Genealogical and personal memorial of Mercer County, New Jersey, Part 60

Author: Lee, Francis Bazley, 1869-1914
Publication date: 1907
Publisher: New York : Lewis Publishing Company
Number of Pages: 698

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Mr. Reichert married (first), Kate Cody, and they had four children. He married (second), Sophia Mulfinger, daughter of Gottlieb and So- phia (Riehert) Mulfinger.

JOSEPH A. FITZPATRICK, who is an im- portant and influential figure in the political cir- cles of Trenton, Mercer county, New Jersey, and who is the secretary and treasurer of the Capital Brewing Company of Trenton, traces his an- cestors to Ireland.

Maurice Fitzpatrick, father of Joseph A. Fitz- patrick, was born near Rock Castle, County Tip- perary, Ireland, in 1798, died in 1901. He emi- grated to the United States in 1819 and settled in Bordentown, New Jersey. He obtained em- ployment with the Pennsylvania Railroad Com- pany, serving them in various capacities, and was associated with them until his death. He mar- ried Mary Campbell, who died as the result of a severe burn. Among their children was a son, Joseph A., see forward.

Joseph A. Fitzpatrick, son of Maurice and Mary (Campbell) Fitzpatrick, was born in Bordentown, New Jersey, September 7, 1873. He was educated in the public schools of his na- tive town, and upon the completion of his studies commenced his business career as an employe of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company. Subse- quently he became ticket agent at Bordentown, New Jersey, and held this position for a number of years. He became actively interested in the Capital Brewing Company, August 1, 1905, and was elected to the office of secretary and treas- urer. He is a member of St. Mary's Roman Catholic Churchı, and also of the Vesper Club of Bordentown. In political matters his influence is keenly felt, he being the leader of the Demo- cratic party of Bordentown, New Jersey.

He married Ella Dullea, born in Bordentown,

a daughter of Edward and Mary (Mordaunt) Dullea. Edward Dullea was born in Ireland, came to Bordentown when a young man, and is now a prosperous real estate dealer.

JOSEPH RUE SCUDDER, deceased, was a descendant of one of the oldest and most influ- ential families of New Jersey, a complete his- tory of which will be found elsewhere in this work under the caption of William V. D. Scud- der, of Princeton, and John H. Scudder, of Tren- ton. Joseph Rue Scudder was born on the fam- ily homestead near Lawrenceville, Mercer county, New Jersey, September 4, 1851, son of William and Rebecca (Rue) Scudder.

William Scudder ( father) was left an orphan at an early age, and being inured to farm labor. in 1851, upon taking up the active duties of life, purchased the old Cherry Grove farm at Law- renceville from John Clive Green, and there spent the remaining years of his active and useful life. He was a consistent and active member of the Presbyterian church at Lawrenceville, and in every way was an exemplary and good citizen. He married Rebecca Rue, a member of an old family of whom much is written in this work. Their children were : I. Mary, married John E. Lanning, of Asbury Park, New Jersey. 2. Laura, married the Rev. Benjamin C. Meeker, and at present resides at Emporia, Kansas. 3. Catherine, resides at Trenton, New Jersey. 4. Joseph Rue, whose name introduces this sketch.

Joseph Rue Scudder was reared to early man- hood under the parental roof, and his educational training was obtained in the district school and at the private school of Dr. Hamill at Lawrence- ville. When he was eighteen years of age he took charge of and managed the homestead farm, and being of a progressive and enterprising turn of mind, a quality he inherited from his worthy father, made a success of this undertaking. He was noted for his probity of character, and was an active factor in the social and civil affairs of the community in which he resided. He was a consistent member of the Presbyterian church at Lawrenceville, and for a number of years was a member of the board of trustees, by whom he was highly esteemed as a Christian gentle- man. He passed away at his home. Cherry Grove Farm. August 4, 1895, and his death was a se- vere blow and a great loss to the entire com- munitv.

Joseph Rue Scudder married, at Mt. Holly,

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New Jersey, December 2, 1891, Gertrude Mc- Cully, born at Ardmore, Pennsylvania, June 18, 1860, daughter of Henry B. and Annie (Luke- mire) McCully. One child was the issue of this marriage, Gertrude, born October 26, 1894.

