunion will be a success."
In response to our further appeal to him to expand his history, he wrote
the following:
"I have nothing to add to my biography. 'My days have been passed as
a tale that is told'--each much like its predecessor. While there is variety
in the cases tried by a lawyer, even yet it becomes monotonous. Each im-
portant trial possesses consuming interest until its end; and then the dust of
forgetfulness covers the files, and matters of less moment claim the maximum
of attention. When I say I have practiced law here since 1873, there is noth-
ing more to be said. Best wishes to every member of 1871."
LUCIEN M. DAVIS sends us the following interesting statement of
his life:
I came into this world sixty-six years ago this April. I spent my infant
days in Hamilton County, and my boyhood days in Clermont County. Our
county was made famous by being made the birthplace of such men as U. S.
Grant, Randolph S. Foster, and General Corbin. While we were permitted to
breathe the pure air of that county the same as these illustrious men, we were
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Title
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Description
[page 31]
[corresponds to page 33 of Souvenir of Forty Years]
[photos]
LUCIEN M. DAVIS
never able to become so great as they. In January, 1864, I entered the Ohio
Wesleyan. I did not know very much when I entered; and when I graduated
in 1871, I was informed, with others of my class, by President Merrick, tthat
we had just learned our A. B. C.'s, and that we were going forth to spell out
the lessons of life. I have spent the last forty years in spelling out these life
lessons, and I must say that there are some lessons that I am not able to
spell yet. My life has been spent in an earnest effort to make the world
better. I have given thirty-five years of active life in the Methodist ministry.
I now feel that my active life is almost past. Great changes have come in
forty years. Many of our classmates have gone. I greet the living members
of the class of '71, and express a hope that when we are called to the final
Reunion we may all be there.
WILSON M. DAY resides in New York City. In response to our earnest
request, he has given us the following summary of his busy life:
1871-73, city editor Akron (O.) Daily Beacon; 1874, night editor Cleve-
land Leader; 1875-83, associate editor Akron Beacon; 1876, traveled in Europe;
1884-90 founder and editor Iron Trade Review, Cleveland; 1886, national pres-
ident Delta Tau Delta Fraternity; 1886-87, treasurer National Safe and Lock
Co.; 1887-1905, organizer, president and treasurer Cleveland Printing and Pub-
lishing Co. (The Imperial Press); 1888-1903, trustee Ohio Wesleyan Univer-
sity; 1890-95-98, member citizens' commission on public improvements, (appoint-
ed by mayor of Cleveland); 1890, special agent manufacturing statistics, Elev-
enth Federal Census; 1893-96, director-general Cleveland Cenennial Com-
mission; 1893-1902, vice-president and member board of managers National Board of
Trade; 1896-1904, trustee, chairman executive board and acting president
Chautauqua Institution; 1898-1903, trustee Cleveland College of Physicians
33
[corresponds to page 33 of Souvenir of Forty Years]
[photos]
LUCIEN M. DAVIS
never able to become so great as they. In January, 1864, I entered the Ohio
Wesleyan. I did not know very much when I entered; and when I graduated
in 1871, I was informed, with others of my class, by President Merrick, tthat
we had just learned our A. B. C.'s, and that we were going forth to spell out
the lessons of life. I have spent the last forty years in spelling out these life
lessons, and I must say that there are some lessons that I am not able to
spell yet. My life has been spent in an earnest effort to make the world
better. I have given thirty-five years of active life in the Methodist ministry.
I now feel that my active life is almost past. Great changes have come in
forty years. Many of our classmates have gone. I greet the living members
of the class of '71, and express a hope that when we are called to the final
Reunion we may all be there.
WILSON M. DAY resides in New York City. In response to our earnest
request, he has given us the following summary of his busy life:
1871-73, city editor Akron (O.) Daily Beacon; 1874, night editor Cleve-
land Leader; 1875-83, associate editor Akron Beacon; 1876, traveled in Europe;
1884-90 founder and editor Iron Trade Review, Cleveland; 1886, national pres-
ident Delta Tau Delta Fraternity; 1886-87, treasurer National Safe and Lock
Co.; 1887-1905, organizer, president and treasurer Cleveland Printing and Pub-
lishing Co. (The Imperial Press); 1888-1903, trustee Ohio Wesleyan Univer-
sity; 1890-95-98, member citizens' commission on public improvements, (appoint-
ed by mayor of Cleveland); 1890, special agent manufacturing statistics, Elev-
enth Federal Census; 1893-96, director-general Cleveland Cenennial Com-
mission; 1893-1902, vice-president and member board of managers National Board of
Trade; 1896-1904, trustee, chairman executive board and acting president
Chautauqua Institution; 1898-1903, trustee Cleveland College of Physicians
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Description
[page 32]
[corresponds to page 34 of Souvenir of Forty Years]
[photos]
WILSON M. DAY
and Surgeons, and of Cleveland General Hospital; 1989-1904, trustee and
treasurer Cleveland Y.M.C.A.; 1903-04, citizen-member Cleveland Civic
Federation; 1900-05, organizer and secretary-treasurer Caxton Building Co.;
1910, organizer and president Business Properties Corporation, New York
City, Present address, 900 Monolith Building, 45 W. 34th St., New York.
[photos]
THEODORE F. DOVE
*THEODORE F. DOVE was born in Fairfield County, Ohio, in 1846. He
prepared for college in the Fairfield Union Academy, where he graduated in
1869. He then entered Ohio Wesleyan, where he graduated in 1871. After
34
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[photos]
WILSON M. DAY
and Surgeons, and of Cleveland General Hospital; 1989-1904, trustee and
treasurer Cleveland Y.M.C.A.; 1903-04, citizen-member Cleveland Civic
Federation; 1900-05, organizer and secretary-treasurer Caxton Building Co.;
1910, organizer and president Business Properties Corporation, New York
City, Present address, 900 Monolith Building, 45 W. 34th St., New York.
[photos]
THEODORE F. DOVE
*THEODORE F. DOVE was born in Fairfield County, Ohio, in 1846. He
prepared for college in the Fairfield Union Academy, where he graduated in
1869. He then entered Ohio Wesleyan, where he graduated in 1871. After
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Description
[page 33]
[corresponds to page 35 of Souvenir of Forty Years]
his graduation he engaged in teaching. In 1874, he became superintendent of
the city schools in Shelbyville, Illinois. Later he entered upon the practice of
law, first at Columbus, Ohio, and then at Danville, Illinois; but in a short
time returned to Shelbyville, where he spent his life as a successful lawyer,
and as a very remakable financial manager. He accumulated a large fortune.
At the time of his death he was reputed to be the wealthiest man in Shelby
County. He owned stock in several banks, elevators, and mercantile estab-
lishments. He possessed thousands of acres of the choicest land in central
Illinois.
In 1877 he was united in marriage with Miss Alta W. Clark, of Mechanics-
burg, Ohio, an O.W.F.C. graduate of the class of 1876. Two sons were
born of this union, Theodore Clark and Franklin Roy. Both of these sons
were educated in the Ohio Wesleyan, and they now form a law firm known
as Dove and Dove, in Shelbyville, and are the successors of their father in his
chosen profession. Mrs. Alta C. Dove died May 24, 1896. Mr. Dove was
again married August 25, 1898, to Mary Belle Williams, of Columbus, Ohio,
who survives him. He died very suddently of apoplexy, July 27, 1908. Mr.
Dove was a life-long member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. In his
memory his family placed a beautiful pipe-organ in the First Methodist Epis-
copal Church of Shelbyville.
[photos]
ELLA C. DOWNS
ELLA C. DOWNS (Mrs. A. J. Twitchell).
The college records state that in 1872-74, Ella C. Downs was instructor in
music in Ohio Wesleyan Female College. September 24, 1874, she was joined
in marriage with Albert J. Twitchell, of the O.W.U. class of 1872. Their
home was in Mansfield, Ohio. Since here husband's death, she and her chil-
dren have lived mostly in Florida. Mrs. Twitchell was with us at the Re-
union, and we were glad indeed that she could be present. In response to our
request, she wrote us the folowing note for our book:
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[corresponds to page 35 of Souvenir of Forty Years]
his graduation he engaged in teaching. In 1874, he became superintendent of
the city schools in Shelbyville, Illinois. Later he entered upon the practice of
law, first at Columbus, Ohio, and then at Danville, Illinois; but in a short
time returned to Shelbyville, where he spent his life as a successful lawyer,
and as a very remakable financial manager. He accumulated a large fortune.
At the time of his death he was reputed to be the wealthiest man in Shelby
County. He owned stock in several banks, elevators, and mercantile estab-
lishments. He possessed thousands of acres of the choicest land in central
Illinois.
In 1877 he was united in marriage with Miss Alta W. Clark, of Mechanics-
burg, Ohio, an O.W.F.C. graduate of the class of 1876. Two sons were
born of this union, Theodore Clark and Franklin Roy. Both of these sons
were educated in the Ohio Wesleyan, and they now form a law firm known
as Dove and Dove, in Shelbyville, and are the successors of their father in his
chosen profession. Mrs. Alta C. Dove died May 24, 1896. Mr. Dove was
again married August 25, 1898, to Mary Belle Williams, of Columbus, Ohio,
who survives him. He died very suddently of apoplexy, July 27, 1908. Mr.
Dove was a life-long member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. In his
memory his family placed a beautiful pipe-organ in the First Methodist Epis-
copal Church of Shelbyville.
[photos]
ELLA C. DOWNS
ELLA C. DOWNS (Mrs. A. J. Twitchell).
The college records state that in 1872-74, Ella C. Downs was instructor in
music in Ohio Wesleyan Female College. September 24, 1874, she was joined
in marriage with Albert J. Twitchell, of the O.W.U. class of 1872. Their
home was in Mansfield, Ohio. Since here husband's death, she and her chil-
dren have lived mostly in Florida. Mrs. Twitchell was with us at the Re-
union, and we were glad indeed that she could be present. In response to our
request, she wrote us the folowing note for our book:
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Description
[page 34]
[corresponds to page 36 of Souvenir of Forty Years]
"As for the condensed history you ask for, I have been the commonplace
but happy wife and mother for thirty-one years, from my marriage in Sep-
tember, 1874, until I lost my husband in 1906. My seven children, six of them
boys, are living, and continue to be my chief joy and reason for being. For
three years past, I have resided principally in Florida, the two younger boys
being in Rollins College in this place. Like the mother of the Gracchi, I can
point to my seven, and say, 'These are my jewels.'"
[photos]
CHARLES W. DREES
CHARLES W. DREES has spent his life in the missionary work of the
church, where he had held very high rank, among the world's greatest mis-
sionaries. From his residence in Montevideo, Uruguay, South America, he
writes us, giving the following statement of his life-work:
"In brief outline, my 'manner of life' since we parted on the Commence-
ment platform in front of the old Library Building in June, 1871, has been as
follows: A three year course in the School of Theology of Boston University,
leading up to the usual degrees, was followed by appointment as missionary
to Mexico, and ordination as deacon and elder at the hands of Bishop Peck
at the old Providence Conference at North Bridgewater, Mass. In Mexico
it fell to my lot to establish the mission in Puebla, found the Theological
Seminary, and succeed to the superintendency of the Mission, remaining at its
head until its organization as an Annual Conference. Had charge of the Thelogical Sem-
inary in Buenos Aires, and supervision of printing and publication interests.
In the discharge of my duties had occasion to visit all the countries of South
America, except Venezuela and the Guianas. In 1900 was asked to establish
our mission in Porto Rico, where four very interesting years were spent. In
1904, returned to South America, my relation with this field having never
been severed, and my service in Porto Rico having been of the nature of
36
[corresponds to page 36 of Souvenir of Forty Years]
"As for the condensed history you ask for, I have been the commonplace
but happy wife and mother for thirty-one years, from my marriage in Sep-
tember, 1874, until I lost my husband in 1906. My seven children, six of them
boys, are living, and continue to be my chief joy and reason for being. For
three years past, I have resided principally in Florida, the two younger boys
being in Rollins College in this place. Like the mother of the Gracchi, I can
point to my seven, and say, 'These are my jewels.'"
[photos]
CHARLES W. DREES
CHARLES W. DREES has spent his life in the missionary work of the
church, where he had held very high rank, among the world's greatest mis-
sionaries. From his residence in Montevideo, Uruguay, South America, he
writes us, giving the following statement of his life-work:
"In brief outline, my 'manner of life' since we parted on the Commence-
ment platform in front of the old Library Building in June, 1871, has been as
follows: A three year course in the School of Theology of Boston University,
leading up to the usual degrees, was followed by appointment as missionary
to Mexico, and ordination as deacon and elder at the hands of Bishop Peck
at the old Providence Conference at North Bridgewater, Mass. In Mexico
it fell to my lot to establish the mission in Puebla, found the Theological
Seminary, and succeed to the superintendency of the Mission, remaining at its
head until its organization as an Annual Conference. Had charge of the Thelogical Sem-
inary in Buenos Aires, and supervision of printing and publication interests.
In the discharge of my duties had occasion to visit all the countries of South
America, except Venezuela and the Guianas. In 1900 was asked to establish
our mission in Porto Rico, where four very interesting years were spent. In
1904, returned to South America, my relation with this field having never
been severed, and my service in Porto Rico having been of the nature of
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Description
[page 35]
[corresponds to page 37 of The Souvenir of Forty Years]
detached duty for a special purpose. Have since, as before, been treasurer of
the Mission and legal representative of the Missionary Board, with duties as
district superintendent and pastor. Have traveled in the forty years about
five hundred thousand miles.
"The years have brought many interesting and unusual experiences. Have
been twice delegate to the General Conference and once reserve delegate;
made a tour of investigation and exploration through Spain; was appointed
delegate to the Ecumenical Conference in London; designated by the Argen-
tine Government Chief of Staff of Interpreters and Translators to the Pan
American Congress held in Buenos Aires in 1910. Was a member of a special
commission for the preparation of a new version of the Gospels in the Spanish
language, meeting with that commission in New York during the first eight
months of 1909. Interpreted Mr. Bryan in Buenos Aires.
"Was married in 1877 to Miss Ada M. Combs, of the class of 1872,
O.W.F.C. God gave me his best gift, a true helpmeet. I am now in my
sixtieth year, in good health, a blessing which I have enjoyed, with only
the slightest imaginable interruptions, during the forty years; and have pros-
pect of a good many years of future work. I believe in God, in Jesus Christ
as a living presence in the world, making for righteousness, and sure of
universal dominion.
"Dr. W. P. ("Billy Patterson") McLaughlin, our classmate, and I have
been associates for a good many years in Buenos Aires. I hope he may be
with you at the reunion and carry my greetings by word of mouth. He is
a true yoke-fellow and has done grand work. All hail! And front face; for
the day's march.
Faithfully yours,
CHARLES W. DREES."
[photos]
EVA FRENCH
EVA FRENCH (Mrs. O. E. LeFevre).
Mrs. LeFevre writes us, from her home in Denver, Colorado, the follow-
ing letter, concerning the events of her life:
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[corresponds to page 37 of The Souvenir of Forty Years]
detached duty for a special purpose. Have since, as before, been treasurer of
the Mission and legal representative of the Missionary Board, with duties as
district superintendent and pastor. Have traveled in the forty years about
five hundred thousand miles.
"The years have brought many interesting and unusual experiences. Have
been twice delegate to the General Conference and once reserve delegate;
made a tour of investigation and exploration through Spain; was appointed
delegate to the Ecumenical Conference in London; designated by the Argen-
tine Government Chief of Staff of Interpreters and Translators to the Pan
American Congress held in Buenos Aires in 1910. Was a member of a special
commission for the preparation of a new version of the Gospels in the Spanish
language, meeting with that commission in New York during the first eight
months of 1909. Interpreted Mr. Bryan in Buenos Aires.
"Was married in 1877 to Miss Ada M. Combs, of the class of 1872,
O.W.F.C. God gave me his best gift, a true helpmeet. I am now in my
sixtieth year, in good health, a blessing which I have enjoyed, with only
the slightest imaginable interruptions, during the forty years; and have pros-
pect of a good many years of future work. I believe in God, in Jesus Christ
as a living presence in the world, making for righteousness, and sure of
universal dominion.
"Dr. W. P. ("Billy Patterson") McLaughlin, our classmate, and I have
been associates for a good many years in Buenos Aires. I hope he may be
with you at the reunion and carry my greetings by word of mouth. He is
a true yoke-fellow and has done grand work. All hail! And front face; for
the day's march.
Faithfully yours,
CHARLES W. DREES."
[photos]
EVA FRENCH
EVA FRENCH (Mrs. O. E. LeFevre).
Mrs. LeFevre writes us, from her home in Denver, Colorado, the follow-
ing letter, concerning the events of her life:
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Description
[page 36]
[corresponds to page 38 of The Souvenir of Forty Years]
"According to the belief current in college, life really begins at the Grad-
uation Day. That was my wedding day as well. I was married in the large
drawing room of Monnett Hall, June 28, '71, to Owen Edgar LeFevre, of
the class of '70, Michigan University. The president of O.W.F.C., Dr.
Donelson of blessed memory, performed the ceremony, in the presence of a
few of our relatives, and about two hundred interested young college friends.
