Biographical and genealogical history of the state of Delaware, Vol. I, Part 100

Author: Runk, J.M. & Co
Publication date: 1899
Publisher: Chambersburg, Pa.
Number of Pages: 1482

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William J. Armstrong was educated in part in the public schools at Greenbank, and fin- ished his studies at Rugby Academy, Wil mington, Del. After leaving Rugby, he re- turned to the homestead, and engaged in farming. Upon the death of his father, he took charge of the homestead at Brookland, which he has cultivated for the past six years. Ile is also owner of the Woodland farm, 112 acres, which was the property of his grand- father. He devotes much of his attention to a large dairy which is upon his farm, and raises large quantities of grain and fine horses. ITe is held in much respect by his neighbors. Mr. Armstrong is a member of Vulcan Lodge, No. 22, A. O. U. W., of Marshallton, and has been a Democrat since he cast his first vote. He was registrar of voters in Marshall- ton district of Christiana hundred for several years, and is now a school commissioner.

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Dr. Alexander and Emeline (McKeener) Irons, of Newport. Their children are: I. James I .; II. Helen; III. William; IV. Bertha; V. Sarah E. Mr. and Mrs. Armstrong are members of the P. E. church.

WILLIAM M. BRACKIN, P. O. Els- mere, Del., son of James M. and Eleanor (Ly- man) Brackin, was born near Brackinville, Mill Creek hundred, New Castle county, Del., November 18, 1839.

The records of New Castle county show that among the early settlers within its bounds were members of the Brackin family, and the tradition concerning them is that they were all good citizens. John Brackin, great-grand- father of William M. Brackin, was born in Mill Creek hundred. He was engaged in farming throughout his life, and became an extensive land owner. His home farm was on the Limestone road, a well known thorough- fare of that hundred. He was active and in- dustrious, and his death was due to an acci- dent sustained while assisting in the work on the farm. He was reaping wheat when his sickle struck his leg, and severed an artery, causing him to bleed to death. During the Revolutionary war he served as a private in the Continental army. John Brackin was married to Elizabeth Foote, of Mill Creek hundred. Their children were: I. Benjamin; II. Elizabeth; III. William. Mr. Brackin was buried in St. James P. E. church grave- yard at Stanton. Mrs. Brackin was buried in the Red Clay Creek Presbyterian church graveyard.

William Brackin, grandfather of William M. Brackin, was born on the Limestone road, Mill Creek hundred, in 1788. There he at. tained to manhood, and was for a few years a farmer. In 1809, he removed to Brackin- ville, Mill Creek hundred, purchased a tract of land there and cultivated it until 1818, when he erected a hotel and conducted it until his death. When he established his hostelry, Mr. Bracken gave it the name of "Peace and Plenty," and the patronage it received was convincing evidence that the sign which grect- ed the traveler conveyed to him no unfulfilled promises. When the good old expressive titles of inns were dropped, Mr. Brackin changed the name to Brackin's Hotel, but in no wise abated the hospitable cheer of his tavern. Mr. Brackin was a private in the war of 1812.

Ile was a stanch follower of Jefferson and Jackson, and an active party worker.

On October 17, 1811, William Brackin was married to Mary, daughter of John Menden- hall, of Mill Creek hundred. They had chil- dren: I. James M., born November 30, 1812, farmer, deceased; II. Elizabeth, born June 12, 1815, married John Plankerton, a miller, both deceased; III. John G., born April 10, 1818, deceased; IV. William B., born Octo- ber 1, 1820, deceased; V. Hannah J. (Mrs. Edward Green), born February 3, 1823, died in Delaware county, Pa .; VI. Mary A., born May 14, 1825, deceased; VII. Benjamin Franklin, born May 15, 1827, was a well · known carpenter and contractor, of Wilming- ton, deceased; VIII. Edith Ann, born Febru- ary 28, 1829, deceased. Mrs. Mary Brackin died September 7, 1837, and was buried in St. James P. E. churchyard at Stanton. William Brackin married in July, 1846, as his second wife, Bertha, daughter of Richard Russell, born in Yorkshire, England, in 1813. Their children are: I. Sarah J. (Mrs. Ross D. Pierson), of Chester county, Pa., born May 6, 1848; II. Richard R., born December 1, 1849, died young; III. Newton J., born De- cember 6, 1851; IV. Mary A., born Decem- ber 2, 1855, deceased. Mr. Brackin died in 1859, and was buried in St. James P. E. churchyard at Stanton. After her husband's death, Mrs. Brackin conducted the hotel for a number of years. She died May 30, 1886, and was also buried in St. James P. E. church- yard.

