A.MKKH AN. .N..KTOM Pile' 



his Btoro HOOD became tin r.-,n ,.f librarian.-, lit. -r- 



alld book collectors. lie published u 



number "I i ..... Iv, including the first i- 



, Index in lYri'tdical Literature." inspired 



rn;tii\ Hi"!' , and \\rotcsc\cral. t)n the formation of 



k Publishers' Association, in Is,',;,, In- became 



.n-y and librarian, and turned over 



tn it lii.-. periodical, the name of wliicli w us changed 



. American Publishers' Circular and l.itciaiy 



iii July of thai year Mr. Norton relin- 

 quished the editorial management of the ]illl)li<-atinli, 

 lilid thereafter was HKire particularU employed in 



w pertaining to worlds lain*, lie wits a com- 

 lii-rtothc World's Fair in London in 1851; a 



juror in that dt New \ <>rk in 1 .'.'!; llie first to pro- 



[i..se tin- Ceiiteunial Exhibition; ooouniMioner to 



tin- Paris Kxposition in i^iiT; superintendent of the 



press bureau in tin- Centennial Kxhihition in I *','' 



'7<i; the inspirer and manager oi tin- foreign exhibi- 



tion in Boston in 1 .".; and an inllueiitial ollieial in 

 the American Kxhibition in London in lSS7. A few 

 da\s lii-ton- his death lie \\i-nt to Chicago, on the in- 

 vitation ol the promoters of the Columbian Exposi- 

 tion, to aid in organi/ini: tliut i-nterprise. lie served 

 in the national army through tin- civil war, and at 

 M In- was l>iwetted brigadier general. On his 

 return from the American Kxhibition in London he 

 bei-anu- editor of the -Civil Service Chronicle." 

 (Jen Norton was the author of an official report on 

 " Killed (Inns and Munitions of War"; a" History of 

 the Centennial Kxhibition"; and a pamphlet on 

 " World's Fairs" i iv.'i I, 



Norton, George Salmon, physician, born in Great 

 Barrinsjion, Mas.-., Dec. >, 1.V>1; died in New York 

 city.. Ian. 81.1891. IK- was graduated at the New York 

 llomii-opalhio Medical College in 1ST-, and hud since 

 practiced in New York city. He made a specialty of 

 - of the eye, and became surgeon and a director 

 ot the New York Ophthalmic Hospital in 1*75, Pro- 

 fessor of Ophthalmology in the New York Homoeo- 

 pathic Medical College in 1888, President of the 

 County Medical Society of New York in 1886, and 

 editor of the "Journal of Ophthalmology, Otology, 

 and Laryngology " in 1889. Dr. Norton was a mem- 

 ber ol' tin- iifh International Homoeopathic Medical 

 Congress, and Pn-sidcnt of the American Homoeo- 

 pathic ( >|>h thai m ological and Otological Society. 



(yBeirne, Richard F., military officer, born in Canada, 

 o.-t. -J."., 1^:;:;; died in New York eity, Feb. 24, 1891. 

 He was a son of Judge O'Beinic. of Detroit, Mich.. 

 who was the private secretary of Lewis Cass when 

 tin- latter was becre.tarv of State in President Buchan- 

 an's Cabinet Richard was appointed from civil life 

 1st lieutenant in the llth United States Infantry on 

 May 31, 18(51; was promoted captain, Oct 25 follow- 

 ing; transferred to the 32d Infantry, Sept. 21, IM'.H. 

 and to the L'lst Infantry. April 19, 1869; promoted 

 major, March '20, Is7'.': and lieutenant-colonel of the 

 1MB Infantry, April 18, IMM. lie served through the 

 war with the Army of the Potomac; was brevetted 

 major for gallantry at North Anna. Va.. and lieuten- 

 ant-colonel for the battle on tin- Wcldon Railroad, 

 both brevets datinir from Auiriist. l^>'<-\; served fur 

 nine \cars in Oregon and Ari/oita. takiinr part in 

 se\eral Apache and I'te Indian campaigns; and was 

 on (u-ii. Schoticld's stall' when the latter was superin- 

 tendent ot'the I'nitcd States Military Academy. 



OlmBtead, John W., clergyman, born in Saratoga 

 Counts. N. ^ .. N-iv. I-".. IMi'. ; di-d in Miuichesti-r. 



Ma--.. A:;ir. -1. ls;il. He received all academic edu- 

 cation, entered the ministry of the Baptist Church, 

 and held pastorates <>f live years each in Little Falls, 

 N. Y., ana in Chelsea, Ma-s., and f<-r the rest of his 

 life, or for more than t'ortv \ ears, he was connected 

 with religious journalism. II is first editorial appoint- 

 ment was on the "Christian Reflector." and when 

 that was consolidated with the "Christian Watch- 

 man" he remained in editorial contnl. Subse- 

 quently the "Christian Kra" was merged in the com- 

 bination, and lie then became associate editor with 

 the Rev. Franklin Johnson, D. D., and the Rev. 



