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pronounced his treatise on the "Limitations of Actions" to be "much the best treatise on that important subject in the English language." His fame is thus not only an honor to his native state, but forms no inconsiderable item in the juridical reputation of the country.

ANKENY, Mr., Clearspring, Md., July 11, æ. 70. Mr. Ankeny was a very respectable farmer, extensively known and universally esteemed in his portion of the country. His history is intimately connected with its growth. Commencing life when the log cabin and the shed were the only dwellings, when the native forests encroached upon the diminutive fields of the farmer, he lived long enough, and contributed in no small measure, to open the hoed fields redeemed from the rock and stump of the wilderness, to erect the snug farm houses and capacious barns which stud the country; to cultivate successfully the stubborn soil which now yields abundant harvests, and which enables that vicinity to compare favorably with other favored sections of our country. As a farmer, Mr. Ankeny stood almost unrivalled. His untiring industry, acute observation, and long experience, enabled him to succeed when others failed, and to gather round him a handsome fortune by his own unaided exertions. He possessed talents which, if cultivated, would have insured him an enviable distinction in any pursuit of life; as it was, his strong common sense and clear perception enabled him, although at an advanced age, to undertake and successfully carry out projects from which the young and the vigorous would have shrunk with fear. As is usual with a strong intellect, he maintained the vigor of his faculties up to the last moment of his existence, his mind remaining clear and unclouded in the frail fabric that was tumbling to ruin around it. Although in affluent circumstances, he was plain and unostentatious in his life and habits, was kind to the poor-none asked for assistance without receiving it — benevolent and obliging to a fault, ever ready to incur a heavy responsibility to save a friend from ruin. His death left a void in the circle of friends and in the sphere of usefulness which could not

readily be filled, and the community sustained a loss which will be only the more felt as time advances. A long list of descendants, some fifty or sixty in number, down even to the third generation, were left to mourn his loss. Friends, neighbors, and acquaintances, united in paying their last tribute of respect to the departed, in the long train that accompanied his remains to the neighboring cemetery, where he sleeps in full view of the land where he so long toiled. There let him sleep. There is no sweeter resting place. În the gorgeous cemetery, the marble tomb and sarcophagus, are enclosed the remains of the wealthy and distinguished citizen, as a testimonial of his former position in life, while in the country graveyard, the sod grows green upon the grave of the farmer, nature's own emblem of silent and unpretending worth.

ANKRIM, Hon. Joel L., Philadelphia, Pa., 14, æ. 46. President judge of the Eleventh Judicial District in Texas.

ARMIGER, Wesley F., Peoria, Ill., Jan. 9, æ. 27, youngest son of Benjamin Armiger, of Baltimore.

ARMISTEAD, Mrs. Joanna T., Norfolk, Va., April 1, æ. 72, widow of the late William A. Armistead.

ARNELL, James B., at Columbia, Tenn., æ.-. He was a young man just commencing his career, and gave every indication of promise and of future eminence in his profession.

ARNOLD, Mrs. Cataline, Albany, N. Y., Jan. 29, æ. 94, widow of the late Isaac Arnold.

ARNOLD, Henry, Lancaster, O., Sept. 8, æ. 82. He had been a most reputable citizen for the last fifty years, and died lamented by all who recognize the value of goodness, justice, and truth.

ARNOLD, Hiram, Albany, N. Y., Mar. 17, æ. 51, the oldest son of the late Gen. B. Arnold, of Amsterdam.

ARNOLD, Mrs. Susan P., Covington, Ky., at the residence of Dr. Blackburne, Feb. 4, æ. 80. She was the widow of the late Thomas Arnold, for many years the clerk of the Bourbon Circuit Court.

ASBERY, Mrs. Mary, Hunt Co., Tex., Aug. 18, æ. -, wife of Rev. J. A. Asbery. Mrs. Asbery was the daughter of Jacob Houffer, Esq., and was born in Maryland, near Hagerstown.

ASHCRAFT, Dr. N. B., Northfield, Vt., Mar. 11, æ. 69.

