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OBITUARIES, AMERICAN. (BRICE BROOKS.) 



lie, after her delivery to the United States navy. 

 He was then detailed to the steamer " General Tay- 

 lor," engaged in carrying recruits from New Orleans 

 to Pensacola, Fla. During the Mexican War he 

 took part in the actions at Alvarado, Tobasco, Tus- 

 pan, Saguna, Tampico, and Vera Cruz, and subse- 

 quently saw service with the home, East Indian, 

 and Mediterranean squadrons and in the coast sur- 

 vey. In April, 1861, ne was placed in command of 

 the steamer " Monticello," which was hastily fitted 

 out to provision Fort Monroe, and after discharging 

 this duty his vessel was assigned to the North Atlan- 

 tic blockading squadron. With her he took part in 

 the first naval engagement of the civil war an 

 action with a Confederate battery at Sewall's 

 Point, Va.. May 19. In October following he was 

 present at the attack and capture of Forts Hatteras 

 and Clarke, and engaged the Confederate gunboats 

 at Kimmekerk Woods, above Cape Hatteras, sank 

 two barges, dispersed two regiments, and rescued 

 the 20th Indiana Regiment, which was surrounded 

 by the enemy. In command of the " Pequot," he 

 participated 'in the attacks on Forts Fisher and 

 Anderson, and in three on Cape Fear river during 

 the naval advance on Wilmington. He commanded 

 the "Juniata," of the "Polaris" search expedition, 

 in 1873, and in the latter part of that year obtained 

 the surrender by Spain of 102 survivors of the 

 "Virginius" prisoners at Santiago de Cuba. In 

 1886-'88 he commanded the South Atlantic station, 

 and in 1889-'90 the navy yard at Brooklyn. 



Brice, Calvin Stewart, lawyer, born in Den- 

 mark, Ohio, Sept. 17, 1845 ; died in New York city, 

 Dec. 15, 1898. He entered Miami University at 

 the age of thirteen, and in April, 1861, enlisted in a 

 university company which was stationed at Colum- 

 bus, Ohio. In the autumn of the year he resumed 

 study, and in April, 1862, again enlisted in a uni- 

 versity company, which was merged in the 86th 

 Ohio infantry. He served in West Virginia during 

 the summer campaign ; then returned to the college 

 and was graduated in June, 1863. After his grad- 

 uation he taught school, served as auditor of Allen 

 County, recruited a company and went to the war 

 again as its captain in the 180th Ohio Volunteers, 

 and served till the close of the war in Tennessee, 

 Georgia, and the Carolinas. Mr. Brice took the 

 law-school lectures of Michigan University in 1865, 

 was admitted to the bar in 1866, and practiced law 

 ten or twelve years at Lima, Ohio. He began his 

 financial career in 1870, becoming a stockholder in 

 the National Bank of Lima, and during the panic of 

 1873 his advice saved the bank from collapse. 

 Shortly afterward he became interested in railroad 

 affairs, and was identified with the East Tennessee, 

 the Richmond Terminal system, the Duluth, South 

 Shore and Atlantic, the Knoxville and Ohio, and 

 several other railroads. At the time of his death 

 he was interested in an enterprise known as the 

 American China Development Company, its princi- 

 pal purpose being to build a railroad from Hankow 

 to Canton, and thence to the seaboard near Hong- 

 Kong. Mr. Brice was a Democrat in politics, and 

 was an elector on the Tilden ticket in 1876 and on 

 the Cleveland ticket in 1884. As chairman of the 

 campaign committee he conducted the national 

 campaign in 1888. He was elected United States 

 Senator from Ohio in 1890, and served on the Ap- 

 propriations, Pensions, Pacific Railroad, and Pub- 

 lic Buildings and Grounds Committees. 



