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Obituary. 
Am.  Jour.  Pharm . 
Jan.,  1894. 
OBITUARY. 
Dr.  Edward  Ligon  Enders  Castleton,  Ph.G.,  died  at  Houston,  Tex.,  on 
Sunday  morning,  September  17,  1893,  aged  33  years.  He  was  born  at  Baton 
Rouge,  La.,  in  i860,  and  was  the  son  of  Rev.  Thos.  Castleton,  a  Presbyterian 
minister  of  English  birth,  who  was  lost  in  making  a  voyage  to  Europe  in  the  ill- 
fated  steamer  Shibboleth,  soon  after  the  close  of  the  war.  He  received  his  edu- 
cation at  Princeton,  N.  J.,  and  took  the  degree  of  bachelor  of  arts.  He  learned 
the  drug  business  with  R.  Cotter  and  graduated  from  the  Philadelphia  College  of 
Pharmacy  in  1879,  his  thesis  being  entitled  Percolation  with  Improved  Appa- 
ratus. After  his  graduation  he  located  in  the  drug  business  at  Galveston, 
Tex.,  and  subsequently  removed  to  Houston,  where  he  took  up  the  study  of 
medicine  and  took  one  course  in  the  Jefferson  Medical  College,  Philadelphia, 
Pa.,  and  in  1886  graduated  as  a  physician  from  the  University  of  Vermont,  located 
at  Burlington,  Vt.,  and  during  the  course  had  charge  of  the  Mary  Fletcher 
Hospital.  In  1888,  he  established  himself  at  Houston,  Tex.,  where  he  built  up 
a  lucrative  practice.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Texas  State  Medical  Association 
and  of  the  Harris  County  Medical  Society,  besides  occupying  the  position  of 
medical  examiner  for  seven  insurance  companies  and  as  a  physician  for  a 
number  of  fraternal  orders.  He  was  also  connected  with  the  Order  of  Elks 
and  the  Light  Guards,  a  military  organization,  and  served  as  its  surgeon  for  a 
long  time.  He  was  highly  esteemed  for  his  ability  as  a  physician  and  as  an 
enterprising  citizen. 
William  Henry  Schively,  one  of  the  oldest  importers  in  the  city,  died  at  his 
residence  in  Germantown,  on  Thursday  morning,  of  heart  failure.  He  was 
born  in  this  city  in  1821,  and  was  a  son  of  Henry  Schively,  at  one  time  a  well- 
known  surgical  instrument  maker.  He  was  educated  at  private  schools,  and 
graduated  in  the  class  of  1842  from  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy, 
afterwards  entering  the  store  of  Frederick  Brown,  at  Fifth  and  Chestnut 
Streets. 
Leaving  Brown's,  Mr.  Schively  formed  a  partnership  with  Ernest  Weiss  about 
1848,  under  the  firm  name  of  Weiss  &  Schively,  for  the  importing  of  drugs, 
dyes  and  chemicals,  with  a  warehouse  on  North  Front  Street.  In  1852,  the 
partnership  was  dissolved  and  the  business  continued  by  Mr.  Schively  alone  at 
No.  41  North  Front  Street.  His  foreign  correspondents  included  the  most 
prominent  of  the  European  drug  houses,  and,  until  1866,  when  he  retired  from 
business  permanently,  he  enjoyed  almost  a  monopoly  of  some  branches  of 
drug  and  dyestuff  importation  in  this  city. 
Since  his  retirement  from  active  business  life  he  lived  in  Germantown.  He 
was  for  many  years  connected  with  the  Second  Presbyterian  Church  of  that 
place,  and  was  a  member  of  its  Board  of  Trustees,  besides  being  Treasurer 
several  years.  He  was  a  close  student  of  the  natural  sciences,  and  took  espe- 
cial interest  in  meteorology.  Mr.  Schively  survived  his  wife,  who  was  a 
daughter  of  the  late  Samuel  C.  Ford,  more  than  27  years.  He  leaves  one  son, 
Edwin  F.  Schively,  a  member  of  the  Philadelphia  Bar. 
