Biographical and genealogical history of the state of Delaware, Vol. II, Part 19

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

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Mr. Jump died at the farm. in. 1834; his widow died in 1836.

William Christopher Jump was three years old when his father died and two years later he was left motherless. The estate was badly managed, and only forty or fifty dollars re- mained for the support of the orphan boy. The lonely child found a home with his half- sister, Mrs. Benjamin Cooper, who cared for him as her own son. William Jump was soon able to assist in the work; he learned practi- cal farming and devoted his life to Imusbandry. ITis school course was limited to a single term of six months. He was, however, a thought- ful, intelligent lad, and set himself to obtain an education, studying diligently all the books he could obtain. Mr. Jump remained with his sister, working on the farm until the time of his marriage, when he began farming for himself. When she became a widow Mr. Jump returned to his sister and managed the farm for her until her death, thus caring for her and repaying her kindness to him. Af- ter Mrs. Cooper's death, he rented and sub- sequently bought the farm on which he had labored for so many years. This property, sit- uated two miles north of Hollandville, Kent county, Del., consisted of 103 acres of fertile land, with a good peach orchard and comforta- ble dwellings. Some time afterwards he re- moved to Caroline county, Md., and rented a large farm which he cultivated for five or six years, removing again, in 1870, to his farm near Hollandville, Kent county, Del. After cultivating this land until 1885, he purchased Mr. Dill's store in Hollandville, Del., where he has a large and profitable bu-i- ness. For the past ten years, he has been postmaster. Mr. Jump was a Democrat, but for the last sixteen years, has been identified with the Republican party.

William Christopher Jump was married, November 7, 1852, to Mary, daughter of Robert and Sarah ( Emory) Greenly. Their children are: I. William C., a farmer of Mis- pillion hundred, Kent county, Del., married Annie F. Groff; II. Ella (Mrs. William J. Reynolds), of Cando, Towner county, N. Dak .; III. David L., merchant, New Rock- ford, N. Dak .: IV. Frank, telegraph opera- tor, removed to the west with his brother, David, died in Cando, N. Dak .; Mrs. Jump died on the farm near Hollandville, in 1872. Mr. Jump was married in January, 1880, to

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Mary E., daughter of Samuel C. and Eliza- beth (Nowell) Dill. They have one child, Elizabeth Blanche. Mr. Jump and his family are members of the Mount Olive M. P. church. He is an active and efficient worker in the church, has held the offices of class- leader and steward, and was for many years a teacher in the Sunday school.

WILLIAM M. SATTERFIELD, P. O. Felton, Kent county, Del., son of William and Annie (Goforth) Satterfield, was born October 25, 1825, on his father's farm, three miles west of Frederica, Del.

William Satterfield was a son of the well known "Squire Satterfield." who served as justice of the peace in his hundred for many years. William Satterfield was born two miles southwest of Harrington, Del., and lived there with his parents until he began busi- ness life for himself. After his marriage with Annie Goforth, he bought his farm near Frederica, on which he and his wife resided during the remainder of their lives. Mr. Sat- terfield was a Democrat, and served one term as county treasurer of Kent county. Wil- liam Satterfield and his wife are both de- ceased. Their children are: I. Mary (Mrs. Henry Stevenson), deceased; II. Annie, diod young; III. Elizabeth (Mrs. John C. Wil- son), of Dover, Del .; IV. William M .; V. Margaret ( Mrs. James Jarrell), deceased; VI. Caroline; VII. Charles, of Middletown, Del .; VIII. John, died in infancy. Mr. and Mrs. Satterfield were esteemed members of the Presbyterian church.

