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. in ls7s, wlu-M In- played Master Walter to 

 Man Andcr-m's .liiliii in -The lluiichliiick," Marc 

 Anton} in "Julius Cje-ar," Mcrcutio, Maedult, an. I 

 Bohlein in "The Kxilcs." II.- cuiin- t.. WallaekV 

 Tlirativ, New Yrk, in Is7'.'. nuikim; his first appear- 

 ance lit.-, s, 11S Josiah Clench, in H\ Ton's OOmedj "I 

 "Our (iirls." Subsequently he adopted ol.l men's 



i'liiyiiii,' second to .lolin (iillicrt in old comedies 

 :iii.l tin' |iriiii'i|>ul parts in new ones. Amoiii: his |M>JIII- 

 lar parts weiv Sir Oliver Surface in "The School tor 

 Bcandal," Colonel Rocket in " Olil Heads and Y"UIIL' 

 11. art>," Sir Jealous Tratlick in "The ISiisy body.' 1 

 Haron Stein in Diplomacy ," Adam in u At IOH 

 Like It," the servant in " Harvest," Squire \Ve-ton in 

 "Sophia," and Dominie Vanderveer m " The Domi- 

 ni. '- Daughter." He was considered one of the f o re- 

 in. -t eiitoniolo L 'i-ts iii the country, tuul his collection 



Of I.' I'iilijit' rn ha- liecil pronounced Unsurpassed. 



Ekin, James Adams, militarv officer, born in Pitts- 

 bm-ir. I'a., Aug. 81, 181H; died in Louisville', K\.. 

 March -J7, IS'.'l. lie was a L r rand-on ot Col. Stephen 

 Hayard, of the army of the Revolution, and for sev- 

 eral years prior t<> the civil war he was engaged in 

 steamboat building at Pittsburg. He was appointed 

 1st lieutenant in the 1-Jth Pennsylvania Infantry on 

 April _'.">, Isi'd, and captain and assistant quarter- 

 master on Aug. 7 following; was lieutenant-colonel 

 and quartermaster from Feb. 15 till Aug. 1, 1864, and 

 colonel from Aug. 2, 1864, till Jan. 1, 1867; and was 

 brcvettcd brigadler-genen] of volunteers, March 8, 

 1865, for meritoriotn services in the quartermaster'.- 

 department during the war. In the regular army he 

 was appointed captain March 13, 1863; lieutenant- 

 colonel and deputy quartermaster -gi 'iicral July 29, 

 Issi;, and colonel and assistant quartermaster-general 

 Fcl. 13, lss-_'; and was retired Aug. 31, 1883. On 

 March 13, 1 *!>.">, he was brevcttcd major, lieutenant- 

 colonel, colonel, and brigadier-general in the regular 

 jinny. His services were (specially commended by 

 1'ivsidcnt Lincoln, Secretary Stanton, Gov. Morton, 

 imd (Jens. Meigs, Halleck, J. J. Reynolds, and Mc- 

 Dowell. He was a member of the commission that 

 tried the murderers of President Lincoln. 



Elfnng, Nere A., military officer, born in Sweden, 

 Fell, s, 1332; dieu in Stockholm, Sweden, March 4, 

 1891. He was graduated at the Swedish Military 

 Academy, and was employed by the Government in 

 the construction and improvement of harbors till 

 1855, when he came to trie United States. At the 

 beginning of the civil war he enlisted in the 48th 

 New York Volunteers, was soon commissioned 1st 

 lieutenant, and was promoted captain Aug. 29, 1862. 

 lie was present during the assault on the aefenaei ot' 

 Charleston in 18*53, and was wounded at Fort Wag- 

 ner. In the early part of 1864 he was on duty in 

 Florida as brigade inspector, receiving his second 

 wound at Olustee. Subsequently he took part in 

 tin' liattles at Drury's Bluff, Cold Harbor, and the 

 first assault on Fort Wisher, and in the second assault 

 of the latter he commanded the regiment after the 

 colonel had been wounded; and after the fall of the 

 fort he was placed in command of his brigade. On 

 Feb. -JO, 1865, he received his third wound, which 

 caused the loss of a leg. For his services in the war 

 he received the brevet of colonel of volunteer- and 

 of lieutenant-colonel in the regular army and was 

 pensioned. He then returned to Sweden and became 

 a professor in the military academy. In 1869 he was 

 Appointed United States vice-consul at Stockholm, 

 and in ls7l promoted to be consul, and he held the 

 latter office till his death. 



Elliott, George William, journalist, born in New York 

 <'ity in Is-is; died in iW-hester, N. Y., March IS 

 1891. He removed t<> Auburn in early youth, studied 

 at ('a/cnovia Seminary, and Weslcva'n I'niver-ity. 

 and was graduated at S\ racn-c I'niversity in 1*7:;. 

