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den; Edw. W. Russell; David Rust; James A. Rust; John Rust; John M. Scott; Wil- liam G. Scott; William W. Seeders; Charles Il. Simmons; Jason B. Simmons; J. B. Sim- mons; William W. Simmons; Thomas J. Taylor; Jehu Tharp; Mrs. Hester A. Thorpe; Rufus K. Wapples; Daniel Whar- ton; Wilbur C. Willey; James II. Wroten; Beniah T. Anderson; David P. Anderson; Major L. Anderson; James Andrews; W. F. Betts; David T. Booth; George D. Booth; Robert J. Booth; Thomas W. Bradley; Wil- liam Bradley; Richard E. Bullock; Washing- ton W. Butler; Peter Callaway; George W. Collins; George W. Collins, Jr .; Jabez F. Col- lins; John W. Collins; Geo. W. Collison, of N .; William W. Collison; George Cordray; Jeremiah P. Cordray; John Cordray; James H. Day; John Donovan; Solo- mon Dorman; Edward Ellison; S. Fisher; James HI. Griffith; George D. Har- rington; Peter D. Harrington; Charles H. Harris; K. W. T. Hastings; John F. Hayes; William T. Hill; James Hoey; Ro- bert G. Hopkins; Zebulon Hopkins; M. C. Jackson; James II. Johnson; Willliam B. Johnson; Henry S. Jones; William E. Jones; Charles II. Lane; Leonard F. Lecompte; Isaac T. Long; Andrew J. Lord; Luther Lord; James HI. Morgan; George Morris; Robert A. Murphy; William T. Newnom; James E. Nichols; John Nichols; Edgar J. Prettyman; Frank J. Prettyman; James B. Prettyman; George Raughley; Isaac Rust; Robert Sammons; Hasty Scott; Jaines M. Scott; William W. Seeders; William T. Sharp; Charles Smith; George F. Smith; William Sullivan; Joseph HI. Taylor; Ste- phen Taylor; Llewellyn Tharp, Jr .; Samuel A. Tharp; William Tharp; James E. Thomas; George M. Tucker; Robert Tucker; William H. Tucker; Frank Tumlin; George B. Vincent; Joshua Wharton; Edgar Wil- ley; John Williams; S. S. Wroten: Wil- liam II. Wroten.
FELTON is a thriving town of about 600 inhabitants, situated on the Delaware railroad, eleven miles south of Dover, fifty-eight miles from Wilmington and forty from Delmar. It is quite important as a manufacturing town, having a crate and basket factory, a saw mill
and wagon factory, besides some small estab- lishment of various kinds. It is noted as the centre of a fruit-producing region, from which large quantities of peaches and other fruits are exported.
The following are some of the inhabitants who reside in and surrounding Felton: James Abbott; Robert Abbott; Isaac Adkins; Harry Baxter; Jennie Baxter; II. O. Bay- man; John Billings; Washington Billings; R. J. Boulden; Andrew Caldwell; Walter Caldwell; N. W. Chapman; C. C. Clifton; Robert Clifton; Joseph Cohee; A. B. Con- ner; J. B. Conner; Charles Cook; J. H. Cook; W. H. Creadick; J. T. Deats; Mrs. Elma Dehority; Mrs. Etta Dehority; Eman- nel Delacy; Rev. R. Downes; J. D. Eaton; J. M. Evans; J. T. Faylor; Alfred Fisher; George Fitzgerald; Jacob Fridel; G. W. Godwin; J. W. Godwin; J. W. Godwin, Jr .; W. E. Godwin; John Goode; F. L. Hardesty; G. P. Hardesty; E. C. Hargadine; M. E. Hargadine; J. O. Harrington; W. J. Harrington; T. E. Ileather; Jacob Hevd; Robert Hodgson; T. A. Hubbard; J. H. Hubbard; Benjamin Hugg; D. S. Hugg; Edward Hugg; William Hugg; George Johnson; J. HI. Jones; R. II. Jones; Charles Kelley; James Kelley, Jr .; Thomas Kelley, Annie E. Kemp; E. C. Killen; George W. Killen; T. E. Killen; W. E. Killen; G. T. Larrimore; John Lee; C. L. Luff; H. P. Luff; J. M. Luff; N. P. Luff; Harry