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Providence. He was a warm and liberal friend to the poor, and frequently visited the sick and suffering in his leisure hours.

His pure and spotless life commanded the respect and confidence of all who knew him. He traced the hand of Providence in everything. On one occasion, in his later years, he was present at the court house attending a trial of general interest. When he entered the court room, Judge Ross, of Doylestown, who was then President Judge of the district, sent an officer of the court to escort him to a vacant chair on the Judge's platform. On returning home he remarked, "When I saw the crowd in the court I thought I should have to retire, but the Lord, who took care of His children, had, through the polite attention of Judge Ross, provided a seat for me."

Mr. Hamill lived to reach his 80th year. His was truly a long and useful life. He died in the faith of the gospel. On the day of his funeral, as the procession passed along to the First Presbyterian Church, the stores were closed out of respect to the deceased, and the solemn toll of the bells announced the general regard and sympathy. After the death of his widow the remains of both were transferred to the cemetery of the Presbyterian church on Prospect Hill, in Lower Providence township, where five generations of Mrs. Hamill's family lie buried.

Robert and Isabella Hamill had nine children born to them. Two died in infancy. One, Andrew, at nine years of age, was accidentally drowned in Stony creek, one died in advanced life, as elsewhere described, and five are living, as named below. The oldest daughter, Letitia, married Rev. James C. How in 1826, who was for several years Principal of the Norristown Academy, and subsequently pastor of the Presbyterian church at Springfield, Otsego county, New York, and afterward, for twenty-five years, until the time of his death, pastor of the Presbyterian church at St. George's, Delaware, where Mrs. How is now living, with four of her six children settled near, and where she is greatly respected and loved.

The second daughter, Hannah, married Rev. Charles W. Nassau, D. D., who was for some years pastor of the First Presbyterian Church in Norristown, subsequently Professor in Marion College, Missouri, afterward Professor and President of Lafayette College, Easton, Pennsylvania, and still later, for twenty-five years, Principal of the female seminary at Lawrenceville, New Jersey.

Since the foregoing memoir of Mr. and Mrs. Nassau was written, and before publication, both he and she have died at Trenton, New Jersey, within six weeks of each other. They were greatly beloved,

and their deaths lamented by a large circle of friends. Two years ago they celebrated their golden wedding. Thus, fifty-two years ago, they were joined in holy bonds, at Norristown, Rev. Dr. Ezra Stiles Ely performing the marriage ceremony. Rev. Dr. Sylvester Scoville and Rev. James C. How were groomsmen, and Miss Elizabeth Pawling (now Mrs. Ross) and Eliza Huddleson (afterwards Mrs. John McKay) bridesmaids. Of that interesting group Mrs.

Ross is the only survivor.

Mr. and Mrs. Nassau left ten children: Rev. Joseph E. Nassau, D. D., of Warsaw, New York; William Nassau, M. D., of Burlington, Iowa; Isabella A. and Rev. R. Hamill Nassau, M. D., missionaries to Gaboon, West Africa; Hannah, the wife of Hon. Edward Wells, of Peekskill, New York; Letitia, the wife of Rev. Dr. Gosman, of New Jersey; Matilda, the wife of Jonathan Roberts Lowrie, Esq., of Huntingdon county, Pennsylvania; Emma, the wife of Rev. William Swan, of Stockton, New Jersey; Charles W. Nassau, Esq., of New York, and Elizabeth, who remained with her parents.

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Hugh, the oldest son of Robert and Isabella Hamill, prepared for his classical course at Norristown Academy, graduated at Rutger's College, New Jersey, sharing the first honors of his class, and in theology at Princeton Theological Seminary. He entered the ministry, and was licensed by the Presbytery of Philadelphia. pastor at Black Rock, New York, and Elkton, Maryland. been an able sermonizer and most acceptable preacher. For many years he was associated with his brother, Samuel, as Principal and Professor of Ancient Languages in the High School at Lawrenceville, New Jersey; was a faithful, thorough, and successful teacher. He received the degree of Doctor of Divinity from his Alma Mater. He married Miss Russell, of Newark, Delaware, where he now resides. Many of his pupils and former parishioners have a most grateful recollection of the interesting relation they formerly sustained to him. Having retired from active service, he is engaged in literary pursuits and in preaching for his brethren in the ministry as opportunity and health permit. He is greatly esteemed as a man of superior scholarship and culture.

The third daughter of Robert and Isabella Hamill, Elizabeth, is married to Mr. Benjamin Davis, an elder in the Presbyterian church and a son of General Davis, of Chester county, Pennsylvania, of the Revolutionary army, whose wife was a daughter of John Morton, one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence from

Pennsylvania. Four of Mrs. Davis's sons were in the Union army during the late rebellion. The oldest, Captain Newton Davis, received eleven bullets through his cap and clothes during the battles of the Wilderness, one of which sent him to the hospital. Major Charles L. Davis became the chief signal officer of the Army of the Potomac, and at the close of the war was appointed an officer in the regular army. The youngest of the four is James Winnard Davis, now a successful practitioner at the bar of New Jersey, at Somerville. The oldest son, Rev. R. Hamill Davis, is at the head of a prosperous female school in Lawrenceville, New Jersey. Hugh Davis is practicing medicine in Pennsylvania. Benjamin and Elizabeth also have two daughters. The eldest, Mary, is married, and lives at St. George's, Delaware. The youngest, Isabella, resides with her parents at the same place.

