1835.
March 2.—In Bath co., Va., aged about 77, Gen. Samuel Blackburn, a soldier of the revolution, an
eminent lawyer, and for many years a conspicuous member of the legislature. At his death he liberated
his slaves, forty-six in number, charging his estate with the expense of transporting them to Liberia.
April 7.—At Philadelphia, in his 73d year, James Brown, who was born in Virginia in Oct. 1766. In
1812, he was elected a member of the U. S. Senate from Louisiana, and in 1823 appointed minister to
France. He was distinguished as a lawyer and a statesman.
April 25.—Aged about 40, Jonathan P. Cushing, President of Hampden-Sidney College, which office
he had held for fourteen years. He was born in New Hampshire. The institution over which he presided
was greatly indebted to his well-directed zeal, talents, and influence, and he was highly esteemed
for his virtues. By his will he emancipated his slaves, sixty in number, providing amply for their
removal to Liberia; and also gave about $40,000 to establish schools in Albemarle, and the adjoining
county.
May 13.—In Brunswick county, in his 84th year, Rev. Edward Dromgoole, father of the Hon. George
C. Dromgoole; a minister of the gospel sixty-three years, and a magistrate and member of the county
court forty-five years.
July 1.—At Richmond, in his 77th year, Maj. James Gibbon, collector of customs of the port of Richmond,
and a gallant officer of the revolutionary army, known as "the hero of Stony-Point." Col. Gibbon,
on the 16th of July, 1779, then a lieutenant, led one of the two "forlorn hopes," of twenty men,
when Gen. Wayne carried the fortress of Stony-Point by storm. Of his twenty men, seventeen were
killed or wounded. He was greatly respected and esteemed, and his remains were interred with the
highest honors.
July 6.—At Philadelphia, in his 80th year, John Marshall, Chief-Justice of the United States.
June 28.—At Baltimore, Md., aged about 50, of a fractured skull, from the fall of a chimney, Thomas
Marshall, of Fauquier Co., the eldest son of Chief-Justice Marshall, being on a journey to attend the
death-bed of his father. He graduated in Princeton in 1803; was distinguished as a scholar, a lawyer,
and a member of the legislature; and was highly esteemed for his talents, his many virtues, and his
exemplary and useful life.
May 26.—At Columbia, S. C., aged 70, Gen. Francis Preston, of Washington Co., Va., a member of
Congress from 1793 to 1797, and father of the Hon. William C. Preston.
Nov.—At Lexington, Va., George Baxter, a distinguished lawyer.
Nov.—In Caroline co., aged about 48, John Dickenson, an eminent lawyer.
Oct. 7.—In Alabama, Charles Tait, in his 68th year. He was born in Louisa county, but removed at an
early age to Georgia, where he was, for several years, a judge of the Superior Court, and a senator in
Congress, from 1809 to 1819.
Dec. 3.—At Washington city, aged 47, Richard Wallack, a distinguished lawyer.
