OBITUARIES, UNITED STATES. 



health compelled him to resign. He then en- 

 gaged in the service of the American and 

 Foreign Bible Society, and finding his health 

 somewhat benefited by travel, entered again 

 the pastoral office at Ithica, Tompkins County, 

 and in 1841 became pastor of the Stanton Street 

 Baptist Church, Xew York City, where he re- 

 mained until 18-46 ; he then united with others 

 in forming Hope Chapel (now Calvary) Baptist 

 Church, of which he was pastor three years. 

 Subsequently he preached in Arcadia, at Mount 

 Morris, and at Rome, where he labored suc- 

 cessfully until his death. 



October 1. WOOD, Hon. REUBEN, ex-Gov- 

 ernor of Ohio, died atRockport, Ohio, aged 73 

 years. He was formerly a resident of Xew 

 York, but removed to Cleveland, Ohio, where 

 he commenced the practice of law in 1817, and 

 in 1840 was appointed Judge of the Supreme 

 Court of that State. In 1849 he was elected 

 Governor by the Democratic party, and re- 

 elected in 1850, when the new constitution 

 took effect, vacating the office. In 1852 the 

 Democratic Convention discussed the nomina- 

 tion of Mr. "Wood for the Presidency, but ulti- 

 mately agreed upon Franklin Pierce. In 1850 

 Gov. Wood .was made U. S. Consul to Valpa- 

 raiso, holding that position for eighteen months, 

 when he resigned and retired to the quiet of a 

 farmer's life. 



Oct. 2. PIATT. Mr?. LOTISE KIP.BY, an Amer- 

 ican authoress, died in Cincinnati. She was 

 the author of a series of essays which, appeared 

 in the "Home Journal," over the signature of 

 " Bell Smith." Her letters from Paris were 

 collected and published in a volume entitled 

 "Bell Smith Abroad." 



Oct. 2. WIN-SLOW, Mrs. NATHANIEL, died at 

 Williston, Yt., aged 95 years. She was the 

 mother of the deceased brothers Winslow, Gor- 

 don, Hubbard, and Myron. 



Oct 3. MEIGS, Lieut. JOHN R., an officer of 

 U. S. volunteers, killed by guerrillas near Har- 

 risonburg. He was the only son of Maj.-Gen. 

 Meigs, Quartermaster-General ; graduated at 

 West Point in 1863, at the head of his class, 

 and with the highest honors, and was immedi- 

 ately sent to the field, where he highly distin- 

 guished himself during the campaigns in Mary- 

 land, Harper's Ferry, and the Shenandoah val- 

 ley. At the time of his death he was engaged 

 in making a military survey, in his capacity of 

 Chief Engineer of the Army of the Shenandoah. 



Oct. 5. REDFIELD, Col. JAMES, an officer of 

 U. S. volunteers, was killed at the head of his 

 regiment in the battle of ADatoona Pass, Ga., 

 *ged 40 years. He was a native of Clyde, 

 Wayne County, X. Y., graduated at Yale Col- 

 lege in 1845, studied law, and was for some 

 time in the office of the Secretary of State 

 (N~ew York). He subsequently removed to 

 Iowa, and was elected State Senator. At the 

 outbreak of the rebellion he assisted in raising 

 the 39th Iowa regiment, which he led through 

 nearly all the hard campaigns of the Western 

 arrnv. 



Oct. G. AMORY, Col. THOMAS J. C., an offi- 

 cer of U. S. volunteers, died of yellow fever at 

 Xewbern, X. C. He graduated at the Military 

 Academy, West Point, in 1851, and was as- 

 signed to the 7th infantry, in which he obtain- 

 ed a first lieutenancy in 1855, and in 1861 a 

 captaincy. In the latter year he was appoint- 

 ed colonel of the 17th Mass, volunteers, with 

 which regiment he took part in Gen. Burnside's 

 Xorth Carolina expedition, participating in the 

 capture of Xewburn, where he remained sta- 

 tioned up to the time of his death. During 

 nearly the whole of his service in Xorth Caro- 

 lina he was in command of a brigade. 



Oct. 7. GREGG, Brig.-Gen., an officer in the 

 Confederate service, killed in battle near Pe- 

 tersburg, Ya. He was commanding a Texas 

 brigade at the time of his death. 



Oct. 8. YOUNG, EDMUND M., a prominent 

 leather merchant of Xew York City, died of 

 paralysis, aged 50 years. He was a man of 

 great benevolence, and had taken an active in- 

 terest in many of the philanthropic institutions 

 of the city. 



Oct. 9. WILLAED, Hon. JOECJ D., LL. D., 

 an American jurist, died at Troy, X. Y. He 

 graduated at Dartmouth College in 1819, and 

 was admitted a member of the Xew York bar 

 about 1823. He had been Judge of the Circuit 

 Court for some years, and subsequently a mem- 

 ber of the State Senate from the Rensselaer 

 district. He left by will a legacy of $10,000 to 

 Dartmouth College. 



Get. 12. TANET, ROGER B., Chief Justice 

 U. S. (See TANET, ROGER B.) 



Oct. 13. OHLENSCHLAGER, Dr. EMIL, late 

 medical inspector on Gen. Sheridan's staff, was 

 murdered by guerrillas near Winchester, aged 

 29 years. 



Oct. 13. WELLES, Col. GEORGE D., an offi- 

 cer of U. S. volunteers, died of wounds re- 

 ceived in the battle near Strasburg. He was 

 made colonel of the 34th regiment Massachu- 

 setts volunteers, August 1862. 



Oct. 14. SANDERSON, Col. JOHN P., an offi- 

 cer of U. S. volunteers, and Provost Marshal 

 General of the Department of Missouri, died 

 at St. Louis. He had filled many important 

 offices of trust during the war, among which 

 was that of chief clerk of the War Depart- 

 ment, during Mr. Cameron's term as Secretary. 

 Before resigning that, he was appointed lieu- 

 tenant-colonel of the 15th U. S. infantry, and 

 soon after was commissioned colonel of the 

 13th U. S. infantry, with which he passed 

 through the fearful contest of Chickamauga. 

 Some months previous to his death he was ap- 

 pointed to the responsible office of Provost 

 Marshal General at St. Louis. 



Oct. 14. WADKLNS, Brig.-Gen., an officer in 

 the Confederate service, killed in the battle of 

 Resaca, Ga. 



Oct. 17. MOTT, Hon. JOHN M., late U. S 

 Marshal for the Xorthern District of Xew 

 York, died at Washington, D. C. He was a 

 resident of Lansiugburg, and had been a mem 



