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Florence, Ala., Oct. 12, æ. 75. He was a native of Faquier Co., Va., removed to Lauderdale Co., Ala., in 1818, and settled at his late residence about the year 1821.

BAILEY, Rev. Kiah, Hardwick, Vt., Aug. 17, æ. 87. He was the second son of Charles and Abigail Bailey, and was born in Brookfield, Mass., West Parish, March 11, 1770, and was dedicated to God in infancy. He removed, with his parents, to Haverhill, N. H., in 1775, when the country was a wilderness. In 1783, his father removed, with his family, to Newbury, Vt., where he was favored with a common school education, and where he fitted for college, under the instruction of Rev. Jacob Wood, minister of the place. While pursuing his preparatory studies, he taught the first school ever kept in Ryegate, Vt., 1789. He entered Dartmouth College in the autumn of the same year, and graduated at that institution 1793, with the honor of delivering the Greek oration. It was during his sophomore year, in the autumn of 1790, that, after a long and painful law work, as he himself expressed it, "the rebellion of his heart was hopefully conquered, and grace-free, sovereign grace triumphed." From this moment, his whole soul was set on the work of the ministry, and in October, 1793, immediately after he graduated, he commenced the study of theology with Rev. Dr. Emmons, of Franklin, Mass., and was admitted into his church in May, 1794. The next month, June, 1794, he was licensed to preach by the Mendon Association, and delivered his first sermon at the West Parish, Taunton, Mass. He had calls to settle in Milford, Northampton, Cornish, and Ashby, Mass., but he chose his field of labor among the feeble and destitute churches of the then Province of Me. He was ordained pastor of the Congregational church in Newcastle, Me., Oct. 7, 1797, at that time a church of three persons only, besides the pastor. The little vine, by God's blessing on his labors, was increased, not a hundred, but sixty fold, before the time of his dismission, which was at his own request, in 1824. Several revivals had been enjoyed, particularly one in 1816 and 1817, which was of special power and extent. After leaving Me., Mr. Bailey

preached two years and a half at Greensboro', Vt., three years and a half at Thornton, N. H., and returned in 1833, and settled on a farm in Hardwick, Vt., where his parents died, and where he chose to close his own earthly pilgrimage. From this time, he preached only occasionally, in vacant congregations, but kept up his interest in the enterprises of the church, and the objects of reform, till the very close of his earthly career. Few men in the state of Me. have been more extensively engaged in all the benevolent movements of the churches there than Mr. Bailey. He was a representative from Me. to the legislature of Mass. in 1819 and 1820; a member of the board of overseers of Bowdoin College eight or nine years; acted at the election of the first, second, and third presidents of the college. He was president of the Maine Missionary Society; was one of the board of trustees; was one of the trustees of the Maine Charity School, and also secretary of the same; he was a trustee of the Society for Theological Education in Maine, instituted June 27, 1811, incorporated Feb. 27, 1812, and was its secretary several years. This was the first education society in New England. Mr. Bailey labored hard, journeyed, wrote, prayed, and supplicated with God and man, and finally merged the society into the Bangor Institution, which was incorporated by the Massachusetts legislature Feb. 4, 1814. Mr. Bailey was named in the charter as one of the trustees was the secretary, for five or six years, of the board of trustees. He drew up the by-laws, and did what he could to make it a rich blessing to the church. The leading spirit in the concern, and one who corresponded more, and labored more abundantly, than any other man to build it up, lived at Newcastle. His wife, than whom few better or more devoted women have been found in her times, obtained over two thousand dollars, which she paid into the treasury as a female charity fund. The Lincoln and Kennebec Religious Tract Society was instituted May, 1802, and printed and distributed about 30,000 tracts. The work of selecting, preparing, printing, and distributing these tracts, rested very much on Mr. Bailey, as secretary. The Christian

