was tam, Gettysburg, Mine Run, in the Wilderness, in front of Petersburg, and with Sheridan's raid around. Richmond. He was wounded slightly twice, but not enough to disable him. The hardest service that he ever saw with Dahlgren in his famous raid around Richmond. Mr. Eveleth was a very quiet man, congenial and pleasant, and during his long years of service in the post-office was very popular. While his health permitted he was prominent in city affairs. He was an ex-commander of the Grand Army post of Colorado Springs, and one year was senior vice-commander of the Department of Colorado and Wyoming. He leaves a widow, but no children. ROBERT GILPATRICK. Robert Gilpatrick, a life-long resident of Waldoboro, and a veteran of the Sixteenth Maine Volunteers, died April 3, 1896, aged seventy-one years. Mr. Gilpatrick was a gentleman who had many friends. He leaves a widow and five children, Evander and John R. of Waterville, William of Lansing, Mich., Mrs. S. M. Doe of Rockland, and Miss Clyde Gilpatrick of Waldoboro, who were all present at the funeral, excepting William. A detachment of Borneman post, G. A. R., attended the funeral, and the casket was draped with the American flag. HON. DAVID R. HASTINGS. Hon. David R. Hastings died at Fryeburg, Jan. 13, 1896. Major Hastings was born in Bethel, Aug. 25, 1823, and was a member of the famous Bowdoin college class of '44, having for classmates Judge Virgin, General S. J. Anderson, J. S. Palmer, Judge Goddard, and Samuel F. Gibson. He studied law with Judge Appleton, and opened a law office in Lovell in 1847. He came to Fryeburg in 1864, was a member of the national Democratic convention in 1868, 1876, and 1884; was county. attorney in 1853. 1854, and 1855; candidate for congress several times, and overseer of Bowdoin college, and president of the board of trustees of Fryeburg academy; reporter of decisions, and published volumes sixtynine and seventy of the Maine reports. Enlisted as major in the Twelfth Maine regiment in 1861, and was in service at New Orleans one year; was taken sick with fever, and was discharged. In 1850 he married Mary J. Ellis, by whom he had two children, Alice O., and Edward E. Hastings of the law firm of D. R. Hastings & Son. His widow and children survive him. Until his health began to decline, several years active and enterprising man. ago, Major Hastings was JAMES HAWLEY. a very The news of the sudden death at Portsmouth of James Hawley was peculiarly sad intelligence to the writer of this paragraph, whose fortune it had been for a number of years to be closely associated in official business with the deceased, and for whom he entertained the highest respect and esteem. James Hawley was a genuine man, true as steel in every relation of life, and so cheery, intelligent, and companionable as to render the association peculiarly pleasurable. For nearly WILLIAM L. HYDE. thirty years he has been an employé has patiently and lovingly cared for at the Custom House, connected with him. Mr. Hovey was a man of a the weigher and gauger's department. very genial and happy disposition, Socially, he was justly held in high and a devoted Christian. His Chrisesteem in all the circles in which he tian character was beautifully exemmoved. In Bosworth Post, G. A. R., plified during the later days of his he was deservedly popular. For a life, for though blind and a great quarter of a century he was on the sufferer he was ever cheerful and burial committee of the Post, and if happy. The interment was in charge the amount of genuine benevolent of Russell Post, G. A. R., of which work which he has performed in he was a worthy member. He the caring for the sick and the burial joined the Post in May, 1884, but of the dead is duly credited to him on owing to illness was unable to attend the books of the recording angel, its meetings for several years past. surely will the spirit receive most cordial greeting in the resurrection world. The deceased leaves a wife, two daughters, and a son. The children are finely educated. One daughter has graduated at the Gorham Normal school, and is now teaching in Brooklyn, N. Y. Deceased had just passed his sixtieth birthday. He was in the U. S. Navy during the war. His native place was Bridgeport, Conn., where resides the aged mother, ninety-two years of age, whom he has taken great pains to visit every year, and for whose care and comfort he was always solicitous. LEWIS E. HOVEY. Lewis Edward Hovey died April 23, 1896, at Skowhegan, in his sixtyseventh year. In the year 1864 he enlisted in the Seventh Unassigned infantry, and