Biographical and genealogical history of the state of Delaware, Vol. II, Part 42

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

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Peter P. Dodd remained at home and aided in tilling the ancestral acres, being "subject to his father in all things," until he was twen- ty-one. His whole life was spent on the farm on which he was born. He has proved himself a worthy heir, and by his careful manage- ment, has increased the value of the land which has borne the family name for genera- tions. Mr. Dodd cast his first vote for Wil- liam Henry Harrison in 1840, but later identi- tied himself with the Whig, and afterwards with the Republican party. He has never held or desired office, being content to work in the ranks, and to vote for the right as he saw it.

Peter Parker Dodd was married, February 14, 1542, to Mary, daughter of William and Elizabeth (Blizzard) Palmore. Of their ten children one died in early infancy. Those who reached maturity are: I. Elizabeth IIes- ter, of Philadelphia, Pa., born November 28, 1842; 1I. Sarah Emily (Mrs. Joseph K. Vicken), born December 12, 1844, died De- cember 25, 1885, leaving children, i. Samuel P., ii. Joseph W .; THI. Mary Ann ( Mrs. Ab- salom Rust), born November 15, 1846, has

children, i. Rufus W., ii. Laura L., iii. Luther E., iv. Charles, v. Wilber C., vi. Frank, vii. Lilly M., viii. Mary B., ix. Annie U .; IV. Peter Absalom, born September 11, 1848, married and living at Rodney Station, Sussex county, Delaware, has one son, Edward Wal- ter; V. John Houston, of Georgetown hun- dred, born March 5, 1851, has children, i. Jennie D., ii. Golda Walter, iii. John Hollis, iv. Blanch Helen; VI. Rhoda Jane, born February 15, 1853, married and living in Philadelphia; VII. Matilda Adeline (Mr -. William Pettyjolm), of Sussex county, born April 19, 1855, has children, i. Pierey W., ii. Hollace A., iii. Homer K., iv. Flossie H., v. Ottie G .; VIII. Charles Edward, of George- town hundred, born January 16, 1857, mar- ried Linda Rust, has children, i. Harry C., ii. Anna M., iii. Emma E., iv. Dessie D .; IX. Lewis Walter, of Georgetown hundred, born August 5, 1861, married Gertrude Hobbs, has children, i. Delema W., born December'S, 1583, ii. Laura R., born October 25, 1887, iii. Lottie P., born August 12, 1889, iv. Frank A., born January 8, 1893, v. Frederick L., born August 20, 1895, vi. Mary E., born July 6, 1898.

Peter Dodd belongs to St. John's M. E. church in which he has been class-leader and steward. He is an active worker, and is the oldest member of the congregation, his mem- bership dating from 1848.

PETER J. HART, P. O. Georgetown, Sussex county, Del., son of Burton and Eliza F. (Dodd) Hart, was born in Broadkiln hun- died, Sussex county, Del., June 7, 1839.

Zachariah Hart, great-grandfather of Peter J. Hart, an emigrant from Ireland, settled on the Indian River, Sussex county, Del. He was a master mechanic, and was engaged in ship-building. Zachariah Hart was married to Nancy Burton, of Sussex county. They had one child, Zachariah. Mr. Hart died at his home in Sussex county, in 1786.

Zachariah Hart, 2, grandfather of Peter J. Hart, was born in Indian River hundred, Sussex county, Del., in 1759. He was a blacksmith, and worked at his trade until the time of his death. Mr. Hart was an intelli- gent, industrious citizen, highly esteemed in the neighborhood. Zachariah Hart was mar- ried to Nancy Johnson. Their children are: I. Naomi, married John Golding, who died in

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1860, leaving two children, i. Elizabeth, ii. Charlotte; IT. Nancy (Mrs. Christopher Sockreder), died in 1850, leaving two chil- dren, i. James, ii. John; III. Burton Jack- son; IV. Isaac, succeeded his father in busi- ness, married Rhoda Johnson, died in 1853, leaving four children, i. Peter R., ii. William, iii. John, iv. Eliza An. Zachariah HI. Hart, 2, died at his home in Indian River hundred in 1809; his widow died in 1819.

