SAMUEL>> HAYES << PENNINGTON>> , descending from Revolutionary ancestors, was born at Newark, N.J., Oct. 16, 1806. A graduate from the Newark Academy, he entered Princeton College in 1823, and received therefrom, in 1825, the degree of A.B., and in 1828 that of A.M. In the latter year he commenced the study of medicine in the office of his maternal uncle, Dr. Samuel Hayes, and subsequently attended lectures under the Rutgers Medical Faculty, of Geneva College, among the names of whom we find those of the distinguished Dr. David Hosack and Dr. John W. Francis. In 1829, receiving his degree of M.D., he soon after began at Newark the work of his profession, entering into partnership with his uncle and ultimately succeeding to his practice in 1839. His great activity, his acknowledged skill and excellent judgment, together with his success as a practitioner, made him especially prominent among his medical brethren, and brought to him a very extensive consulting practice. For this and other reasons, after more than thirty years of arduous labor, he began by degrees to release himself from the more burdensome duties of his profession, confining his practice within a very limited circle. A man of learning himself, he naturally and cordially seconded every effort to advance the cause of education, and his election and re-election as a member of the Public School Board of Newark, N.J., for a period of seventeen years, seven of which he was president of the board by a unanimous vote, is some evidence of the earnestness of his labors in behalf of the educational interests of his native city. To the Newark Academy, of which he is a graduate, he has always shown a great devotion, becoming a member of its board of trustees as early as 1833, and since 1854 president of that board. In 1856 he was chosen a trustee of the College of New Jersey, at Princeton, and soon after a trustee of the Theological Seminary in the same place, both of which offices he still holds, and, since the death of Chancellor Green, has been president of the board of trustees of the Theological Seminary. While actively engaged in the practice of his profession he was also prominent and useful in the medical society of the county, and in 1848 was elected president of the State Medical Society. That his professional reputation was not confined to his native State is shown by the fact that he was elected an honorary member of the Connecticut Medical Society, also a corresponding member of the Medical Society of Munich and of the Royal Botanical Society of Ratisbon.

As a writer, Dr. Pennington is graceful and vigorous. His literary productions are not voluminous; nevertheless, he has made many and very valuable contributions to medical science, and is the author of numerous addresses and papers on the subject of education as well as essays on kindred topics.

More than thirty years ago he took an active part in the establishment of the Newark City National Bank, and from the organization of that institution to the present time has presided over its affairs. Although at an age when men usually throw off the cares of business, life, Dr. Pennington is still faithfully exercising the sound judgment and business ability which have made this bank one of the most successful financial corporations of the State.