Biographical and genealogical history of the state of Delaware, Vol. I, Part 66

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

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To these many civil services of Mr. Price must be added his record as a soldier during the Civil War. In 1863 he enlisted in Com- pany HI, Fifth Regiment, Delaware Volun- teer Infantry, Colonel Charles Bird, and was on guard duty for thirty days at Fort Dela- ware. In 1864 he re-enlisted in Delaware C'ity, in Company B, Ninth Regiment, Dela- ware Volunteer Infantry, Colonel HI. S. Me- Comb, and spent three months on guard duty at Fort Delaware. He was a conscientious soldier.

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On June 24, 1872, in Delaware City, John Thomas Price married Emma, daughter of George G., and Jane (Diehl) Cleaver, born in Delaware City. They have children: I. Fred- erick C., of the Jackson-Sharp Co., of Wil- mington, Del .; II. Harry C., telegraph opera- tor of Delaware City; III. Martha G .; IV. Elsie D .; V. Harrison Martin; VI. Ella, de- ceased; V11. Marion, at home. Mr. Price and his family are members of the Presbyterian church. Mr. Price is an elder in the congre- gation and superintendent of the Sunday- school.

GEORGE B. MONEY, Delaware City, Del., son of Joseph and Emily (Smith) Money, was born in Kent county, Md., Jan- uary 31, 1828.

Among those who came from England and began the colonization of the Eastern Shore of Maryland were members of the Money family. Their descendants resided there many years. Joseph Money, grandfather of George B. Money, was born in Kent county, Md., and there he and his brother Benjamin, became extensive land owners. Joseph Money made farming his life occupation, and raised immense crops of grain, so large, indeed, that it was his custom to load vessels bound for Baltimore with the harvests from his own land alone, to be disposed of in the markets of that city. In political matters he maintained the principles of Thomas Jefferson. Joseph Money married and had children, as follows: I. Benjamin; II. Joseph, 2; III. Elizabeth (Mrs. John Soloway); IV. Rosa (Mrs. Henry Vanzandt); V. Mary, died young. Mr. Money died on his farm and was buried in Kent county. He was a member of the M. E. church.

Joseph Money, 2, was born at the kome- stead in Kent county, Md., in 1803, and re- ceived the intellectual training afforded by the schools of those days. He afterwards owned and for a number of years cultivated half of the extensive home farm; then spent several years on a leased farm near Masseys, Kent county, Md., and finished his life on a farm near the homestead to which he had re- thed. He held the office of school commis- sioner and served as jury commissioner for a number of years. He was a Democrat of in- flexible convictions, but never desired any of- fice. Joseph Money, 2, married in Kent

county, Emily, daughter of Simon and Annie Smith. Mr. Smith was a native of Pennsyl- vania, and of English descent. Mr. and Mrs. Money had children: I. George B .; II. Marian (Mrs. Patrick MeConaught), of San Diego, Cal., widow; III. Emma ( Mrs. David Robert- son), of Delaware City, widow; IV. Joseph William, died in infancy; V. Joseph E., of Cecil county, Md .; VI. Caroline R., died in infancy; VII. Matilda (Mrs. Charles Mar- chand), of Alliance, Ohio, widow; VIII. Mary, died in infancy; IX. John P., member of Company I, First Regiment, Delaware Volunteer Infantry, killed at Fredericksburg, Va., December 13, 1862. Mrs. Money died in Kent county, Md., in September, 1849, and was buried in the Galena, Kent county, MI. E. graveyard. She was a member of the M. E. church. Mr. Money was married again to Elizabeth Simmons, who still resides in Kent county, Md. Mr. Money died in Kent coun- ty, in 1861, and was buried in the Galena M. E. churchyard.