Henry B. McCully was a native of Philadel- phia, Pennsylvania, and for a long period during his active career was connected with the Farm- ers' National Bank of Mt. Holly, New Jersey. By his marriage to Annie Lukemire six children were born, namely: 1. Anna B., resides at Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania. 2. Walter, died February 2, 1906; he married Henrietta Talcott, of Had- ford, Connecticut, and had three children : Henry, died in 1893, aged eleven years ; George Denning and Mary Sholl McCully. 3. William B., mar- ried Caroline Haines, of Mt. Holly, New Jer- sey, and had three children: Louisa, married William Fairchild; Thomas Austin Haines and Josephine Shreve McCully. 4. Gertrude, widow of Joseph Rue Scudder, of this review. 5. George Rozell, married Catherine Boscel La Calle, of Baltimore, Maryland, who died March II, 1907. 6. Mary, unmarried. Henry B. Mc- Cully, father of the aforementioned children, died at Mt. Holly, New Jersey, March 6, 1896, and his widow, Annie (Lukemire) McCully, died November 6, 1906. Mr. and Mrs. McCully were consistent members of the Episcopal church at Mt. Holly.

DINSMORE FAMILY. The name Dinsmoor is rarely found in Scotland, although Dunsmore is frequently seen, and Dinsmuir and Dinsmore are occasionally observed. In Ireland the patrony- mic is borne by many persons in the vicinity of Ballymoney, County Antrim, and they are pre- sumably descendants of John Dinsmoor, the emi- grant to Ulster from Scotland. Dinsmoor ap- pears as the original method of spelling, and was generally followed till about 1800. Since then it has become the fashion for some to spell their names Dinsmore, and it is frequently seen as Dunsmoor, Dunmore, Dunsmore, Densmore, Densmoor, but generally the orthography is Dins- moor and Dinsmore. The family is not an an- cient one, nor, on the whole, very numerous, and upon the other side of the water the name has never been borne, so it is presumed, by the gen- try or nobility. Rev. John W. Dinsmore, D. D., of Bloomington, Illinois, gives this as the prob- able origin of this patronymic: "I have no doubt but that the original ancestor wrote, if he could

write, Dunsemoor (dunse, a little hill, and moor, heath). He probably lived on or by a little hill at the edge of the heath or moor."

Laird Dinsmoor, the progenitor and earliest known ancestor of the Dinsmoors, was a Scotch- man, born in Auld Scotia, certainly not far from the year 1600. The fact that he was called Laird would indicate that he was a man of some note and consequence in his locality. He was a farmer, had tenants under him, and dwelt on the bank of the flowing Tweed, at a place which tradi- tion has variously called Achenmead, Auchin- mede, Aikenmead, and other variations of the name. Tradition asserts that he was a follower and adherent of Douglass, and as one of those powerful chiefs had his home in a fortress, whose walls were of wondrous thickness and strength, placed on a projecting rock in a fiercely wind- swept and narrow defile, on the north bank of the River Tweed, known as Neidpath Castle, near the city of Peebles, and it is not amiss to hazard the conjecture that the home of Laird Dinsmoor was in the immediate vicinity. As he was living upon the bank of the Tweed about the year 1667, it is probable that his death occurred in the land of his birth, and that his dust mingles with the soil of his native Scotland.

John Dinsmoor, son of Laird Dinsmoor, was born in Scotland, presumably about 1650. On account of his father having been imbued with the prevailing principle of the age that the eldest born should receive undue homage and respect from the younger, he forsook his father's house about 1667, in his seventeenth year, and located in the province of Ulster, in the parish of Bally- wattick, one of the town lands of Ballymoney, county of Antrim, Ireland, and there made his home. About 1670, at the age of twenty, he married, and for generations his descendants re- sided in Ballywattick, the last of them leaving the place in 1838. He was widely known for his good sense, his moral worth and his fervent piety. He died at the great age of ninety-nine years. He was the father of four sons: John, Robert, Adam and Samuel.