C. Lynch; P. K. Meredith; W. T. Milbourn; P. M. Money; Thomas Montague: J. A. Moore; W. W. Moore; J. II. Morris; W. S. Morris; James Needles; Charles O'Neal; G. M. Out- ten; L. F. Ontten; W. T. Purse; S. D. Roe; W. S. Roe; Enna Sapp; William Sapp; G. M. Satterfield; J. W. Scott; Frederick Sharp; George Shutts; S. G. Simpkins; Mrs. Emily Simpson; IT. Simpson; John Simpson; Thomas Simpson; W. Smith; J. Spence, Jr .; Robert Spence: Morris M. Stevenson; Rev. E. B. Taylor; J. C. Thawley; James Tomlin- son; C. F. Waddell; D. F. Waddell; Gco. Waldman; John Waldman; Mrs. R. A. Wright; C. P. Wyatt.
(). D. Angstadt; James Barens; William Bareus; G. M. Bastian: J. H. Boone; J. S. Bradley; W. H. Burnite; George Carson; James Case: Joseph Case; W. T. Case; Pat- rick Clark: E. Cleves; A. C. Creadick; J.
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C. Creadiek; Samuel Creadick; W. S. Cullin; William Darling; Edward Dill; Frank Dill; W. A. Dill; James Evans; William Evans; Joseph G. Everett; William M. Flem- ing; J. T. Frazier; W. H. Frazier; Robert Friedel; William Hammond; Samuel A. Harrington; Geo. C. Herring; Samuel S. Herring; John Heyd; Robert Hodgson; 1. Holden; E. Holden; Frank Holden; Mat- thew Holden; James HI. Hurd; James K. Hurd; John Jacobs; Morton Jacobs; Mor- ton Jacobs, Jr .; Thomas Jarrell; C. Jarvis; John Jester; W. T. Jester; J. C. Jones; N. Jones; W. Jones; William T. Kates; James Kelley; John Killen; William Killen; J. W. Knapp; (. Layton; R. D. Leach; J. W. Lynch; R. Melvin; J. II. Morris; Wilbur Needles; Cyrus O'Neal; J. II. Price; Arm- will Quillen; N. F. Raughley; Charles Rice; Reuben Sapp; John Schabinger; George Sharp; R. J. Sipple; William Townsend; Amos Turner; Albert Vincent; James Wil- liams; T. B. Williams; James Wyatt.
FREDERICA is located in South Murder- kill hundred on the Murderkill ereck, five miles from Delaware bay, twelve miles from Dover, eight miles from Milford, and six miles from Felton, the nearest railroad sta- tion. The country is level. The soil is on an average with any part of Sussex county, and good crops of fruit, corn, wheat and Irish and sweet potatoes are raised. The most of the fruit raised is used at the canneries in this lo- cality. The population of Frederica is about 900. Among the citizens who reside in the town and neighborhood are: James B. Ander- son; James HI. Anderson; John C. Artis; William L. Artis; John G. Baker; James Bennett; James B. Bennett; Joshua Ben- nett; James Bethards; Sammuel Bethards; I. Watson Betts; Daniel Bogart; Albert W. Boone; Annie C. Boone: Foster Boone; Capt. James II. Boone; Perry Boone; Mary Brown; Benjamin F. Burton; Thomas D. Burton; Thomas V. Cahall; James Calloway; Charles Carey; Paris T. Carlisle; Paris T. Carlisle, Jr .; Albert N. Carrow; John II. Carrow; John HI. Carrow, Jr .; Nicholas Car- row; Walter Carrow; Harry R. Case; Charles Christopher; James Olymer; John
