Synopsis
Biographical Notice Of Joseph Le Conte (1902)
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Much of my information is derived from this source; and I shall endeavor, as far as possible, to let Prof. Le Conte sown words speak for him, since they will paint a picture better than any that I could outline. Joseph Le Conte was born Feb. 26, 1823, at Woodmanston plantation, Liberty county, Georgia. His fathers family were Huguenots, and traced their ancestry back toG uilliaume Le Conte, born in Rouen, France, in 1659, who left Rouen in 1686, just after the revocation of theE dict of Nantes, and settled inN ew Rochelle. One of his descendants, William, took a prominent part in the revolutionary movement in Georgia. He was a member of the First Council of Safety in 1775, and was on the so-called Black List of those Rebel Councillors, prepared byS ir James Wright and sent to King George IH. The second son of William, John Eaton Le Conte, was born in 1730. He had three sons: William, who died without issue; Louis, the father of Professor Joseph, the subject of this sketch, and of Professor John Le Conte, the physicist; and John Eaton, the father of John L. Le Conte, the distinguished naturalist. Louis, the father of Joseph, was born inN ew York in 1782. He graduated at Columbia College, and then studied medicine, the better to care for the slaves on his fathers plantation. He returned, at the age of 28, to Liberty county, which was a Puritan colony, and very orthodox and exclusive. In 1813, he married A nne Quartermain, one of these Puritans, and a refined and lovely woman. They had four sons and three daughters, of whom Joseph was the fifth child and youngest son. Two of these sons died in early manhood, and both of the others became distinguished men. Joseph smother died when he was only three years old, and he was brought up by his father with the most tender care. This father was a very remarkable man: a good physician, a skillful chemist and naturalist,
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