Biographical and genealogical history of the state of Delaware, Vol. II, Part 14

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

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IIon. William R. Allaband was married, December 27, 1871, to Mary, daughter of Ed- gar J. and Hannah (Buffett) Kinney. Their only child, Edgar Richbell, is a druggist in Wilmington, Del. Mr. Allaband is a mem- ber of the Presbyterian church in Dover, Del. His wife died December 21, 1897; she was a devout Christian woman, whose gentleness and benevolence made her a general favorite.

RAYMOND J. TAYLOR, P. O. Leha- non, Kent county, Del., son of Nathaniel S. and Elizabeth (Stewart) Taylor, was born at the homestead in St. Jones' Neck, Kent coun- tv. Del., June 9, 1853.

Mr. Taylor's grandfather, Stephen D. Tay- lor, blacksmith, was a native of Kent county, Del. He married Eunice Satterfield. Their children, now all deceased, were: I. Sarah (Mrs. John Buckson); IT. Rebecca (Mrs. James Slaughter); TIT. Mary (Mrs. James Rutledge): IV. Stephen R .; V. Nathaniel S .;

VI. Annie (Mrs. Timothy Slaughter). Mr. Taylor died aged seventy years.

Nathaniel S. Taylor was born in St. Jones' Neck, Kent county, Del., December 17, 1823. His boyhood and early youth was spent at Cowgill's Corners, where he was educated and learned farming. After renting for some time, Mr. Taylor settled at Hannock, St. Jones' Neck. He was respected and beloved in the community. His disposition was be- nevolent and his actions kind. On the death of his brother, Stephen R. Taylor, he took charge of his orphan nephews, James F. and Stephen D. Taylor, bringing the boys to his own home, where he educated them and treated them as sons. Nathaniel S. Taylor married Elizabeth Stewart. Their children are: I. Eunice (Mrs. David H. Richards), died in Kent county, Del .; II. Raymond T. III. Amos S .; IV. Martin Luther, deceased ; V. Reuben A., deceased; VI. Clara, deceased ; VII. Nathaniel, farmer at Raymond's Neck. Nathaniel S. Taylor died at his home in St. Jones' Neck, December 26, 1873; his widow died December 21, 1891.

Raymond J. Taylor attended the public schools of the district, completing his educa- tion at the age of twenty-one. From early boyhood, he assisted his father on the home farm and proved industrious, careful and re- liable. He was a dutiful and affectionate son, remaining at home, and refusing to consider his own pleasure or interest, that he might care for his parents until their death. In 1893 Mr. Taylor purchased his present home, a farm of 72 acres. He is a successful farmer, self-reliant, honorable and upright. He is a member of the Republican party, an earnest advocate of temperance, and a firm believer in the ultimate triumph of the principles of Prohibition.

Raymond J. Taylor was married March 2. 1892, to Annie Rebecca Watkins, who was born in Philadelphia, July 28, 1854. Their children are: I. Nathaniel W .; II. Eliza- beth Rebecca. Mr. Taylor and his wife are members of the Lebanon M. E. church, in which he holds the office of steward and trus- tee. Mr. Taylor is an earnest and efficient worker, a class-leader and a teacher in the Sunday school.

JOIN CALEB VOSHELL, P. O. Cam- den, Kent county, Del., son of James B. and

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Eliza (Krisey) Voshell, was born near Thomas' Chapel, West Dover hundred, Kent county, Del., May 17, 1858. John Caleb Voshell grew up on the home farm near Dover, Del., and remained at home until he attained his majority. Ile attended the pub- lic schools of Dover hundred during the win- ter terms, and spent the summer months and all his leisure time working on the home farm. He had, however, an inquiring mind and good natural ability, and endeavored by careful reading to educate himself. In his twenty-first year, Mr. Voshell took charge of the almshouse farm, which he cultivated for three years. He afterwards spent some time at Magnolia, and for a year and a half resided at Wyoming, Del. After his marriage, Mr. Voshell sold his property, and removed to his present home, the James Green Mill prop- erty, which he purchased at the administra- tor's sale. As a boy Mr. Voshell's hobby was milling. He used to build mills of cornstalks, and always declared that when he grew up he would be a miller. Mrs. Voshell had built the house and had managed the mill during the eight years which had passed since the death of her first husband. After her mar- riage to Mr. Voshell, she went to the mill with him day after day, showing him all about the business and assisting him in every possi- ble way. Mr. Voshell was a poor boy, but by industry and frugality he became a success- ful farmer and land owner. He is a stanch Republican, and in 1896 was nominated as in- spector, but was defeated. Mr. Voshell is a member of the I. O. R. M., of Magnolia, Del .; the Jr. O. U. A. M., of Camden, Del .; and of the Patrons of Husbandry.

