OBITUARIES. 



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Oft, 19. WILDET. THOMAS, the founder of 

 the order of Odd Fellows in this country, died 

 at hi* residence in Baltimore. He was a native 

 of England, hut came to this country at an 

 early age. He was the first Grand Sire of the 

 Grand Lodge of the United States, serving in 

 that capacity from 1825 to 1833, and receiv- 

 ed every honor it was in the power of its mem- 

 o bestow. His funeral, which took place 

 on the 22*1, was attended by delegations of the 

 order from all sections of the country which 

 could reach Baltimore in season to participate 

 in the services. 



Oct. 20. WOODBRIDGE, WILLIAM, ex-Gover- 

 nor of Michigan, died at his residence in De- 

 troit aged 84. He was a native of Connecticut, 

 but had resided in Michigan about 50 years. 

 He was elected Governor of the State in 1840, 

 and in 1842 United States Senator for 6 years. 

 At the close of his senatorial term he returned 

 to his home in Detroit, where he subsequently 

 lived in quiet and retirement. He was a man 

 of many estimable qualities. 



Oct. 21. BAKER, General EDWARD D. (Se* 

 BAKES.) 



Oct. 22. PUTNAM, WILLIAM LOWELL, a lieu- 

 tenant of volunteers in the United States army, 

 born in Boston, July 9, 1840, the grandson of 

 Rev. Dr. Charles Lowell and Judge Samuel 

 Putnam, educated partly in France, where he 

 resided from 1851 to 1858, and subsequently 

 trained in law and science in Harvard Univer- 

 sity : entered the Twentieth Regiment of Mas- 

 sachusetts Volunteers in 1861 : was called to 

 the field in Sept., and on the 21st of Oct., at 

 the disastrous battle of Ball's Bluff, received a 

 mortal wound while leading on his battalion 

 to the rescue of a wounded officer. When borne 

 to the hospital tent he declined the surgeon's 

 assistance, bidding him go to those whom his 

 services could benefit, as his life could not be 

 saved. He died from his wound the next day. 

 He was a young man of extraordinary genius, 

 and of most lovely and blameless life, and the 

 vast assembly who gathered in Boston to do 

 honor to his last remains, responded most feel- 

 ingly to the eloquent and touching portrayal 

 of his character by his pastor. Rev. Dr. Barfol, 

 and Rev. James Freeman Clarke. 



Oct. 23. DICKENS, ASBCRT, aged 83, for 

 many years Secretary of the Senate of the Unit- 

 ed States. 



Xot. 18. CBETWOOD, JOHN J., an eminent 

 lawyer of New Jersey, born at Elizabeth, X. J., 

 Jan. 18, 1800. He was a descendant of Judge 

 Chetwood. one of the early judges of the X. J. 

 Supreme Court, and was for 14 years surrogate 

 of Essex Co., the first prosecutor of Union Co., 

 and a member of the Council before the adop- 

 tion of the present Constitution of the State. 

 He was identified with the great railroad enter- 

 prises of New Jersey, and active in the promo- 

 tion of education and in the support of reli- 

 gious institutions. He was a man of generous 

 and genial disposition. He died at Elizabeth. 



Not. 18. SNTDEK, Capt. GEORGB W., died at 

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Washington, D. 0., aged 28 years. He was born 

 in 1836, in New York. In ls.)2 he was appoint- 

 ed from the State of New York a cadet in the 

 Military Academy at West Point, where he 

 graduated with high honor, holding the rank 

 of first captain. On leaving the academy he 

 was appointed a second lieutenant of engineers, 

 the highest promotion accessible to a recent 

 graduate. He was attached in 1859 to the 

 board of engineers under the presidency of Col. 

 Thayer, of Boston. In the following year he 

 was acting assistant professor of military and 

 civil engineering at West Point. When trouble 

 was anticipated at Charleston he was sent to 

 that station as first engineer, assistant to Capt. 

 Foster, and through the hardships consequent 

 upon the siege of Fort Sumter, contracted the 

 disease which ultimately proved fatal. 



Dec. 10. JACKSON, JOHN P., Yice-President 

 and Superintendent of the New Jersey Railroad 

 and Transportation Company, died at Newark, 

 N. J., aged 56. Mr. Jackson was connected 

 with that company from its organization to the 

 time of his death. He was educated for the 

 bar and held a high position in the legal pro- 

 fession ; was twice elected to the Legislature 

 of the State, and twice elected clerk of the 

 county of Essex, a very lucrative office. 



After his connection with the company, he 

 abandoned active participation in the pursuits 

 of political life, and devoted all his energies and 

 talents to its service. He was distinguished for 

 his benevolence and charity, as well as for in- 

 tegrity and honesty of purpose. 



Dec. . WILLIAMS, THOMAS SCOTT. (See 

 WILLIAMS.) 



Dec. 13. WENDELL, JOHX L., died at Hart- 

 ford, Conn. He was a native of New York, 

 born in 1784, and for many years a resident of 

 Albany, and a member of the Albany bar. He 

 was for a long time the reporter of the Supreme 

 Court, and the author of the long series of law 

 reports bearing his name. 



Dec. 14. WILKINSON. Commodore JESSE. 

 United States navy, died at his family residence 

 near Norfolk, Va., aged 77 years. He was a 

 native of Virginia, and entered the navy July 

 10, 1805. He was in the service of the Gov- 

 ernment fifty-four years and five months. 



Dec. 17. RUFFNER, Rev. HENRY, D.D., 

 LL. D.. died at his residence in Kanawha, Va., 

 in the 73d year of his age. He was for many 

 years President of Lexington College, Va., and 

 was distinguished for his learning and logical 

 ability. His last published work was a pam- 

 phlet issued from the press last autumn, arguing 

 aarainst the continuance of slavery in Virginia. 

 ~ Dec. 21. TURNER, Rev. SAMUEL H., D. D., 

 an American clergyman and professor, born in 

 Philadelphia, Jan. "23, 1791. He graduated at 

 the University of Pennsylvania in 1807, studied 

 theology under Bishop White, ordained deacon 

 in 1811. became rector of the Episcopal church 

 at Chestertown, Md., in 1812. left Maryland on 

 account of his health in 1817, and in 1818 was 

 appointed professor of historic theology in the 



