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Rh which he had been elected a short time before. In the following year he was a deputy to the general anvention of the Episcopal church, and took an influential part in the deliberations that led to the reunion of the church in the north and south. The western part of Pennsylvania having been set Dff as the diocese of Pittsburg, Dr. Kerfoot was uhosen to be its first bishop, and, accepting the affice, he was consecrated on 25 Jan., 1866. His rork as bishop was successful within his diocese, and he also bore an honorable part in the first and le second Lambeth conferences, in the Old Catho- ic conference at Boone, and as a member of com- littees of the American house of bishops. The de- ree of D. D. was conferred on him bv Columbia in 1850 and by Trinity in 1865, and that of LL. D. by the University of Cambridge, England, in 1867. Dr. Terfoot published several sermons and addresses at different times. His life has been written by the Rev. Hall Harrison (New York, 1886).

KERGORLAY, Ives Guy, Baron de (kair'-gor- ay'), French soldier, b. in Le Moule, Guadeloupe, ' 1756 : d. in Le Cap, Santo Domingo, in Novem- er, 1795. He was in garrison in Santo Domingo at the beginning of the American Revolution, and erved during the campaigns of 1778-'82. He con- tributed also to drive the British from Dutch Juiana, and governed Demerara from 1782 till 1784. In 1787 he commanded the fortress of the aintes, and from 1790 till 1794 the northwestern art of Grande Terre, Guadeloupe, where he took an active part in the repression of the troubles on the island, and resisting the English invaders, refused an honorable capitulation in 1795, and brought his forces to Santo Domingo. During the following six months he exhibited remarkable energy in fighting the negro insurgents, repelling the English, and also opposing at times the revo- lutionists and the royalists. He was finally mur- dered. Kergorlay left a manuscript in the Li- brairie nationale of Paris, entitled " Campagnes d'un volontaire pendant la guerre d'Amerique."

KERLEREC, Louis Billouart de, colonial governor of Louisiana, b. in Quimper, France, in 1704; d. in Paris, 9 Sept., 1770. He entered the marine guards at the age of seventeen, served in twenty-three campaigns, and was in three combats between the " Neptune " and superior English forces in 1746. On 21 Oct., 1747, in another en- gagement, he succeeded to the command of the vessel after the captain and 1st lieutenant had been killed, and continued the resistance until 300 men were slain or disabled. He commanded a cruiser in 1750, was promoted captain in 1751, and in 1752 was appointed governor of Louisiana. During the Seven years' war, when the colony was left to its own resources, he preserved it from the Eng- lish, and on his return to France in 1764 left it in a flourishing condition. On arriving in France, some insubordinate officers and the widow of an official with whom he had had difficulties charged him with abuse of authority and excessive sever- ity. His exile was decreed in 1769, but he ap- pealed, and had collected proofs of innocence and testimony regarding the ability and integrity of his administration when he suddenly died. He is said to have composed memoirs of Louisiana, but the manuscript is lost.

KERNAN, Francis, senator, b. in Wayne, Steu- ben co., N. Y., 14 Jan., 1816. He was graduated -at Georgetown college, D. C, in 1836, studied law, and removed to Utica in 1839, where he was admitted to the bar in July, 1840. He was reporter of the court of appeals from 1854 till 1857, and was chosen member of assembly in 1860. He was elected from the Oneida district to congress in 1862 over Roscoe Conkling, the Republican candidate, and served from 1863 till 1865. In 1864 he was a candidate for re-election, but was defeated by Mr. Conk- ling. He was a member of the Constitutional con- vention in 1867, and also of the commission to report to the legislature proposed amendments to the constitution, which were adopted in 1874. He was the Democratic candidate for governor in 1872, but was defeated by Gen. John A. Dix. Mr. Kernan was elected senator from New York in January, 1875, and served from 4 March, 1875, to 4 March, 1881. His " Reports " were published in four volumes (Albany, 1855-'7).

KERNEY, Martin Joseph, author, b. in Lew- iston, Frederick co.. Md., in August, 1819 ; d. in Baltimore, Md.. 16 March, 1861. He was left an orphan in infancy, and obtained an education by his own exertions, graduating at Mt. Saint Mary college, Emmittsburg, Md., in 1838. He established and conducted a successful academy in Baltimore, and, perceiving the lack of school-books adapted to Catholic methods of education, applied himself during spare hours to the composition of text- books, which came into general use in Roman Catholic schools throughout the United States. After teaching for several years, he studied and practised law, and was elected to the legislature of Maryland in 1852. As chairman of the committee on education, he brought forward a bill that was designed to place Roman Catholic schools on an equality with the other schools of the state. In connection with his legal and political occupations he continued his literary work. He edited the " Metropolitan Magazine " for four years, and com- piled the '• Catholic Almanac "for 1860-'l. Among the numerous text-books that he published are a "Compendium of History" (Baltimore, 1851); a " Class-Book of History " (1851) ; an adaptation of "Murray's Grammar" (1851); a "Catechism of Scripture History " (1854) ; " Columbian Arithme- tic" (1856); and also catechisms of the history of the United States and of England, and a " Cate- chism of Biography."

KERNOT, Henry, bibliographer, b. in London, England, 20 Oct., 1806 ; d. in New York city. 25 Oct., 1874. He was apprenticed to a firm of Ger- man booksellers and publishers in London, became manager of a London house, afterward went to Dublin, where he was employed in completing vari- ous departments in the library of Trinity college, and in 1836 emigrated to the United States. lie was employed by various bookselling firms, for a time carried on business as a publisher and book- seller, and was consulted by collectors on account of his wide acquaintance with old books ; prepared many classified and annotated catalogues, and a few months before his death published a descrip- tive list of books relating to the devil, with notes, quotations, proverbs, and index, under the title of " Bibliotheca Diabolica " (New York, 1874).

KEROUALLE, Eloi Ferdinand Latonr de (kair'-ou'-al), West Indian magistrate, b. in Saint Francois, Grande-Terre, Guadeloupe. 11 Jan., 1772 ; d. in Basse Terre, 6 Nov., 1831. He became district attorney of Pointe-a-Pitre in 1797, and afterward of Basse Terre. At the time of the invasion of the colony by the British in 1809 he raised a regiment among his own slaves and fought at its head. Lord Cochrane confirmed him in his post of judge of the supreme court, in the name of George III., and offered him knighthood and the presidency of the supreme court of Jamaica, which Keroualle declined. In 1819 he resigned from the bench to accept the presidency of the