Denver, Colorado, became our home, in the summer of 1873, and has con-
tinued so all these interesting years. We consider ourselves fortunate to have
had a part in the growth of such an important commonwealth. Although it
has been our home, we have been permitted to live several years abroad, at
different times. Our only child, Frederica, is a graduate of Bryn Mawr Col-
lege. We have much to be thankful for, that time and fortune have been so
lenient and can truly say, God has been very gentle with us, and led us over
a safe and pleasant way, these forty years. With a warm greeting to my
comrades of '71, and with a heart full of pleasant memories of dear old Alma
Mater, I am yours in all good wishes for a great reunion.
EVA FRENCH LeFEVRE."
[photos]
THEODORE K. FUNK
THEODORE K. FUNK entered the law office of Judge William Law-
rence, of Bellefontaine, Ohio, in the fall of 1871, and was admitted to the bar
in 1873. He located in Portsmouth, Ohio, the same year, where he has been
in the active practice of law ever since. In 1883, he was elected Prosecuting
Attorney of his county and served successfully in that office for six years.
He was elected Presidential Elector in 1892, and cast his vote in the electoral
college for Benjamin Harrison.
In 1874 he received the degree of A.M. from the Ohio Wesleyan. In
1874, he was united in marriage with Miss Emma Kinney, the only daughter
of Colonel Kinney of the 56th O.V.I. Mr. and Mrs. Funk have an interest-
38
[corresponds to page 38 of The Souvenir of Forty Years]
"According to the belief current in college, life really begins at the Grad-
uation Day. That was my wedding day as well. I was married in the large
drawing room of Monnett Hall, June 28, '71, to Owen Edgar LeFevre, of
the class of '70, Michigan University. The president of O.W.F.C., Dr.
Donelson of blessed memory, performed the ceremony, in the presence of a
few of our relatives, and about two hundred interested young college friends.
Denver, Colorado, became our home, in the summer of 1873, and has con-
tinued so all these interesting years. We consider ourselves fortunate to have
had a part in the growth of such an important commonwealth. Although it
has been our home, we have been permitted to live several years abroad, at
different times. Our only child, Frederica, is a graduate of Bryn Mawr Col-
lege. We have much to be thankful for, that time and fortune have been so
lenient and can truly say, God has been very gentle with us, and led us over
a safe and pleasant way, these forty years. With a warm greeting to my
comrades of '71, and with a heart full of pleasant memories of dear old Alma
Mater, I am yours in all good wishes for a great reunion.
EVA FRENCH LeFEVRE."
[photos]
THEODORE K. FUNK
THEODORE K. FUNK entered the law office of Judge William Law-
rence, of Bellefontaine, Ohio, in the fall of 1871, and was admitted to the bar
in 1873. He located in Portsmouth, Ohio, the same year, where he has been
in the active practice of law ever since. In 1883, he was elected Prosecuting
Attorney of his county and served successfully in that office for six years.
He was elected Presidential Elector in 1892, and cast his vote in the electoral
college for Benjamin Harrison.
In 1874 he received the degree of A.M. from the Ohio Wesleyan. In
1874, he was united in marriage with Miss Emma Kinney, the only daughter
of Colonel Kinney of the 56th O.V.I. Mr. and Mrs. Funk have an interest-
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Description
[page 37]
[corresponds to page 39 of The Souvenir of Forty Years]
ing family of forty children, and reside in a beautiful suburban home, one mile
from the city of Portsmouth. Concerning his professional work, a biographer
from whom we quote, writes as follows:
"He has devoted much of his time to criminal practice, and has been
engaged in more important murder trials than any other lawyer in Southern
Ohio, outside of Cincinnati, his practice in that respect extending to a number
of states. He is an eloquent speaker, an able advocate, and a wise coun-
sellor."
[photos]
JOHN A. GANN
*JOHN A. GANN, a brother beloved by us all, was well worthy of the
following noble tribute written by his brother-in-law, Hon. A. D. Metz, of
Wooster, Ohio:
"One of the most brilliant, learned and highly esteemed of the class of
'71 was our beloved Dr. John A. Gann. After his graduation he became
Superintendent of the Public Schools at Shelby, Ohio, which position he held
for four years, and then began the study of medicine, graduating in 1877 from
the Cleveland Homeopathic Medical College.
"He practiced a short time in Berea, and then located in Wooster, Ohio,
where he made his home and practiced until the time of his untimely death
from arteo sclerosis in 1901.
"He attained to great distinction in his profession. He was a member of
the faculty and lecturer in the Cleveland Medical College for years. In 1884
the doctor was married to Anna M. Metz, of Wooster, who survives him.
Two sons blessed this union; one son, John A. Gann, a graduate of Case
School of Applied Science and now attending the Massachusetts Institute of
39
[corresponds to page 39 of The Souvenir of Forty Years]
ing family of forty children, and reside in a beautiful suburban home, one mile
from the city of Portsmouth. Concerning his professional work, a biographer
from whom we quote, writes as follows:
"He has devoted much of his time to criminal practice, and has been
engaged in more important murder trials than any other lawyer in Southern
Ohio, outside of Cincinnati, his practice in that respect extending to a number
of states. He is an eloquent speaker, an able advocate, and a wise coun-
sellor."
[photos]
JOHN A. GANN
*JOHN A. GANN, a brother beloved by us all, was well worthy of the
following noble tribute written by his brother-in-law, Hon. A. D. Metz, of
Wooster, Ohio:
"One of the most brilliant, learned and highly esteemed of the class of
'71 was our beloved Dr. John A. Gann. After his graduation he became
Superintendent of the Public Schools at Shelby, Ohio, which position he held
for four years, and then began the study of medicine, graduating in 1877 from
the Cleveland Homeopathic Medical College.
"He practiced a short time in Berea, and then located in Wooster, Ohio,
where he made his home and practiced until the time of his untimely death
from arteo sclerosis in 1901.
"He attained to great distinction in his profession. He was a member of
the faculty and lecturer in the Cleveland Medical College for years. In 1884
the doctor was married to Anna M. Metz, of Wooster, who survives him.
Two sons blessed this union; one son, John A. Gann, a graduate of Case
School of Applied Science and now attending the Massachusetts Institute of
39
Title
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Description
[page 38]
[corresponds to page 40 of The Souvenir of Forty Years]
Technology in Boston, and the other son attending the Miami Military Insti-
tute, Germantown, Ohio.
"No man ever lived in Wooster, or Wayne County, who attained to such
popularity as Dr. Gann. He was the 'beloved physician' in every family.
When he departed this life, such was his character and the purity of his life,
that sorrow profound pervaded the whole community and mourning was
universal. His career was brilliant and his influence for the uplift of man-
kind, incalculable. He was a great Methodist. He worshipped God. He
loved mankind. His whole life was like the benediction that follows after
prayer. 'He was a man, take him for all in all, we shall not look upon his
like again.' He honored the class of 1871."
[photos]
CHARLES W. GOODIN
CHARLES W. GOODIN writes us from his home, at Ottawa Kansas,
and presents to "The Souvenir" the following summarized statement of his
life:
"Since graduating from O.W.U. in June, 1871, I have continuously lived
at Ottawa, Kansas. Have married here, and spent nearly forty years of steady
work here in my business, which is real estate and loans. About 1880, I
established a State Bank, but after some ten years sold my interest in it, and
continued business alone as a matter of preference. Have had excellent
health, and feel that life is well worth living, if one lives for others as well
as for himself.
C. W. GOODIN."
40
[corresponds to page 40 of The Souvenir of Forty Years]
Technology in Boston, and the other son attending the Miami Military Insti-
tute, Germantown, Ohio.
"No man ever lived in Wooster, or Wayne County, who attained to such
popularity as Dr. Gann. He was the 'beloved physician' in every family.
When he departed this life, such was his character and the purity of his life,
that sorrow profound pervaded the whole community and mourning was
universal. His career was brilliant and his influence for the uplift of man-
kind, incalculable. He was a great Methodist. He worshipped God. He
loved mankind. His whole life was like the benediction that follows after
prayer. 'He was a man, take him for all in all, we shall not look upon his
like again.' He honored the class of 1871."
[photos]
CHARLES W. GOODIN
CHARLES W. GOODIN writes us from his home, at Ottawa Kansas,
and presents to "The Souvenir" the following summarized statement of his
life:
"Since graduating from O.W.U. in June, 1871, I have continuously lived
at Ottawa, Kansas. Have married here, and spent nearly forty years of steady
work here in my business, which is real estate and loans. About 1880, I
established a State Bank, but after some ten years sold my interest in it, and
continued business alone as a matter of preference. Have had excellent
health, and feel that life is well worth living, if one lives for others as well
as for himself.
C. W. GOODIN."
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Description
[page 39]
[corresponds to page 41 of The Souvenir of Forty Years]
[photo]
JAMES F. HAMILTON
*JAMES F. HAMILTON was born in Brownsville, Licking County, Ohio,
May 31, 1847. He entered the Ohio Wesleyan, September 16, 1869, from which
he graduated in 1871. He graduated from Princeton Theological Seminary in
1873. He was married to Miss Matilda C. Hazlett, at Cincinnati, Ohio, and
resided for a short time in Newport, Kentucky, and later in Columbus, Ohio.
He was a Presbyterian minister, and was for a time pastor in Columbus. He
was also pastor of the Muskingum church, near Zanesville.
In October, 1886, his health failing, he went to San Bernadino, California.
In the summer of 1887 he went to Redlands. He did not preach regularly in
California. Sticken with typhoid fever, with a complication of other troubles,
he died at Redlands, California, October 9, 1899, and was buried there. His
widow and two daughters, Ethel and Sarah, survive him. He was one of the
noble Christian men of our class, and was useful in his generation, up to the
full measure of his health and strength.
*JOSEPH N. HASKINS died in early life, and we have very brief records
of his history. 1871-73, he was principal of the Lodi Academy; 1874, principal
of High School, Oakland, California; 1874-77, principal of Golden Gate Acad-
emy, Oakland, California. He died at Colusa, California, July 17, 1877. He
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[corresponds to page 41 of The Souvenir of Forty Years]
[photo]
JAMES F. HAMILTON
*JAMES F. HAMILTON was born in Brownsville, Licking County, Ohio,
May 31, 1847. He entered the Ohio Wesleyan, September 16, 1869, from which
he graduated in 1871. He graduated from Princeton Theological Seminary in
1873. He was married to Miss Matilda C. Hazlett, at Cincinnati, Ohio, and
resided for a short time in Newport, Kentucky, and later in Columbus, Ohio.
He was a Presbyterian minister, and was for a time pastor in Columbus. He
was also pastor of the Muskingum church, near Zanesville.
In October, 1886, his health failing, he went to San Bernadino, California.
In the summer of 1887 he went to Redlands. He did not preach regularly in
California. Sticken with typhoid fever, with a complication of other troubles,
he died at Redlands, California, October 9, 1899, and was buried there. His
widow and two daughters, Ethel and Sarah, survive him. He was one of the
noble Christian men of our class, and was useful in his generation, up to the
full measure of his health and strength.
*JOSEPH N. HASKINS died in early life, and we have very brief records
of his history. 1871-73, he was principal of the Lodi Academy; 1874, principal
of High School, Oakland, California; 1874-77, principal of Golden Gate Acad-
emy, Oakland, California. He died at Colusa, California, July 17, 1877. He
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Title
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Description
[page 40]
[corresponds to page 42 of The Souvenir of Forty Years]
[photo]
JOSEPH N. HASKINS
was an earnest, thorough student and a successful teacher, but his history is
limited by his short life.
[photos]
ENOS W. HASTINGS
*ENOS W. HASTINGS was married March 28, 1872, to Miss Bessie
Rippey, who was a teacher in the public schools of Delaware. They had one
daughter, Melle M., a lovely girl who died at the age of sixteen years. After
42
[corresponds to page 42 of The Souvenir of Forty Years]
[photo]
JOSEPH N. HASKINS
was an earnest, thorough student and a successful teacher, but his history is
limited by his short life.
[photos]
ENOS W. HASTINGS
*ENOS W. HASTINGS was married March 28, 1872, to Miss Bessie
Rippey, who was a teacher in the public schools of Delaware. They had one
daughter, Melle M., a lovely girl who died at the age of sixteen years. After
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Description
[page 41]
[corresponds to page 43 of The Souvenir of Forty Years]
his graduation Mr. Hastings was Superintendent of Schools at Chesterville,
Ohio, for two years. In 1873 he became Superintendent of Public Schools at
Delphos, Ohio, and held this important position for twenty-eight years. His
life was practically spent at Delphos, where he left an impression for good
that will abide upon the generation that grew up under his care. Failing
health compelled him to give up his position at Delphos, which he had filled
so honorably and so long. His death was from Bright's disease, after a long
illness. All the testimony of those who knew best his work would assure his
classmates that he was, through all his life, an ideal Christian Public School
Superintendent.
[photos]
WILLIAM A. HICKS
WILLIAM A. HICKS gives us the following very brief summary of his
life:
"As for my personal history, I was married to Miss Nettie Whittaker, of
Amelia, Ohio, on December 13, 1883, and we have one son, Lewis R. Hicks, a
graduate of the Cincinnati Law School in 1908, and one daughter, Helen Rose
Hicks, who was a member of the graduating class of the Madisonville High
School in 1910.
After graduating, I engaged in business at Macon, Georgia, for three and
one-half years, and then returned to Ohio, and graduated at the Cincinnati
Law School in the spring of '76; and I have been practicing law in this city
since that time, and expect to continue doing so to the remainder of my days."
GEORGE C. HITT insisted that he hadn't any history to give. But on
our urgency he has furnished the following statement:
George Cooper Hitt, of Indianapolis, Indiana, was born at Brookville,
Indiana, May 30, 1851; received his education in the schools of his native town
and the Ohio Wesleyan University, from which he graduated in 1871; was
assistant cashier of the Brookville National Bank and a paymaster's clerk in
43
[corresponds to page 43 of The Souvenir of Forty Years]
his graduation Mr. Hastings was Superintendent of Schools at Chesterville,
Ohio, for two years. In 1873 he became Superintendent of Public Schools at
Delphos, Ohio, and held this important position for twenty-eight years. His
life was practically spent at Delphos, where he left an impression for good
that will abide upon the generation that grew up under his care. Failing
health compelled him to give up his position at Delphos, which he had filled
so honorably and so long. His death was from Bright's disease, after a long
illness. All the testimony of those who knew best his work would assure his
classmates that he was, through all his life, an ideal Christian Public School
Superintendent.
[photos]
WILLIAM A. HICKS
WILLIAM A. HICKS gives us the following very brief summary of his
life:
"As for my personal history, I was married to Miss Nettie Whittaker, of
Amelia, Ohio, on December 13, 1883, and we have one son, Lewis R. Hicks, a
graduate of the Cincinnati Law School in 1908, and one daughter, Helen Rose
Hicks, who was a member of the graduating class of the Madisonville High
School in 1910.
After graduating, I engaged in business at Macon, Georgia, for three and
one-half years, and then returned to Ohio, and graduated at the Cincinnati
Law School in the spring of '76; and I have been practicing law in this city
since that time, and expect to continue doing so to the remainder of my days."
GEORGE C. HITT insisted that he hadn't any history to give. But on
our urgency he has furnished the following statement:
George Cooper Hitt, of Indianapolis, Indiana, was born at Brookville,
Indiana, May 30, 1851; received his education in the schools of his native town
and the Ohio Wesleyan University, from which he graduated in 1871; was
assistant cashier of the Brookville National Bank and a paymaster's clerk in
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Description
[page 42]
[corresponds to page 44 of The Souvenir of Forty Years]
[photos]
GEORGE C. HITT
the United States Army, from 1871 to 1875; became the business manager of
the Indianapolis (Ind.) Journal in 1875, and afterwards was a part owner;
was connected with that paper in its active management until 1903, a period
of twenty-eight years; was married in 1877 to Elizabeth Barnett, of Andover,
Mass., and to them four children have been born, three sons and one daugh-
ter; was Vice-Consul-General of the United States at London, England, 1890
and 1891; became receiver of the Star League of newspapers, consisting of
the Indianapolis (Ind.) Star, the Muncie (Ind.) Star, and the Terre Haute
(Ind.) Star, in May, 1908, and have operated those properties for three and
one-half years.
[photos]
EDWARD H. JEWITT
EDWARD H. JEWITT received the degree of M.D. in 1878, from the
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[photos]
GEORGE C. HITT
the United States Army, from 1871 to 1875; became the business manager of
the Indianapolis (Ind.) Journal in 1875, and afterwards was a part owner;
was connected with that paper in its active management until 1903, a period
of twenty-eight years; was married in 1877 to Elizabeth Barnett, of Andover,
Mass., and to them four children have been born, three sons and one daugh-
ter; was Vice-Consul-General of the United States at London, England, 1890
and 1891; became receiver of the Star League of newspapers, consisting of
the Indianapolis (Ind.) Star, the Muncie (Ind.) Star, and the Terre Haute
(Ind.) Star, in May, 1908, and have operated those properties for three and
one-half years.
[photos]
EDWARD H. JEWITT
EDWARD H. JEWITT received the degree of M.D. in 1878, from the
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Description
[page 43]
[corresponds to page 45 of The Souvenir of Forty Years]
Cleveland Homeopathic College. He has been Professor of Obstetrics in the
Cleveland Medical College; also physician to the Cleveland workhouse. He
was with us at the reunion, and we all enjoyed his good fellowship. While
he has not furnished us with any historical statement, we clip the following
from one of the letters received before the reunion:
"I do not think I have seen six men of our class since we shook the dust
of the town from our feet, in the month of June, 1871. While I have not
revisited the place but two or three times, I have sent three of my children
there, and I have sent many good 'plunks' to keep them there."
