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commission as second lieutenant of engineers, and was retained
on duty in the engineer bureau of the…
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Newell, of Syracuse, N. Y.
Adams, C. E., formerly director of the Institute.
One…
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Bayou Plaquimine, on the Mississippi river, in the state of Lou-
isiana, and practiced there his…
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CLASS O F 1826.
STILMAN E. ARMS, A, B., (r. s.), M…
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ALBERT DANKER, A. B., (r. s.), son of Henry and Catherine
(Smith) Danker, was born in Troy,…
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WILJJAM SNOW PELTON, A. E., (r. s.), M. D., son of Platt and
Phebe (Snow) Pelton, was…
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ing top boots, which he always removed before entering a house.
The horses he drove were the best…
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ass,istant of natural history, the following summer he joined the
expedition of the…
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several towns, the places from whence the settlers came, etc.
To obtain this information he visited…
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Agricultural Society, for publication in its transactions. H e
engaged in this work…
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city. In 1829 he commenced the practice of medicine in
Terrytown, and here he has continued to…
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Wis., in 1849. H e married, December 26th, 1836, Lucy Ann
Williams, of Rochester, N. Y…
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for several years was engaged in manufacturing. H e married
Diana Kinsman. Six children; five living…
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THOMAS C. RIPLEY, A. B. (r. s.), son of Abner and Anna (Cor-
nell) Ripley, was…
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13th, 1838, Catherine Payne Moore, daughter of Charles Moore,
of Northumberland, N. Y . Five…
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H e practiced medicine in Goshen, N. Y., until 1848, when h e
moved to Muscatine,…
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soon as the proper authorities could act. In November, 1830,
some friends of science in Detroit…
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as well to those from whom he expected no pay as to the
opulent.
In February, 1837,…
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Dr. Houghton was married in 1833 to Miss Stevens, of Fredo-
nia, and his death bereft also two…
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ALANSON JERMAIN PRIME, A. B. (r. s.), M. D., son of Nathaniel
Scudder and Julia (…
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THEODORE WELLS DECKER, A. B. (r. s.), son of John and
Christina (Wells) Decker, was born in…
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GEORGE KELLOGG OSBORN, A. B. (r. s.), son of William and
Jemima (Kellogg) Osborn, was…
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of a pronouncing gazetteer, published in Philadelphia in 1845.
H e received the honorary degree of A…
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Encyclopedia of Chemistry, 1845-50 ; Report on Progress of
Chemical Arts, Smithsonian…
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of the unsolved problems.
ment over such a grave.”
A broken column is a fitting monu-
AUGUSTUS G.…