P. Conner; William A. Conner; William A. Cook; William A. Cook, Jr .; Thomas B. Coursey; Capt. John Cunningham; John C. Darby; Saul W. Darby, Jr .; S. Warren Dar- by; William F. Dickerson; Joseph Downs; Stephen G. Downs; James Emerson; Miriam Emerson; Abner Emory; Jolm W. Emory; Jolm W. Emory; C. B. Favinger; Samuel Fisher; Henry Foster; Joseph Frailey; John W. Hall, Jr .; Mary A. Hall; Alexander Har- rington; Harry Harrington; Robert M. Har- rington; Robert T. Harrington; Samuel Huggins; John Hutson; Jonas M. Hydom; James A. Kelly; T. T. Lacy; N. L. Lank; William J. Layton; Benjamin Lewis; James Lewis; Joshua M. Lewis; Walter Lingo; James Loper; Henry MeKnitt; Capt. Joseph MeKnitt; Robert Marshall; Robert J. Mar- shall; William H. Mason; Capt. Andrew Maxon; James E. Maxon; J. Willis Maxon; Capt. Nathan Maxon; William Maxon; Wil- liam II. Maxwell; Elijah Melvin; L. A. Mel- vin; James R. Millaway; Joshua A. Minner; Harry F. Mitten; John Moody; Vincent E. Moore; John C. Morris; James Nickerson, Jr .; John O'Shea; George Palmer; Hugh Palmer; Capt. William Pahner; George W. Parkinson; William II. Patterson; JJames Phillips; Josiah Phillips; Finley Postles; J. T. Postles; Purnel Postles; George Potter; Jehu M. Reed; Harry A. Reik; John Rey- nolds; R. N. Reynolds; Elias Roach; Wi !- liam F. Roach; Asa C. Rogers; Cyrus P. Rogers; Hezekiah Rogers; Livy C. Rogers; Elias Russell; John Ryan; William B. Sapp; Joseph Satterfield; John Shockley; James F. Sipple; Capt. John H. Sipple; Miranda Sipple; Waitman Sipple; W. Sipple; M. P. Smith; C. J. Smithers; George W. Spurry; Nathan Spurry; Nathan Spurry, Jr .; Thomas Spurry; William Spurry; Capt. David Ste- venson; James Stevenson; Robert Il. Steven- son; William H. Stevenson; Willoughby Stine; William Sullivan; George Swanfield; Albert Thomas; Edwin W. Thomas; J. Archie Thomas; William M. Thomas; Thomas P. Timmons; James F. Tomlinson; John G. Tomlinson; Joshua Torbert: John W. Townsend; Edward Vickers; William T. Whitaker; Joseph Wilentts; William Wil- cutts: Albert Williams; John Wilson; Themas R. Wingate; Daniel Wooters; Elijah Wouters; James Wouters; James Wouter -;
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George Young; Nathaniel Young; Zacha- riah Young.
George W. Anderson Will C. Anderson; William C. Anderson; John G. Baker; Frank Bethards; Sanmel Brown; William C. Brown; J. Hart Bye; Walter Camper; Charles C. Case; Joseph C. Case; William Case; Ben- jamin V. Clark; Anthony Cohve; David C. Coverdale; George W. Coverdale; John Coverdale; Samuel Coverdale; John Cox; William E. Davis; Timothy Doody; Thomas E. Emory; William Emory; Timothy Failey; Joseph Frazier; Joseph Frazier, Jr .; James M. Green; James W. Grier; J. Eugene Grier; Nehemiah Hansley; Win- gate IIarmon; Edward Harrington; Fred Harrington; Nathaniel Harrington; Fred Hopkins; Leander Hopkins; Sabray Hoxter; John Hudson; Charles II. Johnson; George E. Johnson; James W. Johnson; John C. Jones; Robert HI. Jones; Daniel Lane; Enos Lane; James McQueen; Joseph MeQueen; James Manlove; George Mere- dith; Sammuel J. Minner; Benjamin Needles; John Palmer; Joseph Perkins; Goo. Reed; Jehn M. Reed; Jehu M. Reed, Jr .; James Reynolds; Robert Roach; Thomas Roach; Arthur Robbins; David HI. Robbins; Joseph T. Robbins; L. Robbins; John Russell; Na- than Russell; George Rust; Frank Salevan; James HI. Salevan; Joseph Salevan; John Saxton; Daniel Scanlon; Albert W. Steven- son; David C. Stevenson; Finley B. Steven- son; Robert C. Stevenson; Heury Tatman ; Thomas Tatman; Benjamin Warren; John Warren; Alfred Warrington; Albert Webb; John Webb; Charles Wilcutts; John Wil- entts; William J. Wilentts; Benjamin Wil- liams; Caleb B. Williams; Enos R. Williams; Ri-den Williams; Hiram Wilson; P. L. C. Witaker; William H. Wix; AAlexander Young.
