OBITUARIES. AMERICAN. (HUNT JEHOMK.) 



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hition when a boy was to become the greatest fire- 

 man in Xe\v York, He beeamea member of I 'ft 

 Engine Company No. 15 in 1*40; was elected fore- 

 man of tin- company and an assistant engineer of the 

 department in 1*5(>: and was chosen chief engineer 

 in 1857. During the ensuing three years lie did 

 much u> improve the condition of the department 

 had bunks placed in all the engine houses and de- 

 tails of firemen kept there day and night and by 

 the extraordinary vigilance he instituted caused the 

 fire insurance rates to be greatly reduced. His re- 

 formatory work undermined his constitution, and 

 after achieving the distinction of Vicing the ideal 

 fireman and saving over 100 lives at fires, he was 

 stricken with paralysis while on his way to a fire in 

 iMln. and was obliged to retire from active service. 

 In 1853 he wa- d.-cted to the Legislature: in 1*54 

 and 1855 to the board of aldermen ; in 1*56 was re- 

 ceiver of taxes ; and since 1*66 had been inspector 

 of vaults and areas in the Department of Public 

 Works, an office created especially for him by the 

 -lature. lie dragged himself about the city day 

 after day till within a short time of his death. In 

 the great Columbian parade in Xew York city. Oct. 

 12, 1*92. he headed the division of the fire depart- 

 ment, attired in his old chief's uniform, walked the 

 entire distance, and was loudly cheered from one 

 end of the route to the other. In 1866 he appeared 

 before the Legislature and made an appeal that re- 

 sulted in an increase of 20 per cent, in the salaries 

 of members of the paid department ; in 1*90 he 

 gave the first si, 000 toward the fund for the erec- 

 tion of the Firemen's Home in Hudson. X'. Y.. and 

 afterward laid the corner stone of the building and 

 made the address at its dedication. He also [ 

 sl.nOCrto the Exempt Firemen's Burial fund. 



Hunt. Sa ml ford, clergyman, born in Eden. Erie 

 County. X'. Y., April 1. 1825; died in Cincinnati, 

 Ohio. 'Feb. 10. 1*96. He was graduated at Alle- 

 gheny College. Meadville. Pa., in 1847; joined the 

 old Genesee Conference of the Methodist Episcopal 

 Church: and for several years held appointments 

 and was presiding elder in the Buffalo and Xiagara 

 districts. While presiding elder at Buffalo he 

 cleared every Methodist church in the district from 

 debt. lie was secretary of the United States Chris- 

 tian Commission for Western Xew York during two 

 years of the civil war, and for nearly ten years aft- 

 erward held the office of presiding elder in various 

 districts. In 1879 he was elected junior agent of 

 the Methodist Book Concern in Xew York city, and 

 in 1889 became senior agent and also treasurer of 

 the Missionary Society of the Church. He received 

 the degree of D. D. from Allegheny College in 1871. 

 Dr. Hunt was chiefly instrumental in securing the 

 erection of the Methodist Book Concern's costly 

 building on Fifth Avenue. Xew York, and in pay- 

 ing off the debt incurred thereby. He published 

 " Handbook for Trustees of Religious Corporations 

 in the State of Xew York" tXew York. 1872). and 

 Laws relating to Religious Corporations in the 

 United States" (rev. e*L. 18f 



Hunter. Alexander S.. physician, born in Cones- 

 ville. X. Y.. Sept. 23. 18 3 9 : died in Xew York city, 

 Feb. 14. 1896. He was graduated at the Albany 

 Xormal School, studied civil engineering, became 

 Professor of Mathematics at Sedgwick Institute. 

 Great Harrington. Mass., and was graduated at the 

 Xe\v York University Medical College in 1*03. For 

 six years he was chairman of the obstetric section 

 of the Academy of Medicine, and in 1890 and 1891 

 was chairman of the Committee on Admission of the 

 academy. lie invented several surgical appliances, 

 of which the speculum and the forceps bearing his 

 name are the best known. 



