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was again constrained to decline, although the Senate 

 had confirmed the appointment. In 1866 he was 

 elected to the United States Senate to lill the unex- 

 pired term of James Harlan, in 1875 was a third time 

 elected Governor, and in 1876 was elected United 

 States Senator for the full term. After he had served 

 in the Senate for four years President Garfield called 

 him to his Cabinet as Secretary of the Interior, from 

 which, in 1882, he retired to private life. 



Knudsen, Carl Wilhelm, educator, bora in Copen- 

 hagen, Denmark, in 1818 ; died in South Norwalk, 

 Conn., Feb. 26, 1894. lie was educated at the Military 

 College and at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in 

 his native city. After spending several years as a 

 teacher of drawing in England, he came to the United 

 States about 1850. For twenty years he taught 

 drawing, and then settled in South Norwalk, where 

 he erected an astronomical observatory, which was one 

 of the best equipped in the State. Prof. Knudsen 

 originated a system of drawing that has been intro- 

 duced into many institutions, devised a simplified 

 system of spelling reform, and published a pronounc- 

 ing dictionary and other books in the interest of pho- 

 netic spelling. In 1892 he opened a lecture hall for 

 religious service in English and German and for free 

 lectures in secular studies. 



Koch, Carl Joseph, hymnologist, born in Hesse-Cassel, 

 Germany, March 10, 1809 ; died in Allentown, Pa., 

 Feb. 2, 1894. He studied Latin, German, French, 

 English, and theology, and for several years was an 

 active Roman Catholi'c priest. In 1839, having with- 

 drawn from the priesthood and married his servant, 

 he came to the United States, and found employment 

 in Philadelphia as private tutor in classical lan- 

 guages, lecturer on religious themes, and editor succes- 

 sively of the " Tri-Weekly Minerva " and the " Phil- 

 adelphia Democrat." In *1846-'47 he was editor of 

 " The National " in Washington, D. C. ; in 1848-,of the 

 " Maryland Democrat " in Baltimore ; in 1849, of the 

 " National Democrat " in Chicago ; and in 1850, at 

 the request of Stephen A. Douglas, he went to Spring- 

 Held, 111., and established the " Democratic Flag of 

 the Union." Subsequently he returned to Baltimore 

 as co-editor of the u German Correspondent." In 1862 

 he became editor of the " Welt Bote " in Allentown. 

 About 1881 he entered a monastery in Westmoreland 

 County, Pa., and during the past eight years he had 

 been an inmate of the Lehigh County poorhouse, in 

 Allentown. Among his devotional works were " God 

 is my Heritage " ; ""Glory to Jesus Christ " ; " Halle- 

 lujah " ; " Zion " ; and versifications of a number of the 

 Psalms and Lamentations. While in Baltimore he 

 published a Latin text-book and u Illustrious Men of 

 America, from Columbus to Jackson." 



Knickerbacker, David Buel, clergyman, born at Schagh- 

 ticoke, New York, Feb. 24, 1833; died in Indian- 

 apolis, Ind., Dec. 31, 1894. He was the youngest son 

 ot Herman Knickerbocker (the original spelling of 

 the name), a famous New York lawyer and congress- 

 man, and a descendant of Herman Jansen Knicker- 

 bocker, one of the earliest Dutch settlers in America. 

 He received his education at Trinity College and the 

 General Theological Seminary, graduating from the 

 latter institution in 1856. He was ordained deacon in 

 the same year, and a year later took priest's orders 

 in Gethsemane Church, Minneapolis, Minn. He was 

 rector of this church until Oct. 14, 1883, when he was 

 consecrated Bishop of Indiana in St. Mark's Church, 

 Philadelphia. His abilities had, however, been earlier 

 recognized by the Church at large, for in 1877 he had 

 been chosen Missionary Bishop of New Mexico, an 

 office which he had declined. He was an untiring 

 worker, and his executive and administrative talent 

 placed him in the. front rank of American bishops. 



Krehbiel, Helen Virginia (Osborne), writer, born in Bir- 

 mingham, Conn. ; died in New York city, May 10, 1894. 

