DARLINGTON
DARLINGTON
others in the Colonial wars. He was graduated
with honors from the University of the city of
New York in 1877, studied three years at the
Princeton theological seminary, at the same time
taking the university post-graduate philosophi-
cal course. He was ordained a deacon of the
Protestant Episcopal church in 1882, and was
assistant at Christ church, Brooklyn, 1883-83,
becoming rector shortly after his advancement
to the priesthood in the latter year. He was a
trustee of Rutgers female college ; a member of
the New Jersey historical society, and of the New
York academy of sciences ; and chaplain of the
47th regiment, N.G.S.N.Y. He was archdeacon
of northern Brooklyn, 1895-98. He married on
July 26, 1888. Ella Louise, daughter of James
Sterling Beams of Brooklyn. The degree of Ph.D.
was conferred on him by the College of New Jer-
sey, Princeton, in 1884, and that of D.D. by
the University of the city of New York in 1894.
He published several pamphlets and sermons and
edited The Hymnal of the Church.
DARLINGTON, Smedley, representative, was born in Pocopson township, Chester county, Pa., Jan. 24, 1827; son of Richard and Edith (Smed- ley), grandson of George, great-grandson of Thomas and Hannah (Brinton) and great ^ grand- son of Abraham and Elizabeth (Hillborn) Dar- lington. He attended the common schools and the Friends central school, Philadelphia, and was a teacher in the latter school for several years, meanwhile making stenographic reports of sermons and speeches for the papers. In 1851 he established in Ercildoun a school for boys, which in 1854 he changed to one for girls and presided over it for nine years. In 1864 he removed to West Chester, Pa. He was a Republican repre- sentative in the 50th and 51st congresses, 1887-91. He died in West Chester, Pa., June 24, 1899.
DARLINGTON, Thomas, surgeon, was born in Brooklyn, N.Y., Sept. 24, 1858; son of Thomas and Hannah Anne (Goodliffe) Darlington, and brother of James Henry Darlington. He was graduated from a special course in the scientific department of the University of the city of New York in 1877, and from the College of physicians and surgeons in 1880. He practised medicine for a time in Newark, N.J.. and then settled in New York city as surgeon to several public works, including the Croton aqueduct. In 1888 he accepted the appointment of surgeon to the Copper Queen consolidated mining company and to the Arizona and Southwestern railroad com- pany hospital, Bisbee, Ariz. He returned to New York, practised his profession, was attending physician to the Foundling hospital, a member of the staff of the Mail and Express, edited the Hygi- enic World, and contributed numerous articles to the Medical Becord.
DARLINGTON, William, representative, was
born in Birmingham, Pa., April 28, 1782; son of
Edward and Hannah (Townsend) Darlington;
grandson of Thomas and Hannah (Brinton)
Darlington and of John Townsend; and great-
grandson of Abraham and Elizabeth (Hillborn)
Darlington. Abra-
ham, the son of Job
and Mary Darlington
of Darnall, Cheshire,
England, came to
Pennsylvania with
his brother John at
the beginning of the
eighteenth century.
The Darlingtons, as
far back as can be
traced, were Quakers.
William was grad-
uated in medicine at
the University of
Pennsylvania in 1804
and studied botany
and languages for
two years. In 1805
he was appointed physician to the Chester
count}^ almshouse and surgeon to a regiment of
militia. The latter appointment caused his dis-
ownment by the Society of Friends. He went to
India in 1806-07 as a ship's surgeon and on his
return to the United States practised medicine
in West Chester. On June 1, 1808, he was mar-
ried to Catharine, daughter of Gen. John Lacey
of New Jersey, who had served in the Revolu-
tionary war. In 1811 he was made a trustee and
secretary of the newly established West Chester
academy. In 1812 he defended the policy of
President Madison, assisted in raising a company
of volunteers and was major of the first battalion
of the regiment in which his company was incor-
porated. In 1814 he helped to establish and was
made a trustee of the bank of Chester county,
and became its president in 1830. In 1814, when
the British occupied Washington city, he joined
a vokxnteer regiment as major. He was a repre-
sentative in the 14th, 15th and 17th congresses,
1815-19 and 1821-23, and served on several im-
portant committees. He was canal commissioner
in 1825 and in 1826 helped to form the West
Chester natural history societj-, of which he was
elected the first president. He was a member of
more than forty literary and scientific associa-
tions of Europe and America, including the
American philosophical society. He was hon-
ored in England, Switzerland and America by
botanists who gave his name to rare plants. He
received the degree of LL.D. from Yale in 1848
and that of Ph. D. from Dickinson in 1855. He
published: Mutual Influence of Habits and Disease
