Alumni Record: Dickinson College

Reed, George Leffingwell, ed. Alumni Record: Dickinson College. Carlisle, PA: Dickinson College, 1905.
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    1905
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    George Leffingwell Reed, ed., Alumni Record: Dickinson College (Carlisle, PA: Dickinson College, 1905), 138.
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    *Hamilton, Alexander McNutt – Born February 24, 1830, in Rockbridge county, Va.; A. B., 1850; 1861-3, captain, Confederate States army, in Virginia; removed to Chicago, and engaged in business; U. P. society. Died September, 1880, in Harrisonburg, Va.
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    George Leffingwell Reed, ed., Alumni Record: Dickinson College (Carlisle, PA: Dickinson College, 1905), 123.
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    *Sims, Alfred William    Born September 21, 1823, in Mt. Holly, N. J.; A. B., 1846; civil engineer; during civil war was in quartermaster’s department; superintendent, 1867-77, and manager, 1877-95, East Broad Top railroad; U. P.  society. Died April 16, 1895, Rock Hill Furnace, Pa.
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    George Leffingwell Reed, ed., Alumni Record: Dickinson College (Carlisle, PA: Dickinson College, 1905), 159.
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    *Dill, Andrew Hemphill - Born January 18, 1836, in Baltimore county, Md. ; A. B., 1855 ; taught in Frederick county, Md. ; 1858, admitted to the bar in Frederick, Md.; practiced law in Columbia county, Pa., Gettysburg, Pa., and Huntsville, Ala. ; practiced in Lewisburg, Pa. ; 1870-71, member of house of representatives of Pennsylvania ; 1871-6, state senator ; U. P. society. Died 1891, in Philadelphia.
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    George Leffingwell Reed, ed., Alumni Record: Dickinson College (Carlisle, PA: Dickinson College, 1905), 171.
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    *Wilcox, Andrew Jackson - Born April 30, 1835, in Baltimore, Md.; A. B., 1857; admitted to the bar in Mansfield, O.; returned to Baltimore, where he practiced law until his death -- November 15, 1870.
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    George Leffingwell Reed, ed., Alumni Record: Dickinson College (Carlisle, PA: Dickinson College, 1905), 103.
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    *Crever, Benjamin Heck – Born March 16, 1817, Carlisle, Pa.; p., James and Mary Crever; prep., Dickinson grammar school; entered 1836; retired 1839; A. M., 1860, and D. D., 1883; clergyman; member of Central Pennsylvania conference, Methodist Episcopal church; principle of a private school, Milton, Pa., 1846-47; founder of Dickinson seminary, Williamsport, Pa., 1848, and instructor in same for several years; hospital chaplain at Frederick, Md., 1863; presiding elder of the Carlisle district, 1866; teacher in Minnesota, 1872, Harrisburg, Pa., 1876; U. P. society; married, March 2, 1843, Susan Caroline Follansbee of Vermont; daughter, Mary Hamilton. Died April 15, 1890, at Hanover, Pa.
    Citation:
    George Leffingwell Reed, ed., Dickinson College: Alumni Record (Carlisle, PA: Dickinson College, 1905), 178.
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    *Maglaughlin, Charles Edward – Born January 4, 1839, Elizabethtown, Pa.; A. B., 1858; lawyer; admitted to Cumberland county bar, 1860, and practiced profession in Carlisle; Phi Kappa Psi; B. L. society. Died April 26, 1874, at Carlisle.
    Citation:
    George Leffingwell Reed, ed., Alumni Record: Dickinson College (Carlisle, PA: Dickinson College, 1905), 97.
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    *Deems, Charles Force – Born December 4, 1820, in Baltimore, Md ; A. B., 1839; D. D., Randolph Macon, 1850; LL. D., 1889; 1841, professor of rhetoric and logic in the University of North Carolina; 1847, professor of natural science in Randolph Macon college, Va.; 1850, president of Greensboro college, North Carolina; 1866-93, pastor of the Church of the Strangers, New York; 1877, founded “Sunday Magazine” ; 1877-80, editor “Sunday Magazine” ; 1881, president American institute of Christian philosophy; married June 20, 1843, Anna Disoway of New York city. Published “What Now,” “Home Altar,” “Weight and Wings,” “Who was Jesus,” “Triumph of Peace,” “Devotional Melodies,” “The Light of the Nations,” “The Watchman,” “Christian Thoughts,” Sermons, Reviews, &c.; U. P. society. Died November 18, 1893.
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    George Leffingwell Reed, ed., Alumni Record: Dickinson College (Carlisle, PA: Dickinson College, 1905), 168.
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    Kalbfus, Charles Henry - Born May 17, 1834, in Virginia ; p., Charles and Mary Ann (Bowman) Kalbfus ; prep., Dickinson seminary, Williamsport, Pa.; entered 1853; retired 1854; clergyman ; taught in the public schools for many years; member of the Cincinnati conference, Methodist Episcopal church, 1872- ; now retired ; U. P. society ; married, February 23, 1864, Frances Ann Patterson of Westernport, Md., who died September 4,1887 ; children, Charles Patterson, Joseph Percy, Fannie Lavinia, John William ; second, August 21, 1889, Eleanor Josephine Gossin. Address, Yellow Springs, O.
    Citation:
    George Leffingwell Reed, ed., Alumni Record: Dickinson College (Carlisle, PA: Dickinson College, 1905), 190.