His history is summd up in forty years successful work as a physician in
his chosen city of Cleveland.
[photos]
CHARLES E. JONES
CHARLES E. JONES received the degree of M.D. in 1874 from Miami
Medical College, and the degree of M.D. also, in 1876, from Bellevue Medical
College. From 1876 to 1884 he was a practicing physician in Cincinnati.
Since 1884 he has been in the practice of medicine in Chicago, where he is
still in the active work. He was with us at the reunion, in such vigor of body
and such heartiness of brotherly spirit that it was a delight to meet him.
Since the reunion he has written us: "The day spent at Delaware was a
record-breaker with me. I never enjoyed a better day."
ALICE KENNEDY was a member of the O.W.F.C. class of 1871.
Her name appears on the commencement program, with her residence then
at Delaware. We have been unable to secure any further information. We
enter her name in this souvenir, in its rightful place, as a recognized and
esteemed member of our class.
45
[corresponds to page 45 of The Souvenir of Forty Years]
Cleveland Homeopathic College. He has been Professor of Obstetrics in the
Cleveland Medical College; also physician to the Cleveland workhouse. He
was with us at the reunion, and we all enjoyed his good fellowship. While
he has not furnished us with any historical statement, we clip the following
from one of the letters received before the reunion:
"I do not think I have seen six men of our class since we shook the dust
of the town from our feet, in the month of June, 1871. While I have not
revisited the place but two or three times, I have sent three of my children
there, and I have sent many good 'plunks' to keep them there."
His history is summd up in forty years successful work as a physician in
his chosen city of Cleveland.
[photos]
CHARLES E. JONES
CHARLES E. JONES received the degree of M.D. in 1874 from Miami
Medical College, and the degree of M.D. also, in 1876, from Bellevue Medical
College. From 1876 to 1884 he was a practicing physician in Cincinnati.
Since 1884 he has been in the practice of medicine in Chicago, where he is
still in the active work. He was with us at the reunion, in such vigor of body
and such heartiness of brotherly spirit that it was a delight to meet him.
Since the reunion he has written us: "The day spent at Delaware was a
record-breaker with me. I never enjoyed a better day."
ALICE KENNEDY was a member of the O.W.F.C. class of 1871.
Her name appears on the commencement program, with her residence then
at Delaware. We have been unable to secure any further information. We
enter her name in this souvenir, in its rightful place, as a recognized and
esteemed member of our class.
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Title
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Description
[page 44]
[corresponds to page 46 of The Souvenir of Forty Years]
[photo]
ANNETTE M. LADD
ANNETTE M. LADD (Mrs. F. H. Whitehead).
Mrs. Whitehead writes us as follows:
"After leaving the O.W.F.C., I taught the home schools for the first
few years. I graduated from the Worthington Normal School in 1875, taught
one year in Morrow County, then entered the graded schools at DeGraff,
Ohio, where I taught two years. October 16, 1878, I was married to Mr. F.
H. Whitehead, of Indianapolis, Indiana. We resided in that city seven years,
when, on account of my husband's health, we left the city, and came to Ohio,
living on farms in Licking and Delaware counties. In 1892, we came to the
farm in Delaware County, where we still reside. Our little family of seven
children, five daughters and two sons, came to bless our union. Two of
them, a son and a daughter, have been called to the great beyond; and one
daughter is an invalid and helpless, and I am her sole nurse, and never leave
her. For this reason I could not get to the reunion. With all possible good
wishes to the class, I remain ever your classmate of '71.
ANNETTE LADD WHITEHEAD."
WILLIAM W. LANCE writes us that he entered the Ohio Wesleyan
in the fall of 1866, with but two dollars and fifty cents. This was all he had
in the world, and no one to look to for help, but his own efforts and God.
He graduated with the class of 1871, without any debt but that of gratitude
to his Heavenly Father, and good will to his Alma Mater and fellow students.
In the fall of 1871 he entered the Central Ohio Conference, and has filled
many of its leading appointments. After completing his Conference course
of study, he studied under Professor William Rainey Harper, and later re-
ceived the degree of Ph. B. He received the degree of A.M. from the Ohio
Wesleyan, and the degree of D.D. from the Ohio Northern. In his confer-
ence he has served the following charges in their order: Prospect, Marseilles,
46
[corresponds to page 46 of The Souvenir of Forty Years]
[photo]
ANNETTE M. LADD
ANNETTE M. LADD (Mrs. F. H. Whitehead).
Mrs. Whitehead writes us as follows:
"After leaving the O.W.F.C., I taught the home schools for the first
few years. I graduated from the Worthington Normal School in 1875, taught
one year in Morrow County, then entered the graded schools at DeGraff,
Ohio, where I taught two years. October 16, 1878, I was married to Mr. F.
H. Whitehead, of Indianapolis, Indiana. We resided in that city seven years,
when, on account of my husband's health, we left the city, and came to Ohio,
living on farms in Licking and Delaware counties. In 1892, we came to the
farm in Delaware County, where we still reside. Our little family of seven
children, five daughters and two sons, came to bless our union. Two of
them, a son and a daughter, have been called to the great beyond; and one
daughter is an invalid and helpless, and I am her sole nurse, and never leave
her. For this reason I could not get to the reunion. With all possible good
wishes to the class, I remain ever your classmate of '71.
ANNETTE LADD WHITEHEAD."
WILLIAM W. LANCE writes us that he entered the Ohio Wesleyan
in the fall of 1866, with but two dollars and fifty cents. This was all he had
in the world, and no one to look to for help, but his own efforts and God.
He graduated with the class of 1871, without any debt but that of gratitude
to his Heavenly Father, and good will to his Alma Mater and fellow students.
In the fall of 1871 he entered the Central Ohio Conference, and has filled
many of its leading appointments. After completing his Conference course
of study, he studied under Professor William Rainey Harper, and later re-
ceived the degree of Ph. B. He received the degree of A.M. from the Ohio
Wesleyan, and the degree of D.D. from the Ohio Northern. In his confer-
ence he has served the following charges in their order: Prospect, Marseilles,
46
Title
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Description
[page 45]
[corresponds to page 47 of The Souvenir of Forty Years]
[photos]
WILLIAM W. LANCE
Carey, Dunkirk, Bryan, VanWert, Defiance, Sidney, Broadway-Toledo, Fos-
toria, Bowling Green, Findlay District, William Street-Delaware, Wauseon,
and is now on the fourth year of his second pastorate at Defiance.
October 19, 1871, he married Miss C. Anna Howard, of Delaware, Ohio.
She has been an ideal preacher's wife, and his strong helper in all his work.
In the recent great revival at Defiance she was instrumental in bringing nearly
half a hundred souls to Christ.
Six children have been born to them. All are living but the second son.
a bright young lawyer. The oldest son is a Cincinnati dentist. The third son
is an electrical engineer in Washington, D.C. The youngest son is in the
last year of the high school at home. The oldest daughter is a teacher of
pipe-organ and piano in the Ohio Northern. The second is Mrs. Clyde J.
Hull, of Fostoria, Ohio. These are all active Christians.
Dr. Lance, during the last thirty years, has written many important ar-
ticles for the church papers, in discussion of great church questions. He has
also been a writer for the secular and scientific press. He is a charter trustee
of the Ohio Northern University, president of the Board of Trustees of his
own Conference, and has represented his Conference in the General Confer-
ence. He was deeply disappointed that a very important meeting of the
church prevented him from being at the Reunion, and he expresses his ardent
love for "the whole '71 bunch."
EUGENE LANE gives the following summary of his life:
"One of the first events of my life after my graduation, was the develop-
ment, or rather culmination of a romance that had been pursued under the
eyes of my classmates--and others--for six months. Marriage turned the
romance into reality, but it never for a moment has been prosaic or un-
interesting.
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[corresponds to page 47 of The Souvenir of Forty Years]
[photos]
WILLIAM W. LANCE
Carey, Dunkirk, Bryan, VanWert, Defiance, Sidney, Broadway-Toledo, Fos-
toria, Bowling Green, Findlay District, William Street-Delaware, Wauseon,
and is now on the fourth year of his second pastorate at Defiance.
October 19, 1871, he married Miss C. Anna Howard, of Delaware, Ohio.
She has been an ideal preacher's wife, and his strong helper in all his work.
In the recent great revival at Defiance she was instrumental in bringing nearly
half a hundred souls to Christ.
Six children have been born to them. All are living but the second son.
a bright young lawyer. The oldest son is a Cincinnati dentist. The third son
is an electrical engineer in Washington, D.C. The youngest son is in the
last year of the high school at home. The oldest daughter is a teacher of
pipe-organ and piano in the Ohio Northern. The second is Mrs. Clyde J.
Hull, of Fostoria, Ohio. These are all active Christians.
Dr. Lance, during the last thirty years, has written many important ar-
ticles for the church papers, in discussion of great church questions. He has
also been a writer for the secular and scientific press. He is a charter trustee
of the Ohio Northern University, president of the Board of Trustees of his
own Conference, and has represented his Conference in the General Confer-
ence. He was deeply disappointed that a very important meeting of the
church prevented him from being at the Reunion, and he expresses his ardent
love for "the whole '71 bunch."
EUGENE LANE gives the following summary of his life:
"One of the first events of my life after my graduation, was the develop-
ment, or rather culmination of a romance that had been pursued under the
eyes of my classmates--and others--for six months. Marriage turned the
romance into reality, but it never for a moment has been prosaic or un-
interesting.
47
Title
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Description
[page 46]
[corresponds to page 48 of The Souvenir of Forty Years]
"Something to support the family, present and prospective, was the next
necessity. We moved to Quincy, Illinois, that fall, where I went into business.
In the summer of 1875, my business partner decided to go to California; so
we disposed of our affairs, and I returned to Delaware, Ohio. I had in the
meantime taken up the study of law, which had been my choice and intention
when I graduated.
[photos]
EUGENE LANE
"I came to Columbus, Ohio, in the month of April, 1876, and entered the
law office of L. J. Critchfield as a student of law. I was admitted to the bar
in 1878, and have been in the active practice of my profession ever since.
"In the fall of 1893, I was elected a representative from Franklin County,
Ohio, to the seventy-first General Assembly.
"The panic of 1893-96 caught me in its grasp, and when the twentieth
century came, I was back where I started, financially speaking.
"When I sum up the years that have passed since I was an active mem-
ber of Ohio Wesleyan, I have few regrets and very many happy days to fill
out the forty years. The past is not very interesting except as a matter of
history. The future contains the land of promise, the goal of living hopes.
Let us each 'look up and not down, look forward and not back' and 'love
our neighbor as ourself, an the Lord our God with all our heart'; then we
can look forward to a life eternal in the place he has prepared for those that
love him."
Yours fraternally,
EUGENE LANE."
*ELIZABETH SIMS MAGUIRE (Mrs. James Mandeville).
We have very little knowledge of the history of this esteemed classmate.
We have the record that October 8, 1873, she was joined in marriage with
Mr. James Mandeville. Her last address given in the college records was
Kingston, Ontario. The University office has the information of her death,
48
[corresponds to page 48 of The Souvenir of Forty Years]
"Something to support the family, present and prospective, was the next
necessity. We moved to Quincy, Illinois, that fall, where I went into business.
In the summer of 1875, my business partner decided to go to California; so
we disposed of our affairs, and I returned to Delaware, Ohio. I had in the
meantime taken up the study of law, which had been my choice and intention
when I graduated.
[photos]
EUGENE LANE
"I came to Columbus, Ohio, in the month of April, 1876, and entered the
law office of L. J. Critchfield as a student of law. I was admitted to the bar
in 1878, and have been in the active practice of my profession ever since.
"In the fall of 1893, I was elected a representative from Franklin County,
Ohio, to the seventy-first General Assembly.
"The panic of 1893-96 caught me in its grasp, and when the twentieth
century came, I was back where I started, financially speaking.
"When I sum up the years that have passed since I was an active mem-
ber of Ohio Wesleyan, I have few regrets and very many happy days to fill
out the forty years. The past is not very interesting except as a matter of
history. The future contains the land of promise, the goal of living hopes.
Let us each 'look up and not down, look forward and not back' and 'love
our neighbor as ourself, an the Lord our God with all our heart'; then we
can look forward to a life eternal in the place he has prepared for those that
love him."
Yours fraternally,
EUGENE LANE."
*ELIZABETH SIMS MAGUIRE (Mrs. James Mandeville).
We have very little knowledge of the history of this esteemed classmate.
We have the record that October 8, 1873, she was joined in marriage with
Mr. James Mandeville. Her last address given in the college records was
Kingston, Ontario. The University office has the information of her death,
48
Title
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Description
[page 47]
[corresponds to page 49 of The Souvenir of Forty Years]
[photo]
ELIZABETH SIMS MAGUIRE
but not the date of it. We have written to her old home town to secure some
information for this book, but have received no response. We all remember
her as one of the most beautiful girls in the class of '71, who gave every
promise of a long life. Her work is finished early, but her place in the re-
membrance and friendship of the class will ever abide.
[photo]
ELNORA J. McCAY
ELNORA J. McCAY writes as follows:
"Since '73, I have been teaching. Have been in the schools of Topeka
49
[corresponds to page 49 of The Souvenir of Forty Years]
[photo]
ELIZABETH SIMS MAGUIRE
but not the date of it. We have written to her old home town to secure some
information for this book, but have received no response. We all remember
her as one of the most beautiful girls in the class of '71, who gave every
promise of a long life. Her work is finished early, but her place in the re-
membrance and friendship of the class will ever abide.
[photo]
ELNORA J. McCAY
ELNORA J. McCAY writes as follows:
"Since '73, I have been teaching. Have been in the schools of Topeka
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Description
[page 48]
[corresponds to page 50 of The Souvenir of Forty Years]
since '82. I am now eligible to a pension of five hundred dollars a year,
whenever I choose to avail myself of it. However, I hope to see several years
of active service in the work I love so well. I often think of the happy days
spent in college, and my classmates of '71. I send heartiest greetings to those
who attend the Reunion, and for them the latch string is always out, at 1429
College Avenue, Topeka, Kansas.
Very sincerely yours,
ELNORA J. McCAY."
[photos]
CAREY W. McCONNELL
CAREY W. McCONNELL writes us from Lincoln, Nebraska:
"Since graduation, I have been principal of schools in Minnesota, includ-
ing east Minneapolis, and pastor of Baptist churches in Nebraska. Have
worked some as an evangelist. I now reside in Lincoln, Nebraska. I was
married in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in 1877, and have three sons.
Very truly,
CAREY W. McCONNELL."
WILLIAM P. McLAUGHLIN was with us at the Reunion. It was a
good providence that brought him from his distant South American home to
this country, just in time to make connection with the '71 Reunion. He was
brimful of funny stories that he had gathered in his journeys around the
world, by which he very much enlivened the occasion. He did us much
honor by making a splendid speech at the Alumni banquet, and on Commence-
ment day the University greatly honored him by conferring on him the de-
gree of D.D.
But our grievance against him is that in his short stay in this country, he
failed to give us a historical sketch for this book. We note, however, a few
facts in our possession.
50
[corresponds to page 50 of The Souvenir of Forty Years]
since '82. I am now eligible to a pension of five hundred dollars a year,
whenever I choose to avail myself of it. However, I hope to see several years
of active service in the work I love so well. I often think of the happy days
spent in college, and my classmates of '71. I send heartiest greetings to those
who attend the Reunion, and for them the latch string is always out, at 1429
College Avenue, Topeka, Kansas.
Very sincerely yours,
ELNORA J. McCAY."
[photos]
CAREY W. McCONNELL
CAREY W. McCONNELL writes us from Lincoln, Nebraska:
"Since graduation, I have been principal of schools in Minnesota, includ-
ing east Minneapolis, and pastor of Baptist churches in Nebraska. Have
worked some as an evangelist. I now reside in Lincoln, Nebraska. I was
married in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in 1877, and have three sons.
Very truly,
CAREY W. McCONNELL."
WILLIAM P. McLAUGHLIN was with us at the Reunion. It was a
good providence that brought him from his distant South American home to
this country, just in time to make connection with the '71 Reunion. He was
brimful of funny stories that he had gathered in his journeys around the
world, by which he very much enlivened the occasion. He did us much
honor by making a splendid speech at the Alumni banquet, and on Commence-
ment day the University greatly honored him by conferring on him the de-
gree of D.D.
But our grievance against him is that in his short stay in this country, he
failed to give us a historical sketch for this book. We note, however, a few
facts in our possession.
50
Title
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Description
[page 49]
[corresponds to page 51 of The Souvenir of Forty Years]
[photos]
WILLIAM McLAUGHLIN
In 1875 he received the degree of S.T.B. from Boston University. From
1875 to 1885 he was a minister in the Ohio Conference, and filled some of its
leading pulpits. 1885-1892 he was pastor of Ames Chapel, New Orleans, and
missionary to the French population. In 1892 he was transferred to Buenos
Aires, Argentina, and has through all the years since been pastor of the First
Methodist Episcopal (English) Church in that city. He has been a tower of
strength to the church in South America.
[photos]
MARGARET E. MEANS
MARGARET E. MEANS (Mrs. Samuel Glover).
