Biographical and genealogical history of the state of Delaware, Vol. I, Part 124

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


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On January 14, 1891, Dr. William W. Day was married to Ruth Carlisle, daughter of Robert J. and Martina (Tharp) Hill and granddaughter of ex-Governor William Tharp. Her parents reside near Farmington. Dr. and Mrs. Day have one child, Ruth Waples, born August 25, 1893.


EDWARD W. RUSSELL, Farmington, Del., son of Isaac and Nancy A. (Waller) Russell, was born in Georgetown, Del., Febru- ary 15, 1847.


His father, Isaac Russell, was born near Georgetown in 1805. He labored on the farm and attended the district school during his youth and then learned tanning at George- town, and followed that trade until about 1842. For most of this time, he conducted a tannery for John Richards, in Georgetown. In his later years he removed to a farm in Georgetown hundred. Ho was highly es- teemed for his many good qualities, and was an unwavering adherent of the Democratic party. Isaac Russell was married to Nancy A. Waller, of the neighborhood of George- town. They had children: I. Sarah A. (Mrs. Jolm R. Day), of Wilmington; II. William, died aged twenty-two years; III. James M., a soldier in the Civil War: IV. Charles HI., of Kent county, Del .; V. George M., farmer, resided near Georgetown; VI. Edward W. Mr. Russell died near Georgetown in 1877; his widow died in 1891, aged eighty-three years.


Edward W. Russell resided with his parents in Georgetown until he was nine years old, and then removed with them to a farm near Georgetown. As a boy he performed all the duties that usually fall to the lot of a farm- er's son. Until he was sixteen years old, he


attended the district schools during the winter months; afterwards he spent two years in the Georgetown Academy. Then he learned teleg- raphy with W. E. Bingham, in Georgetown. There was no opening for him as an operator at that place, and he was forced to content himself, for a short time, with chance employ- ments. He at last secured a position as a re- lief telegraph operator in Milford, Del., and in the summer of 1873, was employed as regu- lar operator at Ocean Grove, N. J. When the season closed at that resort, he was transferred to Salem, N. J., and remained there until the following spring. Having made application for a situation on the main line of the P., W. & B. R. R., he was, in 1874, appointed sta- tion agent and telegraph operator at Farming- ton, in which capacity he has given great sat- isfaction. In addition to his duties at the station, Mr. Russell is engaged in mercantile business, and conducts a canning factory and a basket manufactory. He is a man of rare business acumen, an indefatigable worker and of genial disposition. Mr. Russell is a Demo- crat, and has been elected to several offices in Farmington. Edward W. Russell was mar- ried to Mary E. Fisher, of Farmington. Their children are: I. Edward, died in infancy; II. Alice; III. Howard; IV. Lester S .; V. Nancy A. Mr. Russell attends the M. E. church.


ROBERT J. HILL, P. O. Farmington, Del., son of William and Margaret (Wallace) ITill, was born in Milford, Del., July 29, 1836.


Hle is descended from Rowland Hill, a well- known citizen of Delaware in the beginning of the nineteenth century. His father, Wil- liam Hill, was born in Cedar Creek hundred, Sussex county, near Milford, January 3, 1805. William Hill's opportunities for obtaining an education were limited, but the active health- ful life of the farmer's assistant fostered in him sturdy characteristics of body and mind, which made him a good and useful citizen. Ile remained on the farm until 1849, and in that year removed to Milford and engaged in the general merchandise business in partner- ship with his son, Robert J. Hill. Their as- sociation continued until 1868: William Hill was married to Margaret, daughter of John and Mary Wallace, of Milford, born in No- vember, 1816. Their children are: I. Rob-


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ert J .; II. Mary (Mrs. Dr. Nathan Pratt); III. William, 2; IV. Thomas, of Wilmington, mar- ried Anna Sparks, of Queen Anne's county, Md. Mr. Hill died in Milford, November 18, 1877. Mrs. Hill died February 25, 1878; both were buried in the P. E. graveyard at Milford. They were consistent members of the P. E. church.


Robert J. Ilill made good use of his early educational opportunities. He attended the district schools, and afterwards served a long clerkship in the store of his unele, Thomas Wallace. When he had obtained a knowl- edge of business affairs, and while he was still in his teens, his father removed from the country to Milford, where they established themselves in business together. After twen- ty years they disposed of this store, and in 1868 Robert J. Hill removed to his wife's es- tate near Farmington, which he has since cul- tivated. Mr. Hill is a Republican, but has never desired to hold office.


