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Some citizens of Vernon and its neighbor- hood are: David Adams; G. Adams; Benja- min Armstrong; S. Baker; Robert Benson; Joseph Bernard; G. V. Brace; Charles Brad- ley; Manlove Bradley; Richard Bradley; Solo- mon Brown; Charles Bullock; B. F. Cain; Henry Callaway; William Callaway; David Cannon; J. C. Cleaves; John Coalescott; B. F. Collison; George W. Collison; T. F. Colli- son; David Draper; R. J. Draper; J. M. Eisen- brey; L. HI. Franton; Frank Graham; J. S. Graham; W. H. Graham; B. Hamilton; Clement Hamilton; James Hamilton; R. J. Hamilton; John Handy; Benjamin Harp; S. A. Harp; C. A. Harrington; Mrs. E. Hawley; John C. Hawley; John F. Hawley; S. II. Hawley; Elias Hopkins; R. Hopkins; John Jessops; James Johnson; John Jones; E. C. Lewis; S. C. Lewis; M. MeKnatt; S. Melvin; Alfred Minner; George Morgan; John Mor- gan; George Morris; Charles Outten; James Outten; J. HI. Outten; J. P. Outten; S. P. Outten; William Parvis; Garrett Porter; Hasty Porter; Henry Porter; Edward Price; Wmn. Purnell; Alfred Ross; Frank Ross; George Ross; Reuben Ross; Wesley Ross; E. C. Saulsbury; W. W. Seeds; Evan Servis; J. L .. Sharp; David Simpson; Joseph Simp- son: Charles A. Smith; Elias Smith; O. Smith; Wm. F. Smith; Luther Spence; R. H. Stafford; George Sullivan; Wm. Sullivan; John Tatman; William D. Taylor; Frank Thomas; James W. Thomas; R. II. Thomas; Anthony Todd: Charles Todd; Charles W. Trice; John Truitt: James Voss; Lafayette Walls; Jesse Ward; Edward Wilson; W. W. Winner; E. E. Wix; Wm. Wooters; C. W. Wroten: Henry Wyatt; R. C. Wyatt; T. II. Wyatt.
VIOLA is a pretty station and post office in North Murderkill hundred. on the Dela- ware railroad, five miles from Willow Grove, and right and one-half miles from Dover, its banking town. It is surrounded by a level, well cleared country, the soil of which pro-
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duces excellent fruit, grain and vegetables. Shipments are made by the Delaware railroad and by steamboat from Barker's Landing, seven miles away, on St. Jones' Creek. The population is over 50; there are two schools and a Methodist Episcopal church. Telegraph and express facilities are at hand.
Some of the citizens of the village and vi- cinity are: I. S. Anderson; R. Cook; W. 1. Dill; J. W. Downham; R. J. Downham; Jo- seph Farlow; F. Friedel; George Graham; J. D. Harrington; S. Harrington; II. C. Harvey; W. 1. Howard; Joseph Jarrell; W. C. Jar- rell; W. F. Jarrell; W. H. Jarrell; Z. B. Kel- lar; E. Kline; P. M. Levick; J. E. Lutz; George MeKilligan; G. H. Murray; D. II. Peter; II. Rhoads; P. E. Ross; J. M. Stine- walk; W. A. Wagner.
WILLOW GROVE, in the western part of North Murderkill hundred, has a population approaching 150. It is southwest of Dover, the county-seat, and four miles from its near- est railroad station, Woodside. Fruit and the cereals are the staple productions of the fer- tile farms which surround the village. Can- ning and basket-making are the principal in- dustries. There is a public school and a M. E. church.
