tions of the day. His sound judgment was sought in the management
of various public institutions. In 1826 he was elected a member of the
Board of Visitors of the Theological Seminary at Andover, and occupied
that station until his death. He was for several years a Trustee of
Dartmouth; also of Amherst.

Dr. George Cheyne Shattuck was born in Templeton, Mass., in the year
1783, in the sixth generation from William Shattuck, who was born in
England in the year 1621, and died in Watertown, Mass., in the year
1672, Dr. Benjamin Shattuck graduated at Harvard College in 1765, and
having studied medicine, settled in Templeton. His youngest son
inherited thirteen hundred dollars, and this sufficed for his support,
fitting for college, and college and Medical education, commenced at
Hanover and continued in Philadelphia and Boston, with such addition
as he was able to make by school-keeping. There were no public
conveyances when he went from Templeton to Hanover, and he bought a
horse on which he rode to Hanover and then sold it, taking the pay in
board. He received four degrees from his Alma Mater; the first in the
year 1803 and the last, of Doctor of Laws, in 1853. He settled in
Boston in the year 1807, and for the space of forty-seven years
devoted himself to the practice of his profession. He secured the
esteem, respect and affection of his patients, and gathered a handsome
estate. He gave liberally to his Alma Mater for an Observatory, for
books, and for portraits of distinguished alumni. He founded a
professorship in the Medical Department of Harvard University and
endowed scholarships in the Academical Department. He gave liberally
to various charities during his lifetime, as well as to public
institutions, and the poor and needy never appealed to him in vain. He
died in Boston in the year 1854, in the profession of the faith in
which he had been educated both at home and at college.

George H. Bissell was born at Hanover, N. H. He is descended from a
family of Norman-French origin, which came from Somersetshire,
England. His mother came of Belgic and Holland descent. One of his
ancestors was the first settler at Windsor, Ct., in 1628. The late
Gov. Clark Bissell, of Connecticut, and Gov. William H. Bissell, of
Illinois, were relatives. In 1846, after successful teaching
elsewhere, on the organization of the High School in New Orleans Mr.
Bissell was elected its first principal over many competitors.
Subsequently he was