Biographical and genealogical history of the state of Delaware, Vol. I, Part 76

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

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born in Mill Creek hundred, June 6, 1761, and daughter of John Bishop, of English des- cent. Their children were: I. John, and II. Jonathan, born December 6, 1779, twins, both died in 1838, the former in Washington county, Pa., and the latter in Illinois; III. Thomas, born January 5, 1782, died in April, 1844; IV. William, born November 26, 1783, died December 25, 1783; V. Ann (Mrs. Robert Bowman), born February 18, 1784, died in Ohio; VI. William, born February 19, 1787; VII. Eli, born March 10, 1789, died in 1849; VIII. Nathan, born February 9, 1791, died in June, 1867; IX. Jacob, born March 12, 1793, died in March, 1849; X. James, born March 11, 1795, died March 14, 1817; XI. Isaac, born May 23, 1797, died March 2, 1860; XII. Mary (Mrs. John Dixon), born September 1, 1799, died October 3,1859; XIII. Elizabeth, born December 1, 1801, died September 14, 1802; XIV. Jesse, born September 15, 1803, died May 16, 1885. Samuel Graves died in 1811, and Elizabeth, his wife, in 1840; both were members of the Society of Friends and were buried in the Centreville graveyard, Christiana hundred.

Thomas Graves, grandfather of Mrs. Enos C. Hoopes, was born in Christiana hundred. He received the usual education in the dis- triet schools, and then learned the trade of wheelwright. Throughout his life he was employed at this trade and in the cultivation of his farm. He married Margaret, daughter of John Augusta, of Christiana hundred. They had children: I. John; II. Samuel; III. David; IV. William. Thomas Graves died in Mill Creek hundred in 1844; Mrs. Graves died in the same hundred.

Samuel Graves, father of Mrs. Enos C. Hoopes, was born in Mill Creek hundred, in 1808. He was educated in that hundred and there began his life occupation as a farmer. He purchased a tract of 108 acres near Mount Pleasant schoolhouse, on which, in 1877, he erected a commodious residence. He was a Democrat. Samuel Graves married Jane, daughter of Jonathan and Ann Graves, born July 16, 1811. They had children: I. Levis, died young; II. Thomas, deceased; III. Margaretta (Mrs. Enos C. Hoopes); IV. Robert D., deceased; V. Henry A., deceased. Mr. Graves died on his farm in 1883; his widow died in 1891; both were members of the Red Clay Creek Presbyterian church and

were buried in the cemetery connected with it. Mr. Graves was a trustee of the congrega- tion. Mr. and Mrs. Graves were active church members, and were highly respected in their community.

William Graves, father of Lemuel Graves, was born in Christiana hundred, February 19, 1787. Hle attended school near Ashland, but was almost wholly self-educated. He learned stone masonry and worked at that trade sev- eral years, but in 1814 removed to Mill Creek hundred and leased the Mendenhall farm. In 1824 he went to Hockessin, and was there en- gaged in business as a merchant for five years. Going thence to Loveville, Mill Creek hun- dred, he conducted a store in that place for sixteen years. He was a Democrat. William Graves married Martha, daughter of James Mendenhall, born in Mill Creek hundred. Mrs. Martha Graves died, and was buried in the Hockessin graveyard. Mr. Graves mar- ried, as his second wife, Rachel, daughter of Frederick Clair, born in Montgomery county, Pa. Their children were: I. Lemuel, born December 23, 1824; II. William F., born August 16, 1826, killed by lightning in Illi- nois, May 25, 1868; III. Nathaniel, born Oe- tober 21, 1828, died in February, 1859. Mr. Graves died in Loveville, May 14, 1845, and was buried in the Centreville graveyard; he was a member of the M. E. church. Mrs. Rachel Graves died in January, 1884, and was buried in the Red Clay Creek Presby- terian churchyard.