fact have been the principal factor in produc- ing the rapid growth of the town, the impor- tance of which dates from the construction of the Delaware R. R. Stage lines make frequent trips from this place to Vernon, Burrsville, and Union Corner. The land, besides the pro- duction of fruit, is adapted to the culture of all ordinary farm products, while its moderate price and the excellent transportation facili- ties offered should connnand the attention of prospective settlers. Excellent farms close to the line of the railroad are offered for sale at from $15 to $50 per acre, according to im- provements, and 30 bushels of wheat, 75 of corn, and 30 of oats, are not uncommon erops. Five churches, of the Methodist Episcopal, Methodist Protestant, Baptist, Presbyterian and Episcopal denominations are situated in the town. A public school and numerous primary schools furnish excellent educational advantages. Five secret organizations are re- presented here: I. O. O. F., A. O. U. W., Junior O. U. A. M., Red Men, and Conclave of Heptasophs. Telegraph, money order and express offices.
Among the citizens are: Manlove Adams; Ezekiel Anderson; J. W. Anderson; Wil- liam Anderson; William H. Anderson; Henry Atkinson; R. H. Atkinson; George L. Baird; R. T. J. Barber, M. D .; Thomas J. Barker; D. J. Bending; Thomas J. Bend- ing; Robert T. Benson; George Black; James W. Blades; John D. Brown; Rev. William S. Brown; Royal S. Burdick; James II. Butler; John Butler; Hasty Cain; James M. Cain; John W. Cain; Robert Cain; B. F. Callaway; Eli Callaway; Eli Callaway, Jr .; John Callaway of J. ; Joseph A. Callaway; Wil- bert Callaway; William H. Callaway; James W. Camper; Joshua Casson; Alex. Christo- pher; John Climer; Vincent Cohee; Wil- Ham E. Cohee; William E. Collison; W. L. Cooling; Rev. S. J. Corbin; F. T. Coul- bourn ; R. C. Dale; Jonas Dean; George R. Dorman; Charles Downs; R. S. Downs; Thomas D. Evans; George Flamer; William A. Flamer; William H. Flax; Beniah Flem- ing; B. T. Fleming: Charles Fleming; Eliza- beth Fleming; Ezekiel Fleming; H. C. Fleming: J. C. Fleming; Nathan Fleming; W. B. Fleming; Zadoe Fleming; Charles A. Franklin; O. J. Franklin; W. II. Frank-
HARRINGTON is a thriving town of 1578 inhabitants, situated at the junction of the Delaware and Junction & Breakwater railroads, eighteen miles below Dover and six- ty-five miles from Wilmington. Li is a manu- facturing town, with a rich agricultural coun- try surrounding, and also with commercial in- terests of considerable importance. Its trans- portation facilities are unsurpassed, and in lin: Harry Freeman; Charles L. Gordon;