 She was educated at Castleton Seminary, Vermont, 

 and at Vassar College. Before leaving Vassar she 

 became assistant editor of " Wood's Household Maga- 

 zine," published at Newburg, N. Y 7 . In Cincinnati, 

 Ohio, where she passed the greater part of her literary 



life, she had charge; of the department in the " Cin- 

 cinnati Weekly Gazette" known as " The Rockery," 

 and her contributions were signed " Rolling Stone.'* 

 Her writings were chiefly for children. While con- 

 ducting " The Rockery " she became editor of " Golden 

 Hours," a magazine published for some years in Cin- 

 cinnati under' the auspices of the Methodist Episcopal 

 Church. She also became a contributor to " The 

 Independent," of New Y'ork city. In 1877 she 

 married Henry E. Krehbiel, musical critic, then of 

 Cincinnati, now of the " New Y'ork Tribune." Mrs. 



sbyterian churches, and in Ne\ 

 York city in the Washington Square Methodist 

 Episcopal Church till within a few months of her 

 death. 



Lapham, William B., genealogist, born in Bethel, 

 Oxford County, Me., in 1828 ; died in Togus, Me., Feb. 

 22, 1894. He" was graduated at the New Y r ork Med- 

 ical College in 1858, practiced medicine in Maine and 

 New Hampshire till 1872, and was subsequently en- 

 gaged in literary work. From 1871 till 1885 he was 

 editor of the " Maine Farmer " ; in 1875-'78 edited and 

 published the " Maine Genealogist and Biographer " ; 

 and for two years was editor of " Farm and Health.'* 

 He was the author of histories of Woodstock, Paris, 

 Norway, and Rumford, and compiler of the Bradbury 

 and eight smaller genealogies, and at the time of his 

 death was compiling a history of the Hill family. 



Latto, Thomas C., journalist, born in Fifeshire, Scot- 

 land, in 1818 ; died in Brooklyn, N. Y T ., May 12, 1894. 

 He was graduated at St. Andrew's University, and be- 

 gan preparing himself for the law, but the success ot 

 several early poems induced him to engage in litera- 

 ture. His first publications were in " Blackwell's Mag- 

 azine." For some time he acted as private secretary to 

 Prof. William E. Aytoun, the essayist and poet. In 

 1847 he published u The Minister's Kailyard," which 

 contained several poems that have since been popular 

 in Scotland. Mr. Latto came to the United States in 

 1851, and had since been editor of " The Scottish 

 American " and an editorial writer on the Brooklyn 

 " Eagle," the Brooklyn " Times," " The Christian 

 Union," and other journals. In 1892 he published 

 a second volume of poems entitled " Memorials of 

 Auld Lang Syne." More recently he had edited the 

 poems of his old friend Hero Ainslie. 



Lawrence, Eugene, historical writer, born in New 

 York city, Oct. 10,1823; died there, Aug. 17, 1894. 

 He was graduated at the University of the City of 

 New York in 1841; studied law at Harvard; 'and 

 practiced for a brief period in New Y'ork city. Find- 

 ing literature more congenial than law, he went to 

 Europe, and, by systematic reading and study in the 

 great libraries of London and Paris, laid the founda- 

 tion for much subsequent historical work. On his 

 return to New York city he became a contributor to 

 periodical literature. He wrote for several magazines ; 

 furnished special articles on Hume, Gibbon, and 

 Cowper to the "New American Cyclopedia"; and 

 edited a " Smaller History of Rome." Between 1857 

 and 1892 he presented many papers of interest to the 

 New York Historical Society. Among his numerous 

 publications were "Lives of British Historians'* 

 (1855) ; u Historical Studies" (1856) ; " Literary Prim- 

 ers " (1880); "The Jews and their Persecutors"; 

 "The Mystery of Columbus"; and "Columbus and 

 his Contemporaries." 



Libbey, Artemas, jurist, born in Freedom, Me., Jan. 

 8, 1823; died in Augusta, Me., March 15, 1894. He 

 studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1844, and 

 practiced in Albion, Me., till 1858, and afterward in 

 Augusta. In 1852 he was elected to the Legislature; 

 in 1856 was a member of Gov. Samuel Wells's execu- 

 tive council : and in January, 1875, was appointed a 

 member of the State Constitutional Convention. Gov. 

 Dingley appointed him a justice of the Supreme 

 Judicial Court of Maine on April 24, 1875; Gov. 

 Robie reappointed him on Jan. 11, 1883 ; and Gov. 

 Burleigh, on Jan. 10, 1890. 



