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Rh "Forms in Chancery, Admiralty, and Common Law" (1842).— Daniel's son, Fitch Edward, phy- sician, b. in Cambridge, Mass.. 25 Nov., iyi9; d. 8 Dec. 1892, Yas graduated at Dartmouth, studied medicine with his father, with Dr. George C. Shat- tuck, and at Harvard, where he received liis ^l. D. in 1843. He established himself in practice in Bos- ton. In 1860 he assumed the editorship of the Bos- ton " Medical and Surgical Journal." Inheriting from his father a taste for music, he has published some musical works. He was one of the translators of Chomel's " Treatise on General Pathology " (Boston, 1848). and published the " Lynde Diaries" (1880). — Another son, Peter, author, b. in Hano- ver, N". H., in 1822 ; d. at sea in 1855, was educated as a lawyer, practised in Suffolk county, Mass., and edited his uncle's " Practical Conveyancing." He was baptized William Pynchon Oliver, but changed this name for the alias Peter when he I'eached manhood. He published articles in the New York " Church Review." Dying while on a voyage for his health, he left an important work entitled " The Puritan Commonwealth: an Historical Review of the Puritan Government in Massachusetts, in its Civil and Ecclesiastical Relations, from its Rise to the Abrogation of the First Charter ; together with some General Reflections on the English Colonial Policy and on the Character of Puritanism." in which, with great learning and literary skill, he presented all the unfavorable aspects of the Puri- tan character, and impugned the motives and prin- ciples, and criticised the acts and policy of the founders of New England. The book was brought out by his brother, Fitch Edward (Boston, 1856), and elicited animated replies from Rev. George B. Ellis, J. Wingate Thornton, and others. — Another son, Andrew, clergyman, b. in Hanover, N. H., in 1824 ; d. 17 Oct., 1897, was graduated at Harvard in 1842. He took orders in the Protestant Episco- pal church, and was professor of Greek and Hebrew in St. Stephen's college, Annandale, N. Y., from 1864 till 1873, when he was called to the chair of biblical learning in the General theological semi- nary. New York city. He received the degree of D. D. from Hobart in 1868, and from St. Stephen's in 1876. Dr. Oliver has published a translation of the " Syriac Psalter" (Boston, 1861).

OLIVER, Grace Atkinson, author, b. in Boston, Mass.. 24 Sept., 1844. Her maiden name was Little. She was educated in private schools in Boston, and married in 1869 a son of the Rev. George E. Ellis. Her husband died within two years, and in order to divert her mind she began to contribute to " Old and New." wrote editorial articles for the Boston " Advertiser," and book notices for various papers, and contributed, under the signature of her deceased husband, John Har- vard Ellis, to the " Galaxy," the " Atlantic Month- ly," and " Scribner's Monthly.'' Biographical sketches of Dora d'lstria and other persons were very favorably received. In 1879 she married Dr. Joseph Pearson Oliver. She has published in book- form " Life and Works of Anna L. Barbauld " (Boston, 1873) ; " Life of Maria Edgeworth," writ- ten with the aid of family papers and personal reminiscences that were afforded her by members of Miss Edgeworth's family when she visited Eng- land in 1874 (1882) ; " Memoirs of Ann and Jane Taylor, with Selections from their Works " (1883) ; and " Arthur Penrhyn Stanley, his Life, Work, and Teachings" (1885).

OLIVER, Henry Kemble, musician, b. in Bev- erly, Mass., 24 Nov., 1800 ; d. in Salem, Mass., 12 Aug., 1885. He began his musical career as a boy soprano in the choir of Park street church, Boston, in 1810. He was graduated at Dartmouth in 1818 and taught till 1844. He was adjutant-general of Massachusetts militia from 1844 till 1848, then agent for a manufacturing company of Lawrence, Mass., till 1H5S. mayor of that city in 1859. and from 1861 till 18(i5 treasurer of the state of Massa- chusetts. He returned to Salem, was elected mayor of that city, and in 1880 removed to Boston. While a teacher in Salem and during liis resi- dence in Lawrence he was organist and director of the choirs in various churches. He organized a Mozart association, which gave concerts in 1826-'7, and in 1832 a glee club that existed for twenty years. In 1832 he composed a melody that Lowell Mason in 1835 published in his " Boston Academy Collection " under the name of " Federal Street." It became very popular as a hymn-tune, and was followed by " Harmony Grove," " Morn- ing," " Walnut Grove," " Elkton," " Vesper," " Hud- son." "Beacon Street," and other sacred airs, to- gether with motets, many chants, and a Te Deum. '• Merton," one of his most widely sung melodies, was composed during the preaching of the sermon and rendered at its close by his choir in the North church of vSalem in 1843. At the World's peace jubilee in Boston, 25 June, 1872, he conducted a chorus of 20.000 voices in his choral " Federal Street," set to his own words, "Hail, Gentle Peace." He received the degree of Mus. D. from Dart- mouth in 1883. He published the " National Lyre " in conjunction with Samuel P. Tuckerman (Boston, 1849), and two volumes of his own com- positions, entitled " Collection of Church Music " (I860) and "Original Hymn-Tunes" (1875); also lectures on the monitorial system and other educa- tional topics, and an " Address at the Dedication of the Broad Street School " (Salem, 1856).

OLIVER, James Edward, mathematician, b. in Portland. Me., 27 July, 1829 ; d. in Ithaca, 27March, 1895. He was graduated at Harvard, and appoint- ed assistant in the office of the "American Nau- tical Almanac." He became assistant professor of mathematics at Cornell, and two years later he was given full possession of the chair. Prof. Oliver had been elected to membership in the American acad- emy of arts and sciences, in the American philo- sophical society, and in 1872 was chosen to the Na- tional aca(.lemy of sciences. He had published "A Treatise on Trigonometry " (New York. 1886).

OLIVER, John Morrison, soldier, b. in Penn Van, N. Y., in September, 1827; d. in Washington, D. C, 30 March, 1872. He joined the National army as 1st lieutenant of the 4th Michigan infantry in May, 1861. became colonel of the 15th Michigan infantry in January, 1862, and served under Gen. Sherman in his western campaigns. At B'ort Mc- Allister he led the attack, and in January, 1865, was commissioned brigadier-general. He received the brevet of major-general in March, 1865, and in 1869 was appointed associate judge of the Dis- trict of Columbia, but declined.

OLIVER, Paul Ambrose, manufacturer, b. on shipboard in the English channel, 18 July, 1830. He was educated in Germany, settled in New York, and engaged first in the shipping business, and later in the cotton trade in that city and New Orleans. On 29 Oct., 1861, he entered the army as 2d lieutenant in the 12th New York volunteers, and in May was promoted to 1st lieutenant and assigned to duty on Gen. Daniel Butterfield's staff, after which he served as aide-de-camp to Gen. George G. Meade and Gen. Joseph Hooker. Meanwhile he was promoted captain, to date from 1 Jan., 1864, after leading his company at Gaines's Mills, the second battle of Bull Run, Antietam, and