The National cyclopædia of American biography : being the history of the United States as illustrated in the lives of the founders, builders, and defenders of the republic, and of the men and women who are doing the work and moulding the thought of the present time, edited by distinguished biographers, selected from each state, revised and approved by the most eminent historians, scholars, and statesmen of the day . a part ofhis household. One of Mr. Bancrofts sisters was thewife of John Davis, who was for several terms gov-ernor of Massachusetts. Her son, J. C. BancroftDavis, was assistant se
The National cyclopædia of American biography : being the history of the United States as illustrated in the lives of the founders, builders, and defenders of the republic, and of the men and women who are doing the work and moulding the thought of the present time, edited by distinguished biographers, selected from each state, revised and approved by the most eminent historians, scholars, and statesmen of the day . a part ofhis household. One of Mr. Bancrofts sisters was thewife of John Davis, who was for several terms gov-ernor of Massachusetts. Her son, J. C. BancroftDavis, was assistant secretary of state under Hamil-ton Fish in the administration of Gen. Grant, andsucceeded Mr. Bancroft as minister at Berlin. Inthe fall of 1878 Mr. Bancroft met with an accident,by being thrown from his carriage at Newport, andseverely injured. To the surprise of his friends, heentirely recovered from this accident, and was notonly able to resume his literary work and associa-tions, but to take his daily horseback ride, and thebrisk walk of a mile or two, which usually followedit. At the last, the infirmities natural to his extremeage caused throughout the country the expectationthat Mr. Bancrofts life term was liable to expire atany moment; and for several weeks the announce-ment of his death was constantly expected. He diedin Washington, quietly and peacefully, on Jan. 17,1891. 162 THE NATIONAL CYCLOPAEDIA. COMFORT, George Fisk, educator, was bornat Berkshire, Tompkins county, N. Y., Sept. 20,1833, the son of Rev. Silas Comfort, , a promi-nent writer and minister in the Methodist Episcopalchurch. He was prepared for college at St. Charles^college, 5Io.,Wyoming seminary, Kingston, Pa., andCazenovia (N. Y.) seminary, and in 1857 was grad-uated from the classical course of the Wesleyan uni-versity, Middletown, Conn. Healso devoted four years, previousto going to college, to the studyof the natural sciences, the mod-ern languages, music and art, hischosen study being art and
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