Biographical and genealogical history of the state of Delaware, Vol. I, Part 98

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

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Dan M. Cochran, son of Robert Thomas and Sophia A. (Moody) Cochran, was born on the homestead, March 4, 1850. He was educated in the schools of his neighborhood, and at the academy of West Chester, Pa. He spent three years in cultivating his father's farm in Kent county, Md., and has ever since been engaged in the management of a tract of 300 acres adjoining the homestead farm. He is a stock breeder and dairy farmer. Mr. D. M. Cochran is a stanch Democrat; he is much esteemed and respected. Dan M. Cochran was married, January 29, 1873, to Ada, daughter of Alexander and - Mileah (Crouch) Wilson, of Kent county, Md. Their children are: I. A. Wilson; II. Nellie (Mrs. Skee Lockwood); III. Mabel; IV. Dan M., Jr .; V. Ada; VI. Richard; VII. Jennie; VIII. Ethel; IX. Woodal; X. Alice; XI. Mary E. The family are intelligent and well educated.

William A. Cochran, third son of Robert and Rebecca (Ryland) Cochran, his elder brothers being Gov. Cochran and Robert Thomas Cochran, was born on the homestead of the family in Saint George's hundred, No- vember 24, 1819. He was educated in the schools of Middletown and at the academy of Newark, Del. Until he attained his ma- jority, he remained on the home farm; at

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his father's death, he inherited one-half of the 500 acres which composed the homestead, and upon this tract he has passed nearly all his life. He has been a successful stock Voir breeder and cultivator of fruits. In 1886, he retired from active business, and now resides with his nephew and son-in-law, Richard R. Cochran. He has always been a Democrat, and was for some time assessor of the hun- Ared. William A. Cochran was married in 1845, to Sarah O., daughter of Jacob and Margaret (Fox) Shallcross; she was born in Philadelphia, and was a sister of Mrs. Jona- than K. Williams, and an aunt of James T. Shalleross, of Saint George's hundred. Their children are as follows: I. Henry S., of New Jersey; II. Fanny R. (Mrs. Richard R. Coch- ran); III. Sarah (Mrs. M. Paxton); IV. Clara V. (Mrs. John W. McCoy), of Appo- quinimink hundred; V. Laura F., a trained nurse, of Philadelphia; VI. Mary (Mrs. Robert Morgan), of Kent county, Md .; VII. William A., Jr .; VIII. Robert, of Colorado; IX. Margaret; X. Alice (Mrs. William Con- ley), of Middletown. Mrs. Sarah O. Coch- ran died in 1873, and was interred in the burial ground of the Forest Presbyterian church.

ABRAM VANDEGRIFT, P. O. Port Penn, New Castle county, Del., son of Leon- ard G. and H. E. Vandegrift, was born at Reedy Island Neck, St. George's hundred, New Castle county, Del., June 7, 1860. He was educated in the public schools of St. George's hundred and in Delaware College, at Newark. In the latter institution he was a student for two years. When his course there terminated he returned to his home and as- sisted his father on the farm. In 1881 his father retired from the active management of his land and Abram took charge of it. He continued there until 1889, and in the follow- ing spring purchased the Middletown Tran- script, then owned and edited by W. P. Mif- flin, and conducted that paper successfully in the interests of the Democratic party for three years. Ilis health failed and he sold the newspaper plant and spent a year in Minne- sota in the endeavor to regain his former phy- sical strength. On his return to Delaware he leased the Cleaver farm at Port Penn, and has since resided there. In addition to cultiva- ting the soil, he furnished the United States

government, by contract, with light house supplies. He is also connected with the engi- neering department at Fort Delaware. Mr. Vandegrift is a man of superior education, fine conversational talents and genial and courteous. He is a Democrat who believes in his party and has always given it effective support. In 1889 he was chosen, by his party, clerk of the Delaware senate, and filled that office one term, gaining the thanks of all the members for his able discharge of the du- ties that belonged to his position and their good will by his obliging and affable manner.

