Biographical and genealogical history of the state of Delaware, Vol. II, Part 58

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


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On June 7, 1840, the Hon. William II. II. Ross was married to Elizabeth E., daughter of George K. Hall, Esq., of Middletown, Del. Seven of their children survive: I. Letitia L., widow of Victor Green, Esq .; II. James J .; III. William M .; IV. E. C .; V. Sarah II., married Dr. S. R. Skellern, of Philadelphia, Pa .; VI. Mary G., married Montgomery Fisher, Esq., of Seaford, Del .; VII. Laura F. Ex-Governor Ross died in 1887.


JAMES FRANCIS WILDS, P. O. Dover, Kent county, Del., son of James D. and. Lydia E. (Spruance) Wilds, was born on the homestead near Kenton, Duck Creek hun- dred, Kent county, Del., February 9, 1846.


The founders of the American branch of the Wilds family were three brothers, Na- thaniel, Samuel, and - Wilds, emigrants from Wales. Samuel Wilds settled in Massa- in Virginia. In 1830 Na- thaniel Wilds, after spending some time in Maryland, came to Delaware and took up a large tract of land in Duck Creek hundred, Kent county. Mr. Wilds cleared and improv- ed this land and built for himself a comfort- alle home. Ile also erected the first school house in what is now district No. 9, long known as Wilds school house. It was a sub- stantial log house and in it his family was represented for five generations. Nathaniel Wilds, 1, owned a number of slaves and was considered a wealthy man. He had eleven children, among whom he divided his estate as follows: "I give and bequeath to each of my four daughters £300 in money; to my son, Joshua, a plantation; to my son John W., a tract of land in Duck Creek hundred, and €400 in money; to my son Nathaniel, 250 aeres of the home plantation and all the be- longings thereof." His personal property was divided between his sons Nathaniel and John W., who were his executors, Nathaniel Wilds died in 1800.


Nathaniel Wilds, 2, grandfather of James F. Wilds, was born on his father's plantation in Duck Creek hundred, Kent county, Del. Ile was educated in the schools of his native county, where his whole life was spent in the cultivation of the soil. Mr. Wilds was a Dem- oerat, interested in public affairs, Nathaniel Wilds, 2, was married to Mary Denny, wino was Welsh by descent. Their children are: I. James D .; II. Mary ( Mrs. John Farran), died, leaving one son, Nathan Wilds, who married and died at Wilmington, Del., aged fifty-five; III. Sarah A., deceased, married first to James Savin, of Duck Creek hundred, afterwards to James Pratt, of the same hun- dred, by whom she had four children, i. Frank, ii. Samuel, iii. Sarah, iv. Lilly; IV. Eliza- beth, married Sammuel Griffins, of Duck Creek hundred, both deceased, had one son, James F., of Chicago, Ill .; V. Lydia A., deceased; VI. Georgiana (Mrs. Thomas A. Ross), of Smyrna, Del., has one son, Ralph, of Che-a- peake City, Md .; VII. Susanna, married her brother-in-law, John Farron, has two children ; VIII. Lydia A. (Mrs. William A. Hazel), of Duck Creek hundred, has seven children, i. George, ii. William D., iii. J. Frank, deceased, iv. Charles A., v. Benjamin A., vi. Herman P., vii. Emma (Mrs. Joshua M. German); IX. Nathaniel D., died in 1855, married Elizabeth Hoffecker, has six children, i. Susan A. ( Mrs. Charles HI. Register), ii. Mary E. ( Mrs. Rich- ard Smithers), of Dover, iii. Catharine, mar- ried Joseph Smithers, station agent at Clay- ton, Del., iv. James D., an employee of the P. R. R., at Smyrna, Del., married Elizabeth Cloak, of Smyrna, v. Emma, vi. Silas Gilbert, teller of the Fruit Growers' National Bank, of Smyrna: X. Francis, married Mary Dur- borough, has three children, i. Margaret R. (Mrs. Owen C'ron), of Smyrna, Del., ii. Sarah, deceased, iii. Nathaniel F., cashier of the Fruit Growers' National Bank, of Smyrna, Del .; XI. William, ex-sheriff of Kent conn- ty, Del., an octogenarian, resides at Smyrna, Del., married Elizabeth Scott, has five chil- dren, i. Nathaniel, deceased, ii. Charles, de- ceased, iji. Sammel, iv. Ross S., deceased. v. William, Jr .: XTI. Margaretta, married Emory Temple, both died in Queen Anne's county, Md., had three chaldren, i. Edward, died in Springfield, Ill, ii. Franklin, holds a position about the U. S. Senate, iii. George D ..