Among the citizens of Willow Grove and its vicinity are the following: John Beeklyn; Edward Cohee; James L. Cohee; John HI. Cook; William Cook; J. G. Cooper; M. D. Cooper; Peter S. Cooper; William B. Cooper; C. R. Culver; John C. Dills; Albert W. Good- en; George S. Gooden; John II. Gooden; Jonathan G. Gooden; Thomas W. Gooden; William T. Gooden; F. M. Gooding; Mrs. Eleanor Marvel; Samuel R. Meredith; George Moore; Henry Moore; Nathan Moore; Wes- ley C. Moore; James G. Price; James E. Sapp; J. Colby Smith; John C. Smith; Elisha Wright.
WOODSIDE is a station on the Delaware railroad in the southern part of North Mur- derkill hundred, six miles from St. Jones' river, and six miles south of Dover. It has a population of over 300. The land is level and cleared, with a soil of sandy loam, well adapt- ed to the cultivation of truck, small fruits and
peaches. The Delaware railroad affords ex- cellent facilities for marketing products. Con- siderable lumber is shipped at this point. 1 cannery is one of the industries of the place. There is a M. E. church and a good public school.
AAmong the residents are: T. M. Anderson; T. P. Anderson; W. T. Anderson; A. Brad- ley; John Brown; William Brown; N. Cook; W. A. Cook; E. Cowgill; S. H. Derby; A. Ellingsworth; Rev. C. W. Fisher; J. E. Fluke; William Goodham; Alvin Green; W. A. Green; G. Emory Hastings; Joseph Hast- ings; J. C. Hastings; C. M. Hoch; William Hurd; C. W. Jackson; James Jarrell; John Jarrell; A. Jenkins; W. T. Johnson; J. T. Massey, M. D .; C. M. Merrick: Frank Min- ner; Joseph Peters; J. M. Reed; S. L. Rich- ards; S. L. Richards, Jr .; Walter Richards; Edmund Roe; James Roe; James Roe, Jr .; Samuel Roe; John Roy; Sidney Rust; J. P. Slaughter; B. W. Townsend; George F. Townsend; William Vincent; George W. Walheater; George W. Walheater, Jr .; J. HI. Walheater; Edward Walters; William Whit- by.
Citizens of the vicinity of Woodside are: B. F. Abbott; James Anderson; Joseph Bar- ber; John Barnard; Willard Brown; C. L. Burchenal; R. Kemp Caulk; William Chil- entis; Evans Cook; N. Cook; T. J. Cook; E. Cowgill; Benjamin Crook; Charles Crook; T. Darling; Walter Davis; Thomas Duross; Frank A. Farrow; A. D. Green; HI. K. Harga- dine, Jr .; T. A. Hollinger; N. Ingram; James Jarrell; T. C. Johnson; William T. Johnson; ('. Jones; James Jones; S. M. Kemp; A. Lathrop; William Lee; T. P. Lindale; Wil- liam Me Natt; T. M. Moore; Frank Morris; William Nelson; D. II. Rash; Sammel Shutts; B. Townsend: W. Voshell; A. Willis; R. R. Wooters; A. Wylie; Thomas Wylie; William Wylie.
WYOMING is the largest peach shipping station in the state, situated on the Delaware railroad, three miles below Dover. It is an energetic and prosperous place, especially during the berry and peach season. The soil of the surrounding country is adapted to the production of small fruits and vegetables and i- especially prolific in peaches. A canning factory, 150 hands; one evaporator with five Williams dryers, 200 hands, and a large flour
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and grist mill, roller process, are important in- dustries. There is a fine opening for manu- facturing industries. Dover banks are con- venient. The churches are the M. E., St. John's Reformed. There is a public school, T. C. Downham, principal. Secret societies: A. O. U. W., Mogullians, and Knights of the Golden Eagle. The population is upwards of 500.
