Biographical and genealogical history of the state of Delaware, Vol. I, Part 121

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


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first month of each year, to William Penn or his heirs. The land was owned by different proprietors until, finally, it was purchased by Dr. Goodwin from Mr. Janvier. One of the owners of the tract was Chancellor Nicholas Ridgely, who occupied it about 1800, and on his death bequeathed it to his widow and Dr. Henry Ridgely, of Dover. The farm was named "Somerville," in honor of Lord Som- erville, of England, and is beautifully situated near Kenton. Mr. Garrison is the active man- ager of "Somerville" and owns in addition two other farms. He cultivates general farm products and devotes much ground and labor to fruit culture. Ile is a Republican, but has never sought office.


On February 10, 1880, in Kenton, Del., Gamaliel Garrison married Clara, daughter of Dr. Joseph Addison and Jane A. (Bailey) Goodwin, of Kenton hundred. They have children: I. Jane Agnes, born December 16, 1880; II. Gilbert Denny, born July 30, 1883; III. Mary Rebecca, born April 9, 1885; IV. Helen and V. Elva, twins, born December 27, 1890; VI. Irene, born Febru- ary 15, 1894. Mr. Garrison is a member and trustee of Bethel M. E. church.


Mrs. Garrison is of English and German ancestry. William Goodwin, her grand- father, resided in Montgomery county, Pa., for many years. He was a farmer. He mar- ried Sarah Haas, who was of German descent. Their children are: I. Joseph Addison; II. Mary (Mrs. Jonathan Hover); III. Anna (Mrs. Edward Brownback), of Trappe, Mont- gomery county, Pa .; IV. William, deceased; V. Josephine, died young; VI. Sarah, died young; VII. Jane, died young.


Dr. Joseph Addison Goodwin, father of Mrs. Garrison, was born in Trappe, Mont- gomery county, Pa., in November, 1827. He was graduated from the Medical department of the University of Pennsylvania about 1850, and soon afterwards began the practice of his profession in Kenton. Dr. Goodwin married Jane Agnes, daughter of Mason and Sarah Bailey. Mrs. Goodwin was born in Sudlers- ville, Md., December 16, 1829. They had children: I. Flora, died in infancy; II. Clara (Mrs. Gamaliel Garrison); THI. William B., died at the age of eight years; IV. Sarah (Mrs. Samuel Taylor), of Kenton; V. John, died at the age of twenty years; VI. Eugene R., practicing physician of Marion, Ind. Dr.


Goodwin died March 25, 1891. Mrs. Good- win survives him. Dr. Goodwin was a mem- ber of the M. E. church.


HARRY B. CLARK, P. O. Kenton, Del., son of John N. and Mary Emma (Coppage) Clark, was born in Kenton Creek hundred, Kent county, Del., January 7, 1867.


His great-grandfather was Eben Clark, a native of Caroline county, Md., and a farmer in that county until his death. Ile was wealthy and prominent. His children were: I. Eben, a soldier in the war of 1812, died in Maryland; II. John, died in Caroline coun- ty; III. Joseph, died in Kent county, Del .; IV. Enoch, deceased; V. James E. B., died in Kent county, Del .; VI. William, died in Kent county, Del .; VIT. David; VIII. Ann (Mrs. William Lurty), died in Kent county, Del .; IX. Mary, deceased.


