History of the class of '70, Department of literature, science and the arts . tice as he could attend to. In Xovember, 1897, he be-came afflicted with an enlargement of the heart, and dropsy, andlingered till February 18, 1898, when he passed away, leaving hiswife in comfortal)le circumstances. His only child, Clara jNIay, was born September 11, 1873, anddied August 21, 1881. Patrick Henry Bumpus was a man of many sterling qualitiesand we all learned to love him. He was genial, social and sense of humor was fine. Possessed of a good memory he wasfond of reading and repeating the best
History of the class of '70, Department of literature, science and the arts . tice as he could attend to. In Xovember, 1897, he be-came afflicted with an enlargement of the heart, and dropsy, andlingered till February 18, 1898, when he passed away, leaving hiswife in comfortal)le circumstances. His only child, Clara jNIay, was born September 11, 1873, anddied August 21, 1881. Patrick Henry Bumpus was a man of many sterling qualitiesand we all learned to love him. He was genial, social and sense of humor was fine. Possessed of a good memory he wasfond of reading and repeating the best poetry of our domestic life he was very indulgent, generous and kind. Inhis practice of medicine he was extremely conscientious. No one,whatever his circumstances, was ever refused medical assistanceby him, nor his most faithful services. His passing away has beena great loss to the community where he lived, as well as to us, andwe sympathize with his wife and sister, wdio survive him, in thegreat loss thev have suffered. 46 Class of 70, University of Charles Francis Burton, , , Mich. Was born in Romulus, inSeneca County. Xew York, on the8th day of Xovember, 1849. ^hfather was at that time teachingschool, but later became a homeo-pathic physician, and is still livingat Hastings, Michigan. ~Slygrandfather, came as a boy ofseven or eight years with hisfather to the United States fromAlanchester, England, in or aboutthe year 1809, to Waterloo, NewYork, where he became a sur-ve_\-or and county lawyer, of whomit is stated that he was more thanall. a student of mathematics, who would forget everything whenintent upon the solution of a mathematical problem. On mymothers side. I can claim descent from \\illiam Bradford, thefirst Governor of the Plymouth colony and from John Alason(Pequot Mason), who pacified the Pequot Indians in Connecticutin 1637. ]\Iy mothers name was Anna E. Munroe. and her descenton the maternal side was from the descendants
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