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 1858. 
 
 BY HON. NATHAN CROSBY. 
 
 For behold tho Lord, the Lord of Hosts, doth take away from Jerusalem and from Judah the stay and 
 the staff. * * * The mighty man and the man of war; the judge and the prophet, and the prudent and 
 the ancient; the captain of fifty and the honorable man, and the counsellor, and the cunning artificer, 
 and the eloquent orator. — Isaiah iii. 1-3. 
 
 BOSTON: 
 JOHN P. JEWETT AND COMPANY. 
 
 1859. 
 

 TO THE 
 
 PRESIDENT 
 
 OF THE 
 
 MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL SOCIETY, 
 HON. ROBERT C. WINTHROP, 
 
 AND TO THE MEMBERS, 
 
 WHOSE HISTORICAL GATnERINGS EMBRACE CURRENT DATA AS WELL A3 
 
 SUCH AS ARE OBSCURED BY TIME, 
 
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 BEING THE SECOND OF THE SERIES, 
 
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 Entered, according to Act of Congress, in tlie year 1860, by 
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 In the Clerlt's Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts. 
 
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 BOSTON STEREOTYPE FOUKCRT. 
 
PEEFACE. 
 
 With much labor and anxiety I have iinished the compilation of my 
 volume of "Obituary Notices" for 1858 — the second of the proposed 
 annual series. I presume I have failed to find notices of many persons 
 who had equal claims for remembrance, and in whom society had equal 
 interest. Until the work becomes more generally known, and friends of 
 deceased persons more careful to furnish notices, I fear my omissions and 
 imperfections will occasion disappointments. 
 
 This work is an endeavor to save from forgetfulness those whose virtues 
 are our inhex-itance, and whose lives are our worthiest models — an effort, 
 by permanent record, to embalm precious memories, and preserve bio- 
 graphical and historical data, as individual elements of our national and 
 social character. " Good men are the stars of the ages in which they 
 live — they illustrate their times." By grouping the dead of single years 
 together, we form interesting pictures of the generations as they pass 
 away, and save from oblivion tlie men and women who have been most 
 useful in sustaining and perfecting institutions which so well merit the 
 praise and excite the admiration of the nations. It is a grateful tribute we 
 ought to pay, and a benefit to future generations which should not be lost. 
 
 In my volume for 1857, I announced my purpose to be to pubHsh 
 annually such Obituary Notices as I could obtain of the " men who have 
 originated and developed our institutions — of those whose names should 
 be remembered by the generations ' to come as the statesmen, the sol- 
 diers, the men of science and skill, the sagacious merchants, the eminent 
 clergymen and philanthropists — those who have brought owr country 
 to the prosperity and distinction it now enjoys." I have been gratified 
 at the kind opinions of the Press, and of many individuals, in favor of my 
 work. In this volume I have introduced a less number of persons whose 
 names, age, and residence were the only data of interest I had of them. 
 As far as I can, I am desirous to give genealogical facts, family alliances, 
 and social relations in connection with the marked traits of character 
 which make men eminent in any of the departments of life. 
 
 (3) 
 
4 PREFACE. 
 
 The last edition of Dr. Allen's American Biograpliical Dictionary has 
 brief notices of the eminent dead down to 1857, where my first volume 
 commences its more general and more extended notices of those who 
 annually pass away. 
 
 I owe an apology to my numerous correspondents, who had reason to 
 expect this volume much earlier. The delay was occasioned, in part, by 
 want of the necessary subscriptions for the work to encourage me to pro- 
 ceed, and in part by delay in preparing the plates at the Stereotype 
 Foundry. I owe a still further apology to those who have expected in an 
 Appendix to find notices of persons who died before 1858. Upon further 
 reflection, it has been thought best not to go back of 1857, except by 
 gathering enough for one or two preliminary volumes hereafter. 
 
 I shall be most grateful for the aid of any person in collecting and 
 preparing notices for my subsequent volumes, who has an interest in this 
 particular field of labor — whose friends and acquaintances are proper 
 persons for notice, or whose judgment and taste harmonize with my plan 
 and efibrt — by correspondence, and by transmission of eulogies, obitu- 
 aries, funeral sermons, in memoriams, newspapers, or unpublished family 
 memorials. • 
 
 To the kindred and friends of those whose names appear in this volume 
 I may be allowed to say that I have taken great interest and received 
 much satisfaction in this service. The name, the life, the influence of 
 every man make a part of the history of the times ; and I am sure this 
 contribution to our annals will be of service to the future historian, and a 
 present consolation to the surviving relatives. 
 
 I am greatly indebted to the many gentlemen who have contributed 
 individual obituaries; but I am most especially obliged to Messrs. James C. 
 and Frederick Ayer, distinguished chemists and druggists in this city, 
 for the use of their newspaper exchanges, and for the uniform courtesy 
 and assistance of those gentlemen and their clerks in my almost daily 
 visits to their office since I commenced this work. 
 
 , Nathan Crosby. 
 
 Lowell, Mass., December, 1859. 
 
OBITUARY NOTICES FOR 1858. 
 
 A. 
 
 ABBOTT 
 
 [ 1858. ] 
 
 ABBOTT 
 
 HON. JAMES ABBOTT, 
 
 Detroit, Mich., Mar. 12, se. 83. Judge 
 A. was a native of Detroit ; for many 
 years he and Joseph Campan were the 
 only surviving inhabitants who were 
 heads of families there in 1810. His 
 father, also named James Abbott, was 
 an Irishman, who came to this country 
 at an early day, and, settling at Detroit, 
 became agent of the American Fur Co., 
 of which John Jacob Astor was a prom- 
 inent stockholder. The father dying, 
 his son James, who had long been ift 
 partnership with him, succeeded him 
 as agent, and carried on the great and 
 lucrative business of the company with 
 success. The agency being removed, 
 he continued till his death connected 
 with the steadily diminishing fur trade 
 at that point. 
 
 Judge A. was postmaster of Detroit 
 in the territorial existence of Mich., 
 his term of service commencing about 
 1808. While the British troops held 
 the city in 1812, and to the end of the 
 war, he, of course, was out of office ; 
 but, when the Americans regained pos- 
 session on the declaration of peace, he 
 was reinstated, and continued to be 
 postmaster until 1827, when he was 
 succeeded by John Norvall. During 
 the greater part of the above period, he 
 was also receiver of the U. S. land office. 
 He was succeeded by Maj. Kearsley. 
 
 He was appointed by Gov. Hull a 
 major in the Mich, militia in 1803, and, 
 during the war of 1812, he was quar- 
 termaster general of the army. He de- 
 rived his title of judge from the fact 
 that he was an associate or side judge 
 1* 
 
 in the old Court of Common Pleas, 
 which exercised pretty extended powers 
 as a court for the limited business which 
 it was called upon to transact. The 
 number of inhabitants, however, was 
 small ; and not much other than ordi- 
 nary police matters were transacted. 
 
 His wife, Avho survives him, is an 
 estimable lady, the daughter of Maj. 
 John Whistler, of the U. S. army, and 
 sister to the famous engineer who con- 
 structed the railway from Boston to 
 Stonington, and was afterwards, till his 
 lamented death, employed by the Czar 
 Nicholas on the magnificent railway 
 from St. Petersbiu'g to Moscow. 
 
 Judge A.'s mother was a noble wo- 
 man, one of the true-hearted matrons of 
 the revolutionary era. She was obliged 
 to remain in Detroit during the British 
 occupation. At the close of the war 
 she was in very feeble health, and fre- 
 quently remarked that she had but two 
 earthly wishes, viz., to live to see the 
 stars and strijies again wave over De- 
 troit, and to see her exiled son (the 
 judge) once more at home. When the 
 American vanguard crossed the river 
 and raised the flag, she was supported 
 in her bed, that she might gratify her 
 wish to once more behold its radiant 
 folds. Her other wish was also granted ; 
 for her son hastened to his home, and 
 reached it just in time to receive the 
 blessing of his dying mother. 
 
 Judge A. leaves behind him only 
 one child — a son, bearing his own 
 name. 
 
 Abbott, Capt. John, Mom-oe Co., 
 Miss., July 2, vs. 59. He was a native 
 
 (•5) 
 
6 
 
 ABBOTT 
 
 [1858.] 
 
 ADAMS 
 
 of Ga., emigrating to Ala. above 20 
 years ago. While there he raised a 
 company of volunteers, and commanded 
 it in the Florida war. In 1838 he re- 
 moved to Monroe Co. ; in 1841 and in 
 1843 he Avas elected therefrom to the 
 Miss, legislature. 
 
 Abbott, Mrs. Robert, Detroit, Mich., 
 March — , iv. — . She had resided there 
 73 years ; she was daughter of M. Au- 
 drain, one of the original settlers of 
 what was then the trading post of De- 
 troit. 
 
 Abbott, Dr. William, Fairlec, Vt., 
 July 30, !r. 78 years, 6 mos., formerly of 
 Salem, Mass. 
 
 Adams, Mrs. Abigail B., Gilsum, 
 N. H., Feb. 23, ic. 43, wife of Rev. 
 Ezra Adams. She was one of the ear- 
 liest scholars at Mt. Holyoke Female 
 Seminary, and bore through life the 
 impress of the moral and intellectual 
 power of Miss Lyon. She Avas deeply 
 interested in her husband's work ; a 
 faithful mother, and a humble and stead- 
 fast Christian. 
 
 Adams, Benjamin, Boston, Mass., 
 Nov. 13, vc. 77. He was born in Exe- 
 ter, N. H., Mar. 13, 1781 ; was a grand- 
 son of Rev. Joseph Adams, settled in 
 Stratham, N. IL, (H. U. 1742.) His 
 father removed to B. while he was a 
 child, and at a proper age placed him 
 as an apprentice to mercantile business. 
 In 1801 he commenced business under 
 the firm of B. Adams &: Co., (after- 
 wards Adams, Homer, & Co.) He 
 spent 40 years in the dry-goods business. 
 
 HON. CHESTER ADAMS, 
 
 Natick, Mass., March 15, a?. 72. He 
 was born in Bristol, Conn., in 1785, 
 removed to Dedham, Mass., in 1799, 
 thence to Needham and Natick in 1808. 
 He was one of the finest specimens of 
 a New England self-made man. Punc- 
 tual, exact, faithful, and strictly honest 
 in the several relations of life ; shrewd, 
 intelligent, and careful in his business, 
 — he won the confidence and resjiect 
 of all who knew him, gained a high 
 position in society, and acquired a hand- 
 some fortune. He did much more than 
 any other man in his neighborhood for 
 the promotion of taste and skill in the 
 culture of ornamental and fruit trees. 
 He was well read in English literature, 
 and especially in the constitution and 
 
 laws of the state of his adoption ; and 
 few lawyers had so large a list of con- 
 fiding clients, though he never entered 
 the i)rofession, and had no advantages 
 of education, except such as are af- 
 forded by a common New England dis- 
 trict school. He met with heavy losses 
 and severe afflictions in the course of 
 his life ; but he never lost his courage, 
 energy, and industry, his habits of rigid 
 temperance and frugality, and incessant 
 activity ; and he always cherished a re- 
 ligious faith, which was founded on the 
 old, severe, uncompromising Puritanism 
 of his ancestors. 
 
 He was a minute-man during the 
 war of 1812, though always in politics 
 a consistent Federalist ; and in 1820, 
 having resigned his commission as 
 colonel of the first regiment of the 
 Mass. militia, he received an honorable 
 discharge from military service. For 
 about 30 years he was town clerk and 
 treasurer of Natick, and during all that 
 time was never absent from a town 
 meeting ; and a neater, more accurate 
 set of books than that which he kept 
 cannot be found in the commonwealth. 
 He was representative to the legislature 
 in the years 1833, '34, '35, '37, and '38. 
 When first chosen representative, in- 
 stead of treating, as had before been 
 the custom, he gave $60 to the school 
 fund. He was in the state Senate in 
 1842 and '49, and was one year in the 
 Governor's Council. He was also for 
 seven years postmaster. For about 40 
 years he was a justice of the peace in 
 constant business ; and his ability and 
 integrity in that office were never called 
 in question. When he died, all who 
 knew him felt that a good, faithful, and 
 most useful man had passed away. 
 
 Adams, Christopher, Kittery, Me., 
 Oct. 25, a?. 82. He was the last of the 
 fourth generation who lived in his house, 
 which was built in 1668 by his great- 
 grandfather, Christopher Adams. 
 
 Adams, Dr. F. W., at the Union 
 House, Montpelier, Vt., Dec. 17, te. 71, 
 interred at Barton. He was a well- 
 known physician of that region, and 
 was highly respected for his skill, and 
 beloved for his devotion and tenderness 
 to the suffering who came under his 
 care. He had many peculiarities and 
 caprices ; yet he was a man of large 
 heart, giving half his practice to the 
 
ADAMS 
 
 [ 1858. ] 
 
 ADGER 
 
 poor ; and his grave was surrounded by 
 many sincere mourners. 
 
 Adams, Henry, Springfield, Mass., 
 April 29, se. 62. In 1851 he was a 
 member of the Mass. legislature, and 
 took part in the protracted and memo- 
 rable contest which resulted in the elec- 
 tion of Charles Sumner to the U. S. 
 Senate by one majority. Mr. Adams 
 was on a sick bed, but receiving advices 
 by telegraph, he five times disobeyed the 
 commands of his physician, and leav- 
 ing his couch went to Boston, (100 miles 
 distant,) and having voted for his favor- 
 ite, returned to his chamber at home. 
 
 Adams, Mrs. Jennette Root, at her 
 father's house, Brooklyn, N. Y., Oct. 3, a?. 
 28. She was wife of William H. Adams, 
 and only daughter of Rev. Seth Bliss, 
 late Secretary of the American Tract 
 Society, at Boston. 
 
 Adams, John, Middlesex, Yates Co., 
 N. Y., se. 66. He was a native of Paw- 
 let, Vt., and came to M. at the age of 
 13 ; he amassed a large fortune, but 
 retained a high reputation for integrity 
 and social worth. 
 
 Adams, Hon. Samuel, at Townsend, 
 Mass., April 5, a}. 52. He held several 
 local offices of trust and honor, and was, 
 at his death, senator from the fourth 
 district of Middlesex. His death was 
 caused by aconite, which he had been 
 using externally for rheumatism, and 
 through some mistake was led to take 
 internally. 
 
 Addams, Judge Wm., Spring Town- 
 ship, Berks Co., Pa., May 28, se. 82. 
 He was a member of Congress from 
 that section from 1825 to 1829, and 
 more recently associate judge of the 
 county. 
 
 JAMES ADGER, 
 
 Charleston, S. C, at the St. Nicholas 
 Hotel, New York city, of pneumonia, 
 Sept. 24, Be. 81. He was born near 
 Randalstown, County Antrim, Ireland, 
 in the year 1777. At the age of 16 
 years he emigrated to this country, ar- 
 riving in New York in Jan. 1794. He 
 was apprenticed to a carpenter, but, 
 after an experience of some four or five 
 months, abandoned the trade, and ob- 
 tained a situation as clerk in Mr. John 
 Bailey's hardware store, in Maiden 
 Lane. In the year 1802, he came to 
 Charleston, on his way to visit his 
 brother William, of Fairfield District, 
 
 where he first saw the destined partner 
 of his life, to whom he was married in 
 the year 1806. In the autumn of 1803, 
 the stage being full, he walked, with a 
 friend, from Columbia to Charleston, 
 arriving in advance of the stage, and 
 with that friend, Mr. John Bones, com- 
 menced business in King Street, at the 
 corner of Blackbird's Alley. His trade 
 was mainly with the wagoners, who 
 sold their cotton and purchased sup- 
 plies. He was without any capital of 
 consequence, but had already estab- 
 lished a character, and by it obtained 
 credit sufficient for his business, which 
 rapidly grew and prospered. From this 
 time until his death, he continued in 
 active business, having never failed, 
 through all that period of more than 
 half a century, to pay in every instance 
 the full amount of every one of his 
 commercial and legal obligations. 
 
 It is well known that he never adven- 
 tured into any speculations in the great 
 staples of our produce. His settled pol- 
 icy was to pursue the path of patient, 
 systematic labor. From the foot of the 
 ladder he ascended, climbing step by 
 step, slowly but surely ; and the suc- 
 cess of his whole career was not owing 
 to any luck or fortune, but must be 
 attributed under Providence to the qual- 
 ities he possessed in a remarkable de- 
 gree of economy, integrity, judgment, 
 decision of character, punctuality, and 
 unbounded energy and industry. 
 
 This eminent merchant, this architect 
 of his own fortune, this bright example 
 to our youth of the success attending 
 well-directed energies, has now passed 
 away. In his death society has lost a 
 pillar of strength ; our community a 
 wise and public-spirited citizen ; obscure 
 and struggling merit a head to advise, 
 and a hand to help ; and the distressed 
 and needy a generous friend, whose 
 pity extended to the most forlorn. 
 
 He was a strong character, not always 
 understood, prompt in action, but often 
 slow to speak, thinking much and biding 
 his time ; not forward to volunteer or 
 obtrude his counsel, but giving his opin- 
 ion, when sought or when needed, in 
 few words, clear, sententious, compre- 
 hensive. Underneath the blunt outside 
 man were to be found a loving human 
 heart, sensibilities of unfathomed depth, 
 a soul devising the most generous deeds, 
 and capable of the sublimest of all vir- 
 
8 
 
 ADGER 
 
 [ 1858. ] 
 
 ADGER 
 
 tucs — justice and impartiality. An oc- 
 casional abruptness or sharpness of 
 manner mif;;ht be seen on a transient 
 acquaintance ; but it was for those who 
 knew the man to api)reciate him in the 
 justice of his nature, in the unassuming 
 simpHcity of his character, in the pa- 
 tience of his labor, in the quiet, unos- 
 tentatious streams of his charity, in liis 
 good Mill to man, and his submission 
 to God. 
 
 When success crowned his labors, he 
 did not become enslaved by money ; 
 but the man Avas, at every stage of his 
 progress, superior to his acquisitions. 
 This was true success. The mere ac- 
 cumulation of large property is a failure 
 of, life's end, unless with that increase 
 the individual grows into a larger man- 
 fulness of soul. His success was that 
 his property did not own him, but he 
 was owner of his property, and could 
 cheerfully pai't with it for wise and 
 beneficent uses, or Avhen taken from 
 him by the stroke of Providence. His 
 losses were many and heavy, at various 
 epochs in the convulsions of trade and 
 in the ruins of conflagration. After 
 such blows of fortune, he was found 
 always serene, and even cheerful — never 
 looking back vainly upon yesterday, but 
 forward to the morrow, and abating not 
 a jot from the fortitude and energy 
 of tis continued labor in the present. 
 !Many of his deeds of charity are known 
 to the community ; more are known to 
 his fiunily and friends ; but probably 
 the greater part were seen only by the 
 omniscient eye. In inspiring young 
 men with the right spirit ; in stimulat- 
 ing them, by his advice and example, 
 to pursue a career of useful and hon- 
 orable industry ; in the judicious and 
 generous employment of his capital for 
 the establishment of others in advan- 
 tageous business, he exerted a wide and 
 salutary niHuence, and was thus a bene- 
 factor to his country. It is well known 
 that the present generation of young 
 men of our community take more cor- 
 rect views of a life of energetic labor, 
 than those that preceded them ; and it 
 cannot l)e denied that the life and ca- 
 reer of this self-made man contributed 
 largely to this happy change. By his 
 examjjle as well as words, he spake 
 through his long life, and, being dead, 
 he yet speaketh. 
 
 Among the sterling qualities that gave 
 
 liim success in life we name prominently 
 decision of character. The first element 
 in decision of character is reliance on 
 our own judgment ; and the second is 
 that energy of will and enthusiasm of 
 the passions which, when a wise plan is 
 selected, immediately spring into active 
 powers of execution. These were con- 
 spicuous elements of his character. He 
 had confidence in his own judgment, 
 and did his own tliinking in all practical 
 affairs. No sooner was his plan deter- 
 mined than he commenced action. He 
 had been through life an early riser. 
 Not more certain M-as the sun to climb 
 the eastern sky, than was this man to 
 be early at his post ; Iris purpose stand- 
 ing out clear to his view, and the energy 
 of his will and the enthusiasm of his 
 nature driving him from day to day 
 onward to deserve, if not to attain, suc- 
 cess. -As a consequence of this con- 
 centration of mind, punctuality was a 
 kindred virtue in his character worthy 
 of universal imitation. To him may be 
 truly applied the remark made by the 
 celebrated Lord Nelson, when he said 
 he owed every thing to being always a 
 quarter of an hour before time. 
 
 Another and a chief virtue in his 
 character was integrity. The basis of 
 the gigantic operations of commerce are 
 laid in confidence. A man in Europe 
 stakes hif? property, his faith, his name, 
 with perfect reliance on the charaoter 
 of another man whom he has never 
 seen, thousands of miles distant in 
 America. Parties at a distance know 
 M'hether or not their correspondents are 
 faithful to their trust. All, therefore, 
 who knew the strict attention to details, 
 and the system of rigid justice to the 
 inteiTst of absent owners, on which this 
 man conducted all his affairs, are at no 
 loss to know why business flowed in 
 upon him ; and his name was known 
 far and near as an agent in whom the 
 largest confidence might be reposed. 
 Integrity was as conspicuous in his 
 character as decision and sound judg- 
 ment ; and it was, doubtless, owing, to 
 the fact that he, as an agent, was in- 
 trusted with the property of others, that 
 his far-sighted and just mind laid it 
 down as an axiom that in his business 
 he must ne\;er specul^e. The tempta- 
 tion might be very great, but it never 
 moved his firm resolve. "Jusluvi ac 
 tcnacem jjropositi virum." 
 
ADGER 
 
 [1858.] 
 
 AGATE 
 
 Were we to select for imitation the 
 most conspicuous moral quality in his 
 character, yve would name the element 
 Intrinsic. Beneath all the factitious 
 distinctions of the world ; through all 
 sects, and parties, and conditions ; in 
 whatever form suffering and sorrow 
 may be found, — the electric chord of 
 genuine love finds its way. It seeks no 
 reward ; its language is, " I am a man." 
 He esteemed others not according to 
 outside show, but according to their 
 real worth. He did nothing for effect 
 or mere appearance. He had no wish 
 to be valued for qualities he did not 
 possess. He never acted a part. "Esse, 
 lion videri," was not formally chosen by 
 him as a motto. He did better. He 
 acted it out in his life, and it may now 
 be chosen for him by others as briefly 
 v^xpressing the mould of his manly na- 
 ture and the form of his intrinsic char- 
 acter. Unassuming, honest, and humble 
 himself, he had for all pomp and osten- 
 tatious parade the most profound con- 
 tempt ; and the stream of his beneficence 
 was not directed to conciliate the rich 
 and great, but it flowed where his kind 
 heart prompted, to the obscure and neg- 
 lected, to the stranger and the friendless, 
 to the widow and the fatherless. 
 
 It would be an omission not to notice 
 also his fortitude under affliction. It is 
 not yet five years since his son, Wil- 
 liam, died suddenly in New York, under 
 the most painful circumstances. In the 
 expression of public sympathy, many 
 said the sudden and cruel death of such 
 a son would kill the aged father. When 
 the heavy tidings came, it was like the 
 tornado bearing down on the old oak 
 tree, or the earthquake moving beneath 
 the solid rock ; but the granite rock 
 stood firm, and the old oak tree, bend- 
 ing for the moment, soon stood erect 
 again, and defied the fury of the storm. 
 His heart bled, but the solid, fixed mind 
 never quailed. He fuUy appreciated the 
 dimensions of his loss, but he saw that 
 it was done — it was inevitable — it was 
 past and gone forever. He saw the 
 hand of God, and bowed in submission 
 to his will. After a proper season of 
 bitter tears — nature's inexorable claim 
 — he said, it is enough; and, thence- 
 forth, instead of leaning upon others, 
 he, the aged, but the strong, stood, 
 the bulwark and support of his family 
 around him. His conduct in that dark 
 
 hour illustrated his iron strength of 
 mind and his heroic trust in God. 
 
 He was eminently social in his feel- 
 ings, enjoying with the greatest zest the 
 companionship of old, tried, and trusty 
 friends, to whom he always opened his 
 hand and his heart, whatever might be 
 their station in life. Favors done to 
 him were never forgotten, but always 
 repaid, if opportunity offered, with inter- 
 est. At the friendly fireside and the 
 festive board he presided an acknowl- 
 edged chief. The old and the young 
 alike owned the spell of a soul so brim- 
 ful of social glee and gladness. It 
 would be a task to find in any circle his 
 peer for the combination of those qual- 
 ities of head and heart that shone out 
 in every feature, and found vent in 
 every expression, diffusing around him 
 the good will and happiness of his 
 genial nature. His life is his best 
 eulogy. His last act was a visit to 
 some of the friends of his early days ; a 
 visit and generous relief of the father- 
 less and the widow in their affliction. 
 God saw that his work was done, and 
 called him home. 
 
 Having filled up his long life to the 
 end with imtiring usefulness, — having 
 raised a large family in respectability 
 and honor, and left to them and to his 
 countrymen a brilliant example in all 
 the affau's of practical life of a virtuovis 
 energizer, — he has fallen asleep. He 
 died after a brief illness of only five 
 days. He who never Mngered through 
 life in performing his duty, was not 
 kept lingering on the bed of death. 
 He retained his faculties to the last, 
 and died as he had lived — a hearty 
 and an earnest man. His only desire 
 for life was that he might still longer 
 be useful to his family ; but he ex- 
 pressed submission to God's will, and 
 implicit reliance on his love and mercy 
 through the great Redeemer. 
 
 Agate, William, Pittsford, Monroe 
 Co., April 10, a. 88. Mr. A. was a 
 native of England. In 1795, after a 
 boisterous voyage, he landed in New 
 York, with his life-long friend, Rev. 
 Thos. Billinghurst, one of the pioneer 
 preachers of the Universalists. The 
 fi'iends, who had brougl* their families 
 with them, first settled at Sparta, on 
 the Hudson. Soon after, Mr. B. moved 
 into the wilderness, where Pittsford now 
 
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 AINSWORTH [ 1858. ] ALBERTSON 
 
 stands, and in 179S, Mr. A. joined him, 
 taking an adjoining tract of land. Four 
 hundred miles from New York city, 
 with no road for a considerable part of 
 the way, they suffered many long-con- 
 tinued privations. The two families 
 continued closely united till death. 
 In 1S4S, Mr. Billinghurst died, and 
 soon after his wife, at the age of 79. 
 In 1854, Mr. A. followed his own 
 wife to the grave, after a companion- 
 ship of 58 years, her age being 85. It 
 is noteworthy that all these victims of 
 so much hardship and privation en- 
 joyed " length of days." Mr. A. was 
 temperate, industrious, cheerful, and 
 active in every good word and work, — 
 a course of life that will help account 
 for his continuance in the community 
 he had helped to found for almost a 
 score of years beyond the allotted three- 
 score and ten. 
 
 REV. LABAN AINSWORTH, 
 
 Jaffrey, N. H., March 17, ae. 100 yrs. 7 
 roos. and 28 days, son of Capt. William 
 Ainsworth. He was born at Wood- 
 stock, Ct., July 19, 1757, and was or- 
 dained pastor of the church at Jaffrey, 
 in pursuance of a call and vote of the 
 town, Dec. 10, 1782, being the first set- 
 tled minister of the place — the church 
 having been organized May 13, 1780. 
 He continued pastor 49 years, when, 
 Jan. 11, 1832, Rev. Giles Lyman was 
 ordained colleague. Mr. Lyman was 
 dismissed May 3, 1837. Rev. Josiah D. 
 Crosby was ordained colleague, Oct. 4, 
 1837, and dismissed April 19, 1844. 
 Rev. Leonard Tenney was ordained col- 
 league, April 19, 1845, and dismissed 
 Aug., 1857, making the entire pastorate 
 of Mr. A., over the same j^eople, 76 
 years. 
 
 He fitted for college with Rev. Abiel 
 Leonard, of Woodstock, and entered 
 the Sophomore class of Dartmouth Col- 
 lege at the age of 19 — the class which 
 graduated in 1778. His father con- 
 templated sending him to Harvard, but 
 on account of the war then raging — 
 the college buildings being used as bar- 
 racks — sent him to Dartmouth, fitting 
 him out with a horse and equipments, 
 which were siMd for his expenses the 
 first year. It was at the commence- 
 ment of 1781 that the committee from 
 Jaffrey met him at Hanover, and gave 
 
 him the call to preach as a candidate, 
 which resulted in his settlement. Where 
 he studied theology does not appear ; 
 but probably with Mr. Leonard, at 
 Woodstock. He was always an evan- 
 gelical preacher of more than ordinary 
 ability, a man of great humor in his 
 social intercourse, but earnestly intent 
 in his great calling. He retained the 
 respect and affection of his people to 
 the last. His powers of body and mind 
 held out remarkably, so that he was able 
 to attend the public services in the 
 church, celebrating his one hundredth 
 bii'thday. In person he was of medium 
 stature, thick set, good features, every 
 way well formed, except one hand, which 
 was disabled by an early sickness. He 
 had two children ; Sarah, who married 
 Isaac Parker, of Boston, and died May 
 29, 1857; and William, who died at 
 Concord, June 14, 1842, while member 
 of the legislature for New Ipswich. 
 The year 1858 is remarkable for the 
 death of four aged clergymen, all grad- 
 uates of Dartmouth College, and nearly 
 contemporary, whose united age ex- 
 ceeds four hundred years, viz : Laban 
 Ainsworth, Zach. Green, Ethan Osborn, 
 John Sawyer. 
 
 INIr. A. was a man of vigorous health 
 and sound constitution. He had a 
 pleasant aspect, voice, and manner, 
 was gifted v\-ith a good judgment and 
 a genial humor, and knew how to make 
 his home agreeable to children, grand- 
 children, and guests. He had the re- 
 spect of his contemporaries, and the 
 veneration of the younger generations 
 who grew up around him. He loved 
 the Bible, and took delight in its strong 
 Calvinistic doctrines. 
 
 AlNSVi''ORTH, Nathan, Newport, N. 
 Y., May 31, a^. 87. When he was five 
 years old the revolutionary war broke 
 out ; his father died in the army, and 
 his brother perished of small pox in 
 the infamous prison-ship Jersey, where 
 he was confined as prisoner of war. Na- 
 than was then bound out to a farmer by 
 his destitute mother. At the age of 31 
 he removed to Herkimer Co., where he 
 was till death active in every religious, 
 educational, reformatory, and other phil- 
 anthropic work. 
 
 Albertson, Hon. Joseph C, San 
 Francisco, Cal., Dec. 8, sc. 41, son (^f 
 Joseph C. Albertson, Esq., of Southold, 
 
ALDEN 
 
 [1858.] 
 
 ALLEN 
 
 11 
 
 N. Y. After a thorough preparatory 
 course at Clinton Academy, and with 
 the late lamented Rev. Jonathan Hunt- 
 ting, he entered Yale College, and grad- 
 uated in 1837. The three ensuing j'ears 
 he spent in the law offices of George 
 Miller, Riverhead, N. Y., and Charles 
 B. Moore, New York. In 1840, he com- 
 menced the practice of law in the city 
 of New York, and he represented the 
 city in the state legislature during the 
 session of 1846; was assistant alder- 
 man of the second ward, and subse- 
 quently city judge. In 1854, in the 
 strong hope of a quicker attainment of 
 his object, he left his northern home, 
 and settled in San Francisco. Rich in 
 mental endowments, cultivated in taste, 
 noble, generous, and confiding in dis- 
 position, a large circle of friends will 
 long lament his early death in a far-off 
 land. 
 
 Alden, Henry, South Abington, Ms., 
 April 4, a;. 41. 
 
 Alden, Timothy, at New York, 
 
 4, SB. — . He was a native of Barn- 
 stable Co., Mass. He devoted his life 
 to the invention of a machine that 
 should set and distribute tj^pe. After 
 many years of toil and anxiety, he suc- 
 ceeded in producing an invention that 
 performed both operations some three 
 or four times faster than human fingers ; 
 but before its merits became generally 
 known to printers he died. If the ex- 
 pense does not prevent, this machine 
 will probably come into general use 
 among book printers, 
 
 Allan, Hon. Chilton, Winchester, 
 Ky., Sept. 3, se. 73. He was a native 
 of Winchester Co., Va., removing to 
 Kentucky in 1786. He was elected to 
 the State Assembly in 1811, and con- 
 tinued in one or the other branch of 
 the legislature till 1830. From the 
 latter year until 1837, when he declined 
 further service, he was a representative 
 in Congress. In 1837-8, he was presi- 
 dent of the State Board of Internal 
 Improvement. In 1842, in the financial 
 crisis, he served another term in the 
 legislature, but refused all subsequent 
 political honors. Mr. Allan was a fine 
 specimen of a self-made man. Remov- 
 ing to Kentucky when a mere lad, he 
 for many years worked at his trade, that 
 of a wheelwright ; and when the hours 
 of toil were over, spent the evening in 
 patient study, that he might give him- 
 
 self that education to which no friend 
 had assisted him. After a time he be- 
 came a teacher in the public schools, 
 and while yet a j'oung man began the 
 successful practice of the law, proving 
 that his self-instruction had been patient 
 and faithful. His official course was 
 ever marked with prudence, faithful- 
 ness, and a considerable degree of con- 
 servatism ; the latter quality was of 
 especial value to the councils of a new 
 state surrounded by communities dis- 
 posed to innovation and rash political 
 experiments. His death was felt to be 
 a great public loss. 
 
 Allen, Dr. Alfred S., Vicksburg, 
 Miss., Feb. 4, ge. 45. He was a native 
 of New Jersey, emigrating in 1837 to 
 Texas, where he served for a time as 
 surgeon in the army. He was mayor of 
 Vicksburg at his death. 
 
 Allen, Anson H., Keeseville, N. Y., 
 Nov. 16, 8P. 53. He was the pioneer 
 editor of that region. Some 30 years 
 ago, when Keeseville was little more 
 than a wilderness, he established there 
 the Herald ; afterwards he published a 
 very popular biographical paper, called 
 — The Old Settler. He held many 
 local offices, and was for some years 
 collector of customs at Whitehall. 
 
 Allen, Dr. Frederick, Hallowell, Me., 
 Mar. 17, aj. 46. Formerly of Martha's 
 Vineyard. 
 
 Allen, Lieut. J. K., of the 9th In- 
 fantry, U. S. Army, on the Yakima River, 
 Aug. 15. He was in command of a de- 
 tachment in pursuit of some Indian 
 murderers; his party of 15 captured 21 
 warriors, and some 70 other prisoners. 
 In the engagement, Lieut. A. received a 
 mortal wound. He was a brave and 
 talented officer from Illinois, graduating 
 at West Point in 1853. 
 
 Allen, Hon. J. J., Mt. Jackson, Shen- 
 andoah Co., Va., Aug. 6, fe. 55, for 
 several years presiding justice of the 
 County Court. 
 
 Allen, James, son of Judge Charles 
 Allen, Worcester, Oct. 28, from burst- 
 ing a blood-vessel. A young man of 
 great worth and promise. 
 
 Allen, Dr. James H., Irvington, N. 
 Y.,Aug. 8, fe. 41. 
 
 Allen, Deacon Jonathan, Sedgwick, 
 Me., s. 90. He was for about 50 years 
 deacon in the Baptist church of that 
 place. His father, Nathaniel, removed 
 to S. from Beverly, Mass. 
 
12 
 
 ALLIXSON 
 
 [1858.] 
 
 ANDERSON 
 
 Allinson, David, near Pcmberton, 
 N. J., Sept. 14, a*. So. He was a mem- 
 ber of the Society of Friends, and was 
 for many years a jjublisher in New York 
 city. In establishing the Apprentices' 
 Library, he rendered an invaluable ser- 
 vice to the community. 
 
 Allison, Mrs. Mary, Louisiana City, 
 Mo., Aug. 24, OD. 84, wife of James. 
 She was the daughter of Samuel Car- 
 roll, of York district, S. C, and Avell 
 remembered many of the fearful inci- 
 dents of the partisan warfare of the 
 revolution, her father being closely al- 
 lied with Marion's patriotic troop. She 
 was among tlie pioneer settlers of Pike 
 Co., Mo. 
 
 Allstox, Col. John Ashe, Sullivan's 
 
 Island, S. C., , a>. 42. He was 
 
 a nephew of "Washington Allston, the 
 great artist, and employed his talents 
 and wealth in the promotion of litera- 
 ture, the fine arts, and scientific agricul- 
 ture. He was a legislator of experience. 
 
 Ames, Capt. Ambrose, at Greenfield, 
 Aug. 29, s). 9G, a native of Bridgewater, 
 Mass., where the Ames family settled in 
 the days of the Pilgrims. He lived in 
 Greenfield more than 70 years, repre- 
 senting the town in the General Court 
 several times. He was appointed post- 
 master by Jeff'erson in 1804, and contin- 
 ued in office until 1841. He was a man 
 of strong constitution and very regular 
 habits. 
 
 Ames, Dr. Silas, Montgomery, Ala., 
 Dec. 7, X. 55. He was one of the old- 
 est and most esteemed physicians of that 
 place, and a valued citizen. 
 
 A.MMIDON, Otis, Philadelphia, Dec. 
 23, ae. 87. He was born in Mendon, 
 Mass., before the struggles of the colo- 
 nies for freedom. At the time of his 
 decease he was treasurer of the Lehigh 
 Coal and Navigation Co., an office he 
 had filled with exemplary fidelity for a 
 period of years. In early life Mr. A. 
 was engaged in commercial pursuits, as 
 agent of Thos. H. Perkins, in St. Do- 
 mingo, until those troubles which termi- 
 nated in the frightful massacre and 
 expulsion of the whites. After his re- 
 tvirn, he engaged in business with the 
 Hon. Jona. Kussell, his brother-in-law. 
 Subsequently lie resided in Paris, at the 
 period when Napoleon was declared first 
 consul, and also for some time in Nor- 
 way. His commercial enteri)rises were 
 not successful ; and in 1827 he was 
 
 appointed to the post which he occupied 
 at the time of his death, and which was 
 peculiarly adapted to his habits. Mr. 
 A. was appointed a ruling elder in the 
 Seventh Presbyterian Church, Philadel- 
 phia, in 1818, and was the last surviving 
 member of the Board of Elders as it 
 then existed. The character of the de- 
 ceased was highly appreciated in the 
 church and the community. Of retiring 
 habits, he was, nevertheless, a man of 
 most genial, guileless, and cheerful 
 spirit. His countenance was usually 
 lighted with a smile, and his soul was 
 the seat of benevolence. None doubted 
 the sincerity of his friendship, and his 
 character for more than fourscore years 
 was Christian consistency. Few men, 
 perhaps, have lived for so many years, 
 and under so many circumstances of 
 temptation, with so few faults. 
 
 Amory, Mrs. Elizabeth, Roxbury, 
 
 Mass., , se. 82, widow of Thomas 
 
 Amory, Esq., and daughter of the late 
 Dr. Wm. Bowen, of Providence, II. I. 
 
 Anderson, Cornelius V., New York 
 city, Nov. 21, ae. 49. In 1837, when 
 only 28 years of age, he was appointed 
 to the responsible position of chief en- 
 gineer of that city. At that time the 
 department was in a state of disorgan- 
 ization, caused by an unpopular change 
 in its management ; but Mr. A. soon 
 restored order, and the department 
 reached its highest state of efficiency 
 during his administration. He found 
 the annual expenses of the department 
 $72,000 ; but, before the close of his 
 term, he had, while adding to its force 
 and equipment, reduced them to about 
 $30,000. In 1848 Mr. A, whose health 
 had suffered by the arduous duties of 
 his office, resigned the chief-engineer- 
 ship, and was elected register of the 
 city and county by a vote which testified 
 to the esteem in which he was held by 
 his fellow-citizens. In 1851 he was 
 nominated for reelection, but, owing to 
 party changes, he was defeated. About 
 that time the Lorillard Insurance Co. 
 was organized, and Mr. A. was chosen 
 as its president — an office which he 
 held until death. In 1856 he was ap- 
 pointed a governor of the almshouse for 
 the unexpired term of Mr. Duke, and 
 in 1858 was nominated by the repub- 
 licans for reelection ; but, as his health 
 was failing rapidly, he declined the nom- 
 ination. Mr. A.'s chief traits of char- 
 
ANDERSON 
 
 [1858.] 
 
 ARCHER 
 
 13 
 
 acter were a sound judgment, combined 
 •with decision and energy in the dis- 
 charge of his duties, and uncompro- 
 mising integrity. 
 
 Anderson, Dr. James, Richmond, 
 June 1, oe. 77. 
 
 Anderson, John, Boonsboro', Md., 
 May 23, se. 87. He -was a soldier in 
 the war of 1812, and helped repel the 
 British at Baltimore. 
 
 Anderson, Dr. Richard, Aberdeen, 
 Pike Co., Mo., Nov. 14, se. 51. He was 
 a native of Va., but for 25 years had 
 been a devoted and beloved physician 
 in Pike Co. He was a man of great skill, 
 and greater benevolence and tenderness. 
 
 Anderson, Maj. W. C, Marion Co., 
 Mo., April 23, ss. 77. He Avas a native 
 of Ivy., and was the last of six brothers, 
 all of whom bore arms in the war of 
 1812. Maj. A. was private secretary to 
 Com. Bainbridge, and was taken pris- 
 oner with that officer at the time the 
 frigate Philadelphia fell into the hands 
 of the Tripolitans. The ship's company 
 all remained in captivity 22 months. 
 Maj. A. served in both the Ohio and 
 Mo. legislatures, and for 21 years had 
 been pension agent in Mo., resigning 
 within six months of his death, on ac- 
 count of infirmity. 
 
 Anderson, William B., Aaronsburg, 
 Pa., June 2, se. 58, for several years a 
 member of the legislature, in both 
 branches. 
 
 Andrews, David, Providence, R. I., 
 April 20, se. — , for 25 years cashier of 
 the Commercial Bank, from its founda- 
 tion to his death, and a philanthropic, 
 Christian man. 
 
 ETHAN ALLEN ANDREWS, LL.D., 
 
 New Britain, Ct., March 25, ep, 71. He 
 graduated at Yale in 1810, and for some 
 years practised law. In 1822 he became 
 Professor of Ancient Languages in the 
 University of North CaroHna. After 
 six years' service, he returned to the 
 north, and taught a select school in 
 New Haven for five years, and for six 
 years longer in Boston. In 1839 he 
 retired to his native town, and spent the 
 most of his time in the preparation of 
 Latin text-books. In connection with 
 the late Prof. Solomon Stoddard, he had 
 several years before issued the Latin 
 Grammar bearing their joint names ; 
 this Prof. A. now revised ; it became a 
 2 
 
 standard, and no less than 65 editions 
 of it have already been required. His 
 Latin text-books number 13, of which 
 the principal are the Grammar and his 
 great Lexicon. Prof. A. was an ardent 
 friend of popular education, a man of 
 great moral worth, and a life-long con- 
 sistent Christian. 
 
 Andrews, Dr. Simeon J., Glasten- 
 bury, Ct., Nov. 15, x. 56, for several 
 years a very widely practising physician 
 in that region. 
 
 Andrews, Rev. Samuel R., New 
 Haven, Ct., June 2, aj. 71. He was, for 
 about a quarter of a century, the es- 
 teemed and successful pastor of the 
 Congregational church in South Wood- 
 bury, Ct. He was affectionate and agree- 
 able in his intercourse with his people, 
 and one of the ablest men in the state. 
 He was an excellent writer, and a fre- 
 quent and able contributor to the Quar- 
 terly Christian Spectator in its best days. 
 He was obliged to give up his pastoral 
 charge some 10 years before his death, 
 on account of failing health. There- 
 after he resided in New Haven, preach- 
 ing occasionally, and filling the office of 
 secretary to the corporation of Yale 
 College. 
 
 Andrews, Capt. William R., Little 
 Rock, Ark., Aug. 2, re. 39. He belonged 
 in Buffalo, N. Y. During the Mexican 
 war he was appointed a captain in the 
 10th U. S. Infantry, a position which he 
 afterwards resigned, but was subse- 
 quently reappointed. Until May, 1858, 
 he held command of Fort Vergennes, 
 Vt., when he Avas ordered to take com- 
 mand of the fort at Little Rock, where 
 he died. 
 
 Angell, Oliver, Providence, R. I., 
 Nov. 11, SB. 71. He was descended 
 from one of the five companions of 
 Roger Williams at his landing at that 
 place in 1636. He graduated at Brown 
 in 1807, and became a teacher first in a 
 private and then in a public school. 
 He also published a series of school 
 books some 25 years ago, which became 
 quite popular. After long and success- 
 ful service, he left teaching, and gave 
 his attention to agricultural pursuits, of 
 which he was very fond, and became 
 one of the most useful members of the 
 " R. I. Society for the Encouragement 
 of Domestic Industry." 
 
 Archer, Mrs. Elizabeth^ Vernon, 
 
14 
 
 ARMSTEAD 
 
 [ i8:i8. ] 
 
 AUSTIN 
 
 N. Y., Oct 16, tr. 107 years, 4 mos. Her 
 health was excellent to the last, when, 
 without sickness, she " fell asleep." 
 
 AuMSTEAD, William, in Franklin Co., 
 
 O., 15, a>. 74. lie was commissary 
 
 of Gen. Harrison's army while in that 
 vicinity in the war of 1812. 
 
 AuMSTKONG, Maj. Horatio Gates, 
 near Baltimore, Md., April G, re. 68. 
 
 AUMSTROXG, Robert Livingston, Esq., 
 
 Garrison, Putnam Co., N. Y., 17, 
 
 IT. 30, a promising lawyer. 
 
 Akmstron'G, W. G., at Jcffersonville, 
 Ky., July 29, ve. 62, a member of the 
 legislature of that state for 11 successive 
 years. 
 
 Arnold, Maj. A., AVestport, Mo., 
 Sept. — , ac. — . He was recently Indian 
 agent for the Pawnees, and was the fh-st 
 representative from "Washington Co. to 
 the Nebraska legislature. His family 
 residence was Fort Calhoun, N. T. 
 
 AsilBY, Mrs. Temperance, Troy, N.Y., 
 , a?. 79. She was the oldest in- 
 habitant of Troy, liaving resided on the 
 spot 73 years, during which time the 
 place had become first a small village, 
 then a city. At her death there was 
 only one building in that ^^ hole county 
 that was erected before she came to re- 
 side at Troy. She was a lady of much 
 sense, and for many years had been the 
 gi'eat source of information as to local 
 history. 
 
 AsiiMORE, Mrs., off the Cape of Good 
 Hope, ^lay 19, a?. — , wife of liev. Wm. 
 A., of the Siam mission. She was the 
 daughter of l)ea. Sanderson, Brookline, 
 Mass., whom she was coming with her 
 two children to visit, parting from her 
 husband at Hong Kong. 
 
 AsHTOX, ]\Irs. Anna ]\Iaria, White 
 Creek, N. Y., Sept. 11, se. 60. She was 
 the youngest daughter of the late Rev. 
 Thos. Beveridge, and sister of Rev. Dr. 
 Thos. Beveridge, of Xenia, O. 
 
 Atkins, Rev. J. W., Saco, Me., May 
 27, ip. ;jO. a popular preacher of the 
 Methodists. 
 
 Atkinson, Col. B., Lucas Co., O., 
 Aug. 2, a^. — . He was one of the he- 
 roes of Fort Stephenson, under Croghan, 
 and died on the anniversary of that vic- 
 tory, which was then being celebrated 
 in the neighboring town of Fremont. 
 
 Atkinson, Tiiomas Chalkley, Alexan- 
 dria, Va., Dec. 6, a-. — . He was ap- 
 pointed a civil engineer on the Baltimore 
 und Ohio Railway in 1836, and from 
 
 1849 to the time of his death was chief 
 engineer of the Orange and Alexandria 
 (Va.) road. He was eminent in his pro- 
 fession, and was learned in the cognate 
 sciences as well as in general literature. 
 
 REV. JERE:\nAH ATWATER, D.D., 
 
 New Haven, July 29, se. 84. The first 
 president of jSIiddlebury College, and 
 afterwards president of Dickinson Col- 
 lege, at Carlisle, Pa. He was a native 
 of New Haven, and a graduate of Yale 
 College, class of 1793 ; was tutor in 
 that college from 1795 to 1799; presi- 
 dent at ]\Iiddlebury from 1800 to 1809, 
 and president at Carlisle from 1810 to 
 1818, Avhen he resigned, and was suc- 
 ceeded by the distinguished Dr. John M. 
 Mason, of New York. Since that time 
 he has lived a very retired life on the 
 patrimony left him by his father — the 
 later years almost as a recluse. His 
 house stood on the site once occupied 
 by Col. John Dixwell, famous as one of 
 the judges by whom King Charles I. Avas 
 sentenced to execution as a traitor. 
 
 Dr. A. was a man of great reading, 
 and of a retentive memory, especially of 
 historical events and the lives and. char- 
 acters of men he had known, but had 
 not a fondness for writing, and has left, 
 it is believed, but few literary remains 
 of his life. He was descended from Da- 
 vid Atwater, who came to New Haven 
 in the year 1639. Three children sur- 
 vive him — two sons, who graduated at 
 Yale, class of 1827 and 1834, and a 
 daughter, who married the late Rev. 
 Oliver B. Hart, of South Britain. 
 
 SAMUEL AUSTIN, 
 
 Boston, Ms., Sept. 15, se. 65. He was 
 
 son of Samuel A., and was born (1794) 
 in Boston, where he spent the whole of 
 his life. From 1812 to 1816 he Avas a 
 clerk in the State Bank. In 1818 he 
 entered mercantile life as partner of Na- 
 than Bridge. After two years he M-ent 
 into business by himself, and so contin- 
 ued to the end of his life. He was ex- 
 tensively engaged in the Calcutta trade, 
 which rewarded his industry with a lib- 
 eral fortune. He was very highly es- 
 teemed as a merchant and as a man of 
 the greatest integrity and moral excel- 
 lence. He was elected as a representa- 
 tive to the legislature in 1827, and re- 
 
AVERY 
 
 [1858.] 
 
 AYERS 
 
 15 
 
 ceived six successive reelections ; he was 
 chosen to the city council of Boston in 
 1829 and in 1830, and Avas annually re- 
 elected a director in the State Bank from 
 1 824 to his death. He was a gentleman 
 of much refinement of manners and a 
 high literary taste. Never marrjing, he 
 devoted nearly all the moments spared 
 him by business to the cultivation of his 
 mind ; his favorite authors were the 
 metaphysicians, psychologists, and po- 
 litical economists, on whose speculations 
 he was very fond of arguing with his 
 chosen friends, and his arguments were 
 always good-tempered.* By his demise 
 the community has parted with a mer- 
 chant of remarkable business talent, a 
 profound student and thinker, and a man 
 of such intelligence and uprightness that 
 it can ill afibrd to lose the influence of 
 his example. 
 
 EEV. CHARLES AVERY, 
 
 Alleghany City, Pa., Jan. 17, a?. 73. 
 He Avas born in "Westchester Co., N. Y. 
 Leaving home without a dollar, he be- 
 came apprentice to an apothecary. In 
 time he gathered a small capital, all of 
 which he lost by the wrecking of a ves- 
 sel in which it was adventured, between 
 New York and Philadelphia. In 1813 
 he established himself at Pittsburg, Pa., 
 as a druggist and a manufacturer of 
 white lead. He soon found that he could 
 not compete with his rivals in the M'hite- 
 lead trade unless he followed the com- 
 mon practice of adulterating the article. 
 This he indignantly refused to do, and 
 at once gave up that part of his busi- 
 ness. In all his career he was ever hon- 
 est, open, liberal, and strictly truthful. 
 The estate of nearly a million dollars 
 that he left showed that these qualities 
 were no hinderance to success in business. 
 His money was ever freely expended for 
 philanthropic purposes. Many years ago, 
 when steamboat explosions were of al- 
 most daily occurrence on the western 
 
 * ITon. William Appleton saiil of him, "I hare 
 been l)is iicigliljor and have had business relations 
 ■ivirh him for the past 30 years, and during that 
 IdUi: period I have alwaj-s found him on the side 
 of broad, coniprehens^ive views. Nothing mean 
 foun 1 favor with him ; of strict integrity, and in 
 his intercourse with the world kind and concilia- 
 tory." 
 
 rivers, Mr. A., happening to be on the 
 Hudson, saw a boat intended to protect 
 the passengers from such disasters. It 
 consisted of a forward boat, containing 
 the machinery, and a cabin-boat, sepa- 
 rated by a little interval from the first. 
 Immediately on his return to Pittsburg 
 he liberally advanced the money for 
 building a costly steamer on this plan. 
 The craft sailed to Cincinnati, but found 
 the crookedness and currents of the Ohio 
 fatal to her success. The cabin-boat soon 
 after became a produce flat-boat, and the 
 engine portion, having started for New 
 Orleans during a flood, was, by a care- 
 less pilot, stranded in the woods, half a 
 mile from the channel of the river, and 
 left there to rot, not the monument of a 
 visionary speculation, but of a truly phil- 
 anthropic attempt to protect the lives 
 of the travelling public. Mr. A. built 
 many churches in Virginia, Ohio, and 
 Pennsylvania. He was especially inter- 
 ested in the improvement of the colored 
 race, often purchasing the freedom of 
 well-deserving slaves, and aiding poor 
 negroes in acquiring comfortable homes. 
 He also founded a college for colored 
 youth, the first established in the coun- 
 try, and at his death a touching eulogy 
 was pronounced at " Avery College " by 
 a colored speaker. Having no children, 
 Mr. A. bequeathed liberal sums to vari- 
 ous " Methodist Protestant " chuixhes, 
 to a fund for the support of disabled 
 clergy of that sect, to Avery College, 
 the Insane Asylum of Western Pennsyl- 
 vania, and similar institutions, and to 
 various relatives. He then provided that 
 the balance, from a quarter to half a 
 million dollars, should be invested in 
 two equal perpetual funds, one for the 
 education of the colored population of 
 the United States and Canada, and the 
 other for the conversion and civilizing of 
 the black races in Africa. Hon. Thos. 
 M. Howe, Wm. M. Shinn, and Josiah 
 King, Esqs., his executors, seem wisely 
 selected to be the almoners of this good 
 man's bounty. The biography of Mr. 
 A. seems remarkable, and worthy of 
 study by the youth of our land. 
 
 Ayers, Dr. Jessie, Brownville, N. Y., 
 vo. 57. He was a native of Vt., an ex- 
 cellent physician, and a beloved citizen. 
 
16 
 
 BACHMAN 
 
 [I808.] 
 
 BACKUS 
 
 B. 
 
 BACroiAX, John F., Eastoii, Pa., April 
 29, a?. 27. "When a mere boy of 16 sum- 
 mers, while an apprentice at the Argus 
 otiice, he joined Capt. Miller's corps of 
 Stockton Artillerists, and went with this 
 company to Mexico. lie was engaged 
 in tlie bombardment of Vera Cruz, in 
 the battle of C'crro Gordo, and in the 
 taking of C'haj)ultepec, where he took 
 four ])risoners himself, marching three 
 of them to safe quarters. While in the 
 city of Mexico, he hel])ed to print a 
 paper there called the North American. 
 After the war he returned to Easton, 
 and remained there until the breaking 
 out of the California gold fever in the 
 latter part of Jan., 1849, when he went 
 to California, but soon returned to Eas- 
 ton. Three years ago • he was elected 
 clerk of the Quarter Sessions ; and last 
 fall was reelected for three years more. 
 He was faithful in the performance of 
 the duties of his office, and was liked 
 by all who had business transactions 
 with him. 
 
 Backus, Dr. Frederick, Rochester, N. 
 Y., Nov. 4, a?. (54. Dr. B. was a son of 
 the Ilev. Dr. Azel Backus, a distin- 
 guished divine of New England, and at 
 his death, which occurred in 1817, the 
 president of Hamilton College. He was 
 born at Bethlem, Conn., June 15, 1794. 
 Dr. B. was one of a family of eight 
 children, of whom only one, Theodore, 
 survives. He graduated at Yale Col- 
 lege, in 1814, in the same class with 
 Prof. Olmsted, and a number of other 
 distinguished men. In 1815, having 
 obtained a license to ])ractise medicine, 
 Dr. B. took up his residence in Itoches- 
 ter, where he continued till his death. 
 In 1818 he married Miss Fitzhugh, of 
 Maryland, a sister of the wives of Gcr- 
 rit Smith and James G. Birney. Mr. 
 Smith's first wile was also a sister of Dr. 
 B. In 1842, Dr. B. was elected sena- 
 tor from the old eighth district, and 
 served four years, with great ability. In 
 1840 he was a member of the conven- 
 tion which gave the ])resent state con- 
 stitution. These are the only elective 
 offices he ever filled, though he was 
 often called to trusts of great impor- 
 tance in the management of jniblic insti- 
 tutions. As a physician, he had but 
 
 few superiors, and he enjoyed for many 
 years a large and lucrative practice. In 
 the cholera seasons of 1832 and '33, when 
 general panic pervaded the city. Dr. B. 
 was the efficient and calm health officer, 
 from whose wise counsels the timid took 
 courage, and whose prudent plans did 
 much to check alarm and stay the prog- 
 ress of the scourge. As a man, he was 
 possessed of a genial, happy tempera- 
 ment, which not only gave assurance to 
 those whom he met professionally, but 
 which made him a general favorite. His 
 wit was quiet but keen, and he looked 
 down upon life with a vision quick to 
 discern and take advantage of that which 
 was pleasant, and which ignored and 
 avoided that which was repulsive. All 
 who knew him bear testimony to his 
 Uniform good nature, and the ready and 
 sympathetic kindness of heart which 
 attached the poor and the sorrowing to 
 him. In the Senate of New York he 
 originated the movement in behalf of 
 the education of idiots ; and when, years 
 after, that movement had taken shape, 
 in the present Asylum at Syracuse, his 
 name received no tardy or unwilling 
 recognition of the fact, and the able 
 report from his pen was quoted Avith 
 approbation. In this institution, and 
 the kindred one in Massachusetts, Dr. 
 B. always took great interest. Thou- 
 sands of unfortunates, the windows of 
 whose soul are darkened, will have occa- 
 sion to thank Dr. B. for his earnest and 
 successful advocacy of their cause. 
 
 Backus, Mrs. Sarah, Binghampton, 
 N. Y., se. 82, daughter of Cob Eleazar 
 Lindsley, an officer of the revolutionary 
 Avar. She was born at Morristown, N. Y., 
 in 1776. When quite a young woman, 
 she travelled on horseback from the 
 Hudson River, her path marked Avith 
 blazed trees, to the site Avhere Bing- 
 hampton now stands, then almost a Avil- 
 derness. The deceased Avas endoAved 
 Avith a constitution naturally strong and 
 robust, Avhich Avas hardened in the stern 
 school of her early endurances and ex- 
 periences. She possessed a mind Avell 
 harmonized Avith her body — fresh, origi- 
 nal, and vigorous. 
 
 Backus, Hon. Thomas, West Kil- 
 hngly, Ct., Dec. 9, tc. 58. Mr. B. Avas a 
 
BACON 
 
 [1858.] 
 
 BAGBY 
 
 17 
 
 graduate of Brown University ; studied 
 the legal profession in Woonsocket, and 
 entered upon its practice in Windham 
 Co., Ct., where he soon acquired an emi- 
 nent position as a lawyer and as a man. 
 He was elected lieutenant governor of 
 the state, and for a number of years was 
 judge of the County Court. 
 
 Bacon, Amos, Esq.. Ogdensburg, N. 
 Y., May 24, a;. 72. Mr. B. was born 
 at Canterbury, Ct. His father was a 
 soldier of the revolution, and served 
 under Washington, in the vicinity of 
 Boston, until the British evacuated that 
 city. Mr. B. served as a volunteer sev- 
 eral months in the M-ar of 1812, on the 
 eastern shore of ^Maryland. He came 
 to 0. immediately after the close of the 
 war, and established himself as a mer- 
 chant. In the comparative infancy of 
 O., Mr. B. became one of its most dis- 
 tinguished citizens. As a merchant he 
 was prompt in business, punctual in the 
 fulfilment of every obligation, and by 
 his skill and industry accumulated a 
 handsome estate. In all the enterprises 
 for the advancement of education, re- 
 ligion, and other village interests, none 
 were more liberal, or devoted more of 
 their time and energies. He was a most 
 affectionate husband and father, and in all 
 his domestic relations most exemplary. 
 
 Bacon, jSIrs. Hannah EHza, Warren- 
 ton, Va., Dec. 3, x. 46, wife of Rev. 
 Joel S. Bacon, D. D., late president of 
 Columbia College, in the District of 
 Columbia. 
 
 Baer, John, Lancaster, Pa., Nov. 6, 
 ae. 61, senior editor and publisher of the 
 Lancaster Volksfreimd. He was born 
 in Lancaster Co., Jan. 31, 1797. He 
 became connected with the publication 
 of the Volksfreund in 1817, and in 
 1818 became sole editor and proprietor. 
 Many books of a religious and miscel- 
 laneous character, both English and Ger- 
 man, have been published by him at 
 various times and in large editions. The 
 first of these was a folio German Bible, 
 which appeared in 1819, the publication 
 of which, at that period of his life, was 
 an undertaking peculiarly difficult and 
 hazardous. It is the largest German 
 Bible ever published in America. 
 
 HON. ARTHUR P. BAGBY. 
 
 Mobile, Ala., Sept. 21, as. 59, "Gov. 
 
 B.," says the Mobile Register, t'was a 
 
 2* 
 
 native of Virginia, but removed to Ala- 
 bama at an early age, when, under the 
 inspiration of an ardent and emulous 
 nature, he devoted his solid sense and 
 brilliant talents to the active and practi- 
 cal exercise of the profession of law. 
 He came to Alabama, if we are not mis- 
 taken, in 1818, established a residence 
 at Claiborne, and took at once an elevat- 
 ed position as a criminal lawyer, which 
 soon conferred popular confidence, and 
 enabled him to acquire a more extended 
 reputation as a safe general counsellor 
 and jurist. But it was not in the law, 
 only, that his genius and ability com- 
 manded attention. In the course of a 
 successful career in his personal pur- 
 suits, he was called upon to assume the 
 station and duties of a legislator and 
 statesman. He was returned as a mem- 
 ber of the state legislature from the 
 County of Monroe, was afterwards elect- 
 ed speaker of the House of Representa- 
 tives of that body, and signalized his 
 services not only by a rigidly equitable 
 discharge of the duties of that office, 
 but by the singular ability with which 
 he maintained his elevated views and 
 statesmanlike positions. The reputation 
 so honorably gained by these important 
 services led to further and more distin- 
 guished consequences. He was after- 
 wards elected governor of Alabama, and 
 filled that office with the approbation 
 of his fellow-citizens as long as the con- 
 stitution of the state permitted, when 
 he was transferred to a wider field of 
 political labor as a general counsellor of 
 the entire republic, and as one of the 
 immediate representatives of his adopted 
 state in the Senate of the United States. 
 To this honorable position he Avas twice 
 commended ; and, while he yet served 
 in that elevated station, he Avas still 
 further distinguished by being selected 
 from the ranks of his compeers to rep- 
 resent the dignity of the whole country 
 at the court of Russia, under President 
 Polk. This is but a rapid outline of 
 the career of Gov. Bagby. On his re- 
 turn from Russia, he retired to ])rivate 
 life and to the practice of his early pro- 
 fession. During the calm which suc- 
 ceeded his voyage of public life, he re- 
 ceived other tokens of the confidence 
 and respect of Alabama. He was ap- 
 pointed as one of the commissioners to 
 modify the laws of the state, and the 
 present ' Code of Alabama ' was the 
 
18 
 
 BAILEY 
 
 [1858.] 
 
 BALFOUR 
 
 joint work of Gov. Bagby, Jucl,u;e Or- 
 inond, and Judge Goldthwaite. For the 
 few past years of his life he has been a 
 resident of our city, vlierc, as every 
 where, he has drawn around him the 
 most affectionate and respectful regard 
 of all wlio have enjoyed his acquaintance. 
 
 As an individual, Gov. Bagby was a 
 man of large mental endowment, great 
 intelligence, high moral Morth, strict 
 integrity and honor, and liberal pvdilic 
 s])irit. The usefulness of his life, his 
 Christian chanties, his lofty tone, and 
 his exalted manly nature, stamped him 
 with a nobility of character that bespoke 
 and commanded at once the respect and 
 admiration of the world. 
 
 As a member of the bar he M'as re- 
 spectful to the court, courteous to his 
 professional brethren, and kind to -all 
 ■with whom he had intercourse. He 
 had many warm personal friends, and, 
 in the conflicts and collisions of party 
 sti-ifc, lie had no doubt made some polit- 
 ical enemies. 
 
 In private life he was no less remark- 
 able than in public duty. He was an 
 affectionate Imsband and father, a de- 
 voted friend, and a magnanimous foe, 
 an agreeable companion, and an excel- 
 lent citizen. His virtues will long sur- 
 vive in the memory of his associates, 
 whilst his acts as a statesman will be 
 recorded in the history of his age. 
 
 B.\ILET, Adams-, Esq., Boston, Mass., 
 Nov. 20, a*. 68, a gentleman widely 
 known to the business public from his 
 long connection with the Boston custom 
 house. The deceased was first appointed 
 to an office in the custom house, in 
 181. J, and continued through all the po- 
 litical changes until the appointment of 
 the Hon. Levi Lincoln, as collector of 
 the port, in 1841. When the late Hon. 
 Koljcrt llantoul, Jr., was collector, in 
 18-l.J, he reinstated Mr. Bailey in his 
 f(niner jilace of deputy collector, which 
 station he filled until last year. His 
 last removal occasioned much feeling 
 among tlie elder classes of the mercan- 
 tile community, who remembered his 
 forty years' service. For many years 
 Mr. B. was the recorder of the Massa- 
 chusetts Society of Cincinnati, and took 
 deep interest in those who were aided 
 by that benevolent and honored organi- 
 zation. Mr. Bailey was one of the most 
 genial, popular, and elficient public offi- 
 
 cers. In his habits of promptness, impar- 
 tiality, and politeness, he was a model 
 for persons in official station. 
 
 Baker, Alphcus, Columbus, Ga., Feb. 
 — , se. 86, a graduate of Dartmouth 
 College in the class of Daniel Webster. 
 
 Balcii, Dr. Israel, Amesbury, iMass., 
 July 7, 8B. 70. 
 
 Balch, Perley, Topsfield, Mass., May 
 9, w. 75, " a devout Christian, a kind 
 neighbor, and true friend," father of 
 Perley Balch, teacher of the ELdson Gram- 
 mar School in Lowell, Mass. 
 
 Baldwin, Cyrus W., Esq., Lisbon, 
 N. Y., May 5, se. 48, at the residence of 
 James North, his brother-in-law. For 
 several years a practising lawyer, and 
 for a number of the last years of his 
 life a justice of the peace, he had come 
 to be quite extensively known and re- 
 spected for his legal knowledge, the 
 accuracy of his decisions, and the unde- 
 viating integrity of his character. He 
 was an honest man ; and the innate de- 
 votion of the man to the principle of 
 exact justice to all men, and of equal 
 rights to all, was not a dormant or inert 
 principle : it shone out conspicuously in 
 his every act, and won the confidence 
 and respect of every man with whom he 
 was brought into connection in the va- 
 ried affairs and pursuits of life. The 
 bar say of him, " That we receive the 
 announcement of the death of our de- 
 parted brother with sentiments of un- 
 feigned sorrow ; that in his decease the 
 bar of St. Lawrence Co. has lost a 
 member estimable alike for his accurate 
 knowledge of his profession, his unblem- 
 ished integrity, his kindly disposition, 
 and many amiable qualities ; and our 
 community, a citizen, who, in his private 
 and official relations, was entitled to our 
 unqualified respect." 
 
 Baldwin, Judge , St. Paul, 
 
 Min., July 15, se. — , an old and re- 
 spected citizen. 
 
 Balkstieh, Joseph, Esq., York, Pa., 
 Nov. 13, ss. 70. He had been for a 
 number of years United States consul 
 at Singapore, and was a resident of New 
 York city in the years 1856, 1857. 
 
 Balfour, Mrs. RLary I)., Charles- 
 town, Mass., May 29, ss. 71, widow of 
 Bev. AValter Balfour. She was born in 
 Charlestown, and descended from the 
 ancient and honored Devens family. 
 She lived a good and useful life, and 
 died a calm and happy death. 
 
BALL 
 
 [ 1858. ] 
 
 BARBER 
 
 19 
 
 Ball, Rev. Thomas H., A. M., Hunts- 
 ville, Texas, Oct. 30, a>. 39, a member 
 of the Texas Annual Conference. He 
 was born in Northumberland Co., Va. 
 , He embraced religion when about 19 
 years of age, and shortly afterwards 
 received license to preach in the Meth- 
 odist Episcopal church. In the fall of 
 1855 he was called to the presidency of 
 Andrew Female College, which respon- 
 sible position he occupied until the day 
 of his death. He always maintained an 
 unblemished reputation, as a high-toned, 
 Christian gentleman. 
 
 Ballard, Joseph A., Esq., Boston, 
 Mass., Oct. 1, vc. 53. Mr. 13. was for 
 25 years the marine reporter of the 
 Boston Daily Advertiser. He was born 
 in Boston, Aug. 15, 1805. In early life 
 he entered as an apprentice in the count- 
 ing room of Messrs. Winslow and Chan- 
 ning, auctioneers, in Kilby Street, where 
 he remained about two years, when he 
 left, and was employed in the Patriot 
 and Chronicle newspaper office, Mr. 
 Davis C. Ballard, of the firm of Ballard 
 & Wright, the proprietors of that paper, 
 being his uncle. Here he served as a 
 local reporter until 1832, when that 
 paper was merged in the Daily Adver- 
 tiser, after which he acted in the same 
 capacity until Sept., 1834, when he took 
 charge of the ship-news department, 
 which he held until his death. It is not 
 often that we see a man whose talents 
 and attainments make him eminent in a 
 special department of duty, who is at 
 the same time so pure, so unselfish, so 
 modest, as was Mr. B. No temptation 
 of any sort could swerve him from the 
 direct path of his duty, could chill his 
 zeal, or interrupt his progress. 
 
 Ballingall, Patrick, Esq., Chicago, 
 Nov. 21, 86. 47. Mr. B. was a native 
 of Scotland, and was born in the town 
 of Ayr, in the year 1811. a place ren- 
 dered famous for being the birthplace 
 of the Scottish poet Robert Burns. He 
 came to Chicago in 1834, and soon after 
 commenced the study of law in the 
 office of Messrs. Spring & Goodrich. 
 In 1839 he was appointed clerk of the 
 Circuit Court of Du Page Co. In 1842 
 he resigned, and opened a law office in 
 Chicago. In 1848 he was elected a 
 member of the convention of the state 
 to form a new constitution. In 1852 he 
 was elected district attoi-ney, and in 1854 
 city attorney. The bar of Chicago say, 
 
 "Resolved, That, as a member of the 
 bar of Chicago for a period of 20 years, 
 Patrick Ballingall displayed a deep 
 knowledge and clear perception of the 
 principles of the profession ; that in his 
 practice he was ever actuated and guided 
 by sentiments of high honor and jus- 
 tice ; in his intercourse with the brethren 
 of the bar, his conduct was uniformly 
 marked with kindness, courtesy, and 
 genuine liberality ; and as a pleader, an 
 advocate, and a man, he occupied a high 
 and merited position, both socially and 
 professionally." 
 
 Barber, George W., M. D., De Pey- 
 ster, St. Lawrence Co., N. Y., March 23, 
 a?. 64. Dr. B. was a native of Wind- 
 ham Co., Vt., whence in 1823 he emi- 
 grated to De Peyster before its organ- 
 ization into a township, Avhere he ever 
 after resided, practising his arduous 
 profession with unusual success, and 
 for more than 20 years discharged the 
 duties of magistrate as an impartial 
 minister of the law. In him were cen- 
 tred those qualities of head and heart 
 which distinguish the upright man in 
 whatever circumstances or condition of 
 life he may be placed. His character, 
 adorned by the Christian graces of hu- 
 manity, charity, and love, is a priceless 
 legacy to his children ; and his memory 
 will long be cherished in the aftections 
 and respect of the community in which 
 he labored. The town of De Peyster, 
 as a mark of their appreciation of his 
 worth, have erected over his grave a 
 beautiful marble monument, as a testi- 
 monial of their respect to his memory. 
 Mrs. Ellen M. Chandler, wife of John B. 
 Chandler, Esq., and daughter of Dr. B., 
 died in De Peyster, March 19, 1858, 
 ae. 25. 
 
 Barber, Jessie, Chicago, III, April 
 22, ae. 4. This is the last surviving 
 member of the family of the late Jabez 
 Barber, of Chicago, who, with his wife 
 and daughter, perished in the Collins 
 steamer Pacific in 1856. At the time 
 of his death his property was estimated 
 at about $250,000, and has increased in 
 value to $400,000. After leaving sen- 
 sible provisions for the family during 
 the settlement of the will, and $250 per 
 annum to his four sisters in England 
 during their lives ; also to his wife's 
 sister, Matilda Wilde, of Chicago, $ 1000 ; 
 to the American and Foreign Missionary 
 Society, $1000 ; to the American Home 
 
20 
 
 BARCLAY 
 
 [1858.] 
 
 BARKER 
 
 Missionary Society, $1000; to the Amer- 
 ican Bible Society, $1000 ; to the Third 
 Presbyterian Church, Chicago, $3000, — 
 the balance of the property was left for 
 the benefit of the family ; and, as the 
 child V hose death is recorded above was 
 the only surviving member, she was the 
 sole heir. In case of her death, it was 
 to revert to the next of kin. The near- 
 est of kin are Mary Ann, Harriet, and 
 Lucy Barber, of Birmingham, England, 
 andEliza Bell, of Simcoe, C. E. These 
 ladies, who are, we understand, in some- 
 what straitened circumstances, will re- 
 ceive something over $100,000 each. 
 
 Bauclay, David, Richmond, Va., Nov. 
 18, re. 76. Mr. B. was a native of Ayr- 
 shire, North Britain, and one of the few 
 remaining tobacco merchants Mho inau- 
 gurated the trade in that valuable staple 
 in Richmond, after 1806. He realized 
 an ample fortune in the trade, which he 
 freely expended for the benefit of those 
 whom he thought deserving, and, after a 
 laborious life, impoverished himself by 
 acts of benevolence. He had been a 
 citizen of Richmond for 52 years at the 
 time of his death. It may be truly said 
 that Richmond never had a more honest 
 man in its borders, or one who more 
 sedulously sought to advance its inter- 
 est, than David Barclay. 
 
 Barclay, Dr. ISI. AV., Richmond, Ky., 
 Oct. 23, a?. 33, at the residence of Gen. 
 Miller. He was born in Lexington, 
 Rockbridge Co., Va., Dec. 2, 1824; 
 graduated at Washington College, Va., 
 in 184-1 ; received the degree of medi- 
 cine from Jefferson College, Philadelphia, 
 in 1847 ; removed to Kentucky in 1849 ; 
 was married in 18.51 to the eldest daugh- 
 ter of Gen. John Miller ; jn'actised med- 
 icine in Bourbon Co. until 1854, when 
 he removed to St. Francis Co., Ark., 
 where, after enjoying a lucrative prac- 
 tice of his profession until 1857, he was 
 attacked with consumption, l-'ndowed 
 by nature with superior intellect, the 
 life, which under all circumstances would 
 have been marked with interest, was 
 especially so with the superadded advan- 
 tages of refined and scholastic education. 
 Who can but lament that one so gifted 
 should have been cut down in the me- 
 ridian of manhood ? that the tree which 
 promised so al)undant a harvest of use- 
 fulness fciiould in a few months lie low 
 with earth ? 
 
 Baukick, Maj. James N., Washington, 
 
 D. C, March 9, ac. — . He was born 
 in Philadelphia, was an efficient and 
 brave officer in the war of 1812, in 
 which he gained the rank of major ; in 
 1820 was elected mayor of Philadelphia; 
 in 1829 was appointed collector of that 
 port by President Jackson, which office 
 he held until 1838, when he was ap- 
 pointed first comptroller of the treasury, 
 which office he held some years ; and 
 afterwards, until his death, he remained 
 in the treasuiy department. He M-as 
 from early life a contributor to dramatic 
 and poetical literature, and was a well- 
 known play writer, and a contributor to 
 the public journals in Philadelphia and 
 Washington. 
 
 Barker, Philip Porcher, Sept. 26, se. 
 18 ; Mary Elizabeth, Oct. 9, te. 16 ; 
 Sanford William, Jr., Oct. 12, a^. 21,— 
 children of S. W. Barker, M. D., Charles- 
 ton, S. C, of yellow fever. Philip was 
 a member of the Sophomore class in the 
 S. C. College, and is spoken of as a 
 young man of " gentlemanly deportment, 
 endearing and wiiming manners, and 
 whose fine talents gave promise of a 
 bright and prosperous future." It is 
 said of Mary that " she had thrown off 
 the heedless waywardness of girlhood, 
 and was daily developing the thought- 
 fulness and grace of womanhood ; above 
 all, that best grace of womanhood which 
 habitually preferred the wishes and com- 
 fort of those around her to her own ease 
 and gratification. Her loving heart knew 
 no speech earnest enough to utter her 
 devotion to her mother ; and her friend- 
 ship with her father rose into a mystery, 
 undefined, and conceived only by their 
 suggestive dependence upon each other's 
 tenderness. The real treasure which her 
 household of kindred cherished in her 
 was her most affectionate temper to them 
 all. She died young, and yet had lived 
 to good purpose." Sanford had attained 
 his manhood, " had chosen the ])rofes- 
 sion of the law ; his tastes were culti- 
 vated, his intellectual resources various, 
 his moral nature informed, his self- 
 training advanced ; and he was charac- 
 terized by his companions for his filial 
 piety tmd sense of religious responsi- 
 bility. Only those who witness the in- 
 discriminate ravages of yellow fever 
 can imagine the sorrows and desolations 
 it produces. In a common calamity, 
 here is an instance of uncommon deso- 
 lation, of most piteous grief. The pride, 
 
BARLOW 
 
 [1858.] 
 
 BARNES 
 
 21 
 
 beauty, youth, and opening manhood, 
 and promise of a family, are swept away 
 in a day as it were, affections blasted, 
 hopes cut off, and resignation demanded 
 in the deepest sorrow and sublimest mys- 
 tery. He who gave has taken away. 
 He only who thus wounds can heal." 
 
 Barlow, llev. Joseph, Franklin, Pa., 
 May 22, a;. 60. He was a Presbyterian 
 clergyman, an Englishman, and lost his 
 life at the conflagration of his own 
 house by inhaling the flame. 
 
 Barlow, Hon. Alanson, Aug. 28, ae. 
 77, Ashland, N. Y., (father of Allen Bar- 
 low, of Binghampton,) and Mrs. Mary 
 Ann Barlow, wife of Hon. A. B., May 
 11, ae. 70. Mr. Barlow belonged to a 
 family whose members have done the 
 state some service. He was a nephew 
 of Joel Barlow, of revolutionary mem- 
 ory, who deserves honorable mention 
 among the statesmen and men of letters 
 of that period. His " Columbiad " is 
 still the only American national epic, the 
 only example of a poet daring to cele- 
 brate in heroic verse contemporary or 
 recent historic events. As a politician 
 he ranked among the leading men of the 
 organizing epoch of this government. 
 He was the friend and coadjutor of 
 Madison and Jefferson, to whose school 
 of politics he belonged, or rather helped 
 to found. His death was occasioned by 
 the fatigue of a forced journey to join 
 Napoleon, in council at Wilna, in Po- 
 land. In personal appearance Alanson 
 Barlow much resembled his uncle, judg- 
 ing by the portrait in the Cyclopedia of 
 American Literature. There was inher- 
 ited, also, the diplomatist's inflexibility 
 of pm-pose, his profound reserve of man- 
 ner and of expression — a man of more 
 thought than speech, giving one the im- 
 pression of a plain, solid cast of charac- 
 ter, in keeping with his robust and iron 
 frame ; a man whose word was a bond ; 
 trespassing a hair's breadth upon no 
 man's rights ; not wearhig his heart upon 
 his sleeve — a friendly but deep-seated 
 heart. Though rarely expressing per- 
 sonal interest in spiritual truth, unless 
 drawn to it by others, yet his manual of 
 devotion was found in many places lit- 
 erally worn away, though it had not been 
 long in use. The biography of Mrs. B., 
 in its main features, would be that of the 
 early inhabitants of this region, a gen- 
 eration of energetic men and women, ex- 
 changing the refinement and culture of 
 
 New England for lonely homes in this 
 then wilderness. They derived from 
 their frugal and simple habits a hardi- 
 ness of constitution, an elastic vigor of 
 frame, a power of enduring the rigors 
 and changes of this austere climate — 
 nature's compensations to the pioneers of 
 civilization. They are gone. The hus- 
 band, the father, venerable judge — the 
 friend, the wife, the mother, the Chris- 
 tian — have bowed to the common lot. 
 The torn fibres of the disturbed soil have 
 knit together again above their place 
 of rest. Thus the links that bind us 
 to the past are broken. The outlook is 
 toward the future, and the future is 
 eternity. 
 
 Barnard, Abner L., South Boston, 
 Ms., Sept. 2, a>. 26. An officer in the 
 house of correction, and a native of En- 
 field, N. H, ; a young man of great 
 purity of character and benevolent in- 
 fluence. 
 
 Barnard, John D., Esq., Thomaston, 
 Me., Sept. 12, a;. 57, cashier of Thom- 
 aston Bank. 
 
 Barnes, Mrs. Almira, Troy, N. Y., 
 Mar. 29, se. 72, at the residence of her 
 son-in-law, the Hon. John D. Willard, 
 
 Barnes, Maj. Samuel B., Baltimore, 
 Md., Dec. 14, te. 72, one of the defend- 
 ers. jNIaj. Barnes went to Baltimore city 
 from his native county. Queen Anne's, at 
 an early age, and learned the printing 
 business. After the conclusion of his 
 apprenticeship he moved to Frederick 
 City, and there conducted the Exam- 
 iner for several years. During his resi- 
 dence there he participated in the de- 
 fence of Baltimore, and held the rank 
 of major in the battle of North Point. 
 He was four times elected to represent 
 the County of Frederick in the state 
 legislature. He then returned to Balti- 
 more, and in 1841 assumed the editorial 
 department of the Baltimore Clipper, of 
 which he continued to be editor for 16 
 years. For some time past he had lived 
 in retirement at his late residence. He 
 was a whig in principle, and an earnest 
 advocate of the principles of the Amer- 
 ican party — a consistent politician, fear- 
 less in the defence of right or in the 
 condemnation of wrong. 
 
 Barnes, Dr. S. H., San Jacinto, Ts., 
 Oct. 16, ae. 29, formerly of Cleveland, O. 
 Dr. B. practised medicine for a length 
 of time in Louisville, and by his assidu- 
 ity and kindness for his patients, united 
 
22 
 
 BARNEY 
 
 [1858.] 
 
 BARR 
 
 with fine medical abilities, acquired 
 friends who truly sympathize with the 
 bereaved in their irreparable loss. Fond 
 affection for his truly amiable partner 
 has cost him his life. ' She was laboring 
 with pulmonary disease, and, with the 
 hope that a warmer and more genial 
 clime would add to her health and com- 
 fort, the doctor removed, a year since, 
 in fine health and spirits, to the sunny 
 south ; but alas ! the fell destroyer, 
 death, by yellow fever, cut short hope, 
 health, life. 
 
 liARXLV, Jonathan, Esq., Barneysville, 
 Swansey, Ms., Dec. 3, vc. 45, son of Ma- 
 son Barney, I-^sq. He was highly es- 
 teemed, and his death brings unfeigned 
 sorrow to a large circle of acquaintance. 
 He was twice elected to the legislature, 
 and he possessed a merited infiuence in 
 his town, where his presence and coun- 
 sel will be greatly missed. 
 
 Baku, Col. John Gorham, May 18, se. 
 S'}, on board the royal mail steamer 
 Emeu, between Suez" and ISIelbourne, 
 Australia, as U. S. consul to M. Col. 
 B. was born at Milton, Caswell Co., N. C, 
 Nov. 22, 1823. His father, Thos. Barr, 
 died three years afterwards, and his 
 mother, Mrs. Mary Jane Barr, moved 
 with her family to Raleigh, Mhere she 
 lived seven years, and then removed to 
 this city, where she resided till her death, 
 not long afterwards, lea\-ing the subject 
 of this notice without father or mother 
 to provide for or advise him. John Gor- 
 ham having received the mental culture 
 which the limited means of his widowed 
 mother and his tender age permitted, 
 was bound as an apprencice in a print- 
 ing office, and by his industry and 
 sprightliness attracted the attention and 
 regard of David M. Boyd, (now of Cali- 
 fornia,) who took him from the printing 
 office, and generously aft'orded him means 
 for the completion of his education. 
 Having been ])rei)arcd in the primary 
 schools, he entered the freshman class 
 in the University of Alabama in 1838, 
 where he graduated in 1841, with the 
 highest distinction — a result reflecting 
 credit alike u])on the sagacity and kind- 
 ness of the benefactor and the talents 
 and energy of the beneficiary. He im- 
 mediately a])plied himself to the study 
 of law ; and being ([ualified and admit- 
 ted a member of the bar, about twelve 
 months afterwards he established an 
 office in Tuscaloosa for the purpose of 
 
 practising his profession. He was elect- 
 ed tutor in mathematics in the Univer- 
 sity of Alabama in 1844. He resigned 
 at the expiration of two years, and re- 
 turned again to his profession. In 1847 
 he was a candidate for the representa- 
 tive branch of the legislature, and con- 
 ducted the canvass, though very young, 
 Avith much tact and ability, and with 
 entire satisfaction to his own party, and 
 won for himself an enviable reputation 
 as a public speaker. His uniform 
 courtesy and signal ability displayed in 
 debate gained him also the good will 
 and highest esteem even of his political 
 opponents. In the fall of the same year, 
 the United States and Mexico being at 
 war, and a call made upon Alabama for 
 soldiers, a warm, ardent temperament, a 
 laudable ambition, and a patriotic love 
 of his country soon found Col. Barr ac- 
 tively engaged in a canvass for volun- 
 teers. He drew together large assem- 
 blages of people in Tuscaloosa and some 
 of the adjacent counties, and by his fer- 
 vent, stirring, eloquent, and patriotic ap- 
 peals, a company of more than a hundred 
 men, most of them young, gallant, and 
 chivalrous like himself, speedily enlisted 
 to " do or die " for their country on the 
 crimson field of battle. He was imani- 
 mously elected their captain, and his 
 was the first company from Alabama 
 that landed in the city of Mobile and 
 was received for the war. After his re- 
 turn from ISIexico he resumed his pro- 
 fession, but turned his thoughts mainly 
 to the political questions of the day, and 
 Avas elected for his congressional district 
 in 1856. He contributed to various lit- 
 erary periodicals, exhibiting the richest 
 humor and wit. In social life he was 
 eminently entertaining and attractive. 
 
 Barr, Dr. William, Abingdon, Va., 
 June 14, a^. 15, at the residence of his 
 son. Dr. W. F. Barr. He was born in 
 Greenbrier Co., Va., on the 19th of Nov., 
 1 782. His father afterwards settled in 
 Halifax Co., Va., from whence Dr. B. 
 moved to Germantown, N. C, in which 
 place he resided for some years, and 
 where, as a merchant and high sherifi", 
 he exerted his highest energies in pro- 
 moting the interests of his fellow-citi- 
 zens. He was of patriotic ancestry, be- 
 ing a relative to the brave Col. Barre, of 
 whom history makes honorable mention 
 as having defended the American colo- 
 nies in the British Parliament, and his 
 
BARRETT 
 
 [ 1858. ] BARTHOLOMEW 
 
 23 
 
 father, at tlie early age of 16 years, en- 
 tered the revolutionary army, in which 
 he continued until the termination of the 
 war. The deceased moved to Abingdon 
 in 1823, upwards of 34 yeai's ago, where 
 he has since resided, living to see, what 
 he ardently desired, his children grown 
 up, all of whom — one a minister of the 
 gospel — are members of the church of 
 Christ. He was kind-hearted, warm in 
 his attachments, and devoted to his 
 friends. His feelings were of a liberal 
 and elevated character. In his opinions 
 he was honest and decided, and never 
 failed to express them. His Avife, Mrs. 
 llebecca Barr, died Aug. 16, 1857, ce. 
 72, a lady singularly mild and gentle in 
 her disposition, a devoted member of the 
 Methodist Protestant church in Abing- 
 don. 
 
 Barkett, Hon. Benj. Franklin, (of 
 Rock Island, 111.,) Carlisle,Mass., Sept. 28, 
 a^. 56, while on a visit to his native place. 
 Mr. B. was born in Carlisle, Mass., Feb. 
 24, 1802. He sought a new home in the 
 west in 1836. He first resided in North- 
 ern Illinois, at Chicago. In 1839 he re- 
 moved to Port Byron, where he lived 
 till 1842, when he came to Rock Island, 
 where he had long designed to make his 
 permanent home. During his residence 
 there he was an active business man, 
 having been engaged extensively in the 
 lumber and milling business, besides be- 
 ing the proprietor for some years of the 
 Rock Island House, one of our most 
 popular hotels. He was generous and 
 noble-hearted, and possessed of a cheer- 
 ful and pleasant disposition that en- 
 deared him to a large circle of friends 
 and acquaintances. His purse was always 
 open to assist the needy, and no one ap- 
 pealed to him in vain when in suffer- 
 ing circumstances. His fellow-citizens 
 evinced their appreciation of Mr. B.'s 
 manly integrity and business capacity by 
 many marks of confidence in them. 
 When Rock Island received a city char- 
 ter all eyes turned instinctively to him 
 as the fittest and worthiest man for the 
 honorable office of her first mayor. 
 Again, in 1854, during his absence at 
 the east, he Avas a second time elected 
 to that office. For a full third of a cen- 
 tury Mr. B. was a Mason. He was made 
 a Mason in 1825, in the lodge at Con- 
 cord, Mass. Through all the vicissitudes 
 and trials of life Mr. B. showed to the 
 world a bright example of the true and 
 
 pure life Avhich is led by those who are 
 faithful to [Masonic precepts and teach- 
 ings. He leaves a widow and three 
 adojited daughters, children taken from 
 the humblest walks in life. 
 
 Barrows, Mrs. Asenath, Foxbor- 
 ough, Mass., July 17, a?. 81, relict of the 
 late Wm. Barrows, of Templeton. Mrs. 
 B. leaves three sons in the gospel min- 
 istry. Rev. Simon Barrows and Rev. 
 Lewis Barrows, of Iowa, and Rev. W. 
 Barrows, of Reading, Mass. 
 
 Barry, William F., Esq., Nashville, 
 Tenn., Dec. 20, se. — . Mr. B. was for 
 some time president of the Bank of 
 Memphis, and alderman of the city for 
 one term, and in all the relations of life, 
 as an officer or as a gentleman, he was 
 beloved by all who knew him. 
 
 Bartholojievv, Edward S., Naples, 
 Italy, May 1, a native of Colchester, Ct., 
 a^. 32. In early life he turned his atten- 
 tion to painting, and subsequently adopt- 
 ed, as his profession, sculpture, which he 
 followed with the greatest enthusiasm 
 for the last eight years, in Rome. We 
 give the following extract from a letter 
 just received from Mr. W. C. Bryant, 
 now in Italy : " You have heard of the 
 death of poor Bartholomew, the sculptor. 
 He came to the hotel at Naples, Mhcre I 
 was, the evening before I went with my 
 family to Castellamare. I was absent a 
 week, and when I came back he was 
 dead, and in his grave. He had fought 
 a hard battle with poverty, and had just 
 Mon it ; orders were beginning to come 
 in upon him from all quarters, and his 
 great grief, when he breathed his last, 
 was, that he could not place his mother 
 in that state of comfort which he would 
 easily have secured to her if a brief res- 
 pite from death had been allowed him. 
 I have been to his studio since my arri- 
 val in Rome, and there I saw the last 
 work of his hand — • a fine statue, justify- 
 ing the reputation he has lately acquired 
 — Eve, after the fall, in an attitude of 
 dejection, and wearing an expression of 
 profound sorrow. I could scarcely help 
 fancying that the marble figure mourned 
 the death of the artist to whom it owed 
 its being." Among his most celebrated 
 finished works we may mention Para- 
 dise Lost, Shepherd Boy, Sappho, 
 Youth and Old Age, monument to 
 Charles Carroll of CarroUton, greatly 
 admired, Belisarius at the Porta Pin- 
 cinia, and a group recently completed, 
 
24 
 
 BARTIME 
 
 [ 1858. ] 
 
 BARTLETT 
 
 and now being engraved for the London 
 Art Journal, rcjjresenting Ganymede 
 and the Eagle of Jupiter. 
 
 Baktime, lion. Stephen Xoah, Ben- 
 salem, Pa., Oct. 1, a>. 59. lie Avas the 
 son of David AV. and Louisa Bartime, 
 and was bora at Cherry Hill, near 
 Princeton, N. J. He had a large family 
 of children, having three wives, the last 
 surviving him. He was for many years 
 a magistrate ; and in 18ol he was elected 
 to the associate judgeship on the demo- 
 cratic ticket, and reelected in 1856. 
 His courtesy and patient attention to 
 counsel, the dignity of his demeanor, 
 and the uprightness of his conduct on 
 the bench and in private life, gained the 
 entire confidence of his judicial district. 
 His children looked up to him with af- 
 fectionate reverence ; and his friends 
 regarded him as a beautiful exponent 
 of the charities of life. 
 
 Bartlett, Frederick Kinloch, St. 
 Croix Falls, Wis., Dec. 1, a?. 39. Mr. 
 B. was an old resident of the St. Croix 
 Valley. He settled at Stillwater, Min., 
 some ten years ago, and distinguished 
 himself as a jurist. His eminent abilities 
 and many virtues endeared him to all 
 who knew him, and render his decease 
 a severe loss to the community in Avhich 
 he lived. Full of hope and enterprise, 
 he had lately entered an extensive un- 
 dertaking at St. Croix Falls. He was 
 for some time a resident of Milwaukie, 
 and during the winter of 185G-7 he 
 represented that city in the legislature 
 of the state. Mr. B. leaves a wife and 
 two children. 
 
 Bartlett, Rev. Horace, New Haven, 
 Ct., Feb. 5, a?. 65, member of the N. Y. 
 East Conference. 
 
 Bartlett, Mrs. Jane I\I., Dover, 
 N. H., June 21, se. — , widow of James 
 Bartlett, Esq., for many years register 
 of probate at D. He was brother of 
 the late Hon. Ichabod Bartlett, the dis- 
 tinguished lawyer and membei^ of Con- 
 gress of Portsmouth, N. H. ]\Irs. B. 
 was daughter of George Andrews, for 
 many years a very honorable merchant 
 in Dover. 
 
 Barti.ktt, Mrs. Mary S., Lowell, 
 Mass., Oct. .'i, a,'. — , wife of Hon. Homer 
 Bartlett. She was daughter of AVilliam 
 Starkweather, of A\'illiamstown, Mass. ; 
 and, as might have been expected from 
 the character of the college and the 
 people of A\'illiamstown, she was intel- 
 
 lectual, polished, and pious. Educa- 
 tional advantages of a college are not 
 confined to the students, but afi"ect most 
 happily society around it. Sons are 
 educated under the very best advantages 
 in preparation by the wholesome exhi- 
 bition of rewarded ambition among col- 
 lege students ; and daughters receive 
 intellectual culture and strength from 
 a literary atmosphere, as plants derive 
 vigor from the dew-drops of the evening. 
 Mr. Starkweather gave a public educa- 
 tion to two of his three sons, and mar- 
 ried four of his five daughters to grad- 
 uates of the college. One daughter, 
 the Avife of Rev. Parsons Cooke, D. D., 
 of Lynn, Mass., and another, the wife 
 of Rev. Mr. Woodbridge, for many 
 years pastor of tlie church in Ware, 
 ]Mass., were called before Mrs. B. to the 
 tomb. They were indeed helpmeets to 
 their husbands in their Master's service, 
 were faithful to their high trusts, honor- 
 able among women, and loved by Chris- 
 tians. Their praise is in the churches. 
 Mrs. B., called to a more quiet, but by 
 no means retired, post of duty and obli- 
 gation on earth, has followed them. In 
 the language of one of the public jour- 
 nals, " Sadly and tearfully do we chron- 
 icle the death of this dear friend, con- 
 scious as Ave are of the sorrow it must 
 bring to all our hearts. Gifted Avith 
 intellectual powers of unusual keenness 
 and discrimination, and manifesting, on 
 all occasions, the Avarmest interest in the 
 pursuits and welfare of her friends, she 
 was ever a cherished and animated com- 
 panion ; and those Avho kncAV her most 
 intimately ever found her tAvining her- 
 self more closely about their afl[ections, 
 and rendering herself more essential to 
 their happiness. Truly sincere and con- 
 stant in her regard, all felt that they 
 might trust and confide in her Avith full 
 confidence that they should receive a 
 friendly response. Yet more beautiful 
 and true, if possible, Avere the traits she 
 manifested in her OAvn home, Avhere she 
 presided AA-ith so much Avisdom and 
 Avomanly dignity, together Avith an ami- 
 able solicitude for the comfort and ha})- 
 piness of the loved ones around her OAvn 
 hearthstone. As a Avife and mother, 
 she Avas most exemplary and devoted, 
 and constantly sought to render her 
 home attractive by all those domestic 
 excellences Avhich a true Avoman knoAvs 
 so Avell how to adopt. A liberal hos- 
 
BARTLETT 
 
 [1858.] 
 
 BECK 
 
 25 
 
 pitality, too, was ever dispensed to 
 strangers and friends beyond the home 
 circle ; and the mistress of the mansion 
 never seemed happier than when others 
 were sharing the bounty which Provi- 
 dence had granted to her in so large a 
 measure. But more and better than all 
 this was the simple beauty of her Chi'is- 
 tian life. Long devoted by profession 
 and practice to the cause of her Re- 
 deemer, she moved in her appointed 
 sphere in a humble, childlike spii'it, ever 
 distrusting her own religious experience, 
 yet treasuring deeply in her heart the 
 sacred principles of truth, which are the 
 Christian's surest guide in death as in 
 life." 
 
 Bartlett, Mrs. Rebecca, Marble- 
 head, Mass., Dec. 23, ac. 80, widow of 
 Rev. John Bartlett. 
 
 Bartlett, Rev. Jonathan, Redding, 
 Ct., Feb. 22, se. 93, formerly pastor of 
 the Congregational church in that place. 
 Bartlett, Miss Sarah, Newburyport, 
 Mass., July 6, ce. 56, daughter of the 
 late Capt. josiah Bartlett. 
 
 Bartox, Mrs. Agnes, Lewiston, N. Y., 
 April 6, se. 85. Mrs. B. M-as one of the 
 pioneers of Western N. Y. She came 
 to that frontier in 1807, v,'hen the sur- 
 rounding coimtry was little more than 
 a dense forest, inhabited, with few ex- 
 ceptions, by vagrants, savages, and wild 
 animals. She lived to see the wilder- 
 ness superseded by the progressive en- 
 ergy of civilization, wealth, and refine- 
 ment. On the busy stage of life she 
 acted well her part. Long will her acts 
 of charity and benevolence, her social 
 qualities, and parental affections, remain 
 engraven upon the hearts of those^who 
 shared them. 
 
 Battle, Ur. Joel, Chapel Hill, N. C., 
 Nov. 22, a?. — , at the house of his 
 father, Hon. William H. Battle, judge 
 of the Supreme Court. Like his father 
 and three brothers, he graduated with 
 the highest honors of the university, 
 and took his diploma in 1847. He 
 commenced the practice of medicine in 
 Waj-ne Co., where he soon found him- 
 self surrounded with a lucrative practice, 
 having gained the confidence and es- 
 teem of all who knew him, being alike 
 distinguished for piety and talent. 
 
 Bean, Dr. Edward, Bradford, Me., 
 
 Dec. 16, ee. 50. Dr. B. occupied the 
 
 position of one of the best physicians in 
 
 this section for many years, and had an 
 
 3 
 
 extensive practice until within a year 
 or two, which practice ceased with his 
 failing health. 
 
 Beatty, John, Mount Holly, N. J., 
 Oct. 2, cashier of the Mount Holly Bank, 
 having served as cashier for the past 
 40 years. 
 
 Beaty, Hon. Adam, Mason Co., Ky., 
 June 9, se. 82. Mr. B. was well kno^\•n 
 to the church as a lay delegate of the 
 diocese of Kentucky to the General 
 Convention, of several years' standing. 
 He was a man of superior legal ability, 
 having occupied the highest judicial 
 trusts in that state, and was universally 
 esteemed for his wisdom and probity. 
 From the year 1841 he took part in the 
 affair's of the diocese of Kentucky as a 
 trustee of Shelby College, delegate to 
 diocesan as well as general conventions, 
 and Avarden of the parish to which he 
 belonged. As an agriculturist, he at- 
 tracted attention, having Avritten several 
 important papers, particularly on the 
 cultivation of tobacco and hemp, and 
 also on the renovation of exhausted 
 land. The commonwealth and the 
 church have cause to lament his loss, 
 and their deprivation of his wise and 
 prudent counsels ; yet he went to his 
 rest in peace and well-founded hopes of 
 a happy resurrection. 
 
 Beck, Preston, Jr., Saute Fe, N. M., 
 April 8, a?. — , senior partner of the 
 firm of Beck & Johnston, Santa Fe. 
 The intelligence of his death occasioned 
 profound sorrow in Philadelpliia, and 
 especially in the commercial community, 
 by whom he was held in the highest 
 estimation, as a gentleman and a mer- 
 chant. At a meeting at the court house 
 in Santa Fe, the citizens gave expres- 
 sion to their sorrow as folloM's, John B. 
 Grayson presiding. " AWiough a native 
 of Ind., he had resided in Mo. for many 
 years, and from thence he removed to 
 New Mexico in 1845, where he has 
 spent most of the days of his manhood. 
 We have not met here to eulogize the 
 dead, but to manifest in this public 
 manner the position occupied by the 
 deceased here, where he was best 
 known. He came here one of the early 
 pioneers of the west, to seek his for- 
 tune in a then foreign land. By his 
 enterprise, industry, and liberal, en- 
 lightened views, he had acquired a for- 
 tune ; by his virtues, his social qualities, 
 his public spirit, and high-toned senti- 
 
26 
 
 BECKER 
 
 [ 1858. 1 
 
 BEDINGER 
 
 ments, he had endeared himself to all 
 who knew hirn ; by his upriglit, manly 
 course, he has left an impress upon this 
 community that he died as he had lived 
 — an honest man, the noblest work of 
 God. In every ))atriotic, public-s])irited 
 work, Preston JJeck, Jr., Avas always 
 foremost ; his hand was never shut to 
 the needy and meritorious ; and the 
 young and enterjn'ising always found in 
 him a fast friend. He has left a blight 
 upon New Mexico that Mill be ielt 
 tlu'oughout its entire extent. Finally, 
 we feel that his place here can never be 
 filled ; for he occupied, as a merchant, 
 as a man, and as a friend, all that any 
 man can occupy in any community. He 
 merited and had acquired the confidence, 
 esteem, and friendship of all. Be it 
 therefore 
 
 " Itesolved, that in the death of Pres- 
 ton Beck, Jr., this community has lost 
 one of its most useful, worthy, and 
 highly esteemed citizens, which has left 
 a void in our midst which can never be 
 filled. 
 
 " Resohed further, that by his death 
 at this time, in the prime and vigor of 
 manhood and usefulness, a blight has 
 been cast over this community from 
 which it Avill not soon recover." 
 
 Becker, Hiram, St. Paul, Min., Sept. 
 22, BC. — , a resident of Ann Arbor, 
 Mich., and father of the Hon. G. L. 
 Becker, of St. Paul, to whom he was 
 paying a short visit. Mr, B. was U. S. 
 marshal for ^lich. under President Fill- 
 more, and was elected to Congress from 
 Minnesota, but, through some irregu- 
 larity, did not get liis seat. 
 
 Becker, Rev. Dr., Bethlehem, Pa., 
 Aug. 18, a\ 75. 
 
 Beckham, Maj. Armistead, Alleghany 
 City, Pa., Nov. 24, ae. 69, warden of the 
 "Western Penitentiary. The inspectors, 
 in their annual report, say of liim, in 
 the language aiul sentiment of his tal- 
 ented and estimable friend, INIr. Fleeson, 
 " Maj. B. was a remarkable man, pe- 
 culiarly qualified for tlie position he has 
 filled so long and well, lligid and sys- 
 tematic in discipline ; studiously careful 
 and economical in management ; com- 
 manding in figure, and enforcing respect 
 and obedience by hispowerful nerve and 
 iron will ; lion-hearted in courage, cool 
 in emergency or trial ; yet discriminating 
 in judgment, a rare judge of character, 
 knowing when to place confidence in the 
 
 professions of men, when to be lenient, 
 or watchful, or strict, — he was a model 
 officer, whose like the inspectors of that 
 prison may long seek for in vain. As 
 he lived, so he died — a hero to the last. 
 But in the patient suffering of his closing 
 days of life, the meek bowing of the 
 strong man to the chastening of his 
 God, his friends and relatives gladly 
 saw another and a nobler heroism — 
 that of the humble Christian, brought 
 to bow calmly down to the will of the 
 King of kings, the Lord of life ; to say, 
 in real sincerity of belief, ' Thou doest 
 all things well.' Maj. B. had been the 
 warden nearly 22 years, having been 
 appointed in Feb., 1837. He was a 
 native of Orange Co., Va. ; had been 
 master armorer at Harper's Ferry, and 
 was transferred to the Alleghany Arse- 
 nal somewhere between 1828 and 1830, 
 where he remained in the position of 
 master armorer till appointed to the 
 wardenship. He continued to interest 
 himself in the aff'airs of the prison 
 during all his illness, summoning the 
 managers to his bedside to hear then- 
 reports with the precision and care of 
 all his life. It is stated, as a creditable 
 trait in human nature, that the convicts, 
 although aware of his illness and infir- 
 mity, maintained most exemplary order 
 during his confinement and last hours 
 of life." 
 
 HON. HENRY BEDINGER, 
 
 Shepherdstown, Va., Nov. 26, se. 48. He 
 was naturally amiable, and blessed with 
 many noble endowments. His native 
 wit, happy humor, and affability made 
 him numerous friends, and indeed a 
 general favorite. He truly possessed 
 social qualities of rare attraction. Few 
 men have had as devoted friends. In- 
 deed, the admiration of his particular 
 associates knew no bounds. They almost 
 idolized him. His opportunities of edu- 
 cation were but limited. His father, the 
 late Daniel Bedinger, of revolutionary 
 memor)', died Avhen Henry was young, — 
 only about 10 or 12 years of age, — leav- 
 ing him in the care of a devoted mother, 
 a daughter of the late Robert Rutherford, 
 the first representative in Congress from 
 the lower end of the Valley. Not many 
 years after, his mother, too, was called 
 to that better world. 
 At the age of about 18 he had been 
 
BEDINGER 
 
 [1858.] 
 
 BEDINGER 
 
 27 
 
 placed, by the advice and means of the 
 elder brother and a friend, much to the 
 satisfaction of his mother, in the clerk's 
 office in Romney, Hampshire Co., under 
 the auspices of Col. J. Baker White, 
 preparatory to the study of the law, the 
 profession of his choice. He -was then 
 invited by his brother-in-law, Wm. Lu- 
 cas, to become an inmate of his family 
 in Charlestown, and then commenced 
 reading law with him in 1835 or '36. 
 
 He obtained a license to practise law 
 in i837 or '38, at the age of 22, and 
 opened a law office in Shepherdstown, 
 in sight of which place he was born and 
 raised on the banks of the Potomac, and 
 ■which he called his native place, and 
 loved so dearly, and where he breathed 
 his last. In the mean time he married 
 a daughter of the lamented Gen. George 
 Rust, and entered into a partnership 
 with his bi-other-in-law, and removed to 
 Charlestown ; and in 1845 succeeded him 
 as representative in Congress from this 
 district. 
 
 In that capacity he served two terms. 
 He belonged to the democratic party, 
 of which, in his day, his father had been 
 the acknowledged head in the lower end 
 of the Valley, and a distinguished leader. 
 It was while his brother-in-law was in 
 Congress, leaving him in charge of the law 
 office, that the subject of this notice was 
 first invited by his political friends to 
 attempt a display of those oratorical 
 powers -which he possessed in so high 
 a degree, and that were so often after- 
 wards called into requisition. So telling 
 and thrilling Avere his very first efi'orts 
 that he was at once, by common con- 
 sent, regarded as the most popular and 
 effective speaker in this part of the state, 
 and, indeed, within its entire limits. He 
 became a " star," and one of the first 
 magnitude, in the " Old Dominion." 
 
 He was always ready and at hand, 
 and M-ith his electrifying eloquence ever 
 aroused the democratic party in the 
 darkest and gloomiest hours, and en- 
 kindled that burning enthusiasm which 
 gave the triumph that else had been 
 lost. 
 
 His wit, his fancy, poftred forth in in- 
 cessant sallies ; his Avithering sarcasm, 
 his deep pathos, and his originality, with 
 a ridicule, all resistless when indulged, 
 constituted him the most formidable of 
 speakers in political contests, and the 
 most admired of popular orators. 
 
 It was his misfortune to lose his first 
 wife soon after his removal to Charles- 
 town — a lovely woman, and with whom 
 he lived about six years most happily — 
 amiable, gentle, and a devoted wife. She 
 was the object, as she deserved to bo, 
 of the most ardent aff'ections of a noble 
 mind and heart, and was held in high 
 estimation by all. She left behind a sou 
 and two daughters, one of whom soon 
 followed her to the grave. 
 
 During his service in Congress, Mr. 
 B. married his- second wife. Miss Law- 
 rence, a daughter of the Hon. ■ 
 Lawrence, of New York, then also a 
 member of the House of Representa- 
 tives. Her he has left behind with 
 three little children — a son and two 
 daughters — the children, as were those 
 of his first wife, of too tender years to 
 feel how great is their bereavement. 
 
 Not long after the end of his second 
 congressional term. President Pierce 
 appointed him a charge d'affaires to 
 Denmark, in which position he was sub- 
 sequently commissioned minister there, 
 the office having been raised to that dig- 
 nity during his service as cJiarge, and 
 he well performed his part in the dis- 
 charge of the honorable and responsible 
 trust. The question of the Sound Dues 
 was most advantageously settled for his 
 country by a treaty Avhich he wrote with 
 his own hand — itself a monument to 
 his name and to his fame. 
 
 Rarely has a public man passed from 
 the stage of life having fewer enemies 
 and a larger body of admiring and en- 
 thusiastic friends. 
 
 At the session of the County Court 
 for Berkley, Dec. 13, a public meeting 
 was held at which Col. J. B. A. Naden- 
 boush presided, and the following reso- 
 lutions were passed by the citizens : — 
 
 1. That they bear willing testimony 
 to the great patriotism, ability, and fidel- 
 ity with which Hon. Henry Bedinger 
 fulfilled the high public trusts confided 
 to him ; and that in his death Virginia 
 has lost a true and loyal son, and her 
 dearest rights and interests a bold and 
 eloquent defender. 
 
 2. That while painfully lamenting this, 
 the memory of his many virtues now 
 alone remains to them : they will ever 
 recall, with mournful pleasure, the frank 
 and genial nature, high-toned charac- 
 ter, and gallant and chivalric bearing, 
 which made Henry Bedinger always wel- 
 
28 
 
 BEEBEE 
 
 [ 1858. ] 
 
 BELDEN 
 
 come to every heart and home in their 
 midst. 
 
 Beebee, Mrs. Elenor F., Henrietta, 
 0., 1 J, a>. 41. She was the daugh- 
 ter of Daniel Beehee, of West Hartwick, 
 Otsego Co., , sister of the llcv. Al- 
 bert Beebee, missionary to the Arme- 
 nians in Turkey, and grand daugliter of 
 the late llcv. Dr. Chauncey Lee, of 
 Colebrook, Ct. The same feeling of de- 
 votion which led her brother to abandon 
 home, seemed to actuate her iiiall her 
 conduct, and wherever the spiritual or 
 temporal good of those around her de- 
 manded that the Christian should go, 
 there she was found. Quiet, gentle, and 
 unostentatious, yet firm and decided, 
 her whole character was like the genial 
 warmth of spring mingled with the grave 
 aspect of autumn. 
 
 Beeciier, Rev. J. ^V., Vernon Centre, 
 N. Y., Jan. 26, cc. 54. He was a de- 
 scendant of John Beechcr, who, after the 
 Pequot war, with seven others, spent 
 the winter upon the present site of New 
 Haven, Ct., before Davenport preached 
 under the oak. He was born at South- 
 bury, Ct., Nov. 2, 1803. His early edu- 
 cation was in strict accordance with the 
 Puritan tendencies of the times — at- 
 tended to classical studies under the 
 tuition of the late President Tyler, his 
 pastor, and Mr. Pitman, at Hanover, 
 N. H. He entered the Southwest The- 
 ological Seminary, at iMarysville, Tenn., 
 in 1826 ; and in 1830 was licensed to 
 preach, and received a commission under 
 the American Sunday School Union to 
 labor in East Tenn., Avhere he labored 
 one year. In 1832 he preached with 
 great success in Bridgewater, Ct. ; but 
 subsequently for several years was the 
 agent of the Presbyterian Education So- 
 ciety and the Home Missionary Society. 
 From 1841 to 1846 he Avas pastor of a 
 church in Ellsworth, Ct. ; but, u])on his 
 failing health, he removed to Central 
 New York, preaching at Sangerfield and 
 Stockbridge ; but ultimately fixed his 
 residence in Vernon Centre, where he 
 waited his change from his earthly to 
 his heavenly home. Humble fideUty 
 and endurance in missionary and pas- 
 toral duties — death hastened by priva- 
 tion and exposure in doing good — 
 compose the lights which the grave can- 
 not darken. 
 Beeus, Hon. Jacob, Newtown, Conn., 
 
 June 28, ae. 76. The deceased had been 
 through a long hfe one of the most 
 prominent citizens of the town. He 
 was a representative for many years in 
 the popular branch of the legislature, and 
 several times represented the eleventh 
 district in the state Senate. He Avas 
 also, during the former organization of 
 the courts in the state, one of the asso- 
 ciate judges of the Fairfield Co. Court ; 
 and in all the pubHc stations he occupied 
 he discharged the duties of the same 
 honorably to himself and acceptably to 
 the community at large. Perhaps few 
 men have hved more respected, or died 
 more regretted. 
 
 Beers, Philo, Esq., Chicago, 111., 
 ]Mareh 9, ce. 66. He was one among 
 the first settlers of Illinois, and was 
 much respected by his large acquaint- 
 ance as an honest, upright, kind-hearted 
 man. He in an early day represented, 
 with much credit, the County of CHnton 
 in the state legislature, then held at Van- 
 dalia. Thus are passing away the noble 
 pioneers of our now flourishing state. 
 
 Beers, Dr. Timothy Phelps, New 
 Haven, Conn., Sept., 22, so. 68. He 
 was born in New Haven, Christmas day, 
 1789, was graduated in Y'ale College in 
 1808, studied his profession with Eli 
 Ives, M. D., subsequently attended the 
 medical lectures in Philadelphia, and 
 licensed to practise in 1811. During 
 the " late war," he was appointed sur- 
 geon of a regiment of Connecticut mili- 
 tia, commanded by the late Gen. Ileze- 
 kiah Howe, and performed the duties 
 of his appointment during the summer 
 of 1812, with his regiment at Ncav Lon- 
 don. In 1830 he Avas elected Professor 
 of Obstetrics in the medical institution 
 of Yale College, the duties of Avhich office 
 he discharged for more than a quarter 
 of a century. 
 
 Beldex, Capt. Clifl>ord, Cleveland, 
 
 Ohio, re. 74. Capt. 13. Avas a 
 
 native of the State of Connecticut. He 
 Avas a ship carpenter by trade, and 
 sailed in an American vessel from Port- 
 land, Me., in that capacity during the 
 last Avar Avith Great Britahi, and Avas 
 captured by the British. He Avas con- 
 fined on the Island of Bermuda over 11 
 months, and suff'ered severely from rig- 
 orous treatment at the hands of liis cap- 
 tors during that time. On his release, in 
 the autumn of 1814, Capt. Belden came 
 to C. Since then he has been captain 
 
BELKNAP 
 
 [ 1858. ] 
 
 BELKNAP 
 
 29 
 
 signature 
 
 of vessels upon the lakes, and was the 
 compeer of Capts. Stannard, Blake, and 
 others. 
 
 Belknap, Andrew Eliot, Boston, Ms., 
 Jan. 2j, fp. 78. He was a son of the 
 late Rev. Dr. Belknap, and was for many 
 years a reputable merchant in that city. 
 He took much interest .in historical 
 matters, especially in such as related to 
 Boston, and was a frequent contributor 
 to the newspapers inrder the 
 of "A Boston Boy." 
 
 Belknap, Mrs. Anne Clark, Keokuk, 
 Iowa, Dec. 7, s}. o7, the wife of a gal- 
 lant and distinguished soldier, — the 
 late Brig. Gen. William G. Belknap, — 
 with whom she united" her fortunes ere 
 he had yet attained high rank and dis- 
 tinction. Mrs. B. came with her hus- 
 band to the then far west, more than 
 the third of a century ago, to lead a 
 frontier life at what were, at that time, 
 the outposts of our little army. Crossing 
 from Green Bay, one of those outposts, 
 to the Mississippi, and proceeding down 
 the latter to St. Louis, she passed this 
 point over thirty years ago, when there 
 was not yet a human habitation here, 
 save, perhaps, the wigwam of the Sacs 
 and Foxes, old Black Hawk, Keokuk, 
 and their associates ; long, in fact, ere 
 even the territory of Iowa was ushered 
 into existence, and while it still formed 
 a part, not of Wisconsin, but of Michi- 
 gan ! Of •^•hat now constitutes the Ter- 
 ritory of Kansas, Mrs. B. was, perhaps, 
 the first Avhite woman that ever became 
 an inhabitant. Her husband, then Capt. 
 Belknap, was ordered to establish a mil- 
 itary post on the Missouri, Avhich he 
 did accordingly, probably in 1827 or '28, 
 with the name of Fort Leavenworth, 
 near where the present city of the same 
 name stands. While the buildings for 
 this post were being erected, Mrs. B., 
 like a true soldier's wife, ate and slept 
 under a tent, until they were ready to 
 be occupied. Subsequently she followed 
 her husband to Florida, where he had 
 been ordered during the campaign with 
 the Seminoles ; and, later still, she ac- 
 companied him to the posts on the 
 Arkansas, Forts Smith and Gibson, 
 where this devoted and noble wife, 
 always of a frail constitution, and never 
 of robust health, spent several years 
 more, far removed from those thousand 
 comforts and refinements to which she 
 had been accustomed in early life. She 
 
 possessed a most cheerful and happy 
 temperament, and it was under her own 
 hospitable roof that her beautiful traits 
 of character were most strikingly de- 
 veloped. It was there that she ever 
 appeared a true model for her. sex, not 
 only in all her domestic relations, but 
 in its avocations as well. Home — that 
 home where so much of the last few 
 years of her life were spent — was to 
 her evidently one of calm and true ra- 
 tional enjoyment, while to her friends 
 one of never-faihng attractions. But it 
 was as a sincere and genuine, though 
 wholly unpretentious, Christian, that the 
 character of Mrs. B. shone forth in its 
 greatest beauty and loveliness. It was 
 clearly mirrored upon her ever calm 
 and serene countenance, and evidenced 
 in the daily acts of her life. After Gen. 
 B.'s death, which occurred in 1851, in 
 Texas, where he Avas on duty with his 
 troops, Mrs. B., accompanied by her 
 daughters, came to Keokuk to join her 
 only son, and make it her home. 
 
 In connection with the notice of Mrs. 
 B. it is thought proper to notice briefly 
 the life of her gallant husband. Brevet 
 Brig. Gen. W. G. Belknap, Lieut. Col. 
 of the Fifth U. S. infantry, died near 
 Preston, Texas, Nov. 10, 1851, se. 57. 
 He entered the service as a third lieu- 
 tenant of the twenty-third regiment of 
 infontry, U. S. army, in April, 1813, 
 and accompanied the expedition of that 
 year down the St. Lawrence, under Gen. 
 Wilkinson. He served, during the cam- 
 paign of 1814, on the Niagara frontier, 
 with great distinction, and especially ou 
 the occasion of the attack of the British 
 army on Fort Erie, on the 15th of Aug. 
 of that year. Lieut. Belknap commanded 
 a picket guard of 100 men on that night, 
 which was thrown out one mile or more 
 in the direction of the enemy. He was 
 met at that point with a heavy assaulting 
 column of 2000 men, under the command 
 of Lieut. Gen. Drummond, and, although 
 obliged to retreat before this large force, 
 kept up a constant and unremitted fire, 
 until they arrived at the defences of Fort 
 Erie. Lieut. Belknap received a severe 
 wound on this occasion. At the peace 
 establishment, in 1815, he Avas retained 
 in the second regiment U. S. infontry, 
 (Col. Brady,) where he continued till 
 the reduction of the army in 1821, when 
 he was transferred as senior first lieu- 
 tenant of the third U. S. iiifantry, in 
 
30 
 
 BELKNAP 
 
 [ 1858. ] 
 
 BELT 
 
 which reyiment he continued as lieuten- 
 ant and captain more than 20 j-ears, 
 and until promoted to a majority in the 
 eighth infantry, in 1842. lie was bre- 
 veted a Ucutonant colonel in 1842, for his 
 services in Florida. In the battle of 
 Palo Alto and llesaca de la Palma he 
 commanded a brigade with much gal- 
 lantry and distinction, and received the 
 brevet of colonel. At the siege and 
 capture of ^lonterey, he was acting in- 
 spector general of Gen. Taylor's army, 
 and at the battle of Buena Vista was 
 breveted a brigadier general, having 
 served under Gen. Taylor in every battle 
 fought by him during the Mexican war. 
 
 Belkxap, Zedekiah, "NVeathersfield, 
 Yt., June S, iv. 77, a graduate of Dart- 
 mouth College in the class of 1807. 
 
 Bell, AVm A., Boston, Mass., May 28, 
 sp. — . Mr. B. came to Boston at the 
 age of 15, from I'ortsmouth, N. H., of 
 which place he was a native, and found 
 employment in a hardware store in Dock 
 Square. Mr. B. had been long identi- 
 fied with Odd FelloMship, and had passed 
 thi'ough the various official grades of the 
 order, ha\ing filled the chair of grand 
 master, lie was a very active and effi- 
 cient member of that institution, and 
 was in high estimation. He also served 
 in the Common Council, and was elected 
 president of the council in place of Mr. 
 Story, Avhen that gentleman went to 
 Em-ope. He was much respected, and 
 his sudden death will cause painful emo- 
 tions in a wide circle of friends and 
 acquaintances. 
 
 Bellows, Aaron, Fulton, N. Y., April 
 28, a?. 90, descended from John Bel- 
 lows, M'ho emigrated from England in 
 the ship Hopewell, 1635. His mother 
 was Mary Parker, ,of New Hampshire, 
 a relative of the ancestors of Hon. J. P. 
 Hale. She was a faithful mother, train- 
 ing her children in " wisdom's ways." 
 Mr. Bellows was born in "Worcester Co., 
 Mass., Feb. 22, 17G8. His youth was 
 passed amid the privations and disturb- 
 ances of the revolution. At the age of 
 21 he emigrated to Central New York. 
 All his possessions consisted of a ride 
 and a kna]jsack,in which were provisions 
 for his journey and a change of raiment. 
 The city of Utica consisted, at tlie time 
 of his arrival, of one log tavern, a barn, 
 and a frame for a small dwelling. He 
 proceeded to Clinton, and thence follow- 
 ing marked trees westward, he came to 
 
 Salina ; and afterAvards established him- 
 self at Onondaga, where he s])ent the 
 most active and apparently the most 
 useful part of his life. He married Miss 
 Azuba Patterson, about the year 1794. 
 He Mas public spirited, was active in 
 constructing roads and bridges, and was 
 connected in matters of public improve- 
 ment with Col. Uanforth, whose name is 
 associated Mith the early history of On- 
 ondaga Co. In 1809, at the death of a 
 daughter, he and his wife were hopefully 
 converted. The same year the reli- 
 gious society of Onondaga Hollow was 
 formed. Under its first pastor, Ilev. 
 Dirck C. Lansing, afterwards D. 1)., they 
 united with the church. He was chosen 
 trustee of the society, and afterwards 
 became a ruling elder. He was a de- 
 voted Christian, and was given to hos- 
 pitality. His house was the place for 
 prayer meetings, and for Sabbath gath- 
 erings of the youth and children, that he 
 might instruct them from the Bible and 
 the Catechism. Is is Morthy of notice 
 that he lived on terms of friendship Mith 
 the Indians, who were troublesome, and 
 with whom many of his neighbors had 
 difficulty. As a mark of respect for him 
 they gave him the name of " Onnocoo- 
 nas " or Full Moon. He resided 26 years 
 in Oneida Co., and subsequently re- 
 moved to Fulton, Oswego Co. Here he 
 was called upon to part with his wife in 
 1851, who had been the sh&rcr of his 
 toils and his faithful companion for 
 more than half a century. His remain- 
 ing days were passed in retirement, in 
 reading his Bible, the newspapers, and 
 in pious contemplation; and, though he 
 suliererd from infirmities of the body, he 
 preserved the exercise of his mental fac- 
 ulties. To the tlose of life his interest 
 in public afl'airs was unabated. He voted 
 at every presidential election except the 
 first. 
 
 Belt, Capt. "William J., Calvert Co., 
 Ind., April 2, cc. 64, for many years an 
 officer in the U. S. navy. He was appoint- 
 ed a midshipman by Mr. Madison, then 
 president of the United States, Sept. 11, 
 1811 ; served through the war of 1812 ; 
 was twice taken prisoner : the last time 
 taken he was carried to the Cape of 
 Good Hope, where he remained two 
 years ; from thence to England ; sailed 
 from England for the United States in 
 the Cartell, Sept. 4, 1815. He after- 
 wards served his country faithfully for 
 
BEMAN 
 
 [1858.] 
 
 BENJAMIN 
 
 31 
 
 many years. His last cruise -svas in 
 command of the Marion. 
 
 Be:\ian, Rev. Jehiel C, New York, Dec. 
 27, ve. 68, father of Rev. Amos G. Beman. 
 
 Be:\iis, Mrs. Hannah H., Weathers- 
 field, Vt., March 9, a^. 68, wife of Jere- 
 miah Bemis, Esq., and daughter of the 
 ■late Ebenezer Herrick, of JMarlboro', 
 N. H. At the early age of ten years Mrs. 
 B. became a subject of renewing grace, 
 and a year after publicly put on Christ 
 by uniting with the Methodist Episcopal 
 church ; and from that time religion 
 with her was a living, active, and pro- 
 pelling principle, giving to 'her neigh- 
 bors and all who knew her an evidence 
 of its power upon the life of its pos- 
 sessor. In the church she was regarded 
 as a very wortliy and consistent member. 
 But in her own family especially was 
 seen and exemplified, in the clearest 
 manner, the beauty of that influence 
 which is only exerted by a loved com- 
 panion and Chi-istian mother. 
 
 Bender, Charles W., Philadelphia, 
 Pa., Oct. 6, a prominent and well-known 
 citizen of P. Mr. B. at one time took 
 an active part in municipal and state 
 poHtics, being identified with the old 
 whig party. The announcement of his 
 death was received with extreme regret. 
 
 Bennett, Hon. Thomas, New Haven, 
 Conn., April 5, a?. — . Mr. B. was a 
 faithful and considerate public officer, 
 and an amiable and honest man. With- 
 out an enemy, his death Avill be_ univer- 
 sally mourned. He leaves a large fam- 
 ily to regret their loss. 
 
 Bennett, Mrs. Martha, Green Co., 
 N. Y., Aug. — , a^. 76, widow of P. W. 
 Bennett, mother of T. R. Bennett, in- 
 spector of the 18th precinct police. New 
 York city. Mrs. B. was a noble-minded 
 woman, and much beloved by a large 
 circle of friends. She was born in New- 
 ark, N. J. At the commencement of 
 the revolutionary war her father, John 
 Chesters, was seized by a gang of ban- 
 dits in England, and brought to New 
 York city against his will, for the pur- 
 pose of fighting the Americans. His 
 father, William Chesters, despatched a 
 man to America with $200 to ransom 
 the captive ; but the British officer to 
 whom the application was made detained 
 both money and agent, and gave John 
 25 lashes on the bare back for asking to 
 be set at liberty. Young Chesters then 
 deserted, taking with him his horse and 
 
 such things as he could conveniently 
 carry ; and, sympathizing with the Amer- 
 icans in their struggle for liberty, lost 
 no time in joining the American army. 
 He was one of Gen. Washington's main 
 men, and, after faithfully serving his 
 adopted country for seven years, re- 
 ceived an honor-able discharge, with a 
 medal. During the struggle for liberty 
 by the Americans, young Chesters, then 
 only 19 -years of age, with four others, 
 was watching one night for smugglers 
 on the banks of the Passaic River, Avhen 
 they were surprised by a body of British 
 soldiers, who had landed with the inten- 
 tion of taking Newark. Chesters and 
 his companions, seeing that resistance 
 against such powerful odds was useless, 
 fled for their lives ; but three of them 
 were overtaken and murdered. John 
 succeeded in gaining the court house, 
 and, while entering the door, three bul- 
 lets were fired at him ; but, fortunately, 
 they lodged in the door without doing 
 further damage. Chesters sounded the 
 alarm to Generals Ray, Knox, and Cum- 
 mings, then asleep in a hotel near by, 
 who instantly marshalled their forces, 
 and saved the town. Incensed at their 
 defeat, the British offered a large reward 
 for young Chesters's head, which, how- 
 ever, they did not get. He died in 
 Newark, when only 30 years of age. 
 
 Benjamin, Mrs. Sarah, Mount Pleas- 
 ant township. Pa., April 20, te. 114. 
 Her maiden name was Sarah ^Matthews ; 
 and she was born in Goshen, Orange 
 Co., N. Y., Nov. 17, 1743. She was 
 thrice married. Her first husband was 
 Mr. William Reed. He served in the 
 revolutionary army in the early part of 
 the struggle, and died of a wound re- 
 ceived in Va. Her second husband was 
 Mr. Aaron Osburne, of Goshen, N. Y. 
 He also Avas in the army of the revolu- 
 tion, but survived the war. Her last 
 husband was INIr. John Benjamin, with 
 whom she settled in Mount Pleasant in 
 1812. He died four years afterwards. 
 She had five children, the youngest of 
 whom is 70 years old. She has left four 
 generations of descendants. From her 
 youth, until past 40 years of age, she 
 was in the midst of the rough and stir- 
 ring scenes of border warfare or of the 
 revolutionary struggle. Her tempera- 
 ment was such that she could not be an 
 idle spectator of events. She entered 
 very deeply in all these vicissitudes. 
 
32 
 
 BENSON 
 
 [1858.] 
 
 BENTLEY 
 
 Up to the latest period of her life she 
 distinctly recollected the family of Mr. 
 Broadhead, whose sons in 1755 boldly 
 resisted a ])arty of 200 Indians, making 
 a fort of their house. She was in the 
 vicinity of Minisink when Brant, the 
 Indian chief, led a party of Indians and 
 tories through that settlement, scalping 
 the inhabitants and burning the houses. 
 After the second marriage she accom- 
 panied h"r husband in tlie army. Dur- 
 ing marches slie made herself useful in 
 preparing food, and, when in quarters, 
 engaged in sewing for the officers and 
 men. When the army was engaged in 
 embarking some heavy ordnance at 
 Kingsbridge, on the Hudson, ostensibly 
 to attack New York, then in the hands 
 of the enemy, it was necessary to do 
 it in the night, and to place sentries 
 around, lest they should be observed, 
 or taken by surprise. Her husband 
 having been placed as a sentinel, she 
 took iiis station, with overcoat and gun, 
 that he might help to load the heavy 
 artillery. Soon Washington came round 
 to examine the outposts, and, detecting 
 something unusual in her appearance, 
 asked, " \Vho placed you here ? " She 
 promptly replied, in her characteristic 
 way, '* Them who had a right to, sir." 
 He, apparently pleased with her inde- 
 pendent and patriotic spirit, passed on. 
 She accompanied the army, with her 
 husband, to the south, and was present 
 at the seizure of Yorktown and the sur- 
 render of Cornwallis. During the battle 
 she was busy in carrying water to the 
 thirsty, and relieving the wants of the 
 suffering. When passing where the 
 bullets of the enemy were flying, she 
 met AVashington, who said, " Young 
 woman, are you not afraid of the bul- 
 lets ? " She instantly answered, " The 
 bullets will never cheat the gallows." 
 She possessed extraordinary energy, 
 even in her extreme age, and would 
 relate the events of her early days with 
 all the vivacity of youth. Up almost to 
 the ])eriod of her death she exercised 
 herself in carding and s])inning. The 
 fineness and uniformity of her yarn was 
 a wonder and an admiration. She vis- 
 ited her friends on foot, making long 
 walks, and, when she used a carriage, 
 disdained to be helped to enter it. Two 
 or three years ago she remarked that 
 she had never been sick but once. She 
 then sent for a physician, who left her 
 
 some medicine. After he had gone, 
 she, not liking the smell of it, " threw 
 the dirty stuff in the fire, and then had 
 to pay for it." The simplicity of her 
 life was peculiar. For some years past 
 she has been regarded as a sort of curi- 
 osity on account of her great age and 
 vivid recollection of events long past. 
 Many visitors called upon her, and were 
 always received with cheerfulness, and 
 went away surprised and delighted with 
 her flow of genial humor, combined with 
 rare physical activity. She was, indeed, 
 a link connecting the present age with 
 ages past and gone. For a long period 
 slie was ready and cheerfully waiting to 
 depart ; her end was calm and peaceful. 
 
 Benson, Dr. Cyrus, Bridgewater, 
 Mass., July 16, ae. 74. Dr. B. was a 
 native and resident of Bridgewater. 
 He was born May 15, 1784. He prac- 
 tised medicine between 20 and 30 years 
 with good success, when his health be- 
 came infirm ; and he has since cared for 
 his farm only. He was one of the first 
 receivers of the doctrines of the New 
 Jerusalem church in Bridgewater, and 
 has ever maintained high moral deport- 
 ment. He has left a widow in Bridge- 
 water, and two married daughters in 
 Leeds, INIe. Two lovely sons have 
 passed into the spiritual world. 
 
 Benson, Mrs. Maria, Smp-na, Del., 
 Oct. 30, se. 67, wife of Benjamin Benson, 
 and daughter of Capt. Robert Shewell, 
 of Philadelphia. She was the niece of 
 Elizabeth Shewell, who became the wife 
 of the celebrated painter Benjamin West 
 under circumstances of difficulty and 
 opposition from her friends that made 
 their marriage one of romantic interest, 
 and the theme of writers Avho have ren- 
 dered it familiar to most readers. But 
 not to any connection with the names 
 of the great or renowned did the subject 
 of this memoir look. In her own home 
 and amid its endearments she found her 
 appropriate sphere, possessing in an 
 eminent degree all the elements that 
 constitute female excellence. 
 
 Bentley, Gideon, Constantia, Oswego 
 Co., N. Y., Feb. 27, a>. 107. He was a 
 soldier of the revolution, and the father 
 of 13 children, who are all living. The 
 eldest is 77 years old. Thomas IJentley, 
 the third son, lives at Columbus, is 73 
 years old, in the enjoyment of unim- 
 paired health, and bids fair to outlive 
 many younger men. 
 
BENTON 
 
 [ 1858. ] 
 
 BENTON 
 
 33 
 
 HOX. THO:\IAS HART BENTON, 
 
 Washington, D. C, April 10, a?. 76. 
 " Mr. B. for more than 40 years has 
 been a prominent man in the councils 
 and politics of our nation. With Adams, 
 Webster, Clay, Calhoun, and others of 
 our great men of the 19th century, he 
 has gone beyond the struggles here for 
 promotion, or the sincere action of pat- 
 riotism, both of which motives enter so 
 largely into the lives of statesmen, the 
 latter, we trust, largely predominating. 
 Mr. B. may have been for a moment 
 swerved from the straight path by the 
 desire of a presidential term, wliich has 
 obtained more or less influence over all 
 of our great men ; but few have escaped 
 as unscathed as Thomas H. Benton. 
 That he lived and died a true patriot 
 and lover of liberty, none can question ; 
 and it is a fact which our young men, 
 ought to lay to heart, that the great 
 man died thanking God that he had 
 lived to see that great wrong, the Le- 
 compton measure, which the disunion 
 democracy were trying to force upon 
 the people of Ka^as, defeated in the 
 House of Representatives." — Adrian 
 Evening Express. 
 
 " The dart of death was aimed at a 
 high place yesterday. Thomas H. Ben- 
 ton fell before it, not unexpectedly, nev- 
 ertheless to ^e deep grief of his coun- 
 trymen, and to the njanifest loss of the 
 world. His ardent wish, through the 
 last weeks of his bodily suffering, was 
 to be spared for such time, and with 
 such measure of strength, as would en- 
 able him to finish his Abridgment of 
 the Debates of Congress, which he had 
 brought down to the year 1850. It has 
 not pleased God to grant his wish. 
 
 " Dying full of years, having lived for 
 three quarters of a century, Col. B. has 
 left behind few riper scholars, few greater 
 statesmen, and, without doubt, no more 
 striking evidence of that power of in- 
 dustry, system, and observation. He 
 was a wonder of assiduity, of painful 
 toil, of intense thought, of iron mem- 
 ory, and of indomitable will. His vir- 
 tues, as well as his failings, have been 
 throughout life such as belong to a 
 strong character ; and, whenever he has 
 been deemed to have erred, his most 
 strenuous opponents have yielded to 
 him the praise of sincerity and of pat- 
 riotism ; but, inasmuch as he was a bit- 
 
 ter politician in early and middle life, his 
 judgment, and sometimes his motives, 
 have been arraigned, not without cause. 
 His coorage, high ambition, talents, and 
 impetuosity, combined in him to make a 
 powerful competitor, and not seldom, in 
 the struggle of professional and pohtical 
 life, a bitter enemy. 
 
 " In his relations to his country. Col. 
 B. has been a signally useful man, 
 though candor compels the admission 
 that his measure of usefulness was at 
 times impaired, and that seriously, by 
 private animosities, as well as by partisan 
 acerbity. He worked well and faith- 
 fully ; he struck fearlessly and strongly ; 
 but^he made his blow tell first for him- 
 self, next for his party, and then for his 
 country. 
 
 " His evening of life was a mellow, 
 genial close after a tempestuous day. 
 During that hour his feelings have toned 
 down and mollified, and his aim has 
 been more for his God and his country 
 than for his party or himself. In that 
 hour he has stood up well and fliithfuUy 
 by the principles of human freedom, 
 and has frowned steaSfastly upon the 
 attempts of the president to overawe 
 Congress into bad measures. 
 
 " Col. B. was bom in North Carolina, 
 in 1782. He was educated at Chapel 
 Hill, and read law at William and Mary 
 College, Va., and commenced practice 
 at Nashville, Tenn. He was elected to 
 the legislature, and advocated the pas- 
 sage of a law giving slaves trial by jury. 
 He became a judge of the Supreme 
 Court of Tennessee, but took a com- 
 mission in the army at the age of 23, 
 and raised a regiment of volunteers in 
 the war of 1812, and became a lieutenant 
 colonel. After the war he removed to 
 St. Louis, Mo., edited the Missouri 
 Argus, and advocated the admission of 
 ^lissouri into the Union. He advo- 
 cated the settlement of Oregon, the 
 protective system, and preemption laws, 
 but was opposed to nullification, and the 
 U. S. Bank, and the compromise of 
 1850. He supported ]\Ir. Buchanan, 
 who defeated Col. Fremont, Mr. Benton's 
 son-in-law. He was elected a senator 
 from Missouri, provisionally, before the 
 long-contested admission of that state, 
 and took his seat in the Senate in 1821, 
 where he remained until 1851, when he 
 failed of a reelection. Col. B. sustained 
 the administration of Jackson and Van 
 
34 
 
 BENTON 
 
 [ 1858. ] 
 
 BERRY 
 
 Burcn most ardently, and was recog- 
 nized as the leader of the party who 
 elected them. For the greater part of 
 his life Col. B. was the idol of the State 
 of Missouri. The people clung to him 
 as their political adviser ; and after his 
 defeat in the Senate they called upon 
 him again and again to run him in the 
 House of Representatives. He never 
 was an effective speaker, for lie lacked 
 eloquence, flow of words, imagination, 
 warmth, and fertility, but he was clear, 
 accurate, logical, and practical ; but, 
 never addressing a popular audience 
 except after the most careful prepara- 
 tions, it may be readily understood that 
 his efforts appeared better to the reason 
 than in the delivery. 
 
 " Col. B. was an accomplished linguist, 
 and, in respect to general information 
 out of range of political study, was by 
 no means wanting." — Detroit Adver- 
 tiser. 
 
 He married Elizabeth McDowell, of 
 Virginia, who died in 1854. He leaves 
 four daughters — Mrs. Jones, Mrs. Fre- 
 mont, Mrs. Jacob, and Mrs. Boileau. 
 
 The following 'eloquent tribute to Col. 
 B. is taken from the St. Louis Demo- 
 crat : — 
 
 " •' Greatness is ended, 
 An nnsuTisfcmtial pageant all : 
 Droop o'er the scene the funeral pall.' 
 
 "Weave the cypress for the bier of 
 the departed. Gather the burial cortege 
 to lay his body within the final home. 
 Summon fitting words of elegy to voice 
 the sorrow of those who knew him in 
 life, and mourn him in death. For this 
 day, amid the drooping of banners, the 
 low wail of martial music, and the mul- 
 titudinous concourse of our citizens, the 
 solemn words, ' Dust to dust, and earth 
 to earth,' will be spoken over the re- 
 mains of Thomas H. Benton — a states- 
 man without fear, a patriot without 
 price. Let us deal gently with his errors, 
 remember his labors, and embalm his 
 virtues. Li the fierce contentions of 
 public life, his stern energy was not of 
 a kind to conciliate rivals, or turn away 
 the wrath of opposing parties ; but all 
 must concede th;it in every passage he 
 bore himself with manly fortitude and 
 daring openness of purpose. In the 
 domestic circle he evinced what few 
 who saw only his outward bearing would 
 have ])enetrated — a heart overflowing 
 with kindness and love ; and from the 
 
 tender solicitude with which he watched 
 over the decline of the gentle compan- 
 ion of his way, not less than from the 
 infinite pathos in which, when sum- 
 moned forth again to his country's ser- 
 vice, he told of his occupation in plant- 
 ing assembled graves on the sunset side 
 of the Father of Floods, we have assur- 
 ance that his nature was warm with the 
 pulses of a soft and genuine sympathy. 
 In his solicitude for the preservation of 
 a cordial unity of feeling, and a generous 
 forbearance of hostility, between differ- 
 ent sections of the republic, he mani- 
 fested ever a consistency of aim and a 
 purity of ambition that will model forth 
 one of the brightest examples in history 
 to those who may hereafter be intrusted 
 with the care of a nation's honor and 
 peace. In his closing hour, when all 
 the vanities of earth had passed from his 
 thought ; when his hand had dropped, 
 released from the work at which he 
 toiled ; when his faint utterance had 
 transmitted a dying wish that no un- 
 seemly action of Congress should mark 
 his departure into the silent land, — he 
 gathered his robes amund him with more 
 than senatorial dignity, and marched 
 into the great presence as calmly, as 
 solemnly, as consciously, as though he 
 had sounded the depths of eternity, and 
 had measured the spaces of the infinite. 
 And thus — in his publiff services and 
 in his private attachments, in his ardu- 
 ous life and in his majestic death — he 
 has earned an abiding place in the mem- 
 ory of the American people, whilst his 
 name will be emblazoned more in the 
 future than in the present, as one of the 
 most illustrious of those who gave so 
 much of renown to the deliberations of 
 our national councils." 
 
 Berky, Rev. L. W., Cincinnati, 0., 
 July 23, fp. 43. Dr. B. was born in 
 Alburgh, Vt., in 1815. He entered the 
 travelling connection, in the Ohio Con- 
 ference, at the age of 18. He succeeded 
 Dr. Simpson in the presidency of the 
 Indiana Asbury University in 1848. 
 After remaining for about six years in 
 charge of this institution, he accepted 
 the presidency of the Iowa Wesleyan 
 University at ]\Iount Pleasant. He re- 
 mained in connection with this institu- 
 tion for about three years. In the 
 summer of 1857 he resigned his place 
 at Mount Pleasant, and took charge of 
 
BETHUNE 
 
 [1858.] 
 
 BIRD 
 
 35 
 
 a new college enterprise in Missouri. 
 He labored with all that zeal and en- 
 ergy for which he has always been 
 noted to build up the Jefferson City 
 University. 
 
 Bethune, Mrs. Frances, Columbus, 
 Ga., May 20, a?. — , wife of Gen. Be- 
 thune, of the Corner Stone. ISIrs. B. 
 died of a pulmonary disease, after a 
 lingering illness. She was a consistent 
 member of the Methodist church, and 
 an exemplary wife and mother. The 
 Superior Court, being in session, took a 
 recess, and the judge and members of 
 the bar, in a body, attended her funeral. 
 
 BiRB, Robert S., Rankin Co., Miss., 
 July 7, te. o9. Mr. B. was a native of 
 Alabama, a son of the late Gov. Bibb, 
 of that state, and was connected with a 
 large and influential circle of relatives 
 and friends in ^lississippi and Alabama. 
 For the last six years Mr. B. had been a 
 citizen of Rankin Co., and by his gentle- 
 manly manners and generous disposi- 
 tion won many friends, who will long 
 lament his early death. Receiving a 
 liberal education, he engaged in the 
 business of planting, and by his success 
 afforded another instance proving that a 
 practical success in the business of life 
 is not incompatible with scholastic at- 
 tainments, which, added to refined enjoy- 
 ments, in no degree detracts from the 
 usefulness of the citizen. 
 
 Billings, Dr. James A., Batavia, N. 
 Y., Aug. 2, a?. 63. 
 
 Billings, Dr. John, Rochester, N. Y., 
 June 29, se. 15. 
 
 Bird, George L.,M.D., Crawfordville, 
 
 Ga., 5, se. 47. He was a man of 
 
 great respectability and integrity of 
 character, and stood high in the respect 
 and esteem of a wide circle of friends 
 and acquaintances. His intercourse with 
 the world was marked by the utmost sim- 
 plicity of manners, attended with mod- 
 esty, candor, frankness, and truth, in all 
 he said or did. As a physician, he was 
 attentive, kind, and sympathizing with 
 his patients. Long will he be remem- 
 bered by many whose pains he has re- 
 lieved, and whose hours of suffering he 
 has kept watch with. He has fallen, if not 
 in the very prime of his life and his man- 
 hood, at least in the meridian of his 
 usefulness, good name, and all those 
 excellences and virtues which won the 
 confidence and love of those who knew 
 him. He has left a widow and several 
 
 children, upon whom the affliction is 
 peculiarly severe. 
 
 Bird, George, New York, June 20, 
 se. — , a native of Greenfield, Mass. Mr. 
 B. went into business in New York as a 
 merchant in early life ; his chief capi- 
 tal — integrity, energy, and superior busi- 
 ness capacity. To him may be applied 
 the oft-used designation, " architect of 
 his own fortune." He was a man of 
 great forecast, of sound judgment, and 
 unswerving integrity and honor. These 
 were marked elements in his course of 
 enterprise, and of the success he achieved 
 — an ample fortune and unusual respect 
 and confidence. Another trait of char- 
 acter and habit of life — and we refer 
 to these for lights to the young men of 
 the times — was this : In the midst of 
 his severe occupations, while in active 
 business, he ever found time to give at- 
 tention to the improvement of his mind 
 and the acquisition of knowledge. Thus 
 it was from his early years ; his reading 
 was extensive and well directed, and 
 his stock of knowledge thus acquired 
 was enlarged and improved by foreign 
 travel. But a sketch of his character 
 would be quite imperfect which should 
 not set out other traits of his life, for 
 which he was known, loved, and hon- 
 ored. We have alluded to his fortune, 
 acquired as we have indicated, with 
 which he was enabled to retire from 
 active business. He employed a due 
 share of it in acts of judicious liberality 
 and active charities. The poor found in 
 him a ready friend and helper. New 
 York, the great metropolis of trade, 
 wealth, and foreign immigration, may 
 be denominated also the metropolis of 
 suffering, poverty, and abject wretched- 
 ness. For some relief, or mitigation of 
 these frightful evils, his hand and influ- 
 ence were promptly offered. A favorite 
 object of his bounty was the institution 
 of the " Five Points House of Industry," 
 of which he was a trustee. To this ob- 
 ject he contributed liberally, and had the 
 joy to know of thousands of homeless, 
 helpless, outcast children sent to safe 
 and happy homes and occupations in 
 the west, by him and his associates in 
 that heavenly charity. In religion — Mr. 
 B. was of the Episcopal communion — 
 a vestryman and communicant in Rev. 
 Dr. Hawks's church, and of a decided 
 Christian character. He was blessed in 
 all his domestic relations ; was married, 
 
36 
 
 BIRDSOXG 
 
 [1858.] 
 
 BLACKBURN 
 
 rather late in life, to the daughter of the 
 late honored Le Grand Cannon, Esq., 
 of Troy. By her many virtues, and in- 
 telligence, and affection, his home was 
 made a precious rest and joy. From 
 that scene of peace, hospitality, and hap- 
 piness, he has been suddenly removed. 
 He has been separated, too, from a 
 widowed mother, living in G. ; and no 
 mother was ever blessed with a more 
 affectionate and devoted son. And here- 
 in was seen one of the crowning graces 
 of a beautiful life. 
 
 BiRDsoNG, Elijah Perry, M. D., Bel- 
 laire, Ohio, March 1, a. 39. Dr. B. was 
 a native of Virginia. He received the 
 degree of doctor in medicine in 1852, 
 and commenced the practice of his pro- 
 fession in Bellaire the same year. He 
 was an intelligent gentleman, a sincere 
 friend, and an honor to his profession. 
 In him the poor have lost a liberal bene- 
 factor. 
 
 BissELL, Harry II., M. D., Buffalo, 
 N. Y., Sept. 16, x. 62. Dr. B. was born 
 in Randolph, Vt., June 21, 1796. His 
 mother was of the family of Leavitt, 
 from Sufficld, Ct. In 1826, and after 
 pursuing a thorough preparatory course, 
 he graduated at the New Haven Medical 
 School, and commenced the practice of 
 medicine at Lancaster, in Western New 
 York. During his course of study at 
 New Haven he was honored by the warm 
 friendship of the lamented Dr. Nathan 
 Smith, in whose office he was for some 
 time a student ; and it is but just to say, 
 that in after life he endeavored to mould 
 his character as a physician and surgeon 
 after that distinguished teacher and prac- 
 titioner, to whom he always felt he was 
 indebted in a great measure for his suc- 
 cess in practice. After seven years of 
 successful and laborious practice. Dr. B. 
 visited and spent six months at the med- 
 ical institution and hospitals at Cincin- 
 nati, Ohio. This visit was to him of 
 great interest, and ho returned to his 
 labors with renewed health and courage. 
 In 18.'J8, worn down by his professional 
 duties in the country, he spent the fall 
 and winter at the medical institutions 
 and hospitals of New York and Phila- 
 dcl])hia, and in June, 18;59, removed to 
 Buffalo, and assumed the office and 
 practice of his former preceptor, Dr. J. 
 E. Marshall, who had just died. This 
 was hardly a new field, and he Avas ena- 
 bled to enter immediately upoti a full 
 
 practice, which he maintained v.'ith suc- 
 cess and honor to the last. At the time 
 of his death he was the oldest practising 
 physician in Buffalo. For forty years he 
 had been a professor of religion, and in 
 his practice love for mankind was ever 
 the ruling principle. Possessed of a 
 sound judgment and indomitable en- 
 ergy, he never faltered in the discharge 
 of his whole duty through fear of con- 
 sequences. To the calls of the suffer- 
 ing poor, from whom he could expect no 
 remuneration, he answered as readily and 
 cheerfully as to those of the afSuent. As 
 a citizen he commanded the love and 
 respect of all who knew him. To his 
 family he has left a legacy more precious 
 than gold — the memory of a devoted 
 husband, an indulgent father, and a true 
 Christian physician. 
 
 Black, Rev. Andrew W., Se^ickly, 
 Pa., Sept. 10, ce. 51, of the Reformed 
 Presbyterian church. He was well and 
 favorably known as an eminent divine, 
 and useful member of society, devoting 
 his time to the spiritual and temporal 
 interests of his fellow-men. 
 
 Black, Dr. William Lowndes, Glenn's 
 Springs, S. C, July 8, a5. 32. 
 
 BLACKBURXj.Gen. William, Allen Co., 
 Ohio, May 7, ae. 69. Gen. B. was born 
 in the State of Maryland, June 23, 1787, 
 coexistent with the constitution of the 
 United States. His father removed to 
 the State of Pennsylvania when William 
 was quite young ; from thence he re- 
 moved to Ohio among the early pioneers 
 of that state, and settled in Columbiana 
 Co. In 1813, after Hull had surrendered 
 the American army at Detroit, and our 
 frontier was laid open to the tomahawk 
 and scalping-knife of the savages, the 
 call of his country found young Black- 
 burn ready to gird himself for the con- 
 test. He raised a company of volun- 
 teers, at the head of which he took the 
 field in that ever-memorable winter cam- 
 paign of the north-west. Through the 
 mud and rain, snows and storms, of that 
 terrible winter, he was ever at his post, 
 and ready for duty. He arrived, with 
 the command to which he was attached, 
 on that field of blood and carnage Avhere 
 Winchester was defeated at Frcnchtown, 
 on the River Raisin, after a forced march 
 of many hours, in time to rescue a few 
 of the flying fugitives from the merci- 
 less foes that pursued them ; after which 
 they returned to the Maumce, and built 
 
BLACKBURNE [ 1858. ] 
 
 BLOOD 
 
 37 
 
 Fort Meigs. At the expiration of his 
 term of enlistment, with his company 
 he returned to Columbiana Co., where 
 he married, and engaged in agricultural 
 pursuits. In 1817 he was elected a mem- 
 ber of the legislature from Columbiana 
 Co., and was continued without intermis- 
 sion a member of that body until 1835 — 
 a rare instance of continued confidence 
 in a public servant. In the spring of 
 1835, he was appointed by Andrew Jack- 
 son, receiver of public money at the 
 land otfice at Lima, Ohio ; and in that 
 year he removed with his family to Allen 
 Co. In 1839 he was reappointed by 
 Martin Van Buren to the same office. 
 In 1843, at the expiration (?f his second 
 term, he retired to private life on his 
 farm. In 1851 he was again returned 
 to the legislature of Ohio, since which 
 time he has quietly resided on his farm. 
 
 Blackburne, William, Philadelphia, 
 Pa., March — , se. — . He was a well- 
 known citizen of P. At one time he 
 was engaged in cotton manufacture, and 
 claimed to have spun at Huntsville, Ala., 
 the first cotton yarn ever made in the 
 United States. 
 
 Blake, Benjamin, Columbus, Ohio, 
 March 27, se. 45. For many years Mr. 
 B. served his fellow-citizens in the town 
 council, wherein he was distinguished 
 for great zeal in furthering measures 
 calculated to benefit and improve the 
 city. Sound and deliberate in his judg- 
 ment, his opinions in all matters were 
 generally received by his associates, and 
 to him are the citizens of Columbus 
 chiefly indebted for very many of our 
 most wholesome and valuable municipal 
 laws. As a father, neighbor, and friend, 
 a severe loss has been sustained — one 
 "which time alone can heal. 
 
 Blake, Mrs. Jemima, Newport, N. H., 
 Dec. 28, ^. 95, widow of Abel Blake, 
 formerly of Keene, N. H. The deceased 
 was the daughter of Samuel Warren, of 
 Milford, Mass., a captain in the revolu- 
 tionary army, and fii'st cousin to Dr. 
 Joseph Warren, who fell at the battle 
 of Bunker Hill. 
 
 Blakslee, Judge Thomas, ColesviUe, 
 N. Y., July 19, se. 76. 
 
 Blaney, Benj., Boston, Mass., Oct. 
 10, se. 63. The deceased was born in 
 Boston, Sept. 20, 1794. He was a mason 
 by trade, and worked on many of the 
 most substantial structures built in the 
 city from 1815 to 1835. He was a rep- 
 4 
 
 resentative from Boston to the legisla- 
 ture in 1853 and 1854, and has served 
 in other public trusts. He was for many 
 years a prominent member of the fire 
 department, and received a handsome 
 testimonial from the insurance companies 
 for his efficiency at the famous Beacon 
 Street fire. His integrity and stability 
 of character won for him the respect and 
 regard of a wide circle of friends. 
 
 Blevins, George P., Selma, Ala., 
 Aug., £6. — . He was a member of the 
 bar, and a graceful and energetic orator. 
 He was educated at Yale College, and 
 was a promising contributor to the Col- 
 lege Magazine. Subsequently he was a 
 contributor to the Knickerbocker Maga- 
 zine and other periodicals. Mr. B. was 
 a classical scholar, and the south, by his 
 demise, has lost one of its brightest 
 ornaments. 
 
 Blewend, Prof. Adolph, A. M., St. 
 Louis, Mo., April 10, ». 41, director 
 and professor in Concordia College. 
 
 Bliss, Dr. John, Brunswick, Me., Jan. 
 27, a;. 42. 
 
 Blodget, Almond, Esq., L)-me, N. Y., 
 Mar. 25, se. 72. Mr. B. was well known 
 at homo, and commanded the highest 
 respect and esteem of his neighbors, as 
 well as his acquaintances abroad. He 
 enjoyed the confidence of all, as an hon- 
 est and an upright man. He was a volun- 
 teer in the war of 1812, and was one of 
 the brave soldiers of Gen. Brown at the 
 battle of Sacketts Harbor. He volun- 
 teered, he said, " not for the love of war, 
 but for the love of liberty, and to vindi- 
 cate the cause of freedom." After the 
 war was terminated he located on a farm 
 Ijing on Chaumont Bay, where he quietly 
 remained until he finished his labors. 
 
 Blodgett, Augustus" C, Concord, 
 N. H., Sept. 23, jp. 48, formerly pub- 
 lisher of the New Hampshire Courier. 
 
 Blood, Dr. Oliver Hunter, Worcester, 
 Mass., April 8, se. 57. He was son of 
 Thomas Howard and Polly (Sawyer) 
 Blood, and was born in Sterling, Mass., 
 May 31, 1800. He was fitted for col- 
 lege by Rev. Lemuel Capen, of Sterling, 
 (H. U. 16^10.) On leaving college he- 
 determined to become a physician, and' 
 pursued his professional studies under- 
 the instruction of Dr. John Green, of 
 Worcester, (B. U., 1804.) Having re- 
 ceived his degree of M. D. in 1826, he- 
 began the practice of his profession in 
 Brookfield, Mass., where he remained Wa 
 
38 
 
 BLOOMER 
 
 [ 1858. ] 
 
 BOLLES 
 
 years. He then removed to Worcester, 
 where he resided during the remainder 
 of his life. He married Kllen Blake, 
 daughter of Hon. Francis Blake, of 
 AVorcester, (H. U. 1789,) and had eight 
 children, four sons and four daughters. 
 ]Ji-. B. -was a man of social and genial 
 disjjosition. With a fund of ready wit 
 always at command, he Avas ever a wel- 
 come guest at the festive board. Pos- 
 sessed of the kindest feelings, and of a 
 most obliging, disposition, he was greatly 
 beloved, not only by his family, but by 
 the community among whom he had so 
 long lived. 
 
 Bloomer, Rev. Joseph, McGregor, 
 Iowa, Feb. 21, .t. 30. Mr. B. graduated 
 at Amherst, in 1856. In the autumn of 
 that year he entered the Theological 
 Seminary at Andover. In Nov. last he 
 was married to ]\Iiss Caroline M. Backus, 
 of Norwich, and was soon after installed 
 pastor of the Congregational church at 
 McGregor, a flourislung town on the 
 jNIississippi, opposite to Prairie du Chien. 
 He was a man of ardent piety and active 
 zeal, and gave promise of great good- 
 ness in his chosen field. 
 
 BoATNER, General Mark, Greenwell 
 Springs, Caldwell Par., La., July 30, a?. 
 — , a distinguished citizen of North 
 La. He had filled many posts of honor 
 and distinction, and was called away at a 
 time when his state could ill afford to 
 spare him. 
 
 BouANNON, Dr. R. B,, Versailles, 
 Ky., April 23, ae. 71. Dr. B. located in 
 Versailles as a physician in 1808, after 
 graduating with some distinction in the 
 Philadelphia School of Medicine. He 
 soon, by his great energy and industry, 
 got into fine practice, and at that early 
 day the life of a physician was a life of 
 great self-sacrifice. The roads were bad, 
 distances long, with scarcely needful 
 rest, day or night. Truly it was a life 
 of labor. He continued to practise until 
 1846, when 'dechning health obliged him 
 to give it up. 
 
 BoKER, Charles S., Philadelphia, Feb. 
 10, a». — , the well-known president of 
 the Girard Bank. His death has perhaps 
 caused deeper grief in a wider circle of 
 personal friends than often happens, 
 even in a metropolis like Philadelphia. It 
 is generally the lot of warm-hearted and 
 intelligent men, who occupy leading po- 
 sitions in the active world of finance or 
 politics, to attract to themselves many 
 
 friends ; but it is not once in a thousand 
 times that such men are so closely bound 
 to so many as was the deceased by the 
 active exercise of the noblest and most 
 generous virtues. There are many lead- 
 ing men who conceal then* kindness of 
 heart under an austere deportment 
 which they deem exemplary. Mr. B. 
 was not one of these. He was genial 
 and pleasant to all, and eminently gifted 
 with that aff'ability which attracts not 
 only the young, but those most experi- 
 enced in Hfe. Familiar with human na- 
 ture in many forms, and especially with 
 the most varied arcana of business life, 
 he never made a misanthropic reflection, 
 nor ceased Ms generous exertions to do 
 good. There are, however, even ten- 
 derer traits of the deceased, which we 
 might hesitate to sketch were they not 
 also deeply characteristic of a noble na- 
 ture. Scarcely a month has elapsed 
 since the death of Mr. B.'s wife oc- 
 curred ; and now the death of the hus- 
 band, within so short a time, is painfully 
 mournful. A bond wliich had endured 
 even to the silvering of the hairs — to 
 the first sight of the last limit of life — 
 was broken, and with it the heart and 
 happiness of the remaining one. No 
 wonder that after the loss of one whose 
 whole life was gentleness and goodness, 
 the survivor should be heart-broken; 
 and yet we may call it a wonder, for it 
 is seldom indeed that we meet in life a 
 couple so intimately allied by the most 
 beautiful and noblest traits of character, 
 and bound so closely together by heart 
 ties, after long years of union, that 
 death should call unto death. We 
 pass over the talents, the position, the 
 influence of the deceased, and speak of 
 him only as the po'sessor of the noblest 
 and tenderest q lu! ties which form the 
 father, the husband, the friend, the bene- 
 factor — the qualities which render the 
 individual best deserving the love of all 
 the world. 
 
 BoLLES, Frederick D., Cambridge, 
 Mass., Nov. 7, a?. 67, printer, formerly of 
 Hartford, Ct. He had been a resident 
 of Cambridge the past ten years, most of 
 the time connected with the printing 
 office of his brother, the late Charles 
 Bolles. Mr. B. commenced the publi- 
 cation of the Hartford Weekly Times on 
 the 1st of January, 1817, when the tol- 
 eration struggle Avas rousing the atten- 
 tion and enlisting the feelings of thf 
 
BOLLES 
 
 [ 1858. ] 
 
 BOOTH 
 
 39 
 
 people. Shortly after he associated with 
 him his brother-in-law, Mr. Francis, and 
 during the same spring he announced 
 that he had employed " a young lawyer 
 from Windsor, a talented writer, by the 
 name of John M. Niles," to assist him 
 in the editorial department. Mr. B. 
 continued the publication of the Times 
 for several years, when he sold out his 
 interest, and the establishment passed 
 into the hands of Norton & Russell. 
 Mr. B. was a man of pleasant disposi- 
 tion and affable address, and he had 
 many warm friends in Connecticut, as 
 well as in Cambridge, his more recent 
 home, who will most truly sympathize 
 with the family in their bereavement. 
 
 BoLLES, George W., M. D., Hartford, 
 Ct., May 21, a;. 72. 
 
 Bolton, Nathaniel, Esq., Indianapo- 
 lis, Ind., Nov. 26, a^. 55. Mr. B. was a 
 native of Chillicothe, 0. At a very 
 early age he was left an orphan, depend- 
 ent for means in life upon his own in- 
 herent energies of character. When 
 but a mere child he learned the art of 
 printing in the ofRce of his step-father, 
 Judge Smith. At the age of 15 he was 
 able to earn journeyman's wages as a 
 printer. In 1822, when but 19 years of 
 age, he came with his step-father to In- 
 dianapolis, and associated himself in the 
 editorial department of the Indianapolis 
 Gazette, the pioneer newspaper of the 
 city. He continued editor of this paper 
 for several years, until it gave place to 
 the Indiana Democrat, of which Mr. B. 
 was editor and publisher, in connection 
 with the late A. F. Morrison and others, 
 until, in 1841, it, in its turn, gave place 
 to the Indiana State Sentinel. After 
 the discontinuance of the Democrat, Mr. 
 B. continued as a writer and correspond- 
 ent for the press, though no longer per- 
 sonally engaged in any publication. 
 Whenever any hard editorial work was 
 required by the political organization, of 
 which he was ever a reliable member, 
 Mr. B. was called on to do it. It was — 
 and there only — in the select circle of 
 friends, and by the domestic hearth, that 
 Nathaniel Bolton became really known. 
 In public he was always reserved, and 
 sometimes he appeared distant and cold. 
 At home he was himself, as nature made 
 him, kind, sympathetic, and affectionate. 
 In the conflicts of life he had been 
 taught many a severe lesson. He was 
 retking and unassuming. His moral 
 
 sentiments were of a high order of ex- 
 cellence. He knew not guile. Honesty 
 of purpose, and inflexible adherence to 
 the right, marked all his acts. He was 
 tenacious of the right, but he was no fa- 
 natic. He was religious, but he never 
 could become a bigot. He is gone ; 
 gone from among us, to be no more of 
 us. He has departed on the journey 
 Avhich so many of his early associates 
 have travelled before him — Noble and 
 Quarles, and Morris and Maguire, and 
 many another of the race of Avorthy men 
 of whom Indiana's city and Indiana her- 
 self have reason ^o be proud. 
 
 BoNSALL, Dr. Jesse K.., Chester, Pa., 
 Nov. 7, fe. — . Dr. B. was one of those 
 good-humored, whole-souled, and gener- 
 ous men who cast around them a gen- 
 ial glow of friendship and good feeling 
 wherever they move. As a physician he 
 has stood among the first for many years, 
 and has been one of the most successful 
 practitioners in the community. 
 
 Boon, Rev. William E., Aiken, S. C, 
 Oct. 30, ce. — . Ml-. B. was a member 
 of the South Carolina Conference of the 
 Methodist Episcopal Church South, and 
 filled the pastorate of St. James's Church 
 two years. That tasteful structure, at 
 the corner of Coming and Spring Streets, 
 was erected mainly by his assiduity and 
 perseverance. At the time of his death 
 he was pastor of the Methodist church 
 in Aiken, where he had been engaged 
 with untiring energy in the constiaiction 
 of a new house of worship for his charge. 
 His death will fill many hearts with sor- 
 row. 
 
 Booth, Chauncey, M. D., Somerville, 
 Mass., Jan. 12, a^. 41, physician and su- 
 perintendent of the McLean Asj-lum for 
 the Insane. Dr. B. was a native of Cov- 
 entry, Ct., the eldest son of the late 
 Rev. Chauncey Booth, for many years 
 pastor of the South Parish in that town. 
 After tAVO years at Amherst College, 
 having turned his thoughts towards the 
 medical profession, he accepted an invi- 
 tation from a relative to reside as an as- 
 sistant at the Vermont Institution for the 
 Insane. This providentially gave that 
 special direction to his life for which he 
 proved to have been so eminently fitted 
 by his intellectual and social character- 
 istics. From the institution at Brattle- 
 boro', he went to the state institution 
 for the insane at Augusta, Me., and 
 thence, about 14 years since, he came to 
 
40 
 
 BOOTH 
 
 [1858.] 
 
 BOWMAN 
 
 the ^IcLean Asylum at Somerville, 
 (then Charlestown,) as assistant physi- 
 cian to Ur. Bell. On the resignation of 
 Dr. Bell, Dr. Booth was elected to sup- 
 ply his place as superintendent, -which 
 highly responsible and useful position 
 he has occupied, Avith credit to himself 
 and honor to the asylum, until by his 
 lamented death, in the early ripeness 
 and distinguished promise of his attain- 
 ments, the institution is now deprived 
 of his professional skill and administra- 
 tive ability, in a department always most 
 difficult to be well supplied. The numer- 
 ous patients who haTC received bene- 
 fit from his professional and personal 
 attentions at the asylum, with their 
 grateful friends, will unite with the im- 
 mediate connections of Dr. B. in a more 
 intimate sympathy of sorrow at his death 
 than is often shared by those beyond the 
 sacred enclosure of the domestic circle. 
 
 Booth, Brigadier Gen., Barbour, Va., 
 Mar. 13, a?. — . He was buried with 
 military honors by the Barbour Blues. 
 Gen. B. represented Randolph Co. in 
 the legislature for 21 years. 
 
 Bottom, Col. Thomas, St. Joseph, 
 Dec. 27, vs. — . Col. Bottom had been 
 a resident of St. Joseph for over four 
 years, during Avhich time he established 
 a very enviable reputation. lie was a 
 gentleman of elegant literary attain- 
 ments, a lawyer learned in his profes- 
 sion, a man of the highest sense of hon- 
 or and of sterling worth. Col. B. emi- 
 grated to St. Joseph from Amelia Co., 
 Va., where he had been a prominent and 
 honored citizen, having represented his 
 district in the legislature, rendering ser- 
 \ices alike honorable to himself and to 
 the commonwealth. 
 
 BowEN, Key. Geo., Davenport, Iowa, 
 May 2G, x. 34. Just one year ago Mr. 
 B., in company with his now bereaved 
 family, bid farewell to his many friends 
 of the Philadelphia Conference, where, 
 for the space of thirteen years, he had 
 labored with honor and great success, to 
 renew his labors in this more destitute 
 field, and, as himself expressed it, " to 
 grow up witli this young conference." 
 From June to Sept. he supplied a va- 
 cancy at Cedar Kapids with great accept- 
 ance. He was ai)])ointed to Davenport, 
 one of the most responsible and impor- 
 tant charges within our bounds, and en- 
 tered upon his duties with high hopes 
 of success and extended usefuhiess. He 
 
 was an able rninister of the New Testa- 
 ment, and an arduous laborer in the 
 vineyard of the Lord. In December he 
 commenced holding a series of meetings, 
 in which he labored alone for five Aveeks 
 with great success, until, indeed, his 
 decHning strength convinced him that 
 he must have help, or the meetings must 
 cease. His urgent calls for help were 
 heeded. His meetings continued for 
 three months, and resulted in the acces- 
 sion of between 100 and 200 to the 
 fellowship of the saints ; but his ex- 
 traordinary labors for the good of others 
 seem to have resulted fatally to him. 
 
 BowEN, Capt. Isaac, U. S. A., Pass 
 Christian, Miss., Sept. 30, a?. 36, and 
 Mrs. Catharine, his wife, Oct. 5, se. 
 27. Capt. B., although attached to the . 
 commissary department at the time of 
 his death, belonged to the artillery, and 
 in that arm of the service won distinc- 
 tion for gallant services at Monterey 
 and Buena Vista during the jNIexican 
 war. He was a brave and gallant 
 officer, a reliable friend, and beloved by 
 all who knew him for his many excellent 
 qualities of mind and heart. 
 
 Bowman, Isaac, Jackson, O., April 
 20, a?. 84, a member of the Society of 
 Friends, and one of the first settlers of 
 the township in which he resided. He 
 became a resident of Stark Co. in 1811, 
 before the township which he selected 
 as a home was organized, and before 
 much had been done in the way of a 
 settlement west of the now city of Can- 
 ton. The township of Perry, in which 
 jNIassillon is situate, and containing a 
 population of near 6000, was not organ- 
 ized until 1813, and Jackson not until a 
 still later period. He was, with Thomas 
 and Charity Rotch, (the latter the founder 
 of the Charity School of Kendal,) May- 
 hew and Mary Folger, Joseph and Re- 
 becca Hobson, ]Micajah and Sarali Macy, 
 Daniel and Elizabeth Richmond, Rich- 
 ard and Sarah Wilhams, Charles and 
 Mary Coffin, Aai'on Chapman, William 
 ]\Iott, and Zacheus Stanton, among the 
 earliest settlers on the east side of the 
 Tuscarawas River, and west of the then 
 little village now so justly proud of its 
 right to be ranked among the cities of 
 Ohio. The persons we have named, 
 with our deceased friend, comprising 
 but seven or eight families, were active 
 in establishing " Kendal Preparation 
 Meeting of the Society of Friends," 
 
BOWMAN 
 
 [ 1858. ] 
 
 BRAGG 
 
 41 
 
 •which existed for many years, the 
 monthly mdetinq: being held at Marl- 
 borough. By birth an Englishman, he 
 inherited the sturdy integrity of his 
 English ancestry, and which strongly 
 marked his life and character in all his 
 intercourse with his fellow-men. Be- 
 lieving in and faithfully following the 
 admonitions of " the inward voice ini- 
 created by schools," and disowning alle- 
 giance to creeds, he found a sure path- 
 way to immortal truth in the faith of the 
 people called Quakers — a faith which 
 was not only, like his unyielding hon- 
 esty, th§ inheritance of his English an- 
 cestry, but the result of his matured and 
 ripened judgment, and which he never 
 forsook nor even questioned in all the 
 mutations which have marked the his- 
 tory of Friends for the past 30 years. 
 With the Holy Scriptures as " the rule 
 and guide of his faith," he found in 
 George Fox, William Penn, and Robert 
 Barclay, in his earlier years, and Joseph 
 John Gurney, in later life, exponents of 
 the Scriptures upon whom he could 
 rely, superadded to what was the " inner 
 light, the Son of God in the soul," and 
 which was to him the highest revelation 
 of truth. His Christian character was 
 exhibited in all his conduct towards his 
 fellow-man, and was that which en- 
 deared him particularly to the members 
 of his own society, and secured him the 
 esteem of all who knew him. 
 
 BowMAX, Mrs. Sarah J., Bath, Me., 
 May 8, se. 90, a native of Andover, 
 Mass, and widow of the late Dr. Na- 
 thaniel J. Bowman, of Gorham, Me. 
 
 BoYKiN, Dr. Anthony Godwin, Isle 
 of Wight Co., Va., Oct. 17, ffi. 46. Dr. 
 B. was one of the old school of gentle- 
 men, now so rare, whose intelligence, 
 chivalry, courteous manners, and high 
 sense of honor have given so much dis- 
 tinction to the title of a Virginia gentle- 
 man. Amiable in disposition, generous 
 in feeling, kind and hospitable, he won 
 and maintained the respect and affection 
 of all who knew him. He was a Chris- 
 tian, and his life was a beautiful and 
 consistent illustration of all the virtues 
 of that holy profession. As a practi- 
 tioner of medicine. Dr. Boykin was bold, 
 energetic, and eminently successful. In 
 his death the community has suffered 
 an irreparable loss ; and long will his 
 memory be endearingly cherished by 
 neighbors, friends, and all who knew 
 4* 
 
 him. Never was there a more tender 
 and affectionate husband, a more de- 
 voted father, or a fonder brother. He 
 leaves a widow and six children. 
 
 BoYN'TON, Rev. Alden, Wiscasset, 
 Me., Dec. 25, ^. 53. 
 
 Bradford, Rev. James, Sheffield, 
 Mass., Dec. 16, se. 72, for about 40 years 
 pastor of the Congregational church in 
 Sheffield. A very impressive sermon 
 was preached on the occasion by Rev. 
 Dr. Todd, of Pittsfield. 
 
 Bradley", Dr. Croesus, Monmouth, 
 Iowa, April 23, te. — . Dr. B. was bom 
 in Dover, Cuyahoga Co., O. In early 
 life he commenced the study of medi- 
 cine under the tuition of his father. 
 After studying for several years with 
 him, he attended three courses of lec- 
 tures at the Cleveland Medical College, 
 from which he graduated with superior 
 honors. In the summer of 1856 he 
 moved to Monmouth, and established 
 himself as a physician and surgeon. 
 During his residence in that vicinity he 
 had most emphatically shown himself 
 to be a well-read and skilful physician. 
 As a sui-geon, he was an ornament to 
 his profession. 
 
 Bradley, Dr. William, Philadelphia, 
 Pa., Oct. 16, se. 79. 
 
 Brady, Walter K., St. Louis, Mo., 
 March 5, se. — . " The deceased was a 
 native of Tennessee, a lawyer by pro- 
 fession, of high order of talent, a man 
 of great goodness of heart, and justly 
 endeared to a large circle of friends and 
 acquaintances. He settled in Farming- 
 ton, Mo., about seven years ago, where 
 he engaged in the practice of his pro- 
 fession, which he continued until about 
 three months before his death, when, 
 from indisposition, he was removed to 
 St. Louis, where he died. 
 
 Bragg, Dr. John, Petersburg, Va., 
 Sept. 25, se. — . He leaves behind him 
 the reputation of a scholar, and a re- 
 fined and true-hearted man. He was 
 eminently worthy of the esteem and 
 confidence of our community. In all 
 the relations of life he was exemplary, 
 and in the line of his profession he de- 
 servedly occupied a high place in public 
 favor. Up to the summer of 1856 his 
 health was good, and, though advanced 
 in years, he was enabled to attend to 
 the arduous calls of an extensive prac- 
 tice. Dr. B., in a remarkable degree, 
 enjoyed the confidence of his patients, 
 
42 
 
 BRAMAN 
 
 [ 1858. ] BRECKENRIDGE 
 
 and, by his kind and assiduous attention 
 to them, merited it. 
 
 Bkamax, llev. Isaac, Georgetown, 
 Mass., Dec. 26,. sc. 88. lie was son of 
 Sylvanus and Experience (Blanchard) 
 Braman, and was born in Norton, Mass., 
 July 5, ITTO. lie graduated at Har- 
 vard College, with high honors, in 1794, 
 and for several years has been the only 
 survivor of his class. After leaving 
 college, he studied for the ministry with 
 Rev. Jason Haven, of Dedham, (H. U. 
 1754,) and Rev. Pitt Clark, of Norton, 
 (II. U. 1790.) He was ordained, June 
 7, 1797, pastor of the second parish in 
 Rowley, then called New Rowley, and 
 since incorporated into a town by the 
 name of Georgetown. He was successor 
 of Rev. James Chandler, (H. U. 1728,) 
 who died April 19, 1789, at the age 
 of 83 years, and in the 58th year of his 
 ministry. The pai-ish was destitute of 
 a settled minister nine years ; and Mr. 
 B. was the last of 64 candidates who 
 preached thei-e on probation. He con- 
 tinued pastor of this society until his 
 death, — a period of more than 61 years, 
 — discharging the duties of his profes- 
 sion with great fidelity, and to the entire 
 acceptance of his people, until within a 
 few years, when, on account of the in- 
 firmities of age, he was obliged to re- 
 linquish his arduous duties, and the 
 Rev. Charles Beecher was ordained as 
 colleague pastor with him. Mr. Braman 
 was a man of great originality of mind, 
 and his sermons evince deep thought 
 and profound reflection. He was famous 
 for his keen wit, and was a prominent 
 figure in Sawney Bigelow's celebrated 
 classology. He married, Aug., 1797, 
 Hannah Palmer, youngest daughter of 
 Rev. Joseph Palmer, of Norton, (H. U. 
 1747,) born June 12, 1773. They had 
 five children; viz., — 1. Harriet, born 
 July 17, 1798, married Rev. John Board- 
 man, (U. C. 1817,) minister in Douglas, 
 Mass. ; 2. Milton Palmer, born Aug. 
 6, 1799, (H. U. 1819,) now mmister of 
 the First Church in Danvers, Mass. ; 
 3. James Chandler, born Sept. 29, 1801, 
 died at sea, (on his passage from Cal- 
 cutta for Salem, 75 days out,) Dec. 5, 
 1820 ; 4. Adeline, born July 10, 1805, 
 died Sept. 10, 1830 ; 5. Isaac Gordon, 
 born March 12, 1813, is a physician in 
 Brighton, Mass. Mr. B.'s wife died 
 Aug. 14, 1835, aj. 62 ; and he married 
 for his second wife, in 1837, Sarah 
 
 Balch, daughter of John Balch, Esq., 
 of Newburyport. She survives him. 
 
 Brass, A. J., M. D., Philadelphia, 
 Pa., March 17, ae. 33, of Berwick, Pa. 
 Dr. B., although but 33 years of age, 
 had acquired an eminent professional 
 reputation. During the last three years 
 his health had been extremely preca- 
 rious, and his worldly business experi- 
 enced frequent interruptions by spells 
 of severe sickness. He left a widow 
 and three little children to mourn what 
 is their loss, but his gain. 
 
 Braud, J. A., Parish St. James, New 
 Orleans, La., Nov. 23, a?. 48. #Mr. B. 
 was a native of Southern Louisiana, and 
 from early age was engaged in commer- 
 cial pursuits, for a number of years past 
 as the senior partner in the highly re- 
 spectable domestic commission house 
 of J. A. Braud & Landry. Mr. B. had 
 filled several important public trusts 
 with ability, intelligence, and great in- 
 tegi'ity ; had been an alderman of the 
 city, and also a senator of the state, and 
 was, at the time of his decease, an ad- 
 ministrator of the Charity Hospital, and 
 a director of the Citizens' Bank, enjoy- 
 ing in the latter institution a position 
 only second in public estimation to that 
 of its able and accomplished president. 
 J. A. Braud was a nohle specimen of 
 the native sons of Louisiana, honorable 
 in all his dealings, truthful, sincere, and 
 always disposed to touch hghtly and 
 kindly upon the weaknesses of others. 
 His loss is a public calamity ; and to 
 those endeared to him by friendship or 
 the ties of blood it is an irreparable 
 bereavement. 
 
 Braytox, Mrs. Anna, Apponaug, 
 R. I., May 12, wife of Hon. William D. 
 Brayton, representative in Congress from 
 that state. 
 
 Breckenridge, Mrs. Mary Hopkins, 
 Louisville, Ky., Mar. 26, ae. 89, rehct 
 of Hon. John Breckenridge, one of the 
 most eminent citizens Kentucky has 
 ever had. She was the daughter of 
 Joseph Cabell and Mary Hopkins, and 
 was born in the colony of Virginia. Feb. 
 22, 1769. On the afternoon of Sabbath, 
 March 28, appropriate religious services, 
 occasioned by her decease, were held in 
 the First Presbyterian Church in Louis- 
 ville, of which her son. Dr. William L. 
 Breckenridge, is pastor ; and on the 29th 
 her remains were carried to the county 
 of Fayette, and deposited, according to 
 
BRECKENRIDGE [1858.] BRECKENRIDGE 43 
 
 her special request, in the same grave 
 in M'hich those of her husband had been 
 laid more than 51 years before, in the 
 cemetery of her family at Cabell's Dale, 
 "where her home had been since 1793. 
 Previous to the interment appropriate 
 religious services were held in the Horeb 
 church, of which she had been a mem- 
 ber since its organization, about 30 years 
 ago. Few persons have been more re- 
 markably dealt with by divine Provi- 
 dence than this lady. She was born in 
 affluence ; both her parents were mem- 
 bers of large connections of the great- 
 est respectability. At a very early age 
 she married a man whose career was 
 one of remarkable success and distinc- 
 tion. In her 38th year she was left a 
 widow with seven children, an but one 
 daughter then minors. She survived 
 by many years all those children but 
 two, (Dr. llobert J. Breckenridge and 
 Dr. William L. Breckenridge.) Born a 
 subject of the King of England ; a spec- 
 tator of the revolutionary war, and a 
 daughter of one of its heroes ; an emi- 
 grant to Kentucky when the greater 
 part of it was a wilderness, and liable 
 to constant invasion by hostile savages ; 
 living to an extraordinary age, with 
 every advantage which independent for- 
 tune and the friendship of the excellent 
 of the earth could bestow, — she saw 
 her children's great-grandchildren ; she 
 saw descendants through those genera- 
 tions acquitting themselves to her praise 
 and joy ; she saw the country whose 
 birth, and progress, and glory she had 
 witnessed, in the first rank of nations ; 
 she saw the church, which in her youth 
 was a reproach, covering the whole land 
 with blessings ; and then she fell asleep 
 in Jesus, leaving behind her no human 
 being, who knew aught of her, who did 
 not know that she had done what she 
 could, always and under all circum- 
 stances, in her place and in her degree, 
 to promote all good and to resist all 
 evil. Xor was her character less re- 
 markable than the destiny through which 
 God conducted her. AVith so much to 
 lift her above the common lot, nothing 
 distinguished her nature more than her 
 tender care of the humble and the poor. 
 With every thing to make conformity 
 with the weakness of refined society 
 almost excusable in her, she shunned 
 even the smallest approach to ostenta- 
 tion with a resolute aversion. Well 
 
 knowing the use of riches, she valued 
 them so little that at the decease of her 
 husband she refused to accept more than 
 half of the provision which appertained 
 to her from his estate, and, practising 
 the most rigid personal economy thence- 
 forward for more than 50 years, prac- 
 tised at the same time a generosity de- 
 serving, both in the motive and the 
 amount, to be called princely. She was 
 endowed by nature with a true, loving, 
 gentle, and hei'oic spirit. Her intel- 
 lectual powers were bright, quick, clear, 
 and just in the highest degree, and 
 remained unclouded until she had passed, 
 considerably, her 80th year. And her 
 physical endowments were said by thbse 
 who knew her before the middle of life 
 to have been singularly prepossessing. 
 In stature she Avas rather under than 
 above the middle size, with features a 
 little oval, and remarkable eyes and hair, 
 of very dark color. Her son, the late 
 Dr. John Breckenridge, is thought to 
 have resembled her in appearance most 
 of all her children who lived to adult 
 years. During the last 20 years in- 
 creasing infirmities, and especially her 
 failure of sight, and at length total 
 blindness, prevented her from going 
 much into promiscuous society; but 
 nearly to the end of her long life she 
 took great delight in the society of those 
 she knew well, and kept up her interest 
 in all that passed. Her family, like 
 most Virginia colonial families east of 
 the mountains, belonged to the Prot- 
 estant Episcopal church of the colony. 
 Her husband's family, from the west 
 side of the mountains, were Presbyte- 
 rians ; and with that church she con- 
 nected herself after her husband's death, 
 uniting herself with the Presbyterian 
 church in Lexington, Ky., at its first 
 organization. Her eldest son, the late 
 Joseph Cabell Breckenridge, (whose 
 only son is the present Vice President 
 of the United States,) was one of the 
 first elders of that church ; and its first 
 pastor, the late Rev. James McChord, 
 was loved by her, and in his many sor- 
 rows cherished by her, as a son. Few 
 Christian lives have been more tried by 
 severe and protracted bodily suff'erings, 
 and by sore and repeated domestic be- 
 reavements, than that of this mother in 
 Israel. For more than 50 years she 
 never put off the habiliments of mourn- 
 ing ; and during as many years she was 
 
44 
 
 BRENNAN 
 
 [1858.] 
 
 B HIGH AM 
 
 the victim of acute bodily suffering. Yet 
 she nej;lL'cte(l no duty, uttered no mur- 
 mur, never distrusted God ! Full of the 
 sense of her own umvorthiness, sim])le 
 and perfectly sincere in her reliji^ious 
 faith, she believed in Jesus, she denied 
 herself, she took up her cross, and she 
 followed him, throui^h good report and 
 ill. No human being ever loved or rev- 
 erenced the word of God more than she 
 did ; nor is it known that it ever entered 
 into her heart to stagger at one of its 
 precious truths, no matter how much 
 she might think it condemned her, or 
 how much her deeply sensitive heart 
 might be wrung thereby. 
 
 BuKXXAX, Dr. Thomas, Dayton, Ohio, 
 June 10, ts. 'So. Dr. 13. was a native of 
 Ireland ; emigrated to this country in 
 1848 ; received the degree of M. D. from 
 the Cincinnati Medical College in 1855. 
 He commenced the practice of his pro- 
 ffession in D., and discharged the duties 
 of his ofRce in a manner which not only 
 elicited the warmest approval of his nu- 
 merous friends and acquaintances, but 
 ahke honorable to himself and to the 
 profession to which he belonged. He 
 was a man of more than ordinary ability, 
 without ostentation ; of noble and gen- 
 erous parts, courteous and gentlemanly 
 in his deportment, with a due apprecia- 
 tion of his spiritual as weU as temporal 
 welfare. 
 
 Brewer, J. X. M., Robbinstown, Me., 
 April 4, a?. — . For 30 years a ship- 
 builder on the St. Croix River, he had 
 during his life built upwards of 100 ves- 
 sels. 
 
 Brewster, Rev. Benjamin D., Dal- 
 ton, X. 11., May 11, a?. 50. He was born 
 in Claremont, "N. H., Aug., 1808. In a 
 glorious revival on Unity Circuit he was 
 converted, and united with the M. E. 
 church, A. 1). 1828. He soon felt that 
 it was his duty to preach, and commenced 
 his labors under the presiding elder. 
 Rev. J. G. Dow, and in 1835 united with 
 the \. H. Conference, which relation he 
 retained for 15 years, filling his appoint- 
 ments, in each of which he was blessed 
 ■with some ingatherings to the church 
 of God. He was a true friend of the 
 church of his choice, standing firm amid 
 great agitations ; and, though his ap- 
 pointments were not among those which 
 afforded as much pecuniary benefit as 
 many others, yet he always Avent to his 
 jw-ork cheerfully, and labored fiiithfuUy, 
 
 and consequently Avith success. In 1850, 
 his health failing, he chose to locate, and 
 since then has cultivated a small farm 
 in Dalton, N. H. As his health re- 
 cruited, he commenced laboring in des- 
 titute places, and continued to do so, 
 preaching regularly till God called him 
 from labor to rest. 
 
 Bridge, Miss Nancy, Beverly, Mass., 
 .July 11, £e. 74. For more than forty 
 years she was actively engaged in the 
 Sunday school, and possessed a peculiar 
 f;iculty of attracting and influencing the 
 pupils. Of her church and parish she 
 was a consistent, earnest, faithful mem- 
 ber. The daughter of an eminent phy- 
 sician, and daughter-in-law of one more 
 widely k^^own. Dr. Joshua Fisher, she 
 improved the opportunities thus afforded 
 for most intelligently and efficiently min- 
 istering to the sick, for whom, as for all 
 the afflicted, she had a never-failing sym- 
 pathy. As a relative and friend none 
 could be more true and self-sacrificing, 
 and none in the large circle of fiiends 
 to whom she Avas devoted Avill be more 
 respectfully and tenderly rememl)ered. 
 
 Bridges, Col. Moody, North Ando- 
 ver, Mass., April 16, se. 73. For nearly 
 45 years he had been a deputy sheriff 
 of Essex Co. He Avas an excellent offi- 
 cer, and in private life Avas a most amia- 
 ble and Avorthy gentleman of the old 
 school. 
 
 Briggs, Mrs. Cornelia C, Cleveland, 
 Ohio, June 8, je. 23, Avife of George P. 
 Briggs, Esq., of LaAvrence, Mass., and 
 daughter of Dr. Erastus Cushing, of C. 
 
 Briggs, Mrs. Betsey, East Bridge- 
 water, Mass., June 22, ae. 79, widoAv of 
 Rev. Wm. Briggs, and daughter of the 
 late Nathl. Hudson, Esq. Mrs. B. Avas 
 a resident of Kittery, Me., 50 years ago. 
 Her husband Avas the minister at Kit- 
 tery Point, and Avas also teacher of the 
 north school in Portsmouth, N. H. 
 
 Brigiiam, Isaac, Milford, Mass., March 
 13, a?. 65. He Avas born in Holliston, 
 Mass., Aug. 30, 1793, and AA-as a son of 
 Dr. Isaac Brigham, Avho lived and died 
 in INIilford, a physician of some note, 
 and Avho served his country in the revo- 
 lutionary war, probably as a surgeon. 
 The deceased Avas also grandson of Rev. 
 Amariah Frost, the first settled minister 
 of Milford, a man of eminent piety and 
 patriotism, Avho served as chaplain some 
 years in the revolutionary Avar, and Avho 
 returned to spend his last days in Mil- 
 
BRIGHAM 
 
 [1858.] BROTIIERTON 45 
 
 ford. He died in the pastoral office of 
 the first parish and church in jMilford, 
 preaching the Sabbath before his death. 
 He was known personally to Gen. Wash- 
 ington, and had the pleasure of meeting 
 him in jNIilford on his presidential tour 
 to New England in 1790. Their intei'- 
 view was one of many affectionate em- 
 braces and tears, at the only public 
 house of the then small village of M., 
 and now a place of 10,000 inhabitants. 
 That house was then kept by Col. Nel- 
 son, who had also been in the army, and 
 stood where the dwelling house of Mr. 
 Leonard Chapin now stands, on Main 
 Sti-eet. One gray-headed man still lives 
 in M. who witnessed the interesting 
 scene, then a member of Mr. Frost's 
 family. They had labored and prayed 
 together to establish the liberties of 
 their country, and this was their first 
 interview after the grand achievement. 
 Mr. Frost died on the same spot where 
 Mr. Brigham has now gone to his rest. 
 Mr. B. left a widow, but no children. 
 His only son and two daughters had 
 gone down to the grave before him, in 
 the faith of the Christian. 
 
 Brigham, Hon. Benjamin G., Fairfax, 
 Vt., March 16, a?. 53. Mr. B. was well 
 known in the state as a successful busi- 
 ness man ; as a man of sound practical 
 judgment, sterling integrity, and especial 
 large-heartedness ; one of Vermont's no- 
 ble sons. In the love of his family, in 
 the esteem of his neighbors, in the re- 
 spect and confidence o^ those who knew 
 him best, he was rich, and never richer 
 than at the day of his death. He had 
 been familiarly known for many years 
 for his extensive operations in farming, 
 and had been in the legislature of his 
 state several times. 
 
 Brockenbrough, Dr. Austin, Tap- 
 pahannock, Essex Co., Va., Dec. 31, 
 £9. — . He Mas the brother of Dr. John 
 Brockenbrough, former president of the 
 Bank of Virginia, and was the last of a 
 number of brothers, beloved and es- 
 teemed for strength of mind and many 
 heightened virtues. He had represented 
 the county of Essex in the House of 
 Delegates for several years, and had 
 served his fellow-citizens up to the time 
 of his death as magistrate and as pre- 
 siding justice. 
 
 Brockexbrough, Dr. AVm. A., Tap- 
 pahannock, Essex Co., Va., Nov. 3, se. 
 49, eldest son of Dr. Austin Brocken- 
 
 brough. His was a blameless life. Pos- 
 sessed of great excellence, combining in 
 his character firmness, amiability, and 
 the attributes of the gentleman, he was 
 esteemed by those who knew him. He 
 was a communicant in the Episcopal 
 church. 
 
 Broxson, Rev. Thomas, Wyoming, 
 Iowa, Dec. 30, se. G5. 
 
 Brooks, Lieut. Henry, U. S. N., June 
 24, sc. 45. Mr. B. Avas one of the most 
 reliable and distinguished officers of the 
 expeditions to the arctic regions, and 
 was justly held in high esteem by all 
 who were fortunate enough to know him. 
 At the time of his death he was acting 
 as boatswain in the navy yard, though 
 his real position was that of lieutenant. 
 He wore medals from Queen Victoria, 
 President Buchanan, and Lady Frank- 
 lin, all awarded him for the distinguished 
 services which he had rendered in the 
 humane undertaking of searcliing for 
 the remains of Sir John Franklin. He 
 has not been to sea since the arctic 
 voyage, because he lost part of both feet 
 by the frost on that expedition. 
 
 Brooks, Deacon Lebbeus, Saco, Me., 
 July 25, ae. 38. Dea. B. was born in 
 Wells, Me., Aug. 31, 1819. At an early 
 age he gave evidence of the inventive 
 faculty, and was never satisfied in any 
 pursuit in which this faculty was unem- 
 ployed. The fertility of his mind in this 
 respect is seen in the following record. 
 He secured copjTights as follows : In 
 1849, on a 6 per ct. interest table and 
 pei'petual almanac; in 1851, on an av- 
 erage table and a 7 per cent, interest 
 table. He also obtained patents, in 
 1854, on an improved spirit level ; in 
 1856, on a machine for sawing marble, 
 and a saw-set. At the time of his death 
 he had ready for application for patents, 
 a mill saw-set, a straw cutter, and a 
 spring bed rest ; and for copyright, an 
 improved decimal interest table. 
 
 Brookshire, Mrs. Elizabeth, New 
 Castle, Ind., June — , a?. 40. 
 
 Broom, Daniel L., M. D., Oak Hall, 
 Ala., Sept. 24, a?. 46, son of the late 
 James M. Broom, Esq., of Philadelphia, 
 Pa. 
 
 Brothertox, Capt. T. W., Jr., San 
 Andreas, Cal., Nov. 21, a;. 66. Capt. B. 
 was born in Baltimore, Md., in 1792. 
 Early in life he entered the merchant 
 service of our country, and became a suc- 
 cessful and popular navigator. When 
 
46 
 
 BROWN 
 
 [1858.] 
 
 BROWN 
 
 the spirit of liberty and independence 
 manifested itself among the South Amer- 
 ican republics, under the leadership of 
 Bolivar, fired by that honorable zeal 
 ■which ever animates the true American 
 heart, he sought and ol)tained a position 
 as captain in the Colombian navy, in 
 •which service he continued with honor 
 to himself and to the advantage of the 
 cause in which he fought, for several 
 ye-irs. After the achievement of the 
 independence of Colombia, he again 
 betook himself to the merchant service, 
 under the flag of his native country. In 
 1849 he emigrated to California, and 
 since that time has, for the most part, 
 resided in Georgetown, El Dorado Co., 
 Cal. His life has been bustling, event- 
 ful, and adventurous — signalized by 
 probity, courage, and an unusual amount 
 of fortitude and intelligence. 
 
 Browx, Alexander, Clarion Co., Pa., 
 ae. lOo. He was considered the oldest 
 man in the county. He settled on Piney 
 Creek when the surrounding country was 
 a howling wilderness. 
 
 Brown, Charles H., Boston, Mass., 
 April 1, president of the Atlas Bank. 
 
 Brown, Hon. George W., Shelby- 
 ville, Ind., May 24, brother of the late 
 Wm. J. Brown, of Indianapolis. He had 
 been a member both of the Senate and 
 House of Representatives of the legis- 
 lature. 
 
 Browx, Harry, Southbury, Ct., Sept. 
 4, a?. 73. He had during his long life 
 been one of the most prominent and 
 useful citizens of the town, and died 
 retaining the respect and esteem of all 
 who knew him. 
 
 Brown, Major H. B., Cincinnati, O., 
 Nov. 7, a?. 40. Major B. was born in 
 Kentucky, of a respectable family, re- 
 ceived a good education, studied" law, 
 and was admitted to the bar early, was 
 afterwards for many years connected 
 with the press, and went to Cincinnati 
 some ten years ago, when he became 
 connected with one of the journals, but 
 subsequently practised his profession. 
 In 18i3.'i he was sent to the Ohio legisla- 
 ture, was elected prosecuting attorney 
 of the Police Court in IBoo, and re- 
 elected in 18.57. He was a man of warm 
 affections, and bore the sufferings of his 
 long illness with patience. 
 
 Brown, Dr. Henry T., Brunswick, 
 Va., Nov. 14, ae. 26, son of K. Buffin 
 Brown. 
 
 Brown, Rev. J. Holland, (of Paines- 
 ville, O.,) Hamilton, N. Y., June 27, ae. 
 30, at the residence of his father-in-law, 
 David Osgood, Esq. Mr. B. was born 
 in Franklin, N. Y., June 27, 1828. In 
 1851 he entered the Sophomore class of 
 Madison University; and, having suc- 
 cessfully completed the full course of 
 instruction, graduated from the Theolo- 
 gical Seminary in Aug. 1856. In Sept. 
 of the same year he accepted a call from 
 the Baptist church in Painesville, O., of 
 which he continued pastor to his death. 
 Entering upon his ministry with earnest- 
 ness, and a deep love for souls, his labors 
 were signally marked with tokens of 
 divine approbation. 
 
 Bro"«tv, Hon. Jeremiah, Fulton town- 
 ship. Pa., March 2, se. 74, late one of the 
 associate judges of his county, and for- 
 merly member of Congress, and a mem- 
 ber of the constitutional convention. His 
 wife was buried on the 1st of March, hav- 
 ing preceded her husband to the grave 
 but two or three days. 
 
 Brown, John B., Esq., Hampton Falls, 
 N. H., March 31, a?. 59. Mr. B. was 
 president of the Weare Bank, and a 
 man of extensive business, being a very 
 efficient financier, a warm and firm friend 
 of the Christian Society at Hampton 
 Falls, and of the cause of the Christian 
 denomination. 
 
 Brown, Rev. Joshua R., East Long- 
 meadow, Mass., Sept. 7, oe. 46. He was 
 born at Stonington, Ct., June 14, 1812 ; 
 was hopefully converted in the revival 
 of 1831, and united with the church in 
 his native place. From his conversion 
 his heart was set on preaching the gos- 
 pel, and he soon commenced a prepara- 
 tory course of study. In 1845 he was 
 ordained over the Second Congrega- 
 tional Church in Lebanon, Ct., Avhere he 
 remained 8 years, preaching the gospel 
 with great acceptance. In 1855 he was 
 installed over the Congregational Church 
 in East Longmeadow, Mass., Avhere he 
 remained until his death, enjoying the 
 confidence and esteem of all. As a hus- 
 band, father, brother, son, he was affec- 
 tionate and faithful, and greatly beloved. 
 As a preacher he was lucid, instructive, 
 earnest, fearless. As a pastor he had 
 few equals, was eminently kind, sympa- 
 thizing, prudent, studious ; was instant 
 in season and out of season, and Avent 
 about doing good. 
 
 Brown, Hon. Jeremiah, Lancaster, 
 
BEOWN 
 
 [ 1858. ] 
 
 BUCKLEY 
 
 47 
 
 Pa., Feb. — , late associate judge of the 
 Lancaster (Pa.) District, and a meniber 
 of Congress from 1841 to 1845. His 
 wife -was buried a few days before. Dur- 
 ing a long life, more or less connected 
 with public affairs, he enjoyed the respect 
 and confidence of his fellow-citizens of 
 all parties. 
 
 Bkown, Mrs. ISIary L., Hallowell, 
 Me., Oct. 30, a?. 91, granddaughter of 
 the late Rev. Jonathan Parsons of New- 
 buryport. 
 
 Brown, Samuel, Esq., Adrian, O., 
 July 28, a^. 46. Mr. B, was a native of 
 Brownsville, Jefferson Co., N. Y., a 
 nephew of the late Gen. Jacob Brown, 
 and a brother of the late Thompson 
 Brown, who died abroad, a year or two 
 since, when on his return from Russia, 
 where he had been in the employ of 
 Nicholas I., as chief engineer on a rail- 
 road from St. Petersburg to Moscow. 
 Mr. S. Brown for a number of years 
 was engaged on the New York and Erie 
 Railroad, — of which road, it will be re- 
 membered, Thompson Brown was one 
 of the fii-st engineers, — and ultimately 
 became the superintendent of the 
 freight department, a position of great 
 trust and responsibility, and in which 
 office the deceased displayed remarkable 
 business talent, energy, and decision, 
 and where hS undermined a constitution 
 naturally robust and strong. From the 
 New York and Erie Road Mr. B. went 
 to the superintendency of the Canan- 
 daigua and Niagara Falls Road, and af- 
 terwards to the position on the Michi- 
 gan Southern Road, which he occupied 
 until near the close of his life. Mr. B. 
 wore himself out in the exhausting toils 
 of that species ojf mestal and physical 
 labor so inseparable" — as it would seem 
 — from railroad management. His ner- 
 vous system became prostrated, and the 
 constant strain upon his faculties, and 
 the unremitting excitement, broke him 
 down. Mr. B. married the daughter 
 of Gen. Joseph Brown, of Toledo, and 
 the sister of Mrs. Samuel F. Lester, of 
 Cleveland, O. A prominent trait in 
 the deceased — and a jewel in any man's 
 character — was his devotion to the in- 
 terests and happiness of his friends; 
 and a host who have been recipients of 
 the kindness and assistance of the de- 
 ceased will mom"n him as a good friend 
 gone. 
 Beowxe, Dr. AVilliam, Fredericks- 
 
 bur 
 
 of 
 
 bur: 
 
 Va., Dec. 
 
 At a meeting 
 
 the medical faculty of Fredericks- 
 and Falmouth, held at the resi- 
 
 dence of Dr. John H. Wallace, on the 
 6th inst.. Dr. J. H. Wallace was ap- 
 pointed chairman, and Dr. Scott secre- 
 tary. The chair offered the following 
 resolutions, which were unanimously 
 adopted : — 
 
 " The physicians of Fredericksburg 
 and Falmouth, having received the pain- 
 ful intelligence of the death of Dr. 
 William 13ro\vne, deem it a privilege 
 and a duty to offer the following tribute 
 to his memory : 
 
 " ResoUed, That while we bow in sub- 
 mission to this decree of an all-wise 
 Providence, under a deep sense of our 
 loss, we truly mourn the death of our 
 highly-esteemed friend, Dr. AVilliam 
 Browne. 
 
 " Resolved, That in his death we have 
 been bereaved of a brother of the high- 
 est merit, and the community of a most 
 valued, beloved, and useful citizen. 
 
 BuBlER, Capt. John, Jamaica Plain, 
 Mass., Sept. 18, se. 66. Capt. B. was 
 a native of Marblehead. He was an 
 officer in the U. S. N. for nearly 40 
 years, but resigned his commission as 
 commander a few years since. He was 
 taken prisoner in the U. S. brig Syren, 
 by the EngHsh, in the war of 1812, and 
 incarcerated in Dartmoor prison. He 
 performed much active service in early 
 life. 
 
 BrCAUT, Rev. Francis, Baltimore, 
 Md., April 23., priest of the Most Holy 
 Redeemer. He was a native of Canada, 
 and was ordained in 18o4. For the 
 space of three years he was stationed 
 over the French congregation at Roch- 
 ester, N. Y. 
 
 Buckley, William F., Poughkeepsie, 
 N. Y., Sept.—, je. 53. Mr. B. waa;a 
 son of Ger shorn Buckley, late of Wil- 
 liamstown. Many years since he left 
 his native town with no capital oth.er 
 than his own energy and a capacitvfor 
 business of no ordinary measure. Hav- 
 ing first commenced business in Albany, 
 he afterwards removed to New York, 
 where the success foreshadowed in 
 small beginnings elsewhere was fully 
 realized ; and a few years since he re- 
 tired from business in affluence, at the 
 head of the great house of Buckley & 
 Clafiin, (now Claffin, Miller, & Co.) 
 About a year since he removed to 
 
48 
 
 BUCKLEY 
 
 [ 1858. ] 
 
 BUNDY 
 
 Poughkeepsie. Brought up upon his 
 father's farm, he never lost his taste for 
 agricultural pursuits, and his residence 
 at Poughkeepsie was but a realization 
 of a long-cherished desire to end his 
 days in a country seat Avhere the luxu- 
 ries of labor and of Avealth could be hap- 
 pily blended and rationally enjoyed. 
 
 iSucKLEY, 'William S., M. 1)., Peters- 
 burg, Rensselaer Co., N. Y., Nov. 6, 
 vo. 31., at the residence of M. G. Phil- 
 lips, his father-in-law. The deceased, 
 though an invalid, and coming but re- 
 cently to these parts, had become ex- 
 tensively known and highly respected, 
 and his death is greatly lamented by all. 
 lie M-as, from his mental powers and the 
 culture he had given them, and from his 
 indomitable energy and activity, a man 
 of more than ordinary promise in his 
 profession. 
 
 BucKLix, Joseph, Providence, R. I., 
 Dec. 11., se. 82. Mr. B. was a native 
 of Pawtucket, Mass. In 1813 he re- 
 moved to the town of Ludlow, where 
 he embarked in the cotton manufactur- 
 ing business, and continued its prosecu- 
 tion there until about 1843, when he 
 retired from business with a compe- 
 tence, and removed to this city, where 
 he has ever since resided. He was a 
 man of respectability and character, 
 and held offices of trust and honor in 
 the town where his active years were 
 passed. 
 
 Bull, Ann Jacobs, Chester Co., Pa., 
 July 10, ce. 70, wife of the Rev. Levi 
 Bull, D. D., and daughter of the late 
 Cyrus Jacobs, Esq., of Lancaster Co. 
 
 BuLLAiiD, Samuel P., New Orleans, 
 La., Feb. 7, ae. 58. Mr. B. was born 
 in Providence, and in early life was as- 
 sistant in one of the public schools in 
 that city. lie also resided in Ware, 
 Mass., in 1824-5. He was, for many 
 years, a citizen of Mobile, and for a 
 good portion of the time assisted in the 
 editorial conduct of a paper. He was 
 a man of quick perceptions, of genial 
 temper, of ready wit, and a fluent and 
 graceful -writer. He was also a remark- 
 ably skilful accountant, and in this ca- 
 pacity rendered the city great service in 
 the settlement of her foreign indebted- 
 ness. 
 
 BuLLARD, Sampson, Boston, INIass., 
 July 10, a^. 73. Mr. B. formerly re- 
 sided in Boston, w^hence, a few years 
 since, he removed to Littleton, where 
 
 his home remained up to the time of his 
 death. He Avas a man of large wealth, 
 a public-spirited citizen, and a genuinely 
 honest man. 
 
 Bullions, Henry L., M. D., Troy, 
 N. Y., Oct. 19, a?. 23. Dr. B. was a 
 son of Rev. Peter Bullions, D. D., an 
 eminent divine and scholar. (See Obit., 
 1857.) He graduated with honor at 
 Union College, and commenced the 
 study of medicine in the office of Dr. 
 Blatchford, of Troy. He took his 
 degree at the Albany Medical College 
 in 1853, and was afterwards house sur- 
 geon at the Troy Hospital, where he en- 
 joyed the confidence and respect of all 
 connected with that institution. Al- 
 ways of delicate constitution. Dr. B. 
 went to the Sandwich Islands, in the 
 year 1855, to benefit his health, and 
 practised his profession at Honolulu, 
 but soon returned. 
 
 Bullock, Col. John O., Columbus, 
 Ky., Sept. — , a?. 29. Col. B. graduated 
 at Bloomington College, Ind., in 1847. 
 In 1848 he entered the law department 
 of the University of Louisville, where 
 he graduated in 1850. He entered 
 upon the practice of his profession at 
 Louisville, and continued until 1854, 
 when he became the editor and proprie- 
 tor of the Times. In 1857 he resumed 
 his profession, but moved to Columbus, 
 Ivy., at the beginning of 1858. Here 
 disease came upon him in his new 
 home, in the midst of full joy and 
 bright hopes, and ended his career. 
 Young, generous, gifted with more than 
 ordinary abilities, eminent in every 
 social quality, a thorough scholar, a 
 plighted gentleman, and a devoted 
 friend, he was an object of singular 
 regard and esteem. 
 
