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that locality are: W. J. Brown; William Crossman; John Curender; Franklin East- burn; James Edmund; J. L. Greenwalt; George Groves; J. Hendrickson; James M. Ilamon; William Little; Washington Little; W. F. Little; Samuel MeElwee; Levi Mur- ray; Ezra Pearce; A. Pennock; Pusey Pen- nock; Dutton Richards; George Taylor; Walter F. Smalley; Warren Smalley; Wil- liam Smalley; Joseph Vought; Alfred Whiteman; Albert Wolaston; Charles Wol- aston; Harry Wolaston.
CHRISTIANA is very pleasantly situated in White Clay Creek hundred, nine miles from Wilmington. Christiana Creck winds its way beside this village. It is two miles from the P., W. & B. R. R. The country surrounding is thickly settled by intelligent and prosperous citizens. Some of those living in the village and vicinity are: Jerry Adams; Fannie K. Armstrong; John Ball; William Ball; Henry Bayard, Jr .; William Bennett; John Blackson; J. L. Blackson; George W. Blest; Andrew Brown; Lemuel P. Butler; S. V. Butler; W. B. Butler; John Butts; William Camphor; George M. Carter; W. B. Currinder; George W. Currinder; Joseph Clarkson; J. M. Cleaves; G. S. Conway; George Cubit; W. G. Currinder; E. E. Davis; George W. Davis; Isaac Davis; James E. Davis; James H. Davis; Sorden Davis; Walter Davis; D. K. Donaldson; James Ferchas; Henry Graves; William Graves; Isaac Haines; John Hayes; David Leach; W. HI. Levey; James Manfield; H. A. Marshall; J. R. Marshall; George Mor- rison; John Morrison; Thomas Morrison; Rev. Charles Nichols; Benjamin B. Peters; B. Peters, Jr .; H. W. Peters; John E. V. Platt; Rev. L. A. Purnell; James H. Smal- Jey; II. II. Smith; James Stafford; Jacob Steel; Alfred Thorp; James R. Vincent; John Walker; John Wayne; Arthur G. Webber; G. A. Webber; James Wright; S. P. Alrich; R. T. Appleby; William L. Appleby; Robert Armstrong; Alfred G. Brooks; William Clay; James Clough ; John T. Cross; John HI. Davis; Nathan N. Dayett; George Edmanson; Mary J. ITall: James ITill; A. C. Howell; F. IT. Johnson:
James Keegan; Alfred Loffand; Josiah Lowden; William Lowth; Edward MeCal- lister; J. I .. MeKinney; R. S. Megginson; John Miller; F. W. Morrison; Samuel W. Morrison; James D. Oldham; George W. Palmer; John P. Simpson; Henry Singer; Jolm A. Singer; James Stafford; John E. Taylor; Isaac Thorp; William Ward; George W. Whitefield; David Whitten; William J. Whitten.
CLAYMONT, located eight miles north of Wilmington, on the P., W. & B. R. R., is a beautiful village. The Philadelphia turn- pike passes through the place, and many hand- some residences, owned and occupied by wealthy citizens from the cities, are scattered along the road for more than a mile. The soil in the surrounding country is very fertile and is highly cultivated, and yields large quantities of vegetables which are shipped to the markets of New York and Philadelphia.
Among the inhabitants in that region are: Joshua Armstrong; John Q. Adams; Josiah Bacon; Walter Bacon; E. N. Baldwin; H. E. Baldwin; A. D. Bird; E. M. Bird; W. S. Bird; Thomas F. Callahan; J. D. M. Car- deza; J. T. M. Cardeza; Jehu Carter; Lot Casey; Robert Casey; John Cochran; George W. R. Comstock; Rev. J. H. Chisley; W. H. Danzenbaker; R. T. Dickinson; George Do- byus; F. M. Dougherty; A. H. Edwards; Frank F. English; John Evans; A. D. II. Faulkner; James HIalbert; Tim- othy Healy; J. Hoopes; W. Hoopes; Samuel Irwin; Joseph Knott; G. F. Lloyd; William T. Lyttle; Jacob Nor- ret; Ambrose S. Ottey; Jacob Parcells; John W. Porter; Farmer Practical; Charles Price; Lizzie B. Priest; Joseph Shawter; William Shate; C. P. Tasker; Stephen Thompson; Abner Vernon; Frank R. Ver- non; W. G. Vernon; Joseph Volk; Thomas Walsh; J. P. F. Williams; Fred. Beaugard; Edward Bigger; George Bigger; Alfred D. Bird.
