YALE OBITUARIES.
THE LATE REV. GEORGE I. WOOD, 733.
[From a Sketch read at Mr. Wood's funeral by his
pastor in Washington, D. C., January 16.]
His career as an ordained minister
began in this city in 1840, when he was
pastor of the Second Presbyterian
Church. Afterwards he was pastor of
West Hartford and other congrega-
tional churches of Connecticut. His
ministry also included a brief pastorate
in Minnesota. His last pastorate was
in his native State, at Kllington, where
in I87I, on- account of ill-health, he
was obliged to lay aside the active
duties of a pastorate. I would not say
that he laid aside the active duties of
the ministry till 11.30 last Monday
night. Anyone who ever heard him
talk in a prayer meeting, or lead in a
public prayer, or even conversed with
him, will count such times as occasions
of spiritual blessing. Since 1891 he has
resided with his daughter, Mrs. Vinal,
in this city, and during this period has
been active in the life of this church.
When health permitted, and until these
late weeks health did permit, he was at
every service of the church. Gradually
the creeping embrace of the last enemy
drew him from the fellowship of the
public worship of God. And yet, until
within a few months he was able to come
to prayer meeting, and until within a few
weeks able to come to Sunday morning
service, and until within a few days in
the full possession of his faculties, feel-
ing, as he said, the exceeding serious-
ness of exchanging worlds, knowing he
was going to die,—going into the valley
of the shadow eyes open,—and yet not
afraid: -* * 2%
He was married on April 24, 1840
to Miss Susan T. Merwin, daughter of
Rev. Samuel and Clarissa B. Merwin.
To them four children were born, of
whom two survive them: Mrs. Emily
W. Vinal of this city, and Mr. Oliver.
T. Wood of the United States Army.
EDWIN WRIGHT, 744.
[ie Saturday. jJanitary 21st: at. his
home, 295 Beacon street, Boston, oc-
curred the death of Judge Edwin
Wright, Yale ’44, brother of Professor
Arthur W. Wright, Yale ’59, and the late
A. H. Wright, Yale ’63. Mr. Wright
was born at North Coventry, Conn.,
1821. He was valedictorian of the Yale
Class of Forty-Four. After leaving
College, he taught in the English High
School in Boston, and was afterwards
Principal of the Medford High School.
Later he was at the head of the Eliot
Grammar School in Boston. He was
very successful in his teaching, and
maintained a very warm interest in edu-
cation through his life, and gave a long
service to the Boston School Board.
Mr. Wright studied law in Harvard,
and was admitted to the Suffolk Bar in
1850. His specialty was Real Estate
Law. In 1861, he was made Justice
of the Boston Police Court, and served
there for five years, until the abolition
of that court in 1866. It is interesting
to know that no decision of the Court
made during his term was ever over-
ruled. Judge Wright made _ special
efforts to redeem young offenders by
means of parole and suspended sen-
tences. He was very successful in this
direction, and succeeded in turning the
course of not a few into safe ways.
After leaving. the Bench, he resumed
his practice of the law and saw clients
up to within a few days of his death.
The Boston Transcript has the follow-
ing paragraph concerning him: “Judge
Wright was a profound student of ethi-
cal and religious questions, and read
widely on all these subjects. He gave
many lectures before the Law School
of the Boston University, and frequently
lectured before literary societies. His
powers of oratory were early recog-
nized, and in the Massachusetts Gen-
eral Court, of which he was twice a
member, his voice was heard on all im-
portant measures. He was a stanch
Republican, and had the privilege of
voting for every Republican candidate
for President. In Masonic circles,
Judge Wright was widely known. He
was a Past Master of Massachusetts
Lodge A. F. & A. M., and had taken
the highest degree in the Order.”
He married Helen M., the daughter
of Paul Curtis, who survives him. His
“eRe wa are: Rev. Mo St €
right an rs. Theodor illiam:
both New Yok e Williams,
e late A. H. Wright, Yale ’62. on
of Judge Wright’s brothers, was . ages
cessful lawyer in New York. He died
— Ae CAT NN
in 1896. Professor Arthur W. Wright,
another brother, is the present Pro-
fessor of Experimental Physics at this
University. A sister, Miss Philura
Wright, lives in Boston.
WILLIAM THOMAS REYNOLDS, ‘45.
Rev. William Thomas Reynolds, of
the Class of Forty-Five, died January
24, at his home in North Haven, Conn.,
at the age of seventy-five. Mr. Rey-
nolds was born in West Haven, Conn.,
November 16th, 1823. After graduat-
ing from the College, he entered the
Divinity School, from which he gradu-
ated in 1848. SOUT
He held two successive pastorates at
Sherman and Kiantone, Chautauqua
Co., N. Y., at the time when Western
New York was regarded as a field for
pioneer missionary work. In 1862 he
returned to New England, and accepted
a pastorate in North Haven, Conn.
He remained there for thirty years, and
at the time of his resignation, was hold-
ing the second longest pastorate in the
Congregational Church of this State.