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    *Heydrick, Charles---Born September 20, 1832, in Flourtown, Montgomery county, Pa.; A. B., 1860; taught at Oakland, Md., and Bridgeville, Del.; captain of infantry, United States army; B. L. society.  Died May 11, 1874, in Bridgeville, Del.
    Citation:
    George Leffingwell Reed, ed., Dickinson College: Alumni Record (Carlisle, PA: Dickinson College, 1905), 105.
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    *Baker, Charles Joseph – Born May 28, 1821, in Baltimore, Md.; A. B., 1841; manufacturer and banker; 1861, acting mayor of Baltimore; it was largely through his efforts that the Union railroad and tunnel were constructed; for years he was owner of the “Baltimore Gazette”; B. L. society. Died September, 23, 1894, in Baltimore, Md.
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    George Leffingwell Reed, ed., Alumni Record: Dickinson College (Carlisle, PA: Dickinson College, 1905), 194.
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    *Snyder, Charles Ridgway – Born February 3, 1837, in Warren county, N. J.; A. B., 1861; member of Newark conference, Methodist Episcopal church, 1861-95. Died September 8, 1895, at Newark, N. J.
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    George Leffingwell Reed, ed., Alumni Record: Dickinson College (Carlisle, PA: Dickinson College, 1905), 170.
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    *Ditty, Cyrus Irving - Born September 26, 1839, at West River, Anne Arundel county, Md. ; A. B., 1857 ; 1859, admitted to the Baltimore bar ; 1861, entered the Confederate States army ; served in the cavalry in the army of Northern Virginia, attaining rank of captain ; practiced law; B. L. society. Died 1887, in Baltimore.
    Citation:
    George Leffingwell Reed, ed., Alumni Record: Dickinson College (Carlisle, PA: Dickinson College, 1905), 189.
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    *Eckman, Daniel Merritt – Born March 29, 1840, in Lebanon County, Pa.; A. B., 1860; B. L. society. Died at Pithole, Venango county, Pa., November 25, 1865.
    Citation:
    George Leffingwell Reed, ed., Alumni Record: Dickinson College (Carlisle, PA: Dickinson College, 1905), 170.
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    *Burns, Daniel Stem -- Born January 10, 1832, in Lancaster county, Pa. ; A. B., 1857 ; 1857-64, 1866-69, principal of high school, Harrisburg, Pa. ; 1864-66, clerk under United States government at Harrisburg ; 1869-79, city superintendent, Harrisburg ; 1879-80, professor in Elmhurst theological seminary, Ill. ; Phi Kappa Sigma ; B. L. society. Died in Chicago, Ill., September 10, 1880.
    Citation:
    George Leffingwell Reed, ed., Alumni Record: Dickinson College (Carlisle, PA: Dickinson College, 1905), 184.
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    *Holmes, David James - Born December 22, 1830, near Carlisle, Pa.; p., Daniel R. and Mary (Griffin) Holmes; prep., Rock River seminary, Mt. Morris, Ill.; entered 1850; entered Yale, 1851; entered Williams college; entered Garrett Biblical institute; A. B., 1855, Williams; B. D., Garret Biblical institute; D. D., 1890, Allegheny college; teacher, three years; entered Rock River conference, 1859, and in active ministry until date of death; married, March 28, 1852, Equilda L. M. Plumb of New Haven, Conn, who died September 16, 1865; children, John M., Mary Elliot, William Deles, Frank Guendon; second, November, 1866, Mrs. Helen C. Cook of Rockford, Ill.; children, Fannie Cheever, Daniel James and David Wheeler. Died Jun. 4, 1904, at Palatine, Ill.
    Citation:
    George Leffingwell Reed, ed., Alumni Record: Dickinson College (Carlisle, PA: Dickinson College, 1905), 66.
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    *Wills, David – Born April 3, 1798, in Cumberland county, Pa.; 1818, M. D., Jefferson medical college; practiced in Newville, Pa.; 1822-64, practiced in Chillicothe, O.; 1864, remove to Zanesville, O. Died February 9, 1873, at Zanesville.
    Citation:
    George Leffingwell Reed, ed., Alumni Record: Dickinson College (Carlisle, PA: Dickinson College, 1905), 86.
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    *Humes, Edward Crouch      Born August 23, 1810, in Bellefonte, Pa.; president of first national bank of Bellefonte. Died March 28, 1895, at Bellefonte.
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    George Leffingwell Reed, ed., Alumni Record: Dickinson College (Carlisle, PA: Dickinson College, 1905), 82.
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    *Buchanan, Edward Young - Born May 30, 1811, at Mercersburg, Pa. ; studied theology in Pittsburg, Pa., and at the general seminary of the Protestant Episcopal church in New York ; 1832, ordained deacon ; 1835, ordained priest ; rector at Meadville, Pa. ; rector in Lancaster county ; 1855-95, rector of Trinity church, Oxford, Philadelphia ; D. D., Trinity college, Connecticut. Published “History of Trinity Church, Oxford,” “Sermons,” &c. Died 1895.
    Citation:
    George Leffingwell Reed, ed., Alumni Record: Dickinson College (Carlisle, PA:Dickinson College, 1905), 125.
