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"Valentine, minister-general of the Seraphic order, and by the Pc>i)e. No fathers of the order re- si>onding to the call, the matter was not pressed by Father Egau. He wjis apiwinted jmstor of St. Mary's church, Philadelphia, Pa., and on Oct. 28, 1810, he w:is consecrated by Archbishop Carroll, bishop of the newly erected diocese of Pliiladelpliia. He met the opposition of the trustees of the catheilral, to whom he was to a degree subject, and this friction hindered him in the administration of the affairs of tha diocese and hastened his death. He introduced the order of Sisters of Chanty into his diocese in 1814, the first colony sent out from Mother Seton's institu- tion in Emmittsburg, and placed tliem in charge of the ori>han asylum. He died at St. Joseph's churcli. Philadelpliia, Pa., July 22, 1814.

EQQLESTON, Benjamin, representative, was born Lii Corinth, Saratoga county, N.Y.. Jan. 3, 1810. He removed to Cincinnati, Ohio, at an early age and became a merchant. He held va- rious local offices; was state senator, 1862-65. and a repre.sentative from the 1st district of Ohio in the 39th and 40th congresses, 1865-69. He was again state senator, 1880-82, and thereafter de- voted much time to literary work, publishing several novels and editing the Cincinnati Times. He died in Cincinnati. Oliio, Feb. 9, 1888.

EGGLESTON, Edward, author, was born at Vevay. Ind.. Dec. 10, 1837; son of Joseph Gary and Mary Jane (Craig) Eggleston; grand.son of Edward and Judith (Booker) Eggleston; and

great-grandson of William and (Carj-)

Eggleston. The original ancestor immigrated to Vii'ginia in the latter part of the seven- teenth century. Ed- ward's father, Joseph Cary Eggleston (born in Virginia, May 30, 1812, died in Indiana, Oct. 21, 1846), was a ^jto^ ."B^, graduate of William

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a member of the In- diana senate, and at one time a candi- date for representa- tive in congress. Edward Eggleston attended Amelia academy in Virginia, but from invalidism his educa- tion was chieHy ac<juired at home. In 1856 he went to Minnesota for the benefit of his health and on his return entered the itinerant Methodist ministry. After si.x months of preach- ing in Indiana he held various pa.storates in Minnesota until 1860 when illness forced him to

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abandon his profession. He was associate editor of The. Little Corporal, Chicago, III., in 1866, editor of the National Sunday iSdwol Teacher, 1866-70, and in 18; u removed to New York to become literary editor and then superintending editor of the Independent. He resigned in 1871 and in 1871- 73 edited ILarth and Home. He was pastor of an independent organization known as the church of Christian Endeavor, Brooklyn, N.Y., 1874-79, and in the latter year retired to Joshua's Rock, his home on Lake George, N.Y., where he de- voted his time to literary work. He was married, March 18, 1858, to Elizabeth, daughter of William and Susan (Good) Smith of Northamptonshire, England, and a second time, Sept. 14, 1891, to Frances, daughter of Samuel M. and Eliza (Eggleston) Goode of Madison, Ind. Besides numerous magazine articles and several school- books, his published works include: JJr. Blake's Walking Stick (1870); The Book of Queer Stories (1870); The Sunday School Manual (1870); The Hoosier Schoolmaster (1871); TJie End of the World (1872); The Mysteries of Metropolisville {ISIZ) \ A Schoolmastef s Stories for Boys and Gi>Zs (1874); The Circuit Eider (1874); Christ in Literature (1875); Christ in Art (1875); lioxy (ISIS); Famous American Indians (with Lillie E. Seelye and George Cary Eggleston (1878-80); The liuusier Schuolboy (1883); TJie Graysons (1888); The Faith Doctor (1891); Duffels {\S^Z); The Beginners of a Nation (1896). He died at Lake George, N.Y.. Sept. 2, 1902. EGGLESTON, George Cary, author, was born in Vevay, Ind., Nov. 26, 1839; son of Joseph Cary and Mary Jane (Craig) Eggleston; and a brotiier of Edward Eggleston. His education was ac- quired at Indiana Asbury university and at Rich- mond (Va.) college. He was admitted to the bar in 1860 and in 1861 joined the Confederate army, serving activelj^ throughout the war. He removed to Cairo, 111., in 1865, and practised law until 1870 when he became connected with the staff of the Brooklyn Union. In July, 1871, he resigned to become managing editor of the Hearth and Home, and in 1872, on the resignation of his brother Edward, became the editor-in-chief which position he held until 1874. In that year he accepted the editorship of American Homes, and was literary editor of the New York Evening Post, 1875-81. In 1884 he was literary editor of the Commercial Advertiser, 1884-86, and its editor- in-cliief, 1886-89. In 1889 he became a member of the editorial staff of the New York World. Among his jmlilished writings are: Hoic to Edu- cate Yourself (1872); The Wreck of the Bed Bird (1872); A Man of Honor (1873); A EeheVs Becol- lections (1874); How to Make a Living (187.5); The Big Brother (1875); Captain Sam (1876); The Signal Boys (1877); Red Eagle and the War with the Creek Indians (1878); the American edition of