Lemuel Graves was born in Mill Creek hundred. He was a pupil in the Mount Pleas- ant public school and was fond of study. He prepared himself for school teaching, and for six terms was elected a teacher in his hun- dred. Then he turned to farming and has continued at it ever since. His property is near Loveville, Mill Creek hundred. Mr. Graves is one of the best known citizens of the hundred, is intelligent, progressive, and popular. For six terms, making twelve years, he was assessor of Mill Creek hundred. He is a Republican and active in the support of his party's platform and candidates. Mr. Graves is a member of the Red Clay Creek Presby- terian church.

SAMUEL C. DIXON, P. O. Ashland, New Castle county, Del., son of Samuel P. and Mary S. ( Beason) Dixon, was born on the

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Isaac Dixon, his great-grandfather, was born in New Castle, and was of Welsh parent- age. Ile spent his life as a farmer, in Chris- tiana hundred; he was a Friend. His children were: I. Jehu; II. Isaac; III. Cyrus; IV. Martha (Mrs. Samuel Painter), of Chester county, Pa. Jehu Dixon, the eldest of the family, grandfather of Samuel C. Dixon, was born in Christiana hundred; when he had at- tained to manhood, he bought 153 acres of land in Mill Creek hundred, upon which he built a fine stone dwelling in 1791, and passed the remainder of his life in farming and improving his property. Jehu Dixon married Mary, daughter of George and Han- nah (Phillips) Taylor. Their children are: . I. John, born February 9, 1791, died young; II. Hannah (Mrs. Philip Chandler), of Hoc- kessin, born November 25, 1792; III. Ann (Mrs. Thomas Raley), of Ohio, born January 25, 1795; IV. Phebe (Mrs. John Vale), of Mill Creek hundred, born Novem- ber 17, 1796; V. Martha (Mrs. Amos Sharpless), of Ashland, born November 9, 1798; VI. Samuel P., born in October, 1800; VII. Mary T. (Mrs. Marshall Yeatman), born December 25, 1802; VIII. Sarah, born Feb- ruary 23, 1805, died young. Jehu Dixon and his wife were Friends; their remains are in- terred in the burial ground at Hockessin meeting.

Samuel P. Dixon, born in 1800 on the homestead in Mill Creek hundred, and edu- cated in the Ebenezer school, Christiana hun- dred, passed his life in farming, rearing stock, and raising produce for the Wilmington mar- ket. Ile was a man of excellent business qualities, and was entrusted with the settle- ment of several large estates; he served in lo- cal offices, and was for two terms a member of the Levy Court of New Castle county. For some years, he was Democratic in his political views, but in 1860 became a Republican. Samuel P. Dixon married Mary S., daughter of William and Elizabeth ( Maneel) Beason, of New Garden, Pa. Their children are: I. Susan M., of Hockessin; II. Elizabeth, de- ceased; III. Hannah C., married first to Mil- ton Stadon, M. D., of Lycoming county, Pa., afterwards to Ira Stadon, of Williamsport, Pa .; IV. Lyda Ann (Mrs. Gideon Wieker- sham), of Chester county, Pa .; V. Merris,

died in 1888; VI. Sarah Ann, died in 1882; VII. Samuel C .; VIII. William B., of Arkan- sas, married Hannah Hilman; IX. Mary T. (Mrs. Stephen Mitchell), of Hockessin. Mrs. Dixon died at her home in 1878. Mr. Dixon survived his wife only a year, dying on the farm on which his whole life had been passed, in 1879. Both are buried at Hockessin meet- ing.

