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OBITUARIES, UNITED STATES. 



that officer was in the Department of Missouri. 

 In October, 1861, at the head of his "Prairie 

 Scouts," he recaptured Lexington. Although 

 wounded, and at the head of only twenty- 

 two men, he held Springfield thirty-six hours 

 against a large force until reinforcements ar- 

 rived. In the closing years of the war he was 

 governor of the Eastern Shore of Maryland. 

 After the war he was made brigadier-general, 

 and, after serving a short time in Texas, he 

 settled in St. Louis, studied law, was admitted 

 to the bar of St. Louis, and was elected to the 

 State Legislature. 



Sept. 1. SMITH, GEOI^E H., second presi- 

 dent of the Church of the "Latter-Day Saints;" 

 died at Salt Lake Oity. 



Sept. 2. HILL, U. 0., musician ; died in Pat- 

 erson, N. J. He was born in Boston ; gave 

 lessons in New York on the violin and piano; 

 studied music in Cassel, Germany, under the 

 celebrated violinist Louis Spohr ; originated 

 the idea of the Philharmonic Society, which 

 was the pride of his life ; was president for 

 many years, and played first-violin in the or- 

 chestra until two years ago; became pecu- 

 niarily embarrassed, and committed suicide. 



Sept. 4. BLATCHFOED, RICHARD M. ; died 

 at Newport, R. I., aged 77 years. He was 

 born at Stratford, Conn., in 1798, and grad- 

 uated at Union College in 1818. Studying 

 law in Jamaica, L. I., he began practice in 

 New York City. Mr. Blatchford rapidly rose 

 in his profession, and in 1826 he received the 

 appointment of financial agent and counsel in 

 the United States for the Bank of England. 

 At a later date he held the same position in 

 relation to the Bank of the United States, and 

 in 1836, when the charter of that bank ex- 

 pired, he satisfactorily settled the affairs be- 

 tween it and the Bank of England. In 1855 

 he was elected member of the Assembly from 

 the Fifteenth Ward of New York City, and in 

 April, 1859, he was appointed Commissioner 

 of Central Park, which position he held until 

 April 20, 1870, when he was removed by the 

 operation of the new charter. On December 

 3, 1872, Mayor Hall appointed him as a Com- 

 missioner of Public Parks, and he remained in 

 office until the adoption of the present char- 

 ter. At the beginning of the late war, Mr. 

 Blatchford became a very prominent member 

 of the Union Defense Committee, and Presi- 

 dent Lincoln appointed him on the committee 

 charged with the disbursement of the large 

 sums of money appropriated for obtaining sol- 

 diers for the Union army. Besides Mr. Blatch- 

 ford, that committee consisted of ex-Governor 

 Dix and George Opdyke. In 1862 President 

 Lincoln appointed Mr. Blatchford United States 

 minister at Rome, and he discharged the duties 

 of that office to the satisfaction of the Admin- 

 istration under which he acted. He was a 

 personal friend of Daniel Webster, who select- 

 ed him as one of the executors of his will. 



Sept. 6. BROWN, Judge JOHN W. ; died at 

 Newburg, N. Y., aged 78 years. He was born 



at Dundee, Scotland, October 11, 1796. He 

 was admitted to the bar in 1818. At the time 

 of his death he was Judge of the Supreme 

 Court for the Second Judicial District. 



Sept. 9. LYON, CALEB ; died at Rossville, 

 Staten Island. He formerly resided at Lyons- 

 dale, in Lewis County, N. Y. He was appoint- 

 ed consul at Shanghai, China, by President 

 Polk, in 1845, and on his return was elected 

 to the State Assembly, and afterward to the 

 State Senate. In 1853 he was elected to Con- 

 gress. In 1864 he was appointed Governor of 

 Idaho Territory, which position he held two 

 years. His later life was passed at Rossville, 

 Staten Island, N. Y., where he purchased and 

 restored the country-seat known as "Ross 

 Castle." 



Sept. 10. WOODRUFF, LEWIS BARTHOLOMEW, 

 lawyer and judge, of New York ; died at Litch- 

 field, Conn., at the age of 65. He was born 

 in Litchfield, and entered Yale College in 1830. 

 After graduating he studied law in Judge 

 Gould's law-school in Litchfield. He began 

 practice in New York City, and was associated 

 for a number of years with the celebrated 

 George Wood, also with Mr. Goodman. His 

 first judicial office was that of Judge of the 

 Court of Common Pleas, in 1855. He after- 

 ward became Judge of the Superior Court. 

 At the expiration of his term he returned to 

 practice, and formed a partnership with Mr. 

 Sandford. In 1867 he was appointed Judge 

 of the Court of Appeals. President Grant, 

 December 22, 1869, appointed him United 

 States Circuit Judge, in place of Judge John 

 K. Porter, resigned. His circuit included 

 New York, Vermont, and Connecticut. 



Sept. 11. BLOW, HENRY T., of Missouri; 

 died at Saratoga. He was born in Virginia in 

 1813, but went to Missouri in 1830, and grad- 

 uated at St. Louis University. He then en- 

 gaged in the lead and drug business, in which 

 he was very successful. Before the war he 

 took a prominent part in the antislavery move- 

 ment, and served four years in the State Sen- 

 ate. In 1861 he was appointed by President 

 Lincoln as minister to Venezuela, but he re- 

 signed in less than a year. He was a Repub- 

 lican member of Congress from 1863 to 1867, 

 and served on the Committee of Ways and 

 Means. He was minister to Brazil from 1869 

 to 1871, and was appointed one of the Com- 

 missioners of the District of Columbia under 

 the recent act of Congress, but declined to ac- 

 cept the position. Mr. Blow evinced a warm 

 interest in the progress of Missouri, and was 

 identified with the general advancement of the 

 State. 



Sept. 11. STONE, HORATIO, a distinguished 

 American sculptor ; died at Carrara, Italy. 



Sept. 14. LAPHAM, INCREASE A., a scientist 

 of wide reputation ; died at Oconomewa, Wis. 

 He was born in Palmyra, Wayne Connty, N. Y., 

 March 7, 1811. In early life he became a civil 

 engineer. While residing at Columbus, from 

 1833 to 1835, as secretary of the Ohio Canal 



