and Michigan, divided it into farms of 100 acres, erected comfortable five-room dwellings, and sold them at cost, on twelve years' time, to people whom he thought worthy of such assistance. He offered Gen. Grant the use of his furnished cottage on Mount MacGregor, and after his death therein presented the building and grounds to the Grand Army of the Republic as a memorial of the great soldier. In 1887 he presented a $2,000 oil-painting by Edward Gay to the State of New York, for the adornment of the new Executive mansion at Albany. It is estimated that he spent an average of $50,000 a year in charitable work; and it was not known until his death that he had kept an agent at the city prison (Tombs) for many years to investigate the condition of the families of criminals confined there and relieve deserving ones. Mr. Drexel was a director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and gave it some early Italian paintings, a collection of Egyptian casts, and another of coins, the painting "Harpsichord," and a cabinet of ancient musical in struments. He also was president of the New York Philharmonic Society and of the Sanitary League, a director of the Metropolitan Opera House, treasurer of the Cancer Hospital Society, and a member of the Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences, the Society for the Improvement of the Condition of the Poor, the American Geographical Society, and the New York and Saratoga Historical Societies.

Drumgoole, John C., clergyman, born in County Longford, Ireland, in 1828; died in New York city, March 28, 1888. He came to the United States with his parents when eight years old, entered St. John's College, Fordham, N. Y., in 1848, and studied there till obliged to leave to help support the family, and then became sexton of St. Mary's Church. While filling this office he made a vow to consecrate himself to the physical and spiritual improvement of the poor. He resumed his studies in St. Francis Xavier College, took the theological course in the Seminary of Our Lady of Angels, Niagara Falls, and was ordained a priest on May 24, 1865. For a time he was curate at his old church, St. Mary's, when he applied to Archbishop McCloskey for permission to establish a mission for the protection of homeless and destitute children. His plans were approved, and he was appointed director of St. Vincent de Paul's Newsboys' Lodginghouse, and under his administration the enterprise soon attained prosperity. He took charge in 1871, was obliged to rent the adjoining building in 1872, and after ten years of devoted labor erected a large fire-proof building on the corner of Great Jones Street and Lafayette Place, which occupies four city lots and cost, with the ground, $300,000. In 1883, the accommodations again proving insufficient, he purchased over 500 acres on Prince's Bay, Staten Island, and erected buildings there. The property represents over $700,000, and when each part was opened it was free from debt. Nearly 1,500 children are housed, fed, clothed, and educated in the institution, the name of which was changed to Mission of the Immaculate Virgin for Homeless and Destitute Children.

Duffield, George, hymnologist, born in Carlisle, Pa., Sept. 12, 1816; died in Bloomfield, N. J., July 7, 1888. He was graduated at Yale College in 1837, and after a three years' course in Union Theological Seminary, New York city, was ordained a Presbyterian minister, Dec., 27, 1840. He held pastorates in Brooklyn, 1840; Bloomfield, N. J., 1847; Philadelphia, 1852; Adrian, Mich., 1861; Galesburg, Ill., 1865; Saginaw city, Mich., 1869; and Lansing, Mich., 1877-280; and resided in Detroit, Mich., without a charge in 1884-'87, when he removed to Bloomfield. He was author of many hymns, of which "Blessed Saviour, thee I love" (1851); and "Stand up, stand up for Jesus" (1858), are the most widely known. The latter has been translated into French, German, and Chinese, and was written as the concluding exhortation of a sermon delivered by him on the death of the Rev. Dudley S. Tyng. He received the degree of D. D., from Knox College, Illinois, in 1872.

Dunkel, Aaron Kline, printer, born in Lancaster, Pa., May 20, 1837; died in Philadelphia, Pa., May 31, 1888. He learned the printer's trade in the office of the "Lancasterian," and removing to Philadelphia in 1856, was employed as a compositor on the old "Pennsylvanian." In 1861 he enlisted in the second company of the State Fencibles, under the threemonths call, and on the expiration of this service reenlisted in the Zouaves d'Afrique (Gen. N. P. Banks's body-guard), afterward attached to the Fourteenth Pennsylvania Volunteers. He attained the rank of captain, was wounded at Chancellorsville, in May, 1863, recovered, and commanded his company at Gettysburg, where he was taken prisoner in the second day's fight. He was confined in Libby Prison nine months, made his escape with others through the famous tunnel, and was recaptured three days afterward. After being exchanged be served on the staff of Gen. Patrick, as assistant adjutant-general. During his service he took part in the battles of Winchester, Cedar Mountain, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, and the siege of Petersburg. After the war he resumed his occupation as a printer, and was employed on "The Press" till 1868, when, in association with three other printers, he established the "Sunday Republic," which he conducted successfully till 1886, and then retired on account of failing health. He was twice elected State Senator from Philadelphia, and was elected Secretary of Internal Affairs on the ticket with ex-Gov. Henry M. Hoyt.

