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Burr, armed interference would be made. He was elected chancellor of the "Williamsburg dis- trict to succeed Mann Page. Dec. 21, 1803, and died at AVilliamshurg, Va., March 28, 1812.

TYLER, Samuel, author, was born in Prince George county, M.I., Oct. 22, 1809; son of Graf- ton Tyler. He attended Dr. James Carnahan*s schooi, Georgetown; and Middlebury college, Vt., in 1827; was admitted to the liar in 1831, and practised in Frederick,:\Id. He was a member of the commission chosen to simplify the rules of pleading and practice in the state in 1852, and puhlislied a report on the subject, and was pro- fessor of equity jurisprudence, common law and equity pleadings, and of the law of evidence and of partnership, at Columbia college, Washing- ton, D.C., lSGT-78. The honorary degree of LL.D. was conferred on him by the College of South Carolina in 1858, and that of A.B. by Co- lumbia college in 1859. He is the author of: Discourse on the Baconian Philosophy (1844); Robert Burns, as a Poet and as a Man (1848); The Progress of Philosophy in the Past and F«- fure (18.58: 2d edition, 1868), and a Memoir of Roger Brooke Taney (1872). He died in George- town. D.C., Dec. 15, 1878.

TYLER, William, R.C. bishop, was born in Derby, Vt., June 5, 1806. He received his pri- mary education at a school kept by his uncle, the Rev. Virgil Barber, Claremont, N.H., and studied theology under Bishop Fenwick. by whom he was ordained at Boston, Mass., Dec. 23, 1828. He was stationed at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross, Boston, Mass.. and later removed to Aroostook, Maine, but returned to Boston, and was appointed vicar-general. He was appointed first bishop of Hartford, Conn., Nov, 18, 1843, and was conse- crated, March 17. 1844, at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross, by Bishop Fenwick, assisted by Bishops Whelan of Richmond and Byrne of Little Rock. He resided at Providence, R.I., and governed his diocese with marked success, in his brief administration. The Rt. Rev. Bernard O'Reilly became his successor in 1850. Bishop Tyler died in Providence, R.I., June 18, 1849.

TYNDALE, Hector, soldier, was born in Phila- delphia, Pa., March 24, 1821. He joined his brother-in-law, Edward P. Mitchell, in partner- ship as successor to his father in the china and gla.ssware inporting business in 1845, becoming an expert in ceramic selection. He was one of the judges in the pottery .section at the Centennial exhibition of 1876 and wrote an elaborate report of the display. He was a member of the fir.st Re- publican c<mimittee in Philadelphia; was com- missioned major of the 28th Pennsylvania vol- unteers in June, 1861; commanded the forces at Sandy Hook, opp<jsite Harper's Ferry, in Augu.st, 1861, being several times wounded, and was pro-

moted lieutenant-colonel in April, 1862. He was assigned to Banks's corps in the Shenandoah Valley campaign; served under Pope in the battles of Cliantilly and second Bull Run; com- manded the 1st brigade, 2d division, 12th army corps. Army of the Potomac, at Antietam, where he was twice wounded, and was promoted brig- adier-general, U.S. v., for conspicuovis gallantry at that battle, Nov. 29, 1S62. He commanded a brigade under Gen. Erasmus D. Keyes, Armj' of the Potomac, in May, 1863, and was stationed near Y^'orktown until September, 1863, when he joined Hooker in the relief of Chattanooga. He led a bayonet charge at the battle of Wauhatchie, or Lookout Valley, Tenn., Oct. 28-29, 1863, thus re- lieving Gen. John W. Gearj-'s division; com- manded the 1st brigade, 3d division, 11th army corps, in Grant's Chattanooga campaign, Nov. 23-27, 1863, and in the relief of Knoxville. He resigned his commission in August, 1864, on account of disability, and was bre vetted major- general, U.S. V., for services during the war, in March, 1865. He was defeated for mayor of Phil- adelphia in 1868. In 1872 his kinsman. Prof. John Tyndall of London, established a fund for the support of two American pupils who in- tended devoting their lives to the study of physics, and General Tyndale was one of the trustees of the fund. In 1885, finding that the fund did not yield the required results, the amount was in- creased and three scholarships were established in Harvard, Columbia, and the University of Pennsylvania, which latter was called the Hector Tyndale scholarsliip in physics. General Tyndale died in Philadelphia, Pa., March 19,1880.

TYNER, James Noble, postmaster-general, was born in Brookville, Ind., Jan. 17, 1826. He was graduated from the Brookville academy in 1844; engaged in business with his father, 1846-54; was admitted to the bar in 1857 and practised in Peru, Ind. He was secretary of the state senate, 1857- 61; pi'esidential elector on the Lincoln and Hamlin ticket in 1860 and special agent of the post-office department, 1861-66. He was a Republican repre- sentative in the 41st congress, succeeding Daniel D. Pratt (q.v.), elected to the senate, and was re-elected to the 42d and 43d congresses, serv- ing, 1869-75. He was appointed by President Grant second assistant postmaster-general in 1875, and succeeded Marshall Jewell to the cabinet position of postmaster-general, serving, 1876-77. He was first assi-stant to Postmaster-Generals Key, Maynard, James and Howe, 1877-81, and was a delegate from the U.S. to the international postal congress held at Paris in 1878, and at Washington in 1897. He was assistant attorney- general for the post-oflice department, 1889-93; was re-appointed to the .same position in May, 1897, and resigned in April, 1903.