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deceased. Nathaniel Wilds was an Old School Baptist. He left a will disposing of his large estate.


Mr. Wilds' father, James D. Wilds, Was born in 1803 on the homestead in Duck Creek hundred, Kent county, Del. He was educated in the old Wilds school-house and devoted himself to farming. In 1851 he bought the Ringgold farm, to which he had brought his bride in 1830. John Wilds was a Whig and cast his first vote for John Quincy Adams, but afterwards became a Democrat. For four- teen years he was justice of the peace in Ken- ton : there also he opened a store which he sold to James F. Downes. In 1840 he was elected to a seat in the House of Representatives of Delaware.


In 1830, the HIon. John Wilds was married to Lydia E., daughter of John and Jane (Bracken) Spruance, of New Castle county, Del. Mrs. Wilds was born in Duck Creek hundred, Kent county, Del., in March, 1812. Their children are: I. David S., resides on part of the homestead in Duck Creek hundred, married Anna M. Downs, has eight children, i. Laura (Mrs. C. P. Bailey), of Wilmington, Del., ii. Elva (Mrs. Thomas Roe), of Caroline county, Md., iii. Elizabeth (Mrs. Thomas W. Wilson), deceased, iv. James D., v. David F. M., vi. John S., motorman, of New York, vii. Herman, viii. Wilbur; II. Annie E. (Mrs. William C. Jump), of Little Creek hundred, Kent county, Del., has one child, James W., manufacturer of boots and shoes, St. Louis, Mo .; III. Lydia 1., married N. C. Downs, of Duck Creek hundred, both died leaving two children, i. William W., ii. Herbert; IV. John N., deceased, married Susanna Lofland; V. Mary R. (Mrs. Samuel Hutchinson), of Kenton, Del .; VI. James F .; VII. William D., married Fondelia Keitle, died leaving one child; VIII. Ella A., married Dr. William II. Cooper, collector of the port of Wilming- ton, Del., has five children, i. Clarissa, ii. Wil- liam HI., iii. Ignatius, iv. Elizabeth W., v. Roland. James Wilds died September 22, 1863.


James Francis Wilds was educated in the old Wilds school house, District No. 9. After he reached his tenth year, his Saturdays and all his vacations were spent as a clerk in the store of James F. Downs, at Kenton, Del. At sixteen he secured a situation with B. B.


Allen & Co., but soon returned to Kenton, and for three years was a clerk in the store of his brother-in-law, William C. Jump. In 1865 Mr. Wilds and his brother John Wilds, purchased Mr. Jump's store, but at the end of one year the partnership was dissolved. On attaining his majority, Mr. Wilds took charge of the homestead, farming on shares until 1878, when he removed to a farm inherited from his father's estate. On January 22, 1883, having been appointed register of wills, Mr. Wilds left his farm and removed to Do- ver, Del. This office he held until 1888, when he became register and recorder of deed -. In May, 1891, he was made commissioner to distribute the direct tax, an office which ex- pired in May, 1897. For some years he was employed in settling up the estates of Charles Harris, formerly of Norfolk, Va. Mr. Wilds is a Democrat. IIe is interested in securing greater educational facilities and has served as a school commissioner of District No. 9, since he attained his majority. In 1872 he was elected to the State Legislature where he served acceptably for two terms.


The Hon. James Francis Wilds was married to Lydia E. Coverdale, who was born in 1846, in Duck Creek hundred, Kent county, Del. Their children are: I. Beulah; II. Dora, both educated at Conference Academy, Hagers- town, Md., and at Miss Sarah Randolph's school, Baltimore, Md.


RICHARD COLGATE DALE, P. O. ITarrington, Kent county, Del., son of John and Ellen Francis (Boyd) Dale, was born at Port Penn, New Castle county, Del., March 3, 1848.


