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OBITUARIES, AMERICAN. 



first issues of Harper's " Magazine " and " Weekly," 

 and for publishers of educational works, and contin- 

 ued work till his death. He was a member of the 

 American Water-Color Society, a man of extensive 

 reading and artistic taste, and the instructor of many 

 of the best engravers on wood of the present day. 



Bodley, Eacnel Littner, physician, born in Cincin- 

 nati, Otiio, Dec. 7, 1831; died in Philadelphia, Pa., 

 June 15, 188*. She was educated at Wesleyan Col- 

 lege in Cincinnati, and in 1860 was appointed pre- 

 cept >r in the higher collegiate branches in that insti- 

 tution. Subsequently she entered the Polytechnic 

 College in Philadelphia as a special student in chem- 

 istry and physics, and after a two years' course was 

 appointed Professor of Natural Sciences in the Cin- 

 cinnati Female Seminary, and held the chair three 

 years. In 1805 she was elected Professor of Chemis- 

 try and Toxicoloiry in the Woman's Medical College 

 ot Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, being the first woman 

 professor of chemistry on record. She was elected 

 dean of the faculty in 1877, and held both offices till 

 her death. In 1864 she became a corresponding mem- 

 ber of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin ; 1871 

 a member of the Academy of Natural Sciences of 

 Philadelphia, and received the degree of M. A. from 

 her alma mater; 1879 received the degree of M. D. 

 from the Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania; 

 in 1882 was elected a school director in Philadelphia, 

 and received many similar honors. 



Bogart, William "Henry, journalist, born in Albany, 

 Is. \ ., in 1810 ; died in Aurora, N. Y., Aug. 21, 1888. 

 lie was graduated at the Albany Law School in 1831, 

 but after practicing his profession a short time aban- 

 doned it for journalism. His first permanent employ- 

 ment was as legislative correspondent for the New 

 York "Courier and Enquirer," then edited by Gen. 

 James Watson Webb. He remained with that paper 

 till it was merged into the New York " World," and 

 then severed his connection with it, and established 

 in Albany a legislative corresponding bureau for sup- 

 plying newspapers with political news from the capi- 

 tal, while so employed he contributed to the "At- 

 lantic Monthly " and other periodicals, and became 

 clerk to the Senate, member of the Albany Institute, 

 and one of the first trustees of Wells College. He 

 traveled extensively in early life, and was well known 

 as an accomplished after-dinner speaker. 



Boggs, Charles Stuart, naval officer, born in New 

 Brunswick, N. J., Jan. 28, 1810; died there, April 

 22, 1888. He was appointed midshipman in the 

 United States Navy in 1826, and served in the Medi- 

 terranean squadron till 1830, was attached to the East 

 India squadron from 1830 till 1832, was promoted 

 passed midshipman in 1832, and was commissioned 

 lieutenant on Sept. 6, 1837. While attached to the 

 " Princeton," during the Mexican War, he took part 

 in the siege of Vera Cruz, and commanded the boat 

 expedition that destroyed the United States brig 

 " Truxton " after her surrender to the Mexicans. He 

 was executive officer of the frigate " Lawrence " at the 

 World's Fair in London in 1848, served as light-house 

 inspector on the Pacific coast, and was promoted 

 commander in 1855. Assigned to comnr.and the 

 " Varuna," of Farragut's fleet, in 1862, he distin- 

 guished himself in the attack on Forts Jackson and 

 St. Philip, below New Orleans, by running ahead of 

 the other vessels, attacking the Confederate squad- 

 ron above the forts, and destroyinir six of its gun- 

 boats before his own vessel was sunk by two rams. 

 The " Varuna" set both rams on fire, ancl discharged 

 a parting shot when the water was nearly on a level 

 with her last serviceable gun. He was made bearer 

 of dispatches to Washington, promoted captain, and 

 given command of the " Juniata." During 1864-'65 

 he was on duty at the Brooklyn Navy- Yard, superin- 

 tending the construction of steam picket-boats, and 

 thre designed and fitted out the torpedo-boat with 

 which the Confederate ram "Albcmarle" was de- 

 stroyed. He was promoted commodore in July. 1866, 

 commanded the " De Soto," of the North Atlantic 



squadron, in 1867-'6S, was on special duty in 1869-'70, 

 and in July of the latter year was promoted rear- 

 admiral. In 1871-'72 he commanded the European 

 squadron, and then served as light-house inspector 

 till 1873, when he was retired. 