John Caleb Voshell was married, Novem- her 15, 1884, to Annie (Warren) Green, daughter of John and Margaret Ann (Lin- dale) Warren, and widow of Philemon Green, of Kent county, Del. They have one child, II. Reedy, born October 10, 1885. Mr. Voshell and his wife are members of Lebanon M. E. church.

Mr. Voshell's grandmother, Susan (Fisher) Warren, of Kent county, Del., lived and died at Warren's Landing, on the Jones' river. John Warren, father of Mrs. Voshell, was born in 1804, in Kent county, Del. Mr. War- ren resided near Hazlettville, Del. He was a successful farmer, industrious and energetic, and was highly esteemed by his friends and

neighbors. John Warren was married to Margaret Ann Lindale, born April 12, 1817. Their children are: I. Susan E., born in 1843, resides in Camden, Del., with her mother-in-law, the widow of James Knight; Il. Annie ( Mrs. John Caleb Voshell), mar- ried first, in 1864, to Philemon, son of James Green, who died February 16, 1874, aged thirty-five. The children of Philemon and Annie ( Warren) Green are: I. Warren R., born December 7, 1868; II. Frank H., an employee of the railroad at Wilmington, Del., born November 4, 1872, married Jennie Morris, of Kent county, Del., has one child, Lindale; III. Johnalena, died aged twelve years.

THOMAS ELWOOD WARREN, Rising Sun, Kent county, Del., was born on the War- ren homestead, at Warren's Landing, Kent county, Del., November 5, 1848.

Thomas E. Warren is said to be a lineal de- scendant of General Joseph Warren, who fell in the battle of Bunker Hill. ITis youth was spent in the beautiful Warren homestead, a property purchased by Mr. Warren's grand- mother, Susan Warren, from Andrew Gray, father of the Hon. George Gray, United States senator. Thomas Warren began his scholastic course in Warren's schoolhouse; the building was erected and presented to the hundred by his paternal grandfather. At the age of four- teen, he entered the Military Academy near ITudson City, N. Y., and after a five years' course, graduated with high honors in the class of 1867. After teaching for two years in the Warren schoolhouse, Mr. Warren, in partnership with a brother, opened a general store at Frederica, Del. This firm did a thriv- ing business, but at the end of two years, Thomas E. Warren secured a position as trav- eling salesman for William H. Lisbon, whole- sale commission merchant. Two years later he accepted a similar position with Jonathan Bigelow, fruit dealer, Boston, Mass. After his marriage, Mr. Warren turned his atten- tion to agriculture, and began farming on the homestead. Two years later, he gave up the farm, and having settled his family at Frederica, Del., went to Philadelphia, Pa., where for a short time, he and his brother dealt in lumber. Returning to Delaware, he again spent several years on the home farm. Quitting the place once more, he occupied the

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Holmes farm, near Milford, Del., for two years; for eight years he farmed the Cowgill place, near Leipsie, Del., and for seven years the Stevenson farm, near Smyrna, Del. In 1897, he removed to his present farm near Rising Sun, Kent county, Del. Mr. Warren is a Republican.

Thomas Elwood Warren was married, Sep- tember 4, 1873, to Mary, daughter of James II. and (Robbins) Salevon, of Bur- lington, N. J. Two of their thirteen children are dead. Those surviving are: I. Mary; II. Elwood; III. James A .; IV. Ida; V. Wil- liam; VI. Thurman; VII. Emily; VIII. Noble; IX. George Rodney; X. Annie Es- tella; XI. Dorothy. Mr. Warren attends the M. E. church.

