Biographical and genealogical history of the state of Delaware, Vol. II, Part 107

Author: Runk, J.M. & Co
Publication date: 1899
Publisher: Chambersburg, Pa.
Number of Pages: 1500


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CHESWOLD is situated in the eastern part of Kenton hundred on the Delaware rail- road, forty-two miles from Wilmington, six miles from Dover, the county seat and bank- ing town; six miles from Smyrna. Country level and cleared, soil good for peaches, wheat, corn, tomatoes and all small fruit. Among the citizens of Cheswold and sur- rounding country are the following: J. H. Anderson; A. W. Aurand; P. L. Bar- ens: P. L. Bareus, Jr .; (. Boggs; D. II. Boyce; W. Boyce; James Brown; W. Bucksin: Horace Carney; James Car- ney; John Carney; Edward Carter; John Carter; J. N. Carter; M. D. C'asson; S. H. Chambers; Charles Clark; W. F. Collins; Jefferson Cooper; S. B. Cooper; A. Disch;


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Charles Durham; David Durham; Isaac Dur- ham; Jerry Durham; J. H. Dyer; J. W. Dyer; Herbert Evans; Joseph Ford; William Ford; W. Graham; W. S. Hardcastle; Edward Hughs; John Hughs; Perry Hughs; W. F. Jarvis; John Johnson; Robert Johnson; Ar- thur Jones; John Loatman; G. B. Moore; T. F. Moore; James Morgan; J. II. Morgan; 1. Newton; Ahab Pearson; W. J. Phillips; AAllen Reed; Edward Reed; Charles Ridg- way; Cornelius Ridgway; Enoch Ridgway; James T. Sammons; J. H. Sammons; Robert Sammons; W. S. Scarborough; J. M. Smith; John Taylor; James Thompson; Joseph H. Thompson; Walter Thompson; W. H. Thompson ; W. S. Thompson; P. II. Beckett; J. Bently; J. II. Bishop; J. L. Boyd; W. M. Boyer; J. R. Brown; J. P. Carey; D. M. Clouds; M. Coker; R. M. Cooper; J. II. Dannehaur; S. W. Dresher; E. D. Durham; R. J. Durham; Mrs. E. M. Emerson; F. E. Emerson; J. (. Emerson; J. W. Emery; E. A. Evans; Owen Evans; John Everett; Edward Ford; Martin B. Ford; E. S. Garrison; T. D. Garrison; Wil- liam Harrington; C. W. Hazel; A. T. Hof- fecker; John Hughs; B. F. Jackson; R. B. Jackson; J. W. Jarvis; W. Jarvis; J. P. Jefferson; John Jewell; S. C. Johns; John Johnson; T. F. Johnson; S. M. King; James Leager; John Leager; Charles Mahoney; David Miller; Simon Miller; N. Mingus; A. HI. Moore; F. A. Moore; G. B. Moore; W. H. Morgan; John Mosley; Purnell Mosley; G. W. Phillips; Edward Pleasant; Thomas Sapp; W. C. Savin; William; Seuse; Jacob Senn; Goffrey Thompson; Jesse Williams; Ruth Williams; Timothy Williams; Henry S. Wilson; James Wil- son.


BOWERS is situated in south Murderkill hundred, at Bower's Beach, a favorite sum- mer resort. It is on Delaware Bay, between St. Jones' and Murderkill creeks at their months. This was once the favorite haunts of the Redman. The farm products are grain, fruit and vegetables.


Among the inhabitants of the neighbor- hood are the following: James R. Acker- man; Alexander Argo; John II. Callaway; L. H. Cox; E. V. Davenport; George Far-


row; Adam Fisher; Harry Fleming; Silas Fleming; James II. Fowler; William Fra- ley; William Frazier; S. D. Hubbard; Harry E. Jackson; T. G. Jackson; John S. Camper; Walter L. Camper; G. E. Cover- dale; W. S. Coverdale; W. J. Coverdale; W. J. Davidson; S. D. Hubbard; J. II. Sale- van; J. F. Salevan; John Scanlon; John Jacobs; William King; James Lewis; F. E. Maloney; Elizabeth Martin; Samuel K. Martin; William C. Martin; Alexander Minner; C. L. Moore; I. J. Moore; C. H. Short; F. L. Short; James H. Short; Jolm II. Short; William Short; William L. Short; William M. Short; George W. Spayd; Wil- liam J. Spencer; James II. Thompson; A. W. Williams; E. R. Williams; L. C. Wil- liams; Virginia Wood; James Wyatt; R. J. Wyatt; Samuel Wyatt.


