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ALFRED LEVERAGE, Dover, Kent county, Del., son of Nathaniel and Sarah (Pearson) Leverage, was born in Duck Creek
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hundred, Kent county, Del., November 20, 1541.
The ancestry of Mr. Leverage both pa- ternal and maternal, is English. His grand- father, Benjamin Leverage, was born in England, emigrated to America in the early part of the present century, and settled in Delaware, where he devoted himself to agri- culture. He owned and cultivated farmis in Duck Creek hundred, Kent county, Del., and in Queen Anne county, Md. Benjamin Lev- erage was married to Ann - Their children are: I. Nathaniel; II. Robert; III. Retta (Mis. Goldsboro); IV. Elizabeth (Mrs. George Bramble); V. Benjamin; VI. Susan (Mrs. Robert Bramble); all of whom are now dead. Benjamin Leverage died in Queen Anne county, Md., in 1847.
Nathaniel Leverage, eldest son of Benja- min and Ann Leverage, father of Alfred Lev- erage, was born in Duck Creek hundred, Kent county, Del., in 1800. He was a tiller of the soil and for fifty years was a resident of Kent county, Del. The last ten years of his life were spent in Queen Anne ounty, Md., where he owned large tracts of land, which were cul- tivated by his numerous slaves. Nathaniel Leverage was married to Sarah Pearson, a na- tive of Kent county, Del. Their children are: I. John, died in boyhood; II. Frank, died in boyhood; III. Maria (Mrs. Abraham Hoff- ceker), deceased; IV. Benjamin, commi-sion merchant on Fourth St., Wilmington, Del., married Mary Brown, has two hildren, i. Harvey, ii. Ross; V. Thomas, died in early manhood; VI. Alfred; VII. George, de- ceased. Mr. Leverage died in Queen Anne county, Md., in 1860; his wife died in 1849, in Kont county, Del.
Alfred Leverage spent his boyhood on his father's farm in Kent county, Del., and re- ceived a good education in the schools of that district. Ilis parents died when he was a young man, and Mr. Leverage, being obliged to earn his livelihood, turned his attention to the cultivation of the soil. He was a success- ful husbandman, and owned large farms both in Kent county, Del., and on the Eastern Shore of Maryland. Mr. Leverage devoted himself exclusively to the management of his real estate until 1892, when he removed to Dover, Del., and opened a livery stable. His establishment, which is the largest and best equipped in the county, is well patronized. Mr. Leverage is highly esteemed in the com-
munity. He is a Democrat, actively inter- ested in politics.
Alfred Leverage was married four times. Ilis first wife was Sarah, daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth Anthony, of Queen Anne coun- ty, Md. Their two children died in child- hood. His second wife was Rebecca, widow of James Holden. Their two children also died in childhood. The third wife of AAlfred Leverage was Sarah, widow of William Smith, of Queen Anne county, Md. After her death, Mr. Leverage was married to Mary, widow of James C'ase, of Kent county, Del. She died November 22, 1897. Mr. Levering is a member of the M. P. church. ITe be- longs to the board of trustees, and has been three times a delegate to the Conference.
JOSEPHI B. WAPLES, M. D., George- town, Sussex county, Del., son of Benjamin F. and Susan R. (Connell) Waples, was born in Cedar Creek hundred, Sussex county, Del., October 27, 1847.
Benjamin F. Waples, miller, farmer and merchant, passed his whole life in Delaware. Ile was born in Indian River hundred and died June 29, 1862, in Cedar Creek hundred, where his widow still resides. Their chil- dren are: I. Joseph B .; II. Benjamin F., a farmer of Cedar Creek hundred; III. Mary E. ( Mrs. Robert R. Morris), resides near Mil- ton, Broadkiln hundred: IV. Susan (Mrs. Greenbury Bell), of Maryland; V. John C., of Cedar Creek hundred; VI. Charlie G., of Milton ; VII. Sallie, died in infancy.
