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On November 5, 1895, Mr. Browne mar- ried Miss Ethel Parvis, daughter of the late Dr. John Parvis and Henrietta Hart Parvis, of Middletown, Delaware. They have one child, Hugh C. Browne, Jr., who was born on November 25, 1897.
HON. WILLIAM HENRY BOYCE, of Georgetown, Sussex county, Del., son of James II. and Sarah Jane (Otwell) Bovec, was born at Bull's Mills, Broad Crock hun- dred, said county and state, November 28, 1855.
His grandfather, John Stockley Boyce, was
a farmer of the same county, and was mar- ried to Mary Pepper; they were born in Su -- sex county, in 1804 and 1805, respectively. They were Methodists. William W. Orwell, maternal grandfather of William II. Boyce, was also engaged in agriculture in Sussex county, where he was born in 1813; he mar- ried Lavinia Phillips, a native of the same county, born in 1816. They were of the Protestant Episcopal church.
James HI. Boyce, father of William II., was also born near Bull's Mills, April 28, 1831. When he was five years old his father died. In early life, he was for several years a mer- chant and dealer in humber at Bull's Mills, in partnership with his unele, Henry R. Pep- per. He afterwards turned his attention to agriculture, but has now retired from active business and resides at Seaford. He has been a life-long Democrat. He was treasurer of Sussex county from 1859 to 1861, and on December 30, 1873, was appointed justice of the peace and notary public at Laurel for the term of seven years. In 1887, he was elected auditor of accounts for the state of Delaware for the term of two years, and was re-elected for a like term in 1889. James H. Boyce was married, January 17, 1853, to Sarah Jane Otwell, born in Broad Creek hundred, Sus- sex county, June 5, 1836. They are Metho- dist Protestants. Their children are: I. William Henry; II. Minos R., married Sophia Z. Richardson, of Laurel, Del .; III. Jennie W., married Orlando Short, of Seaford hun- dred, Sussex county; IV. Sarah M., married George H. Houston, of Seaford hundred.
William Henry Boyce grew up on his father's farm near Laurel. He attended the public schools of the neighborhood, and com- pleted his scholastic course at the Laurel Academy. His vacations were employed in assisting his father on the farm. The only ex- ceptions were the summers of 1873 and 1878; the former was spent as clerk in a produce commission house in New York, N. Y., and the latter as a bookkeeper in a commission store in Philadelphia. In 1875, he was elected principal of the public schools at Laurel, and held that position until 1880, when he re- signed, to accept one of a similar nature at Oxford, Md. This principalship also he re- signed, May 19, 1881, having been, on the sixteenth day of the same month, appointed
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Recorder of Deeds in and for Sussex county, by the Hon. John W. Hall, then governor of Delaware. During his term of five years, he read law under the late Alfred P. Robinson, Esq., afterwards Chief Justice of the state of Delaware, and was admitted to the bar in 1887, at the October term of court for Sussex county; he immediately began the practice of law at Georgetown, being associated with his distinguished preceptor. The legal ability of Mr. Boyce was soon recognized. At the Feb- ruary term, 1896, he was elected attorney for the commissioners of the Levy Court, and re- tained that position until January 19, 1897, when he was made Secretary of State by the Ilon. Ebe W. Tunnell, governor of Delaware. On June 17, 1897, he resigned the secretary- ship to accept his present office of Associate Judge for the state of Delaware, resident in Sussex county. In 1894, Edward D. Ilearne, Esq., of the Sussex county bar, became asso- ciated with him in the practice of the law.
