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OBITUARIES, UNITED STATES. 



held in May, 1871, lie was from the first the 

 strongest candidate for the auditor-general- 

 ship, and his nomination gave universal satis- 

 faction throughout the State. Dr. Stanton 

 was of Quaker descent, and an abolitionist of 

 the old school. 



Nov. 6. HOYT, Miss HANNAH, an eminent 

 teacher ; died in New Brunswick, N. J., aged 

 66 years. She was born in Darien, Conn., in 

 1805, and at the age of sixteen entered upon 

 the profession of teaching. In 1838 she be- 

 came principal of a female seminary in New 

 Brunswick, and had held that position with 

 honor for a period of thirty -three years. Her 

 system of instruction was thorough, and the 

 rapid progress of her pupils reflected great 

 credit upon her qualifications as an instructor. 

 She was a woman of remarkable executive 

 ability, and a thorough enthusiast in her pro- 

 fession. 



Not). V. GREGORY, General EDGAR M., U. 

 S. Marshal for Philadelphia ; died in that city. 

 In early life he was a resident of Deposit, Dela- 

 ware County, N. Y. Subsequently he removed 

 to Cincinnati, where he was engaged in busi- 

 ness for several years, and occupied a position 

 of influence. Upon the outbreak of the late 

 war, he entered into the service of the Gov- 

 ernment, and passed through twenty-two en- 

 gagements. At the close of the war he served, 

 first in Texas, and afterward in Maryland, as 

 assistant commissioner of the Freedmen's Bu- 

 reau, after which he held the office of U. S. 

 Marshal for the Eastern District of Penn- 

 sylvania. 



Nov. 13. COOKMAN, Eev. ALFRED, D. D., a 

 Methodist clergyman ; died at Newark, N. J., 

 aged 44 years. He was a son of Rev. George 

 Cookman, one of the most eloquent preachers 

 of his time, and who was lost at sea in the 

 steamer President. The son, while yet a boy, 

 commenced preaching in Baltimore. He after- 

 ward joined the Philadelphia Conference, and 

 successively filled a number of pastoral terms 

 at various churches in Philadelphia, Harris- 

 burg, Wilmington, New York, and other cities, 

 with great acceptance. 



Nov. 18. HOWARD, Captain WILLIAM A., 

 United States revenue marine service ; died 

 at Greenport, L. I., aged 64 years. He was 

 born in the State of Maine, in the year 1807, 

 distinguished himself as a lad by leading an 

 expedition to cut out and rescue an American 

 vessel seized by the English for infringing the 

 fishery-laws. At the age of seventeen, he en- 

 tered the U. S. Navy. In 1628 he resigned 

 his commission in the Navy to receive a cap- 

 taincy in the revenue marine, being appointed 

 to the command at the age of twenty-one. He 

 was successful in saving and assisting vessels 

 in distress on the coast of New England. In 

 appreciation of his services, the merchants of 

 Boston presented him with a valuable service 

 of silver. In 1848 the German Confederacy 

 appointed him second in command of the fleet 

 on the Weser, and he there constructed a navy- 



yard and dock, and remained in charge until 

 the breaking up of the fleet. At the com- 

 mencement of the late American war, Captain 

 Howard raised a regiment of marine artillery, 

 which was attached to the Burnside expedition. 

 Returning North, he commenced organizing, 

 in New York, a new regiment of heavy artil- 

 lery, and raised 2,500 men, who were detailed 

 to active service with the Army of the James, 

 he, as Colonel Howard, commanding the de- 

 fences around Portsmouth and Norfolk, and at 

 the close of the war resumed his commission 

 as captain in the revenue marine, visiting 

 every port where custom-house duties were 

 collected throughout the Union, travelling 

 40,000 miles in fourteen months, and was then 

 by Government detailed on special duty, and 

 sent to Alaska to hoist the American flag over 

 our new possessions there. The last service 

 of Captain Howard to the Government was 

 the superintending last year of the building in 

 New York of several steam launches for the 

 revenue marine. 



Nov. 20. DUNN, OSCAR J., Lieutenant-Gov- 

 ernor of Louisiana; died in New Orleans, 

 aged 51 years. He was born in Louisiana, of 

 slave parents, and, as soon as he was old enough 

 for manual labor, was bought by a firm in the 

 plastering-trade, but soon after reaching his 

 majority he ran away from his owners. When 

 the war broke out he warmly sympathized 

 with the Union cause, but had no chance to 

 give it practical aid until General Butler en- 

 tered New Orleans, when he enlisted in the 

 first regiment of colored troops raised in Loui- 

 siana, and in time won his way to a captaincy, 

 the highest line rank permitted to his race in 

 the army as then constituted. He proved an 

 efficient officer, but resigned when he found 

 that an incompetent person had been promoted 

 to the rank of major, to which he (Dunn) was 

 justly entitled. When the national cause 

 triumphed, Captain Dunn became prominent 

 in promoting the reconstruction of the State 

 government of Louisiana. He had acquired 

 considerable wealth, and was held in high 

 esteem by the citizens of his own color. He 

 ultimately attained the office of Lieutenant- 

 Governor, and discharged his duties with aver- 

 age ability and success. Upon his death, dis- 

 tinguished honors were paid to his remains, 

 and his funeral procession was one of the largest 

 ever seen in New Orleans. 



Nov. 26. LINDEMAN, HERMAN, a German 

 revolutionist and editor ; died at Jefferson City, 

 Mo. In 1 849 he was sentenced to death for par- 

 ticipating in the revolution in Saxony, but es- 

 caped to this country, and at the time of his 

 death was editor of the St. Louis Zeitung. 



Nov. 27. FLETCHER, Rev. HORACE, D. D., a 

 Baptist clergyman ; died in Townshend, Vt., 

 aged 75 years. He was a brother of Judge 

 Richard Fletcher, of Boston, Mass. ; was born 

 in Cavendish, Vt, graduated at Dartmouth 

 College, studied law, and practised his pro- 

 fession for several years in his native town. 



