. Thetford academy, Thetford, Vermont. Seventy-fifth anniversary and reunion. Thursday, June 28, 1894. ted with him as teacher atPeacham. In 1S61 he was chosen professor of mathematics inWillamette University, at Salem, Oregon. In 1863 he acceptedthe presidency of the University of Washington, at 1865 he was appointed deputy collector of customs for thePuget Sound District. In 1869 he resigned and moved toVentura, So. Cal., where he was engaged in the lumber businesswith a brother. The next year he started a new town eightmiles from Ventura, and there began trade in lumber and gen-e
. Thetford academy, Thetford, Vermont. Seventy-fifth anniversary and reunion. Thursday, June 28, 1894. ted with him as teacher atPeacham. In 1S61 he was chosen professor of mathematics inWillamette University, at Salem, Oregon. In 1863 he acceptedthe presidency of the University of Washington, at 1865 he was appointed deputy collector of customs for thePuget Sound District. In 1869 he resigned and moved toVentura, So. Cal., where he was engaged in the lumber businesswith a brother. The next year he started a new town eightmiles from Ventura, and there began trade in lumber and gen-eral merchandise. The town was located on what was sup-posed to be government land, but which was afterwards claimedas a part of Ala Colonia Ranch, and after a long controversywas so patented. For four years he was engaged in the realestate business in Santa Barbara. In 1S79 ^^^ moved to Oak-land, where he has since resided and been engaged in the realestate and insurance business. He has been called upon to bear his part in various responsi-bilities, and is now a member of the city council. He has. HERBERT H. BARNES. 153 always been active in church work, and whether engaged inbusiness or education, he has been the same generous, noble-hearted man that he was in his school days at Thetford. He has four children, two sons and two daughters. His old-est son, for ten years married, is cashier in a commission housein San Francisco. His youngest son is associated with hisfather in business. His oldest daughter is married after havingbeen a successful teacher of kindergarten ; his youngest has atraining class for kindergarten teachers besides a class formothers. Herbert H. Barnes, Esq., manager of the Hotel Brunswick,Boston, one of the exclusive hotels in New England, isa natural hotel keeper, having spent half his life in the busi-ness. He was born in Lyme, N. H., Aug. 29, 1853. His fa-ther and grandfather were hotel keepers. His father, HiramBarnes, kept a famous tavern in East Leb
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