James M. Brackin, father of William M. Brackin, was born at Brackinville, November 30, 1812. He attended the district schools of Mill Creek hundred and afterward learned carpentry with Joshua Jackson. For twenty years he was employed at his trade, and then turned his attention to farming. In 1851 he leased the Garret farm at Yorklyn, Christiana hundred, and resided there until 1869, when he went to the home of his son William M., and remained with him until his death. Mr. Brackin was a skilled mechanic and a practi- val farmer. He had much inventive skill and was clever in making odd wooden articles. One of the products of his busy hand was a small table made out of one hundred and twenty-five different pieces of wood. Relics of any nature were eagerly sought for and carefully preserved by him. One of his col-

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lections was of five thousand buttons, no two of which were alike. Mr. Brackin was high- ly esteemed by the people of his community. For some years he was United States assessor in Mill Creek, Christiana and Brandywine hundreds. He was in his early life a Demo- crat, but afterward joined the Republican .party. James M. Brackin was married to Eleanor, daughter of Thomas and Eleanor (Robinson) Lyman, born in Christiana hun- dred. They had children: I. William M .; II. Sarah Eleanor, died young; III. Thomas, died in 1862; IV. Mary E. (Mrs. Alpheus Pennock), died in Mill Creek hundred. Mr. Braekin died in 1885; his wife died in Janu- ary, 1872; both were buried in the Lower Brandywine Presbyterian churchyard. Mr. Brackin was an elder in the church.

William M. Brackin attended Mount Pleas- ant public school and Ebenezer school, and as- sisted his father on the home farm until 1861, when he leased the Garrett farm of 196 acres in Christiana hundred, and cultivated it until 1869. In the latter year he removed to the Glenbrook farm of 104 acres, Christiana hun- dred, and has resided there ever since, making extensive improvements and adding much to the beauty and productiveness of the farm. He devotes much attention to the dairy and stock raising, and is regarded as one of the most successful farmers of the hundred. In 1862, during the first administration of Presi- dent Lincoln, Mr. Brackin was appointed to- bacco inspector. In 1894, Mr. Brackin was elected road commissioner, succeeding George Eby, and has been an active and faithful of- ficial. The roads have been greatly improved since he entered upon his duties. Mr. Brackin is a member of Armstrong Lodge, No. 26, F. & A. M .; of Delta Chapter, R. A. M., and St. John's Commandery, K. T., and of the Diamond State Grange. He is a Republican, and an enthusiastic worker for the success of his party.

In 1867, at Yorklyn, William M. Brackin was married to Mary, daughter of Joshua Jackson, born in Elkton, Cecil county, Md. Their children are: I. Elizabeth P., at home; II. William J., at home. Mrs. Mary Brackin died in 1872, and was buried in the Lower Brandywine Presbyterian churchyard. In 1882 William M. Brackin married Adelaide, daughter of Joseph E. Pennock, born in Franklin township, Chester county, Pa. Mrs.

Adelaide Brackin died in 1883, and was buried in the Lower Brandywine Presbyterian graveyard. Mr. Brackin is a member of the Presbyterian church.

JOSEPHI II. CHANDLER, M. D., Cen- treville, New Castle county, Del., eldest son of Joseph Perlee and Elizabeth (Hendrick- sou) Chandler, was born at Centreville, at 11 o'clock a. m., June 15, 1839.