On February 14, 1883, in Port Penn, Abram Vandegrift married Emma C., daugh- terof Isaac S. and Mary A. B. Cleaver, born in Port Penn. She is a cousin of Henry Cleaver, the well-known merchant of Port Penn. Mr. and Mrs. Vandegrift have children: I. Mary H .; II. Julia C .; III. Rachel L .; IV. Alan; V. Ellen C. Mrs. Vandegrift is endowed with rare intellectual powers and is very active in church work. Mr. Vandegrift and family are members of the Presbyterian church.

WILLIAM BLAND, P. O. Delaware City, Del., son of William and Esther Bland, was born in Faulkingham, Lincolnshire, Eng- land, October 11, 1838.

His parents were natives of England and died there. They were members of the estab- lished church of England. William Bland was educated in the parish schools of Faulk- ingham, but received there only a limited edu- cation. He, however, overcame this deficient training by careful and extensive reading. On September 20, 1859, he sailed with his bride of a few months for America, making the voyage from Liverpool on the ship Ocean Monarch, Captain Page, in four weeks. IIe landed in New York City and immediately proceeded to Maryland, where his wife had relatives; he had not a kinsman or a friend in this country. For five years he worked as a farm laborer in Kent county, Md., then came to Delaware and was em- ployed for two years on a farm near New Castle. Then he removed to Red Lion hun- dred and secured work on the William Col- burn farm and afterwards was a tenant on the W. Beck tract of land at Townsend. In 1876 Mr. Bland leased the Wilson farm in Cecil county, Md., and spent five years there in the

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cultivation of grain and the growing of live- stock. He then returned to New Castle county, and rented the Colburn acres in Red Lion hundred. In 1892 he took charge, as lessee, of the large farm of 400 acres, near l'ort Penn, St. George's hundred, which he now cultivates. On his traet of land, one of the most extensive in the hundred, he har- vests large crops of grain, conducts a dairy and feeds many cattle. He has made his ven- ture in this, to him, new and strange country, very profitable because he has been indus- trious and honorable in his dealings with all men. He was chosen a grand juror for the term of 1897-98. He is a Democrat, who knows no swerving from the ranks of his party. In May, 1859, in Lincolnshire, Eng- land, William Bland married Elizabeth, daughter of Joseph Wakefield, born in Lin- colnshire. Her father was a house carpenter.

Mr. and Mrs. Bland had children: I. Jos- eph, farmer of Montgomery county, Pa .; II. John, died when young, in Kent county, Md .; III. Harriet (Mrs. Edward Manlove), of Appoquinimink hundred, New Castle county, Del .; IV. Maxey, farmer, at home; V. Wil- liam, farmer, of Red Lion hundred; VI. Jen- nie, at home; VII. George W., at home; VIII. Charlotte, at home. Mrs. Bland died July 7, 1895, and was buried at Newport, New Castle county. Mr. Bland and his fam- ily are members of the M. E. church. He was a class-leader in the congregations in Kent and Cecil counties, Md., to which he be- longed.

JAMES ALFRED HALL, P. O. Port Penn, New Castle county, Del., second son of the late Alfred K. and Alice (Mustard) ITall, was born in Milford, Kent county, Del., May 25, 1853. He received a public school education, and having a strong inclin- ation for his father's occupation, began a sea- faring life in 1870. By conscientious service and steady habits he advanced to the positions of second mate, and of mate. In 1878 he be- came Captain of the schooner Isaac L. Clark; his first voyage as master being from Philadelphia to New Orleans. He continued in this position until 1892, and from that date until 1896, was engaged in the coal and luin- ber business in Milford, Del. During this period, Mr. Hall served the town three years as a member of the town council. For one

year he was vice president, and for two years president of the Milford Fire Company. His desires turned again seaward, and he became master of the four-masted schooner Harold- ine, which he sailed until January 2, 1898, when she was lost at Cape Florida. In March, 1898, Captain Hall assumed the charge of the three-masted schooner Thomas F. Pollard, of which he is still the master. Captain Hall is a member of Temple Lodge, No. 9, A. F. and A. M., of Milford, and of Milford Lodge, No. 17, A. O. U. W. His political views are Republican. For the last three years Cap- tain Hall has made his home at Norwood, Delaware county, Pa.