George C. I...MH,. r. D D. In 1877 foiling health 

 forced him into u teiii|xirarv retinim nt, un-l on re- 

 turning to edit.iriul work in; i-tatlihli-d and <-,n- 

 diicted for three yearn " Tin- Watch Tower," in New 

 York city. In 1>--1 he returned to hi* lonm-r |>lace 

 mi "The Watchman," and remained then: till within 

 two months of his death. 



Packer, John B., lawyer, Wn in Sunburv. IV. Mim-h 

 Ul, 1-M'l; died there, July 7, ivl. II- wa- edii.-ate.l 

 for a civil engineer, and when lifti - Id wait 



employi-d mi the survey of tin . Cunal, and 



afterward on the Mate's exploration of the rm 

 twei-n HarrisbiirgaiKl PitteOUg on which the Penn- 

 sylvania Railroad was Hiilmequcntly built He wan 

 admitted to the liar ill lM4,und continue.l in practice 

 till his death. He was eleeteil to the State Assembly 

 in 1849 and 1850, after serving two years as district- 

 attorney of his county, and was elected to Congrest* 

 from the 14th Pennsylvania District as a Republican 

 in 1868,1870, I872,and 1>7-1, declining a unanimous 

 [(nomination in I^TI;. 



Paddock, Benjamin Henry, clergyman, horn in Nor- 

 \\ich. Conn.. 1-eb. ^'.i, l>-_'s; died in Boston. 

 March !', 1MM. He \vasgraduatedatTrinityCollege, 

 1 1 art ford, Conn., in 1848, and the year following tuujrht 

 in the Episcopal Academy in Cheshire, Conn. He- 

 then entered the General Theological Seminary in 

 New York city, and was graduated there in 1852. 

 While in deacon's orders he was an assistant in the 

 Church of the Epiphany in New York city, and in 

 1854 he succeeded his father as rector ot Trinity 

 church, Norwich, where he remained until called 

 in 1800 to the rectorship of Christ Church, Detroit, 

 Mich. In 1869 he left Detroit to become rector of 

 (iraee Church. I'.rooklyn, N. Y., which office he held 

 until 1873, when he was consecrated Bishop of Massa- 

 chusetts on Sept 17. \*~'->, in his own churcn at Brook- 

 lyn. The period of his episcopate was marked by a 

 decline of party feeling in the diocese and the substi- 

 tution therefor of a spirit of harmony between oppo- 

 site schools of thought, a result due m great measure 

 to the amiable wisdom and skillful administration of 

 l!i>hop 1'addock. 



Parrish, Joseph, physician, born in Philadelphia. 

 I'a.. Nov. 11, IMS; died in Burlington, N. J., Jan. 

 !.">. 1 *!'!. His parents were members of the Society 

 of Friends, who educated him at home and in the 

 schools of the Friends. He was graduated at the med- 

 ical department of the University of Pennsylvania in 

 1 844, and settled in Burlington to practice. Within 

 a short time he established the New Jersey -Medi- 

 cal RejKirter," which was afterward removed to Phil- 

 adelphia, and was appointed physician to Burling- 

 ton College and St Mary's Hall. Within ten years 

 he was appointed to a professorship in the Philadel- 

 phia Medical College, but he was compelled to re>ign 

 at the close of his first term by failing health. Threat- 

 ened with a pulmonary trouble, he sought relief 

 in Alabama, in travel through England. France, 

 and (lei-many, and finally in mountain climbing in 

 Switzerland. The latter proved beneficial, and he 

 prolonged his travels for the purpose of studying the 

 hospital systems of Kiirope. On his return to Phila- 

 delphia he wa> appointed superintendent of the 

 newly chartered Mate training school for idiots, now 

 at Media. He remained here till iNio, w hen he ac- 

 cepted an office in the Sanitary Commission, and. 



besides other duties, edited its " Bulletins." Ill 

 IM;>; he organixed a movement that resulted in a 

 "society tor the reformation of inebriates and for the 

 moral and social elevation of the ignorant and ncir 

 lected cla-MS.'oi which he became president, and 

 which, under his direction, established the Pennsyl- 

 vania Sanitarium, also at Media. Of this institution 

 he \\ as appointed superintendent. In 1>7" he aided 

 in formiiiir, and became secretary of, the American 

 ation for the Study and Cure of Iiiebrietv, .-f 

 which Dr. Williard Parker was elected president 

 Two years afterward Dr. Parker resigned, and Dr. 

 Parrish, succeedim: him. held the office till Ids death. 

 The success of the Media institution attracted the at- 





