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MuNSEYS MagazineVol. XXXV June. 190b Number III

rilE DELSCENDANTS OE lONATHANedwarITs"^

BY 1). C). S. LOW i: LI.

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MuNSEY'S MagazineVol. XXXV. June. 1906 Numhcr 111

THE DESCKNDAN'l S UV JONATHANEDWARDS

BY J). (). S. I.OW 1. LL

A KEMAKK.^Bl. E INSTANCE OF INTLLLECTUAL HtUEDlTY -AN A.MERI-CAN lAMILV WHO.sh MEMUEKS. FOR SIX d K N E R A V 1 O N S , 'H A V E BEENHEA1)S Ol- UN l\ 1. R SIT lES A N IJ LEADERS IN IHE EUUCAIlUNAL WORLD

]1 liii.s long liciii iuliiiilU'il tlial many gencraiiun. It is a familiar saying that

things, like cliseasi'S and proeli\'ilii.-s, " tlu- lathers ha\e eaten sour grai<e> andmay he handed down from generation to the ihihlnirs teeth are ^et- on edge."

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JONAril.\S KDWAKDS (lyoJ-iy^S), TIMMI) I'K USHUiN r oK 1 III-. COLLEGK UFNliW JEKSKY (PKINCKTON), AN1> ONE OK Tllh KOKKMObT

AMERKANS OK THE EIiJIITEtNin eKNllRV

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264 Ml NSi:\S \1.\(;.\/1N1 MAIN (' ri().\

lUii till.' writer il(ii.-s not iruu-iiil>i.-r Id liic Ani.i/uu, iiiin^liiiL; wiili iii.inv irilm

liaw.- seen ill ;iii\' woik mi luiidiiy lliai laiK^ and i\ir l/rnadriiiii^ tnwaid llii-

iIk- tciiikiiry Id \>c a tollcye jncsiikiit >ca.

may run in tlu- blood. I'luit iliis i> a In sonic stran^i.- way, niorenwr. iIk-

fart, liuwL-xcr, tlie following skeli h j^ois spirit ol IMwards siriiis im apalili.' of

far to prow, or else xw lia\c a scl ol un dissoluiinii in all iIk-si- j^cni-ratiuii-i of

i-\ainpk-d (dmridciirts. ( i'niniini;|id IiIo'kI. It is luld III sclu

AAKON ULKK tl75t>- 1 S.il") . \ li K I'KKSIDllS I ul 1 11 ). IM I LI) bl A 1 liS,

(iKANDSUN Ol- JONMIIAN i:ii\VAl!liS

Jonatiian l'".d\vards was one of ilir imn. laili.r, aiul lliroiis in tliu aiiiTics of

foremost Amiriian? of the ei-liteeiiili lii-< most remoic |)<)stiTily. I Ic was presi-

rcnfury. In intellectual emineiue, only dent of I'riiKVtou for oidv il few I'nef

lienjamiii Irani, Im '.in he iwmiiired wnl.^ hi fore his ile.ilh. hut ii\ the five

with him. These two uie.it men far e\ j^v neraiioiis thai have siiiec h.id tl.eir

Cclleil their lillows. the one hv his eniran. es and liuir e'vil-^ ii|poii the sla^e

marvelous ( ommon seiiM-, the other h\ of aiihai, a ^ldle^e president li.is ne\er

liis uncommon mental aeiinieii. Uiu in jet Imii l.u lani; ami>nj^ liis dire< i de-

one resjieei they ditTered iirioiisl). seend.inls. .More than litis, main direct

I'ruiiklin w.is like the Nile, a ri\i.r desrendanis v.ho were disiiiialified he

iiKijesiie Net suliiars : while the stre.iiii lause of the aeeideiU of >e \ h,i\e m.iiL-

of I'.dw.uds' defendants ll.)\,ed on like lolle^e presidents ui their hllshaiids.

