Biographical and genealogical history of the state of Delaware, Vol. II, Part 36

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

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WILLIAM PARKER NICHOLS, Lewes, Del., son of Parker and Nancy ( Roberts) Nichols, was born in Baltimore hundred, Sus- sex county, Del., May 10, 1836.

Ilis father, Parker Nichols, was born in Millsboro, Sussex county, in 1789. He was a sca-faring man, a soldier in the War of 1812, and in his later years a farmer. His early love for the sea was inherited by his sons. In 1517 he married Nancy, daughter of James and Mary Roberts. They had children: I. Rob- ert M., a sea captain, born November 2, 1818, died in 1894; II. Mary Jane (Mrs. John John- son), deceased, was born December 6, 1520; III. Charles, of Philadelphia, a sea captain; IV. Martha A., born August 7, 1825, died March 24, 1826; V. Edward D., a ship broker of New York City, born August 9, 1827; VI. Sarah Ann ( Mrs. George Lewis), a widow, of Philadelphia, born November 10, 1829, died November 10, 1898; VII. William Parker. Parker Nichols died in 1869; his widow Sep- tember 23, 1862, aged sixty-five years.

William Parker Nichols was educated in the public schools of his neighborhood, and when sixteen years old shipped before the mast on an ocean merchantman. He followed the sea for twenty-one years, the first six as ordin- ary seaman, three as first mate, and twelve as captain of sailing vessels. In 1874 he left the sea and engaged in the general merchandise business in Lewes, continuing in it until Jan- mary, 1897, when he sold his stock of goods and entered upon the sale of agricultural im- plements and phosphates. He was appointed receiver of taxes for Lewes and Reboboth hun-

dred in 1897. Mr. Nichols is a useful and re- spected citizen, and has served the people well in a number of public offices; he has been a member of the school board and town coun- cil, and is one of the leading factors in the board of trade. His political views are those of the Republican party.

William Parker Nichols was married April 15, 1867, to Bertha M., danghter of Captain James M. and Hetty Tunnell. Their chil- dren are: I. a daughter, died in infancy; II. Helena M. (Mrs. Roman Tammany); III. Au- gusta, a trained nurse, of Washington, D. C .; IV. Anna R., at home; V. a daughter, died in infancy. Mr. Nichols and family are mem- bers of the Presbyterian church.

JOHN HAMILTON HAMMETT KEL- LY, Lewes, Del., son of James R. and Sarah J. (Schellinger) Kelly, was born in Philadel- phia, Pa., November 7, 1859.

His father and mother were both natives of Philadelphia. James R. Kelly was a sea-far- ing man, and for a time was captain of a ves- sel, and later a Delaware Bay pilot. Two of their children were John HI. II. Kelly and James Robinson Kelly, 2. John Hamilton Hammett Kelly was educated in the public schools of Philadelphia. He determined to adopt his father's profession, and at the age of sixteen, the time considered proper by sea- wise people, began his apprenticeship as a pilot. In due time he received his commission, and has since been an active navigator. In 1883 he removed to Lewes, and in 1894 pur- chased the house he now occupies. He is a member of the I. O. O. F. and I. O. II., of the board of health and of the board of trade. Ile is a Democrat.

John H. H. Kelly was married December 6, 1883, to Jennie, daughter of John R. and Eliza Price, of Lowes. They have children: 1. Annie R .; II. Elizabeth S .; III. Virginia S. The Kelly family are members of the M. E. church.

James Robinson Kelly, 2, was born in Phil- adelphia, July 16, 1857. He attended the public schools in that city and when sixteen years went aboard a pilot boat to learn the ways by which vessels may pass in safety over the waters of Delaware Bay. Seven years later, he was commissioned a bay pilot, and has ever since followed that vocation.