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    *Wadhams, Elijah C. – Born July 17, 1825, Plymouth Pa.; prep., Dickinson grammar school; entered 1842; A. B., University of City of New York, 1847; lawyer; engaged in business in Plymouth, Pa., until 1873, when removed to Wilkesbarre; state senator, 1877-80; U.P. society. Died January 18, 1889, in Willkesbarre, Pa.
    Citation:
    George Leffingwell Reed, ed., Alumni Record: Dickinson College (Carlisle, PA: Dickinson College, 1905), 72.
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    *Mason, Erskine – Born April 16, 1805, in New York; son of President Mason;  1824-5, Princeton theological seminary; 1826, ordained by New York presbytery; 1827-30, pastor at Schenectady, N. Y.; 1830-51, pastor of Bleeker street Presbyterian church, N. Y.; 1838-46, acting professor of ecclesiastical history in Union theological seminary, N. Y.; D. D., 1837, Columbia college. Died May 14, 1851, in New York.
    Citation:
    George Leffingwell Reed, ed., Alumni Record: Dickinson College (Carlisle, PA: Dickinson College, 1905), 170.
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    *Davis, George W. D. -- Howard county, Md. ; A. B., 1857 ; teacher ; U. P. society. Died 1864, Woodstock, Md.
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    George Leffingwell Reed, ed., Alumni Record: Dickinson College (Carlisle, PA: Dickinson College, 1905), 181.
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    Murray, Harmar D. - Born May 19, 1838, Carlisle, Pa. ; prep., Dickinson grammar school ; entered 1854 ; retired 1855 ; bookkeeper and accountant ; B. L. society ; unmarried. Address, Pittsburg, Pa.
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    George Leffingwell Reed, ed., Alumni Record: Dickinson College (Carlisle, PA: Dickinson College, 1905), 185.
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    *Bowie, Henry C. - Richmond, Va. ; entered Confederate States army ; B. L. society. Died 1864.
    Citation:
    George Leffingwell Reed, ed., Alumni Record: Dickinson College (Carlisle, PA: Dickinson College, 1905), 178.
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    *Marriot, Henry – Born July 12, 1838, at West River, Ann Arundel County, Md.; A. B., 1858; studied medicine at the University of Pennsylvania; 1861-5, in Confederate States army; 1866. Druggist in Baltimore, Md.; 1868, removed to California and practiced medicine in San Francisco; surgeon, Pacific mail steamship line; B. L. society. Died October 7, 1879 in San Francisco, Cal.
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    George Leffingwell Reed, ed., Alumni Record: Dickinson College (Carlisle, PA: Dickinson College, 1905), 161.
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    Torbert, Henry Robinson – Born July 17, 1834, Elkton, Md.; p., William and Adeline M. Torbert; prep., Elkton academy; entered 1851; A. B., 1855; lawyer; for many years editor “Cecil Whig;” U.P. society; married, December 24, 1867, Mary R. Wilmer of Wilmington, Del.; children, Victor Megrady; Florence E. Address, Elkton, Md.
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    George Leffingwell Reed, ed., Alumni Record: Dickinson College (Carlisle, PA: Dickinson College, 1905), 188.
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    Abbett, Henry Winslow – Born May 10, 1839, in Marion county, Ky.; A. B., in 1860; five years professor of ancient languages, Wesleyan college, Millersville, Ky.; two years principal Carroll high school, Ky.; three years principal Millersburg female college, Ky.; B. L. society. Last known address, Wichita, Kansas.
    Citation:
    George Leffingwell Reed, ed., Alumni Record: Dickinson College (Carlisle, PA: Dickinson College, 1905), 189.
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    Curran, Hugh Asbury - Born May 18, 1840, Margaretta, Pa. ; p. James and Sarah Curran ; prep., Dickinson seminary, Williamsport, Pa. ; entered 1858 ; A. B., 1860 ; A. M., 1863 ; Ph. D., 1890 ; teacher ; instructor Dickinson seminary, Williamsport, Pa. ; Bloomsburg normal school ; Stroudsburg normal school ; Pennington seminary ; and, at present, Johnstown, Pa., high school ; Phi Kappa Sigma ; Phi Beta Kappa ; B. L. society ; married, 1866, Sarah Harris ; children, Mary R., James Harris. Address, Johnstown, Pa.
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    George Leffingwell Reed, ed., Alumni Record: Dickinson College (Carlisle, PA: Dickinson College, 1905), 54.
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    *Parker, Isaac Brown---Born November 8, 1783; lawyer; practiced profession in Burlington N.J., for many years.  Died September 19, 1865 and was buried in the Old Graveyard, Carlisle.
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    George Leffingwell Reed, ed., Alumni Record: Dickinson College (Carlisle, PA: Dickinson College, 1905), 184.
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    *Parker, Issac Brown – Born April 19, 1841, in Carlisle, Pa. ; A. B., 1859 ; Phi Kappa Sigma ; U. P. society ; 1860, graduated at Harvard law school ; 1861-6, United States army ; lieutenant, captain and aid to General Howard ; practiced law in New York, where he died February 28, 1880.
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    George Leffingwell Reed, ed., Alumni Record: Dickinson College (Carlisle, PA: Dickinson College, 1905), 120.
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    *Brown, James Given    Carlisle, Pa.; physician; practiced in Carlisle; B. L. society. Died 1859.
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    George Leffingwell Reed, ed., Alumni Record: Dickinson College (Carlisle, PA: Dickinson College, 1905), 175.
