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OBITUARIES, UNITED STATED 



ber of Congress. At the time of Ms death he 

 was in Washington by appointment of Gov- 

 ernor S.symour, as commissioner of elections. 



Oct. 17. PORTER, LEMUEL, D. D., an Amer- 

 ican Baptist clergyman, and at the time of his 

 death Associate Secretary of the Western De- 

 partment of the American Tract Society (Bos- 

 ton), died in Chicago, 111. He had been in the 

 ministry about thirty years, and had had a long 

 and successful pastorate at Lowell, and subse- 

 quently at Pittsfield, Mass. He was a man of 

 fine culture, an excellent preacher, and the au- 

 thor of several religious works. He had been 

 appointed to the secretaryship in May, 1864, 

 and had had but a short experience in its du- 

 ties, but had won the esteem of all those with 

 whom he was brought in contact. 



Oct. 18. BIRNEY, Maj.-Gen. DAVID BELL. 

 (See BIP.NEY, DAVID BELL.) 



Oct. 19. BIDWELL, Brig.-Gen. DANIEL D., 

 an officer of U. S. volunteers, killed in the bat- 

 tle of Cedar Creek, Va., aged about 48 years. 

 He was born in the township of Buffalo, N. Y., 

 where he became a prominent and influential 

 citizen, and for more than twenty years was 

 identified with the military organizations of the 

 city. When the war broke out he was holding 

 the office of police justice, but resigned his 

 position and entered the 65th regiment of volun- 

 teers as a private, and was subsequently ap- 

 pointed brigade inspector. Upon the death of 

 the captain of his company he resigned that 

 position, accepted the command vacated, and 

 withdrawing it from the regiment, reorganized 

 it as an independent citizen's corps, thus form- 

 ing the nucleus of what has since been known 

 as the 74th regiment. In September, 1861, ho 

 was commissioned colonel of the 49th regiment, 

 served with it through the Peninsular campaign, 

 and during the " seven days' battles" was in 

 command of a brigade, continuing in charge 

 from Harrison's Landing to Washington, and 

 up to the time of the battles of South Moun- 

 tain and Antietam, when he resumed command 

 of his regiment. Col. Bidwell took a promi- 

 nent part in the battles of Fredericksburg and 

 Chancellorsville, commanded a brigade at Get- 

 tysburg, and when Gen. Grant took command 

 of the armies in Virginia, was again placed in 

 charge of a brigade, participating in all the bat- 

 tles near Petersburg. He was commissioned 

 brigadier-general in July, 1864, and had served 

 with honor in all the late battles in the Shenan- 

 doah valley, under Gen. Sheridan. 



Oct. 19. LOWELL, Col. CHARLES E. (See 

 LOWELL, CHARLES R.) 



Oct. 19. THOBURN, Col. JOSEPH, an officer 

 of U. S. volunteers, who entered the service in 

 1861 as colonel of the 1st regiment West Vir- 

 ginia volunteers, killed in the battle of Cedar 

 Creek. He was a brave and able officer, and 

 at the time of his death was commanding the 

 1st division of the Army of the Shenandoah. 

 While rallying his men he was treacherously 

 surprised and shot by a rebel officer in the Union 

 uniform. 



Oct. 20. CHANDLER, Rev. AMAEIAH, D. D., 

 a Congregational clergyman, died at his resi- 

 dence in Greenfield, Mass., aged 82 years. Ha 

 was a native of Deerfield ; fitted for college with 

 Rev. Dr. Packard of Shelburne, graduated at 

 the University of Vermont, studied theology, 

 and commenced preaching in Waitsfield, Vt. In 

 1882 he was installed over the First Church in 

 Greenfield, Mass., where he continued to labor 

 until his death. 



Oct. 20. RAMSETJR, Maj.-Gen. STEPHEN D., 

 an officer in the Confederate service, died of 

 wounds received in the battles of Cedar Creek. 

 He was commanding a division in Early's army. 



Oct. 22. WINSLOW, Rev. MYRON, D. D., 

 LL.D. (See WINSLOW, MYROX.) 



Oct. 25. EELLS, MAECELLTIS, a well-known 

 citizen of New York, died at Parkersburg, Va. 

 He was formerly one of the " Ten Governors" 

 when that board was in existence, and at a 

 later period occupied a position in the Custom- 

 House. 



Oct. 26. COBB, LYMAN, author of numerous 

 school-books, died at Colesburgh, Potter Coun- 

 ty, Pa., aged about 65 years. He was the author 

 of "Just Standard for Pronouncing English Lan- 

 guage," New York, 1825 ; Spelling-book, New 

 York, 1826 ; Introduction to ditto, 1831 ; Ex- 

 positor to ditto, 1835; "Juvenile Reader," 

 Nos. I., II., III., New York, 1831; "Sequel" 

 to ditto, 1835; "North American Reader," 

 1835; "Abridgment of Walker's Pronounc- 

 ing Dictionary," Hartford, 1829 (Ithica 1828, 

 '29) ; a series of spelling-books, New York, 

 1843 ; " New Juvenile Reader," Nos. I., II., III., 

 New York, 1843, '44; "New Speaker," New 

 York, 1852 ; " New Pronouncing School Dic- 

 tionary," New York, 1843; "New Dictionary 

 of English Language," New York, 2d edition, 

 1833 ; " Miniature Lexicon of the English Lan- 

 guage," New York, 1835, '54; "Arithmetical 

 Rules and Tables," New York, 1835 ; " Cypher- 

 ing Book," New York, 1835; "Explanatory 

 Arithmetic," Nos. I., II., New York, 1832, '35. 



Oct. 26. FAGAN, Brig.-Gen. J., an officer in 

 the Confederate service from Texas, killed in 

 Kansas. He had been a prominent actor in 

 most of the considerable Western battles, and 

 distinguished himself for his bravery as com- 

 mander of a regiment in the battle of Shiloh, 

 and as a brigadier at the battle of Corinth. 



Oct. 26. NEWTON, EPHRAIM HOLLAND, D.D., 

 an American clergyman and naturalist, born at 

 New Fane, Vt, June 13th, 1787, died at Cam- 

 bridge, Washington County, N. Y., October 

 26th, 1864. He graduated at Middlebury Col- 

 lege in 1810, at Andover Theological Seminary 

 in 1813, and was licensed by the Haverhill As- 

 sociation. He settled and was ordained in 

 Marlboro, Vt., in 1814, as successor to Gershom 

 C. Lyman, D.D., and during the following year 

 married Huldah, daughter of Maj.-Gen. Timothy 

 F. Chipman, a descendant of John Howland of 

 the May Flower. In 1833 he dissolved con- 

 nection with the congregation at Marlboro, and 

 was installed in the Presbyterian Church at 



