OBITUARIES, AMERICAN. 



when he was temporarily detached from head- 

 quarters, and acted as provost-marshal-general 

 of the Departments of the Tennessee and Cum- 

 berland, with headquarters at Columbus, Ky. 

 "When Gen. Grant was promoted to the rank 

 of lieutenant-general, Maj. Rowley was pro- 

 moted to lieutenant-colonel and military sec- 

 retary on the former's staff, which office he 

 held till October, 1864, when failing health 

 compelled him to resign and return to Galena. 

 Before his retirement, however, he was bre- 

 vetted successively colonel and brigadier-gen- 

 eral on Gen. Grant's recommendation. He was 

 elected County Judge in 1877, and held the 

 office at the time of his death. He was the 

 only surviving member of Gen. Grant's mili- 

 tary staff when he commanded the Army of 

 the Tennessee. 



Rnffin, Gecrge Lewis, an American lawyer, 

 born in Richmond, Va., Dec., 16, 1834; died 

 in Boston, Mass., Nov. 19, 1886. He was 

 colored, born of free parents, and brought up 

 in Boston, pursuing his education in the pub- 

 lic schools. He began life as a barber, but aft- 

 erward read law in the office of Messrs. Jewell 

 & Gaston, and also studied in the Harvard 

 Law School, where he was graduated in 1869. 

 He established a successful law practice in 

 Boston, served in the State Legislature in 

 1870-'7l, and, as a Republican, was appointed 

 Judge of the Municipal Court in the Charles- 

 town district by Gov. Butler in 1883, being 

 the first and only colored justice that Massa- 

 chusetts or New England has ever had. The 

 Executive Council promptly confirmed his 

 nomination, and he discharged the duties of 

 he office with dignity and acceptability. 



Rush ton, John, an American clergyman, born 

 in Cambridge, England, in 1809; died in New 

 York city, Jan. 25, 1886. He was educated at 

 Cambridge University, but was not graduated,, 

 and came to this country in 1841. Settling in 

 New York city, he identified himself with its 

 missionary work, and from that time till a 

 week before his death he was a constant 

 laborer, preaching twice a week in the hos- 

 pitals or missions for nearly a quarter of a 

 century, and devoting upward of thirty-five 

 years of his life to mission-work. 



Ryan, Abrani J., an American clergyman, 

 born in Norfolk, Va., in 1840 ; died in Louis- 

 ville, Ky., April 22, 1886. He was educated 

 in Maryland for the Roman Catholic priest- 

 hood, and ordained in 1861. During the civil 

 war he served as a chaplain in the Confederate 

 army, and after its close spent several years as 

 editor of " The Banner of the South," at Au- 

 gusta, Ga., and "The Morning Star," at New 

 Orleans, La. He was attached to the Diocese 

 of Mobile, Ala., for nearly twelve years, dur- 

 ing which time he preached, traveled, lectured, 

 and collected thousands of dollars for the ca- 

 thedral building in that city, and was one of 

 the cathedral preachers for six years. In Oc- 

 tober, 1881, he asked permission of Bishop 

 Quinlan to retire from all parochial duty, as 



his health had become seriously impaired, and 

 he was anxious to complete his " Life of 

 Christ " before his death. His request being 

 acceded to, he removed to Biloxi, Miss., and 

 continued his literary work. For many years 

 he was a contributor to Catholic periodicals. 

 He probably will be best remembered as " the 

 poet-priest of the South," his most popular 

 pieces being "The Lost Cause," "The Sword 

 of Lee," "The Flag of Erin," and the epic 

 "Their Story Runneth Thus." 



Schofield, Jacob L., an American engineer, 

 born in North Highlands (now Phillipstown), 

 Putnam County, N. Y., Feb. 21, 1795 ; died in 

 Fishkill, N. Y., March 27, 1886. He received 

 a common-school education, studied civil en- 

 gineering, and practiced it for fifty years. Un- 

 der the old State militia system he was active 

 in military matters, and served as an officer in 

 the War of 1812. He was afterward adjutant 

 in the militia, then major, and ultimately brig- 

 adier-general, his brigade district comprising 

 Dutchess, Putnam, Columbia, and Rensselaer 

 Counties. Gen. Schofield was the leader of 

 the Whig party in Orange County in the time 

 of Henry Clay, for whom he had a profound 

 esteem, and afterward he became and contin- 

 ued an uncompromising Republican. 



Seott, Henry L., an American soldier, born in 

 North Carolina, in November, 1814; died in 

 New York city, Jan. 6, 1886. He was gradu- 

 ated at the U. S. Military Academy in 1833, and 

 assigned to the infantry with the brevet rank 

 of second-lieutenant. After being stationed at 

 Baton Rouge, La., for three years, he partici- 

 pated in the Seminole War in Florida in 1836, 

 and was promoted to be lieutenant in the 

 Fourth Infantry in 1838. From 1842 till 1848 

 he was an aide-de-camp on the staff of his 

 father-in-law, Gen. Winfield Scott, becoming 

 captain in 1847, chief of staff with the army in 

 Mexico, and brevet major and lieutenant-colo- 

 nel for meritorious services during that cam- 

 paign, particularly in the battles of Contreras 

 and Churubusco. He was acting judge-advo- 

 cate-general in 1848-'49, and again served on 

 Gen. Scott's staff in 1850-'61, being promoted 

 to the rank of lieutenant-colonel in 1857. He 

 was subsequently commissioned as colonel, and 

 in 1861 was in command of the national troops 

 in New York city. In the latter part of that 

 year he retired from active service, and, after 

 spending a year in Europe on leave of absence, 

 he resigned Oct. 31, 1862. He was the author 

 of a military dictionary (1861). 



Shanahan, Jeremiah Francis, an American cler- 

 gyman, born in Silver Lake, Susquehanna Coun- 

 ty, Pa., July 17, 1834; died in Harrisbnrg, Pa., 

 Sept. 24, 1886. After pursuing an academical 

 course, he studied the ancient languages and 

 the higher English branches at St. Joseph's 

 College, Choconut, Pa., graduating with high 

 honors. He then entered the Theological Sem- 

 inary of St. Charles Borromeo, Philadelphia, 

 where he completed his philosophical and the- 

 ological course. He was ordained priest by 



