12 BIOGRAPHICAL NOTICE. 



men, and of a well-knit, compact frame. His very walk conveyed an idea of 

 strength. Having enjoyed more health than usually falls to the lot of man, he 

 for almost the first time in his life was seriousl}- ill in 1853. Though he recov- 

 ered completely, this illness seems to have taught him the frail tenure of his 

 life. During the spring of 1858 he began to suffer from headaches, and he was 

 less well generally. Finally, about three weeks before his death, he was struck 

 down by a typhoidal series of symptoms, winch gradually augmented until he 

 quietly sunk into his last sleep, June 8, 1858, amid the universal sorrows of the 

 community in which he lived. 