Samuel M. Hamill, the second surviving son of Robert and Isabella Hamill, having prepared for college with Dr. George Junkin, at Germantown and Easton, was graduated with honor at Jefferson College, Pennsylvania, in 1834, and entered the ministry of the Presbyterian church. He was licensed by the Second Presbytery of Philadelphia, and ordained by the Presbytery of New Brunswick. He accepted an appointment as instructor of Latin and Greek languages in the male High School at Lawrenceville, New Jersey, immediately after his graduation from college, and a few years later became Principal of the institution, which position he has filled with marked success for many years. His enthusiasm for youth, equable temperament, ripe scholarship, ability as a teacher, earnest christian character, together with an unusual executive ability, form a remarkable combination of qualities that peculiarly adapted him for this position. Few have been so successful and industrious in training youth to be patriotic, useful and good men. And hundreds throughout this and other lands are living witnesses of his power as a teacher and his excellence as a christian. He still acts as chaplain of the institution over which he has so long presided. He has often been called to deliver public addresses, and has written many articles on education and other subjects for publication, the result of his experience and observation at home and abroad.

He received the degree of Doctor of Divinity from Rutger's College, New Jersey, and also from Hanover College, Indiana. For many years he has been a member of the Board of Trustees of the theological seminary at Princeton, New Jersey, and Vice President. Now he is President of the New Jersey Historical Society, and by

appointment of the Supreme Court of that Commonwealth one of the managers of the State Asylum for the Insane at Trenton.

He married Matilda, only daughter of Richard M. Green, Esq., of Lawrenceville, New Jersey, and has four children living-two sons, educated at Princeton College, and two daughters.

Robert Hamill, the youngest son of Robert Hamill, Sr., was prepared for college at Lawrenceville, New Jersey, and graduated at Jefferson College, Pennsylvania, in 1839. He pursued his theological course also at Princeton, New Jersey, and was for some years a teacher in the High School at Lawrenceville. He was licensed to preach by the Presbytery of New York, and ordained to the work of the ministry by the Presbytery of Huntingdon, Pennsylvania. He has been settled for many years as pastor at Lemont, in Penn's Valley, Centre county, Pennsylvania. He has been Moderator of the Synod of Philadelphia, and subsequently of the Synod of Harrisburg. For a number of years he has also been a trustee of Lafayette College and a director of the theological seminary at Princeton, New Jersey. He is widely known in central Pennsylvania as an able and popular preacher. By his marriage to Margaret, daughter of John Lyon, Esq., late of Pittsburg, he has six children, who are in a course of education. The degree of Doctor of Divinity was conferred on him also by the trustees of the college of New Jersey at Princeton. He has had repeated pressing invitations to other fields of labor, but has clung to his home among the mountains of his native State, where his labors have been greatly blessed and his influence for good extensively felt.

[NOTE. In the foregoing sketch of the Hamill family, on page 150, eleventh line, the word "took" should be "takes," and the last four lines on page 152 should read: "For many years he has been a member of the Board of Trustees of the theological semi nary at Princeton, New Jersey, and Vice President, now President, of the New Jersey Historical Society," etc.]

HON. DAVID KRAUSE, LL.D.

His moral qualities were in perfect harmony with those of his intellect. Duty was the ruling principle of his conduct.-Spark's Washington.

David Krause was the youngest son of David and Regina Krause, of Lebanon, Lebanon county, Pennsylvania, and was born in that town November 2d, 1800. His father was a farmer, who enjoyed the honorable record of having been a Captain through the Revolutionary war, and Colonel and Paymaster during the war of 1812. He had also been a member of the State Legislature while the sessions were held in Philadelphia, and finally was an Associate Judge of his native county. His mother's father had also been an officer in the Revolutionary

army.

Being thus distinguished by his ancestry, young David did not fancy the business of his father; so, after acquiring the rudiments in the common schools of the time as he grew toward manhood, he obtained further instruction from Rev. Mr. Ernst, Lutheran minister of Lebanon, under whom he was fitted to enter upon some higher career than that of a farmer, for which his father had designed him. When approaching majority he conceived the idea of going to West Point, and wrote a letter to John C. Calhoun, then Secretary of War, and probably also through the friendly offices of Mr. Buchanan, obtained a commission to that effect. Owing to the opposition of his parents, however, he was prevented from accepting it, and was sent, instead, to the law office of Hon. Jonathan Walker, United States District Judge at Pittsburg, where, in due time, in company with the Judge's son, the late Hon. Robert J. Walker, he was admitted to the bar.

Having thus qualified himself for the business of life, he returned to Lebanon, opened an office, and commenced practice.

Shortly after, the Gubernatorial election of 1823 coming on, he took an active part in the canvass in favor of his distinguished fellow-townsman, John Andrew Shulze, who had just been nominated. After his election the Governor chose Mr. Krause as private secretary, he serving him in this capacity for several years.