ASHLEY, Mrs. Ann E., Brooklyn, N. Y., Aug. 18, æ. 61, relict of the late Capt. Richard Ashley, U. S. army, and daughter of James Robinson, Esq., formerly of Newport.

ASHMEDE, John, Philadelphia, Pa., Feb. 9, æ. 73.

ASKEY, Samuel, Snowshoe Township, Pa., May 28, æ. 81 yrs. 3 ms., was born in Path Valley, Franklin (then Northumberland) Co., Pa. He was for some time in the service of his country under Gen. Harrison, and after his services were no longer required, he returned to the place of his nativity. He afterwards visited the wilds of the Snowshoe country, with a view of seeking a new home. He settled about one mile from the Little or Black Moshannon, and 17 miles from the Bald Eagle Valley, the then nearest settlement. He was one of the first two settlers that followed in the trail of the Indians, they having left but a short time previous, leaving their hunting grounds to be occupied by the white man. The life of Mr. Askey as a pioneer and hunter would compare with that of Daniel Boone or Col. Crockett. Many of the most thrilling adventures with, and hairbreadth escapes from, the wild denizens of the forest, have been heard from the lips of the deceased by the writer. He carried with him to the grave scars, the results of wounds received in several contests with panthers, in which his life depended on his own presence of mind, and the faithfulness of his dog. Much of his time was spent in hunting, which proved the most lucrative business in which he could engage in his new home. He killed, during the time he lived in Snowshoe, 60 panthers, 98 wolves, (to this the records of Centre Co. will bear testimony,) about 500 deer, and a large number of bearsthe precise number could not be ascertained, but in a statement given by himself to the writer, he sold, in one season, 2700 weight of bear's meat.

ATHON, Mrs. Rebecca, Indianapolis, Ind., June 10, æ. -, a very excellent and estimable lady, and her loss was severely felt by her husband, son, daughters, relatives, and personal friends.

ATKINS, Mrs. Lydia Dyke, Putnam, Ct., June 18, widow of the late Rev. Mr. Atkins, æ. 82.

ATKINS, William Dexter, Sing Sing, N. Y., Mar. 3, æ. 69.

ATKINS, Mr. John, East Boston, Ms., Sept. 5, æ. 60. He was a native of Truro, Ms., and followed the sea many years, both as a fisherman and a whaler. Having acquired a moderate competency, he retired from the sea, and settled in Provincetown, which he represented several sessions in the legislature. During the collectorship of the late Philip Greeley, he filled an office in the Boston custom house, and during the past 15 years has resided in East Boston. He was 60 years of age at the time of his death; his father, mother, brothers, and sisters are yet living; he is the first of the family who has died. His father is 88, and mother 86 years old; they had six children— three of each sex. He was a man of great mental fortitude, acquired, no doubt, by early familiarity with danger. ATKINSON, Dea. Josiah L., Newburyport, Mass., Jan. 18, æ. 65.

ATKINSON, Maj. S. W., of Russellville, Ky., Oct. 2, æ. -, one of the oldest and most highly esteemed citizens. He was a gentleman of many ennobling qualities, and his death is sincerely lamented by a large circle of friends.

ATKINSON, Mrs. Jane, of St. Stephen Parish, Cecil Co., Md., wife of the Rev. John Atkinson, and only daughter of Dr. M. Barr, of Middletown, Del., Feb. 1, æ.

ATWATER, Mrs. Belinda, Circleville, O., Jan. 5, æ. 69, wife of Caleb Atwater, Esq.

AULABAUGH, Dr. James S., Greenfield, Ill., Jan. 1, æ. 29, formerly of Berkeley Springs, Morgan Co.

AULT, Frederic, Knoxville, Ten., Jan. 31, æ. 72. He was an industrious and worthy citizen, and an honest man, and passed away from earth quietly and peacefully, without a struggle or a groan, with no dread of death, feeling that "all was well."

