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James White, 9th Regt.
William Brown, 9th Regt .; enl. April 28, 1864.
J. Becher, 9th Regt., enl. Nov. 26, 1864.
J. Johnsen, 9th Regt .; enl. Nov. 25, 1864; disch. Dec. 16, 1864. P. Gaffney, 10th Regt .; enl. Nov. 25, 1864; disch. Aug. 25, 1865. James McGraw, 10th Regt.
Charles J. Moore, 10th Regt .; enl. Nov. 23, 1864.
George Flyn, 10tlı Regt .: enl. Nov. 26, 1864.
William Ryne, 10th Regt .; enl. Nov. 26, 1864 ; disch. Aug. 25, 1865. Charles Warren, 10th Regt .; enl. Nov. 23, 1864.
William Moore, 10th Regt. ; enl. Nov. 26, 1864.
Jelin Miller, 11th Regt .; enl. Feb. 21, 1864; wounded; died Sept. 18, 1864. Jes. Martin, 11th Regt .; enl. March 7, 1864; disch. Dec. 21, 1865.
Charles Barber, 11th Regt .; enl. Nov. 27, 1861 ; died May 13, 1862. E. B. Sanford, 12th Regt .; enl. Dec. 22, 1861; disch. about May 25, 1863. Frank Wells, first lieutenant 13th Regt .; com. Feb. 19, 1862; pro. to cap- tain ; disch. April 24, 1866.
C. C. Fisher, 13th Regt .; enl. Jan. 11, 1862; disch. May 20, 1862.
S. S. Tuyler, 13th Regt .; enl. Jno. 11, 1862 ; pre. to second lieutenant; disch. April 24, 1866.
Charles Thomas, 13th Regt .; enl. Jan. 11, 1862; disch. May 20, 1862. J. Duffs, 13th Regt. ; enl. Jan. 11, 1862.
A. Eunnell, 13th Regt .; enl. Jan. 11, 1862 ; disch. Nov. 25, 1865. William Baker, 13th Regt .; en]. Jan. 11, 1862; died Sept. 2, 1862. 11. Banker, 13th Regt .; enl. Jan. 11, 1862; disch. May 19, 1865. P. Banker, 13th Regt .; enl. Jaa. 11, 1862; died May 6, 1805. William Benedict, 13th Regt .; enl. Jan. 11, 1862; disch. May 20, 1862. C. Birge, 13th Regt .; en1. Jan 11, 1862; disch. Sept. 20, 1862. And. Bronson, 13th Regt .; enl. Jan. 11, 1862.
M. Burke, 13th Regt .; enl. Jan. 11, 1862; disch. April 25, 1866. Charles Catlin, 13th Regt .; enl. Jan. 11, 1862; died Sept. 2, 1863. A. Chapel, 13th Regt .; enl Jan. 11, 1862; died Feb. 23, 1863. E. Cogswell, 13th Regt .; enl. Jan. 11. 1862; disch. Jan. 6, 1865. E. II, Curtis, 13th Regt .; enl. Jan. 28, 1862 ; disch. Jan. 6, 1865. I. A. Davidson, 13th Regt. ; enl. Jan. 11, 1862; disch. Aug. 12, 1865. Seth Frink, 13th Regt .; enl. Jan. 22, 1862.
Loren Halleck, 13th Regt. ; enl. Jan. 11, 1862; disch. July 15, 1862. W. H. Harris, 13th Regt .; enl. Jan 11, 1862; disch. Jan. 6, 1865. P. Herbert, 13th Regt .; enl. Jan. 22, 1862; disch. April 25, 1866. S. Herbert, 13th Regt .; enl. Jan. 22, 1862 ; disch. April 25, 1866. L. Johnson, 13th Regt .; enl. Jan 11, 1862; disch. May 30, 1862. J. Kelleher, 13th Regt .; enl. Jun. 11, 1862; died.
J. M. Kinley, 13th Itegt .; eal. Jan. 11, 1862.
llenry Maye, 13th Regt .; enl. Jan. 11, 1862; disch. May 20, 1862. Thomas McGee, 13th Regt .; enl. Jan. 11, 1862; disch, April 25, 1866. 0. Manger, 13th Regt. ; enl. Jan. 11, 1862; disch. May 26, 1863.