James Alfred Hall was married at Ocean View, Del., October 11, 1880, to Angie V., daughter of Selby H. and Elizabeth Evans, of Ocean View. Their only child died in in- fancy. Mrs. Hall died at Norwood, Pa., March 31, 1898, and is buried in Ocean View cemetery. Captain Hall attends the Presby- terian church.

FRANCIS L. SPRINGER, M. D., New- port, Del., son of Stephen and Mary E. (Love) Springer, was born in Mill Creek hun- dred, New Castle county, Del., March 20, 1854.

The Springer family is of Swedish descent, and was among the first of that nationality to settle in Delaware. Stephen Springer, grand- father of Francis L. Springer, was born in Mill Creek hundred. There he received his education and there he was engaged in farm- ing until his death. He was a stanch supporter of the political doctrines of Thomas Jefferson. Stephen Springer was married to Margaret Houston, of Mill Creek hundred. Their chil- dren were: I. Sarah (Mrs. Archibald Arm- strong), deceased; II. Amanda (Mrs. Thomas Morrison), deceased; III. Mary A. (Mrs. Robert Morrison), of Virginia, widow; IV. Elizabeth, deceased; V. Margaret (Mrs. Barton McElwee), widow; VI. James, died in Newark, Del .; VII. Stephen, 2, deceased. Mr. Springer died on his farm in Mill Creek hundred, where Mrs. Springer also died in 1854; both were buried in the White Clay Creek Presbyterian graveyard. Mr. Springer was an active member of the Presbyterian church. His wife was an excellent woman, and was much respected.

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Creek hundred in 1822. He received his edu- cation in the district schools, at a private school in Wilmington, and in Newark Acad- omy. After assisting his parents on the farm until he was twenty-one years old, a portion of the homestead was given to him, upon which he lived until within a few years of his death. Ile was a successful farmer, and raised much live stock; was widely known and everywhere respected. For a number of years, Mr. Springer held the office of trustee of the poor of New Castle county. He was an active Democratie politician. Stephen Springer married, in Mill Creek hundred, Mary E., daughter of Rev. Thomas Love, a well-known Presbyterian clergyman, pastor of Red Clay Creek church. She was born in Mill Creek hundred. Their children were: I. Thomas, Presbyterian clergyman, of Brooklyn. Baltimore county, Md .; II. Wil- lard, M. D., of Wilmington, Del .; III. Fran- cis L. M .: IV. Idaletta (Mrs. Randolph Jones), of Mill Creek; V. Robert S., retired, of Wilmington. Stephen Springer died on his wife's farm, in Mill Creek hundred, March 20, 1895. He was a consistent mem- ber of the Presbyterian church and was bur- ied in Red Clay Creek churchyard. Mrs. Springer lives on her farm in Mill Creek hun- dred, a venerable lady, of sweet disposition, and kindly, attractive manner.

Francis L. Springer received his first in- struction from a governess. Afterwards he attended the district schools of Mill Creek hundred, Newark Academy under Professor E. D. Porter, and Delaware College, Dr. W. Purnell. president, from which institution he was graduated in 1874. In 1875 he entered the Medical Department of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa., after read- ing medicine with his brother, Willard, and was graduated there with honors in 1877. Ile returned to Delaware, and began the practice of his profession in Christiana, suc- ceeding Dr. G. W. Inddlers, and for nine- teen years he was a busy and trusted physi- cian and surgeon in Christiana and White Clay Creek hundred. In 1895 he came to Newport. and during the past three years has repeated his professional success in Chris- tiana. He has the respect and confidence of the entire community. Dr. Springer is a member of the American Medical Associa- tion, and the Delaware State Medical Society.

