In the 74th year of his age. He was born in the latter end of the year 1745 in the County of Merns in Scotland and being then initiated in the Classics, he afterwards / entered and completed his classical and Philosophical Education / in the Marchal College of Aberdeen / From whence he was removed to the Medical Schools of Edinbug, where he studied Physic, and its kindred science. Under the care and supervision of the celebrated Dr. Gregory and in the year 1768 ordained the degree of Doctor of Medicine. In 1769 he removed, to, and settled in Charleston. S. C. Where with eminent success, and reputation with a peculiar and faithful attention to the sick and a characteristic sympathy that soother the afflicted he practiced the healing art, for nearly half a century / In the year 1770 he became a member of the charitable and honorable Society of St. Andrew and was its President when he died. He was one of the principal and active founders of the Incorporated Medical Society of So. Carolina / which was no less cultivated adorned, and enlightened. by his professional knowledge, skill and experience / Than delighted by those Gentlemanly manners and social qualities, which rendered him so much respected and beloved by society at large. These societes, with a large and spontaneous assemblage of the most respectable citizens of both sexes / testified at his obsequies, how greatly they had loved, and how deeply they deplored, the loss of him, whom as a man, a Christian, a Physician, a Friend and a Neighbor. They had so long regarded with reverence and affection to Consecrate the memory of a Husband most beloved, a Father most affectionate, who through a long life had been a Cherished blessing, to his family, his disconsolate widow Sarah Baron has caused this monument to be erected.