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Rh civil war he was iiiatle a brigadier-general. In 1882 Gen. Trumbull settled in Chicago, where he engaged in journalism, contributing to leading American periodicals on philosophical, political, and sociological subjects, and publishing a volume on "Free Trade in Kngland."

TUPPER, Henry Marty, educator, b. in Mon- son. Mass., 28 May, 1831 ; d. in Raleigh, N. €., 11 Nov., 1893. He was graduated at Amherst and at the Newton theological seminary, entering the ministry of the Baptist church, and in 1862 he en- listed as a private in the army, serving until the close of the war. In 1865 he went to Kaleigh as an agent of the American Baptist home mission- ary society. Through his efforts Shaw university for colored youth was chartered in 1866, the stu- dents constructing the buildings under Dr. Tiip- per's direction. His administration as president was roost successful, and at the time of nis death it was the largest college of its character in the country, having graduated five thousand students of both sexes as clergymen, physicians, and teach- ers, and possessing buildings and grounds valued at about two hundred thousand dollars.

TURELL, Charles, editor, b. in Salem, Mass., 7 Aug., 1786; d. in Red Bank, N. J., 26 May, 1863. At the age of thirteen he entered the office of Thomas C;. tJushing's " Salem Gazette " as an ap- prentice, and continued there until 1813. In Oc- toljer of that year he purcha.sed from William Treadwell the " Portsmouth Oracle," a Federal- Republican newspaper. He edited it until 1821, when he sold it to Tobias H, Miller. In 1825 he commenced the publication of " The Commercial Advertiser," which he continueiJ for a few years, removing from Portsmouth to New York in 1830. There he became an editor of " The New York Gazette," published by Robert I>ang, and after his death became an editor of "The New York Commercial Advertiser," which position he held until comi)elle<l to retire on account of a severe surgical o|x!ration, but in his retirement he con- tinued to write for the daily press.

TURLEY, Thomas Battle. senator, b. in Mem- phis, Tenn., 5 April, 184.5. He entered the Con- federate army and served as a private throughout the war. In June, 1867, he was gra<luated from the law department of the I'niversity of Virginia, and afterward practised law at Memphis. On the death of Isham G. Harris he was appointed by the governor of Tennessee, 20 July, 18U7, to fi[l the vacancy in the L'. S. senate. Mr. Turley was subsciiuently elected by the legislature for the unexpired term ending 3 March, 1901.

TURNEY, Peter, jurist, b. in Jasper, Marion CO., Tenn., 22 Sept., 1827, and is a sfni of U. S. Senator Hopkins Lacey Turncy {q. v.). He received an finglish education at Winchester, Tenn., studied law in his father's office for three years, and was admitted to the bar in 1848. He volunteered in the Confederate army at the beginning of the civil war, being elected colonel of the 1st Tennessee regiment, and remaining in the service till the surrender at Appomattox. He was at the battle of Seven Pines, the second battle of Manassas, Cedar Run, Harper's Ferry, Antietam or Sharps- burg, and Fredericksburg, where he was wounded, and was recommended for promotion by Gens. Lee, A. P. Hill, and James J. Archer. After the war he resumed the practice of the law at Winchester un- til 1870, when he became a justice of the supreme court of the state, and in 1886 chief justice, in which office he continued until elected governor of Tennessee by the Democratic party in 1893. He served as governor for two terms, when he re- tired to private life. Judge Turney is 6 feet 2 inches tall, and weighed 260 pounds when in his prime. He was not a profound lawyer nor jurist, but his opinions were characterized by justness and common sense. In 1876 he was an unsuccess- ful candidate for the U. S. senate.

TURNLEY, Parmenus Taylor, soldier, b. in Dandridge. Tenn., 6 Sept., 1821. He was grad- uated from the V. S. military acatlemy in June, 1846, and immediately joine<l the regiment to which he had been assigned as 2<1 lieutenant, then with Gen. Taylor in Mexico. He served through- out the war. and from 1849 to IS.'iS he was on duty with his company on the boundary line between Mexico and the United States. In 1855 he was transferred to the (juartermaster's department, in which he served faithfully until failing health in- duced him to resign in Decemlier, 1865. Since that time he has lived with his family in Illinois. He was vice-president of a Chicago bank for five years, when he withdrew to Highland Park, where he has since resided. Col. Turnley's letters to his father from 1846 to 1860 wore printed by his sister (London, 1863), and he is also the author of " Turn- lev's Narrative from Diarv " (Chicago, 1893).

TYLER, Mason Whiting, lawyer, b. in Am- herst, Mass.. and was graduated from Amherst college, where his father was the Greek professor. Entering the 37th Massachusetts volunteers in 1862 as 2d lieutenant, he served through the civil war, participating in numerous battles, including Gettysburg, and attained to the rank of colonel. Settling in New York at the close of the war, he studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1866, and is still successfully practising his profession. Col. Tyler was counsel in the suit of Onarie vs. Garrison, and in many other important cases. Since 1880 he has been president of the board of directors of the public library of Plainfield, N. J., where he resides, and he is a member of the mili- tary order of the Loyal legion.