James E. B. Clark, grandfather of Harry B. Clark, was born in 1797 in Caroline coun- ty, Md. His rudimentary education was ob- tained in the schools of his native county. When he was eighteen years old, he came to Kent county, Del., and secured employment as a farm laborer. He had no resources but pluck and physical strength, but these were all-suthicient to him. Ile was diligent and economical. In 1825 he married, and leased farms until 1832, when he started west with his wife and two children. It was a long and difficult journey, undertaken without definite assurance of any material progress west of the Allegheny mountains more rapid than he had made on the Eastern Shore, but he be- lieved his energy and dauntless spirit would overcome any obstacle. Placing his family and a few household goods in his farm wagon, he set out on December 1, and reached his destination in the western part of Ohio six weeks later, having crossed the Ohio river on the ice. He rented a small log house in the "Buckeye" state. He had $300 which he had saved in the east, but could not invest it sat- isfactorily, so he worked as a day laborer for the sum of twenty-five cents a day. Mr. Clark, however, did not remain long in Ohio. Ilis wife preferred the east, with its greater civilization and comfort, and in March they began their return trip. again crossing the Ohio river on the ice. They leased the farm in Kent county, Del., which they had vacated, and lived there four years. In 1836 Mr.


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Clark purchased a small farm in what was then Duck Creek hundred. On this tract of land stood the Chaincy Clouds fort. In 1843 he became the possessor of another farm in Kenton Creek hundred on which he erected buildings, and lived there until his death. He was an exemplary man in his family and in the community. In political matters he was a Whig, and later a Republican. In 1825 James E. B. Clark married Sarah Moore, of Kent county, Del. They had children: I. Rachel (Mrs. Dr. Marion Dawson), of Ohio; II. Ann (Mrs. Peter Brooks), of Indianapolis, Ind .; III. John N., married Mary Emma Coppage; IV. Sarah (Mrs. Isaac Harden), died in 1861; V. Maria, died young; VI. James D., of Queen Anne county, Md., married Rebecca J. English; VII. David S .; VIII. Ephraim W., died young; IX. Enoch George, practicing physician of Kent county, Md., member of the Maryland legislature, married Mary, daughter of Colonel Johnson, of Kent county, Md .; X. Catharine, died in infancy. Mrs. Clark died in 1848. Mr. Clark married in 1854, Mary E. Holland, of Kenton hun- dred. Their children were: I. Walter A .; II. ('lara HI. (Mrs. Frank Moore). Mr. Clark died on his farm in 1862. He was a member of the M. E. church, attentive to his religious duties, a liberal contributor to his congrega- tion and a member of its official board.


John N. Clark, father of Henry B. Clark, was born near Downs' Chapel, Kent county, Del., in 1828. There he spent the greater part of his life. Hle attended the public schools during the winter months and in the summer obtained that practical knowledge of agricultural matters which is usual to the farmer's boy. After his marriage he settled on part of the Clark homestead, and became very prominent in his community. He was well-read, had good business judgment and was influential in the church. He was an ac- tive Republican. John N. Clark married Mary Emma, daughter of James and Mary Coppage. Their children are: I. Katharine (Mrs. Ernest Roop), of Charlottesville, Va .; II. Ella, a school teacher in New Castle coun- ty, Del .; III. Harry B .; IV. John S., at home; V. Wilbur E., at home; VI. Leon, at home. Mr. Clark died on his farm in 1891. Ile was a member and a steward of the Ken- ton M. E. congregation, and a clas-leader. Mrs. Clark still resides on the farm.


Harry B. Clark was born on the home farm. Until he was about twenty years old, he at- tended the public schools of the neighborhood, and then took a three months' course in Prickett's Business College, in Philadelphia. After completing his education he returned to the farm, and was employed by his father until his marriage. Since then he has farmed for himself. He is a Democrat and is popular and prosperous.


Harry B. Clark was married March 4, 1891, to Linda, daughter of Thomas E. and Clara E. (Hutchinson) Bailey, of Kenton, Del. Their children are: I. Clara Emma, died in infancy; II. Harry Clifford; III. Mary R .; IV. James W. Mr. Clark is a member of the Kenton M. E. church, and a steward of the congregation.


DAVID S. WILDS, P. O. Kenton, Del., son of James D. and Lydia E. (Spruance) Wilds, was born in Kenton, then a part of Duck Creek hundred, Kent county, Del., February 11, 1832.