Dunlop, George Kelly, clergyman, born in County Tyrone, Ireland, Nov. 10, 1830; died in Las Cruces, New Mexico, March 18, 1888. He was educated at the Royal College of Dungannon and at Queen's University, and came to the United States in 1852. He was ordained deacon in the Protestant Episcopal Church, Dec. 3, 1854, and priest, Aug. 7, 1856, and accepted a charge in St. Charles, Mo. Two years later he became rector of Christ Church, Lexington, Ky., and after a service of seven years, resigned to take charge of Grace Church, Kirkwood, Mo., which he held for sixteen years. He was a deputy from his diocese to the General Conventions of 1871, 1877, and 1880, a member of the standing committee, an examining chaplain, and dean of the St. Louis Convocation, and was consecrated second Missionary Bishop of New Mexico and Arizona, in St. Louis, Mo., on Nov. 21, 1880. He received the degree of S. T. D. from Racine College in 1880.

Dunster, Edward Swift, physician, born in Springville, York County, Me., Sept. 2, 1834; died in Ann Arbor, Mich., May 3, 1888. He was graduated at Harvard in 1856, and at the New York College of Physicians and Surgeons in 1859, and began practice in New York in 1860. At the beginning of the civil war he entered the national army as an assistant surgeon, and served continuously on the field and in hospitals till February, 1866. He was appointed a medical inspector by Gen. Rosecrans, and the greater part of his service was in connection with that office. At the close of the war he returned to New York, where he edited the "New York Medical Journal" from 1866 till 1872, and was physician in charge of the Randall's Island Hospital from 1869 till 1873, in the mean time occupying the chair of Obstetrics and Diseases of Women and Children in the University of Vermont for three years, and the same chair in the Long Island Medical College for two years. In 1873 he became Professor of Gynaecology in the medical department of the University of Michigan, at Ann Arbor, and held this office at the time of his death. He was the author of several works in his special branch.

Dwight, William, soldier, born in Springfield, Mass., July 14, 1831; died in Boston, Mass., April 21, 1888. He was appointed a cadet in the United States Military Academy, but resigned before graduation, and engaged in business. On May, 14, 1861, he was commissioned a captain in the Thirteenth United States Infantry, and in the following month lieutenant-colonel of the Seventieth Regiment of New York Volun

teers, under command of Col. Daniel E. Sickles. He participated in the early movements in Virginia, and at the battle of Williamsburg was wounded three times and left on the field as dead. After a brief confinement he was released, and, on rejoining the army, was promoted brigadier-general for his gallantry in that battle, Nov. 29, 1862. In the final attack on Port Hudson, he led the advance troops, and so distinguished himself that he was appointed a member of the commission to arrange the terms of surrender. In May, 1864, when Gen. Banks set out on his Red river expedition, he was appointed chief of staff to that officer; in July he became commander of the First Division, Nineteenth Army Corps, and rendered efficient services in the campaign in the Shenandoah valley; and on Jan. 15, 1866, he resigned from the army.

Eckles, Delane R., lawyer, born in Kentucky in 1806; died in Greencastle, Ind., Oct. 29, 1888. He removed to Greencastle in 1838, studied law, and was admitted to the bar; was the first mayor of the city, served through the Mexican War, and reached the rank of captain; was a circuit court judge sixteen years, and was chief-justice of the United States courts in the Territory of Utah during the administration of President Buchanan, 1857-'61.

Eggleston, Benjamin, merchant, born in Corinth, N. Y., Jan. 3, 1816; died in Cincinnati, Ohio, Feb. 9, 1888. He removed to Cincinnati when quite young, engaged in mercantile business, and became interested in public affairs. He was a member and president of the city council for several years, member of the State Senate from 1862 till 1866, and member of Congress from the First Congressional District from 1865 till 1869. Subsequently he was president of the Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce, and proprietor of the "Cincinnati Times" for several years.