George B. Money attended the public schools of his neighborhood, and assisted his father with the work on the farm until he reached his sixteenth year. Then he went to Smyrna, Del., and secured a position as a clerk in Raymond Cummings' store. Five years later, in 1849, he removed to Philadel- phia, where he was engaged nearly a year in a wholesale house. In the fall of the same year he came to Delaware City, and was a clerk in James B. Henry's store until Janu- ary, 1851, when he entered the mercantile business on his own account, and conducted a store there until 1862. In that year he was appointed a deputy collector of internal reve- nue under President Lincoln's administration, and served the government faithfully in that capacity for six years. Ile then opened a real estate and insurance office, and has conducted a very successful business for the past thirty years. As a progressive man Mr. Money has been a useful citizen of Delaware City, pro- moting all measures for the material advance- ment of the city, and displaying unwearied perseverance in his political undertakings. He has been identified with all the enterprises of the city. In 1859 he was the projector and first stockholder of the Delaware City Aca- demy, and was for years secretary of the board of trustees; he was a promoter and a stock- holder of the Delaware City cemetery, and

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its secretary and treasurer; was one of the originators of the Delaware City and Penn- sylvania Railroad, in which he was a stock- holder to the extent of $9,000, and secretary of the company; was one of the prime movers in the effort to obtain a charter for Delaware City, and was secretary and treasurer of its Council for several years; was the founder of - the Building and Loan Association in Dela- ware City; is president and one of the pro- moters and stockholders of the Delaware City Land and Improvement Company; has been school commissioner of the city for a number of years, clerk of the board for twelve years, and its president; was elected mayor in 1895, and re-elected in 1897. Mr. Money was origi- nally a Democrat, but in 1860 he attached himself to the Republican party. In this con- nection it may be noted that while his Re- publicanism was not contemporaneous with that of the late James G. Blaine, his life was so; the two men were born on the same day of the year 1828.

On January 18, 1851, in Delaware City, George B. Money married Mary, daughter of Charles and Margaret (Williams) Vanhenkle, of Red Lion hundred, New Castle county, Del., and of Holland descent. Their chil- dren are: I. Charles Joseph, died in infancy; II. Margaret, died young; III. Marion (Mrs. August A. Sturgeon), of Philadelphia; IV. George B., Jr .; V. May, deceased. Mrs. Money died in May, 1878, and was buried in the Delaware City cemetery. She was a mem- ber of the Presbyterian church. On Septem- ber 23, 1883, in Philadelphia, George B. Money married Ella M., daughter of David Russell, born in Sussex county. Mr. Russell is of English ancestry, and his family was among those who settled many years ago in Sussex county. The childrere of this marriage are: I. Georgiana; II. John P .; III. Frank B .; IV. Alfred, died young; V. Mary; VI. Howard. Mr. Money has been a member of the Presbyterian church since 1856, and a Sabbath-school teacher since 1849. He is also a trustee of the church, and secretary of the Sabbath-school.

WILLIAM A. PRICE, Delaware City, Del., son of Thomas C. and Martha (Pen- nington) Price, was born at Port Penn, St. George's hundred, New Castle county, Del., January 24, 1840. (For Mr. Price's ancestry

see sketch of John Thomas Price, his brother.) William A. Price went to the pub- lie schools of Port Penn when a boy, and afterwards learned carpentry in his father's shop, and remained with him until he was twenty years old. In 1860 he came to Dela- ware City and entered the general merchan- dise store of Alexander & Robinson as a clerk. Ile spent two years there in that capacity and then purchased the establishment and con- ducted it for three years, with Charles G. Ash as a partner. In 1865 he bought Mr. Ash's interest, and continued the business until 1867, when he disposed of it and became a member of the corps of engineers which sur- veyed the route for the Delaware City and Pennsylvania Railroad. A year later he re- moved to Downingtown, Pa., and worked for two years on the engineer's staff in the con- struction of a portion of the Pennsylvania railroad. Then he returned to Delaware City, and for twelve years was general manager for Ash & Pennington, lumber dealers, after which he engaged in farming and has been interested in this occupation ever since. In 1881, under President Arthur's administra- tion, he was appointed postmaster of Dela- ware City. Four years later he gave way to a Democrat, but in 1889 President Harrison gave him a second appointment. He served four years, and then retired, only to be once more, in July, 1897, recalled to the position. No one in Delaware City has ever served so long as postmaster. IIe has been a capable official, courteous and obliging and popular with the public. He has always supported the Republican party.

Mr. Price made a record as a soldier during the Civil War. In 1863, he enlisted in Com- pany II, Fifth Regiment, Delaware Volun- teer Infantry, Colonel Bird, for nine months, and served at Havre-de-Grace, Baltimore and Fort Delaware, doing guard duty. He after- wards enlisted in the Seventh Regiment, Delaware Volunteer Infantry, and served at Havre-de-Grace and Parkton, Md.

In 1865, William A. Price married Martha, daughter of George Cleaver, and sister of Mrs. John Thomas Price. She was born in Delaware City. Their children are: I. George, has charge of William A. Price's farm; II. Elizabeth, the clever assistant post- master of Delaware City; III. William D., died young. Mr. Price and family are mem- bers of the Presbyterian church.

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WILLIAM M. WINGATE, Delaware City, Del., son of Richard and Elizabeth (Pennington) Wingate, was born in Bohemia Manor, Cecil county, Md., April 28, 1819.

For much more than a century the Win- gate family has resided on the Eastern Shore of Maryland, and has been prominent in af- fairs in that section. Peter and Carr Win- gate, brothers, came to Cecil county, Md., from England, when they were young men. Carr removed to the far south, and there made his home. Peter settled in Cecil coun- ty. Ile was the grandfather of William M. Wingate, and owned and cultivated a tract of land at the head of Sassafras Neck. There he resided until his death. He was a Feder- alist. He married Rachel Huken, a native of Germany. They had children: I. Carr; II. James; III. Thomas; IV. Peter, 2; V. Rich- ard; VI. Elizabeth; VII. Nancy (Mrs. Wal- ker). All resided in Cecil county. Peter Wingate died on his farm and was buried in the P. E. churchyard. He was a member of the P. E. church.

Richard Wingate was born in 1797 on the Wingate homestead farm in Sassafras Neck, Cecil county, Md. He attended the district schools and assisted in the cultivation of the home farm until he attained his majority, when he leased a tract of land in Bohemia Manor, Cecil county, and farmed it for many years. His late years were spent with his son, William M., in Delaware City. He was in- dustrious, and possessed the power of attract- ing and retaining friends, of whom he had many. His whole life was well spent. In his earlier years he belonged to the Whig party, but afterwards adopted the principles of the Republicans. Richard Wingate mar- ried Elizabeth, daughter of Robert Penning- ton. Mrs. Wingate was born in Cecil county. Her father was a drummer boy in the Conti- mental army during the Revolution, and after- wards a prosperous farmer of the Eastern Shore of Maryland. Mr. and Mrs. Wingate had children: I. William M .; II. John, de- ceased; III. Sarah (Mrs. John Ferris), of Vir- ginia: IV. Emeline (Mrs. James Wairm), de- ceased; V. Thomas, died young; VI. James, of Shamokin, Pa .; VII. Henry, farmer. Mr. Wingate died in 1866, in Delaware City, and was buried in the M. E. graveyard. Mrs. Wingate died in 1835, in Bohemia Manor, and was buried in St. Augustine's graveyard.

William M. Wingate studied his lessons when a boy in subscription schools in his neighborhood. Until he was sixteen years old, his home was with his parents. Then he secured employment as a farm laborer in Cecil county, and afterwards leased a farm there. In 1846 he obtained a position as as- sistant to the carpenters on the Chesapeake and Delaware canal, and was soon promoted to keeper of locks in his native county. In 1853, he was assigned by the canal manage- ment to the Delaware City locks, and for over half a century had charge of these, retiring only recently from active supervision over them. The first vessel he passed through the locks was Pursuit, and the second, the Per- vader. The latter is still in active service, but under a different name. Mr. Wingate, at the time of his retirement, was the oldest en- ployee, both as to age and length of service connected with the canal; and the canal man- agement and the boatmen alike praised him for the faithful discharge of his duties. He was always industrious, sober and trustworthy. Mr. Wingate is a member of Jackson Lodge, No. 19, F. and A. M., of Delaware City, and of Pomona Grange. Ile was originally a Whig, and cast his first vote for William Henry Harrison for President. Since 1860 he has been an earnest advocate of Republi- can principles. He is particularly interested just now in the campaign against free silver.