Dr. Richard Colgate Dale, grandfather of Richard Colgate Dale, was one of the leading physicians of New Castle county, Del. Dur- ing the War of 1812, he received a captain's commission in a company which he raised in his native county. Ile also served as a sur- geon under General Wilkinson in the division commanded by General Andrew Jackson. At the end of the war he received a captain's commission in the regular army; this he af- terwards resigned and resumed his practice in Wilmington, Del. Dr. Dale was a brave sol- dier and a benevolent, sympathetic physician. He was a Democrat, influential in the party, and served as sheriff of New Castle county,


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Del. He was a Master Mason. Dr. Richard C. Dale was married to Margaret, daughter of Thomas Fitzgerald. Dr. Dale died in Wil- mington, in 1817, and is interred in the burial ground of the Old Swedes' Church. His fourth son, John Dale, civil engineer, was born in Odessa, Del., June 25, 1814. In 1818 his mother removed to Philadelphia, where he attended private schools until he reached his eighteenth year, when he was placed on the staff of J. Edgar Thompson, then a well- known civil engineer. John Dale served upon the surveys of various canals and railroads, and in 1849 made a survey of the San Juan river, South America, his boat being the first to carry the American flag on its inland waters. He was employed as civil engineer on the B. and O. R. R., and had charge of the surveys of the Wilmington and Brandy- wine, the Minnesota and Pacific, and the June- tion and Breakwater railroads. In 1840 Mr. Dale was elected on the Whig ticket, to the State Legislature; since 1842 he has been a Democrat.


Hon. John Dale was married, in Philadel- phia, Pa., October 18, 1837, to Ellen Frances, daughter of Copeland Boyd, of Bethlehem, Pa. Their children are: I. James Wilkin- son; II. Richard Colgate; III. Johu, died in 1869; IV. Gerald, manager of the Reading Forge Company, Reading, Pa., married Mar- garet Adams; V. Horace, of the Reading Hardware Company, married Miss James; VI. Eliza ( Mrs. John Dilworth), of Salem, N. J., has four children, i. John Dale, ii. Margaret B., iii. Hermon S., iv. Charles Wal- lace; VII. Letitia, married Colonel Manuel Eyre, attorney-at-law, San Francisco, Cal., has three children, i. Manuel ii. Ellen D., iii. Gerald D .; VIII. Mary ( Mrs. J. B. Stewart), of Chico, Cal., has five children; IX. Margie Fitzgerald.


James Wilkinson Dale, son of John and Ellen F. (Boyd) Dale, studied for five years at the Delaware Military Academy under Professor Sudler, a graduate of West Point. At the breaking out of the war of the Rebel- lion, he was a cadet at West Point. Although he stood at the head of his class, he immediate- lv resigned, and before he was twenty-one was a lieutenant in the Confederate army. He took part in the first battle of Bull Run, where he captured a sword from Ricketts' battery,


and in various other engagements. He was chosen captain, but before he received his commission, was killed in the battle of Win- chester.


When Richard Colgate Dale was six years old, his parents removed to Wihnington, Del., where he received his education. Ile was employed on his father's farm near Bridge- ville, Del., from 1862 until 1873 when he se- cured a clerkship with the P., W. and B. R. R. Co., at Bridgeville, Del. In 1874 Mr. Dale was appointed agent at what is now Cheswold Station, Kent county, Del., and in 1876 was transferred to his present position at Harring- ton, Del. Mr. Dale is genial and obliging and is a favorite with the company and its patrons. He is a stanch Democrat, and is highly es- teemed. Ile is a member of the Pennsylvania R. R. Association. Mr. Dale prefers the Pres- byterian church.


JAMES BRADFORD, deceased, was born in Brandywine hundred, New Castle county, Del., September 10, 1823. He was a son of William and Ann (Smith) Bradford, both of whom were born in Brandywine hundred in 1788. William Bradford was the son of John and Abigail ( Rambo) Bradford. John Brad- ford is the first of this family known to have settled in Delaware; he came from Burling- ton county, New Jersey, prior to 1778. Wil- liam Bradford spent his entire life in Brandy- wine hundred and died about 1855. His widow died in 1868. Their children were: I. Sarah (Mrs. Josiah Murray); II. John; III. Mary ( Mrs. James Murray); IV. Joseph; V. William; VI. James; VII. Edward, who was drowned by the overturning of a skiff, after he had reached manhood; VIII. George, who died in infancy. All the members of this fam- ily, except William, who went to the West, resided in Delaware until their death.