Burton Jackson Hart, eldest son of Zacha- riah and Naney (Johnson) Hart, was born near Springfield Church, Sussex county, Del., October 17, 1802. For many years Mr. Hart . rented and cultivated a farm belonging to Dr. Jackson, still known as the Burton Hart farm, situated near Milton, Del. In 1850, he removed to Georgetown hundred, Sussex county, Del., and purchased a farmi of 30 acres which he cultivated until the time of his.death. Burton J. Hart was married, June 15, 1823, to Eliza F., daughter of Absalom and Hester (Warrington) Dodd, who was born October 16, 1804. Their children are: I. Sarah Emeline (Mrs. John Bowers), born October 17, 1825, died in 1875, leaving one child; II. Cornelius Coulter, born December 12, 1827, married Elizabeth Greenley, died in 1869, leaving five children; III. Hester Stokely (Mrs. Edward P. Davis), born No- vember 27, 1828, died in Wilmington, Del., in 1869, leaving seven children; IV. James Dutton, born January 12, 1831, married Eliza J. Willey, has four children; V. Eliza Ann (Mrs. William Vaugh), born March 20, 1834, died in May, 1871; VI. Matilda Adaline (Mrs. Kenzie J. Jones), born February 25, 1836, has three children; VII. Peter Jackson; VIII. Alfred Burton, married Catharine Dickerson, died from the effect of an acci- dent, June 25, 1876; IX. Mary Elizabeth (Mrs. Oliver Greenly), born April 22, 1842, has three children; X. Clement Fowler, of Milton, Del., born December 17, 1848, mar- ried Sarah Davis; XT. Leah Ellen (Mrs. Wil- liam Prettyman), of Wilmington, Del., has three children. Burton J. Hart died at his home in Georgetown hundred, July 9, 1859, aged fifty-seven years; his wife died May 11, 1882; their remains are interred in the ceme- tery of MeColley's Chapel.

The education which Peter J. Hart re- ceived in the public school of his district was supplemented by eighteen months' attendance

at a select school in a neighboring town. At the age of eighteen years he began learning carpentry, completed his apprenticeship, and became one of the most skilful journeyman mechanics of the vicinity. He was for ser- eral years a department foreman in the large mill of Manners, Fisher & Co., at Seaford, Del., and was regarded by his fellow crafts- men as a man of excellent attainments and sterling personal qualities. In the fall of 1872, Mr. Ilart leased the Ponder Hotel, at Milton, Del., which he conducted for eight years. He then built and occupied the hos- telry known as Hart's Hotel, in the same town; here he continued until, in 1885, he took charge of the Eagle Hotel, in George- town, Del., which he conducted successfully until 1889. In this year he returned to Mil- ton, and resumed proprietorship of the Hart House, but in 1891 went again to George- town, and purchased the "Brick Hotel," of which he is still the popular and successful host. Mr. Hart's reputation as a sensible and prudent man of business and an affable and accommodating landlord is an enviable one, and is the foundation of his solid success. He has many firm friends. In politics, Mr. Hart has always been a Democrat, adhering with serupulous and almost reverential care to the principles of Thomas Jefferson; his influence has been exerted in such a way as greatly to advance his party's interests. Mr. Hart has, however, invariably declined political honors, preferring to work with the rank and file rather than to receive party favors. He is a member of Ko Ko Tribe, I. O. R. M.

Peter Jackson Hart was married, March 9, 1865, at the M. E. parsonage, by Rev. T. B. Miller, to Hannah, daughter of the late James G. and Martha (Potter) Ford, of Vine- land, N. J. Mr. Hart attends the Methodist and Mrs. Hart the Presbyterian church.

REV. JOHN LINN MeKIM, George- town, Sussex county, Del., son of James and Catherine (Miller) MeKim, was born in Car- lisle, Cumberland county, Pa., July 20, 1813.

Mr. MeKim's paternal grandparents, James and Hannah (Mellvaine) MeKim, were na- tives of Cumberland county, Pa. His mater- nal grandfather, Jeremiah Miller, was a sol- dier in the Continental army, a brave defend- er of home and country.

