Biographical and genealogical history of the state of Delaware, Vol. I, Part 117

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


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In 1852, after his return from Australia, James Dailey was married to Priscilla Bel- ford Foster. They had children: I. Charles Belford; II. Emily, died at the age of three years, and was buried at Innesrush, Ireland. Mrs. Priscilla Dailey died at Smyrna, Del., and was buried there, in St. Peter's P. E. churchyard. James Dailey married secondly Ada Evelyn (Belford) Foster; their marriage took place in Philadelphia, in 1882. Mr. Dai- ley is an active member of the P. E. church.


Charles Belford Dailey came to America with his father in 1872, became a clerk in his father's store in Newburg, accompanied him to Philadelphia, and with him learned carpet-weaving under David Graham. He continued with his father, assisting him in all his enterprises until 1884, when he came to Smyrna and established a carpet-weaving fac- tory here, the only one in the town in which rag-carpet is made; it supplies the principal merchants with this product. His factory has a capacity of 3,000 yards of carpet per year; in it Mr. Dailey also manufactures a large number of hammocks. Mr. Dailey is active in educational affairs, and is a useful and highly respected citizen. He is a Republi- can, but liberal in his views, and never sought an office. He is an enthusiastic member of Wyckliff Lodge, No. 126, A. P. A., of Phila- delphia and was Tyler for two years.


Charles Belford Dailey married, in 1872, at Cold Springs, N. Y., Susan, daughter of Patrick and Mary Meran, of Ireland. Their children are: I. John B .; II. William A., employed in Prettyman's hoisery mill, Smyrna; III. Priscilla Emily, attending pub- lic school in Smyrna; IV. Charles H., at school in Smyrna. Mrs. Dailey died in Smyrna in 1891 and was buried in the P. E. churchyard there. Mr. Dailey is a member of the Presbyterian church.


John B. Dailey, eldest son of Charles B. and Susan (Meran) Dailey, was educated in the public schools of Smyrna and learned ship-building at Roach's ship yard, Chester, Pa. After spending five years there, he went into to the employ of Cramp Bros., ship- builders, Philadelphia. He is of an inven- tive turn of mind, and has secured a number of patents, among them one for a trolley wheel which promises to yield a fortune to his genius. John B. Dailey is unmarried.


DAVID F. SMITHIERS D. D. S., Smyrna, Del., son of Andrew and Martha (Thoms) Smithers, was born in Philadelphia, in 1837.


He has spent nearly all his life in this state, his parents having removed to Dover, Del., when he was about one year old. In the capital city, he attended the public schools until he was eighteen years of age. Then he began the study of dental surgery with the late Dr. William G. A. Bonwell, a widely known dental surgeon, of Philadel- phia. He completed his course in dentistry in two years, and removed to Smyrna, where he began the practice of his profession and has since remained. His first office was in the store room now occupied by Mr. Walter, jeweler, Main street above Commerce. After four years he purchased the property in which he now lives, buying it from Mrs. Underwood, of Smyrna, and Mrs. George Capelle, of Wil- mington, Del., the joint owners. He has al- ways been greatly interested in education, and has served for nine years as a school di- rector, with entire acceptability to the peo- ple of Smyrna. Dr. Smithers has been the leading dentist of Smyrna since 1860, has been successful in his profession and esteemed as a citizen. IIe is a member of Harmony Lodge, N. 13, F. and A. M., of Smyrna, and is a Master Mason. He is a Republican, but has never taken an active part in polities.


On January 6, 1863, David T. Smithers married Harriet R., daughter of Joseph Rey- 'nolds, a farmer, living near Smyrna. They have one child, Ella T., at home. Dr. Smithers is an attendant upon the M. E. church services, and although not a communi- cant member, is conscientious in the discharge of his duties to his fellow-men.


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GEORGE D. COLLINS, P. O. Smyrna, Del., son of Benjamin L. and Sarah (Davis) Collins of Sussex county, Del., was born in Smyrna.