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Monitor, a magazine published by the Maine Missionary Society six or seven years, and which did much to promote the cause, rested very much on Mr. Bailey, for matter and for distribution, though others were associated. For several years, Mr. Bailey was one of the sub-committee to aid in locating and directing the missionaries sent by the Massachusetts Missionary Society into Maine. About the year 1802, Mr. Bailey commenced an effort to establish an academy in Newcastle. As this was to be the academy for the county, they had powerful competitors. But Mr. Bailey succeeded, and secured an act of incorporation, and a fund of about thirteen thousand dollars, for the Lincoln County Academy. Rev. Daniel Haskel, subsequently president of Burlington College, was the first preceptor, and Rev. Dr. Beman, of Troy, was the second. Rev. Mr. Bailey was secretary, treasurer, and agent of this institution for about twenty years, and when he left Newcastle, it was prosperous school. In 1794, he married Abigail Goodhue, daughter of Hezekiah, of Newburyport, by whom he had two twin sons, born March 7, 1798; but they both died in their infancy. Mrs. Bailey was early bereft of both parents, but she enjoyed the parental attention and instruction of Rev. Samuel Hopkins, D. D., and Rev. Dr. Spring, of whose church she was a member, and on the model of these men her mind was formed. She had a very retentive memory, a lively, chastened imagination, an ardent, unquenchable thirst for knowledge. She became a ready writer, and left at her death many volumes of manuscripts, diaries, &c. She loved and read her Bible much; was a strict observer of the Sabbath, always at meeting, if possible; loved to do good; was active in all benevolent movements; never tired. Her heart was always warm. Her last sickness was short, and she fell asleep in Jesus most peacefully, on the 18th of March, 1846, at Hardwick, Vt., æ. 89 years and 10 months-a superior and very excellent woman. Rev. Mr. Bailey's published works were nine single sermons, two doctrinal sermons, and two ordination sermons.

BAILEY, Nathan, Haverhill, Ms., -æ. 86.

BAILEY, Col. Stephen, West Amesbury, Mass., postmaster,

~, æ. 65. BAILHACHE, Hon. John, Alton, Ill., Sept. 1, æ. -. Judge Bailhache was of Norman descent, and a native of the Island of Guernsey; but at an early day he emigrated to the United States, and made his home in Ohio. Before the age of twenty-one years, we believe, he purchased and took charge of the Scioto (Ohio) Gazette, and conducted it most successfully during the troublous politics which then agitated the country. At that day, newspapers were scarce, and the Gazette was one of the leading papers of the west. When the state capitol was changed from Chillicothe, "the ancient metropolis," to Columbus, Judge Bailhache sold out the Gazette, and removing to the latter place, took charge of the Ohio State Journal, which he edited with distinguished ability, and hearty acceptance to the party of which it was the mouthpiece. He was a confidential friend of Henry Clay, with whom he kept up a constant correspondence, and he was, we believe, the first journalist to propose and hoist the distinguished statesman's name for the presidency. From Columbus, Judge Bailhache removed with his family to Alton, in 1837, where he has ever since resided. In that year, he assumed the proprietorship of the old Alton Telegraph, which was then one of the leading whig organs of the state, and he continued to be connected with it until 1855, when he retired from the tripod. As the editor of the Telegraph, he labored vigorously and with untiring perseverance for the advancement and prosperity of Illinois, and by his courteous address, his pleasing manners, his benevolent disposition, and intrinsic goodness of heart, made friends of all who were thrown in contact with him. Notwithstanding the sharp warfare of politics, in which he was frequently and unavoidably engaged, even his political opponents ever spoke well of his candor and sincerity, and held him in the highest personal esteem. As an editor and a journalist, he had few, if any, superiors among his contemporaries. Wielding a vigorous and ready pen, and honest and earnest in all his political convictions, he was yet distinguished for the careful avoidance of personalities, and of every

thing which might give offence. In the private relations of life, all who knew him loved and admired his character. He was a truly good man. United to a cultivated and refined mind, and a genial disposition, he possessed the Christian graces in an eminent degree. We knew him well, and having been formerly for many years associated with him in business, the writer of this feels that he indeed lost a valued and venerable friend.