James Bradford passed his boyhood in his native hundred and received such education as the schools then afforded. Desirous of leading a more active life than the farm promised him, he served an apprenticeship in Wilmington at house painting, with a Mr. Walls. After some years of experience in his trade, he began business on his own account as a house-painter, in 1847, and also estab- lished a wholesale and retail paint and oil busi- ness. About 1873, Mr. Bradford relinquish-


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ed house-painting, and devoted his entire at- tention to his paint and oil enterprise, which in 1887 was incorporated as the James Brad- ford Co., and from which he retired in 1893, having disposed of his interest in the business. During 1884 and 1885, he operated the Wil- mington glass works. Mr. Bradford served several years as president of the Wilmington City Passenger Railway company and of the Wilmington & Western Railroad company. Hle was actively interested in building and loan associations, and was president of several of these organizations. He was also a direct- or of the Farmers' State Bank of Wilmington, and of the New Castle County Fire Insurance company. About 1850 he was elected a mem- ber of the city council and served one term. In 1866 he was a candidate on the Democratic ticket for the state legislature, and was elect- ed. At a later time, he filled out an unex- pired term on the board of trustees of the poor. He was also a member of the com- mission that completed the construction of the Cove Spring reservoir. Although a warm supporter of the Democratic party, he was never an office socker.


James Bradford had six children. Two died in infancy. One, Rev. George S. Brad- ford, died June 20, 1895. He was ordained to the Roman Catholic priesthood, August 15, 1×76, in Wilmington, by the Rt. Rev. Thomas 1. Becker, then Bishop of the diocese of Dela- ware (now of Savannah, Ga.,) and was for many years pa-tor of St. Patrick's church, Wilmington. The surviving children are: 1. David T., deputy register of wills, born Feb- ruay 17, 1846; IT. James E., in the employ of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company; III. John K. Mr. Bradford died March 7, 1896; his wife, Catharine Keenan Bradford, died November 23, 1590.


John K. Bradford, Esq., Wilnington, Del., was born in Wilmington, November 30, 1856. His primary educational training was received in T. Clarkson Taylor's academy. Wilming- ton, Del. At the age of thirteen he was sent to Feldkirch, in Austria, and studied in the Jesuit school of that place for four years, when he returned to Whmington and and af- ferward completed his education at George- town College, D. C., from which institution he was graduated in 1878. He then began the study of law with the late Victor DuPont and


was admitted to the bar of New Castle county in 1882. On June 4, 1886, he was appointed register of wills for New Castle county and continued in that position until 1891. He is a pronounced Democrat.


John K. Bradford was married in Philadel- phia, April 8, 1891, to Emma Maroney, daughter of William and Mary ( McCann) Ma- roney, who were residents of Philadelphia, but are now deceased. His children are: 1. Irene, born November 10, 1893; II. Wil- liam M., born September 6, 1896. On child died in infancy. Mr. Bradford and his family are members of the Roman Catholic church.


SAMUEL A. HENDRICKSON, Philadel- phia, Pa., son of Frence D. and Amanda (Armstrong) Hendrickson, was born on the homestead situated on the Kennett Pike, New Castle county, Del., September 5, 1838.


Peter HI. Hendrickson, grandfather of Sammel A. Hendrickson, was a native of New C'astle county where he owned extensive tracts of land. Peter Hendrickson's first wife was Elizabeth Gregg. Their children, all now de- ceased, are: I. Joseph; II. Peter; III. Irenee; IV. William. ITis second wife was Rebecca Mccullough. Their children are: I. Eliza- beth, deceased, married Dr. Joseph Chandler; II. Margaret A. ( Mrs. MeCleary), of Wil- mington, Del .; III. Rebecca, married John Noblitt, both now deceased.


Mr. Hendrickson's father, Irenee D. Hen- drickson, was born near Wilmington, New Castle county, Del., in 1811. He turned his attention to agriculture and spent his whole life in his native county. Irence D. Hen- drickson was married to Amanda Armstrong. Those of their children who are now living are: I. Jane E., of Germantown, Philadel- phia, Pa .; II. Rebecca F. (Mrs. Alexander Ralph), of Camp Hill, Montgomery county, Pa .; III. Samuel A. Mr. Hendrickson died at his home in New Ca-the county, in 1845; he is buried in the Wihnington and Brandywine cemetery, at Wilmington, Del.


