Delamater, John
physician, surgeon, was born April 18, 1787, in Chatham, N. Y. He was instrumental in establishing the Willoughby Medical institute, Ohio, which was subsequently removed to Cleveland, and became known as the Cleveland Medical college. He died March 28, 1867, in Cleveland, Ohio.
DE LA MATYR, GILBERT, soldier, congressman, was born July 8, 1825, in Pharsalia, N. Y. He has been an itinerant elder of the methodist episcopal church; was a member of the general conference in 1868; and for one term filled the office of presiding elder. In 1862 he helped to enlist the eighth regiment of New York heavy artillery, and was its chaplain three years. He was elected to the forty-sixth congress as a national democrat.
DE LANCEY, EDWARD FLOYD, lawyer, author, was born Oct. 23, 1821, in Mamaroneck, N. Y. In 1879 he was elected domestic corresponding secretary of the New York Historical society, which office he still holds. He has edited Jones' History of New York during the Revolutionary War; and the Secret Correspondence of Sir Henry Clinton. He is the author of Memoir of the Hon. James De Lancey, Lieutenant-Governor of the Province of New York; and other works. DE LANCEY, WILLIAM FLOYD, lawyer, author, was born in 1021 in New York. He is a lawyer and historical writer of New York city; and the author of Memoir of James De Lancey; The Capture of Fort Washington the Result of Treason; Memoir of James W. Beekman'; Memoir of William Allen, Chief Justice of Pennsylvania; Origin and History of Manors in the Province of New York; and History of Mamaroneck, New York.
DE LANCEY, WILLIAM HEATHCOTE, clergyman, educator, was born Oct. 8, 1797, in Mamaroneck, N. Y. In 1828 he was elected provost of the university of Pennsylvania, from which he resigned in 1834. In 1839 he was chosen the first bishop of the diocese of western New York. He aided in founding De Vaux college at Niagara and the Training school at Geneva. He died April 5, 1865, in Geneva, N. Y.
DE LAND, CHARLES VICTOR, soldier, journalist, was born July 25, 1826, in Brookfield, Mass. He served through the civil war and attained the rank of brigadier. He established the Daily Enterprise, and in 1876 he established the Courier Herald of Saginaw, Mich.