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The class of 1865 entered fifty-one, the largest class up to that time that had
ever matriculated at Wesleyan. From '61 to '65 was the struggle of the
Civil War. Very naturally the class would be depleted as enlistments
occurred, or the boys were drafted into service. While the spirit of
patriotism ran high, twenty-eight of the original fifty-one remained through the
entire course, which, with seven additions during the course, made the
graduating class thirty-five. The class held its first reunion three years
after graduation, at which time an elegant, solid silver, medallion cup was
presented to the class boy, William Barnard Smith, son of S. K. Smith, born June
22, 1866, R. H. Rust making the presentation speech. The second reunion
was held during Commencement Week, 1870 at the residence of Prof. W. N. Rice on
High street.
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Class of 1865 - Graduates (Living at Time of the Reunion)
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Wilbur Olin Atwater
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None Given |
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Theodore Charles Beach
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Bristol |
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Wellesley Wellington Bowdish
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Hartwick, N. Y.
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| Coleman Clark Burr
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None Given |
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Allen Clark
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Whitehall, N. Y.
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| Edward Cutts
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New Rochelle, N. Y.
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George Augustus Graves
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West Salisbury, Vt.
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| Albert Overton Hammond
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None Given |
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Cyrus Augustus Johnson
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Middletown
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| William Valentine Kelley
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Staten Island, N. Y.
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Joseph Henry Mansfield
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Whitehall, N. Y.
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| James Mudge
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Lynn, Mass.
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Joseph Orlando Munson
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Middlebury
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| Israel Augustus Newhall
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Lynn, Mass
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William Henry Harrison Phillips
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Longboro, C. W.
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John Rufus Reynolds
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Middlefield
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William North Rice
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Springfield, Mass
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William Robinson
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Brooklyn, N. Y.
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Richard Hubbard Rust
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Xenia, Ohio
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Elias Benjamin Sanford
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None Given |
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Henry Edgar Smith
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Burke, Vt.
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Sidney Ketcham Smith
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Huntington, L. I., N. Y.
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Daniel Hayden Taylor
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None Given |
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Nicholas Tillinghast Whitaker
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Needham Plains, Mass.
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Brothers called to other duties before the Diplomas were given,
sometimes termed
Non-Graduates (Living at Time of the Reunion) |
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Cassius Frederick Boardman
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Hartwick, N.Y.
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Albert William Chapin
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Boston, Mass.
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John Lyon Chase
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Middletown
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John Crawford
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Redding
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Charles Wesley Ferguson
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Amenia, N. Y.
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David Benson Furber
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South Danvers, Mass
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James Henry Groves
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None Given |
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John Matthias Hodgats
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Fall River, Mass.
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George Phelps Holman
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Salem, Oregon
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Jonathan Burwell Kilbourn
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Middletown
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Charles Harvey Lane
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None Given |
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Charles Dewitt Marcy
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Ashburnham, Mass.
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Henry Gleason Newton
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Durham
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George Hapgood Stone
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Euclid, N. Y.
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Daniel Camp Tate
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Middletown
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Non Graduates (Deceased at the Time of the Reunion)
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George Heman Crosby
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Middle Haddam
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Robert Newton Eddy
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Cazenovia, N. Y.
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John Parker Ellis
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New Bedford, Mass.
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Andrew Jackson Groves
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Christiana, Del.
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Benjamin Franklin Holden
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None Given |
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Samuel Edmund Nichols
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Brookfield, Mass
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William Henry Rice
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Newton, Mass.
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Edgar Russell
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Hartwick Seminary, N. Y.
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Merritt Hoag Sherman
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Clarendon Springs, Vt.
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Manning Force Stires
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Clinton, N. J.
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Henry Tourtellott
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Webster, Mass.
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Graduates (Deceased at the Time of the Reunion)
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William Homer Burnett
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Rutland, Vt.
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Luther Munson Gilbert
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Southbury
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Benjamin Ayer Gilman
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Oakdale, Mass.
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Salmon Durance Jones
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White Mills, Pa.
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Siegfried Kristeller
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Middletown
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William Amos Nottage
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Hopkinton, Mass.
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Jacob Neal Perkins
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Hartford, Vt.
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William Henry Richman
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Woodstown, N. J.
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Wilbur Fisk Sandford
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None Given |
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George Lewis Westgate
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Fall River, Mass.
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Charles Wesley Wilder
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None Given |
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