Ile is enrolled with Hiram Lodge, No. 25, F. & A. M., of Newark; Andastaka Tribe, No. 14, I. O. R. M .; Active Lodge, No. 11, A. O. U. W., of Newport. He was a trustee of the poor of New Castle county for nine years, and is visiting physician at Farnhurst hospital. He is a Democrat.

On November 17, 1885, in Christiana, Dr. Francis L. Springer was married to Willie Reed, daughter of Henry L. Churchman, a well-known farmer of New Castle county, Del. She was born in Philadelphia. Their children are: I. Ethel L .; II. Francis L., Jr .: III. Stephen; IV. Rebecca Churchman ; V. Christopher Springer. Dr. Springer is a member of the Presbyterian church.

ISRAEL W. MARSHALL, Yorklyn, New Castle county, Del., son of Thomas and Mary (Way) Marshall, was born in Kennett Square, Chester county, Pa., December 29, 1850.

The Marshall family originally came from England, many years before the Revolution- ary War, and is one of the oldest and most influential in Chester county, Pa. John Marshall, great-grandfather of Israel W. Marshall, was born in Chester county, and in 1765 settled on a traet of 183 acres in Ken- nett township, which had originally belonged to the Penns. There he engaged in agricul- tural pursuits, after he had sufficiently cleared his land of the heavy timber which grew in forests over nearly its whole extent. To dispose of the timber he erected a saw-mill and manufactured his big trees into lumber. Ile was a shrewd business man and prospered both in his farming and his lumber opera- tions. John Marshall was twice married. Of the name of his first wife, no record is found. His second, marriage was to Miss Lamburn, of Chester county, Pa. Their children were: I. Robert: IT. Thomas; TIT. William: TV. . ITannah: V. Ann. Mr. Marshall and his wife died on the farm, and were buried in the Friends' graveyard at Hockessin. They were members of the Society of Friends.

Robert Marshall, son of John Marshall, was born on the Kennett township farm in 1772. TTe had the advantages of good com- mon schools, and afterward devoted himself to farming. In connection with his farm he operated a grist mill, which he erected on his land. Robert Marshall married, in Chester

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county, Pa., Mary Hoopes, born near West Chester, l'a. Their children were: 1. Ca- leb; II. John; III. Abner; IV. Thomas; V. Martha ( Mrs. Thomas Hannum). Caleb and John Marshall were iron manufacturers at Marshallton, Del., and were the founders of that town. Abner Marshall was a farmer. Robert Marshall died on his farm in August, 1859; his wife died in 1848; both were bur- ied in the Friends' cemetery at Ilockessin. They were members of the Society of Friends, and Mr. Marshall was a leader in the meeting.

Thomas Marshall, fourth son of Robert and Mary (Hoopes) Marshall, was born on the homestead, March 5, 1816. Ile was edu- cated in the district schools of Chester county and the Jonathan Goss Boarding School near West Chester, Pa. He took up his father's work as a farmer and miller where the latter had left off, and continued in it until 1857, when he converted the grist mill into a paper manufactory. He was the first paper maker in that section and operated his mill with much profit for thirty years. Ile was a pro- gressive business man, absolutely honorable in all his dealings, temperate in his habits and widely popular. Ile was a stanch Republi- can. Thomas Marshall married, in Chester county, l'a., Mary, daughter of Moses and Susanna Way, born in Pennsbury township, Chester county. Their children were: I. Israel W .; II. Mary (Mrs. Dr. Taylor S. Mit- chell), of Hockessin; III. Elwood; two died young. Thomas Marshall died in 1887, and was buried in the Union Hill cemetery, Ken- nett Square, Pa. Ile was a member of the Society of Friends. Mrs. Marshall resides with her son, Elwood, in Chester county. She is a member of the Society of Friends.