LEVI S. PROUD, P. O. Camden, Del., son of Thomas and Keziah (Stratton) Proud, was born near Medford, Burlington county, N. J., January 20, 1829.

Mr. Proud is a descendant of representa- tives of four countries. On the paternal side his ancestors were German and French; on the maternal, English and Irish. The first Proud to settle in America came from the Rhine provinces in Germany, with him was his wife, who was born in France. They settled in New Jersey, engaged in farming there, and reared a family.

Abraham Proud, grandfather of Levi S. Proud, followed agricultural pursuits in Bur- lington county, N. J., for many years. He mar- ried Lucretia Shinn, of that county, and had children: I. Levi, married Ann Davis, died in Burlington county, N. J .; II. Rachel, mar- ried Samuel Stackhouse, both died in Med- ford, N. J .; III. Ruth ( Mrs. Joseph Rock- hill), emigrated with her husband to Ohio in their old age and both died there; IV. Thomas; V. John, married Ann Moore, of Philadelphia, emigrated with his wife to Michigan, where both died; VI. Mary (Mrs. Thomas Joyce), died in Burlington county, N. J. Abraham Proud died in Burlington coun- ty. He was a Friend.

Thomas Proud, father of Levi S. Proud, was born near Medford, Burlington county, N. J., February 11, 1787. As a youth, he was a clerk in a store in Berlin, N. J. Ro- tiring from the store, he leased a grist mill and placed a competent miller in charge of it.

His own efforts were devoted principally to the logging and lumber business. He was an active, prosperous man. Thomas Proud married Keziah, daughter of Owen and Hope (Brannan) Stratton, born in Burling- ton county, N. J., October 17, 1793. Her ancestors were English on the paternal side, while the Brannans were of Irish extraction. Thomas Proud had children: I. Jacob, born in 1819, died at the age of twelve; II. Hope S., born in November, 1820; III. Charles, born September 24, 1823, married Sarah Kay, was a wheelwright, died in Philadel- phia; IV. Sarah, born August 27, 1826, died young; V. Levi S .; VI. Owen S., born Au- gust 20, 1833, married Margaret Shoemaker, was a carpenter, died in Camden, N. J .; VII. Rachel S., born July 16, 1837, died in child- hood. Thomas Proud died February 20, 1837; his widow died May 12, 1858. Mr. Proud attended Friends' meeting.

Levi S. Proud was born at Bollinger's mill, but while he was an infant his father removed to the Brannan mill, and afterward to Med- ford. When he was eight years old, his father died, and Levi S. was placed in the care of his uncle, John Proud, with whom he re- mained until he was fifteen years old. For his labor on the farm he received his clothes and board, and was permitted to attend school a portion of the time. When he left his unele's home, he went to Moorestown, N. J., and secured employment as a farm hand. At the age of sixteen he received eight dollars per month and his board. By the exercise of economy, he had saved one hundred dol- lars when he reached his twenty-first birth- day. Until he was twenty-five, he was em- ployed by Isaac Collins. Then he married, and leased various farms until 1881, when he purchased the Dudley farm near Camden, Del., on which he still resides. He is a sule- cessful grain farmer and fruit cultivator. Mr. Proud is justly held in high esteem by all who knew him. He is charitable almost to a fault; no deserving person ever applies to him for aid in vain, and he has assisted many who were struggling with financial difficulties. Ile is jovial, gifted with a delightful sense of humor; his friends are legion. He is a mem- bor of the Grange and of Unity Lodge, No. 20. T. O. O. F., of Camden, Del. In his polit- ical views he is liberal, but most frequently gives hi- support to the Democratic party;

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when the candidates are of equal merit, the principles of that party has his preference.

On March 9, 1854, Levi S. Proud was married to Cynthia Ann, daughter of Asa and Eliza ( Ashead) Allen, of Burlington conn- ty, N. J. Their children are: I. Charles, at home; II. Eliza (Mrs. William C. Frear), of Kent county, Del. ; IHI. Keziah (Mrs. John Ross), of Wyoming, Del .; IV. Elizabeth R., at home; V. Mary, at home; VI. Sarah ( Mrs. Thomas Evans), deceased. Mrs. Proud died April 10, 1889, and was buried in the ceme- tery of the I. O. O. F., in Camden, Del.

