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bation of her husband, accepted an invitation to become the head of a female seminary at West Chester, Pa., which seemed then to promise great usefulness; but opposition to religious instruction led her to take a more private establishment at Rahway, N. J.; from which, in 1841, she was invited by the Bishop of Maryland, and trustees of the Patapsco Institute, to found a diocesan church school for girls. Here she labored fifteen years, and sustained Episcopal service and worship, and educated as many as one thousand pupils, among whom were about one hundred and fifty beneficiaries, educated for teachers. This was the great and crowning educational work of Mrs. Phelps. She retired from that field in 1856. The death of Mr. Phelps had occurred in 1849. She takes an interest in the great questions of the day, especially in education and the social condition of women, deeply deploring the agitations caused by restless innovators on the established order of society. She resides in Baltimore; has been a communicant of the Episcopal church since 1816, and is now over eighty years of age, in good health and spirits (July, 1874).* CHILDREN OF ALMIRA AND SIMEON LINCOLN. Jane Porter, born 1818, at Hartford, Conn., was a woman of rare accomplishments—a pious and noble character. She was honored and lamented in her death, which was caused by a railroad disaster near Burlington, N.J., Aug. 29th, 1855. The spire of St. John's Church, Troy, is dedicated to her memory. Her remains were interred in the family lot at Greenpoint Cemetery, Baltimore. James Hart, born 1820, at Hartford, Conn., died 1821. Emma Willard, born 1822, at New Britain, Conn., married
Lewis W. ,
now a lawyer in Philadelphia. Their children—Chas. Evans, born 1844, a
young man of brilliant promise, died as he was about to graduate in medicine;
was an assistant surgeon in the late war. Albert Henry, born 1846, was
admitted to the bar in Philadelphia, appointed lieutenant of marines, was
in the naval service during the war, at the storming of Fort Fisher, and
was commended for bravery. Wm. Dennis, born 1848, an attorney at law in
Philadelphia; at sixteen, was a volunteer in a Philadelphia regiment, in
active service. DESCENDANTS OF ALMIRA HART AND JOHN PHELPS, ESQ. Charles Edward, born 1833, in Vermont; was educated at Princeton, and studied law at Cambridge University; a member of Baltimore city council, and
* In her 80th year, she published two volumes, calling them "Fruits
of Autumn," "Preserved in the Winter qf Life." In June,
1874, she presented, by the hand of Rev. John G. Morris, to the "Maryland
Academy of Sciences," her Herbarium, containing about six
hundred specimens of plants, many of them foreign and rare, accompanied
with a letter, which was read when the donation was received. A unanimous
vote of thanks was passed, and she was cordially elected a member of the
institution. She still later showed her interest in science by personally
attending the twenty-third anniversary meeting of the "American Association
for the Advancement of Science," held at Hartford, Conn., commencing
Aug. 12th, 1874, and continued several days.
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