Robert Dinsmore, son or grandson of one of the four brothers mentioned in the preceding paragraph, who emigrated to New Hampshire as early as 1723, was born in the north of Ire- land, probably in Ballywattick, Ballymoney, County Antrim. He married Nancy Scott, daughter of Moses Scott, also of Scotch blood, her father residing in or near the city of Lon-

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donderry, Ireland. After their marriage they lived in the county of Donegal, on the lough or river Foyle, three miles below the city of Lon- donderry, where nine children were born to them, hve sons and four daughters, John, Martha, Kobert, Jane, Henry, Thomas, Moses, Mary and Elizabetn. In 1790 Mr. Dinsmore and his sons -John and Robert-came to America and found- ed a home. After their departure his wife sick- ened and died ; she was a woman of great dignity, intelligence, good sense and earnest piety. 1792 the remainder of the children, the youngest a little girl of four or five years, came over and joined the father and brothers at Peach Bottom, York county, Pennsylvania. There the family resided until about 1800 or 1801, when they re- moved to Allegheny county and settled between ten and twelve miles northeast of Pittsburg, on a farm on Turtle creek, which he cultivated and improved. There Mr. Dinsmore formed the ac- quaintance of Mrs. Margaret (Acheson) Stew- art, whom he married November 16, 1805, when in his eighty-third year, and three children were born to them. Mr. Dinsmore was severely in- jured by a fall from his horse and died in 1817, aged ninety-five years. His wife survived him and died April 4, 1842.

The following is a brief account of the chil- dren of Robert and Nancy (Scott) Dinsmore : John married, and several of his descendants re- side in York county, Pennsylvania, at the pres- ent time. Robert married and settled in the southwest corner of Westmoreland county. He left one daughter, Mrs. Alters, and one son, Rob- ert. Martha was lame from some cause and died suddenly; she was unmarried. Jane married James Garvin, a native of Ireland, and they re- sided in Ohio county, West Virginia, ten miles from Wheeling, and four from the stone church at the forks of Wheeling creek. James Garvin died in early life, leaving five children : John, Moses, James, Mary and Rachel, who grew to maturity, were married, have since died, all leav- ing families. Henry married Sarah Ross, who bore him a son, Thomas, and five daughters: Nancy (Mrs. Stewart), Jane (Mrs. Fletcher), Margaret (Mrs. Brown), Mary (Mrs. Klags- ton), Sarah (Mrs. Deeming), and an adopted daughter, Martha Ross. Thomas married Mary Gray, daughter of John Gray, and their children were : Robert, married Lydia Bayne, his cousin ; Bythinia (Mrs. Philip Conkle) ; Nancy (Mrs. John Panata, now Mrs. Millikin) ; Mary ( Mrs.

Benjamin Durkin), a widow; Jane (Mrs. James Panata ), deceased ; Anna ( Mrs. Beabout ) ; John, married a Miss -; Thomas, living with his third wife; Henry, deceased, who married a Miss McCarrihan. Moses is mentioned at length in the following paragraph. Nancy married James Hamilton, of Pittsburg, and their children were: James, John, Mary Anne Ferguson and William. Elizabeth married William Willack, who died in middle life, leaving two sons- Foster and John-and four daughters-Nancy (Mrs. Hope), Mary, Sarah Ann (Mrs. Metz- gar), and - (Mrs. Ward). Of the chil- dren of Robert and Margaret (Stewart) Dins- more the following is a brief record: William, married a Miss Ramsay, and died several years since, leaving a widow and several children. Martha married Andrew Thompson, no children. Margaret married James Hope, issue eight or nine children.

