OBITUARIES, AMERICAN. 



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HASKETT, WILLIAM JAY ; died in New York, 



l>,T,-mlH-r isili. Ho began tho practice of luw 

 in that citv lit'tv years ago, and was President 

 of tho EzoiM 'Board from 1805 to 1808. Ho 

 took a great interest in reforms, and held a 

 leading position in admiralty practice. 



HIIIHKV, ETIIELBEKT C. ; died at Indianapo- 

 lis, Ind., September loth. Ho was born in 

 Wilmington, Ohio, in 1824, went to Indianapo- 

 lis about 1841, and was admitted to the bar in 

 1845. From 1857 to 1851) he edited a Demo- 

 cratic paper at Portland, Oregon. 



HOPKINS, Luoics; died in New York, Sep- 

 tember 27th, in the 72d year of his age. He 

 was born in Connecticut, but came to New 

 York at an early age, and established the dry- 

 goods house of Hopkins, Allen & Co. He or- 

 ganized the Importers and Traders' Bank^ of 

 which he was president until 1863. Ho was 

 also director in the Manhattan Bank and in 

 several insurance companies. In 1865 he be- 

 came the sanior partner in a firm of cotton- 

 merchants. 



HORSLEY, CHARLES EDWABD ; died in New 

 York, February 27th. He was born in Lon- 

 don, December 17, 1825. He studied in Leip- 

 sic under Mendelssohn, and came to 'this coun- 

 try five years ago, when he became organist 

 and choir-master of St. John's Chapel, Trinity 

 Parish, New York, a position he held at the 

 time of his death. He was conductor of the 

 Church Music Association during the latter 

 years of its existence. He wrote a variety of 

 vocal and instrumental music, including sym- 

 phonies, trios, church compositions, two ora- 

 tories, "David" and "Joseph," the cantata 

 of " Comus," and " The Patriot Flag," his last 

 work, written for the Lady Washington Re- 

 ception. 



HUBBARD, JOHN F. ; died at Norwich, N. Y., 

 October 5th, at more than 80 years of age. 

 In 1816 he established the Norwich Journal. 

 He was elected to the Assembly in 1824 and 

 in 1829, and to the State Senate in 1868. 



HUBBELL, LEVI ; died at Milwaukee, Wis., 

 December 8th. He was born at Ballston, N. Y., 

 April 15, 1808. He graduated at Union Col- 

 lege, and studied law. From 1883 to 1886 he 

 was Adjutant-General of the State, and in 1841 

 he was a member of the Assembly. In 1844 

 he removed to Wisconsin, and became a load- 

 ing Democratic politician. He was elected 

 Judge of the Second Judicial Circuit, and for a 

 year acted as Chief-Justice of the Supreme 

 Court. In 1853 impeachment proceedings 

 were instituted against Judge Hubbell, and the 

 trial resulted in his acquittal. In 1856 he re- 

 signed his judgeship, and in 1864 was elected 

 to the Assembly as a War Democrat. From 

 that time he acted with the Republican party. 

 From 1871 to 1875 he was United States Dis- 

 trict Attorney. 



HULL, H. EL, editor of the Bath Courier for 

 a quarter of a century; died at Bath, N. Y., 

 June 8th. 



HUSTON, ANDREW C., a venerable journal- 



ist ; died in January, at Northumberland, Pa., 

 at the age of 89. He became editor of tho 

 Republican Argu in his n-itive plu-e in 1809. 



Urn IHNSON, SAMUEL; died in lirouklvn, N. 

 Y., June 15th. He was born in Kivcrheud, 

 L. I., in 1805. He was a well-known citizen 

 of Brooklyn, and was connected with several 

 banks and insurance companies. 



IRVING, PIERRE MOXBOE; died in New York, 

 February 11 tit, in his 74th year. He was a 

 graduate of Columbia College, and, though 

 bred to tho law, gave much of his time 

 to literature. He edited the "Life and Let- 

 ters" of his uncle, Washington Irving, and in 

 1866 published "Spanish Papers, and Other 

 Miscellanies." 



JACKSON, Captain THOMAS P., Deputy-Col- 

 lector of Customs ; died in Richmond, Va , 

 April 8th. He was a prominent Republican, 

 and had been a member of the Legislature, and 

 of the Reconstruction Convention. 



JAMES, DANIEL; died near Liverpool, Eng- 

 land, November 27th. He was born in thia 

 country in 1801, went to England in 1831, and 

 was a member of the firm of Phelps, James & 

 Co., in Liverpool, and of Phelps, Dodge & Co., 

 of New York. 



JEFFRIES, Dr. JOHN, a prominent physician ; 

 died in Boston, Mass., July 16th, at the age 

 of 81. 



JENKINS, Rev. TIMOTHY ; died in Utica, N. 

 Y., May 29th, aged 73 years. He was formerly 

 editor of the Y Cyfaill, of Utica, the only 

 Welsh Methodist magazine published in this 

 country. 



JOHNS, JOHN, Protestant Episcopal Bishop 

 of Virginia ; died April 5th, aged 80. 



JOHNSON, Mrs. ANDREW, wife of the late 

 President Johnson ; died near Greenville, 

 Tenn., January 15th. 



KEER, Colonel JAMES K., a prominent mem- 

 ber of the Pittsburg bar, and brother of Hon. 

 M. C. Kerr, late Speaker of the House of Rep- 

 resentatives ; died in that city, February 25th. 

 He served as a major in the Union army. 



KETELTAS, EUGENE, one of the oldest resi- 

 dents of New York City, and a descendant of 

 an old Knickerbocker family ; died at New- 

 port, R. L, in his 73d year. He studied law, 

 but, inheriting a large estate, and receiving a 

 fortune through his wife, he retired from the 

 profession. 



KINO, General RUFTIS ; died in New York, 

 October 13th. He was born in that city, Janu- 

 ary 26, 1814; was the son of Charles King, once 

 connected with Columbia College, and tho 

 grandson of Rufus King, the distinguished 

 statesman. He graduated at West Point in 

 1833, and received a commission as lieutenant 

 of engineers. In 1836 he resigned from tho 

 army, and became an engineer on the Erie 

 Railway. Subsequently he was connected with 

 the Albany Evening Journal, and in 1839 be- 

 came editor of the Albany Advertiser, remain- 

 ing in charge for about six years. He removed 

 to Wisconsin, and edited the Milwaukee Senti- 