William M. Satterfield received his edu- cation in the school at Pratt's Branch, which he attended during the winter sessions, though rather irregularly, until he reached the age of twenty-one. During these years, he had already given much assistance in farm work on the homestead, and acquired much prac- tical knowledge of agriculture; and he con- tinned to live and work with his father until his marriage, which occurred in 1856. He then resided for two years on rented farms, after which, on January 1, 1859, Mr. and Mrs. Satterfield settled upon a farm inherited by the latter from her father, on which, dur- ing the previous year, they had erected a com- fortable dwelling and other necessary build- ings. This farm, on which they still make their home, consists of 200 acres of arable

land, besides woodlands and low-lying meadows. Mr. Satterfield votes with the Democratic party; he served for one term as assessor of the hundred.

In 1856, William M. Satterfield was mar- ried to Mary, daughter of William and Eliza- beth (Dewees) Roe, and widow of James Co- hall. Mr. and Mrs. Satterfield have one son, George Mcclellan, who married Joanna, daughter of the late Joseph Masten, of Mas- ten's Corner. The children of Mrs. Satter- field by her previous marriage are: I. Samuel R. Cohall, of Philadelphia; IL. Rachel E. (Mrs. Charles Smith), of the vicin- ity of Templeville, Md .; III. William A., of Philadelphia: IV. Ela N. (Mrs. George De- horty), of Felton, Del .; V. James, died young; VI. John F., died in Philadelphia. Mrs. Satterfield is a member of the Presbyterian church at Felton.

HIer father, William Roe, was born in or near Canterbury, Del., and besides farming, was a blacksmith and wheelwright. He died at Roe's Corner in May, 1856, aged about sixty-eight. ITis wife, Elizabeth (Dewees) Roe, who died seven years carlier, was the granddaughter on the paternal side of an early settler, who came to this country from Ilolland, and the daughter of Thomas and Rachel (Williams) Dewees, who settled at what is known as Virden's Mill, Del.

HEZEKIAHI ROGERS, P. O. Frederica, Kent county, Del., son of Platt and Harriet (Hall) Rogers, was born in Saratoga county, N. Y., February 1, 1815.

Zophar Rogers, grandfather of Hezekiah Rogers, was a soldier in the Continental army during the war of the Revolution. He lived and died on his farm in Dutchess county, N. Y., where his son, Platt Rogers, was born. The latter married Harriet Hall, and with his wife afterwards removed to Saratoga coun- ty, N. Y., where he died.

Hezekiah Rogers is one of seven children. Hle grew up on the homestead in Saratoga comty, N. Y., receiving his education there in the public schools. He devoted himself to agriculture, and in 1868 removed to Dela- ware, and settled on a farm in Kent county, near Frederica. After cultivating this place for four years, Mr. Rogers purchased his present farm, on which he has made many im- provements. HTe has erected all the buildings

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on the property, and has made it a beautiful home. In 1871 he began the manufacture of phosphates. This business, in which he is still engaged, is very extensive and profita- ble. Mr. Rogers began life as a poor boy; but being industrious and thrifty, by the time he reached his twenty-fourth year he had saved $1,000, every cent of which was earned by his own labor. He is an active member of the Republican party.

Hezekiah Rogers was married, in New York, in 1838, to Harriet Clark. Their chil- dren are: I. Cyrus P., a farmer of Kent coun- ty, Del .; II. Caroline (Mrs. - ('ullen); III. Levy E .; IV. O -- , of Frederica, Del. Mr. Rogers attends the Baptist church.

JACOB FRIEDEL, P. O. Felton, Kent county, Del., son of John Jacob and Eilzabeth (Schmidt) Friedel, was born February 12, 1527, in the town of Limbauch in New, or Rhenish Bavaria, near the boundary between Germany and France, and close to the spot where the first battle of the Franco-Prussian war was fought, in 1870. The name of Frie- del is rarely met with in this country, having but few representatives. Jacob Friedel's grandfather, Wilhelm Friedel, was a miller, and went to Limbauch, when a young man; there he obtained work in a mill, and there he met Fraulein , who became his wife. They settled in the neighborhood of Lim- bauch. At that time the Germans living near the border were harassed by frequent raids of French soldiers; one of these marauding parties happening to meet the young miller, and being in a very forlorn condition as to clothing and shoes, roughly demanded of him the strong, new shoes which he was wearing. The sturdy German refused, whereupon the soldiers threw him to the ground, and took them from him by force, giving him so severe a beating that he died from its effects. Ile left but two children: I. John Jacob; II. Catherine, who died in Germany.