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D. Gordon; Frank II. Gordon; Joseph Gra- ham; C. N. Grant; Clement R. Ilamilton; Jacob H. Hammond; Nathaniel Hammond; Samuel Hammond; George W. Hanson; Ed- ward Harmon; Wilmore Harmon; Albert Har- rington; Alex. Harrington; Beniah Harring- ton; Benjamin Harrington; Daniel Harring- ton; Fred W. Harrington; Garrett S. Harrington; G. M. Harrington; II. Harrington; John A. Harrington; John S. Harrington; Jonathan Harrington; Solomon Harrington; S. S. Harrington; William Harrington; William M. Harring- ton; Ida Hewes; Robert M. Hewes; Isaac Hill; John Hoey; Joseph E. Horney; Rev. Frank Howes; William J. Hubbard; John Hudson; Thomas Hudson; Thomas Hurd; Charles E. Hutchison; Augustus Jellison; I. N. Jester; Purnell Johnson; Clarence W. Jones; Clement Jones; C. F. Jones; George R. Jones; Mrs. Gilbert Jones; Louis C. Jones; M. A. Jones; Rufus Jones; Thomas Jones; W. L. Kennerley; A. J. Ken- ney; Benjamin Knox; W. HI. Knox; W. L. Layton; Roger Lecompte; Irvin Legates; B. L. Lewis, M. D .; John W. Lewis; William Lewis; Philip Lord; Richard Lord; W. S. Lord; William A. Lynch; Eben MeKnatt; William McNeal; John P. Masten; A. H. Matthews; Josiah Melvin; Laura Melvin; Nimrod Minner; H. M. Money; James A. Moore; John Morris; William Neal; D. P. Nelson; Alex. Newman; Frank Newman; Peter Newell; William Nute; F. Owens, M. D .; George S. Powell; J. William Powell; W. C. Quillen; Thomas Rathel; Albert Raughley; Alfred Raughley: Rev. P. II. Rawlins; Thomas N. Rawlins; Geo. A. Red- den; Frederick Reed; John P. Reese; George Rein; John W. Rickards; William II. Rickards: T. G. Riley, M. D .; Nathaniel Roe; John W. Rose; John W. Row; Elsee Russ; Robert Russ; Edward Sapp; Elias Sapp; S. L. Sapp; A. V. Satterfield; Charles G. Satterfield; Fred Satterfield; Mrs. Rhoda A. Satterfield; W. W. Satterfield; Gerhard Schrimer; Thomas P. Scott; Francis Sedg- kick; William T. Sharp; W. W. Sharp; William Sharp, Jr .; J. W. Shelldrake; Eze- kiel Sherwood; Samuel Shillen; Ira Short; Ilenry R. Simpson; Frank J. Smith; James A. Smith; James A. Smith; James W. Smith; John W. Smith; Robert H. Smith;
Theodore Smith; William A. Smith; Aaron Sneed; Peter Sorden; Henry Steele; Wil- liam Steele; George Stevenson; Rev. J. L. Straughn; G. K. Swain; Thomas Sylvester; Rev. T. E. Terry; Wilbert Tinley; Spence Toute; Warner Toote; W. B. Turner; II. C. Walcott; J. M. Waller; Joseph Ward; John W. Warren, M. D .; James D. West, M. D .; John S. West; F. T. White; W. T. Wil- liamson; John L. Willis; William M. Willis; A. Wix; William C. Wright; Daniel Wyatt; Reuben Wyatt; Robert J. Wyatt.