CLAYTON is a very prosperous town and railroad centre in the northern part of Kent county, about one-half mile from the bound- ary line. The Delaware railroad runs through the place. At this point the Baltimore and Delaware Bay railroad connects with the Delaware railroad, affording communication with Chestertown, Md., on the Chesapeake Bay, from which steamers run to Baltimore, and with Bombay Hook on the Delaware Bay. Many other advantages are afforded, making Clayton a very desirable place to live.


Among the prosperous citizens in that place and the surrounding country are the follow- ing: George Allen; William Alstin; Thomas Attix; John Barkley; David Boggs; Henry Boggs; James Boggs; J. B. Book; Clarence Brockson; George Brockson; C. A. Brown; Thomas Browning; J. D. Bur- ton; J. W. Carsons; J. S. C'asperson; W. II. Clark; M. Claville; Isaac Clayton; W. F. Clements; A. S. Clifton; HI. Clifton; JJas. II. Cobb; Henry Collins; Wm. Colpitts; John Coppage; Wm. T. Corbit; D. Coverdale; Geo. Darrel; Walter Davis; William Dayett; Elva Deacon; Ada Deakyne; George Deakyne; James Deakyne; George Denney; James Donovan; Thomas Downing; David Durrell; John Ellis; John Ennis; Hugh Flemings; W. Flemings; Charles Ferris; Thomas Fluharty; John W. Ford; Joseph


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Fouraker; John P. Goldsborough; W. L. Gooding; John L. Graham; J. W. Graham; Howard Grant; William D. Gray; Francis Green; William Groff; Hubbard Haines; C. G. Harminson; J. R. Harris; B. F. Haw- kins; Richard Hawkins; Samuel Hawkins; Herman Hazel; William A. Hendricks; William Hemping; William Hill; John Hoffecker; J. E. Hoffecker; R. L. Holliday; Thomas Holliday; T. Horn; M. Howlett; 1. L. Hudson, Jr .; B. F. Jester; Harry Johnson; Joseph Jones; George Joseph; James Kel- lv; Walter Keys; Morris Kimes; T. T. Lacey; Oscar Leathers; James Legates; Charles Lloyd; Alexander Lord; Alexander McConaughy; Jerry MeCoy; Mrs. W. L. MeFarlane; Patrick Maguire; C. Mahoney; J. Mahoney; Mrs. E. G. Malone; George Maloney; D. C. March; Henry Martin; T. L. Mason; Hugh Mearns; Thomas Metz; I. N. Mills; Peter Mulligan; B. Murphy; W. Z. Onley; Samuel Pinder; John W. Pratt; Mrs. L. E. Reese; R. G. Reese; F. L. Reynolds; James Reynolds; Walter B. Reynolds; William B. Reynolds; S. A. Rob- erts; S. Rogers; E. B. Ruth; E. M. Rust; . James Scott; Andrew Seemans; Abel Sevil; E. Shaw; John Shorts; Walter Shorts; H. Siders; A. II. Skinner; E. K. Smith; Har- vey Smith; James H. Sinith; Joseph L. Smith; Emily Spruance; Joseph Stephen- son; Frank Sterling; Albert Stevens; Eph- raim Stevens; Charles E. Stevenson; Charles Stewart; A. Sullivan; James Sylvester; S. A. Timmes; Thomas Timmes; William Tunis; William Twedle; Aubrey Vandever; Charles Van Winkle; William D. Venn; Rev. II. G. G. Vincent; Alexander Wallen; R. Y. Wallen; Reuben Warren; Daniel Wells; E. White; George Willey; Joseph Williamson; William P. Wright; William T. Young; Francis Anderson; L. E. An- thony; Nathan Best; William Bigler; Samuel Blackiston; R. F. Blair; William Blair; William Briggs; James Brockson; C. L. Christopher; John Cleaver; William F. Clements; Robert H. Cummings; Robert Darrah; L. T. Davis; William R. Davis; Alexander Deakyne; Joseph Ellis; Calvin Ferris; John Ferris; Samuel K. Fritz; Francis Gootee; John Houston: William D. Hudson; John Hutchinson; David Jones;