I'lll': l)l'S(i:\Ii.\\l"S Ol' |i)N\IIl\\ IDWARDS 2G5

JDNAIIIA.N I.IASARIJ.-,, JK. (17.15- I.SdI), I'H'-t^l-

iJliM (II' UNION CDLLlic.lC, HON OKJONiVniAN EUWAKUS

/•'(,w/ //,. toihail by MouUiop

r.ul ilic iinsiilriiii.ll family ol I'lfsi-

di 111 l'',(l\\;ir^U 1-1 not roiil'iiiril lo rolK',u(L'S

01 iiiiivi'rsitii.-s. As iikiuIkts ol this as-

toiiisliiii^' j<roii|>, \\c Inul, It IS tiUL', jiirsi-

(Kiits of 1(11 (olK\u(s ami imivL-rsilit-s

—

of AiuluTsl, llaiiiillou, Kut_mTS, Uuioii,

I'l ill. (toll (two), \aV (tluic). JollllS

iloiil.iiis, ('oliiiiil)ia, Cariui^ic liisiilu

lion, aiul llic riii\xTsity of California.

i!i,si(ie-s tlusi', lluTu aix' foiiiuk rs and

l>Hsidciits of two law-schools, two jilTsi

di nts of a tli(.'olo;^ii ;il s(.iiiiiKiry, oni- ol

the Asso( ialioii (d' .Xiiieriiaii Aiialoiiiists,

one of liic nosioii .Society of Natiiial

llisloiy, a hank |iresid(nt, and a jiresi

d( nl (d three lailfoads; and linally one

\i( e-l'rt.'si(leiil anil one I'resitlenl of tiie

I iiitctl Slates. Here are letters, law,

medicine, theology. S(ieiRe, coiiinieice.

linance. ijoliii(s, and stalesinansluii, all

dIVh ered— and lieadofrKeied, loo l.y

till* sons and sons in law of Jonathan

I'.dwards.

1 111. I IkSl l.|-.Nl.U.\ ridM

" I'hc most eminent graduate of the

college [\alej, the greatest theologian

of his century, the ablest metaphysi' ian

of the jieriod between l.eibnit/. and

Kant"—these are the words with

whi( h hranklin l{owilii(h l)e\ler. in

" Vale llio,L;rai'liies," begins Ids brief

skeli h (d' I'rcsidi ill I'.dwards.

The piwiucr (d the fanidy of whhdi

loiiatliaii was the m.,st illustrious luein-

ber was \\ illiain I'.dwards, a youii:;

Welsliinan who m loin i.uiie with his

nioiher and his supf.ulnr i(, llanfc-rd.

t.'onne(jti( ui. William nianie(l .X^iies

Sjjencer, and had one soii, Ku li.iid. born

in 1617. liy lus t'lrsi wife, lai/abdh

'I'little, Ki( h.ird had si\ (liildr(ii; of

these the eldest son. 'liniotlis. born in

IbOy, was ihe father (d'J..iial li.m.

'liniothy i;ra>Uiated froiii llarxard at the

a;^o (;f tweiily two, H'ciNiiii; ihe de;j;rees

(d' A. 1;. and .\. M. ijii the s.iine day -

"an uiKdiiiiiioii mark ol resini I." lie

married l^silur, daunliKr (d' the RewSolomon Sto(ld.ird, b)' wlioin he h.id

cdeveii ( hikireii.

Jonathan Mdwartls ( 1 70,3 17.^S) was

the fifth child and oiil\' sun cd' I iniolhy

and Msther. 1 1 is "sixty feet of sisters"

— for the h'.dv. ardses were a tall family

— were I'.silier, bdi/abeih, .Anne, Mary--his seniors — and laiiihe, Abigail,

Jeriisha, llaimah. I.iuy. and M.irlh.i.