Benjamin L. Collins was born in Sussex county in 1804. He was educated in the pub- lie schools of Milford, and learned brick-lay- ing and plastering with his father, Edward Collins, a resident of Milford, who died and was buried there. Benjamin Collins came to Smyrna in 1827 to carry on his trade, and soon became prominent in the business. His first undertaking was the erection of the old Meth- odist Episcopal church at Raymond's Neck. Ile was the principal bricklayer and plasterer of the Methodist Episcopal church in Smyrna, He was active and diligent in business. Politi- cally he was first a Whig and was afterwards associated with the Republican party. He was never an office-seeker. During the "for- ties," he was a member of the Delaware legis- lature. In 18- Benjamin Collins married Sarah Davis, of Milford, Del., born in 1802. They had seven children: I. George D .; II. Jolin E., died September 16, 1894, was buried in the Odd Fellows' Cemetery, Smyrna; III. Sallie E., married to Alderman W. II. Boggs, Smyrna; IV. Isaac, died in 1856, buried in the old M. E. churchyard, Smyrna; V. Mary J., died in 1867; VI. William, died when a youth; VII. Benjamin Franklin, an oil operator of Rising Sun, Ohio, married Re- becca , daughter of an oil speculator, and had eight children, i. Harry, deceased, ii. Alexander, iii. Frank, iv. Edward, v. Charles, vi. Grace, vii. Edward; viii. Charles Wesley, at home. Benjamin L. Collins died in 1857 from exposure while working at his trade, and was buried in the Methodist Episcopal church- yard. Ilis widow died in 1875. Mr. Collins was an active member of the Methodist Epis- copal church. Ile was a steward of his congre- gation, superintendent of Sunday school, and a class leader. He commanded the respect of everybody.


George D. Collins was educated in the pub- lie schools of Smyrna, and afterward learned plastering and bricklaying with his father. When he was twenty-one years of age, he em- barked in business as a contractor, and con- tinued in the same until 1857, when he pur- chased a farm of 154 acres, at Green Spring, Del., from Jeremiah Allen. This large tract


of land he divided into sections for raising grain, rearing live stock, and cultivating peaches. Ilis peach orchards proved very profitable, and from a tract of 18 acres planted in peach trees, he netted about $4,000 in two years. His markets were in New York, Phila- delphia and Boston. The P., W. & B. R. R. ran through his farm; he sold a portion of his land to the railroad company, and erected on it a dwelling at his own expense, which was known as Green Spring Station. In 1864 he was appointed station agent there, and contin- ued in that position until 1880. He, however, remained on his farm until 1872, when he re- moved into the dwelling at the station, and was succeeded by his son, William. In 1869, President Grant appointed George D. Collins postmaster at Green Spring, and the postoffice was established in the store which he con- ducted at the station. He was one of the small band who disprove the statement of some official that "few die and none resign," for he resigned his office in 1880, on account of failing health, and moved to Bristol. In 1882 he transferred his residence to Smyrna, and has since lived a retired life, giving to business only the time necessary to looking after his large real estate interests. When Mr. Collins removed to Smyrna, he purchased ground, on which he built a house. He lived there for six years, then sold the property to Mrs. Mary Ferro, and in 1887 bought from John P. Hudson his present residence on MIt. Vernon street. He has large real estate hold- ings, including the property at Delaware and Mt. Vernon streets, inherited from his father, and occupied by Mrs. - Ringgold, and others adjoining the property tenanted by Joseph Ilunn, a dwelling which he built in 1895; a double house on Delaware street below South, on a lot purchased from J. H. Jefferson; the store house on Commerce street occupied by E. C. Faries, this being a part of his inherited estate; six unimproved lots in the town; Green Spring farm, in New Castle county, consist- ing of 140 acres, leased to his son William; Price's Corner farm of 92 acres, purchased in 1869 from Isaac Price and Elihu Jeffer- son and tenanted by Joseph Hamilton; the Carpenter farm of 113 acres, bought from the heirs of Col. George Davis, in 187-, con- ducted by Calvin Faries. Mr. Collins is a Democrat, but has never had a desire to hold


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office. He has always taken a great interest in public affairs, and is highly esteemed by all who know him.