On May 15, 1860, Robert J. Hill was mar- ried to Martina, daughter of ex-Governor Wil- liam and Mary (Johnson) Tharp, of Milford, Del. Their children are: I. William; II. Robert Clark, married Sarah Donovan, has one child, Robert C .; III. Ruth (Mrs. Dr. William W. Day), of Farmington, has one child, Ruth; IV. Henry; V. John Wallace; VI. Harvey. Mr. Hill is a member of the Presbyterian church.


REV. ISAAC GEIGER FOSNOCHT, Farmington, Del., son of Philip and Mary (Horner) Fosnocht, was born near Geiger- town, Berks county, Pa., September 27, 1848.


His ancestors came from Germany, and set- tled in Berks county, Pa. His father, Philip Fosnocht, was born in Pennsylvania, and was a farmer and shoemaker. . When very young he was left an orphan, and was bound out at an early age. Before he attained his majority he shipped before the mast, and continued on the sea for several years. Afterward he resided in Berks county, and in 1861 removed to Springfield, Chester county, Pa. He was a Republican. Philip Fosnocht married Mary Horner. Their children were: I. Hannah, died in infancy; II. William, of Pottstown, Pa., married Susanna Geiger, has children, i. Henry, ii Charles, iii. Elizabeth, iv. Sarah; III. Allison, merchant of Joanna Furnace,


Berks county, Pa., married first Elizabeth Woodward, and had children, i Lewis, ii. Sherman, iii. Grant, iv. Rillie, v. Reynolds; his second wife was Mary Goheen, and they had children, i. Charles, ii. Oscar, iii. Walter, iv. Ralph, v. Blanche; IV. Joseph D., de- ceased, married Miss Sipe, and left several children; V. Jacob, deceased, unmarried; VI. Philip, deceased, married Elizabeth Heck; VHI. Martin Van Buren, served three years as a heavy artilleryman in the Civil War; VIII. Isaac Geiger; IX. John M., deceased; X. Elizabeth, died aged eighteen; XI. George Lybrand, deceased, married Mary O'Neill; XII. Abraham, deceased; XIII. Emma, deceased. Mrs. Mary Fosnocht died in Chester county, November 9, 1887, aged seventy-six years; her husband died April 12, 1888, aged seventy-seven years; both were members of the M. E. church.


Rev. Isaac Geiger Fosnocht spent his child- hood on his father's farm in Berks county, and attended the public schools of the neigh- borhood. His parents removed to Chester county when he was fourteen years old. Af- terward he was a pupil in the Lebanon High school for two years, and later studied the languages and theology. In 1868 he was ad- mitted to the Wilmington Conference of the M. E. church. Ilis first charge was in Sud- lersville, Queen Anne's county, Md. He was afterwards stationed in the following places: 1869, in Denton, Md .; 1870, in Kent, Md .; 1871-2, in Queenstown, Md .; 1873, in Hills- boro, Md .; 1882-4, in Onancock, Va .; 1855-6, in Pocomoke City, Md .; 1887-9, in Galena, Md .; 1890-2, in Chesapeake City, Md .; 1893-6, in Camden, Del .; 1897, in Farming- ton. During his various pastorates Mr. Fos- nocht made many improvements upon church properties. In Pocomoke City these improve- ments amounted to $4,000, including incan- descent electric lighting; in Onancock to $2,- 000; in Galena, where the church edifice and chapel were rebuilt, to $6,000. In Chesa- peake City the M. E. church was dedicated during his pastorate. The services continued through a week, and were presided over by Bishop Foss, of Philadelphia, Rev. J. O. Peck, D. D., of New York, and Rev. J. S. Willis, of Milford, Del. Mr. Fosnocht there paid the interest on the debt incurred in the erection of the church, and $2,000 of the principal. At Farmington he has rebuilt the parsonage.


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On January 26, 1875, Rev. Isaac Geiger Fosnocht was married to Bessie J., daughter of George W. and Amelia A. (Fuller) Burke, born in Baltimore, Md., July 2, 1857. Their children are: I. Mary Amelia, died in in- fancy; II. Eddy Burke, born November 1, 1876; III. Wilbur Fuller, died in infancy.


Eddy Burke Fosnocht was born in Quan- tico, Md. He was graduated from Confer- ence Academy at Dover, and in 1899 will be graduated in languages from the John IIop- kins University, of Baltimore, Md.


The paternal grandfather of Mrs. Fosnocht was Ezekiel Burke, who came to America with his widowed mother when he was but seventeen years old. He was her only child. They settled in Baltimore, and there Ezekiel obtained the position of court crier, which he held for thirty years. His children were: I. John, deceased; II. Ann, deceased; III. Elizabeth, of Baltimore; IV. Nicholas; V. Barnard, deceased; VI. Steward, deceased; VII. William, deceased; VIII. Andrew Jack- son, of Baltimore; LX. George W .; X. Lewis, deceased. Mr. Burke died in March, 1857, aged seventy-five years; Mrs. Burke survived him for twenty years.