Jonathan ,i^a\c ciily evideiKc (d' b.iii;,;

a sihol.ir and a thinker. lie eiilercd

\ ale at thirteen and re( eived ids A. .\1.

siaiKNu iai\VAUi>s liUK.iii (i78()-i85i)). i'rksi-

1)i;ni' ok iiAMiurcjN loi.i.iicw:, oKtAi-

(iKANUSoN Ol- JONATHAS K1>W \Kl)S

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260 !\irXSl':\"S MACA/lM'-.-MAlN SFCTION

vvhfii he was twenty. .Se\eii \ea^^ Liter tuii. Ma^sa^.lul^etl^. At the eiul of that

he married Sarah l'ier|)uiu, a Ne\eiUren tiiiu he wa^ i)er>ei mini ii.r ri^hteoiunes^'

year-ohl t^irl deserihed as of strikiiiL' sake and dl-nli^sed. lie \\a^ iliu^ kit.

beauty and iiitellii;ciue, whcise latlier at the a^,- nl I'ort v^even. with a laiuily

was (Mle nil' the I'oundiM- m| \ ,i1i- "A ul' riL;hl iliildiciial hnnii and ihi im oiue.

sweeter e<>ii|de 1 liaee ntit seen," ( ieorue " lli^ pnis|ie> t- were apiiarelitly ruined,"

Whiirl'ield wroii- 111 iheni in liis diarw his l)uiu;iM|'h.> i' innarks; '" hut in laii

They had tlie I nliou inu < hiUhen : the period nt his ^n-alesl aeiivii\, in

Sarah, Jeriislia. I^sliur, Mary. I lu y, wiiiiji h. L(id the luund.iti.ins nt liis mTiuiothy, Susanuali, I'.unii e. Junallian, (kiriii- lame, was liuis usliered in" lie

Jr., Eli/aheth. and Pierpuni. ()t the went lu Stn. khrid^e. .\lassai huselts.- ihiii

eleven, seven were horn mi .Sunday. a wihleruess. and hi'> auie a niissii>nar\ lo

For twenty four \ear-. Mr IMwarils the ln(h'ans; ami in that solitude, ui his

was settled nwr a chunh ni Xoriluunii- nionunls ot leisure, lie wroli. his iunuor-

iiii-; i)i:si'h:Ni).\Ni's oi'' |u\\iii\\ i dw ariis

tal iiTaiisi' oil "I In- ! rLcdniu nl ilu

Will."

Ill 1757, (Ml til.- (kalli Ki\ Ins Mill ill-

l.us , till.' l\i.\-. Aaron llun, la \\a> tailed

In Ik- llu; tllilll |/1\>1(1.'1K nl lllc ( 'i)l li-^C

ul N\\\ jeiM-y. ii'iw I'l iiiM'Uiii ; lait

>li(Ully allrr lakiiiL^ up lii> lUilio llaai.-

la- (linl ol siiialli<u\ IK- \\a> Imricd in

i'nm I. loll, and ujiun his lonil; i^ a l.aliii

I'liilajili i-MolliiiL; Ins \ irtiiis and i)ri)-

lloUlUlin; llilll ' sn olid lo llolU- ill \\i^

dniii. diM 1-iiiiinatniL; jnduinfiil, and

iiiLiUal laliln-r."

lo the roiiunaiidiug iiitellcil uf Juiia-

tlian i\d\\aids boih l!iii(>i>(.' and Amtrieah.i\e horiK- wiliKss. " i'hal he is the

in>t inetaiili\--^ii iaii this (oiinli)' has [iro

diirid. no one tan doulit," said Markllo|)kil|S, " lie \\a> one ol the WtJlulelS

m1 the world," dei lared Jnliii Fiske ;

" indlMhly the greatest iiitfllij,'elice that

the Wistein i lcini>|iheie has )X'\. seen."

"()l' all the M hol,ii> aiul ijliilosopliers

lli.it .\nierh.i had pnidiiced i'roin the be-

^innni;4 of the|eijihleeiitli

|century,"

wioie U.introl't. " on!\' two had esi.ih-

li^hi-d a ronsidiTahle and |ierinaneni

re|uilalion — lieniainin iTanklin and

loiiatlian Mtlwards." I'mally. I'r. Rii h-

aid Storrs, the sihcr toii^ued, ^ay> elo-

ijiientU: "lie held New lan;laiKl. as

no man eUe. to heights of lhoiiu;lil dill'i-

rull lo Male : his ser\ iee was one w hieh

no _L,ener,ilion will online to the end of

our hi>toiy."

l-!dward.^ Wci> forliinale indeed. Notoiil\ do hi- wtllk^ follow him. lail a iiohle

posieiiu >iill kie|is hi- name in uiidvini;

reineiiiluaiu e. a^^ we ^liall see.

