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and with an earnest determination to do thorough work, ever 



failed to profit by his instruction or had any personal ground 



for complaint. 



Dr. Davies was a man of kindly nature, of deep sincerity, 



and of warm and generous impulses. He was domestic in his 



life and habits, as gentle as a child, and as true as steel to the 



demands of honor and the claims of friendship. Coming to the 



University in his early manhood, he gave his maturer life — 



his very best years — to its service. By that service he has won 



the lasting gratitude of every true friend of the UnivcTsity; 



and for his priceless qualities of heart and soul, his memory will 



always be warmly cherished by his neighbors and his colleagues, 



and especially by those who knew him longest and knew him 



best. 



J. B. Paekinsoit. 



WILLAED HARRIS CHANDLER. 



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Willard H. Chandler was born in Brattleboro, Vermont, Nov. 

 18, 1830. He made the most of the educational advantages 

 offered by his home school, until his fift-eenth year, when he 

 entered the office of the Vermont Phoenix, a Aveekly newspaper, 

 where he remained, with the exception of a short period, until 

 he came to Wisconsin in 1854. He first settled in Delavan, 

 Wahvorth county. One year later he moved to Windsor, a few 

 miles east of ]\Iadison, bought a piece of prairie land, and com- 

 menced to work out a farm. This farm he sold in 1868 and 

 moved to Sun Prairie village, where he resided for twenty years. 

 For the gTeater part, of this time he was in the employ of the 

 state, in some capacity or other. His liking for a farm home 

 was so strong, however, that he purchased a fine tract of land 

 near Sun Prairie village, which he improved and on which he 

 resided at the time of his death, March, 1901. 



His farm life was prosperous and characterized by the same 

 energy, judgment and earnestness evinced by him in every 

 undertaking. 