Frank Jones; John Keagy; Francis Keffer; E. W. Lapham; A. G. Lockwood; Jacob Lorah; John Maguire; S. Minner; Richard Miriam; William Morris; A. B. Mudge; L. M. Mudge; William Murphy; A. Num- bers; J. Numbers; Peter O'Neil; John T. Perkins; James Powell; George Pratt; Henry Pratt, Jr .; John Pratt; John R. Pratt; Walter Pratt; Francis Rawley; Rob- ert Rawley; A. S. Reeder; David Reese; Thomas Reese, Jr .; T. A. Reese; David Robinson; William Robinson; Thomas Sapp; James Saxton; John Seamons; N. G. Sever- son; E. Shaw; E. T. Shetzler; Charles Shreffler; E. D. Staats; John C. Thompson; Fletcher Truax; Richard Tunes; A. Web- ster; William Whiteman; John C. Wilson; A. J. Wright; L. A. Wright.


COWGILL is a small village in Kent coun- ty, about three miles from Dover. The land is level, and the chief products are wheat and corn. Among the citizens of that commu- nity are: Joseph Dodd; Dora Abbott; Sammel Benson; Walter Burton; William Cary; John Ennis; W. H. Ennis; James Frazer; George Ford; A. M. Fox; Gus. Frazer; Robert George; John Guy; War- ner Guy; Caleb Hall; Pleasanton Hamm; II. Harris; John Harrington; Millard Laf- erty; P. E. Lowber; Thomas Moore; David Pleasanton; Charles Short; Eugene Short; Isaac Short; William Short; Eben Snow; John Tarbutton; C. R. Vaughn; Joseph B. Vaughn: Elisha Voshell; Henry Williams; Samuel Williams; Henry Wood.


DOVER is the capital of Delaware, and is also the county seat of Kent county. This city is mentioned in the "Story of Dela- ware."


Among the business and professional men, and the inhabitants of the capital and the sur- rounding country are the following: Elmer J. Abbott: Rov. Richard H. Adams; Mrs. Sarah A. Adams; HI. Henry Albers; Doug- lass E. Allee; J. Frank Allee; L. J. Allen; Charles Alloway; E. S. Anderson; Joseph


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Argo, Jr .; Mrs. Argo; Robert M. Arthurs; E. M. Atkinson; W. E. Avery; Henry Ba- der; E. N. Baker; Edward W. Baker; George W. Baker; George W. Baker, Jr .; Jesse B. Baker; John Baker; J. C. Baker; George P. Barker; Samuel H. Barker; B. F. Barnett; J. II. Bateman; Mrs. Ann Battle; Henry I. Beers; Henry A. W. Behen; John Bchen; John Behen, Jr .; Walter Behen; Mrs. Anna Bell; John Bell; George W. Benn; George W. Benn; Mrs. George W. Benn; James Benn; John J. Ben; John Bennett; Alden R. Benson; William J. Benson; Harriet E. Beswick; John E. Betts; Stephen K. Betts; James B. Bice; John Bilbourne; L. A. H. Bishop; Robert A. Black; Herbert Blackiston; Gid- eon W. Blizzard; George Bogart; Peter (1. Bogart; David D. Boggs; Irving D. Boggs; James D. Boggs; Joseph C. Boggs; William N. Boggs; George Murray Bond; Joseph L. Bonsall; Mrs. Sarah E. Boone; William HI. Boone; Saulsbury Bostwick; James V. Boyer; Arthur R. Boyle; L. II. Bradford; John Brown; Frank C. Buckingham; How- ell Buckingham; Mrs. Burdick; Frank R. Burns; Edward Burton; E. D. Burton; Mrs. John D. Burton; Mrs. M. T. Burton; W. D. Burton; Charles E. Butler; David E. But- ler; William B. Butler; William E. Butler; Zadoc L. Butler; Mrs. Mary Cadmus; Wil- lard W. Cahall; William R. Cahoon; Henry E. Cain; Edward E. Camac; Henry H. Ca- mac; John H. Camac; Alexander J. Camp- bell; Mrs. Margaret Campbell; J. M. Can- non; Wilson L. Cannon; James E. Carroll; John Carrow; J. A. Carrow; Wilmer Car- row; James V. Carson; Samuel II. Carson; R. R. Carty; Thomas Cashel; Mrs. Harriet D. C'asson; John W. Casson; John E. Cat- lin; William T. Christopher; Edwin Clark; Emmett Clark; Ezekiel Clark; Frisby B. Clark; James W. Clark; James W. Clark; Joel Clark; John W. Clark; Lawrence Clark; Leonard J. Clark; Martin L. Clark; Richard J. Clark; Thomas S. Clark; Wilbur Clark; Eldad L. Clarke; David Clayton; Mrs. Susan A. Clayton; William L. Clayton; T. O. Clements; William P. Clendaniel; James A. Clifton; Lon W. Clifton; James Coady; Willard S. Coffin; James G. Cohee; John Cohee; John T. Cohee; Amos Cole; Calvin C. Cole; Mark W. Cole; Samuel


