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OBITUARIES, AMERICAN. 



Rt. Rev. John Nepomucene Neumann, Bishop 

 of Philadelphia, on July 3, 1859. The extent 

 of his learning, his administrative powers, and 

 his piety, led to his immediate appointment as 

 rector of the preparatory seminary at Glen 

 Riddle. He continued in this office until the 

 Pope selected him to be the first bishop of the 

 newly created diocese of Harrisburg, Pa. His 

 appointment was dated March 3, 1868, and he 

 was consecrated by Archbishop Wood, in Phil- 

 adelphia, on July 12. By 1884 he had estab- 

 lished in his diocese seven academies for the 

 higher education of girls, twenty-nine paro- 

 chial schools, two orphan asylums, and eleven 

 new churches, besides introducing the Sisters 

 of Mercy, of St. Joseph, of Christian Charity, 

 of the Holy Cross, and the Seton Sisters of 

 Charity from New York city. 



Shaiid, Peter J., an American clergyman, born 

 in Charleston, S. C., in 1800 ; died in Colum- 

 bia, S. C., Nov. 1, 1886. He was educated for 

 the bar, and practiced in Charleston with suc- 

 cess for two years, after which he took up the 

 study of theology to enter the ministry of the 

 Protestant Episcopal Church. He was ordained 

 priest Jan. 19, 1834, and called to the rector- 

 ship of Trinity Church, Columbia, S. C. The 

 semi-centennial anniversary of his call to the 

 church was celebrated in 1884. 



Shepard, Charles Upham, mineralogist, born in 

 Little Compton, R. I., June 29, 1804; died in 

 Charleston, S. C., May 1, 1886. He was fitted 

 for college at the grammar-school in Provi- 

 dence, R. I., and, after spending two years in 

 Brown University, was graduated at Amherst 

 College in 1824. After this he spent a year 

 in Cambridge, studying botany and mineral- 

 ogy under Thomas Nuttall ; and at the same 

 time giving instruction in these branches in 

 Boston. While yet a student, he began to pub- 

 lish papers on minerals and their localities, in 

 the "American Journal of Science." These led 

 to his acquaintance with Prof. Benjamin Silli- 

 man, of Yale, to whom, in 182V, he became as- 

 sistant in chemistry, botany, and zoology, and 

 with whom he remained until 1831. For one 

 winter during this time he was Curator of 

 Franklin Hall, an institution established by 

 James Brewster, the carriage-manufacturer in 

 New Haven, for popular lectures on scientific 

 subjects to mechanics. In 1830 he was ap- 

 pointed lecturer on natural history at Yale, 

 and continued in this capacity until 1847. He 

 was associated with Prof. Silliman in the sci- 

 entific examination of the culture and manu- 

 facture of sugar, undertaken by the latter at 

 the request of the Secretary of the Treasury 

 in 1832. The Southern States, particularly 

 Louisiana and Georgia, were assigned to him. 

 From 1834 till 1861 he filled the chair of chem- 

 istry in the South Carolina Medical College, 

 which office he relinquished at the beginning 

 of the civil war; but, subsequently, in 1865, 

 upon the urgent invitation of his former col- 

 leagues, he resumed his duties until 1869. 

 While in Charleston he discovered rich depos- 



its of phosphate of lime in the immediate vi- 

 cinity of that city. Their great value in agri- 

 culture, and subsequent use in the manufacture 

 of superphosphate fertilizers, proved an im- 

 portant addition to the chemical industries of 

 South Carolina. In 1845 he became Professor 

 of Chemistry and Natural History in Amherst, 

 which chair in 1852 was divided, and he con- 

 tinued to deliver the lectures on natural history 

 until 1877, when he was made professor emeri- 

 tus. In 1835 he was associated with Dr. Per- 

 cival in the Geological Survey of Connecticut, 

 and continued, as long as he lived, his interest 

 in the study of mineralogy. His first new spe- 

 cies, microlite, was announced in 1835, that of 

 warwickite in 1838, and of danburite in 1839 ; 

 and other discoveries followed until shortly 

 before his death. Prof. Shepard acquired a 

 large collection of minerals, which at one time 

 was unsurpassed in the United States. It was 

 purchased in 1877 by Amherst College, but 

 three years later it was nearly destroyed by 

 fire, having been placed in a building that was 

 not fire-proof. Early in life he began the study 

 and collection of meteorites; and his collec- 

 tion, long the largest in the country, likewise 

 became the property of Amherst. His papers 

 on this subject, beginning in 1829, continued 

 until 1885, numbered nearly forty, and were 

 contributed principally to the " American Jour- 

 nal of Science." He received the honorary de- 

 gree of M. D. from Dartmouth in 1836, and of 

 LL. D. from Amherst in 1857. Prof. Shepard 

 was a member of many American and foreign 

 societies', including the Imperial Society of Nat- 

 ural Science in St. Petersburg, the Royal Soci- 

 ety of Gottingen, and the Society of Natural 

 Sciences in Vienna. Besides his many papers, 

 he published a " Treatise on Mineralogy " (New. 

 Haven, 1833; third edition, enlarged, 1855) ; a 

 " Report on the Geological Survey of Connec- 

 ticut" (New Haven, 1837); and numerous re- 

 ports on mines in the United States. 



Silva, Francis A., an American painter, born in 

 New York city in 1835 ; died there March 31, 

 1886. He learned the trade of sign-painting 

 and pursued it till the opening of the civil war. 

 when he enlisted as a volunteer, serving till 

 the close. Returning to New York city in 

 1866, he applied himself closely to the study 

 of water-color painting, and soon attained ce- 

 lebrity by his work. In 1872 he was elected 

 a member of the Water- Color Society, and in 

 1873 a member of the Artists' Fund Society. 

 Among his paintings that have attracted no- 

 tice are : " A Gray Day at Cape Anne," " The 

 Twilight Hour," " Sunrise on Boston Harbor," 

 and " New London Light." 



Sloane, J. R. W., an American clergyman, 

 born in Ryegate, Vt., in 1823 ; died in Alle- 

 gheny City, Pa., March 5, 1886. He had 

 served for some time as President of Geneva 

 College, resigning the office in 1854 upon ac- 

 cepting a call from the Third Reformed Pres- 

 byterian Church in New York city. He main- 

 tained pastoral relations with this church for 



