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MILLSBORO, on the Delaware, Maryland and Virginia Railroad, is at the head of the
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Indian river, and is nine miles distant from Georgetown. Much of the surrounding coun- try is wooded, and the lumber trade of the town is therefore extensive; its saw mills and planing mills export many feet of boards, beams and joists. The town has also a box factory employing many hands. The cleared land in the vicinity yields grain, vegetables and fruits. The population of Millsboro is over 500. It has three churches, St. Mark's P. E., a Methodist and a Baptist church. Se- eret societies represented are the Brotherhood of I'nion, the O. U. A. M., and the I. O. H.
Among the citizens and business men of Millsboro are: Joshua Atkins; William R. Atkins; II. L. Barker; William H. Betts; E. (. Blackstone; Edward S. Burton; Jehu Bur- ton; William E. Burton; William T. Burton; J. E. Bryan; Theodore Burton; Capt. Theo- dore Burton; E. S. Carey; William P. Carey; John K. Cordrey; J. W. Derrickson; G. T. Dodd, J. P .; Frank Donoway; Belle Donovan; G. W. Dorey; B. Downs; Francis Dryden; Frank Dryden; Rev. T. G. Eiswald; Philip B. Elliott; Prof. A. W. Ellis; Joseph C. Ellis; J. K. Frame, M. D .; G. C. Gordy; W. P. Gordy; Charles Hastings; Edgar T. Hastings; Rich- ard F. Hastings; J. F. Hickman; John Hobbs; Charles B. Houston; Edward W. Houston; Perry Houston; Robert B. Honston; M. S. Hurdle; M. K. Hurdle; Joseph Hiffe; George W. Johnson; George W. D. John-on; G. W. Johnson; M. F. Johnson; S. Jolmson; Wil- liam II. Johnson; Benjamin F. Jones; Wil- liam B. Jones; John II. Lingo; John Lingo; Joseph Lingo; P. C. Mathews; B. Betts Miers; George P. Morris; Trusten P. Morris; John Perry; John T. Phillips; C. Pulley; Edward Pusey; John Ryan; George W. Smith: L. W. Thoroughgood; Rev. L. W. Wells; L. W. Wells; Mrs. S. A. Wells; E. P. Wheeler; T. L. Willing; Charles D. West; Larry T. West.
Residents of the vicinity are: Noah AAtkins; John Bailey; William Bowden; Daniel Bur- ton; John W. Carey; Charles Ellingsworth; George C. Ellis; Thomas II. Ellis; Henry (. Frame; Isaac Harmon; Robert 1. Houston; Thomas Ingram; Joseph A. Kollock; S. Kol- lock; John IT. Lingo; Alfred Marvel; Joseph Parker; Elisha G. Truitt.
MILLVILLE, in Baltimore hundred, near the Indian river, is six miles from Dagsboro,
its railroad station, and twenty-two miles from Georgetown. This is a fine agricultural seetion. The soil being light loam, its pro- duets are corn, wheat, oats and potatoes. Ship- ments are made by rail, also by the Indian river. The chuches are St. George's M. E., and the Presbyterian. There is a good pub- lie school in the village. Societies: Brother- hood of the Union; Grange Hall. The popu- lation is 125.
Residents of Millville and is vicinity are: Henry Avdlott; James Aydlott; Ezekiel Banks; Joshua Banks; Lemuel Banks; Stephen Banks; Elisha C. Dukes; James Dukes; Thomas Dukes; Thomas E. Dukes; Archie Evans; John Evans; John A. Evans; Frank W. Holloway; Edgar C. Hocker; J. II. Hocker; Kendal J. Hocker; Ulysses W. Hocker, M. D .; John HI. Hudson; Wm. J. Hudson; Nathaniel Jestus; Isaac S. McGee; David A. Steele; George II. Townsend; Peter Townsend.