AUSTIN, Mrs. Hannah, Queensbury, N. Y., Jan. 1, æ. 102. She was born in Washington Co., and resided over 60 years in Queensbury. She was perfectly familiar with the stirring scenes of the revolution, and lived to see a small band, battling for liberty, become a mighty and powerful nation, able to defend, if willing, that freedom that was bought with choice blood.

AUSTIN, Mrs. H. B., West Spring

field, Mass., A. Austin.

æ. 29, wife of John

AUSTIN, Elijah, Madbury, N. H., Feb. 8, æ. 72, was repeatedly elected to offices of trust and honor by the citizens of his town and county, and was extensively known and esteemed for his probity and worth.

AUSTIN, Rev. James B., Logan, O., Sept. 27, æ. 51.

AUSTIN, Mrs. M. A., New Orleans, Feb. 16, æ., widow of the late Wm. Austin, formerly of Boston, Mass.

AUSTIN, Mrs. Rebecca, Boston, Mass., Feb. 6, æ. 90.

AVERY, Hon. Barton F., Chardon, N. Y., April 12, æ. 60, was born in Aurora, Cayuga Co., N. Y. He came to this county in 1818, and settled at Parkman, where he married the wife who now survives him, and resided until 1834, when he removed to Chardon, and continued a resident until his decease. Possessing more than ordinary intelligence, great integrity and uprightness of character, with a peculiarly mild, quiet, unassuming and unpretending disposition, he acquired the general esteem and confidence of his fellow-citizens, which was manifested by conferring upon him several important offices, among which he was twice appointed an associate judge of the county, and discharged the duties of that office satisfactorily to the people, and creditably to himself.

AVERY, Henry C., Hudson, N. Y., Sept. 16, æ. 54, a member of the common council.

AVERY, George, Plainfield, N. H., Jan. 19, æ. 98. He was a soldier of the revolution, and it is said, cast his vote at every presidential election since the formation of the government. He went five miles to vote for Fremont and Dayton. AVERY, Joshua, Monument, Mass., July 11, æ. 97. Mr. A. was a revolutionary pensioner, and was, at the time of his decease, the oldest person in the town, and probably in the county.

AVERY, John S., Bridgeport, Ct., April 14, æ. 79.

AVERY, John J., Groton, Ct., Oct. 25, æ. 89. Mr. Avery was one of the interesting links which connect the present age with the stirring, trying times of the revolution, and it is proper that such should receive a passing notice as they leave us. The men who formed

their character and habits in those times were, many of them, distinguished for unyielding integrity and devoted patriotism. They held in just abhorrence the petty demagogueism and pandering of principle for place, spoils, and power, so common now. Mr. Avery was a man of most active and industrious habits. His characteristics were preeminently those of the men and of the age in which his early habits were formed. The father of Mr. Avery, Elijah Avery, with eight other family relatives of the name of Avery, fell in the massacre at Fort Griswold, on Groton Heights, Sept. 6, 1781, leaving him, at 12 years of age, to take his father's place upon the farm, and to provide for the family. Living near Fort Griswold, and directly opposite Fort Trumbull, through the revolutionary war, and the war of 1812, when New London and Groton suffered so much, and retaining distinctly in his mind the circumstances of that cruel and most shameful massacre at Fort Griswold, and of subsequent events in both wars, he learned to be earnest and decided. He took discriminating views of life. It was to him real and earnest. He was not one to float with the current. He had no patience with indecision, vacillation, indolence, shiftlessness, and the vicious habits so often associated with these characteristics. Those in his employ inclined to these things, found themselves in an uncomfortable position. His hopes for the future all rested upon the doctrines of an evangelical faith. With these characteristics, he trained up a large family of children, who have all become industrious, valuable, Christian citizens.

AXTON, Jeremiah, Grafton, Va., Feb. 10, æ. 85, was born in the eastern part of Va., and at an early day emigrated to Western Pennsylvania, where he resided about 50 years. He served in the army commanded by Gen. Harrison, in the last war with Great Britain. Mr. Axton was a plain, industrious, upright man, and a good citizen.

