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OBITUARIES, UNITED STATES. 



director in the Phoenix Bank. At his death 

 his property was estimated to be between three 

 and four millions. 



Sept. 8. CnoTEAu, PIEBEE, Jr., an enter- 

 prising fur dealer, died at St. Louis, aged 77 

 years. He was the son of Pierre Choteau, one 

 of the founders of that city, and was born there 

 in 1789. The advantages for education were 

 very limited at that time, but he improved them 

 to the utmost, and when about fifteen years of 

 age, commenced active life as clerk for his 

 father and uncle, then largely engaged in the 

 Indian fur trade. He also commenced early to 

 do business upon his own account. Following 

 the Indians from point to point as they receded, 

 he at different times occupied the places where 

 now are St. Joseph and Kansas, and then Belle- 

 view, Council Bluffs, Fort Pierre, Fort Berthold, 

 Fort Union, at the mouth of the Yellow Stone, 

 and Fort Benton, or the head of navigation of 

 the Missouri. He also followed the Indians as 

 they receded np the Osage Kiver, and up the 

 Mississippi, from Keokuk to St. Paul, having 

 trading posts all along the rivers. About the 

 year 1806 or 1807 he went up to Dubuque, to 

 trade with the Sac and Fox Indians, then in- 

 habiting that country, ascending and descend- 

 ing the rivers in canoes. He was associated 

 with several other heavy dealers in furs, among 

 whom was John Jacob Astor, and they extended 

 their trade as far south as the Cross Timbers 

 of Texas, and as far northwest as the Blackfeet 

 country, and, at one time, as far north as the 

 falls of St. Anthony. The trade with Santa F6 

 \vas also in their hands. As a necessity he 

 was drawn into extended operations, not only 

 with Eastern cities, but in England and many 

 parts of Europe. Mr. Choteau never had a 

 taste for political life. He represented his 

 county in the State Convention which made 

 the tirst Constitution, but, with this exception, 

 he invariably refused to take any part in poli- 

 tics. 



Sept. 19. REVERE, Brevet Brig.-Gen. WIL- 

 LIAM H., died at Newbern, N. C. Gen. Revere 

 entered the service as a first lieutenant in the 

 New York Fire Zouaves, and subsequently be- 

 came a captain in the organization known as 

 " the Ellsworth Avengers." After being mus- 

 tered out of the service he took up his residence 

 in Baltimore, and was for some time a clerk in 

 the Commissary Department in that city. Under 

 the last call of President Lincoln for troops, he 

 took an active part in recruiting the Tenth 

 Maryland regiment, was elected colonel, and 

 held that position until the completion of the 

 term of service of the regiment. He was then 

 appointed to the command of the One Hundred 

 and Seventh United States Colored Troops, 

 which was sent to North Carolina with the 

 Twenty-fifth Army Corps. Gen. Revere was 

 subsequently assigned to the command of the 

 post at Moorehead City, continuing in that po- 

 sition to the time of his death. 



Sept. 20. DOWNES, Commander JOHN A., 

 U. S. N., died at New Orleans. He was a na- 



tive of Massachusetts, and son of the late Com- 

 modore Downes. Inheriting a taste for the sea, 

 he entered the service in 1837, while yet quite 

 young, and continued therein for twenty-seven 

 years. During the war, he commanded the 

 gunboat Huron and the monitor Nahant. He 

 was recently occupied with special duty at 

 Boston, from which he was detached to com- 

 mand the Grand Gulf squadron. He was a man 

 of fine culture and unflinching patriotism. 



Sept. 23. MARSHALL, CHARLES H., Commis- 

 sioner of Pilots, and shipping merchant, died 

 in New York, aged 74 years. He was a native 

 of Easton, "Washington Co., N. Y. At an early 

 age he proceeded to Nantucket, and followed 

 the sea until the "War of 1812, when he taught 

 school for a while, and afterwards again resumed 

 the profession of a seaman, in which he rapidly 

 rose to honor and wealth. Subsequently he 

 removed to New York, and entered into the 

 mercantile business. Here he soon became a 

 prominent citizen, and his frankness and marked 

 integrity of character won him a position of 

 great influence. His love of country was at 

 once a profound conviction and a ruling passion, 

 and during the darkest days of the rebellion he 

 spared no effort in doing his part toward sup- 

 porting the Government. 



Sept. 23. MTTRRAH, PEXDLETON, Confederate 

 Governor of Texas, died at Monterey, Mexico, in 

 self-imposed exile. He was a native of Alaba- 

 ma, and graduated at Brown University, Prov- 

 idence, R. I., in 1848. He was elected Gov- 

 ernor of Texas in 1863. 



Sept. 27. BAYLIES, Hon. "WILLIAM, formerly 

 a member of Congress, died at Taunton, Mass., 

 aged 89 years. He was a native of Massachu- 

 setts, was educated a lawyer, and held many 

 public offices, having been in the State Legis- 

 lature in 1830 and 1831. He was a Represent- 

 ative in Congress from Massachusetts from 1813 

 to 1817, and from 1833 to 1835, serving as a 

 member of the Committee on Revolutionary 

 Claims. 



Oct. 2. TALMAGE, Rev. SAMUEL K., D. D.. a 

 Presbyterian clergyman and author, died at 

 Midway, Georgia. At the time of his death he 

 was President of Oglethorpe University. He 

 was a man of decided ability, and author of 

 several interesting works. 



Oct. 4. FULLERTON, Rev. ROBERT Stewart, 

 missionary of the 0. S. Presbyterian Board, 

 died at Laudour, India, aged 43 years. Mr. 

 Fullerton sailed for India as a missionary in 

 1850, and was at first stationed at Futtehgurh, 

 but at the end of nine months was called to 

 Agra to take charge of two schools, one for 

 boys and the other for girls, of East Indian 

 birth. These schools were very successful, and 

 while managing them he also officiated as pas- 

 tor of the Presbyterian (English) Church at 

 Agra, and continued to labor in this double ca- 

 pacity until the mutiny broke out in 1857, which 

 scattered both the schools and the church, and 

 destroyed the mission at Agra. He then re- 

 turned to Futtehgurh, where he speedily ac- 