George D. Collins was married, December 22, 1849, by Rev. W. C. Gray of Smyrna, to Wilhelmina, daughter of Isaiah Taylor, of the vicinity of Middletown, Del., who died in 1860, and is buried in the Methodist Episco- - pal churchyard of Smyrna. They had chil- dren: I. William T., farmer, married Eliza Davis; II. Benjamin C., successor to his father as postmaster and station agent at Green Spring, married Marietta, daughter of Thomas Middleton, who lives near Smyrna, they had one child, Harold B., who is dead; III. Catharine F., married, May, 1874, Henry II. Wells, who died on the farm near Green Spring in 1884, leaving children, all now de- ceased except Stella; i. Susannah II., ii. George C., iii. Catherine, iv. Stella, v. Harry; in 1888 Catherine F. (Collins) Wells was mar- ried to Joseph H. Primrose, farmer, of Green Spring; IV. Flora E. (Mrs. Capt Jarvis), of Bristol, Pa., died 1885, had two children, i. George L., ii. William N .; V. Wilhelmina, married in 1877 to Daniel Wells, died 1889, had three children, i. Hulda, ii. Wilhelmina, iii. Flora J .; VI. Mary A., died young. On February 25, 1862, George D. Collins mar- ried Rachel A. Brown, widow of John R. Brown and daughter of Peter S. and Sarah A. Collins. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church.


Peter S. Collins, father-in-law of George D. Collins, was born near Taylor's Bridge, Del., January 1, 1810, during the first hour of the first day of the year. He was the son of John and Martha (Robb) Collins. His grandfather was born in 1788, near Georgetown, Del., educated in the public schools there and learned by pratical experience the science of farining. When he was twenty years old, he went to Taylor's Bridge, New Castle county, where he conducted a farm and a general store. In 1809 he married Martha Robb. They had five children, all now deccased: I. Morris; II. John; III. Joseph: IV. Rebecca; V. Abram. He was a Whig in politics, though not an active partisan, and a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. He was highly popular. Ile died in 1825 and was buried in the Friendship Methodist Episcopal cemetery.


Peter S. Collins was educated in the public


schools at Taylor's Bridge and began farming at an early age. At the age of twenty-four he went to Leipsic, Del., and managed the farm of John Denny for two years. Then he removed to the farm of Daniel B. Cunning in Kent county, Del., which he purchased in 1865, after which he relinquished farming and came to Smyrna. Here he lived in the house on Delaware street, now occupied by Mrs. Warren, for four years. Mr. Collins was a Republican. He never sought an office, but was several times inspector of elections. On February 14, 1833, he married Sarah A., daughter of John and Elizabeth Jones, of Smyrna. Mrs. Collins died in 1869. Their children were: I. Martha E., married John A. Sarin, farmer, and had seven children, i. William C., ii. Peter S., iii. Sarah, iv. John Edgar, v. Joseph H., vi. Clara, vii. George S .; II. Peter S., 2; III. John M., farmer, mar- ried to Margaret Hargadine of Kent county, Del., had four children, i. Sarah H., ii. Sam- uel, iii. John M., iv. Marietta; IV. George W., farmer of Kent county, married Martha Se- lina Wilson, has children, i. Robert, ii. Peter S., 3, iii. Francis, iv. George W., Jr .; V. Marietta, wife of Dr. S. M. Wilson, a promi- nent physician of Bridgeton, N. J., has chil- dren, i. Ralph C., ii. Clara Selina, iii. Her- bert II .; VI. Louisa, died young; VII. Peter P., of Smyrna, married Elizabeth Hill of Kent county, Del., has children, i. Edith; ii. Herman Clifton; VIII. William B., farmer, of Pennsylvania, married Mary Collins, daugh- ter of W. B. Collins of Kent county, has one child, IIelen. Peter S. Collins was married, the second time, in 1879, to Rebecca, widow of Thomas Jester, of Smyrna. He was an active member of the Methodist Episcopal church, superintendent of the Sunday school, and a class leader.


