OBITUARIES, AMERICAN. (TowLE VKRMILYE.) 



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Towle. George Makepeace, ant Imr, born in Washing- 

 ton, l).c.. An;.'. -'7, 1841; died in Brobklino, Mass., 



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uiiil at llarvanl Law School in IM;:; ; practiced in 

 I!o>toM for two years; \vu.s on tin- editorial stall' of the 

 " I'o.-t " mil- \ ear; and was I 'nitcd Stati-s consul in 

 Nantes, France, in IM;I; Y,s, a inl in Bradford, Eng- 

 latnl, in IM'.S 7. Returning to Boston, he became 

 iimna>_'in.L' editor of the " ( 'oniincrcial Hulk-tin " and 

 foreign editor of the " I'ost." In 1*77 he published 

 monographs on the Kastcrn (Question," and edited 

 Harve\'s Kcminisceiices ol' Daniel VVel).sU-r," and 

 in the following year began a series of biographical 

 narrative* <>t early explorers, under the title "Heroes 

 of History." His "Life of Disraeli'' appeared in 

 1879, and was followed by "Certain Men of Mark," 

 dealing with European statesmen. In 1885 he began 

 a Timely Topics Series," treating European and 

 Asiatic politics. He also published Young People's 

 History of England" (1886) and "Young People's 

 Historv of Ireland" (1887); and at the time or his 

 death had completed two of a three- volume series on 

 "The Literature of the English Language." Since 

 1881 he had frequently appeared on the lecture pint- 

 form. He was a Republican in politics, and had been 

 a delegate to the National Convention (1888), a presi- 

 dential elector, and a State Senator (1890 and 1891). 



Townsend, Edward Davis, military officer, born in 

 Boston, Mass., Amr. _'_!. 1817; died in Washington, 

 D. C., May 11, 1893. He was graduated at West 

 Point in 1887, and commissioned a 2d lieutenant in 

 the 2d United States Artillery ; was promoted 1st 

 lieutenant, Sept. 16, 1838 ; captain, April 21, 1848 ; 

 lieutenant-colonel, March 7; colonel, Aug. 3, 1861; 

 and brigadier-general, Feb. 22, 1869 ; and was retired, 

 June 15, 1880. He was brevettcd brigadier-general, 

 D. S. A., for faithful service during the war, Sept. 24, 

 1864, and major-general for distinguished service in 

 the adjutant-general's department during the war, 

 March 13, 1865. Gen. Townsend served in the Sem- 

 inole campaign in Florida in 1837-'38 ; on the frontier 

 during the Canadian disturbances in 1838-'41 ; was 

 assigned to the general staff as assistant adjutant- 

 general in 1848; was adjutant of the division of the 

 Pacific for iive years; and was chief of staff to Gen. 

 Scott at the time of the latter's retirement in 1861. 

 The greater part of his service and his most impor- 

 tant work were performed in the adjutant-general's 

 department, and through the civil war he was offi- 

 cially the principal executive officer of the War De- 

 partment. Gen. Townsend published "Catechism of 

 the Bible the Pentateuch " (New York, 1859) ; 

 " Catechism of the Bible Judges and Kings " (1862) ; 

 and "Anecdotes of the Civil War ig the United 

 States" (18S4). 



Tracy, John M., painter, born in Illinois, about 1842 ; 

 died in Ocean Springs, Miss., March 20, 1893. He 

 served in an Illinois regiment in the civil war: stud- 

 ied painting in Paris in 1866-'76; and on his return 

 established himself as a portrait painter in St. Louis. 

 A bench show of dogs in 1877 led him to abandon 

 portraiture for animal painting, and in this line he be- 

 came widely known. He had painted all the famous 

 dogs owned in the United States, had been frequently 

 a judge in horse and dog shows, and was considered 

 an authority on the anatomy of the horse and the 

 dog. He had exhibited at , tlie Paris Exposition, and 

 was completing a painting for the Columbian World's 

 Exposition at the time of his death. Besides his ani- 

 mal portrait* he had painted "The Dairymaid,'' 

 "Eastern Field Trials," "Home for the Holidays." 

 and " Lontr Time between Drinks." 1 



Tapper, Henry Marty, educator, born in Monson, 

 Mass.. in ls.-;i , died in Raleigh, N. C., Nov. 11, 1898. 

