Henry Lee Borden (1832 - abt. 1902)

Born 18 Jan 1832 in Egypt, Wharton, Texas, USA

Ancestors

Husband of Mary Jane (Osburn) Borden — married 14 Jun 1855 in Wharton county, Texas, USA

Husband of Jane Janette (Dawson) Borden — married 22 Oct 1866 in Wharton county, Texas, USA

Husband of Laura Jane (George) Newman — married 3 Mar 1873 (to about 1884) in Colorado, Texas, USA

Husband of Bridget Theresa Loretta (McConnelogue) Borden — married about 1886 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois [uncertain]

Died about 21 Nov 1902 at about age 70 in Los Angeles, California, USA

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Biography

Henry Lee was born on 18 January 1832 in Egypt of Wharton county, Texas, Mexico. The Republic of Texas gained its independence from Mexico in 1836. He was the oldest son of Gail Borden (1801-1874) and Penelope Mercer (1811-1844), who were married on 18 March 1828 in Amite county, Mississippi. He had an older sister, Mary, who died the year after he was born. He had two younger brothers who died young; Morton Quinn (1834-1846) and Stephen Austin (1839-1844), and one brother who lived into adulthood, John Gail (1844-1891). He also had two younger sisters who lived to adulthood; Philadelphia Wheeler Johnson (1837-1880) and Mary Jane Munsill (1841-1912).^[1] His brother, Stephen, and his mother, Penelope, both died in 1844 of yellow fever. His father then married A.J. Stearns early the next year, on 15 February 1845, in Galveston. Some sources say her name was Azalea or her initials were A.F. Her marriage record only gives her initials, A.J. and the 1850 US Census, when they were living in Galveston, has the name Augusta.^[2] Texas joined the union of American States in December of 1845.

Henry Lee either always went by his initials, H.L., or both his first and middle names. He grew up in Galveston, where his father was the town surveyor and then the Port Authority, collecting fees and taxes. A few notes regarding his early years are mentioned in his obituary; "at the age of 10 years, he killed his first wolf in Texas," and "As a boy, a youth and young man, he knew and endured what many people would term privation and hardship, but he loved it, not to the extent of desiring to continue forever in the same line, but until advancing civilization smoothed the rougher ways and established new conditions. He was quick to accept and join in all the advances, but he loved best the earlier frontier experiences and never neglected to interest acquaintances and friends, new and old, with stories of the Borden log cabin, the first habitation to occupy the site of the present city of Galveston, which, with his parents, himself and several packs of wolves made up all the details necessary to a census enumeration. While the family lived in the log cabin a wave broke over the peninsula —in very much the same volume as the devastating flood of three years ago—driving every living thing to the cleared space on a rise of ground where the cabin was erected. The flood receded almost as quickly as it came, much to the relief of the family."^[3]

The daughter of H.L.’s cousin, Capt. John Cochran Borden, Hattie Lovisa Borden Weld, wrote a Borden Family History in about 1899 that mentions that Henry Lee, , "lost his first wife and only child many years ago..." H.L.'s first marriage was to Mary Jane Osburn on 14 June 1855 in Wharton county, Texas.^[4] She was born in Mississippi about 1838. H.L. and M.J. were living in Fort Bend county, Texas, in 1860 in the home of his uncle, P.P. (Paschal Pavolo) and also his uncle Thomas.^[5] Mary Jane probably died before 1866, possibly during the 38 months that H.L. was away at the war. No evidence has been found that Mary Jane and H.L. had any children. H.L.'s sister may have been referring to his second wife who did have two children, not one.

H.L. served in the Confederate States Army. He enlisted as a Corporal in Company D, Texas 35th Cavalry Regiment^[6] on 13 March 1862 and was discharged 25 May 1865.^[7]

He married a second time on 22 October 1866 to Jane Janette Dawson in Wharton county, Texas.^[8] She went by the name Jennie and was born about 1844 in Kentucky, according to the 1870 US Census referenced below. They had a son named Willie Clay in 1868, who only lived for four years, and also a daughter named Marietta who died in infancy. Their son was living with them in the 1870 US Census when they were living in Bastrop county of Texas.^[9] Other family histories only mention Willie Clay, possibly because he lived four years, which may have been long enough to have been noted in family correspondence. The burial of Marietta was located in the Wilbarger Cemetery in Bastrop county, Texas, with her parents' names inscribed on her gravestone, ".^[10] Jennie probably died before 1873.

