OBITUARIES, AMERICAN". 



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Cain, Richard Harvey, an American clergyman, 

 born in Greenbrier County, Va., April 12, 1825, 

 died in Washington, D. C., Jan. 18, 1887. In 

 1831 his father removed to Gallipolis, Ohio, 

 where, till after his marriage, Richard's educa- 

 tion was confined exclusively to the instruc- 

 tions of the Sunday-school. He entered the 

 ministry at an early age, and became a student 

 at Wilberforce University, Xenia, Ohio, in 1860. 

 In 1861 he became a pastor in Brooklyn, N. Y., 

 and in 1865 his congregation sent him to South 

 Carolina as a missionary to the freedmen. He 

 was a member of the Constitutional Conven- 

 tion of 1868, and for two years a member of 

 the State Senate from the city of Charleston. 

 In 1872, he was elected Congressman-at-Large 

 as a Republican, and in 1876 member of Con- 

 gress from the Second District of South Caro- 

 lina. On the expiration of his second term he 

 was elected fourteenth bishop of the African 

 Methodist Episcopal Church, and thereafter 

 devoted himself to its interests. 



Carnoehan, John Murray, an American surgeon, 

 born in Savannah, Ga., July 4, 1817; died in 

 New York city, Oct. 28, 1887. lie was edu- 

 cated in the high-school and the University of 

 Edinburgh, and after taking his degrees in the 

 latter, returned to the United States, and at 

 the age of seventeen began the study of medi- 

 cine and surgery in the office of Dr. Valentine 

 Mott in New York City. In 1841 he went to 

 Paris, entered the Ecole de Medicine, and for 

 six years worked in the hospitals and attended 

 clinical lectures. He then returned to New 

 York and began to practice as a surgeon. In 

 1850 he was placed in charge of the newly es- 

 tablished hospital for immigrants on Ward's 

 Island, and gave it a thorough organization. 

 The same year he was appointed Professor of 

 Surgery in the Medical College of the Univer- 

 sity of New York. He was also health officer 

 of the port of New York for two years, under 

 the administration of Gov. Hoffman. Dr. Car- 

 noehan was the author of a number of profes- 

 sional books, among which " A Treatise on the 

 Etiology, Pathology, and Treatment of Con- 

 genital Dislocation of the Head of the Femur " 

 (1850), and " Contributions to Operative Sur- 

 gery " (begun in 1877 and incomplete at his 

 death), being an account of his own practice, 

 are standard authorities throughout the world. 



Carpenter, llenry, an American physician, born 

 in Lancaster, Pa., in 1820 ; died there July 9, 

 1887. Springing from a long race of physicians 

 on both the paternal and maternal sides, his 

 early education was directed with a view of 

 maintaining in him the distinctive profession 

 of the family. After studying five years in 

 the office of Dr. Samuel Humes, he headed, in 

 1839, the first seven students that entered the 

 Pennsylvania Medical College, then just opened. 

 He was graduated in 1841, and at once began a 

 practice in Lancaster which was continued till 

 his last illness, becoming in the mean time one 

 of the most noted physicians and surgeons in 

 the State. Dr. Carpenter was one of the found- 



ers and officers of the Lancaster County Medi- 

 cal Society, an officer of the State Medical So- 

 ciety, and one of the censors for the eastern 

 district of Pennsylvania. Among his best- 

 known patients were ex-President Buchanan 

 and Thaddeus Stevens, both of whom he at- 

 tended for many years. He rendered valuable 

 services during the civil war, being at various 

 periods surgeon-in-charge of the Eckington 

 Hospital at Washington and of the State Hos- 

 pital at Hagerstown. 



Cartter, David Kellogg, an American jurist, born 

 in Rochester, N. Y., June 22, 1812; died in 

 Washington, D. C., April 16, 1887. He re- 

 ceived a thorough preparatory education, stud- 

 ied law, was admitted to the bar, and began 

 practicing in Masillon, Ohio. He served two 

 terms in the State Legislature, and was elected 

 a member of Congress in 1848-'50, as a Demo- 

 crat. Shortly before the civil war he removed 

 to Cleveland, Ohio, lie took an active part 

 in the presidential canvass of 1860, giving his 

 time, voice, and influence to the Republican 

 cause. In 1861 he was appointed U. S. Minister 

 to Bolivia, and served till March, 1862. On his 

 return he was appointed chief-justice of the new- 

 ly organized Supreme Court of the District of 

 Columbia, and he held the office till his death. 



Chetwood, George Ross, an American physician, 

 born in Elizabeth, N. J., in 1802; died there, 

 April 24, 1887. He was a son of Dr. John 

 Chetwood, who died from exposure and over- 

 work during the epidemic of cholera in 1832. 

 In early life he was educated for a mercantile 

 career in New York city, but subsequently 

 adopted his father's profession and was gradu- 

 ated as a physician in time to succeed to his 

 father's practice upon his death. In 1824 he 

 formed one of the troop of cavalrymen that 

 escorted Lafayette over New Jersey's Revolu- 

 tionary battle-fields, and he was the last sur- 

 vivor of the company. He was for many years 

 active in the public affairs of his city and state, 

 serving as a member of the State Senate from 

 1854 till 1857, and being an early director of 

 the old State bank, one of the first directors of 

 the Elizabeth Mutual Insurance Company, and 

 a large stockholder of the old New Jersey 

 Railroad and Transportation Company, now 

 the New York Division of the Pennsylvania 

 Railroad Company. Dr. Chetwood practiced 

 his profession for seven years in Paris, France. 



Christian, William Henry, an American soldier, 

 born in Utica, N. Y., April 9, 1825 ; died there, 

 May 8, 1887. In August, 1846, he enlisted in 

 Col. J. D. Stevenson's regiment as a private 

 for service in California during the Mexican 

 War, and was afterward promoted to be lieu- 

 tenant. Returning to Utica, he engaged in 

 business till the outbreak of the civil war. He 

 was the first volunteer in the State, if not in 

 the country, as he offered his services to the 

 Secretary of War some time before the firing 

 on Surater, coupled with a proposition to raise 

 a regiment of volunteers. On May 18, 1861, 

 he organized the 26th Regiment of New York 