His great-great-grandfather, George Chand- ler, was a native of New Garden, Ches- ter county, Pa., and an influential Friend. Joseph Chandler, son of George Chandler, of New Garden, was born in that place; he was a farmer, and passed his tranquil and useful life upon his homestead in the same neigh- borhood, where he died, and his remains were interred in the graveyard at Centre meeting. Joseph Chandler married Ann, daughter of Isaac and Elizabeth (James) Chandler; their only child was Benjamin, the grandfather of Dr. Chandler, who was born in Christiana hundred, where he passed his entire life, ocen- pied in cultivating the soil. Benjamin Chand- ler married Elizabeth, daughter of John and Mary (Springer) Armstrong; their children were: I. Mary Ann, died unmarried; 1I. Victor Alexander, died young; III. Rebecca (Mrs. Joseph G. Hendrickson), died in 1849; IV. Joseph Perlee; V. John Poulson; VI. Elizabeth M. (Mrs. James Martin); VII. Ade- line P., second wife, afterwards widow of Jos- eph G. Hendrickson. Benjamin Chandler died in 1857, and his mortal remains, with those of his excellent wife, repose in the churchyard of Lower Brandywine Presbyte- rian church, of which they were honored mem- bers. Mr. Chandler's political tenets were those of the Whig party.

Their son, Joseph Perlee Chandler, was born near Centreville in 1810; attended the schools of the hundred, and the school taught by Rev. James A. Latta, in Wilmington. His medical education was received at the Uni- versity of Pennsylvania, from which institu- tion he graduated in 1831. For forty-eight years from that date, Dr. Chandler pursued his useful and honorable profession with sue- cess in Centreville, Del .; he practiced up to the day of his death, which occurred May 11, 1879. Dr. Joseph P. Chandler was not only a skilful practitioner, and held in honor pro- fessionally; he was also highly esteemed as a citizen. Hle owned a thriving farm, on

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which he had built a comfortable and beauti- ful residence; he was a man of fine appear- ance, measuring five feet ten inches in height, and weighing 190 pounds. Before the war of the Rebellion, he had been a Democrat; after that period, he supported the Republican party. Dr. Chandler's remains were buried in Brandywine cemetery, Wilmington.

Joseph Perlee Chandler was married at Greenville, Christiana hundred, to Elizabeth, daughter of Peter and Rebecca (Mccullough) Hendrickson; the family is of Scotch ancestry. Mrs. Chandler was born in Christiana hun- dred. Their children are: I. Joseph H .; IL. Peter, engaged in husbandry in Chester county, Pa .; III. Ella R. (Mrs. Joseph C. Noblit), of Philadelphia; IV. Elizabeth, wife of Samuel G. Simmons, a dealer in lumber, of Wilmington; V. Margaret (Mrs. Samuel Gregg), resides on the homestead; VI. Re- becca H. (Mrs. J. D. Shisler, of Wilmington; VII. Thomas M., of Philadelphia; VIII. Ben- jamin, died in infancy; 1X. Alexander, also died very young. Mrs. Elizabeth Chandler died in 1883, and is buried in the Brandywine cemetery, at Wilmington; she was a consistent member of the Lower Brandywine Presbyter- ian church. Dr. Joseph P. Chandler took a deep interest in education; it was for this rea- son, and not as a politician, that he was elected and served as school commissioner.

Dr. Joseph H. Chandler was educated in the Centreville public schools, at Col. Hyatt's academy, in Wilmington, and at the seminary of New York Conference, from which he graduated in 1851. After reading medicine under the preceptorship of his father, he en- tered Jefferson Medical College, Philadel- phia, in 1858, and took his diploma from that celebrated school in 1860. He first practiced two years at DuPont Banks, then two years in Wilmington; during this time he entered the U. S. service as surgeon in the Fifth Regi- ment of Delaware Infantry, Col. McCoombs, in which capacity he spent six months at Fort Delaware, Havre de Grace, Md. In 1864, he became his father's partner at Centreville, and practiced conjointly with him until the death of Dr. Joseph P. Chandler, in 1879; since that time he has continued to practice alone, with great success, enjoying a high reputation for professional knowledge, tact and skill. Dr. Chandler is a member of the American Medical Association, also member and ex-president of the Delaware State Medi-

cal Society. He is a member of DuPont Lodge No. 29, A. F. and A. M., Wilmington; of Centreville Lodge No. 37, I. O. O. F., and past grand master of the state; of Centreville Conclave No. 119, I. O. II. Dr. Chandler is warmly interested in the educational and other affairs of the community; he has been for thirty-five years a school commissioner of Cen- treville, and a president of the board; is a di- rector of the Security and Safe Deposit Co. of Wilmington; a director of the Wilmington & Kennett Turnpike Co .; secretary and treas- urer of the Centreville and Brandywine Cem- etery Co., and secretary of the Christiana Hundred Insurance Co., to insure against horse stealing. Ilis political opinions have always been those of the Republican party. Socially, as well as professionally, Dr. Chand- ler enjoys the high esteem of his fellow-citi- zens.

