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actress in the company of Eflie Ober, shortly after- 

 ward joining the Hanlons, playing the title role in 

 Fantasma, in which she appeared for nearly two 

 years. She possessed a line soprano voice, and 

 her theatrical work was divided between light 

 opera and the drama, with much success in both. 

 She sang one season with the famous Boston 

 Ideal Opera Company; she played leading roles 

 one season in the company of Dan Maguinness, 

 and she made a notable success as Violet Hughes 

 in Hoyt's A Tin Soldier. In 1891-'92 she played 

 the Spanish mother in Mrs. Leslie Carter's produc- 

 tion of Miss Helyett, after which she became a 

 member of the Manola-Mason Company of Bos- 

 ton, and of Donnelly and Girard's company, play- 

 ing in The Rainmakers. She also appeared in 

 England, and achieved success in that country. 



Dean, Sidney, clergyman and Congressman, 

 born in Glastonbury, Conn., Nov. 16, 1818; died 

 in Brookline, Mass., Oct. 29, 1901. He was edu- 

 cated at Wilbraham Academy, Massachusetts, 

 and Suffield Academy in his native State, and 

 entered the Methodist ministry in 1843. In 1855- 

 '59 he represented his district in Congress, and 

 was Washington correspondent of the New York 

 Independent. He held pastorates at Pawtucket, 

 R. I., 1859-'61; Providence, 1861-'63; and War- 

 ren, R. I., 1863-'65. During the next ten years he 

 was editorially connected with Providence news- 

 papers, retiring from journalism in 1880 to devote 

 himself to literature and lecturing. His last ten 

 years were spent in retirement at Brookline. In 

 1884 he published A History of Banking and 

 Banks, from the Bank of Venice, 1171 to 1883. 



De Cordova, Raphael J., lecturer and humor- 

 ist, born in Jamaica, West Indies, in 1822; died 

 in London, England, April 4, 1901. He removed 

 to New York city in 1849, and was employed in 

 the commission house of Aymer & Co. till 1870. 

 In that year, with his two sons as partners, he 

 established a tea business in New York. The 

 firm was dissolved in 1885, .and after 1893 Mr. 

 De Cordova resided in London. During the finan- 

 cial panic of 1857 he turned to the lecture plat- 

 form, on which he had already achieved success. 

 His subjects were humorous and the lectures very 

 popular. He was a regular contributor to the 

 New York newspapers, and wrote several books, 

 one of which, The Prince's Visit, published shortly 

 after the visit of the Prince of Wales to the 

 United States, had a large sale. He was an ex- 

 pert linguist. 



De Forest, Augusta, actress, born in White 

 Plains, N. Y., in 1845; died in New York city, 

 Oct. 20, 1901. She made her debut in her early 

 girlhood, played first in stock companies, and rose 

 quickly to be leading lady. She played at various 

 times in support of John McCullough, Adelaide 

 Neilson, Edwin Booth, Lawrence Barrett, William 

 J. Florence, and other stars. For several years 

 she was leading woman at Wood's Museum, and 

 at one time she was a member of Augustin Daly's 

 company. In her last years she played in support 

 of Margaret Mather, Belle Archer, and Grace 

 George. She married George Hill, a New York 

 merchant, who died soon afterward. 



De Groot, Ann Boylan, philanthropist, born 

 in Mendham, N. J., Feb. 28, 1813; died in Mount 

 Tabor, N. J., July 10, 1901. She was a daughter 

 of Joseph A. Boylan. Her husband, Alfred De 

 Groot, died in 1869, leaving her a considerable 

 fortune, which she devoted, almost entirely to 

 church and charitable work. She was the founder 

 of the De Groot Methodist Episcopal Church, in 

 Newark, N. J., and paid for its first edifice. She 

 was a member of the charter Board of Trustees 

 and Board of Managers of the Newark Home for 



the Friendless, founded in )S7_', 'inu- 



ously till her death. She was ini . j n 1 1, ( . 



work among the negroes, l>ol,h ID id, ,, ., n ,j 



in the South, and founded ai;< 

 port of the Boylan Home for th 

 Colored Children in Jacksonville, I ],i. 

 also a large contributor to the (,'entni! 

