inson College in 1798, began the study of medicine under Dr. John McClelland, a prominent surgeon in Greencastle, Pa., and in 1800, he took his degree of doctor of medicine in the University of Pennsylvania. During the war of 1812 he served as a surgeon in the army. For a time he practiced his profession in Gettysburg, but finally made a permanent settlement in Harrisburg, where he rapidly rose to deserved eminence, establishing a large and lucrative practice. He was an elder of the First Presbyterian church of that place for fifteen years.

In 1803 Dr. Agnew married a Miss Jane Grier. Her mother was a Holmes, a well-known family of Carlisle. Among their children we may note Rev. Dr. J. Holmes Agnew, a man distinguished for his scholarly attainments; Hon. James C. Agnew, of Edina, Missouri, an elder in the Presbyterian church; and a daughter, who became the wife of the saintly Rev. John R. Agnew, late of Greencastle.

Rev. T. H. Robinson, D. D., has put upon record this estimate of Dr. Samuel Agnew: "He was a man of notable qualities. In the eye of the world he was one of the marked men of society; and both in social and professional life, as well as in the church, he was promptly accorded a place as a leader." Dr. Agnew died November 23, 1849. His death was as gentle and quiet as a summer evening.

Hon. Alexander Thomson.

The subject of this sketch was a grandson of Alexander Thomson, who emigrated from Scotland, landing in Boston in September, 1771. He was a sturdy Covenanter, who evidently felt ill at ease in the atmosphere of the old country. In a letter of his which is still extant, written August, 1773, from his new plantation, "Corkerhill," about five miles from Chambersburg, he confesses that the greedy, exacting spirit of the landed gentry in Scotland had driven him to America. He wished to settle two of his sons on farms, and for five years he looked around for such places as would answer his purpose. He says: "I traveled through the country for twenty miles around the place where I lived, but, though I found plenty of vacant

inson College in 1798, began the study of medicine under Dr. John McClelland, a prominent surgeon in Greencastle, Pa., and in 1800, he took his degree of doctor of medicine in the University of Pennsylvania. During the war of 1812 he served as a surgeon in the army. For a time he practiced his profession in Gettysburg, but finally made a permanent settlement in Harrisburg, where he rapidly rose to deserved eminence, establishing a large and lucrative practice. He was an elder of the First Presbyterian church of that place for fifteen years.

In 1803 Dr. Agnew married a Miss Jane Grier. Her mother was a Holmes, a well-known family of Carlisle. Among their children we may note Rev. Dr. J. Holmes Agnew, a man distinguished for his scholarly attainments; Hon. James C. Agnew, of Edina, Missouri, an elder in the Presbyterian church; and a daughter, who became the wife of the saintly Rev. John R. Agnew, late of Greencastle.

Rev. T. H. Robinson, D. D., has put upon record this estimate of Dr. Samuel Agnew: "He was a man of notable qualities. In the eye of the world he was one of the marked men of society; and both in social and professional life, as well as in the church, he was promptly accorded a place as a leader." Dr. Agnew died November 23, 1849. His death was as gentle and quiet as a summer evening.

The subject of this sketch was a grandson of Alexander Thomson, who emigrated from Scotland, landing in Boston in September, 1771. He was a sturdy Covenanter, who evidently felt ill at ease in the atmosphere of the old country. In a let ter of his which is still extant, written August, 1773, from h new plantation, "Corkerhill," about five miles from Clin burg, he confesses that the greedy, exacting spirit of gentry in Scotland had driven him to America. to settle two of his sons on farms, and for five around for such places as would answer his pu "I traveled through the country for twenty place where I lived, but, though I found