AYER, Eli, M. D., Palermo, Me., May 28, æ. 67. He was no ordinary man; he was strong in person, vigorous in mind, and strikingly exact in morals. For many years, he was an accomplished and successful farmer, an eminent practising physician, and a very

practical and convincing preacher. | pulously honest in his dealings with his Such were his energy and firmness of fellow-men, he enjoyed in a large decharacter, that in all business depart-gree the respect of his fellow-citizens. ments of life he was quite sure to succeed. He was for more than 40 years a resident of Palermo, and for more than 35 years a member of the church on earth. His purpose never wavered, his patience allowed no murmur, and his faith knew no doubt, through a severe and protracted sickness. In his last illness, he suffered extremely, but departed quietly, and now rests in peace.

AYER, Rev. Philip, Monmouth, Me., March 5, æ. 78.

AYRES, Hon. A., Fredericktown, Knox Co., O., Sept. 15, æ. 77 yrs. 7 mos., was born in the state of Pa., from which he emigrated in 1808, and located on the site which afterwards became the village of Fredericktown, in which he lived until the day of his decease, having spent half a century in one place. Judge Ayres was a man of unassuming manners, quiet in his deportment, dealing justice to all men. In the war of 1812, he acted as an officer in his country's service, the duties of which he discharged with fidelity, and with the approbation and esteem of his countrymen. He served the county as asso

AYERS, Peter, Shaker Village, N. H., Sept. 14, æ. 97. He was one of the founders of the society of Shakers, having been a member of that frater-ciate judge for many years, and as postnity upwards of seventy years. He was a most powerful, athletic man, and one of the few survivors of those who took part in the American revolution.

AYLSWORTH, Mr. Sylvester, Utica, N. Y., Jan. -æ. 67. He had been a resident of Utica for over 30 years, and was one of the oldest merchants. Scru

BABB, Col. Peter, Baltimore, Md.

He was a native of Philadelphia, but came to Baltimore a number of years ago, and for a long time was identified with the citizen soldiery. Up to two years ago, he was captain of the Wells and McComas Rifles, and since that time, has had command of the rifle regiment.

BABCOCK, John, Wilson's Beach, Campobello, æ. 87.

BABCOCK, Mrs. Mary, Willimantic, Conn., March 3, æ. 83.

BABCOCK, Peleg B., Bridgewater, N. Y., April 2, æ. 42, member of assembly from the 2d district of Oneida Co. BABCOCK, Samuel, Middletown, Conn., March 14, æ. 69, late collector of the port.

BABCOCK, Dea. Stanton P., Syracuse, N. Y., April 7, æ. 78.

BACHTELL, Rev. Joseph J., Markelsburg, Huntingdon Co., Pa., July 7, æ. 27. The following notice is from the Report of a Special Committee of the Alleghany Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Pennsylvania:

master of Fredericktown over 40 years, thus winning the confidence that the public placed in him as a man of trust. He bore his afflictions with great patience, seldom uttering a word, though suffering the most excruciating pain from chronic disease of the bowels, which finally resulted in dropsy.

B.

"Beloved Brethren: Another watchman upon Zion's walls has fallen. For the second time since the organization of our synod, are we called upon to mourn the death of one of our members. God has entered into our midst, and, by the unsparing hand of death, removed from time to eternity our beloved brother in the ministry of reconciliation, J. J. Bachtell. No more shall we see his face in the flesh; in the prime of his manhood, in the midst of his usefulness, and the successful prosecution of his ministry, he was cut down. He rests from his labors, and his works do follow him. Brother Bachtell was born in Washington Co., Md., and in early life was admitted into the church by Rev. J. P. Cline. He pursued his studies for some years at Pennsylvania College, and prepared for entering the ministry under the direction of the Rev. P. Sahm. He was set apart for the preaching of the everlasting gospel, at the session of our synod at Altoona, in 1854, was ordained at

McConnellsburg in 1856, married on the 12th of May, and completed his earthly career at Markelsburg, Huntington Co., on the 7th day of July, 1857, at the age of twenty-eight years. Whilst we deplore the early and unexpected death of our beloved brother in the Lord, and humbly submit to the dispensation of divine Providence which has removed him from among us, and mourn his loss, we do it not as those who have no hope in his death. His death speaks to each of us in the language of inspiration, 'Be ye also ready, for in such an hour as ye think not, the Son of man cometh.'”