BAILY, Joab, Whitley township, Greene Co., Pa., April 16, æ. 75 yrs. 8 mos. He was loved and esteemed as an honest man by all who knew him, as is shown by the fact that he held the office of justice of the peace for upwards of thirty years, as well as the office of county commissioner for three years. The deceased was one of the oldest citizens of the county, having been brought by his father from Chester Co. when he was only 10 years old. BAIN, Alexander, Hampshire Co., Va., , æ. 79.

BAINBRIDGE, Mrs. Maria, New York, June 9, æ. 75, widow of the late Henry Bainbridge, of Huntingdon Co., N. J. BAINBRIDGE, Susan, Philadelphia, Pa., Jan. 28, æ. 81, widow of the late Commodore Bainbridge, of the U. S. navy, who died at Philadelphia in his 60th year, July 27, 1833. The death of his widow should awaken in American bosoms a proud recollection of Commodore B. His capture of the British frigate Java, his generosity to prisoners, and his urbanity and officerlike bearing at the various naval stations where he was placed, will ever honor his name and profession.

BAKER, Eugene, Esq., Bradford, Vt., July 5, æ. 65. Mr. B. had for many years lived at Piermont Bridge, and was well known and widely respected. BAKER, Dr. George, Kingston, Oct. 29, æ. -. He had been a resident of Kingston for many years, but was an American -a native of New England. He was much respected by his fellowcitizens, and was a practitioner of skill and eminence.

BAKER, Col. Henry F., Portsmouth, O., Feb. 20, æ. 59. He was born in Salem, Mass., in 1797, and graduated at Harvard College in 1815. He became a merchant, and tried trade in several places. In 1846, he patented the well

known "improvement in steam boiler furnaces." Near 1848, he went to Cincinnati, became clerk in a bank, and in 1853 and 1854, published, in two parts, a work on "Banks and Banking in the United States," and contributed frequently to the Banker's Magazine. His name was Henry Felt; he added Baker, the name of his step-father.

BAKER, Jacob, Logan township, O., July 12, æ. 54, was one of the first settlers in the locality in which he lived. Up to the time of the commencement of his illness, he was ever a useful and highly respected citizen, holding respectively the various offices of the township, and, at one time, a county office.

BAKER, John, at Walnut Hills, O.,
A resident of Cincinnati since

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BAKER, Margaret, June 6, æ. 80. BAKER, Martin, Monroe Co., O., April 27, æ. 75.

BALDWIN, Dr. A. S., Jacksonville, Fa., Oct. 5, æ. 43.

BALDWIN, Col. Henry E., Washington, D. C., Feb. 12, æ. 41, for the past few years a resident of that city, holding the position of assistant secretary to the president, to sign land patents.

BALDWIN, Jediah J., Newark, N. J., March 24, æ. 70.

BALDWIN, Joshua, Columbia, O.,,æ. 53. He was born in Loudon Co., Va., Jan. 16, 1804. His father removed to Champaign Co., O., about 1813. In 1820, Joshua entered the store of Messrs. Gwynne, at Urbana, as a clerk. In 1826, or about that time, he came to Columbus, and was a clerk in the store of Messrs. Gwynne & Baldwin, in which his elder brother, William, was a partner. About the year 1828, he became a partner in the firm, and continued business in Columbus until about 1838, when he went to New York, and became a member of the firm of Wilson, Butler & Baldwin, a house in the dry goods trade, extensively and favorably known among the merchants of Ohio, and of several western states. He remained in New York until about 1846, when he returned to Columbus, where he resided until his death. He began poor, and before he retired from active business in New York, had acquired an adequate fortune. He was twice married. His

