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deceased on Thursday, June 8th. The pastor spoke to a large and deeply sympathizing congregation from I Sam. 20-3: "There is but a step between me and death." From his earliest years Robert was taken to church by his parents, who are devoted members of the Wm. Penn Methodist Episcopal church. He delighted to be in his Sunday school class every Sabbath. He was carefully instructed in God's word at his home, and in his quiet manner gave clear evidence that these instructions were not lost, but cheered him greatly when suffering the most excruciating pain. The dust of Robert reposes in a beantiful cemetery near Shenandoah, by the side of the dear ones who crossed the river before him. Parents, brothers and friends will meet him on the other shore.

"I shall know the loved, who have gone before.

And joyfully sweet will the meeting be. When over the river, the peaceful river, The angel of death shall carry me." E. POTTS, Pastor. 'THE LATE JAMES J. LEVICK, M. D. PHILADELPHIA, PA., BY MR DAVID JONES, PHILADELPHIA, PA.

With profound regret I write these few lines to the Cambrian, giving the account of the death of my beloved friend, Dr. James Jones Levick, 1200 Arch St. Philadelphia, which took place on Sabbath morning June 25th 1893. of heart failure in the 69th year of his age. He was a good man and his loss will be deeply felt by a large circle of friends, because of his kind impulses and generous sympathies He was a prolific writer on on medical subjects, and wrote a great deal on the old Welsh settlers here, and a few months before his death he delivered an address at the Penn., Historical Society on the early Welsh Quakers in Pennsylvania, himself coming from that good old Quaker stock that came to Philadelphia, from Wales before Wm. Penn arrived here. He was a decendant of John Ap Thomas, of Bala, Wales who came here with the first ship although there is no date given when they arrived here, the Dr. gave me an old Welsh letter to translate some fifteen years ago, that was in his posession from John Ap Thomas; it runs thus;this; is ye 2nd letter Scool Kill River ye 26th of ye 6 mo. 1682.

When Wm. Penn had the grant of this colony from King Charles on the first of January, 1682, he dispatched a ship here as soon as he could with Welsh and English Quakers. There is no date when they sailed, nor the name of the port they sailed from, nor the date when they arrived here, and John Ap Thomas was amongst them; the old letter is brief, and to the point giving account of the

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voyage which was a very pleasant one, and telling them what to bring with them when they came for their comfort on the voyage, and for their use in this country. Another old Welsh letter he had in his possession Hugh Roberts, Eyton park Denbighshire, 3rd month, 1692, and a deed signed by Wm. Penn, to Thomas Jones, 10th of 12th month, 1703, for five thousand acres of land, recorded in patent book A, Vol. 2, page 645, 646,647, Thomas Story Recorder. Signed by Edward Shippen, Griffith Owen, Thomas Story, James Logan. John Ap Thomas laid out twenty-five pound, and got twelve hundred and fifty acres of land for it. There are several old letters written in English on family relationship, almost unreadable, and the John Ap Thomas family have always lived in Philadelphia, and through marriage and inter marriage with the Foulke's and Loyd's of Dolobran, the Levick's family have been eminent in their days. Dr. Levick was no ordinary man and the Welsb, and the Welsh Society, has lost a friend who was always willing and ready to give a helping hand in time of need. He was chief of the medical staff of the Welsh Society up to his death,

He was born in this City July 28, 1824. His early education was completed at Haverford College, and soon after this he commenced the study of medicine under the supervision of the late Dr. George B. Wood, who was his preceptor, and graduated at the University of Pennsylvania, in 1847. He soon built a large and lucrative practice which he retained until his death.

He was elected a member of the medical staff of the Pennsylvania Hospital in 1856, and served a period of twelve years and five months, resigning in 1868. He had previously served the Hospital as a resident physician during the years 1849 and 1851.

Dr. Levick was elected a fellow of the College of Physicians in April 1851. He was for forty one years physician to the Magdalen Asylum, physician to the Wills Eye Hospital from 1853 to 1865, a member of the American Medical Association since 1864, and of the Academy of Natural Science of Philadelphia since 1865. In 1855 he was elected a member of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, and in 1853 a member of the Philadelphia County Medical Society.

Dr. Levick was a frequent contributor to the medical journals, and his papers on various medical subjects commanded widespread attention in this country, as well as abroad.