On July 17, 1589, James R. Kelly, 2, was

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married to Carrie M., daughter of Wrexham W. and Lydia E. Clifton. Their children are: I. James R., 3, born July 19, 1890, died Sep- tember 30, 1890; II. Eugene C., born Sep- tember 22, 1892; III. Cecilia M., born July 30, 1894. Mr. and Mrs. Kelly attend the Presbyterian church.

JOHN AUGUSTUS CLAMPITT, Lewes, Del., son of John and Anna (Bryan) Clam- pitt, was born in Philadelphia, Pa., November 11, 1824.

Ilis father was a native of Sussex county, Del., and a Delaware Bay pilot. He married Anna Bryan. They had children: I. Catha- rine, deceased; II. Mary A., deceased; III. James, deceased; IV. Elizabeth, deceased; V. Mary A., deceased; VI. Sarah (Mrs. Joseph Ames), resides abroad; VII. Hester, deceased; VIII. John Augustus; LX. George, deceased; X. Charles, of Pittsburg, Pa .; XI. Mary A., deceased.

Jolm Augustus Clampitt received a fair education, and when seventeen years old be- gan an apprenticeship in carpentry and join- ing. After completing his period of inden- ture he followed his trade for many years. In 1872 he removed to Lewes, and in 1876 en- tered the service of the government as a mem- ber of the life saving crew at Lewes. IIe re- mained in this employ until 1894 when he re- tired, after having served for some time as captain of the crew. He is a member of the F. and A. M. and of the Republican party.

John Angustus Clampitt married, July 3, 1849, Mary E., daughter of James and Re- becca West, of Lewes. Their only child, James A., a Delaware Bay pilot, resides in Philadelphia. Mrs. Clampitt died February 5, 1885.

THOMAS HOWARD CARPENTER, Lewes, Del., son of Thomas H., 2, and C'atha- rine F. (Marshall) Carpenter, was born in St. Louis, Mo., August 19, 1866.

The Carpenter family is an old one in Del- aware. Tradition has it that the founder of the family here whose name, it is supposed, was James, was landed at Lewes from a British man of war about 1770, on account of a very severe illness, and that he found both renewed health and a wife in Lewes. He had one son, James Carpenter, who was born in Lewes, May 15, 1775, and married Mary Dean, Feb-

ruary 15, 1798. They had children: I. Com- fort H. (Mrs. - Brown), born June 12, 1799, resided in Philadelphia; II. Nancy, born January 28, 1801, died March 24, 1805; III. Elizabeth, born November 13, 1802; IV. Thomas II., born March 28, 1804; V. Robert II., born April 18, 1806, died September 14, 1808; VI. Mary R., born February 13, 1805, died in Philadelphia, December 24, 1842; VII. John D., born April 13, 1810, died in Philadelphia, September 1, 1859; VIII. Jane ( Mrs. -Sweney), born July 2, 1512, died June 25, 1847; IX. Lydia ( Mrs.

Coverdale), born June 28, 1815, died Decem- ber 15, 1839; X. Elizabeth (Mrs. Henry Vir- den), born January 24, 1818, date of death not known; XI. James, born August 15, 1820, died February 25, 1842, just after hav- ing been commissioned as a pilot; XII. Mar- garet (Mrs. Henry Long), born April 2, 1822, date of death unrecorded; XIII. Benjamin, born September 22, 1825, killed on a railroad in the south. Mr. Carpenter died January 7, 1861. Mrs. Carpenter, who was born Jan- mary 16, 1781, died July 3, 1858.

Their eldest son, Thomas H. Carpenter, born in Lewes, was a blacksmith, and followed this occupation first in Lewes, then in Phila- dephia and afterwards again in Lewes. On March 4, 1826, in Philadelphia, he married Margaret M., daughter of Warrington and Hester Staton, of Accomack county, Va .; she was born April 12, 1806. Mr. and Mrs. Carpenter had children: I. Mary Quinn (Mrs. Jacob A. Marshall), born in Philadelphia, April 7, 1827, died in Lewes, January 16, 1886; II. Thomas II., 2, born in Philadelphia, December 10, 1829; III. James II., born in Lewes, October 9, 1838, died in Corning, Ark., November 13, 1877. Mr. Carpenter died May 20, 1858; his wife also is deceased.