Israel W. Marshall attended the public schools of Chester county and was for four terms a student in the Kennett Square Acad- emy. At an early age he entered his father's paper mill and set about learning every detail of the manufacture of paper. In 1880 he was made a partner with his father, his brother Elwood being received into the firm at the same time. This business association contin- ned until the death of the father, in 1887, since which time Israel W. and Elwood Mar- shall have owned and operated the mill. In 1.590. Marshall Bros. purchased the W. Clark cotton and wool factory in Yorklyn,

New Castle county, Del., and converted it in- to a finely equipped paper mill at an expon- diture of $75,000. In 1894 they established another factory at Wooddale, Mill Creek hun- dred, New Castle county, Del., in partnership with their brother-in-law, Dr. Taylor S. Mitchell, of Hockessin. They are thus in- terested in three large plants, the most exten- sive in the state, and all profitably operated. Israel W. Marshall resides in a large stone house which is, architecturally, the most or- nate in Christiana hundred, and is provided with every convenience. It is admirably sit- uated and commands an attractive view of the surrounding country. Mr. Marshall is highly esteemed for his excellent business qualifica- tions, his energy and executive ability. He is genial and popular. He is a member of La- fayette Lodge, No. 14, F. & A. M., of Wil- mington, and an active Republican, but has never desired to hold an office.

On October 17, 1877, Israel W. Marshall was married to Elizabeth, daughter of Joseph and Hannah M. (Cloud) Mitchell, born near Hockessin. Their children are: I. Irwin, died in infancy ; II. J. Warren, student at the Friends' School, Wilmington; III. Anna H., at school in Wilmington; IV. Clarence, also at Wilmington Friends' School. Mr. Marshall is a member of the Society of Friends.

Elwood Marshall, of Chester county, Pa., junior member of the firm of Marshall Bros., was born on the home farm in Chester county, Pa., September 20, 1855. He was educated in the public schools of Kennett township and in Shortlidge's Academy at Kennett Square, and was graduated from the Messrs. Taylor & Jackson's Academy, in Wilmington, in 1877. IIe immediately went into his father's paper mill, and learned every branch of the business. In 1880 he became a partner with his father and brother, and af- ter his father's death continued the business with his brother. Ile is an aggressive, thor- ough business man, and has aided greatly in the rapid advancement of the firm to its pre- sent very prosperous condition. On October 10, 1880, in Wilmington, Elwood Marshall married Ellen, daughter of John and Ann Good, born in Bucks county, Pa. Her father was then a hardware merchant of Wilming- ton; he is since deceased. They had children: I. J. Albert; IT. Henry W .; III. Estella.

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Mr. Marshall is a member of the Society of Friends.

The ancestors of Mrs. Israel W. Marshall were members of the well-known Mitchell family of Delaware. They were of English origin and of the Quaker faith, and were very early settlers in Mill Creek hundred, New Castle county. Thomas Mitchell, great- grandfather of Mrs. Marshall, was the first of the family to make Delaware his home. He was born in Bucks county, Pa., and there re- ceived a good English education. He came to Delaware in 1796 and purchased one hun- dred acres of land near the North Star school house in Mill Creek hundred. There he spent the remainder of his davs. He made numer- ous improvements upon his farm, and in 1804 erected a large stone dwelling, a barn, etc.

He became a wealthy and influential citi- zen. In his political views he was a Feder- alist. Thomas Mitchell married in Bucks county, and had children as follows: I. Han- nah (Mrs. Joseph Chambers), of New Harden township, Chester county, Pa .; II. Joseph. Mr. Mitchell died on his farm and was buried in the Friends' graveyard in Hockessin. IIe was a member of the Society of Friends.