LEWIS M. PRICE, P. O. Smyrna, Del., son of Moses and Emeline (Wallace) Price, was born on Mt. Harmon farm, near Bren- ford station, Kent county, Del., in Novem- ber, 1858.


Mr. Price's ancestry is English. His father is Moses Price, a retired farmer of Smyrna. When Lewis M. Price was six years old, his family removed from near Brenford station to Smyrna. He attended the public schools of that town until he was nineteen, when he entered Shortlidge's academy at Media, Pa.


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he was a member of the Philadelphia Stock Exchange. He was an adherent of the Whig party. William A. Budd was married to Mary (Laws) Davis. They had children: I. and II. died in infancy; III. Isaac Davis, de- ceased, married Amanda Mc Vey, of Loudoun county, Va., had children, i. Karin Blanche, ii. William HI., iii. Townsend, iv. Mary, v. Alice, vi. Florence, vii. Norman; IV. Wil- liam, died in California; V. Henry G. Mrs. Mary Budd died in 1833. Mr. Budd married again, in 1846, his wife being Sarah Gowan, of Philadelphia. Their children were: I. Katharine Gowan, and II. Francinia Alli- bone, twins; III. Edward Gowan; IV. Nor- man; three children are deceased. Mr. Budd died in 18-, and was buried in Monument cemetery, Philadelphia. He was a member of the M. E. church, and trustee and treasurer of the congregation for a number of years. His life was that of a consistent Christian.


Henry G. Budd went with his parents to Philadelphia when he was four years old. He attended the public schools there, and at an early age entered the mercantile business. A year later he relinquished this and became connected with the Northern Liberties gas works of Philadelphia. When he was but twenty-two years of age, he was compelled to give up his position on acount of illness, and for eight years he traveled about in the hope of regaining his health. In 1862 he came to Smyrna, and has continued his residence here. For twenty-two consecutive terms he was elected alderman of Smyrna, meeting with defeat only once, and that on the occasion of his last candidacy. Ile was appointed justice of the peace and notary public by Governor Ponder in 1871, and has held these offices ever since. Mr. Budd is a man of retiring dispo- sition, but is much esteemed by all. He was originally a Whig, but has been associated with the Democratic party for many years.


Henry G. Budd married, November 17, 1861, at Poughkeepsie, N. Y., Caroline, daughter of Rev. George F. Kettle, of New York. Their children are: I. Caroline Ket- tle, wife of James H. MeNeil, of Easton, Md., has children, i. James I., ii. Henry George Budd; II. Henry, a minister of the M. E. church; III. Catharine, & teacher in the pub- lie schools of Easton, Md .; IV. Mary L., at present residing with her father in Berlin,


Md. Mr. Budd is an active member of the M. E. church.


JOSEPH WRIGHT, P. O. Smyrna, Del., son of Samuel and Susanna (Taylor) Wright, was born in Bewdley, Worcester- shire, England, September 14, 1829.