After being widowed twice, Henry Lee married a third time to Laura J. Johnson on 3 March 1873 in Colorado county, Texas.^[11] Johnson was her previous married name and her original maiden name was Laura Jane George. She had a son, George Sidney Johnson, born in 1865, who H.L. adopted. There may be a land record sale between Albert George and Charles R. George (brothers of wife Laura J. George) deed to H. Lee Borden 30 April 1878 in Fort Bend County, Texas.^[12] H.L., Laura, Sidney and Laura's sister share a house in Colorado county, Texas in 1880.^[13]

H.L.'s father, Gail, died in 1874 and H.L.'s brother, John Gail, replaced their father as company president. After 1880, H.L. moved to Elgin, Illinois to manage a milk condensing plant located there. In Elgin there lived a young lady named Nettie Dunlap, who couldn't keep a job at the Elgin Watch Company, but did have a talent for singing. The local newspaper made the most of Henry Lee's attempts to prepare Nettie for a professional singing career because the gossip centered around their scandalous relationship. H.L. decided that what Nettie needed were better voice teachers and they were in New York, so off they went. The reader can decide just what their relationship was. Whether he tired of her or whether it was never an affair, H.L. did give her away at her wedding. H.L. got back to Elgin to find out that Laura had sued him for divorce on grounds of desertion. She won a settlement that included their house at 258 Douglas Avenue plus $50,000. The newspaper said he wasn't too distracted because he already had his eye on his next future wife.^[14] Laura soon married John B. Newman, the Elgin butter king and young Sidney was probably un-adopted by Henry Lee.^[15]

Up to this point in our narration, we have had civil records which have occurred often enough to track with the anecdotal family history fairly well. In the next twenty years of time, the only sources found are the 1890 Veterans Census and Henry Lee's obituary. He has not been found in the 1900 US Census. One secondary record that mentions H.L. Borden is the 25-year class directory for Gerald Mark Buckley Borden from Yale, which says that H.L. married Theresa McConnelough. This source states that H.L. and Retta were married in Chicago in 1866 and then had two sons, Gerald Mark and Louis Lambert. No mention is made of Retta's first husband, D.J. Buckley, who she married, possibly in 1866, and is the biological father of Gerald and Bert. The more likely marriage date for Retta and H.L., and also adopting her sons, is 1886, after his divorce.^[16] The Borden family history accounts seem to know very little about Retta's life before her marriage to Henry Lee, and also lose track of her after he died. H.L. served for a few years, some accounts say "many," but it was no more than three or four, as president of his father's condensed milk company. It does not seem as though he was well suited to administration and management, rather he was more valuable to the company working in research and development. He received a patent for one of his inventions. The income he received from his shares of New York Milk Company stock really made a regular job unnecessary, so it would be expected that he spent much of his time traveling between his several residences and various sportsmen's clubs around the country.

One of H.L.'s larger estates was the Tonti Farm in Marion county, Illinois. Some accounts refer to its size as 600 acres, another uses the number 941. The house was described as having 22 rooms and the farm compound had 22 buildings; horse barns, cow barns, pig barns, poultry coops, slaughter house, dog kennels, mill house and milk house, among others. "Lee BORDEN, despite his considerable investment, never spent much time at Tonti. Between wintering in the South, yachting at Lake St. Clair in Michigan, fishing and shooting at the various sportsmen's clubs to which he belonged, and perhaps doing some business in Chicago, it is surprising that BORDEN had any time left to spend in Marion County."^[17] This newspaper article also mentions H.L.'s death and a list of his assets.

