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284 signed to show the uiilawfuhiess of marrying a deceased wife's sister (New York, 1836 ; republished in England) ; a memoir of his father, President Dwight, prefixed to the latter's " Theology " ; and various sermons and addresses. His " Select Dis- courses," with a memoir by his brother, the Rev. William T. Dwight, D. D., ap[)earcd after his death (Boston, 1851).— His wife, Susan Edwards (1788- 1839), daughter of David Daggett, of New Haven, aided her husband in preparing the works of Jona- than Edwards, and published an " Abridgment of the Memoirs of Mrs. Susan Huntington." — A sev- enth son of President Timothy Dwight (the first of the name), William Theodore, clergyman, b. in Greenfield Hill, Conn., 15 June, 1795; d. in An- dover, Mass., 23 Oct., 1865, was graduated at Y^ale in 1813. He was his father's amanuensis for a year, and was a tutor at Yale in 1817-'19. He then stud- ied law with Charles Chauncey, of Philadelphia, was admitted to the bar in 1821, and practised un- til 1831, when he decided to enter the ministry, and in 1832 was ordained pastor of the 3d Congrega- tional church of Portland, Me., where he remained till the year before his death. He was one of the most prominent and influential clergyman in the state, and a popular preacher. Bowdoin gave him the degree of D. D. in 1846, and he was for same time one of its board of overseers. Dr. Dwight was frequently moderator of ecclesiastical councils, and a member of many charitable and religious associa- tions. He published sermons and addresses, be- sides the memoir of his brother Sereno, mentioned above. — An eighth son, Henry Edwin, author, b. in New Haven, 19 April, 1797; d. there, 11 Aug., 1832, was graduated at Y'ale in 1815, and after serving as clerk in the stores of his brothers Ben- jamin in Catskill, and Timothy in New Haven, studied divinity at Andover in 1823-'4. Feeble health induced him to give up the idea of entering the ministry, and, after studying at the University of Gottingen in 1824-'8, he returned and estab- lished, with Rev. Cornelius Tuthill and Nathaniel Chauncey, a weekly magazine called the " Micro- scope," to which James G. Percival, Prof. Fisher, and President Dwight were occasional contributors, but which was soon discontinued from want of pe- cuniary support. In 1828-'31, with his brother Sereno, he conducted a boarding-school called the "New Haven Gymnasium." Mr. Dwight lectured in New York and Philadelphia on his European experiences, and just before his death declined a professorship in the New York university. He published " Travels in the North of Germany " (New York, 1826).

DWYER, John H., actor, b. in Ireland; d. in Albany, N. Y., 15 Dec, 1843. He was the son of an Irish gentleman who intended him for the law, but, disliking that profession, he made his first appearance, contrary to the wishes of his friends, at the Theatre royal, Dublin, and met with a suc- cess that confirmed him in his love for the stage. After playing in various provincial theatres he ap- peared at Drury Lane theatre, London, 1 May, 1802, as Belcour in " The West Indian," with great ap- pi'obation, and was immediately engaged as the light comedian of the theatre. He held this situ- ation for three years, then gave it up, and in 1810 came to this country, where he made his first ap- pearance at the Park theatre. New York, as Bel- cour, meeting with great success. He made his last appearance on the stage at the National opera- house, on the corner of Leonard and Church streets,. 30 May, 1839, in the character of Sir John Falstaff.

DYAR, or DYER, Mary A., Quaker, d. in Boston, 1 June, 1660. She was the wife of William Dyar, who removed to Rhode Island in 1638. In September, 1659, of four persons ordered to depart from the jurisdiction of the colony of Massachu- setts on pain of death, Mrs. Dyar, who was a fol- lower of Anne Hutchinson and had shared her exile, obeyed. In October she returned on purpose to offer up her life. She and others were arrested, sent to prison, and were arraigned under a law banishing Quakers from the colony on pain of death. When the sentence was pronounced she ex- claimed : " The will of the Lord be done," and re- turned to the prison " full of joy." Three were led forth to execution. Mary Dyar was reprieved ; yet not till the rope had been fastened round her neck and she had prepared herself for death. Transported with enthusiasm, she exclaimed : " Let me sufller as my brethren unless you annul your wicked law." Her reprieve had been granted at the request of her son, and on condition that she should depart in forty-eight hours and should not return. Against her will she was again con- veyed out of tlie colony, but returned, and was hanged on Boston common on the charge of " re- bellious sedition and obtruding herself after ban- ishment upon pain of death."

DYCKMAN, Garrett W., soldier, b. in New York ; d. in New York city, 21 May, 1868. He be- gan his military career in the Mexican war, entei'- ing the army as a captain, and participating in the siege of Vera Cruz, the battles of National Bridge, Contreras, and Cerro Gordo, where he was severely wounded, and the capture of the city of Mexico. At the close of the war he was brevetted colonel for bravery and meritorious conduct, and on his return was elected register of the county of New Y^ork. During the civil war he served as lieuten- ant-colonel of the 1st New York regiment, and afterward became its colonel. He was a candidate, in August, 1859, for the gold snuff-box in which tlie freedom of the city of New York had been officially given to Andrew Jackson forty years be- fore. See Burnett, Ward Benjamin.

DYE, William McEntyre, soldier, b. in Washington, Pa., 26 Jan., 1831. He was appointed to the U. S. military academy, where he was graduated in 1853, served in the 8th infantry on frontier and garrison duty, was promoted 1st lieutenant in 1856, and captain, 14 May, 1861. After being employed on mustering and recruiting service he became colonel of the 20th Iowa regimeni, 25 Aug., 1862, served in Missouri and Arkansas in 1862-3, receiving the brevet of major for gallantry at Vicksburg, and led a brigade in the Red river campaign of 1864, for which he was brevetted lieutenant-colonel on 28 May. He commanded a brigade at Mobile bay in September, and, after taking part in several expeditions, was acting assistant provost-marshal-general of Kansas, Nebraska, Colorado, and Dakota in 1865. He was brevetted brigadier-general of volunteers, 13 March, 1865, for services during the war, and colonel in the regular army on 9 April for gallantry in the Mobile campaign. He was promoted major of the 4th infantry, 14 Jan., 1866, served in various garrisons, and on 30 Sept., 1870, was honorably discharged at his own request. He entered the Egyptian service late in 1873, and served as assistant to the chief of staff in the Abyssinian expedition, where he was wounded. He returned to this country in 1879, was chief of police of the District of Columbia in 1883-'6, and is now (1887) chief of the special examination division of the pension office in Washington. He has published "Moslem Egypt and Christian Abyssinia ; or Military Service under the Khedive " (1880).