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terson Park general hospital, Baltimore, Md., returning to field service at his own request in January, 1863. On June 9. 1863, he was promoted 1st lieutenant, and was present at all the engage- ments of his corps, including the three days' bat- tle of Gettysburg. In November, 1863, he re- signed, owing to injuries received in service, completed his medical studies, and was graduated from the Long Island College hospital in June, 1864. He then re-entered the army as acting assistant surgeon, and remained in service during the war. He later devoted himself to the study of nervous diseases an<l mental maladies and was assistant superintendent of the New York State Asylum for Idiots at Syracuse, 1866-67 ; an assist- ant ph3'sician at the New York Hospital for the Insane at Utica, 1867-73 ; sujterintendent of the Northern Hospital for the Insane, Oshkosh, Wis., 1873-84 ; and assistant editor of the American Journal of Insanity, 1874-84. He is credited with being the first physician in the United States to make systematic microscoi^ic examinations of the brains of the insane, and the first to photograph through the microscope the actual diseases, begin- ning this work in 1867. He served as a medical ex- pert in the jurisprudence of insanity in many im- portant cases, appearing for the United States at the trials of Guiteau, the assassin, and of Field, the embezzler. At a trial for murder in Wales, in 1891, his testimony caused the judge to conform, for the first time in English courts, to the usage of American courts in cliargiiig the jury. He was special commissioner for the U.S. govern- ment to visit the old world. 1891-93 : first, to ascer- tain the reason for the expvilsion of the Jews from Russia, his report on this subject being published by the U.S. government in two vohimes in 1892 ; and secondly, to ascertain and report upon the best method to prevent the introduction of con- tagious diseases into the United States, visiting for this purpose the far east, and tracing the route of cholera, his report being published in 1894. He was commissioner of health for the city of Milwaukee, Wis., 1894-98, and professor of men- tal diseases in the Wisconsin College of Physicians and Surgeons, 1895. He was married, Dec. 2, 1893, to Frances S. Fraser, of Milwaukee, W^is. He was elected a member of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion, of the Grand Army of the Republic, and local, state and national med- ical societies. He contributed frequently to med- ical journals and prepared articles in pamplilet form, including : Reports of the Northern Hos- pital for the Insane (1873-1884); TJie Pathology of Insanity (1875); The Treatment of the Chronic Insane (1875); On the Jurisprudence of Insanity (1878); Mental Hijgiene (ISl^); Why Brains Wear Out (1880), and historical contributions relating to the civil war.

KENAN, Thomas, representative, v;:'as born in Duplin county, N.C., in 1771 ; son of James and Sally (Love) Kenan; grandson of Thomas and Elizabeth (Johnston) Kenan, who were of Scotch extraction, and came from Ireland to Wilming- ton, N.C., about 1730, settling in Duplin county, where they owned large tracts of land and founded the town of Kenansville. He was a member of the house of commons of North Caro- lina, 1799-1803 ; state senator, 1804 ; and repre- sentative in the 9th, 10th and 11th congresses, 1805-11. In 1833 he removed to his cotton plan- tation, Selma, Ala., where he died, Oct. 22, 1843.

KENDALL. Amos, cabinet officer, was born in Dunstable, Mass., Aug. 16, 1787 ; son of Zebedee, grandson of John, great-grandson of Jacob, great^-grandsoir of Jacob and greats-grandson of Francis Kendall, the progenitor of the family in America, who emi- grated from England about 1640, and set- tled in Woburn, Mass. Amos spent his boyhood on his fatlier's farm ; at- tended the academy at New Ipswicli, 18- 05-06 ; was a teacher in the public schools at Reading and Duns- table, Mass. ; prepar- ed for college at Grot- on academy, Mass., under Caleb Butler, and was graduated

with honors from Dartmouth in 1811. He stud- ied law in the office of William M. Richardson in Groton, Mass., 1811-14 ; removed to Washington, D.C., in 1814, and thence to Kentucky, where he was a tutor in the family of Henry Clay, 1814- 15, and Avas admitted to the bar at Frankfort, Ky., Oct. 17, 1814. He removed to Georgetown, Ky., in 1815, was appointed postmaster, and was editor of the Georgetown Patriot, 1815-16. He was part owner and co-editor of the Argns of Western America, at Frankfort, Ky., 181 6-2'.). He sui)ported the Democratic party and securt'd the passage by the legislature of an act to appro- priate fines and forfeitures to the purpose of promoting education. He was twice married : first, in October, 1818, to Mary B. Woolfolk, of Jefferson county, Ky., who died Oct. 13, 1823 ; and secondly, Jan. 5, 1826, to Jane Kyle, of Georgetown, Ky. He was appointed fourth auditor of the U.S. treasury by President Jack- son in March, 1829, and removed to Wasliington, D.C. He aided in forming the anti-bank policy ; was ai)pointed special treasuiy ngent to negotiate the state bank, and was instrumental in having

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