OBITUAEIES. 



1832 he surveyed the location of the Boston 

 and Lowell railroad, and in 1837 was appoint- 

 ed one of the commissoners to examine and 

 report upon the means of supplying Boston 

 with water, and his plan, though at first reject- 

 ed, was finally adopted March 30, 1846. He 

 was elected Senator for Suffolk county, and held 

 the office until his appointment as water 

 commissioner. He was a member of the 

 American Academy of Arts and Sciences. 



May 20. SHERMAN, JAMES TUTTLE, died in 

 Trenton, New Jersey ,nged 47 years, graduated 

 at Yale College in 1833, studied law, and was 

 associated with his father as editor of the 

 " State Gazette " until 1853. He was an active 

 friend of the State Normal School at Trenton. 



May 20. BROWNELL, CHARLES CLARENCE, 

 M. D., died in Egypt. He was a native of 

 Connecticut, graduated at Trinity College, Hart- 

 ford, and at the Medical School, New Haven. 

 At the time of his death he was connected with 

 Mr. Petherick's expedition in search of the 

 head waters of the Nile. He was a man of 

 much intelligence and enthusiasm in the pur- 

 suit of science. 



May 26. CONDICT, LEWIS, M. D., a promi- 

 nent politician of New Jersey, died at Morris- 

 town, N. J. He was born in 1772, was high 

 sheriff of Morris county, prior to the commence- 

 ment of the present century, and from 1805 to 

 1810 served as a member of the State Legisla- 

 ture, officiating two terms as Speaker of the 

 House. He was one of the commissioners for 

 settling the boundary between New York and 

 New Jersey. He was subsequently elected to 

 Congress, and continued to hold his seat there 

 for upward of twenty years. 



June 1. EIPPET, Col. OLIVER H, of the 61st 

 Pennsylvania regiment, killed in the battle 

 before Richmond. He was born in Pittsburg 

 in 1826, studied law under Bushrod Washing- 

 ton, Esq., served in the Mexican War, and upon 

 his return resumed the practice of his profes- 

 sion, for which he possessed talents of the first 

 order. As a soldier he possessed every neces- 

 sary element, courage, endurance, and faith. 



June 1. MILLER, Col. JAMES, of the 81st 

 Pennsylvania regiment of volunteers, was 

 killed in the action before Eichmond. He was 

 for many years a resident of Easton, Pennsyl- 

 vania, but more recently of Yorkville. New 

 York city. At the commencement of the 

 Mexican War he raised a company of volun- 

 teers, who formed a part of one of the regi- 

 ments with Gen. Scott m the campaign to the 

 city of Mexico. For his gallantry during the 

 war he was promoted to a captaincy. 



June 4. GOODRICH, Rev. CHARLES A., died 

 in Hartford, aged 72 years. He was descended 

 on the paternal side from the Rev. Dr. Chauncey 

 Goodrich, of Durham, Conn., and on the mater- 

 nal from Col. John Ely, of Say brook, well known 

 in the Revolutionary War. He graduated at 

 Yale College in 1812, studied theology with Dr. 

 Yates of East Hartford, and in 1816 was ordain- 

 ed and installed pastor of the First Congrega- 



tional church in "Worcester, Mass., where he 

 remained four years. In 1820 he returned to 

 his native State and settled in Berlin, and in 

 1848 at Hartford. He was associated with his 

 brother, S. G. Goodrich (Peter Parley), in pre- 

 paring books for the young, and also published 

 independently several volumes, among which 

 are a "Bible History of Prayer," "Lives of 

 the Signers of the Declaration of Independ- 

 ence," " Great Events of American History," 

 "Universal Traveller," "History of the United 

 States" and "Outlines of Geography." He 

 was at one time a member of the Senate, and 

 held other offices of trust. 



June 5. GOODMAN, Rev. EPAPHKAS, died at 

 his residence in Chicago. He was born in 

 1790, had been a pastor of several New England 

 churches, and for several years editor of the 

 " Christian Herald " in Cincinnati. 



June 5. DRAKE, Col. ALBERT WALDO, died 

 in South Windsor, Conn., aged 27 years. He 

 entered the junior class in Yale after having 

 been a member of Williams College, and grad- 

 uated in 1857, studied law in Hartford and 

 New Haven, and was admitted to the bar in 

 1859, in which year he was a member of the 

 Connecticut House of Representatives. He 

 afterward commenced the practice of his pro- 

 fession in Hartford. At the beginning of the 

 present war he was commissioned as first lieu- 

 tenant of the 1st Connecticut volunteers, and 

 distinguished himself with honor in the battle 

 of Bull Run. He was subsequently appointed 

 by the governor, lieut.-col. of the 10th Con- 

 necticut volunteers, and as such was engaged in 

 the battle of Roanoke Island. He took part also 

 in the capture of Newbern, and was then ap- 

 pointed colonel of his regiment. 



June 6. ASHBY, Gen. TURNER, an officer in 

 the Confederate service, was killed in an en- 

 gagement near Harrisonburg, Va.. aged about 

 38 years. He was a Virginian by birth. In 

 May, 1862, he was appointed a brigadier-gen- 

 eral, and led the vanguard of Gen. Jackson's 

 army in the Shenandoah Valley, during the 

 pursuit of Gen. Banks. He was an officer of 

 great courage and daring. 



June 8. BALDWIN, ABRAHAM DUDLEY, died in 

 Greenfield, Conn. He was born in 1788, grad- 

 uated at Yale College in 1807, and studied law 

 but did not enter upon its practice, devoting 

 himself mostly to agricultural pursuits. He 

 was several times a member of the House of 

 Representatives and also of the Senate of Con- 

 necticut, and while a Senator was a member of 

 the corporation of Yale College. 



June 10. BOSWORTH, Hon. ALFRED, one 'of 

 the associate judges of the supreme court of 

 Rhode Island, died in Warren, R. I. 



June 10. SCOTT, Mrs. MARIA MAYO, wife of 

 Lieut. -Gen. Winfield Scott, died at Rome, Italy, 

 aged 73 years. She was a native of Virginia. 



June 11. HERRI CK, EDWARD CLAUDIUS, died 

 in New Haven, Conn., aged 51 years. He was 

 born in New Haven, and was a son of Rev. 

 Claudius Herrick, a prominent teacher of that 