George W. Burke, father of Mrs. Fosnocht, was born in May, 1826, in Baltimore. IIe was for a number of years engaged in butcher- ing. He married Amelia Ann, daughter of George and Eleanor (Ireland) Fuller, of Bal- timore. They had one child, Bessie J. (Mrs. Fosnocht). Mr. Burke died in Baltimore, in October, 1860. His widow resides with Mrs. Fosnocht.


The maternal great-grandfather of Mrs. Fosnocht was Nathan Ireland, an Englishman who emigrated to America prior to the Revo- lutionary war. In England he held a high office in the court of King George, but in this country he joined his fortunes with the patriots, and was an officer in the Continental army. ITis home after the war was in Queen Anne county, Md., where he died. IIe was married to Christiana Gafford. One of his children was Eleanor, who married George Fuller, the son of an Englishman whose wife was born in Pennsylvania.


George Fuller resided in Baltimore.county, Md., during the greater part of his life.


Their children are: I. Elizabeth L. (Mrs. William Gossick), of Chicago, Ill .; II. Amelia Ann (Mrs. George W. Burke); III. George Ireland, deceased; IV. Christiana G. (Mrs. William Groom), deceased; V. James F., deceased; VI. Jacob H., deceased; VII. Benjamin G., of Baltimore, Md .; VIII. Mary Eleanor, of Baltimore. Mr. Fuller died in Baltimore.


WILLIAM C. NEAL, P. O. IIarrington, Kent county, Del., son of James and Eliza- beth (Adams) Neal, was born August 19, near Bridgeville, Sussex county, Del.


The Adams family is one of the old families of Sussex county. Two of Mr. Neal's uncles, George HI. and James M. Adams, are western merchants. Arthur Neal, grandfather of William C. Neal, was one of the most exten- sive slave holders in the state of Delaware. He was three times married; his children were by his first marriage as follows: I. Jane (Mrs. Ager Andrews), of Caroline county, Md .; II. James; III. Arthur, who died aged forty years; IV. Isaiah, died in Sussex coun- ty, Del .; V. Martha (Mrs. William Conway), died in Sussex county, Del .; VI. William, a surveyor, died in Federaldsburg, Md. Wil- liam Neal was married the second time to Mrs. Marine, and the third time to Miss Davis. He died near Seaford, Del.


James Neal, father of William C. Neal, was born and reared near Seaford, Del. He attended the country schools, and finished his education in Baltimore. From that time he engaged in teaching and surveying until his death, which occurred in his twenty-eighth year, at Horsey's Cross Roads, Del. William Neal was an intelligent, industrious man, and enjoyed the confidence and esteem of his fellowmen. He settled the large estate of Jacob and Isaac Cannon, of Cannon's Ferry. His political views were Democratic. James Neal married Elizabeth, daughter of Charles Adams. Their only child is William C. Neal. Mrs. Neal was married the second time to Thomas J. Cannon, and has eight chil- dren.


William C. Neal was an infant at the time of his father's death. He lived with his grand- father, Charles Adams, until he was eleven years old, and was educated at Bridge- ville and Seaford. He learned farming with his stepfather; when about twenty-one, he


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taught school for one year, and then resumed farming, working two years for his stepfather, and then renting for one year; during the next year he was overseer for a farmer in Talbot county, Md. William C. Neal was married at about the age of twenty-four, and settled on his own farm near Bridgeville, which his grandfather had left him. He af- - terwards sold this farm for a large sum, but unfortunately lost it all. For eighteen months he was in the oyster business on Fish- ing Island, in the Monoken river, in the em- ploy of Cornelius Hamlin, who was a true and helpful friend to him. For several years af- ter, he was engaged in farming, and for three years was in the lumber business in Sussex county. Sixteen years were spent on farms in Caroline and Queen Anne counties, Md., af- ter which Mr. Neal removed to his present home. Mr. Neal is a Republican. Hle en- listed at Bridgeville in Company I, Sixth Delaware Regiment, and served nine months during the war of the Rebellion as first cor- poral.


William C. Neal was married to Mary, daughter of William Henry and Charlotte (Cannon) Todd. Their children are: I. Sarah E. (Mrs. Emory Jarrell); II. Mary F. (Mrs. George Bennett); III. Ida (Mrs. James Chilcott); IV. Wilhelmina A. (Mrs. Edward Butler); V. James M .; VI. William C., de- ceased; VII. Alfred G. Mr. Neal and fam- ily are members of the Methodist Episcopal church.