His ancestors were Welsh. Three brothers came from Wales to America in the eigh- teenth century. They settled, one in West Virginia, one in Maryland, and one in Dela- ware. In those early days communication be- tween states was not frequent, and mails were exceedingly slow. So that there might not be confusion of families in possible reports of unfortunate occurrences, the brothers decid- ed to spell their names in three different ways. One adopted the form of Wild; another spelled his name Wyles, and the Delaware settler used Wilds.


The Delaware family attained eminence in church and state. Major John Wilds, a grandunele of David S. Wilds, was an officer in the war of 1812. His residence was near Kenton, where he was engaged in farming. He married Nancy C., daughter of Rev. Dr. James Jones, who was a well-known minis- ter of the Baptist church, and a farmer; he lived in what is now Kenton hundred. Major Wilds had at least two children: I. (Mrs. Jo- seph Griffith), deceased; IT. Thomas, who left Kenton when young, and probably went to sea; he was never afterwards heard from.


David S. Wilds was born on his father's farm, which is now owned by Dr. W. H. Cooper. He attended the public schools of Kenton during the winter months until he was


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twenty, but was not fond of the study of books. Outdoor life with its chances for ob- servation and its promise of physical vigor, had greater charms for him, and he spent much of his time on the farm. When he was twenty years old, his father entrusted to him the management of a portion of his farin, and of a number of slaves who helped to till the plantation. Mr. Wilds proved a capable su- perintendent, and continued as such until his marriage in 1855. Then he wished to engage in farming for himself, but his father de- sired him to remain on the homestead. He offered to purchase a portion of the broad fields, and a verbal agreement was made that the son should have the privilege of buying the land at his father's death. Then he took charge of the tract of 187 acres. On the death of his father in 1863, his mother sold him the land with reference to which the verbal agreement had been made, Mrs. Wilds being familiar with the understanding between them. ITis father, it may be noted here, had been a public official for a number of years, and was an honored servant of the people. Ile was elected to both branches of the State Legislature, and was a justice of the peace at Kenton for several years. He was esteemed for his kind and benevolent disposition.


David Wilds is a man of striking personal appearances of strong physique. He has been very active in political affairs, first as a Whig, and for nearly forty years as a Democrat. He has several times refused proffered nomina- tions for the legislature. Three terms he has served as a member of the Levy Court. He was first elected to the office in the fall of 1864, then in 1874, and again in 1878. In the fall of 1896 he was a candidate for sheriff, but was defeated through his lack of interest in the campaign.


On February 27, 1855, David S. Wilds married Anna Maria, daughter of Lodeman E. and Anna Maria (Carrow) Downs. Mr. Downs was one of the founders of Down's Chapel, Kent county, and his name was given to the edifice. Mr. and Mrs. Wilds have children: I. Laura C. (Mrs. Charles P. Bailey), of Wilmington, Del .; II. Lydia Elva (Mrs. Thomas J. Roc), widow; III. Elizabeth (Mrs. Thomas IT. Wilson), de- ceased; IV. James D., died in his fourth year ; V. David Frank, of Crumpton, Md., married Helen Wallace, has two children; VI. John


Spruance, attended public schools until he was eighteen, then spent two years at Dela- ware College and later was graduated from Drew Theological Seminary; now pastor of a congregation in De Peyster, N. Y .; mar- ried Margaret M. Ferren; VII. Anna May (Mrs. John A. Walls), of Wilmington, Del., has one child; VIII. J. Herman, at home; IX. Wilbur, at home. Mr. Wilds was reared in the Baptist church, but is a member and trustee of the M. E. church of Kenton.


SHERIDAN PARKER MANSHIP, M. D., Kenton, Del., son of William Edward and Margaret Emma (Parker) Manship, was born in Milton, Sussex county, Del., September 20, 1864.


