OBITUAKIKS, AMKIMCAX. (8rKVB THOMPSON.) 



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.(iicntly was noted as an athlete and runner; 

 and r me connected with a circus company. 



His first experience as a manager was at the Olym- 

 jiic Theater. Boston, whence lie went to the Adelphi 

 and, in 1*70, to tlie Howard Athena-uin, where lie 

 remained till 1880. While managing the Howard 

 he also took at various times the \Vaverley. Booth's, 

 and the Fifth Avenue Theaters in New York city. 

 He also managed traveling compame>. including 

 those of Salvini and Modjeska. At the time of his 

 death he was proprietor of the new Savoy Hotel and 

 the Park Theater, in Boston. 



Stevens, Thomas Holdup, naval officer, born in 

 Middletown.Conn., May 27. ISiy ; died in Kockville, 

 Md., May 15. 1896. He was appointed a midship- 

 man in the United States navy Dec. 14, 18:36 : was 

 promoted passed midshipman July 1. 1*42; master, 

 July 25, 1848; lieutenant, May 10, 1849; com- 

 mander, July Hi, 

 1862; captain, July 

 25, 1866; commo- 

 dore, Nov. 25, 1872 ; 

 and rear-admiral, 

 Oct. 27. 1879; and 

 was retired May 

 27, 1881. In 1842 

 he served as aid to 

 President Tyler ; 

 in 1843 -'44 "was 

 on the steamer 

 " Michigan ''on the 

 Great Lakes; and 

 in 1845-'48 was na- 

 val storekeeper at 

 Honolulu. While 

 returning with his 

 wife and eldest 

 child from the last duty he was shipwrecked, and 

 the family remained for three months on a desert 

 island. He was again on duty on the lakes in 

 1*49-'51 ; was engaged in surveying; the California 

 and Oregon coasts in 1852-'55 ; and was assigned to 

 the command of the steam gunboat " Ottawa " at 

 the beginning of the civil war. In November, 



1861, he took part in the action against the Con- 

 federate fleet at Port Royal and the engagement 

 with Forts Beauregard and Walker. In January 

 following he was in the battle of Port Royal Ferry. 

 He had an engagement with Tatnall's fleet in Fcb- 

 uary: took part in the capture of Fort Clinch, the 

 towns of Fernandina and St. Mary's, and the 

 steamer " Darlington " in March : and during March 

 and April commanded the first expedition up the 

 St. John's, which captured Forts Steele and Finne- 

 gan, the towns of Mayport. Jacksonville. Magnolia, 

 and Pulaski. and the yacht ' America." In May, 



1862, he was given command of the steamer " Mara- 

 tanza." of the North Atlantic blockading squadron, 

 and was present at the battle of West Point. He 

 then commanded the expedition to support Gen. 

 McClellan's advance. After capturing the Confed- 

 erate gunboat " Teazer." he was transferred to the 

 command of the ironclad " Monitor," with which 

 he covered the flank of the army on the James 

 river and the rear on its withdrawal from the 

 Peninsula. During the latter part of 1862 and the 

 first part of 1863, as commander of the " Sonoma." 

 of the West India squadron, he captured the 

 schooner " Clyde." steamer "Victoria." brigantine 

 " Atlantic." bark Springbok," and steamer " Vir- 

 ginia," and chased the privateer "Florida" for 

 thirty-six hours. In August. ISO-'!, he took part in 

 the defenses of Charleston harbor, and from Sept. 1 

 till Nov. 5 in the operations against Fort Sumter 

 and the Sullivan island batteries and the capture of 

 Forts Wagner and Gregg. From July 1 till AU.LT. 

 3, 1864, he was active in the operations before Mo- 



bile, and he participated in the battle of Mobile 

 Hay. He was frequently commended by his supe- 

 rior officers for the skill and daring with which he 

 discharged his duty in these several operation--. 

 After the war lie was a lighthouse in.-pcctor. com- 

 mander of the frigate " (iuerriere " of the F.uro- 

 pean squadron, and commandant of the Norfolk 

 Navy Yard. 



SI one. A minis R. manufacturer, born in Charl- 

 ton. Mass.. June IS. Is2li; died in New York city, 

 Dec. 15. IMii). He received a limited education, 

 became a clerk for a bridge-building firm, learned 

 the details of the business, and when twenty-six 

 - old was the head of the firm of Stone ..v 

 1 '.oomer, who built the first bridge across the Mis- 

 sissippi, a bridge across the Illinois with the long- 

 est draw at that time known, and the span of the 

 Union passenger depot in Chicago, at that time un- 

 equaled in size. In 1858 he became a manufac- 

 turer of Ciron in leveland. and an officer in several 

 rolling-mill, sheet-iron, and boiler-plate companies. 

 His interest in iron and steel work led him to 

 make two trips to Europe to study the proc* 

 making Bessemer steel, and on his return he intro- 

 duced the process into the United States, and at 

 his mills in Cleveland made the first steel rails of 

 American ore. In 1871 Mr. Stone removed to New 

 York city and became interested in several railroad 

 and construction companies. He was particularly 

 liberal in his benefactions for destitute children. 

 The spacious summer home for children at Bath, 

 Long Island, was one of his gifts to the Children's 

 Aid Society. 



Talcot. Daniel Smith (originally Daniel Tal- 

 cott Smith (.theologian, born in Newbury port. Ma-s., 

 March 7, 1813 ; died in Bangor. Me., Jan. 19, 1896. 

 He was graduated at Amherst College in 1831, and 

 at Andover Theological Seminary in 1834; was ap- 

 pointed an instructor of Hebrew at Andover in 

 1833; became a pastor at Sherborn, Mass.. in 1836 ; 

 and was Professor of Sacred Literature in the Ban- 

 gor Theological Seminary from 1839 till 1881, when 

 he was retired. He received the degree of D. D. 

 from Water ville College in 1853 and Bowdoin Col- 

 lege in 1858. Dr. Talcott contributed many arti- 

 cles to the American edition of Smith's " Diction- 

 ary of the Bible." and published theological works. 



Tappen, Abraham B.. jurist, born in New Ham- 

 burg. Dutchess County. N. Y.. in 1*24: died in 

 Fordham. N. Y.. June 1. 1*00. lie received a pub- 

 lic-school education; was admitted to the bar; and 

 entered political life in 1848, when he took part in 

 the struggle between George Lalor and Horace 

 Greeley for Congress. In 1858 he was elected to 

 the Legislature, and in 1861 was the successful 

 Union war candidate for inspector of State prisons. 

 He was a member of the State Constitutional Con- 

 vention in 1*67: was elected judge in the New 

 York Supreme Court for the 2d Judicial Dis- 

 trict in 1868, and served without interruption till 

 . Mayor Grant appointed him a park commis- 

 sioner in 1891, and he was elected president of the 

 board in 1893, but with the other Tammany com- 

 missioners was removed by Mayor Strong in 1895. 



Thompson. Wordsworth, historical and genre 

 painter, born in Baltimore. Md., May 26. 1840; died 

 in Summit. N. J., Aug. 28, 1896. In 1861 he took 

 up the study of art in Paris, and in the following 

 year he became a pupil of Charles Gleyre. studying 

 later under Lambinet and Passim. The first picture 

 he exhibited was "Moorlands of Au-Fand." at the 

 Salon of 1865. In 1868 he settled in New York, 

 which became his home. In 1873 he sent to the Na- 

 tional Academy a picture called " Desolation," which 

 secured his election as an a>sociate. and he was made 

 an academician in 1875. In 1878 he became a 

 member of the Society of American Artists, sending 



