Cleveland, past and present; its representative men: . tiiicted with prolonged constitutional rare Christian virtues are described with tidT-iity and beauty inthe farewell discourse of Kev. W. H. Goodrich, of the First Presby-terian Church, which, being in print, may be read and preserved bythe numerous friends of the good old man. JARED POTTER KIRTLANl) Prof. Kirtland belongs to the class of self-made naturalists whoattain to greater eminence than others of equal talents and bettoradvantages. Success in this branch of science requires not only anative genius, but enthusiasm and n
Cleveland, past and present; its representative men: . tiiicted with prolonged constitutional rare Christian virtues are described with tidT-iity and beauty inthe farewell discourse of Kev. W. H. Goodrich, of the First Presby-terian Church, which, being in print, may be read and preserved bythe numerous friends of the good old man. JARED POTTER KIRTLANl) Prof. Kirtland belongs to the class of self-made naturalists whoattain to greater eminence than others of equal talents and bettoradvantages. Success in this branch of science requires not only anative genius, but enthusiasm and never tiring perseverance ; to therich and tlie educated these last qualiiications are frequently waniing,or, if they are not, instead of growing,- with the progress of life, theybecome more and more weak instead of more and more strong. In- •i Qf. ^.fVff t no i)ii tlinr b uv flc: Y; (iFiAarai/i jimtto^ f-?/ i-ifrfrjtnn Hlw;rnl{s« io .s^iivb erf) o> ^^^ •-.; viniofnvrj) ??a: ^iun ,?:.??:? \i-u^^ t^id -.^^rfj I.^^)/-,;. ^:>^ r :^y ^ ^5^ p///-/^/^ ^ ^ ^/f( xS irS REPRESENTArirE MEN. 37;i (luslry and ainl)ition are more than a match for educalioii in minds ofIIr same order. 1)y. Kirtland orii;inated at Wallingford, Connecticut. IJis lather,TiirlKind Kirthtnd, in 1790, was appointed general agent of the C<»nmc-ticut Land Company, on the lieserve. He removed to , inMahoning county, the next year, where he became a prominent citi/.enof the new county then known as New Connecticut. So long as theComi)any existed he was continued in the agency, and survived until1S33 to witness the developments of the region. Jared appears to have l)een left in Connecticut, probably to securethe advantages of those common schools which were wanting in thiswestern wilderness. The young man made his appearance in Ohio onhorseback, July 4th, 1810, at tlie age of fifteen years. He was destinedto be a i)hysician, and in 1817 he was sent to the celebrated medicalschool of Dr. H
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