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OBITUARIES, AMERICAN. 



survive. Their sons, as well as the sons of the 

 deceased brothers, are in the firm. 



BROWN, HORATIO STOCKTON, the President 

 of the Board of Port Wardens of the Harbor 

 of New York ; died June 23d. He was born 

 it Windsor, N. Y., in 1822. 



BKUENINGHAUSEN, Dr. CHARLES ; died in New 

 York, August 20th, at the age of 68. During 

 1887 and 1868 he was one of the governors 

 of the almshouse, and was at one time very 

 prominent in politics. 



BURR, DAVID J. ; died in Richmond, Va., in 

 his 57th year. He was for many years Presi- 

 dent of the Richmond Chamber of Commerce, 

 and the first President of the Virginia Home 

 Insurance Company. 



BURROUGHS, WILLIAM, founder of the Dry- 

 Goods Reporter and United States Economist; 

 died in San Francisco, December 4th, aged 62. 



BUTLER, Mrs. BENJAMIN F. ; died in Boston, 

 Mass., April 8th, in her 55th year. She was a 

 daughter of Dr. Israel Hildreth, of Lowell. 

 She made her debut on the stage August 10, 

 1837, at the Park Theatre, New York, as Ma- 

 riana in " The Wife." During 1842 she per- 

 formed a star engagement in Louisville, Ky., 

 appearing as Ion, She soon after retired from 

 the stage, and was married to General Butler. 



CAIRNS, ROBERT, was born in Ireland ; died 

 at Fort Abercrombie, Dakota, August 4th. He 

 served as second-lieutenant in a Kentucky regi- 

 ment from 1862 to 1864. At the time of liis 

 death he was a first-lieutenant in the Seventh 

 Cavalry of the United States Army. 



CALHOUN, Rev. SIMEON HOWARD, was born 

 in Boston, Mass. ; died December 14th, in Buf- 

 falo, N. Y., aged 72 years. He graduated 

 from Williams College in 1829, was a laborer 

 in the Holy Land for nearly forty years, was 

 thoroughly versed in the Arabic and Turkish 

 languages, and assisted Dr. Goodell in making 

 the first translation of the Bible into the 

 Turkish language. 



CHATTERTON, STEPHEN S., was born in Troy, 

 N. Y. ; died in New York City, February 26th. 

 He was editor of the Ithaca Republican, and 

 was active in politics during the Henry Clay 

 campaign. 



CHENEY, WARD, president of the Silk Com- 

 pany doing business under the name of Cheney 

 Brothers, and of the Silk Association of Amer- 

 ica: died in South Manchester, Conn., March 

 22d, at the age of 63. He was actively en- 

 gaged in the culture of raw silk at Burling- 

 ton, N. J., and in 1836, in company with 

 his brothers, he began the manufacture of 

 silk from the raw material at South Man- 

 chester, Conn. The business was soon aban- 

 doned, but was resumed in 1841, since which 

 time it has gradually extended, until about 

 2,500 operatives are now employed. 



CLEVELAND, JOHN FITCH, was born in Cha- 

 tauqua County, N. Y., February 4, 1819; died 

 in New York, October 9th. For more than 

 thirty years he was a member of the editorial 

 staff of the New York Tribune, and in recent 



years had compiled the " Tribune Almanac." 

 From 1862 till 1871 he was Assessor of Inter- 

 nal Revenue in New York. In July, 1846, he 

 was married to Esther Greeley, a sister of 

 Horace Greeley. From 1849 till his death he 

 was a stockholder in the Tribune. 



CONNOLLY, MICHAEL, was born in the coun- 

 ty of Cavan, Ireland, in September, 1811 ; died 

 in New York, July 15th. He came to New 

 York when seventeen years of age. For 

 many years he was identified with the Demo- 

 cratic party, and in 1851 was elected police 

 justice, which office he held for eighteen suc- 

 cessive years. In 1868 he was elected Regis- 

 ter, and served a term of three years. In 

 1872 he was nominated for Congress, but was 

 defeated. 



COOPER, General SAMUEL, ex-Confederate 

 Adjutant and Inspector-General; died in No- 

 vember, at Cameron, Va., aged 78. 



Cox, HANNAH, was born at Longwood, near 

 Philadelphia ; died there, April 15th, at nearly 

 80 years of age. She was one of the original 

 abolitionists, and joined the first movement in 

 favor of emancipation, being a co-laborer with 

 Benjamin Lundy, Garrison, Lucretia Mott, and 

 Whittier. For years she and her husband, 

 who now survives her in his ninety- first year, 

 received and protected fugitive slaves. Their 

 golden wedding was celebrated in 1873, when 

 poems were sent by Whittier and Bayard Tay- 

 lor. 



COZZENS, WILLIAM COLE; died in Newport, 

 R. I., December 17th. He was born in that 

 city August 26, 1811. Since 1842 he has been 

 at the head of the dry-goods firm of William 

 C. Cozzens & Co., and for nearly twenty years 

 he was President of the Rhode Island Union 

 Bank. In 1854 he was Mayor of Newport. 

 Subsequently he was elected a Representative 

 to the General Assembly, and in 1861 a Sena- 

 tor. In March, 1862, the Governor and Lieu- 

 tenant-Governor having resigned, Mr. Cozzens, 

 who had been chosen President of the Senate, 

 became Governor of the State, and performed 

 the duties of that office for about three months. 



CRAWFORD, DAVID, was born in Putney, Vt., 

 December 14, 1832 ; died in New York, De- 

 cember 24th. He was a well-known member 

 of a banking firm in New York, and was a 

 director of several railroads. 



CRESSON, Dr. JOHN C., civil-engineer, was 

 born in Philadelphia, March 16, 1806; died 

 there, January 27th. For more than thirty 

 years he was chief-engineer of the Philadelphia 

 Gas-Works, and held other responsible posi- 

 tions. 



CROSBY, JOHN P., a prominent lawyer of 

 New York, was born in that city; was drowned 

 September 19th while bathing at Fire Island. 

 He was graduated from Columbia College, in 

 1827, and soon after began the practice of law. 



CROSS, General OSBORN, was born in Mary- 

 land ; died in New York, July 16th. He en- 

 tered the United States Army as second-lieu- 

 tenant in 1825. In 1863 he was promoted to 



