Biographical and genealogical history of the state of Delaware, Vol. II, Part 67

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


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SAMUEL CORD WARRINGTON, of Broadkiln hundred, Sussex county, Del .. son Cord and Jane II. (King) Warrington, was born on the homestead in Broadkiln hundred, Sussex county, Del., June 6, 1853.


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Samuel C. Warrington attended the public schools of Broadkiln hundred, and completed his scholastic course at twenty-one, in George- town, Del. Hle was twenty when the death of his father left his mother dependent upon him for support. After his marriage, Mr. Warrington rented the Charles King farm, and soon after removed to the homestead which he rented for three years. At the end of this time he purchased the Charles King farm on which he now resides. IIe owns 300 acres, upon which, in 1884, he erected a new dwell- ing; his home is one of the most beautiful in that part of Delaware. He is a Democrat. In 1884 he was made inspector for a term of four years; and in 1896, was elected to the Levy Court. He is a member of the Grange.


In 1875, Samuel Cord Warrington was mar- ried to Jennie, daughter of Robert and Emma (Rooch) Betts. Their children are: I. Adelia A .; II. Virgie P .; III. Carrie C .; IV. Oscar HIall; V. Charles Ricketts. Mrs. Warring- ton is a member of White Chapel church. Mr. Warrington attends the Presbyterian church.


WILLIAM WOLFE MUSTARD, of Sus- sex county, Del., son of John B. and Eliza A. (Burton) Mustard, was born in Indian River hundred, Sussex county, Del., August 9, 1854.


John and Hettie (Burton) Mustard, of Sus- sex county, Del., grandparents of William Wolfe Mustard, had five children: I. Kitty (Mrs. Thomas Walls), deceased; II. John B .; III. David, deceased; IV. Lydia (Mrs. John Hopkins); V. Hettie (Mrs. David Simpler). John Mustard died on the homestead. His elder son, John B. Mustard, shipbuilder and farmer, was born in 1808, in Lewes and Re- hoboth hundred, Sussex county, Del. In 1852 he abandoned his trade and removed to the farm now owned by his son, William W. Mustard, in Indian River hundred. Mr. Mus- tard was a Democrat; he was a Christian gen- tleman, and was highly esteemed.


John B. Mustard was married to Eliza 1., daughter of John Hammond and Ann (Shank- land) Burton. Their children are: I. John Hammond, born February 10, 1835, married Martha Hickman, died in 1898 at his home in Milton, Del .; H. Hettie E., born Septem- ber 15, 1836, died in 1839; III. William S., born July 8, 1839, died September 18, 1510; IV. Mary E., born July 19, 1843; V. Annie


P. (Mrs. Walls), born February 15, 1846; VI. James S., born May 26, 1849, married Georgiana Joseph; VII. Lydia E. (Mrs Ken- dall R. Stevenson), born November 29, 1851; VIII. William Wolfe. John B. Wolfe at- tended the M. P. church. He died at the homestead, February 12, 1ss5; his widow, who was a notable house wife, died in Janu- ary, 1894.


William Wolfe Mustard attended the pub- lie schools of the district for two months each winter. After his father's death, in 1855, he took charge of the home farm. He owned a threshing machine with which he threshed the crops of the neighboring farmers, and also dealt in lumber. The exposure incident to the business proving too great, he sold his machine and devoted himself entirely to farming. Mr. Mustard is a Democrat. In 1886 he was the nominee of the Temperance Reform party for the Levy Court, but was defeated at the polls. He is a member of the Patrons of Hus- bandry.


On December 23, 1880, William Wolfe Mustard was married to Hannah, daughter of Zachariah and Mary D. (Talbot) Joseph. Their two children died in infancy. Mr. Mus- tard and his wife are members of the M. E. church, in which he holds the offices of trustee and steward.


ALFRED CONNELLY BLIZZARD, P. O. Georgetown, Del., son of Levin and Sarah S. (Hill) Blizzard, was born near Georgetown, Del., October 22, 1888.


