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William Harrington was twice married. Ilis first wife was Elizabeth Virden; their children are: I. John Virden, a soldier in the Civil War, killed at Cold Harbor; 11. Samuel. William Harrington's second wife was Mrs. Sarah (Downham) White, a widow. They had two children: I. Jonathan D., of Viola; II. George MI., of Harrington, silversmith. William Harrington died in Canterbury, Del., in 1862.
Sammel Harrington was born on the old homestead farm near Viola. He entered the Canterbury schools, and completed his course there at eighteen years of age. During his school days, he attended school in the winter and worked on the farm during the summer. He was engaged in the cultivation of his farm when Sumter was fired upon, and he enlisted in 1861, in Company A, Third Regiment Delaware Volunteer Infantry, as a private, for three years. At Cold Harbor he was wounded by a minie ball in the calf of his left leg. Gangrene set in during the war, and MIr. Harrington never fully recovered from its af- fects. He was sent to the hospital at Alexan- dria, thence to the West Philadelphia hospital, afterwards to the hospital at Wilmington, Del., and then rejoined his regiment at Hatcher's Run. He was in the battle of Antietam, and was a participant in several hard skirmishes. Ilis term of service was highly creditable to him, and was marked by difficult and severe work. He was discharged at Hatcher's Run, March 4, 1865. Then he returned home and again took up his work on the farm. After his marriage in 1876, he resided on a portion of the homestead farm, and afterwards pur- chased an adjoining tract of 72 acres. He sold the old homestead land, and now lives ou the 72 acres. Mr. Harrington is a citizen who is happy in the esteem of all who know him. In politics he is a Republican.
Samuel Harrington married on April 8, 1876, Catherine, daughter of John and Maria (Hamilton) Lofland, of Milford, Del. Their children are: I. Bertha V .; II. Lillie L .; III. Samuel M., all at home.
John Lofland, father of Mrs. Samuel Har- rington, was born in Milford, Del., and spent his life there. He was a tailor, but devoted much of his life to farming. He married Maria Hamilton, of Milford, and had chil-
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dren: I. Joseph, enlisted for three years in the Delaware Cavalry, was taken ill at the front, and died at the hospital in Wilmington, Del .; HI. Sarah E., died in infancy; III. Mary, (Mrs. John Davis), of Milford, Del .; IN. Catherine (Mrs. Samuel Harrington); V. John, of Houston Station, an engineman; VI. Lydia (Mrs. Thomas Weatherby), of Milford hundred; VII. Sarah (Mrs. James Goodman), ot Rahway, N. J .; VIII. Collins, of Canter- bury, a farmer. John Lofland died at Milford on November 5, 1886; his widow died four weeks later. Mr. Loffand was an honored eit- izen; Mrs. Lofland was a member of the M. E. church.
CLEMENT JONES, Woodside, Kent county, Del., son of Nathan and Lucretia (Saulsbury) Jones, was born in Bridgeville, Sussex county, Del., October 1, 1821.
His ancestors lived in Sussex county for several generations. ITis grandfather, Cle- ment Jones, was a miller, and resided all his life in Sussex county. The children of Cle- ment Jones were: I. Augustus; II. Henry; III. Nathan; IV. Mahala; V. Cassie. Nathan Jones was born in Sussex county. He was a farmer, and at one time was sealer of weights and measures. He was a Republican. On March 30, 1819, Nathan Jones married Lu- cretia Saulsbury; they had children; I. Cle- ment, 2; II. Albert, of Wyoming, Del., re- tired; III. Leona, died in Kent county; IV. James, died in Kent county; V. Robert, of Kent county, retired. Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Jones died in Kent county, the former aged seventy-three, the latter eighty-one years.
