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 394 MARCH. MARCY. Ethan and Sarah E. (Murray) Allen. Of this union are three children : Allen, Pres- cott, and Murray Marble. Dr. Marble has been physician to Wor- cester City Hospital from 1871 to the present time. He is one of the board of directors of the free public library of Wor- cester, elected in 1886 for six years He has been surgeon to the Worcester Con- tinentals since 1886. He was the originator of the Massachu- setts Cremation Society, and has written extensively upon the subject of the dis- posal of the dead. His paper on this sub- ject was read before the Massachusetts Medical Society, at its annual meeting in ISoston, in 1SS5, and awakened much in- terest in the subject. His pamphlet en- titled "Cremation in its Sanitary Aspects," published by the Worcester Cremation Society, has been extensively circulated, and has drawn the attention of the press of the country. Dr. Marble has made a study of health resorts, and has long advocated a change of climate as a valuable remedy in many chronic diseases. In 1880 he visited the various countries of Europe with this sub- ject in view. In 1887 he went to Bermuda on the same mission, and in 1888 he visited the Bahamas, and has written at length, describing their advantages to invalids. MARCH, DANIEL, son of Samuel and Zoa (Park) March, was born in Mill- bury, Worcester county, July 21, 1816. His preparatory studies were pursued in MUlbury Academy. He was graduated from Yale College in the class of 1840. Choosing to follow a call to the ministry, he passed the usual course in Vale theo- logical seminary, and was ordained pastor of the First church, Nashua, N. H., 1849. He was subsequently called to the Clinton Street Presbyterian church, Philadelphia, where he remained until 1876, when he accepted the pastorate of the First church, Woburn, where he is now settled. Mr. March was married in Proctorsville, Vermont, October 8, 1841, to Jane P., daughter of Abel and Anna (Parker) Gil- son. Of this union are three children: Daniel March, Jr., M. D., Winchester; Rev. Frederick W. March, missionary in the East, and Charles A. March, bureau of pensions, Washington, D. C. Mr. March has made three journeys through the Bible lands — Egypt, Palestine, Syria, Turkey and Greece ; has made three tours of the Continent, visiting every capital of Europe except Lisbon ; traveled in Ceylon, India, Burmah, Siam, China and Japan, visiting the chief cities, spending three years abroad. He is a scholarly writer, and his works have been translated into the German, Swedish, Danish and Norwegian tongues, more than 450,000 copies having been sold. Among his works are : " Night Scenes in the Bible," "From Dark to Dawn," "Home Life in the Bible," "Our Father's House," "Days of the Son of Man," and "The First Khedive." MARCY, Henry Orlando, son of Smith and Fanny (Gibbs) Marcy, was born in Otis, Berkshire county, June 23, 1837. His ancestry was of Puritan stock — paternal (Marcy-Lawton) ; maternal (Gibbs-Morton) — dating back to the early settlers of New England. His grandfather, Thomas Marcy, was one of the first settlers in northern Ohio. His maternal great grandfather Israel, and grandfather, Elijah Gibbs, served in the revolutionary war, and were with General Gates at the surrender of Burgoyne. His father, who served in the war of 181 2, was a teacher by pro- fession. Dr. Marcy received his preliminary and classical education atWilbraham Academy and Amherst College, and was graduated from the medical department of Harvard University, 1863. He was commissioned assistant-surgeon of the 43d Massachusetts volunteers, in April, 1863, and in the fol- lowing November, surgeon of the first regiment of colored troops recruited in North Carolina. He was appointed med- ical director of Florida in 1864, and served on the staff of Generals Van Wyck, Pot- ter, and Hatch. In the autumn of 1863, Dr. Marcy was married to Sarah E. Wendell of Great Palls, N. H. At the close of the war he located in Cambridge, Mass. In the spring of 1869 he went to Europe for the purpose of study, and entered the University of Berlin, where he remained a year as a special student of Professors Virchow and Martin. He then visited the various capitals of Europe, and studied the hospitals and their service, spending quite a period in London and Edinburgh. He became convinced of the truth of Prof. Lister's teachings, and re- turned to America, to adopt, among the first, the now famous, but then (in this country) unknown methods of aseptic and antiseptic surgery. For the purpose of devoting himself more especially to the surgical diseases of women. Dr. Marcy removed to Boston in 1X.S0, and opened in Cambridge a private