Charles Manship, grandfather of Dr. Sheri- dan P. Manship, was a native of Caroline county, Md. He grew to manhood there, and then removed to Delaware, and for many years was engaged in mercantile pursuits, re- tiring from business in 1882, in Milton, Sus- sex county. He served as justice of the peace in Sussex. In 1832 he married Araminta Dickerson. His wedding occurred at Milton. Mrs. Manship was a resident of Sussex county. They had children: I. Jane Emily (Mrs. Ca- leb Morris), of Milton, Del., born November 14, 1832; II. William Edward, born May S, 1835; III. Alfred Henry, born April S, 1837, was twice married, first in 1858, to Anna Eliza Barker, of Millsborough, Del .; the second time to Eliza Lindale, of Milton; he has held a number of public offices; is at present a postmaster; IV. Charlotte B. (Mrs. Maneu B. Walls), born February 22, 1839, died in Milton, Del., October 2, 1870; her husband now resides in Georgetown, Del .; V. Sarah Ellen (Mrs. Joseph Lingo), of Wood- bury, N. J., born April 29, 1843, married August 30, 1863, her husband died near Mil- ton; VI. Martha J., born July 16, 1845, died July 1, 1863. Mr. Manship died in Milton, Del., December 24, 1882, aged seventy; Mrs. Manship died in Milton, November 28, 1882, aged seventy-two.


William Edward Manship was born in Mil- ton, Del., attended the public schools there, and was afterwards engaged in mercantile pur- suits in that place until 1888. Then he re- tired at the age of fifty-three, and is now en- joying the fruits of his successful business career in Milton. Mr. Manship was a cor-


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poral in Company A, Ninth Regiment, Dela- lived for a number of years in England. ware Volunteer Infantry, a short time dur- ing the Civil war. Ile enlisted September 2, 1864, and served one hundred days, when his term expired. He supports the Republican party at the polls but is not an office seeker.


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of Captain Peter C. and - (Carey) Par- ker, of Milton. They had children: I. Sheri- dan Parker, born September 20, 1864; II. John F., born May 26, 1867, died December 4, 1892; was graduated in dentistry from the University of Pennsylvania, and was a prac- titioner in Philadelphia at the time of his death. Mrs. Manship died in Milton, Decem- ber 27, 1873, aged thirty-five years. She was a member of the M. E. church. Mr. Manship is also a communicant of that denomination.


Sheridan Parker Manship attended school in Milton until he was seventeen years old. For two years thereafter he taught school, and then entered the medical department of the University of Maryland in Baltimore for the term of 1883-84. Afterwards he matricu- lated at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, and was graduated from the medical department in 1890. Ile immediate- ly began the practice of his profession in Mag- nolia, Del., but relinquished it in a short time and went to Wilmington, where he was en- gaged in the drug business. Later, he re- sumed his profession in Magnolia, and in De- cember, 1896, succeeded Dr. W. HI. Cooper, in Kenton, and has made a very satisfactory beginning of professional work in this place. Dr. Manship is a member of Miona Tribe, No. 32, I. O. R. M. He is independent in polities.


On December 26, 1895, Dr. Sheridan P. Manship was married to Amanda Bowker, daughter of James and Maria (Sheppard) An- derson, of Rising Sun, Del. They have one child, Margaret E., born April 19, 1897. Dr. Manship is not a member of any church. Mrs. Manship attends the M. E. church.


WILLIAM H. GREENWELL, Kenton, Del., son of Francis and Ellen (Disston) Greenwell, was born in Philadelphia, Pa., April 20, 1866.


Ilis great-grandfather, John Greenwell, was born in Dunt-on-Basset, Leicestershire, England, the son of a native of Ireland who was a member of the R. C. church, and who


John Greenwell was a school teacher. Ilis wife Ann, a woman of much education, also taught school. They had children: I. Lance- lot; II. Luey (Mrs. Ford); III. , mar- ried an Italian; IV. Ambrose. Mr. Green- well died at Dunt-on-Basset. Mrs. Greenwell was about eighty years old when she died. Her family was noted for longevity. She and three of her brothers lived a total of more than 360 years.


