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Rh led the artillery of the 9th corps from 9 Oct., 1864, till 2 April, 1865, in the operations that terminated in the surrender of Lee at Appomattox. After he was mustered out of the volunteer service he com- manded his battery at the presidio of San Fran- cisco until his promotion in February, 1867, to major of the 2d artillery, thence serving in com- mand of the district of Astoria and Alaska, and the post of Raleigh, N. C, and as superintendent of artillery instruction at the U. S. artillery-school at Fort Monroe, Va., till January. 1880. He was then appointed aide-de-camp to the general of the army, with rank of colonel, serving until 8 Feb., 1884. He became lieutenant-colonel of the 3d ar- tillery, 30 June, 1882, and colonel of the 1st artil- lery, 22 March, 1885, and has commanded the ar- tillery-school and post of Fort Monroe since 1 Nov., 1883. In 1889 he will be retired from active service. He has received the brevets of brigadier-general of volunteers for gallant and distinguished services at Spottsylvania, major-general of volunteers for services at Fort Sedgwick, major in the regular army for Gaines's Mills, lieutenant-colonel for An- tietam, colonel for gallantry at Fort Stedman, and brigadier-general, 13 March, 1865, for gallant and meritorious services during the rebellion. Gen. Tidball is the author of a " Manual of Heavy Ar- tillery Service " which has been adopted by the war department (Washington, 1880).

TIEBOUT, Cornelius, engraver, b. in New York in 1777 ; d. in Kentucky about 1830. At an early age he exhibited a taste for drawing, and while an apprentice with a silver-smith made some attempts at engraving on copper. In 1794 he en- graved several heads for William Duidap's " Ger- man Theatre." The next year he went to London to receive instruction in the art from James Heath, being the first American to go abroad to study engraving, and returned at the end of two years very much improved. He chose Philadelphia for his residence, and there he published his chief works. He worked in the stipple or chalk man- ner, and was an artist of no mean merit. Among his folio plates are portraits of Washington, Gen. Horatio Gates, John Jay, and Bishop White, after Gilbert Stuart ; and Thomas Jefferson, after Rem- brandt Peale. After accumulating some property, Tiebout engaged in business ventures for which he was not fitted by experience or education, and lost all. He then removed to Kentucky.

TIERNAN, Luke, merchant, b. in County Meath, Ireland, in 1757 ; d. in Baltimore, Md., 10 Nov., 1839. He came in 1787 to the United States, and settled first at Hagerstown, Md., but soon re- moved to Baltimore, where he engaged in the shipping business, being the first in that city to engage in the direct trade between Baltimore and Liverpool. He took a deep interest in the pros- perity of his adopted city and in politics. He was a Whig, and a warm personal friend of Henry Clay, who frequently visited his house, and spoke of him as the patriarch of the Whig party in Mary- land. He was a presidential elector, voting for John Quincy Adams in 1824, and one of the found- ers of the Hibernian society of Maryland, and for many years its president. In 1826-'7 he was one of a committee to urge upon the legislature of Maryland the incorporation of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad company, the first railroad company incorporated in this country, and he was also a member of the committee of the Washington monument of Baltimore.

TIFFANY, Alexander Ralston, jurist, b. in Niagara. Upper Canada, 16 Oct., 1796; d. in Palmyra, Mich., 14 Jan., 1868. He learned the printer's trade in the office of the " Canadian Constellation." published by his father, Sylvester, and re- moved with him to Canandaigua, N. Y., previous to the war of 1812. He studied law. was admitted to the bar, and practised at Palmyra, Wayne co.. N. Y., and became associate judge of the 'county. He removed to Palmyra, Mich., in 1832, became prosecuting attorney of Lenawee county in 1834, was elected judge of probate in 1836 and in 1840, county judge of Lenawee county in 1844, re-elected in 1848, and served until this court was abolished by the constitution of 1850. He was a member of the Constitutional convention of 1850, and of the legislature, where he was chairman of the judiciary committee in 1855. He published "The Justice's Guide" (Detroit, 1855); "Criminal Law" (1860); and " Form-Book for Attorneys in Michigan" (1860).

TIFFANY, Charles Louis, jeweler, b. in Killingly, Conn., 15 Feb., 1812. He received an academic education, and then entered the cotton-mill of his father. In 1837 he came to New York city without means, and established with John B. Young a fancy-goods and stationery store at 259 Broadway. The capital for the enterprise, $1,000, was lent to the voung men by Mr. Tiffany's father. They invested their money in va- rious novel goods, in- cluding Chi- nese curiosi- ties. Success favored the new house, and in 1841 the firm be- came Tiffany, Young, and Ellis, by the admission of the latter as a partner. During the same year Mr. Young was sent abroad to select novelties and establish closer relations with Euro- pean houses. The firm moved to 271 Broadway in 1847, and then began the manufacture of gold jewelry. During the disturbances in Europe in 1848, diamonds declined fifty per cent, in Paris, and, taking advantage of this, they made large purchases. In 1851 they began the manufacture of sterling silver ware. Various changes in the firm resulted in the establishment of a Paris branch, and the firm-name in New York became Tiffany and Co. The salesrooms were moved to 550 Broadway in 1851, and during the civil war a large business was carried on in the manufacture of swords and similar articles. At the World's fair in Paris in 1867 their exhibit received the first award. The building which they now occupy on Union square was erected for their accommo- dation in 1867, and the firm was incorporated as a stock company in 1868. The products of their manufacture received the highest honors at the World's fairs in Philadelphia in 1876, and again in Paris in 1878. Mr. Tiffany has been honored with testimonials by foreign powers, and he has been decorated by the French and Russian gov- ernments. He is active in the affairs of New York city, and is a liberal patron of art. His resi- dence, among the finest in the country, is situ- ated on Madison avenue near Central park, and is represented in the accompanying illustration. —His son. Louis Comfort, artist, b. in New York, 18 Feb., 1848, studied under George Inness.