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 MALLARY

MALLERY

He received the degree of D.D. from Columbia university in 1850 and was a trustee of the insti- tution, 1847-63. He was married first in 1825, to Susan Mary, daughter of Jolm and Sarah (Bots- ford) Evans, and granddaughter of Rev. Edmund Botsford of Columbia, S.C. ; and after her death in 1835 to Mrs. Mary E. Welch in 1840. He is the author of: Life of Edmund Botsford (1832); Memoir of Jesse Mercer (1844); Soul Prosperity (1860). He died near Albany, Ga., July 31, 1864.

MALLARY, Rollin Carolos, representative, was born in Cheshire, Conn., May 27, 1784 ; son of Daniel and Martha (Dutton) Mallary. His father removed to West Poultney, Vt., with his family in 1794. He was graduated from Middle- bury college, Vt.. A.B., 1805, A.M., 1808, stud- ied law at Middlebury and Rutland, Vt., and taught the academy in Castleton, Vt., in 1806. He was admitted to the bar in March, 1807, and practised at Castleton, Vt., 1807-18. He was secretary to Governor Smith, 1807 ; to Gov- ernor Galusha, 1809-12, and 1815-19, and was state attorney for Rutland county, 1810-13, and in 1815-16. He removed to Poultney, Vt., in 1818, and was a candidate for representative in the 16th congress against Orsamus C. Merrill of Bennington, who was declared elected. Mr. Mallary contested the seat and the house of rep- resentatives gave him the seat, Jan. 13, 1820. He was re-elected to the 17th-22d congresses, serv- ing until his death. He was chairman of the committee on • manufacturers in the 20th con- gress, reported the tariff of 1828, and was influen- tial in securing its passage. He also took an im- portant part in opposition to the Missouri com- promise. He was a trustee of Middlebury col- lege, 1825-31. He was married to Ruth, daugh- ter of John Stanley of Poultney, Vt. He died in Baltimore, Md., on his way home from Washing- ton, April 16, 1831.

MALLERY, Qarrick, ethnologist, was born at Wilkesbarre, Pa., April 23, 1831 ; son of Judge

Garrick and (Harris) Mallery. His first

ancestor in America came to Boston from Eng- land in 1638 and settled in New Haven, Conn., with Theophilus Eaton's company in 1641. An- other ancestor, John Harris, was the founder of Harrisburg, Pa., and another, William Maclay, was the first U.S. senator from Pennsylvania. His father (born in Middlebury, Conn., April 17, 1784, died in Philadelphia, Pa., July 6, 1866), was graduated from Yale, 1808 ; was a lawyer ; repre- sentative in the Pennsylvania legislature, 1827- 31 ; judge, Northumberland county, 1831-36, and received LL.D. from Lafayette, 1840. Garrick, Jr., was graduated from Yale, A.B., 1850 ; and from the University of Pennsylvania, LL.B., 1853 ; and practised law in Philadelphia, 1853-61. He joined the volunteer infantry as 1st lieuten-

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ant, April 15, 1861, was promoted captain in the 71st Pennsylvania volunteers, June 4, 1861, and served in Virginia until taken prisoner before Richmond in 1862. He was confined in Libby prison, exchanged in 1863 and promoted lieuten- ant-colonel of the 13th Pennsylvania volunteer cavalry, Feb. 17, 1863, and commanded a regi- ment in several en- gagements in Virgi- nia in that year. On account of wounds he joined the vet- eran reserve corps as lieutenant - colonel, July 1, 1864; served as judge advocate of courts martial from July, 1864, to Sep- tember, 1865, and was brevetted colonel of volunteers for gallant and meritorious services during the war, March 13, 1865. He entered the regular service as captain in the 43d U.S. infantry, July 28, 1866, and served as inspector of the bureau of refugees, f reedmen, and abandoned lands for the district of Virginia, January to July, 1866. He was mustered out of the veteran reserve corps, Nov. 5, 1866, and was brevetted major and lieutenant-colonel, U.S.A., March 2, 1867, for gallant and meritorious serv- ices at Garnett's Farm, June 27, 1862, and in the battle of Peach Orchard, Va., June 29, 1862. He was acting inspector-general and assistant ad- jutant-general of the bureau of refugees, freed- men and abandoned lands, for the district of Vir- ginia; acting judge advocate of the 1st military district of Virginia ; secretary of state ; adjutant- general, and for a short time acting governor of Virginia during the reconstruction period. He subsequently served as judge advocate of the general court-martial at Fort McHenry, Md. He was acting signal officer and assistant to tlie chief signal officer at Washington, D.C., 1870-76; was assigned to the 1st U.S. infantry, Dec. 15, 1876, and commanded Fort Rice, Dak. Ty., 1876- 77. While there he made investigation into the pictographs and mythologies of the Dakota Indians, which led to his appointment to Major Powell's geological and geographical survey of the Rocky Mountain region, where he devoted himself to the ethnology of the North American Indian. He was retired from the U.S. army, July 1, 1879, on account of wounds received in the civil war, and was chief of the bureau of ethnology, Washington, D.C., 1879-94. He was founder and president of the Anthropological »»ociety and of the Cosmos society of Washington,