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dent Grant reappointed him director of the mint in 

 1869, and on the reorganization of the entire mint sys- 

 tem in 1873 he became superintendent of his former 

 charge. ' In 1879 President Hayes appointed him 

 United States Naval Officer at Philadelphia, and he 

 served till July, 1883. His last public office was that 

 of Federal Chief Supervisor of Elections, to which he 

 was appointed in April, 1885. It was he who suc- 

 cessfully urged the addition to the national coins of 

 the motto, a In God we trust." 



Powers, Horatio Nelson, clergyman, born in Armenia, 

 N. Y., April 30, 1826 ; died in Piermont, N. Y., Sept. 

 6, 1890. He was graduated at Union College in 1850, 

 and at the General Theological Seminary of the Epis- 

 copal Church in 1855. In the latter vear lie was or- 

 dained deacon in Trinity Church, New York city, 

 and soon afterward was called to be assistant minister 

 .at St. James's Church in Lancaster, Pa. In 1857 he 

 married Clemence Gouraud, the daughter of Prof. 

 Gouraud, of the University of France, and removed 

 to Davenport, Iowa, where he became rector of St. 

 Luke's Church. During his residence in Iowa he was 

 tor some time the President of Griswold College. In 

 the autumn of 1868 he accepted a call to the rector- 

 ship of St. John's Church, Chicago, in which posi- 

 tion he remained until 1875. In November of that 

 year he removed to Bridgeport, Conn., to become 

 rector of Christ Church in that city. Ten years later, in 

 October, 1885, he left Bridgeport*, and, after officiating 

 for short periods at East Orange, N. J., and Yonkers, 

 N. Y., received at the close of 1886 a call to the Epis- 

 copal Church at Sparkill, N. Y., which he accepted. 

 He then removed to the adjoining town of Piermont, 

 .and was rector of Sparkill at the time of his detith. 

 Dr. Powers had an extended acquaintance among 

 literary men as well as among the clergy of his own 

 Church. He was _a man of wide sympathies, and 

 possessed the affection of his friends in no common 

 degree. He was a valued friend of Bryant and Bay- 

 ard Taylor and of Hamerton, who dedicated his " Un- 

 known River " to Dr. Powers. In spite of many trials, 

 his sunny, cheerful temperament never became im- 

 bittered, and his outlook upon life was always optimis- 

 tic. This spirit is exhibited in his poetry to a marked 

 degree. His verse is always thoughtful, often ex- 

 tremely musical, and not seldom helpful and inspir- 

 ing. His religious sympathies placed him in the 

 ranks of the broad church school of thought in his 

 Church. In 1867 he received from Union College the 

 degree of D. D. He was a member of several learned 

 societies and a fellow of the Clarendon Historical So- 

 ciety of Edinburgh, Scotland. He contributed to a 

 number of periodicals including "The Century," 

 "Lippincott's," " The' Dial," and "The Church- 

 man," and was American correspondent of "L'Art." 

 In January of 1890, he went to Europe with his fam- 

 ily, and returned much improved in health in August. 

 A month later he died quite suddenly. His published 

 works are: " Through the Year" (1875); " Poems, Ear- 

 ly and Late " (1876) ; " Biography of William Cullen 

 Bryant" and " Ten Years ot'Song'" (1887). His latest 

 writing was a poem entitled " Light at Eventide," 

 which appeared in " The Churchman" a fortnight 

 before his death. 



Prindle, Eliznr H., lawyer, born in Newton, Conn., 

 May 6, 1829; died in Norwich, N. Y., Oct. 7, 1890. 

 He received an academic education, studied law, and 

 settled in Chenango County, N. Y. He was district 

 attorney of the county from 1860 till 1863, was a mem- 

 ber of the State Assembly in 1863, and of the State 

 Constitutional Convention in 1867- '68, and was elect- 

 ed to Congress from the 19th New York District as a 

 Republican in 1870. He served as a member of the 

 Committee on the Territories. 



Quackenbush, Stephen Platt, naval officer, born in 

 Albany, N. Y., Jan. 23, 1823 ; died in Washington, 

 D. C., Feb. 4, 1890. He was appointed a midshipman 

 in the United States navy, Feb. 15, 1840; was pro- 

 moted passed midshipman, July 11, 1846 ; master, 

 March 1, 1855 ; lieutenant, Sept. 14, 1855 ; lieutenant- 

 commander, July 16, 1862 ; commander, July 25, 1866 ; 



captain, July 25. 1871 ; commodore, March 13, 1880; 

 rear-admiral, July 28, 1884 ; and was retired, Jun. -A. 

