OBITUARIES, UNITED STATES. 



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city, aged 81 years. Ho was born in West Town- 

 , vt. August, 1839, graduated at Middle- 

 !.:n-y College, 1861, was tutor from 1868 to 

 l^'.l, graduated "at Auburn Theological Semi- 

 nary in 1865, and was immediately elected ad- 

 junct Professor, and two years later full Pro- 

 fessor of tbe Hebrew Language and Literature. 

 II.' was a severe student, a thorough and able 

 teacher, and an impressive and popular 

 preacher. 



July 16. FLETCHER^ A. J., formerly Secre- 

 tary of State in Tennessee ; died in Nashville, 

 HL'i-il 51 years. He was formerly a prominent 

 Whig politician of that State, and was elected 

 to the State Senate in 1855. When the State 

 seceded in 1861, he opposed the movement and 

 removed to Kentucky, and afterward to Indi- 

 ana. He canvassed the latter State in 1864 in 

 favor of President Lincoln. He was elected 

 Secretary of State in 1865. In 1867 he took 

 an active part against the action of Governor 

 Brownlow in regard to the franchise law and 

 elections. 



July 16. PRICE, THOMAS L., a Democratic 

 politician ; died at Lexington, Mo. Ho was 

 elected a Representative from Missouri to the 

 Thirty-seventh Congress ; was a delegate to the 

 Chicago Convention of 1864, and to the Phila- 

 delphia National Union Convention of 1866. 



July 18. VANDERPOEL, AARON, a New- York 

 politician, orator, and judge; died in that city, 

 aged 72 years. He was born at Kinderhook, 

 February 5, 1799, admitted to the bar in 1820, 

 member of the New-York Legislature from 

 1825 to 1830, member of Congress 1833 to 

 1837, and from 1839 to 1840 ; and on his re- 

 tirement from Congress settled in New- York 

 City, where he was appointed Judge of the Su- 

 perior Court, which office he held until 1850. 



July 19. BROOKE, Major-General WILLIAM 

 F. II., a brave and skilful officer of U. S. Vol- 

 unteers, died at Huntsville, Ala. Ho was born 

 in Ohio, served in the Florida and Mexican 

 Wars, was at Palo Alto and all the important 

 battles of that campaign, was appointed brevet- 

 captain in 1846, brevet-mnjor in 1847; early 

 in the recent war was made brigadier-general 

 of volunteers, and served with the Army of 

 the Potomac until July, 1863 ; was commander 

 of the Department of the Monongahela during 

 Lee's invasion, and until April 6, 1864, and af- 

 terward commanded a division of the Eigh- 

 teenth Corps and subsequently the Tenth 

 Corps. In July, 1864, he resigned on account 

 of ill health. 



July 19. POWELL, LLEWELLYN, M. D., an 

 eminent physician and medical professor of 

 Louisville, Ky. ; died there, aged 68 years. He 

 was a native of Virginia, graduated at Yale 

 College, studied medicine and soon rose to 

 eminence in his profession. He removed to 

 Louisville, Ky., nearly forty years since, and 

 took a high stand as a professor in the medi- 

 cal institutions of that city. 



July 19. STODDART, JOHN T., a political 

 leader in Maryland ; died in Charles County, 



aged 80 years. He was born there in 1790, 

 educated at Princeton College, admitted to the 

 bar, was an officer in the militia in 1812, served 

 several years in the Maryland Legislature, and 

 was a Representative in Congress from 1833 

 to 1835, serving on the Committee on Claims, 

 and the District of Columbia. 

 July 20. MARTIN, ROBERT M., an eminent 



Jurist, died at Saratoga, N. Y., aged 72 years, 

 le was born in Worcester County, Md., 1798 ; 

 graduated at Princeton ; was admitted to the 

 bar; member of Congress from 1825 to 1827; 

 Chief Judge of Western Circuit of Maryland, 

 from 1845 to 1851 ; Judge of Superior Court 

 of Baltimore, 1856 to 1867; and professor in 

 the Law School University from 1867 to 1870. 

 July 22. LANMAN, CHARLES JAMES, a law- 

 yer of some eminence, died in New London, 

 Conn., aged 75 years. He was born in Norwich, 

 June 5, 1795, graduated with honor at Yale 

 College in 1814, studied law and was admitted 

 to the bar of New London in 1817. Soon 

 afterward he was invited by Henry Clay to 

 settle in Kentucky, but he decided to seek his 

 fortune in the Territory of Michigan, on the 

 invitation of his friends William Woodbridge 

 and Lewis Cass. He made the journey to De- 

 troit chiefly on horseback, there being at that 

 time but one tavern between that city and 

 Buffalo. Joining Mr. Woodbridge in his law- 

 office, he began the practice of his profession, 

 and while riding the circuit he visited French- 

 town, on the river Raisin (now called Monroe), 

 where he permanently settled. In that place 

 he held many local offices, such as Attorney 

 for the Territory, Judge of Probate, and colo- 

 nel of the militia. In 1823 President Monroe 

 appointed him Receiver of Public Moneys for 

 tjfie District of Michigan, and he was reappoint- 

 ed by President Adams, holding the office 

 eight years. In those early days specie was 

 the only currency in vogue, and the receipts 

 of silver alone, in one year, amounted to $100,- 

 000, which had to be transmitted to Detroit, 

 through the wilderness, on pack-horses. He 

 was one of the founders of Tecumseh, Mich., 

 was a commissioner to locate the county seats 

 of many of the leading counties in the State ; 

 was the surveyor, and once the sole owner, of 

 the land where now stands the city of Grand 

 Rapids, as well as of several other flourishing 

 towns in the State. Although not a practical 

 farmer, at one period of his life he indulged 

 his agricultural tastes by carrying on one 

 or two farms, and he was among the very 

 first to introduce into Michigan, from Ken- 

 tucky and Virginia, the best breeds of blooded 

 horses. In 1835, from family considerations, 

 he returned to Norwich. During the financial 

 revulsion of 1837 he lost the bulk of his prop- 

 erty, all of which was located in Michigan; 

 in 1888 he was elected Mayor of Norwich, 

 and at the conclusion of that service he lived 

 chiefly in retirement. In 1862 he returned to 

 New London, the homo of his youth, remain- 

 ing there until his death. 