Joseph B. Waples grew up on his father's farm in Cedar Creek hundred, and was edu- cated in the public schools of the hundred and in Milton Academy. In 1865 he entered the medical department of the University of Maryland, graduating in the spring of 1868. Immediately after his graduation he opened an office in Georgetown, where he has built up a lucrative practice. Dr. Waples was phy- sician of the jail, and is now physician of the Sussex county alshouse, and a trustee of the Delaware State Hospital at Farnhurst. Mr. Waples is a member of the Democratic party, interested in local affairs, and has served in the town council and on the school board. He belongs to the Georgetown Lodge, No. 18, A. O. U. W., and to the Heptasophs.
Joseph B. Waples was married December 19, 1872, in Georgetown hundred, to Sallie C., daughter of Asbury C. and Catherine
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Pepper. Their children are: I. Dehna, born October 27, 1874, married Dr. J. P. Lof- land, of Milford, Del .; II. Ethel, born Sep- tember 11, 1877; III. Joseph B., born Au- gust 26, 1884. Mr. Waples and his family attend St. Paul's Protestant Episcopal church, at Georgetown.
IION. CHARLES MASON CULLEN, Georgetown, Sussex county, Del., son of Hon. Elisha D. and Margaret ( West) Cullen, was born in Georgetown, June 14, 1828.
The original progenitor of the Cullen fam- ily in America was George Cullen, great- grandfather of Judge Cullen, of whom but little is known. He married Sarah Mason, and had children: I. John, born January 7, 1766; II. Charles Mason, born January 9, 1769; III. Piney, born September 17, 1773, died May 24, 1785; IV. Sarah, born Septem- ber 14, 1776, died December 24, 1794; V. Jonathan, born September 30, 1778. Their second son, Charles Mason Cullen, was mar- ried, January 26, 1797, to Elizabeth Harris, widow of Jonathan Dickerson. By her first marriage, she had a large family of children. To her union with Charles M. Cullen, only one was born, Elisha D. Cullen, born April 23, 1799, at Millsborough, Del. Charles M. Cullen was an independent farmer. Soon af- ter the birth of his son, he removed to Lewes, Del., where he was a merchant and miller. He represented his county in the state legislature, and was able and influential in the counsels of the state. He reached the age of sixty- five, dying in 1828.
After due preparation in the private schools of Lewes, Elisha D. Cullen became a student at Princeton, N. J., and was graduated from the college of that place. He then studied law in the office of Judge Robinson, of Georgetown, was admitted to practice in April, 1821, and continued throughout his life in the profession, which he adorned by his profound knowledge of the law and his clear and convincing reasoning. Mr. Cullen was elected to the national congress in 1854, a time when some of the most burning ques- tions were under discussion. His interest in these subjects was lively and deep, and in- dueed him to deliver speeches which made a deep impression on all who heard him. Mr. Cullen's personal character was admirable for the simplicity and mode-ty that mark the true and profound student. Elisha D. Cullen was
married, April 11, 1822, to Margaret, daugh- ter of Robert and Naomi West, of Lewes. They had six children, of whom three died in early childhood, and one, Lydia W., in carly womanhood. Those living are: I. Mary W .; II. Charles M. Hon. E. D. Cullea died Feb- ruary 15, 1862.
Having received his preparatory education in the private schools of Georgetown, Charles M. Cullen became a student of Yale College, New Haven, graduating in 1848. He then applied himself to the study of law under his father's preceptorship, and was admitted to the bar in October, 1851. He practiced as his father's partner until the connection was severed by death, and has since shown himself his father's worthy successor. His ample and well-digested legal acquirements and his keen insight into the merits and bearings of a case render him a reliable counsellor, while his logical mind and his readiness in argument make him an efficient advocate. IIe is hon- orable, kindly and generous, and enjoys the esteem of many friends. Charles M. Cullen was appointed judge of the Superior Court in August, 1889; on June 18, 1897, he retired from the bench and resumed the practice of his profession. Judge Cullen is a Democrat.
Charles Mason Cullen was married, May 6, 1852, in Baltimore hundred, to Virginia, daughter of Bishop Beverly and Catherine (Bushly) Waugh. Their children are: I. Beverly, married Ella Wheatley, has chil- dren, i. Le W., ii. Mabel, iii. William, iv. Raymond; II. Mary Virginia; III. Margaret C., widow of Harry George, has children, i. Annetta, ii. Harry C .; IV. Charles W., a practicing attorney of Georgetown, of whom a sketch is found elsewhere in this book. The family attend the Presbyterian church.