He had a summer cottage in St. Clair, Michigan, where he had his steam yacht, "Penelope," named after his mother. This location has been mentioned in a few family histories and proven by his Veterans Registration of 1890. I can imagine that H.L. and Retta had arrived in St. Clair and heard the announcement that all Civil War veterans and widows were required to register. They selected a day and time to go to the registration office, walked in together and the clerk welcomed them and began recording H.L.'s service information. It wasn't until they were finished that it became apparent that H.L. had served in the Confederate Army, so the clerk drew a line through his information. Retta then spoke up and gave her information as the widow of DJ Buckley, making their business complete. Thus we have a record of H.L.'s service that may or may not be found in Confederate records, if any have survived. This also establishes their residence in St. Clair, which centered around their steam yacht, Penelope, on which they sailed the Great Lakes all summer. Maritime records show a craft named Penelope that could have been the boat owned by the Borden's:
PENELOPE
Other names : none
Official no. : 150582
Type at loss : propeller tug, wood, fishing
Build info : 1892, S. Langell, St. Clair, MI as a yacht
Specs : 74x14x9, 54g 35n
Date of loss : 1909, Dec 19
Place of loss : ¼ mile off Avon Point, OH
Lake : Erie
Type of loss : fire
Loss of life : none of 3
Carrying : none
Detail : Bound for St. Clair, MI, for layup, she was discovered to be ablaze in her foc'sl. After fighting the fire during a run for shore, her crew finally abandoned her in her smallboat and made their way to shore. The tug grounded in shallow water, where she burned to the waterline.
Owned by A. H. Langell of Cleveland and skippered by Capt. Chas. Inches.
Sources: gmw,nsp,eas^[18] If that record is for the same boat owned by H.L., then it was built in 1892 and was 74 feet long, which seems to be quite long for just a fishing tug. The fire started in the "foc'sl" or forecastle, which is in the bow or front of the vessel.

H.L. died on 21 November 1902 at the Van Nuys Hotel in Los Angeles, California, while on a duck-hunting trip. His body was shipped to New York and was buried in the Woodlawn Cemetery in the Bronx.^[19]

The following is a partial transcription of the obituary that appeared in THE BREWSTER STANDARD, newspaper of BREWSTER, PUTNAM COUNTY, N .Y., FRIDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 28, 1902.
Obituary.
HENRY LEE BORDEN.
The announcement, in Brewster, last Saturday morning, of the sudden death of Mr. Borden at the Van Nuys Hotel, Los Angeles, California, was a surprise to all acquaintances and a severe shock to the circle of friends who have known him and kept in touch with him since he made his first visit here soon after the close of the civil war.
With wife and son, Louis Lambert, he had been spending some weeks in the vicinity of Los Angeles, hunting for two or three days in succession, then resting and preparing for more of the same sport. Late in the afternoon on the day of his death he returned to the hotel from a trip which netted 281 ducks. He at once sat down and wrote to Major Wells of his success. Although he had passed three score and ten he seemed proud of his rugged manhood and of his ability to handle a gun as effectually as he did when, at the age of 10 years, he killed his first wolf in Texas. After writing, the evening meal followed and later on came the attack of heart disease which ended his life...
His traveling party often consisted of five or six persons. His widow, Mrs. Ceresa Loretta Borden, and her son, Louis Lambert, who was employed for time in the First National Bank of Brewster, were with him at the time of his death. Another son, Gerald is a New York lawyer.
His last visit to Brewster was in May at the celebration of the wedding of Miss Wells and Mr. Ambrose McCabe. Then he seemed to be in usual health for one of his age with a reasonable life expectancy of many years. Taking a side track at the Borden farm in Tonti while on a private car trip in that vicinity, a few weeks later, Mr. H. H. Vreeland found him engaged in making many improvements and looking to future returns hopefully. He passed the summer at St. Clair, and then followed the trip to Los Angeles, where two of his nephews, Gail Johnson and Milbank Johnson, are engaged in business. One sister, Mrs. Mary Munsill, of Hartford, Connecticut, is now the only survivor of the Gail Borden family.
The widow having communicated by wire with Frank Wells and John S. Eno a burial plot has been secured in Woodlawn near the Gail Borden plot and the interment will be on Monday, following services at St. Agnes Chapel, Forty-third street, New York, to begin at 11 o’clock.
A story telegraphed from Los Angeles and published in some of the New York newspapers on Thursday stating that a strange mystery surrounded Mr. Borden's death, is purely sensational and entirely unwarranted. Everyone who knows anything about it knows that his life was full of happiness for him and for every person around him and that his sudden death is an overwhelming sorrow.
The entire obituary transcription is located here on Wikitree.com.^[20]

