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Vermilye, Ashbel Green

clergyman, author, was born in 1822 in Princeton, N. J. Having been appointed chaplain of the Marine hospital Antwerp, Belgium, he went to that country in March, 1879. Among other sermons he published Historical Sermon at Centennial of First Presbyterian Church, Newburyport.

VERNON, JANE MARCHANT FISHER, actress, was born in 1796 in England.

She became attached to the Old Chatham theater, and in 1830 to the Park, where she remained till 1847, and gained great popularity. She was long connected with Wallack's company, making her last appearance as Mrs. Sutcliffe in School in 1869. She died June 4, 1869, in New York city.

VERPLANCK, DANIEL CROMMELIN, lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born in 1761 in Dutchess county, N. Y. He was a representative in congress from that state from 1802 to 1809; and subsequently served for many years as judge of the county court of Dutchess county, N. Y., resigning in 1828. He died March 29, 1834, near Fishkill, N. Y.

VERPLANCK, GULIAN CROMMELIN, state legislator, educator, author, was born Aug. 6, 1786, in New York city. In 1820 he was a prominent member of the New York legislature. He soon after became professor of the evidences of Christianity in the Theological seminary of the Protestant Episcopal church in New York.

From 1825 to 1833 he was a member of congress from the city of New York; and was afterwards, for several years, a member of the New York senate. He was a Shakespearean scholar whose carefully edited Shakespeare appeared in 1846. He was the author of Essays on Revealed Religion; Discourses on American History, Art and Literature; Discourses and Addresses; Essay on the Doctrine of Contrasts; and The Bucktail Bards. He died March 18, 1870, in New York city.