W. 11. Norris, 13th Regt .; enl. Jun. 11, 1862; pro. to Veteran Reserve Corps.
Charles Ostrander, 13th Regt .; enl. Jan. 7, 1862. George Ostrander, 13th Regt. ; ent. Jan. 11, 1862. W. R. Parker, 13th Regt. ; enl. Jan. 11, 1862.
C. l'armelve, 13th Regt .; enl. Jun. 7, 1862; disch. Jun. 6, 1865. P. Peacock, 13th Regt .; enl. Jun. 5, 1862; disch. Jan. 6, 1865. O. J. Pond, 13th Regt. ; enl. Juu. 11, 1862; dach. June 19, 1865. R. Provost, 13th Regt. ; enl. Jun. 22, 1862; disch. Oct. 5, 1865. E. S. Richmond, enl. Jan. 11, 1862; killed Nev. 7, 1862. George Rout, enl. Jan. 22, 1862; disch. April 25, 1866. E. O. Thomas, enl. Jun. 11, 1862 ; disch. April 26, 1866. George Starka, enl. Jun. 11, 1862; diach, May 30, 1862. W. C. Wakefield, enl. Jan. 11, 1862; disch. Sept. 20, 1862. Willlamı Bradshaw, 14th Regt .; enl. June 25, 1562 ; died June 16, 1864. T. I. Foster, 17th Regt .; onl. Nov. 26, 1864; disch. July 10, 1×65. Walter Hnle, 20th Regt .; onl. Aug. 18, 1862; died May 3, 1863. II. A. Barber, 23d Regt .; enl. Sept. 6, 1862; disch. Aug. 31, 1863. Monroe Throop, 23d Regt .; enl. Sept. 5, 1862; disch. Aug. 31, 1863. W. II. Bonnell, 23d Regl .; enl. Sept. 6, 1862.
George Davles, 23d Regt .; enl. Sept. 5, 1862; disch. Ang. 31, 1863. C. J. Fish, 23d Regt .; enl. Sept. 4, 1862; disch. Aug. 31, 1863. Henry Puyne, 230 Regt .; enl. Sept. 5, 1862; disch. Aug. 31, 1563. Lymun Taylor, 2Id Regt. ; enl. Sept. 5, 1862; disch. Aug. 31, 1863. A. C. Tracy, 2:Il Regt .; enl. Sept. 5, 1862; disch. Ang. 31, ING]. Frederlek Nightingale, 25th Regt. ; enl. Oct. 20, 1862; disch. Ang. 26, 1863. William 11. Yemmann, 27th Regt. ; enl. Sept. 9, 1862; disch, July 22, 1803.
Themas Redding, 29th Regt .; enl. Feb. 25, 1864; disch. Oct. 24, 1865.
A. Ward, 29th Regt .; enl. Feb. 25, 1864; disch. Oct. 24, 1865.
R. Lampman, 29th Regt .; en]. Dec. 14, 1863.
J. Edwards, 29th Regt .; enl. Dec. 28, 1863; died March 4, 1865. C. V. Lampman, 29th Regt .; enl. July 20, 1865; disch. Oct. 24, 1865. John Blakemaa, Co. F, Ist Cav .; enl. Jan. 5, 1863 ; disch. Ang. 2, 1865. Charles Deliber, Co. F, Ist Cnv .; enl. July 16, 1863; disch. Aug. 2, 1865. M. Deviney, Co. F, Ist Cav .; enl. Nov. 1, 1864 ; disch. Aug. 2, 1865. Plumb Johnsen, Co. F, Ist Cav .; enl. July 5, 1863; capt. May 5, 1864. Henry Smith, Co. F, 1st Cav .; enl. Nov. 26, 1864; disch. Aug. 2, 1865. Levi 11. Hull, Co. I, 1st Cav .; eal. Aug. 3, 1863; disch. Aug. 2, 1865. Charles Marshall, Co. I, Ist Cav. ; enl. Nov. 28, 1864; disch. Sept. 10, 1865.
N. H. Burnes, Co. L, Ist Cav .; enI. Jan. 5, 1864; disch. Aug. 2, 1865. Charles Black, Ist Cav .; enl. April 26, 1864. William Carnell, 1st Cav .; enl. Nov. 23, 1864.
William Crimple, enl. Nov. 26, 1864.
Nicholas Dimon, Ist Cav. ; enl. Nov. 23, 1864. Jos. Dehaven, Ist Cav. ; enl. Nov. 23, 1864.
Charles Howe, Ist Cav .; enl. Nov. 29, 1864.
