Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-09-10
BENJAMIN Halloween:

X Is !uie 10 spec a. ~ 90 ~ E'SS e'e'
II Gifted scholar who was yesterday laid to Ills
res; IN The Friends burial ground at Sandy
Sprioss nigh. have been, If he had chosen 10
become leader rather THAI teacher al neo.
His career might hsve bseu that of great
rublici<t or uris! if bis cultivated tastes had not
ID him 10 prefer "tbe cool, sequeste'ed vale OF
life. :" His talents We're ef the highest order,
AID # they had been associated with even
moderate amount Of ambition lis uame might
have beeo as conspicuous among statesmen as
it isamoos ma! hem sticaas aud ph;lanthropisS.
| BIZ: he will be remembered not for what he
| m!sLt have been, Gus for what be really was.
| If he did not attain the highest place IL the
temple Of fame, he certainly was the centre o!
| circle Of devoted friends that expanded with
| bis ripaDiog years. His large philanthropy
| took 10 the freedman and the Indian. and both
| will remember him rs wise beoetactor. lie
NAV be said to be the author OF what Is COW
koogn as the Indian peace policy, and Pres.
| idcnt Lincoln as we'll as President Grant IRE.
queety sought his advice as to The methods to
! be pursued IL dealing with the emabcpated
| slaves aod The untutored saVages. La The Re-
! l;cious deromiosiion to which he belonged (the
| Society OF Ftiends) be exercised commsndog
| Influence. and was By common consent regarded
as the abioss man in the Ba!timtr, \ early
! Mcetice.
| TIE lair daughters Of Maryland have often
| brought men iato the State who have doac her
srca. honor, add bls HasIowell was one Of
| those who became NJ Highlander By the accident
| Of marriage. lie vas born in PennsvlVanla,
near the city of Philadelphia. in 1899, and was
educated at the Owes Town Boarding School, v
Quite celebrated institution in those days, Goa
irolled by the Society Of Fiisnds. Miss FaIQu-
hsr, of Montgomery county, sister OF Prot
| FaTouhar, ore Of the most prominent educators
10 Maryland, was pupil 10 the same school, and
Sd? and Mr.. HalloWell. after they had passed
through the prescribed course of study, both
became teachers. Miss Farquhsr subsequent
| Il returned to her Maryland home; Mr.. Hal
lowell followed and became Preseason of Math-
enables 10 school at Nair Hill, Montgomery
county, established BY the Baltimore Yearly
Meetiog of the Society Ct Friends. There
could be only ooe conclusion 10 such Quaker
romance Prof. HalloweI and Miss Farquhar
were married. This was about the year 1920
His wife did some eighteen months ago.
Professor Hallowe!l subsequently founded a
boarding schoo! at Alexandria, which be made
ooe Of Lhe most famous educational institutions
south Of Mason and Dixon's line. Many Of his
pupils were suns Of Senators, members of Con-
grcss aud officers Of the army aud navy residing
10 Washisg,ou, and others came from the far
South, from Mexico, from the West Indies
aud even from EoglaDd. Professor Hal!owell's
great reputation as mathematician led maoy
! persoos who were dssirous OF having thel. so5s
| admitted to the West Point Military Academy
, aod 10 the Naval School at Annapolis to send
| then TO bis school 10 be put through a course
Of mathematical training. This school continued
to flourish and to gain 10 reputation uoll! broken
| up By the war. Prof Hal!oEell retired from
! It's management some years before, and. Was
succeeded By bis SOD. Professor Henry &. Hal
! lowell. aud his sonin law, Hon. Francis Miller,
DOW uoited States Attorney fer the District Of
| Columbis.
B.rjanlu lIaliowcll returned to his farm 10
Mea gom:ry county, aud there he spent the re-
| uaiader cf his days, except that he vas for q
brief period at the head OF the Maryland Ag.
| rcultural College. While engaged 10 teaching
b. tr=uaeoIy delivered lectures upon the natu
raj sciences, which we're attended by the elite OF
Alexandria and Washington. and he kept up
correspondence with the most distinguished
Scicoti6c mca 90 both sides Of the ocean. He
published several works upon mathematics and
mechanical philosophy, AID during his later
years be devoted . good deal Of bis time to the
investigation Of social and economic questions.
H was foud Of writing Sunday school books,
catachiSns aud Instructive stories tor the young.
Some twenty years ago druggist 10 AeXan-
dIia made mistake 10 compouoding phys!-
caus prescription and Prot. lIallowell sTal-
l5wad poisonous mixture that came near ter
mioaling his life. lie never fully recovered
from the effects Ct the poison, although he
lived 10 be seventy eight years OF age. He
leaves three chidren-Prof Henry e. lIailo~-
eli, Of Sandy Springs; Mrs. Miller (#iGe of
Hon Fraccis MIllerl and Benjamin HaIIowelI,
IT,, merchant in Philadelphia.
The fuueraI Of Mr.. HaoRell took place yes.
terjay af.erooon at Sandy Springs Meeting
House, in MONTGOMERY county, Nd, about
mile from the HalloTcll homestead. II was
the largest funeral 10 the recollection Of the old.
est citizen Of the county, aud the assembly was
even greater than at any of the quarterly meet
ogs OF The Society Of Friends at this -poiut, aud
it IS Z large district Nearly two thousand per
sons were prescott. including friends ADD rcla.
twas from New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia.
Washington and Baltimore, and many other
places, .-.
II was very solemn occasion, and hundreds
were moved TO tears. The colored people of
the Deighborbood especially, who always had q
friend 10 the benevolent Quaker gentleman,
were greatly affected. When the body was
borne into The meeting house the vast concourse
of people arose aud after an interval OF deep 81.
lence moved slowly in procession to take a last
lock on tie benign, strong Intellectual face of
the deceased. Teen Samuel Townsend. of
Baltimore, arose and spoke with all the feeling
Of tender friend Of the value that the good
old man had been to bis State and country. He
was followed By Rebecca Thomas, neighbor
who knew him we'll. and who spoke toucbinely
AID beautifully of her departed friend. She
spoke of the loss to community and friends Of
such map, and encouraged all who hoped for
useful lite and a peaceful, happy death to
profit By bis example After that his sister,
the venerable Mary S. Lppincolt, of Mores-
town, New jersey, arose beside the coffin and
spoke with strong emotion Of bis care and ten.
derDess as q father, Of his worth as scholar
and citizen. If, said she, be could but look
again from out those closed eyes it would be a
glance Of kindness andlo7e; and if again those
Inns cnnlH sneak II Would be TO inter lnyinp