Cole; Mrs. Cole; William Coleman; Alex- ander Collins, Jr .; Frank P. Collins; Henry (. Collison; James W. Collins; John Col- lins; John S. Collins; Robert P. Collins; Timothy J. Collins; Harriet C. Comegys; J. M. Comegys; William J. Connelly; Mi- chael Connor; John W. Cook; Theodore F. Cook; Ezekiel Cooper; E. T. Cooper; P. 1 .. Cooper; R. B. Cooper; Daniel C. Cow- gill; K. L. Cowgill; Thomas Cox; Sarefton Cramer; James Crowley; Patrick Crowley; Charles Culbreth; Howard Culbreth; Hus- ton Culbreth; Thomas Culbreth; J. R. Cummings; James Daley; A. M. Daley; Alfred M. Danner; Victor F. Danner; Enoch David; Alvah R. Davis; Frank H. Davis; Mrs. Hannah Davis; W. F. Davis; George E. Dawson; Joshua D. Deane; Charles Denney; Charles Denney, Jr .; Wil- liam Denney; William D. Denney; Na- poleon H. Dennis; William II. Dewitt; Jo- seph Dodd; Benjamin Donoho; Charles Dore; John Doriety; Thomas C. Doriety; Henry Dorzbach; E. Downes; P. S. Downs; Avery D. Draper; Mrs. Josephine Dunn; Thomas F. Dunn; John Dunning; William Dyer; Henry C. Ennis; Nathan B. Ennis; Saulsbury Ennis; Edward Enright; Hugh J. Enright; John Enright; Edward Esk- ridge; John Eskridge; Oscar E. Eskridge; Mrs. Ollie W. Evans; Mrs. Rachel A. Evans; Edward S. Fairies; Mrs. Samuel Fairies; George W. Farquhar; Daniel Farrow, Jr .; George Farrow; Edward J. Faucett; James II. Faucett; Charles E. Fenn; Colen R. Ferguson; Robt. J. Ferguson; Edward J. Fin- negan; Mrs. Sarah Finnegan; Clayton W. Fisher; Win. Fisher; Jas. C. Flowers; John A. Forbes; Scott Forbes; John M. Ford; Harry F. Ford; Geo. Foraker; John W. Foraker; Jo- seph C. Forcaker; Thomas Foreaker; Harry V. Forkum; Henry (. Forkum; William R. Forkum; Thomas B. Foster; Thomas C. Frame; Thomas C. Frame, Jr .; J. Reese Frazier; John C. Freeman; Cecil C. Fulton; Mrs. Mary Fulton; Frank R. Garton; Louis Geiser; Joseph George; Charles H. Gibson; Walker Gibson; Harry T. Godwin; James B. Godwin; James E. Godwin; William P. Godwin; Ezekiel E. Golt; John W. Golt; Richard Golt; Timothy Golt; Theophilus Gooden; Thomas M. Gooden; Prof. W. L. Gooding; Edgar D. Graham; James W.