Joseph Mitchell, grandfather of Mrs. Isaac W. Marshall, was born in Bucks county, Pa., in 1783. He was thirteen years old when his parents removed to Mill Creek hundred, and in the district schools there he received his education. He devoted himself to the culti- vation of the soil and became an extensive land owner, possessing at his death more than three hundred acres. He was highly es- teemed because of his many kindly qualities. Joseph Mitchell married Sarah Harlan. Their children were: I. Elizabeth (Mrs. Dan- iel Gawthrop), deceased; II. Thomas, de- ceased; III. Stephen, deceased; IV. Henri- etta (Mrs. Samuel Cranston), died in Stanton, Del .; V. John, deceased; VI. Abner, deceased; VII. Joseph, 2; VIII. Sarah (Mrs. Stephen Wilson); her three children died young. Mrs. Sarah Mit- chell dying, Mr. Mitchell married a sec- ond time, his wife being Martha Dickson. Mr. Mitchell died April 26, 1876, aged ninety-three years. Mrs. Martha Mitchell also is deceased. Both were members of the Society of Friends and were buried in the Friends' graveyard at Hockessin.

Joseph Mitchell, 2, father of Mrs. Israel

W. Marshall, was born on the homestead farm, August 30, 1829, and was educated in the North Star public school. He spent all his life as a farmer. For a number of years he lived on the tract now occupied by his son. In 1877 he purchased the Dr. MeCabe farm, and has resided there for twenty-one years. Mr. Mitchell is an estimable and popular citi- zen. He is a Republican. On November 19, 1853, in Kennett township, Chester county, Pa., Joseph Mitchell, 2, married Hannah M., daughter of William and Elizabeth (Yeat- man) Cloud, born in Kennett hundred. Their children are: I. Elizabeth (Mrs. Israel W. Marshall), born December 2, 1854; II. J. Howard, born February 13, 1856, farmer on one of the home farms, married Elizabeth Woodward, on February 12, 1883; III. Sa- rah, born September 9, 1858, married Henry C. Passmore, on December 13, 1883, has chil- dren, i. Thomas, ii. Hannah, iii. Mary, iv. Pusey. Joseph Mitchell, 2, and family are members of the Society of Friends.

ISRAEL DURHAM, 2, Yorklyn, Del., son of Israel and Margaret (Green) Durham, was born near Belfast, County Antrim, Ire- land, May 17, 1830.

His father and mother were natives of County Antrim, and of Scotch descent. They emigrated to America in 1846, sailing from Liverpool in the ship Wyoming and landing in Philadelphia after a voyage of six weeks. They had seven children and were accompan- ied to this country by three of the number, Israel, Thomas and Rebecca. They resided, in their latter years, with their son Israel in Yorklyn, and died here; they were buried in West Philadelphia. Mr. and Mrs. Durham were members of the M. E. church.

Israel Durham, 2, attended the common schools of County Antrim, Ireland, and also worked at farm labor in the old country. He was sixteen years old when he came to Amer- ica. Soon after his arrival, he secured em- ployment in the packing department of Gar- rett & Sons' snuff manufactory in Philadel- phia. IIe remained there until 1857, when he was appointed superintendent of Garrett & Sons' snuff mills in Yorklyn, Del., and for the past forty-one years has discharged all the du- ties of his responsible position with fidelity to his employers. He is a very capable super- intendent, combining a thorough knowledge

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of his business with the ability to control his thirty workmen in such manner as to call forth their best efforts and attach them to him personally. He is always at his post, one of the hardest working men in the mill, quiet, unassuming and popular. Mr. Durham is a member of Friendship Lodge, I. O. O. F., of Hockessin. In politics he is a Republican.

Israel Durham was three times married. His first wife was Lydia Garrett; their chil- dren were: I. Margaret E. (Mrs. H. S. Chandler), wife of an iron worker of Hockes- sin; II. Mary (Mrs. Professor Philips), of Massachusetts. Mrs. Lydia Durham died, and Mr. Durham married Mary J. Ruth. They had one child, Lydia Jane, who is at home. Mrs. Mary J. Durham died in 1890, and was buried in the Union cemetery at Ken- nett Square, Chester county, Pa. Mr. Dur- ham's third wife was Alice Downing of Wil- mington. Mr. Durham is a member of the M. E. church.

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Biographical and genealogical history of the state of Delaware, Vol. I, Part 98

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