Mrs. Margaret Means Glover sends us from her home in Minneapolis,
the following brief statement of her personal history:
"After graduation in June, 1871, I returned to my home in Bellefontaine,
51
[corresponds to page 51 of The Souvenir of Forty Years]
[photos]
WILLIAM McLAUGHLIN
In 1875 he received the degree of S.T.B. from Boston University. From
1875 to 1885 he was a minister in the Ohio Conference, and filled some of its
leading pulpits. 1885-1892 he was pastor of Ames Chapel, New Orleans, and
missionary to the French population. In 1892 he was transferred to Buenos
Aires, Argentina, and has through all the years since been pastor of the First
Methodist Episcopal (English) Church in that city. He has been a tower of
strength to the church in South America.
[photos]
MARGARET E. MEANS
MARGARET E. MEANS (Mrs. Samuel Glover).
Mrs. Margaret Means Glover sends us from her home in Minneapolis,
the following brief statement of her personal history:
"After graduation in June, 1871, I returned to my home in Bellefontaine,
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Description
[page 50]
[corresponds to page 38 of The Souvenir of Forty Years]
Ohio, and spent a busy summer, preparing to return to Delaware to make
my future home. September 21, 1871, I was united in marriage to Samuel
Glover, of Delaware, Ohio, where we lived many happy years. Three chil-
dren, two daughters and a son, came to gladden our home. Irma and Edna
are married and live in Chicago. Frederick Samuel is married and lives near
me. I have three grandsons.
"In 1885 we moved to North Dakota. Another daughter came to us,
Marguerite, who is just in young womanhood, and is with me. Have lived in
Minneapolis since 1889. The greatest sorrow of my life came January 24,
1910, when my beloved husband was taken from me. 'To live in hearts we
leave behind is not to die.'"
The editor desires to add these historical notes, his personal apprecia-
tion of Mrs. Glover's great interest and enthusiasm in the Reunion, and in
the "Souvenir of Forty Years." She kindly wrote to all the girls in the class,
and sent to the Reunion many souvenirs of our college days, which she had
carefully gathered. While it was impossible for her to be present at the
Reunion, she has been deeply interested in the fortieth anniversary of the
class of '71.
[photo]
SARAH A. O. MOORE
*SARAH A. O. MOORE (Mrs. J. W. Edwards).
We have only the following brief record concerning Sarah Moore, whose
home during her school days was at Mohawk Valley. 1873-80, she was a
teacher in the high school of her home town. June 29, 1881, she was mar-
ried to Mr. J. W. Edwards. She died at Jefferson, Iowa, November 24, 1884.
Many times our limited records must wait for the more full information from
the "Book of God's Kingdom."
*MARY MORRISON (Mrs. Joseph L. Moore).
We are indebted to Mrs. Moore's brother-in-law, Dr. J. W. Murphy, of
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[corresponds to page 38 of The Souvenir of Forty Years]
Ohio, and spent a busy summer, preparing to return to Delaware to make
my future home. September 21, 1871, I was united in marriage to Samuel
Glover, of Delaware, Ohio, where we lived many happy years. Three chil-
dren, two daughters and a son, came to gladden our home. Irma and Edna
are married and live in Chicago. Frederick Samuel is married and lives near
me. I have three grandsons.
"In 1885 we moved to North Dakota. Another daughter came to us,
Marguerite, who is just in young womanhood, and is with me. Have lived in
Minneapolis since 1889. The greatest sorrow of my life came January 24,
1910, when my beloved husband was taken from me. 'To live in hearts we
leave behind is not to die.'"
The editor desires to add these historical notes, his personal apprecia-
tion of Mrs. Glover's great interest and enthusiasm in the Reunion, and in
the "Souvenir of Forty Years." She kindly wrote to all the girls in the class,
and sent to the Reunion many souvenirs of our college days, which she had
carefully gathered. While it was impossible for her to be present at the
Reunion, she has been deeply interested in the fortieth anniversary of the
class of '71.
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SARAH A. O. MOORE
*SARAH A. O. MOORE (Mrs. J. W. Edwards).
We have only the following brief record concerning Sarah Moore, whose
home during her school days was at Mohawk Valley. 1873-80, she was a
teacher in the high school of her home town. June 29, 1881, she was mar-
ried to Mr. J. W. Edwards. She died at Jefferson, Iowa, November 24, 1884.
Many times our limited records must wait for the more full information from
the "Book of God's Kingdom."
*MARY MORRISON (Mrs. Joseph L. Moore).
We are indebted to Mrs. Moore's brother-in-law, Dr. J. W. Murphy, of
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Cincinnati, for the following information:
After graduating from the music department of O.W.F.C. in 1871,
Mary Morrison continued to make her home with her widowed mother in
Delaware. She took an active interest in all church and missionary work,
and was especially interested in all works of art and music. In the great
loan exhibition of William Street Church (of which she was a member) she
had chrage of the art department, and did much for the success of the enter-
prise. Later she identified herself with Asbury church, and was very active
in its building and furnishing enterprises. November 12, 1891, she was mar-
ried to Joseph L. Moore, vice-president of the Carthage (Missouri) National
Bank, and at once took up her residence in Carthage. She there joined the
Presbyterian church, of which her husband was a member. No children were
born of their marriage. After an illness of several weeks, she passed quietly
away August 14, 1896.
The editor well remembers Mary Morrison as one of his cherished per-
sonal friends. She was the very soul of music. She will certainly be at home
in the music halls of God's better country.
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WILLIAM C. NYE
WILLIAM C. NYE was born at Tarlton, Ohio, July 8, 1848. After re-
ceiving a common school education in his native town, he entered the Ohio
Wesleyan University in the fall of 166, and graduated from that institution
June, 1871. In the following November he entered the law school at Cin-
cinnati, Ohio, and graduated from that institution May, 1872. In July, 1873,
Mr. Nye married Ella Virginia Lee, of Urbana, Ohio. In October of this
year he engaged with his father in the live stock and pork packing business,
consigning all their barrel meats for sale to the commission firm of Babcock
and Co., New York City. After the death of Mr. Nye's father, he removed
to Delaware, Ohio, in the spring of 1891, and in the following year formed a
partnership with Judge Rufus Carpenter in the real estate and loan business.
During the fall of 1901 the partnership was dissolved on account of the failing
health of Mr. Carpenter. From that time Mr. Nye continued the business
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Cincinnati, for the following information:
After graduating from the music department of O.W.F.C. in 1871,
Mary Morrison continued to make her home with her widowed mother in
Delaware. She took an active interest in all church and missionary work,
and was especially interested in all works of art and music. In the great
loan exhibition of William Street Church (of which she was a member) she
had chrage of the art department, and did much for the success of the enter-
prise. Later she identified herself with Asbury church, and was very active
in its building and furnishing enterprises. November 12, 1891, she was mar-
ried to Joseph L. Moore, vice-president of the Carthage (Missouri) National
Bank, and at once took up her residence in Carthage. She there joined the
Presbyterian church, of which her husband was a member. No children were
born of their marriage. After an illness of several weeks, she passed quietly
away August 14, 1896.
The editor well remembers Mary Morrison as one of his cherished per-
sonal friends. She was the very soul of music. She will certainly be at home
in the music halls of God's better country.
[photos]
WILLIAM C. NYE
WILLIAM C. NYE was born at Tarlton, Ohio, July 8, 1848. After re-
ceiving a common school education in his native town, he entered the Ohio
Wesleyan University in the fall of 166, and graduated from that institution
June, 1871. In the following November he entered the law school at Cin-
cinnati, Ohio, and graduated from that institution May, 1872. In July, 1873,
Mr. Nye married Ella Virginia Lee, of Urbana, Ohio. In October of this
year he engaged with his father in the live stock and pork packing business,
consigning all their barrel meats for sale to the commission firm of Babcock
and Co., New York City. After the death of Mr. Nye's father, he removed
to Delaware, Ohio, in the spring of 1891, and in the following year formed a
partnership with Judge Rufus Carpenter in the real estate and loan business.
During the fall of 1901 the partnership was dissolved on account of the failing
health of Mr. Carpenter. From that time Mr. Nye continued the business
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[corresponds to page 54 of The Souvenir of Forty Years]
alone, and is now ranked among the leading real estate brokers of the state.
Mr. Nye is a member of Saint Paul's M.E. Church, was president of the board
of trustees for six years, steward eighteen years, and has held the office of
superintendent in the Sunday school for nearly nineteen years. He has three
children, two daughters and a son. Mr. Nye is the one member of our class
who resides in Delaware. He and his esteemed wife were our local com-
mittee, and their work contributed very much to the success of our Reunion.
[photos]
DELIA E. PAINE
DELIA E. PAINE contributes to our '71 book the following story of
her life:
"When I first began to think seriously of coming to the fortieth reunion
of my class, I felt like a scarred veteran returning from the wars, but, as soon
as my feet really pressed the soil of my Alma Mater and I saw the old fa-
miliar faces once more, I felt like a school girl again, more even than on the
day when I held my diploma in my hand; for I was one who left the halls of
my Alma Mater broken in health, destined to struggle through years of ill
health and discouragement, until I learned to obey Nature's laws and to
apply them to every day life. For many years I made my home in a sani-
tarium, because I could not live anywhere else. Fortunately there were times
when I could make excursions to the various cities of the United States, thus
keeping in touch with art, music, and the drama, and most of all with the
bonhommie of the life of the world. Experience is a hard teacher, but many
of the severe trials of life, if rightly met, prove to be blessings in disguise;
and now the clouds of doubt and discouragement are passing away, and the
silver lining appears to me in the shpae of a health that is based more upon
self knowledge and mental poise than upon physical vigor. We must first
learn to help ourselves before we can learn to help others, and while my life
has not been as full of physical activities as those of most of you, my sym-
pathies have been broadened by my experiences, and I have done what good
I could do in passing. What does it matter where our lot has been cast, if only
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alone, and is now ranked among the leading real estate brokers of the state.
Mr. Nye is a member of Saint Paul's M.E. Church, was president of the board
of trustees for six years, steward eighteen years, and has held the office of
superintendent in the Sunday school for nearly nineteen years. He has three
children, two daughters and a son. Mr. Nye is the one member of our class
who resides in Delaware. He and his esteemed wife were our local com-
mittee, and their work contributed very much to the success of our Reunion.
[photos]
DELIA E. PAINE
DELIA E. PAINE contributes to our '71 book the following story of
her life:
"When I first began to think seriously of coming to the fortieth reunion
of my class, I felt like a scarred veteran returning from the wars, but, as soon
as my feet really pressed the soil of my Alma Mater and I saw the old fa-
miliar faces once more, I felt like a school girl again, more even than on the
day when I held my diploma in my hand; for I was one who left the halls of
my Alma Mater broken in health, destined to struggle through years of ill
health and discouragement, until I learned to obey Nature's laws and to
apply them to every day life. For many years I made my home in a sani-
tarium, because I could not live anywhere else. Fortunately there were times
when I could make excursions to the various cities of the United States, thus
keeping in touch with art, music, and the drama, and most of all with the
bonhommie of the life of the world. Experience is a hard teacher, but many
of the severe trials of life, if rightly met, prove to be blessings in disguise;
and now the clouds of doubt and discouragement are passing away, and the
silver lining appears to me in the shpae of a health that is based more upon
self knowledge and mental poise than upon physical vigor. We must first
learn to help ourselves before we can learn to help others, and while my life
has not been as full of physical activities as those of most of you, my sym-
pathies have been broadened by my experiences, and I have done what good
I could do in passing. What does it matter where our lot has been cast, if only
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[corresponds to page 55 of The Souvenir of Forty Years]
at the close of life we find ourselves optimistic, fearing nothing, looking to the
future with a cheerful, steady gaze? believing that God's laws operate every-
where, and that all really desirable things come to him who will but work
and wait.
Shepard, Ohio.
DELIA E. PAINE."
[photos]
JAMES B. PAINE
*JAMES B. PAINE after his graduation in 1871, served as tutor in Ohio
Wesleyan the following year. The next two or three years were spent in
Greenfield, Ohio, as superintendent of the public schools.
He was married in 1874 to Miss Fannie Allen, of Greenfield, who died a
year later. In 1878 he became a member of the bar and located at Jackson,
Ohio. In the same year he was elected to the Ohio legislature and was re-
elected in 1880. In 1879 he was married to Miss Cornelia Dickason, of Jackson,
who survives him. The later years of his life were spent upon the family
estate at Hamden, Ohio, where he died September 20, 1883, at the age of
thirty-nine.
He left two children, a daughter, now Mrs. Edward Newell, of Bristol,
Indiana, and a son, James B. Paine, Jr., who resides with his mother at Jack-
son, Ohio. James B. Paine was one of the intellectually strong men of our
class. As a member of the House of Representatives, he was stalwart for
temperance and righteousness. His sun went down while it was yet day, but
the good influence of his strong life shines on forever.
HELEN PEASE (Mrs. Merriam).
Mrs. Merriam was one of the happy company present at the Reunion.
We all felt that it was good to meet together and talk over the experiences of
the long years, since we separated in 1871. Mrs. Merriam has furnished us
with the following brief historical statement:
"I was married in July, 1874, lived in Brooklyn, New York, nine years,
and in Jersey City fifteen years. Have had six children, four boys and two
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at the close of life we find ourselves optimistic, fearing nothing, looking to the
future with a cheerful, steady gaze? believing that God's laws operate every-
where, and that all really desirable things come to him who will but work
and wait.
Shepard, Ohio.
DELIA E. PAINE."
[photos]
JAMES B. PAINE
*JAMES B. PAINE after his graduation in 1871, served as tutor in Ohio
Wesleyan the following year. The next two or three years were spent in
Greenfield, Ohio, as superintendent of the public schools.
He was married in 1874 to Miss Fannie Allen, of Greenfield, who died a
year later. In 1878 he became a member of the bar and located at Jackson,
Ohio. In the same year he was elected to the Ohio legislature and was re-
elected in 1880. In 1879 he was married to Miss Cornelia Dickason, of Jackson,
who survives him. The later years of his life were spent upon the family
estate at Hamden, Ohio, where he died September 20, 1883, at the age of
thirty-nine.
He left two children, a daughter, now Mrs. Edward Newell, of Bristol,
Indiana, and a son, James B. Paine, Jr., who resides with his mother at Jack-
son, Ohio. James B. Paine was one of the intellectually strong men of our
class. As a member of the House of Representatives, he was stalwart for
temperance and righteousness. His sun went down while it was yet day, but
the good influence of his strong life shines on forever.
HELEN PEASE (Mrs. Merriam).
Mrs. Merriam was one of the happy company present at the Reunion.
We all felt that it was good to meet together and talk over the experiences of
the long years, since we separated in 1871. Mrs. Merriam has furnished us
with the following brief historical statement:
"I was married in July, 1874, lived in Brooklyn, New York, nine years,
and in Jersey City fifteen years. Have had six children, four boys and two
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[page 54]
[corresponds to page 56 of The Souvenir of Forty Years]
[photos]
[HELEN PEASE]
girls. Three boys and one girl are still living. Have been living in Ohio for
nearly fourteen years. Have been in the postoffice work nearly ten years.
My home is in Fremont, Ohio.
[photos]
THOMAS G. ROBERTS
*THOMAS G. ROBERTS was born July 10, 1843, in the parish of Fordon,
Montgomeryshire, North Wales, and emigrated to America in 1864. Decem-
ber 28, 1867, he was joined in marriage with Margaret Davies, who was also
a native of North Wales. To this union nine children were born, as follows:
Evan, Mary, Goodwin, Carrie, Mathew, Grace, Celestia, Algernon and Mabel,
all of whom survive with the exception of Celestia, who died in the year 1886.
The sons reside in Columbus, Ohio, being engaged in the plumbing business.
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[photos]
[HELEN PEASE]
girls. Three boys and one girl are still living. Have been living in Ohio for
nearly fourteen years. Have been in the postoffice work nearly ten years.
My home is in Fremont, Ohio.
[photos]
THOMAS G. ROBERTS
*THOMAS G. ROBERTS was born July 10, 1843, in the parish of Fordon,
Montgomeryshire, North Wales, and emigrated to America in 1864. Decem-
ber 28, 1867, he was joined in marriage with Margaret Davies, who was also
a native of North Wales. To this union nine children were born, as follows:
Evan, Mary, Goodwin, Carrie, Mathew, Grace, Celestia, Algernon and Mabel,
all of whom survive with the exception of Celestia, who died in the year 1886.
The sons reside in Columbus, Ohio, being engaged in the plumbing business.
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[page 55]
[corresponds to page 57 of The Souvenir of Forty Years]
Mary, now Mrs. Morgan Thomas, resides at New Haven, Indiana; Carrie, now
Mrs. Hosea Miller, resides at Delaware, Ohio; Grace, now Mrs. Alexander
Cummings, resides at Estero, Florida; and Mabel, unmarried, makes her home
with Mathew, her brother.
Thomas G. Roberts joined the North Ohio Conference of the M.E.
Church in 1870, in which he preached for about twenty-five years, having
charges at Amity, Mohawk, Utica, Penfield, New Moscow, Killrick, West
Bedford, Bakersville, and Richfield, after which he retired from the active
ministry on account of ill health. He died in Columbus, Ohio, March 14, 1904.
Margaret Roberts, his wife, died December 26, 1893, in Delaware, Ohio.
Besides their children, they are survived by eight grandchildren.
[photo]
EBENEZER P. SHARP
*EBENEZER P. SHARP after graduation studied law, and was for many years
engaged in the practice of law in Columbus, Ohio. He died August 7,
1890. We are without further information concerning him. We remember
him as a vigorous man, with much energy and activity, and with every fair
promise of a long life. But along with nearly half of our class, he has crossed
over into the great future.
