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Clarence Woodville De LANNOY, M. D., a graduate of the St. Louis college, of Brussels, Belgium, and of the Jefferson Medical college, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is the only son of Prof. Felix and Sarah Jane ( Ring) De Lannoy, and was born August 20, 1855, in the city of Rome, Georgia. Prof. Felix De Lannoy (father) was one of a colony of gentlemen (Le Hardy colony) who came to America from Brussels, Belgium, and settled in Georgia, where he continued to reside until the breaking out of our civil war, when he removed to Brattleboro, Vermont. After a few years' residence in that State he removed with his family to Chester, Delaware county. Pennsylvania, where he became professor in the Pennsylvania Military academy, situated in this city. He died May R, 1887, in the sixtieth year of his age. Prof. De Lannoy was twice married, his first wife being Sarah Jane Ring. By this union he had two children
Dr. Clarence W., and Sarah Jane, who became the wife of Col. B. P. Morley, now vice president of the Pennsylvania Military academy at Chester. Mrs. Dec Lannoy died ill 1859, and Prof. DeLannoy afterward married Martha Crosby, of Brattleboro, Vermont. By his second marriage he had three children, one son and two daughters: Anna E. unmarried ; Helen M., who wedded Prof. Silas Comfort. now occupying the chair of mathematics in the Pennsylvania Military academy, and George, now cashier of the Eddystone Print works at Chester. Mrs. Martha De Lannoy is still living. She is a native of Brattleboro, Vermont, and an artist of considerable note, being regarded as one of the best portrait painters in this part of the country, and also remarkably successful in the painting of flowers.
Clarence Woodville De Lannoy spent his first years in the city of his birth, but went to Vermont with his father when about six years of age, ad near the close of the civil war came with him to the city of Chester. His preparatory education was received in private and select schools, and at the age of thirteen he was sent abroad and placed in the St. Louis college of Brussels, Belgium, where he remained until his twentieth year. In 1875 he returned to Chester, Pennsylvania, and shortly afterward attached himself to a corps of scientific artists who were engaged ill making drawings of fossil remains of animals to illustrate Prof. Hoyden's survey of the territories of the United States. Mr. De Lannoy was engaged in that work for a period of two years and a half, during which he evinced remarkable artistic ability and a profound knowledge of prehistoric zoology, thus proving himself one
of the most valuable members and best skilled artists of the corps. His work in this connection was highly appreciated, and he was shortly afterward made a member of the Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences. In the fall of 1877 Mr. De Lannoy entered the Jefferson Medical college of Philadelphia, having determined on medicine as a profession, and was graduated front that well known institution with the degree of M. D. in April, 1881 During his medical course Dr. De Lannoy made a special study of pathology, and at the final examinations carried off the honors in that department. It had been his intention to practice in Philadelphia, but on account of
a brief illness at the time of his graduation he returned to Chester, and was prevailed upon to locate in this city, where he opened an office in November, 1881 and later was called to the chair of histology and pathology in the Philadelphia Chirurgical college, which he held during two sessions and then resumed the practice of medicine in Chester. During his connection with the college he was called upon to give expert testimony in a number of important trials in the courts of New Jersey and Pennsylvania, [].
In 1885 Dr. De Lannoy was united in marriage to Adalaide Slippy, of Petersburg. Virginia. To them has been born a family of five children: Felix, George Norman, Clarence Woodville, jr., Francis Charles, and Paul Louis.
Dr. C; W; De Lannoy is an active member of the Pennsylvania State Medical society, and of the Delaware County Medical society. He is a frequent contributor to the best Medical journals, and in every way keeps himself thoroughly abreast of the leading medical thought of his time. In addition to his large private practice he is also connected with the medical staff of the Chester hospital, and is regarded as among the most learned physicians of eastern Pennsylvania.

Source : Garner, Winfield Scott; Biographical and historical cyclopedia of Delaware County, Pennsylvania : comprising a historical sketch of the county; Richmond, Ind.: Gresham Pub. Co., 1894, 469  pgs.