Some of the residents are: II. E. Aldrich; Myra Aldrich; W. F. Aldrich; Harrison At- kins; H. J. Baker; C. W. Barger; Preston Beddle; John T. Benson; John Berry; John Boggs; Thomas Boon, Jr .; T. H. Boone; Charles Boyer; Willard Bradley; E. J. Brown, M. D .; N. B. Buckmaster; Howard Caldwell; Jacob Caldwell; Prince Caldwell; Henry C. Carter; Caleb Clark; James Clark; John Clark; F. H. Clements; J. S. Clements; Curtis Clifton; George Clifton; C. K. Cole; Livingston Colegrove; Win. Collins; Arling- ton II. Conner; Solomon Conner; Rev. Cyrus Cort; George M. Crossmore; J. L. Crossmore, M. D .; A. M. Daly; Thomas S. Downham; T. C. Downham; T. J. Downham; E. B. Downs; P. Emerson; E. W. Evans; William Faussett; C. S. Fisher; George M. Fisher; R. J. Fisher; H. Fowler; O. C. Frazier; John Gallagher; W. R. Garton; Daniel George; J. R. George; C. Gibbs; Rev. W. P. Graham; Cato Gray; James Gray; J. A. Gray; M. H. Gross; Isaac Groves; Joshua Guy; Peter Guy; William Guy; Theodore Hall; John Harmon; William Harmon; W. Heller; William Hill; Garrett Hinsley; Matthew Hinsley; Wallace Holden; II. B. Hopkins; Edward Hubbard; John Hunn; F. W. Inderleid; Caleb Jackson; James Jackson; John W. Jackson; John T. Jakes; T. W. Jakes; W. H. Jakes; Bertha Jenkins; Ellwood Jenkins; H. G. Jenkins; Joseph Jenkins; Louis Jenkins; Mitfin Jen- kins; Darling JJohnson; Edgar Johnson; H. B. Johnson; C. H. Jolls; Howard Joslin; Wil- liam Knotts; Alexander Larimore; John Leager; Fred F. Lewis; R. J. Lindale; W. P. Lindale: W. C. Longfellow; J. V. MeCom- mons; Alvin Marker; John Marker; James Montague, Jr .; John Montague; John Mor-
ris; George Neeman; Edyth Parmerly; Bur- ton Phillips; Alexander Pierson; William Pierson; Daniel Plummer; Mrs. E. A. Pow- ell; Mrs. James Powell; John Powell; Thomas Powell; Wilhelmina Powell; Zadoc Quillen; George Rash; Mrs. M. E. Reed; Olive Reed; George B. Reynolds; D. P. Richards; John M. Ross; J. B. Ross; J. B. Ross, Jr .; W. R. Schautz; Luther Seward; William G. Simmons; Thomas Smith; J. Sparks; Wilson Sparks; J. R. Taylor; F. II. Thomas; J. H. Thomas, M. D .; Isaac Town- send, Jr .; James Virden; C. F. Weaver; G. W. Webb; Col. J. Welling; A. E. Wetzel; II. K. Wheatley; William B. Wheatley; W. HI. Wheatley; Reuben Wilkinson; S. C. Win- ter; John Wood; John Wyatt.
Residents of the vicinity of Wyoming are: John Aaron; Mrs. Martha Aaron; Hon. W. R. Allaband; D. Bellman; W. Blades; John Boon; A. N. Brown; C. G. Brown; J. G. Brown; P. S. Brown; John Caulk; John Clea- ver; Manlove Cole; Evan Cook; Thomas Cook; J. W. F. Cooper; E. Cresson; Charles De Mott; William Diefenderfer; Alfred Downham; John Downham; Thomas Down- ham; John Drake; James Ford; Charles A. Garton; E. II. Garton; Henry Garton; F. A. Gray; W. M. Harris; David Ireland; Alexan- der Jackson; I. R. Jackson; George Johnson; Ilenry Johnson; P. A. Kent; George Knight; Martin Knight; Martin Knight, Jr .; Robert Lewis; Samuel Lewis; Otto Linquist; James McGinnis; Pearce Marker; Charles Marvel; George W. Mason; John C. Mason; S. P. Mitilin; Alexander Miner; James Montague; John B. Nickerson; J. Paine; William Platt; Samuel Pleasanton; Mrs. M. E. Powell; James II. Pratt; Horace Pugh; E. Reed; D. P. Richards; D. M. Ridgely; Stephen Rob- erts; Philip Rose: R. D. Saxton; C. D. Scott; J. W. Scott; W. II. Scott; Robert Sipple; Thomas C. Slay; George Snyder; William Steele; S. M. Thomas; A. B. Truitt; D. Viohl; Samuel Webb; William R. Webb; W. J. Webb; Joseph W. Wells; J. II. Wilson; T. HI. Wyatt.