 Bullock, Hon. Rufus, Royalston, 
 Mass., Jan. 10, ae. 78. He had been a 
 member of the state Senate, and of the 
 conventions for the revision of the state 
 constitution. He was a successful man- 
 ufacturer, and a conscientious, liberal, 
 and honorable man. 
 
 BuNDY, David S. B.,Otego,N.Y., April 
 4, a?. 67. In the death of Mr. B., com- 
 munity has lost one of its most valuable 
 citizens. In all the relations of life he 
 was a true man, a warm friend, honor- 
 able, high-minded, and always energetic 
 in promoting the best interests of the 
 public. As a farmer, he practically has 
 done as much as any other citizen for 
 
BURCH 
 
 [1858.] 
 
 BURT 
 
 49 
 
 the promotion of agriculture. He was 
 for 20 years an active member of an 
 agricultural society, and contributed 
 largely to its success. ^ 
 
 BuRCH, Rev. James, Chicago, 111., 
 July 28, at?. 74. Mr. B., soon after an 
 afflictive bereavement, had but recently 
 closed his ministerial labors at Washing- 
 ton, Va. His previous ministry, we be- 
 lieve, was chiefly spent in Kentucky, 
 where he was distinguished for useful- 
 ness as a pastor, soundness in doctrine, 
 and wisdom in counsel. The testimony 
 both of his life and death is a rich leg- 
 acy of comfort to his bereaved children. 
 
 BuRCH, Hon. Thomas, Little Falls, 
 N. Y., se. 59. He was formerly state 
 senator, and was one of the foremost 
 business men of Herkimer Co. 
 
 Burke, Col. Nicholas, Baltimore, Md., 
 se. 77. He commanded a company in 
 the war of 1812. 
 
 Burnett, Rev. J., Rossville, Staten 
 Island, March 3, ee. 36, late pastor of 
 the Baptist church in Rossville. He 
 was born in London, England ; emigrated 
 to America some eight years since ; had 
 been pastor of the Baptist church in 
 East Marion, L. I., from whence he re- 
 moved to Staten Island in the fall of 
 1854. 
 
 Burns, Thomas, Morrisville, Pa., 
 March 24, ae. 72. He served in the 
 war of 1812-15 ; was in the battle of 
 Fort George, &c. 
 
 Burns, Capt. W. Oliver, Austin, 
 Texas, INIarch 18, se. 34, a member of 
 the bar of the 17th judicial district. 
 
 Burroughs, Henry J., Providence, 
 R. L, Aug. 25, se. 42. 
 
 Burrows, Rev. Daniel, Mystic River, 
 Ct., Jan. 23, se. 92. He represented 
 Connecticut in Congress during the last 
 term of Mr. Monroe's administration, 
 1S21 to 1823 ; was one of the commis- 
 sioners to define the boundaries between 
 Massachusetts and Connecticut, and 
 surveyor of the port of Middlctown for 
 20 years. His last days were eminently 
 characteristic of his life. He died tri- 
 umphantly in the faith which he so 
 faithfully advocated. 
 
 BuRRUS, Dr. Joseph C, Napoleon, 
 Ark., April 12, se. 37. 
 
 Burt, Mrs. Jane Ann, Auburn, N. Y., 
 May 20, ve. 48, wife of Alexander Ham- 
 ilton Burt, Esq, She was the daughter 
 of Morse Ingersol, Esq., and was born 
 in Ridgefield, Ct., Jan. 22, 1810. In 
 
 1829 Mr. Ingersol removed with his 
 family to Cayuga Co., N. Y., where he 
 died in 1834. Mrs. B. was married in 
 St. Peter's Church, Auburn, by the Rev. 
 Dr. Rudd, rector, Sept. 14, 1830. In 
 1837 she was confii-med and admitted 
 to the communion of the church. It is 
 little to say of her that she was an af- 
 fectionate wife and mother. She was 
 more than this. She was a humble and 
 devout Christian, and faithful in all the 
 relations of life. Modest, retiring, and 
 domestic in her habits, she always en- 
 deavored to make her home pleasant 
 and agreeable, and to train up her chil- 
 dren in the ways of virtue and Christian 
 living ; and in all this she was eminently 
 successful. 
 
 Burt, Dr. Joel M., Benton, Ala., Nov. 
 28, ae. 62, formerly of AA''esthampton, 
 ]Mass., and a graduate of Williams Col- 
 lege. 
 
 BuTiT, William A., Hamtramck, N. Y., 
 Aug. 18, se. 67, widely and favorably 
 known as the inventor of " Burt's Solar 
 Compass," at the residence of his son. 
 Mr. B. was born in Massachusetts} but 
 removed at an early day to Northern 
 New York, and located in Saratoga Co., 
 from whence he removed to Buffalo, 
 where he married ; and from that place 
 he came to Michigan in 1823, and lo- 
 cated at Vernon, Macomb Co., which 
 was then a wilderness, but is now a 
 populous and thriving district. Mr. B.'s 
 original occupation was a millwright ; 
 but, shortly after remo\ing to Michigan, 
 he was appointed government surveyor, 
 Avhich office he held until about five 
 years since. The event of Mr. B.'s life, 
 which chiefly distinguished him, was the 
 invention of the " Solar Compass," whicn 
 is invaluable to surveyors, and is used 
 in preference to all similar instruments 
 where its merits are known. 
 
 Burt, William S., Ithaca, N. Y., Nov, 
 22, se. 64. Mr. B. was formerly from 
 Hampden Co., Mass., where the family 
 name was familiar from its settlement. 
 He was a graduate of Union College, 
 of the class of 1818, and, from the time 
 he graduated till his death, was entirely 
 given up to literary and scientific pur- 
 suits. Among his classmates were Bish- 
 op Potter, of Pennsylvania, Bishop 
 Drew, of New Jersey, and Rev, Dr. 
 Waterbury, formerly of Boston. He 
 was one of the Board of Instruction at 
 Amherst College at the time of its or- 
 
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 BURTON 
 
 [ 1858. ] 
 
 BUTLER 
 
 ganization, and was connected with the 
 Hon. Horace Mann and the Hon. Wm. 
 B. Callioun while a member of the state 
 legislature, in behalf of the common 
 schools, and in initiating the present 
 common-school system of Massachusetts. 
 He was the last of his family, his brother, 
 the Kev. Enoch Burt, who graduated at 
 Princeton in 1812, having died a short 
 time since in Manchester, Ct. (Obit., 
 "1857.) He left two daughters and one 
 son, the only surviving male member of 
 the family for three generations. 
 
 BuiiTox, Miss Sarah Warren, Cam- 
 bridge, Mass., Aug. 17, se. 23, only 
 child of Kev. Warren Burton. In the 
 character of Miss B. there was a rare 
 union of the qualities which engage 
 affection and inspire respect, blended 
 together in beautiful and just proportion. 
 The moral and rehgious elements of her 
 nature were early developed and assid- 
 uously cultivated. At school she was 
 remarkable for sweetness of temper, 
 docility, cheerful compliance with the 
 requisitions of her teachers, and the sin- 
 gular energy, fidelity, thoroughness, and 
 success with M'hich she prosecuted her 
 various studies — in no small degree 
 the fruit of judicious moral and religious 
 training at home, the importance of 
 which has, for a series of years, been 
 so strongly and so widely urged in the 
 public teachings of her father. 
 
 Burton, llev. Wm., Austenburg, 0., 
 March 12, ae. GO. Mr. B. was a native 
 of Vermont, graduated from Dartmouth 
 College in 1815, and studied theology 
 with his eminent relative, the Rev. Asa 
 Burton, D. H., of Thetford, Vt. In 1821 
 he became pastor of the Presbyterian 
 church at Circleville, O., and in 1840 
 was settled at Piketon, O., whence in 
 1849 he removed his family to Northern 
 Ohio, with the hope of finding a climate 
 more favorable to his impaired constitu- 
 tion. Here he took charge of a farm 
 for the benefit of his sons, and preached 
 but occasionally. He was, hoMCver, an 
 extensive reader, and, for his own amuse- 
 ment, was in the habit of poetical com- 
 position. As a preacher and divine, 
 Mr. B. will always be remembered with 
 respect. His discourses were delivered 
 with great deliberation and simplicity 
 of manner, and he spoke usually witli- 
 out notes ; and it may with truth be 
 averred that no minister of Christ on 
 the Western Reserve regarded with 
 
 greater aversion, or combated with 
 more firmness or ability, the errors of 
 doctrine and practice infecting man 
 of its churoliQs than did this venerab' 
 man. . In liis character humility and f 
 unpretending simplicity were conspicuo ■ 
 traits. He has left a widow and se\ ,in 
 cliildren to mourn his loss and cherish 
 his memory. 
 
 Bush, William, Coventry, Chenango 
 Co., N. Y., Nov. 15, a?. 73. Mr. B. wu3 
 born in Sheffield, Berkshire Co., Me.ss., 
 April 15, 1785, and in the same full 
 came to what is now Chenango Co., 
 where he has ever since resided, lit 
 was the first white boy brought iiU' 
 Chenango Co, He may well have bt. n 
 called the " oldest inhabitant." He lived 
 to a good and honorable old age, and 
 died respected and lamented by a large 
 circle of relatives a,nd friends. He '.vas 
 the father of Riley Bush, Esq., of Nin- 
 eveh, present supervise ,of Colesvillc 
 
 BusHNELL, James, Bennington, ' :.. 
 Dec. 3, ae. 96, a revolutionary soldiei 
 
 Butler, Dr. Albert W., Hartfo. 
 Ct., March 11, se. — . He was a pre 
 inent citizen of Hartford, exemplar 
 all liis relations, active, efficient, i! • 
 benevolent in his efforts to do good. 
 
 Butler, Elder Asa, Worcester, '^. 
 sego Co., N. Y., Aug. 26, aj. 80. He 
 was a doctrinal, experimental, and prac- 
 tical Christian. His statements of divine 
 truth were unflinching. He held and 
 declared it with simplicity, sincerity, and 
 aftection. He did not change with the 
 changing policy of the times, but bore 
 one uniform testimony to the gospel. 
 He was a zealous promoter of every 
 Christian and benevolent institution. 
 The cause of evangelical missions was 
 dear to his heart. 
 
 HON. B. F. butler, 
 
 Paris, France, Nov. 8, se. 63. He was 
 born at Stuyvesant, near Ivinderhook, 
 N. Y., Dec. 14, 1795. He was a lineal 
 descendant of Oliver Cromwell, on the 
 mother's side ; and he exhibited through 
 life characteristic traits of that greatest 
 of England's great men. From his ear- 
 liest age Mr. B. was passionately fond 
 of reading ; and he greedily devoured 
 the contents of his father's small library, 
 and all the books to be found in the 
 neighborhood, Mhich, combined with the 
 village school, were all the advantage.' 
 
BUTLER 
 
 [1858.] 
 
 BUTLER 
 
 51 
 
 he had for obtaining an education, until, 
 in 1811, he entered the office and family 
 of Hon. Martin Van Buren, as a student 
 at law, in which capacity he remained 
 until he was admitted to the bar in 1817, 
 when he became the partner of Mr. Van 
 Buren, then the attorney general of the 
 state, which connection subsisted until 
 the appointment of Mr. Van Buren to 
 the U. S. Senate in Dec, 1821. Mr. B. 
 made his first appearance before the 
 Supreme Court as counsel in 1821, when 
 he argued and won a cause against the 
 celebrated John B. Henry, of Albany, 
 one of the most distinguished members 
 of the bar at that time ; and in Feb. of 
 the same year he was appointed district 
 attorney of the city and county of Albany, 
 which office he held with great honor 
 initil March, 1825, when he resigned. 
 In Nov., 1824, Mr. B. was appointed 
 one of the commissioners charged with 
 the revision oi the statutes of the state, 
 which occupied the greatest part of his 
 time for five years. He was elected to 
 the Assembly in 1827, with special ref- 
 erence to the work of revision. In 
 1829 he was appointed one of the re- 
 gents of the Universitv, but resigned 
 the office in 1832. In 1833 he acted as 
 commissioner on the part of New York 
 to settle the boundary-line question with 
 New Jersey. In Nov. of the same year 
 he accepted, at the urgent request of 
 Gen. Jackson, then president, the office 
 of attorney general of the United States, 
 which office he held under Jackson and 
 Van Buren, until Sept., 1838, when he 
 resigned, at the same time refusing to 
 accept the head of one of the depart- 
 ments under his distinguished friend, 
 the then president, Martin Van Buren. 
 For about five months, from Oct., 1836, 
 to March, 1837, Mr. B. added to his 
 gigantic labors of attorney general that 
 of secretary of war, under Gen. Jackson, 
 filling both offices with distinguished 
 ability. He was U. S. district attorney 
 of the southern district of New York 
 from 1838 to 1841. 
 
 In 1845 he was offered the position 
 of secretary of war by President Polk, 
 but declined it, and accepted the office 
 of district attorney for New York, which 
 he held until 1848, when he was re- 
 moved for supporting Mr. Van Buren 
 for the presidency. Mr. B. was an ar- 
 dent and active politician, adhering to 
 what proclaimed itself the regular dem- 
 
 ocratic organization until 1848, when he 
 fought the battle of free soil under the 
 banner of Van Buren and Adams. He 
 returned with the Van Burens to the 
 national democratic fold, and supported 
 Gen. Pierce ; but the Nebraska bill 
 revolted him again, and he joined the 
 republican party, and voted for Fremont 
 and Dayton. 
 
 After leaving public life, Mr. B. en- 
 tered upon the practice of his profession, 
 and also attended to the duties of prin- 
 cipal professor of the law fliculty of 
 the New York University, which insti- 
 tution he was instrumental in estab- 
 lishing,. 
 
 Mr. B.'s last great effort was on the 
 great trust case of Curtiss i\^. Leavitt, 
 reported in the 16th volume of the New 
 Yorl^ Reports. In argument he was 
 " calm, clear, strong, with no passionate 
 appeals, no vehemence of voice or ges- 
 ture, no wordy declamation. His argu- 
 ment made its way directly to the un- 
 derstanding, and showed a speaker who 
 felt himself above all the arts of the 
 rhetorician, and all desire of display. 
 His doctrines were such as became an 
 American jurist, equally remote from 
 the wild speculations of the latitudina- 
 rian, and the narrow and impracticable 
 limitations of the close construer of 
 words." 
 
 He was equally distinguished in pri- 
 vate as in public life, and, by his kind, 
 courteous demeanor, drcAV round him 
 large numbers of firm friends, and com- 
 manded the respect and admiration of 
 his enemies. 
 
 He was, in the language of another, 
 " as a patriot, lofty and pure ; as a 
 statesman, philosophical and sagacious ; 
 as a politician, liberal and disinterested ; 
 as an advocate, eloquent, calm, persua- 
 ,sive, and forcible ; and as a man, in a 
 general sense, possessing one of those 
 admirably-organized minds so rarely 
 met with, in which different qualities of 
 excellence are so harmoniously blended 
 and tempered, without an undue excess 
 of any, so as to produce, on the whole, 
 one of the best and finest characters we 
 can possibly conceive — piety without 
 bigotry, philanthropy without fanaticism, 
 enthusiasm without quixotism, boldness 
 without rashness, firmness without ob- 
 stinacy, sagacity without cunning, all the 
 dignity of self-respect without any oi 
 the hauteur of pride, and the expansive 
 
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 BUTLER 
 
 [ 1858. ] BUTTERFIELD 
 
 wisdom of the man of study, reflection, 
 and practical experience of life, with the 
 single-hearted simplicity of the cliild." 
 
 Of late years he had withdrawn from 
 public att'airs, and devoted himself assid- 
 uously to his profession — too assidu- 
 ously, doubtless, for his health, which, 
 though a good constitution enabled him 
 long to resist the effect of excessive ap- 
 plication, yielded at last, and he deter- 
 mined to try the eff'ect of a voyage to 
 Europe and a residence abroad. He 
 sailed in the steamer Arago for Havre 
 on the 16th Oct., 1858. 
 
 He arrived at Havre on the 30th, and, 
 after visiting some of the places in its 
 neighborhood, went to llouen,and thence 
 to Paris, which he reached on the 3d of 
 Nov. The excitement and fatigue of 
 seeing the marvellous monuments of 
 antiquity which meet the eye of the 
 stranger on entering France, and which 
 make so strong an impression on the 
 traveller from our own young country, 
 proved too rude a trial for his health. 
 A violent attack of diabetes was the 
 consequence — a disease to which he had 
 been somewhat subject, and wliich now 
 resisted all remedies. 
 
 He was not unaware of the danger he 
 was in, and for 48 hours before his death 
 expected that event. At 9 o'clock on 
 the evening of the 8th of Nov. he ex- 
 pired, passing to another state of exist- 
 ence as one might be expected to pass 
 who had lived so well and so holily in this. 
 
 Mr. B. took a deep interest in all be- 
 nevolent undertakings, which will here- 
 after greatly miss the useful assistance 
 he was so ready to give them. His 
 cheerful and kindly presence will also 
 be missed from our courts of justice, 
 where he set the example of a graceful, 
 unstudied urbanity, which was simply 
 the natural expression of his character, 
 and M'hich won the regard of all who 
 saw him. 
 
 Butler, Rev. Geo. W., Berlin Heights, 
 Lake Co., O., Oct. 15, sc. — , pastor of 
 the Baptist church in that place. 
 
 BuTLKU, Colonel John Lord, Wilkes- 
 barre. Pa., Aug. 4, (c. G2. Col. B. was 
 the son of Gen. Lord IJutler, who, in 
 early life, removed from Ljme, Ct., to 
 W., in comjiany with his father. Col. 
 Zebulon Butler, of revolutionary mem- 
 ory. He was from his earliest manhood 
 identified with all the interests of society 
 
 and l)usiness in his region. To develop 
 the riches of the coal, and open channels 
 for its transport to market, has been the 
 object of his untiring efforts ; and he has 
 lived to see these efforts crowned -with a 
 greater degree of success than often falls 
 to the lot of men engaged in similar 
 undertakings. In his death the busi- 
 ness public have sustained a loss. But 
 a heavier loss and a more heartfelt re- 
 gret will be ex])erienced in the social 
 i-elations of the deceased, to the^'ery 
 large circle in which he moved. Miilti- 
 tudes have been the subjects of his daily 
 kindnesses in imparting substantial aid, 
 and greater multitudes will testify to the 
 uniform urbanity of his manners, and 
 the tried integrity of his life. It was the 
 habit of his life to consult the interest 
 of others, either individuals or the pub- 
 lic, first, and for himself last. In grate- 
 ful and respectful testimony of this 
 feature of his character, we cloubt not, 
 was the extraordinary attendance at the 
 funeral of the deceased. He married 
 the sister of Rev. John Richards, D. D., 
 of Hanover, N. H. He died in the full 
 expression of his faith in Christ, and 
 hope of salvation through him, and him 
 alone. 
 
 Butler, Samuel, New York, Feb. 1, 
 iP. 75. He was gunner on board the 
 U. S. ship Hornet at the capture of the 
 Penguin, and was severely wounded in 
 the face in that action. 
 
 BuTTERFiELD, Charles, TjTigsboro', 
 Mass., July 26, ve. 62. He was the son of 
 Capt. Asa and Abiah (Colburn) Butter- 
 field, and was born in T. Dec. 21, 1795. 
 He was fitted for college at Westford 
 Academ}'. Having chosen the profes- 
 sion of law, he pursued his legal studies 
 under the tuition of Hon. Daniel Rich- 
 ardson, of T. On the completion of his 
 professional studies, having been admit- 
 ted to the bar, he opened an office in his 
 native town, but left the profession in a 
 few years, and devoted himself to agri- 
 culture. He was never married. He was 
 a man of a most amiable and genial dis- 
 position, with a fund of Avit ever at com- 
 mand. He Avas universally esteemed by 
 tlie inhabitants of his native town. He 
 represented the town in the state legis- 
 lature in 1834 and '35. In 1857 he was 
 a])pointed librarian of the Middlesex 
 Mechanic Association in Lowell, and 
 took up his residence in that city. It 
 was a quiet place, among books, and, 
 
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 ZZELL 
 
 [ 1858. ] 
 
 CALDWELL 
 
 53 
 
 with the changes contemplated, was just 
 the situation where he hoped to pass, in 
 a manner suited to his tastes, among 
 pleasant companions, -many long years 
 of a healthy and vigorous old age. He 
 was in perfect health, was careful of him- 
 self, and was of a long-lived race, — his 
 father having lived in robust health to 
 the age of 94 years. But, in the midst 
 of the happiness he was enjoying in his 
 new position, sickness came, and he re- 
 turned home to die.' He was one of 
 the most beloved and respected of the 
 people among whom he passed nearly 
 the whole of his life, and who in his 
 death mourn the loss of a worthy, good 
 man. 
 
 BuzzELL, Elder Hezekiah D., Alton, 
 N. H., Sept. 6, fp. 80. Mr. ^B. com- 
 menced in the ministry in 1799, and 
 received ordination Jan. 25, 1803. As 
 an itinerant preacher, he has been very 
 useful in the ministry, and his labors 
 have been crowned with success. Hun- 
 dreds have been converted under him 
 who will be as stars in his crown at the 
 
 coming of Christ. He was a firm dem- 
 ocrat of the old Jefferson school ; was a 
 member of the House of llcprc'sonta- 
 tives for several years; also a member 
 of the Senate. 
 Byerly, Jacob, Westmoreland Co., 
 
 Pa., , se. 99. Mr. B. was at one 
 
 time a resident of the only cabin between 
 Foit Pitt and Ligonier. In the revolu- 
 tion he was active, and his scouting 
 expedition extended throughout West- 
 ern Virginia and Pennsylvania, and into 
 Ohio. He went with a party to bury 21 
 settlers who had been killed at Wheel- 
 ing ; went to the relief of Fort Lawrence 
 and Wallace's station ; was on a scout to 
 Punxutawney, and joined in pursuit of 
 the party who killed the Willards ; was 
 on the expedition against the Tuscaroras 
 in Ohio, and served under Gen. Broad- 
 head in the destruction of the towns of 
 the Cornplanter Indians. In this expe- 
 dition, while following a trail, in company 
 with Jacob Smith and another scout, he 
 killed an Indian chief in a hand-to-hand 
 conflict. 
 
 C. 
 
 Cain, Dr. Levi, near Springfield, Va., 
 Oct. 30, at an advanced age. He was a 
 useful and an esteemed citizen. 
 
 Cain, Dr. V. T., near Greenwood, 
 S. C, Jan. 6, se. — . 
 
 Caldcleugh, Eobert A., Philadel- 
 phia, June — , se. — . Mr. C. was born 
 at Annapolis, Md., but came to Phila- 
 delphia in early manhood, and for years 
 was an active and enterprising merchant 
 of strict and uncompromising integrity 
 and unwearied industry. As the fruits, 
 in the meridian of life he had acquired 
 a large and ample estate, which, sur- 
 rounded by his children and grandchil- 
 dren, he fully enjoyed until the close of 
 his long and well-spent life. Freed from 
 the cares of business, from which, he 
 had retired many years since, his home 
 was the place of his true enjojment. 
 His mind, cultivated in retirement, was 
 filled with a vast amount of information 
 upon almost every subject, and espe- 
 cially upon the past history of his coun- 
 try. His reminiscences of times long 
 since wei'e vivid and strong ; and his 
 references to the distinguished men, his 
 contemporaries in early life, were very 
 5* 
 
 interesting and instructive. To stran- 
 gers his manners were somewhat re- 
 served, but to those who knew him well 
 his courtesy and politeness were re- 
 markable, and his hospitality to all un- 
 bounded. 
 
 Caldwell, Rev. David, Leesburg, 
 Va., Nov. 24, se. 43. He was a native 
 of Bennington, Vt., but removed in very 
 early life to Virginia, and was ordained 
 in Alexandria in 1841 by the venerable 
 Bishop Moore. Few clergymen have 
 been so successful in so short a period 
 (17 years) in building up the congrega- 
 tion in which they have ministered as 
 he. Frail and delicate as was his frame, 
 his spirit was strong ; his zeal knew no 
 abatement in his Master's cause ; his 
 vigorous intellect was manifest in his 
 pulpit ministrations, while the cross of 
 Christ ever constituted with him a pe- 
 culiar source of rejoicing. A little more 
 than two years since he succeeded in 
 the rectorship of St. James's Church, 
 Leesburg, llev. George Adie, who, the 
 preceding spring, had been called to his 
 rest. He twb an able and eloquent 
 divine, who, out of the pulpit as well as 
 
54 
 
 CALIIOON 
 
 [1858.] 
 
 CANB* 
 
 in it, earnestly labored for the spiritual 
 good of those under his charge. He 
 had scarcely attained the meridian of 
 his life, and was cut down in the midst 
 of his usefulness. 
 
 Caliioo.n, Mrs. Mary Ripley, July 18, 
 oe. 54, wife of lion. George C. Callioon, 
 daughter of Hon. Nicholas Baylies, for- 
 merly of Montpelier, granddaughter 
 of Kev. Sylvanus Kipley, a professor 
 of divinity in Dartmouth College, and 
 great-granddaughter of Kev. Eleazar 
 Wheelock, D. 1)., first president of that 
 institution. 
 
 Caliioux, Maj. Patrick, Pendleton, 
 S. C, June 1, a?. 37, at the residence of 
 his mother. He was son of the late 
 Hon. John C. Calhoun, and a gallant 
 olficcr of the U. S. army. 
 
 Caliioux, Col. William Lowndes, 
 Abbeville District, S. C, Sept. 19, vc. 
 28, brother of Maj. Patrick Calhoun. 
 He won distinguished literary honors in 
 the S. C. College, but after graduation 
 devoted himself to planting, having no 
 ambitious aims beyond that of being a 
 good citizen. Had not wealth and high 
 position by birth removed the usual 
 incentive to ambition, his talents would 
 have insured distinction. He was a 
 dutiful son, an affectionate and devoted 
 husband, a constant and unswerving 
 friend, manifesting in every relation of 
 life a kind heart, filled with noble and 
 generous impulses. Of prepossessing 
 manners, lively and engaging in his 
 conversation, his loss will long be la- 
 mented by all who knew him, and his 
 grave long bedewed with the tears of 
 mourning kindred. Since the death of 
 Mr. C, three sons and a daughter have 
 followed him to the tomb. 
 
 Callard, Itev. Joseph, fell dead in 
 the street at Grayville, Wabash Co., 111., 
 
 , X. — . He had been a resident 
 
 of the county nearly 30 years. 
 
 Camp, Dr. J. B., Jeflerson, Ala., June 
 20, a-. 22, a graduate of the medical 
 college of the University of Louisiana 
 in the course for 1856-57, His un- 
 timely fall is fraught with many sad 
 bereavements. In quick succession he 
 follows an affectionate brother, leaving 
 a disconsolate mother, a doting father, 
 and weeping brothers and sisters to 
 mourn his untimely end. 
 
 C'A.Mi'iiKLL, Colin, drowned in the 
 Hudson River, opposite (J|6tleton, ]\Iay 
 I'J, iv. 20, son of Hon^MUiam W. 
 
 Campbell, of Cooperstown, N. Y. He 
 was a senior in Union College, and a 
 young man of much promise. 
 
 Campbell, Harvey W., Lockport, 
 N. Y., Sept. 5, ae. 71. He was one of 
 the pioneers of the village, having re- 
 moved from Rochester to Lockport in 
 1823. He was one of the earliest mer- 
 chants, and was identified with all the 
 important enterprises of the day. He 
 was a contractor on the public works in 
 Xew York and other states, and always 
 enjoyed the confidence of those with 
 whom he had business connections. He 
 also filled several important civil offices. 
 Among them was the office of justice 
 of the peace, which he held for several 
 years, the duties of which he discharged 
 with honor to himself and satisfaction 
 of the public. We may truly say that 
 during his whole life he was in walk and 
 conversation a shining example of the 
 good man, and consistent and unwaver- 
 ing Mason. 
 
 Campbell, James, Upper Lisle, N. Y., 
 July 4, a?. 93. He was one of the oldest 
 settlers of the town, and served in the 
 war of 1812. 
 
 Caxby, James, Wilmington, Del., 
 May 24, ae. 77. He was of an old 
 Quaker family who came in about the 
 time of William Penn, and probably 
 with Penn. They settled in or near the 
 banks of Brandywine ; and his father, 
 Samuel Canby, Esq., owned and oper- 
 ated one of the celebrated Brandywine 
 mills, and was one of those who assisted 
 in building up the reputation of the 
 Brandywine brand of flour, known and 
 appreciated throughout the world. His 
 father having retired, James conducted 
 the same business until within 15 or 20 
 years, when he sold his mills, and retired 
 from business. He was one of the 
 main founders and originators of the 
 Philadelphia, Wilmington, and Balti- 
 more Railroad Co., and the most active, 
 energetic, and able in its construction 
 and completion. He was the first pres- 
 ident of the Union Bank of Delaware, 
 as well as one of its principal founders 
 and patrons. He was a man of sound 
 and enlarged views in every sense of 
 the word ; a close observer of men and 
 things ; possessed great self-control, and 
 the power also of controlling others ; was 
 very courteous in his intercourse with 
 others, and scrupulously punctual in all 
 his transactions ; and had great liberality 
 
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CANNON 
 
 [ 1858. ] 
 
 CAPEN 
 
 55 
 
 and consideration for the opinions of 
 others. He transacted a large amount 
 of public business, and was esteemed by 
 all as one of the most intelligent, far- 
 seeing, and reliable members of society. 
 He has left a very large circle of rela- 
 tives and friends, who are among the 
 most prominent and influential citizens, 
 and his family connections are very 
 widely extended. But three of his chil- 
 dren survive him, viz., William Canby, 
 Esq., who resides in Wilmington, and 
 Samuel Canby, Esq., Avho resides on his 
 splendid farm, near by. Both of these 
 are most estimable gentlemen, and 
 among the first citizens. A married 
 daughter, the wife of the Rev. Mr. 
 McCullough, resides in Baltimore, where 
 her husband is the much-esteemed pas- 
 tor of one of the most important churches 
 in that city. 
 
 Cannon, Col. William R., Columbus, 
 Miss., April 15, a?. — . The news of his 
 death produced a profound sensation 
 throughout the state. Wherever he 
 was known, he was highly esteemed for 
 the noble properties of his character, 
 manifested in all the relations of life. 
 A native of South Carolina, he removed 
 to Mississippi many years since, and 
 successively served in both branches of 
 her legislature from the counties of Ok- 
 tibbeha and Lowndes. As a legislator, 
 he held the highest position for solidity 
 of judgment, enlightened knowledge of 
 public interests, faithful devotion to 
 duty, and dignity and urbanity of de- 
 meanor. The esteem of his associates 
 was manifested in his elevation to the 
 presidency of the Senate, which he held 
 for a number of years. In the social 
 sphere of life Col. C.'s character shone 
 with its brightest lustre. As a neigh- 
 bor, a parent, a friend, he held the 
 hearts of all about him, and, by deeds 
 of pure benevolence and constant acts 
 of usefulness, contributed to the welfare 
 of the community. Such a character, 
 so nicely adjusted and evenly balanced, 
 could but exist under the influence of 
 the Christian virtues ; and this was the 
 secret of the unbroken esteem in which 
 he was held by all who knew him. 
 Purity of life, unbending probity, and 
 kindness of heart, set forth his fine tal- 
 ents and attainments in their most at- 
 tractive garb, and caused his death to 
 be lamented as & public as well as pri- 
 vate bereavement. The religion that 
 
 had pervaded his life sustained and 
 brightened its close. 
 
 Capen, Benjamin, Stoughton, Mass., 
 June 22, a?. 86. Few men have passed 
 through a long life more universally 
 respected, or held in higher estimation. 
 He was possessed of a well-balanced, 
 discriminating mind, sound judgment, 
 and good sense, combined with the most 
 stern and inflexible integrity. He Avas 
 the fifth son of Edward Capen, of Stough- 
 ton, who died in 1S19, vc. 88. James 
 Capen, brother of Benjamin, died at 
 Stoughton in 1853, x. 97. Benjamin 
 was probably the last surviving original 
 member of Rising Star Lodge of Free- 
 masons. That lodge was chartered in the 
 year 1799. In 1800 it M'as constituted, 
 and its officers publicly installed, in the 
 meeting house in Stoughton. The fol- 
 lowing, among other officers of the 
 Grand Lodge, Ave are informed, were 
 present on that occasion : Paul Revere, 
 Isaiah Thomas, Benjamin Russell, Thad- 
 deus Mason Harris, Samuel Dunn, and 
 Josiah Bartlett. ISIr. C. was buried with 
 the ceremonies of the order. 
 
 Capen, Rev. Lemuel, South Boston, 
 Mass., Aug. 28, se. 69, a descendant 
 from Barnard and Joan (Purchis) Capen, 
 who were among the early settlers of 
 Dorchester. He was the son of John, 
 Jr., and Patience (Davis) Capen ; was 
 born in Dorchester, Nov. 25, 1788 ; 
 graduated at Harvard College in 1810 ; 
 was ordained pastor of the Unitarian 
 church in Sterhng, Mass., March 22, 
 1815, and resigned his pastoral charge 
 June 21, 1819. His farewell sermon 
 delivered on this occasion has been 
 twice printed. Oct. 31, 1827, he was 
 installed over the HaAves Place Church 
 in South Boston, until 1839, Avhen he 
 resigned. He Avas afterAvards a min- 
 ister at large in Baltimore. For the 
 last fcAv years, before his health fi^iled, 
 he preached occasionally, supplying va- 
 cant pulpits. Although quite feeble in 
 body, he attended the commencement 
 at Cambridge in July, 1858, being anx- 
 ious to be present, as he remarked that 
 he had attended every commencement 
 at Harvard since he graduated. In 
 1836 he Avrote, " Attended commence- 
 ment for the 35th time, the 33d in suc- 
 cession." He was a gentleman of a most 
 amiable disposition, and Avas greatly be- 
 loved and respected ; a Avorthy man, and 
 devout Christian. He Avas the father 
 
56 
 
 CAPRON 
 
 [1858.] 
 
 CARPENTER 
 
 of nine children, six of whom are living. 
 Of these is Edward Cai)en, Esq., libra- 
 rian of the Public Library at Boston. 
 
 Capro.v, llev. John A., ]\Iorristown, 
 Vt., Nov. L'3, fp. 8G. 
 
 C.VRD, Rev. Nathan, Rochester, N. Y., 
 Feb. 27, te. 74, at the residence of his 
 son. He was born in Pownall, Vt., and 
 removed at an early age to Madison Co., 
 N. Y. He united with tliat " nursery of 
 ministers," the Baptist church at Wood- 
 stock, under the pastoral care of Rev. 
 John Peck, and was ordained to the 
 ministry in July, 182G. His first pastor- 
 ate was that of the church at Otselic and 
 Lincklaen. Ciicnango Co., and his last at 
 Newark, III, having removed to the latter 
 state in I84G. He went to reside with a 
 son, a few months since, and has now 
 peacefully passed awaj', yielding to the 
 accumulated infirmities of age. His aged 
 consort still survives. 
 
 CAra.isLE, Dr. Samuel, ^lisspillion 
 Hundred, Del., Feb. S, a?. — . 
 
 Carltox, Rev. Isaac, Oxford, Me., 
 Jan. 5, a>. 51. Mr. C. was born at Shel- 
 burne, N. H., Aug. 27, 1807. At ten 
 years of age, he Avas indentured to John 
 Burbank, Esq., of Gorham, N. H., and 
 remained with him ten years. Desiring 
 earnestly to procure an education, he re- 
 moved to Bethel, and studied with Dr. 
 Grovei*, purposing to be a physician. Be- 
 coming a Christian, he resolved to devote 
 himself to the work of the ministry. He 
 devoted himself to teaching in Westmin- 
 ster, Vt., Oakham, Mass., and Hallowell, 
 Me., until he entered the Theological 
 Seminary at Bangor, where he graduated 
 in 183G. While at Bangor, he was active 
 in forming and sust:\ining Sabbath schools 
 in the vicinity, and for a time was em- 
 ployed as city missionary. After leaving 
 Bangor, Mr, C. was located two and a 
 half years at Lubec. In 1838 he was in- 
 stalled over the Congregational church in 
 Oxford, and continued its pastor 14 years. 
 In 18.j3 he removed to Falmouth, and 
 labored as long as his healtli permitted 
 him. In 18,34 he returned to Oxford, where 
 he remained until his death. His confi- 
 dence and Immlile trust in Christ, was 
 his sup])ort during three years of intense 
 suffering. 
 
 Caunky, Edward L., Esq., Fiflin, O., 
 May 22, x. 39. Mr. C. was a ])rinter, 
 and graduated as such in the Citizen 
 office, in the fall of 1838. He afterwards 
 studied law, and edited a democratic 
 
 newspaper at Canton and in Wooster. 
 He was a young man of fine abilities as 
 a writer and a lawyer. 
 
 Carpenter, Mrs. Sarah, Saratoga, 
 N. Y., Dec. 30, vc. 81, relict of the late 
 Dr. Cyrel Carpenter. 
 
 Carpenter, Marcus T., Esq., Jackson, 
 Miss., Aug. 24, X. — . He was a native 
 of N. Y. He was a fine Avriter. Under 
 the circumstances in which he wrote and 
 published, his success as a poet evinced 
 genuine ability. His book of poems pub- 
 lished in 1851, entitled the Memories 
 of the Past, was not only received with 
 the unusual commendation of his friends, 
 but the Literary World, a New York 
 journal of critical merit, pronounced most 
 flivorably upon it, and predicted eminence 
 for the author. 
 
 Carpenter, Dr. AVilliam, So. Wilbra- 
 ham, Mass., May 17, a?. 42. Dr. C. was 
 an intelligent, liberal-minded, upright man 
 — a man of refined sensibility and gener- 
 ous impulses, a devoted seeker after truth, 
 a friend of progress, a lover of his race, 
 diligent in solid usefulness, just, honor- 
 able and kind in the intercourse of life, a 
 dutiful son, a tender and faithful husband, 
 an affectionate and careful father, — in 
 fine, a man most deservedly beloved in 
 the domestic circle, Shid universally es- 
 teemed in the much wider sphere of per- 
 sonal friendship. 
 
 Carpenter, Wm. Alison, Esq., Buf- 
 falo, N. Y., Dec. 25, a>. 78. Mr. C. 
 leaves but few of his contemporaries be- 
 hind him, who shared in the early scenes 
 of the history of Buffalo. He was born 
 in the town of Warwick, Orange Co., 
 N. Y., April 5, 1781. Having learned the 
 occupation of a printer, he commenced, 
 in early life, the publication of a weekly 
 newspaper, in the village of Goshen ; but 
 the office having imfortunately been de- 
 stroyed by fire, he removed to Buffalo in 
 1810, where he has continued to reside 
 for most of the long interval of nearly 
 fifty years which have elapsed since his 
 settlement here, nearly thirty years of 
 Avhich were passed in the house where he 
 died. Hei was the oldest printer and 
 editor among us; having "worked off," 
 with his own hands, the first number of 
 the Buff;\lo Gazette, the publication of 
 which was commenced in 1811, by the 
 late Smith H. and Hezekiah A. Salisbury. 
 In 181G he removed to the village of , 
 Fredonia, ChautauqueCo., where he pub- 
 lished, for a short time, the first paper 
 
CARROLL 
 
 [ 1858. ] 
 
 CARTER 
 
 57 
 
 issued in that county, with the title of 
 the Chautauque Gazette. Returning 
 to Buffalo, he was for a while associated 
 with H. A. Salisbury in the pubhcation 
 of the Buffalo Patriot, under which 
 title the former Buffalo Gazette was 
 then published. During the memorable 
 period of the anti-masonic excitement, 
 which was intensely jirevalent throughout 
 the western portion of New York in 
 1827-8, &c., he had the editorship of the 
 Patriot, which pajjcr, under his direc- 
 tion, took a leading part in the organiza- 
 tion of that anti-masonic party which 
 changed, for the time, the politics of this 
 county, and for many years afterwards 
 exercised a controlling influence over its 
 political character. The deceased was 
 no ordinary man. Few, indeed, possess 
 a more intimate and thorough acquaint- 
 ance with the theory and formation of 
 our government, or have equal knowl- 
 edge of the details of its early history. 
 Frugal in his expenditure, plain in his 
 exterior, faithful in his friendships, and 
 of remarkable integrity in all business 
 affairs, he was a good citizen of the old 
 school, whose venerable form we shall 
 truly miss from the accustomed haunts 
 he was wont to frequent, and which shall 
 know him no more forever. 
 
 Carroll, Rev. Lawrence, East Cam- 
 bridge, Nov. 23, a?. — , pastor of the 
 Roman Cfitholic church. He was buried 
 with the usual ceremonies of the Catholic 
 church, and his remains were followed to 
 the grave by a vast procession of his 
 friends and parishioners, by whom he 
 was much esteemed. 
 
 Carruthers, Rev. James, Portland, 
 Me., Nov. 28, ec. 86, and the thirty-first 
 year of his varied and most successful 
 ministry. Mr. C. was born at Ecclefe- 
 chan, Dumfriesshire, Scotland, Nov. 21, 
 1772; emigrated to Nova Scotia in 
 1817; removed to the ^icinity of Bos- 
 ton in 18 18^ and afterwards to the city 
 itself, devoting his leisure time to the 
 visitation of prisons, attendance on dis- 
 trict meetings, the circulation of tracts, 
 &c. In Sept., 1823, he removed to Port- 
 land. In 1826 he received a license to 
 preach. For seventeen years he labored 
 assiduously, either in the service of the 
 Maine Missionary Society, or under the 
 supei-vision of a local committee. As a 
 man, Mr. C. possessed a naturally ener- 
 getic mind, warm affections, great firm- 
 ness of purpose, and ever-unfailing ur- 
 
 banity of manners. As a Christian, he 
 adorned his profession ; as a Christian 
 minister, his praise is in all the state, and 
 in many of its churches. 
 
 Carson, David, Esq., Pittsfiold, Mass., 
 Sept. 20, SB. 75, one of the oldest and 
 most esteemed citizens of Berkshire. 
 Mr. C. was a native of Albany, and 
 served his apprenticeship to the paper- 
 making business at Newburg, on the 
 Hudson, from which place he removed to 
 Dalton, in 1806, and entered the mills 
 of Messrs. Wiswell & Crane. In 1811 
 he set up business for himself in the 
 same town, founding the famous house 
 now known as Carson, Brothers, & Co., 
 the founder having retired in 1846 with 
 an am])le fortune. After relinquishing 
 the business, Mr. C. removed to Pitts- 
 field, and became the first president of 
 the Pittsfield Bank, whose affairs he 
 managed with distinguished ability and 
 fidelity, until, to the great regret of all 
 connected with the bank, he was com- 
 pelled by declining health to resign. In 
 all the relations of social and domestic 
 life, Mr. C. was as kind and estimable as 
 he was enter])rising and skilful in busi- 
 ness, and his death is deeply lamented by 
 a wide circle of friends and relatives. He 
 expired at the residence of his son-in- 
 law, Samuel L. Parker, Esq., with whom 
 he has for some years resided. 
 
 Carter, Rev. James, Indian Springs, 
 Ga., Aug. 25, ce. 66. He was pastor of 
 the Mandonia Church near thirty years, 
 and, to use his own words, baptized, at 
 that church, " above one thousand souls ; " 
 meantime his labors were signally blessed 
 in other churches within the bounds of the 
 Flint River and Central Associations, in 
 which there are many living witnesses of 
 his great zeal, usefulness, and efficiency 
 as a chosen vessel of the Redeemer. 
 The church, by resolution, say, " In him 
 we have lost a good citizen, a zealous and 
 faithful minister, and a consistent and ac- 
 cepted disciple of our Lord Jesus Christ." 
 
 Carter, Elder J. W., Dyer Co., Tenn., 
 March 15, w. 41. He was born Feb. 6, 
 1817; was married to Ann Jane Hart, 
 July 6, 1836; joined the Baptist church, 
 and was licensed to preach, April, 1843. 
 He then moved to Madison Co., and 
 united with the Cane Creek church, 
 where he was ordained by the laying on 
 of the hands of the presbytery, consisting 
 of Elders Allen Hill, A. Wade, Allen 
 Thompson, and Reuben Day, Sept. 21, 
 
58 
 
 CARTER 
 
 [ 1858. ] 
 
 CHAPIN 
 
 1845. He served several churches as 
 pastor with great acceptance. 
 
 CARTf:u, ])r. Seneca, San Andreas, 
 Texas, Aug. 1 J, a>. — , formerly of Wes- 
 ton, Vt. 
 
 Caktland, Mrs. M. Jane, Lee, N. H., 
 April IG, iv. 38, wife of Jonathan Cart- 
 land, Esq., and gmnddaughtcr of the late 
 Hon. Jeremiah Smith, of Exeter, N. H., 
 who died Sept. 21, 1843. 
 
 Cary, Alfred, Esq., Oakfield, O., Sept. 
 17, iv. 7S, founder of the Cary Collegiate 
 Seminarv, and hrother of Trumbull Caiy, 
 of Batavia, N. Y. 
 
 Cask, llev. -Lvman, Coventry, Vt., 
 Feb. 27, JT. 60, He was the fourth child 
 and second son of Abijah and Thankful 
 (Cowles) Case, and was born in Connec- 
 ticut, April 13, 1792. His early advan- 
 tages for education were such only as 
 the common schools afforded. He read 
 theology with the Kev. Josiah Hopkins, 
 of New Haven, and the Rev. Benjamin 
 "Wooster, of Fairfield. He was licensed 
 to preach by the Winooski Association ; 
 prcaclied at Montgomery, Lowell, and 
 other towns in Vermont, and on the 19th 
 day of March, 1823, was ordained the 
 first ])astor of the Congi'egational church 
 and society in Coventry. In this pastor- 
 ate he remained until Oct. 8, 1828, M'hen 
 he was dismissed. He preached after 
 this in a number of towns in Vermont 
 and Canada, but was never again settled 
 as a pastor. During the latter years of 
 his life, he was in the service of the 
 American Tract Society as a colporteur. 
 He married, Sept. 12, 1819, Phebe (Hol- 
 lister) Montague, widow of Samuel Mon- 
 tague, of Cambridge, Vt., by whom he 
 had live sons and one daughter. She 
 and the sons survived him. 
 
 Casskl, Amos 11., Norritonville, Pa., 
 March 2, iv. 27, son of Joseph and Re- 
 becca Cassel, of Worcester township, 
 Montgomery Co., Pa. He was a member 
 of the class of 18o7 in Dartfnouth College, 
 and graduated with high distinction. In 
 his relations of life he was sprightly and 
 cheerful, and his varied attainments, his 
 fine conversational powers, his evident 
 desire to please, and, above all, his ex- 
 ceeding kindness of heart, made him the 
 idol of all wlm knew him. 
 
 Castox, \V. Thurlow, Esq., Camden, 
 S. C, July 5. Mr. C. was a native of 
 Lancaster, but for the ])ast ten years a 
 resident of Camden, where, by strict at- 
 tention to his profession and a faithful 
 
 discharge of duty, he gained the confi- 
 dence and respect of the community, and 
 enjoyed at the time of his death a large 
 and lucrative practice at the bar. He 
 was a conscientious, good man, and wheth- 
 er in pubhc or private, in his relations 
 and deaHngs Avith others, he followed the 
 golden rule. His life as a Christian was 
 above reproach — ever zealous in doing 
 good, and warmly interested in every 
 moral and religious enterprise which 
 looked to the social and religious im- 
 provement of the community. 
 
 Champion, Rev. J. Porter, Chatham 
 Four Corners, N. Y., Aug. 2, tc. 22. He 
 had been for nearly five years a member 
 of the Methodist Episcopal church, and 
 for about two years a preacher of the gos- 
 pel. He was born in Saratoga Co., Jan. 
 26, 1836. 
 
 CiiAi'iN, Rev. Alonzo Bowen, D. D., 
 Hartford, Ct., July 9, ae. 50. Dr. C. 
 was born at Somers, March 10, 1808. 
 His education was first directed with 
 reference to his entering the ministry of 
 the Congregational church ; but owing to 
 ill health, his plans were changed, and he 
 studied law. He was admitted to prac- 
 tice in 1831, and immediately established 
 himself at Wallingford. While there, 
 he became an Episcopahan ; and as he was 
 somewhat known as a contributor to va- 
 rious church periodicals, the convention 
 of the diocese, in 1836, elected him to 
 edit a church paper to be established in 
 New Haven. The paper was called the 
 Chronicle of the Church, and was 
 edited by Dr. C. for eight years. During 
 this time, he resumed his theological 
 studies, and was ordained in 1838. He 
 was rector of Christ Church, West Ha- 
 ven, until 1850, at which time he re- 
 moved to Glastenbury, and was rector of 
 St. Luke's Church until 1855, when, 
 owing to Infirmities, he Avas obliged to 
 relinquish active pastoral duties. He re- 
 moved to Hartford, and has since been 
 engaged in editing the Calendar. His 
 editorial duties were commenced, how- 
 ever, over a year pre\ious to his removal 
 from Glastenbury. Besides numerous 
 contributions to magazines and reviews, 
 Dr. C. was frequently before the public 
 as the author of books and pamphlets. 
 Among the former may be mentioned 
 A View of the Organization and Order 
 of the Primitive Church, Views of 
 Gosj)el Truth, Glastenbury for Two Hun- 
 dred Years, and a Classical Spelling 
 
CHAPIN 
 
 [1858.] 
 
 CHASE 
 
 59 
 
 Book. His pamphlets are quite nu- 
 merous. — Hartford Press. 
 
 CiiAriN, David, Havana, N. Y., Jan. 
 5, a*. 9o, was an old revolutionary soldiei', 
 born in New Hartford, Conn., in Aug., 
 1762. At the age of sixteen he entered 
 the revolutionary army, and served in it 
 for five years, until the close of the war 
 in 1783. He was present at the execu- 
 tion of Andre, the evacuation of New 
 York, Nov. 25, 1782, and at the fare- 
 well of Washington to his army. His 
 widow, who is ninety years of age, and 
 three out of eight children, sur\ive him. 
 ;Mr. and Mrs. C. were married seventy- 
 two years ago. 
 
 CiL^PiN, Mrs. Sarah Orr, Waverlev, 
 111., Aug. 29, se. 64, widow of Rev. 
 William A. Chapin, of Greensboro', Vt. 
 
 CnAPM.\N, Mrs. Evalina Clara, Ashe- 
 ville, N. C, Aug. 13, ae. 46, wife of Rev. 
 Robert Hett Chapman, D. D. As wife, 
 mother, mistress, friend, she well fulfilled 
 all of life's duties, shedding u])on them the 
 richest off'erings of Christian affection. 
 Her piety was humble, unpretending, 
 distrustful of self, and ever retiring, but 
 burned with a steady flame, and grew 
 clearer and brighter to the last. Her sick 
 chamber, though the scene of intense suf- 
 fering, was cheered by hallowed influ- 
 ences, and even joyous; and her dying bed, 
 through divine grace, \vas made the place 
 of richest Christian triumph. 
 
 Chapmax, Rev. Nathaniel, Pittston, 
 Me., April 1, se. 69. He was a native of 
 Exeter, and had supplied the Congrega- 
 tional Chui'ch in P. about two years. 
 
 CilAPPOTix, Mrs, Bridget Coleman, 
 Providence, R. I., Feb, 4, is. 83, at the 
 residence of her son-in-law, S. B. Whea- 
 ton, wife of Levi Chappotin, and daugh- 
 ter of the late Col, l)udley Coleman, of 
 Newbury, Mass, 
 
 CiiASE, ]\Irs. Charlotte H., Hampton, 
 N, H., Aug. 20, a?. 42, wife of Rev, N. 
 L. Chase, of the same place. She M'as 
 the daugliter of Oliver Atherton, of Mid- 
 dlesex, Vt., who died Sept. 8, 1838, aged 
 76, and his wife Olive, died May 2, 1843, 
 £C. 67. Slie became pious very early in 
 life, and joined the Methodist "Episcopal 
 church, and for twelve years faithfully 
 and affectionately performed the duties 
 incident to an intineracy. She made 
 fiiends every where, labored for souls, 
 loved holiness, and lived by faith. Her 
 dying charge to her husband was, " Preach 
 holiness, " 
 
 Chase, Enoch, Esq., Rolllnsford, 
 N. H., 19, a?. 66. We cannot suf- 
 fer the above formal record to pass with- 
 out adding a few words in commemora- 
 tion of him who is the subject of it. Mr, 
 C. was born in the neighborhood where 
 the last hours of his life were jjassed, and 
 continued to reside there till 1819, when 
 he entered the counting house of iNIessrs. 
 Waterston, Pray, & Co., in Boston, in 
 which service he remained as confidential 
 clerk for nearly forty years. 
 
 There were few persons in our commu- 
 nity connected with the department of 
 mercantile business pursued by that house 
 who did not know him ; and he became, 
 as it were, a link uniting the past genera- 
 tion with the present. It is something to 
 say, that during all this period of time he 
 was a faithful, conscientious, and intelli- 
 gent clerk ; unremitting in his endeavors 
 to serve his employers in the duties per- 
 taining to that office. For these duties 
 he had a peculiar fitness. In the use of 
 figures he was remarkable, giving results 
 almost instantaneously, which are arrived 
 at by most persons only through a long 
 and tedious process. 
 
 His " Advance Book," so well known 
 to our merchants, and his " Tables of 
 Interest," were composed by him as mere 
 recreations. But this Avas not all. Al- 
 though too timid himself to embark on 
 the uncertain sea of a mercantile career, 
 he yet possessed many qualities which 
 adorn the character of the merchant. To 
 a nice sense of honor, and of mercantile 
 integrity, he united a knowledge, in a re- 
 markable degree, of the principles, max- 
 ims, and usages which go to make up a 
 part of our commercial law ; and possess- 
 ing a sound judgment, and viewng every 
 question in the light of the principles 
 which underlaid it, his opinions were 
 often souglit, and never disregarded by 
 his employers. 
 
 Indeed, he was treated more as a mem- 
 ber of the house than as a surbordinate ; 
 and well did he deserve the trust and 
 confidence reposed in him. He had a 
 strong taste for legal questions, and if he 
 had chosen the professson of law, would 
 have attained a respectability, if not emi<- 
 nence, in it. With great fondness for 
 books, and with a very retentive memory, 
 his mind became a great storehouse of 
 facts. But few persons were better in- 
 formed on matters of history. His 
 tastes were pure and simple. His 
 
60 
 
 CHASE 
 
 [1858.] 
 
 CHILD 
 
 wants were few, and he pursued a system 
 of economy, as a matter of principle, 
 which may well be commended to others 
 in like situations ; and the result is be- 
 fore us. He has not only brought u]) 
 and educated a larjio family, now well 
 settled in life, but has left them a re- 
 spectable pro])erty to be divided amons^ 
 them — a good illustration of what small 
 yearly savings, with interest, will ])roduce 
 in a series of years. But few merchants, 
 compared with the whole number who 
 have passed off the stage under his 
 eye, can show so good a pecuniary 
 result. On a memorandum found among 
 his papers, giving a list of his effects, 
 were these significant Avords : " I owe 
 nothing." But the best inheritance he 
 has left to his children is his good name. 
 
 Our old friend has made his last entry, 
 his books are balanced, and he has gone 
 ,to render up his final account. We 
 doubt not he will receive the welcome 
 of, " Well done, good and faithful ser- 
 vant." — Boston Transcript. 
 
 Ch.\se, Henry, Esq., Detroit, Mich., 
 Oct. 2, a>. 32, 'only brother of T. II. 
 Chase, of the late firm of Chase & Slade. 
 He Avas formerly editor of the Lake Su- 
 perior Journal, and at the time of his 
 death a member of the Detroit bar. 
 
 Chase, Capt. Moses, Newburyport, 
 Mass., Dec. 19, fp. 74. 
 
 Chase, Mrs. Sallv Adams, Haverhill, 
 Mass., Oct. 28, a;. 66. She was the wife 
 of the late Samuel A. Chase, of Haver- 
 hill, and daughter of the late David Gile, 
 of Hopkinton, N. H. Bereft by death, 
 at the early age of 1 1 years, of a be- 
 loved and excellent mother, Mrs. C. was 
 deprived of the jjriccless blessing of ma- 
 ternal influence and love, and, many of the 
 endearments of home ; yet, by her native 
 force of character and strength of intel- 
 lect, she acquired a jwsition in the respect 
 and veneration of those who knew her, 
 of which the best cultivated mind might 
 well be proud. Her early afflictions, to- 
 gether M'ith her natural thoughtfulness, 
 gave to her manners an aspect of unusual 
 seriousness and solemnity, and it would 
 be difficult to point to a single occasion 
 in which she indulged in a trifling act, or 
 turned aside, for the sake of pleasure, 
 from the rugged path of dutj-. In wo- 
 man's true si)here, the education of her 
 family, she employed the highest energies 
 of her strong mind and the best affec- 
 tions of her fond and earnest heart. Two 
 
 of her sons secured a liberal education at 
 Dartmouth College — C. C. Chase, prin- 
 cipal of the High School, Lowell, and 
 Leverett M. Chase, principal of the 
 Adams School, Dorchester, Mass. ; three 
 of them are now principals of high 
 and grammar schools in Mass., and all 
 her eight surviving children have been, 
 at some time, employed in the business 
 of teaching. For more than twenty 
 years, Mrs. C. has been a consistent mem- 
 ber of the Baptist church in East Ha- 
 verhill. 
 
 Chenault, Hon. Willianj, Madison 
 Co., Ky., Jan. 5, fe. 52. He was the 
 second son of William Chenault, Sen., 
 who emigrated to Kentucky from Vir- 
 ginia, at an early period in the history of 
 the commonwealth. Those noble traits 
 of character, untiring energy and honesty 
 of purpose, which won for him suc- 
 cess in every theatre of action in which 
 he was a participant, were strongly evi- 
 denced in his boyhood and early man- 
 hood. In 1840 he was elected to the 
 lower house of the legislature of Ken- 
 tucky, proved himself a faithful i-epre- 
 sentative, and a man of fine business 
 qualifications. In 1842 he was elected 
 to serve as a senator from the counties of 
 Madison and Garrard; and in 1849 he 
 was member of the constitutional con- 
 vention of Kentucky. 
 
 Chesebkough, Henry H., Webster, 
 N. Y., Nov. 8, ae. 52, principal of the 
 academy at that place. He was an ex- 
 emplary Christian, a sincere and upright 
 citizen, and a valuable educator of youth. 
 
 Chevers, Mrs. Sarah P., Portsmouth, 
 R. I., Dec. 10, re. 42, wife of Rev. Geo. 
 W. Chevers. Notwithstanding her many 
 family duties, she gave much time to 
 missionary and charitable purjwses. She 
 often had the care of the church music, 
 vocal and instrumental, and sometimes 
 led in both. She Avas a tender, affection- 
 ate, and self-sacrificing wife and mother. 
 The faith of the deceased in her blessed 
 Redeemer was firm and sustaining, and 
 having finished her work on earth, she 
 was ready, yea, desirous, " to depart and 
 be with the Lord." 
 
 Cnn>D, Hon. Asa, Norwich, Ct., May 
 11, a^. 60, counsellor at law, and brother 
 of Hon. Linus Child, of Lowell, Mass. 
 Mr. C. was born in Woodstock, Ct., and 
 graduated at Yale College in the class of 
 1821 ; studied law at the New Haven 
 law school, and in the office of Hon. 
 
I- 
 
 CHIVERS 
 
 [ 1858. ] 
 
 CLARK 
 
 61 
 
 Ebenezer Stoddard, of Woodstock ; was 
 admitted to the bar in 1823, and opened 
 an office in Norwich, Ct. During the 
 administration of Gen. Jackson he was 
 U. S. district attorney of Connecticut, 
 and kept his office in Hartford. In 1842 
 he removed to New York, but returned 
 to Norwich just before his death to con- 
 nect himself with a son who had opened 
 an office there. He confined himself 
 laboriously to his profession, and proved 
 himself an able and successful lawyer 
 and advocate. He never engaged in 
 political life, and held no public political 
 offi'ce, except that of U. S. district at- 
 torney, and that Avas a matter of pro- 
 fessional importance and interest Avith 
 him. 
 
 Chi VERS, Dr. Thomas Holly, Deca- 
 tur, Ga., Dec. 19. He was an author, 
 an able classical scholar, and remarkable 
 for many eccentricities. 
 
 Choate, Mrs. Rebecca, Salem, Mass., 
 Aug. 6, se. 25, wife of Hon. George F. 
 Choate, and daughter of George Green- 
 leaf, Esq., of Newburyport, Mass. 
 
 Church, John P., Esq., Albion, N. Y., 
 Dec. 2:3, se. 46, clerk of Orleans Co., 
 and brother of Comptroller Church. He 
 was a faithful and capable officer, a kind 
 husband and father, a warm friend, and 
 in every sense a true and noble man. 
 
 CiLLEY, Mrs. Martha, Aug. 26, se. 86, 
 and Peter Cilley, Sept. 29, se. 84, 
 Brooks, Me. They were among the first 
 settlers of Brooks, and had been married 
 66 years. 
 
 Claggett, William, Esq., Nashua, 
 N. H., May 5, fe. 82. Mr. C. was born 
 in Litchfield, June 10, 1776, and was a 
 son of Hon. Wiseman Claggett, the 
 king's attorney at Portsmouth before 
 the revolution, and the U. S. attorney 
 after. Judge Clifton Claggett, formerly 
 of Amherst, was another son. William 
 lived, until about ten years ago, in Lon- 
 donderry. Since that time he has re- 
 sided in Nashua. He was a magistrate 
 in Londonderry for several years, and 
 was considered one of the best in the 
 state. Some of the eminent lawyers of 
 a, past generation have appeared" before 
 him, such as Mason, Samuel Bell, Gov. 
 Plumer, &c. -His judgment was excel- 
 lent, and through life he maintained an 
 unexceptionable respectability. He was 
 a firm and unyielding democrat, having 
 voted for all the democratic presidents 
 from Jefierson to Buchanan. 
 6 
 
 Clapp, Charles, Esq., Bath, ]\Ie., June 
 3, 03. 84. He came to Bath in 1790, 
 and has ever since been a permanent 
 resident. For a long series of years he 
 stood prominent in the mercantile com- 
 munity, and was very extensively en- 
 gaged in ship building and commercial 
 enterprise. He was the last survivor 
 of the original North (Congregational) 
 Church, now known as the " Winter 
 Street," which was organized in 1795. 
 He was a man of sterling integrity, 
 deeply imbued with Christian philan- 
 thropy, and zealous for the cause of re- 
 ligious truth, unwavering in his attach- 
 ment to the church, and always ready 
 to sympathize with suffering humanity. 
 
 Clardy', Dr. Erasmus S., Parkville, 
 Mo., Sept. 14, fe. 33. As a skilful and 
 accomplished physician, as a warm- 
 hearted and generous friend, he will 
 long be missed in the community. 
 
 Clark, Dr. John J., Salem, O., Aug. 
 18, se. 24, at the residence of his father. 
 To talents of a fine order and an enter- 
 prising spirit was added every trait that 
 could adorn the character of a gentle- 
 man and a scholar. 
 
 Clark, Joseph W., Esq., Albany, 
 N. Y., Dec. 28, se. 28, civil engineer, and 
 late U. S. consul at Arica, Peru, S. A. 
 
 Clark, Mrs. Mary, May 8, ee. 82, 
 and Ezra, May 24, se. 79, Sidney Plains, 
 N. Y. They had lived together over 
 half a century, and are nearly the last 
 of the early settlers of that town. The 
 father of Mrs. C, was in the army of the 
 revolution, and on such terms of inti- 
 macy with Gen. Washington, that Mrs. 
 C, then a child and motherless, was 
 fondly played with by the general in his 
 leisure hours while at West Point, and 
 for some years after. She distinctly re- 
 membered the personal appearance of 
 Washington, Lafayette, and others of 
 the great men of that time. 
 
 Clark, Dea. Koyal, Bangor, Me., 
 Dec. 15, s. 75. He came to Bangor in 
 1816. He was once the sheriff of this 
 county, and during the administrations 
 of Presidents Monroe and Adams he 
 was postmaster of Bangor. He was 
 one of the original members, and first 
 deacon of the First Baptist Church ; 
 and, having faithfully performed the 
 service of youthful labor in the church, 
 he continued to be the honored and 
 much-respeoted counsellor and officer ia 
 the church till his death. 
 
62 
 
 CLARK 
 
 [ 1858. ] CLEAVELAND 
 
 Clark, Stanford R., AYest Brattle- 
 boro', Vt., April 2, a?. 46, graduate of 
 Amherst, son of Hon. Samuel Clark, 
 of West Brattleboro', Vt. 
 
 Clark, Dr. W. F., Dansville, N. Y., 
 Oct. 0, a?. 72, father of Francis B. and 
 "Willis G. Clark, of Mobile, Ala. 
 
 Clarke, Edward, Esq., Northamp- 
 ton, Mass., July 21, ae. G7. Mr. C. was 
 born in Northampton, April 25, 1791. 
 At the ago of 14 he left that place for 
 Boston, Avhere, after several years of 
 preparation in one of the first importing 
 houses in that city, he established him- 
 self as a dry-goods merchant, -which 
 business he prosecuted successfully until 
 ISoo, when, having accumulated a for- 
 tune sufiiciently large to justify his re- 
 tiring, he did so, cheerfully resigning 
 the field, as he said, to younger men. 
 Mr. C. then returned to his native town, 
 ■where he erected a delightful house on 
 Round Hill, and where he continued to 
 reside until his death. Mr. C. was in 
 early life a Unitarian ; but, having de- 
 voted much time and serious and pray- 
 erful consideration to the study of the 
 Holy Scriptures, he, at an advanced 
 period of life, boldly declared himself 
 in favor of the Orthodox doctrines of the 
 Protestant Episcopal church, of which 
 church he was for 15 years an earnest, 
 devoted, and truly consistent member. 
 Mr. C. was eminently a benevolent man, 
 never indiscriminate in his charities, but 
 ever ready to aid the deserving poor, to 
 comfort and relieve the sick and sor- 
 rowing, and to counsel and encourage 
 the weak and erring ; and many for 
 whom his efforts were, while he lived, 
 unknown, now mourn his loss, as that 
 of their best earthly friend. Mr. C. was 
 twice married. His first wife was the 
 niece, and his second, who survives him, 
 the daughter, of the late honored and 
 lamented Joshua Blake, Esq., of Boston. 
 Mr. C. let three adopted daughtftis, but 
 no own children. 
 
 Clarke, Michael N., Esq., Columbus, 
 Ga., Sept. 25, m. 63. He has resided 
 in this city since its first settlement, and 
 held positions in the county, which he 
 filled with credit. He was a lieutenant 
 in the Cadet Riflemen commanded by 
 Capt. T. C. Evans in the Florida war in 
 18;J6, and bore himself as a soldier 
 during tliat campaign. 
 
 Clarke, JJr. William, Staunton, Ya., 
 Jan. 20, a;. — , formerly of Bloomington. 
 
 Clarksox, William, Columbia, S. C, 
 Aug. 8, ae, 50. ]\Ir. C. was the eldest 
 surviving son of William Clarkson, a 
 native of England, who in early youth 
 removed to Charleston, where he lived 
 a merchant, and won the character of a 
 good citizen. Maternally, the subject 
 of this notice was the grandson of Dr. 
 Tucker Harris, and, through the wife 
 of that eminent Charleston physician, a 
 descendant of the Scotch divine, the 
 Rev. Thomas Boston, so well known as 
 the author of " The Fourfold State of 
 Man." He was thus of pious parentage, 
 and singularly illustrated in his own 'ca- 
 reer, not in a general way only, but in 
 his every thought, word, and action, the 
 pious fruits Avhich such an influence, 
 continued through more than one gen- 
 eration, may be supposed to produce. 
 Born to fortune, and tenderly and deli- 
 cately bred as such persons usually are, 
 his personal habits were of the simplest, 
 the least exacting character ' proper to 
 the condition of a Christian gentleman, 
 with the readiest service and the am- 
 plest means at his command. Ever 
 alive to the responsibilities of his posi- 
 tion, he devoted much time and pei'sonal 
 attention to the moral and religious cul- 
 ture of his slaves. 
 
 Claytox, Joseph, Trenton, N. J., 
 April 23, a;. 107. He enjoj'ed good 
 health up to a few days before his death. 
 
 Clear, Michael, Greenwich, Ct., April 
 — , 8B. — , a native of Queen Anne's Co., 
 Md. In 1810 he was a sailor before the 
 mast ; but during the war of 1812 he was 
 captain of the foretop on board the old 
 U. S. ship Constitution. He aided at 
 the taking of the British frigate Guer- 
 riere, under Com. Hull, at the taking 
 of the British frigate Java, under Com. 
 Bainbridge, and at the taking of the 
 Cyane and Levant, under Com. Stewart. 
 He subsequently returned to the mer- 
 chant service, where he continued for 
 many years, Avhen he reentered the 
 U. S. service on the sloop-of-war Erie, 
 and subsequently on the frigate Con- 
 gress. His last position was that of 
 sailing master at the Brooklyn navy 
 yard. 
 
 PROF. PARKER CLEAVELAND, 
 
 Brunswick, Me., Oct. 15, a). 78. He 
 was son of Dr. Parker and Elizabeth 
 (Jackman) Clcaveland, and was born it 
 
 
CLEAVELAND 
 
 [1858.] 
 
 CLEAVELAND 
 
 63 
 
 Row-ley, (Byfield Parish,) Mass., Jan. 15, 
 1780. His fether was son of llev. John 
 Cleaveland, and was born in Chebacco, 
 parish of Ijoswich, which is now the town 
 of Essex, Mass. Rev. John Cleaveland 
 entered Yale College, and when in his 
 senior year, he was, with another, ex- 
 pelled for embracing the doctrine of the 
 "New Lights." Prof. C.'s father was 
 fitted for college, butihe war broke out, 
 and he relinquished his intention of ob- 
 taining a collegiate education, studied 
 medicine, became a surgeon in the revolu- 
 tionary army, and was stationed at Cam- 
 bridge. Prof. C. was fitted for college at 
 Dummer Academy, in Newbury, Mass., 
 under Rev. Isaac Smith, (H. U., 1767.) 
 He taught school in Boxford, Mass., in 
 his Sophomore, and in Burlington or Wil- 
 mington, Mass., in his Junior year. Im- 
 mediately after his graduation, he entered, 
 as a law student, the office of Ichabod 
 Tucker, of Haverhill, Mass.),H. U. 1791,) 
 Mhere he remained one year. In the mid- 
 dle of the year 1800, he began teaching a 
 school at York, Me., and at the same time 
 was clerk in the office of Daniel Sewall, 
 Esq., the clerk of the Supreme Court ; ac- 
 companied hipi at the courts, and contin- 
 ued the study of the law. Here he re- 
 mained until the autumn of 1803, when he 
 was appointed tutor in mathematics at 
 Harvard College, which office he held until 
 commencement in 1805, when he re- 
 signed it in consequence of ha\'ing re- 
 ceived an invitation to fill a professor- 
 ' ship in Bowdoin College, which he ac- 
 cepted, and he was installed Oct. 23, 
 1805, as professor of mathematics and 
 natural philosophy, the college then hav- 
 ing been in operation but a single year. 
 The duties of this professorship, together 
 with those of lecturer on chemistry and 
 mineralogy, he discharged with distin- 
 guished ability until 1828, when it was 
 deemed expedient to separate the depart- 
 ments of mathematics and natural phi- 
 losophy, and establish a distinct professor- 
 ship of chemistry and mineralogy. Mr. 
 William Smyth, the distinguished pro- 
 fessor of mathematics, was raised to that 
 department, and Mr. Cleaveland was in- 
 stalled in the new professorship of chem- 
 istry, mineralogy, and natural philoso- 
 phy. This position he occupied until his 
 death, having acquired a world-wide repu- 
 tation, and a success seldom attained by a 
 scientific instructor. He was thus con- 
 nected with the college for a period of 
 
 fifty-three years, during which he devoted 
 the whole powers of his mind and the 
 energy of his body to the advancement 
 of his favorite studies ; and no man in the 
 country has done more to inspire a pas- 
 sion and create an interest and knowledge 
 of the details of the sciences which he 
 taught. The pupils of no college have 
 taken a geater interest in mineralogy 
 and chemistry, or are more frequently 
 met in scientific explorations, than those 
 of the institution whose usefulness and 
 reputation he has done so much to pro- 
 mote. The more than 1000 pupils living, 
 of the 1300 graduates of the college, 
 will rise up with one accord and bless 
 his name and memory. 
 
 He spent six hours a day in his lab- 
 oratory, recitation and lecture room, 
 and was frequently engaged sixteen of 
 the twenty-four hours. The college 
 never bought any minerals. James Bow- 
 doin gave about five hundred specimens ; 
 the rest have been collected either by 
 Prof. C.'s personal labor, or by the ex- 
 change of specimens which he obtained, 
 and they now amount to upwards of seven 
 thousand. He became widely known in 
 the United States, in Great Britain, and 
 on the continent of Europe, by his great 
 work on mineralogy and geology, which 
 he published in 1816, in one volume, and 
 a second edition in 1822, in two volumes. 
 It gained for him the title of " Father of 
 American Mineralogy," and was unhesi- 
 tatingly pronounced, by the Edinburgh 
 Review, " the most useful work on the 
 subject in the English language." The 
 author was engaged on the third edition 
 for nearly thirty-five years, making large 
 additions, to keep up with the advance- 
 ment of the science. 
 
 On the publication of this work, cor- 
 respondence with Prof. C. was sought by 
 many scientific men throughout the world, 
 and soon his correspondents embraced 
 the greatest names in science. Honors 
 crowded thick and fast upon him. He 
 was in the prime of life. Diplomas from 
 over sixteen scientific societies of Europe 
 were sent him ; and among other insti- 
 tutions he received off"ers of professor- 
 ships, with much higher salaries than that 
 he had at Bowdoin, at Harvard repeated- 
 ly, at Dartmouth, at William and Mary's 
 College, at the University of Pennsylva- 
 nia, Princeton College, and at the Col- 
 lege of Physicians and Surgeons in New 
 York. But he refused them all, and ad- 
 
64 
 
 CLEAVELAND 
 
 [1858.] 
 
 CLELAND 
 
 hered to his resolve to remain at Bow- 
 dolii. 
 
 President Woods substantially said his 
 mind Mas ])raclical rather than sjjecula- 
 tive ; clear in its perceptions rather than 
 profound in its investigations ; strong in 
 its grasp of great principles rather than 
 acute and discriminating in analysis ; bet- 
 ter adapted to the orderly arrangement 
 of facts, and to the safe deduction and clear 
 enunciation of laws, than to the deeper 
 intuitions and the higher generalizations 
 of science — a condition of mind better 
 adapted than any other to make a good 
 teacher. Another quality indicated by 
 the president, was Prof. C.'s conscientious 
 official fidehty, a matter in which he never 
 failed. The president said that the day 
 before his death he had been prevented 
 from attendnig his recitation for the 
 third time only since the terra began. 
 On Thursday, the day before he died, the 
 president met him riding out, and im- 
 plored him to relieve himself of all fur- 
 ther duty until he should recover. He 
 replied, with great feehng, that there had 
 not been an absence in his class since he 
 had been sick, and that he should not be 
 absent himself if he could help it ; and 
 accordingly, the next morning he was get- 
 ting ready to go to his recitation, when he 
 died. In private hfe. Prof. C. was universal- 
 ly respected for his unblemished moral 
 character, his genial and affable disposition 
 as a husband, a father, and a friend, and 
 as a public spirited and generous citizen. 
 In 1825 he was chosen ca])tain of the first 
 fire company in Brunswick, in the for- 
 mation of which he greatly assisted, and 
 for twenty years he fulfilled, with his ac- 
 customed ]junctuality, all the duties be- 
 longing to his situation ; Avas forward in 
 danger and prompt to duty. 
 
 The president adverted to his religious 
 character, and declared that none who 
 knew him could doubt that he was a de- 
 vout man and a sincere Christian, mak- 
 ing, it is true, his religion, to a singular 
 and excessive degree, an afi'au* between 
 himself and his ^iaker. 
 
 Prof. C.'s wife was Martha Bush, of 
 Cambridge, Mass., by whom he had two 
 sons and three daughters : Martha, one 
 of the daughters, married the Hon. 
 Peleg W. Chandler, of Boston. Mrs. 
 Cleaveland died about five years ago. 
 
 Prof. C. received the degree of LL. D. 
 from Bowdoin in 1824, was elected a 
 member of the American Academy of 
 
 Arts and Sciences, was also chosen a fel- 
 low of the Wernerian Society of Edin- 
 burg, the Mineraloglcal Societies of Dres- 
 den and St. Petersburg, and the Geologi- 
 cal Society of London. He was also 
 many years corresponding secretary of 
 the Maine Historical Society. 
 
 Prof. C. was always an earnest sup- 
 porter of the Medical School of Maine, 
 which was founded* at Bowdoin in 1820, 
 and was connected with it as a lecturer 
 in chemistrv, dean, and librarian. From 
 1831 to 1834, after the removal of Presi- 
 dent Allen by the legislature. Prof. C. 
 acted as president ; and on the resigna- 
 tion of President Allen in 1839, at the 
 close of his second term of office, refused 
 to accept the situation of the permanent 
 president, which was offered him ; con- 
 scious as he was of his peculiar fitness 
 for the position he had so long occupied, 
 and with love and enthusiasm for those 
 sciences in which he was so deeply en- 
 gaged. By the testimony of all who 
 have enjoyed his instruction, and of the 
 many others who have known his daily 
 walk, or whom his fame has reached, he 
 stands wholly unrivalled as a teacher. 
 
 At the time of the succession of hon- 
 ored President Leonard Woods to Presi- 
 dent Allen in 1839, Prof. C. had nearly 
 completed his threescore years ; and from 
 this period he gradually withdrew from all 
 labors, except those immediately con- 
 nected with his professorship. But he 
 lost none of his energy and activity until, 
 for a short period, a few years since, his " 
 strength seemed to fail him. But he 
 quickly recovered, and with such increased 
 vigor, that he seemed " to have taken a 
 new lease of life," and to have entered 
 upon a second career of usefulness and 
 active exertion for others' good. 
 
 The death of this learned man will 
 create a vacancy in the institution which 
 his long life has so ably illustrated, which 
 it will not be easy to supjjly. His familiar 
 form his pleasant and afi'able address, and 
 his fluent and winning conversation, will 
 still linger in the memory of those who 
 have had the pleasure of enjoying them ; 
 while his pupils and the scientific world 
 will long cherish his name and his in- 
 structions in kind and fond remem- 
 brances. 
 
 Cleland, Hon. Jonas, "Warren, N. Y., 
 April 24, £6. 78. He was born in 1780, 
 in Massachusetts. The republic being 
 
CLELAND 
 
 [ 1858. ] CLEVELAND 
 
 65 
 
 then in its infancy, disruptive forces 
 ■were yet active ; and new institutiaiis 
 were encountering the difficulties or a 
 recent formation, of the prestige of an 
 ancient monarchy, and of the prejudices 
 of royalists. Born at such a period, 
 current events and necessities were well 
 calculated to produce that self-reliance 
 and force of character for which he was 
 so justly distinguished. The scarcity 
 and defectiveness of educational insti- 
 tutions left him very much to his own 
 efforts to acquire knowledge and a fit- 
 ness for future usefulness and success. 
 The degree of energy with which he 
 encountered these early disadvantages 
 is best seen in the light of his long and 
 honorable career. Perceiving that he 
 must be the architect of his own for- 
 tunes, he went manfully to work, gained 
 knowledge and character, so that, when 
 he had just reached his majority, he was 
 admitted to the seat of magistracy in 
 Herkimer Co., which seat he occupied 
 for 40 years in succession. For several 
 years he sat in the New York state legis- 
 lature, to which he was elected as early 
 as 1814, and warmly supported the Erie 
 Canal, and filled the office of judge in 
 Herkimer Co. In all his pubhc offices, 
 as in his private relations, he was dis- 
 tinguished for suavity and firmness, for 
 sagacity and purity. He leaves a widow, 
 a daughter, and two sons. 
 
 Cleland, Mrs. Lucretia, Natchez, 
 Miss., Oct. 24, ae. — , wife of Rev. T. H. 
 Cleland, pastor of the Second Presbyte- 
 rian Church. Mrs. C, though in delicate 
 health, had been active in visiting the suf- 
 ferers from the prevailing epidemic in her 
 neighborhood. She was still more severe- 
 ly taxed by her devotion to sick members 
 of her own family. When seized at last 
 by the disease, she was ill prepared to 
 meet so powerful an enemy, and the re- 
 sult, as feared by her friends from the 
 first, was fatal. She was the daughter of 
 Rev. Thomas Savage, of Bedford, New 
 Hampshire. 
 
 Cleland, Rev. Thomas, D. D., New 
 Providence, Ind., Jan. 31, se. 80. Dr. 
 C. was born in Fairfax, Virginia, May 
 22, 1778. After some removals, his 
 father finally located in Marion ^o., 
 where, amid the perils and hardships of 
 pioneer life, by hard labor he acquired 
 the vigorous and elastic constitution that 
 so well sustained him in his after life. 
 Being designed for the bar, his father 
 6* 
 
 allowed him, as he neared manhood, 
 such facilities for a classical education 
 as the state afforded. He entered Tran- 
 sylvania University under very encour- 
 aging circumstances ; but these advan- 
 tages were cut short by the quickly 
 succeeding deaths of his father and 
 mother, these events rendering it in- 
 cumbent on him to take charge of the 
 family. Meanwhile, though surrounded 
 by no religious influenaes. Dr. C. had 
 united himself with the Presbyterian 
 church, under the care of Dr. Blythe, 
 of Lexington, Ky. ; and, though the 
 burden of his father's and his own family 
 required his daily labor, he resolved to 
 dedicate his services to the church, and 
 under many disadvantages accomplished 
 this end. He was licensed in 1803. 
 From that period until 1813 he had 
 care of three churches in Washington 
 Co., separated by many miles of wilder- 
 ness. He also missionated extensively 
 through Southern Kentucky and In- 
 diana. In 1803 he took charge of the 
 Harrodsburg and New Providence 
 churches. With the first he dissolved 
 his connection in 1838. With the last 
 his pastoral relation was dissolved by 
 death. In all events of importance in 
 the church he took a prominent and 
 decided part ; and none who differed 
 from him doubted that he followed his 
 strong convictions of duty. Dr. C. la- 
 bored diligently also with his pen. He 
 kept up for many years a spirited con- 
 troversy on the " divinity of Christ," 
 issued a volume of hymns, contributed 
 largely to the religious periodicals of 
 the day, and leaves many sermons in 
 circulation. Besides these labors, and 
 the education of a large family of chil- 
 dren, including a thorough collegiate 
 and theological course for two sons, he 
 gave the use of his library and instruc- 
 tions free to many students of divinity. 
 Seventeen young men went out from 
 under his roof into the ranks of the 
 Presbyterian ministry. 
 
 Clement, Jacob B., M. D., West 
 Point, N. Y., Sept. 23, se. — . 
 
 Clement, Mrs. Mary Elizabeth, Du- 
 buque, Iowa, May 23, ce. 38, wife of the 
 editor of the Daily Times. 
 
 Clements, Rev. Manning E., Greene 
 Co., Ark., May 12, aj. 56, formerly of 
 Tuscaloosa Co., Ala., much beloved for 
 his many virtues. 
 
 Cleveland, Gen. Benjamin, Clarks- 
 
66 
 
 CLEVELAND 
 
 [1858.] 
 
 COFFEE 
 
 ville, Ga., June 27, a?. — . lie was a 
 soldier of 1814, and had held high polit- 
 ical positions. In the wars with the 
 Creeks, Seminoles, and Cherokees, he 
 had seen service. 
 
 Cleveland, Dr. Hiram, Pawtucket, 
 K. I., 7, ae. 59. 
 
 Cloutier, Dr. Rene, Cloutierv-ille, 
 La., May 23, tr. 23. In Dr. C. were 
 combined and beautifully blended all the 
 elements of the true man. Noble, gener- 
 ous, honorable, and magnanimous almost 
 to fastidiousness, he was a model of gen- 
 tlemanly urbanity, and the breathing im- 
 personation of the high-toned and honor- 
 able gentleman. Clear, practical ability, 
 a highly cultivated intellect, the noblest 
 physical projwrtions, and a stern grandeur 
 of spirit were combined in liis personal 
 and mental constitution. 
 
 Cobb, Col. Joseph B., .Columbus, 
 Miss., Se\)t. 15, te. 40. The deceased 
 was born in Oglethorpe Co., Ga., April 
 11, 1819, being the second son of the 
 late Hon. Thos. W. Cobb, who was dis- 
 tinguished as one of the first intellects 
 of his state, and who was especially 
 memorable for his able, eloquent, and 
 fearless attack in the Senate of the United 
 States, upon the policy of Gen. Jackson 
 in his Florida campaign. His early edu- 
 cation was commenced at Wilmington, 
 S. C, in a school rendered famous as the 
 nursery of Calhoun, McDuffie, Long- 
 street, and others, then taught by a son 
 of the venerable preceptor of such sages 
 and statesmen ; whence he Avas trans- 
 fered to the University of Georgia, He 
 married the eldest daughter of the late 
 Hon. A. S. Clajton, and removed to 
 Mississippi in the fall of 1838. Although 
 but 21 years of age, the people of Noxu- 
 bee Co., where he had settled, elected 
 him as their representative to the state 
 legislature, from which time he became 
 ardently interested in the political con- 
 troversies of the day. In 1851, however, 
 after a heated canvass, in which he repre- 
 sented the policy of the Union party of 
 the state, and made one of the most elo- 
 quent and etiective appeals in its behalf, 
 delivered during the eventful struggle, 
 he was triumphantly elected a member 
 of the state convention, the call of which 
 gave rise to the controversy. At the 
 next state election, he was chosen sena- 
 tor for Lowndes Co., after a hard-con- 
 tested campaign. He was a graceful, 
 fluent speaker, and a sprightly, vigorous 
 
 writer. A large portion of his leisure 
 li^rs he devoted to writing essays, 
 slretches, stories, and critiques for the 
 magazines and reviews, many of which 
 were much read and admired. As a 
 man. Col. C. was universally respected 
 and esteemed for the many excellent 
 qualities, both of his head and his heart, 
 and his memory will long be cherished 
 by hosts of admiring friends. 
 
 Cochran, Dr. William S., Darlington, 
 Pa., Sept. 19, a?. 30. He had already 
 taken rank among the most judicious and 
 skilful physicians, and bid fair to be emi- 
 nent in his profession had his life been 
 spared. His innate modesty and high 
 sense of honor endeared him to a large 
 circle of acquaintances, and particularly 
 to his medical brethren, with all of 
 whom he was on the most friendly 
 terms. Dr. C. had opinions carefully 
 formed on all public questions, and ex- 
 pressed them on all suitable occasions. 
 While he devoted himself to the pro- 
 fession of his choice, he was not a mere 
 physician, but had thoughts, words, and 
 efforts for other subjects and other in- 
 terests. 
 
 Cochran, W. D., Lansing, Mich., 
 Sept. 29, a?. — , late principal of Detroit 
 Commercial College. He was well known 
 as its founder, and won for himself, in this 
 branch of business, the universal esteem 
 of his fellow-citizens. His memory will 
 ever be fondly cherished by his numerous 
 students, and his influence, exerted 
 through them, remembered with pleasure, 
 as having raised the standard of mer- 
 cantile knowledge to an honorable point. 
 It has been Mr. C.'s privilege to send 
 forth into the commercial world very 
 many of the best business men of the 
 state, and of other states. Not only in 
 a business point of view, but also as a 
 private citizen, he was a firm maintainer 
 of the right, a defender and aider of the 
 poor, a counsellor and guide. 
 
 CoE, llev. Truman, Ivirtland, O., May 
 22, se. 69. Mr. C. was a native of 
 Derby, Conn., and removed to K. in 
 1832. He was, for many years, the use- 
 ful and beloved pastor of the church in 
 K., an active, earnest, and devoted friend 
 of education, and deeply interested in 
 every thing affecting the well-being of 
 his fellow-men. 
 
 Coffee, Hon. Edward, Rabun Co., 
 Ga., May 30, a?. Go. He was born on 
 Changee Creek, Parker District, S. C. 
 
COFFEE 
 
 [1858.] 
 
 COLLINS 
 
 G7 
 
 He commenced his ^blic career by 
 serving as a bailiii' in his native state, 
 after Avhich he emigrated to Rabun Co., 
 Ga., while that portion of the state was 
 inhabited by the Cherokee Indians. In 
 1818, soon after the county was organ- 
 ized, he served as a justice of the peace, 
 then as sheriff of the county, and for 
 more than 20 vears as one of the judges 
 of the Inferior Court. In 1831 or '32 
 he was elected to the lower house of 
 the state legislature, where he served 
 for several years, and after that was 
 elected senator, in Avhich capacity he 
 served for many years, and was the 
 senator of the county when he died. In 
 1851 and '52 he introduced in the Sen- 
 ate the Blue Ridge railroad bill. He 
 also M'as elected senator of the 43d sen- 
 atorial district when the state was di- 
 vided into districts. He filled all the 
 stations he has occupied with untiring 
 industry, scrupulous fidelity, and with 
 distinguished ability. He married, in 
 1820, Miss Elizabeth Nevill, daughter 
 of Jesse Nevill, (a revolutionary sol- 
 dier,) and then settled permanently in 
 Rabun. The fruits of this union were 
 three daughters, who are all married, 
 and settled near his former residence. 
 He had a fond and doting family,tiad 
 accumulated an ample fortune, and few 
 enjoyed life better. 
 
 Coffee, Gen. T. J., Oyster Creek, 
 Brazoria Co., Texas, Nov. 2, se. — . 
 Gen. Coffee was one of the best of citi- 
 zens, and was held in the highest esti- 
 mation by all who knew him. He came 
 to Texas, some years since, from Mis- 
 sissippi, where he had held several of- 
 fices of trust, and had been for several 
 years a member of the state legislature. 
 In Texas he did not aspire to public 
 office, but devoted his time to his family 
 and domestic affairs. He was one of 
 our best planters, and left a large fortune. 
 
 Coffin, Mrs. Betsey, New Bedford, 
 Nov. 24, se. 58, widow of the late Hon. 
 Timothy G. Coffin. 
 
 Cogswell, Rev. Frederick, Memphis, 
 Tenn., Aug. 4, se. 65. He was a minis- 
 ter of the N. H. Christian Conference. 
 His last moments were peaceful and 
 happy ; and he expired in the full hope 
 of a glorious immortality. 
 
 CoLCORD, Rev. David, Bucksport, 
 Me., Feb. 21, se. 57. 
 
 COLEGROVE, Mrs. Theodora, Ellicott- 
 ville, N. Y., Kec. 30, ee. 25, wife of Dr. 
 
 James B. Colegrove, and daughter of 
 the Hon. Stanley N. Clark, of E. 
 
 Coleman, Hon. Daniel, Dayton, Ala., 
 May 18, so. 65. He was one of the 
 earliest settlers in the state, and Avas for 
 many years judge of Washington Co. 
 
 Coleman, Rev. William P., North- 
 ampton Co., Va., Sept. 9, tr. — . 
 
 Coles, Mrs. Sarah, M. D., Syracuse, 
 N. Y., April 22, a?. 58, widow of Dr. 
 L. B. Coles, of Boston, Ma'^s., and 
 mother of IMrs. S. F. Smith, of Syracuse. 
 The prominent traits in Mrs. C.'s char- 
 acter Avere her strength of mind, and 
 her piety, benevolence, and lil)erality. 
 The cause of her Redeemer was always 
 before her. Her mind was constantly 
 looking heavenward. Her liberal hand 
 was ever reaching to aid the poor and 
 oppressed. Her heart was alive to every 
 good M'ork. 
 
 Collins, Rev. Wellington II., Pon- 
 tiac, Mich., Aug. 11, se. — , presiding 
 elder of the Methodist Episcopal church. 
 The church at Pontiac say of him that 
 " the church has lost a self-sacrificing, 
 faithful, and efficient minister, the De- 
 troit conference one of its brightest or- 
 naments, the state one of her truest sons, 
 and the world a consistent and exem- 
 plary Christian. 
 
 Collins, Dr. W. F., Deer Isle, Me., 
 June 15, se. 38. 
 
 HON. AMOS MORRIS COLLINS, 
 
 Hartford, Ct., Nov. 10, iP. 70. He was 
 born in Litchfield, Ct., March 30, 1788. 
 Descended from the old Puritan stock, 
 with an ancestry distinguished for their 
 piety and active benevolence, he was, 
 from his first days, surrounded by such 
 examples and influences as were calcu- 
 lated to form and develop a decided 
 character, both as a man and Christian. 
 Educated at a time and place when and 
 where every pursuit and calling tasked 
 the strength and nerve of men, he early 
 acquired those habits of industry, self- 
 denial, and earnest application, which 
 marked his life, and contributed so 
 greatly to his success. In later years 
 he was called to fill public positions in 
 the church of Christ and in the commu- 
 nity where he lived, for which, by his 
 uncompromising integrity, rarebusiness 
 ability, and strong demonstrative char- 
 acter," he was found to be eminently qual- 
 ified. In 1810 he went from Goshen, 
 
68 
 
 COLLINS 
 
 [ 1858. ] 
 
 COLLINS 
 
 Ct., where he first enfi;aged in mercantile 
 life, to l?landford, Mass., and there at 
 once inaugurated a business wliich has 
 ever since distinguished the town. In 
 1811 he was married to J\Iary, only 
 daughter of the late Col. Moses Lyman, 
 of the former place. In 1819 he re- 
 moved with his family to Hartford, Ct., 
 and there retired from the mercantile 
 business in 1842. He was a member of 
 the Common Council of Hartford for 
 several years ; was elected mayor in 1843 
 and 1S4j. After establishing himself in 
 Hartford, he united with the First Con- 
 gregational Church, under the pastorate 
 of the Kev. Dr. Hawes. He, however, 
 withdrew his relationship in 1824, in 
 order to assist in the formation of the 
 North Congregational Church, (Rev. Dr. 
 Bushnell's,) where he was from the first 
 a deacon, also an active supporter of the 
 Sabbath school, even retaining his Bible 
 class till within a few weeks of his death. 
 
 The Hartford Evening Press said of 
 him, " Positively, it is precisely true, 
 and no unmeaning eulogy, if we say 
 that the symmetry and strength of his 
 physical man harmonized with his fine 
 proportions as a Christian merchant, cit- 
 izen, friend, and neighbor. He was 
 such an outgrowth of New England 
 hills, schools, and churches, as we can 
 point to with pride." 
 
 The New York Evangelist also re- 
 marks, in an article entitled "A Model 
 Church Otficer," " It has been our priv- 
 ilege to know Dea. Collins, and we can 
 add our testimony to his rare excellence. 
 While inflexible in principle, his dispo- 
 sition was kind and gentle ; and those 
 who have shared the hospitality of his 
 home know how welcome was the stran- 
 ger, and how cordial and generous was 
 ills reception." 
 
 Rev. Dr. Bushnell, in an article bear- 
 ing the title " A True Man," speaks of 
 him as follows : — 
 
 " Dea. Collins was one of the few men 
 or Christians who require to be noted 
 as specialities. He Mas among the 
 landmark characters of our city, and a 
 man so positive, in every s])here of ac- 
 tion or council, that the void Mhich is 
 made by his death will be deeply felt, 
 and for a long time to come. 
 
 " His birth and education were dis- 
 tinctly and rigidly Puritan ; and the 
 perfectly unaccommodating, undeviating, 
 and square fidehty of his life to first 
 
 principles and •)nvictions of duty was 
 the spinal column, so to speak, of his 
 character from first to last. His tem- 
 perament was sanguine, athletic, forceful, 
 and positive, and yet as genial and play- 
 ful as, with so much of really foredoomed 
 enterprise, efficiency, and progressive- 
 ness, it could be. The exactness, the 
 perfect reliableness, and the fine busi- 
 ness talent of his clerkship put him at 
 once in full character and credit for any 
 kind of business ; and he made his be- 
 ginning for himself, most characteristi- 
 cally, in creating a business that was not, 
 and that required him to harness and 
 guide the industrial methods of a whole 
 agricultural community ; becoming him- 
 self the purchaser and factor of their 
 products, and holding them in connec- 
 tion, at his trading establishment, with 
 all the best markets in the country. He 
 was successful, for every thing he took 
 hold of was bound to succeed ; but the 
 labor of so much travel, transportation, 
 trade, and the multifarious cares of a 
 business so complex, were too much for 
 him, and he broke, after a time, under 
 the load. He came to Hartford to find 
 an easier business, and, as he supposed, 
 to finish the few years that were left to 
 hiift. Here his health rallied, and his 
 former energies returned. Here, ac- 
 cordingly, has been the principal sphere 
 of his life ; and there is almost nothing 
 here that has not somehow felt his 
 power, nothing good that has not some- 
 how profited by his beneficence. Banks, 
 savings institutions, railroads, the sin- 
 gular anomaly of a large wholesale dry- 
 goods trade which distinguishes Hartford 
 as an inland city, the city improvements, 
 the city missions and Sunday schools, 
 the Asylum for the Dumb, the Retreat 
 for the Insane, the high school, the 
 almshouse, three at least of the churches, 
 — almost every thing public, in fact, has 
 his counsel, impulse, character, benefi- 
 cence, and, what is more if possible, his 
 real Avork incorporated in ir. All the 
 great societies of Christian beneficence 
 were sup])orted also by his bounty. He 
 went to the last line of what he believed 
 to be the true principles in respect to the 
 wrongs of intemperance and slavery, and 
 there held firm, taking no counsel with 
 po])ularity; and what he held firm he 
 advocated and thrust on with such energy 
 as justified his convictions. 
 
 " In his business, from the fu-st, he 
 
 
COLLINS 
 
 [1858.] 
 
 COLTON 
 
 69 
 
 had never any thought of nice fetches 
 and adventures that would make him 
 rich in a day. All gains of trade but 
 such as are proportionate with indus- 
 tries employed, and services actually 
 rendered in the transfer and distribution 
 of products, were entirely out of his 
 ken. His plan was to get his increase 
 by earning it, as truly as if he had got- 
 les of toil. 
 
 ten it by the 
 
 there was never any gate open throu^ 
 
 Hence 
 h 
 which gusts of sudden expectation could 
 break in, to tan his eagerness, or to un- 
 settle his principles, and loosen the 
 methods of his life. All trade became, 
 in this manner, a drill in righteousness. 
 He did not even allow his beneficence 
 to mix with his business ; that was 
 squared by his rights and by the laws 
 of exact arithmetic ; and he must first 
 know what he had to give or bestow 
 before he began to loosen himself in 
 deeds of allowance or charity. 
 
 " He lived up to the hue of bounty 
 without show, and squared all his ex- 
 penditures by a rational and -worthy econ- 
 omy. He trained his sons to industry, 
 and to the expectation of being what 
 they might become for themselves, and 
 not what he might make them ; only 
 giving them such assistance as would 
 stimulate their industry and enterprise. 
 And he had the satisfaction, as every 
 Christian man should, of seeing all his 
 family early enrolled in the Christian 
 church, and living in a way of repute to 
 shed honor on his example. 
 
 " To the church of which he was one 
 of the founders he was a pillar from the 
 first, and, as he advanced in age, was 
 more and more distinctly a father. He 
 was habitually responsible for it as truly 
 as for his family. Every appointment 
 was a law to him, and found him 
 promptly in his place. If there was 
 any thing to be done for recovering a 
 falling member, or restoring a general 
 decline of duty, or remodeUing the 
 church, or lifting a debt, he was ready, 
 not to encourage a little, and set on 
 somebody else, but to work, taking al- 
 ways the heavy end himself, and that 
 with such heartiness that every body 
 saw the work was to be done. 
 
 " There was never a better man to 
 support and steady a Christian pastor. 
 If he saw defects, he covered them up 
 with a mantle of wise forbearance. If 
 there were parties on foot, he stood by 
 
 his principles calmly, and let time work 
 at them. He had no flatteries to be- 
 stow when ho was pleased, anA yet found 
 a way to encourage by kind Intimations. 
 His counsel was never thrust upon a 
 pastor, but, when sought, it was given 
 impartially, and was never dishonored 
 by the event. 
 
 ' " He resolved, some 20 years before his 
 death, to lay up no more property, not 
 even with a design to expend it in char- 
 ities after his death. Since that time 
 he has expended all his income carefully, 
 allowing no deviation from the rule, 
 except when he has drawn, as he is 
 knoM'n more than once to have done, on 
 his future income. In this manner, in- 
 stead of cheating himself, as many do, 
 with promises hereafter, but in fact 
 never, to be fulfilled, he has made him- 
 self responsible, day by day, for true 
 judgments of occasions, schooled him- 
 self thus into a sanctification of his judg- 
 ments, kept his heart open, and taught 
 his love to flow in the continuous flood 
 of a river. In this manner he took the 
 rewards of his beneficence into his own 
 life, and grew by the Christly measures 
 of his beneficence. No matter how much 
 he dispensed in these 20 years, — be it 
 $00,000, be it more, or be it less, — it 
 is not in his will ; it is in his own 
 expanded life and person ; and he has 
 it with him still before God. That is 
 the principal thing, and there his wis- 
 dom lay." 
 
 CooiAX, William, M. D., Pittsfield, 
 Mass., April 27, ae. 92. 
 
 COLTOX, Rev. George, Wethersfield, 
 Ct., Feb. 12, se. 79. He was born in 
 West Hartford, son of Dea. Abijah 
 Colton, who Uved to 85 years of age. 
 His grandfather was Rev. Benjamin 
 Colton, the fii-st minister of West Hart- 
 ford, M-ho was ordained Feb. 24, 1713. 
 His uncle was Rev. George Colton, 
 minister of Bolton, Ct., where he died 
 about 80 years old. His own sons were 
 three or four of them ministers. One 
 of them. Rev. John Owen Colton, died 
 a minister in New Haven, Ct. One is 
 now the pastor of the First Church in 
 Wethersfield. He was said to be one 
 of the best scholars in the district school, 
 and was especially elegant in his hand- 
 writing. He had great acquaintance 
 with books before he entered college. 
 He loved Latin and Greek. He under- 
 
70 
 
 COMSTOCIC 
 
 [1858.] 
 
 CONRAD 
 
 took to read the whole college library, 
 and especially those folios of the Latin 
 fathers, ^e was less anxious to sliine 
 as a scholar than to be largely qualified 
 for the Christian ministry. Jonathan 
 Edwards, of Northampton, Dr. Bel- 
 lamy, of Bethlem, Dr. Smalley, of New 
 Britain, and Dr. Strong, of Hartford, 
 were favorite authors with him. In 
 that great attention in 1802, under Dr. 
 Dwight's presidency, which produced a 
 whole college of ministers, he Avas a 
 mature Christian, able to be a counsel- 
 lor and helper to the inquiring stu- 
 dents. He labored as a minister near 
 Cherry Valley, N. Y., many years ; then 
 in the military tract at Camillus, Pom- 
 pey, De Kuyter, &c. ; then near Niag- 
 ara Falls ; after which he lived in Ware, 
 Mass., and in New Haven, Ct., and fin- 
 ished his course suddenly at Wethers- 
 field. He was a great lover of Christ, 
 a good minister, an experienced guide 
 to anxious souls, a sound theologian, 
 but not a popular preacher. His life 
 and services were all employed in the 
 work of the great Redeemer. His 
 brother, Rev. Chester Colton, was a 
 very good and acceptable minister, first 
 at Brentwood, N. H., then at Lyme, 
 Ct., then at Colebrook, Ct., then at 
 North Bend, O., where he died, at the 
 age of about sixty. 
 
 CoMSTOCK, Dr. J. L., Hartford, Ct., 
 Nov. 21, ff. 71. For nearly forty years 
 he had Hved in Hartford. He was 
 born in East Lyme, Ct., and was a 
 self-educated man. During the last war 
 with Great Britain he was appointed to 
 the post of a surgeon in the army, and 
 was, it is believed, stationed near Lake 
 Erie. He first went to Hartford when 
 the recruiting office was opened there, 
 near the stone bridge, and subsequently 
 made it his place of residence. Here 
 he wrote his book of Natural Philoso- 
 phy, and the numerous other works 
 which have contributed to make his 
 name famous. Of these, we may men- 
 tion his work on Chemistry, the one on 
 Natural History, his Physical Geogra- 
 phy, his work on Mineralogy, and his 
 History of Gold and Silver. Of all his 
 works, however, none have had such a 
 wide sale as Comstock's Natural Philos- 
 ojihy, which has become a standard 
 school book, and has gone through very 
 numerous editions. It is sujjposed the 
 sale of this book in the United States 
 
 has reached nearly a million of copies. 
 It has also met with marked success in 
 Europe. Mr. C. was a man of decided 
 opinions, and accustomed at all times 
 to feel confidence in his own positions. 
 He enjoyed the respect and esteem of 
 the community in which he lived, and 
 was a very worthy citizen. 
 
 CONDICT, Rev. Edward W., Morris- 
 town, N. J., Nov. 28, a?. 24. He was 
 a recent graduate of Princeton Theo- 
 logical Seminary. A short period before 
 his decease he went to Maryland to 
 labor as a missionary ; but upon the 
 active duties of this work he was not 
 permitted to enter. 
 
 CoNDY, Col. Thomas D., Charleston, 
 S. C, May 12, se. — . For many years 
 U. S. marshal in that city. 
 
 Cone, Elias De Long, Walworth, 
 N. Y., Dec. 4, se. 34. He had estab- 
 lished a reputation as an able physician 
 and surgeon. He was nearly five years 
 in Mexico, in the army under Gen. 
 Taylor, and served in the capacity of 
 assistant surgeon. He held a professor- 
 ship in Geneva College for two years. 
 His residence for a few years past had 
 been in Hinsdale, Mich., but his health 
 failing, he came back to his former resi- 
 dence in Walworth. For years past he 
 had been an acceptable member of the 
 M. E. Church. 
 
 Conrad, Hon. Robert T., West Phil- 
 adelphia, Pa., June 27, ve. 48. He was 
 born in Philadelphia, June 10, 1810. 
 His father was John Conrad, for many 
 years the most extensive publisher and 
 bookseller in the United States, and at 
 one time mayor of the Northern Liber- 
 ties. Young Conrad studied law in the 
 office of his uncle, Thomas Kittera, and 
 was admitted to the bar in 1830. About 
 the time of young Conrad's admission 
 to the bar, he became connected with 
 the press, and began a long series of 
 elegant and forcible contributions to 
 journalism. In 1832 he commenced 
 the ])ublication of the Daily IntelU- 
 gencer, which was afterwards united 
 with the ancient Philadelphia Gazette. 
 In 1835 Conrad was called to the 
 bench in one of the inferior courts. At 
 that time he was the youngest judge, 
 save one, in Pennsylvania. In March, 
 1838, he was appointed to a court of 
 a higher jurisdiction, and in 1840 he 
 was still further promoted. Subse- 
 quently, the constitution of the court 
 
CONRAD 
 
 [ 1858. ] 
 
 COOKE 
 
 71 
 
 was changed, and the judge returned 
 to the practice of his prol^ession as a 
 counsellor and advocate. He mingled 
 in politics, and won distinction as an 
 orator and writer in defence of the doc- 
 trines of the whig party. He wrote 
 leading articles for the North American, 
 and also edited Graham's Magazine. In 
 the mean time, he had achieved a great 
 success in dramatic literature by the 
 prt)duction of the tragedy of Jack Cade, 
 which still keeps the stage, and is one 
 of the most popular of plays. He con- 
 tributed a number of minor poems to 
 the periodicals of the day, a few of 
 which have been highly commended. 
 Upon the dissolution of the whig party. 
 Judge Conrad connected himself with 
 the American movement, and after the 
 consolidation of the old city and the 
 adjacent districts, he was elected mayor 
 by a large majority. At this time he 
 was also acting as president of the 
 Hempfield llailroad. After the expira- 
 tion of his term of office as mayor in 
 1856, he resumed the practice of the 
 law. Shortly afterwards, Judge Kelley, 
 of the Court of Common Pleas, having 
 resigned, Gov. Pollock appointed the 
 ex-mayor to fill the vacancy, and during 
 the brief period that elapsed before the 
 election, Judge Conrad discharged his 
 duties with vigor, abilitf, and success. 
 He was a candidate at the election for 
 the same position, but Mas defeated by 
 James R. Ludlow, the present judge. 
 Judge Conrad th^n resumed the prac- 
 tice of his pi'ofession, which he con- 
 tinued up to the time of his sudden 
 demise. He was the last of a circle of 
 hterary men who once shed lustre upon 
 Philadelphia. He was a frequent ora- 
 tor before literary and political assem- 
 blages ; and his command of language, 
 his vivid fancy, and his peculiarly agree- 
 able manner gave him great success on 
 such occasions. Of a fine, command- 
 ing presence, with a voice of rare ten- 
 derness, which was at the same time 
 capable of the most vehement expres- 
 sion and the most graceful gesticula- 
 tion, whether he strove to persuade or 
 arouse, he was equally successful, and 
 many an audience has surged and 
 swayed with the motion of his elo- 
 quence, both from the platform and 
 the hustings. He was a man of un- 
 doubted genius, — impulsive, ardent, 
 perhaps undisciplined and erratic, — 
 
 but yet genius of a high order, which, 
 under better control and united with 
 greater earnestness and stability, would 
 have won for him ahigh position amon^ 
 the great minds of the age. As a jour- 
 nalist, a political orator, a magistrate, 
 and a poet, he exhibited very consider- 
 able ability, and he will also be remem- 
 bered by many friends as a delightful 
 conversationist and a very fascinating 
 gentleman. At a meeting of the Phila- 
 delphia bar, it was said, they had heard, 
 with sentiments of deep regret, of the 
 sudden and unexpected death of the 
 Hon. R. T. Conrad, their old associate 
 and cherished friend, and now award to 
 him superiority of intellect, with the 
 reputation of a learned, wise, and ur- 
 bane judge, a fearless and independent 
 magistrate, an orator of consummate 
 skill, and a writer of the highest attain- 
 ments. 
 
 Converse, Theron, Pamelia, X. Y., 
 Xov. 28, a}. 85. He was a son of Col. 
 Thomas Converse, an officer in the 
 regular army of the revolution, and was 
 born in Litchfield, Ct. Early in life he 
 removed to the State of New York, and 
 was settled in business at Watertown, 
 from which place he retired to his farm 
 in Pamelia, many years since. He had 
 a family of fourteen children, who lived 
 to mature years before death entered 
 their circle. He had long been a con- 
 sistent member of the Presbyterian 
 church. 
 
 Cook, Byron F., Esq., New Orleans, 
 La., Sept. 18, a?. 32. He was born in 
 Jeff'erson Co., N. Y., 1826, and was the 
 only son of Rev. E. P. Cook. He grad- 
 uated at Hamilton College at the age 
 of 22. He had for the last five years 
 resided in Louisiana, and commenced 
 the practice of law in New Oideans 
 some four years since. At the time of 
 his decease he was a member of the 
 Young Men's Christian Association of 
 that city. He was a young man of ster- 
 ling integrity, and possessed energy of 
 character which had gained for him an 
 enviable reputation. As a son, brother, 
 and friend, he was firm and devoted. 
 
 Cook, J. D., Esq., Sacramento, Cal., 
 Nov. 29, SB. — . He had been lately 
 a practising lawyer in Yreka, where he 
 was well known. 
 
 Cooke, Dr. Wm. T. B., Philadelphia, 
 Pa., March 6, se. 29, son of Col. Giles 
 B. Cooke. 
 
72 
 
 COOLEY 
 
 [1858.] 
 
 CORNELL 
 
 CooLEY, Dr, Abiel A., Hartford, Ct., 1 
 Aug. 18, a?. 76. He was the inventor 
 of the " lucifer " or " locofoco " friction 
 Hatch ; an article insignificant in itself, 
 it is true, yet one that has become a 
 material item in commerce, and a neces- 
 sity in every houscliold. He was also 
 the inventor of one of the first ])ower 
 presses in use, as well as of an ingen- 
 ious shingle machine, and was the first 
 to apply the cam movement to pumps. 
 
 Coox, Elder Daniel, Ho])kinton, K. I., 
 May 27, vc. 6G, son of Elder Abram 
 Coon, a former pastor of the First Hop- 
 kinton Church, and predecessor of Elder 
 Matthew Stillman. He was called to 
 the work of the ministry in the First 
 Hopkinton Church, and received ordi- 
 nation April 4, 1819. The season is 
 memorable in the history of that church, 
 as at the same time four of her young 
 men, viz., AV. B. ^Nlaxson, Daniel Coon, 
 Thomas Varnum Wells, and Amos Rus- 
 sel "Wells, Avere called by the church to 
 be ordained to the work of the gospel 
 ministry. He preached some time in 
 Brookfield, N. Y., but returned to his 
 native town and preached for a num- 
 ber of years in the church of which his 
 venerable father had been pastor. For 
 some years past he preached in the 
 Second Church in Hopkinton, where 
 the closing labors of his life were de- 
 voted. He was arrested by the sickness 
 which terminated his life while preach- 
 ing in Westerly the ordination discourse 
 of Elder Christopher C. Stillman. 
 
 Cooper, llev. Preston, Holmes Co., 
 Miss., Sept. — , a?. — . He was well 
 known to have been one of the most 
 useful men in the Mississippi confer- 
 ence for the last twenty years and more. 
 He was a man of most extraordinary 
 faith and piety. His confidence in the 
 immediate presence and superintending 
 providence of God, in all the details of 
 practical life, was most extraordinary. 
 He was well known and greatly beloved 
 in all the territory of the conference 
 where he lived and labored so faith- 
 fully, he having filled successfully all 
 the most prominent appointments of 
 that field. There is probably no man 
 in this conference the living fruits of 
 whose ministry are found so abundantly 
 in all parts of the conference as those 
 of I'rcston Cooper. His preaching was 
 popular, solemn, eloquent, and con- 
 vincing, while it carried with it a vein 
 
 of originality and independence which 
 gave him a high position as a pulpit 
 orator. And, withal, he Mas a man of 
 the most meek and humble spirit ; he 
 carried with him to his grave the ele- 
 ments of true greatness. 
 
 Cooper, Dr. George P., Memphis, 
 Tenn., one of the oldest citizens. 
 
 CoRBi.v, Dr. Charles P., Fort Ann, 
 N. Y., July 29, se. 69. The deceased l^s 
 long been a worthy citizen of Washing- 
 ton Co., ai> man of stern integrity and 
 unblemished reputation. He died la- 
 mented by a large circle of friends. 
 
 CoRCOR.\N, Dennis, Esq., , June 
 
 — , se. — . A telegraphic despatch else- 
 where mentions Dennis C. as among the 
 killed by the explosion of the steamer 
 Pennsylvania. This will be sorrowful in- 
 telligence to the thousands who have 
 known the deceased for years, and appre- 
 ciated his many fine personal and social 
 qualities. Mr. C. was a native of Ireland, 
 and came to New Orleans in the year 
 1834. Shortly afterwards, he commenced 
 a brilliant career in the press, as journal- 
 ist and reporter for the Picayune. He 
 soon achieved for himself and that jour- 
 nal an eminent reputation for that genial 
 humor and graphic felicity of style which 
 distinguished him as a man and a writer. 
 He then became one of the founders of 
 the New Orleans Delta, and remained 
 in it as a proprietor and editor, Avith 
 shght interruptions, until ISol. A few 
 months ago he established the Sunday 
 ^Magazine in this citj% Avhich was sus- 
 pended about two weeks since. At the 
 November election of 1853, Mr. C. was 
 elected on the democratic ticket a repre- 
 sentative from New Orleans in the state 
 legislature. Having served out his term, 
 he was subsequently elected, and served 
 for two sessions, as reporter of the de- 
 bates of the Louisiana state Senate. 
 When Mr. C. was chosen to this last po- 
 sition, his old and steadfast friend and 
 early associate in journalism, David INIar- 
 tin, was acting as reporter of debates in 
 the Louisiana House of Representatives. 
 These two worked lovingly and ably to- 
 gether in the foundation of the present 
 leading journals in New Orleans. More 
 transitory than what they helped so large- 
 ly to create, both have passed aM-ay. — 
 New Orleans Delta, June 15. 
 
 Cornell, George, Newport, R. I., May 
 — . He was the last but two of the 
 gallant survivors from R. I. of the bat- 
 
CORNISH 
 
 [ 1858. ] 
 
 COWLES 
 
 73 
 
 tie of Lake Erie. He was one of the 
 noble band of about three hundred, who 
 accom])anied Com. Terry from Newport 
 to the lake in the war of 1812, and was 
 with the commodore in the Lawrence at 
 the battle of Lake Erie, and rendered 
 brave and efficient service. He was an 
 honest man, an excellent citizen, and a 
 consistent Christian. We believe that 
 Capt. Thomas Brownell, U. S. na\7, of 
 Newport, and Dr. Usher Parsons, of Provi- 
 dence, are the only survivors of the 
 memorable battle in R. L His remains 
 were interred with militaiy honors by the 
 artillery company under Col. Carr, and 
 respect for his services and memory was 
 also shown by the attendance of the mayor 
 and city council, officers of the army and 
 navy resident here, and a long procession 
 of his fellow-citizens. At a meeting of 
 the board of aldermen on Thursdaj', ap- 
 propriate resolutions were passed, and com- 
 municated to the family of the deceased. 
 
 Cornish, Rev. Samuel E., Brooklyn, 
 N. Y., Nov, 5, PC. 65. He came to New 
 York prior to the year 1820, and imme- 
 diately commenced organizing a church, 
 for the convenience of colored persons of 
 the Presbyterian faith, who were till then 
 debarred from any accommodations for 
 worship, except such as were offered by 
 the " negro pews " in other churches. In 
 this enterprise he was eminently success- 
 ful, and in a few years the first colored 
 Presbyterian church in this city was 
 erected in Elm Street. In the year 
 1826, in connection with the late John 
 B. Russworm, Esq., he established a 
 weekly paper, called Freedom's Journal, 
 which soon became famous as an oppo- 
 nent of the Colonization Society. For 
 nearly forty years he has been connected, 
 and his name identified, with every enter- 
 prise having for its object the elevation 
 of his people and the maintenance of 
 their rights. He was a philanthropist, a 
 patriot, and a Christian. 
 
 Cotter, Col. Cyrus, Damariscotta, 
 Me., June 5, se. 52. For many years 
 past he had been one of that active and 
 energetic class of men, of which there 
 are but few left, who, years since, com- 
 menced the hazardous business of ship 
 building at D. with no other capital than 
 probity and industry', and pursued it until 
 success crowned their efforts, and built 
 up around the Damariscotta Bridge a 
 wealthy and populous village. As one 
 of that class he was in the true sense a 
 
 public man. In business transactions he 
 was honest, and had the confidence of 
 those with whom he dealt, at home and 
 abroad. He was a public-spirited and 
 honorable man, and at all times mani- 
 fested a sincere interest in whatever con- 
 cerned the public good. For several 
 years he represented his native tovm, 
 Nobleboro', in the state legislature, and 
 acquitted himself with credit. 
 
 Cotton, Miss Mary, Attica, N. Y., 
 Oct. 16, ag. 68. She was the daughter of 
 Capt. Rowland Cotton, one of the fifth 
 generation in a direct line from Rev. John 
 Cotton, the first settled minister of Bos- 
 ton, Mass. She emigrated with her fa- 
 ther, in 1806, from Cherry Valley to the 
 "Plains," near Buffalo, where, in the 
 scenes incident to a pioneer life, and to a 
 border warfare, which for some years 
 raged in Western New York, she devel- 
 oped those domestic virtues for which 
 she has been so distinguished through 
 life. She was an only daughter, and los- 
 ing her mother early in life, the care of 
 her father's family devolved upon her — 
 duties that she faithfully discharged. In 
 1835 the family removed to Attica, where 
 she has since lived, respected for her vir- 
 tues and loved for her deeds of kindness 
 and affection. 
 
 CoVENHOVEN, Christian, New York, 
 Feb. 21, 86. 80. Mr. C. Avas descended 
 from our oldest Dutch families, and of 
 Huguenot origin ; his ancestors were 
 amopg the first that anived and settled 
 on the Island of Manhattan, or New Am- 
 sterdam. The Van Couenhovens, or Van 
 Schouvenhovens, were identified with the 
 interests and prosperity of that city in 
 many important positions from its first 
 foundation. Mr. C.'s father and grand- 
 father both served through the revolu- 
 tion with distinction and honor j he him- 
 self was conspicuous in furnishing means 
 and influence to raise a company (of 
 which he was lieutenant) that was at- 
 tached to the 1st regiment of artillery dur- 
 ing the Avar of 1812, and Avas stationed at 
 Sandy Hook and adjacent places. He was 
 also commander of the old North Fort and 
 other important 'defences during the Avar. 
 
 CowLES, Solomon, Norfolk, Ct., April 7, 
 SB. 79, and William S. Coaa'les, a son, 
 April 23, SB. 43. The father Avas born in 
 N., and was one of the industrious, quiet, 
 working farmers of Ct., Avhose energies 
 were constantly taxed to make his lands 
 more productivej more valuable, and more 
 
cox 
 
 [ 1858. ] 
 
 CRANSTON 
 
 age, 
 
 beautiful. He was a free and willing 
 sup])orter of good institutions, and in all 
 public matters and interests of the town, 
 ■where he always had lived, he was ever 
 ready to lend a helping hand. The son 
 had spent many years in ^lacon, Ga., as 
 a merchant, and had lately returned to 
 N. to comfort his parents in their old 
 His mother survives. 
 
 Cox, Mrs. ]Mary, Albany, N. Y., Sept. 
 — , re. 102. ^Nlrs. C. was born in Ire- 
 land, and came to this country in 1849. 
 She was then in her 94th year, but 
 hale and hearty as she was when she 
 •was 60. She was grandmother to John 
 Savage, at present a resident of Wash- 
 ington, who was forced to flee from Ire- 
 land during the rebellion in 1848, having 
 taken side with Meagher, O'Brien, and 
 others. Since Mrs. C came to America, 
 she has resided with Dr. Cox, at Albany. 
 She was a very extraordinary woman, has 
 never been sick — seriously sick — in her 
 life, her death being caused by old age. 
 She Avas a woman of strong mind, and 
 died in possession of all her faculties. 
 Her sight and hearing were as good 
 when she reached her 102d birthday as 
 they were during her school days. She 
 was a member of the Episcopal church, 
 and lived and died an exemplary Christian. 
 
 CiiAGiN, Francis W., M. 1)., Green- 
 field, N. H., July 26, se. 55. Dr. C. was 
 born in Greenfield, July 20, 1803. After a 
 preliminary education, he commenced the 
 study of medicine with John Ramsay, 
 M. i)., in the year 1827, and finished his 
 medical education at the medical school 
 at Hanover, under the special direction 
 of Prof. Muzzey, in the year 1829. In 
 the year 1830 he sailed for Surinam, and 
 landed at Paramaribo, its capital ; and 
 there, in a foreign city, among strangers, 
 without the aid of wealthy ancestors to 
 buoy him up, he soon acquu-ed the native 
 dialect, and i-ose to distinction as a medi- 
 cal practitioner and surgeon. He pos- 
 sessed a taste for natural history, and 
 amid the perplexities that are incident to 
 his profession, he assiduously employed 
 himself in collecting the various speci- 
 mens in natural histor^ which are so 
 abundant in South America, and with 
 scientific descriptions, sent thom to the 
 Boston Society of Natural History, of 
 which society he was chosen an associate 
 member, in the year 1837. For his nu- 
 merous contributions he repeatedly re- 
 ceived the thanks of the society, and after 
 
 Prof. 
 
 following 
 
 Jef&'ies 
 resolu- 
 
 Dr. 
 and 
 the 
 im- 
 ad- 
 
 his death, the president, 
 Wyman, ofiered the 
 tions : — 
 
 " Eesolced, that the members of the 
 Boston Society of Natural History have 
 learned with deep regret, the death of their 
 late associate. Dr. Francis W. Cragin. 
 
 " Resolved, that in his death the society 
 has lost one of its most generous friends 
 and benefactors." 
 
 Nov. 10, 1834, Dr. C. was married to 
 Miss Julia Ann, daughter of Hon. Jacob 
 Richardson, of his native town, who went 
 to Surinam ; but the tropical climate 
 proving detrimental to her delicate con- 
 stitution, he returned with her to her 
 paternal home, where she died of con- 
 sumption. Subsequently, he married 
 Miss ^Martha I., daughter of Rev. Ban- 
 croft Fowler, of Greenfield. She also 
 went to Sm'inam, and there fomid her 
 resting j^lace, leaving one daughter. 
 C. was appointed consul in 1847, 
 such was his fidelity, that he held 
 ofiice until his health became so 
 paired, in 1857, that it was thought 
 visable by his friends, for him to leave 
 the tropical climate of Surinam, and re- 
 turn to his paternal residence in Green- 
 field. "With his health much improved, 
 and with his usual enterprise, he com- 
 menced repairing it for a country mansion, 
 and married Miss INIary A., daughter of 
 Rev. John Le Bosquet, of Greenfield. In 
 a few months his disease returned with 
 increased severity, and he died much 
 lamented. 
 
 Craxdall, Benjamin, Montgomery, 
 Ala., Oct. 25, a?. 99, the last surviving 
 hero of the revolution in that section of 
 the country. He was bmied on the 26th 
 with military honors. 
 
 Craxdall, Rev. Joseph, Salisbury, 
 , March 19, se. 86. 
 
 Cr.axksil\, William H., San Francisco, 
 Cal., Oct. 24, £8. 40, late acting consul at 
 Tahiti, a native of Providence, R. I. 
 
 Craxstox, Mrs. Ruth, Harmony, O., 
 Feb. 12, SB. 90, vridow of the late James 
 Cranston. She was born at Scituate, 
 Providence Plantation, in what is now 
 Rhode Island, in 1767. She was the 
 daughter of Gideon and Prudence Aus- 
 tin, formerly Prudence Angel. She was 
 married to James Cranston in February 
 1786 ; moved to Athens Co., O., in 
 1812, and since the death of her hus- 
 band, which occurred in June, 1833, has 
 resided with her daughter, Mrs. Pniden. 
 
CRAWFORD 
 
 [ 1858. ] 
 
 CRAWFORD 
 
 75 
 
 Crawford, Hon. Joel, Early Co., 
 Ga., April 5, te. 75, a gentleman long 
 and favorably known to the people of 
 Georgia. He read law in the office of 
 the Hon. Nicholas Hare, in the city of 
 Augusta, and ha\'ing taken the benefit 
 of a course of law lectures in Litch- 
 field, Ct., under the auspices of Judge 
 Reeve, was admitted to plead and prac- 
 tise in the courts of Georgia, at the sjDring 
 term of Wilkes Superior Cburt, in 1808. 
 He commenced his career at the bar in 
 Sparta, but in 1811 removed to Milledge- 
 ville, where he resided to the close of his 
 professional labors. In the war of 1812 
 he enlisted as a volunteer in a corps of 
 dragoons, commanded by Capt. Steele, 
 and was shortly after breveted aide-de- 
 camp to Gen. Floyd — a post which he re- 
 tained to the end of the campaign. This 
 brevet gave Mr. C. the rank of major, 
 and imposed on him perils and responsi- 
 bilities in our Indian wars of that day, 
 of fearful import, but which were sus- 
 tained by him throughout, Avith credit to 
 himself and honor to the country. The 
 theatre of his military achievements was 
 in that part of Georgia which now con- 
 stitutes part of the territory of Ala- 
 bama. He bore himself gallantly in the 
 battle of Autossee, which was fought on 
 the left bank of the Tallapoosa Iliver, 
 about thirty miles above its confluence 
 with the Coosa ; and again at Cauleebee 
 Swamp. In both these engagements he 
 had his horse shot from under him. He 
 encountered many other perils of less 
 notoriety, and always enjoyed the fullest 
 confidence of his commanding general, 
 of his comrades in arms, and of his coun- 
 try. Major Crawford was elected for 
 two terms, a representative in Congress 
 from Georgia, under the general ticket 
 system, 1817 to 1821, and decUned a 
 nomination for a thu'd term, that he 
 might recruit his private fortunes, which 
 had been much reduced by the unthrifty 
 vocations of public life. At the earliest 
 practicable moment he abandoned his 
 profession as a lawyer, and gave himself 
 mainly to agricultural pursuits. He re- 
 peatedly represented his county in the 
 state legislature, and discharged, at in- 
 tervals in his long life, important minis- 
 terial agencies for the state. In 1826 he 
 was commissioned by Governor Troup to 
 the difficult and exposed service of ad- 
 justing the boundary line between the 
 States of Alabama and Georgia. Everard 
 
 Hamilton and Richard Rlount were as- 
 sociated with him in this commission. 
 In 1837 the legislature, by a joint ballot 
 of both houses, elected Maj. C, Samuel 
 Farris, and Charles Bolton, a board of 
 commissioners for the survey, location, 
 and construction of the Western and 
 Atlantic Raih'oad. By his associates 
 he was chosen president of the board — 
 a post he continued to occupy until that 
 great work was nearly completed, and 
 until the board was dissolved. He was 
 a kind father, a provident and indulgent 
 master, a benevolent neighbor, a fast 
 friend, and a chivalrous and devoted 
 patriot. 
 
 Crawford, John M., Esq., Washing- 
 ton Co., Miss., May 19, se. 85, father of 
 Dr. S. P. Crawford, of Greenville, and 
 Rev. W. H. Crawford. He had lived 
 to a good old age, and was truly a model 
 man ; was kind and aff'ectionate, hardly 
 ever known to speak an unkind word 
 to any person, and took a great delight 
 in the comfort and happiness of his 
 family. 
 
 Craavford, Thomas, Bossier Parish, 
 La., Feb. 27, se. 34, at the residence of 
 Dr. Shippy. In 1841 he graduated from 
 the Alabama University with high hon- 
 ors. He was a man of talents, and of a 
 commanding personal appearance. In 
 1844 he married Miss M. E. Gilkey, of 
 Pickens Co., daughter of Walter Gilkey. 
 He was a lawyer of no common abilities. 
 His practice was extensive, enjoying the 
 confidence of all who knew him. Gener- 
 , ous to a fault, a community now mourns 
 his loss. 
 
 Crawford, Rev. William, Louisa 
 Co., Va., April 5, fe. 86. It would be 
 unjust to a life such as his to attempt 
 to portray it in an obituary notice. To 
 an intellect of no ordinary cast he added 
 a decision of character and integrity 
 of purpose which placed him above the 
 roll of 'common men. An elevated and 
 comprehensive devotion to the sublime 
 truths of Christianity adorned his Hfe, 
 and disjilayed itself in a wise benevo- 
 lence and discriminating charity wher- 
 ever objects worthy of either were found. 
 In all the relations of social and do- 
 mestic life his conduct was governed 
 not only by the kindness of his heart, 
 but by conscientious convictions of duty, 
 which nothing could seduce from the 
 path they commanded him to pursue. 
 
 Crawford, William S., Danville, 
 
76 
 
 CRIPPEN 
 
 [1858.] 
 
 CROSS 
 
 Ind., Dec. 17, «. 68. He was born in 
 
 Ireland in 1790, and came to Philadel- 
 phia in 1807. On the breaking out of 
 the ivar between the United States and 
 Great Britain in 1812, he joined Capt. 
 Langhorn's company of the first rifle 
 regiment of Kentucky militia, and after- 
 wards participated in the bloody and 
 disastrous battle of lliver Raisin, where 
 he was M-ounded by a shot through the 
 arm, and taken prisoner by the Indians. 
 Most of his brave companions in arms 
 who were captured with him were sub- 
 sequently slain by the tomahawk of the 
 savages in his presence ; but, through 
 what almost seems a miraculous agency, 
 he escaped with his life, and was con- 
 veyed by his savage captors to Maiden, 
 where he was ransomed for a trifle by a 
 generous-hearted British oflUcer, and set 
 at liberty. He served out the term for 
 Mhich he enlisted in the ai'my, was hon- 
 orably discharged, and returned to 
 Bourbon Co., Ivy. Afterwards (but at 
 Avhat precise date we are not able to 
 say) he settled in Henry or Shelby Co., 
 Ky,, where he married, and lived till 
 the year 1828, when he came to Dan- 
 ville, and settled on the lot Mhere he 
 died. In 1831 he Avas appointed post- 
 master at Danville by President Jackson. 
 
 Crippen, Mrs. Mary L., INIoscow, 
 Rush Co., Ind., March "30, ae. -IS, wife 
 of E. H. Crippen, M. D. 
 
 Crocker, Calvin J., "Washington, 
 D. C, March 7, a-. 33, son of Hon. Ira 
 Crocker, of Portland, Me. He was a 
 member of the advance party of ex- 
 ploring engineers of the South Pass' 
 wagon-road expedition, and a man of 
 most daring and resolute character. 
 
 Crocker, Edward, Portsmouth, Va., 
 Aug. — , a;. 68. He was on board the 
 unfortunate Chesapeake when the col- 
 lision with the Leopard took place. He 
 was one of the crew of the old Ironsides, 
 when she esca])ed from the British fleet 
 out of Long Island Sound, and in the 
 s.ame vessel participated in the fight 
 with the Java, in which she became a 
 prize to the Americans. 
 
 Ckompston, Mrs. Eliza, Philadelphia, 
 Pa., March 15, £P. 82, daughter of the 
 late Rev. Samuel Magaw, I). D., of the 
 Protestant Episcopal church. 
 
 Crooker, Mrs. Hannah, Bath, Me., 
 
 13, a;. 83. Mrs. C. was the relict 
 
 of Mr. Jonathan H. Crooker, who died 
 something over 50 years ago, and was 
 
 the mother of Messrs. Charles and Wil- 
 liam D. Crooker, distinguished and en- 
 tei-prising merchants and ship builders 
 of Bath. She was the eldest daughter 
 of the celebrated Dr. Samuel Eaton 
 Duncan, Avhose residence was near Har- 
 ding's station on the Brunswick side 
 of the New Meadows, some 60 and 70 
 years ago. Of this ancient and honor- 
 able family INIrs. C. was the last sur- 
 viving memji^r. The family consisted 
 of three children — two daughters and 
 a son. The famous Dr. Waldron, who 
 practised in Bath, and is remembered 
 by many of her older citizens, married 
 the younger sister ; and the son, Capt. 
 Samuel E. Duncan, the father of George 
 .W., Capt. William H., and Charies E. 
 Duncan, died in Bath, at a ripe age, about 
 a year ago. Mrs. C, through a long life 
 of varied fortune, has always maintained 
 a high place in the afi'ections of a large 
 circle of relations and friends. 
 
 Crooks, Washington, Chambersburg, 
 Pa., May — , se. — . The bar of Cham- 
 bersburg bear testimony to his character 
 as folloAvs : — 
 
 ^^ Resolved, that in the decease of 
 Washington Crooks, Esq., society has 
 lost a valuable member — one whose 
 voice was ever heard in advocacy of 
 those measures of reform advanced for 
 the amelioration of the Avronged and the 
 promotion of the interests of the unfor- 
 tunate and destitute ; general education, 
 a firm and ardent supporter and con- 
 stant friend ; Christianity, a humble 
 follower and bold defender ; his pro- 
 fession, an earnest student and eloquent 
 advocate ; and the family circle, a kind 
 brother and tender husband. 
 
 " Resolved, that we cheerfully accord 
 to him the best qualities that go to make 
 up the true man. His intellect was of 
 no ordinary character, and, under the 
 adverse circumstances of poverty and 
 ill health, boldly cut a way for itself to 
 distinction among his fellows ; his heart 
 was large ; his soul, sincere ; and the 
 pleadings of his eloquent tongue still 
 echo through the hearts of his many 
 friends." 
 
 Crooks, Dr. Joseph, Fayctteville, 
 Pa., Oct. 21, pp. 52, formerly of Lieters- 
 burg, Md. He was a kind father, an 
 obliging neighbor, a good physician, an 
 ornament to society ; and his place will 
 not easily be filled. 
 
 Cross, Col. Hardy, Nansemond Co., 
 
 i 
 
 % 
 
CROSWELL 
 
 [1858.] 
 
 CULBERTSON 
 
 77 
 
 Sept. — , a>. S3. Col. C. was one of the 
 wealthiest and most useful citizens of 
 the county. He leaves a widow and 
 two daughters to lament their loss. 
 
 Croswell, Dr. Andrew, Mercer, Me., 
 June 4, 03. 80. Dr. C. was horn at 
 Plymouth, Mass., April 9, 1778. He 
 graduated at Harvard College in 1798, 
 in the same class with the late Rev. 
 William E. Channing, D. D., Rev. Joseph 
 Tuckerman, D. D., and Hon. Joseph 
 Story, LL. D. He studied medicine 
 with Dr. Zaccheus Bartlett, of Plymouth. 
 On completing his professional studies, 
 he settled as physician in the town of 
 Faj'ette, Me., and subsequently removed 
 to Mercer, which was afterwards his 
 permanent residence. He acquired an 
 extensive practice ; and by his skill and 
 success he gained the entire confidence, 
 not only of the people of the town in 
 which he resided, but of all the neigh- 
 boring towns, and was frequently called 
 to long distances in consultation in diffi- 
 cult cases. He was a man of the kind- 
 est feelings ; and to the indigent he was 
 ever prompt to render his best services, 
 without expectation of reward other than 
 the consciousness of having relieved the 
 sufferings of a fellow-being. He was 
 justly entitled to the appellation the 
 apostle bestowed upon St. Luke ; name- 
 ly, " the beloved physician." He mar- 
 ried Susan Church, of Farmington, Me., 
 by whom he had six children — four 
 sons and two daughters. One of his 
 daughters has deceased. All his other 
 children, with his widow, survive him. 
 
 Ckoswell, Rev. Harry, D. D., New 
 Haven, Ct., March 13, a;. 83. He had 
 been rector of an Episcopal (Trinity) 
 church there 43 years, to Jan. 1, 1856. 
 He had officiated at 2553 baptisms, 873 
 marriages, 1842 burials. He was father 
 of the late Rev. Dr. William Croswell, 
 of Christ Church, Boston, and of Sher- 
 man, for many years editor of the Al- 
 bany Argus, and of Frederick, for many 
 years judge of the Probate Court of New 
 Haven. A newspaper, the Balance, was 
 edited by him from 1803 to 1808. This 
 was rather a violent anti-Jeiferson paper. 
 For some of his remarks on Jefferson's 
 conduct Mr. C. was prosecuted for libel. 
 An account of his trial was published. 
 
 Crowe, Rev. Frederick, New York 
 
 city, Nov. 7, se. — . Mr. C. went from 
 
 Great Britain, about 20 years ago, to 
 
 Belize, and established himself as an 
 
 7* . 
 
 independent missionary. After about 
 13 years' evangelical labor among the 
 Spanish people, he became satisfied of 
 the necessity of a wide circulation of the 
 Scriptures. The only versions accessi- 
 ble were very defective ; and he returned 
 to Great Britain, and interested a num- 
 ber of Christians in Edinburgh and other 
 places, who formed an association for 
 procuring an improved edition of the 
 Spanish Scriptures. He subsequently 
 visited the United States, and secured 
 the favor of the American Bible Union, 
 under whose auspices an excellent trans- 
 lation was made, in conjunction with the 
 friends of the cause in Great Britain. 
 About two or three years ago he re- 
 turned to the Central Spanish American 
 States to resume his labors. He sus- 
 tained himself in the field by teaching, 
 and was supplied with copies of Scrip- 
 tures by the American Bible Union. 
 Every thing prospered with him till 
 persecution hedged up his way. He 
 was imprisoned, harassed, and at last 
 driven by mob violence from the coun- 
 try. His life was in danger till he was 
 safe on the steamer at Panama. His 
 exposures and imprisonments brought 
 on a fatal sickness. Since his arrival 
 in New York, a few days before his 
 death, he had been gradually sinking, 
 and now lies in death, a martyr for the 
 Word of God. 
 
 CuLBERT^ON, Joseph, Chambersburg, 
 Pa., July 26, a>. 79. He was born Feb. 
 27, 1779, in that section of Franklin 
 Co., Pa., known as Culbertson's Row, 
 which had been settled by his forefathers 
 prior to the revolutionary war. He was 
 of Scotch descent, and possessed many 
 of the striking qualities of that people. 
 At an early age he embarked in mer- 
 cantile business ; at a later period of his 
 life he was elected high sheriff' of Frank- 
 lin Co. He reared and educated a large 
 family of children, some of whom have 
 filled and now occupy prominent public 
 positions. His second son, Alexander, 
 was connected with the American Fur 
 Company, where, by his energy, talent, 
 and industry, he amassed a fortune, and 
 conducted with great abiHty all the en- 
 terprises of that vast corporation. He 
 is mentioned favorably by Irving in his 
 Astoria. He contributed largely to the 
 collections in the Smithsonian Institute, 
 and has aided science in many of her 
 various branches. One of his sons, the 
 
78 
 
 CUMING 
 
 [ 1858. ] 
 
 CURTIS 
 
 Rev. Simpson Culbertson, after gradu- 
 ating at West Point as a cadet, aban- 
 doned the army and studied theology, 
 and has for many years been zealously 
 and efficiently laboring as a missionary 
 in Cliina. A younger son, the llev. 
 Thaddeus Culbertson, M-as just entering 
 with much promise upon his career of 
 usefulness when he was stricken down 
 suddenly by death, Aug. 28, 18o0. His 
 daughter, Anna M., died in Christian 
 triumph, April 8, 18o8, just after her 
 brother embarked on his return to his 
 mission labors in China. Mr. C, for 
 the last ten years of his life, was presi- 
 dent of the Bank of Chambersburg ; 
 and perhaps much of the success of 
 that institution might be traced to the 
 character for honesty and truth that so 
 characterized its head. He was a mem- 
 ber of the Presbyterian church of Cham- 
 bersburg, and gave full evidence of his 
 genuine piety. For nearly half a cen- 
 tury he had been associated with the 
 interests of Chambersburg, and lived 
 within its limits long enough to see a 
 generation pass away. He had survived 
 nearly all those with whom he had 
 started in life ; a few veterans like him- 
 self only remaining as specimens of a 
 race of men now numbered with the 
 dead. Full of years, surrounded by his 
 family, loved and respected by the com- 
 munity in which he lived, and honored 
 by all who knew him, he has gone down 
 to a Christian's grave with all a Chris- 
 tian's hopes about him. 
 
 Cuming, Gov. T. B., Omaha, N. T., 
 Mar. 23, a?. — . " Nothing," says a pri- 
 vate letter, " could have occurred to cast 
 a deeper gloom over this community. 
 He was a universal favorite, and died 
 without a personal enemy in the world." 
 Gov- C- was, before his removal to Ne- 
 braska, the editor of a Democratic paper 
 at Keokuk, Iowa, and exercised very 
 considei'able influence upon the politics 
 of that state- He was a man of very 
 considerable ability, and was successful 
 in attaching friends to him wherever he 
 went. On President Pierce's accession 
 to the ])residency, he selected Gov. C. 
 for the office which he held at the time 
 of his death. To native talents of the 
 first order he added the advantages of 
 classical learniixg and of wide experience. 
 The whole territory has sustained an 
 irrej)arable loss. The city of Omaha, 
 for. the benefit of which his best ctlbrts 
 
 had been exerted, and which is indebted 
 to him in a greater degree than to any 
 other man for the proud station she 
 now occupies, deplores, as with one 
 voice, his untimely decease. The loss 
 of no man among us would have been 
 as severely felt as that of Gov. C. The 
 tolling of the bell which announced his 
 death met with a mournful response 
 from the hearts of all within the hearing 
 of its sound. 
 
 CuJiMiNGS, James P. C, M. D., Fitch- 
 burg, Mass., Aug. 27, ae. 28, only child 
 of llev. Preston and Alona D. Cum- 
 mings, of Leicester. He studied his 
 profession with Dr. Trow, of Buckland, 
 and Dr. Workman, of Worcester, and 
 attended lectures at the Berkshire Med- 
 ical Institution and Harvard University, 
 where he received his degree on a spe- 
 cial examination in 1850, and immedi- 
 ately commenced practice in Leicester, 
 Mass. In May, ISoo, he removed to 
 Fitchburg, where he had a steadily in- 
 creasing practice till Feb., 1858, Avhen, 
 by great exposure in the performance 
 of his professional duty, he sickened 
 and of consumption died. He was emi- 
 nently successful and highly prized by 
 his employers, and left behind him that 
 which is rather to be chosen than great 
 riches. He died lamented by all who 
 knew him. 
 
 CuETis, Judge , Lawrence, K. T., 
 
 Feb. 15, ro. — . He was a member of 
 the territorial legislature, formerly judge 
 of probate, and for a period president 
 of the convention which formed the 
 Topeka Constitution. 
 
 Curtis, Andrew J., Esq., (of Vicks- 
 burg, Miss.,) De Peyster, St. Lawrence 
 Co., N. Y., July 5, a?. 30, at the resi- 
 dence of his father, Jonathan Curtis, 
 Esq. Mr. C. was born in De Peyster, 
 and there came to man's estate, when he 
 emigrated south, and settled in Vicks- 
 burg, where he resided until Feb., 1858, 
 when rapidly declining health compelled 
 him to relinquish a lucrative business, 
 in wliich he had amassed a respectable 
 fortune during his eight years' sojourn 
 in that city. He was descended from 
 an ancestry of octogenarian age, and 
 was himself of robust constitution until 
 Sept., 1855, when a severe attack of 
 yellow fever greatly impaired its vigor, 
 and induced the fatal disease (consump- 
 tion) in the prime of life and the very 
 zenith of his usefulness. He had that 
 
CURTIS 
 
 [ 1858. ] 
 
 CUTRIGHT 
 
 79 
 
 about him which favorably impressed 
 the beholder — in stature above the 
 common height, perfect symmetry in 
 form, manly features, cordial manners, 
 fluent and impressive conversation. 
 Sound judgment, quick perception, and 
 indomitable energy were the character- 
 istics of his mind ; honesty, purity, and 
 benevolence, the qualities of his heart. 
 It was the fortune of Mr. C. to enjoy to 
 a large extent the friendship and esteem 
 of the community in which he lived, 
 and to be honorably identified with its 
 success and prosperity. He entered 
 upon the stern realities of another world 
 with satisfactory assurance and calm 
 resignation. 
 
 Curtis, David, Esq., Augusta, Oneida 
 Co., N. Y., May 14, fe. 87. He migrated 
 from his native place in Litchfield Co., Ct., 
 in 1796, and was one of the earliest and 
 most enterprising pioneers before whose 
 vigor the wilderness of Central New York 
 receded, to give place to the abodes of 
 industry and civilization. He was a man 
 of no less decided integrity than energy 
 of character, and ever faithful to the 
 public trusts committed to him, as well 
 as to all the private relations of life. 
 
 CuKTis, Thomas M., Mobile, Ala., 
 Oct. 9, Be. 38. 
 
 Curtis, Joseph, Esq., Jamaica Plain, 
 West Roxbury, Mass., Feb. 13, ae. 85 
 yrs. 4 mos. 20 days. His great-great- 
 grandfather, William Curtis, with his 
 wife, Sarah, and four children, came from 
 England to America in the year 1632, 
 and settled on a farm lying on Stony 
 River, in Roxbury, where he had four 
 more children born to him. His young- 
 est child, Isaac, born in 1642, inherited 
 the homestead, with the condition that 
 he should take care of his parents in 
 their old age. The emigrant, William, 
 died Dec. 8, 1672, ee. 80. His wife, 
 Sarah, died March 20, 1673, a?. 73. The 
 old homestead is now in possession of 
 the fifth Isaac Curtis, who has also a 
 son of that name. 
 
 CuRTiss, Rev. Amasa S., Holland 
 Patent, Oneida Co., N. Y., Dec. 27, se. 
 52. He was 30 years old when he left 
 the farm for the duties of the ministry. 
 After serving the Baptist church at Has- 
 tings a number of years, he preached 
 successively at Rose VaUey, Red Creek, 
 
 Copenhagen, Westmoreland, South But- 
 ler, Holland Patent, and Steuben. He 
 was eminently a man of faith and ])rayer, 
 was mild and amiable in disposition, a 
 good pastor, and spiritual and evangel- 
 ical as a preacher. He was a man of 
 an unblemished moral character, and in 
 all the relations of life demeaned him- 
 self as a Christian, and won the respect 
 and confidence of all. 
 
 Cutler, Miss Lydia Belknap, Han- 
 over, Mass., Dec. 18, a?. 64, at the resi- 
 dence of her brother, the Rev. Samuel 
 Cutler, rector of St. Andrew's Church. 
 Miss C. was the eldest child of Samuel 
 and Lydia Prout Cutler, and was born 
 in Newburyport, Mass., Nov. 2, 1794. 
 She led a retired, but a most useful and 
 devoted life, full of good works. She 
 was Thought, to move others as hands. 
 She was ever watchful, and knew when, 
 where, and how a good deed should be 
 performed. She was a patient Christian. 
 It is well in this connection to record 
 the melancholy catastrophe which ter- 
 minated the lives of her parents. In 
 their deaths they were not divided. June 
 28, 1832, being then on board the packet 
 schooner Pk,ob Roy, bound from New- 
 buryport, Mass., to Portland, Me., by a 
 sudden gust of wind the vessel was cap- 
 sized, and they, with three others of their 
 fellow-passengers, were drowned. The 
 bodies were recovered, and on Sunday, 
 July 1, were laid in the burial ground 
 connected with the Episcopal church in 
 Newburyport, of which, for many years, 
 both had been communicants. They 
 were most respectable and venerable 
 people ; and their sad end filled the 
 town with intense anguish and deepest 
 sorrow. The father was 79, and the 
 mother 63. 
 
 Cutright, Mrs. Rebecca, Upshur 
 Co., Va., Dec. 5, ae. 106. She was the 
 first white woman who settled in the 
 valley of the Buckhanon River, coming 
 to Western Virginia when quite young, 
 and living with her husband in a hollow 
 tree at the mouth of Turkey Run, in 
 what is now Upshur Co. The deceased 
 retained all her faculties in vigor until 
 the close of her long and eventful life, 
 and on the morning of her decease 
 caressed one of her great-grandchildren. 
 Her descendants number over 400. 
 
80 
 
 DABNEY 
 
 [1858.] 
 
 DANE 
 
 D. 
 
 Dabn'ET, Francis O., Beyrout, Sp-ia, 
 Dec. 26, a?. 28, of Boston. lie was son 
 of Charles "William and Frances Alsop 
 (Pomcroy) Dabney, and was born in 
 Fayal, Azores, (where his father resides as 
 American consul,) INIarch 17, 1830. His 
 mother was formerly of Brighton, Mass. 
 He was fitted for college mostly under 
 tutors in Fayal, and the last year under 
 the instruction of Eben Smith Brooks, of 
 Cincinnati, (H. U., 1835.) Immediately 
 after graduating, he entered the counting 
 room of Messrs. Dabney & Cunningham, 
 of Boston, and was subsequently admit- 
 ted as a partner. On the 15th of Sep- 
 tember last, he left New York for Liver- 
 pool, on business of the house. He was 
 in perfect health until near the middle 
 of December, when he was seized with an 
 alarming illness, which in two M-eeks ter- 
 minated flitally. Mr. Dabney had not 
 gone far enough in life's journey to be 
 known to many beyond the circle of his 
 friends, but his energy and upright man- 
 liness struck all who came near him. 
 Seldom is so much firmness and integrity 
 and such a chivalrous sense of honor 
 shown by one so young. For these noble 
 qualities he might Avell be esteemed by 
 all who knew him. 
 
 Daland, Tucker, Esq., Salem, Mass., 
 
 , a^. — . Ml*. D. was born in 
 
 Salem, in 1795, and was a grandson of the 
 late Mr. Benjamin Daland, who was a 
 prominent actor at the North Bridge, 
 on that memorable day when Col. Leslie's 
 regiment was defeated in the attempt to 
 seize some cannon in North Salem, being 
 the first demonstration of successful re- 
 sistance of the " rebels " to the king's 
 forces — an event imperishably connected 
 with our revolutionary history. Mr. D. 
 received his education at the classical 
 school of the late Mr. William Biglow, 
 at the period of a very high standard of 
 intellectual and moral culture in Salem, 
 for both male and female instruction. 
 After leaving school, he entered the count- 
 ing house of the late Joseph Peabody, 
 Esq., and for a series of years Mr. D. was 
 " the head and front " of the very exten- 
 sive and successful business of that emi- 
 nent merchant, whose confidence he en- 
 joyed in the highest degree, continuing 
 to fill important trusts with his usual 
 
 skill and fidelity, after the death of his early 
 patron and friend. Possessed of a vigor- 
 ous constitution and a sound judgment, 
 he was enabled to bring the full force of 
 his experienced and comprehensive mind 
 to bear upon his extensive business rela- 
 tions. As a merchant, he was eminently 
 successful, of upright and honorable feel- 
 ings, and of untu'ing industry. As a 
 highly valuable and useful citizen, of 
 sound morality and purity of mind, a 
 great lover of his country, and a sincere 
 friend and benefactor of the poor, Mr. 
 D. had but few equals. As instances of 
 his charities, •which were dispensed not 
 only without ostentation, but under the 
 strictest promise of secrecy on the part 
 of the almoners, it may not be improper 
 now to mention that, within the last year 
 or two, he has paid to one of the pro- 
 ^^sion dealers, not less than three hundred 
 dollai-s for meats furnished to the poor, 
 and that during the last season he sup- 
 plied the means for pro\iding fifty loaves 
 of bread per diem for a period of four 
 months. On one occasion, casually as- 
 certaining that a townsman, who was 
 about to remove to the west, was ar- 
 rested for debt as he was upon the point 
 of starting in the cars, Mr. D. became 
 responsible for the demand, which he 
 fully discharged without a thought of 
 recompense. These facts are enumerated 
 only as illustrations of his method of 
 benevolence, and of his kindly im- 
 pulses. His home was the abode of do- 
 mestic happiness and tranquillity, and of 
 a generous hospitahty. His memory will 
 be long cherished, and the benefit of his 
 example long felt. 
 
 Dana, A. W., Indianapolis, Ind., Nov. 
 27, so. — , general superintendent of the 
 Bellefontaine Raili'oad, formerly of Bos- 
 ton, Mass. 
 
 D.VXA, Mrs. Mehitable, Conway, N. H., 
 Nov. 18, !B. 79, relict of the late Hon. 
 Judah Dana, of Fryeburg, Me. 
 
 D.VXCE, Wilham S., Esq., Powhattan 
 C. H., Va., Feb. 11, se. 69, clerk of the 
 county. 
 
 Dane, Hon. Joseph, Kennebunk, Me., 
 May 1, a?. 79. He was son of John and 
 Jemima (Fellows) Dane, and was born in 
 Beverly, Mass., Oct. 25, 1778. He was 
 a descendant of John Dane, who emi- 
 
DANE 
 
 [1858.] 
 
 DANIEL 
 
 81 
 
 grated from England, and settled in Ips- 
 wich, Mass., about the year 1G4S. Both 
 his parents were natives of Ipswich. They 
 died in Beverly, where they lived, the 
 father, March 5, 1829, in his 80th year, 
 and the mother, April, 1827, aged 7G 
 years. INIr. 1). was fitted for college at 
 the Phillips Academy, Andover, and 
 graduated at Harvard College, 1799, with 
 the second honors of his class. After 
 lea\ing college, he pursued his legal 
 studies in the office and under the instruc- 
 tions of his uncle, Hon. Nathan Dane, 
 of Beverly, (H. U., 1778,) and Avas ad- 
 mitted to the bar in Essex Co., in 
 July, 1802. Besides the advantages to 
 be derived from the large experience, 
 exact and varied learning, and practical 
 good sense of his immediate instructor, 
 he could not fail to be benefited by the 
 intimate association of the latter with 
 Prescott, Jackson, Putnam, and Story, 
 who were then beginning to be distin- 
 guished for professional excellence, and 
 became the ornaments of the bar and the 
 bench. After his admission to the bar, 
 Mr. D. immediately began the practice 
 of law in Kennebunk, at that time a part 
 of the town of Wells, where he soon be- 
 came distinguished as an able lawyer and 
 an upright and safe counsellor. He con- 
 tinued in active practice in the profession 
 until 1837, when he retu-ed. As a prac- 
 titioner he was courteous, faithful, and 
 honest, and sought, by the influence of 
 his own example, to elevate the charac- 
 ter of the profession for integrity and 
 moral excellence. " He concerned him- 
 self with the begbnings of controversies, 
 not to inflame, but to extinguish them. 
 He felt that he owed a duty to the com- 
 munity in which he lived, and whose 
 peace he was bound to preserve. He was 
 eminently a peacemaker, a composer of 
 dissensions, and constantly aimed to pre- 
 vent the mischiefs which follow in the 
 train of litigation." To him may very 
 justly be applied the language used in 
 regard to another — that " he cast honor 
 upon his honorable profession, and sought 
 dignity, not from the ermine or the mace, 
 but from a straight path and a spotless 
 life." He was the last survivor of those 
 who were members of the bar of York 
 when he began practice ; among whom 
 were the honored names of Mellen, King, 
 Holmes, Hubbard, and Wallingford. In 
 1819 he was a member of the conven- 
 tion which framed the constitution of 
 
 Maine, and took an active part in its pro- 
 ceedings and deliberations, and was one 
 of the committee which draughted the con- 
 stitution, ^h: Holmes being chau-man. 
 Associated with him in this important 
 committee, among others, were Chief 
 Justice Whitman, Generals Wingate and 
 Chandler, Judges Bridge, Dana, and Par- 
 ris. On the admission of Maine into the 
 the Union, in 1820, he was elected a 
 member of the 16th Congress, from the 
 first district, to complete the unexpired 
 term made vacant by the election of Mr. 
 Holmes to the Senate, and also a member 
 of the 17th Congress. Subsequently he 
 was in the state legislature, as a member 
 of the House, in the years 1824, 1825, 
 1832, 1833, 1839, and 1840, and was a 
 member of the Senate in 1829. In 1841 
 he was elected a member of the execu- 
 tive council of Maine, but declined to 
 accept the office. He fulfilled the duties 
 of the various and important public trusts 
 confided to him, with acknowledged 
 ability, great singleness of purpose, and 
 with an earnest, patriotic desire to ad- 
 vance the public interest. After his re- 
 tirement from the bar and from pubhc 
 duties, he always interested himself deep- 
 ly in whatever was calculated to promote 
 the welfare of the community. Few 
 men have lived so long and enjoyed so 
 largely and uniformly the confidence, re- 
 spect, and esteem of their fellow-citizens. 
 He married Oct., 1808, Miss Mary Clark, 
 daughter of Hon. Jonas Clark, of Kenne- 
 bunk, and granddaughter of the Rev. 
 Jonas Clark, of Lexington, Mass., (H. U. 
 1752,) a lady of great excellence of char- 
 acter, who survives him. He had three 
 children, two sons and a daughter. The 
 sons survive him, and are prominent citi- 
 zens of York Co. Hon. Nathan Dane, of 
 Alfred, and Joseph Dane, Jr., of K. He 
 was happy in his domestic and social re- 
 lations, kind, affectionate and benevolent. 
 
 Daxforth, Mrs. Naomi, Hillsboro', 
 N. H., May 18, ae. 80. Her mother in 
 her 100th year attended the funeral. 
 Eighty years ago the present season, the 
 mother, with the deceased in her arms, 
 rode on horseback ftom Dempster through 
 Washington and Hillsboro', most of the 
 way by marked trees, crossed the Con- 
 toocook in a canoe, the horse swimming 
 after, and visited the early settlers in 
 Henniker. 
 
 Daxiel, Willie Augustus^ Weldon, 
 N. C, May 11, se. 32, son of Hon. John 
 
82 
 
 DANIEL 
 
 [1858.] 
 
 DAVIDSON 
 
 R, J. Daniel. Educated to business, he 
 took upon himself the management of his 
 father's ])lantation, — he being most of 
 his time at Wasliington as a member of 
 Congress — and evinced much judgment 
 and energy, and remarkable promptness 
 and sagacity in the adoption of means to 
 the accomplishment of an end — a facul- 
 ty indicative of a high order of intellect. 
 In person the deceased was tall and well 
 proportioned, with fine and well-devel- 
 oped features, and was exceedingly hand- 
 some and prepossessing in his appear- 
 ance and demeanor. He possessed a 
 strong mind, good understanding, a well- 
 balanced judgment, and a tenacious mem- 
 ory. His heart was susceptible of deep and 
 tender impressions, and he Avas magnani- 
 mous, generous, and benevolent, almost 
 to a fault. He seemed to delight in doing 
 good to others, rather than to himself. 
 
 Daniel, Capt. W. J., Marion, Miss., 
 Dec. 31, as. — . Capt. D. had long been 
 a citizen of Lauderdale Co., and has so 
 demeaned himself that it is not unfau- to 
 say that no man in the country enjoyed 
 more the confidence and esteem of his 
 fellow-citizens. In the Mexican war 
 Capt. D. raised a company of volunteers, 
 of which he was chosen captain, and went 
 to the tented field to serve his country. 
 He (Uscharged the duties of his office 
 wliile engaged in the Mexican war, so as 
 at once to gain the approbation of his 
 superior officers, and the respect and 
 love of his men. Capt. D., though lay- 
 ing no claims to brilliancy as a lawyer, 
 was always regarded as possessing solid 
 legal attainments. For years previous, 
 and at the time of his death, he had a 
 law partnership with the Hon. Sylvanus 
 Evans, one of the first lawyers in East 
 Mississippi. 
 
 D^VNIELS, Constans Freeman, New 
 London, Ct., Oct. 20, re. 69. He was 
 editor of the Cheraw Spectator from 
 1825 to 1828, and of the Camden Jour- 
 nal from 1828 to 1833. ]Mr. D. was born 
 in the town of Waterford, in the year 
 1789. He was educated for the profes- 
 sion of the law, studying first with the 
 late Gen. Isham, then a leading member 
 of the bar in this city, and afterwards 
 with Judge Matthew Griswold, of Lyme. 
 In 1821 he commenced to practise, locat- 
 ing in the town of Middle Haddam, in 
 Middlesex Co., Ct. Four years later, in 
 1825, he removed to Cheraw, in South 
 Carolina, where he commenced his edito- 
 
 rial career as editor of the Cheraw Spec- 
 tator. In 1828 he removed again to 
 Camden, in the same state, where he 
 published the Camden Journal, which in 
 his hands was a stanch, unflinching 
 Union paper, during the nullification ex- 
 citement of those times. He continued 
 in the charge of the Journal until the 
 year 1833, when he returned to the 
 north, and soon after became connected 
 with the editorial department of the New 
 York Courier and Enquirer. Four years 
 later, in company with a Mr. Lang, he 
 bought the New York Gazette, of which 
 he was the editor until the year 1839. 
 In that year he again became an associate 
 editor with Gen. James Watson Webb, of 
 the Courier and Enquirer, and remained 
 connected with that journal until he finally 
 removed in 1848, and took charge of the 
 Chronicle. In the summer of 1857, after 
 ten years of service as the editor of the 
 Chronicle, he was attacked by severe ill- 
 ness, and compelled to retire from the 
 active duties of his profession. His health 
 and strength rapidly failed, and all meas- 
 ures adopted to effect his restoration to 
 health were found to be unavailing. The 
 Daily Star, in speaking of his death, says, 
 " He was a man of more than ordinary 
 ability — of extensive reading — high cul- 
 ture — high toned — independent — a gen- 
 erous friend and bitter enemy. For keen, 
 pungent, biting paragraphs, he was hard- 
 ly surpassed in the fraternity. He left a 
 wide circle of friends to deplore his loss." 
 
 Dahlixg, Dr. George W., Constable, 
 N. Y., June 15, ae. 61, formerly of Wood- 
 stock, Vt. 
 
 Dauby, Martin Van Buren, Esq., 
 San Francisco, Cal., March 16, ae. 27, 
 son of Augustine G. Dauby of Utica, 
 N. Y. He was a lawyer by profession, 
 was gifted with fine mental endowments 
 and good social qualities, which made 
 him a favorite with his acquaintances in 
 Utica. 
 
 Davenport, Col. William, Philadel- 
 phia, Pa., April 12, se. — . He dis- 
 tinguished himself at Chippewa and 
 Bridgewater, in the war of 1812; also 
 in the Black Hawk war, under Gen. 
 Taylor. 
 
 DAAaDSON, Mrs. Ede Harris, Shelby- 
 Aille, Tcnn., March 15, a>. 37, wife of 
 Hon. H. L. Davidson, and daughter of 
 Robert P. and Eliza W. Harrison, of S. 
 Mrs. D. was a native of S., and with the 
 exception of a brie^ period, had spent 
 
DAVIE S 
 
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 DEAN 
 
 83 
 
 the whole of her Hfe there, and was well 
 known to the whole community, and as 
 truly beloved as she was generally known. 
 It could not have been otherwise. Pos- 
 sessing an attractive person, easy and en- 
 gaging manners, a heart full of kindness 
 and overflowing with sympathy, she could 
 only be known to be loved. To all those 
 natural traits that adorn and beautify 
 the character, were added the refining 
 and sanctifying graces of Christianity. 
 She knew no sloth in her Master's ser- 
 vice, was ready for every good work, 
 and equally prompt to partake of the 
 happiness of the happy, and share the sor- 
 rows of the sorrowing. In all the varied 
 relations of life, of daughter, wife, mother, 
 sister, mistress, and friend — she was a 
 model of warm and affectionate fidelity. 
 
 Dayies, Edgar W., Esq., Williams- 
 burg, X. Y., May 27, se. 58. Many 
 years ago Mr. D. published a paper, in 
 New York, called The Old Countryman, 
 and was also connected with other pub- 
 lications here and in Boston. Subse- 
 quently he adopted the profession of 
 law reporter, and as such became widely 
 known to our public men, judges, lawyers, 
 and citizens generally ; and from all who 
 knew him he won respect and confidence 
 by his gentle, unobtrusive manners, his 
 integrity of character, and his love of 
 truth. As law reporter, and in other ca- 
 pacities, he has been connected with The 
 Sun for the last fourteen or fifteen years ; 
 and in discharging his responsible duties ' 
 as a reporter, he was distinguished by 
 his extreme caution, so scrupulously 
 anxious was he to avoid committing an 
 error, or doing an injury to any one 
 unwittingly. In his private and domes- 
 tic life he was of an amiable and aff'ec- 
 tionate disposition. 
 
 Davis, Dr. B. F., Post Oak Springs, 
 Pioane Co., Tenn., se. about 35. He 
 stood deservedly high as a ^ccessful 
 physician, and an energetic famer and 
 citizen. 
 
 Davis, David, Brooklyn, X. Y., Xov. 
 — , se. 105. He was born near Morris- 
 town, X. J., in October, 1754. On the 
 breaking out of the revolutionary war 
 he resided in East Chester, Westchester 
 Co., X. Y., and enlisted in the American 
 army as a soldier, but being familiar 
 with the management of horses, he was 
 made a teamster, in which capacity he 
 served in many of the battles of the 
 revolution. At the close of the war he 
 
 returned home, and remained on his 
 farm imtil the troubles of 1812, when 
 he was again called out, but did no 
 active duty. He went to Brooklyn 
 thirty years ago. 
 
 Davis, Gen. John, East Liberty, Pa., 
 Nov. 29, 8B. 87. He was born in Frank- 
 lin Co. At an early age he desired 
 military employment, and sought a posi- 
 tion in the army of his country. He 
 received commissions from Presidents 
 Jefferson, Madison, and Monroe. As 
 private and officer he served his coun- 
 try for fourteen years. In 1807 he, 
 with a company for the south-west, de- 
 scended the Ohio in keel boats. He 
 served for seven years under command 
 of Gen. Andrew Jackson. In the Indian 
 wars in Florida he distinguished him- 
 self, and especially so at the battle of 
 the Horseshoe. He was afterwards at 
 the battle of Xew Orleans, as a captain 
 in the army, and was one of Gen. Jack- 
 son's aids. Here he undertook a most 
 dangerous duty, — that of obtaining a 
 supply of ammunition for the Ameri- 
 can army, — which he succ-essfully ac- 
 complished, with the loss of a number 
 of men and the mules attached to the 
 wagons. For his success in this hazard- 
 ous undertaking he received the honor- 
 able appointment of brevet major. In 
 1815 he retu'ed from the army, after 
 the close of the war had rendered his 
 active services no longer necessary to 
 his country. Dm'ing the administra- 
 tion of President Jackson he received 
 the appointment of U. S. marshal for 
 the western district of Pennsylvania. 
 
 Davis, Rev. S. Hammer, Amelia 
 Court House, Va., July — , a>. 28, pas- 
 tor of the Presbyterian Church there. 
 He was a native of Maryland, and a 
 graduate of Hampden Sidney College. 
 
 Davison, Dr. Samuel, Greece, N. Y., 
 Dec. 15, a?. 65. He was a much re- 
 spected citizen and physician, and served 
 as a justice of the peace. 
 
 Day, Rev. David P., Webster City, 
 Iowa, Oct. 16, ce. 55. He had been for 
 many years a local preacher in the 
 M. E. church, and none knew him but 
 to love him. For the last two years he 
 supplied the work on that frontier mis- 
 sion. 
 
 Deax, Isaac, Adrian, INIich., March 
 3, oe. 86. He went to that place at a 
 very early day. He assisted in the 
 erection of the old fioiu-ing mill know'n 
 
84 
 
 DEANE 
 
 [ 1858. ] 
 
 DEANE 
 
 as the "red mill," the first erected in 
 the county. He also erected the first 
 public house in that place, in 1828, then 
 and now known as the "Exchange." 
 During the early settlement of Southern 
 Michigan Mr. 1). was well known to all 
 who in those trying times were seek- 
 ing homes in that section, the then 
 " far west," and he was always ready 
 to lend a heljjing hand to those who 
 needed aid. He had previously settled 
 in New York, as early as 1791, in what 
 was called Genesee Country, now town 
 of Phelps, Ontario Co. His benevo- 
 lence was confined to no sect or color ; 
 all who were in want found in him a 
 friend ready to help, and in his upright 
 life he was always respected. 
 
 Deaxe, Dr. Ezra, Cambridge, Mass., 
 Sept. 8, a?. 79, late of Biddeford, Me. 
 
 JAMES DEANE, M.D., 
 
 Greenfield, Mass., June 8, a?. 57. He 
 was born at Coleraine, Franklin Co., 
 Mass., Feb. 24, 1801. Though called 
 away in the full strength and vigor of 
 manhood, he left behind him a name 
 bright with every manly virtue, and 
 which posterity will delight to honor. 
 In his early days fortune favored him 
 not ; auspicious winds blew for him no 
 favoring gale ; but unbending integrity, 
 firm purpose, and indomitable perse- 
 verance made him, in the brief half 
 century in which he lived, what he was, 
 and what he strove to be — the eminent 
 physician and surgeon, the scientific 
 discoverer, and the high-minded, noble 
 man. 
 
 Born amid the rugged but pic- 
 turesque hills of Western Massachu- 
 setts, his early years were spent in 
 labor upon his father's farm, and his 
 opportunities for obtaining an educa- 
 tion were in no way superior to those 
 enjoyed by others in like circumstances. 
 He, however, early manifested an ear- 
 nest desii'C for the acquisition of useful 
 learning, and a strong disposition for 
 study. 
 
 On arriving at the age of 21, he left 
 his paternal home, and obtained a situ- 
 ation as clerk in the office of the judge 
 of probate in Greenfield. Here he re- 
 mained four or five years, at the end of 
 which time he entered himself as a stu- 
 dent of medicine, in the office of the 
 late Dr. Brigham, of Utica, N. Y., then 
 
 of G. He now found himself in a posi- 
 tion better suited to his mind, and with 
 a steadiness of purpose and zeal worthy 
 of success, he bent the full strength of 
 his talents to the study of the profes- 
 sion. He attended lectures at Colum- 
 bia College, N. Y., and graduated there 
 in 1831. Returning to Greenfield, he 
 opened an office. Professional practice 
 was slow in reaching him, and most 
 men would have despaired of success ; 
 but not so with Dr. Deane. Though 
 he must have felt much the need of 
 encouragement, he did not yield to dis- 
 couragements. His leisure was devoted 
 to study, and he made himself no less 
 the stvxdent now than while nominally 
 so, and aimed to add to his storehouse 
 of knowledge each day something that 
 would better fit him for those arduous 
 labors destined to devolve upon him in 
 after years, Avhen the high honors of 
 brilliant professional success fell thickly 
 around him. 
 
 For many years previous to his death 
 he enjoyed an extensive and constantly 
 increasing practice, and each year but 
 added new honors to his fame. In his 
 skill and judgment not only his patients, 
 but his professional brethren, implicitly 
 relied. As a counsellor he was often 
 called many miles from his home, and 
 as an operative surgeon he was emi- 
 nently and widely distinguished. 
 
 It was in the early part of his prac- 
 tice that his attention was directed to 
 the science of geology and its kindred 
 branches. In 1835 he first pressed 
 upon scientific notice his discovery of 
 the fossil footprints in the red sand- 
 stone of the Connecticut valley. At 
 the time of his death he was about 
 publishing an elegantly illustrated work 
 upon the subject, delineating and de- 
 scribing by his own hand the many 
 different _^pecies of footprints he had 
 discover* or caused to be discovered, 
 the result of twenty-four years' investi- 
 gation and labor. We trust it will yet 
 be published, that the scientific world 
 may reap its benefit. Considering the 
 disadvantages under which he labored 
 in early life, and the age at which he 
 entered upon scientific and professional 
 studies, the amount of labor he accom- 
 plished seems remarkable. 
 
 He was possessed of a versatile and 
 active mind, and talents of no ordi- 
 nary degree. He was emphatically self- 
 
DEANE 
 
 [1858.] 
 
 DEANE 
 
 85 
 
 taught and thoroughly versed, not only 
 in the various branches of his profes- 
 sion, but upon subjects poHtical and 
 scientific in general. He was a fre- 
 quent contributor to Silliman's Journal. 
 In personal appearance he was singu- 
 larly tall and symmetrical, and his bear- 
 ing was dignified and majestic. Seen 
 in the railroad car, or among his fellow- 
 men any where, a stranger would have 
 singled him out as one distinguished 
 above the rest. His deportment was 
 at all times unassuming ; he never 
 sought to make himself popular, and 
 ever regarded such efforts with con- 
 tempt. He was a man of few words, 
 and never gave idle or hasty opinions. 
 His conclusions were the result of con- 
 sideration, and hence could be relied 
 upon. No man could manifest greater 
 coolness or deliberation than he, or 
 firmness in cases requiring it ; yet his 
 delicacy aud gentleness were remark- 
 able. "Eminently social and domestic, 
 he was a most kind and devoted hus- 
 band and father, and a true friend. 
 Many were the anxious inquirers and 
 expressions of solicitude made at his 
 door, when it was announced that he 
 lay upon the bed of sickness, and, alas, 
 of death. All seemed anxious to do 
 something for him who had beforetime 
 ministered to their needs with so ten- 
 der and skilful a hand. But all in vain 
 were the efforts of family, physicians, 
 and friends ; he died after a brief ill- 
 ness of three weeks. Deep was the 
 feeling manifested at the last sad rites 
 of his burial. Hundreds, eager to show 
 their tribute of respect and gratitude to 
 his memory, crowded the chiirch and its 
 vestibule, and followed his remains to 
 their last resting place upon the spot 
 he himself had chosen. But not yet 
 could he be suffered to rest unblessed by 
 the community in which he had lived. 
 Eight weeks after, citizens, friends, and 
 mourners were gathered together to lis- 
 ten to the eulogy pronounced upon his 
 life and character by Dr. Bowdjtch, of 
 Boston. 
 
 At a meeting of the Boston Natural 
 History Society, it was said by T. T. 
 Bouve, — 
 
 " Of his ability as a doctor of medi- 
 cine others present are far more compe- 
 tent to speak than myself ; but I quote 
 the language of one well acquainted 
 with him, in the statement that 'his 
 8 
 
 success and skill were acknowledged in 
 all the various branches of his profes- 
 sion, but were more especially conspicu- 
 ous in operative surgery. In critical 
 cases it is said that his coolness and 
 presence of mind were unsurpassed.' 
 ' No man,' says the same authority, 
 ' ever took a more genuine pleasure in 
 the relief of human suffering ; and 
 being called to most of the diflficult 
 cases within a large circuit of miles, the 
 readiness with Avhich he yielded to the 
 frequent demands upon him only was 
 equalled by the diligence and profes- 
 sional enthusiasm with which he pre- 
 pared for his operations.' 
 
 " But itfs in his character as a natu- 
 ralist that we, members of the society, 
 feel the most interest. None of us, I 
 am sure, can be unmindful of his labors 
 in working out and faithfully portraying 
 the remarkable impressions of the rocks 
 of the Connecticut valley, or of his yet 
 more valuable and instructive observa- 
 tions upon these interesting monuments 
 of past life. "Whatever may be said of 
 others who have honorably worked in 
 the same field, this I think may be 
 truly stated of Dr. D., that the first 
 scientific observations on the footprints 
 were made by him. 
 
 " Nearly a quarter of a century has 
 gone by since he first called attention 
 to these impressions ; but yet, though 
 absorbed much in the duties of his pro- 
 fession, he never lost his interest in 
 them. To his mind, nurturqid as it had 
 become by their study, questions of im- 
 portant moment depended upon their 
 full elucidation ; and certainly he ex- 
 hibited an untiring devotion in his 
 labors towards the accomplishment of 
 this end. We all know that he had for 
 some time been engaged in the prepara- 
 tion of a work on the footprints of the 
 Connecticut valley, now under publica- 
 tion by the Smithsonian Institute ; and 
 all are undoubtedly aware that, by a 
 process of his own invention, he was 
 able to lithograph and photogi'aph them, 
 so as to produce illustrations of singu- 
 lar fidelity, the color even of the stone 
 in which they occur being exactly rep- 
 resented. How far he had progressed 
 towards the completion of the text for 
 this work is not yet known to us. The 
 plates, I have the satisfaction of an- 
 nouncing, are all finished. 
 
 " Dr. D. always felt a strong interest 
 
86 
 
 DEAVITT 
 
 [ 1858. ] 
 
 DEAVITT 
 
 in our society, and he was anxious that 
 our cabinet should possess a full suit 
 of the impressions. To him your com- 
 mittee M-ere much indebted for advice 
 and assistance in procuring such as 
 adorn your cabinet. It is a satisfaction 
 now to know that he himself felt grate- 
 ful to the society for the readiness with 
 which it at all times, through your 
 curator, loaned him such specimens as 
 were needed for the illustration of his 
 work. These were always unhesitating- 
 ly placed at his disposal. 
 
 " Dr. D. was quiet and unobtrusive 
 in his manners, and always presented 
 his observations with singular modesty. 
 It is indeed painful to reflept that his 
 manly form will never more come into 
 our presence, nor his instructive speech 
 greet our hearing. 
 
 " It is always a pleasure to know that 
 those whom we have respected for sci- 
 entific attainments were loved and hon- 
 ored in private life for their virtues. 
 This pleasure we can fully enjoy in the 
 case of our lamented associate. I cannot, 
 perhaps, better close these remarks than 
 by quoting the language of the friend 
 in Greenfield who funaished me with 
 some of the facts given concerning Dr. 
 D. He says, ' To the community here 
 his death is a loss not easily supplied. 
 To many families it is only second to 
 that of an immediate member. We 
 mourn not only the loss of our physi- 
 cian, and of a useful fellow-citizen, but 
 of one wh(^ by the daily beauty of his 
 life, and by numberless unremembered 
 acts of kindness, made personal friends 
 of all those who were in the habit of 
 associating with him.' 
 
 " In conclusion I offer the following 
 resolution : — 
 
 ^^ Resolved, that the Boston Society 
 of Natural History, highly appreciating 
 the value and importance of the labors 
 of the late Dr. James Deane, of Green- 
 field, in the investigation and elucidation 
 of the fossil footprints of the Connecticut 
 valley, recognize in his death a great 
 loss, not only to themselves, with whom 
 he was associated, but to all who feel 
 interested in the progress of science." 
 
 HON. ALBERT G. DEAVITT, 
 
 Saratoga Springs, N. Y., Sept. 1, a>. 42, 
 of South Bend, Ind. He was a brother 
 of J. J. Deavitt, Esq., of St. Albans, 
 
 Vt. The deceased was a native of Rens- 
 selaer Co., N. Y. In his boyhood he 
 exhibited those fine qualities of head 
 and heart which caused his friends to 
 anticipate for him a distinguished and 
 honorable future. And these pleasing 
 anticipations were in a good degree re- 
 ahzed. But in the meridian of his days, 
 and at the moment when his earthly 
 prospects seemed most flattering, the 
 all-wise and insci-utable Ruler of human 
 events saw fit to terminate his worldly 
 career. After reading law at Platts- 
 burg and Ogdensburg, Judge D. com- 
 pleted his legal studies, preparatory to 
 his admission to the bar, in the office 
 of the Hon. D. L. Seymour, of Troy, 
 N. Y. And, after having practised at 
 the bar of his native county a few 
 years with ability and success, he re- 
 moved to Indiana. He received mili- 
 tary commissions from Govs. Bouck, of 
 New York, and Whitcomb, of Indiana ; 
 and in March, 1857, he was appointed 
 by Gov. Willard cuxuit judge of the 
 11th judicial circuit of Indiana, in the 
 place of Hon. T. S. Stanfield, resigned. 
 
 Hon. Schuyler Colfax, in the St. Jo- 
 seph Valley Register, published at South 
 Bend, Ind., says, " We regret to an- 
 nounce the death of Judge A. G. Deav- 
 itt, of this town. He was one of our 
 old citizens ; and he has been regarded 
 as a sound and able lawyer, an impartial 
 judge, a good citizen, and a kind and 
 aflFectionate husband and father. His 
 death leaves a vacuum not easily filled." 
 
 Said another notice of him, " Many 
 hearts will be saddened by this event, 
 not only of those who admired the de- 
 ceased for his talents and ability, who 
 esteemed him for his honor, who were 
 won to him in friendship by his Idnd- 
 ness, but of many whose sympathies were 
 with him and liis family in his long and 
 painful sickness. It was not permitted 
 him to die in the bosom of his family, 
 as he doubtless desired ; but the aflfec- 
 tionate hand of one whom he described, 
 in the warm utterance of his heart, ' a 
 good, noble brother,' was with him. It 
 has not been permitted his friends and 
 neighbors to follow his remains to their 
 last resting place on earth ; but in the 
 cemetery of Saratoga, in a beautiful 
 spdt marked by a monument reared by 
 fraternal love, and beneath the shade 
 of a spreading pine, they will rest tiU 
 the resurrection of the just. 
 
DE COST 
 
 [1858.] 
 
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 87 
 
 " In the beginning of the long and 
 painful sickness that came upon our 
 brother, and from the midst of the dark 
 and distressing providences that near 
 two years ago cari'ied a brother and a 
 sister from beneath his roof to the grave, 
 he turned his mind, with cheerful hope 
 and assiduous care, to find the blessings 
 in disguise of those deep glooms. He 
 sought and found. The Bible, which 
 he saw, and felt, and said would make 
 heaven on earth, if men would live by 
 it, became his rock ; the Redeemer and 
 his blood, his entire hope ; and carefully 
 and anxiously did he seek, in changed 
 views, and feelings, and life, for the evi- 
 dence that all was well. Whilst hope 
 flattered him of recovery, and his friends 
 entertained sanguine expectations of it, 
 his chiefest desire of restoration was for 
 his family's sake, and that he might 
 teach his young children the fear of 
 God." 
 
 The court and bar of St. Joseph Co., 
 Ind., adopted the following resolutions : 
 
 "Whereas we have heard that the 
 Hon. Albert G. Deavitt departed this 
 life at Saratoga Springs, N. Y., on the 
 1st inst., therefore we, the members of 
 the bar and officers of the court of South 
 Bend, where the deceased has so long 
 occupied the position of one of the most 
 prominent members of the legal pro- 
 fession, — 
 
 ^^ Resolve, 1. That in the death of the 
 Hon. Albert G. Deavitt, the bar of South 
 Bend has lost one of its most able and 
 talented members. United with him by 
 the ties of professional and social inter- 
 course, we can but express our sorrow 
 at this dispensation of Providence, and 
 pay the tribute of affection due to the 
 memory of our departed brother. 
 
 " 2. We deeply sympathize with the 
 bereaved family of the deceased, and 
 hereby tender them our condolence in 
 this afflicting dispensation." 
 
 De Cost, Capt. Nash, Skaneateles, 
 N. Y., Jan. 27, ae. 75. He was well 
 known in New York 30 years ago, as 
 one of the most popular shipmasters in 
 the " Swallow Tail " line of Liverpool 
 packets. Those who had occasion to 
 cross the Atlantic at that period will 
 remember him as commander of the 
 favorite packet ship York. Previous to 
 his connection with that ship, he sever- 
 ally commanded the ships Euphrates, 
 
 Cortez, and Averick, in all of which he 
 not only gave entire satisfaction to own- 
 ers, but also to those who took passage 
 with him. The numerous gifts of silver 
 plate which he possessed, and cherished 
 in his advanced age, testified his popu- 
 larity with his passenger friends. He 
 was always a good friend of the sailor, 
 and has often boasted that he never had 
 occasion to flog a man who lived with 
 him in the whole course of his life. He 
 possessed a good heart ; and it was al- 
 ways in the ' right place ' when appealed 
 to by those in distress. He was a sin- 
 cere Christian, and died in the hope of 
 a glorious immortality. 
 
 Deen, Dr. O. L., Bolivar Co., Miss., 
 Aug. 18, se. 38. Dr. D., we believe, 
 was born in Georgia. His father immi- 
 grated to Mississippi, and settled in 
 Hinds Co., where he still lives, when 
 the doctor was quite a boy, where he 
 received a moral and honest training 
 that characterized him through life. The 
 doctor moved to Bolivar Co. some 10 
 or 12 years since, where he has practised 
 his profession with success and untiring 
 energy. He possessed some noble qual- 
 ities in a high degree ; was ever a friend 
 to the poor, ever an energetic mover in 
 matters that concerned the public good, 
 and ever kind and genial in his nature. 
 Appreciating and rewarding merit wher- 
 ever found, and in all the relations and 
 transactions in life, he was strictly hon- 
 est and rigidly just ; bold and fearless 
 in asserting, and firm in sustaining, what 
 he conceived to be right, but ever open 
 to conviction. When told by his phy- 
 sician that he could live but a little 
 while longer, he calmly said, "Well, I 
 am satisfied with life, satisfied with my 
 success ; and, were it not for my wife 
 and children, I would not be at all dis- 
 concerted." 
 
 De Foreest, Dr. H. A., Rochester, 
 N. Y., Nov. 24, SB. 44, at the house of 
 Harvey Ely, Esq. He was a native of 
 Watertown, Ct. He graduated at Yale, 
 and pursued his medical studies there. 
 At an early period of his practice he 
 settled in Rochester, where he continued 
 for about five years, with great success. 
 He then offered his services to the 
 American Board as a medical missionary, 
 and was appointed to the SjTian mis- 
 sion. He was married, Aug. 6, 1840, 
 to Miss E. S. Sargent, of Stockbridge, 
 Ct, and in Sept., 1841, they sailed for 
 
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 [ 1858. ] 
 
 DENIG 
 
 France, that the doctor might enjoy the 
 advantages that Paris aflbrds to the 
 medical man. He reached Beirut in 
 April, 1842, and continued in this for- 
 eign lield about 12 years, when ill health 
 compelled him to leave. As a physician, 
 he was enabled to enter immediately 
 upon his duties. He was, however, 
 more than a mere physician. He pur- 
 sued the study of the Arabic language ; 
 and, although he declined to assume the 
 ministerial office, yet he cheerfully con- 
 ducted religious meetings both in Eng- 
 lish and Arabic, with great acceptance. 
 For many years also, as treasurer, he 
 managed the finances of the Syrian mis- 
 sion with great ability, and in various 
 ways relieved his clerical colleagues from 
 the pressure of secular cares. He like- 
 wise assisted in conducting the Arabic 
 press, both by translations and by edit- 
 ing books and tracts prepared by others. 
 But it was to the cause of female edu- 
 cation that he devoted most of his time 
 and strength, and to this he consecrated 
 his last affections. It became with him 
 almost a passion. To leave it was his 
 sorest trial ; and to go back to Syria, 
 and resume this chosen employment, was 
 the one earthly hope cherished longest 
 and abandoned last of all. And in that 
 which he so loved he was eminently suc- 
 cessful. Aided by his amiable and de- 
 voted wife, he originated and carried to 
 great excellence the female seminary of 
 the SjTian mission. The influence of 
 this school upon the Arab community 
 in favor of female education has been 
 great, wide-spread, and permanent. 
 Many happy families are rising up in 
 Syria to bless his memory, through 
 whose self denying labors they them- 
 selves have been blessed with educated, 
 refined, and pious mothers. So ardent 
 was his zeal in this work that he could 
 not be prevailed to relinquish it even 
 temporarily until his robust constitution 
 was so entirely broken down that it 
 could never afterwards be restored. The 
 editors of the Independent say of the 
 deceased, " No Christian traveller from 
 the United States could have visited 
 Beirut within the past 15 years without 
 perceiving that this modest and genial 
 missionary physician was doing as great 
 a work in elevating the women of Syria 
 as was Mr. Calhoun in training young 
 men for the ministry, and Dr. Smith in 
 preparing the Bible for the people. Two 
 
 of the editors of this journal have en- 
 joyed the privilege at Beirut or at Abeth 
 of worshipping with that Syrian house- 
 hold over which Dr. and Mrs. De Forrest 
 presided with so much wisdom, and af- 
 fection, and Christian grace ; and gladly 
 would we render a personal tribute to 
 so good and useful a man." 
 
 i3e Gakay, Jose, New York city, 
 Sept. 21, ae. 57. He was a native of 
 Mexico, and was born Sept. 21, 1801, 
 and died upon the anniversary of his 
 birthday. He was well known in the 
 United States as the original projector 
 of the Tehuantepec transit route across 
 the continent, for which he obtained the 
 grant from Santa Anna in 1841. The 
 first grant having expired by limitation 
 before its terras had been fulfilled, Senor 
 De Garay succeeded in 1846 in having 
 it renewed by Mariano Salas, then dic- 
 tator. He leaves a son and daughter, 
 and also several relatives living in 
 Fi-ance. 
 
 De Long, Hon. James A., Brown- 
 ville, K. T., Nov. 25, se. — . As a man, 
 his aspirations were high and noble ; as 
 a citizen, kind-hearted and esteemed ; 
 as a neighbor, social and beloved ; as a 
 political adviser in the time of the strug- 
 gles, ever mindful of the interests of the 
 territory ; as the representative of his 
 county, he fulfilled his duties in the ter- 
 ritorial legislature the most praiseworthy 
 — ever true to his constituents and to the 
 cause of freedom. 
 
 Deluol, Eev. L. R., D. D., Baltimore, 
 Md., , SB. — , formerly superior gen- 
 eral of St. Mary's Seminary, and vicar 
 general of this diocese. Dr. D. was a 
 native of the south of France, was presi- 
 dent of St. Mary's College of this city, 
 and for many years superior of the Theo- 
 logical Seminary connected with that in- 
 stitution. During a long lifetime he de- 
 voted all his energies to the arduous 
 duties of the priesthood, and in every re- 
 spect was a model citizen and Christian. 
 
 Denig, Edwin T., Esq., Pembina 
 Settlement, British possessions, Sept. 6, 
 se. 47, second son of Dr. Geo. Denig, 
 of Columbus, O. The deceased had been 
 for many years a member, and actively 
 engaged in the operations of the Ameri- 
 can Fur Company, having charge of one 
 of the upper forts and trading ]}osts situ- 
 ated at the mouth of the Yellow Stone 
 River, where he spent twenty-five years of 
 the best part of his life. His long resi- 
 
DENISON 
 
 [1858.] 
 
 DICKEY 
 
 89 
 
 dence among the Indians, his coiTect and 
 Christian-like deportment in all his trans- 
 actions, gave him unbovmded influence 
 among them, and rendered his services 
 peculiarly valuable to the company. His 
 acquaintance with the habits, manners, 
 and language of the different tribes by 
 •which he was surrounded, has seldom 
 been equalled, and resulted in his making 
 several valuable communications on the 
 ethnological and philological peculiarities 
 of these different nations, Avhich have 
 been handsomely acknowledged by gov- 
 ernment, and printed in the archives of 
 our national history. Becoming tired of 
 such complete isolation, and wishing to 
 confer upon his children the benefits of 
 education, he severed his connection with 
 the Fur Company in 1856, and removed 
 to the Pembina Settlement, on the Red 
 River of the north. At this point he 
 found all the refining influences of civili- 
 zation open to his access, with little or 
 none of those social evils which mar the 
 moral beauty of social existence in the 
 more densely populated districts of our 
 land. He purchased a large grazing 
 farm, and established an interior trading 
 post, and was actively engaged in both 
 branches of business, when a short, but 
 violent attack of fever terminated his ex- 
 istence. Brief as had been the period of 
 his sojourn here, he had, nevertheless, se- 
 cured the high regard and sincere attach- 
 ment of quite a number of distinguished 
 residents, some of whom have volunta- 
 rily e-sanced their esteem in communica- 
 tions addressed to his relatives in Co- 
 lumbus since his death. 
 
 Denisox, Rev. Henry Mandeville, 
 Charleston, S. C, Sept. 28, se. 35, rector 
 of St. Peter's Chm-ch. He was a native 
 of Pennsylvania, graduated at the Epis- 
 copal Theological Seminary in Fairfax 
 Co., Va., and married a daughter of Ex- 
 president Tyler. He formerly officiated 
 in Brooklyn, N. Y., and Louisville, Ky. 
 
 Denisox, Mrs. Rachel, Royalton, Vt., 
 Aug. 23, 33. 84, widow of Dr. Joseph 
 A. Denison, and sister of the Rt. Rev. 
 P. Chase, late of Illinois. 
 
 Dennett, Hon. Mark, Portsmouth, 
 N. H., Aug. 19, SB. 75. 
 
 Dennlsg, Col. R. W., St. Louis, Mo., 
 Sept, 29, X. — . Col. D. was formerly 
 a well-known merchant in Chillicothe, O., 
 where he had built up a reputation of 
 spotless honor and strict integrity, Avhich 
 contributed to prosperity in business, and 
 8* 
 
 endeared him to a large circle of ac- 
 quaintances in that city, who, doubtless, 
 heard of his death with that sincere re- 
 gret which can only attacli to the loss of a 
 valued friend. During his life his gener- 
 ous disposition, warm heart, and gentle- 
 manly bearing attached him socially to 
 every one with whom he came in contact, 
 and such was the esteem which his pres- 
 ence inspired, that every companion at 
 once became his friend. 
 
 Denny, Major St. Clair, Pittsburg, 
 Pa., paymaster of U. S. army, and for- 
 merly captain of the 5th regiment of in- 
 fantry. 
 
 Devens, Dr. S., Lake Village, K H., 
 Aug. 30, a;. 49, formerly of Charlestown, 
 Mass. 
 
 Dewey, Dr. B. F., Cascade, la., April 
 18, se. 41, son of Dr. Asa Dewey, of Bos- 
 ton. The deceased was an excellent phy- 
 sician, a very useful member of society, 
 and highly respected by all who knew 
 him. 
 
 Dewey, David, M. D., Plainfield, Essex 
 Co., N. J., April 28, X. 73. Dr. D. was for 
 more than forty years a practising physi- 
 cian. He was an active and influential 
 citizen. 
 
 Dewoody, Hon. John A., Des Arc, 
 
 Ala. , SB. 30. He was a native 
 
 of Limestone Co., Ala. He resided in 
 Des Arc near five years. His business 
 qualifications were of the first order, and 
 since the organization of our municipal 
 government, he has filled the office of 
 mayor, having been elected four times in 
 succession. 
 
 Dick, Thomas Morritt, M. D., near 
 Sumpter, S. C, Aug. 30, ee. 54, 
 
 Dickey, Ebenezer V., M. D., Oxford, 
 Pa., July 31, ffi. 36. He was the young- 
 est son of the late Rev. Ebenezer Dickey, 
 D. D., of the same place. He died m 
 the house in which he was born, and 
 in which his father died. He was a man 
 of great force of character — able, digni- 
 fied, and independent — and identified 
 v/iih. all the public enterprises of the 
 south-western part of the county. He 
 was made president of the Baltimore 
 Central Railroad Company, which posi- 
 tion he resigned when elected, in the fall 
 of 1856, to a seat in the legislature of 
 the state ; and at the organization of the 
 Octoraro Bank, he was chosen, by univer- 
 sal consent, its president. He was in the 
 prime of life, and his death has created 
 a void it will be difficult to fill. The de- 
 
90 
 
 DICKINSON 
 
 [1858.] 
 
 DODGE 
 
 ceased stood liighly in his profession as a 
 medical man. In every position he was 
 called upon to fill, he discharged his duty 
 with ability. 
 
 Dickinson, Mrs. Jane Louisa, Plain- 
 ville, Ct., April 8, ae. 33, wife of Ilev. J. 
 L. Dickinson, and daughter of the Rev. 
 Ai'temas Boies, who died in 1844, the 
 honored and beloved pastor of the 
 Second Church in New London. When 
 16 years of age, and a member of the 
 seminary in South Hadley, which was her 
 native place, she united with the church. 
 Mrs. D. was admirably fitted for her sta- 
 tion. Being the daughter of a clergy- 
 man, possessed of a cheerful and loving 
 spirit, cultivated and refined by educa- 
 tion and the grace of God, she was a 
 helpmeet for her husband ; and great in- 
 deed is the loss sustained by him and 
 his bereaved family. 
 
 Dickinson, Col. Alexander, Lewiston, 
 N. Y., Oct. 31, se. 68. Col. D. was born 
 in New Jersey, July 4, 1790, and removed 
 to our frontier in 1811. He was one 
 of the oldest and most respected citizens 
 of Niagara Co. He has held many of- 
 fices of responsibility, and ever discharged 
 the duties intrusted to him with credit 
 to himself and honor to liis constitu- 
 ents. 
 
 Dickinson, Dr. R. Q., Albany, Ga., 
 May 6, fe. 60, a man highly esteemed 
 and well beloved, cut down, although 
 past the meridian of his life, in the midst 
 of his career of usefulness. 
 
 Dickson, Hon. Samuel, M. D., Al- 
 bany, N. Y., May 4, ae. — . He was the 
 faithful representative of the Albany 
 district in the last Congress. The Albany 
 Co. Medical Society speak of him as an 
 honored and useful member of the com- 
 munity, of the jjrofession, and of the so- 
 ciety ; and that it is meet and proper that 
 men who have been useful in their day 
 and generation, both in public as well as 
 in private hfe, should receive the plaudits 
 of their fellow-men. 
 
 Dike, Samuel, Weathersfield, Cl, Oct. 
 20, a). 95, a revolutionary pensioner — a 
 man of sterling integrity, and true Chris- 
 tian principle. 
 
 Dillon, Rev. Matthew, Peoria, 111., 
 Dec. 16, ae. — , pastor of Peoria, and late 
 president of the University of St. Mary 
 of the Lake, and pastor of the Church 
 of the Holy Name, Chicago. 
 
 DiMOCK, Rev. Davis, Montrose, Pa., 
 Sept 27, ae. 82. He had been a Baptist 
 
 preacher in the Wyoming region and 
 Montrose for nearly sixty years, and was 
 an associate judge of Susquehanna Co. 
 for a quarter of a century. His father 
 was an officer in the revolutionary army, 
 and after the war removed with many 
 others from Connecticut to the Wyoming 
 Valley, and settled at Wilkesbarre. The 
 subject of this sketch was then 14 years 
 of age, just the age to have earlier im- 
 pressions enforced, and childhood's bent 
 strengthened, by the scenes of Indian 
 massacre, and the personal narratives of 
 a thousand thrilling incidents, which go 
 to make up the history of Wyoming. 
 He here labored on the farm and in the 
 workshop ; improved the scanty opportu- 
 nities in his reach to gain knowledge by 
 attending and teaching common schools ; 
 and was active in all of the ])olitical and 
 other gatherings of the people. In June, 
 1797, he was united in marriage with 
 Betsey Jenldns, of Tunkhannock, who 
 became the mother of his twelve chil- 
 dren, and the beloved and faithful partner 
 of his toils and privations, as well as his 
 hopes and enjoyments, during fifty-five 
 years of his earthly pilgrimage. His 
 labors, his manner of Hfe and doctrines, 
 have left their imprint, not only upon the 
 journals and pubhcations written by his 
 own hands, but upon the records of the 
 county, upon all the old church records 
 and family altars in a wide area, from 
 Great Bend to Wilkesbarre ; and well 
 might they be gathered into a volume 
 for the perusal, edification, and profit of 
 the living. 
 
 Dixon, Mrs.' Eliza W., Westfield, N. Y., 
 March 10, se. 53, wife of Hon. Abram 
 Dixon. The deceased was a daughter 
 of Gen. Holt, one of the early settlers 
 and prominent citizens of Bufialo, who 
 emigrated from Cherry Valley, where 
 Mrs. D. was born. 
 
 DoANE, Mrs. Mary H., Burlington, 
 N. J., March 7, oe. 84, mother of Rt. 
 Rev. Bishop Doane. 
 
 DoDD, Rev. Dr. Thaddeus, Amwell 
 Township, Pa., Jan. 16, re. 82. 
 
 Dodge, Capt. Da\id, West Cambridge, 
 Mass., Nov. 5, a\ 75. Capt. D. was the 
 youngest son of Barnabas Dodge of 
 Dodge's Mills, Hamilton. His eldest 
 brother, Oliver, graduated at Harvard 
 University, and was settled in the minis- 
 try at Pomfret, Ct. Barnabas, the second 
 son, who is well lemembercd by many 
 of his contemporaries now li\ing, died in 
 
DODGE 
 
 [1858.] 
 
 DOR] 
 
 91 
 
 •1802. Paul, the next younger, gradu- 
 ated at Brown University, was admitted 
 to the bar, and opened an office at Bur- 
 lington, Vt., where he died in 1807. Two 
 sisters, Elizabeth, who was married to 
 Asa Lamson, of Beverly, and, after his 
 death, to Samuel Smith, of Ipswich, — and 
 Eunice, who was married to Aaron Has- 
 kell, of Newburyport — have both since 
 deceased at Ipswich ; the former in 1816, 
 and the latter, mother of George Has- 
 kell, Esq., of the present board of county 
 commissioners, in 1851. Mr. D. was 
 born at Hamilton in 1783, and though, 
 from feeble health and other causes, he 
 did not receive a collegiate education, he 
 still had the benefit of much sound in- 
 struction from his father, who was dis- 
 tinguished for his proficiency in some 
 branches of study, especially mathemat- 
 ics, numbering among his pupils the late 
 Hon. Nathan Dane, a relative of the 
 family. His early training and his native 
 abilities secured for him some distinction 
 •while he was yet a young man. During 
 the last war with England, he was ap- 
 pointed to the command of the Ipswicli 
 cavalry, and was called out to repel 
 threatened invasion. In 1823 he was 
 made Master of Unity Lodge of Free 
 Masons at Ipswich. He also filled many 
 town offices at different times, and repre- 
 sented his native town for several years 
 in the legislature. In 1807 he married 
 Huldah Dodge, of Hamilton, whom he 
 survived only about eight months. His 
 mills at Hamilton having been destroyed 
 by fire in 1823, he went in 1828 to Salem, 
 and here established works for the distil- 
 lation of pyroUgneous acid in Southfields, 
 near the old lead factory. He afterwards 
 removed to Ljim, and thence to West 
 Cambridge. Mr. D. was a man of agree- 
 able manners, of fine social qualities, and 
 of extensive information, and obtained 
 a large acquaintance with the intelligent 
 men of his day. Like some others of 
 his family, he possessed and cultivated a 
 taste for music, and was ready and accu- 
 rate with the pencil. He leaves three 
 sons and two daughters living; three 
 other children, all daughters, having died 
 in his lifetime. 
 
 Dodge, W. W., Esq., Fort Wayne, 
 Ind., Nov. 15, sc. 30, of Warsaw, Ind. 
 He was born in the town of Athens, in 
 the State of Ohio, January 3, 1829. He 
 commenced the practice of law in the 
 fall of 1854, in Padukah, Ky. In the 
 
 year 1855 he removed to Fort Wayne, 
 and pursued the practice of his pro- 
 fession there until the spring of 1858, 
 when he removed to Warsaw, where he 
 resided at the time of his death. He 
 was a young man of fine talents, and 
 for one of his experience possessed 
 much legal ability. 
 
 Donaldson, Mrs. Jemima, Danville, 
 Pa., June 28, se. 88, at the residence 
 of her daughter, Mrs. Colt. She was 
 mother of Judge William D., of Potts- 
 ville, and had lived a widow fifty years. 
 
 DooLiTTLE, Dr. R. B., Madison, 
 N. Y., July 30, fe. 50. 
 
 Dorr, Clifford, M. D., Somerville, 
 Mass., Aug. 19, se. 52. He was son of 
 John Dorr, and was born in Boston, 
 Nov. 2, 1805. He was fitted for col- 
 lege at the public Latin School in 
 Boston. After graduating, he studied 
 medicine under the instruction of Dr. 
 George Hay ward, of Boston, and re- 
 ceived the degree of M. D. in 1829. 
 He practised his profession in Brain- 
 tree and Quincy, Mass., and for a short 
 time in Matagorda, Texas. Sept. 6, 
 1840, he sailed from New York to Syd- 
 ney, New South Wales, and returned 
 by way of Calcutta and St. Helena, 
 arriving at New York in January, 1842. 
 In March, 1855, he was seized with 
 a severe paralysis of the brain, from 
 which he never recovered. He was 
 never married. 
 
 Dorr, Sullivan, Esq., Providence, 
 R. I., March 3, ae. 79, father of the late 
 Gov. Dorr. He was in early life en- 
 gaged in the India trade, afterwards in 
 manufacturing, but since 1838 has been 
 president of the Washington Insurance 
 Co. Few men have lived so long as 
 Mr. D. who have commanded so great 
 respect from his fellow-citizens. He 
 went to Providence in the vigor of his 
 manhood ; there he was married, and 
 resided more than fifty years, and edu- 
 cated a numerous family. He was a 
 man of remarkable system, punctilious 
 in all his engagements, industrious and 
 prudent. He was a man of the highest 
 integrity, and of scrupulous fidelity to 
 all his obligations. Very few survive 
 who were his contemporaries in early 
 life. The venerable Dr. Crocker, who 
 attended at the marriage festival, re- 
 peated the solemn burial service over 
 the remains of his esteemed parishioner 
 and friend. Those who knew him will 
 
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 .92 DORRANCE [ 1858. ] 
 
 DOTON 
 
 derive instruction from his example, 
 and the remembrance of his virtues will 
 be pleasant. 
 
 DoRRANCE, Dr. John, Peterboro', 
 N. Y., Oct. 11, se. 79, father of Hon. 
 Daniel G. Dorrance, of Florence, N. Y. 
 
 DR. FREDERICK DORSEY, 
 
 Hagerstown, Md., Oct. 28, ae. 84. He was 
 born in Anne Arundel Co., Md., in 1774. 
 He was well educated, and in early life 
 removed to Washington Co., where he 
 spent the remainder of his days in the 
 active pursuit of his profession, in the 
 house in which he had lived since his 
 marriage. He continued in active prac- 
 tice up to the hour of his last illness, a 
 period of nearly seventy years, and, 
 what is a most unprecedented circum- 
 stance, was associated in practice, at 
 the time of his death, with Iiis son and 
 grandson. 
 
 Jefferson was his idol ; Clay, Roches- 
 ter, Pindal, the Fitzhughs, the Barnes, 
 the Ringgolds, the Tilghmans, the Law- 
 rences, the Spriggs, the Carrolls, the 
 Buchanans, the Kershners, — all now 
 gone, — were his early, intimate friends. 
 
 He was a student, and continued 
 through life a faithful disciple of Dr. 
 Rush, perhaps the greatest physician 
 that ever lived. No man was more 
 ready to adopt any real improvement 
 in the science of medicine than he was. 
 He was one of the very first men in our 
 country who adopted etherization in 
 cases of surgical operations, and even 
 before it had been generally used in the 
 cities. Contrary to the general belief, 
 he read, too, the current medical litera- 
 ture of the day ; but the great source 
 from whence he drew his knowledge 
 was nature's fountain, experience, tested 
 by his own sound judgment. Upon 
 one subject he was, however, a true 
 and unalterable Rushite : calomel and 
 blood-letting were with him the alpha 
 and omega of the profession. 
 
 No clouds of adversity or sorrow 
 could long obscure the genial sunshine 
 of his jovial heart. To the end of his 
 days this inestimable blessing, cheerful- 
 ness, never forsook him. In all his 
 business transactions he was strictly 
 honest. He was for many years a 
 member of the vestry of St. John's 
 Parish, and had been also its warden, 
 treasurer, and register. 
 
 Dorset, H. A., M. D., Hopewell, 
 Pa., May 25, ve. 27, son of I. H. Dor- 
 sey, M. D., of Huntingdon. 
 
 DoTOX, Mrs. Harriet F. W., Pom- 
 fret, Vt., Nov. 18, ae. 29, wife of Hosea 
 Doton, A. M., principal of the High 
 School. Her maiden name was Ware, 
 and she was born at Pomfret, Jan. 
 23, 1829; and though of a feeble con- 
 stitution and delicate frame, she early 
 acquired the rudiments of a good edu- 
 cation, and formed habits of critical 
 and serious thought, calm reflection, 
 and rigid self-examination that after- 
 wards became distinguishing traits in 
 her character. Her mind was one of 
 superior power. At the age of fifteen 
 she began to teach with marked suc- 
 cess, and in connection with her em- 
 ployment devoted herself to study, till 
 almost every branch of science had 
 been the subject of her investigation. 
 She read and taught the elementary 
 and higher mathematics with ease, and 
 made an application of their principles 
 to some of the more difficult problems 
 in natural philosophy, to the calcula- 
 tions of all the ordinary astronomical 
 phenomena, and to the development of 
 the laws of planetary motions. In the 
 summer of 1857 she received an invita- 
 tion to take charge of Mrs. Gray's cele- 
 brated school for young ladies, in Tap- 
 pahannock, Va., but she applied herself 
 principally to astronomical calculations 
 for pubUshers in Vermont and New 
 Hampshire. On the 27th of May, 1858, 
 she was married to Mr. Doton, a civil 
 engineer, and in September of the same 
 year, with her husband, yielding to the 
 urgent solicitations of their friends, 
 took charge of the Pomfret High School 
 as principals. They had scarcely com- 
 menced their labor when she Avas at- 
 tacked with the fatal disease of that cli- 
 mate, the typhoid fever, against which 
 her slender and delicate frame strug- 
 gled for nearly ten weeks, till her 
 wasted form gave up its treasure, her 
 pure spirit, to its Father and its God. 
 As a teacher she was most happily and 
 singularly successful. Wherever she 
 was employed a high and elevating in- 
 fluence seemed to emanate from her 
 soul, begetting a love of study, a thirst 
 for the attainment of purer knowledge, 
 and a higher and more glowing admira- 
 tion for all that is truly great, good, 
 and beautiful. But the crowning excel- 
 
DOTY 
 
 [ 1858. ] 
 
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 93 
 
 lence of her character was her ardent 
 devotedness to the Christian religion. 
 She made it the one all-absorbing princi- 
 ple of life, the guiding star of all her acts. 
 
 Doty, Mrs. Eleanor A., Amoy, China, 
 Feb._ 28, ae. 35, wife of Rev. Elihu Doty, 
 missionary to China, and daughter of 
 Hiram Smith, Esq., of Troy. 
 
