FORWOOD, William Stump, physician, born near Darlington, Harford County, Maryland, 27 January 1830. He studied medicine in Harford County, and was graduated at the University of Pennsylvania in 1854, and also in the same year from Dr. Joseph Warrington's obstetric institute in Philadelphia. He began practice in Darlington, Maryland, and continued there till 1869, when, after living in Philadelphia till December 1870, he removed to Gosport, Clarke County, Ala., but in 1873 returned to Darling ton, where he still (1887) resides. In 1866 he aided in organizing the Medical society of Harford County, of which he became president, and was for several years its secretary. He also aided in the organization of the Clarke County, Ala., medical society, and was its first president. He was president of the Pennsylvania and Maryland union medical association in 1882, and is a member of many other medical societies. He was president of the Harford historical society at its organization in 1885, and still (1887) holds that office. During 1886 he read valuable papers before the society, including "The History of Harford County" and "The History of the Passage of General Lafayette with his Army through Harford County in 1781." In 1867 and 1870 he made extended explorations in Mammoth Cave, Kentucky, and afterward pub lished "An Historical and Descriptive Narrative of the Mammoth Cave of Kentucky" (Philadel phia, 1870; 4th ed., enlarged, 1875).