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SUSSEX COUNTY.
ANGOLA is a small village in Sussex coun- ty, located on an arm of Rehoboth bay, about eight miles southwest of Lewes. Cool Spring is the nearest railroad station. Fine timber lands are found in the vicinity. Among the inhabitants of the village and surrounding country are: Jesse Abbott; John Abbott; Nehemiah Abbott; W. J. Baylis; D. D. Bur- ton; John W. Burton; William C. Burton; W. S. Corey; W. S. Davidson; John O. Green; S. J. Howard; T. A. Joseph; Erasmus Marsh; John A. Marsh; Sammuel T. Marsh; W. A. Marsh; A. M. Johnson; S. K. Johnson; W. Frank Prettyman; Edward Quillen.
ATLANTA is a post office in Sussex coun- ty, about five miles from Bridgeville. The land is well adapted to raising wheat, corn and small fruits. Some of the citizens in that locality are: Henry S. Bennett; Moore Bennett; M. F. Bennett; S. Brown; O. K. Corbin; Charles Drum; C. W. Frame; Robert Frame; John Hartzell; Joshua Hartzell; J. II. Hartzell; Win. Hartzell; D. B. Kinder; E. L. Kinder; J. G. Kinder; W. W. Kin- der; J. S. Metz; John R. Reed; G. G. Spicer; E. F. Unruh; John Unruh; S. Unruh; S. A. Williams; William Willianis.
BACONS is a thriving little village on the D. V. & M. railroad. It is a great fruit ship- ping station. Grain and small fruits are raised in large quantities. Land is valued at from $25 to $100 per acre. Seaford is the nearest banking town. There are two churches and three public schools within easy access. Some of the citizens are: O. B. Cord- rey; A. E. Culver; P. M. Culver; S. J. Lowe; M. W. Collins; Harvey Culver; S. A. Culver; J. W. Gaines; J. W. Hastings; L. J. Hill; W. M. Moore; J. T. Records; W. J. Rhodes.
BAYARD is a village and post office in Baltimore Indred, 62 miles from Frankford, its nearest railroad station. Its interests are principally agricultural. Land sells at about $15 per acre. The country is level, partly cleared; the soil, moderately productive; prin- cipal crops, corn, wheat and oats. The only means of transportation are by railroad from Frankford.
Among the citizens in the place and neigh- borhood are: William II. Blizzard; Charles W. Daisy; Henry Godwin; David Green; Eli Ilews; Hugh II. Hickman; John II. Hudson; Walter T. Lynch; William C. Richard; David Vickers; Joshua W. Anderson; Levin II. Bennett: James M. Cary; Frank Daisy; Isaac O. Daisy; John E. Daisy; Jolm W. Daisy; George Derickson; Lemuel L. Derick- son; Levin Derickson of D .; Jacob Easton; Jenkins II. Evans; Joshua T. Evans; William T. Evans; Zadoe J. Evans; Wilson Figgs; Smith Floyd; David C. Godwin; Michael Gray; Peter Gray; Charles Hall; George Ilall; Thomas Hall; Henry Hickman; Charles R. Hudson; Jacob HI. Hudson; Wil- liam HI. Hudson; MaeC. Long; Andrew Lynch; Andrew M. Lynch; George F. Lynch; Harbeson Lynch; Henry W. Lynch; James O. Lynch; Lambert T. Lynch; Reuben Lynch; Caleb MeCabe; James Murray; John HI. Murray; Samuel R. Murray; Staten Pusey; Jacob Rickards; Kendall Rickards; William H. Rickards; Jacob Rogers; Charles C. Tingle; James Tyre, Jr .; James M. Tyre; Burton Vickers; Elisha Vickers; Henry B. Watson; Kendall West; Edward M. Wil- liams; Frank Williams of E.