MILTON, is situated in the central part of Broadkiln hundred, at the head of Broadkiln river, eight miles from Georgetown, the coun- ty seat and banking town, seven miles from Ellendale, to which a stage runs daily. Its nearest railroad station is Harbeson, four miles away on the D. M. &. V. R. R. There are many vessels leaving this town, carrying freight, such as grain, wood, etc., to the Phila- delphia and New York markets. Soil, light loam, clay subsoil; adapted to peaches, apples, fruits of all kinds, wheat, corn and potatoes. Among its industries are a brick-yard, fruit evaporators, two canneries, three saw mills and a box and coffin factory. Among the citizens of Milton and vicinity are: Willard S. Abbott; Edward Adkins; Estella Adkins; George B. Adkins; Ollie Adkins; Charles H. Atkins; David T. Atkins; George W. At- kins; Henry Atkins; Joseph C. Atkins; Joseph R. Atkins; Peter P. Atkins; Roland Atkins; Thomas J. Atkins; William HI. At- kins; William T. Atkins; Aaron Bailey; Alfred Bailey; Edward Bailey; Elias Bailey; Henry Bailey; Henry 1. Bailey; Isaac Bailey; Joseph P. Bailey; Joshua W. Bailey; Wesley Bailey; William H. Bailey; John B. Barker; James Baynum; R. C. Beardsley; Walter F. Beardsley; Ste-
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phen R. Bennett; Greensbury W. Betts; James A. Betts; Oscar Betts; John R. Black; Joseph L. Black; Lydia A. Black; Mary R. Black; John Brittingham; George
A. Bryan; Charles Burrows; Eli W. Burrows; George P. Burrows; Charlotte Burton; Henry P. Burton; Mrs. HI. P. Bur- ton; Jerre Burton; John Burton; George E. Calhoun; Robert Calhoun; Charles Carey; Cornelius J. Carey; Francis Carey; Frank B. Carey; Mrs. Hannah Carey; James R. Carey; John Carey; William Carey; John Carpenter, Jr .; Wm. Carpenter; Louis B. Chandler, J. P. ; William H. Chandler; Rot- ert Clark; William Clements; David Clendau- iel; Joseph C. Clendaniel; Luke Clendaniel; Paul Clifton; Jacob Coffin; Eli 1. Collins; John A. Collins; Robert Collins; U. G. Col- lius; William T. Collins; John Conoway; Charles A. Connor; David A. Connor; Hettie Connor; Susie Connor; James Con- well; John T. Conwell; N. J. Conwell; Robert Conwell; Mrs. Sarah J. Conwell; Wil- liam W. Conwell; George L. Councilman; Charles Coursey; William Coursey; Levin J. Coverdale; Mary Coverdale; Mrs. Nancy Coverdale; Wesley W. Coverdale; Charles E. Darby; Hettie Darby; James M. Darby; Andrew J. Davidson; Charles Davidson; Charles A. Davidson. C. Coulter Da- vidson; James K. P. Davidson; John Il. Davidson; William H. Davidson; Jolm E. Dean; David Dickerson; Thomas II. Douglass; Mrs. James Elegood; D). Lewis Elingsworth; John C. Ellings- worth; J. P. Ellingsworth; Lizzie Ellings- worth; L. E. Ellingsworth; Noble Ellings- worth; Willard Ellingsworth; David R. En- ni -: J. W. Faucett; William A. Fancett; Mrs. 1 .. M. Fearing; W. G. Fearing; George Fields; Joseph Fields; John Fisher; Wil- liam HI. Fosque; James Fowler; William Fowler; Mrs. Mary Fox; Mrs. Mary Gosler; Mrs. Lydia Gothard; Frank B. Gray; Robert Harmon; Clement F. Hart; David Hazzard; John C. Hazzard; William R. Hazzard; Ed- ward Heavelow; Joseph Heavelow; Wil- liam Hendrickson; John A. Hickman; Rev. R. R. Hodge; Cyrus Holland; Elzie C. Hol- land; Joseph Holland; John HI. Hood; Mrs. A. R. Hopkins; James A. Hopkins, M. D .; Robert B. Hopkins, M. D .; Henry C. Hudson; Samuel H. Hudson; Andrew J.
