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John Jones was but ten years of age when his mother died; at seventeen was apprenticed to his father, a machinist dealing principally in cotton and woolen machinery, and served until he was twenty-one. He then engaged as a journeyman with the late J. M. Poole, and at the end of three years became foreman in
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his shops, retaining the position for five years. In 1849 Joshua L. Pusey and John Jones formed the firm of Pusey & Jones, and began business at the location still occupied by the l'usey & Jones Co. By their energy and the character of their work done they soon built up a large and successful business. Both were practical, well trained machinists, and in the beginning of their career worked in their shops. Their success is a part of the history of the city, as their enterprise had a large share in making Wilmington a manufacturing city. In 1866 Mr. Jones withdrew from the firm and the Pusey & Jones Company was incor- porated. Mr. Jones was a Whig during the existence of that party, and afterwards a Re- publican. During the years of 1878-9, he served, for two terms, as a member of the city council of Wilmington.
On March 4, 1841, John Jones was married to Miss Ann Banning, of Wilmington. Their only daughter died in her sixth year.
JOIIN G. FEHRENBACH, No. 820 Adams street, Wilmington, New Castle county, Del., son of John and Margaret (Becker) Fehrenbach, was born in Wilming- ton, Del., May 9, 1860.
Mr. Fehrenbach's father, John Fehren- bach, a well-known citizen of Wilmington, Del., and a member of the firm of Hartmann & Fehrenbach, was born, in 1831, in Ettenheim, Baden, Germany, where he received his edu- cation. In 1849 John Fehrenbach emigrated to the United States, settled in Philadelphia, Pa., and learned brewing with Lewis Raub. He afterward removed to Wilmington, Del., and with his brother-in-law, the late John Ilartmann, established the firm of Hartmann & Fehrenbach, brewers. Mr. Fehrenbach was progressive and liberal, honorable in business, and highly esteemed by all who knew him. Generous to a fault, his many good deeds were done so unostentatiously that the world never heard of them. He was one of the best-known Germans of Wilmington, and was, in his ac- tions and in his opinions, a thorough Ameri- can citizen. Mr. Fehrenbach was a social favorite, and was one of the organizers of the Delaware Saengerbund. He was also a mem- ber of the German Library Association; of
Lafayette Lodge, No. 14, F. and A. M. of Hermann Lodge No. 29, I. O. O. F .; of Dela- ware Tribe, No. 1, I. O. R. M .; of Delaware Lodge No. 349, D. O. HI .; of the Royal Arch Masons; and of the Knights of Birmingham. John Fehrenbach's first wife was Margaret Becker, who died leaving three children: I. Annie (Mrs. Schuler); HI. John G .; III. Mar- garet (Mrs. Frederick L. Grier). His second wife was Margaretha Pabst. Their children are: I. Emma Louise (Mrs. Hamilton); II. Charles, vice-president of the Hartmann & Fehrenbach Brewing Company. John Feh- renbach died in 1887.
John G. Fehrenbach, eldest son of John and Margaret Fehrenbach, attended the pri- vate and public schools of Wilmington, Del., and completed his scholastic course at Rugby Academy. He also attended German schools and speaks and writes in that language as fluently as in English. From the time of his graduation, Mr. Fehrenbach has been con- nected with the Hartmann & Fehrenbach Company, of which he is now secretary and treasurer. His life has been spent in Wil- mington, where he is highly esteemed by his many friends. Mr. Fehrenbach is a member of Liberty Lodge, No. 10, A. O. U. W.
John G. Fehrenbach was married, in Wil- mington, Del., to Minerva E., daughter of John and Jane Wagner, of Philadelphia, Pa. They have one son, John G., Jr.