I 111: SI. I i)M> (.I.M.KA I IdN

J.inalhan lalward-, Jr. ( I 74S-1-S()1 ),

second |.re>ideni ol I nioii ('olle;4e, was

ihe second son and niiilli ihild of I'resi-

deiil I'.d'.v ard-. and w a> gradiialeil from

I'nnceloii in I7(i.5 ihe eoiiuideiu es in

the life of fallur and sun were inaiiv

and •>trlkill^ " Ihe name, edueatioii.

and earU eni|ilo\ iinnts of both were

alike. l'>oth were religious in iheir

yoiilh. Were distinguished .si hol.irs, andWere tutors lor e»jual periods in the tol

le-es where they Were I'dlK ated. l5olll

were settled in the ministry as sueeessors

to their maternal grandfathers; weredismis-,ed on arc ounl (j! llun lelij^ious

opiniiais; .iiid were ai;.iin seiikd in re-

in kodouk i)\. i- i i \': ^l.\ ( iSoi -ISS.)), 1 I.N 1 II

i'KhSllir N 1 .1 ^ \l.l:. i.UICM L.U.\.NU.SU.N

or JONAlll.AN l£OU.\l<US

tired eiamlry towns, o\-er ion,L;reL;alions

singularly alUuhed to them, where tlie\

had leisuii- to laepai'e and publish iheir

valuable works. liolll lelt these studies

to become presidents of .(.lle|^es: andboth died shorily afier inauL;mMtioii, one

,il lilt\ si\ and the oilier at lifts seven,

e.ich liaxiii;; pre.iclied on the lirsi S.ib

bath of the year ol his de.ith on the te\l ;

' This ye.ir thou sh.ilt die.'

ihe l\e\. ,\.iroii Ihirr i i 7 I n 1 7.S7 )

.

second piesidi,jit of rriiiieioii, m.irried

l'".siher. third d.iu^hler of I'resid.ia IM-

wards.' llurr w.is onl\ ihirieeii ye.irs

youn,i;er lli.iii his lalher-in law . lie

graduated at \ali- in i 7.).S. .ind waselei led- president of the colleLje of New-

Jersey in 17i.S. lie mo\-eil the iollei;V

from |-.li/abelh to New, irk. and tin. ill)'

to I'rilu eti'li. lie iiu le.lsed the numberof sliideiils from eiL;hl to ei,i;lit\-. anil

"his a|itness to le.K h was almost with-

out p.n.dlel."

I'll --idem llurr lii-t s.iw las wile whenshe W,ls nileell. lie did li'-l meet her

.iLiain lui si\ years, and then w.is with

her at Si()ckbridi;e for only three d,i\s.

lie wint bai k lo i'rinceloii. but t\vo

weeks later sent an under.^radu.ile to

briii^ i-lsiher and her mother. Ihe) .ir-

ri\eil oil .--i.iiiird.is . .\la\ .7. 11':^'. ami

2(\>^ MUNSIIVS MA(;.\/I\i: -M \1.\ SICriON

lllKODUUK WU.I.IAM i)\VI(;ilT (l Si2-lSlJ^), WAKlJICN ul' 1 1 1 K IUI.HMIUA LAW bCllOUL,

ut<i;Ar-GKKAl-l..l<ANl)S()N ill' Jl/iNAlllAN lUlUAKDS

/rum the tuiliait hy llaui.l Ilintlhit:trii

(III llic r.ilKiuiii^ Miiinl.iy iIkix' was a sian i-ly iiiorc lliaii a vnutli. Aanm waswi'ddiii^ al llu- |iri'siilLiil's Ikhim.'. a wHlul i liilil. liiii I'uiid of simly uinl

(oiilmilH.iariis ^aid nl" Mr. IJurr thai (|iiii k i<i Kain. Al cli.-wii lii.- was iL-ady