Moses Dinsmore, son of Robert and Nancy (Scott ) Dinsmore, was born in Donegal county, Ireland, 1783. From a child he was studious and religiously inclined, and early united with the Presbyterian church. In 1812 he purchased a tract of land of two hundred acres in Rich Hill, Greene county, Pennsylvania, and there spent the remainder of his days. He married, June 9, 1814, Irenaea Braddock, born September 20, 1790, daughter of Francis and Elizabeth ( Martin) Braddock, of whom later. Mr. Dinsmore was an elder of the church and his life was one of use- fulness. He died April 3, 1836, in the fifty-third year of his age, and his wife died August 20, 1834. Their children were: 1. Rev. Robert, born November 14, 1815, married, May 4, 1837, Margaret Loughbridge, who died June 13, 1838. They had one child. He married (second), in 1849, Sarah Whitham. He died August 27, 1853. 2. Rev. Francis B., born April 22, 1817, married, June 6, 1847, Jane Patterson, born April 10, 1820, in Washington county, Pennsylvania ; they had two children. 3. Rev. Thomas H., born August 15, 1819, married, September 14, 1847, Elizabeth McConaughey, born April 13, 1822, only daugh- ter of Robert and Mary (Anderson) McCon- aughey ; they had eight children. 4. Rev. John H., born May 25, 1821, married, July 19, 1847, Martha Jane Grey, born February 19, 1826; they had two children. 5. Elizabeth Jane, born June 7, 1824, died August 13, 1834. 6. Nancy Anne, born July 1, 1826, married, 1850, Hon. William H. Fitzpatrick, who died Angust 14,

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1890; he served several terms in the legislature of Kansas as representative and senator ; they had six children. 7. Bathsheba, born April 9, 1828, died September 14. 1851. 8. Moses Garvine, born February 7, 1831. 9. Rev. William Henry, of whom later.

Francis Braddock, father of Irenaea ( Brad- dock) Dinsmore, was born in Loudoun county, Virginia, of English descent. He was married twice. His first wife bore him one son, Abner, who was an Indian spy, and was drowned when a comparatively young man in the Ohio river, near to Grove creek or Moundsville, West Vir- ginia. He married (second) Elizabeth Martin, of English descent, who bore him the following children : John, married daughter of a Mr. Cath- ers, who died in early life, leaving him with three children. Francis, married Anna Gray, daugh- ter of Judge Gray, the first elder in the Presby- terian church of Unity, by whom he had five sons and five daughters, Donald, Francis, Joseph Ste- phenson, James Kearney, Cyrus Green, Mary Lu- cinda, Maria, Elizabeth and a twin sister, who died in infancy. Joshua, married and removed to Knox county, Ohio, where he resided and reared a large family. William, also married and re- moved to Knox county, Ohio. Robert, died in early life, unmarried, buried on the old farm. Martin, also died in early life, unmarried, buried on the old farm. Rachel, married George Baskins, resided in Ohio, and at her death left a family. of children. Elizabeth, married David Gray, and had one son, Francis, who married Sarah Rose- berry, and reared a family of three sons. Lind- sey, David, a doctor, and Francis, and four daughters. Jane, married John McGuire and lived in the southwestern corner of Washington county, Pennsylvania. They had four sons- Philip, Francis, John Baker and Martin-and seven daughters-Elizabeth, Agatha, Juellen Jane, Rhoda, Irenaea, Eunice and Lucretia. Irenaea, aforementioned as the wife of Moses Dinsmore. Bathsheba, died unmarried, having attained a ripe old age.

Francis Braddock and two of his brothers- John and Ralph-removed from Virginia and settled in southwestern Pennsylvania, which was thought at that time to belong to Virginia, but which was finally included in Washington county, Pennsylvania. This county was afterwards di- vided and the southern portion named Greene county. In Rich Hill township, Greene county, is situated the old Braddock farm. It is believed

that they removed to the new settlement shortly before the Revolutionary war, and that Mr. Brad- dock and his elder sons and neighbors were en- gaged during the struggle in a deadly warfare and in keeping back the hostile Indians from the border. Mr. and Mrs. Braddock were members of the Church of England, Episcopal, and were distinguished for their piety and courage. Both died in early life, he in the forty-fourth year of his age, and she at the age of fifty-three of fifty- four. They were both laid to rest in the cemetery at the head of their own orchard.

Rev. William Henry Dinsmore, youngest son of Moses and Irenaea ( Braddock) Dinsmore, was born May 31, 1833. He married (first) Lizzie Crossett, who died May 12, 1865. He married (second), September 16, 1867, Phebe Harris, of Phillipsburg, New Jersey, who bore him two children : William Harris, born May 12, 1868; Benjamin Braddock. Rev. William H. Dinsmore was pastor of Deerfield church, New Jersey, for many years. He died May 26, 1877, and his re- mains were interred in the cemetery at Phillips- burg, New Jersey.

