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Street, Whiting

philanthropist, was born March 25, 1790, in Wallingford, Conn. He accumulated a large fortune, and at his death left $106,000 to the city of Holyoke and twenty-one adjacent towns, to be used for the benefit of the worthy poor that should not be already in charge of the public. He died July 31, 1878, in Northampton, Mass.

KINCHI- STRIBLING, CORNELIUS LOW, naval officer, was born Sept. 22, 1796, in Pendleton, S. C. He served in the United States navy during the civil war; and in 1865 served as commander-in-chief of the east gulf squadron, and in 1867 was created rear admiral.

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