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OBITUARIES, AMERICAN. (ToucEY UPHAM.) 



munificence, its trustees having received prior to 

 his death $1,000,000. which has been increased by 

 his will to more than $3,500,000. This school, 

 opened in the autumn of 1894, is coeducational and 

 comprises a whole school system in miniature. Its 

 courses extend from the kindergarten through the 

 high school, and, in addition to the usual branches, 

 include instruction in art and several kinds of 

 manual work, as well as science and modern and 

 ancient languages. 



Toucey, John M., railroad manager, born in 

 Newtown, Conn., in 1828; died in Fishkill Land- 

 ing, N. Y., Sept. 23, 1898. He began his career as 

 a railroad man in Connecticut. In 1855 he entered 

 the employ of the Hudson River Railroad, and in 

 1862 he was appointed assistant superintendent. 

 From 1867 to 1881 he was superintendent of the 

 1 1 udson River division of the New York Central and 

 1 1 udson River Railroad. From 1881 to 1890 he was 

 general superintendent of the whole system, and 

 from 1890 to 1898 he was general manager. He re- 

 tired in May of the latter year, with the unusual 

 honor of a pension. He was considered one of the 

 ablest railroad operators in the United States. 



Townsend, Franklin, soldier, born in Albany, 

 N. Y., in 1820; died there, Sept. 11, 1898. He was 

 adjutant general of the State of New York for three 

 terms, the terms beginning respectively in 1867, 

 1875, and 1877. Under his last administration the 

 labor riots were successfully ended without a resort 

 to arms. During his several administrations the 

 State recovered large sums of money from the 

 United States in the way of war claims, the system 

 of rifle practice was instituted, the service was sup- 

 plied with a book of regulations, the military code 

 was formulated, and the first steps were taken in 

 uniforming and equipping the National Guard, 

 which resulted in the adoption of the present serv- 

 ice uniform. So great were his services in this line 

 that he was universally known as " the Father of 

 the National Guard." He served a term in the 

 State Assembly, and he was mayor of Albany in 

 1850. 



Trescot, William Henry, diplomatist, born in 

 Charleston. S. C., Nov. 10, 1822 ; died in Pendleton, 

 S. ('.. May 4, 1898. He was graduated at Charleston 

 College in 1840, studied at Harvard, and was admit- 

 ted to the bar in 1843. He was appointed secretary 

 of the United States legation at London in Decem- 

 ber, 1852, and Assistant Secretary of State in June, 

 1860, which office he held til South Carolina seceded. 

 He served in the Legislature of that State from 

 1862 till 1866, and also on the staff of Gen. Roswell 

 S. Ripley. At the close of the war he was sent to 

 Washington in behalf of South Carolina to adjust 

 differences growing out of the reconstruction acts 

 He removed to Washington in 1875 and resumed 

 his law practice. In June, 1877, he was counsel for 

 the United States before the Fishery Commission 

 at Halifax ; in April, 1880, he was one of the com- 

 missioners appointed to revise the treaty with China; 

 in February, 1881, was appointed to represent the 

 United States in the negotiations with reference to 

 its rights on the Isthmus of Panama; and in the 

 *ame year was special envoy to the belligerents in 

 Peru, Chili, and Bolivia. He was also a commis- 

 sioner in 1882 with Gen. Grant to negotiate a com- 

 mercial treaty with Mexico. He published works 

 on diplomatic topics, including "A Few Thoughts 

 on the Foreign Policy of the United States" (1849); 

 "The Diplomacy of the Revolution" (1852); "Dip- 

 lomatic System of the United States" (1853); "An 

 American View of the Eastern Question" (1854): 

 "The Diplomatic II iMory of the Administrations of 

 Washington and Adams" (1857); ami "Address 

 before the South Carolina Historical Society" 

 (1859); and orations and political pamphlets. 



Tripp, Seth D., inventor, born in Rochester, 

 Mass., in 1826; died in Lynn, Mass., Jan. 7, 1898. 