His maternal grandfather was Joseph Tay- lor, who was born in Worcestershire, England, in 1742, and educated in the national schools of that country. At an early age he learned nail-making, and after serving his appren- ticeship, engaged in business for himself at Bewdley, and was very successful in his under- taking. He employed in his factory a large number of men and women, boys and girls. The manufacture of nails in those days was very primitive, every nail, from the small- est sprig to the largest spike, being hammered into shape on an anvil by hand. In 1820 he retired from business. Joseph Taylor and his wife, Susannah Taylor, had three children, one of whom was Susannah (Mrs. Sanmel Wright), who was born in 1788 and died in 1852, and is buried in Ribsford Protestant Episcopal church graveyard in Worcester- shire; another was Sarah, who married and had one child. Joseph Taylor died in 1829 in Worcestershire, eminently respected, and was buried in Ribsford graveyard. He was a faithful member of the Church of England.


Samuel Wright, father of Joseph Wright, was born in Worcestershire, England, in 1792. He was educated in the national schools of that district, and afterward learned brick- laying, in which he was engaged until within a few years of his death, which occurred in 1856. Ile married Susannah Taylor. They had six children: I. Mary, married to Adam Danby, of Worcestershire, a lantern leaf and combmaker of that county, had six children; II. John, married to Mary Juniper; he was a comb-maker, and while suffering from an epi- leptic stroke fell into the river Severn and was drowned; III. Susan, died 1886, buried in Ribsford graveyard; IV. Sarah, died young; V. Hannah, came to this country with her brother, Joseph, and died in Smyrna in 1878, was buried in the Protestant Episcopal grave- yard in Duck Creek hundred; VI. Joseph.


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fourteen, he was bound by his father to Jo- seph Barber for seven years to learn carpen- try. By the terms of the bond, his father paid 15€ to Barber and was to furnish clothing and washing for the boy during his appren- ticeship. Barber provided only food and lodging, and did not pay him a penny during the seven years. Barber, besides being a con- tractor and carpenter, was the proprietor of an inn. Young Wright was consequently thrown much in the company of drinking men, and might easily have acquired the habits of a drunkard, had he been so inelined. But the misery and want he saw caused by the use of intoxicants made him in later years a firm adherent to temperance principles. When he had completed the period of his indenture, young Wright went to Birmingham and worked at his trade for a year. Then he se- cured employment in Kidderminster for three years, and in 1854 came to America on the sailing ship Tonawanda. He landed at Phila- delphia, and almost immediately procured work at his trade with William Denny, and remained with him two years. He came to Smyrna for a week to repair buildings on a farm, secured work with Smith & Hazell, con- tractors, and has remained there ever since. HIe was with Smith & Hazell for eight years, and then launched his own venture as a con- tractor and builder. His first shop was on Market street, where he continued one year; then he removed to Methodist street for three years, and afterwards purchased the stable of Edward Swanton on Cummins street, which he remodeled into a carpenter shop and occu- pied four years, then converted into two dwell- ing houses. For six years thereafter, he ten- anted the shop owned by Willard Weldon, on I'nion street, and for the succeeding eight years, the barn of John H. Hoffecker. Then hc erected the building he now occupies. Al- though now in his seventieth year, Mr. Wright is still active in his business affairs. He has always commanded general respect by reason of his integrity and his vigorous char- acter. As an instance of the esteem in which he is held by his neighbors, it may be men- tioned here that on his return from a visit to England in 1886, he was met at the station in Smyrna by the entire membership of Morning Star Lodge, I. O. O. F., with a band, and escorted by them to the lodge room. He is of a retiring disposition, but is interesting


and entertaining in conversation. It is his greatest pleasure to perform some act of kind- ness and helpfulness; self is his last thought. Ile is plain in speech and resentful of a wrong, but always quick to forgive and ever ready to recognize the good qualities of his fellows. Mr. Wright is a Prohibitionist, but does not give offense in the expression of his views. He is a member of Morning Star Lodge, No. 6, I. O. O. F., has passed through all the chairs, and has been treasurer for twenty years. Jo- seph Wright was married to Elizabeth Carter, of Worcestershire, England, in 1854. Their children are: I. Joseph II .; II. Lily Eliza- beth, died in 1880, is buried in the Protestant Episcopal graveyard, Smyrna; III. Juliet Cummins, wife of Elmer Taylor, draughts- man and engineer, of Philadelphia; IV. Sam- nel Edgar; V. Susan Raymond, living with Mrs. Taylor in Philadelphia. Mrs. Joseph Wright died in 1868, and is buried in the Protestant Episcopal graveyard, Smyrna. Mr. Wright is a consistent member of the Protest- ant Episcopal church of Smyrna, and has been janitor of the sanctuary for forty years.