 Dougherty, Kev. Michael, Tusca- 
 loosa, Ala., April 16, se. — , pastor of 
 the Catholic church. 
 
 Douglas, Mrs. Lucy, New York, 
 March 28, ss. 85, relict of the late Capt. 
 Richard Douglas, of the Connecticut 
 line of the revolutionary army. She 
 has long drawn a pension from the gov- 
 ernment on account of the services of 
 her husband in the revolution. He was 
 an ensign at Bunker Hill, and a captain 
 at Yorktown. A son, E. Douglas, Esq., 
 resides in Bellefontaine, O. 
 
 Douglas, William, Esq., Middletown, 
 Conn., April 21, a?. 46. He was at the 
 time of his death a member of the board 
 of education, and also a member of the 
 city council, being first alderman. His 
 loss will be felt in every circle. He was 
 a man universally admu-ed for his sound 
 moral principles and strict integrity ; 
 and his active participation and coopera- 
 tion in any movement calculated to ad- 
 vance the interests of Middleto\vTi won 
 the admiration of all progressive citi- 
 zens. He was born in Northford, in 
 the town of North Branford, Ct., Jan. 
 19, 1812. He was a son of WiUiam 
 Douglas, one of the yeomanry of New 
 Haven Co., who, when a boy of only 11 
 years of age, showed a spirit character- 
 istic of the times that tried men's souls 
 by taking a despatch from his uncle. 
 Gen. Douglas, then in Plainfield, Ct., 
 to Col. Ledyard, at Groton, the day 
 before that awful massacre, swimming 
 his horse across the River Thames, near 
 New London. He was a grandson of 
 Col. William Douglas, who was engaged 
 in the old French war, and when a mere 
 boy, only 16 years of age, held an office 
 in the colonial army, which post he held 
 in actual service until the close of the 
 war, which ended in the sm-render of 
 Montcalm and the taking of Quebec 
 by Gen. _ Wolfe in 1759, and subse- 
 quently, in our revolutionary struggle, 
 distinguished himself as commander of 
 a, flotilla, on Lake Champlain, in the 
 siege and taking of St. John, in 1775, 
 and in taking a large number of prison- 
 
 ers from the enemy, together with a 
 large amount of arms, ammunition, and 
 stores. He was also colonel of a regi- 
 ment from New Haven Co., which occu- 
 pied a prominent post in the continental 
 army at the battle of Long Island, where 
 he was in principal command during the 
 hottest of the fight. He also distin- 
 guished himself at the battles of New 
 York, Harlem, White Plains, and skir- 
 mishes with the enemy about New York 
 in 1776, in one of which battles he re- 
 ceived his death stroke. In 1832 Mr. 
 D. came to Middletown, where he com- 
 menced the machinist business in com- 
 pany with William H. Guild, under the 
 fii-m of Guild & Douglas, with whom he 
 continued in business until Aug. 19, 
 1839. At that period his brother, Ben- 
 jamin Douglas, was associated with him 
 in business under the fii"m of W. & B. 
 Douglas, which name was continued up 
 to the time of his death. He spent his 
 business life of some 20 years in Mid- 
 dletown, and from a small commence- 
 ment, in conjunction with his brother 
 Benjamin, gradually increased the busi- 
 ness which they established until they 
 stood foremost in the ranks of inventors 
 and manufacturers. William Douglas 
 was possessed of a superior mind ; and 
 he bent its whole energies to the im- 
 provement of mechanism. As an invent- 
 or and machinist, he was acknowledged 
 a superior by all ; an honor to the science 
 and trade, as well as an honor to the 
 town. In his private life Mr. D. was 
 uniformly kind and amiable ; in religious 
 sentiment, a Universalist. He leaves a 
 wife and six children. 
 
 Douglass, Rev. Richardson, D. D., 
 Woodstock, Va., May 14, a?. — . He 
 had been a minister of the gospel in the 
 Baltimore conference for several years, 
 and exemplified in his life the doctrines 
 of religion, and expressed his willingness 
 to " depart and be with Christ." As a 
 theologist, he was sound and erudite ; 
 as a Christian gentleman, he was urbane 
 and courteous ; and, as a physician, he 
 was scientific and skilful. The Metho- 
 dist Episcopal church mourn their loss, 
 as he was a local minister of high stand- 
 ing among them. 
 
 Dow, Rev. John G., Chelsea, Mass., 
 May 18, ae. 78, of Newbury, Vt. 
 
 DowNl>rG, Capt. James, Waynes- 
 burg, O., Dec. 15, se. 72. He was born 
 in Brook Co., Va., m 1786. He emi- 
 
94 
 
 DRAKE 
 
 [1858.] 
 
 DRAPER 
 
 grated to Stark Co. in 1805, and erected 
 the first house in Sandy township. He 
 hewed the logs himself, and went to 
 Gaddenhutten and near Pekin to get 
 white men to commence, and then pro- 
 cured Indians to assist in raising the 
 logs. He also put out a crop of corn 
 the same year. The year following his 
 father and brothers removed from Vir- 
 ginia to Sandy township, where he has 
 made his permanent home until about 
 one year ago, when he took up his 
 abode with his sister, Mrs. Thompson. 
 In the war of 1812 Mr. D. entered the 
 army as a volunteer, was elected captain, 
 and served on the northern frontier until 
 he was honorably discharged. 
 
 Drake, Dr. J. B., Greenville, III, 
 Sept. 3, ae. 70. He was a native of 
 Princeton, N. J., where early in life he 
 graduated as A. B. in 1809 ; and subse- 
 quently he received a diploma from the 
 Medical College of Ohio. In 1820, bent 
 upon success in his profession, he came 
 west, and commenced the practice of 
 medicine in the counties of Bond and 
 Montgomery, for a while making his 
 residence at Hillsboro', but settled per- 
 manently in Greenville in 1827. From 
 this period until the close of his life he 
 made his profession his principal busi- 
 ness. Both in practice and counsel the 
 doctor had won for himself a high repu- 
 tation. He was a fine scholar, and spent 
 much of his pastime in reading the clas- 
 sics. So conversant was he with Virgil, 
 Caesar, and Homer, that he almost 
 seemed to be one of the ancients. As 
 a citizen, none were more universally 
 esteemed, as possessing the unflinching 
 and stern qualities of common honesty 
 and sound integrity. In Dec, 1836, he 
 was married to Mrs. Elizabeth Bird, 
 sister of Rev. William Young, deceased, 
 Avho, with their son Hemy, an only 
 child, now of mature age, are left to 
 mourn the loss of an affectionate and 
 worthy husband and father. 
 
 Drake, K. G., Esq., of the firm of 
 Chapman & Drake, counsellors at law 
 of Hartford, Ct. He died at the south 
 in Feb., whither he had gone for the 
 benefit of his health. 
 
 Draper, Hon. AVilliam, Pontiac, 
 Mich., Aug. 8, SB. 78. He was son of 
 James and Lois (Battle) Draper, and was 
 born in that part of Dedham which is 
 now within the limits of Dover, !Mass., 
 Feb. 12, 1780, He was fitted for college 
 
 partly by Rev. Nathaniel Emmons, D. D., 
 (Y. C, 1767,) of Franklin, Mass., and 
 partly by Rev. Thomas Thacher, (H. U., 
 1775,) of Dedham. On leaving college, 
 he went to Concord, Mass., and entered 
 as a student at law in the office of John 
 Leighton Tuttle, (H. U., 1796.) Having 
 completed his legal studies and been ad- 
 mitted to the bar, he opened an office in 
 Marlborough, Mass., where he acquired an 
 extensive practice, and was quite success- 
 ful as a lawyer. For ten years he was 
 president of the Middlesex bar. In 
 1833 he went to Michigan, established 
 himself in Pontiac, and was a citizen of 
 that place during the remainder of his 
 life. He occupied a prominent and dis- 
 tinguished position in the legal profession. 
 At the time Congress passed the en- 
 abling act for the admission of Michigan 
 into the Union, a convention was called 
 under that act, that the people might de- 
 termine whether they would accede to the 
 proposition of Congress or not. Mr. D. 
 was the president of the convention. He 
 was president of the bar of Oakland 
 Co., Michigan, for 20 years, and held 
 the office at the time of his decease. 
 While few of the high earthly honors 
 were bestowed upon him, he had, what 
 was far better, the deserved esteem and 
 respect of every one who knew him. He 
 was a Christian gentleman, upright, scru- 
 pulously so, and for 25 years was an 
 exemplary member of the Congrega- 
 tional church in Pontiac. He retained 
 his mental faculties to an extraordinary 
 degi-ee. About two years before his death 
 there was a case pending in the Circuit 
 Court of Michigan, in which he had a 
 personal interest. He wrote out and 
 read to the court an argument and brief 
 of marked power and great research, and 
 he was successM at last. Mr. D. was 
 famed for his love of field sports, and it 
 was his delight, in the last years of his 
 life, to hunt and fish in and around the 
 beautiful lakes of water that are so nu- 
 merous in the vicinity of his late resi- 
 dence ; and the principal reason of his 
 visit to Mackinac, where he died, was his 
 desire to gratify his taste in this respect. 
 Mr. D. married, in 1810, Harriet Eliza 
 Payne, a daughter of Major Phineas 
 Payne, of Concord, INIass., of revolution- 
 ary memory. They had six children, four 
 sons and two daughters, namely, Wil- 
 liam, Charles, Albert F., James, Eliza C, 
 and Ann M., all now living except James, 
 
DEED 
 
 [1858.] 
 
 DUER 
 
 95 
 
 who -was the youngest child. Charles 
 graduated at Harvard College in 1833, 
 and is a lawyer in Pontiac. 
 
 Dred, Charles, Esq., Duxbury, Mass., 
 Feb. 4, ae. 88 years 10 months. 
 
 Drennon, R, Heniy, Pine Bluff, Ark., 
 July 22, ve. 22. A graduate of Erskine 
 College, at the early age of 19 Mr. J). 
 commenced the study of law, a profes- 
 sion M'hich in boyhood seems to have fas- 
 cinated him, and in Dec, 1857, at Colum- 
 bia, he was admitted to the practice. Feb- 
 ruary following, he left his native state to 
 pursue his profession in Pine Bluff, Ai'k. 
 There, under the kind advice and en- 
 couragement of Gen. James, a distin- 
 guished lawyer of the place, he had every 
 prospect of a noted and brilliant, as well 
 as useful career. 
 
 Drum, Hon. Augustus, Greensburg, 
 Pa., Sept. 17, se. 40. He was a son of 
 the Avorthy Simon Drum, Esq., deceased, 
 for so many years postmaster in Greens- 
 burg. iSIr. D. was a man of splendid 
 talents, and stood high in the legal pro- 
 fession. He had been a member of the 
 State Senate, and of Congress, and had 
 served his constituents faithfully and ably. 
 The bar of Westmoreland Go. 
 
 Eesolved, that his eminent ability as a 
 lawyer, his short but brilliant professional 
 career, inspire us with a most profound re- 
 gard for his memory as a brother ; and his 
 high classic and literary attainments as a 
 scholar, with his fine social quahties as a 
 fi'iend and citizen, rendered him a useful 
 and agreeable member of society, justly 
 entitled to the respect of all. 
 
 Dudley, C. E. I., Hamilton, N. Y., 
 July 10, 86. — , by drowning in the 
 Madison Reservoir. He was a member 
 of the Sophomore class in the university, 
 and teacher of Spanish in the Female 
 Seminary. Mr. D. was from Delavan, 
 Wis., and had been connected with the 
 university three years, and had endeared 
 himself to all by his kind and gentleman- 
 ly deportment and studious habits. Pos- 
 sessing fine talents, an ambition lofty 
 and aspiring, a perseverance constant and 
 unwavering, his friends had entertained 
 high hopes of his usefulness, and predicted 
 for him an honorable and brilliant future. 
 
 HON. JOHN DUER, 
 
 Chief Justice of the Superior Court of 
 the city of New York, died at the resi- 
 dence of his son on Staten Island, Aug. 
 
 8, ae. 72. Hon. Judge Duer was born in 
 1784, in Orange Co., N. Y. ; he was 
 a grandson of William Alexander, the 
 celebrated Lord StirUng — Col. William 
 Duer, father of the judge, having man-ied 
 Catharine Alexander, a daughter of Lord 
 Stirling, towards the close of the Ameri- 
 can revolution. William A. Duer, brother 
 of the judge, president of Columbia Col- 
 lege in this city, and previously circuit 
 judge of the second circuit in this state, died 
 only a few weeks before the chief justice. 
 
 Judge D. first practised law at Goshen, 
 in Orange Co., with Beverly Johnson ; 
 and about forty years ago, in company 
 with that gentleman, who was one of the 
 most distinguished lawyers of his day, 
 came to the city and commenced active 
 jiractice. His chief fame as a lawyer 
 was acquired by his conduct of several 
 very prominent insurance cases, and he 
 was universally regarded as the best in- 
 surance lawyer in the state. His work 
 on insurances is considered as a standard 
 authority. 
 
 In 1849, he was elected an associate 
 justice of the Superior Court. After the 
 death of Judge Oakley, he became chief 
 justice, and held that position at the 
 time of the accident, the results of which 
 have prevented him from taking his seat 
 upon the bench for several months. 
 Judge D. was a prominent member of 
 the Protestant Episcopal church, and sat, 
 as a lay delegate, in the diocesan con- 
 vention held in this city just before the 
 memorable trial of Bishop Onderdonk. 
 
 Judge D. was selected as the orator on 
 the occasion of the obsequies of Judge 
 Kent, to give expression to the high es- 
 teem entertained by the bench and bar 
 for that distinguished jurist. In this ef- 
 fort Judge D. made an admirable suc- 
 cess. On other occasions he has also 
 appeared before the public, concerned in 
 various subjects, and imhesitatingly ex- 
 pressing his own views as he conceived 
 to be right. In his personal relations 
 Judge D. was a polished gentleman and 
 an attached friend. His course while 
 upon the bench added largely to the en- 
 viable fame he had already acquired as a 
 member of the bar. The judge leaves a 
 large family. His eldest son, WiUiam, 
 formerly held a diplomatic station in 
 South America. 
 
 Justice Bosworth, at a large meeting 
 of the bar, addressed the meeting as 
 follows : — 
 
96 
 
 DUER 
 
 [ 1858. ] 
 
 DUER 
 
 " My brethren of the bar and gentle- 
 men : I feel -wholly incompetent to say 
 any thing 'on the present occasion. It is 
 a sad one to all of us, and particularly so 
 to myself and others occupying the same 
 relation to the distinguished man whose 
 death we mourn. At the same time, 
 I deem it not inaj)propriate to the present 
 occasion that I should state some things 
 respecting the deceased which attached 
 me to him, and made my affection for 
 him personally as strong as the respect 
 which I cherished for his learning, his 
 great ability, and his unsullied integrity. 
 
 " It is in the light of the private personal 
 acquaintance that I have had with him 
 that I propose to speak on this occasion, 
 trusting that others will take that more 
 comprehensive and enlarged view which 
 is required to present the man as he was 
 and as he lived, and to do justice to his 
 W'orth and ser\-ices. 
 
 " I had no personal acquaintance with 
 him jn-ior to my election as a member of 
 the court which, during some nine years, 
 he has adorned with his learning, and the 
 duties of which he has performed with 
 untiring industry and fidelity. 
 
 " Conscious of his great genius, of his 
 superior learning, and of his large experi- 
 ence, I was apprehensive, without knowing 
 why, that he might be impatient on en- 
 countering views less mature than his own 
 — that he possessed tenacity of impres- 
 sions and opinions that might render con- 
 sultations with those whom he could 
 not but regard as his inferiors sometimes 
 embarrassing, if not unpleasant. 
 
 " But it gives me sincere pleasure to say 
 that I never met one who treated opinions 
 adverse to his own with more courtesy, 
 or discussed questions giving rise to con- 
 flicting views with more kindness, or 
 who strove more to prevent final disagree- 
 ment of opinion, when that was likely to 
 occur, never causing even the slightest 
 temporary dissatisfaction. 
 
 " Whether to the credit of the court or 
 not, still it is true that the kindest person- 
 al relations have at all times existed be- 
 tween its members. So strong and un- 
 broken has been this personal regard, 
 that I do not think any member of it has 
 ever failed to desire the reelection of an 
 incumbent whose term was about to ex- 
 pire, no matter what might be his poHtics, 
 or who might be his competitor. I have 
 no reason to doubt that this was as much 
 the feeling at the time of my first 
 
 election, and properly so, as at any time 
 since then. 
 
 " Judge D. was at all times firm and 
 resolute in his resistance to all outside 
 efforts to remove a faithful and compe- 
 tent subordinate officer of the court, 
 merely on the ground of his personal 
 opinions, although it is the practice at 
 present that each political party, in mak- 
 ing nominations, should select those hold- 
 ing the same views that they cherish. 
 
 " Yet it was his view that no judge could 
 add to the dignity of his office, or to his 
 claims to personal confidence and regard, 
 by exceeding any of his powers in pro- 
 scribing competent and faithful subordi- 
 nates merely on political gi-ounds. 
 
 " No man was more industrious, or la- 
 bored more faithfully, than he. He was 
 so constituted that it was impossible for 
 him to be inactive. He read much, and 
 probably no judge in the state read more 
 promptly, or with more care, every ele- 
 mentary treatise and every volume of 
 reports, as from time to time they were 
 issued from the press. 
 
 No judicial opinions' excel his own in 
 clearness, in fulness of illustration, in 
 beauty of style, in the \igoT of logic, or 
 in thne richness and variety of learning by 
 which they were illustrated. However 
 strong may have been his impressions 
 upon the argument of a cause as it was 
 presented, yet if it so happened that those 
 impressions were formed in the absence 
 from his mind of any fact justly entitled 
 to affect the result, no one more readily 
 than himself gave that fact its proper 
 effect, or more readily j-ielded his im- 
 pressions to the truth and justice of the 
 case. He had another peculiar mental 
 habit. He larely, if ever, commenced to 
 write an opinion until his examination of 
 a case and the authorities bearing upon 
 it had been completed. 
 
 " Hence writing was not to him an aid 
 in the comparison of authorities, or in reach- 
 ing legal conclusions ; and hence his 
 opinions, even when delivered at length, 
 were generally unvATitten, though deliv- 
 ered with as much precision of language 
 as if they were written. His manuscript 
 was rarely disfigured by alterations and 
 interlineations, even in his largest and 
 most labored opinions, 
 
 " It is gratifying to know that the last 
 years of our distinguished brother were 
 years of happiness to him and to his 
 family, of usefulness to the community 
 
DUER 
 
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 DUNHAM 
 
 97 
 
 as well as to the profession, and of signal 
 ser\ice to the court of which he was a 
 member. 
 
 " He took great pleasure in discharging 
 the duties of his office. He was a truly 
 great man, an eminent jurist, an upright 
 judge — and I sincerely believe that no 
 partiality or prejudice, fear or favor, or 
 the apprehension of any consequences 
 personal to himself, ever exercised the 
 slightest influence over his deliberations, 
 or for a single moment clouded his views 
 or warped his judgment." 
 
 The Hon. Benjamin F. Butler read, 
 with others, the following resolutions, 
 prepared by the committee of arrange- 
 ments, which were passed : — 
 
 " Resolved, that in the death of the 
 Hon. John Duer, chief justice of the Su- 
 perior Court of the city of New York, 
 the legal profession, and the public at 
 large, are called to mourn the loss of a 
 judge whose genius and learning made 
 him an ornament of the bench, upon 
 which, with so much dignity, he presided, 
 and whose uprightness, love of truth, 
 and manly independence justly entitled 
 him to the esteem and reverence of our 
 whole community. 
 
 " Resolved, that while we thus express 
 our sense of the high judicial abilities of 
 our departed brother, and of the fidelity 
 with which he discharged his duties on 
 the bench, a just appreciation of his 
 character and services prompts us to a 
 special commemoration of the eloquence, 
 learning, and brilliant talents which dis- 
 tinguished him as an advocate ; the scru- 
 pulous care with which, when at the bar, 
 he sought to guard and promote the dig- 
 nity and usefulness of his profession ; his 
 efficient and honorable labors to improve 
 the legislation and jurisprudence of our 
 state, as one of the rensers of its statute 
 laws ; his writings on an important branch 
 of legal science, and other productions of 
 his pen, particularly his beautiful tribute 
 to the memory of the great commentator 
 on American law ; his genial spirit and 
 scholarly attainments ; his philanthropy 
 and patriotism ; and above all, the unaf- 
 fected Christian graces which illustrated 
 and adorned his character and Hfe." 
 
 Duer, Hon. William Alexander, New 
 
 York, , as. 78. He was brother of 
 
 Chief Justice Duer, also a grandson of 
 Lord Stirling, and claimed the title. He 
 
 was for several 
 
 years 
 9 
 
 a distinguished 
 
 member of the legislature of Nev? York, 
 representing Dutchess Co., and was a 
 leader in the old federal partJ^ In 1818 
 he removed to Albany, where he was 
 again elected to represent that county in 
 the same legislature. He joined the 
 democratic party in 1818, and took 
 ground against Governor Clinton. In 
 1823 he was appointed circuit judge for 
 the circuit embracing Albany, Columbia, 
 Rensselaer, and some other counties. 
 After filling this office for several years, 
 he removed to the city of New York, and 
 was appointed president of Columbia 
 College. He was the author of the Life 
 of his ancestor. Lord Stirling, and of a 
 work on constitutional jurisprudence. 
 
 Dltncax, Greer B., New Orleans, La., 
 at Cincinnati, O., on his way to Phila- 
 delphia, June 24, se. 47. He had been 
 for upwards of 25 years a prominent 
 member of the Louisiana bar, and among 
 his brethren none was more highly es- 
 teemed than Mr. D. He was an indus- 
 trious and profound lawyer, a fluent and 
 forcible speaker, an accomplished scholar, 
 and a man beloved for many high and 
 noble qualities. Though his death M'as 
 not expected, his loss will be long de- 
 plored by many friends and the whole 
 Louisiana bar. 
 
 DuxcAN, Mrs. Naomi, Antrim, N. H., 
 Sept. 28, se. 88, wife of Dea. Robert 
 Duncan, She was of Scotch-Irish and 
 Presbyterian descent. Her father, John 
 Duncan, Esq., moved from London- 
 derry to Antrim in 1773, being the 
 seventh settler in the town. He enjoyed 
 the entire confidence of the people, and 
 was by them repeatedly elected to im- 
 portant»offices. He was an elder in the 
 Presbyterian church 23 years, and died 
 in 1823, a;. 89. At the time of her 
 death Mrs. D. had been longer a resi- 
 dent of Antrim than any other living 
 person, having come hither in her fom-th 
 year. 
 
 Dunham, George E., drowned in the 
 Connecticut River at Springfield, Mass., 
 July 17, se. — . He was son of Austin 
 C. Dunham, of Hartford, Ct., and a 
 Junior in Yale College. DiflTerent club 
 boats were practising for a "regatta,"' 
 and young D.'s boat was capsized by a 
 collision. 
 
 Dunham, Rev. H. R., Galena, 111., 
 May 3, se. — , pastor of the Second 
 Presbyterian Church. He was a native 
 of Washington Co., N. Y., and was edu- 
 
98 
 
 DUNHAM 
 
 [ 1858. ] 
 
 DWIGHT 
 
 cated at Union College, then under the 
 superintendence of the venerable Dr. 
 Nott. The Galena papers speak very 
 highly of the deceased as a Christian 
 minister and a man. 
 
 DuNiLOi, Dr. Thomas K., JefFerson- 
 ton, Ga., Dec. 8, te. 40. He had lived 
 many years at his late residence, and 
 had, by social and professional inter- 
 course, formed a large circle of acquaint- 
 ance. His gentleness of manner and 
 uniform courtesy ■won for him the high- 
 est admiration. By his kinaness and 
 ready sympathy, admiration was soon 
 warmed into friendship ; and friendship, 
 by intimate association, always kindled 
 into love. For it may be said of him, 
 if ever of any man, that he was loved 
 by his friends to a degree amounting to 
 devotion. Whether in private or in 
 public life, his warm congeniality, his 
 generous heart, and pure motives never 
 underwent a change. As a physician, 
 he stood in the foremost rank ; and in 
 a wider field of labor he would have left 
 as noble a monument to attest liis intel- 
 lect as now, in honor to his heart, is 
 borne in the bosom of every friend. 
 
 Dunn, Col. Thomas H., Macon, Miss., 
 July 13, fB. — . Col. D. had just been 
 appointed consul to Havana. He was 
 a politician, firm and uncompromising, 
 but at the same time commanded a 
 large share of the confidence and es- 
 teem of his political opponents. His 
 social qualities were of a high order. 
 He was in the meridian of life, full of 
 high hopes and generous impulses. A 
 wide circle of friends will mom'n his 
 untimely fate. 
 
 DuRFEE, llev. Simeon Bordeji, Tiv- 
 erton, R. I., Feb. 23, se. 30. He was 
 son of the late Chief Justice Durfee, 
 and graduated in 1851. 
 
 DuRKEE, Gen. Chauncey, Canton, 
 Mo., Dec. 2, aj. — . His history is 
 identified with that of his country, and 
 Avi-itten upon the pathway of civilization. 
 For nearly half a century he has been 
 an active, busy, and enterprising citizen, 
 ever ready to lend a helping hand to 
 the needy. From St. Charles to the 
 Iowa line he has left his footprints upon 
 the highway of public duty. Ever ready 
 to obey the call of his countrymen, 
 •whether in the tented field or in the 
 civic walks of life, he alike distinguished 
 himself as one of earth's noblemen. 
 He was an officer in the Black Hawk 
 
 war, commanded a company in the Mor- 
 mon insurrection, and was a colonel in 
 the service of the state in the settlement 
 of the difficulty about the Iowa line. 
 In every walk of life his urbane and 
 gentlemanly demeanor won the esteem 
 of all with whom he associated. His 
 untiring energy and perseverance en- 
 abled him to surmount difficulties be- 
 fore which others would have quailed. 
 Early in hfe he was left an orphan by 
 the massacre of his father by the In- 
 dians, and at the same time he escaped 
 the scalping knife and tomahawk by 
 what was deemed by others miraculous. 
 He concealed himself in a hollow log 
 until an opportunity was afforded of 
 eluding the vigilance of the savages, 
 and then a four- mile race of life or death 
 was before him. At one time, sur- 
 rounded by the Indians, his sagacity 
 enabled him to outwit them and reach 
 the fort in safety, when a shout of joy 
 went up to Heaven from a hundi-ed 
 happy hearts. 
 
 Durst, Maj. James H., Texas, near 
 the Nueces, , ae. — . He par- 
 ticipated in the storming of Bexar during 
 the Texan revolution, at the age of 14, 
 and was engaged in almost every battle 
 up to the annexation of Texas. He was 
 prominent in the Cherokee war, had 
 served in the state Senate, and was dep- 
 uty collector of the Brazos Santiago 
 district at the time of his death. 
 
 DuvOL, Capt. Pres, Mattalang, Siam, 
 April 27, ae. — . Capt. D. was formerly 
 well known as a pilot and steamboat 
 captain on the Ohio and Mississippi. 
 He went to Siam some years ago, be- 
 came a prominent officer of the Siamese 
 navy, and performed a gallant feat in 
 captming a piratical fleet in the Gulf of 
 Siam. He is said to have been engaged 
 in mining in the mountains at the time 
 of his death. He left a wife and child 
 at Lancaster, O. He was a tall, noble- 
 looking man, in the prime of life, when 
 he left his native country. 
 
 DwiGHT, Miss Mary Ann, Morrisiana, 
 N. Y., Nov. 4, a). 52. Miss D. was born 
 in Northampton, Mass., Sept. 17, 180G. 
 Her father, Josiah Dwight, Esq., was a 
 native of Springfield, Mass. Her mother 
 was Rhoda Edwards, a granddaughter 
 of President Edwards. She was one 
 of a numerous family, and among them 
 were three sisters at one birth. This 
 occurred in the year of the great eclipse. 
 
DWIGHT 
 
 [ 1858. ] 
 
 DYER 
 
 99 
 
 Mary Ann was the second born of the 
 three. The eldest and youngest of the 
 three, with their mother, still survive. 
 She had only such advantages of edu- 
 cation as were afforded in the ordinary 
 day schools of a country village at that 
 time. Her father had an excellent li- 
 brary, though not large, on which her 
 taste was formed ; and he had always 
 that unparalleled means for training 
 the young, the society of cultivated 
 people at his house. Drawing and 
 painting in water colors was almost the 
 only accomplishment then acquired by 
 young ladies, and the opportunity for 
 gaining instruction in these was only 
 infrequent and transient. Miss D. be- 
 trayed no more than ordinary talent, 
 and did not look forward to teaching, 
 or any great attainment in the art, 
 though it was always to he^c a pleasant 
 pursuit. At 20 she went to Amherst, 
 Mass., and took lessons in drawing 
 heads and shading in crayon of Mr. 
 Cardella, an Italian, and a teacher in 
 Mount Pleasant Institute. This instruc- 
 tion developed her talent, and awakened 
 an interest which she had not felt before. 
 It was now to her a study, and occupied 
 all her time. She improved rapidly, 
 and looked forward to painting minia- 
 tures. In 1833 she went to Boston, 
 where she taught drawing, and was at 
 the same time making progress herself, 
 copied some fine engravings in crayon, 
 and painted in water colors a miniature 
 copy of the De Witt Family, by Rem- 
 brandt. This copy of hers is a beautiful 
 ■work of art ; and she would never part 
 with it, though offered liberal sums of 
 money. She now felt obliged to relin- 
 quish miniature painting from weakness 
 of eyes ; and soon after the sight of one 
 eye, which had never been perfect, was 
 wholly lost, though the defect was not 
 apparent to the observer. To paint in 
 oil was her next attempt ; and she cop- 
 ied some fine pictures so successfully 
 that she decided to relinquish teaching, 
 and occupy herself only with painting, 
 and in 1838 went to New York with this 
 object in view. She was at fu'st obliged, 
 for want of means, to continue teaching, 
 and was employed in Mrs. Lawrence's 
 school. While there she pubhshed, for 
 the use of the school, an elementary 
 work on astronomy, making the illus- 
 trations herself, and also a compilation 
 of " Poetry for the Young." After leav- 
 
 ing this school, she taught drawing in 
 classes, and at the same time devoted 
 herself to copying pictures with grati- 
 fying success until she was interrupted 
 by the great fire in 1845, which de- 
 stroyed much unaccomplished work, and 
 caused her much loss besides. She now 
 returned to Northampton, and, having 
 passed some months Avith her mother, 
 she went to Saco, Me., and began her 
 work on Grecian and Roman Mythology. 
 This was published by Putnam in 1849, 
 when she returned to New York. In 
 1850 she published Cowper's translation 
 of Homer's Iliad, with notes and Flax- 
 man's designs, and an abridgment of 
 the Mythology for schools. From this 
 time she devoted herself to giving in- 
 struction in drawing, and occasionally a 
 course of lectures on art, and, though 
 a sufferer from failing health, persevered 
 in her habits of industry and application ; 
 and while employed in giving lessons in 
 Miss Button's and Miss Peters's schools 
 in New Haven and Miss Porter's in 
 Farmington, going from one to another 
 on alternate days, she prepared for the 
 press an Introduction to the Study of 
 Art, a work of nearly 300 duodecimo 
 pages, published by Appleton in 1856. 
 When this was done she did not rest, 
 but began another work, — an abridg- 
 ment of Lanzi's History of Painting, — 
 and completed it, excepting the illustra- 
 tions, which she had not health after 
 to accomplish. She declined rapidly in 
 the last year of her life, but allowed 
 herself no invalid habit or indulgence, 
 and taught her classes until the sum- 
 mer vacation. She was extremely well 
 fitted by her patience, her gentleness, 
 her sound knowledge, and her strong 
 sense of duty, for a teacher. During all 
 her life she was diligent and earnest in 
 the duty of self-cultivation. Her range 
 of reading was wide ; but the particular 
 department to which she was most at- 
 tracted was that of art, with which she 
 had made herself very well acquainted, 
 both in theory ai^d practice. She was 
 patient in sickness, and endured suffer- 
 ing with uncomplaining fortitude. She 
 seemed to have a spirit of the most per- 
 fect Christian faith, hope, love, charity, 
 and patience, and a submission to the 
 Father's will perfect and entire. She 
 was buried in Northampton, her native 
 place. 
 
 Dtek, Dillis, Esq., Ramsay, Ky., 
 
100 
 
 DYER 
 
 [1858.] 
 
 EASTON 
 
 Jan. 27, a;. 62. lie was an esteemed 
 citizen, several times a representative in 
 the lej^islature of Kentucky, and subse- 
 quently a member of the state Senate, 
 which position he filled with honor to 
 himself and fidelity to his constituents. 
 Dyer, Joseph, Enfield, N. H., April 
 5, EC. 85. He was born in Connecticut, 
 but removed to New Hampshire when 
 about 22 years old. He was a military 
 officer several years. He became a 
 
 member of the United Society (Shakers) 
 in 1814, and has ever since that time 
 been distinguished as a remarkably ac- 
 tive supporter of the principles and in- 
 terests of the society. He was a man 
 of superior mental and physical vigor 
 and activity, and retained them, in a 
 great degree, until within a few of his 
 last years. He was universally respected 
 for his honesty, frankness, and sincerity 
 of purpose, wherever he was known. 
 
 E. 
 
 Eagle, Henry, Esq., Oswego, N. Y., 
 Jan. 27, te. 73. Mr. E. was a native of 
 Prussia, and was born in Memel, on the 
 borders of Russia. Soon after his mi- 
 nority he immigrated to this country; 
 and, being a shipwright by trade, on 
 arriving at New York he was engaged 
 by Henry Eckford, the prominent ship- 
 builder. In 1809 Mr. Eagle came to 
 Oswego, and supei-intended the con- 
 struction of the U. S. brig Oneida the 
 same year. During the war of 1812 he 
 went to Sacketts Harbor to superintend, 
 under Mr. Eckford, the building of the 
 U. S. fleet to be employed on Lake On- 
 tario. Subsequently he became inter- 
 ested in the coasting trade on the lakes, 
 and was for several years master of one 
 of his own vessels. Since that period 
 he has been engaged in mercantile 
 pursuits in this city until a recent date, 
 when he retired from active business, 
 having acquired a handsome compe- 
 tency. Mr. E. was ever regarded and 
 esteemed as a man of honor, strict prob- 
 ity, kindly feeling, and sympathy, was 
 of marked simplicity and unostentation, 
 and enjoyed the cordial respect of the 
 whole community. He has lived to see 
 Oswego rise from a mere hamlet, having 
 contributed much to its growth by his 
 own ettbrts and enterprise. He has 
 gone down to the grave full of years, 
 like a " shock of corn fully ripened for 
 the harvest," respected, beloved, and 
 lamented by all. 
 
 Easily, Col. John A., near Pickens 
 Court House, S. C, Feb. 22, a distin- 
 guished citizen of South Carolina. 
 
 Easlky, ^Mrs. Elizabeth A. P., New- 
 port, Va., April 1, a\ 215, wife of Dr. 
 W. D. Easley, and daughter of Dr. 
 Isaac Pennington, of Chester Co., Pa. 
 
 Her father was a skilful and eminent 
 physician, a man of highly- cultivated 
 mind and fine literary taste. He was a 
 descendant of one of those English 
 Quaker families who accompanied Penn 
 to the new world. The family settled 
 then where the largest part of them has 
 always remained — in Chester Co., not 
 far from Philadelphia. Her mother was 
 the daughter of James Allen, Esq., of 
 New Jersey, originally a Puritan family, 
 who emigrated to New Jersey prior to 
 the revolution, in which James, then a 
 young man, took an active part when 
 the foe invaded his native state. 
 
 Eastmax, Rev. Samuel, EUvhorn, 
 Wis., April 17, sc. 69. As a clergyman 
 of the Baptist denomination he resided 
 some years in Mississippi, Louisiana, 
 and at Cincinnati. He then became a 
 resident of New York city, where he 
 planted the Stanton Street Baptist 
 Church, Mhich has since become one 
 of the largest and most flourishing 
 churches in that city, and from which 
 has branched another large church. To 
 this church he ministered many years. 
 Partly on account of his failing health, 
 he removed to his native town, LandafF, 
 Grafton Co., N. H., fulfilling his voca- 
 tion as minister, when his health would 
 permit, at Landaff', Haverhill, and Mer- 
 edith Village, N. H., and at Grafton and 
 Rutland, Vt. In 1844 he moved to 
 Wisconsin, where, in impaired health, 
 he has lived a life of partial retirement 
 from clerical duty, supplying occasionally 
 destitute places. 
 
 Easton, Dr. William, A. M., Sm>Tna, 
 Pa., Nov. 7, a). 27, son of Rev. William 
 Easton. He was a graduate of Union 
 College, Schenectady, N. Y., of the class 
 of 1850, received his degree as M. D. 
 
EATON 
 
 [ 1858. ] 
 
 EDDY 
 
 101 
 
 from Jefferson College in 1853, and fol- 
 lowed his profession for some time after- 
 wards in Cecil Co., Md. IVIodest and 
 retiring in his habits, few but his intimate 
 friends were aware of his ri2)e scholarship. 
 To the close of his career he was a la- 
 borious student, and remarkable for clas- 
 sical and scientific acquirements in one so 
 young. The Greek New Testament was 
 his vade-meaim. He was an accom- 
 pHshed chemist, and willing, without 
 regard to pecuniary compensation, to 
 employ his skill and acquirements for 
 the relief of the suffering. 
 
 Eaton, Rev. Asa, Boston, March 24, 
 se. 79. He was born in Plaistow, N. H., 
 July 25, 1778, M'as fitted for college by 
 Rev. Giles Merrill, of Haverhill, Mass., 
 (H. U. 1759,) and graduated at Harvard 
 in 1803. After a brief preparatory 
 course of theological studies, he was 
 instituted rector of Christ Church in 
 Boston, Oct. 23, 1805, where he labored 
 diligently and faithfully until May, 1829, 
 when he resigned his rectorship, and for 
 eight years subsequently was employed 
 as a city missionary, laboring among 
 the destitute in Boston, and preaching 
 to the poor in a hall where the seats 
 were free. From 1837 to 1841 he was 
 connected with a literary institution in 
 New Jersey. For a short time previous 
 to his death he was attached to the 
 Church of the Advent in Boston. He 
 was a distinguished member of the Ma- 
 sonic fraternity, and at one time held 
 the office of deputy grand master of the 
 Grand Lodge of Massachusetts. He was 
 widely known throughout the country 
 from his long connection with the Epis- 
 copal church, his blameless life, and his 
 entire consecration to the work of the 
 Christian ministry. His tall and com- 
 manding figure, with locks of snowy 
 whiteness, attracted attention wherever 
 he went ; and his memory is revered as 
 a beloved and faithful expounder of 
 divine truth. He married, Oct. 9, 1813, 
 Susannah Storer, youngest daughter of 
 Ebenezer Storer, of Boston, (H.U. 1747,) 
 and had six children, — three sons and 
 thi-ee daughters, — of whom two sons 
 and one daughter survive him. His 
 wife died Nov. 26, 1853, a?. 71. 
 
 Eaton, Mrs. Esther, North Haven, 
 Ct., Aug. 27, ae. 96, relict of Calvin 
 Eaton. _ She lived to see that which few 
 see — nine descendants of the fifth gen- 
 eration. 
 
 9* 
 
 Eaton, Daniel, Youngstown, O., May 
 17, se. 84. He was among the pioneer 
 settlers, having removed to Ohio from 
 Pennsylvania in 1803 or 1804. Soon 
 after settling he erected a blast furnace 
 at the mouth of Yellow Creek, near Po- 
 land Village. This was the first attempt 
 made to manufacture iron in that section 
 of Ohio, and, we believe, in the state. 
 A few years afterwards he disposed of 
 this establishment, and, in company 
 with his brother James, erected a fur- 
 nace at the mouth of Mosquito Creek, 
 (now Niles,) which remained in success- 
 ful operation for a long period of years. 
 He was elected to the Ohio Senate from 
 Trumbull Co. in 1815. He was several 
 times a member of the legislature from 
 Trumbull Co. 
 
 Eaton, Hon. George C, Dallas Co., 
 Ark., June 2, fe. 47. He was the son 
 of Maj. John R. Eaton, was born in 
 Granville Co., N. C, March 5, 1811, 
 removed with his family to Arkansas in 
 1848. In politics he was a democrat, 
 was a member of the legislature of Ar- 
 kansas, and also represented his native 
 county several years in old North Caro- 
 lina, in the General Assembly. He had 
 many personal friends, Avas a man of 
 ardent attachments, social in his feelings, 
 and had an extended acquaintance. 
 
 Eddy, James, Esq., Burlington, Vf., 
 Aug. 22, ae. 49, general superintendent 
 of the American Telegraph Company. 
 He was a native of Ithaca, N. Y., was a 
 gentleman of much energy of character, 
 and as a telegraph manager he had no 
 superiors. In private life he was amiable 
 and unassuming, a gentleman in his bear- 
 ing, and a Christian in his daily walks. 
 He was one of the pioneers in the intro- 
 duction of the magnetic telegraph at the 
 east, and built the first line east of Bos- 
 ton, and between that city and Calais, 
 Me., and at the time of his death was 
 manager of between 3000 and 4000 miles 
 of wire, extending through the New 
 England States, and as far south as Phila- 
 delphia. The news of his death created 
 great sorrow ; all the offices of the com- 
 pany were draped in mourning, and at 
 St. Johns, N. F., the flags of the shipping 
 were put at half mast. 
 
 Eddy, Justin, Esq., Cuyahoga Falls, 
 O., March 5, se. 72. He and his brother 
 Alanson were among the first, if not the 
 first, settlers of Edinburgh, and for more 
 than half a century, the deceased has been 
 
102 
 
 EDELMAN 
 
 [1858.] 
 
 ELLSWORTH 
 
 one of its most ijrominent and useful citi- 
 zens. Long mIU he be held in affectionate 
 remembrance by those who had the pleas- 
 m-e of his acquaintance. 
 
 Edelmax, Joseph, Esq., Palmer, Pa., 
 Mai-ch 17, ae. 50. lie Mas a man of 
 many amiable qualities, and much re- 
 spected wherever known. Last fall he 
 was elected county commissioner, and 
 made an excellent officer. His death will 
 be a great loss to the board. 
 
 Edglet, Mrs. Marcia, East Corinth, 
 Me., Oct. 2, se. 107. She was born in 
 Brentwood, N. H., in 1751. She was 
 married about 1776. She lived but a 
 few years with her husband, and was 
 left a widow with an only child, a daugh- 
 ter. Some time during the last century, 
 she emigrated to this state, and settled 
 in China. She subsequently removed to 
 this place, where she resided until her 
 death. She was a woman of great en- 
 ergy and fortitude, amiability and Chris- 
 tian devotedness. Her ^'ision, which had 
 become dimmed, and which for nearly a 
 score of years required the aid of glasses, 
 was restored a few years since, and until 
 within a few months past she could easily 
 read the large print of her Bible without 
 glasses. She retained to a remarkable 
 degree the possession of her mental pow- 
 ers, until she had crossed the boundary 
 line of her century. 
 
 ^Edmunds, Rev. James, Absecon, N. J., 
 March 23, se. — . 
 
 Edwards, Charles G., Esq., at St. 
 Nicholas Hotel, New York, June 17, se. 
 — , formerly an eminent lawyer of Caha- 
 ba, Ala. 
 
 Edwakds, Mrs. Lucinda, Virgil, N. Y., 
 se. 84, widow of Jonathan Edwards, of V. 
 She was born, and spent the early part 
 of her life, in West Stockbridge, Mass. 
 In 1798 she emigrated with her husband 
 to Yates Co., N. Y., which was then a 
 new country. In 1802 they settled in 
 Virgil, where they remained till death. 
 They were the early and firm supporters 
 of the worship of God, and were ever 
 ready to give a cordial welcome to the 
 early missionary. She was an intelligent 
 and earnest friend of education, which led 
 her to collect a few children, who, with 
 her own, constituted a small school, Avhich 
 she instructed ; thus establishing the first 
 school held in the place. The few Chris- 
 tians who held to the doctrines of the 
 Congregational church wire collected to- 
 gether qu the 28th of Eeb., 180o, and 
 
 were constituted, by the late Rev. Dr. 
 
 Williston, a church of Christ, consisting 
 of eight members, of whom she was the 
 last sui-vivor. During the long time of 
 her membership of this church, she was 
 its firm friend and supporter. 
 
 Eliott, Rev. Arthur W., Paris, 111., Jan. 
 IS, a;. 73. He was born in Baltimore Co., 
 Md., in 1789, and came to Ohio in 1804. 
 
 Elliott, Rev. Joseph, Monmouth, 111., 
 Aug. 17, oe. 69. He was a laborious and 
 useful minister of the New Testament 
 for 50 years. He was born in Mason, 
 N. H., in 1789, and at the age of 20' he 
 was ordered to the great Avork, and be- 
 came a pastor, which office he filled in 
 various places in New England, New 
 York, and Ohio for 45 years ; often M'ith 
 great success and extensive revivals of 
 religion. He was also a very successful 
 teacher of youth and young men for the 
 ministry for many years, in addition to 
 his pastoral labors. Always ready to do 
 good, he was ever to be found at the post 
 of duty, and willing to engage in any 
 labor to instruct and bless mankind. 
 
 Elliott, Rev. William H., Bowie Co., 
 Texas, March 22, is. 69, of the Texas 
 district ]Methodist Protestant church. He 
 entered the ministry in the State of Vir- 
 ginia, emigrated to the State of Ten- 
 nessee in 1823, and soon after, preferring 
 the form of government of the ^lethodist 
 Protestant chmxh, he joined the Tennes- 
 see conference, and continued on the 
 itinerant list to the day of his death. 
 He emigrated to Texas in 1836. He 
 was of a strong mind and commanding 
 voice, and though dead, he will ever live 
 in the memory of all who knew him. 
 
 Ellis, Rev. Ferdinand, Exeter, N. H., 
 Feb. 20, ae. 79. He Avas born in Med- 
 waj', ]Mass., in June, 1778. He gradu- 
 ated at Brown University, in 1801. Af- 
 ter being employed four years as a tutor 
 there, he entered upon ministerial labor 
 in the Baptist denomination, as colleague 
 with Rev. Dr. Stillman, in Boston. From 
 thence he went to Marblehead, where he 
 preached to the Baptist church and 
 taught school. In 1817 he removed to 
 Exeter. 
 
 Ellswortu, Hon. Henry L., Fair- 
 haven, Ct., Dec. 27, Si. 67. He was twin 
 brother to the Hon. AYm. W. Ellsworth, 
 formerly governor, and now judge of the 
 Sujjerior Court of Errors of Ct., and the 
 two were the youngest children of the 
 Hon. Oliver Ellsworth, of Windsor, Ct., 
 
ELMS 
 
 [1858.] 
 
 ELTON 
 
 103 
 
 ' second chief justice of the United States. 
 After graduating at Yale College in 1810, 
 and studying law with Judge Gould at 
 Litchfield, he married the only daugliter 
 of the Hon. Eiizur Goodrich, of New 
 Haven, and settled at Windsor, on the 
 estate of his father, in the practice of his 
 profession and the pursuits of agriculture. 
 At the end of a few years he removed 
 to Hartford, where he continued about 
 eight or ten years, when he was appointed 
 by Gen. Jackson commissioner among 
 the Indian tribes to the south and west 
 of Arkansas. While employed in this 
 service he made extensive circuits towards 
 the Rocky Mountains. In one of these 
 he was accompanied by Wasliington 
 Irving, who thus obtained the materials 
 of his remarkable work upon our western 
 prairies. At the end of more than two 
 years, Mr. E. was called to Washington, 
 and placed at the head of the United 
 States patent office. He brought to the 
 duties of this station, talents, a sound 
 practical judgment, a quick insight into the 
 characters of men, uncommon ease and 
 dexterity in the transaction of business, 
 great powers of physical endurance, and 
 an interest, amounting almost to enthu- 
 siasm, in the advancement of the useful 
 arts and the progress of our country in 
 the development of its physical resources. 
 His attachment to the pursuits of agri- 
 culture led him, in addition to the ordi- 
 nary patent office report, to commence a 
 series of reports to Congress on the agri- 
 cultural condition of the country, embody- 
 ing information obtained by a corre- 
 spondence to every part of the Union, and 
 containing suggestions often of great im- 
 portance for the improvement of the 
 science to which he was so much devoted. 
 He led the way in obtaining valuable 
 seeds from foreign countries, and circu- 
 lating them, by means of the post office, 
 in the various parts of the United States to 
 which they were suited. By his labors 
 and perseverance the patent office was 
 raised from a depressed condition, and 
 rendered one of the most useful and 
 popular departments of the government. 
 At the expiration of about ten years, 
 Mr. E. resigned his connection with the 
 patent office, and established himself at 
 Lafayette, Ind., in the purchase and set- 
 tlement of United States land. His zeal 
 and energy in this new employment was 
 felt throughout the whole of Northern In- 
 diana, and contributed greatly to the set- 
 
 tlement of that part of the state. He 
 was foremost in promoting every design 
 of public improvement. He was a firm 
 friend to the cause of temperance at a 
 period of great laxity on this subject. 
 He was a generous and consistent sup- 
 porter of religious institutions, under the 
 peculiar embarrassments to which they are 
 liable in our new settlements. Throughout 
 the whole of Northern Indiana he will long 
 be remembered as a public benefactor. 
 
 Elms, Rosington, Madison, Ind., March 
 14, se. 70. He was an eminent and suo- 
 cessful teacher of the most useful branches 
 of practical and classical education. He 
 removed from Brockville, Canada West, 
 to tliis place about 18 years ago, and has 
 been teaching here ever since that time, 
 for, although originally ordained for the 
 ministry, teaching was his forte. Some 
 of his early pupils are among the most 
 prominent men of Canada at this time, 
 and very many of the best business young 
 men of ]\Iadison give evidence of the 
 excellency of his instruction. 
 
 Elton, Dr. Samuel, Waterto\vn, Ct., 
 Dec. 8, a?. 78. He was long known as one 
 of the most distinguished ])hysicians in 
 Litchfield Co., and was probably the old- 
 est physician, having practised 59 years 
 in his native town. His funeral was at- 
 tended on Sunday by some 25 physicians 
 from the neighboring towns, among 
 whom was the venerable Dr. Williams, 
 of New Milford, now the senior in the 
 profession. The Episcopal church was 
 crowded, and the services, conducted by 
 Rev. Dr. Holcomb, were impressive. 
 Resolutions were passed by the profes- 
 sional brethren of the deceased, expres- 
 sive of their respect, &c. 
 
 " Whereas, Almighty God, in his wise 
 providence, has been pleased to take from 
 the field of usefulness and the scene of 
 his earthly labors the venerable Dr. Sam- 
 uel Elton, of Watertown, beuig the last 
 of an unbroken succession of that hon- 
 ored name, who have for nearly a century 
 discharged with great ability and unusual 
 success, the arduous duties and self-deny- 
 ing labors of our useful and time-honored 
 profession in that town, and 
 
 " Whereas, for nearly 60 years of this 
 long period of time, our deceased brother, 
 " in season and out of season," by night 
 as well as by day, regardless of exposure 
 to the pestilence which walketh in dark- 
 ness, irrespective of pecuniary remunera- 
 tion, and in spite of the iutirmilies of 
 
104 
 
 ELY 
 
 [1858.] 
 
 ETIEN 
 
 age, has devoted himself unreservedly to 
 the calls and service of suflering humani- 
 ty, therefore, 
 
 " Resolved, that such particular devo- 
 tion and persevering assiduity to the calls 
 and labors of a benevolent and noble pro- 
 fession are worthy of the example and 
 comrqcndation of his surviving brethren, 
 and with the other virtues of his charac- 
 ter, deserve to be held in grateful and 
 lasting remembrance. 
 
 " Besohed, that in the death of Dr. 
 Elton the public have lost a benfactor, 
 the poor an unfailing friend, the cause of 
 education an cihcicnt supporter, the medi- 
 cal profession an able practitioner and wise 
 counsellor, and his family and relatives a 
 kind husband, indulgent "father, and faith- 
 ful friend." 
 
 Ely, Dr., Bombay, Jan. 17, se. — , 
 U. S. consul at Bombay. 
 
 Embrt, Rev. Allen, Madison Co., Va., 
 Oct. 4, a;. 58. He had been for many 
 years a minister in the old school Baptist 
 church, and was always faithful, earnest, 
 and devoted to the cause of his divine 
 Master, and beloved by the members of 
 his congregations. 
 
 Emeuson, Henry, Esq., Cincinnati, O., 
 Aug. 27, a?. 62, a distinguished merchant 
 of that city. He was born in Haverhill, 
 Mass., in 1796, and removed to Cmcin- 
 nati in 1818. 
 
 Emery, Joshua, Portland, ]\Ie., Dec. 
 27, ae. 84. He was born in Biddeford, 
 Me., April 10, 1774, He was originally 
 a hatter in P., and afterwards, until the 
 embargo times, was an extensive and 
 prosperous merchant, on what is now 
 Commercial "Wharf. He had a large fami- 
 ly, and some of his children are among 
 our most active, intelligent, and successful 
 men of business. 
 
 Emmet, Thomas A., Jr., New York 
 city, Nov. 25, a?. 30, son of Thomas Ad- 
 dis Emmet, of N. Y. 
 
 Emmons, Henry, Boston, Mass., Sept. 
 22, ae. 88, one of the oldest, if not the 
 senior printer in B. The deceased was 
 known to the present generation as an 
 agent for the sale of several annual pub- 
 lications. He was formerly quite active 
 in religious matters, and is reported never 
 to have tasted ardent spirits or used to- 
 bacco. For the last 40 years he has not 
 used tea or coffee, but has Been a consist- 
 ent cold water man. 
 
 Exos, Hon. Truman, Westmoreland, 
 N. Y., April 14, cC. 82. He has, for 
 
 many years, been a prominent and hon- 
 ored citizen of Oneida, and has ever 
 merited and enjoyed the confidence and 
 esteem of his fellow-citizens. In the 
 earher and more vigorous period of his 
 life, he filled, with great credit to himself, 
 several important offices, in all of which 
 he showed that he was " honest, capable, 
 and faithful." In 1821 he was appoint- 
 ed one of the judges of the County Court 
 of the county, which office he resigned 
 in 1826, on his election to the state Sen- 
 ate. He was the representative of his 
 Senate district, under its former organi- 
 zation, for four years. In his own town 
 he discharged, for about 30 years, in a 
 highly satisfactory manner, the duties 
 of an honest and upright magistrate, 
 and of a faithful representative of his 
 town in the board of supervisors. He 
 was a public-spirited citizen, ever ready 
 to aid the poor, and to defend and suc- 
 cor the oppressed. He was active in 
 promoting the cause of education, and 
 fostering the interests of religion. 
 
 Erwin, Dr. J. S., Aug. 6, for many 
 years representative of McDowell Co., 
 in the North Carolina legislature. 
 
 Etiex, Assawis, May 21, a^. about 80, 
 chief sangman of the Penobscot tribe. 
 Assawis was born in 1778, and was 
 elected governor in 1818. His disease 
 was pleurisy, which he contracted while 
 hunting and fishing. The funeral took 
 place at Oldtown. All the Indians ex- 
 cept those hunting afar off, and conse- 
 quently not aMare of the death of their 
 aged chieftain, assembled on the island 
 to share in the performance of his ob- 
 sequies. The corpse had been brought 
 by a steamer on Saturday, and deposited 
 in the church. A black flag marked 
 with the cross floated from the liberty 
 pole. The church was decorated in 
 black, and the first pew, already assigned 
 for the governor, was dressed in mourn- 
 ing. Monday morning, at half past 
 nine, the solemn high mass of requiem 
 was celebrated by the Rev. Eugene Ve- 
 tromile, and sung by the Indians in their 
 language and manner. After the read- 
 ing of the gospel, an interesting and 
 most impressive sermon was delivered by 
 Father Vetromile, and the ceremonies of 
 interment were then performed accord- 
 ing to the custom of the tribe. Ac- 
 cording to the ancient custom of the 
 tribe, the Indians will mourn their de- 
 parted chieftain a full year ; and when 
 
EUBANKS 
 
 [ 1858. ] 
 
 EUSTIS 
 
 105 
 
 the frosts of another winter shall have 
 melted awaj', and the time of springing 
 flowers shall have come again, they will 
 meet together in festive throngs to elect 
 a new governor. 
 
 EuBANKS, Dr. Wm. G., Greenwood, 
 Ala., Sept. 22. 
 
 EusTis, Hon. George, New Orleans, 
 La., Dec. 23, se. 62. He was the oldest 
 son of Jacob and Elizabeth (Gray) Eus- 
 tis, and was born in Boston, Oct. 20, 
 1796. He was fitted for college at the 
 Boston Latin School, and graduated at 
 Harvard University in 1815, where he at- 
 tanied a high and enviable reputation in 
 every branch of the prescribed studies 
 of the institution. Soon after his grad- 
 uation, which was with distinguished 
 honors, he went abroad in the capacity 
 of jjrivate secretary to his uncle, Gov- 
 ernor Eustis, then minister to the Hague, 
 the secretary of the legation being the 
 late Alex. H. Everett, so well known for 
 his varied attainments, and with whom 
 he formed a friendship that was life- 
 long. At the Hague Judge Eustis be- 
 gan his legal studies, and drew from the 
 clear fountains of the civil law of Hol- 
 land, France, and Germany, those ele- 
 mentary principles and stores of learning 
 which, at a later period, he was destined 
 to exhibit to such advantage in his ca- 
 reer at the bar and on the bench. He 
 settled at New Orleans about the year 
 1822, and was not long in reaching high 
 social and professional distinction. The 
 bar of New Orleans then embraced 
 some of the ablest juridical minds in the 
 country. The learned, laborious, and 
 eloquent Livingston ; the vigorous, pon- 
 derous, and sarcastic Mazureau ; the 
 fluent, graphic, and sensible Grymes ; 
 the well-read, sagacious, and vigilant 
 Hennen ; and a host of other younger 
 attorneys, many of whom have since 
 reached the highest places in the pro- 
 fession, — were the formidable rivals 
 among whom young Eustis was thrown 
 to struggle and contend for the prizes of 
 professional distinction. He was fre- 
 quently a member of the state legisla- 
 ture, and in succession secretary of 
 state, attorney general, and associate 
 justice of the Supreme Court of the state, 
 which last position he resigned to enter 
 on a somewhat lengthened tour in Eu- 
 rope. He was also a leading member, 
 as a conservative democrat, of the con- 
 vention for amending the state constitu- 
 
 tion in 18-15, and became the chief jus- 
 tice of the Supreme Court as it was 
 remodelled by that instrument. His 
 judicial decisions were marked by a 
 clearness of style and logic, and a thor- 
 ough acquaintance with law, which made 
 them compare favorably with the best to 
 be found in the English or American 
 reports. After the adoption, in 1852, of 
 the present constitution of the state, 
 which provides for popular election of 
 the judiciary, Judge Eustis retired from 
 public life to resume practice at the bar 
 under flattering circumstances. To his 
 great professional learning Judge Eustis 
 united an extensive acquaintance with 
 English, French, and Spanish literature, 
 and was esteemed by his large circle of 
 friends a most entertaining and instruc- 
 tive companion ; and if his conversation 
 was now and then dashed with sarcasm, 
 it \\'as often replete with genuine humor 
 and racy wit. He was naturally of a 
 vigorous mental and physical constitu- 
 tion, maintained by habits of out-door 
 exercise, and his death, at the compara- 
 tively early age of 63, will cast a gloom 
 over an extensive circle of acquaintances, 
 not only in the state of his adoption, 
 but in many other portions of the Union. 
 Li 1849 the honorary degree of Doctor 
 of Laws was conferred upon him by Har- 
 vard University. He married, in 1825, 
 Clarissa Allain, of Louisiana, by whom 
 he had six children — four sons and two 
 daughters. He has left a widow and 
 several children, one of whom, the Hon. 
 Geo. Eustis, Jr., has, during the last and 
 present Congress, been the representa- 
 tive from the first congressional district 
 of Louisiana. The bar of New Orleans 
 say of him that during the long period 
 in which he was engaged in the practice 
 of his profession, he was justly regarded 
 as one of its leading members. Distin- 
 guished alike for great learning, un- 
 wearied industry, and stainless purity of 
 conduct, he will long be regretted, not 
 only as a lost ornament of the bar, 
 but as one whom all regarded as compe- 
 tent and willing to lend his aid to his 
 brethren, who looked up to him for 
 counsel and support. In his judicial 
 career he exhibited great powers of 
 mind, and great attainments, and these 
 always in a manner condensed and clear. 
 As a judge, no personal feelings, no pro- 
 fessional attachments, no taint of preju- 
 dice, marred the justice of his decisions 
 
106 
 
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 uri 
 
 or the confidence of litigants. In all 
 the various relations of life — at the 
 hearthstone — in the social circle — his 
 amiability and generosity tempered the 
 sterner virtues into the gentle husband 
 and father, and the confiding and for- 
 giving friend. The loss of such a man, 
 and such a lawyer, it will be difficult to 
 replace, and will be long felt and deeply 
 mourned. 
 
 EusTis, Horatio Sprague, at his plan- 
 tation in Issaquene Co., Mississippi, 
 Sept. 4, £e. 46. He was the son of Gen- 
 eral Abraham (H. U., 1804) and Re- 
 becca (Sprague) Eustis, and was born 
 at Fort Adams, Newport, R. I., Dec. 
 2<5, 1811. He was fitted for college at 
 the Round Hill School, Northampton, 
 Mass., under the superintendence of 
 Joseph Green Cogswell, (H. U., 1806,) 
 and George Bancroft, (H. U., 1817,) and 
 graduated at Harvard in 1830. He 
 studied law, went to the west, and finally 
 settled as a lawyer in Natchez, where 
 he continued in the practice of his pro- 
 fession, with the exception of an inter- 
 val of a year or two, until his death. 
 He married. May 10, 1838, Catharine, 
 daughter of Henry Chotard, a planter. 
 He left a widow and ten children, seven 
 sons and three daughters. 
 
 EvAXS, Dr. Asbury, Covington, Ky., 
 Sept. 12, late professor of the Medical 
 College of Oliio, and formerly of Louis- 
 ville. 
 
 Evans, Eleanor Tounson, Waverley, 
 Ohio, March, 5, a?. 71, wife of Daniel 
 Evans, daughter of William Tounson, 
 and niece of Gen. Nathan Totmson, of 
 Baltimore Co., Maryland. 
 
 Evans, Dr. Jos. T., Marine Town, 
 111., July 8, a;. 42. 
 
 JOSIAH J. EVANS, 
 
 Washington, D. C, IVIay 6, ae. 72, sena- 
 tor from South Carolina. Mr. E. was 
 born in South Carolina, Nov. 27, 1786, 
 and was one of the earliest graduates 
 of her infant college. He was of the 
 class of 1808 — a distinguished class 
 of 30, three of whom survive. He was 
 educated to the bar, where he soon rose 
 to eminence. At an early age he Avas 
 sent to the legislature, and shortly after 
 was made solicitor of his circuit, which 
 post he held until 1830, when he was 
 elevated to the bench. He continued 
 there until he was, in 1852, chosen by 
 
 the State of South Carolina to represent 
 her in the Senate. He has filled every 
 station he has occupied with untiring 
 industry, scrupulous fidelity, and distin- 
 guished ability, and to the entire satis- 
 faction of his state. 
 
 He was descended of Welsh parents, 
 who settled on the Peedee River in the 
 early settlement of that part of the 
 country. He had lived his full three- 
 score j-ears and ten, and few have lived 
 them better or enjoyed them more ; for 
 with a fond family and ample fortune, 
 he was, in all his private as well as pub- 
 lic relations, without blemish or reproach, 
 and in South Carolina had ever only to 
 indicate the position he desired to oc- 
 cupy, whether in society, in his profes- 
 sion, or in affairs, to have it accorded to 
 him at once. He was well read and 
 learned in his profession. His mind 
 and memory were strongly imbued with 
 the great principles of the common law, 
 and he was particularly familiar with all 
 legislative enactments and the decis- 
 ions of courts. He was endowed by 
 nature with a clear head, a well-balanced 
 mind, and an unerring judgment. He 
 was always cool, calm, and dispassionate, 
 and never at fault on the bench. He 
 never took sides in any case, as a judge, 
 but always weighed the testimony care- 
 fully, and submitted it most impartially 
 to the jury. In his charges on the law, 
 he was plain, positive, direct, and decided. 
 
 He had gi-eat patience — a great virtue 
 in a judge, next to those of honesty and 
 learning. He was always kind and 
 courteous to the bar ; and yet no judge 
 ever had more dignity of manner, com- 
 manded more respect in court, or de- 
 spatched more promptly the business of 
 the court. 
 
 Whilst Judge Evans was a wise states- 
 man and a pure patriot, he was no poli- 
 tician, and had no relish for politics. 
 Once only he consented to serve in the 
 legislature, and that was just as he was 
 starting in life. He had been brought 
 up in the states rights school of poli- 
 tics, under the lead of Governor Wil- 
 liams and Judge Smith, of South Caro- 
 lina, and AVm. H. Crawford, of Georgia. 
 This threw him in opposition to ISIr. 
 Calhoun and his school of national poli- 
 tics. When the nullification controver- 
 sy sprang up in South Carolina, Judge 
 Evans was on the bench. 
 
 As a companion, he was always social, 
 
EVANS 
 
 [ 1858. ] 
 
 EVANS 
 
 107 
 
 pleasant and agreeable. He possessed 
 great good humor and cheerfulness of dis- 
 position. I do not remember ever to have 
 seen him depressed, sad, or melancholy. 
 He enjoyed an anecdote or witticism, 
 and would laugh most heartily over a 
 good joke. He always conversed well, 
 and made himself interesting to his 
 friends. His religious creed was of the 
 Episcopal faith. He was a regular at- 
 tendant of that church, and a large con- 
 tributor to its annual support ; whilst 
 he always manifested the most liberal 
 consideration and respect for other de- 
 nominations. 
 
 " At a meeting of the bar of Colum- 
 bus, Hon. W. F. De Saussure remarked 
 that the opinion has long since been 
 stamped indelibly upon the public mind, 
 that he was an able judge, a learned 
 judge, emphatically a safe judge — pa- 
 tient and laborious, as we all can testify ; 
 ready in the application of the law to 
 cases which came before him on the cir- 
 cuit ; and where his judgment was sat- 
 isfied as to the law and the justice of the 
 case, not slow to assume the responsi- 
 bility of indicating that judgment to the 
 jury. His summing up was clear and 
 unambiguous. He was never misled by 
 refinements and subtlety, nor did he in- 
 dulge in them himself. This formed 
 no part of his intellectual constitution. 
 The benevolence of his character begat 
 a natural courtesy, which was set off by 
 the native dignity of his manners, and 
 rendered his intercourse with the pub- 
 lic, his friends, and especially the bai*, 
 graceful and easy. I have never known 
 him to have an angry collision with the 
 profession, and I have had a large ex- 
 perience in one portion at least of the 
 state. The gentleness of his bearing 
 both in and out of court might seem to 
 imply a lack of energy — infirmity of pur- 
 pose. Nothing could be farther from 
 the truth. He had well-formed opinions 
 upon all sulijects, Avhich he was firm in 
 maintaining ; but his quiet nature slu'ank 
 from eager controversy. His motto 
 seemed to be, 'Suaviter inmodo,fortiter 
 in re!' 
 
 " To pronounce an elaborate paneg}Tic 
 upon the life of one so long associated 
 with your honors in the highest judicial 
 functions, might seem to be superiiuous ; 
 yet it is a relief to the heart to recall 
 the memory of his virtues ; and it may 
 profit the public to review the founda- 
 
 tions upon which rests his claim to their 
 gratitude and love. For upwards of 45 
 years this distinguished citizen was en- 
 gaged in the public service ; 40 of these 
 as commissioner of the Court of Equity, 
 as a representative in the state legisla- 
 ture, as solicitor of the eastern circuit, 
 and finally as a judge in the highest tri- 
 bunals of law known to our system. 
 How faithfully he discharged his duties 
 in three of these departments your hon- 
 ors are the witnesses and the judges." 
 
 Evans, Mrs. Mary, Hillsboro', O., 
 Dec. 10, a?. 84. She was born in New 
 Jersey in 1774. AVhen young, her par- 
 ents emigrated to Fayette Co., Pa., 
 where, when only in her 15th year, she 
 was married to Richard Evans, with 
 whom she lived an eventful and happy 
 life for the unusually long period of 63 
 years. Soon after their marriage, in 
 1789 or 1790, they emigrated to Ken- 
 tucky. This was before the days of our 
 palace steamboats ; it was no pleasui'e 
 trip. Conveyance down the Mononga- 
 hela and Ohio was the slow and tedious 
 flat boat, which, by keeping in the cen- 
 tre of the stream, they narrowly escaped 
 the murderous rifle of the savages from 
 either bank, so destructive of the life 
 of the emigrant of those days. After 
 living a few years, first in Bourbon Co., 
 and afterwards on Cabin Creel^, they 
 determined to seek a new home. In 
 1799 Hugh Evans and his sons and 
 sons-in-law explored this part of Ohio, 
 and made purchase of a large part of 
 the lower valley of Clear Creek, where, 
 that fall, in the unbroken forest, they 
 erected ' their cabin for the reception of 
 their wives and children. The next 
 spring they removed their families to 
 their forest homes. The difficulty of 
 that move may be judged from the fact 
 that they had to cut the way through 
 the forest for their wagons from the 
 Ohio Iliver. In this day of luxury and 
 improvement we can little tell the trials 
 of the wife and mother in the cabin of 
 the pioneer. Often, in late years, has 
 Mrs. E. been heard to recount the trials 
 of that first year on Clear Creek, when, 
 to use her own language, " more than 
 fifty Indians to one Avhite man came to 
 her cabin." These often indulged in 
 their savage orgies and mock fights to 
 frighten her, when they found her alone 
 with her helpless children. But no 
 
108 
 
 EVANS 
 
 [ 1858. ] 
 
 EWALT 
 
 dangler, no difficulty, impeded the on- 
 ward procuress of that hardy, determined 
 band of pioneers. The forest gave way 
 to the highly-cultivated farm, the cabin 
 to the mansion ; and Mrs. E. lived to 
 hear the shrill note of the locomotive 
 instead of tlie M-ar whoop of the savage. 
 Of that band of the first settlers on 
 Clear Creek she was the last ; the mother 
 of lo children, 12 of whom she saw 
 marded and settled in life. 
 
 Evans, llev. S. G., Randolph Co., 
 N. C, Feb. 17, te. 54. 
 
 EvAXS, Gen. Thomas C, La Grange, 
 Ga., May 5, w. — . Gen. E. had filled 
 many responsible public stations, and 
 was highly esteemed for his many per- 
 sonal virtues. He was interred with 
 Masonic and military honors. 
 
 Everett, Hon. Melatiah, Wrentham, 
 Mass., Dec. 26, a;. 81. Mr. E. was 
 probably the oldest member of the bar 
 in Bristol Co., having been admitted in 
 1805. He was born in a part of Wren- 
 tham noM- included within the bounds 
 of Foxboro', in June, 1777, and was 
 graduated at Brown University in 1802, 
 in the class with Henry Wheaton, John 
 Whipple, Samuel Bugbee, and Milton 
 Maxcy. Having pursued his legal stud- 
 ies with the late Judge Wheaton, he 
 commenced practice in Attleboro', but 
 subsequently removed to Foxboro', and 
 finally ^o Wrentham, where he has re- 
 sided for the last 25 years. In 1831 he 
 represented his native toAvn in the Gen- 
 eral Court, and in 1841 and 1842 he 
 was elected to the Senate. He has also 
 filled various offices in the town and 
 county, having been an acting magis- 
 trate for a period of 50 years. In these 
 various positions his fidelity and integ- 
 rity deserved and won the respect and 
 confidence of the public. Having for 
 the last ten years retired in a great 
 measure from services of a public kind, 
 he busied himself with his farm and 
 flowers, in the care of which he found 
 much enjoyment. But his interest in 
 public atlairs did not subside ; and, al- 
 tliough he did not actively participate 
 in ])olitics, yet no man better knew their 
 history, or more earnestly watched their 
 progress. AVell informed in relation to 
 the events of our national history from 
 the adoption of the federal constitution, 
 his conversation upon those topics was 
 both entertaining and instructive. But 
 he desired to know whatever of interest 
 
 was passing in the nation, state, and 
 neighborhood. No one was more eager 
 to read the daily prints. His newspaper 
 was in his hands almost to the last. In 
 his politics he was decidedly anti-slavery. 
 His last public appearance was at the 
 meeting in '\A''orcester at Vihich the re- 
 publican party was organized, of which 
 he was one of the vice presidents. His 
 twin brother preceded him to the tomb 
 only a few months. They had lived 
 near each other for fourscore years. 
 The subject of this notice was the last of 
 seven brothers. Hon. Horace Everett, 
 of Windsor, Vt., who died Jan. 30, 1851, 
 was also one of the seven ; he was 14 
 years in Congress, and received the de- 
 
 gree of LL. D. 
 
 During his lon<? and 
 
 severe sickness our friend uttered no 
 complaint ; he bore all without a mur- 
 mur ; and, though few enjoyed life better, 
 yet he willingly bowed to the stroke 
 which he could not shun. In all the 
 relations of life he was exemplary — as 
 a husband, counsellor, church member, 
 and citizen. He was a friend of free- 
 dom, temperance, and learning. 
 
 Everett, ]\Irs. Nancy W., Roxbury, 
 Mass., Nov. 20, se. 59, wife of the late 
 Thomas Everett, and daughter of the late 
 Obadiah Wright, Esq., of Boston, Mass. 
 A person so kindly benevolent as Mrs. 
 E. should not pass to the tomb without a 
 line of obituary. She was most emphati- 
 cally a cheerful Christian. In 1841, 
 1842, 1843, she took an active part in 
 the great temperance enterprise of those 
 days, and filled the office of secretary in 
 the Ladies' Benevolent Society for the 
 Suppression of Intemperance, and her re- 
 ports in that capacity would confer credit 
 upon the best writers of the day. Her 
 place as a model Christian cannot be 
 easily supplied. 
 
 Ewalt, John, Rowland, O., Jan, 3, oe. 
 82. He was one of the pioneers of the 
 county. He came here about the year 
 1801, when the only road to his late resi- 
 dence Avas an Indian trail through the 
 woods, and when Warren contained only 
 three dwellings, and those were log 
 cabins. He brought with him a large 
 variety of choice fruits, from which origi- 
 nal stock, much of the good fruit of this 
 vicinity has descended, and by his efforts 
 and example did as much, perhaps, as 
 any one for the improvement of horti- 
 culture in Trumbull Co. He sat upon 
 the first jury impanelled under the 
 
EWING 
 
 [1858.] 
 
 FALES 
 
 109 
 
 state government of Ohio, and was iden- 
 tified with all the early history of the 
 Reserve. Of a most genial and social dis- 
 position, he delighted to recount interest- 
 ing passages in the events of his pioneer 
 times, and his vivid memory and happy 
 faculty of narration made his reminis- 
 cences a rich treat to all who had the 
 pleasure of hearing them. 
 
 EwiXG, Hon. John, Vinccnnes, Ind., 
 April 5, ae. 69. He some years ago filled 
 a prominent ])lace among the public men 
 of Indiana. He was one of our oldest 
 citizens. In his earlier days he was an 
 active, enterprising man. He was at one 
 
 time a merchant, and established, some 
 thirty years ago, a paper known as the 
 Wabash Transcript. His connection with 
 this newspaper led him into political life, 
 and he represented his county in both 
 branches of the legislature, and his dis- 
 trict once or twice in Congress. He was 
 a man of acknowledged ability, stern in- 
 tegrity, and irreproachable honesty of 
 purpose. The following is Mr. E.'s epi- 
 taph, which he wrote a few days before 
 he died : " Here lies a man who loved 
 Vincennes, his God, his country, and his 
 friends." 
 
 F. 
 
 Fairbanks, Mrs. Sarah Catharine, St. 
 Augustine, Florida, ]\Iarch 22, se. — , wife 
 of Hon. Geo. R. Fairbanks. Mrs. F. 
 was the second daughter of Hon. Benja- 
 min AV right, for a long period surrogate 
 of Jeff'erson Co., N. Y., and Sarah, his 
 AW, sixth daughter of Charles Ward. 
 Her grandmother, Mrs. Charles Ward, 
 was Marv, the youngest daughter of 
 Philip Pell, Esq., of Westchester Co., 
 and Glarianna Fridwell, and a direct de- 
 scendent of John Pell, Esq., of Norfolk 
 Co., Eng., Master of the King's Cup, 
 who died in the year 1607, and whose 
 descendants settled in Westchester Co., 
 N. Y., and were known as lords of the 
 manor of Pelham, in that county. * Her 
 grandfather, Charles Ward, was a de- 
 scendant of Andrew Ward, of Water- 
 town, ]\Iass., who accompanied the first 
 settlers to Connecticut, and was a magis- 
 trate in 1636. The family motto of the 
 Wards, " Xon nohis solum" was exem- 
 plified in a remarkable degree by the 
 subject of this notice, as well also as by 
 her mother and grandmother, the latter 
 of whom died at Adams, Jeff. Co., N. Y., 
 a few years since, at an advanced age. 
 Distant friends of Mrs. F. cannot appre- 
 ciate the loss to her immediate circle of 
 influence in the death of this lovely wo- 
 man. At home, in the church, in the 
 community, she leaves a blank hardly to 
 be filled. A natural buoyancy and ener- 
 gy had borne her through jihysical trials 
 and many difficulties ; but a true faith 
 and lively lwi)e had sanctified these to the 
 
 * Boltou's History of Westchester Co. 
 10 
 
 formation of an earnest Christian char- 
 acter ; so that any thing was ventured 
 where duty called or human sympathy 
 claimed her efforts. Her daily life was 
 marked by utter unselfishness. " To do 
 good and to distribute " seemed to be 
 the law of her social intercourse. A liv- 
 ing member of the church, she gave her- 
 self to its interests ; and not by word 
 only, but in deed, she labored for its ad- 
 vancement. Among the last thoughts 
 and acts of her life were " cares and toils 
 for it." In all parish work the pastor 
 found in her a ready will and open hand 
 to render aid according to her ability ; 
 and as God had blessed her with those 
 things which the world needs for happi- 
 ness, she only used them to secure her 
 friends in everlasting habitations. 
 
 Fairf.aX, Mrs. Margaret, Vancluse, 
 
 Va., , a?. 75, widow of Lord 
 
 Thomas Fairfax. 
 
 Fairfield, Mrs. L. J., Hillsdale, 
 Mich., July 3, wife of Hon. Edmund B. 
 Fairfield, LL. D., president of Hillsdale 
 College. Mrs. F. was probably one of 
 the best educated women of the state, 
 having thirteen years ago taken the col- 
 legiate A. B. upon completing the full 
 college course, including Latin, Greek, 
 and Hebrew, and having subsequently, in 
 regular course, received the higher degree 
 of A. M. She died in full hope of im- 
 mortality through Christ. She Avas a 
 daughter of Dr. Jenison, formerly of 
 Eaton Co., and a sister of Rev. C. A. 
 Jenison. 
 
 Fales, Mrs. Sarah K. P., Quincy, 111., 
 Nov. 26, £e. 76, extensively known and 
 
no 
 
 FARMAN 
 
 [1858.] 
 
 FEAEING 
 
 esteemed as a teacher of young ladies. 
 This venerable and excellent woman re- 
 tained her mental powers to the last, and 
 continued to be, as in former days, a 
 centre of attraction to a large circle of 
 friends. 
 
 Fauman, Benj. II., Lowell, Mass., 
 Sept. 25, ae. 84. He was formerly of 
 Bath, N. H., and was the first child born 
 in that town that arrived to the age of 
 manhood. 
 
 Farmer, Dr. WilHam, New Lisbon, 
 O., !March 8, ts. 57. He was a man of 
 unexceptionable character, unassuming 
 manners, amiable disposition ; and such 
 was his urbanity, that he made fast friends 
 of all with whom he became acquainted. 
 He had a strong, vigorous, and highly cul- 
 tivated mind. For upwards of 33 years 
 he had been a practising physician, and 
 had a wide-spread reputation as a skilful 
 doctor, to which he was fully entitled. 
 For nearly a quarter of a century he re- 
 sided in Salineville, Col. Co., O. Last 
 fall he removed to New Lisbon, where 
 his professional services were duly ap- 
 preciated. 
 
 Farnham, Maj. Gen. A. H., Hinsdale, 
 Pa., April 19, ss. — . 
 
 Farrar, George, M. D., Derry, N. H., 
 Sept. 15, 86. 80. Dr. F. graduated at 
 Dartmouth College, in the year 1800, 
 and took his medical degree in 1803. 
 He immediately entered upon the prac- 
 tice of his profession in Derry, and con- 
 tinued in active service as a physician for 
 more than half a century. He was em- 
 phatically " the beloved physician." His 
 practice was very extensive, and he was 
 unsurpassed in his attention to his pa- 
 tients, cheerfully bestowing his labors 
 upon the poor as well as the rich — all 
 confided in his skill and his kindness. 
 " The blessing of him that was ready to 
 perish came upon him, and he caused the 
 widow's heart to sing for joy." Dr. F. was 
 a Christian of deep and consistent piety. 
 
 Farrington, Dr. Joseph Jewett, Ha- 
 verhill, Mass., Aug. G, a). 29. Dr. F. 
 was of Concord, N. H., and leaves a 
 large circle of friends who are deeply 
 pained to part with one whose career of 
 usefulness has been so suddenly checked, 
 and to whom they liad been attached by his 
 goodness and professional acquirements. 
 
 Farwell, llev. John E., Fitchburg, 
 Mass., Dec. 24, £c. 48. He was born at 
 Ashby, Mass., Dec. 9, 1809, and was the 
 child of religious parents, la 183G he 
 
 graduated at Amherst, and in 1839 at An- 
 dover Theological Seminary. He devoted 
 himself to the mission work, was accepted 
 by the board, and ordained at Ashby. 
 His health failed, however, and he ac- 
 cepted a call to preach at Rochester, 
 N. H., where he labored successfully for 
 10 years. After leaving K, he labored 
 in various places for short periods. " The 
 first impression one Avould receive of 
 Mr. F.," says Rev. G. T. McCollom, in 
 the funeral discourse, was, that " he was a 
 gentle, meek, affectionate man. Other 
 prominent traits were decision, child-like 
 simplicity, and frankness. He Mas a man 
 of great industry and perseverance. As 
 a preacher, he was scriptural, faithful, 
 useful; as a Christian, devout, loving, 
 and holy. He was a man of rare judg- 
 ment and foresight, and used these quali- 
 ties in God's service." 
 
 Fassitt, Thomas S. R., Esq., Phila- 
 delphia, Pa., Dec. 1, ae. — , late a well- 
 known and esteemed merchant. Mr. 
 F. was a native of Philadelphia, but for 
 several years has passed about one half 
 of the year at his residence in Newpoit, 
 R. I. He was a gentleman of great per- 
 sonal worth, and his loss will be keenly 
 felt by many friends and acquaintances 
 there. 
 
 Faulkner, Charles J., near Alexan- 
 dria, D. C, May 4, ie. 54. He was born 
 in Berkeley Co., Va., received a public 
 education, and was admitted to the bar 
 in 1829. He had been a member of the 
 House of Delegates, also of the Senate 
 of Va., and was appointed commissioner 
 to report upon the boundary between 
 Virginia and ^Maryland. In 1851 he was 
 elected a representative to Congress, and 
 continued a member till his death. 
 
 Faxon, John, Boston, Mass., Oct. 7, 
 re. 46. He was well known to the print- 
 ers of Boston during the last 25 years. 
 The deceased had been a partner in the 
 Boston Stereotype Foundry Company for 
 the last ten years, prior to which period 
 he was for many years engaged upon the 
 Boston Atlas. 
 
 Fkaring, Isaiah, Jr., Elizabeth City, 
 
 N. C, , oe. 67. He was a native 
 
 of Mass., but came to this place while 
 quite a young man, and has long been 
 known as one of the principal merchants 
 of the town. He was a consistent mem- 
 ber of tlie Methodist Ejjiscopal church 
 in the town, and a member of the board 
 of stewai'ds. 
 
FENNER 
 
 [1858.] 
 
 FILLMORE 
 
 111 
 
 Fents-er, Dr. L. H., Cleveland, O., 
 May 5, se. — , of Norwalk, Ct. He had 
 been in poor health about two months, 
 and a short time ])revious to his death he 
 took up his abode at the Cleveland wa- 
 ter cure, hoping to be benefited by hj-- 
 dropathic treatment. Dr. F. came to 
 Norwalk a little more than a year ago, 
 and became associated with Dr. Tiffy in 
 the practice of medicine. His correct 
 and gentlemanly deportment, together 
 with the strict attention which he paid to 
 the practice of his profession, caused him 
 to be highly esteemed by our citizens gen- 
 erally. In his death, we feel that our 
 town has lost one of its best inhabitants. 
 
 Fenton, Mrs. Judah, Winchester, 
 Va., Jan. 29, a;. 103. The writer of this 
 tribute to her memory was her near 
 neighbor for many years, and has often 
 been edified by a narrative of many inci- 
 dents of the revolutionary war, and the 
 commanding personage of General Wash- 
 .ington, which she would propound with 
 so much force and clearness of mind. 
 The deceased was a native of Pennsyl- 
 vania, and came to the county of Fred- 
 erick about the close of the revo ution, 
 with her relatives, and settled at Nefi"s- 
 ville, near Winchester, where she resided 
 upwards of 70 years. 
 
 Ferguson, Kev. John, Whately, 
 Mass., Nov. 15, as. — , formerly pastor 
 of the First Congregational Church in 
 Whately, and subsequently an agent of 
 the American Tract Society. He was a 
 Scotchman by birth, and had all the 
 qualities of character which made the 
 heroic Covenanters the Puritans of Scot- 
 land. He was sound, devout, venerable, 
 and beloved, and has gone like an an- 
 cient patriarch to his rest. 
 
 Ferris, Mrs. Lydia, Clarkson Centre, 
 N. Y., Sept. 30, ffi. 87. Mrs. F. was a 
 native of Old Chester, N. H. She, with 
 her first husband, whose name was Toll, 
 emigrated to this place in 1806, and 
 settled in the vicinity of what is now 
 East Clarkson, when this region was 
 mostly an unbroken wilderness, there 
 being only an Indian trail from Genesee 
 to the Niagara, Kivers, where the Ridge 
 Road was subsequently surveyed. In 
 coming to this place, she, with her hus- 
 band and infant child, crossed the Gen- 
 esee River where the city of Rochester 
 now stands, on a string piece of the first 
 bridge built at that place, which was 
 then in the course of erection. 
 
 Fillmore, Rev. Daniel, Providence, 
 R. I., Aug. 13, a?. 70. He was a native 
 of Franklin, Ct., a member of one of 
 the oldest and most respectable Meth- 
 odist families in New England, and a 
 relative of Ex-President Fillmore, whose 
 branch of the family was from the same 
 vicinity. He joined the itinerancy in 
 1811, and was appointed to the Fal- 
 mouth circuit in Maine. He early rose 
 to an honorable position among his 
 brethren, and has since filled some of 
 the most important stations in New 
 England, as Portland, Lynn, Boston, 
 Providence, New Bedford, and •other 
 places. He was twice stationed at 
 Nantucket, Mass., viz., in 1825-6 and 
 1841-2. He was one of the first gen- 
 eration of Methodist preachers in New 
 England, a few of whom, as Asa Kent, 
 Ebenezer Blake, Lewis Bates, David 
 Kilburn, and Daniel Webb, still live. 
 Of the eleven who joined the New Eng- 
 land conference at its session in Barnard, 
 Vt., in 1811, of whom he was one, but 
 two now remain — Aaron Lummus, now 
 resident in Lynn, his native place, and 
 the venerable William Marsh, of the 
 East Maine conference. He was for 
 many years the secretary of the old New 
 England conference, the duties of which 
 oflfice he discharged with distinguished 
 fidelity, and with an ability which has 
 never been surpassed. Never, probably, 
 have its duties been better performed. 
 He was an ardent and active friend of 
 education in the church, and for several 
 years performed the duties of financial 
 agent of the Wesleyan University for 
 the Providence conference, with eminent 
 tact and faithfulness, and without fee or 
 reward. Many are the souls in all parts 
 of New England who have been called 
 to repentance by his successful labors, 
 and are now members of the visible 
 church. He was a fast friend of the 
 church. He most cheerfully shared in 
 the labors, struggles, poverty, and re- 
 proach of her early years ; and he lived 
 to share in her successes and triumphs, 
 and to see her a power in the land ; and 
 to but few men in New England is she 
 more indebted for these triumphs and 
 successes than to him. To her were 
 devoted the activity of his youth, the 
 strength of his manhood, the counsels 
 of his old age, and the prayers of his 
 whole pious life. In 1852 he was put 
 upon the superannuated list. Ardent 
 
112 
 
 FINLEY 
 
 [ 1858. ] 
 
 FLEECE 
 
 in his piety, pure and unsullied in his 
 character, calm and quiet in his sjjirit, 
 kind and afl'ectionate in his manners, 
 zealous and active in his labors, emi- 
 nently coi;servative in his principles, 
 sound and able as a ])reacher, and faith- 
 ful above naany as a jjastor, he has gone 
 to his reward and to his rest, leaving 
 behind him a name " which is as oint- 
 ment poured forth," an unsullied repu- 
 tation, and an example of Christian 
 faithfulness and of ministerial fidelity. 
 
 Fl>'LEY, Col. A. C, Clarksville, Va., 
 Dec. 25, Ee. 49. Col. F. was born in 
 liockbridge Co., and in early life con- 
 nected himself with the Presbyterian 
 church in Lexington, Va. For more 
 than 20 years he had resided in Clarks- 
 ville, where he held the office of cashier 
 in the Exchange Bank. June 4, 1842, 
 he was ordained to the office of ruling 
 elder in the Presbyterian church. As a 
 man of business, a friend, a Christian, 
 and an oflice-bearer in the house of God, 
 he was extensively and favorably known. 
 Li his disposition he was kind, concil- 
 iating, and confiding. Li his business 
 habits he was prompt, indefatigable, and 
 laborious. In the service of God he 
 was decided, regular, benevolent, and 
 exemplary. In all the relations of life 
 he was amiable, kind, and affectionate. 
 
 FiNLEY, John, D. D., Greenville, 
 Miss., Aug. 28, a?. 74. Dr. F. was born 
 in Ayr, Scotland, March 10, 1784; en- 
 tered the ministry about the year 1806 ; 
 was chaplain to the Senate of New- 
 York during the administration of Gov. 
 De Witt Clinton ; and with great accept- 
 ability and success sustained the relation 
 of pastor to the First Baptist Church in 
 Baltimore, at Jackson, Tenn., Louisville, 
 and at ^Memphis. 
 
 Fish, Dr. Erasmus D., Belvidere, 
 N. J., Feb. 8, X. 50. 
 
 FlsiiBURN, Prof. Junius M., of "Wash- 
 ington College, Va., April — , a^. — . 
 Prof. F. was a son-in-law of Dr. Junkin, 
 president of the college, and was the 
 professor of Latin and modern lan- 
 guages in that institution. 
 
 Fisher, Mrs. Harriet B., Amherst, 
 Mass., Aug. 18, a;. 39, Avifc of llev. 
 George E. Fisher, and daughter of 
 Jacob Holt, of West Brookficld, Mass. 
 She resided in Amherst after 1811 to 
 her marriage in 1850, her husband being 
 at that time pastor of the Congrega- 
 tional church in llutland, Mass. In 
 
 Sept., 1852, Mr. F. Avas installed over 
 the North Church in Amherst. Every 
 one who knew her always esteemed and 
 loved her. Her amiability, and gentle- 
 ness, and quietness of spirit ; her un- 
 pretending yet perfect fidelity to every 
 trust ; her prudence, and wisdom, and 
 soundness of judgment ; her self-sacri- 
 ficing spirit, and untiring devotion to 
 the welfare of all, — won the affection 
 and confidence of every acquaintance. 
 As a pastor's wife, " none named her 
 but to praise," 
 
 Flagg, Dr. Chandler, Marblehead, 
 Mass., Sept. 10, ae. 77, a distinguished 
 ])hysician and most worthy citizen. The 
 doctor was born at Grafton, Mass., Jan. 
 1, 1782. He graduated at Brown Uni- 
 versity in 1803, with all the honors of 
 his alma mater, and after a thorough 
 course of the study of medicine, en- 
 tered upon its practice in Marblehead, 
 where he rapidly rose to great eminence 
 in his profession, which he held during 
 a period of nearly 50 years. He was 
 often sought as counsel in cases of diffi- 
 culty and danger, and here he exhibited, 
 in a marked degree, the soundness of 
 his wisdom and judgment. He was a 
 gentleman of the old school, and was re- 
 markable for his urbanity and suavity of 
 manners. He needed only to be known 
 to secure the respect and friendship of 
 his fellow-men. Through life he main- 
 tained his habit of daily study, which 
 was diversified and extensive, finding 
 special delight in that of the French lan- 
 guage ; the Bible and Prayer Book in 
 this dialect were to him a source of in- 
 struction and comfort. Some years since 
 he retired from the active duties of his 
 profession ; yet he is still remembered 
 with gratitude by those who once had 
 occasion for his services. 
 
 Fleece, Dr. James, Lebanon, Ky., 
 June 19, a?. — . Eminently successful 
 in his profession, and profoundly respect- 
 ed and loved by his patients, he had 
 a large circle of friends, who will feel 
 his death as a great bereavement. His 
 life was long and useful, and his memory 
 will ever be fresh in the hearts of all 
 who knew him. Let his virtues be imi- 
 tated by us all. At a meeting of the 
 members of the Medical Association of 
 Lebanon, it was 
 
 ^''Resolved y now that his professional 
 history has closed, after an active ser- 
 vice of 37 years, it is no extravagance 
 
 ''L> 
 
fle^ung 
 
 [.1858.] 
 
 FLETCHER 
 
 113 
 
 to say, that upon the arena of profes- 
 sional life, for energy and self-denying 
 labor, none have surpassed him, and in 
 his own sphere, few have ever met with a 
 higher degree of appreciation, and whose 
 loss will he more sensibly felt. 
 
 "Resolved, that as a private citizen, by 
 his labor of love and spirit of public en- 
 terprise, the public heart feels a common 
 sense of bereavement, now that his ever- 
 genial presence has passed from their 
 midst." 
 
 Fleming, John S., Esq., Gooch- 
 land, Va., Aug. 31, a?. 67. The death 
 of this distinguished man has deprived 
 the bar of Virginia of one of its bright- 
 est ornaments, and society of one of its 
 most genial spirits. Mr. F. was a man 
 of decided genius, and of such eloquence 
 that the lamented John Hampden Pleas- 
 ants applied to him the title of the 
 " forest-born Demosthenes." He had a 
 strong understanding, a clear intellect, 
 and overflowing wit and humor. But 
 for his striking modesty and singular 
 absence of ambition, he might have 
 achieved a fame coextensive with the 
 limits of the nation. His nature was 
 as noble as his intellect was splendid. 
 
 Fleming, Capt. William, Philadel- 
 phia, Pa., , ae. 76. He was one 
 
 of our oldest and ablest mariners, hav- 
 ing s.iiled out of Philadelphia for no 
 less than 43 years. He was a man of 
 remarkable intelligence and great purity 
 of character, and, at the time of his de- 
 cease, held the office of marine surveyor 
 to the insurance companies. 
 
 Fletcher, Dea. Ezra ^Y., May 24, 
 se. 62. Dea. F. was born in North- 
 bridge, Mass., in that part of the town 
 now known as Whitinsville, Jan. 28, 
 1796. He was the son of Col. James 
 and Margaret Wood Fletcher, and was 
 the youngest of a family of ten children. 
 His parents were persons of devoted 
 piety, firm in their attachment to Puri- 
 tan institutions, and were especially care- 
 ful in the training of their children. His 
 father was a man of more than ordinary 
 strength of mind, and, by his practical 
 wisdom and sound judgment, was well 
 fitted to advise and direct in public af- 
 fairs. Dea. F.'s early advantages for 
 education were only such as were afford- 
 ed in the common school in his native 
 place. But such were his habits of ap- 
 plication to study that he very soon 
 acquired a knowledge of the English 
 9* 
 
 branches then taught in our schools. 
 At the age of 16 or 17 he obtained a 
 situation as clerk in the store of David 
 Wilkinson, Esq., of Pawtucket, where 
 he remained some three or four years. 
 For a few years after closing his service 
 here, he resided in his native j)lace, act- 
 ing as clerk and agent for a small man- 
 ufacturing company then just organized. 
 He was married March 2.5, 1S19, to Lau- 
 rinda Chapin, daughter of the late Dea. 
 Phineas Chapin, of Uxbridge. They 
 had four children, neither of whom has 
 survived the father.* In the autumn of 
 1823 he removed to Jewett City, Ct., 
 having engaged in the service of Messrs. 
 Samuel & John Slater, the former of 
 whom was the pioneer in the cotton 
 manufacturing business of this country. 
 In 1836 he entered into the service of 
 Samuel Slater & Sons, of Providence, 
 and continued until near the time of his 
 death. He now reunited with the Rich- 
 mond Street Church, and was chosen 
 its deacon. This office he filled with 
 great acceptance for six years, when 
 he withdrew, and united with others 
 in forming the Fourth Congregational 
 Church. He was immediately chosen 
 to the same office in this church. He 
 subsequently joined in organizing the 
 Central Church, but fcclined the office 
 of deacon on account of increasing 
 ill health. He continued a member of 
 this church through the remainder of 
 his life. For some years previous to 
 his death his health had been failing. 
 By the advice of his physicians he re- 
 linquished business in the spring of 
 1856, and took up his residence in his 
 native village. He was encouraged to 
 hope that the change M'ould be the 
 means of prolonging his life, even if he 
 could not regain his health. He had 
 always been greatly attached to the 
 place of his birth, and to his near friends 
 residing there, and now, in the days of 
 his feebleness, his feelings prompted him 
 to seek once more a home among them. 
 It was soon evident that his disease was 
 of such a nature as to forbid all hope of 
 recovery. It did not, however, until a 
 
 * A son, Dr. EzraW. Fletcher, Jr., gradu- 
 ated at Brown University, witli distinguislied rank 
 as a scholar, in the class of 1839 ; studied medi- 
 cine with Dr. Usher Parsons, of Providence ; 
 attended medical lectures in Boston arjd Phil- 
 adelphia, and received his medical degree at Cam- 
 bridge, in 1843. He spent two years in Paris and 
 Vienna, commenced practice in Providence, R. I., 
 but died greatly lamented June 25, lb47, a;. 26. 
 
114 
 
 FLETCHER 
 
 [1858.] 
 
 FLINN 
 
 few weeks previous to his death, inter- 
 fere seriously with his enjoyment of the 
 society of his friends, or prevent liini 
 from attending pubHc worshi]) on the 
 Sabbath, and meetings of conference 
 and prajer. As he drew near to death 
 his faith in Christ as an all-sufficient 
 Saviour became stronger and stronger, 
 and his hope of eternal blessedness 
 brighter. Death to him had no ter- 
 rors. " I have been an unprofitable 
 servant," s;ud he to a friend, " but if I 
 am hot greatly mistaken, Christ is very 
 precious to me. His grace surrounds 
 me ; his love enriches me." His religious 
 character was formed by direct contact 
 with the Word of God, accompanied by 
 the teachings of the Spirit. He loved the 
 sacred book, and from the time that he 
 began to hope that he was savingly in- 
 terested in its truths he made it his 
 habitual and prayerful study. He was 
 a man of true Christian benevolence. 
 He gave such direction as to the dispo- 
 sition of his pro])erty that more than 
 one third of the whole will be appropri- 
 ated to benevolent purposes. The sum 
 that will be thus appropriated will not 
 fall short of thirty thousand dollars. 
 The property that enabled him thus to 
 give liberally, Avas not, like that of 
 many wealthy niQjfc the result of specu- 
 lation or successful traffic, but, with the 
 exception of a small amount received 
 from his father's estate, was the result 
 of the annual savings from a salary 
 never large, and which many of our 
 city clerks would consider inadequate to 
 meet their personal expenses. It would 
 be ini])ossible to give a just view of 
 Dea. Fletcher's religious character with- 
 out speaking of him as a man of prayer. 
 He took a firm hold upon the promises 
 which God has made to encourage his 
 people in this duty, and he felt that 
 they had no reason to hope for the di- 
 vine blessing any further than they were 
 willing to meet this duty. Many years 
 ago he heard the remark made by a 
 minister of the gospel, that the Christian 
 needed to spend as much time every 
 day in seeking sup])lies of spiritual food 
 by communion with God in secret prayer 
 as he spent in Uiking food for his body, 
 and from that time till the close of his 
 life, it is believed that he made his own 
 practice conform to this. Three times, 
 every day, was it his custom to retire 
 from the world and pour out his desires 
 
 to Him that seeth in secret. And thus 
 did he obtain food for the nourishment 
 of the spiritual life within him, and for 
 preparing him for that higher service 
 upon which he has now entered. Surely 
 he that thus learns to walk with Christ 
 on earth shall dwell with him in eternal 
 glory. 
 
 Fletcher, Samuel, Esq., Concord, 
 N. H., Sept. 30, a?. 72. He was a na- 
 tive of Plymouth, N. H., born July 31, 
 1785. He was graduated at Dartmouth 
 College, in the class of 1810 ; studied 
 law with the late Samuel Green, Esq., 
 afterwards a judge upon the bench of 
 the Superior Court ; Mas some time pre- 
 ceptor of Gilmanton Academy, but en- 
 tered upon the practice of his profession 
 in Concord about 1815, and continued 
 in its successful pursuit until 1842, when, 
 having been chosen treasurer of the 
 Theological Institution and Phillips 
 Academy, at Andover, Mass., he re- 
 moved thither, and remained until 1850, 
 when he returned to Concord. He was 
 many years a trustee of Dartmouth Col- 
 lege, which position he held until his 
 death. He had represented Concord in 
 the legislature, and during that portion 
 of his life passed there, before declining 
 health incapacitated him for active la- 
 bors, bore an important part with con- 
 temporary citizens in shaping the char- 
 acter of the place of which he was long 
 an influential and valuable inhabitant. 
 
 Flixn, Mrs. Sarah, Pittsburg, , 
 
 March 15, ae. 78, consort of William 
 Fhnn, Esq. It is a tribute M'hich nature 
 owes to the living to cherish the mem- 
 ory of the dead. ]\Irs. F. was the 
 daughter of David Sample, of West- 
 moreland Co., Pa., attorney at law, in 
 which profession he occupied a very em- 
 inent position in his day. Mr. Sample, 
 owing to the dangers to which his fami- 
 ly were exposed from the frequent in- 
 cursion of the Indians, especially in his 
 absence from home, attending to official 
 duties, removed them, for a short time, 
 to Cumberland Co. It was in this coun- 
 ty, near Big Spring, that I\Irs. Flinn 
 was born. It was her privilege to be 
 able to point back to a father who was 
 an ornament to the legal profession, who 
 was esteemed for his urbanity, and be- 
 loved for his generosity ; but she had a 
 higher honor in that she could refer to a 
 parentage who feared and served the 
 Lord. Her father was no less a Chris- 
 
FLOWERS 
 
 [1858.] 
 
 rOOTE 
 
 115 
 
 tian than a gentleman or a lawyer. Mrs. 
 Fliim finally cherishfd the relig'ious in- 
 struction which hatl been inculcated by 
 her pious parents in the morning of her 
 days. Frequently has the writer heard 
 her speali, with thankfulness and grati- 
 tude to God, of her parents. 
 
 Flowers, W. P., La Grange, Ga., 
 Nov. 29, ae. 27. j\Ir, Flowers was a 
 young man of liberal education, fine so- 
 cial qualities, and an unblemished Chris- 
 tian character. Few could boast of such 
 coml)inations of virtues, or a brighter 
 prospect for future usefulness. In the 
 prime of manhood and career of useful- 
 ness he has been taken away ; but his 
 memory remains with those who knew 
 and loved him. 
 
 Flynt, Col. John P., Forsyth Co., 
 Ga., Sept. 21, ae. 63. The deceased 
 lived an exemplary life, noble in all the 
 qualities that constitute a neighbor, a 
 friend, and a father of a family. He 
 was a man of a liberal heart, and al- 
 ways ready to respond to the calls of 
 benevolence. The loss of such men is 
 not only painful, but an irreparable mis- 
 fortune to any community. He leaves 
 behind a wife and two daughters. 
 
 FoLGER, Mrs. Mary, Jtiavenna, 0., 
 June 28, a?. 80. Mrs. F., formerly 
 Mary Joy, was born on the Island of 
 Nantucket, Mass., Jan. 24, 1778, and 
 was married to Mayhew Folger in 1798, 
 who was also a native of N. He was 
 at that time engaged in the merchant 
 service upon the ocean, but in 1810 
 concluded to try his fortune on shore, 
 and removed to Chester Co., Pa., and 
 in 1813 to Ohio, at that time the fron- 
 tier state. The war of 1812 was con- 
 ducted on the lakes and on land with 
 frightful cruelty, and the trials of pio- 
 neer life were severe. In August, 1812, 
 Capt. F., with his family, arrived at 
 Kendall, expecting immediately to see 
 the stttlements overrun by the British 
 and Indians ; but a kind Providence 
 ordered otherwise. By the victory of 
 Com. Perry over the British fleet on 
 Lake Erie, the aspect of things was 
 entirely changed. Of the early settlers 
 of Kendall, but three are believed to be 
 living in the neighborhood. In 1828, 
 Capt. F. removed to Massillon, where, 
 on the 1st of Sept. of that year, he 
 died. Mrs. F. was emphatically one of 
 the excellent of this earth, even and 
 cheerful, benevolent in heart, shedding 
 
 around her a genial and pleasing influ- 
 ence. Five children survive her. 
 
 FoLWELL, William W., llomulus, 
 N. Y., Oct. 13, 8G. 90. He was born in 
 Southampton, Penn., Jan. 28, 1768. 
 He was graduated at Brown University, 
 in 1793, with high honors. While in 
 college he experienced religion, and 
 was baptized by Dr. Stephen Gano. 
 Soon after leaving school he was called 
 to, but declined, the rhetorical chair 
 in that ancient institution. In 1796 he 
 was married. He served one term in 
 the legislature of his native state, and 
 in 1807 he went to the State of New 
 York, and made large purchases of land, 
 and proceeded to gratify his strong and 
 early-develo]X'd taste for the cultivation 
 of the soil. He took a deep interest in 
 the election of Dr. O. C. Comstock to 
 Congress. He was no office-seeker, no 
 lover of stormy debate, but chose, from 
 his naturally retiring disposition, and 
 his love of rural life, to look out upon 
 the great movements of his age from 
 the eminence of a refined, dignified, 
 and quiet, though unpretending, home. 
 
 FoNTAXE, Hon. Philip J., Key West, 
 Florida, Aug. 28, ve. 52. He was one 
 of the earliest settlers of the Key, (in 
 1823,) and possessing ample business 
 capacity, united to great energy and 
 industry, contributed greatly to its im- 
 provement. No settlers, no conven- 
 iences were here when he first took up 
 his residence. Commencing active life 
 poor, by the force of his own character 
 he raised himself from the humblest to 
 the most important and influential posi- 
 tions in the community in which he 
 lived, being at the time of his death 
 a member of the state legislature, 
 mayor of the city, U. S. naval store- 
 keeper, and acting Spanish consul, — • 
 filling his public trusts with great abil- 
 ity and credit to himself. 
 
 Foot, Hon. George, Hernando, Miss., 
 July 17, probate judge of De Soto Co. 
 
 FooTE, Emerson, Savannah, Ga., 
 Sept. 30, se. — . He was a native of 
 Springfield, Mass. , Previous to his 
 going to Georgia, some twelve years 
 since, he had the superintendence of 
 several important roads at the noi'th. 
 About the year 1846 he took charge of 
 the Macon and Western Railroad, then 
 in a most prostrate condition, but which 
 under his management soon became 
 one of the most prosperous roads iu 
 
116 
 
 FOOTE 
 
 [ 1858. ] 
 
 FOSTER 
 
 the south. In Sept., 1857, he was 
 appointed to the superintendence of 
 the Central Railroad, which position 
 he filled with credit to himself. He 
 was an exemplary citizen. 
 
 FooTE, Dr. Thomas IS!., Buffalo, 
 N. Y., Feh. 20, ?p. 49. He was known 
 throughout the Union as the editor of 
 the Ikiffalo Commercial ; and the grace, 
 vigor, tact, and industry he displayed 
 in its columns gave him a very high 
 rank in the editoi-ial fraternity. From 
 the 1st of February, 1836, with but 
 inconsiderable intermissions, he con- 
 tributed to the editorial columns of the 
 Commercial, and at the time of his 
 decease he was one of its proprietors 
 and editors. In 1849 he was appointed 
 by President Taylor charge dJaffaires 
 to Bogota, and returning next year, 
 was sent by Mr. Fillmore to fill the 
 same office at the court of Vienna, 
 where he remained for some time. In 
 18o<5 he again visited Europe with 
 Messrs. Fillmore and Jewett. He was 
 one of the leading editors who advo- 
 cated the principles of the whig party 
 when it was in its zenith, when it 
 boasted of its Clays and Websters. He 
 gained laurels in many a hard-fought 
 contest with some of the ablest writers 
 in the state. In his controversies with 
 Thurlow Weed, editor of the Albany 
 Evening Journal, though he met " a 
 foeman worthy of his steel," he came 
 out of them with increased reputation. 
 Foote's articles were distinguished by 
 gracefulness of diction, directness and 
 life, and oftentimes fairly sparkled with 
 wit. His selections, too, were of a 
 character that tended to elevate jour- 
 nalism. As a citizen, he was univer- 
 sally respected and esteemed. He was 
 born in Clinton, N. Y., and was a grad- 
 uate of Hamilton College in the class 
 with Hon. George W. Clinton, of B. 
 He was three times married, and leaves 
 behind him a widow and two children. 
 
 FoRU, Dr. Henry A., Gaboon Mis- 
 sion, West Africa, Feb. 2, ac. — . He 
 was a missionary of the American 
 Board. 
 
 FoRDIIAM, Peletiah, Esq., Sag Har- 
 bor, JS'. Y., IE. 72. He held the office 
 of postmaster of that place under Mr. 
 Fillmore, as well as other official posi- 
 tions. 
 
 FoRESTi, E. Felice, Genoa, Italy, 
 U. S. consul, August — , ae. — . He 
 
 Avas an Italian exile, well known in New 
 York as the patriotic co-sufferer with 
 Silvio Pellico in the dungeons of Aus- 
 tria, where he spent twenty years of 
 his life, and in 1835 was e.\iled to the 
 United States, and who a year ago re- 
 ceived from the president an appoint- 
 ment acceptable to all parties — that of 
 consul to Genoa. More than five thou- 
 sand persons are said to have been 
 present at his funeral, among whom 
 were the officers and crew of the U. S. 
 frigate Wabash. It is intended by his 
 fellow-countrymen to open a subscrip- 
 tion for the erection of a marble monu- 
 ment to him. Ferdinand, upon the death 
 of his father, the emperor, in 1835, as- 
 cending the throne, immediately passed 
 a decree liberating the Italian patriots, 
 but condemning them to a perpetual 
 exile in America. On the 1st of August, 
 1836, Foresti, with the other prisoners, 
 was transported by night to Trieste, 
 whence, on the 3d, they sailed for 
 America in the very same brig (the 
 Usello) from which Koszta in Smyrna 
 was dragged. Immediately upon their 
 arrival in New York, they were received 
 with much consideration by prominent 
 citizens, and a week later their fellow- 
 countrymen gave them a banquet. An 
 interesting biographical sketch, written 
 by Prof. Foresti himself, was published 
 a little more than two years ago in 
 the Watchman and Crusader, entitled 
 " Twenty Yeurs in the Dungeons of 
 Austria," giving the particulars of his 
 eventful life. 
 
 Forrest, John Lawrence, Cincinnati, 
 
 O., , se. 43. He was a native 
 
 of Cork, Ireland, and was a contributor 
 to the Irish press during the stirring 
 times of 1848. During the year 1857 
 many of his pieces appeared in the 
 Pilot, over the signature of " One of 
 Ireland's Ballad Poets." The Pilot calls 
 him one of Ireland's sweetest poets. 
 
 Foster, A. T., M. D., Portsmouth, 
 Va., Nov. 10, se. 42. He Avas born in 
 Williamsburg, Va., and was educated 
 in the College of William and Mary. 
 He pm'sued his medical course of study 
 in Philadelphia. Thus has passed away 
 from the church a noble Christian, 
 from his profession an able and skilful 
 physician, from society a truly kind and 
 wise counsellor, and from his afflicted 
 fomily an affectionate husband and kind 
 parent. 
 
FOSTER 
 
 [1858.] 
 
 FRANCIS 
 
 117 
 
 Foster, Dr. George B., Chicago, 111., 
 Nov. G, IV. 30. He came here from 
 Boston about three years since, and 
 immediately devoted himself with great 
 energy and zeal to his professional pur- 
 suits. Although a total stranger, he 
 soon won a large circle of friends, and 
 M'orked out for himself a high career of 
 professional usefulness and honor. He 
 M'as a young man of rare promise in his 
 profession, and exhibited an aptness 
 and fondness for it, which, accompanied 
 by a thorough medical education, must 
 soon have placed him in the front of 
 medical men. He also possessed, in an 
 eminent degree, that amjableness and 
 gentleness of manner which render the 
 physician a welcome visitor at all times 
 at the bedside. While his death will be 
 the most heavily felt in the immediate 
 circles of liis family and friends, the 
 community have lost a most worthy 
 member, and his jn-ofession a bright 
 ornament. 
 
 Foster, John, Havana, Cuba, July 
 12, a?. — , a native of Maine. Mr. F. 
 went to Cuba in 1843, and has spent 
 the winter there since that time, with 
 one or two exceptions. He was an 
 excellent mechanic, and a true man in 
 every respect. A countryman being 
 taken down with the yellow fever, Mr. 
 F. nursed him for six weeks, and, when 
 convalescent, placed him on board a 
 vessel for Boston. Mr. F. was soon 
 taken by the yellow fever, and died in 
 four days. 
 
 Foster, Mrs. Sarah M., Berlin City, 
 Wis., Aug. 8, se. 26, wife of Dr. J. A. 
 Foster, and daughter of Azell Meritt, 
 of Georgetown, N. J. Mrs. F. was an 
 active and devoted member of the Meth- 
 odist Episcopal church. Her piety illu- 
 mined every circle in which she moved. 
 Her -long and -wasting illness was a bril- 
 liant succession of Christian victories ; 
 and her death was another glorious 
 exhibition of the power of grace to dis- 
 arm death of its sting. 
 
 Foster, Capt. Thomas, Swannanoa, 
 N. C, Dec. 24, ae. 84. Capt. F. repre- 
 sented his district in the state Senate 
 in 1809, 1812, 1813, and 1814, and rep- 
 resented Buncombe in the House of 
 Commons in 1817, and again in 1819. 
 Blessed with a clear, strong, and com- 
 prehensive mind, his views on public 
 questions were always eagerly sought 
 and greatly respected. As a neighbor, 
 
 a citizen, a father, and friend, he was 
 comparatively faultless. 
 
 FousT, Dr. Jacob, Sheffield, O., April 
 4, a?. 32. 
 
 Fox, James, Esq., Harrisburg, Pa., 
 Feb. 28, a prominent lawyer, and widely 
 known as a whig, the strictest of the 
 sect. 
 
 Fox, Jedediah, Hancock, INT. H., Sept. 
 21, a?. 77. He was one of the fine old 
 men of the generation that is fast pass- 
 ing away, very much resjjected in the 
 community where he had so long re- 
 sided. 
 
 Francis, Rev. Apollos, Norton, Mass., 
 Dec. 26, a^. 87, a local preacher in the 
 Methodist Episcopal church. He was a 
 devoted servant of tlie Lord for more 
 than a half century. He preached with 
 great zeal, faith, and success, on circuits 
 and stations with the itinerants. His 
 religion led him to deal justly, love 
 mercy, and walk with great humility 
 and circumspection with his God. He 
 was one of the pioneers of Methodism 
 in Norton, Mansfield, Easton, Cumber- 
 land, Mass., Bristol, 11. I., and other 
 places in New England. His house 
 was one of the homes of " the fathers," 
 such as Brodhead, Pickering, Coye, Mer- 
 ritt, Snelling, and Dane. He was a 
 good man ; his memory is blessed. 
 
 Francis, Ebenezer, Esq., Boston, 
 Mass., Sept. 21, a?. 83. He was the son 
 of Col. Ebenezer Francis ; was born in 
 Beverly, Mass., Oct. 15, 1775. His fa- 
 ther was an officer in the revolutionary 
 army, and was killed in battle in 1777. 
 Mr. F. came to Boston when he was 
 quite young, and was apprenticed to 
 Jonathan Harris, who kept a dry goods 
 store at No. 24 Cornhill, now Washing- 
 ton Street, and with whom he was sub- 
 sequently connected in business. About 
 the year 1802 he established himself in 
 business at No. 45 Long Wharf ; but a 
 few years afterwards he removed to Bat- 
 terymarch Street, and subsequently to 
 Broad Street, India Street, India Wharf, 
 Kilby Street, and State Street. Pos- 
 sessing great financial skill, he exercised 
 it with remarkable success, and accumu- 
 lated an immense fortune, so that at the 
 time of his death he was undoubtedly 
 the wealthiest man, not only in Boston, 
 but in New England. He was a director 
 in the Boston Bank from 1809 to 1817. 
 When the Suffolk Bank was chartered, 
 Feb. 10, 1818, he was tlected its first 
 
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 [1858.] 
 
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 president, which office he held until 
 1S25, when he declined a reelection, but 
 continued to serve as a director in the 
 same bank for the nine following years. 
 "While president he orin^inated the sys- 
 tem of redeeming the bills of banks in 
 other places, known as " the Suffolk 
 Bank system," which has proved to be 
 of great benefit in establishing a sound 
 paper currency. He was one of the 
 most efficient agents in founding the 
 ^lassachusetts General Hospital in Bos- 
 ton, and was for several years its pres- 
 ident, and chairman of the trustees. 
 He was for many years president of the 
 Cocheco Manufacturing Company in 
 Dover, N. 11. In 1827 he was elected 
 treasurer of Harvard College, and held 
 the office three years, during which time 
 he succeeded in bringing order out of 
 chaos in the regulation of its financial 
 affairs ; and on his retirement an elegant 
 piece of plate was presented to him as 
 a token of the appreciation of his great 
 financial skill, and as a testimony of the 
 value of his services, which he had 
 rendered gratuitously while he was in 
 office. The college also, in 1843, con- 
 ferred u]?on him the honorary degree of 
 A. M. Mr. F. married, Nov. 3, 1799, 
 Klizabeth Thorndike, daughter of the 
 Hon. Israel Thorndike, and had seven 
 children, of whom two daughters only 
 survive. They are the wives of Na- 
 thaniel I. Bowditch and Robert M. Ma- 
 son, Esqs., of Boston. His wife died 
 June 24, 1S,J3, in the 75th year of her 
 age. In all his extensive mercantile 
 and_ business transactions Mr. F. was 
 distinguished for his strict integrity. In 
 private life he was of exceedingly socia- 
 ble and affable deportment, and gifted 
 with fine conversational powers. His 
 success in the accumulation of wealth 
 was the most remarkable instance we 
 have ever had to record. 
 
 FiiEiCMAX, Rt. Rev. George Wash- 
 ington, Little Rock, Ark., April 29, se. 
 G8. He was elected missionary bishop 
 of the south-west 12 years ago, and 
 has had under his jurisdiction the 
 church in Texas and Arkansas. Few 
 men have been more devoted to duty, 
 and few men have had more calls for 
 toil and sacrifice. He has been for 
 many years anxious to obtain a bishop 
 for Texas, and has been every time dis- 
 appointed. He hardly lived to hear of 
 the election of Mr. AVcston, which took 
 
 j)lace only three days before his death, 
 000 miles from the chamber where the 
 venerable pioneer was just then " shuf- 
 fling off this mortal coil." Bishop Free- 
 man was a High Churchman, very much 
 esteemed and respected by every body. 
 He was born in Sandwich, Mass., in 
 1790. 
 
 Freeman, Jonathan, Esq., Hanover, 
 N. IL, July 29, a-. 82. He was the 
 second son of Hon. Jonathan Freeman, 
 a re])resentative in Congress from N. H., 
 from 1797 to 1801, who died in 1808, in 
 his 64th year, leaving a widow who sur- 
 vived him 38 years, and eight children, 
 all of adult age at their father's decease, 
 Asa Freeman, of Dover, and Peyton R. 
 Freeman, of Portsmouth, N. H., being 
 two of them. The above noticed death 
 is the first (except, as is probable, that 
 of the third son, who went to sea in 1809, 
 and has not since been heard from) 
 which has occurred in that family since 
 their father's decease — a period of 22 
 days less than 50 years ; the sum of the 
 ages of the seven, being more than 521, 
 and the average over 74 years. 
 
 French, Henry R., Ashland, Ky., 
 May 15, se. 39, editor of the Ashland 
 Kentuckian. Mr. F. started the first 
 daily newspaper in Texas, at Galveston, 
 some 18 years since, and was, for some 
 12 years previous to 1856, editor of the 
 Georgetown (Ky.) Herald. 
 
 French, Judge Hugh L., Jackson, 
 Miss., — — , — , ae. 50. He was a na- 
 tive of Virginia, but em'igrated when six 
 years of age, with his father, Mr. Hugh 
 French, to Adair Co., Ky. He was a 
 nephew of Col. Andrew Lewis, of rev- 
 olutionary memory, his mother being a 
 sister of that officer. Having been edu- 
 cated for the bar, he entered upon the 
 discharge of his professional duties with 
 characteristic fidelity, and established a 
 reputation as a lawyer. His fellow- 
 citizens repeatedly evinced their esti- 
 mate of his talents and integrity by 
 electing him to places of honor and 
 profit. 
 
 French, Ira D., Esq., Cincinnati, O., 
 Dec. — , fE. 35, a lawyer of whom the 
 bar say, — 
 
 Whereas, Ira D. French, Esq., a 
 member of this bar, has been taken, at 
 the early age of 35, from our number by 
 death ; and whereas he commenced the 
 study and the practice of the law in our 
 midst, here formed his character as a 
 
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 119 
 
 lawyer, and rapidly attained to a position 
 of distinction and usefulness, and before 
 us presented an example of strict integ- 
 rity, spotless morals, and social worth ; 
 and also of the aspirations, tastes, and 
 attainments of the general scholar, in 
 connection with high acquirements and 
 unremitting industiy as a lawyer, unu- 
 sual facility and correctness as a prac- 
 titioner, and unyielding devotion to all 
 the demands of professional duty. 
 
 '^licsolvcd, that with profound respect 
 for the memory of our departed brother, 
 we deplore his death, as a great loss to 
 the community and our body, and per- 
 sonally to all of us." 
 
 French, Otis, M. D., Gilmanton Iron 
 Works, N. H., April 9, ae. 53, a na- 
 tive of Sandwich, N. H. He received 
 his medical degree at Dartmouth Col- 
 lege, 1827, was in practice in Gilmanton 
 nearly thirty years, where he acquired a 
 deservedly high reputation, as well as a 
 man and citizen as a physician. He 
 represented the town in the General 
 Court in 1843-4, and held other offices 
 of trust ; all of which he discharged 
 with honor to himself and advantage to 
 the community. 
 
 French, Mrs. Phebe, Sandown, N. H., 
 April 19, a;. 78, wife of Rev. William 
 French. 
 
 Frink, John, Chicago, III, May 23, 
 se. 64. Mr. F. Avas one of the most re- 
 markable men of the west. With limit- 
 ed opportunities in early life for the ac- 
 quirement of an education other than 
 what is implied in ability to read and 
 write, he proved himself, in later years, 
 capable of successfully conducting an 
 immense business, Avith great profit to 
 himself and with untold advantages to 
 the west. Coming here at an early day 
 — in 1838, we believe — he engaged ex- 
 tensively in mail-carrying, as a contract- 
 or under government, and for almost a 
 quarter of a century was the head of 
 that great stage company which, under 
 his executive management, performed 
 the mail service for half a dozen West- 
 ern States. What difficulties there were 
 to encounter — what patience, courage, 
 and endurance were necessary for its 
 successful prosecution — every old set- 
 tler knows ; and though John Frink has 
 probably been more heartily cursed by 
 weary and impatient travellers than any 
 other man between the Atlantic and Pa- 
 cific, now, when we can look back upon 
 
 his labors, his obstacles and triumphs, 
 we feel assured that no other man could 
 have carried thi-ough what he did. The 
 States of Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa, INIis- 
 souri, and Indiana owe more to his une- 
 qualled administrative ability, for their 
 early settlement and mail facilities, than 
 to the labor of any living soul. He 
 continued in the business to which he 
 was bred until his coaches were super- 
 seded by railroad trains ; and then, witli 
 the enterprise which was a part of his 
 being, at once interested himself largely 
 in the new method of travel, becoming, 
 as he Avas when he died, a large stock- 
 holder in an important line. 
 
 Frost, Rev. Barzillai, Concord, 
 Mass., Dec. 8, a?. 54. Mr. Frost Avas 
 born in Effingham, N. H., June 18, 
 1804. He was fitted for college at Exe- 
 ter Academy, under the charge of Ben- 
 jamin Abbot, LL. D., and graduated at 
 that institution Avith the highest honors 
 in 1827. He then entered the Sopho- 
 more class at Harvard University, and 
 graduated Avith distinction in 1830, 
 being a classmate Avith Hon. Charles 
 Sumner, and the late Hon. Thomas 
 Hopkinson. On leaving college he 
 Avas appointed preceptor of Fram- 
 ingham Academy, Avhich situation he 
 held two years. In 1832, he entered 
 the Divinity School at Cambridge, Avhere 
 he completed his theological studies in 
 1835. During this period he Avas ap- 
 pointed instructor in mathematics to 
 the senior class in the college in place 
 of Professor Farrar, Avho visited Europe 
 for the benefit of his health. This situ- 
 ation he filled tAvo years, pursuing his 
 theological studies at the same time. 
 February 1, 1837, he Avas ordained as 
 colleague Avith Rev. Ezra Ripley, D. D., 
 over the Unitarian church and society 
 in Concord. Dr. Ripley dietl Sept. 
 21, 1841, at the age of 90 years, and 
 Mr. Frost continued in the uninter- 
 rupted active and successful discharge 
 of his duties as pastor until the autumn 
 of 1855, Avhen, in consequence of a se- 
 vere cold, his lungs became seriously 
 aflfected, and he Avas obliged to relin- 
 quish the performance of his pastoral 
 duties. In February, 1856, he sailed 
 for St. Thomas, and after spending near- 
 ly three months on that island, and on 
 the Islands of Jamaica, Cuba, and St. 
 Croix, he returned to the United States. 
 His health continuing feeble, he sailed, 
 
120 
 
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 FULLER 
 
 Nov. 24, for St. Croix, vhcro he 
 passed about five months ; and on his 
 return he visited tlio Island of Ber- 
 muda, wlierc he remained several -weeks. 
 He arrived home the latter part of June, 
 1857. His health being still in a very 
 precarious state, he ^vas obliged, Sept. 
 13, 18.j7, to ask a dismission, which was 
 granted with great reluctance, his pa- 
 rishioners unanimously expressing, on 
 tlie occasion, their great regret that the 
 interesting relation which had so long 
 existed between them and their beloved 
 pastor should be terminated, and mani- 
 festing in various ways their strong and 
 afl'ectionate regard for him. His pasto- 
 ral relation closed Oct. 3, 1857. A 
 few weeks before the termination of his 
 connection with the church and society, 
 he suffered a severe affliction in the de- 
 parture from this life of his distinguished 
 and excellent parishioner, the Hon. Sam- 
 uel Hoar. One of the last, and probably 
 the very last sermon which he wrote 
 was that he preached on the Sab- 
 bath next after the interment of his la- 
 mented and faithful friend. It was a 
 simple and plain, but able and interest- 
 ing discourse. Though written by Mr. 
 Frost Avhile in a feeble state of health, 
 it was a full and just tribute to the mem- 
 ory of a great and good man. For a 
 period of about 20 years, Mr. Frost per- 
 formed all the duties of an active, zeal- 
 ous, and faithful minister. Every good 
 cause found in him an earnest and effi- 
 cient friend and advocate. His ministry 
 was a very useful and successful one. 
 A satisfoctory evidence of this is, that 
 during the whole course of his labors at 
 Concord, he secured the entire respect 
 and enjoyed the uninterrupted confi- 
 dence and friendship of Samuel Hoar. 
 November 12, 1857, Mr. Frost, accom- 
 panied by his faithful and excellent wife, 
 and his youngest son, a very interesting 
 boy of about ten years of age, sailed for 
 Fayal, one of the Azores, in the hope 
 that it might restore him to health. 
 After remaining at the island about 
 eight months he returned to his native 
 Bhore. He amived at lioston about the 
 middle of August last. On the arrival of 
 Mr. Frost at Boston, he was in a very 
 prostrated condition, and was borne from 
 the ship to the residence of a friend in 
 the city, where he remained about a 
 wei'k. He was then carried to Con- 
 cord, and was there received into the 
 
 house of his kind and faithful friend and 
 ])liysician. Dr. Josiah Bartlett. Finding 
 himself in so comfortable a mansion, 
 among a host of his friends, consisting 
 of his former parishioners and other 
 esteemed acquaintances, his spirits re- 
 vived, and his strength seemed to be 
 considerably improved. He rode out a 
 few times, and had the satisfliction of 
 taking a parting look at the places en- 
 deared to him as having been the scenes 
 of the cares and pleasures with Mhich 
 he was conversant during his Christian 
 ministry. He took great comfort in 
 benig able to see and converse with his 
 dear friends once more. At length he 
 began to grow M'eaker, and about the 
 first of November the symptoms of a 
 speedy dissolution were manifested ; but 
 he still lingered until December 8, 
 when, in the presence of his wife and 
 son, his faithful physician, and other dear 
 friends, his spirit took its flight to 
 another and a better world. Mr. F. 
 married, June 1, 1837, Elmira Stone, 
 youngest daughter of Mr. Daniel and 
 ]Mrs. Sally (Buckminster) Stone, of Fra- 
 mingham. They had four children, two 
 of whom died in infancy. Another died 
 in Fayal. The surviving son graduated 
 at Harvard University at the last com- 
 mencement, and is now a student at law 
 in the office of the Hon. E. R. Hoar. 
 
 Fry, Dr, Thomas, Pittsburg, Pa., 
 Sept. 13, a?. 78. 
 
 Fuller, Col. George R., Chittenan- 
 go, N. Y., May 18. He removed to 
 Chittenango from Schenectady, at an 
 early day, and was for many years the 
 confidential agent of the late Hon. John 
 B. Yates. He Mas warmly interested in 
 all enterprises which tended to improve 
 the place of his adoption, and gave lib- 
 erally from his abundant means to ob- 
 jects which met his approval. To the 
 ])rosperity of the " Yates Polytechnic 
 Institute" he devoted much time and 
 money, and to his efforts, in a gi'cat 
 measure, is due the success with which 
 it has met. A polished gentleman in 
 his manners, urbane and courteous, he 
 added that noblest work of God, "an 
 honest man." 
 
 Fuller, Gen. Isham, Hart township, 
 
 Ind., , — , a?. 60. Gen. F. was an 
 
 old citizen of the county, had repre- 
 sented it several years in the legislature, 
 and had filled several offices of honor 
 and trust. • 
 
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FULLER 
 
 [ 1858. ] 
 
 GADSDEN 
 
 121 
 
 Fuller, Dr. Lemuel, Attleboro', 
 Mass., Dec. 7, fP. 81. 
 
 FuQU.w, Rev. Thomas, Sevier Co., 
 Ark., April 22, a;. 64. He was a native 
 of Kentucky, the son of Joseph and Ju- 
 dith Fuquay. He emigrated to the 
 State of Arkansas in the year 1823, and 
 was married to Delia Browning in the 
 year 1826, and professed faith in Christ 
 in 1831, under the ministry of the Rev. 
 James Black, at a camp-meeting held 
 near Washington, ia Hempstead Co., 
 
 Ark. It is not known at what time 
 he commenced to preach the gospel. 
 He was a man of strong native intel- 
 lect, studious in the acquisition of 
 knowledge, clear in doctrine, forcible in 
 his arguments, and persuasive in his 
 style of address. One of his distin- 
 guishing characteristics was, decision of 
 character, combined with fixedness of 
 purpose ; yet he was frank and urbane 
 in his manners, dignified in his deport- 
 ment, both at home and abroad. 
 
 G. 
 
 GEX. JAMES GADSDEN, 
 
 Charleston, S. C, Dec. 26, ve. 70. Gen- 
 eral G. was born in Charleston, Mav 15, 
 1788. His father was Philip Gadsden, 
 Esq., the youngest son of Gen. Christo- 
 pher E. Gadsden, and was a gentleman 
 of high moral instincts, and of modest 
 and retiring habits. He married early 
 in life, and was the parent of 16 children. 
 He reared to man and womanhood eight 
 sons and four daughters. Seven of the 
 former still survive, of which Christopher 
 Gadsden, the bishop of the Protestant 
 Episcopal church, is the eldest. The late 
 district attorney, John Gadsden, (on one 
 occasion the intendent of the city of 
 Charleston,) recollected by many for his 
 high moral and intellectual qualifications, 
 was the second, and the subject of this 
 memorial the third. 
 
 Col. Gadsden received the rudiments 
 of his education at the Associated Acade- 
 my of Charleston, supervised by Williams, 
 Dwyer, Smith, Hughes, and Hedley ; all 
 instructors in succession, and each of them 
 of high re])utation in their respective de- 
 partments in science and the classics. He 
 completed his education at Yale College 
 in New Haven, Ct., under the presidency 
 of the celebrated Dr. T. Dwight. He 
 was at that institution with the lamented 
 Calhoun, who was his senior. His two 
 brothers, the Rt. Rev. C. E. Gadsden, 
 and John Gadsden, with the Hon. John 
 W. Felder, of Orangeburg, were class- 
 mates with Mr. Calhoun. 
 
 In 1803 the intercourse with New York 
 was uncertain and irregular. To reach 
 New Haven, young Gadsden had to take 
 passage for Newport, the captain stipu- 
 lating to forward him to the place of his 
 11 
 
 destination. From Newport he was 
 shipped on board of a sloop navigating 
 the Sound (passing almost in sight of 
 New HaA'en) for New York. On his ar- 
 rival at the latter place, he was trans- 
 fen-ed to one of the daily packets, a small 
 craft of about 60 tons, which left Peck 
 Slip every evening, the passengers paying 
 for the transportation of their persons 
 only, taking tea beforehand in New 
 York, and expecting to breakfast in New 
 Haven. It was the practice of these 
 packets to receive all passengers who of- 
 fered, without regard to accommodations ; 
 and when the multitude assembled, (after 
 leaving the dock,) they had to cast lots 
 for the few berths the vessel afforded. 
 
 Without consultation with parents or 
 friends, he followed the just impulses of 
 his inclinations, and what he considered 
 his obligations, and applied, through Mr. 
 Cheves, the then representative of Charles- 
 ton district, for a commission in the army. 
 He was promptly gratified with a lieu- 
 tenacy in the corps of engineers, and was 
 the first individual that had been ap- 
 pointed to that scientific arm of the ser- 
 vice, without the previous education and 
 discipline at West Point — Mr. Cheves 
 contending that his prcAious education 
 and attainments having well fitted him to 
 fill the office honorably to himself and 
 the countr}'. 
 
 He immediately sought active service, 
 and Avas in consequence ordered to re- 
 port to Gen. Wilkinson, at Sacketts Har- 
 bor, the then head-quarters of that portion 
 of the army, where extensive military 
 preparations were in progress for the in- 
 vasion of Canada and a march on Mon- 
 treal. In descending the St. Lawrence, 
 he ■\vas a volunteer in Capt. Sumter's 
 
122 
 
 GADSDEN 
 
 [1858.] 
 
 GADSDEN 
 
 company, in a successful repulse of two 
 British gun brigs in their attack, on an 
 advanced wing of the American army, 
 enciimped for the nip;ht at French Creek. 
 lie was subsequently in the engagement 
 at Williamsburg, and in most of the 
 skirmishes (which Gen. "Wilkinson de- 
 nominates " scratchings in the rear ") 
 with the British, in their efforts to retard 
 the advance of the Americans on Mon- 
 treal, until circumstances induced the 
 commanding general to recross the St. 
 Lawrence, and to retire into winter quar- 
 ters at French Mills and Chautaque Four 
 Corners. When Wilkinson subsequently 
 decided to retrieve his fortunes by a win- 
 ter operation against the British posts on 
 the St. Johns, Lieut. Gadsden marched 
 with the army from the Four Corners, on 
 La Cole Mill, where another repulse and 
 exceedingly severe weather forced the 
 general to fall back on Plattsburg. The 
 extensive military preparations of the 
 British, the next season, inclined the sec- 
 retary of war to the opinion that New 
 York was to be the object of attack, and 
 Lieut. Gadsden was ordered to report to 
 Gen. Swift, to aid in the construction of 
 lines of defence, in advance of Brooklyn, 
 and on Harlem Heights. His labors, 
 however, were unnecessary, as the British 
 directed their operations where the Amer- 
 icans were seemingly less prepared, but 
 ■where, on the plains of New Orleans, 
 they met with a signal and unexpected 
 defeat from Gen. Jackson. 
 
 To compensate Lieut. Gadsden for his 
 sore disappointment in this respect, he 
 was detailed as the engineer to report to 
 Col. Walbach, of the artillery, at Ports- 
 mouth, X. H., and coiipcrate with Gov. 
 King in the capture of Castine, then in 
 possession of the British. The necessary 
 artillery trains, snow sledges, and other 
 arrangements for a winter operation were 
 all consummated, when the news of peace 
 arrested all hostile movements against the 
 enemy. 
 
 At the close of the war, Lieut. Gads- 
 den was selected to join Gen. Jackson as 
 an engineer, to examine and report on 
 the military defences of the Gulf of 
 Mexico frontier. In a few hours after an 
 introduction and interview, Gen. Jackson 
 tendered him the situation near his pcr- 
 Bon, as confidential aide-de-camp, and 
 they immediately proceeded to the exe- 
 cution of tlie military reconnoissance im- 
 posed. The next season Lieut. Gadsden 
 
 was the first American engineer selected 
 to review these examinations in coopera- 
 tion with Gen. Bernard, and to report a 
 system of defence for the Gulf. Not con- 
 curring in some of the views of Gen. 
 Bernard, and although but a junior offi- 
 cer of engineers, he had the independence 
 to record his dissent in a separate report, 
 (an act of much temerity, but typical of 
 the real independence of the man,) and 
 the gratification afterwards of having his 
 position sustained by many older mem- 
 bers of the engineer corps. The next 
 year he accompanied Gen. Jackson on the 
 Seminole campaign and was at the battle 
 of Mickasukey, and at the capture of St. 
 Marks, where he found and secured Ar- 
 buthnot ; and when Ambrister was sub- 
 sequently arrested at the Suwanee towns, 
 Lieut. Gadsden descended the river with 
 a detachment of troops and captured a 
 schooner in the service of the incendia- 
 ries, on board of which were found the 
 correspondence and documents which led 
 to their condemnation and execution. 
 The captain' ha^-ing refused to navigate 
 the vessel, considering himself a prisoner 
 of war, Lieut. Gadsden, with charac- 
 teristic promptness, assumed the com- 
 mand, and made sail for the port of St. 
 Marks, where he safely arrived with his 
 prize, and rejoined the army on its return 
 from the Suwanee. At Pensacola he 
 planned the approaches, and established 
 the batteries within 400 yards of the 
 glacis of Fort Barancas, which forced Gov. 
 Massot to surrender at discretion. 
 
 At the close of this Indian contest, 
 Lieut. Gadsden was promoted to a cap- 
 taincy, and had, by a rule of service limit- 
 ing aides-de-camp to lieutenants, to retire 
 from the military family of Gen. Jack- 
 son, when he was detailed to take charge 
 of the works to be constructed for the 
 defence of the Gulf frontier. He was in 
 progress with the fortifications designed 
 for Mobile Bay, and the passes into Lake 
 Pontchartrain, when a vacancy in the in- 
 spector's department again reunited him 
 to the military staff of Gen. Jackson, as 
 inspector general of the southern division 
 of the army, with the rank of colonel. 
 He accompanied Gen. Jackson to Pensa- 
 cola, when he took possession of Florida 
 as governor, and was instrumental in hai'- 
 monizing a difference of opinion, which 
 grew out of the treaty with the Spanish 
 governor, Calliva, and which might have 
 led to serious results. 
 
GADSDEN 
 
 [ 1858. ] 
 
 GAITIIER 
 
 123 
 
 On the reduction of the army in 1822, 
 Col. Gadsden was detailed as inspector 
 general ; but subsequently, on the recom- 
 mendation of a board of general officers 
 charged -with the arrangement of the 
 new militaiy organization of the army, he 
 ■was transferred to the office of adjutant 
 general, and in this capacity he served 
 for some six or eight months with ^Ir. 
 Calhoun, who was then secretary of war, 
 and while he was maturing his plans for 
 the reorganization of that department. 
 
 Under a commission from Mr. Monroe, 
 he accom]3lished a treaty for removing the 
 Seminole Indians from Middle to South- 
 ern Florida, and undertook an explora- 
 tion of the peninsula. He penetrated by 
 land to Cape Florida, at great hazard 
 from vagabond Indians, and of health : 
 having buried several of his party in the 
 wilderness during his expedition. He 
 was the first white man who ventured 
 to cross on a low parallel of latitude 
 from the Atlantic to the Gulf shore 
 through those jungles, glades, fastnesses, 
 and swamps, which afterwards became 
 the theatre of many disasters, and of 
 General Taylor's early and successful 
 achievements in the field. 
 
 The Indians removed. Col. Gadsden 
 settled in one of their villages, " War- 
 cissa," near Tallahassee, from which they 
 had retired, and sought the independence 
 and seclusion of a planter with moderate 
 beginnings. 
 
 Col. Gadsden was allured from his 
 retreat to take part in the railroad enter- 
 prises of his native state, which had been 
 stimulated by the progress of the system 
 in all parts of the country. 
 
 He was one of the first, and we believe 
 the first, who drew public attention to 
 the value of Sullivan's Island, as a sea 
 coast summer retreat for the citizens of 
 South Carolina, the neighboring and 
 South-western States, instead of resorting 
 to the less favored ])ositions of Cape 
 May, Rockaway, and Nahant. 
 
 The manufocturing and the mechanic 
 interests he likewise fostered, and to the 
 extent of his mite, contributed in aid of 
 both, and particularly to test the a])pli- 
 cability of slave labor to the manipula- 
 tions in each. With the eye of a states- 
 man, looking in advance, he recognized 
 in this policy new sources of productive 
 labor (should the present fail or prove in- 
 adequate) for the slave population of the 
 south. 
 
 The last public position of importance 
 held by Gen. Gadsden was that of min- 
 ister to Mexico, appointed by President 
 Pierce. While in that country he made 
 the celebrated " Gadsden purchase," ac- 
 quiring a large slice of Mexico, now 
 known as Arizona, for which the United 
 States paid $10,000,000. He brought 
 his own treaty to Washington, and it was 
 confirmed by the Senate. He was suc- 
 ceeded in the Mexican mission by Mr. 
 John Forsyth, Avho has just returned 
 home, having closed the legation in con- 
 sequence of difficulties with the Zuloaga 
 
 government. 
 
 Gaines, Maj. John P., Oregon, 
 
 — , re. — . Maj..G. was formerly a citi- 
 zen of Kentucky. He was in the Mexi- 
 cat> war, and taken prisoner by the ene- 
 my. On his return at the close of the 
 war, he entered Congress, having been 
 elected during his ca])tivity, and served 
 two sessions. In 1850 he was appointed 
 governor of Oregon, by President Fill- 
 more. 
 
 Gaitiier, Gen. William Lingan, INIont- 
 gomery Co., Md., at Berkeley Springs, 
 Aug. 2, fe. 45, the only son of Henry 
 Chew and Eliza Gaither. His father was 
 a respectable citizen of the same county, 
 the son of William Gaither, of Frederick 
 Co., and nephew of Col. Henry Gaither, 
 a gallant soldier of the revolution. He 
 was a prominent politician, and frequently 
 a representative in the legislature of the 
 state. He was one of the little band 
 who volunteered to defend the press in 
 Baltimore, at the time of the excitement 
 in 1812, and was with Gen. Lingan, when 
 he fell at the hands of a merciless mob. 
 His mother was the daughter of Major 
 William Worthington, also a citizen of 
 Montgomery Co., well known for his hos- 
 pitality. Gen. Wm. L. G. was the only 
 child of his parents, and was brought up 
 with all the tenderness and fond solicitude 
 of an only son. Never, perhaps, was 
 parental care more fully requited ; for his 
 filial affection and devotedness to his 
 parents, especially to his aged mother, 
 through her declining years of sickness 
 and infirmity, was one of the marked 
 features in his character. Nurtured and 
 trained under wise parental influences, he 
 grew up free from the besetting vices of 
 youth ; and when he entered upon politi- 
 cal life, which he did at a very early age, 
 it was with a character already well 
 
124 
 
 GALLAND 
 
 [ 1858. ] 
 
 GALLUP 
 
 formed and matured, and vith moral 
 nrindplcs and habits well established. 
 From these he never deviated in all the 
 conflicts and temptations of pubHc life. 
 With natural abilities of a high order, 
 well cultivated by reading and study, 
 with manners gentle and courteous, 
 though somewhat reserved, and with high 
 sense of true honor, manliness, and in- 
 tegrity, he did not fail, early in life, to 
 command the resjiect and secure the 
 confidence of his fellow-citizens. At the 
 age of 22 he was elected to represent 
 Montgomery Co. in the House of Dele- 
 gates of Md., and continued, with slight 
 intermissions, until his death, a member 
 of one or other of the branches of the 
 legislature. For many years he was 
 president of the state Senate, and at the 
 time of his death was a member of that 
 body — acknowledged to be one of its 
 most useful and influential members. 
 "When not engaged in public business, 
 having an amjjle patrimony, he spent his 
 time in travelling, or on his country es- 
 tate, in reading, social intercourse or pri- 
 vate business. But his chief attention 
 and study were directed to state affairs, 
 which develojjed and made eminently 
 useful his fine natural abilities. Being 
 intimately and personally acquainted with 
 the history and objects of state policy, 
 and very familiar with the principles as 
 well as the details of legislation, his in- 
 fluence was always strongly fdt, even 
 when not exerted so as to draw attention. 
 His wisdom, firmness, and long expe- 
 rience, exercised a very healthful influence 
 over the public councils. The bent of 
 his mind always led him to view measures 
 in the light of cautious prudence. As a 
 
 Carty man, firm, reliable, conservative, 
 e was a prominent leader of the whig 
 party in the legislature. Upon the dis- 
 organization of the whig party in 1854-G, 
 he supported the democratic ])arty — 
 bc-ing honestly persuaded, that, under the 
 circumstances, such was the duty he owed 
 to the best interests of his country. Gen. 
 G. ^yas also actively engaged in the pro- 
 motion of internal improvements, such as 
 railroads, &c. lie was a director on the 
 jiart of the state in the Baltimore and 
 Ohio llailroad Company. In 1851 he 
 was appointed by the executive a mem- 
 ber of tlie board of examiners for West 
 Point, ile was also elector for president 
 and vice jiresident on several occasions, 
 and considered it the proudest act of his 
 
 life, to have cast the vote of Maryland 
 for Henry Clay, for ])resident, in 1844. 
 His course was marked by dignity of 
 bearing, honesty of purpose, and inde- 
 pendence of action. Though reserved in 
 his manner, he was always accessible on 
 proper occasions. In private intercourse 
 his conversation was always instructive, 
 ])leasing, and elevating. His intellect and 
 character were most appreciated by those 
 who knew him best. He afi"ords an in- 
 stance of a perfect gentleman, passing 
 through public life without a stain. Gen. 
 G. was brought up in the E]Disco])al 
 church, of which his parents were mem- 
 bers. He was always an attendant upon 
 its services, and for many years a vestry- 
 man of his native parish. During his 
 last illness, his mind was deeply engaged 
 in the subject of religion. He died at 
 the early age of 45, without family, but 
 remembered for his virtues and public 
 services. 
 
 Galland, Dr. Isaac, Fort IMadison, 
 Iowa, Sept. 27, se. 69. From a personal 
 acquaintance of nearly half a century with 
 Indian life and conduct, there is little in 
 the manners, the history, or the traditions 
 of the children of the forest that he was 
 not familiar with, and at the time of his 
 death he was engaged in writing a work 
 on the Black Hawk war, and its causes 
 and incidents, for a knowledge of which 
 his residence on the Upper Mississi]5pi, 
 at the date of that wai", gave him peculiar 
 advantages. He has, during the last 30 
 years, jiubHshed many scraps of ])ersonal 
 adventure and history, which have always 
 been received by the public with pleasure 
 and eagerness ; for, aside from the stirring 
 incidents related, he wielded a pen 
 noted for both its wit and vigor. He 
 was a kind and affectionate husband and 
 father ; and as a neighbor and friend, the 
 sorrow for his death which this commu- 
 nity shows is his best panegyric. 
 
 Gaijjsox, Elder WilliamF., Foxcroft, 
 Me., March 9, se. 59. Elder G. belonged 
 to the denomination of Free Will Bap- 
 tists, and has been in communion with 
 that church for many years. Two years 
 since he was nominated as a candidate for 
 the office of register of probate, and was 
 elected to that office by a large majority. 
 He has ever sustained the character of a 
 faithful preacher and a good man. 
 
 Galiat, llobert, Greene, N. Y., May 
 20, a?. 97, a revolutionary hero, and said 
 to be the last survivor of the Fort Gris- 
 
GARDNER 
 
 [ 1858. ] 
 
 GARDNER 
 
 125 
 
 wold massacre. INIr. G. took up his 
 resideilce in Plymouth, Chenango Co., 
 in 1807, where he resided for some 
 years. After a short residence in Nor- 
 wich, he came to Greene, where he has 
 continued to dwell until his death. In 
 pursuance of a resolution of citizens at 
 a public meeting, minute guns were 
 fired, the flag displayed at half mast, 
 and the bells tolled, upon the occasion 
 of his corpse leaving Greene, on its way 
 to Plymouth, for interment. The body 
 was escorted by a large procession, ac- 
 companied with music, to the bounds of 
 the corporation. Suitable honors were 
 paid to the deceased as his remains 
 passed through Oxford and Norwich. 
 At Norwich the fine artillery corps of 
 Capt. Tyrrell escorted the body through 
 the town, amidst the booming of cannon. 
 Capt. Tyrrell's artillery went to Plym- 
 outh, and assisted in burying the old 
 hero with appropriate military honors. 
 Thus has passed away the last of that gal- 
 lant band of patriots who were residents 
 of the county of Chenango. But few 
 remain — scarcely a hundred — of those 
 gallant souls who serve to remind the 
 present generation of the trying times 
 of the past ; and as, one by one, they 
 drop from our sight, we feel a mournful 
 satisfaction in knowing that they have 
 witnessed the joyful fruit of their labors, 
 and that their last hours are soothed by 
 the grateful eflbrts of a free and happy 
 people anxious to pay tribute to their 
 valued services. Lie quiet in your 
 graves, ye heroic men. Millions yet 
 unborn shall do homage to your worth, 
 and speak your names with holy rev- 
 erence. 
 
 Gardner, Hon. Henry, M. D., Bos- 
 ton, Mass., June 19, se. 78. He was 
 the son of Henry and Hannah Gardner, 
 and was born in the old Province House 
 in Boston, Aug. 2, 1779. His father, 
 Henry Gardner, was born in Stow, 
 Mass., Nov. 14, 1731, and graduated at 
 Harvard College in 1750. He was 
 judge of the Court of Common Pleas 
 for Middlesex ; and afterwards, on his 
 removal to Boston, he was elected a 
 councillor and treasurer of Massachu- 
 setts. He was also a member of the 
 American Academy of Arts and Sci- 
 ences. While holding the office of treas- 
 urer he resided in the Province House, 
 where were vaults for the safe keeping 
 of the provincial revenues. He died 
 11* 
 
 Oct. 8, 1782, in the 51st year of his age. 
 His grandfather. Rev. John Gardner, 
 was born in Charlestown, Mass., July 
 22, 1695 ; graduated at Harvard Col- 
 lege in 1715 ; was ordained pastor of 
 the Congregational church in Stow, Nov, 
 26, 1718 ; and died Jan. 10, 1775, in the 
 80th year of his age and 57th of his 
 ministry. Dr. G. was fitted for college 
 at Andover, and graduated at Harvard 
 in 1798, being a classmate with Kev. 
 Ur. Channing, Rev. L)r. Tuckerman, 
 Judge Story, and Judge Fay. He stud- 
 ied medicine with Dr. John Warren, of 
 Boston ; received the degree of M. B. 
 in 1801, and that of M. D. in 1811, but 
 did not practise his profession many 
 years after receiving the latter degree. 
 According to the laws of primogeniture 
 then existing, he, being the oldest son, 
 inherited a double portion of his father's 
 estate, which Avas large ; and, being thus 
 placed above the necessity of engaging 
 in any stated business, he watched the 
 growth of his wealth, and was his own 
 master in the employment of his time. 
 He resided many years in Dorchester, 
 where he was highly esteemed by the 
 people of that ancient town, who elected 
 him a representative to the lejislature 
 in 1822, 1823, and 1824. He was chosen 
 a senator from Norfolk district in 1825, 
 1826, and 1827. He was also a member 
 from Dorchester of the convention in 
 1820 for revising the constitution of the 
 state. Of late years he has declined all 
 public offices, preferring the quiet of 
 private life, and devoting himself to 
 agricultural pursuits and the superin- 
 tendence of his large estate. He was 
 a gentleman of strict integrity, and was 
 highly respected in the community. He 
 married, 1st, May 17, 1803, Joanna 
 Bird Everett, daughter of Rev. Moses 
 Everett, of Dorchester. She died Feb. 
 7, 1807, leaving one daughter, who is 
 now the wife of Daniel Denny, Esq., of 
 Boston. He married, 2d, March 20, 
 1810, Clarissa Holbrook, daughter of 
 Dr. Amos Holbrook, of Milton, Mass., 
 by whom he had three children, — two 
 daughters and a son, — of whom only 
 the son — Hon. Henry Joseph Gardner, 
 late governor of Massachusetts — is liv- 
 ing. His second wife survives him. 
 
 Gardner, Robert, Esq., Roxbury, 
 Mass., Dec. 30, se. 62, a well-known 
 merchant, who had held many offices of 
 honor and trust in the city government. 
 
126 
 
 GARMAN 
 
 [ 1858. ] 
 
 GILBERT 
 
 Garman, Charles, Bedford Co., Tenn., 
 April 19, IV. 102, a revolutionary soldier. 
 
 Garthwait, William S., Carthage, 
 111., Jan. L'4, iT. — , associate editor of 
 the Carthage Republican. Capt. G. was 
 a volunteer soldier during the Mexican 
 war, under Col. Baker, and participated 
 in some of the great battles between 
 Vera Cruz and the city of Mexico. He 
 was a brave and fearless soldier, and 
 won the universal respect of his com- 
 panions in arms and of his superior 
 officers. 
 
 Gatling, Dr. John, Sunsbury, Gates 
 Co., N. C, Nov. 23. In the death of 
 Dr. G., Gates has lost one of her most 
 influential, intelligent, and worthy citi- 
 zens. For years he stood at the head 
 of his profession. For the last 15 years 
 he has turned his attention to agricul- 
 ture and domestic afliiirs, in which he 
 was eminently successful. 
 
 Gavlt, Samuel E., Pembroke, N. H., 
 Dec. 14, a'. 36. Mr. G. was a member 
 of the legislatui'e in 1856 and 1857, and 
 was in every respect an excellent and 
 true man, whose loss will be deeply felt 
 by his aged father, Mr. Samuel Gault, 
 and by a large circle of friends by whom 
 he was respected, and to whom he was 
 endeared by his manly character and 
 many generous deeds. 
 
 Gaylord, Thomas G'., New York, 
 
 , a?. — . Mr. G. was a valuable 
 
 citizen of Cincinnati. He was emphat- 
 ically a self-made man. His fellow- 
 citizens regarded him as a gentleman 
 of marked probity. As a business man, 
 he was prompt, never allowing his paper 
 to be protested ; and he possessed a 
 sagacious mind. He was a native of 
 Uticii, X.Y. ,• married at 22, and removed 
 to Pittsbuig, where he engaged in the 
 queerusware business with a small capi- 
 tal which he had accumulated. Thence 
 he removed to Maysville, Ky., and sub- 
 Bcquently to Portsmouth, O., where he 
 laid the foundations of a handsome for- 
 tune in the manufacture of iron. About 
 12 years ago he removed to Cincinnati, 
 where he has since remained. He was 
 always actively engaged in business, and, 
 when lie died, was in New York upon 
 business connected with his firm, T. G. 
 Gaylord &: Son. He was a very suc- 
 cessful business man, and accumulated 
 property estimated to be now worth 
 $200,()U(). He left a widow and several 
 children to mourn their bcreavemeut. 
 
 George, Mrs. So])hia, Barnstead Pa- 
 rade, N. H., Feb. 13, a?. 79, wife *of Rev. 
 Enos George, pastor of the Congrega- 
 tional church in B. 
 
 George, Rev. Z. Jeter, .Richmond, 
 Va., April G, ae. 23, pastor of the Man- 
 chester Baptist church. 
 
 Germoxd, Smith P., Washington, 
 
 Dutchess Co., N. Y., , a?. 50. 
 
 Mr. G. was one of the best men in 
 Dutchess Co., and had re])resented his 
 town in the board of supervisors. He 
 was about 30 years of age, in good cir- 
 cumstances, and leaves a wife and family. 
 
 GiBBS, Hon. Leman, Livonia, N. Y., 
 June — , a?. 70. Judge G. was a highly 
 esteemed citizen, and had long been 
 prominent in public affairs in this town 
 and county. For many years he was a 
 county judge, justice of the peace, and 
 supernsor, and represented his district in 
 the Assembly a few years ago. He must 
 have been among tlie earliest settlers in 
 his town. 
 
 GiBSOX, David, Jr., Jefferson Co., 
 Miss., Dec. 12, a?. 97. He was born in 
 (the now) Marion District, S. C, and re- 
 membered well the firing of cannon and 
 ringing of bells when the declaration of 
 July, 1776, was promulgated in the dis- 
 trict; also many incidents connected with 
 the early struggle that followed, in his 
 native sUite, in which his family, father, 
 brothers, and uncles participated. After 
 the fall of Charlestown, they removed to 
 East Tennessee, and 'spent a year. His 
 descendants and connections are very nu- 
 merous from South Carolina to Califor- 
 nia, and are, and have been, among our 
 most useful citizens, comprising men of 
 all honorable callings, preachers, teachers, 
 learned professions, legislators, planters, 
 and merchants. He was remarkable lor the 
 urbanity and dignity of his manners ; the 
 perfect integrity and uprightness of his 
 daily walk and conversation ; for the 
 preservation and active use of his physi- 
 cal strength and mental foculties to with- 
 in a few days of his death ; but more 
 than all was he remarkable for being a 
 living exem])lification of that foith on 
 which the hope of a happy immortality 
 beyond the grave is founded. 
 
 Gilbert, Daniel C, Esq. Vidalia, Miss., 
 Oct. 22, X. 25, at the residence of Lewis 
 Pipes, in Adams Co., near Natchez, a 
 member of the Louisiana bar, Mr. G. 
 was born at the fomily residence in Con- 
 cordia Parish, April 2, 1833, and was 
 
GILBERT 
 
 [ 1858. ] 
 
 GILCHRIST 
 
 127 
 
 consequently in his 26th year. Classi- 
 cally educated, he comjileted his law 
 studies at the university of Louisiana, was 
 admitted to the Iwr in Concordia, opened 
 a law office at Vidalia, and had been just 
 nominated to the office of recorder of 
 the parish. lie was a young gentle- 
 man of decided character, of great moral 
 firmness and unswerving integrity ; warm 
 and genial in his associations and friend- 
 ships ; true as steel to his word and prin- 
 ciples, and a firm and consistent demo- 
 crat in political faith. But the crowning 
 glory of his character was love and rev- 
 erence to his widowed mother, and a 
 more than j^nternal care and oversight 
 extended to his younger brothers, now in 
 a course of collegiate education. The 
 oldest son, he assumed the duties of guar- 
 dian and head of the fi\mily immediately 
 after the death of his lamented fiither, 
 who was an eminent Louisiana planter. 
 
 Gilbert, Herman C, Buffalo, N. Y., 
 July 9, a>. — , commercial editor of the 
 Buffalo Commercial Advertiser. His in- 
 dustry and accuracy were proverbial, and 
 his services invaluable. 
 
 :hOX. JOHN JAMES GILCHRIST, 
 
 Washington, D. C, April 29, se. 49. Ju- 
 dicial services make men less conspicuous 
 than jiolitlcal ; but they are not less im- 
 portant or less useful ; and the foculties 
 and accomplishments they demand are not 
 less high or less rare. But from the limited 
 sphere in which the life of a judge moves, 
 it is the more imperative duty of those 
 who know his value to set forth, distinctly 
 and carefully, his claims to the gratitude 
 and reverence of the community which 
 he has served. 
 
 John James Gilchrist was born in Med- 
 ford, Mass., Feb. 16, 1809. His father, 
 James Gilchrist, was a master of a 
 vessel, and is yet well remembered by 
 many, as a man of powerful frame, vig- 
 orous understanding, and great energy of 
 character. He early acquired a compe- 
 tence, and removed, while his son was 
 yet a child of tender years, to the beauti- 
 ful village of Charlestown, in New Hamp- 
 shire, where he bought a farm, and occu- 
 pied himself in rural pursuits for the re- 
 mainder of his life, wh'ch was brought to 
 a close in the prime of his manhood, from 
 the eifects of an accident. Here the 
 boyhood of Judge Gilchrist was mainly 
 passed ; and here he pursued, under the 
 
 guidance of the Rev. Dr. Crosby, a por- 
 tion of the studies preparatory to a col- 
 legiate course. He entered Harvard 
 College in the autumn of 1824, and grad- 
 uated 1828. 
 
 After leaving college he commenced 
 the study of the \a.\\ at Charlestown, un- 
 der the guidance of the late William 
 Briggs, an eccentric but very well read 
 lawyer, who possessed a much larger 
 and better collection of law books than 
 country practitioners usually accumulate. 
 Of these books, in that quiet village, 
 in which there was so little to disturb or 
 distract the mind of the student. Judge 
 Gilchrist made most excellent use, and 
 by a wide range of elementary reading 
 laid the foundations of his ample stores 
 of legal learning. From the office of 
 Mr. Briggs, he went to the law school in 
 Cambridge, where he was known^as a 
 most diligent student, ranging over the 
 whole domain of the common law, and 
 letting none of his opportunities pass by 
 unimproved. Upon his admission to the 
 bar, he formed a connection In business 
 with the late Governor Hubbard, whose 
 daughter he afterwards married ; thus 
 finding himself at once in good employ- 
 ment, and escaping tho discipline of that 
 dreary period between the expecting of 
 clients and the comhig of them. The 
 next few years were passed in the .dili- 
 gent and successful practice of the law, 
 but in such way that he was every d ly add- 
 ing something to his stock of practical and 
 available legal learning. As was naturally 
 to be expected of a rising young lawyer, 
 he took some part in the jjolltics of his 
 state, and Avas for more than a year a 
 member of the legislature; but he al- 
 ways made the politician subservient to 
 the lawyer, and hii aspirations were pro- 
 fessional, and not political. When, there- 
 fore, in 1840, at the early age of 31, he 
 was appointed one of the associate jus- 
 tices of the Supreme Court of New Hamp- 
 shire, it was with the general and hearty 
 approval of the bar and the ])ublic. He 
 was a very young man for such a post ; a 
 year younger than Judge Story was when 
 he was made a judge, and also a year 
 younger than Mr. Justice Buller when 
 he was elevated to the King's Bench, at 
 an age which startled all the venerable 
 projjrieties of Westminster Hall. 
 
 When, in 1848, the ])lace of chief jus- 
 tice was made vacant by the resignation 
 of Judge Parker, Judge Gilchrist had 
 
128 
 
 GILCHRIST 
 
 [1858.] 
 
 GILCHRIST 
 
 proved himself to he a man of such high 
 judicial excellence, and to be possessed 
 of such a pnnci|)le of intellectual* growth 
 and progress, that the eyes of all were 
 at once turned towards him as to one in 
 natural su:'Cession to the dignity ; and his 
 appointment gave general satisfiiction 
 and equal a-^'^unnce. In this high place 
 he remained until the Court of Claims 
 was created by Congress, when he was 
 placed at the head of this tribunal by 
 President Pierce, who was his warm per- 
 sonal friend, who had often ap]ieared be- 
 fore him at the bar, and thus knew at 
 first hind, and of his own knowledge, 
 how eminently qualified he was for the 
 responsible and laborious duties which 
 were to be devolved upon him. 
 
 Thus of the 27 years which elapsed 
 between liis admission to the bar and his 
 lameiited death, 18 were ])assed in the dis- 
 charge of judicial duties. It is as a judge, 
 then, that we are to consider him ; and 
 by the manner in wiiich he bore himself 
 in this high office are we to try his 
 claims to be held in gratitude and honor 
 by those who come after him. He put 
 his whole mind — all that he had and all 
 that he was — into his judicial life; be- 
 fore the public he stood in no other as- 
 pect, and was known by them in no other 
 character. Wiien he first went upon the 
 ben?h, we have little doubt that he con- 
 templated it as, in all human probability, 
 a lilo-long service ; and we know that he 
 determined to devote himself to it with 
 entire singleness of jnn-pose, and to leave 
 nothing undone which could helj) to make 
 him as good a judge as his gifts and ])ow- 
 ers would ))ermit him to be. To this de- 
 termination he adhered, never yielding 
 to the seductions of indolence, and never 
 turned aside by the tem]'>tations of politi- 
 cal ambition. He had the advantage of 
 an excellent preparation, both in book 
 knowledge and in practice ; and he had 
 the further advantage of having an ad- 
 mirable judicial understanding, and a 
 perfect judicial temperament. Thus ujion 
 the liench he was ever a growing man ; 
 and at the time of his death he Mould 
 have been pronounced a magistrate of the 
 first class, tried by any standard known 
 to tl)e bar in England or America. 
 
 His learnin;^ was ample, various, and 
 8erviceat)le. In depth and extent of legal 
 lore, many of his judicial contemporaries 
 may have equalled him, and a few may have 
 excelled him. He had no prolessioaal 
 
 pedantry, no vanity of legal antiquarian- 
 ism, no taste for the obsolete curiosities 
 of black letter learning. But he had a 
 sufficient knowledge of the history, prin- 
 ci])les, and spirit of the common law, to 
 view every subject that arose from its 
 ])roper point of view, and in its just rela- 
 tions to kindred and collateral l)ranches ; 
 and his patience of labor enabled him to 
 investigate every question that required 
 research, thoroughly and completely. He 
 had in a high degree that fine legal per- 
 ception which distinguishes the living 
 ])rinciple from the accidental, and tempo- 
 rary forms through which it has been 
 manifested. Havhig early taken a wide 
 survey of the whole field of legal learn- 
 ing, and made an outline map of the re- 
 gion, it was a matter of course that his 
 after-acquired knowledge should naturally 
 and easily have fallen into place, been 
 duly classified and arranged, and kept 
 within easy reach, and ready for use. 
 
 The dig(^st of New Hampshire reports, 
 published by him in 1846, well illustrates 
 his power of thorough and scientific 
 classification. On examination, it will 
 be found no servile copy of preceding 
 compilations, but a work of independent 
 investigation and original construction. 
 The only criticism which it ever called 
 forth, was on the part of those who com- 
 ])lained that it was a departure from the 
 stereotyped forms in which digests are 
 usually cast, and thus to them less con- 
 venient for immediate reference — an ob- 
 jection to which no one could have as- 
 sented who had used the book enough 
 to comprehend its luminous method. 
 
 In presiding over the full bench, he 
 was quick, attentive, and courteous. He 
 rarely interru])ted counsel in their argu- 
 ments, unless he had reason to apprehend 
 that he had failed to take the j)oint in- 
 tended to be conveyed; and M'hen the 
 necessary ex])lanation had been given, he 
 ai)i)lied himself anew to his task of patient 
 hearing. He knew that nothing is gained, 
 in j)oint of time, by interrupting counsel 
 for the sake of answering them, and 
 that such a course often leads to unprofit- 
 able and unseemly discussions. His 
 judgments were rendered with perfect 
 clearness, and are written with scholar- 
 like accuracy and taste. His statement 
 of focts was often made with such lucid 
 and consecutive method as to leave little 
 to be done in the way of legal reasoning 
 and the application of legal principles. 
 
GILCHRIST 
 
 [ 1858. ] 
 
 GILCHRIST 
 
 129 
 
 But his fine judicial qualities were even 
 more signally displayed in his sittings at 
 Nisi Prius. Here a judge is constantly 
 exposed to emergencies which put his 
 faculties and resources to the severest 
 tests ; for no foresight can predict, no 
 preparation can anticipate, the unex- 
 pected turns of a trial, or the sudden 
 questions which arise, and must be at 
 once settled. All these claims were met 
 by Judge Gilchrist with an ease and self- 
 possession, — a dignity and courtesy, — 
 which nothing but conscious strength 
 could give. He ruled his court without 
 effort, and without his rule being uncom- 
 fortably felt. His own sweetness of 
 temper and serenity of temperament had 
 a natural and benignant influence upon 
 the bar : his own manner was so collected 
 and courteous, that it acted with contagious 
 power upon others. In all the jar and 
 heat of forensic strife, he never for a 
 moment lost his temper, and was always 
 ready, when the occasion required it, with 
 a seasonable word or two to soothe the 
 ruffled feelings of contending counsel. 
 A gentleman of nice observation, who 
 had long been a practitioner before him, 
 states that he had never seen him, in a 
 single instance, give way to the slightest 
 expression of impatience or irritability. 
 His delicate sense of humor often enabled 
 him, when the zeal of counsel was pre- 
 suming a little too much upon the good 
 nature of the bench, to check them by 
 an admonition in a playful form, which 
 recalled them to their duty, but left no 
 sting behind. 
 
 To the trial of a cause he gave strict 
 and undivided attention. Not a word 
 escaped from him, — not a look, could be 
 detected, — from M'hich an inference could 
 be drawn as to his impressions of the 
 case. He took careful and full notes of 
 the testimony : every thing that occurred 
 which was necessary to be remembered 
 was recorded, the exact point of each ex- 
 ception Avritten down, and in matters of 
 nicety submitted at once to the counsel, — 
 so that when the trial was over, every 
 one was ready to admit the absolute 
 truthfulness of the record. 
 
 In charging the jury he stated with 
 clearness and ])recision, but without any 
 technicalities, the points of the case, and 
 the exact questions to be determined by 
 them, and read from his notes every thing 
 which the witnesses had said material to 
 those points. He was rarely heard to 
 
 say that this or that witness proved such 
 and such facts ; but he stated clearly 
 what had been said, but without any 
 comment Mhich would have intimated 
 his own opinion, or led the jury to think 
 that he had done so. 
 
 As we have before intimated, the pub- 
 lic life of Judge Gilchrist was exclusively 
 judicial ; and by his long and able ser- 
 vice in this department, he has earned a 
 title to the lasting gratitude and reverence 
 of the community. But in the hearts of 
 his friends he has left other records and 
 built other monuments. And he was 
 rich in friends ; for his tastes and sym- 
 pathies were not fastidious, though dis- 
 criminating ; and his qualities of mind 
 and character were such as to exert a 
 strong attraction over all who came with- 
 in his sphere. His love of literature 
 continued unabated to the last : in the 
 reading of good books he found constant 
 refreshment and relaxation in the ardu- 
 ous duties of his judicial life. With the 
 Latin and French languages he was en- 
 tirely familiar, and he read their books 
 with discriminating relish ; but his chief 
 pleasure was in constant communion with 
 the best specimens of the literature of 
 England and of his own country. His 
 taste was manly, catholic, and independ- 
 ent, but with a natural preference for 
 the writers who were popular in his boy- 
 hood and youth. 
 
 No one had a better claim than he to 
 
 the 
 whether 
 
 " grand 
 we 
 
 old name of gentleman," 
 
 regard 
 
 the 
 
 essential or the 
 formal elements which make up that 
 character — the inward sentiment or the 
 external manifestation. He was a finished 
 man even in small things. He was care- 
 ful, for instance, and scrupulously neat in 
 his dress and personal appearance, and did 
 not fall into the common practice — just 
 the reverse of what should be the case 
 — of growing slovenly and neglectful as 
 he grew older. So, too, his handwriting 
 was both legible and beautiful, and he 
 took great pains to keep it so, and to re- 
 sist the injuring influences of the constant 
 taking down of testimony from the lips 
 of witnesses. The comfort of good judi- 
 cial handwriting to lawyers, reporters, and 
 printers, is more obvious than common. 
 
 Judge Gilchrist married in 1836 Miss 
 Sarah Hubbard, daughter of the late 
 Governor Hubbard : his widow and two 
 
 ih 
 
 auj 
 
 children, a son and 
 
 him. In the several domestic 
 
 hter, survive 
 relations 
 
130 
 
 GILLETT 
 
 [ 1858. ] 
 
 OILMAN 
 
 of son, husband, father, and brother, 
 he was one of the kindest, most amiable, 
 and most indulp^ent of men. His home 
 in the beautiful villaj^e of Charlestown 
 — a finely-situated, unostentatious, and 
 most comfortable country house — was 
 the seat of a simple and generous hos- 
 pitality; and those of his friends who 
 have teen welcomed by him under his 
 roof will sadly and tenderly recall the 
 hai)py hours there spent, and the atmos- 
 phere of easy kindness Avhich they 
 breathed from the moment its threshold 
 was crossed. 
 
 • GiLLETT, Charles L., Hudson, Wis., 
 
 , a?. 52. He was born May 23, 
 
 1806, at Oneida Castle, N. Y., where 
 his father officiated as missionary among 
 the Oneida Indians. He was early 
 adopted by the tribe, and christened 
 Ahnoel, or turtle. He has been a prom- 
 inent man in Hudson, entering into its 
 interests, and laboring earnestly for its 
 upbuilding and progress in its political, 
 social, mental, and moral relations. As 
 superintendent of public schools, he 
 acted for several years Avith fidelity and 
 efficiency. He was scrupulous and exact 
 in business transactions, and unflinching 
 in the discharge of duty. As a citizen, 
 neighbor, and Christian man, his worth 
 is known, and his loss is felt, by the 
 community, but nowhere so fully as in 
 the bosom of his family. Eminently 
 domestic in his habits, home was the 
 centre of all his earthly joys. In its 
 quiet retreat, life's pleasures, his books, 
 his farm, his flocks, his fruit, his family, 
 afi'orded him unbounded happiness. A 
 firm believer in Christianity and its high 
 mission, his highest earthly aim was to 
 acknowledge God in all his ways. 
 
 Gilliam, Col. Leslie, Oxford, N. C, 
 May 20, x. 78. Few men have enjoyed 
 as did Col. G. throughout life that un- 
 qualified attachment and esteem of his 
 fellow-beings which forms the peculiar 
 distinction of his mortal career. It is 
 seldom, indeed, that so much weight of 
 character as he always derived from his 
 sterling integrity, singularly good sense, 
 and commanding address, is relieved by 
 an ojjenness of heart, a simplicity of 
 manner, and a benignity of disposition 
 so childlike and complete. For more 
 than Hi years he was the sherift' of Gran- 
 ville, at a time when the duties and per- 
 quisites of the oiUce were alike very 
 
 considerable. During this period the 
 attributes just mentioned were strongly 
 attested by the well-known sentiments 
 of the public. Col. G. had rare advan- 
 tages of person, a vigorous constitution, 
 a large, athletic frame, a powerful voice, 
 and was favored with a keen enjoyment 
 of life. He lived in Oxford nearly 50 
 years, witnessed in his children the 
 blessings inherited with his own moral 
 traits, and in his last illness received 
 unexampled attention from many sym- 
 pathizing neighbors and friends. 
 
 GiLLiLAND, Hon. Samuel N., Nov. 5, 
 a^. — , senator from Attala and Lake 
 Cos., Miss. The Senate say, — 
 
 " Resolved, that by the death of Judge 
 Gilliland the State of Mississippi has 
 lost a faithful public servant, whose zeal 
 in behalf of her welfare is evinced by 
 near 20 years of eflficient service in her 
 legislative councils, whose devotion was 
 equalled alone by the energy and ability 
 with which he discharged every duty 
 assigned him, and whose private worth, 
 public spirit, and untarnished integrity 
 and purity of character as a citizen, was 
 exemplified by his daily deportment." 
 
 GiLJiAN, tapt. Nathaniel, Exeter, 
 
 N. H., , EP. 65, one of the most 
 
 enterprising and valuable citizens of 
 Exetei". 
 
 GiLiL\N, Rev. Josiah, Lynn, Mass., 
 Nov. 1, 86. 67. He was born in Gilman- 
 ton, N. H., Dec. 17, 1791. His early 
 advantages were limited ; and he was 
 trained in the muscular calling of a 
 blacksmith, and followed it till he was 
 25 or 26 years old. He then turned his 
 attention to study, and became a Uni- 
 versalist minister. For some time he 
 preached as he had calls in various 
 places ; among others, in Rumney, N. H. 
 He removed to Washington, N. H., 
 preaching there and in Lempster. He 
 gave a plain and straightforward min- 
 istry of truth, and was held in good 
 esteem as a man and a minister by the 
 ' people. 
 
 REV. SAMUEL OILMAN, D. D., 
 
 (of Charleston, S. C.,) Kingston, Mass., 
 Feb. 9, a^. 66, at the residence of his son- 
 in-law, Rev. Charles J. Bowen. He was 
 son of Frederick and Abigail H. (Somes) 
 Oilman, and was born in Gloucester, 
 Mass., Feb. 16, 1791. His father had 
 been a very successful merchant in 
 
OILMAN 
 
 [ 1858. ] 
 
 OILMAN 
 
 131 
 
 Gloucester, but died insolvent nearly 60 
 years ago, his insolvency having been 
 caused by the capture of several of his 
 vessels by the French in 1798. He left a 
 youthful widow and four male children ; 
 and -when Samuel was about seven years 
 old, his mother took him to Atkinson, 
 N. H., to be educated in the academy 
 there, under the charge of llev. Stephen 
 Peabody, (H. U. 1769,) whose quaint, 
 primitive ways are described with inim- 
 itable humor in a biographical sketch 
 by Dr. G., published in the Chi'istian 
 Examiner in 1847. Not long subse- 
 quently, the family removed to Salem, 
 Mass., and Samuel was for some time 
 employed as a clerk in the old Essex 
 Bank. He graduated at Harvard Col- 
 lege (1811) with high honors in a class 
 remarkable for eminent talent. A poem, 
 which he delivered on his graduation, 
 on the Pleasures and Pains of the Stu- 
 dent, was replete with humor, and elicit- 
 ed rapturous applause from a crowded 
 audience. This poem he repeated on 
 the evening of commencement day in 
 1852, at the residence of Hon. Edward 
 Everett, in Boston, whither the class 
 had been invited to celebrate the 41st 
 anniversary of their graduation, and 
 added a sequel, in which he gave a 
 retiosjject of the time from their gradu- 
 ation to that period, paying a brief and 
 beautiful tribute to the memory of those 
 of the class who had deceased. It con- 
 cluded with the following fine compliment 
 to their host, the Hon. Mr, Everett : — 
 
 " stay yet, dear fiiends; the minstrel bids you toast, 
 In pure, briglit water, our acconiplisheti hopt. 
 Who gives, one need not say, our chvss its name, 
 Tinged with the lustre of his well-earned fame. 
 Health for his labors, for his cares relief. 
 To hin>, our first and last uueuvied chief! " 
 
 These two poems were printed imme- 
 diately afterwards, for distribution to the 
 surviving members of the class. 
 
 Among the various pursuits which 
 offered themselves to Dr. G.'s choice 
 was that to which, by character and 
 endowments, he was best adapted ; and 
 it was the profession which was the 
 choice of his heart. He soon began 
 the study of theology under the super- 
 vision of Drs. Ware and Kirkland, who 
 then constituted the theological faculty. 
 Fortunately for him, he was not hurried, 
 like most young Americans, immediately 
 and prematurely into professional life. 
 He Ungered long under the roof of his 
 
 alma mater, maturing his mind, extend- 
 ing his knowledge, and laying up those 
 intellectual and literary treasures which 
 his future isolation rendered so impor- 
 tant. In 1817 he was appointed tutor 
 in mathematics at Harvard College, 
 which office he held two years. Early 
 in 1819 he went to Charleston, S. C, 
 where he received a pastoral call as 
 successor to the Rev. Anthony M. Fos- 
 ter ; and, after a few months of proba- 
 tionary service, he was ordained, Dec. 1, 
 1819, as pastor of the Unitarian or Sec- 
 ond Independent Church in that city. 
 The ordination sermon was preached 
 by Rev. Joseph Tuckerman, D. D., of 
 Chelsea, Mass., (H. U. 1798.) Here he 
 labored faithfully and acceptably until 
 his last sickness. He was universally 
 respected by the people of the city of 
 his residence ; and his influence ex- 
 tended far beyond the limits of the 
 religious denomination with which he 
 was connected. He was the life and 
 soul of the New England Society of 
 South Carolina, and was always hospi- 
 table to all visitors from the north. 
 During his residence in Cambridge he 
 was a frequent contributor to the North 
 American Review, in which periodical 
 his papers are marked by their polished 
 elegance of diction, the grace and felicity 
 of their illustrations, and their racy hu- 
 mor. Among his contributions were a 
 series of able papers on the Philosoph- 
 ical Lectures of Dr. Thomas Brown, and 
 translations of several of the satires of 
 Boileau. One of his most noted essays 
 was on the Influence of One National 
 Literature upon Another. He also 
 wrote a fine paper on the Writings 
 of Edward Everett, his classmate and 
 warm personal friend. After his re- 
 moval to Charleston he continued to 
 write for different periodicals, his con- 
 tributions embracing a wide range of 
 subjects, from i^rofound philosophical 
 discussions to sparkling satirical essays. 
 A selection of these was published in a 
 volume a few years since, under the 
 title of Contributions to American Lit- 
 erature, Descriptive, Critical, Humor- 
 ous, Biographical, Philosophical, and 
 Poetical. Among his productions the 
 Recollections of a New England Vil- 
 lage Choir has, perhaps, become the 
 most generally popular. For apt local 
 description, a keen sense of the ludi- 
 crous, and a happy intuition of charac- 
 
132 
 
 GLADDEN 
 
 [1858.] 
 
 GOODALE 
 
 tcristic ppculiaritics, it has seldom been 
 matched in the humorous literature of 
 this country, l^r. G. possessed the gift 
 of poetry, \vhich he cultivated with no 
 inconsiderable success. He had a luxu- 
 riant fancy, an excellent command of 
 natural imagery, and great fluency of 
 expression. As a pulpit orator he was 
 afiectionate and persuasive, equally re- 
 moved from languor and vehemence, 
 never boisterous, but always in earnest, 
 loving the sphere of universal ethics 
 rather than the subtilties of sectarian 
 doctrine, and commending the great 
 lessons he taught by the shining and 
 noble example of his private life. 
 
 Dr. G. married, Oct. 14, 1819, Miss 
 Caroline Howard, daughter of Samuel 
 Howard, a shipwright of Boston — a 
 lady of remarkable talents and acquire- 
 ments. She is the author of several 
 excellent books ; viz.. Oracles from the 
 Poets, Hecollcctions of a New England 
 Housekeeper, New England Bride and 
 Southern Matron, Poetry of Travelling 
 in the United States, Tales and Ballads, 
 and others. 
 
 Dr. G. had four daughters who sur- 
 vive him ; viz., — Abby Louisa, wife 
 of Francis J. Porcher, merchant of 
 Charleston ; Caroline H. Glover, widow 
 of AVilliam Glover, planter, of South 
 Carolina ; Eliza W. Dodge, wife of 
 Pickering Dodge, Esq., of Salem ; Anna, 
 wife of Key. Charles J. Bowen, of King- 
 ston, Mass. He had also a son, who 
 died young. His widow survives him. 
 
 Gladden, !Mrs. Elizabeth, Winns- 
 boro', S. C, June — , fp. 106, the grand- 
 mother of Col. A. H. Gladden. Mrs. G. 
 was married about the time of the out- 
 break of the war of the revolution, and 
 was quite familiar with many of the 
 scenes which occurred in the state dur- 
 ing that dark period which " tried men's 
 souls." She retained all her faculties 
 in a great degree, until within the last 
 few years, when her eyesight and mem- 
 ory partially failed. She was, as far as 
 our knowledge extends, the oldest resi- 
 cjcnt in the district. One by one the 
 links which bind us to the last century 
 are giving way. 
 
 GoDDAiU), Sirs. Anna, Orange, Mas^., 
 Aug. 27, a^. 82, widow of Henry God- 
 dard, of lloyalston, and mother of Hon. 
 Josiah G. and David G., of Orange, 
 and Sanford Goddard, of Montague. 
 
 GoDMAN, Mrs. Angelica, Louisville, 
 Ky., at the residence of her son-in-law, 
 Dr. William Goldsmith, Jan. 27, a?. — . 
 She was the daughter of Rembrandt 
 Peale, and widow of John D. Godman, 
 M. D., late Professor of Anatomy. 
 
 GoLDxnwAIT, Timothy, Manchester, 
 ISIass., June 16, ae. 96. He was born in 
 Stoughton, Mass., May 5, 17G2. He 
 was married, Jan. 24, 1788, to Mary 
 Briggs, with whom he lived 62 years. 
 He removed to Maine and settled in 
 Augusta in 1801. He has left a num- 
 ber of children, one of Avhom is the 
 Rev. T. Goldthwait, of Waterville. 
 
 GOOCH, A. G., Esq., Tuscaloosa, Ala., 
 Jan. 3, se. — . Mr. G. was a highly 
 respectable and influential citizen of 
 Tuscaloosa, and for a long tim.e held the 
 office of clerk of the Federal Court of 
 the middle district of Alabama. 
 
 GooDALE, Dea. David, Marlboro', 
 Mass., Oct. 17, fe. 67. He was the son 
 of Dea. Abner Goodale, and the brother 
 of Mrs. Thurston, missionary to the Sand- 
 wich Islands, and a near relative of Rev. 
 William Goodale, missionary at Con- 
 stantinople. He was educated in the 
 district school, and repaid the debt by 
 teaching twenty-nine winters in succes- 
 sion, commencing when only nineteen 
 years of age. Li 1816 he united with 
 the First Congregational Church in M. 
 He attributed his religious impressions 
 to the faithful instruction of his parents 
 to early habits of reading the Scriptures, 
 and especially to the lessons which he 
 regularly learned from the Assembly's 
 Catechism. In May, 1818, he estab- 
 lished, with the assistance of six others, 
 the first Sabbath school in his native 
 place, and was an active member of it, 
 as superintendent or teacher, to the day 
 of his death. In 1819 he was married 
 to Miss Melliscent Warren, of ISIarl- 
 boro', sister of Rev. Edward War- 
 ren, missionary to Ceylon. They had 
 six children, four of whom survive. In 
 Oct., 1823, at the death of his father, he 
 was chosen to succeed him in the office 
 of deacon, and at the time of his death 
 was senior deacon of the church. Per- 
 haps no features of his character were 
 more marked than his decision, energy, 
 and sagacity. His mind was clear, vig- 
 orous, resolved, and possessed the main 
 qualities which fit men to be leaders. 
 And yet there was blended with these 
 qualities so much of urudence and fore- 
 
 » 
 
GOODALL 
 
 [1858.] 
 
 GOODRICH 
 
 133 
 
 cast — so many conservative elements 
 — as to make him singularly well bal- 
 anced and judicious. He died Oct. 19, 
 88. 67. 
 
 GooDALL, Hon. John L., near Car- 
 thage, Tenn., , se. — . Judge G. 
 
 was one of the most revered members 
 of the judiciary of that state — a man 
 ■whose sterling traits of character emi- 
 nently fitted him for the judicial sta- 
 tion, and which made him an orna- 
 ment to the bench. He presided for 
 many years, and commanded universal 
 respect. His personal and social quali- 
 ties were such as to endear him to all 
 with whom he mingled, and, at his death, 
 he left as many and as devoted fi'iends as 
 any one in the district. The bar will 
 feel keenly the loss of an upright judge, 
 and the community a most estimable, 
 generous, and public-spirited citizen. 
 
 GooDE, Dr. Thomas, Hot Spi'ings, 
 Va., April 2, at an advanced age. Dr. 
 Goode was born and reared in Mecklen- 
 burg Co., Va. Early in life he selected 
 the profession of medicine. Yielding to 
 the impulses of a noble and tender na- 
 ture, he refrained from the duties of his 
 profession until he had availed himself 
 of the best advantages. To secure 
 these he pursued his studies for a time in 
 Edinburgh, Scotland, then returning to 
 the United States, completed his studies 
 at Philadelphia, having spent in this way 
 five years in preparatory study. Ten 
 years of his professional life were spent 
 in his native county, ten in Roanoke, 
 then in May, 1833, he came to Bath, 
 where he has since resided up to the 
 time of his death. Those who knew 
 him as a husband and brother, father 
 and master, felt his excellence as 
 a man of "great natural kindness of 
 heart." 
 
 GooDNOW, Miss Grace, Westmore- 
 land, N. H., Nov. 19, se. 116. She was 
 the oldest person in the county, and 
 probably the oldest in the state. At the 
 age of 100 years she was more active 
 than many modern misses of 16. 
 
 Goodrich, Chauncey, Esq., Burling- 
 ton, Vt., Sept. 11, 86. 60, He was born 
 in Hinsdale, Mass., whither his father, 
 E. H. Goodrich, had moved from 
 Weathersfield, Ct. He lived upon his 
 father's farm, sometimes teaching school 
 in the winter, till he was 19 years old, 
 when he left home to engage in trade, 
 for which he had always exhibited a pre- 
 12 
 
 dilection. He was connected with the 
 book-publishing house of Oliver D. 
 Cooke, Hartford, Ct., nearly six years ; 
 being engaged a good part of the time 
 as travelling agent of the firm. While 
 residing here, he attended the preaching 
 of the then Episcopal Bishop of Con- 
 necticut, and became sincerely convinced 
 of the claims of that denomination. 
 From Hartford Mr. G. went to Castle- 
 ton, Vt., in 1823, and in 1827 he re- 
 moved to Burlington. In 1828 hqujvas 
 married to Arabella ^larsh, a daughter 
 of Daniel Marsh, Esq., of Hartford, 
 Vt., and sister of the late President 
 Marsh, of the University of Vermont. 
 His wife died in 1835, leaving two 
 daughters, of whom the elder survived 
 him but a few weeks, dying Decem- 
 ber 4, 1858. For many years after re- 
 moving to Burlington, he was one of 
 the most active and efficient members 
 of the Episcopal church there, giving 
 freely of both time and money to the 
 organizing of a society, building of a 
 church edifice, raising of the rector's 
 salary, &c. His chief business was the 
 publication of scliool, law, and miscella- 
 neous books, printing and bookselling. 
 Although he had indifferent success in 
 business, he was not confined in the 
 exercise of his peculiar generosity, for 
 which very many have occasion to re- 
 member him with gratitude. Not a 
 few who have graduated at Vermont 
 University, and are now engaged at the 
 bar or in the pulpit, and many others 
 who fill honorable places as editors and 
 business men, owe their present posi- 
 tion and influence in greater or less de- 
 gree to his counsel and generoiis help, 
 in furnishing money, books, *board, &c., 
 and waiting on them indefinitely for his 
 own remuneration, when he did not 
 make them a present outright of what- 
 ever assistance he rendered. His farm 
 and fruit garden divided his attention 
 with his book-publishing. As an amateur 
 horticulturist he was very widely and fa- 
 vorably known, and probably did as much 
 as any other man to introduce and im- 
 prove the culture of fruit in Vermont. He 
 was very active in the formation of the 
 Champlain Horticultural Society, and 
 contributed his full share, both as its 
 chief officer for a time, and as a mem- 
 ber of its committees, to make it both 
 prosperous and useful. He was an oc- 
 casional contributor to the press, oa 
 
134 
 
 GOODRICH 
 
 [1858.] 
 
 GOULD 
 
 horticultural and agricultural subjects. 
 A little work of his, the Northern Fruit 
 Culturist, was quite extensively circulat- 
 ed. In j)oniology he was very enthu- 
 siastic, and used to say that the practi- 
 cal Christianity of a place was to be 
 tested by a literal application of this rule, 
 " By thdr fruits ye shall know them." 
 
 (iooDKicil, llev. II. r., Carondelet, 
 Mo., May 17, at an advanced age.^ 
 
 GooDWi.N, Mrs. Catharine T., Middle- 
 town, Ct., Oct. 18, ac. — , wife of llev. 
 l'r(^rick J. Goodwin, D. D., Hector of 
 the Church of the Holy Trinity. The 
 church has lost a true woman — modest, 
 unassuming, prudent, yet ready _ alike 
 for duty and for sacrifice in the spu'it of 
 Christian charity. 
 
 Goodwin, Hon. Thomas, South Ber- 
 wick, Me., June 9, a?. 59. He was for- 
 merly engaged in political affairs, having 
 served as chairman of the selectmen of 
 his native town 17 years. He has also 
 represented his town and county in both 
 branches of the legislature. In all his 
 political career, he was faithful in the 
 discharge of every duty devolving upon 
 him ; he was just and honest in all his 
 dealings with man ; kind and oljliging to 
 his neighbors. His house and heart were 
 always open to the poor. 
 
 Gordon, Gen. William F., Albemarle, 
 N. C, July 21, a?. — . In early life 
 Gen. Gordon attained a high position in 
 the state, and although he has not par- 
 ticipated in the strife of politics for 
 many years past, yet to the day of his 
 death he was esteemed among the 
 worthiest of the democratic leaders. He 
 was a rigid disciple of the state rights 
 school, and an inflexible champion of 
 the rights of the south. A fervid ora- 
 tory was his most charactesistic talent — 
 an incorruptible integrity his distin- 
 guishing virtue. In the relations of pri- 
 vate life he commanded universal re- 
 Ki)ect, and among his more intimate 
 I'riends he was regarded with a warm 
 and constant affection. He was long an 
 inlluenliid member of the state legisla- 
 ture. He served only one term in 
 Congress, but that sufficed to give him a 
 historic name, for he had the honor of 
 
 {)roposing the sub-treasury system. At 
 lis death he held the commission of 
 major general in the militia of Virginia. 
 GouDo.N, llev. Joseph, Canton town- 
 ship, Pu., Feb. 28, a-. 38. 
 GuKDON, L)r. J. 11., Olivet, Mich., 
 
 July 14, a?. 32. Dr. G. was purely self- 
 made in his attainments. He was an 
 only son of a family of six children. 
 His father died when he was but two 
 years old. At the age of 20 he com- 
 menced reading medicine Avith Dr. A. B. 
 Sampson, then practising medicine at 
 Sullivan, in this county, with whom he 
 staid about four years, except as much 
 of his time as he attended medical lec- 
 tures, the first course of which he at- 
 tended at Cleveland. He graduated at 
 the State Medical School at Ann Arbor, 
 Mich. After practising medicine about 
 one year, he located permanently at 
 Olivet, Mich. He married Charlotte 
 A., only daughter of Horace Blinn, of 
 Sullivan. Through his untiring efforts 
 and undivided attention to his profes- 
 sion, he won for himself a laudable repu- 
 tation as a gentleman and practitioner. 
 
 Gordon, William, Esq., Newton, Ala., 
 Sept. 9, £e. — . At a meeting of the 
 citizens of Newton, it was said, " Death 
 has again visited our community, and 
 in its mission has struck down, in the 
 strength of manhood and in the prime 
 of life, our esteemed friend and re- 
 spected citizen, William Gordon, Esq. 
 In the death of our friend the bar of 
 Newton has lost one of its brightest 
 ornaments, and the town of Newton and 
 the community at large one of their 
 best and most enterprising citizens." 
 
 Gore, llev. Samuel, Freedom Dis- 
 trict, Carroll Co., Ind., Sept. 4, ce. 74. 
 He closed his earthly career calmly and 
 peacefully, and has gone to dwell forever 
 in that heaven which he sought to obtain 
 with ardor and zeal for many years. 
 
 GoRiiAM, Charles, Bedford fco., Tenn., 
 April 19, a^. 103, a revolutionary soldier. 
 
 Gould, Antliony, Albany, N. Y., 
 
 — , SB. — . He had lived in Albany 
 some 30 years, commencing his business 
 career with his uncle, William Gould, 
 law bookseller, and afterwards in the 
 extensive partnership of Gould, Banks, 
 ik Co. He accumulated a large fortune 
 in business, and had but a little while 
 ago retired from it, in the hope to spend 
 the evening of his days in the quiet of 
 country life. As an instance of his lib- 
 erality, he was one of the original con- 
 tributors to the purchase of Dr. Palmer's 
 church, and paid besides annually $1000, 
 until the debt upon it was extinguished. 
 
 Gould, John, New Ipswich, N. H., 
 Sept. 22, a\ 9j. With the exception 
 
GRAFTON 
 
 [ 1858. ] 
 
 GRAY 
 
 135 
 
 of a few months while connected with 
 the army, his whole long life was spent 
 in his native town, and, what is more 
 remarkable, he died on nearly the exact 
 spot of ground that gave him birth. 
 His wife, with whom he had lived 63 
 years, died 3 years since, at the advanced 
 age of 91. 
 
 Grafton, Rev. B. C, Cambridge, 
 Mass., Jan. — , a>. 72. Mr. G. was first 
 settled at West Cambridge, where he 
 remained six years. Afterwards he was 
 settled in Plymouth, Seekonk, Taunton, 
 Wickford, 11. 1., and Stonington, Conn., 
 and finally over the Baptist church in 
 Medford for about one year, whence he 
 removed to Cambridge, ten years and a 
 half since. He continued to preach for 
 churches destitute of a pastor, being so 
 employed nearly every Sabbath. Dur- 
 ing the absence of Rev. Dr. Parker in 
 Europe he supplied his pulpit for six 
 months. For a period of 30 years he 
 preached every Sunday with the excep- 
 tion of two. With great shrewdness and 
 knowledge of the world, Mr. G. pos- 
 sessed a charming simplicity and ami- 
 ability, which endeared him to all with 
 ■whom he came in contact. He was 
 universally and deservedly esteemed, 
 and was one of the class of ministers, 
 "the fluhers," of whom but few remain. 
 
 Graham, Dr. D. C, Newbury Dis- 
 trict, S. C, Oct. 7, se. 35. 
 
 Graham, Hon, William, Vallonia, 
 Jackson Co., Ind., Aug. 17, ae. 76. Mr. 
 G. was a member of the first constitu- 
 tional convention of Indiana, which met 
 at Corydon in 1816, and in 1837 was 
 elected to Congress from his district. 
 He had also been repeatedly a member 
 of both branches of the General As- 
 sembly, and during one session was 
 speaker of the House. Although by no 
 means a brilliant man, Mr. G. was a 
 useful legislator, and, as a neighbor, was 
 highly respected. He had taken no 
 active part in politics for nearly 20 years. 
 
 Grant, Mrs. Caroline, Milwaukie, 
 AVis., Feb. 23, a?. — . She was a daugh- 
 ter of the Hon. Ward Woodbridge, of 
 Hartford, Conn. Milwaukie had been 
 her residence for the past 12 years; 
 and her loss there will be quite irrep- 
 arable. Her energy of character and 
 goodness of heart identified her with 
 every benevolent undertaking. So use- 
 ful, indeed, did her talents make her 
 in all the charitable projects of the day 
 
 that her associates always advanced her 
 to most prominent positions. Her gen- 
 tleness and kindness to her friends in 
 sickness as well as health will long be 
 remembered. To many she was an an- 
 gel in the sick chamber, ever ready to 
 watch while others slept, and to per- 
 form every gentle and kindly office. In 
 this duty, the care of the sick, this true 
 womanly duty, she was eminent. Ever 
 a true woman in the relations of friend, 
 sister, daughter, wife, and mother, may 
 her example be of value to her sex. 
 
 Grant, Prof. John, Tallahassee, Fla., 
 Aug. 2, w. 53. He was born in Bristol, 
 England, April 13, 1805, and was the 
 son of the Rev. Jeremiah Grant, of the 
 Wesleyan Methodist connection in Eng- 
 land, and moved to this country with 
 his family in April, 1831, landing in 
 New York, where he was soon after- 
 wards employed as lecturer in a lyceum. 
 Being compelled by the cholera soon to 
 abandon that post, he moved to New 
 Jersey, where he remained three years 
 as principal in a high school. He then 
 removed to Georgia, and passed his 
 time as principal or professor in high 
 schools and colleges in Fort Gaines and 
 Columbus, Ga., and Cuthbert and Glen- 
 ville, Ala., until, about two years since, 
 he took charge of the Female Academy 
 in Tallahassee. Mr. G. was a practically 
 scientific scholar, and sacrificed his life 
 to the good of his race. Rehgion and 
 the Bible, so far from being excluded 
 from his school, were ever prominently- 
 presented to his pupils, as constituting 
 the sanctifying element in all true edu- 
 cation. Hence he ruled them with love, 
 and not with fear. 
 
 Grant, William B., Esq., Gardiner, 
 Me., Nov. 18, ae. 66. Mr. G. had been 
 president of the Gardiner Bank since 
 1854, the duties of which office he per- 
 formed with much ability and scrupulous 
 fideHty. He was a man possessed of 
 an uncommon share of good sense, and 
 was remarkable for the kindness of his 
 manners, for the courteousness of his de- 
 portment, and for his amiable disposition. 
 
 Gray, Curtis G., Fort Valley, Hous- 
 ton Co., Ga., March 27, ae. 82. He was 
 a native Carolinian, but for the last 36 
 years lived in Georgia. The greater 
 portion of that time was spent in teach- 
 ing school ; and perhaps he was excelled 
 by few in teaching the elementary prin- 
 ciples of education. Manv who have 
 
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 GRAY 
 
 [ 1858. ] 
 
 GEEELY 
 
 been benefited by bis instructions ■will 
 say, Peace to his ashes. 
 
 Gray, Reuben, Brooksville, Me., Nov. 
 — , a\ 97. lie was the first white male 
 child born on the peninsula of Castinc. 
 He voted for Gen. ^Vashington and for 
 every democratic candidate for president 
 up to the present day. 
 
 GUAV, William ^I., Sunbury, Pa., 
 Sept, 21, ae. GG, a nephew of the late 
 Gen. Hugh Brady, and an officer in the 
 wai- of 1812. 
 
 HON. ELH^HALET GREELY, 
 
 Portland, Me., Aug. 3, a?. 74. He was 
 born in North Yarmouth, Me., May 1, 
 1784, and was a son of Eiiphalet Greely 
 and Sarah Prince; his grandfather, Philip 
 Greely, was born in Salisbury, Mass., 
 June 9, 1711, moved to North Yar- 
 mouth, and was killed there by the 
 Indians, Aug. 9, 1746. Their ancestor 
 was Andrew Greely, who was living at 
 Haverhill, Mass., in 1G69, at wliich time 
 he had charge of the ferry across the 
 Merrimac River. He died in Salisbury, 
 1697, leaving several children, among 
 whom were Andrew, Philip, Joseph, 
 Benjamin, Westwood, and Marv, born 
 between 1640 and IGGO. The subject of 
 this memoir is the sixth in descent from 
 Andrew, through Philip, Jonathan the 
 son of Philip, Philip the son of Jona- 
 than, Eiiphalet the son of Philip, and 
 Eiiphalet his father. His mother, Sarah 
 Prince, was a direct descendant of the 
 Rev. John Prince, rector of East Shef- 
 ford, in Berkshire, England, whose son. 
 Elder John Prince, born in 1610, emi- 
 grated to tliis country in 1633, and 
 settled in Hull, Mass., where he died Aug. 
 6, 1676. His son, Thomas Prince, born 
 in 1658, married Ruth Turner, daughter 
 of John Turner and Mary Brewster, a 
 granddaughter of Elder "VVm. Brewster, 
 first pastor of the old Plymouth Church ; 
 she was born in 1663. "Their son, Ben- 
 iamin Prince, born 1693, married Abiel 
 Nelson, and had Paul Prince, born ]\Iay 
 14, 1720. He married Hannah Gushing, 
 daughter of David Gushing, born May 8, 
 1722, and died in 1814, iv. 92 ; her father, 
 David,was born in 1694, and was a lineal 
 descendant of Peter Gushing, of Norfolk, 
 England, whose son, Matthew, came to 
 Massachusetts, and settled in Ilingham, 
 in 1638. Thus honorably descended, 
 Mr. (Jreely sustained, without blemish, 
 
 the character of his respected ancestors 
 through a long and active life. At the 
 age of 18, following the example of the 
 enterprising young men of his native 
 town, the Blanchards, Sturdivants, Lor- 
 ings, Yorks, &c., and at a period the most 
 successful in our commercial history, he 
 entered upon a seafaring life. He be- 
 gan as an apprentice on board of one of 
 his father's vessels, and rose rapidly, by 
 his activity and intelligence, through the 
 various grades of service, until, at the 
 age of 22 years, he found himself in 
 full command of a ship. In this capacity 
 he continued with unusual success about 
 1 1 years, during which time no disasters 
 occurred to any vessel he commanded, 
 and no losses of property or life. He 
 was calm, cautious, firm ; and while he 
 maintained perfect discipline among his 
 crews, by his dignity and reserve, he 
 was most considerate of the comfort and 
 good order of all in his employment. 
 Having, by this unvaried success, accu- 
 mulated sufficient property to justify the 
 measure, he left the quarter deck for the 
 more ample verge of the counting room 
 and warehouse, and successfully, for 
 the remainder of his life, pur-sued com- 
 mercial operations. As his voyages 
 were principally to the West Indies, in 
 which the mercantile interests of our 
 state Avere principally and profitably en- 
 gaged, so he continued to pursue the 
 same kind of business after leaving the 
 ocean. He conducted his concerns on 
 shore in the same methodical, quiet, and 
 honorable manner that had character- 
 ized the more arduous and active duties of 
 his early life. He wTote a beautiful hand ; 
 he was exact and accurate in accounts ; 
 he was prompt and punctual in all his 
 dealings. By his uniform course of in- 
 tegrity, industry, and intelligent action, 
 it could not be otherwise than that he 
 should accumulate an independent prop- 
 erty, Avhich he used with the same pro- 
 priety with which he acquired it. Pru- 
 dent and economical without meanness, 
 liberal and hospitable without ostenta- 
 tion or display, he enjoyed his property 
 with simplicity and dignity, dispensing 
 freely and judiciously to all good ob- 
 jects which sought or claimed his at- 
 tention. A person of such fine qualities 
 could not be permitted to remain in re- 
 tirement, and his services were early 
 sought for public and responsible em- 
 ployments. In 1825, the second year 
 
GREELY 
 
 [ 18,58. ] 
 
 GREELY 
 
 137 
 
 after its entering upon business, the 
 Casco Bank elected him its president; 
 and he continued, by annual elections, 
 to hold the office near 30 years, to the 
 time of his death — a sufficient proof of 
 his financial skill, integrity, and good 
 judgment. He fulfilled the duties of 
 that responsible office to the entire ap- 
 probation of the stockholders and suc- 
 cessive boards of directors, and the capi- 
 tal stock was increased under his admin- 
 istration, from $100,000 to $600,000. 
 His financial ability received executive 
 commendation, in the year 1826, in his 
 appointment by the Governor as one of 
 the bank commissioners of the state — 
 his associates being Judge Bridge, of 
 Hallowell, and Judge Ware, of Portland ; 
 and in 1830 he was again appointed. 
 In 1834 he was chosen to represent the 
 city of Portland in the legislature ; and 
 in 1843, he was elected mayor of the 
 city. This office he held, by successive 
 elections, six years, to the general ac- 
 ceptance of his fellow-citizens ; and it 
 may be said, without fear of contradic- 
 tion, that the financial concerns of the 
 government were never more carefully 
 and judiciously managed than during his 
 administration. He considered himself, 
 in this station, to be but the steward of 
 the community over which he presided, 
 and that he had no right to squander 
 the public money on extravagant or un- 
 necessary projects. If men who are 
 placed in such responsible stations had 
 more of his scrupulous and conscien- 
 tious watchfulness, we should not hear 
 of so much recklessness, dishonesty, and 
 waste of ])ublic funds as are now con- 
 tinually and harshly grating on our ears. 
 For many years, Mr. Greely was con- 
 nected with various charitable institu- 
 tions, and works of public improvement, 
 in the city and state. He was a corpora- 
 tor of the Atlantic and St. Lawrence 
 Railroad Company, one of the greatest 
 projects of public improvement which 
 had been undertaken in Maine, and 
 for several years an active director. He 
 was long a manager in the first savings 
 institution established in the city. His 
 interest for seamen never abated, and he 
 was never weary in his endeavors to 
 promote their moral and temporal well- 
 being, by the establishment of comfort- 
 able homes for them on shore, and for 
 their religious instruction. He was for 
 many vears treasurer of the Seamen's 
 12* 
 
 Friend Society, and of the Mariner's 
 Church Association, to which he largely 
 contributed of his pecuniary means. He 
 was also for a long time treasurer of 
 the Portland Manufacturing Company. 
 And ever mindful of the cause of edu- 
 cation, to which he paid particular atten- ' 
 tion, while mayor of the city, in the im- 
 proved construction of school houses, 
 and the course of instruction, he made 
 provision by will to perpetuate his use- 
 fulness in the same direction. He pro- 
 vided that, after the death of his widow, 
 the principal part of his estate should 
 be applied to the founding and endoM'ing 
 of a high school in his native town. 
 September 9, 1812, he married Eliza- 
 beth Loring, a daughter of Solomon 
 Loring, of North Yarmouth, and moved 
 to Portland in the November following, 
 to the house in which he ever after lived, 
 and from which he was carried to his 
 last dwelling place. The Lorings came 
 from Hull, Mass. Three brothers settled 
 in North Yarmouth, viz., Rev. Nicholas, 
 pastor of the 1st parish, (Harvard Uni- 
 versity, 1732,) ordained November 17, 
 1736 ; John and Solomon, the descend- 
 ants of Thomas Loring, of Hull. Her 
 grandmother, the mother of her father, 
 was Alice Cushing, daughter of David 
 Gushing, who was also a maternal ances- 
 tor of her husband, so that they both 
 had the blood of Brewster, Prince, and 
 Cushing, old, and venerable, and worthy 
 names in our New England annals. 
 They had no children ; and, thus drawn 
 closer together in a happy and congenial 
 aUiance, their lives glided smoothly and 
 kindly along through a period of 46 
 years, until the tie was abruptly sun- 
 dered by the death of her affectionate 
 partner. Three brothers, all older than 
 himself, survive; Philip, of Portland, 
 long connected with him in business, 
 aged 84 ; Jonathan, of Cumberland, 
 aged 80 ; and the Rev. Allen, of Turner, 
 aged 78. Few towns have fiirnished to 
 society better members and more valued 
 citizens than ancient North Yarmouth. 
 It was there William Royal, the ances- 
 tor of the distinguished family, after- 
 wards settled in Medford, began his 
 humble life more than 200 years ago ; 
 the principal river still bearing his name. 
 It was there Peter C. Brooks, the ex- 
 emplary Boston merchant was born, his 
 father being minister of the place. The 
 succession of her ministers adorns her 
 
138 
 
 GREEN 
 
 [ 1858. ] 
 
 GRENNELL 
 
 annals — Cutter, Loring, Brooks, Gil- 
 man, Brown, the learned president of 
 Dartmouth College, and Asa Cummings, 
 long a leader in the churches. In other 
 professions and business, the ItusscUs, 
 the Mitchells, Lewises, Princes, Lorings, 
 Blanehards, Stockbridges, Greclys, Stur- 
 divants, Drilkwaters, Chandlers, Sea- 
 burys, Buxtons, and others whom we 
 need not stop to mention, have illustrat- 
 ed her history. For sound conserva- 
 tive principles she has brought down 
 her fame to the present day. Mr. Gree- 
 ly, one of this conservative town and 
 race, was a finely formed and handsome 
 man, of courteous and dignified, al- 
 though somewhat reserved and formal 
 manners ; liis deportment Avas always 
 gentlemanly and proper. He was re- 
 markably neat in his person, always 
 well dressed, and uniformly exhibited 
 the manners of an old school gentle- 
 man. His manly presence will long be 
 missed in the streets be frequented — 
 his business talents in the departments 
 of commerce, and the sweet issues of 
 his benevolence in the various channels 
 of ])hilanthropy and charity. But the 
 world beyond, whose joys he fondly antici- 
 pated, and for which his daily walk pre- 
 pared him, will afford a more am])le field 
 for the development of all the faculties 
 of his higher and purer nature ; and 
 while the mourners go about the streets, 
 we believe he is reaping in a better 
 existence the fruits of a well-spent life. 
 
