OmiTAUIKS, A.MKK1CAN. (ABBOTT A LLM.) 



OBITUARIES. AMKKICAN. Abbott, Emm* 



.>T, born in 'hicai/o, lli.,ulinui 

 died in Salt Lake City, I'tah, Jan. .'., Is'.'l. 



Shf developed :i talent t'nr IIIIIMC at an earlv u^c. ami 

 i^'lit I" MIII.' ami play tin- guitar by fiv 1'atlnT, 



who liail settled in IVuria, 111., a-* u music teacher. 



While siniring in a purl"!- entertainment in Tuli-iln, 



iihi,,, in l.s7<i, .,he attracted the attention <>t' Clara 



Kl-lli'l.'!.', "ho induced (III- father to allow Ill-I- 

 ll hriinr F.mma tn New Viirk an<l give IHT a musical 

 traininif. Throuirh Mi KcHo^'s influence, the 

 ynuiii; singer obtained an ciigaircmeiit as priiii-ipal 

 siipraiin in tin- choir of the Rev. I>r. Chapin's ohUTUA. 

 ber ability, enthusiasm, and modesty KM I the 

 congregation to make up 11 purse of $10,000* to enable. 

 In-r ti eiiiitiinie musical study in Euro|>c. In 1872 

 she went abroad; studied sin^'in.^ anil dramatic ac- 

 tion in 1'aris and Milan; was befriended liy the 

 Haroness Solomon do Rothschild, when she became 

 ill ami lost her voice; and \viis married secretly to 

 Huddle \\ethcrell, the custodian of her New V..rk 

 funds. Her tir.-t eiiira-.o-nient was with F.rnest Guy, 

 in London, in- The Daughter of the Regiment'." 

 Her refusal to sing in u La Truviutu" led to a famous 

 operatic sensation and delighted her American bciie- 

 factoi-s. From her second season her financial suc- 

 068* was unbroken, and she appeared befoiv crowded 

 [muses in the principal eitiv-s of the United States 

 and Kurope up to the time of her fatal illness. Her 

 most popular parts were in the operas Paul and 

 Virginia," " Norma." " Seiiiiramide,'' Fru Diavolo," 

 Kim; for a Day," "The Mascotte," " The Mikado." 

 Romeo and Juliet," " Pinafore," " The Gondoliers," 

 'Lucia di Lammcrmoor." and "The Three Cava- 

 liers." She survived her husband two years, and left 

 an estate valued at nearly jfc.VMUKM). jj er w \\\ directed 

 her executors to invest $'200,000 for the benefit of her 

 father and mother ; to pay about $150,000 to specified 

 relatives and friends ; arid $5,000 each to eight speci- 

 fied churches, which she had attended at varioiw 

 times; and to distribute the residue of her estate be- 

 twccn eight charitable institutions in various parts of 

 the country and two lady friends. 



Abbott, Josiah Gardner, jurist, born in Chelmsford, 

 Mass.. Nov. 1, l s l") : died in Wellesley Hills, Mass., 

 June 2, 1891. He was fitted for college by Ralph 

 Waldo Emerson, was graduated at Harvard in lN-;-.i, 

 and was admitted to the bar in 1835. The year of 

 his majority he entered political life as a Representa- 

 tive in the State Legislature, and in L841-'42 he was 

 a member of the State Senate, where he served first 

 as a member and in his second term as chairman of 

 the committees on Railroads and on the Judiciary. 

 In 1844 he was elected a delegate to the National 

 Democratic Convention, and from that time till his 

 death he attended every national convention of his 

 party excepting two, and was almost invariably 

 chosen chairman of the Massachusetts delegation. 

 I!, -crved on Gov. Morton's staff, was a member of 

 the State Constitutional Convention in 185:?, and was 

 judire <if the Superior Court of Massachusetts for Suf- 

 folk County, with chambers in Boston, from the es- 

 tablishment of the court in 1855 till its abolition in 

 1859. In 1874 he was Democratic candidate for Con- 

 .-.Tess in the 4th Massachusetts District lie received 

 ti,4^'. votes, against ,-i.7l7 for Rufus 8. Frost, Repub- 

 lican. The certificate of election was given to Mr. 

 Frost, hut .fudge Abbott contested the scat, and tin- 

 House of Representatives awarded it to him in July. 

 187(5. He served on the committees on Public Ruild- 

 inu'sand ( '. rounds, and on the Elections in South Caro- 

 lina; was conspicuous in the legislation that resulted 

 in the establishment of the Kleetoral CoinmisMon ; 

 and was appointed one of the three Democratic mem- 

 bers of it on the part of the House in 1*77. In lSTi 

 and 1877 he was the unsuccessful Democratic can- 

 didate for United States Senator, and in 1878 for 

 <}"\ <-rnor. 



