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Athenaeum, presenting to it 3000 volumes from his own library. He was a public speaker of national reputation, and published a " Eulogy on Hugh S. Legare " and several political, literary and historical orations and addresses. He died at Columbia, S.C, May 22, 1860.

PREVOST, Charles Mallet, soldier, was born in Baltimore, Md., Sept. 19, 1818; son of Gen. Andrew M. Prevost, a native of Geneva, Switzer- land, who came to America in ITW, and was com- mander of the 1st Pennsylvania artillery in the war of 1812, and grandson of Paul Henry Mallet Prevost who purchased a tract of land at Alex- andria (Frenchtown), Hunterdon county, N.J. , in 1794. He was liberally educated ; was admitted to the Philadelphia bar in 1839; was U.S. marshal for the territory of "Wisconsin, 1841-45, and deputy collector of the port of Philadelphia for several years. He joined the volunteer army in 1861 as captain ; subsequently became assistant adjutant-general on the staff of Gen. Frank Pat- terson ; took part in the Peninsular campaign ; was promoted colonel, and transferred to the command of the 118th Pennsylvania volunteers in the 1st brigade, 1st division, 5th army corps, under Gen. Fitz-John Porter. In the battle of Antietam, Sept. 16-17, 1862, while rallying his men, he received two serious wounds from which he never fully recovered. He rejoined his regi- ment and fought at Chancellorsville, May 2-4, 1863, although deijrived of the use of an arm, and was subsequently obliged to decline the appointment to organize the Veteran reserve corps at Harrisburg, Pa., on account of his wounds, but accepted the colonelcy of the 16th regiment, Veteran volunteers, in that corps. He was appointed major-general, 1st division, Pennsylvania national guard, 1865. He died in Philadelphia, Pa., Nov. 5, 1887.

PRICE, Andrew, representative, was born at Chatsworth Plantation, near Franklin, St. Mary's parish. La., April 2, 1854 ; son of James B. and Mary (Murphy) Price, and grandson of M. A. and Maria (Barry) Price and of John B. and Lucy (Brashear) Murpliy. He was graduated from the law department of Cumberland uni- versity, Lebanon, Tenn., in 1875, and at Washing- ton university, St. Louis, Mo., LL.B., in 1877 ; practised law in St. Louis, Mo., 1877-80, and in 1880 engaged in sugar planting at Thibodaux, La. He was married, June 26, 1879, to Anna M. , daughter of Edward James (q.v.) and Lavinia (Hynes) Gay of St. Louis Plantation, near Plaquemine, La. He was a member of the Democratic state central committee, 1884-88 ; a delegate to the Democratic national convention of 1888, and a Democratic representative from the third Louisiana district in the 51st congress, to fill the vacancy caused by the deatli of his father-in-law, and was re-elected to the 52d, 5.3d

and 54th congresses, serving, 1889-97. He served as a delegate-at-large to the constitutional con- vention of the state of Louisiana held in New Orleans in 1898.

PRICE, George Washington Fergus, educa- tor, was born in Butler county, Ala., Sept. 24, 1830. He was graduated at the University of Alabama, A.B., 1848, A.M., 1851; was principal of Eufaula academy, 1850-52 ; pastor of the Methodist church, Marianna, Fla.. 1852-53 ; pro- fessor at Auburn Female college, 1853-56 ; pro- fessor in the Tuskegee Female college, 1856-58 ; president of that institution, 1858-72; superin- tendent of the Nitre and Mining bureau. Con- federate States government, 1863-64 ; president of Huntsvihe Female college, 1872-80 ; and in 1880 established and in 1881 became president of the Nashville College for Young Ladies, which closed its doors in June, 1899, after having enjoyed a i-emarkable growth, its pupils at the death of President Price numbering over 500. He received the degree D.D. from the University of Alabama, 1876. He died in Nashville, Tenn., April 1, 1899.

PRICE, Hiram, representative, was born in Washington county. Pa., Jan. 10. 1814. He at- tended the common schools ; was a merchant's clerk ; engaged in farming for a time ; was mar- ried in 1834 to Susan Betts, and in 1844 removed to Davenport, Iowa, where he established him- self as a merchant. He served as school-fund commissioner of Scott county for eight years ; collector, treasurer and recorder of the county for seven years, and was president of the state bank of Iowa, 1859-66, during which time the thirteen branches of that bank were changed to national banks without the loss of a dollar. He was paymaster-general of Iowa in 1861, and as the state had no public funds, he quartered and sub- sisted about 5,000 infantry and cavalry for several months from his individual means and also advanced $5,000 to pay off the 1st, 2d and 3d Iowa regiments. He was a Republican representa- tive from Iowa in the 38th, 39th, 40th congresses, 1863-69, serving in the 39th congress as chairman of the committee on the Pacific railroad and as a member of the committee on Revolutionary pensions. He subsequently spent some time in Europe ; was re-elected to the 45th and 46th congresses, serving, 1877-81, and in 1880 declined re-nomination. He was U.S. commissioner of Indian affairs, 1881-85. He died in Washington, D.G., May 30, 1901.

PRICE, Rodman McCamley, governor of New Jersey, was born in Sussex county, N.J., Ma}' 5, 1816. He attended the College of New Jersey but did not graduate, owing to ill health, and later became a lawyer. He was appointed purser in the U.S. navy, Nov. 5, 1840, serving on the Ful- ton, and on the frigate JSIissouri when destroved