WILLIAM THARP, P. O. Harrington, Kent county, Del., son of Beniah Tharp, was horn on the farm which he now owns, August 14, 1840.


James Tharp, grandfather of Willian Tharp, was born in February, 1774, and mar- ried, January 18, 1803, Eunice, daughter of Beniah and Elizabeth (Turner) Fleming. Ex- Governor William Tharp was one of their children. James Tharp died September 23, 1829. Beniah Fleming, son of William Fleming, was born January 10, 1762, and died October 12, 1845. On February 5, 1783, he married Elizabeth, daughter of Jehu Turner; she was born in 1765, and died in 1812.


William Tharp attended Prospect school two months each year and farmed with his father until he was twenty-one. At the


breaking out of the war of the Rebellion, he enlisted at Wilmington in the First Delaware Cavalry, Company A, under Captain William P. Lord. He was first on duty in Virginia, afterwards in Baltimore, Port Tobacco, and Cold Harbor. He was confined to the New- ton University hospital in Baltimore, and was removed later to Fairfax Seminary hospital in Wilmington, Del. After his recovery, Mr. Tharp rejoined his regiment at Frederick, and remained with it until the close of the war. Mr. Tharp was captured by the enemy at Edwards' Ferry, on the Potomac, after a severe skirmish with Mosby's guerrillas; he had five bullets through his coat. After his release, he was promoted to the rank of cor- poral, at Camp Smithers, Wilmington, and was honorably discharged at Relay House, June 6, 1865, after serving three years. He resumed farming, and in 1872, took the Tharp homestead, which he has successfully cultivated to the present time. He owns an- other farm near Milford. Mr. Tharp is a Re- publican; he is Past Commander of Cortes Post, No. 19, G. A. R., Harrington, Del., and a member of the Heptasophs.


William Tharp was married to Sarah, daughter of John and Mary A. (Taylor) Hop- kins. Their children are: I. Florence N .; II. Jonathan, died in infancy; III. Mary. Mr. Tharp and family are members of the Prospect M. E. church.


WILLIAM W. COLLISON, of Kent county, Del., was born February 9, 1842. He attended the county schools, finishing his course in his twenty-second year, and during his school years, aided in cultivating his father's farm. For two years he taught school, hiring out as farm hand during the summers at $13 a month. In 1870, Mr. Col- lison went to Bureau county, Ill., where he earned by farm labor $20 per month. He returned in 1874, and bought the homestead on which he now resides. His political views are Democratic.


William W. Collison was married to Laura V., daughter of Benjamin T. and Mary J. (Redden) Anderson. Their children are: I. Mary; II. Roscoe C. Mr. Collison and fam- ily are members of the M. E. church.


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ington and Mary (Morris) Collins, was born April 28, 1848, on the homestead of his father, situated in Mispillion hundred, on the boundary line between Kent and Sussex counties, Delaware.


The ancestors of the Collins family were emigrants from Scotland. Jesse Collins, grandfather of George W. Collins, Jr., was born and died in Maryland, near Concord, Caroline county. He married a lady born in the same neighborhood, Margaret Andrews; she survived him, and died at the home of their son, George Washington Collins, Sr. A daughter of theirs, Mrs. William Andrews, of Milford, Del., is now (1898) about eighty- five years of age. The farm in Caroline coun- ty on which their son, G. W. Collins, Sr., was born, was the one near Concord, Md., which had been for many generations in the Collins family. Jesse Collins died during the infancy of his son George, and his widow and children left the farm, and settled near Adamsville, Sussex county, Del., from which place they afterwards removed to Bridgeville, Sussex county, Del. Their circumstances being straitened, George W. Collins, Sr., did not receive much school education, but ap- plied himself diligently to the work of aiding his mother in her undertakings. Together they purchased a homestead of Governor Tharp, and to this they afterwards added an- other tract; by industry and economy, the family became prosperous, so that Mr. Collins, during the declining years of his life, found himself able to live comfortably in retirement at Farmington, Del. Except during those few years, his home was always on the same farm. Mr. Collins was four times married. His first wife was Mary, daughter of John M. Morris; she was born in Sussex county, Del., and died April 4, 1857; her children were: I. and II. infants who died early; III. George Wash- ington, Jr .; IV. Susan (Mrs. Edward Bar- row Clough), of Chester, Pa .; V. Julia (Mrs. Lewis Printz), of Wilmington, Del. Mr. Collins was married after her death to Sarah Ann Fisher; their children are: I. Jennie (Mrs. James Ilarges), of Wilmington; II. Jabez F., of Sussex county, Del .; III. Ella, died when twelve years old; IV. Annie ( Mrs. Jeremiah Gross), of Wilmington; V. Rose (Mrs. Charles F. Jones), to whom belongs the homestead, resides at Goldsborough, Md. His second wife dying, George W. Collins was


married to Wilhelmina Smith, and after her death, to Mrs. Adeline (Booth) Obier. Hle died January 30, 1897.