BAYVILLE is a small village of Sussex county on the bay shore. Fishing and farm- ing are the principal industries. Population of neighborhood, 75. Some of the citizens are as follows: J. D. Bennett; Wm. T. Brasure:
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J. B. Burbage; E. J. Calhoun; J. H. Collins; G. W. Cropper; S. H. Cropper; E. P. Der- riekson; James Derrickson; Jos. M. Derrick- son; J. W. Derrickson; J. M. Evans; C. Gray; G. W. Grice; C. L. Keen; Joseph MeCabe; W. E. Pepper; S. Schellinger; A. V. Twigel; C. Il. Truitt; 1I. G. Truitt; I. Truitt; P. P. Truitt; J. W. Williams.
BLACKWATER is a thriving village and post office, situated at the head of Blackwater Creek in Baltimore hundred. The country is level and sandy. It produces grain, vegeta- bles and fruits in large quantities.
Among the good citizens that inhabit this part of the state are: (. Armentrout; Ste- phen Aydlotte; Henry Bennett; J. R. Bennett; E. C. Calhoun; James Corey; William Chamberlain; Gideon Clark; John Furman; Charles Gray; George Howard; John Lathbury; George Molson; James Melson; Edward Moore; H. Rchards; John Taylor; Wm. Townsend; Timothy Townsend; Henry Turner: J. S. McKline: John And- lotte; John Banks; John Bennett; Charles Calhoun; Ephraim Calhoun; George Cham- berlain; John Cloggs; Wmn. T. Gray; Andrew Isham; Charles E. Johnson; George Johnson; John Johnson; Stephen Johnson; Edward Lynch; Elijah Lynch; William Lynch; Ste- phen Melson; Edward Melvin; Absalom Mur- ray; John Polite; Joseph Richards; Mitchell Richards; William Richards; William A. Richards; James Roberts; Elijah Stephens; William Torbert; Isaac Townsend; James Williams.
BETITEL is a village of Broad Creek hun- dred, situated on Broad Creck, a tributary of the Nanticoke river, three miles from Laurel and twenty miles from Georgetown. Al- though not a railroad station, the nearest be- ing Laurel, it has excellent facilities for trans- portation by water, having a steamboat line making daily trips, and about fifteen vessels trading to different points. It is reached from Philadelphia and Wilmington by rail to Laurel, and thence by stage.
Among the citizens in that locality are: Alfred Adams; IT. W. Bell; Elijah Bradley; John Bradley; William Brown; Thomas Can-
non; J. B. Conaway; H. P. Cordrey; R. W. Cordrey; William Cordrey ; Edward Coulburn; George F. Coulborn; James 1. Coulborn; Robert R. Coulborn; Rev. J. 1. El- derdice; John A. English; Henry Esk- ridge; James M. Eskridge; Win. J. Eskridge; Samuel Fletcher; James Furniss; Clar- ence Garrett; Jacob Gootec; I. T. Hearn; John E. Hearn; George Hitch- ens; A. E. Hopkins; Earl D. Hopkins; George B. Insley; William J. Insley; I. H. D. Knowles; John B. Knowles; W. W. Knowles; James D. Lloyd; Albert Low; Jas. Low; Rev. D. F. McFaul; John A. Mar- shall; Thomas J. Marshall; Benjamin Mas- sey; L. M. Massey; William Massey; George A. Moore; Joseph A. Moore; J. M. C. Moore; Oliver S. Moore; Orlando Moore; Rufus Moore; William T. Moore; C. L. Morris; W. J. Morris; James H. Outten; Joseph W. Outten; Emory F. Owens; Arthur Phillips; C. W. Phillips; George K. Phil- lips; George W. Phillips; II. C. Phillips; Noah Phillips; Thomas Phillips; Elisha Pusey; George F. Quillin; James E. Quil- lin; J. B. Quillin; R. F. Quillin; William J Quillin; J. W. Records; Fisher Riggin; J. W. Riggin; Robert E. Riggin; Thomas E. Riggin; William J. Riggin; William J. Sauerhoff; Edward Shiles; James H. Smith; John E. Smith; William II. Smith; Ernest Spicer; George Spicer; H. L. Spicer; John W. Spicer; R. T. Spicer; J. A. Taylor; I. II. Thompson, Luke Vickers; Ernest White; Elihm Williams; George Williams; James T. Williams; William H. Williams; Jacob B. Wright; Jeremiah Wright.