Residents of the vicinity are: James Abbott; Calvin Ables; Thomas E. Ables; Charles Anderson; Benjamin Anthony; Ju- seph Anthony; James Bareus; A. B. Barlow; John Barlow; Lawson Baynard; William Billing; Alex. Blades; James Blades; John T. Booth; Thomas Booth; William J. Bowen; J. A. Breeding; David Brown; Thomas Brown; Walter Brown; B. F. Cain; George W. Cain; James M. Cain; J. B. Cain; Noah Cain; Noah Cain, Jr .; Wesley Cain; Wes- ley Cain of L .; James Callaway; Philemon Camper; David Cannon; William Chismon; Alexander Collins; George W. Collison; M. Cook; James Cooper; John R. Cooper; John P. Curtis; J. M. Darling; Henry Dean; H. W. Dickerson; William HI. Dickerson; John E. Donephan; David.L. Draper; James Dra- per; Thomas L. Draper; John Evetts; W. D. Farrow; Charles Fisher; Matthew Fleming; Samuel Graham; David Greenley; William A. Hammond; John Hands; James C. Har- desty; C. A. Harrington; David Harrington; Fred Harrington; James D. Harrington; James II. Harrington; John J. Harrington; Jonathan Harrington; Moses Harrington, Jr .; N. J. Harrington; Theodore Harring- ton; Thos. B. Harrington; Thomas M. Har- rington; J. Hicks; John W. Hill; Joshua M. Hlill; Waitman Hopkins; Waitman Hop- kins, Jr .; Benjamin L. Hurd; David
Hurd; Edwin J. Jacobs; William T. Jester; R. J. Jewell; Gilbert Jones; Wal- ter L. Jones; Samuel Kemp; J. T. Laramore; William Laramore; James Legates; Willard S. Legates; Stephen (. Lewis; Miles Lytton; Benjamin MeKnatt; G. W. McKnatt; Na- than MeKnatt; W. H. MeKnatt; David Mas- ten; Thomas Masten; William J. Masten; James W. Melvin; J. B. Mileham; Gove S. Millbourne; Henry Minner; Jonathan Min-
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ner; Samuel J. Minner; William Minner; P. Short; Joshua Short; Thomas Short; John Smith; Wmn. Thomas; Win. Virden; Win. II. West; W. J. Williams; Elisha Wright; Elisha R. Wright. William M. Minner; T. J. Moore; William T. Moore; Samuel II. Morgan; Dr. Levi Morse; Robert A. Murphy; John Owens; William Parvis; J. G. Peckham; Abner G. Plumb; Enoch Poor; James Porter of J .; John Por- ter; John A. Porter; Philemon Porter; John J. Ratledge; Mary E. Reed; E. C. Reese; HAZLETTVILLE is in the eastern part of West Dover hundred, eight miles from Dover and five miles from Wyoming, its station on the Delaware railroad. The land is level and the soil productive in grain and grass. Peaches and apples are raised in abundance. A wagon factory, a saw mill and an evapora- tor are among its industries. The population is 300. James HI. Ross; John F. Row; John J. Rup- pel; Albert Sapp; Curtis Sapp; Elijah Sapp; Louder L. Sapp; D. E. Sawtelle; Manlove Scott; John E. Short; Robert H. Short; R. D. Short; Samuel A. Short; John J. Shultz; Alex. Simpson; James T. Simpson; William T. Simpson; Alex. Smith; Charles A. Smith; David W. Smith; E. A. Smith; Thomas J. Smith; William HI. Spencer; Robert Steele; Citizens of the village and vicinity are John G. Aaron; Robert Arthurs; Joseph Bedwell; Eli Biddle; J. Cannon; Joseph B. Clampitt; T. B. Clampitt; Samuel Cooper; David Cullen; James Dalgish; John M. Downes, M. D .; Morton E. Downes, M. D .; William Sullivan; Samuel Swain; Charles E. Taylor; Beniah Tharp; Benjamin II. Tharp; John Tharp; William Tharp; Albert Thistle- wood; Samuel Tootle; James Townsend; John Travis; John W. Travis; Samuel Tra- vis; Wheatly Travis; David Tucker; Wil- . O. C. Downes; T. C. Draper; Charles Fisher; liam Tucker; E. E. Wix; Andrew Wyatt; Charles A. Wyatt; James H. Wyatt; James W. Wyatt; John Wyatt; John T. Wyatt; Major A. Wyatt; Thomas H. Wyatt.