 Green, Dr. Henry Prentice, Madi- 
 son, N. J., Oct. 15, se. 59. 
 
 Gree.v, Mrs. Betsey, Pittsfield, Mass., 
 May 24, x. 84, widow of llev. Rob. Green. 
 
 Guee.v, llev. Zachariah, Hempstead, 
 L. I., June 21, a;. 99. Thus has another 
 of our country's cherished ones passed 
 from the earth. The remnant of the 
 band of our revolutionary patriots has 
 been further diminished. The venerable 
 man whose death is here announced 
 combined every attraction to make his 
 life useful and his death triumphant. 
 First, a soldier of tlii^ country in the 
 hour of her peril, he was then, for 
 more than GO years, a soldier of Christ, 
 Honorably dismissed from the army, in 
 consequence of wounds received at the 
 battle of W'hitemarsh, he graduated at 
 Dartmouth College in 1781, and after 
 finishing his studies, was ordained a 
 minister of the Presbyterian church. 
 
 The vigor and intrepidity which had 
 characterized him in the ax'my were trans- 
 ferred to his holy calling. He counted 
 nothing hard, not even his life dear un- 
 to him, if he might but bring honor to 
 Christ and advance his kingdom. Re- 
 taining his faculties to the last, he 
 exhibited a beautiful and attractive pic- 
 ture of patient, gentle, cheerful, and 
 devout old age. Amid all his connections 
 with and anxiety for the religious insti- 
 tutions with which he was associated, he 
 never ceased to feel the liveliest interest 
 in the welfare of his beloved country, for 
 which he had sacrificed every thing but 
 life and honor, and to cl^rish as a hal- 
 lowed thing the memory of his two 
 great commanders, Washington and 
 Greene. He was a chaplain in the ar- 
 my in the war of 1812. His remains 
 were followed by nearly all the inhabi- 
 tants of the village. The occasion was 
 very solemn, and when the coffin was 
 lowered in the grave, there was not a 
 dry eye in the vast concourse of people, 
 old and young, that gathered to take 
 the last look at their venerated pastor. 
 
 Greenard, Mrs. Mary, New York, 
 Dec. 6, sc. 81, relict of the late Neving- 
 son Greenard. It is said that a good 
 man never dies, but shall be had in 
 everlasting remembrance. The parents 
 of the deceased in very early life were 
 brought to the knowledge of Christ 
 through the powerful ])reaching of the 
 Rev. Mr. Whitefield, and were among 
 the first to enroll their names under the 
 banner of the cross in the old Brick 
 Church on Beekman Street. There her 
 feet were early led by her Puritan par- 
 ents to tread the courts of the Lord's 
 house. It was always her delight to 
 mingle and worship with God's people 
 in his temple. 
 
 Greenleaf, Miss Sarah P., Chester, 
 Pa., Nov. 12, a?. — , daughter of the 
 late Stephen Greenleaf, of Brattleboro', 
 Vt., and teacher in the Upland Normal 
 School. Society could ill afford to lose 
 a character like hers. A mind well dis- 
 ciplined — a heart adorned with every 
 Christian grace — a life devoted to use- 
 fulness, with an energy of purpose un- 
 common in these frivolous times — these 
 were hers ; and these, least of all, could 
 the world afford to spare. 
 
 Grennell, Michael, Clinton, "Wayne 
 Co., Penn., Feb, 13, sc. 105. He was 
 born in Saybrook, Ct., April 1, (March 
 
GRIFFIN 
 
 [1858.] 
 
 GWIN 
 
 139 
 
 20, O. S.,) 1752. In 1777, at the ag^e of 
 25, he was united in marriage with Miss 
 Susanna Balcom, by whom he had six 
 children, four of whom survive him. His 
 wife died in 1825. He took a deep in- 
 terest in the revohitionary struggle, and 
 early entered the regular army. Having 
 been some months in the regular service, 
 he was taken sick, and by the advice of 
 the commanding officer he retired from 
 the army, and retui'ned home to recruit 
 his enfeebled health. He did not return 
 to the regular service, but volunteered, 
 when necessary, for the defence of the 
 towns and military posts on the Hudson 
 River and Long Island Sound, and also 
 in the vicinity of Boston. He was in the 
 city of New York in 1776, and witnessed 
 the enthusiasm of the army and people 
 on receiving the news of the declaration 
 of independence. He also saw the people 
 pull down the statue of King George, 
 and ride it through the streets on a 
 wooden horse. He distinctly recollected 
 those stirring events, and frequently re- 
 lated them with great interest and ani- 
 mation. He voted at every presidential 
 election in the United States, always 
 supporting the democratic nominee, ex- 
 cept in the case of Washington and 
 Fremont. 
 
 Griffin, Dr. James, Great Bend, Pa., 
 Jan. 18, se. 65. Dr. G. was a native of 
 New Town, Ct., and practised medicine 
 for several years in Schoharie County, 
 N. Y., and for the last 12 years in Great 
 Bend, Susquehanna County, Pa. As a 
 physician he stood at the head of his pro- 
 fession, and possessed, to an unusual de- 
 gree, the confidence of his patients, in a 
 very extensive and laborious practice. 
 As a citizen and civil magistrate, he held 
 a high place in the respect and esteem 
 of the community in which he lived ; 
 while in the more tender and endearing 
 relations of brother, father, and husband, 
 he was greatly beloved for his many vir- 
 tues and excellences of both his head 
 and his heart. In his death the poor have 
 lost a friend indeed. 
 
 Griffin, Rev. Samuel, Kingston, Pa., 
 Nov. 9, 86. 63. His first license to ex- 
 hort is dated June 19, 1824, and his first 
 license to preach, Nov. 10, 1827. He 
 was ordained deacon at the session of the 
 Oneida conference, at Manlius, N. Y., in 
 1832, by Bishop Hedding, and received 
 elder's orders by the same, at the session 
 
 of the same conference, at Neversink, 
 N. Y.,in 1839. He travelled for several 
 years under the directions of the presiding 
 elder, and was very useful, but never en- 
 tered the travelling connection. His la- 
 bors will long be remembered on Canaan, 
 Pittston, Plainville, Providence, Abington, 
 Newton, Nicholson, and Tunkhannock 
 charges. Upon this territory he labored 
 as a regular supply under the jjresiding 
 elder, and when not employed, exercised 
 the functions of a local preacher, for the 
 space of- 30 years, with great acceptance 
 and usefulness. For the last three years 
 of his life he resided in the village of 
 Kingston. He was a good man, and a 
 man of more than common abilities. He 
 was a stirring preacher, and rendered 
 efficient aid to many revivals of religion. 
 
 Griffing, Rev. James, Clairborne Co., 
 Miss., July 12, se. 76. He was a plain, 
 substantial, unpretending man, a zealous 
 local preacher, and a professor of religion 
 for more than 50 years ; and his piety 
 was of that pure and fervent kind that 
 sustains the Christian amid the conflicts 
 of life, and envelops his dying bed with 
 the halo of immortality. 
 
 Grimes, James J., Cambridge, O., 
 Nov. 26, as. — . At a meeting of the 
 members of the bar and officers of court, 
 it was resolved, — 
 
 " That we feel deeply sensible of the 
 loss which the profession and society have 
 sustained in the death of brother Grimes, 
 that we will cherish the memory of the 
 deceased as a member of the bar, as a 
 man and citizen endowed with excellent 
 qualities of mind and possessed of noble 
 traits of character." 
 
 Grisham, Jeremiah, Ouachita Parish, 
 La., Sept. 20, a?. 106. 
 
 Groe, Rev. Samuel, Freedom Dis- 
 trict, Carroll Co., Md., Aug. 4, se. 74. 
 
 Groton, Hon. Nathaniel, Bath, Me., 
 Oct. 25, se. 64. Judge G. was found 
 drowned in a small stream near home, 
 by accident. 
 
 Guild, Benjamin, Esq., Boston, Mass., 
 INIarch 30, se. 73. He was a gentleman 
 endeared to a wide circle of acquaintances, 
 among whom his urbanity of manners 
 and intelligence were highly appreciated. 
 He graduated at Harvard University in 
 the year 1804. 
 
 GwiN, Mrs. Mary, Brunswick Place, 
 Miss., June 22, se. 80, mother of Hon. 
 Wm. W. Gwin, senator from California. 
 
140 
 
 HALE 
 
 [ 1858. ] 
 
 HAMMOND 
 
 H. 
 
 IIai.k, Mrs. Ksthcr, Tlollis, N. H., 
 Oct. 10. [T. 87, wife of the late Dr. Wil- 
 liam Hale. She was one of the oldest 
 and most respected residents of II., and 
 the last on the pension list. 
 
 Half., Foster, , — , Nov. 24, 
 
 JT. — , inventor of raised letters for the 
 use of the blind. 
 
 IIai.i.. Rev. Nathan II., J). D., Co- 
 lumbia, Mo.. June 22, ae. 97, son of Rev. 
 Randall Ilall, of Garrard Co., Ky. 
 
 Hai-i,, Joshua, AVestminster, Vt., May 
 10, a\ 59. In early life Mr. II. directed 
 his attention to the gospel ministry, but 
 was obliged, on account of declining 
 health, to <:ive up his studies in that di- 
 rection. 15cing gifted, however, with an 
 ardent passion for music, he devoted him- 
 self to the acquisition of this " divine 
 art," in the theory and practice of which 
 he soon made himself proficient. For 
 many years he was engaged as a leader 
 of a choir, and as a teacher of classes in 
 sacred music in various towns and cities 
 in New England. His judgment and 
 taste in res])ect to sacred music, and its 
 approjariate use in the sanctuary, were 
 remarkably correct ; and his efforts to 
 advance the interests of this important 
 part of Christian worship — making it 
 turn, as it ever should, to the praise and 
 honor of God — will be long felt in those 
 communities where his labors were en- 
 joyed. He was a firm believer in the 
 truths of the gospel, and ever held its 
 ministers in high esteem. His death 
 was jovful in the ho])e of immortalitv. 
 
 Hall, Col. Timothy Ililliard. West- 
 minster, Vt., Dec. 14, w. 5.J. He was 
 the youngest son of the late Hon. Lot 
 Hall, who in 1776 was a lieutenant of 
 marines in the revolutionary war, was 
 captured by the British, taken a ])risoner 
 to Scotlind, but released, after much 
 suffering and hardship. He returned 
 to Barnstable Co., Mass., where he read 
 law with the Hon. Shearjashub Bourne, 
 and about the year 1780 removed to 
 Westminster, Vt., and became a success- 
 ful practiti(mer. In 1786 he married 
 Miss Polly Homer, of Boston. They 
 had five children — Daniel, Benjamin 
 Homer, Mary I'arrot, and two Timothy 
 Hilliirds. Daniel and Mary P. are still 
 living. Lot Hall was a man of some 
 
 distinction in Vermont ; frequently a 
 representative in the Assembly from his 
 town ; and, after Vermont was admitted 
 to the Union, he was in 1793 one of the 
 presidential electors. The votes Avere 
 for Washington for president ; and he 
 was the bearer of the votes to Phila- 
 delphia. He was several years a judge 
 of the Supreme Court, and held other 
 offices of res])onsibility. He died May 
 17, 1809. Timothy Hilliard was six 
 years old at the death of his father, and 
 always lived with his widowed mother 
 on the paternal homestead, which he 
 inherited, till she was called to her final 
 rest, in Feb., 1843. Timothy II. was 
 bred a practical and working farmer, 
 and took great satisfaction in cultivating 
 his farm in the beautiful valley of the 
 Connecticut, and by the application of 
 modern fertilizers endeavored to make 
 two spears of grass grow where only one 
 grew before. In his flock and herd he 
 was choice in his selections, and believed 
 in cultivating a small farm, but culti- 
 vating it well. His house, out-houses, 
 barns, sheds, garden, yards, and enclo- 
 sures were fitted up in good taste, and to 
 the passing traveller bore the appearance 
 of good husbandry. In rotation with 
 his townsmen, he was called to discharge 
 the municipal duties of town offices, and 
 was sheriff" of AVindham Co. for many 
 years, which duties he discharged with 
 fidelity. He never married. 
 
 Hamilton, Laurens, Richmond, Va., 
 July 6, se. 23, drowned during an excur- 
 sion of the New York National Guard, 
 of which he was a member. He was 
 grandson of Alexander Hamilton, and 
 graduated at Columbia College. 
 
 Hamilton, Henry R., M. D., Coles- 
 ville, N. Y., June 26, se. 49, a worthy 
 man and an honorable physician. In 
 18.")0 he received from the medical de- 
 partment of the University of the City 
 of New York the honorary degree of 
 doctor in medicine — a compliment to 
 his industry and zeal in the cultivation 
 of his ])rofession. 
 
 Hammond, William Gardner, a citizen 
 of Long Island, June 19, .t. 59, great- 
 grandson of Jose])h Hammond, who came 
 to this country from England early in 
 the last century, and settled in Narragan- 
 
HAMMOND 
 
 [ 1858. ] 
 
 HANNA 
 
 141 
 
 sett, where he was the proprietor of large 
 estates. His father resided at Wickford, 
 and was a well-known merchant. He 
 was born in January, 1802, and graduated 
 at Brown University in 1821. An ac- 
 complished scholar, with a love of the 
 classics which amounted to enthusiasm, 
 and a clear and retentive memory, he 
 found his greatest pleasure in his books. 
 He preferred that class of literature which 
 treats of the science of government, and 
 the biography of great and commanding 
 hitellect. 
 
 Hammond, Hon. John C, Crown 
 Point, Essex Co., N. Y., Jan. 1, a;. 52. 
 He was well and extensively known as 
 one of the best business men in New 
 York. He was a member of the well- 
 known firm of Hammond & Co., and for 
 upwards of 30 years ■^s largely and suc- 
 cessfully engaged in the mercantile lumber 
 and iron business. He possessed a manly 
 exterior, and was remarkable for his fine 
 personal appearance. But what com- 
 manded general respect and universal 
 esteem, were his straightforward, up- 
 right course as a man of business for 
 nearly a third of a century, in one of 
 the largest concerns in Northern New 
 York, his perfectly moral conduct, his 
 private benevolence, and his liberaUty in 
 sustaining the Christian and charitable 
 institutions of the day. 
 
 Hampton, Col. Wade, at a plantation 
 on the Mississppi, Feb. 10, oe. — . The 
 Charleston Courier says, " Col. H. was 
 well and widely known throughout the 
 South and beyond, as a gentleman and 
 citizen of untiring public spirit, gallant 
 demeanor, and high-toned courtesy and 
 hospitahty ; in all points a noble repre- 
 sentative of the best old school and class 
 of Carolina planters. At the memorable 
 defence of New Orleans, in Dec, 1814, 
 and Jan. 8, 1815, he acted as a confi- 
 dential and well approved aide-de-camp 
 for Gen. Jackson, and with our esteemed 
 fellow-citizen. Col. A- P. Hayne, shared 
 largely in the confidence and closest re- 
 gards of that sagacious chieftain, whose 
 intuitive judgment of men was one of 
 his most remarkable traits. 
 
 Hamtramck, Col. John, Shepardston, 
 Va., April 21, ep. 61, a highly respected 
 citizen of the town, (for several years its 
 mayor,) and a justice of the peace for the 
 county. Col. H. was son of Gen. Ham- 
 tramck of the revolutionary army, who 
 was also prominent as a compatriot of 
 
 Gen. Harmer, in his sanguinary contest 
 M'ith the Indians. The deceased was 
 born at Fort Wayne, Ind., wliilst a battle 
 with the Indians was raging. He was in 
 service with Gen. Zachary Taylor, then a 
 captain, on the Indian frontier. He 
 graduated with distinction at West Point, 
 ^•as an officer of the United States army, 
 and for several years an Indian agent. 
 Devoted all his life to military studies, his 
 last service was as commander of the 
 regiment of Virginia volunteers in Mexi- 
 co. His death created a void in the com- 
 munity in which he resided, where he 
 was always prominent and ])ublic spirited. 
 Hancock, Thomas, Bath, N. H., May 
 28, a). 70. He was a farmer by occupa- 
 tion. He cultivated his own land, but 
 did not neglect mental culture or the 
 companionship of books. He was inti- 
 mately acquainted with the history of the 
 town and its early settlers, and for many 
 years kept a diary, carefully noting the most 
 important occurrences. He took great 
 delight in history and geogra})hy. His 
 deportment was polite and obliging, and 
 his conversation cheerful and engaging:. 
 
 no n 
 
 He respected the rights of others, and 
 avoided giNing offence to any. He has 
 left a widow, four sons, and three daugh- 
 ters, two elder sons, Henry and John, 
 being in California. Mr. H. has left the 
 example and reputation of an honest 
 man, that will be enduring as the solid 
 marble. 
 
 Hanna, Gen. Robert, Indianapolis, Ind., 
 Nov. 19, 86. 72. Gen. H. was born in 
 the Laurens District of South Carolina, 
 April 6, 1786. When he was a mere 
 boy, probably about 14, his father re- 
 moved to the eastern part of the state, 
 and subsequeutly settled in Brookville. 
 This, we believe, was about 1802. Here 
 Mr. H. grew up, and became an active 
 and leading citizen. At the age of 23 
 he was appointed by Gov. HaiTison 
 sheriff of the eastern district of the ter- 
 ritory, and he retained the office, we be- 
 lieve, till near the organization of the 
 state government. After the organiza- 
 tion, he was elected sheriff of the Frank- 
 lin Court at one time, and it was during 
 his occupancy of that office that the 
 amusing adventure with Mrs. Frazer, re- 
 lated in Smith's Reminiscences, occurred. 
 He was previously elected a member of 
 the first constitutional convention, and 
 at his death was the only member sur- 
 viving, except, we believe, j\Ir. Holnian, 
 
142 
 
 HANSON 
 
 [1858.] 
 
 HANSON 
 
 of Wayne. Afterwards he was appointed 
 refjistcr of the land office, at the time 
 that Gov. Xoble was receiver, and both 
 came to Indianapolis nearly at the same 
 time, and but a little while after the re- 
 moval of the seat of government here, 
 in 1.S2j. Since then he has lived here 
 all the time, filling some of the most im- 
 portant stixtions in the gilt of the people. 
 When Gov. Hay was a candidate for re- 
 election, he was warmly suported by Gen. 
 H., and opposed by Gov. Xoble. Gen. 
 ll.'s influence was then great : jjrpbably 
 no man since has exerted a wider and 
 stronger power than he, and his aid 
 elected Hay. In return, when James 
 Noble, then U. S. senator, died, leaving 
 one year of his term unfilled. Gov. Ray 
 appointed Gen. Ilanna to the vacancy. 
 Mr. Ti])ton, of Logansport, was regular- 
 ly elected to the succeeding term. This 
 was in 1832 or 1833, we believe. Sub- 
 sequently Gen. H. was elected to the 
 state Senate by the whigs, of whom he 
 was a firm and active adherent, and was 
 nominated for a second term, but was 
 beaten by Wm. Stewart. This, we think, 
 terminated his political career. Since 
 then he has lived the quiet, honored life 
 that his services and character had earned. 
 In this hasty sketch we have omitted, no 
 doubt, some points of his life that we 
 might recall if we had time ; but we have 
 no opportunity now to do full justice to 
 him. We trust some of our readers will 
 do so for us. — Indianapolis Weekly 
 Journal. 
 
 Hansox, Benaiah, INIedina, O., Nov. 
 1, a?. 76. He was born at Windham, 
 Me., Oct. 18, 1781. He was the young- 
 est of 1 1 children. His mother's maiden 
 name was Abigail Hays. His father, in 
 the Memoir and Journals of llev. Paul 
 Coffin, 1). U., is thus mentioned: "Au- 
 gust 18, 1800. llode to Windham, and 
 lodged with Ichabod Hanson, who has 11 
 children, and never gave one of them a 
 blow, and 20 grandchildren, and never 
 lost one." Mr.^Ichahod Hanson's father 
 was a member of the Society of Friends ; 
 his wife was a Congregationalist. They 
 resided at Dover, N. H., where they 
 reared their large family. Friend Han- 
 son, or his immediate ancestors, emigrated 
 from Engl md. When 90 years of age 
 he took a journey of GO miles to visit his 
 son Ichabod, at Windham, Ct., some- 
 where between the years 1786 and 1783. 
 Dr. li. Hanson, the subject of this sketch, 
 
 after spending one term at Fryeburg, Me., 
 entered Exeter Academj-, where he re- 
 mained four years. He commenced the 
 study of medicine under the tuition of 
 his brother-in-law, Dr. John Converse, of 
 Durham, and after the usual course of 
 study, was admitted to practice. During 
 the last war with England he received 
 a commission in the army, as a lieutenant 
 in the 33d regiment of infantry, under 
 the command of Col. Isasc Lane, brother 
 of Col. Daniel Lane, of Belfast, Sle., and 
 was ordered to Plattsburg, and engaged 
 in active service. At a subsequent pe- 
 riod he entered the College of Physicians 
 and Surgeons, in the city of New York, 
 and graduated in 1825. The faculty at 
 that time comprised W. J. McNevin, 
 Israel Post, John W. Francis, Samuel 
 L. Mitchell, Davi* Hosack, and Valen- 
 tine Mott. During his attendance at the 
 medical college, he was a student in the 
 office of David Hosack, with whom he 
 studied two years. After graduating he 
 removed to Western New York, and sub- 
 sequently to Maumee City, O. Through 
 the whole course of his practice, he was 
 remarkably successful, and in the treat- 
 ment of western fevers especially he was 
 particularly fortunate. He spent 40 years 
 in practice. His last years were particu- 
 larly devoted to the study of the Bible. 
 In 1811 he married Abigail Woodman, 
 daughter of Capt. Joseph Woodman, of 
 Buxton, iSIe. Capt. Woodman was the 
 fifth Joseph of that name, and was de- 
 scended from Joshua Woodman, the first 
 man child born in Newbury, Mass., and 
 the second interred in that place. He 
 has left a widow and three children. 
 
 Hanson, Samuel, Esq., Winchester, 
 Ky., Feb. 6, ae. 71. He was born in 
 Alexandria, Va., and removed to Ken- 
 tucky at an early period of his life, where 
 he has ever since continued to reside. 
 He was an eminent lawyer, alike dis- 
 tinguished for soundness of judgment and 
 strength and clearness of intellect. Pro- 
 found, practical, and endowed with un- 
 tiring energy, he attained a conspicuous 
 position as a member of his profession. 
 He was repeatedly elected to the state 
 legislature, and as a statesman, was re- 
 markable for his sagacity, his large and 
 comprehensive views, and his liberal, but 
 yet conservative opinions. He was speaker 
 of the Senate during the session of 
 1839-40, and discharged the duties of 
 that office with signal promptitude and 
 
HARDIN 
 
 [1858.] 
 
 HARE 
 
 143 
 
 ability. In private life he was social, 
 kind, and generous ; an ardent and un- 
 faltering friend, whose aid could be 
 securely relied upon in any and every 
 emergency. 
 
 Hardin, L. B., Esq., Washington, 
 D. C, March — , ss. — . He was for 
 many years a most faithful officer in the 
 navy department, and a most estimable 
 gentleman. The fact of his having held 
 the same prominent public position of 
 disbursing clerk of the navy department 
 for 27 years is a high testimonial as to 
 his sterling qualities. 
 
 Harding, Daniel F., Union, Me., 
 , a^. 75, one of the oldest mem- 
 bers of the Lincoln bar. 
 
 DR. ROBERT HARE, 
 
 Philadelphia, Pa., May 15, a?. 77. In the 
 death of Dr. Hare science has to mourn 
 the loss of one of her favorite sons. Our 
 grief at this announcement should be 
 softened by the reflection that he had 
 passed the time assigned by the Psalmist. 
 Ever since the beginning of the present 
 century he has been known, and during 
 many years of this period celebrated, 
 for the zealous and successful prosecu- 
 tion of chemistry, and especially of elec- 
 tro-galvanism. His first discovery, the 
 Compound or Oxy-hydrogen Blowpipe, 
 was made in 1801, when he had not 
 attained the age of manhood. Fed by 
 oxygen and hydrogen gases, this instru- 
 ment produced such an intense degree 
 of heat as to melt the alkalies and the 
 most refractory minerals and gems. By 
 its aid, lime, barytes, strontian, and 
 magnesia were decomposed, and their 
 metallic bases evolved. He succeeded, 
 many years subsequently, in reducing, 
 by this blowpipe, 25 ounces of platina 
 to a fluid state — a fact which he com- 
 municated, during a visit to England, to 
 the chemical section of the British As- 
 sociation for the Advancement of Science. 
 Since then he received from the Amer- 
 ican Academy of Arts and Sciences the 
 Rumford medal for this instrument. In 
 after years he introduced a modification 
 of the Compound Blowpipe, which was 
 fed by alcohol. He ihvented a new 
 galvanic instrument, known as Hare's 
 Calorimotor, of which, together with a 
 new theory of galvanism, he gave an 
 account in Silliman's Journal in 1819. 
 Two years later we find him contributing 
 
 a memoir in the same journal on some 
 new modifications of galvanic apparatus, 
 together with the outlines of a new 
 theory of galvanism. By this appara- 
 tus, M'hich he called the Galvanic Def- 
 lagrator, charcoal was ignited, and pro- 
 duced a light equal to the brilliancy of 
 the sun, and too vivid to be borne by 
 eyes of common strength. The com- 
 bustion of the metals produced by it 
 was peculiarly brilliant. Platina a quar- 
 ter of an inch in diameter was instantly 
 fused. The Galvanic Deflagrator was 
 declared by Prof. Silliman, of Yale Col- 
 lege, to be " the finest present made to 
 this department of knowledge since the 
 discovery of the pile of Volta and of the 
 trough of Cruickshanks." About this 
 time Dr. H. gave a description of an 
 improved gasometer, and of a new eudi- 
 ometer, invented by him. Among his 
 other inventions, also detailed in Silli- 
 man's Journal, we may mention the 
 Litrameter, an instrument for ascertain- 
 ing the specific gravities of fluids ; also 
 the Hydrostatic Blowpipe, a modification 
 of impelling power beyond what could 
 possibly be obtained by the breath. He 
 described also an apparatus for freezing 
 water by the aid of sulphuric acid. 
 Among his latest inventions was the 
 Improved Barometer Gauge Eudiometer. 
 Numerous were the improvements and 
 modifications in chemical apparatus in- 
 troduced by him to facilitate the works 
 of the laboratory. His Single Gold 
 Leaf Electroscope, doubtless suggested 
 by Bennet's instrument Avith two gold 
 leaves, is represented by Sir W. Snow 
 Harris to manifest an astonishing sensi- 
 tiveness to the smallest electrical force. 
 To the materia medica Dr. H. conti'ib- 
 uted by his process for denarcotizing 
 laudanum, and to toxicology by his 
 method of detecting minute quantities 
 of opium in solution. Dr. H. contrib- 
 uted papers on various subjects to the 
 Transactions of the American Philosoph- 
 ical Society. One was on the Tornado, 
 or Water Spout, with a detailed descrip- 
 tion of the remarkable storm at New 
 Brunswick, a few years ago. He con- 
 sidered the atmospherical disturbances 
 in these cases to be OAving to an electri- 
 fied current of air. His views were at 
 variance with those of Col. Redfield, of 
 New York, with Avhom he more than 
 once debated the subject. The emi- 
 nence of Dr. H. in his favorite branch 
 
144 
 
 HARE 
 
 [1858.] 
 
 HARE 
 
 caused him to be elected in 1818 to the 
 chair of chemistry in the medical de- 
 partment of the University of Pennsyl- 
 vania, which had been vacated by the 
 transfer of Dr. John Redman Coxe to 
 the chair of materia medica. Dr. _H. 
 retained this post until his resignation 
 of it in 1847, or during a period of 
 nearly 30 years. There have been 
 many more attractive and brilliant lec- 
 turers — no one more honestly intent 
 on instructing his class ; and certainly 
 no one, on either side of the Atlantic, 
 performed his experiments on such a 
 large scale, and with what we might 
 almost call such a grand apparatus, 
 more especially when he wished to ex- 
 hibit the wonders of electricity and gal- 
 vanism. It must have seemed to his 
 auditors that when he sometimes paused 
 in the very midst of an explanation, it 
 was from "no want of clear conception 
 of his subject, nor for words, but be- 
 cause at the moment a new thought 
 would present itself, and he straightway 
 allowed himself to imagine the new 
 combinations and the results that must 
 fallow. Beyond the contributions to 
 science in "the vehicles already men- 
 tioned. Dr. H. wrote but little. He 
 was not the author of any systematic 
 work ; for his Compendium of Chemis- 
 try Avas intended for his ^lupils, and as a 
 text-book to his lectures. In his pages, 
 so copiously illustrated by drawings of 
 different chemical apparatus and instru- 
 ments used in his lectures, it showed 
 what he did, if the letter-press fell short 
 of telling what he said. Dr. H. was fond 
 of discussing questions of political econ- 
 omy ; and he occasionally issued bro- 
 chures on those which most interested 
 him at the moment. He had warm po- 
 litical predilections, and was never back- 
 ward in expressing them. In early life 
 he was a federalist, and in later times 
 a whig. His frankness on such occa- 
 sions, as on others which came up in the 
 course of conversation, might seem to a 
 stranger to l)e rather brusque ; but they 
 who knew him could readily acquit him 
 of all intention to wound the feelings or 
 to give pain to any fellow-being. He 
 was, indeed, a man without guile, and, 
 withal, given to fits of abstraction, so 
 as at times to seem to be wanting in the 
 amenities of life, which in his heart he 
 fflt inclined to cherish in society, as he 
 did uniformly in iiis own family. He 
 
 was not only placable, but magnani- 
 mous ; and if he was sometimes chafed 
 with the attempts made to deprive him 
 of the merit of certain discoveries, or 
 to underrate his scientific attainments, 
 he seemed to be influenced more by a 
 sense of justice than by considerations 
 of personal vanity. Here Vi'e would fain 
 terminate our brief and imperfect sketch 
 of the labors and character of departed 
 genius ; but we have yet to advert to 
 what is every where known, and silence 
 respecting which could only pass for an 
 idle affectation of friendship. Our read- 
 ers know that we allude to the delusion 
 under Avhich Dr. Hare labored during 
 the last few years of his life by a belief 
 in " spiritualism," as the thing is mis- 
 named, and in his ability to hold inter- 
 course M'ith the other world through an 
 invisible but present medium. Surprise 
 has been very generally felt that so zeal- 
 ous and successful a votary of science 
 should have allowed himself to be mys- 
 tified in this manner. But, without en- 
 tering into recondite psychological in- 
 quiries, which would be out of place on 
 the present occasion, we think that an 
 explanation may be found in the original 
 constitution of his mind, in the long and 
 intense strain of his intellectual facul- 
 ties during the many years in which he 
 was uninterruptedly engaged in the 
 studies of the closet and the experi- 
 ments of the laboratory, and, finally, in 
 the very nature of his favorite pursuits. 
 He had long been in the habit of dealing 
 with those subtile, diffusive, and impon- 
 derable substances, or, as they might be 
 called, essences, which give rise to the 
 phenomena of electricity and magnetism, 
 and which penetrate all matter and per- 
 vade all space, and which assume such 
 an endless variety of disguises, now 
 amusing lis in philosophical toys, now 
 convulsing nature in the storm and the 
 tornado, or causing mountains to vomit 
 forth volcanic fires, and make an entire 
 continent to tremble in the throes of an 
 earthquake. Sent through the human 
 frame, the electric agency imparts new 
 life, and, for a moment, gives movement 
 and expression to the dead. Dr. H., in 
 the vigor of his days, had been accus- 
 tomed to investigate the causes and 
 nature of these proteiform appearances, 
 to unmask some of their disguises, and 
 to exercise the office of a vigilant ob- 
 . server and careful experimenter, while 
 
HARGRAVES 
 
 [ 1858. ] 
 
 HARPER 
 
 145 
 
 admitting only the deductions thus ob- 
 tained. But with advanced age came a 
 wearied and a worn mind, which, yield- 
 ing more and more to habits of absti'ac- 
 tion and absence from the outer Avorld, 
 allowed itself to imagine some changes, 
 some disguises, of an ethereal and even 
 spiritual nature, not differing much from, 
 but only going a little beyond, those 
 light, diffusive, and imponderable agen- 
 cies with which he might be said to 
 have long held communion. We leave 
 to others the duty of showing that the 
 secrets of the other, the spiritual world, 
 and the revelations of God to man, have 
 not been discovered by either genius, or 
 learning, or science. The knowledge 
 of all this lies in another direction, and 
 is taught by other means, now happily, 
 under the Christian dispensation, acces- 
 sible to all. Dr. H. has left behind him a 
 widow and three children — Judge Hare 
 and his brother, now living in ISIary- 
 land, and Mrs. Prime, in New York. 
 
 Hargraves, Mrs. Virginia, Colum- 
 bus, Ga., June — , te. — , wife of George 
 Hargraves, Esq., and daughter of the 
 late Hon. John Forsyth. In the death 
 of this most estimable lady society has 
 lost one of its best and most beautiful 
 ornaments ; for not only was she es- 
 teemed and beloved by those who were 
 her more intimate associates, but all 
 classes, from the highest to the lowest, 
 speak her praises. To such as knew 
 her well, and were on terms of daily 
 intercourse, she was ever a Avarm and 
 true friend, ready, with wholesome ad- 
 vice given in the spirit of love, to guide 
 and restrain them, winning them by 
 firm adherence to principle, and yet an 
 unremitted gentleness of manner, to see 
 and love the beauties of religion. But 
 her chief ornament lay in that kind 
 benevolence of heart she ever mani- 
 fested towards God's poor, without fur- 
 ther distinction than their peculiar ne- 
 cessities. A noble woman has fallen in 
 Israel, and the Episcopal church has lost 
 one of her brightest and pvn-est members. 
 
 Harkxess, Anthony, Cincinnati, O., 
 May 17, se. 65. He was a native of 
 Rhode Island, and the pioneer manufac- 
 turer of locomotives in Cincinnati. He 
 commenced business with a very slender 
 capital, and has left a large estate, valued 
 at over half a million of dollars. 
 
 Harney, B. F. 
 
 M. D., Baton Rouge, 
 13 
 
 La., Aug, 29, se. 80. The Baton Rouge 
 Advocate says, Dr. H. was born in 
 Delaware, from whence he removed to 
 Mississippi, soon after the completion 
 of his medical education. When the 
 late war with Great Britain was de- 
 clared, he became connected with the 
 army as volunteer surgeon, in which ca- 
 pacity he joined a volunteer company 
 raised in Mississippi in 1814 for the 
 protection of the frontier. He was 
 subsequently received into the military 
 service of the United States as surgeon, 
 and shared the hardships and glories of 
 the campaign of 1815. He also served 
 in the Black Hawk and Florida wars, 
 was appointed to the important position 
 of medical director of the U. S. army 
 during the Mexican war, and accom- 
 panied General Scott's command during 
 its victorious march to the city of Mex- 
 ico, His services were equally as avail- 
 able on the field of battle as by the 
 couch of the wounded. During a gue- 
 rilla attack he was slightly wounded in 
 the ankle. Since his return from Mex- 
 ico, and when not engaged in active 
 service, he has resided here as surgeon 
 of the U, S. garrison at this place. 
 The many noble traits which adorned 
 the character of Dr. H., as a man and a 
 citizen, secured him the esteem and ad- 
 miration of his friends and fellow-citi- 
 zens. Dr. H. was the oldest surgeon in 
 the U. S. army, and was, by seniority, en- 
 titled to the rank of surgeon general, 
 which, we understand, he twice declined 
 accepting. Gen. Wm. S. Harney, of the 
 U. S. army, is a brother of the deceased, 
 and his junior by a number of years. 
 
 Harper, George K., Chambersburg, 
 Pa., Jan. 13, a^. 79, formerly editor of 
 the Franklin Repository, was born in 
 Oxford, Philadelphia Co., in 1778, and 
 removed to Chambersburg in 1794. At 
 the age of 16 years he was employed in 
 the printing office of his brother, Rob- 
 ert Harper, who then edited the Frank- 
 lin Repository, the only newspaper in 
 the county of Franklin. In that office 
 Mr. George K. Harper continued to as- 
 sist his brother until 1800, when he suc- 
 ceeded that brother as the exclusive edi- 
 tor of the Franklin Repository. Though 
 the deceased was an avowed federalist 
 of the Washington school, he was not 
 intolerant, or even personally hostile or 
 abusive, to those who differed with him 
 in political sentiments. He commenced 
 
UQ 
 
 HARPER 
 
 [1858.] 
 
 HARRIS 
 
 his editorship of the llepository during 
 the exciting times that characterized the 
 political contest between the friends of 
 Adams and Jefferson for the ])residen- 
 cy. In the second yeai* of his editor- 
 ship, (ISOl,) when the democratic party 
 had supplanted the federal party in the 
 administration of the federal govern- 
 ment, the deceased, in tlie llepository 
 of that year, announced to its patrons 
 that the llepository shall not pursue a 
 course of indiscriminate and unjustifia- 
 ble abuse of the men now in power and 
 their measures ; nor, on the other liand, 
 will it sink into apathy and servility ; 
 but, keeping aloof from licentious- 
 ness and indecorum, admit of free in- 
 vestigation of public men and measures. 
 Though he was op])osed to the declara- 
 tion of war by Congress, in 1812, against 
 England, yet when it was declared and 
 waged, he took the side of his country 
 in the contest of arms. He was lieuten- 
 ant in a volunteer company of infantry 
 in Chambersburg, under the command 
 of Capt. Jeremiah Snider, which imme- 
 diately equipped itself and marched to 
 meet the enemy on the Canada frontier, 
 then an extended wilderness, Avhere the 
 Indians roamed in alliance with British 
 forces. After the service required, in an 
 arduous campaign, in a country remote 
 from the settlements and supplies, Mr. 
 Harper returned to his family at Cham- 
 bersburg. The paper during his ab- 
 sence was under the direction of Mr. 
 "William D. Bell, an apprentice, Avho 
 was aided gratuitously by the supervis- 
 ion of two of INIr. Harper's friends. 
 After his return from the military cam- 
 paign, he resumed the editorship of the 
 llepository, and though he was, by the 
 law, exempt from further military ser- 
 vices, yet when intelligence reached him 
 of the near a))proach of the British ar- 
 my to Baltimore, and its demonstrations 
 of attack on that exposed city, he again 
 put on his arms and marched with all 
 expedition to resist the arrogant and 
 p<nyerful enemy. He remained there 
 until the enemy was repelled, the city 
 of Baltimore saved from assault and 
 capture, and the volunteers, of whom 
 Mr. H. was one, were by tlie govern- 
 ment allowed to return to their homes. 
 After this he gave to the llepository his 
 undivided attention until 1840, when he 
 was appointed, by President Harrison, 
 postmaster of Chambersburg, and re- 
 
 linquished the llepository. Though a 
 more upright and capable public officer 
 was not to be found in the community, 
 yet he was allowed to retain this official 
 station but a short time. On the death 
 of President Harrison and the succession 
 of President Tyler, jNIr. Harper's rela- 
 tion to the new administration was em- 
 barrassing. His independence was an 
 offence, and whilst his integrity and ca- 
 pacity was unimpeached, this' veteran 
 editor, soldier, patriot, and honest man 
 of long service, was removed to give 
 place to a youthful partisan. Mr. Har- 
 per being now without occupation his 
 health and intellectual vigor gradually 
 declined. During the forty years the 
 Franklin llepository was under his edi- 
 torship, it was a model family news- 
 paper — free from all licentiousness, 
 indecency, or indelicacy, the uniform ad- 
 vocate of religion and good morals, ever 
 conservative in its principles, and the 
 defender of peace, law, and order. Mr. 
 Harper sustained all the relations of 
 life with great propriety. He Avas a 
 kind and attentive husband and flxther, 
 and exemplary as a citizen and neighbor. 
 Upright in his deahngs, he was without 
 litigation and controversy ; yet no man 
 was oftener called on as a referee or 
 arbitrator to settle or pass opinion upon 
 the controversies of others. He was 
 always circumspect in his life and morals, 
 and ever ready to discharge all the du- 
 ties of a good citizen. He some years 
 since made a profession of his faith in a 
 crucified lledeemer, and was received as 
 a member of the church, of which he 
 was a consistent professor. His life 
 was prolonged until within a few months 
 of fourscore, in a community Avhere he 
 had lived for upwards of seventy years 
 without reproach. He has left a large 
 and respectable family to reverence his 
 memory, amongst whom are his two 
 sons, Kenton Harper, Esq., of Staun- 
 ton, Va., and William Harper, Esq., of 
 llomney, in the same state. 
 
 HarrIman, H. C, M. H.. Jerseyville, 
 III, March 13, vc. 35. 
 
 Harris, Prof. Josiah, Prattville, Ala., 
 Oct. o, a>. 63. He was a native of York 
 district, S. C, a graduate of Hampden 
 Sidney College, and of the Theological 
 Seminary of Virginia. 
 
 Harris, Samuel, Baltimore, Md., 
 June — , a?. 84, of the well-known bank- 
 ing house of Samuel Harris and Sous. 
 
HARRIS 
 
 [1858.] 
 
 HARRIS 
 
 147 
 
 Mr. H. -was among our most highly es- 
 teemed citizens during his long life, and 
 although a member of the Society of 
 Friends, took part in the Avar of 1812 
 in defence of the city, and was slightly 
 wounded at Fort McHenry. 
 
 HON. WILLIAM -R. HARRIS, 
 
 Memphis, Tenn., June 18, a?. 56, from in- 
 juries received by the explosion of the 
 steamer Pennsylvania. Although this 
 event was somewhat expected for the 
 past two days, the intelligence struck the 
 community with the profound griet of a. 
 sharp and unanticipated sorrow. His 
 professional brethren have borne testi- 
 mony below to the learning and integri- 
 ty of the deceased in the exalted posi- 
 tion in which he died. His personal 
 worth, his kindly heart, and inflexible 
 honor were equally prominent in the 
 circle of his acquaintances. To make 
 up the record of the good example of his 
 life, we append this brief notice, prepared 
 by a committee of the Memphis bar : 
 " William R. Harris was born in Mont- 
 gomery Co., N. C, in 1802. While he 
 was yet an infant his parents removed to 
 what now is Bedford Co. in this state, and 
 settled upon the waters of Duck River. 
 The death-like stillness of the primeval 
 forests of that region had scarce been dis- 
 turbed by the sound of the woodman's 
 axe. Not a half dozen chimneys sent 
 up their columns of blue smoke with- 
 in 20 miles of the humble cabin where 
 our future supreme judge was learn- 
 ing lessons of hardihood, of bold- 
 ness, of manliness, of courage from his 
 very cradle. There wei-e then no court 
 houses there, no magistrates, no church- 
 es, no school houses, but society was 
 reduced to its integral elements, and each 
 head of a family and master of a cabin 
 had to assume over his own household 
 all the patriarchal functions of prophet, 
 priest, and king. After living upon 
 Duck River some 10 or 12 years, the 
 father of the Subject of our notice 
 removed to what is now Franklin Co., 
 where his son William, after ploughing 
 hard all summer to help his father 
 maintain the family, enjoyed the ad- 
 vantage of going to the common field 
 school during the three winter months. 
 Arrived at the age of 21, we find that 
 the sheriff of Franklin Co. deemed 
 William R. Harris to be a youth of 
 
 such energy and trustworthiness that he 
 appointed him one of his deputies. But 
 while riding as deputy, AVilliam did not 
 neglect his studies ; applying himself at 
 night, he was able to keep up with his 
 class in the English grammar school, and 
 to read all of the few books to be had 
 among the bold pioneers, his father's 
 neighbors. Finally deeming himself to 
 have sufficiently improved to permit of 
 his studying law, he betook himself to 
 the town of LaAvrenceburg, and placed 
 himself under the instruction of Isaac 
 Cook, a lawyer of some eminence, of that 
 place. To maintain himself while study- 
 ing law, young Harris Avrote in the office 
 of the clerk of the Circuit Court, and 
 thereby rendered himself perfectly famil- 
 iar Avith all the forms of legal proceed- 
 ings. Having obtained his license to 
 practise his profession, young Harris de- 
 termined to locate at the new and thriving 
 village of Paris, in Henry Co. Here he 
 rose rapidly into eminence and distinction 
 at the bar, so much so, indeed, that, after 
 he had been practising only some eight 
 years, he Avas deemed Avorthy by the 
 governor of the state to be appointed 
 to fill a vacancy Avhich had occurred 
 upon the Circuit Court bench ; and this 
 appointment of the governor Avas con- 
 firmed by the legislature, Avhich met 
 shortly thereafter. This responsible po- 
 sition he continued to fill for many 
 years, until he retired from the bench, 
 and removed to the groAving city of 
 Memphis to practise laAV. Upon the 
 death of Judge William B. Turley, in 
 1851, who was then acting as commer- 
 cial and criminal judge of Memphis, 
 William R. Harris Avas by the bar and 
 the legislature deemed Avorthy to suc- 
 ceed so illustrious a predecessor. This 
 post Judge H. continued to hold until 
 the change in the Tennessee state con- 
 stitution, in 1854, vacated his office. 
 He did not seek to be reelected, but re- 
 turned to the practice of his profession, 
 until the next year a vacancy through 
 the resignation of Judge Totten occur- 
 ing upon the supreme bench. Judge H. 
 Avas tendered the ap])ointment, by his 
 excellency, Gov. Johnson, Avhich he ac- 
 cepted. The popular vote of the state 
 in a few months ratified this selection 
 of the governor. Thus elevated to the 
 highest judicial position of honor and 
 of trust in the state, he continued to 
 discharge the functions of liis office Avith 
 
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148 
 
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 [1858.] 
 
 HARRIS 
 
 g^eat fidelity and zeal, until June last, 
 when his life of usefulness and lionor 
 was brought to a sudden and awful ter- 
 mination by the explosion of tlie ill- 
 fated steamer Pennsylvania. The com- 
 mittee have thus given a brief outline 
 of the life of the distinguished man 
 whose untimely death we all so much 
 deplore. Judge II. possessed many of 
 the very noblest traits of character 
 which it is possible for man or magis- 
 U-ate to have, lie was a sincere, con- 
 scientious, brave, truthful man. He 
 was an honest, impartial, just, fearless, 
 and al)le judge." — >l/e"yj/'i*' Bulletin. 
 
 " The terrible casualty which befell the 
 Hon. William 11. Harris, on the steamer 
 Tennsylvania, in common with hundreds 
 of otlier devoted fellow-creatures, ter- 
 minated in his death yesterday morning 
 at six o'clock. Thus *has been stricken 
 down, in the meridian of manhood and 
 in the zenith of an honorable and dis- 
 tinguished career, one of the soundest 
 intellects and truest hearts that adorn 
 our state. William R. Harris was a 
 man of no ordinary mould. His mind 
 was clear, direct, and logical, never sac- 
 rificing the substance to mere ornament, 
 and always endowed with a force and 
 perspicunusness that challenged opposi- 
 tion. W'hen added to this was a spot- 
 less integrity and the habit of thorough 
 application and research, it may be fair- 
 ly claimed that his was a legal mind of 
 o'f the first order. We shall not essay 
 in this brief notice to do justice to those 
 sterling attributes of character which 
 won for Judge Harris the unbounded 
 confidence of his fellow-men, and which 
 elevated him successively to the highest 
 positions at the bar and on the bench. 
 It is sufficient here to state that no man 
 could have enjoyed a higher degree of 
 confidence from his neighbors and 
 friends, which gradually extended itself 
 until the whole people of the state 
 placed him on theu' supreme judicial tri- 
 bunal. He was stern and unbending in 
 his integrity, warm and undying in his 
 friendship, ardent in his feelings, and in 
 an exjjressive phrase, often used but for- 
 cil)le in its application, ' a true man.' 
 He leaves behind him a devoted family 
 and a wide circle of personal friends to 
 mourn his sad and irreparable loss. 
 He was the elder brother of the gov- 
 ernor of Tennessee, who has been at his 
 bedside from the moment of his arrival 
 
 from the scene of the disaster that caused 
 his death. The whole community par- 
 ticipates in the sorrow of those whose 
 bereavement is inconsolable." — Mempliis 
 Daily Appeal. 
 
 Harris, Hon. Thomas L., Petersburg, 
 111., Nov. 24, a?. 41. He wcis a ntitive of 
 Connecticut, whence he emigrated to Illi- 
 nois, and settled in Springfield in 1842, 
 he being then 25 years of age. He 
 changed his residence to Petersburg the t 
 following year, and at once entered upon 
 a lucrative law practice. Three years 
 afterwards he was elected to the state 
 Senate, which office he did not accept, 
 owing to the breaking out of the IMexican 
 war, tor which he enlisted as a private, 
 and was at once elected major of the 
 fourth regiment of Illinois volunteers, in 
 which he served with distinguished ability, 
 acting a considerable part of the time as 
 colonel. It was a party under him that 
 planted a battery on a hill opposite Cerro 
 Gordo, the night before the battle, a work 
 which the Mexicans supposed to be super- 
 human. On his return from the war he 
 was nominated by the democrats for a 
 seat in Congress, and was triumphantly 
 elected, though the opposition numbered 
 1500 majority, and his competitor was a 
 great favorite with his party, and reputed 
 to be the ablest lawyer in the state. In that 
 memorable canvass Major H. gave an 
 earnest of his subsequent brilliant career 
 in the councils of the nation. Since that 
 period he has had a national reputation. 
 Though comparatively a young man, he 
 ranked among the ablest debaters. At 
 Washington, last winter, he was conveyed 
 to the Hall of Representatives on a litter, \ 
 
 to give his vote on the great question of 
 the session. In a recumbent position, he 
 cast his vote for popular sovereignty, 
 which he had previously advocated in 
 numberless speeches during the session. 
 He was the leader in that body on the 
 question, and exj)osed his very life, and 
 hastened its termination, by his patriotic 
 devotion to its advocacy. At intervals 
 during the session he had hemorrhages of 
 the lungs, and was advised to abandon 
 his official labors, and seek in retirement 
 a restoration of his health ; but he per- 
 sistently refused, saying that the crisis 
 demanded his services, and they should 
 be rendered, even at the cost of his life. 
 His congressional eftbrts were enough to 
 exhaust the strongest constitution. They 
 
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 149 
 
 have entered into the historj' of the conn- 
 try ; they are familiar to all, and will 
 never be forgotten while popular sover- 
 eignty and true republicanism exist in 
 this country. Mr. H. was a man of great 
 talents, and most remarkable nerve and 
 energy. In Congress he was a leading 
 man, and no member of the last session 
 commanded more general respect. He 
 was chairman of the committee on elec- 
 tions — a position requiring an unusual 
 amount of labor, and the exercise of 
 much ability ; but he discharged the 
 onerous duties imposed upon him in a 
 highly satisfactory manner. If he had a 
 fault, it was that of being too pLiin spoken 
 and too firm in the support of what he 
 conceived to be a proper course of con- 
 duct. He never stopped to polish his 
 sentences so that they would glide smooth- 
 ly into the understanding of an oppo- 
 nent ; but he said what he thought in 
 plain words, and sometimes this plainness 
 amounted to rudeness. But, with all 
 this, he was as kind-hearted a man as 
 ever lived. Mr. H. was small in stature, 
 and slightly formed. For a long time he 
 had suffered from a pulmonary disease, 
 contracted, it is supposed, by exjjosure in 
 Mexico. During last winter he suffered 
 much from this complaint, and was at 
 times confined to his room for weeks. 
 But, although reduced to the lowest pos- 
 sible state by his insidious enemy, he was 
 always cheerful and pleasant, and his 
 voice rang out in the house as clear as a 
 trum])et. Many who knew him last win- 
 ter, thought that he would hardly survive 
 the labors ^f the session, and the intelli- 
 gence of his death will be no surprise to 
 them, although it will bring sorrow to 
 many hearts. Nor was Maj. H. known only 
 as a soldier, lawyer, and statesman. His 
 many private virtues were preeminent. 
 As a son, a husband, a father, and friend, 
 he was a model of fidelity and attach- 
 ment. He was, in every relation of life, 
 frank, courteous, and truthful. 
 
 Harris, Stephen, M. D., Providence, 
 R. I., Oct. 10, fe. 72. Dr. H. was born 
 in Johnston, R. I., in 1786; entered 
 Brown University, then R. I. College, 
 where he remained, but did not graduate 
 on account of the death of his father. 
 He studied medicine with Dr. Caleb 
 Fiske, an eminent practitioner, com- 
 
 fdeted his education at Dartmouth Col- 
 ette, and commenced the practice of his 
 profession. He soon relinquished it on 
 13* 
 
 account of feeble health, but subse- 
 quently entered the business of cotton 
 manufacturer. In connection with the 
 late James Greene, Resolved Waterman, 
 and others, he formed the Greene Manu- 
 facturing Company at River Point ; af- 
 terwards became sole proprietor. At 
 his death he was one of the largest 
 manufacturers in Rhode Island. He 
 was one of the founders of the R. I. 
 Medical Society ; but only three of his 
 associates, it is believed, survive him. 
 
 Harrisox, Rev. Fosdick, Bridge- 
 water, Ct., Feb. 9, jc. 76, for many years 
 pastor of the Congregational church in 
 Bethlehem. 
 
 Harrison, Nathaniel, Brunswick Co., 
 Va., Dec. 14, ae. 72, one of the Peters- 
 burg volunteers to Canada in the war 
 of 1812. 
 
 Harrison, Col. Robert Monroe. King- 
 ston, Jamaica, May 24, a?. 90, U. S. con- 
 sul. Col. H. was born in Virginia in 
 1768, a descendant of the ancient and 
 honorable family of that name iii Berkeley 
 &i., and cousin of the late President 
 Harrison. Having early shown a desire 
 to become a sailor, his mother reluc- 
 tantly allowed him to go to London 
 to be instructed in navigation by the 
 then celebrated Hamilton Moore. While 
 going up the British Channel, he was 
 pressed on board a small king's cutter, 
 and afterwards transferred to other ves- 
 sels of war. He was accustomed in 
 after life to say he was greatly indebted 
 to the discipline of a British man-of-war 
 for the firmness and decision of charac- 
 ter he possessed. After he procured a 
 discharge, he travelled extensively upon 
 the continent, visiting places of interest 
 as far as St. Peterburg at the north, and 
 Madrid at the south. He returned to 
 the United States about the time of St. 
 Clair's defeat, and received a commission 
 of second lieutenant in the army, and 
 joined Gen. Harrison's regiment. His 
 health failing, he sought the mild cli- 
 mate of the south of France. He was 
 appointed to the navy by Washington ; 
 and the date of commission was the 
 same as that of Com. Rodgers. He was 
 the friend and associate of Truxton, and 
 resigned his commission during Jefl'er- 
 son's administration. He then went to 
 Russia, and witnessed some of the stir- 
 ring scenes consequent upon the inva- 
 sion of Napoleon, and participated in 
 the battle of Borodino. In Sweden he 
 
150 
 
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 HART 
 
 married a ward of Count Fcrsicn, Swe- 
 dish minister of state, afterwards stoned 
 to death hy the po])ulace of Stockhohn ; 
 and wlien the war of 1812 broke out he 
 immediately oflered his services to liis 
 own government, and on his way home 
 was carried a ])risoner to Cowes, Eng- 
 land. From thence he went to St. 
 Thomas, and there found a commission 
 as consul for that place waiting for him. 
 Since then he has served in the same 
 capacity in several important places, and 
 has been United States consul for the 
 Island of Jamaica for the last 27 years. 
 Says a writer (Dr. Otis, surgeon in the 
 U.S. mail steamer service) in Harper's 
 Magazine, " I there met our captain, 
 who kindly invited me to accompany 
 him on a visit to the venerable Col. Har- 
 rison, United States consul at Jamaica. 
 Acce])ting with pleasure, we soon reached 
 the consular residence through a beauti- 
 ful grove of fig trees, whose broad leaves 
 overshadowed our path. Its purple fruit, 
 bursting with ripeness, hung within 
 reach, wliile wide-leaved banana trees 
 and waving cocoa palms towered up in 
 other parts of the garden. All this, the 
 captain told me, had been laid out and 
 cultured under the immediate super- 
 vision of the consul's estimable lady. 
 As we stepped over the polished floors 
 of the veranda we were met by the con- 
 sul himself. Greeting the captain, with 
 great cordiality he extended his slightly 
 trembling hand to me, saying, ' My 
 countrymen are always welcome.' His 
 appearance was imposing — of a medium 
 height, erect and dignified bearing, with 
 hair and long flowing beard as white as 
 snow. I have seldom seen a more noble 
 and venerable-looking man ; and his 
 gracious lady, to whom we were pre- 
 sented, reminded me of pictures of the 
 courtly dames of the 'Old Dominion' 
 in Washington's time. During the con- 
 versation which followed the captain 
 alluded to the days of the revolution, 
 when the colonel was an officer in the 
 American navy, having received his 
 warrant from Washington himself. I 
 shall never forget the pleasure with 
 which I listened while the old man 
 ' fought his battles o'er again.' Among 
 the many entertaining reminiscences 
 which the aged veteran recalled, I man- 
 aged to gather a few data in his own 
 Eersonal history. His hur had been 
 obted by the wintera of 90 years, more 
 
 than 70 of which had been spent in the 
 service of his country ; for many years 
 a midshipman and lieutenant in our 
 navy, he resigned only to be sent on a 
 secret-service mission to Europe, where 
 his abilities and devoted patriotism made 
 his services more valuable ; and finally, 
 for more than 40 years American consul 
 general to the British West Indies, and 
 resident consul at Jamaica. His intel- 
 lect was still unclouded, although a 
 trembling intonation of voice, and a 
 slight unsteadiness of hand and gait, 
 gave proof that time, dealing never so 
 gently, had begun to unstring his vigor- 
 ous frame. After more than an hour 
 of pleasant and instructive converse", we 
 reluctantly bade the aged patriarch fare- 
 w^ell, and, receiving his ])aternal blessing, 
 departed. And I now look back upon 
 that interview with our venerable consul 
 as one of the most pleasing incidents 
 of my life." Col. H. leaves a son, a 
 lieutenant in the U. S. navy. His wife 
 died some two or three years before 
 him. 
 
 Harrison, Thomas A., M. D., Fawns- 
 dale, Marengo Co., Ala., Sept. 5, se. 43. 
 Dr. H. was a native of Virginia. He 
 received a polished literary education, 
 and subsequently graduated at a medical 
 institute. After devoting a few years 
 to the practice of his profession, he 
 married an accomplished lady of North 
 Carolina, and about 16 j'ears ago emi- 
 grated to his late home. During his 
 residence here he pursued the occupa- 
 tion of cotton planting on an extended 
 scale, and with more than usflal energy 
 and system. The retirement of this 
 mode of life afforded the opportunity, 
 so congenial to his taste, for general 
 reading and reflection. He was inti- 
 mately acquainted with the current lit- 
 erature of the day, and frequently enter- 
 tained his friends with discussions of the 
 various dogmas set forth. He still more 
 earnestly studied the political aspect of 
 the times. 
 
 Hart, Judge Samuel H., Loveland, 
 O.j Dec. — , aj. — . He was well known, 
 and was some time since quite promi- 
 nent as a politician and as a lawyer. 
 He was serving his second term as city 
 solicitor. He was a public-s])irited man, 
 distinguished for his activity, vigor, and 
 enterprise. He possessed many manly 
 qualities ; and there are many who will 
 1 receive deeply sorrowful impressions at 
 
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 151 
 
 the unhappy termination of his career. 
 He leaves a lar^e and interesting family. 
 Harwood, Kev. John, Big Spring, 
 Hardin Co., Ky., June 12, a;. 49. He 
 was born in Louisa Co., Va., Oct. 7, 
 
 1808. He was brought to see and feel 
 his condition as a sinner during a pro- 
 tracted meeting in Breckenridge Co., on 
 the Christmas of 1833, and joined the 
 Methodist Episcopal church a short time 
 afterwards, and was soon licensed to 
 preach. 
 
 Haskell, Dea. Ezra, Dover, N. H., 
 March 27, a?. 77. He was born in New 
 Gloucester, iii the then District of Maine, 
 March 12, 1781. The years of his youth 
 were spent in the ordinary occupations of 
 farmer life. Having fitted himself for 
 college, and earned money to defray his 
 expenses, he entered Bowdoin College in 
 
 1809, one year in advance ; then remov- 
 ing to New Haven, he entered the Junior 
 class in Yale College in 1810, graduating 
 in 1811. He joined the First Church in 
 Hallowell, March 27, 1803, making the 
 period of his connection with the Chris- 
 tian church 55 years. He spent most of 
 his life as an instructor of youth, in which 
 employment he never neglected the 
 claims of religion. For many years he 
 ■was resident in Boston, and a member of 
 Park Street Clmrch, and one of the ex- 
 amining committee From this church, 
 with a few others, he w'as dismissed to 
 build up a new church in Essex Street, 
 of which Dr. Adams is now pastor. He 
 was also an efficient helper in the build- 
 ing of the Phillips Church, South Bos- 
 ton. A member of the Howard Benevo- 
 lent Society, he was ever active in doing 
 good, visiting the prison, and teaching the 
 inmates on the Sabbath. Though u 
 teacher, his great study has been spent 
 on theology, in which his attainments 
 were very great, suqmssed by very few, 
 always clear, and to the point. He lived 
 to see three sons in the ministry, and 
 have them acknowledge him their best 
 theological instructor. He adhered firm- 
 ly to the doctrines of the Westminster 
 Catechism, which, in his family, he often 
 expounded with exceeding pungency and 
 power. The whole Bible was his study, 
 and the maturity of his faith was evinced 
 both by his life and his death. 
 
 Hassler, John J. S., Norfolk, Va., 
 June 23, ae. 59, born in Switzerland ; an 
 assistant in the U. S. Coast Survey, and 
 son of the late F. R. Hassler, fii'st super- 
 
 intendent of the U. S. const survey, and 
 standarding of weights and measures. 
 
 Hassler, Madame Marianne Guiliard, 
 Miller's Place, Suffolk Co., L. I., Feb. 
 25, 8P. 88, relict of the late Gen. Fer- 
 dinand Rudolph Hassler, former head of 
 the United States coast survey. She was 
 descended from an ancient noble Swiss 
 fiimily, the Guiliard. In education she 
 was highly accomjjlished. United by 
 marriage in early life to Mr. Hassler, emi- 
 grating with him to this country, she 
 shared the vicissitudes of his varied and 
 distinguished career. At one time the 
 denizen of a frontier forest home, at 
 another dwelling in cities — every where 
 a lady in mind and heart. Her husband 
 held, in the early half of this century, 
 the office of scientific ambassador to 
 London and Paris, with the outfit and 
 salary of a foreign minister. She ac- 
 companied him, and enjoyed and im- 
 proved, while she graced, the circles of 
 refined society at those great centres of 
 fiishion and intelligence. She was resi- 
 dent at Paris when the first consul of 
 Fi'ance donned the purple and became 
 Emperor. She was present at his coro- 
 nation, and at his return from Elba, Her 
 recollections of that extraordinary man, 
 and of his scarcely less extraordinary 
 consort, Josephine, were in the highest 
 degree interesting. The last 20 or 30 
 years of this lady's life were clouded by 
 afflictions in the death of her husband and 
 children. One of the latter, Charles 
 Hassler, a surgeon in the navy, perished 
 in the wreck of the steamer Atlantic, on 
 the Long Island coast, where, though his 
 bravery and coolness contributed to the 
 salvation of others, it failed to secure him 
 from a watery grave. 
 
 Hatch, James Lewis, Charleston, 
 S, C, Sept. 25, ae. 25. Mr. H. was born, 
 we believe, in 1833, in the vicinity of 
 Portland, Me. With the particulars of 
 his life and career, short as it was, we are 
 not fully acquainted. Graduating at an 
 early age, and after severe struggles and 
 sacrifices in favor of a liberal education, 
 he left Bowdoin College with flattering 
 testimonials and credentials. He began 
 some connection with the press before or 
 during his college course, and was a cor- 
 respondent and contributor for New 
 England journals ; among others, we be- 
 lieve, for the Portland Transcript and the 
 Boston Post. The advice of physicians 
 and friends induced a removal to the 
 
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 HATHAWAY 
 
 [ 1858. ] 
 
 HATHAWAY 
 
 south, as a rosoit needed by impaired 
 he;iltli, and ia the winter of 18J4-5 he 
 arrived in Charleston, and soon entered 
 the employment of Messrs. L. W. 
 Spratt «fc Co., then editors and jjroprie- 
 tors of tlie Cliarleston Standard. He 
 continued in this relation two }cars or 
 more, and was actively concerned in the 
 editorial conduct of that journal, and, at 
 intervals, was the actiuij editor-in-ciiief. 
 
 IIatiiawav, Hon. Elnathm P., Free- 
 town, Mass., .Tan. 23, te. Gl. Mr. H. 
 was horn in Freetown, Bristol Co., near 
 the close of the last century, one of the 
 somewhat numerous Tamily of the late 
 ])r. Hathaway, then of that ])lace, but 
 subsequently, and for many years, a resi- 
 dent of Ohio. After the usual ]jre])ara- 
 tion in the required studies of the time, 
 r.lnathan entered Brown University, and 
 graduated with the class of 1818. He 
 was diligent, well read, and orderly, and 
 left the institution alike respected by the 
 members of his class and the officers of 
 the corporation. Shortly after his gradu- 
 ation, he entered his name in the law 
 office of Hercules Cushman, Esq., of 
 Freetown, with whom he jnu'sued his 
 studies, till admitted to the Bristol bar, 
 when he became a partner in business 
 with his instructor. By close application 
 and fidelity in the discharge of profes- 
 eional duty, he early acquired the confi- 
 dence of the community, and obtained 
 the reputation of a safe and sound legal 
 adviser. His practice became, in a short 
 time, exten>ive and lucrative, and his la- 
 bors were continued till necessity no 
 longer compelled him to answer profes- 
 sional cdls [)eyond his own jjersonal con- 
 venience. Such, in a few words, is the 
 material aspect of the life of the late Mr. 
 H. Behind all this, there were elements 
 in his character, not as obvious, because 
 only brought into play on occasions out- 
 side his professional life, but nevertheless 
 elements which, when understood, made 
 liim even more than he seemed to be. 
 His social qualities were admirable, and 
 his conversational powers of a pleasing 
 order. ^Vhcn freed from the cai-es and 
 perplexities of business, few men entered 
 more heartily into the current and less 
 important allairs of life. Though the 
 tendencv of his mind was eminently logi- 
 cal, he delighted to pass from demonstra- 
 tion to trust, ami was never lia[ipier than 
 Avhen engaged in the lighter inlerchanges 
 of thought. He possessed a keen relish 
 
 for the salient points in ancient history, 
 read with appreciative interest the great 
 English dramatist, and knew the good 
 things in the fictions of Sir Walter Scott 
 almost by heart. All these occupied in 
 his mind the place of an " afterpiece " in 
 the great drama of his busy life. It was 
 in his hours of relaxation that he shone 
 brightest ; it was at his OMn hearthstone 
 that he made his happiest conquests over 
 the affections of others. Though not an 
 orator, in the ordinary sense of that term, 
 as used in the United States, he was a 
 ready and effective speaker, always secur- 
 ing attention by the clearness with which 
 he arranged his thoughts. His argu- 
 ments at the bar Avere to the point, for, 
 unlike not a few of his countrymen, he 
 could not or would not talk unless he 
 had something to say. That he was a 
 man of no ordinary stamp in his profes- 
 sion, is evident from the high estimation 
 in which he was held by his contempora- 
 ries. These were such as Lemiiel Wil- 
 liams, T. G. Coffin, Charles H. Warren, 
 and Hezekiah Battelle ; and of the suc- 
 ceeding generation, H. G. O. Colby, John 
 H. Clifford, Nathaniel Morton, Baylies 
 Sanford, and many others, all eminent in 
 their profession, and men of whom Mas- 
 sachusetts may well be proud. With 
 these gentlemen Mr. H. was often asso- 
 ciated in important cases, and it is safe 
 to say, no client ever had reason to com- 
 plain of neglect, or of misapprehension 
 on his part, and as little certainty on the 
 part of the gentlemen above named. 
 Patient, laborious investigation was his 
 predominant characteristic, and he pur- 
 sued this often long after others were 
 more than satisfied. In politics Mr. H. 
 was a democrat of the old school, and 
 throughout his whole life an active mem- 
 ber of that party. Well informed upon 
 all the great principles of constitutional 
 government, slight perturbations in pub- 
 lic sentiment had little or no effect on 
 his own clearly prescribed course of ac- 
 tion. His opinions were generally the 
 results of mature reflection, and when 
 once formed were carried out to their 
 legitimate consequences, regardless of 
 momentary ebullitions of ])opular feel- 
 ing. In this course he may have been 
 considered a party man ; but he never 
 sunk the jiarty man in the ])artisan. 
 Claiming for himself nothing he was not 
 ready to concede to others, he met his 
 opponents frankly, and urged his own 
 
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 [ 1858. ] 
 
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 153 
 
 views with imperturbable good nature. 
 So well understood was this trait in his 
 character, that wherever known he was a 
 general favorite among his political oppo- 
 nents. Several times, in the course of 
 his life, Mr. H. represented his town in 
 the General Court, and once or twice he 
 held a seat in the Senate from Bristol 
 Co. In both situations he acquitted him- 
 self Avith marked ability. He was also a 
 member of the convention for the revisal 
 of our state constitution in 18J3, and 
 often took part in the debates, and other- 
 wise rendered substantial service in fur- 
 thering the objects of the convention. 
 
 Hatiiorn, Kev. Samuel, West Gardi- 
 ner, Me., Dec. 13, se. 64. 
 
 Hawes, Hon. J. H. H., Troy, N. Y., 
 Jan. 27, a?. — , at one time a member of 
 Congress from New York city. 
 
 Hawes, Coh William F., Winthrop, 
 Mass., Oct. 3, se. 53. In the death of 
 Col. H., Winthrop lost one of'its most 
 useful and valued citizens. Extensively 
 engaged in manufactures, he gave em- 
 ployment to a large number of opera- 
 tives. In his business relations, his frank, 
 manly, and upright course won for him 
 the confidence and respect of all. In 
 former years. Col. H. resided in New 
 Bedford, where he was a member of the 
 vestry of Grace Church, and took an ac- 
 tive part in the organization of that 
 parish, and in the erection of the church. 
 He was a sincere believer in the Christian 
 faith, and in the distinctive principles of 
 the Protestant Episcopal church. He 
 was a graduate of Brown University, and 
 was among the most intelligent of our 
 business men. 
 
 Hawkins, Hon. Micajah, Waraer Co., 
 N. C, Dec. 22, is. 72. tjnder the tuition 
 of the celebrated Marcus George, and the 
 professors at Chapel Hill, he received a 
 liberal education ; and by that indomi- 
 table energy which never forsook him, he 
 soon after acquired an independent fortune. 
 In 1817 he was elected to represent his 
 native county in the legislature, in both 
 branches of which, and as representa- 
 tive to Congress from his district, he 
 served, with the exception of a few years, 
 until ISoO. He was an active and useful 
 magistrate for a number of years, a coun- 
 cillor of state, and arose, by meritorious 
 services, to the rank of major-general in 
 his division of the militia of the state. 
 In politics he was a thorough democrat, 
 and uncompromising states-right man, 
 
 and while in Congress he gave a cordial 
 and efficient support to those great meas- 
 ures of ])ublic policy which distinguished « 
 the administrations of General Jackson 
 and Mr. Van Buren. He was endowed 
 with correct judgment, decision, and 
 unwavering firmness to principle. His 
 generosity, hospitality, and personal jjopu- 
 larity are too well known for comment, 
 
 Hawkins, John D., Franklin Co., 
 Yo.., Dec. 5, a». 73. He was the last 
 surviving child of Col. Philemon Haw- 
 kins, of Warren Co. Of liberal educa- 
 tion, and having pi-actised law many 
 years, he was fitted for usefulness in all 
 the walks of life. On his retirement 
 from the profession of ihe law, he car- 
 ried with him a knowledge and a ca- 
 pacity for business, which soon became 
 the common property of his neighbors 
 and friends ; and to them, in the trans- 
 action of business and in other matters, 
 his advice and aid were cheerfully and 
 readily aff'orded. He was for many 
 years presiding justice of Franklin Co. ; 
 and in that capacity his usefulness was 
 extensively felt, and his efficient and 
 impartial administration of justice grate- 
 fully acknowledged by all. For many 
 successive years he represented Frank- 
 lin Co. in the Senate branch of the 
 legislature, in which he was an active 
 and useful member, and exerted a 
 marked influence over its proceedings. 
 Endued with a liberal public spirit, he 
 was among the earliest and most de- 
 voted friends of the cause of internal 
 improvements, and ever after gave to it 
 an earnest and zealous support. His 
 home was the seat of hospitality ; and 
 visitors, strangers or friends, were al- 
 ways received with that cordiality and 
 welcome M'hich springs only from the 
 warmest feelings of the heart. None 
 went away without a desire to visit the 
 hospitable mansion, ever gladdened as 
 it was by the smiles and greetings of its 
 kind-hearted occupants. He was the 
 devoted and affectionate husband, the 
 kind and tender parent, the humane 
 master, the warm friend, and the good 
 neighbor. 
 
 Hawkins, John H. W., Parkersburg, 
 Pa., Aug. 26, aj. 61, the friend of the 
 drunkard. Mr. Hawkins's life was an 
 eventful one. He was born in Baltimore 
 in 1797. At an early age he went to 
 school to Rev. A. McCain, a rigid disci- 
 plinarian, whose extensive use of the 
 
154 
 
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 [1858.] 
 
 HAWKINS 
 
 rod had a vicious effect upon the boy. 
 At the npe of 1.1 he was put an appren- 
 tice to the hatting l)usiness, -where he 
 served faithfully until he was 21, never 
 M ilfully disobeying liis master but once ; 
 and that was during the last war, when 
 the British effected a landing, and com- 
 menced a march on the city of Balti- 
 more. Young II., then 17, desired to 
 join the volunteers in defending his 
 native city against the enemy. His 
 master refused ; but he went to the 
 armory, was furnished with arms, and, 
 by a forced march of 14 miles, he over- 
 took the volunteers in time to enter the 
 ranks before the engagement. During 
 the battle a ball of the enemy passed 
 through his hat. After the fight was 
 over, and the American arms were vic- 
 torious, he returned to his work and his 
 mother, who was in a state of great 
 alarm for the safety of her son. At the 
 age of \5 he was converted, and joined 
 the Methodist Episcopal church ; was a 
 constant attendant at a class and band, 
 and generally beloved by all who knew 
 him. At the close of his apprenticeship 
 he had saved by overwork $25 ; he 
 spent the whole of it in purchasing 
 Bibles and spelling books, and paying 
 the rent of a room to keep a Sabbath 
 school for boys ; for at that time there 
 ■was no Sunday school for boys in his 
 city, and his pious soul yearned to be 
 the instrument in reclaiming the children 
 whom he saw breaking God's holy day. 
 During his apprenticeship and early 
 manhood he was surrounded by those 
 who were in the daily use of alcoholic 
 drinks. In the workshop the bottle was 
 always filled, inviting young and old to 
 partake. In the convivial party and 
 social gathering he ^\as proffered the 
 cup of friendship by the hands of fair 
 women and venerable sires. Day by 
 day his love for wine and strong drinks 
 was strengthening, and day by day the 
 love for his Saviour was weakening, 
 until his appetite led him into the mire 
 of intoxication and all the horrors of 
 drunkenness. From the grog shops he 
 had been often helped home by his com- 
 panions to his house late at iiight, and 
 thrust in the front door, where he has 
 lain in a helpless state of intoxication. 
 His family would come to his assistance; 
 his little daughter Hannah, unable to 
 raise him up, would bring pillows and 
 blankets to keep him warm, and lie down 
 
 by her dear father to keep him from 
 harm. Such acts of kindness pierced his 
 soul, and he would promise himself he 
 would never drink to excess again ; but 
 the tempter came, and he fell, and each 
 .succeeding fall was lower and more de- 
 grading than the former. His friends 
 gave him up for lost, and he began to 
 despair for himself; but June 1, 1840, 
 after one of the worst debauches he had 
 ever had, which came near sending him 
 to a drunkard's grave, his little daugh- 
 ter Hannah was made the instrument 
 of her father's salvation. Coming to his 
 bedside early in the morning, and sup- 
 posing him asleep, she pressed a kiss 
 of tender affection upon his bloated 
 cheek. Then, kneeling down by his side, 
 she lifted up her eyes and heart to 
 heaven, and prayed in a whisper that 
 God heard, and went to the ears of the 
 sinful man. After this she silently left 
 the rooni ; but when he heard her steps 
 dying away from the stairs he sprang 
 from his bed, and knelt on the very spot 
 where the child prayed, and cried peni- 
 tentially to his God to hear the voice 
 of intercession ; and there, in that holy 
 place, he vowed, and called upon God 
 to help him up in his weakness, to for- 
 give and raise him to the dignity of a 
 man and Christian. For three days, 
 like Saul of Tarsus, he struggled against 
 a raging thirst, an enfeebled body, a 
 weak mind, and one of the strongest 
 temptations that can befall a mortal ; 
 but God, who is rich in mercy, came to 
 his assistance. The bottle, at the re- 
 quest of her father, was broken by 
 Hannah. At the invitation of six other 
 bottle companions, he went to a carpen- 
 ter's shop in the evening, and signed 
 the Washingtonian pledge ; and there 
 these men pledged themselves to watch 
 over and help each other to live tem- 
 perate lives. Mr. H. was enabled to 
 keep the pledge ; he was soon restored 
 to the church and class ; and such was 
 the confidence of his brethren that they 
 elected him to the office of a local 
 preacher. If his fall was rapid and ig- 
 nominious, his rise Avas glorious, and 
 proved a blessing to thousands. At this 
 time Mr. H. was in the prime of life, in 
 person well formed. He had a dignified 
 and commanding ajopearance, carriage 
 erect, in manners affable, a rich, melo- 
 dious voice, and a strong constitution. 
 He had all the requisites of a reformer 
 
HAWKINS 
 
 [ 1858. ] 
 
 HAYES 
 
 inr. 
 
 OD 
 
 — boldness, discretion, energy, forti- 
 tude, firmness, and perseverance, to- 
 gether with the Christian virtues of self- 
 denial, humility, benevolence, honesty, 
 simplicity, and sincerity ; looking to 
 God for success, and giving him all the 
 glory. Such was John Hawkins in 1S4(), 
 when, with six other reformed drunkards 
 in the city of Baltimore, they began 
 their labor to urge the fallen to sign the 
 temperance pledge. They followed the 
 drunkard to his house, and with tears 
 urged him to come to their meeting, 
 and join their increasing army. Their 
 succ*s in that city was great. It was 
 preaching glad news to the spirits in 
 prison. The poor drunken sot ex- 
 claimed, " Well, if such a man as John 
 Hawkins can be saved, I can ; " and he 
 signed the pledge, and himself became 
 a temperance lecturer. In Baltimore 
 there were in less than a year 12,000 
 that joined them. The Macedonian cry 
 from New York was, " Come over and 
 help us." Mr. H., with several of liis 
 associates, did come. Churches and 
 halls were crowded. There was joy in 
 desolate hearts ; mothers and daugh- 
 ters, sisters and wives, felt that there 
 was a way at last found to save their 
 families from disgrace, and their hus- 
 bands from death. The wilderness and 
 the solitary place was made glad for 
 them ; and in a few months 10,000 
 drunkards in the city of New York left 
 their cups, and joined the Washing- 
 tonians, as they were called. Boston 
 was soon visited by Mr. H. ; and 5,000 
 more in that city were added to their 
 number. He continued his labors 
 throughout New England ; and it was 
 estimated that there were in less than a 
 year 75,000 more redeemed from their 
 cups. He now gave himself up to the 
 work of saving the drunkard. He trav- 
 elled extensively through every state in 
 the Union, save California ; and such 
 was the wonderful success of his labors 
 and his coadjutors', that, in less th^i 
 one year from the time he signed the 
 pledge, there was estimated to be over 
 2,000 that had joined this new temper- 
 ance movement. In writing to his 
 sister, the widow of an Episcopal cler- 
 gyman, he says, " I have lectured 54 
 times in 40 days, written GO letters, 
 travelled over 1,000 miles ; and the best 
 of all is, I am in good health, I live in 
 peace with all mankind, and with a bright 
 
 hope, which grows brighter and brighter 
 to the perfect day, when my labors on 
 earth shall cease, and I shall go to my 
 reward." He continued his labors until 
 June 28, when his health utterly failed 
 him, and he literally broke down with 
 excessive toil. At Boston he was taken 
 sick, and confined to his room for some 
 time. He proceeded by easy journeys 
 to his son, the llev. W. G. Hawkins, 
 in Pequin Valley, Lancaster Co., Pa., 
 where he enjoyed for several weeks the 
 society of a large number of his rela- 
 tives — a feast he had not enjoyed for 
 years. 
 
 Hawkins, Capt. J. H., vSpringfield, 
 Mass., May 17, ec. — , U. S. inspector 
 of firearms. 
 
 Hayes, Ptev. Alonzo, Alexandria Co., 
 Va., July 15, se. 47, formerly of Bar- 
 rington, N. H. Mr. H. was ordained 
 and installed pastor of the Congrega- 
 tional church. West Barnstable, May 
 24, 1843, and dismissed July 9, 1850. 
 Subsequently he removed to Dublin, 
 N. H., where he labored for some time, 
 as it is supposed, very successfully, in 
 the ministry. From thence he removed 
 to Alexandria Co., Va., where he died. 
 Before he was ordained at Barnstable 
 the parish had been reduced by repeated 
 divisions, until but few remained to 
 worship in the ancient church. The 
 funds of the church, which had been 
 preserved many years, and carefully 
 transmitted from generation to genera- 
 tion, were, in a few years previous to 
 his coming, exhausted. There was just 
 that state of things which every one 
 will readily perceive must have existed. 
 Discouragement, perplexity, and conse- 
 quent disagreement, pressed heavily 
 upon the church and society. He was a 
 diligent student ; and his sermons were 
 well written and instructive. But his 
 power for good Mas in his earnest piety. 
 His humility, patience, and Christ-like 
 simplicity made a deep impression. 
 
 Hayes, Oliver Bliss, Nashville, Tenn., 
 Nov. 1, a*. 76. He was born in South 
 Hadley, Mass., May 21, 1783, and was 
 the son of the Kev. Joel Hayes, an 
 eminent Congregational minister of that 
 town. After receiving the highest lit- 
 erary culture in the best New England 
 schools, and qualifying himself for the 
 profession of the law, he went to Balti- 
 more, where he remained a short time, 
 and finally settled in Nashville, early in 
 
156 
 
 HAYS 
 
 [ 1858. ] 
 
 HEDGES 
 
 1808. About this time and contemporary 
 ■with him were many jjreat names at the 
 Nashville bar, Whiteside, Overton, Grun- 
 dy, Dickinson, and others, who have 
 long since departed, and he, their last 
 survivor, is now gone. There were 
 likewise great interests involved, and 
 great questions to be settled by the 
 courts, particularly those growing out of 
 the conflicting land titles of the country. 
 By his genius, his tact, his knowledge 
 of men, accurate business habits, the 
 ready resources of liis intellect, his 
 power of investigation, and graceful and 
 vehement elocution, he made a strong 
 impression u])on the public mind, and 
 his services were eagerly sought for by 
 the suitors in the courts. His practice 
 was extended through a considerable 
 portion of Middle Tennessee, and in 
 most of the important causes he was re- 
 tained as counsel. During the whole 
 period of his professional career, which 
 was continued to about 1830, he ranked 
 with the ablest of his contemporaries. 
 His fine conversational talent, cultivated 
 , taste, ready wit, and various knowledge, 
 have rarely been surpassed, and made 
 him exceedingly attractive in the social 
 circle. Having acquired a competent es- 
 tate, about the periotl before alluded to, 
 he retired from his profession with the 
 view of devoting himself to the minis- 
 try, and was ordained as a minister in 
 the Presbyterian church. But com- 
 mencing his labors at so late a period, 
 and having no pastoral relation, it is not 
 to be supposed he could acquire the 
 same high distinction as in the former 
 field. Yet the fervor of his piety, the 
 fidelity with which he discharged the 
 various duties assigned him by his 
 brethren, and the ability of his occa- 
 sional eflbrts will be attested by them 
 all. In his own house he dispensed a 
 liberal hosjntality, and in the exercise 
 of all the domestic virtues as a husband 
 and father, his character shone Avith pe- 
 culiar beauty and loveliness. 
 
 Hays, Hon. Mills, Newberry township. 
 Pa., June 2, iv. — . He was one of the as- 
 sociate judges of the courts of York Co., 
 l^a., for five years, having been elect- 
 ed to the office in 1801, immediate- 
 ly after the amendment to the consti- 
 tution providing for the election of 
 judges. 
 
 • Haz,\I!1), Ilev. Charles S., AVest 
 Greenwich, 11. I., July '21, a:. 3G, son 
 
 of Robert Hazard. He experienced 
 religion in February, 1842, and soon 
 after united with the M. E.' church at 
 Ivast Greenwich, R. I. From this time 
 onward for several years he devoted 
 himself chiefly to the work of teaching — 
 a profession in Avhich he was esteemed 
 and useful. In the spring of 1850 he 
 was admitted to probation in the Provi- 
 dence conference, and stationed at 
 Westport, Mass., where he labored two 
 years. His next appointment was At- 
 tleboro', Mass., where he preached only 
 a few months, when he Avas laid ^side 
 by a severe illness, from which he never 
 fully recovered. For six years Bro. H. 
 was an invalid, preaching and laboring 
 to the extent of his ability, and bearing 
 up bravely under a burden of disease 
 and suffering. His natural endowments 
 were of the most substantial and valua- 
 ble kind. Free from the eccentricities 
 of genius, his mind was sound and sym- 
 metrical. He was a vigorous thinker, 
 and had informed himself by a careful 
 study of men, as well as of books. As 
 a Christian he was modest, devoted, and 
 consistent. On all the great moral 
 issues of the day he took right positions, 
 and held them with firmness and cour- 
 age. As a preacher he was interesting 
 and profitable, aiming not at display, 
 but at such a division of the word of 
 God as would give to each a portion in 
 due season. In the pastoral work he 
 was faithful and beloved ; it was among 
 an inner circle of friends who knew him 
 intimately that his excellences shone 
 with serenest beauty. In the social cir- 
 cle he was cheerful, courteous, and com- 
 panionable ; his presence was a perpetual 
 benediction. 
 
 Headley, James H., Buffalo, Ts^. Y., 
 Oct. 12, s. — , author of Sacred Plains, 
 and other interesting works. 
 
 Heaton, Robert, New Orleans, Aug. 
 26, a?. 23, professor of mathematics in 
 Dolbear's Commercial College. 
 
 .^Hedges, Josiah, Tiffin, O., July \o, 
 vc. 80. He was born in Berkeley Co., 
 Va., April 9, 1778. He left his father's 
 home at an early age, with the determi- 
 nation to carve out his own fortune. 
 His first enterprise on his own account 
 was a trading excursion to New Orleans, 
 with fruit, which he flat-boated from 
 Wheeling, Va., to that point, when the 
 time occupied in making the voyage 
 was six weeks, and when but few adveu- 
 
HEDGES 
 
 [ 1858. ] 
 
 HELM 
 
 157 
 
 turous spirits would make the experi- 
 ment, -which was then hazardous and 
 dangerous. He finally, in 1801, one 
 year before Ohio Avas admitted as a state 
 of this Union, settled in Belmont Co., 
 where he for a number of years was one 
 of its most active and prominent citizens. 
 He was the first sheriff of Belmont Co., 
 and also for a term of years the clerk of 
 the court. B.eing then of a speculative 
 mind, and being convinced that North- 
 western Ohio was one of the garden 
 spots of- the world, and that it would 
 settle up with remarkable rapidity, Mr. 
 H. made a journey to this region. He 
 immediately determined upon entering 
 the land upon which Tiffin is mostly 
 built. At that time foot paths were 
 Avorn around it, by persons who had 
 looked at the land. Mr. H. then pro- 
 ceeded to the land office, and in 1820, 
 at the land sales at Delaware, Ohio, he 
 bought the land which was an unbroken 
 forest. By a prudent and systematic 
 course in disposing of his town lots, 
 Mr. H. had the pleasure of seeing his 
 town increase in population. For a 
 number of years there was much rivalry 
 between Fort Ball (noAV the second 
 ward) as to which should be the county 
 seat. By the persevering efforts of Mr. 
 H., and by purchasing much of the 
 property on the Fort Ball side, he suc- 
 ceeded in securing the location on the 
 east side. This was in 1828. He then 
 went to work, determined to eff'ect 
 the removal of the United States land 
 office, then located at Delaware, to Tif- 
 fin. In this he was successful, and from 
 that time onward Tiffin has progressed 
 rapidly in Mealth and population. In 
 1831 Mr. H. was chosen to represent 
 the county, or the district of which the 
 county was a portion, in the Ohio legis- 
 lature. He served one session, but pre- 
 ferred paying more attention to his own 
 private affairs, and declined any further 
 political preferment. He was generous 
 and just in his dealings M'ith his fellow- 
 men, and scrupulously honest, benevo- 
 lent to all Christian denominations, hav- 
 ing, with one or two exceptions, donated 
 the lots upon which their churches are 
 erected ; and he was liberal towards all 
 public improvements. In all the relations 
 of life, public or private, he was a just and 
 sincere man. He Avas a good citizen, and 
 a true and steadfast friend. As a hus- 
 band he was kind and obliging j as a 
 14 
 
 father, aff"ectionate, generous, and indul- 
 gent. 
 
 Helm, Major Benjamin, Elizabeth- 
 toAvn, Ky., Feb. 24, a?. 90. He Avas the 
 last survivor of the memorable band of 
 daring soldiers Avho took possession, and 
 held, Sovern's Valley, the first Avhite set- 
 tlement Innde on the Avaters of Green 
 River. The history of his life and 
 times would make a volume interesting 
 to many persons desirous to knoAV the 
 privations, toil, and danger through 
 Avhich the early settlers of the pres- 
 ent Great West had to pass. He 
 entered the service as a citizen soldier, 
 and continued in it until the close of the 
 Indian war by Gen. Wayne. Every 
 able-bodied man, however, Avas thus en- 
 rolled ; but a smaller number, the young, 
 active, and more daring, Avere relied on, 
 and called minute men, or rangers. 
 They Avere expected to be ever ready, 
 armed, and equipped for the saddle. 
 The individual character of any one of 
 these men Avould be truly interesting at 
 this day, and posterity Avill search in 
 vain for truthful narrations of those 
 days and times. Amongst the occasional 
 associates in arms of Slajor Helm Avere 
 the gallant Gen. Cleaver, some of wljosp 
 descendants noAv live in Ralls Co., Mo. ; 
 Gen. Hardin, Avhose descendants have 
 filled high places in Kentucky, and 
 many other Western States ; Gen. Mc- 
 Arthur, aflerAA'ards governor of Ohioj 
 also the Vanmeters, Haycrafts, Haynes, 
 and Maj. Helm's brothers, and many 
 others, Avhose names are not known to 
 the AA'riter. The rangers, who watched 
 over and defended the settlement in 
 Sovern's Valley, were ever on the look- 
 out. The attacks of the Indians were 
 very frequent, and their lives ahvays in 
 danger ; but the increase of population, 
 and the close of the Indian Avar, at last 
 brought this state of things to an end. 
 Sovern's Valley became the county seat 
 of Hardin, and the seat of justice Avas 
 located betAveen these several forts, and 
 called ElizabethtoAAii, and Major Helm 
 purchased the land betAveen the court 
 house and his father's farm for a home- 
 stead. He serA'ed a few years as the 
 representative of the county in the 
 state councils ; was appointed clerk of 
 the Circuit and County Court. He 
 married the daughter of Benjamin Ed- 
 wards, of Nelson Co., and the oldest 
 sister of the late Gov. Edwards, of ILL i 
 
158 
 
 HENDERSON 
 
 [1858.] 
 
 h 
 
 HERBERT 
 
 settled upon his land, built himself a 
 splendid suburban residence; continued 
 to act as clerk of the county, and also, at 
 the same time, -was a successful merchant 
 and neat farmer for many years. He 
 lived in the style of an old Kentucky 
 gentleman, and his house was a home 
 for, and generally filled with, preachers, 
 friends, and relatives. He raised a re- 
 spectable family of children, who married 
 to please him, and did well afterwards, 
 and his last days were peaceful and quiet. 
 Tlie religious and moral character of 
 Major n. was most extraordinary. He 
 
 {)rofessed religion when a boy, having 
 )een baptized when a child by a clergy- 
 man of the church of England ; he was 
 always satisfied with his baptism ; he did 
 not then join a church, but did commence 
 to qualify himself for the ministry. The 
 active scenes in which he was constantly 
 called to act his part for so many years, 
 so engrossed his whole time, that this 
 was abandoned. He was a Method- 
 ist in feeling and principle, but did not 
 attach himself to the church until a short 
 time before his death. He was benevo- 
 lent. Some thirty years ago or more, 
 the Methodist society of Elizabethtown 
 purchased a lot and raised a small sub- 
 scri])tion to build a cheap frame house of 
 worship. He took the contract for build- 
 ing the house, and to their surprise and 
 gratification, delivered to them a large 
 and splendid brick chapel, that cost him 
 many thousands of dollars beyond the 
 contract price. His wife and most of his 
 children were at the time or soon after be- 
 came members of this church, and after- 
 wards he himself died a member of it. 
 
 Hkndkusox, Lawson F., M. D., Madi- 
 son Co., Miss., March 17, a}. — . 
 
 Hendeusox, Hon. James P., AVash- 
 ington, D. C, June 4, tc. 50. He was 
 born in Lincoln Co., N. C, March 31, 
 1808 ; received a liberal education, and 
 chose the profession of the law, to which 
 he was always attached, and in Avhich 
 he was eminently successful. His health 
 becoming aflected, lie went to Cuba ; re- 
 turning, he selected a location in Missis- 
 sipi)i, until the invasion of Texas by the 
 ^lexicans awakened his energj-, and he 
 did much towards arousing the chivalry 
 of the south. On repairing to Texas, 
 he was a])])ointcd brigadier general of 
 the Texan army. When the army was 
 disliandcd, he retired to ])rivatc life till 
 called to be the attorney general of the 
 
 state, which office he retained until a va- 
 cancy ofccurred in the state department 
 by the decease of Geil. Austin, the illus- 
 trious father of Texas, when Gen. Husk 
 having declined. Gen. II. was appointed 
 to the office, and remained in it until 
 1837, when he was sent as minister to 
 England and France, to negotiate the 
 recognition of Texan independance. He 
 returned from Europe in 1840, and re- 
 sumed his profession at San Augustin, 
 in partnership with Gen. liusk, until 
 1843, declining a position in the. cabinet. 
 He was next appointed as assistant min- 
 ister to Washington, whence returning, he 
 resumed the profession of the law until 
 the annexation of Texas was consum- 
 mated. He was next a member of the 
 convention from Augustin Co., and after- 
 wards elected first governor of Texas. 
 After some time, a requisition was made 
 on Texas for troops for the Mexican war, 
 and Gen. H. took command. He acted 
 a conspicuous part at Monterey, and was 
 commissioner to negotiate the articles of 
 capitulation of the garrison. He declined 
 a reelection as governor of Texas, and 
 since then has been recognized as an emi- 
 nent citizen. On the death of Gen. Rusk, 
 he was unanimously elected to the Senate. 
 He was no ordinary man. He made his 
 mark in Texas, and the nation was not 
 unacquainted with his merits and virtues. 
 
 Hexdley, Jesse, Spalding Co., Ga., 
 July 2, Be. — . 
 
 Herbert, James W., St. Thomas, Dec. 
 27, se. — , American consul. 
 
 Herbert, Henry William, New York, 
 at the Stevens House, May 17, ae. 51. 
 The death of this unfortunate gentleman, 
 by his own hand, is announced above, 
 with a full detail of the circumstances at- 
 tending the melancholy event, as pre- 
 sented to the coroner's jury. Mr. H., 
 though not widely known in general so- 
 ciety, occujned a prominent position be- 
 fore the pubhc, on account of his writ- 
 ings, most of which were of a popular 
 character, and which extended over a 
 singularly diversified range of subjects, 
 from classical, historical, and critical dis- 
 quisitions, to essays on field sports, natu- 
 ral history, and rural economy. His pen 
 was no less vigorous and brilliant than it 
 was versatile. His productions, although 
 numerous and sometimes rapidly thrown 
 ott", were the I'ruit of large jjrevious studies 
 and rare accumulations of knowledge. 
 Mr. n. was a native of England, but had 
 
HE RDM AN 
 
 [ 1858. ] 
 
 HICKEY 
 
 159 
 
 resided in this country for nearly 30 years. 
 He was born in London, April 7, 1807, 
 and at the time of his death had but re- 
 cently completed his 51st year. His 
 father was the Hon. and Rev. William 
 Herbert, Dean of Manchester, a person 
 of considerable distinction as a poet, a 
 man of science, and a politician, and a 
 descendant of the noble house of Pem- 
 broke and Percy. Until the age of 12, 
 Henry William H. was educated at home, 
 under a private tutor, when he was sent 
 to a private classical school for a short 
 time, and then entered Eton College, 
 April, 1820. In due time he was trans- 
 ferred to Cambridge, where he graduated 
 in 1829. Soon after taking 'his first de- 
 gree, he met with a sudden reverse of 
 fortune, which reduced him from a state 
 of comparative affluence ; and thus cast 
 upon his own resources, he determined to 
 make the experiment of living in the 
 United States. He came to this country 
 towards the close of the year 1830, and 
 at once found employment as the princi- 
 pal Greek teacher in the classical school 
 of the Rev. Mr. Hudart, in this city — a 
 position which he retained for about eight 
 years. During this period, he tui-ned his 
 attention to authorship, and from 1833 to 
 1836 was editor of the American Month- 
 ly Magazine, a part of the time in con- 
 nection with Mr. Charles F. Hoffman. 
 His contributions to this periodical formed 
 nearly half the contents of several num- 
 bers, and are said to have been marked 
 by a fine spirit of scholarship. In 1834 
 he published his first historical novel, en- 
 titled The Brothers, a tale of the 
 Fronde, which was followed in 1837 by 
 Cromwell, in 1843 by Mai-maduke 
 Wyvil, and in 1848 by the Roman 
 Traitor, a classical romance founded on 
 the conspiracy of Catiline. He was also 
 the author of Field Sports of the 
 United States, and a variety of sporting 
 sketches and essays, under the nom de 
 plume of Frank FoiTester, a meti-ical 
 translation of the Agamemnon, and 
 Prometheus of ^Eschylus, the Cav- 
 aliers of England, the Captains of the 
 Old World, the Captains of the Ro- 
 man Republic, and other historical 
 works, besides a great variety of articles 
 in dift'erent journals and magazines. His 
 largest work, entitled The Horse and 
 Horsemanship of America, was issued 
 during the past year. Soon after his ar- 
 rival in the United States, he married a 
 
 lady in Maine, who died, leaving him a 
 widower, with one child. He was mar- 
 ried, for the second time, on the 16th of 
 February last, to Miss Adela R. Bud- 
 long, of Pro^^dence, R. I. ; but the happi- 
 ness of the connection proved of short 
 duration, and according to the statements 
 in the letter of the deceased elsewhere 
 published, the disappointment thus ensu- 
 ing was the cause of the catastrophe 
 which ended his life. Mr. H. was a man 
 of an excitable and sensitive tempera- 
 ment, possessing uncommon powers of 
 literary execution, and, when not under 
 the iniluence of the erratic habits which 
 were the bane of his life, and the sorrow of 
 his friends, a model of professional indus- 
 try and accomplishment. His residence, 
 until quite recently, had been in a coun- 
 try place, near the city of Newark, called 
 " The Cedars," which, it is understood, 
 had been settled upon him by his rela- 
 tives, without the power of alienation. 
 In appearance, manner, and tone of 
 mind, Mr. H. was always an English- 
 man, betraying a remarkable power of 
 resistance to the characteristics of his 
 adopted country. 
 
 Herdman, Capt. R., Pittsburg, Pa., 
 June 4, 86. — . 
 
 Herring, William, M. D., Hariis- 
 burg, Va., Sept. 14, ee. — . He was ex- 
 tensively known as a practitioner of med- 
 icine, and enjoyed a high degree of per- 
 sonal and professional popularity. Dur- 
 ing many years of extensive practice, he 
 had endeared himself to the community 
 by the kindness of his disposition. 
 
 Hewston, Mrs. Isabella, St. Clairsville, 
 
 O., , ae, 59, widow of Dr. Joseph 
 
 Hewston. 
 
 HiBBARD, Col. John, Clay Co., Ky., 
 March 14, a?. 83. He was a man of 
 sterling integrity and unusual hospitality, 
 of strong natural mind, and remarkable 
 for his love of law and order. He lived 
 in the county of Clay since 1804; he 
 served in the legislature from that coun- 
 ty in 1808, 1812, 1813; acted as sheriff 
 and justice of the peace at different times 
 for more than 40 years, and his prompt- 
 ness in the discharge of his duties made 
 him a terror to e\il doers. His social 
 qualities will never be forgotten by the 
 many friends as well as strangers who 
 have chanced to visit liim at his moun- 
 tain home. 
 
 HiCKEY, Thomas H., Boston, Mass., 
 June 12, ae. 34. He was a native of 
 
160 
 
 IIICKLIN 
 
 [1858.] 
 
 HILL 
 
 Portsmouth, N. H., but had resided in 
 Boston since 1H45. He enjoyed the re- 
 spect and confidence of a wide circle of 
 friends, who will testif}' to tlie ])urity of 
 his life and the estimable qualities of his 
 character. lie was one of the earliest 
 and most intellija;ent members of the 
 Younj; Men's Christian Union, and took 
 deej) interest in its objects. Every worthy 
 cause found in liim a friend, and few men 
 of his years luive done more ^ooil, ac- 
 cording" to their abilities, than >Ir. 11. 
 
 HiCKLix, Jonathim II., near Pana, 
 Christian Co., 111., March 9, n?. 106 years 
 22 days, lie was born in Virj^nnia, Feb., 
 1752. At 22 he emigrated to Kentucky, 
 and resided in the counties of Woodford 
 and Fayette 36 years ; was well known 
 to the early settlers of Lexington. From 
 Kentucky he removed to Busseron Prairie, 
 Knox Co., Ind., where he lived 10 years, 
 thence to Clark Co., 111., on the hill, 
 above the spring in the rock, near Living- 
 ston, 38 years. He was an extraordi- 
 nary man, of pretty large stature, not 
 fleshy, bony and muscular, particularly 
 fond of the rifle, good marksman, killed 
 many a buffalo and deer; was acquainted 
 with Boone, with whom he had many a 
 shot at the mark. His character assimi- 
 lated strongly to that of Daniel Boone. 
 — Eastern UUnoisan. 
 
 Hickman, Mrs. John, West Chester, 
 Pa., Oct. 12, 86. — , wife of Hon. John 
 Hickman. Mrs. H. Avas a lady of great 
 talents and many endearing qualities. 
 She resembled her glorious husband in 
 many respects, and in nothing more than 
 in the firmness of her friendship, the gen- 
 tleness of her manners, and the kindness 
 of her heart. 
 
 Hickman, Mrs. Sallie A., Shelbyville, 
 Ky., May 24, a^. 27, wile of Dr. John F. 
 Hickman. 
 
 Hickman, l^lliott, M. D., Hickman's 
 Bend, Ark., Dec. 10, x. 77. 
 
 Hicks, Edward B., Brunswick, Ga., 
 Nov. 28, a*. 70, a gentleman of high 
 standing and unblemished character, and 
 at an early day of his life a prominent 
 member of the bar. 
 
 IliGULE, 1). C, M. D., Peoria, 111., 
 Feb. 21, ID. 48. He was a graduate of 
 Transylvania University, and a jiractition- 
 er of medicine for several years in Lex- 
 ington , Ky. 
 
 HiGGi.VBOTllAM, Mrs., Greene Co., 
 Ala., May, 7, x. — , wife of Maj. G. G. 
 Hij,'ginbutham. 
 
 HiGGiNS, Pev. William, Richland 
 Dist., S. C, July 4, a". 79. He was born 
 July 3, 1779, was baptized in Sept., 1805, 
 ordained a deacon in 1825, and the same 
 year was married to the eldest daughter 
 of that eminently useful minister of the 
 gospel, Ilev. George Scott, whose mem- 
 ory is fondly cherished by many. He 
 was for many years a licensed ])reacher, 
 and the founder of the Colonel's Creek 
 Baptist Church. 
 
 HiGGlNS.Hon. W. A., Brenham, Texas, 
 May 20, for many years chief justice of 
 Washington Co., Texas. 
 
 liiGGiNS, Newell F., Esq., Newark, 
 N. J., Nov. 23, a?. 45. 
 
 HiLDRETii, Mrs. Dolly, Dracut, Mas<!,, 
 Feb. 27, a^. 6b, wife of Dr. Israel Hil- 
 dreth, and mother of Fisher Ames Hil- 
 dreth, Esq., of Lowell. She also leaves six 
 daughters, one of whom is the wife of 
 Gen. Benjamin F. Butler, of Lowell. 
 
 Hill, John, Davidson Co., Tenn., Dec. 
 5, a?. 77. He was born in Rockingham 
 Co., N. C. He moved to Tennessee in 
 December, 1809, and in 1814 enlisted as 
 a soldier under Gen. Jackson, and was 
 in the battle at New Orleans, Jan. 8, 1815. 
 When a soldier, his conduct was such as 
 secured the confidence of his general, 
 and the affections of his fellow-soldiers. 
 He professed religion late in life, not un- 
 til he was 61 years old. He w'as ba]D- 
 tized into the fellowship of Mill Creek 
 Church, by Elder Whitsitt, in 1843, and 
 was a consistent and much beloved mem- 
 ber of that church when he died. 
 
 Hill, IMrs. Sarah A., Middletown, 
 111., Nov. 15, ffi. — , wife of Dr. G. Hill. 
 
 Hill, Hon. Samuel, New Brunswick, 
 N. J., April 8, UD. 65, a native of New 
 Brunswick, but late of Flemington, where 
 he resided for many years, highly esteemed 
 as a good citizen and an upright judge. 
 
 Hill, Mrs. Susannah Coit, Hartford, 
 Ct., May 21, a?. 55. Mrs. II. was born 
 in New York, and was the daughter of 
 of Elisha Coit, Esq. With great depth 
 of feeling and true delicacy, she had an 
 unusually clear and vigorous understand- 
 ing. It is rare, even among persons of 
 as wide a range of reading and observa- 
 tion, and of as thoughtful habits, to find 
 such good sense and calm wisdom. Her 
 judicious views and reliable common 
 sense marked her conversation even more 
 strongly than the freshness and vivacity 
 with which she expressed her thoughts. 
 But there was no approach to that hard- 
 
HILL 
 
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 HINDS 
 
 161 
 
 ness which often renders this strength of 
 character repulsive. The tenderness was 
 equal to the tenacity of her affections. 
 Her appreciative sympathies and ready 
 manifestations of interest made her as 
 . companionable to the young-, as she was 
 to those of her own age. She held hy bonds 
 which only death can hallow those to 
 •whom she was united by natural ties, and 
 she drew towards her, in every position 
 she filled, the hearts of many friends. 
 And all was most nobly complemented by 
 her Christim graces. The spring of all her 
 life was the love of the Lord Jesus 
 Christ. She seenxed to have attained 
 that elevated position in which religion 
 did not appear the duty so much as the 
 joy of life. She delighted to do the will 
 of God. It was not, however, till after 
 spiritual struggles, protracted through 
 many years, that she first obtained joy in 
 the Holy Ghost. In 1831 she joined the 
 church in New York, then under the care 
 of Dr. Joel Parker, whom she always re- 
 garded as chiefly instrumental in her con- 
 version. From this period there was 
 a development of spiritual graces and 
 active labors, in ^•arious forms of Christian 
 benevolence, such as few exhibit. 
 
 Hill, Capt. James, Stoughton, Mass., 
 March 17, ce. — , a prominent manufactu- 
 rer of S. 
 
 Hill, Selah, Jersey City, N. J., Nov. 
 22, se. — , He was a gentleman of high 
 standing in the county, and within a few 
 years past, has served as a member of the 
 common council, board of water com- 
 missioners in Jersey City, and also in the 
 board of chosen freeholders. At the 
 time of his death, he was one of the di- 
 rectors of the Mechanics and Traders 
 Bank, of Jersey City. 
 
 Hill, Capt. A. Powell, Culppeper, Va., 
 March — , se. 80. He was a member of 
 the legislature for 20 years or more, and 
 a magistrate of C. for a much longer 
 time. He was in the assembly when the 
 sovereign peo])le were in the habit of 
 electing, from inclination and interest, a 
 considerable proportion of " substantial 
 old formers" as their deputies. Of that 
 class he was a worthy and faithful repre- 
 sentative. The " old farmer " delegates, 
 in his day, possessed an influence far be- 
 yond their votes. They were, in fact, the 
 leading and controlling members of the 
 legislature. 
 
 Hill, A. N., Esq., Dover, N. H., 
 
 April 2, iE. 70. He was an active Chris- 
 14 • 
 
 tian for 49 years, and contributed liber- 
 ally to the various benevolent enterprises 
 of the day. He was a firm magistrate, 
 and died lamented as he had lived re- 
 spected. 
 
 HiLLEAKY, Henry, Upper Marlboro', 
 Md., March 17, a?. 52. The rector and 
 vestry of Trinity Church, in that place, 
 met, and 
 
 " Resolved, that in the death of Mr. 
 H., the vestry have lost one of its most 
 active members, the church one of its 
 most zealous and consistent followers, and 
 the community a kind and generous 
 friend." 
 
 HiLLER, Captain, Poughkeepsie, N. Y., 
 June 1, aj. — . 
 
 Hills, George, Boston, Mass., Sept. 
 — , ae. — . A wealthy man. He left the 
 following legacies to public objects : — 
 Fifth Universalist Society, (Rev. T. B. 
 Thayer's, in Warren Street,) $4000 ; the 
 Association for the Relief of Aged Indi- 
 gent Females, $1000; the Perkins Insti- 
 tution and Massachusetts Asvlum for the 
 Blind, $1000 ; the Massachusetts Gener- 
 al Hospital, $ 1000. 
 
 HlXDS, Ephraim, West Boylston. 
 Mass., June 18, se. 77. He was son of 
 Benjamin and Tabitha (Holland) Hinds, 
 and was born in that ])art of Shrews- 
 bury which is now within the limits of 
 West Boylston, Nov. 7, 1780. His 
 father was a farmer, and one of the 
 earliest settlers of the town. His mother 
 was a native of Boylston. He was fitted 
 for college partly at Leicester Academy, 
 and partlv by Rev. William Nash, of 
 West Boylston, (Y. C. 1791.) After 
 leaving college, he taught school in Bos- 
 ton, Watertown, Sterling, Lancaster, 
 Mass., and several places in Vermont. 
 After some years spent in teaching he 
 entered upon the study of law, under 
 the instruction of Eleazar James, of 
 Barre, Mass., (H. U. 1778.) On his 
 admission to the bar, he began the prac- 
 tice of his profession in Barre, where he 
 resided a short time, when he removed 
 to Athol. From this to^vn he went to 
 Harvard, where he remained about 13 
 years ; thence to Marlboro', where he 
 lived from 1833 to 1841 ; in South Brook- 
 field, from May, 1841, to May, 1845 ; in 
 South Orange from May to Nov., 1845 ; 
 in Deerfield from Nov., 1845, to May, 
 1847; and in West Boylston from May, 
 1847, until his death. He married, A])ril 
 28, 1823, Maria, daughter of Hutchiaa 
 
162 
 
 IIINKLE 
 
 [ 1858. ] 
 
 HOBART 
 
 Hapgood, of Petersham. He was greatly 
 respected at the bar as a man of strict 
 veracity, of unbending integrity, sound 
 judgment, and practical wisdom. lie 
 had been unable to walk for more than 
 a year before his death, in consequence 
 of a severe rheumatic affection, but Mas 
 uniformly cheerful and entirely submis- 
 sive to tiie divine will. He was remark- 
 able for his habits of punctuality, sys- 
 tematic arrangement of secular aff'aii's, 
 and rigid economy. 
 
 lIiNKLK, Samuel, Esq., Morgan Co., 
 Ind., Sept. — , vc. G7. Mr. H. was a 
 native of Pennsylvania, and went to 
 Louisville at a very early period. He 
 lived in Oldham Co. nearly 40 years, 
 and removed to Indiana about five years 
 ago. Few men were better known in 
 Kentucky than he, and none more re- 
 spected and beloved. He discharged 
 faithfullv and well all the manifold du- 
 ties of life. He was a prominent and 
 exem])lary member of the Methodist 
 church ; and his house was the home 
 of Methodist preachers and clergymen 
 of all other denominations. It was the 
 abode of hearty and generous hospitality. 
 There is no pure and sterling quality of 
 heart or mind that Mr. H. did not pos- 
 sess. He Avas a man of wealth, and, as 
 such, he necessarily had many business 
 transactions; yet he never in his life 
 either sued or was sued ; and this single 
 fact is a most forcible illustration of 
 his humanity and honesty. 
 
 HiNMAN, Mrs. Martha A., Newoury, 
 
 Vt., , a?. — , widow of the late 
 
 Dr. Clark T. Hinman, first president of 
 the North-western University, near Chi- 
 cago, and eldest daughter of the Hon. 
 Timothy Morse, of Newbury. 
 
 HlXMA.N, Mrs. Phebe, Derby, Vt., 
 Jul^H, iP. 88, widow of the late Hon. 
 Timothy Hinman. Over 60 years ago, in 
 company with the honored partner of 
 her life, she removed from Connecticut, 
 her native state, into the then wilder- 
 ness portion of Northern Vermont ; and 
 close by the shore of a beautiful pond 
 ■which now bears their name, with no 
 white inhabitant or settlement nearer 
 than Greensboro', a distance of 30 miles, 
 they erected a rude cabin, and in the 
 deep solitude of the trackless forests 
 founded the beautiful and flourishing 
 \illage of Derby. She had lived to see 
 her children and her children's children 
 to the third and fourth generations, to 
 
 the number of 76, 66 of whom were 
 living at her death, among whom was 
 one grandchild 45 years of age ; and 28 
 of the 66 were great-grandchildren. 
 
 HlXTON, Gerard J. M. D., Gainesville, 
 
 Fla., , iP. — . He was a native 
 
 of North Carolina, and was born near 
 Raleigh, Nov. 10, 1831. He enjoyed all 
 the advantages of a liberal education, 
 and graduated at Wake Forest College 
 in 1852. Turning his attention to the 
 study of medicine, he graduated at the 
 University of Pennsylvania in 1855. 
 
 HiRONS, Rev. William, Wilmington, 
 Del., July 28, a'. 60. Mr. H. had been 
 a prominent local preacher, and a warm 
 advocate of the temperance and other 
 philanthropic causes. 
 
 Hitchcock, Charles, New York, Dec. 
 10, Si. — , son of the late Judge Hitch- 
 cock, of New Haven. 
 
 HiTT, John D., M. D., Warrenton, 
 Fauquier Co., Va., Dec. 5, se. 56. He 
 Avas born in South Carolina, near the 
 Georgia line, in the Edgefield District. 
 About the year 1835 he came to Fau- 
 quier Co., and married in one of the 
 oldest and most respectable families 
 near Rectortown. Some ten years since, 
 he lost his wife, since which time he has 
 resided in Warrenton. Dr. H. was a 
 man of decided mechanical genius and 
 great inventive talent. His devotion 
 to ingenious mechanial inventions had 
 impoverished his fortunes, and reduced 
 him to absolute want. He, however, 
 possessed a fund of general information, 
 that gave him place in social life rarely 
 awarded to great eccentricities and fallen 
 fortunes. He was a man of rare charity 
 and kindness of heart. Sympathy for 
 the suffering sick with him rose to heroic 
 hazard and self-sacrifice. When the 
 pestilence raged in Norfolk, and its 
 loathsome breath forced the abandon- 
 ment of the poor victims by their nearest 
 in blood and affection, Mr. H. courted 
 the perils of that awful occasion, and 
 through the whole season ministered in 
 kindness and love to thg||iapless suf- 
 ferers. ^^ 
 
 HoBART, Hon. Aaron, East Bridge- 
 water, Mass., Sept. 19, a>. 71. He was 
 a son of Aaron Hobart and grandson of 
 Aaron Hobart, and was born at Abing- 
 ton, June 26, 1787. His mother was 
 Susan Adams, daughter of Elihu Adams, 
 of Randolph, a younger brother of the 
 elder President Adams. He entered 
 
HOBBS 
 
 [ 1858. ] 
 
 HOGAN 
 
 163 
 
 Brown University in 1801, and gradu- 
 ated in 180j. He studied law with 
 Judge Mitchell, of East Bridgewater, 
 and was admitted to practice in 1809. 
 A few months after his admission to the 
 bar he commenced practice at Abington ; 
 but, owing to ill health and by advice 
 of his physician, he went to England in 
 the autumn of 1810, and spent the en- 
 suing winter there. He returned home 
 in 1811, and opened an office at Han- 
 over Four Corners, where he remained 
 until his removal to East Bridgewater 
 in 1824. In 1814 he was elected repre- 
 sentative from Hanover, and in 1819 
 he was elected to the Senate. In 1820, 
 Hon. js. Sampson having resigned liis 
 seat in Congress, Mr. H. was elected to 
 fill the vacancy, and was also reelected 
 to the 17th, 18th, and 19th Congresses. 
 He was a member of the executive 
 council of Massachusetts in 1827, 1828, 
 1S29, 1830, and 1831. In 1843 he was 
 appointed judge of probate for Plym- 
 outh Co., which office he held until 
 July 1, 18(58, when his commission ter- 
 minated by reorganization of the Courts 
 of Probate and Insolvency. Judge H. 
 was remarkable for his pleasant manners, 
 the purity of his private liie, and a con- 
 scientious and faithful discharge of every 
 public duty. 
 
 HoBBS, Prentiss, Brighton, Mass., 
 
 Aug. 28, se. 
 
 Mr. H. was a merchant 
 
 in Boston upwards of 40 years, pos- 
 sessing great uprightness of character 
 and unbending mtegrity. His transac- 
 tions were numerous with all professions 
 of men, and seemed to be marked with 
 a degree of conscientious rectitude, as if 
 he believed the record was made in 
 heaven, to be spread before him in the 
 future life which the departed entered. 
 He was a rare specimen of mankind ; 
 and he has left a character which, for 
 moral virtue and benevolence, is unsur- 
 passed, if we may rely upon the universal 
 response from his numerous friends, who 
 have been in daily intercourse with him 
 for nearly a half-century. Possessing a 
 sound judgment, he was # reliable and 
 safe counsellor in all matters of trust. All 
 who had the pleasure of his acquaint- 
 ance will recognize the sweet expression 
 of his countenance which greeted their 
 approach, at once inviting their com- 
 mands, whether for his profit or their 
 emolument. His whole life is a type 
 of eloquence, speaking in a language 
 
 enduring and binding upon the morals 
 of mankind. Such a life may ])e com- 
 pared to jjulpit eloquence, which we hold 
 unsurpassed in guiding aright the masses 
 of the world. In his dealiigs he sought 
 no advantage to promote his interest at 
 the loss of another. He firmly believed 
 in reciprocity of trade. He was a native 
 of Weston, Mass. 
 
 HoDGDON, Elder Jacob, St, Louis, 
 ?!lo., April 16, a;. 65. He was born in 
 Hardin Co., Ky., as we are informed, Jan. 
 3, 1793 ; united with the Baptist church in 
 Kentucky in 1812, and with the Chris- 
 tian church in Jacksonville, 111., in 1833. 
 He moved to Pike's Co. in 1833, and to 
 Pittsfield in 1838. He was the exem- 
 plification of all that ennobles man — a 
 laborer in example, in word, and in deed. 
 He was not slothful in business ; for, by 
 his industry and prudence, he had ac- 
 quired much of this world's goods. 
 
 Hodges, Jerry, M. D., Petersham, 
 Mass., April 3, ae. 71, a native of Nor- 
 ton, Mass. 
 
 HoFFEDiTZ, Theodore S., D. D., Naz- 
 areth, Pa., Aug. 2, ae. 1o. 
 
 HoFFORD, Mrs. Hannah, Beverly, 
 N. J., ae. 63, widow of the late John 
 Hofford, Esq., of Plumstead, Bucks Co., 
 Pa. Her father, M. Lourie, was an 
 ardent patriot and soldier of the revolu- 
 tion, acting with marked bravery in sev- 
 eral important battles during that trying 
 period, and cherishing in after life in the 
 minds of his children a warm attach- 
 ment to their country, for whose liber- 
 ties he fought. Mrs. Hoff"ord w-as a 
 woman of great kindness of heart, a 
 sincere and useful Christian, and died 
 in the full hope of a blessed immortali- 
 ty. She leaves four children surviving 
 her. Her oldest son, Kev. M. L. Hof- 
 ford, A. M., a graduate of Princeton 
 College and Theological Seminary, is, at ^ 
 present, principal of a Classical Institute tt^ 
 at Beverly, N. J. ^^ 
 
 HoGAN, Thomas, Chapel Hill, N. C, 
 July 4, £0. 75. Mr. H. had been much 
 identified with Chapel Hill from its 
 foundation. He assisted in laj'ing the 
 wails of the east building about 65 years 
 ago. Since that time his life had been 
 spent in the immediate vicinity of the 
 university, and through long years of 
 patient industry he had risen from pov- 
 erty to independence. He found a 
 ready market for his surplus productions 
 in the village, and especially among the 
 
164 IIOISINGTON [1858.] 
 
 HOLMES 
 
 members of the faculty, and from an 
 early period down to the times of their 
 respective dc.iths, enjoyed the friend- 
 ship and confidence of President Cald- 
 well and ])r. .Mitchell. He bore upon 
 his character traces of the rugged scenes 
 through which poverty and early orphan- 
 age compelled him to pass. Until the 
 last three or four years he had been em- 
 phatically a son of toil. He was a ste^p, 
 shrewd man, sociable in his habits, 
 honest in his dealings, and faithful to his 
 friends. Although strict in pecuniary 
 matters, and the master of what he had 
 by slow accumulation, Mr. Hogan dis- 
 pensed liberally to his children, as each 
 became settled in life ; and probably, 
 at the time of his death, had distributed 
 to each of them fully as much as he had 
 retained. 
 
 HoisiXGTOX, Rev. H. R., Saybrook, 
 Ct., ]May 16, id. 56. Mr. H. was a na- 
 tive of Vergcnnes, Vt., but removed in 
 early life to Bufialo, N. Y., where he 
 was' hopefully converted through the 
 reading of the " Shepherd of Salisbury 
 Plain," at the request of a pious mother. 
 He graduated at AVilliams College and 
 Auburn Stminary, was settled at Auro- 
 ra, N. Y., in 1831, and embarked for 
 Ce\lon in lb33. He was compelled by 
 ill health to return to his native land in 
 1842, but in 1844 he went again to Cey- 
 lon, where he labored six additional 
 rears. His connection with the Ameri- 
 can Board continued two years longer, 
 during whicli time he visited many 
 churches. He afterwards supplied the 
 pulpit of the Congregational church in 
 Williamstown two years and a half, and 
 was installed at Centerbrook, in April, 
 1857, where be labored with devoted 
 constancy till the day of his death. 
 
 HoLCOMB, Mrs. Hannah, Mason, 
 Warren Co., Ohio, ])ec. 30, a?. 86. 
 She was lorn March 22, 1771, in Salis- 
 bury, LitcliKeld Co., Ct., where her par- 
 ents, JJavid and Lois Everest, had re- 
 sided from their birth. Mrs. Holcomb, 
 being one out of 13 sons and daughters, 
 in that puritanic family, was married in 
 September, 1786, to I3r. Jonathan Hol- 
 comb, of Shefiield, Berkshire Co., Mass. 
 ])r. H. was born at Shetfield, Mass., 
 June 19, 1762, and was a graduate of 
 Yale College, Ct., in 1784-5, and after a 
 thorough course in the study of medi- 
 cine, removed early in life to New Jer- 
 sey, practising his profession in that 
 
 state and Pennsylvania for many years ; 
 emigrating with his family in the spring 
 of 1814 to Warren Co., Ohio, where 
 they resided until his decease, Oct. 1, 
 1847. Mrs. H. became a member of 
 the Presbyterian church while yet under 
 the care of her father and mother, and 
 continued a practical Christian, under 
 all the varied changes through which 
 she was called to pass, for more than 70 
 years, until summoned to the enjoyment 
 of a harvest of good works, far away, 
 in that beautiful land of rest. 
 
 Holland, Isaac, Washington, D. C, 
 Nov. — , se. 63. He was for a long 
 time, the efhcient and accomplished 
 clerk of Messrs. Blair & Rives, pub- 
 lishers of the Daily Globe. Subse- 
 quently he was elected doorkeeper to 
 the United States Senate, and held that 
 office at the time of his decease. He was 
 the father of Stewart Holland, the gallant 
 youth, whose death on board the ill-fated 
 steamer Arctic afforded an instance of 
 such heroism and faithfulness to duty as 
 to elicit the spontaneous plaudits of the 
 country, while Ms loss was universally 
 regretted. 
 
 HoLLlD.W, Louis P., Esq., Tallahas- 
 see, Fla., of Memphis, Tenn., Nov. 30, 
 ge. — . Mr. H. resided in Kentucky, 
 but was extensively known throughout 
 the Union, he having been for several 
 years president of the Cairo and New 
 Orleans Railroad Company. All who 
 knew him loved him for his many gen- 
 erous and noble traits of character. 
 
 HOLLIXGVVORTH, Rev. J. H., Syra- 
 cuse, N. Y., June 2, agent of the Chil- 
 dren's Aid Society. 
 
 Holmes, Dea. Daniel, Wilson, Niaga- 
 ra Co., N. Y., May 26, a?. 69. Dea. H., 
 the second sou of Dea. John Holmes, 
 was born July 3, 1789, in Charlton, Sar- 
 atoga Co., N. Y. In his youth there 
 were no Sabbath schools in the county, 
 and children were not conversed with 
 on the subject of personal religion, as 
 they are at the present day. His par- 
 ents required their children to observe 
 the Sabbatl* strictly, and to repeat to 
 them the Catechism on every Lord's 
 day. He assisted his father in the pur- 
 suit of agriculture. He was an obedient 
 son, and a kind brother, and, with the 
 rest of the family, attended the preaching 
 of Rev. Joseph Sweetman, pastor of the 
 First Presbyterian Church in Charlton. 
 He was married, Feb. 12, 1811, to the 
 
HOLMES 
 
 [1858.] 
 
 HOLMES 
 
 1G5 
 
 second daughter of Hon. Judge Taylor, 
 of Charlton. In May, 1812, they moved 
 to Carlisle, Schoharie Co. la Sept., 
 1813, Mr. II. and his wife united with 
 the Presbyterian church in Carlisle. In 
 June, ISIT, there being no canal or rail- 
 road, he shouldered his pack, and trav- 
 elled on foot over 700 miles, and pur- 
 chased a lot of land, lying between the 
 12 and 18 mile creeks, in what is now 
 the town of Wilson, Niagara Co., N. Y., 
 on the shore of Lake Ontario, which 
 he occupied till called to give an account 
 of his stewardship. In Feb., 1818, 
 Mr. H. removed his family from Car- 
 lisle to their new home in the wilder- 
 ness, two and a half miles east of his 
 lot, till a log house could be erected, 
 into which they removed in April, al- 
 though it was destitute of door or win- 
 dows, upper floor, chimney or hearth, 
 but where hearty thanks were off'ered to 
 Almighty God for his watchful care, and 
 his blessing sought for the future. Be- 
 fore leaving the shanty the opening 
 spring had broken up the ice in the 
 creek near by, and when Sabbath came, 
 the few people who were scattered about 
 in the woods, rushed to the creek and 
 lake in pursuit of fish. The heart of 
 Mr. H. was pained to see the Sabbath 
 so desecrated, and he gave notice that 
 there would be a religious meeting on 
 the next Sabbath, in a Uttle log school 
 house, standing a little west of what is 
 now the village of Olcott. The house 
 was filled with hearers. Mr. H. con- 
 ducted the meeting by reading the 
 Scriptures, prayer, and singing, and 
 reading a sermon from Rom. i. 16 : 
 " For 1 am not ashamed of the gospel 
 of Christ, for it is the power of God 
 unto salvation to every one that believ- 
 eth," At the close of the meeting 
 there was a request that a similar meet- 
 ing might be held the next Sabbath. 
 When fhe weather became warm enough, 
 the meetings were removed to a barn in 
 the vicinity, that more people might be 
 accommodated. These were the first 
 meetings of the kind ever held in the vi- 
 cinity. After the first summer they were 
 held'four miles south-west of his resi- 
 dence, and one and a half miles south of 
 what is now the village of Wilson. 
 His practice was to go every Sabbath 
 morning, during the summer, five 
 miles west, on the lake shore road, and 
 have a Sabbath school, and conduct a 
 
 religious service by praying, singing, 
 and reading a sermon, and then go to* 
 the place above mentioned, and conduct 
 a similar meeting and Sabbath school, 
 and this last mentioned meeting was 
 kept up regularly till a house of wor- 
 ship was built, and a stated supply for 
 the pulpit procured. The travel neces- 
 sary to sustain these and the weekly 
 prayer meetings, and funerals which he 
 was often called to attend, was invariably 
 performed on foot for the first five years. 
 He was in the habit of distributing re- 
 ligious tracts on Sabbath desecration 
 and other sins, as opportunity offered 
 In January, 1819, through the instru- 
 mentality of Mr. H., a Presbyterian 
 church was organized, by the llev. Da- 
 vid M. Smith, of Lewiston, consisting 
 of his father and mother, his sister and 
 her husband, himself and wife, six in 
 number. At the formation of the church 
 Daniel Holmes and John Holmes, his 
 father, (who had removed here also,) 
 were set apart and ordained ruling elders ; 
 which office he faithfully discharged to 
 the day of his death. Although for the 
 first fifteen years the church was nearly 
 all the time destitute of the labors of a 
 minister, — not being able to support one, 
 — yet in 1835, in the annual report made 
 to the presbytery, they numbered 117. 
 Since 1835, the church have enjoyed the 
 stated ministrations of the word. As 
 the deceased was ever ready and willing 
 to spend his time to promote the inter- 
 ests of religion, so he was ready, even 
 beyond his ability, to give of his means 
 for the building up of Christ's kingdom. 
 He made no small sacrifice to secure the 
 erection of a house of worship, Avhich 
 was completed and dedicated February 
 12, 1835. All the benevolent enter- 
 prises of the day received his hearty 
 cooperation. He was truly a Christian 
 philanftropist. He was instrumental in 
 the formation of the first temperance 
 society ever formed in Wilson, and was 
 an eflficient member of all the different 
 temperance organizations, in that town, 
 to the time of his death. He was a warm 
 friend of human rights. Truly did he 
 remember those in bonds as bound with 
 them ; and warmly did he defend the 
 right of free discussion in the days of 
 mobocracy, which prevailed to such an 
 alarming extent in 1836-7. He was a 
 hearty supporter of our common school 
 system, and aided in erecting the first 
 
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 HOLMES 
 
 [ 1858. ] 
 
 HOLMES 
 
 school house built in "Wilson. Truly 
 may it be said of him, that he was ever 
 ready for every good word and work. 
 lie said to the minister present, " Forty 
 years ago last month I read the first ser- 
 mon to this people, from these words : 
 ' I am not ashamed of the gospel of 
 Christ, for it is the power of God unto 
 salvation to every one that believeth,' " 
 and requested that his funeral sermon 
 might be preached from the same text. 
 iloLMEs, J. r., M. I)., Evansville, 
 Ind., April 15, x. — . The l^vansville 
 (Ind.) Journal, under the head of " A 
 llomcless Stranger," has the following 
 interesting notice of the death of an 
 eminent stranger : " A week ago, on 
 Saturday, the steamer Union brought 
 from Green River an apparently poor 
 and afflicted man, past the age of 80. 
 One eye had been destroyed by a can- 
 cer, and the other, by sympathy, was so 
 swollen and affected as to be sightless. 
 One leg was paralyzed, and the poor suf- 
 ferer seemed utterly helpless, destitute, 
 and friendless. No one knew whence he 
 came, nor whither he was bound, except 
 from the desire he expressed to be taken 
 to Memphis. As the steamer was going 
 no farther down the river, he was jjlaced 
 on Messrs. O'Kiley & Co.'s Avharf-boat, 
 on the deck of wliich he lay unattended 
 and uncared for from Saturday evening 
 until Sunday afternoon, when his condi- 
 tion became known to Dr. A. C. Hal- 
 lock, our good Samaritan, who visited 
 him and found him in a most afflicted 
 condition, — helpless, blind, suffering with 
 pain, and a mind wandering in delirium. 
 The doctor, by intercession with " Old 
 Aunt Hannah," the black nurse, in- 
 duced her to give up her only bed, and 
 take him in and attend upon him. He 
 was bathed, clean clothes were procured 
 for him, and his cancer dressed. He 
 refused medicine, appeared to^ave a 
 perfect knowledge of the nature of his 
 disease and condition, said that there 
 was no medicine that could help him, 
 and that he oidy wanted care and quiet. 
 He remained with his faithful nurse, 
 who was unremitting in her attentions 
 to him, by day and night, and he 
 was visited daily by l)rs. Hallock and 
 Casselberry, who ministered to his ne- 
 cessities. Tlie jjrogrcss of his disease 
 was rapid, and he sank fast under its 
 cfi'ects, and on Thursday night he ex- 
 pired, alone, in the house of the good 
 
 negro woman who had given him shel- 
 ter, with no friend or clergy to soothe 
 his spirit in its last mortal agony. On 
 examining his effects after his death, pa- 
 pers were found which proved him to 
 have been Dr. John Pocock Holmes, a 
 member of the College of Surgeons of 
 London. Among them was an original 
 certificate of Sir Astley Cooper, testify- 
 ing to his qualifications as a surgeon, 
 with numerous testimonials from other 
 eminent surgeons of his ability and 
 faithfulness as a member of their pro- 
 fession. It appeared from other origi- 
 nal papers, that he had been, previous 
 to 1827, 16 years a surgeon in the 
 employ of the Hudson Bay Company, at 
 their various posts on this continent. 
 In 1827 he was a practising surgeon in 
 London, holding intercourse with the 
 most eminent men. Among the papers 
 he appears to have preserved with care, 
 is a card of invitation from the lord mayor 
 and mayoress of London to dine at the 
 Mansion House on the 12th of May, the 
 year not mentioned. But the papers 
 which he seems to have deemed the most 
 precious, are a package of letters from 
 Capt. Parry, the great Arctic explorer, 
 with whom he seems to have enjoyed a 
 free and cordial intimacy. It appears 
 that the deceased had rendered some 
 important service as a chemist, and from 
 knowledge he had gained in the Hud- 
 son Bay Company's service, in the man- 
 ufacture of pemmican for the exploring 
 expedition, for Mhich Capt. Parry gives 
 him much praise, and the Admiralty 
 voted him an acknowledgment of £150. 
 Capt. Parry invites him, in free and fa- 
 miliar terms, to call at his house in Lon- 
 don, and at another time, to visit him 
 on board the Hecla, at the Nore, before 
 sailing. The notes and letters of the 
 celebrated exploiter are interesting and 
 valuable as autographs. Among his ef- 
 fects, found since his death, were two 
 large and beautiful gold medals, award- 
 ed to ' Dr. John Pollock Holmes, by 
 medical societies, for his valuable inven- 
 tion of obstetrical and surgical instru- 
 ments.' There is also a large number 
 of letters from eminent and professional 
 men — from the nobility, and medical 
 and scientific societies, acknowledging the 
 receipt of * Dr. John P. Holmes's very 
 valuable and able treatise on consump- 
 tion and asthma.' There are two cards 
 of invitation to Dr. J. P. Holmes and 
 
HOLT 
 
 [1858.] 
 
 HOPPER 
 
 167 
 
 lady, to dine at Guildhall, on the occasion 
 when Queen Victoria honored the mayor 
 and common council with her presence." 
 
 A gentleman residing near Nashville, 
 Tenn., gives the following additional 
 facts : " I have been personally acquaint- 
 ed with J)y. Holmes since his arrival in 
 this country in 1841. I was at that 
 time living in Williamsburg, opposite 
 New York. He became a constant vis- 
 itor at my house. He was known in 
 New York and "Williamsburg as a man 
 of science in his profession. I was then 
 contemplating coming west, and the 
 doctor expressed a wish to come with 
 me, and said, as he was getting old, he 
 would like to live and end his days with 
 me. His friends settling in Tennessee, 
 the doctor remained with them four 
 years. At the end of that time he 
 made the acquaintance of a person from 
 Mississippi, who induced him to go with 
 him into that state, where he became in- 
 veigled into some scheme of specula- 
 tion, by which he lost, I suppose, nearly 
 all his money. When he left me, he 
 had between $15,000 and $20,000 in 
 money and securities, After his misfor- 
 tunes in Mississippi, he wandered, mor- 
 tified and broken-hearted, to the settle- 
 ment of Shakers at West Union, where 
 he buried himself from the knowledge and 
 mtercourse of his friends." 
 
 Holt, George M., Mobile, Ala., May 
 29, 8B. — . He was, we believe, a native 
 of Georgia, but early removed to Ala- 
 bama, where he ever afterwards resided. 
 In the earlier days of Mobile he was one 
 of her most prominent and public-spirited 
 citizens, dispensing a generous and ele- 
 gant hospitality to strangers, and first in 
 " every good word and work " calculated 
 to advance the interests of Mobile. In 
 later years he led a more quiet and re- 
 tired life, but never lost the respect and 
 confidence of his fellow-citizens. He was 
 a man of strong will and decided opin- 
 ions, but was governed by what he be- 
 lieved to be the right. He had for some 
 time been in infirm health, and his de- 
 cease was not altogether unexpected. At 
 the time of his death he held the office 
 of clerk in the United States Circuit 
 Court for his district, and was a faithful 
 and efficient oflicer. 
 
 Holt, Mrs. Ann R., Wight Co., Va., 
 Dec. 3, JB. 46, wife of Dr. John Q. Holt. 
 
 Holt, Michael W., M. D., Alamanace 
 Co., N. C, May 23, se. 48. Dr. Holt 
 
 was highly esteemed as a citizen and as 
 a physician, and his kind and conciliatory 
 manners secured the favor of all who knew 
 him. He represented the county of Or- 
 ange in the House of Commons in 1840, 
 M'hile associated with Alamanace, and was 
 a member of the Senate in the last legisla- 
 ture for the district of Randolph and 
 Alamanace. 
 
 Holt, Thomas M., M. D., Esopus, 
 N. Y., May 23, je. 66. 
 
 Holt, ^Irs. Virginia P., Montgomery, 
 Ala., Aug. 20, re. — , wife of Dr. J. W. Holt. 
 
 Hooker, James, Esq., Poughkeepsie, 
 N. Y., Sept. 11, se. 60. He was one of 
 the wealthiest and most respected citi- 
 zens of P. 
 
 Hooper, John H., Esq., Greensburg, 
 Pa., Oct. 21, ae. — , for a time one of 
 the editors of the Greensburg Herald. 
 He was a young man of industry and good 
 natural qualifications. He secured a foir 
 education, and was admitted to the bar as 
 a practising attorney. In the last cam- 
 ])aign he was the candidate of the oppo- 
 sition for clerk of the courts. 
 
 Hopkins, Captain John, Georgetown, 
 D. C, Nov. 25, aj. — . 
 
 Hopkins, HomcII, Esq., Philadelphia, 
 Pa., June 4, a^. — . He entered at the bar 
 in 1 814, and became a distinguished lawyer. 
 
 Hopkins, Walter, New Orleans, La., 
 Sept. 10, fe. 32. Mr. H. Avas born in 
 Aug., 1826, in London. He came to the 
 United States about five years ago, and 
 first made his home in New Orleans, 
 He was in many respects a remarkable 
 man — in all respects a gentleman. He 
 had been an editor of the Charleston 
 Courier, and of the Delta, of the Times, 
 and of the Courier, in New Orleans. He 
 universally commanded respect in all situ- 
 ations, and though he died a stranger in 
 a strange land, he was surrounded to the 
 last by sympathizing friends. 
 
 Hopper, ]Mrs. Mary, Sag Harbor, 
 L. I., Dec. 12, 8D. 78, mother of Rev. 
 Edward Hopper. The maiden name of 
 this venerable lady and truly pious dis- 
 ciple of Christ was See, and she came 
 of an old Huguenot family that settled in 
 the early colonial times in Westchester 
 Co., where she was born, near Tarrytown. 
 She resided many years in the city of 
 New York, and attended the old Colle- 
 giate Church in Fulton Street, since bet- 
 ter known as the North Dutch, having 
 been a professor of religion for half a cen- 
 tury, and sitting under the ministries of 
 
168 
 
 HOPPER 
 
 [1858.] 
 
 HOTCHKISS 
 
 Rev, Drs. Kuypcrs, Brownlce, ]^cwitt, 
 and Knox. Manifold and most excellent 
 were the virtues that adorned her charac- 
 ter and made her life blessed. It was 
 mainl)' throuj^h her toils and prayers that 
 her son was led, under God, to enter upon 
 the ministration of his truth ; and for the 
 past 15 vcars slie had been a communi- 
 cant in the churches of his charge. 
 
 Hopper, lion. Judge P. B., Center- 
 ^ille, Md., March 27, a>. — . He was an 
 eminent member of the bar, and filled 
 many positions of responsibility in Mary- 
 land'with great credit. At the first elec- 
 tion under the new constitution, he was 
 chosen to preside as judge over the fourth 
 judicial district. In this ])osition he dis- 
 charged his duties with strict fidelity. In 
 his own neighborhood, and Avherever 
 known, no one was more highly esteemed 
 for his unblemished character than the 
 deceased. He was a member of the 
 ^Methodist Protestant church from its 
 formation until the time of his death, 
 having been a member of the convention 
 of 1828 which formed that magnificent 
 instrument, embodying the principle of 
 mutual rights of ministry and laymen ; 
 and his love for the principles of the 
 church continued unabated, he advocating 
 and defending them zealously, and sus- 
 taining them liberally by his means and 
 labors until the end of his life. 
 
 HoRX, Rev. Rodderick, Pawnee Co., 
 Nebraska, Jan. 8, it. — 
 
 HoRNKR, Mrs. Maria L., Hamilton vil- 
 lage. West Philadclplm, Pa., May 24,ae. — , 
 
 HoRROCKS, William, Philadelphia, Pa., 
 June 13, Si. 38. Mr. H. was extensively 
 known as an active and enterprising busi- 
 ness man, and was universally esteemed 
 for his ujjriglitness and stern integrity. 
 Closely identified with the interests of 
 Prankford, both as a borough and after- 
 wards as a part of the consolidated city, 
 he enjoyed in a rare degree the confi- 
 dence and esteem of his fellow-citizens, 
 and had served them with marked ap])ro- 
 val, first in their own local government, 
 and subsequently in the councils of the 
 city. As a legislator he was liberal, pub- 
 lic-spirited and sagacious, seeking alwavs 
 to make right his guide, and prompt in 
 the discharge of every duty. He had 
 been for many years largely' engaged in 
 business, and while amassing wealth had 
 souglit 80 to em])loy his means as to con- 
 tritjute to the general prosperity, and 
 promote the happiness of his fellow-men. 
 
 HoRTON, Benjamin, Avon, Oakland 
 Co., Mich., Nov. 6, je. 75. He was 
 horn Nov. 10, 1783, in Northumberland 
 Co., Pa. In 1809 he emigrated to Upper 
 Canada, and was married the next year 
 to Jane, daughter of Christian Zavits, of 
 "Wainfleet, (now Port Colburn, Lincoln 
 Co., Niagara Dist.) In 1820 he removed 
 to Yarmouth, Elgin Co., and in Feb., 
 1825, to iSIichigan, where he has since 
 resided. He was elected to offices of trust 
 in his township, and always served his 
 neighbors faithfully and well. During 
 the last nine years of the territorial or- 
 ganization he served as justice of the 
 peace by appointment from Gov. Lewis 
 Cass. 
 
 HoRTON, John A., Newark, N. J., De- 
 cember — ,86. — , distinguished as a scien- 
 tific farmer. 
 
 HosMER, Mrs. Elizabeth B., Leomin- 
 ster, Mass., Dec. 3, ss. 72. She was a 
 consistent member of the Baptist church 
 in L., and will be lamented by a large 
 circle of friends. For fourteen years she 
 served as a faithful matron in the Theo- 
 logical Seminary at Newton. Her atten- 
 tion and fidelity to the students endeared 
 her to many a heart. 
 
 HoTCHKiss, Elisha, near Aurora, Ind., 
 June 10, fp. 80. Mi: H. was a native of 
 New Haven, Conn., where he spent sev- 
 eral years of his early life. He was a 
 lawyer by profession, and liberally edu- 
 cated, having graduated at Dartmouth 
 College, in the same class with Daniel 
 Webster ; and the writer of this brief no- 
 tice has often heard that great statesman 
 speak of his old friend and classmate 
 with regard and affection. 
 
 ^Ir. H. commenced the practice of the 
 law in Vermont, where for several years 
 he held the office of county judge. He 
 emigrated to Cincinnati in 1818, and he 
 soon attached to himself many friends, 
 who saw his real worth, and learned by a 
 longer acquaintance how to value it. He 
 served as mayor of the city of Cincinnati 
 for many years, Mith the approbation of his 
 fellow-citizens, and high honor to himself. 
 His unobtrusive manners, sound judg- 
 ment, large experience, and stern integri- 
 ty, marked him as a man to be loved as 
 well as trusted ; and he vindicated, to the 
 last, the reputation he had borne through 
 every change of fortune. 
 
 HoTCiiKiss, Dea. Elijah, Waterbury, 
 Ct., May 5, a?. 92. 
 
 HoicuKiss, Abraham V., E. Lewis- 
 
HOUGH 
 
 [1858.] 
 
 HOWE 
 
 169 
 
 ton, N. Y., May 9, a?. 50. INIr. Hotch- 
 kiss came to Lcwiston about 20 years 
 
 ago, 
 
 from Oneida Co. He was first 
 
 engaged in the dry goods business, and 
 afterwards appointed postmaster at Lew- 
 iston, whicii office he held about 8 years. 
 In 18o3 he was appointed collector of 
 customs for the District of Niagara, by 
 President Pierce, which office he held 
 with honor to liimself and credit to the 
 government. He was respected as a cit- 
 izen both at home and abroad, and those 
 who knew him best will regret his sud- 
 den and unexpected departure. As a 
 politician, he was an active, working dem- 
 ocrat, ever ready with open hand and 
 purse for the good cause he advocated. 
 He was a faithful friend to the press in 
 his county, having on two occasions aid- 
 ed in the establishment of democratic 
 papers. 
 
 Hough, Wm. Mosely, Madison, Dane 
 Co., Wis., Dec. 18, x. —. Mr. H. held 
 at the time of his death, and had held 
 during four years, the office of county 
 surveyor ; to which for two years past 
 has been added that of city engineer. 
 Previous to his removal to ]\Iadison, in 
 the spring of 1853, he had been for many 
 years engaged in teaching, as principal in 
 various high schools and academies in 
 Pennsylvania and New Jersey. As a 
 man of intelligence and literary taste, of 
 accurate and energetic business habits, of 
 thorough uprightness and firm religious 
 principles, he had become widely '.nown 
 and highly esteemed by the people of 
 Dane Co. 
 
 Houghton, Mrs. Juliana, Philadel- 
 phia, Pa., Aug. 22, se. 38, wife of D. C. 
 Houghton, D. D. 
 
 How, Mrs. Mira, HaYcrhill, ]\Iass., 
 Dec. 23, a?. 68, wife of CoL Jacob How. 
 
 Howard, Capt. Harrison, Conneaut, 
 O., May 9, te. 46. From early boyhood 
 he had followed the lake, and for many 
 years been prominently identified with 
 the lake commerce. No one was more 
 highly prized for his business connec- 
 tions, his general intelligence, and his 
 social quahties, sharing the respect, and 
 esteem, and the confidence of all. He 
 was a man of remarkably even temper- 
 ament, retiring in his habits, and even 
 under the most trying pecuniary diffi- 
 culties in past years his spirits never 
 flagged. 
 
 Howard, Henry M., Sullivan's Island, 
 Sept. 10, se. 40. He was at liis death, 
 15 
 
 and had been for many years, naval 
 officer in the Charleston custom house. 
 The duties of his office were discharged 
 with uniform exactness and fidelity. He 
 was not less diligent and earnest in ref- 
 erence to the obligations and duties of 
 social life. None performed them better. 
 His quiet, unobtrusive manners covered 
 an excellent heart, steadfast and affec- 
 tionate to his friends, courteous to 
 his acquaintances and strangers, ready 
 to do kind offices at all times, and 
 warmly grateful always in receiving 
 them. 
 
 Howard, Mrs. Jane W., Bradford, 
 Vt., Aug. 9, a?. 31, wife of Dr. AV. H. 
 M. Howard. 
 
 Howard, Mrs. Laura B., Bangor, 
 Me., March 27, ve. 28, wife of Rev. 
 Roger S. Howard, principal of Girls' 
 High School. 
 
 Howard, Mrs. Lydia Eaton, Weath- 
 ersfield, Vt., May 10, n?. 37, wife of Mr. 
 John Howard, and daughter of Jeremiah 
 and the late Hannah H. Bemis. She 
 followed her mother's example in conse- 
 crating her heart and life to God when 
 a child. Thus early she confessed Christ 
 publicly by receiving baptism and unit- 
 ing with the Methodist Episcopal church, 
 of which she continued a worthy member 
 until her Saviour called her home. In 
 her con-espondence religion was the 
 absorbing topic — how the Christian 
 should live, and how he might expect 
 to die. How often has she thus urged 
 upon the writer of this notice fidelity to 
 the cause of Christ in the great work 
 of winning souls ! and as often has he 
 been stimulated to greater devotion to 
 the work whereunto God hath called 
 him. Consumption slowly but surely 
 prosecuted its work of desolation Avith 
 Mrs. H. ; and she long knew that sha 
 must shake hands M'lth Death. Tha 
 prospect beyond the grave was un- 
 clouded ; but how could she leave her 
 loved companion and her dear- chil- 
 dren ? Ah .' that struggle was long and 
 severe, but the victory was obtained. 
 Christianity is sufficient for any emer- 
 gency — be it recorded to the glory of 
 God — for the living, for the dying. 
 
 Howe, Hon. Chester, Elmira, N. Y., • 
 March — , se. 50. 
 
 Howe, Mrs, Mary Ann, Waukegan, 
 IlL, June 12, a?. 60, wife of Rev. EI- 
 bridge Howe. She was a native of 
 Providence, R. L 
 
170 
 
 HOWELL 
 
 [ 18d8. ] 
 
 HUGER 
 
 Howell, Kev. Seth, Oxford, Butler 
 Co., O., Fob. 18, a?. — . He was a na- 
 tive of Wales, but for some years had 
 been settled in the ministry at Mount 
 Sterling, in the Columbus presbytery, 
 and more recently at Stony Hill. 
 
 HoYT, Mrs. Emeline C, Natick, 
 ^lass., Sept. 14, x. 39, wife of Dr. John 
 Hoyt. 
 
 HoYT, ^Irs. ^Margaret, Hunter's Bot- 
 tom, Ky., Sept. 14, a?. 91. She was a 
 native of New York, and landed at 
 Maysville, Ky., 70 years ago. She was 
 the first white woman in Cincinnati. 
 
 Hoyt, Mrs. Sarah, Norwalk, O., Aug. 
 20, ae. 87, the last survivor of the Wy- 
 oming massacre. 
 
 Hoyt, Dea.- Stephen, New Road, 
 K Y., March 27, te. 84. 
 
 Hubbard, Rev. Ebenezer, near Nash- 
 ville, Tenn., Sept. 2, se. 74. He was 
 son of Rev. Ebenezer (H. U. 1777) and 
 Abigail (Glover) Hubbard, and was born 
 in Marblehead, Mass., Nov. 12, 1783. 
 His father was born in Concord, Mass., 
 May 22, 1758; was ordained at Marble- 
 head, Jan. 1, 1783 ; and died Dec. 15, 
 1800, a\ 42. His mother was daughter 
 of Col. Jonathan Glover, of Marblehead. 
 Mr. H. was fitted for college at the 
 public classical school or academy in 
 Marblehead. After leaving college, he 
 studied divinity Avith Rev. Timothy 
 Flint, of Lunenburg, Mass., (H. U. 
 1800,) who married his sister Abigail. 
 He was ordained pastor of the Second 
 Church in Newbury, Mass., May 11, 
 1809. This pastoral relation Avas dis- 
 solved Oct. 16, 1810; and he Avas in- 
 stalled over the church in Middleton, 
 Mass., Nov. 27, 1816 ; resigned his 
 charge April 29, 1828 ; was installed at 
 Lunenburg, ])ec. 10, 1828. He was 
 always a Trinitarian, as he declared, 
 and, as he called himself, a moderate 
 Calvinist, but was very liberal in his 
 feelings towards Unitarians, and Avould 
 not unfrequently exchange with clergy- 
 men of that denomination. Mr. H. 
 continued i)astor of the church in Lu- 
 nenburg until Nov. 20, 1833, wlien his 
 connection with the society was dis- 
 solved. He studied medicine, but never 
 practised regularly, except, pcrliaps, in 
 IJoxford, or rather in Lunenl)urg, while 
 he was a pastor there. Li June, 1838, 
 he removed to tlie west, and taught 
 school a while in Trenton, Tenn., and 
 afterwards in Paris, Tenn. In 1843 or 
 
 1844 he removed to Fulton Co., Ky., 
 and settled on a farm in Hickman, 
 which a son, dying, left him, and wliich 
 he called Clergyman's Retreat. For 
 some years he pursued the farming 
 business, overseeing it and attending 
 to his garden, while in his leisure hours 
 he read books and Avrote sermons, 
 preaching sometimes, but having no 
 charge. He liked the investigation of 
 literary and scientific subjects. 
 
 Hubbard, Mrs. Elizabeth, Albanv, 
 N. Y., Oct. 19, as. 82, wife of the late 
 Hon. Timothy Pitkin, and daughter of 
 the late Rev. Dr. Hubbard, of New 
 Haven, Conn. 
 
 Hudson, Prof. T. B., Olmstead, O., 
 April 2, ». 39. Prof. H. was born in 
 Chester, Geauga Co., O., in 1819. His 
 father was a physician. At 18 he en- 
 tered the Western Reserve College, 
 where he studied and nearly accom- 
 plished the course, but left before grad- 
 uating, and returned home. His father's 
 circumstances did not admit of much 
 aid for him, so that he was indebted 
 chiefly to his own self-sustaining energy. 
 His thirst for knowledge and perse- 
 verance carried him through difficulties 
 which would have disheartened a less 
 resolute mind. When the Oberlin In- 
 stitution Avas opened he formed in the 
 principles of the school his OAvn vicAvs 
 of learning ; and in 1837 or 1838 he 
 Avas called to teach mathematics. For 
 20 years he had been connected Avith 
 Oberlin College as a professor of math- 
 ematics and the languages. The intel- 
 ligence of Prof. H.'s death, will carry 
 sincere and poignant grief Avherever this 
 good man has visited, pleading for the 
 enslaved. There Avill tire tidings of his 
 painful death occasion great grief, that 
 such a poAverful champion of liberty has 
 fallen in times of trial and peril. 
 
 Hudson, Barzillai, Torrington, Conn., 
 March 19, a?. 78. 
 
 HuFFARD, Mrs. Mary, Jacksonville, 
 Ala., Sept. 14, a>. 46, wife of Rev. Wil- 
 liam Huffard. 
 
 IIUGER, Daniel, Charleston, S. C, 
 Nov. 13, JT. 80. Surrounded by a de- 
 voted family, his habits Avere those of 
 retirement, but not of seclusion. He 
 Avas always ready to make his contribu- 
 tions of sentiment and of cheerfulness 
 to the social circle. This AA^as the field 
 of his choice. He never sought nor 
 desired public distinction. His mind 
 
HUGHES 
 
 [ 1858. ] 
 
 HUMPHREY 
 
 171 
 
 was cultivated, but neither biased nor 
 prejudiced. His feelings were gentle 
 and kind, but always manly and candid. 
 His ambition Avas to be right, and his 
 only fear was to do wrong. His manner 
 was the unostentatious bearing of a re- 
 fined and conscious gentleman ; and his 
 m-banity had its source in the humility 
 of the Christian. Ho professed what 
 he believed ; and his unwavering pur- 
 pose was to act what he professed. His 
 piety was not of impulse or of influence, 
 but that of an honest thinker, whose 
 own labor, with his Master's help, had 
 wrought out his own conclusion. His 
 research had commenced in youth ; its 
 fruits were the pleasure and the solace 
 of his maturer years, and the rich but 
 modest ornament of his old age. A 
 Churchman himself, he yet considered 
 other men as the children of God. 
 Stanch and uncompromising in his 
 own o])inions, he yet deemed the privi- 
 lege of thinking an inheritance from 
 Heaven. He held no scrutiny over the 
 tenets of others. Charitable and gen- 
 erous, he measured alms with none, 
 but gave cheerfully as God had given 
 him ability, though with a secret hand ; 
 and, when denial was necessary, he be- 
 gan invariably with himself. Truth was 
 his cardinal principle, and justice his 
 natural attribute. 
 
 Hughes, Hon. Voley, Mendon, N. Y., 
 Dec. 21, a?. 52, late mayor of Kenosha, 
 "Wis., and brother of John M., Arthur, 
 and Hazen Hughes, of Cleveland. 
 
 Hughes, David G., M. D., Hot 
 Springs Co., Ark., June 7. 
 
 Hughes, Mrs. Elizabeth C, ]SIonte- 
 zuma, O., a;. 54. She was born in 
 Hartford, Conn., in 1804 ; emigrated 
 west upwards of 20 years ago, and had 
 been a resident of Ohio most of this 
 time ; in her 15th year experienced 
 religion, and united with the church. 
 Her piety was uniform and growing 
 until she was taken to her final rest. 
 In 1851 Mrs. H. removed to the village 
 of jSIontezuma. The village had no 
 Presbyterian church at this time. In a 
 short time after her removal here a Pres- 
 byterian church was organized, consist- 
 ing of five members ; but there was but 
 one male member in the organization. 
 They had no house of worship of their 
 own. All the members were poor in 
 the things of this world, except Airs. H. 
 Soon after the organization of the 
 
 church a plan was entered upon to erect 
 a Presbyterian church. On March 5, 
 1854, she had the privilege to witness 
 the erection of a comfortable and a neat 
 house consecrated to the service of the 
 triune God. Mrs. H., in connection 
 with her self-denying pastor, John 
 Hawks, contributed largely of their sub- 
 stance towards this noble enterprise, 
 which is an honor to the place. 
 
 Hull, John C, Louisville, Ky., Aug. 
 26, jp. — . Kecognized by the business 
 community as a man of remarkable 
 enterprise, energy, and usefulness, Mr. 
 H. was equally known and endeared to 
 his friends by the most attractive per- 
 sonal qualities. Chivalric, generous, 
 humane, courteous, benevolent, charita- 
 ble in the largest and noblest sense, 
 every enterprise intended to advance 
 the pros]5erity of the city of his choice 
 received his cordial and active support ; 
 and every effort in behalf of suffering 
 indigence was equally sure of his sym- 
 pathy and aid. In his nearer and dearer 
 domestic relations, Mr. H. was a rare 
 example of unselfish aff'ection. Left at 
 an early age the protector of orphaned 
 sisters and other bereft relatives, the 
 better part of his life was entirely de- 
 voted to their welfare. Endowed with 
 qualities such as these, Mr. H. received 
 but his due in the warm afi"cctions of all 
 who knew him. 
 
 Hull, P. P., Marysville, Cal., 
 
 — , se. 34, formerly a lawyer of Mans- 
 field, O., but at the time of his death 
 one of the proprietors and editors of the 
 San Francisco Town Talk. He was a 
 printer, and had been connected Avith 
 the newspaper business in San Fran- 
 cisco almost all the time since his ar- 
 rival in the state, in 1850. He served 
 his time in INIansfield, O., Avhere his 
 widowed mother still resides, and after- 
 wards read law with his uncle, James 
 Purdy, of Mansfield. He was born in 
 that city in 1824. In his native state 
 he was respected and loved Ijy a large 
 circle of friends ; and in Caliibrnia, es- 
 pecially among his typographical and 
 editorial brethren, he was eminently 
 popular. 
 
 Humphrey, H. W., M. D., Iowa 
 
 City, Iowa, , a?. 50. 
 
 Humphrey, Pev. Aaron, Beloit, Wis., 
 Oct. 10, a?. 88. Mr. H. commenced his 
 ministerial labors in the Methodist con- 
 nection. Upon entering the Episcopal 
 
172 
 
 IIUMniRIES [ 1858. ] 
 
 HUNT 
 
 church, he officiated for some years in 
 the diocese of Connecticut ; was rector 
 of St. Luke's, Lanesboro', from 1820 to 
 1830, when he removed into the diocese 
 of New York. After serving, for some 
 time, the parislies of AVaddington and 
 Ogdensburg, he organized a parish at 
 Beloit, AVis., and continued to labor 
 there until the infirmities of age obliged 
 him to seek rest. For more than half a 
 century, he faithfully discharged the du- 
 ties of' the ministry, and is remembered 
 willi respect by those who, at different 
 periods, constituted his charge. 
 
 IIUMPiiiilEs, J. 11., Boonsboro', Md., 
 May 23, ae. 41, a native of Wilmington, 
 Del., and long a member of the Meth- 
 odist Episcopal church. At the time of 
 his death he filled the office of justice 
 of the peace, the duties of Avhich he 
 discharged, so far as we are aware, with 
 general acceptability, and in this respect 
 his place cannot easily be filled. He 
 was also school commissioner for the 
 district for several years past, and in 
 this respect, too, he acted to the satis- 
 faction of the public. 
 
 Hunt, Freeman, Brooklyn, N. Y., 
 Aug. 3, a?. 54. ISIr. H. was preeminent- 
 ly a self-made man. He originated and 
 executed the plans M'hich have given 
 liim a reputation as a writer upon com- 
 mercial affairs, and which redounded to 
 his Success in material prosperity. He 
 was born in Quincy, Mass., in March, 
 1804, and was, consequently, 54 years 
 of age at the time of his death. His 
 father, Nathan Hunt, a shipmaster, died 
 when Freeman was but three years of 
 age. His ancestors, on both sides, were 
 among the early inhabitants of the colo- 
 ny. His educational advantages in 
 youth were limited to a few years' in- 
 struction in the country school, and at 
 the age of 12 he left his home for Bos- 
 ton, and entered the office of the Boston 
 Evening Gazette, in a position of gen- 
 eral usefulness ; among his duties was 
 that of serving subscribers with the pa- 
 per. Soon after, he api)renticed him- 
 self to the printing business. Subse- 
 quently, he went to Springfield, Mass., 
 where he continued his labors as a com- 
 positor; but, desiring a larger field to 
 satisfy his aml)ition, he returned to ]5os- 
 ton, and became connected with the 
 Boston Traveller. While here as a 
 compositor, he sent several articles to 
 the editor, which were published ; and, 
 
 inquiry being made as to their author- 
 ship, he confessed their source. There- 
 after he rose in the establishment until 
 he attained a respectable position. He 
 first became a publisher soon after his 
 apprenticeship expired, by establishing 
 the Ladies' Magazine, of which Mrs. 
 Sarah J. Hale, who had just brought out 
 her first novel, was the editress. The 
 magazine succeeded, and the success de- 
 termined him to enlarge the scope of 
 his labors. He accordingly sold out, 
 and commenced the republication of 
 the Penny Magazine, which reached a 
 sale of 5000 copies within a year after 
 its commencement. This w;ork he soon 
 abandoned, and became connected Avith 
 the Bewick Company, an association of 
 authors, artists, printers, and bookbind- 
 ers, as the managing director. Being 
 without capital, it required first-rate finan- 
 ciering ability to enable the association 
 to carry out their object ; but Mr. Hunt 
 was equal to the task, and it was during 
 this time that he projected the American 
 Magazine of Useful and Entertaining 
 Knowledge, the editorial department of 
 which he conducted until he ceased his 
 connection with the company. He also 
 published, in Boston, in connection with 
 a Mr. Putnam, the Juvenile Miscellany, 
 which M-ent through several volumes be- 
 fore it passed into other hands. He 
 collated, also, two volumes of Ameri- 
 can Association, which met with a large 
 sale. In 1831 he removed to New York, 
 and soon after established a weekly pa- 
 per called the Traveller. During this 
 time he projected A Comprehensive 
 Atlas, which he brought out in 1834. 
 Subsequently, a scries of letters, Avritten 
 to the Boston press, were published in 
 a small volume entitled Letters About 
 the Hudson. The volume met with a 
 ready sale, and ])assed through three 
 editions. In 1837 he conceived the pro- 
 ject of the ^Merchants' Magazine, the 
 details of which he fully elaborated 
 during subsequent months, when he 
 commenced canvassing for its support. 
 In July, 1839, the first number was 
 printed ; his means being exhausted, 
 the Hon. James M. Stevenson, of Troy, 
 loaned him $300 to pay th« expense of its 
 publication. On the delivery of the first 
 number he collected the subscription ; 
 since which event Mr. Hunt continued 
 to increase in prosperity until his death. 
 The Merchants' Magazine has now 
 
HUNT 
 
 [ 1858. ] HUNTINGTON 173 
 
 passed through 19 volumps, Avith a 
 steady increasing subscription. It is 
 taken by commercial men in all parts of 
 the world. Mr. Hunt was thrice mar- 
 ried. His first wife lived but a few 
 months after marriage. Three children 
 were born of the second marriage, two 
 of whom are deceased — the eldest, 
 John Fredericks Hunt, about a year 
 . since. A daughter of 15 years is the 
 only one of the three living. His third 
 wife, who survives him, is the daughter 
 of the Hon. William Parmenter, of East 
 Cambridge, Mass. A young son is the 
 only issue of his third marriage. 
 
 Hunt, Rev. Aaron, Armenia, N. Y., 
 April 25, a?. 90. He was a member of 
 the New York Methodist Conference 
 during the long period of 67 years. He 
 was the father of Rev. A. Hunt, Jr., 
 now of Whitlockviils,,- Westchester Co., 
 N. Y. 
 
 Hunt, Rev. John B., North Easton, 
 Mass., Oct. 10, se. 39, at one time pas- 
 tor of the Methodist Episcopal church, 
 at Hingham, Mass. 
 
 Hunt, Rev. Holloway W., Hunterdon 
 Co., N. Y., Jan. 11, te. 89. For seven 
 years in his early ministry he was pas- 
 tor of the chui-ches of Newton and 
 Sparta. His first wife was Susan, 
 daughter of Judge Jonathan Willis, of 
 Newton, to whom he was united in mar- 
 riage in 179o. The average ages of 
 this venerable man, his parents, grand- 
 parents, and seven brothers and sisters, 
 would overreach 85 years. For 40 
 years he was pastor of the churches of 
 Bethlehem, Kingwood, and Alexandria, 
 — a field now occupied by five Presby- 
 terian ministers, besides several other 
 denominations. 
 
 Hunt, Hon. Alvah, New York city, 
 Oct. 28, tp. 60. He was engaged through 
 a long period in mercantile pursuits, in 
 which he became successful. He was at 
 various times honored by offices of trust 
 and prominence in the state. He was 
 twice sent to the state Senate from his 
 district, and twice consecutively was he 
 elected as treasurer of the state. Pos- 
 sessed, as he was, of decided executive 
 ability, with a ready and extended knowl- 
 edge of men and of the means of polit- 
 ical advancement, he exerted, at times, a 
 large influence in the political organiza- 
 tion with which he acted. During the 
 few later years of his life, he withdrew 
 from the arena of politics, and resided 
 15* 
 
 in the city of New York, and until the 
 time of his death, was connected with 
 the Des Moines Navigation and Im- 
 provement Company, as treasurer. He 
 was a self-made man, having risen to 
 the position he occu]ned, from a condi- 
 tion of poverty, by native force of talent 
 and character. 
 
 Hunter, John C, Savannah, Ga., 
 May 22, late purser in the U. S. navy. 
 
 Hunter, Robert W., Junior, Prince 
 George's Co., Md., Sept. 22. He was 
 a native, and long a resident, of AIpx- 
 andria, and one of the most skilful and 
 successful ship-builders in the country. 
 
 Huntington, George, iNI. I)., Pough- 
 keepsie, N. Y., Nov. 6, ae. 37, formerly 
 of Pittsfield, Mass. 
 
 Huntington, Abel, M. P., East 
 Hampton, L. I., May 18, a?. 81. Dr. H. 
 was originally from Connecticut, but set- 
 tled in early life in East Hampton, as a 
 practising physician. He became very 
 skilful and very popular in his profession, 
 and enjoyed in a very eminent degree 
 the affection, the confidence, and respect 
 of the people among whom he practised. 
 Dr. H. held several public offiijes during 
 his life. He was twice elected to Con- 
 gress during the administration of Gen. 
 Jackson's second term. He was a mem- 
 ber of the convention to revise the state 
 constitution in 1846, and during Presi- 
 dent's Polk's administration he held the 
 office of collector of the customs in Sag 
 Harbor. He Mas an active politician of 
 the Jackson, Silas Wright, and Van Bu- 
 ren school, and took a very prominent 
 part in all the public meetings and con- 
 ventions during the earlier and more ac- 
 tive part of his life. 
 
 Huntington, Daniel, New London, 
 Ct., May 21, te. 70. Mr. Huntington 
 was born in Norwich, Ct., Oct. 17, 1788. 
 He was the second son of Gen. Jodediah 
 Huntington, who was born in the town of 
 Norwich, Ct., Aug. 15, 1743. Gen. IL, 
 at the commencement of the American 
 revolution, joined the army, commanded 
 a regiment in 1775, and held the rank of 
 brigadier general towards the close of the 
 war. He uniformly enjoyed the esteem 
 and intimate confidence of Gen. Wash- 
 ington. He filled many offices of trust 
 in his own state, and was collector at the 
 port of New London under four presi- 
 dents. The son bore an impressive re- 
 semblance to his father in person, mind, 
 manner, and character. He was educated 
 
174 
 
 HUNTINGTON [ 1858. ] HUTCHINSON 
 
 at Yale College, in the class of 1807. His 
 first settlement in the ministry at North 
 liridgewater, Mass., continued twenty 
 years, and his labors from time to time 
 were abundantly blessed. From this 
 harvest field disease compelled him to re- 
 tire, and for seven years lie was a resident 
 of New London, rccruitinaj his health, but 
 actively engaj^ed in educating young la- 
 dies in the higher branches of study, for 
 which his fine literary taste eminently 
 qualified him. His health restored, he ac- 
 cepted a second call from a portion of his 
 church in Bridgewater who had formed 
 a new society. Here he labored again 
 thirteen years, winning souls to Christ, 
 but tiie ])rovidencc of God ordered that 
 he should again leave this field, and re- 
 turn to the home of his youth, and pass 
 the evening of his days amid the scenes 
 of his earliest aspirations. From that 
 day for about six years, till near the time 
 of his departure, he continued to preach 
 the gospel " in season and out of season," as 
 " the open door was set before him." At 
 the time wiien the Master called him he 
 was " diligent in business, fervent in spirit, 
 serving the Lord," preaching his last ser- 
 mon at Mohican, just four weeks before 
 the messenger of death met him. The 
 physical sufi'erings of his last days were 
 very great, but no complaining or mur- 
 muring words fell from his lips. With 
 him patience had her perfect Mork. He 
 died as he had lived, with a firm, unwaver- 
 ing trust in God. The day before his 
 death his faith expressed itself, as it had 
 often done in days of health and joyous- 
 ncss, in the voice of song : — 
 
 " There sliall I hatlie my weary soul 
 111 seas of iieavenly rest, 
 And not a wave of trouble roll 
 Across iiiy peaceful breast." 
 
 So has passed away to liis rest one emi- 
 nently devoted to the happiness of his 
 family and friends, the honor of the Ile- 
 deemer, and the salvation of men. Far 
 more delightful than easy would it be to 
 portray the refined sensibilities, the gen- 
 erous sympathies, the self-forgetting spirit 
 of sacrifices, and the heartfelt devotion to 
 the world's welfare, that marked the life 
 and formed the elements of character in 
 
 this departed servant of God ; and but for 
 his unfeigned humility and the extreme 
 nlodesty that imposed a constant restraint 
 on the forth-puttings of his native genius, 
 and this exclusive "res])ect to the recom- 
 pense of reward," he had shone with far 
 superior brilliancy in the starry firmament 
 of earth's ambition, though less splendid- • 
 ly in that nobler firmament where stars 
 never set and the sun no more goes 
 down, 
 
 HuxTSMAX, Rev. John, Prospect Grove, 
 Scotland Co., Mo., Sept. lo. He was born 
 in Franklin Co., Pa., July 29, 1803, was 
 converted in the 17th year of his age, and 
 joined the Methodist Ejiiscopal church. 
 He joined the Oliio conference, Meth- 
 odist Protestant church, in 1833 ; was for 
 several years a laborious minister in the 
 Pittsburg conference. In 1846 he re- 
 moved to Missouri; and here he found 
 himself without a membership, or an as- * 
 sociation in the ministry ; but notwith- 
 standing all this, he found a few noble 
 men and women who loved the pnnci])les 
 of the Methodist Protestant church, scat- 
 tered about within 40 to 60 miles, and he 
 formed them into societies, which, under 
 a kind Providence, has resulted in what 
 is now Des Moines Mission. 
 
 HuKD, Mrs. Mary Ann Twichell, Ames- 
 bury, Mass., Oct. 11, 86. 29, wife of Y. G. 
 Hurd, M. 1)., a native of Acworth, N. IL 
 
 HuRD, Rev. George E., Dover, X. H., 
 Oct. 16, vs. 28, minister of the Protes- 
 tant Episcopal church of the diocese of 
 N. H., and son of Hon. Ezekiel Hurd. 
 
 HUKST, Thomas P., Chillicothe, O., 
 May — , se. — , an eminent lawyer. 
 
 HURXTIIALL, F. })., Massillon, O., 
 Dec. 1, X. 80. He emigrated from Prussia 
 in 180j, and became a merchant in Lal- 
 timore — was one of the defenders of 
 Baltimore in the Avar of 1812. After 
 that he removed to Clearfield Co., Pa., 
 and from thence he became a citizen of 
 Massillon in 1832. 
 
 Hutchinson, Mrs. ISIarv A., Char- 
 lotte, N. C, July 1, a;. 23, wife of Dr. E. 
 Nye Hutchinson. 
 
 Hutchinson, Haley, Montgomery Co., 
 Ala., n3ecember 2, sc. Go, a very wealthy 
 planter. 
 
IMLAY 
 
 [1858.] 
 
 JACKSON 
 
 175 
 
 I. 
 
 Imlay, ■William H., Hartford, Ct., 
 , ae. 79. He Mas born in Hart- 
 ford, Jan. 25, 1780, and commenced 
 business for himself at the age of 18. 
 One of his first acts was to assume and 
 pay off his father's debts. Men whose 
 means of information are ample have 
 boldly asserted that he did more busi- 
 ness in his lifetime than was ever done 
 by any other man who evei* lived in 
 Connecticut. His operations reached 
 from Georgia to Michigan, and the lo- 
 cality, even to the day of his death, 
 seemed to him unimportant, provided 
 there was a good prospect of jn-ofit. 
 He was largely interested in the Atlan- 
 tic Dock s])eculations, in timber lands 
 in the North-west, in country stores in 
 Alabama, and in paper-mills in Wind- 
 sor. He was an early and energetic 
 friend of the New Haven, Hartford, and 
 Springfield Railroads, and subsequent- 
 ly of the Providence and Fishkill Kail- 
 road. In matters of public utility, he 
 did not stop to consult his private in- 
 terests before giving them his support. 
 He recently informed a friend that his 
 estate would have been fully $100,000 
 better off" if he had*left to others the 
 construction of the latter road. Twenty- 
 five years ago he might have retired 
 from business with an annual income of 
 over $20,000 ; and the accumulation of 
 that income, added to his then exist- 
 ing capital, would have made him the 
 wealthiest man in the state at the time 
 of his death. But he determined not 
 
 to rust out, and died, a striking example 
 of a man fairly worn out by hard work. 
 
 Iroxs, Dexter, Mjstic Bridge, Ct., 
 !May 25, vo. 51, well known to the pub- 
 lic for the many fine ships which he has 
 consti'ucted. 
 
 Irvine, Alexander, Esq., Bedford 
 Co., Va., Nov. 30, one of the most re- 
 spected and honorable citizens of the 
 commonwealth. 
 
 Irwin, Col. M. W., St. Paul, Min., 
 Nov. 23, ae. 38, son of Calander Irwin. 
 He was a native of Uniontown, Pa., and 
 was the editor of a democratic journal 
 in that county. He afterwards removed 
 to St. Louis, and became the principal 
 editor of the St. Louis Union. In 1853 
 President Pierce appointed Col. Irwin 
 marshal for the territory of Minnesota, 
 and in the summer of that year he re- 
 moved to St. Paul, whei'e he resided up 
 to his death. 
 
 Isaacs, Edward M., New Ipswich, 
 N. H., Sept. 5, IB. — . He was for 
 many years prominent, both in business 
 and in politics, and, though he had not 
 reached the prime of life, had acquired 
 a marked position and infiuence in so- 
 ciety. In 1853 he was supported by the 
 whigs for the ofliice of secretary of 
 state. In 1857 he was selected as an 
 aide-de-camp by Gov. Haile, and at the 
 time of his death was a member of the 
 legislature from New Ipswich. By his 
 death the people of New Ijjswich have 
 lost a public-spirited citizen and a gen- 
 erous-hearted friend. 
 
 J. 
 
 Jackson, Albion, Onondaga Valley, 
 N. Y., Dec. 22, a?. 57. Mr. J. was the 
 first white child born in Syracuse. 
 
 Jackson, Mrs. Elizabeth Willing, 
 Philadelphia, Penn., Aug. 5, vs. 91. She 
 was one of those relics of the classic 
 era of our country, whose departure de- 
 serves especial note. She belonged to 
 the well-known Willing family, with 
 which so many of the early memories 
 of this city are connected, having been 
 the sister of Richard "Willing. It is 
 
 through her husband, however, that she 
 is best known in Philadelphia. Maj. 
 Wm. Jackson was an aid to Gen. "Wash- 
 ington, and his private secretary. Sub- 
 sequently to the i-evolutionary war, Maj. 
 Jackson became a public man of consid- 
 erable influence. He was chosen to de- 
 liver the funeral oration in Philadelphia 
 for his old friend, Washington, and the 
 address is said to have been a very fine 
 one. For a number of years he was 
 the publisher of a popular Philadelphia 
 
176 
 
 JACKSON 
 
 [1858.] 
 
 JANEWAY 
 
 dally evening paper called the Commer- 
 cial llefjister. 
 
 Jacksox, Timothy, Boston, Mass., 
 Oct. ;31, IV. — . lie was accidentally 
 run over and killed on one of the city 
 railroads. He was distinj^uishcd as an 
 inventor. The celebrated hotel annun- 
 ciator, the heavy ^-dnance by which the 
 ■walls of the ^Lalakotl' and Kedan were 
 battered down and a breach made for 
 the French and English troops at the 
 storming of Sebastopol ; the novelty $5 
 sewing machine, and many other new 
 and useful inventions were his. He is 
 said to have been a man of great amia- 
 bility and excellence of character, but, 
 like too many other inventors, he reaped 
 little pecuniary benefit from his inven- 
 tions. He left' a wife and five children 
 in destitute circumstances. 
 
 Jackson, William H., Westmoreland, 
 Oneida Co., N. Y., te. 27. He was, for 
 a time, student, and afterwards teacher, 
 in Home Academy. He graduated with 
 ' honor at Hamilton College, and after- 
 Avard devoted himself, successfully, to 
 teaching and the study of law. He was 
 soon to have entered upon his profession 
 in New York city. 
 
 Jacobs, Gen. S. D., Natchez, May 
 — , a>. — , at the mansion of his father- 
 in-law, Ca])t. John B. Nevitt. Born in 
 the Carolinas, Gen. Jacobs commenced 
 a brilliant professional career in Tennes- 
 see, from which he was taken into the 
 service of the federal government at 
 AVashington, for many years as assist- 
 ant postmaster general. A better official 
 never jjressed that honored tripod of 
 office. Gen. J. became a planter of 
 Texas. 
 
 Jamison, Rev. Francis B., St. Vin- 
 cent College, Cape Girardeau, Mo., Nov. 
 — , ae. 58. He was a descendant of 
 the early Catholic settlers of Maryland, 
 and was born near Frederic City. In 
 his early youth he entered the Mount 
 St. ^Mary's College, I'^mmetsburg, where 
 he distinguished himself by his talents, 
 and the facility with which he advanced 
 in the paths of literature and science, 
 
 1U:V. JACOB J. JANEWAY, D. D., 
 
 New Brunswick, N. J., Jime 27, ac. 84. 
 Dr. J. was born in New York city, 
 in 1770; he graduated at Columbia Col- 
 lege, and pursued his theological studies 
 with the venerable Dr. Livingston, of 
 
 the Reformed Dutch church. In 1799 he 
 assumed the pastoral charge of the 
 Second Presbyterian Church, Philadel- 
 phia, as colleague with Dr. Green, and 
 sustained for 30 years that relation, 
 either as colleague or sole pastor. He 
 removed to Pittsburg in 1828, when he 
 was chosen by the general assembly of 
 his church first professor of theology in 
 the newly-erected Western Theological 
 Seminary. During the last 30 years of 
 his life, he resided chiefiy in New Bruns- 
 wick, sustaining, for part of the time, 
 tlie relation of pastor of the Reformed 
 Dutch Church, and vice president of 
 Rutgers College. The adult life of Dr. 
 J. was passed in the period marked by 
 the rise and advance of our country, 
 and the development of the great reli- 
 gious charities of the day. Before the 
 war of independence, he was carried, 
 when a child, from New York, then oc- 
 cupied by the enemy, and, with his 
 father's family obliged frequently to re- 
 move from before the invaders, lie lived 
 to see the rise and growth of the great- 
 est empire of the age. Entering the 
 church of his adoption, the Presbyte- 
 rian, when 266 ministers was the entire 
 number, he left it when, in both branch- 
 es, over 4000 rejoiced in her service. 
 Dr. J. was identified with the growth 
 and success of th%religious charities of 
 the day. One of the founders of the 
 oldest Bible Society in our countrj-, the 
 Philadelphia Bible Society, he watched 
 the expansion, and rejoiced to contribute 
 to a cause he held so dear. Notwith- 
 standing the labors of his parochial 
 charge, then, and up to the time of his 
 leaving it, the largest and most infiuen- 
 tial of the denomination in Philadel- 
 phia, he conducted, as chairman of the 
 committee, the entire concerns of the 
 Home Missions of the Presbyterian 
 church. For their success he labored 
 and prayed, and after its enlargement in 
 1829, by the general assembly, he con- 
 tinued a member, and for many years 
 was its presiding officer. Active in the 
 promotion of theological education, he 
 took a prominent part in founding the 
 Theological Seminary at Princeton, con- 
 tributed to its funds, and was active in 
 securing its endowment — a director for 
 nearly 40 years, an intimate and cher- 
 ished friend of its professors, the two 
 eldest of whom he followed to their 
 graves. He succeeded the first presi- 
 
JARVIS 
 
 [1858.] 
 
 JAY 
 
 177 
 
 dent of the board of directors, Dr. 
 Green, and continued their presiding 
 officer to the end of his life. Living as 
 he did in New Brunswick, yet for years, 
 with distinguished punctuality, he at- 
 tended the w^eekly meetings of the ex- 
 ecutive committee of foreign missions, 
 in their i-ooms at New York, till increas- 
 ing infirmities and advancing age warned 
 him to retire. Dr. J. has published a 
 good deal on theological subjects. His 
 easy and perspicuous style made his 
 Avritings acceptable to the religious pub- 
 lic. Remarkable for great exactness in 
 all his habits, possessing a singular 
 equanimity and self-possession, easy in 
 his manners, he was greatly beloved. 
 Firm and decided in his theological 
 opinions, he advanced them with digni- 
 ty ; he so conducted controversy, that 
 his opponents were soothed by his suav- 
 ity, and thus were saved the usual fate 
 of controversialists. Inheriting an am- 
 ple estate, he used it with great liberali- 
 ty, and in contributing to religious and 
 other charities, is believed to have given 
 away per year one fifth of his income. 
 A man of no ordinary intellect, he was 
 always a diligent student, and main- 
 tained the habit till the end of life ; for 
 much study is believed by his friends to 
 have shortened a life, which, though 
 protracted, might, through great consti- 
 tutional vigor, have been still more pro- 
 longed. Few men have passed through 
 so long a life, and mingled so much with 
 society, who have maintained so much 
 consistency, and escaped all taint and 
 blemish. The piety of Dr. J. was his 
 crowning glory. Converted at the early 
 age of 19, he walked with God, and is 
 believed, for the greater part of his life, 
 to have had an unshaken assurance of 
 his acceptance in Christ. ISIodest, he 
 instinctively shrank from the free ex- 
 pression of his religious feelings, except 
 to his most intimate friends. His holy 
 life proved his fellowship with God. 
 Venerated for years, and surviving the 
 mass of his contemporaries, his j'ounger 
 brethren regarded hini with filial esteem. 
 His last sickness was protracted, though 
 painless, the extraordinary vigor of his 
 frame giving way by slow degrees to the 
 power of disease. 
 
 Jaiivis, Mrs. Mary Coggswell, Balti- 
 more, Md., Aug. 16, as. 79, relict of the 
 late Leonard Jarvis, Esq. By her death 
 about $.30,000 becomes awarded to Har- 
 
 vard University and a charitable institu- 
 tion in the city of Baltimore, divided 
 equally between them. 
 
 Jauncey, Joseph, M. D., Wcstport, 
 Conn., April 7, ve. — , eldest son of the 
 late Dr. Joseph Jauncey, of New York. 
 
 HON. WILLIAM JAY, 
 
 Bedford, Westchester Co., N. Y., Nov. 4, 
 a>. 69. Mr. Jay was born at New York, 
 June 16, 1789. He was fitted for col- 
 lege at New Haven by Mr. Henry Davis, 
 afterwards president of Hamilton Col- 
 lege, N. Y. He entered Yale in 1804, 
 and took his degree in 1807. Ileturn- 
 ing to Albany, he entered the office of 
 John B. Hewry, Esq. His health inter- 
 fering with the practice of his profession, 
 he rejoined his father's family, and as- 
 sisted him in the management of his 
 estate at Bedford, M'hich William inher- 
 ited on the death of his father in 1829. 
 In 1812 he married Augusta McVickar, 
 of New York. She died in April, 18o7, 
 soon after the death of Mr. Jay's sis- 
 ters, Mrs. Banyer and Miss Ann Jay. 
 Subsequently to his marriage Mr. Jay 
 was appointed first judge of Westchester 
 Co. ; and he was continued upon the 
 bench by successive governors, of oppo- 
 site politics, through the varied changes 
 of party, until 1843. Excepting the 
 judgeshi]), we believe Mr. Jay held no 
 public office. Gen. Jackson, while pres- 
 ident, appointed him to an important 
 Indian commissionership ; but the office, 
 which had been unsought, was declined. 
 Judge Jay, with a competent fortune, 
 a cultivated and active mind, a fond- 
 ness for intellectual labor, during a life 
 of elegant leisure, consecrated his supe- 
 rior powers, unostentatiously and unre- 
 mittingly, to the cause of humanity and 
 religion, being willing, in imitation of 
 his divine Lord, when incurring opposi- 
 tion or reproach, to make himself of no 
 reputation, if need be, in the pursuit of 
 what he deemed a righteous course. 
 Born to affluence, he held his property 
 as a steward of the great Proprietor ; 
 not necessitated to professional labor, 
 he made the suffering and the oppressed 
 his client ; whether on the judicial bench 
 or in the circle of intellectual or scien- 
 tific friends, he aimed to be just and 
 useful, and was willing to labor with the 
 friends of God and man, in season and 
 out of season, whether the cause was 
 
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 JAY 
 
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 JAY 
 
 popular or unpopular, disrcpjarding hu- 
 man praise or censure, so that he could 
 stand approved to his own conscience, 
 ind especially to llim for -whom he 
 looked hahitually as liis ])rcsent all- 
 seeing, as well as his final Judge. j\Ir. 
 Jay was thorough in his researches, 
 scrupulous in the use of language, 
 truthful in his statements, dignified in 
 controversy, liiultless in rebulcing in- 
 iquity, firm as a rock in the maintenance 
 of his honest and well-wrought opinions, 
 liberal in the use of his wealth for the 
 promotion of human happiness and the 
 ])rotection and defence of the wronged. 
 lie had the singular good fortune to 
 write with just severity against the 
 delinquencies of time-serving men and 
 associations held in popular estimation, 
 and yet retain the respect and confidence 
 of the community. But it was not 
 merely good fortune ; it was also the 
 result of his carefulness as to fects, his 
 gentlemanly yet independent style, his 
 uniform fairness, his disinterestedness, 
 his unswerving integrity, and his entire 
 freedom from gross personalities. He 
 instinctively shrank from sinking the 
 gentleman in the controversialist, im- 
 puting bad motives to all whom he felt 
 bound to oppose, or seeking, by trick 
 or artifice, to win a victory over an 
 opponent. lie might appropriately have 
 borne ujjon his escutcheon the motto, 
 " Be just and fear not." He was just ; 
 he was fearless ; he was upright before 
 God and man. 
 
 In religion he was a Low-Church 
 Episcopalian, and a devoted and con- 
 scientious Churchman ; yet he was free 
 from bigotry and intolerance, and liberal 
 in his estimation of the tenets and 
 usages of Christians of other denomina- 
 tions, Wherever he recognized in an- 
 other the image of Christ he cordially 
 took him by tlie hand as a Christian 
 brother, and yielded liim his confidence. 
 He was, from an early age, a frequent 
 delegate to the Episcopal convention 
 of the diocese of New York, and was 
 consistent in opposing all attempts to 
 change the doctrines, constitution, or 
 liturgy of the church. 
 
 Air. Jay was a friend to the Bible, 
 tract, neace, temptrance, Sunday school, 
 Sal)bath, missionary, education, and 
 anti-slavery causes. He was a jiatriot 
 as well as a ])liilanthro])it;t and Christian, 
 and entered with prudent zeal into the 
 
 political agitations of the times. He 
 was president of the Westchester Bible 
 Society, and a vice president of the 
 American Bible Society, president of 
 the American Peace Society, foreign 
 corresponding secretary of the American 
 Anti-Slavery Society, and afterwards 
 vice president of the American and 
 Foreign Anti-Slavery Society. He con- 
 tributed to the funds of all" the above- 
 named societies, and advocated their 
 claims by his pen and tongue so long as 
 their acts met his approbation, and no 
 longer. 
 
 During the last 25 years Mr. Jay has 
 been an outspoken abolitionist in prin- 
 ciple and action. He was no more 
 ashamed of the name of abolitionist 
 than he was of the name of Christian. 
 He had a hereditary kindness for the 
 people of color, whom he recognized as 
 citizens of the country which gave them 
 birth. He deemed the slave a brother 
 by creation and redemption, and in his 
 will has bequeathed, perhaps, the first 
 legacy ever given for the relief of fugi- 
 tives from slavery. 
 
 In politics he was, like his honored 
 father. Chief Justice Jay, a federalist of 
 the old school, then a whig, then a free- 
 soiler, then a republican. 
 
 The different societies to which he 
 belonged passed resolutions of respect 
 and condolence. The bar of AVest- 
 chester Co. say, — 
 
 " Whereas, since the last term of the 
 court of this county, the hand of death 
 h\s removed from among us the Hon. 
 William Jay, for a quarter of a century 
 the presiding officer of the Court of 
 Common Pleas, whose official career 
 was marked by extensive learning, punc- 
 tilious attention to his duties, strict and 
 fearless uprightness, as well as by uni- 
 form courtesy towards the bar and all 
 others with whom he was brought into 
 contact, and whose life was noted for 
 a conscientious observance of justice 
 towards all, for eminent usefulness, and 
 every virtue ennobling to human char- 
 acfter, thus securing for him the venera- 
 tion and regard of all classes of his 
 fellow-citizens, therefore 
 
 " Jtesulved, that Judge Jay, by the 
 purity and simplicity of his life, by his 
 lil)erality towards every measure deemed 
 by him to be conducive to the benefit 
 of his fellow-men, by his strict justice, 
 by his hatred of oppression and wrong 
 
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 179 
 
 by or upon whomsoevei* inflicted, by his 
 love for those cherished truths which 
 regulated his conduct and sustained and 
 cheered him at the termination of his 
 career, has left behind him an exam])le 
 worthy of our studious imitation, and 
 tliat the reverence with which the name 
 and character of our departed friend 
 were mentioned every where, illustrates 
 the truth of the inspired declaration that 
 ' the memory of the just is blessed.' " 
 
 Judge Kobinson at the meeting re- 
 marked " that he felt himself obligated 
 to join in this tribute to the memory 
 of Judge Jay from the peculiar relations 
 that had existed between them. He had 
 been born within sight of his mansion, 
 and enjoyed his friendship from his 
 youth upwards. He gave me his confi- 
 dence and his approbation. The success 
 attending me was ever to him a source 
 of pleasure, as, indeed, was the pros- 
 perity of every young man of his ac- 
 quaintance. 
 
 "From 1818 till 1843 he was judge 
 of this court. His judicial career was 
 worthy of his noble sire, John Jay, the 
 statesman of the revolution, the author 
 of the glorious state constitution of 
 1777, and the first head of the United 
 States Supreme Court. He was a model 
 officer, a just judge. He dispensed jus- 
 tice from the bench with learning and 
 wisdom, with stern integrity, and the 
 strictest impartiality. His neighbors, his 
 friends, strangers, the rich and the poor, 
 were punished alike for violation of law. 
 
 " During the 25 years that he w'as 
 judge of this county, no trial, civil or 
 criminal, occupied more than one day. 
 It may appear strange to the younger 
 members of the bar that so great rapid- 
 ity, so great saving of time, could be 
 exercised in the dispensing of justice, 
 and the rights of all be regarded. But 
 Judge Jay was a jurist of the highest 
 attainments. "Whenever a point was 
 raised he was familiar with it, and the 
 law applicable to it, and usually decided 
 it without argument. If either party 
 sought to introduce irrelevant or im- 
 proper testimony, he would reject it 
 immediately, before the other party had 
 time to raise an objection. It will thus 
 be perceived by all familiar with trials, 
 and who are aware how much time is 
 occupied in arguing motions, and in the 
 introduction of irrelevant testimony, 
 how it was that Judge Jay, by divesting 
 
 the proceedings of all this useless rub- 
 bish, and confining them to the main 
 issues, was enabled to dispose of cases 
 so summarily, and at the same time so 
 justly. He was just to the prosecution ; 
 he was just to the prisoner ; and he 
 regarded the interests of the people. 
 
 " He was an exemplary citizen. Those 
 with whom he differed in sentiment al- 
 ways conceded to him sincerity, purity, 
 and integrity. He was religious without 
 intolerance, upright without bigotry, 
 merciful and,generous without weakness. 
 As a man in private, public, and Chris- 
 tian life, he was a rare model. By his 
 death, the community in which he lived 
 has lost one of its most useful members, 
 humanity one of its brightest ornaments, 
 Christianity one of its noblest exemplars." 
 
 Mr. Jay's writings are numerous. 
 His contributions to the public press 
 were very frequent. He was fond of 
 thus employing his gifted pen ; and ed- 
 itors seldom refused his neat, logical, 
 apposite, and convincing contributions. 
 He often wrote anonymously, but never 
 hesitated to write under his own signa- 
 ture, either in addressing public bod- 
 ies, the people, or individuals, when he 
 deemed it necessary. He wrote many 
 pamphlets, anonymous or bearing his 
 own name, on various subjects. In 1826 
 he received a prize for an essay on the 
 Sabbath as a Civil Institution, and in 
 1827 another for an essay on the Sab- 
 bath as a Divine Institution. In 1830 
 he was honored with a medal from the 
 Anti-Duelling Society of Georgia for the 
 best essay on Duelling. In 1833 he 
 published tw^o octavo volumes of the 
 Life and Writings of John Jay ; and 
 since that date he has published various 
 volumes on African Colonization, Peace, 
 and Slavery, which have been widely 
 circulated at home, and some of them 
 have been reprinted in England. He 
 has left, we understand, a commentary 
 on the Old and New Testament, and 
 probably other writings, which may yet 
 be laid before the public. Mr. Jay's 
 writings on the anti-slavery question 
 have been more numerous than on any 
 other subject ; and yet, as is seen, he 
 Avas not a man of " one idea." His po-^ 
 litical, his humane, and his religious' 
 feelings, in connection with his hered- 
 itary and characteristic love of liberty, 
 led him early to espouse the cause of 
 the free people of color and the slave. 
 
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 JEWETT 
 
 Judge Jay twice visited Europe in 
 the pursuit of health — first in 1843, 
 uhen he travellc'd also in Egypt, and 
 again in 1S,>(), when he paid a short 
 visit to England. His correspondence 
 for many years was very extensive, 
 especially with the leaders of the anti- 
 slavery movement in the United States. 
 lie was the last of the children of Chief 
 Justice Jay, his brother, Peter Augustus, 
 having died in 1844, and his two sisters 
 in 18Jf). He leaves behind him a son 
 and three daughters, his two eldest 
 daughters having died before him. 
 
 Chief Justice Jay, father of William, 
 was the great-grandson of Pierre Jay, 
 a Protestant merchant of Piochelle, 
 France, who, on tlie revocation of the 
 edict of Nantes, fled to England. Au- 
 gustus Jay, the son of Pierre, emigrated 
 to New York, where in 1697 he married 
 Anne Maria, daughter of Belthasar Bay- 
 ard. At the age of So he died, leaving 
 one son, Peter, who married Mary, 
 daughter of Jacobus Van Cortlandt, of 
 New York. Peter died at Poughkeep- 
 sie, N. Y., in 1782, leaving John, who 
 was born in New York, ])ec. 12, 1745. 
 John was educated at King's College, 
 read law, and married Sarah Livingston, 
 daughter of William Livingston, after- 
 wards govenior of New Jersey. He 
 died May 17, 1820, te. 84. 
 
 Peter Augustus Jay, brother of Wil- 
 liam, died Feb. 20, 1843. He was pres- 
 ident of the New York Historical Society, 
 and vice president of the American Bible 
 Society, and had been recorder of New 
 York. Miss Ann Jay and Mrs. Banyer, 
 sisters, died in IS.'JG, having bequeathed 
 more than $34,000 to various charitable 
 societies. 
 
 Jeffries, Richard, Georgetown, D. C, 
 July 20, X. 09. 
 
 Jexics, Joseph Pt., Philadelphia, Pa., 
 June 26, a.\ 91, a well-known citizen of 
 Philadelphia, and an esteemed member 
 of the Society of Friends, was for many 
 years a successful mcrcliant ; was benevo- 
 lent, upright, and honorable, and from 
 time to time occupied various offices of 
 trust, the duties of Mhich he discharged 
 with scrn])ulous fidelity. He was, in all 
 the relations of life, a pure-hearted, high- 
 minded, and honoral)]e man. 
 
 Jessee, I'hilip, New Garden, Russell 
 Co., Va., Hec. 1, re. 120. It is stated 
 tliat a short time before his death he 
 
 was able to attend to his own household 
 affairs, and that while in his 100th year 
 he cut and split 100 rails. He was a 
 man respected by all who knew him. 
 
 Jeter, Col. S." B., Nottoway Co., Va., 
 A])ril 2, se. 76, a prominent citizen of 
 Nottoway Co. He had served his county 
 in the various capacities of justice, sheriff, 
 commissioner of the revenue, &c., and 
 was generally respected in the com- 
 munity. 
 
 Jewett, Hon. Freeborn G., Skancateles, 
 N. Y., Jan 27, ss. 68. Judge J. came 
 to reside in our county at an e;irly day — 
 as early as 1815 or 1816. He studied 
 law in the office of Col. Samuel Young, 
 and on taking up his residence in Skan- 
 cateles, entered into partnership -with 
 James Porter, formerly a representative 
 in Congress from that district. Young 
 J. had not been long in his new home 
 before he was chosen to the office of 
 justice of the peace, the duties of which 
 were satisfactorily discharged. While 
 holding that office, he was appointed 
 surrogate — a position he held several 
 years. In 1827 he was a member of the 
 Assembly. In 1830 he was elected to 
 Congress, against his wishes. Serving in 
 that body for one term, he declined a 
 renomination. In 1846 Gov. Wright 
 appointed him a justice of the Supreme 
 Court, and in the year subsequent he was 
 elected to the office of judge of the Court 
 of Appeals. In 1853 he was reelected; 
 but bis health failing somewhat, he re- 
 signed the office at the end of two years. 
 After his retirement fi-om the bench, his 
 health improved, and he has since been 
 actively engaged in the management of 
 his private affairs. The death of Judge 
 J. will be widely and sincerely mourned. 
 In all the relations of life he bore a stain- 
 less character. He was a self-made man. 
 The career of such a man affords a forci- 
 ble illustration of what may be accom- 
 ])lished by a steady adherence to the 
 duties and responsibilities of life. As a 
 judge he gave entire satisfaction to the 
 bar of the state, and secured in an emi- 
 nent degree their confidence and respect, 
 showing himself an accomplished lawyer 
 and a dignified, impartial, and painstaking 
 judge. Very many of his judicial opin- 
 ions have been reported, and many of 
 them contain well-considered and thor- 
 ough discussions of questions of magni- 
 tude and interest, and will always be 
 cited with respect. He possessed a clear 
 
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 181 
 
 and well-balanced mind, great good sense, 
 and sterling integrity. 
 
 Jewett, James M., Aurora, Portage 
 Co., O., Dec. 9, X. 70. He was the fifth 
 generation from the original settlers of 
 the name, consisting of two brothers and 
 a nephew, who emigrated to this country 
 in 1G38, (from England,) and settled in 
 Rowley, Mass. From this family all of 
 the name in this country, acquainted with 
 their origin, can trace their descent. A 
 singular circumstance in connection with 
 this family is the feet that the original 
 homestead yet remains in the family, and 
 has been occupied by those Avho have 
 filled the office of deacon in the Congre- 
 gational church for over 200 years. A 
 clock brought from England 18 years 
 after the landing of the Pilgrims at 
 Plymouth Rock, still does duty in the 
 old family mansion. 
 
 JoiiNSOX, Dr. A. H., Lynnville, III, 
 Dec. 4, a?. 35. 
 
 Joiixsox, Leonard, Triangle, N. Y., a?. 
 59, a graduate of Amherst College. 
 
 Johnson, Mrs. Mary, Baltimore, Md., 
 Sept. 13, tp. 55, relict of the late Chancellor 
 John Johnson. 
 
 Johnson, Mrs. Mary E., Nashville, 
 Tenn., May 22, aj. — , wife of Col. B. R. 
 Johnson, professor in the Nashville Mili- 
 tary University, and daughter of Daniel 
 G. Hatch, Esq., of Covington, Ky., for- 
 merly of Exeter, N. H, 
 
 Johnson, Peter, Esq., West Troy, N. 
 Y., April — , oe. 60, an old resident of 
 West Troy, and a lawyer of the old 
 school — a straightforward, frank, honest 
 man. 
 
 Johnson, Dr. William M., Alamance 
 Co., N. C, Oct. 15, a?. — . Dr. J. had 
 for a number of years been connected with 
 the Spirit of the Age as associate editor ; 
 he was a pleasant writer, and a very 
 zealous and efficient friend of temperance. 
 
 Johnson, Willis, M. D., Mason, N. H., 
 Oct. 2. ft". 72. He was born in Stur- 
 bridge, Mass., Dec. 21, 1786, and com- 
 menced the practice of medicine in Jaffrey, 
 N. H., in Aug. 1807, before he was 21 
 years of age. He removed to Mason in 
 July, 1814, where he lived 44 years useful 
 and respected. He filled the office of 
 town clerk 22 years, and was chairman 
 of a board of selectmen five years, and 
 held other offices in the town and county. 
 As a ])hysician his services were highly 
 appreciated, and he was unusually suc- 
 cessful, so that he was under the necessity 
 16 
 
 of prescribing for many of the sick after 
 he was unable to visit them, by learning 
 their state from their friends, or l)y their 
 going to his room to receive advice and 
 prescriptions. 
 
 Johnston, E. H., Esq., of Galena, 
 N. Y*., at Dubuque, Iowa, Aug. 19, aj. 
 39, for three years past the principal of 
 the Galena Classical Institute ; a most 
 valuable citizen and an estimable man. 
 He went to Galena in October, 1855, 
 and assumed the charge of the Insti- 
 tute, which he conducted successfully up 
 to the present time. Possessed of con- 
 siderable experience as a teacher, of 
 great energy of character, and devoted 
 to his calling, under his auspices the 
 Institute became at once flourishing. It 
 was owing entirely to his persistent ex- 
 ertions that the new Institute building 
 on Seminary Hill was commenced, and 
 earned forward to completion. Mr. J. 
 was a native of Sidney, Delaware Co., 
 N. Y. After obtaining his education, 
 he was engaged for four years as a 
 teacher in Albany, and left there for Ga- 
 lena. He leaves a wife and two children. 
 
 Johnston, Rev. James, York Co., 
 Pa., March — , se. — , for 30 or 40 years 
 the pastor of an Associate Reformed 
 church in Mansfield, Ohio. 
 
 Johnston, Mrs. Mary Charlotte, 
 S. C, June 9, se. 58, relict of Rev. Cy- 
 rus Johnston, I). D., formerly pastor of 
 the Presbyterian church in that town. 
 For upwards of 30 years she was a con- 
 sistent member of the Presbjterian 
 church, and for a quarter of a century the 
 devoted wife of one of its most laborious 
 and zealous ministers. In every rela- 
 tion of life she sustained her part nobly 
 and well. 
 
 Jolly, Rev. Hugh, Coeymans, N. Y., 
 April 20, a?. 89, an earnest and consis- 
 tent minister of the gospel, and a Meth- 
 odist preacher for more than 60 years. 
 
 Jones, Dr. Anson, Houston, Texas, 
 Jan. 8, EP. — . Dr. Jones has been 
 prominently connected with public af- 
 fairs in Texas for many j^ars. He was 
 a native of Louisiana, but emigrated to 
 Texas in 1833, and at once took part in 
 the struggles of the republic for inde- 
 pendence. He joined the army, raised 
 a company of volunteers, was at the bat- 
 tle of San Jacinto, received the appoint- 
 ment of judge advocate general, and held 
 various military positions during the 
 years 1838 and 1837. In 1837 he waa; 
 
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 JONES 
 
 elected to the second Congress of Texas, 
 from Brazoria Co. In the_ following 
 year he was appointed minister of 
 'lexas to the United States ; was re- 
 called in 1839, and elected state sena- 
 tor in the place of Hon. William H. 
 Wharton, deceased. In 1810 he^ was 
 chosen president of the Senate, and, in 
 the absence of Gen. Lamar, became ex- 
 ofhcio vice president of the republic. 
 In 1841 he was elected secretary of 
 state — an office he filled with marked 
 ability for three years. He was the last 
 president of the republic, having been 
 elected to that station in 1845. In Feb- 
 ruary, 1846, the republic was annexed 
 to the United States, and Dr. J. re- 
 linquished his authority ; two years of 
 his presidential term being yet unex- 
 pired. Dr. J. was regarded with great 
 aifection by the people of Texas, who 
 were unanimous in ascribing to him 
 measures which resulted in the inde- 
 pendence of the young republic. 
 
 JoxES, Archibald, Esq., Frankfort, 
 Me., Feb. 8, x. 81, a native of Worces- 
 ter, ^lass., whence he removed to Frank- 
 fort in 1802, and was consequently one 
 of the earliest settlers of the town. He 
 was a lawyer by profession, and the first 
 who commenced practice in Frankfort. 
 At the time of his death we believe he 
 was the oldest member of the Waldo 
 bar. His whole Hfe was without spot or 
 blemish. He was a Christian, not only 
 by profession, but also in practice. In 
 him the poor and afflicted always found 
 a friend and comforter. 
 
 Jones, Benjamin, Oakland, O., April 
 9, a;. 52. He was the son of Catlit and 
 Sarah Jones, who emigrated from Vir- 
 ginia to Columbiana Co., O., about the 
 first of the present century. Catlit 
 Jones accompanied Daniel Boone in his 
 first adventure in Kentucky. On the 
 occasion of the capture of Col. Boone's 
 daughter and another distinguished lady 
 by the Indians, Mr. Jones was one of 
 the "twelve brave men" who volun- 
 teered and perilled their lives to rescue 
 these young ladies from their savage 
 captors. While with Col. Boone in 
 guarding the " corn patch " against the 
 Indians, he received a severe wound in 
 tlie arm. He was also an officer in the 
 revolutionary war. Afterwards he joined 
 tlie Society of Friends, and resolved 
 " to beat his sword into a ploughshare 
 and hie spear into a pruning hook," and 
 
 was an acceptable minister in that soci- 
 ety. Benjamin was also a member of 
 the Society of Friends. He leaves two 
 brothers, a bereaved wife, and eight 
 children, to mourn his death. He was 
 a general reader, and was familiar with 
 the solid literature of the age ; was re- 
 markable for the precision and extent 
 of his knowledge of all subjects upon 
 which he conversed. He took a lively 
 interest in agricultural improvements, 
 and by the judicious application of fer- 
 tilizers and subsoiling had greatly in- 
 creased the productiveness of his farm. 
 He was the friend to popular education. 
 He took a deep interest in the anti- 
 slavery movement, and was a zealous 
 advocate of the rights of man, and of 
 the interests of free labor against the 
 aggressions of American slaverj'. 
 
