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School, in Ms native town, and Columbia Col- 

 lege, and pursued his legal studies in his fa- 

 ther's office and under his father's personal tui- 

 tion. He began to gain distinction soon after 

 his admission to the bar, and when Pough- 

 keepsie became a city he was elected its first 

 mayor. His reputation as an advocate in- 

 creased until 1855, when he was elected a Jus- 

 tice of the Supreme Court for the Second Dis- 

 trict. He continued to serve as judge during 

 the eight years of his term. In 1862 he was 

 appointed presiding justice for his district. In 

 the following year, which was the last of his 

 term, he sat, according to the system then in 

 operation, as a Judge of the Court of Ap- 

 peals. His opinions rank among the best- 

 written in the reports of the State. Soon 

 after leaving the bench, Judge Emott re- 

 moved to New York, where he entered ac- 

 tively into the practice of law, and his tall and 

 slender but commanding figure was one of 

 the most familiar sights in the courts. He was 

 for thirty-two years President of the Mer- 

 chants' Bank of Poughkeepsie, and for a much 

 longer period devotedly attached to the organ, 

 on which he played daily, and to his large and 

 valuable library. Judge Emott was a member 

 of the Episaopal Church, and always zealous 

 in ecclesiastical affairs ; an able, earnest church- 

 man of the best school, holding many respon- 

 sible posts in churches, and particularly effi- 

 cient as an executive officer in other institutions 

 connected with the Church. 



Faulkner, Charles James, an American lawyer 

 and politician, born in Berkeley county, Va., in 

 1806; died in Boydville, W.Va., Nov. 1, 1884. 

 He studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 

 1829. Three years later he became a member 

 of the Virginia House of Delegates, where he 

 introduced a measure looking to the gradual 

 abolition of slavery in Virginia, by declaring 

 that all children born of slave parents after 

 July 1, 1840, should be free ; but the proposi- 

 tion was voted down. Mr. Faulkner after this 

 devoted himself to the work of his profession, 

 and speedily took high rank in it. He was 

 elected State Senator in 1841, but resigned in 

 the following year. In 1848 he was elected to 

 the House of Delegates, and introduced a bill 

 that was passed and sent to Congress, which 

 became the famous "Fugitive-Slave Law" of 

 1850. The next year he was elected to Con- 

 gress, and then was re-elected by the Demo- 

 cratic vote for four successive terms. When 

 James Buchanan became President in 1857, 

 he offered Mr. Faulkner the mission to France, 

 which, at first declined, was accepted in 1859. 

 Louis Napoleon was induced by the American 

 minister to sympathize with the South in the 

 approaching contest, rather than with the 

 nation, and accordingly President Lincoln re- 

 called Mr. Faulkner, who, on his return to the 

 United States, was arrested and thrown into 

 prison as a disloyal citizen. When released he 

 joined the Confederate army, and served until 

 the surrender of Lee. For some years he was 



debarred the rights of citizenship on account 

 of having borne arms against the Government, 

 but in 1872 his political disabilities were re- 

 moved, and in 1874 he was elected to the 

 House of Representatives. He was a candi- 

 date subsequently for the United States Sen- 

 ate and for the governorship of West Virginia, 

 but failed of success in both. He then retired 

 to private life. 



Foster, Joel, an American physician, born in 

 Barnard, Vt., March 10, 1802 ; died in New 

 York city, June 29, 1884. He was a graduate 

 of Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, and 

 removed to New York in 1855. When Presi- 

 dent Lincoln called for volunteer physicians 

 in 1861, Dr. Foster, who had been an active 

 abolitionist, with nearly forty others, started 

 for the field, where he did good service, which 

 was appropriately acknowledged by the Gov- 

 ernment. Dr. Foster was one of the founders 

 of the Academy of Medicine in New York city, 

 and was identified with the Infant Asylum. 



Fuller, George, an American artist, born in 

 Deerfield, Mass., in 1822; died in Boston, March 

 21, 1884. At the age of fourteen he went to 

 Illinois. He manifested strong natural talent 

 for art, went to Albany, N. Y., in 1842, and 

 was in the studio of H. K. Brown for about a 

 year. Thence in a few years he made his way 

 to New York city, where in due time he met 

 with success. He was elected an associate of 

 the National Academy in 1857, and traveled 

 extensively in the United States as well as 

 abroad. He returned to his farm in Deerfield 

 for some years, but in 1876 he exhibited four- 

 teen pictures in Boston, and was again busy 

 with art. 



Garrettj John Work, an American banker and 

 railroad president, born in Baltimore, Md., 

 July 31, 1820; died there, Sept. 26, 1884. 

 He received his literary training at Lafayette 

 College, Easton, Pa., and passed thence to 

 his father's counting-room, where he obtained 

 a thorough business education. For several 

 years his time and attention were bestowed 

 upon the affairs of the large banking-house of 

 Robert Garrett & Sons, and he accumulated 

 great wealth. In 1856 he became interested 

 in the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, and the 

 following year, having clearly set forth his 

 views as to the true policy of management of 

 the road, he was elected president of the com- 

 pany. This post he held up to the time of his 

 death. By strict economy and resolute carry- 

 ing out of business principles in every depart- 

 ment, Mr. Garrett succeeded in relieving the 

 road of its financial difficulties and placing its 

 affairs on a prosperous and sound footing. 

 The only serious difficulty that occurred dur- 

 ing his presidency was the great strike of em- 

 ploye's, in 1877, owing to a dispute in regard 

 to wages. For a few days there was a mob 

 raging against the president; but order was 

 restored, and Mr. Garrett soon after proved 

 his sincere concern for the interests of those 

 in the employ of the company by the estab- 