Elliott, Ezekiel Brown, statistician, born in Sweden, Monroe County, N. Y., July 16, 1823; died in Washington, D. C.. May 24, 1888. He was graduated at Hamilton in 1844, and then taught for some years. On the development of telegraphy in New York State, he was called to its service, but soon resigned to become actuary of a life-insurance company in Boston. In 1861 he was invited to a similar office on the United States Sanitary Commission, which he held until the completion of its labors. He then entered the Government service, and in 1865 was secretary of the commission for revising the United States revenue laws. In 1871 he was associated with the civil-service reform commission, and later became Government actuary in the United States Treasury Department, which office he held until his death. Mr. Elliott was a member of the International Statistical Congress that met in Berlin in 1863, and 1882 was vice-president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, presiding over the section of economic science and statistics. He was also a member of other scientific societies. He published papers on mathematical physics, but attained his highest reputation in connection with the many valuable statistical reports on coinage, weights and measures, and similar topics that he prepared for the United States Government. Several of these have appeared in the reports of United States census, especially in the volume on Vital Statistics."

Elliott, Washington Lafayette, soldier, born in Carlisle, Cumberland County, Pa., March 31, 1821; died in San Francisco, Cal., June 29, 1888. He was a son of Capt. Jesse Duncan Elliott, United States Navy, accompanied his father on several long cruises, was educated at Dickinson Academy and the United States Military Academy, and became second lieutenant of United States mounted rifles in 1846. At the outbreak of the Mexican War he accompanied his regiment to the field, and served until the surrender of Vera Cruz, gaining a first lieutenancy in July, 1847. He afterward served on the frontier and in Texas and New Mexico, and took part in the campaign against the Navajo Indians in 1858. He was promoted cap

tain in July, 1854. His first service in the civil war was in the engagements at Springfield and Wilson's Creek, Mo., and from that time till the close of the war he was constantly on duty. He became colonel of the Second Iowa Cavalry in September, 1861; major in the regular army in November, 1861; brigadier-general of volunteers in June, 1862; chief of cavalry in the Army of Virginia in August, 1862: commander of the Department of the Northwest and of a division in the Army of the Potomac in 1863; commander of the Army of the Cumberland, chief of cavalry in the Army of the Cumberland, commander of a division in the Fourth Army Corps in 1865; brevet major-general of volunteers and brevet brigadier-general in the regular army; lieutenantcolonel in August, 1866; and colonel in April, 1878. He took part in the capture of Madrid and Island No. 10, the siege of Corinth, second battle of Bull Run, the Atlanta campaign, pursuit of Gen. Hood, and the battles around Nashville, and was retired at his own request on March 20, 1879.

Fairbanks, Horace, manufacturer, born in Barnet, Vt., March 23, 1820; died in New York city, March 17, 1888. He was the second son of Erastus Fairbanks, war Governor of Vermont, and the sixth in descent from Jonathan Fairbanks, who came from England and settled in Dedham, Mass., in 1633. His father was the senior member of the firm of E. & T. Fairbanks, of St. Johnsbury, Vt., scale manufacturers. Shortly after attaining his majority Horace and his brother Franklin were admitted to the firm, which became E. & T. Fairbanks & Co. In 1874 it was incorporated under the same name and Horace became its president, and held that office till his death. In 1876 he was elected Governor. In early life he built the St. Johnsbury Athenæum, and provided it with a library of 10,000 volumes and an art gallery, which contains among other treasures Bierstadt's painting of the Yosemite valley, and presented the whole to the city. Afterward, in connection with his brother Franklin, he built the North Congregational Church and gave it to the congregation. He was president of the Portland and Ogdensburg Railroad and of the St. Johnsbury and Lake Champlain Railroad till it became a part of the Boston and Lowell system, was a director of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, a trustee of the Fairbanks Educational Board, founded by his father and himself for educating young men for the ministry, and of the St. Johnsbury Academy and the University of Vermont.

