AMERICAN 



JOURNAL OF SCIENCE AND ARTS. 



[THIRD SERIES.] 



In Mejioriam. — Fielding Bra 



tologist. He died 

 ber, 1876, havi:. „ 

 year. He had been in ill health for several years past, and in- 

 deed almost all his life, for his malady wa 

 pulmonabs. It had been his habit tor several vears, to spend 

 the winter in Florida, and the summer months in the Alleghany 

 Mountains. He had ma It pn p u ti< >n t< » leave Washington for 

 Florida early in December, but was taken with hemorrhage 

 the lungs on the day before the one set for his departure. From 

 this attack he never rallied, but gradually sank to a peaceful 

 and quiet death. Du - 1' « constat) 



attended and cared for by his scientific and other friend 1 - ~ 

 dent in the city ; and when the end came, they bore hin 

 grave with sincere sorrow. 



Mr. Meek was born in the city of Madison, Indiana. 

 cember 10th, 1817. His grand parents were Irish Presbyterians, 

 who removed from the com t] V' - this country abou' 



the year 1768, and finally settled in Hamilton county, Ohio. 

 His father, together with' his family, removed from there to 

 Madison, where he was a lawvei t lerablt eminence. 



The family, including those bori M 1 - "^ of the 



parents, two sons and two daughters, besides Fielding, all ' 

 whom were dead several years '"before his own decease. Tne 

 father died when" the son who was to become so distinguished 



s only three years old, leaving the family in moderate cir- 