Charles Jones, Ist Cav. ; eul. April 26, 1864.
E. Kelley, Ist Cav .; enl. Nov. 15, 1864.
P. Mackin, Ist Cav .; enl. Nov. 23, 1864.
P. Macabe, Ist Cav .; enl. Nov. 26, 1864.
Ilenry Marsh, Ist Cav .; enl. Nov. 26, 1864.
Jule l'arrit, Ist Cav .; enl. Nov. 28, 1864.
W. Philips, Ist Cav .; enl. Nov. 26, 1864.
P. Rober, Ist Cav .; enl. July 27, 1863.
Jos. Smith, Ist Cnv .; eal. Nov. 25, 1864.
Charles W. Wentworth, Ist Cav .; enl. April 29, 1864.
William Welch, enl. Dec. 2, 1864.
William Arnold, 2d C. Bat .; enl. Feb. 23, 1864; disch. Ang. 9, 1865.
Jolin Davis, 2d C. Bnt .; enl. Feb. 24, 1864.
Jos. JIart, 20 C. Bat .; enl. Feb. 23, 1864; disch. Ang. 9, 1865.
W. S. Kimball, 2d C. Bat .; enl. Feb. 23, 1864.
M. B. Lawrence, Co. A, Ist C'av .; enl. Nov. 2, 1861; disch. Aug. 2, 1865. Eli Parmelee, Co. A, Ist Cuv. ; enl. Nov. 2, 1861 ; dIsch. April 13, 1863. Ezekiel Scovill, Co. A, Ist Cnv .; eul. Oct. 26, 1861; disch. Dec. 26, 1864. Enos Tompkins, Co. A, Ist Cav. ; enl. Oct. 26, ISG1 ; killed by lightning July 16, 1862.
James O'Brien, Co. B, Ist Cav .; onl. Oct. 26, 1864; disch. Aug. 2, 1865. Frank l'arrit, Co. C, Ist C'av. : enl. July 27, 1863; disch. Aug. 2, 1865. F. C. Shumway, Co. C, Ist Cav .; enl. April 1, 1863; disch. Aug. 2, 1865. S. A. Wheeler, Co. C, Ist Cuv .; enl. April 1, 1863; disch, June 10, 1865.
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.
JULIUS DEMING.
Julius Deming, an eminent merchant of Litchfield, was born in Lyme, April 15, 1755. He was the fourth in lineal descent from John Deming, named in the charter of Connecticut in 1662. After serving through the Revolutionary war as deputy commissary-general (with the rank of captain of cavalry) under his uncle, Gen. Epaphroditus Champion, of Colchester, he com- meneed business in Litchfield.
A gentleman of remarkable energy and enterprise, he soon visited London, and made arrangements to import his goods direct from that city, which prob- ably was not true of any other country merchant in Connecticut. He is universally recognized by our citizens as the most thorough and successful business man who has ever spent his life among us. Prompt in his engagements, serupulously upright in his deal- ings, and discreet nnd liberal in his benefactions, few men in any community ever enjoyed more implicitly
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the confidence of all. Mr. Deming had little taste for public life. He was three times elected a member of the House of Representatives, and for several years was one of the magistrates of this county. From 1801 to 1814, he served in the office of county treasurer. His position and influence were such that, had he been an aspirant for political honors, there were few offices within the gift of the people of this State which he might not have filled. He died in this town, Jan. 23, 1838, aged eighty-three years.
GIDEON II. HOLLISTER.
Hon. Gideon HI. Hollister was born at Washington, Conn., Dec. 14, 1817. He graduated at Yale College in 1840. He was the class poet, editor of the Yale Lit., and first president of the Linonian Society, then considered a great honor.
Studying with Judge Seymour, he was admitted to the bar at the April term of the county court, 1842. He began practice in Woodbury, but soon removed to Litchfield, where, in 1843, he was appointed clerk of the court, a position which he held, a single year excepted, till 1852. In 1856 he was elected to the State Senate, where he was largely instrumental in securing the election of Hon. James Dixon to the United States Senate, and for many years, during the time that Mr. Dixon was a power in Connecticut politics, Mr. Hollister exercised great political influ- ence in this part of the State. Both sided with An- drew Johnson in his disagreement with Congress, and both retired from the Republican party with him. He was a delegate to the Peace Convention which met at Philadelphia at the close of the war of the Rebellion, and in 1868 he was sent as Minister to Hayti. On his return he lived for several years at Stratford, practicing law in Bridgeport. He returned to Litchfield in 1876, and represented the town in the Legislature in 1880.