 When about twenty years old he invented a ma- 

 chine for pegging shoes, which was a pronounced 

 success and found its way into many factories. lie 

 next invented a counter skiver, and later secured 

 patents on rolling machines, sole molders, shank 

 cutters, heel polishers, sole dyers, and welt-cutting 

 and beating-out machines. 



Trotter, Newbold Hough, artist, born in Phila- 

 delphia, Pa., Jan. 4, 1827; died in Atlantic City, 

 N. J., Feb. 21, 1898. He was graduated at Ilaver- 

 ford College in 1845, entered a wholesale dry-goods 

 house, and withdrew in 1858 to devote himself to 

 art. lie joined the Germantown Home Guards in 

 1861, and took part in the battle of Antietam. He 

 resumed his profession in 1867. Later he was en- 

 gaged by the United States Government to paint 

 all the mammalia of North America for a publica- 

 tion to be issued under its auspices. He had com- 

 pleted about 40 of these pictures when the appro- 

 priation for the work was exhausted. His chief 

 works are " After the Combat," " Grizzly Bears/' 

 " Wounded Buffaloes," " The Last Stand,'' " Indian 

 Encampment," and others painted for the War De- 

 partment. Three pieces, representing the progress 

 of travel in Pennsylvania during fifty years, are his 

 most notable historic paintings. He was a member 

 of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, the 

 Philadelphia "Society of Artists, the Art Club of 

 Philadelphia, and the Artists' Fund Society. 



Tyngr, Stephen Higginson, clergyman* born in 

 Philadelphia, June 28, 1839; died in 'Paris, France, 

 Nov. 17, 1898. He was a son of Rev. Stephen Higgin- 

 son Tyng, long prominent in New York city as rector 

 of St. George's Church, and was educated for the min- 

 istry at the Theological Seminary in Alexandria. Va. 

 After taking deacon's orders in 1861, he assisted 

 his father at St. George's for more than two years, 

 until his admission to the priesthood, in 1863. From 

 1863 to 1865 he was rector of the Church of the 

 Mediator in New York city, and in the latter year 

 he organized the Church of the Holy Trinity in New 

 York and was its only rector until his resignation, 

 in 1881. Soon after this he went to Paris and en- 

 gaged in life insurance and at the time of his 

 death he was president of the American Chamber of 

 Commerce in Paris and director general of the 

 Mutual Reserve Fund Life Association for the Con- 

 tinent of Europe. In 1867 he created a sensation 

 by preaching in a Methodist church in New Bruns- 

 wick. N. J., and was brought to trial for so doing 

 by Bishop Potter. In 1872 he received the <1 

 of D. D. from Williams College. lie was the au- 

 thor of " The Square of Life," " He Will Coin.." 

 and " Our Church Work." 



Underbill, Edward Fitch, stenographer, born 

 in Wolcott.N. Y., in 1830; died in New York city. 

 June 18, 1898. He received a common-school edu- 

 cation, studied stenography in 1847. and became a 

 reporter on the St. Louis "Republican" in isi'.i. 

 He was a member of the Phonetic Council in is."i(). 

 came to New York city in 1853, and was connected 

 with the "Times" and later with the " Tribune." 

 He acted as war correspondent for the "Ti: 

 was captured, taken to Harper's Ferry, tried MS a 

 spy, and acquitted. He left the "Times" in IHi'J. 

 became a law reporter, studied law, and was ad- 

 mitted to the New York bar. He was at various 

 times official stenographer of the New York Su- 

 preme Court, the Legislature, the Constitutional 

 Convention of 1867-'68, and at the impeachment 

 trial of Gov. Ilolden of North Carolina. For t hirty 

 years previous to his death he was chief stenogra- 

 pher of the Surrogate Court. 



I pliaiu. John J., soldier, born in Delaware, 

 July 25, 1837; died in Milwaukee, Wis.. Ov-t. '-'I. 