Ambrose Greenwell, grandfather of Wil- liam II. Greenwell, was born at Dunt-on-Bas- set. He received a good education and became one of the best equipped and most efficient school teachers in Leicestershire. After his marriage he engaged exclusively in weaving, which he had learned as a youth, and to which he devoted himself until he was sixty years of age. He had large shops, and con- ducted an extensive business. Ambrose Greenwell married Mary Baro, who was born in Warwickshire, eight miles from Coventry. They had children: I. Francis; II. William, killed in a coal mine in England; III. John, joined the Mormon church and died in Salt Lake City, Utah; IV. Ambrose, 2, of Ogden City, Utah; V. Mary E., of Enderby, Eng- land. Mrs. Greenwell died about 1840. Af- ter her death, Mr. Greenwell came to Amer- ica and resided with his son, Francis, in Phila- delphia. Some time later, he returned to England, and died at Enderby, aged more than seventy-seven years. Ile was, in his re- ligious belief, what was known in England as a "Primitive Methodist."


Francis Greenwell, father of William H. Greenwell, was born at Dunt-on-Basset, Lei- cestershire, England, April 22, 1826. His birthplace was ten miles from Leicester, a manufacturing center. He was carefully edu- cated in his early boyhood by his grand- mother, who had been a noted teacher. But the little fellow had not much time to devote to books. When he was seven years old he was set to work at seaming stockings. In his native district, many woolen goods were man- ufactured, and his father had at his home a large workshop, in which he rented space to weavers. When Francis was nine years old, he began learning weaving under his father's instruction, and followed this occupation for three or four years. After the day's work was ended, he sometimes attended night


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school, paying out of his small wages a penny a night for the instruction he was eager to receive. At fifteen years of age he left home and went to Coventry, Warwickshire, to work on the grading of the streets for his uncle, John Garrett, a contractor. A year later he returned to Dunt-on-Basset and learned butchering with a cousin. When he was twenty, he embarked for the United States on sailing vessel New World, and reached New York City after a voyage of four weeks. He was accompanied by two cousins, Richard and John Greenwell, who had advanced the money for his passage. From New York the party went to Philadel- phia, and ten miles outside that city the cousins established themselves in the butcher- ing business. Francis Greenwell worked on a farm at Fox Chase during the first summer, receiving fifty cents per day, and repaid from these wages the passage money his cousins had advanced him. Afterward he returned to Philadelphia, and there engaged in butcher- ing; he gave close attention to his business and at the end of the War of the Rebellion he had $6,000 or $7,000 in greenbacks. IIe was told that his paper money would become worthless, and as he did not want to lose the proceeds of his fifteen years of hard labor, he purchased in 1866, a farm of 120 acres at Slaughter, Kent county, Del., upon which he immediately began improvements. One- third of the land was in timber; this he par- tially cleared, and erected a dwelling house at a cost of $2,000. The farm was leased, and Mr. Greenwell continued butchering in the country for fourteen years longer, after which hc removed to Kenton and established him- self there in a business now conducted by his son. Mr. Greenwell is a stanch Democrat.


Francis Greenwell was married in 1851, in Philadelphia, to Ellen Disston. Their chil- dron are: I. Elizabeth (Mrs. -Steel), of Philadelphia; II. Frank, of Pennsylvania, married Laura Tarburton; III. Annie (Mrs. Austin G. Grier), of Pennsylvania; IV. Ella (Mrs. John Jacobs), of Down's Chapel, Del .; V. William II. Mrs. Ellen Greenwell died on the farm near Slaughter. Francis Green- well afterwards married Mary J. Everett, of Kent county, Del. Mrs. Mary J. Greenwell was born in Baltimore, Md., of English par- entage. Mr. and Mrs. Greenwell have one child, Enuna Lola (Mrs. John P. Walker), of


Kenton. They are members of the M. E. church.