Clement Jones, 2, was born on a farm, near Bridgeville, Sussex county. Before he was a year old his parents removed to the vicinity of Felton, Kent county, and there his father engaged in farming. Clement attended Pratt's branch school, but obtained little val- nable educational training there. Schools in those days were conducted not so much for the benefit of the scholars as for the convenience of the hard working mothers. They were sup- posed to be excellent day-nurseries for the convenience of mothers too much occupied with their many and varied duties to keep a governing eye on their growing and mischiev- ous offspring. And so it often happened that the youths fared ill at the hands of their in- structors. Such was the case with young
Clement Jones. His teachers were careless and discipline was lax. Often the boys would escape quietly from the school room while the teacher was in the "Land of Nod" and indulge in a lively game of ball, until perhaps some misthrown ball would crash through a win- dow, awaken the teacher and stop the physical development going on outside of the room. Clement Jones early began labor on the farm; as soon as he was strong enough, he was put to light work, and when he was able to reach up and grasp the handles of the plough, he followed it through the furrows. Ile re- mained with his father until he was twenty- one, and then scoured employment elsewhere as a farm hand at the remuneration of five dollars per month, a sum in those days con- sidered sufficient. He was a good laborer, and his wages were increased to six dollars per month. By frugality and economy, he man- aged to save much of this money, and in 1847 lie was married. Leasing a farm, he continued as a tenant until about 1881, when he pur- chased the tract of 17 acres on which he now lives. The land was covered with timber, but he cleared a place and erected a dwelling. Ile is highly respected, enjoying excellent health, and his old days with the wife of his early choice are happy as were those of their long ago honeymoon. On February 2, 1897, Mr. and Mrs. Jones celebrated their Golden Wed- ding, and many relatives and friends conveyed to them their heartiest wishes for many more joyous years. Mr. Jones is a firm adherent of the Republican party.
Clement Jones was married, February 2, 1847, to Lorena, daughter of Hezekiah and Nancy (Cannon) Wingate, who was born in Sussex county, in September, 1826; died June 8, 1898. Their children are: I. James llenry, farmer, Kent county, Del., married Annie Nickerson; II. Annie (Mrs. Robert K. Caulk), deceased; III. Philip W., P. R. R. employee; IV. Laura B. (Mrs. Henry K. Har- gadine), of North Murderkill hundred.
The Wingate family came from Maryland. John Wingate, grandfather of Mrs. Jones, lived in that state. He married Sarah Callo- way and had children: I. Thomas; II.
Philip; III. Hezekiah. Hezekiah Wingate, father of Mrs. Jones, was born near Millsboro, Md. He removed to Sussex county, Del., and settled near Bridgeville. He was twice mar- ried. His first wife was Ann Jacobs, and their
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children are: I. William, deceased; JI. Ann, deceased; III. Thomas, left home at eighteen, heard from but once afterwards, in New York City; IV. Mary (Mrs. Davis); V. Sarah (Mrs. Dawson); VI. Lena, deceased.
Hezekiah Wingate married, as his second wife, Nancy Cannon; they have children: I. Elizabeth, died aged thirteen; II. Heury, died in Illinois; III. Elijah, died in Illinois; IV. Tabitha (Mrs. Knowles), of Maryland, de- ceased; V. John B., died in Philadelphia; VI. Stansbury, died in Kansas; VII. Lorena (Mrs. Clement Jones); VIII. Hester L. (Mrs. James Nicholas), died in Illinois; IX. Isaac N., died in Sussex county, Del. Mr. Wingate died at the age of eighty-two years; his widow died at the home of her son in Illinois, aged eighty- five.
FREDERICK FRIEDEL, P. O. Viola, Kent county, Del., son of Jacob and Susannah (Mover) Friedel, was born in MitHin town- ship, Lycoming county, Pa., March 5, 1850.
Ilis ancestors were Germans, and the indus- trious habits and sturdy manhood of this race were transmitted to him. IIc began life on a farm. At eight years of age he entered the public schools of his vicinity, and when not in the school room, assisted his father on the farm. At fifteen, he accompanied his parents to Delaware, and there continued his studies in the Black Swamp and Forest Lane schools, near Felton. When he reached his twenty- second year, he went out into the world to earn a competency, and if possible, more than that. Ile determined upon the west, as offering the best opportunities for rapid advancement. ITis journey thither took him to New York City, and there he stopped for a time and obtained employment in Ogden's lumber yard. Then he made his way to Chicago and there, too, found a situation in a lumber yard. After- wards he lived in Marinette, Wis., then a mere hamlet and during the winter of 1872 worked in the pine forests of Michigan. The conditions of life there were greatly different from those of his former homes. Among other new customs to which he was obliged to adopt himself was that of washing and mend- ing his clothes on Sunday, a practice umch at variance with his ideas as to the proper obser- vance of that day, for he was of a religious turn of mind and a regular attendant upon ser-
vices when he was in the neighborhood of a sanctuary. Hle was very industrious and saved money.
