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OBITUARIES, UNITED STATES. 



ion of civil engineering, Miring as city sur- 

 Teyor of New York, assistant-engineer of the 

 Croton Aqueduct and High Bridge, division 

 engineer Long Island Railroad, and the roads 

 .stern Massachusetts, and also the New 

 York it Erie Railway. In all then* enterprises 

 he displayed such skill and ability, that lie was 

 subsequently employed by the United States in 

 conducting the surrey of the Mississippi River 

 and of the regions lying between that and the 

 Kooky Mountains, with a view to ascertaining 

 a favorable route for a railroad to the Pacific. 

 Soon after the outbreak of the war with Mexi- 

 co, in 1846, he was appointed captain in the 

 Fourth Regiment New York Volunteers, raised 

 for service, but, owing to the speedy close of 

 hostilities, it was not mustered in. He then 

 turned his attention again to civil engineering, 

 and was engaged on a number of the' leading 

 railroad lines in the Western States. His life 

 at the South had given him an insight into 

 the spirit which, in 1861, culminated in open 

 war, and he was one of the earliest to offer 

 his service* to the Government to aid in its 

 suppression. On the enlargement of the regu- 

 lar army he received an appointment, an<l. in 

 May, 1881, was commissioned as major of the 

 Fifteenth Infantry, and in the autumn of that 

 year waa assigned to duty as chief mnstering- 

 offioer in Kentucky, in the !>.]. irtinent of the 

 "rhind, then commanded by General 

 W. T. Sherman. He continued in that ser- 

 vice on the staffs of Generals Sherman, Buell, 

 and Rosecrana, until the summer of 1863, when 

 he was detailed as acting assistant provost- 

 marshal-general of Kentucky, under the En- 

 rollment Act of March, 1868. In addition to 

 his duties as chief mnstering-officer of the de- 

 partment, he was, in 1863, assigned to duty as 

 assistant adjutant-general, at the headquar- 

 ters of the Army of the Ohio, at Nashville. 

 Tenn., which position he retained until trans- 

 ferred to Kentucky. For his services as pro- 

 Tost-marshal of Kentucky, the Government 

 conferred upon him the brevet rank of colonel 

 and brigadier-general. In May, 1864, he was 

 .i*ioned lieutenant-colonel of the Tenth 

 Infiintry, and at the close of the civil war was 

 assigned to duty at Fort Leavenworth, where, 

 in 1*70. he had a stroke of paralysis, which 

 led, in December of that year, to his being 

 placed on the retired list 



July 3. BISHOP, Rev. WILLIAM H., late bish- 

 op of the Zion Methodist Episcopal Church ; 

 died in Newark, N. J., aged 70 years. 



July 2. WIMOX, Hon. JOSEPH G., LL. D., 

 member of Congress from Ore-mi : died in 

 Marietta, Ohio, aged 47 yearn. He was burn 

 in N'.-w Hampshire in 1826, and at an early 

 age removed with his parents to Ohio, was 

 educated in Marietta College, studied law, and 

 in 1862 removed to Oregon. and commenced 

 the practice of his profession in Salora, re 

 inir, the same year, the appointment of clerk 

 of the Supreme Court. From this time tor- 

 ward, until 1800, he was thoroughly devoted 



to his duties. During this year he was ap- 

 pointed District Attorney lor the Third Judi- 

 cial District, and in 1862 was appointed to the 

 Fifth District, and reappointed in 1864, hold- 

 ing the office until 187u, when he resigned and 

 returned to his private practice. In 1870 he 

 was the Republican candidate for Congress, 

 and again in 1872, when he was elected by a 

 large majority. Prior to the civil war, Judge 

 Wilson was an ardent Whig of the strictest 

 sect; but, when the issue of union or disunion 

 presented itself, he met it squarely, allying 

 himself first to the Douglas wing of the Demo- 

 cratic party, and afterward to the Union or 

 National Republican party. He was an un- 

 compromising advocate of free institutions, 

 and aided greatly, through the press and from 

 the platform, in preserving his State to the 

 party of which he was a prominent member. 

 He was a man of vigorous intellect and ac- 

 knowledged purity of character. 



July 5. ROBERTSON-, Hon. JOHN, Judge of 

 the Circuit Court of Richmond, Va. ; died at 

 his residence at Mount Athos, Campbell County, 

 Va., aged 87 years. He was a native of Vir- 

 ginia, and a member of Congress from that 

 State from 1834 to 1839. He was also at one 

 time Lieutenant-Governor of Virginia. 



July 9. SHELBY, Colonel WINCHESTER BLKD- 

 BOB, an able lawyer and a Confederate officer 

 in the late war ; died at Brandon, Miss., aged 

 46 years. He was born at Gallatm, Tenn., 

 June 18, 1827, and was lineally descended from 

 the Shelbys of Revolutionary fame. When 

 quite young he removed with his parents to 

 Brandon, where he was educated. Choosing 

 the law for his profession, he had already at- 

 tained to a successful practice when the com- 

 mencement of the war led him to enter the 

 Confederate service. In 1872 he was an un- 

 successful candidate for Congress. 



July 12. BRADFORD, General ALEXAXDEB 

 B., a veteran of the Florida and Mexican Wars; 

 died in Holly Springs, Miss. Dunns: the Mexi- 

 can War he was major of the First Mississippi 

 Rifles. Besides his military services, he had 

 been a member of the State Legislature. 



July 13. WHITKHKAU, Rev. CHARLES, D. D., 

 nncd (I Mitch) clergyman, chaplain of 

 New York Citv Hospital; died in the. pulpit 

 nt Perth Ainboy. N*. J., a-cd 7J years. He 

 was born in 1801, and spent his youth in Phil- 

 adelphia. In 1823 he graduated from Dickin- 

 son College, and later from the New Brunswick 

 Theological Seminary. In is-.'i; he was licensed 

 to preach by the Classis of Philadelphia. After 

 n short settlement in the Presbyterian Church 

 at Batavia, N. Y.. lie removed to the Reformed 

 Church at Hopewell in 1 *:."-. He was subse- 

 quently pastor at Somerville, N. J., Kishkill 

 and Wal.len. N. Y., and of churches in Houston 

 Street. NVw York, Fonghkerpsie, and Wasli- 

 ington Heights. From |sr,l till his death he 

 was chaplain of the Vcw York City Hospital, 

 lie was spending a summer vacation at Perth 

 Amboy, N. J., at the time of his death. 



