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raim became the manager of a large farm. He also studied medicine with Dr. Jolm Adams, and practiced for a time in Amenia. He was a dele- gate to the Provincial congress of 1775. and was prominent during the Revolutionary struggle. He was county judge, 1778-81; a member of the council of appointment in 1780; a state senator, 1780-84, and a delegate to the Continental con- gress, 1784-85. where he proposed that the num- ber of commissioners appointed to negotiate with the Indians be reinforced by one, and that the sum of $8,000 be presented to Baron Steuben. This latter bill failed in its passage, but was afterward affirmed and the sum increased to $10,000. He was married, first, to Elizabeth Harris of Amenia, and, secondly, to Martha Tliompson. He died in Amenia, N.Y.,Aug. 10, 1785. PAINE, Halbert Eleazer, lawjer, was born in Chardon, Geauga county, Ohio. Feb. 4, 1826; son of Eleazer and Jane Caroline (Hoyt) Paine; grandson of Eleazer and Anna (Els worth) Paine and of Noah and Rhoda (Waters) Hoyt, and a descendant of Stephen Paine, who emigrated from Norfolk county, England, in the ship Dili- gent in 1038, and settled in Hingham, Mass., and in 1643. in Seekonk, now Rehoboth, Mass. He was a miller by trade; a delegate to the general court, and with others bought the land from the Indians on which Attleboro, Mass., is situated. Ilalbert Eleazer Paine was graduated at Western Reserve college, A.B., 1845, A.M., 1848; was tutor there. 1847-49, and was admitted to the bar in Cleveland. Ohio, in 1849, where he practiced, 1849-57, and at Milwaukee, Wis., 1857-61. He was major-general in the Ohio militia, 1856-7. He was married, Sept. 10, 1850, to Eliza Leeworthy, daughter of Harvey Brigham of Windham, Ohio. He entered the Union army as quartermaster of the 2d Wisconsin infantry; was appointed col- onel of the 4th Wisconsin infantry in May, 1861; was stationed in Baltimore, Md., and left with General Butler on the New Orleans expedition in 1863. He captured the town of Grand Gulf and burnt it. by order of General Butler. He was placed under arrest at Baton Rouge, La., by Gen. Thomas Williams for refusing to obey an order to return fugitive slaves in the camps to their masters, and remained in arrest, except when the troops went into action. On the death of Williams at the battle of Baton Rouge, Aug. 5, 1862, he was relea.sed by General Butler and or- dered to command the forces at Baton Rouge, where he packed the statue of Washington and the books in the library at the state capitol. shipping them to New Orleans before evacuating the place on the 20th. He was transferred to the command of thp 1st brigade, T. W. Sherman's division, in September. 1802; afterward to the 3d brigade, Grover's division, and finally to the 2d brigade of

Emory's division, 19th army corps. He was pro- moted brigadier-general of volunteers March 13, 1863, and in May, 1863, succeeded to the command of the 3d division, 19th corps, and while leading in the assault on Port Hudson, lost a leg, June 14, 1863. He was appointed a member of General Augur's military commission at Washington, D.C, Sept. 1, 1863; commanded the forces sta- tioned between Forts Stevens and Totten during General Early's attempt to capture Washington in July, 1864, and commanded the military dis- trict of Illinois, August to October, 1864. He returned to Milwaukee, was bre vetted major- general of volunteers, March 13, 1865, and resigned from the army May 15, 1865. He was a Repub- lican representative from the first Wisconsin district in the 39th, 40th and 41st congresses, 1865-71; was a member of the committee on reconstruction, of that on soldiers' and sailors' bounties and chairman of the committee on elec- tions, and of that on militia. He framed and secured the passage of the bill organizing the U.S. signal service in 1869. He resumed the practise of law in Washington, D.C, in 1871; was U.S. commissioner of patents, 1878-90, and was still continuing his law practise at the national capital in 1902. He received the degree of LL.D. from Western Reserve college in 1875. He is the author of: Paine on Contested Elec- tions (1880).

PAINE, Harriet Eliza, author, was born, in Rehoboth, Mass., May 5, 1845; daughter of the Rev. John Chester and Eliza (Folger) Paine, and

granddaughter of Hon. Elijah and (Pomeroy)

Paine of Ashfield, Mass., and of Gideon and Eunice (Macy) Folger of Nantucket. She was graduated at Wheaton seminary, Norton. Mass., in 1862, where she was a pupil of Lucj- Lar- com in literature and composition, and where she taught for several years. She was principal of Robinson seminary, Exeter, N.H., 1875-78, and taught in private schools in Boston, Mass. She is the author of: Bird Songs of Kew Eng- land (1882); Girls and Women (1890); Chats with Girls on Self-Culture (1891), and The Unmarried Woman (1892), the last three being written un- der the pen name "Eliza Cliester."'

PAINE, John Alsop, archaeologist, was born in Newark, N.J., Jan. 14. 1840; son of Dr. Jolin Alsop (1795-1871) and Amanda (Kellogg) Paine; grandson of Ezra (1767-1828) and Elizabeth (Weeks) Paine, and a descendant, in the eighth generation (through John^. Alsop*, John^, John^) of Thomas Payne, 2nd (1586-1650), born in Wren- tham, Suffolk, England, who came to America about 1637 with six children and settled in Salem, ISIass. John Alsop Paine, 2nd. was graduated from Hamilton college. A. B., 1859. A. M., 1862, and from Andover Theological seminary in 1862,