OBITUARIES, AMERICAN. 



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Stone, Delia Charlotte Hall, an American phi- 

 lanthropist, born in Wallingford, Conn., Jan. 

 10, 1818; died in Brooklyn, N. Y., Oct. 19, 

 1887. Her father was a wealthy farmer who 

 educated her for practical work in life. In 

 1811 she married David M. Stone, editor 

 of the New York "Journal of Commerce," 

 and, as no children came from the union, she 

 consecrated herself to the labor of relieving 

 human suffering. For nearly thirty- eight years 

 she was connected with the Old Ladies' Home 

 in Brooklyn, twenty-five years as its treasurer, 

 and the remainder as its president. She was 

 president of the Congregational Church's Be- 

 nevolent Association and of its Foreign Mis- 

 sionary Society, an official in the chief charita- 

 ble and benevolent organizations of the city, 

 and notably active in the church work and 

 charities of her parish. It is believed that for 

 many years she ha"d distributed not less than 

 $10,000 annually to institutions of charity and 

 among the deserving poor. 



Sullivan, Algernon Sydney, an American lawyer, 

 born in Madison, Ind., in 1827 : died in New 

 York city Dec. 4, 1887. He was a son of 

 Jeremiah Sullivan, the first judge of Indiana 

 by appointment after it was admitted into the 

 Union. He was graduated at Miami University 

 in 1850, was admitted to the bar, and prac- 

 ticed till 1855, when he removed to Cincinnati. 

 In the spring of 1859 he settled in New York 

 city, where he quickly attracted attention by 

 his legal and oratorical abilities. Shortly af- 

 ter the opening of the civil war he was en- 

 gaged by a number of privateersmen who had 

 been captured and taken to New York to de- 

 fend them in the courts, and his acceptance of 

 the cases drew upon him the suspicions of the 

 authorities, by whom he was arrested and con- 

 fined in Fort Lafayette for three months. He 

 was Assistant District Attorney of New York 

 for three years, and Public Administrator 

 from 1875 till 1885, resigning each to at- 

 tend to private practice, and refusing all other 

 public offices. Mr. Sullivan was president of 

 the Southern Society, and was identified with 

 many charitable and other associations. 



Sutherland, Josiab, an American lawyer, born 

 in Stamford, Dutchess County, N. Y., in 1807; 

 died in New York city May 25, 1887. He 

 was graduated at Union College, Schenectady, 

 N. Y., and, after his admittance to the bar, 

 entered into partnership with Robert H. Mor- 

 ris in Johnston, Columbia County. Soon af- 

 terward he was appointed district attorney of 

 the county, and held the office twelve years. 

 In 1850 he was elected a representative in 

 Congress, declining a second term, as he had 

 concluded to remove to New York city. There 

 he formed a partnership with Claudius L. 

 Monell, ami, upon the retirement of James R. 

 Whiting from the bench of the Supreme Court, 

 was elected his successor for the unexpired 

 term of six years. In 1863 he was re-elected 

 for the full term of eight years, and in 1872 

 he was elected City Judge for six years. After 



his retirement he engaged in practice with 

 Francis M. Scott. 



Talcott, John Ledyard, an American lawyer, 

 born in Williamstown, Mass., Sept. 2, 1812 ; 

 died in Buffalo, N. Y., Jan. 20, 1887. He was 

 educated at the Albany Academy, New York, 

 and the Pittsfield Institute, Massachusetts, and 

 studied law in New York city with his father, 

 Samuel Austin Talcott, and in Utica, N. Y., 

 with William H. Maynard and Joshua A. Spen- 

 cer. On his admission to the bar he made his 

 permanent home in Buffalo, N. Y., and began 

 practicing there. In 1869 he was elected a 

 judge of the Supreme Court of New York, and 

 took his seat Jan. 1, 1870, to fill the vacancy 

 caused by the resignation of Judge Noah Da- 

 vis. His partial term expired Dec. 31, 1873, 

 but by his election for a full term he served 

 altogether about fourteen years. In May, 

 1870, he was appointed one of the associate 

 justices of the General Term of the Fourth 

 Department by Gov. Hoffman, was transferred 

 to the Second Department by Gov. Dix, and 

 appointed presiding justice of the Fourth De- 

 partment by Gov. Cornell in 1881. 



Tarbox, John Kemble, an American lawyer, 

 born in Methuen, Mass., May 6, 1838 ; died in 

 Boston, Mass., May 28, 1887. He was edu- 

 cated for college in the public schools and 

 academy at Lawrence, Mass., but ill health 

 prevented him taking the full collegiate course, 

 and he applied himself to the study of law. 

 He was admitted to the bar in 1860, and 

 practiced his profession in Lawrence till 1883, 

 acting for some time as political editor of 

 the "Lawrence Sentinel," and serving through 

 the civil war as a line officer of the Fourth 

 Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteers. In 

 1868, 1870, and 1871 he was a member of the 

 Massachusetts House of Representatives, and 

 in 1872 of the State Senate. He was elected 

 Mayor of Lawrence in 1873 ; a representative 

 in Congress, as a Democrat, in 1874; and de- 

 feated for a second term in Congress in 1876, 

 when Gen. Butler succeeded to his seat. After 

 his retirement from Congress he held no pub- 

 lic office till April 11, 1883, when Gov. Butler 

 appointed him State Insurance Commissioner, 

 an office he held through three administrations 

 to the day of his death. 



Taylor John, president of the Mormons, born 

 in Milnthorp, Westmoreland County, England, 

 Nov. 1, 1808 ; died in Salt Lake City, Utah, 

 July 25, 1887. His parents were members of 

 the Church of England, and he was brought 

 up in that faith, but when fifteen years old 

 joined the Methodist Church and was shortly 

 afterward appointed a local preacher. He emi- 

 grated to Toronto, Canada, in 1832, following 

 his parents who had preceded him two years. 

 He continued his Methodist connection but a 

 short time, owing to some difficulty with his 

 superiors. In 1835 he was baptized into the 

 Mormon Church during the Canadian " mis- 

 sionary " tour of Porley P. Pratt, and in 1887 

 was ordained a high priest by Joseph Smith, 