Thomas H. Carpenter, 2, their eldest son, received a common school education in Lewes and when twenty years old went to Philadel- phia and was employed for a year as clerk in a hardware store. He then went to St. Louis, Mo., where he established himself in the hard- ware and crockery business. Later he entered the Mechanics' Bank as book-keeper and was promoted at various times until he is now as- sistant cashier. On September 3, 1850, Thomas H. Carpenter, 2, married Catharino I., daughter of David J. and Eliza 1. Mar- shall, of Lewes, who was born December 26,

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1835. Their children are: I. Louis Marshall, born October 5, 1859, member of a dramatic company in Chicago, Ill .; II. Mary Quinn ( Mrs. William Maull), of Lewes, Del., born August 26, 1861; Ill. Anna Eliza, born Sep- tember 24, 1863, resides with her father; IV. Thomas II., 3, born August 19, 1866. All the children were born in St. Louis. Mrs. Car- penter died in St. Louis, June 29, 1869, of cholera and was buried in that city in Belle- fontaine cemetery.

Thomas Howard Carpenter, 3, was born in St. Louis, but has lived in Delaware nearly all his life. When he was nine months old he was brought to Lewes, and was reared by his grandparents, David J. and Eliza A. Mar- shall. He was educated in the public schools of Lewes, and at sixteen years of age began his apprenticeship aboard a pilot-boat. Six years later, in 1888, he received a commission as pilot. Mr. Carpenter is a member of the Lewes board of trade and a Democrat. He resides with his grandmother, who is eighty- six years of age. Thomas H. Carpenter was married June 28, 1898, to Eliza Virginia Beard, of Greenville, S. C.

EDWARD R. MESSICK, Lewis, Del., son of Captain Edward R. and Mary (Conwell) Messick, was born in Lewes, July 25, 1870.

His ancestry was German. His great- grandfather was John Messick, a native of Sussex county, Del., and a farmer. John Mes- sick married Mary Lindell, July 23, 1803. They had children: I. Minus R., born July 21, 1804; II. Seth, born October 2, 1806; TII. Araminta W., born June 18, 1809; IV. C'e- lia, born December 6, 1812; V. John, 2, born September 4, 1815; VI. George, born May 23, 1817. Mr. Messick died in 18 --; his wife died January 5, 1852. Their second son, Seth Messick, was born in Sussex county, Del., and after receiving a common school education, followed the example of many of his compan- ions, and went to sea. He was a sailor for nearly half a century, until, in 1867, he re- tired from the captain's bridge and engaged in mercantile business at Lewes. Ten years later he sold his stock and opened a store in Reho- both which he continued to manage until his death. Ile was a member of the I. O. O. F., and was active in Republican polities. On May 16, 1831, Seth Messick married Mrs. Ruth Hudson, a daughter of Levin Lank, who was

born February 11, 1805. They had children: I. Edward R., born October 9, 1833; II. George R., blacksmith, of Georgetown, Del., born October 1, 1835; III. Lydia E. (Mrs. Wrexham Clifton), of Lewes; born September 22, 1838; IV. Samuel J., born December 12, 1841, died September 25, 1842. Mr. Messick died February 17, 1882; his wife June 2, 1879.

Edward R. Messick was born in Lewes. Af- ter obtaining a common school education, he became a steam-boat engineer, and followed that occupation for a number of years. He married Mary, daughter of William and Eliz- abeth Conwell. They had these children: I. Martha (Mrs. John Maull), widow, of Lewes; II. Ruth (Mrs. William Carsons), of Lewes; III. Mary E. (Mrs. Harry C. Maul!), of Lewes; IV. Lydia ( Mrs. Marshall Bertrand ), deceased; V. Edward R., 2; VI. Clara (Mrs. George Coverdale), of Lewes; VII. Lewes. Edward R. Messick died February 14, 1893.

