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OBITUARIES, AMERICAN. (AYRES BARNES.) 



years he was chairman of the House Committee on 

 Territories. He introduced the bill for the recon- 

 struction of the Southern States, proposing that 

 they should be governed as Territories till permit- 

 ted by Congress to elect Senators and Representa- 

 tives; a bill for the abolition of slavery in the Dis- 

 trict of Columbia; and an amendment to the 

 Constitution abolishing slavery in all the States 

 where it existed. When the thirteenth amendment, 

 abolishing slavery, was before Congress, he was 

 given charge of it in the House. Mr. Ashley op- 

 posed the dismemberment of Virginia and the 

 creation of the State of West Virginia, as being 

 unconstitutional, unnecessary, and indefensible even 

 as a war measure. He introduced the resolutions 

 that led to the impeachment of President Johnson. 

 At the expiration of his fourth term in Congress he 

 was appointed Governor of Montana, but for lack 

 of harmony with the Administration he was removed 

 in the following year. He returned to Toledo, be- 

 came counsel for several railroad corporations, and 

 was elected President of the Toledo, Ann Arbor 

 and North Michigan Railroad Company. In 1892 

 he was defeated for Congress by 14 votes. 



Ayres, Anne, philanthropist, born in London, 

 England, Jan. 3, 1816 ; died in New York city, Feb. 

 0, 1896. She acquired a liberal education, and on 

 removing to New York city, in 1836, opened a pri- 

 vate school. In 1845 she determined to consecrate 

 herself to the charitable work of the Church, and 

 within a few days she was ordained by Dr. Muh- 

 lenberg as the first member of the Sisterhood of 

 the Holy Communion of the Protestant Episcopal 

 Church. Her first work was the establishment of a 

 parish school on Sixth Avenue. When the cholera 

 epidemic broke out, she became a daily visitor to the 

 hospitals. She worked alone for eight years, and then 

 the~sisterhood gained a second member. For forty 

 years she rendered the sisterhood a constant service 

 in St. Luke's Hospital, the Church Industrial Col- 

 ony at St. Johnsland, the two infirmaries established 

 through her, and other activities of the Church. 



Bacon, William Allen, missionary, born in Al- 

 bany, N. Y., Oct. 17, 1822; died in West Farms, 

 N. Y., May 7, 1896. When seventeen years old he 

 became a tract distributor among the sailors at 

 Oswego, N. Y. In 1857 he removed to New York 

 city, and for two yeai-s was connected with the 

 work of the Five Points House of Industry and the 

 Newsboys' Lodge. He then united with the Baptist 

 Church and removed to Essex, Conn., where he per- 

 formed missionary labor for five years, going thence 

 to Beaufort, S. C. In 1866 he was appointed super- 

 intendent of the Detroit City Union Mission, where 

 he remained nearly two years, retiring on account 

 of failing health. After a brief pastorate in Fair 

 Haven, Vt., he returned to New York city, was 

 placed in charge of the Leonard Street Mission, and 

 remained in service till within a few months of his 

 death. He was also connected with the Baptist 

 City Mission, on Third Avenue. He was alike suc- 

 cessful in conducting mission work and in organiz- 

 ing Baptist missions and churches. 



Baker, Charles Henry, naval officer, born in 

 Salem, Mass., Jan. 16, 1831 ; died in Washington, 

 D. C., May 6, 1896. He was appointed a third 

 assistant engineer in the United States navy % Aug. 

 2, 1855 ; was promoted second assistant, July 21, 

 1858 ; first assistant, Aug. 2, 1859 : and chief en- 

 gineer, Oct. 29, 1861 ; and was retired Jan. 16, 1893. 