COOCH'S BRIDGE, is located in Penca- der hundred, on Christiana Creek and the P.,
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W. & B turnpike, about three miles south of Newark. The situation is said to be health- ful. The citizens inhabiting the village and surrounding country are prosperous and nu- merous. Among them are the following: HI. Armstrong; F. P. Connor; J. W. Croch; M. E. Croch; Isaac Coombs; James Coombs; George W. Crow; William Crow; J. W. Dayett; Mumford Dougherty; Nathaniel Faulkner; W. L. Garrett; Abijah Jaines; David James; Nathaniel James; Joseph James; Samuel G. James; Theodore
Lomax; Daniel MeBride; Thomas L. Moore; William O'Rourke; S. E. Pool; Frank Soreth; Samuel Stewart; Joseph Ward; G. P. Whitaker; George W. Wil- liams; Thomas J. Wilson; George E. Wright; E. S. Armstrong; John C. Arm- strong; John T. Boys; Frank Brown; C. H. Cannon; Augustus Coleman; Edward Com- ly; Leavant Comly; Samuel Comly; J. W. Davis; R. S. Frazer; Benjamin R. Lee; J. B. Lomax; James Lynch; Charles A. Mor-
rison; James A. Morrison; Joseph O'Rourke; Joseph A. O'Rourke; John Sor- eth; Samuel T. Stewart; James Sullivan; Richard Sullivan; John T. Wright.
DEAKYNEVILLE is a busy town on the Delaware bay, located in the southeastern part of Blackbird hundred, thirty-five miles from Wilmington, its county seat; eighteen miles from Dover, five miles from Blackbird, its nearest railroad station, and six miles from Smyrna, its banking town. The soil is cleared and level, and very productive in corn, wheat, oats, and peaches, and land sells at from $20 to $60 per acre. It has good facilities for marketing its produce both by rail and water. Steamboats leave tri-weekly for Philadelphia. Population, 352.
Among the citizens of Deakyneville and vicinity are: Frank Barber; John Barber; George C. Deakyne; Rev. E. H. Henson; Jones Kaiser; M. Parry; B. F. C. Rothwell; Harry Staats; Joseph Staats; Harry Wal- lace; John Anderson; John T. Ball; Ed- ward Barber; George Barber; John Bed- well; Joshua Bramer; Frank Collins; John P. Collins; Walter E. Collins; William L. Collins; Henry Cooper; B. F. David; James
F. David; Jolm David; Albert G. Deakyne; A. Deakyne; Clayton Deakyne; Robert Deakyne; W. C. Deakyne; W. C. Deakyne, Jr .; George R. Donovan; Walter Donovan; Charles Duekes; Thomas Fennimore; Thomas Fennimore, Jr .; Isaac Gardner; William Gardner; Alonzo Getshel; Edward Grant; George HI. Hartup; Thomas Hartup; Robert N. Huggins; David James; Wilmer Johnson; C. W. Jolls; James Jones; Thomas Jones; William Kaiser; Winfield Kaiser; John Knight; Harry MeLane; Aaron Marvel; William Pleasanton; Lewis Raughley; John Reynolds; William Rey- nolds; David Row; Benjamin Servison; John Servison; John Shahand; A. J. Staats; Theodore Staats; William Staats; A. Wal- ker; Charles Walker; Charles W. Walker; D. Walker; S. R. Walker; Harry Wallace; Charles Warner; P. G. Warner; Walker Warner.
