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ville, Sept, 5, 1846, and advanced to the priest- hood, Sept. 6. 1848, by Bishop Smith. He was rector of St. John's, Louisville, 1848-53 ; and of Christ churcli, Indianapolis, Ind., 1853-59; was elected missionary bishop of the Northwest, and was consecrated, Feb. 15, 1860, at Christ church, bj' Bishops Dehon, Smith and Hawks, assisted by Bishops Upfold and Bedell. He served as first missionary bishop of the Northwest, 1860-65 ; as assistant bishop of Indiana, 1865-73, and on the death of Bishop Upfold in 1872 he became second bishop of Indiana. The honorary degree of D.D. was conferred on him by the Western University of Pennsylvania in 1854, and that of LL.D. by the University of Cambridge, England, in 1867. He died in Indianapolis, Ind., Jan. 15, 1883.

TALBOT, Samson, educator, was born near Urbana, Ohio, June 28, 1828. He removed to Mt. Zion, Champaign county. 111., in 1839, and was graduated with honors from Denison university in 1850, remaining there as tutor, 1850-51. He at- tended the Newton Theological Institution, 1852- 55 ; was assistant instructor in Hebrew there, 1855-56 ; was ordained to the Baptist ministry at Dayton, Ohio, in 1856 ; and was pastor at Dayton, 1856-64. He became president of Denison univer- sity, 1863, upon the resignation of Jeremiah Hall, and during his presidency, 1863-73, he obtained for the universitj" the sum of $100,000 which was invested as a permanent fund, and the interest used for the payment of instructors ; and to which amount $75,000 was added two years later. The honorary degree of D.D. was conferred on him by Colgate university in 1864. He died in Gran- ville, Ohio. June 10, 1873.

TALBOT, Silas, naval ofiicer, was born in Dighton, Bristol county, Mass., in 1751 ; son of Benjamin Talbot, a prosperous farmer of Bristol county, and his wife, Zifforah Allen, who died, 1763. Silas went to sea as a boy, on coasting ves- sels. He became a merchant in Providence, R.I. ; joined the Continental army as lieutenant ; was commissioned captain, June 28, 1775 ; took part in the siege of Boston, and accompanied tlie troops to New York. He proposed an attack on the ""^ _ British fleet

in the North River, by means of a fire ship, and ascend- ing the Hud- son river

bles, made a night attack, succeeding in partly destroying the British ship Asia, after which, although severely burned, he escaped to the

Jersey shore. On Oct. 10, 1777, congress ten- dered him a vote of thanks and promoted him to the rank of major. He took part in the defence of Mud Island, in the Delaware river, and was badly wounded, and on his return to duty joined the army under Sullivan, partici- pating in the battle of Rhode Island, in August, 1778. On Oct. 29, 1778, in command of a small sloop with two guns and sixty men, he planned and executed the ca^jture of the British ship Pigot, of two hundred guns, anchored off Newport, for which congress awarded him a vote of thanks and promoted him lieutenant-colonel. In command of the Pigot and Argo he was detailed to guard the coast from Long Island to Nantucket. He captured the British schooner Lively ; two letters of marque brigs from the "West Indies ; the pri- vateer King George, the sloop AdveJitirre, and the brig Elliot, and later captured the Dragon, a large armed vessel, after a severe battle of four hours. He was commissioned captain and assigned to the privateer Geoj'gre Washington, and, falling in with a British fleet, he was captured, and confined in the prison ship Jersey, and in the " Old Sugar House," New York city. In November, 1780, he was taken to England on the Yarmouth, being kept in close confinement and suffering great cruelties. He was finally exchanged in 1781, and was sent to Cherbourg, France, where he sailed for America in a French brig. This brig was captured by the British privateer Jupiter, but Captain Talbot was transferred to an English brig and taken to New York. He removed to Phila- delphia and later to New York ; and was a rep- resentative from that state in the 3d congress, 1793-95. Upon the reorganization of the U.S. navy he was commissioned captain. May 11. 1789, and commanded a squadron in the West Indies during the war with France. He planned the expedi- tion under Lieut. Isaac Hull, to cut out the French privateer Sandwich at Port Platte, Santo Domingo. He was twice married ; first in 1772 to Anna, daughter of Col. Barzillai Richmond, and secondly, to Rebecca, daughter of Morris Morris, and granddaughter of Governor Mifiiin. He resigned his commission, Sept. 21, 1801. He died in New York city, June 30, 1813, and was buried in Trinity churchyard. New York city.

TALBOT, Thomas, governor of Massachusetts, was born in Cambridge, N.Y., Sept. 7, 1818 ; son of Charles and Phcebe (White) Talbot ; grandson of Josepii White of Templemore, and of William Talbot, who came to America in 1807, and with his son Charles engaged in the manufacturing of broadcloth. His father died in 1825, and Thomas removed with his motlier to Nortlianipton. Mass., and worked in a woolen mill, 1820-35. He was employed by his brother Charles in a broadcloth manufactury in Williamsburg, Mass., in 1835 ; at-