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warned the Southern members that the Xorth would 

 never follow them in such a movement, and that lie 

 and his constituents would "keel' step to tne ' s i ( - 

 e Union." At the close of his fourth term in 

 :ie retired to private life. In 1863 he or- 

 ganized the First Xational Bank in Indianapolis, 

 and was its president from its organization till 1*77. 

 During this period he also became identified with 

 numerous railroad interests, and acquired a large 

 fortune. In 18*0 he wa- nominated for Yice-Pivsi- 

 dent on the ticket with Hen. Hancock. Mr. Eng- 

 lish was President of the Indiana Historical Society 

 for many years: published an historical and bio- 

 graphical work on the Constitution and lawmakers 

 of his State (1887) : and bequeathed funds to the 

 society for the completion and publication of a 

 -History of Indiana." which he had undertaken. 



Eunson. Robert Groat, engineer, born in the 

 Orkney Islands about 1800 : died in Xew York city. 

 May 30. 18U6. He studied engineering in Edin- 

 burgh. Scotland, and about 1831 removed to Xew 

 York city, where he resided almost continuously 

 till his death. While in Edinburgh he acquired 

 the training that fitted him for his later work as 

 an expert in the construction of marine engines. 

 He made the model of the "Monitor" from Capt. 

 Ericsson's rough drawings, was consulting engineer 

 in its construction, and with its engineer arranged 

 the machinery in it. Mr. Eunson invented many 

 devices and improvements that are now seen in 

 marine engines, including improved surface con- 

 densers, cut-offs, couplings, and governor valves. 



Ewiiiff. Thomas, lawyer, born in Lancaster, Ohio, 

 Aug. 7. 182!' : died in Xew York city. Jan. 21. 1896. 

 Ile'was the second son of United States Senator 

 Thomas Ewing. and was graduated at Brown Uni- 

 versity in 1854. and at the Cincinnati Law School 

 in 1855. Prior to going to college -he was private 

 secretary to President Taylor for about a year. In 

 1856 he "removed to Leavenworth. Kan., to practice, 

 and there was successful in his profession and be- 

 came a conspicuous Republican leader. He was a 

 member of the Leavenworth Constitutional Conven- 

 tion in 1858. Kansas delegate to the Peace Confer- 

 ence in 1860. and Chief Justice of the State Supreme 

 Court in 1861-'62. In September, 1862. he resigned 

 theofficeof Chief Justice and organized the llth Kan- 

 sas infantry, of which he was commissioned colonel. 

 He commanded his regiment in the battles of Fort 

 Wayne and Kane Hill, and a brigade at Prairie 

 Grove, and was promoted brigadier general for gal- 

 lantry in the last battle. March 13. 1863. During 

 1863 and 1864 he was at various times in command 

 of Kansas, western Missouri, and the St. Louis dis- 

 trict. At Pilot Knob. Sept. 2s 1864^ with only 

 1.000 men. he checked the inva'sion of Missouri by 

 withstanding repeated assaults by the Confederates 

 under Gen. Sterling Price. At the close of the war 

 he was brevetted major general of volunteers for 

 meritorious services. He practiced law in Wash- 

 ington. D. C.. till 1871. then returned to Lancaster; 

 was a member of the State Constitutional Conven- 

 tion in 1873 and 1874. and was elected to Congress 

 in 1876 and 1878. In that body he prepared the 

 bill for the establishment of a bureau of labor statis- 

 tics, opposed the employment of Federal troops at 

 the polls, and advocated the remonetization of silver 

 and the retention of the greenbacks. He withdrew 

 from the Republican party in 1868. He was de- 

 feated for United States Senator in 1878. and for 

 Governor of Ohio in 1879. both times as the Demo- 

 cratic candidate. Since 1882 he had practiced law 

 in Xew York city. 



Fairchild. Lucius, military officer, born in Kent, 

 Ohio, Dec. 27. 1831 : died in Madison. Wis.. May 23. 

 1896. He studied at Carroll College. Waukesha. 

 Wis.. and when fifteen years old he accompanied his 



family to Wisconsin, settling in Madison. Three 

 - afterward he joined a party bound for the 

 newly discovered gold field in California, and with 

 an ox teat; lie plains. He there .-pent six 



years working in and about the mines, and was elect- 

 ed a delegate to a convention to nominate a can- 

 didate for Governor. In 

 is.").-) he returned to Madi- 

 son without having mate- -JK 

 rially improved his finan- 

 cial condition, and stud- 

 ied law. He was elected 

 clerk of the circuit court 

 in 1858. and was admitted 

 to the bar in 1860. At the 

 beginning of the civil war 

 he entered the X'ational 

 service as a captain in the 

 1st Wisconsin Regiment, 

 and at the expiration of 

 the three months' term 

 he was. in August. 1861, 

 commissioned a captain 



in the 16th Regiment of the regular army, and 

 major of the 2d Wisconsin Infantry. After ac- 

 cepting both appointments he was the first regular 

 army officer who was given leave to serve in the 

 volunteer army. His Wisconsin regiment was at- 

 tached to the famous " Iron Brigade." and at the 

 battle of Bull Run he commanded both the 2d and 

 7th Regiments. In August. 1862. he was promoted 

 colonel of the 2d Regiment, and at the battle of 

 Antietam in the following month he left a sick bed 

 to take command, and lost more than half of his 

 regiment. At Gettysburg he lost his left arm while 

 leading a charge, and on Oct. 19. 1863. he was pro- 

 moted brigadier general. In ihe following month 

 he was elected Secretary of State of Wisconsin, and 

 resigned his commission in the army. He was elect- 

 ed Governor of Wisconsin in 1865. 1867. and 1869. 

 the only Governor of that State who served more 

 than two terms. During his tenure of office he was 

 a founder of the State Board of Charities and Re- 

 form. In 1872 he was appointed United States 

 consul at Liverpool, whence he was transferred to 

 the post of consul general at Paris in 1878. After 

 two years' service in Paris he was made United 

 States minister to Spain, resigning the office and 

 returning to Madison in 1882. In 1883 he was 

 President of the International Exposition of Rail- 

 way Appliances in Chicago: in 1886 was elected 

 commander in chief of the Grand Army of the Re- 

 public, and in 1894 eommander-in-chief of the mili- 

 tary Order of the Loyal Legion. 



Feleh. Alpheus. jurist, born in Limerick. Me., 

 Sept. 2s. isno: died in Ann Arbor. Mich.. June 13, 

 1896. He was graduated at Bowdoin College in 

 1827. and admitted to the bar in Bangor in 1830: 

 removed to Monroe, Mich., in 1833. and had resided 

 at Ann Arbor since 1843. In 1835-'37 he was a 

 member of the Michigan Legislature: in 1838-'39 

 was one of the State bank commissioners, and was 

 conspicuous in exposing frauds under the banking 

 law : in 1842 was Auditor General of the State for a 

 short time, and in 1842-'46 was a judge of the State 

 Supreme Court. While on the bench he was elected 

 Governor of the State, and before the expiration of 

 his term of office he was elected United States Sena- 

 tor. He served in the Senate from 1847 till 1853. 

 and during the greater part of that time he was 

 chairman of the Committee on Public Lands. At 

 the expiration of his term he was appointed a mem- 

 ber of the commission to settle Spanish and Mexican 

 claims under the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, and 

 of this body he was chosen president. The commis- 

 sion spent three years in the work, and its reports, 

 which contained many novel and important deci- 