Hughes; George B. Hunter; Annie Ingram; Manship Ingram; Thomas R. Ingram; Wil- liam Ingram; George W. James; Arthur Jef- ferson; James K. P. Jefferson; Thos. W. Jef- ferson; Ira E. Jerman; James HI. Jester; Burton Johnson; Rev. F. S. Johnson; George A. Johnson; G. Paynter Johnson; Mrs. Hen- riotta B. Johnson; Henry W. Johnson; Theodore Jolison; Thomas Johnson; Mrs. dward P. Johnson; George W. Jones; John Jones; Worthy W. Jones; Frank Lacey; Jo- seph E. Lank; Joseph M. Lank; Clarence J. Lank; Letitia Lank; William D. Lank; Wil- liam M. Lank; Alfred Lekites; George Le- kites; James Leonard; Peter II. Leonard; William G. Leonard; John Lewis; Lee J. Lightean: Mrs. Elizabeth Lindell; Theodore F. Lindell; Bateman II. Lingo; Alfred Lof- land; Annie Loffand; Henry C. Loffand; N. Erasmus Loffand, J. P .; Sallie Lotland; W. C. Lofand; Jenmie Lynch; George L. Melice; John L. Magce; John R. Magce; Mrs. Lydia Magee; Mary L. Magee; Theo- dore Magee; Theodore M. Magce; William 11. Magee; William H. Magee; Alfred H. Manship; Alfred HI. Manship; Harry Man- ship; Edward W. Manship; James Marker; James Martin; Sammel J. Martin; Charles H. Mason; James T. Mason; Mary Mason; James H. Maull; William W. Maull; William HI. Mears; Henry Messick; Sarah J. Messick; Mrs. Emma J. Morris; James A. Morris, Jr .; James D. Morris; John P. Morris; Joseph B. Morris; Mrs. J. D. Morris; James P. Mus- tard; John H. B. Mustard; Mrs. Letitia Mus- tard; Lewis L. Mustard; Isaac W. Nailor; William Nailor; Frank Outten; Carey Pal- more; Benjamin Palmore; John Palmore; 1. Pennewell; Reuben H. Penenwell; Wil- bur Y. Pennewell; Abel Pettyjohn; Jack- son Pettyjohn; Willard S. Pettyjohn; John (. Polk; James Ponder; George Por- ter; Mrs. Emma Prettyman; George Pret- tyman; James II. Prettyman; Joshua Pret- tyman; William Prettyman; William C. Prettyman; Theodore E. Primrose; Israel Purnell; Annie P. Reed; Benjamin F. Reed; George Reed; Jennie V. Reed; William J. Reed; Edward Reynolds; Nehemiah T. Roach; Talbot Roach; Burton M. Robinson; John Robinson; William W. Robinson; Mrs. Mary J. Russell: James B. Soull; Absalom Sharp; Absalom Sharp; Charles Sh rp;
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Geo. Sharp; Rev. David J. Simpler; John Simpler; Gideon G. Smith; John Smith; Samuel Smith; William Smith; William G. Smith; Rev. C. G. Snepp; Garner Sockum; Henry Sockum; John Sockin; Thomas Spen- cer; W. T. Starkey; Mrs. Mary Steelman; Peter Stevens; William II. Stevens; Alfred Taylor; Frederick Taylor; John P. Tomlinson; William R. Tomlinson: John Townsend; Rev. William T. Valint; Paris Vann; Thomas Vann; Mrs. Eliza Vaugh; Gove S. Vent; William A. Vent; Jackson W. Vent; Peter R. Virden; Sallie A. Wall; Benjamin F. Walls; John E. Walls; Mrs. Sarah Walls; Charles G. Waples; George Waples; John Waples; E. Wise Warren; George Warring- ton; James HI. Warrington; John L. War- rington; Joseph Warrington; Sammuel G. Warrington; Burton Watson; Lemuel Wat- son; J. B. Welch; Fred B. Welsh; William II. Welsh; Mrs. Matilda C. Wharton; David A. Wheelbank; Joseph C. Wheelbank; John White; N. Wallace White; William J. White; Henry E. Willey; Nathaniel Williams; B. Norman Wilson; George Wilson; George A. Wilson James Wilson; James A. Wilson; John C. Wilson; Joseph (. Wilson; Robert H. T Wilson, M. D .; Sammuel J. Wil- son; William F. Wilson; William R. Wilson; John Wiltbank; John H. Wiltbank; Wil- liam Workman; Peter W. Wright; William Wright; William H. Wright; Isaiah Young.