Adler, Samuel, clergyman, born in Worms. C.crmam. 

 Dec. :;, i.so;i; died in New York city, .lime '., 1891, 

 He was trained in Hebrew and the rubbiuic literature 



by his father, who WM a rabbi. He Htudi.-<l at tho 

 Rabbinic Huh .School iii Frunkfort. und It : 

 till lvn;, he WIIM u Hluili-nt of philosophy and Oriental 

 language* at the universities of Bonn and (iieaaen. 



In the spring of IH:;I; he was appointed minister to 

 tin coii^r, -ifiition in his iiutive city. lie remained 



there till IM'J, \\heli lie l.eeiilne rabbi of the town 



and circuit of Al/i-y. Slowly ut tin-t, tht-n with in 



i and growing decision, he ideiititied himwlf 

 with the principle^ of the reformatory movement in 

 Judaism, and soon' became u leader. As Mich i 

 part in the three ^reat conventions of ruhlii*. held in 

 Brunswick, Frank fort, and Hreslau, in l-Il ';. In 

 the autumn of Is.',*; he became rabbi of the Temple 

 Emanu El, in New York city. He was installed in 

 the following Ktring, and labored till August, 1"7J, 

 when he retired from active sei-vii e, and w a* made 

 rabbi emeritus. During his active career lie was 

 recognised as one of the most learned, pro^i 

 and liberal of modern Jews. He was op]-wwd to 

 human slavery in every form, vigorously supported 

 the Federal ( .o\ eminent throughout the civil war, 

 enjoyed the friendship and confidence of President 

 Lincoln, and welcomed Major Anderson to his syna- 

 gogue after the fall of Fort Sumter by pronouncing 

 over him the ancient priestlv blessing of the Hebrews. 

 J)r. Adler was the father of Prof. Felix Adler, founder 

 of the Society of Kthical Culture. 



Alloock, Thomas, manufacturer, born in Birmingham, 

 England, in 1814; died in New York city, I' 

 Is-'.M. In l*4"i he came to New York city and ojM-ned 

 a drug store under the Astor House, ami in 1.>4 in- 

 vented the porous plaster that bears his name. He 

 applied himself closely to his drug and manufactur- 

 ing business till the beginning of the civil war, 

 when he entered the national army and was ap- 

 pointed assistant adjutant-general on the stafl of 

 Gen. Yates. \\hile in charge of the Elm Street re- 

 cruiting office, he aided in organizing the 4th New 

 York Heavy Artillery, and went to the front with it as 

 maior. He took part in nineteen battles, was wounded 

 nt Ream's Station, and was promoted brigadier-gen- 

 eral for gallantry in action. After the warne rc.sumcd 

 his business in New York city. 



Allen, William, jurist, born in Brunswick, Me.. March 

 31, 1822; died in Northampton. Mass., June 4, 18il. 

 lie was a son of the Rev. William Allen, who was 

 President of Dartmouth College in 1810 and of Bow- 

 doin College in 1819. In 183V he removed with bis 

 parents to IS'orthampton, where he resided until his 

 death. He was educated at Phillips Academy, Bow- 

 doin College, and Amheret College, being graduated 

 at the latter in 1842, and then studied law at Yale, 

 where lie was graduated in 1844. In the following 

 year he was admitted to the bar. Early in life lie 

 was an active Free-soiler, but after beginning his 

 professional career he applied himself to it wholly, 

 and was never conspicuous in political life. He was 

 appointed by Gov. Wash burn a judge of the Superior 

 Court of Massachusetts in 187^, and Gov. Long pro- 

 moted him to be a justice of the Supreme Court in 

 1880. The latter office he held until his death. Judge 

 A llc|i was one of the five judges who sat on the famous 

 Andover heresy case. 



Allen, William, philanthropist, born in Windham. 

 Conn., May _'."., islO; died in Columbus, Ohio, Nov. 

 _".. Is'.M. In early life he accompanied his parents to 

 Rhode Island, where ho received a limited education, 

 learned the tailor's trade, and for a time was editor of 

 'The Rhode Islander." In IS'Jl' he removed to Cc. 

 Uiiiibus. Ohio, where for several years he was editor of 

 "The Ohio State Journal." and passed from that paper 

 to "The Cincinnati tia/ctte," with which he was also 

 loii-r connected. Subsequently he bought a farm in 

 Sharon, and retired from journalism. More than fitly 

 years mrii he beiran Hiritatin^r for the passage of a na- 

 tional law iriving to evcrv actual new .-cttler in ihe 



W,->t a h -stead of loo'acres. lie traveled all over 



the country, lecturing on the scheme, explaining it 'm 

 new.spa]HTs, and urging on legislatures their support 

 and co-operation. He defrayed all his e 