Samuel C. Dixon acquired his education at the Ebenezer school, in Christiana hundred, and at a boarding school taught by Benja- min Swain, at London Grove, Chester coun- ty, Pa. He remained on the home farm until 1859, when he had reached the age of twenty- two; he then engaged with his brother Wil liam B., at Coatesville, Pa., in the manufac- ture of agricultural implements. On April 1, 1861, at the beginning of the war of the Re- bellion, he enlisted as a private in the Seventh Pennsylvania Cavalry, Company G, Col. George C. Wyncote and Capt. J. F. Anders. He was mustered in as first sergeant at Har- risburg, Pa., July 16, 1861; his regiment was ordered to Louisville, Ky., and was in its first engagement in December, 1861, with Mor- gan's cavalry, at Lebanon, Ky. In January, 1862, Sergeant Dixon was captured at the battle of Murfreesboro, and imprisoned at MeMinnville, but was soon after discharged on parole. His promotion to the rank of sec- ond lieutenant followed. In 1862, he re- joined his regiment at Nashville, Tenn., and was attached to the command of Major C. C. Davis. During the sabre charge which Major Davis made at Shelbyville, and for which he was awarded the gold medal for bravery, Lieu- tenant Dixon rode by his side, and received a sabre wound in his left cheek. He also took part in the battles of Chattanooga and Chica- mauga. In 1863, he was made captain of Company C .; the company was veteranized at this time, and after a furlough of thirty days, Captain Dixon rejoined his regiment at Nash- ville, and took part in all the battles under General Sherman, from Nashville to Atlanta. With his company, he returned to Louisville, Ky., for horses; then they went to Nashville, where they joined Gen. Wilson's command. The next battle in which the regiment partic- ipated was at Selma, Ala., and Captain Dixon was still with the regiment when Jefferson Davis was captured by Gen. Wilson, near Macon, Ga. After serving four years, Cap-

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tain Dixon and his company were mustered out September 23, 1865. He had suffered much during his term of service from wounds and sickness. He was shot through the body, wounded in the leg, had his face ent by a sabre, was ruptured by the fall of his horse, and underwent an attack of fever, yet was not at any time in a hospital.

After being mustered out, Capt. Dixon re- turned to his home at AAshland, where he re- mained until 1867. He then became inter- ested in the lumber business, at Williamsport, Pa., and carried it on successfully for seven years. Great muducements were held out to him to become a stockholder in the North Carolina Land and Lumber Improvement Company, which had its headquarters at Eliz- abeth City, N. C., and to undertake its man- agement. Capt. Dixon accepted the position of manager, and invested $10,000 in stock. At the end of three years, the company broke up, and he lost his all. Returning to Dela- ware a poor man, he began work again as a journeyman carpenter, in 1877, at Kennetc Square, Pa. At the end of three years, he went to Wilmington, and was employed by the Jackson and Sharp Company for eight years; during three years of that time, he also conducted a grocery store at Tenth and Adams streets. In 1888, Captain Dixon as- sumed the charge of the Dixon homestead in Mill Creek hundred, and has since that time employed its 152 acres in stockraising and market-gardening. The perseverance, faith- fulness and unswerving integrity displayed in his services to his country are characteristic also of all his business dealings. Captain Dixon is a member of Blue Lodge, No. 473, F. and A. M., Watsontown, Pa. He has al- ways been a Republican, and cast his first vote for President Lincoln.

Samuel C. Dixon was married in Kennett Square, Chester county, Pa., to Ella T., daughter of Irenice I. Martin, farmer, of Irish descent. Their children are: I. Willard HI .; II. Mary S. (Mrs. Samuel Way), of Chris- tiana hundred; III. Beatrice M., deceased; IV. Anna; V. Charles I .; VI. Ella M. Mrs. Dixon died in February, 1892, and is buried at U'nion Hill cemetery, Kennett Square. Captain Dixon and his family are members of the Presbyterian church.

ARCHIBALD ARMSTRONG, Ashland, Del., son of John and Jane ( Delaplaine)

Armstrong, was born at Mount Cuba, Mill Creek hundred, New Castle county, Del., November 21, 1820.

The Armstrong family is of Scotch-Irish descent. When William Penn was establish- ing his benign plan of government in Pen- sylvania and the lower counties, Archibald Armstrong, leaving Ireland, came to America and took up land in northern Delaware. Hle settled near Centreville, Christiana hundred, New Castle county, and, engaging in farm- ing, became an extensive land owner. Like the majority of his fellow countrymen, he was a progressive citizen, and a leader among his neighbors. He died on his farm, and was buried in the Lower Brandywine Presbyter- ian church graveyard. He was a member of the Presbyterian church.