JOHN W. BATEMAN, P. O. Canter- bury, Del., son of George W. and Elizabeth (Bethords) Bateman, was born near Freder- ica, Kent county, Del., April 28, 1834.

The Bateman family has long lived in Kent county, and has always enjoyed the esteem of the community. George W. Bateman, was born near Canterbury, Del., in 1797. 1s a boy he was employed in farm labor, and had few opportunities to obtain an education, but he was an industrious and faithful workman and tenant, and accumulated sufficient money to purchase, in 1851, a large farm near Fred- erica. Previous to becoming a land owner, he had leased for a number of years the farm of Paris T. Carlyle, of Frederica. Ten years before his death, he resigned the active man- agement of his farm to his son, John W. Bateman. George W. Bateman married Eliza- beth Bethords: their children are: I. John W .; HI. Eliza (Mrs. Thomas Kersey), who re- sides on the homestead and has children, i. George, ii. Wilbur, iii. Charles, iv. Amasa, v. AAlice, vi. Anna, vii. Ella. Mr. Bateman died on his farm June 7, 1873, and was in- terred in the family burial place on his estate; his widow died May 7, 1887, and was buried at Barrett's chapel.

John W. Bateman resided with his father until he was twenty-five years old, first on a leased farm and afterwards on the farm pur- chased by his father near Frederica. Hle attended the district schools, but was handi- capped in his efforts to obtain an education by the incompetency of the teachers of that period. At the age of twenty-five he mar- ried, and, after leasing different farms for four years, assumed charge of his father's two hundred and thirty acres of productive land. On the death of his father, he received by

inheritance half of this tract, the other half descending to his sister, Mrs. Kersey. He is now leading a retired life. In politics he is a Republican.

In 1859, John W. Bateman was married to Mary E., daughter of Perry and Elizabeth (Jackson) Baker, of South Murderkill hun- dred. Their children are: 1. Laura (Mrs. Thomas Pritchett ), resides near Lewes, Del., has children, i. Clarence, ii. Helen; II. Ehna (Mrs. Frank Norris), of North Murderkill hundred, has children, i. Bateman, ii. Carrow. Mrs. Bateman died suddenly in Dover, 1896. She had made a businesss trip to that city and while there was stricken with paralysis, and died in a few hours. She was a devout Chris- tian, a member of the M. E. church of Canter- bury.

ANDREW SABEDRA, P. O. Viola, Kent county, Del., son of Manuel and Ber- narda (Schenio) Sabedra, was born in Marin, in the northern part of Spain, May 16, 1830.

Manuel Sabedra was a native of Spain. From his youth he was a fisherman and sailor, and for three years he served in the Spanish navy. His wife Bernarda Sehenio was also of Spanish birth; their children are: I. Mannel, 2, died in childhood; II. Frances, resides in Spain; III. Andrew; IV. Theresa, of Spain; V. Joanna, died young; VI. An- tonia, of Spain. Mrs. Bernarda Sabedra died in Spain about 1845.

Andrew Sabedra for many years followed his father's example, and sailed the seas. Ile was but four or five years old when his father entered the naval service of the Emperor of Spain, and he found a home with his grand- mother. He attended school in his native place until he was twenty years old, and then ran away from his books to go to sea. He had inherited a love for it, and a disposition to see foreign countries led him to follow its ummarked paths for many years. For two years he was a sailor in the navy of Emperor Dom Pedro II, of Brazil; then he shipped on board a Boston clipper ship at Rio Janeiro, Brazil, as an able seaman, and sailed to Singa- pore: from the latter port he shipped on an English bark for Hong Kong, China, and later went to Siam with a crew for a cargo of rice; afterward he sailed on board an English trans- port which carried a load of coolies to Havana.

