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in 1867. He was managing editor of the Hearth and Home in 1868 and was a member of the edi- torial staff of the New York Tribune, 1868-73. He was a member of the Farmers' club; the Rural club ; an honorary member of many horticultural associations and a manager of the American in- stitute. He was married July 14, 1858, to Laura Elizabeth Baker who was born in Kent's Hill, Maine, April 2, 1831, and was graduated from Wesleyan academy, Mass., in 1849. She published a series of articles in the Hearth and Home under the pen name " Kate Hunnibee," and was elected president of the Woman's Physiological society of Brooklyn, N.Y., in 1875, and edited the " Home Interest " department in the New York Tribune, 1869-87, and the Dining Room Magazine, 1876-77. In conjunction with his wife, Mr. Ly- man wrote The Philosophy of Housekeeping (1867). He is the author of : Resources of the Pa- cific States (1865); Women of the War (1866), and Cotton Culture (1867). He died in Richmond Hill, Long Island, N.Y., Jan. 28, 1872.

LYMAN, Phineas, soldier, was born in Dur- liam, Conn., in 1716 ; son of Noah and Elizabeth Lyman and grandson of Thomas and Ruth (Hel- ton) Baker Lyman of Northampton, Mass. He learned the trade of a weaver and was graduated from Yale, Dean's scholar, A.B., 1738, A.M., 1741 ; was a tutor there, 1738-41, and was admitted to the bar and settled in Suffield, Mass. In 1749 he procured the admission of the town, of Suffield as part of Connecticut, and he was senior represent- ative from Suffield in the Connecticut assembly, 1750-52, and a member of the upper house of iissistants, 1752-59. He was appointed major-gen- eral, and commander-in-chief of the forces sent against Crown Point in March, 1755, and in the summer of 1756 he built Fort Lyman, afterward Fort Edward. He commanded in the battle of Lake George, Sept. 8, 1755, after Sir William Jolinson was wounded, but Johnson's official report gave him no credit for the victory. In February, 1757, he commanded a regiment of 1400 men raised for service under the Earl of Loudoun, and during part of the subsequent campaign he commanded at Fort Edward. In March, 1758, with a force of 5000 men, he took part in the en- gagements that led to the repulse of General Aber- crombie at Ticonderoga and in the defeat of Lord Howe. He commanded the Connecticut troops under General Amherst in the capture of Crown Point and Ticonderoga ; in the reduction of Fort Louis at Oswego and the capture of Montreal. In March, 1762, he was placed in command of the entire provincial force engaged in the unsuccess- ful expedition against Havana, Cuba. He was in England, 1763-72, in the interest of the survivors of the FreYich and Indian war, and obtained a grant of land 20 miles square, east of the Missis-

sippi and south of the Yazoo river, and iu 1772 he went with a few companions to make prepara- tion for the removal of the survivors and their families. He was married Oct. 7, 1742, to Elea- nor, daughter of Col. Timothy Dwight of North- ampton, Mass. She removed to the settlement near Natchez, Miss., in 1776, where she died in April, 1777, and where General Lyman had died Sept. 10, 1774.

LYMAN, Samuel, representative, was born in Goshen, Conn., Jan. 25, 1749 ; son of Deacon Moses and Sarah (Hay den) Lyman, and grandson of Capt. Moses and Mindwell (Sheldon) Lyman. He was graduated from Yale, A.B., 1770. A.M., 1773 ; studied theology in conformity with the wish of his father, and then took up the study of law at Litchfield, Conn. He was admitted to the bar and opened a law office in Hartford, Conn. He was married to Mary Pynchon of Springfield, Mass.; removed to that place, and served as judge of the circuit court. He was a representative from Springfield in the general court of Massachusetts, 1786-88 ; a state senator, 1790-93 ; and a represent- ative in the 4th, 5th and 6th congresses, 1795- 1800. He resigned in 1800 on account of failing health, and devoted himself to his farm. He died in Springfield, Mass., June 6, 1802.

LYMAN, Theodore, philanthropist, was born in Boston, Mass., Feb. 20, 1792 ; son of Theodore and Lydia (Williams) Lyman ; grandson of the Rev. Isaac and Sarah (Plummer) Lyman ; great- grandson of Capt. Moses and Mindwell (Sheldon) Lyman, and a descendant of Richard and Sarah (Osborne) Lyman. Richard Lyman was a native of High Ougar, Elssex county, England, and came to America in the ship Lion in 1631, settling first at Charlestown, Mass., and in 1635 at Hartford, Conn. Theodore Lyman, Sr., was an eminent merchant, engaged in the northwest fur trade and in the coast and China trade. Theodore Lyman, Jr., was prepared for college at Phillips Exeter academy and was graduated from Har- vard, A.B., 1810, A.M., 1815. He studied litera- ture in the University of Edinburgh, 1812-14, travelled on the continent for a short time in 1814, and was in France during the first restoration. He returned to the United States in the autumn of 1814, and revisited Europe in June. 1817. He travelled in Germany with Edward Everett, vis- ited Greece, Egypt and Palestine, and returned to Boston, Mass., in 1819. He was married. May 15, 1821, to Mary Elizal)eth Henderson of New York and resided at Walthara, Mass., 1821-44. He commanded the Boston brigade, state militia, 1823-27 ; was a representative in the Massaclm- setts legislature, 1821-24, state senator. 1824, state representative, 1825, and mayor of Boston, 1834-35. On Oct. 21, 1835, he rescued William Lloyd Garrison from the mob that attacked the