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OBITUARIES, AMERICAN. 



and, near Charleston. At one time he was the 

 largest slaveholder in the State. From 1838 

 till 1843 he was a member of the State Legis- 

 lature, in 1844 Governor, and from 1851 till 

 1857 a Representative in Congress. He steadily 

 opposed both nullification and secession, and 

 took no active part in politics after leaving 

 Congress, excepting in 1866, when he was again 

 elected Representative, but not admitted to a 

 seat. He was one of the first trustees of the 

 Peabody Education Fund, and contributed lib- 

 erally to charitable and educational interests. 



Alexander, Andrew Jonathan, an American sol- 

 dier, born in Sherwood, Woodtbrd County, Ky., 

 Nov. 21, 1833 ; died near Utica, N. Y., May 4, 

 1887. He was appointed second lieutenant of 

 mounted rifles July 23, 1861, and the same day 

 first lieutenant in the Third U. S. Cavalry. Dur- 

 ing that summer he was on duty in the office of 

 Gen. McClellaa. He was present at the battle 

 of Williamsburg, and with the advance of the 

 Army of the Potomac, and in the Seven Days 4 

 battles, and was afterward on duty with Gen. 

 Banks in the Department of Washington. In 

 September, 1862, he was appointed lieutenant- 

 colonel and assistant adjutant-general Third 

 Army Corps, with which he served in the bat- 

 tle of Fredericksburg. In 1863 he was trans- 

 ferred in the same capacity to the cavalry corps 

 then being organized, and participated in Sher- 

 man's raid, the engagements at Beverly Ford, 

 Middleburg, Upperville, Hanover, and the bat- 

 tles of Gettysburg, Boonsboro', and Williams- 

 port. During the winter of 1863-'64, he was 

 on duty at the cavalry bureau, Washington, D. 

 0., and then, being appointed assistant adju- 

 tant-general, Seventeenth Army Corps, was en- 

 gaged in the battles of Kenesaw Mountain, 

 those before Atlanta, and at Jonesboro' and 

 Lovejoy station, in the pursuit of Gen. Hood 

 to Gainesville, Ga. ; and, on being transferred 

 to Gen. Thomas's army, in the battles of Frank- 

 lin and Nashville, the actions of Spring Hill 

 and Pulaski, and the subsequent pursuit of the 

 Confederates to the Tennessee river. In the 

 spring of 1865 he was placed, on his brevet 

 rank of brigadier-general, in command of the 

 second brigade, fourth division, cavalry corps 

 of the Mississippi, taking part in all the move- 

 ments in that section, capturing eight pieces of 

 artillery from Gen. Forrest, and after the bat- 

 tle of Columbus, Ga., becoming chief of staff to 

 Gen. Stoneman, commanding the Department 

 of Tennessee. He received several brevets in 

 the regular army for distinguished skill aad gal- 

 lantry in cavalry engagements, and after the 

 war served actively on the frontier till July 3, 

 1885, when he was retired for disability in- 

 curred in the line of duty. He died on a rail- 

 road train near Utica, while on his way to his 

 home near Auburn, N. Y. 



Anderson, Luther Wilson, an American educa- 

 tor, born in Londonderry, N. H., June 10, 

 1821 ; died in Quincy, Mass., June 13, 1887. 

 He was graduated at Dartmouth College in 

 1846, and immediately took charge of an ad- 



vanced school in East Braintree, where he re- 

 mained two years, when he was appointed 

 Master of the Winthrop School in Charlestown, 

 Mass. In September, 1852, he became a teach- 

 er and usher in the English High School in Bos- 

 ton, and, after passing intermediate grades, 

 was appointed head master in 1867, which office 

 he filled with ability till his death. During his 

 thirty-five years of service in this institution 

 he was absent from his post but six days in all. 

 He was the founder and first head master of 

 the Evening High School in Boston, and an 

 original trustee of the Crane Public Library 

 and Adams Academy in Quincy. Mr. Ander- 

 son was considered an expert in matters per- 

 taining to English literature and history, and 

 for several years prior to his death had spent 

 the summer months in giving instruction in his 

 specialties to teachers. He was the lecturer 

 on history at the Saratoga Summer School of 

 Methods in 1885-'86, and, besides performing 

 a large amount of literary work in the direc- 

 tion of criticising and rewriting the works of 

 others, had published school-books on natural 

 history and language. 



Ash, Abraham Joseph, an American clergyman, 

 born in Senjatisch, Poland, in 1821 ; died in 

 New York city, May 9, 1887. He came to the 

 United States in 1851 with a mind already 

 well stored with Talmudical and other relig- 

 ious learning, and, settling in New York city, 

 engaged in the humble occupation of a glazier. 

 Gradually making the acquaintance of well-to- 

 do Hebrews, his quiet demeanor and knowledge 

 of the ritualistic and dietary laws of their faith 

 led to the formation of a small congregation, 

 over which he was installed as rabbi. Aided 

 by a wealthy Hebrew, the congregation became 

 incorporated under the name of Beth Hamed- 

 rash, and opened a small synagogue on Elm 

 Street. The membership rapidly increased un- 

 der Rabbi Ash's ministrations, and the congre- 

 gation sought larger accommodations from time 

 to time, till at length they secured the Epis- 

 copal church, on the corner of Norfolk and 

 Broome Streets. For many years no one could 

 kill animals for purposes of food for the Jews in 

 this country without a certificate from Rabbi 

 Ash. He personally instructed several hundred 

 men in the peculiar laws of Judaism relating 

 to the manner of killing animals for food, 

 fitting them to act as inspectors at the slaugh- 

 ter-houses. He was a man of simple habits, 

 extremely modest in all his relations, and pos- 

 sessed of high scholarly attainments. 



Ashbnrncr, William, nn American mining en- 

 gineer, born in Stockbridge, Mass., March 28, 

 1831 ; died in San Francisco, Cal., April 20, 

 1887. He studied for two years at the Law- 

 rence Scientific School of Harvard, and in 1851 

 went to the School of Mines, Paris, where he 

 completed his professional studies. In 1854 he 

 returned to the United States and devoted 

 some time to examining the mining region of 

 Lake Superior, and later was engaged in the 

 exploration of a part of Newfoundland. Iu 