He wrote in 1861 a most valuable and important paper on "Epidemic Influenza and its Treatment." Dr. Levick was an authority on historical subjects, especially on the early settlers of Pennsylvania. He wrote a paper on the early Physicians of Philadel

phia, which was exhaustive, instructive and most entertaining. This was prepared at the request of the Association of the Ex-Resident Physicians of the Pennsylvania Hospital, and read by him at the first meeting of that Association. He was early indentified with the Welsh Society and became one of its most prominent members, as his grandfather was before him. His last literary work read before the Historical Society which is now in the printers hands is entitled "The Early Welsh Quakers and their Emigration to Pennsylvania."

Dr. Levick as a teacher of medical students in the amphitheatre, and at the bedside of the patient, was unsurpassed His delivery was clear, concise, and thorough He was a member of what in olden times was known as a "quiz," the reputation of which was known all over the country, and was continued until the methods of medical education were radically changed. The friendship so formed among the younger medical men continued until the present. The Welsh mottoes which adorn the Bryn Mawr Hotel were devised by Dr. Levick, who spent part of two summers in Wales, going over the country, refreshining old memories, and securing his torical data. He was a most prudent, safe, and conservative physician and was constantly sought by his fellow practitioners in consultation. Dr. Levick was a man of excellent literary attainments, was poetical, and wrote considerable which might suitably be preserved. In disposition, he was markedly social, was a good entertainer, a true and loving friend. He died a member of the Religious Society of Friends, in which he had a birthright, whose views were his, not only by education, but by strong conviction.-Ecening Telegrayh, July 26, 1893.

The funeral services were held June 28th at the Friends Meeting House on Twelfth street, below Market st., and were largely attended by the medical profession and others that are high in social life. Remarks were made by Joseph Maule, Dr. Richard Randolph, Edward sharples, one of the ministers of the meeting, and Elizabeth Evans. Prayer was offered by Mr. Maule. Interment was at the Friends South-western Burial Ground near Darby.

BEYNON-On February 2nd 1893, occurred the sudden and melancholy death of Mr. David R. Beynon, who was killed instantly by a Pennsylvania Railroad train near Aolmesburg Junction. Mr. Beynon, was the son of Mr. Richard D. Beynon, Staunton St., Wilkesbarre, Pa., and was born at Dowlais, Glamorganshire, S. W., August 25, 1859. He came to America in 1870. For several years Mr. Beynon, was manager of the district

messenger telegraph office at Wilkesbarre, and afterward branched out into the electric light business at Ashley, Pa., where he had charge of the electric light plant. Thence he moved to Philadelphia, where he became superintendant of the Suburban Electric Light Company. On September 7th 1892 he was married to Miss Emma Powell, of Port Kennedy, and the united couple took up their residence at Tacony near Philadelphia, Pa. Mr. Beynon was a young man of bright intellect, upright and honorable in his character, and those with whom he associated admired him for the straightforward and uncompromising honesty and his unfailing courtesy and good nature were proverbial. He was the idol of his parents to whom the news of his untimely death is a crushing blow.

The following letter, the last written to his parents and sister, show the mutual affection which prevailed in the old home circle.

Tacony, PHIL., January 16th, 1893. DEAR FATHER AND MOTHER AND SISTER:

Your loving letter to hand in due time, and we were very glad to receive it. It is always a pleasure to hear from those we love, and

where can we find raore loved ones than at "Home Sweet Home.' It is only when our hearts have become hardened, and our better natures left us entirely, that we can fail to feel our hearts beat faster and warmer when we hear from, see, or speak to our loved ones. God grant that while there is life within us, there will also be much of the greatest thing in the world "love there too." Oh what a world of woe this would be if love were taken from it. Everything that is really good is derived directly or indirectly from this. Love rules in heaven and earth. And if we only realized this more, how much better it would be for us. Oh how pleased I am to say that though far away I now do roam, I love the spot I long called home, and which shall e'er remain to me the greatest spot in memory I love the folks at Home Sweet Home, and always will whate'er may come, for long they loved and fondled me and could I now be unworthy I know our love is not the kind that chaugeth oft as doth the wind, but like the evergreen shall stay through every season the same way. etc. etc,

The funeral services were held early on Monday morning February 6th, at his late residence in Tacony, Rev. Charles Collins, of Philadelphia, Pa., officiating. Thence the funeral cortege proceeded by train to Port Kennedy Cemetery for burial. Quite a number of his relatives and friends from Wilkesbarre attended the funeral, in addition to the many friends from Philadelphia and Port Kennedy.

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