John Jacob Friedel, who was born at Limbaugh in 1782, remained in the Father- land until a number of years after his mar- riage, and then emigrated with his wife and six children to America. While a young man, he was drafted to serve in the war against Napoleon, but in some way escaped from service. After crossing the ocean, he resided for a time in the city of New York,

and then removed to Pennsylvania, where he became a shoemaker and lumber dealer, and died upon his own estate in Lycoming county, Pa., in 1872. In politics, he gave his support to the Whig party. John Jacob Frie- del married Elizabeth Schmidt, who died in Lycoming county, Pa., at the age of seventy- eight, after fifty-five years of married life. Their children are: I. Frederick F., now an octogenarian, resides in Lycoming county, Pa .; II. Catherine (Mrs. Daniel Russe), set- tled with her husband in Marshall county, Ia., where both died; III. Mary ( Mrs. Henry Ergood), lived in the city of New York, where both she and her husband died; IV. Luvisa (Mrs. ----- Marks), widow, resides in Wil- liamsport, Pa .; V. Jacob; VI. Charles, of the state of Kansas. John Jacob Friedel was in carlier life a member of the German Re- formed church, but in his later years united with the Evangelical church.

When the family emigrated to the United States, Jacob, Friedel was a child, six years old. They embarked at Havre on the sailing vessel Poland, and landed in New York har- bor, after a passage of thirty-six days. For five years, they resided in that city, during which time, the young Jacob attended schools, and, being an industrious boy, attempting such work as a boy is ca- pable of doing. The manufacture of matches was then a newly-introduced in- dustry, and he was for a time engaged by an Englishman, who carried on the business in a basement room, and who gave the boy fifty cents a day for his assistance; the matches then sold at twenty-five cents a box; these were the first matches made in the United States. Jacob Friedel was eleven years old when his father removed, by way of New- ark, N. J., and the Morris Canal, to Easton, Pa. At Easton they took a large, old- fashioned Conestoga wagon, drawn by a four- horse team, and, all the family with their household goods being stowed into the capa- cious vehicle, started westward. At Boyer- town, in Berks county, they halted, and took up their residence very near the town, where the father of the family opened a shoe-making shop in his home. After two or three years spent here, they again set out on a journey towards the setting sun, in the spring of 1841, using a wagon as before, to convey them- selves and their freight over the mountains

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of central Pennsylvania. They went to Ly- coming county by way of Sunbury, crossing the North Branch of the Susquehanna river on a Hat-boat, the day of railroads and bridges having not yet dawned upon that primitive region. Crossing the West Branch of the river at Lewisburg, they made their way through White Deer valley across the White Deer mountains, into Nippenose valley, and over the West Branch of the Susquehanna at Jersey Shore, where they stopped for one night. They continued their journey by team to Larry's Creek. Here John Jacob Friedelre- sumed his early trade, that of a shoemaker; the boys of the family were now old enough and strong enough to be of great service in business, and Mr. Friedel purchased a tract of woodland, 125 acres, for which he gave $4.00 per aere; he also bought a saw-mill. Their home was at a distance of two miles from this tract. The sons went to work upon the timber, and be- came lumber dealers; having bought a small canal boat, they took their lumber by the Union canal to Reading, where they disposed of it. The first lumber sawed at this mill was white-pine, and was bought for $5 per thou- sand. They subsequently bought the mill it- self. Working with true German diligence and family unity, they could not fail to at- tain to the prosperity which they so richly merited.