 Jones, Charles A., Rochester, N. Y.; 
 Jan. 25, se. — . His more intimate 
 friends were aware that his health had 
 been impaired ever since his visit to 
 Washington at the time of President 
 Buchanan's inauguration. Within a 
 fortnight he returned from a business 
 visit to Washington, and was then quite 
 debilitated, but resolutely refused to 
 succumb to the insidious disease lurking 
 in his system. His large contracts for 
 erecting government buildings in Chi- 
 cago and Milwaukie occupied his mind, 
 and furnished excitement for his enter- 
 prise, so that he "had not time to be 
 sick." The death of his son-in-law, Mr. 
 Bruff, a week before, was undoubtedly 
 a severe stroke ; for upon him he placed 
 great confidence and dependence in car- 
 rying on his extensive contracts. jNIr. J. 
 had resided in llochester upwards of 
 20 years. 
 
 Jones, Edmund Loftin, Chapel Hill, 
 N. C., Nov. 24, ae. 19. He Avas a mem- 
 ber of the Junior class in the university, 
 of high standing in scholarship and de- 
 portment, and distinguished for good 
 natural abilities, perseverance, and dili- 
 gence. To these may be added truthful- 
 ness, amiability of temper, and warmth 
 of affection. His fine face and person, 
 and his winning, kind manners, caused 
 him to be much admired by all ; but by 
 his family and personal friends he was 
 most dearly loved. 
 
 Jones, Mrs. Elizabeth, Hart Co., Ga., 
 Oct. 9, vc. 8G. Her parents, Joseph and 
 Mary Henderson, moved from Virginia 
 when she was about 11 years of age, 
 
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 183 
 
 and settled on Cold Water Creek, Elbert 
 Co., Ga. In 1795 she was married to 
 James Jones, with whom she lived a 
 devoted and happy life for 63 years, 
 raising a large and respected family. 
 We are rarely called upon to record the 
 death of one who has spent so large a 
 life of usefulness and devotion to the 
 church of Christ. She was 70 years or 
 more a member of the Methodist church. 
 The Henderson family were among the 
 pioneers of Methodism in this section 
 of Georgia. 
 
 Jones, Dr. Henry J., Louisville, Ky., 
 May 13, se. 45, formerly of St. Louis, 
 but for many years a practising physician 
 in Louisville. 
 
 Jones, Dr. Isaac, Washington, Ark., 
 Feb. 11, a?. — . He was originally from 
 Orange Co., N. C, where he stood at 
 the head of his profession ; emigrated 
 to Hempstead Co., Ark., many years 
 ago ; took the lead in his profession ; 
 was distinguished for his enterprising 
 disposition ; was kind and liberal in his 
 views, as well as benevolent to the poor 
 and needy. Dr. J. was emphatically a 
 gentleman and a scholar, and was one 
 of the most extensive cotton planters 
 in the state. He leaves a widow and 
 several children to mourn his loss. 
 
 Jones, Judge Lewis, Urbana, 111., 
 Dec. 25, se. — . 
 
 Jones, Gen. James J., Basle, Switzer- 
 land, Sept. 4, se. — . For many years 
 in his earlier life he took an active and 
 efficient inrerest in the military estab- 
 lishment of New York, in which he held 
 the rank of major general of the third 
 division of infantry ; and he was distin- 
 guished not only as a good disciplinarian, 
 but for his pure and honorable character 
 and popular qualities. His services in 
 the financial and charitable institutions 
 of the city have been constant and im- 
 portant. As a trustee of the savings 
 bank, of the New York Life Insurance 
 and Trust Company, of the New York 
 Hospital, as a vestryman of Trinity 
 Church, and in administering many pri- 
 vate trusts of great responsibility, he 
 has been eminently faithful and wise. 
 In private life Gen. J. was honored and 
 beloved. His ample fortune was, alike 
 from principle and impulse, applied in 
 doing good. 
 
 Jones, John A., Texas, Aug. 12, se. 
 — , formerly a member of the Maryland 
 legislature from St. Mary's Co. 
 
 Jones, John P., Sullivan Co., N. Y., 
 a,\ 80. He was one of the founders of 
 Monticello, has been State senator, and 
 in 1856 was a Fremont elector. 
 
 Jones, Miss Lucy Y., St. Leon, Va., 
 Oct. 31, se. — , eldest daughter of Mrs. 
 Helen Jones, of Mecklenburg Co., Va. 
 She was a daughter of James Y. Jones, 
 Esq., formerly of Jefferson Co., and 
 granddaughter of Joseph H. Jones, Esq., 
 who died at Smithfield in 1822. 
 
 Jones, Mrs. Maria B., Geneva, N. Y., 
 Dec. 23, ffi. 67, widow of the Hon. Sam- 
 uel W. Jones, and daughter of the late 
 James C. Duane, of Schenectady. 
 
 Jones, Mrs. Minerva A., Medfield, 
 Mass., Jan. 31, se. 29, wife of D. W. 
 Jones, M. D. In the life and character 
 of Mrs. J. there was a rare combination 
 of Christian \irtues and personal charms. 
 With a gracefulness of manner and a 
 sweetness of disposition peculiarly her 
 own, were united an intellectual culture 
 and a consistent piety, which not only 
 rendered her an agreeable companion, 
 but secured for her at once a prominent 
 place in the affections and confidence of 
 all who knew her. 
 
 Jones, Samuel B., Esq., late of Car- 
 rollton. Miss., July 29, ae. — , at the resi- 
 dence of his friend James Minter, on 
 Tallahatchie River, and formerly a mem- 
 ber of the Carrollton bar. He was a man of 
 many excellent traits of character ; espe- 
 cially was he remarkable for the generosity 
 of his disposition, and the benevolence of 
 his heart. Raised in the counsels of an 
 educated and a polite circle of relations, 
 his early associations matured into an 
 urbanity of manners which marked his 
 course in riper years. Reared for the 
 legal profession by an uncle who was a 
 distinguished member of that profession, 
 he attained membership with the Missis- 
 sippi bar. Honorable by nature and by 
 cultivation, he was conspicuous alike for 
 his high sense of honor and his integrity 
 of purpose. His native affability and his 
 cultivated courtesy won the a])]n'oval and 
 insured the respect of enlightened associ- 
 ates ; and his agreeable companionship in 
 his social intercourse told of the noble 
 qualities of his heart, and the valued 
 qualifications of his mind. 
 
 Jones, Dr. Sterling Henry, late of 
 Green Co., Ala., March 2, a?. 28. He 
 was lost by the burning of the Eliza Battle. 
 He was the eldest son of the late B. B. 
 Jones and Elizabeth D. Jones, now of 
 
184 
 
 JONES 
 
 [ 1858. ] 
 
 JOSEPH 
 
 Sumter Co., Ala. After receiving his 
 education, he studied medicine in the 
 office of J3r. Pearson, of Pickens Co. He 
 then attended liis first course of lectures 
 in Phlladel)ihia, and afterwards graduated 
 at the Medical College in New Orleans, 
 La., and commenced the practice of medi- 
 cine in Sumter Co. Shortly after he was 
 married to Miss Mary Owens, of Pickens 
 Co. His fortune being ample, he turned 
 his attention more directly to agriculture, 
 and settled near Gainsville, where he lived 
 several vears. Becoming dissatisfied with 
 his location, he sold out, and purchased a 
 plantation in Greene Co._ last year — 
 made a crop, and was on his way to Mo- 
 bile to receive the proceeds and to lay in 
 his family suj)plies. lie bade fair to make 
 a very "successful planter. Dr. J. was 
 born in Tuscaloosa Co., Ala., and from 
 youth to manhood combined every quality 
 to endear his relatives and acquaintances. 
 Jones, Com. Thomas Ap Catesby, 
 Georgetown, D. C, May 31, a.'. G9. He 
 was a native of Virginia, and was born 
 in the year 1789. He entered the navy 
 as a midshipman in the year 1805, and 
 received his commission as a captain in 
 1829. He was first brought prominently 
 into public notice in the year 1814, at the 
 time when the British naval expedition 
 against New Orleans entered Lake 
 Borgne. Com. J., then a lieutenant, 
 had command of a division of five gun- 
 boats, carrying 23 guns and 183 men. 
 The British force that he was appointed 
 to intercept, consisted of 40 or 50 barges 
 or boats built for this special duty, carry- 
 ing 42 guns, and 600 or 800 men. After 
 a gallant resistance the little American 
 flotilla was compelled to surrender, 
 Lieutenant Jones having been early dis- 
 abled by a shot. His conduct in the 
 affair was universally commended. That 
 the victory was dearly bought by the 
 British is proved by the fact that their 
 loss, as officially reported, was 9-5 — more 
 than half the number of Americans en- 
 gaged, and, by American witnesses of the 
 affair, the loss is even said to have been 
 300 or 400. Li 1842, when he had com- 
 mand of the Pacific squadron, while lying 
 at Callao, he received unofficial infor- 
 mation which led him to believe that a 
 war between the United States and Mex- 
 ico was inevital)!e. He was led to believe 
 that through intrigues at Mexico, a ces- 
 Bion of Mexican territory to Great Brit- 
 ain was contemplated. He suddenly set 
 
 sail with a squadron of four vessels in 
 order to forestall the sui)posed designs of 
 the British admiral. On arriving before 
 Monterey, some circumstances confirmed 
 his suspicions ; he summoned the gov- 
 ernor to surrender the place, which was 
 done, and Oct. 20, 1842, the American 
 flag rose over the old fort, and a procla- 
 mation was issued explaining to the 
 people the strange movement. For 
 this indiscreet but well-meant seizure of 
 Monterey, in a time of peace. Com. J. was 
 suspended from service for a time, and 
 in 1855 was placed upon the reserved list 
 by the naval board. 
 
 Jones, Worster, Claremont, N. H., 
 Dec. 20, fc. 75. He was a native of 
 Claremont, belonged to a large and re- 
 spectable family, and was one of the most 
 useful and worthy citizens. 
 
 JoRD.iN, Reuben, Sr., Monticello, 
 Jasper Co., Ga., May 23, a?. 69. Mr. J. 
 Mas a native of North Carolina. His 
 father emigrated to Georgia when he 
 was a child, and settled in Oglethorpe 
 Co., where Mr. J. resided for more than 
 thirty years. He then removed to Jasper 
 Co., where he resided till his death. He 
 represented both the counties of Ogle- 
 thorpe and Jasper several times in the 
 legislature of the state. He j^ossessed a 
 mind naturally vigorous and acute, which 
 had been enlarged and disciplined by 
 reading and reflection, which, added to 
 fine conversational powers and genial 
 feelings, rendered him both an instructive 
 and agreeable companion. Firm in his 
 principles, frank and bold in his main- 
 tenance of them, sternly upright in all 
 his dealings, he enjoyed the confidence 
 of his fellow-citizens while living, and 
 died calm, self-possessed, and fearless. 
 
 Joseph, Joseph L., New York, June 
 4, ffi. 61. The New York Herald 
 gives the following correct history of the 
 once noted, but for many years almost 
 forgotten name that heads this article. 
 It says, "Previous to the panic of 1837, 
 the banking house of Josejih Brothers was 
 reported to be the wealthiest in this 
 country. Certain it is that their opera- 
 tions were on a most extensive scale, 
 and their liabilities when they failed were 
 counted by millions. The Josephs were 
 the agents of the Rothschilds in this 
 country ; and so unbounded was their 
 credit,' that when the crash came their 
 failure did more to preci])itate the great 
 panic of 1837 than any other one event 
 
JOURDAN 
 
 [1858.] 
 
 JUDD 
 
 185 
 
 I 
 
 of the time. In fict, their failure was 
 very similar to, and produced pretty much 
 the same effect as did that of the Ohio 
 Life and Trust Company, in 1857. The 
 house occupied by the Josephs stood on 
 the same lot as the house now occupied 
 by Brown Brothers & Co. ; and what 
 was a little singular, the house, which was 
 new, fell a few days before the firm did 
 commercially. The fall took, place at 
 midnifjht and no one was iiijured. On 
 Saturday, it was announced that Joseph 
 L. Joseph, who was the head of this once 
 great bankin!» firm, was dead. Since the 
 failure the brothers have pursued various 
 occupations, but have never been heard 
 of as bankers. 
 
 JouRDAN, Thomas, Williamson Co., 
 111., April 12, a'. 56. His history is 
 connected with that of Illinois. His 
 father, Thomas Jourdan, emigrated from 
 Tennessee while he was yet young, in 
 1787. In the war of 1812, they built a 
 fort which was known as Jourdan's Fort, 
 in the present county of Williamson, 
 eight miles south-east of Frankfort. In 
 the course of the war the Indians made 
 several attacks upon the garrison, when 
 they chanced to go out of the fort ; but 
 owing to the skill and bravery of the 
 soldiers, who were principally of the 
 Jourdans and Whitesides, they succeed- 
 ed in saving the women and children 
 from Indian massacre. The subject of 
 this sketch was then but a youth ; never- 
 theless he was one of the most daring, 
 and was always foremost in any enter- 
 prise, however perilous. His courage 
 and bravery were unsurpassed. He af- 
 terwards married and settled within half 
 a mile of the old fort, and lived on the 
 same farm until his death. 
 
 JoYXES, Thomas R., Sr., Accomac, 
 Va., Sept. 12, se. 69. He was an able 
 lawyer, who rose to success and fortune 
 by his own exertions, and was distin- 
 guished in the state convention of 
 1829-30 by his great powers as a de- 
 bater and statist. He was remark- 
 able for his quickness, clearness, and 
 accuracy. He was the compeer of 
 the brilliant Upshur, and was to him 
 what Fox was to Pitt in Parliament. 
 He has been for many years the Nestor 
 of the eastern shore, where his loss will 
 be felt most, and where his memory will 
 long be cherished as an able and good 
 man in all the relations of life. He 
 leaves a widow, and a large family of 
 16* 
 
 children, of whom, two of his sons, 
 already known for their worth, are AVil- 
 liam T. Joynes, Esq., of Petersburg, 
 and Dr. L. S. Joynes, one of the pro- 
 fessors of the Medical College of llich- 
 mond. 
 
 REV. BETHEL JUDD, D. D., 
 
 Wilmington, Del., April 8, ae. 82. 
 He was a clergyman of the diocese of 
 Western New York, but for some years 
 past spent much of his time at the resi- 
 dence of his son in Wilmington. He 
 was born in Watertown, Ct., in 1776, and 
 graduated at Yale College in 1797, under 
 the ])residency of Dr. Dwight. He imme- 
 diately entered upon preparation for the 
 ministry, pursuing his studies under the 
 direction of the Rev. Dr. Bowden, of 
 Cheshire, Ct. He was ordained deacon 
 by Bishop Benjamin Moore, of N. Y., 
 in 1798. For the space of 60 years he 
 made full proof of his ministry, being 
 favored with almost unbroken health, 
 and in labors more abundant. He 
 was, at different periods, actively en- 
 gaged in the dioceses of Ct., N. Y., 
 Western N._ Y., Md., N. C, and Fla. 
 He was officiating in Hudson, N. Y., at 
 the same time that the late Bishop 
 Chase was laboring in that diocese. He 
 was one of the early presidents of St. 
 John's College, Annapolis, and also rec- 
 tor of the church in that city. He was 
 one of the pioneers of the church in 
 North Carolina, where he organized 
 several parishes and draughted a consti- 
 tution for the diocese, when the number 
 of its clergy should entitle it to be ad- 
 mitted as such. Among the missionary 
 stations which he held was St. Augus- 
 tine, Fla. For about 15 years he was 
 rector of St. James's Church, New Lon- 
 don, Ct., the parish of which Bishop 
 Seabury was once incumbent. This 
 charge he resigned on being appointed 
 president of the Episcopal Academy in 
 Cheshire, Ct. Dr. Judd retained, in a 
 remarkable degree, his physical and 
 mental vigor, and his energy was very 
 little impaired by the burden of years. 
 Witin a month of his death he occupied 
 the pulpit, proclaiming the unsearchable 
 riches of Christ with a fervor and ani- 
 mation surpassed by few younger men, 
 and his pen has been busy during the 
 past winter in producing articles for 
 one of the religious journals. He was 
 
186 
 
 JUDSON 
 
 [1858.] 
 
 JUNEAU 
 
 a ripe scholar, an earnest, evangelical, 
 and effective preacher, u courteous gen- 
 tleman, qind a godly man. His end was 
 eminently peaceful and blessed. He 
 •was enabled in his dying hour to take 
 up, with humble confidence, the utter- 
 ance of the great apostle, " I am now 
 ready to be offered, and the time of my 
 departure is at hand. I have fought a 
 good fight, I have ffnished my course, 
 I have kept the faith. Henceforth there 
 is laid up for me a crown of righteous- 
 ness, wliich the Lord, the righteous 
 Judg^ shall give on that day to all who 
 love his appearing." And witli much 
 emphasis ho added, " We do love his 
 appearing." Thus closed in calm se- 
 renity a life that dates from the period 
 of our colonial dependence, and a minis- 
 try that commenced in the last century. 
 •' Your fathers, where are they ? And 
 do the prophets live forever ? " The 
 funeral service was solemnized in St. 
 Andrew's Church, Wilmington, on Sat- 
 urday, April 10, nearly all the neighbor- 
 ing clergy of the diocese of Delaware 
 being present, and the Rev. Messrs. 
 Breck, Itidgely, Parker, and Newbold 
 acting as pall-bearers. The bishop of 
 the diocese officiated in the service, as- 
 sisted in the lesson by the Rev. S. C. 
 Brinckle. With many tears and affec- 
 tionate regrets, the remains of this 
 venerable servant of Christ were com- 
 mitted to the tomb. 
 
 JuDsoN, David L., Birmingham, Ct., 
 March 8, tc. 27. He was a graduate of 
 Yale College, class of 1851, and son of 
 the late Donald Judson, Esq. 
 
 Julian, Hon. George H., Forsyth 
 Co., Ga., Oct. 23, ae. 45. In all the re- 
 lations of life, of son, brother, husband, 
 father, citizen, neighbor, and friend, he 
 was a model man — a bright, shining 
 ensample to all persons Avho would ful- 
 fil their appointed and appropriate des- 
 tiny on earth. It may be said, with 
 perfect trutlifulness, that, in this in- 
 stance, a good man has fallen in the 
 prime of his life, and in the midst of 
 his usefidness to family, church, and 
 country. Blessed with a handsome 
 competency of tliis world's goods, made 
 and accumulated by his own persevering 
 industry, painstaking, and economy, — 
 possessed of a charitable, benevolent, 
 and large heart, — it is impossible to esti- 
 mate the heavy loss the county of For- 
 
 syth has sustained in the death of this 
 prudent, orderly, and most estimable 
 gentleman. To his stricken widow and 
 little son (an only child) the bereave- 
 ment is heart-rending and irreparal)le ; 
 and outside of his own immediate circle, 
 at home, none will feel the severity of 
 this inscrutable stroke of Providence 
 more sensibly than those families and 
 persons in his neighborhood, who were 
 the recipients of his overflowing kind- 
 ness and liberal, unselfish generosi- 
 ty. The widow and the orphan, the 
 poor and afflicted, never sought his aid 
 or appealed to his bounty in vain. No 
 deserving person did he ever turn emp- 
 ty away. Often has he been known to 
 provide the destitute and suffering poor 
 with money, from his purse, to purchase 
 provisions and the necessaries of life, 
 when he himself had not in his barns 
 and smoke-houses wherewith to sujjply 
 their wants. His charity embraced all 
 within its compass, and every body 
 loved him. He died, as he had lived, 
 lamented and beloved by all who came 
 in contact with him, and, as is believed, 
 without an enemy in the world. In 
 1855, the people of Forsyth county, ap- 
 preciating the character and worth of 
 Mr. J., honored themselves by elevating 
 him, by a large majority, to a seat in the 
 legislature of Georgia; and in 1857 he 
 \vas again reelected to the same respon- 
 sible position by his fellow-citizens. 
 
 Juneau, Paul, Juneau, Dodge Co., 
 Wis., Aug. 13, a?. 35. He was the 
 second son of the late Solomon Juneau, 
 the founder of Milwaukie, and the first- 
 born of that revered pioneer after his 
 permanent settlement at the flourish- 
 ing commercial emporium of Wisconsin, 
 now more than 40 years since, where 
 Paul was born, April 28, 1823. He 
 was consequently in the 35th year of his 
 age at the time he was unexpectedly 
 taken away by a most sad ^casualty. 
 During the last years of his life his resi- 
 dence has been in Dodge Co. In 1849 
 he was elected member of the Assembly 
 from the Theresa district. In 1852 he 
 was chosen register of deeds, which 
 office he held for four years, discharging 
 its duties to the satisfaction of the peo- 
 ple who had placed him there. Faithful, 
 courteous, and prompt, he won the con- 
 fidence and esteem of all who knew him, 
 and at length surrendered his respon- 
 sible office with the full consciousness 
 
JUSTICE 
 
 [ 1858. ] 
 
 KANE 
 
 187 
 
 of having impartially discharged every 
 public obligation that devolved upon 
 him. At the time of his sudden and 
 shocking death, he was a member of 
 the present Assembly from his district, 
 and also clerk, of the Circuit Court of 
 Dodge Co. He M^as a i)rudent and con- 
 siderate legislator, zealously guarding 
 the interests of his constituents, and so- 
 licitous to promote the welfare of the 
 whole state — an esteemed and upright 
 citizen — a man of integrity and honor, 
 who had troops of friends — true to his 
 party, above reproach, and without an 
 enemj'. Among all the multitude of 
 mourners, there was not one, beyond 
 the circle of the departed's nearest and 
 dearest relatives, who exhibited a deeper 
 or sincerer sorrow than an aged and sil- 
 ver-haired Indian, who in sadness and 
 grief followed his lost friend to his final 
 place of repose, weeping like a child, 
 and showing that though he belongs to 
 a race the poets have described as 
 "Stoics of the wood — meu without a tear," 
 
 he was not destitute of the sympathies 
 which belong to humanity In every age 
 and every clime. There was something 
 touching and affecting in seeing an old 
 Indian — a lonely and neglected stran- 
 ger amidst the intruding crowds who 
 have driven his people from the beauti- 
 ful land of his ancestors — coming from 
 his distant forest home to witness the 
 burial of one in whose veins flowed the 
 blood of his tribe, and whose family had 
 ever been the guardian and vindicator 
 of his injured nation. But such are the 
 contrasts and such the vicissitudes of life. 
 Justice, Capt. John, Millcreck, Pa., 
 July 6, ffl. 71. Capt. J. came to Erie 
 during the late war with Great Britain, 
 for the purpose of aiding in the con- 
 struction of Perry's fleet. Marrying 
 some time afterwards, he settled in the 
 place permanently, residing for the last 
 25 years just outside the city limits. By 
 indefatigable industry he secured a com- 
 petency, and was ever held in high es- 
 teem for his integrity and personal worth. 
 
 K. 
 
 HON. JOHN KENT KANE, 
 
 Philadelphia, Feb. 21, te. 63, judge of 
 the United States District Court for the 
 eastern district of Pennsylvania. He 
 was a son of John Kane, whose father 
 emigrated from Ireland in 1756. Judge 
 Kane's mother was a Miss Van Hensse- 
 laer, of New York. He was educated 
 at Yale College, and then studied law 
 in Philadeljjhia, in the office of the late 
 Judge Hopkinson. He was admitted 
 to the bar April 8, 1817, and soon took 
 rank among its members as one of the 
 most promising of their number. He 
 was originally a federalist in politics, 
 but in the Jackson times he gave in his 
 adhesion to the democratic party, and 
 was elected by them several times to the 
 state legislature. He was also at one 
 time their candidate for mayor, and held, 
 for a time, the office of city solicitor. In 
 1845 he was appointed by Gov. Shunk 
 attorney general of the state. This 
 office he resigned in June, 1846, when, 
 on the decease of Judge Randall, of the 
 United States District Court, President 
 Polk appointed him to fill the vacancy. 
 Tliis office he continued to hold up to 
 
 the time of his death. His judicial de- 
 cisions have generally been regarded as 
 entitling him to the confidence of the 
 public and his own profession. He was 
 an able rather than a brilliant lawyer, 
 his mind being Avell stored with prece- 
 dents, and guided by strong practical 
 sense. He exposed himself to a good 
 deal of obloquy by his decision in the 
 Passmore Williamson case ; and at the 
 time of his death a suit was pending 
 against him for false imprisonment, at 
 the suit of that person. There is no 
 doubt, however, that in that, as in all 
 other decisions. Judge K. was animated 
 by a strict sense of duty, and only acted 
 in accordance with the dictates of his 
 conscience. Since the death of his dis- 
 tinguished son the tributes of condo- 
 lence and respect which he received 
 from all parts of the world must have 
 consoled him for any feelings of hostility 
 that might have been excited against 
 him by his course on that question. 
 There is no doubt, however, that his 
 son's premature end preyed greatly on 
 his spirits, and hastened the termination 
 of his own days. Thus death his, in a 
 brief period, claimed as its victims two 
 
188 
 
 KAVANAUGH [ 1858. ] 
 
 KENNEDY 
 
 of the most distinguished members of 
 a family wliich, throuf,'h its diii'erent 
 branches, had for more than a century 
 rendered important services to the coun- 
 try. Mrs. Kane, wlio survives him, was 
 Miss Jatie Leiper, a descendant of 
 Thomas Lei])er, of the revohition, and 
 intimate personal friend of Jefl'erson. 
 A dauf^hter and three sons also survive. 
 The latter are Col. Thomas L. Kane, 
 who is now in California, K. Patterson 
 Kane, Esq., a member of the bar and 
 of the common council of Philadelphia, 
 and ])r. John K. Kane, who accompa- 
 nied the searching expedition sent out 
 in quest of the second arctic expedition 
 of the late Dr. E. K. Kane, and who is 
 now in Paris. 
 
 Judge K. was a gentleman of fine 
 abilities, a good lawyer, and a learned 
 judge. lie was also an accomplished 
 belles-lettres scholar, and an adept in 
 the graceful accomplishments of society. 
 Few men of our acquaintance were 
 more courtly in manner, or better calcu- 
 lated to impress upon the observer the 
 idea of a perfect gentleman. Whether 
 at the bar, on the bench, in political life, 
 or in society, he never, for an instant, 
 lost his self-possession, or was betrayed 
 into a rude word or a display of temper. 
 lie was a member of various artistic 
 and scientific societies, such as the Mu- 
 sical Fund Society, the Academy of the 
 Fine Arts, and the American Philo- 
 sophical Society, and exercised high 
 influence in all of them. However men 
 may have differed from him on ])olitical 
 questions, there are none that will deny 
 him the ])ossession of most winning 
 social qualities, and of great firmness 
 and tenacity of purjiose in every thing 
 that he undertook. 
 
 Kavanaugii, Dandridge W., Law- 
 renceburg. Ky., April 24, ic. 32. He 
 was a young and very promising lawyer ; 
 and as a husband, father, son, a friend, 
 and good citizen, his loss will be deeply 
 felt, lie had been for many years an 
 exemplary and consistent member of the 
 Christian church, and met death with 
 Christian fortitude and resignation. 
 
 Kkauslky, Mrs. , Detroit, Mich., 
 
 Jan. 7, IV. — , wife of the veneratile Maj. 
 Kearsley. She had lived in D. during 
 the memory of the present generation, 
 having been one of those who were pio- 
 neers of the prosperity of Detroit. 
 
 Keller, Hev. J. B., Carlisle, Pa., 
 Nov. 30, fp. 33. 
 
 Kellogg, Edward, Brooklyn, N. Y., 
 April 29, ap. 68. He was known to the 
 ])ublic as the author of a work on ])olit- 
 ical economy, entitled Labor and Other 
 Capital. His loss, though at a ripe 
 age, and by no means unexpected, will 
 occasion deep regret to numerous rela- 
 tives and acquaintances. 
 
 Kelly, Rev. Alexander, Mount Pleas- 
 ant Mission, Kentucky conference, July 
 7, ae. 27. His deep piety, his ardent 
 zeal for Christ, and his evident gift for 
 usefulness, procured for him the recom- 
 mendation of his class to the quarterly 
 conference, when, without a dissenting 
 voice, he was licensed to preach. He 
 maintained his good standing as a 
 preacher, was useful, and very much 
 esteemed by all who knew him. 
 
 Kelly, Col. John W., Callaway Co., 
 Mo., Oct. — , ae. — . For many years 
 Col. K. represented Holt Co. ; and two 
 years ago he ran on the ticket with Col. 
 Benton for lieutenant governor, since 
 which time he has lived in retirement 
 upon his farm in Callaway Co. 
 
 Kempton, ^ul. New IBedford, Mass., 
 Sept. 11, a?. 84. He built the house in 
 which he resided, and occupied it for a 
 period of 49 years. Mr. K. was in the 
 early part of his life, for a series of 
 years, collector of taxes and a constable, 
 and has also held several other impor- 
 tant offices, all of which he discharged 
 with acceptance. At the time he held 
 the collectorship he was in the habit of 
 notifying delinquents by chalking the 
 amount due upon the doors of their 
 houses and places of occupation, con- 
 sidering it preferable to the modern 
 process of issuing a twenty-cents sum- 
 mons. The distinguishing traits of Mr. 
 K.'s character were fii-mness and strict 
 integrity. 
 
 Kendall, Rev. "William C, West 
 Falls, Erie Co., N. Y., March 1, jp. — . 
 Mr. K. was, at the time of his death, 
 in the midst of one of the most exten- 
 sive revivals with which this part of the 
 state was ever visited. His end was 
 triumphant. 
 
 Kendall, Capt. Robert R., Freeport, 
 Me., May 23, x. 85. He was an officer 
 in the war of 1812-15, and was engaged 
 in the battle of Plattsburg. 
 
 Kennedy, Andrew, Esq., Charles- 
 town, Va., Feb. 27, a;. 61. As a mem- 
 
KENT 
 
 [1858.] 
 
 KIMBALL 
 
 189 
 
 ber of the bar in early life, and latterly 
 as an intelligent and efHcient magistrate 
 of the county, and at the same time 
 presiding over the banking institution 
 of tliis place, there is but one voice 
 going up from the whole community, 
 proclaiming in terms of peculiar empha- 
 sis, truly, and faithfully, " lie acted well 
 his part." 
 
 Kent, George L., California, INIarch 
 — , a?. — , formerly of New Hampshire, 
 a young man of excellent culture and 
 fine character. He was the only son 
 of George Kent, Esq., now of Bangor, 
 Me., and was known as a gentleman of 
 rare amiability, purity, and talents. He 
 had been in California nine years. 
 
 Ketciiam, Israel, Brooklyn, N. Y., 
 July 22, se. 85. He was a resident of 
 New York and Brooklyn for the last 57 
 years, but born near Poughkeepsie, Dutch- 
 ess Co., fi-om whence he removed at the 
 age of 21. In the early part of his life he 
 enjoyed the friendshi]) and confidence 
 of IJewitt Clinton, Judge Spencer, and 
 other leading men. He was born Feb. 
 22, 1782. l?ew men are possessed of 
 more energy of character than was de- 
 veloped by him. 
 
 IvETCiiUM, George H., Cincinnati, 
 Ohio, May 17, ae. — , of the legal firm 
 of Ketchum & Headington, of that city. 
 He was formerly a citizen of Versailles, 
 Ky., and was an intelligent, agreeable 
 gentleman — one of the most prominent 
 lawyers of the Cincinnati bar, and a man 
 of spotless integrity. 
 
 KiLBOURN, Myron, Baltimore, Henry 
 Co., Iowa, March 7, ae. 56, a graduate 
 of Hamilton College. He was a pio- 
 neer of Henry Co., of which he was one 
 of the earhest magistrates. 
 
 KiLGOKE, John, Esq., Cincinnati, 
 Ohio, April — , te. 61. He was presi- 
 dent of the Little Miami Railroad, and 
 is said to have been worth a million of 
 dollars, the earnings of his own indus- 
 tr}-. He was a native of England, but 
 had lived in Cincinnati since 1818, ac- 
 tively engaged in mercantile and subse- 
 quently in banking business. 
 
 KiLlNGLiNG, John, Lebanon, War- 
 ren Co., Ohio, Dec. — , a?. 50. He was 
 penurious in habit, and although it was 
 generally known that he was wealthy, 
 there were but few who even guessed at 
 a tithe of his riches. Upon opening the 
 will, it was found that he had died leav- 
 ing $750,000 worth of property in this 
 
 hoarding 
 
 country and in Germany. His direction 
 for the disposition of this sum is equally 
 novel and unsophisticated. By his will, 
 it is ])rovided that the money shall be 
 deposited in a bank, the jn-incipal never 
 to be touched, but the interest to be de- 
 voted to the education of the Protes- 
 tant Germans in this state. His ac- 
 quaintances were few, and like most of 
 those who exist only for the 
 of wealth, he formed no friendships 
 
 KiLLUM, Mrs. Rebecca, Hillsborough, 
 N. IL, , ae. 102. She was a na- 
 tive of Billerica, Mass., where she was 
 married 81 years ago. Her husband 
 was drafted for the army soon after. 
 While encamped near Boston, under 
 Gen. Washington, Mrs. K. walked froni 
 Billerica to the camp, carrying his sup- 
 ply of clothing. She retained her facul- 
 ties till a few weeks before her death. 
 
 lUMBALL, Mrs. Abigail, Bath, N. H., 
 July 17, ae. 63, wife of Capt. James 
 Kimball. She was mother of 15 chil- 
 dren. Six of her sons live in Wauke- 
 sha, Wis., one in Newton, la., and one 
 son and three daughters in Bath, N, H. 
 Her husband is a farmer. They began 
 with but little property besides their 
 own earnings, but by a course of indus- 
 try and economy' acquired, ultimately, 
 an abundance. For many years sha 
 spun, wove, colored, cut, and made, the 
 clothes of her family. She was ever 
 willing and ready to lend a helping hand 
 to the poor, and to discharge all the du- 
 ties of her responsible situation. She 
 was twice married, her first husband 
 having been killed in the war of 1812. 
 Her departure is mourned by a numer- 
 our circle of relatives and friends. 
 " Her children arise up and call her 
 blessed ; her husband also, and he prais- 
 eth her." 
 
 Kimball, John Hazen, Barton, Vt., 
 Feb. 21, a*. 62, eldest son of the late 
 Judge Kimball, of that place. 
 
 Kimball, Samuel A., Esq., Concord, 
 N. H., Oct. 14, £e. 77, was son of the 
 late Dea. John Kimball. He graduated 
 at Dartmouth College in 1806. He was 
 once preceptor of Gilmanton Academy. 
 He had represented Concord in the 
 legislature, and had held the ofi!ice of 
 clerk of the Senate. 
 
 Kimball, Mrs. Susannah, Gofli'stown, 
 N, H., 16, ae. 73, She was daugh- 
 ter of Dea, Oliver Everett, of Sharon, 
 and sister of Hon. Otis Everett, of Bos- 
 
190 
 
 KING 
 
 [ 1858. ] 
 
 KINNICUT 
 
 ton. She left her home in 1813, and be- 
 came tlic wife of Ca])t. Nathaniel Kim- 
 hall, and a foster-mother of four children. 
 Possessed of good intellectual and educa- 
 tional attainments, and having received 
 from ])ious jiarents the best domestic and 
 religious training, she was prepared to 
 enter on the duties of these relations Avith 
 hopes of great usefulness. These hopes 
 were fully realized. For the space of 45 
 years, in the family, in social life, and 
 In the church of God, it will be said of her, 
 " She did what she could." She exhib- 
 ited an eminent example of discretion, 
 industry, benevolence, and piety. Capt. 
 Nathaniel Kimball was bom in IBradford, 
 Mass. His parents were Lieut. Daniel, 
 and Mrs. Elizabeth Kimball, of honorable 
 and precious memory. His three broth- 
 ers, llev. Daniel Kimball, of Needham, 
 Rev. David T. Kimball, of Ipswich, and 
 Samuel Kimball, Esq., of Goffstown, have 
 lived more than 50 years with their re- 
 spective wives. The ages of the four 
 brothers and of their sister, Mrs. Jane 
 Gage, of Londonderry, average 77 years ; 
 all of whom are enjoying a healthful old 
 
 age- 
 King, Gen. Benjamin, Abington, Mass., 
 
 ]\Iay 27, aj. 64. In the death of this 
 worthy citizen the whole community feel 
 a loss. As a man of business he was 
 extensively known, and his influence 
 Avidely felt. The poor found in him a 
 friend and helper ; the sick and sorrow- 
 ing, a heart to sympathize with them in 
 their afflictions ; the cheerful and happy, 
 one to jiarlicipate in their joys ; the Chris- 
 tian and ])]nlanthropist, encouragement 
 from his heart and hand. For many 
 years he had been an active and influential 
 member of the First Congregational 
 Church, and for a succession of years was 
 president of the Palestine Missionary 
 Society. He was for 24 years president 
 of tlie Weymouth Bank. 
 
 King, Charles G., Esq., Boston, Mass., 
 Feb. 2G, iv. — , a man whose uniform 
 amiability of character and kindly disposi- 
 tion rendered him universally popular. 
 He was the son of the late Gedney King, 
 and succeeded him in business ; and for 
 many years the store in Broad Street w'as 
 the resort of all those who had use for 
 mathematical instruments. He was for- 
 merly a trustee of the Massachusetts 
 Cliarital)Ie Mechanic Association, and in 
 every position in life he fulfilled his duty, 
 and has died respected and beloved by 
 
 all who know how warm and generous a 
 heart has ceased to beat. 
 
 King, Col. Henrj', McKinley, Marengo 
 Co., Ala., July 13, a". 64. He was a 
 native of N. C., but early removed to 
 Madison Co., Ala. Upon the breaking 
 out of the war of 1812, he enlisted as a 
 private in the ranks of Gen. Jackson's 
 army, and was with the old hero at the 
 celebrated battle of New Orleans. He 
 returned to his home, not long, however, 
 to enjoy retirement, for his fellow-citizens 
 soon selected him as one of the members 
 of the electoral ticket for the state at 
 large during Jackson's first presidential 
 campaign. With a well-balanced- mind 
 and a vigorous intellect, he inflicted 
 stalwart blows upon the opposition, and 
 did much to secure for old Hickory a 
 glorious victory. He Avas nine consecutive 
 sessions a member of the state legislature 
 from Madison Co., and was ranked as one 
 of its most efficient members. 
 
 Klxney, Col. William C, Belleville, 
 111., Oct. 24, a?. 43. He was a son of Ex- 
 Lieutenant Governor Kinney. He was a 
 native of Illinois, and served his county 
 and state with credit in various pubhc 
 capacities. In his death the community 
 in wTiich he resided has lost a valuable 
 citizen, and society a member whose 
 many brilliant quahties greatly adorned 
 it. Col. K. was a brother-in-law of Gov. 
 Bissell. 
 
 KlNNiCiJT, Hon. Thomas, Worcester, 
 Mass., Jan. 22, se. 57. He was bom in 
 Warren, R. L, Nov. 30, 1800, graduated 
 at Brown University in 1822, studied law, 
 and was admitted to the Worcester bar 
 in Sept., 1825. He was frequently a 
 representative from Worcester in the 
 state legislature, and in 1842 was speak- 
 er of the House, and was again chosen in 
 1844; but his failing health compelled 
 him to resign the chair. He was senator 
 from Worcester Co. in 1838 and 1839. 
 He was a trustee of the State Lunatic 
 Hospital, treasurer of the board of edu- 
 cation, and held many honorable trusts in 
 his county. In 1848 he was appointed 
 judge of probate for Worcester Co., and 
 he held this office at the time of his 
 death. He was a scholar of refined 
 taste and varied acquirements, a well- 
 read and judicious lawyer, a high-minded 
 politician, and an ujjright and honorable 
 man. He enjoyed in a high degree the 
 confidence and esteem of his fellow- 
 citizens. 
 
KINSMAN 
 
 [ 1858. ] 
 
 KNIGHT 
 
 191 
 
 Kinsman, Hon. Newell, Montpelier, 
 Vt., Dec. — , a?. 63. He was born in 
 Springfield, N. H., June 21, 1795. He 
 removed to Vt. about 1815, and during 
 his life occupied many honorable public 
 positions. He was twice elected repre- 
 sentative in the General Assembly from 
 the town of Barre, served two years in 
 the state Senate from Washington Co., 
 and was two years states's attorney for 
 the county, fulfilling all his duties Avith 
 honor to himself and to the acceptance 
 of his constituents. 
 
 Knapp, Daniel, Esq., Gainesville, Wy- 
 oming Co., N. Y., Sept. 13, eb. 80. He 
 had been a resident of the county (former- 
 ly Genesee, now Wyoming) for more than 
 half a century, served his country in the 
 war of 1812-15, was in the celebrated 
 sortie of Fort Erie, as adjutant under 
 Gen. Brown, was universally known in 
 his county, and as universally respected 
 by all. 
 
 Knickerbacker, John Hale, Troy, 
 N. Y., June 17, se. 29, son of Abm. Knick- 
 erbacker, and Mary Ann Hale, his wife, 
 of Schaghticoke, N. Y. The cultivation of 
 the fine arts Mas to him a pleasant recre- 
 ation. But he was delighted in studying 
 the records of the past, as well in general 
 history as in ihe more difficult search 
 into family genealogies. Of these he 
 had collected records very far back of 
 all the families from whom he sprang — 
 Knickerbacker, Hale, Nazro, and Coffin. 
 His earliest ancestor in this country upon 
 his father's side was John, Lord Berghen, 
 ■who served as a captain in the Nether- 
 land navy under Count Wm. Frederic of 
 Nassau, at the attack upon Antwerp in 
 1650. After the death of AVilliam second 
 Prince of Orange, he took the name of 
 Knickerbacker, and came to this country 
 in 1674. He was the descendant of the 
 celebrated Anthony van Berghen, who 
 was created Marquis of Berglien and K. 
 G. F. by the Emperor Charles V., and 
 being sent an envoy to Spain by Wm. of 
 Orange, was there cruelly sacrificed by 
 Philip II. for his adherence to the prin- 
 ciples of the revolution in the Nether- 
 lands. John Berghen Knickerbacker, 
 grandson of the first emigrant to Amer- 
 ica, was born at Albany, N. Y. He pur- 
 chased lands in Albany, now Rensselaer 
 Co., in 1709, comprising the beautiful 
 valley between the Hudson and Hoosac 
 Rivers, called by the Algonquin Indians, 
 who inhabited it, Schaghticoke, or !Min- 
 
 gling-waters, from the union of three 
 rivers within its limits. He named it 
 the_ "Valley of Peace." John Hale 
 Knickerbacker was of the fifth descent 
 who had lived upon the same spot. He 
 cherished a warm regard for his ancestral 
 home, and now lies in its family burial- 
 place, surrounded by those he loved and 
 venerated in life. He graduated at Union 
 College, Schenectady, N. Y., and attended 
 the Rensselaer Polytechnic School, where 
 he studied natural science, preparatory 
 to the study of medicine. He acquired 
 a knowledge of several modern languages, 
 but most particularly the Low Dutch, in 
 which he corresponded with gentlemen 
 in Holland upon the subject of his re- 
 searches. He was writing, at the time 
 of his death, an epitome of the grammar 
 of the Dutch Language, which he had 
 mastered under great difficulties. He 
 was a member of the Protestant Episco- 
 pal church, and died, as he had lived, a 
 humble Christian. 
 
 Knight, Hon. Jonathan, West Pike 
 Run township. Pa., Nov. 22, a. — . He 
 was elected to Congress from the 20Lh 
 district in 1854, and was one of the 
 most popular members of that body. 
 He was never a violent partisan, and 
 had more reputation as a civil engineer, 
 in which profession he was quite emi- 
 nent, than as a politician. He was, we 
 believe, the chief engineer of the Balti- 
 more and Ohio Railroad in the infancy 
 of that enterprise, and enjoyed a wide, 
 reputation as a safe, prudent, and reli- 
 able man in all matters connected with 
 his profession. Chosen repeatedly to 
 positions of public trust and responsi- 
 bility, he never abused the confidence 
 of his fellow-citizens, but invariably 
 acquitted himself with the scrupulous 
 fidehty which marked his whole career. 
 In his younger days he Avas chosen 
 county commissioner — a compliment 
 rarely bestowed upon one of his years. 
 He was afterwards elected a member of 
 the Senate of Pennsylvania — a position 
 which he filled Avith eminent credit to 
 himself, and to the entire satisfaction of 
 his constituents. His loss will be felt in 
 all ranks of society. His benevolence and 
 humanity were unsurpassed in any com- 
 munity. Want and poverty never went 
 from his door unrelieved. He was truly 
 a friend to the destitute and needy. He 
 has lived a model life ; and his firmness 
 and devotion to conscientious principle 
 
192 
 
 KNIGHT 
 
 [ 1858. ] KUYKENDAL 
 
 were felt and appreciated alike in the 
 halls of legislation and in the private 
 social circle. 
 
 Kmgiit, Sylvester, Easthampton, 
 Mass., Nov. 22, a;. 85, father of Hon. 
 H. G. Knight. 
 
 IvNOWLTON, Thos., AVillington, Conn., 
 April 14, a\ 92. He uas the son of Col. 
 Thos. Knowlton, a distinguished officer 
 and patriot of the revolution. Like the 
 father, the son was a devoted friend of 
 his country, and, though young, served 
 in the army in the same war for a period 
 of some 18 months. 
 
 Ivxox, Kev. Dr. John, New York 
 cit)', 8, a?. — . Dr. K. was a stead- 
 fast, gentle, moderate man ; very earnest 
 in his work ; of a solemnity of manner 
 that made his words by their very sound 
 like the messages of another worla ; a 
 ])astor who mingled for so many years 
 with his people at their homes as well as 
 in the public worship ; who appreciated 
 and was companion of their happiness 
 and their sorrows ; and who in all these 
 years, while he was compelled often to 
 be in the knot of the intricacies of the 
 web of family affairs, knew how to walk, 
 the narrow golden line of the Christian 
 friend that never forgot to be wise while 
 he was sympathizing. The fathers of 
 the church were his familiar friends. 
 He knew Livingston and Linn, and 
 learned from their exalted school the 
 dignity and prudence which made his 
 'fraternity with those by whose side he 
 stood on the very last Sabbath of his 
 life one of uninterru])tcd brotherhood. 
 De Witt, Vcrmilye, Chambers, felt in 
 their inmost heart that they possessed 
 in their senior a counsellor who had 
 learned of the pious dead the lesson of 
 love to the living. There are memories 
 connected with Dr. K.'s care and solici- 
 tude for these many years over the or- 
 phans of John G. Leake's blessed en- 
 dowment, that need no human annals. 
 Theirs is the language that is graven so 
 that the inscription shall remain on the 
 " new earth." It is thrilling to the heart 
 to possess the name of a great man, 
 while our ear has life to delight at the 
 sound ; but it is better joy to be known 
 as a good man. This righteous and ; 
 
 venerable man deserved this latter and 
 this better word ; and the church de- 
 clares it his well-earned name. 
 
 KowxsLAR, Franklin A., Esq., Lex- 
 ington, Mo., May 11, a». — . At a 
 meeting of the members of the bar, and 
 the officers of the different courts in 
 the city of Lexington, the following res- 
 olutions were unanimously adopted : — 
 " Whereas our friend and brother, 
 Franklin A. Kownslar, Esq., a member 
 of the Lexington bar, has, in the inscru- 
 table dispensation of an all-wise Provi- 
 dence, been suddenly called from the 
 courts of earth to the bar of the supreme 
 Judge of the universe, and whereas we, 
 his brethren in the profession, and offi- 
 cers of our courts, who are left, deplore 
 his loss, and are again led to contem- 
 plate with mournful feelings the uncer- 
 tainty of life and the certainty of death, 
 yet, amidst all of our sadness at this 
 unlooked-for and sorrowful event, real- 
 izing, as we do, a full consciousness and 
 recollection of the high morai character, 
 strict integrity, exalted sense of honor, 
 great intelligence, and legal learning of 
 the deceased, we feel impelled, by the 
 high respect and esteem we entertained 
 for him in life, now in his death to give 
 expression to the deep emotions we feel 
 on this solemn occasion. Therefore 
 
 " Ecsohed, that in the death of Frank- 
 lin A. Kownslar, Esq., the community 
 has lost a valuable citizen, the church a 
 consistent and useful member, society 
 a true and virtuous man, the bar a 
 bright ornament, and ourselves a cour- 
 teous, dignified, and honorable compan- 
 ion and compeer." 
 
 KuYKENDAL, B. J., Benton, Mo., 
 March 13, a^. 33. Mr. K. was a native 
 of South Carolina, and partook of that 
 noble and chivalrous spirit which char- 
 acterizes her sons. He did his country 
 valuable service during the war with 
 Mexico, in the ranks of the Palmetto 
 regiment. His health was seriously im- 
 paired by exposure in Mexico, and he 
 never regained it. He became a citizen 
 of Missouri about four years ago. His 
 noble bearing and generous disposition 
 won for him the love and respect of all 
 who knew him. 
 
LABAGH 
 
 [1858.] 
 
 LAMB 
 
 193 
 
 L. 
 
 Labagh, llev. Peter, D. D., , 
 
 -, Nov. — , se. 84. Dr. L. was born 
 
 in New York city, being descended from 
 an ancient family of that name early 
 connected with the colonial affairs of the 
 Dutch government. He was licensed 
 to preach the gospel in 1796 by the 
 Classis of Hackensack, at the same time 
 with the late James Spencer Cannon, 
 D. D. 
 
 Labak, Leonard, Stroud, Pa., ce. 82. 
 He was one of our oldest and most 
 respected citizens, and his death is uni- 
 versally regretted. 
 
 Lacket, Clarence D., New York city, 
 March — , ae. 59. 
 
 Lacket, Grenville A., New York 
 city, March — , se. 53. 
 
 Clarence D. Lacket, Esq., a member 
 of the New York bar, died suddenly on 
 Monday afternoon of congestion of the 
 lungs. His unexpected decease so af- 
 fected his brother, Grenville A. Lacket, 
 that he was yesterday morning attacked 
 with apoplexy and died in a few hours. 
 The Post says, " They were most esti- 
 mable men ; their relations through life 
 had been singularly close; they lived to- 
 gether, worked together, and died to- 
 gether." 
 
 Lackey, Hon. William, JefFersonville, 
 Ind., April 13, mayor of the city, was an 
 honoiTible man and a sincere Christian. 
 
 La Fakge, John, Glen Cove, L. I., 
 
 , vo. 72. He was a native of 
 
 France, and has resided in this country 
 for upwards of 40 years. He was at St. 
 
 Domingo 
 
 during 
 
 the massacres, and 
 
 was one of the very few whites who es- 
 caped. He leaves a large estate, princi- 
 pally in real property, of which the 
 hotel bearing his name forms a part. 
 He was a heavy real estate owner in 
 Jefferson and Lewis Cos., having pur- 
 chased, a few years since, all the lands 
 owned by Joseph Bonaparte in those 
 counties. The ground on which the 
 Free Academy now stands, and several 
 lots in Lexington Avenue, were also his 
 property. He married late in life, and 
 leaves a widow and a large family of 
 children. He was a man of kindly na- 
 ture and agreeable manners, and will be 
 much missed by a large circle of friends. 
 Lake, Daniel, Castleton, Vt., Oct. 4, 
 17 
 
 ae. 90. He was born at "Woodbury, Ct., 
 Nov. 5, 1768. His father, Gershora 
 Lake, was one of the bold adventurers 
 who came into the wilderness of Ver- 
 mont, then called the New State, and its 
 settlers Green Mountain Boys. Ger- 
 shom Lake came to Castleton, with his 
 wife, in 1772, leaving their son Daniel 
 with a relative in his native town, where 
 he remained until he was 17 years of 
 age. He then came to Castleton to live 
 with his parents, to comfort and support 
 them in their pilgrimage. This duty 
 he faithfully performed, remembering 
 the commandment with promise. His 
 mother lived to 97 years of age, and 
 was kindly cherished to the last. His 
 father died much younger. Daniel Lake 
 married Zipporah Tracy, of Richmond, 
 Mass. Their children were four sons 
 and three daughters. His wife and one 
 daughter have deceased ; three sons have 
 gone to the Western States ; the other 
 children remain in Castleton. Mr. L^ 
 M'as industrious and peaceful in his hab- 
 its, unassuming in his manners, sedate 
 and contemplative in company with his 
 Christian friends. He read the Bible 
 much for instruction, and meditated 
 upon it to imbibe its spirit and hold 
 communion with his Saviour, by prayer 
 and praise, night and day. His brother, 
 Chester Lake, died at High Forest, 
 Min., Nov. 3, fe. 57, formerly of Castle- 
 ton. His daughter, Mrs. Betsey Dwyer^ 
 died at INIontgomery, Vt, May 8, 1851, 
 se. 48, 
 
 La:\l\r, Thomas B., M. D., Macor^, 
 Ga., April 14, se. 58, an eminent physi- 
 cian and urbane Christian gentleman. 
 
 Lamb, Reuben A., Jamaica Plain, 
 Mass., Nov. 22, ep. 57. He was a native 
 of Vermont, but removed to this vicinity 
 about 25 years ago. He was well known 
 in business circles as a merchant, and 
 noted for integrity and honorable deal- 
 ing. Twenty years since he became the 
 subject of the renewing grace of God, 
 and made a public profession of his 
 faith; and although naturally modest 
 and self-distznistful, his confidence in 
 Christ never wavered. His piety was 
 deep, mellow, and scriptural : he en- 
 joyed religion. When the Mather Church 
 v/as organized at Jamaica Plain, five 
 
194 
 
 LANCASTER 
 
 [ 1858. ] 
 
 LARKIN 
 
 years ago, his was the first name on the 
 list, and the almost hopeless enterprise 
 leaned mainly on him : it was dear to 
 his heart, and no man rejoiced more at 
 its growing prosperity. Universally es- 
 teemed in society, a pillar in the church, 
 devoted in the family, his loss will be 
 deeply felt. 
 
 Lancaster, Ann Terrell, Jackson, 
 Tenn., Oct. 21, x. 57, Avife of Samuel 
 Lancaster, Esq. She was a daughter of 
 the venerable Capt. John Lynch, former- 
 ly of Lynchburg, Va., who died in 1842, 
 and was descended from a long line of 
 honorable and patriotic ancestors. 
 
 Lan'DKU.M, George T., Lexington, Ga., 
 Aug. 10, a?. 29, son of WiUiam and 
 Jane Landrum, was born in Oglethorpe 
 Co., June 14, 1S29, and was the young- 
 est brother of Rev. S. Landrum, of Ma- 
 con, Ga. He graduated at the State 
 University, at Athens, Ga., in 1851, with 
 the second honors of his class. During 
 his college course, he endeared himself 
 to both students and faculty by an ex- 
 hibition of qualities of head and heart 
 winch do honor to human nature. In 
 the fall of 1851 he was admitted to the 
 bar. It was said that so complete was 
 his mastery of Blackstone's Commenta- 
 ries, that he could easily give a correct 
 analysis of any chapter designated. Ilis 
 industry and energy were great ; and 
 he was rapidly rising in wealth, position, 
 and honor, at his death. As a lawyer, 
 he Avas intelligent, successful, and en- 
 joyed a large practice. As a man, he 
 was generous, noble, and commanded 
 esteem and admiration. As a friend, 
 he was sincere, faithful, and devoted. 
 In all the domestic relations, he was 
 kind, genial, and self-denying. 
 
 Landrum, F. A., M. D., Washington, 
 111., July 8, aj. 48. He was born in 
 Louisa Co., Va., in 1809. In 1830 he 
 commenced the practice of medicine, 
 associated with Dr. Daniel Roberts, at 
 AVlnchester, Scott Co., then quite a 
 small village ; and in 1839 came to Pike 
 Co. and settled there, when at that time 
 but few inroads had been made upon the 
 domains of the free inhabitants of for- 
 est and prairie. Few men have filled a 
 more active or useful post in society. 
 Serving 12 years as justice of tlie 
 peace, filling many other useful and hon- 
 orable stations, when at that early day 
 it required some leading cliaracter to 
 forward the interests of the infant set- 
 
 tlement, he seems to have been the man 
 suited to the times — was not only a 
 peacemaker when a difficulty arose 
 among the settlers, but was the medical 
 as well as the financial adviser of the 
 community in which he lived. As a 
 physician and a useful citizen, he was 
 much esteemed ; as a friend, he was 
 frank and true ; as a husband, kind and 
 aff'ectionate ; and as a father, wise and 
 indulgent; and by that untiring ener- 
 gy, economy, and perseverance, which 
 characterized his whole life, had collected 
 enough of the good things of life to 
 leave his family a liberal competency. 
 
 Lane, Gilbert Cooke, Cornwall," Ct., 
 Nov. 10, a graduate and afterwards tutor 
 of Middlebury College. 
 
 Lane, Martin, Cambridgeport, Mass., 
 Oct. 16, a*. 73, for nearly 30 years cash- 
 ier of the Cambridge Bank. He was a 
 native of Northampton, a brother of 
 Hon. Ebenezer Lane, the former chief 
 justice of Oliio, and was much respected 
 for his integrity and simplicity of char- 
 acter. One son, Prof. Lane, of Harvard 
 College, survives him. 
 
 Langdox, Capt. George, Martinez, 
 Cal., Feb. 8, ae. 56, formerly of Ports- 
 mouth, N. H. In life, he was useful 
 and respected ; in his death, happy and 
 resigned. He was to his enemies fear- 
 less, to his friends a brother. It will 
 be long before the native Californians 
 forget the services he has rendered them. 
 
 L.\NsiNG, Judge Jacob, Albany, N. Y., 
 May 20, a^. 65. He was once, and for 
 a term of years, judge of Albany Co. His 
 profession Avas that of a lawyer, and in 
 years gone by. Judge L. was in the pos- 
 session of an extended and lucrative 
 practice. 
 
 Lansing, Louisa, Washingtonj D. C, 
 Feb. 27, a^. 34. She was author of 
 the Little Commodore, and a sister of 
 Commodore Brese. 
 
 Larkin, Rev. John, New York city, 
 Dec. 18, SB. — , one of the ministers of 
 the Roman Catholic Church of St. 
 Francis Xavier, in New York. 
 
 Larkin, Thomas 0., San Francisco, 
 Cal., Oct. 27, a?. 56. Mr. L. was born 
 in Charlestown, Mass., Sept. 16, 1802. 
 He went to California in April, 1832. 
 He Avas married in 1833, on board of an 
 American vessel, at Monterey, and his 
 children Avere the first of American par- 
 entage, paternal and maternal, born upon 
 California soil. He was appointt'd Uni- 
 
LARNED 
 
 [ 1858. ] 
 
 LEE 
 
 195 
 
 ted States consul in 1844, to reside at 
 Monterey, and was the first and last that 
 ever held that appointment in this coun- 
 try. It is enough to say that in every 
 respect he performed the duties of the 
 office with advantage to his country 
 and imperishable honor to himself. 
 Throughout the war, which resulted in 
 giving California to the United States, 
 Mr. Larkin pursued a line of patriotic 
 purpose that has crowned his name and 
 his memory with undying honor. In 
 the broadest sense of the expression, he 
 was a great-hearted patriot, who loved 
 his country and his countrymen, as was 
 evidenced by his untiring zeal and his 
 great-hearted generosity in the times 
 when the test was made by which this 
 title was earned. Such services de- 
 served and received, through the secre- 
 tary of state of the United States, the 
 " thanks of the president for his atten- 
 tion, for so many years, to the cause of 
 his country." 
 
 Earned, George, Thompson, Ct., 
 June 9, PB. 82, father of Prof. Lamed, 
 of Yale College. 
 
 Lascelles, Hem*y A., Panama, New 
 Grenada, Nov. 30, se. 31, a telegraph 
 operator to Panama Railroad Company. 
 
 Lathrop, Leopold, Madison, Wis., 
 April 2G, oe. 24, a son of Chancellor La- 
 throp, of the university. He was very 
 generally known as a young man gifted 
 with intellectual powers far above the 
 ordinary range. He was born in Clin- 
 ton, N. Y., in August, 1835. He en- 
 tered the Wisconsin State University, 
 and subsequently continued his studies 
 at the INIichigan State University, and 
 was admitted as an attorney at 18. Af- 
 ter practising a few months, he removed 
 to Nebraska, and was engaged in the 
 practice of the law there, and also edited 
 a weekly newspaper at Florence. 
 
 Lawrence, Richard M., Hamburg, 
 N. Y., May 7, se. 76. He was a surveyor, 
 and was an assistant to the late Martin 
 Ryerson, Avho was selected by Gov. 
 Morris, the elder, then one of the com- 
 missioners for laying out and regulating 
 the Island of New York, in avenues 
 and streets. Mr. L., afterwards, (also 
 at the instance of Mr. Morris, who was 
 then a large proprietor in St. Lawrence 
 Co., N. Y.,) went into the Black River 
 country as a surveyor, and at the day 
 of his death still held a commission 
 as deputy surveyor of the State of 
 
 New Jersey. He was a firm believer 
 in holy writ, and died as becomes a 
 Christian. 
 
 Laytox, John, Petersburg, Pa., Dec. 
 17, a;. 36. Mr. L. was prominently 
 connected with the press of Pittsburg 
 for many years, having commenced as 
 clerk of the iSIorning Post, of which he 
 subsequently became part owner. He 
 was elected to fhe common council in 
 ISoG, and again in 1857, and labored 
 faithfully for the interests of his constit- 
 uents. 
 
 Leacock, James H., New Orleans, 
 La., Aug. 22, ce. 22. He was the son 
 of Rev. Mr. Leacock, well known and 
 much admired and beloved in Kentucky 
 as a clergyman and a man, and now offi- 
 ciating in the ministry in New Orleans. 
 Young Mr. L. graduated at the Ken- 
 tucky Military Institute, June 15, and, 
 against the earnest solicitations of all 
 his friends, went to New Orleans. 
 
 Lear, Sarah Ann, Camden, Ark., 
 Nov. 23, a?. 49. Her paternal relations 
 were heroes of the revolution — her fa- 
 ther, William Wright Winn, being _ a 
 son of Gen. Winn, of Winnsboro', Fair- 
 field District, S. C. While young, she 
 emigrated to Alabama, where she M'as 
 married, and where she became a mem- 
 ber of the Presbyterian church. 
 
 Learned, Ebenezer, New London, 
 Ct., Sept. 10, fe. 78. Mr. L. was a na- 
 tive of New London, and of course one 
 of its oldest inhabitants. He entered 
 Yale College when 17 years of age. 
 Upon leaving college he commenced 
 teaching school, pursuing, at the same 
 time, the study of the law, the practice 
 of which he commenced at Groton ; but 
 he returned soon to New London, where 
 his professional career was one of unin- 
 terrupted success, enjoying, in the mean 
 time, the confidence and friendship of 
 all classes of citizens. His residence 
 and office, for half a century. Mere in 
 the mansion from which his remains 
 were taken. He retired, several years 
 ago, from the active duties of his pro- 
 fession, with an ample fortune, to enjoy 
 the society of his family and friends. 
 
 Leavitt, Rev. Nehemiah, East Rum- 
 ford, Me., , SQ. 85, a native of 
 
 Deerfieldj formerly of Raymond, N. H. 
 
 Lee, Abraham," Bath, Md., Ajjril 29, 
 JE. 79, of wounds received by his being 
 thrown from a horse. He was among 
 the earliest settlers of Franklin Co., 
 
196 
 
 LEE 
 
 [ 18.38. ] LEHMANOWSKI 
 
 having emigrated from Kentucky in the 
 fall of 1807, while the war whoo]) of tlie 
 savage was yet heard in the White Wa- 
 ter Valley, and afterwards rendered im- 
 portant service to the government as 
 surveyor of the public lands. 
 
 Lkk, Mrs. , AA'ashington, D. C, 
 
 — , OP. 00. ]\Irs. Lee was the 
 
 widow of one of Washington's aide-de- 
 camps, and retained a'vivid recollection 
 of revolutionary scenes, ^^'ashingtou 
 " gave her away " at her marriage, and 
 honored her with a wedding dinner at 
 Mount Vernon. 
 
 Lkk, llobcrt P., D. D., Montgomery, 
 
 N. Y., , vc. — . The consistory 
 
 of the church say, — 
 
 " "\^''hereas it has pleased the great 
 Head of the church to remove from us 
 by death our highly-esteemed ])astor, 
 the llev. Robert P. Lee, D. 1)., we desire 
 to express our higli appreciation of his 
 worth as a man, and of his services in 
 the relation which he has sustained to 
 us as our jiastor. Therefore 
 
 " Besolced, that, with sentiments of 
 unfeigned gratitude to God, we cherish 
 a sense of his great goodness in alloAving 
 us for nearly 30 years to enjoy the ines- 
 timable blessing of the Mise counsels, 
 the consistent Christian example, and 
 faithful labors of his servant M'hose loss 
 we are now called to mourn. By his 
 dignified and exemplary deportment he 
 secured the respect, not merely of the 
 members of his own flock, but of all 
 who knew him, and did honor to the 
 sacred office with which he was invested. 
 With great fidelity and diligence he 
 preached the doctrines of the gospel, 
 and urged the performance of the duties 
 which it enjoins, thereby making it man- 
 ifest to tiie consciences of his hearers 
 that his governing aim was to preach 
 * Jesus Christ, and him crucified,' as 
 the only ground of hope to fallen men, 
 and the principal means of promoting 
 the sanclllication of his followers. With 
 him the religious training of the children 
 and youth of his charge was an object 
 of deep and aliiding interest. In labors 
 to impart to them biblical and catechet- 
 ical instruction he was diligent and un- 
 tiring. With mournful satisfaction we 
 cherish the remembrance of liis kind, 
 sympathizing visits to our families in 
 seasons of afiliction, liis words of coun- 
 sel and consolation, his fervent ])rayers 
 to God for us, and his services of pas- 
 
 toral fidelity and love, when we were 
 called to follow endeared friends and 
 kindred to the grave. Under the sor- 
 rows ]jroduced by the thought that we 
 are to see his face and hear his voice no 
 more, we are comforted by the firm be- 
 lief that his spirit is now among the 
 glorified in heaven, enjoying the l)lessed 
 recompense secured by divine promise to 
 the faithful servant of the Lord Jesus." 
 
 Lekcii, David, Leechburg, Pa., Nov. 
 3, ae. G9. ^Ir. L. was well known in 
 the communitj'. It may be said that 
 he was the pioneer of internal improve- 
 ments in Pennsylvania. He was one of 
 the contractors for making the canal ; 
 and before the main line of communica- 
 tion between Philadelphia and Pittsburg 
 was completed he commeaced the work 
 of transportation, and, in the face of 
 many and great difficulties, succeeded 
 in establishing freight lines over the 
 entire route, thus giving to our citizens 
 the earliest possible benefit of our great 
 system of improvements. On the com- 
 pletion of the main line he perfected his 
 arrangements, affording the advantage 
 of complete lines both for passengers 
 and freight, M'hich were of essential ad- 
 vantage to our travelling and business 
 community, and gave no slight impetus 
 to the trade of Philadelphia with the 
 west. He has been actively engaged, 
 at different stages of his career, in dif- 
 ferent works of public improvement in 
 Pennsylvania, apart from his connection 
 with the main line, and exhibited the 
 same energy and activity in all his oper- 
 ations. 
 
 Leiimax, Rev. Jacob, llellam, York 
 Co., Pa., May 14, ae. 54. He held the 
 office of bishop in the Mennonist per- 
 suasion, and was highly esteemed, not 
 only among those of his own denomina- 
 tion, but by all who had the pleasure of 
 his acquaintance. 
 
 Lkiimaxowski, Col. -, Hamburg, 
 
 Clark Co., Ind., — , «>. 88, the 
 
 illustrious Pole who served under Na- 
 poleon during the times of the republic 
 and the empire. He was among the 
 first to rally to the standard of the Little 
 Corporal, and never betrayed his trust 
 or his master, from the siege of Toulon 
 to the final overthrow and exile. For 
 his dcvotedness he suffered iini)rison- 
 ment in the loathsome dungeons of 
 Paris, and at last exile. He was buried 
 with jNIasonic honors, and while he lived 
 
LEHRE 
 
 [ 1858. ] 
 
 LEWIS 
 
 197 
 
 could boast of being one of the officers 
 that initiated the great Napoleon into 
 the mysteries of that ancient and honor- 
 able order. Col. L. is widely known in 
 the United States by his lectures on Na- 
 poleon, which he delivered four or five 
 years ago in different parts of the coun- 
 try. He was an old campaigner, and, 
 besides his vast store of information and 
 reminiscence, was an interesting man 
 personally. The theory of Napoleon, 
 who " made his soldiers fight with tlieir 
 legs instead of their muskets," — those 
 long forced marches by which he won 
 such marvellous triumphs, and taught 
 gray-haired generals the value of min- 
 utes in war, — all this was forcibly il- 
 lustrated in the frame of the veteran. 
 Those long marches had given to the 
 sinews of his legs a prodigious power. 
 He has frequently been known to stand 
 upright without support, raise the calf 
 of one leg to a right angle with the 
 other, and in that position support a 
 full-grown and large-sized man stand- 
 ing erect on the outstretched heel. He 
 ■will be remembered by all who saw 
 him as a wonderful man, physically and 
 mentally. 
 
 Leiire, Col. Thomas, Summerville, 
 S. C, Dec. 28, se. 64. He passed his 
 life in diff"erent offices, with fidelity and 
 devotion to duty. At the time of his 
 decease he was president of the Charles- 
 ton Savings Institution, and also a di- 
 rector in the Bank of the State of South 
 Carolina. For a number of years, be- 
 ginning in 1834, he was judge of the 
 Court of Ordinary for Charleston dis- 
 trict. He resigned this office in 1847, 
 on account of declining health. He 
 had repi'esented St. Thomas and St. 
 Dennis in both branches of the legisla- 
 ture, and for a period represented the 
 city parishes in the House of Repre- 
 sentatives. 
 
 Leland, a. L., M. D., Detroit, Mich., 
 , JE. 40. Dr. L. had been a res- 
 ident of Detroit about 14 years, and had 
 won the esteem of all who knew him by 
 his urbane manners, his integrity of 
 character, and his humane disposition. 
 He was a native of Massachusetts, and 
 graduated at Cambridge in 1838 with 
 distinguished credit. He occupied a 
 prominent and very enviable position in 
 the profession to which he belonged, and 
 would have achieved distinction and for- 
 tune had his life been spared. 
 17* 
 
 Leland, Joseph W., Esq., Saco, Me., 
 Sept. 7, a?. 53, county attorney for many 
 years. 
 
 Leonard, Horatio, Esq., llaynham, 
 
 Mass., , a^. 78. He was born in 
 
 1780, and was appointed sheriff" of Bris- 
 tol Co. at the age of 21 years. He held 
 the office until 1811, Avhen he was re- 
 moved by Gov. Gerry, and Noah Claflin, 
 Esq., of Attleboro', appointed, who held 
 the office but one year. On the reelec- 
 tion of Gov. Strong Mr. L. was reap- 
 pointed sheriff", which office he continued 
 to hold under all administrations until 
 1844, a period of 42 years in all, when 
 he resigned, and Mr. Danforth received 
 the appointment. Col. Zephaniah Leon- 
 ard (father of Horatio) held the office 
 almost half a century before his son 
 received the appointment. They were 
 infiuential and highly-respected citizens, 
 and enjoyed the confidence and esteem 
 of their fellow-citizens. 
 
 Leslie, Jonathan, South Mills, N. C, 
 Feb. 28, is. — , a native of Scotland, but 
 for a long time a resident of the city 
 of Richmond. Mr. L. was a contractor 
 on the Albemarle and Chesapeake Canal ; 
 and wherever he was known he was 
 highly esteemed and respected for his 
 moraJ worth and amiability. 
 
 Lewis, Elijah, Roxbury, Mass., Dec. 15, 
 a?. 83. Mr. L. was a wealthy and much 
 respected citizen of Roxbury. He held 
 the offices of selectman, representative, 
 alderman, and various other official posi- 
 tions. He was accustomed to take very 
 active exeixise for the benefit of his 
 health, even to the last of his life. 
 
 Lewis, John, Frankfort, Ky., , 
 
 a>. 75. Mr. L. was a veteran teacher. 
 He was the author of a novel of consid- 
 erable interest, entitled " A Tale of the 
 Great Kanawha." 
 
 Lewis, Rev. Lester, Middletown, Ct, 
 Feb. 7, a?. 40, pastor of First Baptist 
 Church in that place. 
 
 Lewis, Rev. Lincoln, Upper Gilman- 
 ton, N. H., 86. — . 
 
 Lewis,* Morgan G., M. D., Buff'alo. 
 N. Y., Feb. 8. 
 
 Lewis, Timothy, Belvidere.Ill., June 2, 
 ae. 94. He might almost be said to be like 
 Logan, " last of his race," as we apprehend 
 but few men who took any part in the 
 stirring scenes of the revolution are yet 
 among us. He was born in Ashfield, 
 Mass., May 24, 1764. He was brought 
 up in Vermont, and lived there for a good 
 
198 
 
 LIBBY 
 
 [ 1858. ] 
 
 LINSLEY 
 
 portion of his life. At the age of 15 
 he entered the army, and was in it at the 
 time when Arnold undertook to sell out 
 the American army at West Point. His 
 fether furnished suj)])lies to the army, 
 and was drafted. The subject of our 
 sketch, at tliat time a large, stout youth, 
 was acce])ted in his father's stead, he hav- 
 ing volunteered to go ; so he shouldered 
 his musket and started with the rest. 
 He had an iron constitution, and never 
 ke])t his bed from sickness a whole day 
 until his last sickness. He was one of 
 the iron men whom that age gave birth to, 
 and when he died, dropped gently away, 
 like one going to sleej). 
 
 LlBBY, Abraham, Belfast, Me., Nov. 
 16, 00. 83. lie was one of the early 
 settlers of Belfast, having resided there 
 more than half a century. He was born 
 in Hye, X. 11., and learned the trade of 
 a joiner, at Candia, in that state. At 
 the age of 22 he removed to Montyille, 
 Me., whence he removed to Belfast in 
 1801. He was a man of a remarkably 
 athletic and vigorous constitution, pos- 
 sessing that energy, firmness, and inde- 
 pendence of character so characteristic 
 of the pioneers of jSlaine. He took a 
 lively interest in public affairs, and was 
 noted for his fervent and abiding pa- 
 triotism. Nurtured in the revolution, 
 he was inflexibly devoted to the princi- 
 ples of Jefferson, INladison, and Jack- 
 son, and voted for every democratic 
 president from Jefferson to Buchanan. 
 He died, as he had lived, an honest man, 
 a good citizen, a faithful friend, and an 
 afl'ectionate father. 
 
 Lincoln, Deborah T., Boston, Mass., 
 March 25, a\ 87, relict of the late 
 Charles Lincoln, Esq., formerly of Hing- 
 ham, ]\lass. She was highly respected 
 in life, — in death affectionately remem- 
 bere-d. 
 
 LiNX'OLN, Henry S., Xew York city, 
 Dec. 2, te. 33. Mr. L. was a graduate 
 of Union College, Schenectady, where 
 his studious habits, refined scholastic 
 taste, integrity of character, and gentle- 
 manly bearing, secured for him that 
 universal respect and esteem which fol- 
 lowed him into after life. He chose the 
 law for his vocation, the study of which 
 he commenced at Saratoga Springs. 
 But, notwithstanding his strong predi- 
 lection for the legal profession, his ardent 
 love for medical science enabled him, by 
 industry, perseverance, and economy, to 
 
 graduate as a member of the medical 
 profession. Determining at this point, 
 in accordance with his original intention, 
 to devote himself entirely to the practice 
 of law, he removed to the city of New 
 York, where, in the midst of the most 
 encouraging success, and brilliant pros- 
 pects, he was suddenly arrested by dis- 
 ease, and called to part with all that was 
 dear to him on earth. 
 
 Lincoln, Capt. Jacob, Eastport, Me., 
 March 14, se. 91. He was born in 
 Hiugham, Mass., March 19, 1767. His 
 wife died in 1840, at the age of 70, and 
 he was again married to a lady who 
 survives him, as does one brother, up- 
 wards of 80, at Hingham, and a sister, 
 aged 94, at Cohasset, Mass. He also 
 leaves the legacy of his good name to a 
 numerous body of descendants and con- 
 nections. He was clerk of the first town 
 meeting in Eastport, held May 11, 1798. 
 
 LiNDSEY, Keziah, Norridgewock, Me., 
 Feb. 16, cc. 96. She Avas one of the 
 first settlers of the town, having lived 
 on the same farm 75 years, and been a 
 member of the Congregational church 
 60 years. 
 
 LiNDSEY, ]Mrs. Lucy, Lynn, ]\Iass., 
 June 19, ae. 68, widow of the late Kev. 
 John Lindsey. 
 
 LiNSbEY, Mrs. P. H., Greenwich, Ct., 
 Jan. 20, a\ 75, wife of Rev. Dr. Lins- 
 ley, formerly pastor of the South 
 Church, Hartford, Ct., and also of Park 
 Street Church, Boston, Mass. The 
 following extract is from the sermon 
 preached at her funeral by Rev. Dr. 
 Hawes : " 1 am not accustomed to 
 eulogize the dead, and were I disposed 
 to do so, I should feel restrained, on the 
 present occasion, by the known wishes 
 of the deceased. But it is due to the 
 grace of God, Avhich made her what she 
 was, and has now, I doubt nor, taken 
 her to her home in heaven, to pay a 
 passing tribute to her memory — to 
 speak of her piety and usefulness as a 
 Christian ; of her cheerful trust in the 
 Saviour; of her tender, untiring inter- 
 est in the welfare of others ; of her pa- 
 tience in sufi'ering, and her peace and 
 hope in death. In these particulars she 
 deserves to be held up as an example of 
 rare excellence, and worthy of the imi- 
 tation of all who knew her. Mrs. L. 
 was born in Bennington, Vt., in 1784, 
 and was the youngest of seven children, 
 all of whom arc now deceased. It tells 
 
LINSLEY 
 
 [ 1858. ] 
 
 LINTON 
 
 199 
 
 •well for the Christian training which 
 these children received from their de- 
 votedly pious parents, and for the faith- 
 fulness of God to his covenant prom- 
 ises, that of their children, numbering 
 20 or more, and now in the midst of 
 life, all, or nearly all, are hopefully 
 Christians, and of the highest respecta- 
 bility. Six of tliem are in professional 
 life, and four are ministers of the gospel. 
 At the age of four, Mrs. L. lost her 
 mother, and at 16, her father. Left 
 thus an orphan, she was placed under 
 the guardianship of Gov. Tichenor, who, 
 at her own request, sent her to the then 
 distinguished school for young ladies, 
 under the care of ^liss Pierce, in Litcli- 
 field. She there received a thorough 
 education, which, with other favorable 
 influences operating to develop and es- 
 tablish her character, fitted her to fill, 
 with dignity and usefulness, the different 
 stations she was subsequently called to 
 occupy. Naturally gay, buoyant in her 
 spirits, and fond of the attentions and 
 ways of the world, it required the disci- 
 pline of severe trials and afflictions to 
 teach her the true end of life, to bow 
 her will to God, and bring her to choose 
 Christ in faith and love, as her Saviour 
 and her all. This discipline, with the 
 attending influences of God's Spirit, 
 was efl'ectual. She gave herself to her 
 Kedeemer, and in 1812 made a public 
 profession of religion, which she con- 
 tinued to adorn by a living piety and a 
 growing meetness for heaven, till the 
 end of her course on earth. She pos- 
 sessed a mind naturally active and vig- 
 orous, well balanced and well cultivated ; 
 her temper was uncommonly frank, af- 
 fectionate, and cheerful ; her heart alive 
 to every social feeling and every benevo- 
 lent impulse ; her sense of duty clear and 
 discriminating, and eminently tender 
 and active ; ever aff'ectionately regard- 
 ful of the welfare of others, she never 
 seemed happier than when making them 
 happy ; all crowned with a warm, devot- 
 ed spirit of piety — these were the prom- 
 inent traits of her charactei-, and com- 
 bined as they were, in her case, in just 
 proportion and harmony, they formed 
 her to be esteemed and loved by all 
 who knew her, and to exert a decided 
 and useful influence in every station in 
 which she was called to act. She had a 
 strongly marked character — a charac- 
 ter that was felt, and felt for good, by all 
 
 with whom she had much intercourse. 
 Her religion was heartfelt and devoted, 
 a living principle of feeling and action, 
 of light and peace and salvation ; and 
 like a comely garment, it sat easily and 
 gracefully about her. She loved her 
 Bible, and she loved prayer ; and I have 
 seldom known a person who had a bet- 
 ter acquaintance with the truth and 
 spirit of the Scriptures, or was more 
 careful to apply them to the practical 
 concerns of life. When good was to be 
 done, she always had a heart and a hand 
 ready to bear a part in doing it ; and 
 many, very many, in different parts of 
 the land where she has resided, when 
 they hear of her death, will be reminded 
 of impulses to good which they received 
 from her conversation, her example, 
 and her prayers, and they will all grate- 
 fully cherish her memory now that she 
 is gone. When, some months ago, the 
 sad accident occurred, if so we may call 
 it, which confined her to her room to go 
 out no more, she regarded it as a moni- 
 tion that the time of her departure M'as 
 near. It gave her no uneasiness, no 
 alarm ; she looked to the end with calm- 
 ness and unwavering Christian hope. 
 " I dread dying," she said, " but am not 
 afraid to be dead." 
 
 LiXTON, Nathan, Wilmington, O., Feb. 
 11, a?. 81. He was born on the banks of 
 the Delaware River, Bucks Co., Penn., 
 Jan. 17, 1778, and with his father's family 
 emigrated thence to Ohio, in 1802. 
 The family stopped first at Waynesville, 
 Warren Co., then a place of considera- 
 ble note. In 1804, he raised his first 
 crop in the limits of what is now Clin- 
 ton Co., and has, from that time to this, 
 steadily cultivated the same lands. In 
 
 1805, his father's family moved into the 
 hewed log house, which is still standing 
 in a dilapidated condition on the home 
 farm. He commenced his career as a 
 surveyor, in Ohio, in 1803. He married 
 llachel Smith, who then resided on 
 Walnut Creek, in Highland Co., Jan. 31, 
 
 1806, and in 1807, moved his young bride 
 into a log cabin, which stood upon the 
 same ground since occupied by his resi- 
 dence. During the summer of that 
 year, while absent on a surveying ex- 
 cursion, a fearful tornado passed over 
 his residence, unroofing, and blowing 
 large forest trees upon the cabin, his 
 wife, all alone, taking shelter under the 
 puncheon floor, and under the bed. 
 
200 
 
 LIPPITT 
 
 [ 1858. ] LONGSTREET 
 
 seeminglj- the only place of safety she 
 could have found. When the county 
 ■was organized, in 1810, he was appoint- 
 ed surveyor, which oifice he held for a 
 period of about 20 years, when he de- 
 clined a reaiipointment. From that 
 time to the day of his death, he held 
 various positions of trust and confidence. 
 
 LirriTT, llev. Edward, Dudley, 
 Mass., June 23, ae. 64. He was born in 
 Cranston, R. I., and was converted in 
 the autumn of 1821, while residing at 
 Killingly, Ct. At a quarterly confer- 
 ence of the New London District, held 
 in Hebron, June, 1823, he was licensed 
 as a local preacher ; this relation he 
 sustained till the time of his death. At 
 a session of the New England confer- 
 ence held in Springfield, May, 1831, he 
 was ordained as a deacon by Bishop 
 Heddiiig. He was a man of strong 
 mind and firm purpose, untiring in his 
 efforts to promote the cause of Christ 
 and the interests of the church. As a 
 husband and father, kind and affection- 
 ate ; as a citizen, active and useful. 
 Though suddenly prostrated with fever, 
 he was fully prepared for the great 
 change which awaited him. His last 
 hours were marked with the greatest 
 triumph. 
 
 LisoN, James S., M. D., New York 
 city, Dec. 24, a?. 51. Few men have ex- 
 hibited in life a more devoted example 
 of true Christian character ; none have 
 been in death more deeply lamented. 
 Fully relying on the atoning merits of 
 his Saviour, he quietly breathed his last 
 in the hai)py expectation of a glorious 
 immortality beyond the grave. 
 
 Litchfield, John H., Porto Cabello, 
 Feb. — , iT. — , American consul at 
 Porto Cabello, after three days' illness 
 of paralysis. 
 
 LiTTELL, Samuel, West township, 
 Columbiana Co., Ohio, Feb. 7, ae. 79. He 
 was a native of Fayette Co., Penn., 
 where he lived until 1838, M'hen he re- 
 moved to Wayne Co., Ohio, and resided 
 there until about a year before his de- 
 cease, when the infirmity of age induced 
 him to sell his property, and remove to 
 a point where he could enjoy the society, 
 and almost daily intercourse, of eight of 
 his ten children. Mr. L. was a man of 
 strong mind, a great reader, a deep 
 thinker, a close and profound rcasoner, 
 with a mind fully stored, and a memory 
 tenacious enough to render available 
 
 and pleasing the knowledge gained 
 through so many years. He wrote and 
 spoke with clearness and perspicuity, 
 and in this exercise he delighted. He 
 published much — taking an active part 
 in all the exciting subjects of his day, 
 and especially in favor of the temper- 
 ance reformation. He was a firm be- 
 liever in the Christian religion, an Old 
 Side Baptist by profession ; and this 
 profession he honored and adorned by a 
 long life, so devoted to morality and re- 
 ligion, that nearly all his descendants, 
 who have arrived at adult age, are chil- 
 dren of the covenant. 
 
 LiVESAY, Rev. Joshua, Suffolk, Va., 
 Aug. — , se. — . 
 
 Livingston, Hon. Robert, Lisbqn, 
 N. Y., Nov. 26, ae. 90. He came to the 
 town of Lisbon in 1803, located himself 
 on a farm, about a mile below Galloup- 
 ville, and resided on it until his death. 
 He was appointed one of the judges 
 of the Court of Common Pleas of St. 
 Lawrence Co., in 1810, and held the 
 office until 1826. He was a justice of 
 the peace in that town about 20 years, 
 and was several times elected supervi- 
 sor of it. He discharged the duties of 
 those offices with unquestioned integrity, 
 eminent good sense, and always to the 
 satisfaction of the public. 
 
 Lloyd, Aaron, Waterford, Pa., July 
 6, ae. 84. He was born in Essex Co., 
 N. J., and emigrated to Erie Co., Pa., 
 in July, 1815, where he resided until his 
 death. He was a lover of his country 
 and her institutions, and in the last war 
 with England, served his country's cause 
 in the army 18 months, and was in the 
 battles of Chippewa and Lundy's Lane. 
 
 Logan, Judge William, Succasunna, 
 Morris Co., N. Y., Nov. 27, a>. — , a 
 member of the House of Assembly for 
 three terms. 
 
 LoNGSTREET, Jas. C, Calhoun, Ga., 
 July 11, ae. — . Col. L. was a young 
 man of splendid natural talents, and an 
 elegantly cultivated mind. He had at- 
 tained an eminence in his ])rofession which 
 rendered him an ornament to the bar and 
 an honor to his country. In the dis- 
 charge of his official duties, he displayed 
 that ability and fidelity which ])roved 
 him admirably suited to the task assigned 
 him. Those with whom he was cast 
 socially esteemed him most highly on ac- 
 count of his amiability, intelligence, and 
 gentlemanly bearing. 
 
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LOOMIS 
 
 [ 1858. ] 
 
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 201 
 
 LooMis, Earl, M. D., Oneida, iMadi- 
 son Co., N. Y., June — , a?. 63. He was 
 
 a partner in the practice of medicine with 
 Dr. J. W. Hamer, late of Skippackville, 
 Montgomery Co. 
 
 LooMis, Mrs. Sarah G., Bennington, Vt, 
 Oct. 21, te. 67. In a commmiity where 
 Mrs. L. has been so widely known and 
 loved, an extended notice of her character 
 is not necessary. The style in which she 
 was the priceless ornament of a meek and 
 quiet spirit, so comely upon her, and 
 which she seemed never to put off, will 
 not soon be forgotten ; and it is believed 
 that the fragrant remembrance of her 
 intelligent fidelity in her domestic and 
 social relations, her unassuming but prac- 
 tical benevolence, her humble confidence 
 in Christ, and her steadfast interest in his 
 blessed cause, will long refresh the hearts 
 of surviving friends. 
 
 LooMis, Gustavus H., M. D., Mont- 
 peHer, Vt., May 22, vs. 41, at the resi- 
 dence of Hon. John Spalding. He was 
 eldest son of the late Hon. Jeduthun 
 Loomis, of ]\[ontpelier. 
 
 LoRAS, Rt. llev. Matthias, Dubuque, 
 Iowa, Feb. 19, ae. 66. The bishop was 
 born in Lyons, France, in May, 1791. 
 He was in the sacred ministry 43 years, 
 15 as the president of a college in France, 
 and 28 in this country, eight of which 
 were in the service of the church at Mo- 
 bile, and 20 in Dubuque as the bishop of 
 the diocese. Few men have been more 
 loved and respected by the community 
 at large than he. His life was not only a 
 useful, but an eventful one, and closely 
 allied with the early history of Dubuque. 
 
 Lord, Jeremiah, Kennebunk, Me., 
 Nov. 28, ae. 75. In 1805, Mr. L., while 
 a seaman on board a Kennebunk ship 
 called the Olive Branch, bound from 
 Nantes to Cadiz, was impi-essed on board 
 an English frigate of 32 guns, belonging 
 to tiie fleet under Lord Nelson, then sta- 
 tioned off Cadiz, waiting for the French 
 and Spanish fleets to put to sea. Oct. 
 21, 1805, was fought the renowned naval 
 battle of Trafalgar. As no ship of less 
 than 64 guns was admitted in the line 
 of battle, the duty of this frigate at the 
 time was to assist disabled ships. After 
 the action was over, this vessel, being un- 
 injured and a rapid sailer, was detailed 
 from the fleet to convey to England news 
 of the victory and death of Lord Nelson. 
 A few days after the frigate arrived at 
 Plymouth, the American consul there 
 
 released 'Mr. Lord from his imprisonment 
 of nine weeks and two dajs, and he was 
 returned to the ship from which he was 
 originally taken. Consequently Mr. L. 
 was a spectator and partici])ator in this 
 great naval engagement, although not 
 actually in a station of much danger. 
 The noise of the battle and the horrid 
 sights wliich he witnessed on board some 
 of the disabled ships, often haunted his 
 memory. As a husband, flither, and 
 neighbor, he was kind and obliging ; as a 
 citizen, he was esteemed, having been 
 one of the selectmen of Kennebunk for 
 seven successive years, and in 1833 Mas 
 a member of the state legislature. 
 
 Lord, llev. John, Portland, Me., Aug. 
 2, a;. 67. 
 
 LoRiNG, Ellis G., Boston, Mass., 
 May 24, a?. 52. jNIany just and grace- 
 ful tributes to the memory of the late 
 Ellis Gray Loring have been elicited from 
 various quarters, but none more felicitous 
 than that by Wm. Lloyd Garrison, in 
 remarks before the anti-sla\ery conven- 
 tion. Long intimate with ]\Ir. L. and 
 identified in the same great cause, no 
 one can more thoroughly appreciate his 
 excellence of character than Mr. Garri- 
 son. After describing Mr. L.'s eaily 
 and constant association with the friends 
 of the slave, Mr. Garrison concludes as 
 follows : " Our friend risked, it will be 
 remembered, his professional success in 
 thus early espousing the anti-slavery 
 cause ; he risked his social standing, 
 which was one of great importance to 
 himself; but he was willing to risk every 
 thing — fortune, professional fame, suc- 
 cess, reputation, life itself. He was emi- 
 nently conscientious, and that made him 
 morally courageous and independent; and 
 wherever he felt that duty required him to 
 stand, he had it in his nature to plant his 
 feet, let the consequences be what they 
 might. Mr. L. set a noble example, as 
 a lawyer, in opposition to the prescriptive 
 and hateful sjjirit of colorphobia, M'hich 
 still prevails so extensively in our land. 
 I believe he was the first lawyer who 
 ever took a colored boy into his office, 
 in order to train him up to the profession 
 of the law. He did so, and with a reso- 
 lute purpose, though there were many to 
 laugh and sneer ; and we have now, 
 among the lawyers of Boston, that same 
 colored boy, grown to full manhood, oc- 
 cupying a respectable position, and jjur- 
 suing daily his professional avocation in 
 
202 
 
 LOUNSBERRY [ 1858. ] 
 
 LUDLOW 
 
 the courts, in the person of Robert 
 Morris, Esq. Mr. L. also distinguished 
 himself by his legal ability in the cele- 
 brated case of the slave girl Med, which 
 came up in the Supreme Court of this 
 state many years ago, before Judge Shaw, 
 whereby we obtained the decision that a 
 slave, having been brought into Massa- 
 chusetts by his or her pretended owner, 
 hereby became free. Mr. President, we 
 are all mortal — all steadily on the march 
 to the spirit-world. Our days are num- 
 bered, and short at the longest. 'The 
 line is forming on the other side.' How 
 much work remains to be done ! Let us 
 who are left behind endeavor to be all 
 the more zealous, active, determined, in 
 prosecuting the noblest cause that can 
 challenge human sympathy aud effort, 
 and thus be instrumental, under God, in 
 putting an end to the most dreadful sys- 
 tem of oppression the world has ever 
 known. I stand here to bless the mem- 
 ory of Ellis Gray Loring — to acknowl- 
 edge my deep indebtedness to him for 
 his early kindness, efficient cooperation, 
 and lasting friendship. I stand here, 
 also, to express my heartfelt sympathy 
 for his beloved wife and almost idolized 
 daughter, whose sorrow I would share 
 and alleviate. Let me say, in justice to 
 Mrs. L., and as an act of grateful remem- 
 brance, that she was at least as early in 
 the field in behalf of the oppressed as her 
 lamented husband. In this cause, from 
 the start, twain Mere one — with but one 
 heart, one pulsation, ever seeing eye to 
 eye, and working steadily together. Let 
 no one infer, from the fact that for a few 
 years past he has been comparatively 
 out of sight, that ^Ir. L. had lost his in- 
 terest in the anti-slavery cause ; for that 
 he never lost. But, after the cheering 
 extension of the cause, and its friends had 
 become multitudinous, he followed his 
 natural bent, which was always for retire- 
 ment, and not for publicity. Enough 
 that when there were few to plead for 
 those in bondage, — in spite of his taste 
 and temperament, his social position and 
 professional respectability, — in the dark- 
 est and stormiest period of our terrible 
 struggle, he was ready for public ex- 
 posure and poj)ular contumely, for self- 
 denying lal)or and heroic enterprise, 
 gracefully withdrawing himself from ob- 
 servation only as others advanced, yet 
 keeping tlie flame of his philanthropy as 
 pure aud bright as in the bcKi 
 
 LouNSBERKY, John S., M, J)., Phila- 
 delphia, Pa., Dec. 2, ip. 37. 
 
 Lovelace, llev. Thomas, Pleasant Gap, 
 Pittsylvania Co., Va., Nov. 27, a>. 64. 
 He was a member of the primitive Bap- 
 tist church from early life to the time of 
 his death, and was an active and laborious 
 preacher of the gospel for more than 
 thirty years, occupying a prominent and 
 influential position in the denomination. 
 The whole course of his life Avas marked 
 by a stern integrity, a high sense of duty, 
 and inflexible purpose ; indeed, he com- 
 bined those traits of character which 
 make a man an u])right and useful citi- 
 zen, confining his labors chiefly to the 
 church of which he was a member. 
 
 Lovell, Rev. Stephen, Boston, Mass., 
 Aug. 4, se. 59, assistant editor of the Bos- 
 ton Olive Branch. He became converted 
 when 18 years old, and subsequently en- 
 tered the ministry of the Methodist de- 
 nomination, in which he labored zealous- 
 ly for 30 years. His devotion to what- 
 ever can make men better ; his integrity, 
 industry, and piety ; his fine qualities as a 
 man, citizen, and neighbor ; his virtues as 
 a husband, father, and friend ; his heroic 
 endurance of physical pain ; his willing- 
 ness and desire to die, made him a rare 
 man — a rare Christian. 
 
 LovET, Bartholomew, JefTerson, Mo., 
 June 14, a?. 93. He was born in Thom- 
 aston, in 176u, about 11 years befoi-e the 
 declaration of independence of the United 
 States. At the age of 27, he was bap- 
 tized, with his wife, then 22 years of age, 
 by Elder Andrew Fuller, of Warren. 
 Two brothers and two sisters of the de- 
 ceased survive, who are very aged. 
 
 Lowe, Judge Wm., Frederick, Md., 
 Aug. 7, a?. 69. He was an estimable 
 man and citizen, and had been a judge 
 of the Orjjhans' Court for upwards of six 
 years, in which ])osition he did his duty 
 as one of the guardians and protectors of 
 the widow and the orphan. He was a 
 resident of Frederick twenty odd years, 
 during Avhich time he served in various 
 ca])acities, and by his kindness of heart 
 and upright conduct made many friends. 
 
 Lucas, Col. Edward, Harper's Ferry, 
 Va., ]\Iarch 4, a>. — , paymastej of the 
 Harper's Ferry armory. He was an offi- 
 cer of the war of 1812, and had been a 
 member of the Virginia legislature and 
 Congress. 
 
 Ludlow, Capt. Charles S., Dec. 28, 
 03. 50. He died suddenly at sea, during 
 
LUDWIG 
 
 [ 1858. ] 
 
 LYMAN 
 
 203 
 
 a gale, on board Vanderbilt steamer 
 Ariel. " It was now blowing furiously ; 
 and the immense waves, as they leaped 
 upwards, broke like Avaterspouts around 
 the ship, or, combing, fell like immense 
 breakers upon the ocean beach. The 
 forward part of the wheel houses on 
 each side were broken in, and the round 
 houses were both Avashed away. At 
 1 1 A. M. the ship settled deeply in the 
 trough of the swell, and a tremendous 
 sea broke upon the forward deck. Capt. 
 Ludlow,, at the instant, was cautioned 
 by the second mate, who was standing 
 near him, to ' look out ; ' but he had 
 scarcely spoken the words when all were 
 submerged apparently ten feet under 
 ■water. Both the first and second mates 
 •were badly injured ; and for the instant 
 it was thought that the steamer had 
 foundered. The main hatch was broken 
 in by the sea, and many tons of water 
 went below. Capt. L. was knocked 
 down, and the heavy drag, composed 
 of plank and timbers, struck him in the 
 side. He was found lying upon his 
 back, with his cap washed off, his eyes 
 closed, and apparently insensible. In 
 this condition he was conveyed to his 
 room. He revived sufficiently to speak 
 a few woi'ds, the last of which were, 
 ' Tell the commodore I died at the post 
 of duty.' He then sank back, and ex- 
 pired. The injury was apparently on 
 the left side, two or three of the ribs 
 being broken, and the fragments pene- 
 trating the heart." 
 
 LuDwiG, Col. Jacob, AValdoboro', Me., 
 Nov. 3, 86. 82. Col. L. was of German 
 descent. His father, Capt. Jacob Lud- 
 wig, was one of 'the German emigrants 
 who settled at Waldoboro' in 1748, was 
 an orderly sergeant in the French and 
 Indian wars, commanded a company in 
 the war of the revolution, and was the 
 first representative from Waldoboro' to 
 the General Court of Massachusetts. 
 Col. L. had few early advantages of ed- 
 ucation, but, possessing a strong and 
 active mind, he improved every oppor- 
 tunity to acquire knowledge. He fre- 
 quently represented Waldoboro' both in 
 the legislature of Massachusetts and 
 of Maine. He was one of the selectmen 
 of the town for more than a quarter of 
 a century, and a deputy sheriff more 
 than thirty years, 
 
 LusK, James, Jefferson, Mo., March 
 5, 8E. 37. He was long connected with 
 
 the press of Missouri, and a prominent 
 actor in the political scenes of the state. 
 He Avas public printer for a number of 
 years. In his private relations he was 
 a courteous, dignified gentleman, and 
 highly esteemed by a large circle of ac- 
 quaintances and friends. 
 
 LuTTERLOH, Gen. Charles, Chatham 
 Co., N.C, Aug. 27, a?. 74. He volun- 
 teered in the war of 1812 as a private, 
 but was very soon promoted to the rank 
 of first lieutenant, which rank he held and 
 continued in the service until peace was 
 declared, since which time he devoted 
 his attention to agricultural pursuits. 
 
 LuTTON, Rev. Robert, Pliiladelphia, 
 Pa., Dec. 5, ac. 67. 
 
 Lyman, Mrs. Rhoda Huntington, Ar- 
 cade, Wyoming Co., N. Y., June 22, 
 a?. 91, relict of the late Rev. William 
 Lyman, D. D. ]\Irs. L. was born at 
 Lebanon, Ct., in 1767, where she resided 
 during the revolutionary war, with the 
 stirring incidents of which she was fa- 
 miliar, Lebanon being for some time 
 head-quarters for Lafayette and others. 
 For over 30 years her husband was pas- 
 tor of the Congregational church in 
 Millington Society, East Haddam, Ct., 
 she sharing his labors. In 1825-6 they 
 removed to Western New York, and in 
 1827 to Arcade, where Dr. L. died, June 
 5, 1833, m. 69, and where Mrs. L. has 
 since resided, some of her children being 
 settled there. She was sister of Rev. 
 Dan Huntington, of Hadley, Mass., and 
 aunt of Rev. Pi'of. F. D. Huntington, 
 of Harvard University. For her supe- 
 rior social and intellectual endowments, 
 her cultivated mind and manners, and 
 for her many Christian precepts and ex- 
 amples, she Mill long be remembered. 
 The temperance, anti-slavery, anti-sec- 
 tarian, and moral reforms found in her 
 a warm friend. In her last days, as 
 always, but with increased earnestness, 
 she exhorted all around her to " live for 
 Christ," while she longed to depart and 
 be with him. The close of life with her 
 was intelligently peaceful ; and her re- 
 mains lie beside her husband's in a 
 beautiful grove in the Arcade Rural 
 Cemetery. Dr. L. was a native of Leb- 
 anon, Ct., a graduate of Yale College, 
 class of 1787, and soon after became 
 pastor of the Congi-egational church in 
 Milhngton Society, East Haddam, Ct., 
 where he labored for over 30 years, 
 when he removed to Western New York, 
 
204 
 
 LYON 
 
 [1858.] 
 
 MACKEY 
 
 and in 1S27 to Arcade. He Avas a man 
 of more than ordinary mental force and 
 originality. His conversational and dis- 
 cursive powers are seldom surpassed ; 
 and hence, on marriage, ordination, fu- 
 neral, and like occasions, he was a gen- 
 eral favorite. Although he died soon 
 after the opening of the temperance and 
 anti-slavery discussions of this century, 
 yet he had already become fully enlisted 
 in these reforms. His sympathies were 
 at once with the right ; and long will 
 his memory be cherished by his numer- 
 ous family and other friends. 
 
 Lyox, llobert. New York, March 10, 
 86. 49. Mr. L. was the second son of a 
 respectable London tradesman, named 
 Wolfe Lyon, and was born in that city, 
 Jan. 13, 1810. He came to America in 
 1844, and established an umbrella man- 
 ufactory, which did not succeed ; and a 
 beloved brother lost his life, which he 
 sacrificed rather than lose property in- 
 
 trusted to his care at the fire in San 
 Francisco in 1851. He subsequently 
 turned his attention to journalism, and 
 established the Asmonean. as a Jewish 
 organ, Oct. 2G, 1849. It is still in ex- 
 istence as a weekly paper. He also 
 edited the New York ^lercantile Journal. 
 Of his public career and private life 
 the Asmonean says, " As a public man, 
 Robert Lyon was known to and honored, 
 with the confidence of Henry Clay, Gen. 
 Cass, and Daniel Webster. His high 
 standing among the leaders of the press 
 enabled him on many occasions to ren- 
 der useful service to the community, 
 while at all times he M'as ready to write, 
 speak, and act in the cause of charity, 
 of freedom, of mental and moral prog- 
 ress. In private life, exemplary as a 
 husband and father, abstemious in his 
 habits, simple in his tastes, firm in his 
 friendships, he was justly endeared to 
 an extensive circle of friends. 
 
 M. 
 
 Mabry, Lucine, M. D., Anderson 
 District, S. C, June 3, oe. 23. Dr. M. 
 graduated at the Jefferson Medical Col- 
 lege, Philadelphia, and commenced the 
 arduous duties of his profession in the 
 village of Mount Carmel. 
 
 jNIacallay, John P., M. D., San Fran- 
 cisco, Cal., , a). — . The med- 
 ical profession of San Francisco, at a 
 public meeting, say of him, — 
 
 " Resolved, that in his death we recog- 
 nize a loss, to the members of our local 
 profession, of a zealous and devoted 
 brother ; to his patients, of a kind and 
 conscientious friend and physician ; and 
 to tliose connected with him by ties of 
 consanguinity, of a relative, whose in- 
 tellectual, moral, and social character 
 entitled him to their warmest affections, 
 and of whose ])rofessional career they 
 might well be jiroud." 
 
 Mackay, Francis L., Calcutta, Hin- 
 dostan, July 8, a?. 21. He was the 
 second son of llobert C. Mackay, Esq., 
 one of the most respected and influen- 
 tial merchants of JJoston. He early 
 evinced a taste for business. Though 
 but 21 years of age, his integrity had 
 endeared him, not only to his many 
 friends at liome, but to his countrymen 
 and associates at Calcutta. 
 
 Mack.\y, Andrew J., Council Bluff's, 
 Iowa, Aug. — , ae. — . He was a young 
 man of fine attainments, a ready and 
 graceful writer, a fluent speaker, and a 
 sound thinker. He left Council Bluffs 
 in Dec, 1855, after which time he was 
 employed upon the Madison (Wis.) 
 Argus and Democrat, as local editor. 
 
 Mackey, Ilev. E. D., Princess Anne, 
 Md., Sept. 6, Si. — . He was a remark- 
 able man. The accomplishments of the 
 gentleman so blended with the graces of 
 a Christian that humanity was ennobled 
 in his person, and rehgion seemed to 
 have a natural home in his heart. Mr. 
 M. was an intelligent Christian. His 
 intellectual ability, and his proficiency in 
 many branches of education, are shown 
 in the history of his life while a j'outhful 
 scholar in a high school, a student in 
 the College of New Jersey, and a theo- 
 logical student in the seminary at Prince- 
 ton. He graduated at the college in 
 Princeton with the highest honor in one 
 of the largest classes that ever Ment out 
 from the walls of that venerable institu- 
 tion. But his soul was devoted to God, 
 and his mental energies were directed 
 towards the advancement of Christ's 
 kingdom. Perhaps no one ever left the 
 seminary who was more beloved and re- 
 
MACKIE 
 
 [ 1858. ] MANDEVILLE 
 
 205 
 
 spected by the pi-ofessors, or had a higher 
 reputation among his classmates for deep, 
 sincere, humble piety, or proficiency in 
 theological science, than Mr. M. 
 
 INIackie, Peter, jNI. D., Wareham, 
 Mass., March 23, fe. 72. 
 
 Macpherson, John B., Gettysburg, 
 
 Ga., , JB, 69, for 40 years the 
 
 cashier of the Bank of Getty sbui-g. 
 
 Maddux, Edward, , Ky., INIay 
 
 ^1, fE. 48, a native of $ ^-^u h ar Go., Va. 
 He was a lieutenant in the ]\Iissouri 
 volunteers in the Florida war, and was 
 in the battle of Okechobee. He was 
 also a soldier in the Mexican war. He 
 was a man of fine intellect and generous 
 impulses. 
 
 jNIagill, James, Stone Valley, Hun- 
 tingdon Co., Pa., Oct. 17, a?. 71, father 
 of the Rev. Wm. C. Magill, deceased. 
 
 Magoox, Stephen S., New Hampton, 
 N. H., Aug. 14, a?. 76. Long in busi-, 
 ness, he lived and died an honest man, 
 and highly respected by the entire com- 
 munity. 
 
 Magruder, John T., near the camp 
 of the 6th column Utah forces, on the 
 Big Blue liiver, June 28, se. 22, son of 
 A. Magruder, Esq., of Washington city, 
 formerly of Charlottesville, Va. Scarcely 
 a year ago Lieut. M. left the ^Military 
 Academy as a graduate to enter the cav- 
 alry arm of the service. During the short 
 time he was connected with the army 
 he proved himself inferior to no young 
 officer in the zeal and ability with which 
 he discharged his duties, and full wor- 
 thy of the confidence reposed in him by 
 nis superiors in rank. 
 
 _]Maguire, Edward C, D. D., Fred- 
 ericksburg, Va., Oct. 8, for nearly half 
 a century pastor of St. George's Church, 
 of that city. A clergyman who has 
 been a member of the diocese of Vir- 
 ginia all his life speaks of the deceased 
 as " a man freer from faults than any 
 one he ever knew." 
 
 Maiiarrey, William H., Philadel- 
 phia, Pa., Aug. 29, was a native of Au- 
 gusta, Ga., and highly esteemed for his 
 manly character, his business capacity, 
 his devoted friendship, and his generous 
 and charitable deeds. He was for many 
 years r: worthy and efficient member of 
 the city council ; at one time sheriff of 
 Richmond Co. ; and in all his public 
 and private relations a worthy and a 
 true man. 
 
 Maidlow, Edmund, Scott township, 
 18 
 
 111., Oct. 23, re. 50. He filled several 
 posts of public trust and honor, with 
 credit to himself and to the entire satis- 
 faction of the public. He M-as several 
 years county commissioner, superin- 
 tended the building of the court house, 
 and was president of the Agricultural 
 and Horticultural Society. 
 
 Makepeace, Dea. Lysander, IS'orton, 
 Mass., Jan. 24, fe. 87 jts. 5 mos. He 
 was born in Norton, Aug. 22, 1771. His 
 paternal ancestor in the fourth remove, 
 Thomas Makepeace, came from England 
 to Dorchester in 1635, and died there in 
 1667. He was the ancestor of all the 
 Makepeaces in America. The subject 
 of this notice was chosen deacon of the 
 Congregational church in Norton, April 
 1, 1803. At one time he was largely 
 engaged in the manufacture of cotton 
 fabrics, and for many years was one of 
 the most prominent and useful citizens 
 of his native town, having filled many 
 responsible places with credit. 
 
 Mallery, Rev. S. S., Willington, 
 Conn., March 12, a?. 58. Mr. M. was at 
 Willington attending revival meetings, 
 and laid down his Avork with his har- 
 ness on. 
 
 Maltbie, Rev. E. D., 
 
 — , se. — . The presbytery with which 
 he was connected express the feeling 
 " that in the death of their brother they 
 sustain a great loss — the loss of one 
 who was valiant for the truth and for 
 the purity and order of the church of 
 Christ ; at the same time one of deep, 
 intelligent, and productive piety ; one 
 who had greatly endeared himself to his 
 brethren as a judicious counsellor, a 
 kind associate, and a steadfost friend ; 
 one, too, who was greatly respected, and 
 exerted the happiest influence in the 
 several places where he was successively 
 located, and whose loss M'ill be especially 
 felt in the community Avhere his last 
 years were spent, and where his efforts 
 were unwearied in devising and further- 
 ing so many works of charity and piety.'- 
 Mandeville, Henry, D. D., Mobile, 
 Ala., Oct. 2, se. 53. Dr. M. was born 
 in the village of Kinderhook, N. Y., in 
 1804, and became a member of Chi-ist's 
 church at the age of 16. He graduated 
 at Union College in 1826, and imme- 
 diately after entered the Theological 
 Seminary at New Brunswick, N. J. He 
 was first called to a country church near 
 Newburg, N. Y. God blessed his la- 
 
206 
 
 IMANNY 
 
 [1858.] 
 
 MARIM 
 
 bors, and the church was built up, estab- 
 lished, and refreshed by an extensive 
 revival, lie went to Geneva, and there 
 orjj;anized and built the Dutch llefornied 
 church. His labors were appreciated 
 by the people and blessed of God. Af- 
 ter three years' residence and labor in 
 Geneva, his reputation as a scholar and 
 prcaclicr began to extend. The church 
 of Dr. IJetliune, at Utica, having become 
 vacant, without ever having heard him 
 preach, he was invited by its members 
 to supply the vacancy. The confidence 
 of the church and congregation in his 
 ability, learning, eloquence, and piety 
 was not disappointed or misplaced. The 
 literary acquirements of Dr. M., the 
 purity' of his style, the impressiveness 
 of his delivery, and his reputation as a 
 pulpit orator, were now known, appre- 
 ciated, and recognized. He was called 
 to fill the chair of professor of elocution 
 in Hamilton College, New York. He 
 discharged the duties of this responsible 
 office faithfully, profitably, and accepta- 
 bly for eight years. Having written a 
 work on Elocution, and prepared for 
 our colleges and academies other books 
 that have been extensively used and 
 approved, he went temporarily to Al- 
 bany to superintend their publication. 
 While there he was invited to take 
 charge of a Presbyterian church, his 
 connection heretofore having been with 
 the Dutch llcformed church. His anx- 
 iety to preach the unsearchable riches 
 of Christ, to sound the gospel trumpet, 
 and call sinners to repentance, induced 
 him to resign the professor's chair, and 
 assume again the pastor's duties and 
 responsibilities. His labors in Albany 
 were owned of God, and the church was 
 blessed with a revival. At this time he 
 became identified with the great tem- 
 perance reform movement that then 
 agitated New York. He was conserva- 
 tive in his sentiments, and contributed 
 by his productions to the great moral 
 revolution that has blessed both church 
 and state by the cliange it has wrought 
 in the habits and feelings of the people. 
 In the fall of 1852 the health of ]Mrs. M. 
 induced him to seek a more genial clime ; 
 and he was invited to fill the pulpit of 
 this church, that was then temporarily 
 vacant. He remained with us during 
 that winter and spring, and so com- 
 pletely won the confidence and aff'ection 
 of the members and congregation that 
 
 when the pulpit was subsequently va- 
 cated he was invited with singular 
 unanimity to return and become their 
 pastor. He accepted the invitation ; and 
 since Nov., 1854, and up to the time of 
 his death, he labored with us faithfully 
 and efficiently. As a preacher, he had 
 few superiors. He was instructive, im- 
 pressive, and fiiithful. He invested 
 every theme he discussed with new and 
 striking charms. His sermons were 
 always suggestive. He addressed the 
 understanding of his hearers rather than 
 their fears. He seldom presented the 
 terrors of the law. He left Sinai in its 
 awful grandeur for Calvary with its 
 bleeding Victim. 
 
 Manny, John H., West Rockford, 
 
 111., , ffi. — , inventor of the 
 
 famous reaping machine. A local paper 
 says, " The name and fame of John H. 
 Manny is written and re-written with 
 each revolving season upon the whole 
 broad surface of our prairie country." 
 
 Mansfield, Joseph, Lynnfield, Mass., 
 
 , ge. — . Mr. M. descended from 
 
 a family remarkable for their longevity. 
 His father, Mr. Andrew Mansfield, died 
 at the age of 92 years, who was the 
 eldest brother of a family of three 
 brothers and six sisters, making a fami- 
 ly of nine, whose ages at the time of 
 their deaths were as follows : Sarah, 
 72 years ; Mary, 83 ; Andrew, (men- 
 tioned above), 92 ; Josejoh, 77 ; Han- 
 nah, 81 ; Elizabeth, 79 ; llebecca, 74 ; 
 Rachel, 64 ; Timothy, 89. They were 
 all married and had 51 children, viz., 
 29 sons, and 22 daughters. 
 
 Mansfield, llev. Z. H., Norwich, 
 Ct., April 16, ic. 47. 
 
 March, Lieut. J. Howard, Dec. 21, 
 £6. — , on board storeship Relief, during 
 the passage from Aspinwall to New 
 York. 
 
 Marden, Jonathan, M. D., Quincy, 
 Mass., March 3, se. 54. His superior in- 
 telligence, his clear perceptions of truth 
 and duty, and his steady, fearless, and 
 manful performance of duty at all costs 
 and hazards, his love of sound doctrine, 
 and of the order and purity of the gos- 
 pel, were traits of commanding promi- 
 nence in his character and life, wliich 
 made him endeared and useful whilehe 
 lived, and render it forever true of him, 
 that " though dead he yet speaketh." 
 
 IMarim, Charles, Esq., Leipsic, Kent 
 Co., Delaware, March 26, vs. 54, for 
 
MARKHAM 
 
 [ 1858. ] 
 
 MARKS 
 
 207 
 
 many years he occupied a high standing 
 as a public man. In early life he was 
 several times successively returned to 
 the legislature, and always occupied a 
 leading position in that body. As one 
 of the founders of the Delaware free 
 school system, his memory merited the 
 gratitude as well as the high regard of 
 all the friends of popular education. 
 He occupied the honorable office of 
 secretary of state during the term of 
 Gov. Comegys, and was also the secre- 
 tary of the convention, which met at 
 Dover hi 1852, to frame a new constitu- 
 tion for the state. These important 
 offices he filled with ability. He was a 
 law student of Hon. J. M. Clayton, but 
 being possessed of an ample patrimony, 
 soon after his admission to the bar, he 
 retired from the field, where his talents 
 might have placed him in the first rank of 
 his profession, and for many years occu- 
 pied the beautiful farm, *' Chipping Nor- 
 ton," which descended to him from his 
 ancestors. Much of his time was de- 
 voted to literature, and few men of his op- 
 portunities have acquired greater facility 
 in writing, or could clothe their thoughts 
 in more beautiful language, than he. 
 His character was eminently social ; fond 
 of his friends, — they idolized him, — 
 in his palmy days he loved to have them 
 about him, and many an hour has been 
 happily spent in listening to his lively 
 and agreeable conversation, abounding 
 always in humorous sallies. Though 
 a humorist, he had his times of seri- 
 ous meditation. A true believer in the 
 Christian faith, his profession of love to 
 the Saviour of mankind was pure, and 
 without the semblance of hypocrisy he 
 acknowledged his sinfulness. 
 
 Markham, James B., M. D., Somer- 
 ville, Dallas Co., Ala., Dec. 12, a;. 48. 
 
 Markiiam, llev. Robert A., Somer- 
 ville, Dallas Co., Ala., Dec. 19, a-. 28 ; 
 both brothers to John G. Markham, ed- 
 itor of the Paulding (Miss.) Clarion. 
 
 Marks, Gen. WiUiam, Beaver, Pa., 
 April 10, a». 78. He was one of the 
 oldest inhabitants in Western Pennsyl- 
 vania. His father emigrated to this 
 country about 1785. Gen. M. settled 
 on the south side of the Monongahela 
 River, then almost a wilderness and for 
 some years afterwards subjected severe- 
 ly to the bloody incursions of the Paw- 
 nee and other hostile tribes of Indians. 
 Notwithstanding the limited advantages 
 
 he enjoyed for education, he early made 
 himself conspicuous as one of the most 
 able and successful politicians in Penn- 
 sylvania. He entered the House, a rep- 
 resentative, about 1810, and continued 
 until 1820, when he was elected to the 
 Senate, of which body he was elected 
 speaker in 1821, and over which he con- 
 tinued to preside initil 1827, when he 
 was elected to the United States Senate, 
 in which he served until 1833, thus 
 making an unbroken period of political 
 service of 23 years. During this time 
 he was the contemporary and friend of 
 Samuel Sitgreaves, John Sergeant, Wal- 
 ter Forward, Abner Lacock, Richard 
 Coulter, William AVilkins, and many 
 other statesmen of power in the com- 
 monwealth. Of his contemporaries and 
 compeei's, the great and venerable Sena- 
 tor from Alleghany alone survives him, 
 and may his honored life be yet long 
 spared. In the Senate of the United 
 States he served M'ith Calhoun, Web- 
 ster, Benton, Berrien, Hayne, Van Bu- 
 ren, and others whose names are 
 honored in the land. During his terra 
 he Avas the chairman of the committees 
 on agriculture, and upon engrossed 
 bills, and a member of the committee 
 on military affairs. He was distin- 
 guished as a hard-working member, and 
 when he participated in debate, which 
 was seldom, he was always calm, cour- 
 teous, and brief, and neither in debate 
 nor as presiding officer, did he ever of- 
 fend, or receive offence, from any fellow 
 member. He entered political life dur 
 ing the administration of Thomas Jef 
 ferson. He was a democrat of the old 
 school, and in 1812 was selected by the 
 democratic caucus to move, in the Penn- 
 sylvania legislature, the resolutions sup- 
 porting the administration of Mr. Mad- 
 ison in the war with Great Britain. He 
 supported the administration of John 
 Quincy Adams, and always regarded it 
 as the wisest and purest since the days 
 of Washington. For five years he was 
 associated with Col. Benton in the 
 Senate committee' on military affairs. 
 Here there was some conflict of political 
 sentiment, but to the end of their days 
 they were warm and attached friends, 
 always keeping up the courtesies of 
 friendship. They were about the same 
 age, died on the same day, and within a 
 few hours of each other. Gen. M. was 
 a sincere and consistent Christian, and 
 
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 MARSHALL 
 
 I 
 
 for the last 20 years was an elder in the 
 Presbyterian ehurch. 
 
 Mahlow, Alfred Pryor, New Town, 
 Ala., ^lay 5, a'. G2. lie was one of the 
 first settlers of New Town, having 
 moved there in 1819. In the war of 
 1812, at the age of 17, he enlisted as a 
 volunteer in ]Nlaj. Edmundson's compa- 
 ny of Tennessee Mounted KiHemen, 
 and served in the battle of New Or- 
 leans. He was a man of strong preju- 
 dices, but withal kind and generous. 
 
 Marquis, S. F., ISI. D., Folsom's 
 Bar, Cal., Nov. 4, a'. 40, formerly of New 
 Cumberland, Hancock Co., Va. He was 
 a man of more than ordinary ability, 
 intelligence, and enterprise, and had 
 attained to considerable eminence in his 
 profession. He left home for California 
 in 18j2, and returning after an absence 
 of about two years, left again for Cali- 
 fornia, April 12, 1854. 
 
 Marsh, James M., Dubuque, Iowa, 
 
 , ic. — . For 23 years he was 
 
 engaged in surveying the lands of the 
 United States in ^lichigan, Wiscon- 
 sin, Iowa, and Minnesota. " He com- 
 menced the struggle of life a penni- 
 less and friendless boy, and closed it 
 surrounded by magnificence, honored 
 by all who had dealt with him and 
 known him, enjoying an enviable repu- 
 tation as a man of science, and possess- 
 ing an unblemished moral character." 
 
 Marsh, Sarah, Heath, Mass., May 9, 
 a?. 100 years, eight months, seven days. 
 Through her long life she never was sick 
 over three weeks' time in the aggre- 
 gate, and enjoyed good health until 
 within a few days of her death, when 
 she was prostrated by a fit. During 
 her last sickness she was entirely free 
 from pain, and died evidently from old 
 age. She left a numerous posterity, 
 extending to the fifth generation, num- 
 bering about 200 lineal descendants. 
 One hundred and seventy suiwived her. 
 She had been a professor of religion 82 
 years, and died in the Christian faith. 
 
 BENJAMIN MARSHALL, 
 
 Troy, N. Y., Dec. 2, a>. TG. He was 
 born in Huddersfield, England, in 1782. 
 His ancestors were the founders of the 
 place, having built the second house 
 there. The deceased was the youngest 
 of six brothers. Wlien very young, he 
 was engaged in the cotton nianufactui'c, 
 
 and at the early age of twenty came to 
 this country with his brother Joseph, 
 bringing an invoice of goods. They 
 landed at New York, in August, 1803. 
 That city had then hardly begun to grow, 
 and its hmited extent may be inferred 
 from the fact that in consequence of the 
 prevalence of cholera in the town, he ac- 
 cepted an invitation of two friends to 
 take refuge with them in the country at 
 the old Stuyvesant mansion, which stood 
 on what is now Thirteenth Street. One 
 of these friends, Francis Thompson, had 
 a store on Beekman Street, and was 
 largely engaged in the importation of 
 woollen goods. With him ]SIr. M. be- 
 came connected in business, importing 
 cotton manufactures and making remit- 
 tances in cotton. This business led him 
 to become interested in shipping. It 
 also resulted in his passing his winters in 
 Georgia, where he studied the growth of 
 cotton. The embargo of 1808 inter- 
 rupted the business, which was termina- 
 ted by the war of 1812. In 1814 Mr, 
 jNL, with Jeremiah Thompson, resumed 
 the ordinary shipping and importing busi- 
 ness in Pearl Street. In 1818, he con- 
 ceived the idea of establishing a periodical 
 packet line between New York anft Liver- 
 pool, The inexperienced men of the time 
 scouted such a suggestion. The idea of 
 having ships sail on regular days, in despite 
 of wind and weather, seemed to tliem pre- 
 posterous. But the line was established 
 by INIr. jNIarshall, the Thompson Brothers, 
 and Francis Wright and Son. The first 
 ship, the James ]\Ionroe, sailed in January, 
 1819, in a north-easterly snow storm. 
 The venture Avas a success, and in four 
 years a dozen other lines had been estab- 
 lished upon the same princi])les. The 
 line of which Mr. Marshall was founder, 
 from its well-known signal of a tar-barrel 
 hoisted at the mast-head, Avas called the 
 Black Ball line — a designation which it 
 bears to this day. 
 
 In 182o, satisfied, from the increased 
 growth of cotton, and the existing tariff 
 on imported goods, that the manufacture 
 of cotton must become one of the most 
 important and profitable interests of the 
 country, he concluded to withdraw from 
 commerce, and devote all his energies 
 and capital to it. This was an occupa- 
 tion most congenial with his humane and 
 charitable disposition. It gave him an 
 op]3ortunity to put his ample means in 
 such a shape that the greatest possible 
 
MARSHALL 
 
 [ 1858. ] 
 
 MARSHALL 
 
 209 
 
 good would result from them. It enabled 
 him to ])lace emijloyment within the 
 ^ reach of the needy, to clothe the naked, 
 and to see shapening themselves on 
 every liand the indubitable evidences of 
 his genius and enterj)rise. 
 
 In 1826 Mr. Benjamin Marshall and 
 his brother Joseph established at Hudson 
 the Print Works, and in Troy, what was 
 known as the Ida Cotton Mill, at the 
 outset an establishment of limited extent. 
 These works were carried on together until 
 1834, when the connection was dissolved, 
 Benjamin taking the factory in Ti'oy. 
 
 One of the great enterprises of Mr. 
 Marshall's life was the establishment of 
 the New York Mills, in Oneida Co., in 
 N. Y., until fifteen years ago the most 
 extensive establishment of the kind in 
 the Union. The goods manufactured at 
 these mills always commanded considera- 
 ble more in the market than those of 
 other works. One peculiar feature in this 
 connection deserves especial notice, be- 
 cause it is suggestive of a noble peculiari- 
 ty in the character of Mr. M., and teaches 
 a lesson we would that every capitalist, 
 whose abundant means enable him to 
 pursue the same course, should learn. 
 In connection with his partner in the 
 works, Mr. B. S. Walcott, he manifested 
 a most lively interest in the welfare of 
 his em])loyees — 'physical, intellectual, 
 and sjjiritual alike. He was continually 
 devising new schemes for their benefit. 
 One of the finest tracts of land in that 
 vicinity was purchased and apportioned off 
 as a ])lay-ground for the operatives, and 
 provided with every needed apparatus 
 for recreation and its attending develop- 
 ment of physical power. Evening schools 
 ■were established, with the most compe- 
 tent tutors, where all who liked were fur- 
 nished tuition free of charge. Thus body 
 and mind were strengthened together. 
 Beyond the regular course of instruction, 
 lectures were secured every year on physi- 
 ology, phrenology, anatomy, geography, 
 natural philosophy, chemistry, and as- 
 tronomy. The religious wants of the 
 operatives were also carefully attended 
 to without any sectarian basis. Two 
 large churches were erected, one Presby- 
 terian, the other Methodist ; and con- 
 nected with each was an admirably ar- 
 ranged Sabbath school. Money was 
 given with equal liberality to each. 
 Hundreds of young men now engaged in 
 various honorable pursuits can look back 
 18* 
 
 with thankful hearts to the New York 
 Mills, as the i)orts from which they started 
 on the voyage of life, freighted with good 
 resolutions, and with those treasures of 
 knowledge that are the most valuable 
 possessions of honest ambition. 
 
 The great idea of Mr. M.'s life, we 
 have seen, was to so use his capital as to 
 give employment and consequent su])port 
 to the greatest possible number of human 
 beings, and to be instrumental in bring- 
 ing out such products as would add great 
 value to the possessions of the community. 
 He never in his life was interested in the 
 manufacture of a worthless article, or the 
 fate of a fancy stock. His energies were 
 always employed for a purpose. He al- 
 \\;ays paid his employees well, and by 
 every means in his power stimulated 
 them to laudable effort, because he real- 
 ized that in this way their value, too., 
 would be enhanced, as jjroducing agents 
 in the community. This was the predom- 
 inant and beautiful trait in the life of this 
 truly useful man. 
 
 The practical benevolence of Mr. M., 
 though continuously and unostentatiously 
 employed in the channels we have named, 
 was not confined to them. The mam- 
 moth business establishments he has 
 erected will be no more enduring monu- 
 ments of the true greatness and worth of 
 his character, than the charitable institu- 
 tions he founded. His benevolence was 
 not posthumous. The " Marshall Infirma- 
 ry," the most complete and well-or- 
 dered establishment of the kind in this 
 section of the country, had its foundation 
 originally in the generous impulses of 
 his heart. His first donation to this in- 
 stitution was $25,000, and every year 
 since its establishment he has expended 
 $2000 in its maintenance. His personal 
 and unremitting attention has been given 
 to it, and hundreds of sufferers have had 
 occasion to thank him for the comforts 
 so freely bestowed upon them when they 
 were languishing from disease. The hos- 
 pital for patients suffering from infectious 
 diseases was founded upon his sugges- 
 tion and with his generous aid. The Lu- 
 natic Asylum is another child of his sym- 
 pathy, and within the last year he has 
 given his personal attention to its erec- 
 tion, and shown the most lively interest 
 in it. 
 
 The Troy " Marshall Factories " may 
 be considered the results exclusively of 
 Benjamin's enterprise, sagacity, and 
 
210 
 
 MARSHALL 
 
 [ 1858. ] 
 
 MARSHALL 
 
 genius. He resided in Troy ; he btiilt 
 them under liis constant and direct super- 
 ^•ision. They rose and grew under his 
 eyes, and lie looked upon their success, 
 and upon their auxiliary benefits, as upon 
 success achieved and benefits conferred by 
 " pet otfs])ring." The commencement of 
 these works were the wooden mills, at 
 the foot of the hill, on the bank of the 
 stream. Afterwards, or about 1840, he 
 conceived and constructed the tunnel 
 through tiie rocky margin of thePoesten- 
 kill, li-oni above the falls, giving a power 
 of more than IjO feet fall, and one of the 
 best in the world. Mill after mill — all 
 line and extensive brick structures — rose 
 year after year, until every available po- 
 sition between the mouth of the tunnel 
 and the bed of the stream far below was 
 occupied. Some of these mills employ 
 hundreds of o])eratives. Some he ran 
 himself, and others he leased on the 
 most liberal terms to other manufacturers, 
 whose success promised to contribute to 
 the benefit of industry and the prosperity 
 of the city. He was ready to aid ■ in 
 every way in his power the introduction 
 here of new branches of manufacture ; 
 also to introduce every improvement 
 known in his jiarticular branch of manu- 
 facturing. Besides, he was of an inven- 
 tive turn of mind, and there are many 
 improvements in manuflicturing machi- 
 nery the results of his genius. These 
 works on the bank and slope of the Po- 
 estenkill are estimated to have cost him 
 half a million of dollars. They alone are 
 a splendid monument to his enterprise 
 and genius. And it is a living, breathing 
 monument, for it has made that portion 
 of the city what it is, and will contrib- 
 ute to its growth, during a long period 
 of time to come. 
 
 It has been well said, that Mr. M., in 
 his career of 55 years upon our shores, 
 had driven his commercial bark in triumph 
 among innumerable breakers, over the 
 shoals and sands of fluctuating credit, 
 through the forced calms of non-inter- 
 course and embargo, and survived un- 
 harmed the storms of war. Then from 
 the int'ancy to the maturity of his manufac- 
 turing enterprises, he had seen hundreds 
 of his collaborators sink under the ruins 
 of establishments prostrated by changes 
 in national policy, and by violent financial 
 convulsions ; and was yet enabled to car- 
 ry his own, various as they were, through 
 all the changes of tariffs, the demolition 
 
 of the national and the successive ex- 
 tinction of hundreds of state banks, and 
 througli all the effects upon credit pro->, 
 duced by state repudiations and almost 
 universal bankruptcy, as well as through 
 periods of expansions not less dangerous, 
 and of unreal as well as real prosperity. 
 This triumph was not accidental ; it was 
 the natural result of his forecast and skill. 
 
 He was not only a noble, he was in 
 many respects a peculiar man. He was 
 the jjossessor of great wealth, yet there 
 was not the slightest tinge of the aristo- 
 crat in or about him. He would meet 
 his poorest employee on terms of equality 
 as between man and man. lie was 
 courteous and affable to all without a 
 show or feeling of condescension, a devout 
 Christian without making any pretensions 
 to piet}-, a truly honest man, " the noblest 
 work of God," without assuming, byword 
 or act, to be better than other men. 
 Without disparagement to others who 
 have gone before him to the grave, it may 
 be said without fear of contradiction, that 
 he had done more for his fellow-men, and 
 more to benefit the city, than any other citi- 
 zen that Troy has lost. It will be long, 
 we fear, before we look upon his like 
 again. 
 
 He outlived the space of threescore 
 years and ten allotted to man ; he did 
 not fear death, nor sigh at his approach 
 on his own account ; he would have defer- 
 red the stroke only that he might do fur- 
 ther good to others. How many have 
 heard him discuss magnificent schemes of 
 enterprise and benevolence, and then ex- 
 press his regret that his age would prevent 
 him aiding in their consummation and wit- 
 nessing their success. He seemed, really, 
 too good a man to grow old and die. 
 Perennial vigor and undecaying man- 
 hood for him w^ould have been a blessing 
 to mankind. 
 
 In his domestic relations he was in 
 some respects fortunate, and in others 
 unfortunate. As we learn from a state- 
 ment furnished by him, in 1853, to the 
 publishers of a biographical magazine, 
 (and from which we have derived many 
 of the facts of his early history,) he Avas 
 married in New York, in the year 1813, 
 to Niobe Stanton, the daughter of a 
 Captain John Stanton, a gentleman of 
 some influence in the locality of his resi- 
 dence. She died in 1823, before hie re- 
 moval to Troy. With this lady he lived 
 in uninterrupted harmony until her death. 
 
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 [1858.] 
 
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 211 
 
 and did not many a second time. She 
 Avas a devout and l)enevolent woman, and 
 acquitted lierself well in the a]ipropriate 
 field of usefulness. He had one son by 
 this marriage, who, it is said, was a prom- 
 ising youth, but became the victim of an 
 incurable niahuly, while on a Eur-oj^ean 
 tour some fifteen or twenty years ago. 
 He died about two years since, leaving 
 his surviving ])arent childless. His fam- 
 ily has been chiefly composed, since the 
 death of his wife, of relations who had 
 come from England. He was a mem- 
 ber of a Christian church for 34 years. 
 As a church attendant he was a model ; 
 he was rarely absent from his place in 
 the church ; indeed he was never absent 
 \ unless kept away by a providential inter- 
 ' position. In his will he directs the Ida 
 Mills property (value of some $500,000,) 
 t(X be run during certain lives of his 
 frieVds, one half the income to be given 
 to the American Bible Society, American 
 Home Missionary Society, and American 
 Tract Society, and the other half to the 
 Marshall Infirmary, but ultimately to 
 be sold and divided in the same propor- 
 tions to the same societies. 
 
 Marshall, Francis, Tuscaloosa, Ala., 
 March 5, as. 68. He was a native of 
 Virginia, was born in Powhatan, reared 
 in New Kent, and was married to Miss 
 Ann E. Howie, of the latter county. 
 While a citizen of Virginia he held im- 
 portant offices of honor and trust, was 
 an oflicer in the Avar of 1812, and exhib- 
 ited a patriotic spirit in defence of his 
 country's cause. Obliging and benev- 
 olent, urbane and companionable, he had 
 the sincere respect of his intimate friends. 
 
 Marshall, Jonas, Fitchburg, Mass., 
 Dec. 31, a^. 90. He left ten shares of 
 Fitchburg llailroad stock, the income 
 thereof to be distributed among poor 
 Avidows and those Avho have not called 
 upon the toAvn for assistance. 
 
 Marshall, Nicholas T., Cincinnati, 
 O., , se. — , a Avell-known physi- 
 cian and able professor in the Medical 
 College of Ohio. 
 
 Martin, Hannibal, ]\I. D., Olney, 
 near Moundsville, Va., Aug. 3, pc. 31. 
 He graduated Avith honor at the college 
 commencement, Avhich took place last 
 March ; and, having ever applied him- 
 self diligently to his studies, he returned 
 shattered in health, and consumption 
 found him an easy prey. 
 
 Martin, Col. Moses, llahAvay, N. J., 
 Jan. 5, a?. 73. The colonel Avas a prom- 
 inent actor in the last Avar Avith Great 
 Britain ; and, as a civilian, fcAV men 
 have had more Avarm-hearted or more 
 devoted friends. For 40 years, Avith one 
 or tAvo exceptions, he filled the office of 
 overseer of the poor of his toAvnship, 
 Avith credit to himself and to the entire 
 satisfaction of his constituents. He held 
 this office until the day of his death ; and 
 this fact speaks volumes in favor of the 
 high esteem in Avhich he Avas held. 
 
 Martin, Tillerton H., Corinth, Vt., 
 Dec. 18, a". 99, one of the revolutionary 
 soldiers, who fought desperately for his 
 country. His last Avords were, " Long 
 may the liberty flag Avave ; for I am 
 going home to die no more." 
 
 Mason, Rev. C. C, Centre, Wis., 
 Sept. 26, a;. 58. Mr. M. Avas born in 
 Yorkshire, England, Dec. 21, 1800 ; ex- 
 perienced the saving grace of God at 
 the age of 17 ; at once entered upon 
 the Avork of an itinerant in the ranks of 
 the Wesleyan Methodists, and Avas ex- 
 tensively knoAvn as the " boy preacher." 
 In July, 1830, he came over to this coun- 
 try, and remained about a year, during 
 Avliich time he continued to jireach the 
 gospel, mostly in Saratoga Co., N. Y., 
 and became extensively knoAvn in that 
 region of country as an eloquent, faith- 
 ful, and successful preacher. In 1831 
 he returned to the place of his nativity, 
 Avhere he remained about five years, 
 Avhen he again started for this country, 
 leaving his family behind ; commenced 
 preaching as a local preacher inider the 
 presiding elder of Williamsburg, Mass. 
 He then joined the Ncav England con- 
 ference, and Avas appointed to Coleraine, 
 Mass., and various other places in Ncav 
 England. 
 
 Mason, Elisha, Litchfield, Conn., June 
 1, ae. 100. He Avas born in Litchfield, 
 Conn., April 5, 1759, and at the time of 
 his decease Avas the last of the revolu- 
 tionary pensioners in his native town. 
 Not long since he stated to a friend 
 that on being discharged from the pub- 
 lic service, at or near the Highlands on 
 the Hudson, he Avas paid of!' in conti- 
 nental money, and started home on foot. 
 Keaching Danbury at evening, he re- 
 mained there over night, and in the 
 morning tendered his money in payment 
 for his bill, Avhich Avas refused. He 
 finally offered the landlord $40 for liIs 
 
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 [ 1858. ] 
 
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 keeping, whicli Mas rejected ; and he, 
 as a last resort, ])a\viicd his riHe. In 
 this way were thousands of revolution- 
 ary soldiers rewarded for their services. 
 Mr. M. married Lucretia "Webster, a 
 descendant of Gov. Webster, Jan. 5, 
 178o, with whom he lived (58 years. 
 Twelve children were born to him. One 
 of the sons, Stephen, graduated at Wil- 
 liams College, and was for several years 
 ])astor of the Congregational clmrch at 
 "Washington, Ct. ; is now a resident of 
 Michigan. The late Ebenezer Porter 
 Mason, a very distmguished astronomer 
 and mathematician, whose memoirs were 
 published by Prof. Olmsted, of Yale 
 College, was grandson of the subject of 
 this sketch. Mr. M. was a highly-es- 
 teemed citizen, a member of the First 
 Church in Litchfield, and held important 
 offices in the town. 
 
 M.A.SON, Mrs. Elizabeth A., Dahlo- 
 nega, 'Ga., Feb. 9, a^. 65, relict of the 
 late llev. David H. Mason, at the resi- 
 dence of her son, Dr. Zelotes H. Mason. 
 She was born May 4, 1793, in Philadel- 
 phia, Pa., and in 1814 married to David 
 H. Mason, of Ashford, Conn., who died 
 Aug. 29, 1848, in his 65th year. He 
 was eminent as a mechanician, and for 
 several years was connected in business 
 with M. W. Baldwin, of Philadelphia, 
 Pa. In 18.37 he was appointed coiner 
 in the United States branch mint, Dah- 
 lonega, Ga., which office he held until 
 his death. Late in life he was ordained 
 as a minister of the Presbyterian church. 
 His Christian character endeared him to 
 all his acquaintances. ]\Irs. INI. was an 
 earnest, active Christian, seeking by 
 every means in her power to advance 
 the cause of the Redeemer. During a 
 short residence in Lowell, Mass., in 1825 
 and 1826, she was the means, in the 
 noted revival in that place, of stirring 
 up Christians, and, by personal conver- 
 sation, of leading many persons to 
 Christ. She knew by experience the 
 value of religion, and sought to impress 
 upon others the necessity of a change 
 of lieart, and, M'hen she realized that 
 she had been the means of doing good, 
 gave all the glory to God, that he had 
 used such a feeble instrument to ad- 
 vance his cause. She mourned over her 
 shortcomings, and sougjit for the grace 
 of God to helj) her infirmities. 
 
 Mason, Rev. Francis, Adams Creek, 
 N. C, Oct. 14, sc. 63 yrs. 2 mos. He 
 
 had been a member of the Methodist 
 Episcopal church for 45 years, 35 a 
 class leader, and the last 8 years of his 
 life he had been engaged as a local 
 preacher in proclaiming the gospel of 
 Christ. 
 
 Mason, Mrs. Mary, Boston, Mass., 
 April 10, ae. 80, relict of the Hon. Jer- 
 emiah Mason. She was a native of 
 Amherst, N. H. Her father was from 
 Ireland. Maternally she M'as descended 
 from the clan of the INIcGregors of 
 Scotland. One of her sisters was the 
 wife of Dr. Appleton, president of Bow- 
 doin College, and mother of Mrs. John 
 Aiken and Mrs. Gen. Pierce. A sister 
 still living is Mrs. Amos Lawrence, of 
 Boston. 
 
 Mason, Miss Virginia Wallace, Ha- 
 gerstown, Md., Oct. 6, sc. 38. She was 
 born at Montpelier, (the estate of her 
 father,) Washington Co., Md.,* in April, 
 1820. She belonged to the Virginia 
 family of Masons, so distinguished in 
 the annals of the state, and was the 
 granddaughter of Thomson Mason, and 
 grand-niece of the great George Mason, 
 both of whom Avere so prominent in our 
 revolutionary history. Her father was 
 the late John Thomson Mason, one of 
 the most eminent lawyers of his day; 
 and she was a sister of Judge Mason, 
 (of the same name,) now collector of 
 the port of Baltimore. Her father re- 
 moved from Virginia to Maryland, where 
 he passed the remainder of his life. 
 Miss M. was highly esteemed for the 
 noble qualities of her head and heart, 
 resembling her father very much in the 
 character of her mind and disposition. 
 She enjoyed the confidence of many 
 warm and devoted friends ; and few 
 persons died more regretted. Indeed, 
 such was the esteem in which she was 
 held in the community in which she 
 lived, and so awfully sudden was her 
 death, that its announcement almost led 
 to an involuntary suspension of busi- 
 ness, in the general manifestation of 
 sympathy and sorrow. She never mar- 
 ried, and left a considerable estate, a 
 ])art of which were slaves, whom she 
 proposed in her will to manumit. 
 
 Massee, Rev. William, Dunnville, 
 Dunn Co., Wis., Feb. 16, co. 76. He 
 was born in I'ngland, where he was con- 
 verted in his 19th year. At the age of 
 24 he was licensed to preach as a local 
 preacher in the AVesleyan Methodist 
 
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 213 
 
 connection. In the early part of his 
 life he was favored with the ministra- 
 tions of Dr. Adam Clarke, Richard 
 Watson, Robert Newton, and others of 
 precious memory. About 1819 he came 
 to America, and settled in Oneida Co., 
 N. Y. Jle continued to labor as a local 
 preacher until disabled by disease about 
 15 years ago. When his strength was 
 no longer sufficient to preach, he served 
 the church as class leader for a time ; 
 but even this power soon failed. In 
 ISoG he came with part of his family to 
 Wisconsin. 
 
 Mastex, William, M. D., Albany, 
 N. Y., March 10, a?. 54. 
 
 Matiiis, Henry, Barton Co., ]Mo., 
 July 19, a?. 76, an old soldier, who had 
 served in the last war with Great Brit- 
 ain, and in the defence of the north- 
 western frontier against the Indians. 
 
 Matlock, Rev. Samuel M., Warren 
 Co., Ky., Jan. 8, ae. 57. He was born 
 in North Carohna, but early removed 
 to Kentucky, and settled in Warren Co., 
 where he lived until his death. He was 
 licensed to preach the gospel Oct. 8, 
 1836, at Mount Olivet, in Warren Co., 
 and was ordained Oct. 8, 1842, at Pleas- 
 ant Grove, Simpson Co. He spent more 
 than 20 years in preaching the gospel. 
 His life Mas a living commentary on the 
 Christian religion, an example that will 
 live in the memory of those who knew 
 his devotion to the cause of Christianity. 
 
 ISIatthews, Capt. Jonathan, Monson, 
 Me., Feb. 8, ae. 75. He was one of the 
 first county commissioners of Piscata- 
 quis Co. 
 
 Mattingly, Sallie R., Bardstown, 
 Ky., Dec. 22, daughter of the late Judge 
 Roane, of Virginia, and granddaughter 
 of Patrick Henry. 
 
 Maxey, Mrs. Mary B., Prince Wil- 
 liam Parish, S. C, Dec. 31, a;. 81, widow 
 of Milton M. Maxey, Esq., lawyer at 
 Beaufort, S. C. 
 
 jSIaxwell, Hon. Sylvester, Charle- 
 mont, Mass., Dec. 21, se. 83, the young- 
 est son of Col. Hugh Maxwell, of the 
 continental army, through the revolu- 
 tionary war, from Bunker Hill to the 
 evacuation of New York. 
 
 Maxwell, Thomas, Saugerties, Ul- 
 ster Co., N. Y., , se. 72. He 
 
 was an officer under Wellington, and 
 followed through his campaign upon the 
 continent. He was actively engaged in 
 all the battles of that memorable cam- 
 
 paign which closed with the sanguinary 
 struggle on the plains of Waterloo. In 
 1826, accompanied by his family, he set 
 sail for the new world, and settled in 
 Greene Co., N. Y., from Mhence he re- 
 moved to Saugerties, where he pur- 
 chased a farm and resided thereon to 
 the time of his death, prosperous in 
 worldly matters, and respected and es- 
 teemed by all who knew him. 
 
 May, Rev. Edward H., Philadelphia, 
 Pa., Aug. 28, a?, 74, late secretary of 
 the Seaman's Friend Society, in Phila- 
 delphia, and formerly pastor of the Re- 
 formed Dutch Church, in 21st Street, 
 New York. 
 
 Mayer, Rev. J. C, New Orleans, 
 La., Aug. 24, se. — . 
 
 Mayer, Rev. Philip F., Philadelphia, 
 Pa., April 16, fe. 77. He was over 50 
 years in the ministry. He was for many 
 years president of the Pennsylvania In- 
 stitution for the Deaf and Dumb, presi- 
 dent of the Philadelphia Dispensary, 
 and a trustee of the University of Penn- 
 sylvania. He was much beloved by his 
 congregation, and highly esteemed for 
 his piety, his learning, and his many 
 other admirable qualities, by people of 
 all denominations. 
 
 ^IcArtiiur, Hon. Duncan, Chilli- 
 cothe, O., April — , a; — . The Chilli- 
 cothe Gazette announces the death of 
 Allen C. McArthur, the last immediate 
 descendant of Gov. McArthur. It is stat- 
 ed that he was appointed a colonel in the 
 regular service, and " afterwards, upon 
 the resignation of Gen. Harrison, became 
 commander-in-chief of the army of the 
 North-west." 
 
 McCalllster, William, Beaver, Bea- 
 ver Co., Pa., Sept. 21, a;. — , formerly 
 clerk of the courts, and more recently 
 register and recorder of Beaver Co. 
 
 McCarthy, John F., , , Oct. 
 
 8, ae. — , formerly assistant foreman in 
 the New Orleans Delta otfice, and fore- 
 man of the Times of that city. He 
 was a native of Washington city, grad- 
 uated at Georgetown College, D. C, 
 after which h^ graduated at the Law 
 School of Harvard University. Subse- 
 quently Mr. McC. was professor of math- 
 ematics and ancient languages in the 
 Washington Seminary, and a practition- 
 er of law in Washington and St. Louis. 
 
 McClary, Mary, Williamsburg Dis- 
 trict, S. C, Aug. 27, ic. 84. She was 
 one of the few who lingered here as a 
 
214 
 
 McCLELLAN [1858.] 
 
 Mc GREEDY 
 
 relic of a ])ast generation. She was 
 born Feb. 14, 1774, amid the threaten- 
 ing events which led to the war of the 
 revolution, and had a distinct recollec- 
 tion of many of the fearful and bloody 
 scenes enacted during the invasions of 
 Tarleton and Wemyss. The house- 
 burnings, i)lunderings, murders, and 
 other calamities inflicted on the friends 
 of liberty in that part of the country, 
 could never be effaced from the memory 
 of childhood, even down to her death. 
 Slie became the second wife of David 
 ]McClary. Jan, 9, 1798, he having first 
 married Mary "Witherspoon in 1791. 
 
 McClellan, Hon. John, , 
 
 — , X. — . He was the son of Gen. 
 Samual ]\IcCleIlan, of the revolutionary 
 army, and was born at Woodstock, Ct., 
 Jan. 4, 1767, and graduated in 1785. 
 He studied law with the late Gov. Sam- 
 uel Huntington, of Norwich, and began 
 its practice in his native town, in 1787, 
 and faithfully attended to the business 
 of his office for 65 years, and was at his 
 death the oldest counsellor at law in 
 Connecticut. The records of the town 
 and of the state will show that he had 
 his full share in the confidence of his 
 fellow-citizens, as he was elected more 
 than 30 times to the state legislature, 
 and was a member of the convention 
 which formed the present constitution 
 of Connecticut. The last time that he 
 received the suffrages of his fellow- 
 citizens was in 1847, when he was chosen 
 an elector of president and vice-presi- 
 dent of the United States, and voted for 
 Taylor and Fillmore. Mr. ISIcClellan 
 was extremely happy in all his domestic 
 relations, and was sure to create pleas- 
 ant feelings in every circle in which he 
 moved. Like others of his generation, 
 he was full of interesting anecdotes and 
 reminiscences. He married the only 
 daughter of William Williams, a signer 
 of the Declaration of Independence. 
 He loft two sons and three daughters. 
 
 McClelland, Adaline Evertson, 
 i\ew Brunswick, N. J., Aug. 25, se. 18, 
 youngest daughter of the Rev. Alexan- 
 der McClelland, D. D. * 
 
 ^IcClung, Susan, Maysville, O., Nov. 
 2, a'. — , relict of Hon. William Mc- 
 Clung, and mother of Rev. John A. 
 McClung and the celebrated Col. Mc- 
 Clung, of Mississppi. She was the 
 daughter of Col. Thomas Marsliall, of 
 revolutionary memory, and a sister of 
 
 the distinguished John Marshall, chief 
 justice of the United States. 
 
 McClure, Andrew, Botetourt Co., 
 Va., Nov. 9, vs. — , a minister of the 
 Dunkard sect. 
 
 McCoNN, P. H., Brunswick, Ga., 
 Oct. 13, a?. 34. At the time of his 
 death he was a member of the city 
 council of Brunswick, and clerk of the 
 Glynn Superior Court. 
 
 McConnell, E. E., M. D., Clarks- 
 ville, Johnson Co., Ark., July 25, ae. 59. 
 He was, at the time of his death, a citi- 
 zen of Johnson Co., and had resided 
 there since the year 1837, and was uni- 
 versally respected and beloved. Ster- 
 ling honesty — a disposition to take a 
 lively interest in the misfortunes of 
 others, and kindness of heart, were the 
 dominant characteristics of his nature, 
 and which made his departure from 
 among us mourned by all. He was the 
 father of a large family, whom he loved 
 with a parental fondness that knew no 
 bounds. In short, he was the best of 
 parents, the best of husbands, a true 
 friend, and a lover of his fellow-men. 
 
 McCorkle, Capt. Henry, Colliers- 
 town, Va., Oct. 25, a?. 67. He was born 
 Feb. 14, 1791, and Mas the son of Wil- 
 liam McCorkle, who served with useful- 
 ness at Yorktown, and the grandson of 
 another revolutionary soldier, who was 
 killed at the battle of the Cowpens. 
 Capt. ^McCorkle himself was at Norfolk 
 in the last war, having volunteered in 
 the place of his brother-in-law, Mr. 
 William Hamilton, well known after- 
 wards as an elder in the Lexington 
 church, and who had been drafted in 
 the company of Capt. Robert White, 
 also an elder in the same Presbyterian 
 connection. The history of Capt. Mc- 
 Corkle's life, for the last 30 years, was 
 one of fliithful attention to the duties of 
 a citizen and a father, in both of which 
 relations he was remarkable for the 
 purity of his moral character and the 
 integrity of his business acts. 
 
 ^IcCosKRY, Mrs. Alison Nisbet, New 
 York city, ALay 30, a\ 85, widow of the 
 late Dr. 'McCoskry, of Carlisle, Pa. 
 
 McCoy, Ada, Jacksonville, 111., Feb. 
 5, a". — , wife of Rev. Asa S. ^IcCoy, 
 president of the Illinois Female Col- 
 lege. 
 
 McCreedy, James, Plattsburg, N. Y., 
 Aug. 7, a. 76, a resident of Plattsburg 
 for 73 years, and a member of the fu-st 
 
Mcculloch [ isss. ] 
 
 McEWEN 
 
 215 
 
 five families that settled in that town, of 
 whom only two now survive. 
 
 McCuLLOCii, George P., Morristown, 
 N. J., June 1, X. 83. He was the pro- 
 jector of the INIorris Canal, and by his 
 ■writings and energy succeeded in ac- 
 complishing that valuable public im- 
 provement. The Newark Advertiser 
 says that he was born in Scotland, but 
 at an early period established himself 
 as a teacher in this country, in which 
 position he gave direction to the minds 
 of some of the ablest men of the pres- 
 ent time. lie was the father-in-law of 
 Hon. J. W. jNIiller, late U. S. Senator 
 from New Jersey. 
 
 McCuLLOCH, Col. Thomas, Abingdon, 
 la., Jan. 18, se. 62. Judge McCuUoch 
 ■was a native of Washington Co., Va., 
 and is well remembered by most of the 
 old and prominent citizens of that coun- 
 ty. He emigrated to Iowa in the fall of 
 1847, j^revious to which time he had 
 been for upwards of 20 years a promi- 
 nent citizen of AVashington Co. He was 
 sheriff for a term of years, and for three 
 years was a member of the Virginia legis- 
 lature. He had also been a member of 
 the Iowa legislature. For upwards of 
 two years previous to his death, he held 
 the office of judge of the County Court 
 of Jefferson Co., in Iowa, and was re- 
 elected and entered into his second term 
 in the summer of 1857. He was a man 
 of sound judgment, excellent common 
 sense, sterling integrity, and great moral 
 worth, and possessed the happy faculty 
 of gaining hosts of friends wherever he 
 was known. 
 
 McCuiiDY, Lavinia S., Logan Co., 
 Ky., Feb. 3, x. 78. Her father, Thorn- 
 Sharp, a revolutionary soldier, who 
 ""'ng's Mountain and else- 
 where in that contest, removed to Ken- 
 tucky about the year 1790. 
 
 McDaniel, Samuel, Butler Co., O., 
 Oct. 9, a?. 61. He was a native of New 
 Jersey, but went to Ohio more than 40 
 years ago. He made the journey, like 
 many others of the earlier settlers of the 
 country, on foot, carrying all his effects 
 on his person. By a life of industry 
 and economy, he attained to a compe- 
 tency. He was a good husband and 
 father, a kind neighbor and friend, con- 
 scientiously living the faith he professed. 
 
 McDiviT, Hon. James, Emmetsburg, 
 Pa., Nov. 13, at an advanced age, for a 
 number of years associate judge of the 
 
 as 
 fought at 
 
 county. He was a worthy man and an 
 excellent citizen. 
 
 McDonald, Ilev. Alexander, Shelby 
 Co., Ala., March 18, a^. 76. He was 
 born in Virginia, Christmas day, 1781. 
 He moved to Tennessee, and settled in 
 Giles Co., then almost a wilderness, in 
 1808. So soon as he had cleared away 
 the brush and cane, and built a rude 
 cabin for the protection of his family, 
 to use his own language, he cast about 
 him to see what arrangement could be 
 made for the worship of the true and 
 living God ; for at that time he was a 
 preacher of the gospel. "Within 15 
 miles of him he found six members of 
 his own church, the Methodist. These 
 were collected together, a class formed, 
 and a church site selected, which was 
 called Mount Pisgah. Here Mr. Mc- 
 Donald lived a great many years, a part 
 of which time he was in the itinerancy. 
 From Tennessee he removed to Missis- 
 sippi, M"here he remained until about 
 three years ago. He was a strong man, 
 and a good and useful man. He retained 
 his zeal to the last, preaching almost 
 every Sunday. 
 
 McDouGALD, James, Paulding, Miss., 
 Sept. 30, se. — . The Paulding bar re- 
 gard the deceased as " a warm friend, a 
 learned attorney, a generous opponent, 
 and a faithful and vigilant ally and as- 
 sociate in the practice." 
 
 McEwEN, Timothy, Evans, N. Y., 
 
 Mav 27, se. 71. 
 
 Mr. McEwen removed 
 from Utica to Evans previous to the 
 last war with Great Britain, and lost 
 considerable property when the British 
 forces sacked the village of Buffalo. 
 He was actively engaged in manufac- 
 turing pursuits for many years. He 
 Avas prominent in the early history of 
 Buffalo, and labored earnestly in its 
 welfare. 
 
 HON. JOHN A. McEA\T]:N, 
 
 Nashville, Tenn., Dec. 3, a?. 34. He 
 was born in Lincoln Co., Nov. 28, 1824, 
 and at the time of his death had just 
 passed his 34th anniversary. His par- 
 ents removed to Nashville at an early 
 day, and he was brought up and educat- 
 ed there. Taking a broad and thorough 
 primary course in the schools of the 
 city, he went thence to the University of 
 Nashville, where he graduated with dis- 
 tinguished credit at the age of 18 years. 
 
216 
 
 McEWEN 
 
 [1858.] 
 
 McEWEN 
 
 He immediately became a tutor in the 
 university, and secured alike the love 
 and admiration of the students in this 
 new sphere, as he had done while a 
 school comi)anion and classmate. A 
 year or two afterwards, he entered upon 
 the study of the law in this city, and in 
 due course was prcjjarcd and admitted 
 to the bar. He ra])i(lly rose to emi- 
 nence, and for several years past has oc- 
 cupied a front position at a bar distin- 
 guished for its juridical ability, dignity, 
 and general learning. But during all 
 his arduous study as a theoretical and 
 practical lawyer, he never forgot his 
 earlier attachment to the classics, an- 
 cient and modern, and at his decease 
 was one of the most thorough and fin- 
 ished scholars of his age in the country. 
 
 Neither did he neglect the current 
 literature of the day, nor the progress 
 of the sciences, but kept up with the 
 advances in both. As if to make his 
 accomplishments universal, he devoted 
 a proportion' of his time to the study of 
 politics ; as a science, however, rather 
 than as a means of foisting himself into 
 public station. Of course talents so 
 splendid, and attainments so varied, 
 could not rust for want of use. He 
 was always in action. In 1 80 1-2 he 
 edited, with great success and ability, 
 the Daily Gazette, of Nashville. His 
 brilliant oratory brought him importuni- 
 ties from various colleges and commit- 
 tees for speeches and orations, with 
 many of Avhich he complied. When 
 the new buildings for the University of 
 Nashville were about to be erected, the 
 trustees selected him as the orator on 
 the occasion. 
 
 On the establishment of the Southern 
 Commercial College, he was selected to 
 give a course of lectures to the students 
 of that institution, on mercantile and 
 general commercial law, which he did 
 with eminent ability and success. He 
 was next elected mayor of Nashville, 
 which office he filled M'ith all the energy 
 his now failing constitution allowed. lie 
 was forced, before the expiration of his 
 term, to measurably vacate the office, in 
 travelling for his health. 
 
 In the multi])licity of all his labors, he 
 never forgot the claims of religion, and 
 having early connected himself with the 
 Pirst Presbyterian Ciunx'h of the city, he 
 was ])unctual in his attendance and de- 
 vout in his services at the altar of Chris- 
 
 tianity, and for many years labored in 
 that fruitful vineyard of the church and 
 the Sabbath school. His manner was 
 ever polite, genial, and amiable, and in- 
 variably won the respect and warm es- 
 teem of all his acquaintance. 
 
 At a public meeting of the citizens of 
 Nashville, Hon. Andrew Ewing said in 
 substance — 
 
 " It becomes my painful duty to an- 
 nounce to you the death of John A. 
 McEwen. He departed this life yester- 
 day evening, about 7 o'clock, in the 35th 
 year of his age. Fifteen months have 
 elapsed since his friends were first 
 startled by a painful rumor that his 
 health was endangered. He struggled 
 bravely for life, but the die was cast. 
 He sank slowly and surely — the angel 
 of death waited for him until yesterday. 
 But now, all is over — the bow is bro- 
 ken, the music is hushed, and his strife 
 for life done. I cannot, if I would, trust 
 myself to speak of the crushed hopes 
 and wounded hearts of his family. 
 Those only can estimate the grief who 
 have lost such a son, husband, and 
 father. 
 
 " He was eminently a child of the peo- 
 ple, and a missionary in the cause of 
 their advancement and progress. From 
 his first entrance into manhood until his 
 close as mayor of our city, all his pow- 
 ers were devoted to the building up and 
 cherishing public schools, sustaining 
 other charitable institutions, lecturing, 
 speaking, and thinking for the masses. 
 He had no element of a demagogue, 
 flattering, cozening, and betraying those 
 who trusted him ; on the contrary, he 
 was remai'kably candid, upright, and 
 truthful to a fault. The last great speech 
 of his life was devoted to portraying the 
 difference between a demagogue and a 
 philanthropist. He understood the dis- 
 tinction, and well did his life exemplify 
 the pusition he had chosen. 
 
 " He believed in the continued progress 
 of mankind, and ardently struck his 
 bloM's for the cause. Ho died with his 
 mind fixed on the opinion of a millen- 
 nium on earth, and his glazed eyes in- 
 tently gazing on the glorious future. 
 
 " It is difficult to magnify the infiuence 
 of ]Mr. iSIcEwen on his immediate con- 
 temporaries and the rising generation. 
 At the bar, on the hustings, in the lec- 
 ture room, and in social life, his high 
 bearing, his untainted morality, Ms 
 
McEWEN 
 
 [ 1858. ] 
 
 McGINNIS 
 
 217 
 
 buoyancy of spirits, and his candid na- 
 ture diffused happiness and gladness 
 wherever he went ; his pathway amongst 
 men, like a vessel on the ocean at night, 
 left a train of light behind. We, mem- 
 bers of the bar, can well remember how 
 his wit and joyousness often soothed the 
 asperities of our contests and smoul- 
 dered all the embers of heart-burnings 
 and jealousy. We can never forget the 
 kindliness of his disposition or the trum- 
 pet tones of his eloquence, as they rung 
 out again and again in the walls of our 
 old court room. 
 
 " He is pone, struck down in the me- 
 ridian of life, and in all the aspects 
 which I have presented it : it is a sad 
 and mournful dispensation. But not so, 
 probably, to him ; he never lived to 
 prove the hollowness of friendship, the 
 sounding brass of patriotism, the utter 
 neglect by the masses of those who 
 spend their lives in their service. He 
 passed away with warm faith in the 
 purity of the majority of the people, 
 with full belief that his efforts Avould be 
 understood and appreciated by those for 
 whom he labored. His battle is fought, 
 and his contest done ; he has been taken 
 from the evil to come." 
 
 Portions only of the eloquent speech 
 of Mr. Ewing are taken. When he had 
 finished, he presented the following pre- 
 amble to resolutions which were passed : 
 
 "The people of Nashville were 
 shocked, yesterday morning, with the 
 information that their brilliant and ac- 
 complished fellow-citizen, John A. Mc- 
 Ewen, was in the agony of death. Al- 
 though many of us were aware that his 
 health was feeble, and his chances for 
 recovery very doubtful, no person was 
 prepared for his sudden death. It 
 seemed almost impossible that one so 
 gifted, so active, and so full of life as 
 he was but a short time since, could thus 
 droop and perish in so short a period ; 
 but he is gone, and all that we can do 
 is to off"er our tribute of esteem for his 
 memory, and endeavor to imitate his 
 virtues. Mr. McEwen was eminently 
 a child of the people, and throughout 
 life a missionary for their interest and 
 improvement ; his kind heart revelled 
 in philanthropy, and his brilliant intel- 
 lect was constantly employed in obeying 
 its dictates. He commenced his man- 
 hood with a tutorship in the University 
 of Nashville, and when he passed to the 
 19 
 
 bar, and thence to the mayorship of the 
 city, his attention was still directed to 
 the public schools and other eleemosy- 
 nary institutions of our city ; his high 
 spirits, his chivalric feelings, his warm 
 enthusiasm lent a strength and power to 
 his efi"orts that will be long remembered 
 by those who were familiar with him. 
 It is impossible, in the brief space al- 
 lotted to us now, to give even a passing 
 review of his services to this community, 
 or to examine the peculiar qualities of 
 his mind ; he was too strongly endowed 
 with the qualities that charm and adorn 
 social existence ; and his departure is 
 too afflicting for us to form a fair esti- 
 mate of what he was. When time has 
 softened and lightened our grief, we 
 then can weigh his merits, and more 
 correctly estimate our loss. As Mr. 
 McEwen belonged to no particular class 
 of society, and his life was exhausted in 
 a struggle for the progress and advance- 
 ment of mankind, it is eminently proper 
 that he should be buried and lamented 
 by the whole people. Therefore 
 
 " Resolved, that we deeply deplore the 
 death of John A. McEwen, and that we 
 warmly sympathize with the sorrow of 
 his afflicted family and relations. 
 
 " Besolved, that the public authorities 
 of the city be requested to tender his 
 family a public funeral for the deceased, 
 and that we all join in this demon- 
 stration." 
 
 McGlFFiN, George Wallace, Wash- 
 ington, Pa., Dec. 28, se. 35. He was 
 a son of the late Thomas McGifiin, Esq., 
 an eminent member of the Washington 
 Co. bar. After his graduation at Wash- 
 ington College, in 1841, at the early age 
 of 19, he prosecuted, for some time, the 
 study of medicine under the instruction 
 of James Stevens, M. D., of Washing- 
 ton, but was.^ed to abandon the pursuit 
 of this profession on account of the 
 want of sufficient physical strength for 
 his toils. He then turned his attention 
 to the law, and, after a three years* 
 course of study in the office of the late 
 Hon. T. M. T. McKennan, was admitted 
 to the bar in 1846. 
 
 McGiNNis, Hugh B., Galena, Jo 
 Daviess Co., 111., Oct. 17, a?. 32. The 
 members of the Galena bar, at a public 
 meeting, passed the following resolu- 
 tion : — 
 
 " Besolved, that we cherish the higb- 
 
218 
 
 McGregor 
 
 [ 1858. ] 
 
 McKENNA 
 
 est respect for tlie professional zeal, 
 learning, and ability of the deceased, 
 for his energy of character, and the 
 integrity of his professional life, for the 
 social qualities and estimable virtues 
 which he displayed as a man, a citizen, 
 and a friend." 
 
 McGregor, Lewis, Red Bluff, Cal., 
 Aug. 17, ae. 38. He was a native of 
 Kiutail, in Ross-shire, West Highlands 
 of Scotland, where Ins father, WiUiam 
 ^McGregor, still resides. They are de- 
 scended from the celebrated McGregor 
 clan that flourished in the days of Rob 
 Roy, to wliose time their family records 
 and traditions still run back. The de- 
 ceased was for 12 years a soldier in the 
 British army in India, and afterwards 
 travelled nearly all over the thi-ee conti- 
 nents. He was one of the pioneer 
 teamsters of the Sacramento Valley, and 
 at the time of his death was the owner 
 of several large teams, and was exten- 
 sively engaged in transporting goods to 
 Shasta and other northern towns. 
 
 McGregor, Lieut. William Gray, 
 Belise, La., Aug. 16, a?. 26. Lieut. 
 McG. was a native of Newport, R. I. 
 He was an officer of much promise. By 
 his energetic spirit, his generous and 
 noble character, his intelligence, and 
 most exem])lary conduct while in the 
 discharge of his official duty, he secured 
 the unqualified esteem of his superiors, 
 and bade fair, at no distant day, to rank 
 high in the service to which he was 
 attached. 
 
 McGuiRE, Rev. E. C, D. D., Fred- 
 ericksburg, Va., Oct. 8, SB. Go. He was 
 born in the ancient borough of Win- 
 chester, in 1793, and commenced his 
 long and honored ministry in Fred- 
 ericksburg, in Oct., 1813, when he was 
 barely 20 years of age. From that day, 
 with a singleness of purpose and a 
 laborious diligence never surpassed, he 
 pursued the even tenor of his way. 
 Noiselessly and -without pretence, he, as 
 the instrument of Heaven, accomplished 
 a great work. Under his faithful cul- 
 ture, his congregation greatly multiplied 
 in numbers, and flourished in all its 
 higher spiritual interests. In the lapse 
 of 45 long years he kept himself free 
 from the slightest reproach, even from 
 them that are without ; and, in the af- 
 fectionate estimation of all his fellow- 
 Christians, he adorned the docti'ine of 
 his Lord and Saviour in all the beauty 
 
 of holiness. He discharged his high 
 offices as an ambassador from God 
 through those long years in three dif- 
 ferent church edifices, and to as many 
 successive generations of Christian wor- 
 shippers. The whole of the present 
 generation in his own communion he 
 baptized, the whole of the past genera- 
 tion he buried, until, at last, he left a 
 world growing stranger in the ceaseless 
 flow of change, to find himself far more 
 at home in that heaven where the friends 
 and parishioners of his early life had 
 gathered before him. 
 
 McIntyre, Hon. Archibald, Albany, 
 N. Y., May 5, ae. 85. He was a Scotch- 
 man, but came to this country while a 
 child, and has occupied prominent posi- 
 tions for many years. He was Assem- 
 blyman from Montgomery Co. from 1798 
 to 1802, and again in 1804 ; occupied 
 the office of state comptroller from 1806 
 to 1821 ; was elected United States sen- 
 ator in 1822, and filled that place for six 
 years ; and afterwards contracted with 
 the state, in connection with John B. 
 Yates, to manage its lotteries, initil 
 those enterprises were prohibited by the 
 new constitution. 
 
 McKee, William K., Esq., Punxsu- 
 tawney. Pa., Feb. 8, se. — , prosecuting 
 attorney. 
 
 McKeex, Miss Catharine, ISIount 
 Leon, Ohio Co., Va., July 20, ae. 33. 
 She was a daughter of the Rev. Silas 
 McKeen, of Bradford, Vt. ; a young lady 
 of fine talents and superior attainments 
 in learning, decidedly pious, and highly 
 esteemed as a teacher. Her last years 
 of active service were spent at Mount 
 Holyoke — an institution which she 
 greatly loved, and in whose prosperity, 
 even to the last, she felt deeply inter- 
 ested. 
 
 McKeen, Col. Thomas, Easton, Me., 
 Nov. 25, a;. 96. He was a native of Ire- 
 land, and emigrated to the United States 
 in 1783, before the conclusion of peace 
 with Great Britain. For 37 years he was 
 either president or, cashier of the Easton 
 Bank, and also held in the course of his 
 life several other important posts of civil 
 trust. He left an estate valued at about 
 a quarter of a million doUai's. It is said 
 that Col. McKeen, when a boy, heard 
 the first gun fired by the celebrated 
 Paul Jones in his great fight with the 
 Serapis and Countess of Scarborough. 
 
 McKek>'A, Rev. Patrick, Brooklyn, 
 
McKENNEY [ 1858. ] 
 
 McLean 
 
 219 
 
 N, Y., , fp. 39. He was a native 
 
 of Tydavnet, Monaghan Co., Ireland, 
 was educated at St. John's College, 
 Fordham, and was ordained by the Most 
 Rev. Archbishop Hughes. 
 
 McKenney, Col. Thos. L., New York 
 city, Feb. 20, se. 74. He was formerly 
 an Indian agent, and wrote, some years 
 ago, an interesting work on the Indians. 
 
 McLane, Mrs. Sarah, Indianapolis, 
 Ind., pec. 24, se. — , widow of Gen. 
 Jeremiah McLane, a soldier of the rev- 
 olutionary war, and one of the early 
 pioneers of Ohio. Gen. McLane settled 
 at Chillicothe in 1790. He was secretary 
 of state of Ohio for a period of 12 years. 
 In 1816 Gen. McLane and family re- 
 moved from Chillicothe to Columbus. 
 He repeatedly represented the Franklin 
 district in Congress. He was a demo- 
 crat, and the district was largely whig ; 
 but his fellow-citizens held the veteran 
 and patriot in such estimation that for 
 their suffrages no man could beat him. 
 He " died in harness," having departed 
 this life Avhile a member of Congress. 
 Mrs. McLane continued to reside in 
 Columbus until 1854. Since then she 
 lived with her son at Indianapolis. This 
 venerable gentlewoman was of an age 
 at the time of the revolution to have 
 had the great events then acting vivid- 
 ly impressed upon her memory. She 
 could doubtless remember what seem 
 to us, by their very grandeur and tre- 
 mendous import, to have been the acts 
 
 of some remoter heroic 
 
 Having 
 
 reached womanhood in 1790, when she 
 came with her husband to Ohio, she 
 witnessed for nearly three quarters of a 
 century afterwards the marvellous and 
 uninterrupted progress of the west. 
 Mrs. McLane's virtues equalled her lon- 
 gevity. She was the happy mother of a 
 numerous and prosperous offspring. 
 
 McLean, Hon. John, Salem, Wash- 
 ington Co., N. Y., Dec. 5, ». 65. He 
 was a native, and always a resident, of 
 Warren Co. His father was one of the 
 most distinguished citizens of the county, 
 holding among other offices the office 
 of judge for a long time, and was one 
 of her representatives in the state legis- 
 lature. The deceased was not only one 
 of the most distinguished citizens of the 
 county, but the peer of any in the state. 
 After graduating at Union College, he 
 studied law, in part with Hon. Gideon 
 Hawley, of Albany, and part of the time 
 
 in Salem, at which time Justices Nelson 
 and Willard were his fellow-students. 
 In 1818 he was admitted to the bar, 
 and entered into business in partnership 
 with the Hon. John Crary, of Salem ; 
 and shortly after he was appointed ex- 
 aminer in chancery, which place he 
 filled for a time, and then was appointed 
 master in chancery, which places he held 
 under Chancellors Kent and AYalworth, 
 and performed the duties thereof with 
 such ability as to elicit the encomium 
 from them of being the best officer in 
 the state. During the years 1829 to and 
 including 1832 he represented Wash- 
 ington Co. in the Senate of New York, 
 and in 1837 he was again elected to the 
 same office, to fill the vacancy of I. W. 
 Bishop, who resigned. After holding 
 the office of one of the county judges 
 for a while, he was appointed in 1835, 
 by Gov. Marcy, first judge of Washing- 
 ton Co., which office he held until 1847, 
 performing its duties with such ability, 
 and credit to himself, and honor to the 
 bench, as to attract much business to 
 that court from the Circuit Court. In 
 1835 he was also appointed a regent of 
 the university, which office he held up 
 to the time of his decease. In political 
 life he was an associate of the best men 
 of the democratic party in its best days, 
 a friend of Silas Wright and Gov. Marcy. 
 Gov. Wright appointed him one of the 
 commissioners to establish ferries be- 
 tween New York and Long Island. His 
 colleagues in that service were George 
 P. Barker, of Erie, and Samuel Chee- 
 ver, of Saratoga. It may be truly said 
 of him, that, instead of office honoring 
 him, he honored the office. His well- 
 balanced and discriminating mind, his 
 instinctive sense of justice and equity, 
 his due appreciation of the principles 
 on which they are founded, his stern 
 independence and decision of character, 
 his high sense of honor, and his inflex- 
 ible uprightness of heart, connected 
 with a dignity of mind and manner sof- 
 tened by a grace peculiarly his own, 
 probably qualified and designated him 
 most preeminently to adorn and elevate 
 the bench, although at the same time fit- 
 ting him for any civil station, however high 
 and honorable, to which man is invited. 
 In private life his many virtues were 
 remarkably preeminent. He was honest 
 in all his relations with his fellow-man, 
 a pjtttern of punctuality in his engage- 
 
220 
 
 McLELLAN 
 
 [ 1858. ] 
 
 MEAD 
 
 ments and appointments, always cour- 
 teous and always dignified in his inter- 
 course with others, ever manifesting a 
 deep interest in the character and wel- 
 fare of young men around him, and 
 eager to encourage and stimulate merit 
 wherever it was exliibitcd. 
 
 McLellan, Hon. John, Woodstock, 
 Conn., Aug. 1, a?. 90 yrs. G mos., among 
 the fruits of the revival of 1858 in the 
 church at Woodstock. He was for many 
 years a man of prominence in Windham 
 Co. Among his surviving children is 
 the wife of Prof. Silliman, Sen., of New 
 Haven. 
 
 McLemoke, Col. Chas., , Ark., 
 
 Oct. 27, a;. 51. He died away from 
 home on a western tour. He was born in 
 Hancock Co., Ga., March 9, 1808. As 
 an evidence of the high appreciation of 
 his commanding abilities, he was repeat- 
 edly sent to the legislature of Alabama by 
 the old whig party, in its days of ascen- 
 dency. He filled the position of senator 
 Srom Chambers Co. for a long series of 
 years in succession. While in the legis- 
 lature, he offered determined resistance 
 to all schemes wliich contemplated the 
 depletion of the state treasury, or which 
 foreboded the least detriment to the in- 
 terests of his constituents. He was sev- 
 eral times elected president of the Senate, 
 for wljich position his dignified bearing, 
 combined with his affable manners, pe- 
 culiarly fitted him. For a few years pre- 
 vious to his death, he led a secluded life, 
 preferring the enjoyments of home to the 
 busy turmoil of political life. In the 
 private circles of life, he combined all those 
 elements of character which tend to create 
 friendly relations of the most intimate 
 and lasting kind. 
 
 McLexdox, Mrs. C. A., Le Grange, 
 Kilgore, on Bayou Macon, Madison Par- 
 ish, La., Oct. 19, IE. 24. 
 
 McMynn, Mrs. Ella W., Racine, Wis., 
 June 18, sc. 32. She was a native of 
 Vermont, and her maiden name M'as 
 Wiley. She went to Wisconsin in 1849, 
 and engaged in teaching in the village of 
 Waukesha. After nearly two years she 
 was invited to Kenosha to continue her 
 vocation of teaching. There she was 
 united in marriage to Mr. McMynn, her 
 surviving companion. As a teacher of 
 youth, she had few superiors. Gifted 
 with a high order of intellect, and having 
 acquired a thorough education, her mind 
 exercised, almost voluntarily, a master- 
 
 ly control over the minds of her pu- 
 jjils. They always acknowledged her in- 
 fluence, and yielded without controversy 
 to its sway. Her labors in the school- 
 room were quiet and unobtrusive, yet al- 
 ways effectual. 
 
 McNeil, Bernard, M. D., Philadel- 
 phia, Pa., Nov. 9, SB. 73. 
 
 McPiiERsoN, John B., Gettysburg, 
 Pa., Jan. 4, ae. 68. He was born Nov. 
 15, 1789, near Gettysburg, Pa., on the 
 farm upon which his ancestors settled 
 when they emigrated to this country, 
 about 1730. He received a fair educa- 
 tion in the academies in Gettysburg and 
 York. He spent several years of his 
 early manhood in Frederick, Md., with 
 an uncle, and for one year Mas clerk in 
 the Branch Bank located in that ])lace. 
 He was married April 25, 1810, in Fred- 
 erick, to Miss Catharine Lenhart, of York, 
 Pa., a sister of William Lenhart, the dis- 
 tinguished mathematician. Li 1814 he 
 removed to Gettysburg. He was elected 
 cashier of the bank in Gettysburg, which 
 post he filled until his death. Much of 
 this time, he performed all the duties, 
 never wearying in their discharge. He 
 was a most faithful, patient, competent, 
 accurate, and popular officer. He was 
 punctual, painstaking, and prompt. His 
 manners were mild and unobtrusive, but he 
 possessed great decision and firmness of 
 character happily blended with gentleness. 
 He was large-hearted, and took an active 
 interest in every movement which prom- 
 ised to promote the moral or material 
 welfare of the community. He was in- 
 telligent and well read, and M-as an early 
 patron and efficient friend of Pennsylva- 
 nia College, located at Gettysburg, of 
 whose board of trustees he was president 
 at the time of his decease. He was 
 among the oldest bank officers in the 
 country. He died leaving a whole com- 
 munity to mourn his loss. His name 
 was a household word in the county, and 
 a synonym e of purity. He left several 
 children, the youngest of whom, Edward, 
 is a member elect to the thirty-sixth 
 Congress. His widow survived him about 
 one year. 
 
 Mead, Capt. Joshua R., Northamp- 
 ton, Mass., Aug. IG, sc. 62. To an ac- 
 tive, vigorous, and inquiring mind and 
 superior judgment were added industry, 
 energy, and perseverance rarely equalled, 
 a hopefulness of disposition that cheered 
 him onward amidst the gloomiest and 
 
MEADE 
 
 [ 1858. ] 
 
 MERCER 
 
 221 
 
 most discoiirafring circumstances. He was 
 a ])rominent and useful citizen, a kind, 
 generous, and hosjiitable friend and neigh- 
 bor, a most conrsiderate and affectionate 
 husband, a truly doting parent. 
 
 Meade, Mrs. Mary M., Dinwiddie, 
 Va., March — , ee. 80, mother of the 
 Hon. Richard Kidder Meade, U. S. min- 
 ister to Brazil. 
 
 Meaker, Valorus, M. D., Waterville, 
 Me., Oct. 31,ffi. 49. 
 
 Mears, Dea. Elijah, Boston, Mass^ 
 March 2, a;. 80. He was born in 
 Tewksbury, Mass., and in early life came 
 to Boston, where, in 1800, he commenced 
 business as a partner in the well-known 
 firm of Kilham & Mears. In 1806 he 
 •was baptized by the llev. Thomas Bald- 
 win, D. 1)., and became a member of the 
 Second, now the Baldwin Place Baptist 
 Church. In 1828 he removed his rela- 
 tion to the Federal Street, now Howe 
 Street Churcli, of which, in 1837, he was 
 elected a deacon. Though naturally mod- 
 est and retiring, few men were better 
 known in the community than Dea. M., 
 and all who knew him are certain that he 
 has left liehind him no better man. His 
 religious convictions were deep, and his 
 life, to an uncommon degree, was con- 
 formed to his belief. His morality, found- 
 ed on the Christian basis, was a struc- 
 ture of great symmetry and beauty. So 
 true was he in all the relations of life, that 
 he could stand erect and look any human 
 being in the face, apprehensive of no 
 charge of malversation. He had a strong 
 love of right, and no one suspected him 
 of the slightest deviation. He was con- 
 scientiously just, and yet as conscientious- 
 ly benevolent. Seldom are righteousness 
 and goodness so ha])pily blended in the 
 same character. Rigorously exact in all 
 his dealings with others, he was remarka- 
 bly tender and charitable towards wrong 
 doers, and ready to put the l)est possible 
 construction upon every. man's motives 
 and intentions. His whole life, after he 
 became a Christian, was a lovely illus- 
 tration of the purifying, regulating, ele- 
 vating power of deep-seated religious 
 princi[)le. 
 
 Me.\rs, Richard, Peacham, Vt., Sept. 
 2, a?. 92. Mr. M. went to Peacham at 
 the age of 22 years, more than 70 years 
 ago, and was truly one of the pioneers of 
 the town. It is said of him that he was 
 one of the most hardy and industrious 
 men that ever lived ; that it was a usual 
 19* 
 
 thing for him to fell an acre of trees in 
 a day. 
 
 Meaux, Thomas, M. B., Coverty, 
 AmeHa Co., Va., Dec. 3, a?. 66, a Virginia 
 gentleman of the old school, kind and 
 courteous in manners, exemplary in all 
 the relations of life, as father, husband, 
 friend, and neighbor. 
 
 Meggison, Hon. Joseph C, Colum- 
 bus, Ala., March 29, te. — , at the resi- 
 dence of Col. Robert Robson. He was 
 formerly judge of the district of which 
 Galveston composed a part. He was 
 a Virginian by birth, but removed to 
 Mobile, and from that city to Galveston 
 in 1839. He was a man of good abil- 
 ities, and of a most gentle and kindly 
 disposition. 
 
 Mellen, Joshua, Wayland, Mass., 
 Feb. 22, SB. 94, father of Chief Justice 
 Mellen. 
 
 Mercer, Hon. Charles Fenton, , 
 
 — ., , a;. — , entered Congress 
 
 from Virginia in 1817, and served con- 
 tinuously till 1840 — a period of 24 
 years. He was a firm and ardent sup- 
 porter of the administrations of Monroe 
 and John Quincy Adams, and a decided 
 though moderate opponent of those of 
 Jackson and Van Buren. He was an 
 advocate of protection to home industry, 
 along with Thomas Newton, Philip Dod- 
 dridge, and the most enlightened though 
 not the most numerous portion of the 
 representatives of Virginia in those days. 
 He was also an early and steadfast ad- 
 vocate of national improvement by roads 
 and canals. The cause of African colo- 
 nization had no steadier friend ; and we 
 believe he was for some years president 
 of the American Colonization Society. 
 Though his district (that directly against 
 Washington) was often opposed to him 
 in politics, he was seldom opposed, and, 
 we think, never beaten. After his re- 
 tirement from Congress at a ripe age he 
 withdrew from all active participation in 
 politics. Though not a great, he was a 
 wise and good man, who left behind him 
 a record of usefulness and a spotless 
 name. 
 
 Mercer, W. V. I., Waterloo, N. Y., 
 Dec. 15, se. — , cashier of the Seneca 
 Bank. 
 
 Mercer, George Weedon, Washing- 
 ton, D. C, Sept. 9, se. 41, son of the 
 late Col. Hugh Mercer, of Fredericks- 
 burg, Va., and grandson of Gen. Mercer, 
 of the revolution. The deceased was a 
 
222 
 
 MERRIAM 
 
 [ 1858. ] 
 
 METCALF 
 
 quiet and retirinof, but a noble-hearted 
 and most estimable man. He was guile- 
 less, confidinf;, affectionate, and emi- 
 nently i'aittiful in all the duties intrusted 
 to him. Few have led a life more free 
 from those frailties and blemishes which 
 BO often mar the symmetry of human 
 character. 
 
 Meukiam, Ebenezer, AVest Brookfield, 
 Mass., Oct. 1, ae. 80, a veteran printer 
 and publisher. He was born at Leices- 
 ter, Mass., Dec. 15, 1777, and com- 
 menced as an apprentice to Isaiah 
 Thomas at Worcester in 1790, when 
 only about 13 years of age ; and, after 
 remaining there till 1796, he went to 
 Boston for a few months. Then, under 
 the patronage of Mr. Thomas, he estab- 
 lished himself at Brookfield, (now West 
 Brookfield,) at that time an important 
 centre, and commenced in 1797 the 
 publication of the Massa'chusetts Repos- 
 itory and Farmer's Journal, the Spy 
 being the only other paper printed in 
 the county. The Repository was con- 
 tinued for three years, being printed on 
 the press formerly used by Benjamin 
 Franklin ; but, for want of sufficient 
 pati-onage. Mi-. M. gave up its further 
 publication, and in 1800 supplied his 
 office with the necessary material for 
 doing book and job Avork. In this busi- 
 ness he was now assisted by a brother — 
 the fiuher of the Messrs. George and 
 Charles Merriam, of Springfield, Mass. ; 
 and for 5 1 years the office was continued 
 without change, and with almost unin- 
 terrujited prosperity. Mr. M.'s business 
 was for many years the publication of 
 such books as Danford's and Eustis's 
 Reports, Chitty's Pleadings, Chitty's 
 Criminal Law, S:c., of each of which 
 there were several editions. He also 
 printed many of the New York Reports 
 for the New York booksellers, Connec- 
 ticut Reports for the publishers, Saun- 
 ders's Reports, with various other law 
 books. His law-book printing amounted 
 to some 60,000 volumes. In 1814 and 
 1815, before stereotyping came into 
 vogue, he printed 12,000 octavo Bibles, 
 putting 1800 reams of paper into the 
 edition. Various editions of Watts's 
 Psalms and Hymns, Perry's Dictionary, 
 Fiske's and Webster's Spelling Books, 
 and other books, were also ])rinted by liim. 
 The average number of boys in his office 
 was about eight ; and the whole number 
 who went through a regular apprentice- 
 
 ship was some 62. Only about half of 
 these are now living ; and they are 
 widely scattered throughout the country. 
 In a letter to a friend, written in 1856, 
 Mr. M. says he scarcely ever lost a week 
 in the whole time he continued in busi- 
 ness, from sickness or any other cause. 
 He says, " I began witliout pecuniary 
 means, and shall prol)ably leave the 
 world the same. Owing to my man- 
 ner of doing business, my losses have 
 been heavy, from $1000 "to $5000 at 
 a time, besides other smaller debts in 
 abundance. I have dealt with knaves, 
 rogues, and fools, and many honest men. 
 I have no reflections to cast upon my- 
 self, that I have not been industrious 
 and frugal." He was elected a member 
 of the legislature, and filled many public 
 trusts. He died in Christian faith and 
 hope. 
 
 Merrill, Dea. Enos, Milton, Vt., 
 Aug. 9, a>. 90. He was a native of 
 West Hartford, Ct., but at the age of 
 17 removed to Castleton, Vt., where he 
 lived until Oct., 1856. His residence 
 in Castleton commenced immediately 
 after the revolution, when all was new 
 and as yet unformed. He was present 
 at the installation of the first pastor, and 
 took an active part in laying the foun- 
 dations of society and religious institu- 
 tions. In 1790 he became a member 
 of the church, and in 1809 was chosen 
 deacon, in which office he served con- 
 stantly until his removal in 1856 — a 
 period of 66 years. 
 
 Merrill, Jonathan H., M. D., Salem, 
 N. H., Sept. 1, EC. 57, a highly-esteemed 
 practising physician. 
 
 Merry, Mrs. Phila B., Pawtucket, 
 Mass., Sept. 9, w. 71. Mrs. M. was of 
 the Andover family of Tyler, in the fifth 
 generation, 1. Job Tyler, of Andover, 
 afterwards of Mendon. 2. Samuel Ty- 
 ler, of Mendon. 3. Ebenezer Tyler, of 
 Attleboro', 4. William Tyler, of Prov- 
 idence. 5. Phila Benson, the youngest 
 of 15 children, was born in Providence, 
 Dec. 31, 1787, and married Barney 
 Merry, Esq., Oct. 12, 1807. 
 
 Metcalf, Hon. Ralj)!!, Claremont, 
 N. H., Aug. 26, .T. 62. Gov. M. was a 
 native of North Charlestown, N. H. He 
 entered Dartmouth College in 1819, and 
 graduated in the class of 1823. In 1825 
 he began the practice of law at Newport, 
 and five years after was elected secre- 
 tary of state — an office which he held 
 
MEYERS 
 
 [1858.] 
 
 MILLER 
 
 223 
 
 for several years. He also had a clerk- 
 ship at Washington for a short time. 
 In 1852 he was chairman of the com- 
 mittee for compiling the laws of the 
 state, and in 1852 and 1853 was a mem- 
 ber of the House from Newport. He 
 was elected governor in March, 1855, 
 and was reelected the next year. 
 
 Meyers, Mrs. Salome, Palmer town- 
 ship, Pa., Feb. 25, ce. 88. She and her 
 deceased husband were both natives of 
 Bucks Co., whence they removed to 
 Northampton Co. 57 years ago. Peter 
 Meyers was a soldier in the American 
 revolution when he was 18 years of age, 
 and subsequently one of the earliest 
 pioneers of Kentucky. He died 38 
 years ago. 
 
 MiCHLER, Mrs. Fannie K., New York, 
 N. Y., Oct. 4, wife of Lieut. N. Michler, 
 of the Topographical Corps of Engi- 
 neers, U. S. A., and daughter of the late 
 Judge Kirtland, of New York. 
 
 MlDDLEKAUFF, Rev. D. S., Christian 
 Co., 111., July 31, se. — , son of the late 
 Leonard Middlekauff, Sen. 
 
 MiLBURN, Gen. William, St. Louis, 
 Mo., April 12, ae. — . Gen. M. was 
 born in England, but came to this coun- 
 try at a very early age, and was edu- 
 cated in Virginia. He emigrated to 
 Missouri in 1817, and became deputy 
 surveyor under Gen. Rector, and in that 
 capacity surveyed a large portion of the 
 lands in Missouri. Afterwards he was 
 appointed chief clerk in the surveyor 
 general's office, which office he held 
 until he received the appointment of 
 surveyor general of Illinois and Missouri 
 from President Van Buren. On the 
 change of administration he was re- 
 moved, solely on poHtical grounds. In 
 1842 he was elected sheriff of St. Louis 
 Co., which office he held for two con- 
 secutive terms. Since that time he lived 
 a retired life, cultivating his farm, and 
 enjoying ^at repose rendered necessary 
 by long smd arduous public services. In 
 all the offices which he held he dis- 
 charged his duty faithfully, honestly, 
 and satisfactorily, and was generally re- 
 garded as a man of great kindness of 
 heart, and honorable in all his transac- 
 tions. 
 
 Miller, Abraham, Philadelphia, Pa., 
 June 30, se. 78. The death of this gen- 
 tleman forcibly recalls to mind events no 
 longer within the recollection of any 
 not of mature years. For years an ac- 
 
 tive and intelligent member of the coun- 
 cils of his native city, he was transferred 
 to represent the same constituents in 
 the Assembly, at Harrisburg, where his 
 distinguished services, as the head of the 
 committee on inland navigation and in- 
 ternal improvement were widely acknowl- 
 edged. He was then transferred to the 
 state Senate, where his clearness of in- 
 tellect, purity of principles, and force of 
 character gave him extensive influence. 
 He was the first man in Pennsylvania to 
 propose the revision and abolition of the 
 usury laws, — a measure which, startling 
 the prejudices of those who had not 
 looked into it, is only now, after 20 
 years' discussion, about to be carried 
 into execution. His mind was of a de- 
 cided literary turn ; in early life a con- 
 stant poetical correspondent of the then 
 popular journals of the city; and, in 
 later years, his Memorials of the Past, 
 printed for private circulation only, still 
 gives pleasure to those who possess it. 
 But perhaps his strongest characteris- 
 tic Avas liis unobtrusive benevolence. 
 For many years his anonymous contri- 
 butions, under various signatures and 
 initials, have been very large indeed ; 
 and it was only when no longer able to 
 take charge of business that they be- 
 came known to his most intimate 
 friends. We subjoin a List of his be- 
 quests — 
 
 Penn. Inst, for Deaf and Dumb, .f 6,000 
 
 Orphan's Society of Philadelphia, 2,000 
 
 Bible Society of Philadelphia, 2,000 
 Board of Domestic Missions of 
 
 Philadelphia, _ 2,000 
 
 Pennsylvania Hospital, 2,000 
 
 Union Benevolent Asso. of Phila., 1,500 
 
 The Franklin Institute, 1,000 
 Widows' and Single Women's 
 
 Society, 1,000 
 
 Walnut Street Charity School, 1,000 
 
 Philadelphia Dispensary, 1,000 
 Penn. Inst, for the Instruction of 
 
 the Blind, 1,000 
 
 Wills's Hosjj'l for Lame and Blind, 1 ,000 
 
 Penn. Colonization Society, 1,000 
 Northern Home for Friendless 
 
 Children, 1,000 
 Union Temporary Home for do., 1,000 
 Prison Society, 500 
 Apprentices' Library Company, 500 
 Academy of Fine Arts, 500 
 Northern and Southern Dispensa- 
 ries, each, 500 
 
224 
 
 MILLER 
 
 [1858.] 
 
 MINOR 
 
 After numerous legacies of a private 
 nature, Mr. Miller gave the residue of 
 his estate to the Pennsvlvania Hospital. 
 
 MiLLKii, F. W., M. D., Portage, 
 
 AVis., 12, a?. 40. Dr. M. was one 
 
 of the early settlers of Portage, -widely 
 known ancl sincerely respected ; as a 
 physician, he was devoted to his profes- 
 sion, and well qualified to practise it 
 successfully; he was prompt, skilful, 
 and attentive ; ready for any emergency, 
 and generally judicious in an extremity; 
 the children of poverty never sought his 
 services in vain, or received his grudg- 
 ing attention. He had many eminent 
 and remarkable qualities ; his impulses 
 were generous, his motives honorable, 
 and his instincts true to humanity; he 
 was always at the post of danger — 
 courageous, self-sacrificing, and self- 
 reliant. 
 
 Miller, Capt. John, Cumberland Co., 
 Va., ]March 25, a?. 73. Capt. Miller was 
 a prominent man of his county. He re- 
 ceived a liberal education at Princeton 
 College, at that day one of the best lit- 
 erary institutions of the country, soon 
 after his return from which he entered 
 on the study of the law, which, however, 
 he did not long continue to practise. 
 Possessed of an ample fortune, he de- 
 voted himself to agricultural pursuits, 
 and to the acquisition of such knowl- 
 edge as might fit him for enlarged use- 
 fulness. Soon after his entrance on the 
 duties of active life, the war of 1812 
 demanded his patriotic services, which 
 he promptly and cheerfully rendered, as 
 ca])tain of the celebrated troop of Cum- 
 berland. His fellow-citizens had a high 
 appreciation of his qualifications for use- 
 fulness, and called him, for several years, 
 to represent them in the state legisla- 
 ture. In all the varied relations of life 
 he was most exemplary, and worthy of im- 
 itation. As a citizen, a friend, a neighbor, 
 a husband, a ftither, amaster,he left a rep- 
 utation pure and unsullied. There was 
 nothing contracted, nothing little or low 
 about him. He was a Virginia gentle- 
 man, in a lofty sense of that term. IJut 
 his crowning excellence was his sincere 
 Christian jjioty. His religious character 
 was strongly built on Christian principle. 
 It was the result of intelligent views of 
 God's revealed truth, and the cordial 
 reception of that truth in an honest and 
 humble heart. The result was, a lovely 
 Christian life. 
 
 Miller, Washington, M. D., Sun- 
 derland, Mass., May 17, a?. 61. 
 
 Miller, Hon. AViUiam, Portage. AVis., 
 June o, a?. — . At a special meeting of 
 the common council of Portage, the fol- 
 lowing resolution was passed unani- 
 mously : — 
 
 "llesolved, that in the decease of Wil- 
 liam Miller, Esq., the Board has lost a 
 prompt and careful guardian of the in- 
 terests of the city ; the community one 
 of their oldest, most active and indus- 
 trious citizens ; and his friends a faith- 
 ful counsellor and steadfast supporter." 
 
 Miner, John D. L., M. D., Chardon, 
 O., May 19, a>. 32. 
 
 Minor, Lucian, Williamsburg, Va., 
 July 6, se. • — . He was, for some time 
 previous to his death, in declining health, 
 so much so as not to have been able to 
 discharge the duties of his chair in 
 William and Mary College, in which in- 
 stitution he was professor of law. Mr. 
 Minor was conspicuous for his ardent 
 advocacy of the temperance cause, and 
 next to Gen. John H. Cocke, of Fluvanna, 
 was perhaps the most zealous adherent 
 of total abstinence in Virginia. It was 
 through his agency that John B. Gough, 
 the eloquent cold-water missionary, first 
 visited Virginia several years ago, be- 
 fore he became famous in England. 
 Mr. Minor served the interests of the 
 temperance reform as an orator himself 
 on very many occasions ; nor was he less 
 active with the pen than with the tongue, 
 having written Avith equal ability and 
 earnestness in behalf of total abstinence 
 in newspapers, periodicals, and pam- 
 phlets. As a literary man, he might 
 have acquired an enviable fame, had he 
 directed his energies undividedly to let- 
 ters. His style was pure, his scholar- 
 ship profound and extensive, and his 
 taste remarkably correct. The pages of 
 the Southern Literary Messenger bear 
 abundant evidence of his £|cility in 
 composition, both didactic and imagi- 
 native, upon gay or grave subjects. He 
 wrote sometimes for the North American 
 Reyiew, and his ai tides therein were 
 noted for their good sense and nervous 
 English. The longest literary effort of 
 his that M'e can now call to mind was his 
 biography of Professor John A. G. Da- 
 vis, of the University of Virginia, whose 
 violent death in 1840 caused so pain- 
 ful a thrill throughout the length and 
 breadth of the land. As a lawyer, Mr. 
 
IVnNOT 
 
 [ 1858. ] 
 
 MINOT 
 
 225 
 
 Minor was known rather for the extent 
 and accuracy of his learning, than for 
 any commanding success in the courts. 
 For many years he resided in the coun- 
 ty of Louisa, where he was especially 
 esteemed, and where he filLed the office 
 of prosecuting attorney. Disdaining 
 every thing like artifice, he sought in the 
 practice of his profession only the elu- 
 cidation of truth and the enforcement 
 of justice, and he has been known fre- 
 quently to decline the conduct of causes 
 which he thought unsustained by right. 
 As professor of law at William and 
 Mary College, he maintained the high 
 standard of legal proficiency which has 
 always marked that venerable school, 
 and, until his strength began to fail 
 him, labored with unflagging persever- 
 ance to bring back to the halls of the 
 old seminary the numbers that in other 
 days flocked thither for instruction. 
 
 MixoT, George, Heading, Mass., 
 April IG, 02. 41. He was son of Hon. 
 Stephen (_H. U. 1801) and Rebecca 
 (Trask) Minot, and was born in Haver- 
 hill, Mass., Jan. 5, 1817. His father is 
 a son of Capt. Jonas Minot, of Concord, 
 Mass., (where he was born, Sept. 28, 
 1776,) and has been a lawyer in Haver- 
 hill. He was appointed a judge of the 
 Circuit Court of Common Pleas, and 
 held the office until 1820, when the law 
 which created that court was repealed. 
 In 1824 he was appointed county attor- 
 ney for Essex, which office he resigned 
 in 1830. He still resides in Haverhill. 
 Mr. Minot's mother was a daughter of 
 Samuel Trask, of Bradford, Mass., and 
 deceased several years since. He began 
 to fit for college at Haverhill Academy, 
 and concluded his preparatory studies at 
 Phillips Academy, in Exeter, N. H. Im- 
 mediately after graduating, (H. U. 1836,) 
 he entered the law school in Cambridge, 
 where he remained two years, when he 
 left, and completed his legal studies in 
 the office of the Hon. Kufus Choate. 
 (D. C. 1819.) He was admitted to the 
 Suffolk bar in April, 1839, and imme- 
 diately opened an office in Boston. He 
 rose rapidly to distinction, and soon at- 
 tained to an eminent rank in his profes- 
 sion. Possessing a mind remarkably 
 clear and logical, his counsel was sought 
 in important and intricate cases, which 
 required great acumen, keen discern- 
 ment, and a nice discrimination. But 
 he was more widely known by his edi- 
 
 torial labors. He was the careful and 
 accurate editor of the United States 
 Statutes at Large during ten years. He 
 also rendered valuable assistance to the 
 late Mr. Peters in the prejjaration of 
 the first eight volumes of the Statutes, 
 published in 1848 ; the full and com- 
 plete general index of which was the 
 exclusive result of his labors. His name 
 is also familiar to the legal profession as 
 associate reporter of the decisions of the 
 late Judge Levi Woodbury in the first 
 Circuit Court, and his edition of the nine 
 volumes of English Admiralty lleports, 
 republished by Little, Brown, & Co., in 
 18o4, bears evidence of his industry 
 and learning in this branch of his pro- 
 fession. Li 1844 he edited the work 
 which has made his name familiar to 
 every INIassachusetts lawyer — the Di- 
 gest of the Decisions of the Supreme 
 Court of the state, to which he added a 
 supplement in 18j2, and, until com- 
 pelled by the state of his health to lay 
 aside his labors, he was intending to re- 
 cast the entire work, and, including the 
 later reports, to make it more complete- 
 ly useful to the profession, more just to 
 his own reputation, and that of the 
 court, whose learning and ability it 
 would illustrate. Mr. Minot was for 
 many years solicitor of the Boston and 
 Maine Railroad Corporation. As such 
 he was called on to advise in many very 
 delicate and difficult controversies and 
 deliberations ; and in all he was remark- 
 able at once for honesty of purpose, 
 firmness, and discretion. Beyond his 
 profession he read and speculated more 
 variously and more independently than 
 most men of any profession. Elegant lit- 
 erature, music, — of which, in its science 
 and practice he was a lover and master, 
 — politics, theology, in its relations to a 
 religion revealed in the Bible, and to 
 that philosophy which performs its main 
 achievement in conciliating f;uth with 
 reason, were its recreations. To sacred 
 music and poetry he devoted himself 
 with fervor. He married, first, in 1844, 
 Mrs. Emily P. Ogle, widow of Dr. Rich- 
 ard Ogle, of Demarara, an Englishman 
 by birth. She was the daughter of Dr. 
 Gallup, formerly of Woodstock, Vt., but 
 who resided many years at the Hague, 
 Netherlands, where he married Susan 
 Maria Eversdyk, a Dutch lady, and 
 where this daughter was born. She 
 died in Boston, Nov. 21, 1853, and Mr. 
 
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 MINOT 
 
 [1858.] 
 
 MITCHELL 
 
 Minot married, second, Dec. 12, 1854, 
 Miss Elizabeth Dawes, daughter of 
 Thomas Dawes,, (11. U. 1801,) a lawyer 
 in Boston, and granddaughter of lion. 
 Thomas Dawes, (H. U. 1777,) who is 
 well rem6mbered by the elder portion of 
 the community as the learned judge 
 successively of Probate, the Municipal, 
 and the Supreme Courts. lie left two 
 children, a son by his first wife and a 
 daughter by his second wife. As a citi- 
 zen, many will bear testimony to his 
 private virtues and his excellence in all 
 the social relations. As a son, he was 
 all that could l)e desired, attentive, re- 
 spectful, and affectionate. He was a lov- 
 ing and considerate husband, and the 
 fondest father. He had important trusts 
 reposed in him by friends and relations, 
 who knew their confidence in his ability 
 and integrity could never be shaken, or 
 their hope in him disappointed except 
 by death. Fidelity to the dictates of 
 conscience was his ruling principle of 
 action. His faith in religion was firm, 
 and attended him through life, and 
 shone forth in the perfect resignation 
 with which he bowed to the appoint- 
 ments of Heaven, although he had all 
 that man could desire to render life 
 attractive. 
 
 MixoT, Mrs. William, Boston, Mass., 
 
 , ee. — . Mrs. M.'s intellect was 
 
 of a very high order, and of rare com- 
 prehensive power, while her candid tem- 
 per preserved the balance of her mind, 
 and rendered her judgment just and 
 impartial. She possessed a keen power 
 of analysis and patient investigation, a 
 quickness of perception combined M'ith 
 deliberation in her decisions ; she could 
 take in a large circle in her range of 
 thought, and yet detect a minute flaw in 
 any process of reasoning, so that her 
 opinions were of rare value. These 
 powers she chiefly applied to the philos- 
 ophy of social and domestic life, where 
 lier feelings fully entered, giving warmth 
 and brilliancy to all the fibres of those 
 innumerable hearts which looked up to 
 her for advice, instruction, and sympa- 
 thy. Her days were all marked by an 
 even, flowing beneficence, not confined 
 exclusively to the poor, but sjjonta- 
 neously enriching every social circle, 
 from the world of art and fashion down 
 to the humblest walks of life. Her sys- 
 tematic arrangement of time enabled 
 her to do so much more than usual that 
 
 the results of her exertions seemed to 
 most persons the eff"ect of miraculous 
 powers, rather than the simple process 
 of giving to every hour its appropriate 
 work. As president of the IBethesda 
 Society she showed her zeal and execu- 
 tive powers no less than her humanity. 
 Hers Avas not a weak compassion ex- 
 pended in tears, but she aided the un- 
 fortunate inmates of that institution by 
 encouraging assurances that they had yet 
 powers which, in spite of past misuse, 
 might enable them to improve them- 
 selves and assist others. Mrs. M.'s tal- 
 ents and taste in painting continued to 
 be exercised up to her last illness. Her 
 love of nature, and her delight in pre- 
 serving, by the sketches of her pencil, 
 every scene of beauty and interest, will 
 recall her to her friends in many a beau- 
 tiful familiar spot with which her spirit 
 is identified. Perhaps much of the se- 
 renity by which she was so distinguished 
 may have been connected with her sym- 
 pathy for nature in all its beautiful forms. 
 Faithful as a wife, a mother, a sister, 
 and a friend, judging others as she 
 would be judged, her life was marked 
 by obedience to Christian laws ; and the 
 hope and trust which her heavenly Fa- 
 ther gives to those who try to do his 
 will have been her reward and the con- 
 solation of her friends. 
 
 MiNTURN, Edward, M. D., Philadel- 
 phia, Pa., Sept. 6, a?. 27. 
 
 Mitchell, Rev. Charles, Holston 
 conference, Va., June 6, se. 44. He Avas 
 born in Smythe Co.,Va., Feb. 28, 1814; 
 was married to Miss Sarah Barret, Dec. 
 2, 1835. He joined the Methodist Epis- 
 copal church, and professed religion 
 while in his youth ; was licensed to 
 preach in 1847 by Rev. William Hicks, 
 presiding elder on the Wytheville dis- 
 trict. He was employed by the pre- 
 siding elders to travel in 1849, 1850, 
 and 1851, and received elder's orders at 
 the hands of Bishop Early in Knoxville, 
 Tenn., Oct. 26, 1856. 
 
 Mitchell, Edward S., Brunswick, 
 Me., Oct. 27, a?. 29, principal of Bruns- 
 wick High School. 
 
