ABSTRACT
This chapter records John Larwill's family emigration in 1793, the fact that they were quarantined in Philadelphia because of the terrible yellow fever epidemic of that year, and that his father was the first postmaster of the area. He descends from sterling old English stock, both on the paternal and maternal side. His parents immigrated to America in the year 1793, when the subject of this sketch was but a year old. A severe dignity and rigid decorum characterize the man. He despises the glitter which invests the summits of society, detests nonsense, sensationalism, all vaporing, pretense and sham. Domesticity and a warm, fraternal feeling toward his family are exemplified in him. His page of life, now nearly written to the edge, enshrines many a worthy and virtuous deed. Although advanced to his eighty-second year, he possesses considerable muscular energy, and retains to a remarkable degree his mental strength.