For many years prior to the adoption of the new Constitution, on June 4, 1897, Mr. Boyce earnestly advocated the revision of the organic law of the state. He was prominent in the movement for revision in 1887, and continued to labor diligently in the cause until 1897, when a Constitutional convention was called. In 1896, before and at the time of the election of delegates to this convention, he exerted all his influence to obtain a non-partisan conven- tion, and, with his co-adjutors, succeeded in affecting a fusion in Sussex county. He has always been an active member of the Demo- cratie party. In 1893 he was chosen chair- man of the county central committee, which position he filled until the latter part of No- vember, 1896, when he resigned. He con- ducted the campaigns in Sussex county in 1894 and 1896. During these campaigns, he was also a member of the State C'entral Com- mittee. In 1896, he was a delegate to the - Natonal Democratic Convention, at Chicago, Ill., and cast his vote for the nomination of Robert E. Pattison for the presidency. He has frequently been chosen a delegate to Demo- cratic state and county conventions. In 1885 and 1886, he was president of the board of school commissioners of Georgetown, and in that office was active in promoting the im- Provement of the public schools. During his presidency a site was secured and the present
commodious school building was erected and furnished; a graded school for the town Was also established. Twice he has been president of the town council of Georgetown.
Ile was married October 25, 1882, to Emma E., daughter of William H. and Mary (Guest) Valliant. Mrs. Boyce was born at Oxford, Md. Their children have been Val- liant, died aged six years, and James 1., born October 7, 1888. Mr. Bovce and his wife are members of the Protestant Episco- pal church. For several years he was a ves- tryman of St. Philip's P. E. church at Laurel, and he has been a member of the vestry of St. Paul's church, Georgetown, since 1882; since 1887, he has been junior warden of the congregation.
Mr. Boyce's paternal grandfather, Jeremiah Valliant, farmer, was a resident of Talbot. county, Md., owning at the time of his de- cease Sharp's island and other valuable real estate. He married Harriet Smith. Mr. and Mrs. Valliant were Methodists. Her mater- nal grandfather, Samuel Guest, of Baltimore, Md., was a conveyancer, and was prominent in the Methodist Protestant church. The parents of Mrs. Boyce had three children who lived to mature years: I. Rev. Samuel Guest Valliant, deceased, whose widow, Kate C. (Clements) Valliant, resides in Washington, D. C .; II. Susan E., residing at Westminster, Md., widow of the Rev. Francis M. Morgan, of Sussex county, Del .; III. Emma E.
WILLIAM B. JONES, M. D., Millsbor- ough, Sussex county, Del., son of William F. and Sarah E. (Truitt) Jones, was born at Georgetown, Sussex county, Del., February 4, 1862.
William Jones, great-grandfather of Wil- liam B. Jones, was a farmer of Nanticoke hun- dred, Sussex county, Del. He was married twice; in the absence of authentie records the names of all of his children can not be obtained. Those known are: I. William, the child of his first wife, died in Sussex coun- ty; II. Philip C. William Jones died at his home in Nanticoke hundred, Sussex county.
Philip C. Jones, son of William Jones, and grandfather of William B. Jones, was born in Nanticoke hundred. He was a successful merchant, and besides the care of this busi- ness, managed both the hotels at Georgetown,
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Del. IIe was a Democrat, and in 1850 Was elected sheriff of Sussex county, on the party ticket. Philip Jones was married to Eliza Fleetwood, of Sussex county. Their children are: I. Elizabeth, widow of Zechariah Rey- nolds, resides at Milford, Del .; II. William F .; III. Hester, deceased; IV. Philip, hotel keeper, married Amanda Tunnell, died in Georgetown; V. Mary (Mrs. Edward Jones), of Bridgeville, Del .; VI. Garrison, died aged seventeen. Mr. Jones died at Georgetown, Del., in 1866, aged sixty; his wife also died at Georgetown.
Mr. Jones' father, William F. Jones, was born at Canon's Ferry, on the Nanticoke river, Sussex county, Del., February 8, 1826. He attended the public schools of Sussex coun- ty, but at the early age of twelve left school to become a clerk in his father's store at Johns- town, Del., and when his father removed to Georgetown became his partner. In 1860, having been elected sheriff of Sussex coun- ty, Mr. Jones abandoned the merchant's counter, and at the end of his term of two years, opened a real estate office. In 1865, he received from Governor Saulsbury the ap- pointment of prothonotary, and at the expira- tion of his term of five years, turned his attention to the cultivation of the soil, and purchased a farm at Knowles Cross Roads. Mr. Jones was always interested in public af- fairs, and active in the Democratic party. William F. Jones was married to Sarah E., daughter of Philip C. and Theresa (Fooks) Truitt, of Sussex county, Del. Their children are: I. Jennie; IT. William B .; III. Philip (., died in youth; IV. Leona. Mr. Jones was a member of the P. E. church at Georgetown, Del. He died at his home near Knowles Cross Roads, July 10, 1898.