D. C. Baker; Frank L. Baker; E. B. Cona- way: J. W. Ellis; Jesse Ennis; S. P. Goslee; Jacob W. Hastings; Thomas Hearn; C. J. Hill; James Knowles; James T. Knowles; George S. Lloyd; James E. Lloyd; John Maston; Thomas Merrick; George Miller; II. L. Moore; James Moore; John W. Moore; K. A. Moore; Wilson A. Moore; John E. Phillips; John W. Phillips; Wil- liam II. Phillips; Oscar Riggin; James Spen- cer: John W. Waller; Thomas Walson; Joshua Watson; William J. White; James HI. Wright.
BROAD CREEK is situated on the P., W. & B. R. R. in Sussex county. The population
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is about 75. The main occupation of the citizens of that community is farming. Some of them are: M. M. Holt; M. S. Holt; R. J. Marvil; HI. E. Moore; L. HI. Moore; Wm. J. Philips.
BUNTING is a small village of about 50 persons, in Sussex county. Among the citi- zens of that community are: E. D. Bunting; Merrill Bunting; E. M. Bunting; E. W. Bunting; L. I. Bunting; P. B. Bunting; Walter Bunting; Adolphus Corey; J. L. Corey; Arthur Davidson; Joseph Davidson; Lewis Davidson; A. H. Hudson; Joseph Hudson; A. I. Hudson; L. Hudson; S. H. Hudson; Joseph Layton; W. M. Layton; G. W. Littleton; C. I. HI. Lynch; Frank Me- Cabe; William MeCabe; W. C. MeCabe; 1. Morris; J. II. Morris; C. I. Stephens; J. J. Stephens; T. Stephens; William Warrington.
BRIGEVILLE is an important town in North West Fork hundred, twenty-eight miles from Dover, on the Delaware railroad. The county is level and the soil produces excellent fruit. There are numerous manufacturing in- terests, among them a stave and basket fac- tory canning establishment and grist mills.