Sammel A. Hendrickson was educated at New London Academy, Chester county, Pa., and at Hyatt's Academy, Winningtou, Del. He Legan business life as salesman in a drug store, and afterwards taught for three years in New Castle county. In 1865 Mr. Hen- drickson removed to Philadelphia, Pa., where


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he became a member of the firm of .1. Ralph & Co. The firm was afterwards re-organized as the Stewart & Ralph Snuff Company, of which Mr. Hendrickson was secretary and treasurer. Recently the title of the firm was again changed, and it is now the Atlantic Snuff Company. Mr. Hendrickson is a share- holder in the new company. He is a success- ful business man, active, energetic and relia- ble. Ile is a Republican, interested in local affairs, and a member of the Sons of Delaware of Philadelphia, Pa.


Samuel 1. Hendrickson was married in Philadelphia, Pa., November 26, 1879, to Mary A. Limeburner, of Philadelphia.


FRANCIS II. HOFFECKER, Wilming- ton, New Castle county, Del., son of James II. and Sarah (Savin) Hoffecker, was born in Christiana hundred, New Castle county, Del., August 24, 1854.


Mr. Hoffecker's father, James H. Hoffeek- er, a successful farmer and land owner form- erly of Kent county, Del., was born in that county, November 2, 1821, and removed with his family to New Castle county in 1845. Hle was a Republican, and was actively interested in local affairs. James II. Hoffeeker was mar- ried to Sarah Savin, who was born in Kent county, Del., May 15, 1823. Mr. Hoffecker and his wife were members of the M. E. church. He died at his home, "Claremont," in New Castle county, Del., December 30, 1897; his widow died August 29, 1898.


Francis H. Hoffecker received his English and classical education in Prof. W. A. Rey- nolds' Academy, at Wilmington, Del. On November 28, 1873, he entered the National Bank of Delaware, as discount clerk, a posi- tion which he resigned upon his admission to the bar. Mr. Hoffecker studied law in the offce of the Hon. Charles B. Lore and James II. Hoffecker, Jr., and was admitted to prac- tice at the bar of New Castle county, Decem- her 12, 1882. Mr. IToffecker is the junior member of the firm of Hoffecker & Hoffecker; his legal ability is recognized by all who know him. He is a director of the National Bank of Delaware, and of several loan associations. Mr. Hoffocker is a Republican, interested in local affairs. He attends the Protestant Epis- copal church.


ARTHUR S. CHANDLER, of the firm of A. N. Chandler & Co., bankers, Philadel- phia, was born in Cecil county, Md., Decem- ber 2, 1863, and is a son of George and Sarah Rebecca (Cain) Chandler, natives of Dela- ware and Maryland, respectively. His father was a son of Benjamin Chandler. He was born in Wilmington in 1827, and about 1839 removed to Cecil county, Md., remaining in that state until his death in Baltimore in 1890. George Chandler followed the milling busi- ness the greater part of his life and was also largely interested in farming. He was the father of the following children: I. Alfred N., senior partner in the above-named firm, was born in Wilmington, Del., August 27, 1858; II. Agnes; III. Arthur S .; IV. Sarah II .; V. Etta. The children are all living and unmarried.


Both Arthur S. and Alfred N. Chandler are prominent in social society organizations, such as the Sons of Delaware, Georgraphical Society and Yacht and Athletic clubs. The family attend the Protestant Episcopal church.


IIENRY II. HAWTHORNE, Winning- ton, Del., son of Thomas and Harriet (Lydle) Hawthorne, was born in Nottingham, Eng- land, April 1, 1857.


ITis ancestors were natives of Leicestershire, England. His father, Thomas Hawthorne, emigrated in 1863 and settled in Philadel- phia, where he became a manufacturer of hosiery and subsequently of hosiery machin- ery. In these occupations he continued until his death, which occurred about 1889. His widow died in Wilmington, February 28, 1894. They had five children, of whom only one, ITenry II., survives.