 Mitchell, J. K., M. D., Philadelphia, 
 Pa., April 4, grand master of the Grand 
 Lodge of Freemasons of Pennsylvania. 
 Dr. M. was born in She])pardstown, Va., 
 May 12, 1798. His father was a native 
 of Scotland, where the son was sent in 
 1807 to be educated after his father's 
 
MITCHELL 
 
 [ 1858, ] MONTGOMERY 227 
 
 decease. In 1816 he returned, and took 
 up his residence in Philadelphia, and 
 entered upon the study of medicine 
 under the tuition of the celehrated Dr. 
 Chapman. His health becoming? im- 
 paired, he made a voj-age to China, 
 ■where he ultimately accepted the situa- 
 tion of surgeon in one of the ships con- 
 nected ■with the China trade. During 
 his residence in China he wrote a num- 
 ber of literary articles of a high order 
 for the magazines and periodicals. Feb. 
 5, 1833, he M-as united in marrijige with 
 Miss Sarah Matilda Henry, daughter 
 of Alexander Henry, Esq., of Philadel- 
 phia. During the same year he was 
 elected physician to the Almshouse In- 
 firmary at Blockley. In 1828 he was 
 elected to the same situation in the 
 Pennsylvania Hospital, and was one of 
 the regular lecturers at the Franklin 
 Institute from 1833 to 1838. In April, 
 1841, he -was unanimously elected pro- 
 fessor of the practice of medicine in the 
 Philadelphia Jefferson iSIedical College, 
 which place he filled with the highest 
 credit to himself until his decease. His 
 scientific, literary, poetical, and miscella- 
 neous productions are of a high order 
 of excellence. As a physician, he stood 
 among the most eminent of the profes- 
 sion ; as a writer, he ■was brilliant and 
 profound ; as a citizen, he was justly 
 honored and admired. 
 
 Mitchell, Samuel, Frankfort, Md., 
 Oct. 18, se. 76, one of the early settlers 
 of Clinton Co., and one of the fii'st asso- 
 ciate judges. 
 
 Mitchell, Rev. William B., Hyde 
 Park, Oct. 27, oe. — . 
 
 Mixer, Warren N., drowned on the 
 way from Amoor River, Eastern Siberia, 
 to San Francisco, Nov. 10, re. 30. He 
 was a native of Bufl"alo, brother of Dr. 
 S. F. Mixer, of Buffalo. He had been 
 superintending the construction at the 
 Amoor of two steamers for the Russian 
 government, and was a talented and 
 energetic man, and one whose sterling 
 integrity and amiability endeared him 
 to his friends. His enterprise and skill 
 in his profession gave great promise of 
 future usefulness. 
 
 MoBEY, Rev. Zalmon, Canaan, Ct., 
 Sept. 17, a». 66. In early life he was 
 pastor of the Baptist church in Bristol, 
 and afterwards pastor of the Fourth 
 Baptist Church in Pawtuxet. He grad- 
 uated at Brown in the class of 1817. 
 
 MONELL, Mrs. ]SIarv E., Ncwburg, 
 N. Y., Oct. 22, a^. about" 38, wife of John 
 J. Monell, and daughter of Hon. N. B. 
 Smith, of 'W'oodbury, Ct. She was the 
 rightful inheritor by birth of rare men- 
 tal gifts. The daughter of parents them- 
 selves richly endowed by nature and 
 liberalized by culture, she grew up into 
 womanhood the oliject of mingled admi- 
 ration and affection on the part not only 
 of the circle to which she belonged, but 
 of all who knew her. To a temperament 
 constitutionally cheerful and happy, and 
 to a mind and character Avell poised, she 
 added the refinements of an exquisite 
 taste, a cultivated intellect, a heart warm 
 with all womanly affections, and enno- 
 bled by a sincere Christian faith. From 
 her many natural gifts and her admira- 
 ble use of them, her death has left a 
 very unusual void in the community 
 where she resided. In her beautiful 
 home on the Hudson, she was a rare 
 model of lovely tenderness and good- 
 ness. But she is a loss scarcely less to 
 society at large than to her own circle 
 and family. AVith her high mental 
 endowments and her most winning per- 
 sonal loveliness, she had a breadth of 
 human charity and Christian liberality 
 of which the whole community felt the 
 influence. From this inborn and unde- 
 niable superiority, this instinctive noble- 
 ness and truthfulness, she became the 
 leader in all the good works of the 
 neighborhood, in the furtherance of lib- 
 eral public objects as well as in the re- 
 finements of home and the hospitalities 
 of the drawing room. To all classes 
 her death is a loss that will be thought 
 truly irreparable ; while, for the rela- 
 tives and more intimate friends whom she 
 has left, it will be long before she can be 
 mentioned without a tear at the heart. 
 
 Montgomery, R., M. D., Xenia, O., 
 Aug. 15, ce. 60. He was a man of fine 
 literary attainments, and was at one time 
 a regular contributor to Blackwood and 
 other magazines. 
 
 Montgomery, Robert, Little Fishing 
 Creek, near Danville, Pa., Jan. 31, te. 84. 
 He was an early settler of Trumbull Co., 
 having located in Poland township in 
 1806, where, with others, he established 
 the first iron works in that part of Ohio. 
 In 1816 he removed to Coltsville. He 
 was distinguished as a theoretical and 
 practical agriculturist, was possessed 
 of a peculiarly investigating mind, and 
 
228 
 
 MONTGOMERY 
 
 [1858.] 
 
 MOORE S 
 
 a man of varied and extensive informa- 
 tion, lie retained his intellectual fiicul- 
 ties in full jierfection until near the close 
 of life, and died in the faith of the 
 Christian religion. 
 
 Montgomery, "William, M. D., Ship- 
 penburg, Pa., Sept. 22, a?. 2.3. 
 
 MooPEY, Kev. riiny, Kirtland, O., 
 April 4, a>. 33. 
 
 Moody, Hon. Stephen, se. 75. 
 
 Moody, Mrs. Frances, a^. 85. 
 
 Entombed March 24, 1858, Stephen 
 Moodv, Esq., who died at Gilnianton, 
 N. H.', April 21, 1842, and Mrs. Frances 
 Moodv, his widow, who died at Hanover, 
 N. n.', ^larcli 22, 185S, at the residence 
 of her son-in-law, Prof. Crosby. The 
 remains were deposited in the tomb of 
 the late Joseph Cutler, Esq., in St. Paul's 
 Churchyard, in Newburyport, accord- 
 ing to an arrangement of some years' 
 standing. These facts furnish but another 
 expression of the strong attachment of 
 the former natives of New England to 
 the place of their birth or early associa- 
 tions, and of their desire to have their 
 last resting place amidst the scenes of 
 their youth. Mr. M., Ave are informed, 
 was born u])on the old Moody farm, op- 
 posite the old Xewbury (Newtown) meet- 
 ing house, now occupied by ]\Ir. M. 
 llidgeway, a descendant of the family. 
 This farm has been in the Caleb Moody 
 family, through four successive men of that 
 name, to his father. Mrs. M. was the 
 daughter of William Coffin, one of the 
 eminent business men of Newburyport, 
 whose farm and house were upon the 
 rising swell of land beyond Pipe-stave 
 hill, and whose ancient house is still 
 standing. After the death of Mr. Coffin, 
 his widow removed to Newburyport, and 
 lived for many years on High Street, in 
 the house removed by the building of 
 the railroad. Mrs. M. was the sister of 
 the late Tristram Coffin, one of the emi- 
 nent merchants of this place at the open- 
 ing of this century, and of the old firm 
 of Coffin & Otis. She was also sister of 
 Mrs. Marquand, wife of Joseph Marquand, 
 once a princely merchant here, and for 
 many years collector of customs. !Mr. M, 
 graduated at Cambridge in the distin- 
 guished class of which the Hon. Josiah 
 Quincy was a member. He read law 
 with the late Hon. Levi Lincoln, of Wor- 
 cester, and settled in Gilmanton, where 
 he spent his life, eminent in his profes- 
 sion, widely known and greatly useful 
 
 in all the relations of life. These two in- 
 dividuals, whose memory is tenderly cher- 
 ished and reverenced by the survivors, 
 were eminently peojile of the old school, 
 as their abundant and uniform hospitali- 
 tj', their dignified and courteous man- 
 ners, their sacred keeping of the Sabbath, 
 and the strict moral and religious train- 
 ing of their household fully show. Both 
 experimentally embraced the gospel of 
 Jesus, and " died in faith." They were 
 joined in marriage by the late Iley. 
 John Andrews, 1). D., and their children 
 were baptized by Rt. Rev. Edward Bass, 
 D. D., and Rev. James Morss, J). D., 
 late rectors of St. Paul's Church. They 
 had only three children, daughters, who 
 married, and are wives of Hon. N. Crosby, 
 of Lowell, Mass., Rev. Prof. Rood, of 
 Vt., and Prof. Crosby, of the Dartmouth 
 Medical College. — Newburyport (Mass.) 
 Herald. 
 
 MooNEY, Mrs. Sarah, Meredith, N. H., 
 Dec. 14, £6. 89. ]SIrs. M. was the daugh- 
 ter of Judge Smith, who was one of the 
 first settlers of the town of Meredith. 
 Possessing a mind of no common order, 
 she was able accurately to relate the va- 
 rious incidents of her life up to the hour 
 of her death. She lived to see fall about 
 her very many of her kindred ; but how- 
 ever tender the tie that was sundered, she 
 ever submitted with that pious resigna- 
 tion which characterizes the sincere Chris- 
 tian. Judges ]\Iooney and Smith were 
 rich specimens of the New England men 
 who laid the foundations of society in our 
 country towns. Rising generations will 
 long bless the memories of such men. 
 
 MoORES, Rev. Josiah, Columbia Co., 
 Ark., Aug. 19, vs. 82. He was born in 
 North Carolina, Feb., 1776, and joined 
 the M. E. church in 1799 ; emigrated at 
 an early day to Kentucky, and Whence to 
 Tennessee, Avhere he raised a large flirai- 
 ly ; for the last ten years he had been in 
 Arkansas ; was ordained deacon by Bish- 
 op Roberts, in Shelby ville, Tenn. Nov., 
 1825. He was a faithful, consistent 
 Christian, and a great lover of the pecu- 
 liar doctrines and usages of the M. E. 
 church. He was a Methodist of the old 
 stamp, and knew all the old Methodist 
 preachers of Middle Tennessee and North 
 Alabama. He attended, in the days of 
 his strength, camp meetings far and near, 
 and was never known to miss circuit- 
 preaching when he was able to go, wheth- 
 er in the week or on the Sabbath. 
 
MOORHEAD 
 
 [ 1858. ] 
 
 MORRIS 
 
 229 
 
 MoORHEAD, Maj. James, Ivittanning, 
 Armstrong Co., Pa., Oct. 18, op. G6. 
 He was at one time one of the most 
 prominent citizens of the community in 
 Armstrong Co. He ably represented it 
 in the legislature, and was highly es- 
 teemed for his public and private virtues. 
 
 ]\I00RIIKAD, Hon. John, Fairfield 
 Township, Westmoreland Co., Pa., Dec. 
 8, fe. 66. He was born in l)erry Town- 
 shi]), April 23, 1793, and soon after his 
 arrival, at the age of 21 years, removed to 
 his late residence, where he continued to 
 live until the time of his decease. He 
 held several highly responsible and im- 
 portant offices, the duties of which were 
 discharged in a fair and impartial man- 
 ner, and with due regard to the public 
 interest. In 1835 he was commissioned 
 a justice of the peace of Fairfield Town- 
 ship, by Gov. Wolf, and in 1841 he was 
 commissioned by Gov. Porter, an associ- 
 ate judge of the several courts of West- 
 moreland Co., under the amended con- 
 stitution of 1837 and 1838, for five years, 
 and at the expiration of that period was 
 again commissioned, by the lamented 
 Gov. Shunk, for another term. During 
 the time of his being on the bench, by 
 the uprightness of his conduct, discrimi- 
 nating judgment and candid manner in 
 the discharge of his judicial functions, he 
 commanded the respect and esteem of his 
 colleagues on the bench, the bar, and his 
 fellow-citizens. 
 
 MoRFiT, John C, M. D., Chicago, III., 
 Jan. 8, ge. — . 
 
 Morgan, Mrs. Rebecca, Jeffersonville, 
 Ind., Dec. — , se. 80. She was a native 
 of Virginia, and settled at Springville, 
 Clark Co., at a very early day. She was 
 a resident of Jeffersonville 56 years, and 
 entertained the first trustees of the town, 
 and the first court of Clark Co. She was 
 twice married, and the mother of the first 
 white child born in Clark Co. 
 
 Morgan, Mrs. Jane Gilman, Wash- 
 ington, O., 13, a;. 49, Avife of D. T. 
 
 Morgan, Esq., and daughter of the late 
 Dudley Woodbridge, Esq., of Marietta, 
 O. The character of this estimable lady 
 deserves a far more extended tribute than 
 the columns of a newspaper will allow. 
 She w'as descended, in a direct line, from 
 the well-known Congregational clergyman, 
 the Ptev. John Woodbridge, whose grand- 
 father was driven out of England, in the 
 reign of Elizabeth, for Puritanism, and 
 who himself immigrated to this country iu 
 20 
 
 1634, settled as the first minister in New- 
 bury, Mass., married a daughter of the 
 Hon. Thomas* Dudley, governor of the 
 colony, and was first of a line of clergy- 
 men, (all named John, and all eldest 
 sons,) extending through six or seven 
 generations. Mrs. M. herself was a child 
 of the grace of God, thus signalized in 
 the generations of her pious ancestry. 
 
 Morrill, Hon. Samuel, Concord, N. 
 H., Sept. 7, od. 79. Dr. M. was a native 
 of Epping ; was admitted in early life to 
 the practice of medicine, which he com- 
 menced in Salisbury. In 1800 he re- 
 moved to Epsom, where he held impor-- 
 tant local offices, and in 1819 became a 
 resident of Concord. He was appointed 
 in 1821 a justice of the Court of Sessions, 
 represented the town of Concord in the 
 legislature of 1822, was the first regis- 
 ter of deeds of Merrimack Co., was 
 judge of probate of said county from 
 1823 to 1828, when he was chosen treas- 
 m-er of the state. Ujjon the organization 
 of the N. H. Savings Bank in Concord in 
 1830, he was chosen treasurer, and con- 
 tinued to discbarge his duties as such, as 
 he had those of all his other trusts, with 
 signal fidelity, till his resignation in 1856. 
 
 Morrill, Jeremiah, Boscawen, I^. H., 
 June 4, ce. 83. 
 
 Morrill, Joseph, Boscawen, N. H., 
 March 31, ae. 93, 
 
 Morris, Edward A., Springfield, 
 Mass., Sept. 2, a?. 57, at the residence 
 of his brother. Judge Oliver B. Morris. 
 He was born in Wilbraham, Mass., 
 March 14, 1801, but early in life re- 
 moved to Springfield, and entered the 
 service of Moses BHss, merchant, on 
 Stale Street. Samuel Reynolds was at 
 the same time a clerk for Daniel Bon- 
 tecou, on Main Street ; and the two 
 young men, after attaining majority, 
 united in business under the name of 
 Reynolds & Morris, and for 25 years 
 were among the leading merchants of 
 the town, occupying the stand now held 
 by ^Ir. A. M. Lincoln. Industry and 
 integrity, in a high degree, marked their 
 business conduct, and achieved their due 
 reward. Some ten years since, they 
 gave up trade, and Mr. Reynolds be- 
 came president of the Chicopee Bank, 
 and while in that positiwi died. ]\Ir. 
 Morris, several years later, followed him 
 in a bank presidency, succeeding Mr. 
 Benjamin Day in the Springfield Bank, 
 and now, at a similar remove, has fol- 
 
230 
 
 MORRIS 
 
 [1858.] 
 
 MULBETT 
 
 lowed his old friend and partner to the 
 grave. Both were often alike called to 
 service in our municipal affairs, and ^Nlr. 
 Morris was the leading member of the 
 board of assessors for some years. In- 
 telligent and sensible in all business 
 and public affairs ; conscientious in the 
 discharge of every duty ; just to friends 
 and generous to all ; kind and genial m 
 temperament ; pure and pious in all his 
 life, — few men were more widely known 
 or better beloved in the community than 
 Mr. Morris. Ilis death is a public loss. 
 He was never married, but through the 
 families of his brothers had a wide range 
 of relatives, by all of whom he was held 
 in esteem and love. The following reso- 
 lutions by the directors of the Springfield 
 Bank are but the voice of the business 
 community upon his life and death : — 
 
 '^llesolced, that while he has by a long 
 and useful life won high respect as a val- 
 uable citizen and a Christian gentleman, 
 and while his death is therefore an afflic- 
 tion in which all our citizens must have 
 part, it calls upon us, who have been as- 
 sociated with him in the discharge of 
 common duties, for a special expression 
 of our share in the general sorrow. 
 
 "Itesolvedfthathy along and honorable 
 performance of many and various busi- 
 ness trusts, he was entitled to the respect 
 awarded to unquestioned integrity and 
 fidelity in such duties ; that by faithful 
 attention to his duties while a director, 
 and by special devotion to the interests 
 of the bank since he was elected presi- 
 dent, he has won our highest confidence, 
 and is entitled to a grateful remem- 
 brance." 
 
 Morris, William Gardner, M. D., 
 Delhi, N. Y., June 13, a?. 31. 
 
 Morris, Jacob, Long Branch, Pa., 
 Aug. — , a;. 80, a veteran of the war of 
 1812. Ho first enlisted at Shrewsbury, 
 and the next day joined a detachment of 
 the army at Trenton, and soon marched 
 for the scene of action. He served two 
 and a half years, and Avas in the battle 
 of Lundy's Lane, where he received a 
 severe wound in the leg from a cannon 
 ball. He was principally employed in 
 Canada and on the frontier. 
 
 MoRsi:, Eliakim, M. 1)., Watertown, 
 Mass., Jan. 9, a-. 98. He was, in early 
 life, an active business man, doing a 
 considerable importing trade, particular- 
 ly in the article of drugs, and, it is said, 
 was one of the first, if not the first, to 
 
 despatch a vessel from this country to 
 Europe upon the close of the revolu- 
 tionary war. For a long period, how- 
 ever, he lived in retiracy, upon a beauti- 
 ful estate in Watertown, occasionally 
 riding about on horseback or in his car- 
 riage, the form of the latter, pertaining, 
 as it did, to the days of Washington, 
 exciting general attention. He was a 
 firm adherent of the late whig ])arty, and 
 was unshaken in his political faith until 
 the day of his death. His last appear- 
 ance at a political meeting was as vice 
 president of an assemblage- of that par- 
 ty at Faneuil Hall, in connection with 
 the position of. Daniel Webster. 
 
 Morse, Benjamin F., M. D., Fre- 
 mont, O., April 26, sc. 45. The larger 
 part of his active life as a physician was 
 spent in Peru, Huron Co., O., where his 
 skill and fidelity in his profession, and his 
 character as a man and a Christian, gave 
 him an honorable standing among an 
 extensive circle of friends and acquaint- 
 ances. 
 
 MosELT, Major Thomas, Sarcoxie, 
 Jasper Co., Mo., July 16, x. 6G. He 
 was born in Woodford Co., Ky., July 
 12, 1792. He emigrated to Missouri in 
 1819, and upon the organization of the 
 state government, was appointed clerk 
 of the Circuit Court of ^ladison Co. 
 
 MoTT, jNIrs. Emma D., Winterset, 
 111., Sept. 23, iv. 26. She was born in 
 Grafton, Windham Co., Vt., in 1832. 
 She was the daughter of Dea. P. W. 
 Dean, a man of eminence as a citizen 
 and a Christian. From pious parents 
 she received early religious instruction, 
 and also a liberal education, graduating 
 from the Ludlow Academy, Vt., and the 
 Meredith Academy, N. H. For three 
 j'ears she was preceptress of the Baptist 
 Seminary at Derby, Vt., and in Nov., 
 1856, she was married to Frederick 
 ]\Iott, an attorney at law of Derby Line, 
 Vt. In the spring of 1857 she and her 
 husband both received appointments as 
 teachers in the Iowa Central University, 
 and went to that state for the purpose 
 of entering said institution, but the finan- 
 cial revulsion had been so great, the 
 proposed endoM'ment of the college was 
 incomplete, and they were led to turn 
 their attention elsewhere. 
 
 MuLBETT, 'Hon. James, Fredonia, 
 N. Y., Sept. 10, a?. 78. A local paper 
 says, "He was born at Guilford, Vt., 
 Avhere his father, a not affluent farmer, 
 
MUL LIKEN 
 
 [ 1858. ] 
 
 MULVEY 
 
 231 
 
 taught him the toil of a farmer's life, 
 until he was old enough to learn a trade. 
 He then worked for some years at the 
 business of a cabinet maker. Quitting 
 this as an occupation uncongenial to his 
 mind and wishes, he next tried a mer- 
 cantile life. This he also abandoned af- 
 ter a brief period, and commenced the 
 study of the law in 1813 or 1814, under 
 the direction and in the office of Hon. 
 Jacob Houghton. He M-ent to reside in 
 Fredonia, Chautauque Co., in 1810, soon 
 after the organization of the county, 
 and has continued to reside in that vil- 
 lage ever since, except a very brief pe- 
 riod before his elevation to the bench. 
 He represented Chautauque Co. as a 
 member of the legislature in 1823 and 
 1824, was for several years district at- 
 torney of the county, and was elected 
 one of the justices of the Supreme 
 Court, at the first judicial election under 
 the new constitution in 1847, and was 
 reelected in 1851. Borne down by ill 
 health, he resigned his office in 1856, 
 and has now terminated a long, event- 
 ful, useful, and finally a Christian life. 
 In all the relations of life, whether as 
 citizen, lawyer, or judge, his genial dis- 
 position, his quick perceptions, and his 
 uncompromising love of justice, com- 
 mended him to the esteem and regard 
 of all who were so fortunate as to know 
 him, and he always enjoyed a large share 
 in the affections of his associates and the 
 community in which he lived ; and his 
 death leaves, a void which will always 
 remain unfilled. 
 
 MuLiJKEN, Samuel, Newburj-port, 
 Mass., Nov. 29, se. 89. He was known 
 for many years as cashier, successively, 
 of the old Newburyport Bank, and of 
 the present Merchants Bank, of that 
 city. He served in these two institu- 
 tions more than 40 years, having re- 
 signed his office in 1851, at the age of 
 82. He was probably the oldest bank 
 officer, in regular, active service, in the 
 country at that time. His recollections 
 went back to the early history of the 
 revolution. The battles of Lexington 
 and Bunker Hill, the " Ipswich Alarm," 
 the encampment and embarkation at this 
 place of Arnold's expedition, and all the 
 principal events and prominent actors of 
 that period and of our whole revolution- 
 ary history, were fresh in his memory. 
 The Daltons, the Tracys, the Jacksons, 
 the Greeuleafs, the Johnsons, Parsons, 
 
 Bradburys, &c., of Newburyport, were 
 within his personal knowledge, and 
 were many of them his contemporaries 
 and associates. When a pilgrim pur- 
 sues a long journey without stumbling, 
 he becomes from that very circumstance 
 worthy of double respect. We look on 
 his age as we do on the autumnal fiow- 
 ers, which continue to Wow when the 
 frost has withered all around them. 
 Life is but a variety of temptations ; 
 and the man that has been sober in 
 youth, and cheerful in age, and honest in 
 all his connections, leaves us a beautiful 
 example. Such was our aged and re- 
 spected fellow-citizen whose death we 
 record. His integrity, his temperance, 
 his uniformity, his wonderful art of 
 inaking life calmly pleasant, are worthy 
 of careful imitation and constant re- 
 membrance. It is not enough to speak 
 of his integrity; there was a peculiar 
 security which every one felt in every 
 trust committed to his hand. For him 
 to depart from integrity was as little to 
 be expected as a deviation in one of the 
 great laws of nature. His principles 
 were founded on religion, and therefore 
 they were immovable. He had cultivat- 
 ed his mind ; he had guarded his heai't ; 
 he had bowed to the authority of his 
 God. In the parlor, at the desk, in the 
 walk, he was the agreeable companion. 
 He was a close observer of events and 
 men, and hence his conversation had all 
 the charms of a colloquial history. 
 Nowhere did he shine more than at his 
 own fireside, surrounded by the smiles 
 of his aff"ectionate household. 
 
 MuLVEY, B. C, M. D., Saco, Me., 
 July — , £c. — . He graduated at Bruns- 
 M-ick in 1831, and immediately entered 
 upon the duties of his profession. For 
 many years he was extensively known 
 and highly appreciated, both as a skilful 
 surgeon and a good physician. He was 
 an accomplished scholar and a true gen- 
 tleman, and possessed uncommon pow- 
 ers of application. He had acquired a 
 great amount of knowledge upon all 
 subjects relating to his profession, and 
 his judgment was remarkable. His 
 great tact in the most difficult cases 
 could not but render him a popular doc- 
 tor, and make a demand for his services 
 far and near. He would exhaust the 
 ])owers of his own nature for the com- 
 fort of his patients, and was kind and 
 sympathetic almost to a fault, never dis- 
 
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 MUNCE 
 
 [ 1858. ] 
 
 MYERS 
 
 trcssing any one upon whom he had a 
 demand. 
 
 Mu.N'ci;, Capt. Thomas S., Xatchez, Miss., 
 Aug. 14, ID. 44, a native of N. lie was 
 educated at AVashington College, Penn., 
 commenced the study of law in the office 
 of Hon. K. J. Walke'r in X., but left for 
 an ofhce in the Mississippi llailroad Bank, 
 was long a nitmber and ultimately cap- 
 tain of that noted volunteer company, 
 the Natchez Fcncibles, went to the Mex- 
 ican war in the second regiment of Mis- 
 sissippi riilcs as first lieutenant in Capt., 
 afterwards Col., now Gen. Charles Clarke's 
 company, served there, and returned as 
 adjutant of his regiment. 
 
 'Mu.NROK, Mrs. Lucelia T., Bradford, 
 Mass., Sei)'. 20, a,'. 46, wife of llev. 
 Nathan Munroe, one of the editors of the 
 Boston llecorder. Mrs. M. was a native 
 of South Heading, where she spent her 
 earlier years. In the com'se of her edu- 
 cation she was connected with Bradford 
 Academy, and afterwards with the school 
 of llev. 'Mr. Brace, in Hartford, Ct. At 
 this latter institution she was graduated. 
 In 1836 she was a teacher for a short 
 time in Bradford Academy, under the 
 care of Miss Abigail C. Ilasseltine. She 
 here became acquainted with llev. Na- 
 than Munroe, the pastor of the church 
 in Bradford, to whom she was married in 
 1842. In the discharge of the varied 
 duties of the Christian woman, wife, and 
 mother, with great fidelity and affection, 
 she passed the remainder of her years, 
 until early on Monday morning, Sept. 20, 
 and at such an hour as she thought not, 
 she was called to her final rest. Some 
 would say she was suddenly arrested in 
 the midst of unfinished plans of useful- 
 ness. Why no^ say she was permitted to 
 pass from ho])e to fruition sooner than 
 she had dared to exjiect? Among her 
 Christian excellences was a conscientious- 
 ness that covered every moral act. It 
 was not reserved for great occasions, but 
 was kept strong, and healthy, and active 
 by daily use. She had excellent practical 
 judgment ; in otiier words, a broad and 
 sound common sense. She had a com- 
 prehensive mind, well-balanced and well- 
 furnislied, and wiiicli, therefore, could not 
 but work well upon all questions sub- 
 mitted to it. She had a large measure 
 of Christian charity ; the love that be- 
 lieveth all tilings good, and thinketh no 
 evil, putting a charitable construction 
 upon the conduct of those who were not 
 
 present to defend themselves. Her char- 
 acter seems an eminently practical and 
 useful one for this world ; best fitted to 
 helj) us through this rugged scene smooth- 
 ly, while at the same time imjjarting the 
 largest amount of happiness to others. 
 It was not a combination of angelic 
 graces, but of human virtues energized 
 and sweetened by a living Christian spirit, 
 and all employed in doing good for the 
 Master's sake. 
 
 MuiXSELL, Hezekiah, Hoosic Falls, 
 Rensselaer Co., N. Y., April 1.5, a\ 86. 
 He was a lawyer, and in earlier days held 
 a prominent position among the profes- 
 sion in Rensselaer Co. He was an edu- 
 cated man, and was highly esteemed and 
 respected by the citizens of Hoosic. He 
 had held various town offices of trust and 
 responsibility, and was the author of Mun- 
 sell's English Grammar, a work exten- 
 sively used in the schools at one time. 
 He was also, some yeai's ago, an active 
 democratic politician. 
 
 MURDOCK, Oscar, Esq., Charlcstown, 
 Mass., June 26, a?. 30, son of Col. Jud- 
 son and Judith M. Murdoch of C. He 
 was born in Hubbardstown, but his father, 
 having hved many years in Boston prior 
 to 18.50, when he moved to Charlcstown, 
 trained his son by clerkship to assume 
 the responsibilities of business. He en- 
 tered, therefore, early upon a career of 
 business and public life, and was widely 
 known and appreciated. He was elected 
 a member of the common council in 1855 
 and 1856, and last year as a memljcr of 
 the board of aldermen. As a city official 
 he was always prompt and attentive to 
 the duties imposed, and being possessed 
 of jjleasing and cordial manners, was 
 highly esteemed by his associates. At 
 his death he had widely extended his 
 business and responsibilities as a merchant 
 in Boston, and seemed really to have but 
 just entered upon the great sphere of his 
 opening influence. The board of alder- 
 men say, " We chcerfdly bear witness to 
 his worth, and to the public loss which his 
 death has occasioned, that, while we re- 
 member the faithful officer, we should 
 not forget the generous and noble-hearted 
 friend, or the social virtues which he ])0s- 
 sessed, and which make his death so great 
 a bereavement to relatives and i'riends," 
 
 Mykrs, Col. Michael, Madison, Wis., 
 ]May 22, ic. Go. He was formerly a 
 colonel in the U. S. army, and had been 
 sheriff of Kenosha Co, 
 
NAPIER 
 
 [ 1858. ] 
 
 NELSON 
 
 233 
 
 N. 
 
 Napiek, Mrs. Elizabeth B., Marion, 
 S. C, Aug. 15, ce. 40, wife of Rev. Rob- 
 ert Napier, for 24 years an exemplary 
 Christian, and down to the last year of her 
 useful life a member of tlie Sabbath scliool, 
 studying the word of God with her chil- 
 dren. In death her faith was strong and 
 triumphant. 
 
 HOIS- FREDERICK NASH, 
 
 Hillsboro', N. C, Dec. 4, re. 76, the 
 venerable and beloved chief justice of 
 N. C. He was the son of Abner Nash, 
 Gov. of N. C. in ViW, and a nephew of 
 Gen. Francis Nash, who fell mortally 
 wounded while fighting for his country at 
 the battle of Bi'andywine. Judge N. 
 was born in Newburn, in 1781. He re])- 
 resented that borough in the House of 
 Commons in 1804 and 1805. In 1818 he 
 was elected a judge of the Superior Court, 
 which he resigned in 1819. In 1827 and 
 1828, he represented Hillsboro' in the 
 House of Commons. In 1836 he was again 
 elected a judge of the Superior Court, 
 from which, in 1844, he was transferred to 
 the Supreme Court bench, which dignified 
 position he occupied until his death, with 
 credit to himself and to the state. 
 
 Neale, Dr. Thomas, Romnej-, Va., 
 May 6, iB. — . late of Jackson City, Mo. He 
 was one of five sons of the late Thomas 
 Neale, a wealthy and admired citizen of 
 Va., and after completing his education, 
 he made the tour of Europe. Soon after 
 his return he commenced the study of 
 medicine, and removed to the " far west," 
 where he spent his long and useful life. 
 He was a remarkably kind and affection- 
 ate husband and father, ever just, talented, 
 and learned ; and no man ever stood 
 higher for uprightness in all his business 
 transactions with his fellow-men. He 
 has left a widow and two children. He 
 was buried with the honors and ceremo- 
 nies of Freemasonrj'. 
 
 Neely, Hon. B. H., Batesville, Ark., 
 Aug. 28, IS. — . He had been judge of 
 the Circuit Court, and was held in high 
 esteem bv all who knew him. 
 
 Nelson, A. F., Bath, Me., Dec. 19, se. 
 65. He was a native of England, and 
 20 * 
 
 one of the crew of the Boxer, at the time 
 of her sanguinary engagement with the 
 Enterprise, in the war of 1812. 
 
 HON. ALBERT HOBART NELSON, 
 
 at the McLean Hospital, Somerville, 
 June 27, x. 46, of Woburn, Mass. He 
 was born in Milford, Mass., March, 1812, 
 wliere his father, John Nelson, was a prac- 
 tising physician. He entered Harvard 
 College in the class of 1832, and was 
 graduated that year with honors. In the 
 same class was his associate on the Supe- 
 rior Court bench. Judge Abbott. Mr. N. 
 studied law under the direction and in 
 the office of the late Hon. Samuel Hoar, 
 of Concord, for a long time one of the 
 leading members of the Middlesex bar. 
 In 1839 he entered upon the practice of 
 his profession, at Concord, and in 1842 
 removed to Woburn, where he has since 
 resided. About the year 1846 he was ap- 
 pointed district attorney for the Middle- 
 sex district, and filled the station in a 
 most satisflictory manner, until ill health 
 compelled him to resign. The Senate 
 chamber was his post for two successive 
 sessions ; and while there, his practical 
 common sense and facility of expression 
 made him a useful and valued senator. 
 He was appointed a councillor under the 
 American regime in 1854, and continued in 
 that position until transferred to the chief 
 justiceship of the Superior Court of Suff'olk 
 Co., in the fall of 1855. He sat on the 
 bench until last spring, when he Avas 
 obliged to resign in consequence of con- 
 tinued ill health ; severe shocks of paral- 
 ysis completely mastering him, and bear- 
 ing him to the grave. 
 
 Mr. N. was a warm-hearted, generous 
 man, a valuable, public-spirited citizen, 
 an able and accomplished lawyer. In his 
 intercourse with his fellow-men he was 
 jjopular. The adaptation of his mind to 
 all classes of people was most ready and 
 perfect. Intuitive perce])tive faculties 
 were improved upon by the requisitions 
 of the profession which he had chosen. 
 His excellent taste and cultivated intel- 
 lect made him an acquisition every where. 
 His ease and gracefulness of manner 
 placed any one with whom he came ia 
 
234 
 
 NELSON 
 
 [1858.] 
 
 NELSON 
 
 contact upon a friendly and familiar foot- 
 ing, and he had a genial manner, which 
 recomnKMuled itself and shed a delightful 
 charm around him. As a citizen, Wo- 
 buni had reason to be proud of him, for 
 he was alwaj's ready, willing, and eager to 
 im]M-ove and adorn the town by valuable 
 suggestions, ])ractical opinions, and ma- 
 terial aid. Schools and public institu- 
 tions were benefited by his large expe- 
 rience and generous views, and his val- 
 uable services will long be remembered 
 and appreciated. His courteousness and 
 urbanity of manner were peculiarly apjjre- 
 ciated by his brother members of his pro- 
 fession. ]iis kindness and consideration 
 for younger and less experienced gentle- 
 men of the profession were marked, and 
 in these respects he set a noble example, 
 worthy of emulation. The Suffolk bar 
 were jileased at his appointment, and he 
 confirmed their kind o])inion of him by 
 his patient consideration of causes, by his 
 ready despatch of business, by his quick- 
 ness of ])ercei)tion of legal points, and, 
 above all, by his gentlemanly and kind 
 bearing to all. 
 
 At a session of the Superior Court in 
 Boston, of which he had been chief jus- 
 tice, the four judges being present, C. W. 
 Cooley, Esq., district attorney of the com- 
 mittee, upon offering resolutions of respect 
 and condolence of the Suffolk bar, among 
 other things said, referring to his ap- 
 pointment to the office of chief justice of 
 the now court, that his remaining associ- 
 ates on that bench would bear witness that 
 he appreciated the responsibility of his posi- 
 tion ; tiiat he entered upon his duties 
 with a generous ambition and purpose 
 that none of them should be left unper- 
 formed, and that the court should be a 
 useful and successful one. All will agree 
 that he was energetic, prompt, and faith- 
 ful, and that he did his duty invariably 
 well. " It was my fortune," said the dis- 
 trict attorney, " to be connected with the 
 court diu-ing the whole period of his ser- 
 vice. He had a comprehensive mind, 
 embracing at a glance all the facts relating 
 to a case. He was ready in his recollec- 
 tion of the law, and he accurately and 
 forcibly applied it. His learning was 
 euch that he always acquitted himself with 
 great credit, and he had that large basis 
 of common sense which led him to a])- 
 preciate what the law ought to be ; and 
 ne hardly ever failed to conform to the 
 law as it had been before announced. 
 
 Judge N. was a gentleman, on the bench, 
 of urbane manners and the kindest dispo- 
 sition, lie won the affection of all who 
 were connected with him. It is no in- 
 justice to others to say that in almost all 
 ])articulars he was regarded as a model 
 judge." 
 
 Mr. Cooley, in behalf of the bar, request- 
 ed the following resolutions to be entered 
 u]5on the records of the court ; to which 
 Chief Justice Allen briefly responded. 
 
 "liesolved, that the late Chief Justice, 
 thus cut off" in the full strength of his 
 manhood, is entitled to the respectful rec- 
 ollection of all who can appreciate that 
 rare combination of talent and' learning, 
 with personal and official integrity, kind- 
 ness of heart, sweetness of temper, and 
 an unfailing courtesy of demeanor, at the 
 bar and on the bench, of which he fur- 
 nished so signal an example. 
 
 '^Itesolved, that we deplore his death, 
 because of his usefulness and lofty ]n'om- 
 ise as a jurist and a judge, because of 
 his attractiveness and beauty of personal 
 character, and because we sym]5athize 
 with his bereaved family and surviving 
 friends." 
 
 In the Court of Common Pleas, Judge 
 Bishop said, " His intellectual attainments 
 and capacity made him an eminent law- 
 yer, and his courteousness in the prac- 
 tice of his profession was worthy of all 
 praise. His integrity and faitlifulness as 
 a public officer were in accordance with 
 strict fidelity to duty. As a member of 
 the bar he exhibited what all of us love, 
 and what has great power — strict honesty 
 and great integrity. He was a man of 
 great intellectual scope." 
 
 Nelson, ISIorgan, Esq., Wheeling, Va., 
 Dec. 25, a;. — . Mr. N. went to Wheel- 
 ing from New England about 40 years 
 ago, and has been engaged in the prac- 
 tice of law during that period, and al- 
 though of serious and reserved manner, 
 was always urbane and respectful in his 
 deportment towards his brethren at the 
 bar, and charitable in his construction of 
 the motives of others. His loss will be 
 long and deservedly felt in the domestic 
 circle in which he moved. He also occu- 
 pied a high position in the Masonic body, ' 
 and has filled the highest offices therein 
 during a long term of years. The reso- 
 lutions of the city council, and of the 
 members of the bar, speak of him in 
 honorable terms. The council, having 
 
NESMITH 
 
 [1858.] 
 
 NEWELL 
 
 235 
 
 been informed of the death of Morgan 
 Nelson, Esq., doth, on motion, 
 
 "Eesolced, that in the death of Morgan 
 Nelson, so long a citizen of the pUice, and 
 so favorably known to us all, our city and 
 our community have sustained a deep 
 and heartfelt loss. 
 
 " Resolved, that though not recently 
 one of our body, yet we cannot but be 
 mindiul of his long and valuable services 
 as a member of this body, and also as 
 major of this city — a position always 
 pleasant to the council, from the unaffect- 
 ed and courteous manner which ever dis- 
 tinguished his official relations ; and that 
 this council takes this melancholy occa- 
 sion to testify alike to his oflicial integrity 
 and his private virtues." 
 
 Nesmith, Mrs. Margaret, Windham, 
 N. H., Dec. 4, aj. 71, -wife of Col. Jacob 
 M. Nesmith. 
 
 Nettlks, Dr. Joseph A., Philadelphia, 
 Pa., July 7, EB. — , suddenly, at tlie Gi- 
 rard House, a resident of the parish of 
 East Baton Rouge, and a man of wealtli. 
 The Alumni Association of Centenary Col- 
 lege of La., where he graduated in 1849, 
 say of him, that "in the loss of our 
 brother, tliis association has been deprived 
 of a fiithlul and valued member, society of 
 a useful and respected citizen, and his fam- 
 ily and friends of one whose kind heart 
 and gentle nature endeared him to all. 
 
 Nevins, John C, Washington, D. C, 
 April 15, a;. — . He graduated at George- 
 town College, and always resided in the 
 District. He was among the most effi- 
 cient clerks employed in the census 
 office under Mr. Kennedy, where his 
 knowledge of foreign languages and his 
 talents as a statistician rendered his 
 services of great value. From the cen- 
 sus office he was transferred to the de- 
 partment of state, Avhere he was highly 
 esteemed for his varied talents and ex- 
 cellent characteristics. ^ 
 
 New, Dr. Walter Wyatt, Hinds Co., 
 Miss., Feb. 28, je. 67, surgeon in the 
 United States army during the war of 
 1812. He was a son of Col. Anthony 
 New, of Virginia, and subsequently of 
 Kentucky. He served fourteen years 
 in the navy, and was promoted on ac- 
 count of his eminent merit from the 
 post of assistant surgeon to that of fleet 
 surgeon. He was in active service dur- 
 ing the war of 1812, and was in several 
 of the battles with Commodore Bain- 
 bridge. Porter, and Perry, and at the 
 
 close of the war was presented by Con- 
 gress with a medal in acknowledgment 
 of his services. 
 
 Newberry, Hon. Amasa Stoughton, 
 Sangerfield, N. Y., March 1.3, a'. 50. 
 He was one of the most prominent citi- 
 zens of his town and county ; and his 
 name and influence were widely known 
 as those of an upright, reliable, and 
 honorable man. Tlu'oughout his life 
 he was a warm supporter of the institu- 
 tions of religion ; and in his end he 
 embraced its consolations, and trusted 
 in its promises. 
 
 Newbold, George, , — ., 
 
 — , aj. about 76, the venerable and 
 highly-respected i)resident of the Bank 
 of America, in New York city. He left 
 New York in his usual health, intending 
 to visit his brother-in-law, Dr. Fox, 
 at Andalusia, Pa. ; but whether he died 
 there or at his brother's, in Georgetown, 
 N. J., does not appear. He was for 
 many years prominently identified with 
 the financial and banking history of 
 New York. Having been previously 
 cashier and director of the Bank of 
 America, he became. May 15, 1832, 
 president, and held that office until his 
 death. He was familiar with Gallatin, 
 Worth, and Wilkes, and other eminent 
 contemporaries. 
 
 Newell, Charles, West Newbury, 
 June 23, ae. 22, son of the late Hon. 
 Moses Newell. 
 
 Newell, John, Woodstock, 111., June 
 29, ve. 90. " Father Newell " was born 
 at Salem, Mass., Jan. 31, 1768. He was 
 married Sept. 1, 1791, and moved to 
 New Hampshire, where he resided nearly 
 60 years. Some eight years since he 
 came to Woodstock to spend the re- 
 mainder of his days with his children, 
 three of whom reside there. He had 
 lived more than 60 years a consistent 
 Christian life, always cheerful and con- 
 tented, and ready to s]ieak a word in 
 behalf of that cause which lay so near 
 his heart. He leaves a wife, with whom 
 he had lived for nearly 70 years, and a 
 large number of children, grandchildren, 
 and friends to mourn his absence. 
 
 Newell, Hon. Moses, West New- 
 bury, Mass., March 12, £e. 65. "This 
 has been a mournful day in West New- 
 bury. A melancholy has settled upon 
 all our population at the funeral of Hon. 
 Moses Newell — respected, honored, and 
 beloved for his many manly and noble 
 
236 
 
 NEWELL 
 
 [ is:)S. 
 
 NEWIIALL 
 
 qualities of character, and for liis many 
 benevolent and useful acts in life. Col. 
 N. lias left many pood men and re- 
 spected citizens behind him ; but we 
 know not one in whom the community 
 in whicli he was born, and for 6.^ years 
 had lived, had more implicit confidence. 
 Faithfully and honestly, with few words 
 and many acts, he performed his duties 
 as a man, and a citizen, and a Christian, 
 and has left a reputation honorable to 
 head and heart. Col. N. was the son 
 of Joseph Newell, E?q., one of the most 
 prominent and active citizens of ' Ould 
 Newbury,' who deceased more than 30 
 J'ears ago ; and the son inherited those 
 qualities that had endeared the father 
 to all his acquaintances, as he also suc- 
 ceeded him in the cultivation of the 
 ancestral acres, being especially devoted 
 to farming life. There practically and 
 scientifically he was at home ; his in- 
 stincts, thoughts, desires, and sympa- 
 thies fitted him for a New England 
 farmer. He was the largest landholder 
 in "West Newbury. His homestead, 
 upon which he had erected convenient 
 and elegant buildings, embraced a fine 
 tract — even as a prairie, and as rich as 
 the virgin soil of the west, yielding 
 abundant harvests. His out-lands were 
 extensive in this and neighboring towns; 
 and in his extensive pastures, which 
 enclosed the highest hill in this vicinity, 
 fed his fiocks, and herds of new and 
 improved stock, which he had introduced 
 to improve the milking qualities of the 
 cows of his native town ; and to this 
 end he had done more than any other 
 person, expending time, money, and 
 labor. As a farmer his reputation was 
 not confined within narrow limits. He 
 was one of (he trustees of the Essex 
 Agricultural Society as early as 1823, 
 and so continued until 1852, when he 
 ■was chosen ])resident. For four years 
 he presided over the society with marked 
 ability ; and the formers of Essex will 
 not soon forget the urbanity with which 
 he conducted their annual meeting, nor 
 the enthusiasm that he so largely infused 
 into all their transactions. In' 1856 he 
 resigned his position, but not the labors 
 or duties of an active member of the 
 societj-. He was also a member of the 
 state JJoard of Agriculture, and one of 
 the trustees having the charge and 
 supervision of the state farm at West- 
 boro', and was ' one of the most efiicient 
 
 members of the United States Agricul- 
 tural Society. It was only in January 
 last that he attended the annual meeting 
 of the national society at "Washington. 
 His interest in the promotion of this 
 great industrial pursuit of the country 
 was second to no other man's. He de- 
 clined no duty, grudged no time or ex- 
 pense, for its advancement. He was 
 always at his post when any thing was 
 to be done. His advice was freely 
 sought in all matters pertaining to the 
 interests of agriculture, and was always 
 as freely given. Here none were wiser 
 in counsel, none more efficient in action, 
 than he. The farmers of the county have 
 in him lost one of their noblest repre- 
 sentatives and most devoted friends.' " — 
 Neivhuryport Herald. That Mr. N. was 
 also held in high estimation by the citi- 
 zens generally of the county is evidenced 
 by the fact that for six years, from 1835 
 to 1841, he filled the office of county 
 commissioner by their suffrages, and 
 soon after this period was by them 
 elected to the Senate of the common- 
 wealth, entering this branch of the 
 legislature in 1850. He also filled nu- 
 merous other important public trusts 
 with marked intelligence, promptness, 
 and fidelity. His life has been one of 
 great activity and usefulness in the ser- 
 vice of the public, more from a sense 
 of duty and a desire of benefiting oth- 
 ers than from any regard to his own 
 fame or aggrandizement. He was emi- 
 nently disinterested in his motives of 
 action. 
 
 Newell, Zebina, Esq., Keene, N. H., 
 March — , ae. — , president of the Chesh- 
 ire Co. Bank, 
 
 Newiiall, Hon. Francis S., Lynn, 
 Mass., Feb. — , se. — . He was -well 
 known as a leader of the boot and shoe 
 trade, and as president of the Laighton 
 Banl|. He had been a member of both 
 branches of the legislature. 
 
 Newiiall, Isaac, Lynn, Mass., July 
 6, a?. 75. He was no ordinary man. 
 He was for several years, and during 
 the second war, a merchant at Salem, 
 where he had accumulated a small for- 
 tune, but which was lost by the fall of 
 merchandise on the restoration of ])eace. 
 After that time he removed to ]Macon, 
 Ga., where he resided for several years, 
 and then removed to Lynn, where he 
 has since lived. He was a man of stu- 
 dious habits and extensive reading) fond 
 
NEWTON 
 
 [ 1858. ] 
 
 NICHOLS 
 
 237 
 
 of literature, and remarkably well-in- 
 formed upon the subjects of British 
 letters and politics. lie was the writer 
 of a series of' papers upon the author- 
 ship of " Junius," Avhich attracted no 
 little attention among men of learning, 
 while they exhibited the rai-e ability and 
 learning of their author. 
 
 Newton, Dr. George M., • , 
 
 , , X. 48. I)r. N. was born 
 
 , in the year 1810. After 
 
 HI 
 
 completing his collegiate career at the 
 University of Georgia, he engaged in 
 the study of medicine ; and, graduating 
 with honor at the University of Penn- 
 sylvania, he spent several years in the 
 schools and hospitals of Paris. Soon 
 after his return to his native city, he 
 was elected to the chair of physiology 
 in the Medical College of Georgia, but 
 was subsequently transferred to the 
 chair of anatomy, which he filled for 
 about 20 years, with distinguished abili- 
 ty. It may be said with truth that he 
 had in this position no superiors, and 
 but few equals. About two years ago 
 he retired from the duties of his profes- 
 sion, carrying with him, in his retire- 
 ment, the profound respect of his col- 
 leagues, and of hundreds of physicians 
 scattered over the land, who had had 
 the good fortune to be his pupils. He 
 never engaged in the active duties of his 
 profession. An ample fortune enabled 
 him to devote his time to the cultivation 
 of literature and science. His mind Mas 
 clear, acute, and vigorous. His judg- 
 ment was rarely at fault. His will was 
 resolute, and he never faltered in carry- 
 ing out his plans and purposes. Had 
 necessity compelled him to exert his fac- 
 ulties, he would have reached the high- 
 est rank in his profession. But his 
 merit was excelled by his modesty ; and 
 he shrunk from the public gaze, and 
 revealed his character in all its excel- 
 lences only to his friends. His integrity 
 was unimpeachable, while his benevo- 
 lence was large, but unostentatious. In 
 his death our city has lost one of its 
 most valued citizens. 
 
 Newton, Isaac, New York city, 
 
 — , se. 64. He was a son of a soldier of 
 the revolution, and was born in the 
 town of Schodack, Rensselaer Co., 
 N. Y., Jan. 10, 1794. He went early to 
 New York, and was clerk to William 
 Chapman, who long kept a store on the 
 corner of <Broad\fay.and Division Street. 
 
 He was the first man M^ho established a 
 line of tow boats on the Hudson lliver, 
 in 1829. He continued in the tow boat 
 business till 184j. He also was the first 
 to introduce the sliarp bow and stern of 
 steamboats. About the year 1830 he 
 built the steamer Balloon. Shortly 
 after this he built the North America, 
 then the South Americi. In 1836, the 
 celebrated " People's Lino," from New 
 York to Albany, was established, and in 
 1840 was placed under the superintend- 
 ence of Mr. Newton. The Hendrick 
 Hudson was put on this line by liim, as 
 was also the New World, M'hich in 1852 
 left New York at 7 o'clock, A. j\I., and 
 reached Albany at 2 : 15 o'clock, P. M., 
 having accom])lished the trip in six hours 
 and fifty minutes. The Isaac Newton 
 was also built and placed on the line 
 under his supervision. For the last 30 
 years he resided in New York, having 
 a fine summer residence, however, at 
 Fort Lee. 
 
 Newton, John, M. D., Vermilion Co., 
 Ind., June 16, a?. 36. During his pro- 
 tracted illness his heart was comforted by 
 the consolations of the gospel of Christ, 
 and he died in the full hope of a glorious 
 immortality. 
 
 NrcnoLS, ]\Irs. Elizabeth, Poughkeep- 
 sie, N. Y., Oct. 22, a?. 79, relict of Gid- 
 eon Nichols, formerly of Hempstead, 
 L. I., end the mother of the Rev. Ed- 
 win A. Nichols. She was the oldest 
 and last surviving child of John Ferdi- 
 nand Smyth Stuart, a prominent loyalist 
 of the last century, and captain of the 
 Queen's Rangers in the war of the rey- 
 lution. She was a consistent Christian 
 and fliithful churchwoman, and highly 
 esteemed by all who knew her. 
 
 Nichols, H. Brayton, Esq., on board 
 the ill-fated steamer Pennsylvania, le. 
 — , of Gonzales, Texas. The brilliant 
 ai\d highly cultivated intellect shall 
 yield no more fruit on earth, but a ten- 
 der memory will be enshrined hence- 
 forth and forever in the hearts of those 
 who knew and loved him. It is hardly 
 necessary to say that Mr. Nichols came 
 to Gonzales about four years ago, and 
 took charge of the Gonzales College as 
 principal, all the arduous duties of which 
 he discharged with faithfidness and abil- 
 ity. He afterwards entered the practice 
 of law in connection with H. S. Parker, 
 Esq., of Gonzales. A short time since the 
 firm was dissolved, and Mr. Nichols left 
 
238 
 
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 [1858.] 
 
 NIEBELL 
 
 us with the intention of visiting his par- 
 ents in Western New York, and returning 
 about the first of August ; but alas for 
 all human liopes, he never reached the 
 home circle. Truly, " in the midst of 
 life we are in death." — Gonzales {Texas) 
 Inquirer. 
 
 Nichols, Rev. James, Whately, 
 Mass., Dec. 14, a?. 64. He was born in 
 Northampton, April 13, 1794, convert- 
 ed in Cummington, May 1, 1828, and 
 licensed to ])rcach in 1832. He ])reached 
 under the presiding elder on Granville 
 circuit two years, and then joined the 
 New England conference on trial, and 
 was returned to Granville circuit anoth- 
 er year. He labored two years at Som- 
 er!i, Ct., one year on Chatham and Lyme 
 circuit, two years at Ludlow, two years 
 at Three Kivers, one year at Jenksville, 
 one year at Savoy, and two years at 
 Leeds, in Northampton. At the con- 
 ference of 1847 he took a certificate of 
 location, but continued to labor as fol- 
 lows : two years longer at Leeds, North- 
 ampton, nearly a year at Greenfield, to 
 supply the place of Bro. Jones, who left 
 on account of ill health, nearly two 
 years at Duckville, Palmer. From that 
 time until July, 18j3, he preached oc- 
 casionally, as time and health permitted, 
 w-hen increasing infirmities compelled 
 him to desist. During the 20 years of 
 Bro. Nichols's ministerial life he was 
 quite successful in his labors, and was 
 much beloved by those who knew him. 
 
 NicoLLS, Gen. Joseph, Jefferson Co., 
 Miss., Aug. 12, ae. 67. He was a native 
 of Dochetshire, Md., from which place 
 he emigrated, in 1810, to the then small 
 town of Port Gibson. He married in 
 Port Gibson, and resided there, and its 
 immediate vicinity, for 34 years. In 
 1844 Vie removed to Madison Parish, 
 La., where he continued a highly es- 
 teemed and useful citizen up to the time 
 of his death. He was in active service 
 for 12 months in the Florida war, in 
 1813 and 1814, being lieutenant and 
 adjutant general. He arrived at high 
 distinction as a Free and Accepted Ma- 
 son, and died honored and cherished by 
 all who knew him. 
 
 Nicholson, Mrs. Sarah, Palmyra, 
 N. Y., Dec. 1, a?. 78, widow of the late 
 John Nicliolson, Esq., formerly of Alba- 
 ny, N. Y. She was a native of Albany ; 
 her husband, many years since, was a 
 representative in Congress from Herki- 
 
 mer Co., and was afterwards, for many 
 years, a magistrate in that city. Mrs. 
 N. was well known to the older inhab- 
 itants of Albany, by whom she was high- 
 ly respected. She had, for several years 
 2)ast, resided in New York city. 
 
 NicoL, Andrew, St. Petersburg, Va., 
 Jan. 5, a;. 55. He was by birth a 
 Scotchman. He was educated in an ag- 
 ricultural school ; and after coming to 
 Virginia he was intrusted with the man- 
 agement of some of the finest farms on 
 James River. After the establishment 
 of the model and experimental farm of 
 the Union Society, he was unanimously 
 elected to the office of superintendent ; 
 but declining health compelled him to 
 retire after the expiration of two years. 
 Being well known to the farming com- 
 munity, and enjoying the public confi- 
 dence, he then opened an agricultural 
 warehouse in St. Petersburg, and re- 
 ceived a large share of patronage. It 
 was as associate editor of the St. Peters- 
 burg (Vn.) Farmer, for about two years, 
 that the Avriter of this notice became 
 intimately acquainted with him. His 
 range of agricultural information was 
 very extensive ; he wrote with facility as 
 well as force ; and the columns of the 
 Farmer were enriched by many valuable 
 contributions from his pen. He was 
 eminently a useful man ; his personal 
 quahties were of the highest order ; in 
 his business transactions he was scru- 
 pulously just and honorable. In short, 
 he illustrated in his life the character of 
 a Christian gentleman, and died lament- 
 ed by all who knew him. 
 
 NlEBELL, Edward Sterling, Wilkes- 
 barre. Pa., March 14, ae. 25. He was 
 born in AVilkesbarre, but at an early age 
 his family removed to Wayne Co. His 
 father was a German, and held a com- 
 mission in the armies of Napoleon — 
 fought at Austerlitz, Leipsic, Waterloo, 
 and other great conflicts of that won- 
 derful man. After the downfall of the 
 emperor he came to this country, and, 
 we believe, first settled in Pike Co., es- 
 tablishing himself in business with some 
 little capital. Ill luck attended him 
 there, and he subsequently removed to 
 Wilkesbarre, and then after a few years 
 removed to ^Vayne Co., where he still 
 resides at a good old age. When about 
 17 young N. entered the office of the 
 Wayne County Herald as an apprentice at 
 printing. His generous friend, Mr. 
 
NOBLE 
 
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 NORTON 
 
 239 
 
 Beardslee, the editor of that paper, gave 
 him much kind encouragement, and when 
 he completed his time of service he was 
 not only a good workman, but possessed 
 a large share of solid information upon 
 most literary, scientific, and ])olitical 
 subjects. In 1835, with an old press 
 and scanty type, — with slender means 
 and no friends of wealth and influence 
 to aid him, in fact with every discour- 
 agement, apparently, staring him in the 
 face, — he boldly set out upon the wide 
 and doubtful sea of journalism. "Work- 
 ing 14 hours a day at the case, and 
 spending a large share of the night in 
 reading and writing, he issued but a few 
 numbers of his little Herald before it 
 attracted the favorable attention of lead- 
 ing politicians, and offers were made 
 him to remove to Wilkesbarre and take 
 charge of the Union, which he soon did. 
 By nature he v^s retiring, and for that 
 reason few, comparatively, fully under- 
 stood and a]ipreciated him. To those 
 Avith whom he mingled freely he was 
 frank, confiding, and generous to a 
 fault. 
 
 Noble, Mrs. Sophia, Chelsea, Vt., 
 July 10, <T. 66, widow of the late Rev. 
 Calvin Noble, of Chelsea. She was 
 born in Sharon, Vt., Aug. 24, 1791. 
 Eight years after this, her father, Rev. 
 Lathrop Thompson, was installed the 
 first pastor of the Congregational church 
 in Chelsea ; and from that time this was 
 her home, till called by the Master, as 
 •we trust, to a higher " mansion." In 
 Dec, 1807, she was united in marriage 
 with Rev. Calvin Noble, who a few 
 months previous had succeeded her fa- 
 ther in the pastorate of the church. It 
 was some ten years later than this, that 
 she made a public profession of her 
 faith in Christ. Since the death of her 
 husband in 1834, other pastors have 
 filled his place; and others younger 
 have occupied the place of pastor's wife ; 
 but such have invariably found her the 
 wise counsellor and the firm friend. 
 
 NoLAND, Charles Fenton Mercer, 
 Little Rock, Ark., June 23, ae. 46. He 
 had acquired reputation as a pleasant 
 and humorous writer, under the noin de 
 plume of " Pete Whetstone." He M-as 
 personally well known through the Mis- 
 sissippi Valley. 
 
 North, Dr. Erasmus D., "Wcstfield, 
 Mass., June 17, fe. 51. He was born in 
 New London, graduated at the Univer- 
 
 sity of N. C, in 1828, came to New Ha- 
 ven, and was made instructor of elocu- 
 tion in Yale College in 1831, which he 
 resigned in 1854. Since that time he 
 has devoted himself to scientific and lit- 
 erary studies, residing chiefly at West- 
 field, and for some time past had been 
 preparing for the ])rcss an edition of 
 the poems of his friend. Dr. Percival, 
 accompanied by a biographical sketch. 
 
 Norton, Mrs. Abigail, Buffalo, N. Y., 
 Jan. 24, a». 87, relict of Hon. Ebenezer 
 F. Norton, and mother of ]Mrs. Albert H. 
 Tracy, of Buffalo. She has resided 
 here since 1815, at which time the late 
 Mr. Norton was the attorney of the 
 Niagara Bank, the first banking institu- 
 tion that M'as chartered in New York 
 Avest of Canandaigua. 
 
 Norton, Rev. Jacob, Billerica, Mass., 
 Jan. 17, a\ 94. j\lr. N. was the son of 
 Sam'l Norton, and was born in Abington, 
 Mass., P'eb. 12, 1704, and consequently 
 had attained to the great age of 93 years, 
 11 months, and 5 days. He was pre- 
 pared for college partly at Hingham 
 Academy, and partly with the Rev. 
 James Briggs, of Cummington. He 
 graduated with distinction at Harvard 
 in 1786, and at the time of his death he 
 was the oldest surviving graduate of the 
 college. He studied divinity with the 
 Rev. Perez Fobes, of Raynham, and 
 was ordained over the Congregational 
 church in AVeymouth, Oct. 10, 1787, 
 where he continued his pastoral labors 
 for 37 years, until 1824, when he re- 
 signed his charge, and in a few years af- 
 terwards removed to Billerica, where he 
 resided during the remainder of his long 
 life. In 1789, he married Elizabeth 
 Cranch, the eldest daughter of Hon. 
 Ricliard Cranch, of Braintree, (now 
 Quincy,) sister of the late Judge "Wil- 
 liam Cranch, of "Washington, D. C, and 
 niece of the wife of President John Ad- 
 ams. His wife died Jan. 28, 1811, se. 
 46. In 1813 he married Mary Bowers, 
 of Billerica, daughter of Josiah Bowers. 
 She died March 26, 1842, a?. 76. He 
 leaves two daughters, eleven grandchil- 
 dren, and eleven great-grandchildren. 
 He outlived five sons and one daughtei'. 
 Two of his sons, Richard Cranch Nor- 
 ton and William Smith Norton, gradu- 
 ated at Harvard College in 1808 and 
 1812 respectively. jNIr. Norton re- 
 tained his mental and physical powers 
 to a remarkable degree until past the 
 
240 
 
 NORTON 
 
 [1858.] 
 
 NUDD 
 
 age of 90. For the last year or two he 
 spent most of his time during the day 
 reading, and without glasses, which he 
 never used, with the exception of a 
 short time, and then laid them aside as 
 useless. 
 
 NoiiTOX, John, Lexington, Ky., Feb. 
 9, ff, lo. lie was a native of Lancaster 
 Co., Pa., and was married in 1807 to the 
 estimable lady whom he followed to the 
 grave only about 12 months ago. He 
 was a citizen of Lexington nearly 50 
 years, and in that time had been en- 
 gaged extensively and successfully in 
 commercial pursuits, and had been inti- 
 mately identfied with the growth and 
 prosperity of the city. He was connect- 
 ed financially with all, and officially with 
 some, of the i)ublic internal improve- 
 ments which were designed to contrib- 
 ute to the improvement of Lexington 
 and its vicinity ; and some of the im- 
 provements were successfully prosecuted 
 under his faithful and vigilant superin- 
 tendence. He was educated at a time 
 and under circumstances favorable to 
 the cultivation of a manly and dignified 
 character, and if his virtues were not 
 attractive, they w-ere inflexible almost to 
 severity and sternness. Such were the 
 men of that generation — characterized 
 by simplicity, firmness, and integrity ; 
 men, " whose words were bonds — whose 
 promises oaths." 
 
 Norton, Hon. Luman, Bennington, 
 Vt., April 27, re. 73. He was born in 
 Williamstown, Mass., in 1785, but in his 
 early infancy his father removed into 
 Bennington with his family, where the 
 deceased spent his days. His youth 
 was passed in laborious industry, and 
 notwithstanding the few advantages 
 which were presented to obtain an edu- 
 cation at that early day, his love of 
 learm'ng, united with great perseverance, 
 enabled him to acquire an education, by 
 his almost unassisted efforts, much in 
 advance of the youth of his time. He 
 was literally a self-taught man, and be- 
 came well versed in the history of his 
 own and foreign countries. Noted for 
 his urbanity and kindness, in all his 
 intercourse with others he exhibited the 
 distinguishing marks of the true gentle- 
 man. His naturally thoughtful and in- 
 quiring mind led him thoroughly to con- 
 sider a subject before he acted. He 
 was universally respected, and his life 
 may well be said to have presented an 
 
 example worthy of imitation by the 
 youth of the present day, both in gen- 
 eral courtesy and in what may be ac- 
 complished as a scholar, by well-directed 
 personal industry and toil. Few men 
 read more to the purpose than the de- 
 ceased. He was often called to fill of- 
 fices of honor and trust by his fellow- 
 citizens, and no one could say that he 
 was not faithful to the trusts confided to 
 him. For several years he occupied a 
 seat on the bench as one of the assistant 
 jndges of the county, and a few years 
 since was elected a representative of 
 Bennington in the state legislature, and 
 in these positions he won many friends. 
 During the last years of his life he made 
 a public profession of Christ,-and was 
 confirmed in the Episcopal church, and 
 continued a consistent and faithful mem- 
 ber of the same to his death. 
 
 Norwood, Samuel, {Isq., Roxbury, 
 Mass., Sept. 30, se. 80, formerly well 
 known as a respected citizen of Boston. 
 He occupied the same bouse in Spring 
 Street for 40 years, and was one of the 
 oldest members of the Bi-attle Square 
 church. 
 
 NovvLix, Rev. Robert W., BerrjTille, 
 Clarke Co., Va., April — , a*. 33, of the 
 Protestant Episcopal church, formerly 
 of Amherst Co., Va. He died as a 
 Christian should die, having on " the 
 whole armor of God." 
 
 NuDD, David, Hampton, N. H., Nov. 
 2, se. 69. He was born at Hampton, 
 April, 1789, and died Nov. 2, 1858. 
 His ancestors were among the original 
 settlers of the town in 1838, and his 
 pedigree can be traced on the town and 
 church records of the place, without in- 
 terruption, from that early period. He 
 had limited means of early education, 
 but improved them well, and was am- 
 ply qualified for transacting every branch 
 of the extensive business in which he 
 became engaged. His natural endow- 
 ments were of an extraordinary charac- 
 ter, and no man who knew much of him 
 could fail of being impressed with his 
 remarkable powers of mind. Soon 
 after arriving at manhood, and long be- 
 fore general attention had been much 
 attracted to the lucrative business of 
 our coast fisheries, Mr. Nudd turned 
 his attention to that business, and in- 
 vested in it all the means he had, and 
 all the energies he possessed. For a 
 long time, few men north of Boston 
 
NUDD 
 
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 NYE 
 
 241 
 
 had as much property invested in that 
 business as he had, and between New- 
 buryport and Portsmouth there was no 
 man, except Mr. Nudd, who compre- 
 hended the field of enterprise, in which 
 he labored with signal success. He built 
 a large number of vessels at Hampton, 
 for his own use, and for sale, and thus 
 opened a new business and contributed 
 essentially to the prosperity of the peo- 
 ple. AVhen the coast fisheries became 
 a regular business, all along the sea- 
 board, Mr. Nudd had made an ample 
 fortune, and was yet a comparatively 
 young man. "When, in conducting the 
 fishing business, he found large outlays 
 in foreign salt necessary, with character- 
 istic decision and enterprise he resolved 
 to manufacture his own salt, and at once 
 built extensive salt works at the Land- 
 ing, so called, in Hampton, Avhich works 
 he kept in successful operation from 
 their construction, about 1825, till about 
 1835, when, having pretty much given 
 up the fisheries, he abandoned the man- 
 ufacture of salt. The Hampton River 
 was too crooked to enable him to bring 
 his vessels to the high land above the 
 marshes, where they could be reached 
 by his teams, and as early as 1820 he 
 excavated a canal of half a mile in 
 length, of ample width and depth, at 
 a large expense, by which the river was 
 much shortened, and new and important 
 facilities gained ; and at the end of the 
 canal built a valuable wharf and ware- 
 house, since of great use to himself and 
 the people of the town. He inaugurat- 
 ed the business of transporting potatoes, 
 by water, from Hampton and the adjoin- 
 ing towns, to Boston, using his vessels 
 in the fall of the year for this purpose, 
 more or less, from 1820 to the period of 
 his death. In early manhood there was 
 no public highway, not encumbered by 
 gates, from the thicldy-settled portion 
 of Hampton, to Hampton Beach. He 
 formed a company, who built the Boai-'s 
 Head Hotel about 30 years ago, and he 
 himself built another house there soon 
 after, and some years later still another, 
 the Granite House, so called. He early 
 became sole proprietor of the property, 
 which he retained to the period of his 
 death. The gates were long ago re- 
 moved from the road, and the path to 
 the Beach became as well known as 
 the road to mill. By this imperfect 
 allusion to the items of business in which 
 21 
 
 Mr. Nudd was engaged, it will be seen 
 that, for a quiet town like Hampton, he 
 must have done his full share to make a 
 ' smart ' town. The truth is, he was in 
 his day so far before other men in en- 
 terprise between Portsmouth and New- 
 buryport, that he had no rivals ; and it is 
 doubted whether, in the history of those 
 intermediate towns, any other man has 
 ever exhibited equal enterprise and tal- 
 ent, or made so important an impression 
 upon the interest of the locality in which 
 he spent his days. He was a firm be- 
 liever in the truths of revelation, and on 
 all occasions spoke of Jesus Christ as 
 the undoubted Saviour of the world. 
 
 NUTE, Capt. Andrew, Madbury, N. H., 
 Dec. 29, aj. 99. Capt. Nute was born 
 in Dover, April 29, 1759. In 1775, 
 when a few weeks over the age of 16, 
 he marched from Dover, to join the con- 
 tinental army at Cambridge, as a waiter 
 for his uncle, Lieut. Paul Nute, in the 
 company of volunteers, commanded by 
 Capt. Andrew Drew, arriving at head- 
 quarters on the morning after the battle 
 of Bunker Hill. Soon after the close 
 of the war, Capt. Nute married and 
 settled in the wilderness of New Dur- 
 ham, where he cleared himself a farm, 
 and in 1793 he removed with his family 
 to the town of Madbury, where he lived 
 distinguished for his industry, morality, 
 patriotism, and love of lilaerty. In 
 1810, such was his passion for arms, 
 that he took command of the Madbury 
 militia, and in the war of 1812 marched 
 his company to Portsmouth, being then 
 about 55 years of age. In the year 
 1843, at the age of 83, he experienced 
 and professed the religion of Christ. 
 His recollection of all the important 
 events and distinguished men of the 
 revolution was, until within a short time, 
 as fresh in his memory as when they 
 actually transpired, and he would fre- 
 quently entertain his neighbors and 
 friends with thrilling anecdotes of Wash- 
 ington and his illustrious compeers. 
 
 Nye, Miss Adeline, "Walpole* Mass., 
 Sept. 14, fE. 32. Miss Nye was known 
 in this vicinity as a successful school 
 teacher. She had taught for about 12 
 years in Walpole, Dedham, Abington» 
 and in Virginia. Her instructions were 
 thorough, her manners gentle, her con- 
 scientiousness all-pervading. The chil- 
 dren loved her, and felt that her influence 
 was that of a kind and judicious friend. 
 
242 
 
 NYE 
 
 [1858.] 
 
 OAKLEY 
 
 Nye, a. 11., Esq., New Bedford, Mass., 
 Aug. 8, cT. 50, of the firm of T. lS: A. R. 
 Nye. During his active career lie filled the 
 offices of representative in the General 
 Court, and member of the city council, and 
 as a merchant was ever distinguished for 
 his energy and enterprise. 
 
 Nye, Shadrack E., Yazoo city. Miss., 
 Oct. 17, cT. — , long known as a leading 
 
 member of the Yazoo bar. He was re- 
 markable for his simplicity of disposition, 
 his kind, good temper, and generous 
 nature ; noted for his public si)irit and 
 private charities. The poor and de- 
 sponding, never turned from him without 
 assistance and a cheering M'ord. The loss 
 of this good man is a misfortune to the 
 ■whole community. 
 
 0. 
 
 Oakford, Dr. Paita, Peru, S. A., 
 March 19, x. — , U. S. consul at Tumbez. 
 
 O.UCLEY, Hon. Zophar B., Huntington, 
 L. 1., Feb. 5, a?. G4. INIr. O. was born 
 in Huntington, Suffolk Co., N. Y., Oct. 
 6, 1793, His ancestors, on either side, 
 ■were among the earliest English set- 
 tlers of Long Island, tracing back nearly 
 200 years. They were sturdy yeomen of 
 the JPuritan stamp, son following father 
 in humble, honest pursuits, and bequeath- 
 ing, in turn, to posterity the priceless leg- 
 acy of a good name. The boyhood of 
 Mr. O. was passed on a farm, privileged 
 only with the limited means of education 
 common to the rural population of that 
 period. With more than ordinary men- 
 tal activity and taste, no opportunities 
 within his reach were unimproved. Those 
 who knew him as a boy remember the 
 facility with which he could ajjply him- 
 self equally to books or ingenious handi- 
 work, and that his eye was quick to de- 
 tect the beautiful in nature or art. His 
 whole subsequent life amply justified the 
 prophecy of his boyhood. After no little 
 hesitation in the choice of a pursuit, he re- 
 solved to become a merchant ; and barely on 
 the verge of manhood, with little capital be- 
 yond a clear head and willing hand, open- 
 ed a store in the principal village of his 
 native town, where ibr forty years he pur- 
 sued a steadily increasing, and for many 
 years the most extensive, trade in that sec- 
 tion of L. I., a trade wliich, while prosper- 
 ous to himself, was so conducted that it 
 might safely challenge a single record of 
 wrong dealing to rise against it. During 
 all this long business career, his life was gov- 
 erned by well considered and unvarying 
 rules. His manners were gentle and cour- 
 teous at all times, and his temper calm and 
 even. Prompt to do what needed to be 
 done, he was never impatient of necessary 
 delays. Eree from covetousness and 
 
 penuriousness, he looked as carefully to 
 the littles as to the greats ; one of his 
 maxims being, that "fractions make 
 wholes." He had " a place for every tiling 
 and every thing in its place." No man 
 knew the power of money better, and 
 none ever used money with less abuse of 
 its power. In connection with his busi- 
 ness he never gave but one note, feeling 
 that it was better to rise slowly, on his 
 actual resources, than rapidly, with the 
 perpetual risk of falling, on credit, and 
 never opened a bank account, but for 
 nearly half a century transacted his ex- 
 tensive money affairs through the well- 
 known New York house of Willets — a 
 memorable evidence of mercantile probity 
 on both sides. In politics, without pre- 
 tension or desire for prominence, he was 
 among the opponents of the so-called 
 democratic party ; but it was through his 
 activity and zeal in the temperance cause 
 that he attained, or rather consented to, 
 political distinction. Frequently filling 
 the highest offices of his native town, he 
 was induced by the temperance interest 
 to stand for the legislature in 1851, be- 
 ing the first representative the opposition 
 was enabled to elect. In the legislature he 
 was distinguished for working rather than 
 talking, but public life was too distasteful 
 for him to desire its continuance. Deli- 
 cate health in his later years also warned 
 him to keep to the quiet of his beautiful 
 rural home. Scrupulously observant of 
 the Sabbath, a firm believer in the gos- 
 pel, a man of daily family prayer and 
 Bible reading, he Avas from early manhood 
 a church member of the Universnlist 
 denomination, and the principal founder 
 of the Universahst church in his native 
 town, to the support of which he be- 
 queathed $5000. Of his faith, as illus- 
 trated by its fruit in his life, it need only 
 be said, that many Avho were most bitter- 
 
OBDYCKE 
 
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 243 
 
 ly opposed to it, preferred him for their 
 arbiter or executor to any of their own re- 
 lip;ious brethren. He was a warm friend of 
 education, and gave $1000 towards found- 
 ing the fine public school recently es- 
 tablished in his native town. Mr. O. 
 was twice married ; first, to Abigail Chi- 
 chester, (sister of Alaner Chichester, a well- 
 known retii'ed merchant and capitalist of 
 N. Y.,) by whom he had five children : 
 Polly 13., (married to Elbert Carll, treas- 
 m-er of Suffolk Co., N. Y.,) deceased ; 
 Margaret C, deceased ; Juliet M., mar- 
 ried to Henry S. Smith, (a distinguished 
 merchant and well-beloved citizen of L. 
 I.,) both deceased; Catharine C, mar- 
 ried to Carlos D. Stuart, (known as a 
 poet, and for several years editorially con- 
 nected with the N. Y. Daily Press,) and 
 lanthe, deceased ; — second, to Charlotte 
 Brown, by whom he had one child, iNIary, 
 deceased. His only surviving of six 
 daughters is the above-mentioned Catha- 
 rine C. But after all, what was most 
 memorable in Mr. O.'s life and character 
 was the even tenor with which he pursued 
 his way, striving with every day to do some 
 useful thing, and to let no day's duty 
 go by to the morrow. His steps were 
 all in the paths of service and benefaction ; 
 his ledger of life was as carefully posted 
 as his business ledger ; so that, when the 
 hour came, " of which no man knoweth " 
 in advance, he was ready to pass, fearless, 
 through "the valley and shadow of death." 
 And passing, he has left a memory of 
 peaceful, upright example, that will not 
 perish with his generation. ^lany a way- 
 side tree planted by his hand to beautify 
 the landscape, and many a flower culti- 
 vated by him to shed its fragrance for 
 every passer-bj', will long plead for kind- 
 ly thought of him, in whom the gentle 
 and kindly elements so mixed, that.it 
 would be scarcely exaggerating to say, in 
 the language of the poet, 
 " From nature's mould ne'er came a better man." 
 
 Obdycke, Stacy B., Esq., Springfield, 
 111., July 3, se. — , one of the oldest citi- 
 zens of the state. He emigrated from 
 one of the Eastern States to Illinois in 
 1816, and settled in Kaskaskia, Avhence 
 he removed many years ago to Spring- 
 field. He was an honorable, high-minded 
 man, and his social qualities di'ew around 
 him many friends. 
 
 O'Bryan, Jordan, Cooper Co., Mo., 
 March 14, ae. 64. He was a native of 
 North Carolina, born Sept. 17, 1794, 
 
 emigrated to Kentucky in 1807, and to 
 Missouri in 1818. He served as a rep- 
 resentative in the the first Missouri legis- 
 lature, and afterwards in the state Senate. 
 He was one of the riflemen who did 
 work in the trenches at the battle of 
 New Orleans, and we have heard him re- 
 peatedly state, that it was a popular er- 
 ror that General Jackson's riflemen were 
 protected by cotton bales ; the idea was a 
 fallacy. He said there was a quantity 
 of cotton bales as a protection to the ar- 
 tillery, but nothing of the kind where 
 the riflemen did such fatal execution. 
 "We have frequently heard him describe 
 the terrible effect of grape shot, as he 
 witnessed it in that battle upon advan- 
 cing bodies of men. He was one of the 
 oldest citizens of Cooper Co., always 
 much esteemed in his public as well as 
 his private character. 
 
 O'CoxxELL, Patrick, Columbia, S. C, 
 
 21, se, 15. He died full of years 
 
 and merits, cheered by the presence of his 
 two sons, the Rev. ^Messrs. O'Connell, of 
 Columbia. 
 
 Odell, Mrs. Sarah Bartlett, Greenland, 
 N. H., Aug. 15, a?. 65. In infancy she 
 was dedicated to God by her parents, 
 Philip and Elizabeth Towle. The former 
 was grandson of Philip Towle, born in 
 1698, and descendant of one of the band of 
 the Mayflower ; and the latter a most esti- 
 mable woman, and mother of ten children, 
 of whom the subject of t]|is memorial 
 was the eldest. Mrs. Towle died Nov., 
 1857, Ee. 88. Her childhood was spent 
 in those " stirring times " M'hen the alarm 
 of war carried a terror with it unknown 
 to these days of peace. It was within 
 her remembrance that a messenger came 
 from the sea shore in hot haste with the 
 news that the " British were landing," 
 which caused many of the people of 
 Hampton to flee to the swamps and woods 
 for safety, ha\ing first secured their silver 
 and pewter utensils by throwing them 
 into their wells. ]\Irs. O. s])ent a few 
 years of the early part of her life in Ports- 
 mouth, where it was often her privilege 
 to sit under the ministry of the learned 
 and faithful Dr. Buckminster, and where, 
 doubtless, she received religious impres- 
 sions, which exerted a strong influence on 
 her subsequent life. She was married 
 Oct. 18, 1818, and became the mother 
 of eight children, five of whom are now 
 living. At the early age of sixteen she 
 experienced a change of heart, and made 
 
24-1 
 
 ODIORNE 
 
 [ 1858. ] 
 
 OLIVER 
 
 public profession of her faith in Christ, 
 Her Christian life ever after evinced the 
 puritj' and sincerity of that profession, 
 her closet and the liimily altar daily bear- 
 ing witness that her treasure was in lieav- 
 en, and that her " adorning was in that 
 which is not corruptible, even the orna- 
 ment of a meek and quiet spirit." Her 
 originahty of character and tender regard 
 for the welfare of others, united with much 
 gentleness and sweetness of manner, 
 made her the valued friend, the affection- 
 ate mother and wife. "The heart of her 
 husband did safely trust in her, and her 
 children rise up and call her blessed." 
 
 Odiounk, Samuel, Ivittery, Me., March 
 29, a,'. 56. He had been attached to the 
 U. S. navy yard at Portsmouth, N. H., 
 for about 3<j years. 
 
 O'HoNXKLL, Cornelius, Fort' Vancou- 
 ver, W. T., Oct. 3, ae. — , late first ser- 
 geant of Company H., 4th infantry U. S. 
 ai'my. lie went to Oregon with the first 
 detatchment of troops, arriving in May, 
 1849, under command of Major Hatha- 
 way, and had seen much service in the 
 everglades of Florida and on the fields 
 of Mexico. He fought in the battles of 
 Palo Alto, Pvesaca de la Palma, Monte- 
 rey, Vera Cruz, Cerra Gorda, Contreras, 
 Churubusco, Molino del Rey, and at the 
 taking of Chepultepec, and capture of the 
 city of ]Mexico, serving in the last-named 
 engagement with Drum's battery. 
 
 Ogburn. E. W., Greensboro', 
 
 -, cT.^— . A prudent man in busi- 
 ness, a judicious legislator, and a faith- 
 ful administrator of justice. His was 
 the lead in every movement whose ob- 
 ject was benevolence or the promotion 
 of the good of community ; and es- 
 pecially in the cause of education was 
 he a faithful laborer. For the last ten 
 years he has filled the ofiice of chair- 
 man of the board of superintendents 
 of common schools for Guilford Co., 
 and the entire state is much indebted to 
 him for the increasing prosperity and 
 perfecting of the system of common 
 schools. The prosperity of Greensboro' 
 Female College is also greatly indebted 
 to the efficiency of his labors as trustee, 
 which position, we believe, he has held 
 from its commencement. 
 
 Okemos, chief, Lansing, 
 
 Dec. 
 
 5, supposed to have been over 100 years 
 old. lie was familiar with the events 
 connected with the wars of 1792, and 
 fought both fur and against St. Clair 
 
 and Wayne. He was a noted Avar chief 
 GG years ago, and can-ied with him cre- 
 dentials of his valor in long scars from 
 his shoulders downwards, and transverse- 
 ly upon the sternum, from sabre cuts, 
 received from one of Mad Anthony's 
 troopers. He had also a cut in the head 
 which left an indentation in which a 
 person could place three fingers. 
 
 Olive, James, Lexington, Miss., May 
 2, se. 74, at the residence of his son-in- 
 law, John M. AVest, Esq. He was at 
 an early period admitted to the bar in 
 Georgia, and removed to Mississippi in 
 1835, where he resumed the practice 
 and continued it for some years, and dis- 
 tinguished himself as a sound jurist and 
 able advocate ; courteous and affable, he 
 won the respect and esteem which were 
 due to his talent and worth ; his ear 
 was quick to catch the cry of distress, 
 and his hand to relieve the want of the 
 needy ; patriotic in his feelings, he warm- 
 ly defended those measures which he 
 considered conducive to his country's 
 interest, and firmly resisted those that 
 he believed injurious ; his arguments 
 were clear, logical, bold, and fearless ; 
 his words were the true sentiments of 
 his heart. He retired from his profes- 
 sion in 1844, and up to his last illness 
 devoted his time to investigating and 
 discussing the great questions of politi- 
 cal interest which were before the peo])le. 
 
 Oliver, Francis J., Middletown, Ct., 
 Aug. 21, a^. 81. He was the son of 
 Ebenezer and Susannah (Johonnot) Ol- 
 iver, and was born in Boston, Oct. 10, 
 1777. He pursued his preparatory 
 studies at the Public Latin School in 
 Boston ; graduated at Harvard College 
 in 1795, and was the last survivor but 
 one of his class. Rev. Caleb Bradley, of 
 Portland, Me., being, at the time of Mr. 
 Oliver's death, the only one living. He 
 was a merchant, and began business in 
 Boston in 1805. In 1815 he entered 
 into co]iartnership with the late Cor- 
 nelius Coolidge, which was dissolved 
 two years afterwards. June 13, 1818, 
 the American Insurance Com])any in 
 Boston was incorparated, and Mr. Oli- 
 ver was elected its first president. This 
 office he continued to hold until the au- 
 tumn of 1835, when he resigned it, and 
 was elected president of the City Bank, 
 where he continued by successive re- 
 elections until 1840, when he removed 
 to Middletown, and there passed the 
 
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 245 
 
 remainder of his life. He was elected a 
 representative to the legislature in 1822 
 and 1S23, and was a member of the 
 Boston common council in 1823, 1824, 
 1825, and 1828, and was its president 
 in 1824 and 1825. In all these stations 
 he discharged the various duties with 
 the strictest fidelity and integrity. In 
 his political principles he was an ardent 
 federalist, and being a gentleman of fine 
 personal appearance, great suavity of 
 manner, and fluency of speech, he was 
 often called upon to preside at public 
 meetings. He married, first, Mary Car- 
 oline, daughter of Richard Alsop, of 
 Middlctown, who died Aug. 29, 1819, 
 fe. 28 ; and he married, for his second 
 wife, Mary Charlotte, daughter of 
 Ebenezer Jackson, of Middletown. 
 Mr. Oliver was a gentleman of unblem- 
 ished moral character, and was for many 
 years a warden of the King's Chapel, 
 Boston. 
 
 BISHOP HENRY U. ONDERDONK. 
 
 The life of Bishop Henry U. Onder- 
 donk is interwoven with no unimportant 
 part of the history of the church ; and 
 the place he occujned, both as a bishop 
 and a writer, will demand a full and im- 
 partial biography from some able hand. 
 
 He was son of Dr. John Onderdonk, 
 and was born in New York city, in 
 1789. After leaving college he chose 
 the medical profession, and in order to 
 secure the best advantages for this no- 
 ble study, he proceeded first to London, 
 and then to Edinburgh, and at the 
 university of this last place obtained 
 his degree of M. D. He returned to 
 his native country, and after practising 
 for a short time the profession for which 
 he had so well qualified himself, the real 
 bent of his mind and heart directed him 
 to the work of the ministry. He en- 
 tered upon his new studies with charac- 
 teristic zeal and industry, and in the 
 Convention Journal of 1816, Bishop 
 Hobart reports him as ordained deacon 
 and priest within the preceding year. 
 Bishop Brownell was ordained deacon 
 at the same time with him, and Bishops 
 Brownell, Onderdonk, and Henshaw 
 were ordained priests together. Only 
 one of the three is now left. Jan. 14, 
 1816, soon after his ordination, Mr. On- 
 derdonk went as a missionary to Canan- 
 daigua, then one of the outposts of the 
 21* 
 
 church in the diocese. The zeal with 
 which he engaged in his work is shown 
 by the fact that a church was built and 
 consecrated within the year, and the 
 missionary station soon grew into a 
 flourishing parish, of which the mission- 
 ary became rector in 1818. Nor did he 
 confine his labors to one spot. All the 
 towns and villages around, some of them 
 distant, shared the benefit of his unceas- 
 ing labors, and not a few of the now 
 important parishes of that region can 
 claim him as their founder. One of his 
 early missionary reports has the follow- 
 ing interesting notice: "March 1st, I 
 held the first service in Rochesterville, 
 (now Rochester;) July 19, organized 
 a congregation there under the name 
 of St. Luke's, Genesee Falls." 
 
 In 1820 he became rector of St. Ann's 
 Church, Brooklyn, then the only Episco- 
 pal church in what is now called " the 
 city of churches." In proof of the es- 
 timation in which he was already held 
 in the diocese, he was made a member 
 of the standing committee that same 
 year. The general character for ability 
 and devotion in his work, which he won 
 as rector of St. Ann's, was proved by 
 his election to the high office of bishop, 
 to which, if any thing could add eleva- 
 tion, higher honor was imparted by 
 sharing this oflfice with Bishop White. 
 Bishop Onderdonk was consecrated in 
 Philadelphia, Oct. 25, 1827. Of this 
 event Bishop Hobart thus speaks, in 
 one of those admirable addresses which 
 contained so much in so few words. To 
 the New York Convention of 1828 he 
 says, "I assisted on Thursday, Oct. 
 25, in the consecration of Henry U. On- 
 derdonk into the oflice of bishop, to act 
 as assistant bishop of Pennsylvania, and 
 to succeed the present bishop in case of 
 survivorship. In the removal of Bish- 
 op Onderdonk, this diocese, where he 
 had distinguished himself by talents and 
 by zeal in the discharge of his pastoral 
 duties, sustained a great loss. The 
 prospects, ardently cherished, of his 
 great usefulness in the more extended 
 sphere to which the good providence of 
 God has called him, are fully realized." 
 So soon did the quick eye of i3ishop Ho- 
 bart discover the true character of the 
 new bishop. And we have heard those 
 more conversant with the history of that 
 time speak of the strong impression 
 made upon the church at large by " the 
 
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 wonderful activity " of Bishop Onder- 
 doijv. 
 
 His popjflarity as a preacher, in every 
 part of the diocese, was steadfast and 
 abidinj?, for it rested upon a deep and 
 soHd foundation. Every discourse ex- 
 hibited tlie power of a mighty intellect, 
 thoroughly disciplined, always fully 
 awake, and with not a single faculty 
 slumbering on its ])ost. He was a true 
 watchman, with all the powers and facul- 
 ties of his mind ever on the alert, 
 guarding vigilantly every point against 
 the assaults of error. He never left his 
 subject half finished, but every sermon 
 was a complete and masterly discussion 
 of its projjor theme. And he had that 
 power, not always the gift of intellectual 
 preachers, Mhich gave interest to all his 
 discourses. He placed his reasons not 
 only in a strong, but in a clear and plain 
 light. The intellectual hearer felt his 
 strength ; the plain and unlettered man 
 rejoiced to hear hard things made so 
 easy to be understood. But his two 
 volumes of sermons, his rich legacy to 
 the church, will tell all this better than 
 many volumes written about it. And 
 the congregations of learned and un- 
 learned, which were always attracted to 
 the churches when he preached, from 
 his earliest to his latest ministry in 
 Pennsylvania, more fully attested the 
 truth of all we have said. 
 
 In his administration of all business 
 matters he always commanded the re- 
 spect of a class of men whom the clergy 
 sometimes ofi'end by looseness and neg- 
 ligence in such matters. He did not 
 think strength of mind thrown away 
 upon small matters. Prompt and 
 punctual to the moment of every ap- 
 pointment, scrupulous in the fulfilment 
 of the miimtest duties, accui-ate in every 
 letter and document, he was most care- 
 ful never to cause any trouble to others 
 by his own negligence. The distin- 
 guished layman, who acted for so many 
 years as secretary of the convention of 
 Pennsylvania, has often said that he 
 never received a letter or document 
 from Bishoj) Onderdonk which was not 
 ready to be filed In the administration 
 of the ])ublic services of the church, or 
 in i)residing over the convention, at the 
 meeting of a board or committee, or in 
 the examination of candidates, or in 
 any of the multifarious duties of liis of- 
 fice, he brought tlie whole force of Ids 
 
 mind to bear upon the matter in hand. 
 The consequence "was, that M'hatever he 
 undertook to do was sure to be well 
 done. 
 
 As a controversial writer — and the 
 American church has produced few, if 
 any, greater — he always commanded 
 the respect, and often the esteem, of his 
 opponent. This was especially mani- 
 fested in his controversy with Dr. 
 Barnes, out of which grew his great 
 tract. Episcopacy tested by Scripture. 
 We speak from certain knowledge, from 
 what we have heard Dr. Barnes himself 
 say within a few years, when we declare 
 that he entertained the highest personal 
 respect and esteem for Bishop Onder- 
 donk, and expressed the deepest concern 
 that the bishop should be restored to his 
 ministry. He moreover said that this 
 was the general feeling among his friends 
 and brethren. 
 
 It was in the year 1845 that Bishop 
 Onderdonk resigned his office as dioce- 
 san of Pennsylvania. Happily, most 
 happily, all harsh or unkind feelings, 
 begotten in that hour, have died, and 
 found their grave in silence before the 
 heart now quiet had ceased to beat. 
 Many are now the voices to thank God 
 that the action of the last meeting of 
 the house of bishops was no longer de- 
 layed. jSIany will bless God that their 
 ears were permitted to hear the familiar 
 voice of their old and beloved bishoj^ in 
 the earthly sanctuary, before it sank into 
 the silence of the grave. It must now, 
 indeed, be a grateful thought to the 
 churchmen of Philadelphia, that in al- 
 most every parish in that city, without 
 exception, the bishop had been invited 
 to officiate since his restoration. This 
 imdoubted evidence of the universal sat- 
 isfaction felt in the resumption of his 
 office must have been most grateful to 
 the bishop's heart, and we rejoice that 
 this happy memory rests upon his grave. 
 
 In all his season of trial there was a 
 calm and uncomplaining submission. 
 Not a breath or murmur, not a harsh 
 word, not an unkind thought was ever 
 expressed. An undiminished interest 
 in all that afl'ected the weal or woe of 
 the church, an ever-vigilant watchful- 
 ness over all her concerns, proved how 
 deep and strong a regard for her inter- 
 est was in his heart. He showed that 
 truest power of greatness which mani- 
 fests its strength in submission. It was 
 
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 247 
 
 the presence of this mij^hty power of 
 divine grace, not, as some thought, the 
 absence of strong and acute feeling, 
 which brought such a cahn over the 
 troubled waters. It is the strength, the 
 power, which gives the Cliristiau his vic- 
 tory over the world. — N. Y. Church- 
 man. 
 
 Onderdonk, Miss Susanna, Orange, 
 N. J., Feb. 27, 
 of the late Dr, 
 New York, and 
 Bishops Henry 
 
 Onderdonk. 
 
 OsBORX, Rev. 
 N. J., May 1, fe. 
 in Litchfield, Conn 
 the ajje of 17, Mr 
 
 ae. 65, eldest daughter 
 John Onderdonk, of 
 sister of the Rt. Rev. 
 U. and Benjamin T. 
 
 Ethan, Fairfield Co., 
 
 100, having been born 
 
 , Aug. 21, 1758. At 
 
 0. volunteered as a 
 
 private soldier in the revolutionary army, 
 was in the campaign of 1776, and in the 
 retreat through N. J. The greater part 
 of his regiment were taken prisoners at 
 Fort Washington, but he escaped through 
 the happy accident, or, as he called it, 
 a " merciful Providence," of being absent 
 on sick leave for a few days at the time 
 the fort surrendered. His fellow-soldiers 
 who were taken, died or suffered terribly 
 in the " Old Sugar House " or the prison 
 ship. On the expiration of his term of 
 service, he returned to his father's home 
 in Conn., and afterwards went through 
 the regular course of studies at Dartmouth 
 College. He was one of four graduates 
 of that institution, all lately living, whose 
 combined ages exceeded 400 years. At 
 the age of 27 he was licensed as a minister 
 in the Presbyterian church, and his first 
 and only charge was the Old Stone 
 church, at Fairfield, N. J., where he re- 
 sided altogether 70 years. He was or- 
 dained in the year 1789, and resigned his 
 charge, as active pastor, in 1844, making 
 a period of 54 years of uninterrupted la- 
 boi's over one flock. During his ministry 
 in this small country church he baptized 
 about 1000 persons, performed about the 
 same number of marriages, and buried 
 about 1500 persons in the same church- 
 yard where he has himself at length been 
 laid at rest. 
 
 Lydia B., Kennebunk, 
 72, widow of Hon. 
 In the discharge of 
 was faithful, and died 
 peacefully, trusting in her Saviour. She 
 was born in Kennebunkport, and was a 
 daughter of Dea. Seth Burnham, who 
 
 OsEORX, Mrs. 
 Me., Dec. 24, se. 
 James Osborn. 
 life's duties, she 
 
 was born in Kennebunkport, (then Arun- 
 del,) March 9, 1760, and died Nov. 17, 
 1846. He was much employed in public 
 and private trusts, and was extensively 
 known as an upright, intelligent man and 
 good citizen. For many years he was 
 occupied in surveying lands in the west- 
 ern part of the state. In 1812 and 1813 
 he represented the town in the Mass. 
 legislature, and was for 45 years actively 
 engaged in town affairs, and was for a 
 period deputy collector of customs. 
 
 Osborne, Lewis, Esq., Easthampton, 
 L. I., Aug. 14, X. 76, brother of the late 
 Thomas Osborne, of Fredonia. The most 
 important portion of his life was spent 
 upon the ocean wave. Prior to the last 
 war with England, he was imjjressed in 
 Liverpool, and by frequent changes from 
 ship to ship eluded the most diligent 
 search of the American consul and his 
 friends. At length he was sent to the 
 Mediterranean, and was in the blockading 
 fleet off Toulon, under the Earl of Ex- 
 mouth. It was here that he accidentally 
 learned many months after it had taken 
 place, that war existed between his coun- 
 try and England, and he at once refused 
 to do further duty. After enduring the 
 severest punishments, he was at length, 
 on his peremptory demand, taken before 
 the earl himself, who, upon his relating 
 his story, ordered him to be treated as a 
 prisoner of war, and he was transferred to 
 a prison ship, and from thence to Dart- 
 moor, where he was at the time of the 
 Shortland massacre, and narrowly escaped 
 with his life, one of his companions be- 
 ing shot dead by his side. He returned 
 home in a cartel with the exchanged pris- 
 oners, in 1815, and took up his residence 
 in Easthampton, his native place, where 
 he resided until his death. 
 
 OsHKOSH, Ke.shena, Shawano Co., Aug. 
 29, 8e. 70. His father was the head 
 chief of the Menoraonees, but dying 
 young, the succession was disputed. In 
 1827, however, at the treaty of Butte 
 Des Morts, Gen. Cass, the U. S. com- 
 missioner, after hearing the claims of the 
 different contestants, formally recognized 
 Oshkosh as the head chief, and his author- 
 ity as such was henceforth undisputed. 
 He was a native of Wisconsin, and a fine 
 sj)ecimen of his race. He was one of the 
 " landmarks " of Northern Wisconsin, a 
 good friend to the whites, and an honored 
 chief to the Menomonees. 
 
 Otis, Alfred H., Esq., Boston, May 
 
248 
 
 OTIS 
 
 [ 1858. ] 
 
 OTIS 
 
 18, £E. 43. !Mr. O. was for many years 
 engaged in business in Dover, N. H., 
 as a mercliant, where he endeared him- 
 self to a host of friends by liis honesty, 
 probity, and fair dealing. Ever indus- 
 trious and economical, he accumulated 
 a fortune in Dover, and some few years 
 ago removed to Boston in order to go 
 into a more extensive business. Mr. 
 Otis married a daughter of the late Sam- 
 uel Dunn, Esq., of Dover, and in 1S44 
 represented that city in the legislature. 
 
 Otis, Mrs. Judith, Beloit, Wis., Feb. 
 20, ae. 85, widow of the late Kev. Na- 
 thaniel Otis. He died Aug. 5, ISol, at 
 Rcloit, it}. 72, having been devoted to 
 the ministry more than 40 years, mostly 
 in various places in the State of New 
 York, the early part of his life having 
 been spent as a mechanic. During his 
 ministry his records show that he im- 
 mersed more than 1400 persons, and 
 married about 300 couples. He was 
 distinguished for his success in healing 
 divisions among brethren, and build- 
 ing up feeble churches, and gathering 
 the " scattered " in the fold. Mrs. O, 
 was peculiarly qualified to aid him in 
 his labors by devoting herself to the 
 temporal concerns of the family, that he 
 might the better devote himself to the 
 spiritual demands of souls committed 
 from time to time to his charge. They 
 " fought the good fight," and entered 
 into rest in the fulness of the triumphs 
 of faith. 
 
 WILLIAM FOSTER OTIS, ESQ., 
 
 of Boston, Mass., at Versailles, France, 
 May 29, a>. 56. He was son of the late 
 Hon. Harrison Gray Otis, who was son 
 of Samuel Alleyne Otis, of Boston, who 
 was son of Judge James Otis, of West 
 Barnstable, Mass., and brother of James 
 Otis, the distinguished revolutionary 
 patriot and statesman. The father of 
 James was Col. John Otis, Avho lived in 
 Hingham in 1636, and was son of John 
 Otis, of Barnstable, England. Col. 
 John O. was councillor for 21 years, 
 judge of probate, and chief justice of 
 the Court of Common Pleas. James 
 Otis, his son, was also a colonel, judge 
 of probate, and chief justice of the Court 
 of Common Picas, but above all deserves 
 honor and remembrance as the father of 
 the distinguished James, whose life has 
 been so eloqueully drawn by Mr. Tudor, 
 
 SAMUEL ALLEYNE OTIS, 
 
 grandfather of William Foster Otis, 
 was an eminently useful and import- 
 ant man inhis day. The New Eng- 
 land Palladium said of him : — 
 
 " This much lamented fellow-citizen 
 was son of the late Hon. James Otis, of 
 Barnstable, whose life was devoted to the 
 service of his country, and brother of 
 the celebrated scholar, statesman, and 
 patriot of the same name, who led the 
 way to the American revolution. Im- 
 bued with a strong attachment to the 
 principles of his father and elder broth- 
 er, and liberally educated under their 
 influence, Mr. Otis was himself an early 
 and decided friend to the liberties of his 
 country. In 1776 he was chosen a rep- 
 resentative for Boston, and afterwards 
 to the convention which framed the 
 constitution of Massachusetts ; he was 
 also appointed a member of the board 
 of war ; a commissioner witli General 
 Lincoln and President Phillips to re- 
 ceive the submission and promised in- 
 demnity to the insurgents, and a dele- 
 gate to the old Congress, in which ca- 
 pacity he served until the adoption of 
 the federal constitution. He then be- 
 came the first elected secretary of the 
 Senate of the United States, and con- 
 tinued to discharge the duties of that 
 office, from the first day of the organi- 
 zation of that body to the close of the 
 last session, without the absence or in- 
 termission of a single day. No higher 
 eulogium can be expressed upon his 
 fidelity, industry, and accuracy in this 
 responsible station, than his continuance 
 in it, amid the struggles and collisions 
 of parties, without a sacrifice or con- 
 cealment of his political opinions, which 
 differed from those of the majority of 
 that body, M'hose good will and respect 
 he conciliated by his exemplary atten- 
 tion to his duty, and by the amenity 
 of his manners. 
 
 " His private character was adorned by 
 all the moral and domestic virtues and 
 accomplishments, and modelled upon 
 the princijjlcs of our holy religion, 
 which, from his youth, were openly pro- 
 fessed and conscientiously adopted as 
 the rule of his conduct in all his ])ublic 
 and private relations. He died at Wash- 
 ington, D. C, April 22, 1814, to. 73. 
 Of his eight children only one is now 
 living. Mr. Samuel Alleyne Otis, one 
 
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 [ 1858. ] 
 
 OTIS 
 
 249 
 
 of the sons, died at Ncwburyport, Oct. 
 27, 1814, ;c. 44. It was also said of him 
 that he was ' a man tenderly beloved by 
 his family and friends, highly esteemed 
 by a large circle of acquaintance, pos- 
 sessed of a high sense of honor, and dis- 
 tinguished for integrity. By his agree- 
 able manners, gentlemanly deportment, 
 and general intelligence, he maintained 
 an elevated position in society, and sus- 
 tained the high reputation of the honor- 
 able family to which he belonged. As 
 a sound and active politician, his death 
 will be deeply lamented.' His son, 
 Rev. George Otis, graduated at Har- 
 vard, in 1815, and became rector of 
 Christ's Church in Cambridge, and died 
 in Cambridge, Feb. 25, 1828, a?. 31, — a 
 young man of rare scholarship and 
 charming piety. He had been a tutor 
 and professor, and very successful as a 
 clergyman." 
 
 HON. HARRISON GRAY OTIS, 
 
 died in Boston, Oct. 28, 1848, a?. 83, hav- 
 ing filled a large place in public influence 
 and social relations. He graduated at 
 Harvard in 1783, and early became a 
 successful practitioner at the bar. He 
 was the companion and rival of such 
 men as Parsons, Ames, Lowell, Cabot, 
 Gore. He was an eminent lawyer, 
 a leader in the whig school of politics, 
 and a most graceful and eloquent orator. 
 He was many years in the legislature, 
 filling the speaker's chair, and for six 
 years the seat of president of the sen- 
 ate. He followed Fisher Ames in Con- 
 gress, and after was five years United 
 States senator, a judge of the Boston 
 Court of Conmiou Pleas, and third may- 
 or of the city. 
 
 " During the most animated contests 
 between the federal and democratic par- 
 ties, he took an active part ; and no 
 man in the commonwealth enjoyed a 
 greater popularity, or in a higher degree 
 the confidence, of his political friends, 
 or was able to move by his eloquence a 
 popular assembly more powerfully. He 
 had few equals in the amenity of his 
 manners, or the grace, vivacity, and in- 
 terest of his conversation on almost all 
 subjects. He retained the vigor of his 
 intellect in a remarkable degree to the 
 end of his long term of life, which closed 
 in the full maturity of advanced age, as 
 full of honors as of years." 
 
 The following notice from a corre- 
 spondent pays a just tribute to the mem- 
 ory of this good man : — 
 
 " William Foster Otis was 1)orn in 
 Boston, Dec. 1, 1801. He was the son 
 of Harrison Gray Otis, a statesman and 
 orator of the highest distinction, whose 
 public life, early graced by an appoint- 
 ment imder Washington's administra- 
 tion, continued thi'ough various offices, 
 federal, state, and municipal, for more 
 than 40 years. The honors and ser- 
 vices of the father were not without ef- 
 fect upon the son, who, after graduating 
 at Harvard College in 1821, and being 
 admitted to the Boston bar, took a 
 leading part in the volunteer corps of 
 Boston, became a member of the Mas- 
 sachusetts House of Representatives, 
 (1830-'32,) delivered a fourth of July 
 oration, which excited a great sensation, 
 before the young men of Boston, (1831,) 
 was for several years the president of 
 a Young Men's Temperance Society, 
 and thus began a career in public Mith 
 every promise of brilliant success. In 
 1831 he married Emily Marshall, of 
 Boston, whose exceeding beauty was the 
 least of the charms by which she won 
 his aflfection, and retained it unshared. 
 She died in 1836, leaving three chil- 
 dren, one of whom, the only son, died 
 at the age of 12. A natural disinclina- 
 tion for the pursuits of the public man, 
 enhanced first by the joys, then by the 
 sorrows, of his domestic life, together 
 with the early decline of his health, re- 
 sulted in the retirement of Mr. Otis 
 from scenes and exertions in which most 
 men, situated as he was, would have 
 been absorbed. He became a member 
 of the Protestant Episcopal church, 
 and to the interests and duties connect- 
 Avith his new relations he gave the best 
 years of his life and the best powers of 
 his natm-e ; as a parishioner of the 
 Church of the Advent in Boston, sup- 
 porting its teachings and its charities, 
 constant in his attendance upon its ser- 
 vices, and losing no opportunity to pro- 
 mote its best influences, yet always 
 charitable towards those who were not 
 of his own fold, and always rejoicing in 
 all good works by whomsoever done. 
 Mr. Otis lived a life of comparative 
 seclusion, but of extended beneficence. 
 His character, beautiful while he was on 
 earth, becomes more beautiful to those 
 who gaze after him ; child-like, humble, 
 
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 [ 1858. ] 
 
 OWEN 
 
 full of humor, overflowing with tender 
 sympathies and affections, universally 
 considerate, as courteous to the lowly 
 as to the eminent, perfectly honest and 
 true, he was the invariable gentleman, 
 and as far as is possible to humanity, 
 the invariable Christian, a loyal subject 
 of the kingdom not of this world. He 
 was travelling through Europe when 
 death overtook him, without warning, 
 yet not unprepared, on the 29th of May, 
 1858, On the 17th of June, he was 
 buried by the side of his kindred at 
 Mount Auburn." 
 
 Otiiout, John, New York city, Jan. 28, 
 a\ 69. He was president of the Bank of 
 Xew York, and a highly valued citizen. 
 
 Otto, Dr. John B., Heading, Pa., 
 Aug. 2, oe. 72. Dr. Otto was the oldest 
 physician of Reading. He studied med- 
 icine under his father, a celebrated phy- 
 sician of the old school, and after grad- 
 uating at the University of Pennsylvania, 
 commenced the practice of his profes- 
 sion in his native place, where he en- 
 joyed an extensive practice during his 
 long and active life, and relinquished it 
 only some six months ago, when the in- 
 roads of disease, and the infirmities of 
 age, confined him to his house. He was 
 universally respected and beloved, and 
 his death, even though he had passed 
 the ripe old age of threescore and ten, 
 will be deeply mourned ; and to many a 
 household, where his presence in its 
 seasons of sickness was so eagerly 
 sought and welcomed, his departure has 
 created a void that years may not fill. 
 To the poor, especially, will his death be 
 a bereavement, for they never appealed 
 to his benevolent sympathies in vain. 
 His purse and his advice and attendance 
 were equally at their service at all 
 times, 
 
 ROBERT OWEN, 
 
 , — , , re. 87. The follow- 
 ing sketch from the N. Y. Post will be 
 found interesting as well as accurate : — 
 " Our despatches by the Europa an- 
 nounce the death of Robert Owen, at one 
 time, perha]5s, the most famous man of 
 his day. He was in the 88th year of his 
 age, having been born in A\\ales in the 
 year 1771. He distinguished himself 
 quite early at school, but before he was 
 eighteen he engaged in the cotton man- 
 
 ufacturing business, into which he was in- 
 strumental in introducing the machineiy 
 of Arkwrlght, then a great im])rovement. 
 His factories, called the Chorlton Mills, 
 were situated near Manchester, and be- 
 came very lucrative. 
 
 " But he was induced, after a few years, 
 to remove to New Lanark, between Ed- 
 inburgh and Glasgow, in Scotland, Avhere 
 Ark Wright had founded a number of fac- 
 tories, in connection with David Dale, an 
 enterprising and benevolent man. Mr. 
 O. married the daughter of Dale, and 
 was taken into partnership. His sym- 
 pathies in behalf of the working classes 
 concurring with those of Dale, they com- 
 menced together a practical reiorm in re- 
 gard to their dwelling-houses, their hours 
 of labor, and the education of their chil- 
 dren, which was conducted for some time 
 under such flattering promises of success, 
 that it attracted the attention of philan- 
 thropists and statesmen in all parts of the 
 world. As there were more than a thou- 
 sand persons employed in the mills, about 
 half of them under eighteen years of 
 age, a fine field was presented for the 
 display of their benevolent activity. 
 
 " Mr. O. succeeded, we believe, in short- 
 ening the duration of the children's la- 
 bors, and in enabling them to attend his 
 school, where the intellectual system, as 
 it was called, or the system of teaching 
 by objects, was first put in practice. In 
 the evening, and on Sundays the adults 
 were instructed by lectures, objects, dia- 
 grams, and books, so that the place soon 
 put on a scholastic air, quite unusual in the 
 manufocturing towns of Scotland or Eng- 
 land. As he instituted, at the same time, 
 a police which, though it was carried on 
 without punishments, was rigid, his com- 
 munity was regarded as a model commu- 
 nity. He himself considered it so, and 
 he began to commend it as an example 
 for all the earth. The late Duke of Kent, 
 father of the present Queen of Great 
 Britain, became very much interested in 
 Mr. O.'s experiments, and through his in- 
 fluence the aristocracy and clergy of Eng- 
 land lent him their countenance. But 
 unfortunately, he connected his scheme 
 for the practical improvement of the 
 working classes with certain religious and 
 social docti'ines, which soon de])rived him 
 of the support of those eminent orders. 
 Adoj)ting a grossly materialistic theory of 
 lite, he held that men were entirely the 
 creatures of circumstances, and that all 
 
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 251 
 
 that was necessary for the thorougli re- 
 generation of society, was a change in its 
 external conditions. Improve the cir- 
 cumstances by which the child is sur- 
 rounded, he said, and you improve the 
 child. All the difference which subsists 
 between the most polished and kind- 
 hearted man of a civilized, and the most 
 rude and cruel man of a barbarous coun- 
 try, is a difference in then- circumstances. 
 The civilized man, placed in New Zea- 
 land, would have been a savage, and the 
 New Zealand savage, placed amid the 
 means and appliances of an educated 
 family of London or Paris, would have 
 been a civilized man. 
 
 " There was enough of truth, and of 
 the most important truth, in his theory 
 to commend it to the attention of the 
 world, and particularly of the classes for 
 whose benefit it was specially intended. 
 lie was considered an oracle by them, 
 and, indeed, the fame which he acquired 
 and the reputed success of his practical 
 scheme attracted towards him the re- 
 gards of sovereigns. The King of Prussia, 
 we think it was, sent for him, and con- 
 sulted him in respect to the establish- 
 ment and management of model villages 
 in Prussia. He lived also on terms of 
 familiaritj' with the King of France, and 
 he made several voyages to Mexico, at 
 the request of the government, to intro- 
 duce his reforms into that country. On 
 one of these visits (in 1828) he request- 
 ed from the Mexican ministry the control 
 of the states of Coahuila and Texas, for 
 the purpose of testing his system of social 
 organization on the largest scale. But as 
 those provinces were not within the gift 
 of the ministry, they offered him, as an 
 alternative, a district of some hundred 
 and fifty miles in breadth on the Pacific 
 coast, north of the Gulf of California. 
 Mr. O., for some reason or other, did not 
 accept it ; and it is curious to remark that, 
 if he had, the gold mines of California 
 would probably have been discovered 
 twenty years before they M'ere, and he 
 become the richest man in all the 
 world. 4 
 
 '' The riches, however, would not have 
 tempted him from the prosecution of his 
 scheme, in which he was indefatigable, 
 making in behalf of it m any voyages across 
 the Atlantic, visiting the crowned heads 
 and great ministers of Europe, and the 
 presidents of the North and South Amer- 
 ican republics, writing in the newspapers 
 
 and periodicals, and lecturing before asso- 
 ciations and meetings, lie was enabled 
 to do all this, because his manufacturing 
 cx])eriment had brought him a fortune 
 of half a million of jjollars and more, all 
 of which, we presume, he expended in his 
 various benevolent projects. 
 
 " In 1825 he purchased New Harmo- 
 ny, in Indiana, which was owned by the 
 Harmonists, a band of German socialists 
 under Kajjp, (since the founder of Econ- 
 omy, near Pittsburg,) and he made a trial 
 of his system there with the assistance of 
 his son, Robert Dale Owen, now our 
 minister at Naples. For a while it flour- 
 ished, even beyond the market of western 
 towns generally ; but so far as it was a 
 new experiment of social life, it failed. 
 
 " He was the author of several books on 
 social science, the principal of which were 
 the New Moral AVorld, wherein he dis- 
 cussed his doctrines at length, in a simple 
 txnd unpretending style, but with consid- 
 erable clearness and vigor. He was, in 
 fact, a monomaniac on the subject of 
 socialism ; he talked of nothing else, 
 wrote of nothing else, lived for nothing 
 else; and, in almost any other cause, 
 might have compelled success. Even in 
 that he would have succeeded to a much 
 larger extent, if he had not connected the 
 practical provisions of it with an errone- 
 ous philosophy and an avowed disbelief 
 in Christianity. The latter, however, 
 towards the close of his life, he yielded, 
 through the influence, it is said, of the 
 ' spiritual ' communications. 
 
 " His last work was an autobiography, 
 which abounds in the most interesting de- 
 tails of his career. 
 
 " He was a man of kindliest nature, 
 sincere and truthful, and of the most un- 
 reserving generosity both in his judgments 
 of men and in his conduct towards them. 
 Nothing ever ruffled his temper, nothing 
 could abate his energy ; and, though he 
 failed in the chief object of his long and 
 busy life, it must still be said, to his cred- 
 it, that he did more than any other man 
 towards directing the attention of society 
 in England to the melioration of the con- 
 dition of the working classes." 
 
 Owen, Maj. Solomon, Lisle, Broome 
 Co., N. Y., April 7, sc. 88. A native of 
 Stockbridge, Berkshire Co., Mass., he 
 came to L. and became a settled resident 
 more than 60 years ago. Some 30 years 
 since he became a member of the Con- 
 

 OWEN 
 
 [ 1858. ] 
 
 TALMER 
 
 gregational church in L. ; and in that 
 relation, whatever duties devolved upon 
 him he was ever prompt to discharge 
 \nth characteristic fidelity and decision. 
 As a citizen, a neighbor, and a man, he was 
 respected and beloved ; and as a pro- 
 fessed disciple and follower of Christ, he 
 sustained the honor of that profession as 
 an intelligent and exemplary Christian. 
 He manfully did his part in clearing away 
 the ancient wilderness, and in grappling 
 with the difficulties and the hardships in- 
 cident to a new and thinly-settled region. 
 Providence blessed him in his active, per- 
 severing diligence, and gave him a com- 
 petence ; blessed him with a numerous 
 household, who were trained to become, 
 in turn, a comfort and a blessing to their 
 parents. 
 
 OwEX, Dr. W. J., Midway, Barbour 
 Co., Ala., Nov. — , te. 54. As a neigh- 
 bor, he was kind ; as a friend, he was 
 warm and unchanging ; as a father, he 
 commanded the respect and love of his 
 children, and the proverbial peace and 
 quiet of his happy home fully indicated 
 his long years of devotedneis as a hus- 
 band ; as a Christian, he was ever looked 
 
 upon as an example worthy the imitation 
 of all. 
 
 Owsley, ]\Irs. Elizabeth, Richmond, 
 Ivy., April 17, ae. 70, consort of the Hon. 
 Wm. Owsley, late Gov. of Ky. This ven- 
 erable lady was one of the very few still 
 lingering among us, the memorials of a 
 former century. Her birth was almost 
 s}'nchronous with the origin of the federal 
 constitution, and her life, extending from 
 1788 to 1858, covers the whole period of 
 that vast experiment, commenced and 
 carried on beneath its auspices. During 
 one of the most momentous periods of 
 its history, she was identified, in the 
 person of her honored husband, with one 
 of the most memorable struggles which 
 have marked its progress, and lived to 
 enjoy, along with him, the reward of his 
 integrity and firmness in the highest of- 
 fice which the voice of an approving peo- 
 ple can bestow. After the toils and hon- 
 ors of public life were passed, they 
 sought together a peaceful retirement in 
 the immediate •sicinity of Danville ; and 
 there, in the quiet cemetery of that beau- 
 tiful villageher mortal remains have found 
 their last repose. 
 
 P. 
 
 Pace, Elder Richard, Walker Co., Tex- 
 as, Nov, 28, £B. 80. He was born in 
 South Carolina, where he lived till he ar- 
 rived at the age of manhood, when he 
 moved to Lincoln Co., Ga. He sen'ed 
 his country in 1812. He was a labori- 
 ous and devoted minister of the gospel, 
 up to the time of his death. He left six 
 children, all of whom are members of the 
 Baptist church. 
 
 Packakd, Rev. Heman, New Orleans, 
 La., Feb. 11, sc. — . 
 
 Page, Capt. Benjamin, New York, N. 
 Y., Apr. IG, ffi. 47, U. S. navy. Capt. 
 Page at the time of his death was on 
 the retired list. He was bom in Eng- 
 land, entered the United States service Dec. 
 17, 1810, and attained the rank of captain 
 in 1841. He had seen eighteen years' 
 active ser\-ice, and was last at sea in 1850. 
 
 Page, Robert F., U. D., Campbell 
 C. H., Ya., Nov. 10, a>. 38. 
 
 Page, Mrs. Anna, Washington, D. C, 
 Aug. 31, jc. 84, youngest child of the late 
 Henry Lee, of Virginia, and sister to the 
 officer of that name of revolutionary mem- 
 
 ory, and of Charles Lee, attorney general 
 under Washington. In early life she was 
 united in marriage to William Byrd Page, 
 ofVa. 
 
 Paine, Geo. Burgess, Leghorn, Italy, 
 Dec. 9, tc. 24. On leaving college he 
 pursued the study of theology for a year 
 with his uncle, Rt. Rev. George Burgess, 
 of Maine, and afterwards at the General 
 Seminary of the Episcopal church in N. Y. 
 He had completed the studies prescribed 
 for ordination in the Episcopal church, 
 and in the summer of 1858 had gone 
 abroad for the purpose of spending some 
 time in study and travel in Europe and 
 in the East. He died after a brief illness 
 of fever at Leghorn. 
 •Palmer, Andrew Y., Belfl^st, Me., 
 June 25, oe. 46. In the characteristics of 
 his mind Mr. P. was acute and critical. 
 He was never satisfied Avith a half-exami- 
 nation of any thing, whether in law, liter- 
 ature, or the more exact sciences. Aside 
 from his character as a citizen and a law- 
 yer, the deceased was an ardent lover of 
 nature. He delighted in the green woods 
 
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 253 
 
 and the fresh lakes, the night bivouac, 
 and tlie sjiorts of the angle and the gun, 
 that have been dignified by many good 
 and noted men. These relaxations he 
 regarded with reason as beneficial to men 
 of sedentary professions. He was the ar- 
 chitect of his own reputation. He was 
 not born to wealth or education. His 
 earher acquirements of law and of books 
 were made in hours snatched from the 
 duties of mechanical apprenticeship. 
 
 Parish, Levi H., Washington, D. C, 
 Feb. 14, jp. 64. Mr. P. was a clerk in 
 the general ])ost office department, which 
 position he held some 20 years. During 
 the first few years of his residence at the 
 national capital, he was the Washington 
 correspondent of the Rochester Adverti- 
 ser. He was a soldier in the war of 1812, 
 and was wounded at the battle of Queens- 
 town. 
 
 Parker, Col. Charles, Snow Hill, Md., 
 Jan. 31, fe. 70. Col. P. was one of the 
 oldest and most reputable citizens of 
 Worcester. He served in various posi- 
 tions, always with credit to himself and 
 advantage to his fellow-citizens. He was 
 several times returned to the House of 
 Delegates of the state, filled the offices of 
 sheriff, county commissioner, county sur- 
 veyor, &c., and at bis death was collector 
 of the port of Snow Hill. He was a man 
 of generous impulses ; benevolent to the 
 poor and distressed, a kind and obliging 
 neighbor, a true friend, and an honest man. 
 
 Parker, Elizabeth, Durham, Me., 
 June 22d,8P. nearly 115. She was the old- 
 est person in the state of Maine at the time 
 of her death. She was born in 1743, 
 33 years before the declaration of inde- 
 pendence. Till she was about 110 she 
 possessed bodily vigor sufficient to en- 
 able her to work in the garden, an em- 
 ployment she took great delight in. 
 
 Parker, Rev. Armistead, St. Louis, 
 Mo., June 2S, a?. 50. 
 
 Parker, Elijah, Keene, N. H., Aug. 
 26, a". 82. He was for many years a 
 practising lawyer in K., and a worthy cit- 
 izen of the town. Among his children 
 are Rev. Mr. Parker, of Concord, and H. 
 G. Parker, Esq., of Boston. 
 
 Parker, Isaac, Boston, Mass., May 28, 
 ce. 70. He was the senior member of 
 the house of Parker, Wilder, & Co., the 
 president of the Traders Bank, and occu- 
 
 f)ied several other places of trust. He 
 eaves a name and character worthy of 
 grateful remembrance. 
 22 
 
 Parker, Hon. Jacob, Mansfield, O., 
 Jan. — , IV. — , formerly president judge 
 of Common Pleas in the Itichland Dis- 
 trict, of which Knox Co. formed a part. 
 He was a man of more than ordinary 
 talent, and had the reputation of being 
 an upright judge and a good citizen. 
 He died at an advanced age. 
 
 Parker, ]\Irs. Jerusha, Reading, Ms., 
 Oct. 30, a". 94. She never buried a 
 child, and five followed her remains to 
 the grave : one has been a missionary 
 to the Sandwich Islands 20 years. 
 
 Parker, David Sneed, M. D., Da^^e 
 Co., N. C, May 3, a^. 35. Dr. Parker 
 graduated at the Medical University of 
 New York in 1850, and practised his 
 profession with success for several years 
 in his native county. He was a dutiful 
 son, an affectionate brother, and a fear- 
 less, frank, and independent man. 
 
 Parker, Rev. J. H., Salisbury, N. C, 
 Sept. 16, a'. 45, rector of St. Luke's 
 Chm-ch. He was born Jan. 21, 1813, 
 in Tawboro', and graduated at Chapel 
 Hill, in 1832, with the first distinction. 
 He was a delegate to the Gen. P. E. 
 Convention, from Alabama, in 1844. 
 Li 1846 he was ordained deacon, and 
 the next year presbyter. After preach- 
 ing a short time in the churches in the 
 neighboring country, he succeeded the 
 Rev. T. F. Davis (now Bishop of South 
 Carolina) as rector of St. Luke's Church. 
 At the mature age of 33, in the posses- 
 sion of a competent estate, and thus 
 with the prospect of having temporal 
 enjoyment in his power, he devoted him- 
 self to the self-sacrificing duties of a 
 minister of the gospel. This parish 
 was his fii-st and only settled charge. 
 He loved his work, and he loved his 
 flock ; and their aff'ection and sympathy 
 was the present reward and delight, 
 without which he felt he could not live. 
 
 Parker, Elizabeth, Groton, INIass., 
 Dec. 3, a^. 92. She was the mother of 
 13 children, besides whom her descend- 
 ants numbered 42 grandzhildren and 22 
 great-grandchildren. 
 
 Parker, Mary R., Kenosha, AVis., 
 July 17, a^. 63. " Thus has passed away 
 one who, far 43 years, had exhibited the 
 graces of the Christian character, by 
 patience, meekness, forbearance, purity, 
 resignation ; and by the activity of her 
 benevolence she adorned and recom- 
 mended the doctrine of God her Saviour." 
 
 Pabkman, Catharine ScoUay, West 
 
254 
 
 PARS HALL 
 
 [ 1858. ] 
 
 PATTON 
 
 Roxbury, Mass., Sept. 4, ae. 34, wife of 
 Francis Parkman, Esq., and daughter 
 of Dr. Jacob Bigelow. 
 
 Parshall, Uea. Isaac, Ilartland, Liv- 
 ingston Co., Mich., Feb. 21, iv. 6o. At 
 the close of liis days he expressed his 
 continued attachment to the domestic 
 mission and educational interests of the 
 denomination, by legacies of $500 to 
 the former and nearly $2000 to the 
 latter. 
 
 Patten, John, Hancock, Mass., Aug. 
 IG, a?. 98, the last revolutionary pen- 
 sioner of Pittsfield. 
 
 Pattex, llobert, Esq., Amesbury, 
 Mass., Feb. 27, ic. 81, president of the 
 Powow lliver Bank. 
 
 Patterson, Jehu, Esq., Freehold, 
 N. J., March 7, ae. — . Mr. Patterson 
 ■was a lawyer by profession, though for 
 the last few years his health has not 
 been such as to ■jvarrant him in applying 
 himself very closely to it. In political 
 affairs he always took an active part, 
 and held at the time of his death the 
 clerkship of ^Monmouth Co., to which 
 office he was elected in 1855. 
 
 Patterson, Mrs. Jane C, Pittsburg, 
 Pa., March 15, ae. 80, widow of llev. 
 Robert Patterson, who died Sept. 5, 
 1854, a?. 81. Mrs. Patterson was the 
 third child of Col. John Canon, the 
 founder and proprietor of Canonsburg, 
 Pa., where she was born Dec. 20, 1778. 
 She was the last survivor of her father's 
 numerous family. In her childhood and 
 youth she shared in the hardships and 
 trials of the early settlers of the west, 
 of which she retained, to old age, a viv- 
 id recollection. Her memory went back 
 to the times when the Indians were no 
 unwonted visitors in the settlements of 
 the whites ; and the hospitality of no 
 one did they enjoy more frequently than 
 that of Col. Canon. She well remem- 
 bered the building, by her father, of the 
 old mill in Canonsburg, one of the 
 iirst in all the west, and to which the 
 farmers from a great distance around 
 brought their grain. She also remem- 
 bered the building of the stone academy 
 in Canonsburg, in 1791, when, though 
 but 'a child, she assisted in preparing 
 the meals for the workmen engaged in 
 its erection. Indeed, the entire history 
 of that academy passed under her eye, 
 from its commencement in 1791 until 
 its charter as a college in 1802. With 
 all its teachers during that period, and 
 
 with many of its students, she was per- 
 sonally acquainted ; and of the charac- 
 ter and standing of almost all she had 
 some knowledge. Many of the actors 
 in the whiskey insurrection, in 1794, 
 were well known to i\Irs. Patterson, 
 who could recall a variety of incidents 
 that showed the intense excitement un- 
 der which the western country was at 
 that time laboring. AVith all the first 
 ministers west of the mountains, the 
 fathers of the Presbyterian church in 
 valley of the Mississippi, she was well 
 acquainted, and had frequently heard 
 them preach. Of the stirring scenes of 
 the great revival of 1802 she was fond 
 of speaking, for her own heart had been 
 deeply moved by the pei'vading and 
 solemn influences of the time. Her 
 conversation in later life was enriched, 
 as may well be supposed, with many 
 reminiscences of a period which, with its 
 simple manners, modes of thought, and, 
 ways of life, as well as with its peculiar 
 hardships, has so entirely passed away, 
 and of which, during her last years, the 
 deceased was one of the few remaining 
 rehcs. "Would that the unaffected piety 
 and self-denying spirit of our fathers 
 and mothers might revive in the hearts 
 and shine in the lives of their children. 
 
 Patterson, Mary D., Huntington, 
 Luzerne Co., Pa., June 10, ae. 79. This 
 venerable lady was a member of the 
 Methodist Episco])al church for more 
 than 60 years. She was the second 
 daughter of the late Col. Nathan Deni- 
 son, who bravely commanded the left 
 wing of our little army in the battle of 
 Wyoming. 
 
 Pattison, John P., M. D., Easton, 
 Ct., Dec. 30, ae. 66. 
 
 JOHN MERCER PATTON, 
 
 Richmond, Va., Oct. 29, «. 62. The 
 following notice is extracted from a 
 eulogy, delivered by the Hon. John S. 
 Pendleton, at the court house at the 
 November term of the Circuit Court : — 
 " This meeting has been called in or- 
 der that the Circuit Court for the county 
 of Culpepper, the members of the bar, 
 the officers of the court, and other citi- 
 zens present, may unite, in expressing in 
 suitable and permanent form, their sen- 
 timents of affection and respect for the 
 character and memory of John Mercer 
 Patton, of whose recent decease they 
 
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 255 
 
 have heard with sensations of profound 
 sorrow. 
 
 " It is of peculiar propriety that such 
 a proceeding should be had here ; for 
 he was for years an eminent advocate 
 at this bar — it was this district he rep- 
 resented with so much distinction in the 
 Congress of the United States — and it 
 was in this immediate vicinity that, for 
 many years past, he had his occasional 
 residence. Such tributes, when cordially 
 rendered, are proper every where, uniting 
 the graces of spontaneous justice to the 
 illustrious dead, with the chances of profi- 
 table suggestions to those who survive. 
 
 " John Mercer Patton was not educat- 
 ed, in the first place, for the profession 
 of the law, but for that of medicine. 
 The latter he never practised at all — 
 indeed, he determined never to practice, 
 some time before he finished his course. 
 He was thoroughly educated, passing 
 with credit through his academic and 
 collegiate course, (at Princeton,) and 
 graduating also in the Medical College 
 of Philadelphia. He then commenced 
 the study of the law, and in a short time 
 came to the bar. 
 
 " He commenced the great struggle of 
 life, it is true, with all the accomplish- 
 ments appropriate to his age, and with 
 the prestige of an honored name and 
 a distinguished lineage ; but of any of 
 the adventitious aids of fortune, or of 
 special patronage, he had literally none. 
 
 " He took a high aim in the begin- 
 ning, and commenced his career in the 
 Chancery Court of Fredericksburg, Va. 
 You, sir, know better than I do what 
 the bar and the business of that court 
 were at that time ; for you yourself were 
 a practitioner in it. I know enough of 
 it to remember that it had jurisdiction 
 of the business of an extensive and op- 
 ulent dish-ict — was regulai-ly attended 
 by scores of lawyers, the elite of their 
 respective counties, which, in considera- 
 ble number, formed the district — a local 
 bar numerous and able ; and occasionally 
 the great lights of the profession from oth- 
 er sections — all of whom divided amongst 
 them, in various proportions, the honors 
 and the profits of its extensive business. 
 
 *' It is not for me to make, or seem to 
 make, invidious distinctions among the 
 members of the bar at Fredericksburg 
 at that time. To name all, even of 
 equal, and of high merit, would be im- 
 ^ possible for me, speaking from my mem- 
 
 ory alone ; to name a portion, however 
 unimportant it might be to those omit- 
 ted, would nevertheless be to do an act 
 of injustice very repugnant to my own 
 feelings. I may yet, without the slightest 
 impropriety, refer to three or four by 
 name, who, not being strictly of the dis- 
 trict, form a class to themselves. 
 
 " Robert Stanard, of llichmond, of 
 whom I never heard, in those days, but 
 as the first, or second, or third lawyer 
 of Virginia, practised in that court at 
 the time I speak of. "Walter Jones, of 
 Washington city, that man of prodigious 
 mind, whose wonderful intellect, strong 
 in all the resources of varied learning, 
 and refulgent with the brightest gifts of 
 genius, eloquence, and wit, had made 
 hira for years the pride and ornament 
 of the highest judicial forum of the re- 
 public, was an occasional practitioner in 
 the Chancery Court of Fredericksburg. 
 John Scott, of Fauquier, who, distin- 
 guished in early life for great abilities, 
 had a mind that seemed to grow on to 
 the close — whose sturdy talents were 
 equal to any call, and carried him from 
 every field with increased reputation. 
 Philip P. Barbour — "nomen venerabile 
 que clarum " — who, though the last I 
 shall name, yet not the least ; a man 
 who is remembered, and always will be 
 remembered by the whole country, with 
 respect and veneration, whether as a 
 lawyer, a statesman, or a judge. 
 
 " These were the men, Avith others of 
 scarce inferior fame, in competition with 
 whom Mr. Patton's professional novi- 
 tiate was passed and tested. With 
 what directness, expedition, and ecjat, 
 he marched firmly and unwaveringly to 
 the front rank of the bar, you, sir, re- 
 member as well as I;^ntil we saw him, 
 at an age when young men in this 
 country but rarely begin to gain a foot- 
 ing, — in England never, — ranking with 
 the most successful counsellors, and en- 
 joying and enlarging the largest, and, I 
 presume, the most profitable practice in 
 the court. 
 
 " When John M. Patton had passed 
 his thirtieth year of age, a little, a va- 
 cancy occurred in the representation in 
 Congress, of the district in which he 
 resided, by reason of the appointment 
 of Philip P. Barbour to a seat on the 
 bench of the Federal Court. 
 
 " Upon an active canvass of the dis- 
 trict, Air. Patton was elected, and was 
 
256 
 
 PATTON 
 
 [1858.] 
 
 PATTON 
 
 there afterwards three times reelected, 
 without even a nominal opposition, on 
 any occasion — a compliment paid to no 
 other man of my acquaintance in Vir- 
 ginia at any time. 
 
 " To use a word reappearing in vogue, 
 the fifth decade of the constitution was 
 distinguished, above all others, for the 
 great number of able and eloquent men 
 who met in the one or the other House of 
 Congress. Virginia, always well repre- 
 sented, was particularly strong for the 
 greater part of that time. In the Sen- 
 ate she had Tazewell, Tyler, Hives, and 
 Leigh ; in the House, our present Sen- 
 ators Hunter and Mason, our present 
 Governor Wise, the present minister to 
 France, John Robertson, Fenton Mer- 
 cer, Philip Doddridge, George C. Drora- 
 goole, and others, whom I cannot at the 
 present moment recall. All the states 
 had great men. South Carolina, Ken- 
 tucky, and Massachusetts — three op- 
 position states in Jackson's administra- 
 tion — had of themselves intellectual 
 capital enough to set up any ordinary 
 Congress ; Clay, Webster, Calhoun, 
 William C. Preston, Crittenden, Choate, 
 John Quincy Adams, Hajme, Everett, 
 Legare, Hamilton, McDuffie, Menefee, 
 Warren Davis, Waddy Thompson. To 
 take only one out of many from several of 
 the other states, there was Mangum, For- 
 syth, Porter, Prentiss, King, Bell, Benton, 
 Corwin, Cass, Buchanan, Horace Binney, 
 Silas Wright. It seemed, by common 
 consent, to have been the object of the 
 whole country to depute to that high 
 arena the intellectual giants of the re- 
 public, that they might there meet, and 
 measure arms. It was in that period of 
 time, that most of the great measures 
 of national policy Avere discussed, and 
 many of them settled. 
 
 " It was in such a Congress that INIr. 
 Patton made his first appearance. Into 
 the wrangles, and squabbles, and per- 
 sonalities, which, to greater or less extent 
 occfUr, and will always occur, he never en- 
 tered. He was far above any possible par- 
 ticipation in those exhibitions, whether in 
 their comic or tragic scenes. But in the 
 grave and important discussions he took 
 always a prominent and distinguished 
 part. I speak what I know to be true, 
 (for after a brief interval, I followed 
 him in that position,) when I say, that 
 with all men whose oj)inions were worth 
 considering, he left behind him, when 
 
 he retired from Congress, a reputation 
 and character, as a statesman and gentle- 
 man, than which no man in America, on a 
 similar term of service, ever left a higher. 
 " As upon his OAvn motion he first 
 went into Congress, so, of his own ac- 
 cord, he retired — resigning his seat for 
 the purpose of resuming the practice of 
 his profession. He had been six or 
 
 seven 
 
 years 
 
 in 
 
 course, rusting. 
 
 Congress, and was, of 
 to some extent, in his 
 
 profession. But he again took a high aim. 
 
 " He settled at once at Kichmond, 
 with the intention to confine himself 
 chiefly, if not entirely, to the Supreme 
 Court of Appeals. 
 
 " Lawyers in every part of the Unit- 
 ed States know that, beginning with the 
 close of the revolution, with John Mar- 
 shall, Edmund Pendleton, and George 
 Wythe, down to the present hour, the 
 bench and the bar of Kichmond have 
 been preeminently distinguished, as well 
 for the learning and ability of their nu- 
 merous members, as for their vigilant 
 and scrupulous maintenance of the dig- 
 nity and honor of their profession. 
 
 " I believe there was scarcely ever a 
 time when that bar commanded a more 
 general veneration, that at the particular 
 time to Avhich I refer. 
 
 "I will make no discriminations 
 among the living : of the dead I may 
 speak. Benjamin W. Leigh, Chapman 
 Johnson, Robert Stanard, John R. 
 Cooke, and Samuel Taylor were then 
 the leaders of the Richmond bar, and 
 were in the zenith of their extensive 
 and well-merited fame. 
 
 " My impression is, that Mr. Patton, 
 at the time he came to Richmond, had 
 few or no cases in the Court of Appeals 
 — none, I think, in that or in any other 
 court of Richmond. I am not positive- 
 ly certain as to this fact, though I lived 
 with him, in his own house, during his 
 first winter in Richmond, being then 
 myself a member of the legislature. 
 
 " How soon he got a footing in that 
 court we all know — with how quick 
 and firm a step he marched right on- 
 ward and upward, until we saw him se- 
 renely perched on the very highest pin- 
 nacle of professional eminence, enjoying 
 without vanity or ostentation, as he had 
 acquired Avithout envy or ill will, the 
 high position of the undisputed and in- 
 disjnitable championship of the bar of 
 
 Virginia 
 
 , all Virginia knows. 
 
PATTON 
 
 [ 1858. ] 
 
 PAYNE 
 
 257 
 
 Never again 
 
 manner in which he bore himself in that 
 " high calling " let the llichmond bar 
 be heard. Its resolutions on the occa- 
 sion of his death I have embodied in 
 those I propose to submit. 
 
 " But, sir, he is gone, 
 shall we feel his cordial grasp, or meet 
 his genial smile, when in his annual vis- 
 its he came amongst us, laying off his 
 ponderous armor, and coming, for a 
 season, to recover his wasted strength, 
 and refresh his fatigued faculties in the 
 balmy breezes of his mountain home. 
 
 *' When death strikes down the fore- 
 most of a noble profession, whose dig- 
 nity and influence he had long signally 
 contributed to uphold and advance, 
 the public, as well as personal, sympa- 
 thy is oppressed by the afflicting calam- 
 ity. Such is the melancholy, distressing 
 occasion of this mournful and mourning 
 assemblage. The sad privilege alone 
 remains to us, as a body, to record the 
 sorrow wherewith we are penetrati^, as 
 individuals, at the departure or the 
 Hon. John Mercer Patton, our late no- 
 ble and revered brother. 
 
 " The occasion does not permit even 
 an outline of his high endowments and 
 accomplishments. Of these there was 
 the sure and unerring attestation, pro- 
 ceeding from the general anxiety to re- 
 tain and appropriate his personal ser- 
 vices. Each revolving year, to the close 
 of his distinguished life, teemed with 
 such tributes to his superiority, and so 
 earnest, zealous, untiring, devoted, was 
 he, that not even the admonition of his 
 inexorable labors, in their wasting effect 
 upon his health, could abate his diligence 
 and ardor. He had chosen, as the mark 
 of a worthy and generous ambition, the 
 fame of an advocate and counsellor, 
 and nobly won his way to their loftiest 
 heights. At a bar proud in its memo- 
 ries of master spirits, of a Leigh, a 
 Johnson, a Stanard, of a Marshall, a 
 Wirt, a Wickham, at an earlier period 
 — our deceased brother was honored 
 for the brilliant success with which he 
 sustained and renewed its glories. Prov- 
 idence was munificent in her gifts, and 
 he was faithful in obediently devoting 
 them to the allotment of human exer- 
 tion in which they qualified him to 
 shine. 
 
 " It need not be said he was disci- 
 plined, learned, accomplished in all the 
 arts of an advocate ; for this, and much 
 22 * 
 
 more, is implied in the foremost posi- 
 tion he so long and nobly occupied at 
 the bar. The courts were indtbted to 
 him for his severe and lucid exposition 
 of principles, and their application ; his 
 brethren for the briglit example of his 
 forensic and social life ; his clients for 
 his illustrious ability and devotion in 
 representing them ; and the country not 
 less for his magnanimity, urbanity, gen- 
 erosity, and invincible propriety." 
 
 War 
 
 rm 
 
 Springs, 
 
 Patton, William, 
 Buncombe Co., N. C, June 27, iv. 63, 
 Mr. Patton was born in Wilks Co., in 
 the mountain region of North Carolina, 
 and educated at the old Menton Acad- 
 emy in Buncombe. Ilemoving at an 
 early period, he embarked in mercantile 
 pursuits, and, during a long life, M'as 
 recognized as a useful, enterprising, and 
 public-spirited citizen. After his re- 
 tirement from business, some years 
 since, Mr. Patton resided during the 
 summer months in the vicinity of Ashe- 
 ville, N. C. The local journals, noticing 
 the sad event, represent him as having 
 probably done more than any other per- 
 son to bring out the resources of that 
 region, and deplore his death as a man 
 of benevolence and usefulness, whose 
 loss would be felt by all, and especially 
 by the poor of his county, to whom he 
 was, in an eminent degree, a friend. 
 His sound judgment, his unostentatious 
 charity, his urbanity, his kindly spirit, 
 and manliness of character, won many 
 friends, Avho deplore his loss, and will 
 preserve his memory green. 
 
 Paul, John H., M. D., ]3over, N. H., 
 Nov. 12, a?. 40. Dr. Paul was a regu- 
 larly educated physician, having gradu- 
 ated at Jeff'erson Medical College, Phil- 
 adelphia, in 1846. He Avas a good 
 physician, but for many years past de- 
 voted himself mainly to practical dental 
 surgery. He was a worthy citizen and 
 an estimable man in all the relations 
 of life. 
 
 Payne, Americus V., Goochland Co., 
 Va., June 29, se. 60. In early life Dr. 
 Payne received a liberal academic edu- 
 cation, preparatory to the study of 
 medicine, and was placed under the pu- 
 pilage of one of the most distinguished . 
 physicians and surgeons in the city of 
 Richmond, viz., the late Dr. McCaw. 
 He subsequently attended the lectures 
 in the University of Pennsylvania, and 
 
258 
 
 PEARSON 
 
 [1858.] 
 
 PECK 
 
 became the private pupil of Drs. Chap- 
 man and Gibson, two of the most dis- 
 tinguished professors connected with tliat 
 institution. Having received the high- 
 est honors which could there be conferred 
 on him, he returned to Virginia, and in 
 his native county (if not at the very place 
 of his birth) commenced the establish- 
 ment of a professional reputation which, 
 increasing with liis years, was almost un- 
 rivalled, and can never be forgotten by 
 those who best knew him, until they 
 shall, like him, pass away. Ardently 
 devoted to his profession, all the energies 
 of his body and mind were directed in 
 that channel. Medicine was his constant 
 tiieme and stud}-. With a well-s.tored 
 mind his preception was keen, and he de- 
 ligiited to combat the most intricate and 
 direful diseases. 
 
 Pearsox, Capt. Thomas, Nashua, N. 
 H., IJec. 14, JB. 74. Capt. P. witnessed 
 the entire growth of what now constitutes 
 Nashua proper, and was always closely 
 identified with it. He was a most worthy 
 and excellent man in every connection of 
 life, whether as friend, neighbor, or towns- 
 man. 
 
 Peaksox, Rev. Ora, Peacham, Vt., 
 July 5, a?. 60. He was born in Chitten- 
 den, Vt, Oct. G, 1797, fitted for college 
 at Rutland with Saml. "Walker, Esq., 
 graduated at Middlebury College in 1820, 
 and at Andover Theological Seminary in 
 1824. The following year he preached 
 in Gaines, Cambria, and Ridgeway, N. Y. 
 In March, 1826, he became pastor of the 
 Congregational church in Kingston, N. H. 
 June 10 of the same year, he was mar- 
 ried to Mary ^^imball, of Barton, Vt., 
 daughter of the late Hon. John Kimball, 
 one of the early settlers of that town, who 
 died, after a highly useful life. May 9, 
 1844, te. 74, and granddaughter of l)ea. 
 John Kimball, one of the early settlers 
 of Concord, N. H. Mr. P. and wife be- 
 came the jjarents of six children, all of 
 whom survive him except the eldest, a 
 young man of much promise, who died at 
 Indianapolis, Ind., Nov. 10, 18&6, bc. 28. 
 Mr. P. continued his ministerial labors at 
 Kingston nearly eight years, when he re- 
 moved to 15arton, where he preached two 
 years, and went from thence to Comjiton, 
 Canada East, where he labored as mis- 
 sionary of the X. H. Missionary Society, 
 three and a half years. In 1839 he was in- 
 stalled over the Congregtlonal churches in 
 Burton and Glover, Vt., where he preached 
 
 the succeeding six years. From 1 845 until 
 185 1 he was volume agent of the American 
 Tract Society in Northern Vt. From 
 Aug., 1851, till his death, his residence 
 was in Peacham. Though compelled in 
 the latter jjart of his life, from loss of his 
 eyesight, to relinquish the responsibilities 
 of a jjastor, yet he loved to preach the gos- 
 pel, and as far as he was able did preach, 
 and God owned and blessed his labors. 
 He came home about the 1st of April, 
 from revival labors in Orleans Co., and 
 not long after laid himself on the bed of 
 sickness, whereon he died in a calm and 
 joyful hope of a happy, endless rest. As 
 a minister he was Christ-like, conscien- 
 tious, tender, earnest, preaching the word 
 in season and out of season, sowing be- 
 side all waters, living out what he preached 
 so well as to manifest heartiness and sin- 
 cerity in his work. 
 
 Peck, Rev. John M., Rock S])ring, 111., 
 March 15, se. 69. We find the following 
 interesting notice of Dr. Peck in a 
 St. Eouis paper. " So goes out the light 
 of one of the most useful men that the 
 Mississippi Valley has ever known. It is 
 looking back a good while to say that 
 Mr, P. was a resident of St. Louis and a 
 Baptist minister as early as 1818, that 
 he, and Rev. J. E. Welch, who yet sur- 
 vives him, organized the first Baptist 
 church in St. Louis. Dr. P. was not 
 only an extraordinary man in the pulpit, 
 but he was an accurate observer of men 
 and things, the seasons and the changes 
 connected with them, and treasured up in 
 his daily journal all that seemed to him 
 remarkable in the material world. The 
 amount of labor performed by him was 
 extraordinary. He was never idle. He 
 was always writing, or doing something 
 for the good of his fellow-man. He was 
 a tolerant man, asserting his own opin- 
 ions firmly, yet modestly, and conceding 
 to others the full enjoyment of their own- 
 peculiar views on all questions. Possibly, 
 no man in the Valley of the Mississippi 
 was so familiar with its local history as 
 he ; and although he may have done 
 much to preserve this history by his 
 writings, it may be cause of regret tiiat a 
 few years more were not allotted to him, 
 in which to chronicle and write down 
 things which, it is feared, may have died 
 with him, from the imperfect manner in 
 which his notes were kept." 
 
 Peck, lion. Henry E., New Haven, 
 Ct., May 6, a;. 53. lie was the young- 
 
PECK 
 
 [ 1858. ] 
 
 PEIRCE 
 
 259 
 
 est son of Nathan Peck, Esq., -who for 
 many years was a prominent and much 
 respected citizen of New Haven. lie en- 
 tered Yale College at the age of 14, and 
 graduated with honor in the class of 18123. 
 He immediately entered the law school 
 at New Haven, and was admitted to the 
 practice of his profession, which, however, 
 becoming distasteful to him, he soon 
 abandoned, and turned his attention to 
 other pursuits. In 1829 he purchased, 
 in connection with the late L, K. Dow, 
 Esq., and united and edited, the New 
 Haven Journal and Chronicle. In the 
 same year, also, he established the New 
 Haven Advertiser, the first attempt at 
 publishing a semi-weekly paper in the 
 city of New Haven. In 1833, in connec- 
 tion with A. Newton, Esq., he originated 
 and commenced the republication of 
 Blackwood and other foreign quarter- 
 lies — a work of great difficulty at the 
 time, in consequence of the irregularity 
 and uncertainty in receiving the original 
 by sailing packets. In 1839 he engaged 
 in commercial pursuits in connection with 
 his brothers, and spent a large portion of 
 each succeeding year from 1840 to 1845 
 in the West Indies. He represented his 
 native town in tlie legislature of Conn, in 
 1847, 1848, and 1850. In 1851 he was 
 elected to the Senate of Conn., and was 
 chosen president of that body. In both 
 branches of the legislature of the state he 
 was a leading member, and was distin- 
 guished for his courtesy, ability, and fidel- 
 ity. The following tribute a])peared in 
 the daily papers of New Haven, the day 
 after his decease : *' The death of the 
 Hon. Henry E. Peck, of this city, will be 
 universally regretted. He had long held 
 a high position in this community as a 
 public-spirited citizen, and as a gentleman 
 of estimable character and honorable in- 
 stincts. If ^Ir. P. was remarkable for any 
 one estimable quaUty more than another, 
 it was for his keen moral and intellectual 
 perceptions. He was instinctively honest, 
 prompt to note distinctions between 
 right and wrong, as he was to detect fal- 
 lacies in reasoning, intrepid in exposing 
 and denouncing error, and in vindicating the 
 truth. He acted in all things from a con- 
 scientious sense of his responsibilities, never 
 permitting considerations of expediency 
 or policy to interfere with what he felt to 
 be his duty, nor stopping short in the 
 pursuit of his object, until convinced by 
 persevering and unavailing effort that its 
 
 achievement was impmcticanle. He read 
 mucli, and thought more. Hence his 
 ojnnions on all sulyects to which he gave 
 his attention, and these embraced a wide 
 range, were matured ojiinions, sincerely 
 entertained and frankly and earnestly ex- 
 pressed, and if resolutely and tenaciously 
 maintained at times, yet always with def- 
 erence to the views and o])iiiions of others. 
 His aims were elevated, his iminilscs gen- 
 erous, his tastes cultivated and refined, 
 and his social qualities attractive and es- 
 timable. These characteristics gave Mr. 
 P. position and deserved influence wher- 
 ever he Mas called ujjon to act. They ex- 
 hibited themselves during his academical 
 and collegiate course, in the law school, 
 and throughout his connection with the 
 public press and the excitement of the 
 jiolitical arena. They were fully devel- 
 oped in his maturer years by an intelli- 
 gent and successful application of his en- 
 ergies to mercantile ])ursuits, in his ac- 
 tive and leading participation in all pub- 
 lic enterprises ha\ing in view the pros- 
 perity and beauty of the city of his birth 
 and residence, or the education and moral 
 culture of the masses, and by his faithful- 
 ness and ability as a representative in 
 both branches of the state legislature. 
 They were also finely illustrated in his 
 ' daily walk and conversation,' which 
 were truly those of a polished Christian 
 gentleman, with whom it was both an 
 honor and a pleasui'e to be associated in 
 ])ublic and in private life. Mr. P. was, at 
 the time of his death, as during the pre- 
 vious year, one of the vestrymen of Trin- 
 ity Church, and one of its most active and 
 eliicient members, and died in the com- 
 plete realization of the hn])es and faith of 
 the Christian. Having fulfilled an impor- 
 tant mission on earth, he leaves a lustrous 
 example of unobtrusive but sterling 
 worth, and of extended and. permanent 
 usefulness. 
 
 Peirce, Waldo T., Esq., Bangor, Me., 
 May 1, a;. 53. Although still in the prime 
 of hfe, Mr. P. was one of the oldest of 
 the Bangor merchants, having commenced 
 business there more than thirty years ago. 
 In company with his brother, the late Hay- 
 ward Peirce, he, during all that time, 
 transacted an extensive and profitable 
 business, which grew with the growth of 
 the city, from the days when her mer- 
 chants were few, and her population but 
 a tithe of its present number. As a 
 business man, he was an honor to his 
 
230 
 
 PELT^ 
 
 [ 1858. ] 
 
 PERKINS 
 
 profession, and as a citizen, highly re- 
 spected. 
 
 PEi/rz, Philip, M. D.,Phibdelphia, Pa., 
 July 22, iv. 55. 
 
 Pkndletox, Capt. Joseph, Isleboro', 
 Md., Sept. 21, vc. 89. He was a native 
 of Stonington, Ct., and served in the rev- 
 olutionary war as a " ])o\vder boy," where 
 he received wounds, the scars of which 
 he carried to his grave. 
 
 Pen-field, Eldridge 11., M. D.,Topeka, 
 K. T., Dec. 12, te. 38. He was born in 
 the town of Rocky Hill, Conn., in 1821. 
 At an early age he removed to Hartford, 
 and afterwards to Middletown. The win- 
 ter of 1855-6 he spent in Philadelphia, 
 and the following spring went to Kan- 
 sas with the Connecticut colony, the 
 principal part of which located at Wau- 
 bonsa. 
 
 Perkins, Rev. John W., Boston, 
 Mass., Feb. — , a?. 43. He was born in 
 Chelsea, Vt., and joined the Vermont 
 conference, in 1842, where he preached 
 about seven years with much success, 
 and then transferred his connection to 
 the New England conference, of which 
 he was ever a most useful and valued 
 member. Under the direction of this 
 conference, he was stationed for two 
 years as pastor of the First Church at 
 Salem, and then transferred to the Lib- 
 erty Street Church, Newburyport, where 
 his labors were crowned W'ith success. 
 After this he Avas transferred to Med- 
 ford, where he remained one year, and 
 then took charge of the church at ]\Iel- 
 rose. During his two years of service 
 at the latter ])lace, through his instru- 
 mentality a church was built, and the 
 society attained a good degree of vitality 
 and usefulness. One year ago last 
 April he was assigned to the Church 
 Street Church in Boston, of which he 
 ■was the pastor at the time of his death. 
 
 Perkins, William H., (of llochester, 
 Monroe Co., N. Y.,) Utica, May 12, 
 ac. 39, from injuries received by the 
 railroad disaster at Sauquoit Bridge on 
 the New York Central Jiailroad. ]Mr. P. 
 was born in Litchfield, Ct., July 11, 
 1819, and moved with his father's fam- 
 ily to Genesee, N. Y., in 1824. He 
 came to llochester in 1835. In 1839 
 he entered the house of E. F. Smith & 
 Co. as a clerk, and became a partner in 
 1842. After several successive changes 
 of partners, Mr. P., in 1850, retired 
 from the house of which he had been a 
 
 prominent member, and to whose great 
 success his high business character and 
 sterling integrity had largely contributed. 
 In 1851 he was elected treasurer of 
 Monroe Co., holding the office for three 
 years. He was twice married — ia 
 1842 to Miss Montague, of Troy, N. Y., 
 who died in 1844 ; in 1848, to a daugh- 
 ter of llev. Chester Dewey, D. D., pro- 
 fessor in the University of llochester. 
 He was for many years a member, 
 trustee, and treasurer of the First Pres- 
 byterian Church. He left a wife and 
 two children. The funeral services were 
 performed in llochester. May 15 ; and 
 on the following day, (Sunday,) a ser- 
 mon appropriate to the occasion was 
 ])reached by his pastor, the llev. J. H. 
 Alcllvaine, D. D. By the sad event of 
 Mr. P.'s death the whole city was moved, 
 and gloom settled upon the hearts of 
 thousands who knew him only to re- 
 spect and love. Dr. Mcllvaine, in his 
 sermon, says, " He was my best friend, 
 of whom it will be difficult for me to 
 speak. But you will bear with me. 
 He was the first of the residents of this 
 city with whom 1 ever exchanged a 
 word ; and, without the circle of his 
 own fimiily and connections, there is 
 none to whom his sorrowful death is so 
 great an alilictioa as it is to me. He 
 was yet a young man, of strong frame 
 and robust health. His face, to me at 
 least, was a model of manly beauty. 
 He was a man of a high and pure sense 
 of honor, of great energy, combined with 
 what is often wanting to such traits — 
 a wise prudence and a liberal caution. 
 His business reputation was unblemished. 
 Eminently judicious, he was one upon 
 whom not only his own family and con- 
 nections, but also many others, leaned 
 much for advice and counsel in times 
 of difficulty and embarrassment. Withal 
 he was ambitious, but in that sense of 
 the word which excludes jealousy, and 
 which seeks to rise by fair and honora- 
 ble»jneans alone. God prospered him, 
 and thus enabled him to support a 
 liberality for the welfare of others that 
 was never know^n and will never be 
 known to the ])ublic. There was no 
 pecuniary sacrifice that he would not 
 make for his friends. 1 believe that in 
 this respect his Avas one of the most 
 enlarged and liberal hearts that God has 
 made. With tliese traits he combined 
 elegant tastes and accomplishments, and 
 
PERLEY 
 
 [ 1858. ] 
 
 PERRY 
 
 261 
 
 the first of genial natures. Strongly 
 discriminative in his ])references and 
 friendships, he was yet without enemies. 
 Hence this general grjpf, this testimony 
 of universal respect. He had all that 
 peculiar and lovely simplicitj^ and whole- 
 heartedness and constancy in friendship, 
 which could see no faults in his friends. 
 This perhaps was the most striking trait 
 of his character, as nianifestg^ to those 
 who enjoyed his intimacy. Where he 
 lo^d, it was with his whole heart. To 
 tli^khurch, in which he first made pro- 
 fession of his faith in Christ ; to this 
 congregation, for whose interests and 
 welfare his cares and toils were unspar- 
 ingly given ; to the choir, in which he 
 had served with untiring faithfulness 
 for many years, — his loss is indeed ir- 
 reparable. Thus, in a wide circle of 
 friends, in the respect of all men, in his 
 business connections and success, in his 
 fulness of health and strength, in the 
 affection of parents, brothers, and sis- 
 ters, in the love of his wife and of his 
 two infant children, he had every thing 
 to make life happy, and to promise a 
 long enjoyment of its blessings. Last 
 Sabbath he was there in his place in the 
 choir, where his seat now stands vacant 
 and crowned with wreaths of funereal 
 flowers. On Monday he bade farewell 
 to his family, to meet the calls of busi- 
 ness in a distant city. On the route he 
 was waited for by the angel of death. 
 The darkness of niglit, with the uncer- 
 tainties and dangers of night travelling, 
 had passed, whilst he had been whirled 
 in safety on his journey. The s])ires 
 of a neighboi'ing city were in sight, 
 when there occurred one of those fearful 
 railway disasters, which, from more than 
 heathenish recklessness of human life, 
 have now become a constant element 
 in our calculations of life and death in 
 this (with respect to all such matters) 
 horribly misgoverned country. Two 
 trains meet, both at full speed, upon 
 different tracks, in passing a rotten 
 bridge. The bridge gives way, as often 
 it had been predicted that it would. The 
 passenger cars of one of the trains are 
 precipitated into the gulf, against the 
 stone abutments, and driven up one 
 into the other, like the slides of a tele- 
 scope. I cannot describe what followed ; 
 it is too horrible. But many were 
 killed ; many others were crippled for 
 life. The wonder is that any escaped. 
 
 There my friend was crushed ; and many 
 hearts that were not there were crushed 
 with his mangled body. "Without a 
 moment's warning, in tlio ])ride of 
 health, in the midst of all his ])lans and 
 schemes for the future, in the buoyancy 
 of hope, in the fulness of his mind's 
 energy, in the abundance of his joys, 
 there his great heart was crushed." 
 
 Perley, John, Ipswich, AVest Parish, 
 Mass., Aug. 20, se. 90. Mr. P. listened 
 to the booming cannon on Bunker Hill 
 in 1775, with trembling anxiety for the 
 vanquishing of the British, and was 
 afterwards active to overcome that re- 
 bellious people led on by Shays. He 
 devoted his after life to agriculture, and 
 was ever opposed to every form of op- 
 pression. 
 
 Perry, Com. Matthew C, New York, 
 March 4, a>. 63. Com. P. was born in 
 South Kingston, on Narragansett Bay, 
 R. I. His mother was Sarah Alexan- 
 der. His father was Christopher llay- 
 mond Perry, who became an officer of 
 the infant marine of the United States 
 in 1798. His elder brother was Oliver 
 H. Perry, the hero of the battle of I-ake 
 Erie. The first of the Perry family in 
 this country emigrated to Massachusetts 
 from Devonshire, England, about the 
 middle of the seventeenth century. 
 Matthew C. Perry entered the United 
 States navy as a midshipman Jan. 16, 
 1809, when he immediately joined the 
 schooner Revenge, from which he was 
 soon after transferred to the frigate 
 President. In Nov., 1813, he was or- 
 dered to the frigate United States, and 
 in April, 1814, was sent back to the 
 President. Towards the end of 1814 
 he was ordered to the brig Chippewa, 
 from which vessel he was transferred to 
 the navy yard at Brooklyn with the 
 rank of lieutenant. He thus learned 
 the duties of his profession amid the 
 stirring events of the war of 1812 with 
 Great Britain, when every officer of our 
 little navy was more or less in active 
 service. In Aug., 1819, he was ordered 
 to the ship Cyane, whicli was sent to 
 the coast of Africa, to aid the efforts of 
 the Colonization Society in its attempt 
 to found a settlement of free blacks 
 upon the Island of Sherbro, near Sierra 
 Leone. The mortality at Sherbro was 
 so great that it became evident nocol- 
 ony could be ])lanted there ; and I,ieut. 
 P. selected Mesurado Cape as a more 
 
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 PERRY 
 
 suitable locality for a town. He there- 
 fore fixed tlie locality of the first settle- 
 ment of Liberia. In May, 1831, Lieut. 
 P. -vvas ])ut in command of the schooner 
 Shark, in which vessel he twice visited 
 the colony of Mesurado. In the same 
 vessel he also cruised the waters of the 
 West Indies, and captured several ])i- 
 rates. On his return, he was again 
 attached to the Brooklyn navy yard, 
 where he remained until 1824, Avhen he 
 was ordered to the North Carolina, of 96 
 puns, under the command of Com. John 
 Rodgers. In tliis shijj he served as first 
 lieutenant, and captain of the fieet, 
 during her whole cruise. He was then 
 promoted to the rank of commander, 
 and took charge of the recruiting ser- 
 vice at Boston, in which employment he 
 continued until 1830, Avhen he took 
 command of the corvette Concord, in 
 which he conveyed John Randolph, as 
 United States minister, to St. Peters- 
 biu'g, and afterwards cruised three years 
 in the Mediterranean. When home 
 again, he was once more actively em- 
 ployed at the Brooklyn navy yard as 
 superintendent of a school of gun prac- 
 tice, and in the organization of a steam 
 naval service. He was at this time pro- 
 moted to the rank of captain, and was 
 offered the command of the exploring 
 expedition afterwards given to Com. 
 Wilkes, but for various reasons de- 
 clined it. In 1838 Capt. P. was sent 
 to Europe to visit the dock yards and 
 lighthouses, and collect from personal 
 ins])ection such facts as might be useful 
 in improving those departments of the 
 United States service. Early in 1839 
 he submitted his report to the govern- 
 ment, and resumed his duties as super- 
 intendent of gun practice, and in pre- 
 paring plans for the construction and 
 equipment of the Missouri and the ^lis- 
 sissijjpi, the first two ocean steamers in 
 our n ivy. While thus employed he was 
 appointed to the chief command of the 
 Brooklyn navy yard, in which position 
 he remained two years, when, at his 
 own request, he was appointed to the 
 cominaiid of the African squadron, sent 
 out under the provisions of the Ash- 
 burton treaty. He succeeded so well 
 in carrying out the provisions of the 
 treaty that he received the commenda- 
 tion of both the British and American 
 governments. In 1846 he sailed as 
 
 second in command to Com. Connor, to 
 the Gulf of Mexico, and on the retirement 
 of that officer in ]\Iarch assumed the 
 chief command im^ime to direct the naval 
 bombardment of vera Cruz. Com. P.'s 
 " able cooperation " in the siege of Vera 
 Cruz was cordially acknowledged by Gen. 
 Scott in his official despatches. But the 
 most distinguished service in his long ca- 
 reer was tie expejjition to Japan, which 
 sailed frcfm the U. S. Nov. 24, 1852, and 
 in command of which Com. P. negotiat- 
 ed the treaty with Japan, signed on^ie 
 last day of March, 1854. The important 
 events connected with this expedition 
 are still fresh in the public mind, and we 
 need not now do more than refer to them. 
 The disease which caused Com. P.'s death 
 was gout in the stomach. He had com- 
 plained of feeling poorly for several days 
 past, but was not considered in danger 
 until the hour of his death, about two 
 o'clock in the morning. We believe he 
 leaves a widow and six children, three 
 sons and three daughters. One of the 
 sons is now consul at Hong Kong. Of 
 the daughters, two are married (Mrs. 
 John Hone and Mrs. Auguste Belmont,) 
 and one remains single. The wife of 
 the Rev. Dr. Vinton, of Trinity Church, 
 N. Y., is a niQce of Com. Matthew C. 
 Perry and a daughter of Com. Oliver H. 
 PeiTy. The deceased had served at sea 
 for a period of 25 years, and on the shore 
 more than 17 years, and had only been 
 unemployed about six years during the 
 whole time since his entrance into the 
 navy. 
 
 Pkrky, Hon. Robert C, Lexington, 
 Holmes Co., Miss. Jan. 14, ae. 45. He 
 was born in North Carolina, and at an 
 early age emigrated with his father to 
 Tennessee, and in or near Pulaski he 
 studied law under Judge Bramlett. He 
 emigrated to Mississippi in 1836, and set- 
 tled in Carthage, Leake Co., practising his 
 ])rofcssion, until some time in 1842, when 
 he married in Holmes Co., and remained 
 a citizen of Holmes until the time of his 
 death. In his life he held the oihces of 
 district attorney and circuit judge. How 
 these offices, in a strict performance of 
 the several duties of the same, were 
 performed by him, the records of the 
 county show. How his duties as hus- 
 band, father, master, and friend were ])er- 
 formed, the memory of those who knew 
 him best will best attest. 
 
PERRY 
 
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 Perry, Hon. George, Saxton's lllver, 
 Vt., Aug. 22, X. 51. In 1857 he was a 
 foithful member of the state Senate, but 
 had declined a reelection on account of 
 his health. He was a member of a 
 large manufacturing firm at Saxton's 
 Hiver, where his loss will be keenly felt. 
 As a neighbor and citizen he was most 
 highly esteemed and beloved, and the 
 •whole community feel that a heavy stroke 
 has come ujion them. 
 
 HON. JOHN S. PETERS, 
 
 Hebron, Ct., March 30, a?. 85. Mr. 
 P. was born in Hebron, Conn., Sept. 21, 
 1772. His father, Bemslie Peters, was a 
 native of Hebron, as was also his mother, 
 whose maiden name was Annis Shipman. 
 They had seven children, of whom the 
 subject of this sketch was the fifth. Their 
 parental ancestors were English, and 
 their traditionary history, as handed down 
 from father to son, is as follows : Lord 
 
 Peters, of , England, had three sons, 
 
 Thomas, Hugh, and William, all of whom 
 were liberally educated men, and all dis- 
 senters from the established religion. 
 They formed a part of that little band, 
 who, to escape persecution, fled to Hol- 
 land, and from thence, in 1620, came to 
 Plymouth, Mass. Thomas, the eldest 
 brother, was a clergyman, and settled at 
 Saybrook, where he died, leaving no chil- 
 dren. He Mas one of the founders of 
 Yale College, first located at Saybrook, 
 and removed to New Haven in 1700 ; 
 and his library, which he bequeathed to 
 the college, formed the nucleus of the 
 present extensive one of that institution. 
 
 Hugh, the second brother, was also a 
 clergyman, and settled at Salem, Mass., 
 where he resided until the rebellion 
 against Charles I. had made some prog- 
 ress, M'hen he returned to England, and 
 took an active part in the support of 
 Cromwell. On the restoration of Charles 
 IL, he died on the scaffold, a traitor or 
 martyr, according to the opinion or fash- 
 ion of the day. He had one child, a 
 daughter, who married a highly respect- 
 able citizen of Boston, whose name is 
 not known. 
 
 William was a merchant, and settled at 
 Mendon, ]Mass. He left a large family, 
 and from him, it is believed, all of the 
 name now living in New England de- 
 scended. John Peters, one of the de- 
 scendants of William, removed from 
 
 Mendon to Hebron in 1718, and was one 
 of the first settlers of the town. He left 
 a large family, among whom were llev. 
 Samuel Peters, J). 1)., and Bemslie Peters, 
 the father of John S. Peters. In the 
 year 1774, Bemslie Peters removed with 
 his family to Mooretown, Vt., to act as 
 the land agent of his brother Samviel, and 
 Gov. Moore, of New York, who had 
 jointly purchased the township ; but in 
 consequence of their failure to jn-ocurc a 
 title to the land they had i)urcliased, and 
 entertaining fears of a murderous descent 
 of Canadian Indians, a war between 
 Great Britain and the colonies being in 
 embryo, he returned Mith his family to 
 Hebron the year following. 
 
 On the breaking out of the revolution- 
 ary war, Bemslie Peters, with most of the 
 other descendants of John Peters then 
 living in Hel)ron, took the side of the 
 king, and were determined royalists. 
 He continued to reside in Hebron with 
 his family until 1777, when he went to 
 N. Y. city, then in the possession of the 
 royal forces, and soon after sailed for 
 England, and joined his brother Samuel 
 in London. For his royalty he obtained 
 a captain's commission, and resided in 
 England until 1794, when he drew a 
 large tract of land near Little York, in 
 Upper Canada, to which place he removed, 
 and died in the year 1799. 
 
 The family of Bemslie Peters were left 
 by him in moderate pecuniary circum- 
 stances, and wholly dependent upon the 
 mother, who discharged her duty to them 
 faithfully. At the age of 18 John S. 
 became a teacher, and continued to 
 tfeach the dsitrict school for the four 
 succeeding winters. At the age of 20, 
 having made choice of the medical pro- 
 fession, he commenced its study with Dr. 
 Benjamin Peters, of Marbletown, Ulster 
 Co., N. Y., and with Dr. Abner Moseley 
 of Glastenburv. In Nov., 1776, he went 
 to Philadclphi'a to complete his profes- 
 sional studies, and there attended the an- 
 atomical lectures of Drs. Shipcn and 
 Wistar, the medical lectures of Dr. 
 Woodhouse, and the Medical Institute 
 of Dr. Ptush. He returned to Hebron in 
 March, 1797, and established himself as a 
 physician. 
 
 Dr. Peters was considered a very skil- 
 ful physician, and had an extensive prac- 
 tice in his own and the adjoining towns. 
 He was a man of studious habits, and his 
 active mind was well stored and enriched 
 
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 PHELI S 
 
 with the best and most vahiable medical 
 literature of the day. In addition to this, 
 he possessed a mass of iuvahiable i)racti- 
 cal knowledge, obtained in his arduous 
 evcry-day jiractice. He was esteemed 
 and honored by his professional brethren, 
 having filled various offices in the county 
 and state medical societies, at one time 
 president of the state society. He Uke- 
 wise so possessed the good mil of the 
 voters of Connecticut that they raised 
 him to some very prominent political 
 stations. In 1827 he was elected lieuten- 
 ant governor, and continued in this office 
 through 1830. In 1831 he was elected 
 governor, and again in 1832. 
 
 Dr. P. possessed a good physical con- 
 stitution, and up to within two years of 
 his death enjoyed perfect health. When 
 in the 84th year of his age, he made the 
 following memorandum in his note-book : 
 " I am now in my 84th year ; I enjoy 
 good health, and have a competency of 
 this world's goods, and am waiting pa- 
 tiently for that change which I know 
 must soon come. I have had my full 
 share of the labors of a country phyS- 
 cian, and more of political offices and la- 
 bors than ordinarily fall to the share of 
 one citizen." 
 
 In his religion he was a sincere Chris- 
 tian and a h amble worshipper. His 
 parents, and the Peters family generally, 
 were Ejjiscopalians. He was ardently 
 attached to the church, and contributed 
 liberally of his mtans to its support. 
 To the parish of St. Peter's Church, in 
 Hebron, he was a munificent benefactor. 
 He was for many years a member of the 
 corporation of Trinity College, which in- 
 stitution conferred upon him the degree 
 of LL. D. Both as a physician and a 
 man, he had a strong hold upon the af- 
 fection of his townsmen. L)r. P. lived 
 and died a bachelor. 
 
 Peters, .Tohn II., New York city, 
 Apr. 24, tv. 7.J. He was the eldest son of 
 Gen. Absalom Peters, of Hebron, Conn., 
 and was born at Wentworth, N. II., in 
 1783. He commenced his business edu- 
 cation in Groton, Mass., in the same es- 
 tablishment with the late Amos and Wil- 
 liam Lawrence, of Boston, went from 
 there to Troy, X. Y., where he carried 
 on a successful business for several years, 
 and removed to New York in 1814, 
 where lie has resided ever since. As a 
 leading merchant of the latter city, he 
 
 did much by his enterprise in developing 
 the cotton trade of the south, where he 
 had extensive business connections for 
 many years, and sent, in 1816, the first 
 vessel cleared from N. Y. for Mobile, 
 
 Phelps, Hon. Charles B., suddenly, at 
 Roxbury, Ct., Dec. 21, ce. 71, of Wood- 
 bury, Ct. He was a member of the bar 
 51 years, and a member of both branch- 
 es of the state legislature, speaker of 
 the House, and judge of the Litchfield 
 County Courts. At a public meeting of 
 the citizens of Woodbury, the follow- 
 ing resolution was passed : — 
 
 " Resolved, that we are not willing to 
 let this occasion pass without expressing 
 our sense of the qualities of the man, 
 the large legal knowledge to which he 
 had attained, the reputation he had 
 achieved, the unusual justness of his 
 judgments as a judge, — never, in the 
 long period of 26 years, having had one 
 of the judgments of his Probate Court 
 set aside, — the breadth of his reading, 
 the keenness of his wit, the force of his 
 eloquence, and the general excellence of 
 his qualities as a man of force and suc- 
 cess, either with assemblies or at the 
 bar. The large and generous nature, 
 also, that belonged to him ; the noble- 
 ness and warmth of his heart ; the 
 depth and tenderness of his feelings, 
 and the readiness and promptness of his 
 sympathies for all the poor and the dis- 
 tressed ; his generous appreciation, also, 
 of the institutions of religion to the sta- 
 bihty and purity of society, the worth 
 of schools and colleges, and the neces- 
 sity of sound books ; for all of which, 
 though not till very lately a profession- 
 ally religious man, he always gave a 
 liberal proportion of his means. His 
 value, also, among us, as one of the 
 men of the past ; his taste for letters ; 
 his antiquarian disposition, and the love 
 by that disposition accumulated ; his 
 form and countenance ever suggestive 
 of good old times and good old feel- 
 ings, telling us with a force words fail 
 to do, that kindness of heart, pity for 
 the poor, and good feeling to the vari- 
 ous classes of men, are not necessarily a 
 part of any man's creed, any sect, or any 
 profession. An/:l finally, that we shall 
 long remember him as a magnanimous 
 friend and father, the sincerity of whose 
 attachments and the wisdom of whose 
 counsels we could not doubt ; and his 
 niemorv will be dear to us, and his grave 
 
PHELPS 
 
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 2G5 
 
 green in our recollections, * till life shall 
 pass.'" 
 
 Phelps, Anson G., Esq., New York 
 city, May 18, a?. 39. Mr. Phelps was one 
 of the most distinguished of the young 
 merchants of New York for philanthro- 
 py, public spirit, and wealth with which 
 to carry out the benevolence of his heart. 
 He was only son of the late Anson 
 G. Phelps, Esq., whose munificence, both 
 during his life and in his bequests by 
 will, is universally known. Both father 
 and son were members of the firm of 
 " Phelps, Dodge, & Co." It is not too 
 much to say, that no man of his age 
 could be more missed from mercantile, 
 religious, and philanthropic circles of 
 our city than Mr. Phelps. 
 
 PniLBPJCK, Edward, Concord, N. H., 
 Aug. 20, X. 90. He was for about 20 
 years one of the doorkeepers of the 
 House of Representatives. 
 ^ Philleo, Calvin W., Esq., Suffield, 
 Ct., June 30, se. 30. He was born in 
 Vernon, N. Y., June 14, 1822, and was 
 the only son of the Rev. Calvin Philleo, 
 a preacher of considerable repute in the 
 Baptist denomination, who removed to 
 Suffield, Ct., where he was settled for 
 several years. After receiving a good ac- 
 ademical education, he studied law Avith 
 the late Hon. George S. Catlin, of 
 Windham, Ct., and was admitted to the 
 bar of Hartford Co. in 1845. In 1847 
 he opened an oifice in Suffield, and, in 
 1849, married Miss Elizabeth Pease 
 Norton, daughter of Daniel W. Norton. 
 He obtained considerable professional 
 practice, and a very respectable position 
 at the Hartford County bar. His mind 
 was eminently logical, and his briefs in 
 the Supreme Court, which were gener- 
 ally expanded into fvdl arguments, were 
 fine specimens of logical reasoning. 
 His attention, was, however, during the 
 last few years of his life, in some meas- 
 ure diverted to another and more at- 
 tractive field of labor. He became a 
 pleasing and graceful writer of fiction in 
 Graham's Magazine, in Putnam's Maga- 
 zine, in Harper's Magazine, and the At- 
 lantic Monthly. Mr. Philleo had reached 
 that happy point in human life, where a 
 period of early struggles left behind 
 makes brighter, by the contrast, a future 
 of seemingly sure reward. This future 
 of his imagination he surrendered, keen- 
 ly disappointed, yet with a placid mind, 
 to the greater future of reality. The 
 23 
 
 memory of his warm, genial nature, his 
 uprightness, and his many excellences, 
 will be cherished by a broad chcle of 
 hearty and intimate friends. 
 
 Phillips, Hariet C, Ncwburvport, 
 Mass., Oct. 2, PC. — , wife of Samuel 
 Phillips, Esq., and daughter of Zebedee 
 Cook, Esq., of N. 
 
 PiCKARD, Rev. John H., Caswell Co., 
 N. C, Sept. 11, a?. 75. Mr. Pickard 
 went to Caswell Co. in the year 1816, 
 and commenced preaching at Bethesda ^ 
 Church as a licentiate. In Nov., 1817, 
 he was ordained to the full work of the 
 gospel ministry, by the presbytery of 
 Orange. He continued his labors at 
 Bethesda for u])wards of 30 years. He 
 was an earnest preacher of the gospel, 
 and a man noted for his piety. 
 
 Pickett, Col. Albert J., New Mont- y 
 gomery, Ala., Oct. 19, a'. — . Col. 
 Pickett had long been well known in 
 Alabama as an amiable and accom- 
 plished gentleman ; and beyond the 
 bounds of the states his name was made 
 familiar to the general ear by his Histo- 
 ry of Alabama. He was one of those 
 men, of Avhom so few are found among 
 us, who, born to a life of ease, leisure, 
 and abundance, choose to devote their 
 time to intellectual pursuits. He was 
 a member of the bar, but, we believe, 
 never sought distinction there ; but his 
 mind was never idle, and his pen but 
 seldom. His writings are scattered 
 anonymously through the papers and 
 periodicals of the country, and could 
 they be collected, Avould form no insig- 
 nificant " mental ppamid ; " but he is 
 little known as a writer except by his 
 History of Alabama. 
 
 Pierce, S. B., Esq., Augusta, Perry 
 Co., Miss., April 17, <t. — , killed by the 
 
 accidental discharge of his gun. 
 
 Mr. 
 
 Pierce was a native of Jackson, Miss., 
 had represented Hancock Co. in the 
 legislature, had been mayor of the 
 city of Shieldsboro', and was a rising 
 member of the bar. 
 
 Pierce, Mrs. Lucy, Brookline, Mass., 
 
 12^ oe. 80, widow of the late Rev. 
 
 John Pierce, D. D., and a descendant of 
 Mary, sister of Benjamin Franklin. 
 
 Pierce, Asahel, Calais, Vt., Aug. 19, 
 a?. 87. Mr. Pierce went into Vermont 
 in the summer of 1795, purchasing a, 
 lot of land in the wilderness at the east- 
 erly part of the town of Calais, and 
 commenced cutting down the forest pre- 
 
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 PLATT 
 
 paratory to making a farm. In March, 
 1798, he moved his ■wife from the town 
 of Rehoboth, ]\Iass., into a log house, 
 constructed on his premises. 
 
 PiERPONT, llobert R., Nappa Co., 
 Cal., Nov. 5, se. 34, a native of Rutland, 
 Vt. He was one of the eai-ly settlers of 
 Nappa, and went to California in 1849. 
 In the practice of his profession he se- 
 cured the confidence of all classes, and 
 was universally esteemed for his probity 
 and manliness of character. 
 
 PiERSOX, Rev. Daniel, Bowdoinham, 
 Me., April 24, a?. 79. 
 
 PiLCUKR, Gen. William A., Louisville, 
 Ky., Aug. 14, 8P. — . He was for some 
 months mayor of Louisville, and for many 
 years distinguished as a leading politician 
 and lawyer all over the state. Gen. P. 
 was at one time the democratic candidate 
 for lieutenant governor of Ky., and can- 
 vassed and spoke in every county in the 
 state. On the organization of the Amer- 
 ican party, he attached himself to it, 
 and remained a fast and zealous friend 
 of its principles up to his death. He 
 was a man of talents, and highly es- 
 teemed in the society where he moved. 
 
 PiLLSBURY, Hon. T., Danville, Tex- 
 as, Dec. 23, se. C8. He was a member 
 of the Maine legislature, and some 20 
 years ago or more a candidate for Con- 
 gress in the Eastport district. Failing 
 of his election, he removed to Texas, 
 and became judge of the Probate Court 
 of Brazoria Co., and representative from 
 the same county, in the Texas Congress. 
 He was an ardent advocate of the an- 
 nexation of Texas. He was the first 
 representative from the western district 
 in the Congress of the United States. 
 He served but one term, not having 
 been of the order of men to make a de- 
 cided impression in that body. He was 
 a man who could rarely go wTong, be- 
 cause he felt right. Such men always 
 exert an abiding moral influence. 
 
 PiNCKNEY, Mrs. Amelia, AnnapoHs, 
 Md., Nov. 4, x. 79. An Annapolis pa- 
 per says, " Her industry was wonderful. 
 The records of the state department 
 bear evidence of a skill in penmanship, 
 and a capacity for l)usines6, rarely met 
 with in a woman. After her seventieth 
 year she wrote loOO closely written 
 pages, full of tlie stores of her rich 
 mind and cultivated taste, solely for the 
 perusal and gratification of those who 
 cheered the last years of her bodily suf- 
 
 fering. In all this tribute of affection 
 there is no sacrifice of the truth she 
 loved so well — no exaggeration of the 
 reality. As an evidence of the powers 
 of her mind, and the rapidity of her 
 mental conception, Ave may mention, 
 that, when past her seventieth year, she 
 wrote in six weeks 500 verses of excel- 
 lent poetry, on the subject of the Queens 
 of England, without the erasure of a 
 line or change of a word. 
 
 Pitcher, Major M. S., Astor House, 
 New York city, Sept. 17, of Sandy Hill, 
 N. Y., se. — . Major P. was appointed 
 a captain in the 10th regiment of U. S. 
 infantry dui'ing the Mexican war, and 
 served with his regiment on the Rio 
 Grande. Near the close of the war he 
 was raised to the rank of major. He 
 left the service when the 10 regiments 
 raised for the Avar Avere disbanded. A 
 few years ago, Avhen four ncAV regiments 
 Avere added to the army, Maj. P. Avas ap- 
 pointed to a captaincy in the 9th regiment. 
 
 PiTKlx, Rev. S. Dwight, Woodbridge, 
 N. J., Sept. 30, sc. 36, at the residence 
 of Walter Brewster. Mr. Pitkin was 
 born in Ellerton, Ct., June 20, 1822 — 
 graduated at Amherst College — studied 
 theology three years in New York, and 
 one year at New Haven, Ct. — spent 
 one year preaching in AVisconsin, and 
 went to IBattle Creek in Oct., 1848, 
 Avhere he remained nine years. As a 
 speaker, there are few Avho did not admire 
 the elegance of his language and the 
 perspicuity of his thought. In the fact 
 that for eight years he drcAV around him 
 the largest and most intelligent congre- 
 gation in the place, and through the 
 Avhole time made such progress that the 
 interest and admiration of his audience 
 increased as the time floAved on, and 
 kncAV no ebb up to the day of his de- 
 parture, is ample testimony of his effi- 
 ciency in this respect. He was an in- 
 dustrious student, and gave his congre- 
 gation the first fruits of tliat industry. 
 
 Platt, John Freligh, Plattsburg, 
 N. Y., Feb. 25, se. 20, son of Moses 
 Kent Platt, Esq. Mr. Platt Avas fitted for 
 college at the early age of 12 or 13 
 years. At the age of 15 he entered the 
 Sophomore class at Williams College. 
 Owing to the failure of health he re- 
 mained in college, at this time, but a sin- 
 gle term. After regaining his health, he 
 reentered the Sophomore class in Sept., 
 1855. More careful of his health, and 
 
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 PORTER 
 
 267 
 
 •wiser in his purposes of a college educa- 
 tion, he no longer devoted his attention 
 exclusively to text books ; he read much, 
 and thought and wrote still more ; and, 
 as a natural consequence, with one of 
 such brilliant talents, he won and main- 
 
 tained the reputation of being a 
 
 thinker. 
 
 close, 
 accurate, far-reaching thinker. Less 
 than a year since, his appearance was 
 quite remarkable for health and strength. 
 The last of April, 1857, he took cold, 
 which, through neglect, settled into 
 consumption ; and he was obliged to 
 return home in the early part of May. 
 During his sickness, his ability to call 
 up all his theoretical knowledge, and 
 make it speak to his views, was noticea- 
 ble, even io the shortest conversation. 
 For the last few weeks of his life the 
 burden of his talk, was the wonderful 
 love of Christ, how every thing in the 
 universe speaks it, and how every mo- 
 tive, which can influence a rational being, 
 calls upon us to exercise it towards God 
 and man ; with what earnestness, with 
 what impressiveness, with what melting 
 tenderness, he besought his friends not 
 to neglect it, no one who heard can ever 
 forget. The paternal wisdom which se- 
 cured for him the rarest educational ad- 
 vantages, and the fidelity of his early 
 instructors, were richly rewarded by the 
 commanding position, which, as a schol- 
 ar and man, he maintained among his 
 fellows. The habits of mind Avhich he 
 thus early formed, strengthened M'ith his 
 years, had already awakened high anti- 
 cipations for his success and usefulness 
 in the intellectual world. 
 
 Platt, Rev. Isaac W., "West Farms, 
 Westchester Co., N. Y., Feb. 9, a?. 69. 
 
 Platt, Joseph, Canfield, O., Jan. 15, 
 se. 87. The deceased was one of the old 
 pioneers of that section, having removed 
 from Massachusetts to Canfield Town- 
 ship in 1818. 
 
 Platt, Mrs. Martha A., Columbus O., 
 Sept. 10, 86. — . She was a decided Chris- 
 tian — meek, unobtrusive, yet earnest 
 and self-denying. She ever evinced her 
 hope in the humble endeavor, by the 
 careful culture of her heart, to be more 
 Christ-like. Solicitous for the welfore 
 of Zion, she did what she could ; and 
 cheerfully suffered what was appointed 
 to her in the kingdom and patience of 
 Jesus Christ. 
 
 Platt, Hon. Robert, Plattsburg, 
 N. Y., May 16, ae. 79. 
 
 PLUJraEn, Edwin, Portland, Me., 
 May 29, to. 33. lie was a man quite 
 above the ordinary rank, and in a litera- 
 ry point of view had reached a very re- 
 spectable eminence. Acquiring, in his 
 nonage, the printer's art, he soon stepped 
 from the " case " to the higher walks of 
 publisher and editor. He edited the 
 NorM-ay Advertiser, and afterwards start- 
 ed in Portland, several years since, a lit- 
 erary paper, the Northern Pioneer, and 
 more recently the Eclectic, both of 
 which won much credit for Mr. P., and 
 a large circulation. He was a poet of 
 no mean power. Some of his efiusions 
 were most beautifully conceived and ex- 
 pressed. As a prose writer, his lectures 
 before societies, in this and other sec- 
 tions of the country, as well as his news- 
 paper essays, placed him in a high rank. 
 Above all, he was an honest man. 
 
 PoMERoy, Rev. Thaddeus I)e Witt, 
 Onondaga Co., N. Y., April 14, a?. 76, 
 formerly of Gorham, Me. 
 
 Pope, Rev. Augustus Russell, Som- 
 erville, Mass., May 24, re. 39. He was 
 son of Lemuel and Sally Belknap (Rus- 
 sell) Pope, and Avas born in Boston, Jan. 
 25, 1819. His father was for many 
 years president of the Boston Insurance 
 Company, and died in Roxbury in 1851. 
 Mr. P., soon after graduating at Har- 
 vard, 1839, entered the Divinity School 
 in Cambridge, Avhere he pursued his theo- 
 logical studies. He was ordained pas- 
 tor of the Unitarian church in Kings- 
 ton, Mass., April 19, 1843, -where he 
 faithfully discharged his ministerial du- 
 ties until June, 1849, when he resigned 
 his pastoral charge, and was afterwards 
 installed over the Unitarian church in 
 Somerville. He continued to labor with 
 great acceptance to the people of his 
 charge until his death, with the excep- 
 tion of a few months, about two years 
 since, during which period he acted as 
 state agent and lecturer for the ^lassa- 
 chusetts Board of Education. He was 
 a man of great energy and industry. 
 He possessed talents well adaj)tod to 
 the profession he had chosen, and jier- 
 sonal characteristics imbued with Chris- 
 tian virtues, which made him eminently 
 useful as a minister, and beloved and 
 respected as a man by a large circle of 
 acquaintances. 
 
 Porter, William T., New York city, 
 , SB. 52. Mr. Porter was a na- 
 tive of Vermont, and his first occupa- 
 
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268 
 
 PORTER 
 
 [1858.] 
 
 POST 
 
 tion was that of a printer. He emigrat- 
 ed to New York about 25 years ago, 
 and for some time practised his vocation 
 in a book-printing establishment. He 
 afterwards established a weekly jour- 
 nal called the Constellation, which was 
 merged into the Spirit of the Times 
 which was established by Mr. John 
 Richards, and of Avhich Mr. Porter 
 was sole editor. As a journalist he was 
 always generous and lair ; as a writer, 
 elegant, spirited, and graceful ; as a 
 gentleman, he won the esteem of all who 
 met him. His last work was the obitu- 
 ary notice of the late John C. Stevens. 
 Mr. Porter was connected with the fam- 
 ily of the Hon. llufus Choate, and other 
 distinguished persons in New England. 
 He was the last of four brothers, three 
 of Mhom were journalists, and died in 
 the harness. 
 
 PoKTEii, William M., Esq., Pittsburg, 
 Pa., Nov. — , a?. 33. The deceased was 
 a gentleman of rare endowments, and a 
 versatile and ready writer. Having re- 
 ceived a liberal education at the West- 
 ern University, he afterwards studied 
 law under Andrew Burke, Esq. Inherit- 
 ing an ample fortune, with a mind dis- 
 inclined to the labors and strife of the 
 legal profession, he never entered on the 
 practice of the law. Many of his essays 
 had extensive circulation, and were read 
 with marked approval. He had a large 
 family connection in this county, and in- 
 numerable personal friends, who will 
 long cherish his memory, and regret his 
 early death. 
 
 Porter, Charles, Haverhill, Mass., 
 Oct. 24, 8e. 71. Mr. P. was for many 
 years a prominent citizen of Haverhill, 
 and did much towards the present busi- 
 ness prosperity. He was formerly a 
 successful and respected merchant in 
 New York ; and, after he settled down 
 in Haverhill, he erected a large number 
 of substantial blocks of stores, and in 
 many other ways contributed largely 
 towards moving the wheels of trade. 
 By the business men of this vicinity, 
 with whom his intercourse was frequent 
 and pleasant, Mr. P. will be much 
 regretted. During an active business 
 life, extending over so many years, he 
 amassed a large property, and, like a 
 wise man, used it as the Lord's. 
 
 Porter, liev. Calvin, East Paw-Paw, 
 De Kalb Co., 111., Nov. 22, tv. 64. 
 
 Post, Rev. Reuben, D. D., Charles- 
 
 ton, S. C, Sept. 24, se. 66. He was a 
 
 native of Vermont, a graduate of Mid- 
 dlebury College, and in 1813, of Prince- 
 ton Seminary. After a brief term of 
 missionary service in Virginia, he was 
 in 1819 ordained as pastor of the First 
 Presbyterian church in Washington, 
 D. C, where he remained until his re- 
 moval to Charleston, as pastor of the 
 Cu-cular Church in Feb., 1836. During 
 the period of his residence in Washing- 
 ton, under President Jackson's adminis- 
 tration, he was for two successive terms 
 chosen chaplain of the House of Rep- 
 resentatives. His long pastorate in 
 Charleston had rendered him one of 
 the landmarks of the community, where, 
 though naturally of a timid and unob- 
 trusive nature, he was ever ready to take 
 his part, when called upon, in matters 
 of public interest. In the sphere of his 
 ordinary labors, few men have been 
 more punctual and faithful in the dis- 
 charge of their stated duties. All in 
 contact with him must have admitted 
 the zeal, almost amounting to pertinacity, 
 with which, under an increasing weight 
 of years and infirmity, he fulfilled his 
 pastoral duties. The most characteristic 
 feature of his piety was reverence, a per- 
 vading sense of the presence and scruti- 
 ny of God, and the solemnities of eter- 
 nity ; and this perhaps imparted to his 
 preaching its prevailing monitory and 
 searching tone, its gravity and solemni- 
 ty. His intercourse with other evangel- 
 ical denominations was characterized by 
 the M'idest liberality, though he was de- 
 cided in his denominational preference 
 and doctrinal convictions. He was 
 third upon the roll of the Charleston 
 presbytery in ecclesiastical seniority; 
 and no one of its old members rejoiced 
 more cordially in the reunion by which 
 an unfortunate division had been healed. 
 The board of supervisors of the High 
 School at Charleston, of which Dr. P. was 
 the president, at a special meeting passed 
 the following among other resolutions : — 
 liesolved, that in the death of the Rev. 
 Dr. Reuben Post we have lost an ex- 
 cellent president of this board, a Chris- 
 tian gentleman, who was devoted to his 
 duties, and jierformed them with unfail- 
 ing punctuality, urbanity, and \\isdom; 
 we shall ever remember with gratitude 
 his valuable services to our school ; we 
 shall strive to imitate his example ; we 
 will respect and cherish Iiis memory." 
 
POTTER 
 
 [1858.] 
 
 PRATT 
 
 269 
 
 Potter, Paraclete, Esq., Milwaulde, 
 Wis., Feb. 3, ae. 78. Mr. P. was a na- 
 tive of Dutchess Co., and one of its most 
 prominent citizens for many j'ears. Be- 
 ing loy trade a printer, he commenced the 
 business of printing and bookselling as 
 early as 1806, at which time he also took 
 charge of the Poughkeepsie Journal news- 
 paper, which he purchased of Nicholas 
 Power, its founder. He continued in the 
 same business until 1834, being all that 
 time sole editor of the Journal — a period 
 of 28 years. An active politician, he was 
 until 1816 a zealous member of the fed- 
 eral party, then a supporter of Dewitt 
 Clinton, and subsequently of Gen. Jack- 
 son. After he left his editorial labors he 
 became very active in promoting the im- 
 provements which for a time marked the 
 progress of Poughkeepsie. In 1841 he re- 
 moved to Milwaukie, where he remained 
 until death closed his career. AVith a 
 character above the reach of reproach, he 
 was a man of marked talent, and in gen- 
 eral knowledge had few superiors in the 
 country. 
 
 Potter, Rev. Ray, Pawtucket, R. I., 
 March 1, ae. 62. 
 
 PoTTiNGER, Hon, John, Jefferson, 
 Berks Co., Pa., April 25, x. — , was one 
 of the representatives of Berks Co. in the 
 state legislature during the years 1832, 
 1833, and 1834, and again in 1842, and 
 was state senator for the term which in- 
 cluded the years 1847, 1848, and 1849. 
 He was at all times faithful to the inter- 
 ests of his constituents, and in public 
 and private life maintained an unblem- 
 ished character. 
 
 Potts, Rev. R., Waynesburg, Pa., 
 Nov. 21, SB. — . 
 
 Powell, Robert M., Esq., Forks of 
 Capon, Hampshire Co., Va., Oct. 17, oe. 
 58. He had been twice elected to rep- 
 resent his county in the legislature of 
 Virginia, and was, at the time of his 
 decease, a member of that body. He 
 also served for some years as school 
 commissioner and justice of the peace. 
 He Avas kind and courteous in his inter- 
 course with his fellow-men, and was 
 ever thoughtful of the rights and feel- 
 ings of all with whom he had to do. 
 He was upright and honorable in his 
 business transactions, and firm and un- 
 deviating in his friendships. 
 
 Power, AVilliam, M. D., New York 
 city, Sept. 14, ae. 60. He was a native 
 of Ireland, and received his professional 
 23* 
 
 education in the great school of Dublin, 
 and, to comply with the then laws of 
 this state, received the dijjloma of M. D. 
 in New York. For over 30 years he 
 has been a medical practitioner among 
 us. occupying a distinguished position, 
 serving, without distinction, the rich and 
 poor. Indeed, few physicians have ever 
 done more for his poor countrymen than 
 he. His frank and noble character 
 commanded for him the respect and 
 esteem not only of his own countrymen, 
 but of all who knew him. The arduous 
 toil of professional life gradually devel- 
 oped in him organic disease of the 
 heart, from the effects of which he lin- 
 gered for the last two years. 
 
 Power, John Henry, ]M. D., Aber- 
 deen, O., Sept. 4, ?o. 33. Dr. P. was 
 born and raised in Aberdeen. He com- 
 pleted his medical education in one of 
 the medical colleges in Cincinnati, in 
 the winter of 1854-55, and emigrated 
 to Canton, Lewis Co., Mo., on the Upper 
 Mississippi, where for one year he was 
 earnestly and successfully engaged in 
 his profession. 
 
 Powers, William L., Bloomington, 
 111., Aug. 28, le. 53. 
 
 Powers, Mrs. Azubah C, Phillips- 
 ton, Mass., Aug. 31, a?. 76, wife of Oli- 
 ver Powers, Esq., and mother of Rev. 
 Philander O. Powers, missionary of the 
 A. B. C. F. M. to the Armenians of 
 Asiatic Turkey. 
 
 Pratt, W. H., M. D., Buffalo, N. Y., 
 Nov. 28, ce. — • 
 
 Pratt, Elder Cyprian S., Harmony, 
 Me., July 8, se. 51. He was born in 
 Hebron, Me. ; experienced religion about 
 1831, on Fox Island ; subsequently 
 united with the Free-will Baptists. He 
 was licensed to preach by the Exeter 
 quarterly meeting, June 18, 1833. In 
 the June following he was ordained by 
 a council appointed by the quarterly 
 meeting, in the town of Brighton. For 
 several years he devoted most of his 
 time to travelling and preaching among 
 the destitute churches, holding pro- 
 tracted meetings, &c. The Lord blessed 
 his labors in the conversion of many 
 sinners, and to the edification of the 
 church. After the organization of the 
 AYellington quarterly meeting his labors 
 were, for many years, principally con- 
 fined within its limits. The last of his 
 labors were bestowed upon the town of 
 Richmond, when failing health admon- 
 
270 
 
 PREBLE 
 
 [1858.] 
 
 PURVIANCE 
 
 ished him that his work in the gospel 
 field was nearly over. 
 
 PuKBi.E, Maj. Henry, "Woohvich, Me., 
 March 6, se. 45. He was a lieutenant 
 of infantry in the Aroostook war in 
 1839, in the controversy about the 
 northern boundary, and for several years 
 a memljer of one of the large ship- 
 buildino- firms in Rath. He spent most 
 of his life, however, upon a larjje and 
 valuable farm which he received from an 
 uncle. He married an accomplished lady 
 in Bath in 18;J7, and left five children. 
 
 Pkescott, ]\liss Sarah, Boston, Mass., 
 June IS, ip. 86, daughter of the late 
 Hon. James Prescott, Sen., of Groton, 
 and niece of Col. William Prescott, the 
 hero of Bunker Hill. 
 
 I'KKscoTT, ■\Villiam, Esq., Sanborn- 
 ton, N. H., July 13, se. 80. He Mas one 
 of those noble veterans who took his 
 pack on his shoulder and started for the 
 far-famed township, and laid the foun- 
 dation for many privileges to be enjoyed 
 by coming geiierations. 
 
 'Pbessey, John, Esq., Sutton, N. H., 
 Aug. 17, iv. 81. Mr. P. was one of the 
 most aged and respectable citizens of 
 the town of Sutton. Having lived a long 
 time in the town, his cii-cle of acquaint- 
 ances was somewhat extensive ; and by 
 his uprightness of character and urban- 
 ity of manners he gained the confidence 
 and resj)ect of all who knew him. He 
 had repeatedly been elected to the vari- 
 ous offices within the gift of the people 
 • of the town, all of which he filled with 
 marked al^lity and the strictest fidelity. 
 
 Pketlow, p. K., M. D., Pineville, 
 Monroe Co., Ala., May 26, te. 53. Suc- 
 cessful as a physician, accomplished as a 
 gentleman, a man of inflexible integrity, 
 and of unsullied honor. 
 
 Prick, Mrs. Ruth, Bridgewater,Mass., 
 Aug. 5, a). 83, the last revolutionary 
 pensioner in the town. 
 
 PiUCK, Edwin, M. D., Brunswick, 
 Mo., Jan. 24, a?. 62. He was born in 
 Prince Edward Co., Va., Sept. 10, 1795. 
 He received his academical education 
 at Hampden Sidney College, Va., and 
 graduated at the Medical College in 
 New York in 1819. He first entered 
 on the duties of his profession in 1821, 
 in Cliarlotte Co., Va,, in the vicinity of 
 "John Kandolph of Roanoke," in whose 
 family, among others, the youthful doc- 
 tor was the chosen physician. In 1838 
 ho removed with his family to Howard 
 
 Co., Mo., and one year later settled him- 
 self permanently in the then infant town 
 of Brunswick. Dr. P. was gifted with 
 a strong and vigorous intellect, a quick 
 and accurate perception. Outside of 
 his profession, he Mas a higli-minded, 
 large-hearted, kind, and polite gentle- 
 man. Sociable, lively, and humorous, 
 his presence was welcome and agreeable 
 in every company. Independent of the 
 thorough education of his oMn children, 
 he M'as the zealous advocate and gener- 
 ous patron of schools and colleges. Re- 
 ligion, too, claimed him as her friend. 
 Her churches Mere uniformly reared M'ith 
 his aid ; her ministers had a home at 
 his house, and many of them a warm 
 place in his heart. 
 
 Prixgle, Rev. William, Ryegate, 
 Vt., Dec. 14, se. 66. He M'as born in 
 Perth, Scotland, in 1791, came to this 
 country in 1828, and preached near 
 Albany, N. Y., until the succeeding year, 
 M'hen he M'as settled as pastor of the 
 Associate Church of Ryegate, in which 
 congregation he labored until seven 
 years since, M'hen he resigned his charge. 
 He Mas very punctual in his haliits. It 
 M-as his motto to begin the day with 
 God, and so to end it. He Mas ever 
 most conscientious in his private duties. 
 
 Prior, A. G., M. 1)., Burns Depot, 
 jV. Y., March 12, a^. 42, a useful and 
 M'orthy citizen, a physician of ability, 
 and very successful in the practice of 
 medicine. 
 
 PR0.4L, William H., M. D., Wappur- 
 gen Falls, Poughkeepsie, N. Y., July 16, 
 a>. 37. 
 
 PUGn, Col. William E., Kosciusko, 
 Miss., March 8, a citizen of Yazoo City, 
 Miss. The members of the Attala Co. 
 bar, in attendance upon the Circuit 
 Court at Kosciusko, — 
 
 " Resolved, that in the death of Col. 
 Pugh the profession of Mliich he M-as a 
 member has lost a worthy, honorable, 
 and prominent member, and the com- 
 munity a useful, good, and dignified 
 citizen." 
 
 PuRDY, Jotham, M. D., Elmira, N. Y., 
 a*. 
 
 PURVIANCE, Robert, Sen., Baltimore, 
 
 Md., , re. — , one of the oldest 
 
 citizens of Baltimore city, a descendant 
 of a distinguished patriot of the revo- 
 lution, and of one of the founders of 
 said city. Mr. P.'s family originally 
 were French Protestant Huguenots, 
 
PUTNAM 
 
 [ 1858. ] 
 
 QUITJIAN 
 
 271 
 
 who, in the reign of Louis XIV., -were 
 compelled, by the bitter ])crsecution of 
 the Catholics, to leave their native coun- 
 try. They sought an asylum in the 
 north of Ireland, whence ^Ir. P.'s father, 
 Robert, and Samuel, iiis uncle, emigrated 
 in 1754, and in 1763 established a com- 
 mercial house in Baltimore. True al- 
 ways to the principles of civil and reli- 
 gious liberty, they warmly espoused the 
 cause of the grievances of the colonies 
 against the mother country, and as early 
 as 17G8 were in correspondence with the 
 celebrated John Hancock and others 
 on the subject. Messrs. Samuel and 
 Robert Purviance subsequently became 
 intimate and corresponded with John 
 Hancock, Richard Henry Lee, Henry 
 Laurens, Robert Morris, Lafayette, and 
 other leaders of the revolution, particu- 
 larly during the memorable and disas- 
 trous winter of 1777-78, when Congress, 
 driven otit from Philadelphia by the 
 British, held its sessions in Baltimore, 
 on the corner of Liberty Street and 
 Baltimore, old Congress Hall ; and they 
 shortly afterwards became the financial 
 agents of the government ; and to the 
 good cause of independence their ample 
 means were most liberally contributed. 
 To the clothing of Lafayette's soldiers, 
 before their advance to Yorktown, they 
 were also the largest Baltimore contrib- 
 utors. Several of Lafayette's officers, 
 Count Rochambeau and others, made 
 their homes at the hospitable residences 
 of Messrs. S. and R. Purviance. Mr. 
 Samuel Purviance, who did most useful 
 service during the revolution as chair- 
 
 man of the celebrated Whig Club and 
 Committee of Safety of Balliniore town, 
 was unfortunately, after the close of iho 
 war, and in 17SS, captured by the In- 
 dians, on the Ohio River, near the pres- 
 ent site of Cincinnati, and was never 
 afterwards heard of. Ills l)rother liob- 
 ert, after the adoption of the federal 
 constitution, was appointed by Gen. 
 Washington United Slates collector for 
 the district of Baltimore, and cnjoved 
 the honor, umler the successive admin- 
 istrations of Adams and Jefferson. Mr. 
 Robert Purviance, his son, was honored 
 during his life by a few ))ublic trusts, 
 and did good service at the battle of 
 North Point. He was the youngest 
 brother of the late Judge Purviance, so 
 advantageously known, if not to the 
 present generation, at least to their fa- 
 thers and grandfathers, by his successful 
 and honorable career of 3-5 years' prac- 
 tice at the Baltimore bar, and of nearly 
 20 years on the bench, who died in Bal- 
 timore in 18j4, a?. 81. Mr. Robert Pur- 
 viance throughout life Avas a most con- 
 stant attendant at the First Presbyterian 
 Church in the city of Baltimore, of which 
 church his ancestors were among the prin- 
 cipal founders, nearly 100 years since. 
 
 Putnam, Schuyler, Elyria, O., , 
 
 a?. 69. Mr. P. was a grandson of Gen. 
 Putnam, of revolutionary memory, who 
 immortalized himself in early times by 
 killing the wolf, and afterwards on the 
 battle field. He was for many years a 
 faithful magistrate in this place, and at 
 the time of his death was a member of 
 the Lorain bar. 
 
 Q. 
 
 GEN. JOHN ANTHONY QUITMAN, 
 
 Natchez, Miss., July 17, re. 60. Gen. Q. 
 was born in Rhinebeck, in Dutchess Co., 
 N.Y., on the banks of the Hudson, Sept. 1, 
 1799. His father, who was a native of Prus- 
 sia, was a Lutheran clergyman and a man 
 of fine cultivation. His grandfather was 
 a distinguished Prussian general. He re- 
 ceived his education at Mount Airy, above 
 Germantown, in Philadel])hia Co., and at 
 the age of only 20 was elected to a pro- 
 fessorship in the Mount Airy College, 
 near Philadelphia. Preferring the law, 
 he soon resigned his professorship, and 
 
 commenced the practice of law in Chilli- 
 cothe, O. Here he remained about one 
 year, and in 1822 came to Natchez, where 
 he settled ])ermanently and s])ent the rest 
 of his Hfe. His talents and business 
 habits soon enabled him to form a law 
 jiartnershii) with the late AV. B. Grilfith, 
 Esq., a distinguished meml)er of the i)ar, 
 which at once brought him into notice, 
 and ojiened his way to fortune and fame. 
 In 1827 he made li'is entry into politics, 
 by accepting a scat in the legislature, 
 where he was placed at the head of the 
 judiciary committee, and won for hirn- 
 self marked distinction by the manner in 
 
272 
 
 QUITMAN 
 
 [1858.] 
 
