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1859, and was a presidential elector in 1860. In 1861 he entered the Confederate service, and be- came a lieutenant-colonel. He was a represent- ative in the 40th and 41st congresses, 1867-71, and U.S. consul general at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, S.A., 1889-93. ' DOD, Albert Baldwin, educator, was born in Mendliam. N.J., March 24, 180.j; son of Daniel Dod and a grandnephew of the Rev. Thaddeus Dod. His father (born Sept. 28, 1778; died May 9, 1823) was a celebrated engine builder, hav- ing constructed in 1819 the engine of the Savan- nah, the first steamship to cross the Atlantic ocean. The son was graduated from Princeton in 1822; taught school in Fredericksburg, Va., 1822-26; attended Princeton theological semi- nary, 1826-29, at the same time being a tutor in the College of New Jersey ; became a Presbyterian clergyman in 1829 and held the chair of mathe- matics in the College of New Jersey, 1830-45. He declined an appointment as chaplain and pro- fessor of moral philosophy at the U.S. military academy. He received the degree of D.D. from the University of North Carolina in 1844, and from the University of the city of New York in 1845. He published: Princeton Theological Essays (1847). He died in Princeton, N. J., Nov. 20, 1845.

DOD, Charles Squire, educator, was born in Elizabeth, N.J., in 1814; son of Daniel Dod, a master builder of steam engines, who was offered and declined the chair of mathematics in Rut- gers college in 1811. He was graduated from the College of New Jersey in 1833, became classical tutor in the University of Georgia in 1834; was afterward principal of the "Darien (Ga. ) male academy, and resigned in 1838 to accept the chair of mathematics in Jefferson college, Canonsburg. Pa. He returned to his position at Darien academy in 1840, and remained there un- til 1844, when he entered the Presbyterian minis- trJ^ He preached successively at Augusta, Ga., Holly Springs, Miss., and Plaquemine, La. ; was principal of the Roswell (Ga.) high school, 1847- 49; president of West Tennessee college, 1854-61, and in 1861 entered the Confederate army as chaplain, superintending the Macon, Ga., hospi- tal. He was principal of Plaquemine Presbyte- rian seminary, 1869-72. He died in New Orleans, La., Nov. 23. 1872.

DOD, Thaddeus, clergyman, was born near Newark, N.J., March 7, 1740. He was graduated at the College of New Jersey in 1773 and two years later was licensed to preach by the New York presbytery. He then went to western Virginia and Marjdand and preached among the Indian settlements until 1777, when he removed to Patterson's Creek, Va. In 1779 he crossed the mountains and established a church on the west- ern frontier, the second minister to settle west of

the Monongahela. The first church edifice was erected in 1785 and the second in 1792. In 1782 he opened, within his pastoral charge at Ten Mile, what is said to have been the first classical and scientific school in the west. This continued until 1786, and in 1787 with the help of others he founded Washington academy, Pa., chartered by the legislature, Sept. 24, 1787. This was put into operation in 1789, with Mr. Dod as president. The institution became Washington college, and was united with Jefferson college in 1865. Mr. Dod died in Cross Creek, Pa., May 20, 1793.

DODD, Amzi, jurist, was born in Bloomfield, N.J., March 2, 1823; son of Dr. Joseph S. and Maria (Grover) Dodd, grandson of Gen. John Dodd and a lineal descendant of Daniel Dod, who emigrated from England to Bradford, Conn., in 1646 and died in 1665. He was graduated at the College of New Jerse\' as the first honor man in 1841; taught school; studied law, and was licensed as an attorney in 1848. He associated himself with Frederick T. Frelinghviysen of Newark, N.J., in the practice of his profession, and was clerk of the common council of Newark, 1850-53. He was the unsuccessful candidate of the newly formed Republican party for repre- sentative in the 35th congress in 1856, was elected to the .state as.sembly in 1863 and the same year became mathematician of the Mutual benefit life insurance company as successor to Joseph P. Bradley, afterward associate justice of the U.S. supreme court. In 1871 he was appointed by Governor Randolph vice-chancellor of the state, serving 1872-75. and in 1872 by Governor Parker a special judge of the court of errors and appeals. He was reappointed by Governor McClellan in 1878 and resigned in 1882. He was a_ member of the riparian commission, 1875-87; a manager of the New Jersey soldiers' home from 1876 bj- ap- pointment of the supreme court of the state; again vice-chancellor, 1881-82, and president of the Mutual benefit life insurance company from 1882. He was married in 1852 to Jane, daughter of William France.

DODD, Cyrus Morris, educator, was born in Brodalbin, N.Y., Nov. 19, 1826; a lineal descend- ant of Daniel Dod, who emigrated from Eng- land and settled in Bradford, Conn., in 1646. In 1836 he was taken by his parents to Bloomfield, N.J., where he was prepared for college, enter- ing the sophomore class of Williams in 1845. After a year of study he was obliged to leave for financial reasons, and taught school in New Jer- sey and Maryland. He returned to the college in 1854 and was graduated in 1855. He taiight school in Salem, N. J., 1855-57, and in New Bruns- wick, N.J.. in 1858. He then entered the Pres- byterian theological seminary at Allegheny City, Pa., and in 1861 accepted a call to the chair