Among the citizens residing in that locality are: B. M. Adams; Charles HI. Adams; Daniel C. Adams; Frank Adams; George W. Adams; Moses Adams; Newell Ball; Miles Bennett; Charles A. Blizzard; Fannie C. Breerwood; Robert Breerwood; John M. Brown; Charles H. Bullock; Jesse W. But- ler; Lawrence M. Cahall; Henry P. Cannon; Margaret A. C'annon; Oliver Cannon; Philip L. Cannon; Richard W. Cannon; William T. Carter; Geo. W. Culver; R. A. Culver; John F. Davis; Joshua S. Dickinson; John II. Dimes: William W. Dimes; D. T. Dyers; Charles Gray; Thomas J. Gray; John W. Green; HI. E. Hardesty; John E. Harris; William Harris; S. B. Hazzard; E. M. Hill; James A. Housel; D. B. Jones; Fred Jones; Henry Jones; Horace Jones; M. G. Jones; Harry C. Layton; J. Edgar Layton; J. Edward Layton; Mitchell Lavton; R. R. Layton; Sallie P. Layton; Wilbert Layton; Wm. P. Layton; Wm. Ledenham; N. E. S. Macklin;
G. E. Miller; R. E. Miller; Gilley Moore; Levin J. Moore; Wm. A. Moore; Joshua C. Morris; M. W. Muse; James HI. Myer; David J. Nutter; Benton Owens; David D. Palmer; Frank R. Palmer; James P. Par- vis; William W. Passwater; W. Patten; Fred Pote; Eugene F. Quidort; Ernest Rash; Robert B. Reed; II. E. Rice; John Ricketts; Win. C. Robinson; Charles Satterfield; E. II. Sawyer; C. M. Scott; Belle Simmons; Mary A. Spence; John Stilson; Geo. W. Stradley; Philip HI. Stuart; Tillie Stuart; Win. T. Sudler; Wmn. H. Taylor; Harry W. Viven; Charles Voss; E. E. Ward; Hettie A. Ward; William Ward; Isaac Watson; Martin W. Welch; Henry N. Wilherbee; George W. Willen; Joseph Willen; Thomas W. Willen; George W. Willey; Henry P. Willey; Minnie Willey; Frank Wroten; Charles Young.
Daniel (. Adams; Thomas II. Ake; John G. Allen; P. W. Baker; Newell Ball; Julia Bennett; Milo L. Blanchard; Charles C. Brown; John D. Brown; Joshua Butler; Ed- ward M. Campbell; Abraham Cannon; P. W. Carey; William E. Carpenter; M. I. G. Coates; W. J. Coates; Amos K. Corbin; Wil- liam II. Corbin; Howard R. Corey; George A. Culver; John Ellingsworth; S. K. Elliott; D. Farrow; S. C. Fi-her; George W. Fleet- wood; William E. Fowler; William R. Gar- ton; George B. Graef; F. E. Gray; Peter Gray; William L. Gray; J. W. Higman; O. D. Hill; Robert Hill; Elizabeth Jacobs; John T. Jacobs; Alexander Jones; Philip Jones; R. Jones; William H. Jones; Daniel Kinder; Lewis W. Kinder; R. Kling; George Larimore; Garrett S. Layton; Thomas W. Layton; Charles R. Lewis; R. F. Lindenham; Charles H. MeCauley; Ed- mund T. MeCauley; James M. Mellvain; G. M. Macklin; Martin Bros .; E. R. Martin; Hugh Martin; Samuel II. Melson; Miles Messick; S. H. Messick; J. Y. Miller; John II. Milman; Joshua C. Morris; J. T. Noble; Samuel O'Day; William Parker; William Pusey; James Ranghley; Mrs. S. W. Raw- lins; George Ray; E. William Records; El- wood Ricards: J. E. Richards; Mrs. M. A. Richards: Philip Richards; William Ross; Charles E. Russell; Catesby F. Rust; Mrs. G. J. Rust; James Sampson; William W. Sharp; F. P. Short; Henry C. Short; Les-
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lie B. Short; W. N. Smith; Horace Sudler; Cornelius P. Swain; Robert P. Swain; Thomas B. Swain; George T. Trout; Solomon Unruh; John H. Vandenburg; C. F. Welsh; Caleb Willen; William Willen; Isaac Willey; James Willey; John Willey; L. Willey; Nehemiah Willey; Edward L. Wright; Isaac K. Wright; William II. Wroten; George Zimmerman; George Zott.
CANNON is a small village on the Dela- ware railroad in Northwest Fork and Seaford hundreds, about fourteen miles from George- town, the county seat of Sussex county. This is one of the best portions of the state for peaches and berries. Among the citizens are: H. C. Adams; J. N. Allen; William Allen; N. J. Allen; A. W. Bailey; P. Parker; R. L. Brown; W. H. Brown; M. Campbell; Ambrose Cannon; E. Carey; A. Carey; P. F. Empire; A. F. Eskridge; M. J. Fisher; Joseph Fleetwood; J. B. Fleetwood; Charles Friedel; James Friedel; J. S. Giles; A. F. Johnson; C. B. Johnson; F. H. Johnson; R. E. Johnson; James Jones; R. Kling; A. M. Layton; Isaac Lessey; John Lessey; James Massey; J. F. Moore; M. Matterson; John Pusey; F. Ricketts; James Ryers; H. C. Short; Levin Stewart; Jas. Wallace; J. F. Wooten; N. S. Wooten; L. Workman; Wil- liam Wyatt.