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Graham; Mrs. M. E. Graham; Mrs. Eliza Green; Joseph Greenbaugh; Lambert Green- baugh; Levi Griffith; Peter C. Gruwell; E. Gutowitz; Sammuel W. Hall; Warren Hall; Edward Haman; William E. Maman; David II. Hancock; Frank Hancock; Samuel B. Hancock; Harry Hankins; Matthew Hank- ins; Samuel Hankins; Henry C. Hargrove; Joseph H. Harper; H. Ridgely Harrington; James Harrington; Julia A. Ilarrington; Ar- thur Harris; Mrs. Harris; Robert S. Har- rison; John Hartnett; Maurice A. Hartnett; William A. Hartnett; William F. Hartnett; John D. Hawkins; John C. Hayes; Joseph Hayes; Kemp Hayes; Oliver C. Hayes; Mrs. Sarah E. Haves; J. Henry Hazel; Wil- liam M. Hazel; Charles Heite; Ed- ward Heite; John Heitschu; John C. Helb- ling; John S. Herrington; Martin Herring- ton; Harold C. Heverin; Mrs. James HI. Ileverin; J. Hunn Hillyard; John P. Hins- ley; William Hinsley; James A. Hirons; Mary E. Hobson; Robert J. Hoey; Joseph T. Hoffecker; Wilbur C. Hoffecker; Mar- tin Hohman; William R. Holden; Robert L. Holliday; Russell C. Holmes; Thomas Ilolston; J. C. Hopkins; Edward Horn; (. L. Frank; Theodore Hovey; James II. Hughes; L. W. Humphrey, 2; Andrew Hunter; James R. Hunter; John D. Hun- ter; Wm. IFunter; George Hunter; Robert Hurd; W. V. Hutchins; Thomas Jackson; E. E. Jones; K. I. Jausen; C. P. Jarrell; J. S. Jester; Wm. Halston; James Hook; C. B. Hope; Asa E. Johnson; Caldwell W. Johnson; Mrs. Eliza Johnson; Frank John- son; Henry R. Johnson; Gove S. Johnson; Greensbury Johnson; John Johnson; Thomas J. Johnson; William E. Johnson; Charles II. Jones; E. L. Jones; George F. Jones; Gro. M. Jones; John HI. Jones; John L. Jones; John N. Jones; John W. Jones; Roland H. JJones; Theodore K. Jones; Thomas Jones; JJohn HI. Jones; Henry Joslin; Elizabeth Jump; Mrs. Sarah V. Jump; Walter F. Keith; Mrs. C. B. Kellum; P. Norman Kol- lum; Richard R. Kenny; William Den- ney; Enolds R. Kerbin; James M. Korbin; James W. Kerbin; James A. Kerin; John Kerin; John E. Kerin: James Kersey; Sarah A. Kersey; Thomas Kersey; Thomas Killen; Archibald King: Henry F. Kings- bury; Martin V. Kingsbury; Thomas


