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were u>ed in the Ossawattnmic tight, and Hiilwom-nt 

 Iv brought tin- first five soil mi-ssHircs through the 

 MBMU line-, to Chicago. Afterward she aided her 

 husband iii {in-paring his text hook on physiology 

 uiul anatoiny ; in 1*71 took charge of the revision nt' 

 this work; and since' 1H80 ha<l written u histoi \ f 

 Warren and two histories of Worcester County. 



Dales. John Blakely, clergyman, born in Kflttright, 

 Delaware Counts, N. V., AiiiT.il, Isl.'i; dii-d in Chan 

 taui|iia. N. V., .\UL'. -\ I .V'-".. lie wit-< trradiiated at 

 Union College in !;;.'>, and at the Theological Scmi- 

 naryot'the Associate Htformed Presbyterian Church, 

 Newhiirtrh. N. V., in l-Si'.i; was pastor of the Second 

 Tinted (formerly the Mrst Associate Reformed) 

 Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia, Pa., since 1840; 

 and was part editor of the ''Christian Instructor" 

 from IMii till 1*7!'. He also was I'rofcssor of Church 

 History and Pastoral Theology in the Newburgh Theo- 

 logical Seminary in lM>7-'7(>; moderator of the Gen- 

 eral Assembly in 1867 ; and corresponding secretary 

 of the Hoard of Foreign Missions of the United Pres- 

 l>yterian Church since 1859. He received the degree 

 of D.l>. from Franklin College, Ohio, in 1853, and, 

 amonu other works, published History of the As- 

 sociate Kc formed Church and its Missions" (Xenia, 

 1869) and a " Church Manual" (1884). 



Dally, Ahram, soldier, born in New York city, Aug. 

 1S4, 179f>; died in Brooklyn, N. Y.. Feb. 15,1893. In 

 1812 he enlisted in the llth New York Heavy Artil- 

 lery, and during the war with Great Britain was on 

 duty at Fort Gansevoort and at the blockhouse in 

 what is now Central Park. In 1850 an association 

 was formed of veterans of 1812, and he rose steadily 

 in rank in it from corporal to brigadier-general. He 

 had liecii engaged in a variety of business undertak- 

 ings, and since 1871 had been receiving a pension of 

 $8 per month from the Government. He was the last 

 survivor in the vicinity of New York city of the War 

 of 1812. For many years he was a familiar figure on 

 national holidays, when, attired in full uniform, he 

 hoisted the American flag at the old blockhouse and 

 at the Battery. 



Day, Henry, lawyer, born in South Hadley, Mass., 

 Dee. 25, 1820 ; died in New York city, Jan. 9, 1893. 

 He was graduated at Yale University in 1845 ; had 

 charge for two years of the Fairtield Academy, Con- 

 necticut ; spent a year in the Harvard Law School: 

 and was admitted to the bar and became a member of 

 the firm of Lord, Day & Lord, in New York city, in 

 1848. The style of this tirm has since undergone no 

 change, and at the time of Mr. Day's death he was 

 its senior member. While attaining unusual distinc- 

 tion as a counselor in general civil law practice^ he 

 was noted for many years as an expert in ecclesiastical 

 law. He was an " Old School " Presbyterian ; several 

 times a delegate to the General Assembly; a member 

 of the committee appointed to attempt to reconcile 

 the differences between the two branches; and tin- 

 author of the articles of union which were ratified by 

 the ioint assembly in Pittsburg, Pa., in 1869. He 

 had oeen a director of Princeton Theological Semi 

 nary since 1865, and of Union Seminary since 1870. 

 Hesides several legal works he published " The Law- 

 yer abroad j or, Observations or the Social and Politi- 

 cal Conditions of Various Countries" (1874) and 

 " From the Pyrenees to the Pillars of Hercules " (1883). 



Deady, Matthew P., jurist, born in Kaston, Md., 

 May 12, lM-.il ; died in I'ortland, Ore., March 24, 1893. 

 In early life he was by turns a forge helper, black- 

 smith, farm laborer, student, and teacher, lie was 

 admitted to the bar in Ohio in 1847; was an On-iron 

 pioneer in IM'.i; opened a school in the village of 

 Lafayette ; and in 1 *.">< beiran practicing law, was 

 elected to the Territorial Legislature, and prepared for 

 publication the tirst \olume of the local laws. In 

 !*.">! he was re-elected to the Legislature ; in 1852 was 

 president of the council; in 1853 was appointed a 

 judge of the Supreme Court of the Territory ; in 1857 

 was president of the convention which framed the 

 present Constitution of the State; and from Is.V.i till 

 his death wa> United- States district judge. As 



judge of tin- Supreme Court he organized court* in 

 the five counties of the Territory, in each (MM opening 

 the records with his own hand. Beside.-, |,i judicial 

 lalxirs. he was appointed a commissioner to prepare a 

 civil code in lhi;-_'. In IM;.J he completed the civil 

 code and the code of criminal procedure. Subse- 

 i|iicntly he compiled all the laws of the State, and in 

 1-71 made further coditications. He was president of 

 the board of regents of the State University and of 

 the Portland Library Association. 