Edward R. Messick, 2, was a pupil in the public schools of Lewes when a boy, and at the age of nineteen went aboard a pilot boat as ap- prentice. In September, 1895, he received a commission as a Delaware Bay pilot. He is a member of the A. O. U. W., and votes with the Democratic party.

On December 11, 1895, Edward R. Messick married Laura A., daughter of Schubel P. Hewes, of Lewes, who was born July 14, 1868. They have one son, Edward Hewes, born De- cember 14, 1896. Mr. and Mrs. Messick at- tend the Presbyterian church.

GEORGE LEWIS CHAMBERS, de- ceased, Lewes, Del., son of George Peter and Hannah D. (Hancock) Chambers, was born in Lewes, May 28, 1839.

George Peter Chambers was born in Copen- hagen, Denmark, March 10, 1810. He at- tended the schools of his native place in child- hood, but early became a sailor, adopting the occupation naturally chosen by many of his countrymen, in which they display more than ordinary skill. About 1829, he came to Amer- ica and resided for a year in Philadelphia, set- tling after that in Lewes, Del., for the re- mainder of his life. Mr. Chambers was owner of a small schooner, and in his first years in this country was engaged in trading voyages on the Delaware Bay. He was employed in the construction of the Delaware Breakwater.

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Mr. Chambers became one of the most re- spected citizens of Lewes. He was a member of Atlantic Lodge, I. O. O. F., and was a stanch Democrat. George Peter Chambers married, August 14, 1834, Hannah C. Han- cock, of Lewes. They had children: 1. Peter Jeffries, of Lewes, a Delaware Bay pilot, born November 15, 1835; 11. Mary A. (Mrs. Thomas Wallace), of Philadelphia, born Feb- ruary 3, 1837, widow; HI. George Lewis; IV. Hannah Clark (Mrs. David Murray), of Lewes, born March 15, 1842; V. William E., merchant, of Lewes, born December 15, 1844; VI. Elizabeth B., born June 3, 1847, died July 8, 1847. Mrs. Hannah C. Chambers died July 5, 1847. On March 6, 1848, Mr. Chambers married Ruth S. Hopkins, of Lewes. Their children were: I. Robert C., of Lewes, a Delaware Bay pilot, born June 1, 1849; II. Francis L., born March 14, 1851; III. Mar- garet E., born February 16, 1833, died May 28, 1857; IV. Jeremiah B., barn July 1, 1855, died August 22, 1856. Mrs. Ruth S. Chambers died November 17, 1879; Mr. Chambers died July 15, 1889. Mr. Chambers was a life-long member of the M. E. church.

George Lewis Chambers received a common school education and when fifteen years old became an apprentice to David J. Rowland, a Delaware pilot. After six years of instruc- tion from this experienced bay navigator, Mr. Chambers was given a commission as pilot for nine feet vessels. This commission he re- ceived August 27, 1860. Six months later ho was commissioned to guide twelve-feet boats through the Delaware and a year afterward received his commission as a first-class pilot. Ile was one of the most trustworthy and popu- lar men engaged in his occupation on the bay. He was a member of Jefferson Lodge, No. 15, F. & A. M., and was connected with it from 1863. In politics he was a Democrat.

On October 17, 1881, George Lewis Cham- bers was married to Carrie L., daughter of Lewis Reynolds, of Lewes and Rehoboth hun- dred, who survives him. George Lewis Chambers died in Lewes November 1, 1898.

FRANK MAULL, Lewes, Del., son of Wil- liam S. and Elizabeth (Reynolds) Maull, was born in Philadelphia, Pa., September 16, 1854.

