58 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1004. 



Oldham, Yorkshire County, England, in 1823 and in 1846 emigrated 

 to America, soon thereafter purchasing a farm at Laurel, Maryland, 

 which remained his home until the time of his death. He first engaged 

 in business as a machinist, in partnership with a brother; but having 

 when a } T oung man learned taxidermy, he cultivated it as a recreation 

 and partly as a matter of business, many colleges and other public 

 institutions being supplied with specimens of his handiwork. In 1875 

 he was appointed to the position of taxidermist in the National 

 Museum, where he continued in service until stricken with paratysis 

 on July 1*>, L901. 



