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V w.A, -,,. 6 YALE '94 CLASS BOOK. Samuel Palmer Brooks was born in'Mil1edgevi11e, I Ga., December 4, 1863. Since 1863 has lived in Texas T where he has undergone many of the hardships of i frontier life. He learned to mark and brand i Texas yearlings and ride mustang ponies long before he was initiated into the mysteries of common frac- tions. Has since joined the Baptist church, Masonic Lodge and Democratic party. His father, S. E. u . Brooks, B.A., fUnion Universityj has long been a U11SS10H21ry pastor in the Lone Star State. Can trace his an- cestry to I62I and is of English-French blood. V ' 1- Alphonso Bickford Brown, born at Dover, N. H., january 23, 1872. His father, Elisha Rhodes Brown, . , , is a banker and is not a college graduate. He traces 1 1' his ancestry on his father's side to Chad Brown of f Providence, I63O, and to Roger Williams. Good 4- if ig ',', H . lt pure English blood runs in his veins. General V V' Rhodes of Providence is mentioned as a distin- guished relative. Q james Crosby Brown hails from New York City, where he was born September 28, 187 2. His father, john Crosby Brown, is a banker, and is a graduate of Columbia College, class of '59. The following relatives are graduates or members of Yale: His great grandfather, john Adams, class of I795, grand- father, W. M. Adams, '27g uncle, T. M. Adams, '56, 1 a brother, '86, and one now in '97g cousins in '91 S, ' '95 S, '95, and lots of other classes. Traces his an- cestry to the sixteenth century, and his blood is Irish, English and Scotch. Among his distinguished relatives are Gov. Wil- liam Bradford, john Adams and john Quincy Adams. I james Elwyn Brown was born at Kittanning, Pa., March 17, 1873, and has since lived there and at Pittsburgh. His paternal, james Elwyn Brown, a banker and iron manufacturer. Some of the rela- tives who are graduates or members of Yale are J. H. Painter '86, I. C. Neale, '91 S., and J. B. Neale '96. 1 He doesn't trace his ancestry, or at least he did not favor us with any remarks on this subject. He has L many distinguished relatives-too numerous to mention. 1 1 6 513 Q .. V , Q x - it

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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.

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THE CLASS OF 1894. Pratt Anthony Brown first saw the light at Dub- lin, Bibb County, Georgia, September 6, 1874, 6 o'clock A. M., and has spent most of his life at Macon, Ga. His father, William W. Brown, is in the insurance business. He traces his ancestry to the landing of the Huguenot refugees in South Carolina. French and American blood in his veins, and he says that if he has any distinguished relatives he has never met them. Albert Henry Buck comes from Wilmington, Del- aware, and was born March 9, 1873. His father was Dr. C. Elton Buck, a chemist and a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, class of '52, who has held various public offices and among them Presi- dent of the Board of Education. His ancestry is traced to one who arrived in this country from Eng- land about 168o. French and English blood in about equal proportions keeps the machine going. Charles Herbert Buell began life at Brooklyn, N. Y., December 17, 1871, and has spent most of his life there. His father, Charles S. Buell, is a manufact- urer. He traces his ancestry, with one or two breaks, back to the anthropoid ape, but he doesn't give us any idea of the kind of blood through which all this tracing is made, though we are sure he is not a representative of Borneo. Henry Walter Bunn, our 'tclass infant, came before the World at Morris, Otsego County, N. Y., May 29, 1875, and with the exception of five years spent in China, he has lived his life in the Empire State. His father, Rev. A. C. Bunn, is a minister and is mentioned as a distinguished relative. The aforesaid 'finfantn was formerly amember of the class of ,94 Columbia College and changed for Yale at the beginning of our Senior year.