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OBITUARIES, AMERICAN. 



contributed to " Harper's Magazine," which 

 were issued in book-form as u Early Man in 

 Europe" (New York, 1876). Dr. Rau also 

 published " The Archaeological Collection of 

 the United States National Museum " (Wash- 

 ington, 1876) ; " The Palenque Tablet in the 

 United States National Museum" (1879); and 

 his collected *' Articles on Anthropological 

 Subjects, 1853-'87" (1882); besides which he 

 left in process of publication a work on the 

 types of North American implements, and a 

 still larger work, nearly finished, designed to 

 cover the entire subject of archeology in 

 America. He bequeathed his library and col- 

 lections to the United States National Museum 

 in "Washington, D. C. 



Raymond, Israel Ward, an American pioneer, 

 born in New York city in April, 1811 ; died in 

 San Francisco, Gal., Jan. 14, 1887. He was a 

 son of Eliakim Raymond, who turned out the 

 first machine-made hats in the United States, 

 and brother of the late John H. Raymond, first 

 president of Vassar College. In early life Mr. 

 Raymond was employed as a furrier, but when 

 the gold-fever broke out in 1848 he went in 

 the " Crescent City," the first steamship that 

 sailed for California with passengers from New 

 York, and remained in San Francisco. He be- 

 came identified with various New York ship- 

 ping interests, associating himself at different 

 times with the Pacific Mail Steamship Company, 

 the Panama Railroad Company, and the Nica- 

 raguan line of steamers owned by William H. 

 Webb. He declined all public office, content- 

 ing himself with the care of the large interests 

 intrusted to him. 



Raymond, John T., an American actor, born in 

 Buffalo, New York, April 5, 1836; died in 

 Evansville, Ind., April 10, 1887. He received 

 a business education, but adopted the profes- 

 sion of the stage, making his first appearance 

 June 27, 1853, in Rochester, N. Y., in the part 

 of Lopez in " The Honeymoon." In 1854 he 

 filled an engagement in the Chestnut Street 

 Theatre, Philadelphia, as Timothy Quaint in 

 " The Soldier's Daughter," and then traveled 

 through the South for several seasons, playing 

 in Charleston, Savannah, Mobile, and New Or- 

 leans. In 1861, as a member of Laura Keene's 

 company, he made a great hit in the part of 

 Asa Trenchard in " Our American Cousin," 

 and for several years this was his most popular 

 characterization. He went to England in 1867, 

 and after appearing as Asa Trenchard' joined 

 E. A. Sothern's company, prolonging his trip 

 more than a year. Returning in the latter part 

 of 1868, he appeared as Toby Twinkle in " All 

 that Glitters is not Gold " in the Theatre Co- 

 rnique, New York city, and on the burning of 

 that house went to the California Theatre, San 

 Francisco, appearing as Graves in "Money," 

 Jan. 18, 1869. In 1874 he produced a drama- 

 tization of Mark Twain's " Gilded Age," taking 

 the part of Colonel Sellers, which proved im- 

 mensely popular. Between 1876 and 1882 Mr. 

 Raymond appeared in " Risks," " Wolfert's 



Roost," "Fresh, the American," "For Con- 

 gress," and " In Paradise," and played an en- 

 gagement in the Gaiety Theatre, London, where 

 his Colonel Sellers, not being understood, was 

 not appreciated. At the time of his death he 

 was at the height of a successful Western tour, 

 producing ' A Gold Mine," " A Woman- 

 Hater," " For Congress," and " Colonel Sel- 

 lers." Mr. Raymond's original name was 

 O'Brien, but he adopted that of Raymond on 

 the stage, and legally assumed it in 1881. 



Rieketts, James Brewerton, an American soldier, 

 born in New York city in 1816; died in Wash- 

 ington, D. C., Sept. 22, 1887. He was gradu- 

 ated at the United States Military Academy, 

 West Point, July 1, 1839, and appointed second 

 lieutenant in the First United States Artillery. 

 In 1846 he was promoted to the rank of first 

 lieutenant, and in 1852 to that of captain, the 

 latter being for gallant services in the Mexican 

 War, during which he had taken part in the 

 capture of Monterey, and held the Rinconada 

 Pass throughout the battle of Buena Vista. 

 He commanded a battery in the first, battle of 

 Bull Run July 21, 1861, from which date he 

 was made a brigadier-general, and was severely 

 wounded, captured, and held a prisoner till 

 January, 1862. After his release he took part 

 in the operations in the Shenandoah Valley, 

 the Northern Virginia campaign, and the bat- 

 tles of Cedar Mountain, the second Bull Run, 

 Chantilly, and Antietam, commanding a divis- 

 ion at Chantilly. In 1864 he was in command 

 of a division, leading it in the actions at Monoc- 

 acy, Opequan, Fisher's Hill, and Cedar Creek. 

 He was brevetted successively from lieutenant- 

 colonel to major-general for gallantry, and re- 

 tired on the full rank of major-general, for dis- 

 ability from wounds. Jan. 3, 1867. 



Ripley, Roswell Sabin, an American soldier, 

 born in Ohio in 1824; died in New York city 

 March 29, 1887. He was graduated at the 

 U. S. Military Academy, and commissioned a 

 brevet second lieutenant of artillery in 1843. 

 He served with distinction throughout the 

 Mexican War, winning the brevets of captain 

 and major for special gallantry at the battle of 

 Chapultepec. At the close of that war he re- 

 signed his commission in the army, and engaged 

 in business in Charleston, S. C. In April, 1861, 

 he entered the Confederate army, and was 

 placed in command of the battery on Sullivan's 

 Island, which opened the fire on Fort Sumter. 

 After Major Anderson's surrender, Gen. Ripley 

 was appointed Confederate commander of that 

 sea-coast district, with headquarters at Charles- 

 ton. In November, 1861, he arrived at Hilton 

 Head just before the memorable action there 

 began, and, retiring to Coosawhatchie, advised 

 that the region be abandoned to the National 

 forces, as further resistance would be useless. 

 Subsequently betook part in the Antietam cam- 

 paign, receiving a wound. The remainder of 

 his service was mainly within the limits of 

 South Carolina. He published a " History of 

 the War with Mexico" (New York, 1849). 



