Edward D. Mansfield, USMA 1819

1801 -- October 27, 1880

Cullum # 206. Graduated 4th in the class of 1819.

Commissioner of Statistics for the State of Ohio, 1858-1868.

Genealogy:

• Son of Jared Mansfield, first Professor of Natural and Experimental Philosophy at USMA.
• His son, Francis Worthington Mansfield, #2397, is an 1871 graduate.

Publications:

Utility of Mathematics, 1834. No copy at USMA.

Memoirs of the life and services of Daniel Drake, M.D., physician, professor, and author [microform] : with notices of the early settlement of Cincinnati ; and some of its pioneer citizens, Cincinnati : Applegate & Co., 1855. [USMA: Microfiche Library of American Civilization]

A good biography of Dr. Drake, 1785-1852. He was born in New Jersey; in 1788 the family moved to Mays Lick, Kentucky. He was a professor at Transylvania University and at Louisville Medical Institute, and he founded the Medical College of Ohio, now the U. of Cincinnati College of Medicine, in 1819, and the Commercial Hospital and Lunatic Asylum, now the U. of Cincinnati Hospital in 1820. He was the author and/or editor of several books and journals. Howes 264. Coleman 1564. [On sale on the web for $250, November 2001.]

American education: its principles and elements: dedicated to the teachers of the United States, New York : A.S. Barnes & Co. ; Cincinnati : H.W. Derby & Co., 1851, c1850.