W- wa> " iiiiuloi in I'luspciily, |iriul(.-iit lOr I'liiin Imu. Iml liad Id wail two ycai-^

ill dilTu iiily. iiidLlatit;al)lL- in buhiiu'ss, li>'iau-i- of lli^ a-c. I luriiii^ tliu- I<l\(i1u

ina,L;iiaiiiuiuu-. in daii-ir, (.a>y in niaiUK-r, liuiiary War Ik- ciiK'i\-d llu; aiin\- as a

ol' iM|iii-.iu- jiid^nunl. 111' i>ii>ruunil prixaK, ;iiul ium' to lie a liLUli-iiaiil-

liMriiiiiL;, taiholii m .-iiiiinunl, ol tlic (oioiirl. Al'trv tlic war lu- linaiut! a

jjiirr^t morals, and i^nat cwii in the j ronnnint livwcr in New \ork. wasnnnuK-l ihni-s." eki ted lo the I ailed States Senate, and

in l.SUi) \\;i-, a leading' caiididale lor the

I're^ideiuy. I he eleitoral vote resulted

I'resideiil lUnr's son. Aaron lUirr in a tie h^iween Uiirr and Jel'lerxm, an>l

( 1 75() l.S.)(> I , was lell ,1 douhle orpiian the llon>e of l\el)^^•^ematives. after

at tile aiie ol two. and w.ishrou;dil n|.liy ihiru si\ halloi-,. » liosi- tiiu Viri^iiiian

his uiule, rinioih\ l.dward-, himself I'lisid. nl and lliirr \'i< e I're^ideiU.

I hi: 1 II 1I!I) i.1:.\1 K \ 1 luN'

rui': I)|':sc1':ni) \N IS ()!' |tt\\iii\N i:i)\\.\ri)s 2G9

Uffore his term expired. Burr killcil \\.i> i iiii..lliy liuii;lii ( I 7SJ- 1<S1 7)

,

Ak'xaiuler Uamillnn in a iliiel. After eii;liili prr^idinl nl \ ;iK-. ami mie nl llie

tiial his I'orluiies (le( lined. in LSOT lu ,L;reai lii)lder> nl ilial ullirf. llisniulher,

was tried for treason, and ihini^ii a( Marv I'.dw.iid^. was .inl\- eij^hueu years

c|uitted he has been under suspicion even his senior. She had thirteen ehihlreii. ,ind

tu iliis day. I'hat he iiad liriliiant pan- her deM\iidant>. ,i^ will he -e^n. lia\e

and a eonunan(nn^ intelleet. no one tan done nmre to u|'iiold liie inieileeiual

ijuestioii, and in reeeni \ear> defender^ prr>iiL;roi tlie I'.ilwarils lineage than an\'

ha\e arisen to ]>lead in his hehalf ; hut other hr.ih' li of the huniU'.

though lie may not ha\e heen as hlaik a-> 1 iinoihy Owighi was a juseiiile

he was i)ainteii. tiie venlict of history jirodit^y \l >i\. he wished to hamshould not lightly he .set aside. He ha- latin, hut his fatlier disappro\ed; >o

heen ealleil tile one " hlack siieep " of the winli the other h(As wen- at pla\, he

J'ldwards deseendants. u-cd to Imrrow a Latin graininar andAfter Aaron Hurr. tiie most famous sind\ sei retly. lie might JKive been

uf tiie grandsons of jouatiuin l-ldwards ready for Vale at eigiii, iiad there heen

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TIMOTIIV KWUall (lioK.N li-S), IWi.l.ilM 1M..-,II)1;N 1 Ol- VM.K,

OKI \1 l.KKAT-l.K.\NIJSON Ol' JiiNAIIIW KDWAHD-

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MlilU.V PKRSIIjKNT OK AMMHKST, GKEAT-Gl<l£Al'-(;i(KAT-(iKANl>Sl)N OK

JONAillAN IClAVAUllS

Fru thvlosiatU I'y Clnu-.limt. i\ ,nluiii:l,m

any lin|)o of eiitcTiiiL; iit tliat teiukr age.

llu iklawil iiiiiil lie was loiirtecii,

tliou^'h by tliat lune lie had clone most

of the work of the l-'resliinan and Soplio-

niore years. It was the custom in win

ter to have iliapel e\ereises at half-past

live, l)Ut youMi^ Tiniolhy rose before that

hour to read Homer by tandlelight. iiiis

reikless overwork injured his sii^lit, amian attack of Nuiallpox made tiu- damageirreiiarabii.-. During ail his life iie had

to rely (HI friends and amanuenses fur

his reading and w riling.