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    Dukes, James Kent – Born March 3, 1838, Denton, Caroline county, Md.; p. James and Mary Boon Dukes; prep., grammar school of Dickinson college; entered Dickinson, 1854; teacher; U. P. society. Address, Norwood, Delaware county, Pa.
    Citation:
    George Leffingwell Reed, ed., Alumni Record: Dickinson College (Carlisle, PA: Dickinson College, 1905), 189.
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    *Crook, James L.---Born October 26, 1836, Baltimore, Md.; A. B., 1860; lawyer; studied law in Baltimore; in commissary department, United States army; Sigma Chi; U. P. society.  Died May 12, 1878, Elk Ridge Landing, Md.
    Citation:
    George Leffingwell Reed, ed., Alumni Record: Dickinson College (Carlisle, PA: Dickinson College, 1905), 165.
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    Marshall, James Pede - Born August 17, 1833, Clarke county, Va; p., John and Elizabeth Marshall; prep., Paris academy, Va. ; entered 1852 ; A. B., 1856, and A. M., 1859; teacher; principal of Paris academy, Va., six years, Tagewell, Va., high school, Morristown seminary Barboursville college, Barboursville, W. Va., and teacher and principal of various other institutions; U. P. society ; married, December, 1859, Lucy Wellington Settle of Fauquier county, Va.; children, Mary Elizabeth, Anna M., Jennie M., Carroll P., Ashley. Address, Washington, D. C.
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    George Leffingwell Reed, ed., Dickinson College: Alumni Record (Carlisle, PA: Dickinson College, 1905), 190.
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    *Sanders, James William – Born January 5, 1840, Baltimore, Md.; entered 1857; A. B., 1860; merchant; Phi Kappa Psi; U. P. society. Died January 29, 1901, at his home, Baltimore, Md.
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    George Leffingwell Reed, ed., Alumni Record: Dickinson College (Carlisle, PA: Dickinson College, 1905), 166.
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    *Troxell, James Wilson - Born April 1, 1831, Frederick county, Md. ; p., Joseph and Amy Troxell ; prep., Dickinson grammar school; entered 1852; A. B., 1856 ; A. M., 1859 ; farmer ; principal of classical institute, Churchland, Va., 1856-60 ; principal of academy, Augusta, Ga., 1860-61 ; county surveyor, Frederick county, Md., two years ; school commissioner, eight years ; B. L. society ; married, December 11, 1866, Mary E. Zacharias of Frederick, Md. ; children, Mary A., Florida, Irene, Naomi, Marian, Elizabeth and Thomas W. Died February 2, 1904.
    Citation:
    George Leffingwell Reed, ed., Alumni Record: Dickinson College (Carlisle, PA: Dickinson College, 1905), 167.
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    *Brown, John B.    Queen Anne county, Md.; U. P. society; for many years a lawyer in Centreville, Md., and died there    date unknown.
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    George Leffingwell Reed, ed., Alumni Record: Dickinson College (Carlisle, PA: Dickinson College, 1905), 59.
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    *Brown, John    Born May 20, 1793, in Queen Anne county, Md.; lawyer; member of the legislature of Maryland. Died July 29, 1876, in Queen Anne county, Md.
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    George Leffingwell Reed, ed., Alumni Record: Dickinson College (Carlisle, PA: Dickinson College, 1905), 175.
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    *Brooking, John Churchill – Born February 21, 1836, at Stevensburg, Va.; A. B., 1858; U. P. society; 1858, taught at Point Pleasant, W. Va.; 1861-7, taught at Trappe, Md.; 1867, removed to Huntsville, Mo., where he died March 26, 1869.
    Citation:
    George Leffingwell Reed, ed., Alumni Record: Dickinson College (Carlisle, PA: Dickinson College, 1905), 190.
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    Grabill, John Henry – Born, March 8, 1839, Mt. Jackson, Va.; p. Ephraim and Caroline Grabill; prep., Woodstock and Harrisburg academies; entered 1858; A. B., 1860; A. M., 1868; lieutenant and captain, 35th battalion of cavalry, Confederate States army, 1861-65; superintendent schools, Shenandoah county, Va., 1870-83; Phi Kappa Sigma; U. P. Society; married, December 19, 1866, Mary L. Hollingsworth of Woodstock, Va.; children, Elizabeth Green, John Donaldson, Frank Hollingsworth, Edwin Holmes, Mary Caroline, David Walton, Lucy Catherine, Henry E., Nannie Milton, Ella Hollingsworth. Address, Woodstock, Va.
    Citation:
    George Leffingwell Reed, ed., Alumni Record: Dickinson College (Carlisle, PA: Dickinson College, 1905), 178.
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    *Martin, John Henry – Born May 4, 1834, Hartford county, Md.; p., Daniel and Priscilla (Hopkins) Martin; entered 1854; A. B., 1858; M. D., 1862, University of Maryland; physician; practiced profession in Baltimore, Md., until 1902, when failing health compelled him to retire; U. P. society; married, August 28, 1867, Susan Frottor Jones of North Point, Md. Died August 20, 1903, at Aberdeen, Md.
    Citation:
    George Leffingwell Reed, ed., Alumni Record: Dickinson College (Carlisle, PA: Dickinson College, 1905), 135.