Citizens residing near Milton are: Albert Abbott; George Abbott, of W .; Tolbert D. Abbott; David H. Argo; John Amterbridge; Jos. P. Bailey; D. II. Betts; George A. Betts; George W. Betts; Edward Blizzard; Isaac Blizzard; James E. Blizzard; John T. Bliz- zard; Andrew Bryan: William Bryan; Wil- liam R. Bryan; William Calhoun; Howard Camper; Chas. Carey; Eli B. Carey; Fred Carey; James R. Carey; James T. Carey; Lewis J. Carey; Paynter Carey; Willard M. Carey; Harry Carpenter; John Carpenter, Jr .: Oscar Carpenter; David Clondaniel; Al- fred Clifton; John Clifton; John O. Clif- ton: William . E. Clifton; Asa F. Con- well; David Conwell; David M. Conwell;
John T. Conwell: William J. Con- well; Edward Cooper; Andrew J. Com- ter; James A. Coulter; John Coulter; George A. Coverdale: John Coverdale: Philip David- son; George Davis; John Dickerson; Edward
Dodd; Alfred Donovan; C. M. Donovan; John II. Donovan; William T. Donovan; Barrett Downey; Alfred Dutton; Peter Dut- ton; Peter W. Dutton; William O. Dutton; Zadoch Dutton; David R. Ennis; James Fish- er; Charles Fowler; William Green; George Harman; Eli Harmon; Myers Harmon; Rob- ert W. Harmon; Thomas R. Harmon; James H. Harrington; William Harrington; Ken- sey A. Hazel; David II. Hazzard; Andrew J. Holland; John S. Holland; Joseph Holland; Nathaniel Hood; William E. Hopkins; James Jefferson; James K. P. Jefferson; Christian Jensen; Abram Johnson; Benton H. John- son; David Johnson; Frank Johnson; Henry W. Johnson; James S. Johnson; John W. Johnson; Joseph Johnson; Joseph A. John- son; William A. Johnson; Kensey J. Jones; Charles (. King; JJoseph S. King; A. II. Lank ; Thomas Lawless; David Lindale; James Lindale; Joseph Lindell; James Lofand; John Loffand; Samuel M. Loffand; Thomas Lollis; William II. Lyndall; Alfred Magee; Edward Magee; Emory Magee; George C. Magee; George E. Magee; James Martin; John Martin, Jr .; David II. Marvel; James H. Mar- vel; Thomas A. Marvel; William Mason; James E. Maull; George Messick; Myers J. Messick; John T. Milby; William C. Milby; George Milman; II. Mirch; Joseph Moore; Joseph II. Moore; George Morris; Josiah Morris; J. E. M. Morris; Robert R. Morris; William Morris; William W. Morris; Elzie II. Moseley; Levi Moseley; David II. Nailor; John W. Oliver; Joseph Oliver; Thomas II. Outterbridge; John S. Palmore; Emil Pep- per; Fred Pepper; George Pepper; Henry Pepper; Thomas Pepper; Truitt Pepper; Israel Pernell; HI. Pernell; Thomas E. Perry; Ebenezer P. Pettyjohn; George Pettyjohn; James Petyjohn; Matthew Pettyjohn; Mat- thew T. Pettyjohn; Thomas Pettyjohn; Wil- liam Pettyjohn ; William Pettyjohn, Jr. ; John Ponder; William Prettyman, Jr .; Abram Reed; Alfred Reed; Charles E. Reed; Charles W. Reed; Curtis C. Reed; James C. Reed; James T. Reed; John W. Reed; Philip R. Reed; Somerset Reed; Theodore W. Reed; William B. Reed; William J. Reed; William P. Reed; William T. Reed; Burton Reynolds; David II. Reynolds; Frank L. Reynolds; Rod- erick S. Reynolds; Barrett Richards; Theo- dore Richards; John T. Roach; William
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Roach; David Robbins; John Robbins; John A. Robinson; John P. Robinson; John S. Robinson; T. Edward Robinson; William Robinson, Jr .; Somerset Russell; William Russell; George A. Rust; George T. Rust; Robert Salmons; Edward Sharp; Nathaniel Sharp; David HI. Simpler; George Simpler; George Sirman; John Simman; John M. Smith; Stephen Sockum; George W. Spicer; James ' Spicer; James E. Spicer; James T. Spicer; Thomas B. Steen; Joseph B. Steven- son; Mrs. Sarah H. Stevenson; Harry T. Tay- lor; John Tindall; Levin Vaughn; Josiah M. Veasey; Josiah W. Veasey; Robert Vea-cy; William A. Vent; William S. Vent; William Walker; Andrew Wallace; Charles Walls; Frank Walls; George Walls; Henry Walls; John C. Walls; Robert Walls; Thomas W. Walls; C. M. Waples; John R. Warren; Geo. L. Warrington; Samuel C. Warrington; Silas Warrington; John White; John W. Wilkins; Wesley Wilkins; Willard S. Wilkins; Bartley Wilson; George Wilson; Hiram Wilson; Nehemiah J. Wilson; Thomas Wilson; Thomas P. Wilson; William Wilson; David E. Wolfe; J. Wesley Workman.