The Hartmann & Fehrenbach Brewing Com- pany, which has the largest establishment of its kind in the state, was founded in 1865 by John Hartmann and John Fehrenbach. The business was begun on a small scale, but al- though its management was very conserva- tive, the enterprise grew rapidly until it reached its present proportions. In 1885 the company was incorporated, Mr. Hartmann be- ing made president. At his death, in 1890, three years after the death of Mr. Fehren- bach, the business passed into the hands of the heirs of the partners. The officers of the company are: John G. Hartmann, president ; Charles Fehrenbach, vice-president; and John G. Fehrenbach, secretary and treasurer. The brewery is situated on the corner of Lovering avenue and Scott street, and, including the main building, engine house, offices and sta- bles, covers about three acres. The present
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buildings were erected in 1888, Frederick Wunder, an expert in construction of brew- eries, being the supervisor. The brewery proper is four stories high, and to this plant is added, wagon house, boiler house, ice-making plant, cooper shop, stables and office building. One half of the main building, which is four stories in height, is used for cold storage, in which 75,000 barrels of beer can be stored; in the other half, the part used for brew- ing, is a kettle which has a capacity of 200 barrels. The cellars are cooled by a sixty-tive ton Buffalo refrigerating ma- chine and one 43 ton Case refrigerating machine, which have over five and one half miles of pipes. The vaults below the cellars, quarried in the solid rock, were constructed before a low temperature could be scientific- ally obtained. All the buildings are lighted by electricity. The kegs used by the company are made on the premises; forty skilled me- chanies are constantly employed at the brew- ery. The output of the establishment is 30,000 barrels, and their beer is noted for its purity, the water used in brewing being obtained from the Brandywine. Water from an artesian well eleven hundred and twenty-three feet deep, is used for cooling beer and for general clean- ing.
The company, in addition to the brewing business, in 1890 established a bottling plant on Orange street, where their porter and beer is bottled, under their own supervision, and which finds market in Delaware, New Jersey, Virginia, Pennsylvania, and Maryland, at the leading hotels and cafes.
JOHN G. HARTMANN, Wilmington, New Castle county, Del., son of John and Theresa (Fehrenbach) Hartmann was born in Philadelphia, Pa., July 2, 1861.
Mr. Hartmann's father, John Hartmann, was born at Heidelsheim, Baden, Germany, March 18, 1821. His father, who was forester to the Grand Duke of Baden, gave his son a good education. After complet- ing his school course, Mr. Hartmann secured a position as mail carrier to various parts of the German Empire. In 1847 he emigrated to America, landing at Philadelphia, Pa., where, after spending several years in differ-
ent employments, he opened an establishment for the sale of wine, at the corner of Broad and Poplar streets. In 1865 Mr. Hartmann inaugurated the pioneer brewery of the State in Wilmington, Del., and took in as a partner his brother-in-law, John Fehrenbach. The firm of Hartmann & Fehrenbach was very successful and in 1885 the business was in- corporated, the officers elected being: John Hartmann, president, John Fehrenbach, vice- president and treasurer, John G. Hartmann, secretary. Mr. Hartmann, by ability and in- tegrity accumulated a fortune, and attained a position of influence in the community where he was respected for his benevolence and good judgment. Ilis energy and enterprise were employed to advance the commercial interests of his adopted city. He also contributed fre- quently and liberally to its charitable institu- tions, both public and private. Mr. Hart- mann was a member of Hermann Lodge No. 29, I. O. O. F .; of Delaware Lodge, No. 359, D. O. II .; of Delaware Tribe, No. 1, I. O. R. M .; of the I. O. H .; of St. John's Lodge, No. . . , F. and A. M .; of the Delaware Saenger- bund; and of the German Library association. John Hartmann was married, in Philadelphia, Pa., to Theresa Fehrenbach, who was born at Ettenheim, Baden, Sept. 28th, 1827. Of their five children three died in infancy, the others are: I. Louisa S. (Mrs. Hehl), who died August 31, 1894, leaving three children, i. Thersa M., ii. John F., iii. Annie W .; II. John G. Mr. Hartmann and his wife were members of the German Lutheran church. Mrs. Hartmann died at her home in Wilming- ton, Del., October 24th, 1874; Mr. Hartmann died in Wilmington, February 6, 1890.
