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ville. March 19-20, 18C5, wliere his corps fell back before General Hardee theniglit before the army of Johnston fell back across Mill Creek. He was brevetteil brigadier-general, U.S.A., March 13, 1865, for gallant and meritorious services at Fort De Russy, La., and major-general on same date for gallant and meritorious services in the passage of the Salkehatchie river, S.C. Feb. 3. 18G5. On July 28, 18G<), he was promoted colonel U.S.A. and transferred to the 39th infantry and to the 25th infantry, March 15.18G9. His last command was the Department of Louisiana, including Arkan- sas. He died in New Orleans, La., Jan. 6, 1870.

MOWRY, Daniel, delegate, was born in Smith- field. R.I.. Aug. 28, 1729; sonof Capt. Daniel and ^lary (Steere) ^lowry ; grandson of Capt. Joseph and Alice (Whipple) Mowrj^ and of Thomas and Catherine Steere ; great-grandson of Nathaniel and Johannah (Inman) Mowry ; greats-grandson of Roger and Mary (Johnson)Mowry, who came from England to Boston in 1631 and whose son Nathaniel .settled in Providence, R.I., in 1666. Daniel was brought up on his father's farm and learned the cooper's trade. He represented Smith- field and Glocester in the general assembly of Rhode Island, 1766-76; took an active part inpre- Revolutionary movements and served on many important committees of the Rhode Island Colo- nial assembly ; was one of the census takers, 1774 and 1776 ; a member of the committee to super- vise the erection of forts, 1776 ; judge of the court of common pleas, 1776-81 ;a member of the enroll- ment committee, 1777, and that on appraising tax- able property, 1779. He was one of four delegates from Rhode Island to the Continental congress, 1781-82, serving for six months with Senator Varnum. He was also clerk of the town of Smith- field for twenty years. He was thrice married : first, Aug. 27, 1749, to Anne, daughter of Richard and Anne Philips, who died Sept. 13, 1753 ; sec- ondly, Aug. 19, 1756, to Nancy, widow of Thomas Arnold, and thirdly to Catherine, daugliter of Anthony and R;ichel Steere, who died, April 4, 1827. He died in Smithfield, R.I., July 6, 1806.

MOWRY, William Augustus, author, was born in Uxbridge, Ma.ss., Aug, 13, 1829; son of Jonathan and Hannah (Brayton) Mowry; grand- son of Gideon and Ruth (Wheeler) Mowry ; great- grandson of Richard (the preacher) and Huldah (Harris) Mowry ; great--grandson of Joseph and Anne (Whipple) Mowry, and greats-grandson of Captain Daniel and Mary (Steere) Mowry. H'} attended Phillips academy and Brown uni- versity, and was principal of the English high scliool at Providence, R.I., 1859-04. He served as captain in the 11th R.I. volunteer infantry, 1862- 63 ; was senior principal of the English and Clas- sical school at Providence, 1804-84 ; superinten- dent of schools, Cranston, R.I., 1864-66, and

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editoT of the Journal of Education, Boston, Mass., 1884-86, and Education, 1880-91. He was a mem- ber of the school board of Providence, R.I., 1869- 75, and of Boston, 1889-91 ; superintendent of schools at Salem, Mass., 1891-94 ; president of the Rhode Island Insti- tute of Instruction, 1864-66; of the Amer- ican Institute of In- struction, 1880-82 ; of the JIassachusetts council of the Ameri- can Institute of Civics, 1885-87 ; of the Martha's Vineyard summer institute

from 1878; of tlie department of higher education, National Educational associa- tion, in 1889 ; became a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the New England Historic Genealogical society, and the National Council of Education in 1880 ; a cor- responding member of the Rhode Island Histor- ical society ; of the Oregon Historical society, and was one of the founders and a member of the American Historical society. In 1902 he had given more than two thousand lectures, mostly on historical and educational subjects, in various states, thus addressing over one hundred thousand teachers. He is the author of : TT7(0 Invented tlie American Steamboat ? (1874); T7te Descendants of Nathaniel Mowry (1878) ; A Family History (1878) ; Political Education in the Schools (1878) ; Hie School Curriculum and Business Life (1881) ; Talks toith My Boys (1884) ; Studies in Civil Gov- ernment (1888); A National University (1889) ; Elements of Civil Government (1890) ; Talks ivith Boys (revised, 1892) ; Annual Re2)ort of the Super- intendent of Schools, Salem, Mass. (4 vols., 1891- 94) ; War Stories (1892) ; Sunshine upon the Psalms (1892) ; Lov'st Tliou Me More than Tlicse? (1892) ; Art Decorations for School Rooms (1892) ; Difficulties attending the Organization of our Na- tional Government in 1789; A History of the United States (1896) ; First Stejis in the History of Our Country (1SQ8); American Inventions and Inventors (1000) ; 3Ia7'cus Whitman and the Early Days of Oregon (1901), and Territorial Growth of the United Statrs (1902).

MOXOM, Philip Stafford, clergjman and au- thor, was born in Markham, Canada, Aug. 10, 1848 ; son of the Rev. Job Hibbard and Anne (Turner) Moxom, both natives of England. In 1856 the family moved to Ogle county, 111., and later to De Kalb. In 1861 Philip went with the 58tli Illinois volunteer infantry as " boy " to Cap-