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4 v M ...Z 55 'T- K!- V Lin, kr' f '...A' - YALE '94 CLASS Book. Albert Anson Bigelow hails from St. Paul, Minn., where he was born july 31, 1872. His father, Charles H. Bigelow, is in the insurance business, and hasn't held any public ofiices. A relative, Nelson P. Bige- lowggraduated in Yale '84, and he has also relatives that are graduates of Williams College Traces his ancestry back three generations and has only pure American blood in his veins. Charles Benjamin Bishop, Jr., comes from Litch- field, Conn., where he was born june 1 1, 1872, and has spent most of his life there. His father, Charles Benjamin Bishop, is in the fire insurance business in Litchfield. He traces his ancestry to the early part of the sixteenth century and has English, French and Welsh blood. Among his distinguished rela- tives are mentioned Sir Francis Bacon, Lord High Chancellor of England and Lord Keeper of the Great Seal of England. Clinton Spencer Bissell was born at Clinton, N. Y., March 5, 1871, and has spent most of his life in eastern cities of New York state, Pennsylvania and Florida. His father, L. P. Bissell, M.A., LL.D, is a graduate of Hamilton College, class of '63, Traces his ancestry to the Huguenot family, Bisselle, one of whom was Governor of Connecticut and another a bishop. Among his distinguished relatives are W. S. Bissell, William Henry Spencer, Samuel Hopkins, Dr. Lemuel Hopkins and Mark Hopkins of Willian1s. Samuel Burr Sherwood Bissell 2d made his appearance at Norwalk, Conn., May 13, 1872, but has spent most of his life in New York city. His father, R. H. Bissell, is a stock broker of New York. Sherwood B. Ives '93, B1-ayton Ives and S. B. S. Bis- sell 1st, are graduates of Yale. And to the question, How far can you trace your ancestry, he says, God only knows, perhaps to St. Patrickg may he. rest in peace. French and English blood in his Veins and among his distinguished relatives are james J. Corbett and Lillian Russell.

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THE CLASS OF 1894. 3 Alexis Painter Bartlett was born in Washington, D. C., February 2, 1872. His father, D. W. Bartlett, a journalist, is not a college graduate, but has held .. offices in connection with the House of Representa- , ' tives. He has a brother and a number of uncles and . . . Columbia fhe is-sorry to sayj. Can trace his line ' ff' 1' cousins graduates of Yale, and one cousin of ' , . ,il I , i . back to Elder Brewster who came over in the May- ' flower. Blood, English and Dutch. ' William Spencer Beard first attracted attention at 5 Harwich, Barnstable Co., Mass., where he was born june 9, 1870, at 1:45-37M A. M. His life has been . spent at various places, but mostly at South Kill- ingly, Conn. His father, William H. Beard, QB. D. Union Seminaryj is a minister. G. M. Beard '62, E. S. Beard '59, A. F. Beard '57, and S. F. Beard, Amherst, are relatives. He traces his ancestry eight or ten generations and d6esn't mention the style of i blood that flows in his veins. Among his distinguished rela- tives, Dr. john Whitmore, Ph.D., is mentioned. Andre Alden Beaumont first saw the light in San Antonio, Texas, August 4, 1870, and has since divided his time between the four states, Texas, Penn- V H5 Sylvania, New York and Connecticut, and the ter- ritories Arizona and New Mexico. His father, Eugene Beauharnais Beaumont, is aretired army f officer and is a graduate of the United States Mili- tary Academy. Thomas Darling, a prominent man ' in the class of '86, was a cousin and numerous rela- A tives are graduates of University of Pennsylvania and a cousin Wellesley '93. His great-great-great-greatsgreat-grandfather landed at Saybrook, Conn., in 1635. Some of his distinguished relatives are, john Alden, Nicholas Stanforth, Deputy Governor of Massachusetts about 1635, William Beaumont, surgeon, noted for discoveries regarding action of the stomach on vari- ous foods, Andrew Beaumont in House of Representatives in Jackson's administration, and a great list of other notables. 1-' 'U 111' A . V 5 5

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HE CLASS OF 1s94. Edward Richmond Bosley was born at Geneseo, N. Y., August 9, 1869. His father is B. Richmond Bosley. He had a cousin, Wm. B. Bosley, in Yale '92, and two cousins graduates of Princeton. He traces his ancestry to the Douglass family of Scot- land and to the landing of Walter Bosley in Virginia, 1689. His blood is Scotch and English. Frederick Merrell Boyer is a native of Watertown, N. Y., where he was born january 13, 1872. His father, Frederick H. Boyer, is a grocer. He traces his ancestry to the fifteenth century, of French stock and the blood in his veins is principally French, but just a little tinge of English. Sir Wil- liam Howland, Governor of Ontario, was a relative. Albert Simmons Briggs was born at Dighton, Mass., December 30, 1871, and spent his life in divers places. His father, Albert Briggs, is a retired business man. An uncle graduated from Harvard. English, French, Dutch and Irish gore travel in his veins. U 1 Edward Harold Bronson began life at Wallingford, Conn., july Io, 1869, and has spent most of his life in Eastern Connecticut. His father, Asa C. Bron- son, is a clergyman. Relatives have graduated from Brown University and are now teaching, one a pro- fessor at Brown, one at Chicago University and another at Boston Latin School. He traces his ancestry direct to William the Conqueror.