John G. Hartmann was a child when his parents removed from Philadelphia, Pa., to Wilmington, Del. He attended the public schools of Wilmington, continued his studies at Rugby Academy, Wilmington, and com- pleted his scholastic course at the Pennsyl- vania Military College, Chester, Pa. At six- teen, he entered his father's brewery where he remained until 1884, when, having ae- quired a practical knowledge of all the de- partments of the business, he spent one year in a large brewery in Munich, Bavaria. Here he devoted his time to studying the science and art of brewing. In 1885 Mr. Hartmann
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was elected secretary of the H. & F. Brewing Company, and is now president of the company as well as general manager. Mr. Hartmann is a thoroughly efficient business man, active, energetic, and progressive, whose integrity and good judgment merits the esteem and con- fidence of his associates. He is actively in- terested in all that concerns his adopted city. Mr. Hartmann is one of the directors of the Economie Insurance Company, and of a build- ing and loan association of Baltimore, Md. Ile is a member of Herrmann Lodge No. 29, 1. O. O. F., and past commander of Germania Encampment, of Liberty Lodge, No. 10, A. O. U. W .; and of Humboldt Castle, K. of G. E., Lodge of Elks, and also of the Heptasophs.
John G. Hartmann was married, in New York City, N. Y., April 23, 1889, to Nora A., daughter of Charles A. and Delia Schaefer, who was born in Charlotte, Mich. Mr. Hart- mann attends St. Stephen's Lutheran Church.
Since assuming the management of the Hartmann & Fehrenbach Brewing Company, Mr. Hartmann has made very many import- ant additions and changes to the plant. The output has also been largely increased under his management. At the present time, the company is showing its enterprise and appre- ciation of the spirit of the times by the build- ing of a new bottling house on the property adjoining the brewery and also are preparing to place upon the market a very fine grade of cream ale and of malt extract.
CHARLES FEHRENBACHI, Wilming- ton, Del., son of John and Margaret (Pabst) Fehrenbach, was born in Wilmington, Del., February 3, 1867.
Charles Fehrenbach attended the public schools of Wilmington, Del., and completed his scholastic course at the Pierce Business College, Philadelphia, Pa. In 1888, he was made treasurer of the Hartmann & Fehren- bach Brewing Company, and in 1891 was elected vice-president of the Company.
Charles Fehrenbach was married in Phila- delphia, Pa., June 12, 1890, to Eva L., daughter of Joseph A. and Katherine Bow- man, of Wilmington, Del.
DR. JOHN LOFLAND, known as the "Milford Bard," in his early days lived in the
town of Milford, and while there wrote a num- ber of poems which appeared in the columns of the Delaware Gazette. He was also a con- tributor to the Philadelphia Casket and the Saturday Evening Post. A few of his pro- duetions were poetical gems. In 1847 he be- came an associate editor of the Blue Hen's Chicken, and wrote a great many stories and sketches for that paper. He died in Wil- mington, January 21, 1849, age forty-nine years, and his remains were interred in St. Andrew's Church-yard.
GEORGE IIALL BURTON, son of Benja- min and Catharine R. Burton, was born in Delaware, January 12, 1843. He attended Colonel Theodore Hyatt's Military School in Wilmington until Judge Fisher, Congressman from Mr. Burton's district, had him appointed a cadet to the U. S. Military Academy, West Point, N. Y., July 1, 1861. On graduating, June 23, 1865, he was assigned to the Twelfth U. S. Infantry as second lieutenant, and was promoted at once to the rank of first lieu- tenant, in that regiment. He was transferred to Twenty-first U. S. Infantry, September 21, 1866, attained his captaincy, August 16, 1871, and served with marked distinction in scveral Indian campaigns, having received the Brevet of Major, U. S. Army, February 27, 1890, for gallant services in action against the Modoc Indians in the Lava Beds, Oregon, January 17, 1873, and in the engagement against the Nez Perces under Chief Joseph, at Clearwater, Idaho, July 11th and 12th, 1877. On account of his excellent record and his exceptional qualifications for the position, he was appointed a Major and assistant In- spector-General, U S. Army, by President Cleveland, March 27, 1885, and reached his Coloneley in that Corps January 2, 1895. IIe is now, March 20, 1899, third in rank, in the Inspector General's Department, and is re- garded as one of the most active and efficient officers in that accomplished and useful branch of the military service. Personally Colonel Burton is courteous, dignified and unassuming, always a gentleman, and is de- servedly popular with those with whom he is associated; officially he is polite, but positive in his manner and methods, and condnets his work of inspection and investigation always in a patient, thorough and conscientious way.
