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ELBERT

operas, including: The Doctor of Alcantara (1862) ; The Bose of Tyrol; A Night in Rome; and The Two Cadis. His other works include quintette for strings, trios for violin, violin method, songs, and the National hymn, To Thee, Conntry. He died in Boston. Mass., Jan. 19, 1893.

EIGENBRODT, William Ernest, clergyman, was born in Jamaica, N.Y., June 10, 1813; son of Lewis Ei-nst Andrew Eigenbrodt. His father (born in Lauterbach, Hesse Darmstadt. Sept. 22, 1778; died in Jamaica, N.Y., Aug. 30, 1828) im- migrated to the United States in 1793; was princi- pal of Union Hall academy at Jamaica, N.Y., 1797-1828; and received the degree of LL.D. from Union in 1825. His brother, David Lamberson (born in Jamaica, N.Y., Sept. 5, 1810; died in New York city, Jan. 3, 1880), was graduated from Washington college in 1831 and from the College of physicians and surgeons, N.Y., in 1835, practising in New York city, 1835^3, at St. Jago de Cuba, 1843-58, and returning to New York city organized the medical and surgical depart- ment of St. Luke's hospital. William Ernest Eigenbrodt was prepared for college at Union Hall academy, and was gi'aduated at Columbia in 1831. He attended the General theological semi- nary of the Protestant Episcopal church and was ordained a priest in 1838. He was rector at Bainbridge, N.Y.. 1838-42, at Rochester, N.Y., 1842-46; at All Saints' church. New York city, 1846-58 ; and associate rector of Calvary church, New York city, 1858-62. In 1862 he accepted the chair of pastoral theology in the General theolog- ical seminar}', which he retained until his death: He was secretary of the diocesan conventions of New York, 1854-83. He received from Columbia the degree of S.T.D. in 1855. He died in New York city, Nov. 4, 1894.

EIGENMANN, Carl H., educator, was born in Plehingen, Baden, Germany, March 9, 1863; son of Philip and Margaret (Lieb) Eigenmann. He received his primary education at Baden, immi- grated to America in 1877, was prepared for college in the Rockport high school, and was graduated from Indiana university, receiving the degrees of B.S., 1886, A.M., 1887, and Ph.D., 1889. On graduating he was made acting instructor of zoology and botany in the university. He studied at Harvard university, 1887-88, in the San Diego biological laboratory in California.

1889, at the Woods Holl marine stations, 1889,

1890, and 1894, and at the California academy of sciences in 1890. He undertook smnmer explora- tions for the British musevun in California, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Dakota and western Canada in 1890, 1891 and 1892. He became pro- fessor of zoology in Indiana university in 1891 and founded and became director of the Indiana university biological station, 1895. He married

Rosa Smith, Aug. 27, 1887, who was a joint con- tributor with her husband of many scientific papers to the periodicals. He is the author of : The Mematognathi of South America (1890); The Viviparous Fishes of the Pacific Coast of North America (1892) ; Sex Differentiations in Cymatogaster (1896) ; and a series of monographs on blind aquatic vertebrates of North America.

EKIN, James Adams, soldier, was born in Pittsburg, Pa., Aug. 31, 1819. He was a grandson of Col. Stephen Baj'ard of the Continental army. After serving an apprenticeship as a shipbuilder he engaged in building steamboats and other river craft at Pittsburg, and on the outbreak of the civil war joined the 12th Pennsylvania volunteers as lieutenant, April 25, 1861. He was promoted captain and assistant quartermaster in the volun- teer service, August 7, lieutenant-colonel and quartermaster, February 15, and colonel. May 2, 1864, and was brevetted brigadier-general, March 8, 1865, for meritorious services during the war. He was made captain in the regular army, March 13, 1863, lieutenant-colonel and deputy quarter- master general, July 29, 1865, colonel and assist- ant quartermaster-general, Feb. 13, 1882, and was retired Aug. 31, 1883. He was brevetted in the regular army major, lieutenant-colonel, colonel and brigadier-general, March 13, 1865, for services in the quartermaster's department. His service was at Pittsburg, Pa., as acting assistant commis- sary of subsistence, 1861; at Indianapolis, Ind., as assistant quartermaster, 1861-63 ; at Washington. D.C., as quartermaster of the cavalry bureau, 1863-64; as chief quartermaster of the cavalry corps. Army of the Potomac, in 1864; as officer in charge of the 1st division, quartermaster -gen- eral's office, Washington, D.C., 1864-70; as chief quartermaster of the 5th district, department of Texas, department of the south and department of Louisville, Ky., and as quartermaster-general of the army. He was especially commended by the President and the commanding generals imder whom he served. He was a member of the commission that tried the prisoners indicted for the murder of President Lincoln. He made his residence in Louisville, Ky., after his retirement, and died there March 27, 1891.

ELBERT, Samuel, governor of Georgia, was born in Prince William parish, S.C., in 1743. He removed to Savannah, Ga., at an early age and became a merchant. In 1774 he was chosen captain of a grenadier company, and in February, 1776, he entered the Continental army as lieu- tenant-colonel, being promoted to the rank of colonel, Sept. 16, 1776. In 1777 he was placed in command of an expedition against the British in East Florida, and in 1778 served gallantlj' in resisting the British army that finally captured Savannah. In March, 1789, while commanding