Dr. Joseph H. Chandler was married in Centreville to Sarah Burnell Pugh, daughter of James R. and Mary B. Pugh, of Harris- burg, Pa. Their children are: I. Susan P. (Mrs. William P. Hendrickson), of Wilming- ton, has one child, Anna J .; II. Bessie H. (Mrs. James L. Luke), of Piedmont, W. Va., where Mr. Luke is a paper manufacturer, has one child, Joseph Chandler Luke.

CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN OF GEORGE AND JANE CHANDLER.

I. Jane, married about 1693 Robert Jef- feris, of Chichester, afterward settled in East Bradford township, Chester county, Pa .; had children as follows:

i. Charity, married first to John Evans, af- terward, in 1721, to John Cope, resided in East Bradford township, had children, IFan- nah, Samuel, Mary, John, Nathan, Caleb, Joshua, Joseph ;

ii. Patience (Mrs. Henry Betterton), died in 1727, leaving children, Robert, Mary, Mar- tha, James, by her first marriage; her second union was with William Mackey;

iii. James, married in 1728 Elizabeth Car- ter, widow, and died in 1745, in East Brad- ford, had children, James, Abigail and Em- mor;

iv. William, married Elizabeth (Ring) Neild in 1724, and died about 1778 in East Bradford, had children, Mary, William, Mar- tha, Nathaniel, Hannah, Sanmel, Nathan;

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Elizabeth Harper; his children by the first marriage were Jane, Joseph and Mary, by the second, Robert;

vi. George, married Lydia -- , died in East Bradford in 1763; his children were George, James, Mary, Jane, Alice, Lydia, Martha, Joanna and Rachel;

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ix. Mary (Mrs. Thomas Temple), settled in East Caln township, had children, John, Hannah, Mary, Catherine, Elizabeth, Sarah, Phebe;

x. Benjamin, married Elizabeth Carter, had children, Joseph, James, George, Moses, Thomas, Henry, Prudence, Phebe, Elizabeth, Jane, Sarah;

xi. Thomas, married Catherine - , resided in Wilmington, Del., had at least one child, Thomas, born January 16, 1749 or '50, married Phebe, daughter of Benjamin and Elizabeth (Carter) Jefferis;

xii. John.

II. George, was apprenticed to Edward Be- zer in March, 1690, for a term of two years and five months; subsequently married Ruth, daughter of Edward Bezer, a native of Wilt- shire, England, and continued to reside in Chichester township until his death in 1715; had children as follows:

i. George, married in 1724 to Esther Tay- lor, who died, and in 1735, he married a sec- ond wife; had children, Isaac, who married Esther, daughter of Swithin and Ann (Wil- son) Chandler, Susanna, George, and perhaps Jacob and Stephen;

ii. Ruth;

iii. John, settled in Beaver Valley, Del., married Elizabeth had one child, Amor;

iv. Isaac, married Elizabeth, daughter of - and Ann (Mankin) James, Mrs. James being a sister-in-law of Thomas Chand- ler, Sr .; died October 20, 1781, leaving chil- dren, Ann, wife of Joseph, son of George, and grandson of George and Esther (Taylor) Chandler, Caleb, Abraham, Isaac, Ruth, Mary and Rachel;

v. Rachel (Mrs. Jacob Hollingsworth), married in 1729, resided in Christiana hun- dred, had children, Elias, 'David, Ruth, Jacob, Zebedee, Jephtha, Rachel;