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Colonel George H. Burton was married in 1870 to Miss Minnie Larrabee, daughter of the late C'ol. Larrabee, of California, and has three daughters: I. Minnie Norton, who married Lieut. Thomas A. Pearce, Sev- enth U. S. Infantry, who graduated from West Point, N. Y., June 12, 1895; 11. Leila Ford; III. Kathro Larrabce.
GEORGE B. RODNEY, was born in Delaware, October 17, 1842, and entered the volunteer service, during the Civil War, as a private of an independent company, Penn- sylvania Artillery, April 24, 1861. He re- mained in this company until August 5, 1861, when he was discharged in order that he might accept a commission in the regular army, having been appointed a second lieu- tenant in the Fourth U. S. Artillery, August 5, 1861, and promoted to a first lieutenancy at once. As he had had no previous military experience and was less than nineteen years of age when he was commissioned in the per- manent establishment, it will be observed that he possessed, at this early age, that degree of self-reliance so necessary for a successful career. That he was in every way qualified for the duties incident to this position as well as to others of a higher rank which he sub- sequently filled, has been clearly demonstrat- ed by his military record.
Ile attained his captaincy, March 4, 1869; his majority, November 28, 1892, and his lieutenant-coloneley, February 13, 1899, hav- ing served continuously in the fourth U. S. Artillery since his original appointment.
Ilis conduct at the battle of Stone River, Tenn., was so gallant and meritorious as to attract the attention of his superior officer, and he was brevetted captain of the U. S. Army, December 31, 1862. Again, in the battle of Chickamauga, Georgia, he distin- guished himself by such conspicuous bravery as to have conferred upon him the brevet of Major, U. S. Army, September 20, 1863.
He graduated from the Artillery School, at Fortress Monroe, Va., in the class of 1869, and has always represented fully and faith- fully the true type of the American soldier and gentleman. His belief is that recogni- tion and reward should come to military men
-in a military way -- and for military duty- well performed.
Colonel Rodney married Miss Warren, of Buffalo, N. Y., and has one son, Warren Rodney.
PRESLEY SPRUANCE, deceased son of Presley and Mary (Jones) Spruance, was born near Smyrna, Kent county, Del., Sep- tember 11, 1785.
John Spruance, grandfather of Presley Spruance, a native of Caroline county, Md., removed to Kent county, Del., about 1730. His son, Presley Spruance, father of Presley Spruance, was a successful farmer of Kent county, Del., where he spent his whole life. Presley Spruance, 1, was married to Mary Jones, a descendant of the Welsh Baptist Colonists, who settled on the Welsh tract in New Castle county, Del., about 1700.