Stephen Blizzard, grandfather of Alfred C. Blizzard, was born, lived and died on the homestead near Georgetown. He was a man of wealth and influence, and during the war of 1812 sent several of his sons to fight in de- fence of their country. Stephen Blizzard was married first to Elizabeth and after her death to Mary Johnson. Their children were: I. Peter, died in Dagsborough hundred, Sussex county, Del .; II. Early, married Sarah Walls, died near Georgetown, Del .; TII. Wil- liam, married Betsey died near Georgetown; IV. John, died near Bellefon- taine, Ohio; V. James, married Harriet. War- rington, died near Georgetown; VI. Levin. Stephen Blizzard was a stanch Methodist and a class leader for many years. He died in 1857, aged one hundred; his widow survived several days.


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Levin Blizzard, youngest son of Stephen Blizzard, was born at the homestead near Georgetown, Del. He received from his father 70 acres adjoining the homestead and spent his life in their cultivation. He was an old line Whig, and a kind friend and neighbor. Levin Blizzard was married to Sarah S., daughter of Nehemiah and Elizabeth Hill. Their children are: I. Catherine (Mrs. Mor- gan Fowler), died in New London, Conn .; II. Elizabeth, married first in Philadelphia, Pa., to Levin Willing, of Seaford, Del., and afterwards to Jonathan P. , of Phila- delphia, Pa .: III. James W., farmor of In- dian River hundred, married first to Annie Mary Benton, and after her death to Mary Prettyman; IV. John Henry, died in child- hood; V. John Hill, died in childhood; VI. Sarah Emily, married Alonzo Harris, of New London, Conn., both deceased; VII. Alfred Connelly; VIII. Samuel S., mate of the U. S. ironclad, Monitor, died in Philadelphia, Pa .; IX. Cord N., of Lewes and Rehoboth hundred, married Mary Mitchell. Levin Bliz- zard and his wife were members of the M. E. church in which they faithfully reared their children. He died in 1870, aged sixty-five; his widow died at the home of her son, Cord N.


For only one year Alfred Connelly Bliz- zard attended the public school of the district. He grew up on his father's farm, and remain- ed at home until he reached his seventeenth year when he was apprenticed to his brother, James Blizzard, carpenter and builder, of Lewes and Rehoboth hundred. After attain- ing hismajority, Mr. Blizzard traveled through Connecticut and Massachusetts, working at his trade and receiving from two to three and a half dollars per day. Several years afterwards he went to Dayton, Ohio, where he remained for one year. Returning to the east he was employed for two years at the Navy Yard in Philadelphia, Pa. He afterwards re- turned to Boston, Mass., and after again visit- ing Dayton, Ohio, settled in Wihnington, Del. In 1874 Mr. Blizzard purchased a home in Millsboro, and in 1882 removed to his present home, a farm of 56 acres in Indian River hun- dred, which he purchased in 1869. He is a Democrat.


In March, 1868, Alfred Connelly Blizzard was married to Georgiana Paynter, who died in October, 1868. In November, 1512, le


was married to Eliza J., daughter of James and Sarah K. ( Warrington) Rust. Their chil- dren are: I. William A .; II. Sarah May; III. Carl. Mr. Blizzard is a member of Ebe- nezer M. P. church.


THOMAS CONNER MARSILALL, Le- wes, Del., son of David Johnson and Eliza Ann ( Maull) Marshall, was born at the old homestead situated in Pilottown, now Front street, Lewes, Del., April 11, 184S.


Mr. Marshall's grandparents, William and Hester (- -) Marshall, spent their lives at Lewes, the place of their birth. Mrs. Hester Marshall lived to celebrate her ninetieth birth- day. Their children are: I. John, married Eliza West, died at Lewes, Del .; II. William, married Hester Ware, died in Lewes, Del .; III. David Johnson; IV. Kitty (Mrs. Edward Maull), died in Lewes; V. Franklin, of In- dianapolis, Ind .; VI. Leah (Mrs. Joseph Walker), died in Lewes; VII. Jacob, pilot, married Mary Q. Carpenter, died in the old home on Main street, Lewes.


