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OBITUARIES, UNITED STATES. 



tached from tnat station, and in 1853 was or- 

 dered to command the Powhatan, of Commo- 

 dore Perry's Japan Expedition. He returned 

 to the United States in February, 1856, and 

 after a brief respite was ordered to New York 

 on duty as general supervisor of the construc- 

 tion of the war steamer known as the " Stevens' 

 Battery." In 1858 he was placed in command 

 of the Home Squadron, which position he held 

 until May, 1860. He was commissioned a 

 Commodore July 16th, 1862, and being too 

 feeble for further service, was placed upon the 

 retired list. 



Feb. 12. COOKE, Eev. PARSONS, D. D. (See 

 COOKE, PARSONS.) 



Feb. 12. CEANSTON, Hon. HENRY Y., died 

 at his residence in Newport, R. I., aged 74 

 years. lie was a native of that city. After 

 studying the profession of law, he held the 

 office of Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas 

 from 1818 to 1833. He took a part in the 

 conventions called for framing a constitution 

 for the State of Rhode Island ; was a member 

 of the House of Representatives of Rhode 

 Island from 1827 to 1843, and was repeatedly 

 elected Speaker. From 1843 to 1847 he was a 

 representative in Congress. 



Feb. 13. BULLIONS, Rev. PETER, D. D. (See 

 BULLIONS, PETER.) 



Feb. 15. KELLEY, HANNAH, died at Cross 

 Creek Township, Washington County, aged 

 103 years. She is believed to have been the 

 last slave in Pennsylvania. 



Feb. 15. RAMSAY, Capt. ALLAN, of tho 

 United States Marine Corps, died at the head- 

 quarters of the Marine Corps, of small-pox. 

 He was a son of Commodore William Ramsay, 

 U. S. N., and was on the Richmond during all 

 her service on the Mississippi, before and after 

 running past the batteries. He had been in 

 fifteen engagements during the war. 



Feb. 16. DUNCAN, Brigadier-General WIL- 

 LIAM, died in Philadelphia, at the advanced age 

 of 92 years. He was born and educated in 

 Adams County, Pa., and in early youth re- 

 moved to Philadelphia, where he entered into 

 mercantile pursuits. In the war of 1812 he 

 Avas Superintendent of the United States Mili- 

 tary Stores, and stationed at the Arsenal in 

 Philadelphia. He was one of Governor Sny- 

 der's special aids, and commanded a brigade 

 at Camp Dupont, near Wilmington, Del., when 

 Philadelphia was threatened by the approach 

 of the British, before their defeat under Lord 

 Ross at Baltimore. General Duncan was for 

 many years a member of the Legislature of his 

 native State, and in 1829 was commissioned by 

 President Jackson as Surveyor of the Customs 

 for the port of Philadelphia, a post which he 

 held during the two terms of that administra- 

 tion. He was throughout his long life con- 

 spicuous for his sterling integrity, purity of 

 character, and energy of purpose. 



Feb. 17. PACKARD, Rev. CHARLES, a clergy- 

 man of the Congregational denomination, died 

 at Biddeford, Me. He was born in Chelms- 



ford, Mass., April, 1801 ; graduated at Bcwdoin 

 College in the class of 1817, being but sixteen 

 years of age, engaged in teaching, for a time, 

 and subsequently studied law, finishing his 

 course with Hon. Benjamin Orr, of Brunswick, 

 Me., where he opened an office and practiced 

 successfully for eleven years. Having been led 

 to consecrate himself to a higher service, he 

 abandoned the law and devoted himself to the 

 ministry of the gospel. He pursued his theo- 

 logical studies at Andover, Mass., and at Lane 

 Seminary, Ohio. In the ministry he labored 

 successfully at Hamilton, Ohio, until the ill 

 health of his family compelled removal ; then 

 at Lancaster, Mass., seventeen years ; at Cam- 

 bridge Parish, North Middleborough ; and for 

 the five years preceding his death, at Biddeford. 

 He was an earnest and devoted minister of tho 

 gospel, and a fearless, uncompromising advo- 

 cate of schemes and measures relating to popu- 

 lar education, public morals, and the welfare 

 of mankind. 



Feb. 18. BARNARD, THEODORE, correspond- 

 ent of the Associated Press with the Army of 

 the Potomac, died at headquarters, Washing- 

 ton. 



Feb. 18. WARD, ANDREW HENSHAW, died in 

 Newtonville, Mass., aged 79 years. He was 

 born in Shrewsbury, Mass. ; graduated at Har- 

 vard College in the class of 1808 ; studied law, 

 and was admitted to tho bar in Northampton, 

 Mass., September, 1811. He then returned to 

 his native town and entered upon the practice 

 of his profession. In May, 1827, he received 

 an appointment in the custom-house and re- 

 moved to Boston. This position he filled for 

 many years, and in May, 1853, accepted a seat 

 in the Convention for revising the Constitution 

 of Massachusetts, to which he had been elected 

 a delegate from Newton. In 1837 he was ap- 

 pointed United States Commissioner of Insol- 

 vency for the district of Massachusetts, and 

 held that office for nine years. He was an 

 early member of the New England Historic- 

 Genealogical Society, to which he rendered 

 much valuable aid by his contributions in his- 

 tory and geology to the pages of its periodi- 

 cal. His principal publications were " A His- 

 tory of the town of Shrewsbury and of its 

 People, from its first settlement in 1718," pub- 

 lished in 1847; "A Genealogy of the Ward 

 Family," and a " Genealogy of the Rico 

 Family." 



Feb. 19. NEWELL, GEORGE W., died at Al- 

 bany. He was Canal Auditor in 1851-'2, and 

 at the time of his death was engaged in pre- 

 paring a biography of Gov. Marcy. 



Feb. 19. WILLET, JAMES C., ex-Sheriff of 

 New York, died at Tubby Hook, N. Y., aged 

 54 years. 



Feb. 2.0. BOULIGNY, Hon. JOHN EDMOND, 

 died in Washington of consumption. He was 

 born in New Orleans, La,, Feb. 5th, 1824. Ho 

 occupied several important public positions in 

 his native city, and represented the first Con- 

 gressional district of Louisiana in the thirty- 



