History of Bainbridge, (Lancaster County) Pennsylvania United States of America

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Samuel J. Jones, physician, was born at Bainbridge, Pa., March 22, 1836; son of Dr. Robert Henry and Sarah Moret (Ekel) Jones; grandson of Robert and Margaret (Williamson) Jones, who were born in Ireland and came to Philadelphia in 1806; and a descendant of Marcus Ekel, who was born in Zurich, Switzerland, in 1690, and came to America in 1743. He was graduated from Dickinson college, A.B., 1857, A.M., 1860, and from the University of Pennsylvania, M.D., 1860. He was appointed assistant surgeon in the U.S. navy in December, 1860. He served on the flagship Minnesota in the Atlantic blockading squadron; was present at the battle of Hatteras Inlet, and in January, 1862, was assigned to Flag-Officer Goldsborough's staff as surgeon, and later as surgeon on the staff of Commodore Rowan. In the spring of 1863 he was assigned to duty at Philadelphia, and was promoted surgeon and assigned to duty at Chicago, Ill., as examiner of candidates for the medical corps organizing for naval service on the western rivers. In 1864 he was ordered to the sloop-of-war Portsmouth, on the West Gulf blockading squadron, and soon after as surgeon of the New Orleans Naval hospital, where he remained until the close of the war, and served through an epidemic of yellow fever. He then served at Pensacola Naval hospital, 1865-66; on duty in Chicago, 1866; on the frigate Sabine, 1867-68, when he resigned and settled in private practice in Chicago, Ill. He was professor of opthalmology and otology at Northwestern University Medical school, Chicago, 1870-97, became surgeon to the eye and ear department of St. Luke's hospital in 1869, and served in Mercy hospital and at the South Side dispensary, Chicago, 1870-80. He was editor of the Chicago Medical Journal and Examiner, 1887-92, and was elected a member of the American Medical association and of the American Academy of Medicine, and represented them at several international medical congresses. He was vice-president of the American Academy of Medicine, 1885-86, and its president, 1889. He received the degree of LL.D. from Dickinson college in 1884. He became an active member of the Chicago Academy of Sciences, 1870, and was president of its board of trustees for several years. He was the originator of the National Pure Food association, and its president from its organization. He served as a member of the board of trustees of the Illinois Naval Reserve association.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor

Tarleton Hoffman Bean, zo?logist, was born at Bainbridge, Lancaster county, Pa., Oct 3, 1846; son of George and (Mary) Bean; and grandson of Barton Bean of Maryland. He was graduated from the state normal school, Millersville, Pa., in 1866, and from Columbian university, D.C., in 1876. He was actively connected with the United States fish commission from 1874, and was principal of Smyrna seminary, Del., 1870-'71, and of the high school of Wilkesbarre, Pa., 1872-'74. He was editor of the Proceedings and Bulletins of the United States national museum at Washington, D.C., 1878-'86; curator of the department of fishes at the United States national museum. 1880-95; visited Alaska in 1880 to investigate the shore fisheries and again in 1889 to study and report on the salmon fishery; was editor of the Report and Bulletin of the United States fish commission at Washington, 1889-'92; assistant in charge of the division of fish culture of the United States fish commission, 1892-'95; and representative of the United States fish commission at the World's Columbian exposition in 1893, and at the Atlanta exposition in 1895. He was made director of the New York aquarium in 1895, and was acting curator of fishes at the American museum of natural history in New York city in 1897. He was married to Laurette H. Van Hook of Washington, D.C., Jan. 1, 1878. He received the M.S. degree from Indiana university in 1883. In 1899 he was appointed director of the department of forestry, fisheries and the chase for the commissioner general of the United States to the Paris exposition of 1900. He is the author of "The Fishes of Pennsylvania" "The Salmon and Salmon Fisheries of Alaska," with Dr. G. Brown Goode. "Deep-sea Fishes of the Atlantic Basin, or Oceanic Ichthyology": and contributions to Forest and Stream, of which he was the editor of sea and river fishing.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor