Biographical and genealogical history of the state of Delaware, Vol. II, Part 21

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

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WILLIAM G. ABBOTT, Milford, Del., son of James W. and Sarah E. (Calhoun) Ab- bott, was born in Milford, July 15, 1863.

Ilis grandfather, Eli Abbott, was a resident of Kent county and a house carpenter, but spent his latter years in the cultivation of a farm. James W. Abbott, son of Eli Abbott, was born in Broadkiln hundred, Sussex county, in 1838. He assisted in the work on the farm during his boyhood and then learned house carpentry, in which he was engaged un- til about 1860, when he came to Milford and procured employment in a shipyard. By 1869 he had so thoroughly acquired the theoretical and practical knowledge of the trade that he established a shipyard for himself, which he conducted successfully for twenty years. From 1873 to 1883 Dr. William Marshall was associated with him as his partner; from 1883 to 1890 the firm name was J. W. Abbott & Son. Some of the vessels constructed in his vards were of 1200 tons burden. James W. Abbott married Sarah, daughter of Peter and Elizabeth Calhoun, born in Sussex county. They had children: I. Sarah (Mrs. W. S. Biggs), of Milford; II. William G .; III. Charles IT., of Milford; IV. Lina E. and V. Ratie, twins, the former still living, the latter died in infancy; VI. Cora E .; VII. Samuel M .; VIII. James. James W. Abbott died in Milford, March 22, 1890. Mrs. Abbott re- sides in Milford.

William G. Abbott was educated in the public schools of Milford and learned ship carpentry in his father's shipyards. In 1883 he was admitted to partnership with his father and since the death of the latter in 1890, he has had sole control of the establishment. He

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is a member of Temple Lodge, No. 9, A. F. & A. M .; Crystal Fount Lodge, No. 10, and Kirkwood Encampment, No. 16, I. O. O. F., of Milford; and of Milford Conclave, No. 32, T. O. II. In his political opinions he holds with the Democratic party.

On October 12, 1885, in Milford, William (. Abbott was married to Frances, daughter of Elijah T. and Louise ( Ennis) Iligman. Mr. and Mrs. Iligman are natives of Sussex county and reside in Cedar Creek hundred. Mr. and Mrs. Abbott's children are: I. Showell, born October 5, 1886; II. Lilly, died in infancy; III. James W., died in infancy. Mr. Abbott and family attend the M. E. church.

JAMES PRIMROSE PIERCE, Milford, Del., son of Henry J. and Hester (Davis) Pierce, was born in Cedar Neck, Cedar Creek hundred, Sussex county, Del., March 7, 1851.

Ilis great-great-grandfather was William Pierce, who was born in 1710, died October 30, 1774. He was a farmer and resided in Sussex county, Del. On January 2, 1745, William Pierce married Sarah - One of his sons, Jonathan Pierce, was the great-grand- father of James P. Pierce; he was born Sep- tember 24, 1748, and died January 27, 1784. ITis son, William Pierce, who was born May 28, 1774, was the grandfather of James P. Pierce. He was first married to Sarah Polk, January 16, 1802. They had children: I. Augustus, born December 1, 1802; II. Betsey, born February 24, 1804; III. Sallie, born September 7, 1805, died January 21, 1867; IV. Mary, born September 27, 1807. Mrs. Sarah Pierce died September 6, 1812, aged forty-seven years. Mr. Pierce married, secondly, Mary, daughter of Benton Smith. The children of this marriage were: I. Wil- liam, 2, born January 27, 1816; II. Catharine, born January 17, 1818; III. Ann (Mrs. James S. Primrose), born January 13, 1820, died October 27, 1884; IV. Henry, born Jan- mary 20, 1822; V. Henry J., born September . 10, 1823; VI. Catharine J., born May 26, 1826, died September 28, 1842; VII. Eliza, born August 29, 1828; VIII. Celia Angeline, born September 14, 1831, wife of Rev. W. W. Withe, a M. E. minister of Miles' Grove, Erie county, Mrs. Withe is the only surviving member of William Pierce's family. Wil- liam Pierce died September 17, 1834, aged sixty years, three months and twenty days.

Mrs. Pierce died January 7, 1845, aged fifty- two years.

Henry J. Pierce was a farmer in Sussex county, Del. On January 8, 1846, he mar- ried Ilester S., daughter of Mark and Comfort (Shockley) Davis, born January 26, 1526. Their children are: I. Mark Henry, born March 12, 1847, married Mary A. Derrickson in October, 1873, died September 3, 1890, his widow and a son, Ira, born September 3, 1873, surviving him; II. Thomas Davis, born July 5, 1849, married Josephine Van Zandt, of Milford, December 23, 1874 ; III. James Primrose; IV. William Augustus, of Wash- ington, D. C., born December 4, 1858, mar- ried Belle C. MeCoy in August, 1881, has children, i. Belle, ii. Mary; V. Mary Hester, born September 15, 1836; VI. Lina Jane, born November 15, 1859, married Isaac II. Laws, March 3, 1880, has four sons; VIL. Robert Hall, born September 6, 1863; VIII. Edward Casper, of St. George's, New Castle hundred, Del., born June 11, 1866, married Mary Watson, has two sons. Henry J. Pierce died February 2, 1890; his wife died August 12, 1895.

James Primrose Pierce was born and passed his youth on the homestead farm. He at- tended the public schools of Cedar Creek hun- dred and helped to cultivate the farm until he was twenty-two years of age. For the ensuing nine years, he was engaged in various occupa- tions, and in 1882 entered mercantile business in Chester county, Pa. In 1886, Mr. Pierce established himself as a hardware dealer in Milford, in partnership with John Carmen, under the firm name of Pierce & Carmen has for twelve years carried on a large business. Mr. Pierce is a member of Conclave, No. 32, I. O. II., and of Milford Lodge, No. 17, 1. O. U. W., of Milford.

On March 22, 1882, James Primrose Pierce married Georgiana HI., daughter of George S. and Mary (Smith) Greer, who is of English ancestry and was born November 23, 1854. Their children are: I. Henry John- son, born March 8, 1883; II. James Primrose, Jr., born February 28, 1885; III. Clara Greer, born February 4, 1888; IV. Mark Haswell, born December 25, 1892; V. Helen Ed-on, born April 24, 1896. Mr. Pierce is a member of the M. E. church.

Mary Hester Pierce, sister of James Prim- rose Pierce, was married April 9, 1879, to

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Rev. Isaiah D. Johnson. Their children are: I. Elizabeth Hall, born January 7, 1880; II. Mary Viva, born October 18, 1884. Isaiah D. Johnson was the son of Daniel and Mary (Reeves) Johnson, natives of New Jersey and afterward residents of Delaware. He was born in New Jersey, and came to Delaware with his parents when very young. Hle ac- quired his primary education in Smyrna, and was ordained to the M. E. ministry at Lewes in March, 1881, after having taught school for several years, during which time he pre- pared himself for his sacred calling. He was at different times stationed at Milford Neck, Ellendale Circuit, Somerset county, Md. (for two years); Appoquinimink hundred, New Castle county, and Bridgeville, Sus-ex county, where his ministerial work was ended by his death, on March 4, 1877.

WILLIAM PRIMROSE CULLEN, Mil- ford, Del., son of James P. and Sarah (Prim- rose) Cullen, was born in Milford hundred, Kent county, Del., March 24, 1834.

Hezekiah Cullen, grandfather of William Primrose Cullen, was born in Kent county, Del., March 6, 1772, and was a very success- ful farmer. He married Elizabeth Bailey, of Kent county. They had children: Annie; Gideon; James P .; Rachel; George; John W., born in 1809; Sarah, born in 1812; Elizabeth and Mary, born in 1>15. All are deceased. James P. Cullen, son of Hezekiah and Elizabeth Cullen, was born in Kent county, January 12, 1801. In that county he always resided, and was the owner of a well cultivated farm of 150 acres. He married Sarah, daughter of Elias and Amelia Primrose, born in Kent coun- ty. Their children were : I. Heze- kiah, died in childhood ; II. Sarah Ann, deceased; III. Eliza E., married Nicker- son Sapp, and afterwards James B. Ross, was twice widowed; IV. William Primrose; V. Rachel, died at the age of seventeen years; VI. James P., 2, died in infancy; VII. Jos- ephine (Mrs. William II. Mason), of Milford hundred, Kent county; VIII. Harriet E. (Mrs. William Blore), of Camden, N. J. Elizabeth and Mary J., died in infancy. Mr. Cullen died in Kent county, Mrs. Cullen in Wilmington, Del.

