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tales of his own experiences which appeared nnder a 

 nom de plume in Forest and Stream. 



As the story of Pirsson 's early life has shown, he was 

 denied as a boy the joys and blessings of the intimate 

 home circle. In New Haven, which became his home 

 from the time of his entrance into the Scientific School, 

 he gradually formed a circle of highly valued warm 

 friends. In 1902 he was married to Miss Eliza Trumbull 

 Brush, a daughter of his early teacher and close friend, 

 Prof. George J. Brush. 



Conscientious and unsparing devotion to manifold 

 duties gradually had its effect on a constitution never 

 rugged. A number of years ago Pirsson began to suffer 

 from rheumatism, but he could not, at first, bring himself 

 to give up his work and devote the necessary time to re- 

 cuperation. Gradually his trouble developed into chronic 

 arthritis, and the best of advice and the care of his de- 

 voted wife could only bring temporary relief. During 

 periods of apparent improvement he continued his work, 

 at great cost. After a few months of intense suffering 

 he passed away in December of 1919, in his sixtieth year. 



In the course of this trying illness the beauty and dig- 

 nity of his patient fortitude bore the heroic stamp and his 

 solicitude for others and courteous appreciation of every 

 attention never failed. 



Whitman Ceoss. 



