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Eugenia 913. malaria, 215.2l., 93.5 A Biographi tal Sketch hy it'ltlilt Llcwis l'A'PI'I'ZI-Z OSICI'H MOODY tVli.I.ARH is of HM ninth gultcratinn in .Xilicrica u' tht- ilvsccntlants mt. Majnr Simun W'illaril whn lct't Kent County, linglaml. sunn- lilllk' lu-tnru 1034 tn SCliiC at Camhridgc in tlu- New Linlmly uf Massachusetts tay. This t-arly piuiiccr was a man wt wnmnamling' power. a man remark- ahlc even in that irmi tii'st gunvratiun in New linglanll. lie was the leading spirit in the Cumpany that lmnght truln tho lntliails tht- nnw H'lchratwl township nf Cuncurtl. Massachusetts. and in 1635. with tho ch't-rt-ml lH-tt-r Hulkclt-y aml uthci's hc lllJHiU tho til'sl scttlcmcnt tht-i'c. He was the vzlrlicst. aml tul' many yt'ars IilC only, rcprcscnlaliu- mt the town in thc tiL-ncral Court. and so tlistittgnisllwl lwcamc his services in this hmly that in 1672 he was granted by tho mn't't'nmcnt an estate in tirutun tnwnship as a partial cmnpmtsaliml. iirmn this stttrtly Puritan lcailcr aml his witt'. Mary Dunstct'. a sister Hi. the Rt-t'cr- cml Henry Dunslct'. thc lil'st l'rcsiilcnl nt- Ilarx'artl UIHt'gc. has ticsccmlt-tl mic nt' tht' strum: families Hi New iing'ialltli Samucl ttillai'tl. lilk' sccuml sun Hf thc pinnccr. was President of Harvard t'rmn 1701 to 1707. :lllti all nt' thc nthcr tlcsccmlants during lilt' two centuries haw.- hccn mcn uf flil'k'c ami charai'tt-r. 'l'hc Now Hampshirc branch of the family hogan with StL'timan tVilIaril of thc sov- cnth gcncraliun, who went tn Ui't'nrtl Hit the iitlllllk'vliClli in thc early part of tht- niac- tccnth ct'lttury aml entered the store Hf Jnhn H. chi-vlt-r as clcrk. Later ilt' purchased the business and fur many years was the leading man Hf tlu- region, giving nt' his tinu- antl means tinsparingly for thc t'urthcranm- ut' tht- i'cligimis aml t'ivic welfare at his Cums munily. III: marricd Mary tYhu-lt-r. daughter nt' illt' wt-ll knuwn lH'HUfHClUF nt' Dart- mouth Cullcgc. His lifth son. Isaac tVillartl, lmrn in 183.2, vuntimml his fathers busi- ness and thc ancL-sti'al tradition of sturdy llnitt-sty aml avtivc ctiicicncy. lint: many years he was the loading,r mcrrhanl and man of affairs at a wide region. joseph Moody W'illard. the sun of Isaac Willard aml Mary Scrlc tVillaril. was horn in Orturtl. Now llampshirc, livhruary l. 1805. His lmyhuml was a happy mic. llt' at- tended lilt' sttn'tly Now linglaml typt' ut' st'html which tinurishvd in his tlay, and he sup- plcmcntctl this schooling with that most praMical mt. training. t'in' hnys. general wnrk in the country storc and the post ul'ticc ui- his tiatht-r. ill his sixteenth yvar 11v entered the .tcatlL-my at St. Juhnshury. Vermont. 'liwu yt-ars later. in 1883. he was m'atlnatt-d with hmmrs. litti-tl in Greek. Latin. Mathrmatitw. aml thi- nthL-r hranchcs rcquirctl at that time tn enter any of thy cullcgt-s of New lfng'laml. Naturally. ilC chnsc Dartmouth. The family history had hccn cluscly cmnu-ctt-tl with the cnllcgc in its early tlays and St. Jnhnshury was famous fur its wcll-tittctl men, ahnust ail nf whnm wont tn Dart- mouth; antl. t-urllu-rmnrc. nu New Hampshire man uf the earlier ilays hut lwlict'ml that thi- cullugc had in it smncthing of 1110 pt-rsnnality :uul iill' granili- strcngth of tho Uiti Mountain State. i't'UfCSSOl' tVillal'd's cnllcuc cutu'sr was a distinguished mic. Ili- juinctl lilt' Delta Kappa lipsilun fraternity. at that time tht- lvatlm' in thc Cullcgt- in matters of scholar- ship and culture; he tank from tho lirst high sthnlastic rank in a class cnnspicumts t'nr its brilliant scholarship; antl ho was grailuatwl in June. 1887. with tinal honors in Mathe- matics. cum laude, and with Phi iota Kappa standing. lie was :1 leadingr spirit in the Y M. C. A. aml was a delegati- at Nnrtlitichl ihn'ingr that fanmus session when the stu- ilcnt vnluntccr muvcmcnt was inanguratcrl. Page Nine
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