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* ''Death: June 11th, [[1911]]''
 
* ''Death: June 11th, [[1911]]''
 
* ''Full Name: Dr. James C. Hepburn''
 
* ''Full Name: Dr. James C. Hepburn''
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James C. Hepburn, born in Milton, Pa., in 1815, graduated from Princeton College in [[1832]], and from the Medical Department of the University of Pennsylvania in [[1836]]. He went as a missionary physician to [[China]] in [[1840]]. After residing in Singapore two years during the war between England and China, went up to China and resided about three years in Amoy, where he opened a hospital and dispensary in conjunction with Dr. W. H. dimming, where he also compiled a complete vocabulary of Fokeen colloquial dialect; but his own health, as well as that of his wife breaking down, he returned to the United States. He commenced the practice of medicine in New York City, where he resided some thirteen years.  
 
James C. Hepburn, born in Milton, Pa., in 1815, graduated from Princeton College in [[1832]], and from the Medical Department of the University of Pennsylvania in [[1836]]. He went as a missionary physician to [[China]] in [[1840]]. After residing in Singapore two years during the war between England and China, went up to China and resided about three years in Amoy, where he opened a hospital and dispensary in conjunction with Dr. W. H. dimming, where he also compiled a complete vocabulary of Fokeen colloquial dialect; but his own health, as well as that of his wife breaking down, he returned to the United States. He commenced the practice of medicine in New York City, where he resided some thirteen years.  

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