History of the class of '70, Department of literature, science and the arts . ar-ren L. was a near relative Jerome 11. Chaitee, oneot the pioneer settlers of Colorado,and also of Ceneral Chaffee, whocommanded at the siege oi family for se\-eral generationslias heen interested in edticational\\(irk. Mr. Williis ])repared forcollege at llie Cnion School, .\drian, and enteretl the Cniversilvof ^Michigan in the fall of 1866. with the class of 70. and re-mained the full term of four years, receiving the degree of was a member of the Literary .\tlelphi. After graduation
History of the class of '70, Department of literature, science and the arts . ar-ren L. was a near relative Jerome 11. Chaitee, oneot the pioneer settlers of Colorado,and also of Ceneral Chaffee, whocommanded at the siege oi family for se\-eral generationslias heen interested in edticational\\(irk. Mr. Williis ])repared forcollege at llie Cnion School, .\drian, and enteretl the Cniversilvof ^Michigan in the fall of 1866. with the class of 70. and re-mained the full term of four years, receiving the degree of was a member of the Literary .\tlelphi. After graduation hewas engaged for some years in ma]) making. ha\ing his head-quarters for a time at Milwaukee. Wis. On August 30. 1S73, he married Charkute XeLodd Kious. atChicago. Rev. Sir. Osgood being the otficialing clergvman. Shewas born at Columl)ns, O., tracing her famil\- back to the Stauntonsettlement in \irginia. before revolutionary times. She waseducated in both public and private schools in Ohio and Illinois,and has always maintained an es])ecial interest in Department of Literature, Science, and Arts. 219 Mr. Willits locate-d at Kansas City. ^lo., alxivit 1875, and re-mained there one \ear and thence went to Denver, Col. In 1879,he located at Silver Cliff, Custer Co., Col, en,c:af,nn<2^ in surveyingand mining and identifying himself with engineering enterprisesof the state. On .May I, 1883, President Arthur aiJ])ointed himreceiver of the I. S. land office at Denver, which office he heldfor two years. Having ])urchased a farm (A 120 acres just out-side of the city limits of Denver, lie took uj) his residence there inXovemher. 1884. Later he was the government agent to compilethe mortgage and loan indehtedness census, and was also engagedby the government in other important works. Under surveyor-general Humphreys he had charge of the mineralogical depart-ment, involving the mineral survey of the State of in 1893. Mr. Willits went to Galveston, T
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