In the spring of 1873 Mr. Friedel worked for a time at loading vessels on Green Bay, Wis. Then he went on to Chicago, and be- came a driver and conductor on a street car line. In December, 1873, he went further west to Towa, and visited his maternal grand- parents, Mr. and Mrs. Mover. In the succeed- ing March he was the guest of his uneles in Nebraska, and in April, returned to his father's home in Delaware, where he resumed work on the farm.
Mr. Friedel was married soon after his re- turn and leased one of his father's farms, on which he resided until 1881; he then removed to a farm near Viola, which he had purchased three years previously. Of this farm he be- came possessor in an odd way. One day while driving he espied through an almost impene- trable thicket a piece of land, of which he made an examination. The result was alnost discouraging. The tract was in a wild and barren state, and was so surrounded by huge trees as to be invisible from the railroad, a short distance away. Mr. Friedel believed, however, that well-directed and persevering efforts would make the place valuable and he began a search for the owner. He soon learned that the property belonged to an aged colored woman in Philadelphia, and also as- certained that some one else had seen the land and wanted to obtain the title to it. His com- petitor met the elder Mr. Friedel on the farm, and the latter was informed that the stranger had purchased the land. He was offered fifty dollars for his bargain, but he refused that sum. Mr. Friedel's father hurried to Dover, and met Attorney Watson on the street. He stated his case and learned that the colored owner was on her way to the station, intend- ing to go to Viola and to sell the land to the person whom Mr. Friedel had met on the premises. They overtook the woman and fin- ally bought the farm from her. This farm in 1840 was sold by Elizabeth, Eliza and Na- thaniel Harrington to Gediah Beauchamp for $100; in 1844 it was sold to Major Gray for $400, and again in 1873 to Alice Hubert for $625; she sold it in 1878 for $1250, to Fred- erick Friedel, the pre-ent owner, who has named it The Pine Grove Farm. Mr. Friedel bestowed much labor on this property and has
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made out of it a model farm worth $6,000. In this home he dwells, respected by all. He is intelligent and converses well. Mr. Friedel is in the strictest sense of the term a self made man, whose success is due to industry and hon- orable dealing. He has always been a firm Republican.
Frederick Friedel was married, March 11, 1875, to Rosa, daughter of John and Dorothea Heyd, who was born in Lycoming county, Pa., and moved to Delaware with her parents in 1877. They have children: I. Reuben F., graduate of Wilmington Conference Academy, and now a student in Brown Uni- versity, Providence, R. I .; II. Rachel A., student in Conference Academy; III. Mary Ellen, attending public school. Mr. Friedel is a member of the M. E. church, and a trustee and steward of his congregation.
WILLIAM S. MeILVAIN, P. O. Magno- lia, Del., son of Thomas W. and Nancy ( Wal- ler) MeIlvain, was born near St. George's chapel, Sussex county, Del., December 14, 1821. For family history see sketch of Mc- Ilroy Mellvain.
William S. MeIlvain was educated in the district schools of Sussex county and the Georgetown Academy. He afterward studied surveying and followed this vocation with Alexander Jackson, of Camden, Del. In 1845 he leased a farm of 800 acres on Murder- kill Neck. In 1848, after the death of his first wife, he removed to his father's home, and lived there for about three years. When his father died, William S. Mellvain re-mar- ried and settled on his father's farm between Magnolia and Barker's Landing. This prop- erty he exchanged for another farm, erecting new buildings on his new tract. This farm, also, he exchanged, and settled on a farm owned by his father's wife, where he lived for several years. Afterward he established a wheelwright and blacksmith shop at Magno- lia, and in 1860 removed to the farm of his father-in-law, John Bailey. Later he resided for two years in Wyoming, in order to give his children the benefit of good schools. In 1897 he retired from the farm, and removed to Magnolia, where he now has his home. Mr. Mellvain was originally a Whig; then he joined the Democratic party, and for the past ten years has been an ardent worker in the
ranks of the Prohibitionists. When he was thirteen years old, he became a member of a temperance society and has been for many years identified with the Good Templars and the Sons of Temperance.