MISSION, a little village in Sussex coun- ty, has about 25 inhabitants.
Some of the citzens residing in and near the place are: Isaac M. Brittingham; Joseph Brittingham; Charles W. Hudson; James Iludson; Aaron T. Layton; Sammel E. Lay- ton; Charles II. Mitchell; Henry B. Mitchell; John B. Mitchell; R. W. Moore; Joshua Phillips; George W. Rogers; John T. Rogers; William Rogers; Peter Shockley; W. II. Truitt; James M. Wilkinson.
NASSAU is situated in Lowes and Rcho- both hundred, on the D. M. & V. R. R., three and one-half miles from Lewes and twelve miles from Georgetown, the county seat and banking town. The country is level and well cleared; the soil heavy. Wheat, corn, pota- toes, peaches and small fruits are the princi- pal crops. There is a Methodist church and a public school, and telegraph and express of- fices. Some of the citizens of Nassau and the
adjacent country are: James H. Bell; N. II. Card; David Coverdale; William P. Jones; Joseph W. Marsh, M. D .; Theodore W. Marsh; Alfred Metcalf; William Moore; Geo. II. Paynter; Samuel C. Paynter; William II. Prettyman; Handy Robinson; L. W. Short; Benjamin F. Truitt; D. M. Waples; William J. Westcott; Rev. J. S. Wickline; Elisha Wright; Alfred Carsons, Jr .; David Cover- dale; Isaac Elliott; Thomas L. Elliott; Myers R. Fisher; Purnal Hudson; Alfred Jackson; Arthur Johnson; George Johnson; Mrs. Wil- liam P. Jones; John W. Joseph; Henry E. Lank; James Lank; John M. Lank; Levin J. Lank; Martin V. Lodge; Alfred Maull; James Maull; Rufus W. Mitchell; Charles A. Nor- wood; William D. Norwood; William P. Nor- wood; John S. Palmer; Lemuel Palmer; Peter Palmer; William Palmer; George Paynter; Moses Paynter; William T. Rust; II. O. Sim- pler; Samuel R. Tindall; Benjamin F. Truitt; Thomas W. B. Turner; Benjamin Walls; Ed- gar Waples; James L. Warrington; Joseph A. Warrington; Roland P. Warrington; Samuel C. Warrington; William J. Westcott; Alfred R. White; Henry HI. White; Robert White; Major E. Wilson; Elisha Wright.
OAKEL, is an agricultural village of about 100 population, near Bridgeville. The farms in the vicinity yield fruits of all kinds, besides general produce. The Cokesburg church is in the village.
Residents of Oakel and vicinity are: James E. Bowden: Rev. W. A. Brewington; P. W. Conoway; James K. Disharoon; C. T. Isaacs; Noah Isaacs; E. Owens; F. Owens; II. E. Owens; W. HI. Taylor; W. P. Truitt; James II. Ward; S. M. Warrington.
OAK GROVE is a village of about 75 in- habitants, a station on the Cambridge & Sea- ford R. R. The farms in its vicinity afford excellent crops of peaches and small fruit, be- sides grain. It has of course telegraph and express facilities; also a good publie school.
Among the citizens of this region are: C. E. Allen; W. W. Bryan; I. HI. Cannon; L. M. Darby; T. W. Davis; D. Fields; E. II.
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Harper; L. H. Lecates; A. C. Obier; J. Ricketts; P. K. Stevens; M. S. Trice; I. S. Warren; HI. White; J. II. C. White; C. M. Williams; I. R. Williams; John M. C. Willin; Mark A. HE. Willin; J. N. Wright; Lewis Wright.
OCEAN VIEW is a prosperous little vil- lage with a population of about 400, situated on Indian River Bay, in Baltimore hundred, Sussex county. It is some ten miles from Frankford, its nearest railroad station. Fruit trees flourish and large erops are rai-ed.