William B. Jones, eldest son of William F. and Sarah E. (Truitt) Jones, grew up on his father's farm near Knowles Cross Roads, Nanticoke hundred. He attended the public schools of the district until he was sixteen; he then entered Georgetown Academy, where he studied for two years under Prof. MeKen- dree Downham. Mr. Jones was educated with a view to the life of a farmer, but after teach- ing for several years, he spent two years at Conference Academy, at Dover, Del., and after another term of teaching, began reading medicine at Georgetown, Del., under Dr. C.
II. Richards. Eighteen months later, after studying at intervals in the office of Dr. Rich- ards, Mr. Jones entered Jefferson Medical Col- lege, and graduated in the class of 1887. Im- mediately after his graduation, Dr. Jones be- gan the practice of his profession at Millshop- ough, Del., succeeding Dr. J. W. Fooks. He is a member of the Delaware State Medical Society, a diligent student, and a skilful and progressive physician. Dr. Jones is a Demo- erat, interested in public affairs, and is high- ly esteemed in the community, where he has a large and increasing practice. He is a mem- ber of the Masonic Order, of Georgetown, Del .; of the Senior Order of American Me- chanies; the Brotherhood of Union; and the I. O. II.
William B. Jones was married, in 1890, to Emma J., daughter of Derrick and Sophia (Black) Morris, who was born in November, 1870. Their children are: I. Mabel, died in infancy; II. William C. Bernard, aged three years.
JOIIN J. PERRY, Millsborough, Sussex county, Del., son of George Bayard and Mary E. (Adams) Perry, was born near Quantico, Wicomico county, Md., December 3, 1858.
Mr. Perry's grandfather, James Perry, emi- grated from England to the United States. In early manhood, he was captain of an ocean vessel; he afterwards purchased a farm of 500 acres, situated near Cool Spring, Sussex county, Del., and turned his attention to agri- culture. He died at his home near Cool Spring in 1830, aged sixty years.
George Bayard Perry, father of John J. Perry, was born near Cool Spring, Sussex county, Del., July 26, 1829. Mr. Perry has devoted his life to the cultivation of the soil. In early manhood he removed to a farm in Wicomico county, Md., and afterwards to his present home near Salisbury, Md. George B. Perry was married to Mary E., daughter of Thomas and Elinor ( Wooten) Adams, Mrs. Perry was born near Laurel, Del., November 11, 1827. Her father, Thomas Adams, was a well-known wheelwright of Sussex county. The children of George B. and Mary E. (Adams) Perry are: I. Vandalia, of Salis- bury, Md., married Rose Dennis, of Virginia; II. Thomas, of Salisbury, Md., married Agnes Waller; III. George, died in early manhood;
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IV. James 1., of Salisbury, Md., married Nettie Parks. Mrs. Perry died at her home in Salisbury, Md., March 11, 1881. Mr. Perry's second wife was - -. (Kennelly) Forrington, widow of - Forrington.
John Jay Perry was fourteen when his father removed to Salisbury, Md. He at- tended the public schools of Wieomico coun- ty, Md., and completed his course at the age of nineteen, in the public schools of Salisbury, Md. With the small capital which he received from his father, Mr. Perry purchased an inter- est in a grist mill, the property of his unele, Benjamin Collins, of Milford, Del. They erected a mill at Farmington, Del., but at the end of the year sold it to Collins and Thomas Cordrey. In 1892 Mr. Perry re- moved to Millsborough, and with his brother, Vandalia Perry, and Charles B. Houston, opened an establishment for manufacturing packing cases, boxes, and heads and staves for barrels. The firm of Houston, Perry & Co., for which Mr. John Perry is manager, is do- ing a large and profitable business. Mr. Perry is a shrewd and practical business man; he is also a favorite in social circles, and is highly esteemed in the community. Mr. Perry is a Democrat ; he is interested in all that affects the publie welfare, but has declined to hold office.
