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county, Ky., aged 84 years. He was a son of 

 Daniel Boone, and the first white male child 

 born in Kentucky. 



March 9. DE WOLF, JOHN, died in Bristol, 

 K. L, aged 76 years. From 1817 to 1834 he 

 was professor of chemistry in Brown Univer- 

 sity, Providence, R. I. 



March 13. HATCH, DANIEL GILMAN, died in 

 Exeter, N. H. He was born in that place, 

 Aug. 3, 1798, graduated at Harvard College in 

 1817, and for nearly 20 years devoted himself 

 to the profession of teaching in Virginia. He 

 was a member of the Virginia Convention in 

 1829. In 1837 he removed to Georgetown, 

 Ky., and turned his attention to commercial 

 pursuits, though his interest in the cause of 

 education continued, and until his death he 

 held offices in connection with the college in 

 that place. He also manifested unwearied zeal 

 in finding positions as teachers for young men 

 and women from the east. About ten years 

 previous to his death he was chosen cashier 

 of the Commercial Bank at Harrodsburg, and 

 afterward to a similar position in Covington, in 

 each of which he displayed uncommon finan- 

 cial ability. His death occurred during a visit 

 to his native place, consequent upon the loss 

 of his parents. 



March 14. MEADE, Rt. Rev. WM., D.D. (See 

 MEADE.) 



March 18. WHEATON, NATHANIEL SHELDON, 

 D.D., died in Marbledale, Washington, Conn. 

 He was born in that town, Aug. 20, 1792, 

 graduated at Yale College in 1814, pursued a 

 course of theological study in Maryland, and in 

 1818 was chosen rector of Christ Church, Hart- 

 ford, Conn. In 1831 he resigned the rector- 

 ship to fill the appointment of President of 

 Trinity, then Washington College, Hartford, 

 succeeding Bishop Brownell, and during his 

 administration of six years raised the sum of 

 $40,000 for its maintenance. In 1837 he resign- 

 ed the presidency to accept the rectorship of 

 Christ church, New Orleans, where he labored 

 with fidelity seven years. He twice visited 

 Europe, and was the author of a volume en- 

 titled "Journal of a Residence in London, and 

 of Tours in England, Scotland, and France." 

 At his death he bequeathed to Trinity College 

 the sum of $20,000. 



March 25. COFFING, Rev. JACKSON G., a 

 Presbyterian missionary in Central Turkey, 

 died at the house of the American consul at 

 Alexandretta from a wound received by robbers. 



March 30. ROLPH, JOHN A., a distinguished 

 artist and landscape engraver, died in Brooklyn, 

 E. D. (Williamsburg), N. Y., in the 64th year of 

 his age. He was born in Essex, England, but 

 in 1833 emigrated with his family to America, 

 and had resided in New York most of the time 

 since that period. Some fine specimens of his 

 artistic ability may be found in " Wilkes's Ex- 

 ploring Expedition." He was an uncle of Ed- 

 ward Miall, M.P., the great radical writer (now 

 editor of "The Non-Conformist"), and father of 

 the well known singer Mrs.ClaraM. Brinkerhoff. 



April 1. EDWARDS, OGDEN, died at his res- 

 idence in Staten Island, N. Y. He was born 

 in Connecticut in 1781, and was a son of Pier- 

 pont Edwards, and grandson of Jonathan Ed- 

 wards, and inherited great strength of in- 

 tellect and will. He made his home in New 

 York in the early part of this century, and 

 was for many years surrogate of the city. 

 He was afterward a member of the State Le- 

 gislature, and in 1821 was a member of the 

 convention to revise the Constitution of the 

 State. He was circuit judge of the supreme 

 court, and continued in that office until he 

 reached the age limited by the constitution. 

 He was at one time a candidate of the whig 

 party for governor. 



April 1. DOHENT, Col. MICHAEL, a distin- 

 guished orator, died at his residence in Brook- 

 lyn, N. Y. He was one of the leaders of the 

 Irish revolutionary movement of 1848, prac- 

 tised law in New York, and for a time edited a 

 newspaper. 



April 6. O'BRIEN, Lieut. FITZ JAMES, died 

 in Virginia, aged 33 years. He was born in Ire- 

 land, and came to this country about 1850. He 

 was a brilliant writer, and also a poet of much 

 merit. In April, 1861, upon the call for troops, 

 he enlisted in the 7th regiment New York 

 State militia, and in Jan. 1862, accepted an 

 appointment upon the staff of Gen. Lander, and 

 in the short time of service prior to his death, 

 distinguished himself as an officer of courage 

 and daring. He was wounded in a skirmish 

 on Feb. 16, and died from tetanus, following a 

 severe surgical operation, which he bore with 

 great fortitude. 



April 6. PEABODY, Col. EVERETT, of the 

 25th Missouri regiment, was killed in the bat- 

 tle of Shiloh. He was born in Springfield, 

 Mass., June 13, 1830, graduated at Harvard 

 College in 1849, and adopted civil engineering 

 as a profession, in which he rapidly distinguish- 

 ed himself. He was employed upon various 

 railroads at the West, and in 1859 was chief 

 engineer of the Platte county railroad. When 

 the war broke out he raised a battalion, was 

 commissioned major, and employed in repair- 

 ing and defending the railway communications 

 of northern Missouri. He commanded 1,200 

 men at the siege of Lexington, and received a 

 wound, which lamed him for life, notwith- 

 standing which he reorganized his regiment, 

 and upon joining Gen. Grant's army was as- 

 signed the command of a brigade under Gen. 

 Prentiss on the exposed left wing, nearest the 

 enemy, where in the unequal conflict he was 

 killed. 



April 6. JOHNSTON, Gen. ALBERT SIDNEY. 

 (See JOHNSTON, A. S.) 



April 7. TOMPKINS, ABEL, a well known 

 publisher in Boston; was born in that city, 

 June 22, 1810. He was by trade a bookbinder, 

 and in 1836 purchased the " Ladies Repository," 

 opened a small book store, and soon became 

 an extensive publisher, especially of the denom- 

 inational books of the JJniversalists, and of 