DELANEY'S is a postoffice and village of Blackbird hundred, situated in the extreme southwestern part of New Castle county, close to the Maryland line. It is seven miles from Clayton on the Baltimore and Delaware Bay railroad, which connects at that point with the Delaware railroad for the North and South, also with the Delaware and Chesa- peake railroad for Oxford. With these excel- lent railroad facilities is combined a good farming district, producing largely wheat and corn. Land is cheap, selling for from $20 to $50 per acre. Soil, clay loam with yellow clay subsoil. Population, about 200. Some of the citizens of Delaney's and neighborhood are: J. Wesley Bailey; Benjamin Bedwell; Nathan Best; George Butler; John W. But- ler; James C'arrow; John W. Clark; Daniel Clayton; James Connor; Frank Darrell; Thomas Darrell; Thomas Donelly; James Ford; Samuel Ford; Thomas Hamilton; William Hanifee; John Heverin; Samuel Husseton; Jacob Keagey; William Leath- ern; William MeCauley; Christian Martin; John Mazlon; William Moore; Charles Murphey; Jenkins Murphy; Jacob Poor; James C. Powell; John Powell; Obadiah Powell; William Reynolds; James Roe; Daniel Robinson; George II. Walls; Thomas Wilson; John Bailey; George Beck; Samuel
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Beck; Edward Blair; James Bramble; John Bramble; George Butter; James Carpenter; Barney Donelly; Henry Donelly; J. Wes- ley Ford; Samuel Fratz; Jacob Haldeman; Jacob Haldeman, Jr .; Patrick Hanifec; J. T. Holt; W. Henry Holt; Jacob Keagey; Frank Keiffer; Frank Lambe; Thomas Lambe; Henry Lane; Alexander C. Latto- mus; William Little; David W. Lloyd; J. N. Lloyd; Jacob Lorah; Samuel T. MeKay; Patrick Mahan; Thomas Maloney; John Martin; Herbert Mayberry; Jacob Moyer; II. L. Neff; B. Frank Phillips; James R. Pryor; George Read; John Read; A. S. Reader; William Reynolds; William Rob- inson; John L. Seemans; John Shahan; Charles Shreffler; John Sunm; Edward Thomas; John Waecker; R. N. Walton; James J. Webb; Andrew Webster; James Webster; A. Jackson Wright; Frank Wright; Jacob Wright.
DELAWARE CITY is situated in Red Lion hundred, on the Delaware river, forty- five miles below Philadelphia, and ten miles below New Castle, at the confluence of the Delaware and Chesapeake canal and the Delaware river. This point is popularly sup- posed to mark the head of the bay, into which the river merges so gradually that the exact place cannot be determined. The island on which Fort Delaware is situated, and which was the cause of the memorable contest be- tween Delaware and New Jersey for its pos- session-the former wishing to cede it to the United States for the erection of the fort thereon, and the latter disputing her right to do so-is in the middle of the Delaware di- rectly opposite Delaware City, and conse- quently within the circuit of twelve miles from New Castle, which formed the upper boundaries of the original Delaware land grant, all of which on the New Jersey side of low water mark was voluntarily ceded to that state, Delaware retaining control of the river and of the islands in the channel, with the exception of the Pea Patch, which was ceded to the United States government. Among the citizens of Delaware City and the country surrounding are: J. C. Aker; John L. An- derson; Joseph Anderson; R. Anderson; W.
Anderson; F. Armstrong; S. T. Armstrong; John Beck; Frank Belville; John Bendler; Matthew Bigger; J. G. Borger; Philip Bor- ger; T. Bostwick; E. Bowen; George Bow- en; James Bowen; James Bowen, Jr .; James P. Bowen; John Bowen; John J. Bowen; William J. Bowen; S. Bowyer; George N. Bright; William C. Bright; Ed- gar C. Bristow; William HI. Brown; F. Bru- ner; John P. Cain; John F. Cairns; C. Cald- well; A. T. Cann; J. T. Cheairs; W. W. Cheairs; Courtland S. Clark; Harry C. Clark; John C. Clark; J. B. Clark; Stewart (. Clark; T. J. Clark; W. II. H. Clark; Ella Cleaver; George Cleaver; Henry Clea- ver; Peter Cleaver; William E. Cole; A. Collins; C. Cook; E. Cook; J. Cook; M. C'orbit; M. Corbit, Jr .; George W. Craig; John M. Craig; Rev. John Daly; Alexander Davidson; Frank L. Davidson; John David- son; W. A. Davidson; George R. Dempsey; R. Dempsey; H. Derrickson; B. Dougherty ; 1. Draper; G. Dunham; B. W. Dunlap; F. Dunlap; F. S. Dunlap; J. A. Dutton; Benjamin Edwards; Joseph Edwards; Wal- ter Edwards; William HI. Edwards; Joseph Endicott; James D. Ferguson; George Ford; William H. Ford; S. Fountain; John Gan- non; M. Gannon; Harry C. Gardiner; J. Gardiner; Rev. George S. Gassner; E. Gib- erson; W. Giberson; G. W. Green; G. Grimes; James Grimes; John T. Grimes; William Hagan; Charles Hall; H. Heald; Isaac Helms; E. Hemphill; S. Hicken; Wil- liam C. Hickey; F. Hillebrand; H. Hille- brand; Samuel R. Hines; Samuel R. Hines, Jr .; W. Hines; A. Holliday; Michael Ilolli- day; Michael Holliday, Jr .; Patrick Holli- day; Thomas Holliday; Thomas Holstine; Frank R. Householder; W. W. Householder; A. E. Hunter; G. Hutchinson; S. II. Irons; J. Jarells; Charles Jefferson; William A. Jester; O. C. JJones; J. Keane; Samuel J. Kidd; P. Kline; James Labout; James Lang; John Lang; S. Lewis; T. MeDon- ough; Francis MeIntire; F. MeMunn; M. Monliffe; M. J. Morley; J. J. Messig; E. Milne; G. B. Money; N. Morris; William Morris; James Mulligan; J. Mulligan; M. Mulligan; P. J. Mulligan; Edwin Neef; T. Neil; J. C. Nichols; L. Oats; W. HI. O. En- nis: W. M. Ogle; P. Olives; Edward ('Neill; J. O'Neill; Thomas O'Neill; G. Pat-
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terson; F. A. Pennington; J. R. Pennington; J. R. Eaton; H. Porter; Bessie N. Price; J. F. Price; N. G. Price; W. O. Price; C. Reeves; G. W. Reybold; J. Reybold; W. E. Reybold; H. Rhoads; J. H. Roberts; E. E. Robertson; J. A. Sadler; J. Schimder; R. Schimder; George Shorter; G. Shorter; G. F. Shuster; R. Stafford; D. Stutman; E. A. Stout; Albert J. Swan; II. T. Thompson; N. Thompson; J. Tosney; F. Tuyand; E. Turner; Thomas Turner; J. II. Uble; Thomas T. Vail; W. T. Vail; William Van Ilikle; Thomas Van Kirk; Clayton Von Culin; Norris Wilkinson; L. P. Wingate; O. B. Wingate; William J. Wingate; W. M. Wingate; P. Woods; L. Young; A. Beck; W. J. Beck; William Blond; II. C. Buckson; John T. Cheairs; Enna Clark; E. L. Clark; Arthur Colbourn; Sylvester Downs; Mulberry Ellison; Samuel Ham- mon; John C. Higgins; John B. Nelson; James Pordham; W. A. Price; Clement Reeves; T. C. Reeves; E. C. Reybold; Harry Scott.
EDGE MOOR is a thrifty little village on the Delaware river, on the line of the P., W. & B. R. R., about three miles north of Wil- mington. Its population is composed chietly of employees of the Edge Moor Bridge and Boiler Works, employing 550 men in the manufacturing of railroad and highway bridges, railroad turntables and all kinds of iron for structural material; the Edge Moor Iron Company employing about 75 men in the manufacturing of boilers. Population, 300. Among the inhabitants of Edge Moor and vicinity are: J. Asa Adair; James Adam- son; John Alford; Robert Alford; H. C. Anderson; William D. Austin; Eli Baldwin; David Barker; Arthur Bates; James R. Baxter; James R. Baxter, Jr .; H. I. Beates; John T. Bradbury; Frank C. Bratton; Wat- son Briggs; Daniel Buckley; Sammel Burris; Henry Carden; William Carden; J. B. Catts; John Caulk; A. Claneey; John Collins; James Conway; William A. Cooper; Joseph Cregg; C. R. Davidson; John M. Donohoe; Newell Ebright; John Elder; Alfred Evans; Lewis L. Grubb; Roger Hall; Thomas Hall; Charles ITalter; Neil Harkins; Joseph Hay- den; Abel Hughes; N. P. Hughes; T. E.
Ilughes; Mary Johnston; Walter B. Jones; Edward Kirby; Matthew Kirby; W. H. C. Knowles; John Kurattle; Matthew Lesage; William Lesage; Robert Mckenzie; Samuel Maguigan; A. F. Matlack; Edward W. Mid- lam; Sammel E. Midłam; Alexander Moore; Richard Moore; William H. Moore; J. A. Patterson; Charles T. Pemberton; George A. Pemberton; John Pemberton; John Pemberton, Jr .; Frank Porter; E. A. Price; C. W. Pyle; Ivins Pyle; Howard Rambo; Otis Rayne; David K. Reeder; Frank L. Renner; David Rhodes; Henry Robins; Milton Rogers; Harry Sedgewick; William Sellers; William Sherrett; H. K. Snyder; M. W. Stretton; John W. Taggert; George A. Talley; John O. Turner; Richard Tur- nock; John Tyre; Emanuel Wade; Archi- bald Walton; James S. Wood; Edward Wil- son; William Young; J. A. Allmond; J. A. Conway; Edward Donohoe; T. E. Dorman.