The citizens of the place and surrounding country are: Rev. Armentrout; S. 1I. Beers; Lizzie Bennett; Mrs. A. D. Betts; J. HI. Bish- op; John C. Burton; George Dascy; J. J. Dasey; P. B. Elliott; Charles M. Evans; Isaac W. Evans; James M. Evans; John M. Evans; Rev. J. Gray; C. W. Helm; E. W. Indson; George Knox; William N. Melson; S. W. Penniwell; A. E. Rickards; J. A. Rickards; T. W. Steele; J. V. Tunnell; George II. West; Augustus Bennett; William Betts; John W. Burbage; Joshua Burton; Thomas R. Daisy; Josiah Davis; R. Derrick-on; C'lay Evans; George Evans; J. H. Evans; Selby Evans; William Evans; Elijah Farlow; Milby Gray; John C. Hall; A. W. Hearn; Selby Iliekman; D. E. Hudson; William Hudson; George E. James; Harvey James; Hiram James; Isaac James; Joshua R. James; Geo. Knox; Isaac Powell; Jacob Pussey; Thomas J. Pusey; Ebe D. Quillin; George P. Quillin; John N. Rickards; J. W. Rickard ; Stephen Rickards; Thomas S. Rickards; George II. West; John Wharton; William Wharton; William L. Williams.
RALPHI is a village of about 25 inhabit- ants. Wheat, corn and fruits chief products. Delmar is the shipping station. Among the citizens of the place and vicinity are: F. A. Dickerson; William E. Hastings; Isaac J. Henry; W. R. Horsey; Allert S. Ralph; Geo. W. Watson; S. T. Ralph.
REDDEN is in the northern part of Georgetown hundred, on the D. M. & V. R. R., twelve miles from Milford and four miles
from Georgetown, the banking town. Coun- try level, one half cleared. Fruit, wheat, corn and potatoes principal crops. Land sells for from $10 to $40 per acre. A canning and charcoal factory are located here. M. E. church and good public schools located in the neighborhood. Population 75. Telegraph and express offices.
Among the citizens in and around Redden are the following: Edward Cooper; Brinkley Davis; Frederick Davis; James Davis; Rufus Davis; AAbel T. Dutton; R. C. IHill; A. E. Ilinman; Robert Masten; Charles O'Neil; Thomas Plummer; Daniel Steelman; John Stechnan; John Steelman, Jr .; Robert Steel- man; Capt. R. Stechnan; William J. Stevens; Robert Swain; James Todd; Nathan West; James Abbott; C. E. Compton; E. S. Comp- ton; Charles Dickerson; E. W. Donovan; E. W. Donovan, Jr .; George Donovan; George II. Donovan; Gibson Donovan; Kendall Don- ovan; Reuben Donovan; Robert Donovan; Russell Donovan; William Donovan; W. B. Donovan; Zachariah Donovan; Levin P. Dut- ton; Perry Dutton; W. J. Dutton; Charles Isaacs; Hiram Isaacs; Lewis Isaacs; Minos Isaacs; Irwin Jones; Zachariah Jones; Robert King; Job Lecates; Benjamin McDowell; John W. Marker; Robert Massey; George II. Messick; Henry F. Messick; Kendall Messick; Arthur Middleton; George Palmer; B. T. Pet- tijolm; David Reynolds; James Sammons; Charles Short; James E. Short; George Spi- cer; William J. Stevens; Isaac Wainwright; George West; Robert West; Philip White; Samuel White; Cyrus Wilson; E. W. Work- man; James Workman; Robert B. Workman; William Workman.
REHOBOTH is a watering place of con- siderable importance on the Atlantic coast, seven miles south of Lewes, and is the termi- mus of the Del., Md. and Va. R. R. The pop- ulation in winter is inconsiderable, but in sum- mer the transient guests at the hotels, and the cottages, swell it to a place of over 1,000 in- habitants. The place is owned and controlled by the Methodist Rehoboth Beach Camp Meeting Association, who have beautiful 'grounds for camping situated at the railroad station. Telegraph and express offices.
Citizens of Rehoboth and vicinity are:
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Richard Beebe; Henry Bennum; A. Dick; John Dick; William G. Dodd; James Down- ing; William Downing; W. A. Downing; E. S. Hill; Joseph Holland; William Holland; 1. Jacobs; William M. Jefferson; L. S. John- son; Walter Joseph; F. Kunsman; William Lotland; George Long; John Long; James E. Marvel; E. R. O'Brian; Sammel Paynter; Henry Roach; James Thompson, M. D .; Jo- seph D. Thompson; W. S. Truitt; Capt. William E. Tunnell; Edgar Warring- ton; George Warrington; George White; S. White; William White.
