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he was made colonel of the 2ii Virginia. Sept. 20, 1777. He wa.s at Germantown. iiis command forming the right of Greene's wing, and at Jlon- mouth, where he led 4001) men. He commanded the right cohimn of Wayne's force at Stony Point, N.Y., July l.">. 177S), and pei-sonall.y captured Colonel Johnson, the British commander, i-eceiv- ing from congress a silver medal. He was known in the armj^ as " Old Denmark." He was present at the surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown; re- tired from the army Jan. 1, 1783; was brevetted brigadier-general. Sept. 30, 1783, and was treas- urer of Pennsylvania, 1789-96. He died in Phila- deljihia. Pa.. Sept. 00. 17!m,

FEBIQER, John Carson, naval ofticer, was born in Pittsbur.g, Pa., Feb. 14, 18'.il; grand.son of Gen. Christian Febiger. "Old Denmark." of the army of the American Revolution. He en- tered the U.S. navy as midshipman from Ohio, Sept. 14, 1838, and was on board the Concord of the Brazil squadron when that vessel was wrecked in 1843 on the eastern coast of Africa. He was promoted passed midshipman. May 20, 1844; lieutenant, April 30, 18o3; commander, Aug. 11, 1862; captain. May 6, 1868; commodore, Aug. 9, 1874; rear-admiral, Feb. 4, 1882. and was retired on his own application, July 1, 1882. He was on the Germantown in the Ea.st Indies, 1858-60, on the sloop Savannah. 1861-62; and commanded the Kanatclin in the Western Gulf blockading squad- ron, 1862, and vessels in tlie Mississippi squa- ron, 1862-63. He was assigned to the command of the Mdttaheset of the North Atlantic squadron, 1864, taking part in the defeat of the Confederate ram Albemarle and capture of her tender, the Bombshell, in Albemarle sound, N.C., May 5, 1864, and receiving the commendation of Captain Me- lancton Smith and Rear-Admiral S. P. Lee for his gallantry and skill in the engagement. He commanded the Ashuelot in the Asiatic squad- ron. 1866-68; was inspector of naval reserve lands 1869-72; served on the examining board, 1874-76, and was commandant of the Washington navy yard, 1876-80. He died at Londonderry, near Easton. Md.. Oct. 0. 1898.

FEE, John Qregg, abolitionist, was born in Bracken county, Ky., Sept. 9, 1816; son of John and Sarah (Gregg) Fee and grandson of John Fee. He entered college at Augusta, Ky., stud- ied two years at Oxford, Ohio, and was graduated at Augusta college in 1840. He attended Lane theological seminary, 1842-43. and was ordained by tiie synod of Kentucky at Versailles, in 1844. While at Lane he became convinced of the evil of slavery, and his first church, in Lewis county, passed resolutions denouncing slavery as sinful and refusing fellowship with slaveholders. On account of this action Mr. Fee was censured by the synod for " disturbing the peace of Zion."

FIRST BUILDING

and was disowned and disinlierited by his fatlier. In 1845 he withdrew from the Presbyterian church " on account of its persistent connection with slaveholding," and engaged in preaching in Kentucky and organizing " churches of Christ " under the direction of the Amer- ican mis- sionary as- sociation, 1845-79.1.^^ 18.)3 he ac- cepted an -"^SsataiiiMii,^ invitation from Cas- sius M.

Clay to preach in Madison county and he set- tled on a tract of ten acres, presented by Mr. Clay. There, in 1855, he with others founded an anti-slavery school, which afterward became Berea college. Through his entire ministry before the war 31r. Fee was exposed to mobs. He was presidentof the trustees of Bei"ea college, 1855-92. He died in Berea, Ky., Jan. 11, 1901.

FEEHAN, Patrick Augustine, R.C. arch- bishop, was born at Siiring Hill, count}- Tipperary, Ireland, Aug. 29, 1829. He pursued his .studies in philosophy at Maynooth college, Kildare. and there studied for the priesthood. He immigrateil to America in 1852. was ordained a priest, Nov. 1, 1853, at St. Louis. Mo. ,

by Archbishop Kenrick, and became a mis- sionary in the province of St. Louis. He be- came pastor of the Church of the Immacu- late Conception and president of the Kenrick seminar}-. He was consecrat ed by Arch- bishop Kenrick at St. Louis, Mo., Nov. 1, 1865, bishop of Nashville as suc- cessor to the Rt. Rev. James Whelan, resigned. During his administration the number of churches in the diocese nearly trebled. He founded the College of the Christian Brothers, Memphis. Tenn., in 1871; the Convent of the Good Sliepherd. and an orphan asylum at Memphis and one at Nashville. He also r(>cei ved into the dioce.se the Sisters of Mercy, who founded St. Bernard's

CATHEDFIAL OF THE HOLY NAME.