Mr. Marshall's father, David Johnson Mar- shall, pilot, was born November 10, 1811, in the house now occupied by Mr. Burton, on Main street, Lewes, Del. At fifteen David J. Marshall became a pilot's apprentice and after serving the required term of six years was duly licensed, and was employed as pilot until the time of his death. In 1838 he erect- ed a comfortable home on Front street. Mr. Marshall was a Democrat, and was highly es- teemed, socially and officially. David Jolm- son Marshall was married to Eliza Ann, daughter of John and Sarah (-) Maull, who was born at Lowes, Del., March 13, 1813, the day on which the British bombarded that city. Mrs. Marshall still lives in Lewes, in the house which has been her home for sixty years. Her health is firm and her excellent memory enables her to tell many interesting stories. The children of David Johnson and Eliza Ann (Maull) Marshall are: I. Cathe- rine F. (Mrs. Thomas Carpenter), born De- comber 26, 1835, died in St. Louis, Mo., June 29, 1869; IL. William Manll, born Septem- ler 16, 1838, went to St. Louis, Mo., in 1861, and in 1875 removed to Silver City, New Mexico; III. Sarah Rowland (Mrs. Henry B. Londerman), of St. Louis, Mo., born July S,


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1842; IV. John Maull, dealer in cigars, born February 2, 1845, removed to Chicago, Ill., where he married; V. Thomas Conner; VI. Emma A. (Mrs. William Norman), of Lewes, Del., born July 7, 1851. David J. Marshall attended the Episcopal church; he was a Christian gentleman, and was devoted to his home and his family. He died in Lewes, Del., December 28, 1882.


Thomas Conner Marshall attended the pub- lie schools of Lewes until he reached his six- teenth year when he became a pilot's appren- tice, serving the required term of six years under his father on the boats Glyde, Thomas 6. Conner, Enoch Turley, and Morris HI. Gonnell. In 1870, having passed the required examinations, he received, from the Board of Port Wardens, of Philadelphia, a third class, and at the end of one month a second class, and in October, 1871, a first class license. Sometime after, he received a similar license from the State of Delaware. In 1873 he built the house in which he now resides; it is beauti- fully situated overlooking the bay and is fur- nished with every comfort. Mr. Marshall is a Democrat, and is highly esteemed. He is a member of the Heptasophs.


On December 10, 1873, Thomas Conner Marshall was married to Mary G., daughter of John P. and Margaret (Hall) Marshall, and niece of Dr. William G. Marshall, of Mil- ford, Del. The children of Thomas Conner and Margaret (Marshall) Marshall, are: I. Edwin C., born April 12, 1877, serving his apprenticeship under Thomas H. Carpenter, pilot; II. Catherine F., born April 5, 1879, a student at Peabody's Conservatory of Music, Baltimore, Md. Mr. Marshall attends the Presbyterian church.


ALFRED R. WHITE, of Broadkiln hun- dred, Sussex county, Del., son of Robert and Ann (Richards) White, was born on the White homestead in Sussex county, Del., No- vember 13, 1840.


Robert White, farmer, who was born on the White homestead, was the son of poor parents, had no educational advantages, and spent his whole life in cultivating the soil in his native county. He was a Democrat, and during the war of 1812 was a soldier in the American army, stationed at Lowes, Del. After his first marriage he began farming on land which his wife had inherited, but after-


wards removed to the homestead. Robert White was married first to Mary Waite. Their children were: I. Benjamin, married three times, first to Hester Waples, second to his sister-in-law - Waples, and third to Hes-


ter -, died in Broadkiln hundred; II. William, married first to -- , daughter of Wallace Waples, and a sister of Mrs. Benja- min White, and afterwards to Eliza King, died in Broadkiln hundred; III. JJohn, mar- ried Ruth, daughter of Captain Samuel Poyn- ter, died in Broadkiln hundred; IV. Mary, married first to John P. Robbins and after- wards to Charles II. King, died in Lewes and Rehoboth hundred. Mr. White's second wife was Ann (Jeffers) Richards, daughter of William and Mary Jefferis and widow of Barrack Richards, of Lewes and Rehoboth hundred. Their children are: I. James J., died in Broadkiln hundred, married Hester J. Conwell, who is now Mrs. Robert Fisher; II. Henry HI., of Broadkiln hundred, married Mary A. Martin; III. Elizabeth, died aged fourteen; IV. Alfred M., died in childhood; V. Alfred R. Mr. White preferred the Pres- byterian church, he died at the homestead in 1864, aged seventy-nine years. For fifty years Mrs. Ann White was a devout member of the Methodist church, in which she reared her children. She died at the home of her son Henry White, near White's Chapel, in 1877, in her seventy-first year.