Kinnamon; Thomas Kinnamon, Jr .; Wal- ter B. Kinnamon; Andrew S. Kirk; James Kirk; Mrs. Sarah Kirk; Albert Kitel- line; Jacob Klebsattle; John H. Kling- ler; II. L. Knight; William K. Knight; Henry Krishbaum; Alfred W. Lank; Alex- ander Laws; David N. Lawson; William G. Legg; James W. Lcherbury; Joseph Levi; Ed- age; John T. Leverage; Joseph Levi; Ed- ward HI. Lewis; Jacob C. Lewis; Mrs. HI. Lieberman; Mrs. Anna E. Lofand; Isaac G. Loffand; William I. N. Lofland; William F. P. Loffand; John C. Loockerman; Ed- ward B. Louderbough; Mrs. Julia Louder- bough; Charles E. Lowber; Patrick Lyons; William MeClinton; Mrs. N. D. MeColley; John McCoy; Harry MeDaniel; Joseph Mc- Daniel; Joseph MeFann; W. D. MeGlogh- lon; John R. MeGonigal; Isaac D. Me- Knatt; Isaac M. MeKnatt; Alfred Maag; Henry E. Maag; John Maag; John Maag, Jr .; Arley B. Mager; Elizabeth Manlove; George F. Mansfield; Stephen Martindale; William Martindale; Judge D. D. Marvel; John Mason; Geo. V. Massey; Henry Mas- ten; Charles A. Masters; Robert J. Melvin; Edward D. Milbourn; George Milbourn; William A. Milbourn; William F. Milbourn; C'asper Miller; Gustav A. Miller; George A. Millington; S. G. Minard; Frank Mon- eur; David C. Montgomery, Jr .; Augustus B. Moore; Benson E. Moore; Edward Moore; George A. Moore; II. E. Moore; James S. Moore; Joseph Moore; Joseph S. Moore; Samuel Moore; Wesley F. Moore; George W. Morgan; George W. Morgan, Jr .; Charles T. Morris; Harry P. Morris; Henry Morris; James D. Morris; Samuel Morris; Walker Morris; William H. Morris; Bradford Murphy; William Murphy; John A. Nichol- son; John R. Nicholson; John J. Nivison; P. B. Norman; J. S. W. Nowell; James W. Oldfield; Manlove H. Pahnatory; George Parris: Cephas Parsons; Charles C. Parsons; John Parsons; John Parvis; David M. Pas- coc; Theo. D. Paul; William II. Peck; John B. Penington; Caleb S. Pennewill; James Pennewill; William Pennewill; Charles B. Pepper; George L. Peterson; James II. Peterson; Edward J. Pierce; Charles W. Pierson; John Pierson; Rachel Pierson; Stephen G. Pleasanton; David Pollock; Walter Poor; Samuel Porter; Wil-


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liam G. Postles; Charles B. Prettyman; John W. Prettyman; Alexander HI. Prince; William L. Pritchett; James E. Pugh, Jr .; James HI. Pugh; David B. Pyle; Frank P. Pyle; Joseph K. Pyle; William Pyle; Pen- nell Rash; Susan J. Rash; David II. Raush; Edward O. Raymond; John Raymond; Catharine Reed; James M. Reed; Lydia Reed; Richard Reed; William T. Reed; Charles L. Reeder; D. K. Reeder; G. W. Reeder; Iliram Reedy; Rev. T. P. Revelle; Nathaniel J. Reynolds; Alden B. Richardson; Harry A. Richardson; Win. W. Richardson; Edward Ridgely; Henry Ridgely; Henry Ridgely, Jr .; Wm. HI. Ridgeway; Michael Ri- ley; Robert C. Robinson; Geo. W. Roberts; John F. Roe; John S. Rowan; Frank W. Rust; George F. Rust; Harry M. Rust; Or- lando Rust; John Satterfield; William P. Satterfield; William W. Satterfield; John F. Saulsbury; Mary Saulsbury; Thomas S. Saulsbury; Mrs. Willard Saulsbury; Wil- liam Saulsbury; Daniel I. Scanlon; Ella A. Scanlon; John J. Scanlon; Michael Scanlon; Timothy Scanlon; L. Schabinger; Emory Scotten; E. F. Senart; M. Seward; Francis B. Shaffer: John B. Sharp; John W. Sheetz; William J. Shockley; William P. Shockley; Sammel A. Short; Benj. F. Simmons; Benj. F. Simmons, Jr .; Robert D. Simmons; Ro- bert J. Simmons; William R. Sirman; James B. Bice; Stephen Slaughter; Albert Small- wood; Benjamin Smallwood; Edward Small- wood; James Smallwood; James Smallwood, Jr .; Frank C. Smith; John W. Smith; Jo- seph Smith; Joseph Smith, Jr .; Mrs. J. L. Smith; L. C. L. Smith; William E. Smith; Mary T. Smithers; William T. Smithers; Benjamin Solomon; Samuel Solomon; Ben- jamin F. Spiel; James R. Staats: Edward P. Stacey; Frank Stayton; Rev. Charles I. Stengle; R. S. Stevens; Edward Stevenson; Mrs. Sallie C. Stevenson; Thomas J. Steven- son; Mrs. Mary E. Stewart; T. M. Stewart; Walter Stewart; Wm. B. Stewart; Abraham Stine; Isaac Stine; Jacob Stine; Charles D. Sypherd; William F. Talley; George Tar- button; Elmer P. Taylor; Herman C. Taylor; John Taylor; Mrs. Margaret Taylor; Severen Taylor: Solomon Teat; John N. Thomas; John R. Thomas; S. M. Thomas; William HI. Thomas; John D. Thompson; William Thompson; Mrs. S. A. Tilson; C. C. Tindal ;


