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Commissioner. In 1846 he was elected to Congress ; 

 served till 1*52 ; succeeded Edward Everett as United 

 -^aator m 1854 : was a member of the conven- 

 tion to revise the Constitution of Massachusetts in 

 vas the first candidate of the Republican party 

 for Governor; and was again elected to the Legislat- 

 ure in 1*58. In 1859 the State Superior Court was 

 organized, and he was appointed it.s first judge ; he 

 held this office till 1886, when he resigned. 



Eoe, Edward Payson, author, born in New Windsor, 

 N. Y.. March 7. lb-38; died in Comwall, N. Y., July 

 19, 1888. He was graduated at William* College and 

 Auburn Theological Seminary, and ordained to the 

 Presbyterian ministry. In 1S62 he was appointed 

 chaplain of the Second 

 New York Regiment, 

 the Harris Light Cav- 

 alry, and served with 

 the army till the close 

 of the war. taking part 

 in the raid upon Rich- 

 mond, in which Col. 

 Ulric Dahlgren was 

 killed in 1*64. and re- 

 ceiving from President 

 Lincoln 'the appoint- 

 ment of chaplain of 

 the hospitals at Fort 

 Monroe , Ya. From the 

 close of the war till 

 1*74 he was pastor 

 of the Presbyterian 

 church at Highland 

 Falls, X. Y. In 1874 



he resigned his pastorate, bought a farm at Com- 

 wall, and, removing thither, engaged in the cultiva- 

 tion of fruit and "plants and in authorship. The 

 Chicago fire of 1871 first inspired him to become 

 an author. He spent several days amid the ruins, 

 studied the topography of the city, and as the story 

 grew upon him, he " merely let the characters do as 

 they pleased, and work out their own destiny." This 

 story. " Barriers burned away," was published in 

 1-7-J. and within a few years had a sale of 69,000 

 copies. All his stories were founded upon Ameri- 

 can events or phases of American life. " Without a 

 Home " deals with New York tenement-house and 

 retail -store life; " An Original Belle" derives its ac- 

 tion from the civil war and the draft riots in New 

 York city ; " Nature's Serial Story " describes coun- 

 try life and work and the scenery of the Hudson 

 Highlands: and "The Earth trembled" is a reflex 

 of the Charleston earthquakes. At the time of his 

 death the sale of his works of fiction was thus esti- 

 mated: "Barriers burned away" (1872), 69,000; 

 'What can she do?" (1873), 44,000; "Opening a 

 Chestnut Burr" (1874), 66,000; "Near to Nature's 

 Heart" (1876), 53,000; "From Jest to Earnest" 

 (1875), 61,000; "A Knight of the Nineteenth Cent- 

 ury" (1*77). 54.000; "A Face Illumined" 



: A Day of Fate'' (1380), 50,000; "Without 

 a Home" (1880), 60,000 ; "His Somber Rivals" (1883), 

 47,000: "A Young Girl's Wooing" (1884), 4-. 

 "An Original Belle" (1SS5). 35.000; "Driven back 

 to Eden" (1885). 30,000; "Nature's Serial Story" 

 (1884), 24,000; "The Earth trembled" 



und "He fell in Love with his Wife" (18Sfi), 

 38,<KX). His Mi- Lou." a story of Southern life 

 after the close of the war, was completed after his 

 death, by means of an extract from bis diary. Besides 

 these works he published " Culture of Small Fruits." 

 'th Mnall Fruits," and "Play and Profit 

 in the Garden." 



Bollins, James Sidney, lawyer, born in Madison Coun- 

 ty. Kv.. April 1!'. 1*1-.'; died in Columbia, Mo.. Jan. 