Until he attained his majority, Alfred R. White attended the winter terms of the dis- triet school. After the death of his father, in 1864, Mr. White purchased a farm neat White's Chapel, and two years later bought his present home, a farm of 178 acres. He is very successful as a general farmer, and is highly esteemed by his neighbors. Mr. White is a Democrat, and was a member of the Levy Court from 1884 to 1888.


On February 16, 1882, Alfred R. White was married to Margaret, daughter of James and Eliza (Holland) Fisher, of Broadkiln Indred. Their children are: I. An D .; IL. James F., died aged three years; HI. Wil- liam F .; IN. Bessie, died aged four years; V. Elizabeth P., died in infancy.


PETER S. WALLS, of Sussex county, Del., was born in Indian River hundred, Sus- sex county, Del., October 20, 1539.


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The educational advantages of Peter S. Walls were very limited. Ile attended the public schools of Sussex county when he could be spared, which was sometimes two months, frequently only three weeks each winter. His father obtained employment for him out of the school district; after studying for nine days under Peter Fawcett, he was dismissed by the school board of that district. For thirty-four years Mr. Walls worked with and for his father. He is a stanch Prohibitionist, actively interested in the affairs of the county.


On November 12, 1872, Peter S. Walls was married to Annie Hester, daughter of David and Caroline (Burton) Mustard. Their children are: I. Ada; II. Irving M .; III. Margaret IT .; IV. Martin M. Mr. Walls is a member of Connelly M. E. church. He is one of the trustees of the congregation, and was for some time a teacher in the Sunday school.


ALFRED HI. KING, of Broadkiln hun- dred, Sussex county, Del., son of Cornelius II. and Ellen ( Foster) King, was born on the homestead, in Broadkiln hundred, December 9, 1853.


Mr. King's father, Henry King, farmer, purchased and cultivated the homestead in Sussex county, Del. He had six children: I. William, died in Iowa; II. James, died in Sussex county, Del .; III. David, died in Sus- sex county, Del .; IV. Cornelius HI .; V. Letitia (Mrs. Thomas Wilson), died in Lewes and Re- hoboth hundred, Sussex county; VI. Jane (Mrs. Albert Holland), died in Lewes, Del. Henry King died on the homestead in 1863, aged eighty-two years. His fourth son, Cornelius HI. King, father of Alfred HI. King, was born on the homestead, July 1, 1830. He was edu- cated in the schools of the district, and spent his whole life on the home farm. Cornelius HI. King was married to Ellen Foster, who died in 1858. Their children are: I. Alfred II .; HI. Annie E., widow of - Carey. Mr. King's second wife was Margaret Carey. After her death he was married to Mary Wil- kins. Their children arc: T. Mary (Mrs. George Waples), of Philadelphia, Pa .; TT. Irving C. Cornelius II. King died on the homestead in 1887.


When Alfred IT. King was five years old,


his mother died. Until he was fifteen, he re- mained with his father, working on the farm and during the winter terms attended the schools of District No. 10. After his father's second marriage, he worked for a time as farm hand for his cousin, William D. Wilson, of Rehoboth, Del. His health failing he re- turned to the homestead, and in the following spring hired as deck hand on the steamer Annie. Six months later he joined the crew of the Camden, the first steamboat built in Philadelphia, Pa., plying between that city and Bordentown, N. J. After working on deck a few months, Mr. King was made fire- man of the boat. He was intelligent and at- tentive, and at the end of five years, seenred a license as second-class engineer. Three years of faithful application enabled him to obtain a first-class license, and until February, 1884, he ran boats to all ports from the Kennebec river, Me., to New Orleans, La., and ports far- ther up the Mississippi. Failing health again foreing him to change his occupation, he visited his uncle, Alfred Foster, of Indianapo- lis, Ind., and finally accepted his unele's offer to take charge of a farm. Returning to the east, he completed his business arrangements, and in March, 1884, started with his wife for his new home. For three years he cultivated this place, raising grain and cattle. The num- ber of persons removing to Kansas, indured him to visit that state, and afterwards to sell his stock and purchase a home there. He pur- chased a quarter section in southwestern Kan- sas. The location was very unfortunate, be- ing beyond the rainbelt. He remained three Years, then finding that he was wasting his principal, he abandoned his claim and returned to Delaware, traveling forty miles by wagon before he could reach the railroad at Svra- ense, Kan. After his return, Mr. King pur- chased the old homestead, on which he now resides. He devotes his time to the cultiva- tion and improvement of this farm of 55 acres. He is a Republican and has served in various minor offices.