William Primrose Cullen remained on the farm during his youth, and attended the pub-

lic schools of his neighborhood, about a mile south of Frederica. Afterward he was en- gaged in the stove and tinware business in Frederica for a period of three years, and then for eight years conducted a similar mer- cantile enterprise at Snow Hill, Md. He re- moved to Milford in October, 1883, and con- tinued the business in this place for ten years, when he was compelled to relinquish it on ae- count of impaired health. In 1886 Mr. Cul- len was appointed justice of the peace and no- tary public and on November 18, 1893, was re-appointed to both offices. In politics he is a Democrat.

On October 4, 1870, in Frederica, William Primrose Cullen was married to Caroline, daughter of Hezekiah and Harriet Rogers, Mrs. Cullen was born in Saratoga county, New York ; the family re- moved to Frederica in 1868. Mr. and Mrs. Cullen have children: I. Arthur B., born September 28, 1871, married Susan Wilkin- son, resides in Wilmington; II. Edith Clark, born July 20, 1873; III. Clara Mabel, born March 6, 1876; IV. Lydia D., born March 21, 1878; V. Harriet, born February 14, 1880. Mr. Cullen is a steward in the M. E. church of Milford.

PHILIP S. GRAHAM, Milford, Del., son of Philip and Ann (Short) Graham, was born in Broad Creek hundred, Sussex county, Del., September 16, 1832.

Ilis grandfather, James Graham, who was of English ancestry, was born in what was then Somerset county, Md., and was through- out his life engaged there in farming. He married Nancy Wright, of Somerset county, Md., and had several children, among whom was Philip.

Philip Graham was born in Maryland, in the old Somerset county, August 10, 1792. While yet a youth, he came to Delaware and afterwards became an extensive and success- ful farmer, in Sussex county. He was twice married. His first wife was Betsie, daughter of William and Nancy Knowles. They had children: I. Nancy (Mrs. George Henry), born June 28, 1819, died in 1882; IT. Eliza- beth (Mrs. Robert T. Phillips) born May 27, 1821, died in 1897; TIT. James, born Febru- ary 10, 1823, died November 9, 1853; IV. Mary E., born January 15, 1825, died in 1882. Mrs. Betsie Graham died February 4,

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1825. Mr. Graham afterward married Ann, daughter of Uriah and Sarah Short, of Sussex county, Del. Their children are: I. Sarah ( Mrs. William Graham), born February 22, 1831; II. Philip S .; III. Uriah S., born Sep- tember 1, 1834; IV. John S., born Novem- ber 19, 1836, died June 8, 1868; V. Benja- min, born March 28, 1839; VI. William W., born June 19, 1841, resides in Ohio; VII. Esther A., born May 7, 1844, died October 11, 1857; VIII. Peter R., born June 25, 1846, was drowned in Ohio, in 1882; IX. Levin H., born April 3, 1849, died in Kansas; X. Solo- mon Franklin, of Kansas, and XI. Catharine (Mrs. Thomas A. Allen), of Nanticoke hun- dred, Sussex county, twins, born December 30, 1852. Philip Graham died in Sussex county, March 18, 1871; Mrs. Ann Graham died November 2, 1874.

Philip S. Graham attended the public schools of Broad Creek hundred, Sussex county, and afterward a select school at Laurel, conducted by Rev. James Hoskins, a clergyman of the P. E. church. For seven years he taught schools in Sussex county, Del., and what was then Somerset county, Md., spending two years in the latter state. Subsequently he was for five years engaged in mercantile pursuits in Concord, Sussex county, and then removed to New Castle county, and for twenty years devoted himself to farming in Appoquinimink and St. George's hundreds. In the latter part of the year 1881 he came to Milford and for seven- teen successive years has been a resident of this place. Four years after coming to Mil- ford he was in charge of public schools. In 1890 Mr. Graham was appointed justice of the peace and notary public, and on January 30, 1897, was re-appointed to these offices. IIe also filled the office of alderman for a term of five years. He is a member of Washington Lodge, No. 1, P. O. S. of A., of Seaford, and of Milford Council, No. 3, Jr. O. U. A. M., of Milford. He is a supporter of the Demo- cratie party.

