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separation of his denomination on the slavery 

 question, when he returned North, and joined 

 the New York Conference. In 1848 he was 

 elected a representative in the General Con- 

 ference of the Church, and from 1860 held 

 a seat in that body without interruption. He 

 was three years president of the Indiana Wes- 

 ley an University. He was appointed editor of 

 the "Christian Advocate "in 1864, and held 

 the office till 1876. He was subsequently edi- 

 tor of "The Methodist," "The National Re- 

 pository" (1877-'80), and, at the time of his 

 death, of " The Methodist Magazine." Besides 

 his editorial work and contributions to other 

 religious periodicals, he was the author of a 

 "Life of Wesley" (1847), a " Life of Bishop 

 Clark," "Platform Papers," "Fragments," 

 " The Metropolitan City of America," and 

 other works, editor of Southey's " Life of Wes- 

 ley," and reviser of Clarke's "Commentaries 

 on the New Testament." 



Dana, Alexander Hamilton, an American lawyer, 

 born in Owego, N. Y., July 4, 1807; died in 

 Montclair, N. J., April 27, 1887. His father 

 was Eleazer Dana, a jurist of high repute 

 throughout New York State. At the age of 

 fifteen Alexander entered Union College, 

 Schenectady, and at seventeen was graduated 

 second in his class. He studied law under his 

 father's direction, and was admitted to the bar 

 in 1828. Shortly aftsr beginning practice he 

 became head of the firm of Dana, Woodruff, 

 and Leonard, maintaining his connection till 

 1854, when he took offices with the late Clark- 

 son N. Potter, subsequently practicing alone, or 

 in connection with his son, Francis E. Dana. 

 His last noted appearance, professionally, was 

 in the controversy of the Stewart estate with 

 the Lelands, in which he was successful. Dur- 

 ing the last few years of his life he did scarcely 

 any legal work. Besides being an effective 

 pleader and possessing the advantages of a good 

 voice and fluent speech, Mr. Dana was a pleas- 

 ing writer on legal and other thoughtful sub- 

 jects. He was a contributor to "The Nation- 

 al Quarterly Review" from 1879, his most 

 noticeable articles being " The Republic of 

 Athens, from Alcibiades to Demosthenes," 

 and "Problems, Physical and Metaphysical." 

 He also wrote for the " Sanitarium," and pre- 

 pared the legal articles in the first six volumes 

 of the " New American Cyclopaedia." His 

 published books are : " Ethical and Physiologi- 

 cal Enigmas" (1862); "Inquiries in Physi- 

 ology, Ethics, and Ethnology" (1873); and 

 "Enigmas of Life and Death " (1882). 



Danenhower, John Wilson, an American naval 

 officer, born in Chicago, 111., Sept. 30, 1849 ; 

 died in Annapolis, Md., April 20, 1887. He 

 entered the United States Naval Academy in 

 1866, was graduated in 1870, commissioned as 

 ensign in 1871, master in 1873, and lieutenant 

 in 1879 ; was attached to the " Portsmouth," 

 on surveying duty in the North Pacific, 1873- 

 '74, to the " Vandalia," during her cruise in 

 the Mediterranean when Gen. Grant with his 



family was on board, and visited the Holy Land, 

 1876-'77, and to the "Jeannette," as a volun- 

 teer officer for the Arctic expedition fitted out 

 by James Gordon Bennett, in 1879. This vessel 

 was crushed in the ice on June 11, 1880, in lati- 

 tude 77, longitude 157. The crew embarked 

 in three boats, but were soon separated by wind 

 and fog. Two boats made a landing at distant 

 points of the Lena river, in September, one 

 containing Lieut.-Com. De Long, Surgeon Am- 

 bler, and twelve men ; the other, Chief-En- 

 gineer Melville, Lieut. Danenhower, and ten 

 men. The loss of the third boat, under com- 

 mand of Lieut. Chipp, and the death of all of 

 De Long's party from exposure and starvation, 

 left Messrs. Melville and Danenhower the sole 

 surviving officers of the expedition. On his 

 return to the United States in 1882, Mr. Danen- 

 hower was placed on waiting orders during the 

 official inquiry into the loss of the " Jeannette," 

 and at its conclusion was granted a year's leave 

 of absence. During this time he delivered lect- 

 ures in different parts of the country. In 

 September, 1884, he was assigned to duty at 

 the Naval Academy as assistant commandant 

 of cadets, holding the office till his death. 



Davie, Winston Jones, an American agricultur- 

 ist, born in Christian County, Ky., April 3, 

 1824; died in Hopkinsville, Ky., May 24, 1887. 

 He was graduated at Yale in 1845, and return- 

 ing to his native State became a cotton and to- 

 bacco planter, with several large plantations 

 and numerous slaves. In 1849 he was elected 

 a member of the State Legislature, as a Demo- 

 crat, and in 1853 failed of election as a member 

 of Congress by only a few votes. From that 

 time till the outbreak of the civil war, he was 

 also engaged as a banker and dealer in real es- 

 tate in Memphis, Tenn. He identified himself 

 with the interests of the South during the war, 

 and lost all his property by its results. In 

 1865 he removed to Hopkinsville, in his native 

 county ; in 1876 was appointed State Commis- 

 sioner of Agriculture ; and, from the expiration 

 of his term of office till his death, was engaged 

 in the manufacture of chemical fertilizers in 

 Louisville. Mr. Davie was regarded through- 

 out the South as an expert in the various de- 

 tails of the cultivation of cotton and tobacco. 



Dearborne, Frederick M., an American physi- 

 cian, born in Maiden, Mass., in 1842 ; died in 

 New York city, April 24, 1887. He received a 

 common-school education in his native city, 

 was graduated at Harvard Medical School, and 

 appointed an assistant surgeon in the United 

 States Navy on Sept. 15, 1864. He was at- 

 tached to the receiving-ship at Boston, 1864- 

 '65 ; steamer " Estrella," 1865-'67 ; promoted 

 to past assistant-surgeon, 1867; assigned to the 

 Navy- Yard at Washington, D. C., 1868; the 

 " Wasp," on the South Atlantic Station, 1869- 

 '72 ; the " Franklin " flag-ship of the European 

 squadron, 1873-'75 ; and promoted to full sur- 

 geon, May 21, 1875. In 1876 he was on duty 

 on the receiving-ship "Sabine"; from 1877 till 

 1879 at the Naval Hospital at New York, 