The Buffalo (Washington county) Dinsmores descended from James Dinsmore, who settled at an early day in the northern part of Washington county or perhaps southern part of Allegheny county. He had two sons-John and James ---- and two daughters-Mrs. George Lee, of West Alexander, and Mrs. Mason. James had three sons : Rev. James H. Dinsmore, of Kentucky ; Alexander Dinsmore, of Arkansas; and John Dinsmore, of Washington county, engaged on the Pan Handle railroad ; also one daughter, Mrs. Kerr, mother of Rev. J. Dinsmore Kerr, of Ne- braska. John Dinsmore had three sons: James, William and Robert. Rev. James Dinsmore Ma- son, and Rev. William C. Mason, deceased, were grandsons of the old patriarch. Rev. John W. Dinsmore, of Bloomington, Illinois, was a great- grandson. Andrew Dinsmore, from the north of Ireland, settled in York county, Pennsylvania, about 1790. He lived there for the remainder of his life and reared a large family. Rev. B. Mit- chell, D. D., of Mt. Pleasant, Ohio, married one of his daughters, and David Mitchell, his brother, an elder, married another daughter. Rev. John W. Scott, D. D., married a third daughter, and a Mr. Livingston, of Ohio, married a fourth daugh- ter. The father of the Rev. A. A. Dinsmore, of Bridesbury, was a son of Andrew Dinsmore. There are from this stock four ministers: Rev.

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John W. Scott, D. D., acting president of the West Virginia University ; Rev. James Dinsmore Scott, D. D .; Rev. Andrew Dinsmore Mitchell, and Rev. Andrew A. Dinsmore.

WILLIAM SPENCER WEART, a well known citizen of Lawrence township, has been closely identified with the agricultural interests of the state for a number of years, and has taken a prominent part in the political conferences of his section. That this has been duly appreciated is shown by the fact that he has been a member of the election board.

William Alfred Weart, father of William Spencer Weart, married Catherine Griggs, and had children as follows: 1. William Spencer, of whom later. 2. Emma G., married W. I. Bayles. No issue. 3. George E., married Ada Ayers, two children : Elner and William Alfred. 4. Gar- rett V., married Maud Thompson, two children : Everitt and Raymond. 5. Robert, unmarried. 6. John G., died unmarried at the age of twenty- three.

William Spencer Weart, eldest child of William Alfred and Catherine (Griggs) Weart, was born in Stoutsburg, Somerset county, New Jer- sey. He was educated in the public schools and in the Pennington Seminary. His earliest occu- pation was as assistant to his father on the farm, and in 1871 he purchased a farm of one hundred and fifty-seven acres, cultivated this until 1878, when he removed to near Hopewell. There he managed a farm for three years, and in 1884 re- moved to another farm east of Skillman. He pur- chased a farm of one hundred acres from Bayard E. Drake, in 1888, sold it after a time, and in 1894 bought the Price-Laning farm, consisting of one hundred and twenty-seven acres. This he recently sold to Judge Edward Ambler Armstrong, of New York, for a summer home. He has always been considered one of the leading farmers of his district, and his advice was often sought by others engaged in the same line of business. His religious affiliations are with the Presbyterian church, and he is a member of the Grange.

Mr. Weart married Deborah V. Drake, who was the daughter of Bayard S. and Louisa (Ti- tus) Drake, and one of five children : I. Sarah, married Theodore Drake, eight children: Cal- vin, married Sarah Updike and had children- Fred, Ruth and Edith; Marianna, unmarried ; Price, married Ella Anderson and has children- Orville, Mary and Theodore ; Augustus, married

Emily Swain and has three children; Leo, mar- ried Carrie Stout; Sewall and Vandeveer, de- ceased ; Dora, married Furman Updike and has children-Vernon Oscar, Sewell and Irving. 2. Agnes, married Schenck Drake, three children : Randolph, married Ella Hendrickson and has children-Alice. Ingram and Edward; Bayard D., married Lillie MacPherson and has children -Ella and Agnes; Mary A., married J. Lee Hen- drickson and has one child-Erdman. 3. Hen- rietta, married Thomas Terhune, one child, Ella, who married George Sawyer and has two chil- dren-Edgar and Etta. 4. Deborah V., men- tioned above. 5. Virginia, married Jacob L. Ter- hune, one child : Etta. The children of William Spencer and Deborah V. (Drake) Weart are: I. Walter G., married Blanche Perry, two children: Bernice and Raymond Walter. 2. W. Irving, married May Williams. No issue. 3. Edgar G. 4. Bessie T. 5. Clara Louisa. 6. Harriet Van- deveer, married Joshına W. Chaffee.