Joseph II. Wright, elder son of Jo- seph and Elizabeth (Carter) Wright, was born in Smyrna, Del., December 20, 1857. He acquired his education in the public schools of his native town, and learned carpentry with his father; this trade has been his occupation through life. Ile worked as a journeyman until 1886; in that year he began taking con- tracts for buildings on his own account, and in 1897 added a lumber yard to his other en- terprises. He is a member of Morning Star Lodge, No. 6, and of MeDonald Encamp- ment, No. 2, I. O. O. F., of Smyrna, and is an enterprising and highly esteemed citizen.


Joseph II. Wright was married in Smyrna, by the Rev. Adam Stengle, March 21, 1894, to Della Virginia, daughter of Thomas II. and Mary C. (Van Dyke) Wright, who was born in New Castle county, Del. Thomas H. Wright was a native of Delaware, and at one time served as coroner of Kent county, Del., also as deputy sheriff of New Castle county. Hle died in Smyrna in March, 1895; his widow resides in Smyrna. The children of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas II. Wright are: I. Harry Bay- ard, deceased; IT. Della V .; III. Willard Wel- lington, married Laura McDowell and resides at Trappe, Md .; IV. Mary Emma; V. Albert Maxwell, died in infancy; VI. Susan R. (Mrs.


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Samuel Edgar Wright, second son of Jo- seph and Elizabeth (Carter) Wright, was born in Smyrna, in February, 1860, educated in the public schools of Smyrna, and is at pres- ent engaged as traveling salesman for the firm of J. G. Rouse & Co., wholesale carriage furnishings, of Philadelphia; he has been with this firm for nineteen years. He married in Philadelphia, Miss Katie Fallows, of that city, now deceased. They had children: I. Edgar F .; II. Douglas F., deceased.


CHARLES G. HARMONSON, M. D., Clayton, Del., son of Francis J. and Mary (Sears) Harmonson, was born in Berlin, Md., September 30, 1861.


His grandfather, James Harmonson, was born in Maryland in 1798, and was a farmer; he removed to Laurel, Del., where he died. His children are: I. Martha (Mrs. J. P. Wy- att), of Brooklyn, N. Y .; II. Francis J., farm- er of near Salisbury, Md .; III. George W., drowned at New Castle, Del., at the age of forty-five.


Francis J. Harmonson, eldest son of James Harmonson, was born near Berlin, Md. There he received a common school education and afterward devoted himself, for a time, to the cultivation of the soil. Then he engaged in the mercantile business, conducted a hotel, and is now proprietor of large lumber yards. Francis J. Harmonson married Mary Sears. Their children are: I. Horace C., hotel pro- prietor of Berlin, Md .; II. Charles G .; III. John, died when seven years old; IV. Francis J., Jr., farmer, near Salisbury, Md.


Charles G. Harmonson, M. D., obtained his primary education at the Berlin academy, and began reading medicine with Dr. Pretty- man, of Milton. He completed his studies at Jefferson Medical College, of Philadel- phia, in 1884, and began the practice of his profession in Clayton, Del., in the same year. His career has been a successful one, and he is now a leading physician and surgeon of the town. He is surgeon of the P., W. & B. R. R. and medical examiner for the Mutual and Equitable Life Insurance Companies of New York, and for several other insurance organi- zations. Dr. Harmonson is a member of Shawnee Tribe, No. 27, I. O. R. M., and of the Shield of Honor. He is a Democrat, ac-




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