served until the end of the war. Mr. Hovey leaves three children, one daughter, who resides in Dexter, Me., the other two residing in Skowhegan,—Mr. Fred Hovey and Mrs. Nellie Vosmus. During these many years of Mr. Hovey's infirmity his daughter, Mrs. Vosmus, Chaplain William Lyman Hyde peacefully and painlessly entered into rest eternal July 31, 1896. His birth occurred Dec. 27, 1819, at Bath, Me. He was graduated from Bowdoin college in 1842, and afterwards from the Theological seminary, and in 1849 was ordained a Presbyterian minister. In 1852 he married Frances Elizabeth Rice at Wiscasset, Me. In 1856 he removed to Dunkirk, N. Y., and served the Presbyterian church there as pastor until he went to the war as chaplain of the One Hundred and Twelfth regiment, N. Y. infantry, in which capacity he remained until the regiment was mustered out at the close of the strife. Afterwards. he was pastor of churches at Ripley and Sherman, and still later principal of the public schools at Ovid. He came to Jamestown twelve years ago, where he has since resided. Mrs. Hyde's death occurred May 17, 1892. He is survived by two sons and a daughter: Henry Warren Hyde, M. D., of Cripple Creek, Col., and Frederick William Hyde of James- Mary Tyler, who died a few years. town, and Mrs. Sanford C. Meddick of Ovid; one brother, Henry A. Hyde, resides at Bath, Me. Chaplain Hyde was a zealous comrade of the Grand Army of the Republic, and had for a number of years prior to his death been chaplain of Post James M. Brown, 285, of Jamestown. In May last at Utica he was elected chaplain of the department of New York state. SAMUEL LIBBY. Samuel Libby enlisted July 24, 1862, in Company E, Eleventh Maine Infantry; discharged August 7, 1863, at Newbern, N. C., from hospital; was drafted September, 1864, in Company D, Ninth Maine Infantry, and was discharged from hospital at Beaufort, N. C., June 30, 1865. His death was caused by diseased liver and respiratory organs, contracted in the service, Nov. 18, 1895; aged sixty-five years. He was the son of Benjamin and Susan (Knowles) Libby of Corinna. He married Charlotte A. Crowell of Dexter, Me., who survives him, with three daughters, Mrs. Eugene Waldron of Malden, Mass., Mrs. Frank Ames, and Mrs. Charles L. Quimby, and six grandchildren, all boys. DANIEL R. MADDOCKS. Daniel R. Maddocks died at his home in Belfast, April 23, 1896, aged 85 years. He was born in Boothbay, Me., and is the last of a large family of children. When about ten years of age, he moved to Freedom, where he spent the earlier portion of his life, and where he married Miss ago. About sixty years ago, he came to Belfast, and engaged in the boot and shoe industry, employing several men, which business he continued until within a few years. He had a family of five children, one of whom, Mrs. Jonas B. Ferguson, survives him. He represented his ward. as alderman in the city government two years, and filled the local offices many times. When the war broke out, he joined the Nineteenth regiment, Maine Infantry, and became its drum-major. CAPTAIN PARKER T. RIVERS. Captain Parker T. Rivers died November 9, 1896, at the Soldiers' Home, Togus, aged 52 years, 7 months. He was born in St. George, Knox county, and was a veteran of the late war, member of First Maine Cavalry, Company B. He was a true soldier, serving nearly three years, and was in the hospital for eight months with typhoid fever. After the war, he followed the sea, and was one of the most successful commanders sailing out of the Kennebec, establishing a record in the hard pine trade while in the schooner Satilla. He was afterwards in command of the Carrie S. Bailey and Belle Higgins, and during the last six years of service was in the Normandy. Last year he had a paralytic shock, and was obliged to retire. A short time ago, he was admitted to the Soldiers' Home, and later he was granted an original pension. He leaves a widow and one daughter, who reside in Bath. The re mains were taken there for interment. DR. ALFRED P. ROGERS. Dr. Rogers was born in Belfast, Me., June 20, 1837, and died at his home in Canon City, Col., April 26, 1896. He was converted at the early age of eleven, and united with the Methodist Episcopal church, in which he remained faithful until God called him to join the Church Triumphant. In 1861, he enlisted in Company B, First Maine Cavalry, but by a fall from a horse was disabled for service, and in consequence was honorably discharged from the army. In 1864, he was united in marriage with Miss Sarah McCann, of Ash land, Me. Two daughters were