CLARK BROWNWELL HOLMES, a well known farmer of Princeton township, is a repre- sentative of an old and honored family of the state.

Levi C. Holmes, father of Clark Brownwell Holmes, was born in Hightstown, Mercer county, New Jersey, and followed the occupation of farming. He married Mary N. Van Marter, daughter of David Van Marter, the former also a farmer and a member of the Methodist Episco- pal church of Hightstown.

Charles Brownwell Holmes, son of Levi C. and Mary N. (Van Marter) Holmes, was born in Hightstown, October 6, 1843. He was educated in the public schools of his native place and in the Hightstown Academy, and then en- gaged in farming. For a period of about fifteen years his occupation took him to Hutch- ison Mills, Milliken's Creek, and various other places in that section of the country, and January 2, 1878, he purchased his present farm at Princeton Junction, from Peter William- son. He owns another farm in the same place, but this he leases to others. He is very success- ful in the raising of general market supplies, and finds a ready sale for all that his farm produces. He is a member of the Republican party, has taken an active part in the conduct of public af- fairs in the community, and has held a number of public offices to the benefit of the community. He is at present (1906) constable of West Wind-

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sor township, having been first elected to this office in 1894, and re-elected in 1906; has been overseer of the roads of West Windsor township; member of the board of school trustees, and was at one time district clerk of the township. He is a member and was formerly a trustee of the Penns Neck Baptist Church.

Mr. Holmes married Phoebe Pullen, daughter of Peter and Eliza (Pullen) Pullen, the former owner of a farm of sixty acres in Windsor, the latter a daughter of James Pullen, also of Wind- sor. Mr. and Mrs. Holmes have had children : I. Eliza, married Albert Gibbs, of Trenton. 2. Alice, married George Perrine, of Dutch Neck. 3. Levi, married Emma Delany, three children. 4. Anna, married Edward Sorter, of Grover's Mills. 5. Viola, died in infancy. 6. Clark B., Jr., resides in Elizabeth, New Jersey. 7. Cora, married Warren Cafferty, now resides in Phila- delphia. Pennsylvania. 8. Frances.

ISAAC HEY, for many years prominently identified with the commercial and agricultural interests of Mercer county, New Jersey, who is at present residing on his farm at Princeton Junction, West Windsor township, is a repre- sentative of the second generation of the Hey family in the United States.

Isaac Hey, father of Isaac Hey, was a native of Germany, where he was a weaver by trade and amassed a considerable fortune. He fol- lowed the occupation of weaving in Germany until he sailed for America, and when here re- tired from active business interests, devoting all his time to the raising and education of his chil- dren. He settled in Newark, New Jersey. He married in Germany and was the father of fif- teen children, all born in Germany.

Isaac Hey, Jr., was born in Germany, May 24, 1834. His education was acquired in the Episcopal parochial schools of Newark, and at a suitable age he was apprenticed to learn the jeweler's trade. Subsequently he associated himself in business with a Mr. Van Geisen, do- ing business under the firm name of Van Geisen & Hey, jewelers, on Arch street, Newark, New Jersey. Mr. Hey retired from this business in 1884 and purchased a farm of one hundred and thirty-seven acres at Princeton Junction, on which he now (1906) resides, and which he is cultivat- ing with success. He is also the proprietor of the Isaac Hey General Supply Store at Prince- ton Junction, which is a very profitable enterprise.

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Genealogical and personal memorial of Mercer County, New Jersey, Part 60

Author: Lee, Francis Bazley, 1869-1914 Publication date: 1907 Publisher: New York : Lewis Publishing Company Number of Pages: 698

Author: Lee, Francis Bazley, 1869-1914
Publication date: 1907
Publisher: New York : Lewis Publishing Company
Number of Pages: 698