JOIIN HI. JOHNSON, Georgetown, Sus- sex county, Del., son of Robert K. and Mary D. (Davis) Johnson, was born near Milford, Cedar Creek hundred, September 14, 1845.
His grandfather, who bore the same name, John HI. Johnson, was of Scotch-Irish descent, and was born on the homestead in Mispillion hundred, Kent county, Del., where he spent his whole life. He was married to Sallie Hayes. Their children are: I. Nathaniel II., deceased, was married three times, his first wife, Rachel Merritt, of New Castle, Del., died leaving four children, i. Richard, ii. Wil- lian, iff. Sallie E., iv. Loni-a; 11. Rachel (Mrs.
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Jacob Cordray), has seven children, five of whom are living, i. Thomas C., ii. Sallie C. (Mrs. Mark E. Johnson), iii. Robert Cordray, iv. John, v. George; III. Robert K .; IV. Eli- zabeth, married Capt. James Primrose.
Robert K. Johnson, third child of John II. and Sallie (Hayes) Johnson, was born at the homestead in Mispillion hundred, April 14, 1818. On attaining his majority, he settled on a farm in Cedar Creek hundred, where he spent the remainder of his life. Robert K. Johnson was married to Mary D. Davis, who died in 1860. They had seven children, five of whom died in youth; those surviving are: I. John II .; II. Susan (Mrs. Solomon J. Deputy), of Milford, Del. Mr. Johnson's second wife was Catherine Griffith. Mr. Rob- ert K. Johnson died at his home in Cedar Creek hundred in 1870.
John II. Johnson was educated in the com- mon schools of his native county. He re- mained at home for some time, working with his father, and afterwards cultivated a farm in Cedar Creek hundred. In 1889, he was appointed collector for the hundred, and re- moving to Milford, began to make bricks. In 1896 he was elected sheriff of Sussex county, and removed to his present home in George- town. Mr. Johnson is a Republican. Dur- ing the war of the Rebellion, he enlisted in the Emergency Corps; he is a member of Garfield Post, No. 7, G. A. R.
John HI. Johnson was married in Cedar Creek hundred, September 24, 1866, to Sallie E., daughter of William and Tabitha Davis. Four of their children are deceased; those surviving are: I. Mollie D .; II. Allie V .; III. Jennie; IV. Robert I .; V. Elwood A .; VI. Clarence J. Mrs. Sallie (Davis) Johnson died April 3, 1883. Mr. Johnson was married in Cedar Creek hundred, Angust 27, 1887, to Susan J. Manlove. Mr. John- son and family attend the M. E. church.
WILLIAM F. BLACKSTONE, M. D., Georgetown, Sussex county, Del., son of Thomas W. and Sarah A. (Kellam) Black- stone, was born in Accomac county, Va., No- vember 20, 1861.
Mr. Blackstone/is of English ancestry, a lineal descendant of William E. Black-tone, author of the famous Commentaries on the Law. Ilis great-grandfather emigrated to the colony of Virginia, and there spent the remainder of his life. Mr. Blackstone's
grandfather was born in Virginia, where he was married to Anna Dix. They had chil- dren: I. Anne, widow of the late Purnell Twiford, living in Virginia, almost one hun- dred years old; II. Margaret, widow of Wil- liam Copes; III. Betsey, widow of William Copes, Jr .; IV. Catherine (Mrs. William T. Moore), of Virginia; V. Susan: VI. Rose; VII. William B., deceased; VIII. Thomas W. Dr. Blackstone's maternal grandfather, Thomas Kellam, was the first representative of the Kellam family in Virginia, where he owned extensive tracts of land and a large number of slaves. Here the greater part of his life was passed. His first wife died leav- ing two sons: I. Thomas, represented his dis- triet in the State Legislature: II. Dr. F. C. A., married Eliza (Leonard) Wise, widow of the late Dr. John Wise, a brother of ex-Gov- ernor Henry A. Wise, has three children, all deceased, i. George D., ii. Catherine, iii. Sally. Mr. Kellam was married a second time, and has four children: I. Sarah (Mrs. Thomas W. Blackstone), II. Ella (Mrs. James A. Smith), of Exmore, Va .; III. Dr. F. C. A., Jr., practicing in Accomac, Va.
