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SHEFFIELD SCIENTIFIC SCHOOL
WILLIAM RIGHTER COMINGS
PH B 1873
Born March 24,1852, in New Britain, Conn.
Died October 21, 1945, in Wimbledon,
Surrey, England
Father, Benjamin Newton Comings
(BLitt Dartmouth 1837, M D. 1842), a
physician in New Britain, surgeon 13th
Connecticut Volunteers in Civil War, son
of Colonel Benjamin Comings and Althea
(Wellman) Comings of Cornish, NH
Mother, Betsey Maria (Righter) Comings;
daughter of John Chester and Lockey
Rachel (Stiles) Righter of Parsippany,
N J Yale relatives include Rev Chester N
Righter (B A 1846) (uncle), William S
Righter, '75 S, and Addison A Righter,
'8i S (cousins), Emerson Tuttle, '14, and
Arthur F Tuttle, '15 (nephews)
Consulting engmeer and patent expert
in England 1875 until retirement 1922,
head of William R Comings & Company,
London, 1875-1922, managing director
Hugh Stevenson & Sons, Ltd, 1897-1920;
had taken out over two hundred industrial
patents which covered many revolutionary
developments, resided at "Wharnchffe,"
Wimbledon, member the Pilgrim Society,
London
Married February 6, 1883, in Chicago,
Jeanme, daughter of Nelson and Charlotte
Louise (Emerson) Tuttle and sister of
Henry N Tuttle, '81 Son Henry Emerson
(BA Trinity [Oxford] 1906) Mrs
Comings died July 21, 1939
Death due to senile myocarditis Ashes
interred in churchyard of St Mary's Parish
Church, Wimbledon Survived by son and
three grandchildren, one of whom is Henry
Emerson Comings, Jr, Class of 1949
March E
Mr Comings was the last surviving member of his Class
FRAZIER DAVENPORT HEAD
PH B 1874
Born October 21, 1853, in New Haven,
Conn
Died February 2,1946, in Washington, D C
Father, John Frazier Head (B A 1840,
MA 1843, MI} Harvard 1843), son of
George E and Hannah (Cathn) Head.
Mother, Katharine T (Apthorp) Head;
daughter of Charles and Elizabeth (Davenport) Apthorp.
Henry Fay's School, Newport, RI, and
private tutors Select course, editor Yale
Record Junior year, Fencing Association
Senior year, member St Anthony and Delta
Psi.
Attended Harvard Law School 1879-81
and Columbia University School of Law
1881-82 (LLB 1882), admitted to New
York bar 1883 and District of Columbia
bar 1893, lawyer in New York City 1883-
93 and Washington 1893 until retirement;
traveled extensively in the United States
and Europe, member Military Order of the
Loyal Legion of the United States.
Married Adele de Nemegyei No children
Death due to arteriosclerosis Buried in
Grove Street Cemetery, New Haven Survived by wife (died December 3, 1946).