III. Swithin, born June 24, 1674, the only member of the family of George and Jane Chandler, the date of whose birth is known,

married Ann -, and settled on the Brandywine, just within the present northern boundary of Delaware, died about 1742, leaving children as follows:

i. Jacob, of Christiana hundred, New Cas- tle county, Del., married Martha Greave in 1730, had children, Sarah, Miriam, Martha, Annie, Lydia, Mary, Hannah;

ii. Charity (Mrs. John Nichols), of Chris- tiana hundred, married in 1728, had children, Charity, James, and perhaps others;

iii. Ann (Mrs. George Dixson), of Chris- tiana hundred, married in 1725, had children, Enoch, Dinah, Caleb, George, Phebe and Joshua;

iv. Jane (Mrs. John Greave), of Christiana hundred, married in 1733, had children, Thomas, Ann, William, Sarah, Mary, Jane, Samuel, Hannah;

v. Sarah (Mrs. Jonathan Greave), of Chris- tiana hundred, married in 1739, had children, Rebecca, Jacob, Jonathan, Mary and David;

vi. Swithin, of Christiana hundred, married Ann Wilson in 1739, and had children, Esther, Phebe, Christopher, Jacob, David, Swithin, Enoch, and Sarah;

vii. Thomas, lived upon the homestead in Christiana hundred, married in 1742 Eliza- beth Gibson, who died, leaving one child, Elizabeth; in 1747 he married Ann Hieklin, had children, Amos, Jesse, Jacob, Dinah, William, Lydia, Thomas, Aaron;

viii. Margaret; ix. Mary; x. Phebe; xi. Betty; xii. Hannah.

IV. Thomas, settled on land adjoining his brother Swithin, on the Brandywine, owned in partnership with the same brothers, a mill property on Beaver creek, was for about twenty years a member of the provincial leg- islature of Pennsylvania, married Mary, daughter of Richard and Mankin, of New Castle county, died in 1761;

V. William, settled in London Grove, Chester county, Pa., married, July 10, 1712, Ann, daughter of John and Frances Bowater, of Middletown township, died in 1746, leav- ing children, as follows:

i. Jane; ii. Lydia; iii. Samuel;

iv. William, of London Grove, Pa., mar- ried Rebecca (Allen) Mode, a widow, in 1756, had children, Joseph, Allen, Thomas, Wil- liam, Rebecca;

v. John, inherited the homestead in Lon- don Grove, married Susanna Parks in 1741,

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died in 1753, had children, Samuel, John and William;

vi. Anne;

vii. Thomas, settled in Birmingham, Ches- ter county, Pa., where he inherited the home- stead of his uncle, Thomas Chandler, Sr., mar- ried Hannah Wilson in 1749, and had chil- dren, Mary, Jane, Joshua, Benjamin, Re- becca, Hannah, Ann, Thomas, father of Eliza- beth Margaret Chandler, the poetess;

viii. Moses;

ix. Mary;

x. Anne, 2, married in 1753 to Joseph Trimble, of East Nottingham, Md., had chil- dren, Joseph, Thomas, Jacob, Sarah, James and Elisha.

VI. Charity appears to have died before 1726, unmarried.

VII. Ann, married first to Samuel Robins, of Philadelphia, afterward to George Jones, died August 10, 1758, had children;

i. Sarah (Robins), married in 1734, to Abraham Mitchell, of Philadelphia, where both died in 1788, had children, Ann (Mrs. Joseph Potts), Sarah (Mrs. Isaac Parrish), married in 1759, Deborah, Esther (Mrs. Sam- uel Franklin), Mary (Mrs. William Garri- gues), married in 1771, Hannah, and six oth- ers, who died in infancy;

ii. Samuel;

iii. Anne (Mrs. Henry Chads), married in 1738, died leaving a son, Henry Chads, Jr., who became an officer in the British navy;

iv. Mary (Mrs. Thomas Stretch);

v. (Mrs. Blaithwaite Jones).

J. WILLARD CROSSAN, M. D., Cen- treville, New Castle county, Del., son of Cal- vin W. and Sarah E. (Pierson) Crossan, was born near Red Clay Creek Church, Mill Creek hundred, New Castle county, Del., January 12, 1871.