John Jay Perry was married, October 26, 1887, to Annie B., daughter of the late Der- rick B. and Sophia A. (Black) Morris, of Mil- ton, Del. Their only child, John Morris, was born December 17, 1888. Mr. Perry is a member of the P. E. church.
Captain John Morris, paternal grandfather of Mrs. John J. Perry, was for many years captain of an ocean vessel. His home was in Millsborough, Del., where he was highly es- teomed. He was married to Ann Benson, or Benston. Their children are: I. James, married Mary Collins, died in Millsborough; II. Joshua, married Elizabeth Parnell, died in Millsborough: III. Derrick B .; IV. Eliza- beth, died in youth. Mrs. Morris died about 1875. Mr. Morris' second wife was Miranda (Enis) Donahue, widow of Dona- Ine. Captain Morris died at his home in Millsborough in 1868, aged sixty-three years.
Mrs. Perry's maternal great-grandfather, Joseph Black, farmer, was married to Mrs. Mary E. Walker, widow of --- Walker. Hle
died at his home near Millsborough, Del. Ilis son, Robert Black, maternal grandfather of Mrs. Perry, was born near Milton, Sussex coun- ty, Del., about the year 1800. His life was de- Voted to agriculture, in which he was very successful. He was an old line Whig, and was highly esteemed in the county. Robert Black was married to Nancy Lank. Their children are: I. Joseph, married Lydia Ann Lank, died at Milton, Del .; 1I. Samuel, mar- ried Mary E. Boone, died at Frederica, Del .; III. Thomas L., married Eliza Robbins, died in Milton, Del .; IV. Nathaniel, died aged eighteen; V. and VI., twins, Sophia A. (Mrs. Derrick Black ), and Mary E., died aged eight ; VII. Robert, married Sarah Ingram, died at Millsborough, Del. Mr. Black was a member of the Presbyterian church. He died in 1847, in Philadelphia, Pa., while on a business trip to that city; his widow died at Millsborongh in 1885, at the age of eighty-one.
Derrick Bernard Morris, third son of Cap- tain John J. and Ann (Benson) Morris, and father of Mrs. John J. Perry, was born at Millsborough, Sussex county, Del., August 3, 1831. With the exception of three years spent in Lewes and Rehoboth hundred, and one year at Milton, Del., he has passed his whole life in his native town. Derrick B. Morris was educated in the public schools of Sussex county, and spent his youth and early manhood on the sea. He was a skilful navi- gator, and was mate and afterwards captain of the vessel which he sailed. After his mar- riage he brought his bride to his own house in Millsborough. A year or two later he abandoned the sea, and after teaching school for several years, was appointed justice of the peace. Mr. Morris afterwards opened a gen- cral store, and in 1895 built the house and store now occupied by Theodore Barton. Mr. Morris' kind, gentle manner won for him many friends. He was an intelligent gentle- man, a thoughtful reader, and a devout stu- dent of the Bible. He was a Democrat, a good citizen, interested in all that concerned the welfare of the county, and was beloved and esteemed in his community. He was a member of the Masonic Order. Derrick B. Morris was married, November 23, 1857, to Sophia Ann, daughter of Robert and Nancy (Lank) Black. Their children are: I. Clara D., died when five years old; HT. Annie B.,
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died aged two years; III. Annie B., 2, (Mrs. John J. Perry); IV. Charles S., died in in- faney; V. Augustus, died aged twenty-six; . VI. Emma J., married William B. Jones, M. D .: VII. John F., died aged eighteen; VIII. Robert B., died in infancy. Mr. Morris at- tended the P. E. church. He died at his home near Cool Spring, Del., September 13, 1895, and is buried in the cemetery of the Cool Spring Presbyterian church.
JAMES MARTIN, M. D., Selbyville, Kent county, Del., son of S. P. and Eliza J. ( Warrington) Martin, was born at Cool Spring, Sussex county, Del., February 15, 1567.