Hunter. Morton Craig 1 , military officer. lx>rn in 

 Versailles, Ind., Feb. 5, 1825; died in Bloomington, 



Ind., Oct. 2-"i. 1*96. He was graduated at Indiana 

 Slate I'nivcrsity in 1*49. wa> cleetcd to the 1. 

 lature in 1*5*. and was a Republican presidential 

 elector in 1*60. In Istil he was commissioned 

 colonel of the *2d Indiana Infantry, with which la- 

 served till the fall of Atlanta, and was then given 

 command of a brigade in (Jen. Sherman's army, 

 with which he made the march to the sea. O'n 

 March 13. 1*65. he was brevet ted brigadier general 

 of volunteers. In 1*60. 1*72. 1*74. and 1^76 h< 

 elected to Congress as a Republican from the 8th 

 Indiana District, and in 187* he was defeated by his 

 Democratic opponent. 



1 n man. John Hamilton, capitalist, born in Dan- 

 dridge. Tenn.. Oct. 23. 1*44 : died in Berkshire. }! 

 Xov. 5. 1*96. He received a common-school educa- 

 tion, became a clerk in his uncle's bank in Georgia 

 when fifteen years old. and served in the Confederate 

 army from 1862 till the close of the war. The war 

 left his family penniless, and in 1865 he removed to 

 Xew York city and entered a cotton house as clerk. 

 In 1868 he was admitted to partnership, and ii. 

 organized the cotton firm of Inman, Swann k \ 

 Within five years he became a successful business 

 man. He made a careful study of the resources and 

 needs of the Southern States, and undertook the de- 

 velopment of the former. In this work he and his 

 friends invested heavily in coal and iron properties, 

 and afterward in railroads, and it is believed that he 

 was instrumental in placing $100,000,000 of Xorth- 

 ern capital in Southern industrial enterprises. 



Jardine Brothers, organ builders, born in Lon- 

 don. England : died in New Y'ork city. EDWARD 

 GKORGE was born in 1830 and died March 16. 1896: 

 Josr.pn PHILIP was born in 1832 and died March 

 13. 1896. They were sons of George Jardine. who 

 came to the United States in 1836 and founded the 

 George Jardine Organ Manufacturing Company in 

 Xew York city. Edward was brought up in the 

 business, but Joseph was placed in a banking house, 

 where he remained till the death of his father, in 

 1882, when he became a member of the firm. 



Jeffries. Noah L.. lawyer, born in Pennsylvania, 

 Dec. 3. 1*2*: died in Washington. D. C.. April 22. 

 1896. In early youth he accompanied his parents 

 to Wooster. Ohio, where he was educated and ad- 

 mitted to the bar in 1850. At the beginning of the 

 civil war he raised four companies of volunteers in 

 Mansfield, which were consolidated with others raised 

 by his brother-in-law. Col. Tibball. which formed the 

 59th Xew York Volunteers. He was appointed ad- 

 jutant of the regiment, and in Xovember. 1861. was 

 detailed as acting assistant adjutant general of his 

 brigade. In the following year he was commis- 

 sioned assistant adjutant general in Gen. Wessell's 

 brigade. Casey's division, and was promoted major. 

 Soon afterward he was detailed to be assistant pro- 

 vost marshal general for Maryland and Delaware, 

 where he had charge of the draft and recruiting 

 service. He was appointed assistant provost mar- 

 shal general of the United States in July, 1864. and 

 was promoted brigadier general. His field service 

 included Williamsburg. Fair Oaks, and the seven 

 days' fight around Richmond, and in the latter he 

 was severely wounded. In 1865 he was appointed 

 a commissioner to adjust the war claims of West 

 Virginia, and on completing this work he became 

 inspector general of the militia of Maryland, and 

 completely reorganized it. From this employment 

 he was called to become register of the United States 

 Treasury. In March. 1 *',',. lie resumed practice 

 in Washington. D. C.. and became the reresentative 

 there of the Alaska Commercial Company. 



Jerome. David H.. merchant, born in Detroit, 

 Mich.. Xov. 17. 1*29: died in Watkins Glen. X. Y.. 

 A pril 24. 1*96. He was educated in St. Clair County, 

 Mich., engaged in mining in California, and since 



