instead of an alphabetical arrangement of subjects, and a revision of Swift's "Digest" (1848). — His cousin, (Jeorge Washington, physician, b. in Sheldon, Vt.. 18 Dec, 1826, is also a grandson of Capt. Thomas. He studied at Oberlin college, Ohio, in 1844-'5, enlisted in 1846 in an Ohio regi- ment of volunteers, and served during the Mexican war in the commissary and medical departments. After studying medicine three years, and attend- ing a course of lectures in the University of Penn- sylvania, he began practice at Independence, Ohio, and in 1860 removed to Tomales, Cal. In 1869 he attended a second course of lectures in Philadel- phia, and received his doctor's degree. Among his contributions to medical literature is a pa- per on " Treatment of Fracture of the P^emur," printed in the " Transactions " of the California medical society for 1874, in which he first called attention to the fact that the sound limb must be stretched equally with the broken limb as a crite- rion of measurement in order to avoid inequality of length upon recovery.
BUTTON, Henry Worthington, journalist, b.
in Lebanon, Conn., 17 April, 1796 ; d. in Boston,
Mass., 15 April, 1875, When he was about five
years old his father removed to Geneseo, N. Y.,
and erected the first tannery in that part of the
state. After his death Plenry returned to Connecti-
cut with his mother, and at the age of ten years
was sent to Hadley. Mass., where he was taken into
a private family, sent to school in winter, and
worked on a farm in summer until 1812, when he
was indentured to a printer in Stockbridge. He
remained there two years, then went to Pittsfield,
Mass., and with Ebenezer Cooper printed for some
months the "Berkshire Reporter." On the dec-
laration of peace with Great Britain in 1815, he
settled in Boston and became a joui'neyman printer
in the office of Wells & Lilly, and afterward fore-
man until 1824. During a part of this time James
Gordon Bennett, founder of the " New York Her-
ald," was a copy-holder and proof-reader in the same
office. He began business in Boston with James
Wentworth in 1824, and after the hitter's death, in
1848, continued it with his widow till 1856, when
Mr. Dutton purchased her interest in the " Tran-
script," and took his son, William Henry, into
partnership. For twenty-five years the firm of
Dutton & Wentworth had been state printers, the
contract terminating in 1852. The office of the
" Transcript " was twice destroyed by fire, once in
1851, and again in the great fire of 1872, but the
regular issue of the paper was never omitted.
DUVAL, Gabriel, jurist, b. in Prince George
county. Md., 6 Dec, 1752 ; d. there, 6 March, 1844.
He received a classical education, studied law, was
admitted to the bar, and became clerk of the
Maryland legislature previous to the Declaration
of Independence. He was elected to congress to
fill a vacancy, and re-elected, serving from Novem-
ber, 1794, till March, 1796, when he resigned to
take his place on the bench of the Maryland su-
preme court. In December, 1802, he was appoint-
ed comptroller of the currency, which office he
held till 18 Nov., 1811, when he was appointed a
justice of the U. S. supreme court. In 1886 he
was compelled by deafness to resign.
DUVAL, Isaac Hardin, soldier, b. in Wells-
burg, Brooke co., Va., 1 Sept., 1824. He received
a common-school education, was many years a
hunter in the Rocky mountains, commanded the
first company that crossed the plains from Texas
to California, and travelled in Mexico and Central
and South America. In 1846-7 he was secretary
to the commissioners sent by President Polk to
treat with the Indians on the Texas frontier. On
1 May, 1861, he entered the U. S. volunteer service
as major of the 1st West Virginia infantry. He
was promoted colonel on 1 Sept., 1862, brigadier-
general on 1 Nov., 1864, assigned to the command
of the 1st division of the 8th army corps, and
made major-general by brevet at the end of the
war. He was two years in the senate of West Vir-
ginia, two years adjutant-general of the state, and
in 1868 was elected as a republican to congress,
serving one term. He was appointed assessor of
internal revenue in 1871, and was collector for the
first district of West Virginia in 1873-5. He
subsequently followed the insurance business, and
in 1886 was elected to the legislature.
DUVAL, William P., lawver, b. in Virginia
in 1784 ; d. in Washingten, D. C., 19 March, 1854.
His great-grandfather was a French Huguenot,
who settled in Virginia, his grandfather a mem-
ber of the house of burgesses, and his father,
Maj. William, an officer of the Revolution, who
possessed a high reputation as a chancery lawyer,
spent a large fortune in helping the poor, and en-
joyed the friendship of Washington. The son re-
moved to Kentucky when a boy, studied law there,
and was admitted to the bar. He commanded a
company of mounted volunteers against the In-
dians in" 1812, and was elected to congress in that
year, serving from 24 March, 1813, to 2 March,
1815. After his return to Kentucky he practised
law at Bardstown till 1822, when he was appointed
goverjior of the territory of Florida by President
Monroe. Pie was continued in that office by
Presidents Adams and Jackson, serving till 1834.
He removed in 1848 to Texas, and died of a para-
lytic shock while visiting Washington. His life
and character have been celebi'ated in fiction by
James K. Paulding, who portrayed him in " Nira-
rod Wildfire," and by Washington Irving, who
drew from him the character of " Ralph Ring-
wood." — His brother, John Pope, lawyer, b. in
Richmond, Va.. 3 June, 1790 ; d. in Florida about
1855, was educated at Washington college and
at William and Mary, studied law in Richmond,
and was admitted to practice in 1811. He became
1st lieutenant in the 20th U. S. infantry, 9 April,
1812, served on the Canadian frontier, and was
promoted to captain in January, 1814, serving in
Virginia. After the close of the war he resigned
his commission and entered on the practice of the
law, but, not meeting with success, sold his prop-
erty and emigrated to Florida, where his brother
was governor, arriving in Tallahassee in June,
1827. He obtained a good practice, but, owing to
the unhealthfulness of the climate, removed in
1832 to Bardstown, Ky., where he remained till
1836, organizing volunteer forces during the war
between Texas and Mexico, with the rank of
brigadier-general in the Texan service. He was
on the point of departing for the scene of hostili-
ties when the war ended with the capture of Santa
Anna. He then returned to Florida as secretary
of the territory, gained a high reputation there as
a lawyer, and was commissioned by Gov. CaU to
make a " Digest of the Laws of Florida " (1840).
While acting as governor he secured the capture
of a large body of Indians on tlie Appalachicola
river. After the admission of Florida to the
Union he was prominent as a Democratic politi-
cian, but was a firm unionist during the secession-
ist agitation of 1851-'2.
DUVENECK, Frank, artist, b. in Covington, Ky., about 1845. He was a student in Paris for ten years or more, and a pupil of Diez. He sent five portraits to the Boston art club in 1875, con-
