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decided to install the articulation system ; Mr. 

 Clarke paid the $50,000, and, < lying two years after- 

 ward, bequeathed to the institution $265,000; and 

 Mr. Dudley was chosen president of the school, 

 which was named the Clarke Institute for Deaf- 

 mutes. The great achievement of Mr. Dudley's 

 life was his work for the deaf-mute, which ended 

 only with his death. He caused the authorities to 

 remove the Clarke Institute from the list of chari- 

 table institutions, and to make it a part of the edu- 

 cational system of the State and free to all ; and 

 through his persistent efforts the American Educa- 

 tional Association in 1886 decided to drop the word 

 " dumb " in the familiar phrase " deaf and dumb," 

 and to recognize such pupils as deaf children. 



Eaton, Wyatt, artist, born in Phillipsburg, Que- 

 bec, Canada, May 6, 1849 ; died in Newport, R. I., 

 June 7, 1896. lie began studying art at the Na- 

 tional Academy of Design. New York city, when 

 eighteen years old, subsequently took up painting 

 with Joseph Orion Eaton, anil in 1872 went to 

 Europe, where he spent some time in the studios of 

 James A. Whistler, in London, and Gerome, in 

 Paris, and with Millet in Barbizon. His early work 

 included figure subjects, landscapes, and portraits. 

 In 1874 lie exhibited in the Paris Salon "Reverie." 

 and in 1876 " Harvesters at Rest," both of which 

 pictures were also exhibited at the Universal Expo- 

 sition of 1878. He returned to the United States 

 in 1876, opened a studio in New York city, became 

 a teacher in the life and antique classes at Cooper 

 Institute, and was a founder and afterward secre- 

 tary and president of the Society of American Ar- 

 tists. After he settled in New York his work was 

 almost wholly in portraiture, his subjects being 

 persons well known in literary, artistic, educational, 

 and social circles. Among these were Bryant, Long- 

 fellow. Emerson, Whit tier, and Holmes. 



Echols, John, lawyer, born near Staunton, Ya.. 

 in 1823 ; died in Louisville, Ky., May 24, 1896. He 

 studied law with his father and practiced it suc- 

 cessfully till the beginning of the civil war. After 

 serving in the Virginia Secession Convention, he 

 aided in organizing the Virginia troops, and took 

 the field as lieutenant colonel of the 27th Viiginia 

 Infantry, which was attached to Jackson's brigade. 

 For gallantry at Manassas he was promoted colonel, 

 and he remained with his regiment till the battle 

 of Kernstown, in March, 1862, in which he was 

 severely wounded. After his recovery he was pro- 

 moted brigadier general and assigned to duty in 

 Western Virginia. In 1863 he was detached from 

 active command. He resumed the practice of law 

 at Staunton after the war; established a national 

 bank there, and became its president ; was elected 

 to the Legislature in 1878, 1879, 1880, and 1881 ; and 

 was a presidential elector in 1880. In 1868 he was 

 elected a director of the Chesapeake and Ohio Rail- 

 road Company, with which he was actively identi- 

 fied till his death. He was also Vice-President of 

 the Chesapeake, Ohio and Southwestern Railroad ; 

 a founder, builder, and Vice-President of the Eliza- 

 bethtown, Lexington and Big Sandy Road ; and was 

 Vice-President of the Kentucky Central. 



Eddy, Daniel Clark, clergyman, born in Salem, 

 Mass., May 21, 1823 ; died in Cottage City, Mass., 

 July 26, 1696. He was received into the Baptist 

 Church in 1842; was graduated at the New Hamp- 

 ton (N. H.) Theological Institution in 1845 ; and 

 was pastor of the First Baptist Church in Lowell, 

 Mass., from 1846 till 1856. In 1854 he was elected 

 to the Legislature, and though he had had no ex- 

 perience in presiding over a deliberative assembly, 

 he was chosen Speaker. He was called to the 

 Harvard Street Church, in Boston, Mass., in 1856; 

 the Tabernacle Church, in Philadelphia, Pa., in 

 1862; the Baldwin Place Church, in Boston, in 



1864 ; and subsequently to churches in Fall River, 

 Boston, and Hyde Park, Mass.. and Brooklyn, N. Y. 