On December 8, 1858, near Port Penn, New Castle county, Philip S. Graham was married to AAmanda, daughter of Captain Sammel and Ann Jefferson, and widow of Inden M. Pennington. Their children are: I. Martin B., born February 22, 1860, died in childhood; II. Randolph, born November 26, 1861, married Anna Burton, is agent of the

D., M. & V. R. R. at Houston Station, Kent county, Del .; III. Walter P., born April 7, 1864, married Anna Watson, is light-house keeper at Mispillion. Mr. Graham is a mem- ber of the M. E. church. Mrs. Graham is a communicant of the Presbyterian church.

ISAAC HI. LAWS, Milford, Del., son of Henry W. and Lavinia A. (Davis) Laws, was born in Cedar Creek hundred, Sussex county, Del., December 30, 1854.

The Laws family is one of the oldest in Del- aware, the first of the name having settled at Sussex county early in its history, and its members have always enjoyed the respect of the communities in which they resided.

Henry W. Laws, father of Isaac H. Laws, was born in Cedar Creek hundred, Sussex county, but spent the greater part of his life in Milford, where he was engaged in mercan- tile pursuits. IIe was also interested in the coastwise trade and was part owner of sey- eral vessels. In the later years of his life he removed to Williamsburg, Va., where he died. Henry W. Laws was married four times. His first wife was Lavinia A. Davis, of Sussex county. They had children: I. Sarah E. (Mrs. Purnell Stewart), of Milford; II. Isaac II. Mrs. Lavinia A. Laws died in 1856. Mr. Laws married the second time, Sallie Watson, of Sussex county. There is no living issue of this marriage. As his third wife, Mr. Laws married Mary Osborne, of Maryland. To his fourth wife, Mr. Laws was married in Wil- liamsburg, Va. They had one son. Mr. Laws died in May, 1878, a year after his fourth marriage.

Isaac II. Laws remained at home during his early youth, but went to Philadelphia while he was still a boy, and acquired his education in the public schools of that city. After leav- ing the school room he became a salesman for a mercantile house and later spent five years at sea on board of his father's vessels. Then for twelve years he was engaged in farming, and for two years sailed as captain of steamers which plied between Philadelphia and Lewes. In 1893 he returned to Milford and estab- lished himself in business as a merchant. On January 1, 1898, Mr. Laws established an ex- tensive coal and wood vard, in connection with his general mercantile business, but in Au- gust, 1898, he disposed of his mercantile busi- ness and now devotes his entire attention to

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the coal and wood trade. He is also agent for the Atlantic Refining Company of Philadel- phia.

Ile has been very successful and is to-day one of the leading capitalists of his town. Mr. Laws is a member of Crystal Fount Lodge, No. 10, I. O. O. F .; and Sackamas Tribe, No. 10, I. O. R. M., of Milford. He is a mom- ber of the local school board, and in polities is a Republican.

On March 3, 1880, Isaac H. Laws was mar- ried to Lena Jane, daughter of Henry J. and IIester S. (Davis) Pierce, of Cedar Creek hun- dred, Sussex county. They have children: I. Harvey P., born February 12, 1881; II. Thomas Davis; III. Henry Hudson; IV. Cas- per. Mr. Laws and family attend the M. E. church.

ALFRED W. POWELL, Milford, Del., son of Isaac and Mary A. (Cropper) Powell, was born near Newark, Worcester county, Md., June 28, 1858.

Ilis paternal and maternal ancestors were English. His grandfather, Ebenezer Powell, was a resident of Worcester county, Md., and was engaged in farming. He had children: I. Josiah; II. Lambert; III. An- nias; IV. Isaac; V. Alfred; VI. Catharine. Isaac Powell was born on the homestead in Worcester county, and there spent his entire life as a farmer. He married Mary Ann Bowen, of Worcester county, Md., and had children: I. Sarah (Mrs. Edward Q. Clay- ville), of Stockton, Md .; IT. Clara F. (Mrs. Henry Clay Powell), of Pocomoke City, Md .; III. Mary (Mrs. Hall), of Columbus, N. J .; IV. Annie R. (Mrs. Erastus Blades), of Po- comoke City, widow; V. Edith A., of Balti- more, born September 21, 1855, widow of James Borden Robins Cropper; VI. Alfred W. Mr. Powell died in January, 1893; Mrs. Powell died in Poconioke City, November 8, 1887.