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Cuba; then crossed the Atlantic Ocean to England, and was making his way to London on a Spanish vessel when he was shipwrecked by a collision with a German boat, but reached the English shore and went to London, where he again shipped for Hong Kong. While in the China Sea he narrowly escaped death by drowning. During a tempestuous night he was swept overboard; the sea was running high and as he fell into the waves and was buried beneath their great walls he muttered hastily a prayer for safety; when he came to the surface of the water, his hand touched a rope attached to the ship, by which he drew himself to the side of the ship, and then shouted to his mates, who hauled him aboard. From Hong Kong he sailed on an American vessel, the Governor Morton from New York, for the West Indies, with a gang of coolies to be employed on the plantations there. Then Mr. Sabedra enlisted under the name of George Sands in the United States navy, and served most creditably in all of Admiral Farragut's brilliant engagements on the Mis- sissippi River. He was first assigned to the frigate Cumberland, then to the Pocahontas, under Lieut. Balch, and to the Monongahela. In all he served three years and six months as a sailor on United States war vessels. In 1864 he was honorably discharged in New York and went to Philadelphia where he found employment in the Navy Yard. IIe was also, for a time, watchman on the Antonia, which he had helped to capture dur- ing the war, after a twelve hours' chase. Mr. Sabedra worked at the Navy Yard for several years, and then went to Tennessee as a government employee. Afterward he made two cruises to Havana and several to other ports, on American vessels. In April, 1885, Mr. Sabedra came to Kent county, Del., and purchased the farm on which he now resides. IIe built a comfortable home on his land and has since been engaged in farming. Mr. Sabedra is hospitable and affable, and his life and extensive travels afford him subject for very entertaining conversation. He is a man of excellent judgment and of great courtesy. In the United States Navy, he made an en- viable record as a cool headed, courageous sailor. Naturally, Mr. Sabedra is much at- tached to his native country, but he has great- er love for the nation over which float the Stars and Stripes. He deplored the Spanish-

American struggle, but felt certain from the beginning, that Spain was engaged in a hope- less contest. In demonstration of his patriot- ism he floated a large American flag over his home on May 28, 1898. Interesting ex- ercises were held, and many people assembled to cheer the Spaniard who thus proclaimed his loyalty to the United States. An eloquent address was delivered by Ridgely Harrington, Esq., of Dover. In his political views Mr. Sabedra is a Republican.

On July 20, 1865, in Philadelphia, An- drew Sabedra was married to Sarah, daugh- ter of Peter and Mary (Simpler) Greene, born in Indian River hundred, Sussex county, Del. They have children: I. William L., of New York, born April 27, 1866, married Cynthia DeGroote, has children, i. Sarah Margaret, ii. Viola May, iii. Edna Veronica; II. Richard J., of Philadelphia, born October 28, 1868, married Elizabeth Campbell, had one child, Edna, who died young; III. Ed- ward Van Dyke, born August 13, 1870, died January 14, 1895; IV. Mary Bernarda, born November 18, 1872, at home; V. Magdalena Agnes, born March 5, 1875, at home; VI. Andrew Francisco, of Philadelphia, born Oe- tober 26, 1877; VII. Anna Theresa, born April 26, 1880, at home; VIII. Joseph Ed- ward, born November 24, 1882, at home; IX. Augustin Thomas, born October 27, 1885. Mr. Sabedra is a member of the R. C. church at Dover.

The ancestors of Mrs. Sabedra for a number of generations resided in Delaware. Her grandfather was John Greene, who was born in Sussex county and devoted himself to agri- cultural pursuits. He married Lydia Rust. Mr. Greene died near Georgetown, Del .; his widow lived to an advanced age and buried thirteen of her fifteen children, all of whom grew to manhood. Their son, Peter Greene, father of Mrs. Andrew Sabedra, was born near Georgetown, in 1824. Ile was a farmer, an energetic and popular young man, and in- herited a portion of the Greene estate. Peter Greene married Mary, daughter of Peter and Lorena (Benum) Simpler, born near Georg ?- town. They had one child, Sarah (Mrs. An- drew Sabedra). Mr. Greene died on his farm in 1816. His widow married Mitchell Ri- cards, and had one child which died in in- fancy. The members of the Greene family were members of the M. E. church.