 He received the degree of D. D. from Madison 

 University in 1856. In 1876 he was the Prohibition 

 candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts. 

 Dr. Eddy wrote a large number of books, some of 

 which had an extended circulation. They included 

 "Young Man's Friend" (1st series, Lowell, 1849; 

 2d series, Boston, 1859); "The Burman Apostle" 

 (Lowell, 1850); "Europa" (1851): "The Percy 

 Family'' (5 vols., 1852); "Walter's Tour in the 

 East" (6 vols., Boston, 1861): "Heroines of the 

 Missionary Enterprise" (1854); " Angel Whispers" 

 (Lowell, 1853); "City Side" (1854); "Young 

 Woman's Friend " (1855) ; and " Waiting at the 

 Cross" (Boston, 1859). 



Edgerton. Alonzo J., jurist, born in Rome, 

 N. YT, June 7. 1827: died' in Sioux Falls, S. D., 

 Aug. 9, 1896. He was graduated at Wesleyan 

 University in 1850; studied law and was admitted 

 to the bar; and removed to Dodge County, Minn.. 

 to practice in 1855. In 1858-'60 he was a member 

 of the State Senate, and in 1862 entered the National 

 army as a captain in the 10th Minnesota Infantry. 

 He was promoted colonel of the 65th United States 

 Colored Infantry in 1864. brevetted brigadier gen- 

 eral in lS(ili. and was mustered out of the volunteer 

 service in 1*67. While serving with his last com- 

 mand at Baton Rouge, La., he was also provost 

 marshal. In 1871-'74 he was State Railroad Com- 

 missioner: in 1S76 a Republican presidential elect- 

 or; in 1877-'78 a State Senator ; and in 1878 was 

 appointed a regent of the State University. When, 

 in March. 1881, President Garfield appointed United 

 Stales Senator William Windom Secretary of the 

 Treasury. Gov. Pillsbury appointed Gen. E'dgerton 

 to succeed Mr. Windom till the Legislature elected 

 a successor, Mr. \Vindom resigned the office of 

 Secretary in November following, and was elected 

 his own successor in the Senate, Gen. Edgerton 

 withdrawing from the contest for the permanent 

 seat in Mr. Windom's favor. In the following 

 month President Arthur appointed Gen. Edger- 

 ton Chief Justice of the Territory of Dakota. He 

 was president of both Constitutional Conventions 

 of South Dakota, and an unsuccessful candidate 

 for the United States Senate from the new State 

 under the constitutions of 1885-'86 and 1889. In 

 the last year President Harrison appointed him 

 judge of the United States District Court for South 

 Dakota. He was the author of " Railroad Laws of 

 Minnesota " (1872). 



English, William Hayden. capitalist, born in 

 Lexington, Ind., Aug. 27, 1822; died in Indianapolis, 

 Ind., Feb. 7, 1896. He received a collegiate educa- 

 tion and studied law. In 1843 he was elected clerk 

 of the Indiana House of. Representatives ; in 1850, 

 clerk of the State Constitutional Convention ; and 

 in 1852, Speaker of the first Legislature under the 

 new Constitution, and also a member of Congress. 

 To the last body he was thrice re-elected, serving 

 till 1861 and holding the chairmanship of the Com- 

 mittee on Post Offices and Post Roads. While in 

 Congress he became a regent of the Smithsonian 

 Institution. His most distinguished service in 

 Congress was performed as a member of the Com- 

 mittee on Territories and in connection with the 

 contention over the admission of Kansas, in which 

 he opposed the policy of his own party. From the 

 Committee of Conference Mr. English reported what 

 was known as the " English bill," which provided 

 that the question of admission under the Lecompton 

 Constitution be referred back to the people of 

 Kansas. This was adopted, and Kansas voted 

 against admission under that Constitution. Mr. 

 English, while willing to make concessions to the 

 South, was stanchly opposed to secession, and 