John Armstrong, son of Archibald Arm- strong, and great-grandfather of the Archi- bald Armstrong of this sketch, was born on the homestead in Christiana hundred. He devoted himself to agricultural pursuits throughout his life, was prominent in the hun- dred, and was an able, popular man. John Armstrong married Mary, daughter of Charles Springer, a Swede, and one of the first settlers in what is now Wilmington; he was a large land holder, and the principal actor in the building and support of the first church (Old Swedes') built in Wilmington. Their children were: I. Archibald; II. William; III. Nathan; IV. John, 2. Mr. Armstrong died on his farm and was buried in the Lower Brandywine Presbyterian graveyard.

Archibald Armstrong, 2, son of John Arm- strong, was born near Centreville, Christiana hundred, December 27, 1759. There he was educated and there he spent his entire life as a farmer. On his marriage, in 1785, he pur- chased a small tract of land, to which was added enough from the homestead traet to makė 150 acres, which he converted into a productive and valuable farm. With this land he purchased a log hut which had been erected upon it, to which he built a stone ad- dition, besides making many other improve- ments. Mr. Armstrong was a stanch sup- porter of Jefferson and Jackson, and took a very active part in the politics of his commun- ity. In 1785 Archibald Armstrong married Sarah, daughter of Nathaniel and Hannah Richards, of Chester county, Pa., born No- vember 5, 1762. Their children were: I. John, born April 13, 1786; II. Nathaniel,

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born February 10, 1788; III. Hannah, born September 8, 1790, married William Little, on November 22, 1810; IV. Mary, born Sep- tember 28, 1793, married Peter Hatton, on February 17, 1820; V. William, born March 26, 1796, married Rebecca Pierson, Novem- ber 24, 1821, and Ann Kellum, October 13, 1825; . VI. Sarah, born October 28, 1799; VII. George D., born June 30, 1802, married Mary Montgomery; VIII. Benjamin, born August 17, 1804, married Ann Mendenhall. Mr. Armstrong died on his farm in 1839; his widow died in 1858; both were buried in the Red Clay Creek Presbyterian churchyard. Mrs. Armstrong was a member of the Baptist denomination, and a helpful, cheerful woman. The entire family was noted for geniality, charity and integrity.

John Armstrong, father of Archibald Armstrong, 3, was born near Centreville, Christiana hundred, April 13, 1786. IIe re- ceived a common school education and re- mained on the home farm until the latter part of 1816, when he purchased from John Nicholson a farm of 100 acres at what is now known as Mount Cuba, Mill Creek hundred, where he devoted himself throughout his life to farming and raising live stock. Mr. Arm- strong was a firm advocate of education, and did much to improve the schools of his com- munity. His first vote for president was for Madison; he supported both Madison and Monroe, but opposed Jackson. He was a Whig and Republican, and never sought of- fice, nor held any, except by appointment.

On September 26, 1816, in Christiana hundred, John Armstrong was married to Jane, daughter of and Mary Dela- plaine, born in Christiana hundred, June 28, . 1797. Their children were: I. James Mon- roe, born July 13, 1817, died July 24, 1823 ; II. Sarah J. (Mrs. John Springer), born April 20, 1819, married in 1841, died. June 11, 1895; III. Archibald, born November 21, 1820; IV. Mary D., born August 27, 1822, died November 18, 1896; V. George W. L., born July 21, 1824, died October 15, 1843 ; VI. Hannah L., born August 15, 1827, mar- ried the late Hiram Pierson, on March 9, 1853; VII. Susan D., born December 12, 1829, married Thomas Ralph, of Pittsburg, Pa., on March 7, 1855; VIII. John, 2, born September 20, 1831, farmer, of Mill Creek hundred, married to Hannah Woodward,

November 18, 1856; IX. Nathaniel, born June 8, 1834, died August 7, 1857; X. Re- becca Ann, born March 20, 1836, resides in Pittsburg, Pa .; XI. Thomas L., born March 19, 1842, died April 22, 1864. Mr. Arm- strong died on his farm, July 13, 1869; Mrs. Armstrong died December 20, 1843; both were buried in the Red Clay Creek Presbyte- rian churchyard. Mr. Armstrong was a faith- ful member of the Presbyterian church, and was one of the most active, and one of the largest contributors in the erection of the Red Clay Creek edifice. He was elected an elder about 1835.

