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John and Eleanor (Newkirk) Littlejohn; grand- son of Silas Littlejohn and a descendant of Hugh Littlejolin of Perthshire, Scotland. He was gradu- ated from Union college in 1845, was made a dea- con in the Protestant Episcopal church by Bishop de Lancey, March 19, 1848, and ordained a priest by Bishop Brownell in Hartford, Conn.,

June 12, 1849. He was in charge of St. Ann's church, Ams- terdam, N.Y., 1848- 49; of St. Andrew's church, Meriden,

Conn., 1849; was rec- tor of Christ church, Springfield, Mass., 18- 49-51, and of St. Paul's church, New Haven, Conn., 1851- 60. He was married in 1848 to Jane Matilda, daughter of the Hon. Samuel T. Armstrong of Boston, Mass. She died in Garden City, L.I., N.Y., March, 9 1898. Dr. Littlejohn was lecturer on pastoral theology in the Berkeley Divinity school. Middletown, Conn., 1855-59; was elected presi- dent of Hobart college in 1858, but declined the office, and in 1860 accepted the rectorship of the Church of the Holy Trinity, Brooklyn, N.Y. He was elected bishop of the newly formed diocese of Central New York in November, 1868, but be- fore he had received official notice of his election was also elected bishop of Long Island by the primary convention of the newly created diocese, which latter he accepted. He was consecrated in the Church of the Holy Trinity, Brooklyn, N.Y., Jan. 27, 1869. During his administration and with his active cooperation the Cathedral of the Incarnation at Garden City, L.I., N.Y., was was built, and St. Paul's school for boys and St. Mar\-'s for girls established through the munifi- cence of Mrs. Alexander T. Stewart. In addition to the work of his diocese, he acted as bishop in cliarge of the American Episcopal churches upon the continent of Europe. 1874-86, during which time most of the churches were organized and their edifices built or begun. Trinity college. Conn., conferred upon him the honorary degree of A.M. in 1852; the University of Pennsylvania that of D.D. in 1856; the University of Cam- bridge, England, that of LL.D. in 1880; and the University of the South that of D.C.L. in 1897. He delivered a course of sermons on "Individual- ism " at the University of Cambridge, England, in 1880, which gained from that institution his degree. He also gave a course of lectures on "The Christian Ministry at the Close of the

Nineteenth Century " before the students of the General Theological seminary in New York city in 1884. He is the author of: T/te Philosophy of Religion (185G); Metapliysics of Cousin (1856); Life and Writings of Coleridge (1857); Poetry of George Herbert (1858); The Bible and Common Setise (1858); Outwardness of Popular Religion (1858); The Alt-Catholic Movement (1858); Con- dones ad C/erem (1880); Individualism (1880); TTie Christian Ministry at the Close of the Nine- teenth Century (1884). Bisliop Littlejohn died suddenly in Williamstown, Mass., Aug. 3, 1901.

LITTLEJOHN, De Witt Clinton, legislator, was born in Bridgewater, N.Y., Feb, 7, 1818. He was prepared for college, but engaged in busi- ness as a forwarder of produce on the lakes and canals and a manufacturer of flour in Oswego, N.Y, He was elected president of the village of Oswego in 1847, and when it was incorporated a citj' was elected on its first board of aldermen and was its maj'or for two terms. He was a member of the state assembly, 1853-55, 1857 and 1859-61 and a speaker of that body, 1855, 1857 and 1859-61. He served in the Federal army as colonel of the 110th New York volunteers, which regiment he recruited and accompanied on the Red River expedition. In 1862 he was elected Republican representative in the 38th congress, and he resigned from the army to take his seat Dec. 7, 1863, but his health failing by reason of camp exposure, he resigned in April, 1864. He declined the appointment of U.S. consul to Liverpool in 1864 and was returned to the state assembly in 1866, 1867, 1870, 1871 and 1884. In 1872 he supported Horace Greeley for President, and in 1874 was a candidate before the Demo- cratic state convention for lieutenant-governor on the ticket with Samuel J. Tilden for governor, but he afterward returned to the Republican party. He died in Oswego, N.Y., Oct. 27, 1892.

LIVERnORE, Abiel Abbot, clergyman and author, was born in Wilton, N.H., Oct. 30, 1811; son of Jonathan and Abigail (Abbot) Livermore; grandson of Jonathan and Elizabeth (Kidder) Livermore and of Ma j. Abiel Abbot; and a de- scendant of John Livermoi'e, of Little Hurloe, Suffolk, England, a potter by trade, who sailed from Ipswich, England, to America in 1634 and settled in Watertown, Mass., in 1642. He prepared for college at Phillips' Exeter acad- emy, N.H.; was graduated from Harvartl, A. B., 1833, B.D., 1836, and was ordained to the Unitarian ministry, Nov. 2, 1836. He was pas- tor at Keene, N.H., 1836-50, and at Cincinnati, Ohio, 1850-57. He removed to Yonkers, N.Y., in 1857, where he was editor of the Chj'istian En- quirer published in New York city and pastor of Hope church, 1857-63. He was president of the Meadville Theological school, 1863-90. He