George W. Collins, Jr., passed his boyhood on the home farm, and was educated at a se- lect school taught by Mr. Williams, and at the Friends' school, Kennett Square, Pa .; he completed his school course at the age of twenty. During the vacations, he was always healthfully and usefully employed on the farm and he continued to reside on the home- stead until a year after his marriage. He then removed to the farm on which he and his family still reside, and which his wife inherited from her father. Mr. Col- lins is a stanch Democrat; from early man- hood, he has been warmly interested in public affairs, and has always worked for the success of his party. From 1893 to 1897, he served as a member of the Levy Court. Mr. Collins is a member of the I. O. H.


On January 28, 1874, George Washington Collins was married to Sarah Pauline Tharp, daughter of Beniah and Mary P. (Anderson) Tharp. Their children are: I. Mary E. (Mrs. Jesse Wood); II. Ida May; III. Georgiana; IV. Charles W .; V. Florence; VI. Clara Louisa. Mr. Collins was reared in the Metho- dist Episcopal church.


ROBERT G. HOPKINS, P. O. Farming- ton, Del., son of Samuel and Margaretta (Harper) Hopkins, was born near Bethel Church, in Mispillion hundred, March 28, 1820.


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ed men were discharged. The wife of Samuel Hopkins was Margaretta, daughter of Wil- liam and Elizabeth ( Wingate) Harper. Wil- liam Harper had come with his family from Harper's Ferry, Va., and settled in Black- bird hundred, New Castle county. Both Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Hopkins died on a farm near Adamsville, Sussex county, Del., in


- 1850, Mr. Hopkins first, at the age of sixty- four, and his excellent wife within eight days after his demise. They left children as fol- lows: I. Sarah, resides with Robert G. Hop- kins, was born in 1812; II. James, died in Ohio; III. William N., now deceased; IV. Robert G .; V. Sophia (Mrs. William Calli- son), died in Mispillion hundred.


Robert G. Hopkins received as good an education as the common schools of his day could afford, attending school, however, only from two weeks to two months of every win- ter. The rest of the year was passed in farm work, on the homestead. It was not until 1845 that he went out to work on other farms, and in the following year, in partnership with his next older brother, William N. Hopkins, he bought the place upon which he still re- sides; it comprises 200 acres. The previous possessor of the land was William Roe. The brothers cultivated their farm jointly until the death of the elder one; neither one mar- ried, but their sister, Miss Sarah Hopkins, lived with them and kept their house. The death of William N. Hopkins occurred about 1884, since which time the surviving brother and the faithful sister have continued their joint care of farm and dwelling, alone. In the course of his active life, Robert G. Hop- kins spent about three years on the Stafford farm, in Sussex county, Del .; he now owns a part of that property. Mr. Hopkins has always been a Democrat, but has never de- sired to assume the honors and cares of public office. Although not a member of any church, he willingly contributes to the work of all denominations. He enjoys the respect and esteem of his neighbors, and is still fa- vored with excellent health for his advanced age.


ALFRED HOPKINS, P. O. Brownsville, Del., son of James and Sarah (Carter) Hop- kins, was born on the homestead, near Hol- landsville, Kent county, Del., September 3, 1855.


James Hopkins was a native of Mispillion hundred, Kent county, and was born about 1818. He was a farmer. For several years before his death, he was a victim of ill health; he lived in retirement in Harrington, Del., for two years, and died at the home of his son, James Hopkins, of Greensboro, Md., in 1890. Hle married Sarah Carter, daughter of Henry and Mary C. (Cuppage) Carter, who died in May of the same year. Mr. Hopkins was a Democrat. Mrs. Hopkins was a mem- ber of the M. E. church. Their children are: I. Henry, resides near Dover, Del .; II. Wil- liam, of Mispillion hundred; III. Waitman, of Mispillion hundred; IV. James, Jr., of Greensboro, Md .; V. Philemon, deceased; VI. Mary Susan (Mrs. Riley Melvin); VIE. Alfred; VIII. Sarah Emily (Mrs. Ely Cain).




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