CONCORD is a village and postoffice on the line between Nanticoke and Broad Crock hundreds in Sussex county. It is situated on Deep ereck, the left branch of Nanticoke river, which is navigable for small vessels. The manufacture of barrel and nail keg staves gives employment to many men. Small fruits and vegetables are specialties with the farmers.
Some of the citizens of Concord and neigh- borhood are: C. HI. Boyce; Daniel Brown; J. B. Butter; David Calhoun; F. C. Cannon; J. W. Cannon; Henry Cooper; J. Dridden; Robert G. Ellegood; W. E. Fleetwood; S. A. Ganlt; E. E. Hearn; L. N. Hill; C. Jefferson: Joseph
Johnson; W. B. Johnson ; IT.
I .. Jones: R. Lingo; Alonzo Matthews: John Matthews: A. C. Morgan; J. W. Morgan; G. W. Morris;
George Neal; W. J. Nicholson; H. O'Neal; Joseph O'Neal; James Ralph; M. Ralph; Theophilus Stuart; C. W. West; George E. Wood; J. W. Workman; Wingate Work- man; T. A. Allen; HT. Calhoun; J. II. Cal- houn; J. J. Calhoun; Siles Calhoun; Samuel Callaway; George Carnman; Curtis Fleet- wood; Nutter Fleetwood; Thomas Fleet- wood; J. II. Green; J. W. Hastings; George Hitchen; E. H. Jones; A. R. Layton; J. Il. Layton; James Matthews; S. J. Messick; Thomas Messick; J. J. Morgan; M. HI. Mor- gan; William Murray; R. T. Phillips; Thomas Phillips; John Prendole; Robert Smith; Theophilus Spicer; N. M. Spicer; S. B. Truitt; J. W. Vincent; L. Waller; Sam- nel 1. Whaller; W. West; Eben Whaley; W. K. Whaley.
DAGSBORO is a village of about 300 inhabitants, located in Dagsboro hundred, Sussex county. There are large tracts of tim- ber land in the neighborhood. Fine saw and lumber mills are in operation. Georgetown is thirteen miles distant where the citizens mostly do their banking business.
Among the inhabitants are the following: J. J. Bailey; S. Baker; A. W. Betts; T. C. Curry; N. P. Davidson; W. J. Dryden; E. W. Gray; D. B. Hazzard; F. E. Hazzard; George Layfield; J. II. Long; J. D. Long; H. II. MeCabe; W. J. Parkhurst; Samuel Rick- ards; William P. Short; E. P. Sturgis; B. C. Wingate.
DELMAR is a thriving town in Little Creek hundred, Sussex county. It has good railroad facilities; is in a prosperous commun- ity and has a population of about 800.
Among the many good citizens in that com- mumity are: W. S. Adkins; Jackson Bailey; B. F. Barker; George Barr; Smiley Beach; 1 .. W. Bounds; Charles W. Bowen; Arthur Brewington; W. Bryan; Isaac M. Callaway; William H. Callaway; Albert Carmine; E. HI. Carpenter; John F. Clark; C. S. Cordrey; Ephraim Culver; Handy Culver; John J. Culver; William II. Culver; W. J. Dona- way; Enoch E. Dunn; William T. Dum; Robert Ellegood: F. G. Elliott; William J. Elliott: W. B. Elliott: Clarence Ellis: Jo- sophieJ. Elli -; J. L. Ellis; Monroe W. Ellis : M.
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