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OBITUARIES, UNITED STATES. 



July 22. STOEVEE, MABTIN LTJTHEB, Ph. D., 

 LL. D., a Lutheran clergyman, professor, and 

 author, died at Gettysburg, Pa., aged 50 years. 

 He was born at German town, Pa., February 

 17, 1820, graduated at Pennsylvania College, 

 Gettysburg, in 1838, and after teaching a year 

 in Jefferson, Md., was in 1839 appointed tutor 

 in Pennsylvania College. From that time until 

 his death, during a period of thirty-one years, 

 he was connected with that institution as tu- 

 tor, Principal of Preparatory Department, and 

 Professor of Latin. For many years also he 

 was editor of the Evangelical Quarterly Re- 

 view, in which he published his " Reminiscen- 

 ces of Lutheran Ministers," which have made 

 his name and labors of love so widely known 

 and appreciated throughout the Lutheran 

 Church. He published also a volume on the 

 "Life and Times of Muhlenberg," and a me- 

 moir of Rev. Dr. Mayer, and furnished anony- 

 mously many articles and biographical sketches 

 for his Review. For his extensive labors in 

 this department he was appropriately called 

 the " Plutarch of the Lutheran Church in 

 America." For a number of years he was 

 secretary of the General Synod, and during 

 the greater part of his life had accumulated all 

 accessible materials for a history of the Lu- 

 theran Church. So extended and accurate 

 was his knowledge of details, that he was al- 

 most constantly applied to for information by 

 persons in all parts of the country. His devo- 

 tion to the interests of the college with which 

 he was connected was unceasing to the close 

 of his life. Dr. Stoever was well known for 

 his philanthropy. During the fierce battles of 

 Gettysburg he participated in the fearful 

 scenes of terror and blood. His labors and 

 sacrifices to alleviate the sufferings of the 

 wounded and dying were as efficient as they 

 were untiring and unselfish. His interest in 

 the national cause led him, several times 

 during the war, "to the front" in time of 

 battle, in order to assist, under the auspices 

 of the Christian Commission, in ministering 

 to the spiritual necessities of our soldiers. 



July 29. BEOOKWAY, JOHN H., a Connecti- 

 cut lawyer and politician ; died at Ellington, in 

 the 70th year of his age. He was born there, 

 January 31, 1801, graduated at Yale College 

 in 1821, and after spending a few months in 

 teaching school at East Windsor, entered upon 

 the study of law, was admitted to the bar of 

 New Haven in 1823, and immediately opened 

 an office in his native town. In a few months 

 he became known through the county, and had 

 his full share of the business in the courts. He 

 possessed many of the qualities that go to 

 make up the successful lawyer. His mind was 

 active, his perception acute, his discrimination 

 judicious, and his conclusions, though rapidly 

 formed, generally correct. In the argument of 

 questions of fact to the jury he was seldom ex- 

 celled. He was an easy, pleasant speaker, and 

 always seemed to have the power to express 

 his ideas in pure English without apparent ef- 



fort. He seldom indulged in mere declamation, 

 but had a faculty of presenting facts in an at- 

 tractive form, often interspersed with figures 

 of rhetoric and sallies of wit, that secured the 

 fixed attention of his hearers. He made the 

 interests of his clients his own, and his integ- 

 rity won the confidence of all associated with 

 him. Mr. Brockway was never a political as- 

 pirant, though an active member of the old 

 Whig party, and afterward of the Republican 

 party. He was elected a member of the House 

 of Representatives, in the General Assembly 

 of his State, May session, 1832, and was again 

 returned in May, 1838. He was elected a 

 Senator from the twentieth senatorial district 

 in the spring of 1834. In April, 1839, he was 

 chosen to represent the counties of Windham 

 and Tolland, then composing one congressional 

 district, in the Congress of the United States, 

 and was reflected in the spring of 1841. In 

 August, 1849, he was appointed Attorney for 

 the State, within and for the county of Tol- 

 land, and held the office by successive reap- 

 pointments until April, 1867, when he resigned 

 on account of his health, which had then be- 

 come so much impaired that he felt unable to 

 discharge its duties. 



August 4. NOBTON, CHAELES F., a philan- 

 thropist ; died at his residence near Philadel- 

 phia, Pa., aged 57 years. He was an active 

 member of the Lutheran Church, and took a 

 deep interest in every thing connected with its 

 welfare. He was a large contributor toward 

 the erection of St. Mark's Lutheran Church, 

 Philadelphia, and also more recently founded 

 a professorship in the Lutheran Theological 

 Seminary there by a contribution of $30,000. 



August 6. COBB, GEOEGE T., a Republican 

 leader in New Jersey ; was killed by an acci- 

 dent on the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad, 

 aged 57 years. He was the grandson of a 

 Revolutionary officer, and was born in Morris- 

 town, N. J., October, 1813. At the age of 

 fifteen he became a clerk in a country store, 

 and afterward entered the iron-works at Dover. 

 Subsequently he established himself in the iron 

 business, and rapidly made a fortune, which he 

 generously shared with objects of private and 

 public beneficence. The Evergreen Cemetery 

 in Morristown was one of his gifts to his native 

 town, as well as $15,000 for a pblic school- 

 house, and $75,000 for a stone church-edifice. 

 Mr. Cobb entered active political life in I860, 

 when he was nominated by the Democrats of 

 the Fourth District of New Jersey for Congress. 

 He was elected, and first sat, in the extra ses- 

 sion called by President Lincoln in July, 1861, 

 to provide means for suppressing the secession. 

 Mr. Cobb took sides with the Union party at 

 once, and gave the Administration his hearty 

 support. This course offended many of his 

 Democratic friends at home. The next nomi- 

 nating convention of his district passed reso- 

 lutions condemning the war. Mr. Cobb refused 

 a renomination, and Andrew J. Rogers suc- 

 ceeded him in Congress. Mr. Cobb finally 



