JOHN W. GLONINGER, b. September 23, 1798, at Lebanon, Pa.; d. March 10, 1874, in his native town. He received his education at the principal schools of Lebanon and Harrisburg, completing it in the city of Baltimore. In 1815 he returned home, mid commenced the study of medicine with Dr. King. Early in 1816 he went to Philadelphia, and became a private pupil of Professor Dorsey, then in the height of his fame, at the same time attending lectures in the medical department of the University of Pennsylvania and at Blockley Hospital. In 1817 he was elected a member of the Philadelphia Medical Society. He continued his studies in Philadelphia until the death of Professor Dorsey, which occurred in 1818, when he went with the majority of Doctor Dorsey's private pupils to New York. Here he entered the office of the distinguished Professor Hosack, at the same time attending lectures in the College of Physicians and Surgeons, where he graduated April 1, 1819. He continued his studies in the hospitals of New York and Philadelphia, and early in 1820 returned to Lebanon, where he commenced the practice of medicine. There he soon took a leading position as a physician and surgeon, and maintained it for thirty years. As a general practitioner he was careful, attentive, and distinguished for his accuracy of diagnosis; as a surgeon he was eminent, but his specialty was diseases of the eye, and as an oculist he ranked among the best in the country, being particularly successful in operations for cataract. For the first twenty years of his professional career he was a frequent contributor to the medical journals. Many of the articles show that he was not only a careful observer but a close student, and that he was keeping pace with the progress of medical science. In 1823 he was elected a member of the Pittsburgh Medical Society; in 1826 made a Fellow of the University of New York, and Jefferson Medical College, the same year, conferred upon him the honorary degree of M. D. In 1838 he was elected an honorary member of the New York State Medical Society, and in 1841 the University of Maryland conferred the honorary degree of M. D. upon him, the University of Pennsylvania doing the same in 1848. In March 1841, he was elected president of the Lebanon bank, a position which he held until January 14, 1867, when he declined a re-election. He always took a deep interest in the church of his fathers, and was mainly instrumental in remodeling the First Reformed church, at Lebanon, about 1844, and later in the founding and building of St. John's church. He freely contributed of his means to all church enterprises, and for many years was a trustee of Marshall College, and also one of the founders and trustees of the Lebanon Academy. Dr. Gloninger was twice married; m., first, December 25, 1820, MARY ANN HASSINGER, of Philadelphia, who died in February, 1846. She was a woman of much culture and refinement, and the mother of all his children.