History of the class of '70, Department of literature, science and the arts . me transferred the gen-eral offices of The \ictor Fuel Company to that city. In addi-tion to the several enterprises above mentioned, Mr. Chappell isdirector and vice-president of The Wichita A^alley Railway Com-pany ; president of The Union Accident Insurance Company, andvice-president of the Capital National Bank of the City of Denver. Varnum Barstow Cochran, at Marquette, Mich., May 9th, 1896. Was born in Argentine Town-ship, Genesse Co., Mich., Dec. 5th,1844. Reared on his parentsfarm, (John R. and Alary


History of the class of '70, Department of literature, science and the arts . me transferred the gen-eral offices of The \ictor Fuel Company to that city. In addi-tion to the several enterprises above mentioned, Mr. Chappell isdirector and vice-president of The Wichita A^alley Railway Com-pany ; president of The Union Accident Insurance Company, andvice-president of the Capital National Bank of the City of Denver. Varnum Barstow Cochran, at Marquette, Mich., May 9th, 1896. Was born in Argentine Town-ship, Genesse Co., Mich., Dec. 5th,1844. Reared on his parentsfarm, (John R. and Alary Eliza-beth, whose maiden name wasb letcher) and received from themhabits of industry, and literarytastes. His mother wrote bothprose and poetry and contributedto periodicals of the day. He be-gan teaching school at the age of15, teaching winters and helpinghis father on the farm went tO Marquette, Mich.,when he was 19 >ears old, andtaught a summer school at that place. V. B., as he was famil-iarly called in later life, began his school life at Linden, Mich.,. 254 Class of 70, University of Michigan. which he al\va}s cahed his home, as that portion of Ar. 1aimer, of Ann Arbor, ad-vised him to acce]:)t the offer, which he did. He bade good byeto the intimate frien


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