Brings, Frank A., governor, born in Hcnncpin 

 County, Minn., Sept. 15, 1858; died in Bismarck, 

 N. I)., Aug. 9, 1898. He received a public-school 

 education, learned the printer's trade, and be- 

 came editor of the "Howard Lake Advocate." In 

 1881 he removed to North Dakota, and for a time 

 was employed as a bookkeeper. Subsequently he 



was postmaster at Mandan and for eight years 

 treasurer of Morton County. In 1894 he was elected 

 State Auditor of North Dakota, and in 1896 Gov- 

 ernor. 



Bristow, George F., music teacher, born in 

 1824, died in New York city, Dec. 13, 1898. He 

 taught music in the public schools of New York 

 city from 1850 till his death ; was the author of 

 several symphonies ; and in 1854 composed the 

 opera " Rip Van Winkle," which was produced in 

 Niblp's Garden. He was a member of the Philhar- 

 monic Society, the Manuscript Club, and of other 

 musical organizations. 



Broadhead, James Overton, lawyer, born in 

 Charlotteville, Va., May 29, 1819; died in St. Louis. 

 Mo., Aug. 7, 1898. He" was educated at a private 

 classical school and at the University of Virginia ; 

 removed to St. Charles, Mo., in 1837; and, after 

 studying law with Edward Bates, was admitted to 

 the bar in 1842. In 1845 he was a member of the 

 State Constitutional Convention, in 1847 was elect- 

 ed to the lower house of the Legislature, and in 

 1850-'54 was a member of the State Senate. He 

 removed to St. Louis in 1859. At that time he was 

 a Whig in politics. When the civil war broke out 

 he was influential in the Union cause, and was a 

 member of the committee formed in 1861 to per- 

 fect the military organization of St. Louis and Mis- 

 souri. Subsequently he was appointed provost 

 marshal general of the department that included 

 Missouri, Arkansas, Kansas, and Indian Territory. 

 After the war he joined the Democratic party, and 

 in its national convention of 1876 he received many 

 votes for the presidential nomination. He was 

 elected to Congress in 1882, and was appointed 

 United States minister to Switzerland in 1893. His 

 public service also included a special mission to 

 France in connection with the American claims for 

 spoliation. 



Bromley, Isaac Hill, journalist, born in Nor- 

 wich, Conn., March 6, 1833; died there, Aug. 11, 

 1898. He took a partial course at Yale College, 

 was admitted to the bar in 1854, and, after serving 

 as clerk of each house of the State Legislature, es- 

 tablished the " Norwich Morning Bulletin " in 1858. 

 In 1862 he served as a captain in the 18th Connee- 

 ticut Volunteers, and for two years afterward as a 

 provost marshal. From 1868, when he gave up his 

 connection with the "Bulletin," till 1872 he was 

 editor and part proprietor of the " Hartford Even- 

 ing Post." Leaving that newspaper because of 

 political differences with his associates, he held a 

 brief editorial place on the New York " Sun." and 

 in 1873-'83 was a member of the regular editorial 

 staff of the New York "Tribune." His editorial 

 work was then interrupted for a year, during which 

 he served as a Government director of the Union 

 Pacific Railway. During the presidential campaign 

 of 1884 he had editorial charge of the " Rochester 

 Post-Express." After the election he was appointed 

 assistant to President Charles F. Adams, of the 

 Union Pacific Railway, with whom he remained 

 till 1891, when he resumed his editorial connection 

 with the "Tribune," and continued it till shortly 

 before his death. 



Brooks, Nathan Covington, educator, born in 

 Cecil County, Md., Aug. 12, 1809; died in Philadel- 

 phia, Pa., Oct. 3, 1898. He was educated at Wot 

 Nottingham Academy, received the degree of master 

 of arts from St. John's College, Annapolis, and wa- 

 successively principal of the Franklin Academy in 

 Reistertown in 1831, principal of the Brookville 

 Academy in 1834, and editor and publisher of the 

 "American Museum," a monthly magazine which 

 had a distinguished array of contributors. In is:!!) 

 he was elected principal of the Baltimore High 

 School, and in 1848 he attempted to organi/e the 