Dr. Blackstone's father, Thomas W. Black- stone, merchant, was a native of Virginia, in which state he has spent his whole life. He is a Democrat, an active political worker, de- voted to the interests of his party, which has testified its appreciation of his services by electing him to various offices. Thomas W. Blackstone was married to Sarah A. Kellam. Their children are: I. William F .; II. Eliza, died in infancy; III. Thomas Wise, Jr., died aged eight years; IV. Rachel W. (Mrs. John W. Collona), has one child; V. Ernest C., a druggist in Millsborough, Del., married Maud Hastings, has two daughters, i. Sarah, ii. Maud; VI. Annie D .; VII. Virginia D .; VIII. Grover Cleveland.
William F. Blackstone spent his youth on his father's farm, and was educated at Mar- garet Academy, Virginia. In 1879 he opened a drug store in Baltimore, Md., and after reading medicine with Dr. F. C. A. Kellam, of Pungoteague, Va., attended lectures at the University of Maryland. He began his busi- ness life at Chestertown, Md., but shortly af- ter removed to Laurel, Del., where he fa- mained for five years. In 1889 he removed to his present home in Georgetown, Del. Mr. Blackstone is an active business man and a practical chemist. He is a member of the
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Pharmaceutical Society of Delaware, and of various secret societies, among which are the Heptasophs and the A. O. U. W. Ile is a prominent Democrat, and has been a candi- date for the office of Collector of Internal Revenue for the state of Delaware.
William F. Blackstone was married in Georgetown hundred, March 21, 1888, to Annie C., daughter of Robert G. and Eunice A. (Abbott) Greenly. They have four chil- dren: I. William Frederick Gibson Greenly, born June 2, 1889; II. Marian Annie Kellam, born August 14, 1890; III. Basil Brown Gordon, born May 25, 1892; IV. Thomas Robert, born October 19, 1893, died June 26, 1894. Mr. Blackstone is a member of the P. E. church.
CHARLES W. CULLEN, ESQ., George- town, Sussex county, Del., son of Hon. Charles M. and Virginia ( Waugh) Cullen, was born at Georgetown, Sussex county, Del., July 8, 1865.
Mr. Cullen's father, Judge Cullen, was born at Georgetown, Del., June 14, 1828, and was married in 1852 to Virginia, daughter of Bishop Beverly Waugh, of the M. E. church. Mrs. Cullen was born in New York City, N. Y., in 1830. Judge Cullen is a Presbyterian. See sketch of Hon. Charles Mason Cullen for further particulars.
Charles W. Cullen graduated from Dela- ware College in the class of 1885, and was admitted to the Delaware bar in Sussex coun- ty, Del, in October, 1888. Like his father, he is a Democrat; he is interested in all the af- fairs of the county, and is a member of the Masonie Order. Mr. Cullen has a large prac- tice in Georgetown, and is the able counsel of the Queen Anne's Railroad Company in Dela- Wall'e.
Charles W. Cullen was married, December 3, 1898, at Onancock, Accomack county, Va., to Florence Gunter, daughter of Thomas Cus- tis, of that county, who married Elizabeth Finney, of Accomack county, Va. Mrs. Cul- len is an Episcopalian; Mr. Cullen is a mem- ber of the Presbyterian church.
HARVEY DEXTER LEARNED, P. O. Dover, Del., son of Hervey and Elvira ( Der- by) Learned, was born in Dublin, N. H., June 29, 1830.
It is thought the Learned family is of French extraction. It is known that the
branch in this country is descended from William Learned, who came to America from England in 1625, and settled in Massachu- setts, five years after the history of the Ply- mouth colonists began. With William Learn- ed were his wife, Judith, and his children. Ile spent the remainder of his days in Massa- chusetts.
