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OBITUARIES, AMERICAN. (CoN ANT CONRAD.) 



in Thirteen Original Versions " (1859) ; the first part 

 of " The Evangel, or Life of our Lord in Verse, with 

 Scripture Texts and Notes " (1847), and the second 

 part, under the title " The Light of the World " (1884) ; 

 " The Microcosm and other Poems," which includes his 

 " Cosmos." lyrics, miscellaneous pieces, and transla- 

 tions of Latin hymns (1881) ; and "A New Render- 

 ing of the Hebrew Psalms into English Verse " (1888). 



Conant, Thomas Jefferson, clergyman, born in Bran- 

 don, Vt., Dec. 13, 1802 ; died' in Brooklyn, N. Y., 

 April 30, 1891. He was graduated at Middlebury Col- 

 lege, where he studied Hebrew and German in addi- 

 tion to the regular course in 1823 ; then took a poster 

 graduate course in Hebrew and Greek for two years, 

 and was appointed a tutor in Columbia College in 

 1825. From 1827 till 1833 he was Professor of Latin, 

 Greek, and German in Waterville (Me.) College ; in 

 1835-'51 of Languages and Biblical Literature in 

 Hamilton (N. Y.) Literary and Theological Institu- 

 tion, and in 1851-'57 of the Hebrew Language and 

 Biblical Exegesis in Kochester Theological Semi- 

 nary. In 1857 he relinquished collegiate work to as- 

 sume duties that made him most widely known. 

 Under the auspices of the American Bible Union he 

 undertook, in conjunction with the Rev. Asahel C. 

 Kendrick, D. I)., and the Eev. Horatio B. Hackett, 

 D. D., a revision of the English version of the New 

 Testament. This labor occupied him many years, his 

 work comprising all the actual revision, excepting 

 Galatians and Philemon, and the final revision of the 

 whole Testament. He was also a member of the 

 American Committee on the English revision of the 

 Old Testament from the beginning. His versions of 

 the Bible were most highly esteemed by the 'English 

 revisers, who had his translations lying before them 

 while at work, and who made no change in the com- 

 mon version without first consulting his versions. 

 While engaged in these works of revision he found 

 time to lecture and to contribute to religious publica- 

 tions frequently on Biblical criticism and interpreta- 

 tion, and to write on special topics, as the introduc- 

 tions to Clark's " Harmony of the Gospels " and 

 *' Commentary on the Gospel of Luke." His numer- 

 ous publications include translations of the llth and 

 17th editions of Gesenius's " Hebrew Grammar " (Bos- 

 ton, 1839 ; last edition, 1877) ; " Defense of the Hebrew 

 Grammar of Gesenius against Prof. Stuart's Transla- 

 tion " (New York, 1847) ; " Job, Eevised Version and 

 Notes" (1856) ; " Matthew, Revised Version" (I860); 

 " Baptizein, its Meaning and Use philologically and 

 historically investigated " (1860) ; " Genesis, Revised 

 Version and Notes" (1868, 1873) ; " The New Testa- 

 ment, Common Version revised" (1871); "Psalms, 

 Common Version revised with Notes" (1871); 

 "Proverbs, Revised Version and Notes" (1872) ; 

 " Greek Text of the Apocalypse, as edited by Eras- 

 mus "(1873); "Prpphecies of Isaiah, Chapters I- 

 XIII, 22" (1874) ; and " Historical Books of the Old 

 Testament, Joshua to II Kings" (Philadelphia, 1884). 



Congdon, Charles Taber, journalist, born in New Bed- 

 ford, Mass., April 7, 1821; died in New York city, 

 Jan. 18, 1891 He received a public-school education 

 studied at Brown University, and began his career in 

 journalism in the office of the New Bedford " Regis- 

 ter," of which his father was editor. While em- 

 ployed in this office he composed his first verses as he 

 delivered the paper to its subscribers, " Ode to Com- 

 merce," "Elegy on the Death of Chatterton," and 

 " The Seasons." From New Bedford he went to 

 Providence and worked nearly a year on " The New 

 Age," then returned to New Bedford and became suc- 

 cessively editor of the "Bulletin" and associate ed- 

 itor of the " Mercury." In 1854 he went to Boston and 

 edited " The Atlas," a Whig newspaper, nearly a year, 

 and in 1857 he received a call from Horace Greeley to 

 become an editorial writer on the " Tribune." He 

 retained the latter Connection till 1882, in the mean 

 time contributing miffiy articles, sketches, and essays 

 to magazines. Subsequently he resumed magazine 

 work, and in addition corresponded with several 

 newspapers under the pen-name " Paul Potter." 