Archibald Armstrong, 3, attended the pub- lie schools of Mount Pleasant, Mill Creek hundred, and afterward aided his parents on the farm until he married and removed to a farm of 100 acres adjoining one which his father had bought, in 1897; he now occupies the same farm. There he remained until 1858, in which year he purchased a farm near Fredericksburg, Va., which he cultivated un- til the Civil War. Two alternatives were then given him-to leave the state or to take up arms for the Confederacy. He did not re- quire much time to reach a decision. Leav- ing the state and all his earthly possessions ac- quired by long and unremitting toil, he re- turned to the homestead in Mill Creek hun- dred, and bravely set to work to rehabilitate himself. In 1862 he went to Wilmington and procured employment at carpentry and other work; then to Philadelphia, where he worked for a year and a half. In 1877 he re- turned to the home farm, and has spent the past twenty-one years there. In 1892, he re- tired from the active management of the farm, and his son, Stephen S. Armstrong, now halit in charge. Mr. Armstrong was elected a state senator in 1854 on the Know-Nothing ticket, and served creditably four years. He advocated a number of measures which be- came laws, and have proved beneficial to the people of Delaware. He is a man of much intelligence, widely read, a logical thinker, convincing in conversation, affable, courteous, much esteemed. In his political views he was a Whig and afterward became a Republican.

On February 11, 1846, in Mill Creek hun- dred, Archibald Armstrong was married to Sarah, daughter of Stephen Springer, direct descendant of Charles Springer, and Mar- garet his wife. Miss Springer was born No-

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vember 8, 1817, near Hockessin. Their chil- dren are: I. Stephen Springer, born August 21, 1851; II. Ada Jane (Mrs. Maris T. Mil- ler), born June 28, 1855; and two who died in infancy. Mrs. Armstrong died in 1891; she was a member of the Red Clay Creek Presbyterian church and was buried in its - cemetery. Mr. Armstrong has been an elder in the Red Clay Creek church for many years.

Stephen Springer Armstrong was educated in the public schools of Wilmington, and af- terward learned cabinet making with Samuel Murphy, of Wilmington. He worked at his trade and at carriage building until 1879, a portion of the time at Chatham, Chester county, Pa., with Benjamin Biggs as a part- ner. Since 1879, he has resided with his fa- ther and has had the management of his farm. Ile is an industrious and respected citizen, a member of Valley Lodge, No. 23, A. O. U. W., of Hoekessin, and a stanch Republican. Stephen Springer Armstrong married, April 2, 1874, Emma L. Layton, of Penn's Grove, N. J .; they had one child, Emma Layton, at home. Mrs. Emma L. Armstrong died in 1875; Mr. Armstrong afterwards married Martha, daughter of William and Mary (Mor- rison) Peoples, of Mill Creek hundred; they have one child, Archibald Williams, at home.

Mrs. Maris T. Miller, daughter of Archi- bald Armstrong, was married July 8, 1879, in Mill Creek hundred. She has children: I. Florence A .; II. George A .; III. John S .; IV. Maris T., Jr .; V. I. Howard; VI. Frank S .; VII. Frederick; VIII. Lewis MeDonald; IX. Ada.

The Peoples family is of Irish extraction. Hugh Peoples, grandfather of Mrs. Stephen S. Armstrong, was born in Ireland. He mar- ried there, and in 1829 brought his family to America. His first home here was at the Du- Pont Banks, New Castle county, Del., where he secured employment in the powder mills. In the latter part of his life he removed to Sistersville, Tyler county, W. Va., and en- gaged in farming. He was a Democrat. The children of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Peoples are: I. James, died in West Virginia; II. William; III. John, a well-known banker of Wilming- ton, now deceased; IV. Mary (Mrs. Caleb Walker); V. Jane (Mrs. M'Clintock); VI. Rebecca J., of Denver, Col .; VII. Sarah J. Mr. Peoples died in West Virginia.