Sources

1. ↑ THE CYCLOPEDIA of AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY, [1], Homans Vol.VIII, p.129.
2. ↑ FamilySearch.org, [2], 1850 US Census.
3. ↑ Terry Mason, [3], Obituary Transcription.
4. ↑ FamilySearch.org, [4], Texas Marriages.
5. ↑ FamilySearch.org, [5], 1860 US Census.
6. ↑ Terry Mason, [6], Obituary Transcription.
7. ↑ FamilySearch.org, [7], 1890 US Census of Union Veterans and Widows of the Civil War.
8. ↑ FamilySearch.org, [8], Texas Marriages.
9. ↑ FamilySearch.org, [9], 1870 US Census.
10. ↑ FamilySearch.org, [10], Burial Index.
11. ↑ FamilySearch.org, [11], Texas Marriages.
12. ↑ A source needs to be found for land deed 1878.
13. ↑ FamilySearch.org, [12], 1880 US Census.
14. ↑ "ELGIN: DAYS GONE BY" by E. C. ALFT, [13], Chapter 19 OUR GAL NETTIE.
15. ↑ WikiTree.com, [14], Full Transcription of Elgin: Days Gone By, Ch. 19.
16. ↑ GoogleBooks.com and Archive,org, [15], 25-Year Record, Class of 1893, Yale College, pp.143-144.
17. ↑ The Salem Herald-Advocate, [16], Tonti Farm.
18. ↑ boatnerd.com, [17], Sorted by Name, Letter "P"
19. ↑ FamilySearch.org, [18], Burial Index.
20. ↑ WikiTree.com, [19], Full Transcription of Obituary in Brewster Standard.

• H L Borden in household of Gail Borden, "United States Census, 1850"

Indexed Information
Household - - - - - - - Role - - Sex - - Age - - Birthplace
Gail Borden - M - 50 - New York
Augusta Borden - F - 50 - Maine
H L Borden - M - 19 - Texas
Philip Borden - M - 14 - Texas
Mary Jane Borden - F - 9 - Texas
John Borden - M - 7 - Texas
"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MXLK-RJX : accessed 31 March 2016), H L Borden in household of Gail Borden, Galveston city, Galveston, Texas, United States; citing family 132, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• Henry Lee Borden, "Texas, County Marriage Records, 1837-1965"

Indexed Information
Name: Henry Lee Borden
Titles and Terms: Mr
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 14 Jun 1855
Event Place: Wharton, Texas, United States
Gender: Male
Spouse's Name: Mary Jane Osburn
Spouse's Titles and Terms: Miss
Spouse's Gender: Female
"Texas, County Marriage Records, 1837-1965," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/QV1C-F62D : accessed 6 April 2018), Henry Lee Borden and Mary Jane Osburn, 14 Jun 1855, Marriage; citing Wharton, Texas, United States, various county clerk offices, Texas State Library and Archives Commission, Texas Dept. of State Health Services and Golightly-Payne-Coon Co.; FHL microfilm 1,012,395.

• Henry L Borden in household of P P Borden, "United States Census, 1860"

Indexed Information
Household - - - - - - - Role - - Sex - - Age - - Birthplace
P P Borden - M - 50 - New York
Milam Borden - M - 15 - Texas
Gui Borden - M - 13 - Texas
Joseph Borden - M - 12 - Texas
Henry L Borden - M - 29 - Texas
M J Borden - F - 22 - Mississippi
Thos H Borden - M - 56 - Rhode Island
Levicia Borden - F - 40 - New York
"United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MXFB-WQ9 : accessed 31 March 2016), Henry L Borden in entry for P P Borden, 1860. Names, dates and place are correct. PP and Thos H are Henry Lee's uncles, the rest are extended family. Henry Lee's father and siblings had moved back to New York before this.