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WILLIAM H. JARRELL, Viola, Kent county, Del., son of William and Elizabeth (Fleming) Jarrell, was born November 14, 1837, on a farm now owned by Mr. Harring- ton.

Ilis grandfather, William Jarrell, who was of English descent, was a resident of Kent county; his children were: I. John, who set- tled near Viola, Del., was four times mar- ried, first to Miss Scott, next to Margaret Ca- pron, then to Catherine Macklin, and after- wards to a lady of Philadelphia; II. Wil- liam; III. James, resided near Pratt's Branch, married The second son, William Jarrell, Jr., was born in Kent county, about 1817. Owing to the straitened circumstances of the family, he began life without any education except what he ob- tained through his own ambition and perse- verance. He was early set to work on a farm, being indentured to a relative, whose treat- ment of him fairly illustrated the proverbial "more than kin, and less than kind." Hard work and insufficient, often unwholesome food, fell to the boy's lot; but nothing over- came his untiring industry; his time once at his own disposal, he labored to such good purpose that at the time of his marriage, he was in a position to rent land, and work in- dependently, and after a few years, to buy a small farm of Thomas Simpson. True, it comprised but 80 acres, and was such unpro- ductive land that his first crop of corn amounted to only seventy bushels; but mak- ing the best of his resources, he soon after found himself able to add another 80 acres, a part of the Gildersleeve land. Years of patient industry and economy brought their due reward of success; a third purchase, con- sisting of the tract belonging to William Dun- ning, which lay between the properties he al- ready owned, connected them, and made Mr. Jarrell the proprietor of a large and thriv- ing estate. Here he passed the later years of his life, esteemed and respected by his neighbors, and died about 1857. In politics, he supported the principles of the Whig party. ITis wife, the sharer of his toils and successes, Elizabeth (Fleming) Jarrell, survived him many years, dying in 1893. Their children are: T. Eliza (Mrs. Charles H. Johnson), of North Murderkill hundred; IT. William II .; III. James, farmer, of North Murderkill hun- dred: IV. Joseph.

The youth of William HI. Jarrell was pass- ed in assisting his father on the farm, and in acquiring as much education as could be ob- tained by a rather irregular attendance at school during the winter months. At the age of eighteen, he began work as a "hand" for other farmers. Two years later, his father died, and Mr. Jarrell, as the elder son, under- took the management of the homestead for his mother. At the age of twenty-one he purchased the stock, and remained upon the farm for several years. When it was sold, William II. Jarrell retained his share, and his brother, Joseph Jarrell, bought 94 acres in addition to his. Mr. Jarrell has been success- ful in his agricultural business, and holds a position of respect and confidence among his neighbors. In earlier life he was a Whig, but after the change in party lines, he became a Democrat.

William H. Jarrell was married in July, 1859, to Rachel Cook, who died in February, 1877; their children are: I. Lorenzo, died at the age of eighteen years; II. John, died aged twenty-three; III. Walter, a farmer. Mr. Jarrell's second wife was Mary Ellen Case. He is a member of the M. E. church. at Viola.

THOMAS COOK, P. O. Willow Grove, Kent county, Del., son of Thomas and Tam- zie (Price) Cook, was born on the Down- hurst farm near Magee's church, Kent coun- ty, Del., March 10, 1830.

Ilis father, Thomas Cook, was a native of Kent county, Del., where he spent his whole life on his farm. The children of Thomas and Tamzie (Price) Cook are: I. James, mar- ried first to Sarah Thomas, and afterwards to Mrs. - (Marker) Booth, a widow, re- sides near Dover, Del .; II. Rizden, married Elizabeth Marvel; III. Thomas; IV. Mary Ann, died aged twenty; V. John, farmer, married Elizabeth Cohee, resides near Mag- nolia, Del .; VI. Nathan, married Annie Gooden, resides near Woodside, Del .; VII. William, farmer, married Susan Johnson, re- sides near Willow Grove, Del .; VIII. George, farmer, married Annie Boyles, re- sides near Smyrna, Del. Mrs. Cook died on the homestead, aged about forty-five years. Mr. Cook died at the home of his son, Thomas, in 1871.

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Biographical and genealogical history of the state of Delaware, Vol. II, Part 14

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

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