OBITUARIES, AMERICAN. (MowHOE Moaroir.) 



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iblicaii presidential elector in I--I. About 

 c.nc tin- subject of a in\-ii-r> that ho* not 



u < .\piam.-<i. I'n tw< -i n thai year and I---J In- 



paid to" Do.-" l.cvi Wilson, in sums ran<. r ing from 



ill u time, between j:;oo. and 



'', mill \vlu-n in tlif latter \ car In- stopped pa\ 



Wilson brought suit, agaltuit liim to nco\cr 

 a further sum for what he called a breach of contract. 

 Tin' co.se reached tin- t nited States court in : 

 in November, 1886, :unl instead ot' wiving Wilson 

 tin- verdict of * 11. ;,(>( MI airain.-t Mr. Mom tliat he 

 I, the jury gasc Mr. Modi :i verdict 



..'JJ airainst Wilson. Mr. Morn tcstiticd that. 

 h- ha<l been blackmailed, aiul that Wilson had told 

 liim hit was cognizant of a crime the particulars of 



which he threatened to publish unless paid t<> keep 



silent, lie nlso >aid the crime did not concern him 



,dl\, but he declined to repeat Wilson's st..r\. 



On the other side, Wilson swore that lie had never 

 threatened to publish thestorv, and when pressed tor 

 the narrative he would only declare "Moeii can best, 

 tell you." Tho ease attracted wide attention, and 

 soon alter tin- verdict Wilson went West and dropped 

 out of public notice. 



Monroe, John Albert, civil engineer, l.rn in Swansea, 

 Ma., iii 1>;;7; died in 1'rovidenec, K. 1.. June 11. 

 l.s'.'l. He u a.> a -tudent iii Krown University at the 

 beginning of the civil war. Giving up his studies, 

 lie entered the national army, and won distinction in 

 the artillery, lie was chief of artillery in the divis- 

 ions of (lens. McDowell and DoulileJay and in the 

 corps of ti.-n. Hooker; commanded tor 'more than a 

 year the artillery camp of instruction in Washington, 

 commanded the artillery brigade of the Army ot the 

 Potomac, and had charge of the entire artillery force 

 at the buttle of the Mine. lie received high com- 

 mendation for his skill and elliciency in the orders 

 and reports of Gen. McDowell, King, Patrick, Dou- 

 lileday. Hooker, Burnside, Gibbon, and Heintzelman. 

 After the war he became u civil engineer, and was 

 engaged in important works. In IsT'.i he was ap- 

 i United States assistant engineer, under the 

 Mississippi convention, and made hydrographie, 

 topographical, and geodetic surveys of the Mississippi 

 river from ('air., to Memphis. Subsequently he was 

 employed in constructing a section of the West Shore 

 Railroad, in which he had charge of the difficult 

 work about Eondout ; in building the water works 

 at Uismarck, N. Dak. ; and us resident engineer in 

 charge of the const met ion of the Thames river bridge 

 at New London. < 'onn. 



Morehouse, Albert Pricket, lawyer, born in Delaware 

 County, Ohio, July 11, 1835: died in Marysville,Mo., 

 Sept. 'Jo, Is'.U. He was brought up on a farm, received 

 a good village-school education, began teaching when 

 eighteen years old, removed to Missouri in 1856, and 

 was admitted to the bar in Montgomery County, 

 Iowa, in 1860. When the civil war broke out he 

 l.ccame 1st lieutenant in Col. Kimball's regiment 

 In 1862 he entered into law partnership with Col. 

 Amos Graham in Marysvillc, and in 1N71 relinquished 

 active practice. He was a delegate to the National 

 Democntio Convention in Baltimore in l>7_', and to 

 that in St. Louis in 1876; was in the State Legis- 

 lature in 1877-'78 and 1888-'84 ; was elected Lieuten- 

 ant -Governor of Missouri on the ticket with John S. 

 Marmaduke in 1884; and on the death of the Gov- 

 ernor in 1887, succeeded him and held the office till 

 January, ! 



Morgan, George Denison, financier, born in Hartford, 

 Conn., in 181s; died in Irvinirton, N. Y., June 13, 

 1891. In ls-17 lie removed to New York city and en- 

 gaged in the bankinir business, in partnership with 

 his cousin Kdwin D. Morgan, John T. Terry, and 

 Solon Humphrey a, under the tirm name of K. D. M..I-- 



gan A: Co. He retained his connection with the tirm 

 till about lSi7;, w hen lie retired to private life. Dur- 

 ing the civil war he was appointed (iovcrnmcir 

 for i>\iivhasi!iLT v.-s-cl- needed tor war purposes, and, 

 applying his business methods to this duty, In 

 the Government many millions of dollars. He was 



otiiciiilly connected with Nevcral banking, iimuranee. 

 and trust eompanlaa, and wan a liberal pnm. 

 charitable eiii.-rp! 

