Dr William Darlington, Botanist

1782 - 1863  (80 years)

• Name	William Darlington
  Title	Dr
  Suffix	Botanist
  Birth	28 Apr 1782	Birmingham Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA
  Gender	Male
  Death	23 Apr 1863	West Chester, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA
  Burial	Oaklands Cemetery, West Chester, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA   [1]
  Person ID	I27608	Tulpehocken Genealogy
  Last Modified	31 Oct 2023

  
  

  Father	Edward Darlington,   b. 13 Jun 1755, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA d. 1 Apr 1825, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 69 years)
  Mother	Hannah Townsend,   b. 17 Dec 1760, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA d. 9 Aug 1826, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 65 years)
  Marriage	1781
  Family ID	F9472	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  U.S. Congressman. Born in Birmingham, Pennsylvania, he became a botanist, studied medicine, graduated from the medical department of the University of Pennsylvania, in 1804 and went to the East Indies as ship’s surgeon in 1806. Returning to America in 1807, he was a practicing physician in West Chester, Pennsylvania and served as a Major of a volunteer regiment, during the War of 1812. In 1815, he was elected as a Republican to the Fourteenth Congress, served until 1817 and was elected to the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Congresses, serving (1819-23). After his term, he was appointed canal commissioner in 1825, was president of the West Chester Railroad and established a natural-history society in West Chester, in 1826. He also published several books on botany and was president of the National Bank of Chester County, from 1830, until his death at age 80 in West Chester, Pennsylvania.

  
  

• Sources

  [S64] Website: Find a Grave [text], https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6860380/william-darlington.