Ferrer, Martha W., philanthropist, born in South Britain, Conn., in 1824; died in New York city, May 2, 1888. She was a sister of the late Ann S. Stephens, the author, and married Don Fermin Ferrer, exPresident of Nicaragua, in 1858. On the organization of the Workingwomen's Protective Union of New York, for the primary purpose of aiding and protecting women and girls who had been thrown upon their own exertions for support during the civil war, she was appointed its superintendent. She held this office continuously till her death, and proved an admirable executive and a sympathetic friend to all who came under her charge.

Fisher, Charles Henry, engineer, born in Lansingburg, N. Y., in 1835; died in New York city, Jan. 18, 1888. He was educated for the profession of civil engineering, and began railroad work when seventeen years old on the Racine and Janesville road, in Wisconsin. Afterward he was engaged for several years in repairing the Erie Canal. In 1860 he was attached to the engineering staff of the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad, and during the ensuing eight years rose through the various grades to the office of first assistant engineer. He resigned this office in 1868 to accept that of chief engineer of the projected Lake Ontario Shore road, and made the surveys and laid the lines on which it was built. On Jan. 1, 1869, he was appointed chief engineer of the New York Central and Hudson River road, and held the office till within three years, when he resigned.

Among his most noted works were the two additional tracks, the stations at Albany, Syracuse, and Buffalo, several costly bridges, and the elevation of the tracks and the new station in Rochester.

Foster, Joshua, educator, born near Holmesburg, Philadelphia County, Pa., July 10, 1813; died in New Brunswick, N. J., Nov. 20, 1888. He was educated at the University of the City of New York; in October, 1838, became a teacher in the Pennsylvania Institution for the Deaf and Dumb, and held that place till September, 1870, when he was appointed principal. After a service of forty six years as teacher and principal, he withdrew from active labor in the institution in October, 1884, and took up his residence in New Brunswick, N. J. Before leaving the scene of his long labor he presented his large and valuable library and extensive and choice collection of pictures to the institution. He ranked high among the instructors of deaf mutes in the United States, was an enthusiastic student of, and lecturer on zoology, botany, ornithology, and English history. and had every available space in his school-room occupied with cages filled with singing-birds.

Foster, Melvin, billiard-player, born in Cavendish, Vt., Sept. 12, 1844; died in New York city, July 6, 1888. He was educated in Rutland, became interested in billiards in 1858, and played his first public match, in which he defeated the late Robert E. Wilmarth by 1,000 to 821 points, in a full American game, in Boston, Mass., May 13, 1863. On April 6, 1864, he made his first appearance in New York city at Irving Hall, in a tournament for the benefit of the United States Sanitary Commission, in which he made the best average in a 500-point game of caroms, 15 20-32, against Dudley Kavanagh. In the same year he gained wide repute by defeating John Decry in a home-and-home game, his majority in New York city being 376 in 1,500, and in Washington, D. C., 55. His next great contest was in Montreal, Canada, July 19, 1865, when he was matched against Joseph Dion for $2,000 a side in gold, and was defeated by Dion, who scored 1,500 points to Foster's 1,108. He then won the Memphis tournament, and followed it with a similar victory at Cincinnati in 1867, but in his first championship match at Chicago, April 8, 1868, he lost the game to John McDevitt, by a score of 1,268 to 1,262. On Dec. 23, 1868, he defeated Joseph Dion by 300 to 296, three-ball caroms, for $2,000, in New York city. Jan. 28, 1869, Dion defeated him, 1,500 to 1,116, at the four-ball game in Montreal. April 23, Foster defeated Deery, 300 to 183, at the three-ball game in New York city; and June 19, 1871, he played his third championship- match for the diamond cue, in New York city, and lost to Cyrille Dion, by 1,500 to 616. He introduced several novel features in playing, which others used to better advantage than he.

Fouratt, Enos, soldier, born in Piscataway, N. J., Sept. 19, 1827; died in New Brunswick, N. J., July 22, 1888. In 1861 he was chosen a captain in the First New Jersey Volunteers, and afterward became Colonel of the Thirty-third New Jersey Regiment. He was wounded in the head during the battle of Antietam, and left on the field for dead nearly two days. He was on court-martial duty in Nashville, Tenn., in 1864; accompanied Gen. Sherman's army on its march to the sea; and was mustered out of the service, after having taken part in twenty-six battles, in 1865. He then engaged in railroad business for several years, and in 1885 was appointed chief of police of New Brunswick, N. J.

