82 YALE FOREST SCHOOL 

Hamilton G. Merrill 
United States Forest Service, Santa Barbara, Calif. 
Hamilton Griswold Merrill was born July 18, 1878, in Andover, Mass., 
the son of George Cooke Merrill and Florence (Adams) Merrill. He 
is the grandson on his father’s side of James H. Merrill and Lucia W. G. 
Merrill, and on his mother’s side of Isaac Adams and Nancy H. Adams. 
He has one sister, Florence (Merrill) Featherston, B.A. Smith ’o08. 
He was prepared at Phillips Academy, Andover, Mass., and received 
the degrees of B.A. and M.A. at Amherst College in 1900 and 1905, 
respectively. 
He was married January 1, 1913, in Santa Barbara, Calif., to Miss Helen 
Inez Eschenburg of Santa Barbara, daughter of Arnold W. Eschenburg 
(deceased), and Mary M. Eschenburg. 
Merrill is deputy forest supervisor in the United States Forest 
Service with headquarters in Santa Barbara, Calif. He has 
held this position since July 1, 1904. He writes: “Have been 
in the Bureau of Forestry and the Forest Service continuously. — 
Have traveled some in the South and West.” 
Allan B. Patterson 
Business address, Hot Springs, Tulare County, Calif. 
Home address, Concord, N. H. 
Allan Bouton Patterson was born January 22, 1875, in Concord, N. H., 
the son of Joab Nelson Patterson and Sarah, (Bouton) Patterson. 
His father was colonel of the 1st New Hampshire Volunteers in 
the Civil War, captain of the 2d New Hampshire Volunteers in the 
Spanish War and quartermaster of the 3d Division tst A. C. He 
was also United States marshal, 2d auditor of the Treasury, superin- 
tendent of Public Buildings, Cuba, and is at present United States Pen- 
sion Agent. An antecedent on his mother’s side, Nathaniel Bouton, 
received the degree of B.A. from Yale in 1821 and the degree of D.D. 
from Dartmouth in 1851. He has one sister, Julia Nelson Patterson, 
and one brother, Louis Marston Patterson. 
He was prepared at Phillips Andover and in 1808 received the degree 
of Ph.B. from Dartmouth College. From April 9 to November 20, 1808, 
he served as a private in the 1st New Hampshire Volunteers and in 
the 3d Division, 1st A. C. Hospital Corps. He was employed in the 
General Electric Company a year and a half before entering the Yale 
Forest School. 
He is unmarried. 