Mr. Hollister is best known, no doubt, as the his- torian of Connecticut. His history, in two volumes, was published in 1855, and he had designed and partly written a revision of this work, which was intended to include the war history of the State, and a volume of historical sketches of its prominent men. Besides the " History of Connecticut," he had written a novel, "Mount Hope," in 1851, and, in 1866, "Thomas à Becket, a Tragedy" (a work of unmistakable power), and other poems. Of the latter some are very beau- tiful, particularly the "Phantom Ship," founded on incidents actually occurring in the early history of New Haven, and the " Bride Brook," also founded upon an incident of early Connecticut history.
At the bar Mr. Hollister was an uncommonly dex- terous and forcible advocate, specially adroit in cross- examination of witnesses. As a natural consequence he was very powerful with a jury, often winning verdicts where success seemed hopeless. He was the most correct of speakers. His mere extempore speech,
always clothed in pure and powerful English, was as elegant and complete in composition as good writing. Hence he could easily accomplish the difficult feat of delivering an address part written and memorized and part extempore, yet so thoroughly fused together, and so excellent and uniform of structure, that no one conld separate the written from the extempore, nor detect any flaw at the points of junction. No doubt his thorough acquaintance with Shakspeare, Milton, and Tennyson, with Burke and Webster, contributed largely to the formation of a style of such unusual excellence, but much was also due to powers and aptitudes such as nature has bestowed upon few.
Mr. Hollister was a most interesting man in con- versation. His original way of treating every-day subjects, of illuminating hard facts with irresistible flashes of wit, and again of rising without effort into the higher regions of fancy and poetry, as a hawk slants up a hundred feet in the air without waving a wing, gave him a truly wonderful power of fascination by talk. Nor was he in the least overbearing in con- versation, as is often the case with good talkers, but added the force of unfailing politeness to marvelous powers of persuasion, such as one must have felt to have appreciated.
In 1847, Mr. Hollister married Miss Mary S. Bris- bane, a native of Charleston, S. C., who survives him, together with one of several children, now a member of Trinity College, Hartford.
He was a consistent churchman, and a member of St. Michael's Episcopal Church. He died March 24, 1881.
REV. HIRAM STONE.
The Rev. Hiram Stone was born in Bantam Falls, town of Litchfield, July 25, 1824. He was the son of Russell Stone, and grandson of Thomas Stone, a non-commissioned officer in the Revolutionary war. His four ancestral lines are traced directly to Eng- land, one of which is known to extend back to the thirteenth century. His parents died, leaving him in orphanage at an early age. Supporting himself by secular employment, he at length realized the desire, cherished in his youth, of entering the ministry of the Protestant Episcopal Church. After several years of preparatory study in private, lie became a candidate for holy orders in this diocese, and in October, 1851, entered the Berkeley Divinity School, then in its in- cipiency, at Hartford, and connected with Trinity College. Having completed his theological course, and in the mean time pursuing some studies in the college department, he was ordained a deacon, Oct. 2, 1853, by Rt. Rev. T. C. Brownell, in Christ Church, Hartford. The next six months were spent in South Glastonbury, Conn., as assistant to the Rev. Dr. A. B. Chapin. In April, 1854, he accepted the charge of St. John's Church, Essex, Conn., and on the 19th of November was therein ordained a priest by the
Herram Stone
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Rt. Rev. John Williams, assistant bishop. April 10, 1855, he married Miss Wealthy Ann Lewis, of Had- dam, Conn.
In answer to an earnest appeal, he accepted an ap- pointment from the Board of Missions, New York City, as the first accredited missionary to Kansas, his support being assumed by St. Paul's Church, New Haven. Resigning his parish, he left Essex May 12, 1856, for his field of missionary labor, which at that time was convulsed with civil discord heretofore unknown to American history. The settlement of Kansas was just begun, which inaugurated that period familiarly known as the "border ruffian times." A fierce controversy was being urged between the Free- Soil party of the North and the Pro-slavery of the South, each desperately determined on supplanting the other for partisan ends. While on his journey intelligence was received that the town of Lawrence had been sacked, throwing the whole Territory into the wildest alarm. Deeming it not prudent to enter Kansas in the midst of this scene of tumult and blood, he took temporary charge of a vacant parish in Wau- kesha, Wis., and there waited an abatement of hos- tilities.