In October, 1882, Alfred H. King was married to Annie, daughter of Nathaniel HI. and Lydia Ann (Veasey) Wilson. Their children are: T. Pearl: IT Roy C. Mr. King is a member of the M. E. church and holds the offices of trustee and steward in the con- gregation at White's Chapel.


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THOMAS R. NORMAN, Lewes, Sussex county, Del., son of Purnell B. and Mary II. ( White) Norman, was born at Lewes, Del., April 22, 1857.


Thomas Norman, grandfather of Thomas R. Norman, was a native of Lewes, Del., and was for many years sexton of the Episcopal church in that place. He died in Lewes, in 1867, aged eighty-five. Ilis children were: I. Patience, married first to Martin,


and afterwards to - Wolf, died in Lewes, Del .; II. Purnell B .; III. Mills, was married and died at Lewes. His eldest -on, Purnell B. Norman, father of Thoma- R. Norman, was born in Sussex county, Del. IIe began business as a clerk, became a merchant in Lewes, and later was appointed keeper of the Breakwater Light, a position which he held for twenty years. Since his resignation, Mr. Norman has retired from active life, aud resides with his daughter, Mrs. Kellum, at Dover, Del. He has passed his eighty-second birthday, but is active and interested in all the affairs of the county. Mr. Norman is a stanch Republican, and highly esteemed.


Purnell B. Norman was married to Mary II. White. Their children are: I. Benja- min, married Annie Martin, died in his six- tieth year, his widow resides at Milton, Del .; II. Celia (Mrs. William T. Kellum), of Dover, Del .; III. John, married Anna Martin, died aged fifty, leaving a widow, who resides at Lewes, Del .; IV. William J., merchant, Lewes, Del., married Emma Marshall; V. Purnell, Jr., of Lewes, married Helen Maull; VI. Wrexford W., of Philadelphia, Pa., mar- ried Josephine Pidgeon; VIII. Thomas R. Mrs. Mary II. Norman died in August, 1889, aged seventy-four, and is buried in the ceme- tery of the M. E. church at Lewes, of which Mr. Norman is a member.


His youngest child, Thomas R. Norman, attended the public schools of Lewes, and at fifteen was apprenticed to Captain Henry Vir- den, pilot, and served on the America and the Henry Cope. After serving one year, he re- ceived from the board of port wardens of Philadelphia, Pa., a second-class, and eighteen months later, a first-class license. In 1881, he received a similar license from the state of Delaware. ITe is a skilful pilot, and has never lost a vessel. Mr. Norman resided in Phila- delphia, Pa., from 1882 until 1894, when he


removed to his present home at Lewes, Del. His carly associations were with the Republi- can party, but he is independent in politics. Thomas R. Norman is a member of Reliance Lodge, 1. O. U. W., of Philadelphia, Pa., and of the Heptasophs, of Lewes, Del.


Thomas R. Norman was married in Phila- delphia, Pa., July 20, 1882, by the Rev. Enoch Stubbs, a preacher of the M. E. church, to Eliza, daughter of Joseph M. and Eliza (Maull) Paynter, of Philadelphia, Pa., both natives of Lewes, Del. The only son of Thomas R. and Eliza (Paynter) Norman, Jo- seph M. P. Norman, died in his ninth year.


JOHN MUTCHMORE FUTCHER, of Lewes and Rehoboth hundred, Sussesx coun- ty, Del., son of John and Hester (Marsh) Futcher, was born near Lewes, Del., February 14, 1835.


