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brary, and in its interest and at his own expense, lie went to London where he procured a gift of f'iO.OOO from Joshua Bates (q.v.). In 1856 he made a second visit to Europe in the interest of the librarv. Mr. Ticknor maintained that a pub- lic library should not be for scholars exclusively, but should contain books suited to the average reader, and he also arranged to have it used by the pupils of the public scliools. He was a fellow of the Americiin Academy of Arts and Sciences, and a member of the American Philosophical and the Massachusetts Historical societies. He re- ceived from Harvard the honorary degrees A.M. in 1814, and LL.D. in 1850; from Brown and Dartmouth, tlmt of LL.D. in 1850 and 1858, re- spectively, and from the University of the State of New York, that of L.H.D. in 1864. His name was presented for consideration for a place in the Hall of Fame for Great Americans, New York university, in October, 1900, with twenty-two others comprising Class A, Authors and Editors. He is the author of: Outlines of the Principal Events in Life of Lafayette (1825); The History of Spanish Literature (1849-1863, and an enlarged ed., 1871). and Life of William Hickling Prescott (1864). He died in Boston. Mass., Jan. 26, 1871.

TICKNOR, William Davis, publisher, was Ixjrn in Lebanon, N.H. . Aug. 6, 1810; son of "William and Betsy (Ellis) Ticknor; grandson of Col. Elisha Ticknor, and his second wife, Deborah Davis, and of Oliver and Ruth (Lyman) Ellis, and a descendant of William, the immigrant, 1640. He removed to Boston in 1827, entering the Columbian Bank, and in 1832 he began the pub- lishing business, taking as partner John Allen, under the firm name of Allen & Ticknor. Mr. Allen withdrew in 1833, and until 1845, when John Reed and James T. Fields became his part- ners, Mr. Ticknor was sole owner and publisher. He published the writings of all the great New England authors of the period, and of many dis- tinguished foreign authors, including Browning, Reade, Tennyson, and DeQuincey; and the £100 which he paid Tennyson in 1842 for an edition of 1500 copies of his poems, was the first interna- tional copyright payment ever made to an Eng- lisli author, no other American publisher bring- ing out any edition of these poems for twenty- five yt-ars. In 1854 Mr. Reed retired, and the im- print became Ticknor & Fields. They purchased the Atlantic Monthly in 1859, and in 1864 the yorth American Review. In the spring of 1864 Mr. Ticknor started to go South for the benefit of tl>e health of Nathaniel Hawthorne, who traveled under his care, an.l during a casual stay at the Continental hotel. Philadelphia, Mr. Ticknor was taken fatally ill. He was married, Dec. 25, 1><32. to Emeline Staniford, daughter of Benja- min and Ruth (Baldwin) Holt of Boston, Mass.,

and their son, Howard Malcolm, continued his father's interest in the firm of Ticknor & Fields. William D. Ticknor died in Philadelphia, Pa., April 10, 1864.

TIDBALL, Charles Caldwell, soldier, was born in Ohio county, Va., Jan. 25, 1825; son of Will- iam and Maria (Caldwell) Tidball; grandson of John and Sarah (Magown) Tidball, wiio settled on the Ohio, where Wheeling, W. Va., was after- ward built; and of John and Jane (Boggs) Cald- well, and a descendant of Thomas and Elizabeth (Brownhill) Tidball, who came from .southern England to Philadelphia, August, 1714. The Cald- wells removed from Scotland to tiie north of Ireland, and James and Elizabeth (Alexander) Caldwell to America, landing at Baltimore, Md., in 1709. Jolin Caldwell Tidball was graduated at the U.S. Military academy, 1848, and assigned to the 3d U.S. artillery; promoted, Feb. 14, 1849, 2d lieutenant, 2d U.S. artillerv; served in Florida, 1849-50, and at Charleston, S.C, 1853; was pro- moted 1st lieutenant, March 31, 1853, and on an exploring expedition for Southern railroad route to the Pacific, 1853-54. He was married in 1853 to Mary Hunt, daughter of Capt. Jackman and Sarah Gray (Hunt) Davis, U.S.A. He served on coast survey, 1854-59; at Harper's Ferry, Va., 1859; Fort Leavenworth, Kan.. 1860-61;"Wash- ington, D.C., with mounted battery brought from Kansas, Jan. 16, 1861, the first of the U.S. troops to reach the national capitol, and on Fort Pickens expedition, April-July, 1801, being promoted cap- tain. May 14, 1861. He commanded his battery "A", 2d U.S. artillery, in the Bull Run cam- paign, and at the battle, July 21, 1861. introduc- ing horse artillery to operate with cavalry in the U.S. service, September, 1861. He was trans- ferred with his battery to the Peninsula, and en- gaged at Y'orktown, Williamsburg, New Bridge, Mechanicsville, Gaines's Mill, Malvern Hill and Harrison's Landing, being brevetted major for gallant and meritorious .services at Gaines's Mill. He was engaged in supporting the cavalry at Boonsboro, Md., Sept. 15, 1862, an<l with his battery developed the position of the Confederate army on the heights of Sharpsburg. He led the way across the Sliarpsburg Bridge, established a line of batteries on the hill; i)ursued the Confed- erate army across the Potomac and had a skir- mish with the rear guard at Sliepherdstown, Va., Sept. 19, 1862. He was brevetted lieutenant-col- onel for this service. He guarded the mountain passes en route to Fredericksburg; accompanied the U.S. cavalry and participated in the combats of Upperville, Markham and Amesville, and in the battle of Fredericksburg, Dec. 11-15, 1862. He was with Stoneman's cavalry raid toward Richmond, and engaged in the battle of Chancel- lorsville. May 2-4, 1863. He commanded a brigade