DAVID J. SMITH joined the Ohio Conference in the fall of '71. He
has been pastor of the following charges: Coolville, Pleasanton, Athens Cir-
cuit, Middleport, McArthur, Royalton, Sedalia, Plain City, New Lexington,
Granville, Hamden, Lilly Chapel, Pine Street, Ironton, New Straitsville,
Amanda, and Croton. His ministry during these forty years has been crowned
with many revivals, and he has received many people into the churches.
When he was pastor of Sedalia charge, such a revival spirit prevailed, that
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Mary, now Mrs. Morgan Thomas, resides at New Haven, Indiana; Carrie, now
Mrs. Hosea Miller, resides at Delaware, Ohio; Grace, now Mrs. Alexander
Cummings, resides at Estero, Florida; and Mabel, unmarried, makes her home
with Mathew, her brother.
Thomas G. Roberts joined the North Ohio Conference of the M.E.
Church in 1870, in which he preached for about twenty-five years, having
charges at Amity, Mohawk, Utica, Penfield, New Moscow, Killrick, West
Bedford, Bakersville, and Richfield, after which he retired from the active
ministry on account of ill health. He died in Columbus, Ohio, March 14, 1904.
Margaret Roberts, his wife, died December 26, 1893, in Delaware, Ohio.
Besides their children, they are survived by eight grandchildren.
[photo]
EBENEZER P. SHARP
*EBENEZER P. SHARP after graduation studied law, and was for many years
engaged in the practice of law in Columbus, Ohio. He died August 7,
1890. We are without further information concerning him. We remember
him as a vigorous man, with much energy and activity, and with every fair
promise of a long life. But along with nearly half of our class, he has crossed
over into the great future.
DAVID J. SMITH joined the Ohio Conference in the fall of '71. He
has been pastor of the following charges: Coolville, Pleasanton, Athens Cir-
cuit, Middleport, McArthur, Royalton, Sedalia, Plain City, New Lexington,
Granville, Hamden, Lilly Chapel, Pine Street, Ironton, New Straitsville,
Amanda, and Croton. His ministry during these forty years has been crowned
with many revivals, and he has received many people into the churches.
When he was pastor of Sedalia charge, such a revival spirit prevailed, that
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[page 56]
[corresponds to page 58 of The Souvenir of Forty Years]
[photos]
DAVID J. SMITH
five saloons went out of business, two saloon-keepers were converted and
joined the church, and sixty drinking men were saved. Rev. and Mrs. Smith
have one daughter, Bertha, who is the wife of Rev. T. R. Watson, of the Ohio
Conference. Mr. Smith's present address is Granville, Ohio.
[photos]
JOHN A. SMITH
JOHN A. SMITH since his graduation, has continuously practiced law.
He was admitted to the bar in the United States Court, July 4, 1872, and has
been in active practice ever since. He has avoided public offices, and has
given himself entirely to the law. The exceptions to this statement are that
he served on the Cleveland Library Board five and one-half years, and was one
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[photos]
DAVID J. SMITH
five saloons went out of business, two saloon-keepers were converted and
joined the church, and sixty drinking men were saved. Rev. and Mrs. Smith
have one daughter, Bertha, who is the wife of Rev. T. R. Watson, of the Ohio
Conference. Mr. Smith's present address is Granville, Ohio.
[photos]
JOHN A. SMITH
JOHN A. SMITH since his graduation, has continuously practiced law.
He was admitted to the bar in the United States Court, July 4, 1872, and has
been in active practice ever since. He has avoided public offices, and has
given himself entirely to the law. The exceptions to this statement are that
he served on the Cleveland Library Board five and one-half years, and was one
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[page 57]
[corresponds to page 59 of The Souvenir of Forty Years]
term in the city council. He is now, and has been for eight years, a resident
of East Cleveland, and is a member of the Board of Control and president of
the Commonwealth Club, which corresponds to the Chamber of Commerce.
Mrs. Smith was with him at the Reunion. We were glad to meet them and
to know of the health and prosperity that have attended them through life.
Mr. Smith spent his life since graduation in the city of Cleveland.
[photos]
JUSTIN N. STUDY
JUSTIN N. STUDY, superintendent of public schools in Fort Wayne,
Indiana, wrote us shortly before the Reunion as follows:
"My life has not been particularly eventful since graduation, but full of
hard work in the public school system of Indiana. I have been superintendent
of schools at Anderson, Greencastle and Richmond, Indiana, and for the last
fifteen years at Fort Wayne. For fifteen years I have also been a member
of the State Board of Education of Indiana, and with this work and the man-
agement of a considerable system of public schools, I have had my time so
taken up that I have been unable to keep in correspondence with the college,
or with the other members of the class.
"If I should not be able to be at the Reunion, I wish you to give my love
to all the members of '71 who may be so fortunate as to be at the meeting.
Yours fraternally,
J. N. STUDY."
*WILLIAM G. THOMAN is on the college records as a journalist. In
1876 he published a History of Indiana. In his college days he was a resident
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term in the city council. He is now, and has been for eight years, a resident
of East Cleveland, and is a member of the Board of Control and president of
the Commonwealth Club, which corresponds to the Chamber of Commerce.
Mrs. Smith was with him at the Reunion. We were glad to meet them and
to know of the health and prosperity that have attended them through life.
Mr. Smith spent his life since graduation in the city of Cleveland.
[photos]
JUSTIN N. STUDY
JUSTIN N. STUDY, superintendent of public schools in Fort Wayne,
Indiana, wrote us shortly before the Reunion as follows:
"My life has not been particularly eventful since graduation, but full of
hard work in the public school system of Indiana. I have been superintendent
of schools at Anderson, Greencastle and Richmond, Indiana, and for the last
fifteen years at Fort Wayne. For fifteen years I have also been a member
of the State Board of Education of Indiana, and with this work and the man-
agement of a considerable system of public schools, I have had my time so
taken up that I have been unable to keep in correspondence with the college,
or with the other members of the class.
"If I should not be able to be at the Reunion, I wish you to give my love
to all the members of '71 who may be so fortunate as to be at the meeting.
Yours fraternally,
J. N. STUDY."
*WILLIAM G. THOMAN is on the college records as a journalist. In
1876 he published a History of Indiana. In his college days he was a resident
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[page 58]
[corresponds to page 60 of The Souvenir of Forty Years]
[photo]
WILLIAM G. THOMAN
of Crestline, Ohio. In later years he resided in Columbus, Ohio. In the
office of the University, he is reported in the long list of our deceased mem-
bers. Death has certainly depleted our ranks, since the happy day of
graduation.
[photo]
JOHN S. VAN CLEVE
JOHN S. VAN CLEVE received the degree of A.M. from Ohio Wes-
leyan in 1874. 1871-72 he was a special student in Boston University; 1872-75,
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[photo]
WILLIAM G. THOMAN
of Crestline, Ohio. In later years he resided in Columbus, Ohio. In the
office of the University, he is reported in the long list of our deceased mem-
bers. Death has certainly depleted our ranks, since the happy day of
graduation.
[photo]
JOHN S. VAN CLEVE
JOHN S. VAN CLEVE received the degree of A.M. from Ohio Wes-
leyan in 1874. 1871-72 he was a special student in Boston University; 1872-75,
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[page 59]
[corresponds to page 61 of The Souvenir of Forty Years]
teacher in the Insitution for the Blind, Columbus; 1875-79, teacher in the
Institution for the Blind, Janesville, Wisconsin. In 1879-83 he was musical
critic for the Cincinnati Commercial; 1883-84, musical critic for the News-
Journal and Graphic; and in 1885 special lecturer, music teacher and critic.
We have recently received a letter from him, expressing his ever-abiding love
to the class of '71. His present address is 285 Audubar Avenue, New York
City.
[photos]
MILLARD F. WARNER
*MILLARD F. WARNER was a historian of our class during our col-
lege life. We all esteemed him as a beloved brother, whom we greatly miss
since God called him home. His wife gives us the following interesting story
of his life.
"Dr. Millard F. Warner died August 29, 1908, at his home, 7210 Melrose
Avenue, Cleveland, at the age of fifty-nine years.
Dr. Warner graduated from the Ohio Wesleyan University in 1871, from
Drew Theological Seminary in 1873 and later from a medical college, the
University of the City of New York. He became a minister in the Newark
Conference of New Jersey, and in the North Ohio Conference, and occupied
several charges until 1887, when he became a professor of English Literature
in Baldwin University, of Berea, Ohio. He later became president of that
institution, occupying that position until 1899, when he resigned and took
post-graduate work at the Philadelphia Polyclinic.
"In 1902 he moved to Cleveland, and the same year was elected a mem-
ber of the Ohio State Senate, serving a term of two years. He then resumed
the practice of medicine in Cleveland.
"In 1976 Dr. Warner married Mabel DeWitt, daughter of a physician of
Harmony, New Jersey. To them were born two children, Faith and Carl.
The daughter married R. B. Newcomb, an attorney of Cleveland, and they
have two sons. The son married Kathryn Johnson, and they have two
daughters."
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teacher in the Insitution for the Blind, Columbus; 1875-79, teacher in the
Institution for the Blind, Janesville, Wisconsin. In 1879-83 he was musical
critic for the Cincinnati Commercial; 1883-84, musical critic for the News-
Journal and Graphic; and in 1885 special lecturer, music teacher and critic.
We have recently received a letter from him, expressing his ever-abiding love
to the class of '71. His present address is 285 Audubar Avenue, New York
City.
[photos]
MILLARD F. WARNER
*MILLARD F. WARNER was a historian of our class during our col-
lege life. We all esteemed him as a beloved brother, whom we greatly miss
since God called him home. His wife gives us the following interesting story
of his life.
"Dr. Millard F. Warner died August 29, 1908, at his home, 7210 Melrose
Avenue, Cleveland, at the age of fifty-nine years.
Dr. Warner graduated from the Ohio Wesleyan University in 1871, from
Drew Theological Seminary in 1873 and later from a medical college, the
University of the City of New York. He became a minister in the Newark
Conference of New Jersey, and in the North Ohio Conference, and occupied
several charges until 1887, when he became a professor of English Literature
in Baldwin University, of Berea, Ohio. He later became president of that
institution, occupying that position until 1899, when he resigned and took
post-graduate work at the Philadelphia Polyclinic.
"In 1902 he moved to Cleveland, and the same year was elected a mem-
ber of the Ohio State Senate, serving a term of two years. He then resumed
the practice of medicine in Cleveland.
"In 1976 Dr. Warner married Mabel DeWitt, daughter of a physician of
Harmony, New Jersey. To them were born two children, Faith and Carl.
The daughter married R. B. Newcomb, an attorney of Cleveland, and they
have two sons. The son married Kathryn Johnson, and they have two
daughters."
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Description
[page 60]
[corresponds to page 62 of The Souvenir of Forty Years]
[photos]
ALGERUS C. WATSON
*ALGERUS C. WATSON.
"His was as beautiful life, well lived; sweet, serene, peaceful. A dweller
upon a high plane, a man gifted with the larger vision of things, sympathetic,
tender and humane, he was well respected and beloved by all.
"While he was conscientious in every detail of his business life, his heart
and mind were centered in his home; and there he was happiest; but his
beneficient influence was widely felt, and he left a heritage of stainless honor
to his children.
"After graduating from the O.W.U., he engaged in the banking business
with his uncle. In 1877, he married Jennette Platt, of Delaware, Ohio, adn
to them were born seven children. Three passed away in childhood. Of the
surviving ones, Anne married A. E. Merrick, of Chicago, and resides with her
husband and three children on a farm near Weiser, Idaho. David resides near
Cincinnati, is married, and has one son, David Algerus. Ellen and Robert
live in Idaho with their mother. Mrs. Nancy Watson, the aged mother of
A. C. Watson, lives in London, Ohio."
The above beautiful tribute to the memory of Mr. Watson was written,
at our request, by his wife, Mrs. Jennette Platt Watson, whose home is in
Boise, Idaho. We all remember A. C. Watson as a beautiful, polished pattern
of cultured Christian manhood, whom to know was to love.
*CHARLES J. WELLS joined the Cincinnati Conference in the fall of
1871. His appointments during the twentyfive years of active ministry
were as follows: Decatur, Lewisburg, Addison, Lockington, Marathon, West
Union, East Liberty, Sabina and Bowersville, Sinking Springs, Rainsboro,
Martinsville, Owensville and Newtonville, Summerside, and Mount Orab.
December 5, 1875 he was married to Miss Rebecca Elizabeth Manse, of West
62
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[photos]
ALGERUS C. WATSON
*ALGERUS C. WATSON.
"His was as beautiful life, well lived; sweet, serene, peaceful. A dweller
upon a high plane, a man gifted with the larger vision of things, sympathetic,
tender and humane, he was well respected and beloved by all.
"While he was conscientious in every detail of his business life, his heart
and mind were centered in his home; and there he was happiest; but his
beneficient influence was widely felt, and he left a heritage of stainless honor
to his children.
"After graduating from the O.W.U., he engaged in the banking business
with his uncle. In 1877, he married Jennette Platt, of Delaware, Ohio, adn
to them were born seven children. Three passed away in childhood. Of the
surviving ones, Anne married A. E. Merrick, of Chicago, and resides with her
husband and three children on a farm near Weiser, Idaho. David resides near
Cincinnati, is married, and has one son, David Algerus. Ellen and Robert
live in Idaho with their mother. Mrs. Nancy Watson, the aged mother of
A. C. Watson, lives in London, Ohio."
The above beautiful tribute to the memory of Mr. Watson was written,
at our request, by his wife, Mrs. Jennette Platt Watson, whose home is in
Boise, Idaho. We all remember A. C. Watson as a beautiful, polished pattern
of cultured Christian manhood, whom to know was to love.
*CHARLES J. WELLS joined the Cincinnati Conference in the fall of
1871. His appointments during the twentyfive years of active ministry
were as follows: Decatur, Lewisburg, Addison, Lockington, Marathon, West
Union, East Liberty, Sabina and Bowersville, Sinking Springs, Rainsboro,
Martinsville, Owensville and Newtonville, Summerside, and Mount Orab.
December 5, 1875 he was married to Miss Rebecca Elizabeth Manse, of West
62
Title
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Description
[page 61]
[corresponds to page 63 of The Souvenir of Forty Years]
[photos]
CHARLES J. WELLS
Alexandria, Ohio, who survives him. In 1896 he retired from the active work
of the Conference. Both in his active and retired life, his influence was always
sacred in the churches. He died very suddenly at Norfolk, Virginia, Sep-
tember 15, 1909.
[photo]
JOHN WHISLER
*JOHN WHISLER received the degree of A.M. from the Ohio Wesleyan
University in 1874. 1871-1878, he was a minister in the North Ohio Confer-
ence; 18788-1885, member of the Minnesota Conference; 1885-1894, member of
the Colorado Conference; 1894, member of the Columbia River Conference.
63
[corresponds to page 63 of The Souvenir of Forty Years]
[photos]
CHARLES J. WELLS
Alexandria, Ohio, who survives him. In 1896 he retired from the active work
of the Conference. Both in his active and retired life, his influence was always
sacred in the churches. He died very suddenly at Norfolk, Virginia, Sep-
tember 15, 1909.
[photo]
JOHN WHISLER
*JOHN WHISLER received the degree of A.M. from the Ohio Wesleyan
University in 1874. 1871-1878, he was a minister in the North Ohio Confer-
ence; 18788-1885, member of the Minnesota Conference; 1885-1894, member of
the Colorado Conference; 1894, member of the Columbia River Conference.
63
Title
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Description
[page 62]
[corresponds to page 64 of The Souvenir of Forty Years]
He died at Denver, Colorado, August 9, 1906. He was one of our oldest
members, and commanded the universal love of the class, by his intellectual
and moral worth, and by his genial, brotherly spirit.
[photos]
ROSE A. WILLIAMS
ROSE A. WILLIAMS (Mrs. W. H. Sweet).
In 1871-72 she was a teacher in Worthington, Ohio; 1872-74, preceptress
in Rust University, Holly Springs, Mississippi. September 7, 1875, Miss Wil-
liams was married to W. H. Sweet, of the class of '72, who was then Pro-
fessor of Mathematics in Baker University, Baldwin, Kansas. Later she lived
for three years at Holton, Kansas, where her husband was pastor. Later
Dr. Sweet became president of Baker University, which re-established their
residence in Baldwin, where they remained seven years. In 1886 Dr. Sweet
was transferred to the Northwest Kansas Conference, and their residence was
in the different towns of Kansas to which he was appointed. The past thir-
teen years they have lived at Salina, Kansas, where Dr. Sweet has been pastor,
district superintendent, and financial secretary of the university.
Dr. and Mrs. Sweet have six children. The three oldest are Alumni of
the Ohio Wesleyan University. One of the others graudated at Bryn Mawr,
Pennsylvania, and the two youngest at Kansas Wesleyan University.
JOHN M. WILSON was with us at the Reunion, as was also his sister
Mary. After his graduation he settled on the home farm, in the suburbs of
Columbus, Ohio, and has remained there with his sister through all the years
since. He had strong desires to go to the western country, but his aged
father was so desirous for him to remain and take charge of the farm, that
he consented to do so. Along the years the city of Columbus has extended,
until the farm has been overtaken by the city, and has become very valuable.