The boyhood and early manhood of Alfred W. Powell were passed in Worcester county, Md .; he received his education in the public schools of Snow ITill. When he was about twenty-five years old he obtained a situation as accountant for the firm of Humphreys & Tilghman, of Salisbury, Wicomico county, Md. Three years later he returned to Snow Hill, where mercantile interests occupied his attention for a year. Then he went to eastern

North Carolina and for a year acted as ac- countant for the Gates County Lumber Com- pany. In March, 1888, he returned to Mil- ford and engaged in the lumber and builling material business, associated with Isaac N. Ilearn and Elijah S. Adkins. The firm of Hearn, Adkins & Powell existed for about five years, when the senior members retired. Mr. Powell afterward formed a new partner- ship with William T. Reynolds, since the dis- solution of which Mr. Powell has conducted his large business interests alone. He is a member of Temple Lodge, No. 9, A. F. and A. M. In political affairs he is a Democrat, and a strong adherent of the "gold" wing of the party.

On January 24, 1895, in Milford, Alfred W. Powell was married to Einna Purnell, daughter of William Harrison and Anna E. (Riggs) Davis, of South Milford. They have one child, Mary Elizabeth, born November 27, 1895. Mr. Powell was reared in the M. E. church, and attends the services of that denomination. Mrs. Powell is a consistent member of the Presbyterian church.

HIRAM BARBER, deceased, Milford, Del., son of Milo and Anna (Lane) Barber, was born in Ulster county, N. Y., March 17, 1824; died in Milford, Del., June 2, 1898.

His paternal ancestors were English and spelled their name Barbour. His maternal an- cestors were of French origin. Milo Barber, father of Hiram Barber, removed from Connecticut to Ulster county, N. Y., at an early period in the history of the latter state, and engaged in ag- ricultural pursuits first, and afterwards in mercantile business. He served in the War of 1812. Milo Barber married Anna Lane, daughter of William Lane, who was a pensioner of the Revolutionary War, having spent two years in actual service in the New York Troops. They had children as follows:

I. William, married Mary Mosher, both de- ceased; II. Edmund, married Susan Brad- street, both deceased; III. Henry, married Elizabeth Rose, both deceased; IV. Charles, married Jane Borden; V. Hiram, deceased, married Anna Morrison English; VI. Milo, married Jemima Seckendorf: VII. Lucinda, married Richard Cator, both deceased; VIII. Julia, married Isaac Vanderhort, both dos ceased: IX. Fidelia, married Eli Barber, both

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deceased; V. Jane, married William Wagon- er, both deceased; XI. Matilda, married Anson Wagoner, both deceased, had two chil- dren who died in infancy.

Hiram Barber spent his boyhood and early manhood in Ulster county, N. Y. His edu- cation was obtained principally at Ailanthus Ilall, a large boarding school in Morristown, N. J., conducted by Professor William Met- calf. After completing his studies there, he engaged in business in Margaretville, Dela- ware county, N. Y. Three years later he disposed of his mercantile interests there, and removed to Bangor, Me., where he established himself in the lumber trade. Four years afterward he went to Lycoming county, Pa., and was engaged in the lumber business in English Centre for a period of twelve years. Mr. Barber was well posted in the laws of . the state, and was several times elected jus- tice of the peace, and notary public. As a magistrate, he acquired an enviable reputa- tion for the soundness of his judicial rulings and judgments; not one of his decisions was ever reversed by the higher courts. Desir- ing a warmer climate, Mr. Barber removed to Milford, Del., in December, 1862. IIe bought, repaired and for some time success- fully ran Davis' Mills, near Lincoln, now owned by F. W. Davis & Co. He next built on the site of the present mill, a large mill and foundry, which was entirely destroyed by fire in 1872. The insurance had just ex- pired and the loss was total. One of those testimonials which come only to men of the highest character and stanchest integrity, and which are such eloquent evidences of the rich- ness of brotherly kindness in man, was ten- dered to Mr. Barber. The neighbors offered to present to him a sum of money sufficient to rebuild his mills. The tender was a grati- fving one, but Mr. Barber would not accept it. IIe did, however, receive the money as a loan, erected new buildings, plunged into business more energetically than ever, and in a short time repaid every cent of the money his friends had advanced him. In 1891 Mr. Barber retired from active business, but con- tinued to reside in Milford, where he died sud- denly, at his home, June 2, 1898, having lived a long, active and useful life. His sud- den death was a shock to his family and to his large circle of friends. Mr. Barber was connected with the Masonic Fraternity for

