Quaker Necrology

52BULLETIN OF FRIENDS' HISTORICAL SOCIETY. Bulletin, i: 89-90, 3: 148, 8: 43-44.) The matter is noted again at this time because each time the story reappears it traps the unwary. A. M. G. The Friends' Historical Society of Philadelphia has come into possession of the original patent to Benjamin Duffield for 250 acres in Bucks County, Pa., from Thomas Penn, 8 mo. 9, 1733. It was presented t.o the Society by William T. Elkinton from the papers of his father, Joseph S. Elkinton. QUAKER NECROLOGY. (It seems suitable to establish this department in the Bulletin as an index to biographical material on the lives of prominent Friends. While emphasis will be laid upon the particular field of the Bulletin, American Quakerism, yet the biography of notable Friends abroad will not be passed over.) Allen, Samuel Leeds, 1841-1918. A successful business man prominent in the religious, philanthropic, and educational work of Friends. Member of Board of Managers of Haverford College, and of the Westtown School Committee of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting. See Samuel L. Allen, Intimate Recollections, Letters, compiled by Elizabeth R. Allen, Philadelphia, 1920. Bispham, David, 1857-1921. Considering the Friendly testimony against music it is not surprising that it took the Society two centuries t.o produce a David Bispham. He was famous as opera, oratorio and concert singer, lecturer, and teacher of song. He was born in Philadelphia and died in New York City. He graduated at Haverford College in 1876, and was granted the degree of Doctor of Laws in 1914, in recognition of his art. See his autobiography, A Quaker Singer's Recollections, Macmillan, 1920. Biographical sketch, with portrait, in Haverford News, 10 mo. 4, 1921, p. i. Appreciative notice in The 'Nation, N. Y., 113 (10 mo. 19, 1921) : 437. Many notices in daily press. Blackledge, Philander. Died 9 mo. 3, 1921, at Seneca, Missouri, in his seventy-eighth year. Notice in American Friend, 10 mo. 13, 1921, p. 835. He and his wife Caroline were formerly missionaries among the Indians of Oklahoma. Butler, Esther H. Died at Keuling, near Nanking, China, 8 mo. 8, 1921, in her seventieth year. For thirty-four years a Friends' missionary in China. Notice in American Friend, 9 mo. 22, 1921, p. 776. A longer notice is in the Friends' Missionary Advocate, 10 mo., 1921, pp. 310-31 1. Doan, Marcia S. The sudden death, 7 mo. 24, 1921, of Marcia S. Doan, Editor of The Quaker, was a serious loss to the Society of Friends and to the cause of Quaker periodical literature. She met her death in an QUAKER NECROLOGY.53 automobile accident while on her way to the Young Friends' Conference, at Earlham College. A sketch of her life is contained in The Quaker, 7 mo. 22, 1921, pp. 73-74. Fry, Rt. Hon. Lewis. He died at Bristol, England, 9 mo. io, 1921, in his ninetieth year. He was active in business, educational, and political life,—for many years a member of Parliament and a Privy Councillor. Notice in The Friend (London), 9 mo. 16, 1921, pp. 600-601. Gummere, Francis Barton. Born 3 mo. 6, 1855, Burlington, N. J., d. 5 mo. 30, 1919, Haverford, Pa. Scholar, teacher, author. Best biographical account in Modern Philology, 27 (September, 1919) : 57-62. Also Nation, N. Y., 109 (July 26, 1919) : 109-111; The Friend, Philadelphia , 6 mo. 12, 1919, p. 626, and 6 mo. 26, 1919, p. 657; Haverford News, 6 mo, 13, 1919, with portrait; also daily press of New York and Philadelphia , 5 mo. 31, 1919, and following days. Hodgkin, Thomas Edward. Died 9 mo. io, 1921, in his forty-ninth year. Eldest surviving son of the late Dr. Thomas Hodgkin. Biographical notices in The Friend (London), 9 mo. 23, and 10 mo. 7, 1921, the latter with portrait. Sharpless, Isaac, 1848-1920. For biography and list of writings see the Bulletin of Friends' Historical Society, 9 (1920) : 90 ff. Thomas, Allen C, 1846-1920. For biography and list of writings see Bulletin of Friends' Historical Society, io (1921) : 42 ff. Wells, William Frederic. A sketch of his life, with portrait, is in The Friend (London), 9 mo. 9, 1921. He...