OBITUARIES, UNITED STATES. 



and fought Tom Sayers. ITcenan returned to 

 New York in July, and then went back to 

 England in 1881 and fonght with King, being 

 gain defeated. lie never again entered the 

 n .- 



Oet. 26. CAPP, Rev. EDWARD PAYSOIC, mis- 

 sionary of the Presbyterian Board of Foreign 

 Missions at Fung Ohow, China; died at Yoko- 

 hama, Japan, upon his way home from China, 

 aged 87 yean. He went to China in 1869 and 

 had proved himself a faithful and efficient 

 laborer in the field. Upon the failure of his 

 wife's health he found it necessary to accom- 

 pany her to the United States, but was taken 

 sick at Shanghai. 



Oet. 26. WAKsnsLD, CYRUS, a wealthy im- 

 porter and manufacturer, of Boston, Mass.; 

 died there, aged 62 years. He was born in Box- 

 bary, N. H., in February, 1811, and was the ar- 

 chitect of his own fortune. He came to Bos- 

 ton about 1827, and engaged in business. He 

 originated the rattan business in this country, 

 and discovered several methods of utilizing 

 the rattan waste, while of the split rattans he 

 made chairs, settees, furniture, carriage-bodies, 

 etc., etc. He established a large factory for 

 these manufactures in South Reading, Mass., 

 where his rattan-works cover seven acres of 

 ground, and tho pay-roll was about $35,000 

 per month. In 1868 the town (South Read- 

 ing) voted to change its name to Wakefield, 

 in recognition of his benefactions, particularly 

 the gift of a town-boll costing $100,000. He 

 left large bequests to benevolent objects. 



Oft. 28. HATCH, HORACE, M. I)., an eminent 

 physician in New York City ; died there, aged 

 83 years. He was a native of Trowbridgo, Yt., 

 graduated from Dartmouth College in tho class 

 : M3, and after completing his medical 

 studies entered upon the practice of his pro- 

 fession in Norwich, Yt., where ho remained 

 until 1837, when ho removed to Burlington. 

 Here he continued in practice for a period of 

 about twenty years. In the spring of 1861, 

 having retired from tho active duties of his 

 profession, he removal with his son-in-law to 

 Washington, D. 0., where ho received an ap- 

 pointment in the office of the Register of tho 

 Tre;;- :r_rin<i tho duties of his post 



uitil 1865, when ho 



removed to New York. His life, professional 



and private, was irreproachably and full of 



mi and kindly deeds. He left four sons, 



Dr. Horace Hatch, of Washington; William H., 



o firm of Fairbanks & Co., New York; 



Hatch, firm of Fisk <fe Hatch, bankers; 



and Edward P., late President of the Willcox 



it Gibbs Sewing Machine Company, New 



York, and also a daughter, wife of L. E. Cliit- 



fcnden, Eq.,of New York. 



Oet. 80. VAK AHDES, CnABLics E., M. D., 

 n eminent phynician and scholar; died at 

 Au1> Having received a good i 



cal education, he devoted himself to his pro- 

 fession with a zeal and fidelity which ended 

 only with his life. In 1852 he took charge of 



the hospital at Buffalo, when the cholera WAS 

 making melancholy havoc in that city. Later 

 he was physician to the State-prison, Auburn, 

 and on Dr. Hall's retirement became ]>h\ -iri.in 

 at the Insane Convicts' Asylum, in both of 

 which positions he showed most estimable 

 qualities of head and heart. 



Oet. . HARIIAUGII, Miss MABY, a lady 

 missionary of the Young Men's Christian As- 

 sociation of Memphis, Tenn. ; died there, of 

 yellow fever. She gave up the work assigned 

 her, and devoted herself to nursing the sick 

 during the epidemic in that city until, becom- 

 ing completely exhausted, she fell a prey to the 

 fever herself. 



Not. 4. STANSBUBY, EDWARD A., an emi- 

 nent citizen of New Jersey ; died in Holedon, 

 aged 67 years. He was born in Vermont, in 

 1811, and, after being graduated at an Eastern 

 college, edited a newspaper for several years. 

 Subsequently he practised law in New York, 

 and in 1856 removed to Haledon, or, as it was 

 then called, Oldham. Here he became an ac- 

 tive worker in the Republican party, and a 

 zealous advocate of abolition. In I860 he was 

 elected to the Assembly by the Republicans of 

 the Third Assembly District, Passaio County, 

 serving one terra. In 1872 he became an active 

 supporter of the Liberal Republican party. 



Nov. 5. TRACY, HENBY R., a Boston jour- 

 nalist; died in that city, aged 49 years. He 

 was formerly connected with the New York 

 and Washington press, and had attained promi- 

 nence in his profession. 



Nov. 6. LKB, Mrs. MABY CUBTIB, widow of 

 the late General Robert E. Lee, and daugh- 

 ter of G. W. P. Cnstis ; died at Lexington, 

 Va., aged 67 years. She was born at Arling- 

 ton House, and was the great-granddaughter 

 of Martha Cnstis, afterward wife of General 

 Washington. Mrs. Lee was a woman of strong 

 intellectual powers, and persistently favored 

 the Confederate cause. She was in Richmond 

 during tho war, and, when the contest was 

 over, accompanied her husband to Lexington, 

 where she resided until her death. 



Nov. 12. MKBRIAH, General ELA, New York 

 militia; died in Leyden, Lewis County, N. Y., 

 aged 79 years. He was born in Connecticut, 

 in 1794, and a few years later removed with 

 hi* father's family to the town of Ley.], n. At 

 eighteen years of age ho served with' the State 

 militia in the defense of the Northern frontier, 

 and, remaining in the service, rapidly rose to 

 the rank of brigadier-general. For about forty 

 years preceding the era of railways, General 

 Men-lam was prominently connected with the 

 stage-routes of Northern New York, and since 

 with its railways. Amid his other enterprises 

 he was also a practical fanner, managing n 1 

 estate with an enlightenment which kept paco 

 with the latest improvements. He was one of 

 tho originators and prominent supporters of 

 the County Agricultural Society, and a regular 

 attendant at the meetings of tho State Society, 

 which he served in many official positions. 