Presley Spruance attended the schools of the neighborhood until he was fifteen, when he was placed with Mr. Darragh, a merchant in Smyrna, then called Duck Creek Cross- Roads. In 1805 Mr. Spruance began busi- ness with his father, under the name of P. Spruance & Son. In after years this firm was succeeded by P. & E. Spruance. The latter firm continued for more than forty years, con- dueting an extensive business as merchants, shippers and landowners, and maintaining, during all that time, a high reputation for en- terprise, integrity and liberality. These brothers were especially noted for their gene- rosity to poor young men who showed the ca- pacity and purpose to succeed in life. From boyhood Mr. Spruance was deeply interested in public affairs, and was deservedly popular. In 1822 he was elected to the House of Repre- sentatives of Delaware. In 1825 he was elected to the Senate of the same State, and continued a member of that body until 1831, when he was made a member of the Con- vention which framed the present State Con- stitution. He was again elected to the Senate in: 1834, and to the House of Representatives in 1838. In 1840, he was again called to do public duty in the State Senate, and continued to occupy a seat there until 1847. During his twenty-one years of service in the State Leg- islature, he was, for about ten years, Speaker of the Senate. In 1847 Mr. Spruance was
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chosen United States Senator, a position which he held for the full term of six years. While a member of the State Senate, in 1829, he took a very active and important part in the passage of the "Act for the establishment of free schools," and in after-life considered this the most useful and lasting public service which he had rendered in his long career of twenty-eight years. Following the traditions of his family, he began political life as a Jefferson Democrat, but, upon the division of parties in 1828, he attached himself to the Administration, or Adams party, and af- terwards, to the Whig party, becoming one of the leaders of that party in his county and State. His instincts and convictions wore always strongly against slavery, and led him to advocate the Wilmot Proviso, and to op- pose the extension of the slave territory. Although an old man, who had retired from public life, he was one of the very few in Kent county, who in 1860 voted for Abraham Lin- coln. Although he fully realized the necessity of using force to suppress the rebellion, civil war was to him a dire calamity. When he heard that the rebel batteries had opened fire upon Fort Sumpter, he exclaimed, as tears filled his eyes, and his whole frame trembled with emotion, "I never expected to live to see this day." Although great industry, quick perception, retentive memory, love of books, and a varied experience as a merchant and leg- islator, supplied to a great extent the defi- ciencies of early training, he never ceased to regret that he had been denied the opportunity of acquiring a liberal education. His great and accurate knowledge of public affairs, his sound, clear judgment, inflexible integrity, steady courage and devoted patriotism, made him a useful and honored public servant.
In 1830 Presley Spruance was married to Sarah, daughter of William Corbit, of Cant- well's Bridge, now Odessa. Their children were: I. Mary J., died in infancy ; II. Horace, died in October, 1882; III. William C .; IV. Sarah C. Mr. Spruance died at his residence in Smyrna, February 13, 1863.
JOSEPH K. ADAMS was born October 29, 1839, son of John and Eleanor (King) Adams. His father, a painter by trade, was
born in 1800 and died in 1842, leaving a widow and seven children. In 1858 Joseph K. Adams took employment in a variety store in Wilmington. In 1866, he and his brother, William B. Adams, purchased the store in which they had been employed as clerks. They soon built up a large business.
Joseph K. Adams served several terms in the city council of Wilmington. He was married July 29, 1860, to Mary Caroline Row- botham.
JOHN W. SHARP, M. D., was born, April 24, 1817, in Milford hundred, Kent county, third son of Thomas and Sarah ( Walls) Sharp, and grandson of John Sharp. His parents were natives of Sussex county. His father was a farmer of some means, a man of eminent piety, a class leader in the Metho- dist church for forty years, and a consistent Christian. Thomas Sharp was born in 1789, and died, 1866, aged seventy-seven years. Sarah (Walls) Sharp was a pious woman, kind and affectionate, highly esteemed for her many virtues by all who knew her, and was an ex- emplanary member of the Methodist church. She was born in 1791, and died in 1872, aged eighty-one years. Thomas and Sarah Sharp had children: William, graduated at Yale College in 1847, studied law, and was admitted to the bar in Dover, afterwards edited The Delaware State Reporter, and The Sentinel, in Dover, was born in 1811, and died in 1876, aged sixty-five years; Jesse J., was a merchant and farmer, was born in 1814, and died in. 1880, aged sixty-six years; John W .; James; Thomas, born in 1822, died in in- fancy; Rachel D., born in 1825, died in infancy. John W. Sharp, M. D., worked on his father's farm, and went to school till he was eighteen years old. Having received a good English education, he afterwards taught public and private schools for several years. During this engagement he devoted his leisure hours to the study of Latin and Greek lan- guages, and the higher mathematics. He af- terwards entered the "Wilmington Classical Institute," under the direction of Rev. S. M. Gayley, A. M. While there he prosecuted his studies in all the higher English branches, in Latin and Greek languages, and the advanced mathematics.