WILLIAM ARTHUR ROGERS
PHB 1874
Bom September 8, 1851, in Berkshire, N Y
Died April 7, 1946, in Buffalo, NY
Father, Dr Melancthon Rogers, a physician and dentist in Cincinnati, Ohio, son
of Moses and Rachel (Rogers) Rogers of
Huntington, N Y Mother, Mary Ehzabeth
(Leonard) Rogers, daughter of Solomon
and Nancy Ann (Bliss) Leonard of Berkshire Yale relatives include Arthur W
Wright (BA 1859), William R Belknap,
'69 S, and Robert Kelly, '70 (brothers-in-
law), Robert Kelly, ^96, Trumbull Kelly,
'00 S, and William Burke Belknap, '08
(nephews)
Chickering Classical Institute, Cincinnati
Select course
Engaged in pig iron and steel industry
1874 until retirement 1926, with L R. Hull
& Company (later E L Harper & Company), Cincinnati, 1874-80 (junior partner
1877-80), a founder in 1880 and senior
partner 1880-1925 Rogers & Trivett (later
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| Title | Yb 65, Obituary Records of Graduates of Yale University Deceased During the Years 1945-1950 |
| Creator | Yale University |
| Place of Publication | New Haven, Connecticut (Conn.) |
| Date | 1945-1950 |
| Call Number | Yb 65 |
| Language | English |
| Subject | Yale University -- Biography |
| Type | Periodical |
| Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/3036259 |
| Repository | Manuscripts and Archives |
| Repository URL | http://www.library.yale.edu/mssa |
| Series | Bulletin of Yale University |
| Title | Page 120 |
| Transcript | SHEFFIELD SCIENTIFIC SCHOOL WILLIAM RIGHTER COMINGS PH B 1873 Born March 24,1852, in New Britain, Conn. Died October 21, 1945, in Wimbledon, Surrey, England Father, Benjamin Newton Comings (BLitt Dartmouth 1837, M D. 1842), a physician in New Britain, surgeon 13th Connecticut Volunteers in Civil War, son of Colonel Benjamin Comings and Althea (Wellman) Comings of Cornish, NH Mother, Betsey Maria (Righter) Comings; daughter of John Chester and Lockey Rachel (Stiles) Righter of Parsippany, N J Yale relatives include Rev Chester N Righter (B A 1846) (uncle), William S Righter, '75 S, and Addison A Righter, '8i S (cousins), Emerson Tuttle, '14, and Arthur F Tuttle, '15 (nephews) Consulting engmeer and patent expert in England 1875 until retirement 1922, head of William R Comings & Company, London, 1875-1922, managing director Hugh Stevenson & Sons, Ltd, 1897-1920; had taken out over two hundred industrial patents which covered many revolutionary developments, resided at "Wharnchffe," Wimbledon, member the Pilgrim Society, London Married February 6, 1883, in Chicago, Jeanme, daughter of Nelson and Charlotte Louise (Emerson) Tuttle and sister of Henry N Tuttle, '81 Son Henry Emerson (BA Trinity [Oxford] 1906) Mrs Comings died July 21, 1939 Death due to senile myocarditis Ashes interred in churchyard of St Mary's Parish Church, Wimbledon Survived by son and three grandchildren, one of whom is Henry Emerson Comings, Jr, Class of 1949 March E Mr Comings was the last surviving member of his Class FRAZIER DAVENPORT HEAD PH B 1874 Born October 21, 1853, in New Haven, Conn Died February 2,1946, in Washington, D C Father, John Frazier Head (B A 1840, MA 1843, MI} Harvard 1843), son of George E and Hannah (Cathn) Head. Mother, Katharine T (Apthorp) Head; daughter of Charles and Elizabeth (Davenport) Apthorp. Henry Fay's School, Newport, RI, and private tutors Select course, editor Yale Record Junior year, Fencing Association Senior year, member St Anthony and Delta Psi. Attended Harvard Law School 1879-81 and Columbia University School of Law 1881-82 (LLB 1882), admitted to New York bar 1883 and District of Columbia bar 1893, lawyer in New York City 1883- 93 and Washington 1893 until retirement; traveled extensively in the United States and Europe, member Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States. Married Adele de Nemegyei No children Death due to arteriosclerosis Buried in Grove Street Cemetery, New Haven Survived by wife (died December 3, 1946). WILLIAM ARTHUR ROGERS PHB 1874 Bom September 8, 1851, in Berkshire, N Y Died April 7, 1946, in Buffalo, NY Father, Dr Melancthon Rogers, a physician and dentist in Cincinnati, Ohio, son of Moses and Rachel (Rogers) Rogers of Huntington, N Y Mother, Mary Ehzabeth (Leonard) Rogers, daughter of Solomon and Nancy Ann (Bliss) Leonard of Berkshire Yale relatives include Arthur W Wright (BA 1859), William R Belknap, '69 S, and Robert Kelly, '70 (brothers-in- law), Robert Kelly, ^96, Trumbull Kelly, '00 S, and William Burke Belknap, '08 (nephews) Chickering Classical Institute, Cincinnati Select course Engaged in pig iron and steel industry 1874 until retirement 1926, with L R. Hull & Company (later E L Harper & Company), Cincinnati, 1874-80 (junior partner 1877-80), a founder in 1880 and senior partner 1880-1925 Rogers & Trivett (later 120 |