For four years before his marriage, Jacob Friedel ran the canal boat which transported their product to Reading. He remembers having a hand in the extension of the network of railroads with which the state of Pennsyl- vania is now covered, at a time when, hav- ing taken a load of lumber to Reading, he con- tinued his journey to Phoenixville, and from that place conveyed a load of track iron to Newport, Pa., to be used in the construction of the line of the P. R. R., along the Juniata river. On January 1, 1848, Jacob Friedel was married to Susan, daughter of Peter and Mary Magdalene (Maneval) Moyer; she was a na- tive of Tioga county. After this event, Mr. Friedel bought a saw-mill tract from his father, on which he remained for two years; he then sold this tract, and bought a farm of his father's, which he improved, and built upon it a house and barn. In 1861, he sold this land also, and, leaving his family at his father's house, he went west with the inten-

tion of purchasing land there. Before he left, his mother told him of a sister of hers, Mrs. Frederick Zellers, who had emigrated from Germany earlier than the Friedel family, and had settled in Seneca county, Ohio. Mr. Friedel accordingly stopped in that state, and finding that his aunt and her family lived two miles from Watson's Station, walked from that place to their farm-house. When he ar- rived there, he did not at first introduce him- self, but simply asked for a night's lodging; the old couple were suspicious of strangers, and could not be persuaded to allow him to remain over night, until he told them who he was; then he was cordially welcomed, and made his relatives a visit of several days. Mr. Friedel extended his journey as far as Iowa, with the purpose of investing $7,000 in land in that state; but on examination, he decided not to purchase there, on account of the scarcity of timber. Returning to Penn- sylvania, he bought a farm in his old neigh- borhood, on which he lived for a year and a half.

In the fall of 1864 Mr. Friedel came to Delaware, and having decided to remove here, purchased the John Chambers farm, in Kent county, Del., from Rev. Jonathan Willis, in February, 1865, at a valuation of $12.000; the farm then contained 425 acres, of which he sold all but 45 acres, after living on the place only a year. He then bought and re- moved to the Squire Combs farm, in South Murderkill hundred, and resided on this place until he retired from active business, in 1854, since which time his home has been in Felton. Besides his comfortable dwelling in that place, he owns two farms; he has been pros- perons in business, and occupies a position of respect and influence in the community. Mr. Friedel cast his first presidential vote with the Whig party, for General Zachary Taylor, and since the formation of the Republican party, he has always supported its principles and its candidates. Although not an office- seeker, he served four years as postmaster of Felton, having been appointed to that posi- tion by President Harrison.

It is now more than fifty years since, as above stated, Jacob Friedel was married to Susan Mover; their "golden wedding-day" was July 1, 1898; a lifetime of unbroken mutual confidence and affection. They have thirty-two grandchildren now ( 1898) living;

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sixteen boys of the name of Friedel, three by the name of Moore, one by the name of Dill, with twelve granddaughters. The chil- dren who have blessed their union are as fol- Josw: I. Mary Elizabeth, married first to Archibald Moore, of the neighborhood of Riegelsville, New Jersey, and had children, i. Thomas R., now a teacher of languages at College Hill Military School, Cincinnati, O., married to Ella Bryan, ii. Jacob F. Moore, of Sussex county, Del., married to Cora Hearn, iii. Rev. Frederick X., preacher of the M. E. church, stationed at Marion, Md., mar- ried Lillie Giswill, of Baltimore, iv. Nora, v. Susan, vi. Agatha; after the death of Mr. Moore, his widow married Samuel Minner, and by that marriage has one daughter, Mary; II. Frederick, has children, i. Reuben, ii. Adela, iii. Mary; III. Robert, has children, Frederick, Wilbur, Archibald, Robert, and another boy, name not given, Estella, Alice, Mabel, Effie; IV. Jacob, single in the livery business, at New Haven, Conn .; V. Charles, a farmer, of Sussex coun- ty, Del., has children, Alva, Webster, Grant, Edward R .: VI. James, of Sussex county, Del., has children, Charles, Lilia, Clarence, Jacob, Marvel, William K., George Dewey, and a boy whose name is not given; VII. Sarah (Mrs. William M. Jarrett), of Kent county, Del .; VIII. Catherine (Mrs. Elbert Dill) of Kent county, both she and her hus- band are deceased, leaving one son; IX. Su- sanna, died at home at the age of seventeen; X. Rosanna, died in infancy. Neither Mr. Friedel nor his sons are addicted to the use of tobacco or liquor; it is the pleasure of these kind and judicious parents to know that all their family are church members; they have been reared in obedience to the dictates of truth and honor. Mr. Friedel, while living in Pennsylvania, was a member of the Evan- gelieal church; in 1867, since he has been a cit- izen of Delaware, he has connected himself with the M. E. church; he is a faithful church member, as well as a kind husband and father. Mr. and Mrs. Friedel have made two journeys to the west, to visit their rela- tives in that section of the country.