Charles B. Todd; Henry Todd; James H. Todd; John R. Todd; Harvey J. Toland; Joseph M. Toland; Daniel R. Tomlinson; Sammel T. Tomlinson; William Townsend; Charles E. Treidlir; Joseph E. Truitt; George W. Tucker; Rev. Joseph B. Turner; Samuel Turner; James Twilley; Franklin Tyler; William Uhlig; Robert II. VanDyke; J. H. Vane; Frank Vanzant; P. L. S. Virden; Draper Voshell; James L. Walcott; James L. Walcott, Jr .; DuPont Walker; Mrs. E. S. Walker; Harry C. Walker; II. R. Walker; William II. Walker; Mrs. E. U. Wallace; Mary M. Wallace; Jno. H. Waller; Peter S. Waller; William C. F. Waller; David Walls; Mrs. J. E. Walls; William D. Walls; George W. Walton; Samuel (. Ware; Stephen E. Warren; Amos A. Watson; Beniah Watson; Wesley Webb; Zada Wells; G. W. West; John R. West; Charles B. Wharton; Garrett Wharton; Samuel Wharton; Eugene Wiekes; James Wickes; Joseph Wickes; Joseph Wickes, Jr .; William Wickes; Pur- nell Wilentts; J. F. Wilds; Howard M. Wil- kinson; J. Marion Wilkinson; J. B. Wil- liams; C. L. Williamson; William F. Wil- lis; James E. Wilson; James II. Wilson; R. O. P. Wilson; William Windal; John C. Windolph; Mrs. S. Windolph; Anna Wise; James Wise; James Wise, Jr .; Sadie Wise; William Wise; Frank W. Wood; Charles G. Wright; Crosby C. Wright; George D. Wright; Harry II. Wright; John A. Wright; Lewis M. Wright; T. D. Paul; Charles P. Zizette.


J. M. Abbott; J. B. Anderson; John Baker; Henry Baker; James L. Beers; D). D. Boggs; J. G. Boyles; William Brothers; Wesley Brown; William Butler; James Carmen; Robert Carson; ] Ezekiel Cow- gill; J. S. Cowgill; Walter M. Crouch; William Cullen; J. Cummins; H. M. Dag- er; James Davis; William Dawes; John Dennis; J. B. Donovan; Dr. J. P. DuHamel; John Dyer; Hubert Eberhardinger; John Ennis; Presley Eunis; William II. Ennis; Edward Garton; William Gehman; Robert Green; W. S. Green; L. Gruel: J. Hanmm; P. Hamm; Willau Hammond; Luther Hargadine; Joseph Hastings; M. Hlave; Jesse Hellings; Casper Hinkle; L. J. Holt; J. M. Hope: S. M. Infinal; William Hurley; John M. Hutchins; I. L.


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Johnson; P. A. Jolley; R. M. Jones; James Keith; James Keith, Jr .; John T. Kemp; A. Kimmey; George P. Knight; D. H. Knotts; E. R. Knotts; D. W. Lafferty; O. G. Lafferty; W. Il. Lafferty; A. W. Lank; Samuel Leager; H. D. Learned; W. D. Learned; Thomas Lewis; P. E. Lowber; W. F. MeKce; W. H. MeKee; Gilder Marvel; Henry Marvel; Edward Mason; Alfred G. Massey; Alfred G. Massey, Jr .; B. W. Mas- ten; Frank Moneur; Joseph Moore; Robert Mover; Frank Norris; E. G. Packard; C. G. Pardee; E. G. Pardee; Edward Parvis; Joseph Parvis; William Parvis; James Pear- son; James W. Pearson; G. V. Philips; S. G. Philips; Fred Phillips; David Pleasanton; George Powell; John R. Powell; Robt. Pow- ell: Henry Pratt; Joseph Rash; Wesley B. Rash; George Raughley; Robert Ranghley; Edward Reed; T. C. Roe; Edwin 11. Salis- bury; 1. Slaughter; D. Slaughter; Isaac Slaughter; John A. Slaughter; T. J. Slaugh- ter; W. P. Slaughter; George Slay; Charles Smith; HI. L. Smith; W. J. Smith; E. L. Spain: William Steffy; S. T. Sturdevant; W. F. Talbot; John Taylor; George Tebo; James Tomlinson: Charles R. Vaughn; James E. Vaughn; Joseph Vaughn; Henry Viohl; D. Voshell; E. Voshell; W. R. Webb; Frank Wells: John B. Wharton; W. A. Willis; W. II. Willis; D. M. Wilson; Robert H. Wilson.