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    *Jacob, John Jeremiah - - Born December 9, 1829, in Hampshire county, W. Va.; p., John J. and Susan (McDantt) Jacob; A. B., 1849; lawyer; professor of logic and political economy in Missouri university, 1853-60; 1869 and 1879, member of the legislature of West Virginia; 1871-77, governor of West Virginia; 1881-88, judge of first judicial circuit, West Virginia; U. P. society; married, 1853, Jane Baird of Washington, Pa.  Died November 24, 1893, at his home, Wheeling, W. Va.
    Citation:
    George Leffingwell Reed, ed., Alumni Record: Dickinson College (Carlisle, PA: Dickinson College, 1905), 88.
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    McKim, John Linn --- Born July 20, 1813, Carlisle, Pa. ; prep., Dickinson grammar school ; entered, 1827 ; A. B., 1830 ; clergyman Protestant Episcopal church ; professor of Latin and Greek, Delaware college, 1835-36 ; United states consul to Nottingham, England, 1889. Address, Georgetown, Del.
    Citation:
    George Leffingwell Reed, ed., Alumni Record: Dickinson College (Carlisle, PA: Dickinson College, 1905), 159-160.
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    *Effinger, John R. - Born October 2, 1835, at Harrisonburg, Va. ; p., John Strothe and Sarah Jane (Crummeg) Effinger ; prep., Harrisonburg, Va., academy ; entered 1853 ; A. B., 1855 ; clergyman ; 1856-66, member of Baltimore conference, Methodist Episcopal church ; 1863, in Europe and the East ; 1866, entered the Unitarian church ; pastor at Keokuk, Ia., St. Paul, Minn. ; missionary in Iowa ; 1880-86, pastor in Bloomington, Ill. ; secretary of western Unitarian conference, Chicago, Ill., 1886-92; U. P. society ; married, June 30, 1868, Lucretia Knowles of Keokuk, Iowa ; children, John Robert, Hiram Gerald. Died March 8, 1902, in Chicago, Ill.
    Citation:
    George Leffingwell Reed, ed., Alumni Record: Dickinson College (Carlisle, PA: Dickinson College, 1905), 134.
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    Coxe, John Redman---Born October 6, 1829, in Philadelphia, Pa.; p., Edward J and Mary L. (Clapier) Coxe; prep., James Cronell's School, West Chester, Pa.; entered 1845; Harvard Law School 1849, and graduated 1851; A. B. and A. M., Dickinson; real estate; issuing commissary of subsistence, headquarters army of the Potomac; captain, August 28, 1862, serving under Generals McClellan, Burnside, Hooker and Meade, commissary general, national guard of Pennsylvania, with rank of brigadier general, 1877-79; U. P. society; married December 23, 1863 to Catharine Cliffton Bridges of Philadelphia; child, Mary Louisa.  Address, 1314 Pine Street, Philadelphia, Pa.
    Citation:
    George Leffingwell Reed, ed., Alumni Record: Dickinson College (Carlisle, PA: Dickinson College, 1905), 190.
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    *Landis, John Wesley---Born September 24, 1837, at Halifax, Pa.; A. B., 1860; admitted to the bar in Harrisburg, Pa., and practiced there for a time; removed to Halifax, Pa., where he became secretary of the Halifax insurance company; Phi Kappa Sigma; U. P. society. Died March 18, 1879.
    Citation:
    George Leffingwell Reed, ed., Alumni Record: Dickinson College (Carlisle, PA: Dickinson College, 1905), 190.
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    Parker, Joseph Benson — Born June 20, 1841, Bloomfield, Perry County, Pa.; p., Joseph and Mary (Shearer) Parker; prep., Dickinson grammar school; entered 1856; A. B., 1860, A. M., 1863; M. D., New York medical college; surgeon; entered navy as assistant surgeon, March, 1863; past assistant surgeon, 1867-76; surgeon, 1876; medical director; 1898; retired, 1903, with rank of rear admiral on account of age and service in Civil War; contributed to medical reports; Sigma Chi; B. L. society; married, Oct. 15, 1868, to Margaret J. Yorke, Salem, N. J.; children, Mary Shearer, Eleanor Yorke. Address, Philadelphia, Pa.
    Citation:
    George Leffingwell Reed, ed., Alumni Record: Dickinson College (Carlisle, PA: Dickinson College, 1905), 190.
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    Parker, Joseph Benson — Born June 20, 1841, Bloomfield, Perry County, Pa.; p., Joseph and Mary (Shearer) Parker; prep., Dickinson grammar school; entered 1856; A. B., 1860, A. M., 1863; M. D., New York medical college; surgeon; entered navy as assistant surgeon, March, 1863; past assistant surgeon, 1867-76; surgeon, 1876; medical director; 1898; retired, 1903, with rank of rear admiral on account of age and service in Civil War; contributed to medical reports; Sigma Chi; B. L. society; married, Oct. 15, 1868, to Margaret J. Yorke, Salem, N. J.; children, Mary Shearer, Eleanor Yorke. Address, Philadelphia, Pa.
    Citation:
    George Leffingwell Reed, ed., Alumni Record: Dickinson College (Carlisle, PA: Dickinson College, 1905), 171.