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Fullerton, William, Jr., composer, born in Newburg, N. Y., in 1854; died in London, England, Aug. 25, He was a son of ex-Judge William Fullerton, received his early education in Newburg Academy, studied music in Germany and England, and settled in London. Under the patronage of the Prince and Princess of Wales he was the author of many musical compositions, notably "The Lady of the Locket," and the opera " Waldemar," which he was preparing

to bring out at the Prince of Wales Theatre at the time of his fatal illness.

Gardner, William Sewall, lawyer, born in Hallowell, Me., Oct. 1, 1827; died in Newton, Mass., April 4, 1888. He was graduated at Bowdoin College in 1850, studied law in Lowell, and was admitted to the Middlesex bar in 1852. In February, 1855, he formed a partnership with Hon. Theodore H. Sweetser, and maintained this connection in Lowell and Boston till his appointment to the bench of the Superior Court in 1875. He held his judicial office till August, 1857, when failing health caused his resignation. Judge Gardner was an active member of the masonic fraternity, and a voluminous writer on freemasonry. Garfield, Eliza Ballou, an American pioneer, born in Richmond, Chester County, N. H., Sept. 25, 1801; died in Mentor, Ohio, Jan 21, 1888. She was a descendant of Maturin Ballou, who fled from France on the revocation of the edict of Nantes and joined Roger Williams's colony in Rhode Island, and a niece of the Universalist clergyman, Hosea Ballou. In 1819 she married, while living in Watertown, Mass., Abram Garfield, son of a farmer of Otsego County, N. Y., and soon afterward they removed to "The Wilderness" of Ohio, and settled on a farm in Newburg, now a part of Cleveland. They built a log-cabin, twenty by thirty feet, in which three children-Mehetabel, Thomas, and Mary-were born. The family removed to New Philadelphia, Ohio, in 1826, but returned to the lake country four years later, settled on a farm in Orange township, Cuyahoga County, and erected another log-cabin. In this humble dwelling a fourth child, James Abram Garfield, who became teacher, soldier, congressman. United States Senator, and twentieth President of the United States, was born on Nov. 19, 1881. Two years afterward the father died, and Mrs. Garfield was left with the farm and four children to care for. When President Garfield was shot, with his own hand he traced an almost illegible letter to his mother. She bore up bravely after his death, till a month before her own, and her last words were a wish to see "my boy Jimmy."

Garnett, Alexander Yelverton Peyton, physician, born in Essex County, Va., Sept. 20, 1820; died at Rehoboth Beach, Del., July 11, 1888. In 1841 he was graduated at the medical department of the University of Pennsylvania, and commissioned an assistant surgeon in the United States Navy. In 1848 he was promoted surgeon, and in 1850 resigned to become Professor of Clinical Medicine in the National Medical College, in Washington, D. C. At the outbreak of the civil war he resigned his professorship, removed to Richmond, was appointed a member of the Confederate board of examining surgeons for the army, and afterward surgeon in charge of the military hos pitals in that city, and as family physician of Jeffer son Davis, accompanied him after the evacuation of the capital. He returned to Washington after the war, resumed his professorship in the medical college, and held it till 1870, when, on his resignation, he was elected professor emeritus. In 1885 he was vice-president of the American Medical Association. Among his numerous medical papers were: Condurango as a Cure for Cancer," "The Potomac Marshes and their Influence as a Pathogenic Agent," "Epidemic Jaundice among Children," "The Sorghum Vulgare, or Broom-Corn Seed in Cystitis," ""Nelaton's Probe in Gunshot Wounds," and Coloproctitis treated by Hot-Water Douche and Dilatation or Division of the Sphincters."

Gay, Sydney Howard, author, born in Hingham, Mass., in 1814; died in New Brighton, Staten Island, N. Y., June 25, 1888. When fifteen years old, he entered Harvard University, but was compelled by failing health to give up his studies while in his junior year. He then spent some time traveling in China and the East Indies, and, settling in Boston, entered on a mercantile carcer, but soon afterward abandoned it to study law. Having conscientious scruples against taking the oath to support the Constitution

