SUPPLEMENT.
ABBETT, Leon, governor of New Jersey, b. in Philadelphia, Pa., 8 Oct., 1836. He was educated in his native city, studied law, and settled in Phil- adelphia, but subsequently removed to New York city, entered into partnership with William J. A. Fuller, and took high rank at the bar. He settled in Hoboken, N. J., in 1862, and served in the New Jersey legislature in 1865-6 and 1869-70, being twice speaker. He was chairman of the Demo- cratic state convention in 1868, president of the state board of education in 1869, a member of the state senate in 1875-'7, and governor of New Jersey in 1884-'6. He was chairman of the state delega- tion to the National Democratic conventions in 1872, 1876, and 1880, and in 1888-'9 he was a can- didate for the U. S. senate.
ABBOTT, Josiah Gardner, lawyer, b. in
Chelmsford, Mass., 1 Nov., 1815. He was prepared
for college by Ralph Waldo Emerson, was gradu-
ated at Harvard in 1832, and admitted to the bar
in 1835. Mr. Abbott served in the legislature in
1836-'7, became state senator in 1841, and from 1864
until 1888 was a delegate-at-large to every Na-
tional Democratic convention. He was a judge
of the superior court of Suffolk county, Mass., in
1855-'8 removed to Boston, where he resumed his
profession, and in 1874 was a Democratic candidate
for congress. After successfully contesting the
election of his opponent, he served from 28 July,
1876, till 3 March, 1877, but declined renomination,
and resumed practice. In 1876 he was a member
of the electoral commission. Williams gave him
the degree of LL. D. in 1863.
ACTON, Thomas Coxon, banker, b. in New
York city, 23 Feb., 1823. He was educated in his
native city, was assistant deputy county clerk for
three years, and then clerk in the surrogate's office,
afterward deputy register for six years, in 1860
became commissioner of the New York metropoli-
tan police, and two years later was president of that
board, where he remained for seven years, in which
office he did good service in suppressing the draft
riots. In 1870 he was appointed superintendent of
the U. S. assay-office, which post he held for twelve
years. He became U. S. assistant treasurer at New
York in 1882, and since 1887 he has been president
of the bank of New Amsterdam in that city.
AGNEW, David Hayes, surgeon, b. in Lan-
caster county, Pa., 24 Nov., 1818. His education
was received at Jefferson college, Pa., and at New-
ark college, Del. He was graduated in medicine at
the University of Pennsylvania in 1838, and began
to practise in Chester county, but removed to Phila-
delphia and became a lecturer in the School of
anatomy, also establishing the Philadelphia school
of operative surgery. In 1854 he was elected one
of the surgeons of the Philadelphia hospital, where
he founded a pathological museum, and was also
surgeon to the Pennsylvania hospital. In 1863 he
was appointed demonstrator of anatomy and assist-
ant lecturer on clinical surgery in the medical de-
partment of the University of Pennsylvania, in 1870
he was chosen to the chair of clinical surgery, and
in 1871 he became professor of the principles and
practice of surgery there, and of clinical surgery,
in the University hospital. For several years he
was one of the surgeons at Wills ophthalmic hospi-
tal, and also one of the surgeons to the orthopedic
surgery. He has at-
tained wide reputa-
tion as a surgeon,
and is a rapid and
skilful operator in
every department.
In his capacity of
efficient surgeon, as
well as of consult-
ing physician, he
has had many cases
of great public
and scientific im-
portance, the best
known being that
of President Gar-
field. He has made
many valuable con-
tributions to the
literature of his
profession, among
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which are works on " Practical Anatomy " (Philadelphia, 1867) and " Lacerations of the Female Perinasum and Vesico- vaginal Fistula" (1867) ; a series of sixty papers on " Anatomy and its Relation to Medicine and Surgery " ; and an exhaustive work on the " Principles and Practice of Surgery" (3 vols., 1878), which has been translated into the Japanese language, and is the great work of his life. AGNUS, Felix, soldier, b. in Lyons, France, 4 July, 1839. He was educated at College Jolie Clair, near Paris, and in 1852 set out on a voyage around the world, spending four years in that manner. In 1860 he came to the United States, and at the beginning of the civil war enlisted in Duryea's 5th New York zouaves. At the battle of Big Bethel he saved the life of Gen. Judson Kilpatrick, and was promoted to 2d lieutenant. He aided in raising the 165th New York volunteers, in which he was given the color company. In the autumn of 1862 his regiment was sent to Louisiana, and he took part in the siege of Port Hudson, where he was promoted major and for a time had command of his regiment. Subsequently he served in Texas, and, after attaining the rank of lieutenant-colonel, was ordered to the 19th corps, and served under Gen. Philip H. Sheridan, taking part in the battles of Opequan, Fisher's Hill, Winchester, and