James MeKim, son of James and Hannah

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(MeHvaine) MeKim, was born in 1733, on a farm situated about three miles south of New- ville, Cumberland county, Pa. He was edu- vated in the subscription schools of the dis- triet, attending school in winter and working with his father on the farm during the sum- mer. When he was of age, he served an ap- prenticeship in a tannery, and worked at his trade in Carlisle, Pa. James MeKim was married in Carlisle, Pa., in January, 1808, to Catherine, daughter of Jeremiah and Mary (Schade) Miller, who was born near Millers- town, in that part of Cumberland which is how Perry county, Pa. Their children are: I. Samuel Patterson, born in December, 1808, died of cholera at Carlisle, Pa., in 1832; II. James Miller, born in 1810, married Sarah Speakman, of Chester county, Pa., died in 1577, leaving one son, Charles, an architect, residing in New York City; III. John Linn; IV. Eliza; V. Wilson, married Fammie Shrom, both deceased; VI. William, an eu- gineer on the P. R. R., died in 1854; VII. Andrew, died in early manhood, in Philadel- phia, Pa .; VIII. Mary (Mrs. Samuel Mul- vaney), of Chester county, Pa., deceased.

John Linn MeKim attended the schools of Carlisle, Pa., and completed his education at Dickinson College, in the same town, gradu- ating in 1830. After teaching for one year in Bellefonte and Lewistown, Pa., he went to Newark, Del., to occupy a chair in the Dela- ware State College, during the first year of its existence. In 1836, Mr. MeKim was or- dained, in Philadelphia, Pa., as a clergyman of the Protestant Episcopal church. He was rector of the church at Honesdale, Wayne county, Pa., until 1839, when he took charge of the parish church at Carbondale, Pa. In 1844 he removed to his present home in Georgetown, Del., where he was rector of St. Paul's until 1867, when he engaged in mis- sion work in Sussex county, Del. Since 1856, Mr. MeKim has been a Republican. In 1589 he received from President Harrison the appointment of United States Consul at Not- tingham, England, where he resided until 1×93; in that year he returned to his home in Georgetown, Del. He has now retired from active life.

John Linn MeKim was married, in 1834, to Susan Agues McGill, of Center county, Pa. Of their seven children, three died in ius fancy. Those who reached maturity are: I. J. Leighton, born in August, 1835, educated

at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadel- phia, Pa., now rector of Christ church, Mil- ford, Del .; II. Reginald Heber, born in Sep- tember, 1837, an employee of the P. R. R. Company, from 1861 to 1565 assistant pay- master in the United States Navy, was pres- ent at the capture of Fort Fisher, and return- ing afterwards to the railroad company's ser- viee, died in 1873; HIT. Arthur, born Septem- ber 1, 1844, died in 1871, before completing his medical course; IV. Mary, born February 28, 1848, died in 1866. Mrs. Susan A. Mc- Kim died in 1874. Rev. John L. MeKin was again married in Georgetown, Del., October 17, 1876, to Penelope Rodney-Layton, daughter of Hon. Caleb S. and Penelope (Rodney) Layton.

PETER JEFFERS CHAMBERS, Lewes, Sussex county, Del., son of George Peter and Hannah (Hancock) Chainbers, was born at Lewes, Sussex county, Del., November 15, 1835.

Mr. Chambers' grandafther, Hans Cham- bers, was a brewer in Copenhagen, Denmark, where it is supposed that he died; there are, however, no authentie records. His children were: I. George Peter; II. John, emigrated to the United States, and, it is supposed, set- tled in New Orleans, La .; and several whose names could not be obtained.

George Peter, eldest son of Hans and - Chambers, and father of Peter Jef- fers Chambers, was born in Copenhagen, Den- mark, March 7, 1810. While still a mere boy, he ran away from home and shipped on board a merchant vessel. He afterwards signed as a common seaman on board a vessel bound for the United States. Landing at Philadelphia, Pa., Mr. Chambers found a berth on board a cutter engaged in the revenue serv- ice. About 1:30, when work was begun on the Delaware Breakwater, he secured a position as foreman of a gang of workmen; while thus employed, he lived at Lewes, Del. Mr. Cham- bers then invested his accumulated savings in a small vessel, and for several years was en- gaged in the coasting trade, plying between Lowes, Del., and Philadelphia, Pa. Some years before his death, Mr. Chambers retired from active business life and made his home in Lowes, Del. George Peter Chambers was married, in 1:33, to Hannah Hancock, a na- tive of Lewes Del. Their children are: I.