Mrs. Susan (Mover) Friedel was born July 13, 1832. Her father, Peter Moyer, was a native of Lycoming county, Pa .; he was a farmer. Ile went to Iowa with his wife and family, traveling by wagon to a point in the

state of New York, thence by rail to Dunkirk, N. Y., and from that city by the lakes to Chi- cago. This migration took place in 1853; the family resided for a time in Illinois, and finally went to Tama county, Iowa, where Mr. Moyer was among the first seven settlers; he died in Tama county, January 7, 1889. Ilis wife, Mary Magdalene ( Maneval) Moyer, was born in Wurtemburg, Germany, March 9, 1813, and came with her parents to Amer- ica when she was seven years old; she also died in Tama county, April 19 of the same year, 1889. They had been married over fifty years. Their children are: I. Susannah (Mrs. Jacob Friedel); II. Catherine ( Mrs. Jacob Yeatley), died in Iowa; III. Mary (Mrs. Daniel D. Frantz), of Iowa; IV. Wil- liam, died in Iowa, at the age of twenty-five; V. Reinhold, resides in Oregon; VI. Charles, of Lincoln, Neb .; VII. Henry, of Boone. Neb .; VIII. Simeon, resides in Nebraska; IX. Sarah (Mrs. Samuel Ebert), of Nebraska: X. Phebe (Mrs. Bethuel Babcock), of Iowa; XI. Lucy (Mrs. Frank Hammond), of Alabama; XII. Harriet (Mrs. John Hammond), of Towa.

THEODORE TOWNSEND, Milford. Del., son of Elias and Mary E. (Cropper) Townsend, was born in Milford hundred, Kent county, Del., March 16, 1835.

His father was born in Sussex county, Del., May 1, 1824. ITis mother is a native of Kent county, Del., and was born August 27, 1832. She was one of the band of patriot women who hurried to the battlefields at the begin- ning of the Civil War to nurse the sick and wounded soldiers of the Union army. She is now a resident of Milford, Del.

While Theodore Townsend was an infant. he was taken by his mother to Philadelphia, where he remained until the Civil War. His mother could not have him with her in the hospitals, and in 1861 he was placed in the care of an unele in Milford, Del. With him he remained until 1869, attending school for one terin in the public school, and afterward in the Milford Institute, conducted by Messrs. Reed and Williams. When he had com- pleted his studies, Theodore Townsend be- gan an apprenticeship in a manufacturing jewelry establishment in New York City, at the end of which he was engaged by his employers as a traveling salesman for two

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years. While in New York, he made his en- trance into newspaper work as a correspond- ent, and furnished Philadelphia and Milford newspapers with interesting letters from the wider world in which he daily moved. After the Centennial of of 1876, Mr. Townsend visited the West Indies and Texas for the pur- pose of observation. On his return he came to Milford, and in connection with Julius E. Scott began the publication of the Milford Chronicle. The first number of this enter- prising journal was issued in October, 1878, and Mr. Townsend has been continuously con- nected with it since that time, giving it an in- dividuality and character that make its influ- ence widely felt. He is now editor and pro- prietor of the paper.