The founder of the Maull family in Amer- ica was John Maull or Moll, a native of Eng-

land, of whom and of whose immediate de- svendants an account is given in the sketch of Charles Henry Maull, in this work. John Maull married Mary Field; their third chill was John Maull, 2. a ship carpenter and a resi- dent of Lewes. He married Mary Marsh, and had ten children. John Maull, 3, fourth son of John and Mary ( Marsh) Manll, was born in Lewes, and was, like his father, a ship car- penter. He married Sarah, daughter of James Rowland, also a native of Lewes.

Their children were: I. James R., born October 3, 1797; II. Deborah, born January 14, 1800; III. John, born September 25, 1802; IV. Samuel, born April 22, 1805; V. William S., born November 29, 1807; VI. Thomas, born January 11, 1811; VII. Eliza A. (Mrs. David J. Marshall), of Lewes, widow, born March 13, 1813; VIII. Cath- arine R., born July 23, 1816. All are dead except Mrs. Marshall. Mr. Maull died Octo- ber 9, 1816; the date of his wife's death is not known.

James R. Maull, 'eldest child of John and Sarah (Rowland) Maull, was born in Lewes. Like his father and grandfather, he learned ship carpentry. On February 25, 1823, he married Hannah, daughter of Jacob and Han- nah Conwell, who was born November 24, 1801. They had children: I. John A., born May 7, 1824, died September 8, 1873; II. Ja- cob C., born September 23, 1826, blacksmith, of Philadelphia; III. Edward H., born Octo- ber 25, 1828, carpenter, of Philadelphia; IV. Sarah, born April 24, 1831, died June 19, 1896; V. James R., born July 25, 1833, died in infancy; VI. Samuel R., born December 1, 1835, died April 1, 1895; VII. Hannah C., born August 9, 1837, resides in Lewes; VIII. Emily (Mrs. Jacob A. Rowland), of Lewes, widow, born November 27, 1839; IX. James R., 2, born June 13, 1843, farmer, of Lewes. Mr. Maull died in 1847; his wife in 1850.

William S. Maull, fifth child of John and Sarah (Rowland) Manll, was born in Lewes. After attending school for some time, he learned ship carpentry under his father's in- structions and worked at that trade through- out life. Ile was a member of the F. and .1. M. and of the Democratic party. William S. Maull married Sarah P. Burton, of Millsboro, Sussex county, Del., and had children: 1. Charles A., blacksmith, of Philadelphia; II. William B., carpenter, of Rutledge, Pa. Mrs.

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Sarah P. Maull died, and William S. Maull married Elizabeth, daughter of William and Mary Reynolds, of Lewes and Rehoboth hun- dred. By thissecond marriage he had children : 1. Harry, diedin infancy; II. Frank, born Sep- tember 16, 1854; III. Harry C., born Febru- ary 16, 1857; IV. Samuel, born May 15, 1859, carpenter, of Lewes; V. James E., born January 8, 1862, resides in Lewes; VI. Mary J. (Mrs. James Carter), of Burlington, N. J., born March 7, 1864; VII. Irwin V., born July 17, 1866, street car conductor, of Phila- delphia; VIII. Clara M. (Mrs. Harry G. Firth), deceased, was born February 24, 1869; IX. George M., born March 25, 1872, resides in Lewes; X. Sarah, born May 18, 1874, de- ceased. Mr. Maull died in Lewes December 14, 1895; his wife May 30, 1888.

Frank Maull, second son of William S. Maull, was educated in the public schools of Lewes. When he was fourteen years of age he was apprenticed to a pilot and at age of twenty-one received his commission, anthoriz- ing him to conduct vessels on the Delaware bay and river. He has since followed that oc- enpation. In 1879 Mr. Maull erected a com- fortable and attractive home for his family in Lowes. Ile is connected with the I. O. O. F. and with the Democratic party. On March 7, 1877, Frank Maull married Ida Virginia, daughter of John and Sarah A. (Lingo) Wil- liams, who was born June 4, 1860. Their children are: I. Euphemia Virginia, born September 28, 1878; II. Harriet, born Sep- tember 21, 1880; III. Elizabeth S., born April -27, 1883, died August 12, 1884. Mr. Maull and family are members of the M. E. church.

