to legally marry his common law wife Mary Jane Rockefeller (Rockefellow) thereby granting some legitimate status to their 11 children. The ceremony was performed by the Chief Justice of the New York Supreme Court. (She was a third cousin of John D.) Furthermore, his attorneys pushed through a state law making children legitimate if subsequent to their birth, the parents become legally married. However, the law did not clearly apply to children already born at the time the law was passed. Consequently, the Appley children from Mary Jane Rockefeller were compelled to give up two thirds of the estate to their distant cousins. Appley’s children from other women were excluded from any inheritance. Legacy Few men are so sincerely mourned or by such a wide circle of friends, personal and professional, as is Dr. Shrady. For nearly half a century he was a conspicuous figure in his chosen profession, and during his whole career he was ever active to help the unfortunate, to advise and assist the young practitioner, and in all efforts to raise the standard of medical education and ethics. Simple, unaffected, courteous, and with a heart brimming over with kindness, he won the warm affection of all with whom he came in contact. Among the sincerest mourners at his bier are the poor, to whom he gave his best services without hope of fee or reward. This article incorporates text from the 1908 book General Grant's Last Days; with a Short Biographical Sketch of Dr. Shrady, a work now in the public domain. Feel free to alter the text but please maintain the proper citations to that work. References External links American medical journalists 1837 births 1907 deaths American surgeons City College of New York alumni Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons alumni Physicians of Hospital for Special Surgery Burials at Woodlawn Cemetery (Bronx, New York) New York State Department of Health