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OBITUARIES, AMERICAN. 



Frelinghnysen, Frederick Theodore, an American 

 jurist, born in Millstone, N.J., Aug. 4,1817; died 

 in Newark, N. J., May 20, 1885. His grand- 

 father was an officer in the Revolutionary 

 army, a member of the second Continental 

 Congress, and United States Senator ; his un- 

 cle, Theodore, was United States Senator and 

 President of Rutgers College. He was grad- 

 uated at Rutgers College in 1836, and was 

 admitted to the bar in 1839. He speedily ac- 

 quired a large practice, and obtained wide repu- 

 tation. He took an active part in politics, and 

 belonged to the Whig and later to the Repub- 

 lican party. He was a delegate to the Peace 

 Congress in 1861. The same year he was ap- 

 pointed Attorney- General by Gov. Olden, and 

 in 1866 he was reappointed by Gov. Ward. 

 On the death of Senator W. Wright, in 1866, 

 Mr. Frelinghuysen was appointed by the Gov- 

 ernor to fill the vacancy in the United States 

 Senate, and he took his seat Jan. 24, 1867. His 

 appointment was confirmed by the New Jersey 

 Legislature, which also elected him to fill the 

 remainder of the deceased senator's term, this 

 expiring March 4, 1869. While in the Senate 

 he served on the Judiciary, Naval Affairs, and 

 Claims Committees. In the contest that arose 

 with President Johnson, he sustained the views 

 of his party, and was chosen to reply to John- 

 son's last annual message. In July, 1870, Pres- 

 ident Grant appointed Mr. Frelinghuysen Min- 

 ister to England, in place of J. L. Motley, re- 

 called. Senators Sumner and Wilson opposed 

 his confirmation, on the ground of the indignity 

 done to Mr. Motley. The Senate confirmed 

 the appointment by a very large vote ; but Mr. 

 Frelinghuysen, in view of the circumstances, 

 declined the office. In 1871 he was again 

 elected United States Senator, and faithfully 

 discharged his duties for the full term of six 

 years. He was chairman of the Committee on 

 Agriculture, and also a member of the Foreign 

 Affairs, Finance, Judiciary, and Railroad Com- 

 mittees. In December, 1876, he was appointed 

 on the select committee to inquire into the 

 powers of each house of Congress in examining 

 the electoral vote for President; and when the 

 Electoral Commission was appointed, in Janu- 

 ary, 1877, he was a member of it. On leaving 

 the Senate, at the expiration of his term, Mr. 

 Frelinghuysen resumed his law practice, while 

 retaining his interest in politics. He warmly 

 supported Garfield's nomination for the presi- 

 dency, and in December, 1881, when Mr. Ar- 

 thur had taken the place of the murdered 

 President, Mr. Frelinghuysen was appointed 

 Secretary of State. This oflBce he retained 

 until the end of Arthur's administration, meet- 

 ing with general approval of his course. Mr. 

 Frelinghuysen was a man of fine presence and 

 courtly manners, and was also an earnest 

 Christian. 



GaiUard, Edwin Sanrael, an American physician, 

 born near Charleston, S. C., Jan. 16, 1827; 

 died at Ocean Beach, N. J., Feb. 2, 1885. He was 

 graduated at the University of South Carolina 



in 1845, and at the Medical College in Charles- 

 ton in 1854. He went to Florida and began 

 practice ; but after a few years he spent some 

 months in New York, and then went abroad 

 for a year. In 1861-'65 Dr. Gaillard was in the 

 Confederate service. On the return of peace 

 he resumed practice in Richmond, but after 

 three years he removed to Louisville, Ky. He 

 founded the " Richmond Medical Journal " in 

 1866, which, after his removal to Louisville, 

 he published under the title of the " Richmond 

 and Louisville Medical Journal." In 1874 he 

 established the " American Medical Weekly." 

 He was Dean of the Kentucky School of Medi- 

 cine. He had an office in New York, where 

 he published " Gaillard's Medical Journal." 



Garrison, Cornelius R., an American financier, 

 born at Garrison's, on the Hudson river, N. Y., 

 March 1, 1809 ; died in New York city, May 1, 

 1885. His early advantages, in the way of edu- 

 cation, were slight, but he was industrious and 

 energetic. For a while he was occupied on a 

 Hudson river steamboat; then, in New York, 

 he studied architecture and civil engineering; 

 and, having become proficient in this line, he 

 obtained a place in Canada, where his services 

 and ability were duly recognized. His next 

 movement was to the Southwest, where he 

 became prominent in connection with naviga- 

 tion on the Mississippi river, and began to ac- 

 quire a fortune. Mr. Garrison was one of 

 those interested in the California movement in 

 1849. He established a bank at Panama, which 

 was very successful, and in 1852 became agent 

 of the Nicaragua Steamship Company. For 

 the next seven years he was in the forefront 

 of active and vigorous men in California. He 

 received a salary of $65,000 per annum from 

 the steamship company, and about $25,000 ad- 

 ditional from various insurance companies. He 

 was chosen Mayor of San Francisco, and dis- 

 charged his duties with vigor and success. His 

 two favorite schemes were the establishment 

 of a steamship line from the United States to 

 China, Japan, and Australia, and the construc- 

 tion of a railroad across the American Conti- 

 nent, and he frequently urged these measures 

 upon public attention. In 1859 he removed to 

 New York city, and entered upon his career 

 as a financier and speculator. Being largely 

 connected with steamship operations, he ob- 

 tained the honorary title of "commodore," 

 which was quite commonly attached to his 

 name. During the war Mr. Garrison gener- 

 ously and liberally aided the Government with 

 his means. He was very largely interested in 

 the Pacific Railroad of Missouri, which, becom- 

 ing embarrassed during the panic of 1873, was 

 sold under foreclosure in 1876. The road was 

 reorganized and developed into what is now 

 known as the Missouri Pacific system, and 

 Garrison was elected president. A famous 

 suit at law arose out of this reorganization, 

 known as the Marie- Garrison suit, which oc- 

 cupied the courts for eight or ten years before 

 it was finally settled. The last year of hi? life 