 Mania, Eraert, explorer, lxrn in Georgetown 



July li'J, Is'.r. ; died i). .1. April ^- 



While a child lie removed with bin parents to In 

 dianu]>lis, Ind., where lie received a limited edii.-u 

 tion, and distinguished himself by making unique 

 collection., of natural historv -)>< .-inn MX aiei bi com- 

 ing skilled in Uxidcrm\ . When seventeen \ears old 

 ut with two companion* on his first exploring 

 expedition, intending to make his way in u skin" U> 

 New Orleans, and thence to Florida. "An accidental 



Upsetting of the boat discouraged his companion* MO 



that they returned home, leaving him to pursue his 

 journey alone, lie reached Florida, collected many 

 Intemiting specimens, and, rcturninc to Indianapolis. 

 sold them for more than enough to pay his e.\: 

 For his second trip he .-elected Booth America, with 



the intention of exploring the Ama/.n. lie had m> 

 knowledge of the lan-ruage, did not follow tin- routes 

 familiar to pleasure -seekers, and went alone. He 

 \isited many of the great lakes, gathered valuable 

 specimens of the Mora and fauna, and on his return 

 sold his collections in Brooklyn. In 187iJ hedclivered 

 the tirst lecture on his travels, in Indianapolis. In 

 September of that year he set out to explore TopaioK 

 river, which flows into the Amazon, about t'>0<j miles 

 from the sea, with articles for trading with the na- 

 tives. He returned in the spring of 1877 with several 

 thousand dollars 1 worth of specimens. On June 7. 1--77. 

 in response to an invitation from the Long Island 

 Historical Society, he delivered unimpressive nwv 

 rative of his journey, in Brooklyn, giving much in- 

 formation about sections of Brazil previously unex- 

 plored, and exhibiting the heads of ten South 

 American Indians that had been preserved by the 

 Mundurucu nation as trophies of war. In the autumn 

 of 1877 he made another journey to Braxil, and while 

 there executed commissions t'or naturalists, colleges, 

 and others. On this trip he explored the region of 

 the Rio Negro, the Terle, and the Jefura; visited 

 several of the upper tributaries of the Amazon : and 

 spent considerable time in the region of the lowlands 

 of the Rio Ampiaso, and in the country bordering on 

 the Rio IS'apo, in Peru. While on this trip he corre- 

 sponded frequently with the New York " World" in 

 1879 and 1880. He became widely known as the 

 " bov explorer" and the " boy naturalist." 



Morrow, Henry A,, military ollicer, born in Virginia, 

 July 10, 1M-29; died in Hot Springs, Ark., Jan. 31, 

 1891. lie first entered the army as a private in u 

 Maryland regiment of infantry, which was mustered 

 for service in the Mexican War, and served from May 

 18, 1846, till May 30, 1847. On Aug. 15, 186-.', he was 

 commissioned colonel of the 'J4tb Michigan Infantry; 



on Am:, i, iM-i. he \\as bn-vetted brigadier-general 



of volunteers for gallantry in the campaign before 

 Richmond; on March l;l, 1865, he received the brevet 

 of major-general for conspicuous gallantry and for 

 p.od conduct before Petersburg; and on July lit fol 

 lowing he was mustered out ot the volunteer service. 

 During the civil war he commanded expeditions to 

 Port Royal, Ya., in April, and to Westmoreland 

 Court-ho'use, Vu., in June, lsf.3; and took part in the 

 battles of Fredcricksburg, Fitzhugh Cross in-r, Chan- 

 cellorsville, (lettysbur^ (Wounded), the Wildenus.- 

 ( wounded i. Dabncy's Mills, Va. (severely wounded'. 



and betore Petersburg. On the reorganisation of the 



regular arm\ Ic \\ a- appointed lieutenant-colonel 

 Jiiith I'nited' States Infantry. .Hi July _">, Isr.r. ; \\ a- 

 brevetted colonel, March _', l~-<\~ ; was transferred to 

 the l:;th Infantry, March i:., IM;;I; and was promoted 

 colonel -Jlst Infantry, April L'7, 1^7'.'. In l v ~ he com- 

 manded a brigade at Cri.-tii'ld, Kansas, duritiir the In- 

 dian hostilities. He was otliciiilly statioMi ! at Fort 

 Sidney, Neb., at the time of his death. 



Morton, Marcus, jurist, l>rn in Taunton. M .;--.. April 

 8. 1M'.'; dieil in Andovcr. Ma-.-., Feb. 



iduated at ISrown I'liiversity in l^'.S; studied 

 law two years in the Cambridge Law Sd'col. and in 



