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and lieutenant-colonel of tlie 13tli Vermont regi ment during its field service. At the close of tlie war he returned to Bradford, Vt., and resumed the practice of law. He was a member of the state senate, 1868-69; a delegate to the Repub- lican national convention iu 1876, also a presiden- tial elector the same year; and governor of Vermont. 1880-82. On Dec. 2.5. 1849. lie married Mary Elizabeth Johnson of Bradford. He died in Bradford, Vt., Jan. .5, 1903.

FARNSWORTH, Benjamin Franklin, edu- cator, was born in Bridgton, Maine, Dec. 17, 1793 ; son of Samuel and Betsey (Fitch) Farnsworth. He was graduated from Dartmouth in 1813 and was ordained to the Baptist ministry in 1816, holding a pastorate in Edenton, N.C., for two years. He was master of the Bridgewater, Mass. , academy, 1821-23; then became principal of a high school for young ladies in Worcester, Mass. ; was for a time editor of the Christian Watchinan,- Boston; and held the chair of theology at the Nev»- Hampton, N.H., theological institute, 1836- 33. He taught school in Providence, R.I.. in 1833 ; was president of Georgetown college. Ky., and professor of psychologj', ethics and Christian evidences there in 1836; president of Memphis university, Tenn., in 1837; and later president of Union university, Tenn., and the Louisville col- legiate institute, Ky. The degree of D.D. was conferred upon him by Georgetown college in 1840. He died in Louisville. Ky., June 4, 18.51.

FARNSWORTH, John Franltlin, representa- tive, was born in Eaton, Canada. March 27, 1820. He settled in Michigan in 1834, where he acquired a classical education, studied law and practised his profession. He removed to Chicago, where he was elected as a Republican a representative in the 3.5th and 36th congresses, serving 18.57-61. He recruited the 8th Illinois cavalry regiment and was elected its colonel in 1861. He was then commissioned by the war department to recruit the 17th Illinois regiment, and on Nov. 29, 1862, was commissioned brigadier- general. He was in active duty at the front until March, 1863, when by reason of injviries received he was forced to resign. He made his home in St. Charles, 111., and was a representative from his district in the 38th-42d congresses, inclusive, 1863-73. He then engaged in the pi'actice of law in Washing- ton, D.C. His nephew. Gen. Elon John Farns- worth. was killed while leading a cavalry charge at Gettysburg, July 3, 1803. John F. Farnsworth died in Washin.ccton, D.C, July 14, 1897.

FARNSWORTH, Philo Judson, physician, was born in Westford, Vt., Jan. 9, 1832; son of Levi and Lucy (Curtis) Farnswortli: grandson of Levi Farnsworth and of Amasa Curtis; great- grandson of Ebenezer Farnsworth who served in the army of Ethan AUen at Ticonderoga and as-

sisted in taking St. Johns and Montreal; and a descendant of Mathias Farnsworth who settled in Massachusetts in 1666. He was graduated from the University of Vermont in arts in 18.54 and in medicine in 1858 and iu 1860 he received the de- gree of M.D from the New York college of phy- sicians and surgeons. He was professor of materia medica and therapeutics in the Univer- sity of Iowa, 1868-94 ; was a member of a number of medical societies, and a contributor to profes- sional periodicals. He published: ,4 Syiiopsis of a Course of Lcctnri's on Materia Medica (1884).

FARNUM, Jolin Egbert, soldier, was born in New Jersey, April 1, 1824. He was educated at Pottsville, Pa., and joined the U.S. volunteer army as sergeant-major of the 1st Pennsylvania infantry in 1846, serving thi'ough the Mexican war. He joined the expedition of General Lopez which left New Orleans, La., in 18.50, to take part with the Cuban patriots fighting for their independence He accompanied the adventurer, William Walker, on his expedition to Nicaragua in 185.5 and served in the various exploits imtil Walker's return to New Orleans in 1857. He was then put in command of the slaver Wanderer and was arrested and indicted by the U.S. court at Sa- vannah for carrying on the slave trade. He was in New York when the civil war broke out and assisted General Sickles in recruiting the 70th New Y'ork volunteers. He was made major of the regiment and was with Sickles's brigade in all its early battles, gaining promotion to the rank of colonel. He engaged in the battle of Williamsburg, May 5, 1862, where he was wounded, and also served at Fredericksburg, Chancel- lorsville and Gettysburg, receiving the brevet rank of brigadier-general for gallant conduct. After Gettysburg his wounds incapacitated him from further active service and he was made colonel of the 11th regiment, veteran reserve corps. He was appointed inspector of customs of New York city, and died there. May 16, 1870.

FARQUHAR, Edward, librarian, was born in Sandy Spring, Md.. .Sept. 2. 1843; son of William H and Margaret (Briggs) Farquhar, and grand- son of Amos Farquliar and of Isaac Briggs. He lived on a farm until he reached manhood, and acquired his education principally at home, al- though he attended schools in his native i^lace and at Alexandria, Va. He was appointed assist- ant librarian in the United States patent office in 1865. He was instructor in English literature at Columbian university. Washington. DC, in 1893, and became professor of history in the Cor- coran school of tliat university in 1896. The degree of Ph.D. was conferred upon him by Co- lumbian university in 1894. He was made secre- tary of the Washington society for jihilosophical inquiry.