Dr. Martin's grandfather, James Martin, farmer, cultivated the home farm, near Georgetown, Del., and in the latter part of his life retired from business and removed to Dover, Del. James Martin was married to Ellen Spicer. Their children are: I. Rhoda ( Mrs. Tolbert Warrington), of Hollyville, Del .; II. Sarah E. (Mrs. George F. Rust), of Dover, Del .; III. S. P. Mrs. Martin died at the homestead in Kent county, Del .; Mr. Martin died in Dover, Del., at the home of his daughter, Mrs. George F. Rust.
S. P. Martin, father of Dr. James Martin, was born on the Martin homestead, two miles west of Georgetown, Del. IIe re- ceived a good education, devoted himself to husbandry, and after his marriage, settled on the Cool Spring farm. In 1869, having been appointed prothonotary, Mr. Martin removed to Georgetown, where he spent the remainder of his life. He was a Democrat. James Mar- tin was married to Eliza J., daughter of Ben- jamin Warrington, of Cool Spring, Del. Their children are: I. Mary (Mrs. Robert W. Dodd), of Rehoboth, Del .; II. James, M. D .; III. Frank; IV. Lida (Mrs. John Awine), of Philadelphia, Pa. Mr. Martin attended the Presbyterian church. He died at George- town, Del., in 1883, aged forty-two; his widow died in 1885.
James Martin was two years old when his parents removed to Georgetown. From his sixth to his nineteenth year, he attended the public schools of Cool Spring and of George- town. At the age of seventeen, Mr. Martin began farming near Cool Spring, but soon left the farm and became a clerk in the store of
Burton & Parkes, at Milton, Del. After serv- ing in the same capacity with Thomas C. Gooden, at Dover, Del., and with H. F. Heck- man, at Lewes, Del., Mr. Martin spent one term at the Pierce Business College, Philadel- phia, Pa. Ilis vacations were spent in the study of medicine, and in medical work for the Knickerbocker Ice Company. In 1894, Dr. Martin graduated from the Medico-Chi- rurgieal College, at Philadelphia, Pa., and immediately began practicing at Selbyville, Del., where he has an extensive business. Dr. Martin is a Democrat, and was at one time the nominee of that party for the legislature. He is a member of the Heptasophs.
James Martin, M. D., was married, in 1896, to Vesta M., daughter of William and Margaret E. (Rogers) Davis. They have one child, Lida May.
JOHN K. CORDREY, Millsborough, Sussex county, Del., son of John D. and La- vinia (West) Cordrey, was born at Millsbor- ough, Sussex county, Del., May 8, 1836.
Three brothers name Cordrey, immigrants from England, were the founders of the American branch of the Cordrey family. The brothers landed in Delaware about the year 1728, perhaps earlier, and settled, one in Vir- ginia, one in New Jersey, and one in Dela- ware.
Spencer Cordrey, grandfather of John K. Cordrey, was a farmer of Sussex county, Del. He was married to Margaret Freeman. Their children are: I. Spencer M., farmer, died near Salisbury Md., when nearly ninety years of age; II. Elisha, farmer, died on the home farm at about thirty-four years of age: III. William, farmer, died near Laurel, Del., at about fifty-one years of age; IV. Kenzie, was a tailor, died near Millsborough, Del., at about thirty-five years of age; V. John; VI. Margaret, died on the home farm, about twen- ty-eight years of age; VII. Jane (Mrs. Wash- ington Henry), died near Laurel, Del., about 1897; she was nearly ninety-one years old. Mr. Cordrey died at his home near Laurel, Del., having attained the venerable age of ninety-four years.
