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ing and Fishing (1856); Nine Years a Sailor 

 (1857); Stones from the Island World (1857); 

 Secession is Rebellion (1800); The Freedmen of 

 the South Carolina Sea Islands (1803); America 

 for Free Working Men (1805) ; Cape Cod and All 

 Along Shore (1808); California for Health, Pleas- 

 ure, and Residence (1872); Northern California, 

 Oregon, and the Sandwich Islands (1874); Poli- 

 tics for Young Americans (1875); The Commu- 

 nistic Societies of the United States (1875); The 

 Cotton States in the Spring and Summer of 1875 

 (1870); God and the Future Life (1881); and 

 Peninsular California (1888). 



Nugent, Robert, soldier, born in Kilkeel, 

 County Down, Ireland, in 1824; died in Brooklyn, 

 N. Y., June 20, 1901. He emigrated to the United 

 States when a boy, and in 1853 became a member 

 of the G9th New York Regiment, and at the time 

 of the outbreak of the civil war was its lieutenant- 

 colonel. The regiment was one of the first to re- 

 spoi^d to President Lincoln's call for troops. It 

 went to the front in April, 1861; fought in the 

 first battle of Bull Run; returned to New York, 

 and was mustered out Aug. 3. Nugent was com- 

 missioned captain in the regular army Aug. 5, 

 and was assigned to the 13th Infantry. In Octo- 

 ber Capt. Nugent obtained a leave of absence, 

 and returning to New York, organized the 69th 

 New York Volunteers and became its colonel. In 

 command of this regiment Col. Nugent served in 

 the battles on the Peninsula and at Antietam 

 and Fredericksburg. At Frederick sburg he re- 

 ceived the wound that finally caused his death. 

 A short time after this battle he was sent home 

 to recuperate. He set out to rejoin his regiment, 

 but was informed that he had been appointed 

 provost marshal for the Southern District of New 

 York. He had charge of this district during the 

 draft riots, and took command of the troops. 

 The wrath of the mob turned against him, and 

 his home was burned to the ground. He was 

 brevetted major, June 27, 1862, for gallant and 

 meritorious services in the battle of Gaines Mill; 

 lieutenant-colonel, Dec. 13, 1862, and colonel, 

 April 2, 1865, for similar services at Fredericks- 

 burg; and brigadier-general of volunteers, March 

 13, 1805, for faithful and meritorious services dur- 

 ing the war. In 1865, after the 69th had been 

 mustered out, Gen. Nugent rejoined his regiment, 

 the 13th Infantry. He served with this regiment 

 until June 10, 1876, when he was made a major, 

 .and transferred to the 24th Regiment. In these 

 two regiments he gained a reputation as an In- 

 dian fighter. He was retired March 20, 1879, and 

 afterward resided in New York. 



Osborn, Luther Washington, consul, born in 

 Ithaca, N. Y., in November, 1843; died in Apia, 

 Samoan Islands, Oct. 27, 1901. He served with 

 the 142d New York Volunteers in the civil war, 

 and was commissioned 1st lieutenant for meri- 

 torious services. He studied law and was ad- 

 mitted to the bar in Rochester, N. Y., in 1868, 

 and in 1809 he located in Nebraska, where he 

 practised for twenty-eight years. He was a dele- 



fate to the Republican National Convention in 

 870, and a member of the Republican National 

 Committee from 1876 to 1880, and was a mem- 

 ber of the State Senate , from- 1873 to 1875. He 

 was appointed consul-general in Samoa, July 26, 

 1897, with the additional duties of consul-general 

 for Nukualosa, capital of the Tonga group of 

 islands. In Samoa, in the troublesome times pre- 

 ceding the partition, he obtained the confidence 

 of the natives and of the representatives of the 

 foreign powers, and alone of all seemed to arouse 

 no opposition. He was dean of all the consular 

 or diplomatic boards in 1899, and till March 1, 



1900; dean of representatives actimj; as and for 

 king and council, May, IS!)!), to M nr-U 1. J'JOO; 

 and chief justice of Samoa, May, Iv.t'i. to March 

 1, 1900. 