ELSMERE is a village, situated on the B. & O. R. R. and W. & N. R. R., about one and one-half miles from Wilmington, its nearest banking town. Wheat, corn, and potatoes are the chief products. Some of the citizens of Elsmere and neighborhood are the follow- ing: J. E. Barrett; Thomas Brown; Fannie Butler; W. B. Carswell; William Cornelius; Joseph M. Downing; William Frederick; J. E. Fox; A. C. Heiser; E. L. Huson; John Lynn; Daniel MeDermott; Miles MeDer- mott; Thomas MeDermott; Maggie Miller; S. A. Miller; J. E. Rauck; E. B. Shutter; S. R. Smith; H. Stousbach; E. M. Taylor; F. R. Wild; Newton Derickson; Abner Hollingsworth; George Leach; D. P. Mitch- ner; Aaron Woodward; Ellwood Wood- ward; G. K. Woodward.
FARNHURST is a station on the Dela- ware railroad, four miles from Wilmington. The New Castle county almshouse, and the Delaware State Hospital are located there. The land is very productive. Among the citizens in that community are: L. M. Barry; Charles Bickel; John Caldwell; William S. Caldwell; James Cheffins; John L. Chef-
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fins; William Lauver; C. Cramer; Chris- topher Donnelly; John Duffy; D. B. Forris; George J. Foster; J. HI. Hammond; Wil- litm HI. Hanker; Minnie O. Hanlon; Wil- liam Hamman; David 'Higgins; George Kelly; Michael F. Kelly; Mary E. Lynam; David McCoy; Emma MeCoy; Samuel Me- Mullen; William Rutledge; William Ruth; Charles HI. Ryder; John Shea; Agnes Tar- button; William S. Thompson; John Val- lender; Essa Wade; P. Waters; Hampton White; Wiliam L. Banks; HI. P. Bullen; M. Geo. Bullen; A. J. Collins; Jason Davis; David MeCoy; Robert MeFarlane; Abram Moore; HI. HI. Moore; Samuel Moore; G. L. Morgan; W. HI. Rutledge.
FAULKLAND is beautifully situated on the B. & O. railroad, seven miles from Wil- mington. Near the village are the celebrated Brandywine Springs, which are well known throughout the county for their curative prop- erties and are largely frequented by invalids in warm weather. Its ordinary population of 200 people is greatly increased during the summer months by the guests at the large hotel at the Springs. The Red Clay crock affords power for numbers of flourishing mills near. Some of the inhabitants of the place and community are: L. HI. Ball; A. T. Bed- ford; Rev. John D. Blake; Watson Brackin; Andrew Clarkson; Daniel Clarkson; R. W. Crook; J. Willard Crossan; Samuel Crossan; C. II. Dempsie; N. J. Fell, Elwood Foot; Robert C. Fulton; Charles Gerhart; Thomas Graham; Robert Hanna; Elbert E. Hart- man; Mrs. Elizabeth Hoopes; Justa G. Jus- tis; Mrs. Emeline Klair; Nannie L. Land; II. G. Luff; S. M. Luvin; Louisa Lyman; (. II. MeDowell; John T. Mullins; Mrs. Mary A. O'Rourke; Thomas O'Rourke; Aug. R. Piser; B. Pyle; A. L. Reel; George W. Roberts; Thomas R. Smith; A. J. Wil- liams; Frank F. Yearsley; John Armstrong; J. Bailey; S. A. Bailey; C. Bedford; Wil- liam A. P. Cook; David Cornbrooks; Augus- tus C'rossan; C'alvin Crossan; J. Crossan; Lemuel Crossan: Frank E. Ehmer; John Evans; Mrs. M. Ferguson; John G. Fisher; J. W. Flinn; J. Foote; Benjamin Grigg; J. Morton Gregg; Wilmer E. Gregg; George Hobson; M. Jordan; Robert E. Justis; F. Klair; Mrs. A. M. Lyman; John T. Me-
Elwee; Ephraim Megargle; Orlando C. Me- gargle; William II. Mitchell; Joseph D. Mullins; John Peoples; Il. Pierce; J. B. Robinson; Louis Spencer; John Talley; Isaac Norwright; Lewis Migate; William II. North; Ferris J. Yearsley; McCoy Yearsley; Mrs. Susan Yearsley.
