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due to his efforts that she was placed on a sounder financial basis. Judge Crump was identified with innumerable important cases in the course of his long professional life, and among the most important were : The defence of President Jefiferson Davis, when accused of treason, going on his bond when Mr. Davis was released ; the John Randolph will case, tried in Petersburg; the case of Jeter Phillips, who was tried in Hanover for the murder of his wife ; and Thomas Jud- son Cluverius, who was tried in Richmond for the murder of Fannie Lillian Madison, his cousin. His religious affiliation was with the Protestant Episcopal Church. He was one of the most eminent jurists of the state Judge Crump married Mary S. Tabb, now deceased, a daughter of Philip Edward Tabb, Esq., of Waverley, Gloucester county, Vir- ginia, and is survived by four children. He died at Richmond, Virginia, February 21, 1897.

Cooper, Samuel, adjutant and inspector general, C. S. A. ; born at Hackensack, New Jersey, June 12, 1798, son of Maj. Samuel Cooper, of the revolutionary army, and Mary Horton, his wife. He graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1815 ; was commissioned brevet second lieu- tenant of light artillery, and served at New England posts, 1815-18, in the adjutant- general's office in \\^ashington Cit}- until 1825, and for a year in garrison in Florida. He was on duty at the artillery school at Fortress Monroe, 1826-28, and then became aide-de-camp to Gen. Alexander Macomb. Jn 1836 he became captain in the Fourth Artillery, and was assigned to staff duty at army headquarters, as assistant adjutant- general. During the Florida war he was

cliief of staff to Gen. W^illiam J. Worth, be- ing engaged against the Seminole Indians, in 1841-42. For the next ten years he was on special duty in the war department as assistant adjutant-general, with the rank of lieutenant-colonel. For meritorious service ir the Mexican war he was brevetted colo- nel. On May 30, 1848, he became adjutant- general of the army. On March 7, 1861, he resigned his commission, and offered his services to the seceded states, and as a citi- zen of Virginia, was appointed adjutant and inspector-general of the C. S. A. He published "A Concise System of Instruction and Regulations for the Militia and Volun- teers of the United States" (1836). He mar- iied, in 1827, a granddaughter of George Mason, of "Gunston Hall," Clermont, Vir- ginia. After the war he resided at "Cam- eron," near Alexandria, \'irginia, where he died, December 14, 1876.

Gorgas, Josiah, chief of ordnance, born in Dauphin county, PennS3dvania, July i, 1818. His long residence in Richmond, and his de- votion to its people, gave him standing as an adopted son. He graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1841, sixth in his class, and was assigned to the ordnance department. In 1845-46 he visited Europe by direction of the war department, to observe military methods. He served with credit in the Mexican war, was especi- ally distinguished at the siege of Vera Cruz, and rose to the rank of captain in 1855. After serving on duty in various govern- ment arsenals, he resigned at the beginning of the civil war, and was placed at the head of the Confederate ordnance department, with the rank of brigadier-general. His task was stupendous by reason of the com-