OBITUARY.
GEN. DANIEL ULLMAN.
Gen. Daniel Ullman died at Nyack, N.Y., yes-
terday morning. Gen. Ullman, LL.D., was a
distinguished soldier in the late rebellion and
retired from army life with the rank of Major
General. He was of French lineage. He was
born in Wilmington, Del., on April 29, 1810.
His father, John James Ullman, was a descend-
ant of several generations of bankers in Stras-
burg, Alsace. In early life he visited the United
States the year before the close of the American
Revolution, and subsequently returning he es-
tablished himself in Wilmington, where Daniel
was born.
The General's mother was Jeanne F. le Franc,
who was descended from the le Franc family,
different branches of which resided in St. Malo,
Angers, and Nantes, in the west of France. M.
Victor le Franc, life Senator and several times
Minister of France, and his uncle Jean Baptiste
Le Franc, the celebrated Girondist, who so nar-
rowly escaped the massacre of 1793, were of
this ancient family.
Gen. Ullman was a graduate of Yale College.
He studied law in the office of Henry K. Storrs
practice. Before the abolition of the Court of
Chancery he was for many years a Master in
that court. In 1851 he was the candidate of
the Whig Party for Attorney General of the
State. The General was one of the founders of
the New-York Young Men's Society, from which
grew the Young Men's Christian Association.
He was also a founder of what is now the Union
Club.
Gen. Ullman was very active in the political
movements of the country. For a long time he
exerted a powerful influence, which extended
beyond the limits of this State. Notwithstand-
ing the difference in their ages, he was a trusted
friend of Henry Clay. With him he was a strong
advocate of the "American system," and was
the Chairman of the committee which caused
the celebrated "Clay medal" to be struck in
honor of the services of the illustrious states-
man.
In 1854 Gen. Ullman was the candidate of the
American Party for the Governorship of this
State. In later years he spoke with much force
of what he claimed was an injustice done him
in that campaign through misrepresentation.
Maintained by
Sue Greenhagen.
E-mail:
greenhsh@morrisville.edu