Evening journal., 1916-02-24

tie. One daughter was born to them,
Mary. who married John Wethered,
who in his day was spoken OF as
an English gentleman. He lived in
Kent county, Maryland. Some of
their descendants are Mrs. William
Jamie, Mrs. Hope II. Barroll. Of
Chestertown, Maryland; DR.. John L.
Wethered. Mrs. Samuel Owings. of
Howard county Maryland; Mrs. Alex
ander Smith Yonkers, Mrs. n. r. Bay
ard, of Washington. and Hon. ID.
Morean Barringer. of Wayne, Pa.
There seems TO be no record as to
who was Judge Sykes second wife,
but there were no children of this
marriage. His third wife was Agnes
Bell, and TO them were born DR..
James Sykes, the Rev Stephen Ma
thaniel Sykes, John Sykes, Nancy
Sykes. Harriet Sykes and Lucy Ma
tilda Sykes Lucy Matilda married
Peter Caverly, nephew of the Rev.
Sydenham Thorn, of Milford. Harriet
married Thomas Elleson Rumsey. son
OF Colonel Charles Rumsoy, who was
one of General Washington's aids
/ Nancy Sykes married Commodore
/ Jacob Jones, who studied medicine
with her brother. Dr. James Sykes.
DIR. James Sykes Activities.
James Sykes was born on the 27th
Of March, 1861. He was attending
school in Wilmington when the same
was broken up by the dreaded ap-
proach Of the English After leaving
school he pursued his literary and
( classical studies under the Rev. Or.
/ Magaw. Having completed his classi-
cal studies. he began the study OF
medicine under the direction Of DR..
/ Clayton. a physician, who practiced
on Bohemia Manor. He attended two
: courses Of lectures In Philadelphia.
He located for the practice OF medi-
cine at Cambridge, Ma. During his
residence there he married Elizabeth
! GoldsborOugh. daughter OF Robert
Goldsborough, Esq. After a residence
In Cambridge Of nearly four years. he
returned to Dover to practice his pro-
fessiOn. He soon became noted as a
surgeon. DR.. Tilton, surgeon general
OF the armies in the United States,
averred that in the operation Of lith-
otomy he had no superior. and an
other gentleman, a graduate of the
School Of Edinburgh, who once as
sisted him in case of this kind, gave
a similar testimonial. declaring that
"by no surgeon, either in England
or America, had he ever seen lithotOmy
more skillfully performed
! DR.. Vaughan. In an address deliver
ed before the Medical Society of Della
ware in 1924, said Of Dr. Sykes:
"During his residence IN Dover, a cir
cumstance occurred. which. ON account
of the attention excited by il at the
time and the active part he took in it
is deserving OF notice. ! allude TO The
g and cnccts OF the adulteratcd Peru
Wan bark Bilious diseases, during th'
fall of which speak were wnusRll,
prevalent, and the Peruvian mcdicin
consequently was very freely and gencr
ally used. Many severe and dreadful
cases of collie resembling colica picto
num). were met with about this tim,
some of which terminated In paralyti
. affections, blindness and death. The al
pcurancc of such terrible anomaly
T. medicine excited great and general cor
e stcrnation, and gave rise TO Varict
N OF theories and coniccturcs for its G.
. PLANTATION. u was considered by SON
as yellow fever; and from the violcn'
% Of its symptoms and rapdity OF il
course. of AN uucommonly malignant nl
!. ture. BY a close and attentive Obscrvi
. fiin of its corrse, 81 iptoms and cause
DR.. Sykes was happily led 30 n disco'
/, cry. which az hc guvc II immediate pul
licityg no doubt saved many lives. II
observed that no persons were attncke
with the disease who had not been usln
bark, and that an attack came on, ger
] a.. e 4
b Of that medicine. he, therefore, natui
ally inferred that the bark was produ,
tive of these serious and fatal effect
, and, Il 20, taat it must be adulterate
with some deadly drug. BY a cautiou
/, inspection Of several samples of the al
ticie, he was enabled to detect the hi,
= den cause " all the evil, discoverin
J. that scmivitrmcd oxide Of lead llitl
J. argel, had been mixed with the bark
a On tracing the matter 90 It's origin,
was found that workman I'm one Of n
4 Laboratories in Philadelphia. who ha
been employed IN pulverizing the med
a cine, for which service he was paid
9, much per pound. had. In order 10 NAL
n II weigh heavier. thrown in OCCASIONAL
the semivitrifcd oxide Of lead, as abo'
q mentioned. In cxtenuation Of N
y dreadful fraud the laborcr urg
ID his Ignorance Of The no
e ious powers of the drug. which
" had added merely TO benefit himse
o, certainly deceiying and imposing on }
:, employer. but without any idea OF
~ proving prejudicial to any other persoi
r. DR.. Sykes held many public pos
tions. was elected to the Senate Z
,. seventeen years and presided ov
ls that body for nearly fifteen yea'
"a While he was president Of the Sena
=. ] in 1901. Richard Bassett resigned
=; governor TO become Judge and he 81
ceeded him as governor 10 ill that {
fee during 1901 and 1902.
e. Being desirous OF passing his d
q clining years in more calmness al
I. TRANQUILITY than was possible for al
= Dhysician who en- Toys an eXtensi'
, practice in the country. he determin
I. on removing TO a city, and in 1914 !
ia with his family. removed 20 New loI
"A After residing there for a period
e. nearly six years his attachments al
y ties 20 his native place prevailed up'
him to return 10 Delaware I'm 1920. n
~ long after his return TO Dover q
Medical Society lost its president
O. the death Of DR.. James Tilton al
a. DR.. Sykes was elected his successC
~ The following tribute was paid to h
-. memory by an article in the Philadc
:. phia Medical Journals:
"As social character. Or. Syk
al s1stra I..a atrtI las u