FIELDSBORO is a small village of about 200 population, and is situated nearly tive miles from Middletown, in Appoquinimink Inindred. The land in that locality is fertile and level. The inhabitants are well supplied with churches and schools. Among those who reside in that neighborhood are: John Adams; Henry Austin; Isaac Austin; Wil- lard Austin; Reese Boyer; John Carpenter; J. P. Collins; William Crouch; J. M. Davis; Alexander Deakyne; John R. Francis; Frank Foster; James II. Francis; J. Huffington; Gilbert Hayden; Virginia Hayden; John McCoy; William Maree; Moses Marshall; William Marshall; John Marce; Henry Wattis; Alexander Montgom- ery; Jolm Montgomery; Alexander Mont- gomery, Jr .; George Naylor; Robert Nay- lor; Samuel Peachy; James K. Roberts; William Tusk; Joseph Unruh; William B. Unruh; Jacob Vanhorn; Denny Walker; Freeman Walker; George Whetlock; George Wiggins; David Wilson.
FOREST is the name of the postoffice at Blackbird Station, about six miles from Mid- dletown, and thirty miles from Wilmington. It is on the Delaware railroad and has a pop- ulation of about 150. The settlement is an agricultural one, and some of the very finest farms in the state are to be found in that lo- cality. Fruit, corn, wheat and oats are raised in alaindance.
Among the citizens residing in that neigh- borhood are: Eugene Ahern; W. A. Ahern; Harry Bennett; John H. Bennett: Philip Dickson; James Dubadway; John Duhad- way; Richard Femmemore; James E. Fields; William Gauntz: David Green ; James Green; William Green; William Guessford; George Hopkins; William Hadley; Samuel Hender-
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son; John W. Hollis; Caleb Johnson; William Jainer; Andrew J. Lockerman; Alexander Mooney; Edward Skyes; E. M. Records; Mortimer Records; J. B. Vandever; Thomas J. Williams; A. W. Wilson: R. H. Wilson; B. M. West.
GLASGOW, a thriving village on the line of Newark and Delaware City R. R., is well situated and has good educational facili- ties
The citizens of Glasgow and the vicinity are: Sammel Alrichs; Robert Bauer; James Batton; Henry Boys; John Boys; II. L. Brooks; Elizabeth Boulder; Jesse Boulder; William Boys; L. Briscoe; John Chandler; Robert M. Cann; Delaware Clark; N. Congo; William Cunningham; William II. Cunningham; Adam Dayett; II. L. Dayett; W. L. Dayett; J. W. Davett; James T. Fulton; James Ford; William B. Ford; John Frazer; Jacob Gicker; Mary Gonce; L. Gould; John Grinage; Z. T. Harris; Levi Iluggins; George Hammell; John Ilogg; J. Janvier; L. V. Kirk; George Kieley; Martin Kemether; Valentine Keme- ther; Henry Kendall; Joseph T. Laws; Joshua Laws; W. T. Laws; James Lewis; Thomas Lewis; Thomas Lindell; Thomas M. Lindell; Walter Lynch; William McClusky; David MeMullen; James MeMullen; New- ton Mahan; William Murray; Alfred Price; John Reed; George Sheldon; George M. Sheldon; W. T. Skinner, M. D .; James Smith; D. Smith; Rev. Walter H. Stone; Sidney Stump; Thomas Sweatman; N. K. Snitcher; Charles Stewart; John Travis; Thomas VanSant; James L. Veasey; John M. Ward; Moses Webster; Asbury Wil- liams; William R. Williams; James W. Wil- liams; John T. Wright.
GREEN SPRING, a station on the Dela- ware R. R., situated in Blackbird hundred. The surrounding country is fertile and well adapted to market gardening.