 In the latter year he became edi tor ot'" The Northern 

 Christian Advocate," and from 1*7-1 till 'ssl | 1( . was 

 associate editor of "The Rochester Democrat and 

 Chronicle." He then managed "The American Ifu- 

 ral Home "till Iss5, when he became editorial and 



iul vert 'iMiiu' manager o|'a medical i-HtablUljim-iit. ll<- 



I.Vplllilieuli ill jM.|itie and (III ltd'. 



nicipal reform, hud been an aldermun und 



-ml candidate for mayor, und w- 

 foimdcrx of the park r>\M<-in "! 



Emmet, JoMph Kline, m tor. \,..n> -.Mo., 



March l;;, isii : died in Cornwall, N. Y.. Joi 

 IH;M. In early lite he waw a Mt(n-j>aiiiter. ]|. 

 vated a natural tawte for music, ami l-i/an hi- 

 "ii the stage M a Hinder and dancer in a locul vurietv 

 theatre. His tlrst regular, n^ai/einent iu> \\ith Mor- 

 ris and Wilson's min-trels. with whom he appeared 

 in M. Louis. Cincinnati, Mutlalo, and San l-ruticiw.fi. 

 In IM;H he joined Uryaiit'.- Min-trel TP.U|M-, aii<l tirxt 

 appeared in New York city. In thw t-.llowii,.- 

 < 'Jiarlo (iaylor wrf,U) for him u Frit/,, our ou-in ('er 

 man," which was first produced in Hutlalo, N 

 Ifsti'.i, and Imd a remarkable midsummer run in Wai- 

 lack's Theatre, New York, in 1*7". The humor. 

 drollery, Mod temper, and childish imiiabilitv "f the 

 actor in this piece won all heart*, am. made the play 

 a phenomenal success and the phncr a rich man. 

 Mr. Kmmet also appeared in two oth'er ]. lays written 

 for him by Mr. Gaylor ; in one, " Fritz in Ireland," by 

 William Carleton ; and in " Uncle Joe, or Fritz in a 

 Madhouse," his last play ; but in none w:. 

 cesstul and popular as in the original "Fritz." His 

 great failing was love of strong drink, and this 

 caused him to break many engagement.- and to be 

 contined several times in inebriate itsvlums. 



Errett, Russell, journalist, born in S'ew York city, 

 Nov. lo, 1M7: died in Pittsburg, Pa., April 7, 1891. 

 From the death of his father, in 1824, he Imd to de- 

 pend on his own resources, and he acquired but a 

 limited education. He removed to Pittsburg in 1829, 

 became a baker's apprentice in 1833, and worked aa a 

 journeyman in Alabama and Kentucky ; returned to 

 Pittsburg and began teaching, and in 1842 was ap- 

 pointed clerk to the mayor and editor of the u Sun" 

 newspaper. In 1845 he took charge of the Patriot.'' 

 an antislavery paper in Washington, Pa., and in 

 1852 entered the editorial room of the Pittsburg 

 " Gazette," of which he became editor and part pro- 

 prietor, retiring from it in 1865. From its organiza- 

 tion, in 1856, he was an active member of the Repub- 

 lican party. He attended its tirst national convention 

 in Pittsburg, and was an efficient official under it 

 lor thirty years. In 1860 he was elected Comptroller 

 of Pittsburg; in 1860-'61, 1872 1 -76, and 1889-'90 he 

 was chief clerk of the State Senate; in 1 >-;!- ';.". he 

 was a paymaster in the army; in lsi,7 was elected 

 State Senator; in 1869-'73 was assessor ot internal 

 revenue; in 1876, 1878, and 1880 was elected to ( on- 

 fren; and in 1883-'87 was United States pension 

 agent of Pittsburg. 



Faunoe, John, naval officer, bom in Plymouth, 

 Mass.. March _'.">, Iso7 ; died in Jersey Cit\, N. J.. 

 June 5, 1891. He went to sea when thirteen years 

 old, and was taught navigation by a sailor, to whom 

 he gave his allowance of grog as compensation. Be- 

 fore he reached his majority he became commander 

 of a ship by reason of the death of the captain 

 at sea. In 1887 he entered the United States 

 Kevenuc Marine Service as 3d lieutenant, and was 

 ordered to duty on the "Campbell'' at Baltimore, 

 then under commission to co-operate with the army 

 and navy in the campaign against the Seminole In- 

 dians in Florida. For nearly two years he was the 

 only officer on board the vessel, and while pn-teetiiiir 

 the coast lie t"ok part in many enirairciiu-nts with 

 the Indians. He was promoted I'd lieutenant June 

 6, 1841; 1st lieutenant Oct. _'". 1S45; ami captain 

 March 8, 1855. Karly in lS.">.'i he was placed in charge 

 of the litc-saviiiir stations on the coasts of Neu .' 

 and Loiiir Island, and in l s ">7 was appointed assistant 

 to the naval constructor assi-rncd to the bui! -. 

 the celebrated revenue steamer " Harriet Lam 

 the completion of the vessel lie lu'came her 

 mander, and remained such till Septcm 1 ^ r. 

 when the vessel was incorporated with the i 

 navy. With his vessel he accomi>anied the uaval 



