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ber, 1861, he was chosen chaplain of the First \^irginia Regiment, and so continued till his death in camp. January 7, 1862. of typhoid fever, after a service of but a few weeks.

Cain, Richard H., born in Greenbrier county, \irginia. April 12. 1825: removed to Ohio in 1831, and settled in Gallipolis. Though his education was limited, he en- tered the ministry at an early age. In i860 he entered A\'ilberforce University. Xenia, Ohio, and in 1865 went south and engaged iti the work of reconstruction. In 1867 he was elected to the constitutional convention of South Carolina, and the year following to the senate of that state. He was elected to congress for two terms, serving from 1876 till 1880. In 1880 he was chosen bishop by the general conference of the .\frican Methodist Episcopal Church, and was ap- pointed to supervise its interests in Louisi- ana and Texas. In the latter state he or- ganized Paul Quinn College at Waco. He was presiding bishop of the first Episcopal district of the African Methodist Episcopal church, embracing the conferences of New York, New Jersey. New England, and Phil- adelphia. In 1873 the degree of D. D. was conferred on him by Wilberforce Univer- sity.

Burnett, Henry Clay, born in Essex coun- t\. \'irginia. October 5. 1825. He received a classical education, removed early to Ken- tucky, where he entered upon the practice of law, and was in 1851-53 clerk of the cir- cuit court of Trigg county. He was elected to congress as a Democrat from 1855 to 1861, but was expelled at the latter session for his open sympathy with the South, on December 3, 1861. He had jiresided over a

Kentucky southern conference held at Rus- sellville on October 29, 1861, and called a sovereignty convention at Russellville on November 18, of which he also was presi- dent, and which passed an ordinance of se- cession and organized a state government. He was a representative from Kentucky in the provisional Confederate congress, serv- ir.g from November 18, 1861, till February 17, 1862, and a senator in the Confederate congress, serving from February 19. 1862. till February 18, 1865. After the downfall of the Confederacy he exerted himself to restore the Democratic party to the ascend- ency in his state. He died near Hopkinton. Kentucky, October i, 1866.

Chambliss, William Parham, l)nni in Bed- ford county, Virginia, March 20, 1827. After attending a private school in Giles county, Tennessee, he served through the Mexican war as second lieutenant in the First Ten- nessee Volunteers, from June, 1846, till July, 1847, and afterward as captain of the Third Tennessee Volunteers. From 1850 till 1855 he practised law in Pulaski. Tennessee, and from 1852 till 1855 edited there the "Citi- zen," a democratic weekly newspaper. He was also a member of the legislature from 1853 till 1854. He entered the Federal army as first lieutenant in the Second Cavalry, March 3, 1855, and was engaged in Texas against Indians until March, 1861. He was made captain in the Fifth Cavalry, April 6, 1861. and served through the Manassas and Peninsula campaigns, receiving the brevet of major. May 4. 1862. for gallantry at Han- over Court House, \'irginia. At the battle of Gaines' Mills. June 2~. 1862, he was wounded in several places, lay four davs and four nights on the field of battle, and was