 QUITMAN 
 
 which he discharged the duties of that 
 re'^ponsiblo position. In the following 
 year ho was ajjpointed by Gov. Brandon 
 chancellor of tlie state, to fill a vacancy, 
 and was at the next session of the legis- 
 lature unanimously continued in the office. 
 He remained chancellor until 1831, when 
 he was chosen a member of the convention 
 to revise the state constitution, and in 
 that body, as formerly in the legislature, 
 he was placed at the head of the judici- 
 ary committee. When the new consti- 
 tution made all offices subject to the pop- 
 ular vote, he was replaced on the chan- 
 cellor's bench without any opposition. 
 It is worthy of especial remark in this con- 
 nection, as siiowing the penetrating and 
 sagacious turn of his mind, that in the 
 constitutional convention he submitted a 
 resolution to jjrohibit the legislature from 
 borrowing money for banking purposes. 
 It is useless to say how fully subsequent 
 events vindicated the correctness of his 
 ^■iews. In 1 S34 he retired from the chancel- 
 lorship, and in the following year was cho- 
 sen to the state Senate from Adams Co. 
 Immediately after the elections took place, 
 the Senate was convened in extra session, 
 by proclamation of the secretary of state, 
 to elect a jiresident, who M'ould become 
 acting governor of the state by the expi- 
 ration of Gov. Runnel's term of service. 
 The Senate met, and Gen. Q. was elected, 
 and entered upon the discharge of the 
 duties of governor. His message to the 
 two houses at the regular session of 1836, 
 is still recollected as a remarkably able 
 document, in which he promulged the 
 views respecting state rights, and the in- 
 stitution of African slavery, to which he 
 adhered with such consistency and ad- 
 vocated with such ability to the end of 
 his life. 
 
 He retired from political life in 1836, 
 but the struggle between Texas and Mex- 
 ico soon brouglit him prominently before 
 the public, as the ardent advocate and 
 unflinching friend of the cause of liberty 
 and indojjendence in the republic of Tex- 
 as. Together with Gen. Felix Houston, 
 now no more, he did much to aid the gal- 
 lant band of patriots in wresting from 
 the grasp of Mexican tyranny and inso- 
 lence " the Lone SUir," which, hanng sur- 
 rendered the attributes of a republic, 
 put on the robes of a state, and entered 
 mto the Uni;)n. 
 
 AViien Texas achieved her independence 
 he returned to private life, but contin- 
 
 ued to evince an interest for the pros- 
 perity of the state, and the construction 
 of the lines of railroads, then just in their 
 germ. 
 
 He was at one time grand master of the 
 Masons, member of the Scientific Lyceum, 
 and received the honorary degree of A. 
 M. from Princeton College, and the still 
 more acceptable one of LL. I), from 
 Lagrange College, Ky. From 1839 to 
 1845 he lived comparatively a retired life, 
 but was always fond of military societies 
 and affairs, and the splendid coni])anies at 
 Natchez stand as monuments of his skill 
 and enterprise in imparting ease and ele- 
 gance in tactics to those under his con- 
 trol and management. 
 
 When war was declared with ]\Iexico, 
 a wider field was opened for the display 
 of heroism and military talents than had 
 yet been presented to his view. The 
 soul of the gallant Quitman was prompted 
 not alone by a desire to defend the hon- 
 or and glory of his country, but within 
 his bosom he felt as if it were one of " the 
 big wars which make ambition vii'tue," 
 and he yearned to marshal a chosen 
 band of soldiers under the folds of his 
 country's flag, and lead them on to victory 
 or death. He was appointed brigadier 
 general in the U. S. army in 1845, and 
 in 1847 major general in the regular 
 service. 
 
 History records his disinterested pat- 
 riotism, his valor, unconquerable bravery, 
 and all the attributes of a successful chief- 
 tain. His name is immortally linked 
 with that of Chepultepec, Monterey, Con- 
 treras, Puebla, and other battle fields 
 rendered memorable in the ^lexican war. 
 He never emerged from a battle save with 
 his banners flying and victory perched 
 upon his standard. To his memory be- 
 longs the honor of raising the &c»t Amer- 
 ican flag that ever floated above the caj>- 
 ital of ^Mexico. To him belongs the im- 
 perishable glory of having been the first 
 civil and military governor of Mexico ; 
 the first and the last of Americans Avho 
 have ruled in the ancient halls of the 
 Montezumas. 
 
 The war now being over, he soon after 
 returned to the United States, and re- 
 ceived from his admiring countrymen his 
 full share of the honors and ajiplause 
 showered upon the gallant chiefs who 
 had led our armies to victory on a foreign 
 soil. 
 
 At the Baltimore democratic conven- 
 
QUITMAN 
 
 [ 1858. ] 
 
 QUITMAN 
 
 273 
 
 tion of 1848 he received a very com])ll- 
 mentary vote for the position of vice 
 president, and in the same year was nom- 
 inated by the democratic state conven- 
 tion of Mississippi for presidential elector. 
 In 1849 he was nominated for the office 
 of governor, and elected by more than 
 ten thousand majority. He was one of 
 the leading spirits of the south in the 
 memorable years of 1849, '60, and '51. 
 During his term of service the memora- 
 ble struggle growing out of what are 
 termed the compromise measures, con- 
 vulsed Congress and the country, and in 
 1851, while the canvass was in progress, 
 a convention clothed with the sovereign- 
 ty of the people decided in favor of sub- 
 mission, and he, promptly bowing to the 
 mandate, retired irom the field. 
 
 In 1854 he was elected to Congress by 
 a large majority. In 1856 he was re- 
 elected by an increased majority, and oc- 
 cupied always an influential and honora- 
 ble position in the House. In politics 
 Gen. Q. was a state rights democrat, 
 fiir more conservative and less ultra in his 
 views than was usually believed. He 
 was a Union man on principle, from con- 
 viction, and thorough patriotism ; but he 
 was opposed to consolidation, and may 
 have looked calmly and philosophically 
 to the disruption of the Union, not with 
 a desire of its consummation, but in cer- 
 tain events as a remedy for less endura- 
 ble evils. On the passage of the English 
 Lecompton bill, he voted against it, with 
 the rejjublicans and Americans. This 
 was in opposition to nearly all the i*est of 
 the south ; but he gave good and sufficient 
 reasons for it, which satisfied his constit- 
 uency. 
 
 Gen. Q. was the brother-in-law of 
 the late lamented Philip F. jSIayer, the 
 veneral)le Lutheran clergyman who died 
 recently in Natchez, after fifty years' ser- 
 vice in that ancient religious denomina- 
 tion. He had many friends in Phila- 
 delphia, and many admirers. His visit 
 there in 1847, '48, after the war, was an 
 ovation. In private life he was an accom- 
 plished, courteous gentleman, a warm- 
 hearted friend, and a genial companion. He 
 was respected by men of all parties in Con- 
 gress for his personal qualities. He was 
 rather slightly made, and his face, though 
 not eminently handsome, was marked 
 with decision, self-reliance, and that repose 
 which generally characterizes the faces 
 of men who command men with success. 
 
 Gen. Q. was possessed of large fortune, 
 and so far has left his funiily well off. 
 Several plantations in Mississippi and Lou- 
 isiana made up the bulk of Gen. (i.'s pri- 
 vate fortune ; but these were of great val- 
 ue, and his sugar crop alone is said to 
 have been worth $50,000 jier annum. 
 He leaves a widow and several children. 
 One of his daughters was married 
 June 20, 1858, to Lieut. Lovell, of the 
 navy, an officer who has served efficiently 
 as commander of the Water Witch, and 
 also in the arctic ex]:)lorations. 
 
 At a meeting of the Natchez bar, Jo- 
 siah Winchester, Esq., in the chair, the 
 following report was presented : — 
 
 " As members of the Natchez Bar, we 
 have met together to give voice to our 
 sorrow at the decease of our late friend 
 and brother, John Anthony Quitman. 
 The virtue that was lovely in life should 
 not be forgotten in death, and the sweet 
 odor of a good man's exam])le and mem- 
 ory should not be sepulchred in his tomb. 
 All that M-as merely earthly of our de- 
 parted friend will this day be consigned 
 to earth ; but the priceless gem that lay 
 enshrined in the casket, reset by the 
 master workman, will shine on in its 
 wonted, yet increasing purity and lustre. 
 The surroundings of the day and the 
 occasion, attest that the deceased was no 
 ordinary man, and that this is no ordi- 
 nary mourning. The sullen booming 
 of the cannon — the national colors at 
 half-flag — the drapery of woe that 
 shrouds our doors — the marts of busi- 
 ness closed — the gathering of the ])eo- 
 ple, silent and decorous — all bespeak 
 that a mighty one has fallen. And nature 
 herself, as if in sympathy with the hearts 
 of her children, has terajiorarily veiled 
 her sunshine in obscurity and gloom. 
 
 " But our grief is not confinecTto the 
 limits of professional brotherhood. The 
 area of the deceased was circumscribed 
 by no such narrow boundaries. 'Twas 
 his good fortune to be many-minded, 
 and to belong exclusively to no sect or 
 class. And while, as a jurist, he occu- 
 pied a ])osition second to few, in other 
 departments, also, he stood foremost 
 among his peers. Scarcely an office he 
 did not fill, and none, which filling, he 
 did not adorn. And it was his curious 
 fehcity, whatever his hand found to do, 
 to do it not only well, but to permeate 
 it with something of liis own marked 
 and peculiar individuality. As cue of 
 
274 
 
 QUITMAN 
 
 [1858.] 
 
 QUITIilAN 
 
 our own fraternity, he possessed many 
 and high distinctive traits. To rich 
 stores of juridical learning were added 
 the graces of more general literature ; 
 and around a mind innate, strong, almost 
 rugged, were entwined many of the 
 lighter and airier charms of forensic 
 eloquence. As a counsellor, his judg- 
 ment was cautious and clear, reaching 
 its conclusions not quickly, but by the 
 slow and laborious process of logic. As 
 an advocate, his utterance partook of 
 his reasoning temperament, and was 
 usually grave and measured. But not 
 unfrequently his thoughts flowed even 
 more copiously than his speech, and 
 then the pent-up powers struggled for 
 an outlet. Always self-poised, he was 
 seldom taken by surprise, and never 
 thrown from his balance ; and though 
 more at home in the heavier drill and 
 training of the profession, he was not 
 inapt with the lighter weapons, and cut- 
 and-thrust practice of the bar. In all 
 his intercourse with his brethren, he was 
 a very Bayard in courtesy ; nor was his 
 courtly demeanor wanting in the more 
 genial features of a winning personal 
 kindness. To his younger brethren, 
 particularly, he combined all the endear- 
 ing softness of the gentler sex with the 
 nobler and manlier nature of his own. 
 And few, or none, are now present here, 
 who, at some period of his professional 
 career, have not received from his good 
 word, or counsel, or smile of encour- 
 agement and approval, — or may be by 
 way of more substantial helping hand, — 
 an impetus to their onward and upward 
 course. 
 
 " But it was in his great oflfice of chan- 
 cellor, that he conjoined and illustrated 
 all thcTfiolid and sterhng qualities of his 
 nature and judicial education. As the 
 great luiglish advocate said of the great 
 English judge, he sat upon the bench 
 a very embodiment of the pure and aw- 
 ful form of justice. The judicial ermine 
 caught a new whiteness from the stain- 
 less purity of its wearer. Thoroughly 
 embued with the principles of that de- 
 
 f)artment of jurisprudence; himself main- 
 y the author of the provision in our 
 organic law which appointed that mode 
 for its administration ; painstaking and 
 scrupulous almost to a fault ; diligent in 
 research and laborious in examination ; 
 
 holding the scales of the balance with 
 the most delicate touch, and without 
 variableness or shadow of bias ; guided 
 by enlarged and liberal views of his du- 
 ties, and yet assiduous to decide not by 
 the crooked cord of distinction, but ac- 
 cording to " the golden metewand of 
 justice," he so laid the foundation and 
 built up the structure of that division 
 of our law, as to leave to its successors 
 only the easier duty of moulding it into 
 symmetry and form. 
 
 " And what shall we declare of him in 
 other walks and relations of life ? 
 
 " No less a soldier than a civilian, he 
 carried the eagles of his country into 
 the very halls of the Aztecs, and in 
 binding his own brow with laurels, he 
 added an equally unfading chaplet to the 
 military glories of the Union. 
 
 " No' less a statesman than a soldier, he 
 illustrated the annals of the nation with 
 a copiousness of political wisdom, with a 
 grasp and tenacity of purpose, with a 
 lofty honor and uncompromising integ- 
 rity, that made him the idol of his 
 own party, and the admiration of his 
 opponents. 
 
 "But after all, it was in the more fa- 
 miliar and every-day walks of life, in 
 the near and kindly relations of citizen, 
 neighbor, head of a family, and a friend, 
 that our departed brother linked to him 
 his fellow-men with hooks of strongest 
 steel. His manners so simple and gen- 
 ial ; his presence so dignified, and yet 
 so attractive ; his conversation chaste 
 and instructive ; an ear ever open to 
 the tale of distress, or appeal of char- 
 ity ; generous to lavishness ; of ample 
 means, and even careless in the dispen- 
 sation of his bounty ; loyal to all the 
 engagements of business, and ever ready 
 to foster the enterprises of the day ; of 
 knightly fealty to the circle of his own 
 fireside, and the most indulgent of par- 
 ents, — all these, and other lineaments, 
 made up the mere human portraiture 
 of his character. Be it therefore 
 
 " liesolved, that in the departure from 
 among us of such a one, in the very 
 midst of his usefulness and in the zenith 
 of his fame, we unite with our fellow- 
 citizens and the people at large in de- 
 ploring (wliile we bow to it) the inscru- 
 table providence that has wrought such 
 a work." 
 
RALSTON 
 
 [ 1858. ] 
 
 REED 
 
 275 
 
 R. 
 
 Ralstox, Robert, Philadelphia, Pa., 
 March 20, x. — . He was a prominent 
 and useful citizen of Philadelphia. 
 
 Randall, Mrs. Mary, AVaukesha, 
 Wis., Sept. 15, se. 37, wife of Gov. Ran- 
 dall. She was a woman of exalted vir- 
 tues, and her loss will be severely felt 
 by all whose good fortune it was to know 
 her as a friend and neighbor. A few 
 years since iSlrs. R. buried her only 
 child — a sorrow from which she has 
 never sought relief, save in the hope of 
 union with the object of a fond moth- 
 er's affection beyond the grave. 
 
 Rand?:l, Dr. John M., Philadelphia, 
 Pa., July 13, se. 27. 
 
 Raxdolpii, Miss Mary, Plainfield, 
 N. J., Sept. 2, a?. 60, daughter of Dr. 
 Robert F. Randolph, deceased, formerly 
 of Plainfield, and sister of Judge Joseph 
 F. Randolph, ex-member of Congress. 
 
 Randolph, Robert Lee, Eastern 
 View, Fauquier Co., Va., Jan. 26, a?. 67, 
 son of the late Col. Robert Randolph, 
 of revolutionary service, from whom he 
 inherited a good name and an ample 
 fortune. To native refinement and 
 strong good sense he superadded the 
 graces of a liberal and finished educa- 
 tion. 
 
 Rantoul, Hon. Robert, Beverly, 
 
 Mass., , se. — . His son, Hon. 
 
 Robert Rantoul, Jr., died some years 
 since in Washington, where his com- 
 manding talents had given him a high 
 reputation. The decease of the father 
 wiU attract less wide notice than that of 
 the son. His was a local reputation. 
 He was not known out of New Eng- 
 land, but where known was recognized 
 as a representative man. He had all 
 the New England peculiarities in their 
 best forms. Of unbending integrity, 
 his justice in all his dealings was of that 
 nature which prevents pauperism. Nev- 
 er was a contract of his disputed or 
 delayed. Never was right sacrificed 
 to expediency. He never hesitated to 
 follow his convictions, from any fear of 
 comment or criticism. He settled many 
 estates, filled constantly offices of trust, 
 was the first man thought of in private 
 life as an arbiter ; and in his political 
 relations was often the choice of liis op- 
 
 ponents to conduct investigations and 
 serve on committees where integrity and 
 imi)artiality were required. It was well 
 understood that no personal or party 
 motive could make Robert Kantoul 
 SMcrve from the trust reposed in him. 
 In a word, he was what is truly called a 
 good citizen, ever reliable in all his rela- 
 tions, never admitting that a lower code 
 of morals can be recognized in public 
 and political than in private matters. 
 He died full of years and honors, and 
 will be remembered by local historians 
 as one of the stanch federalists of the 
 days when the federalists had an organ- 
 ization. He was one of the last to re- 
 linquish his old party ties, and when he 
 did so found a home, like many others 
 of his school, in the ranks of the de- 
 mocracy ; but at last, he gave his voice, 
 his vote, and his influence in favor of 
 the principles of the republican party. 
 
 Rawle, AyilHam, Esq., Philadelphia, 
 Pa., Aug. 9, a?. 71, an old and esteemed 
 member of the Philadelphia bar. Mr. 
 R. was the son of the late distinguished 
 AVilHam Rawle, Esq., who resided on 
 Third Street, near Spruce. He was mar- 
 ried to a daughter of the late Edward 
 Tilghman, Esq. He had entered his 
 71st year when he died. Mr. Rawle is 
 best known to the legal profession as a 
 reporter of the decisions of the Supreme 
 Court of Pennsylvania, and in the per- 
 formance of his duties in that office 
 he labored carefully and industriously. 
 There are 17 volumes of Sergeant and 
 Rawle, 5 volumes of Rawle, and 1 vol- 
 ume of Rawle, Penrose, and AVatts. 
 He was also the author of an excellent 
 work, published in 1829, called a A'iew 
 of the Constitution of the United States. 
 
 Rawle, Samuel B., Macao, China, 
 Sept. 2, ffi. — , United States consul at 
 that port. 
 
 Record, Rev. John, AA^inchestcr, 111., 
 Feb. 9, a;. 56. 
 
 Reed, Dr. George H., Danbury, Ct, 
 Dec. 17, ffi. 22. Few young men of our 
 acquaintance have entered upon the pre- 
 2)aratory studies for a profession under 
 more favorable circumstances than did 
 the deceased. Having successfully mas- 
 tered the preliminaries, he entered the 
 
276 
 
 REED 
 
 [1858.] 
 
 RICHARDS 
 
 New York College of Physicians and 
 Surgeons, at which he recently grad- 
 uated. Dr. Heed was a " friend of pleas- 
 ant memory." Unobtrusive in manners, 
 correct, and at the same time generous 
 in his estimate of character, Avith no 
 relish for the unreal and mere show of 
 life, a fann, unyielding advocate of 
 Clnistianity i)y example as well as pro- 
 fession, — the influence of the deceased 
 recommended his character to all, and 
 especially the young, who would ration- 
 ally enjoy this life, and enter in a full 
 state of preparation upon the life in the 
 futiu'e. 
 
 Heed, Henry H., Lancaster, Pa., 
 , ge. — , late cashier of the Farm- 
 ers Bank of Lancaster. He was one 
 of our most worthy and highly-esteemed 
 citizens, enjoying the confidence, both 
 as a business man and citizen, of all 
 who had the pleasure of his acquaint- 
 ance ; and few men had a more exten- 
 sive acquaintance than Mr. R. 
 
 Reed, Rev. Isaac, Olney, 111., Jan. 
 13, a?. 70, one of the pioneers of Illinois. 
 
 Reed, William U., Louisville, Ky., 
 May 30, a member of the bar of that 
 city, and formerly of Frankfort, Ky. 
 During the last 10 or 15 years he had 
 figured not a little in Kentucky politics. 
 He was at one time secretary of state 
 in Kentucky. 
 
 Reeves, Rev. James, Carroll Co., 
 Ga., April 6, te. 74. 
 
 Reiff, Benjamin, Lower Salford, 
 Montgomery Co., Pa., July 17, a^. 70. 
 He held the office of justice of the peace 
 for 42 years, and served four years as a 
 member of the House of Representa- 
 tives, and four years as a member of the 
 state Senate. In all the varied relations 
 of life he enjoyed the confidence and 
 esteem of his fellow-citizens. 
 y Reynolds, Hon. James, St. Catha- 
 rine Springs, Canada, Aug. 2a, le. — , 
 ex-meml)er of the U. S. Senate from 
 New York. ^Mr. R. Avas an active poli- 
 tician of the Henry Clay school, and a 
 devoted personal friend of Mr. Clay. 
 Since the organization of the American 
 party he acted with them faithfully and 
 consistently, and at the time of his death 
 was jjresitlent of the general committee 
 of New York city. 
 
 Reynolds, John, Natchez, La., Sept. 
 8, a\ 58, at the mansion of his brother, 
 Charles Reynolds, Esq. He was born 
 in the city of Philadelphia in 1799. 
 
 From the early age of about 21 years 
 he had made New Orleans and Louisiana 
 his home, with the exception of some 
 three years spent in the city of his na- 
 tivity devoted to that noble pursuit in 
 which all his faculties were engaged — 
 the study of architecture. To this he 
 devoted his whole soul, and drank into 
 its spirit, not so much as a means of 
 subsistence and gain as a joy and an 
 absorbing passion. Louisiana and its 
 metropolitan city abound with edifices 
 erected from his designs ; and long will 
 they stand, unharmed by the battling 
 elements, as the monuments of his taste, 
 skill, and energy. Probably one of the 
 last labors of his pencil was an unfin- 
 ished sketeli of the Judah Touro Orphan 
 Asylum, soon to be inaugurated among 
 the crowning charities of New Orleans. 
 He has one monument to the utility and 
 durability of his designs in tlie Carra- 
 dine buildings in Natchez. 
 
 Reynolds, Dr. R. T., Philadelphia, 
 Pa., Aug. 21,86.47. 
 
 Reynolds, Dr. Samuel M., Marion 
 District, S. C, Nov. 10, a?. 36. Dr. R. 
 was a native of Camden, but for several 
 years a practising physician in the Ma- 
 rion District. He graduated at the 
 South Carolina College, and was highly 
 esteemed by his associates and friends. 
 
 Rhodes, Dr. D. C, Alexandria, La., 
 Aug. 30, a;. 28. The doctor was a gen- 
 tleman of noble impulses ; and, though 
 enjoying an ample estate, and careering 
 to a princely fortune, he was ever kind 
 and unostentatious. Urbane in his man- 
 ners, and sympathetic in his feelings, he 
 was every where welcomed to the social 
 hearth. 
 
 Rice, Rev. J. H., "Wattsburg, Penn., 
 June 21, a?. 58. He had long been a 
 minister of the Presbyterian denom- 
 ination. 
 
 Rice, Rev. Jacob, Truxvillc, Pa., Dec. 
 25, a\ 75, a local preacher of the Meth- 
 odist church. 
 
 Rice, Sir Walter, St. Charles, Mo,, 
 March 31, a^. 59. 
 
 RiCiiAiiDS, Dr. James A., New Haven, 
 Conn., July 3, a». 30. Dr. R. was en- 
 gaged in the service of Beloit College 
 for a portion of 185G ; and, but for his 
 precarious health, would have received 
 a permanent appointment as professor 
 of natural science. After leaving here 
 he passed a year on the eastern conti- 
 nent. A voyage of some months on the 
 
RICHARDSON [ 1858. ] 
 
 RICHMOND 
 
 277 
 
 Nile seemed to be of benefit ; but, on 
 his return to this country, his difficulties 
 returned, and it was soon evident that 
 consumption had fixed its fatal grasp 
 upon him. He met the disappointment 
 of his hopes and plans of life with 
 Christian resignation. 
 
 Richardson, Hon. James, Dedham, 
 Mass., June 7, se. 77. Mr. R. Avas a 
 well-known lawyer of Norfolk Co., hav- 
 ing practised at its bar for half a cen- 
 tury. He was a native of Medfield, and 
 graduated at Harvard University in the 
 class of 1797, in which were Rev. Dr. 
 Jenks and Judge AVhite, of Salem, now 
 living, and the late Dr. Warren, of 
 Boston, and Chief Justice Richardson, 
 of New Hampshire, deceased. He pur- 
 sued his professional studies in the 
 office of the Hon. Fisher Ames, was 
 admitted to the bar in the fall of 1800, 
 and began the practice of the law in 
 Dedham, where he continued it till 
 within a few years of his decease. He 
 was for some time a law pai'tner with 
 Mr. Ames — a connection which was 
 dissolved by the death of the latter in 
 1808. He held several honorable offices 
 in the commonwealth. He was a mem- 
 ber of the Senate in 1813, a member of 
 the constitutional convention of 1820, 
 and a member of the Council in 1834 
 and in 1835. He also was a master in 
 chancery and a trial justice in connec- 
 tion with his professional practice. He 
 was much interested in measures de- 
 signed for public improvement, such as 
 the construction of turnpikes and the 
 establishment of manufactures. He was 
 at one time a considerable owner in 
 manufactories, though he never aban- 
 doned the practice of his profession. 
 He was one of the projectors of the 
 Dedham Bank, and was president of 
 the Norfolk Mutual Fire Insurance 
 Company from 1833 until April, 1S57. 
 He delivered a poem before the Phi 
 Beta Kappa Society at Cambridge, and 
 addresses on several public occasions, 
 among which were a Fourth of July 
 oration at Dedham in 1808, being on 
 the day of the death of Fisher Ames, 
 to which event the oration contains an 
 allusion, and an address delivered before 
 the Norfolk bar, at their request, in 
 1837, upon the profession and practice 
 of the law. The poem and the ad- 
 dresses were printed. His politics in 
 early life were of the federal school, of 
 24 
 
 which Mr. Ames was an eminent sup- 
 porter ; and he retained those views 
 through life, though he acted with new 
 parties as new times demanded. He 
 was a man of decided political opinions, 
 and he maintained them with ardor and 
 firmness on all occasions. As a lawyer, 
 if he did not excel as an advocate', or 
 possess in a great degree qualities which 
 attract popular favor, he had what is of 
 more value than cither in his jirofession 
 — a clear and discriminating judgment, 
 and an ample knowledge of legal j)rin- 
 ciples derived from the very fountiins 
 of jurisprudence. He mms emphatically 
 a lawyer of the old school, and regarded 
 Avith much jealousy the many modifica- 
 tions in the common law, which modern 
 legislation has efl'eeted. In the prime 
 of his professional career he had a suc- 
 cessful practice, and was known in the 
 county as a safe and learned counsellor. 
 He was president of the Norfolk bar, 
 and held that position at his death. He 
 was a man of fine sensibilities, fond of 
 letters, especially of the classics and of 
 early English poetry, of elevated views 
 of life and character, especially as appli- 
 cable to his own profession. He re- 
 tained his physical vigor to a remarkable 
 degree till about a year before his death, 
 when he experienced a fall, after which 
 he was confined to his house till death. 
 
 Richardson, Mrs. Harriet, Stratford, 
 Conn., Oct. 5, se, — , widow of the late 
 James E. Richardson, of Philadelphia, 
 and daughter of the Rev. Dr. Arcliibald 
 Maclay, of New York. 
 
 Richardson, Gen. Samuel M., Pel- 
 ham, N. H., March 11, se. 82, brother 
 of the late Chief Justice Richardson, of 
 Chester, N. H. He was several years 
 in the legislature, and was once sup- 
 ported by the whig party as their candi- 
 date for Congress. He was in service 
 during the war of 1812, and proceeded 
 to Portsmouth at the time it was sup- 
 posed that an attack would be made by 
 the British upon this town. 
 
 RiCHEY, Samuel E., Spring Township,. 
 Pa., Aug. 21, 8P. 29. Mr. R. read law 
 in the office of Benjamin F. Junkin, 
 Esq., and, after his admission to the bar, 
 removed to Mifflintown, and commenced 
 the practice of the law with excellent 
 prospects of success. He was an hon- 
 est and upright citizen. 
 
 RICIOIOND, Rollin M., St. Louis, :Mo., 
 Aug. 13, SD. — , of Quindaro, Kansas, 
 
278 
 
 RICHMOND 
 
 [1858.] 
 
 RICKEY 
 
 formerly of Barnard, Vt. He was a 
 graduate of the University of Vermont, 
 of the class of 1857. 
 
 KiCHMOND, Rev. William, New York, 
 Sept. 19, iv. 60. Thus has closed, for 
 this world, a ministry full of labors. 
 Mr. H. was born in Dighton, Mass., Dec. 
 11, 1797. Keceiving his early education 
 among the Congregationalists, he en- 
 tered upon a course of study prepara- 
 tory for the bar. While yet a youth, at 
 Union College, his attention being drawn 
 to the claims of the Protestant Epis- 
 copal church, he Avas baptized in St. 
 George's, Schenectady, and studied for 
 the holy ministry under the direction 
 of Bishop Hobart, and received as his 
 guides in the study of the Holy Scrip- 
 ture the standard theologians of the 
 English church. The first 18 months 
 of his ministry were given to missionary 
 work in the vicinity of Philadelphia, of 
 Pittsburg, and in Ohio. In the spring 
 of 1820 he was called to the rectorship 
 of St. Michael's Church, Bloomingdale, 
 and St. James's, Hamilton Square, (va- 
 cant by the resignation of Dr. Jarvis,) 
 and entered upon his duties in the 
 summer of the same year. He contin- 
 ued, with a short intermission, rector of 
 St. Michael's Church until called to his 
 rest. It was as rector of these churches 
 that Mr. E,., for many years, was moved 
 to labors requiring more than common 
 strength and faith, and in which he was 
 sustained by the divine presence, and 
 by the liberal hands and faithful hearts 
 of those Avho were about him. Taught 
 by his Master to be ever ready with 
 sympathy and aid for suffering men, 
 his daily work was to carry comfort to 
 the sick and sorrowing, and, so far as 
 ■was in his power, the needed aid to 
 every stricken brother. There are many 
 who remember that hand which never 
 withheld, which, in the whole upper 
 part of the island, was ready with its 
 gift at every door of poverty, prompted 
 by the belief that that gift carried a 
 double blessing which was bestowed 
 for love of Christ. It was the often ex- 
 pressed opinion of the deceased, that, 
 both for tliose Mho have and those who 
 want, the best charitable provision which 
 can be made Ib to establish a church at 
 every point at which there is a remote 
 hope that the worship of God can be 
 su])ported, because every church be- 
 comes at once a centre of good works. 
 
 Accordingly, his policy M'as, in each 
 little village, to gather and organize a 
 congregation, and, if possible, establish 
 a regular weekly service. For 20 years, 
 in pursuance of this policy, he per- 
 formed each Sunday four or more full 
 services, besides his week-day lectures. 
 Long before his work was done he be- 
 held the fruit of such labor, in the firm 
 establishment, at almost every point 
 thus early chosen by him, of a congre- 
 gation, with its consecrated house of 
 prayer, ministered to by its own pastor. 
 Throughout his whole ministry he was 
 an interested and active member of the 
 General Board of Missions. The rec- 
 ords of the diocesan committee preserve 
 the memory of his zeal for the mission- 
 ary work of the state, in their acknowl- 
 edgment of his effectual help in the day 
 of need. At a meeting of the clergy 
 of the Protestant Episcopal church in 
 the city of Xew York, held in St. Mi- 
 chael's Church, Bloomingdale, on the 
 occasion of his funeral, the Bev. S. H. 
 Turner, D. D., in the chair, — 
 
 " Hesolved, that we are thankful for 
 the privilege of bearing a full and cor- 
 dial testimony to the determination and 
 unreservedness with which, by God's 
 grace, our brother beloved gave himself 
 to his office, and devoted his abilities, 
 talents, and means, during a ministry 
 of 39 years, to the inculcating and 
 spreading of gospel truth, the repelling 
 from the church of erroneous and strange 
 doctrines, and the rendering of a faith- 
 ful service, both by word and good ex- 
 ample, to the glory of the Saviour's 
 name, and the edification of the divine 
 household." 
 
 Rickey, William W., M. D., Avon, 
 Livingston Co., N. Y., JDec. 13, ae. 46. 
 He was a native of the town of Sparta, 
 Livingston Co. He pursued his profes- 
 sional studies at a medical institution in a 
 western state, where he graduated ; 
 subsequently the honorary degree of M. 
 D. was conferred upon him bj- the New 
 York Medical College. For some years 
 Dr. Rickey resided in Ohio — at Cleve- 
 land, Toledo, Newark, and Dresden. Un- 
 der the administration of Mr. Polk, he 
 was appointed postmaster of the latter 
 place ; and he was also private secretary 
 to Gov. Wood dm-ing that gentleman's 
 occupancy of the gubcrnational chair of 
 Ohio. His career was considerably pro- 
 htic of adventm'e, and on several occasions 
 
EICKS 
 
 [I808. ] 
 
 RING 
 
 279 
 
 he narrowly escaped a violent death. He 
 was on board the river steamlioat Oro- 
 noco, near LouisAdllo, in 1836, when the 
 boat blew up, and a large number of per- 
 sons were killed. Twenty years later he 
 was a passenger on the Ospray, from 
 Carthagena, (whither he had been for the 
 benefit of his health,) for New York, 
 when the steamer took fire in the harbor 
 of Kingston, Jamaica, and sank. Haraig 
 been appointed, through the influence of 
 Gen. Cass, to the post of surgeon in the 
 ocean steamer Pacific, Dr. llickey served 
 in that capacity between two and three 
 years ; but his health fliiling him, he ac- 
 cepted the invitation of John C. Nash, 
 Esq., of this city, whose brother-in-law he 
 was, to remain in Rochester during one 
 trip, and the Pacific sailed without laim. 
 She never was heard from again. 
 
 Ricks, Richard H., La Grange, Frank- 
 lin Co., Ala., Feb. 20, a;. — , formerly a 
 representative and senator in the legis- 
 lature from Hampton Co., Ala. 
 
 Riddle, Mrs. EUzabeth B., Jersey City, 
 N. J., Dec. 3, oe. — , Avife of the Rev. David 
 H. Riddle, D. D., and daughter of the 
 late Rev. Matthew Brown, D. D. To the 
 many friends who knew this lady per- 
 sonally, no remark is necessary to assure 
 them of her true piety, and her many ex- 
 cellent qualities. It may be mteresting 
 to them, however, to be informed of the 
 peacefulness of her closing days. 
 
 Riddle, Robert M., Pittsburg, Pa., 
 Dec. 18, 86. 46, one of the oldest and 
 most experienced editors of Pittsburg. 
 He was a son of Judge James Riddle, and 
 brother to the late Mi's. Dr. Gazzam, and 
 the present Mrs. Judge Shaler. All the 
 members of Judge Riddle's large family 
 were persons of ability and marked char- 
 acter, and most of them have been cut 
 off, one by one, during the last few jears. 
 In 1837 he became proprietor and editor 
 of the old Pennsylvania Advocate, 
 then, we beheve, what was called national 
 republican in politics. During the brief 
 administration of Gen. Harrison, he relin- 
 quished the editorship of that journal, to 
 become postmaster, to wliich position he 
 was appointed by the general. About 
 the close of Mr. Tyler's term of office, he 
 purchased of Mr. J. Heron Foster the 
 Spuit of the Age, and soon afterwards 
 merged it into the press now known as 
 the Commercial Journal. To this paper 
 he was constantly attached, as proprietor 
 and active manager, down to the 22d of 
 
 last March, when, OM'ing to failing liealth, 
 his connection with it was dissolved. 
 In 1853 he was elected by the whig 
 party as mavor of the city of I'ittsljurg, 
 which post he filled, with credit to him- 
 self and with benefit to the city, one term ; 
 at the same time fulfilling his onerous 
 duties as conductor of the aforesaid paper. 
 As an editor he was highly accomplished, 
 and successful. Although not ranking as 
 a very profound reasoner, he was a most 
 brilliant and instructive writer, and the 
 emanations from his pen have been gen- 
 erally admired. In person he was tall, 
 slender, and of dignified presence, and in 
 manner affable, courteous, and sociable — 
 interesting in conversation, and a jjleas- 
 ant companion. He leaves a wife and 
 five children to mourn their bereavement. 
 
 Riddle, Rev. Walter, Boontown, N. 
 J., Jan. 31, je. 36. He Avas born in 
 the north of Ireland, May 18, 1822, and 
 emigrated to this country with his j)ar- 
 ents prcA-ious to his recollection, and 
 settled in Bloomfield, N. J. At the age 
 of fourteen he was converted to God, and 
 joined the Methodist Episcopal church. 
 In a short time he was licensed to exer- 
 cise his talents, which were of no ordinary 
 character, in the local ministry. He was 
 an able minister of Christ, and Avhen able 
 to labor for his Master was always more 
 than acceptable. Jj 
 
 RiDGELY, Absalom, Annapolis, Ind.^^'' ^ 
 March 12, a?. 30, junior editor and pro- 
 prietor of the AnnapoUs Repubhcan. At 
 the time of his death he was secretary 
 and treasurer of the Annapolis and Elk- 
 ridge Railroad Company, and treasurer 
 of the corporation of Annapolis. He 
 Avas for several years a resident of this 
 city. Remarkable for his quiet and ami- 
 able deportment, he gained, as he de- 
 served, the respect aud esteem of all 
 Avho knew him. 
 
 RiGGS, EUas, Elkhart Prahie, Ind., 
 Jan. 1, a\ 84. The deceased Avas a high- 
 ly respectable citizen of the county, of 
 Avhich he has been a resident since 1827, 
 he being the earliest settler upon Elkhart 
 Prairie. 
 
 RiGGS, Hon. Jeremiah, Fentonville, 
 Mich., June 22, re. 80. 
 
 Ring, Hon. Chas., Lubec, Me., June 7, 
 a?. 47, a member of the present Senate 
 of Maine. He Avas born at North Yar- 
 mouth, (noAv Yarmouth,) Sept. 8, 1811, 
 so that he cUed in the 47th year of his 
 age. He was the youngest sou of Dr. 
 
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 ROBINSON 
 
 Andrew Ring, of North Yarmouth. In 
 early life he removed to Lubec, where he 
 engaged successfully in trade, and secured 
 
 "' '111 
 
 the confidence and good will of the com- 
 munity. He filled various local offices, 
 and was also a member of the House of 
 llepresentalives in 1811. lie was chosen 
 senator in 1856, and reelected in 18J7, 
 running above his ticket. He was distin- 
 guished for his enthe fairness and excel- 
 lent common sense. He was a man of 
 most liberal views on all questions, and 
 ready to take his share of responsibility 
 on any measure that came up for action. 
 He was an ardent friend of pubHc im- 
 jn'ovements, and took an active interest in 
 
 gassing the policy of opening of the pub- 
 c lands of Maine, by the Aroostook Kail- 
 way, at the late session of the legis- 
 lature. He married a Miss Ruggles, of 
 Calais, in 1845, by whom he had four 
 cliildren, all of whom surnve him. Few 
 men will be more missed in the region of 
 his home. 
 
 Ringgold, Mrs. Susan B., Fredericks- 
 bm-g, Va., Dec. 10, a?, — , relict of the 
 late Thomas Lee Ringgold, U. S. N., and 
 only child of Hon. A. P. Upshur, who, at 
 the time of his sudden death on board 
 the Princeton, in 1844, was filling the 
 office of secretary of state. 
 
 RiPLKY, Rev. Luicoln, Waterford, Me., 
 
 , ve. 96. He was a native of 
 
 Barre in the Commonwealth of Massa- 
 chusetts, and a graduate of Dartmouth 
 College, and at the time of his death 
 beheved to be the oldest gi-aduate of that 
 institution, with the exception of the Rev. 
 Mr. Sawyer, of Bangor. He was one of 
 a family of nineteen children from the 
 same ])arents. The late Rev. Dr. Ripley, 
 of Concord, Mass., Avas his brother. He 
 was settled in Waterford early in life, 
 and continued pastor of the church until 
 he was dismissed at his own request, and 
 was succeeded by Rev. John A. Douglass. 
 While in active ministry he was, among 
 the ])eo])le of his charge, devoted to every 
 good word and ^^-ork. No acts of piety, 
 no works of benevolence and charity, no 
 systems of moral reform were neglected 
 by him. 
 
 Rising, Abraham, Southwick, Mass., 
 June 2.5, x. 99. He was at the taking 
 of Gen. Burgoyne's army at Saratoga, 
 and was 17 years old when he entered 
 the army as a substitute for the man that 
 ■was drafted. 
 
 RoiiB, Rev. W. C, De Soto Co., Miss., 
 
 March 11, x. — , at the residence of Col. 
 Miller. When told by his physician that 
 he must die, he closed his eyes a few 
 moments, and said, " I am ready ; " then 
 realizing more fully than ever be- 
 foi'e the fulne.ss of the gospel of our 
 Lord Jesus Christ, and the glory that 
 awaited the self-sacrificing itinerant min- 
 ister of that gospel. His end was not 
 only peaceful, but triumphant. Mr. R. 
 filled the most important appointments 
 in his conference. This was his fourth 
 year on the Memphis district. He has 
 been more zealous and useful each suc- 
 ceeding year. Never did he preach with 
 more power than he did during his last 
 visits to his charges. He had many 
 warm friends, who cherish his memory. 
 
 Robe, Campbell, Esq., West Union, 
 0., Nov. 14, se. 27. At the time of his 
 death he was occupying the ])osition 
 of clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, 
 treasurer of the Agricultural Society, and 
 superintendent of the union school. Com- 
 munity is thus bereft of one of its no- 
 blest sons, and society of one of its dear- 
 est and most highly esteemed members. 
 Kindness, generosity, and cheerfulness 
 were traits in his character which com- 
 manded the admiration of all. 
 
 RoBERTON, Dr. John, Philadelphia, 
 Pa., Jan. 29, se. 74. The deceased was 
 well known in Philadelphia, and else- 
 where. He was a native of Scotland, but 
 came to this country many years ago. 
 He was for some time engaged as a teach- 
 er at Charleston, S. C, and while there 
 he was the preceptor of Col. John C. Fre- 
 mont. For the past 20 years he has been 
 a private teacher of the higher branches 
 of learnuig in Philadelpliia. He wa<; re- 
 spected and esteemed by all who knew 
 him. 
 
 Roberts, Rev. Palmer, Seneca Falls, 
 N. Y., April 19, a?. 78. He was a super- 
 annuated member of the East Genesee 
 conference. His conversion was in Hun- 
 terdon Co., N. J., Sept., 1804, and he 
 joined the conference on ])robalion in 
 1811, and has ever since maintained his 
 Christian integrity by the purity and in- 
 nocence of his life. 
 
 R0BET.S, Dr. Alonzo, Lancaster, III, 
 Fel). 26, ie. 42. 
 
 JioBLN.SON, Hon. Enoch Brown, Car- 
 rollton, La., Jan. 15, a*. 41. He was a 
 native of Deerfield, N. 11., but for 20 
 years has been a residentof Carrollton. 
 
 Robinson, Henry Edward, (of Wash- 
 
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 ROCKWOOD 
 
 281 
 
 ington, D.. C.,) 
 
 9, ffi. 34. 
 
 Some 20 years ago, he was for a time cm- 
 ployed as a clerk in a store. During the 
 past twelve years, and up to -within a few 
 nionth'5, he had filled a responsible po- 
 sition in the pension department at Wash- 
 ington. He was a man of excellent busi- 
 ness talents, of noble impulses, irreproach- 
 able character, and Christian virtue. 
 
 Robinson, Elder Joseph, Hallowell, 
 
 Me., , a?. 84. He was for many 
 
 years a minister in the Free Will Baptist 
 connection. 
 
 RoBixsoN, Dr. L. G., Detroit, Mich., 
 May — , £e. — . He was a graduate of 
 Oberlin College, we believe, and received 
 his diploma at the Albany Medical 
 University. He has been a resident of 
 Detroit for some years, and was gradual- 
 ly rising to a prominent position in the 
 ranks of the profession to which he was 
 devoted, heart and mind. Some three 
 years since he originated the Medical 
 Independent, a monthly professional jour- 
 nal, which he conducted with ability and 
 success, and which has recently been con- 
 solidated with the other medical journal 
 published in Detroit. He was a man of 
 quiet but earnest character, and had 
 gathered to himself many warm personal 
 friends, who mourn his loss. 
 
 RoBlxsox, Hon. Thomas, Ellsworth, 
 Me., July 2, se. 57. He was born in 
 Litchfield, in 1801. He entered Water- 
 ville College in 1823, and graduated with 
 honor in the class of 1827. After his 
 graduation he came to Ellsworth, and en- 
 tered the law office of the late John G. 
 Deane, Esq. After completing his pro- 
 fessional duties, he established himself 
 in Jefferson, Lincoln Co., where he re- 
 mained about one year, and then returned 
 to Ellsworth, where he continued to re- 
 side until his death. He was a good 
 lawyer and a successful advocate, jjos- 
 sessed of excellent judgment and practi- 
 cal good sense. Li his intercourse with 
 his jjrofessional brethren he was uniform- 
 ly courteous, and high-minded and hon- 
 orable in his practice. He was social and 
 companionable, and few men possessed or 
 deserve to have more personal friends ; 
 and his sudden and premature death cast 
 a gloom over the whole community. No 
 one ever questioned the strict integrity 
 of his character in all the relations of life, 
 and few ever enjoyed more fully the en- 
 tire confidence of the community in which 
 he lived. He received frequent tokens of 
 24* 
 
 the public confidence, and was extensive- 
 ly known throughout the state. He had 
 been a member of both branches of the 
 state legislature, and was several times 
 the candidate of his political friends for a 
 seat in Congress from that district, and in 
 18-10, we think, he was one of tlie jn-osiden- 
 tial electors. At a meeting of the Han- 
 cock bar, — 
 
 " Resolved, that the intelligence of the 
 death of Hon. Thomas Robinson, late 
 president of the Hancock bar, was re- 
 ceived by its members with emotions of 
 pain and deep sensibility, and that while 
 we dc])lore the loss of a most valuable 
 and able member of our profession, the 
 public have also sustained an irreparable 
 loss in the death of a most estimable cit- 
 izen, Avhose kindness, liberality, and strict 
 integrity of character secured him the 
 attachment and confidence of the whole 
 community." 
 
 ROBINSOX, Zaccheus, Southboro', 
 Mass., Jan. 17, a?. 93. His aged part- 
 ner still survives, being 85 years old. 
 
 RocKWOOD, Rev. Elisha, D. D., Swan- 
 zey, N. H., June 19, se. 80, pastor of the 
 Congregational church. He was the 
 son of JElisha Rockwood, of Chesterfield, 
 N. H., and was born :May 9, 1778. We 
 trace his descent from Elisha, of Groton, 
 Nathaniel, of Medfield, Nathaniel R., 
 of Wrentham, and Richard, of Dor- 
 chester, Mass., all of whom were men 
 of sturdy principle and moral worth ; 
 and some of them were respected offi- 
 cers in church and state. The subject 
 of our present narrative grew up highly 
 respected till the age of 20 years, when 
 he became a member of Dartmouth 
 College, and soon after was hopefully 
 converted. He was graduated witli high 
 honors at the commencement of 1802, 
 amidst such men as the Rev. Brown 
 Emerson, D. D., and Dr. Amos Twitch- 
 ell. After his graduation he became a 
 preceptor of Plymouth Academy for 
 two years ; and he was then appointed 
 a tutor in Dartmouth College, which 
 office he retained two years, highly es- 
 teemed by the students and the faculty. 
 It was during his tutorship that he pur- 
 sued the study of theology, and became 
 well indoctrinated in the faith once de- 
 livered to the saints. One of his com- 
 peers, the Rev. Roswell Shurtleff, D. 1)., 
 who survives him, has borne ample tes- 
 rimony to the integrity, urbanity, and 
 worth of Mr. R., in the early years of 
 
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 RODGERS 
 
 his history. He was always and every 
 
 where the Christian gentleman of the 
 old school, and of an enviable character. 
 Oct. 26, 1808, he was ordained pastor 
 of the Congregational church in West- 
 boro', Mass., where he had labored for 
 a considerable time, till all were pre- 
 pared to welcome him in the name of 
 the Lord. He was favored with a quiet 
 and prosjierous ministry for 26^ years, 
 during which time he enjoyed several 
 interesting seasons of revival ; and 354 
 were added to the church, 452 were bap- 
 tized, and 210 couples were joined in 
 marriage. Westboro' was his first love, 
 and the home of his heart ; and he 
 might have continued there honored 
 and beloved, had not an unhappy diffi- 
 culty arisen concerning the erection of a 
 meeting house. This resulted in his 
 dismission in 1835. Many Avere the 
 regrets of his friends ; and many would 
 have given much could he have been 
 restored to that pastorate. During the 
 period which succeeded his dismission, 
 and before his installation at Swanzey, 
 he met with the appalling affliction of 
 the sudden death of his wife by apo- 
 plexy. What added to his distress in 
 these circumstances was the fact that he 
 was more than one hundred miles from 
 his home. This wife of his youth, and 
 the mother of his children, was an esti- 
 mable woman — the daughter of the 
 Hon. Brock Parkman, of Westboro', 
 and granddaughter of the Ilev. Ebenezer 
 Parkman, the first minister of West- 
 boro', whose praise is in the churches. 
 Soon after the sad bereavement above- 
 mentioned he went to Swanzey as a 
 candidate for settlement ; and, after two 
 or three months, he was installed with 
 great unanimity in Nov., 1836 — almost 
 22 years since. He afterwards married 
 for "his second companion the widow of 
 Kev. Osgood Herrick, the much- beloved 
 pastor of Millbury, Mass., whose record 
 is on high, In 1855 the board of Bart- 
 mouth College showed their respect for 
 his talents, character, and attainments, 
 by conferring upon him the degree of 
 doctor «f divinity. That he possessed 
 a well-balanced and cultivated mind, all 
 acknowledge. His doctrines were of 
 the Puritan stamp, as set forth in the 
 admirat)le com])end of the Westminster 
 Assembly. His manner of discussing 
 doctrines was clear and direct. The 
 trumpet never gave an uncertain sound. 
 
 He never shrank from a bold and manly 
 defence of the gospel. 
 
 KoDDAN, Rev. John T., Boston, Mass., 
 Dec. 3, a>. 40, pastor of the Catholic 
 church in Purchase Street, at the residence 
 of Bishop Fitzpatrick, in South Street. 
 He was a graduate of the College of the 
 Propaganda, at Rome, and was a man 
 of uncommon ability. He was for sev- 
 eral years a missionary priest in Quincy 
 and Kandolph ; but for the past two 
 years he had been stationed in Boston. 
 He was for some time, we believe, the 
 leading editor of the Boston Pilot, and 
 was also well known as a lecturer before 
 various Catholic societies through the 
 country. He was a priest in all for about 
 ten years, and was universally beloved. 
 He gave his whole heart to his calling, 
 and his place will be hard to fill. 
 
 MRS. ANNA MARIA RODGERS, 
 
 New London, Conn., Dec. 7, se. 60. 
 Mrs. R. was a most remarkable woman 
 — remarkable for the intrinsic excel- 
 lence of her own character, and also as 
 the connecting link between two fiimilies 
 of great personal bravery and brilliant 
 explaits in our naval history. Her fa- 
 ther, Capt. Christopher Raymond Perry, 
 U. S. N., although very young at the 
 time of the revolution, served in our 
 infant navy with great distinction. He 
 was in the action of the Watt and the 
 Trumbull, the hardest-fought naval bat- 
 tle during that war, and was confined 
 for some months in the dreadful Jersey 
 prison ship ; but immediately upon his 
 release he again sailed in a privateer to 
 harass the enemy's own coast. Capt. 
 Perry received his post captain's com- 
 mission in 1798. Early in the 1 9th 
 century the navy was nearly disbanded, 
 and Com. Perry was appointed collector 
 of Newport, then a large commercial 
 port. His five sons were all officers of 
 the American navy ; and all distin- 
 guished themselves during the war of 
 1812-14. Among them were Commo- 
 dores Oliver Hazard and Matthew Cal- 
 braith Perry. One of them, Alexander 
 I. Perry, at" 10 years of age, was a mid- 
 shipma'n, and acted as aid to his brother 
 during the action on Lake Erie, and 
 received a ball through his chapeau. 
 At that early age Congress voted him a 
 sword. He was drowned in the Medi- 
 terranean, a;. 20. Anna Maria mar- 
 
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 283 
 
 ried, at the age of 16, Capt. George W. 
 Kodgers, a distinguished officer, also be- 
 longing to a highly patriotic family. Ilis 
 father was a colonel in one of the Mary-- 
 land regiments during the war ; and his 
 elder brother, Com. John Kodgers, was 
 one of the most gallant officers of the 
 last war with England, and was for many 
 years president of the board of navy 
 commissioners. He died at Philadel- 
 phia, Aug. 1, 1838, se. 73, the senior com- 
 mander of the navy. A sister was the 
 wife of the celebrated William Pinkney, 
 of Maryland. Com. Geo. W. Rodgers 
 entered the service in April, 1804, and 
 received his ])ost captain's commission 
 in March, 1825. In 1832 he hoisted 
 his broad pennant in command of the 
 squadron on the coast of Brazil, having 
 also a diplomatic mission to that gov- 
 ernment. A few months after he as- 
 sumed the command he died at Buenos 
 Ayres, March 21, 1832, te. 45, after a 
 short illness, universally beloved and 
 respected. The utmost honors were 
 paid to his memory by the government 
 and citizens of Buenos Ayres, where he 
 was buried. In 1850 the United States 
 government ordered that his remains 
 should be brought to his native country 
 in the United States ship Lexington ; 
 and they were reinterred in Cedur Grove 
 Cemetery, New London, where those of 
 his wife now lie by his side. Their three 
 eldest sons fought bravely throughout 
 the Mexican war, two of them lieuten- 
 ants in the navy, and one in the armj'. 
 The latter, Lieut. Alexander Perry 
 Rodgers, of the 4th infantry, U. S. A., 
 after serving with distinguished gal- 
 lantry through the war, and being hon- 
 orably mentioned in despatches, fell, 
 mortally wounded, while leading the 
 " forlorn hope " of his regiment to the 
 attack on Chapultepec. An extract of 
 a letter published at the time says, " We 
 entered the c.ipital with less than 4000 
 men ; 3000 brave spirits were killed or 
 wounded. Among the former was the 
 brave, gifted, beautiful, good, and gen- 
 erous Lieut. Alexander P. Rodgers. He 
 "was beloved and respected by all the 
 army who knew him, and gave promise 
 of being a brilliant, as he was already a 
 most gallant soldier. Poor Rodgers ! 
 Barely 22 years old, he fell at the head 
 of his company in the storming party at 
 Chapultepec, pierced by a bullet through 
 the forehead, and yielded up his brave 
 
 spirit to the God of battles with a smile 
 on his handsome face, as the shouts of 
 his comrades in victory rang a sweet 
 requiem to his soul. His life had been 
 pure and unsullied, and his death was 
 without pain, calm, and glorious." His 
 remains were also brought homo, and 
 lie beside those of his parents. Lieut. 
 R. H. Smith, 3d artillery, U. S. A., a 
 son-in-law of Mrs. R., also served gal- 
 lantly through the Mexican war, and 
 was wounded at Monterey, lie was 
 lost in the steamer San Francisco, while 
 on her passage with United States troojjs 
 to California, Dec. 24, 1853. It will be 
 seen by the foregoing how indissolubly 
 Mrs. R. was connected with the history 
 of the country, in whose service the 
 blood of those near and dear to her had 
 been so freely shed. She instilled into 
 the minds of her children, who regarded 
 her with the reverential affection such a. 
 character could not fail to ins])ire, her 
 own sentiments of ardent patriotism, 
 and the fire, the courage, and national 
 consecration of both families, the most 
 rigid regard for honor and integrity, 
 and true, unfeigned Christianity. Added 
 to these lofty qualities, in all the rela- 
 tions of daughter, wife, mother, friend, 
 and woman, her life was a model to her 
 sex ; and to all who came witliin the 
 reach of her influence her death was a 
 heavy loss. 
 
 She was a lady highly esteemed and 
 beloved for her native qualities of heart 
 and mind. Her life was marked by 
 those vicissitudes which test characters 
 severely. At the age of 32 she w-as de- 
 prived of her noble husband, and left with 
 the care of a large family of chiltlren. 
 Well, however, did she im])rove the heavy 
 responsibility thus imposed, ordering 
 her household admirably with affection 
 and the force of inborn character. 
 
 She Avas distinguished for great per- 
 sonal beauty, together with a noble and 
 courteous bearing ; indeed, she was one 
 of those rare specimens of high-toned 
 American aristocracy so seldom found 
 at the present day. 
 
 Her hospitality, for which she was 
 also remarkable, was never an affecta- 
 tion, but always genuine and sincere. 
 Her home Avas a centre of attraction ; 
 and all who came within its genial in- 
 fluence loved to frequent it, never fail- 
 ing to be impressed alike iiy the gentle- 
 ness and dignity of its maternal head. 
 
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 ROGERS 
 
 To her unusual natural graces were 
 added those of C"lu-isti:ui character. Her 
 love for the church Mas deep and ahid- 
 ing ; and largely in the eyes of " Him 
 ■n-ho seeth in secret " has it been the 
 beneficiary of her kindness and liber- 
 ality. In her last moments and pro- 
 tracted illness she gave the most grati- 
 fying assurances of the presence of that 
 peace which is the Christian's peculiar 
 heritage in death. Long will her mem- 
 ory be cherished as a guiding influence 
 by many to whom, " though dead," she 
 " yet sp"eaketh." 
 
 Rogers, John "W., New York, Sept. 
 16, se. 39, eldest son of the late Dr. 
 Samuel Rogers, of Plymouth, N. H. 
 
 Rogers, Rev. Joshua M., Easton, 
 Pa., ^larch 1, a?. 75, first rector of Trin- 
 ity Church, Watertown, N. Y. 
 
 RoGKRs, Nathaniel Leverett, Salem, 
 Mass., July 31, a». 73. Although, some 
 years past, retired from active life, Mr. 
 R. M'as formerly one of our most influ- 
 ential citizens. The early death of his 
 father, by whom he was fitted, prevented 
 his acquiring a collegiate education ; but 
 he received a year's instruction at the 
 famous Phillips Exeter Academy, pre- 
 vious to entering as clerk, about 1800, 
 the widely-celebrated mercantile house 
 of Messrs. George Crowninshield & Son, 
 of Salem. Remaining there three years, 
 he sailed as clerk on board their new 
 ship America. Continuing to follow the 
 seas, as master and supercargo, for 
 many years, he became a distinguished 
 merchant, second to none of our enter- 
 prising New England men in opening 
 and prosecuting new voyages to foreign 
 lands, and was especially the pioneer 
 and founder, from the United States, of 
 the Zanzibar and New Holland trades, 
 and, as head of the house of N. L. 
 Rogers & Brothers, was known in al- 
 most all quarters where American com- 
 merce unfurled her flag. Though averse 
 to and invariably declining oflSce, he 
 held many responsible positions up- 
 wards of 30 years ago, as cashier of the 
 Commercial, first prci^ident of the INIer- 
 cantile Bank, and president of the East 
 India Marine Society, and willingly, for 
 a long time, discharged the more hum- 
 ble duties of a committee man in our 
 schools, being always deeply interested 
 in the cause of ])ublic education, was a 
 member of the legislature and of the 
 
 town selectmen, and at times chairman 
 of the board. Generous by nature, the 
 prosperity of others, whether friends or 
 strangers, afforded him delight. His 
 sociability, conciliatory manners, with 
 excellent conversational powers, and a 
 peculiar pleasantness and modesty of 
 disposition, devoid of pride or ostenta- 
 tion, won regard from most classes of 
 men. It may be interesting to add that 
 he was born at IpsM'ich, Mass., in 1785, 
 and removed with his parents to Salem 
 soon after. His mother was Abigail, 
 daughter of Col. Abraham Dodge, of 
 Ipswich, a revolutionary patriot and sol- 
 dier. She is yet well recollected, by 
 our elderly people, as teacher for many 
 years of the first school hereabouts of 
 those days, for the instruction of young 
 ladies. His father was also a teacher 
 of a private as well as of the public 
 Latin school in Salem, and died young 
 in 1799. He was the youngest child 
 and only son of the Rev. Nathaniel 
 Rogers, of Ipswich, who died in 1775, 
 the last of four ministers, who succes- 
 sively from father to son were pastors 
 of the First Church there, one of whom 
 was also a physician and president of 
 Harvard College in 1684. His father. 
 Rev. Nathaniel Rogers, who fled the 
 persecution of the hierarchy, and settled 
 there in 1636, Mas son of Rev. John 
 Rogers, of Dedham, " the most noted 
 Puritan of England," a grandson of John 
 Rogers, preliendary of St. Paul's, and 
 the first martyr of Queen Mary's reign. 
 
 Rogers, Richard P., St. Charles, 
 Mo., Aug. 25, iE. 26, counsellor at law. 
 He was a man of sterling worth and 
 integrity, a high-toned gentleman, and 
 a sincere and fast friend. He M'as a 
 ripe scholar, and in literary attainments 
 was excelled by few. He was studious, 
 temperate, strictly moral, and at heart a 
 Christian. He was young in the prac- 
 tice of laM', but gave unmistakable evi- 
 dence that he M'ould soon rank M'ith the 
 most prominent in his profession. 
 
 Rogers, Dr. Samuel, Plymouth, 
 N. II., Aug. 29, a?. 72. Dr. R. com- 
 menced the ])ractice of medicine in 
 Plymouth at the age of 21 years, where 
 he continued till disabled by infirmity, 
 M'ith occasional intcrrujitions by reason 
 of illness, M'ith more than an average 
 share of success. Through uuMcaried 
 attention and an active sympathy he 
 won and retained the confidence and 
 
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 285 
 
 esteem of his patients, and secured an 
 ex-tensive practice. His was an ardent 
 nature ; and, though less demonstrative 
 than many, yet his family ana friends 
 could never doubt his affection, which 
 was reciprocated to the last, with a fond 
 and unfaltering devotion. His father, 
 John Rogers, was a successful physician 
 at Plymouth, a graduate of Harvard 
 College, 1777, who was son of Rev. John 
 Rogers, of Leominster, Mass. Dr. Sam- 
 uel was brother of N. P. Rogers, who 
 died Oct. 16, 1846, known as an accom- 
 plished scholar, but ultra advocate of 
 freedom. 
 
 RoLSTOX, John, Natchez, Miss., 
 
 1, a?. 42, at the residence of his brother- 
 in-law, Giles M. Hillyer. He was a 
 lawyer, and attained a respectable stand- 
 ing at the bar of Mobile. He also suc- 
 ceeded his father as notary of the Bank 
 of Mobile, which office he held until his 
 health failed him. He discharged all 
 his public trusts faithfully and honestly. 
 
 Roosevelt, Elbert, Pelham, West- 
 chester Co., N. Y., Nov. 2, se. 91, a de- 
 scendant of the ancient family of Roose- 
 velt, of New York city. 
 
 Root, Mrs. Harriet Allen, Pittsfield, 
 Mass., Oct. 19, vd. 58, wife of Dr. Oliver 
 S. Root, and daughter of Hon. Phinehas 
 Allen, senior editor of the Pittsfield 
 Sun. 
 
 RoRBACH, Samuel, Esq., Newton, 
 Sussex Co., N. J., Feb. 19, a?. 76, for 15 
 years judge of the Court of Common 
 Pleas of that county. 
 
 Ross, Prof. D. Barton, Haddensfield, 
 N. J., March — , se. 38, widely known 
 south as the author of the " Southern 
 Eclectic Reader." 
 
 RoULiL\c, John G., Marianna, Fla., 
 July 16, SB. 62. He was a native of 
 Martin Co., N. C, but had resided in 
 Florida for the last 14 years. The Ma- 
 riaima Patriot thus speaks of him : " He 
 was possessor of a clear head and well- 
 balanced judgment. He had learning, 
 industry, patience, and remarkable equa- 
 nimity, and to these qualities added a 
 spotless integrity, set off by the graces 
 of urbanity and high-toned courtesy. 
 
 RoUNSEViLLE, Miss Polly, Freetown, 
 Mass., Aug. 20, se. 78, daughter of 
 Thomas and Philena Rounse\'ille. She 
 was great-granddaughter to the first 
 Rounseville, who settled in Freetown 
 about the year 1700. 
 
 RowE, Cyrus, Esq., Nevada, Cal., 
 
 Dec. 12, a'. — . ;Mr. Rowe, in company 
 with Robert Wliite, Esq., established 
 the Republican Journal, in 1829, and 
 was connected with the i)aper for tlic en- 
 suing 20 years, as one of its publishers 
 and proprietors, and as a contributor to 
 its columns. From his active habits 
 and practical turn of mind, however, 
 'Mv. Rowe was able more eillciently to 
 contribute to the pros])erity of the en- 
 terprise by devoting his time to the busi- 
 ness details of the office, and by his 
 exertions in this department the pros- 
 perity of the establishment was much 
 increased. 
 
 Rowe, William Henry, Boston, Mass., 
 July 22, a;. 27. He was a son of Sam- 
 uel and Lydia Ann (Fletcher) Rowe, 
 and was born in Boston, Oct. 6, 1830, 
 and fitted for college at the Boston Lat- 
 in School, where a Franklin medal was 
 awarded to him for his superior scholar- 
 ship. He was a diligent student, his 
 conduct was unexceptionable, and he 
 graduated with high honors at Harvard 
 in 1853. He was induced, by the flat- 
 tering prospects held out for young law- 
 yers, to go to Davenport, Iowa, where 
 he entered the office of Hon. John P. 
 Cook, who was at that time a represen- 
 tative in Congress from loMa. Here he 
 finished his legal studies, and in March, 
 1856, he was admitted to the bar 
 in Davenport. He immediately began 
 practice, still continuing in the office of 
 Mr. Cook. His success was very great, 
 and he was soon in full practice with a 
 brilliant prospect before him. He was a 
 man of great energy, and a too con- 
 stant attention to business probably af- 
 fected his health. 
 
 Runnels, Harvey H., Fort Madison, 
 Iowa, Sept. 21, ae. 26. Mr. R. was a 
 native of New Hampshire, where the 
 early portion of his life was passed, 
 previous to 1856. He liad selected the 
 law as his profession, and finished liis le- 
 gal studies at the Cincinnati Law School 
 during the winter term of 1856-57, and 
 after his admission at Burlington, he re- 
 turned to Fort Madison and commenced 
 practice. Although a young man,_ he 
 succeeded in acquiring a good jjractice, 
 and was rapidly rising in the ])rofession. 
 A few weeks previous to his decease he 
 had formed a partnership witli Gen. T. S. 
 Espy, of Fort Madison, and his future 
 prospects were as bright as any young 
 member of the bar. 
 
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 RUSSELL 
 
 [ 1858. ] SALTONSTALL 
 
 EussELL, Rev. Daniel Livermore, 
 Hannibal, Mo., , ae. <58. 
 
 KussELL, Capt. Henry, Brooklyn, 
 N. Y., .T. 72. Capt. Russell was one of 
 the oldest and most respected shipmas- 
 ters in the United States — born in Bos- 
 ton, Mass., a son of the late Major Benja- 
 min Russell, editor and proprietor for 
 many years of that veil-known paper, 
 the Columbian Centinel. 
 
 Rylaxd, Maj. E. M., St. Louis, Mo., 
 Oct. — , a^. — . The Chamber of Com- 
 merce of St. Louis, having heard of the 
 sudden demise of Maj. Ryland, president 
 of the board, and impressed with the 
 profoundest sorrow at the event, a dis- 
 pensation which deprives our commer- 
 cial circle of one of its most honorable 
 and energetic members, the community 
 
 of a valuable citizen, the Chamber of its 
 highest officer, capable in every particu- 
 lar for the discharge of the important 
 duties of the position, and desirous to 
 testify in proper manner, as a body, their 
 sense of the many virtues of the deceased, 
 and the high estimation in which he was 
 held by the members individually and 
 collectively, therefore 
 
 •' Resolved, that in the death of Maj. 
 Ryland, the commercial circles of St. 
 Louis have lost one of their most intelli- 
 gent, honorable, and energetic members ; 
 that this Chamber has sustained a be- 
 reavement of no ordinary character, in 
 his decease, as a member and an officer, 
 in both of which positions he had the 
 entire confidence and esteem of the 
 board." 
 
 S. 
 
 Sackett, C. D., New York city, 
 March 8, te. 59, and 
 
 Sackett, G. A., New York city, 
 March 9, ». 53, — brothers ; they were 
 most esteemed men — their relations 
 through life had been singularly close — 
 they lived together, worked together, 
 died together. The bar of New York 
 will not readily supply their places. — 
 N. Y. Eve. Post. 
 
 Saffarrans, Col. Daniel, Memphis, 
 Tenn., , as. 59. A Memphis pa- 
 per says," Col. Saffarrans was born Feb. 
 22, 1799, in the State of Virginia. 
 Early in life he removed to Gallatin, in 
 Tennessee, where, by energy, industry, 
 and attention to business, he acquired 
 wealth and position. He was a man of 
 uncommon enterprise, energy, and de- 
 cision. His public spirit always placed 
 him in the front rank of the communi- 
 ties in which he lived. Some ten years 
 ago he enjoyed the distinction of being 
 regarded as one of the leading spirits 
 in promoting that high degree of pros- 
 . perity which wc now enjoy as a commu- 
 nity. He was always respected for his 
 public spirit and the high tone he as- 
 sumed, and his death will be sincerely 
 lamented by a large circle of friends 
 and by an attached family." 
 
 Safford, "Willium, ]\L D., AVest Gar- 
 diner, Me., Dec. 14, a". 59. 
 
 Sage, Mrs. Ruth P., Ware, Mass., 
 Dec. 10, EC. 69. She was born in Bland- 
 
 ford, Mass., Sept, 23, 1789, and was the 
 daughter of Capt. Abner Pease, a native 
 of Somers, Ct., and a soldier in the 
 revolutionary war. Her mother, Chloe 
 Viets, a native of Becket, Mass., was a 
 woman of rare excellence in her mental 
 endowments and her Christian charac- 
 ter. The advantages of education en- 
 joyed by Mrs. Sage were far beyond 
 what were common in those days. She 
 was married to Orrin Sage May 4, 
 1817, and continued to reside in Bland- 
 ford until 1848, when he removed to 
 Ware, Mass., and became president of 
 the bank in that place. While unable 
 to be active and efficient in the more 
 public duties of the Christian, her heart 
 was alive to all the interests of religion, 
 and her works of benevolence and char- 
 ity were felt by those who saw or knew 
 but Httle of her person. Mrs. Sage 
 leaves two daughters, one the wife of 
 William Hyde, Esq., of Ware. 
 
 Salmond, Edward A., M. D., Cam- 
 den, S. C, April 22, vo. 28. Dr. Sal- 
 mond possessed many noble attributes, 
 a mind highly gifted, and a generous 
 spirit. He had served for several terms 
 as a member of the town council, and 
 was twice elected intendant. 
 
 Saltonstall, Mrs. Mary E., Salem, 
 
 Mass., , le. 70, widow of Hon. 
 
 Leverett Saltonstall. The Salem Ga- 
 zette says, " Mrs. Saltonstall was one of 
 the few surviving representatives of the 
 
SAMPLE 
 
 [ 1858. ] 
 
 SANDERS 
 
 287 
 
 palmy days of Salem. United in mar- 
 riage to a man who made still more emi- 
 nent an honored name, she was early 
 called to fill a prominent position in so- 
 cial life, M-hich she adorned by her varied 
 and sterling qualities. Of a kindly 
 heart, an elastic and energetic mind, 
 and a transparent spirit, added to the 
 grace of a refined and courtly manner, 
 she drew to herself a numerous circle 
 of friends, who knew how to value both 
 her character and her society. Her 
 house was the scene of a hospitable 
 welcome to every order of merit. The 
 intelligent stranger, no less than the fa- 
 miliar guest, was made to feel the attrac- 
 tions of an inviting home. 
 
 Sample, Samuel, M. D., Holmes, 
 Miss., July 6, se. 48. He was a native 
 of the Abbeville District, South Caro- 
 lina, and was reared and educated in 
 that state. At an early age he gradu- 
 ated with distinction at the College of 
 Medicine, in Charleston, S. C. Two 
 years after he removed to Mississippi, 
 and commenced the practice of his pro- 
 fession, in which he continued through 
 the long space of 25 years. As a phy- 
 sician, he ranked as one of the first in 
 his section of the country, and was an 
 honor to the profession ; as a citizen, 
 correct in his deportment and gentle- 
 manly in his bearing, fair and honest in 
 his dealings with his fellow-men ; as a 
 husband, father, and master, he was 
 kind, lenient, forgiving, and forbearing 
 in his disposition. 
 
 Sampson, Zephaniah, Esq., Boston, 
 Mass., Oct. 2, a'. 81. He was born in 
 November, 1777, in the town of Brain- 
 tree, went to Boston when 12 years of 
 age, and served his apprenticeship as a 
 bricklayer M'ith Dea. William Bell. He 
 was associated in the business of build- 
 ing, for many years, with the Hon. 
 Charles Wells, one of the past mayors 
 of Boston. Subsequently he was for 
 several years superintendent of streets. 
 In every situation in life he was upright, 
 industrious, and worthy of all confi- 
 dence. AVith a heart full of sympathy 
 for the distressed, he did all within his 
 power to diminish the sufiTerings of 
 others. 
 
 Sanboex, Mrs. Huldah, Sanbornton, 
 N. H., April 1, a?. 96. She was a 
 daughter of Dea. Christopher Smith, of 
 Northampton. She married Dr. S., 
 and went to Sanbornton in the early 
 
 settlement of the town. She was a wo- 
 man of unusual energy and decision of 
 character. Kind to the poor, sympathiz- 
 ing with the afflicted, always ready to 
 minister to the sick, she Mas lield in 
 high esteem by all wlio knew her. Per- 
 haps the best expression of her excel- 
 lent character can be given in the words 
 of one who was her pastor for nearly 50 
 years, uttered at her funeral : " A kind 
 neighbor, a faithful wife, an afi'cctionate 
 mother, and an exemplary Christian." 
 For more than 75 years she was a mem- 
 ber of the Congregational church in San- 
 bornton, uniting Mith it, in company with 
 her husband, ]\Iarch 23, 1783. 
 
 Sanborn, Nathan, M. D., Hennikcr, 
 N. H., Dec. 15, i¥. 67. Dr. Sanborn 
 commenced the practice of medicine, in 
 Hennikcr, in the year 1816, since which 
 time he has been actively engaged in the 
 duties of his profession, until M'ithin the 
 past year. He joined the New Hamp- 
 shire Medical Society in 1821, and was 
 a very constant attendant upon all its 
 meetings. He attended a course of 
 medical lectures, and received a diploma 
 from Dartmouth College, in 1833. He 
 made a public profession of religion and 
 joined the church in 1834. As a physi- 
 cian, by his discretion and skill he ac- 
 quu-ed the confidence of the community, 
 and by his suavity of manners, together 
 with his superior mental endowments, 
 he M'on the respect and esteem of all 
 with whom he was brought in contact. 
 
 Sanders, Maj. John, Fort Delaware, 
 Pea Patch Island, entrance of Dela- 
 ware River, July 29, a?. 50. Maj. San- 
 ders was a native of Kentucky. He was 
 one of a remarkable family. An orna- 
 ment to the United States army, of 
 which he was an ofiicer, he was distin- 
 guished for genius and scholarship of 
 the highest order. In the corps of topo- 
 grapical engineers he was conspicuous. 
 He was chief engineer under General 
 Worth, and planned the attack of the 
 Texan Rangers upon the Bishop's Pal- 
 ace at Monterey ; he also distinguished 
 himself at the siege of Vera Cruz. He, 
 for a number of years, superintended 
 the improvements attempted _ by _ the 
 general government on the Ohio River. 
 His plans were never carried so far as 
 to enable the public to test their full 
 value. Fort Delaware is a monument 
 of his experience and care. To him, 
 more than to any other man, is Phila- 
 
288 
 
 SANFORD 
 
 [ 1858. ] 
 
 SARGEANT 
 
 delphia indebted for the successful man- 
 ner in vhich its insecure foundations 
 have been repaired and fortified, and the 
 vork itself pushed to its present for- 
 ward state. Maj. Sanders was a gentle- 
 man of high character, warm heart, and 
 great good sense. At the time of his 
 decease he was looking forward to a 
 brilliant career, and, until within a few 
 days before his death, was in excellent 
 health. He was the grandson of the 
 late celebrated George Nichols, of Ken- 
 tucky, son of Lewis Sanders, Esq., of 
 that state, a politician of great influence, 
 Bon-in-law of Hon. William Wilkins, of 
 Peimsylvania, (secretary of war under 
 Mr. Tyler,) and brother of the well- 
 known George N. Sanders, Esq., of 
 New York. 
 
 Sanford, Jonathan R., Reading, Ct., 
 
 Aug. 21, IP. 76. 
 
 Through a long life. 
 
 the deceased enjoyed, in an eminent de- 
 gree, the confidence and respect of his 
 fellow-citizens. In 1808 he was ap- 
 pointed to fill the office of town clerk 
 and treasurer of his native town, and held 
 those offices by consecutive annual ap- 
 pointments from that time to his death, 
 a period of half a century. Besides fill- 
 ing, for several years, the office of judge 
 of probate for the district of Reading, 
 representing at difi'erent periods his na- 
 tive town in the state legislature, he dis- 
 charged the duties of various trusts, both 
 of a j)ublic and jjrivate nature, exhibiting 
 in all his acts a sternness of integrity and 
 purity of purjjose seldom equalled. The 
 consolations of that religion which cheered 
 and comforted him through life were his 
 solace and support in death. 
 
 Sanford, Cyrenus, Buffalo, 111., May 
 28, a\ 83. Mr. Sanford was born in 
 Connecticut in 1775, and at an early 
 age settled in a place called Hubbell 
 Hill, in Delaware Co., N. Y. For 40 
 years he tilled the rocky soil of " Old 
 Delaware," when, in 1833, he became 
 satisfied of the superior farming facili- 
 ties of Illinois, as a jjlace M'here he 
 could settle his large family of children, 
 with a prospect of their future pros])er- 
 ity. In this year he made a tedious 
 journey thither, with a design to view 
 the different portions of Illinois, and to 
 determine the locality wliich ofiered the 
 most favorable inducements for a settle- 
 ment. After having examined difi'erent 
 portions of the state, he was finally at- 
 tracted by the beauty and fertility of the 
 
 region of Buffalo Grove, and determined 
 to make it his future abode. In 1834 
 he moved to the toM-n of Buffalo, and 
 carried with him nearly all of his chil- 
 dren, many of whom at that time had 
 famihes. They purchased large tracts 
 of prairie and timber land, and erected 
 a sawmill on Buffalo Creek, at an angle 
 of " Two-Mile Grove," in the town of 
 Jordan, Whiteside Co., and commenced 
 in earnest the work of improvement and 
 progression. The condition of the town, 
 at its primitive settlement, has a story 
 which is frequently told, but never with- 
 out interest to the rising generations. 
 At the time Mr. Sanford's family settled, 
 there were barely five families within 
 the territory, bounded by Freeport, Ore- 
 gon, Dixon, Sterling, and Mt. Carroll. 
 The heads of those families were Mr. 
 Elisha Doty, Oliver Kellogg, Samuel 
 
 Reed, and Bush, in the region of 
 
 Bufi'alo, and Mr. John Ankany, in the 
 vicinity of Elkhorn Grove. The present 
 flourishing town of Dixon, at that time, 
 consisted exclusively of the humble log 
 cabin of the venerable John Dixon, who 
 is still living. Mr. Sanford's posterity 
 is numerous, and consists at present of 
 eight children, about ninety grandchil- 
 dren, and about forty great-grandchil- 
 dren, making in all about one hundred 
 and thirty-eight souls, most of whom 
 form at this time a worthy portion of 
 the large population of the town of Buf- 
 falo. The children of Mr. Sanford, 
 coming hither at a favorable period to 
 select and purchase lands, have in con- 
 sequence, by judicious management, be- 
 come men of material wealth, and of 
 unexceptionable integrity. 
 
 Sanford, Capt. Thomas B., Brook- 
 lyn, N. Y., March 4, se. — , at the resi- 
 dence of Capt. Charles B. Sanford. 
 He was the well-knoMn master of the 
 steamers of the " Sanford Line." 
 
 Sargeant, Dea. Sewell, Stockbridge, 
 Mass., Aug. 3, a>. 69, a descendant of 
 the " Missionary Sargeant." 
 
 Sargeant, Edward E., Grand Rapids, 
 Mich., April 15, se. 37, brother to B. C. 
 Sargeant, of Lowell, Mass., and a for- 
 mer resident of Lowell. Mr. Sargeant 
 was a native of Hillsboro', N. H. By 
 the bounty of an elder sistcu', he fitted 
 for college at Newbury (Vt.) Seminary, 
 and graduated at Dartmouth College 
 with honor in 1843. He went to Geor- 
 gia, and spent two years in charge of 
 
SARGEANT 
 
 [ 1858. ] 
 
 SARGENT 
 
 289 
 
 the Edenton Female Seminary, at the 
 same time studying law with Judge 
 Merriwether. He was admitted to the 
 bar in 1845, in Macon, and returned to 
 New Hampshire, where he pursued his 
 studies in the office of Judge Wilcox, 
 in Orford. In the fall of 1846, he went 
 to Grand Rapids. After about a year, 
 Mr. Sargeant was employed in the office 
 of Bell & ISIartin, Mhich eventuated in 
 his becoming a partner in the firm. He 
 afterwards never lacked business, and 
 won for himself an enviable distinction 
 in his profession. In consequence of 
 failing health, he spent some seven 
 months in Europe in 1854, and on his 
 return, edited for a time the Grand 
 Rapids Enquirer, and resumed the prac- 
 tice of law. His principal character- 
 istics were, a clear and well-disciphned 
 mind, a gentle, modest, and unassuming 
 deportment, and an undeviating ad- 
 herence to moral principle. He was 
 greatly esteemed as a lawyer, and suita- 
 ble testimonials of regard and esteem 
 were adopted by the Grand Rapids bar. 
 
 Sakgeant, Alfred Dexter, Lowell, 
 Mass., Sept. 15, se. 26. Mr. Sargeant 
 was born at New Bedford, Mass., Nov. 
 14, 1832. In 1849, when in his 17th 
 year, he became a student in Newbury 
 (Vt.) Seminary, where he remained ten 
 terms, during which time he fitted for 
 college. When he left the Seminary, he 
 entered the M. E. Book Room, at New 
 York, and remained, increasing in favor 
 •with those who knew him, till he became 
 sole proprietor of a printing establish- 
 ment at Milford, Mass., at the same 
 time entering upon the work of editing 
 the Milford Journal. He succeeded be- 
 yond his own expectation, or that of his 
 friends. But his heahh failed under his 
 laborious efforts, which were too much 
 for his constitution. Mr. Sargeant was 
 a young man of more than ordinary tal- 
 ent, and possessed great and uncommon 
 amiability of temper and self-possession. 
 Wherever known, he was respected and 
 loved. 
 
 Sargent, Henry, M. D., Worcester, 
 
 Mass., , a?. — . At the annual 
 
 meeting of the Worcester District Medi- 
 cal Society, Dr. Henry Clark, of Worces- 
 ter, delivered an oration, in which he 
 paid the following tribute to the memo- 
 ry of Dr. Sargent : " Since writing the 
 addi-ess that 1 am about to read to you, 
 he whom you elected to fill the place 
 25 
 
 that I now occupy has been removed 
 by death. It would be mure in ac- 
 cordance with my own feelings were I 
 to make his character the only tlieme 
 of my remarks at this time, and could I 
 portray it in fitting terms the hour would 
 be profitably spent. It would be wise 
 in us to contemplate a life so blameless 
 as was his, as it could but exert a holy 
 influence upon our omu. In the death 
 of Dr. Sargent we have lost one of our 
 most active, scientific, and beloved mem- 
 bers ; one who ever exerted an elevating 
 influence, and one, who, in his inter- 
 course with his patients and professional 
 brethren, was a model physician. En- 
 dowed by nature with a liberal mind 
 and a generous heart, and educated in 
 the best medical institutions of this and 
 foreign coui\trics, he had placed his 
 standard of professional excellence very 
 high. The exercise of his profession 
 was to him something more than a mere 
 matter of business. He had a genuine 
 love for the study of medicine, and ])rac- 
 tised it with a spirit of true benevolence. 
 The satisfaction of feeling that he had 
 alleviated human sufl'ering, or prolonged 
 human life, was to him a greater re- 
 ward than any pecuniary compensation. 
 No one despised more than he those 
 who have no •other than a mercenary 
 interest in their profession, who regard 
 it as a mere craft, and who, in the prac- 
 tice of it, cater to the prejudices and 
 wishes of their patients without regard 
 to their highest good. No feehngs of 
 jealousy or envy ever instilled their 
 poison into his soul, and nb one ever 
 doubted for a moment the honesty of 
 his purpose or the purity of his motives. 
 He never disparaged the reputation of 
 his medical brethren, or sought to ad- 
 vance himself at the expense of others. 
 The performance of offices of love and 
 kindness was to him a genuine and 
 never-failing source of happiness. In 
 ' seeking others' good ' he found his 
 own. But few have ever lived more in 
 accordance with thp golden rule of 
 Christianity. This spirit of kindness 
 and disinterestedness Avas one of his 
 most striking characteristics, and it en- 
 deared him to his patients and to ail 
 who knew him in a remarkable degree. 
 How truly may Ave say of him, ' None 
 knew him but to love him, nor named 
 him but to praise ' ! While we mourn 
 the loss of such a one from our number, 
 
290 
 
 SAUNDERSON [ 1858. ] 
 
 SAVARY 
 
 let the memory of his life stimulate us 
 to a ftiithful discharge of all our duties, 
 that we, like him, may be useful in life 
 and honored in deulli." 
 
 Saundeusox, William P., Hollis, 
 N. H., Nov. 12, £P. 51. Few men could 
 be more missed in the community than 
 Mr. S. As a citizen he was universally 
 esteemed and beloved. No one took a 
 deeper interest in the social and I'eli- 
 gious prosperity of the town than he. 
 In his business transactions he exhibited 
 good judgment and unwavering integri- 
 ty, lie was a successful farmer, and 
 did much to keep up that high tone of 
 agricultural interest for which his town 
 is noted ; and not a little to sustain that 
 interest throughout the county. For 
 many years he was a warm and active 
 member of the religious, society with 
 which he Avas connected, and gave to it 
 most cheerfully, so far as was needed, his 
 time, money, and influence. 
 
 Savage, James Sullivan, Southboro', 
 Mass., Nov. 8, a*. 54. He was born at 
 Iledfield, Me. He came to Boston in 
 1825, possessed of nothing but his art 
 as a stone-mason, and a clear head, reso- 
 lute will, and an honest heart. He was 
 soon at work, and after three or four 
 years of subordinate service rose to be 
 a master builder, and as such reared, in 
 a few years, many substantial edifices in 
 the city. His reputation grew with his 
 ■works, and, in 1833, having been pre- 
 viously employed on the Bunker Hill 
 [Monument, he became a contractor with 
 the federal government for extensive re- 
 pairs and structures at Forts Warren 
 and Independence, which occupied him 
 about six years. He next contracted to 
 com])lete the monument from the height 
 of 80 feet, at which it had stood for 
 some eight or ten years for want of 
 means. This work of 80 feet he had 
 superintended, but not in the capacity 
 of contractor. This completion of the 
 monument was efi'ected in about three 
 years, and showed ]Mr. Savage's capacity 
 for structural achievement. In the 
 course of it he invented the well-known 
 and immensely useful lifting and locat- 
 ing derrick, patented in his name, and 
 worked it with steam ])ower. The 
 great saving of time and money thus 
 secured to the work made his contract a 
 fortunate one. To its profits he, for a 
 Btipulated time after its completion, 
 added those derived from visitors to the 
 
 summit, ascending and descending by 
 a steam car in the well made by the cir- 
 cular stairs within the walls of the mon- 
 ument. The monument completed his 
 success as a man of business, and its 
 last stone placed, at six o'clock on the 
 morning of July 23, 1843, under the ex- 
 citement of roaring cannon and a shout- 
 ing multitude, satisfied him in his art. 
 He practised it only occasionally after 
 this. In 1845 he served the city as 
 alderman, under Mr. Davis as mayor, 
 and then retired to the pleasant farm he 
 had purchased at Southboro', as the re- 
 ward and solace of a life, though some- 
 what care-worn, yet still young and vig- 
 orous. Here he could indulge his taste 
 for reading and reflecting. Here life 
 Mas no longer a servitude. Here he 
 was spared 13 years of peaceful enjoy- 
 ment, qualified only towards its close by 
 a chronic diflSculty, making the study of 
 health a necessary care. Mr. Savage 
 was one of those strong, self-made, pure- 
 minded men, who pursue their pathway 
 in hfe without show, because they are 
 without selfishness, and without noise ; 
 because they have true courage, tem- 
 pered with self-respect, and moved by 
 high claims of duty. He began the 
 woi'ld as a mechanic operative, like the 
 famed Stephenson, and ended it a con- 
 tractor and builder, and a high repre- 
 sentative of that valued and respected 
 class. He w^s successful, not by chance, 
 but by energy, endurance, and honesty. 
 He was trusted, not merely because he 
 could do well, but because he always 
 would do Avell, AVith him there was no 
 evasion in jn-etence or execution. Fi- 
 delity was a necessity of his nature — 
 fidelity in thinking as well as acting. 
 He never came to results by stumbling 
 upon them or guessing at them, but he 
 produced them by clear thinking and en- 
 ergetic action. Mr. Savage was for some 
 20 years a Boston man, and these quali- 
 ties, though veiled by a modesty that 
 knew no boasting, early brought him to 
 the knoM'ledge and confidence of our 
 trading men, to whose care great inter- 
 ests were intrusted ; and thus while yet 
 a young man he was employed as a con- 
 structor of several of our most enduring 
 public works. 
 
 Savage, Rev. Amos, New Haven, Ct., 
 , iv. 60, state agent of Tract So- 
 ciety for Connecticut. 
 
 Savary, Joseph, Groveland, Mass., 
 
SAWTELLE 
 
 [ 1858. ] 
 
 SAWYER 
 
 291 
 
 Nov. 3, aj. 61, a gentleman whose high 
 standard of moral integrity, and pleasing 
 social dejjortment secured the esteem of 
 a large circle of friends. 
 
 Sawtelle, Mrs. Elizabeth, Augusta, 
 Me., March 28, a?. 80. 
 
 Sawyer, Rev. John, better known as 
 " Father Sawyer," Eangor, Me., Oct. 
 14, vc. 103. He was born in Hebron, 
 Ct., Oct. 9, lloo. In his 12th year. his 
 parents removed to the town of Orford, 
 N. H. Orford was then a new place ; 
 the first white settler having arrived 
 there only three years before. Of course 
 the Sawyer family were subject to all 
 the privations and hardships of a new 
 settlement. Of these, the young man 
 of whom we speak (for he was then 
 young) encountered his full share for 
 the next 12 years. During this period 
 a church was established in Orford and 
 a minister settled, and Mr. Sawyer be- 
 came a hopeful subject of renewing 
 grace. It was during this period, also, 
 that the war of the revolution com- 
 menced ; and in the year 1777, when 
 only 22 years of age, Mr. Sawyer vol- 
 unteered, under Capt. Chandler, of 
 Piermont, N. H., to repel the advances 
 of Gen. Burgoyne. He was at Sara- 
 toga, at the surrender of Burgoyne, 
 and shared in all the rejoicings of that 
 eventful day. Having had but few ad- 
 vantages of school education, on his re- 
 turn from the army he entered Dart- 
 mouth College, and graduated in 1786. 
 On leaving college, jNIr. Saw^yer had no 
 hesitancy as to his future course of life. 
 He studied theology for a time with 
 President Wheelock, and for a longer 
 time with the late Dr. Spring, of New- 
 buryport. ; and commenced preaching 
 ■within a year after leaving college. He 
 preached'his first sermon in Orford, and 
 was earnestly invited to settle there ; 
 but not feeling fully competent to take 
 upon himself the responsibilities of a 
 pastor, he deferred for a time acceding 
 to the request. Having preached in 
 diff'erent places for nearly two years, he 
 returned to Orford, and was ordained 
 pastor of that church, in October, 1787. 
 He made it a condition of his ordination, 
 that the church should relinquish a prac- 
 tice which had been continued from its 
 first organization, viz., that of baptizing 
 children on what was termed the halt- 
 way covenant. He continued in the 
 ministry about nine years, when he ac- 
 
 cepted a call to become pastor of a 
 church in Boothl)ay, Me. He continued 
 at Boothbay about 10 years, when, at 
 his own request, he was dismissed, and 
 removed to New Castle. From this i)e- 
 riod his bbors as a home missionary 
 commenced, in the prosecution of which 
 he travelled, in all directions, tln-ough 
 the forests, and among the wilder por- 
 tions of Maine. About oO years ago he 
 went to Bangor as teacher and jn-eaclicr at 
 a salary of $200. He was a man of high 
 aims, largo and comprehensive views, and 
 very laborious and precise in the perform- 
 ance of his duties. He was devoted to his 
 ministry. He preached because he loved 
 the work. He was eminently a man of 
 prayer, and his success was in no small 
 part due to his power in prayer. He 
 was one of the founders of the Bangor 
 Theological Seminary. Nearly uj) to the 
 time of his death he continued to labor, 
 teaching and preaching in Bangor and 
 vicinity as when a young man, and we 
 may almost say of him, as of Enoch, 
 " He was not, for the Lord took him." 
 
 Sawyer, Hon. Jos., Piermont, N. IL, 
 July 4, a?. 72. For many years he oc- 
 cupied a promment position m the ])olit- 
 ical party to which he belonged, and was 
 honored by his party with nominations 
 to several high offices, showing that he 
 enjoyed the confidence and respect of his 
 political friends, as he did that of the 
 whole community, for the uprightness 
 and integrity with which he discharged 
 the every-day duties of life. He was 
 none the less revered in his private and 
 social relations. Every one seemed to 
 confide in him, and like a father or guar- 
 dian he moved among his fellow-towns- 
 men, who confided in him for counsel, and 
 trusted his judgment in any difficulty. 
 He was a faithful guardian of the educa- 
 tional interests of the town, not for the 
 good of his own family alone, but in all 
 parts of the town, he often, by his pres- 
 ence, cheered the school room, encoura- 
 ging and animating the pupils in their in- 
 tellectual lal)ors. Ilis earnest and afi'ec- 
 tionate appeals, awaking in thom high 
 aspirations and inciting to noble ]nir- 
 poses, will long, very long be remem- 
 bered as tributes to his memory. In the 
 temperance cause, and indeed in all moral 
 and social reforms, he was ever at his post, 
 and the jiosition usually assigned him 
 was among the foremost and most re- 
 sponsible. He was, indeed, the useful, 
 
ono 
 
 SAWYER 
 
 [1858.] 
 
 SCHLEY 
 
 the true, tlie good man. He was in a 
 remarkable degree careful of the educa- 
 tion, happiness, and advancement of his 
 children, and lie leaves tliem the rich 
 legacy of a power to meet life in any of 
 its forms. with credit and success. 
 
 Sawyeu, Ilosea, Esq., Dover, X. H., 
 May IT, x.lo. 
 
 S.vXTtJN, Jehiel, Newburg, O., March 
 16, se. 76. He was one of the pioneers 
 of Cuyahoga Co., having moved into Xew- 
 burg, in September, 1819, from 15ristol, 
 Addison Co., Vt. He was a soldier in 
 tlie war of 1812, and was at the battle of 
 Plattsburg. In all the social and do- 
 mestic relations of life he sustained an 
 irreproachable character for integrity and 
 kindness. He ever seemed more anx- 
 ious to do justice to others than exact it 
 from them. Though a firm adherent to 
 whatever he believed correct jirinciples, 
 he was always courteous to those who 
 differed from him in matters of opinion. 
 
 ScAMMAX, Hon. John F., Biddeford, 
 Me., June 23, a?. 71. He was a member 
 of the first legislature of Maine after it 
 was sefoff from Massachusetts. He was 
 at another time collector of the customs 
 at Saco, and at a period when the com- 
 mercial interests were much larger than 
 at present. He was elected subsequently 
 to the legislature of the state, and again 
 under Polk's administration to the halls 
 of Congress. And faithfully he served 
 the public amid all the strife of opinion 
 and all the soj)histries of demagogues. 
 Unseduccd by the jjhantom of ambition 
 or by the sordid thirst for gold, he went 
 to the place of jjower an honest man, and, 
 what is better, returned an honest man. 
 The simple law of right was always his 
 chosen law, and the a])proval of his con- 
 science his best reward. For him the 
 race of ambition, which in these degener- 
 ate days so dazzles the multitude, had no 
 charm. As a God-fearing man he always 
 thought first and highest of his account- 
 ability to him, and therefore no honor 
 with him was equal to the honor of the 
 righteous, and no wealth so valuable as 
 the wealth of a good name. But his 
 character, a])art from his puljlic life, is like- 
 wise very much to be revered. As a re- 
 ligious man he was a steadfast attendant 
 upon the worship of the sanctuary. Few 
 men can ])oint to so many Sabbaths 
 spent in the house of God during a long 
 and eTcntfii] life. He was a member of 
 the Episcopal church, having received the 
 
 rite of confirmation by Bishop Burgess, 
 the present bishop of the state. Piety 
 with him, however, was not a form of 
 godliness, but a living princi])le within, 
 regulating and governing his life. 
 
 Scarborough, Ira, M. I)., Snow Hill, 
 
 Va., , ae. 29. He attended his 
 
 first course of lectures at the University 
 of Virginia, his second at the university 
 in Philadelphia, Penn., where he gradua- 
 ted. He commenced the practice of med- 
 icine at Snow Hill, the county seat of 
 Green Co., where he was building up an 
 enviable reputation in his profession. 
 
 ScHENCK, Daniel I., Pleasant Vallev, 
 Monmouth Co., N. J., Oct. 23, .t. 80. 
 His name will long be cherished with re- 
 spect and affection by numerous friends, 
 by the church of Christ, and by the entire 
 community in which he was known. He 
 belonged to a class of men who, by their 
 solid judgment, their invincible integrity, 
 their uniform kindness, and their large 
 benevolence, command the general con- 
 fidence, and gain extensive influence with- 
 out noise, without effort, and almost with- 
 out knowing it themselves. The church 
 was eminently dear to him, and for her 
 Melfare his prayers, his' labors, and his 
 contributions went together. Although 
 others, not of his own denomination, 
 shared largely in his liberality, he cher- 
 ished a sjjecial regard towards his own 
 beloved church. In her institutions he 
 took a lively interest. He stood conspic- 
 uous among that noble band of men in 
 Monmouth to whose liberality these insti- 
 tutions are so largely indebted. Within a 
 short period before his death he contrib- 
 uted $000 to the college, and a like sum 
 of $000 to the seminary. His last will and 
 testament reveals still further the char- 
 acter of his musings on the question of do- 
 ing good. Besides an afiectionate re- 
 membrance of his beloved pastor, he be- 
 queathed the sum of $1000 to be em- 
 ployed for the benefit of the feeble church- 
 es of the classis of Michigan, and $3000 
 to the seminary. 
 
 Schley, Hon. Wm., Richmond Co., 
 
 Ga., , a?. 72. He was born in 
 
 Frederick, Maryland, Dec. 10, 1786, and 
 was educated in the academies at Louis- 
 ville and Augusta, and admitted to prac- 
 tise law in 1812. He held important 
 relations to the people of Georgia In 
 182.3 he was elected, by the legislature, 
 judge of the Superior Court of the middle 
 circuit, and held that position until 1828. 
 
SCOTT 
 
 [1858.] 
 
 SCRANTON 
 
 293 
 
 In 1830 he represented llichmond Co. in 
 the legislature. In 1832 he was elected 
 to Congress, and served during the ses- 
 sions of 1833, '34, and '35; and in 183o 
 he was elected governor of the state, and 
 filled the office until 1837. " In his first 
 message to the legislature of Georgia, he 
 strongly recommended the construction 
 of the Western and Atlantic Railroad. To 
 this work he devoted all the time he could 
 possibly spare from the discharge of the 
 duties of the executive office, and had the 
 honor of signing the law authorizing the 
 construction of this road." He was presi- 
 dent of the Medical College of Georgia at 
 the time of his death. He was an able 
 counsellor, an upright citizen, an affable 
 gentleman, and a devoted husband and 
 parent. The Richmond Co. bar award 
 him this high praise. William Schley was 
 distinguished at the bar for assiduity, 
 energy, and ability in the conduct of 
 causes committed to his care ; on the 
 bench, for extensive legal lore, for dig- 
 nity, impartiality, and firmness; in the 
 legislative halls of Georgia, and of the 
 Union, for uncompromising devotion to 
 the interests of his immediate constituents, 
 and a catholic patriotism that recognized 
 aU rightful claims upon his statesmanship ; 
 in the executive chair of our state, for 
 " loisdom, justice, and moderation,^' and 
 in all the relations of life, for pubHc spirit 
 and integrity unquestioned and unques- 
 tionable. 
 
 Scott, Matthew S., Esq., Lexington, 
 Ky., Aug. 20, ce. 73. He was born in 
 Western Pennsylvania, and emigrated to 
 Kentucky more than half a century ago. 
 He has been for more than a quarter cen- 
 tury connected with the Northern Bank, 
 and was universally respected. For many 
 j'ears he was a member of the Presby- 
 terian church, and died in the communion 
 of the McChord Church of Lexington. 
 
 Scott, Joel, Dedham, Mass., May 5, 
 a?. 46. He was a native of Newburyport, 
 Mass., and at the time of his death was 
 president of the Alliance Insurance Com- 
 pany, of Boston. For several years he 
 held the office of deputy collector in the 
 Boston custom house. As a man of busi- 
 ness, he was remarked for his singular 
 fidelity and abihty, and he ever displayed 
 the highest integrity in all business trans- 
 actions. Unflinching in will, he submit- 
 ted to nothing wrong ; gentlemanly and 
 courteous, he was forbearing to others 
 As a Mend, he was true as steel, knowing 
 25* 
 
 neither sunshine nor shade in his familiar 
 intercourse ; and this, owing to a slii,'ht 
 eccentricity of character, was confiuLHrto 
 a very few acquaintances. He was never 
 married, but devoted his time and.nionev 
 to the comfort and support of an aged 
 mother and a widowed sister, who survive 
 him. 
 
 Scott, James R., Columbia, S. C, 
 
 — , a*. — , president of the Excliange 
 Bank, Columbia. The directors of tlie 
 bank, at a meeting of the board, in a res- 
 olution say, " The members oftliis l)oard, 
 so long and so intimately associated with 
 Mr. S., knew him well, and his excel- 
 lence and worth had secured their highest 
 confidence and esteem, for he was no or- 
 dinary man ; with firm integrity and a 
 strong and vigorous intellect which would 
 have made him a conspicuous character 
 in any vocation of life, it was with feelings 
 of pride and satisfaction we looked upon 
 him as the chief representative of our 
 bank. In the discharge of his duties as 
 president of this institution, he was foith- 
 ful and unremitting in zeal and energy. 
 As an officer, his talents commanded our 
 respect, but as a friend, we loved him, 
 for the fervor and decision of his charac- 
 ter, tempered by amiability and gentle- 
 ness, with simplicity of manners, impart- 
 ed peculiar social qualifications which en- 
 cJeared him to us, and rendered him at- 
 tractive to all who came in contact with 
 him." 
 
 ScRANTOX, Rev. Simeon, Clinton, 
 Conn., Nov. 5, a;. 64. H?had been a 
 local preacher about 35 years, and was 
 ordained deacon by Bishop Waugh, in the 
 city of Brooklyn, in 1837. As a preacher, 
 he was plain, practical, and generally very 
 acceptable and useful with the people. 
 
 SCRANTON, Joel, Cleveland, O., April 
 9, fe. 65. He was the son of Stephen and 
 Asenath Scranton, and was born in Bel- 
 chertown, Mass., April 5, 1792. At an 
 early age he removed, first, to Delaware 
 Co., and afterwards to Cooperstown, 
 Otsego Co., N. Y., where he engaged in 
 business, and became associated with the 
 Averell family, who resided there, and 
 who were at that time largely engaged in 
 those business operations which have 
 since extended over much space and 
 have resulted most successfully. Though 
 young and inexperienced, he was commis- 
 sioned by them to take charge of and 
 manage a " trading venture," which they 
 proposed to send out to what was then 
 
294 
 
 SCR ANTON 
 
 [ 1858. ] 
 
 SEARLE 
 
 called the Ohio Country, witli a view, if the 
 skill and honesty of the agent, and the 
 business prospects of the country, war- 
 ranted it, to make a jjermancnt location in 
 the then small village of Cleveland. In the 
 s])ring of 1823, with his stock of goods, 
 Mr. Scranton made his way into this, to 
 him, unknown region. lie landed from 
 a small schooner, and found oidy a few 
 hundred inhabitants and a scattered vil- 
 lage, where is now the hurr)' and bustle 
 of a city of 60,000 inhabitants. Before 
 the evening of the first day, he had made 
 up his mind to make Cleveland his fu- 
 ture dwelling place, and had engaged a 
 room for his goods, and the next day he 
 •was a citizen of a new country, and was 
 diligently employed in carrying out the 
 instructions and the wishes of the employ- 
 ers who had put so much trust in him. 
 "With prudence, economy, and diligence, 
 he attended to the interests of his distant 
 employers, and by the middle of the first 
 •winter he had disposed of all their goods, 
 and had the proceeds carefully laid by in 
 specie. There was, at that period, no 
 regular vvi:iter communication between 
 Cleveland and the east. The roads were 
 nearly inipassable, the country was sparse- 
 ly settled, and it was a journey at that 
 time which can hardly be imagined by 
 those who roll in a day, in a well-cush- 
 ioned rail-car, through the same regiofl 
 of country which lay between young 
 Scranton and those who had placed in 
 him the trusts of which he was now so anx- 
 ious to rendeniis account. With his specie 
 in one end of a common meal bag, and a 
 few clothes in the other, he started on 
 foot, a journey of 500 miles, to render an 
 account of his stewardship, and place the 
 money in the hand of its owners. In 
 these days of ease, fraud, and default, this 
 may seem strange and scarcely credible. At 
 length, withsurj)rise and pleasure, the trav- 
 el-worn young man was welcomed by the 
 Averells,when he walked in, unannounced, 
 on a blustering evening in March, anddrop- 
 ping his bag upon the floor, exclaimed, 
 " I have sold your goods, and there is the 
 money." Tlie judgment, prudence, hon- 
 esty, economy, and perseverance, which 
 Mr. S. had shown in this transaction, led 
 the Averells at once to propose to him an 
 equal jjartnership. The writings were im- 
 mediately drawn, executed, and in a few 
 days Mr. S. was on his way to N. Y., with 
 the necessary means to procure goods for a 
 permanent establishment at Cleveland. 
 
 From that time forth he retained the 
 confidence of his partners, and continued 
 to act as agent and partner until his 
 death. The gains of business he invested 
 in land in and about the city of Cleve- 
 land, until he accumulated a large estate, 
 which always stood as the partnership ])rop- 
 erty of Scranton & Averell. In June, 1828, 
 he married Miss Irene P. Hickox, of Dur- 
 ham, N. Y. She was educated at Litch- 
 field, Conn., and at an early age removed 
 to Ohio, where she s])ent some years 
 teaching young ladies. She was a wo- 
 man of great good sense, and of superior 
 education and judgment. She was one 
 of the twelve members of the first or- 
 ganized Presbyterian church in Cleveland, 
 and by her daily walk through life, illus- 
 trated the beauty of holiness. She pos- 
 sessed great energy and decision of char- 
 acter, and never swerved from duty, or 
 wearied in doing good. She died March 
 15, 1858. Only one of their five chil- 
 dren survive — Mrs. William Bradford, 
 of Elyria, O. 
 
 Searle, George, Esq., Brookline, 
 Mass., Jan. 2, a?. 69. He was a son of 
 George and Mary Russell Searle, and 
 was born at Newburyport, Mass., Dec, 
 1788. His father was a mercliant, and 
 died when his son was but seven years 
 old. At the early age of 13 he went to 
 Boston as apprentice to Messrs. Stephen 
 and Henry Higginson. By his intelli- 
 gence, faithfulness, and industry, he 
 gained the confidence of his employers, 
 and, by their generous aid, was soon 
 enabled to contribute to the comfort of 
 his mother and family at home. He 
 engaged in business in Boston as a part- 
 ner Mith ]\Ir. Lewis Tappan as soon he 
 was of age, and went to England for the 
 purpose of gaining correspondents, form- 
 ing business connections, S:c. It was a 
 period of commercial prosperity ; and 
 Mr. S.'s intelligence, his manly and hon- 
 orable qualities, were rewarded by a fair 
 portion of worldly success. Having re- 
 moved his mother and family to Boston, 
 he formed. a new partnership ■\vith his 
 only brother, seven years younger than 
 himself, who had, under his care and at 
 his expense, received a thorough mer- 
 cantile education. In 1818 Mr. S. re- 
 visited Europe, enlarging his knowledge 
 of men and things by travelling on the 
 continent, as well as by a short residence 
 in England and Scotland. In 1825 — 
 a season of great disaster to merchants 
 
SEARLE 
 
 [ 1858. ] 
 
 SHALL 
 
 295 
 
 — the house failed ; but there was no 
 failure of the regard and esteem enter- 
 tained for the brotliers by those who 
 understood their fair and honorable 
 course. A few years afterwards, not- 
 withstanding a previous full discharge 
 from their creditors, they ])aid the whole 
 outstanding balance against them, having 
 labored unceasingly and strenuously to 
 obtain the means of doing so. Mr. S. 
 was associated afterwards with Mr. Henry 
 Upham in commission business, and 
 again suffered in the great crash of 1837. 
 Still he worked on, bating no jot of heart 
 or hope." He devoted himself with the 
 same faithful and untiring energy to the 
 business of a broker in later life that 
 he had manifested at an earlier period in 
 his concerns as the head of an importing 
 house. He was again so far successful 
 as to acquire a competency, and free his 
 estate at Brookline from mortgage. He 
 had removed to that place in 1825, and 
 had become greatly attached to the 
 place, enjoying his garden with its fruits 
 and flowers, the beauty of the surround- 
 ing country, and the society of his fam- 
 ily and a few chosen friends. j\lr. S. 
 was twice married. He lost his first 
 wife after one year of happy union, and 
 subsequently his only child when only 
 two years old. In 1834 he married a 
 second time, but survived his beloved 
 •wife, who was taken from him in 1842. 
 The last years of Mr. S.'s life were 
 passed with his sisters and the two or- 
 phan sons of his brother, to whom he 
 became as a father, making their inter- 
 ests as truly his own as if they had been 
 indeed his children. Mr. S. was char- 
 acterized by a high sense of honor, a 
 certain nobleness and elevation which 
 made itself felt by all who were asso- 
 ciated with him, and by great disinter- 
 estedness, amounting to an absolute self- 
 forgetfulness but rarely witnessed. He 
 had a sanguine and earnest tempera- 
 ment, loved work, did every thing with 
 life and energy, " doing with his might 
 ■whatever his hands found to do." He 
 had keen perceptions and fine taste for 
 the beautiful in nature and in human 
 character, an instinctive aversion from 
 every thing low or mean, amounting 
 sometimes to what seemed fastidiousness 
 and impatience. He was impulsive and 
 somewhat nervously excitable, not al- 
 ways bearing lesser trials and vexations 
 with equanimity, but meeting the great 
 
 afflictions of his life with fortitude and 
 resignation to the divine will. He was 
 a wide and general reader of Knglish 
 hterature, always finding pleasure^and 
 occupation in books in those leisure 
 hours which sometimes occur even in 
 the busiest life. 
 
 Si:aveh, Kev. Horace, New York city, 
 April — , a'. 67, senior agent of the 
 American antl Foreign Bible Society. 
 Mr. S. was widely known and highly es- 
 teemed as a faithful minister, and an 
 indelatigable agent of the society which 
 he served for many years. 
 
 Sellka, James, Saco, Me., March 14, 
 a). 74. He was one of the soldiers of 
 1812, under Col. Boyd. He was at the 
 battles of Cliipjjewa and Bridgewater : his 
 right hand man was shot by his side. 
 According to his certificate, he had an 
 honorable discharge by his commanding 
 officer. At the time of Gen. Scott's visit 
 here, some 18 or 20 years since, he was 
 remembered by the old veteran, who rec- 
 ognized him in the crowd that surrounded 
 liim at that time, and received him with 
 marks of pleasure. 
 
 SiiAFROD, Geo. W., Lancaster, Wis., 
 March 9, as. 31. Mr. S. was a member 
 of the Ohio bar. 
 
 Shall, Mrs. Patsy, New Orleans, La., 
 Nov. 12, a). 64. Her residence of a 
 quarter of a century in New Orleans has 
 been an epitome of constant industry for 
 her family, with the most indeiatigal)le 
 kindness and charity for others. For 
 twenty years from the time she first land- 
 ed at our levee, there was no more de- 
 voted disciple to the cause of sufi'ering 
 humanity than tiie late Mrs. S. For nearly 
 15 years after she arrived here, in 1833, 
 she was l)usily engaged in conducting, first, 
 a large boarding house, and then tlie city 
 hotel, supporting a family at the same 
 time, and yet with these multifarious du- 
 ties, and trials, and res])onsibilities, to be 
 met by her single self, she was ever ready 
 to answer the call of the sick and ufliicted. 
 During the epidemics which the city was 
 visited with in those long years, she never 
 faltered or shrank from her duties ; and 
 hundreds on hundreds are those whose 
 hours of sickness were carefully and ten- 
 derly watched by her, with a mother's so- 
 licitude and never-liiiling vigilance, while 
 her experience as a nurse saved many and 
 many a life. In fact, in this department 
 of charitable service, she was known 
 throughout the country, and many a per- 
 
29a 
 
 SHARER 
 
 [1858.] 
 
 SHEPARD 
 
 V 
 
 son in till! wide west and south will feci a 
 throb ol' regret at her death, w hose brow 
 she soothed, whose jjain she assuaged, 
 Avhose death she prevented. So remark- 
 able, indeed, were her labors during one 
 fatal season, that one of our municipal 
 bodies voted her a service of plate as a 
 testimonial of their admiration for such 
 disinterested and rare conduct. 
 
 SllAKKii, Mrs. Elizabeth, Paris, Ky., 
 July 3, a?. 104. She was a native of 
 Washington Co., Md., and emigrated to 
 Paris in 17i)3, in com])any with her hus- 
 band, Peter Sharer, and their children. 
 At that time there were only three houses 
 in this vicinity. Two of her sons, Philip 
 and Jacob, were soldiers in the war of 
 1812. The former was an officer in the 
 regular army, and was killed at the dis- 
 astrous baitle of the River liaisin. He 
 was a lawyer by jjrofession. Mrs. S. was 
 the oldest member of the Presbyterian 
 church of Paris, and lived and died a sin- 
 cere Christian. 
 
 Sharp, John M., Comminsville, O., 
 
 , te. — , general western agent 
 
 of the Baltimore and Ohio llailroad Co. 
 At a meeting of the friends of Mr. S., at 
 the Tremont House, Chicago, the follow- 
 ing resolutions were passed unanimously : 
 
 " liesolced, that in the death of John 
 !M. Sharp, the active and most pojjular 
 agent of the Baltimore and Ohio llail- 
 road Co., we deplore the loss of a most 
 accomplished officer, a noble, generous 
 gentleman, a devoted friend, and an hon- 
 orable and exemplary citizen. 
 
 " Resolved, that during several years 
 of a personal intercourse with him as an 
 editor, as a publisher, and as a railroad 
 officer and agent, we always found him to 
 be honest, faithful, steadfast, and true, in 
 all relations of life. 
 
 " liesolved, that in Mr. S., while living, 
 we recognized a gentleman and officer 
 whose association was worthy the ambi- 
 tion of all his lellow-men : so in death ex- 
 emplary virtues will be cherished while 
 time exists for us." 
 
 SiiATTUCK, Mrs. Sarah E., Concord, 
 Mass., Aug. 30, a;. 64, wife of Hon. 
 Daniel Shattuck. 
 
 SliATTL'CK, Lemuel, Boston, iNlass., 
 Jan. 17. ie. G<5. He was born at Ashby, 
 Mass., Oct. 15, 1703, and was a son of 
 John and Betsey (Miles) Shattuck. His 
 parents removed to New l])swicli, N. H., 
 when he was in his first year. Here and 
 in the adjoining towns he resided during 
 
 his minority, and imtil 1815, as a farmer, 
 manufacturer, and school teacher. In 
 1817 he resided in Troy and Albany 
 N._ Y., and in 1818 to 1822 In Detroit, 
 Mich., as a teacher; in 1823 to 1833 in 
 Concord, Mass., as a merchant, in 1834 
 in Cambridge, as a bookseller ; and after 
 1834 in Boston, as a publisher and book- 
 seller, until his retirement fj-om regular 
 business. While at Detroit in 1818, he 
 organized there the first Sabbath school 
 o])ened in Michigan. In 1844 he was one 
 of five persons, of whom Charles Ewer, 
 Samuel G. Drake, William H. Montague, 
 and J. Wingate Thornton were the others, 
 who projected and organized the New 
 England Historic-Genealogical Society. 
 He was chosen its first vice president, 
 which office he held for five years. 
 He was also a member of the American 
 Statistical Association, (of which be was 
 also one of the founders,) of the Ameri- 
 can Antiquarian and Massachusetts His- 
 torical Societies, as well as of various lit- 
 erary and benevolent associations. He 
 jjublished a History of Concord, Mass., 
 and Memorials of the Descendants of 
 William Shattuck, a most thorough gen- 
 ealogical work. He was a member of 
 the common council of Boston from 
 1838 to 1841, and for several years a rep- 
 resentative from Boston to the Alassachu- 
 setts General Court. 
 
 SiiAW, Itev. John Knox, Newark, N. J., 
 Oct. 4, a;. 58. He preached on various 
 circuits, and was at one time presiding 
 elder. ]Mr. S. Avas a man of generous 
 sym])athies, which he manifested by spe- 
 cial kindness to the poor and suffering, 
 not in word only, but also in deed. As a 
 husband and father he was thoughtful and 
 affectionate. As a Christian he was ex- 
 pewiiental and practical. His piety was 
 deep and controlling. He was a good 
 minister of Jesus Christ, nourished up in 
 the words of faith and of good doctrine. 
 Before he entered the itinerant field he had 
 committed to memory the whole of the 
 New Testament, and during the whole of 
 his ministerial life he followed the direc- 
 tions of Paul to Timothy : " Be thou an 
 example of the believers, in word, in con- 
 versation, in charity, in sjjirit, in faith, in 
 purity. Give attention to reading, to ex- 
 hortation, to doctrine." 
 
 SiiKAFE, Mrs. Lucy Cushing, Boston, 
 Ms., Mar. 14, te. 78, widow of Maj. Henry 
 Sheafe, formerly of Portsmouth, N. H. 
 
 SllEPAKD, Samuel, Panton, Addison 
 
SHEPPARD 
 
 [IS.kS.] 
 
 SIGUR 
 
 297 
 
 IS an 
 jenius 
 
 town of 
 May 29, 
 
 with Ills 
 
 Co., Vt, Dec. 29, a*. 90. His life 
 insti'uctive commentary upon the 
 and spirit of our institutions and jieople, 
 and a wortliy example for our youth to 
 emulate. He was born in the 
 Granby, Hartford Co., Conn., 
 1768. When but a lad, he, 
 father, emigrated to Panton, Vt., while 
 the country was yet an unl)rokcn wilder- 
 ness, the town being entirely uninhal)ited, 
 except that a few families had settled near 
 the shore of Lake Cham])lain. At the 
 age of nineteen he located himself ujion 
 the farm upon which he resided during 
 the remainder of his life. He was ever an 
 active, busy man, and prominent in the ac- 
 complishment of every plan for promoting 
 the general welfare, advancing ])ublic mo- 
 rality, and attaining any human and phil- 
 anthropic end. A favorite charity with 
 him was the taking of orjjhan and home- 
 less children into his family, and rearing 
 and educating them. This he did in 
 many instances, and his proteges have be- 
 come useful and respected citizens. Two, 
 especially, are now among the most 
 wealthy and respectable inhabitants of the 
 west. He was often called by the suf- 
 frages of his fellow-citizens to fill various 
 positions of trust and responsibility. He 
 was a justice of the peace for more than 
 40 years, and was at different periods 
 selectman of the town, and county judge. 
 He was for 11 years a member of the 
 state legislature, besides holding other 
 ofBces, both civil and military. In the 
 family circle, as a husband and father, 
 none knew better than he how to secure 
 home happiness. With his children, the 
 man never forgot that he had been a child, 
 nor yet became oblivious that he was a 
 man. He was playful, affectionate, and 
 dignified. He never failed to secure 
 both love and obedience. He taught his 
 children virtue by example as well as 
 precept, and in both exhibited it, not as a 
 marble statue, fair, but cold and formal, 
 but rather as a living realitv, beautiful, 
 warm, winning, and attractive. He was 
 one of the constituent members of the 
 first Baptist church formed in Panton 
 some 60 years ago, and was always one 
 of its most zealous and efficient members 
 and supporters, as well as its largest con- 
 tributor. He was the latest survivor of the 
 little band who organized that church. 
 
 SllEPPARD, Leander U., M. P., South 
 Bend, M. T., April 23, as. 30. 
 
 SuER.M.\N, Mrs. Nancy, Canton, Mass., 
 
 Dec. 7, (P. 90, widow of Capt. Jojifi 
 Sherman, of the revolutionary army, 
 who was the eldest son of lloii. llo"'or 
 Sherman, signer of the Declaration °of 
 Independence. She was born at Milton, 
 Sept. 27, 1702, and was one of the 
 11 children of Mr. Joscpji Tucker, of 
 that town, Avho died about 1784, aged 
 73. She enjoyed a pension of .*000 
 per annum on account of the services 
 of her husband in the revolutionary 
 army. Her husband died at Canton iii 
 August, 1802. 
 
 SiiEKMAN, Thaddeus, New Haven, 
 Ct., Sept. 23, a>. 84, an old resident of 
 New Haven, formerly a merchant in 
 New York. He wa$ a native of Ham- 
 den, Ct., and was a nephew of Iloger 
 Sherman, one of the signers of the Dec- 
 laration of Independence. 
 
 Sherwood, Samuel B., Newark, 
 Lickyig Co., O., Dec. 1, vc. — . He was 
 born in Connecticut, but was reared and 
 educated in Newark. Having high so- 
 cial qualities, his relations with its 
 leading men were always close and inti- 
 mate, and his death will make a wide 
 hiatus in these social relations. He was 
 educated to the law, but his tastes and 
 inclinations led him more into the walks 
 of literature ; and his culture and gen- 
 ius naturally attached him particularly 
 to social life. The poetic effusions of 
 his early days will be remembered by a 
 large circle of friends, and will be cher- 
 ished the more now that the author has 
 departed. 
 
 SiiiPiiERD, Mrs. Elizabeth, Ballston, 
 N. Y., May 22, a\ 84, widow of Judge 
 Shipherd, of Vermont. 
 
 Shirk, llev. Joseph," Edgar Co., 111., 
 Sept. 19, a>. 65. 
 
 Shute, Moses, Esq., Concord, N. IT., 
 ae. 68, a lineal descendant, in the fourth 
 generation, of Jacob Shute, one of the 
 original settlers of Concord. 
 
 Sibley, Col. Samuel S., Savannah, 
 Ga., Nov. 19. He was a citizen of Sa- 
 vannah during the past ten years, and 
 was for a time connected with the Sa- 
 vannah Georgian as one of its editors 
 and proprietors. In ])ublic and in pri- 
 vate hfe he bore the character of a higli- 
 toned, honorable gentleman. He was a 
 native of New Jersey, hut removed to 
 Florida some twenty years ago, where 
 he Mas for several years ])ro])rietor and 
 editor of the Tallahassee Floridian. 
 
 SiGUR, Laurent J., Pass Christian, 
 
298 
 
 SIMMONS 
 
 [1858.] 
 
 SINCLAIR 
 
 Miss., , vo. 41. He was a grad- 
 uate of Georgetown College, 1). C. The 
 early years of his manhood were spent 
 in Europe, where he stored his mind 
 with the rich treasures of the literature 
 of Italy, Spain, France, and England. 
 On his return home he was elected by 
 the citizens of New Orleans to represent 
 that city in the state Senate ; and in that 
 body he at once attained the high posi- 
 tion which his talents never failed to 
 command. He filled several prominent 
 offices imder the state and federal gov- 
 ernments ; and the duties imposed upon 
 him Mere discharged Mith ability and 
 fidelity. In politics he was a southern 
 state-rights democrat, and rendered most 
 eS'ective service in the cause. He had 
 an invincible contempt for those politi- 
 cians Mho are always ready to sacrifice 
 principle to expediency. In the language 
 of the New Orleans Delta, " Nq^ man 
 contributed so much as he to form and 
 direct the peculiar tendencies of the 
 south-M'est — tendencies that look so 
 hopefully and so unceasingly to expan- 
 sion, to growth, to development, to the 
 silent and efl'ectual M'orking out of our 
 ' manifest destiny ' through the s])onta- 
 neous energy, enterprise, and daring of 
 the people, M'ithout M'aiting upon the 
 cii'cumlocution of diplomacy or the tar- 
 diness, Mrangling, and jiartisan fury of 
 congresses." In the social M-alks of life, 
 in the councils of the state, in the polit- 
 ical arena, in the profession of journal- 
 ism, and at the bar, he ever occupied a 
 foremost ])osition. The people of Lou- 
 isiana M-ere proud of him ; for he M'as 
 the embodiment of that high-toned chiv- 
 alry, that amenity of maiuiers, and that 
 boldness of oratory Mhich popularize 
 and endear man to his fellow-man. A 
 warm and constant friend, his hand M'as 
 ever ready to soothe and assist ; as a 
 journalist, no menaces could deter, no 
 blandishments betray him from the path 
 Mhich duty had marked out for his 
 guidance. " An integrity as incorrupti- 
 ble as that of Cato Mas the character- 
 istic of the man." Few men have gone 
 to the grave more deeply regretted than 
 Laurent J. Sigur. Louisianians feel that 
 they have lost a most gifted brother — 
 one whose intellectual superior scarcely 
 any where survives. The south has lost 
 a Marm and devoted friend, and our 
 constitution one of its boldest defenders. 
 Si.MMONS, B. F., Esq., LeaveuMorlh, 
 
 K. T., !March — . The assembled bar 
 of LeaveuMorth say, " In the person of 
 our departed friend and brother M'e ever 
 found the manly virtues of sobriety, 
 urbanity of manners, a strict, unflinch- 
 ing probity in all his intercourse ; though 
 firm in principle, conservative in feeling ; 
 bland, Mithout deception ; kind in all 
 his greetings, M^ithout hypocrisy ; untir- 
 ing in his industry and energy, and true 
 to all his obligations in life ; the M'arm 
 friend, the social companion, and the 
 modest, retiring, plain, and unpretending 
 gentleman." 
 
 Sl.MOXS, CjTus G., Esq., Jonesboro', 
 111., Sept. 28, a?. 40. Mr. S. graduated 
 at a college in Montreal, C. W., read 
 law in Rochester, N. Y., and opened 
 an office in 1845 in Jonesboro', No one 
 ever struggled against adversity M'ith 
 more zeal and energy, or submitted to 
 the hardships and privations of a pio- 
 neer life in the " far M'est " with better 
 grace ; and few, if any, have ever so 
 soon succeeded in having their efforts 
 crowned M'ith success by gaining a large 
 and lucrative practice in the profession 
 of his choice, and by draM'ing around him' 
 a large circle of admiring friends. Mho 
 are now left to mourn his departure from 
 their midst. In 1849 Mr. S. M-as elected 
 to a seat in the representative branch 
 of the state legislature, and for two 
 years filled that station M'ith credit and 
 honor to himself, and satisfaction to his 
 constituency. In 1852 he M-as employed 
 by the Illinois Central Railroad Com- 
 pany as their attorney ; and about the 
 same time he received the appointment 
 of counsellor to the Cairo City Com- 
 pany ; and, although the duties of either 
 station Mere arduous in the extreme, 
 jet he, M'ith untiring industry and per- 
 severing effort, discharged all of his 
 duties, including those of a large private 
 practice at the bar, M'ith ability, zeal, 
 and energy. The bar of the county say, 
 " We cherish the highest respect for his 
 professional learning, untiring perse- 
 verance, and integrity displayed by him 
 throughout his short but brilliant career 
 on earth ; and the bar Mill ever cherish 
 the remembrance of their departed 
 brother." 
 
 Sinclair, Purser William, New York 
 city, May 213, ie. GO, for 51) years in the 
 naval service of the United States. 
 
 Sixci.Aiu, James, M. I)., New Or- 
 leans, La,, Sept. — , vc. — . He was 
 
SING 
 
 [ 1858. ] 
 
 SKINNER 
 
 299 
 
 born in Dublin, and p^raduated "with 
 honors as a physician. He came to this 
 country about 30 years ago. lie was a 
 surgeon in the United States amny, un- 
 der Gen. Z. Taylor, and was present at 
 the battle of Monterey, and in the di- 
 vision of Gen. Worth at the storming 
 of the bishop's palace, and was the man 
 who handed the colors to be planted on 
 the walls. He was then with those brave 
 hearts that revelled in the halls of the 
 j\Iontezumas, and served with distinc- 
 tion in the army in the battles around 
 the city of IMexico, and was wounded in 
 saving the life of one of his brother 
 soldiers. His own wounds did not pre- 
 vent him from attending to his brother 
 soldiers. Afterwards he followed his 
 profession in Steubenville, O., St. Louis, 
 ^lo., and the neighboring country around. 
 He was always ready with his purse and 
 services to relieve the sick and needy, 
 and was in every instance a friend to the 
 widow and orphan. 
 
 Sing, William, Sing Sing, N. Y., July 
 9, se. 96. He Avas born of highly re- 
 spectable parentage, June 4, 1762, in 
 Bridgenprth, Shropshire, England. He 
 emigrated to America contrary to the 
 wishes of his parents, preferring the 
 republican to the monarchical form of 
 government ; and during his whole life 
 he was an ardent admirer of American 
 institutions. A man of studious habit 
 and of a w^ell-cultivated mind, he was 
 an ornament to the society in which he 
 moved. In his manners he Avas a gen- 
 tleman, hospitable, and beloved by all 
 who knew him. Mr. S. united with the 
 Baptist church in Eagle Street, London, 
 in 1790. He occupied places of honor 
 and trust from time to time up to ex- 
 treme old age. He was associated with 
 Mr. Elijah Hunter and others in the 
 care of the Mount Pleasant Academy, 
 originally established by the church to 
 provide education for students for the 
 ministry. For more than 50 years he 
 resided in the village of Sing Sing ; 
 and up to the time of his death few men 
 were more extensively known, and fewer 
 still more beloved by all grades of civil 
 and religious society. He was kind, 
 sociable, affable to all, cheerful in his 
 disposition, and strictly punctual to all 
 his engagements. He literally died of 
 old age, in the full possession of all his 
 faculties. Three children only, out of a 
 large family, remain to mourn his loss. 
 
 Of these Charles B. Sing, formerly of 
 tlie United States army, is now a minis- 
 ter connected with the New York Mcth» 
 odist Episcopal conference, and Mary 
 wife of Ilev. ]^. Holmes, of Sing Sing. 
 
 SiZER, Abel Tryon, ]\I. ])., New Lon- 
 don, Conn., March 24, vp. oS. 
 
 SiZEii, James, M. D., llichmond, Va., 
 Dec. 27, a^. — . 
 
 Skiltox, Avery J., jSI. D., Troy, X. Y., 
 March 20, a^. 56, second son of James and 
 Chloe (Steele) Skilton, born in Water- 
 town, Ct. His early education was ob- 
 tained in the common school, the acad- 
 emy, the quiet Christian New England 
 home, and the town librarj-. He stud- 
 ied medicine in the office of Dr. Cat- 
 lin, of Bethlehem, Ct., and attended lec- 
 tures at Yale Medical College. He com- 
 menced the practice of medicine in Troy 
 in the year LS27, and continued it until 
 Dec. 10, 1857, when his last illness pros- 
 trated him. During these 30 years he 
 accomplished the work of a much longer 
 life, ginng himself no rest so long as the 
 sick under his care needed attention. As 
 a medical man he was obstinate and per- 
 severing in the combat with disease. 
 Keeping well up with the improvements 
 of his profession, but examining new theo- 
 ries with a clear, scientific eye, and with 
 sound morality, he refused to accept any 
 popular system which did not commend 
 itself to his medical judgment. In all 
 the responsibilities of life he was eminent- 
 ly a man of duty, and he never felt satis- 
 fied M-ith himself or others until its stem 
 dictates were complied with. Almost 
 his only amusement, and recreation from 
 the labors of his profession was the equal- 
 ly laborious, though to him enthusiastic 
 and delightful study of the natural sci- 
 ences — ■ mineralogy, geology, botany, con- 
 chology, and paleonotlogy ; and during 
 his later years he gave his attention to 
 philology and genealogy. The result of 
 a portion of his eftbrts in the latter field 
 have been published since his death in the 
 " Genealogy of the Steele Family," under 
 the direction of Daniel Steele Durrie, 
 Esq., of Madison, Wisconsin, who was as- 
 sociated with him in the pre])aration. In 
 summing up his chai-acter he might be 
 said to have possessed great kindness of 
 heart, great modesty, great strength of 
 will, great devotion to duty and right, 
 and perfect acquiescence in _ tlie dispensa- 
 tions of an overruling Providence. 
 
 Skixxek, Hon. Aaron N., New Haven, 
 
300 
 
 SKINNER 
 
 [1858.] 
 
 SMEAD 
 
 Ct, Oct. 25, se. 58. He was born in 
 Woodstock, Vt., and was noted as an em- 
 inent teacher. 
 
 Skinnku, Hon. Elias,Cape Cod, Mass., 
 
 , iE. 59, citizen of Ypsilanti, Mich., 
 
 and late a prominent hiwyer of Washte- 
 naw Co., Mich. Judge "S. had resided 
 in Ypsilanti nearly 30 years, and was a 
 member of the last constitutional conven- 
 tion of Michigan. 
 
 Skinnkk, llev. S. P., Philadelphia, Pa., 
 Aug. 19, a?. — , a noted Universalist cler- 
 gyman, brother of Ptev. Otis A. Skinner, 
 of Boston, Mass. 
 
 Slack, Ruggles, Esq., Chelsea, Mass., 
 April 20, ff. 65. He was the out-door 
 financial agent and collector of the Bos- 
 ton Post for 25 years. His ecclesiastical 
 connection was with the Episcopal church. 
 He received his early religious impres- 
 sions under the ministry of the late Dr. 
 Morse, of Charlestown. He fully believed 
 the peculiar doctrines of the Bible, and 
 they sustained him on his dying bed. 
 
 Sl.\gle, Mrs. Martha, St. Louis, Mo., 
 May 15, a?. 65. 
 
 C, M. D., Springfield, 
 33. 
 
 Slater, Perry 
 III, March 12, a?. 
 Slingerland, 
 
 Col. Peter, Ann Arbor, 
 
 legis- 
 
 New- 
 
 She 
 
 Mich., July 6, ce. 49. He was of Dutch 
 descent, son of Albert E. Slingerland, of 
 ^Maryland, and married Mary Ann D. 
 Emmett, of Amsterdam, Nov. 4. 1829. 
 He early settled in Ann Arbor, and held 
 various offices of trust — city marshal, 
 treasurer, alderman, and slicriff. His 
 wife and four children survive him. One 
 son is a member of the California 
 lature. 
 
 Small, ]\Irs. Ann Keziah P., 
 
 buryport, Mass., — , se. — . 
 
 was one of the survivors of the ill-fated 
 Central America, that foundered in the 
 Atlantic last September. It will be re- 
 membered that Mrs. S. was then return- 
 ing home, after having buried her hus- 
 band at Panama, in the care of Capt. 
 Herndon. Capt. Small had intrusted a 
 jjackage of papers to his wife, to be de- 
 livered to Eben Wheelwright, Esq., owner 
 of the ship in which he had sailed. Just 
 before the steamer went down, when the 
 boat was leaving tb.e steamer, and she was 
 invited on board, she declined to go till 
 she had secured that jiackage of papers 
 committed to her kee])ing by the dying 
 husband, and against the remonstrance 
 of tlic passengers, she waded through the 
 water that filled the cabin, and obtained 
 
 her trust, and then left. She was sick at 
 the time of the sinking of the steamer, 
 but amid all the terrors of that occasion 
 she was calm and collected, and while 
 brave men perished, she was saved for a 
 short season, and has now followed them 
 upon that long voyage from which none 
 return. 
 
 Smallcorn, Capt. John, Ban-ington, 
 N. H., Sept. 28, a?. 86. 
 
 Smalley, Rev. Elam, D. D., Troy, 
 N. Y., July 30, £e. 54. He graduated at 
 Brown University in 1827, in the class 
 with Gov. Clifford, Rev. Dr. Thompson 
 of Salem, Judge Colby, and Hon. C. 
 Thurber and P. C. Bacon, Esq., of Worces- 
 ter, Mass. In 1829, he was settled as 
 associate pastor with the venerable Dr. 
 Emmons, of Franklin, where he remained 
 till he v.^as called to the pastorate of the 
 Union Church in Worcester, over which 
 he was installed Sept. 19, 1838. In the 
 spring of 1854 he received a call from 
 the Sixth Street Congregational Church 
 in Troy, and, after due consideration, and 
 with the advice of his friends, accepted 
 the call, and was settled there. He re- 
 mained the pastor of the churcU till the 
 connection was severed by death. He 
 possessed a strong and cultivated mind, 
 and was a man of mark in his profession. 
 As a Christian, he M-as earnest, devout, 
 and sincere, and, although very decided 
 in his own peculiar religious views, he had 
 none of that bigotry Avhich would exclude 
 from his Christian love and fellowship 
 those who, differing from him in opin- 
 ion, yet gave evidence that they " loved 
 the Lord." His last years were years of 
 trial and suffering, calling forth the sym- 
 pathy of the wide circle of friends who 
 were so warmly attached to him. 
 
 Sjiead, Capt. Benjamin, Bath, Steu- 
 ben Co., N. Y., Aug. 8, a>. 83, at the res- 
 idence of his grandson. He was born in 
 Greenfield, Franklin Co., Mass., May 3, 
 1775. Jlis father, David Smead, was a 
 farmer of high respectability, for 40 years 
 a deacon of the Presbyterian church, for 
 19 years a representative in the state 
 Assembly, and for many years previous 
 to his death a justice of sessions. Ben- 
 jamin was the youngest of a family of 
 12 children. In 1791 the first printing 
 press of the county was established by 
 Thomas Dyckman. At the age of 17 
 Mr. S. l)ccame his apprentice, and served 
 at liis trade until he became of age. 
 After attaining his majority he worked 
 
SMEAD 
 
 [ 1858. ] 
 
 SMITH 
 
 301 
 
 as a journeyman in Boston for some 
 months, and then entered into partner- 
 ship with his former master, in the pub- 
 lication of the Federal Galaxy, a small 
 sheet, 10 by 17 inches, four columns 
 wide, printed in the old-style Koman- 
 faced type, and upon paper which print- 
 ers of the present day would reject as 
 wholly unfit for use. The partnership 
 continued for six months, at Mhich time 
 Mr. Dyokman withdrew, and Mr. S. be- 
 came the sole proprietor of the Galaxy. 
 In 1803 he sold out his paper, and re- 
 moved to Bennington, Vt., where, in 
 partnership with a gentleman by the 
 name of Haswell, he published the Ver- 
 mont Gazette. In 1808 this partnership 
 was dissolved, and the Gazette estab- 
 lishment was purchased by a company 
 of wealthy citizens. The paper Avas 
 continued under ]\Ir. S., as editor and 
 publisher, until 1812. On the breaking 
 out of the war with Great Britain j\Ir. 
 S. received a lieutenant's commission, 
 and left his printing office for the army. 
 In Aug., 1813, he was promoted to the 
 rank of captain, in which capacity he 
 served till Jan. 8, 1815, the close of the 
 war. In a letter to a friend, of about 
 that date, he says, " On the receipt of 
 the news of peace great hilarity reigned 
 in the camp. Great was the rejoicing 
 thi'oughout the whole army. In our can- 
 tonment every soldier seemed to think 
 that the necessity for discipline was over, 
 and that there was nothing left to do 
 but to hurrah, and shout, and be merry. 
 In the evening the camp was illuminated 
 by thousands of candles stuck in the 
 snow. Rockets went whizzing up into 
 the cold heavens ; cannons boomed, 
 waking the frozen echoes of the moun- 
 tains ; the different companies of the 
 regiment paraded, and were put through 
 their evolutions with torches in their 
 hands ; and gladness and joy seemed to 
 reign supreme." In 1816 he received 
 an invitation signed by Daniel Cruger, 
 Dugald Cameron, George W. Taylor, 
 William B. Rochester, and Gen. George 
 McClure, to establish a democratic pa])er. 
 in the village of Bath, Steuben Co., 
 N. Y. In answer to their invitation, 
 Mr. S., in the fall of 1816, commenced 
 the publication of the Steuben Patriot. 
 In 1818 the name of his paper was 
 changed to that of the Steuben and Al- 
 leghany Patriot, under which it was 
 published until 1823, when it was again 
 26 
 
 changed to that of the Steuben Farmer's 
 Advocate. In 1837 he vas elected a 
 member of the legislature from Stculicn 
 Co., and occupied a high position, while 
 serving in that capacity, for his prac- 
 tical sense and business capacity. In 
 all his career as an editor ^Ir. S. advo- 
 cated what he regarded as the ri"ht, 
 always. AVhile a close adherent to 
 democratic principles, and a firm sup- 
 ])orter of the democratic party, he was 
 the tool of no faction, the follower of no 
 mere leader. "What he thought he wrote, 
 and was ready to abide by the conse- 
 quences. Party affinities were never 
 suffered by him to shield political cor- 
 ruption ; and allegiimce to the constitu- 
 tion and the laws, allegiance to justice 
 and the right, were with him paramount 
 to mere allegiance to party. He was 
 an honest editor and politician, as well 
 as an honest man ; and as such he was 
 respected alike by political friends and 
 foes. He was a terse, pleasant Avriter, 
 maintaining his personal dignity, and 
 that of his paper, under all circumstances. 
 Mr. S. had five sons, all of whom served 
 an apprenticeship as printers. One of 
 his sons, B. F. Smead, died some years 
 since at Manhattan, O., at which place 
 he edited a paper, having secured a 
 wide-spread fame as the author of sev- 
 eral of the most popular campaign songs, 
 and as one of the most pungent and 
 facetious political writers of his day. 
 He was burled M'ith Masonic honors, all 
 the craft in that region being in attend- 
 ance at his funeral. 
 
 Smith, A. D., M. D., Holden, Mass., 
 Oct. 26, a^. — . Dr. S. pursued his 
 medical studies in Lowell, Mass. He 
 was having an extensive practice in Hol- 
 den, was greatly respected by its inhab- 
 itants, and his sudden death in the prime 
 of his usefulness is a severe loss, not 
 only to his family and relatives, but to 
 the community generally where ho re- 
 sided. 
 
 Smith, Anthony W., M. D., IMeck- 
 lenburg Co., Va., July 30, te. 62, of 
 Lunenburg Co., Va. In each relation 
 of life, as a Christian, as a father, as a 
 husband, and as a master, the (^ceased 
 left behind him the most holy and en- 
 dearing reminiscences. 
 
 Smith, Bartholomew, Esq., Boston, 
 Mass., Aug. 11, 30. 57. He was a man 
 of strong intellect and much general 
 information. He represented liis native 
 
802 
 
 SMITH 
 
 [ 1858. ] 
 
 SMITH 
 
 / 
 
 town five years in succession in the state 
 legislature, and many subsequent years ; 
 held many other important offices, the 
 duties of which he faithfully and effi- 
 ciently discharged. 
 
 Smith, Ilev. Benjamin, Litchfield, 
 Me., Aug. 31, EC. 33. 
 
 Smith, Mrs. Betsey G., De Ivalb, 111., 
 Sept. 7, a?. 53, wife of Dr. Dudley 
 Smith. She was daughter of Josiah 
 Davis, and was born in New Ipswich, 
 N. II. Iler mother was daughter of 
 Ilev. Cornelius AVaters, for many years 
 pastor of the Congregational church in 
 Ashby, Mass. Mrs. S. was the oldest 
 of four children. Her only brother is 
 the Rev. J. G. Davis, of Amherst, 
 N. II. ; and one sister is the wife of 
 Rev. Alvan Bond, D. D., of Norwich, 
 Ct. Mrs. S., from her admission to the 
 church in 1827, manifested striking 
 Christian virtues, and was devoted and 
 unwearied in her efforts to do good. 
 
 Smith, George, Esq., Limestone town- 
 ship, jNIontour Co., Pa., April 6, a?. 60, 
 formerly collector at Beach Haven. 
 
 Smith, Isaac, M. D., North East, N.Y., 
 March 26, te. 42. 
 
 Smith, Rev. Isaac B., Wilson, N. Y., 
 June 5, a?. 78, a preacher over fifty 
 years. 
 
 Smith, Capt. Joab, Fairfield, Vt., Jan. 
 26, a'. 84. He was born in Oakham, 
 Worcester Co., Mass., in 1774, and re- 
 moved to Fairfield, Vt., in 1794, where 
 he continued to reside until the day of 
 his death. He was married May 5, 1808, 
 to Sarah Merrill, who, with their three 
 married daughters, survives him, and 
 lives at or near the old homestead. He 
 held several important'civil and military 
 offices for an unprecedented length of 
 time. He Avas elected chief selectman 
 of Fairfield for nine successive terms, 
 and was town treasurer for many years, 
 holding that office at the time of his 
 decease. He was chosen justice of the 
 ])eace for 49 successive years, and was 
 11 times elected to represent the town 
 of Fairfield in the General Assembly. 
 In the discharge of the many trusts 
 wliich devolved upon him by reason 
 of his jtitelligence and probity he was 
 eminently jjrudent and faithful, always 
 guarding the interests and welfare of 
 the town with more jealousy, if jiossible, 
 than his own. 
 
 Smith, Hon. John, St. Albans, Vt., 
 Nov. 20, te. 69. The Burlington Times 
 
 says, " Mr. S. has long been one of the 
 public men of Vermont. Like Gov. 
 Paine and Judge Follett, he was identi- 
 fied with the great railroad interests of 
 the state from the beginning ; and it is 
 scarcely too much to say that his life, 
 like theirs, was devoted and sacrificed 
 to those interests. The most success- 
 fully managed railroad in Vermont, the 
 Vermont and Canada, owes its position 
 mainly to the sagacious foresight of Mr. 
 S. We almost think he never made a 
 mistake in his judgment of men or 
 measures. For several years Mr. S. 
 was the representative of St. Albans in 
 the legislature, and for the sessions of 
 1831, '32, and '33 was chosen speaker 
 of the House. In the Congress of 1839- 
 41 he was the representative of his con- 
 gressional district. He was afterwards 
 candidate for governor of the state. In 
 1846 he was actively engaged in securing 
 a grant to bridge Lake Champlain, 
 which he, with his friends, accomplished 
 in 1847. Subsequent to that time he 
 was identified M'ith the railroad interests 
 of the state, as president, director, and 
 trustee of the Vermont Central and Ver- 
 mont and Canada Railroad. In these 
 and all public trusts he M^as a true man 
 — true no less to his own convictions 
 than to the interests of his constituency. 
 Vermont never had an honester or 
 more intelligent re])resentative than John 
 Smith, of St. Albans. His politics, 
 however objectionable to the prevailing 
 sentiment of the state, never interfered 
 with the just performance of his duty. 
 He was a Vermonter, without fear and 
 without reproach." 
 
 Smith, John F., Philadelphia, Pa., 
 June 24, se. 73. He served as a sur- 
 geon in the war of 1812, and for 42 
 years was engaged at the Girard Bank. 
 
 Smith, Col. John L., New York city, 
 Sept. 13, aj. 70. He entered the army 
 during the last war with Great Britain, 
 as a second lieutenant. His first com- 
 mission was dated Oct. 16, 1813. He 
 rose to his majority, by the ordinary 
 steps of gradation, July 7, 1838, and, 
 for gallantry in the ^Mexican war, was 
 brevetted colonel Aug. 20, 1847. Col. 
 S. has been for some time the only 
 officer in the corps of engineers who 
 w as not graduated at West Point. In 
 the course of a long service in tlie corps 
 of engineers he was distinguished for 
 the ability and zeal with which he dis- 
 
SMITH 
 
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 SMITH 
 
 803 
 
 charged the duties of his office, and for 
 his professional and literary attainments. 
 Society, as well as the army, has sus- 
 tained a great loss in the death of this 
 gallant officer and accomplished gen- 
 tleman. 
 
 Smith, James Madison, Clinton, Miss., 
 April 6, a?. 53. He was born in Calvert 
 Co., Md., and emigrated to Mississippi 
 in 1824, and settled as a merchant at 
 Rodney. By his business capacity, in- 
 dustry, and fidelity he amassed a large 
 estate. No man Avas ever more emi- 
 nent than he was for good faith and 
 integrity. 
 
 GEN. PERSIFER FRAZER SMITH, 
 
 Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, May 17, 
 ge. 59, of the United States army, and 
 commander of the expedition to Utah. 
 Gen. S. was a worthy son of Pennsyl- 
 vania. He was born in Philadelphia, 
 in Nov., 1798. He was a son of Jona- 
 than Smith, former cashier of the Bank 
 of Pennsylvania, and afterwards cashier 
 of the Bank of the United States. Jon- 
 athan Smith, whose father held an im- 
 portant public office in Chester Co. under 
 the colonial government, came to Phila- 
 delphia during the last century. The 
 maternal grandfather of Gen. S. was 
 Persifer Frazer, who was a lieutenant 
 colonel in the revolutionary armj'. 
 
 After going through a collegiate course 
 and graduating at Princeton, he studied 
 law under the late Charles Chauncey, 
 Esq. Upon his admission to practice 
 he removed to New Orleans, where he 
 resided, engaged in the duties of his 
 profession, until the period of the Flor- 
 ida war, when he volunteered for service 
 there, and served gallantly during two 
 campaigns under Gen. Gaines. It was 
 hei-e that his military talent was brought 
 to the knowledge of Gen. Taylor ; and 
 it was upon his recommendation that 
 the governor of Louisiana gave to him 
 the command of the Louisiana volunteers 
 for service in the war with Mexico. He 
 served under Gen. Taylor in the cam- 
 paign of the Rio Grande. 
 
 In May, 1846, while in Mexico, he 
 was appointed colonel of the rifle regi- 
 ment, that was raised for the war ; and 
 for his services at the siege and capture 
 of Monterey he was brevettcd brigadier 
 general. He was subsequently ordered 
 to join Gen. Scott, and commanded a 
 
 brigade on the memorable march from 
 Vera Cruz to the city of Mexico, taking 
 a prominent part in the most important 
 battles. 
 
 At Contrcras he rendered efficient 
 service, Gcii. Scott, in his official report, 
 stating that he " closely directed the 
 whole attack in front with his habitual 
 coolness and ability." At Cha])ultcpcc 
 also he was prominently engaged, as 
 also in the final struggle at the city 
 gates. Gen. Scott, in his reference to 
 the Belen Gate affair, describes Gen. 
 Smith as " cool, unembarrassed, and 
 ready ; " arid these Avere distinguishing 
 traits of his military character. 
 
 After the Avar was over Gen. S., who 
 had been promoted to the rank of major 
 general by brevet for his services at 
 Contreras, Avas ordered to California, to 
 the command of that military depart- 
 ment. Subsequently he held a similar 
 command in Texas. In 1856 he Avas 
 ordered to Kansas, Avhere he remained 
 in command until quite recently, when 
 he Avas appointed to the command of 
 the expedition to Utah. 
 
 Gen. S. Avas superior to the majority 
 of our military men in reach and force 
 of intellect, and remarkable for his calm 
 courage and activity. His personal ap- 
 pearance Avas soldierly and impressive. 
 He Avas of middle height, stoutly built, 
 and quick in his movements. His hair 
 A\-as light, and his eyes sparkled Avith 
 intelligence. In the decease of such a 
 man Ave mourn the loss of a brave and 
 skilful soldier, and a faithful and patri- 
 otic public servant. 
 
 He leaves a AvidoAv, but only one son 
 — Dr. HoAvard Smith, of New Orleans, 
 the child of his first marriage. A brother 
 and other relatives reside in Philadclr 
 phia. The country loses an able and 
 gallant officer. 
 
 His remains Avere consigned to their 
 final resting place at Laurel Ilill. Avith 
 every demonstration of honor and re- 
 spect. It Avas a proper tribute from 
 Philadelphia to one of her illustrious 
 sons. The military display on the occa- 
 sion Avas large, striking, and impressive. 
 The public authorities In the city united 
 in the last tribute. The remains ar- 
 rived at Philadelphia via Pittsburg, 
 under charge of an escort of the l)u- 
 quesne Grays. The funeral took ])lace 
 from Mr. Beaton Smith's, in "Walnut 
 Street. There Avcrc present, besides 
 
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 SMITH 
 
 the relatives and immediate friends of 
 the deceased, Gen. Winfield Scott, with 
 a number of military and naval officers, 
 and several clergymen of the Presbyte- 
 rian church. Among the latter -were 
 Rev. Albert Barnes, of the First Church, 
 Kev. Thomas Brainerd, D. 1)., of the 
 Pine Street Church, llev. John Cham- 
 bers, of the Independent Church, Broad 
 and George Streets, and Kev. George 
 Dufficld, Jr., of the Coates Street 
 Church. 
 
 S^UTii, Gen. Peter Sken, Springfield, 
 Mass., May C, a'. G3. He -was born in 
 Utica, N. Y., June 6, 1795. His fiither 
 was the extensive landholder, Peter 
 Smith. His brother, Gerrit Smith, of 
 Peterboro', N. Y., is the sole survivor 
 of Peter Smith's family. Gen. S. was 
 twice married. By his first wife, Ann, 
 daughter of Rev. Joseph Prentiss, of 
 Catskdl, N. Y., he had two children — 
 Cornelia (now ]\Irs. Lieut. A. Baird) 
 and Gerrit Henry Smith. His second 
 wife, Anna E. Cumming, of Augusta, 
 Ga., has no children. This very intelli- 
 gent and excellent lady survives her 
 husband. Gen. S. was a gentleman of 
 brilliant talents and warm heart. His 
 .friends were strongly attached to him; 
 and they were very numerous ; for to 
 become acquainted with him was to be- 
 come his friend. 
 
 Smith, Mrs. Phebe, "Waterloo, N. Y., 
 Sept. 19, a?. 19, a pioneer settler of 
 "Waterloo, and a most excellent Chris- 
 tian. 
 
 Smith, Hon. R. H., Perrv, AVvoming 
 Co., N. Y., Aug. 2, se. 67.' Judge S. 
 was a native of Whitesboro', Oneida 
 Co. His father, Nathan, was one of the 
 earliest settlers of that county, having 
 moved into it before its organization. 
 He was one of its first representatives 
 in the legislature of the state, and in 
 connection with Peter Smith, the father 
 of the well-known Gerrit Smith, oper- 
 ated extensively in public lands. The 
 father of Nathan, David, was highly 
 esteemed by the Seneca Indians, to 
 whom he acted a friendly part, and was 
 rewarded by them with the gift of 400 
 acres of fertile land in the vicinity of 
 Geneva, He was extensively engaged 
 in a great variety of occupations. Un- 
 like most men, he did not give up one 
 branch of business for another, but added 
 tlie new to the old, and prosecuted all 
 
 together with energy and success. His 
 miils, and farms, and store, and bank, 
 and extensive building operations, and 
 various official duties, left him but few 
 leisure moments in the closing years of 
 his life ; and yet such were his industri- 
 ous habits and his characteristic energy, 
 that care was welcome, and business a 
 pleasure. He was elected four succes- 
 sive years supervisor of the town. For 
 several years he was postmaster. Gov. 
 Marcy appointed him associate judge 
 of Genesee Co. In 1844 he was one of 
 the state electors, and aided to cast the 
 vote of New York for Polk and Dallas. 
 Judge S. possessed the entire confidence 
 cf the community, as a business man 
 who combined caution with energy ; a 
 spirit of accommodation with a proper 
 regard for his own interests ; rare skill 
 to plan, suavity to conciliate, and effi- 
 ciency to execute, — all united to un- 
 bending integrity. He was eminently 
 successful in his business operations, 
 accumulated a large property, and did 
 much to cause his memory to be long 
 and signally cherished by the community 
 in which he lived and died. A resolu- 
 tion adopted by the board of trustees 
 of the Perry Academy : " That by the 
 death of Judge Smith, president of this 
 board, we have been deprived of the 
 counsels of a wise and prudent adviser, 
 an ardent friend of learning, and a lib- 
 eral supporter of this institution, for 
 the prosperity and support of which 
 he was always ready to expend time 
 and means not surpassed by any of its 
 friends." 
 
 Smith, Rev. Samuel W., Mount "Ver- 
 non, N. Y., March 16, a?. 4<5, pastor of 
 the Methodist Episcopal church. 
 
 Smith, Stephen H., , R. I., July 
 
 — , a?. — . For a long time Mr. S. was 
 one of the leading pomologists of his na- 
 tive state. He was one of the founders 
 of the R. I. Horticultural Society, and its 
 first president. A well-written notice of 
 his death in the Homestead, says, " Hor- 
 ticulture was with him a speciality, and 
 no man in the state has given so much 
 time and attention to it, or devoted him- 
 self with more zeal and enthusiasm. 
 Though unacquainted with botany as a 
 science, he Avas a remarkably close obser- 
 ver of any product of the vegetable king- 
 dom, and procured a vast fund of informa- 
 tion resjK'cting indigenous plants, and a 
 respectable knowledge of cultivated spe- 
 
SMITH 
 
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 SMITH 
 
 305 
 
 cies. Fruits, however, were his special 
 favorites, and it was conceded by his fol- 
 low-niembers of tlie Horticultural Socie- 
 ty that no man in the state was his equal 
 in respect to a knowledge of all our culti- 
 vated fruits. He was for a quarter of a 
 centiuy the pioneer in horticulture in his 
 state, and stood nearly alone during 
 that period in his efforts, which were un- 
 tiriu!^ and most enthusiastic, to diffuse a 
 knowledu^e and promote the extension of 
 that beautiful branch of human industry. 
 It was not until within 15 years tliat liis 
 labors began to be appreciated or felt ; 
 and when the Horticultural Society was 
 established, he found himself surrounded 
 by a considerable number of co-laborers, 
 who sympathized with his feelings and 
 taste, and jjartook of his zeal. He was 
 the animating spirit of that society for a 
 long time, and its prosperity and success 
 are due, in a greater measure than to any 
 other source, to his large experience and 
 ceaseless efforts." Mr. S. was intimate- 
 ly acquainted with all the eastern varie- 
 ties of apples, and contributed much val- 
 uable information in Mr. Kenrick's 
 American Orchardist, published 25 years 
 ago. It was through him that most of 
 the Rhode Island fruits were made known 
 to our cultivators. Mr. S. lived and died 
 in the parish where he was born. He 
 was jjastor of a church of which his fa- 
 ther was deacon, and a very large propor- 
 tion of whose members were kindred ac- 
 cording to the flesh. A prophet preemi- 
 nently in honor in his own country, 
 among his own kin, and in his own house, 
 universal confidence was placed in him 
 by tliose who watched him from childhood, 
 Dy those who were associated with him 
 in school days, and in college, and by all 
 to whom he ministered. This confidence 
 was manifested by the unanimity with 
 which the Litchfield Academy was placed 
 under his charge, for some five years af- 
 ter he graduated at Bowdoin College, in 
 1841, by the entire unanimity of the Con- 
 .gregational church and community in 
 ' Litchfield, in electing him to be their pas- 
 tor, and by the very large vote of the 
 town in electing him to represent them 
 in the legislature of Maine, in the winter 
 of 1857-58. He was a most amiable 
 and estimable man in all the relations 
 of life which he sustained. As a preacher 
 of the gospel, he was rich and varied in 
 his subjects, clear and practical in his il- 
 lustrations, pointed, forcible, faithful in 
 26* 
 
 his application. He loved the cause of 
 Christ, the church, tiie Sabl)ath school, 
 the poor and oppressed, and labored fiith- 
 fully to do them all good ; his record is 
 on high ; his works do follow him. 
 
 Smith, Wm. C, M. 1)., Wilcox Co., 
 Ala., Aug. 17, a}. 31, a graduate of East 
 Tennessee. 
 
 Smith, William, Watertown, X. Y., 
 Nov. 24, se. 82. Mr. S. was born in \ew 
 Haven, Conn., in 1777. His eaily child- 
 hood and youth were spent upon a farm, 
 where he acquired such habits of a])plica- 
 tion and industry as qualified him for his 
 place afterwards amidst the rugged real- 
 ities of pioneer life. He early evinced an 
 aptitude for mechanics, by the skill and 
 tact with which he made any thing that 
 could be constructed with his jackknife, 
 and such other sim])le tools as were ac- 
 cessible to farmers' boys, so that at the 
 age of 12 years he was somewhat noted 
 for his ability to whittle. He went early 
 to the State of New York, and was large- 
 ly engaged in public business and enter- 
 prises. He took part in the batt'e of 
 Sacketts Harbor, May 29, 1813, by head- 
 ing a l)ody of militia, and conducting them 
 in the fight with skill and manly bearing. 
 He built cotton mills, was treasurer of 
 his county, laid out the grounds for Mad- 
 ison Barracks at Sacketts Harbor, and ex- 
 hibited to the secretary of the navy the 
 best plan to cover the 120 gun shij) which 
 was left upon the stocks at the close of 
 the war of 1812. He was receiver in 
 chancery of the large estate of La Farge 
 and Schuyler. He was more than any 
 other man the projector and ])romoter 
 of the Central llailroad. During all 
 this time, from the earliest inception of 
 the project, in 1833, to the proud date of 
 its trium])h, in 1852, he was one of the 
 earliest, most constant, and self-sacrificing 
 friends of the project, and probably did 
 more, by personal and direct ajjplication to 
 the people at their own firesides, towards 
 eliciting the stock for the road, than 
 any other man. He was in the front 
 rank of that cla«s of men whom Providence 
 had prepared on the rock-bound shores of 
 our Atlantic sea coast, to step in here, at 
 the proper time, and help to mould and 
 fashion such crude elements as are to be 
 found in new countries. Men of Mr. S.'s 
 varied mechanical acquirements are val- 
 uable any whc-re and in any age ; and we 
 have seen how it was that young, ener- 
 getic men came here and " made their 
 
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 SPALDING 
 
 \/ 
 
 mark " as soon as tlicy were needed ; and 
 now we see "the man for the times," a 
 whittler from his youth, and who was 
 equally at home in the coo])er shop, on 
 the mason's staginj^, behind the mer- 
 chant's counter, at the joiner's bench, or 
 in the iron foundery. With brain enough 
 to invent, and skill enough to execute, 
 whatever appliances were needed, and as 
 fast as they were needed, to su])ply the 
 necessities of a thriving, growing commu- 
 nity, it may be truly said of him, that 
 among all the schemes which have been 
 devised from time to time, for a period 
 of 56 years, having the general prosperi- 
 ty of the jieople of the county of Jeffer- 
 son in view, none of them have lacked his 
 cheerful, timely, and efficient aid and sym- 
 pathy ; while it may be also asserted, 
 M'ith equal truth and propriety, that some 
 of the most important and vital projects 
 might have failed but for his untiring, 
 consistent, and sometimes unrequited 
 energies. 
 
 Snell, Rev. Thomas, Wethersfield, 
 111., Jan. '26, ae. 41. 
 
 SxELLiNG, N. G., Esq., Boston, Mass., 
 Sept. 9, a?. 74, late president of the Mas- 
 sachusetts Fire and Marine Insurance 
 Company. He received' the Franklin 
 medal at the North School in 1798. 
 
 SoiiBETT, Hon. Judge J. H., Little 
 Rock, Ark., Nov. 30, tc. — , member of 
 the Arkansas legislature from Scott 
 Co. 
 
 SouTHWORTH, Nathaniel, Dorchester, 
 Mass., on the way to Hingham from 
 Boston, April 25, a?. 52. He was born 
 in Scituate, Mass., in 1806. His father, 
 Thomas Southworth, was a master mar- 
 iner, who died many years ago. He 
 had exhibited a talent for drawing, and 
 had made good progress therein, mainly 
 by his own unaided efforts ; and soon 
 after attaining his majority he began to 
 use the pencil, and in a few years was 
 established in Boston as a miniature 
 painter. He ranked as one of the best 
 in this department of the art ; his works 
 ■were good likenesses, and characterized 
 by accuracy in drawing and great deli- 
 cacy in execution. He resided in Bos- 
 ton till 184S, when he visited Europe, 
 remaining there a year. After his re- 
 turn he practised his profession for a 
 few years in New York and Philadel- 
 phia ; but now his health began to fail, 
 and during the remainder of his life he 
 was doomed to struggle more or less 
 
 constantly against the languor and de- 
 pression of disease. Mr. S. was of me- 
 dium height, slender in figure, and erect 
 in bearing, with a countenance which in 
 form and color Avas rather Italian than 
 New England. Of simple nature and 
 retiring manners, he was endeared to 
 his friends by his purity of character, 
 gentle temper, and affectionate heart. 
 He was an excellent and conscientious 
 artist ; his eye and hand w^ere equally 
 accurate ; a want of proportion was 
 every where immediately detected Iiy 
 him. He was not less unerring in his 
 discrimination of character. His truth 
 of eye and hand were manifested in a 
 way hardly to be expected in a man of 
 so gentle a spirit, and of such delicacy 
 of sentiment in his art. 
 
 Spalding, James, M. D,, Montpe- 
 lier, Vt., March 15, a>. 66. Dr. S. was 
 born in Sharon, Vt., March 20, 1792. 
 His father, Dea. Reuben Spalding, Avas 
 one of the early settlers of the state ; 
 and his life was not more remarkable 
 for the toil and privations of a pioneer 
 in a new country than for its unbending 
 integrity and the best qualities of the 
 old New England Puritanism. His fa- 
 ther's family was very large, numbering 
 12 children, who all reached maturity ; 
 and cons quently his early education 
 was Hmited to the instruction of the 
 common school. Aspiring to greater 
 attainments than could be made in such 
 a position, he left home at the age of^ 
 17, for Alstead, N. H., where he re- 
 mained four years, studying medicine 
 with Dr. Eben Carpenter, and attending, 
 in the mean while, the medical lectures 
 at Hanover, at the time when Dr. Nathan 
 Smith was the most noted surgical oper- 
 ator and lecturer in the country. From 
 his teacher the doctor acquired a taste 
 for that particular department of prac- 
 tice ; and he ultimately attained great 
 skill and reputation in his professional 
 career, and was especially noted in that 
 region for his successful surgery. After 
 graduating at Hanover, he commenced 
 his professional life in Claremont, but 
 was induced by the solicitations of his 
 friends to remove to Montpelior. He 
 went to that place in Sept., 1814, jnd 
 had remained there ever since, in full 
 and deserved possession of the public 
 confidence as a physician and as a 
 Christian gentleman. He united Avith 
 the Congregational church in 1816, at 
 
SPALDING 
 
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 307 
 
 the same time with the late Hon. Sam- 
 uel Prentiss ; and tlieir relations were 
 always of the most friendly and cordial 
 character. The doctor, during his long 
 residence in Montpelier, always identi- 
 fied himself with its leading moral and 
 religious interests. With a wide and 
 engrossing practice, he yet never failed 
 in his duties as a Christian man or citi- 
 zen. Ever prompt to attend his pa- 
 tients, he also rarely failed, by a careful 
 prearrangement of his business engage- 
 ments, to find time for the active dis- 
 charge of his responsibilities to the 
 church and the community. He was 
 one of the foremost advocates of the 
 temperance cause in the state ; and, 
 ■while he consistently and faithfully sus- 
 tained the State Temperance Society to 
 the end of his life, he yet never swerved 
 from sound principles, nor sought to 
 build the temperance movement on any 
 other than scriptural and Christian foun- 
 dations. He held to the duty of tem- 
 perance on the ground of right and jus- 
 tice ; to total abstinence on the ground 
 of brotherly kindness. Dr. S. was in- 
 terested and active in every effort for 
 the moral, religious, educational, and 
 physical good of the community. He 
 was a most untiring reader and student. 
 For years he was a trustee of the acad- 
 emy, and one of its prudential commit- 
 tee. He was a member of the Board 
 of Fellows of the Vermont Academy of 
 Medicine, an officer for a long period 
 of the State Medical Society, and a fre- 
 quent contributor to medical journals. 
 An excellent physician, a warm-hearted 
 citizen, a just, honest, and generous 
 man, a sincere, reliable, and active 
 Christian, he lived among us without 
 reproach, he died honored and lamented 
 by all. 
 
 Spalding, Mrs. Lucretia S., Cleve- 
 land, O., Feb. 21, a?. 56, wife of Hon. 
 Rufus P. Spalding, and daughter of the 
 late Chief Justice Swift, of Connecticut. 
 
 Spann, H. R., Esq., , Texas, 
 
 May — , a citizen of Edgefield, S. C, 
 and a prominent lawyer. 
 
 Spear, Hiram A., Esq., Laconia, 
 N. H., March 4, 1858, a?, about 32. Mr. 
 S. was born in West Braintree, Vt. ; 
 read law with J. P. Kidder, Esq., of that , 
 state. In 1852 he opened an office at | 
 Meredith, N. H., where he remained j 
 until his death, except a portion of 1854 i 
 and 1855, when he was absent in Cali- i 
 
 fornia. He was appointed register of 
 prol)ate for Belknap, .July M, l.S5(>, and 
 held the office at tlie tinie of liis death. 
 
 Spencer, Rev. Robert O., Atiicns, O., 
 Sept. 6, ii«. 52. He entered upon his 
 ministerial career at the age of IS, and 
 officiated in the pu!j)it over 30 years — 
 10 years beyond the average period al- 
 lotted this arduous profession. He had 
 the happy faculty of winning and attach- 
 ing to him whomsoever he chose to be 
 his friend ; and Init few men have the 
 good fortune to rejoice in the possession 
 of so many devoted to him by strong 
 social ties. He left u family and numer- 
 ous other relatives — two brothers, Judge 
 O. M. and Hon. Henry E. Spencer — 
 to mourn their loss. One son, Oliver 
 M., who is a talented young man, is 
 principal of the Female Institute at 
 Xenia. 
 
 Spencer, Elihu, ^liddlctown, Ct., Oct. 
 — , s}. 38. He graduated at the Wes- 
 leyan University, in Connect'cut, in the 
 class of 1838, and subsequently studied 
 law with Judge Storrs, and commenced 
 practice at Middletown, Ct. He held 
 many offices of honor and trust, had 
 been clerk of the courts, judge of pro- 
 bate, &ZC. He was a prominent member 
 of the House of Representatives in 1855. 
 Having about that time separated from 
 the democratic party, he was chosen 
 presidential elector in 1850 on the Fre- 
 mont ticket, and was nominated in 1857 
 by the republicans for the office of lieu- 
 tenant governor, but declined. His fa- 
 ther, Elihu Spencer, Esq., was a lawyer 
 by profession, of strong mind and spot- 
 less integrity, was editor of the West- 
 ern Reserve Chronicle in company with 
 Samuel Quinby, Esq., in 181(3, and died 
 in 1819, of pulmonary disease, at War- 
 ren, O. 
 
 Spotswood, Norbonne B., M. D., 
 Columbia, Mo., July 30, a>. GO. ^le was 
 the great-grandson of Alexander Sjjots- 
 wood, an early and most distinguished 
 governor of Virginia. His fatiier was 
 Maj. John Spotswood, who served with 
 distinction under Washington in the 
 revolution, and was severely wounded 
 at the battle of Germantown. The sub- 
 ject of this sketch served himself as 
 assistant surgeon in the war of 1812, 
 No man, perhaps, filled a warmer place 
 in the esteem and afil-ctions of his 
 friends than Dr. S., and none will find a 
 greener spot in their- memories. In ail 
 
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 STARK 
 
 the relations of life he bore himself 
 well. As a husband and father he was 
 devoted, kind, and indulgent ; as a 
 neighbor he was generous and obliging ; 
 as a friend, disinterested and true. 
 
 Spring, Col. John, Saco, Me., Aug. 
 17, a?. 76, sheriff of the county in 1830. 
 
 StamcaI'GU, He v. John, Marshall, III., 
 ^lay 16, iv. — , a minister of long stand- 
 ing of the United Brethren ])ersuasion. 
 
 Stambaugh, Mrs. Marv, Lancaster, 
 Pa., Jan. 29, a-. 88. She was a Miller 
 on the paternal and a Carpenter on the 
 maternal side — two of the oldest and 
 largest fiimilies in the old county of 
 Lancaster ; and she was the last of the 
 last generation. She was remarkable, 
 until late ni the winter of life, for ner 
 accurate memory of incidents occurring 
 at the close of the revolutionary Avar ; 
 and very few of either sex were better 
 acquainted with the political history of 
 the country through all our national 
 administrations, from Washington's to 
 the close of Andrew Jackson's, (who 
 was her " model president,") or more 
 competent, in strength of intellectual 
 capacity, to discuss the different ques- 
 tions connected with them. In all the 
 varied relations of life she sustained a 
 reputation which classed her with the 
 pure, upright, and dignified of her sex, 
 with an eye and a voice always raised in 
 supplication to her God in heaven. 
 
 Stanuley, William M., M. D., New- 
 nansville, Fla., July 19, a?. 22, youngest 
 son of John and Nancy Standley, of 
 Randolph Co., Ga. lie was a young 
 man of fine ])romise, and beloved by all 
 who knew him. 
 
 Stanlky, J. C, M. D., Lancaster, 
 Pa., Nov. 18, fP. 52. 
 
 Stanlky, Col. Salma, Geneva, N. Y., 
 Jan. 1, a". 78. lie was born in New 
 Britain, Ct., and went to Ontario with 
 his father, Dea. Seth Stanley, in 1796, 
 locating in Geneva, at what is now 
 known as Stanley's Corners. At the 
 commencement of the war of 1812 he 
 marched to the Niagara frontier, in 
 comm.and of a company of detached 
 militia, armed witli rilies for a six 
 months' service, forming part of the 20th 
 regiment, under command of Lieut. Col. 
 Peter Allen, in Gen. W. AVadsworlh's 
 brigade. At the battle of Queenstown, 
 Oct. i;3. 1812, Capt. S. crossed the river, 
 and gallantly performed liis part in that 
 bloody conflict, in which the American 
 
 arms were at first victorious, but after- 
 wards sustained a defeat for lack of a 
 small reenforcement. During the action 
 Capt. S. received a musket ball on his 
 left hip, striking the edge of his sword, 
 battering it up, and causing a contusion 
 on his person, Jjut producing no serious 
 consequences. That sword was pre- 
 sented to the state about three years 
 ago, and is now in the public library, 
 where it will be preserved as a relic of 
 the war. In what constitute the social 
 relations Col. S. was universally es- 
 teemed, by all who knew him, as a man 
 and a Christian — hapjiy in life, and 
 happy in death. 
 
 Stanly, James Green, Esq., New- 
 bern, N. C, May 1, a?. 74. His alma 
 mater, Princeton College, has had more 
 ambitious alumni, and his state and 
 town have known sons whose fame is 
 more trumpeted abroad ; but where 
 shall we find one so thoroughly and 
 engagingly the Christian and gentleman, 
 the scholar and lawyer, the friend and 
 neighbor ?• In 1809, by the vote of the 
 entire bench of magistrates, who had 
 then the appointing power, Mr. S. was 
 elected clerk of Pleas and Quarter Ses- 
 sions for Craven Co. Abandoning his 
 law circuits, he labored in the clerkship 
 for 51 years, and made it a model office, 
 such as perhaps never before, nor since, 
 has been seen ; and he here so fiiithfuUy 
 toiled, though doubtless to the impair- 
 ment of his strength and the abridgment 
 of his useful life, as to win, even in these 
 times of change, universal admiration 
 and regard. 
 
 Starbird, Charles N., Chester, III., 
 March 6, a?. 34, a lawyer. He was born 
 in Boston, Mass., and was a graduate 
 of the college at Burlington, Vt. 
 
 Stark, William T., Xenia, O., 
 
 — , ae. 68, for 12 j-ears postmaster of 
 Xenia. He Avas a native of Virginia, 
 and a descendant of Gen. Stark, of rev- 
 olutionary memory. 
 
 Stark, Hon. Judge James H., Griffin, 
 Ga., Feb. 23, x. — . He was a lawyer 
 of eminence and ability seldom surpassed, 
 and in his course through life was called 
 on to fill several important offices, the du- 
 ties of which he always performed to the 
 satisfaction of his constituency, and with 
 honor to himself. For two successive 
 terms he filled the bench of the Superior 
 Courts of the Flint Circuit, and Avhen he 
 quitted it of liisown accord, by resignation. 
 
STARKWEATHER [ 18jS. ] 
 
 STEPHENS 
 
 uUD 
 
 his determination to do so was regretted 
 by a large portion of the bar and many 
 ■warm personal friends. 
 
 Staukweatiiek, llobcrt, M. D., Clies- 
 terfield, Mass., May 8, vc. 92. 
 
 Stearns, Alfred, M. 1)., Vandalla, 111., 
 Dee. 11, a'. 38, son of Alfred Stearns. 
 Esq., formerly principal of Westlield 
 Academy. 
 
 Stearns, Mrs. Abigail, Bedford, Mass., 
 Dec. 21, IV. 83, widow of the late llev. 
 Samuel Stearns, of tliat place. The death 
 of this excellent lady is regarded and felt 
 as a great loss, not only by her numerous 
 descendants, and a large circle of relatives 
 and friends, but by the inhabitants of 
 Bedford generally, among whom she had 
 resided above 60 years. She was th^ 
 eldest daughter of Kev. Jonathan French, 
 for many years pastor of the South Church 
 in Andover, and of Madam Abigail 
 (Richards) French, his wife ; was born 
 at Andover, May 29, 1776 ; married to 
 Rev. j\Ir. Stearns, pastor of the church in 
 Bedford, May 9, 1797 ; and lived happily 
 with the husband of her youth till he 
 was removed by death, Dec. 26, 1834. 
 Favored with the counsels, example, and 
 prayers of pious parents, Mrs. S. be- 
 came early impressed with a sense of the 
 importance of religion and virtue ; and 
 giving evidence of a change of heart by 
 the influence of the divine Spirit, she was 
 received into the church, over which her 
 father presided, at the early age of 13 
 years. Through the whole of her subse- 
 quent life, wherever she dwelt, and under 
 every variety of circumstances, she uni- 
 formly adorned the doctrine of God her 
 Saviour by a pious and Christian hfe. Bf - 
 ing educated in the belief of the Assembly's 
 Catechism, once almost universally used 
 in the families and in the schools of New 
 England, she ever adhered with firmness 
 to the doctrines taught in that little man- 
 ual. She had informed herself well re- 
 specthig them. She believed them, 
 upon examination, to accord with the 
 divine standard, the word of God. And 
 hence she cordially received them, was 
 found abundantly able to defend them 
 when attacked in her presence, and made 
 it her great concern to manifest the real- 
 ity of her faith in them by a life consistent 
 with the sjnrit and precepts they enjoined. 
 Yet her religion was without parade, cant, 
 or afl'ectation, but exhibited with all sim- 
 plicity and with all humility in her ha- 
 bitual care to walk in all the command- 
 
 ments and ordinances of tlic Lord blame- 
 loss.^ She was a very devout woman, and 
 cherished habitually a spirit of prayer; 
 loved especially to wait u])on God in' tlie 
 morning and evening devotions of tlic 
 family ; and after the deatli of her be- 
 loved husband, was wont to lead in the 
 exercises herself, witii great regularity 
 and exemplary constancy, till witliin five 
 or. six days of her deatli. She was a very 
 benevolent woman, one that loved always, 
 and by all means, to be doing good. For 
 many years she was the president of a 
 benevolent society in Bedford, and did 
 much by her zeal in the cause to animate 
 her associates, and to excite them to active 
 exertion. Many a scheme did she set on 
 foot, in her quiet way, for helping the poor, 
 for imparting knowledge to the ignorant, 
 and reclaiming the vicious and degraded. 
 Mrs. S. was eminent for her wisdom and 
 faithfulness. Her husband was greatly 
 encouraged in his professional studies and 
 toils by her kindness and advice. She 
 v/as his main stay in the severe tri- 
 als which befell him in his latter years, 
 and by her tender sympathy, and by her 
 willing, unwearied, watchful attentions, 
 soothed and comforted him in the pains 
 and weakness of his declining days. She 
 presided over her household with great 
 dignity, ordered all its affairs with dis- 
 cretion, and kept her children in willing 
 subjection. Of her eleven children who 
 attained to mature age, Abigail French, 
 the eldest, (wife of Mr. Jonas Monroe, of 
 Bedford,) is not ; Charlotte Esther (wife 
 of Rev. Jonathan Leavitt, D. D., of Prov- 
 idence, R. I.) is not ; and Samuel Hora- 
 tio (the beloved, hopeful pastor of the 
 Old South Church, Boston) was early 
 taken away from his fixmily, his people, 
 and the world, by disease and death. 
 Plight yet remain, viz., — Sarah Caro- 
 line, wife of Rev. Forrest Jelferds, mis- 
 sionary in Boston ; "William Augustus, 
 D. D., the reverend president of Amherst 
 College ; jNIaria Ilolyoke ; Jonathan 
 French, D. D., pastor of the First Pres- 
 byterian Church, Newark, N. J. ; Eliz- 
 abeth Williams, wife of Dea. Charles 
 James, of East Boston ; Josiali Athcrton, 
 ])rincipal of the Lawrence School, Boston; 
 Anne Catharine; Eben Spcrry, jninci- 
 pal of the Young Ladies' Academy at 
 
 Albany. 
 
 Stephens, Peter, Palestine, Cocpor 
 Co., Mo., Feb. 10, a-. 73. Mr. S. was 
 amon-r the first settlers in Central Mis- 
 
810 
 
 stepiip:ns 
 
 [1858.] 
 
 STICKNEY 
 
 souvi. He emigrated from Kentucky, and 
 settled, in the winter of 1818, in what 
 was afterwards made the county of Cooj)- 
 cr, and resided there continuously up to 
 the time of his death. He was a soldier 
 in the Avar of 1812, and was among the 
 number who fought the memorable bat- 
 tle of New Orleans, Jan. 8, 1815. 
 7 Steimiexs, Mrs. II. M., East Hamp- 
 den, Me., , a*. 3 J. She appeared 
 
 u])on the stage, under the name of 
 " Miss Rosalie Somers," where she re- 
 mained until ISol, since which time she 
 has been mcU known by the contributions 
 of her pen under the signatures of " Mar- 
 ion AVard " and " H. M. S." She was 
 the authoress of one novel, Hagar the 
 ^Martyr, and of a great variety of talcs, 
 sketches, and poems, a collection of which 
 was published, with the title of Home 
 Scenes and Home Sounds. 
 
 Sterrett, Alex. McDonald, Parkers- 
 burg, Va., Jan. 31, a?. — . He was born 
 in Shenandoah Co., Va., in the year 1821. 
 After graduating at Dickinson College, 
 Pa., he selected Pai'kersburg as his place 
 of residence, studied law, and obtained 
 license to practise. His health, how- 
 ever, became too feeble for the labors inci- 
 dent to the profession of his choice, and 
 he was forced to abandon it. Having 
 cultivated a fondness for literary pursuits, 
 and endowed as he was with a brilliant 
 intellect, which had been improved by a 
 liberal education, he was eminently quali- 
 fied for the position he afterwards as- 
 sumed, as editor of the Parkcrsburg Ga- 
 zette. In private and public discourse he 
 bore the prestige of scholarship, and the 
 emanations from his pen were ever noted 
 for literary excellence. In the circle of 
 social life, few persons were more consid- 
 erate of the feelings of others, or more 
 studious not to wound them. Kind and 
 aft'able in his intercourse with the world, 
 he gained that warmth of friendship on 
 the part of others which he felt himself: 
 and. if he had an enemy, he has lived and 
 died unconscious of the fact. 
 
 Stevens, llev. "William, Bridgewater, 
 Pa., ^larch 1, bp. 80, an aged and re- 
 spected minister of the gospel. 
 
 Stevens, Dca. "Wm., Milford, X. Y., 
 Dec. 25, a>. 87. Mr. S. was jjrobably the 
 last survivor of the " AVyoming ])rison- 
 ers." His father died, near the fort, just 
 before the ap])roach of the enemy, and 
 "William, then in his 7th year, was taken 
 into the fort. He had a distinct recol- 
 
 lection of the events which transpired at 
 its capture. Mr. S. was for 70 years a 
 resident of Otsego, 60 of which were 
 spent in ]MilfQrd. He first came to Rich- 
 field, from Shefiield, Mass., where he was 
 born in 1771. 
 
 Stevens, Col. Simeon, Newbury, "Vt., 
 May 14, te. 91. He was born in New- 
 bury, and was one of the first white chil- 
 dren born in the Connecticut valley. 
 
 Stevens, Mrs. Mary H., West Acton, 
 Mass., May 28, w. 42, daughter of Eben- 
 ezer Hay ward, of Boxboro'. She has left 
 behind husband and children, parents, 
 brothers and sisters, and a numerous cir- 
 cle of friends, to lament the loss they 
 have sustained in her death. 
 
 Stevens, Hon. Judge, Indianapolis, 
 Ind., April — , a^. — , one of the oldest 
 residents of Indianapolis, and brother of 
 Hon. Thaddeus Stevens, of Pennsylvania. 
 
 Sn;vENS, Eben, M. D., Hopkinton, 
 N. H., Jan. 25, a?. 66, formerly of South 
 Boston, Mass. 
 
 Stevenson, Warner S., M. D., Chris- 
 tiansburg, Ky., March 6, a>. 31. He 
 was the eldest son of the late Dr. D. S. 
 Stevenson, of Cannonsburg, Pa. After 
 completing his literary studies at Jeff"er- 
 son College, he came to Kentucky, and 
 studied medicine in Louisville. In the 
 spring of 1854 Dr. S. located as a 
 practising physician in Christiansburg. 
 Skill and unwearied attention to his 
 patients soon secured him an extensive 
 practice. Studious in his habits, aft'able 
 in his address, frank and generous in his 
 intercourse with men, a bright future 
 seemed to open before him. 
 
 Steward, Hon. Daniel, North Anson, 
 Me., May 7, se. 75. 
 
 Stewart, James, Brushvalley town- 
 ship, Pa., Jan. 8, vc. 68. He was in the 
 war of 1812, under Gen. Harrison, and 
 was stationed at Fort Meigs. He lived 
 the life of a Christian, and died peaceful 
 and hap]n'. 
 
 Stickney, Capt. Amos, Auburn, N.H., 
 Jan. 17, a?. 68. Capt. S. was born in 
 Beverly, Mass., in Jan., 1789, where he 
 resided until he was 24 years of age, 
 when he removed to Salem. For sev- 
 eral years he was master of diff"erent 
 merchant vessels in foreign trade. In 
 1813, while in command of the Levant, 
 he was taken jirisoner by an English 
 frigate, and carried to New Providence ; 
 from thence he was taken to F.ngland, 
 and incarcerated in the Dartmoor prison, 
 
STICKNEY 
 
 [1858.] 
 
 STICKNEY 
 
 311 
 
 where he was confined for nearly two 
 years. In July, 1815, he, with others 
 of our brave countrymen, was liberated, 
 and returned once more to his country 
 and his home. He was married in 
 March, 1823, to Elizabeth Hoyt, of 
 Chester, N. H., (now Auburn,) who died 
 in 1842, leavinj:^ three children. In 1845 
 or 1846 Capt. S. was married to Sarah 
 C. Goodwin, of Exeter, N. H., his sec- 
 ond wife. He was a man of great en- 
 terprise and firmness, a good neighbor, 
 mild, social, and benevolent, esteemed 
 by all his acquaintance. 
 
 Stickxey, Joseph Hale, at Williams 
 College, Mass., Nov. 9, ae. 17, only son 
 of Samuel AV. Stickney, Esq., Lowell, 
 Mass., president of the Railroad Bank. 
 The sensation produced at college and 
 at Lowell by the death of this young 
 man was of such marked character as 
 to leave a general impression that a 
 youth of uncommon worth and promise 
 had ])assed away. It did not grow out 
 of the circumstances of his death, his 
 age, or social relations. There are boys 
 of mark as well as men — those whose 
 personal accomplishments, mental ac- 
 quisitions, and purity of life place them 
 as far above their fellows as the most 
 distinguished men are above theirs. 
 Young Stickney was a representative 
 youth ; a happy example of all that class 
 of early-developed mind, of unstained 
 morals, of lovely manners, of pious mo- 
 tive, of parental, filial, and social aff'ec- 
 tions, which now and then meet in one 
 individual, not only to gladden a do- 
 mestic circle, but to stand in contrast to 
 the masses, and to hold up to admiring 
 gaze the real standard of human excel- 
 lence and youthful ambition. The feel- 
 ing manifested by his classmates at 
 college : by the pupils of the high school 
 at Lowell, from whom he had so lately 
 withdrawn after several years' acquaint- 
 ance ; the interest of teachers, pastor, 
 and people — were in homage of his vir- 
 tues and promise. Rev. Mr. Foster, in 
 his address at the funeral, said, " No 
 event of human history is more pain- 
 fully solemn and more deeply mysteri- 
 ous than the death of a youthful scholar 
 — the principles of his character estab- 
 lished, the aims of his life adopted, the 
 faculties of his mind developed, going 
 forth from the quiet shelter where pa- 
 rental love, with sleepless anxiety, had 
 watched over him, prepared, by disci- 
 
 pline and toil, to enter, with more indc- 
 jjcndent steps, upon a career of higher 
 study and larger accompli.slnncnt. \Vo 
 cannot _ suppress our startled surprise 
 and grief when such an event occurs. 
 To_ human view it is a life unfinished; 
 it is a 'high endowment lost ; it is a 
 grand preparation thrown away; it is 
 the withering of hopes and joys just 
 blossoming into richest beauty, with no 
 probability nor possibility of a harvest 
 to be reached, in this life, from the 
 gentle and blessed spring. It is* a dark 
 and insoluble problem, until, Mith the 
 Psalmist, Ave go into the sanctuary of 
 God and consult the divine revelation. 
 Then may we truly say there is no event 
 of human history more indicative of tJie 
 infinite wisdom and benignant love m 
 God than the death of a scholarly and 
 Christian youth. It is not a life finished, 
 but a life begun. It is not a death, but 
 a transfer. It is not the cutting down 
 of hopes, and plans, and joys, more 
 beautiful than spring flowers : they strike 
 a deeper root in a kindlier soil ; they 
 will bear richer fruit in a heavenly 
 clime. . . . We desire to express our ])ro- 
 found gratitude to God, because he has 
 given to our sons such a companion, 
 counsellor, and friend. His was an 
 example of excellence not to be forgot- 
 ten by them. This day, this scene, the 
 lessons of that coffin, will never fade 
 from their minds. The blessed and 
 cherished memories of his life will never 
 fade. We would be devoutly thankful 
 that such a pattern of intellectual and 
 moral beauty a^id of high attainment 
 has been presented to the contemplation 
 of the youth of this city. For the ma- 
 turity and wisdom of his thought, for 
 the depth and self-denial of his afi'ection, 
 for the com])rehensiveness and accuracy 
 of his scholarship, for his Christian 
 hopes, we thank the Lord." Rev. Dr. 
 Blanchard, his pastor, said, "A moral 
 thoughtfulness beyond his years beauti- 
 fully tempered each childish grace. It 
 appeared in the family and at school, in 
 his sp^-ts and studios. It made him 
 flexible in disposition and firni in prin- 
 ciple. Unde» its influence, his strenu- 
 ous application to books came of a gen- 
 erous love of excellence that needed no 
 help from appeals to the low feeling of 
 selfish competition. His instructorsand 
 schoolmates unite in ascribing to him a 
 deportment in school as near- to faidtless 
 
312 
 
 STIRRAT 
 
 [1858.] 
 
 STOY 
 
 as it is given to any one to exhibit. 
 These habits, added to his brilliant intel- 
 lectual powers, placed him among the 
 foremost in our high school, where he 
 had no superior. His teachers and class- 
 mates in college testify that even within 
 the brief fortnight of his attending reci- 
 tations he gave promise of maintaining 
 the same high position there. A name- 
 less grace and charm of manners, in 
 connection with his habits of prayer and 
 of the ilaily reading of the Scriptures, 
 indicated this excellence to be of no 
 wholly native growth. It had its roots 
 in practical religious feeling." Mr. Chase, 
 principal of the high school, said in an- 
 other place, " So deeply have the sym- 
 Pl^hies of the community been moved 
 by the death of this beloved young 
 man, and in so many minds has he left 
 a precious memory, that, as his princi- 
 pal teacher for the last four years, I 
 shall be pardoned for adding, to what 
 has already been said, another tribute 
 of respect and love. Upon entering the 
 high school, young Stickney, though 
 then but a small boy, M'as immediately 
 recognized as one of the leading schol- 
 ars in his class. Such was the clearness 
 of his mind, the elegance of his man- 
 ners, the amiableness of his temper, and 
 the refinement of his moral sensibilities, 
 that he very early elicited both our 
 affection and our pride. I do not recall 
 a single departure, in his intercourse 
 with me, from that kindness and cour- 
 tesy for which he was uniformly distin- 
 guished." 
 
 Stirrat, Rev. James A., Kingston, 
 O., Nov. 28, rr. 40. Mr. S. graduated 
 at the Ohio University in 1844, spent 
 several years in teaching in Marysville, 
 O., and in Mount Pleasant Academy, 
 located in Kingston, O. During this 
 time he was ordained by the presbytery 
 of Marion as an evangelist. As a 
 teacher he was always popular and suc- 
 cessful, because he succeeded in infusing 
 much of his own energy and enthusiasm 
 into his pupils. As a friend he was 
 warm-hearted, generous, and c(^fiding. 
 As a Christian his views were clear, 
 scriptural, and discriminating ; but he 
 said little of his own feelings. As a 
 preacher he was sound, instructive, and 
 at times impressive. 
 
 Stoher, James C, M. D., Shelby, 
 Richland Co., ()., Doc. 27, a>. 28. 
 
 SxucjaNG, G. \V.,3I.D-, Montezuma, 
 
 N. Y., Feb. 13, a?. 39. Dr. S. was 
 highly esteemed during life for his uni- 
 versal kindness and ardent devotion to 
 his darling profession. His life was full 
 of self-sacrifice in performing the duties 
 of his calling. Highly as he was es- 
 teemed in the circle in which he moved, 
 his truest life was found in the sanctities 
 of home, in which he stood a being 
 around whom clustered the dearest af- 
 fections of his household. 
 
 Stocking, Rev, Davis, Sing Sing, 
 N. Y., Dec. 11, a^. 48. 
 
 Stockton, Col. David C, Lebanon, 
 Tenn., Oct. 13, vc, 56, at the residence 
 of D. Cook, Esq. He was the eldest 
 son of the late Rev. Joseph Stockton, 
 of Pittsburg. 
 
 Stoddard, William, New Haven, Ct., 
 March 16, ts. 39, an accomplished 
 scholar, distinguished in his profession 
 for more than ordinary success and 
 abilities, with a fine and sensitive tem- 
 perament, uniting those qualities of heart 
 which rivet esteem and regard in the 
 daily intercourse of life. 
 
 Stone, Nathan, Dana, jNIass., Not. 
 26, ffi. 82. He M-as one or more years 
 a representative in the General Court, 
 was a farmer, and lived on the same 
 farm 60 years. 
 
 Stone, Joseph C, Rochester, N. Y., 
 April 12, a?. 43. Mr. S. was born at 
 Montpelier, Vt. He was a merchant in 
 one or more places of his native state 
 for some years after he attained his ma- 
 jority, and married at Wallingford, in 
 1840, a daughter of Joseph Packer. He 
 removed to Rochester in 1841, and en- 
 gaged in the grocery and dry goods 
 trade on State Street, in Frankfoi-t. 
 He subsequently took an interest in the 
 Mooden flour mills near the foot of 
 Brown's Race. Something more than 
 two years since the firm of J. C. Stone 
 & Co. was formed, Mr. W. W. Carr be- 
 coming a partner. Mr. S. was a gen- 
 tleman of pleasing deportment, was mild 
 in his manners, and by his frank and 
 social way readily won and held the 
 confidence and esteem of all with whom 
 he had intercourse. He Avas a business 
 man, and best known in business circles. 
 
 Stone, D. G« M. D., Henderson, 
 Ky., , a>. 39. 
 
 'Stone, Dan, AVestfiold, N. J., Nov. — , 
 sc. 49, formerly a member of the Cincin- 
 nati bar. 
 
 Stoy, Henry W., M. D., Harrison 
 
STREET 
 
 [1858.] 
 
 STUART 
 
 313 
 
 Co., Va., Feb. 2, oe. 73. Dr. S. was born 
 in Lebanon, Pa., Sept. 7, 1784. He 
 studied medicine with Prof. Baker, of 
 Lancaster, Pa. From that place he 
 came to Brownsville, Fayette Co., Pa., 
 in 1807. He resided a short time in 
 Westmoreland Co., Pa., in the year 1849. 
 He, however, returned to Virginia, Avhere 
 he had his residence for some years past. 
 He practised medicine with remarkable 
 acceptability and success up to within 
 three months of his death. He died 
 full of honors, and with an unimpeached 
 reputation for probity and unblemished 
 integrity. As a citizen he was active 
 and ever striving to be useful to his fel- 
 low men. He was a member of the 
 German Reformed church. 
 
 Street, Gustavus, Esq., New Orleans, 
 Nov. 21, a citizen of Charleston, S. C. 
 Liberally educated, the influences of a 
 fine culture and elevated tastes made 
 their impress upon all with whom he 
 came into association. He will be long 
 remembered among the merchants of 
 New Orleans for the nice and high-toned 
 standard of right and honorable dealing 
 which eminently marked his commercial 
 career. 
 
 Streit, Rev. Lawi-ence, Sunville, Ve- 
 nango Co., Pa., Aug. 15, se. 57. He 
 was a graduate of Jefl'erson College, was 
 licensed to preach by the Presbytery of 
 Erie in 1838, and in June of the follow- 
 ing year was ordained and installed 
 pastor of the church of Wattsburg, Erie 
 Co., Pa. Li the year 1846 he took 
 charge of the church at Sunville, and 
 continued his labors with that people 
 until his death. Mr. S. was a faithful, 
 laborious, devoted servant of Christ. 
 
 Stringfield, Rev. Thomas, Straw- 
 berry Plains, Tenn., June — , se. — . 
 This aged Methodist preacher was well 
 known in East Tennessee. He occupied 
 for many years a prominent place in his 
 denomination, and more than once was 
 connected with the editorial corps of 
 his church. The Western American, 
 reaching from 1823 to 1826, of which 
 Mr. S. was associate editor, contains his 
 controversies with Rev. Mr. Gallaher 
 of the Presbyterian church, reviews of 
 Dr. Anderson, and other controversial 
 pieces. He was afterwards, for a time, 
 editor of the Nashville Christian Advo- 
 cate. He was generally esteemed by 
 his brethren, had acknowledged ability, 
 and had been useful to his church. 
 27 
 
 Strong, Capt. Martin, Summit Town- 
 ship, Pa., March 24, w. 88. Ho was 
 born in Windsor, Ct., in Nov., 1770, 
 and was among the first settlers of Erie 
 Co., having located on the farm on which 
 he died, in the spring of 179.3. Vi;;or- 
 ous in _ intellect, quick of perception, 
 energetic in action, kind and courteous 
 in intercourse with his fellow-men, he 
 was extensively kno\ni and highly 
 esteemed, and his memoiT ^-ill be em- 
 balmed in the hearts of iiU who knew 
 him. 
 
 Strong, Geo. W., Esq., Rutland, Vt, 
 Oct. 25, SB. 40. llx. S. was a son of the 
 late Hon. Moses Strong, of R. He 
 graduated at ^Sliddlebuiy College in 
 1837, and immediately thereafter com- 
 menced the study of law, to the practice, 
 of which he was subsequently admitted. 
 His health requLi-ing a more active em- 
 plojTnent tlian the duties of that profes- 
 sion afforded, he engaged ui other pm*- 
 suits. 
 
 Stropes, Lieut. Adam, Green Co., 
 Ind., April — , ae. 68. He went tln-ough 
 the Indian wars with Gen. Jackson, and 
 was first lieutenant under Capt. Lovell 
 H. Rousseau, in Mexico, and did gallant 
 service at Buena Vista. 
 
 Stuart, Hon. James, Mansfield, O., 
 Feb. 18, ae. — -, late president judge of 
 the judicial subdivision composed of 
 the counties of Ashland, Richland, and 
 Morrow, which post he occupied for the 
 term of five years. 
 
 Stuart, Mrs. Eleanor, Staunton, Va., 
 Oct. 24, DP. 90. She was the daughter of 
 Col. Gerard Briscoe, and was born in 
 Montgomery Co., Md., Sept. 2, 1768, 
 Col. Gerard Briscoe, whose family were 
 originally from St. Mary's Co., ^Id., re- 
 moved from Montgomery Co. about the 
 year 1777, and settled on his estate, 
 called " Cloverdale," about three miles 
 from Winchester. Eleanor Briscoe was 
 married in May, 1791, to Archibald Stu- 
 art, of Staunton, and from that time to 
 her death, more than sixty-seven years, 
 she resided in the town of Staunton. 
 Judge Stuart died in the year 1832, and 
 from that time Mrs. Stuart led a quiet 
 and retired hfe, devoted chiefly to read- 
 ing and to kindly intercourse with a 
 large circle of descendants and relatives. 
 Those who were privileged to enjoy her 
 society and friendship will all concur in 
 the remark that she was an extraordina- 
 ry woman. Her appearance was in the 
 
314 STUBBLEFIELD [ 1858. ] 
 
 SWAIN 
 
 highest degree striking and majestic, 
 and she retained to within a few months 
 of her death the erect carriage and ac- 
 tive step of middle age. Her manners, 
 full of the dignified courtesj- of the olden 
 time, commanded respectful deference, 
 and yet were engaging and atti-active 
 alike to old and young. During her 
 whole life she was accustomed to the 
 society and conversation of clever men, 
 and she was personally acquainted with 
 most of the distinguished men of Vir- 
 ginia in the early days of the republic. 
 She retained freslily and actively that 
 kindly and affectionate interest in all 
 around her which had ever distingfuished 
 her. She lost none of her sympathies 
 witli the joys or sorrows of her friends 
 and neighbors, and she continued, while 
 life lasted, the exercise of that unobtru- 
 sive chai'ity and benevolence for which 
 she will long be afl'ectionately remem- 
 bered. 
 
 Stubblefield, Col. John S., Charles 
 City Co., Va. The Charles Citv Co. bar 
 " resolved, that by tlie deatli of Col. John 
 S. Stubblefield, this community has lost 
 one of its most esthnable, desening, ajid 
 useful citizens, and liis family and friends 
 have sustained an irrepai"able loss." 
 
 Sturdivant, Isaac, Esq., Exeter, N. 
 H., ae. 75, died at the residence of his 
 son-in-law, Mr. Joseph Dro\^-ne. He 
 was born at Yannouth, in that part of 
 the town which was set off to Cumber- 
 land, !March 4, 1784. In eai-ly life he 
 took to the sea, and eventually became 
 a ship owner, as well as ship master. 
 He had accumulated a very large estate, 
 both real and personal, in Portland, 
 owning more real estate and more bank 
 stock than any other person in Maine. 
 
 Sturges, S. S., M. D., AVellsville, 
 Alleghany Co., N. Y., June 12, a?. 34. 
 The death of Dr. S. is an event of no 
 ordijiary moment. He had been a resi- 
 dent of Wellsville six or eight years, and 
 one of its earliest settlers, after the im- 
 pulse given by the completion of the 
 Erie Railroad. As a man he was exem- 
 plary in deportment, and remarkably 
 correct in his habits, a most worthy citi- 
 zen, and Imd a large number of warm 
 personal friends. As a physician he 
 was most useful, and highly esteemed 
 from his uniform symp;ithy and kindness 
 towards tlie sick and aillicled. 
 
 Summons, Capt. J. Blair, Cincinnati, 
 O., Feb. 27, a;. Gj. The deceased was 
 
 widely known as a pioneer boatman on 
 the Avestern waters. He was born near 
 the banks of the Alleghany, in "Western 
 New York, 65 years since, and com- 
 menced his boating career on rafts, 
 keel-boats, flat-boats, and barges, before 
 the introduction of steam. In 1812 he 
 assistedilin conveying supplies in barges 
 to Gen. Waj-ne's troops, quartered in 
 Leughery Creek, 30 miles below this 
 city. He was one of the pioneers and 
 oldest commanders in the Louisville 
 mail line, in active service, having re- 
 mained in the trade since 1826, 32 years. 
 In his career as a boatman he was very 
 fortunate. He never met with a serious 
 accident to any boat while in liis charge. 
 He commenced his career a poor, pen- 
 niless lad, in the capacity of deck hand, 
 and steadily progressed, filling the sta- 
 tions of mate and pilot, and was com- 
 mander of the proudest steamer (the 
 Jacob Strader) that floats on the west- 
 ern waters. 
 
 SuTHERL.\>'D, Hon. Judge J. K., 
 Steubenville, O., May 29, a;. 47. 
 
 SwAiM, llev. Jeremiah R., Randolph 
 Co., Ga., June 22, a. 79, known as 
 " Father Swaim." He was born in North 
 Carolina, where he lived till he became 
 a man and was manied. He settled in 
 Columbia Co. when he fii-st went to 
 Georgia. After making two or three 
 moves he settled in Randolph Co., 
 where he resided till his death, some 21 
 years. He was a plain, straightforward, 
 zealous minister, faithful in the dis- 
 charge of duty, beloved by all who knew 
 him in the various relations of life. 
 
 Swain, Wm. U., New Bedford, Mass., 
 Sept. 20, 89. — . As the proprietor of 
 Naushon, one of the Elizabeth Islands, 
 (formerly the property of Gov. Bowdoin, 
 of Boston,) Mr. S. was widely known 
 abroad for the liberal hospitality, which, 
 during the summer months, he so long 
 maintained at that delightful retreat, 
 and where it was his happiness to assem- 
 ble around him the great and good men 
 who have contributed to the moral and 
 political advancement of the state and 
 of the nation. His memory will long 
 be cherished by a numerous circle, to 
 whom he was endeared by his private 
 virtues and public benefactions. We 
 learn that Mr. S., by his lust mIU and 
 testament, bequeathed several inconsid- 
 erable legacies, amounting in the aggre- 
 gate to about $20,000 ; an-d the income 
 
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 315 
 
 of the residue of the property (about 
 $57,000) to the support of the widow, and 
 eventually to be a])plied to the establish- 
 ment of a Female Educational Seminary, 
 to be founded upon the homestead estate, 
 on County Street. Hon. John H. Clif- 
 ford and Lincoln F. Brigham, Esq., are 
 the executors named in the will. 
 
 SwENEY, George, Esq., Mooresburg, 
 Pa., Dec. 1, Ee. 75. For many years 
 Mr. S. printed the Danville Watchman, 
 then the only newspaper issued in Colum- 
 bia Co., Pa. 
 
 SwEXEY, D. G., M. D., Mansfield, O., 
 Feb. 5, ge. — . 
 
 Swift, Rev. Ephraim G., Buffalo, 
 N. Y., Aug. 28, a^. 76. He was born at 
 Williamstown, Mass., Aug. 14, 1782. 
 His fother. Rev. Seth Swift, graduated 
 at Yale College in 1774, and was ordained 
 pastor of the church in Williamstown in 
 1779, where he continued his labors until 
 his death in 1807. His mother was Lucy 
 Elliot, of Killingworth, descended from 
 the same ancestry as Eliot the Indian 
 Apostle. He graduated at Williams Col- 
 lege, in 1804, and soon after commenced 
 the studies for the ministry with Dr. 
 Stephen West, of Stockbridge, with whom 
 he was afterwards settled as colleague, 
 and where he continued for nine years, 
 until the dismission of Dr. West. After 
 leaving Stockbridge he supplied several 
 pulpits until 1833, when he was settled 
 over the Congregational church in Kil- 
 lingworth. Here he continued in the 
 most harmonious relations to an affection- 
 ate and appreciative people for nearly 20 
 years, until the infirmities of age com- 
 pelled him to seek a release from his pas- 
 toral charge, to the universal regret of the 
 
 parish and the ministerial association 
 with which he was connected. Here his 
 ministry was laborious and successful, as 
 attested by several revivals of religion, 
 some of them being seasons of deep and 
 extensive interest, and a large jiroportion 
 of the present membersliip of that church 
 are the fruits of his labors. During the 
 last six years, until a short time ))rcvious 
 to his death, he had resided in Chester, 
 where he was universally respected and 
 beloved. 
 
 Swift, Rev. Seth F., Oswego, N. Y., 
 Oct. 12, fp. 72, for many years pastor of 
 the Unitarian church in Xantuckct. Ho 
 was born in Sandwich, Mass., Oct. 25, 
 1786, and graduated at Harvard College in 
 1807, in the .same class with Hon. Da\-id 
 Sears, the late Rev. Dr. Francis Park- 
 man, the late Hon. James C. Merrill, of 
 Boston, and the late Hon. John Glen 
 King, of Salem. In the spring of 1809, 
 Mr. S. went to Nantucket, where he 
 taught a school for a short time. During 
 that year the Unitarians of the island 
 erected a church, which was dedicated in 
 November following, and they invited 
 Mr. S. to become pastor, which invitation 
 he accepted, and was ordained April 27, 
 1810. He continued his ministerial la- 
 bors with great fidelity imtil 1833, when 
 his pastoral relation M^as dissolved, and he 
 removed to Oswego, where he passed the 
 remainder of his life, having relinquished 
 the clerical profession, and engaged in 
 other pursuits. Shortly after his remo- 
 val he became blind, and remained so 
 until his death. 
 
 Swift, Mrs. Sarah A., Andovor, Mass., 
 Sept. 11, a}. 75, widow of Dr. Nathaniel 
 Swift. 
 
 T. 
 
 Taber, Azor, Albany, N. Y., Aug. 10, 
 ae. — . Mr. T. pursued a long and hon- 
 orable career at the bar, and ranked for 
 many years among the ablest lawyers of 
 the state, discharging the duties of a very 
 large legal practice with a fidelity and 
 capacity which commanded universal ap- 
 probation. His chosen profession was 
 his almost exclusive pursuit, from which 
 he was rarely tempted to turn aside. 
 He was senator from Albany district 
 in 1852 and 1853. His life 'was that 
 of an honest, earnest, able man, and he 
 
 leaves a memory upon which rests no 
 stain. 
 
 Taft, Edmund ^Morse, A. B., Whitlns- 
 ville, Mass., Oct. 25, a>. 24, a graduate 
 at Yale College at the last commence- 
 ment. During his academic and college 
 life, he was especially faithful in his jirivate 
 religious duties. His instructors have uni- 
 formly borne testimony to his conscien- 
 tiousness and his elevated standard of 
 Christian action. Few, if any, were more 
 active in the late revival at Yale ; and 
 many have reason to thank God for his 
 
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 [ 1858. ] 
 
 TAYLOR 
 
 pious labors in their behalf. In his sick- 
 ness he frequently spoke of his classmates 
 with the kindest feelings, and with the 
 deepest regard for their s])intual interest, 
 expressing the hope that tliey might meet 
 .^ an unbroken class in heaven. ,. .'p, 
 yp T/f£LMAX, Andrew^?, Seneca Falls, 
 N. Y., ]May 21, a?. 12(A^ie was one of 
 the pioneers in the improvement of West- 
 ern New York, long and widely known as 
 a prominent business man. 
 