In autumn, leaving his wife and chief effects be- hind, he resumed his route, arriving at Leavenworth City Nov. 24, 1856. He found things there in the most dire confusion. Thousands of desperate people had come to the territory armed with deadly weapons, every man prepared to take care of himselfand carry out his purpose. Some had been murdered and others driven away, both parties inflicting vengeance with- out stint as occasion or opportunity offered. Hence the newly-organized Territory received the very per- tinent title of "Bleeding Kansas." In the midst of these surroundings an organization was effected, Dee. 10, 1856, under the name of St. Paul's Church. This was the first Episcopal parish in the Territory, which at that time extended westward to the Rocky Moun- tains, and out of which several States and Territories have since been erected. The wife of the missionary joined him April 9, 1857. Religious services were conducted from the outset as opportunities admitted, sometimes in a business house or private dwelling, and occasionally in the open air. After considerable effort a church edifiec was erected, and consecrated Nov. 7, 1858, by Rt. Rev. Jackson Kemper, mission- ary bishop. September, 1859, Mr. Stone was ap- pointed post chaplain at Fort Leavenworth, distant three miles from the city, and, resigning his parish, he entered upon military service. During the four years of the war he discharged duty at this outpost, where it was greatly exposed on the border of a slave-holding State.
October, 1865, he attended the General Convention, in the city of Philadelphia, as a deputy of the Kansas diocese. Oct. 5, 1866, a son was born, named Lewis Hiram. June, 1868, by an order from the War Department, he was transferred to Fort Sully, Da- 11
kota, arriving there after a passage of three weeks, ascending by steamer the Missouri River. Here a daughter was born, Sept. 28, 1869, named Carrie Louisa. May 21, 1870, his wife died in garrison, after a distressing and protracted illness. Soon after this he went East on leave of absence, at the expiration of which he was transferred to Fort Totten, Dakota. Here he remained until June, 1872, when he was assigned to Fort Wadsworth, Dakota, where he en- tered on duty. January, 1876, he tendered his resig- nation, which was duly accepted by President Grant.
Having dissolved his connection with the United States army, in which he had served for more than sixteen years, he accepted the charge of St. Paul's Church, Bantam Falls, and Trinity Church, Milton, officiating in each of these on alternate Sundays. He is still in charge of these churches, residing at Ban- tam Falls, where he was born, and where his ancestors lived for several generations.
JOHN P. BRACE.
In losing Mr. John P. Brace, who died in Litch- field on the morning of the 18th of October, 1872, aged eighty years, the State lost one of those men who did, in a quiet way, so much to make Connec- ticut honored wherever education and intelligence are respected. Ifis name is revered in thousands of families throughout the land, as one of the most suc- cessful teachers this " cradle of instructors" has pro- duced. Mrs. Stowe-no mean authority on such a subject-speaks of him in the life of her father as follows (pp. 534-555) :
" Mr. Braco was one of the most stimulating and inspiriting instruc- tory I over knew. lo was himself widely Informed, on enthusiast in botany, mineralogy, and tho untural sciences generally, Ixsides being well read in English classical literature. The constant conversation which he kept up on these topics tonded moro to develop the mind and Inspiro a love of Hterature than nny mere routine studies. The boys were inclted by his example to set up minoralogienl cabinets, and my brother George (Beechor) trumped over the hills in the train of his teacher, with his stone hammer on his shoulders, for inany delightful hours, Many moro were spent in recounting to me the atores of wisdom derived from Mr. Brace, who, he told me with pride, corresponded with geologists and botnnista in Europe, exchanging spechinens with them. This school was the only one i ever know which really carried out a thorough course of ancient and modern history. ... Tho interest of those historienl recitatlous, with a professor so widely Informed and so fascinating in conversation as Mr. Brace, extended further than his class. Bluch of the training and juspiration of my early days consisted, not In the things which I was supposed to be studying, but In hearing, while seated unnoticed at my desk, the conversation of Mr. Brace with the older classes. There from hour to hour I listened with cagor eurs to historical criticisms and discussions, or to recitations in such works as 'Paley's Morni I'lllosophy,' ' Malr's Rhetoric,' ' Alison on Taste,' all full of most awakening suggesttous to my thoughts.