Mr. Futcher's great-grandfather, John Futcher, son of William Futcher, owned the land along the shore from Rehoboth Bay to Midway, Sussex county, Del. He cleared and cultivated the old Futcher homestead on Reho- both Bay. His son, William Futcher, grand- father of Jolm M. Futcher, was for some time captain of an ocean vessel, but afterwards be- came a farmer, and at the time of his death owned all the land stretching from Rehoboth Bay to the farm on which his grandson, John M. Futcher, resides, a distance of two miles. William Futcher was married to Martha Lit- tle. Their children were: I. Sarah (Mrs. Inke Land), died in Indian River hundred; II. John; III. Mary (Mrs. William Rhodes), died in Lewes and Rehoboth hundred. Wil- liam Futcher died on his farm near Rehoboth Bay; his wife died in Philadelphia, Pa.


ITis only son, John Futcher, father of John M. Futcher, was born in 1797, on the home- stead in Lewes and Rehoboth hundred. He grew up on his father's farm and received a fair education in the subscription schools of the hundred. After his marriage Mr. Futcher began farming on part of the homestead. For three years he cultivated the Becket Wolfe farm, near Lewes, but after his father's death returned to the homestead, which he purchased. TIe was a Whig and afterwards a Republican; he was at one time the Whig nominee for the legislature, but was defeated by six votes. At one time, when a candidate on the same ticket


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for the office of assessor, he was elected by one vote, that of his son, John M. Futcher. At the same election John M. Futcher's father- in-law, Rhodes Thompson, was the Democrat- ie nominee for inspector and by splitting his ticket Mr. Futcher elected his father, and caused a tie on the inspectorship, which was given by the vote of the retiring inspector to Mr. Thompson.


John Enteher was married to Hester Marsh. Their children are: I. Margaret ( Mrs. John (. Eberbach), of Philadelphia, Pa .; II. Mary (Mrs. James Prettyman), of Lewes and Re- hoboth hundred; III. Erasmus M., of Phila- delphia, married Margaret Paynter; IV. John Mutehumore; V. Martha (Mrs. Hiram C. Fish- (r), of Lewes and Rehoboth hundred; VI. Joseph Frank, of Lewes and Rehoboth hun- dred, married first to Mary Wilson, and after- wards to Mary -; VII. Hester ( Mrs. John Holland), resides near Drawbridge, Del. Mrs. Hester Futeher died at the homestead in 1862. Mr. Futcher died at the same place in 1865. He was an elder in the Presbyterian church.


John Mutchmore Futcher received his mid- dle name from the Rev. Dr. Mutchmore, an eminent minister of the Presbyterian church, who was a passenger on the steamer William Penn, when it foundered in the Delaware river. John M. Futcher was three years old when his parents removed to the farm on Re- hoboth Bay. He was educated in the schools of Midway, Del., three miles distant from his home, and was able to attend school for only five or six, and during the latter years of his course, three weeks each winter. He re- mained on his father's farm until he attained his majority, when, having completed his scholastic course, he taught for several terms. In his thirtieth year he learned carpentry, and worked at that trade for a year with his brother, Erasmus Futeher, at Philadelphia. After his father's death, Mr. Futcher inherited a small tract of land which he cultivated, but without abandoning his trade. He built a house on this land, and afterwards sold the land, and purchased his present farm, to which he removed the house. He has 30 acres of fertile land and besides general farming finds work at his trade. Mr. Futcher is a Repub- lican, and holds the office of assessor of Lewes and Rehoboth hundred.


On July 12, 1856, Jolm M. Futcher was


married to Susan M., daughter of Rhodes and Hester ( Marsh) Thompson. Their chil- dren are: 1. Clara Virginia (Mrs. Edgar Waples), died aged forty; H. William Rhodes, of Philadelphia, pilot, married Mary Pretty- man, has two children, i. Margaret, ii .-


III. Hester ( Mrs. George S. MeGonigal), has two children, i. John F., ii. Blanche; IV. JJames R., of Lewes and Rehoboth hundred, mar- ried Lydia Conwell, five children, i. Ralph, ii. Etta, iii. Emma, iv. , v. John; V. Susan (Mrs. Charles Philips), of Lewes and Rehoboth hundred, has a large family; VI. Lula, died in carly womanhood; VII. Oscar, farming the homestead, married Susan Marsh, has two children, i. Lula, ii. Edith; VIII. Frank, died in early manhood. For fifty years Mr. Futcher has been a member of Rehoboth Presbyterian church. He assisted in the cre(- tion of the church edifice, and is an older in the congregation.




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