64
[corresponds to page 64 of The Souvenir of Forty Years]
He died at Denver, Colorado, August 9, 1906. He was one of our oldest
members, and commanded the universal love of the class, by his intellectual
and moral worth, and by his genial, brotherly spirit.
[photos]
ROSE A. WILLIAMS
ROSE A. WILLIAMS (Mrs. W. H. Sweet).
In 1871-72 she was a teacher in Worthington, Ohio; 1872-74, preceptress
in Rust University, Holly Springs, Mississippi. September 7, 1875, Miss Wil-
liams was married to W. H. Sweet, of the class of '72, who was then Pro-
fessor of Mathematics in Baker University, Baldwin, Kansas. Later she lived
for three years at Holton, Kansas, where her husband was pastor. Later
Dr. Sweet became president of Baker University, which re-established their
residence in Baldwin, where they remained seven years. In 1886 Dr. Sweet
was transferred to the Northwest Kansas Conference, and their residence was
in the different towns of Kansas to which he was appointed. The past thir-
teen years they have lived at Salina, Kansas, where Dr. Sweet has been pastor,
district superintendent, and financial secretary of the university.
Dr. and Mrs. Sweet have six children. The three oldest are Alumni of
the Ohio Wesleyan University. One of the others graudated at Bryn Mawr,
Pennsylvania, and the two youngest at Kansas Wesleyan University.
JOHN M. WILSON was with us at the Reunion, as was also his sister
Mary. After his graduation he settled on the home farm, in the suburbs of
Columbus, Ohio, and has remained there with his sister through all the years
since. He had strong desires to go to the western country, but his aged
father was so desirous for him to remain and take charge of the farm, that
he consented to do so. Along the years the city of Columbus has extended,
until the farm has been overtaken by the city, and has become very valuable.
64
Title
The Souvenir of Forty Years (p. 63)
Description
[page 63]
[corresponds to page 65 of The Souvenir of Forty Years]
[photos]
JOHN M. WILSON
Concerning his life, he writes: "I might say that I have been fairly success-
ful. I have enjoyed good health the greater part of my life, and feel that the
kind Father has dealt most graciously with me."
[photos]
MARY D. WILSON
MARY D. WILSON has spent her life since graduation with her brother
John, at their old home. Their father, who lived to the advanced age of
eighty-eight years, often related the experiences of his boyhood, when the
Indians camped on their home farm, that is now in the city of Columbus,
with long lines of buildings far beyond it, the finely paved High Street in
65
[corresponds to page 65 of The Souvenir of Forty Years]
[photos]
JOHN M. WILSON
Concerning his life, he writes: "I might say that I have been fairly success-
ful. I have enjoyed good health the greater part of my life, and feel that the
kind Father has dealt most graciously with me."
[photos]
MARY D. WILSON
MARY D. WILSON has spent her life since graduation with her brother
John, at their old home. Their father, who lived to the advanced age of
eighty-eight years, often related the experiences of his boyhood, when the
Indians camped on their home farm, that is now in the city of Columbus,
with long lines of buildings far beyond it, the finely paved High Street in
65
Title
The Souvenir of Forty Years (p. 64)
Description
[page 64]
[corresponds to page 66 of The Souvenir of Forty Years]
front of it, and electric interurban cars passing the door every few minutes.
Recently John and Mary have had a great trip together through Arkansas,
Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, Nebraska
and Missouri, and covering a period of six months. They have made a home
for each other all their lives, on the home farm, that was once in the country
but is now in the city.
[photos]
MARY J. WINKLER
*MARY J. WINKLER (Mrs. J. C. Cadot).
1871-73, Miss Winkler was a teacher in the public schools at Haverhill,
Ohio. March 25, 1874, she was joined in marriage with Mr. J. C. Cadot. All
of her married life was spent in or near Wheelersburg, Ohio. She died in
July, 1901. Her husband died in May, 1908. They had three children: Ava-
nelle, who is a graduate of the Ohio Wesleyan, and is the wife of Dr. R. O.
LeBaron, with their residence in Portsmouth, Ohio; May (deceased); and
Claire, a member of the O.W.U. class of 1900 (deceased). Mrs. Mary
Winkler Cadot was one of the notable women of our class. Our great regard
is assured to her daughter, who is the one surviving member of the household.
JOHN G. WOOLLEY has had a world-wide life. He tells it to us in
very few words.
1871, Ohio Wesleyan B.A.--Principal of the High School, Paris, Illinois;
1872, traveling in Europe--law department University of Michigan; 1873, ad-
mitted to the bar, Supreme Court of Illinois--married Mary V. Gerhard, Dela-
ware, Ohio; 1876, City Attorney, Paris, Illinois; 1878, practicing law, Minne-
apolis, Minnesota; 1882, Prosecuting Attorney, Minnesota; 1885, admitted to
the United States Supreme Court; 1887, General Counsel, Mutual Benefit Life
Insurance Co., New York City; 1888, lecture platform in America; 1892, lecture
platform in Great Britain; 1900-1907, editor The New Voice, Chicago--presi-
dential candidate Prohibition Party; 1901, lecture platform in Hawaii, Samoa,
66
[corresponds to page 66 of The Souvenir of Forty Years]
front of it, and electric interurban cars passing the door every few minutes.
Recently John and Mary have had a great trip together through Arkansas,
Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, Nebraska
and Missouri, and covering a period of six months. They have made a home
for each other all their lives, on the home farm, that was once in the country
but is now in the city.
[photos]
MARY J. WINKLER
*MARY J. WINKLER (Mrs. J. C. Cadot).
1871-73, Miss Winkler was a teacher in the public schools at Haverhill,
Ohio. March 25, 1874, she was joined in marriage with Mr. J. C. Cadot. All
of her married life was spent in or near Wheelersburg, Ohio. She died in
July, 1901. Her husband died in May, 1908. They had three children: Ava-
nelle, who is a graduate of the Ohio Wesleyan, and is the wife of Dr. R. O.
LeBaron, with their residence in Portsmouth, Ohio; May (deceased); and
Claire, a member of the O.W.U. class of 1900 (deceased). Mrs. Mary
Winkler Cadot was one of the notable women of our class. Our great regard
is assured to her daughter, who is the one surviving member of the household.
JOHN G. WOOLLEY has had a world-wide life. He tells it to us in
very few words.
1871, Ohio Wesleyan B.A.--Principal of the High School, Paris, Illinois;
1872, traveling in Europe--law department University of Michigan; 1873, ad-
mitted to the bar, Supreme Court of Illinois--married Mary V. Gerhard, Dela-
ware, Ohio; 1876, City Attorney, Paris, Illinois; 1878, practicing law, Minne-
apolis, Minnesota; 1882, Prosecuting Attorney, Minnesota; 1885, admitted to
the United States Supreme Court; 1887, General Counsel, Mutual Benefit Life
Insurance Co., New York City; 1888, lecture platform in America; 1892, lecture
platform in Great Britain; 1900-1907, editor The New Voice, Chicago--presi-
dential candidate Prohibition Party; 1901, lecture platform in Hawaii, Samoa,
66
Title
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Description
[page 65]
[corresponds to page 67 of The Souvenir of Forty Years]
[photos]
JOHN G. WOOLLEY
New Zealand, Australia, Asia, Europe; 1905-1906, lecture platform in Hawaii,
Samoa, New Zealand, Australia, Philippines, China, Japan; 1908-1910, Super-
intendent Anti-Saloon League, Hawaii; 1911, lecture platform in America.
Author--"Seed," "A Sower," "Civilization by Faith," "A Lion Hunter," "The
Christian Citizen," "The Liquor Problem in the Nineteenth Century," "South
Sea Letters," "Civic Sermons," etc.
Mr. and Mrs. Woolley have three sons--(1) Paul G. Woolley, B.S. grad-
uate of University of Chicago, 1896; M.D., Johns Hopkins University, 1900;
House Officer of Johns Hopkins, 1901; Fellow McGill University, 1902; Direc-
tor U.S. serum laboratory, Manila, P.I., 1904; Director Siamese government
serum laboratory, Bangkok, 1907; Professor of Pathology, University of Ne-
braska, 1909; Dean of the Medical University, Cincinnati; married--one child,
Eleanor. (2) Edwin C. Woolley, A.B., University of Chicago, 1898; Ph. D.,
Columbia University, 1901; Assistant Professor English, University of Wis-
consin; author of several books on the subject of English Composition;
married--one child, Charles. (3) John R. Woolley, photographer, Madison,
Wisconsin; married.
*SOLOMON L. ZINSER was not with us during our college life, but
was graduated in our class. He was born in Circleville, Ohio, September 24,
1830. In 1848 he moved to Marshall, Illinois, where for some time he was
engaged in the work of making wagons. He was a member of Company G.
86th Illinois V.I., and was first lieutenant. He served during the war, and
was discharged with the rank of captain. His first marriage was with Sarah
J. Grady. Eight children were born of this marriage. His wife died June 7,
1895. November 30, 1898, he was married to his wife's sister, Mrs. Mary A.
Homish. For six years he was a mail agent, but during most of his life he
was a druggist. He retired in 1899, and moved to Washington, Illinois. He
died of pneumonia at Minonk, Illinois, January 1, 1902.
67
[corresponds to page 67 of The Souvenir of Forty Years]
[photos]
JOHN G. WOOLLEY
New Zealand, Australia, Asia, Europe; 1905-1906, lecture platform in Hawaii,
Samoa, New Zealand, Australia, Philippines, China, Japan; 1908-1910, Super-
intendent Anti-Saloon League, Hawaii; 1911, lecture platform in America.
Author--"Seed," "A Sower," "Civilization by Faith," "A Lion Hunter," "The
Christian Citizen," "The Liquor Problem in the Nineteenth Century," "South
Sea Letters," "Civic Sermons," etc.
Mr. and Mrs. Woolley have three sons--(1) Paul G. Woolley, B.S. grad-
uate of University of Chicago, 1896; M.D., Johns Hopkins University, 1900;
House Officer of Johns Hopkins, 1901; Fellow McGill University, 1902; Direc-
tor U.S. serum laboratory, Manila, P.I., 1904; Director Siamese government
serum laboratory, Bangkok, 1907; Professor of Pathology, University of Ne-
braska, 1909; Dean of the Medical University, Cincinnati; married--one child,
Eleanor. (2) Edwin C. Woolley, A.B., University of Chicago, 1898; Ph. D.,
Columbia University, 1901; Assistant Professor English, University of Wis-
consin; author of several books on the subject of English Composition;
married--one child, Charles. (3) John R. Woolley, photographer, Madison,
Wisconsin; married.
*SOLOMON L. ZINSER was not with us during our college life, but
was graduated in our class. He was born in Circleville, Ohio, September 24,
1830. In 1848 he moved to Marshall, Illinois, where for some time he was
engaged in the work of making wagons. He was a member of Company G.
86th Illinois V.I., and was first lieutenant. He served during the war, and
was discharged with the rank of captain. His first marriage was with Sarah
J. Grady. Eight children were born of this marriage. His wife died June 7,
1895. November 30, 1898, he was married to his wife's sister, Mrs. Mary A.
Homish. For six years he was a mail agent, but during most of his life he
was a druggist. He retired in 1899, and moved to Washington, Illinois. He
died of pneumonia at Minonk, Illinois, January 1, 1902.
67
Title
The Souvenir of Forty Years (p. 66)
Description
[page 66]
[corresponds to unlabeled page 68 of The Souvenir of Forty Years]
[photo]
EDWARDS GYMNASIUM (WHERE ALUMNI BANQUET WAS HELD)
[corresponds to unlabeled page 68 of The Souvenir of Forty Years]
[photo]
EDWARDS GYMNASIUM (WHERE ALUMNI BANQUET WAS HELD)
Title
The Souvenir of Forty Years (p. 67)
Description
[page 67]
[corresponds to page 69 of The Souvenir of Forty Years]
THE SPRING.
We present the following address on "The Spring," delivered by John
G. Woolley of '71, at the Alumni Banquet, June 13, 1911:
"Passing through Delaware on the train some time ago, with my senti-
mental spectacles fixed on the changed but still familiar sky line where the
University buildings seemed to be conferring, with portentious eaves ad-
vanced, among the naked branches of the campus grove--like a petrified
Faculty meeting; I heard one boy ask another, in the seat just back of mine,
'Say, what is the O.W.U.?' The answer fell with a thud of barbarian brev-
ity and finality: 'Aw, it's nothing but a spring."
Whereupon, straightway, I forgot the architecture and, without preju-
dice, the Faculty, with all the visible grandeur and solemnity appertaining,
and let the lead-line run through the fingers of my memory. And sure enough,
it gave no sign of anything substantial underlying the famous institution,
until it splashed into the spring and gave back a faint, far-away, sulphuretted
hydrogen atmosphere that justified the young cynic's irreverent summary,
dispelled the odor of old midnight oil and set me saying to my diplomaed and
degreed self-consciousness: 'He's right; it's a spring.'
And I reckon that if we old gray-beards and young men and women who
sit around these tables, could now and here detach ourselves from the arte-
riosclerosis of ancient conversations and the plaster bandages of present af-
fectations, and concentrate our liberated minds upon a personal definition of
the noble foundation in whose name we were christened in the family of let-
ters, and at whose beheset we have assembled here today, our simple, honest
thoughts would discover us to be naive and adventurous Ponce De Leons,
following through the storm and shine of strenuous years the sense of water
softly dripping from the brim of a low, marble basin into a shallow rivulet,
that glides away without a sound, as befits the survitor of our greatness.
"From every coign of unaffected contemplation, the careless caricature
appears to have a core of solid characterization. And the meaning of this
anniversary, in both its lighter and its graver harmonies, from the initial ac-
tion of the committee down to these culminating moments of affectionate
communion, can be expressed most simply and most perfectly by the oldest
and friendliest college salutation that any of us can remember, 'Come on,
let's go to the spring.'
"This fascinating pile, considered part by part, or in its splendid total,
was always and is yet the spring, and other appertaining epiphanies. For all
the glorious eloquence of Bishop Thomson, the snow-capped loftiness of
Doctor Merrick, the tropical luxurience of Doctor McCabe, the deadly certi-
tude of Professor Williams, the blood-curdling gentleness of Professor Per-
kins, the terrible smile of Professor Whitlock, the immanent, and (God for-
give me) inopportune ubiquity of Mrs. Donelson; for all the works of faith
of the great church concerned, and all the labors of love, and lesser matters,
in the student body, just a spring. No fountain playing in duress of pipes or
engines or hydraulic rams, nor any mere emblem of moral, mental, or mar-
ital beginnings, but a pool where cosmic reservoirs of the oxygen and hydro-
gen of vitality, culture, character and power utter themselves to refresh and
enrich the seeded acreage of youthful life.
"It is only a spring. And this reunion only an eddy in the Delaware
69
[corresponds to page 69 of The Souvenir of Forty Years]
THE SPRING.
We present the following address on "The Spring," delivered by John
G. Woolley of '71, at the Alumni Banquet, June 13, 1911:
"Passing through Delaware on the train some time ago, with my senti-
mental spectacles fixed on the changed but still familiar sky line where the
University buildings seemed to be conferring, with portentious eaves ad-
vanced, among the naked branches of the campus grove--like a petrified
Faculty meeting; I heard one boy ask another, in the seat just back of mine,
'Say, what is the O.W.U.?' The answer fell with a thud of barbarian brev-
ity and finality: 'Aw, it's nothing but a spring."
Whereupon, straightway, I forgot the architecture and, without preju-
dice, the Faculty, with all the visible grandeur and solemnity appertaining,
and let the lead-line run through the fingers of my memory. And sure enough,
it gave no sign of anything substantial underlying the famous institution,
until it splashed into the spring and gave back a faint, far-away, sulphuretted
hydrogen atmosphere that justified the young cynic's irreverent summary,
dispelled the odor of old midnight oil and set me saying to my diplomaed and
degreed self-consciousness: 'He's right; it's a spring.'
And I reckon that if we old gray-beards and young men and women who
sit around these tables, could now and here detach ourselves from the arte-
riosclerosis of ancient conversations and the plaster bandages of present af-
fectations, and concentrate our liberated minds upon a personal definition of
the noble foundation in whose name we were christened in the family of let-
ters, and at whose beheset we have assembled here today, our simple, honest
thoughts would discover us to be naive and adventurous Ponce De Leons,
following through the storm and shine of strenuous years the sense of water
softly dripping from the brim of a low, marble basin into a shallow rivulet,
that glides away without a sound, as befits the survitor of our greatness.
"From every coign of unaffected contemplation, the careless caricature
appears to have a core of solid characterization. And the meaning of this
anniversary, in both its lighter and its graver harmonies, from the initial ac-
tion of the committee down to these culminating moments of affectionate
communion, can be expressed most simply and most perfectly by the oldest
and friendliest college salutation that any of us can remember, 'Come on,
let's go to the spring.'
"This fascinating pile, considered part by part, or in its splendid total,
was always and is yet the spring, and other appertaining epiphanies. For all
the glorious eloquence of Bishop Thomson, the snow-capped loftiness of
Doctor Merrick, the tropical luxurience of Doctor McCabe, the deadly certi-
tude of Professor Williams, the blood-curdling gentleness of Professor Per-
kins, the terrible smile of Professor Whitlock, the immanent, and (God for-
give me) inopportune ubiquity of Mrs. Donelson; for all the works of faith
of the great church concerned, and all the labors of love, and lesser matters,
in the student body, just a spring. No fountain playing in duress of pipes or
engines or hydraulic rams, nor any mere emblem of moral, mental, or mar-
ital beginnings, but a pool where cosmic reservoirs of the oxygen and hydro-
gen of vitality, culture, character and power utter themselves to refresh and
enrich the seeded acreage of youthful life.