John Wilson Learned, grandfather of Her- vey Dexter Learned, was born in Dublin, N. II., March 11, 1763. Ile was a farmer and married Hannah Wright, who was born and reared in Dublin. He died in Dublin, in his ninety-third year. Hervey Learned, son of John Wilson Learned, was born in Dublin, N. H., in 1799. He was reared on the farm, and cultivated his acres in New Hampshire until his death. He was an in- dustrious farmer and a devout Christian. Hervey Learned married Elvira Derby, born in New Hampshire. They had children: I. Samuel Derby, master workman, of Lans- dale, R. I., born October 11, 1826, married Cynthia Woolley; II. Elizabeth Mary Ann, born September 15, 1828, died June 29, 1830; III. Hervey Dexter; IV. Franklin Dana, of California, born November 15, 1831: V. Elizabeth Mary Ann, 2, born De- cember 12, 1833, resides with Hervey Dexter; VI. Webster Dennis, of Delaware, born De- cember 16, 1835, married Miss Hobson; VII. Adam Darius, born June 17, 1838, served throughout the Civil War as captain, died of yellow fever; VIII. Louisa Viola, of Cali- fornia, born November 9, 1839; IX. Lewis Dudley, born September 11, 1841, was killed at the Battle of Cedar Creek, Va., October 19, 1864; X. Marion Derby, of California, born November 10, 1843: XI. Eleanora Mar- tin, of California, born September 8, 1845; XII. Willard Duren, of California, born Oc- tober 20, 1847; XIII. Henry D., born De- comber 28, 1849. Hervey Learned died in Dublin, N. H., in 1892, in his ninety-third year; Mrs. Learned died previously, aged seventy-six years.
Hervey Dexter Learned spent his youth on his father's farm. He received a good edu- cation, attending school two terms cach year. When he was eighteen years old, he secured a position as school teacher, and was so en- gaged in New Hampshire for four winter -. Then he determined to leave home and seek his fortune elsewhere. With but little capi- tal, he went as far south as New Castle coun-
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ty, Del., and obtained employment as a teacher in the St. George school. There he taught during the winter for one year and a half. In the spring of these years, he added to his income by purchasing cattle in Mary- land and disposing of them where he could command the best prices. For two years thereafter he "traded" carriages for a Wil- mington firm, and in 1856, he began farming. For eleven years he labored most diligently to make and save sufficient money to purchase a farm; his efforts were rewarded with sue- cess, and, in 1865, he bought a tract of 205 aeres in East Dover hundred, on which he made a large payment. In 1884, Mr. Learn- ed erected his present commodious residence. Ile has been a progressive and prosperous farmer, and is happy in the good opinion of his neighbors. Hle rears fine stock and operates a dairy. Mr. Learned is a Republi- can, and has served several terms as assessor. Hervey Dexter Learned was married in 1857, in Maryland, to Mary E. Griffith, born in Dorchester county, Md., July 10, 1832. They had children: I. Marion, born July 10, 1858, was a member of the faculty of Johns Hop- kins University, of Baltimore, is now pro- fessor of German in the University of Penn- sylvania, in Philadelphia; married Annie E. Mosser, has children, i. Henry Dexter, born March 17, 1893, ii. Mary, born April 6, 1896; II. Clara Elvira, for a time a clerk in Water- town, Mass., and now proprietor of a store there; III. Annie E., teacher, of Wyoming, Del .; IV. Lewis D., died in childhood. Mrs. Mary E. Learned died October 16, 1867. Mr. Learned married, on January 8, 1869, Lydia, daughter of William S. Moore, born in Kent county, Del., in 1846. Their children are: T. Walton Dudley, of Philadelphia, Pa., born November 15, 1869, married Bertha Tyler, of New York; II. Lewis Leroy, railroad clerk in Delaware, born July 5, 1875; III. Mary Emma Eleanora, school teacher in Kent county, Del., born July 25, 1876. Mr. Learned was reared in the Congregational church; Mrs. Learned is a member of the M. E. church.
William S. Moore, father of Mrs. Hervey Dexter Learned, was born in Kent county, Del., July 12, 1807, son of Noah Moore, of Kent county, whose father came from Eng- land and married in Delaware. Mr. Moore was a farmer and a well known citizen. He married Celia Conner, and had children: 1.