• Henrey L. Borden in Confederate States Army, "U.S. Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles 1861-1865"

"Name: Henry L Borden Rank at enlistment: Corporal State Served: Texas Service Record: Enlisted in Company D, Texas 35th Cavalry Regiment. Sources: Index to Compiled Confederate Military Service Records." (http://www.tmason1.com/pafc2364.htm#14827C3 | accessed 06 April 2018) 19 February 2016 by Terrence Mason.

• H L Bordon, "Texas, County Marriage Records, 1837-1977"

Indexed Information
Name: H L Bordon
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 22 Oct 1866
Event Place: Wharton, Texas, United States
Gender: Male
Spouse's Name: Jenny J Dawson
Spouse's Gender: Female
"Texas, County Marriage Records, 1837-1977," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/QV1C-F3KM : accessed 31 March 2016), H L Bordon and Jenny J Dawson, 22 Oct 1866, Marriage; citing Wharton, Texas, United States, Citing county clerk offices, Texas; FHL microfilm 1,012,395.

• H.L. Borden on gravestone inscription of Marietta Borden 1870-1870

"Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch Indexed Information
Name: Marietta Borden
Event Type: Burial
Event Date: 1870
Event Place: Bastrop, Bastrop, Texas, United States of America
Death Date: 26 Sep 1870
Affiliate Record Identifier: 41973783
Cemetery: Wilbarger Cemetery
Inscription: "age 1 mo 22 days. Dau of H.L. & Jennie"
(https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/QVKN-9SK7 : accessed 20 March 2016), Marietta Borden, 1870; Burial, Bastrop, Bastrop, Texas, United States of America, Wilbarger Cemetery; citing record ID 41973783, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com. "Inscription: age 1 mo 22 days. Dau of H.L. & Jennie."

• H L Borden, "United States Census, 1870"

Indexed Information
Household - - - - - - - Sex - - Age - - Birthplace
H L Borden - M - 40 - Texas
Jenny Borden - F - 26 - Kentucky
W C Borden - M - 2 - Texas
"United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MXGV-MJ3 : accessed 31 March 2016), H L Borden, Texas, United States; citing p. 34, family 253, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 553,073.

• H. L. Borden, "Texas Marriages, 1837-1973"

Indexed Information
Name: H. L. Borden
Spouse's Name: Laura J. Johnson
Event Date: 03 Mar 1873
Event Place: Colorado, Texas
"Texas Marriages, 1837-1973," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VK1B-JWX : accessed 31 March 2016), H. L. Borden and Laura J. Johnson, 03 Mar 1873; citing , Colorado, Texas, , reference ; FHL microfilm 969,534.

• H Lee Borden, "United States Census, 1880"

Indexed Information
Household - - - - - - - Sex - - Age - - Birthplace
H Lee Borden - Self - M - 48 - Texas, United States
Laura J Borden - Wife - F - 35 - Texas, United States
Sidney Johnson - Stepson - M - 15 - Texas, United States
Mary George - Sister-in-law - F - 28 - Texas, United States
"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MXV9-B1L : accessed 31 March 2016), H Lee Borden, Elgin, Kane, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district ED 84, sheet 283D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0218; FHL microfilm 1,254,218.

• Henry Lee Borden mentioned in "ELGIN: DAYS GONE BY" by E. C. ALFT

(http://www.elginhistory.com/dgb/ | Chapter 19 OUR GAL NETTIE) A selection of vignettes, revised and in several cases expanded, which were published in the"Days Gone By" column of the Daily Courier-News beginning in 1981.

• Henrey L Borden, "United States Census of Union Veterans and Widows of the Civil War, 1890"

"United States Census of Union Veterans and Widows of the Civil War, 1890," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K8SG-GMX : accessed 31 March 2016), Henrey L Borden, 1890; citing NARA microfilm publication M123 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 338,177. Residence is one of several vacation homes. Image also seen here Other Sources

• Henry Lee Borden, "Find A Grave Index"

Indexed Information
Name: Henry Lee Borden
Event Type: Burial
Event Date: 1902
Event Place: Bronx, Bronx, New York, United States of America
Photograph Included: Yes
Birth Date: 18 Jan 1832
Death Date: 21 Nov 1902
Affiliate Record Identifier: 161728221
Cemetery: Woodlawn Cemetery
"Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/Q23B-HB3H : 7 June 2016), Henry Lee Borden, 1902; Burial, Bronx, Bronx, New York, United States of America, Woodlawn Cemetery; citing record ID 161728221, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.

