The National cyclopædia of American biography : being the history of the United States as illustrated in the lives of the founders, builders, and defenders of the republic, and of the men and women who are doing the work and moulding the thought of the present time, edited by distinguished biographers, selected from each state, revised and approved by the most eminent historians, scholars, and statesmen of the day . d lectured, summer andwinter. In 1841 he joined P. L. Buell, of Massa-chusetts, in a phrenological partnership, and duringtwo years they gave extended courses of lectures inWashing
The National cyclopædia of American biography : being the history of the United States as illustrated in the lives of the founders, builders, and defenders of the republic, and of the men and women who are doing the work and moulding the thought of the present time, edited by distinguished biographers, selected from each state, revised and approved by the most eminent historians, scholars, and statesmen of the day . d lectured, summer andwinter. In 1841 he joined P. L. Buell, of Massa-chusetts, in a phrenological partnership, and duringtwo years they gave extended courses of lectures inWashington, D. C, Virginia, Maryland, New Yorkand in New England, and wrote and publishedjointly a book entitled A Guide to the beginning Mr. Sizer aimed to give phren-ology and its practice an elevated place in public es-timation; usually obtained churches for his coursesof lectures, and was commended by letter from oneclergymtm to another, being thus aided in giving astrong moral and educational scope to his work. Heearly became a stated contributor and agent for theAmerican Phrenological Journal, and was alsosocially in touch with the Fowler & Wells publisli-ing house. In 1843 he married Sarah RemingtonHale, of Suflield, Conn., then resided at Avon,Conn., where, in 1846, was born to them NelsonBuell Sizer, who became an alumnus of the Univer-sity of the city of New iork, and also a physician,. <;f7^ ^^^5 and settled in Brooklyn, N. Y. By the formerniarriaM there wei-e two children, George W. andJulia E., the wife of Francis Wood, of 1849 Mr. Sizer was invited to take the position ofphrenological examiner in the office of Fowler &Wells, inNew York, and from that day to the pres-ent (1893) remains in the same work. He at oncebecame a prolific contributor to the Journal, andfrom 1859 to 1863 inclusive had sole editorial chargeof it, besides doing a very large volume of profes-sional work, the proprietors, Messrs. Fowler &Wells, being almost con
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