 9, 1888. He was graduated at the State University 

 of Indiana in 1S30; and at the Transylvania Law 

 School, Kentucky, in 1833 ; and settled in Boone 

 County, Mo. In' I and 1842 he was elected 



member of the State Assembly ; in 1846 was elected 



State Senator, and served four years ; in 1854 was 

 airain elected to the Assembly ; in 1857 was defeated 

 as Whig candidate for Governor i- out of 



100,000; and in 1*60 wa> elected to Congres>. Dur- 

 ing his first service he was a member of the Commit- 

 tees on Commerce and on Expenditures in the War 

 Department, and after his re-election in 1862 - 

 on the Committee on Naval Aifairs. He was author of 

 the bill that led to the construction of the Union Pa- 

 cific, the Kansas Pacific, and tiie Central Pacific Kail- 

 roads ; and in 1867 was appointed one of the directors 

 of the former. In 1868 he was airain elected State 

 Senator, and after a fruitful service there withdrew 

 from political life. On the dissolution of the Whig 

 party he joined the American, and after that the 

 Democratic, with which he affiliated till 18*0. when 

 he became a Republican. Mr. Rollins was the father 

 of the State University of Missouri. 



Schnracker, Beale Melanchthon, theologian, born in 

 Gettysburg, Pa., Aug. 20. 1*27 : died in Pottstown, 

 Pa., 'Oct. is, 1888. He belonged to the third genera- 

 tion of distinguished Lutheran clergymen, was gradu- 

 ated at Pennsylvania College in 1844'. and studied the- 

 ology. In 1847 he was licensed to preach by the West 

 Pennsylvania Synod, and in 1849 ordained by the 

 Synod of Virginia. He held the following pastorates : 

 A't Martinsburg. Va., 1848-'51 ; Allentown, Pa.. 

 '68; Easton, Pa.. l*62-'67: Reading P: 

 Pottstown, Pa.. 1880-' 88. He was secretary of the 

 Committee for Foreign Missions of the General Coun- 

 cil in 1869-'8S; sccretarv of the executive committee 

 of the Ministerium of P cnns\ Ivania for many vears ; 

 corresponding secretary of the General Council from 

 its organization, in 1867, until his death : and secre- 

 tary of the board of directors of the Theological Semi- 

 nary, at Philadelphia, 1864-'88. He was one of the 

 founders of the Theological Seminary at Philadelphia 

 in 1864; of Muhlenberg College, Al'lentown, Pa., in 

 1867 ; and of the General Council in 1867. He was 

 recognized as one of the best liturgical scholars and 

 hymnologists in America. Most of his leisure time 

 was devoted to these studies, and most of his con- 

 tributions to Lutheran literature were in that line. 

 As co-editor he furnished valuable material for the 

 new edition of " Hallesche Nacli rich ten " ( Allentown, 

 Pa., and Halle ; English edition, Reading. Pa.), the 



Erimary source of information concerning the early 

 istory of the Lutheran Church in America. He ed- 

 ited "Liturgy of the Ministerium of Pennsylvania" 

 (Philadelphia, 1860) ; " Collection of Hymns'" (1865; ; 

 "Church-Book of the General Council" i 

 "Ministerial Acts of the General Council" 

 The Common Service is based on the liturgies of 

 the sixteenth century, and may be regarded as the re- 

 sult of Dr. Schmucker's research. He took a leading 

 part in the preparation of the service, and with the 

 complete manuscript in his satchel he died on the 

 way to the printer. 



Seawell, Washington, soldier, born in Virginia in 

 1802; died in San Francisco. Cal., Jan. 9, 1*68. He 

 was trraduated at the United States Military Academy 

 in 1825, and commissioned brevet second lieutenant 

 of the Seventh United States Infantry, served with 

 that regiment and on engineering duty till 1*1".'. was 

 appointed disbursing agent of Indian affairs in 1832, 

 and became adjutant-general and aide-de-camp on 

 the staff of Gen! Matthew Arbuckle in 1*"4. Alter a 

 meritorious service among the Indians on tl.e Western 

 frontier, he was promoted captain in July, 1836. was 

 brevetted major tor gallantry in the Seminole War in 

 Florida, took part in the operations of the Army of 

 Occupation in Texas in 1845-'46, distinguished him- 

 self at Fort Brown, Tex., at the beginning of Gen. 

 Taylor's campaign, and was promoted major of the 

 Second Infantry. March 3, 1847. In 1849 he accom- 

 panied his regiment to Monterey, Cal. Subsequently 

 be was on duty at Jefferson Barracks. Mo., Fort 

 Hamilton, N. Y".', and Benicia. Cal. In 1852 he was 

 promoted lieutenant-colonel, and served in Texas till 

 1860 ; in October, 1S60, was promoted colonel and as- 



