Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 June 1908 — Oldest Yale Alumnus Dead. [ARTICLE]

Oldest Yale Alumnus Dead.

Providence, R. 1., June 12. —William Davis Ely, the oldest alumnus of Yale university and a member of the class of 1'836, died at his home here Thursday. He was 83 years old.