One of his last notable contributions was an article in 

 the " Forum " on " The Experiment of Popular Gov- 

 ernment" (May, 1886). His publications included: 

 " Tribune Essays " (New York, 1869) ; Centennial 

 ode, " Carmen Seculare " (1876) ; poems, " The Last 

 Welcome Bayard Taylor,*' and " J. R. G. H.," a trib- 

 ute to his associate on the " Tribune" (1879) ; " The 

 Record of Fifty Years : Reminiscences of a Journal- 

 ist" (1879-'80); " Recollections of a Reader " (1880- 

 '81) ; and " Autobiographical Papers " (1881-'82). 



Conkling, Frederick Augustus, financie^ born in Cano- 

 joharie, N. Y., Aug. 22, 1816; died in New York 

 city, Sept. 18, 1891. He was a son of Judge Alfred 

 Conkling and a brother of Roscoe Conkling. He re- 

 ceived a classical education, engaged in mercantile 

 business in New York city, and in 1858 was elected 

 as a Republican to the Legislature, in which he served 

 two terms and was Chairman of the Committee on 

 Ways and Means. In 1860 he was elected to Congress 

 and placed on the Committee on Naval Affairs. At 

 the outbreak of the civil war he organized the 84th 

 New York Volunteers, of which he was elected colo- 

 nel, and accompanied it to the field on the first call for 

 three months' volunteers. He served through the Shen- 

 andoah campaign, and in 1863 his regiment was on 

 provost-guard duty in Baltimore. In 1868 he was the 

 unsuccessful candidate of the Republican party for 

 Mayor of New York city. In the presidential elec- 

 tion of 1872 he supported the Liberal Republican 

 party, and in the succeeding ones he advocated the 

 election of the Democratic candidates. Since the war 

 he had been connected with various financial institu- 

 tions. He was author of many pamphlets on polit- 

 ical, commercial, and scientific subjects. 



Connor, Patrick Edward, military officer, born in Ire- 

 land, March 17, 1820 ; died in Salt Lake City, Utah, 

 Dec. 17, 1891. He came to the United States while a 

 boy, was educated in New York city, entered the reg- 

 ular army in 1839 and served till 1844, taking part in 

 the Seminole War in Florida, and after spending two 

 years in mercantile business in New York city re- 

 moved to Texas in 1846. At the outbreak of the Mex- 

 ican War he was commissioned captain in the regi- 

 ment commanded by Albert Sidney Johnston. He 

 took part in the battles of Palo Alto, Resaca de la 

 Palma, and Buena Vista, and in the latter was 

 wounded. From the close of the war till 1861 he was 

 engaged in business in California. He then raised a 

 regiment of volunteers and was assigned to duty in 

 Utah, with orders to prevent a revolt among the Mor- 

 mons and to rid the overland routes of marauding In- 

 dians. _ On Jan. 24, 1863, with 200 men, he set out on 

 the trail of a band of plundering Indians, and after 

 marching 140 miles in four nights, through deep snow 

 and intensely cold weather, he struck a fortified camp 

 of 300 warriors on Bear river, Washington Territory, 

 and after a desperate fig_ht killed the whole band. 

 He was promoted brigadier-general, March 30, 1863, 

 and brevetted major-general at the close of the war. 

 Soon after the war the Legislatures of Colorado and 

 Nebraska petitioned the War Department to place 

 him in command of the Military District ot the 

 Plains, and on the assignment being made he organ- 

 ized a cavalry expedition of 2,000 men against the 

 Sioux and Arapahoe Indians, who had been commit- 

 ting depredations on the overland mail route, and in 

 August, 1865, he severely punished them on Tongue 

 river. On April 30, 1866, he was mustered out of the 

 service. While at Camp Douglas, near Salt Lake 

 City, in October, 1862, he established the " Union 

 Vedette," the first daily newspaper published in the 

 Territory. He also was influential in building up a 

 Gentile community in Utah, located the first silver 

 mine there, drafted the first mining law, introduced 

 navigation on Great Salt lake, built the first silver- 

 lead smelting works, and founded Stockton. 



Conrad, Joseph Speed, military officer, born in Ithaca, 

 N. Y., Aug. 23, 1833 ; died in Fort Randall, S. Dak., 

 Dec. 4, 1891. He was graduated at the United 

 States Military Academy and appointed 2d lieu- 

 tenant 2d United States Infantry in 1857, and was 