HARTLY is a village and station .on the Delaware and Chesapeake branch of the P. R. R., in West Dover hundred, eleven miles from Dover, twelve miles from Smyrna. The land is level and cleared, the soil, sandy loan. Shipping facilities are good. A Methodist church and a good public school are situated here. The population of the village and neighborhood is 400.
Residents of Hartly and vicinity are: J. B. Clark; Win. A. Dodd; F. C. Downs; Clara A. Ford; Thomas Honey; James P. Jones; Frederick Maske; Thomas HI. Milbourn; Owen HI. Nickerson; Joseph Poore; W. II. Poore; Win. Porter; W. W. Powell.
John Berry; Win. J. Bowen; Walter Clarke; Samuel Craig; Gustavus Davis; W'm. A. Dodd; C. W. Dunlap; Thomas Faulkner; Joseph Guessford; Gco. Ham- mond; Win. Martin; Thomas J. Marvel; 1. II. Milbourn; John W. Morris; James Pleas anton; Charles II. Powell; Wm. R. Powell; Thomas II. Rodway; James M. Short; James
William Ford; David Fowler; E. W. Frazier; Henry P. Hutchinson; John Melvin; Charles Moore; William J. Morgan; John H. Ross; Joseph Voshell; Nehemiah Walker; William J. Walls; Henry Wright; C. Wyatt.
John Becklin; Charles Biddle; William A. Cosden; Benjamin (. Cubbage; Isaac K. Gooden; James H. Green; Henry Hutson; G. B. Kersey; E. W. Parmalee; John S. Pratt; Harry Virden; William R. Webb; A. C. Williams.
HICKMAN is a village and postoffice of Mispillion hundred, in the extreme southwest corner of Kent county, seven miles from Greenwood, its railroad station, and seven miles from the Choptank river. The coun- try is level, about one-half cleared. Grain and fruits are the principal products of the soil. Milford and Denton, Md., are the locations of the nearest banks. There is a M. E. church also one public school. The population is about 250.
Citizens of Hickman and vicinity are: R. J. S. Bullock; W. H. Bullock; Alfred Ca- hall: Frank Cahall; Samuel Callahan; John W. Corkrell; Arch Evans; G. W. Hardesty; Charles Jester; Clem Jester; John Jester; Peters Jester; Robert Jester; J. B. Melvy;
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T. Melvey; W. J. Peters; W. R. Peters; W. R. Peters, Jr .; Jason Reed; J. B. Reed; D. W. Ryan; Piny Todd; William Van Brunt; C. F. Williamson.
R. E. Adams; Levi Bowen; G. W. Breed- ing; John Breeding; J. B. Breeding; J. T. Breeding; Robert Breeding; R. L. Breed- ing; A. H. Cahall; Calvin Coulbourn; C. N. Coulbourn; Edgar Fountain; Harvey Fountain; J. F. Fountain; Walter Fountain; Zeb Fountain; James Laramore; W. A. Led- mum; J. B. Messick; George F. Noble; Henry Noble; J. B. Noble; Philip Noble; W. W. Noble; J. J. Passawaters; W. R. Peters; J. J. Reynolds; Z. HI. Thomas; C. W. Todd; John R. Whaley; Edward Wil- son.
HOLLANDVILLE, with a population of about 80 or 90, is in the southeastern part of South Murderkill hundred, five miles from Felton, its nearest railroad station, and eigh- teen miles from Dover, the county seat and banking town. The country is level, mostly cleared; wheat, corn, peaches and vegetables are the principal crops. Freight can be shipped by rail to Felton, or by water via Greensborough, Md. Stage line to Felton. Churches and schools are convenient.
