New-York tribune., 1897-07-17
OBITUARY.
nrxrpA1p d DE X DE TRopRIAND.

GENERAL p r. D. DE X. DE TRoBRlAND,
General Philippe Regis D. de X. de Irooriand
prominent officer OF the Union army IN tne wal
S,od on rhursaav evening AT the home OF his SON.
in-aw Charles A. Post. at Eayport Long isin'u'
where he arrived visit TO his daughter apou.
month ago. General de Trobriand' "nose iu''
designation was Philippe Regis Denis 40 hereoern'
Count de Trobriand. was born at the Cn teau us
Rochetter. near Tours. France. on June = is'o.
being therefore at the time OF his DEAN IN h's
, eighty second year. He was intended TOT q .-,'
career. and studied at the College de oa.n. io"'
Paris the College de Rouen and the Cohcse us
Tours His father was commander at Rouen. Inc
revolution OF 1890 changed his plans ana VI i'"'
he was graduated at the University OF or'eans
as a bachelor dc lettres, and Hcence'eharoN
at Poitiers In 1888. Three years iater ne ca'. "
this country. where no dropped HIS title ana from
1919 to 1880 was editor and publisher OF La nevue
du Nouveau Monde" From 1854 to lS5l nc was
,o,rt EDITOR OF the Courier dcs Etats-Unis. !"
1861 he entered the Union army as coionei VI @ r.
! Guard Lafayette, 55,h New-York Voun'e"
! was engaged at Yorktown and Wil''ams"uIS' I'm
manucd brigade of the Third Army ooaps n,,orn - |
| ,seo-,sa and was at Fredericksburg. Cnahceno''
| vile end Gettysburg. lie was mace o''s"u'e'
general OF volunteers In January, 1921 anu 80
manded The defences OF New-fork CNy ~ .
| and Juno OF that year. As commander oi oe
| In the Second Army Corps In Grants amy ~
fought at Deep Bottom, Petersburg Ha'cnei W. -.
and Five Forks. and was trustee seneia' ~
division under Grant in the operations wn'ch e"Ie
ADGomaatox On 3 sss Sa Say was
general Of volunteers for services in the Army o'
| the Potomac. - co...a, 4. Trohrtand
entered the Army as cSonel 81 1se
inqnfy s2s Of Se Sed United N ted States retired m
1879 at his request after having S hnd been
aai'tS's to that city
that made home after n, Sook. as
the Was war a including life OF Mcclellan. which was
oTsnayd nss.hea a in this country
yoars ago This book rise to much iHm
aaHsSs GsRsFa De Mne Paris, and
Mrs sssrs Is Dc 'r1 IN ni vsS @
Neworieans in the winter and in the sumner .nn ws
naw and Yrs Charles n.har Post o a ,se bfKRS5 nos
Of Loyal Legion Ehs fSne1a on
Morday, and the burial will be at Woodia"h'
THE REV. DR. ELWOOD H. STOKES
Ocean Grove. n. j.. July is (speciaD.-The Rev.
| Dr Elwood H. Stokes, Of the oest-knowh
Methodist cergymen In this country ana the pres'-
dent of the Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Assoc'a
| ton Of the Methodist Episcopal Church. dieo ths
evening at 9O5 o'clock. after an illness OF 'ess "a'
two weeks. He eishty-two years olo'
widow. the daughter Of the Rev Dr. Stout. sur
wives him The cause OF Dr. Stokess death was
heart trouble superinduced by overexerton III the
| hot spell
DR. Stokes's last public appearance In ocean
Grove was on the morning OF July T. wnen MS
! penbew Senator Edward Stokes, Of Millvie. de-
livered the Independence Day oration since tnat
time Dr. Stokes had been confined TO mis- noIhe'
but his symptoms were not alarming until iast
Sunday when prayers were offered at the seVerai
services for his recovery. Three doctors attended
him this week and great was the desire to'learh
the particulars of his maady that the physicians
were finally induced issue hourly bulletins When
| the news Of the doctors death was made pubic
tonight the association bell was toed eighty-two
times.
Dr. Stokes was born In Medford Burlington Coun-
| " on October TO- 1916 His parents were Quakers
| At the age Of thirteen he apprenticed to
| bookbnding firm in Philadelphia. and learned the
business thoroughly. While In Philadelphia he at
tended the Sunday y-school connected with the Union
Methodist Church. and was converted before ne
of age under the preaching OF the Rev. Charles
Piman. In September, 1912. he was appointed
c.ass leader In the Medford Methodist Church. and
In January. 1913. he received a local preachers 3
, license. In April OF the same year. there being a
. vacancy for a single the Salem circuit, the
presiding elder Charles T. Ford. asked young
Stokes, who the time working at his trade.
, | to fill the vacancy. He threw up his work and ac-
cepted the appointment on the Salem circuit. His
I initial sermon was preached at Lower Bethel. New
Salem.
At the New-Jersey annual conference in Trenton.
In lsH, the doctor with seventeen other young
men, was received probation and assigned to a
charge The Rev. George Hughes and the Rev.
A. r.. Ballard ce-prcstdent OF the Ocean Grove
Camp Meeting Association, are now the only sur
yivng members OF the conference class Or.
. Stokes's first appointment after being received into
the conference TO the Medford circuit the place
I of his birth. After this ne was appointed sue
cessively many charges. Hasey Street Church,
Newark and Central Church, Trenton were each
built while Dr. Stokes was the pastor In charge.
Dr. Stokes a member of the General Conference
Of the Methodist Church. and had been member
Of the New-Jerey annual conference for hfty.three
years He was one of the organizers OF the Pitman
Grove Camp Meeting Association. and had been the
| president OF the Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Asso-
citation since its organization In trenton on
| Wednesday December p. 1869. AZ the time OF his
election 10 the latter office he was the presiding
| elder OF the New Brunswick district OF the New
| Jersey annual conference.
i | The doctor extensive traveller. havinG
visited many parts OF Europe. and travelled largely
, | in this country. His .etters from Europe have
= | been published in book form. A number OF ms
| poems have also been adopted In the hymnais ol
the churches Of various denominations. DIR. Stokes
| had been the active religious head of Ocean Grove
| eyer since the founded. He arranged
. | the special religious meetings from year to year
To his tact and executive ability are largely due the
z prominence and attained by the assoclation
-, | OF which he was president. Inc building OF the
Ocean Grove Auditorium was the cream OF MS latel
s years and It's completion. at cost of S'oWl Defoie
q | his death was to him his crowning triumph.
q HENRY ROWLAND.
Asbury Park July i6 (SpeclaD.-Henry Rowland,