OBITUARIES, AMERICAN. 



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ELMORE, Culonel HENHY M., son of Judge 

 John A. Elrnore of South Carolina, born in 

 that State January 28, 181(5, dk-d in Waverley, 

 Texas, February 21st. Early in life he moved 

 with his father to Autauga (now Elmore) 

 County, Alabama. He lived in Tuskegee, and 

 for two years was Probate Judge of Macon 

 County. lie married the niece of Governor 

 Fitzpatrick of Alabama. In 1854 he removed 

 to Texas, and settled in Walker County, where 

 he resided until his death. He was elected to 

 the State Senate in 1859 and served two years. 

 At the outset of the war ho enlisted as a pri- 

 vate in Captain Lewis's company. He was 

 elected colonel of the 20th Texas Infantry, 

 and no man left the army with a better record 

 or retaining more of the confidence of his men. 

 After the war he resumed the practice of the 

 law. His influence was widely felt ; he was a 

 man of great firmness and depth of conviction, 

 and to the close of his life he took an active 

 interest in all affairs of government. 



FOOTS, Major R. E., a lawyer of distinction, 

 born in Mississippi in 1842, died in Aurora, 

 Nevada, May 23d. He was a son of Henry S. 

 Foote, once Governor and United States Sena- 

 tor of Mississippi. Major Foote entered a regi- 

 ment of the State at the commencement of the 

 late war, and served with distinction until its 

 close. In 1866 he settled in Idaho, where he 

 remained until 1875. He practiced law in 

 Idaho City, Placerville, Oenterville, and other 

 places in the Basin, and was District Attorney 

 for several years. Subsequently he resided in 

 Salt Lake City, Eureka, and Virginia City, 

 finally settling in Aurora and Bodie. He 

 had been engaged in the defense of a person 

 charged with murder, and the verdict was 

 guilty in the second degree. In this result he 

 was considerably disappointed, hoping for a 

 less serious issue. He was in one of the small 

 rooms off the main portion of the hotel, sitting 

 somewhat low in an arm-chair, with his feet 

 resting on the rounds of another chair, and his 

 hands clasped over his head, as if in deep 

 thought, or possibly dozing. People were con- 

 stantly passing through the room, and noticed 

 nothing peculiar in his position. Upon some 

 one speaking to him, however, and no response 

 coming, it was discovered that he was dead. 

 How long he had been dead was not known, 

 but it was believed to have been half an hour 

 before the fact was discovered. 



FORD, BUDD G., born in Salem, New Jersey, 

 March 2, 1840, was drowned at Ocean City, 

 Maryland, July 20th. At an early age he was 

 taken from school and engaged in the pursuits 

 of business, in which he became quite success- 

 ful. He was elected to the House of Delegates 

 in the Maryland Legislature in 1872 for the 

 term of two years, and in 1875 he was elected 

 State Senator for four years. 



GARRARD, KENNER, born in Kentucky, died 

 in Cincinnati, May 15th. He was appointed a 



cadet at West Point in 1847, and graduated in 

 1851. He continued in service till 1861, when 

 as lieutenant of cavalry he was captured by 

 Texan.s and exchanged in 1862. Subsequently 

 in 1862 he was appointed colonel of the 146th 

 New York Volunteers, and was in several en- 

 gagements, and rose to the rank of brigadier- 

 general of volunteers in 1863. His gallantry 

 was several times recognized by promotions in 

 the regular army, and in 1865 he was made 

 brevet major-general. He resigned in 1866. 



GARBETTSON, MARY RUTHERFORD, died near 

 Rhinebeck, on the Hudson River, March 7th, 

 in the eighty-seventh year of her age. She 

 was the daughter of Freeborn Garrettson of 

 Maryland, a prominent Methodist clergyman, 

 who died in 1827. Her mother was Catherine 

 Livingston, the daughter of Robert Livingston 

 of Clermont, and sister of Robert R. Living- 

 ston, Chancellor of New York State, and of 

 Edward Livingston, author of the Code of 

 Louisiana, and at one time Minister to France. 

 She was a lady of marked intellectual ability, 

 and was well known for her benevolence. 



HAMPTON, Major WADE, Jr., son of Govern- 

 or Hampton of South Carolina, born in that 

 State in 1838, died December 23d. His moth- 

 er was Margaret Preston. Young Hampton 

 served through the war with distinction. His 

 brother, Preston Hampton, was killed before 

 Fredericksburg, and almost at the same mo- 

 ment Wade was severely wounded. Their 

 father was on the field. Apprised of their 

 fate, he rode up to the ambulance, and after 

 one look at his sons, one dead and the other 

 apparently dying, without dismounting or de- 

 lay, he returned to his post of duty at the head 

 of his cavalry division. Major Hampton re- 

 covered, and received his promotion. After 

 the war he became a cotton-planter in Missis- 

 sippi. In the summer of 1879 he married. 



IZARD, J. ALLEN SMITH, a military officer, 

 born in Pennsylvania in 1810, died at Richfield 

 Springs, New York, July 27th. He graduated 

 at West Point Military Acaderay.in 1829 under 

 the name of J. Allen Smith, and was commis- 

 sioned as second lieutenant of the 8d Artillery. 

 From August 30, 1829, to June 27, 1835, he 

 was Assistant Professor of Geography, History, 

 and Ethics at the Military Academy. His next 

 service was in the Florida war, 1836-'37. Re- 

 signing his commission April 30, 1837, he mar- 

 ried a daughter of Judge Huger of Charleston, 

 South Carolina, and became a successful rice- 

 planter near Savannah, Georgia. 



JOHNSTON, AMOS R., was born in Tennessee 

 in 1812. He began life as a printer, and in 

 partnership with General Zollicoffer edited a 

 newspaper in Tennessee. He removed to Mis- 

 sissippi in 1830. He settled first at Clinton, 

 and then in Jackson, continuing his career as 

 editor. He was an ardent adherent of the 

 Whig party. In 1836 he represented Hinds 

 County in the State Legislature. In 1839 he 

 became Clerk of the Circuit Court of Hinds, 

 and in 1845 was elected Judge. He was a 



