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Kicker, Joseph m in Parsons- 

 ticld. Me.. Jut,. 



wn* gra.i rvillf 



College (now Colby rnivi-r-.it v. in 1889; was im- 



rgan of the Bnptist Church in Maim-: and 

 four years the mini-- 



than o rear* he was chaplain at the Mas- 



sachusetts Slate Prison ; for wren years was sec- 

 v of the Massachusetts Baptist convention, and 

 vo yean of the Maine con \i-nti.m : and. after 

 holding pastorate* in Glouco and Au- 



gustaTMcv A,,|, m -M an.l Mi 



gare his entire time t superinteodiDg the m 



.v,.rk of his denomination. He 

 \ework in putting the training*! 



r\ i!le. 11. -i. p. ii. and 

 llou'.- i financial basis, ami t<> the 



at H on I ton (now known as tl ('las- 



.-. * 10. t MM i. ] ; i tlio 



!>.!. fr, left in 1H68. 



derirk \\ illiain. librarian. born in 



v\ Indies, Oct. 7. 1^1'.': died in 



Newark. V J An-. \'2. 1M7. He was a son ..f 



iiiilar. ami 



a nephew of I'hilij . tin- distinguished 



Frederic k was educated at ll<>- 



bart and 1. .died medicine and 



law. but had no liking for nth. r. and. st -tiling in 



rk, N. .1.. opened a classical school and con- 



ve years. In 1*4'. In- was : 



librarian of the Newark Libr .ition. and 



he held the office f.-r twenty years, hi this period 



I inemlN-r of tin- first board of edu- 



1 sem-d in it for sixteen years, 



are as its secretary and three lent. 



Hewasals< penntendenl of Public Schools 



four year*. He s,. r \ed three t rms as sheriff of 

 Essex* County, b "f Newark, and 



subsequently as pol; >- lay ju<lge of 



ourt of Coiiiinon Fleas. For many yea: 

 was librarian of th- \ IIi>tori 



and also editor of it> nninerii^ publications. Ib- 

 wrote and published "An Knglish (irarninar"; a 

 f Rome" (New York. 1KT2): "Life ,,f 

 Madame de Longueville," from th- l-'rendi of Vic- 

 tor < 1854); "The Henriadc." from the 

 M of Voltaire (1859):" Knglish Songs from 

 Foreign Tongues" (1879): and "The Slf-T..r- 

 r. fn-ni the Latin of Tcrentius with more 

 -h Songs" (1885). He edited many volumes 



: ' diluents of New .ler'sey," j.ub- 

 .l.-rsey Hi-torical Society, and 

 compiled the greater part of the volume treating -.f 

 'r yin tin- MTU- " Memorial History of 



.' the time .f his death he had ready for 

 -ss a translation of another work of 

 a collection of original poems, and more "Songs 

 fniHiFon-ign Tongues*; and had in prepai 



ry of 

 r books. 

 Robert.H. >Vllllam Randall, merchant, born in 



.. is:{(: die*! in 



Aug. 9, 1897. He removed to New York 

 : ( ..and engaged successfully in mercantile 

 business for many years, retiring in "1869. In 1865 

 he was elected president of the Fenian Brother- 

 hood, and in the following year actively promoted 

 the raid into < anada. for which he was 'irnpri 

 by the United States Government. He was elected 

 Tigress as a Democrat in 1870 and IST-J. and to 

 the New York Board of Aldermen in 1*77. and was 

 defeated for sheriff in 1*7!. in 1*85 he was ap- 

 pointed United - r to Chili, and whiM 



serving there was stricken with p; 

 1889. lie was brought bark k and re- 



mained a helpless invalid till his death. 



i iii. nun., .lames, legislator, born in 

 88; died in Oo- 

 luml 

 amoi :, ihecountx and were ao- 



1 1 o was 



graduated at South Carolina ('oik .-.and 



became a plan? i-dc-camp 



. and !hr'iiglioiit tl. 

 the linn and o|.ni -upp"ri he gave 



to tli- member of the 



:itutional ki held un- 



der I ' ' 'ingress, and in l s <> s 



Was elected \\ithoiit (.ppi>sj|i,,|, 'lie vacant 



seats in the t'nited - In |s7( ! , 



re-ele !'ull term, and \\;i- appointed chair- 



man of the Committee on Manufacture- and a mein- 

 1 the coininittees on the District of Columtiia 

 and on Knrolh-d Mills (seleet i. 



b 1 -HI (.,.,1 ft >l;i\ell. Ian JT< r, born in 



Helvidefe. B : di<'l in 



Tivi,' 997, II- laled 



at Princeton College in 1M7: studied law, WAS ad- 

 mitted tolln-bai I -, ,. >n a 1 1 er\\ an I n-n 



:udeii. In is.")* lu' was appointed |-i 

 the pleas f,,r ( aindeii County: in I 1 -*'. . 

 Attoi \v Jersey; and in June. 



1869, was appointee! of the Na\\. lie 



\\ent out of the naval (.Mice .Man : 

 serving for some time in 1*7; as Secretary M 



ii the n -i^nation of (Jen. lielknap. ' h 

 and issoiu- wasele. ; -\ was 



defeated for a tliird term. His adniinist ration of 

 the Navy department was the subject of much ad- 



eriticism and of congressional investigation 

 in ls7iiand b s ? s ; but the Judiciary Commit ; 



the House onanimously declared tnal thech, 



against him \\ ;-tained. After retiring 



from COIILTIV-S. M,. |> (> i,,..,, n practiced law in i 

 ton till within a few years of hi- death. 



Hobinsnii. .lohn rie>el;ind. soldier, born in 

 I'.in-hamton. N. \ .. April 10. 1M7: died tin-re. 



Be entered the rnited states Mili- 

 tary Academy in ls:'>5: withdrew to study law 

 three yean afterward ; was commissioned 'Jd lieu- 

 tenant' in the rth Infant r\ proinoteil 

 1st lieutenant. June 1^. 1M; : captain, Aug. I'J. 

 nfantry. Feb. 'Jii. isij'j : and colon. 

 Infantry, July 2s.' isr,<; : and was retired with tin- 

 rank of major general, May 6, isf,!. In the volun- 



rvice he was commissioned colonel of p 

 Michigan Infantry. Sept. ]. ]s(',l ; promnted 1 

 dier general. April v tted majoi 



eral. June % J7. l s ''i: and mustered out Sept. 1. 



1H66. In the regular army he was brevetted lieu- 

 tenant colnm-l. July 1. 1863 a! the bat- 

 tle of Gtett&bnnr; colonel. M;,\ :,. IH;.J. f., r the 

 \ liriiradier . ^larch 

 i:'.. l s ''.". for S|.ott>ylvania : and major general, 

 -aim- date, for services in the field during Hi- 

 ll is first military service was as a <juartennaster in 

 the army of occupatioi 



Christie. Texas, in 184 rred with distinction 



!< Alto, KesHca de la I'alma. and M"ir 

 and in the Closing Operations of the war: w;; 

 gaged in against Indians in Texas in 



'1. and in Florida ii <1 accom- 



iition to Ttah i 



red from duty at Fort 



Columbus, N. Y.. to Fort Mci bury, Baltimore. 

 lie p-aehed Italtinior- sj a critical moment, and 



Mted the lerss r.f Fort Me||cnry to the (iovern- 



From May till September, 1861, he was on 



duty at Hetroit. Mir-h..an<l Columbus, Ohio, mustcr- 



i after his promotion o 



bngadier general of volunter-r- he commanded a 



. port New- and t fie troop- jn the 



.borhood of Portsmouth, Va., till May, 1862. 



