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aged 40 years. He was born in Albion, N. Y., 

 February 29, 1832, prepared for college in Roch- 

 ester, N. Y., under Prof. Dewey, and graduated 

 from Princeton College, N. J., with high honor 

 in 1852. After a year of teaching at New- 

 town, L. I., and another at Geneseo, N. Y., 

 he returned to Princeton and graduated at 

 the Theological Seminary. During this lat- 

 ter period he acted as college tutor dur- 

 ing the absence of Prof. Hope, and taught 

 privately in the family of Commodore Stock- 

 ton. He ministered for a year to the re- 

 cently-organized Second Presbyterian Church. 

 In January, 1861, he came to California, and 

 was for several years principal of the " City 

 (San Francisco) Female Seminary." His health 

 failing, he removed to San Diego in May, 1869, 

 to obtain the benefit of a milder climate. The 

 disease of which he died consumption was 

 then deep-seated, and it was marvellous to 

 himself and friends that his life was prolonged 

 during the last three years. Mr. Clarke was 

 an active, earnest worker to the time of his 

 last illness. As a teacher he was eminently 

 successful, loving the profession with warm 

 attachment. He was the author of " Clarke's 

 Geography," which is extensively used, and 

 his writings in periodicals were instructive 

 and graceful. As a citizen Mr. Clarke was 

 devoted to the prosperity of his new home, 

 San Diego, his pen being often employed in 

 behalf of churches and schools, in suggesting 

 the beautifying of its homes with shrubs and 

 flowers, and promoting the good order and 

 steady habits for which the place is notable 

 to-day. 



April 18. PEESTON, ANN, M. D., an emi- 

 nent physician and professor in the Women's 

 Medical College of Philadelphia ; died in that 

 city, aged 58 years. She was born in Decem- 

 ber, 1814, at West Grove, Chester County, 

 Pa. Her father was Amos Preston, a mem- 

 ber of the Society of Friends, and a man of 

 unusual ability. Her mother was an intel- 

 lectual woman, but in delicate health, and 

 Miss Preston in early life had the chief care 

 of a large family. Miss Preston evinced in- 

 tellectual tastes at an early age, which were 

 stimulated by the lyceum of her native town. 

 In maturer years she retained her love for 

 study, and medical subjects were peculiarly 

 interesting to her, yet she had not shaped for 

 herself the course which she should perma- 

 nently take. The Women's Medical College 

 of Philadelphia, founded in 1850, however, 

 realized her desires, and without hesitation 

 she became one of the first applicants for ad- 

 mission as a student. This was the first insti- 

 tution established that afforded woman an op- 

 portunity of acquiring instruction in all the de- 

 partments of medical learning. Miss Preston, 

 with thorough enthusiasm and the calm steadi- 

 ness of a refined mind, pursued her studies, 

 and was graduated with credit. She began 

 practice in Philadelphia without ostentation, 

 and gradually acquired many friends, who, 



perceiving her abilities, aided her advance- 

 ment. Meanwhile changes occurred in the 

 college faculty, and in 1854 she was elected to 

 the chair of Physiology and Hygiene, which, 

 as well as the position of " dean," she held 

 ever afterward. Her lectures and valedictory 

 addresses were replete with striking thoughts 

 and practical knowledge. In the course 

 years her sphere of usefulness widened. 

 " Woman's Hospital of Philadephia " was 

 corporated, an essential auxiliary to the col- 

 lege, and an invaluable charity. She was at 

 the outset appointed one of its board of man- 

 agers, corresponding secretary, and consulting 

 physician. Besides her important duties in 

 connection with this institution. Miss Preston 

 attended numerous private patients, although 

 her frail health compelled her to limit her 

 practice. In 18GT the Philadelphia County 

 Medical Society having made objections to the 

 practice of medicine by women, Miss Preston 

 defended the claims of her sex so ably and 

 temperately as to disarm much opposition. Ir- 

 respective of the deeds of charity she per- 

 formed, her influence has been as great in re- 

 moving the prejudices entertained against the 

 admission of women into the medical profes- 

 sion as it has been effective in demonstrating 

 the capacity of her sex for that pursuit. 



April 19. BLACK, JOHN, an Alabama jour- 

 nalist, for more than twenty-five years an edi- 

 tor and publisher in Eufaula, Ala., and, at the 

 time of his death, editor of the Eiifaula News; 

 died in that city. 



April 20. WALL, WILLIAM} an esteemed 

 citizen of New York, a Representative in Cou- 

 gress, 1861-'63 ; died in New York City, aged 

 71 years. He was born in Philadelphia, March 

 20, 1801 ; served seven years as an apprentice 

 to a rope-maker; removed in 1822 to Kings 

 County, L. I., where he engaged in the pursuit 

 of his handicraft with such energy and success, 

 that in 1856 he was able to retire with a large 

 fortune. Meantime he had been called to fill 

 a great number of local offices, and had always 

 acquitted himself with honor. In 1860 he was 

 elected to Congress from New York, and was 

 a member of important committees during his 

 term of service. He declined a reelection, but 

 was a delegate to the Philadelphia "Loyalists" 

 Convention in 1866. 



April 21. LACY, Mrs. FEANCES COOPER, a 

 well-known actress on the London stage, under 

 her maiden name of Frances Cooper; died in 

 London, aged 53 years. 



April 22. FOET, GEOEGE FBANKLIN, M. D., 

 an eminent citizen and physician of New Jersey, 

 Governor of the State from 1851 to 1854, and 

 subsequently one of the Judges of the Court 

 of Errors and Appeals ; died in New Egypt, 

 Ocean County, N. J., aged 63 years. He was 

 born in Pemberton, Burlington County, N. J., 

 in May, 1809; was educated in his native coun- 

 ty, studied medicine in Philadelphia, graduating 

 M.D. from University of Pennsylvania, in 1830. 

 While actively engaged in the practice of UTS 