The residents of the town and the surround- country are: J. W. Bailey; Nathaniel Bailey; J. E. Catts; T. W. Cavender; Thomas Chad- wick; William T. Collins; B. C. Collins;
George Daniels; T. HI. Donovan; W. W. Donovan; Calvin Faries; Samuel Faries; J. W. Ford; W. G. Ford; Joseph W. Hamil- ton; T. II. Harris; William Heverin; Thomas Lamb; Alex. C. Lattomus; James Lockerman; John Lockerman; William Lockerman; Mark Lurty; W. I. Lurty; John Martin; G. W. Matiford; T. J. Mid- dleton; Benjamin Money; J. A. Money; W. S. Money; Peter O'Neale; John Pratt; W. G. Pryor; Garrett Redmann; G. W. Reed; I. C. Reynolds; W. F. Reynolds; J. II. Rob- erts; John W. Roberts; Hiram Ross; John Sapp; II. I. Smith; J. W. Smith; W. II. Stephenson; Joseph Stephenson; John Summ; E. F. Thomas; Joseph Van Pelt; J. II. Webb; Andrew Webster; Mrs. Mary C. Wright.
GREENVILLE, Christiana hundred, lies in a fertile country which produces abundant crops of cereals.
The citizens residing in and around it are: Rev. W. J. Birmingham; Dennis Buckley; John Buckley; William Buckley; W. J. Brown; J. Danforth Bush; John Carney; James Conly; John Conner; George De Godt; R. C. Dixon; Isaac Eaton; F. W. Fisher; A. L. Foster; Constant J. Grand- horne; Charles Green, M. D .; William Green; W. S. Gregg; Reuben Hall; T. A. HIall; Thomas Hendrickson; David Hall; (. T. Hannigan; James Hannigan; L. P. W. Hobson; Mrs. Chas. Jackson; S. H. Jackson; Louis Logneau; Samuel Lane; Thomas Lawless; David Lowther; John Lucy; J. P. McCullom; Mrs. Annie MeCullum; Joseph MeCollom; Alex. Mi- Grillis; W. S. Matchett; Thomas Mitchell; C. F. Morrow; Michael Mundy; Peter Mur- phy; Jacob Powell; Chas. Prusigno; Raffael Prusigno; John Ramsey; John Stahl; Patrick Toomey; David Umftet; D. R. Umflet; George Umtlet; Patrick Ward; W. C. Ward; Edward Washington; W. Wilson, Jr.
GRUBB'S, a small town in Brandywine hundred, on the B. & O. R. R., surrounded by well-cultivated farms.
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The citizens residing in and near Grubb's are: Nathaniel Booth; Thomas Booth; W. Booth; William Barlow; Wesley Beeson; Thos. Bird; J. Casey; Humphrey Clark; Joseph Canover; John Darinport; Thomas Day; Gentner Ebright; Joseph Forwood; Isaac N. Grubb; Newton Grabb; Lark Hanby; A. D. Hanby; Jacob Hanley; Jere- miah Harvey; J. A. Harris; B. L. Harson; Miss Julia A. Huntsman; Joseph Hilbert; James Leach; William Leach; Chas. Me- Gomn; Chas. Miller; Robert Moore; Ed- ward Mousley; E. Nicholson; Mrs. Charity Pier; J. M. Pierce; Robert Pierce; W. II. Pierce; II. C. Primrose; Taylor Pierce; E. II. Robinson; H. Smith; Chas. Talley; C. M. Talley; Jesse Talley; L. F. Talley; Alex. Stevens; Thomas Vance; Atwood Vandever; J. F. Veal; C. E. Webster; Chas. Wilk- banks.
GUYENCOURT, a small village netted among rich farm lands on the W. & N. R. R.
The inhabitants of Guyencourt and its vicinity are: William Allmond; Alex. Beaty; Henry Bartell; M. F. Day; H. G. Ely; E. S. Ely; Joshua Foster; John Gardener; Daniel Golden; Patrick Golden; W. L. Jordan; Robert Mccullough; Elwood Mouslov; John Sinnott; J. C. Swayne; James Smith; W. S. Talley; William Thompson; W. . 1. Wilson.
HENRY CLAY, a manufacturing town situated on the Brandywine Creek, in Chris- tiana hundred. The surrounding country is fertile.
The citizens are: W. Aiken; Joseph Al- lison; John Anderson, Jr .; Robert Andrews; J. W. Anderson; Edward Babby; Jacob Barlow; J. Barlow, Jr .; E. Beacon; J. Bil- lingsley; W. Billingsley; Robert Blakely; Webster Blakely; Paul Bogan; Peter Bois- son: William Brown; Victor Brown; Albert Buchanan; Geo. Buchanan; Eugene Burns; Geo. Burns; Joseph Camperson: S. Cam- person; William Carlon; HI. Carter; D. Casey; P. Casey; David Castelow; Jas. Cheney; Thomas Clark; Frank Conly; John Conly; HT. Conner; E. Conner;
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