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Peter Jeffers; II. Mary (Mrs. Thomas Wal- lace), Philadelphia, Pa .; III. George Lewes, of Lewes, Del .; IV. Hannah (Mrs. David Murray), Lewes; V. William E., of Lewes, Del., married Hester Cottingham; VI. Jere- miah, died in infancy. Mrs. Chambers died at her home in Lewes in 1847. Mr. Cham- bers' second wife was Mrs. Ruth Hopkins. Their children are: I. Robert C .. mar- ried first to Martha Morrell and after- wards to - Rench; II. Fanny L., of Lewes, Del .; III. Elizabeth, died in in- fancy. Mrs. Ruth Chambers died at Lewes, in 1880. Mr. Chambers died at his home in Lewes, Del., May 27, 1890; he is interred in the burying ground of the M. E. church at Lewes.

When he was seven years old, Peter Jef- fers Chambers began his scholastic course in the public schools of Lewes, and, until he reached his fourteenth year he attended school for three months each winter. He began to learn ship carpentry at Chester, Pa., under Jacob Sinox, but before his term expired, he hired as a deck hand on the steam tug America, Captain Henry Virden. ITis faith- ful service was rewarded by promotion and two years later Mr. Chambers was made mate. For fifteen years he held this position relin- quishing it only when acting as captain in the absence of Captain Virden. During this time Mr. Chambers pursued his nautical studies and in 1872, having passed the required ex- aminations, received a pilot's license from the board of port wardens of Pennsylvania; in 1881, he received a similar license from the state of Delaware. He is an excellent officer, prompt and efficient. Mr. Chambers has lost no vessels, but has twice been injured while on duty. His experience in this respect is peculiar, and recalls the old superstition with regard to the number thirteen. On Janvary 13, when off the Delaware Breakwater, Mr. Chambers broke his leg, and was off duty for thirteen weeks. Exactly thirteen months af- ter this accident occurred, he again broke his leg, and was again disabled for thirteen weeks. But the spell of evil fortune was reversed when he received his first payment from be- nevolent societies, which amounted to thir- teen dollars. Mr. Chambers was a Democrat, but since 1883 he has been a stanch Prohibi- tionist. He is actively interested in local af- fairs, and is highly esteemed in the com- munity. He is a member of Jefferson Lodge,

No. 15, F. and A. M., of Lewes; of Conclave No. 7, U. O. A. M .; and of Mystic Wreath, No. 61, K. of P., of Philadelphia, Pa.

Peter Jeffers Chambers was married, in 1867, to Ency A., daughter of John and Julia (Pennington) Trim, of Camden, Me. Mr -. Chambers died in Philadelphia, Pa., in March, 1877, and is buried at the home or her gir !- hood, Camden, Me. In September, 1878, Mr. Chambers was married to Winifred, daugh- ter of Colonel James and Winifred (-) Brady, of Philadelphia, Pa. Their children are: I. Alden Rost, born July 23, 1882; II. James Brady, born December 19, 1887. Mr. Chambers is a member of the M. E. church, at Lowes, Del., in which he holds the office of steward.

GILBERT C. WILLEY, Farmington, Del., son of Joshua and Hester Ann ( Fowler) Willey, was born near Bridgeville, Sus-ex county, Del., December 24, 1856.

Ilis paternal grandfather was English by nativity, and was a shoemaker. Two of his children were Joshua and Locksley, the latter a resident of Bridgeville. Joshua Willey, father of Gilbert C. Willey, was born in Sus- sex county, Del., about 1820. As a young man, he was employed as a farmer; he subse- quently engaged in mercantile business in Bridgeville, but this venture did not prove successful. He was, in politics, a Dentoerat. Joshua Willey married Hester Ann Fowler, of Sussex county. Their children were: I. George, died young; II. Catesby, died at the age of twenty-one; III. Elizabeth (Mrs. W. II. Jacobs), widow; IV. Gilbert C .; V. Philip II., of Bridgeville, married Jones, has one child, Hester; VI. Cora (Mrs.

Miller), of Bridgeville, has one child, Robert. Mr. Willey died in the latter part of 1865, and his widow in 1880. Mr. Willey was a mem- ber of the M. E. church.