 He was graduated at Amherst College and at the 

 Newton Theological Seminary ; entered the ministry 

 of the Baptist Church in 1862; and soon afterward 

 enlisted as a private in the National army and served 

 till the close of the war. In October, 1865, he went 

 to Kalcigh as an agent of the American Baptist Home 



Missionary Society, and with the aid of the colored 

 people there cut the timber and erected a building, 

 which was used as a .school house on week da\s and 

 as a church on Sundays. Through his ettorts Shaw 

 University was chartered in IM;O. The work of con- 

 structing the brick buildings of what is now one of 

 the largest colleges for colored youth in the world 

 was immediately begun, with the aid of money sub- 

 scribed in New XOli and New England. Under Dr. 

 Tupper's direction the students themselves mainly 

 erected the buildings now constituting the university. 

 and after the institution was well established Dr. 

 Tupper gradually substituted Southern for Northern 

 instructors. His administration as president was suc- 

 cessful. At the time of his death trie university had 

 mechanical, medical, legal, and theological depart- 

 ments, grounds and buildings valued at about $200,- 

 000, and 500 students of both sexes, and had gradu- 

 ated nearly 5,000 teachers, clergymen, and physi- 

 cians. 



Unnever, John Gerhard, sculptor, born in Copenha- 

 gen, Denmark, July 16, 1822; died in New York 

 city, Feb. 12, 1893. He was a pupil of Thorwaldsen, 

 under whose eye he produced many classical figures 

 of merit, including Apollo, Hebe, and Venus. In 

 1853, when the figures of the Twelve Apostles were 

 sent from Thorwaldsen's Museum in Copenhagen to 

 New York, Mr. Unnever was selected as their custo- 

 dian. He also received from Thorwaldsen the ex- 

 clusive privilege of reproducing his figures and of using 

 his models. Under this concession he opened a stu- 

 dio in New York city, where he duplicated in plaster 

 many of his master's works. He also edited two illus- 

 trated books on Thorwaldsen's life and work. 



Upham, James, clergyman, born in Salem, Mass., 

 Jan. 23, 1815 ; died in Chelsea, Mass., May 4, 1893. 

 He was graduated at Waterville College (now Colby 

 University) in 1835, and at Newton Theological Sem- 

 inary in 1839 ; was ordained to the ministry of the 

 Baptist Church in 1840 ; held brief pastorates in Man- 

 chester, N. H., and Millbury, Mass. ; was Principal of 

 the Farmington Academy, and professor in the Bap- 

 tist Theological Institution in Thoinaston, Me. ; and 

 was a professor in the New Hampton (N. H.) Literary 

 and Theological Institution for twenty years, and ita 

 president five years. Subsequently he was editor of 

 the "Watchman and Reflector." in Boston; of the 

 " Religious Herald," in Richmond; and of the Health 

 Department of the " Youth's Companion," in Boston. 



Urner, Nathan Dane, journalist, born in Cincinnati, 

 Ohio, in 1840; died in New York city, Feb. 19, 1893. 

 In 1862 he removed to New York city and became a 

 reporter on the " Tribune." He first distinguished 

 himself and exhibited his peculiar humor by writing 

 a description of the burning of Barnum's Museum on 

 July 13, 1805, which was thrillingly realistic. His 

 particularization of the escape of the animals from the 

 roof, through windows, and down the fire ladders, 

 was most ludicrous from its sober and earnest tone. 

 The report was widely copied, and Mr. Barnum in- 

 corporated it in his " Autobiography." Mr. Urner 

 served the " Tribune " for some time as city editor, 

 and was Horace Greeley's private secretary during 

 the preparation of the first volume of his "American 

 Conflict." Subsequently he engaged in general liter- 

 ary work. Several of his sketches and poems have 

 been published in collections for recitation. 



Vermilye, Thomas Edward, clergyman, born in New 

 York city, Feb. -J7. IM>:;; died there. March 17, 1893. 

 He was graduated at Yale in 1^21, and was ordained to 

 the 1'ivt.byterian ministry in April, 1825. In January, 

 1826, he 'became pastor of the Yandewatcr Street 

 I'nsbyterian Church in Now York; in 1830 of a 

 Congregational church in West Sprinsrticld, Mass.; 

 in 1835 of the Dutch Reformed church in Albany. N. 

 Y., and in 1SJW of the Middle Dutch Church in 'New 

 York. He maintained his connection with the Col- 

 legiate Reformed Dutch Church till his death, and 

 was its senior pastor. On Oct 29, 1889, the consistory 

 of the Collegiate Reformed Dutch Church held a 

 public service to commemorate his fifty years of serv- 



