The History of Warren County, Ohio, Part 105

Author: W. H. Beers & Co.
Publication date: 1882
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Number of Pages: 1081


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as follows: Ola May, May 26, 1867; Walter J., April 14, 1873; Sarah A., May 5, 1875 and Julia M., born April 18, 1878.


DAVID LASHLEY, farmer; P. O. Waynesville; born in Warren County, June 8, 1829; is a son of John and Grace (Borton) Lashley, natives of New Jersey, but who emigrated to Ohio and were among the early settlers near Waynesville, locating here when there were but a few houses in the town, and .


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here they resided the balance of their lives. Mr. Lashley died very suddenly; was working in his field or burning up log-piles in the evening, and about 9 or 10 o'clock was found dead; his wife died in December, 1863. They had five children, three sons and two daughters; four now survive-Job, Lydia, David and Elizabeth. David, our subject, remained at home with his father till after his majority; was married, April 27, 1856, to Sarah, daughter of Job and Rebecca Slack, natives of Pennsylvania, but who became settlers of Warren County in 1820, and here they resided till their death; he died in August, 1827, aged 35 years; his wife died June 3, 1868, aged 78 years. They had six children; three now living-Ann Eliza, Grace and Sarah; the latter


was born July 2, 1826. Mr. Lashley and wife had seven children. Six now survive, Rebecca, born Sept. 17, 1856; Alfred, Nov. 26, 1857; Sylvester, Nov. 23, 1859; William, May 20, 1861; Eugene (deceased), March 23, 1863; Flor- ence, Jan. 16, 1865; and Robert, Sept. 10, 1867. Mr. Lashley has always fol- lowed farming as an occupation and has resided all his life within three miles of Waynesville. He bought and located on the farm where he now lives in spring of 1860, where he has since resided. His farm consists of 69 acres of land, with good buildings and improvements and is situated about one-half mile northeast of Waynesville.


JOHN R. LINCOLN, farmer; P. O. Waynesville; born on the place where he now lives, June 10, 1831; is a son of Isaac and Eliza (Robertson) Lincoln, he a native of Philadelphia and she of Stafford Co., Va. Isaac was a son of Abraham Lincoln, who was a soldier in the Revolutionary war. Eliza was a daughter of John Robertson, who was a Scotchman by birth, and had set sail from America on his return home to his native land, and as he was never heard of afterward, it is supposed perished in the ocean. Isaac Lincoln emi- grated to Ohio and located at Cincinnati in 1822; in 1828, he removed to Warren County and located on the farm where John R. now lives; here he did a great amount of labor and pioneer work in opening out his farm from the woods, and here he resided till his death, July 8, 1857, aged 70 years. Mr. L. was twice married; first to Margaret Smith, issue, two daughters-Elizabeth and Jane. His wife died in March, 1829. By his second wife he had one child-John R .; she died Aug. 3, 1849, aged 58 years. Our subject was raised and grew to manhood on the farm where he now lives; was married March 24, 1870, to Miss Harriet, daughter of George and Eunice Zell, whose ancestral history is given in sketch of George Zell in this work. By this union they have three children-Eunice E., born July 22, 1872; Grace A., born March 10, 1876, and Isaac W., born Oct. 12, 1877. Mr. Lincoln, after his marriage, located on the old home place, where he still resides, and has made a continued residence from his birth, a period of half a century. Thus the farm upon which his father first located still remains in the ownership of his son.


JOHN W. MARLATT, grocery, milling, etc .; P. O. Spring Valley, Greene Co .; born in this county May 22, 1831; is a son of John and Mary (Jennings) Marlatt, he a native of Virginia and she of England. The ancestors of the Marlatt family were of French origin. John, the father, was born and raised in Virginia, and fol- lowed teaming for several years; was married and emigrated to Ohio, and located near Springboro, Warren Co., about 1830, where he continued team- ing, in connection with farming, till his death; making several round trips to Baltimore and the East with his team, his life doubtless being shortened by his hard work and exposure; he died in the winter of 1833, aged 43 years. They had two children-John W. and Joseph. His widow has been twice married since. First, to Timothy Brelford, by whom she had five children, two now survive-Mary, now Mrs. Brandon, residing at Franklin, and Fanny, now Mrs. James Brandon, also of Franklin. Mr. Brelford died with cholera in


