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gebra" ; was graduated at Yale in 1828 ; and, after 

 teaching in Burlington, N. J., nearly two years, and 

 beginning the study of law iu Philadelphia, was ap- 

 pointed tutor in Yale in 1831. During the three years 

 lie held this office he took a full course in divinity, 

 and, after spending more than a year in European 

 travel, was ordained pastor of the First Congregational 

 Church in Waterbury, Conn., Nov. 9, 1836. In Oc- 

 tober, 1840, he resigned this charge to become Pro- 

 fessor of Sacred Rhetoric in Western Keserve College, 

 where he remained until 1858. He then accepted the 

 presidency of Ohio Female College, near Cincinnati, 

 which he held until 1864, when he removed to New 

 Haven to engage in literary work. He received the 

 degree of D. D. from Farmer's College, Cincinnati, 

 .and LL. D. from the Iowa State University in 1877.' 

 His publications, which are numerous, include " The 

 Art of Elocution" (1844), "The Art of Khetoric" 

 {1850), and "The Science of Education " (1889). 



Degener, Edward, merchant, born in Brunswick, 

 Germany, Oct. 20, 1809 ; died in San Antonio. Texas, 

 Sept. 11, 1890. He received an academic education 

 in Germany and in England, was twice a member of 

 the legislative body in Anhalt-Dessau, and a mem- 

 ber of the first German Parliament in Frankfort ; 

 settled in Sisterdale, Texas, and engaged in farming 

 in 1850 ; was court-martialed and imprisoned by the 

 Confederates because of his loyalty to the Union ; and 

 after the war removed to San Antonio and became a 

 merchant. He was a member of the Texas Constitu- 

 tional Convention in 1866, and offered the first resolu- 

 tion in favor of universal suffrage, and was also a 

 member of the second Constitutional Convention in 

 1868. In 1868 he was elected to Congress from the 

 Fourth Texas District as a Republican, and served as a 

 member of the Committee on Indian Affairs. 



Devan, Thomas, missionary, born in New York city, 

 July 31, 1809; died in New Brunswick, N. J., Jan. 

 16, 1890. He was graduated at Columbia College in 

 1828 and at the College of Physicians and Surgeons 

 in 1831, and, after practicing medicine in New York 

 city for ten years, prepared himself to be a medical 

 missionary j and was sent to China in 1843. On the 

 failure of nis health in that country, he went to France 

 and opened Protestant missions in Paris, Lyons, and 

 St.-Etienne. He returned to the United States shortly 

 before the civil war, was an army chaplain during that 

 period at David's Island and Fort Schuyler, N. Y., 

 and subsequently held several pastorates. He was an 

 able linguist, translated French and Chinese works, 

 and published treatises. 



Dexter, Henry Martyn, clergyman, born in Plymp- 

 ton, Mass., Aug. 13, 1821 ; died in New Bedford, 

 Mass., Nov. 13, 1890. He was graduated at Yale Col- 

 lege in 1840, and at Andover Theological Seminary 

 in 1844 ; became pastor of the Congregational church 

 in Manchester, N. H., in 1844; removed to Boston 



Three Hundred Years as seen in its Literature " 

 (New York, 1880); "A Handbook of Congregation- 

 alism" (Boston, 1880); and " Common Sense as to 

 Woman Suffrage" (1885). At the time of his death 

 he had in preparation " A Bibliography of the Church 

 Struggle in England during the Sixteenth Century " 

 and a " A History of Old Plymouth Colony." He 

 bequeathed to Yale College his collection of 2,000 

 volumes on the New England Puritans. 



Dick, Robert, inventor, born in Bathgate, Scotland, 

 Jan. 12, 1814; died in Buffalo, N. Y., Dec. 10, 1890. 

 The family removed \o Canada in 1821, and soon aft- 

 erward both father and mother died, leaving eleven 

 children. Under the direction of the oldest, a daugh- 

 ter, the brothers and sisters settled in Lanark County, 

 Ontario, where Robert received his preparatory edu- 

 cation. In 1841 he was -graduated at Hamilton Col- 

 lege, and then spent several years in teaching and 

 missionary labor. In 1854 he established the " Gos- 

 pel Tribune " in Toronto, and two years afterward 

 invented a newspaper mailing machine, which is now 

 in general use in large newspaper offices. By suc- 

 cessive improvements he perfected his invention, so 

 that with a single machine one operator can paste and 

 attach to newspapers or wrappers 20,000 labels bear- 

 ingthe subscribers' addresses in a day often hours. 



