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tional Tolimteer aide-de-camp on the staff of (ien. Beujamin F. Butler, then in command of I lie Army of the James, and was assigned to t^pecial duty at his temporarj' headquarters in .\'ew York. In 186.3, upon the inauguration of !Ieuben E. Fenton as governor of New York, he was appointed assistant paymaster-general with headquarters in New York city, and in 1860 he was apixiinted on the governor's staff as commis- SJiry-general of subsistence. On the election of Reube>i E. Fenton as governor for a second term, Genenil Darling was appointed on his staff as military engineer-in-chief, with the rank of brigadier-general. In 1868 he visited Europe for travel and study, and made several subsequent trips for the same purjwse. He was elected corres[K)nding secretary uf the Oneida historical society, Utica, N.Y. ; lionorary secretarj-, at Utica, of the Egypt exploration fund, London, England; honorary fellow of the Society of science, letters and art, London, England; and a corresponding member of many historical and scientific associations in the United States and Canada. He received the honorar}- degree of A.M. from Hamilton college in 1892. He was married. Dec. 21, 1857, to Angeline E., daughter of Jacob A. Robertson of New York, and grand- daughter of Archibald Robert.son, the Scotch artist, who painted from life the celebrated min- iatures of George and Martha Washington.

DARLING, Henry, educator, was born in Pleading, Pa., Dec. 27, 1823; son of the Hon. William and Margaretta Vaughan (Smith) Dar- ling. He was graduated at Amherst in 1842; studied theology at L'nion theological seminary, 1843-43; at Auburn theological seminary, 1843- 45; was ordained by the presbj-tery of Columbia Dec. 80, 1847; was pastor at Hud.son, N.Y., 1846- 53; at Clinton street church, Philadel- phia, Pa., 1853-61; was an invalid in Philadelphia, 1861- 64 ; liad charge of the 4th Presbyterian church in Albany, N.Y., 1864-81; and was president of j^ ^ Hamilton college,

^iQi-^^i^l^ A}>^i^c<y/ Clinton. N.Y., 1881- 91. He was perma- nent clerk of the Presbyterian general assembly, 1854-63, and moderator of the General assem- bly, 1881. He received from Amherst the de- gree of M.A. in 1852; from Union that of D.D. in isr.O. and from both Hamilton and Lafavette

that of LrL.D. in 1881. His published works in- clude iT/tf Closer UV</A-(1862) ; Slavery and the War (1863) ; Difficulties of licvelalinii (1864) ; Conformity to the IVorld (1873) ; Doing Xothimj — hut Jieceiviuij (1875); and Preaching and Modern Skepticism (1881). See memorial of his life and work pub- li.siied by his son, Richard W. Darling. He died at Hamilton college, Clinton. N.Y., April 20, 1891.

DARLING, Timothy Grenville, educator, was born in Nassua, N.P., Bahamas, Oct. 5, 1842. He jirepared for college at Williston seminai-y, Mass., and was graduated at Williams college in 1864. He studied at Princeton theological seminary, 1866-68, and was graduated at Union theological seminary in 1869. He was assistant minister at the First Presbyterian church in Baltimore, 1870- 73, and on June 18, 1873, was ordained by the presbytery of Albany, N.Y. He was pastor of the First Presbj'terian church at Schenectady, N.Y., 1873-87; acting professor of mental phi- losophy and Hebrew in Union college, 1879-80 ; acting professor of moral science, 1885; and lecturer on Christian evidences, 1886. In 1887 he was chosen professor of sacred rhetoric and pastoral theology in the Auburn theological sem- inary, and in 1890 was transferred to the chair of Christian theologj*.

DARLINGTON, Edward, representative, was born in Chester county, Pa., Sept. 17, 1795. He was educated at Westchester academy and taught school, 1817-20. He was admitted to the bar in 1820 and practised law in Chester, Pa. lie was several times elected district attorney and was a Whig representative in the 23d, 24th and 25tli congresses, 1833-39. He removed, in 1850, to ]\Iedia, Pa., where he died, Nov. 21, 1884.

DARLINGTON, Isaac, representative, was born in Westtown. Chester county. Pa., Dec. 13, 1781 ; son of Abraham Darlington ; and grandson of Thomas and Harriet (Brinton) Darlington. He was a cousin of Dr. William Darlington, a representative in the 16th congress. He edu- cated himself by private study while working on a farm and in his father's blacksmith shop, and subsequent Ij' became a successful Lawyer. He was elected to the state legislature, 1807 ; served as a volunteer lieutenant in the war of 1812: and was a representative in the 15th congress, 1817- 19, declining re election. In 1820 he was deputy attorney -general of Chester county, and was president-judge of the county court, 1821-39. He die.l in WesttowTi, Pa., April 27, 1893.

DARLINGTON, James Henry, clergyman, was born in Brooklyn, N.Y., June 9, 18.56; .son of Thomas and Hannah Anne (Goodliffe) Darling- ton; grandson of Peter and Maria (Wilde) Darlington, and of James and Mary (Jopham) Goodliffe; and a de.scendant of an old colonial familv with ancestors in the Revolution and