He was eminently successful in his
pastoral work, but at the same time
maintained a keen interest in the Col-
lege and Theological Seminary, and
was unusually weil-posted in current
theological literature. He was also
interested in the work of the Connecti-
cut Historical Society, and made fre-
quent contributions to it. |
He married Sarah M. Painter of West
Haven, and leaves behind one son and
daughter. His son, James T. Reynolds,
is a graduate of Eighty-Four, and is
now engaged in philanthropic work in
New York City.
REV. BENJAMIN TALBOT, 749.
Rev. Benjamin Talbot, ’49, died Mon-
day, January 16th, at his residence, 640
Franklin avenue, Columbus, O., ‘alter
an illness of a week. Grip complicated
with heart trouble was the cause of his
death.
Mr. Talbot was born at Brooklyn, N.
Y., on May 22, 1827, but his family
removing to Colchester, Conn., he lived
there for some years. He entered Yale
with the Class of Forty-Nine, at the
end of Freshman year in May, 1846.
After graduation, he lived for a year at.
the College as a graduate student, and
_ spent three years in the Yale Divinity
School. Until August, 1854, he occu-
pied the position of Classical Teacher
in Williston Seminary, Kasthampton,
Mass.; then becoming a teacher of the
deaf and dumb, was connected in this
‘capacity with the Ohio Institution for
the Deaf and Dumb, until 1863. For
the next five years Mr. Talbot was Sup-
erintendent of the lowa Deaf and Dumb
Institution in lowa City, and while in
that city was ordained in 1864 a minis-
ter of the Gospel. He lived in Coun-
cil Bluffs, Iowa, from 1870 to 1880,
but in the latter year 1eturned to Co-
lumbus, O., and resumed his work of
instructing the deaf and dumb.
Mr. Talbot, as an ordained minister
of the Congregational Church, often
preached to the deaf mutes, and
occasionally filled pulpits in various
churches.
Mrs. Talbot died.four days after her
husband, from an attack of grip.
THE LATE CHARLES ANSEL WATROUS, 784. -
Funeral services for Charles Ansel
Watrous, 84, who died in New York
on January 2oth, were held on January
23d at 3.30 P. M., at the residence of
Mrs. George H. Watrous, on Whitney
avenue, New Haven. The services were
read by Rev. Newman Smyth. Many
friends and clasmates of Mr. Watrous
were present from out of town. The
bearers were William B. Bristow, John
R. Halsey, Leonard M. Daggett, Henry
C. Hopkins, Paul E. Jenks, Frank D.
Trowbridge, Joseph Wood, Henry T.
Shelton, Edward I. Sanford, all of Yale
84; S. R. Bertron, ’85; Russell Sargent,
848., and Edward F. Coward of New
York.
One who knew Mrs Watrous has
written this of him: “There is no one
who knew ‘Chas.’ Watrous who will
not, hearing of his death, feel a deep
sense of nersonal bereavement, as well
as regret that his life was not spared to
permit the full development of power
and success which it promised. Such a
combination of happiness and warmth
of feeling, readiness of mind, soundness
and strength of perception, is very rare.
His life had many interests. In busi-
hess he was alreadv successful and his
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“But what a man achieves in business
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Watrous will be best remembered for
his social qualities—not mere good
companionship, but the higher qualities
of friendship and affection, which are
founded in character, together with the
readiness of mind and wit which
quickens .cllowsnip. Krom men and
books, and from alt things, he selected
what was true and discarded what was
false and trivial. His friendship was
of the loyal, hearty and generous kind
which forgives weaknesses without over-
looking them—-which helps without
wounding. :
“anose who knew him intimately,
know, too, that he loved books almost
as much as he loved people, and that
he could give with his pen a happy
turn to the little incidents and specially
the humorous incidents of life. While
editor of the Yale Record he wrote
many good pieces of light prose and
verse. Later he contributed occasion-
ally to Life. )
“As a man should, he grew in power
and enthusiasm, so that, while all loved
him, in College and out, those who
have been closest to him in the later
years will realize best how full his life
was of promise, both to himself and
them.”
The New Haven Register of Jan.
22 contained the following editorial
referring to M~. Watrous: “Charles A.
Watrous of New York, a New Haven
boy whose untimely death was an-
nounced yesterday, was a son of the
late George H. Wsatrous. He was a
young man of uncommonly winning
ways and substantial ability, which he
used as only a thorough man can, to
steadily advance himself in the world.
He had worked in positions of high au-
thority upon the staff of the New York
Sun and graduated from that school of
human nature to enter upon a success-
ful business career. His Class at Yale
was 784, but his interest in his Alma
Mater never relaxed; in fact’ it grew
stronger as he grew older. Personally
he was most attractive and loyal, mak-
ing his way into one’s heart, and then
resting there in a spot undisputed
by others. He was the sort of man
who is bound to occupy a position of
influence among his fellow men, for he
was honest, clean, industrious and able.”
LEOPOLD H. FRANOCKE.
' Yale ’89
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