On December 20, 1842, in Christiana, New Castle county, Del., William M. Win- gate married Mary A., daughter of James Fields and Sarah (Smith) Pennington, both of whom were natives of the Eastern Shore of Maryland, of English descent and among the best citizens of Maryland. Mrs. Wingate was born in Kent county, Del., October 25, 1822. Their children are: I. Sarah E., a lady of cul- ture, and a good daughter; II. William J., lock-keeper on the canal; III. Mary E. (Mrs. David H. Douty), of Wilmington; IV. Rich- ard Thomas, died suddenly from heart trouble when a young man; V. Almira Virginia, died young; VI. George A., died young; VII. Charles S., wharf agent for Wilmington and Northern railroad at Wilmington; VIII. Wil- mer M., died young; IX. Lester P., lock-keep- er on the canal; X. Lena E. (Mrs. Richard V. Lime), widow, her husband was accident- ally killed near Pittsburg, Pa., she is hand- some and cultured, and now lives with her

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parents; she had two children, both dead; XI. Attwood P., died young; XH. Oswald B., P., W. & B. R. R. agent and Adams Express Company's agent at Delaware City, a well educated young man.

Mr. Wingate and family are members of the M. E. church; he has been a communicant for sixty years, is a trustee and a member of the building committee and a leader in church work. Mrs. Wingate is a most estimable woman, whose life has been devoted to her husband, her children and her church. The married life of Mr. and Mrs. Wingate, ex- tending over a period of fifty-six years, has been exceptionally happy, and they have no more satisfying moments than those spent in recalling the many incidents in which they have helpfully shared.

ALEXANDER JARRELL, Delaware City, Del., son of Elias and Elizabeth (Corse) Fitzgerald (or Jarrell), was born in Queen Anne county, Md., October 5, 1841.

Ilis ancestors were of Scotch descent. They all spelled their name Fitzgerald. Mr. Jarrell eliminated the first syllable and changed the orthography of those that remained, so that they more nearly conformed to the ordinary pronunciation given them. The Fitzgeralds were residents of the Eastern Shore, Md., for a number of years. Elias Fitzgerald was a farmer in Queen Anne county. He married in Kent county, Del., Elizabeth, daughter of Captain John Corse, born in Kent county, Del. Captain Corse was an officer in the Revolu- tionary war. He was taken prisoner by the British, but escaped from his guards. Mr. and Mrs. Fitzgerald had children: I. Anna (Mrs. Firman Newkirk), of Wilmington, Del .; H. John, of Delaware City; III. Mary E. (Mrs. John Green), of South Bend, Ind .; IV. James, lives in St. George's hundred, New Castle county; V. Alexander. Mr. Fitzger- ald died on his farm in 1843, when still a young man, and was buried on one of the family tracts of land. He and his family were members of the M. E. church. After the death of Mr. Fitzgerald, his widow resided in Middletown, and later in Delaware City. She died in 1892 at the residence of her son James, near Middletown, and was buried in the Delaware City cemetery. She was much respected, and her cares and labors in the rear- ing of her family have been abundantly re- warded.

Alexander Jarrell was but eighteen months old when his father died and he was taken by his mother to Middletown. There he at- tended the public schools, but was a student only a short time. When still very young he became an inmate of the houschould of Sam- uel Jones, a farmer near Smyrna, Kent coun- ty. After leaving there he found a home with Mr. Burris, the father of Martin B. Bur- ris, of Middletown, on the farm known as "Doves' Nest Farm." Mr. Burris gave him the kindly care and counsel of a father, and with him the lad remained until he was fif- teen years old. Then he secured employment among the farmers of St. George's and Red Lion hundreds, working the greater part of the time and attending school when the oppor- tunity presented itself. Ilis first wages were five dollars per month, but these were in- creased as the hoy developed into the museu- lar man.