In 1845, William S. MeIlvain was married at St. George's chapel to Hannah, daughter of Hon. Joshua Burton, of Sussex county. Mr. Burton was at one time a member of the legis- lature from that county. Mrs. Hannah MeIl- vain died in 1848, and was buried at St. George's chapel. On March 5, 1851, Wil- liam S. MeIlvain married Mary E., daughter of John Bailey. She was born near Canter- bury, Kent county, September 26, 1833. Their children are: I. Laura ( Mrs. George Graham), of Canterbury; II. Hannah (Mrs. John T. Knotts); III. Matilda, died in in- fancy; IV. William F., commission merchant of Philadelphia: V. Charles Edmond, of Hen- derson, Md .; VI. Mary (Mrs. C. K. Weston), of Philadelphia; VII. Ruth A., trained nurse, of Philadelphia; VIII. Eugene, died in in- fancy. Mr. MeIlvain and family are mem- bers of the M. E. church.
The Bailey family came to Delaware from Dorchester, Md. The first of the name to set- tle in the state was Edmund, grandfather of Mrs. William S. MeIlvain. He was born July 25, 1772, and came to Kent county more than a hundred years ago, purchasing a tract of land near Canterbury. He was a husband- man, and a citizen of much prominence. At the time of his death he owned two large farms. On April 3, 1794, Edmund Bailey married Ruth Cox, who was born December 9, 1767. Their children were: I. John: II. Ann (Mrs. Joseph Downham); III. Letitia (Mrs. Caleb Anderson); IV. Edmund, 2, made the trip overland by wagon to Illinois, accompanied by his wife, and died in that state from cholera: V. Elizabeth, died in infancy. Mrs. Ruth Bailey died December 5, 1811. She was a member of the M. E. church. Ed- mund Bailey married, as his second wife, Sarah Mitten. They had children: I. Stephen, married Mary Willoughby and re- moved to Illinois, where he still lives, ad- vanced in years; I. Thomas, married Miss Cook and went to Illinois, where he died; III. Eliza (Mrs. Noah Holden), of Felton, Del .; Inisband and wife are dead. Edmund Bailey died on his farm, November 25, 1820. was a member of the M. E. church.
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John Bailey was born near Canterbury, Del., June 11, 1797. He inherited the home- stead farm from his father, and cultivated it for a number of years. Afterward he retired to Felton, and resided there until his death. On April 2, 1822, he married Eliza A. Ander- son, who was born January 10, 1800. They had children: I. Ann Matilda, born March 22, 1823; died April 16, 1835; Il. Emily (Mrs. James B. Conner), of Felton, deceased; III. John Maxwell, born September 15, 1827, married Martha Prettyman December 22, 1854, died in Felton; his widow married again and died at Fork Landing; IV. Joseph, born July 30, 1830, died March, 1832; V. Mary E. (Mrs. William S. Mellvain), born September 26, 1833; VI. Anm Eliza (Mrs. Captain Thomas Draper) born March 14, 1836, mar- ried May 3, 1855, is deccased; VII. Matilda, born April 10, 1838, died November 28, 1852; VIII. Edmund, born August 17, 1890, married first Mary Waples, secondly Susan Short, and as his third wife, Laura Anderson; IX. Ruth, born November 8, 1846, died in in- fancy. John Bailey died in Felton, Novem- her 7, 1870; his widow died April 22, 1873.
JOHN BARCUS NICKERSON, P. O. Wyoming, Kent county, Del., son of Gabriel and Sarah (Collins) Nickerson, was born near Milford, Sussex county, Del., April 26, 1845.