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    *Snively, Joseph Culbertson - Born January 17, 1836, at Greencastle, Pa.; A. B., 1857; 1857, went to Texas and engaged in stock raising; 1862, entered Confederate States army, thirty-second Texas cavalry; hospital steward and medical officer; 1867, M. D., Long Island college hospital, Brooklyn, N. Y.; 1867-85, practiced medicine in Brooklyn; U. P. society. Died March 22, 1885, in Brooklyn, N. Y.
    Citation:
    George Leffingwell Reed, ed., Alumni Record: Dickinson College (Carlisle, PA: Dickinson College, 1905), 75.
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    *Patterson, Mattew Boyd --- Born September 23, 1803, in Montour county, Pa.; 1825, Princeton theological seminary; 1828-9, supply at Bloomsburg, Pa.; 1830, ordained by Northumberland presbytery; 1830-53, pastor in Perry county, Pa., and during most of this time was principal of an academy at new Bloomfield, Pa.; 1854-8, pastor at Washington, Pa.; 1865-77, supply at Ridott, Ill.  Died September 17, 1877, at Freeport, Ill.
    Citation:
    George Leffingwell Reed, ed., Alumni Record: Dickinson College (Carlisle, PA: Dickinson College, 1905), 169.
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    Stayman, Milton C. - Born October 4, 1835, Cumberland county, Pa. ; p., Christian and Eliza Stayman ; prep., Dickinson grammar school ; entered 1852 ; retired 1854 ; farmer ; grain merchant ; now retired ; B. L. society. Address, Winchester, Va.
    Citation:
    George Leffingwell Reed, ed., Alumni Record: Dickinson College (Carlisle, PA: Dickinson College, 1905), 171.
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    *Johnson, Owen - Born April 26, 1835, in Chester county, Pa.; A. B., 1857; 1857-58, taught in Huntsville, Texas; 1858, principal of Montgomery female seminary, Texas. Died September 30, 1858, at Nacogdoches, Texas.
    Citation:
    George Leffingwell Reed, ed., Alumni Record: Dickinson College (Carlisle, PA: Dickinson College, 1905), 191.
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    Whisner, Peter Harrison    Born February 1, 1837, Morgan county, Va.; p., Jacob and Margaret Whisner; prep. Lick Run school; entered 1856; A. B., 1860; D. D., Randolph Macon college, Va.,; clergyman; member Baltimore conference, Methodist Episcopal church south; presiding elder; principle Preston and Ohio institutes; corresponding secretary board of church extension, Methodist church south; U. P. society. Address, Louisville, Ky.
    Citation:
    George Leffingwell Reed, ed., Alumni Record: Dickinson College (Carlisle, PA: Dickinson College, 1905), 101.
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    *McAlister, Richard  --- Born April 21, 1819, at Fort Hunter, Dauphin county, Pa.; A. B., 1840; U. P. society; 1842, admitted to Harrisburg bar; 1844, district attorney for Dauphin county; 1856, secretary to Governor Greary of Kansas; 1860, practiced law in Keokuk, Ia.; 1881, retired and moved to Washington, D. C., where he died about 1887.
    Citation:
    George Leffingwell Reed, ed., Alumni Record: Dickinson College (Carlisle, PA: Dickinson College, 1905), 159.
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    *Wootton, Richard - Born April 1, 1835, Prince George's county, Md. ; p., William Turnor and Margaret Hall Wootton ; prep., Georgetown college ; farmer ; engaged in farming until 1887 ; member house of delegates three terms ; clerk house of delegates two terms ; deputy collector internal revenue, 1885-89, 1893-98 ; solicitor for life insurance, 1898-1901 ; B. L. society ; married, March 28, 1873, Elise Duckett Contee of Prince George's county, Md. ; children, William Hill, Henry Contee, Richard, Frank Hall, Mary Margaret, Cora Bowie. Died December 1, 1901.
    Citation:
    George Leffingwell Reed, ed., Alumni Record: Dickinson College (Carlisle, PA: Dickinson College, 1905), 165.
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    *Baldwin, Rignal Woodward - Born June 2, 1835, in Anne Arundel county, Md. ; member of Baltimore bar ; 1868-70, member of house of delegates of Maryland ; U. P. society. Died 1891.
    Citation:
    George Leffingwell Reed, ed., Alumni Record: Dickinson College (Carlisle, PA: Dickinson College, 1905), 158.
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    *Conway, Robert H. - Born Harrison, Md.; p. Minos and Sarah Conway ; teacher ; B. L. society ; married, May 30, 1872, to Jenny L. Medford, Harrison, Md. ; children, Delia M., Ralph H., Olin P., Sadie M., Nellie B. Died Apr. 19, 1900, Harrison, Md.
    Citation:
    George Leffingwell Reed, ed., Alumni Record: Dickinson College (Carlisle, PA: Dickinson College, 1905), 171.
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    *Jones, Samuel J. - Born March 22, 1836, at Bainbridge, Lancaster county, Pa.; A. B., 1857; LL. D., 1884; 1860, M. D., University of Pennsylvania ; 1861-3, assistant surgeon and surgeon, United States navy; 1863-4, examining surgeon of medical officers, Chicago, Ill; 1864-5, surgeon-in-charge of United States naval hospital, New Orleans, La.; 1865, transferred to Pensacola. Fla.; 1868, resigned ; delegate to European medical associations ; 1870-97, professor of ophthalmology and otology, Chicago medical college; 1884-97, editor Chicago Medical Journal and Examiner; U. P. society. Died 1901, in Chicago, Ill.