John Williams, father of Mrs. Frank Maull, was born in Leeds, England, January 11, 1822, and came to America in 1842 -et- thing in New York City. In 1866 he came to Lewes. He was a photographer and barber. He married Sarah A. Lingo, of Lewes. They had children: I. Emma (Mrs. Samuel R. Maull), of Philadelphia; IT. Ida V. (Mrs. Frank Maull), of Lewes. Mr. Williams was killed, May 18, 1889, by falling from a build- ing in Lewes. His widow resides with her danghter, Mrs. Frank Maull.

Harry C. Maull, third child of William S. and Elizabeth Maull, was born in Lewes. He was sent when very young to the public schools of that place, and when ten years old became an immate of the home of his aunt,

Mrs. Eliza A. Marshall, of Lewes. The long- ing for the sea was as strong in him as it had been in many of his ancestors and living rela- tives, and at fifteen years he shipped on a pilot boat. Three years later he was apprenticed to Thomas C. Marshall, a well-known pilot. In 1881 he received his commission, licensing him to act as pilot, and has continued work- ing under its provisions to the present. In 1892 Mr. Maull built for his occupancy a well- appointed residence at the corner of Third and Mulberry streets, Lewes. He is a member of the F. and A. M., I. O. O. F. and A. O. U. W. Ile belongs to the board of trade. In polities he is independent.

Harry C. Maull married, July 20, 1881, Mary E., daughter of Edward R. and Mary HI. (Conwell) Messick, who was born April 5, 1862. Their children are: I. Harry M., born November 8, 1885; II. Helena W., born on March 11, 1889, died October 1, 1892. On November 24, 1897, Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Maull adopted, in legal form, Marshall Bertrand, 2, son of Marshal and Lydia (Messick) Bertrand, who was born April 6, 1893. Mr. Maull and family are members of the M. E. church.

DAVID WALTER BURBAGE, Lewes, Del., son of Henry Washington Marshall and Sarah A. (Hitchens) Burbage, was born in Cedar Neck, Sussex county, Del., May 22, 1863.

Ilis ancestors were English. Three broth- ers, Hampton, Joshua and Peter Burbage, came to America before the Revolutionary War. They purchased three vessels, a brig, a sloop and a top-sail schooner, engaged in the molasses trade, sailing between Horntown, Va., and the West Indies, and became exten- sively connected in business. Hampton Bur- bage was the great-grandfather of David Wal- ter Burbage. He had children: I. Henry Schofield; II. Joshua; III. Simcon; IV. John; V. Peter; VI. Thomas; VIT. Elias; VIII. Rachel. Hampton Burbage died about 1800, aged ninety-five years. His ellest son, Henry Schofield Burbage, was born near the Maryland line, March 19, 1785, died May 22, 1865. Ile was a farmer, carpenter and shoe- maker, combining, as did many others in those days of sparsely settled communities, several trades because of the exegencies of the times. He was four times married. His first wife was Pattie Hudson, and their children were:

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I. Wealthy; II. David W .; III. Walter HI .; IV. Levin D .; V. Sarah; VI. Ann. Henry Schofield Burbage married as his second wife Ann Davis. They had one child, Henry Washington Marshall. After the death of Mrs. Ann Burbage, Mr. Burbage married Sa- rah I. Purnell. Ilis fourth wife was Pris- cilla Wharton; their children were: I. Pattie Il .; II. Silas; III. William D .; IV. Ilettie; V. Theodore. Mr. Barbage died May 22, 1865.

