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of New York as a secular priest, and was placed in charge of St. Patrick's church. He was assis- tant pastor of St. Peter's church, New York city, 1869-72; pastor of St. Mary's, Rondout, N.Y., 1872-73, and in 1873 he was returned to St. Peter's as its pastor. He also established a parisli school in connection with the church. He was elected bishopoftlie newly erected see of Trenton, N. J., in 1881 , and was consecrated in St. Patrick's cathedra!, Nov. 1, 18S1, by Cardinal McCloskey. He collected and prepared for Father Thomas Burke, the historical facts on which he based his argument on the oppression of Ireland. He was a member of the tliird plenary council at Balti- more. He bequeathed various sums to charitable, religious and educational institutions, and the bulk of his estate to the founding of an industrial school and orphan asylum at Hopewell, N.J. He died at Trenton. N.J., April 2, 1894.

O'FERRALL, Charles Triplett, governor of Virginia, was born at Brucetown, Va., Oct. 21, 1840; son of John and Jane Lawrence (Green) O'Ferrall. and grandson of Dr. John C. Green. His father was of Irisli descent, a soldier in the war of 1812. justice of the peace, sheriff, repre- sentative in the state legislature, and clerk of the court. Upon his death in 18r)6 Charles, who had already served as as- sistant clerk under his father, was appointed clerk pro-tempore of the Morgan county court, and in 1858 was elected to the position for the term of six years, three years of which term he was a minor. In May, 1861, he gave up his office, which exempted him from military service, and joined the Confederate cavalry, and soon after was made sergeant. He was elected 1st lieutenant of Company I, 12th Virginia cavalry in April, 1862, and captain in August following^ serving in Ashby's brigade. He remained with the army four years, was wounded several times, was twice left on the field for dead, received repeated promotions, and when he held the last Confederate line in the Shenandoah Valley, after the surrender of Lee. was colonel of the 23rd Virginia cavalry, in command of his regiment, and .several separate battalions constituting all the Confederate cavalry in the valley. He had two engagements with Federal cavalry, and captured the last Federal prisoner taken on Virginia soil after Lee's surrender, of which he

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learned some days thereafter. He studied law in Washington college, Lexington, Va., and was graduated, LL.B., 1869. He practiced law in Harrisonburg, and was a representative in the state legislature for Rockingham county, 1872; county judge, 1873-79; Democratic representative from the seventh district of Virginia in the 48th- 52d congresses, 1883-93, serving as chairman of the committee on mines and mining in the 49th congress and on the committee on elec- tions in the 53d and 54tli congresses. He was governor of Virginia, 1893-97, and on Jan. 1, 1898, retired from political life to engage in the practice of law in Richmond, Va. He was twice married, first to Annie, daughter of Col. Robert McLean, of the 37th Mississipi regiment, killed at the battle of Corinth, 1862; and secondly to Jennie Wickliffe, daugliter of Col. William C. Knight of Richmond, Va.

OFFICER, Thomas, educator, was born in Washington, Pa., Dec. 28, 1822; son of Robert and Margaret (Scott) Officer, and a descendant of Thomas Officer. He was graduated at Wash- ington college. Pa., A.B., 1840, A.M., 1843; was a teacher in the Deaf and Dumb institute, Columbus, Ohio, 1840-45; principal of the Illinois Deaf and Dumb Institute, Jacksonville, 1845-55; president of the board of directors of the Iowa Deaf and Dumb institute. Council Bluffs. Iowa; ruling elder of the Presbyterian church, Council Bluffs, 1856-1900, and was engaged in banking, 1857-1900. He was married, Aug. 8. 1848, to Elizabeth M., daughter of Nathan Pusey of Washington city. Pa. He died in Council Bluffs^ Iowa, Sep. 12, 1900.

OQDEN, Aaron, patriot, was born in Elizabeth- town, N.J., Dec. 3, 1756; son of Robert Ogden (1716-1787), and great-grandson of Jonathan Ogden, one of the original founders of Elizabeth- town. He was graduated from the College of New Jersey, A.B., 1778, A.M., 1776, and was assistant instructor in the grammar school. He was a member of the expedition under Lord Stirling that captured the British supply-ship, Blue Mountain Valley, lying in New York harbor in the winter of 1775-76, and in 1777 was enlisted as captain in the 1st New Jersey regiment, of wliich his brother Matthias was colonel. He took part in the battle of Brandywine, Sept. 11, 1777; the battle of Monmouth, June 27, 1778, where he was brigade-major of the advance corps of Gen. Charles Lee. and assistant aide- de-camp to Lord Stirling: and the battle of Springfield, N.J., June 23. 1780, where his horse was shot. He was included among the officers who received a vote of thanks from congress. In 1779 he was entrusted by Washington with the official account of the trial of Andre, the decision of the court, and the letter addressed by