Dr. Lyman Spalding (1775-1821) graduated from Harvard in 1797 and began the practice of medicine in Portsmouth, N.H. Spalding assisted in establishing a medical school at Dartmouth College and in 1812 was appointed president of the College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York City. He was also instrumental in introducing the smallpox vaccine to America and founded the first national medical journal Pharmacopeia. Spalding married Elizabeth Cowes ( -1838) of Portsmouth in 1802. Several of their children were Lyman Dyer Spalding (1810-1892), a merchant and sea captain, and Elizabeth Parkhurst Spalding (1803-1878), who ran a school in Portsmouth. Lyman Dyer Spalding married Susan Parker Parrott (1815-1889) in 1838. Two of their children were Lyman Greenleaf Spalding (1845-1881), a lieutenant in the United States Navy, and Susan Parker Spalding Hall (1850-1904).
From the description of Papers, 1806-1904. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 207171707