Absalom Dodd; James A. Dodd; William G. Dodd; Henry Frazier; Burton Harman; Joseph Harman; Purnell Harman; John C. Holland; William Lynch; Andrew Marsh; John Marsh; Levin Marsh; Sydenham Marsh; Thomas Paynter; George Prettyman; Wil- liam E. Tunnell; George Warrington; Percy Wolf; H. P. Wolfe; William P. Wolfe.
ROBBINS is a station and post office on the D. M. & V. R. R., seven miles from Georgetown. It has telegraph and express offices, and a population of nearly 50.
Some of the citizens of the village and vi- cinity are: J. E. Abbott; N. Abbott; O. W. Anderson; Arthur Beebe; James Beebe; John S. Beebe; Benjamin D. Burton; R. II. Bur- ton; Robert Burton; E. Carey ; I. Clendaniel; L. Clendaniel; Sammuel Clendaniel; K. Dono- van; William Donovan; J. T. Hastings; William Hitchens; Peter Hopkins; J. P. Jefferson; William Lawson: George Lin- dale; II. E. Lynch; J. A. Lynch; R. M. Lynch; H. T. Messick; William Pettyjohn; D. M. Reynolds; J. L. Robbins; T. Smith; George Truitt; A. P. Warren; Robert War- ren; M. Williams; J. Wesley Workman; R. B. Workman.
RODNEY is a village and post-office on the D. M. & V. R. R., four miles from George- town, the banking town. The railroad sta- tion is named Bennum's. The surrounding country is part cleared, soil fertile, producing good crops of grain, vegetables and peaches. A publie school is located in the village. The population of the place is about 50.
Among the citizens residing in and about Rodney are: Rev. N. W. Bennums; H. Bliz- zard; J. W. Blizzard; J. W. Calhoun; Peter A. Dodd; C. R. Johnson; Philip R. John- son; D. D. Joseph; E. Joseph; William Rogers; Kendall Atkins; S. E. Blizzard; . Al- fred Coverdale; C. E. Dodd; D. P. Dodd; J. II. Dodd; L. W. Dodd; D. R. Ennis; Al- Lert J. Johnson; C. II. Joseph; C. H. Jos- eph, of W .; J. D. Joseph, L. L. Joseph; Wil- liam Joseph; Joseph A. Koppel, Michael R. Lockerman, Harvey L. Messick; Jacob L. Messick; A. Rust; C. B. Simpler; J. J. Sim- pler; D. A. Stewart; E. T. Stewart; Joseph Walls; J. S. Walls; L. Walls; Thomas Wilson.
ROXANA is the largest settlement in Bal- timore hundred, containing about 1,00 inhabi- tants. It is situated in the extreme southearst- ern part of the state, about nineteen miles from Georgetown, and three and one-half miles from Selbyville and Frankford, the nearest railroad station. It is reached by mail stage from Frankford. Farming is the principal business of the vicinity, and the land is well cultivated and productive. Among the citizens in and around Roxana are: W. T. Brasure; John L. Cothin; Jasper Dawson; Mary A. C. Dawson; James L. Derickson; James N. Derickson; John G. Grise; Rev. George Hardesty; J. S. Ilick- man; John James, M. D .; William A. Law; Edward H. MeCabe, M. D .; Jacob Melvin; HI. H. Watson.
James Beauchamp; Levin H. Bennett; Joshua W. Bishop; Lemuel W. Evans; E. J. Furman; George P. Furman; Joseph Hast- ings; William Law; Aaron J. Lynch; A. W. Lynch; Charles Lynch; Ezekiel Lynch; HI. Lynch; John Lynch; Lemuel Lynch; N. O. Lynch; William A. Lynch; George W. Rickards; James K. Rickards; Henry Tim- mons; John Timmons.
SCOTTS is a village of about 20 inhabi- tants. The chief industry is farming. The principal crops being wheat, corn and fruits. The shipping station is Bridgeville, and the nearest banking town, Seaford. Among the
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citizens of this region are: W. Il. Allen; Samuel Baker; Jas. Collison; Chas. E. Dick- erson; John W. Higman; Chas. Kinder; R. F. Ledenham; Jos. MacFarlane; D. Mitchell; C. M. Scott; William Parker; W. T. Parker; Henry Tull; E. L. Wright.
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