In 1713, three brothers named Crossan emigrated from County Tyrone, Ireland, to America, and settling in Delaware became the founders of a family which is one of the oldest and most influential in New Castle county. The brothers owned 1,600 acres in this coun- ty, where they spent the remainder of their lives. James Crossan, a grandson of one of these brothers, and the great-great-grand- father of Dr. J. Willard Crossan, was born on the Crossan homestead in Mill Creek hundred, where he spent his life in farming. He was

a disciple of Thomas Jefferson, and an active worker for the success of his party. James Crossan was married to- Bishop. Their children were: I. John; II. Samuel; III. James; IV. Elleth; V. Jane; VI. Mary. James Crossan and his wife died at their home in Mill Creek hundred.

James Crossan, 2, third son of James and (Bishop) Crossan, was born and edu- cated in Mill Creek hundred, where he owned and cultivated 110 acres of land. During the war of 1812, Mr. Crossan enlisted as a private and fought bravely in defense of his country. James Crossan was married to Abigail Sharp, a native of Chester county, Pa. Their chil- dren are: I. John R., deceased; II. Isaac, deceased; III. Eli, of New Castle hundred; IV. James, resides in Pennsylvania; V. Lewis H., of Pennsylvania; VI. Ann, of Wilming- ton, Del. Mr. Crossan and his wife were members of the Presbyterian church. His death, which was the result of injuries re- ceived from an unruly horse, occurred in his fifty-sixth year. His widow died at the home- stead; both are buried in the cemetery at Red Clay Creek Church.

Dr. Crossan's grandfather, John R. Cros- san, eldest son of James and Abigail (Sharp) Crossan, who was a miller and farmer, was born in Mill Creek hundred, where he grew up, working on the homestead, and receiving his education in the public schools of the dis- triet. He learned milling at Ashland in the mill then owned by John C. Phillips, and af- ter working as a journeyman in the Green- bank and in the Brandywine mills, removed to Avondale, Chester county, Pa., and took charge of the mill there. In 1844, Mr. Cros- san returned to Mill Creek hundred, New Castle county, and having purchased a part of the old Crossan homestead, devoted himself to farming and stockraising, in which he was very successful. He was a good citizen, inter- ested in public affairs, and an active member of the Democratic party. John R. Crossan was married, in Mill Creek hundred, to Mar- garet Morrison: Their children are: I. Cal- vin W .; II. Morris D., of Wilmington, Del .; III. Ellis P., of Chester county, Pa. Mr. Crossan and his wife were members of the Presbyterian church, in which he was a trus- tee; he died at his home in Mill Creek hun- dred, June 27, 1892. ITis widow died in Strickersville, Pa., at the home of their son, Ellis P. Crossan, January 29, 1893; both are

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llon. Calvin W. Crossan, father of Dr. J. Willard Crossan, was born on the homestead in Mill Creek hundred, November 25, 1845. He received his education in the public and private schools of the district, and having learned practical farming under his father's -careful supervision, devoted his life to hus- bandry. In 1876, after renting for three years in Chester county, Pa., Mr. Crossan re- moved to his present farm in Christiana hun- dred, New Castle county, Del. He is a man of sound judgment, esteenred and respected for his integrity and business ability, a stanch Democrat, actively interested in public affairs. In 1884 he was elected to the state senate, where he served on several important commit- tees, discharging his duties promptly and sat- isfactorily. In 1896 he was appointed by Governor Watson register and recorder of wills for New Castle county; this office he has filled with characteristic fidelity. Mr. Cros- san is a member of Armstrong Lodge, No. 26, A. F. and A. M., of Newport, Del .; past grand master of Friendship Lodge, I. O. O. F., of Hockessin, Del .; and of the Grand Lodge of the State. Calvin W. Crossman was married in Mill Creek hundred, in 1870, to Sarah E., daughter of Laban Pierson, a harness maker of Mill Creek hundred, where Mrs. Crossan was born. Their children are : I. Dr. J. Willard; II. Mabel P .; III. Evans H. The family are members of the Presby- terian church.

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Biographical and genealogical history of the state of Delaware, Vol. I, Part 100

Author: Runk, J.M. & Co Publication date: 1899 Publisher: Chambersburg, Pa. Number of Pages: 1482

Author: Runk, J.M. & Co
Publication date: 1899
Publisher: Chambersburg, Pa.
Number of Pages: 1482