Mr. Nickerson's grandparents spent their lives in Sussex county, Del. Gabriel Nieker- son was born in 1810, in Sussex county, Del. Hle was only five years old when his father died; at the age of ten he was bound to Job Townsend, who brought him to his home near Delaware City, New Castle county, Del. Ga- briel Nickerson's educational opportunities were very limited, as he was only allowed to attend the district school for two months in the year. He remained with Mr. Townsend until he attained his majority. About 1843, Mr. Nickerson began farming in Sussex county, but in a few years returned to New Castle county. In 1855 he removed to Kent county, and purchased the farm on which his son, John B. Nickerson, now resides, situated three miles west of Wyoming, Del. Mr. Nick- erson remained on this farm for twenty years improving his property and thereby increasing its value. In 1875 he retired from active life, and removed to Wyoming, Del. He was a member of the Republican party, but not
prominent in political circles. Gabriel Nick- erson was married about 1843, to Sarah Col- lins, of New Castle county; their children are: I. John B .; II. Sarah Elizabeth, mar- ried William T. Warner, removed to Philadel- phia, Pa., where she died, and her husband removed to Greensboro, Md., where he died in a few months thereafter; III. Annie Mary ( Mrs. James H. Jones), of Philadelphia, Pa. Mr. Nickerson and his wife were devout mem- bers of the M. E. church. He died at his home in Wyoming, Del., in 1885; his widow died in 1888.
John Bareus Nickerson was a child when his parents returned to New Castle county. Knowing the value of a good education, they gave him every advantage that their circum- stances would admit of. Until he was ten, he attended the public schools of New Castle county, and completed his course in a private school under Professor William A. Reynolds, at Dover, Del., attending school until he reached the age of nineteen. After teaching for several years in Kent and New Castle counties, Mr. Nickerson returned to his home and assisted his father on the homestead until 1873, when he began farming on his own ac- count. After spending two years on a farm near Willow Grove, he took charge of the old homestead where he now resides. Mr. Nicker- son greatly improved the property, and in 1883 remodeled the old house which was built by his wife's step-grandfather, Nathan Jones. Mr. Nickerson is a Republican, and is inter- ested in all that concerns the welfare of the community. John B. Nickerson was married January 10, 1873, to Mary Emma, daughter of John S. and Mary ( Berry) Caulk. Their children are: I. John Gabriel, druggist, New York City, N. Y., born February 3, 1874, graduated from the New York College of Pharmacy in the class of 1897; II. Homer Centennial Collins Cowgill Caulk, born Sep- tember 2, 1876; III. Lucretia Salisbury, born October 27, 1884. Mr. Nickerson and his wife are members of the Union M. E. church, in which he is an active and efficient worker. He is a steward, an acceptable exhorter, super- intendent of the Sunday-school, and a mem- ber of the board of trustees.
Mrs. Nickerson's grandfather, Leven Caulk, died while his children were quite young. His widow was married to Nathan Jones. John Salisbury Caulk, son of Mr. and
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Mrs. Leven Caulk, was born near Bridgeville, Sussex county, Del., March 5, 1819. John Caulk's youth was spent in his native county, where he was married to Mary Berry. Several years after his marriage, Mr. Caulk removed to Kent county, Del., and after farming for several years on rented land, purchased the farm of Sammuel Williams. He cultivated this place, making many improvements, until 1882, when he retired to Woodside, Kent county, Del., leaving the farm in charge of his son, John Wesley Caulk. Mr. Caulk was a Republican, actively interested in local affairs. The children of John S. and Mary ( Berry) Caulk are: I. Sarah E., (Mrs. Ezekiel Cow- gill, of Woodside, Del .; II. Mary Emma (Mrs. John B. Nickerson), of West Dover hundred; III. John Wesley. Mr. Caulk at- tended the M. E. church. He died November 15, 1892, at his home in Woodside, Del., where his widow resides.