In 17','5 he was ( hosen president ol

\ ale, which then had but one hundredanil ten .students. He raised tliis nuni

her tt> three hundred and thirteen. Heacted not (mly as presiilent, but as pro-

fessor of disinity, rhetoric, logic, meta-

physics, and elhi(s. He died in the full

lidr of his powers, the victim of a dis

ease similar to that whiih recently ile

l>rived us of President Harper. riioui;h

he suffered severely tluring the l.i--t

months of his life, he cuutinued to workuntil within four d.iys of his de.iili.

" President Dwight is e\er preseui to mymind as the great model leai her," said

one of his pupds.

lapping Reeve (17H-1823), founder

and first j>residenl of the l.itchheld

(

(

'onnecticut ) Law Schuol, was not a

descendant of Jonathan Juhvards. but

belongetl to the family by marriage. Hiswife, whom he marrii'd in 177.', was a

daughter of the (irsi Aarmi liurr, and a

sister of \'ice- President llurr. His law

school was the earliest institution of its

kind in the United States, and for a

long time the only one; and main la-

mous men were amon..; his puj-ils. Hr.

Lyman lleecher said of him ami of

'I'imothy Dwight: "President Dwightby his taleius and oliit ial labors e.xerled

a powerful national inllueiice throughhis jniijils ; and next to his. if not ecjually

so, has been the national intluence of

Judge Ree\e. Lew men ha\e liad a life

in which there is less to be deplored andmore to be admired."

I in: roi i; i ii gi:ni;r,v in^.v

Of the siius of 'I'imothy Dwight the

mu--t distinguished was Serenu LdwardsDwighi I 1 7.s()-KS.St>), third president of

ILimihon t'ollege. (Iraduaiing at Vale

ill IS' 1,5, he sluilied law, but abandomiigthat fi.r the juinistry, became the second

l.a-l..r of Park Street Cluinli. liosion.

MCUKAl. .SiaiOOI., (.KKATliKKAT-GKlAT-liKANDSON OK JONATHAN tUWARDb

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rill'; Dl'Sl'l'.NDANlS OF JONAI'IIAN KDWARDS 273

cuUegc prLsidLiits, belong by marriage to duc ii-lkgi. iiMsidenl, Dr. Mi.rnll 1..

tliib fillli gcULraliuii ul' the house ol' Ell- (Jales: one |.ruiiiiium pruli^-,,,! .iinl

wanU. One is Nicholas Murray lUuler, srieiiiisi, l)r. Cliaries Se.lgwjik Miuoi;

the young antl progressive head of Col- and a surres^lnl auilior, W in>lnii

uinbia LUnversity. lieTore reaching liis (hurcluil. And if we include those whopresent position— lo winch he was elected have ni.iirieil into ihe house (jf l'!dwards,

in 1''*).'. in hU< cession to Seth Low— Dr. we rea. h the culnimalion cjf ilu- presi-

liulkr was piesideul oi the i'eachers" dcnti.il strani in the present ihiei niagis-

C'ollege in New \'>'rk and of the trate o| i he Ijnited Slates; [\,i- a ;;rand-

National r.diic.iiional .\^suclalion. llis dan-hlir uf (h-neial Daniel I \ 1. : i- liie

wd'e. who died ni l"'ti,5, was Susanna wife id I lleodore Roo>e\eh.

