He was born in this city, a son of Dr. James and Rebecca Irons, who were of English and French-Irish ancestry, and descendants of the earlier settlers of the state. He entered business and was variously employed in a number of the Southern States. In 1863 he returned to this city and entered the University of Maryland. After graduation in 1865, when the Civil War was nearing its end, he acted as assistant surgeon in the Officers' Hospital at Annapolis. A year later he went to Alabama, but remained only a short time. He returned and opened a practice here, which he maintained. He retired from active work about seven years ago. At that time he was subordinate medical examiner for the Royal Arcanum, of which he was a member. He was also a member of the Masons, the Baltimore Medical Society and the Medical and Chirurgical Faculty of Maryland. In 1857 he married Miss Anna Rebecca Sewell, a daughter of Thomas H. Sewell, a Baltimore manufacturer. A daughter, Mrs. James W. Ramsey, is the only survivor. * * * * * Dr. Benjamin Franklin Laughlin, class of 1904, died at his home, at Deer Park, Md., aged 31 years. He first located at Blaine, W. Va., where he practiced. He was taken ill at Kingwood, W. Va., some months ago, and was later sent to a Baltimore hospital, but he showed no signs of improvement. He was a son of Dr. and Mrs. J. W. Laughlin, Deer Park, and a brother of Hice Laughlin, a prominent Baltimore and Ohio official, Grafton, W. Va. Dr. George C. Farnandas, class of 1852, of Baltimore, died Sunday, April 4, 1909, at his home, 1721 Maryland avenue, Baltimore, of old age. The funeral took place from his late home, 1721 Maryland avenue. Dr. Farnandas was 80 years old. Before the Civil War he had a large practice, but gave it up so that he might travel. He was well known to the older generation of Baltimoreans. The services were conducted by Rev. J. H. Eccleston, rector of Emmanuel Church. The honorary pallbearers were Dr. N. K. Keirle, Dr. James M. Craighill, Dr. Samuel T. Earle, Mr. Thomas H. Robinson and Mr. Wm. P. Trimble, of Harford county. Burial was in Greenmount Cemetery. * * * * * Mrs. Virginia Blackwell Carder, aged 38 years, wife of Dr. George M. Carder, class of 1891, of Cumberland, Md., died March 17, 1909, after a struggle of two weeks against the ravages of a mastoid abscess. Mrs. Carder was preparing to visit her sister, Mrs. Gay Breton Leroux, in Douglas, Ga.