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 REINKE

REMINGTON

Jaa Garden (1883); Mussel Fisher-tvoman (1884); Flats at Villerville {I88i); Sundaij (1885); English Garden (1886); Fisherman at Villerville (1886); Eising Tide (1888), purchased by Paris exposition in 1889; Awaiti)ig the Absent (1888), and his water colors, Gathering Wood (1877); Close of Day (1877); At the Ferry (1878) The Spanish Barber (1884). He died in New York city, Aug. 30, 1896.

REINKE, Amadeus Abraham, Moravian bishop, was born in Lancaster, Pa.. March 11, 1822; son of Samuel Reinke, bishop at Betlilehem, Pa. He was graduated at the Moravian Theolo- gical seminary at Betldehem, Pa., was sent as a missionary to Jamaica, West Indies, in 1844, and later engaged in a missionary exploratory tour on the Mosquito coast. He returned to the United States and was pastor at Salem, N.C.: Graceham, Md.; New Dorp, Staten Island; Philadelphia, Pa., and in New York city, 1865-88. He w^as a delegate to the General Moravian Synod of the World in Germany in 1869: was elected and con- secrated bisliop in the Moravian church at the synod in York, Pa., in 1870. and was president of the synod in Bethlehem, Pa., in 1888, where he was chosen a member of the provincial executive committee, and a delegate to the General Mora- vian Synod of the World, held in Herrnhut in 1889. He was the senior bishop of the Moravian church in the United States at the time of his death, which occurred in Herrnhut, Germany, Aug. 12. 1889.

REINKE, Samuel, Moravian bishop, was born in Lititz, Pa., Aug. 12, 1791. He was graduated at the Moravian Theological seminary at Nazareth, Pa., in 1810, in its first class, and filled various pastorates until 1858, when he was consecrated bishop in the Moravian church. In 1860. having become blind, he was forced to retire from active duties. An operation partially restored his sight, aftel- which he occasionally preached and ordain- ed ministers, and in 1870 assisted in the con- secration of his son, Amadeus Abraham Reinke. He died at Bethlehem, Pa., Jan. 21, 1875.

REMEY, George Collier, naval oflficer, was born in Burlington, Iowa, Aug. 10, 1841; son of William Butler and Eliza Smith (Howland) Remey. the former a native of Kentucky, the latter u native of Vermont; grandson of Natha- niel and Mathilda (Gi'igsby) Remey, and of Seth and Harriet (Emmons) Howland, and a descend- ant of the Pilgrim, John Howland, of the May- flower, who landed at Plymouth, Mass., Decem- ber, 1020. He was graduated from the U.S. Naval academy in 1859, and was attached to the Hart- ford, East India squadron, 1859-61. He was com- missioned lieutenant, Aug. 31. 1861, and served on the gunboat Marblehead at the siege of York- town, and operations on the York and the Pam- unkey rivers succeeding; was on the blockade

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and engaged in the siege of Battery Wagner, August and September, 1863; for a time during tliis period commanded the Marblehead; com- manded the Naval battery on Morris Island; took part in the bombardment of Fort Sumter, where he commanded the second division of boats in a night as- sault on the fort on the night of Sept. 8, 1863, was taken pris- oner, and exclianged Nov. 15, 1864. He was promoted lieu- tenant commander, June 25, 1865, and was attached to the steamer Mohan go. Pacific squadron, the Naval academy, the sailing frigate Sa- bine, the Teliauntepec

and Nicaragua Ship Canal survey, the Naval observatory, the flagships Worcester and Poio- hatan. and commanded the Frolic, 1865-73. He was commissioned commander, Nov. 25, 1872. He was married, July 8, 1873, to Mary Josephine, daughter of Judge Charles Mason (q.v. ). He served in the bureau of yards and docks and on other duty, 1874-76; commanded the Enterprise, 1877-78; was chief of staff on the flagship Lan- caster, European station, 1881-83, and was stationed at the navy yard, Washington, D.C., 1884-86. He was promoted captain, Oct. 30. 1885; was captain of the navy yard, Norfolk, Va., 1886-89; commanded the cruiser Charles- ton, 1889-92, Pacific and Asiatic squadrons; was captain of the navy yard. Portsmouth, N.H., 1892-95, and commandant of same j'ard, 1896-98. He was promoted commodore, June 19, 1897; commanded the naval base. Key West, Florida, during the Spanish war. and afterward commanded the navy yard, Ports- mouth, N.H., 1898-1900. He was promoted rear- admiral, Nov. 22, 1898; was commander-in-chief of the Asiatic station, April, 1900. to March. 1902, and in 1903 was chairman of the light house board, and senior rear-admiral of the active list of the navy, the date of his retirement being Aug. 10, 1903.

REMINGTON, Eliphalet, manufacturer, was born in Suffield, Conn., Oct. 27, 1793; son of Eliphalet and Elizabeth (Kilbourn) Remington. His father removed to Crane's Corners. Herkimer county. N.Y., in 1800, where he manufactured agricultural impliments, and established a forge. Eliphalet worked in the shop and attained skill in forging gun-barrels. He was married, May 12, 1814, to Abigail, daughter of William and