I'Mward- Sc|,u\ler. w ho>e mother, Su (diaries Sedgwick Mniol de- ends

sannali I'^dwaid-, j^randdau^hter ol from linujthy I'.dwards. son ol the great

Jonathan lulwartis' son 1 nnotliv, mar J(.jnalhan, by another line, whiih again

rieil Jacob Kutsen Schiiyler. icjuibincs the names ol Jvlwards and

Daniel Coii (.dman. one of the best Dwii^hi. 'rimolhy's daughter Khodaknown American educators of the day, married Josiah Dwight ; their daughter,

married Elizabeth Dwight Woolsey, l'di/:abeth Buckminsler 4)wight, became

daughter of John M. Wcjolsey, niece of the wife of t'harles Sedgwick; anil their

Theuilore Dwiglu Wi.olse^. and great- daughter was the mother of Charles

great-granddaughter of Jonallian h'.d- Sedgwick .Miiioi. Dr. Miiun. .i leading

wards. Dr. (iilmaii has been president j.rofes.-,ur at ihe llarv.wd Medical School

of three great uui\ei.-^ities — the I'niver- and a recogni/.id author-ts' ni biology

sity of Califciinia, Johns Hopkins (fca' and enibrvidogy, h.is Ikcu president uf

more than a cjuarier cd' a century), and the fcillowing learned societie> —the As-

the Carnegie Institution. lie was in socialicin of Aiiieric.m AiKUcunists, the

vited to he ihe tirst president id" eacli of .American A.ssocialion for llie .\dvauce-

these, and was the first head cd' the last inent of Science, the .M.is,sachuselts

two. He has also bun pre'-ideiit of the Zoological Society, and the Hc^ston Soci-

Ameriiaii Oriental Society and of the c-iy cd' Natural History.

National Civil Service Reform League. I'inally, in no descendant uf President

Last to be inentic.iied in this fifth gen- hidwards does the presidential blood

cratioii i.s Egbert Coliin Smyth (1829- .seem to run more strongly than in Mer-

l'.K)4), who succeeded Dr. l-'dwards rill Edwards Catei, whose mother. I'aimy

Park as president of the Andover 1 heo- Jenm tte Parsons, was the great grand-

logical Seminary. President Park op- daughter of Sarah, eldest daughter of

pc;sed Dr. Smyth's election, thinking him Jonathan lidward-. Porn in isl.s .md

too lonservativc ;yet shortly after he graduated from tlu- 1 1 lus'ersity ol Roch-

was brciUL;IU to tri.il for hereby, though e.-tcr in ls7d, twehe years laur he was

till c h,uge> wei'e iict Mislaiiied. Ill IS'C .ijipoiiiUcl president ol Rutgers. After

a writer in the ( 7/r. .>//(;'/ ('nun (now eight years .it Rutgers, he was elected

the (hi//,'i/y) declared thai the three to the headship of Amherst and of fiber-

greatest names in the history of .\nclci' er lin in the same week, lie accepted the

were i'ark, Phelps, and Sir^th. ' Ihe former ]io>t, which he held for nine

firsi was the inc'oinparable theological years. lie has been formally chosen

instructor; the second, the man of the president, or has received an I'fliiial olUr

spirit; the third, almost i)eerless in his (f ihe ijosilion, in five State universities

knowledge of the history of the church or colleges besides limse mentioned. Heand his ability to impart it to others." also acted for si\ years as president of

Pre-ideiit Park's wife w.is Eli/abeth the American Missionary. .Association,

iJi.idi.jrd Dwight, granddaughter of the and for ten as ch.drman of llie Uiiitcd

lii:~t I'iniothy Dwight of Vale. SiiUs b.Mi.l of Indian commissioners.

It is 11. a likelv iImI llie record of thisnil sixru \M. si:>,i.Niii .a...Nt.K..vn()Ns

,,.,„,,, |^j,|,, |.,„,ii_^ ,,,il close here. NoIn the sixth .md seventh generations of doubt, as time goes on, there will be other

the family we liiid. .iinoug Jonathan Ed distinguished names to ,icld lo the roll of

\vai-iU' direct d>->endanls, ihe names of Joii.ilh.in I'.d ward-' de^ end. nils.