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only daughter of Dr. Orestes A. Brownson, 

 and became the wife of William J. Tenney. 

 She was a lady of fine literary attainments, 

 uii'l inherited much of her father's power of 

 anal vsts. She was the author of u Marian El- 

 wood, or II.\v Girls Live" (1859); "At An- 

 chor" (1865); "Life of Demetrius Augustine 

 Gallitzin, Prince and Priest" (1878). 



TIIEBAUD, Dr. JULIUS S. ; died in New York, 

 October 20th. Ho was born at Morristown, 

 N. J., October 28, 1827. For several years ho 

 worked indofatigably in the London, Paris, and 

 Vienna hospitals. In 1851 he returned to New 

 York, and achieved great success in the treat- 

 ment of complicated surgical cases, notably in 

 lithotomy. He was connected at different 

 times with nearly all the hospitals in the city. 

 He was also attached to the Catholic Orphan 

 Asylum, the Foundling Asylum, St. Vincent's 

 Hospital, and the Colored Home. He invented 

 several surgical instruments, and also wrote on 

 surgical subjects. 



THOMAS, ex-Governor FBANCIS, was killed 

 by a train at Frankville, Md., January 22d. He 

 was born in Frederick County, Md., February 

 8, 1799. He was admitted to the bar in 1820, 

 and was a member of the Maryland Legisla- 

 ture in 1822 and 1827, and Speaker of the 

 House in 1829. Ho was a member of Congress 

 from 1831 to 1841 and from 1861 to 1869, 

 Governor of Maryland from 1841 to 1844, and 

 a member of the State Constitutional Conven- 

 tion in 1850. During the war he supported 

 the Union cause, raised a volunteer brigade of 

 8,000 men, and in 1866 was a delegate to the 

 Loyalists' Convention. In 1870 he was ap- 

 pointed Collector of Internal Revenue for the 

 Cumberland district, and in 1872 was appointed 

 minister to Peru. 



TILDEN, MOSES Y., elder brother of Samuel 

 J. Tilden ; died at Lebanon Springs, N. Y., 

 September 9th, aged 64 years. He was elected 

 to the Legislature in 1869, and distinguished 

 himself mainly by his persistent opposition to 

 the Tweed "Ring." He, with the cooperation 

 of his brother, built the Lebanon Springs Rail- 

 road, but the enterprise has not proved suc- 

 cessful. 



TOOMATH, Rev. JOHN, "the blind preacher; " 

 died in Brooklyn, N. Y., March 18th. He was 

 born in Ireland, and came to this country fif- 

 teen years ago. He was connected as a mis- 

 sionary with a Baptist church in Brooklyn. 



TEACY, PHINEAS L.; died at Batavia, N. Y., 

 December 23d. He was born in Norwich, 

 Conn., December 25, 1786. He graduated at 

 Yale College in 1806, and began the practice 

 of law in Batavia in 1813. In 1826 he was 

 elected to Congress on the Antimasonic ticket, 

 and reflected for the two succeeding terms, 

 hut declined a reelection. In 1841 he was ap- 

 pointed Presiding Judge of Genesee County, 

 N. Y., and continued in that office until 1846, 

 when he retired from professional life. 



TREADWELL, JOHN P. ; died at New Milford, 

 Conn., April 8th. He began his business ca- 

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reer in the old Franklin House, New York, 

 and in 1858 he, in company with the Ackers, 

 of Albany, became proprietor of the St. Nicho- 

 las Hotel, New York, with which he remained 

 connected till 1868. 



TKENHOLM, GEOBOE A. ; died in Charleston, 

 8. 0., December 10th, aged 70 years. At the 

 outbreak of the war lie was a prominent mer- 

 chant of Charleston. In 1 864 be was appointed 

 Confederate Secretary of the Treasury, and 

 held that office till the fall of the Confederacy. 

 He was taken prisoner by the Union troops 

 and held till October, 1865, when he was par- 

 doned by President Johnson. 



TUFTS, CHARLES ; died at Somerville, Mass., 

 December 24th, aged 95. He was a liberal 

 friend of education, and gave seventy acres of 

 land as a site for the college which bears his 

 name in Medford, Mass. 



TYLER, General JOHN S. ; died in Boston, 

 Mass., January 20th, aged 80 years. He en- 

 tered the army during the War of 1812, and 

 for nearly sixty years took a great interest in 

 the militia of Massachusetts. 



TYLEB, MOBRIS ; died in New Haven, Conn., 

 October 31st, at the age of 70 years. He was 

 mayor of the city in 1863-'64, and Lieutenant- 

 Governor of the State in 1871 and 1872. 



UNDERWOOD, JOSEPH R. ; died near Bowling 

 Green, Ky., August 23d. He was born in 

 Goochland County, Va., October 24, 1791. He 

 was educated at the University of Kentucky, 

 at Lexington, after which he studied law. In 

 1813 he served as lieutenant of a volunteer 

 company, and was wounded and taken prisoner 

 at Dudley's defeat. After his release he set- 

 tled at Glasgow, Ky., where he practised law 

 for ten years. He was a member of the Legis- 

 lature from 1816 to 1819, in 1825 and 1826, 

 and was Speaker of the House in 1846. He 

 was Judge of the Court of Appeals from 1828 

 to 1835, when he was elected to Congress, 

 where he served till 1843. In 1847 he was 

 elected to the United States Senate, and after 

 the expiration of his term of six years resumed 

 the practice of his profession. He again served 

 in the Legislature in 1861, and in 1864 was a 

 delegate to the National Democratic Conven- 

 tion in Chicago. 



VANATA, Rev. Father ALOYSIUS, pastor of 

 St. Joseph's Church, Jersey City Heights ; died 

 January 22d, in the 54th year of his age. He 

 was born in Palermo, Sicily, and came to this 

 country in 1850. 



VANDEBPOOL, Dr. JAMES ; died at Yokohama, 

 Japan, in January. He graduated at Williams 

 College, Mass., and received his medical de- 

 gree from the College of Physicians and Sur- 

 geons of New York City. 



VAUGHN, O. A. J. ; died at Laconia, N. II., 

 April 80th. lie was police-justice of that 

 place, and editor of the Laconia Democrat. 

 He was at one time State Senator, and Judge 

 of the Probate Court of Belknap County. 



VERMILYE, WASHINGTON R., senior member 

 of the firm of Verinilye & Co., bankers, New 