" Mr. Braco oxcelled all tenchors I ever know in the faculty of lench- Ing composition. The constant excitement in which he kept the minds of his pupila-the wido and various regions of thought into which he led them-formed a preparation for tenching composition, the main requisite for which, whatever people may think, is to have something Interesting to my. Ile manner was to divide his school of about n huudred into divisiona of three or four, one of which was to write every week. At the same time ho inspired nu ambition by calling for volunteers every week, and there woro somo who volunteered to wilto every werk.
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" I remember I could have been but nine years old, and my handwriting hardly formed, when the enthinsiasm he inspired led me, greatly to his amusement, I believe, to write every week. The first week the subject chosen by the class was ' The Difference Between the Natural and Moral Sublime.' One may smile at this for a child nine years of age; but it is the best account I can give of his manner of teaching to say, that the discussion he held iu the class not only made me understand the subject as thoroughly as I do now, but so excited me that I felt sure I had some- thing to say upon it, and that first composition, though I believe half the words were misspelled, amused him greatly. It was not many weeks I had persevered in this way before I received a word of public comunen- dation, for it was his custom to read all the compositions aloud before the school, and if there was n good point it was sure to be noticed.
" As you may see, our subjects were not trashy or sentimental, such as are often supposed to be the style for female schools. By two years of constant practice under his training and suggestion, I had gained so far as to be appointed one of the writers for the annual exhibition, a proud distinction as I then viewed it. The subject assigned me was one that had been fully discussed in the school in a manner to show to the utniost Mr. Brace's peculiar power of awakening the minds of hus pupils to the higher regions of thought. The question was, 'Can the Immortality of the Soul be Proved by the Light of Nature?'"
Mr. Brace's acquirements were vast and multi- farious. He was fitted thoroughly in the studies of the three professions-law, medicine, and theology- and could have entered any one with honor. His knowledge of aneient and modern history was both wide and minute. In mineralogy he had made exten- sive researches and collections ; in botany he was a correspondent of De Candolle and other European botanists, and his valuable herbarium will be found a treasure-house of collections. Even in out-of-the- way subjects of investigation, such as heraldry, astrol- ogy, the deciphering of ciphers, and composing of music, he was singularly well versed. But his great talent and his services were in the comparatively un- known, but most useful, field of teacher.
Mrs. Stowe, in her novel of " Old Town Folks," has pictured some of his methods and himself under the name of "Rossiter." His ingenuity, invention, pa- tience, and vast memory, with his passion for impart- ing knowledge, made him an unequaled teacher. So busy was his useful life that he never wrote any scientific or scholastic work, such as he easily might, but left his record and work in the minds and lives of thousands whom he educated, and who still love his memory.
Mr. Brace was first teacher of the famous acad- emy of Litchfield, which was for so many years the leading educational institution for young ladies in New England, under the superintendence of the Misses Pierce. Subsequently (in 1832) he became prin- cipal of the Hartford Female Seminary, which. under his guidance, became equally celebrated. In these two institutions Mr. Brace trained many young ladies who have since become leading women in society, charities, or literature throughout the land; among them Mrs. H. B. Stowe, Mrs. Isabella B. Hooker, Mrs. Cyrus W. Field, Mrs. Cornelius Du Bois, of New York; Mrs. Wilson, of Brooklyn ; Mrs. Marshall O. Roberts; Mrs. Bliss and Mrs. Van Lennep, of Hartford (the missionaries) ; Mrs. McCullough, the wife of the United States secretary of the treasury, and numerous others who became wives of ministers
or missionaries. No teacher in the United States has ever had so many influential and intelligent pupils. Subsequently to these efforts Mr. Brace entered the editorial profession, and was for a number of years the editor of The Hartford Daily Courant. For the past nine years he has been living in quiet and com- fort on the old homestead in the village of Litchfield, enjoying the treasures of his ample library, and the society of friends and pupils who gratefully remem- bered " the faithful teacher." To the last he pre- served his exquisite feeling for nature ; birds and flowers were his pleasure almost in his dying mno- ments, and the last names he forgot were the botan- ical. Even historical dates were remembered by him when many a personal event had passed from his memory.
He died in a genial old age, tended with unceasing care by his devoted wife, and most sincerely mourned by this community.
The only original literary works that Mr. J. P. Brace left behind him were monographs on scientific subjects, and a few poems and works of fiction.
His great work-and one never to decay or pass away-is in the mental training he imparted to thou- sands of youthful minds throughout the country.
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