Henry II. Hawthorne came to this country from Nottingham, England, with his mother, in 1864. Ilis father had preceded them by a year to make a home for them here. Henry II. joined his father in Philadelphia, and at- tended the public schools there. While yet a boy, he entered his father's shops as an ap- prentice, and when he had acquired his trade, continued with him, helping to construct the intricate knitting machines until 1885, when he began the manufacture of hosiery with Charles Taylor. He is still associated with him in the Standard Hosiery Mills of Wil-


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mington, operated by Taylor & Hawthorne. Ile is a Republican and a member of Lafay- ette Lodge, No. 14, F. and 1. M.


Henry H. Hawthorne was married in Phil- adelphia, May 10, 1876, to Kate Augusta, daughter of Joseph and Sophia Clousins, Mrs. Hawthorne is a native of Philadelphia. They have children: 1. Harriet; 1I. Kate; III. Sophia; IV. Elizabeth; V. Henry II., Jr., VI. Lydia. They are members of the Luth- eran church.


WILLIAM N. BANNARD, Wilmington, Del., son of the Rev. William and Frances B. (Heath) Bannard, was born in New York City, N. Y., December 30, 1848.


The Rev. William Bannard was born near Oxford, England. He was only a boy when he emigrated to America, landing at New York City, where he remained until 1862; he then removed to Salem, N. J. Mr. Ban- nard received his education at Union College, and after graduating from Princeton Theo- logical Seminary, was ordained to the minis- try of the Presbyterian church in 1845. The ordination service was held in New York City, in the Presbyterian church situated at the corner of Twenty-ninth Street and Madison Avenue. The Rev. William Bannard was married to Frances B. Heath. Their children are: I. William N .; II. Horace B., Long


Branch, N. Y., a civil engineer employed on the Long Branch Railroad; III. Arthur U., lawyer, Philadelphia, Pa .; IV. Charles H., also a member of the Philadelphia bar; and one who died in childhood. Mrs. Bannard died in September, 1890. Mr. Bannard re- sides in Philadelphia, Pa.


William N. Bannard graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the class of 1869, and in September of the same vear entered the service of the West Jersey R. R. as rodman. His intelligence and prompt- ness attracted attention, and in 1872 he was appointed resident engineer of the West Jer- sey Road. His efficiency won for him rapid promotion. In December, 1880, he was ap- pointed assistant engineer of the New York Division; in March, 1883, he was made superintendent of the Camden and Atlantic Railroad; in November, 1584, superintendent of the Amboy Division; and in February, 1891, superintendent


of the Altoona Division. In this position his duties included not only the management of the Altoona Division and yards, but the charge of many affairs delegated from the office of the general superintendent, and per- taining to the Pennsylvania Railroad Divi- sion. In June, 1895, Mr. Bannard received Lis appointment to his present position. . 1s superintendent of the Maryland Division of the P., W. & B. R. R. he discharges the du- ties of that important office with characteris- tic fidelity and efficiency.


William N. Bannard was married in Phila- delphia, Pa., January 17, 1882, to Mary B., daughter of Charles and Mary (Cleveland) Blanchard. Their children are: I. William N. J .; II. Margaret B. Mr. Bannard and his wife attend St. Andrew's Episcopal church.


THE REV. D. J. FLYNN, LL. D., Wil- mington, Del., was born near Louisville, Jeff- erson county, Ky., September 17, 1856.


As soon as old enough to attend school, the future priest was sent by his parents to the Beargrass School, then taught by Albert S. Willis, late U. S. Minister to Honolulu. In 1868, his parents removed to Louisville, and placed their son in St. John's Parochial School. After spending three years at this excellent school, Mr. Flynn entered St. Xavier's Institute, from which he graduated in 1877, in company with Mr. J. J. Tierney. The two young men at once left Louisville for St. Mary's College, where they began their studies, preparatory to their ordination to the priesthood. They received their di- plomas in June, 1880, finishing their studies with distinction, and at once entered the Semi- mary at the "Old Mount." At the close of their theological course, having been adopted by the Rt. Rev. Bishop Becker, of Wilmington, Del., they came to Wilmington, and were there raised to the Holy Priesthood by Bishop Becker, in St. Peter's Pro-Cathedral, June 23, 1883. Father Flynn was at once ap- pointed as assistant to the venerable Father Reilly, the patriarch of the diocese. For two years he labored faithfully at St. Mary's, do- ing everything to lighten the labors, and to gladden the closing days of his venerable pas- tor. Father Flynn was the leading spirit in the grand celebration held on the occasion of




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