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of the United States, on account of his strong antislavery principles, he became an ardent abolitionist instead of a lawyer, and was appointed lecturingagent of the American Anti-Slavery Society, in 1842. In 1844 he removed to New York city, became editor the "Anti-Slavery Standard," and held the office till 1857, when his powerful support of the cause of human freedom led Horace Greeley to appoint him an editor of the New York "Tribune," of which he became managing editor in 1862. He continued in warm personal association with Mr. Greeley and in editorial connection with his paper till 1868, and then removed to Chicago, and assumed the managing editorship of the "Tribune" of that city. Immediately after the great fire in 1871 he resigned this office, and became one of the most effective members of the relief committee; and on the completion of this work returned to New York, and spent two years on the editorial staff of the "Evening Post." In conjunction with William Cullen Bryant he wrote and published an illustrated "History of the United States" (4 vols., New York, 1876-581). He also wrote a life of James Madison (Boston, 1884), and was at work on a life of Edmund Quincy.

Gibson, George, soldier, born in Carlisle, Pa., April 4, 1826; died in Las Vegas, New Mexico, Aug. 5, 1888. He entered the United States Army as military storekeeper in the quartermaster's department on April 9, 1853, was appointed captain in the Eleventh regiment of United States Infantry on May 14, 1861, and was brevetted major for gallant conduct in the battle of Gettysburg on March 18, 1865, and lieutenant-colonel for meritorious services in the operations resulting in the fall of Richmond and the surrender of Gen. Lee on April 9, 1865. He was promoted major of the First United States Infantry, Jan. 12, 1868; assigned to the Fifth United States Infantry June 9, 1869, promoted lieutenant-colonel Third United States Infantry March 20, 1879, and colonel Fifth United States Infantry Aug. 1, 1886. At the time of his death he was commandant at Fort Bliss, El Paso, Tex., but was on a brief leave of absence.

Gibson, Walter Murray, adventurer, born at sea, in 1823; died in San Francisco, Cal., Jan. 21, 1888. He was the son of a merchant of Newcastle-on-Tyne, England, who removed to Montreal, Canada, in 1829, and was educated in the College of St. Sulpice there. When fourteen years old he went to New York, and engaged with a wealthy Southern planter, then on his wedding-trip, to drive his coach to his estate in Anderson County, S. C. On the way South he astonished his employer with his proficiency in the German and French languages and his general culture. He remained in Anderson County several years, taught school, and married; then became restless, searched the hills for the silver-mines of the Indians, ran a passenger steamer on Savannah river, tried journalism in New York, took advantage of the California gold-fever and made a fortune by speculating in cheap mining-apparatus; went to Mexico with De Cramer, the Russian envoy, with the intention of trying Daniel Webster's plan of centralizing the several States, and joined the fortunes of Gen. Carrera, of Guatemala, in his endeavor to effect the centralization of the Central American republics. He then fitted out a war-vessel in New York, from which the United States Government removed the guns and ammunition, sailed to the island of Sumatra, contracted with a native prince for the sale of forty

square miles of land, on which he proposed to settle an American colony, and was arrested by the Dutch colonial authorities and imprisoned nearly two years. He returned to the United States in 1853, went to Salt Lake City, and in 1861 was appointed an agent of the Morinon Church, to establish a colony on the Hawaiian Islands. At first he confined his operations to Lahaina, capital of the Island of Maui, and then abandoning his Mormon colonization scheme, removed to the island of Lauai, leased a large tract, and raised wheat and sheep. In 1867 he settled in Honolulu, established the "News," advocated the claims of Prince Lunalilo to the throne, and, in 1869, was sent to the United States, where he negotiated a reciprocity treaty. On the accession of Prince Kalakaua he was offered a cabinet appointment, and for several years had great influence with the King. In 1878 he was elected a member of the Legislature, and in 1882 was appointed Premier and Minister of Foreign Affairs. He held these offices till the revolution of 1887, when, with the other ministers, he was deposed, a price was set upon his head, and he fled to San Francisco, leaving interests aggregating $1,000,000 in value.

Gilbert, Addison, philanthropist, born in Gloucester, Mass., in 1809; died there, July 2, 1888. He had been actively connected with the business interests of the city for fifty years, accumulated property valued at over $500,000, and for many years before his death was president of the City, National, and Cape Ann Savings-Banks. He bequeathed $100,000 to a board of trustees for a public hospital, $75,000 for an old folks' home, $10,000 to the Widows' and Orphans' Aid Society, $5,000 to the Firemen's Relief Association, $4,000 to the Cape Ann Scientific and Literary Association, and $3,000 to the Female Charitable Society.

