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1857-59; was warranted passed inidslupman, June 25, 1860; promoted master, Oct. 24, 1860, and served on the Iroquois, European station, 1800-61; promoted lieutenant, and cruised on the Keystone State in the West Indies, 1861; served on the Sumter, South Atlantic blockading squad- ron, 1861-62; and on the Saranac, Pacific squad- ron, 1863-65. He was appointed lieutenant- commander, Feb. 21, 1864; commanded the Bienville. West Indies, in 1866; the Gncrriere and Pawnee, 1867-69; the Kansas, Paraguay river. 1869, and Rendezvous, Boston, 1873. He was promoted commander, Aug. 24, 1873; served as light-liouse inspector, 1873-76; was engaged in torpedo instruction, 1878 and commanded the .Aj'ajc, European and South Atlantic squadrons, 1881-84. He was captain of the League Island navy-yard. Pliiladelphia, 1884-88, being pro- moted captain, Dec. 13, 1886; commanded the receiving ship St. Louis, 1880-87; was command- ant of the navy yard. League Island, 1888-91; commanded the U.S.S. Lancaster, I^laich, 1891, to June, 1892, when he was retired on account of incapacity resulting from long and faitli- ful service. He died at the League Island navy yard, Pliiladelphia. Pa., May 23. 1001.

SEELY, Henry Martyn, educator, was born in South Onondaga, N.Y., Oct. 2, 1828; son of Joseph Owen and Susanna (Stearns) Seely; grandson of Gideon, Jr., and Esther (Owen) Seely, and of George and Hannah (Bailey) Stearns, and a descendant, in the eighth generation, of Robert Seely, who came to America in 1630, was a pioneer and surveyor, resided successively at Watertown and Weathersfield, N.Y., New Haven, Conn., Huntington. L.I., Stamford, Conn., and New York city, and died in New Yoik, Oct. 14, 1667. He was graduated from Yale, Ph.B., 1856, A.M., 1860, and from the Berkshire Medical institution. M.D., 1857; was professor of chemis- try at the latter institution, 1857-62; professor of chemistry and toxicology at the medical depart- ment of the University of Vermont, 1860-67. and was elected professor of chemistry and natural history at Middlebury college, Vt., in 1861. He was twice married; first, Sept. 1, 1858, to Adelaide E., daughter of Lewis and Desiah (Halbert) Ham- blin of Perryville, N.Y.; and secondly, June 11, 1867, to Sarah T., daughter of Amos and Susanna (Barnaby) Matthews of New Haven, Vt. He was the unsuccessful candidate for governor of Ver- mont on the Prohibition ticket in 18% and 1888; secretary of the state board of agriculture, 1875-78. and edited three volumes of reports; a member of the American Clit-mical society; the Geological Society of America; the Vermont Botanical club; the Biological society of Wash- ington. D.C.. and various medical, social and po- litical organizations of his adopted state.

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SEELYE, Julius Hawley, educator, was born in Bethel, Conn., Sept. 14, 1824; son of Seth and Abigail (Taylor) Seelye; grandson of Nathan and Hannah (Hawley) Seelye and of Thomas and Elizabeth (Benedict) Taylor, and a descen- dant of Capt. Robert Seelye, who came with Winthrop in 1030, and of John Tay- lor, one of the first settlers in Windsor, Conn., 1639. He was graduated at Am- herst college, Mass., 1849; at Auburn The- ological seminary,

1852. and studied at Halle, Germany, 1852-53. He was or- dained and installed by the classis of Schnectady, Aug. 10,

1853, pastor of the First Reformed Dutch church in Schnectady, N.Y., and served, 1853-58. He was married. Oct. 23, 1854, to Elizabeth Till- man, daughter of the Rev. Dr. William James of Albany, N.Y. He was professor of moral philosophy and metaphysics at Amherst, 1858- 75; president of the college, 1877-90, and pas- tor of the college church, 1877-92. In 1874 he was elected an Independent representative from Massachusetts in the 44th congress, 1875-77, where he supported the principles of the Repub- lican party, although opposing the electoral commission and the declaration of the election of Rutherford B. Hayes to the Presidency. He was chairman of the commission to revise the creed at the National Council, 1880-83; member of its Provisional committee, 1883-86; member of a committee to revise the tax laws of Massa- chusetts; president, American Home Missionary society, 1885-92: corporate member of the A.B. C. for F. M., 1886-95; trustee of Amherst college, 1876-95; trustee, Clarke institution, Nortliaiiip- ton, and of Mt. Holyoke college, 1872-95, and visitor at Andover Theological seminary, 1874- 92. While president of Amherst college, he or- ganized its self-government system, all matters of deportment being settled by the students themselves in the college senate. He received the degree D.D. from Union college, Schenectady, N.Y., 1862, and the degree of LL.D. from Colum- bia college, N.Y., 1876 and 1887. His published works include: A Translation of Schu-egler's Histonj of Philosophy (1856); TJie Way, the Truth, and the Life; Lectures to Educated Hin- doos (1873); Christian Missions (1875); Inaugu- ral Address, Iirladnns of Learning and Religion (1877); L. r. Hickok's " Moral Science " (rev.