 He was engaged in the capture of the Barrier Forts, 

 near Canton, China, in 1856 ; served in the Para- 

 guay expedition in 1858-'59 ; engaged in the siege 

 of Yorktown and the operations on the York and 

 James rivers, Virginia, in 1862; was captured while 

 aiding in the medical relief of sick Confederates at 

 City Point, Va., on May 19 of that year ; and was 



confined at Salisbury, N. C., and Richmond, Va., for 

 three months. After his release he served on the 

 Examining Board till the latter part of 1863; was 

 on special duty in the construction of machinery 

 and iron vessels at Boston, 1863-'67 ; fleet engineer 

 of the South Atlantic squadron, 1867-'09 ; on duty 

 at the Naval Academy, 1873-'77 ; fleet engineer of 

 the Asiatic station, 1877- '81 ; in charge of stores at 

 the navy yard, Boston, 1 881-'84 ; at the Washington 

 Navy Yard, 1884-'87 ; fleet engineer of the European 

 squadron, 1887-'89; and at the Norfolk Navy Yard 

 and on special duty till his retirement. 



Barlow, Francis Chamiing. military officer, 

 born in Brooklyn, N. Y., Oct. 19, 1834 ; died in New 

 York city, Jan. 11, 1896. He was graduated at 

 Harvard in 1855 ; studied law and began practicing 

 in New York city ; and at the beginning of Un- 

 civil war held an editorial place on the "Tribune." 

 He enlisted as a private in the 12th New York- 

 Regiment, which was sent to the defense of Wash- 

 ington. At the end of his three months' term he 

 had been promoted lieutenant, and on the return 

 of his regiment he again volunteered, and was com- 

 missioned lieutenant colonel of the 61st New York 

 Volunteers. During the siege of Yorktown he was 

 promoted colonel, and for distinguished services in 

 the battle of Fair Oaks he was promoted brigadier 

 general, Sept. 19, 1862. He was commended by his 

 superior officers for the skillful manner in which 

 he handled his command when the base of the 

 army was changed from the Chickahominy to the 

 James. Two days before his promotion to brigadier 

 general he captured two sets of Confederate colors 

 and :><)() prisoners in the battle of Antietam ; was 

 severely wounded while leading a charge ; and was 

 carried from the field apparently dead. He returned 

 to the field as soon as his physical condition would 

 permit. At the battle of Chancellorsville he com- 

 manded a brigade in the llth Corps, and was as- 

 signed to the duty of harassing the enemy under 

 Gen. "Stonewall" Jackson, who were attempting 

 a flank movement on the right of the National line. 

 While commanding a division in the first day's fight 

 at Gettysburg he was again severely wounded, and 

 was taken prisoner. He was soon afterward ex- 

 changed, and was able to resume field duty in the 

 following spring. At Spottsylvania Courthouse 

 he was given command of the 1st division. 6d Corps, 

 which formed the advance in the storming of the 

 Confederate defenses that resulted in the capture 

 of the works, 3,000 prisoners, and Gens. Johnson and 

 Steuart. He took part in all the movements of the 

 army of the Potomac in Gen. Grant's final cam- 

 paign ; was present at the surrender of Gen. Lee : 

 and on the conclusion of peace was mustered 

 out of the volunteer service with the rank of major 

 general. Returning to New York city, he resumed 

 law practice ; was elected Secretary of State of New 

 York in 1865; served till 1868: was United States 

 marshal for the Southern District of New York in 

 1868-'69; and Attorney-General of New York in 

 1871-'73. While holding the last office he rendered 

 invaluable aid in the prosecution of the Tweed ring, 

 and on retiring from it he applied himself wholly 

 to private practice. 



Barnes, David Leonard, engineer, born in 

 Smithfield, R. I., Aug. 23, 1858 ; died in New York 

 city, Dec. 15, 1896. He was educated at Brown 

 University and the Massachusetts Institute of Tech- 

 nology. In 1879 he entered the machine shops of 

 the Hinckley Locomotive Works, in Boston, whence 

 he went to the Rhode Island Locomotive Works, in 

 Providence. He remained in the latter place as 

 chief draughtsman and mechanical engineer till 

 1887, and while there he was also employed as a 

 consulting engineer. From Providence he went to 

 Chicago, where he established his principal office, and 