 Church, in Newark, of which she \\u- a ,., 

 and to the Mount Tabor camp-meeting-, 

 of which she had attended since 1870. 



De la Harpe, Joseph A., scenic artist, \,<>\ n 

 in Switzerland, about 1850; died in Brooklyn, 

 N. Y., Feb. 11, 1901. When a boy he emigrated 

 with his mother, who settled with him near Salt 

 Lake City. He made many sketches and paint- 

 ings of animals for Brigham Young, some of 

 which are in the museum of the Smithsonian In- 

 stitution in Washington. His portraits of Brig- 

 ham Young and other Mormon notables are in 

 the Mormon Temple, in Salt Lake City. His first 

 engagement in the East was in making sketches 

 for Augustin Daly. He painted the scenery for 

 Edwin Booth's theater. Altogether he painted 

 the scenery for 47 theaters, 24 of which were in 

 New York and Brooklyn. 



Denison, Frederic, Baptist clergyman, born in 

 Stonington, Conn., Sept. 28, 1819; died in Provi- 

 dence, R. I., Aug. 16, 1901. He was graduated at 

 Brown University in 1847, and in the autumn of 

 the same year he was ordained pastor of the First 

 Baptist Church of Westerly, R. I. In November, 

 1854, he was made pastor of the Central Baptist 

 Church, Norwich, Conn., where he remained until 

 1859, when he took charge of a church in Central 

 Falls, R. I. In 1861 he became chaplain of the 

 1st Rhode Island Cavalry. Later he joined the 

 3d Rhode Island Heavy Artillery in the same 

 capacity, and served through the war. In 1865 

 he resumed charge of the church in Westerly, 

 where he remained till 1871. For the following 

 two years he was pastor of a church in New 

 Haven, Conn., and for the succeeding three years 

 in Woonsocket, R. I. After that he was pastor 

 for a few years of the Roger Williams Baptist 

 Church in Wanskuck. He then retired, and-after- 

 ward made his home in Providence. He wrote 

 many historical sketches, army hymns, pamphlets 

 upon current subjects, memorial discourses, and 

 miscellaneous hymns, poems, and newspaper and 

 magazine articles, and was the author of the fol- 

 lowing books: The Supper Institution; The Sab- 

 bath Institution ; Notes of the Baptists and their 

 Principles in Norwich, Conn.; The Evangelists 

 Life of Jabez S. Swan; Westerly and its Wit- 

 nesses; Sabers and Spurs the History of the 1st 

 Rhode Island Cavalry; Shot and Shell the His- 

 tory of the 3d Rhode Island Heavy Artillery; 

 Picturesque Rhode Island; and Illustrated New 

 Bedford, Marthas Vineyard, and Nantucket. 



De Puy, William Harrison, clergyman, born 

 in Penn Yan, N. Y., Oct. 31, 1821; died in Canaan, 

 Conn., Sept. 4. 1901. He was graduated at Gen- 

 esee College (now Syracuse University), entered 

 the ministry of the Methodist Episcopal Church 

 in 1845, and was engaged in pastoral work until 

 1849, when he became the financial agent of Gen- 

 esee College. The following year he was made 

 principal of the teachers' department of Genesee 

 Wesleyan Seminary, and Professor of Mathemat- 

 ics and Natural Philosophy in the seminary. He 

 was pastor of Grace Methodist Episcopal Church, 

 in Buffalo, in 1855, and successively served the full 

 pastoral term in each of the Methodist churches 

 then in that city. During part of that time he 

 was editor of the Buffalo Christian Advocate. 

 In 1865 he was appointed assistant editor of the 

 Christian Advocate of New York, and he filled 