Palmer, Hugh Poulson Frazer., war (< De- 

 spondent, born in London, Kngkui'i. Ahm-h 4, 

 1844; died in Boston, Mass., Jan. 20. ]0<H. At 

 the age of eighteen he entered the enij>!i,y of 11 

 Lloyds, and for twelve years continued \n it-; 

 service. He raised 17 wrecks before he wy.s nil". 

 teen years old. He was a secret-service agent ii; 

 the employ of the Spanish Government during 

 the Carlist uprising, and through his ett'orts the 

 plotters, with their arms, were surrendered. For 

 this and other services he was rewarded by the 

 Queen of Spain, and he also received official rec- 

 ognition from his own Government. He removed 

 to the United States in 1882. During the Turkish 

 War he was special correspondent to the London 

 Times, writing under the pseudonym of War- 

 hawk. Capt. Palmer spoke fluently 8 languages. 



Parent, Marie (Mary Ann McCoskey), edu- 

 cator, born in Liverpool, England, in 1817; died 

 in New Orleans, La., in 1901. She early removed 

 to New Orleans, where she married a Creole, Fran- 

 cis Parent. She was principal of the first girls' 

 public schools in the city, and resigned to estab- 

 lish Parent's Academy, which at the breaking out 

 of the civil war was one of the largest and best- 

 known secondary schools in the South. After the 

 occupation of New Orleans by the National forces 

 Mme. Parent went to Cuba, and in Havana estab- 

 lished the College de Maria for girls, which she 

 conducted for twenty-five years, afterward return- 

 ing -to New Orleans. 



Parker, Edwin W., Methodist Episcopal bish- 

 op, born in St. Johnsbury, Vt., Jan. 21, 1833; died 

 in Naini Tal, India, June 4, 1901. He was grad- 

 uated at the Concord, N. H., Biblical Institute 

 in 1857, and for two years was a pastor in the 

 Vermont Conference. He was ordained deacon 

 and elder under the missionary rule at the New 

 England Conference in 1859, and sailed for India. 

 He was first assigned to the district of Bijnor, 

 and later to Moradabad. When the India Con- 

 ference was organized in 1864 he was appointed 

 presiding elder, and he filled this place, with the 

 exception of three years, until he was elected 

 bishop by the General Conference of 1900. 



Parker, Laura Wolcott (Jackson), army 

 nurse, born in Newark, N. J., May 5, 1829; died 

 in Boston, Mass., Jan. 9, 1901. In 1861 she went 

 South as a nurse on the hospital steamer Daniel 

 Webster, under the direction of the Sanitary Com- 

 mission, together with Miss Abbie and Miss 

 Georgie Woolsey. She married Charles H. Parker, 

 of Boston, in 1864, and afterward resided in that 

 city, where she was interested in philanthropic 

 work. For seven years she was president of the 

 Massachusetts Indian Association. 



Parsell, Henry Van Arsdale, philanthropist, 

 born in New Brunswick, N. J., Sept. 3, 1833; 

 died in New York city, May 29, 1901. When a 

 young man he was employed in the jewelry house 

 of Fellows, Van Arsdale & Cooper, and later, as 

 a member of the firm of Ball, Barnard & Parsell, 

 engaged in the same business. As the greater 

 number of the firm's customers were in the South, 

 it was forced to discontinue business when the 

 civil war,brok out. Mr. Parsell then became 

 assistant secretary of the Young Men's Christian 

 Association, and about the same time was made 

 paying-teller of the North River Savings-Bank. 

 He was afterward secretary of the bank, serving 

 till 1889, when he resigned to administer the large 

 estate and conduct the business of his brother-in- 

 law, F. Norris Peters. After 1895 he served as 