born to them, the younger of whom died in infancy; the older, Mrs. Ida Waters, has has been permitted, all through these days and weeks of pain, to minister in love to her de voted father. In 1876, Dr. Rogers began the practice of medicine in Washington, D. C. After twelve years of successful work, he was compelled, on account of failing health, to seek a change of climate. Dr. Rogers's faithfulness and devotion to his church made him a valuable helper in all its work. His counsel was sought in all matters of business; his aid was given to every movement touching the progress of Christ's kingdom in our midst. Because of these things, many mourn their loss, but none are so bereft as the devoted wife, in her loneliness, and the loving daughter, with her family. THEODORE SAUNDERS. Hon. Theodore Saunders died July 3, at the Soldiers' hospital in Togus. It was a sudden apoplectic attack, and ended life in an hour and a half. Mr. Saunders died at the advanced age of nearly 87. In his last days he was totally blind. His faculties were unobscured to the last. Mr. Saunders was at one time a student in Colby university, in the same class with John Bradbury, who has preceded him a little. He was a man of natural gifts and large intelligence, and able to express himself well before an audience. Before the war he was chairman of the selectmen in Waterville, and superintendent of the Congregational Sunday-school. He was a sergeant in the War of the Rebellion, after which he went to Colorado, where he at one time owned considerable mining property. While in Colorado, he took a part in politics, and was a member of the state senate. leaves a brother in Augusta and a He wife in Waterville. His children died young. PHARON P. SPRATT. Mr. Spratt had been a great sufferer from asthma ever since his discharge from the service, but the immediate cause of his death was Bright's disease. He was fully conscious until within four days of his death, and made full arrangements for everything, in view of his departure. When talking with him, I asked him if he had any message for his old comrades; he said, "Tell the boys that I had hoped to meet them at their next reunion, but the Master orders it otherwise." His funeral 1876; William F., b. Feb. 3, 1878; Jessie H., b. Dec. 2, 1879; Josie B., b. Feb. 13, 1882; Emma F., b. Nov. 16, 1884; George H., b. Nov. 6, 1888. After his discharge, June 24, 1865, he was in business at Natick, Mass., and resided there until 1879, when he returned to Camden and bought his father's farm. was largely attended at his home, services by the Rev. Mr. Pember, of the First Universalist church of Bangor, with the flag of his country draped about his casket, and the Grand Army service. As his pastor remarked, he was "a devoted husband, an upright, honest citizen, a devoted Christian, and loyal soldier." He died at Eddington, January, 1896. He enlisted January 4, 1864, in Company G, First D. C. Cavalry; was transferred, with others in his regiment, to the First Maine Cavalry, and was assigned to Company I. He served until mustered out June 20, 1865. FRANKLIN L. START. Franklin L. Start, who was a member of Company F, Twenty-Sixth Maine Infantry, and Company B, Maine Coast Guard, died at Camden, April 14, 1896, from disease incurred in the service. He moved from Natick, Mass., a number of years ago, and spent nearly the whole of his life upon his farm on Lake City road, Camden, and for one season was proprietor of Lake City Inn. He was a genial, whole-hearted, and honest man, and was one of the most esteemed and respected citizens of his town. He was born in Cambridge, Mass., in 1843. He leaves a widow, Annie S., who was the daughter of John and Mehitable (Richards) Horton, of Camden, who was born in March, 1845, and married him November 1, 1871; also seven children: Eugenia A., b. Nov. 10, 1874, and m. E. L. Horton, June 30, 1894; Caroline F., b. June 8, G. F. STETSON. George F. Stetson died July 23, 1896, at his home in Rockland, at the age of fifty-eight years. Mr. Stetson was a member of Com pany C, Fourth Maine, and had a taken The deceased was a rigger by trade, but for the past fifteen years had been unable to work, being troubled constantly by the effects of the old wound, which finally resulted in his death. He was a man of high principles, honest, upright, and industrious, and highly esteemed by his comrades and by all who knew him. He leaves a widow. ENOS MERRILL TOBEY. Enos Merrill Tobey son of Lewis and Phoebe (Parsons) Tobey, was born in Whitefield, July 17, 1839, where he resided until he was sixteen |