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the Atrato River and its branches. They found, in the opin- 

 ion of the leader of the expedition, Capt. Thomas O. Selfridge 

 (now Admiral), that the route was a perfectly practicable one 

 and he so reported to the Secretary of the Navy. Thej^ then 

 crossed the Isthmus by the Panama R. R. and surveyed the 

 route from the Pacific side, St. Miguel Gulf, Tuyra and Para 

 Rivers, returning to Philadelphia early in the Summer of 1871. 



In the Fall of 187 i the family removed to Media, and he 

 having been assigned to shore duty at L,eague Island Navy 

 Yard, the next and last assignment was to the iron clad 

 monitor "Ajax," which left Philadelphia in January, 1874, 

 for Key West and vicinity. 



Dr. Fussell resigned from the Navy early in the Summer of 

 1874 and returned to Media, which continued to be his place 

 of residence to the time of his death, October 28th, 1907. 



He married, 6th mo. 4tli, 1877, Edith Johnson, daughter of 

 Oliver H. and Ellen Sellers Johnson. He leaves a widow and 

 daughter — a son, Charles Johnson Fussell, dying in infancy. 



By inheritance from l)oth his parents, Linnaeus Fussell had 

 received the tendencies which made the natural history studies 

 congenial to his mind. His mother, as early as 1835, had 

 entered Kimberton Boarding School, only two miles distant 

 from her home, and there, under the guidance of her friend 

 and teacher, Abigail Kimber, had become an enthusiastic 

 student of botany. Miss Kimber was herself a distinguished 

 botanist, and had the pleasure of co-operating with her friend, 

 William Darlington, M. D., author of "Flora Cestrica," by 

 sending to him any new specimens of plants she might dis- 

 cover in her neighborhood. She also possessed a remarkable 

 power over her pupils, in awakening a profound love of study. 



Dr. Edwin Fussell studied medicine with his uncle. Dr. 

 Bartholomew Fussell, at Kennett Square, Chester County, 

 Pa., and there had the opportunity of hearing the frequent 

 lectures of Joshua Hoopes, one of the prominent botanists of 

 the time, and also of listening to the private conversation of 

 the lecturer, who was one of a number including such men as 