Gilbert C. Willey had an early struggle with poverty, and that he emerged from it a successful man is due to his force of character and unremitting work. When he was four years old, his parents removed from a farm three miles and a half from Bridge- ville, to the town itself. There his father died when the boy was but nine years old. The three older children were obliged to con- tribute to the support of their mother and younger brother and sister, and Gilbert Cam-

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mon secured employment wherever it was pos- sible and added his small earnings to the fam- ily's fund. Under such circumstances, there was not much time to devote to school, but Gilbert studied whenever opportunity offered, and obtained a fair education. He remained with his mother until her death in 1880; soon after that, he married and removed to Farm- ington, where he secured a situation as clerk in the store of J. C. Harrington. This posi- tion he retained for five years, and then pur- chased a small store from Johnson. The stock was not worth $100, but Mr. Willey increased it as his trade grew larger, and in 1896 he removed into his present building, which he purchased from the widow of Mr. Johnson, and which he has enlarged. Mr. Willey is a member of the I. O. O. F., the I. O. II., and the A. O. U. W. In politics he is a Democrat.

On December 20, 1880, Gilbert Cammon Willey was married to Alice Lee Warwick, of Kent county, Del. They have one child, Nellie.

THOMAS COUNCIL KERSEY, P. O. Frederica, Kent county, Del., son of George B. and Elizabeth (Council) Kersey, was born on the Seward farm, near Hazlettville, Kent count, Del., December 1, 1834.

The Kersey family is of English lineage. About 1760, three brothers of that name emi- grated to the United States. One settled in Vermont, one in New Jersey, and the third, Moses Kersey, who was accompanied by his wife, purchased land in West Dover hundred, Kent county, Del. Moses Kersey, great- grandfather of Thomas Council Kersey, spent his whole life in clearing and improving the homestead. He had three children: I. John; II. Aaron; III. Naney ( Mrs. Martin Rush Ford). Moses Kersey died in his fiftieth year at his home in Kent county, Del.

Mr. Kersey's grandfather, John Kersey, in- herited the home farm, which he cultivated until the time of his death. He was a Whig, and was actively interested in all the affairs of the county. John Kersey was married to Ruth Buck, a cousin of James S. Buck, at one time the Republican nominee for gover- nor. Their children are: I. George B .; II. ,Sarah ( Mrs. Stephen Newsom), who, in 1835, removed to Missouri or Illinois, where she and her husband died; TIT. Priscilla (Mrs.

John Johnson), died in West Dover hundred, Kent county, Del .; IV. Ann (Mrs. Darling Rash), died in South Murderkill hundred, Kent county, Del .; V. John L., married Rebecca Voshell, lived and died in West Dover hun- .dred, Kent county, Del. Mr. Kersey and his wife were members of the M. E. church. He died at the homestead in Kent county, Del., in 1826; his widow died in West Dover hun- dred, aged sixty-two.

George B. Kersey, eldest son of John and Ruth (Buck) Kersey, and father of Thomas (. Kersey, was born on the Kersey homestead, in February, 1812. He was educated in the public schools of Kent county, Del., and dur- ing his vacations worked on the farm. Mr. Kersey was a Whig; from boyhood he was interested in political affairs, but never was a candidate for office. George B. Kersey was married, March 3, 1834, to Elizabeth, daugh- ter of Thomas and S- (Polland) Council, who was one of four sisters, and was born in 1813, in Caroline county, Md., near the boundary line between Maryland and Dela- ware. Their children are: I. Thomas C .; 1I. Aaron, married Tamsie Rutledge, died on his farm in Kent county, Del .; III. Susan (Mrs. John Cleaver), resides near Mary- del, Kent county, Del .; IV. Priscilla (Mrs. Darling Johnson), of Wyoming, Del .; V. George W., a fariner of Kent county, Del., married Genevra - -, of Wilmington, Del .; VI. John C., captain of police in Wil- mington, Del., for three years, married a lady of New Jersey. Mr. Kersey and his wife were members of the M. E. church at Thomas Chapel. Mr. Kersey was kind and liberal, and was highly esteemed in the county. He died near Marydel, Del., in February, 1849, and is buried on the homestead; his widow died in Wilmington, Del., and is buried at Canterbury, Del.

Thomas Council Kersey, eldest son of George B. and Elizabeth (Council) Kersey, at- tended the public schools of his native hun- dred. He had, however, no love for the schoolroom, and by his father's desire, de- voted all his time to agriculture, remaining at home and asisting his father until he at- tained his majority. During three years of this time he was bound to J. P. Emerson. Af- ter his marriage, his father-in-law, Mr. Bate- man, divided his farm among his children, Mrs. Kersey and her brothers. Mr. Kersey

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and his wife settled on Mrs. Kersey's share of this land, the greater part of which he has cleared. Ile is a careful, energetic farmer, and has made many improvements on his prop- orty. Although Mr. Kersey found the roll- tine of school work irksome, he is very fond of reading, and takes an intelligent interest in all the leading questions of the day. He is an active worker in the Republican ranks, and is highly esteemed in the county.