first wife was a Miss Culver, of Champaign Co.; his second, Miss Jane Northrup, daughter of Moylan Northrup, Esq., of Columbus, both deceased. He left surviving one child, a daughter, issue of his second marriage, in her eighteenth year at the time of his death, whose protection and companionship were the cherished themes of his mind; and in these seemed to lie his principal care, and his chief plans for happiness. He died at the age of 53, falling from his chair into the arms of a friend, by a stroke of apoplexy so sudden, that he appeared to pass at once from cheerful conversation and apparent health, without conscious pain, and without a word or struggle, into the other world. He was one of seven brothers, only two of whom survive him. Mr. Baldwin's character was, in some respects, marked and decisive. His abhorrence of any thing deemed by him to be mean or dishonorable, was adamantine, obdurate. His opinions of men, when unfavorable, were for the most part without utterance, but unyielding. His attachments, on the other hand, to such as he deemed worthy of his regard, were uncommonly full and generous. Once a friend with him, no ordinary event could shake or dislodge his confidence. As a citizen, he was generally respected; as a man of wealth, he was free from parsimony, and ready to answer to calls properly made upon his position, without importunity and without grudging. He is, however, most worthy to be remembered and revered for beautiful traits of private character, likely to be unknown except to those who knew him well.

BALDWIN, Julia, Milford, Ct.,

æ. 20.

BALDWIN, Mrs. Mehitable, Bradford, Vt., Jan. 13, æ. 82, widow of the late Benj. P. Baldwin.

BALDWIN, Col. Palmer, Nelson, N. Y., Jan. 6, æ. 57. For more than 30 years, Col. Baldwin had resided in the community which so deeply mourns his loss. During that time, he had taken a conspicuous part in the busy scenes of active life, and by his strict integrity, his straightforward and honorable dealing, had not only secured the entire confidence and respect of his fellow-citizens, but had also, by his in

dustry and economy, secured a competence for himself and for such as were dependent upon him.

BALDWIN, Sarah, West Cammington, K. T., Oct., æ. about 60.

BALFOUR, Wm. L., M. D., Natchez, Miss., æ.-, " president of the board of trustees of the Mississippi College at Clinton, and vice-president of the national convention which nominated Mr. Buchanan for the presidency, in Cincinnati.

BALL, Mrs. Anna, Watertown, N. Y., Feb. 10, æ. 73, wife of Elihu Ball. BALL, Danforth E., Columbus, O., April 15, æ. 47.

BALL, Mason, Granville, Vt., Feb. 6, æ. 46.

BALL, Col. Robert J., Glenville, Gilmer Co., Va., Jan. 23, æ. —.

BALTZELL, Ald. William, Wheeling, Va., Aug. 20, œ. —.

BANCROFT, Thomas, Walworth, in Wayne Co., N. Y., Nov. 18, æ. 80. The deceased was born in Mass., Jan. 28, 1778. He removed to Western New York when it was a vast, unbroken wilderness. For more than half a century, he lived in the vicinity where he closed his earthly toils. In early life, he professed hope in Christ, and lived an exemplary Christian.

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BANCROFT, Daniel, Almont, Mich., Dec. 20, æ. 68, formerly of Westfield. BANE, Alexander, near Sheetz's Mills, -, æ. 80. Mr. B. was a worthy man, a most estimable citizen, having been a kind and most affectionate husband, a tender and indulgent parent, a peaceable and obliging neighbor, and a strictly honest man.

BANKS, N. P., Waltham, April 24, æ. 74, father of His Excellency N. P. Banks, governor of Mass.

BANKS, Theodore, N. Y., May 20, æ. 48.

BARBER, Thomas, Hampton, Vt., May 24, æ. 66. No man of his race held a higher place in the esteem of the community in which he lived. His character was ever marked by the strictest decorum. As a man, he was universally esteemed; as a Christian, his name will long be cherished by his brethren.

BARNES, Silas, Fitchburg, July 27,

æ. 97.

BARNES, Dr. H., Amsterdam, N. Y., Aug. 26, æ. 33.