DOWN'S CHAPEL is situated about the center of Kenton hundred, fourteen miles from Dover. Smyrna is the banking town. Land level and mostly cleared; soil, clay bot- tom and very productive in wheat, corn, oats ind potatoes. The nearest shipping station is Kenton, three miles away.


Among the citizens who reside in and around Down's Chapel, are the following: Lillie Attix; John E. Bourke; Henry Boyer; Isaac Boyer; James Boyer; Solomon Boyer; Benjamin Bryan; Daniel Camomile; David Camomile; J. II. Carter; C. W. Clark; J. W. Clark; Lewis Clark; William A. Dodd; Wil- liam Fleming; Elizabeth Ford; Walter Ford; Matthew Hazel; Rev. B. F. Jester; F. C. Johnson; John M. Johnson; Win. H. Jones; William Kahn; N. R. Leverage; Nathan Lit- tle; Elliot Melvin; Thomas Melvin; Truitt


Melvin; Elisha Morris; Thos. Morris; Edgar Remley; William J. Russel; Geo. H. Short; Willard Short; W. Y. Taylor; Mrs. E. A. Truitt; Frank Attix; Thomas Attix; Jomm Berry; John T. Berry; William L. Bryan; N. P. Boggs; Norris Bull; Charles Butler; Wil- lam D. Cary; John Clough; Eugene Cop- page; E. C. Coppage; John M. Cook; Ben- field Dillinger; C. T. Downs; Frank W. Downs; F. C. Downs; Frank Emory; Walter Emory; C. G. Ford; Nehemiah Ford; T. II. Gullitt; Daniel Harkins; Anderson Hawkins; Engene Hazel; JJ. P. Hazel; Ollie B. Hazel; Win. B. Hazel; Samuel Hutchison; Thomas Hutchison; Win. Hutchison; James W. Jack- sen; John Jackson; Thomas Jackson; Enoch Johnson; James Johnson; Ollie Jones; Chas. Lawton; J. II. Little; Win. J. Loper; Robert MeMullen; J. II. Melvin; Samuel Pleasan- ton; T. C. Powell; John Remley; Robt. Ring- old; Samuel Shahan; G. Henry Short; James Short; J. A. Short; J. M. Short; August Switzer; T. R. Taylor; Solomon Todd; Sam- uel Vible; William Vible; William H. Wal- lace; J. F. Walls.


FARMINGTON is a flourishing town in Mispillion hundred, Kent county. It is on the Delaware railroad, about twenty miles south of Dover. The soil in the neighbor- hood is well adapted to growing grain and fruit. The citizens living in and around the place are intelligent and well fixed. Among them are the following: Emory Adkins; Noah B. Adkins; B. T. Anderson; Isaac (. Bradshaw; M. E. Brown; George A. Bullock; William E. Bullock; J. C. Clymer; F. J. Cochran; George Cordray; Thomas Cord- ray; W. W. Day; Anna Holt; George M. Hamons; Charles J. Harrington; Moses Harrington; James HI. Hatfield; Joseph 1. Hatfield; Joseph T. Hatfield; Nicholas J. Hatfield; Robert J. Hill; William II. ITitch; David Jefferson; Nicholas R. Johnson; Gid- con Legates; John Legates; Isaac T. Long; Harry Lord; Harry Lord; Solomon K. Lord; Ephraim S. Loux: Jesse B. K. Miller; Daniel S. Murphy; William H. Murphy; William II. Murphy; William R. Murphy; James A. Parker; Jacob Poore; Mrs. M. IL. Radcliffe; William N. Radcliffe; James T. Rickards; Edw. B. Ridden; William A. Rid-




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