William II. Greenwell, younger son of Francis and Ellen (Disston) Greenwell, was born in Philadelphia, but remained there only a short time. When he was a few months old his father removed to the Kent county, Del., farm and there the youth lived until he was fourteen years of age. He attended the public school at Slaughter, and completed his course of study at Kenton. Ile learned butchering from his father, and when twenty years old went to Philadelphia, where he worked at his trade for three years. Then he returned to Kenton, and was engaged for awhile on his father's farm. Afterward he took charge of the butchering business in Kenton, and has managed it very successfully. Ile now owns a farm near Kenton, and has added greatly to the value of the town prop- erty. He is an esteemed citizen and a progres- sive business man. Mr. Greenwell is a Demo- crat, and was inspector of elections in Kenton - hundred in 1896. William H. Greenwell was married in Kenton, in March, 1893, to Eliza, daughter of T. F. Brayman. Mrs. Greenwell was, for five years, a school teacher.


EDWARD W. LAPHAM, P. O. Clayton, Del., son of Isaac S. and Anna II. Lapham, was born at Farmington, Ontario county, N. Y., March 1, 1842.


The ancestors of Mr. Lapham were English. John Lapham came from Devonshire, Eng- land, to Roger Williams's colony in Provi- dence, R. I., probably soon after the organiza- tion of that colony. IIe settled near Burying Place ITill, but his home being burned by the Indians, he removed with his family to Dart- mouth, Mass. This was before the year 1700. John Lapham married, in Providence, Mary, daughter of William Mann, and had children: I. John; II. Thomas; III. William; IV. Nicholas; V. Elizabeth.


Their eldest son, John Lapham, 2, married Mary, daughter of Joseph Russell, of Dart- month, and Elizabeth (Faber) Russell, of Bridgewater, Mass. They had nine daugh- ters and five sons; one of the latter was named Joshma.


Joshua Lapham married Hannah, daughter of David Sherman, of Dartmouth, a Quaker preacher of much ability, and a near relative of the father of Roger Sherman. Their chil-


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dren were: I. Joshua, born about 1720; II. Daniel; III. Abram; IV. David; V. Mat- thew; VI. Asa; VII. Lydia; VIII. Ruth; IX. Phebe; X. Hannah.


David Lapham, fourth son of Joshua Lap- ham, 2, married Judith Smith, and had chil- dren as follows: I. Isaac; II. Joshua; III. William; IV. Eliza; V. John; VI. David; VII. Hannah.


The eldest of this family, Isaac Lapham, was the grandfather of Edward W. Lapham, and was born in Massachusetts, probably in the town of Adams, February 22, 1777. When a young man, he left the Bay State for Ontario county, N. Y., where he took up gov- ernment land. He was a pioneer in that sec- tion of the state, and his earliest experiences there were full of hardship; but by untiring labor he made his land productive, and be- came a prosperous farmer and an influential citizen. Isaac Lapham married Mary Smith, who was born in Adams, Mass., April 20, 1779. Their children, who were all born at Farmington, N. Y., are as follows: I. Epaphras, born January 17, 1803, married Abigail MeLouth, died in Manchester, N. Y., aged seventy-two years; II. Lucina (Mrs. George W. Smith), born July 13, 1804, died in Palmyra, N. Y., March 27, 1881; III. Anson, born August 21, 1806, married Amy A. Howland, died in Manchester, N. Y., April 11, 1864; IV. Elias H., born June 16, 1808, married Dirce Brown, died at Farm- ington, N. Y., in 18 -; V. Marietta (Mrs. Hinckley Tay), born May 21, 1810, died in Farmington, N. Y., in 1863; VI. David D., born in 1812, died at Farmington in 1813; VII. Ambrose S., born November 15, 1814, died at the residence of Edward W. Lapham, near Clayton, Del., June 12, 1887; VIII. Jared, born February 4, 1822, died in Michi- gan. Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Lapham both died and were buried in Farmington, Ontario coun- tv, N. Y.




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