Dodge, Ebenezer, educator, born in Salem, Mass., 

 April 22, 1819 ; died in Hamilton, N. Y., Jan. 5, 

 1890. He was graduated at Brown University in 

 1840, and at the Newton Theological Institute, Mass., 

 in 1845 ; was called to a Baptist church in New Lon- 

 don, N. H., in 1846 ; and was chosen Professor of 

 Biblical Criticism and Interpretation in Hamilton 

 Theological Seminary, N. Y., in 1853. He held this 

 chair till 1861, when he was transferred to that of 

 Christian Theology in the same institution, and was 

 Professor of Evidences of Christianity in Madison 

 (now Colgate) University, in the same town, from 1853 

 till 1861. In 1868 he was elected President of Madison 

 University, arid in 1871 became president also of 

 the Theological Seminary. He held both offices until 

 his death, and greatly strengthened the institutions. 

 The endowment of the university was largely in- 

 creased under his administration; the faculty was 

 extended to nearly forty professors and instructors ; 

 Colgate Academy, with a faculty and buildings of its 

 own, was established ; a completely equipped chemi- 

 cal laboratory was added ; Eaton Hall, a theological 

 seminary building, was erected and furnished ; the 

 new Colgate Library building, to cost $175,000, was 

 projected and nearly completed ; a new building, for 

 the Young Men's Christian Association and a gym- 

 nasium, was planned ; and the name of the univer- 

 sity was changed to Colgate, in recognition of re- 

 peated acts of munificence by James B. and Samuel 



Colgate. President Dod'ge published " Evidences of 



-. D< , .,. ., ^ .,,. -. Christianity" (Boston, 1869) and "Christian The- 



in 1849, and was pastor of the Berkeley Street Con- ology " (Hamilton, last edition, 1884) He received 

 gregational Church till 1867, and editor of the " Con- the degree of D. D. from Brown University in 1861, 



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gregational ist " from 1851 till 1866 ; and resigned his 

 pastorate in 1867 to become editor of the consolidated 

 Recorder" and " Congregationalist," with which 

 he remained until his death. In 1877-' 80 he was 

 lecturer on Congregationalism at Andover Theologi- 

 cal Seminary. Since 1869 he had been a member_of 

 the American Antiquarian and the Massachusetts His- 

 torical Societies, and since 1884 a member of the Amer- 

 ican Historical Association. He received the degree of 

 D. D. from Iowa College in 1865. Besides his edito- 

 rial work and contributions to numerous periodicals 

 and cyclopedias, his published works include: " The 

 Voice of the Bible, the Verdict of Reason " (Boston, 

 1858) ; "Congregationalism: What it is, Whence it 

 is, How it works, Why it is better than any other 

 Form of Church Government, and its Consequent De- 

 mands " (1865, fifth edition, 1879) ; " A Glance at the 

 Ecclesiastical Councils of New England" (1867); 

 " The Church Polity of the Pilgrims, the Polity of 

 the New Testament" (1870) ; " As to Roger Williams 

 and his l Banishment ' from the Massachusetts Col- 

 ony "(1876); "The Congregationalism of the Last 



and LL. D. from the University of Chicago in 1869. 



Donnelly, Arthur J, clergyman, born in Athy, County 

 Kildare, Ireland, Jan. 18. 1820 ; died in New York 

 city, March 25, 1890. When seven years old he ac- 

 companied his parents to New York city, where he 

 received his early education, was apprenticed to the 

 dry-goods business, and, after working for Lord & 

 Taylor for eight years, went into business in partner- 

 ship with David J. Campion. Although meeting 

 with exceptional success in mercantile life, he decided 

 in 1846 to retire from it and prepare himself for the 

 ministry of the Roman Catholic Church. He pursued 

 his ecclesiastical studies at St. Joseph's School (now 

 St. John's College), Fordham, N. 1. ; was ordained 

 a priest Oct. 6, 1852 ; organized the parishes of Man- 

 hattanville, Fordham, and St. Michaels ; was assigned 

 to the latter in 1857 ; and while in charge of it built 

 the present church and the Convent of the Presentation 

 Nuns, and founded the Roman Catholic Orphan Asy- 

 lum on Staten Island. On the death of Vicar-General 

 Quinn, he was appointed to succeed him, May 28, 1887, 

 and on the suspension of the Rev. Dr. McGlynn be 



