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OBITUARIES, UNITED STATES. 



age of fifteen, and was apprenticed to a print- 

 er in New York. Eemoving to Boston at a 

 later period, he went on the stage at the How- 

 ard Athenasum. Subsequently he acted in 

 New York at the Bowery, at Laura Keene's 

 Theatre, at Niblo's, and at other theatres. His 

 career on the stage was that of a studious, con- 

 scientious, faithful actor. His professional tal- 

 ent lay in the direction of "old men." He 

 had a fine, manly presence, a handsome, genial 

 face, and pleasant voice. His appreciation of 

 character and his sense of humor were just 

 and quick. About two years ago he removed 

 to Chicago and has been a stage-manager at 

 Crosby's Opera-House in that city. 



March 19. WAKEMAN, GEORGE, a New- York 

 journalist; died in Harlem, aged 29 years. He 

 was born in Greenfield, Conn., February 4, 1841, 

 removed to New York in 1858, and soon after 

 engaged as a writer for the Ledger. Subse- 

 quently he became connected with the World, 

 and was also a contributor to the Galaxy and 

 other popular magazines. In 1868 he was 

 chosen as the official stenographer of the Sen- 

 ate, which position he held until his last ill- 

 ness. 



March 22. CAMPBELL, Judge JAMES S., an 

 aged and prominent citizen of Cherry Valley, 

 Otsego County, N. Y., died there, aged 97 

 years. He was born in Cherry Valley, in 1772, 

 in the old homestead where his father was 

 born, and standing upon the ground cleared 

 by the axe of his grandfather, the land having 

 never changed hands, save from father to son, 

 since they were trodden by the sons of the 

 forest. He had been for many years the sole 

 survivor of the Indian massacre, by which the 

 valley was desolated in 1778, and the only 

 survivor of the captivity which followed that 

 event. He was fifteen years a Judge of the 

 Court of Common Pleas. 



March 22. FIELD, MATTHEW DICKIXSOX, a 

 civil engineer, died at Southwick, Me., aged 

 59 years. He was born in Haddam, Conn., in 

 1811, and was a brother of David Dudley 

 Field and Cyrus N. Field. His taste led him 

 to engineering and mechanical pursuits, and 

 he was at one time a railroad contractor in the 

 South. He also built wire suspension bridges 

 at Nashville, Tenn., and Frankfort, Ky. It 

 was during a subsequent association with him 

 as engineer and builder of a telegraph-line to 

 and across Newfoundland, that Cyrus W. 

 Field became interested in an Atlantic Ocean 

 .Cable. In 1856 he was interested in politics, 

 and served one year as a Eepublican State Sen- 

 ator of Massachusetts. 



March 26. HOLLINGER, CONRAD, a German 

 journalist ; died in Newark, N. J., aged 50 years. 

 He was a citizen of Baden, and, having partici- 

 pated in the revolution of 1848, was expelled 

 from Switzerland for revolutionary writing in 

 1849, and came to America. After engaging 

 in editorial work on different papers, he started 

 tfhe Volksman in 1856. 



March 27. BIGELOW, Mrs. MART Aira HTTB- 



BAED TOWNSEND, an accomplished scholar and 

 writer; died at her residence in Weston, Mass., 

 aged 78 years. She was a native of-Needham, 

 Mass., and obtained a thorough and accom- 

 plished education in Boston and Newton, her 

 favorite study being English history. Though 

 passionately fond of poetry, she had never at- 

 tempted to compose even a rhyme until in her 

 sixtieth year. By way of gratifying the persist- 

 ent entreaties of her little granddaughter, she 

 concluded to make an attempt, and wrote from 

 memory the lives of all the English rulers 

 from William the Conqueror to Queen Vic- 

 toria, embracing the incidents connected with 

 the career of the chief men and women of the 

 various reigns, which at later period she print- 

 ed for private circulation in a volume includ- 

 ing other poetical compositions. Her sym- 

 pathy with the enslaved led her to connect 

 herself with the American Colonization Soci- 

 ety at its beginning. That organization she 

 soon abandoned, and became a vehement, de- 

 cided, yet modest adherent of the antislavery 

 cause. Her charities were large and unosten- 

 tatious. Since the death of her father, in 1810, 

 she devoted the rent of a small store in Bos- 

 ton to the relief of the sufferings of the sick 

 and needy, many of whom were strangers to 

 her. She also sent teachers to the freedmen, 

 and devoted freely of her means to the relief 

 of their bodily wants. 



March 27. KETOIIAM, LEANDER SMITH, a 

 jurist and eminent citizen of Wayne County, 

 N. Y. ; died at Clyde, N. Y., aged 52 years. He 

 was born in Marion, Wayne County, N. Y., Au- 

 gust 31, 1818. His parents were respectable and 

 in good circumstances, but by the death of his 

 mother, and other misfortunes, he was at the 

 age of ten years thrown entirely upon his own 

 resources. Child as he was, he determined to 

 qualify himself for the legal profession. Stead- 

 ily continuing his studies, in order to gain a 

 subsistence, he devoted himself at intervals to 

 sawing wood, gardening, setting type, and 

 teaching school, until in 1839 he was prepared 

 to enter the Sophomore Class of Williams Col- 

 lege. In 1842 he commenced the practice of 

 law at Clyde, in his native county. In this 

 profession he soon rose to distinction, so that 

 in 1852 he was chosen Surrogate and Judge of 

 Probate in a district politically opposed to 

 him. To this position he was reflected in 1856. 

 At the expiration of this term, 1860, he re- 

 tired from professional life and engaged in 

 agriculture. During the war he was an ar- 

 dent patriot, and rendered efficient service in 

 raising troops. He was a member of the Con- 

 stitutional Convention of this State in 1867. 

 While at Albany he was seized with a nervous 

 debility, which finally caused his death. As a 

 lawyer, he could be retained in no case unless 

 first convinced that he was to be the advocate 

 of strict and impartial justice. He was the 

 friend of the poor and helpless, never making 

 their ability to pay a condition of his undertak- 

 ing their cause. As a judge, he was remark- 



