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the City of New York, Delaware College, 

 Brown University, and the Sheffield Scientific 

 School, Yale College. He remained in this last 

 to the end of his life. He wrote several books 

 on scientific subjects, was a contributor to pe- 

 riodicals, and was a member of the Academy 

 of Science, etc. 



Oakey, Emily S., an American author, born in 

 Albany, N. Y., Oct. 8, 1829 ; died there, May 

 12, 1883. She received her education at the 

 Albany Female Academy, and was graduated 

 in 1850, with high honors. In 1854 she was 

 offered a position as teacher in the academy, 

 which she accepted and retained for twenty- 

 five years. Miss Oakey was an admirable 

 instructor in English composition, rhetoric, 

 belles-lettres, and Latin. In later years she also 

 taught logic, German, and French. Her health 

 had never been vigorous, and the last year of 

 her life she was in the hospital, a sufferer from 

 malignant and painful disease. Miss Oakey 

 displayed poetic ability of no mean order, and 

 she contributed quite frequently to magazines 

 and religious newspapers. Her poems have 

 received high praise, and are noted for purity 

 of sentiment and sweetness of versification. 

 A volume of them was published just after 

 her death. 



Patterson, William C., an American financier, 

 born in 1812 ; died in West Philadelphia, June 

 20, 1883. He was President of the Trust Com- 

 pany, and was well known in the financial 

 world. He served in the Mexican War, and 

 was for a time on the staff of his brother, Gen. 

 Robert Patterson, during the first year of the 

 civil war. He engaged in business in Philadel- 

 phia after the close of the great struggle, and 

 was one of the original directors, as well as 

 president, of the Pennsylvania Railroad. 



Peck, Jesse T., an American clergyman, born 

 in Middlefield, N. Y., April 4, 1811 ; died in 

 Syracuse, May 17, 1883. While a student in 

 Cazenovia College he was licensed as an ex- 

 horter, and in 1830 was licensed as a local 

 Methodist preacher. In July, 1832, he joined 

 the Oneida Conference at Manlius, and served 

 as pastor for five years. He then gave himself 

 to educational work, and became Principal of 

 the Troy Conference Academy at Putney, Vt., 

 in 1841. Here he remained seven years, when 

 he was elected President of Dickinson College. 

 During his four years of service the college 

 prospered greatly. In 1852 he took to preach- 

 ing again, his sphere of labor being the Meth- 

 odist Church in Washington city. Two years 

 later he became secretary and editor of the 

 Tract Society in New York. Thence, in 1858, 

 he went to California, where he remained 

 eight years, actively and usefully occupied. 

 Owing to the sickness of his wife he returned 

 to the East, and was in charge of congrega- 

 tions in Peekskill, Albany, and Syracuse. He 

 also entered zealously into the establishment 

 of the University of Syracuse, N. Y. In 1872 

 he was elected one of the bishops in the Meth- 

 odist Church. He was a preacher of consid- 

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erable eloquence and fervor, and wrote a num- 

 ber of books, the best known of which are, 

 41 The True Woman," "The Central Idea of 

 Christianity," and u What must I do to be 

 saved?" 



Pinkney, William, an American clergyman, 

 born in Annapolis, Md., April 17, 1810; died 

 in Cockeysville, Md., July 4, 1883. He was 

 graduated at St. John's College, Annapolis, in 

 1827, and was ordained deacon in the Episco- 

 pal Church in April, 1835, and a year later was 

 ordained priest. His first charge was that of 

 Somerset and Coventry parishes; he was next 

 rector of St. Matthew's Church, Bladensburg; 

 and then became rector of the Church of the 

 Ascension, Washington city. In 1870 he was 

 elected Assistant Bishop of Maryland, and was 

 consecrated on the 6th of October. On the 

 death of Bishop Whittingham, in 1879, Dr. 

 Pinkney became bishop of the diocese. Owing 

 to his advanced years, Bishop Pinkney was not 

 so active and energetic as might have been 

 desired ; but he performed a large amount of 

 work, and was universally respected and es- 

 teemed for his sincere devotion to duty and 

 his many lovable qualities. 



Randolph, Thomas F., formerly Governor of 

 New Jersey, born in New Brunswick, N. J M 

 June 24, 1836 ; died in Morristown, Nov. 7, 

 1883. His early education was obtained at the 

 Rutgers Grammar-School, and for a time he 

 was in the office of "The Fredonian," a paper 

 owned and edited by his father on retiring 

 from Congress. He next became a merchant, 

 and went into business in Vicksburg, Miss. 

 While there he married a granddaughter of 

 Chief-Justice Marshall. In 1850 he returned 

 to New Jersey, and took up his residence in 

 Morristown. He was elected to the Assembly 

 in 1859, and to the Senate in 1862, being also 

 elected for the full term in 1863. Four years 

 later he was made President of the Morris and 

 Essex Railroad. In 1868 he was elected Gov- 

 ernor of New Jersey. In 1874 he was chosen 

 United States Senator, succeeding the Hon. J. 

 P. Stockton. During the civil war he was 

 warmly in sympathy with 'the Union cause. 

 He was chairman of the special legislative com- 

 mittee on the "Peace Convention" in 1861. 

 He lived mostly in retirement hi Morristown 

 after leaving Congress. 



Rodney, George B., an American lawyer, born 

 in 1802 ; died in Newcastle, Del., June 18, 1883. 

 He was graduated at Princeton College in 1820, 

 was admitted to the bar, and practiced in the 

 courts for many years with success. He did 

 not take much part in politics, and was in pub- 

 lic life only a member of the House of Repre- 

 resentatives. He was twice elected, and served 

 from 1841 to 1845. He was a delegate to the 

 " Peace Convention " of 1861. Mr. Rodney 

 enjoyed the distinction, at the time of his death, 

 of being the oldest lawyer of the Delaware bar. 



Sands, Benjamin F., an American naval officer, 

 born in Maryland, Feb. 11, 1812 ; died in Wash- 

 ington city, June 30, 1883. He entered the 