"It is only a spring. And this reunion only an eddy in the Delaware
69
Title
The Souvenir of Forty Years (p. 68)
Description
[page 68]
[corresponds to unlabeled page 70 of The Souvenir of Forty Years]
[photo]
THE SPRING
[corresponds to unlabeled page 70 of The Souvenir of Forty Years]
[photo]
THE SPRING
Title
The Souvenir of Forty Years (p. 69)
Description
[page 69]
[corresponds to page 71 of The Souvenir of Forty Years]
Run, whence presently we whose lives have thus happily circled back upon
each other for a day, shall resume their outward voyages, down our several
Olentangys, Sciotos, Ohios, Mississippis, and on through the jetties of achieve-
ment, and the bayous of old age, into the gulf of forgetfulness and out to sea.
"That was an astonishing stroke of prophetic scholarship in Isaiah, to
open his great exhortation into higher lines of thought and action with the
univented chemical symbol for water, 'Ho, every one that thirsteth.' And
all the cumulative analogies in vegetable, animal, intellectual and spiritual
evolution tend to corroborate the suggestion that we were and are in the
true order of progress in beginning, continuing and ending our college courses
at the spring. Events, too, are thoroughly and rapidly bringing general social
and political reinforcements to the idea. As a nation drinketh, so it is, from
liver to imagination.
The call of the Ohio Wesleyan University has always been directed sub-
stantially, like that of the eloquent old Hebrew, to 'every one that thirsteth.'
A desire for the more abundant life was always her fundamental requirement.
The entrance examinations were not severe. The conditions of promotion
were never hard. But ever the lines have fallen in very unpleasant places
for the youth whom our Faculty found wanting in a healthy thirst for the
living well of worthy development.
"There may have been great changes here, as elsewhere, since my time.
But many of us are witnesses that up to '71--whatever may have happened
afterward in the evolutionary variation and distribution of pedagogic species,
or as we may say, freaks, our Alma Mater has never felt constrained to apol-
ogize for her existence to the Doctors of Philosophy whose methods are so
scientifically thin and hollow-ground as to make the vulgar work of meeting
classes a condescension and a bore.
"We should no doubt have been the better for some better laboratories,
in our day, for more training in the use of the library, for more liberty to
differ from our preceptors about the tariff and divine fore-knowledge. In a
word, we might have been gaited better for speed on the road we were to
travel. But, after all, the great thing was that we should get a sense of the
road itself. To bring us on sturdily in the great relay race of vital philoso-
phy, through the garden of Epicurus to the hut of Epicetus, then on through
the Academy of Plato and the Lyceum of Aristotle to the cross of Christ,
was the almost fierce concern of our great mother. Among the colleges of
our time, this was one of the great schools of the orientation. Many a boy
entered upon his journey-work through the doors of this machine-shop with a
kit that was none too good. But not one struck the road without a chance
of knowing well the lay of the land and the points of the compass.
"The primary doctrine of Aristotle, that a conquering man must first of
all grasp the social and religious bigness of the sceme of life, was never
held more nakedly or tenaciously than it was in this University. And the
fruits in justification of the philosophy were never grown in relatively greater
measure than in the personnel of our alumni. I do not brag. I exclude my-
self from the generalization, but I speak the simple truth in saying, that if
possibly on analysis, we might rank below the highest in specialized and fa-
mous scholarship, yet in the staple, stable vision and ability, without which
mere learning is 'wood, hay and stubble,' our mother is one of the Cornelias
71
[corresponds to page 71 of The Souvenir of Forty Years]
Run, whence presently we whose lives have thus happily circled back upon
each other for a day, shall resume their outward voyages, down our several
Olentangys, Sciotos, Ohios, Mississippis, and on through the jetties of achieve-
ment, and the bayous of old age, into the gulf of forgetfulness and out to sea.
"That was an astonishing stroke of prophetic scholarship in Isaiah, to
open his great exhortation into higher lines of thought and action with the
univented chemical symbol for water, 'Ho, every one that thirsteth.' And
all the cumulative analogies in vegetable, animal, intellectual and spiritual
evolution tend to corroborate the suggestion that we were and are in the
true order of progress in beginning, continuing and ending our college courses
at the spring. Events, too, are thoroughly and rapidly bringing general social
and political reinforcements to the idea. As a nation drinketh, so it is, from
liver to imagination.
The call of the Ohio Wesleyan University has always been directed sub-
stantially, like that of the eloquent old Hebrew, to 'every one that thirsteth.'
A desire for the more abundant life was always her fundamental requirement.
The entrance examinations were not severe. The conditions of promotion
were never hard. But ever the lines have fallen in very unpleasant places
for the youth whom our Faculty found wanting in a healthy thirst for the
living well of worthy development.
"There may have been great changes here, as elsewhere, since my time.
But many of us are witnesses that up to '71--whatever may have happened
afterward in the evolutionary variation and distribution of pedagogic species,
or as we may say, freaks, our Alma Mater has never felt constrained to apol-
ogize for her existence to the Doctors of Philosophy whose methods are so
scientifically thin and hollow-ground as to make the vulgar work of meeting
classes a condescension and a bore.
"We should no doubt have been the better for some better laboratories,
in our day, for more training in the use of the library, for more liberty to
differ from our preceptors about the tariff and divine fore-knowledge. In a
word, we might have been gaited better for speed on the road we were to
travel. But, after all, the great thing was that we should get a sense of the
road itself. To bring us on sturdily in the great relay race of vital philoso-
phy, through the garden of Epicurus to the hut of Epicetus, then on through
the Academy of Plato and the Lyceum of Aristotle to the cross of Christ,
was the almost fierce concern of our great mother. Among the colleges of
our time, this was one of the great schools of the orientation. Many a boy
entered upon his journey-work through the doors of this machine-shop with a
kit that was none too good. But not one struck the road without a chance
of knowing well the lay of the land and the points of the compass.
"The primary doctrine of Aristotle, that a conquering man must first of
all grasp the social and religious bigness of the sceme of life, was never
held more nakedly or tenaciously than it was in this University. And the
fruits in justification of the philosophy were never grown in relatively greater
measure than in the personnel of our alumni. I do not brag. I exclude my-
self from the generalization, but I speak the simple truth in saying, that if
possibly on analysis, we might rank below the highest in specialized and fa-
mous scholarship, yet in the staple, stable vision and ability, without which
mere learning is 'wood, hay and stubble,' our mother is one of the Cornelias
71
Title
The Souvenir of Forty Years (p. 70)
Description
[page 70]
[corresponds to page 72 of The Souvenir of Forty Years]
of the sons of America.
"So, my head would speak, and more, to you, at length if there were
time. Now let my heart alone conclude. The sentiments aroused in me by
this reunion are not born of the event. They have run steadily in my blood
these forty years. My life has been busy and stormy, and our ways have
been wide apart. But I have loved this fellowship and wished for it through
everything. During the last year especially, in the place of my work beyond
the sea, I have felt that I simply must come up with you today. I am too
thankful for mere words that it was possible. The security of long life seems
better for it. And I seem able to look forward to some June day in 1921
(when I shall be in double import in the seventy-one class), when I shall
say to a beautiful gray old lady at my side: 'Come, deer, let's go to the
spring.'"
72
[corresponds to page 72 of The Souvenir of Forty Years]
of the sons of America.
"So, my head would speak, and more, to you, at length if there were
time. Now let my heart alone conclude. The sentiments aroused in me by
this reunion are not born of the event. They have run steadily in my blood
these forty years. My life has been busy and stormy, and our ways have
been wide apart. But I have loved this fellowship and wished for it through
everything. During the last year especially, in the place of my work beyond
the sea, I have felt that I simply must come up with you today. I am too
thankful for mere words that it was possible. The security of long life seems
better for it. And I seem able to look forward to some June day in 1921
(when I shall be in double import in the seventy-one class), when I shall
say to a beautiful gray old lady at my side: 'Come, deer, let's go to the
spring.'"
72
Title
The Souvenir of Forty Years (p. 71)
Description
[page 71]
[corresponds to unlabeled page 73 of The Souvenir of Forty Years]
SOUVENIRS
OF COLLEGE DAYS
[corresponds to unlabeled page 73 of The Souvenir of Forty Years]
SOUVENIRS
OF COLLEGE DAYS
Title
The Souvenir of Forty Years (p. 72)
Description
[page 72]
[corresponds to page 51 of The Souvenir of Forty Years]
A SEVENTY-ONE EXHIBIT.
Millard F. Warner was the historian of our O.W.U. class. We reprint
here the following interesting exhibit, concerning the men of the class at the
time of our graduation. This does not include three of our men who grad-
uated with the class, but were not actively with us in our college life.
We regret also that it does not include our O.W.F.C. members. A like
exhibit for them would be full of interest. But we presume that our his-
torian, in that early day, had not the courage to undertake that part of the
work. He gives the following summary of the facts indicated in the table
below:
"The aggregate ages are 969 years, (which happens to be 'all the days of
Methuselah'); average age 23 1/2 years. Aggregate weights, 5837 pounds;
average 139 pounds. Aggregate height, 241 feet three inches; average, 5 feet,
9 inches.
Names. Age. Weight. Height. Year of
Entering
Class.
Albright....... 18 125 lbs. 5 5 1/2 in. 1866
Anderson....... 20 130 5 10 1868
Black.......... 25 165 5 10 1869
Brock.......... .. ........ .......... 1871
Cherington, F. B. 21 120 5 3 1/2 in. 1866
Cherington, W. D. 19 138 6 1866
Clark, D. W...... 21 130 5 8 1/2 1869
Clark, L. T...... 24 135 5 8 1/4 1869
Clippinger....... 24 123 5 6 1869
Crabb............ 22 129 5 10 1866
Crow............. 20 126 5 11 1868
Davidson......... 21 170 6 1868
Drees............ 19 148 5 10 3/4 1869
Funk............. 23 161 6 1 1866
Gann............. 23 136 5 8 1/2 1870
Davis............ 26 147 5 9 1869
Day.............. 21 123 5 8 1868
Dove............. 25 180 5 8 1869
Goodin........... 21 136 5 8 1/4 1870
Hamilton......... 24 137 5 9 1/2 1869
Hastings......... 26 152 5 11 1867
Hicks............ 25 136 1/4 5 9 1869
Hitt............. 20 142 5 11 1867
Jewett........... 19 123 5 6 1871
Jones............ 20 168 6 1 1868
Lance............ 29 113 5 6 1869
Lane............. 22 139 6 1/2 1866
McConnell........ 26 150 5 10 1871
Nye.............. 20 144 5 9 1866
Paine............ 26 122 5 7 1867
Patterson........ 21 126 1/2 5 6 1868
Roberts.......... .. ....... ....... 1869
Sharp............ 27 145 5 8 1/2 1867
Smith, D. J...... 25 127 5 7 3/4 1870
Smith, J. A...... 23 140 5 10 1868
Study............ 25 125 5 8 1/2 1869
Thoman........... 27 141 5 9 1870
Van Cleve........ 19 131 5 7 1870
Warner........... 22 108 5 4 5/8 1866
Watson........... 22 131 1/2 5 10 1871
Wells............ 25 153 5 10 1/2 1866
Whisler.......... 35 167 5 7 1/4 1866
Woolley.......... 21 130 5 10 1870
Wilson........... 27 167 6 1866
51
[corresponds to page 51 of The Souvenir of Forty Years]
A SEVENTY-ONE EXHIBIT.
Millard F. Warner was the historian of our O.W.U. class. We reprint
here the following interesting exhibit, concerning the men of the class at the
time of our graduation. This does not include three of our men who grad-
uated with the class, but were not actively with us in our college life.
We regret also that it does not include our O.W.F.C. members. A like
exhibit for them would be full of interest. But we presume that our his-
torian, in that early day, had not the courage to undertake that part of the
work. He gives the following summary of the facts indicated in the table
below:
"The aggregate ages are 969 years, (which happens to be 'all the days of
Methuselah'); average age 23 1/2 years. Aggregate weights, 5837 pounds;
average 139 pounds. Aggregate height, 241 feet three inches; average, 5 feet,
9 inches.
Names. Age. Weight. Height. Year of
Entering
Class.
Albright....... 18 125 lbs. 5 5 1/2 in. 1866
Anderson....... 20 130 5 10 1868
Black.......... 25 165 5 10 1869
Brock.......... .. ........ .......... 1871
Cherington, F. B. 21 120 5 3 1/2 in. 1866
Cherington, W. D. 19 138 6 1866
Clark, D. W...... 21 130 5 8 1/2 1869
Clark, L. T...... 24 135 5 8 1/4 1869
Clippinger....... 24 123 5 6 1869
Crabb............ 22 129 5 10 1866
Crow............. 20 126 5 11 1868
Davidson......... 21 170 6 1868
Drees............ 19 148 5 10 3/4 1869
Funk............. 23 161 6 1 1866
Gann............. 23 136 5 8 1/2 1870
Davis............ 26 147 5 9 1869
Day.............. 21 123 5 8 1868
Dove............. 25 180 5 8 1869
Goodin........... 21 136 5 8 1/4 1870
Hamilton......... 24 137 5 9 1/2 1869
Hastings......... 26 152 5 11 1867
Hicks............ 25 136 1/4 5 9 1869
Hitt............. 20 142 5 11 1867
Jewett........... 19 123 5 6 1871
Jones............ 20 168 6 1 1868
Lance............ 29 113 5 6 1869
Lane............. 22 139 6 1/2 1866
McConnell........ 26 150 5 10 1871
Nye.............. 20 144 5 9 1866
Paine............ 26 122 5 7 1867
Patterson........ 21 126 1/2 5 6 1868
Roberts.......... .. ....... ....... 1869
Sharp............ 27 145 5 8 1/2 1867
Smith, D. J...... 25 127 5 7 3/4 1870
Smith, J. A...... 23 140 5 10 1868
Study............ 25 125 5 8 1/2 1869
Thoman........... 27 141 5 9 1870
Van Cleve........ 19 131 5 7 1870
Warner........... 22 108 5 4 5/8 1866
Watson........... 22 131 1/2 5 10 1871
Wells............ 25 153 5 10 1/2 1866
Whisler.......... 35 167 5 7 1/4 1866
Woolley.......... 21 130 5 10 1870
Wilson........... 27 167 6 1866
51
Title
The Souvenir of Forty Years (p. 73)
Description
[page 73]
[corresponds to page 63 of The Souvenir of Forty Years]
CLASS SONG.
"71."
Air.--"Idaho."
I.
Three years have passed away,
Three years of college lore,
And we to-day can see the bay,
In proud "Alumni's" shore.
II.
We delved amid the waves
Of History's hidden deep,
Where thought-gems lave in ancient graves,
Where classic ages sleep.
III.
We've crossed a happy sea,
We've drunk from Learning's spring,
Now o'er Life's lea, proud, broad and free,
Our banner we must fling.
IV.
When Time the roll shall read
Of men who dared to do,
Old Seventy-one shall have no need
To blush a son untrue.
V.
Fair lips are breathing prayers
For Fame our name to call;
A shout! Forbear it he who dares
For home and Monnett Hall!
VI.
Hail! Alma Mater's fame!
Her way to glory tends.
Hail! To the noble men who name
And point to noble ends!
VII.
A toast for Seventy-one!
Two score this pledge repeat.
Our races run, our strivings done,
We'll meet, a class complete.
CHORUS.
Then, shout! O, gallant band!
Your colors speak for you;
"Inveniam, aut faciam
Viam," your motto true!
63
[corresponds to page 63 of The Souvenir of Forty Years]
CLASS SONG.
"71."
Air.--"Idaho."
I.
Three years have passed away,
Three years of college lore,
And we to-day can see the bay,
In proud "Alumni's" shore.
II.
We delved amid the waves
Of History's hidden deep,
Where thought-gems lave in ancient graves,
Where classic ages sleep.
III.
We've crossed a happy sea,
We've drunk from Learning's spring,
Now o'er Life's lea, proud, broad and free,
Our banner we must fling.
IV.
When Time the roll shall read
Of men who dared to do,
Old Seventy-one shall have no need
To blush a son untrue.
V.
Fair lips are breathing prayers
For Fame our name to call;
A shout! Forbear it he who dares
For home and Monnett Hall!
VI.
Hail! Alma Mater's fame!
Her way to glory tends.
Hail! To the noble men who name
And point to noble ends!
VII.
A toast for Seventy-one!
Two score this pledge repeat.
Our races run, our strivings done,
We'll meet, a class complete.
CHORUS.
Then, shout! O, gallant band!
Your colors speak for you;
"Inveniam, aut faciam
Viam," your motto true!
63
Title
The Souvenir of Forty Years (p. 74)
Description
[page 74]
[corresponds to page 76 of The Souvenir of Forty Years]
Ohio Wesleyan Female College
EIGHTEENTH ANNUAL COMMENCEMENT
OPERA HOUSE
Wednesday, June 28th 1871
EXIMUS, ALIIS SECUTURIS
ORDER OF EXERCISES
9 O'CLOCK A. M.
Overture--Die Felseumble, (Eight Hands)........................REISSIGGER
PROF DE PROSSE, MISSES McCULLOUGH, MILLER AND WOLFLEY.
