MARY EDWARDS DWfGHT FAMTLV 83 



Nathaniel Dwight, M.D., b. 1770, surgeon in 

 United States Army, practiced medicine in Provi- 

 dence ; prepared the first school geography ever pub- 

 lished in the United States ; wrote many historical 

 works; original advocate of special institutional care 

 for the insane. After eleven years of ardent cham- 

 pionship he saw the first insane retreat established. 



Henry E. Dwight, M.D., b. 1832, g. Yale 1852, 

 g. Andover Theological Seminary 1857, studied in 

 Germany and France and was an eminent physician 

 in Philadelphia. Rev. S. G. Dwight, g. Union 

 Theological Seminary, and was a missionary in the 

 Sandwich Islands. 



Here are a few who can only be named : John W. 

 Dwight, b. 1820, g. Yale, eminent divine and trustee 

 of Amherst CoUege for many years. 



Mrs. Rensselaer Nicol, of New Haven, a leader in 

 ])rison reform and other philanthropic movements. 



Thomas B. Dwight, b. 1857, g. Yale, district 

 attorney of Philadelphia and eminent lawyer. 



Sereno E. Dwight, surgeon in British army. 



James A. Dwight, b. 1855, in United States navy. 



Samuel H. Sumner was with Sherman in his 

 march to the sea. 



Mrs. R. H. Perkins, b. 1819, eminent teacher, 

 pi-incipal Duffield school, Detroit. 



William H. Sumner, officer in U. S. regular army. 



Thomas Berry, banker in Cleveland. 



General Robert Montgomery, of Pennsylvania. 



O. H. Kennedy, officer in U. S. navy. 



Fenton Rockwell, judge advocate and provost 



