UNIVERSITY 



Biographical Sketches of Alumni. 



CLASS OF 1871. 



GIDEON HAMMOND ALLEN was born 12th December, 1848, at 

 Marion. Engaged in stock farming, landscape gardening, engin- 

 eering, etc., North Conway, N. H., 1872-75; resident, South 

 Deerfield, 1875-76 ; agent, Wells, Fargo & Co., at Hnmboldt, 

 Kan., 1876-80, and at Winfield, Kan., 1880-84 ; in the insurance 

 business, since 1884. Married, 22d January, 1874, at South 

 Deerfield, Ella Augusta Hastings. One son and a daughter, both 

 deceased. Address, Winfield, Cowley Co., Kan. 



Frequent contributor to agricultural journals. 



ANDREW LEWIS BASSETT was born 9th March, 1849, at Ware. 

 Asst. Engineer, Mass. Central R. R., 1871-72 ; dealer in lumber, 

 Cambridge, Pa., 1873-74; cashier, Central Vt. Railroad Co., 

 Brooklyn, N. Y., 1874-83 ; transfer and general forwarding agent, 

 Central Vt. Railroad Co., N. Y. City, since 1883, and eastern 

 partner, Geo. W. Williams & Co., general merchants, Deming, 

 N. M. Address, Pier 36, East River, N. Y. City. 



WILLIAM PERKINS BIRNIE was born 24th December, 1849, at 

 Becket. Contractor, Springfield ; conductor, Connecticut Central 

 Railroad Co., 1878-81 ; salesman, Birnie Paper Co., since 1881. 

 Married, at New Bedford, Mary W. Mathews. One son and a 

 daughter. Address, Springfield, Mass. 



WILLIAM HENRY BOWKER was born 3d July, 1850, at Natick ; 

 studied at Templeton High School, 1866-67. Engaged in jour- 

 nalism on the Providence Daily Journal, 1871 ; taught a grammar 



NOTE. The names of undergraduates who died in course are inserted with their 

 respective classes. 



When no State is mentioned Massachusetts is to be understood. 

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