 1885. During his service in the navy Ire was on sea 

 duty twenty-one years and six months ; on shore or 

 other duty, nine years and eight months; and was 

 unemployed eighteen years and seven months. He 

 participated in the operations against Vera Cruz dur- 

 ing the Mexican War ; served on the frigate " Con- 

 gress," the " Delaware," and the " Unadilla" in the 

 early part of the civil war; covered Gen. Burntdde'u 

 army at Acquia Creek and at Roanoke Island ; took 

 part in the tattles at Elizabeth City and at Newbern, 

 N. C. ; fought the Confederate batteries and a regi- 

 ment of flying infantry at Winton, N. C., aud de- 

 stroyed the town. He lost his right leg by a cannon- 

 shot on James river, at Malvern Hill. Subsequently 

 he captured the "Princess Royal," loaded with ma- 

 terials for a new Confederate ironclad, and while ex- 

 amining the obstructions in Charleston harbor lost his 

 ship by the explosion of a submerged torpedo. 



Quimby, Elihu Thayer, educator, born in Danville, 

 Vt., Julv 17, 1826 ; died in New York city, Feb. 26, 

 1890. He was graduated at Dartmouth College in 

 1851 was appointed principal of Appleton Acade- 

 my, New Ipswich, and served till 1864 ; was Professor 

 of Mathematics in Dartmouth College from 1864 till 

 1 878 ; and was then engaged for many years in the 

 United States Coast and Geodetic Survey and the New 

 Hampshire State Survey. His last important work 

 was the resurvey of the boundary lines between Ver- 

 mont, New Hampshire, and Massachusetts. 



Kadford, William, naval officer, born in Fincastle, Va., 

 March 1, 1808 ; died in Washington, D. C., Jan. 8. 

 1890. He was appointed a midshipman in the L'niteu 

 States navy, March 1, 1825; was promoted passed 

 midshipman, June 4, 1831 ; lieutenant, Feb. 9, 1837; 

 commander, Sept. 14, 1855; captain, July 16, 1862; 

 commodore, July 24, 1863 ; rear-aamiral, July 25, 

 1866 ; and was retired, March 1, 1870. During his 

 service in the navy he was on sea duty sixteen years 

 and one month ; on shore or other duty, twelve years 

 and ten months ; and was unemployed thirty-five 

 years and" eleven months. During the Mexican War 

 he commanded the party that cut out the " Malok- 

 adel," a Mexican war vessel, at Mazatlan. At the 

 time of the attack by the Confederate ram " Merri- 

 mac" on the national squadron in Hampton Roads he 

 was in command of the sloop-of-war " Cumberland," 

 but was on court-martial duty at Old Point. He at- 

 tempted to reach his ship while the fight was in prog- 

 ress, and arrived at Newport News just in time to see 

 her sink. He commanded the frigate "New Iron- 

 sides" and the ironclad division of Admiral Porter's 

 squadron in the two attacks on Fort Fisher^ 1864 and 

 1 865 ; was commandant of the Washington Navy Yard 

 in 1866-'68 ; and commanded the. European squadron 

 in 1869, after which he was on duty in Washington. 



Kambant, Thomas, clergyman, born in Dublin, Ire- 

 land, Aug. 25, 1819 ; died in Hamilton, N. Y., Oct. 

 15, 1890. He was of Huguenot parentage; received a 

 preparatory education in the Portarlington Huguenot 

 Academy ; and studied four years in Trinity College. 

 Dublin. He settled in Savannah, Ga., in 1840, and 

 there began studying law. In 1842 he was appointed 

 principal of Beach Island Academy, S. C., in 1843 he 

 became pastor of the Robertsville Baptist Church, S. 

 C., in 1848 he was called to the Baptist Church in 

 Savannah, and in 1854 he labored with such zeal 

 among the yellow-fever sufferers that the municipal 

 authorities voted him a long and much needed vaca- 

 tion at the public expense. Resuming work in 1856, 

 he was elected Professor of Ancient Languages in 

 Cherokee Baptist College, Cassville, Ga., and was 

 president of the college from 1857 till 1863, when tbe 

 war closed it. He then became Professor of History 

 and Roman Literature in Georgia State Military In- 

 stitute, and when, a year later, the war caused the 

 closing of this institution also he was appointed gen- 

 eral agent of the Baptist Home Missionary Society, 

 and as such preached in nearly every Southern State 

 till 1867. In that year he was elected President of 