Deems, Charles Force, clergyman, born in Baltimore, 

 Mel., DIM-. I. Is-jo; died in 'New York city, Nov. 18, 

 1898. He was trraduated at Dickinson College in 

 1839; was licensed as an itinerant minister of the 

 Methodist. Ki>iscopal Church, South, while in his 

 senior year; began prcachinir in New York city, and 

 spent a year in North Carolina as general agent of 

 the American Bible Society. In 184-J he became Pro- 

 fessor of Logic and Rhetoric in the University of 

 North Carolina; in 1*45 resigned to take the chair of 

 Chemistry in Randolph-Macon College; in 1850-'5f> 

 was President of Grcensborough Female College; and 

 from istjt; till his death was pastor of the Church of 

 the Strangers in New York city. His intimacy with 

 Cornelius "Vanderbilt led the latter to build and en- 

 dow Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tenn., and 

 to purchase the old Men-er Street I'resbvterian 

 Church in New York city, endow it, and settle it on 

 Dr. Deems for life, with its board of trustees as re- 

 siduary legatees. In 1881 he was active in organizing 

 the American Institute of Christian Philosophy, of 

 which lie was president from ito first meetinir till his 

 death. His church held a special thanksgiving serv- 

 ice in 1887, in commemoration of the close of the 

 twenty-first year of his service with it, and on June 

 20, 1893, he and his wife celebrated their golden wed- 

 ding. He received the degree of D. I), from Ran- 

 dolph-Macon College in 1850, and that of LI.. 1>. 

 from the University of North Carolina in 1877. Dr. 

 Deems was widely known as an editor and author. 

 In 1846-'51 he edited " The Southern Methodist Epis- 

 copal Pulpit " v in 1849-'52, " The Annals of Southern 

 Methodism"; in 1876-'79, "Frank Leslie's Sunday 

 Magazine " ; and from 1883, " Christian Thought," the 

 organ of the Institute of Christian Philosophy. He 

 published "Triumph of Peace, and Other Poems" 

 (New York, 1840); "Life of Adam Clarke, LI.. D." 

 (1840); "Devotional Melodies" (Raleigh, 1842); 

 "Twelve College Sermons" (Philadelphia, (1844) ; 

 "The Home Altar" (New York, 1850); "What 

 Now?" (1853); "Hymns for All Christians " (1869 ; 

 new edition, 1881); "Forty Sermons preached in the 

 Church of the Strangers" (1871) ; "Jesus" (1872; 

 new edition, and title changed to "The Light of the 

 Nations," 1880); "Weights and Wings* (1872); 

 " Sermons " (1885) : " The Gospel of Common Sense ; 

 "The Gospel of Spiritual Insight"; "Chips and 

 Chunks for Kvcrv riresidc"; and "My Septuagint" 

 (1892). 



De Mille, Henry Churchill, dramatist, born in North 

 Carolina, in l*.">o ; died in Pompton, N. J., Feb. 10, 

 1893. He was graduated at Columbia College in 1875, 

 and for three years tau-rht in Lock wood Academy, 

 Brooklyn, being also vice-principal then- the most of 

 the time. From Is-TMill l^s-j !,, taught in the Colum- 

 bia College Grammar School, and was then appointed 

 examiner of plays in the Madison Square Theater. 

 In 1888 his first play, " Delmar's Daughter," was 

 produced at that theater, and in the foflowing year 

 liis second, " Sealed Instructions." He also appeared 

 on the stage in 1>M in " Youn-r Mrs. Winthrop." 

 The same year he formed a partnership with Charles 

 Barnard, and " Tin- Main Line " was produced. His 

 next partnership was with David Bchiseo, and resulted 

 in a series of successful plays, including " The Wife," 

 "Lord Chumley," "The Charity Ball," and "Men 

 and Women." He personally adapted "The Lost 

 Paradise" from the German. 



Densmore, Amos, inventor, born in Rochester, N. Y.. 

 in l>-_'4;dicd in New York city, < >ct. 1 4. I-'. 1 -. Ik- 

 was employed for several years with his father in 