Thomas Council Kersey was married, De- comber 28, 1858, to Elizabeth Bateman. Their children are: I. George B., farming in Kent county, Del., married Lucy Jones; II. Wilbur, farming in Sussex county, Del., married Margaret Davis, has two children, i. Harvey N., ii. Edgar; III. Charles; IV. Ama-a, married Catherine Jarrell; V. Alice (Mr -. John Hammond), of Kent county, Del., has two children, i. Cora, ji. Delbert; VI. Annie M. (Mrs. Edward Walters), resides near Woodside, Del., has one child, Elsie, who is married; VII. Ella. Mr. Kersey and his wife are members of the M. E. church at Canter- bury, Del. Mr. Kersey is an active worker in the church, and has been a class-leader for ten years.

BENAIAH L. LEWIS, M. D., Harring- ton, Kent county, Del., son of Jacob and Rachel (Laws) Lewis, was born near Harring- ton, Kent county, Del., July 15, 1848.

Mr. Lewis' great-grandfather. Daniel Lewis, of Jones' Neck, Kent county, Del., was mar- ried to Mrs. Sophia (Paradee) Lowber, wid- owed daughter of Peter Lowber. It is sup- posed that their son, Stephen Lewis, grand- father of Benaiah L. Lewis, was born near Dover, Kent county, Del. He was actively interested in local polities, and was, for one term, speaker of the House of Representa- tives of Delaware. Stephen Lewis was mar- ried to Lavinia Pleasanton, and after his mar- riage purchased a farm in Mispillion hundred, Kent county, Del., which he cultivated until the time of his wife's death. His second wife was Miss Lo Compt. After her death Mr. Lewis was married to a daughter or grand- daughter of Ontten Laws, of St. Jones' Neck. They had one child, Mary (Mrs. David An- derson). Mr. Lewis fourth wife, Leah Laws, was a sister of his third wife. Their children are: 1. Ann ( Mrs. Sammel Laws), removed to Illinois, then a wilderness, and she and her

husband died in that state; II. Eliza, died in Kent county, Del .; III. Susan, deceased: IV. John, married Susan Graham, both died in Kent county, Del .; V. Jacob.

Jacob Lewis, youngest child of Stephen and Leah ( Laws) Lewis, was born in 1806, on a farm five miles west of Harrington, in Mi -- pillion hundred, Kent county, Del. He was still a child when his father died, and after his mother's second marriage found a home in the family of Preston L. Davis, with whom he remained until he attained his majority. He was kept hard at work on the farm and could but seldom attend school, yet he managed to learn to read and write, and was thus enabled to acquire a good fund of general information. After his mariage, he became his wife's pugil, and made rapid progress. Mr. Lewis began business as a general merchant at Fork Landing, near Frederica, Del. Some time af- terwards, he purchased a farm, situated west of Felton, Del. Mr. Lewis was a life-long Democrat, actively interested in politics and held the office of tax-collector and justice of the peace. Jacob Lewis was married to Rachel, daughterof Hon. - Laws, ex-speak- er of the Houseof Representatives. Theirchil- dren are: I. Leah A. (Mrs. William Brown), of Smithville, Caroline county, Md. : II. Har- riet, widow of Nathaniel Pleasanton, resides in Philadelphia, Pa. ; III. John, died in 1866, IV. Jacob, married Susan Brown, of Kent county, Del., died in 1887, in Baltimore, Md. : V. William S., Bridgeville, Del., married Georgie Cahall; VI. Evan, a farmer of Mis- pillion hundred, married Mary Simpson, died in 1888; VII. Stephen, farming near Stanton, Iowa, married Elizabeth Sapp: VIII. Benaiah L .; IX. Henry R., attorney-at-law. Denton, Md., married Jane Voss, of Kent county, Del. Mr. Lewis and his wife were members of the M. E. church. He died at his hime in Kent county, Del., in 1879; Mrs. Lewis also is deceased.

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Biographical and genealogical history of the state of Delaware, Vol. II, Part 42

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