Mr. Jarrell was one of the first to enlist in and last to be mustered out of the Union army in the Civil War. Five days before his twen- tieth birthday, he was enrolled at New Castle, Del., as a member of Company I, Captain La Space, First Regiment, Second Corps, Dela- ware Volunteer Infantry, Colonel John W. Andrews. He was mustered into service at ITare's Corner, Del., and went thence to New- port, Baltimore, and Fortress Monroe (then Camp Hamilton), where his regiment re- mained in camp until 1862. He was present at the surrender of Norfolk, Va., May 10, 1862, and at the capture of Suffolk; partici- pated in the battles of Antietam, September 17, 1862; Chancellorsville, Va., May 1-3, 1863; Gettysburg, July 1-3, 1863; Locust Grove, September, 1863; Auburn and Bristol Station, Va., October 14, 1863. On Decem- ber 18, 1863, Mr. Jarrell was discharged at Stevensburg, Va., and on the same day re-en- listed in the same company, Captain A. M. Hizar, and same regiment, Colonel Woodal, for three years, or until the termination of the war. He took part in the battle of Morton's Ford, February, 1864; was promoted to cor- poral in May 1864; was in the battle of the Wilderness, May 5-12, 1864, and was there wounded by a ball in the left check; was taken prisoner and confined in Pemberton prison, Richmond, Va., for three months; was pa- roled, and went to Annapolis, M.l .; then ex- changed and rejoined his regiment in the lat- ter part of 1864; was at Petersburg, and on

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April 7, 1865, while on the high bridge south of Appomattox, was struck in the left leg by a ball. He was taken to the City Point los- pital and his leg was amputated. After six months in the hospital he was discharged, in October, 1865, and returned to his home in Delaware City.

Ilis old life of physical activity was closed to Mr. Jarrell, but he began at once to prepare himself for another occupation. He had been an earnest student as a boy, and a careful and retentive reader as a young man, so it was not difficult for him to pass from the atmos- phere of the camp and the hospital to that of the school room. For two years he attend- ed the Delaware City Academy, and then spent two years in the Mansfield State Nor- mal School, in Tioga county, Pa., where he fitted himself for teaching school. His first school was at Kenton, Kent county, Del .; then he taught for two years at Green Springs, Blackbird hundred, and the same length of time at Taylor's Bridge, in the same hundred. He was a good teacher, and many of his pupils to-day hold positions of trust and responsibil- ity. In 1874, Mr. Jarrell learned telegraphy, and secured a position in the Western Union office at New Castle. There he remained eighteen months. In 1876 Mr. Jarrell was appointed keeper of the light house on the Front Range at New Castle, being the first keeper assigned to that place. The difficult and responsible duties of his position were dis- charged with fidelity for seven years, and then Mr. Jarrell returned to Delaware City, built for himself a comfortable house and has resided there for the past fifteen years, happy in his contentment and in the love and gentle ministrations of a talented and devoted wife. He is of unassuming nature; he devotes much of his time to study and to the perusal of the pages of history as they are written day by day. He is interesting in conversation, genial and popular. Mr. Jarrell was a school com- missioner of Delaware City, But never aspired to office. His political views are those of the Republican party. His first vote was for Lin- coln for president.

On November 11, 1874, in Porter county, Ind., Alexander Jarrell was married to Mary E., daughter of William and Elizabeth (Smith) Mannering, born in Edwardsburg, Michigan. Her parents were natives of Dela- ware, and her father was engaged in farming

in Michigan. Mr. and Mrs. Jarrell are mem- bers of the M. E. church; Mr. Jarrell is a steward of the congregation.