BACKENSTOS, Col. J. B., Portland, O. T., Sept. 26, æ. -, was drowned in the Willamette River. Col. Backenstos was formerly sheriff of Hancock Co., Ill., and as such officer, was prominent in the Mormon troubles in the state, in 1845. In the fall of that year, at the head of a posse, he gave an order to fire upon a body resisting his authority. A Capt. Morrell was killed. Col. B. was indicted for his murder, and tried in Peoria Co., and fully acquitted. In May, 1840, he was appointed captain in the Mounted Rifles by President Polk, and served in Mexico. He was breveted major "for gallant and meritorious conduct in the battles of Contreras and Cherubusco," and lieutenant colonel "for gallant and meritorious conduct in the battle of Chepultepec," where he was wounded. In 1849, he went to Oregon with his regiment, and in 1851, resigned his commission.

BACKHOUSE, J. B., Alleghany Co., Pa., æ.. Mr. B. served as a member of the House of Representatives the winter previous to his death, to which office he was reëlected.

BACKUS, Samuel, Trenton, N. J.,æ., principal of the academy. BACON, Hon. Asa, New Haven, Conn., Feb. 5, æ. 86. Mr. Bacon was one of the most eminent survivors of the golden age of the Litchfield bar, and his name, and that of his family, has many pleasant associations in that village, to secure for it remembrance and perpetuity.

BACON, Clark, Somerville, Mass., March 2, æ. -.

BACON, Sarah, wife of J. V. Bacon, Brooklyn, May 18, æ. 72.

BADARAQUE, Dr. Thomas, at quaran

tine at Deer Island, Boston, Mass., Oct. 22, æ. - of Philadelphia. He was landed from the brig Ellen Jane, from Truxillo, on the 20th.

BADEAU, Mrs. Anna, Louisboro', Westchester Co., N. Y., June 6, æ. 52, widow of the late Benj. Badeau.

BADGER, Enoch, Eastford, Ct., March 1, æ. 83, formerly of Springfield, Mass. BADGER, Giles, Girard, Pa., Nov. 30, æ. 88. Mr. B. was a native of Conn., whence he early removed to Saratoga Co., N. Y., and thence to this county, where he arrived 60 years ago, and located himself in the neighborhood of Lexington. Upon the surrender of Hull, he entered the army, and served under Gen. Harrison. Through his long life, he enjoyed the confidence and respect of his fellows, both as a member of the M. E. church and a citizen, and in peace and Christian hope he passed away.

BADGER, Mrs. Marilla, wife of Dr. Charles B. Badger, Mishawaka, Ind., June 23, æ. 44.

BADGER, Samuel, Kittery, Me., Sept. 27, æ. 63. Well known as an eminent ship-builder, an enterprising citizen, and Christian gentleman.

BAGGERLY, Mrs. Rebecca, Fayetteville, Tenn., Jan. 3, æ. 96. She was born Jan. 5, 1761, in Montgomery Co., Md., was married to David Baggerly, May 19, 1782, emigrated with her husband to North Carolina in 1805, and remained there until 1819, when she removed to Lincoln Co., Tenn. She embraced religion, and joined the Baptist church about the year 1822, and continued an acceptable member of that church until the day of her death. Possessed of a naturally vigorous mind, she enjoyed its full strength to the end. She recollected the adoption of the Declaration of Independence, as well as many incidents connected with the revolutionary war, her husband having been an active participant in that struggle, for which services she was in receipt of a regular pension from the government.

BAILEY, Mrs. Anna M., wife of Dr. E. P. Bailey, New York, Feb. 7, œ. BAILEY, Mrs. Betsey, Norwich, Ct., May 3, æ. 55.

BAILEY, Prof. Jacob Whitman, West Point, Feb. 26, æ. 45.

BAILEY, Jonathan, Burley's Springs,

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