Gillmore, Quincy Adams, soldier, born in Black River, Lorain Co., Ohio, Feb. 28, 1825; died in Brooklyn, N. Y., April 7, 1888. He was graduated at the United States Military Academy, first in a class of forty-three, in 1849, and was assigned to the corps of engineers with the rank of second lieutenant. In 1852 he was appointed assistant instructor in practical military engineering in the United States Military Academy, and held the office till Sept. 15, 1856, and was promoted first lieutenant in July of the latter year. Between 1856 and the opening of the civil war he was treasurer and quartermaster at West Point, in charge of the New York agency for the purchase and shipment of material used in the construction of fortifications, and in charge of the fortifications in New York harbor. In August, 1861, he was promoted captain, and in October was appointed chief of engineers of the Port. Royal expedition. He took an active part in the operations at Hilton Head, S. C., on Nov. 7, 1861, rebuilt the forts after their reduction, and superintended the erection of new ones. In 1862 he erected the fortifications for the attack on Fort Pulaski, at the mouth of Savannah river, and commanded the troops in the successful engagement in April. A few days after the capture he was brevetted lieutenantcolonel. Failing

health then compelled him to take a brief leave of absence, during which he was appointed brigadiergeneral of volunteers, and assisted in organizing and forwarding to the field sixty regiments of volunteers from New York State. He reported for duty in Au

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gust, was in command of the division that operated before Covington, Ky., September 18-28, and of a division in western Virginia from September 28 till October 14, was then appointed to command the first division of the Army of Kentucky, and subsequently the division of Central Kentucky. While holding this command, he defeated the Confederates under Gen. Pegram in the battle of Somerset, for which he was brevetted colonel. After another sick-leave, he was appointed commander of the Department of the South, and, in July, 1863, of the Tenth Army Corps. He directed the operations against Charleston, S. C., captured Morris Island on July 10, for which he was brevetted brigadier-general, bombarded Fort Sumter, besieged and captured Fort Wagner and Battery Gregg, and for planting and operating the famous "Swamp Angel" gun on Morris Island, seven miles form Charleston, received this commendation from Gen. Henry W. Halleck: "He has overcome difficulties almost unknown in modern sieges. Indeed, his operations on Morris Island constitute a new era in the science of engineering and gunnery." services at Charleston he was promoted major-general of volunteers. In 1864, at the head of the Tenth Corps, he commanded on the James river, Va., captured the line in front of Drewry's Bluff, covered Gen. B. F. Butler's retreat at Bermuda Hundred, and joined in the pursuit of the Confederates under Gen. Jubal Early. He was assigned to the defense of Washington with two divisions of the Nineteenth Corps. He commanded the Department of the South from Feb. 9 till Nov. 17, 1865, resigned his volunteer commission in December, and was appointed engineer-in-chief of all the fortifications on the Atlantic coast south of New York city. In the regular army he was promoted major in June, 1863, lieutenant-colonel in 1874, and colonel on Feb. 20, 1874. As one of the judges of the Centennial Exhibition in 1876, he made elaborate reports on "Brick-making Machinery, Brick-Kilns, Perforated and Enameled Bricks and Pavements," and on 66 Portland, Roman, and other Cements and Artificial Stones." He also wrote "The Siege and Reduction of Fort Pulaski" (New York, 1862); "Limes, Hydraulic Cements, and Mortars" (1863); "Engineering and Artillery Operations against Charleston in 1863" (1865); "Beton, Coignet, and other Artificial Stones" (1871); "The Strength of the Building Stones of the United States" (1874); and "Roads, Streets, and Pavements" (1876).

Goldsmith, Oliver B., educator, born in Cutchogue, L. I., in 1815; died in New York city, April 28, 1888. When fifteen years old he removed to New York city, became a clerk in a dry-goods store, was established in the same line of business, and in 1837 owned the largest dry-goods store on the east side of the city, and was the chief rival of Lord & Taylor. The financial crisis of that year reduced him to poverty. While seeking other means of employment he was shown a specimen of artistic penmanship written by Isaac F. Bragg, and immediately afterward took a course of instruction in Mr. Bragg's school. Within a year he took the first prize of the American Institute for off-hand penmanship. In 1838 he opened a school in Brooklyn, and subsequently one in New city, which he conducted for forty years, and became known as the best off-hand penman in the United States. A few years ago he made a tour of the principal cities with his six-year old son, who had developed an extraordinary talent for Shakespearean recitations. In 1877 he was accidentally shot in the shoulder, and a few weeks afterward broke several bones in a fall. These injuries resulted in paralysis, from which he never recovered.

