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lieutenant. May 7, 189.). In 1897 Governor Wol- cott made him inspector-general of rille practice on his staff with the rank of brigadier-general. At the outbreak of the war between the United States and Spain in April, 1898, he resigned to become adjutant in the 0th infantry, M.V.M., with the ranii of lieutenant. In May, 1898, he was appointed by President McKinley inspector- general on the staff of Gen. Fitzhugli Lee, and was ordered to Tampa, Fla., where and at Jack- sonville, he served till the clo.se of the war, rising to the rank of colonel.

OUILD, Josephus Conn, jurist, was born in Pittsylvania county, Va., Dec. 14, 1802. His parents removed to Houston oountj', Tenn., in 180-t, and in 1810 to Sumner county. He received an average school training and was admitted to the bar in 1833, after studying in the office of Foster & Brown at Nashville. In 1852 lie was a Democratic candidate for elector for the state at large and canvassed the state against William T. Haskell. He was a representative in the state legislature three terms and a state senator one term. He was lieutenant-colonel in Col. William Trousdale's regiment in the Seminole war, 1836- 37. He was chancellor of the division of the state composed of Sumner, Robertson and Mont- gomery counties, 1859-61. and after the close of the civil war removed to Nashville, where he was a practising lawyer, 1865-70, and judge of the law court, 1870-77, when he retired from prac- tice. He is the autlior of Old Times in Tennessee (1878). He die.l in Nasliville, Tenn., Jan. 8, 1883.

QUILD, Reuben Aldridge, author, was born in West Dedham, Ma.ss., May 4, 1822; son of Raubiii aiil Olive (Morse) Guild; grandson of Joel and Hannah (Wetlierbee) Guild, and of George and Irene (Pettee) Morse; great-grand- son of Maj. Aaron Guild, who was a member of the committee of safety and held other responsi- ble military positions during the Revolution; great-" grandson of Samuel Guild, who served in King Philip's war, 1675-76, and great* grandson of John Guild, who came to America in 1636 and was one of the original proprietors of Dedham, Mass. He was prepared for college at Day's academy, Wrentham, Mass., 1840^1, and at the Worcester manual laljor high school (afterward Worcester academy), 1841-43. He was graduated from Brown, A.B., 1847; A.M., 1850, and re- mainel at the university as assistant librarian 1847-48, librarian 1848-93, and librarian emeri- tus 1893-99 In 1877 he visited the principal libraries of Great Britain and attended the Inter- national conference of librarians in London, being, a member of the council. He was married in 1849 to Jane Clifford, daughter of Deacon Sam- uel and Nancy (Lincoln) Hunt of Providence, R.I. He took an active interest in local affairs,

being a member of the Providence common coun- cil seven years; member and secretary of the school committee for fifteen years, and president, secretary and treasurer of various religious, edu- cational and philanthropic organizations. He was a member of the American antiquarian so- ciety; of the Library association of the United kingdom of Great Britain; of the Soldiers' and Sailors' historical society; of the Old Colony liis- torical society; of the Rhode Island historical society, and an honorary member of the Essex institute, Salem, Mass. He was also secretary of Brown University alumni association for twelve years. He received the degree of LL.D. from Shurtleff college in 1874. His published writings include: Librarian's Manual (1858); Account of the Writings of Uoger Williams (1862); Life, Times and Correspondence of James Manning ( 1864); Bio- graphical Introduction to the Wiitings of lioger Williams (1866); History of Broion University vith Illustratim Documents (1867); Chaplain Smith and the Baptist; or Life, Journals, Letters and Addi-esses oflhrJ!,r. 11, -I'kiah Smith, D.D. (1885); Footprints of lli'H' r Willi. ,ms (1886); -dud History of Brotcn Uiiicei-silii. I 7r,6-289n (3d vol., 1895). He died in Providence. R.I., May 13, 1899.

QUINEY, Louise Imogen, poet, was born in Boston, Mass., Jan. 7, 1861; only child of Gen. Patrick Robert and Janet Margaret (Dojde) Guiney; gi'anddaughter of James and Judith (McRae) Guiuey, and of Edward and Anna (Dow- ling) Doyle, and of Irish, French, Scotch and English ancestry. Her father came from Ireland in 1839, joined the Massachusetts volunteer mili- tia, became a brevet brigadier-general in the army of the Potomac and received a wound at the battle of the Wilderness from which event- ually he died. Louise was educated in Boston public and private schools, in the Convent of the Sacred Heart, Providence, and under tutors, and afterward lived in Europe for some years. Al- most her first literary work was accepted by the magazines, and she soon became widely and fav- orably known as a poet and essayist. Her pub- lished books exclusive of juvenilia include: 7'Ae White Sail and Other Poems (1887); Broicnies and Bogies (1888); Monsieur Henri, a Foot-Kote to French History (1893); A Boadside Hai"p, poems (1893); A Little English Gallery (1894); Lover's St. Buth's and Three Other Tales (1896); .Tames Clar- ence Mangan; his Selected Poems, icith a Study by the Editor (1897); Patrins (1897); The Secret of Fougereuse, from the French (1898) and The Mar- tyr's Idyl and Short Poems (1899). Besides the.se and some privately jirinted brochures, a small book of verse, consisting in part of poems pub- lished in A Boadside Harp and 27(6 Martyr's Idiji, was issued in London under the title England and yesterday (1898).