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in 1836, and also for a time of St. Matthew's, "Wilton. He was rector of St. John's, Ithaca, N.Y., 1837-44; Christ church, Sacket Harbor, N.Y., 1844-47; Zion church, Avon Springs, and St. John's, Sodus, N.Y., in 1847, and attended the general convention in New York city in 1847. He went to St. Augustine, Fla., with an invalid daughter, and was rector of Trinity church in that city from Nov. 5, 1847, to May 1, 1848. He was a member of the standing committee of the diocese of Connecticut. He received the degree of S.T.D. from Washington (Trinity) college in 1831, when the degree was conferred for the first time on three American clergymen, and he was a curator of the college, 1830-36. He is the author of: Baptismnot Regeneration, a sermon (1819), and two pamphlets, in which he maintained that ordination by bishops is the only valid ordination. He died in Wilmington, Del., April 8, 1858.

JUDD, David Wright, editor, was born in Lockport, N.Y., Sept. 1, 1838; son of Ozias Judd. He was graduated at Williams college, Mass., in 1860, and became connected with the staff of the New York Times. When the civil war broke out in 1861 he accompanied the 22d regi- ment, N.Y.S.M., to the front as war correspond- ent. He was taken prisoner at Harper's Ferry and at Chancellorville, but escaped both times, and was commissioned captain in the 1st New York cavalry. He resigned in 1864, and returned to New York city, where he was on the editorial staff of the Commercial Advertiser, 1864-71. He then became editor and proprietor of the Hearth and Home, and in 1883 was elected president of the Orange Judd Publishing company, and took charge of the editorial department of the Ameri- can Agriculturist. He was elected to the New York assembly as a Republican in 1871; was a quarantine commissioner at New York, 1873-88; a director of the National Rifle association, and a member of the Union League and Republican clubs. He is the author of: Ttvo Years' Cam- paigning in Virginia and Maryland (1864); The Educational Cyclopcedia (1874); The Life and Writings of Frank Forester (1882). He died in New York city, Feb. 6, 1888.

JUDD, Norman Buel, representative, was born at Rome, N.Y., Jan. 10, 1815. He was ad- mitted to the bar in 1836, and removed to Chi- cago, 111., where he was city attorney, 1837-39, and state senator, 1844-60. He was a member of the convention at Bloomington that organized the Republican party in 1856 and was chairman of the Republican state central committee, 1856-61. As a member of the Republican national convention, he brought about Lincoln's nomination in 1860. He was U.S. minister to Pi-ussia by appointment of President Lincoln, 1861-65; Republican repre- sentative from the iSrst Illinois district in the

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40th and 41st congresses, 1867-71, and collector of customs at Chicago, 1871-78. He was presi- dent of the Peoria and Bureau Valley railroad and of the Rock Island Railroad Bridge company. He died in Chicago, 111., Nov. 10, 1878.

JUDD, Orange, editor, was born at Niagara Falls, N.Y., July 26, 1822; son of Ozias Judd. He was graduated at the Wesleyan university in 1847; taught in a high school at Portland, Conn., 1847-48; was a teacher of chemistry and natural science at Wesleyan academy, Wil- braham, Mass., 1848-49, and principal of a high school \ at Middletown, Conn., 1849-50. He studied an- " " ' ' J^a^ce jupp maui. alytical and agiicultuial chemistiy at Yale col- lege, 1850-53, and lectured on agriculture in Windham county. Conn., 1852-53. He became editor of the American Agricidtnrist in 1853; had charge of the agricultural department of the New York Times, and became sole proprietor of the American Agricidtiirist in 1856. He travelled in Europe, 1862-63, and on his return served with the U.S. Christian commission at Gettysburg, Pa., 1863, and with the U.S. sanitary commis- sion in General Grant's army, 1864, but was taken sick and ordered home. He was president of the Alumni association of Wesleyan university, 1866-81. With his family he travelled through most of the countries of Europe in 1867, and on his return was made president of the New York, Flushing and North Side railroad, and also presi- dent of the New York and Flushing railroad. He built the Orange Judd Hall of Natural Science, Wesleyan university, breaking ground for the foundation in 1869, attending the ceremony of laying the corners-tone in 1870, and that of ded- icating the building in 1871. He was a trustee of Wesleyan university, 1871-81. He was in- terested in Sunday-school work, and arranged a system of Sunday-school lesson papers upon which the International lessons were modelled. He established the firm of Orange Judd & Co., publishers, in 1870. On account of ill-health he visited Florida in 1873, and from there went to Europe, where he resided, 1873-74. He returned to Middletown, Conn., where he resided in 1874, and subsequently removed to Flushing, L.I. His railroad and other commercial ventures resulted disastrously, and in 1875 he discontinued his con- nection with the American Agriculturist and removed to Chicago, 111., where he established the Orange Judd Farmer, which he published till his death. He was a member of the American