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OBITUAEIES, UNITED STATES. 



medicine. He commenced the practice of his 

 profession at Fryehurg, Me., where he married 

 the daughter of the late Colonel Nathaniel 

 Whittaker, of Chatham, N. H., in 1829. In 

 1833, after his wife's death, he removed to 

 Lowell, and in 1836 to Boston, which city he 

 was obliged to leave in consequence of ill- 

 health. In 1837 he resided in New Bedford, 

 Mass., hut in 1853 he retired from practice 

 altogether, and went to Europe. On his return 

 he opened an office in Cincinnati for a short 

 time, but in 1858 removed to New York, where 

 he continued to reside until his death. 



Oct. 28. NORTON, Hon. SETH P., Probate 

 Judge of Hartford County, died at Collinsville, 

 Conn., aged 44 years. He was the agent and 

 business manager of the Collins Manufacturing 

 Company. He represented the town of Canton 

 in the Legislature of 1866. 



Oct. 29. POND, Hon. JOSEPH A., died in 

 Boston, Mass., aged 40 years. He was a promi- 

 nent member of the executive committee of the 

 Baptist Missionary Union ; was for many years 

 a member of the Boston City Council, and was 

 for two years previous to his death the pre- 

 siding officer of the State Senate. His death 

 occurred suddenly while engaged in the dis- 

 charge of his official duties as a commissioner 

 for the reconstruction of the interior of the 

 State-House. 



Oct. 30. LOTJNSBUEY, Eev. THOMAS, D. D., 

 an eminent Presbyterian clergyman, died in 

 Rochester, N. Y. He was born in Florida, 

 N. Y., October, 1789; graduated at Union 

 College, in 1817; studied theology at Princeton, 

 and was licensed to preach by the Presbytery 

 of Hudson. He entered upon his work as a 

 home missionary and pioneer minister nearly 

 half a century ago. In 1823 he was installed 

 pastor of a church in Ovid, N. Y., and through 

 a long and laborious pastorate held the affection 

 of his people, and was greatly blessed in the 

 fruits of his work. 



Oct. . CBANDALL, Hon. CHARLES M., M. 

 D., an eminent physician, died at his home in 

 Alleghany County, Pa. During the war he 

 gave his services on several different occasions 

 for the relief of sick and wounded soldiers in 

 hospitals, and, as a member of the State Medi- 

 cal Society, initiated the movement which led 

 to the passage of a law by the Legislature with 

 this object in view. During three terms of 

 service in the Assembly, he maintained a spot- 

 less reputation, and always secured high re- 

 spect for his opinions. 



Oct. . MTIEPIIY, JOHN D., Passed-Assist- 

 ant Surgeon, U. S. Navy, died at Pensacola, 

 Fla., of yellow fever. He entered the service 

 November 5, 1861, and in January, 1862, was 

 promoted to passed-assistant surgeon. During 

 the war he saw much active service and was 

 present at several important engagements ; the 

 capture of the Chalmette batteries below New 

 Orleans, April, 1862; first attack on Vicks- 

 burg, June, 1862 ; encounter with the iron- 

 clad Arkansas, July, 1862; second passage of 



Vicksburg, July, 1862 ; siege and capture of 

 Port Hudson, and both attacks on Fort Fisher, 

 N. C. Dr. Murphy was ordered from the 

 Naval Hospital, New York, in the early part 

 of 1867, to duty at Pensacola, when he was 

 compelled for a long time to battle with the 

 epidemic to which he finally succumbed. 



Oct. . SIIOLES, Hon. CHABLES C., an edit- 

 or, died at Kenosha, Wis. He was born in Nor- 

 wich, Conn., in 1815, but when about two 

 years of age his father removed with his family 

 to Danville, Pa., where the subject, of this 

 sketch was educated, and learned the trade of 

 printing. He subsequently went to Harris- 

 burg, and engaged as a journeyman in the 

 newspaper office of Simon Cameron. From 

 Harrisburg he removed to Philadelphia whence, 

 in 1836, he emigrated to "Wisconsin, and 

 started at Green Bay the first journal published 

 in that portion of the West. Sh<wtly after 

 settling at Green Bay he was appointed clerk 

 of the Territorial District Court, and in the 

 year 1837 was' elected to the Territorial House 

 of Assembly from Brown County. In 1838 he 

 established at Madison the Wisconsin Inquirer, 

 and, in the spring of 1840 the Kenosha Tde- 

 graph, which business engagements elsewhere 

 compelled him to resign for a time into other 

 hands. In 1847 he fixed his residence in 

 Kenosha, of which he was several times mayor. 

 He frequently represented Kenosha County 

 both in the Assembly and Senate of the State, 

 and in one session was chosen Speaker, by the 

 former body. Mr. Sholes was an experienced 

 legislator, and was a zealous promoter of the 

 cause of popular education, and a strenuous 

 opponent of slavery. 



Nov. 2. McCoNiiiE, Hon. ISAAC, an eminent 

 lawyer of Troy, died in that city. He was 

 born in Merrimack, N. H., 1787. He devoted 

 himself to the study of law, and became a lead- 

 ing lawyer in his county, holding from time 

 to time many important positions, such as mas- 

 ter in chancery, Judge of the Common Pleas, 

 postmaster, and supervisor. 



Nov. 4. HAEEISON. Brevet Lieutenant-Colo- 

 nel JAMES E., Captain Fifth U. S. Cavalry, died 

 in Washington, D. C. He served, during nearly 

 the whole war, in the field, with great gallantry 

 and distinction. Added to his qualities as an 

 officer were those of great integrity of charac- 

 ter and personal honor as a gentleman, which 

 greatly endeared him to his regiment. 



Nov. 4. JEWELL, WILSON, M. D., an eminent 

 physician, author, and philanthropist, died in 

 Philadelphia of disease of the heart, aged 65 

 years. As a physician, Dr. Jewell enjoyed in 

 a high degree the confidence of his brethren in 

 the profession, and for more than twenty years 

 was an active and prominent member of the 

 Philadelphia Board of Health. His published 

 works were mostly of a religious character, and 

 were remarkable for the purity of their style 

 and their excellent Sjad catholic spirit. His 

 benevolence was larjjd, constant, and without 

 ostentation. 