Mr. Townsend has given much attention to fruit culture, and has about 70 aeres planted in snrall fruits of various kinds. Ile has been a progressive citizen and useful official of Mil- ford. Since 1884 he has been a member and secretary of the town council. He has always interested himself greatly in publie improve- ments and was instrumental in the introduc- tion of the electric light plant, the water sys- tem and the sewerage system of Milford. Ile was also an active force in the re-organiza- tion of the National Guard, and was the first quartermaster in Delaware after the war, re- signing that office after some years, to accept the adjutancy. He has served as second lieu- tenant and first lieutenant and at present has the rank of major of the First Delaware Vol- unteer Infantry, U. S. A. On the breaking out of the Spanish-American war, Major Townsend, with his regiment, was mustered into service and stationed at Camp Tunnell, Middletown, Del., until August 25, when they were transferred to Camp Meade, Middletown, Pa., and were finally mustered out of service November 17, 1898. During the stay of the regiment at Camps Tunnell and Meade, it was brought to a high state of efficiency, owing to the indefatigable efforts of Major Town- send. On the visit of President MeKinley to Camp Meade, the First Delaware Regiment was detailed to receive him, and was after- .ward highly complimented by the President for its efficiency and military bearing.

Mr. Townsend has been a member of Tem- ple Lodge, No. 9, F. and A. M., of Milford. since 1884, and secretary for the past seven years; is a member of Delta Chapter, No. 1,

R. A. M., and St. John's Commandery, No. 1, Knights Templar, of Wilmington, of ('rys- tal Fount Lodge, No. 19, I. O. O. F., of Mil- ford; of Sackamas Tribe, No. 10, I. O. R. M .; of Conelave No. 32, I. O. II., and of the A. O. U. W., of Milford. In political matters he is a Republican.

On October 23, 1883, in Milford, Theo- dore Townsend was married to Mary J., daughter of Sarah Lynch and Warfield Lynch; she was born in Sussex county, Del. Their children are: I. Mary, died in in- fancy; II. Theodore, died in childhood; III. G. Marshall, born March 31, 1889; IV. Pauline, born April 9, 1891. Mr. and Mrs. Townsend attend the Presbyterian church.

GEORGE W. PLEASANTON, M. D., Milford, Del., son of Joli and Lydia (Cum- mings) Pleasanton, was born in Duck Creek hundred, Kent county, Del., May 2, 1861.

His father, John Pleasanton, was born in Kent county, (it is supposed in East Dover hundred), Del., and has spent the greater part of his life in Little Creek hundred, en- gaged in farming. He married Lydia, daugh- ter of John Cummings, of Duck Creek hun- dred. They had children: I. Frank, farmer of Little Creek hundred; II. Henry; III. Amanda, died in early womanhood; IV. Wil- liam; V. George W .; VI. Edward, farmer, of Little Creek hundred; VII. Elmer; VIII. Nathaniel; IX. Robert; X. Anna. Two chil- dren died in infancy. John Pleasanton died in April, 1898.

George W. Pleasanton spent his early life on the homestead farm. His education was re- ceived in the public schools and at Wilming- ton Conference Academy, Dover, Del. After completing his studies in the latter institu- tion he taught school in East Dover hundred and in Cheswold. In Cheswold he read medi- cine with Dr. J. M. Smith and then matricu- lated at Hahnemann College of Medicine, Philadelphia, from which he was graduated in 1887. He immediately began the practice of his profession in Denton, Md. After re- maining there eighteen months he removed, in December, 1898, to Milford, and has been an active practitioner here since that time. In 1894 he acquired an interest in pharmacy in Milford, in partnership with Dr. J. O. Pierce. Dr. Pleasanton is a member of Mil- ford Lodge, No. 17, A. O. U. W., treasurer

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Biographical and genealogical history of the state of Delaware, Vol. II, Part 19

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