THEODORE FRELINGHUYSEN CLARK, P. O. Delaware City, Del., son of John C. and Elizabeth (Reybold) Clark, was born in Red Lion hundred, New Castle coun- ty, Del., March 25, 1838.

Theodore F. Clark was born on the Clark homestead. He received a good education in the public schools of Red Lion hundred, New- ark Academy, and Delaware College, of New- ark. From this latter institution he was graduated in 1857. Immediately after com- pleting his college course, he returned to the homestead and assisted his father on the farm until he was twenty-one. Then he removed to a tract of 350 acres, a part of the home farm, and for the past forty years has profit- ably cultivated it. He has been one of the most extensive stock raisers of Red Lion hun- dred, and, as a lover of fine stock, has bred some very choice strains of dairy cows. For more than thirty-five years he has been in the dairy business; possibly longer than any other resident of the hundred. He has always kept well abreast of the times not only in agricul- tural literature and improvements, but also in political and general matters. In 1873 Mr. Clark was elected a member of the Legisla- ture on the Republican ticket, and for two years served his constituents with faithful ability. He was re-elected to the legislature for a term of two years on November 8, 1898. He has been a school commissioner in Red Lion hundred for many years. He is an un- swerving Republican.

On December 19, 1867, in Philadelphia, Theodore F. Clark married Sarah Margaretta, daughter of Charles and Ann (Gregory) Stewart, of Monmouth county, N. J. They have one child, Charles Stewart, who was edu- cated in the public schools, at Delaware Col- lege, Newark, and at Goldey's Business Col- lege, of Wilmington, and who is an intelli- gent and ambitious young man of much prom- ise. ITis home is with his parents. Mrs. Clark ~ is a woman of many attainments and is highly esteemed. Mr. Clark has been an elder in the Presbyterian church of St. George's for thirty years, and for the same period has been su- perintendent of the Sabbath-school. He is ac- tive and efficient in church work.

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Captain John Stewart, paternal grand- father of Mrs. Theodore F. Clark, was of Scotch descent. He was born in Arneystown, N. J., and was one of the many farmers who left the plough in '76 to enlist in the Conti- mental army. He fought in the battle of Mon- mouth, and was rewarded for his bravery with the rank of captain; he aided in the cap- ture of the notorious refugee John Bacon, a marked character in Monmouth county in those stirring times. Captain Stewart was a Whig in politics, and a Presbyterian, a highly respected man. He was twice married; his first wife was Miss Carman, and their chil- dren were: I. Daniel; II. Elizabeth. After her death, Captain Stewart married Ann Ash; the children of this marriage were: I. Margaret; II. Ann; III. Charles; IV. Lydia; V. John; VI. William; VII. Robert; VIII. Joseph; all now deceased.

Their fifth child, Charles Stewart, was a resident of New Egypt, Monmouth county, N. J., and in his younger days owned and con- ducted a mill at Cream Ridge, in the same county; he owned many acres of land, and was an enterprising and successful business man. He manufactured charcoal, owned and managed trading vessels, and conducted a large mill at Fango, where he manufactured both bar and sheet iron. He also conducted a general store. His political tenets were those of the old Whig party. Charles Stew- art married Ann, daughter of John and Sarah (Rodgers) Gregory; he was a native of New Jersey. Their family consisted of the follow- ing children: I. John G .; II. Thomas W .; III. William; IV. Hannah; V. Ann (Mrs. Anthony Reybold), of Wilmington, Del .; VI. Charlotte (Mrs. William B. Knight); VII. Edith, deceased; VIII. Charles, of Boston, Mass .; IX. Joseph A., of Philadelphia; X. Lydia (Mrs. Robert Woodward); XI. Sarah Margaret (Mrs. Theodore F. Clark). Mr. Stewart died in New Jersey, and was buried in the cemetery of the Baptist church at Jacobstown; Mrs. Stewart died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Reybold, in Wilming- ton; and was interred in the burial ground of the Baptist church at Jacobstown, N. J., of which she was an esteemed member.

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Biographical and genealogical history of the state of Delaware, Vol. I, Part 66

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