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46 ary army. He was graduated at Princeton in 1805, and in 1809 became a law student in New York. In 1810 he was elected to the legislature of Geor- gia, from Liberty county, which he continued to represent for years. During the war of 1812 he commanded a volunteer company to protect the coast. In 1818 Georgia elected her representatives in congress on one general ticket, and Cuthbert was thus chosen. At that time the Missouri question occupied the attention of congress, and Judge Cuth- bert took an active and zealous part in maintain- ing the southern side of it. In 1831 he became editor, and subsecjuently proprietor, of " The Fed- eral Union," a paper published at Milledgeville, Ga., and in 18o7 removed to MoV)ile to practise his profession. In 1840 he was elected judge of the county court of Mobile, and in 1852 appointed judge of the circxiit court.

CUTLER, Benjamin Clarke, clergyman, b. in Roxbury, Mass., G Feb., 171)8; d. in Brooklyn, IN. Y., 10 Feb., 1863. He was for some time a clerk in the mercantile house of Messrs. Andrews & Co., Boston. He was graduated at Brown in 1822, studied theology under the direction of Bishop Griswold, and by him was ordained deacon in No- vember, 1822. His first settlement was in Quincy, Mass., where he remained about seven yeai's, but left on account of failing health, and spent the winter of 1830 in Savannah. He returned to New England on horseback, and subsequently passed a year as rector of the Episcopal church in Leesburg, Va. In the summer of 1832 he took charge of the first city mission of the Episcopal church in New York ; and in April, 1833, accepted a call to St. Anne's church, in Brooklyn, where he spent the last thirty years of his life. In 1835 he received the degree of D. D. from Columbia. He left a vol- ume of sermons (Philadelphia, 1857).

CUTLER, Elbridge Jefferson, educator, b. in Holliston, Middlesex co., Mass., 28 Dec, 1831 ; d. in Cambridge, Mass., 27 Dec, 1870. In 18G5 he was appointed professor of modern languages at Har- vard, a chair which he held at the time of his death. He was a brilliant writer, and an able though generous critic. His published works were " War Poems " (Boston, 1867) and " Stella " (1868). A memoir of Prof. Cutler was published by Andrew P. Peabodv (Cambridge, 1872).

CUTLER, Enos, soldier, b. in Brookfield, Mass., 1 Nov., 1781 ; d. in Salem, 14 July, 1860. He was graduated at Brown in 1800, and was a tutor thei'e for one year. He studied law, and, being called to the bar, settled in Cincinnati. He joined the army, and was appointed lieutenant in the 7th infantry in 1808, rising by successive promotions to be colonel of the 4th infantry in 1836. He resigned on 30 Nov., 1839. He saw service in the war of 1812, in the first Seminole campaign with Gen. Jackson, and in the Creek war.

CUTLER, Ephraim, pioneer, b. in Edgarton, Martha's Vineyard, Mass., in 1767, d. in Amestown, Ohio, in 1853. His early life was spent in Connecticut on a farm, where he acquired a knowledge of mathematics and surveying. In 1788 he was appointed agent of the Ohio company, and soon afterward engaged in mercantile business until 1794. Finding his ventures unprofitable, he removed to Ohio, where he had an interest in some land. His journey tither required more than three months, and was delayed by privations adventure, and sickness. On his arrival in Ohio, Gov. appointed him judge of quarter sessions and judge of common pleas. In 1797 Judge Cutler exchanged his possessions for an estate in the township of Ames, where he spent the remainder of his life. He erected a log cabin in the wilderness, planted a few acres of corn, and re-assumed the duties of his judgeship, periodically making his way through the wilds to Marietta to attend court. He says that during seven years, in which he served in three courts, his “dividend was not sufficient, but in a single instance, to pay the weekly board.” He early interested himself in education, and stimulated the people of Ames and Dover townships to establish a public library. The necessary funds were obtained by the sale of furs procured by native hunters. This is thought to have been the first incorporated public library in the west. Toward the close of his life Judge Cutler wrote : “More than sixty individuals have grown to maturity within this circle, two have become professors in colleges, three are ministers of the gospel, one of them a bishop, at the head of them , several judges of courts, and one general.” His last public service was in 1839 as a delegate to the whig convention at Harrisburg. he was the author of a “History of the First Settlement of Amestown in Athens County, Ohio,” and “The First Settlement of Athens County,” etc., both published in Hildreth's “Pioneer Settlers.”

CUTLER, Hannah Maria Tracy, physician, b. in Becket, Berkshire co., Mass., 25 Dec, 1815. She is a daughter of John Conant, and was edu- cated in the common school of Becket. In 1834 she married the Rev. J. M. Tracy, who died in 1843. Subsequently she prepared herself for teaching, and was matron of the Deaf and dumb asylum at Cleveland, Ohio, in 1848-'9. In July, 1851, she visited England as a newspaper corre- spondent at the World's fair. She was also at the same time a delegate from the United States at the peace congress in London, and while in England delivered the first lectures ever given there on the legal rights of women. In 1852 she married Samuel Cutler and remoA^ed to Illinois, where she labored assiduously for the reform of the laws re- lating to women. She was president of the West- ern union aid commission, Chicago, 111., in 1862-'4. In 1873 she visited France, in company with her son, J. M. Tracy, artist, and remained there till 1875. After her graduation as a physician at the Homoeopathic college in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1879, she settled at Cobden, 111., where she has practised with success. She is the author of " Woman as she Was, Is, and Should be" (New York, 1846); " Phillipia, or a Woman's Question " (Dwight, 111., 1886) : and " The Fortunes of Michael Doyle, or Plome Rule for Ireland " (Chicago, 1886).

CUTLER, Henry Stephen, musician, b. in Boston, Mass., 7 Oct., 1824. He was organist and choir-master in Trinity church. New York, from 1860 till 1868. He compiled "The Psalter, with Chants" (Boston, 1858); "Trinity Psalter" (New York, 1863) ; and " Trinity Anthems " (1868). The last named contains several of his own composi- tions. In 1864 he received the honorary degree of Doctor in Music from Columbia.

CUTLER, Lizzie Petit, author, b. in Milton, Albemarle co., Va., in 1836. She was instructed until her fourteenth year at a seminary in Char- lottesville, Va., after which her education was con- tinued very irregularly. Her first novel, " Light and Darkness " (New York, 1855), was republished in London and translated into French. This was followed by " Household Mysteries, a Romance of Southern Life" (1856), and "The Stars of the Crowd, or Men and Women of the Day " (1858). As Miss Petit (lier maiden name), she gave, in 1860, a series of public readings. About 1858 she mar- ried Mr. Cutler, a New York lawyer.