over twenty years. Throughout his life he was a strict Prohibitionist.

On July 23, 1852, in Cogan Valley, Pa .. Hiram Barber married Anna M., daughter of William and Margaret ( Morrison) Engli-h. who was born August 10, 1835, in Lycoming county, Pa. They had six children: I. Milo, of Milford, born June 10, 1853; II. Marga- ret Cornelius, born November 15, 1855; mar- ried Joseph S. Bradley, August 3, 1851, ha- one son, Hiram Barber, born March 6, 1859; III. Mary Ellen, of Cedar Creek hundred, born November 18, 1857, married B. F. B. Woodall, October 11, 1882; IV. Hiram (., born April 17, 1861, died June 29, 1862; V. Coralinn Morrison, born February 27, 1868; VI. Anna M., born April 26, 1872, died June 25, 1872. Mr. Barber was connected with the M. E. church from his childhood and was always a consistent and liberal member; he was a generous contributor to the fund for the erection of the new church edifice in Milford. Hle served as a member of the board of trus- tees, as a steward, and as secretary and treas- urer of the Board of Missions for more than thirty years. He had ever been faithful to his church and had been instrumental in doing much good to his fellow men.

Mrs. Anna M. Barber is descended from early settlers of Lycoming county, Pa. John and James English, brothers, natives of Mas- sachusetts, and of English extraction, went to Bailey island in the Susquehanna river after the Revolutionary war, and cleared that tract of land. They had been aides-de-camp to General Washington and had witnessed the execution of Major Andre, October 2, 1780. After remaining for a short time at Bailey's island, John English removed to Button- wood island, Cummings township, becoming the first settler in that township. He was married to Fannie Casper, and their log home in the then wild country was often visited by parties of Indians on hunting and fishing ex- peditions. John English died in 1846, aged ninety-nine years, at the home of his daugh- ter, Mrs. Thomas Ramsey, in Cummings township. He had a number of children, one of them John, 2. John English, 2, was born on Pine Creek, Lycoming county, Pa. He was all his life a farmer. He married Elizabeth Miller, and they had fourteen children, one of wheni was William, who lived for years near what is now known as English Centre, Lycom-

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ing county, Pa. William English married Margaret Morrison and they had sixteen chil- dren one of whom was Anna M. He, as well as his father and grandfather, was noted for his piety and was a member of the M. E. church. The Morrison family resided in Jersey Shore, Lycoming county, and was prominent there in an earlier day. Their descendants are now living principally in Cincinnati, Ohio, and are well known in that city.

HON. S. JOHN ABBOTT, Milford, Del., son of William W. and Mary C. (Purnell) Ab- bott, was born in Cedar Creek hundred, Sussex county, Del., March 23, 1852.

The Abbott family is one of the oldest fam- ilies on the Delaware and Maryland peninsula, as they were settled here as early as 1639, and they were and always have been men of affairs, and taken an interest in all matters of the day and generation in which they lived, both in church and state.

John Abbott, grandfather of S. John Ab- bott, was left an orphan at an early age, and his struggle with the world was not an easy one, but it brought him success. He never re- moved from Delaware, and resided the greater part of his life in Cedar Creek hundred, where he was extensively engaged in farming. He married Lydia, daughter of Thomas and - - (Virden) Wilson, of Sussex county; her an- cestors were among the earliest residents of that county. Mr. and Mrs. John Abbott had children: I. William W .; II. Heury Harri- son; III. Eliza Jane (Mrs. Thomas J. Pur- nell), of Cedar Creek hundred. John Abbott died in 1877, and his wife in 1888.

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Biographical and genealogical history of the state of Delaware, Vol. II, Part 21

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