Henry Washington Burbage, only child of Henry Schofield and Ann (Davis) Burbage, was born near Millville, Del., August 7, 1825. Ile was educated in the schools of his vicinity, and when seventeen years old shippedl before the mast. Ten years later, in 1852, he at- tained the rank of captain, and continued sail- ing until 1884. He was a noted seaman. Early in life, he was second mate of the Jonathan May, the first three-masted schooner which cleared the port of Philadelphia and the first to enter the harbor of Sagua la Grande, Cuba. Afterward, about 1868, Mr. Burbage became a pilot for foreign vessels on the At- lantic coast and continued in that occupation until 1884, when he retired from the sea. On March 23, 1859, Henry W. M. Burbage was married to Sarah A. Hitchens, a native of Bal- timore hundred, Sussex county. They had children: I. Frank L., seaman, of Lewes, horn March 24, 1861; II. David W .; III. Henry W., of Lewes, born March 11, 1867. Mrs. Sarah A. Burbage died March 21, 1868, aged 28 years. Mr. Burbage married again, his wife being Catharine Loper, widow of Enoch Loper and daughter of Frank and Ann Belle, of Salem, N. J. Mr. and Mrs. Burbage reside in Lewes.

David Walter Burbage is essentially a self- educated man. As a youth he received the training afforded him for a brief period by a select school in Lewes, but this term in the school room was necessarily limited. In 1882, at the age of nineteen, he was engaged by the United States Government as reporting agent at the Delaware breakwater. In 1884 he formed the firm of D .. W. Burbage & Co., agents for ships and steamship brokers, vessel owners and consigners. His business is exten- sive and is growing in volume by reason of the assiduity with which its various departments carry out the work assigned to them. Mr. Burbage is a member of Jefferson Lodge, No. 15, F. & A. M., of Lewes; and of Atlantic

Lodge, No. 15, I. O. O. F. He is a firm be- liever in Prohibition, and a member of the party, which yearly grows larger by its eu- deavors to obtain a triumph for its principles at the polls.

On February 2, 1888, David Walter Bur- bage was married to Anna Charlotte, daugh- ter of Joseph and Margaret Pahner, of Lewes, Del. They have one child, Maggie, born July 2, 1889. Mr. and Mrs. Burbage are members of the M. E. church.

EDWARD RUSSELL, Lewes, Del., son of William and Elizabeth (Coleman) Russell, was born in Lewes, February 17, 1830.

Ilis grandfather, Emanuel Russell, who was of English descent, was born in Sussex county, Del., and always lived in Broadkiln hundred. Ile was a shipbuilder, and controlled an exten- sie trade. He married Esther Heavalo, and had children: I. Henry; II. William; III. Robert; IV. and V. children who died early. All the famiy are deceased; Emanuel Russell died in Broadkiln hundred; his wife also died in August, 1829. Their second son, William Russell, was born May 16, 1777, in Broadkiln hundred, Sussex county, where he spent his early life. At Milford, Del., he acquired his trade as a tanner and currier and some time later established himself in Lewes as a tanner, to which business he added the cultivation of a farm. William Russell married Elizabeth, daughter of William Coleman, born in Lewes and Rehoboth hundred and of Welsh descent. Their children are: I. Robert, of Lewes, born in 1813, married Ellen Coleman, has children, i. Samuel C., ii. Annie B., iii. Alfred; II. James II., born July 16, 1816, married Mary Ann Rowland, haschildren, i. William, ii. Mar- tha, iii. Lydia, iv. James, v. Mary, vi. Eliza- beth, vii. Jacob 1., and after the death of his first wife married Abigail D. Bennett; III. Elizabeth Maud (Mrs. Captain William Rhoads), widow, of Lewes, has two sons, i. William IT. and ii. Edward R. Rhoads, she was first married to Captain James Clifton, and both husbands were lost at sea; IV. Wil- liam T., M. D., of South Carolina, born June 17, 1827, married May Stevens, has five chil- dren; V. Edward; VI. Mary P., born in 1833; VII. Esther, born in 1836, married Edward Dean, of South Carolina, who is deceased. William Russell died in Lewes, December 20, 1858; Mrs. Russell, August 6, 1863.

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Biographical and genealogical history of the state of Delaware, Vol. II, Part 36

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