Among the citizens of Hollandville and its vicinity are: J. A. Cain; Alexander Cooper; C. Cooper; Edward K. Dill; Franklin Dill; L Dill; William A. Dill; John Donovan; . Downs; Mrs. Martha Draper; John Edwards; Philemon Edwards; William Greenlee; Win. E. Greenlee; Ignatius Hicks; Jonathan L. Hopkins; Isaac Hammond; Samuel L. Har- rington; Alexander W. Hughes; Eben Hughes; Susan Hughes; Benjamin L. Hurd; Joseph Isaacs; Albert Jester; Ann Jester; James G. Jester; John Jester; S. II. Jester; Thomas Jester; William T. Jester; Elizabeth Kain; Reuben Kane; George Kemp; Geo. B. Komp; James A. Kemp; W. M. Kenton; Sammel H. Lister; George W. Luff; Hyuson Melvin; John R. Meredith; Nathan Minor; Samuel Minor; Thomas Minor; William Minor; John T. Moore; Elward Reed; George W. Reed; James T. Reed; Susan Reed; Vincent M. Reed; John Schively; C. Schultie; John A. Scott; John W. Scott;
Peter Scott; William S. Smith; John H. Stubbs; John W. Warren, M. D.
HOUSTON STATION is a thriving vil- lage on the D. M. & V. R. R., in the northern part of Milford hundred, midway between Milford and Harrington, and twenty miles from Dover. The land is level and cleared, soil light loam and clay subsoil, which returns good crops of tomatoes, corn and sweet potatoes. A ready market can be found for all kinds of vegetables and grain, making it a good location for a farmer The bank in general use is at Milford. The church is Methodist Episcopal. A pub- lie school is at a convenient distance. The population is over 200. Telegraph and express offices.
Residents of Houston Station are: Charles Armour; Golden Armour; John Armour; Sam- uel Armour; Frank Burris; George L. Coun- selman; David Davis; George Davis; Charles Emory; John Ennis; R. Graham; William Ingram; Walter Jester; Walter J. Jester; William Jester; Frank Johnson; George Johnson; George E. Johnson; James John- son; John Johnson; John Johnson, Jr .; John II. Johnson; John L. Johnson; Zack Johnson; John Lewis; Thomas Lindall; Ben- jamin Manlove; Hebrew Scott; Rev. Wil- liam E. Tomkinson; Granville Townsend; S. W. Townsend; Alfred Webb; Benjamin Wilson; John D. Wilson; Levi Wilson; Ralph Wilson; W. W. Wilson.
Citizens of the vicinity are: I. D. Alex- ander; James Anderson; John Anderson; A. Appleman; H. B. Baker; Howard T. Betts; S. Cohee; Arthur Dawson; John Dawson; William Dawson; D. H. Frazier; W. M. Frazier; F. F. Harrington; Major Harrington; Charles Hays; William Heve- loe; Lem Hudson; Edwin Jacobs; N. B. Jolin; John M. Lofland; George MeCauley; Edgar Marvel: James L. Marvel; Wilbur Marvel; Wm. Marvel; Wilson Marvel; Win. N. Pierce; Abner Plum; Martin Plum; H. W. Pusey; E. C. Reese; John Reese; Jacob Sapp; James Sapp; Mrs. Sawtelle; David Scott; J. J. Scott; James Sharp; N. Sharp; Pern Shockley; C. Burton Townsend; Wil-
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STATE OF DELAWARE
liam Townsend; William Trader; David Vineyard; Henry Vineyard; William Vine- yard; Thomas Watrons; Charles Wilfong; Charles Williams; Theodore Williams; Wil- liam Williams; Al. Wilson; John Wilson; John D. Wilson; Joshua Wilson; Adron Woodruff.
KENTON, on the Delaware and Chesa- peake railroad, is in the central part of Kenton hundred, ten miles from Dover, the county seat, six miles from Smyrna, its banking town. The land is level, mostly cleared. Soil, clay and sand; produces corn, wheat, hay, oats, peaches and small fruits. Around this neighborhood, the country is very healthy, being on high ground. Marketing facilities are of the best, as the railroad runs directly through the town, and by it farmers can ship their products to any part of the United States. The town has a large tomato cannery with a capacity of 12,000 cans per day. The town is incorporated, and has paved streets, and is well lighted. There is a M. E. church and also a public school with two departments. Popula- tion about 250.
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