Gray, David, journalist, born in Edinburgh, Scotland, Nov. 9, 1836; died in Binghamton, N. Y., March 18, 1888. He settled in Buffalo, N. Y., about 1857, was successively a contributor, reporter, and editor of the Buffalo "Courier," and became its editor-in-chief in 1876. He held this office till 1882, and was then obliged to resign it on account of feeble health. In

1886 he was appointed secretary and treasurer of the New York State Niagara Park Commission, and held the offices till three months prior to his death, when he became secretary of the Buffalo Park Commission. He was on his way to Nassau, for his health, when he sustained injuries in a railroad accident at Vestal, N. Y., which caused his death. Mr. Gray, aside from his high reputation as a journalist, was known as a man of fine literary tastes and the author of a few exquisite fugitive poems. His writings, including essays, letters, and poems, with a sketch of his life, have been published (2 vols., Buffalo, 1888).

Greey, Edward, author, born in Sandwich, Kent, Eng land, Dec. 1, 1835; died in New York city, Oct. 1, 1888. He received a private and a military education, accompanied the English naval expedition to China, and as captain of a company of marines was among the foremost in the storming of Pekin. After the war he was appointed to an office in the British Legation in Japan, and during his residence in that country studied its language, literature, art, customs, and form of government. In 1868 he removed to the United States, passed several years in commercial pursuits in New York city, went to Manchester, Mass., and during a season of disability began his series of Japanese historical, discriptive, and story books. On his recovery he made several trips to Japan, and opened a store for the sale of Japanese curios and works of art in New York. His English translation of the great historical work of Japan, "The Loyal Ronins (1880), elicited the commendation of the imperial authorities, and prompted a banquet to him on his next visit to that country. He was a member of the Zoological and Anthropological Societies of London, and of the Authors', Lotus, and other clubs of New York. He published the plays: "Vendome," "Mirah," "The Third Estate,' "The College Belles," and "Uncle Abner," and the following works on Japanese history, manners, and customs: "Blue Jackets" (1871); "Young Americans in Japan' (1881); "The Wonderful City of Tokio" (1882); The Golden Lotus" (1883); "Bear-Worshipers of Yezo" (1884); and " A Captive of Love" (1885). Grefin, Henriette Augusta, Baroness de, educator, born in Paris, France, in 1819; died in Orange, N. J.. July 25, 1888. She married at an early age Baron Charles de Grefin, a captain in the Chasseurs d'Afrique, accompanied her husband to the United States in 1855, and lived in the South till the close of the civil war, in which they lost all their property. Her husband died soon after the peace, and the widow, who was an accomplished musician and linguist, came north and supported herself by teaching. For several years she was Professor of Languages in Vassar College.

Gunning, William D., scientist, born in Bloomingburg, Ohio, in 1830; died in Greeley, Col., March 8, 1888. He was graduated at Oberlin College, pursued a course in comparative anatomy in New York city, and in biology under Prof. Agassiz at Cambridge, Mass., held lectureships in Hillsdale College, Mich., and in Pittsburg, Pa., was a contributor to "The Index" and "The Open Court," and published a "Life History of our Planet." For some time previous to his death he was pastor of the Unitarian Society in Greeley.

Hager, Albert David, geologist, born in Chester, Vt., Nov. 1, 1817; died in Chicago, Ill., July 29, 1888. He was educated in the public schools of his native town, and in 1856 became assistant State naturalist of Vermont. During 1857-'61 he served under Edward Hitchcock as assistant geologist of Vermont, and from 1862 till 1870 was curator of the State cabinet of natural history. He then became geologist of Missouri, but in 1872 settled in Chicago, where, in 1877, he became librarian of the Historical Society, which place he held until his death. In 1867 he was appointed State commissioner from Vermont to the World's Fair in Paris. He contributed to the "Report on the Geology of Vermont" (2 vols., Claremont, N. H., 1861); "Annual Reports of Vermont