PRAYER.
Trio--Row Us Swiftly..............................................CAMPANA.
MISSES BARRETT, RICHARDSON AND WOLFLEY.
SUPREMACY OF CHARACTER...........................HELEN PEASE, s., Fremont.
CHARLES DICKENS...........................MARY CHAMBERLAIN, cl., Delaware.
THE USE OF THE BEAUTIFUL.........ELIZA M. BREWSTER, cl., Shelbyville, Ill.
Concert Galop--Qui Viva--(Four Hands)................................GANZ.
MISSES RICHARDSON AND WOLFLEY.
EVENTS THE SHELLS OF IDEAS............EUNICE M. CRUIKSHANK, cl., Delaware.
MIND, OMNIPOTENT............................MARY D. WILSON, cl., Delaware.
PARIS, THEN AND NOW........................ELNORA J. McCAY, cl., Delaware.
Solo--Croquet. ....................................................THOMAS.
MISS FRANK MILLER.
SHODDY..................................ANNETTE M. LADD, s., Lewis Center.
GRADATIONS..........................SARAH A. O. MOORE, cl., Mohawk Valley.
HUNTERS AFTER TRUTH...........................DELIA E. PAINE, cl., Hamden.
Overture--Ray Blas--(Eight Hands).............................MENDELSSOHN.
PROF. DE PROSSE, MISSES LOUNSBURY, MORRISON AND DOWNS.
BREAD FOR THE HUNGRY...............LIZZIE SIMS MAGUIRE, cl., New Carlisle.
TRANSITIONS..................................*ALICE KENNEDY, s., Delaware.
SOCIETY..........................................E. M. BUNDY, cl., Hamden.
NIGHTS AND MORNINGS OF HISTORY...........ROSE ALTHA WILLIAMS, cl., Harlem.
Duet--Una Notte a Venezia..........................................ARDITI.
MISSES MILLER AND PENNEWELL.
BENEDICTION.
2 O'CLOCK P. M.
Pharaphrase de Concert (Eight Hands)...............................ASCHER.
PROF. DE PROSSE, MISSES DOWNS, POWERS AND HARTER.
PRAYER.
Trio--The Violet...............................................CHURCHMANN.
MISSES KAUFFMAN, PORTER AND MORRISON.
COMMOTION..................................MARY D. CAMBELL, cl., Delaware.
WE GIRLS....................................MARY G. BARNES, cl., Delaware.
Overture--Festival (Eight Hands)..................................LEUINER.
MISSES POWERS, ROBINSON, HARTER AND HALM.
THOU SHALT................................MARY J. WINKLER, cl., Haverhill.
GOVERNMENT IMPERIAL.................MARGARET E. MEANS, cl., Bellefontaine.
Duet--Brihdisi Waltz................................................MUZIO.
MISSES RICHARDSON AND MORRISON.
LOGICAL INFERENCES...................................EVA FRENCH, cl., Troy.
THE SCHOLAR, AN INTERPRETER...................ELLA C. DOWNS, cl., Defiance.
Etude de Concert--(Two pianos, four hands)........................KETTERER.
MISSES MORRISON AND DOWNS.
Baccalaureate Address, Conferring Degrees, by President P. S. Donelson, D.D.
Chorus........................................................HAIL COLUMBIA.
BENEDICTION.
cl--Classical. s--Scientific.
* Excused from reading.
76
[corresponds to page 76 of The Souvenir of Forty Years]
Ohio Wesleyan Female College
EIGHTEENTH ANNUAL COMMENCEMENT
OPERA HOUSE
Wednesday, June 28th 1871
EXIMUS, ALIIS SECUTURIS
ORDER OF EXERCISES
9 O'CLOCK A. M.
Overture--Die Felseumble, (Eight Hands)........................REISSIGGER
PROF DE PROSSE, MISSES McCULLOUGH, MILLER AND WOLFLEY.
PRAYER.
Trio--Row Us Swiftly..............................................CAMPANA.
MISSES BARRETT, RICHARDSON AND WOLFLEY.
SUPREMACY OF CHARACTER...........................HELEN PEASE, s., Fremont.
CHARLES DICKENS...........................MARY CHAMBERLAIN, cl., Delaware.
THE USE OF THE BEAUTIFUL.........ELIZA M. BREWSTER, cl., Shelbyville, Ill.
Concert Galop--Qui Viva--(Four Hands)................................GANZ.
MISSES RICHARDSON AND WOLFLEY.
EVENTS THE SHELLS OF IDEAS............EUNICE M. CRUIKSHANK, cl., Delaware.
MIND, OMNIPOTENT............................MARY D. WILSON, cl., Delaware.
PARIS, THEN AND NOW........................ELNORA J. McCAY, cl., Delaware.
Solo--Croquet. ....................................................THOMAS.
MISS FRANK MILLER.
SHODDY..................................ANNETTE M. LADD, s., Lewis Center.
GRADATIONS..........................SARAH A. O. MOORE, cl., Mohawk Valley.
HUNTERS AFTER TRUTH...........................DELIA E. PAINE, cl., Hamden.
Overture--Ray Blas--(Eight Hands).............................MENDELSSOHN.
PROF. DE PROSSE, MISSES LOUNSBURY, MORRISON AND DOWNS.
BREAD FOR THE HUNGRY...............LIZZIE SIMS MAGUIRE, cl., New Carlisle.
TRANSITIONS..................................*ALICE KENNEDY, s., Delaware.
SOCIETY..........................................E. M. BUNDY, cl., Hamden.
NIGHTS AND MORNINGS OF HISTORY...........ROSE ALTHA WILLIAMS, cl., Harlem.
Duet--Una Notte a Venezia..........................................ARDITI.
MISSES MILLER AND PENNEWELL.
BENEDICTION.
2 O'CLOCK P. M.
Pharaphrase de Concert (Eight Hands)...............................ASCHER.
PROF. DE PROSSE, MISSES DOWNS, POWERS AND HARTER.
PRAYER.
Trio--The Violet...............................................CHURCHMANN.
MISSES KAUFFMAN, PORTER AND MORRISON.
COMMOTION..................................MARY D. CAMBELL, cl., Delaware.
WE GIRLS....................................MARY G. BARNES, cl., Delaware.
Overture--Festival (Eight Hands)..................................LEUINER.
MISSES POWERS, ROBINSON, HARTER AND HALM.
THOU SHALT................................MARY J. WINKLER, cl., Haverhill.
GOVERNMENT IMPERIAL.................MARGARET E. MEANS, cl., Bellefontaine.
Duet--Brihdisi Waltz................................................MUZIO.
MISSES RICHARDSON AND MORRISON.
LOGICAL INFERENCES...................................EVA FRENCH, cl., Troy.
THE SCHOLAR, AN INTERPRETER...................ELLA C. DOWNS, cl., Defiance.
Etude de Concert--(Two pianos, four hands)........................KETTERER.
MISSES MORRISON AND DOWNS.
Baccalaureate Address, Conferring Degrees, by President P. S. Donelson, D.D.
Chorus........................................................HAIL COLUMBIA.
BENEDICTION.
cl--Classical. s--Scientific.
* Excused from reading.
76
Title
The Souvenir of Forty Years (p. 75)
Description
[page 75]
[corresponds to page 77 of The Souvenir of Forty Years]
TWENTY-SEVENTH COMMENCEMENT
OF THE
OHIO WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY
Thursday June 29th, 1871
DELAWARE, OHIO
AUT VIAM INVENIAM, AUT FACIAM
PROGRAMME
8 O'CLOCK A. M.
Music. PRAYER. Music.
ADVERSITY A NECESSITY........................?JOHN M. WILSON, Delaware.
* * * * * SOLOMON L. ZINSER, Washington, Ill.
TIDES......................................JOHN G. WOOLLEY, Paris, Ill.
FROM THE IDEAL TO THE REAL......................JOHN WHISLER, Delaware.
KEYS........................................CHARLES J. WELLS, Felicity.
MUSIC.
IMPRESSIONS..................................ALGERUS C. WATSON, London.
SOME THINGS AS THEY ARE..................MILLARD F. WARNER, Tuscarawas.
FABLE....................................JOHN S. VAN CLEVE, Cincinnati.
THE GOLDEN AGE............................WILLIAM G. THOMAN, Crestline.
MUSIC.
REFORMS AND REFORMERS.................JUSTIN N. STUDY, Hagerstown, Ind.
"LET US HAVE PEACE"..........................JOHN A. SMITH, Marysville.
MAGNA QUAESTIO................................DAVID J. SMITH, Delaware.
IS MAN A CREATURE OF CIRCUMSTANCES?
EBENEZER P. SHARP, Worthington.
MUSIC.
* * * * * * THOMAS G. ROBERTS, Delaware.
LATIN.................................WILLIAM M. PATTERSON, Cincinnati.
NOTES.....................................JAMES B. PAINE, Reed's Mills.
SEVENTY-ONE, (Poem)............................WILLIAM C. NYE, Tarlton.
WE KNOW IN PART............................CAREY W. McCONNELL, Lebanon.
MUSIC.
FROM SHORE TO SHORE..............................EUGENE LANE, Delaware.
LINKS.......................................WILLIAM W. LANCE, De Graff.
SCIENTIFIC PROGRESS....................EDWARD H. JEWITT, Sandusky City.
WESTERN ART...............................CHARLES E. JONES, Cincinnati.
MUSIC.
THE AMERICAN PRESS.....................GEORGE C. HITT, Brookville, Ind.
THE TASK BEFORE US............................WILLIAM A. HICKS, Amelia.
* * * * * *JOSEPH N. HASKINS, Mt. Gilead.
FREE.................................ENOS W. HASTINGS, Spring Mountain.
BENEDICTION.
77
[corresponds to page 77 of The Souvenir of Forty Years]
TWENTY-SEVENTH COMMENCEMENT
OF THE
OHIO WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY
Thursday June 29th, 1871
DELAWARE, OHIO
AUT VIAM INVENIAM, AUT FACIAM
PROGRAMME
8 O'CLOCK A. M.
Music. PRAYER. Music.
ADVERSITY A NECESSITY........................?JOHN M. WILSON, Delaware.
* * * * * SOLOMON L. ZINSER, Washington, Ill.
TIDES......................................JOHN G. WOOLLEY, Paris, Ill.
FROM THE IDEAL TO THE REAL......................JOHN WHISLER, Delaware.
KEYS........................................CHARLES J. WELLS, Felicity.
MUSIC.
IMPRESSIONS..................................ALGERUS C. WATSON, London.
SOME THINGS AS THEY ARE..................MILLARD F. WARNER, Tuscarawas.
FABLE....................................JOHN S. VAN CLEVE, Cincinnati.
THE GOLDEN AGE............................WILLIAM G. THOMAN, Crestline.
MUSIC.
REFORMS AND REFORMERS.................JUSTIN N. STUDY, Hagerstown, Ind.
"LET US HAVE PEACE"..........................JOHN A. SMITH, Marysville.
MAGNA QUAESTIO................................DAVID J. SMITH, Delaware.
IS MAN A CREATURE OF CIRCUMSTANCES?
EBENEZER P. SHARP, Worthington.
MUSIC.
* * * * * * THOMAS G. ROBERTS, Delaware.
LATIN.................................WILLIAM M. PATTERSON, Cincinnati.
NOTES.....................................JAMES B. PAINE, Reed's Mills.
SEVENTY-ONE, (Poem)............................WILLIAM C. NYE, Tarlton.
WE KNOW IN PART............................CAREY W. McCONNELL, Lebanon.
MUSIC.
FROM SHORE TO SHORE..............................EUGENE LANE, Delaware.
LINKS.......................................WILLIAM W. LANCE, De Graff.
SCIENTIFIC PROGRESS....................EDWARD H. JEWITT, Sandusky City.
WESTERN ART...............................CHARLES E. JONES, Cincinnati.
MUSIC.
THE AMERICAN PRESS.....................GEORGE C. HITT, Brookville, Ind.
THE TASK BEFORE US............................WILLIAM A. HICKS, Amelia.
* * * * * *JOSEPH N. HASKINS, Mt. Gilead.
FREE.................................ENOS W. HASTINGS, Spring Mountain.
BENEDICTION.
77
Title
The Souvenir of Forty Years (p. 76)
Description
[page 76]
[corresponds to page 58 of The Souvenir of Forty Years]
2 O'CLOCK, P. M.
Music. PRAYER. Music.
ALONE................................JAMES F. HAMILTON, Brownsville.
LIFE-THOUGHTS........................CHARLES W. GOODIN, Ottawa, Kan.
ECHOES;...................................JOHN A. GANN, Monroeville.
TRUST AND BE TRUE..........................THEODORE K. FUNK, Urbana.
MUSIC.
MYSTERY--ITS UTILITY........................CHARLES W. DREES, Xenia.
MONUMENTS.................................THEODORE F. DOVE, Carroll.
SETTLING DOWN..................................WILSON M. DAY, Akron.
THE BRAIN..................................LUCIEN M. DAVIS, Batavia.
MUSIC.
COMPULSORY EDUCATION....................WILLIAM DAVIDSON, Lancaster.
FIRST CENTENNIAL, U.S........................HERMAN D. CROW, Urbana.
A PILGRIM'S PROGRESS....................WILLIAM D. CRABB, Iola, Kan.
OUR RESURRECTION BODY...............CHARLES L. CLIPPINGER, Van Wert.
MUSIC.
STYLE........................................LEMEN T. CLARK, Mercer.
IF WE KNEW..............................*DAVIS W. CLARK, Cincinnati.
NATURE'S SHOW.......................WILLIAM D. CHERINGTON, Delaware.
PYRAMID-BUILDING...................FLETCHER B. CHERINGTON, Delaware.
MUSIC.
* * * * * JOHN W. BROCK, Champlin, Minn.
INDIVIDUALITY.............................LEWIS C. BLACK, Lancaster.
BOYS' RIGHTS..........................THOMAS C. ANDERSON, Lancaster.
THE REGULAR ARMY.........................RUBY J. ALBRIGHT, Delaware.
MUSIC.
CONFERRING DEGREES.
MUSIC.
BENEDICTION.
* Excused from Speaking. ? Scientific.
58
[corresponds to page 58 of The Souvenir of Forty Years]
2 O'CLOCK, P. M.
Music. PRAYER. Music.
ALONE................................JAMES F. HAMILTON, Brownsville.
LIFE-THOUGHTS........................CHARLES W. GOODIN, Ottawa, Kan.
ECHOES;...................................JOHN A. GANN, Monroeville.
TRUST AND BE TRUE..........................THEODORE K. FUNK, Urbana.
MUSIC.
MYSTERY--ITS UTILITY........................CHARLES W. DREES, Xenia.
MONUMENTS.................................THEODORE F. DOVE, Carroll.
SETTLING DOWN..................................WILSON M. DAY, Akron.
THE BRAIN..................................LUCIEN M. DAVIS, Batavia.
MUSIC.
COMPULSORY EDUCATION....................WILLIAM DAVIDSON, Lancaster.
FIRST CENTENNIAL, U.S........................HERMAN D. CROW, Urbana.
A PILGRIM'S PROGRESS....................WILLIAM D. CRABB, Iola, Kan.
OUR RESURRECTION BODY...............CHARLES L. CLIPPINGER, Van Wert.
MUSIC.
STYLE........................................LEMEN T. CLARK, Mercer.
IF WE KNEW..............................*DAVIS W. CLARK, Cincinnati.
NATURE'S SHOW.......................WILLIAM D. CHERINGTON, Delaware.
PYRAMID-BUILDING...................FLETCHER B. CHERINGTON, Delaware.
MUSIC.
* * * * * JOHN W. BROCK, Champlin, Minn.
INDIVIDUALITY.............................LEWIS C. BLACK, Lancaster.
BOYS' RIGHTS..........................THOMAS C. ANDERSON, Lancaster.
THE REGULAR ARMY.........................RUBY J. ALBRIGHT, Delaware.
MUSIC.
CONFERRING DEGREES.
MUSIC.
BENEDICTION.
* Excused from Speaking. ? Scientific.
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Title
The Souvenir of Forty Years (p. 77)
Description
[page 77]
[corresponds to unlabeled page 79 of The Souvenir of Forty Years]
[photo]
SANBORN HALL
[corresponds to unlabeled page 79 of The Souvenir of Forty Years]
[photo]
SANBORN HALL
Dublin Core
Title
The Souvenir of Forty Years
Subject
Class reunions--Ohio Wesleyan University--Delaware--Ohio
Ohio Wesleyan University--Delaware--Ohio
Ohio Wesleyan University--Delaware--Ohio
Description
This souvenir book is about the Ohio Wesleyan Class of 1871's 40th reunion in 1911, with biographical information about each of the graduates.
Creator
Class of 1871, Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware County, Ohio
Date
1871-1911
Contributor
Editor: W. D. CHERINGTON, Chillicothe, Ohio; Co-Editors L.C. Black, Cincinnati, Ohio; W.C. Nye, Delaware, Ohio; J.A.Smith, Cleveland, Ohio; C.E. Jones
Rights
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
Format
Book
Language
English
Type
Still Image
Text
Text
Identifier
22221037
Collection
Citation
Class of 1871, Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware County, Ohio, “The Souvenir of Forty Years,” Delaware County Memory, accessed December 25, 2024, http://66.213.124.233/items/show/203.