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S. Armstrong, was born in Ireland in 1811. When he was sixteen years old, he came to this country with his father, and was for six years employed as a finisher in the Henry Clay woolen factory. Ile then farmed for two years in Mill Creek hundred, spent two years in West Virginia, and returned to Wil- mington, where he was engaged for fourteen years as contractor and hauler. Afterward he removed to Mill Creek hundred, and culti- vated a farm during the remainder of his life. IIe was a Republican. William Peoples married, in Mill Creek hundred, Mary A., daughter of Robert and Eliza Morrison, born in Mill Creek hundred in 1812. They had children: I. James, of Chester county, Pa .; II. Mary E. (Mrs. Robert S. Smith, widow); III. Martha (Mrs. Stephen S. Armstrong); IV. William T .; V. John H., of Kennett Square, Chester county, Pa .; VI. Emma (Mrs. Arnold Naudain). Mrs. Peoples died in 1885, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Naudain, in White Clay Creek hundred. Her body was buried in the Red Clay Creek Pres- byterian churchyard. Mr. Peoples was a member of the Presbyterian church.

JAMES GIFFIN, P. O. Ashland, Del., son of James and Mary (Foote) Githin, was born near Mount Pleasant schoolhouse, Mill Creek hundred, New Castle county, Del., July 17, 1830. -

Robert Giffin, grandfather of James Giffin, 2, was born in County Dublin, Ireland, and there grew to manhood. Then he came to this country and settled near Newport, Chris- tiana hundred, New Castle county, Del. For a short time he leased the Newlin farm and afterward removed to Mount Pleasant, Mill Creek hundred, where he purchased the Wil- kinson farm of 100 acres, and buildings that had once been used for a tannery. He made many improvements upon the property, and cultivated it until his death. He was a Democrat. Robert Giffin was married to. Mary Montgomery, a native of Christiana hundred. Their children were: I. Jane. (Mrs. John Clarson); II. Mary (Mrs. Patrick Higgins); III. James. Mr. and Mrs. Giffin both died on the farm, and were buried in the Red Clay Creek Presbyterian churchyard ; they were members of the Presbyterian. church.

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born in 1784, on the farm now occupied by the latter. IIe was educated in the district schools of Mill Creek hundred, and assisted his father on the farm in his youth. After- ward he established a store near the home farm and conducted a mercantile business suc- cessfully for twenty years. Then he returned to farming and profitably engaged in raising grain, live stock, and market produce. He was one of the early attendants upon the Wil- mington markets. Mr. Giffin was a useful eit- izen, active in promoting the educational in- terests of the hundred, enterprising, and a frequently sought and safe counselor. He was a Democrat. He held the office of Levy Court Commissioner and served on the grand and petit juries. In political matters he was very active. James Giffin married, in Mill Creek hundred, Mary, daughter of George and Sarah (Evans) Foote, born in Mill Creek hundred. Their children were: I. Sarah J. (Mrs. William Little), widow; II. Rachel (Mrs. Evan Gregg), died in Chili, S. A .; III. Elizabeth (Mrs. Jacob Wilson); IV. James, 2; V. Anna (Mrs. Dr. Watson F. Quinly), of Wilmington, deceased; VI. Mary (Mrs. Nathaniel ('ulbert), of Wilmington; VII. Amanda (Mrs. Lewis Pierson); VIII. Ade- line (Mrs. James Crossan), of White Clay Creek hundred; IX. Mary Ann, died young; X. Robert, died young. Mr. Giffin died in 1852; his widow died at the residence of her son, James Giffin, in 1887; both were buried in the Red Clay Creek Presbyterian church- yard; they were members of the Presbyterian church.

James Giffin, 2, was born on the Giffin homestead. Ile attended the Mount Pleasant public schools, Mill Creek hundred, and the school in Wilmington taught by Professor Galey. After the death of his father, he as- sumed the management of the farm of 110 acres, and cared for his aged mother. As a farmer, he was progressive and made many improvements upon his property. He paid much attention to market gardening and to the raising of live stock. Combining energy and good judgment, he has proved a success- ful farmer. He is of unassuming manner and quiet disposition, but is generally esteemed. Mr. Giffin was a charter member and is a Past Chief of Hockessin Castle, No. 15, K. G. E., and a member of the Grand Lodge of Dela-

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Biographical and genealogical history of the state of Delaware, Vol. I, Part 76

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