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OBITUARIES, AMERICAN. 



appointed by President Lincoln Governor of 

 Nevada Territory, and after the admission of 

 Nevada into the Union he was chosen United 

 States Senator for the term beginning in 1865 

 and ending in 1867. In 1867 he was reflected 

 for six years. 



OATMAN, Dr. JOEL S., a well-known physi- 

 cian of New York ; died in that city, October 

 2d, aged 69. 



OLDEN, CHARLES S. ; died at Princeton, N. J., 

 April 7th. He was born in 1797, at Stony 

 Brook. From 1845 to 1851 he served in the 

 State Senate, and in 1859 was elected Gov- 

 ernor of New Jersey by the Republicans. 



PALMER, WALTER B. ; died in New York, 

 October 31st, at the age of 43. In 1870 he 

 was made cashier of the Tenth National Bank, 

 and in 1872 president, which office he held at 

 the time of his death. 



PARSONS, EDWARD YOUNG; died at Wash- 

 ington, D. C., July 8th. He was born at Middle- 

 town, Ky., December 12th, 1842. He gradu- 

 ated at the university at Louisville in 1861, 

 and at the Louisville Law School in 1865. In 

 1874 he was elected to Congress as a Demo- 

 crat, and was a member of the Committees on 

 Private Land Claims, and on Coinage, Weights 

 and Measures. 



PECK, GEORGE, D. D., a venerable member 

 of the Methodist Church ; died at Scranton, 

 Pa., May 21st, aged 79 years. He began 

 preaching at the age of eighteen, and went to 

 the Wyoming Valley when it was sparsely 

 peopled. He was the author of several works, 

 including a " History of the Wyoming Valley." 

 In 1848 he became editor-in-chief of the 

 Christian Advocate. 



PECKIIAM, FELIX AUGUSTUS, a well-known 

 artist ; died at Newport, R. I., January 31st. 



PENNOCK, Rear - Admiral ALEXANDER M. ; 

 died at Portsmouth, N. H., September 20th. 

 He was born in Virginia in 1813. He entered 

 the navy in 1828, became commander in 1855, 

 captain in 1863, commodore in 1863, and rear- 

 admiral in 1872. He took part in the Para- 

 guay Expedition of 1859-'60, was lighthouse- 

 inspector in 1861, and joined the Mississippi 

 squadron as fleet-captain in 1862, remaining 

 until 1864. In 1868-'69 he commanded the 

 Franklin, flag-ship of the European squadron. 



PERRIN, ROBERT P., President of the Butch- 

 ers and Drovers' National Bank, New York; 

 died in Brooklyn, N. Y., April 14th, in the 

 61st year of his age. 



PETERS, THEODORE C. ; died in Brooklyn, 

 N. Y., May 8th, at the age of 71 years. He 

 was for many years an active member of the 

 State Agricultural Society, and was its presi- 

 dent in 1845. He represented Genesee County 

 in the Assembly in 1852 and 1853. In 1859 

 he was appointed State Assessor, and held that 

 office till 1865. 



PHELPS, PHILIP, Deputy State Controller; 

 died in Albany, N. Y. He was born in Coey- 

 mans, July 4, 1789. He was admitted to the 

 bar in 1811, and, at the commencement of the 



War of 1812, was employed in the Quarter- 

 master-General's Department. In 1826 he en- 

 tered the Controller's office, and, except for 

 the first two years, was Deputy-Controller till 

 the time of his death. In 1869 he retired, at 

 the age of 80, retaining the title and salary by 

 a special act of the Legislature. 



POLK, TRUSTEN; died at St. Louis, April 

 16th. He was born in Delaware in 1811, 

 graduated at Yale College in 1831, and began 

 to practise law in Missouri about 1835. He 

 was elected Governor of the State in 1856 ; but 

 soon after his inauguration, in January, 1857, 

 he was elected to the United States Senate, 

 from which he was expelled in January, 1862, 

 for disloyalty. 



POPE, Commodore JOHN ; died at Dorchester, 

 Mass., January 14th, at the age of 77 years. He 

 was born in Massachusetts. He was appointed 

 midshipman in the navy in 1816, and ten years 

 later was raised to a lieutenancy. In 1827 and 

 1828 he saw active service on the old frigate 

 Constitution in the Mediterranean. He was 

 on duty in different parts of the world, became 

 a commander in 1843, and was commissioned 

 captain in 1855 and commodore in 1862. In 

 1864 and 1865 he was prize commissioner in 

 Boston, and from 1866 to 1869 was lighthouse- 

 inspector. 



PRAT, EBENEZER H., known as the " West- 

 chester Millionaire; " died at White Plains, N. 

 Y., March 17th. He was a native of Dutchess 

 County, N. Y. For thirty years he was en- 

 gaged in the cattle-trade and provision-busi- 

 ness, and was a member of the New York 

 Produce Exchange from its organization in 

 1861 till 1872. He was a pioneer of the West- 

 ern cattle-trade, and in 1850 he became a 

 member of the firm of Halstead, Chamberlain 

 & Co., packers, now Halstead & Co. 



QUACKENBUSH, Dr. JOHN V. P. ; died in Al- 

 bany, N. Y., June 7th. He was born in that 

 city, June 3, 1819. He graduated from Wil- 

 liams College, Mass., and in 1842 from the 

 Albany Medical College. In 1852 he was 

 elected President of the Albany County Med- 

 ical College, and in 1868 of the State Medical 

 Society ; during the late war he held the posi- 

 tion of Surgeon-General of the State. In 1850 

 he was elected Mayor of Albany by the Demo- 

 crats, but after a contest in the courts his op- 

 ponent was installed. Dr. Quackenbush was 

 defeated for the same office in 1858. At the 

 time of his death he was connected with the 

 Albany City and St. Peter's Hospitals, and 

 was also Professor of Obstetrics in the Medi- 

 cal College. 



RAWLINS, J. H., a member of the Pennsyl- 

 vania House of Representatives ; died at Holli- 

 daysburg, Pa., February 26th. 



REED, WILLIAM BRADFORD; died in New York, 

 February 18th. He was born in Philadelphia, 

 June 30, 1806. He graduated at the Univer- 

 sity of Pennsylvania in 1822, where at one time 

 he was Professor of English Literature. He 

 practised law, and in 1838 was elected Attor- 