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Ile studied medicine with Dr. Jump, of Dover, for three years, and then went to Phil- adelphia, and became a private office student of Dr. George B. Wood, Professor of Materia Medica in the University of Pennsylvania. In the spring of 1850, he was graduated from the Medical Department of that institution, in the thirty-third year of his age.
Dr. Sharp located in Camden, where he es- tablished a large and successful practice. In 1851, he became a member of the Indepen- dent Order Odd Fellows, and filled all the chairs of that Order in the Subordinate Lodge. Hle was elected by the Lodges of the State, a Grand Representative to the Right Worthy Grand Lodge of the United States, which met in Baltimore, and was afterwards elected Grand Master of the State. He became a member of the "Delaware State Medical So- iety," was secretary of the society for many consecutive years, was elected its President, and also its Treasurer.
Dr. Sharp was physician to the "Kent coun- ty Almshouse," and was elected several times a delegate to the National Medical Associa- tion. In 1876, he was chosen a Presidential Elector, and was President of the State Elec- toral College. In 1878, he was elected a member of the State Legislature, serving on the following committees, viz: Committee on Federal Relations, on Revised Statutes, on Accounts, and on Printing.
In 1855, Dr. J. W. Sharp married Miss Mary A. Slaytor, by whom he had three chil- dren, all of whom died in early infancy. His wife died in 1859. In 1861, he married, in Philadelphia, Miss . Mary A., daughter of James Wells, Esq., formerly Sheriff of Mont- gomery county, Pa.
GEORGE HENRY GILDERSLEEVE was born near Camden, Kent county, Feb. 8, 1844. His father, Benedict Gildersleeve, was a sea captain, and in later life a farmer in the above locality. Hle was born in 1816, and died in 1868. He married Mary Jane, daughter of Nehemiah and Unity Draper. They had two children who grew to maturity : George Henry, and Elma, wife of C. HI. Bur- gess, of Philadelphia. Nehemiah Draper was a farmer near Camden. The parents of Bone- diet were John and Mary Gildersleeve, of an
ancient Kent county family, who were among the early settlers. George Henry Gildersleeve received a good common school education, and was brought up on the home farm till the age of eighteen, when he became a clerk for three years in the store of William Dyer, of Leba- non. At the end of that time, he bought out his employer, and in partnership with Mr. B. L. Wharton, under the firm name of Whar- ton & Gildersleeve, conducted the store for four years. Mr. Gildersleeve then sold out, and took charge of the old home farm for six years. In 1875, he left farming, became superintendent of the Farmers' Fruit Presery- ing Company, at Rising Sun. He was married in October, 1866, to Miss Martha Rebecca Raymond, daughter of James Raymond, of the Eastern Shore of Maryland.
EDWARD G. BRADFORD, JR., son of HIon. Edward G. Bradford, was born in the city of Wilmington, March 12, 1848. He was educated at the Delaware Military Aca- demy, the school of T. Clarkson Taylor, in Wilmington under the instruction of a private tutor, and at Yale college, where he was gra- duated with honors, in 1868. He read law under the direction of his father, and was ad- mitted to the bar in May, 1870. In 1880, he was elected on the Republican ticket as a rep- resentative in the State Legislature, receiv- ing the largest vote given for any candidate on the legislative branch of the ticket, in New Castle county. Mr. Bradford received the complimentary vote of his party associates in the Ilouse for speaker, and served by appoint- ment as chairman of the Committee on Re- vised Statutes. His course in the Legislature was marked by his able and zealous advocacy of reforms in legislation and the con- duct of affairs of the State govern- ment. During this session of the Legis- lature was passed the aet relating to pilotage, out of which sprung controversies between the Pennsylvania and Delaware pilots. Mr. Bradford was early employed by the Delaware pilots, as one of their counsel, and in Dee., 1881, in the course of his employ- ment made, together with Hon. Thomas F. Bayard, a successful argument in the Supreme Court of the U. S. against an application to
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