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OBITT. MMI-X AMEHK 



Itiurirlf'S. Kdnard Rush, educator, horn it 



He uught at Bradford (Vt) A. a 

 tiada to perfect himif in French an<l to teach 

 at the mis- and then went abroad 



for further study. In l*64-*66 he was m-tru.-i,,r 

 Mtflishand Praoofa m tlu- Dn-xi,-., Poht- 

 Land mine last year was app.-in;,,l msi: 

 in m.nlern languages at Dartmouth College. He 

 became Professor of Modern Languages in the 



f 1898 



hail boen I'rofinmrof German at Dartmouth. I'rof. 

 Boggles, who was regarded as one of the best 

 man scholars in th.- United State*, received th. ,], - 



,ih in 1864 

 and 1*85 respect: 



Itiili-itn N. I-,,,, sum, Mille. im a. Iwrn 

 kpril -.'. . in .Mann- 



Sept, 1. ls.T. II.- \\a- edu- 

 cated at Gouverncur Academy in his native town. 

 and receive* 1 his training for" the ministry in the 

 :-al Theological Seminarv. New York city. 

 being graduated in 1866. In the same year he was 

 admitted to deacon's orders in the Episcopal Chun h, 

 an<l not long afterward to priest's orders. 1 



-<J9 he was rector of /i,,n 



i'hurch. Mount M< ; md subsequent Iv he 



founded, and was the lir-t r.--t..r of St. John's 

 Chureh on the Hci-hts in Jer-ey City. ]n 1877 he 

 was called to the rectorship of St. Paul's Church, 



ami. and he remained there until I 

 secrated Assistant Hi-hop of Central IVnnsyl . 



hat even pal residence was at South 



Bethlehem. Pa. In 1*!5. on the death <.f the senior 

 bi-hop, he succeeded to i The enormous 



amount of work involved in administering the affairs 

 of his diocese made great inroads upon his naturally 

 strong constitution, and in the la-t years of his life 

 he was obliged to seek an entire change of seen, in 

 the hope of recovering his former health. But the 

 change had been made too late. Besides sermons 

 and essays, and contributions in pn.se and verse to 

 iicals, he published a "History of 

 ' inl's Church. Cleveland. Ohio" ,1*77). 

 llu--. II John Hen rv. naval officer, born in 

 Fred, . Md.. .In'. died i,, Wash- 



ington. D. ('.. April 1. I*'.i7. U'- was appoii, 

 mid-hipman in the I'nited States navy. Sept. 10, 



IMI : was promoted passed midshipman, Aug. 10. 



14. 1*55; lieutenant, the fol- 

 lowing day; lieu- 

 tenant command- 

 er, .July 16, 1862; 

 commander. Jan. 

 28.1867; captain. 

 12, 1874; 

 commodore, Oct. 

 80,18x 

 admiral. March 4, 



nd wasre- 

 Aujr. '27 fol- 

 I) 11 ring 

 ive career 

 was on sea ser- 

 06 for tw- 

 years and nine 

 months, and on 



shore or other dutT for nineteen years and eleven 

 th* He ma I- ,, ,(. sioop 



-Crane" of the Pacific squadron in 1841- '4:5. and 

 had his first experience of war on the " St. Mar 

 in the Gulf of Mexico in 1846. II, , the 



capture of Corpus Christ i and the securing of 



r at Brazos. He also served on the blockade 



ra Cruz prior to the capture of the city. In 



1848 he was graduated at the United States "Naval 



Academy, and was ordered on coast-survey duty. 



h Pacific exploring . 

 act ins: lieutenant and IK, 



. :d on l hi-* cruise, notwithstanding the Chinese 

 had ; . . M-eured liy hi- p. 



oldness an ofli -r the kmenoan and 



Hritish envoys. He also made explorations in the 



MM! num.! in ihe 



he was on duty at the \\ ; ^l,]i,_-- 



i'U v \ .rfo'lk 



Land had charge of the la-! I mat that 

 left that yard. Apr While attached to 



the f: IT IVnsacola. Fla.. h- 



formed durin- the ni^'lit of Sept M. \^'>\. "in- of 

 tin- mo*. i thrilling feats of the civil war. In c..m- 

 mand of a ditioii <-f KM) sail..r>. he under- 



took tocut out or destroy the i hidah." ly- 



that pori onderthe protection of strong 



Hid a force of H.(MK> men. litioii 



letectedbe: hed the p; .'1 fin- 



was opened on the boats; but trie sailors pressed 



on, and after a hand-to-hand fi^hi. in \\hiel. 

 the "Colonid-.'s" men were killed or wounded, the 

 -Judah"wa> captured. While the troops in the 

 na\y \anl \M-I-C leinir as-emlled. the "Judah 

 set on' fire and -auk. and t he -nr\ i\..r- of the ex- 

 pedition returned to their fi 

 Lieut, llu-sell received the personal thai 



lent Lincoln. I he contra! illations of tin ' 

 I Jepartmcnt. and the thanks of the State of Mar\- 

 land. Subsequently he took jmrt in the operations 

 of I-'arrairut's fleet at New Orleans and on th> 



sissipj)i nrr op to Vicksborg; rec.-i\-eri the _ 

 son of Fort Jackson as prisoners on his -hip: and 

 was thanked by Farragut for saving the li\e> of the 

 officers and men in the HaiHiip's loat dm. 

 guerrilla attack at Baton K"ii-. . In IH;!>, while 

 commanding the ( >s-ipee." r,f the 1'aejfie ><jiia<l- 

 nn. he rescued the passenger- and crew of the 

 Pacific mail steamer "Continental " during a gale, 

 and in 1S75. while serving in the North Atlantic 

 squadron, saved the vessels of the squadron from 

 an epidemic of yellow fever at l\ 



Vine, llenn William*, philanthropist, born 

 in Middletown.Vonn.. .lan.ol. 1M4 : lied in Ithaca, 

 N. V.. Sept. 17. 1SD7. Fe-ble health cau-ed hi.,, to 

 abandon plans for a professional life, and in 

 he entered his uncle'- mercantile house. He pur- 

 chased the business in 1838, and managed it till 

 1H54. when he became interested in the lunil- 

 K'ions of Canada and lheW.-t. II. l,oui:hi 

 tracts of timber around Lake Sime..e. in <., 

 and wa- highly successful in hi- operation-. Sub- 

 -e.|iiently. in partnership with John M 

 built the largest sawmill in the world at Winona. 

 Mich., and became one of the mo-i . -xten-ive land 

 owner< in that State. In IslThe was elected to 

 the Le^i-lature as a \\'hi^ r : in l s ">? removed to 

 ltn.oklyn. N. V. : and in l^n re! unied to I: 

 Hi- early benefactions included the endowment of 

 the Lyman Beedier lectureship on j.reachii. 



7ale O^IMO, the buildiog and endowment >f 



eral churches and -ch,,oU. and t he building of tin- 

 public library at West Bay City. Mich, l-'iom its 

 inception Mr. Sage was deeply interested in 

 nell I'niversity. He was elected a trustee in 

 and had been' president of th- 



- to the instit ut ion, he managed its 

 aboal 



$6.000.000 for them, although, but for his ,,l,jec- 

 . the board ,il have -ol.l t hem 



at one time for $l.(MMi.o<Hi. Hi, principal sri: 

 the unive; - Sage College for Women. 



$266." .'. Lynn Sa-e <-hair of Philosophy, 



phf, X'JOc 



i'liiilding. $200.000, anl endow- 

 ment $:UK.(KK); Museum* .1) An-ha- 

 collection and equipment, $20,000; house for S 