 Tanneiiill, Wilkins, Esq., near Nash- 
 ville, Tenn., June 2, se. 71. Mr. T. was 
 well known as a journalist and literary 
 writer. For several years he has been 
 suffering from blindness, and of late from 
 Blight mental affliction. 
 
 Tanner, James F., M. D., Wheeling, 
 Va., Dec. 27, a?. G2. The deceased was 
 one of the old residents of the city, hav- 
 ing immigrated, with his fother's family, 
 over 40 years ago, from the city of Balti- 
 more. He was favorabl}' known as a 
 practising physician, and was always 
 ready to minister relief to the poor and 
 needy. He was well known as a decided 
 politician, being elected last winter mayor 
 of the city on the democratic ticket, but 
 discharged the duties of that position with 
 great impartiality. 
 
 Tappan, Mrs. Ann Maria, Boston, 
 Mass., Dec. 31, fr. 69, wife of Charles 
 Tappan, Esq., of Boston. 
 
 Taylor, Alexander H., M. D., Fari- 
 bault, Wake Co., N. C, March 30, a^. 54. 
 He was born in Yorktown, Va., and was 
 educated chiefly by that accomplished 
 physician and gentleman, Dr. William 
 V. Taylor, formerly of Oxford, N. C, 
 now of Memphis, Tenn. In society he 
 was frank, in business transactions up- 
 right and conscientious. 
 
 Tayeor, Asa P., Esq., Jersey City, 
 N. J., Jan. 12, ce. 36, at the house of his 
 brother, T. L. Taylor. Mr. T. Mas the 
 eon of the late Thomas S. Taylor, Esq., 
 of Kingston, II. I. He graduated at 
 Brown Univci-sity in 1841, and after 
 studying law in the office of Hon. Henry 
 NicoU, of New York city, was admitted 
 to the bar tliere. He shortly after re- 
 turned to Kingston, and practised law 
 with a good prospect of success. His 
 kindness of heart and social dis]5osition 
 had endeared him to a large circle of 
 friends. 
 
 Taylor, Daniel, Boston, Mass., 
 
 — , a". 60, formerly a citizen of Ports- 
 mouth, N. II. He came from Sauborn- 
 
 ton, N. H., to Portsmouth more than 
 40 years ago, and some years later 
 than his senior townsman, George W. 
 Crockett, of Boston. After serving his 
 minority in the grocery business, he 
 opened a store in Market Street, and 
 continued in that business several years, 
 when he formed a copartnership with 
 the late Mr. Stephen Patten in the 
 crockery-ware business. This connec- 
 tion continued until Mr. Patten retired 
 and removed to Dover. Mr. T. then 
 formed a business connection, in the 
 same line, with his brother-in-law, Mr. 
 Samuel W. Waldron. They continued 
 for several years to be extensively and 
 successfully engaged in the importing 
 of crockery ware in Portsmouth. About 
 a quarter of a century ago Taylor & 
 Waldron removed to Boston, where they 
 continued their business to within a 
 recent period. Mr. T. retired about 
 four years ago. Like most of the suc- 
 cessful business men of New England, 
 Mr. T. was the artificer of his own for- 
 tunes. Educated in the New Hampshire 
 schools, he early learned to depend upon 
 himself. He carried into his business 
 that energy, perseverance, and care which 
 usually command success ; and he was 
 a successful and fortunate man. In his 
 social relations he was genial and always 
 cheerful ; his attachments were strong 
 and enduring. iSIr. T. had a hap])y life, 
 left a large circle of attached friends, 
 and a stainless character. 
 
 TaY'LOR, John E., Cleveland, O., Oct. 
 30, se. 39. Mr. T. was well known to 
 our business men as of the late firm of 
 John E. Taylor & Co., lumber dealers, 
 and occupied that position his integrity, 
 his promptness, and his scrupulous sense 
 of honor justly entitled him to. Mr. T. 
 graduated with credit at Union College. 
 He practised law in the city of Troy, 
 and for a number of years so devoted 
 himself to his profession, so fliithfully 
 served his clients, and so ably repre- 
 sented their interests before the court 
 of New York, as to attain an eminence 
 at the bar seldom accorded to a man of 
 his years, and opened to human eyes a 
 future not only of jjrofit, but of marked 
 distinction in his profession. Ill health 
 forced Mr. T. to abandon the law ; and 
 he came west some eight years since, 
 hoping an active business and change 
 of climate would restore his health ; 
 they undoubtedly prolonged his life. 
 
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 317 
 
 Taylor, Joshua, M. D., Norridgc- 
 wock, Me., Dec. 5, iv. G4. 
 
 (/ REV. N. W. TAYLOR, D. D., 
 
 New Haven, Ct., March 10, a\ 71. Tie 
 was, and had been for 36 years, Dwif^lit 
 
 '^ professor of didactic theologv in Yale 
 College. An associate, who had long 
 known and loved him, says, — 
 
 " Although it has been known for some 
 days that a great and good man was pass- 
 
 ' ing away from the midst of us, the tidings 
 
 of Dr. Taylor's death will be received 
 with no ordinary feelings by a large part 
 of the community. There are few, com- 
 paratively, who can remember the time 
 when he came to live among us. To 
 nearly the whole of our active population 
 he has always been here, known of all as 
 a man of preeminent abilities, justly re- 
 garded as one of the most powerful 
 preachers of the age, sought out by the 
 churches of his denomination as a wise 
 counsellor in their difficulties, revered 
 and loved by his pupils for the clear- 
 ness, and depth, and solidity of his in- 
 structions. Those who knew him in pri- 
 vate life will naturally recur to his ad- 
 miralile social qualities, the frankness of 
 his disposition, the generosity of his 
 sentiments, the largeness of his views, 
 his extraordinary conversational powers, 
 his perfect independence, and yet cour- 
 tesy in differing from others, his richness 
 and originality of thought, and his ad- 
 mirable talent of giving lightness and 
 variety to a discussion, by passing ' from 
 grave to gay, from lively to severe.' 
 Those who enjoyed his friendship will 
 dwell with deeper emotion on the warmth 
 and constancy of his affections, the ready 
 sym])athy he extended to those around 
 him in their trials and sufferings, and 
 the strength they derived from his coun- 
 sels and prayers. All will unite in say- 
 ing, ' A great man has this day fallen 
 among us.' 
 
 " He was born at New Milford, Ct, in 
 the year 17<S6, and graduated at Yale 
 College in 1 807. After residing for about 
 two years in the fiimiiy of Dr. Dwight 
 as his favorite amanuensis, he entered 
 on the ministry, and was ordained pastor 
 of the First Congregational Church in 
 New Haven, in April, 1S12. How faith- 
 fully he discharged the duties of this of- 
 fice "can be testified by some who remain 
 among us, and is witnessed by the ven- 
 27* 
 
 eration and love with which he was re- 
 garded by the children and the children's 
 children of multitudes who once sat under 
 his ministry.^ 1 lis j)rcaching was marked 
 by extraordinary clearness, force, and 
 pungency of apji'lication. He had groat 
 confidence, under divine grace, in the 
 power of truth. Hence he dealt with the 
 hearts of men chiefly through their un- 
 derstandings ; he enforced tiie claims of 
 the gospel, not by mere strength of as- 
 sertion, but by vivid and luminous trains 
 of reasoning ; he turned the whole at 
 last into an appeal to conscience ; and 
 the leading characteristic of his jircach- 
 ing was happily described by an emi- 
 nent divine of Massachusetts : ' He 
 makes everything appear great — God, 
 man, time, eternity ! ' His ministry was 
 eminently successful. There were, in 
 repeated instances, powerful and long- 
 continued revivals of religion among his 
 people; and these seasons of extraordi- 
 nary interest were conducted with so 
 much judgment and care to avoid every 
 kind of excess, that the whole communi- 
 ty around saw and acknowledged that 
 they were no mere eliullitions of excited 
 feeling, but were marked by the peculiar 
 presence of the converting grace of God. 
 
 " When the theological department of 
 Yale College M'as founded, in the year 
 1822, he was appointed Dwight professor 
 of didactic theology. But in accepting 
 this office, he never thought for a mo- 
 ment of relinquishing the duties of the 
 ministr}'. On the contrary, while pre- 
 paring young men for the sacred office, 
 he continued to preach in the churches 
 of our city or neighborhood, with his ac- 
 customed fervor and success. For nearly 
 a year (in 182d-26) he acted as the reg- 
 ular supply of one of the societies at 
 Hartford, which was destitute of a pas- 
 tor. As new Congregational churches 
 have branched out from the two original 
 societies on the Green, his counsels and 
 aid have been called in for the further- 
 ance of each successive enterprise. 
 
 " ' Also, in the revivals of religion 
 which have occurred in college, he was 
 exceedingly active and useful. During 
 the revival here in 1831, he preached to 
 the students twice every week, besides 
 holding a meeting for inquirers. There is 
 a large number of ministers among our 
 graduates, together with many in othci 
 professions. Mho date their conversion 
 from interviews with him. His quick. 
 
318 
 
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 [1858.] 
 
 TAYLOR 
 
 discernmont of the mental condition of 
 those who a])])liecl to him for guidance, 
 which it is often so hard for themselves 
 to express, was only equalled h\- the ready 
 wisdom and the parental kindness with 
 which he pointed out the path of duty, 
 the narrow way which Icadeth unto life.' 
 
 " As a teacher in theology, it was his 
 great ohject to make his jiupils think for 
 themselves. It required no ordinary 
 effort to follow him through one of his 
 lectures. They abounded in profound 
 princi])les and flir-reaching views, which, 
 to a reflecting mind, were eminently ' the 
 seeds of thought.' A gentleman who ex- 
 changed the bar for the pulpit once re- 
 marked, that never in the severest con- 
 tests of the forum had he felt such a ten- 
 sion of his faculties, such a bracing and 
 invigorating effect upon his mind, as in 
 listening to the "lectures of Dr. Taylor. 
 Nearly 700 young men have enjoyed the 
 benefit of his instructions. They are 
 scattered throughout the United States ; 
 and they will all testify that the great 
 end at which he aimed, in his theological 
 system, was ' to exalt God, to humble 
 man, and to bring all to the cross of 
 Christ.' 
 
 *' ' The central peculiarity of Dr. T.'s 
 theological system may be described 
 thus : He so represented the divine side 
 an/ the human side of religion, as to 
 make them harmonize — as to render 
 theology consistent with itself and with 
 all known truth. Wliile he admitted 
 that in so profound and comprehensive a 
 subject as theology, the science of God 
 and his government, there are mysteries, 
 or things above and beyond our undei*- 
 standing, he abhorred and scouted the 
 idea that there are in theology contradic- 
 tions and absurdities — things which Ave 
 see and know to be contradictory or ab- 
 surd. While he maintained firmly the 
 doctrines of human depravity, or sinful- 
 ness, and that by nature, of God's fore- 
 knowled„'e and foreordination of all 
 events, of his electing grace, of the sov- 
 ereignty of his Spirit, and of the perse- 
 verance of his saints, he so presented 
 them as that they did not contradict the 
 equally true and scriptural doctrines of 
 human freedom and just accountability. 
 That doctrine of human freedom, which 
 he justly defined, not merely and only as 
 lil)ert_\' to do as we will, but also as liber- 
 ty to will, power to will either way, he il- 
 lustrated, and fortified, and defended, and 
 
 carried through all parts of his system of 
 morals and theology.' 
 
 " He held with his whole heart, and 
 taught from the jjuljjit, and from liis cliair 
 in the seminary, the fundamental articles 
 of the evangelical faith, whicli gave life to 
 the Protestant reformation, and form the 
 substantial contents of the gospel. A 
 symmetrical system, com])act and com- 
 plete, ascending from the first axiom of 
 mental science to the topmost doctrines 
 of revelation, he constructed. Its main 
 outlines were sketched by him when a 
 young man. He is the author of a / 
 theodicy — a justification of the wavs 
 of God to men. The agency of God in 
 the existence of sin and holiness — the 
 relation of the decrees and providence 
 of God to human responsil)ility — the 
 grand question which the New England 
 divines have debated for a hundred \ears, 
 was the theme of his discussions. What- 
 ever difference of o])inion may exist in 
 respect to his conclusions, pertaining, a3 
 they do, to the most profound and myste- 
 rious problems which have ever engaged 
 the human mind, — however critics may 
 dissent from his views, extending, as they 
 do, over so vast a range of topics, candid 
 men will admire his ability and apjireci- 
 ate the integrity and devotedness of his 
 character. 
 
 " Dr. T. loved disciission ; his mind 
 rushed to an argument like a war-horse 
 to the battle ; he rejoiced in the well- 
 guarded statement and strenuous defence 
 of truth ; his intellectual nature exulted 
 in the discovery of a latent inaccuracy ; 
 he had an instinctive and ineradicable 
 confidence in the ])ower of logic to con- 
 vince ; but controversy, with its ])ersonal 
 alienations, its exasperating imputations, 
 and its too frequent appeals to ])rtjudice 
 and passion, w,as what liis soul abhorred. 
 In the earnestness of debate he might 
 charge an opponent with absurdity and 
 nonsense, but it was not his wont to 
 charge a brother with denying the f\iitb, 
 or to represent an unguarded statement, 
 or an inconclusive argument, as identical 
 with heresy. 
 
 " Dr. T. died of no specific disease. 
 He was simj)ly worn out by hard study. 
 About two months ago, he was no longer 
 able to meet his class ; and from that 
 time he dally committed to one of 
 their number a lecture to be read and 
 discussed at their daily meetings. He 
 told them his course was ended ; and 
 
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 TAYLOR 
 
 319 
 
 with a quiet and child-like submission to 
 the will of God, he resigned hiniself to the 
 prospect of a sjieedy death. To one of 
 his friends he remarked, ' My only hope 
 is in the atonement of Christ ; and my 
 ■wish is to die with the words of the mar- 
 tyr Stephen on my lips, ' Lord Jesus, re- 
 ceive my spirit.' 
 
 " To his best earthly friend he said, 
 ' When the time comes for me to die, I 
 want you to be perfectly calm, and when 
 I am called to go, I want you to let me 
 go ; and the widow's God will be your 
 God.' " 
 
 Taylor, Capt. Oliver H.P., killed in Or- 
 egon in a battle with Indians, , a?. 
 
 30. He graduated at West Point, and 
 was in the Mexican war. His service 
 during that war was chiefly on the upper 
 waters of the Pvio Grande, where he was 
 engaged in a series of actions, in all of 
 which he bore himself so gallantly, and 
 with such energy and good judgment, 
 that he was brevetted to a captaincy by 
 the government. At a very early pe- 
 riod, res])onsible duties and commands 
 were confided to him, and from the time 
 he left West Point to the time of his 
 death, he had been almost constantly em- 
 ployed in the Indian country. Perhaps 
 no officer of his age was more experi- 
 enced in Indian warfare. He considered 
 the savages " more sinned against than 
 sinning," and remarked, when he was 
 last here, that almost every " Indian out- 
 rage " was the recoil of some real out- 
 rage inflicted on them by the whites. 
 Capt. T., when he fell, had just completed 
 his thirtieth year. He wasa native of New- 
 port, H. I., and a son of the late Capt. 
 AVilliam V. Taylor, of the navy, one of 
 the heroes of Lake Erie, and a brother 
 of Commander Wm. R. Taylor. Full of 
 manly vigor, of high professional and 
 moral qualities, independent and self-rely- 
 ing, and abounding in the most attaching 
 personal traits, a long and happy future 
 seemed before him. His premature loss 
 will be deplored by the army, and by a 
 large circle of devoted friends. He leaves 
 a wife and two children. 
 
 Taylor, Parran, M. D., Denton, Md., 
 March 10, a^. 33. 
 
 Taylor, Rev. Reuben, Freedom, O., 
 Dec. 6, ic. 81. He was ordained a min- 
 ister of the gospel in Connecticut in 1810, 
 and for 48 years preached the gospel east 
 and west. Since his residence ia the 
 
 west he had been a menilKM- of the Pres- 
 bytery of Cleveland. 1 Ic was remarkable 
 for his clear, consecutive views of tlie doc- 
 trines and practices of Chi isiianity as con- 
 stituting, together, the great system and 
 plan of man's redemption and'salvation. 
 
 Taylor, Dea. Sauniel, Yates, N. Y., 
 Dec. 13, X. 77. Dea. T. was l)orn in 
 New London, Ct., whence he removed, first 
 to Delaware Co., then to Yates, Orleans 
 Co., N. Y. In the war of ISlii he served 
 as an officer in his country's defence, till 
 honorably discharged, and subsequently 
 he held, at various times, the highest of- 
 fices within the gift of his townsmen. 
 
 Taylor, Rev. Timothy Alden, Sla- 
 tersville, R. L, INIarch 2, a.\ 4S. 'Mr, 
 T. was born in the town of Hawley, 
 Mass., Sept. 7, 1809. He was the sec- 
 ond of four sons of Jeremiah and Mar- 
 tha Taylor. He graduated with honor 
 at Amherst College m 183o. In 1838 
 ho completed his studies at Andover 
 Theological Seminary, and in the au- 
 tumn of the same year received a " call " 
 to Slatersville, wliere he was ordained 
 Jan. 23, 1839. This was his only set- 
 tlement — a pastorate of more than 19 
 years uninterrupted, when death ended 
 his work, and ho was called to his re- 
 ward. We think it may be truly said 
 that there appeired in him an unusual 
 number of excellences of the Christian 
 pastor. His standar-d of spiritual attain- 
 ment was high. In his tastes and sym- 
 pathies he was puritanic, and, where 
 truth and duty were involved, uncom- 
 promising. He used to say that it was 
 in the Sabbath and Bible that there 
 was any hope of the world, and that 
 it was in preaching Christ and living 
 for Christ that we could be of much, if 
 any, service here. His general t)pe of 
 theology was Edwardian, and eminently 
 spiritual and practical, as his success in 
 winning souls to Christ bears unmistak- 
 able testimony. He excelled in pastoral 
 labor. He was a sympathizing friend, 
 a wise counsellor, a' tender shejjherd, a 
 watchful keeper and guide of a flock, 
 over which he felt the Holy Ghost had 
 made him overseer. He came to them 
 in their infancy and weakness ; he left 
 them in vigor and strength, and with 
 the Spirit of the Lord resting upon 
 them. He acquired great influence in 
 this region ; and one secret of it was, 
 that people believed him to be a r/oud 
 man. A sweet savor with them will 
 
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 THAYER 
 
 ever linger around his memory. In him 
 the various benevolent objects of the 
 clay have lost an earnest and prayerful 
 friend. As the S])irit of God was being 
 poured out in Uxbrid<,^e and Whitins- 
 ville, he lieeded the Macedonian call for 
 " help," and preached on Tuesday even- 
 ing, just one week previous to his 
 death, at the former place. Returning 
 home on ^A'ednesday, he attended two fu- 
 nerals, with considerable exposure. On 
 Thursday evening he preached at Whi- 
 tinsville, from Is. xlii. 8, with unusual 
 richness and power. This was his last 
 work. On Friday he came home sick, 
 and, as it proved, to die. The disease, 
 " acute pleurisy," was painful, but divine 
 grace sustained him even unto the end. 
 " Live for Christ ! " was the message 
 left by this dying saint to his friends. 
 On Tuesday evening following, about 
 9 o'clock, he prayerfully breathed out 
 his soul to God. 
 
 Taylor, Capt. Wm. V., U. S. navy, 
 Feb. — , a;. 70. He was conspicuous in 
 the battle of Lake Erie, in which he nav- 
 igated the Lawrence, Perry's flag-ship, 
 into and during the action. His last sea 
 service was in command of the Ohio 
 seventy-four on a cruise to the Pacific. 
 
 Taylor, Wm. C, New York city. Feb. 
 22, a?. — , an eminent New York merchant. 
 
 Tebbs, Mrs. Hannah, Grassland, Lou- 
 don Co., Va., Dec. 23, ae. 50, wife of Col. 
 Samuel Tebbs. 
 
 Tenney, David, Palmer, Mass., March 
 2, a?. 46. He joined Dr. Stowe's church 
 in Boston in 1842, and subsequently the 
 Baptist church in Three Kivers. He 
 was an earnest Christian and useful 
 citizen. 
 
 Texxey, Moses, Georgetown, Mass., 
 Jan. 18, se. 82, father of Hon. Moses Ten- 
 ney, state treasurer of Massachusetts. 
 
 Tenny, Hon. Rufus, Milford, Mich., 
 July 15, a?. 64. He was one of the 
 early settlers of the township of High- 
 land, and represented Oakland Co. in 
 the legislature of 1841. He lived and 
 died an honest man, respected by all 
 that knew him. 
 
 TEWKsiiEiiuY, Mrs. S. F., Lawrence, 
 
 Mass., — , ic. 57, wife of Dr. Isaac 
 
 Tewksberry. 
 
 Thacher, Mrs. Elizabeth Daj', New 
 Haven, Ct., May 18, le. 157, wife of Prof. 
 Thomas A. Thacher, and daughter of 
 Rev. President Day. 
 
 TuATCiiEK, Hon. George jNI., Boston, 
 
 Mass., , ce. — , a distinguished 
 
 merchant. He had held various offices. 
 Several years ago he received the ap- 
 pointment of Lanish consul for the 
 States of Massachusetts, Maine, New 
 Hampshire, and Rhode Island, residing 
 in Boston ; and subsequently the honor 
 of knighthood was conferred upon him 
 by the King of Denmark. 
 
 'Thaxter, Adam Wallace, Boston, 
 Mass., Dec. 15. re. 79. He was a native 
 of Hingham, and in his culture and for- 
 tune was a self-made man, and indebted 
 to his own efforts for his social position. 
 When quite young he went to iVIachias, 
 ^le., and worked in a tanyard five years. 
 He then came to Boston, and served a 
 seven years' apprenticeship as a house 
 carpenter. He next went into copart- 
 nership with Elijah Loring, afterwards a 
 well-known merchant on Long Wharf, 
 In Nov., 1803, he was appointed in- 
 spector in the custom house, and held 
 the office until 1810, when he was ap- 
 pointed deputy marshal, in which station 
 he served until 1817, when he was made 
 a marker and prover. That office was 
 filled by him twelve years. In 1829 he 
 was removed therefrom by a change in 
 the reigning political power, as he was a 
 national republican. He next kept a 
 wood wharf two years, and then trav- 
 elled two years, visiting Europe twice 
 during that period. In 1836 the Me- 
 chanics' Mutual Fire Insurance Com- 
 pany in Boston was incorporated, and 
 he was unanimously chosen its president, 
 which office he retained till 1855, when 
 he retired from business. He always 
 had a great affection for his birthplace, 
 and some years since gave the town of 
 Hingham a large and valuable tract of 
 land as a cemetery. Those who have 
 seen this beautiful rural spot will recall 
 it as inferior in size alone to Mount 
 Auburn or Greenwood. He was a de- 
 vout, liberal Christian, whose influence 
 and example may well be emulated by 
 the young M-ho knew him. His long, 
 eventful, and useful life, his pleasant and 
 serene old age, the respect and esteem 
 which his probity secured, are surely 
 worthy to be remembered. 
 
 Thayer, Miss Charlotte, Dorchester, 
 Mass., Feb. 5, vc. 79. She was a daugh- 
 ter of the late Arodi Thaver, Esq., (born 
 Feb. 19, 1743, died May 5, 1831,) mar- 
 shal of the Admiralty Court, Boston, 
 under His Majesty George HI., at the 
 
THAYER 
 
 [1858.] 
 
 THOMPSON 
 
 321 
 
 time of the American revolution. It 
 will be remembered that Mr. Thaj-er, in 
 virtue of said office, arrested Johii Han- 
 cock^ owner of the sloop Liberty, Nov. 
 3, 1768. His commission and badge 
 of office are in the keeping of the Dor- 
 chester Antiquarian and Historical So- 
 ciety. According to Thayer's Family 
 Memorial, Arodi was the son of Gideon, 
 the son of Eichard, who was great- 
 grandson of Richard, of Boston, the 
 first of the name in Xew England. 
 Thayer, Ebenezer Francis, Avignon, 
 
 France, , se. 20. He was the 
 
 grandson of Ebenezer Francis, Esq., of 
 Boston, and the last survivor of the 
 family of the late John E. Thayer by his 
 first marriage. He was a young man 
 of amiable qualities and unblemished 
 character. He was a member of the 
 So])homore class of Harvard College, 
 and had gone abroad in good health to 
 travel during the summer term and 
 vacation. The prospects of this young 
 man for a useful and valuable life were 
 in the highest degree favorable. From 
 his fother he inherited great wealth ; 
 and in_ the natural course of events he 
 would in no long time have been heir to 
 a still larger fortune. He left Paris for 
 Avignon, in the south of France, 380 
 miles from Paris, only two days before 
 his death ; and a telegraphic 'despatch 
 to Paris announced his sudden death 
 almost immediately upon his arrival at 
 Avignon. 
 
 Thayer, Nathaniel, East Kingston, 
 N. H., June 4, ee. 75, eldest son of the 
 late Kev. Dr. Elihu Thayer, formerly 
 pastor of the Congregational church and 
 society in Kingston. 
 
 Thom, Samuel, Esq., Conway, N. H., 
 
 — , a?. 54. He was one of the 
 
 most successful business men in all that 
 section of New Hampshire. 
 
 Thomas, Gabriel D., M. D., Altoona, 
 Blair Co., Pa., Oct. 26, a?. 42, 
 
 Thomas, George, Washington, D. C, 
 Sept^ 29, x. 67, Mr. T. was a citizen 
 of Washington for upwards of 40 years, 
 part of which time he was cashier of the 
 Bank of the Metropolis. 
 
 Thomas, John Pegre, M. D., Faii-field 
 District, S. C, Jan. 1, se, 59. 
 
 Thomas, Gen, J, Addison, Paris, 
 France, April — , te. — , During the 
 latter part of Mr. Pierce's administration 
 C-en. T. filled the post of assistant sec- 
 retary of state with great credit to him- 
 
 self and usefulness to the country. He 
 had been previously appointed by Pres- 
 ident Pierce attorney on the part of the 
 United States to the commission which 
 had been created by treaty for the settle- 
 ment of claims between the United 
 States and Great Britain. The arduous, 
 responsible duties growing out of this 
 important position were discharged with 
 distinguished ability and eminent suc- 
 cess. He remained but a short time 
 in the state department after Mr. Bu- 
 chanan's inauguration. He resigned for 
 the purpose of revisiting the shores of 
 the old world, both to recuperate his 
 health and to educate his children. 
 
 Thomas, Seth, Plymouth Hollow, Ct, 
 Jan. 29, a?. 75. Mr, T. was one of the 
 earliest manufacturers of clocks in Con- 
 necticut. He had amassed a fortune, 
 but was always accustomed to employ 
 himself at the work bench. 
 
 Thompson, Benoni, Esq., Buffalo, N. 
 Y., Nov. — , (B. — . He came to Buffalo 
 about 1837, and engaged in the practice 
 of the law. He held various offices of 
 honor and trust, among them those of 
 Member of Assembly and of Canal col- 
 lector. In all of these, as well as in his 
 daily walk of lU^e, he maintained an en- 
 Aiable reputation for scrupulous integrity, 
 Thompson, David, :M. D., Fall Creek, 
 Tenn., March 18, a?. — . 
 
 Thompson, Eli, Waterbury, Conn., 
 May — , fe. 81, He was formerly post- 
 master of the town, a man of influence 
 in town affairs, and a prominent mem- 
 ber of the Congregational church. 
 
 Thompson, Mrs. Mary, Middlesex 
 Co., Pa., Oct. 23, {V. 87. The family 
 emigrated to Butler Co. in 1797. She 
 was the mother of the Hon. James 
 Thompson, a member of the Supreme 
 Court of Pennsylvania. 
 
 THOMPSON,Moses, Middleboro',Mass., 
 Dec. 2, a?. 96. Mr. T. was born in Hal- 
 ifax, Mass., July 1, 1762, and was the 
 last great-grandchild of Lieut. John 
 Thompson, who was born in Wales in 
 1616, and arrived at Plymouth in the 
 third ship, May 1, 1622, being then in 
 the sixth year of his age, and of the first 
 family of the name of Thompson that 
 came to this countr)\ He enlisted in 
 the army as a soldier in 1778, and served 
 his country nearly two years in the war 
 of the revolution. He was married July 
 20, 1782, to Abigail Sampson, daughter 
 of Capt. Thomas Sampson, of Plymp- 
 
322 
 
 THOMPSON [ 1858. ] 
 
 TIIORNDIKE 
 
 ton. In 1803 he removed to Middle- 
 boro', and lived in the same house and 
 upon the same farm which he then 
 bought till his death, lie lived with his 
 ■wife 7 J years' and 1 day, she dying July 
 21, 1807, tc. 91. Xo death occurred in 
 any house where they lived after their 
 marriage until two months before her 
 death. lie was the oldest man and the 
 last revolutionary soldier of the town at 
 the time of his death. He was known 
 and respected as an upright man. 
 
 TilosiPSON, Robert, Esq., Philadel- 
 phia, Pa., Oct. 19, a?. — , of the late firm 
 of W. 11. Thompson & Co., for over 40 
 years one of the most extensive whole- 
 sale houses of Philadelphia, Mr. T. was 
 a man of the highest sense of honor 
 and sterling integrity ; a good Christian, 
 both in feeling and action ; and one of 
 the few who are now passing away mIio 
 gave tone and character to the circle to 
 which he belonged. 
 
 Thompson, Samuel M., Esq., Au- 
 gusta, Ga., Nov. 8, a?. 50. He had been 
 connected with the press of Georgia 25 
 years — a longer period, with perhaps 
 one or two exceptions, than any among 
 the editorial corps of the state, and for 
 the accuracy of his commercial reports, 
 and general efficiency as a writer and 
 journalist, had acquired a reputation sel- 
 dom attained in his profession. In his 
 relations with the fraternity, as well as 
 in private life, those higher qualities of 
 fidelity, generosity, and kindness were 
 always observable. He ever sought to 
 avoid offence, and to promote the inter- 
 est and happiness of those around him. 
 
 TilORNBUiiG, C. Bayly, Hickman, Ky., 
 July 10, EC. — . He was editor and pro- 
 prietor of the Hickman Argus. 
 
 TUORXDIKE, Hon. A., Beverlv, Mass., 
 May 14, is. 56. In the death of Mr. T. 
 the people of Beverly and of Essex Co. 
 experienced a serious loss. In former 
 years he re])resented his town in the 
 House of Representatives, and his coun- 
 ty in the Senate. He Avas president of 
 the Beverly Bank, and for a number of 
 years a director and president of the 
 Eastern Railroad ; he Avas a deacon of 
 Rev. Mr. Tliayer's church, and superin- 
 tendent of the S.ibbath school for many 
 years. Emphatically a good and useful 
 man, his death will be sincerely regret- 
 ted, not only by his immediate neighbors, 
 but by many in the state. 
 
 TuouNUiKE, Augustus, Boston, Mass., 
 
 July 8, fe. 61. He was the son of Hon. 
 Israel and Anna (Dodge) Thorndike, and 
 was born in Beverly, Mass., July 8, 1797. 
 His father was a man of great ability and 
 energy. It has been justly remarked 
 that " few individuals, endowed with such 
 mental powers, appear in a generation ; 
 and when their influence is united, as was 
 his, Avith high moral poAvers, and exerted 
 during a long life on the side of A'irtue, 
 and in promoting the best interests of 
 society, it is enduring, and serves to give 
 a character to the age in Avhich they live." 
 Mr. T. graduated at Harvard in 1816, 
 and gave the college $20,000. After 
 leaving college he went to Gottingen, 
 and there took up his residence in com- 
 pany Avith Mr. Joseph G. Coggswell, (H. 
 U. 1806.) After remaining a consider- 
 able time at Gottingen, he, with Mr. 
 CoggsAvell, made an extensive tour, and 
 A'isited various parts of Europe, In due 
 time he returned to the United States. 
 He married, about the year 1824, Henri- 
 etta Steuart, daughter of Dr. James 
 Steuart, formerly of Annapolis, Md., and 
 aft£rAvards of Baltimore. The children 
 of this marriage are four, two sons and 
 two daughters. Their names are Re- 
 becca, (noAv the VA'ife of Lieut. H. C. Ma- 
 rin, of the navy,) James Steuart, Charles, 
 and Henrietta Augusta. James Steuart 
 graduated at Harvard College, 1848, and 
 Charles in 1854, Mr. T. possessed much 
 intellectual poAver and vigor. His mind 
 Avas highly cultivated. He Avas a good 
 classical scholar. He Avas a great reader 
 of ancient and modern history. He had 
 visited the most interesting portions of 
 Europe. He had seen much, and had 
 an excellent opportunity to make dis- 
 criminating observations uj)on men and 
 manners. He possessed a large fund of 
 accurate information in relation to Euro- 
 pean society, and Avas familiar Avith its 
 prevailing manners, customs, and usages. 
 He possessed colloquial powers of a high 
 order, and could make his convei'sation 
 exceedingly pleasant and interesting. His 
 bearing Avas that of a gentleman. His 
 manners indicated good breeding, and a 
 perfect knowledge of the forms and ci- 
 Ailities belonging to the best society. In 
 his opinions and feelings he Avas ahvays 
 conservative. He Avas early taught to 
 respect and venerate the principles of 
 Thcophilus Parsons, Nathan Dane, Geo. 
 Cabot, and other Essex statesmen. He 
 Avas, dm-ing the greater part of his life, 
 
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 323 
 
 on terms of intimacy and friendship with 
 many distinguished noblemen in England 
 and Scotland. 
 
 Thornton, Samuel, M. D., Moores- 
 town, Burlington Co., N. J., March 19, 
 sc. 60. He was the son of Joseph and 
 Mary Thornton, and was born Jan. 14, 
 1791, near Newtown, Bucks Co., Pa. 
 He studied medicine under Dr. John 
 "Wilson, a noted practitioner of Bucks 
 Co., and graduated at the University of 
 Pennsylvania, in the year 181G. He re- 
 moved from Pennsylvania to Moores- 
 town, Sept., 1818, and devoted more than 
 40 years to an extensive and laborious 
 country practice. During the whole of 
 tliis period, to all classes of his patients 
 he was equally a sincere friend and be- 
 loved physician. In his family he was a 
 true husband and father. 
 
 Thorp, Elder Jacob, Chicago, 111., Oct. 
 26, ae. 82. About the year 1800, he re- 
 moved to the State of Ohio, where, for 
 more than half a century, in various por- 
 tions of the state, he successfully labored 
 to build up the kingdom of Christ. 
 
 Thrasher, Martin E., M. D., Fort 
 Wayne, Ind,, Nov. 1, a?. 25, youngest son 
 of the late Ephraira Thrasher, Esq., of 
 Weathersfield. Dr. Thrasher had been 
 in the practice of his profession the last 
 year in New York, and was absent from 
 the city on business at the time of his death. 
 He assisted the professor of anatomy, as 
 demonstrator, during the last term of 
 lectures in the Medical College of New 
 York, and was spoken of in high com- 
 mendation. From early life he had sus- 
 tained an unblemished reputation. 
 
 Thurber, Reuben, Seekonk, Mass., 
 Nov. 25, ae. 89. He was the son of 
 Leonard, the son of John, the son of 
 James, the son of John, who came to 
 this country in 1671, and settled at New 
 Meadow Neck, then in Ilehoboth. 
 
 TiCKNOR, Benajah, M. D., surgeon in 
 the U. S. navy, Ann Arbor, Mich., Sept. 
 20, Si. 72. i)r. T. was a native of Ver- 
 mont, but his family early removed to 
 Salisbury, ]Micb. In 1814, he was com- 
 missioned assistant surgeon in the U. S. 
 navy, and in 1824 as surgeon, which ap- 
 pointment he held to his death. During 
 this period he was employed about 15 
 years at sea, mostly in large cruisers, as 
 surgeon and assistant surgeon. Thus he 
 saw more important and varied scenes 
 than almost any person now Hving. He 
 was also stationed about 10 years at 
 
 the navy yards at Brooklyn and Charles- 
 town, and other places of rendezvous. 
 He received from Yale College, several 
 years since, the honorary degree of M. D., 
 and was also elected honorary member of 
 the American Medical Society, and re- 
 ceived several honorary notices from other 
 sources. He was emphatically a self- 
 made man, who, deprived of the advan- 
 tages of instruction in a common school, 
 attained an eminence in scholarship and 
 varied learning, which gave him a rank 
 among the most learned men of the age. 
 He read the modern languages with flu- 
 ency, and Hebrew, Greek, and Latin as 
 his daily exercises. As a writer he pos- 
 sessed much merit, and contributed many 
 able papers on various topics. His ob- 
 servations on the treatment of diseases 
 in tropical climates, with cases which 
 came under his observation, M'ere eagerly 
 sought after by the medical journals, and 
 well received hy the profession. In his 
 intercourse with the world he was modest 
 and unassuming, dignified and manly in 
 his bearing, faithful in his friendship, and 
 withal a consistent Christian, ardently de- 
 voted to the worship and ritual of the 
 Episcopal church. His liberal salary, and 
 prudent management of his pecuniary 
 affairs, enabled him to make large dona- 
 tions to the active and useful benevolent 
 objects of the day, the notice of which was 
 seldom published in his name, as he made 
 it a principle not to "let his left hand 
 know what his right hand did." 
 
 Tillinghast, Mrs. Amelia M., Bos- 
 ton, Mass., March 13, a?. 24. 
 
 Tillinghast, Geo. H., Providence, 
 R. I., Aug. 28, se. 63. He graduated at 
 Brown University, class of 1814. 
 
 TiLLOTSON, Hon. Ira, Bellevieu, Eaton 
 Co., Mich., April 10, a\ 77. 
 
 TiLTON, Mrs. Abigail S. F., Sanborn- 
 ton, N. H., June 3, ae. 38. She wus the 
 wife of Jer. D. Tilton, Esq. 
 
 TiNKiiAM, John Worthington, Esq., 
 New Orleans, La., April 28, a^. 25. He 
 was an only son of Mr. Frankhn Tink- 
 ham, of Portland, Me., and a graduate 
 of Bowdoin College (1855). He studied 
 law, and opened an office in Chicago, 
 111., in 1857. ' He was soon prostrated 
 by a fever, and sought a milder climate 
 as means of restoration, but passed rap- 
 idly away in consumption. He was a 
 yoimg man of high promise, fine talents, 
 and noble principles. 
 
 TiTUS, John, Moriah, N. Y., March 4, 
 
 3/6 
 
324 
 
 TOBEY 
 
 [1858.] 
 
 TOMPKINS 
 
 86. 96. He was born in Rehoboth, Mass., 
 in 1761, where he lived until he was about 
 16 years old, when he entered the Amer- 
 ican army, and enga<^ed in the contest for 
 freedom. During the war of the revolu- 
 tion, he was out in various campaigns, 
 and fought under various distinguished 
 generals, sharing largely in the toils and 
 sufferings of those who bled in freedom's 
 cause, lie was at Horseneck, the scene 
 of Putnam's daring exploit ; at West 
 Point, where the treacherous Arnold sold 
 his country for British gold. When Roy- 
 alton was burned, he occupied a post of 
 danger near that exciting scene. In the 
 war of 1812 he again took the field, be- 
 ing then 50 years old. After being in 
 various engagements with the British and 
 Indians, while with the army stationed in 
 Northern New York, he was wounded in 
 an engagement with the enemy near Og- 
 densburg, on account of which he has 
 since drawn a ])ension. Soon after re- 
 ceiving this wound, his oldest son was 
 killed at the battle of Cliippewa. At the 
 last ]n-esi4ential election, Mr. T. went to 
 the polls, and after depositing his vote, 
 remarked, that he voted for George Wash- 
 ington, the first president of the United 
 States, and had voted at every presiden- 
 tial election since. 
 
 ToBEY, Rev. Zalmon, Canaan, Ct., Sept. 
 17, OB. 66, while on a visit to his friends. 
 He graduated at Bro^^■n University, in 
 1817. He was a Baptist clergyman, and 
 was settled first in Bristol, aftenvards 
 in Providence and m Pawtuxet, and dm-- 
 ing the later years of his life resided in 
 Warren. Though never an eminent 
 preacher, he was a good scholar, and a 
 useful and estimable man. 
 
 Todd, Patrick, M. 1)., Laurensville, 
 S. C, Aug. 5, EC. 26. A graduate of the 
 Medical College at Augusta, Ga. 
 
 Todd, Samuel P., Brooklpi, N. Y., 
 May 10, ae. — , purser in the U. S. navy. 
 
 ToMLlNSOX, Rev. Thomas, Southport, 
 Chemung Co., N. Y., Se])t. 15, a-. 53. 
 He was born in Cheshire, Eng., Nov. 17, 
 1805, and had been a preacher of the 
 gospel for 40 years. He was ordained 
 to the Clnistian ministry by the Roches- 
 ter conference of the "\\'esleyan ]\Ietho- 
 dist Connection, in 1815, and filled with 
 acceptance several appointments in that 
 and the New York conference. 
 
 To.Mi-KlNs, Hon. Christopher, Glasgow, 
 Ky., Sept. 0, ie. 78. At an early age he 
 entered the office and the family of the 
 
 late John Brecldm-idge, which he only 
 left when ready to begm the practice of 
 law. Passing through such hands for 
 eight or ten years, it is not strange that 
 he came out a good lawyer. His success 
 at the bar was answerable to his natural 
 adaptation to that great profession, and 
 to his honest labor in preparation for its 
 work. Not many years of practice brought 
 him to the bench, on which he took his 
 seat by appointment of the governor, in 
 1811, at the age of about 30, where he 
 sat with much credit to himself, and equal 
 advantage to the people, for more than a 
 dozen years, and whence he retired at the 
 earnest call of his friends, who desired to 
 elevate him to the chief magistracy of the 
 state. He became the candidate of the 
 Old Court party of that day, but failed of 
 his election, the majority of the joeople 
 just then favoring the other party. It is 
 hazarding nothing, hoM'ever, to add, that, 
 although he was not m office, the weight 
 of his character, and the influence of his 
 opinions, helped to change the public sen- 
 timent, and to bring his side into power. 
 A few years more saw him m the Con- 
 gress of the United States, to which he 
 Avas tmce chosen over strong competitors. 
 He served the country in this capacity 
 Avith the same signal abihty and incor- 
 ruptible fidelity wliich had already gamed 
 him his high position. He then returned 
 to the bench by appointment of Gov- 
 ernor , and held the office for ten 
 
 years or more, filling it with rare distinc- 
 tion, as before. He retired fi'om it on 
 account of faihng health, ha-\ing nearly 
 reached his seventieth year. He had 
 fairly won the right, by his long and faith- 
 ful public service, to become a private 
 citizen. In early life he had cultivated, 
 with much success, his thirst for general 
 knowledge and a true love of letters. 
 These followed him to the end, and made 
 him an uncommonly accomplished and 
 well-read scholar, especially in the more 
 elegant Hterature of history and the Eng- 
 lish classics. And when he finally Avith- 
 drew from public life, — out of choice, and 
 not from necessity, — it Avas to enjoy the 
 society of his children that remained to 
 him, of his friends, and his books, Avith 
 no longing for higher distinction than he 
 had easily attained, and no grasping after 
 a larger estate than his ample competen- 
 cy. His retirement Avas the simple and 
 real otium cum diguitaie of the scholar 
 and gentleman. He Avas a true lover of 
 
TONEY 
 
 [1858.] 
 
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 325 
 
 his country, and an honest public servant. 
 He received the trusts that were commit- 
 ted to him, and fulfilled them well, out 
 of a desire to promote the general good, 
 and for no sordid or selfish ends. He 
 was a lover of good men, and himself a 
 pattern of the best virtues. While in 
 the private station, and especially among 
 his intimate friends, and in the cii'cle of 
 his family, as a husband, a father, and a 
 master, the noble simphcity of his man- 
 ners, and the chaste pmity of his char- 
 acter, shone with peculiar beauty. These 
 things made him one of the first citizens 
 of the commonwealth while he lived, and 
 now that he is dead, they gather upon 
 his name the homage of the people. 
 
 ToNEY, Robert P., M. D., Franklin 
 Co., N. C, Dec. 21 , re. 30. The deceased 
 was a native of Powhatan Co., Va., and 
 went to North Carolina in his 15th year. 
 After going to school a while, he acted 
 in the capacity of clerk in a store for 
 two or three years, when he commenced 
 the study of medicine, and graduated in 
 Richmond in the spring of 1851. He 
 soon after entered upon the practice of 
 his profession, and was not long in estab- 
 lishing a reputation as a physician ; for 
 he was diligent in his efforts to extend 
 his medical knowledge, industrious and 
 punctual in his attentions to the sick, 
 and skilful and sympathizing in his 
 management of the many ills of suffer- 
 ing humanity. 
 
 TooMER, Henry V., M. D., Charles- 
 ton, S. C, Nov. 2, ae. 45. The epidemic 
 of the present season severely taxed his 
 energies. With kindness to the dis- 
 tressed, ay, with injustice to himself, 
 he tried to mitigate the pains of others. 
 Whilst thus usefully employed, disease 
 attacked him, and although science did 
 her utmost, her efforts were futile. 
 
 TouLMiN, Mrs, Martha, near Mobile, 
 Ala., Aug. 26, ae. 87. In recording the 
 death of this venerable lady, what a flock 
 of events crowd the mind ! Her Hfe 
 was a history. She came to the United 
 States from England, her native place, 
 in the latter part of the last century ; her 
 family were republicans — hence their 
 removal here. After a few years' resi- 
 dence in Kentucky, she was married to 
 Judge Toulmin. Her life was passed in 
 doing good. She came to this portion of 
 the country at the beginning of the last 
 war with England. She made her home to 
 blossom in the wilderness. It was from 
 28 
 
 her hand many a poor soldier received 
 relief. It was to her house the traveller 
 would seek for safety ; and to her and 
 her distinguished husband did the noble 
 and gallant officers of our army owe a 
 welcome that soflened the hard and 
 stern realities of their duties on this 
 outpost. Mrs. Toulmin lived and died 
 a Unitarian, the faith of her fathers, the 
 faith of her husband ; but she loved all 
 who were Christians, and all alike loved 
 her. The whole bearings of her hfe 
 presented the broad view of love. With 
 a clear intellect and self-governing spirit, 
 she caught at a glimpse the duty of life, 
 and she fulfilled that duty. 
 
 TowLE, Gen. Joseph, Epping, N. H., 
 Sept. 9, ?E. 69. Gen. Towle was one of 
 the prominent men of Rockingham Co. 
 In the war of 1812 he commanded for 
 six months a company stationed for the 
 defence of Portsmouth. He subse- 
 quently, and when the position was one 
 of distinction, became major general of 
 his division of N. H. militia. Later in 
 life he filled for five years the office of 
 high sheriff of Rockingham Co. He 
 was a faithful and efficient public officer, 
 and an honorable, benevolent, and up- 
 right man. 
 
 TowNSEND, EHsha, M. D., Philadel- 
 phia, Pa., Oct. 13, se. — . 
 
 TowNSEND, Larman, Waterbury, 
 Ct., May — , fe. — . Though a native 
 of New Haven, he removed at an early 
 age to Middlebury, where he engaged in 
 mercantile pursuits, in which he con- 
 tinued either alone or in connection with 
 one of his sons for upwards of 40 years. 
 On the organization of the town in 1807, 
 he was chosen town clerk and town 
 treasurer, to which office he was annu- 
 ally reelected for 39 years, till his resig- 
 nation in 1846. He was postinaster 
 for upwards of 20 years, was for several 
 years a justice of the peace, had repre- 
 sented the town in the state legislature, 
 and filled various minor offices of re- 
 sponsibiHty and trust, which were un- 
 sought, and accepted at the earnest 
 soHcitation of his fellow-citizens. More 
 than all that, he was a sincere and devot- 
 ed Christian, a communicant, and often a 
 lay reader in the Episcopal church. 
 
 TowNSEND, Capt. Solomon, Provi- 
 dence, R. I., Nov. 18, EC. 79. He was 
 born in Providence, and at an early age 
 embraced the nautical profession; en- 
 dured all the hardships, privations, &c,. 
 
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 TOWSLEY 
 
 [ 1858. ] 
 
 TREMLETT 
 
 incident thereto, in those times more 
 severe than in these hxtter days ; rose 
 gradually, in regular ))romotion, to a 
 post of honor, and Mhile yet a young 
 man reached the highest, in the course 
 he had chosen, not only as commander, 
 but commercial agent of his employers. 
 He continued a sea-faring life for a 
 period of about 30 years ; never lost a 
 vessel, except by capture, the first part 
 of the war with England, 1812-14; he 
 was then on his ))assage from the East 
 Indies to the United States, and was 
 considered the richest prize to the 
 British during that war ; was carried to 
 Rio Janerio, and when a vessel was pro- 
 cured by the American minister at that 
 court, for a cartel, he was appointed 
 commander, and came home, with 60 
 other Americans, jn'isoners of war, who 
 had been brought to Rio. After leaving 
 the sea service he engaged with a broth- 
 er in manufacturing, but found his chief 
 pleasure in his garden and his home. 
 He was an affectionate husband, good 
 father, kind neighbor. He possessed a 
 cheerful disposition ; had great conver- 
 sational powers ; read a great deal, and 
 remembered what he read; moved in 
 society of his friends to recount the 
 many interesting and amusing incidents 
 and anecdotes of his past, and particu- 
 larly early life ; was benevolent, chari- 
 table, and universally esteemed at home 
 and abroad. He married Amelia Sand- 
 ford, (daughter of John Hubbard, of 
 Newport, R. I.,) March 4, 1812, and 
 leaves 3 children, 16 grandchildren, and 
 2 great grandchildren. 
 
 TowsLEY, Eli, M. 13., Lowville, Lewis 
 Co., N. Y., March 15, «. 63. He was 
 born in Sharon, Ct., studied medicine 
 and took his degree. After practising 
 in Trenton, X. Y., and in Jefferson Co., 
 he removed to Lowville, and spent 20 
 years in the practice of his profession, 
 making more than 40 years of profes- 
 sional life. He was unwearied, faithful, 
 and skilful ; kind to the poor ; social 
 and religious. 
 
 TuASK, Charles G., M. D., Amite Co., 
 Miss., April 13, a\45. Ur. T. was born 
 at Windsor, Vt. ; graduated in medicine, 
 at Cincinnati, in the year 1837, and re- 
 moved shortly after to Miss., where, 
 until within a few years of his death, he 
 contiimed the laborious practice of his 
 profession. He was higlily esteemed, 
 laot only for his skill as a physician, but 
 
 equally as much also for his tender soli- 
 citude and sympathizing manner at the 
 bedside of the sick and suffering. His 
 patients loved him, because he seemed 
 to participate, as it were, in the pains 
 and griefs which it was his business to 
 soothe and relieve. 
 
 Trask, Charles B., Springfield, Mass., 
 June 30, se. 28, eldest son of liieutenant 
 Governor Trask. He was a young man 
 of general accomplishments, public 
 spirit, and pure character, much be- 
 loved, and respected by all who knew 
 him. He was a member of the city 
 council of S. 
 
 Travis, Rev. Joseph, Memphis,Tenn., 
 Sept. 16, se. 72. This venerable man 
 of God, and father in Israel, was a su- 
 peraiuiuated member of the Memphis 
 Annual Conference. His useful life 
 and abundant labors in the ministry 
 are known and read of by hundreds and 
 thousands, both north and south. He 
 is embalmed in the hearts and memories 
 of thousands on earth, and his record, 
 for more than half a century, has been, 
 from year to year, going up to Heaven 
 in the character of the saved, who will 
 to all eternity acknowledge him as the 
 honored instrument of their salvation. 
 
 Tkeadwkll, Mrs. Dorothy, Salem, 
 Mass., Jan. — , as. — , -widow of the late 
 Dr. J. G. Treadwell. She left, among 
 other bequests, one to the Barton Square 
 Church of $4000. 
 
 Trembly, Daniel, Valparaiso, Chili, 
 Jan. 5, a;. 45, a member of the Brook- 
 lyn bar. 
 
 Tremlett, Thomas, Dorchester, ]Mass., 
 Sept. 13, te. 62. In recording the death 
 of Mr. Thomas Tremlett, it is fit that 
 something more than a j^^ssing notice 
 should be given to his memory. Mr. 
 Tremlett was born in St. John's, New- 
 foundland, where his early youth Avas 
 passed. He removed to Boston in 1821, 
 and there estabhshed himself as a mer- 
 chant. He soon acquired the confidence 
 of those Avith whom he had deahngs by 
 his strict honesty and his mild and cour- 
 teous deportment. In social life he Avas 
 beloved for liis genial manners, his friend- 
 ly sympathy, and his manly virtues. Mr. 
 Tremlett Avas a religious man in the 
 largest sense of the Avord ; for he prac- 
 tised all the Christian Airtues. He was 
 singularly quiet and unostentatious in all 
 liis intercourse Avith men ; but his hand 
 Avas ever open to relieve the Avants of the 
 
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 [ 
 
 poor; and he was always active in co- 
 operating with others in every thing 
 which tended to promote the best inter- 
 ests of society. Mr. Tremlett was not 
 only a good merchant, but he was a good 
 ci(|^en. He was instinctively gentle, and 
 had therefore nothing to learn to qual- 
 ify him for the highest social position in 
 life. He was fond of rural pursuits, and 
 when he removed to Dorchester in 1828, 
 where he resided until his decease, he 
 had ample scope to indulge his favorite 
 tastes. He was a true lover of nature ; 
 he loved the trees winch he planted, the 
 flowers and shrubs which adorned his 
 grounds, and the very birds which sang 
 among their branches. Those who recol- 
 lect him as he passed along his favorite 
 walks on a spring or summer morning, 
 will sigh to thinli that his manly and fa- 
 miliar form has passed away forever. Mr. 
 Tremlett was an affectionate husband and 
 a kind and • indulgent father. His loss 
 will be severely felt by them ; and while 
 we may not enter the sacred precincts of 
 home to speak of his many virtues there, 
 — hov/ well he loved, and how much he 
 was beloved, — we may be permitted to 
 sympathize with his afflicted family, and 
 earnestly to commend them to the care 
 and blessing of Him who is the Father of 
 the fatherless and the widow's God. 
 
 Trinchard, John B., Esq., Mobile, 
 Ala., Nov. — , 33. — , commercial editor 
 of the Mobile Register. 
 
 Tripp, J. L., M. D., Shallotte, N. C, 
 April 8, se. 29, formerly of York Co., Me. 
 
 Trowbridge, Mrs. Anna, Newton 
 Corner, Mass., May 28, se. 76, widow 
 of Col. Wm. Trowbiidge. 
 
 Trowbridge, Capt. John T., near 
 Racine, Wis., April 3, a>. 77. 
 
 Trundy, Meshach B., Esq., Ports- 
 mouth, N. H., Sept. 30, a^. 71, for many 
 years a noted merchant of Portsmouth. 
 
 Tuck, Mrs. Margaretta, Chelmsford, 
 Mass., Jan. 19, ae. 75. 
 
 TucivER, Rev. Anson, Monmouth, 111., 
 , ae. — , a former citizen of Cold- 
 water, Mich. 
 
 TucivER, Mrs. C. C, Memphis, Tenn., 
 May 17, a?. 42, daughter of the late Col. 
 James Trezevant, and widow of Dr. W. 
 W. Tucker. 
 
 Tucker, Hon. John A. 
 rell Co., Ga., 
 
 ae. 
 
 Dawson, Ter- 
 -, a state sen- 
 ator from Stewart Co. 
 
 Tucker, Stephen, Boston, Mass., Dec. 
 31, SB. 57, a native of Plaistow, N. H. 
 
 Mr. Tucker was an intelligent, practical 
 man, and took an active interest in mu- 
 nicipal affairs, and justly enjoyed the 
 respect and confidence of his fellow-citi- 
 zens in ward 11. He was often called 
 upon to serve in strictly ward ofhces, and 
 for a long time was a member of the 
 primary school board under the old or- 
 ganization. He was a member of the 
 common council dui-ing the years 1846, 
 '47, and '48, and subsequently, for five 
 years, was supeiintendent of public lands. 
 He was afterwards employed by the 
 board of land commissioners to oversee 
 the filUng up of the new lands east of 
 Harrison Avenue, so as to secure a faith- 
 ful observance of the contract. In all 
 the pubHc trusts conferred upon him, he 
 proved a watchful and judicious guardian 
 of the interests of the city, while he at 
 all times, in his official action, respected 
 the legal and equitable rights of individ- 
 uals. By his immediate neighbors he 
 was regarded as a just, substantial, and 
 kindly man, whose large information on 
 local matters and sound judgment were 
 always at their service and could be con- 
 fidently relied on. 
 
 TucKERMAN, John, Portsmouth, N. H., 
 Aug. 23, ae. 75. 
 
 TuKEY, Wm., Portland, Me., Mar. — , 
 se. 93. He was born in Portland, Dec. 2, 
 1765, and was the oldest native resident 
 in that city. He was the s4l of John 
 Tukey, who had fom-teen children, of 
 whom the deceased Avas the tenth. He 
 Avas in service in Portland in the revolu- 
 tionary war, and was intimate with Talley- 
 rand when he made his A"isit to that city. 
 Mr. T. was a mason by trade, and buUt 
 the first brick house erected in Portland, 
 that on Congress Street, OAraed by the 
 late Stephen Longfellow, Esq. He was 
 a man of liigh moral worth, and much 
 respected. 
 
 TuLLOCK, John L., PrincetoAA-n, N. Y., 
 June 24, ae. — , postmaster of the to^m. 
 
 TuNMCLlFF, John W., Richfield 
 Springs, N. Y., May 6, fc. 74. He Avas 
 born in Columbia Co., N. Y., in the year 
 1784, when the Mohawk valley teemed 
 with the aborigines. His grandfather 
 came over from England before the rev- 
 olution, and in John's early childhood 
 the family settled in Richfield, in Otsego 
 County. He would point with humor 
 and with pride to a certain spot where 
 the house of his father stood at the close 
 of the last centmy — a house the door 
 
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 [ 1858. ] 
 
 TUTTLE 
 
 of wliich was so low as to make it neces- 
 sary to assume a quadruped form in order 
 to enter it. In that cabin a considerable 
 family rejoiced in plenty and in inde- 
 pendence. The country was slowly and 
 painfully cleared; until, for many years 
 before Mr. T.'s death, Richfield had be- 
 come known as a highly cultivated and 
 most lovely section of country. Indeed, 
 for some years Mr. T. would entertain 
 those who came from cities m quest of 
 health and pleasure with the rich stores 
 of his memory, crowded as it was with 
 incidents in the more memorable pas- 
 sages of the nation's history, and would 
 dwell upon the stricter attention, in ear- 
 lier days, of heads of families to religious 
 observances. He was a man of genial 
 temper. He always met his friends with 
 a smile, and had A-ivacity enough to make 
 his society delightful to the young. He 
 lived and died in the communion of the 
 Protestant Episcopal church. 
 
 TuRMAN, Hon. Judge S., Tampa, Fla., 
 Oct. 31, 33. 60. He was a native of 
 Ohio, but went to Indiana when twelve 
 years of age, his father being one of the 
 pioneers who settled in the A\ilderness in 
 1811, and who gave name to a fort, 
 prau-ie, creek, and township in Sullivan 
 Co. Judge Turman removed thirty years 
 ago, and settled in Florida in 1843. 
 Twenty years ago he was a member of 
 the Indiafti Senate. At the time of his 
 death he was probate judge of Hills- 
 boro' Co., Fla., Avhich office he had 
 held for thirteen years. He was in an 
 eminent degTce a kind-hearted man. 
 While the yellow fever was raging in 
 Tampa, and others left, he remained to 
 take care of the sick, and died in the 
 good work. He was a Christian. 
 
 TURNBULL, Col. William, Wilming- 
 ton, Del., Jan. — , se. — , of the corps 
 of topographical engineers. He was 
 chief of his corps under Gen. Scott, in 
 Mexico, in 1848, and was twice brevetted 
 for gallant and meritorious conduct — 
 first in the battle of Contreras and Che- 
 rubusco, and secondly in the battle of 
 Chepultepec. Col. T. was a graduate 
 of West I'oint, and at the time of his 
 lamented decease had been in the mili- 
 tary service 40 years. 
 
 Turner, Caleb B., North Adams, 
 Mass., Dec. 19, se. 69. He was for- 
 merly an extensive manufacturer in 
 South Adams, having operated the first 
 power loom and printed the first calico 
 
 in the county. He built the Gould Mill 
 and the Union Print Works, and was 
 the first president of the Adams Bank, 
 from its incorporation in 1832 until 
 1837. For the last two years he has 
 lived retired from business. Mr. T. ^as 
 an excellent man in domestic life, a pop- 
 ular employer, and a sympathizing and 
 generous friend to the unfortunate. 
 
 Turner, John R., Portsmouth, O., 
 Oct. 15, se. 71. He was born in Virginia, 
 1787 ; and from 1810 to 1855 he held 
 the office of clerk of the Court of Com- 
 mon Pleas of Scioto Co. Perhaps no 
 other man in the state could exhibit so 
 long an incumbency of that or any other 
 station. In 1855 he was elected mayor 
 of Portsmouth, and served two years. 
 
 Turner, WilHam, M. D., New York 
 city, March — , iB. — . Dr. T. was well 
 known as the son of the late venerable 
 John Turner, formerly one of the pro- 
 prietors and editors of the New York 
 Gazette. Some years ago Dr. T. was 
 the health officer of this city. He 
 adopted the chrono-thermal theory of 
 medicine advanced by Dr. Dickson, of 
 London, and was quite enthusiastic in his 
 belief of its truth. He published a work 
 on the subject which had an extensive 
 sale and drffused a knowledge of liis 
 mode of practice ; but the medical pro- 
 fession generally rejected it. As a man 
 Dr. T. had many estimable qualities ; 
 and he leaves a large circle of friends, 
 who will sincerely mourn his death. He 
 was an active member of the old whig 
 party, and was a long time a prominent 
 member of the general committee. 
 
 Turner, Capt. William, AVarren, 
 R. I., Feb. 21, «. 90, father of Lieut. 
 Gov. Turner, of Rhode Island. 
 
 TuTTLE, Niles A., Paris, France, 
 Oct. 25, SB. — , a citizen of Hartford, Ct. 
 He bequeathed $1000 each to the Do- 
 mestic and Foreign Missionary Society 
 of the Episcopal Church and the Hart- 
 ford Hospital, and $500 each to the 
 Retreat for the Insane and to Trinity 
 College at Hartford. 
 
 TuxTLE, Norman, Troy, N. Y., 
 
 — , X. 72, an old printer, who formerly 
 worked on the Albany Argus, in 1820, 
 when that paper was under the manage- 
 ment of Jesse Buel. He Avas one of 
 the oldest publishers in the country. 
 Among the newspapers published by 
 him alone, or in connection with others, 
 were two Dailies — the Sentinel, started 
 
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 329 
 
 in 1826, and Mail, started in 1837. He 
 was an excellent job printer in his day ; 
 and his taste, accuracy, and promptness 
 in the despatch of business enabled him 
 f(5r many years to keep down competi- 
 tion. He had been a member of St. 
 Paul's Church for 50 years. 
 
 TuxBURY, Hea. Closes M., Lowell, 
 Mass., Dec. 8, a?. 70. Mr. T. came 
 early from Amesbury, Mass., to Lowell, 
 and contributed conservative influence 
 in establishing all the institutions of the 
 city. He had been for many years a 
 member of a Baptist church. 
 
 ■rev. BENNETT TYLER, D. D., 
 
 East Windsor Hill, Ct., May 14, a?. 75. 
 Dr. T. was born at Middlebury, then a 
 part of AVoodbury, Ct., July 6, 1783. 
 He graduated at Yale College in 1804, 
 and, having studied theology under the 
 instruction of Rev. Asahel Hooker, was 
 licensed to preach in 1806, and was or- 
 dained in June, 1808, over the church in 
 South Britain, Ct. During the 14 years 
 of his pastorate the utmost harmony sub- 
 sisted between him and his people ; and 
 repeated revivals, preceded by thorough 
 discipline and the earnest inculcation of 
 the distinctive truths of the gospel, largely 
 increased the permanent strength and 
 fruitfulness of the churcW In 1822 he 
 was cjiosen president of Dartmouth Col- 
 lege. The urbanity and unaffected dig- 
 nity of his manners, his energy and 
 decision, his practical wisdom and warm 
 piety, qualified him in no common de- 
 gree for such a post. During the six 
 years of his connection with the college 
 its funds were considerably increased, 
 and a large number of its pupils became 
 the subjects of a sound and saving con- 
 version, and are now laboring in the 
 service of the great Master. Although 
 his relations to the trustees, faculty, and 
 students are believed to have been 
 marked by great cordiality, such was his 
 yearning for the work of a parish min- 
 ister that he yielded to an overture from 
 the Second Church in Portland, and be- 
 came the successor of Dr. Payson in 
 Sept., 1828. In that large and intelli- 
 gent congregation all his gifts and acqui- 
 sitions found delightful employment. A 
 united and affectionate people continued 
 to testify their confidence and esteem, 
 and to many of them his preaching was 
 a savor of life unto life. 
 28* 
 
 Shortly after it was decided to estab- 
 lish a theological seminary at East 
 AVindsor Hill, the trustees appointed 
 Dr. T. president, and professor of di- 
 dactic theology. His happy relations at 
 Portland, his aversion to contro\ersy, 
 and the trials attending the new enter- 
 prise, strongly dissuaded him from ac- 
 cepting the office. The question was 
 not hastily determined. Holding his 
 personal interests in subordination to 
 the will of Christ, and seeking counsel 
 of such men as Drs. Griffin, Humphrey, 
 Porter, Woods, and Gov. J. C. Smith, 
 of Connecticut, it appeared plain to him, 
 at length, that the sacrifices involved in 
 the establishment of the Theological 
 Institute were demanded by loyalty to 
 Him who came into the world to bear 
 witness to the truth. He accordingly 
 accepted the appointment, and was in- 
 ducted into office May 13, 1834. 
 
 It was no party or sectarian zeal that 
 urged Dr. T. into connection with the 
 Theological Institute. Its creed em- 
 bodies the doctrines set forth in the 
 Westminster Confession and Assembly's 
 Catechism, and taught in the private 
 theological schools of Backus, Hooker, 
 and Dwight 50 years ago. Perhaps the 
 time has not yet come for a dispassion- 
 ate history of the discussions in which 
 the subject of this sketch bore a part*; 
 but it cannot be unseasonable, in this 
 brief memorial, to record his solemn 
 conviction that, unless decided meas- 
 ures were taken to stem the rising flood 
 of error, he would be held in a measure 
 responsible for imperilled truth and spu- 
 rious revivals. With what clearness and 
 force he taught the system of truth with 
 which the religious prosperity of New 
 England has long been identified suc- 
 cessive classes of grateful pupils can 
 attest. 
 
 In the community best acquainted 
 with his daily life the name of Bennett 
 Tyler will always be associated with 
 integrity, benevolence, 'unaffected hu- 
 mility, and benignant cheerfulness. Very 
 seldom was he known to offend in word. 
 One whose personal and official relations 
 to him had been most intimate could 
 not forbear saying at his obsequies that 
 during the last 24 years he never heard 
 from his lips an expression of resent- 
 ment or unkindness, although he had 
 been with him when pierced by the 
 " sharp arrows of the mighty." His 
 
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 / 
 
 genial smile and instructive conversa- 
 tion, mingled with well-timed pleasantry, 
 made him a favorite with young and 
 old in the social circle. 
 
 On the occasion of resigning his office, 
 July 15, 1807, he delivered an address 
 to the alumni of the Institute, fraught 
 with such reminiscences and counsels, 
 and pronounced with such pathos and 
 self-possession, as rendered it a fitting 
 close of his public career. 
 
 When dying he was asked if it was a 
 pleasant thought that he would soon be 
 free from sin. " It is the pleasantest 
 thought I have," was his reply,_ and 
 shortly after he fell asleep. His widow, 
 Mrs. Esther Tyler, died May 25, £b. 72. 
 
 Tyler, Charles C, East Boston, 
 Mass., Oct. 20, ae. 37, one of the pro- 
 prietors of the East Boston Ledger. 
 Mr. T. was former publisher of the 
 Eastport Sentinel. 
 
 Tyler, Hon. Marcus M., Eddyville, 
 Ky., Oct. 27, se. — , a distinguished 
 Freemason, at the time of his death 
 Grand Master Mason of Kentucky. 
 
 Tyng, Rev. Dudley Atkyns, Brook- 
 field, near Philadelphia, Pa., April 19, 
 ae. 34. He was the son of the well- 
 known clergyman of the same name, 
 and, like him, belonged to the Low 
 Church wing of the Episcopal church. 
 He was eminent for his piety and ability, 
 and favorably known as a lecturer on 
 religious and secular subjects. " Stand 
 up for Christ ! " was his dying exhorta- 
 tion. His death was the result of an 
 accident, and caused a great sensation. 
 
 Tyson% Hon. Job K., Montgomery 
 Co., Pa., June 27, se. 54. Mr. T. was 
 
 born in Montgomery Co., and was a de- 
 scendant of Job Roberts, distinguished 
 in the former history of Eastern Penn- 
 sylvania. At an early age he came to 
 Philadelphia to embark in the study 6f 
 the law, and was called to the bar under 
 circumstances favorable to subsequent 
 success. From the outset of his legal 
 career he had been largely engaged in 
 public afi"airs, and had participated in 
 more than the usual share of public du- 
 ties. He was a member of the select 
 branch of councils for two or three 
 terms, and in that position interested 
 himself in various measures of public 
 importance with which his name is asso- 
 ciated as author or prominent advocate. 
 Mr. T. occupied himself in matters of 
 state policy, and assisted in inaugurating 
 the plan of publishing the valuable man- 
 uscripts and early documents bearing 
 upon the history of the state and its 
 colonial times. The series of volumes 
 published as Pennsylvania Archives was 
 thus begun when the brother of Mr. T. 
 was in the legislature, and himself an 
 earnest student of our history. During 
 his whole life Mr. T. mingled actively 
 in the political and public events of the 
 day. In 1854 he was elected to Con- 
 gress as one of the representatives from 
 Philadelphia ; and his name is con- 
 nected with many measures of public 
 interest for the term. He was particu- 
 larly active in what related to the com- 
 merce of Philadelphia, and to the resto- 
 ration of the ascendency it formerly 
 enjoyed as an importing city. Various 
 essays and letters on this subject had 
 been given to the public by Mr. T. 
 within a recent period. 
 
 U. & V. 
 
 Underwood, Rev. Alvan,West Wood- 
 stock, Ct., April 4, X. 78. He was born 
 at Woodstock, Sept. 8, 1779, graduated 
 at Brown University in 1798, studied 
 theology w4th Rev. Dr. Sanger, Bridge- 
 water, Mass., and was ordained pastor 
 of the church in the west parish in his 
 native town. May 27, 1801, succeeding 
 the first pastor. Rev. Stephen Williams. 
 This connection was terminated after a 
 ministry of nearly 32 years, by his dis- 
 mission, at his own request, March 30, 
 1833, ajfter which time Mr. U. spent 
 
 some ten years in supplying churches in 
 the vicinity, especially in Westford and 
 South Killingly. For a few years he 
 resided in Oxford, Mass., but in 1852 
 returned to his old home, where he died 
 after a short illness, the oldest member 
 of the association of Windham Co. The 
 pastor of a retired rural parish, he la- 
 bored, not without success, for its pros- 
 perity, enjoying during his ministry sev- 
 eral seasons of revival among his people. 
 Originally Arminian in his doctrinal 
 views, he embraced afterwards the sys- 
 
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 331 
 
 tem of the Westminster divines. lie 
 published a sermon on the death of two 
 children of Philip Hay ward, Esq., a dis- 
 course on the war of 1812, and another 
 on the 50th anniversary of his ordina- 
 tion, with some small tracts and articles 
 in various periodicals. 
 
 Van Camp, Lieut., borders of Texas, 
 Camanche country, Oct. — , a?. — . He 
 was killed in a battle with the Camanche 
 Indians ; he was the only son of Alderman 
 John C. Van Camp, of Lancaster, Penn. 
 He graduated at the West Point Milita- 
 ry Academy in 1855, with the highest 
 honors of his class, and since that time 
 has been in active service in the army. 
 
 Vance, , M. D., Texas, July — , 
 
 se. — , a distinguished physician and cit- 
 izen of New Orleans, La. 
 
 Van Doran, Garrett, M. D., New 
 York city, April 4, ae. 75, of East Mill- 
 stone, N. Y. 
 
 Van Fossen, Gen., Ypsilanti, Mich., 
 , a;. — . He was one of the ear- 
 liest settlers in Mich., and for many years 
 occupied a prominent position among 
 leading men and statesmen. As long 
 ago as 1840, he was commissioner of in- 
 ternal improvements, and several times 
 occupied a seat in the state legislature. 
 He had a mind well stored with informa- 
 tion relating to both national and state 
 politics. 
 
 Van Olinda, Rev. Dow, Fonda, N. Y., 
 June 19, a;. — . He was for many years 
 pastor of the Reformed Dutch church in 
 that village. 
 
 Van Sandtvoord, Capt. Abraham, 
 
 New York, N. Y., , se. — , a 
 
 pioneer in the steam navigation of the 
 Hudson River. 
 
 Van Tine, Daniel C, Racine, Wis., 
 Sept. 27, a?. 72. He was formerly an 
 active, well-known business man in Cleve- 
 land. He settled on the west side, then 
 Ohio City, in about 1833, and was a mem- 
 ber of the firm of Beebe, Van Tine & Co., 
 whose business house was on the river, 
 east side. He also entered largely into 
 real estate operations of the west side 
 during the inflated period which culmi- 
 nated about 1836, and was extensively 
 interested in the first railroad enterprise 
 of the lakes, the Ohio Railroad, being at 
 one time president of the company. The 
 railroad company failed, and with it their 
 bank and president. He removed to 
 Milwaukie about 1844, and has since re- 
 sided in Wisconsin. He was an old 
 
 school whig, business man, gentleman, 
 and Christian. 
 
 Vantuyl, David B., M. D., South 
 Bend, Ind., Feb. 18, x. 43. He was 
 formerly of Dayton, but for the last five 
 years, with the exception of eight or nine 
 months, he was a ])rominent member of 
 the medical profession in South Bend, Ind. 
 He M'as also a member of good standing 
 in the Baptist church, and always was 
 foremost in any measure which he thought 
 would promote the pubHc good. 
 
 Van Wagenen, Gerritt G., Utica, 
 N. Y., Sept. 27, se. 57. The death of this 
 well-known and universally esteemed 
 churchman makes a sad gap in the work- 
 ing corps of many of our church institu- 
 tions, and will fill the hearts of all his 
 numerous friends with grief. He was 
 treasurer of the corporation for the Re- 
 lief of Widows and Children of deceased 
 Clergymen ; a member of the standing 
 committee of the diocese ; a trustee of 
 the Fund for Aged and Lifirm Clergy ; g 
 and also of the Society for the promotion 
 of Religion and Learning ; a member of 
 the vestry of Grace Church, New York ; 
 besides filling various other jniblic and 
 private trusts, both in the church and 
 out of it. 
 
 MRS. LyETITIA VAN WYCK, 
 
 Fishkill Village, N. Y., May 22, fe. 92. 
 ]\Iany of the leading incidents in the life 
 of the subject of this biographical sketch 
 are connected either immediately or re- 
 motely with not a few highly interesting 
 reminiscences of bygone jears. As prob- 
 ably few readers of the present day have 
 taken much pains to ascertain the state of 
 our country during ante-revolutionary 
 times, it will not be out of place to ob- 
 serve, that some scores of years before 
 the American struggle for independence, 
 New Amsterdam, now New York, con- 
 sisting then comparatively of but a few 
 houses and stores, and but a small settle- 
 ment of Hollanders, being as yet located 
 at Rensselaerwick, the counties of Dutch- 
 ess and Orange, together vvith almost the 
 whole of our present national territory, 
 were an unbroken forest. Here and there 
 a soUtary pioneer might be seen pressing 
 his way into the valley of Fishkill, and in 
 the shadow of the overhanging trees con- 
 structing his rude dwelling near the wa- 
 tercourse. His table was supplied in 
 part from the finny shoals that sported 
 

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 [ 1858. ] 
 
 VAN WYCK 
 
 in the stream, l)ut princijiallv from the 
 fallow (leer and Avild fowl which lodged 
 ahout his dwelling. Soon, however, un- 
 der the well-directed force of his brawny 
 arm, the tall trees in the vicinity one by 
 one were fullilig. And Avhen a field had 
 been cleared and subjected to the jdough, 
 and the iron share used in upturning the 
 Airgin soil had become blunt from the 
 operation, at early dawn he slung it over 
 the back of his steed, and pursued his 
 way on the narrow ])ath which stretched 
 along the east bank of the Hudson, to- 
 Avards the vicinity of Wiltwick, now 
 Kingston, Newburg and Poughkeepsie 
 being at that time nonentities. On his 
 arrival at Wiltwick, if successful in mak- 
 ing his rhetoric effective with the black- 
 smitli, he obtained the mending of his 
 im])lement by the dim light of the forge 
 during the hours allotted to repose, and 
 at the approach of morning remounted 
 his beast with the expectation of reach- 
 A ing home at the close of the second day. 
 As years rolled on, the sturdy sons of 
 Holland penetrated farther into the in- 
 terior. At various localities the forest 
 yielded to the woodman's axe. Comfort- 
 able dwellings sprang up, and fields waved 
 ■with the rich fruits of industry. About 
 this time, a widow lady of Long Island, 
 by the name of Adriance, purchased a 
 tract of land, and located two or three of 
 her sons at Hopewell. One of these, 
 Isaac Adriance, had assigned to him the 
 form now in possession of liis great-grand- 
 son, Thomas S. Adriance. Near a large 
 oak, which is still standing as a silent 
 ■witness of the past, lifting its fohage to 
 the clouds, and extending its massive 
 boughs far around, he erected his fomily 
 dwelling. It was in this house, Feb. 5, 
 176(3, ten years before the declaration 
 of oar national independence, that Lae- 
 titia Adriance, afterwards Mrs. Cornelius 
 C. Van Wyck, was born. She was the 
 youngest in the family, and the only child 
 of her mother, Ida Schenck, her fiither 
 liaving been ])reviously married to La^titia 
 Van Wyck, daughter of Theodorus Van 
 Wyck, Jr., whose farm was j)urchased, in 
 1736,* of Madam Brett, and is now in 
 possession of his grandson, General Abra- 
 
 * The deeds piven at this period are written 
 on parrliiiiPiit, and contain 7iot only tlie year of 
 tlie Clnisiiaii era, Imt also that of " thf reJL'n of 
 tlie Sovereiiin Lord (Jeorpo tlie Second of Great 
 Britain, I-'rance, and Ireland, King, and Defender 
 of the Faith." 
 
 ham Van Wyck, who has already num- 
 l)ered 84 years. Like herself, the chil- 
 dren of the first marriage lived to a very 
 advanced age. 
 
 All intercourse with the family of her 
 maternal grandfather, llalph Schenck, of 
 Long Island, was for a while entirely in- 
 terrupted. Ralph and his sons were 
 stanch whigs of the revolution ; one of 
 whom being afterwards for nearly 20 
 years in succession a member of the New 
 York legislature. And when the British 
 had gotten possession of Long Island, 
 their officers thought it no robliery to tax 
 the old gentleman with their board and 
 lodging during the continuance of hostil- 
 ities, but not without exercising the cour- 
 tesy of liberally complimenting him for 
 his magnanimity. 
 
 In one instance, however, Mrs. Van 
 Wyck's mother managed, with a flag of 
 truce, under the protection of Col. Harry 
 AVyckoff, by permission of Gen. Sir Henry 
 Clinton, to make a visit to her father, 
 when she received her patrimony hi gold, 
 till then secreted behuid a rafter, which 
 she so well concealed al)out her person as 
 effectually to elude British vigilance, and 
 convey it in safety to Dutchess Co. 
 
 One of Mrs. Van Wyck's greatest 
 blessings in life was the moral and reli- 
 gious character of her parents. Her 
 mother, Ida Schenck, was not only emi- 
 nently pious, but almost morbidly con- 
 scientious; and her domestic and reli- 
 gious duties to her daughter and step- 
 children were discharged with the most 
 tender and scrupulous fidelity. The in- 
 structions and prayers of this mother 
 were not lost on Mrs. Van Wyck. The 
 heart of her father, Isaac Adriance, was 
 similarly interested in the cause of reli- 
 gion. His house was a second home to 
 Dominie Rysdyck, whither he often re- 
 sorted for ecclesiastical counsel and sup- 
 port, and not unfrequently for sympathy 
 under the burden of his domestic son-ows. 
 
 The population of the county being at 
 that time sj)arse, Mr. Rysdyck appor- 
 tioned his labors among the four congre- 
 gations of Poughkeepsie, Fishkill, Hope- 
 well, and New Hackensack. Consequent- 
 ly, the great distance to the places Avhere 
 religious meetings were held, together 
 with the then customary length of Sab- 
 bath services, made attendance on public 
 worship not a little trying to children ; 
 but notwithstanding this, Mrs. Van Wyck, 
 from very early years, commonly accom- 
 
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 [1858.] 
 
 VAN WYCK 
 
 333 
 
 panied her parents. And it was at that ten- 
 der age that she became a subject, if not 
 of intelligent and evangelical repentance, 
 yet of deep connction and very humble 
 contrition for sin, the impression of which 
 was not obliterated from the tablet of her 
 heart at the last hour of life. 
 
 In the progress of the revolutionary 
 struggle, an event occuiTed, which, in its 
 consequences, afforded her and many 
 others of her age an opportunity for ob- 
 taining a thorough English education. 
 The occupation of the city of New York 
 by the British army, in 1776, broke up 
 and dispersed the parochial school of the 
 Collegiate Reformed Dutch church. Its 
 
 Eious and accomplished teacher, Mr. Van 
 teenbergh, together with many others, 
 fled; and finding refuge at Hopewell, 
 soon reorganized a flomishing school. He 
 was one of those who attached much im- 
 portance to a thorough knowledge of the 
 Heidelberg Catechism, and required his 
 pupils to recite the contents of one 
 " Lord Day " every Monday morning. 
 In addition to this, Mrs. Van Wyck trans- 
 lated it from the Dutch into the English 
 language. A manuscript thus executed 
 by her at school is still in the possession 
 of the family ; it is in the form of double 
 columns, containing the Dutch on the left, 
 and a literal translation on the right. If 
 Dutchess Co. has any reason to boast of 
 her intelligence, civil courtesy, and moral 
 and religious excellence, it must be credit- 
 ed in part to ^Ir. Van Steenbergh's school. 
 It was not only a seminary of learning, 
 but it was also the handmaid of morality 
 and religion. Its place, in point of use- 
 fulness, was next to the pulpit. The city 
 of New York, with its vicinity, for half a 
 century afterwards, still felt its happy ef- 
 fects ; not a few of its leading merchants, 
 and influential and honorable citizens 
 ha\ing been here educated. 
 
 Some two or three years after peace 
 was established, the subject of this sketch 
 was, May 3, 1786, and in the 21st year 
 of her age, united in marriage to Corne- 
 lius C. Van Wyck, of Fishkill. This 
 happy union, spared from death for 46 
 years, Mrs. Van Wyck ever loved to rec- 
 ognize as one of the greatest of the many 
 temporal blessings with which the Lord 
 had crowned her life ; and her mind often 
 recurred to it, with apparently growing 
 interest, to within a few days of her death ; 
 her own life was prolonged 26 years after 
 the death of her husband, until she had 
 
 attained the unusual age of 92 years and 
 four months. 
 
 Under the ministry of the Rev. Mr. 
 Van Vranken, the father of the venerable 
 theological professor, Dr. Samuel Van 
 Vranken, and at the age of al)out 28, she 
 made a public profession of her faith in 
 Chi-ist ; and through the divine blessing 
 on the labors of the same estimable pas- 
 tor, she had the happiness of seeing her 
 husband follow her to the table of the 
 Lord. When recei^•ing her hito mem- 
 bership, Mr. Van Vranlcen was so much 
 pleased with the statement of her reli- 
 gious experience, that he made it a sub- 
 ject of remark after his return home. 
 
 Soon after marriage, they took posses- 
 sion of the real estate of her husband, 
 whose father, Cornelius, had died in early 
 life, the estate having been recently va- 
 cated by that division of the American 
 army which was stationed at the foot 
 of the Fishkill Mountains to guard the 
 entrance through the Highlands ; and 
 until the present family dwelling was 
 erected, which was in 1791, they resided 
 in the barracks which had been occupied 
 by the American officers, and which, be- 
 ing then of no further use to the United 
 States, were left to the owner of the soil.* 
 The plain occupied by the barracks and 
 other buildings, in the serdce of the 
 army, located between the mountains 
 and Fishkill Creek, was purchased from 
 Madam Catharyna Brett in 1733,t by 
 Cornelius Van Wyck, the grandfather of 
 the late Cornelius C. Van Wyck. And 
 the first mansion on the plain was in 
 that year erected, which has ever since 
 been in the family, and is now owned by 
 Sydney E. Van Wyck, the great-great- 
 grandson of Cornelius Van Wyck. This 
 mansion is, in Lossmg's Pictorial Field 
 Book of the Revolution, incorrectly 
 called " The Wharton House." 
 
 * It was in these barracks, during tlieir occupa- 
 tion by tlie American officers, that the late excel- 
 lent John D. Kees, of New York, son of Major 
 Kees, was born. 
 
 t Catharyna Brett, commonly called Madam 
 Brett, was sole heiress to the " Rombout Pre- 
 cinct," which was bounded by the Hudson on 
 the west, and the mountains on the south, extend- 
 ing sixteen miles in each direction. Margaret 
 Van Wyck, the eldest daughter of the first Cor- 
 nelius Van Wyck here named, married Francis 
 Brett, one of Madam Brett's sons ; some of her 
 descendants are still in possession of a part of 
 tlieir hereditary domain. Theoilorus Van Wyck, 
 the ancestor of Tlieodorus Van Wyck, Jr., and 
 Cornelius, emigrated from Holland, and soon after 
 his arrival in this country made Long Island his 
 permanent residence. 
 
334 
 
 VAN WYCK 
 
 [ 1858. ] 
 
 VAN WYCK 
 
 Receinng in the course of years the 
 responsible trust of a very large family 
 of children, Mrs. Van Wyck found under 
 her own roof a moral field of the highest 
 importance, for the faithful keeping of 
 which, through labors and prayers, she 
 was richly rewarded m the abundant 
 fruits of filial love and evangelical piety. 
 She had a benevolent heart, and an un- 
 commonly ■\igorous and well-balanced 
 mind, both of which were constantly 
 brought to bear on the task of shaping 
 the moral and religious character of her 
 famiU'. She was a fluent epistolary writer, 
 and had a happy gift for it. When some 
 of her children were called to leave the 
 paternal roof and occupy posts of useful- 
 ness abroad, she kept up her intercourse 
 with them by correspondence. These 
 letters are strongly marked by deep- 
 toned piety and force of thought ; and 
 many of them bear a greater resemblance 
 to those of John Newton than to any 
 other now occurring to the mind of the 
 writer. 
 
 ^Irs. ^'an Wyck Avas fond of the so- 
 ciety of her Christian friends, especially 
 of her cluldren, and numerous grand and 
 great-grandchildren, in all seventy-four, 
 some of whom are deceased ; and she 
 was seldom more delighted than when 
 her ])arlors were filled with them. Talung 
 a lively mterest in their affairs, and par- 
 ticipating with them in their juvenile 
 pleasm'es, she thus seemed to live over 
 again the happy days of her own child- 
 hood and youth. 
 
 She sympathized with the cause of 
 evangelization in general, but felt a spe- 
 cial interest in the American and For- 
 eign Christian Union, and the Seaman's 
 Friend Society. God's honor and wor- 
 ship lay near her heart. She loved the 
 solemnities of his house, and, so long as 
 circumstances allowed, was a constant 
 attendant. 
 
 The ])astors under whose edifying min- 
 istry she attained her fulness of Chris- 
 tian stature, were Revs. Kysdyck, Blau- 
 velt, and Van Vranken, and L)rs. West- 
 brook, Fisher, and Kip, most of whom, 
 through her protracted course, she either 
 saw falling on the field or retiring and 
 going to their reward. 
 
 Of the large family she reared, the 
 greater part are still living. Her first- 
 born, Isaac C. Van Wyck, of Fishkill 
 Landing, (of whom she sometimes sj)oke 
 as her earliest object of idolatrous affec- 
 
 tion,) a man of inflexible integrity, and a 
 heart formed for fi-iendshij), after haAing, 
 many years prenously, publicly avouched 
 the Lord to be his God, fell asleep in 
 humble rehance on his Redeemer, just 
 five weeks before the death of his aged 
 mother; and when the intelligence of 
 his decease was announced to her, she 
 feelingly remarked, " Now my first idol is 
 gone; I thought I should have i)assed 
 before him." 
 
 If in the matter of real comfort her 
 experience in life admitted of any dis- 
 tinction, the balance would be in favor of 
 her latter years. With the exception of 
 a growing dulness of the ear, a dimness 
 of the eye, and an abatement of physical 
 force, she was exempt from infirmity. 
 Not an aching limb, not even a suffering 
 muscle, disturbed her gentle slumbers. 
 To her, hfe had not lost its charm. Hav- 
 ing as much of the things of this world 
 as she desired, receiving continually the 
 gratifjing attentions of valued friends, 
 and possessing a heart overflowing Avith 
 a grateful sense of the Lord's goodness 
 to her in providence and grace, how could 
 it be otherwise ? With a lively percep- 
 tion of this goodness during her last in- 
 disposition, she remarked to her beloved 
 pastor that the whole of her life had 
 been one line of Ebenezers. While she 
 was thus happy in being continued in the 
 flesh, she was living in the closest inti- 
 macy with God, and in daily readiness 
 for her departure, sometimes wondering 
 why her chariot was so long in coming. 
 Yet its delay was never tedious. Amid 
 the tender assiduities of a devoted family, 
 there was so much to interest and glad- 
 den the heart, that her declining years, 
 like the gentle flow of a silvery stream, 
 passed almost imperceptibly away. And 
 when her final sickness came, it was 
 neither very severe nor of long continu- 
 ance. Already the forces of life were 
 nearly expended. Of the work of dying, 
 there was but little left to be done. A 
 slight cold, a gentle fever, and a general 
 prostration of bodily strength, prejjared 
 the way for dissolution. The intellect re- 
 mained bright and the voice clear to the 
 last. Considering the jiossibihty that her 
 end might he approaching, she observed, 
 but a few hours before the event, " K it 
 be the design of my Saviour to take me 
 to heaven now, I am willing to go ; I be- 
 lieve he will accept me ; " adding, " I 
 hope he will take me gradually to liim- 
 
VAN ZANDT 
 
 [1858.] 
 
 VOSBURG 
 
 335 
 
 self." A little before death, there being 
 no apparent increase of sufiering, she in- 
 quired the hour of the night ; after which, 
 a few minutes haAing elapsed, her head 
 was gently raised by the tender hand of 
 watchful solicitude, when, in the tAnnkling 
 of an eye, she went to hefSaviour, leaving 
 scarcely the visible motion of a muscle in 
 her countenance, which, like the symme- 
 try of her Christian character in life, was 
 remarkably beautiful in death. " Mark 
 the jierfect man, and behold the upright, 
 for the end of that man is peace." 
 
 Van Zandt, John, Albany, N. Y., 
 April 28, re. 91. This venerable, well- 
 known, upright, and amiable citizen was 
 born in Albany, and was rarely ever out 
 of sight of the city. In 1804 he en- 
 tered the old Bank of Albany as a clerk. 
 In 1814 he was appointed its cashier, 
 which office he held until 1833, when he 
 resigned. 
 
 Vasey, Wilson P., M. D., Philadel- 
 phia, Pa., Dec. 26, a?. 31. 
 
 Vekplanck, Gen. Abraham, Brook- 
 lyn, N. Y., Nov. 23, 03. 65. Gen. V. 
 represented Albany County in the As- 
 sembly of 1837. 
 
 ViN'CENT, Joseph, Salem, Mass., May 
 25, a>. 90. He was born in Kittery, 
 Me., Nov. 25, 1767. From early youth 
 till he was 70 years old, he was engaged 
 in a manufacturing business, and found 
 in his pursuit a field for exercising un- 
 tiring industry, and an integrity as a 
 business man that was spotless in word 
 and deed. He was one of those good 
 old American mechanics whose profes- 
 sion is their pride ; and in his day there 
 were few or none his superior, as a prac- 
 tical and economical mechanic, in the 
 country. But his mind was comprehen- 
 sive on general subjects ; and though 
 of an aspiring and adventurous disposi- 
 tion, he marked out for himself and ad- 
 hered to a modest course, and was unos- 
 tentatious both in civil and social life. 
 
 Vinton, Pk,ev. Justus H., Kangoon, 
 Burmah, March 31, aj. — , the well- 
 known missionary to the Karens in Bur- 
 mah. Mr. V. had been in the mission- 
 ary service over 23 years. He was ap- 
 pointed in 1832, and first sailed from 
 Boston, July 2, 1834, in company with 
 Mr. and Mrs. "Wade, who were return- 
 ing from a visit to this country, and 
 Messrs. Howard, Dean, Comstock, and 
 Osgood, with their wives, and Miss A. 
 
 P. Gardner, (afterwards Mrs. Abbott.) 
 He was a man of iron constitution, great 
 energy, and indomitable will, and was 
 thoroughly devoted to the work of mis- 
 sions, lie was generally esteemed one 
 of the most eifective missionaries ever 
 sent out by the society. Thousands of 
 converted Karens rise up to call him 
 blessed. During the past ten years, dif- 
 ficulties have existed between him and 
 the executive of the Union, which result- 
 ed, a year or two since, in his withdrawal 
 from connection with the society. \^'hat- 
 ever may have been his faults, his vir- 
 tues were great, as were also his zeal, 
 his labors, and his success. His name 
 M'ill occupy an honorable place in the 
 roll of those who have devoted their 
 lives to the work of giving tlie gospel 
 of salvation to the millions of Burmah. 
 
 Virgin, Eli, Fort AYayne, Ind., Aug. 
 3, a;. — , killed accidentally on the Great 
 Western Railroad. He was a young 
 man of remarkable business attainments, 
 and the firm of Alexander & Virgin was 
 reputed to be the heaviest in the United 
 States. Some 18 months since, INIr. V. 
 purchased from Jacob Strawn, at one 
 sale, lands amounting to $99,000, while, 
 during the same year, his investments 
 in cattle exceeded that of any previous 
 year of his transactions. The loss of a 
 citizen of such universal esteem, and of 
 such remarkable business capacity, falls 
 heavily upon the farming community of 
 Central Ilhnois. 
 
 VosBUllG, Charles, a few miles below 
 Natchez, Miss., June 13, se. — , killed 
 by the bursting of the steamboat engine. 
 He was a citizen of Vicksburg, Miss. 
 Mr. V. went to Jackson, Miss., in 1845. 
 His father was a respected physician, in 
 Erie, Pa., of which place the son was a 
 native, and from which he brought with 
 him the clear judgment, prudence, and 
 steady principles of his mother state. 
 He resided, and read law, with Hon. 
 Daniel Mayes, but, although licensed, 
 did not engage in the practice of his 
 profession. Preferring an out-door life, 
 and possessing a mind cast in a mathe- 
 matic mould, he gave his energies to the 
 practical study of surveying and civil 
 engineering. His busy hfe was varied 
 and embellished by pursuits of another 
 nature and a higher range. He mani- 
 fested an early taste and aptitude for 
 the natural sciences, which drew to liim 
 the fostering regard of men of cultiva- 
 
336 
 
 WADE 
 
 [ 1858. ] 
 
 WADE 
 
 tion and research. For geology he con- 
 tracted an especial fondness, viewing it 
 with earnest interest, from its bearings 
 on the Mosaic record, and the use sought 
 to be made of it bj' infidels as a lever 
 against the truth. He was an active 
 and efficient correspondent of, and a 
 valued contril)utor to, the New Orleans 
 Academy of Sciences ; sending it, from 
 time to time, minerals and fossils, and. 
 
 a few weeks before his death, adding to 
 its collection a complete set of sections 
 of the forest growth of Lauderdale Co., 
 Miss., which presented in itself a fair 
 view of the state. His observant and 
 intelligent interest gave him a high place 
 in the opinion and regard of this enlight- 
 ened body. In his pursuits among men, 
 he was a tried man, a true citizen, and 
 an earnest Chiistian. 
 
 ^Y. 
 
 Wade, Col. John, Woburn, Mass., 
 July 9, a?. 78. He was born in Woburn, 
 April 3, 1780, and was the son of Eben- 
 ezer and Elizabeth (Leath) Wade. He 
 married Polly Dorcas, daughter of Dr. 
 John Page, Feb. 26, 1806, (Mrs. Wade 
 died Jan., 1826,) by whom he had one 
 son, John, born in 1810. His son grad- 
 uated at Amherst College, entered the 
 profession of law, and married Miss 
 Annie E. Warfield. He died in 18ol, 
 leaving no issue. Col. W. commenced 
 business as a country trader, in AVoburn, 
 in 1802, upon a capital of $170. He 
 leased a shop of Mr. Joshua Keed, situ- 
 ated on the land now owned and occu- 
 pied by J. J. Pippy, Esq. ; but before 
 the expiration of three years, he pur- 
 chased the land where A. E. Thompson's 
 store now stands, and erected a building 
 thereon. He afterwards purchased the 
 rest of the land, situated on Main and 
 Park Streets, for the sura of $1500, and 
 erected all the buildings thereon. At 
 the time Col. W. commenced business 
 there were but three stores in town — 
 one at what was then called " Black 
 Horse," now Winchester, kept by Paul 
 Wyman ; one at Xew Bridge, kept by 
 Maj. Abijah Thompson ; and one in the 
 centre of the town, kept by Mr. Zeba- 
 diah Wyman. He continued in busi- 
 ness until 182o, when he sold out to the 
 Hon. Bowen Buckman. Since he sold 
 his interest to Mr. Buckman he has 
 been more or less engaged in the ship- 
 ping business, and taking care of the 
 f)ropcrty which he had honestly accumu- 
 ated by his ])rudencc, sagacity, and in- 
 dustry. In his business relations his 
 integrity has never been questioned. He 
 was a trader of the old school, and with 
 him fair dealing was a matter of course. 
 In his pohtical sentiments he was a dem- 
 
 ocrat, and has been fortunate in retain- 
 ing the confidence of his fellow-citizens, 
 having received more offices at their 
 hands than any other man in town — 
 sometimes elected almost unanimously, 
 at others with a strong and bitter oppo- 
 sition. He was elected chairman of the 
 board of selectmen 14 years, town treas- 
 urer 1 2 years, representative to the Gen- 
 eral Court 19 years, and a delegate to 
 the Constitutional Convention of 1820, 
 with but one opposing vote. He was 
 also chosen moderator of nearly every 
 town meeting from 1814 to 1830, state 
 senator in 1824 and 1825, and appointed 
 justice of the peace by Gov. Sullivan, 
 and postmaster under President Madi- 
 son in 1811. In military life he passed 
 through the various grades of captain, 
 major, and colonel. All the official 
 trusts committed to him he has dis- 
 charged with honesty and ability, and 
 with reference to the best interests of 
 his constituents. As a townsman he 
 has done much to adorn and embellish 
 his native place by the erection of good 
 and substantial buildings. As a friend, 
 there are those who bear witness to his 
 kindly assistance and wise counsels — 
 who feel that he has ever been to them 
 a sincere friend, assisting them in their 
 hour of need, and counsellmg them wisely 
 in their hour of danger. Thus passed 
 one who filled a larger space in the his- 
 tory of the town than any other man. 
 Of a strong and comprehensive mind, 
 he was eminently fitted to influence his 
 fellow-men. He was the man of his 
 time, and his influence will long be felt. 
 Wade, Benjamin, Natchez, Miss., 
 May 9, se. 67. He was born in Milford, 
 N. H., in Sept., 1790. At a very early 
 age he was sent by his parents to Bos- 
 ton, Mass., where, under his uncles, he 
 
WADSWORTH [ 1858. ] 
 
 WALL 
 
 337 
 
 was instructed in mercantile business. 
 In 1816, at the age of 21, he went to 
 Mississippi, where a brother, a physician, 
 had preceded him, and commenced ac- 
 tive life in Natchez as a merchant. In 
 1821 he married the wife who now la- 
 ments his decease. By his ability and 
 energy he rapidly advanced in prosper- 
 ity, which never was interrupted in all 
 the calamities that have passed over this 
 commercial community since his begin- 
 ning in business. His qualities as a 
 business man were integrity, knowledge, 
 skill, and promptness — the pillars which 
 erect and sustain success. At one peri- 
 od he gave up business, and confined 
 himself to his planting interests ; but he 
 found these insufficient for his mental 
 employment, and he again returned to 
 business, and continued to the last his 
 success as both planter and merchant. 
 In 1825 he was elected a member of the 
 board of selectmen of Natchez, and 
 served, at different periods, for five years 
 in that body. In later years he was the 
 efficient president, for many terms of 
 service, of the board of police of the 
 'county, and in that capacity he gave full 
 satisftiction to its citizens. 
 
 Wadsworth, Hon. John, Albany, 
 N. Y., ve. 90. He was an elector of 
 president and vice president in 1800, 
 and was appointed a judge of the Su- 
 preme Court of the state in 1819. 
 
 Wait, Thomas, East Rodman, N. Y., 
 r Jan. 16, fe. 49. He held the office of 
 judge of the county court, supervisor of 
 the town, and postmaster, acceptably to 
 the people, and with credit and honor 
 to himself. He was a high-minded, 
 honorable merchant, a kind and affec- 
 tionate husband, father, friend, and 
 neighbor. 
 
 Waldron, Rev. Luke, Newport, Jan. 
 10, ce. 59. 
 
 Wales, Hon. S. A., Columbus, Ga., 
 Oct. 4, 86. 59, a distinguished citizen. 
 He was born in Connecticut, and moved 
 from that state to Georgia at an early 
 age. He was admitted to the bar, and 
 practised law in Middle Georgia 40 years 
 K ago. He represented Habersham Co. 
 in the Georgia legislature when a young 
 man, and Jasper and Putnam counties 
 in the year 1847. In 1855 he was the 
 senator from Muscogee Co. ; in 1857 he 
 was elected one of the judges of the 
 inferior court of this county, which posi- 
 tion he held at the time of his death. 
 29 
 
 As a man. Col. W. Avas known for his in- 
 tegrity and honor ; as a citizen, for his 
 public spirit ; as a neighbor, for his hos- 
 pitality ; as a friend, for his devotion. 
 
 Walker, Hon.Wm. P., Lenox, ^lass., 
 
 , — , se. 80, judge of probate of 
 
 Berkshire Co. His father was his pred- 
 ecessor, and the first judge of the court, 
 while the late Judge Walker was suc- 
 ceeded by Judge Dewey. Judge W.'s 
 personal appearance and manners were 
 striking and dignified. As a judge he 
 was courteous, patient, dispassionate, 
 and intelligent ; and he discharged all 
 the trusts and duties of his office with 
 ability and impartiality. As a citizen 
 he was mild, candid, and remarkably 
 free from violence of partisan feeling 
 and expression. In all the relations of 
 domestic and private hfe, he was exem- 
 plary, affectionate, and faithful. Hon- 
 orable sentiments, unquestioned integri- 
 ty, and genial and pleasant manners 
 made him a popular citizen, and a highly 
 satisfactory judge ; and during the active 
 years of his life, he held an enviable 
 position in the affections and confidence 
 of the people of Berkshire Co. Among 
 a wide circle of relatives and intimate 
 friends is Hon. Julius Rockwell, of Pitts- 
 field, whose wife was Judge Walker's 
 daughter. 
 
 Walker, Lieut. Theodorick L., at 
 sea, March 17, eb. — , attached to the 
 African squadron. He was buried at 
 Porta Praya, Cape de Verd Islands. 
 
 Walker, JohnD., M.D., Manchester, 
 
 N. H., , — , se. 49, assistant surgeon 
 
 in the Mexican war. 
 
 Walker, Isaac C, Esq., Buffalo, N. 
 Y., May 31, ae. — . The Chicago Board 
 of Trade " licsolved, that in the death 
 of Isaac C. Walker, we have lost one 
 who, as a business associate, had com- 
 manded the confidence and esteem of 
 all, and as a friend had endeared him- 
 self to us by his many virtues." 
 
 Wall, Enoch, Carlinville, HI., Aug. 
 22, se. 46. He was born in Baltimore, 
 Md., but removed to Carlinville, where 
 he was elected justice of the peace, and 
 acted as deputy in various county offices 
 till about 1844, when he was elected 
 recorder. When the new constitution 
 was adopted, and the office of county 
 clerk created, Mr. Wall was elected to 
 that office, which he filled to his death, 
 to the entire satisfaction and appro- 
 bation of the whole county. Kind, 
 
338 
 
 WALLACE 
 
 [ 1858. ] 
 
 WARDWELL 
 
 obliging, and attentive, he had, by his 
 numberless acts of friendly courtesy, 
 won a place in the hearts of the entire 
 people. A true Christian, of noble and 
 lofty sentiments, strict and unswerving 
 integrity in all his intercourse with men, 
 the social circle, the church, the ]Masonic 
 fraternity, and the people of iSIacoupin 
 Co. have lost one of their brightest and 
 most useful men, and his loss leaves a 
 vacuum no man can adequately fill. 
 
 Wallace, John P., M. 13., Union 
 District, S. C., Aug. 24, a?. 43, a citizen 
 of Panola Co., ]\Iiss., a man of much 
 skill and many virtues. 
 
 A\''akd, Charles M., M. D., Galveston, 
 Texas, Sept. 30, aj. 33. Although a 
 young man, Dr. Ward had attained an 
 eminence in his profession that few 
 arrive at, and had by his gentlemanly 
 bearing and amiable disposition secured 
 the favor and esteem of all who knew 
 him. 
 
 Ward, Capt. James N., St. Anthony's 
 Falls, Min., Dec. 12, m. — , an officer of 
 the United States army. He took a 
 distinguished part in the Mexican war, 
 and subsequently rendered valuable st..- 
 vices to the government in the settle- 
 ment of New Mexico. 
 
 Ward, llev. Stephen D., Agawam, 
 Mass., June 11, a?. 57, the only pastor 
 in actual service in the state who died 
 ■within the year. He was a native of 
 New Jersey ; graduated at Nassau Hall 
 in 1819, studied theology at New Haven, 
 and was employed there a few years in 
 teaching. He was pastor of the church 
 in Machias, Me., from 1834 to 1844, 
 and after preaching in various places in 
 New Jersey and Virginia, came to Aga- 
 wam, and was installed in October, 1853. 
 Mr. Ward was sound in doctrine, dis- 
 creet, quiet, and unobtrusive in his man- 
 ners. He was a good scholar, and his 
 sermons were finished and scholarly. 
 His voice was rather feeble, and he 
 sought the quiet of a retired and small 
 parish. Having no small children, and 
 being possessed of some means of his 
 own, he could live upon a small salary. 
 The church at Agawam have therefore 
 had the services of a minister who was 
 qualified to fill a place where he could 
 have obtained a salary twice as large as 
 they were able to pay. He died peace- 
 fullv, choosing to " depart and be with 
 Christ." 
 
 AV'ard, Thomas W., Boston, Mass., 
 
 March 3, fp. 71. Mr. W. was the son 
 of Capt. Wm. Ward, and was born in 
 Salem in the year 1787. In early life 
 he for several years followed the busi- 
 ness of a mariner, and became first offi- 
 cer of a ship of which his father was 
 commander, in which profession he 
 proved himself so efficient, active, and 
 energetic, that, at the age of 19, he was 
 placed in command of an Indiaman, be- 
 longing to the Hon. Wm. Gray. About 
 the year 1810, he removed to Boston, 
 where he established himself in business, 
 and became one of the most enterprising 
 and successful merchants of that time. 
 He continued in business by himself 
 until 1816, when he became a partner in 
 the house of William and Hardy Ropes, 
 under the style of Hopes & Ward. This 
 partnership was continued about nine 
 years, when Mr. Ward withdrew, having 
 been appointed agent in this city for the 
 house of Messrs. Baring Brothers, of 
 London, a post of great responsibility, 
 the duties of which he discharged w'ith 
 much ability and fidelity until recently, 
 when ill health compelled him to relin- 
 ;^".ish it. He has been for many years 
 a prominent and influential citizen, and 
 has held various offices of great trust 
 and responsibility. From 1830 to 1842, 
 he was treasui'er of Harvard College, 
 and in 1843 the college conferred upon 
 him the honorary degree of master of 
 arts. He was also for many years 
 treasurer of the Boston Athenaeum, and 
 was a trustee of the Massachusetts Gen- 
 eral Hospital. He was a man of strict 
 integrity, of great enterprise, and un- 
 common business capacity, and much 
 respected in the community. 
 
 AVardwell, Eev. Granville, West- 
 minster, Vt., June 24, se. 38. He was 
 born in Nelson, N. H., entered on his 
 fitting course at Meriden, N. H., after 
 he was 21, graduated at Dartmouth 
 College in 1849, went immediately to 
 Lane Seminary, after one year to Ando- 
 ver, !Mass., where he finished his theo- 
 logical course in 1853, in the mean tin^r 
 teaching two years in Phillips Ao- ' 
 Andover, for the purpos'- ■ 
 paying debts incurred for 
 in order that he might ent. 
 try unembarrassed, which 
 the autumn of '53 he wa% c 
 an evangelist at Sullivan, N. 
 his aged and afflicted mothei viii re- 
 sides. Li a few weeks he went to Kal- 
 
WARE 
 
 [ 1858. ] 
 
 WATSON 
 
 339 
 
 amazoo, IMich., and was installed pastor 
 of the Congregational church there the 
 following summer. After a short pastor- 
 ate he returned again to Phillips Acad- 
 emy, in the autumn of 1853, and con- 
 tinued to teach there, preaching in the 
 mean time almost constantly till Novem- 
 ber, 1857, when he felt that he could no 
 longer be denied the pri^'ilege of giving 
 himself wholly to the ministry. In Jan., 
 1858, Mr. W. entered on an engage- 
 ment to preach in Kennebunk, Me., one 
 year. Here, as every where else, he was 
 fast becoming endeared to all who knew 
 him. 
 
 Wake, John J., M. D., Galveston, 
 Texas, Sept. 29, te. 24. 
 
 Warren, Freder'k, Worcester, Mass., 
 , — , ae. 49, city marshal of Worces- 
 ter, accidentally shot. In his office of 
 marshal he was a prompt and efficient 
 officer. And although his fulfilment of 
 the Maine law gave but little satisfaction 
 to the temperance community, yet, in 
 all other respects, he proved himself a 
 faithful and a popular officer. 
 
 Warren, Dea. Benjamin, Augusta, 
 Me., Oct. 26, x. 90. Deacon W. settl^J 
 in Augusta in 1795, and built the thu'd 
 log cabin ever erected within the town- 
 ship. On the same farm on which he then 
 located he lived ever afterwards, and on 
 it he died, and was buried beside his 
 ■wife and several children. 
 
 Warrock, John, Esq., Richmond, Va., 
 Mar. 7, a?. 84. He was regularly elected 
 printer to the Senate of Virgiiiia for the 
 last thirty-five or forty years, which office 
 he held at the time of his death, ha\ing 
 discharged the duties thereof with a zeal 
 and efficiency worthy of all praise. For 
 more than thirty years he published that 
 very useful and popular M'ork, " "VYar- 
 rock's Almanac." He was a good citi- 
 zen, amiable in his deportment, of unpre- 
 tending manners, and esteemed by all 
 who knew him. 
 
 Washburn, Daniel, M. D., StoAve, Vt., 
 Dec. 16, a?. 83. 
 
 Washington, Prof. Henry A., of Wil- 
 liam and Mary College, Md., Mar. — , w. 
 — . The Faculty of William and Mary 
 College, at a meeting, say, " Intelligence 
 having been received of the sudden and 
 accidental death of Henry A. Washing- 
 ton, for the last nine years the professor 
 of history, political economy, and con- 
 stitutional law in this institution, — 
 
 "Resolved, that in the death of Mr. 
 
 Washington, the impartial and dignified 
 professor, the clear and convincing lec- 
 turer, the just and upright man, the Fac- 
 ulty have been deprived of a zealous and 
 distinguished member, and the college 
 has lost an ardent and active supporter." 
 
 Waters, Rev. J. H., Apelousas, La., 
 Feb. 22, se. — . He was a young man 
 of piety, of sound mind, and full of 
 promise for usefulness in the ministry. 
 
 Waterston, Miss Helen R., Naples, 
 Italy, July 25, a?. 17, the beloved and 
 only daughter of the Rev. Robert C. and 
 Anna Waterston, of Boston. She Avas 
 the granddaughter of the Hon. Josiah 
 Quincy, Senior, and a young lady of rare 
 native gifts and accomplishments. 
 
 Watkins, Rev. Nicholas J., Annap- 
 olis, Md., Aug. 1, a?. — , a minister of 
 the Methodist Episcopal Church for up- 
 wards of 50 years. He was " an Israelite 
 indeed." 
 
 Watson, Hon. Shelton, El Dorado, 
 Union Co., Ark. Jan. — , sc. — . He 
 served as a prominent member of the last 
 legislature of this state, and by his 
 strong, practical good sense, his experi- 
 ence and wisdom, and the acknowledged 
 rectitude of his intentions, accomplished, 
 as he had sought, much for the pub- 
 lic good. The voters of the sixth judicial 
 circuit twice honored him with the seat 
 upon their bench, and he was at the time 
 of his death the incumbent of that office 
 by a large majority of the circuit. As a 
 judge he discharged his duties with abil- 
 ity, fidelity, and impartiality; and per- 
 haps at no period of his life were his 
 qualifications for that important office 
 more highly appreciated than at the time 
 of his death. Truly the state, in the 
 death of Judge Watson, has lost one of 
 her first and best citizens. 
 
 Watson, G., M. D., Phil., Pa., Oct. 
 28, a?. — . Dr. W. was a Scotchman by 
 birth, but had resided in Philadelphia for 
 several years, and was favorably known 
 to the medical profession, as also to the 
 scientific world. He was connected Mith 
 the city medical associations, the Acad- 
 emy of Natural Sciences, &c. He never 
 aspired to prominence as a practitioner 
 among his medical brethren, but was 
 much esteemed on account of his social 
 qualities, and his quiet, unobtrusive man- 
 ners. 
 
 Watson, George, Springfield, 111., 
 Aug. 15, ff. 33. Mr. W. was a native 
 of Canaan, Conn. He went to the west 
 
340 
 
 WATTERS 
 
 [1858.] 
 
 WAYNE 
 
 about twelve years ago. Within the last 
 seven or eight years he has been exten- 
 sively engaged in constructing railways, 
 among others the Illinois Central. Though 
 quite young, he jiroved himself a man 
 of great energy and business capacity. 
 Every thing he undertook proved success- 
 ful, and he very soon acquired fame and 
 prominence in the circle of railway men. 
 Nearly two years ago he was appointed 
 superintendent of the Great Western 
 Raihvay ; and it is admitted by all that 
 his peculiar talents and unceasing indus- 
 try were of great value to the fortunes of 
 the road. The railroad board of otRcers 
 and employees, at a meeting, passed this 
 resolution : 
 
 " Ilesoh'ed, that in the death of Mr. 
 Watson, the railroad community have 
 lost one of its most valuable and able 
 advisers, and the community at large a 
 valuable and public servant, and his ca- 
 reer among us gave unmistakable evi- 
 dence of great financial ability, as well as 
 external knowledge of the wants and re- 
 quirements of the travelling comnmnity." 
 
 Watters, Gen. Hem-y H., Brunswick 
 Co., N. C, June 14, x. 47. At an early 
 period of life the deceased was admitted 
 to the navy of the United States, and 
 after spending several years in that branch 
 of the national service, during which time 
 he visited many portions of the globe in 
 the discharge of his duties, he resigned, 
 and became a rice planter in his native 
 county. It was natural that a man of his 
 mental and moral worth should be ap- 
 preciated by his county-men, and accord- 
 ingly he was elected, in the year 1844, 
 to represent his county in the House of 
 Commons, and was repeatedly afterwards 
 elected to the same position. He exhib- 
 ited the same estimable virtues of the 
 head and heart which he had previously 
 done in private life, — practical sense, 
 sound judgment, and sterling integrity of 
 character, — qualifications wliich gave him 
 the confidence of the House, and which 
 made him a useful and influential mem- 
 ber of that body. 
 
 Waugii, Andrew, Esq., Roane Co., 
 Va., June 12, x. — , attorney for the 
 commonwealth for that county. 
 
 Waugii, Bishop Beverly, Baltimore, 
 Md., Feb. 9, as. 09, senior bishop of the 
 Methodist Episco])al cliurch. He was 
 elected to the Ej)iscopal oiUce in 1836, 
 and was universally respected for his 
 character and abihty. 
 
 Wayland, Wm., M. D., Batavia, O , 
 Oct. 6, aj. 74. He was born in Madison 
 Co., Va., June 20, 1783, and by his un- 
 aided exertions acquired a liberal educa- 
 tion, and was particularly distinguished 
 for the proficiency he had made in me- 
 chanical philosophy. His medical edu- 
 cation was of a high order, the best his 
 times could afford. In 1814 he com- 
 menced the practice of his profession at 
 Circleville, and during that year served 
 for a short time as a surgeon in the U. S. 
 army, in the war with Great Britain. In 
 1815, after the death of the late . Dr. 
 Rogers, Dr. Wayland located at Bethel, 
 where he soon acquired the confidence 
 of the community, and obtained a large 
 practice in his profession, Mhich he con- 
 tinued to enjoy until 1826, when he re- 
 moved to Batavia, where he continued 
 the practice of his profession for about 
 20 years with great success. In 1829 
 Dr. W. was chosen to represent his 
 county in the Senate of Ohio. In 1842 
 he united with the M. E. church at Ba- 
 tavia, of which he continued a woi-thy 
 member till his death, leaving satisfactory 
 evidence that liis end was peace. 
 
 Wayne, Hon. Henry C, Savannah, 
 Ga., June 28, se. 55. Dr. Wayne was a 
 native of Savannah. He was a son of 
 Richard AVayne, a highly esteemed mer- 
 chant and citizen, and was born on the 
 25th of Ajnil, 1804. He was educated 
 at Union College, Schenectady, N. Y., 
 and subsequently graduated, with the de- 
 gree of M. D., at the Medical College in 
 Philadelphia. He soon after received the 
 appointment of surgeon in the U. S. army, 
 and in this capacity was stationed at 
 Oglethorpe cantonment. Savannah. He 
 was highly esteemed by the troops for 
 his kindness and attention, especially 
 when they removed from their barracks 
 to Effingham Co. for their health. Dur- 
 ing the troubles between South Carolina 
 and the general government, he was 
 transferred to Charleston and stationed 
 with the garrison at Fort Moultrie. Upon 
 the departure of the troops from that 
 station, he resigned his commission in the 
 army, and settled in Savannah, where he 
 pursued his profession with untiring zeal 
 to the time of his death. Dr. Wayne 
 filled many important posts of trust and 
 honor at the hands of the people, and 
 the ardor with which they generally came 
 to his support evinced the strong hold he 
 had upon their esteem and confidence. 
 
WEBB 
 
 [1858.] 
 
 WELBORN 
 
 341 
 
 He represented Chatham Co. in the Lower 
 House of the legislature for one or two 
 sessions. He was electod an alderman 
 of the city in 1828, 1842, and again the 
 year following. He was first elected 
 mayor of the city in 1844, and served 
 six terms in that important post, which 
 he held at the time of his death. Dr. 
 W. left a widow and three daughters, to 
 whom he was every thing that is summed 
 up in tlie endearing words husband, 
 father, friend. He was a man of strong 
 attachments, generous charity, and with 
 but? little of selfishness in "his nature. 
 These qualities attached to him a large 
 circle of devoted friends, whom he was 
 ever readv to serve at any cost to himself. 
 
 AVebb,' Hon. E. H., Carmi, White 
 Co., 111., Oct. 13, a^. — . Mr. W. was 
 one of the most prominent men in 
 Southern Illinois, an able lawyer, a dis- 
 tinguished politician, an accomplished 
 gentleman, and an honest man. 
 
 Webb, Capt. Henry, Austinburg, 0., 
 Jan. 21, fp. 71. He was not one of the 
 first pioneers to Austinburg, yet he emi- 
 grated from Stamford, Ct., at an early 
 day, when Ashtabula Co. M-as compara- 
 tively a wilderness, the abode of savage 
 beasts and savage men, and for more 
 than 40 years enjoyed the blessings of a 
 home and the fruits of his labor upon a 
 farm, which his industrious hands had 
 transformed from a wilderness into 
 beautiful and highly-cultivated fields. 
 He was connected with the war of 1812, 
 and the vessel which he then command- 
 ed was the first captured in that struggle. 
 
 Weber, Wm., St. Louis, Mo., March 
 13, EB. — , one of the oldest German cit- 
 izens of that city. At the time of his 
 decease he was a justice of the peace. 
 Mr. W. was a man of fine talents, and 
 was regarded as a remarkably vigorous 
 and forcible writer. He was the origi- 
 nal publisher and editor of the Anzeiger, 
 which he founded, we believe, in 1833, 
 and which he continued to edit until 
 1848. 
 
 Webster, Jonathan P., Salisburj', 
 N. H., Oct. 29, ffi. 76. More than 50 
 years ago, Capt. W. was widely known 
 as an honest trader in the adjoining 
 town of Boscawen, and for more than 
 40 years he had been in business where 
 he died ; and every where, and by every 
 body, he was esteemed a good citizen, 
 an afi'ectionate husband, an indulgent 
 father, a kind neighbor, and an honest 
 29* 
 
 man. In the whole state there is not 
 to be found another man who has jjassed 
 so many pleasant hours in business Avith 
 neighbors in his store, spring, summer, 
 autumn, and winter, as did the deceased, 
 for the last half of a century. iM'ery 
 evening his books, his business, his 
 whole earthly affairs, were well arranged, 
 either for continued action or for a final 
 closing up. Emphatically was he one 
 of that number of the race whose actions 
 tend to make the world the better for 
 their having lived in it. 
 
 Webster, Dea. Moses, Haverhill, 
 Mass., Sept. 20, re. 76. He belonged 
 to a generation of Christians who had 
 kno^pi trials, and were willing to suffer 
 for the truth's sake. Kind, sympathiz- 
 ing, unostentatious in his deeds of char- 
 ity, and conciliating towards all, so far 
 as principle would allow, he still was 
 ready to endure any sacrifice, rather 
 than that the doctrines of the gospel 
 should in the least bo compromised. He 
 was eminently a Bible Christian. He 
 sought to become acquainted with all its 
 teachings. He loved its precepts, and 
 endeavored to square his whole life by 
 them. 
 
 Weed, Mrs. Thurlow, Albany, N. Y., 
 Ju]|j 3, ae. — . INIrs. Weed possessed a 
 vigorous intellect and extraordinary en- 
 ergy of character, combined with uncom- 
 promising honesty and sincerity, and a 
 spirit eminently benevolent. Through 
 that severe struggle for independence 
 and position, incident to so many in our 
 country, and which, to the gratification 
 of an extensive acquaintance, was early 
 cro^nmed with distinguished success, she 
 performed the duties devolving upon 
 her M'ith courage, fidelity, judgment, and 
 assiduity, which won the respect and 
 esteem of all observers. Auspicious 
 change of circumstances worked no 
 change in her modesty of manner, or in 
 her sincerity of life and conversation. 
 She only became more widely known to 
 the affluent by hospitalities always as un- 
 pretending as they were munificent, and 
 to the poor by more widely extended 
 charities. 
 
 WELBORX,Maj. Carlton, Houston Co., 
 Ga., Aug. 18, £e. 73. He was born in 
 Wilkes Co., Ga. ; was \sdth Gen. Jackson 
 in the war of 1812 ; was elected sur- 
 veyor general in 1826; moved to Hous- 
 ton Co. in 1828, and has represented 
 that county in the legislature more than 
 
342 
 
 WELCH 
 
 [ 1858. ] 
 
 WELLES 
 
 once. He was a member of the M. E. 
 church for more than 30 years, and 
 class-leader most of that time. He M'as 
 strictly an honest man and a faithful 
 Christian. 
 
 "Welch, Rev. J. C, Providence, R. I., 
 Feb. 13, IP. 66. 
 
 Welch, Gen. Rufus, Philadelphia, 
 
 Pa., — , a?. — . Gen. W. was 
 
 well and favorably known to the citizens 
 of Philadel])hia. For many years he 
 made that city his residence and centre 
 of busiiless, and contributed more than 
 any other man to the innocent amuse- 
 ments and instructive pastimes of its 
 people. To accomplish these objects he 
 spared neither time, labor, monejji nor 
 health. It was his ambition to excel in 
 and lead the particular kind of exhibi- 
 tions to which he had devoted himself, 
 not so much for pecuniary ends as popu- 
 lar approval. He sought fame, not 
 money. He desired to be considered a 
 generous and public-spirited manager. 
 He o])ened new studies for those fond 
 of natural history, and contributed more 
 to the advancement of science, by his 
 introduction into this country, after im- 
 mense toil and at vast expense, from 
 the burning sands of Africa, animals 
 known to us only through the pen^of 
 tlie traveller, some of which were looted 
 upon as fabulous. He was the pioneer 
 in such enterprises. He took pride, too, 
 in the city of his adoption, and sought 
 to give lier a standing above her sisters, 
 by introducing and establishing there 
 those games and amusements which are 
 considered great features in European 
 capitals. This prompted him to attempt 
 the Hippodrome, which, for a time, drew 
 thousands to its exhibitions. 
 
 Welckee, Hon. James M., Knoxville, 
 Tenn., Sept. 19, tc. — , judge of the third 
 Judicial Court. In all the relations of 
 life, as a citizen, member of the bar, and 
 judge, he eminently deserved and ob- 
 tained the high respect and esteem of all 
 who knew him. He was a native of 
 Roane Co., Tenn., but obtained his col- 
 legiate and legal education in this county, 
 and continued to reside here until his 
 death. A little less than a year ago, 
 at a youthful age for so distinguished an 
 honor, by the voice of the people he was 
 transferred to the bench of this circuit. 
 He was jiatient in the investigation of 
 causes, courteous in his demeanor to the 
 members of the bar, and in society, and 
 
 possessing an acute sense of justice, gave 
 promise, in a longer life and greater ex- 
 perience, to exercise no ordinary influence 
 in the community where he lived, as. one 
 of its most useful and intelligent mem- 
 bers. By general consent he deserved 
 the title of the honorable counsellor. 
 Fair, candid, and liberal in his jjractice, he 
 scorned and avoided the low acts of chi- 
 cane, seeking to present his cause upon 
 the facts and the law, without turning 
 aside into tortuous or indirect paths, to 
 reach or to evade the measure of justice 
 due to his clients. While he remained 
 at the bar, he added much to its dignity 
 and power. He sat upon the bench 
 barely long enough to secure a full appre- 
 ciation of his sound judgment and his im- 
 partial feeling. As a judge, his career 
 had but just opened, the folds of the judi- 
 cial ermine had gracefully dra])cd his 
 manly form, only to be laid aside forever. 
 His death, though not instantaneous, 
 was sudden and unexpected. A few days 
 before his last illness, in conversation with 
 one of his most intimate friends who con- 
 gratulated him on his robust and health- 
 ful appearance, he remarked that he never 
 enjoyed better health, and attributed it 
 to his relief from the cares and anxiety 
 of the practice of the law, a labor which 
 only the members of the profession can 
 appreciate. In less than two weeks from 
 the time of this conversation, his earthly 
 existence terminated, and he Mas num- 
 bered with the dead. His was, indeed, 
 an untimely death. He went down to 
 the grave from the very hill top of life, 
 from the high table land, which those of 
 us who have attained it hope to traverse 
 yet not a few years, before reaching the 
 declivity that leads to the tomb. His 
 sun was in the brightness of its meridian, 
 and went to its setting while it was yet 
 noon. By the whole community, to which 
 he was so well and so favorably known, 
 his death will he felt long and sadly. 
 
 Welles, Eben B., M. 1)., \^'aterville, 
 N. Y., June 3, as. 43. He was formerly, 
 for several years, warden and vestryman 
 in the parish of Trinity Church, AVater- 
 town, wlience he removed, in 18i><j, to 
 Waterville, where he was a member of 
 the vestry of Grace Church, in that village. 
 He was a man eminently genial and kind 
 in his good works ; and the universal sor- 
 row at his death is a testimony how wide- 
 ly his merits and usefulness had become 
 known, and how generally his loss is felt. 
 
WELLS 
 
 [ 1858. ] 
 
 WELLS 
 
 343 
 
 Wells, Hon. E. N.. Milwaukie, Wis., 
 A-u^. — , oe. 51. ^Ir. W. was a i)romineiit 
 meinber of the bar, and in 1839 was 
 elected to represent the Territory of Wis- 
 consin in Congress. 
 
 Wells, John B., Esq., Boston, Mass., 
 March 18, ce. 75. He had filled many 
 offices of honor and trust in Boston, his 
 native city, having been an alderman, 
 representative, and senator in our state 
 legislature. For many years, also, he held 
 the office of inspector general of beef and 
 pork, and was also for many years an active 
 member and officer of the Charitable Me- 
 chanic Association. In all these situa- 
 tions he faithfully discharged his trusts. 
 That genial disposition which made his 
 home so delightful he carried into his 
 daily walk in life. He possessed a heart 
 open as day to melting charity. Many 
 a poor widow and orphan will miss his 
 khid assistance and advice. To his chil- 
 dren and friends he leaves the example 
 of an honest and useful life. 
 
 Wells, Rev. Nathaniel, Deerfield, N. 
 H., Dec. 31, a>. 84. He was the eldest 
 son of Hon. Nathaniel Wells, of Wells, 
 Me., for many years chief justice of the 
 court of Common Pleas in York Co. He 
 was born in July, 1774. The influence of 
 a pious mother gave a serious turn to his 
 mind at the first dawning of intelligence. 
 At the age of 17, just before entering col- 
 lege, he made a ])ublic profession of reli- 
 gion, having, a few months pre\ious, in- 
 dulged a hope that he had passed from 
 death unto life. He graduated at Dart- 
 mouth College in 1795, taking a high 
 stand as a scholar. Dr. Snell, of North 
 Brookfield, Mass., Rev. Josiah Prentice, 
 late of Northwood, and the late Samu- 
 el Worcester, D. D., were classmates. 
 His own inclination would have led him 
 to enter the ministry as soon as practica- 
 ble after leaving college ; it was only 
 in compliance with the earnest wishes of 
 his father that he decided to remain at 
 home and form a partnership with his only 
 brother in mercantile business and navi- 
 gation. About this time he married 
 Eunice, daughter of Rev. Moses Hem- 
 menway, D. D., for more than 50 years 
 pastor of the First Congregational church 
 in Wells, and who took a prominent part in 
 the Hopkinsian controversy of those days. 
 At the suggestion of Dr. Hemmenway, 
 his father-in-law, and some neighboring 
 ministers, he again turned his attention 
 to the ministry, to which his heart had 
 
 always inclined. He studied theology 
 under the direction of his father-in-law, 
 and in 1811 was licensed to ])reach by 
 the association of ministers in York Co., 
 Me. In July, 1812, after having preached 
 as a candidate four months, he was or- 
 dained over the Congregational church 
 and society in Deerfield, N. H. Here 
 he remained till he closed his mortal life. 
 His pastorate was a happy one. He had 
 not great popular i)o\vcr as a preacher, 
 but had other qualities which greatly en- 
 deared him to the people of his cliarge. 
 In the pul])it and in all his private inter- 
 course there was an air of sincerity and 
 good will to all, which never failed to 
 inspire confidence. He made no pre- 
 tension to elegance either in diction 
 or delivery. He thought the plainest 
 statement of the truth the best. But 
 though he took no pains to cultivate the 
 graces of style and elocution, there was 
 an earnestness and clearness and strong 
 conviction of the truths he uttered which 
 often made his preaching effective upon 
 the conscience. His character was per- 
 fectly transparent ; but while he was un- 
 usually frank he was remarkably prudent. 
 He exercised great chanty in judging of 
 others ; was inclined to think no evil of 
 men, to hope all things, and believe all 
 things. He was a diligent student of the 
 Bible all through life, reading the Greek 
 Testament with as great facility as the 
 English translation. He made the Bible 
 his sole guide in theological study, usually 
 making his doctrinal statements in sfcrip- 
 tural phraseology. He was dismissed in 
 Sept., 1851, the society giving him the 
 parsonage where he lived, Avorth about 
 .$1000, as a token of their regard. After 
 his dismission he was a good parishioner, 
 giving his hearty cooperation to the act- 
 ing pastor, and always striving for the 
 thmgs which make for peace. During 
 his last illness, which continued about 
 four weeks, he was peaceful and happy, 
 with the exception of a few intervals of 
 severe physical suffering. Though he 
 expressed a deep sense of unworthiness, 
 his hope of heaven was firm. In his in- 
 tercourse with his family, he was remark- 
 ably genial and affectionate ; this made 
 his home a happv one to all its members. 
 He had twelve children. Of these, four 
 died young ; eight are still Hving, viz. : 
 Maria, wife of T. M. White, Esq., of 
 Deerfield, born July, 1798 ; David Wells, 
 M. D., a physician of Lowell, Mass., born 
 
344 WENTWORTH [ 1858. ] 
 
 WHEELER 
 
 Nov., 1803 ; Nathaniel Wells, Esq., of 
 Somcrsworth, N. H., born Feb. 28, 1805 ; 
 Rev. Theodore AVcUs, of Barriiif^ton, 
 N. H., born Feb. 21, 1807 ; Rev. Moses 
 H. Wells, of Hinsdale, N. H., born Aug. 
 27, 1814; Elizabeth J., born Oct. 24, 
 181G, wife of John T. Hiimjihrey, of Win- 
 chester, X. II. ; Abby T. AYells, a teach- 
 er in Packer Institute, Brooklyn, N. Y., 
 born June, 1819 ; and Alexander Wells, 
 of Deerfield, born in the summer of 1821. 
 
 Wentworth, Mrs. Thomas, Antwerp, 
 O., June 5, a?. 66, wife of Hon. Thomas 
 Wentworth, formerly of Buxton, Me. 
 
 AVesskliiqcft, Wm., M. D., Boston, 
 Mass., Sej)t. 15, cp. 65, homoeopathic phy- 
 sician, and Ex-President of the Mass. 
 Homneopathic Medical Society, a native 
 of Chemnitz, Saxony. He was a skil- 
 ful physician, and a kind-hearted man. 
 
 Westbrook, Cornelius D., M. D., 
 Ivinn:ston, IL Y., March 23, ae. 76. 
 
 Wetmore, Mrs. Susan M., Bergen 
 Hill, N. J., June 26, a?. 60, relict of the 
 late Commander William C. Wetmore, 
 U. S. N. 
 
 WiiALL, Joseph B., Boston, IMass., 
 Nov. 11, iv. 39. He was widely known 
 and universally resi)ected in the busi- 
 ness community. Few men of his age 
 have attained to a more honorable and 
 useful position in the community by the 
 exercise of their own abilities than Mr. 
 W. The mind naturally reverts to the 
 many excellences which marked his 
 character — his great devotion to his 
 mother and his family, his quick sympa- 
 thies, elevated tastes, frankness, noble 
 and generous impulses, combined with 
 rare qualities of manliness, which made 
 him a man of mark among his fellows, 
 and gave him much influence in all 
 circles. 
 
 AViiALLON, Hon. Samuel S., INIayville, 
 N. Y., July 6, se. 54. He was the archi- 
 tect of his own fortunes. No adventi- 
 tious aid of friends and fortune was his. 
 Our common schools, without the ap- 
 pendages of modern libraries, or the 
 accomplished instructors now generally 
 secured, were the only academics acces- 
 sible to him. But the advantages he 
 had he improved to their utmost ca- 
 pacity ; and underlying all, as the foun- 
 dation for the superstructure, was plain, 
 practical common sense, combined with 
 untiring energy and unrelaxing perse- 
 verance. At an early period he filled 
 several town offices creditably and satis- 
 
 factorily. His mercantile career he 
 commenced as a clerk, and, continuing 
 some years in that position, became a 
 partner and at length sole owner of the 
 establishment in which he first engaged, 
 and prosecuted a long, extensive, and 
 successful business upon his own ac- 
 count. In the county he held several 
 positions of trust and confidence, and 
 represented his Assembly district in the 
 legislature of 1855. In the fall of 1856 
 he was nominated and elected canal 
 commissioner, and held that position at 
 the time of his death. It is conceded 
 that the duties of the ofl[ice were dis- 
 charged with ability, and with much 
 independence and firmness. He sought 
 not to evade responsibilities when im- 
 posed by duty. Seeking no conflict 
 with any, yet, Mhen the public interests 
 intrusted to his charge seemed to de- 
 mand it, contracts were annulled with- 
 out hesitation, and the work of the con- 
 tractor performed by the hands of the 
 state. In the spontaneous tributes of 
 respect which the news of his death has 
 every where called forth is evinced the 
 deep hold he had on the public heart. 
 But few of our public men have fliUen 
 whose death created a greater sensation, 
 or whose loss was more sincerely de- 
 plored. As a husband, father, brother, 
 friend, his life practically illustrated the 
 duties of each, and won in return the 
 almost idolized affections of those sus- 
 taining towards him these respective 
 relations. 
 
 WiiEELER, Charles, Philadelphia, Pa., 
 June — , a;. — . The Philadelphia bar 
 
 " Resolved, that we have received with 
 sentiments of painful regret the announce- 
 ment of the decease of our respected 
 fellow-member of the Philadelphia bar, 
 Charles Wheeler, who furnished, during 
 the course of a long life, an admirable 
 example, both to the young and to the 
 old, of learning, honesty, and fidelity as 
 a lawyer, of simplicity, frankness, and 
 purity of character as a citizen, and of 
 sincerity, modesty, and devoted piety as 
 a Christian. 
 
 " Resolved, that we deeply deplore 
 the loss which this bereavement has oc- 
 casioned to his estimable family, to the 
 profession of which he Avas a worthy 
 member, and to the community -whose 
 confidence and affectionate regard he 
 had so long and so deservedly enjoyed." 
 
 AVuEELER, Lieut. George L., Savan- 
 
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 345 
 
 nail, Ga., Oct, 27, es. — , formerly of the 
 Japan expedition, and recently attached 
 to the revenue cutter Aiken. He was a 
 native of Pennsylvania. 
 
 Wheeler, Moses, Claremont, N. H., 
 Sept. 3, 0?. 72, a member of the legis- 
 lature for three consecutive years. 
 
 Whetstone, John A., M. I)., Moor- 
 house Parish, La., Dec. 30, ec. 56, for- 
 merly of Antauga Co., Ala. 
 
 Whidden, Samuel, Portsmouth, N.TL, 
 Oct. 22, a?. 79, formerly publisher of the 
 Intelligencer, a newspaper printed in 
 Portsmouth for about 12 years, ending 
 in 1817. 
 
 AVhitaicer, Gary, M. I)., Weldon, N. 
 C, June 12, a?. — . He was a graduate 
 of Chapel Hill in 1802, and soon after 
 commenced the study of medicine, which 
 profession he practised for many years, 
 with credit to himself, and usefulness to 
 the community in which he was born 
 and resided. 
 
 White, A. J., M. D., St. Anthony's 
 
 Falls, Minn., , aj. — . Dr. W. 
 
 was a native of Lincoln Co., Me., and 
 in 1851 received the degree of M. D. at 
 Bowdoin College. Possessing a strong, 
 highly-cultivated, and vigorous intellect, 
 which was adorned by the study of long 
 years and a heart imbued with the high- 
 est virtues which belong to the living, 
 by his good deeds, his unbidden chari- 
 ties, his domestic affections, which clus- 
 tered so steadily and fondly around his 
 young and trusting family, he exerted 
 an almost mesmeric power over those 
 who clung to him with the fervor of true 
 and devoted friendship. 
 
 White, Capt. James, Northfield, 
 Mass., Nov. 5, a?. 76. Capt. W. had 
 represented Franklin Co. in the state 
 Senate, and was a highly-respected and 
 influential citizen of Northfield. 
 
 White, Rev. Henry, Garland, Vt., 
 Dec. 7, CO. 67, formerly of Longmeadow, 
 Mass. 
 
 White, Rev. L. R., Brighton, Iowa, 
 March 20, a?. 42. In addition to the 
 ordinary labors of the ministry he de- 
 voted much time to the planning and 
 general oversight of the work on the 
 house of worship just completed at 
 Brighton. His own hands were ready 
 to assist in any part of the work ; he 
 wrought with the trowel and hammer 
 on the foundation ; and his last manual 
 labor was in painting the pulpit. At 
 the fh-st meeting in that house his fu- 
 
 neral services were performed ; and liis 
 mortal remains were the first laid upon 
 the table, made after a plan which he 
 drew and gave to the mechanic, with 
 special instruction to make it strong 
 enough to support the remains of the 
 dead on funeral occasions. That house 
 of worship, also the one at Le Claire, 
 remain monuments of his skill and en- 
 ergy. His work was truly pioneer in 
 its character — a labor often unappre- 
 ciated, but, after all, in some respects 
 the most important part of the work to 
 be done in the new fields of the west. 
 As a preacher Mr. W. was instructive, 
 earnest, and faithful ; as a theologian, 
 decidedly Calviiiistic, yet tolerant ; as a 
 Christian, conscientious ; and as a man, 
 courteous and highly esteemed. 
 
 AViiiTE, j\Ienzo, M. D., Cherry Valley, 
 N. Y., Jan. 16, ae. — . 
 
 Whiting, Miss Susan, Copenhagen, 
 N. Y., June 13, se. 38. Miss W. was 
 one of the oldest school teachers in the 
 county, having taught nearly thirty 
 terms. She was a reformer in her pro- 
 fession, and added to an excellent pri- 
 vate character a womaj^y dignity well 
 befitting the position sne so long and 
 usefully occupied. In her decease the 
 educational cause has lost one of its 
 most honored sympathizers, and the 
 community an intelligent and Avorthy 
 member. 
 
 Whitman, . David, Lewiston, Me., 
 Aug. 30, se. 59. Mr. W. was born in 
 Warwick in 1799. He had no advan- 
 tages of early education, and owed noth- 
 ing of his distinction to adventitious 
 circumstances. He was placed in a cot- 
 ton mill when quite young, and soon 
 began to develop those remarkable me- 
 chanical talents which have given him 
 such a wide-spread and enduring repu- 
 tation. He worked his way up through 
 all the gradations of a factory to the 
 superintendency and agency of the 
 largest estabhshments. During the few 
 prosperous years which succeeded 1842 
 he was engaged with two gentlemen of 
 Providence in the manufacture of cot- 
 ton. In that time he accumulated a 
 moderate fortune, which satisfied all his 
 desires ; and he retired to his farm in 
 Cranston, determined to sjjend the re- 
 mainder of his days in its improvement 
 and embellishment. But he was not 
 allowed to remain in this comparative 
 repose. Almost every body engaged in 
 
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 WILDER 
 
 the construction of new mills, or in the 
 reparation of old ones, sought his ser- 
 vices. Not only at home Avas he known 
 and appreciated, but in every part of 
 New England ; and all over the country, 
 where there is a cotton mill, he was soon 
 recognized and acknowledged as the 
 very best cotton spinner in the United 
 States. With every part of the business 
 
 — from the excavation of the first foot 
 of earth for the edifice, to the last finish 
 upon the fabric before exposed for sale 
 
 — he was as familiar as with the alpha- 
 bet. Many other men undoubtedly 
 equalled him in theoretical knowledge ; 
 but he could produce — and this was 
 his distinguishing characteristic, and 
 which made his services and labors of 
 such great value to manufacturers and 
 capitalists — the very best article at the 
 very lowest possible cost. Many of the 
 most profitable establishments in Rhode 
 Island and other states owe their success 
 entirely to his ability and skill. He has 
 spent most of the last five years in 
 IMaine, principally in planning, building, 
 and arranging those gigantic and per- 
 fect structureajWhich have been reared 
 in the new manufacturing town of Lew- 
 iston. 
 
 Whitney, Asa Hammond, Vicksburg, 
 Miss., Oct. 8, se. 40, a graduate of Har- 
 vard, class of 1838. 
 
 Whitney, Jackson D., Oshkosh, Wis., 
 May — , se. 35 or 40. He was a lawyer 
 of uncommon ability ; was once a pupil 
 of Judge Douglas, at Springfield, 111., 
 and afterwards entered the office of Ex- 
 Senator "Wilson, of Mihvaukie, as a law 
 student, and eventually succeeded to a 
 partnership with that gentleman. He 
 went to Oshkosh about eight years ago, 
 and commenced the practice of law. 
 His superior ability and eminent success 
 as a lawyer soon secured him an exten- 
 sive business. He Avas respected as a 
 lawyer, loved as a companion, neighbor, 
 and friend, ever ready to administer aid 
 and comfort to the destitute, scorning a 
 mean action, and alike faithful to friends 
 and clients. 
 
 WiiiTON, Capt. E., Boston, Mass., 
 Aug. 30, X. 61, for more than thirty 
 years agent for the New York line of 
 packets. Capt. W. was a man of un- 
 flinching integrity, and had the entire 
 confidence and esteem of merchants. 
 
 WiiiTTiER, Reuben, Palermo, Me., 
 ^larch 9, a;. GG. He was one of the 
 
 oldest and most esteemed citizens of 
 Palermo, respected for his personal 
 worth, and his qualities as a citizen and 
 a neighbor, by all who knew him. 
 
 Whittlesey, Elisha M., Washington, 
 D. C, Dec. 7, ee. — . Mr. W. has for 
 many years past occupied the position 
 of a principal clerk in the treasury de- 
 partment at Washington, and was re- 
 garded as an able and efficient officer ; 
 and by his gentlemanly deportment, and 
 kind and affable manners, won the es- 
 teem of all those with whom he was 
 associated. Wherever he was known 
 he enjoyed the respect of his fellow-citi- 
 zens. His remains were conveyed to 
 Canfield — the residence of his father, 
 and the place of his nativity — for in- 
 terment. 
 
 Whittlesey, INIrs. A. G., Colchester, 
 Ct., July 18, a^. 70. ]Mrs. W. was for 
 some time preceptress in the Deaf and 
 Dumb Asylum of Hartford, Ct. ; and 
 afterwards, for several years, was editress 
 of the Mother's Magazine, of New York 
 city. 
 
 Wiggins, Mrs. Irene H., wife of Dr. A. 
 J. Wiggins, of Goshen, Ind., while on a 
 visit at her mother's, a;. 27. She was 
 a native of Palmyra, N. Y. At an early 
 age she, with her parents, removed to 
 ^lichigan, where she grew up and en- 
 joyed the pleasure of a large acquaint- 
 ance of warm and true friends. She 
 was married in 1852, when she removed 
 to Goshen, and for the last year Avas a 
 resident of that place, where she leaves 
 many acquaintances, together vnih her 
 husband, to mourn her untimely loss. 
 Peace to her memory. 
 
 Wiggins, Nehemiah H., M. D., Rusk, 
 Texas, Dec. 2, a?. 28. He was a native 
 of Oxford, N. C. ; received his education 
 at Caldwell Institute, N; C, and Hamp- 
 den Sidney, Va., with the ministry in 
 view, but turned his attention to medi- 
 cine, and graduated at Augusta, Ga., in 
 1853. In October, 1852, he was married 
 to Clara C, daughter of Dr. Lovick 
 Pierce, and sister of Bishop Pierce, of 
 Georgia. He practised medicine for 
 some time, with great success, in Geor- 
 gia. In 1858 he removed to Rusk, 
 Texas, where he had made many warm 
 friends. 
 
 Wilder, Mrs. Mary, Boston, Mass., 
 June 15, vc. 75, wife of Thomas Wilder, 
 Esq., and sister of the late Rev. Dr. 
 Leonard Woods, of Andover. 
 
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 WiLLEY, Hon. Calvin, Stafford, Ct., 
 Aug. 23, a\ 82. He ^yas born at East 
 Haddam, Ct., Sept. 15, 1776 ; com- 
 menced the study of law at Hebron, in 
 June, 1795, M'ith John Thomson Peters, 
 late a judge of the Supreme Court. In 
 1798 he was admitted to the bar in Tol- 
 land Co., and commenced the practice 
 of law the same year. AVhile he lived 
 in Stafford he twice represented that 
 town in the General Assembly of his 
 state; and in 1806 was appointed the 
 first postmaster at Stafford Springs, 
 which office he held till he removed to 
 Tolland, in 1808. While he resided in 
 Tolland he was eight years postmaster 
 in that place, and seven years judge of 
 probate for Stafford District. He was 
 an elector for President and Vice Presi- 
 dent of the United States in 1824, seven 
 times represented the town in the Gen- 
 eral Assembly, was two years a member 
 of the state Senate, and six years a 
 member of the Senate of the United 
 States, Avhich time expired March, 1836. 
 Since that time he held no public office 
 save that of justice of the peace, but 
 pursued with assiduity his profession. 
 
 Williams, Mrs. Harriet H., ISIosul, 
 Dec. 25, 86. — , wife of Rev. W. F. Wil- 
 liams, missionary to ISIosul. She had 
 just reached her field of labor. 
 
 Williams, Hon. Gardner, Saginaw 
 City, Mich., Dec. 11, gp. 56. He was the 
 eldest son of the very large family of Ol- 
 iver Williams, and JPolly, his wife, who 
 resided at Concord, Mass. The father 
 emigrated to Detroit in 1811, though the 
 family did not follow him until some years 
 after. They resided at Detroit for some 
 years, and about the year 1818 removed 
 to what is now the township of Water- 
 ford, Oakland Co., three miles west of 
 Pontiac. There the father and sons erect- 
 ed a house and barn, which are still stand- 
 ing upon the bank of Silver Lake. The 
 family consisted of Gardner, Ephraim, 
 Alfred, Benjamin, Alpheus, and James, 
 sons, and three daughters, one of whom 
 is now deceased, the wife of Rufus W. 
 Stevens, of Flhit ; a second, Avidow of 
 the late Schuyler Hodges, of Pontiac; 
 and the third, wife of Geo. W. Rogers, 
 of Pontiac. The widowed mother, a 
 hale and intelligent lady of nearly 90, 
 a fine specimen of the old New Eng- 
 land stock, still survives, living with her 
 sons Alfred and Benjamin, at Owasso, 
 Shiawassee Co. The deceased went early 
 
 into the Indian trade, and soon became, 
 and for many years remained, an agent of 
 the American Eur Comjjany. Perhaps 
 no man understood the language of the 
 Indians of Michigan, in its different dia- 
 lects, better than he, or used it with 
 greater effect. His power over them 
 was complete, owing to his dignity, his 
 strength of will, and his taciturn, self- 
 collected manner. In jicrsonal character, 
 he was honorable, upright, Hberal, and, 
 like the entu-e family, temperate. The 
 deceased exercised a wide personal in- 
 fluence, through the nature and extent of 
 his business, and from the number look- 
 ing to him. He held many public offices 
 at different times durmg his life, both 
 under the federal government and the 
 state government, in all of which, as 
 well as those of a more local character 
 above named, he acquitted himself v.ith 
 honor. He had, at different times, held 
 the office of Inchan farmer, and of In- 
 dian interpreter, for the duties of which 
 he was unusually well fitted, and, if we 
 are not mistaken, filled one of these up 
 to the day of his death. The deceased 
 was a commissioner of the first Board 
 of Internal Improvements, a])pointed 
 March 21, 1837; was county judge of 
 Saginaw Co. for several years, was elected 
 senator from the sixth district in Nov., 
 1844, and received the office of circuit 
 comt commissioner of Saginaw Co. dur- 
 ing the same year. 
 
 Williams, Elihu, San Augustine, 
 Texas, Oct. 13, as. 21. Mr. W. removed 
 in Dec, 1858, when about 20 years old, 
 from Talladega Co., Ala., to San Augus- 
 tine, Texas, where he read law, was 
 admitted to the bar, and continued the 
 practice of his profession till his death. 
 By the noble impulses of his heart he 
 had secured the confidence and esteem 
 of all who knew him ; and in 1856 was 
 elected to the representative branch of 
 that state legislature. 
 
 Williams, Rev. Eleazar, Hogansburg, 
 
 St. Regis, N. Y., , is. — . Mr. 
 
 W. must have been between 70 and 80 
 years old M'hen he died, as he was quite 
 conspicuous in the war of 1812, as a 
 bold and skilful leader of the St. Regis 
 Rangers, under Gen. Dearborn, especial- 
 ly about the time of the investment of 
 Plattsburg by the British ; and there is 
 good reason for the opinion that the pre- 
 cipitate raising of the siege and flight 
 of the enemy was in consequence of an 
 
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348 
 
 WILLIAMS 
 
 [ 1858. ] 
 
 WILLIAMS 
 
 admirable ruse, well conceived and skil- 
 fullj- carried into effect, by Mr. W. In 
 this service he received a severe wound, 
 the effects of which annoyed him during 
 life. Letters from Gen. Dearborn, and 
 also from Gen. Moores, who was in com- 
 mand of the New York militia, to the 
 secretary of war, speak of liis moral 
 character and gallant and efficient con- 
 duct in terms of very high commenda- 
 tion. Mr. AV.'s father, Thomas Williams, 
 was, if I mistake not, of a Massachusetts 
 family, and though a Avhite man, became 
 the principal chief of the St. Regis In- 
 dians, then inhabitants of Canada ; but 
 on the invitation of Mr. Jefferson to the 
 tribe in ISOo, and afterwards of Gen. 
 Dearborn and others, about the begin- 
 ning of the Mar of 1812, a band, with 
 this Williams family at their head, since 
 distinguished from those who remained 
 as the American party, abandoned their 
 comfortable homes and property, and 
 settled in the United States. The young 
 men organized themselves as a band of 
 rangers, which proved an efficient aux- 
 iliary to the American forces on that 
 frontier. Thomas Williams abandoned 
 a valuable property in Canada, remu- 
 neration for which was promised by the 
 United States authorities ; but that pro- 
 mise has never been fulfilled, and for 
 the want of which the highly meritorious 
 subject of this memoir had to endure, in 
 his old age and a protracted illness, the 
 gri])ing hand of poverty. The writer 
 of this was well acquainted with ^Ir. AY. 
 for more than 30 years, and this he 
 thinks will justify the expression of his 
 opinion that, notwithstanding Mr. W.'s 
 defective education, he was a man of 
 extraordinary ability. He need not say 
 he was a pious man ; his long and excel- 
 lent standing in the church to Mhich he 
 belonged is proof of that fact ; but he 
 will add, that in all his intercourse with 
 him, he always found him bland and 
 courteous in his de])ortment, honest and 
 honorable ; in short, a man of tlie strict- 
 est ])robity, and withal a man of bound- 
 less benevolence in his disposition. Had 
 this principle been weaker, and his self- 
 love stronger, he might, and probably 
 would, have died rich instead of poor. 
 For a long time Mr. W. was the sole 
 agent and chief of the American party 
 of the St. llegis Indians, and it is be- 
 lieved that to the day of his death they 
 reposed unlimited confidence in him. 
 
 Soon after the war of 1812 ]\Ir. W. pro- 
 jected the enterprise for the New York 
 Indians to purchase a large tract of land 
 on Green I3ay and the Fox Iliver for 
 then- future home. With great perse- 
 verance and expense, and under the 
 auspices of the executive of the United 
 States, and after several long and 
 fatiguing journeys, the object was ef- 
 fected. By treaties with the Menominee 
 and Winnebago Indians a very large 
 tract was acquired, which, a few years 
 ago, was exchanged with the United 
 States for a tract in Kansas equal to 320 
 acres for each of the New York Indians, 
 and being less than one third of the 
 quantity given for it in Wisconsin. 
 These Kansas lands are the same which 
 the executive, during the last session of 
 Congress, asked for authority to sell for 
 the use of the United States, and for 
 which a bill was reported, and perhaps 
 passed the Senate ; it did not pass the 
 other house. Of Mr. W.'s claim, if we 
 may so call it, to being the son of Louis 
 XVI., or dauphin of France, I have 
 nothing to say, excepting that I always 
 found him reserved on that question ; 
 and M'hen urged to speak of it he did so 
 Avith the utmost modesty, simply remark- 
 ing that the testimony was before the 
 public, and they must form their own 
 opinions. Few persons, it is believed, 
 can read that testimony, as arranged 
 and published by the Rev. Mr. Hanson 
 in a volume entitled " The Lost Prince," 
 without feeling amazed and confounded. 
 Able lawyers of extensive practice have 
 declared that they have rarely seen made 
 out, in any adjudicated case in court, 
 a chain of evidence more complete. But 
 he is gone where to have been a faith- 
 ful servant of Him to whose service he 
 devoted his life is infinitely higher re- 
 garded than royal birth and dominion. 
 He died as he had lived, looking stead- 
 fastly to the author and finisher of his 
 faith. His last words were, " Lord 
 Jesus, have mercy on me, and receive 
 my spirit." 
 
 'Williams, Mrs. Amanda G., New 
 London, Ct., Oct. 12, a?. — . Mrs. W. 
 was endeared to a large circle of friends 
 and acquaintances. Many will miss her 
 numerous charities, and keep her m.em- 
 ory green. She was a most estimable 
 lady, and her decease will be very gen- 
 erally lamented. Mrs. W. was a daugh- 
 ter of Henry B. Gibson, Esq., of Canan- 
 
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 349 
 
 daigua, and sister of Mrs. Watts Sher- 
 man, of New York. 
 
 Williams, Miss Charlotte E., Hut- 
 land, Vt., Oct. 7, sp. — , daughter of the 
 late Chief Justice Williams, of that state. 
 
 Williams, Edwin M., Brownsville, 
 Prairie Co., Ark., Sept. 18, cT. 33. At 
 the age of 21 he was elected clerk of 
 Prairie Co., upon its organization in 
 1847, which office he held for eight suc- 
 cessive years. In 1854 he was elected 
 by his fellow-citizens as their repre- 
 sentative in the lower house of the 
 General Assembly, and served his con- 
 stituents in that body during the session 
 of 1854-5, at the close of which he com- 
 menced the practice of law, and con- 
 tinued therein until his death. 
 
 Williams, D. O., M. D., Camden, 
 Ark., Sept. 30, fe. — . He Avas an esti- 
 mable and upright man, and a good cit- 
 izen, whose loss will be deeply felt and 
 deplored, as well by the community at 
 large as by his immediate relations and 
 friends. He formerly resided in Missis- 
 sippi, where he had filled several re- 
 sponsible public positions, and was at 
 one time a member of the Senate in that 
 state. He possessed enlarged financial 
 cajiacity, combined with great prudence 
 and economy, and had accumulated a 
 very large estate, part of which lies in 
 Arkansas, and part in Mississippi. 
 
 Williamson, Col. John, Newton Co., 
 Miss., May 19, a?. 48. Col. W. was 
 born in Orangeburg Disti-ict, S. C, Dec. 
 1, 1810, and moved to Newton Co. in 
 1844. For the greater part of the pe- 
 riod since, he filled the office of sheriff 
 in the county of his residence, and, in 
 the dischai^e of his official and other 
 duties as a citizen, deported himself 
 with such amenity, justice, and kindness 
 as to secure and retain the confidence 
 and friendship of all who knew him. 
 
 Williamson, George T., London, 
 England, Dec. 25, se. 55, a citizen of 
 Ciitcinnati, O. Mr. W. was born in 
 Cincinnati, May 10, 1804. Since the 
 organization of the Pioneer Association 
 he had been its corresponding secretary, 
 and probably did more than any other 
 man to collect and preserve interesting 
 facts and reminiscences connected with 
 the early settlement of Ohio and Cincin- 
 nati. In him the association has lost 
 one of its most useful and efficient 
 members. He was a man of warm so- 
 cial qualities, of high and honorable 
 30 
 
 impulses, an excellent member of soci- 
 ety, and possessed more than ordinary 
 abilities. 
 
 Williamson, Robert, Lincolnton, 
 N. C, l)ec. 21, pp. 45, clerk of the Su- 
 perior Court of Lincoln Co. j 
 
 Willing, Richard, Pliiladelphia, May 
 18, a-. 82, one of the oldest representa- 
 tives of one of the oldest and most dis- 
 tinguished Philadelphia families. He 
 was a son of Thomas Willing, former 
 president of the old United States I5ank. 
 He was born at the old family mansion, 
 (demolished a year or two ago,) at the 
 corner of Third Street and Willlng's 
 Alley, Dec. 25, 1775. Mr. AV., having 
 inherited great wealth, never engaged 
 actively in business, though in his 
 younger days he made several voyages 
 to India and to Europe as suj)ercargo 
 of vessels belonging to the firm of Wil- 
 ling and Francis. In 1814 he was 
 elected captain of the State Fencibles, 
 who were ordered to Camp Dupont in 
 anticipation of a British invasion. But 
 he declined the office, and, indeed, 
 throughout his whole life he avoided 
 public situations of all kinds. He was 
 married in 1804 to Eliza, daughter of 
 Thomas Lloyd Moore. Four daughters 
 and one son survive him. One of the 
 daughters is married to John Ridgeway, 
 Esq., and resides in Paris. The son has 
 been abroad, but soon to return. He 
 was connected also with other distin- 
 guished families in this country and in 
 Europe. A niece of his was the wife 
 of the late Lord Ashburton. He has 
 always been regarded as an intelligent, 
 upright, and honorable man, and a wor- 
 thy representative of the class of courtly 
 gentlemen of the past generation. 
 
 Willis, Rev. John M., Hampton, 
 Va., March 26, se. 67. For more than 
 34 years he was a resident of Hampton, 
 and during that long period it was his for- 
 tune to occupy various responsible posts 
 of federal, state, and local trust. As 
 postmaster under the administration of 
 Mr. Adams ; as trustee of the Hampton * 
 Academy, which office was subsequently 
 merged into the presidency of the board 
 of school commissioners ; as presiding 
 officer of the town council ; as presiding 
 justice of the county court ; and as a 
 minister of the gospel, — he displayed 
 traits of character which will embalm 
 his memory in the minds and hearts of 
 all who knew him. 
 
850 
 
 WILLITS 
 
 [1858.] 
 
 WINTIIROP 
 
 "WiLLlTS, Allison J., Mount Vernon, 
 Iowa, April 22, iv. 47. 
 
 WiLLSON, William B., M. D., Fred- 
 erick City, Md., May 1, iv. 59. 
 
 Wilson, Sergeant, Fort McIIenry, 
 near Baltimore, Md., Sept. 28, a>. 45, 
 of the ordnance arm of the U. S. army. 
 The last 20 years of his life were spent 
 in the army. He was with the Amer- 
 ican army under Gen. Z. Taylor, in 
 Mexico, and fought in the battles of 
 Monterey, Vera Cruz, Cerro Gordo, and 
 most of the bloody engagements in the 
 valley of Mexico. He was remarked 
 for his bravery ; and the late Gen. Per- 
 sifer F. Smith mentioned him by name 
 in his general despatches to the govern- 
 ment at Washington ; and at the con- 
 clusion of the war he was presented 
 with a certificate of merit. 
 
 Wilson, John, Talladega, Ala., Aug. 
 23, ae. 40. Mr. W. was born and reared 
 in Botetourt Co., Va. He resided for a 
 short time in Athens, O., where he was 
 professor in the university, returned and 
 taught successfully in his native county, 
 visited Texas, Avas for two years the 
 principal of the Presbyterian Institute, 
 in Talladega, and then the founder and 
 proprietor of SoutliTTood. He Avas a 
 man remarkable for energy, industry, 
 and punctuality, a good scholar, a fine 
 writer, and most laborious teacher. In 
 the discipline of his school, wliich was 
 rapidly rising in popular favor, he was 
 strict and close, watching over the moi'- 
 als and conduct of his pupils with un- 
 tiring vigilance. As a father he was 
 eminently judicious and faithful, and as 
 a husband provident, kind, and devoted. 
 In early manhood he became pious, and 
 was, at the time of his death, a ruling 
 elder of the Presbyterian church. 
 
 Winchester, Rev. Thomas W., Phoe- 
 nixville. Pa., Feb. 6, se. — . 
 
 WiNSLOW, Edward, Harvard, Mass., 
 Sept. 23, X. 62. Mr. W. was born at 
 Middleboro', Mass. He acquired, early in 
 life, a practical knowledge of machinery, 
 < in that town, and was for many years 
 connected with the cotton manufactory 
 established there. He afterwards moved 
 to Dedham, and entered with zeal upon 
 an invention which has conferred incalcu- 
 lable benefit upon our woollen manufac- 
 turers. This was the condenser, a ma- 
 chine which was at once adojjted in all 
 t}ie mills in the country, and, so ])erfect 
 did he do his work, it still continues to 
 
 be used. Like many other really valua- 
 ble inventions, however, it was seized 
 upon at the time by the woollen manufac- 
 turers, and appropnated to their use with- 
 out any acknowledgment to the man 
 who originated and perfected it, so that 
 he lost tJie pecuniary benefit which right- 
 fully belonged to him. In after years, a 
 sense of justice compelled many of the 
 manufacturers to acknouledge his claim, 
 and they made him a small compensation. 
 This Avas one of those cases where the 
 benefits are counted by millions, and the 
 reward by tens and hundreds. But Mr. 
 W. had acquired a celebrity, and was 
 called to Nashua, N. H., where he took 
 charge of the machine shop on the Indian 
 Head Corporation, and aided in plan- 
 ning an extensive Moollen mill. The cri- 
 sis of 1828 was too severe a trial for the 
 Indian Head Co., and the manufacture of 
 AvooUens at Nashua ceased. The next 
 year Mr. W. Avent to Lowell, Avhere his 
 reputation had preceded him, and when 
 the Lawrences came in possession of the 
 Hurd mill, now known as the Middle- 
 sex, he took charge of the machinery, 
 both in building and running it. In his 
 intercourse Avith men he Avas retiring and 
 unobtrusive almost to a fault, but to his 
 acquaintance he Avas social and Avarm- 
 hearted. He had a strong religious and 
 holy hope, and through life bore the 
 character of an honest and upright man. 
 
 WiNSLOAV, Jeremiah, Havre, France, 
 
 , jp. 77, brother of Isaac WinsloAv, 
 
 of Philadelphia. Mr. W. Avas a native of 
 Westbrook, ]Me., but for nearly half a 
 century resided at Havre, Avhere he ac- 
 cumulated a large fortune, chiefly in a 
 successful management of th» Avhale fish- 
 ery. PrcA'ious to his residence in HaA're, 
 he resided temporarily in New Bedford, 
 Mass., and is familiarly remembered by 
 many who enjoyed his society at that 
 time, and subsequently during his fre- 
 quent A'isits here, and in- their business 
 relations Avith him. As an upriglit mer- 
 chant he Avas esteemed, and as an ac- 
 complished gentleman and Avariti-hearted 
 and sincere friend he Avas beloved by all 
 Avho knew him. His brother, Isaac Wins- 
 low, of Philadelphia, Avas Avith him at the 
 time of his death. 
 
 WiNTiiRor, Mrs. Elizabeth A., Mau- 
 mee City, O., Aug. 30, a\ — , sister of the 
 Kev. John A. Andras, principal of Black- 
 heath college, London, and Avife of the 
 Itev. Edward Wintlurop, rector of St. 
 
WITBECK 
 
 [ 1858. ] 
 
 WOFFORD 
 
 351 
 
 Paul's Church, Maumee City, and former- 
 ly rector of St. Paul's, Norwalk, O. The 
 deceased was a native of the city of Bath, 
 Somersetshire, England, and came to 
 America in 1832. She was married in 
 1839, at Lexington, Ky., at the residence 
 of Capt. Henry Johnson, brother of Col. 
 Richard M. Johnson, formerly vice pres- 
 ident of the United States, to the Rev. 
 Edward Winthrop, then professor of 
 sacred literature in the Protestant Ejjis- 
 copal Theological Seminary of Kentucky. 
 Modest and unobtrusive in her deport- 
 ment, earnest and warm-hearted in her 
 piety, indefatigable in her efforts for the 
 good of others, it was the* delight and 
 glory of her strong and highly-culti- 
 vated intellect to lay all her trophies at 
 the feet of Jesus ; and she departed 
 hence with a cordial and loving trust in 
 that dear Saviour whom she had so cheer- 
 fully and strenuously served from her 
 early youth. ^luch of her life had been 
 spent in the work of Christian education. 
 She was most loved by those who knew 
 her best, and she left many friends to 
 deplore their loss. 
 
 WiTBECK, Martin, West Troy, N. Y., 
 
 , se. 52. As a citizen, he was 
 
 highly esteemed for his integrity and 
 ability. He had several times been elect- 
 ed to the presidency of the village. He 
 held a very important position in the U. 
 S. arsenal until the time of his decease, 
 wliich he had sustained with credit to 
 himself and profit to the government for 
 30 years. He was a ruling elder in the 
 Reformed Dutch church, in which office 
 he hid often served with great faithfulness. 
 
 Withy, Samuel J.; M. D., Philadel- 
 phia, Pa., June 23, sc. 65. 
 
 WoFFORD, Gen. W. B., Habersham 
 Co., Ga., June 10, ae. 67. He was born 
 in Franklin Co., Ga., May 13, 1791. 
 Few men who possessed so few advan- 
 tages in youth have acquired the emi- 
 nence of Gen. W. All the days that it 
 was his fortune to spend within the 
 school room would not exceed six 
 months. His father removed from Car- 
 olina, and was one of the first white 
 settlers in that portion of Georgia. The 
 settlers were compelled to build a fort, 
 to protect themselves from the depreda- 
 tions of the Indians, who at that time 
 also inhabited the same settlement. Any 
 one can well imagine the advantages 
 that country afforded for education, so- 
 ciety, or any of the other ennobling and 
 
 refining associations that are so essen- 
 tial to youth. William's youthful years 
 were spent in the ordinary occupations 
 that are incident to country life ; — look- 
 ing after the affairs of his f\\ther's farm, 
 and working upon it with his own hands. 
 In the course of time schools came in, 
 the Indians were driven off, and a new 
 county was organized from that portion 
 of Franklin and later purchases from 
 the Indians, called Habersham ; and he 
 became the first sheriff, while yet quite 
 a young man. He held that office one 
 term only, having been elected to the 
 state legislature, and successively for 14 
 years. His useful and varied services 
 during that time cannot be enumerated. 
 He was elevated to the position of 
 speaker of the House, which has never 
 been considered a questionable honor, 
 as some of Georgia's brightest sons 
 have looked to it as a position of no 
 small moment. Having been a volun- 
 teer in the United States service in the 
 war of 1812, he was promoted by the 
 governor of Georgia from major through 
 different grades to that of major gen- 
 eral in command of the Georgia militia. 
 At the expiration of his service in the 
 legislature he was elected president of 
 the Branch Bank at Dahlonega, and 
 resided there several years. His duties 
 as a banker, like all others intrusted to 
 him, were discharged to the satisfaction 
 as well as the profit of those concerned. 
 He was subsequently sent by his con- 
 stituents of Habersham to the state 
 Senate, and twice elected president of 
 that body. He was elector of the state 
 at large for President Polk in 1844, and 
 also for Gen. Pierce. In 1854 Gov. 
 Johnson appointed him treasurer of the 
 Western and Atlantic Railroad of Geor- 
 gia, an institution that belongs to the 
 state — an arduous and responsible po- 
 sition, which he held four years, and 
 discharged the duties to the satisfaction 
 of all parties. A few months after his 
 retirement from this place he died at 
 his residence in Habersham Co. ; and 
 his bones now rest under the sod where 
 he was born. He was a benevolent, 
 generous, and honest man. The beggar 
 never went from his door empty. Few 
 men of his means (and he had plenty) 
 have contributed more to alleviate the 
 suffering, appease the hungry, or bring 
 out the latent virtues of those whom 
 fortune did not favor, than Gen. W. 
 
35 
 
 r^o. 
 
 WOLF 
 
 [ 1858. ] 
 
 WOODBURY 
 
 Wolf, John, M. D., Mohccanville, O., 
 Feb. 17, ac. 30. lie was born in Sliip- 
 pensburg, Cumberland Co., Pa., pros- 
 ecuted his classical studies for some 
 time at Pennsylvania College, and grad- 
 uated at Cannonsburg, Pa., after which 
 he completed his medical studies at one 
 of the medical institutions of Philadel- 
 phia. As a sOccessful practitioner he 
 had few equals, and perhaps none su- 
 perior of his age. 
 y/" Wood, lion. George T., Trinity River, 
 
 Texas, Sept. o, se. — . He was colonel 
 of a regiment of Texas volunteers at 
 the storming of Monterey, and distin- 
 guished himself by the coolness and 
 courage of his bearing. He had been 
 previously a representative in the Con- 
 gress of Texas, and in 1847 was elected 
 governor of the state. 
 
 AV'ooD, James A., M. D., Barre Cen- 
 tre, N. Y., Jan. 1, ae. 35. He graduated 
 at Geneva, N. Y., and settled in Barre 
 as a physician soon after. His practice 
 had already gained him a good degree 
 of eminence in his profession, and his 
 intellectual force was of a high order. 
 As a husband and father he was earnestly 
 beloved, and is deeply lamented ; as a 
 neighbor and citizen he was very gen- 
 erally esteemed. 
 V Woodbury, Prof. Isaac B., Columbia, 
 
 S. C, Oct. 26, fp. 39. He was born in 
 Beverly, Mass., in 1819. He lost his 
 father when only eight years of age ; 
 but this, as might be expected, drew 
 forth the redoubled care of an affec- 
 tionate mother. At the close of his 
 13th year he was placed at school in 
 Boston, or, rather, he was removed to 
 that city for the purpose ; but, being 
 himself intrusted with the necessary 
 funds, he devoted his time and means 
 to the all-absorbing object — music. To 
 our distinguished countryman, Lowell 
 Mason, Mr. W. owes his thanks for his 
 first employment in Boston, it being 
 through his influence that he was en- 
 gaged as teacher in the public schools 
 of that city. From this time he cast 
 loose from the pecuniary aid of friends ; 
 and at the age of 19 such had been the 
 success attendant upon his industry and. 
 frugality that he was enabled to visit 
 Europe for study. A year was passed 
 in London and Paris, under such in- 
 structors as Bislioj), Phillips, Pansoron, 
 and Aul)cr, while every moment, hus- 
 banded with a miser's care, was devoted 
 
 to the theory and practice of music 
 On his return to Boston he at once took 
 a high stand as a teacher, and for six 
 years was thus fully occupied. Turning 
 his attention towards New York, he at 
 this time accepted the charge of the 
 music at Rutgers Street Church, where 
 he remained imtil severe application 
 compelled him, in the autumn of 18j1, 
 to visit Europe for his health. Prior to 
 leaving Boston Mr. W. had put forth 
 several minor works, which had been 
 well received, and gave evidence of no 
 ordinary talent ; and the autumn of 
 1850 was marked by the appearance of 
 his great work — the Dulcimer. Crit- 
 ics condemned, but the people received 
 it with admiration and delight ; and a 
 success before unheard of has atte.nded 
 it from the first. As a composer and 
 compiler of many of the most popular 
 musical works of the day, as one of the 
 most devoted friends of sacred music 
 and church psalmody, as a Christian 
 poet of unsurpassed sweetness, and as a 
 writer of rare ability and winning ten- 
 derness, such as touched and moved the 
 heart, we do not propose to speak ; we 
 leave that for others who knew him 
 better in those departments, and who 
 have plucked garlands with him in the 
 fields of that much-loved science, to 
 which he devoted his life, and to which 
 he has fallen a martyr. We prefer to 
 allude to him as a man of great worth, 
 as a citizen of a generous, noble nature, 
 as a Christian gentleman in the highest 
 sense of the word. The Musical Re- 
 view \vas first issued in Jan., 1850, Mr. 
 W. being its sole editor ; and, without 
 an effort on the part of the publishers, 
 it commanded at once a wide circulation, 
 simply from the charm imparted to its 
 pages by its editor. To Mr. W.'s efforts 
 the public are indebted for the great 
 change in the morale of American songs 
 for the piano-forte. Previous to the 
 appearance of his compositions, all, with 
 hardly an exception, were, to say the 
 least, of doubtful moral tendcncv. The 
 first song of Mr. W. — " He doeth all 
 things well " — has acquired a world- 
 wide reputation. Others of later date 
 — such as " Be kind to the loved ones," 
 " Strike the harp gently," " Mother dear, 
 pray for me " — are also po])ular. He 
 returned from Europe in the summer 
 of 1852, with a good store of musical 
 treasures, and fresh impressions of the 
 
WOODBURY 
 
 [1858.] 
 
 WRIGHT 
 
 353 
 
 music of the old' world, and renewed 
 health and vinjor. During the summer 
 of 1855 he purchased of Judge Butler 
 that beautiful table of upland on Pros- 
 pect Hill, so delightfully overlooking the 
 two villages of Norwalk and South Nor- 
 walk, the waters of the Sound, the Nor- 
 walk Islands, and the picturesque and 
 romantic country far interior to the 
 north and east, the west and south- 
 west, for a home. But, his health hav- 
 ing again failed, he travelled largely 
 abroad and at home, and was at the 
 south when his strength rapidly gave 
 out, and he expired with the consoling 
 words upon his lips — - " I am prepared ; 
 God's will be done ; I have not deferred 
 my preparation to this time." 
 
 "Woodbury, Rev. John, Hastings, 
 Minn., Aug. 27, se. 55, a citizen of Lynn, 
 Mas=:. 
 
 Woodford, Mrs. Pauline A., Grass- 
 hopper Falls, K. T., Jan. 26, a?. 27, wife 
 of Kev. O. L. Woodford, home mission- 
 ary at that place. For two years and a 
 half she was principal of the Cherokee 
 Female Seminary, for the higher educa- 
 tion of young ladies. While among 
 that tribe in the far west, to a gi-eat 
 extent through her instrumentality, the 
 seminary was visited by a precious work 
 of grace in which many of the pupils 
 were hopefully converted to God. Her 
 short life was not barren of these most 
 glorious fruits. As a wife she was an 
 example of perfectness. Her good sense, 
 her amiable disposition, and her Chris- 
 tian character won at once upon the 
 esteem of the community, and made 
 her death, less than eight months after 
 her location among them, felt as a pub- 
 lic calamity. 
 
 Woodruff, Rev. Horace, Hunting- 
 ton, L. I., Feb. 8, se. 54. 
 
 Woods, Robert E., Bardstown, Ky., 
 May — , se. 32, educated at St. Jo- 
 seph's College, Ky., at one time treas- 
 urer of San Francisco. 
 
 WooDW\\RD, Hon. Apollos, Williams- 
 port, Pa., June — , se. — , associate judge 
 of Lycoming Co. 
 
 Woodward, Rev. W. H., St. Louis, 
 Mo., March — , a?. — , rector of Grace 
 church. A meeting of the clergy of St. 
 Louis say, " Besolved, that we have lost 
 a brother, amiable and sincere, accom- 
 plished as a scholar, and much esteemed 
 as a preacher." 
 
 WoODWORTH, Hon. John, Albany, 
 30* 
 
 N. Y., June 1, tr. 88. He had resided in 
 Albany nearly half a century. He estab- 
 lished himself at Troy, in the practice 
 of the law, more than GO years ago, 
 when the present city of Troy was a 
 straggling village quite overshadowed 
 by Lansingburg. He was a meinl)er of 
 Assembly from Kensselaer Co. in 1803, 
 and an elector of president and vice 
 president in 1800. He was associated, 
 at an early day, with John V. N. Yates 
 in a revision of the laws of this state. 
 In March, 1819, he was appointed by 
 Gov. Clinton a judge of the Supreme 
 Court in the place of the late Chief Jus- 
 tice Spenceni whose constitutional term 
 of service then expired, and remained on 
 the bench till 1823, when, though in the 
 full vigor of mind and body, it w as as- 
 sumed that he had reached the period 
 in life when the constitution interposed 
 a disqualification. Judge Woodworth's 
 active habits, and his correct, temperate 
 mode of life, contributed to his good 
 health, cheerfulness, and longevity. 
 
 Worth, Edmund, Kennebunk, Me., 
 Feb. 5, ae. 84, a citizen of West New- 
 bury, Mass., and a member of the Baptist 
 church. 
 
 WoRTHAM, Elbert H., M. D., Mount 
 Pleasant, Tenn., Jan. 2, te. 26. He was 
 son of Augustine W. Wortham, and 
 was born Dec. 13, 1831. He read his 
 profession with Dr. W. J. Hunter, of 
 Mount Pleasant, and graduated at the 
 Medical College in Louisville, Ky., in 
 1853. He married Miss Edmond Van- 
 horn, and practised two years in Mount 
 P., when he removed to Santa Fe, in 
 Maury Co., and there pursued his pro- 
 fession with great success and satisfac- 
 tion. He was kind and attentive to his 
 patients, affectionate to friends, and 
 possessed great good will to all. 
 
 Wright, Hon. Nathaniel, Lowell, 
 Mass., Nov. 5, a?. 73. He was the old- 
 est son of Hon. Thomas and Eunice 
 (Osgood) Wright, and was born in 
 Sterling, Mass., Feb. 13, 1785. He was 
 fitted for college by Rev. Keuben Hol- 
 comb, of Sterling, (Y. C. 1774.) He 
 held a very respectable rank in his class, 
 and graduated with distinction at H. U. 
 in 1808. He pursued the study of the 
 law in the office of Hon. Asahel Stearns, 
 of Chelmsford, Mass., (H. U. 1797;) 
 was admitted to the bar in 1814, and 
 opened an office in Dracut, Mass. In 
 1816 Mr. Stearns was elected university 
 
354 
 
 WRIGHT 
 
 [ 1858. ] 
 
 WRIGHT 
 
 professor of law in Harvard College, and 
 removed to Cambridge the following 
 year. Mr. W. succeeded to Mr. Stearns's 
 office, and to much of his professional 
 business ; and subsequently jmrchased 
 his (Mr. S.'s) residence, wliich he occu- 
 pied during the remainder of his life. 
 He attained to a higli rank in his pro- 
 fession as an alile and well-read lawyer. 
 For forensic display he had little taste, 
 and made no pretension, but when an 
 emergency required a sound, reliable, 
 and disinterested opinion, he was the 
 dependence of his community for many 
 years. Singularly simple and almost 
 blunt in his manners, anc^ sparing of 
 words, there was an honesty and inde- 
 pendence about him which won confi- 
 dence and secured respect. On the 
 organization of the town of Lowell, Mr. 
 W.'s judgment, counsel, and legal 
 knowledge were under great and con- 
 stant requisition. He performed an 
 important part in the preliminary pur- 
 chase of land by the founders of the 
 town, and in setting it off from Chelms- 
 ford he was an efficient agent. When 
 Lowell was incorporated as a town in 
 1826, he was elected its first representa- 
 tive in the legislature, and was reelected 
 the two following years. He was also 
 chosen chairman of the first board of 
 selectmen. In 1834 he was elected to the 
 state Senate from Middlesex district. In 
 1836 Lowell was incorporated as a city, 
 and Mr. W. was elected its mayor in 
 1841 and 1842. On the organization of 
 the Lowell Bank in 1828, he was elected 
 first president, an office which he held 
 uninterruptedly for more^han 30 years, 
 resigning it only on the 22d of October, 
 1858, just two weeks before his death. 
 In all the positions which he filled he 
 gave entire satisfaction to those whose 
 interests were intrusted to his care. He 
 married, ■March o, 1820, Laura Hoar. 
 They had five children, four sons and 
 one daughter, viz., Nathaniel, Thomas, 
 William Henry Prentice, Emery, and 
 Laura Grace. Two of his sons, Na- 
 thaniel and Thomas, graduated at Har- 
 vard College in 1838 and 1842 respec- 
 tivclv. Nathaniel was a lawver in Low- 
 ell, and died Sept. 18, 1847, iv. 27. 
 The others are still living. Thomas 
 is a lawyer in Lawrence, Mass. Mr. 
 W.'s wife died Jan. 21, 1857, a.'. 62. 
 
 Wright, Matthew B., Rome, N. Y., 
 Dec. 3, sc. 28, at the residence of his 
 
 father, William B. Wright. He was 
 grandson of Deacon Allen Wright, who 
 pied Aug. 19, 1855, ». 82, whose par- 
 ents emigrated to R., then called Fort 
 Stanwix, as early as 1788. j\Ir. W. had 
 been engaged in constructing various 
 railroads in Illinois and Iowa. A few 
 years more only were wanting to have 
 placed him in the front rank of the 
 many talented members of the useful 
 yet arduous profession to which he had 
 devoted himself. 
 
 Wright, Samuel, ISI. D., York Dis- 
 trict, S. C, Sept. 12, ae. 55. His repu- 
 tation as a physician gave him an exten- 
 sive practice ; and, although for some 
 years in very feeble health, he never 
 refused to go where he thought he could 
 be of service in relieving the miseries 
 of his fellow-man. 
 
 Wright, Rev. Luther, Woburn, Mass., 
 June 21, ae. 88. He was born Ajn-il 19, 
 1770, in Acton, Mass. He was. the son 
 of Samuel and Rachel Wright. His par- 
 ents were professors of religion, and 
 much respected. Early develojiing an 
 active and ngorous intellect and a fond- 
 ness for study, he entered upon his studies 
 preparatory for college, under the tui- 
 tion of his pastor. Rev. Mr. Adams, of 
 Acton. He graduated at Harvard Col- 
 lege, with good reputation as a scholar, 
 in 1796, in the class vaih. Leonard Woods, 
 D. 1)., John Pickering, LL. D., James 
 Jackson, M. D., and others of distin- 
 guished reputation. Of fine social pow- 
 ers and moral habits, and much respected 
 as a scholar, he was immediately after his 
 graduation engaged as the teacher of a 
 select school in Cambridge. In the mean 
 time he pursued a course of theological 
 study with Rev. Dr. Tappan, professor 
 of divinity in the college. On being 
 licensed to preach, he was well received, 
 and soon had a call to settle in the min- 
 istry in jNIedway, and was ordained there 
 June 13, 1798. December 23, 1799, he 
 was married to Miss Anna Bridge, daugh- 
 ter of Rev. Josiah Bridge, of East Sud- 
 bury. At the time of his ordination, his 
 views of theology were of the Arminian 
 type, but subsequently he believed and 
 faithfully preached the Cahinistic system, 
 and in his last days cherished it as his only 
 foundation of consolation and of ho])e. 
 He remained at Medway 1 7 years, 'with 
 good acceptance as a ])reacher and pas- 
 tor, and during his ministry there many 
 were added to the church. While there 
 
WURTS 
 
 [ 1858. ] 
 
 YOUNG 
 
 355 
 
 he instructed a considerable number of 
 young men in their studies, prejxiratory 
 for college. He was dismissed from his 
 pastoral charge in Medway in Sept., 1815, 
 with the unanimous recommendation of 
 the council, as an able and successful 
 pastor. In January, 1817, he was settled 
 in Barrington, 11. I., where he remained 
 four and a half years, and where his la- 
 bors were attended with signal success. 
 From Barrington he went to Carver, 
 where he remained about three years. 
 Here, also, he enjoyed a precious revival 
 of religion. After this he Ment to Tiver- 
 ton, R. 1., where also his labors were 
 greatly blessed. He loved the precious 
 doctrines of the gospel, and preached 
 them with plainness and earnestness, and 
 with such skill and jjractical adaptation 
 to his hearers, as gave them a lodgment 
 in the mind, until by a divine blessing 
 they became the power of God and the 
 wisdom of God to the salvation of many. 
 His devotional services were peculiarly 
 appropriate and fervent. No Christian 
 could listen to his prayers without feeling 
 that he was near the throne of grace. 
 He was very happy in his visits to the 
 sick and afflicted. His directions to the 
 inquiring, his exhortations in meetings for 
 conference and prayer, and his instruc- 
 tions to young converts, were always edi- 
 fying, happy, and useful. He was scru- 
 
 pulously careful and upright in all his 
 dealings with his fcllow-mcn. Nor was 
 he without interest in tlie benevolent 
 movements of the day. Hd gave more 
 in charity than was known cxcejjt to his 
 intimate friends, and some years since, 
 by his last will and testament, he made 
 disposal of his property mostly to char- 
 itable and religious ol)jccts, amounting 
 to several thousand dollars. He was 
 careful and jn'udent as a steward of the 
 Lord's bount}', that he might be able to 
 leave something to promote the interests 
 of Zion. 
 
 WURTS, Wm., Carbondale, Penn., Ju- 
 ly lo, ae. 47. He was born in Morris 
 Co., N. J., was a graduate of Amherst 
 College, and about the year 1830 removed 
 to Carbondale, where he commenced the 
 practice of law. In 1836 he was mar- 
 ried, and removed to "Wilkesliarre, where 
 he continued the practice of his profes- 
 sion for about 10 years, when he returned 
 to Carbondale. While residing in Wilkes- 
 barre, about the year 1839, he united 
 with the Presbyterian church, and was 
 for many years superintendent of the 
 Sabbath school connected with the 
 Wilkesbarre church, and Avas a diligent, 
 punctual, and faithful officer. Upon his 
 return to Carbondale, he united immedi- 
 ately with the church there, and was 
 shortly after installed as elder. 
 
 Y. 
 
 Yeoman, Samuel F., Washington, O., 
 July 7, se. 65. The deceased served a 
 term in the war of 1812, after wliich he 
 went to Fajette Co., where he was a cit- 
 izen a greater part of the time. He was 
 an editor two years, held the office of 
 magistrate, postmaster, county commis- 
 sioner, judge of the Court of Common 
 Pleas, and representative in the state le- 
 gislature, the duties of all which he dis- 
 charged to general satisfaction. 
 
 Young, Rev. DaA-id, Zanesrille, O., 
 Nov. — , as. — . At his death he was a 
 superannuated minister of the Ohio con- 
 ference. He made a bequest for buikUng 
 a new house for the Second Street Meth- 
 odist Episcopal Church in Zanesville, the 
 seats or pews of which must be free for- 
 ever, $12,000; to the Ohio Wesleyan 
 University, at Delaware, $1,000; to the 
 Bible Society, $1,000; to the Missionary 
 
 Society of the INIeth. Episcopal Church, 
 $1,000; the residue of his estate, after 
 providing a few small legacies, to go to- 
 ward building a Methodist church in the 
 third ward of Zanesville. It is estimated 
 that this will amount to from $,'),000 to 
 $10,000. His Ubraj-y, which was valua- 
 ble, was given for "the benefit of the 
 preacher in the Second Street charge. 
 To the colored man raised in his iamily 
 he gave a life estate in four acres of 
 ground, the cottage house just east of his 
 own residence for life, an annuity of $200, 
 and a quantity of personal property ne- 
 cessary to estabhsh him in hfe. The be- 
 quests in this quarter were nearly equiv- 
 alent to a donation of $5,000. 
 
 Young, Henry B., M. D., Zanesville, 
 0., Oct. 12, a*. 36. He possessed a hap- 
 py combination of intellectual and moral 
 qualities which recommended liim to the 
 
356 
 
 YOUNG 
 
 [1858.] 
 
 YOUNG 
 
 community in wliich he lived. A man 
 of excnii)lary modesty and humility, free 
 from self-importance and dogmatism, and 
 deservedly admired for his uncommon 
 self-control, sterling intelligence, and^ 
 Christian decision. 
 
 PROF. IRA YOUNG, 
 
 Dartmouth College, Hanover, N. H., 
 Sept. 13, ec. 57. He was horn in Leba- 
 non, N. H., and spent his minority with 
 his father as a house carpenter. He 
 then fitted for college, and graduated at 
 Dartmouth in 1828. "For 28 years," 
 says Prof. Brown, "he has been con- 
 nected with Dartmouth College as an 
 officer, having been appointed tutor in 
 1830, and professor in 1833. During 
 that long period of service nearly 1500 
 students have received his instruction, 
 of whom it would be difficult to find one 
 who does not remember him with great 
 respect, and who will not hear of his 
 death with heart-felt sorrow. 
 
 " Prof. Young had some qualities 
 which fitted him eminently for his posi- 
 tion. He was, in the first place, thor- 
 oughly master of the science and litera- 
 ture of his own department. Distin- 
 guished while in college for mathematical 
 attainments, he never relaxed in careful 
 and constant study of those branches to 
 which he particularly directed his atten- 
 tion. His mind was thoroughly disci- 
 plined for patient investigation according 
 to sound philosophical principles. He 
 sought for truth, and not for victory ; 
 and thus he was ready to test his attain- 
 ments by the most thorough methods. 
 As he was thorough with himself, so he 
 was with his pupils ; trying them with 
 doubtful questions, which the studious 
 might answer with ease, but which the 
 ignorant could not evade. Yet he was 
 never harsh, nor captious, nor irritating, 
 though quick and ingenious in exposing 
 the mistakes and follies of the student. 
 Besides his ample knowledge, he pos- 
 sessed remarkably the power of clear 
 and complete statement. It was the 
 habit of his mind to reduce his facts to 
 principles, and to present these in their 
 simplest forms. Few instructors could 
 have excelled him in the facility with 
 which he could disentangle and elucidate 
 a conii)licated ])rob]em, whether for the 
 satisfaction of his own mind, or the in- 
 Btruction of another. And he was as pa- 
 
 tient as he was acute. He was of a quiet 
 temperament, not easily roused, nor 
 rendered impatient at the dulness or 
 want of perspicacity in another, unless 
 this resulted from a moral rather than 
 an intellectual weakness. He was truly 
 modest ; tolerant of others who differed 
 from him ; not over-confident of his own 
 opinions ; nor arrogant of the claims of 
 the sciences M'hich he loved ; nor obtru- 
 sive of his views upon any subject. His 
 friends, knoM'ing his ability, regretted 
 that he gave too little of himself to 
 them and to the world ; while he, aim- 
 ing to be just with himself as with oth- 
 ers, and unambitious of distinction, was 
 contented with abundantly fulfilling the 
 duties of his station, seconding, accord- 
 ing to his opportunity, every good work 
 that was presented, and willing that 
 others should win the laurels and wear 
 them. Another cause probably re- 
 strained him from very active exertion. 
 The disorder which led to the last fatal 
 result had been growing upon him for 
 years, though he knew it not, and by 
 many symptoms, not aggravated, but 
 constant, was inviting him to quiet. 
 
 " In all the relations of life Prof. 
 Young was most friendly and genial. 
 In the midst of whatever differences of 
 opinion might naturally arise between 
 associates, there was never even a mo- 
 mentary interruption among them of 
 sincere respect and regard, and unre- 
 strained familiarity of intercourse. His 
 kindliness of nature attached to him, by 
 bands delicate but strong, all who came 
 into connection with him. But the true 
 exaltation of his life was in its moral 
 and religious beauty. Not indifi"erent 
 to the good opinion of others, he did 
 not make their opinion the guide of his 
 life, but rested Avith simple, unostenta- 
 tious faith on the word of God. On 
 that he reposed with a confidence which 
 nothing could shake, and which was suf- 
 ficient for the severe trials of his last 
 days. 
 
 " A few years since. Prof. Young went 
 to Euro]ie, mainly in behalf of the col- 
 lege, selecting and purchasing the in- 
 struments for the Shattuck Observatory, 
 and purchasing several thousand vol- 
 umes for the library. 
 
 " His associates have in him lost a 
 brother whose aid was always ready, 
 and whose counsels were always wise; 
 the church a faithful member ; and the 
 
YOUNG 
 
 [ 1858. ] 
 
 YOUNG 
 
 357 
 
 college a learned and judicious officer, 
 whose place cannot soon be filled." 
 
 Said President Lord, " Prof. Young 
 was a consummate teacher. During his 
 college course he taught school every 
 successive winter, as he had done for 
 years preceding ; and earned nearly 
 enough to ])ay the expenses of his 
 course, for he had high wages, and 
 never wasted them on his clothes or 
 pleasures. That discipline settled in his 
 mind the elements of knowledge. The 
 principles of all true knowledge were 
 already laid — first, when he was born ; 
 and, secondly, when he was born again. 
 He had, of course, tools to work with, 
 and facility to use them for the good of 
 others, enlarging all the while his own 
 fabric, till he became the man of science 
 that he was for his successive trusts. 
 He loved, as few men ever love, to 
 teach, and as no man can love who be- 
 gins not early and makes not teaching 
 his profession. He was never more at 
 home, or more at ease, than with his 
 class. He loved to enrich them out of 
 his own stores, and thereby draw out 
 and sharpen their independent faculties. 
 He was not disconcerted when he some- 
 times drew to little purpose ; though 
 sure, by set remonstrance, or by his pe- 
 culiar, quaint, dry, and caustic humor, 
 
 to rebuke indifference and neglect, or 
 expose the artifice of- a bold, shrewd, or 
 sly pretender. He was sure of what he 
 knew, and never gave way without a 
 reason. Yet he would never persist 
 when he saw no foothold. He was set, 
 but not dogmatic, or no more so than a 
 sincere man must bo when he believes 
 what he teaches and is in earnest. He 
 would never defend before his class a 
 theory because it was new, or because it 
 was learned, or because it was his own, 
 or because it was popular, or because he 
 would otherwise be ruled out of the 
 synagogue, till he had made it sure by 
 calculation, or probable by analogy. 
 When convinced that an . hypotliesis 
 could not be verified in the present 
 state of knowledge, or never in logical 
 consistency with established facts or 
 moral certainties, he abandoned it like 
 an honest man. But where he had his 
 ground he stood, and would have it un- 
 derstood. Of course his teaching was 
 effectual. Those who would be made 
 scholars, he made sound and good ones. 
 He gave a strong character to his de- 
 partments, and his departments were an 
 honor to the college." 
 
 Young, Eev. G. W. F., Baltimore, 
 Md., July 12, ee. 33. 
 
EXTRACTS FROM LETTERS. 
 
 From Hon. Edward Everett, LL. D., Boston, Mass. 
 "T have much pleasurp in expressing a very favorable opinion of your work, both as to 
 design and execution. If the succeeding volumes are prepared with the same diligence in 
 collecting the materials, and the same skill and judgnienl in digesting them, as the speci- 
 men volume which has already appeared, the work will possess far more than a temporary 
 interest; it will become a valuable historical compend." 
 
 From Joseph Palmer, M. D., Boston, Mass. (Harvard Necrologist.) 
 " Your Annual Obituary Notices of persons who died in 18-57, which I have examined 
 again and again with increased interest, is a work of great value to every cornmunity, as 
 it places upon record, in a permanent form, memorials of friends and relative's who have 
 passed away, and who would otherwise, in a sliort time, be forgotten by the world at large. 
 As a book of reference it is invaluable to the historian. The amount of information you 
 have collected is truly surprising, and the labor and skill you have exhibited are such as few 
 ■would or could have displayed. Hand inexpertus loquor, for I have had no inconsiderable 
 experience in writing and compiling biographies, and I can well appreciate the value of 
 your labors in that department. I am much gratified to learn that you intend to continue 
 your enterprise." 
 
 From Kev. Dr. Blanchard, Lowell, Mass. 
 
 "I have been surprised and delighted at the amount of valuable reading in your volume 
 of 'Notices ' for 1857, and in that portion of the volume for 18-58 which I have had the 
 privilege of examining. It was a happy suggestion which led to the collecting and ar- 
 ranging, in a form convenient for reference _ of these memorials of many who might not 
 have found a place in our biographical dictionaries ; but whose names, characters, and 
 services, private afiection could not, and public spirit sttoidd not, forget. I feel myself 
 personally indebted for information respecting various important facts and dates, and for 
 the means of acquiring it as occasion may demand." 
 
 From Kev. Dr. Cleaveland, Lowell, Mass. 
 
 "So far as I know, it is perfectly original with yourself, in its conception, — the only 
 attempted work of the kind. Other registers in abundance there are, and registers of 
 annual mortality; but they are mere registers. They are not repositories of 'Annual 
 Obituary Notices.' The record of character and service is not in them. 
 
 "Your work has the somewhat rare merit of being exactly what it claims to be, — nor 
 less, nor more. You propose to publish, in compact and permanent form, such obituary 
 notices as the passing year had published in scattered, isolated, and transient forms. The 
 authors of the originals published what their tastes, or more frecpiently their feelings, dic- 
 tated at the time, and you have garnered up in your book the fruits of such isolated labor. 
 You have done your task with exemplary diligence and fidelity. The over-minuteness of 
 some of these notices, and the extreme meagreness of others, are no fault of yours. You 
 have qathered, not icritten them. 
 
 " >Jo one has any right to complain that his departed friends are not sufficiently notic?d, 
 for that should have been attended to when their original obituaries were composed. You 
 do not profess to give the actual or comparative merits of the deceased, but to let the world 
 see what friends and contemporaries were pleased to saj' concerning them. Viewed only 
 in this liglit, your book I would unhesitatingly pronoimce worth three times its cost. 
 
 " It is as a book for reference hereafter, as a contribution to yet unwritten, but invalua- 
 ble history, that is to vindicate its real, intrinsic, and rare value. Ten, twenty, thirty 
 years hence, hundreds will wish they owned it." 
 
 From Rev. O. Street, Lowell, Mass. 
 
 " I have derived an unexpected pleasure from a three hours' acquaintance with your 
 hook. One would hardly think of going to an obituary catalogue for entertainment. Our 
 first thought is, that we should go through it as we walk through a cemetery, caring to no- 
 tice only here and there a monument, and that, not for the sake of the epitaph, but from 
 respect to the memory of the buried one. But I find it quite otherwise. I have made a 
 list of between fifty and sixty names, for future reference, with a view to their historic 
 associations alone. There is to me the full value of the book in two or three of the notices 
 it contains. I shall greet the successive volumes of the work with the deepest interest. 
 May Heaven prosper you in this good work of rescuing precious memorials from oblivion." 
 
 "I thank you fr)r the privilege of reading the advance sheets of your forthcoming vol- 
 ume [Vol. II.] of obituary notices. I congratulate you on your success in condensing your 
 material without a loss of interest. You are engaged in a great and good work. If others 
 read your sketches with a tithe of the interest with which I have read them, they will reap 
 a blessing from this converse with the great and good who have passed away." 
 
 From Rev. Jos. R. Page, Ferry, N. Y. 
 " The idea of your work is an admirable one, and so far, well executed. The great won- 
 der is, that such a work was not commenced years ago. How much knowledge of great 
 importance and deep interest would, in that case, have been rescued from oblivion ! " 
 
From Judge Bell, of New Hampshire. 
 "The plan of the work is good, and its dcsi<^n meritorious. It will preserve many valu- 
 able notices of th; eminent men \vho are passiii>f away, \vliic:h must otlicrwiso, for all prac- 
 tical purposes, be soon lost. Its execution, buth literary and mechanical, is hiyhly credit- 
 able to yourself and your publishers." 
 
 From Kev. Prof. Rood, of Hartland, Vermont. 
 "I have read it with unexpected and unabated interest. It is an original conception, 
 a new book on a new plan. It is just the thing needed in every library and every intelli- 
 gent family. I am surjiriscd tluit you could have obtained such an amount of interesting 
 biographical notices, so ably written, and filled with so many thrilling incidents, in a single 
 year. It contains some of the most ||lassic writing, and some of the most jmctic and re- 
 fined outbursts of feeling, to be found in our language. Any one who will read the notice 
 of the Hon. James Bell, of N. H., or that of the Hon. Andrew Pickens Dutlcr, of S. C., 
 with the addresses made in the U. S. Senate on the announcement of their death, will 
 understand what I mean. I think your book, humble as its pretensions are, is nn onward 
 and upward step in biographical literature, and you have my hearty wish for your success." 
 
 From Thomas N. Stanford, Esq., Perth Amboy, N. J. 
 " Its examination and perusal has alForded me very great satisfaction and interest. ISIany 
 of the individuals who have been thus noticed by you were among my most intimate 
 friends, and I am glad to possess the volume on their account." 
 
 From Rev. Stephen G. Bulfinch, Dorchester, Mass. 
 "I am surprised to find, upon a very cursory examination, how much of interesting 
 information has been collected. The notices of such men as Governor Marcy, Judge 
 Parris, Langdon Cheves, Judge Wilde, Senators Bell, Butler, and Tappan, Lieut. Ilcrndon 
 and Dr. Kane, make your volume a work- of national importance. Of its interest to indi- 
 viduals, as conveying intelligence respecting those they have known, I can judge from the 
 fact, that among the first names I noticed in it, was that of a venerable friend in a distant 
 part of the country, who died last July, but of whose decease I had not before heard." 
 
 From Hon. Robert C. "Winthrop, of Boston, Mass. 
 " I have examined it with great interest, and hope it may prove the commencement of a 
 valuab'e series. When our call shall come, none of us can wish any thing better on this 
 side of the grave than to be honorably mentioned in so permanent a register." 
 
 From Rev. William Horton, D. D., Newbursrport, Mass. 
 "We were pleased to see the memorial of our dear Anna, and my wife's honored father. 
 It must be valuable to all whose friends are noticed in it, and certainly you have got it 
 up in the very best style." 
 
 From Charles Stoddard, Esq.., Boston, Mass, 
 "You do a great service to the country by thus preserving notices of good men and 
 women, and I hope you will persevere." 
 
 From Henry Austin Martin, M. D., Roxbury, Mass. 
 "It places upon permanent record memo.rials of multitudes of men who would other- 
 wise be forgotten, but who have exercised important influences, more or less general, on 
 the civilization and development of their time. Necessarily mingled with these biograph- 
 ical notices must often be introduced anecdotes and incidents of m\ich historical interest. 
 Men and events have soon been forgotten, or their memory obscured in the onward rush 
 which characterizes the marvellous growth of this country. I must allude to the pleasure 
 I have enjoyed in looking over the numerous notices of deceased physicians, and a par- 
 ticular satisfaction in reading the notice of the admirable life of Dr. William Yates, whose 
 claim to having been the first to introduce vaccination into America, though quite new to 
 me, is ably vindicated, and seems undoubted." 
 
 From Hon. Edward S. Rand, Newburyport, Mass. 
 " I am much pleased with the work. It will be found a very useful book, and should find 
 a place in all good libraries, and I believe will meet with a most favorable and deserving 
 reception." 
 
 EXTRACTS FROM NEWSPAPER NOTICES. 
 
 From the Lowell Courier. 
 "Every year removes by death many persons eminent in their profession or business, 
 or dist nguished for their attainments, their achievements, or moral worth. Their merits 
 are often' duly recorded in the ephemeral columns of a newspaper, b<it beyond this they 
 have no lasting memorial. Yet it is desirable that by some means a record may be made 
 of their virtues and distinguishing characteristics, in a permanent form. Such a desider- 
 atum Judge Crrsby has undertaken to supply, and in the volume before us we have the re- 
 sult. The obituaries evince great care and research, and comprise a large number of names." 
 
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 From the Citizen and ISTews, Lowell. 7 — i^'f^'- 
 
 "Many of the notices are verv valuable in an historical point of view, ana many oth- 
 ers throw much light or. genealogical points. It has been said, ' There is no history ; it 
 is all biocjniphij.' ' If this is so, 'the careful conii)ilation of a work of this kind from the 
 evanescent issues of the newspiper press, both preserving the historical and personal facts 
 and daguerreotyping the ever-changing expressions and opinions of the times, is a valua- 
 ble service, and one deserving of strong encouragement." 
 
 From tlie Boston Journal. 
 "In the rapid succession of events, great and small, which crowd our swift-speeding 
 lines, the dead are quicklv forgotten, arc fairly jostled from thought and memory." " The 
 present volume is the result of a happy thought. ^The brevity of the notices fit them for 
 the general eye, and even those who peruse them with a sigh and tear, would equally feel 
 the inadequacy of a finished sketch, while they cannot fail to be soothed by the comparative 
 durability of the record." 
 
 From the Boston Traveller. 
 
 "This is the first volume of a work that must be found very useful, and which, we think ^ 
 we can venture to say, is destined to meet with success of the most marked character. 
 Judge Crosby's aim is to bring together the obituaries of the distinguished people of the 
 country, including women, and the wives and widows of eminent and professional men." 
 " We know of no work of this kind which has struck us more favorably than that of Cros- 
 by's, and we are convinced that the public will extend to it that reception which it so emi- 
 nently deserves, arid- which shall at the same time do justice to its own taste and intelli- 
 gence, while solidly rewarding the deserving author. The publishers, let us add, have 
 brought their usual skill to bear upon the work, which therefore must be, merely in point 
 of beautv, a welcome addition to all good libraries. Works that are to increase and en- 
 dure should always be handsomely printed; and such is the case with this new candidate 
 for favor." 
 
 From the Boston Courier. 
 
 " Judge Crosby is entirely competent to make the work all that is needed ; indeed, the 
 book aswe now have it is a'good and useful book ; we only venture to offer a suggestion 
 (more of suppression and compression) which may increase its value and utility." 
 
 From the Congregational Journal. 
 
 "Within a few years, a new interest has been awakened with reference to the preserva- 
 tion of memorials" and records of the eminent dead. The names of the great and good 
 are annually enrolled in the bills of mortality. In many instances, this is their only me- 
 morial. Brief obituary notices are, perhaps,' prepared by friends, which meet the eye of 
 here and there one, and their very names are soon forgotten. In after years, when dates 
 and deeds are called for where they have been prominent actors, no living rnaii can furnish 
 the requisite information. The history of our state and nation, the local histories of towns, 
 colleges, schools, and churches, are intimately blended with the biographies of public men 
 and benefactors. If history is not written by contemporaries and by eye-witnesses, it 
 must' necessarily be marred" by mistakes. Nothing is so soon forgotten as dates. The 
 biographies of u'seful and benevolent citizens who have contributed to the establishment 
 and development of good institutions are little prized by those who succeed them and en- 
 joy the fruits of their toil." " Now, every effort to rescue from oblivion the history of the 
 prominent actors in life's drama, ought to be encouraged. Judge Crosby, of Lowell, Mass., 
 has originated a noble enterprise in'the right direction and in the right way." " It is to be 
 hoped tTiat the compiler will find sufficient encouragement in his labors to continue the ^york 
 from year to year, as he proposes, and thus furnish a fund of useful material for future histo- 
 rians and biographers." 
 
 From the New York Observer. 
 
 "A volume of great interest and value. In its preparation the compiler has made use 
 of a vast amount of printed and manuscript materials, availing himself largely of the 
 
 newspapers of the day." 
 
 From the Vermont Standard. 
 "He was induced to undertake the herculean work of publishing a series of such publi- 
 cations, in the hope of supplying a permanent record of the virtues and distinguishing 
 characteristics of deceased persons, whose death is oftentimes too meagrely noticed in 
 village newspapers. We have examined this work, and have derived pleasure and profit 
 fronf this obituary catalogue." " The work is one which not only ought to be in the libra- 
 ry of those relatives whose friends are noticed in it, but it is needed in eyery_ intelligent 
 family. Its arrangement is excellent, and its literary and mechanical execution such as 
 to commend it to the favorable reception and cordial welcome of the public." 
 
 From the Boston Recorder. 
 "This handsome octavo is the first instalment of a series of volumes, which, if life and 
 heaUh are spared, the competent and diligent author contemplates giving to the public 
 from year to year. The design and utility of such a work any one can see at a glance. 
 Such "a record in an individual' case will not" interest all readers, but there are very few who 
 can look through an annual volume of Obituary Notices without finding many names that 
 will awaken recollections of interest, and sonie'that will deeply affect the feelings.' " Ihe 
 beginning is a good one, and the author has our best wishes for his success in like labor 
 through many years to come." 
 
There is a notice of Gov. Marcy in the volume for 1857. 
 As the steel plate likeness of him was not obtained in sea- 
 son for that volume, it is now used for this. 
 
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