John K. Cordrey's father, John D. Cord- rey, tailor, was born in Laurel, Del., and worked as an apprentice until twenty-one years old. In 1830, he removed to Millsbor-
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ough, Del., where he worked at his trade until the time of his death. Mr. Cordrey was a Democrat, and afterwards a Whig, but finally identified himself with the Republican party. John D. Cordrey was maried, in 1831, to Lavinia, daughter of William and Rachel (Johnson) West, who was born in Baltimore hundred, Sussex county. Their children are: I. William, drowned while still a boy; II. John, died in youth; III. John, 2; IV. George E., enlisted in Company E, Third Regiment, Delaware Volunteers, was killed at the battle of Antietam, September 17, 1862. Mr. Cord- rey died at his home in Millsborough, April 9, 1859, after a short illness.
John K. Cordrey, third son of John D. and Lavinia (West) Cordrey, received a good edu- cation in the public schools of Millsborough, Del., and at eighteen was apprenticed for a term of three years to Benjamin B. Jones, house carpenter, Millsborough, Del. After his term had expired, Mr. Cordrey remained with Mr. Jones, working as a journeyman about one month; at the end of that time he began business on his own account. For fif- teen years he was employed as a house carpen- ter and millwright in different parts of Sussex and adjoining counties of Delaware and Mary- land. In 1873, John K. Cordrey and A. B. M. Ennis opened a general store at George- town, Del., Mr. Cordrey, however, only in- vesting capital and continuing his former business, while Mr. Ennis assumed the man- agement of the store. In 1875, when the part- nership was dissolved, Mr. Cordrey opened a general store at Millsborough, in the house now occupied by Thomas Callaway, situated on South Nevin street. In 1886 he removed to the stand which he now occupies, where he is doing a fair country store business. Mr. Cordrey is a druggist and apothecary, licensed to put'up any physician's prescriptions; Mr. Cordrey is the first and only one up to this writing that has been duly registered apothe- cary by the State Board of Pharmacy; he was registered September 20, 1883. Besides his stock of drugs, he carries such lines of goods as pertains to a general store. In 1864, Mr. Cordrey enlisted as a private in Company C, Ninth Delaware Volunteer Infantry. Hle served for four months, and was corporal of the company. The regiment was encamped at Camp Brandywine, and at Fort Delaware.
Mr. Cordrey is a Republican; he is highly esteemed in the community for his integrity and business ability.
John K. Cordrey was married, January 13, 1877, to Mary J., daughter of James Petti- jolm. Their children are: I. Mary Edith; II. Annie Pettijohn. Mr. Cordrey is a mem- ber of the M. E. church, in which he has been an office-bearer.
WOODBURN MARTIN, Georgetown, Sussex county, Del., son of the Hon. Edward L. and Clara (Dulaney) Martin, was born near Seaford, Sussex county, Del., February 16, 1870.
Mr. Martin's paternal grandfather, Cap- tain Hugh Martin, sailor and farmer, was mar- ried to Sophia Willis, of Sussex county, Del. They had ten children, among whom were: Luther, born at Seaford, Del., October 30, 1824, married, May 1, 1845, to Emma, daugh- ter of William Roderfield, Esq., of Phila- delphia, Pa .; Hugh, M. D., of Seaford, Del., was born at Seaford, July 1, 1830, married Sarah C., daughter of Edward Richards, Esq., of Sussex county; and the Hon. Edward L. Martin. Captain Martin died at his home in Sussex county, Del., in 1867; his widow died in November, 1869.
Mr. Martin's maternal grandfather, Wil- liam W. Dulaney, farmer, was married to Ann Robinson. Both were members of the Protestant Episcopal church.
The Hon. Edward Livingston Martin, youngest son of Captain Hugh and Sophia ( Willis) Martin, was born at Seaford, Sussex county, Del., March 29, 1837. He attended public and private schools in Seaford, and af- ter spending one year at the Newark Academy, one year at Delaware College, and two years at the academy of Anthony Bol- mar, West Chester, Pa., he entered the Uni- versity of Virginia, and graduated from the law department in the class of 1859. Return- ing to Delaware, Mr. Martin continued his legal studies in the office of the Hon. Daniel M. Bates, Wihnington, Del. In 1863, he was elected clerk of the state senate, a posi- tion which he held until the close of the ses- sion in 1865. In 1866 Mr. Martin returned to the University of Virginia, and after a post- graduate course of six months. was examined
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