Mary, deceased; II. Elizabeth, deceased; III. John, deceased; IV. Noah, of Delaware; V. Sarah (Mrs. II. C. Gooden), of Hender- son, Md .; VI. Joanna (Mrs. Joseph Har- wood), widow; VII. Lydia (Mrs. Hervey D. Learned); VIII. Catharine ( Mrs. Edward Gooden), of Kent county. Mrs. Celia Moore dying, Mr. Moore afterward married Marion Marsh, of Kent county. Their children are: I. Laura, deceased; II. Martha (Mrs. John Wesley Webb), of Kent county; III. Cora; IV. Walter, of Oxford, Md .; V. Margaret, died at eighteen. Mr. Moore died on his farin in Delaware, near Marydel, Md., October 14, 1884, aged seventy-six years; he was a mem- ber of the M. E. church.
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GILDER D. JACKSON, P. O. Dover, Del., son of Daniel J., and Mary (Finsthwait) Jackson, was born on the homestead, in North Murderkill hundred, Kent county, Del., June 21, 1851.
Mr. Jackson's grandfather, Daniel James Jackson, a native of Delaware, was a farmer of North Murderkill hundred. He was a well-educated man, active and influential in the community. In the war of 1812 he shouldered his musket in defence of his country; and at the time of the Civil War, although debarred by age from active service, he espoused the cause of the Union; he was strong "Hickory Demo- (rat," and an active worker for the party. Daniel James Jackson was married to Unity Gilder, a descendant of the Gilder family of Long Island, N. Y. Their children are: I. Elizabeth (Mrs. Elijah Norris), died in Kent county, Del., leaving one son, Henry, de- ceased; IT. John Henry, married Ellen Montague, died in North Murderkill hundred, in December, 1863; HII. Jane, married first to Mr. Lowber and afterwards to John M. Taylor, is a widow residing in Dover, Del .; IV. Henrietta, married first to Clement Knowell and afterwards to Jacob G. Lewis, resides in Dover, Del .; V. Unity, died aged sixteen; VI. Daniel J. Mr. Jackson and his wife were devout members of the M. E. church. He died in 1866, aged eighty-four; his wife survived him one year, and also pass- ed her eighty-fourth birthday.
Daniel J. Jackson was born at the home- stead in North Murderkill hundred, January 24, 1824. ITe was educated in the public schools of Magnolia, Kent county, Del., and
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devoted himself to husbandry. Mr. Jackson inherited 100 acres of the homestead, and on this land began farming on his own account. In 1879 he sold his property, and with his wife and two children sought a new home in the west. He took up land in the town of Greeley, Weld county, Col., and afterwards located several other claims, on one of which he is now living. Tempted by the hope of rapidly accumulating wealth, Mr. Jackson speculated in silver mines, and although he was at first successful, finally lost money. Like his father, he is an active member of the Democratic party. Daniel J. Jackson's first wife was Mary Finsthwait, of Kent county, Del. Their children are: I. MeElroy, a farmer of Mispillion hundred, married Mar- garet Lynch; II. Gilder D .; III. Leonard A., dealer in livestock, removed to Colorado in 1897; IV. Ernest Andrew, died aged four; V. Robert E., a farmer in Colorado; VI. Annie E. (Mrs. John W. Dorbrough), of Lebanon, Del .; VII. John Henry, died in infancy. Mrs. Jackson died in May, 1865. Mr. Jackson's second wife was Rachel, widow of Barrett Alger. They have one child, Frank, residing in Colorado. Mr. Jackson and his wife are members of the M. E. church.
Gilder D. Jackson received his education in the public schools of the district. Mr. Jackson has spent his life in the cultivation of the soil; intelligent and observant, he has profited by reading and experience, and is now considered one of the best farmers of the district, one who can speak with authority on agricultural subjects. He has also dealt largely in stocks and in land. At twenty- one Mr. Jackson began business for himself, his capital being physical strength, indomita- ble courage, and a practical knowledge of farming. For eight years Mr. Jackson and his brother McElroy, rented the William Ashcraft farm, one of the finest fruit farms of the district, situated in North Murderkill hundred. During the last four years of this time they also rented the Gildersleeve farm of 315 acres. After Mr. Jackson's marriage, he removed to the Gildersleeve farm; his brother remaining on the Ashcraft place. In 1852 they bought 40 acres in South Murder- kill hundred, to which farm Mr. Me Elroy Jackson removed. After improving this place and cultivating it for two years, they sold the property, and bought a farm of 122 acres in Mispillion hundred, known as the Sheldrake
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