Booth, James Curtis, chemist, bom in Philadelphia, 

 Pa., July 28, 1810: died in West Havertord, Pa., 

 March til, 1888. He was educated at Hartsville 

 Seminary and was graduated at the University of 

 Pennsylvania in 1829, after which he spent a year at 

 the Eensselaer Polytechnic Institute. During the 

 winter of 1831-'32 he delivered a course of lectures on 

 chemistry in Flushing, L. I., and in December, 1832, 

 he went to Germany j where he entered the private 

 laboratory of Prof. F'nedrich Wohler iu Cassel. It is 

 believed that he was the first American to study ana- 

 lytical chemistry in Germany. A year later he went 

 to Berlin, and there studied under Gustav Magnus for 

 a year, after which he devoted some time to the 

 practical study of chemistry applied to the arts in the 

 manufacturing centers of Europe. In 1836 he re- 

 turned to Philadelphia and established a laboratory 

 lor instruction in chemical analysis and applied chem- 

 istry. This soon acquired considerable reputation, 

 and students trom various parts of the country came 

 to him for instruction. His analytical practice in- 

 creased, and he was assisted by Dr. Martin H. Boye" 

 until Iff45. Three years later, Thomas H. Garrett 

 became his associate, and in 1881 the firm became 

 Booth, Garrett, and Blair. He was made Professor 

 of Chemistry Applied to the Arts in the Franklin In- 

 stitute in 1836, and for nine successive winters he 

 continued his lectureSj making three full courses of 

 three years each ; also in 1842-45 he was Professor ot 

 Chemistry in the Central High-School of Philadel- 

 phia. Soon after his return from Europe he was 

 called on to take part in the geological survey of 

 Pennsylvania, and during 1837-'38 he had charge of 

 the geological survey of Delaware, in connection with, 

 which he issued the first and second " Annual Re- 

 port of the Delaware Geological Survey" (Dover, 

 1839) and " Memoirs of the Geological Survey of 

 Delaware" (1841). In 1849 he was appoii ted melter 

 and refiner at the United States Mint in Philadelphia, 

 which office he held until Jan. 7, 1888, when his res- 

 ignation was accepted, to take eit'ect on the qualifica- 

 tion of his successor. In his official capacity Mr. 

 Booth was frequently consulted by the Government 

 on questions pertaining to chemistry, and his studies 

 of the nickel ores of Pennsylvania led, in 1856, to the 

 adoption of nickel as one of the components of the 

 alloys used in the coinage of the cent issued in 1857. 

 The degree of LL. D. was conferred upon him bv the 

 University of Lewisburg in 1867, and that of Ph. D. 

 by the Kensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1884. He 

 was a member of the American Philosophical Society, 

 and of other scientific associations, and in 1883-' 84 

 was president of the American Chemical Society. In 

 addition to scientific papers, he published " Encyclo- 

 paedia of Chemistry, Practical and Theoretical," in 

 the preparation of which he was assisted by Martin 

 H. Boye. Richard S. McCulloh, and Campbell Mortit 

 (Philadelphia, 1850)," and " Recent Improvements in 

 the Chemical Arts," issued bv the Smithsonian Insti- 

 tution (Washington, 1852). He edited, with notes, a 

 translation from the French of Regnault's " Elements 

 of Chemistry" (2 vols., Philadelphia, 1853). 



Bovee, Marvin H., reformer, born in Amsterdam, 

 N. Y., in 1827; died in Whitewater. Wis., May 7, 

 1888. He removed with his parents to Wisconsin in 

 1843, and after teaching for several years was fleeted 

 State Senator from Waukesha County. As chairman 

 of the select committee, one ot his first acts was to re- 

 port a bill for the abolition of capital punishment, 

 which became a law. At the close of his term he de- 

 livered over 1,200 addresses to the Legislatures and 

 people of half the States in the Union, and in several 

 of them secured the passage of laws making the pun- 

 ishment for murder life imprisonment as well as death, 

 Ilis labors were self-imposed, and cost him many 



