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OBITUARIES, UNITED STATES. 



dletown, Conn., July 20, 1817"; graduated at 

 Yale College in 1837 ; after which he spent two 

 years as private tutor and in the Theological 

 Department of the College. In August, 1843, 

 he was settled over the Trinitarian Congrega- 

 tional Church in Maiden, Mass., and in 1849 

 became pastor of the Congregational Church 

 in Watertown, Conn., which charge he relin- 

 quished in 1856, on account of an affection 

 of the throat. From this time he resided 

 in New Haven, engaged chiefly in literary 

 labors, especially in connection with the re- 

 vised edition of Webster's Unabridged Dic- 

 tionary. He also prepared for and read some 

 valuable papers to the New-Haven Colony His- 

 torical Society, of which he was secretary. 



March 27. QUEST, JAMES M., M. D., a dis- 

 tinguished homoeopathic physician, died at 

 Morrisania, N. Y. He was born in New 

 York, in 1806 ; graduated at Columbia Col- 

 lege with honor, and was for a time Professor 

 of Latin and Greek at the college. Subse- 

 quently he studied medicine, and, after a few 

 years' practice, became a convert to the doc- 

 trines of Hahnemann. His specialties were the 

 diseases of the throat and chest, in the treat- 

 ment of which he became quite skilful. He 

 was also an accomplished musician, and an 

 acute critic of both music and painting. 



March 29. G-RAT, JOHN, reputed to be the 

 last surviving soldier of the Revolution, died in 

 Noble County, Ohio, aged 106 years. He was 

 born at Fairfax Court-house, January 6, 1762. 

 At sixteen years of age, he entered the Conti- 

 nental Army, and served till the close of the 

 war of our Independence. He removed to 

 Ohio before it was a State, and remained 

 there until his death. A few years since, Con- 

 gress granted him a pension of $500 per annum. 



March 30. HARTSTENE, ex-Commander 

 HENRY J., formerly of the U. S. Navy, died in 

 Paris, France. He was a native of South Caro- 

 lina; entered the United States naval service in 

 1828, and became passed midshipman in 1835, 

 his warrant dating from the previous year. In 

 1838 he was attached to the Wilkes Exploring 

 Expedition, but only went with the expedition 

 as far as Callao. The next year he was pro- 

 moted to a lieutenancy, and performed duty 

 in different positions until 1851, when he was 

 attached to the United States Coast Survey. 

 In 1855 he was promoted to be commander, 

 and the same year performed the service for 

 which he is most noted, the rescue of Dr. Kane 

 and his party from the Arctic regions. He was 

 afterward engaged in taking soundings for the 

 Atlantic Cable. At the outbreak of the war, 

 at which time he was waiting orders, he re- 

 signed his commission, and was employed by 

 the insurgents, mostly in special service ; but 

 in 1862 he became insane, and unfitted for ac- 

 tive life. 



March 30. -PARKER, Colonel EDWARD GRIF- 

 FIN, a politician and author, died in New York 

 City, aged 42 years. He was a native of 

 Massachusetts, graduated at Yale College, 



studied law in the office of Rufus Choate, 

 and, having been admitted to the bar in 1849, 

 practised his profession in Boston until the 

 commencement of the late war. He also took 

 an active part in politics, and served in both 

 Houses of the Legislature. On the opening 

 of the war he entered the service as captain 

 on General Butler's staff, and subsequently was 

 adjutant-general and chief of staff of General 

 Martindale during the time that the latter 

 commanded the Department of Washington. 

 At the close of the war he settled in New 

 York, and at the time of his death had charge 

 of the American Literary Bureau of Reference. 

 Colonel Parker was the author of "The Golden 

 Age of American Oratory " (Boston, 1857), and 

 "Reminiscences of Rufus Choate " (New York, 

 1860). He was also a contributor to some of 

 the leading literary journals. 



April 1. ASHBURN, Col. GEORGE W., a mem- 

 ber of the Constitutional Convention of Georgia. 

 He was a native of Georgia, and from the begin- 

 ning of the war had avowed himself a Union 

 man, and hostile to secession. He raised a com- 

 pany (afterward enlarged to a regiment) of 

 Southern loyalists, which he commanded. After 

 the war he returned to his home in Muscogee 

 County, Ga., and advocated boldly and fearless- 

 ly the congressional plan of reconstruction, and 

 by so doing, as well as by his active loyalty 

 during the war, incurred the hatred of the rebels 

 of the vicinity. In the autumn of 1867 he was 

 chosen a delegate to the Constitutional Conven- 

 tion, and rendered important services in shap- 

 ing and perfecting the constitution of the 

 State. Though naturally a man of impetuous 

 temper, and given to expressing himself with 

 great violence, he maintained during the ses- 

 sion of the convention the utmost self-con- 

 trol, and was uniformly mild and forbearing 

 toward those who opposed the convention. 

 At length, finding that he could not be pro- 

 voked into violence, his enemies determined to 

 murder him, and at first attempted to charge 

 the murder upon the Republicans, but an in- 

 vestigation promptly undertaken by order of 

 General Meade showed conclusively who his 

 murderers were, although they had meantime 

 made their escape. 



April 1. PARKER, JAMES, a prominent and 

 philanthropic citizen of New Jersey, died at 

 Perth Amboy, aged 92 years. He entered pub- 

 lic life in 1806, as a member of the Assembly 

 for Middlesex County, having been elected on 

 the Federal ticket. His terms of service were 

 continuous during all the sessions between 1806 

 and 1819, excepting that of 1811 ; and again, 

 after a retirement of eight years, he consented 

 for a special purpose to serve in the session of 

 1827-'28. During his legislative career Mr. 

 Parker originated or perfected many important 

 measures that have resulted greatly to the ad- 

 vantage of the public interests. Among them 

 may be mentioned the establishment of the 

 School Fund, which he labored during several 

 sessions to effect, and at last with success, 



