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present in 1865 at the death-bed of President Liufoln, preaching his funeral sermon in the White House. He was an important factor in bringing about a reunion of the old and new school Presbyterians. He was a director of Princeton theological seminary, 1855-68, was a member of the general assembly in 1861 and chairman of the judicial committee, and was moderator of the general assembly in 1867. He received the degree of D.D. He died in Wash- ington, D.C., Sept. *l, 1868.

QURLEY, Ralph Randolph, missionary, was born in Lebanon. Conn., May 26, 1797. He was graduated from Yale in 1818 and was licensed to preach in the Presbyterian church. In 1822 he was appointed agent and secretary of the Ameri- can colonization society and held the position until his death. In behalf of the society he took an active part in founding the colony of Liberia which became an independent nation in 1847. He succeeded in increasing the annual income of the society from less than §800 in 1822 to §40,000 in 1832. He was editor of The African Eepository and published, besides his annual reports, Life of Je.hudi Aiihmun (1839); Mission to England for the. American Colonization Society (1841). and Life and Eloquence of the Rev. Sylvester Lamed (1844). He died in Washington, D.C., July 30, 1872.

QURNEY, Ephraim Whitman, educator, was born in Boston, Mass., Feb. 18, 1829; son of Na- than Gurney, superintendent of the Massachu- setts general hospital, 1823-33, and afterward an alderman of Boston. He attended the Boston public schools, was employed in a counting room for three years, prepared for college under a private tutor, and was graduated from Harvard in 1852. He taught private pupils and was teacher of Latin and Greek in private schools in Boston, Mass., 1852-57. He was a tutor at Har- vard, 1857-63; assistant professor of Latin, 1803- 67; assistant professor of intellectual philosojjhy, 1867-68; assistant professor of history, 1868-69; university .professor of history, 1869-86; and McLean professor of history in 1886. He was dean of the college facultj', 1870-76, and a fellow of the Harvard corporation, 1884-86. He trav- elled in Europe in 1876 and was at one time an editor of the Xorth American Bevieio. He died at Beverly. Mass., Sept. 12, 1886.

QURNEY, Francis, soldier, was born in Bucks county, Pa., in 1738, He was a prot6ge of Gen. Israel Putnam under whom he served in the pro- vincial army, 17.56-58 He was a member of the expedition to Louisburg, aided in the capture of that city, July 25. 1758, and also assisted in the capture of Guadeloupe, April 27, 1759 He was a shipping merchant in Philadelphia when the colonies revolted and took part in drilling troops for the Continental army. He refused a high

commission in the army, but consented to serve as captain in a provincial regiment of infantry. He was made lieutenant-colonel in the Conti- nental army in 1776 and engaged in the battles of Brandywine and Germantown. He was wounded at Iron Hill and during the war subscribed £2000 for the procuring of supi)lies for the ai'my and joined in the band of prominent Philadelphia merchants who pledged £260,000 for a like pur- pose. He was an alderman of Philadelphia: president of the select council; warden of the port of Philadelphia for several years; was a rep- resentative in the state legislature and a member of the state senate. He invented several im- provements in buoys and beacons. He was colonel in the state corps, 1786-99, and was pro- moted brigadier-general in March, 1799. In 1794 he commanded the 1st regiment of the Philadel- phia brigade in the whisky rebellion. He was a trustee of Dickinson college, a county commis- sioner and director in various institutions. He died in Philadelphia, Pa., May 35, 1815.

QURNEY, William, soldier, was born in Flushing, N.Y., Aug. 21, 1831. He was a New York merchant and a lieutenant in the 7th regi- ment, N.Y.S.M., and in 1861 went with that organization to the defence of the capitol at Washington. In July, 1861, he was made a captain in the 65th regiment. New York chasseurs, and engaged with that regiment in the early campaign in Virginia. In 1863 he was made as- sistant inspector-general on the staff of Governor Morgan of New York, and in July, 1863, re- cruited the 137th New York volunteers and was commissioned its colonel. He was assigned to the 23d army corps and in October, 1863, was made commander of the 2d brigade of General Abercrombie's division in the defence of Wash- ington. In 1864 with his brigade he joined the array under Gillniore, operating against Charles- ton, S.C. He was wounded in an engagement at Devoe's Neck, S.C.; was made commander of the post of Charleston and was promoted briga- dier-general for gallantry in action. He was mustered out of the volunteer service in July, 1865, and established himself in business in Charleston, S.C. He was treasurer of Charleston county, 1870-76; was a presidential elector, 1873, and vi3e-pre.sident of the centennial commission, having been appointed by President Grant in 1875. He died in New York city, Feb. 3, 1879.

QUTHERZ, Carl, painter, was born in Swit- zerland, Jan. 28, 1844; son of Heinrich and Henrietta (Luesher) Gntherz. In 1851 his father removed his family to Cincinnati, Ohio, and there introduced the use of terra cotta in art. The son during his boyhood modelled in his father's studio, removing to Memphis, Tenn., in 1856. In 1867 he commenced seriously the study of art