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—————— YALE OBITUARIES. [Continued from page 209. | and entered Yale withthe Class af Thirty-Nine. He left College before his Freshman year was ended. Later he studied Theology and was successively pastor of Congregational churches at Granville, Mass., and Poughkeepsie, N. Y., and principal of the seminary at Poughkeepsie, now known as Linden Hall. A wife and daughter survive him. PROF. EDWARD W. ROBBINS, 743. Prof. Edward W. Robbins, ’43, ‘an invalid for many years past, died at his home in Kensington, Conn., Nov. 7, 1899. Prof. Robbins was afflicted with poor health the greater part of his life and _ was obliged several times to give up his work of teaching and travel in the South. He was at one time a teacher in the State Normal School at New Britain and later a private tutor in the family of Governor Engs of Rhode Island. JOHN SIMON BOSSLER, EX-’51. John Simon Bossler, ex-’51, died at his home in Myerstown, Pa., Friday, February 9. : Mr. Bossler was born in 1828, and entered Yale with the Class of Fifty- One, but remained only one year. He studied a year in the Yale Law School, but did not graduate. In 1852 he was admitted to the bar in Myerstown, Pa., but immediately moved to Philadelphia, where he was elected a member of the City Council. He later moved to his old home at Myerstown, where he has since resided. For the past twenty years Mr. Bossler has lived the life of a recluse, seeing only his nearest relatives. HENRY CORNELIUS ROBINSON, 753. The Honorable Henry Cornelius Robinson, ’53, died at his home on Main street, Hartford, Wednesday morning, February 14. For several months Mr. Robinson has suffered from rheumatism, an old affliction with him, and com- plicated of late with some symptoms of gout. About a month ago his condition caused him to keep his room. He suf- fered a great deal, and about a week before his death symptoms of congestion of the brain appeared. From that time he failed rapidly. : Henry Cornelius Robinson was born in Hartford, August 28, 1832. He was descended from the first Puritan set- tlers of New England. He was educated at the Hartford Grammar School, and the Hartford Public High School after the latter’s consolidation with the Gram- mar School. From there he went to Yale, graduating with honors with the Class of Fifty-Three. Yale gave him the degree of LL.D. in 1888. After graduation Mr. Robinson studied law in the office of his older brother, Lucius F. Robinson. It was in the lat- ter’s honor that the Lucius F. Robinson Latin prizes were established in 1887 by his daughters, of Hartford, one of whom, Miss Eliza Trumbull Robinson, died very recently in Hartford. In 1861 Lucius F. Robinson died. Mr. Robin- son continued in business alone until 1888, when his oldest son, Lucius F. Robinson, ’85, became a member of the firm. John T. Robinson, 793, was ad- mitted recently, the style of the firm having been changed to Robinson & Robinson. The firm is one of the best _ known in Connecticut. ! Mr. Robinson held many high offices. He was indeed one of the most con- a anne, rl BECAUSE We are the largest Custom Shirt mak- ers in the world is the reason that Keep’s Dollar Shirts ready to wear are better than any other ready-made dollar shirts. af | They are made by the same people who make our custom shirts. KEEP MFG. CoO., B’way, bet. 11th & 12th Sts. We have no other store in New York. eee oe Se SeSesesese ope 525250525 We acaianak Ves arauaeiracteneree eet SY ALLE. ALi UME spicuous figures in Connecticut life for more than a generation, and very well known all through this part of the country. He was always a Republican in politics. He was elected Mayor of Hartford in 1872, overcoming a large Democratic majority. His term as Mayor. became an example and a high standard for that office. During his administration, Hartford became the sole capital of the State, Mr. Robinson HENRY C. ROBINSON, 753. taking an important part in the move- ment. In 1879 Mr. Robinson’ was elected a member of the General Assem- bly. “His prominence in public affairs,” says the Hartford Courant, “and his legal knowledge and brilliant eloquence made him chairman of the judiciary committee and leader of the House. He was successful in procuring the enact- ment of several important matters of legislation which included the change in legal procedure. Always a Republican in politics from the formation of the party, Mr. Robinson continued to sup- port its principles all through life, and his influence in party politics was always felt. He received the Republican nom- ination for governor three times, in the Spring of 1876, the Fall of the same year and again in 1878, at the celebrated con- vention in Allyn Hall, when he declined, and Governor Andrews was nominated and was subsequently elected by the General Assembly, the greenback defec- tion from the Democratic party throw- ing the election into the Legislature. Each nomination Mr. Robinson received was by acclamation. He was a member of the national Republican convention at Chicago in 1880 as one of the delegates from this State, which nominated Gar- field and Arthur, and he drafted a large portion of the platform which was fin- ally adopted. Mr. Robinson was _ ten- [Continued on page 212.| KERBO eee K. ra TRUST CO. Sp 234 Fifth Avenue. 66 Broadway. Safe Deposit Vaults at Both Offices, OFFICERS: CHARLES T. BARNEY, President. FRED’K L. ELDRIDGE, rst Vice-President. JOSEPH T. BROWN, and Vice-President. ALFRED-B. MACLAY, Secretary,and Treasurer. 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