    Citation:
    George Leffingwell Reed, ed., Alumni Record: Dickinson College (Carlisle, PA: Dickinson College, 1905), 152.
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    Lupton, Samuel Lawrence – Born March 17, 1835, Dayton, Ohio ; p. Elisha Francis and Martha Jane (Davidson) Lupton ; prep., Govanstown academy, Baltimore county; entered 1849; retired 1853; A. B., 1859 ; A. M.,1861 ; lawyer ; admitted to practice by supreme court, California, 1861; deputy county clerk, county and city of San Francisco, 1857-63 ; assistant to city attorney, 1863-64 ; member state legislature, 1865-69 ; Zeta Psi ; B. L. society. Address, 630 Market street, San Francisco, Cal.
    Citation:
    George Leffingwell Reed, ed., Alumni Record: Dickinson College (Carlisle, PA: Dickinson College, 1905), 196.
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    Reily, Thomas Myers     Born June 9, 1842, Carlisle, Pa.; p. William and Elizabeth Kerman Reily; prep., Carlisle high school and Dickinson grammar school; entered 1857; retired 1860; graduated General Theological Seminary, New York, 1883; A. M., 1883 and S. T. D. 1886, Racine college; clergyman; assistant rector, St. George’s Protestant Episcopal church, Newburgh, N. Y., 1863-66; rector All Saints’ church, Navesink Highlands, N. J., 1866-68; traveled in England, 1868; rector St. Paul’s Church, Winona, Minn., 1868-72; rector, St. Clement’s church, Philadelphia, Pa., 1872-75; rector, Holy Trinity Parish, Minneapolis, Minn., 1875-81; professor of ecclesiastical history Theological Seminary Kenosha, Wis., 1882-92. Adjunct professor, pastoral theology, General Theological Seminary, N. Y., 1894 -- ; U.P. society; published, "Life of Charles George Gordon - a Nineteenth Century Worthy of the English Church," "Memorial Biography of Eugene Augustus Hoffman." Address, New York, N. Y.
    Citation:
    George Leffingwell Reed, ed., Alumni Record: Dickinson College (Carlisle, PA: Dickinson College, 1905), 148.
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    *Lyon, Thomas Lyttleon – Born April 29, 1832, Carlisle, Pa.; p., George A. and Anna G. Lyon; prep., Dickinson grammar school; entered 1848; A. B., 1852; A. M., 1855; merchant; taught school seven years; merchant in Iowa and New Orleans; officer in the “Crescent regiment,” New Orleans, Confederate States army; U. P. society; married, 1868, Miss Amelia Marks of Louisiana; second, December 2, 1881, Beulah Clark, Yonkers, N. Y. Died March 29, 1883.
    Citation:
    George Leffingwell Reed, ed., Alumni Record: Dickinson College (Carlisle, PA: Dickinson College, 1905), 176.
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    *Griffith, Thomas Miller – Born March 23, 1834, Honey Brook, Pa.; entered 1854; A. B., 1858; D. D., 1891; clergyman; member Philadelphia conference, Methodist Episcopal church, 1859-98, serving churches in Chestnut Hill, Churchtown, Cornwall, Carlisle, Harrisburg, Philadelphia, Lebanon, Mauch Chunck and Media; B. L. society. Died April 8, 1898, Philadelphia, Pa.
    Citation:
    George Leffingwell Reed, ed., Alumni Record: Dickinson College (Carlisle, PA: Dickinson College, 1905), 184.
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    Parker, Thomas Sheerer – Born in Perry county, Pa., April 2, 1840; p., Joseph and Mary (Sheerer) Parker; prep., Dickinson grammar school; entered 1856; A. B., 1859; A. M., 1862; lawyer; Sigma Chi; B. L. society. Address, Pittsburg, Pa.
    Citation:
    George Leffingwell Reed, ed., Alumni Record: Dickinson College (Carlisle, PA: Dickinson College, 1905), 1857.
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    *Allen, Tiphen Walsingham - Born Feb. 7, 1833, near Mt. Jackson, Va.; p., Rhesa Allen and Katharine K. White; entered 1852; farmer; U.P. society; married, 1855, Miss Nannie Lee Saunders of near Leesburg, Loudon county, Va. Died July 12, 1900, at Mt. Jackson.
    Citation:
    George Leffingwell Reed, ed., Alumni Record: Dickinson College (Carlisle, PA: Dickinson College, 1905), 144.
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    *Brown, W. H.    Alexandria, Va.; B. L. society; farmer; resided at Nokesville, Va., for many years and is supposed to be dead.
    Citation:
    George Leffingwell Reed, ed., Alumni Record: Dickinson College (Carlisle, PA: Dickinson College, 1905), 176.
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    Griffith, William Hamilton – Born August 19, 1836, in York, Pa.; A. B., 1858; banker, 1858-9, taught in Frederick county, Md.; 1859-60, teacher of languages, Cumberland Valley Institute; 1860-61, taught Hartford county, Md.; 1861-4, associate principal Cottage Hill college, York, Pa.; 1864-6, associate editor “True Democrat,” York, Pa.; teller York national bank; Sigma Chi; B. L. society. Address, York, Pa.
    Citation:
    George Leffingwell Reed, ed., Alumni Record: Dickinson College (Carlisle, PA: Dickinson College, 1905), 194.