• Published Obituary of Henry Lee Borden 1832 - 1902

THE BREWSTER STANDARD BREWSTER, PUTNAM COUNTY, N .Y., FRIDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 28, 1902. Names and dates are correct. It is published in the Brewster newspaper, as explained in the body of the quite lengthy obituary, because the Borden family has a long business and residence history with the town. Transcription found at Terry Mason's Family History Site, (http://www.tmason1.com/pafn698.htm | accessed 06 April 2018). Image of The Brewster Standard, page 1 dated 28 November 1902, is save at FamilySearch.org, profile of Henry Lee Borden 18 January 1832 – 21 November 1902 • LH2Q-TYL Memories, (https://www.familysearch.org/photos/artifacts/5992408 | accessed 06 April 2018).

• “Historical and genealogical record of the descendants as far as known of Richard & Joan Borden, Who Settled in Portsmouth Rhode Island, May, 1638 with historical and biographical sketches of some of their descendants."

Weld, Hattie L. Borden, (https://books.google.com/books?id=jt41AAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false : Accessed 11 April 2018) Borden, Richard & Joan, who settled in Portsmouth R.I., Historical and genealogical record of the descendants..., Albany, N.Y. : Joel Munsell, [ca. 1899], pg 246, FHL US/CAN Film 512.

• Notable Southern Families

Zella Armstrong, Notable Southern Families, Genealogical Publishing Co. Baltimore, 1974., p 30, G929.2. Notes Printed from Family Archive Viewer CD191, Broderbund Software, Sep. 17, 2000. "Was head of the Borden Condensed Milk Company of Chicago." https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/736608?availability=Family%20History%20Library http://www.genealogical.com/products/Southern%20Genealogies%201600s%201800s/7191.html, You must have a CD-ROM drive, and in order to read the CD you must use either the Family Archive Viewer (version 4.0 or higher), which is available as a free download at http://www.genealogical.com/content/dlfav6.html, or Family Tree Maker for Windows, version 4.0 or higher (Family Tree Maker software can be ordered from www.FamilyTreeMaker.com).

• " THE CYCLOPEDIA of AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY" https://books.google.com/books?id=gMEOs4na_yAC&pg=PA129&lpg=PA129&dq=penelope+mercer+borden&source=bl&

Edited by James E Homans Volume VIII Non-alphabetical with index, New York, The Press Association Compilers, Inc. 1918. A volume of "an unusual number of excellent portraits" of many "distinguished man's achievements..."

"Gail Borden 1801, inventor and manufacturer, husband and father. His son, John Gail 1844, also is included, along with mentions of his first wife, Penelope, and oldest son, Henry Lee" p.126-129

• Published Borden Family History

Weld, Hattie Borden, Historical and Genealogical Record Of The Descendants as far as Known of Richard and Joan Borden Who Settled in Portsmouth, Rhode Island, May 1638 with Historical and Biographical Sketches of Some of their Descendants

• "Twenty-five Year Record, Class of Ninety-three, Yale College: Including an ..."

By Yale University. Class of 1893, Noah Haynes Swayne https://books.google.com/books?id=P-9EAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA142&lpg=PA142&dq=%22CLASS+OF+EIGHTEEN+NINETY+THREE%22+Gerald+Mark+Borden&source=bl&ots=VNrUG-Egwr&sig=3z5rmisHe2VD_P8kuAL0b9Pqtm8&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjn26TI5rHMAhUM6CYKHavFDu0Q6AEIHTAA#v=onepage&q=%22CLASS%20OF%20EIGHTEEN%20NINETY%20THREE%22%20Gerald%20Mark%20Borden&f=false and https://archive.org/stream/twentyfiveyearre00yale/twentyfiveyearre00yale_djvu.txt Pages 143 and 144.

Additional images and sources can be found at Other Sources.