John Wesley Caulk was born on the Pratt farm, near Dover, Del., January 22, 1854. He attended the public schools of the district, and completed his education in a private school in Wyoming, Del., under Professor Heath. He remained at home working with his father on the farm until 1877, when he began farm- ing on his own account. For four years, Mr. Caulk cultivated rented land, spending two years in Jones' Neck, and two years in New Castle county. In 1882 he removed to his father's farm in Kent county, Del., which he purchased of the heirs in 1894, and on which he now resides. Mr. Caulk is very successful in general farming, and has also turned his at- tention to raising fruit, and to the dairy busi- ness. He is interested in local affairs, and has identified himself with the Republican party. John Wesley Caulk was married, October ยท 15, 1877, to Emma Eugenie, daughter of Ste- phen and Susanna ( Me Dowell) Davis, Mrs. Caulk was born at Wilmington, Del., Septem- ber 19, 1857. They have one child, Mary Elizabeth, born March 27, 1880, a graduate of Wilmington High School. Mr. Caulk i- a member of the Union M. E. church, in which he holds the office of steward and trustee. He is an active worker, a teacher in the Sunday- school, and is respected and esteemed in the community.
HON. WILLIAM R. ALLABAND, P. O. Wyoming, Kent county, Del., son of Rich-
bell and Louisa (Cooper) Alaband, was born in Frederica, Kent county, Del., October 17, 1847.
The Allaband family is of Scotch deseent. The first representative of the family in Amer- ica took up 600 acres of land in Kent county, Del. Here Mr. Allaband's grandfather, Wil- liam Allaband, was born, and spent his life in cultivating and improving his heritage. He built a grist mill, and a frame dwelling with a log kitchen, the walls of both being filled in with brick. William Allaband married Miss Hutchins. Their children are: I. An- nie (Mrs. William Lewis), has one son, Rob- ert II .; II. Loretta (Mrs. John Wesley Cooper); III. Rebecca (Mrs. Fletcher Jack- son); IV. Eliza (Mrs. Alexander Jackson); V. Evelyn (Mrs. James Downham); VI. Susan (Mrs. William Davis); VII. Margaret (Mrs. George Edwards); VIII. William, mar- ried Sarah Ford, inherited the homestead; IX. Richbell.
Richbell Allaband was born on the home- stead March 9, 1821. He was but a child when his father died. He grew up on the farm, receiving his education in the public schools of the district, and for a time was employed in the grist mill which his father had built. The mill was swept away in 1877, during a heavy storm, and was never rebuilt. Mr. Allaband began business as a merchant, but after spending three years in the store, he began farming on a part of the land be- longing to the family. In 1868, he removed to Philadelphia, Pa., and engaged in busi- ness as a commission merchant. This venture was so successful, that he was able to retire from business in 1895. He resides in Phila- delphia. Mr. Allaband is a stanch Democrat, and has served as tax collector of North Mur- derkill hundred, and as commissioner of the Levy Court. Richkell Allaband was mar- ried April 21, 1842, to Louisa, daughter of Samuel B. and Mary (Cooper) Cooper, sister of John Wesley Cooper. Their children are: I. Samuel C., M. D., married Elizabeth France, resides in Philadelphia, Pa .: II. Mary E., married George Ford Jones, whose mother was a sister of Sarah (Ford) Alla- band; IIT. William R .; IV. Sarah Rebecca, died in youth; V. Ignatius, died in vonth. Mr. Richbell Allaband is a member of the M. E. church. His wife died November 23, 1887.
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William R. Allaband was two months old when his parents removed to a part of the old homestead. IIe attended a select school at Camden, Del., and completed his education under William A. Reynolds, at Dover, Del. Ilis vacations were spent at home in assisting his father on the farm. In 1868, when his father removed to Philadelphia, Mr. Alla- band assumed the management of the home farm. After his marriage in 1871, he re- moved to the old farm where his grandfather had lived and died. This property came to Mr. Allaband as his wife's dower. His uncle, Wil- liam Allaband, who had inherited that part of the estate, bequeathed it to his son Martin, who sold it to Edgar J. Kinney. Mr. Kin- ney cultivated the farm until his death in 1881, and bequeathed it to his daughter Mary. Thus the original homestead returned to the Allaband family. Mr. Allaband farmed this land until 1894, when he removed to his pres- ent home. Ile was an active worker in the ranks of the Democracy. In 1887 Mr. Alla- band was elected to represent his district in the state legislature. In 1891 he was appoint- ey by the legislature as one of the commis- sioners to the World's Fair, in Chicago, Ill., and was afterwards chosen secretary of the board of commissioners. Mr. Allaband is an intelligent, conscientious representative, and has won the respect and confidence of his fel- low-citizens.
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