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    *Maxwell, William Henry – Born February 6, 1830, Chambersburg, Pa.; A. B., 1861; clergyman; member of East Baltimore conference, Methodist Episcopal church; chaplain United States army; Phi Kappa Psi; U. P. society. Died March 23, 1866, at Chambersburg.

    Citation:
    George Leffingwell Reed, ed., Alumni Record: Dickinson College (Carlisle, PA: Dickinson College, 1905), 163.
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    *Redden, William Henry - Born February 22, 1832. Brideville, Del.; p., William O. and Margaret M. Redden; prep., Georgetown academy; entered 1852; retired 1854; lawyer; staff of Governor Burton of Delaware, rank of lieutenant colonel, 1859; captain company D, 48th Illinois volunteers, 1861; United States pension agent, 1867; U. P. society; married, March 20, 1868, Mary E. Hosmer of Nashville, Ill.; children, Katharine, Corinne. Died March 2, 1872, El Dorado, Kan. Non-graduate.
    Citation:
    George Leffingwell Reed, ed., Alumni Record: Dickinson College (Carlisle, PA: Dickinson College, 1905), 154.
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    *Bowdle, William James     Born October 8, 1834, at Church Creek, Md.; 1854, A. B.; 1856, M. D., Baltimore; 1856-58, practiced medicine in Kansas; 1858, returned to Baltimore; 1861, surgeon, United States Navy; hospital surgeon at Hilton Head, S. C.; 1865-76, practiced medicine in Dorchester county, Md.; B. L. society. Died Aug. 1, 1876, at Church Creek, Md.
    Citation:
    George Leffingwell Reed, ed., Alumni Record: Dickinson College (Carlisle, PA: Dickinson College, 1905), 116.
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    *Penrose, William McFunn – Born March 29, 1825, in Carlisle, Pa.; A. B., 1844; member of Carlisle bar; lieutenant colonel 6th regiment Pennsylvania reserves; B. L. society. Died September 2, 1872, in Carlisle, Pa.
    Citation:
    George Leffingwell Reed, ed., Alumni Record: Dickinson College (Carlisle, PA: Dickinson College, 1905), 199.
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    Willey, William Princeton – Born May 24, 1840, Morgantown, W. Va.; p., Waitman T. and Elizabeth E. Willey; prep., Monongalia academy, Morgan town, W. Va.; entered 1858; A. B., 1862; A. M., 1865; lawyer; professor of law, West Virginia university, 1883 -; author, “History of the Formation of West Virginia;” Phi Kappa Psi; B. L. society. Address, Morgantown, W. Va.
    Citation:
    George Leffingwell Reed, ed., Alumni Record: Dickinson College (Carlisle, PA: Dickinson College, 1905), 229.
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    Fisher, William Righter - Born June 27, 1849, Bryn Mawr, Pa. ; p. William A. and Sarah (Anderson) Fisher ; prep., Hasting’s academy, Philadelphia; entered 1867 ; A. B., 1870 ; lawyer ; instructor in natural science, Dickinson seminary, Williamsport, Pa., 1870-71 ; student, universities of Heidelberg and Munich, Germany, 1871-74 ; professor of modern languages, Dickinson college, 1874-76 ; admitted to Philadelphia bar, 1876 ; B. L. society ; married, January 4, 1876, A. E. Wager ; son, Wager. Address, 1012 Stephen Girard building, Philadelphia, Pa.
    Citation:
    George Leffingwell Reed, ed., Alumni Record: Dickinson College (Carlisle, PA: Dickinson College, 1905), 116.
    Body Summary:
    *Brown, William T.    Carlisle, Pa.; B. L. society. Last address, 212 Market street, Philadelphia, Pa. Further record unknown.
    Citation:
    George Leffingwell Reed, ed., Alumni Record: Dickinson College (Carlisle, PA: Dickinson College, 1905), 162.
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    *Collins, William T. - Born at Milford, Del. ; p., Henderson and Rebecca M. Collins ; physician ; practiced for many years at Camden, N. J. ; married, March 9, 1858, to Rachel Hoffecker, Smyrna, Del. Died November 10, 1900, at Camden, N. J. Non-graduate.
    Citation:
    George Leffingwell Reed, ed., Alumni Record: Dickinson College (Carlisle, PA: Dickinson College, 1905), 159.
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    *Barnitz, William Tell - Born September 17, 1831, in Hanover, Pa. ; A. B., 1855 ; captain of United States infantry ; was in the battles of New Berne, Little Washington and Gettysburg ; in real estate business at Tullahoma, Tenn. ; published "Rosamond," "Alforata," "Pocket Accountant," "Recluse," "Patent Sermons to Bachelors," &c. ; Zeta Psi ; B. L. society. Died October 19, 1887, at Tullahoma.
    Citation:
    George Leffingwell Reed, ed., Alumni Record: Dickinson College (Carlisle, PA: Dickinson College, 1905), 170.
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    *Brim, William Wallace - Born 1827, at Henrietta, Monroe county, N. Y. ; A. B., 1857 ; principal of Rainsboro seminary, Pa. ; member of East Baltimore conference, Methodist Episcopal church ; principal of Jonesville seminary, N. Y. ; 1864, removed to Lockport, N. Y., and engaged in business ; U. P. society. Died in Lockport, October 16, 1874.
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