BARNES, Mrs. Sarah, Colebrook, N. H., July 16, æ. 67, widow of Dea. Harvey Barnes, one of the first settlers in that town, who went there as a pioneer, and with untiring industry, honest integrity, and a firm reliance on the merits of a crucified Redeemer. They lived and died an honor and an ornament to their profession.

BARNEY, Hon. John, of Baltimore, Md., Jan. 25, æ. 72, at his lodgings, in Washington City, of pneumonia, after a week's illness. Mr. Barney formerly represented Baltimore in Congress, at the time the celebrated John Randolph was a member of that body, and was the colleague of the late Peter Little, of that city. Through his long life he has been the familiar friend and associate of many of the most distinguished men of the political and diplomatic world. The deceased was a son of the late Com. Barney, of that city, a gentleman whose bravery and skill as a seaman has become a part of the history of the country.

In all the positions which he occupied during his life, Mr. Barney acquitted himself with honor, and whether at home or abroad, his countrymen always had cause to feel proud of him. He enjoyed a high reputation for affability of manner, and from long association with the most distinguished men of this country and of Europe, having an active, inquiring mind, liberal education, and excellent talents, possessed a fund of information both interesting and valuable, which he purposed embodying in a book of reminiscences, already promised, and upon which he was engaged in writing at the time of his death.

BARNEY, Caleb, Rehoboth, Ms., June 11, æ. 82.

BARNEY, Lydia, New York city, Sept. 19, æ. 90, widow of the late Daniel Barney.

BARNITZ, Gen. Jacob, York, Pa., Aug. 18, æ. 64. The son and inheritor of the entire name of a patriot soldier who had fought and suffered for his country's cause in the war of our national independence. Jacob Barnitz had just attained his majority when the news of the capture of the federal city, and the threatened assault on Baltimore, by the British, reached this town, and Aug. 29, 1814, he marched as first lieutenant of the company of "York Volunteers"

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to the defence of our neighbor city. How gallantly that company bore themselves on the ensuing 12th of September, in the battle of North Point, is too well known to need a recital here; it forms one of the proudest incidents in our municipal annals. But though occasionally called by his fellow-citizens to the discharge of public duties, and never refusing to do his part in all social transactions, the tastes and feelings of Mr. Barnitz were averse from all occasions of display, and from the strife of ambition. His dearest delight, his most precious joys were found in the serene pursuits of private life. The diligent prosecution of his ordinary occupation satisfied his unobtrusive disposition.

BARKER, Elizabeth A., Tuckahoo, N. Y., March 23, æ. 31.

BARKLY, Iddings, Bloomingbury, Pa., Oct. 27, æ. 79, was for many years a justice of the peace in his town, and served one term as county commissioner. Both in public and private life he was respected by his fellow-citizens. BARR, Wm. B., æ., principal of "Barr's Commercial College in Cincinnati. He died after several weeks' illness. Mr. Barr was a son of Col. Barr, one of the old citizens of Cincinnati. He was an estimable man and a useful member of the community.

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BARR, Robert, Claysville, Washington Co., Pa., æ. 100. Mr. Barr was born in Ireland in 1757, and emigrated to this country in 1772. He served his adopted country faithfully during the revolutionary war, and enlisted at Pittsburg for the war of 1812. He remained in the army until peace was declared, and was honorably discharged.

BARR, Laura Sandford, Morristown, N.J., July 14, æ.-, wife of Wm. S. Barr, of Richmond, Va., and daughter of the late Hon. Lewis H. Sandford, of N. Y.

BARR, Mrs. Rebecca, Abingdon, Va., Aug. 16, æ. 72, wife of Dr. Wm. Barr. BARRY, Surgeon Robert J., Washington, D. C., Aug. 14, æ. of the U. S. N., a native of Pa.

BARRETT, A. M., Pettis Co., Mo., Sept. 18, æ. 52. He was born May 11, 1804, in Greene Co., Ky., and when a young man he was appointed circuit and county clerk of Edmondson Co., in the same state. Both these offices he

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