OBITUARIES, UNITED STATES. 



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Prof. Newton Manross, under whose tuition 

 he made rapid progress in literature and 

 science. Within a space of three or four 

 years he gave to the public thirteen books, 

 besides numerous articles for papers and 

 magazines. His " Culm Rock " took a prize 

 of $350, over seventy-two competitors. He 

 was a young man of remarkable purity of 

 character, and refinement of taste and feel- 

 ing, but his physical strength was far from 

 being commensurate with his mental vigor. 



June 16. ALLEST, Hon. WILLIAM STICKNEY, 

 an editor, formerly Secretary of the Territory 

 of New Mexico, died in Franklin County, Mo. 

 He was born in Newburyport, Mass., in April, 

 1805 ; studied at Phillips Academy, Mass., and 

 graduated at Dartmouth College with honor, 

 at the age of nineteen. In 1832 he repre- 

 sented the County of Essex, in the Massachu- 

 setts Legislature, and for nearly twelve years 

 edited the Newburyport Herald. In 1837 he 

 removed to Missouri,- and was connected with 

 different papers until 1856, when he took 

 charge of the St. Louis Republican, with 

 which he was connected until his death. In 

 1849 he was appointed Registrar of the Land- 

 Office, under General Taylor's administration, 

 and soon after was in the Missouri Legislature. 

 In 1851 he was appointed Secretary of the 

 Territory of New Mexico, under Fillmore's 

 administration, and in 1855 was elected Justice 

 of the St. Louis County Court. 



June 17. WALBEIDGE, Hon. DAVID S., died 

 in Kalamazoo, Mich. He was born in Ben- 

 nington, Vt., July 30, 1802, received his edu-' 

 cation in the common schools of the town, 

 and afterward was merchant and miller. In 

 1842 he moved to Michigan, and represented 

 that State in Congress, from 1854 to 1859, 

 entering the House as a Democrat, but dis- 

 agreeing with the Democracy on the Territo- 

 rial question, and joining the movement which 

 led to the organization of the Eepublican party. 

 From the period of Mr. Walbridge's resignation 

 of his seat in Congress, to that of his death, he 

 lived in retirement. 



June 18. COLLINS, Mrs. SAEAH, a venera- 

 ble lady of Westfield, N. J., died there, aged 

 102 years. She retained her intellectual and 

 physical faculties until a short- time previous 

 to her decease. 



June 19. DOTY, JOSEPH M., a journalist, 

 died at Jacksonville, Fla. He was born at 

 Martinsburg, Lewis County, N. Y., in April, 

 1820, but passed his early life at Ogdensburg; 

 graduated at Union College, studied law, and 

 was admitted to the bar. In 1844 he was 

 appointed postmaster of Ogdensburg, and re- 

 tained that position several years, when he re- 

 signed. Having had some experience in jour- 

 nalism, he removed, in 1847, to Buffalo, where 

 he became connected with the Courier. Sub- 

 sequently he was editor of the Fernandina 

 Courier, in Florida, and the latter part of his 

 life devoted himself to horticultural pursuits. 



June 21. TALCOTT, ENOCH B., died in Utica, 



N. Y. He was born at Herkimer, N. Y., 

 April 30, 1811 ; graduated at Union College, 

 in 1836 ; studied law, and, on his admission 

 to the bar, removed to Oswego, and entered 

 upon the practice of his profession. In the 

 years 1844-1848 he ably represented his sena- 

 torial district, then composed of the counties 

 of Oneida, Oswego, Madison, Lewis, Jefferson, 

 and Otsego, in the State Senate, which then, 

 also, sat as a Court of Errors. In 1852 he was 

 appointed collector of the port of Oswego, by 

 President Pierce, and held that position for 

 four years, discharging its duties with fidel- 

 ity, and to entire satisfaction. He then re- 

 sumed the practice of law. In the spring of 

 1866, Mr. Talcott removed to Utica, where he 

 remained till his death. 



June 22. BEINSMADE, THOMAS 0., M. D., an 

 eminent physician of Troy, former President 

 of the N. Y. State Medical Society, died sud- 

 denly at Troy, aged 65 years. He was Vice- 

 President of the American Medical Society, 

 President of the State Medical Society in 1867, 

 and was oue of the delegates to the Paris 

 Scientific Congress in 1867. He was also 

 President of the Board of Directors of the 

 "Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute," and had 

 for years taken a deep interest in its growth 

 and success. As a physician, Dr. Brinsmade 

 stood in the very front rank of his profession 

 in the States. 



June 22. KIMBALL, HEBEE C., one of the 

 Mormon leaders, a member of the First Presi- 

 dency, and next in authority to Brigham 

 Young, died at Salt Lake City, aged 67 years. 

 Of his early life little is known, till 1837, 

 when he became a convert at Kirtland, Ohio, 

 and was soon after sent with Orson Hyde, 

 since assassinated, as a missionary to England 

 for the new faith. On his return, a year after- 

 ward, he joined his fortunes with the Mor- 

 mons in Ray County, Mo., and with that pecu- 

 liar people bore persecutions and expulsions 

 from that State and from Illinois, till the pil- 

 grimage to Salt Lake inaugurated for the 

 society comparative peace and decided pros- 

 perity. At this place he arrived in the au- 

 tumn of 1846, and was made the head priest 

 of the order of Melchisedek, with the religious 

 title of Elder Kimball. From that time, 

 till his death, he expounded Mormonism, in- 

 culcating, both by precept and by example, 

 the peculiar views of that body. 



June 26. POE, ADAM, D. D., an eminent 

 Methodist clergyman, died in Cincinnati, Ohio. 

 He was born in Columbia County, Ohio, in 

 1804. His early years were spent upon his 

 father's farm, and his education was obtained 

 at the schools in the neighborhood, and under 

 the direction of a Presbyterian clergyman, to 

 whom he was greatly indebted for his literary 

 tastes and the subsequent path of study which 

 he followed. In 1827 he entered the ministry, 

 and engaged heartily in the pioneer work, until, 

 in 1835, he was made presiding elder. In 1852 

 he was elected assistant agent of the Western 