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1849. Second, she married Alexander Brandon, by whom she had three chil- dren-Roxanna, now Mrs. Sylvester; Rebecca, now Mrs. Thompson, and Alex- ander. Mr. Brandon died, and she is again a widow, and resides with her son on the home place, near Springboro. Our subject, who was under 2 years of age when his father died, was raised by his mother till 12 years old, then he started out in the world and worked here and there for wages; then learned the cooper trade, which business he followed for several years. About 1854, he opened a grocery store in Mt. Holly, employing a clerk to attend to the store, while he continued the cooper business. Mr. Marlatt has been an active busi- ness man since his first locating at Mt. Holly, branching out in business inter- ests till now he is proprietor of a grist-mill, saw-mill, grocery, and owns a farm, carrying ou at the present time the principal business interests of the place. Mr. Marlatt was married, in 1851, to Miss Ellen, daughter of John and Eliza- beth Buckles, natives of Virginia, by which union they have had twelve chil- dren, eleven survive-Timothy, Mary, Florence, Isadora, Anna, Joseph, Jeffer- son, Eva, George, Edward, Ora and Burt. Mr. Marlatt has been a resident of Mt. Holly most of the time since 1845, a period of thirty-six years.


DAVID MASON, farmer; P. O. Waynesville; born in Belmont Co., Ohio, Dec. 8, 1822; is a son of John and Mary (Bevan) Mason, natives of Virginia The paternal grandfather was a native of Wales; the maternal of Virginia John Mason with his family, emigrated to Ohio and located in Belmont County about 1814, and there resided till, about 1833, they removed to Greene County. where they died. He died in June, 1880, aged 85 years; his wife died March 4, 1877. They had eight children, seven now living-Stacy; David; Lydia Ann, now Mrs. Jacob Ellis; Gideon; Catharine, now Mrs. Beal; John B., and Susan, now Mrs. J. Simmons. Mr. Mason was in the was of 1812, and in con- sideration of which he was drawing a pension at the time of his death. Mr. Mason and his wife enjoyed the remarkable long period of sixty-three years of married life. David, our subject, remained with his father till 18 years of age, when he started out into the world for himself, and for a few years was engaged in various kinds of business; then he entered into a general merchandise trade with his brother Stacy, at Paintersville, Greene Co., where he continued about thirteen years; then located in Warren County and engaged in farming and a general trading business, and has thus continued to the present time. He was married in December, 1849, to Miss Susan, daughter of Peter and Char- lotte Dutterrow, he a native of Warren County and she of Pennsylvania; they had two children, one now survives-Susan, born June 16, 1828. Mr. Dutter- row died March 5, 1850, aged 63 years; his wife is still living, now 94 years of age, and resides with our subject, and is probably the oldest person in Wayne Township. Mr. Mason and wife by their union have had ten children -- eight now survive-Emily Jane, born July 22, 1850; Lydia Ann, born June 30, 1852; John, April 7, 1856; Emerson, Aug 2, 1860; Clement, May 16, 1863; Elvira, Oct. 9, 1864; Lee, March 16, 1869, and Alice, born April 9, 1874.


ACQUILLA C. McCOMAS, grocer, Waynesville, born in Waynesville Dec. 16, 1839, is a son of Thomas B. and Julia A. (Cummings) McComas, he a native of Maryland, and she of Waynesville. The grandfather, Daniel McComas, was a native of Maryland, and lived and died there; he married Elizabeth Scott, of a prominent family who are at present, as their ancestors were before them, prominent office-holders in Harford Co., Md. Thomas B. was raised in Maryland till sixteen years of age, when in 1827, he with his brother emigrated to Ohio, and located in Xenia, Greene County, where he served several years at the blacksmith trade, with Samuel Harry; thence he located in Waynesville, and worked at his trade as journeyman a short time: then set up in the business on his own capital and account, which business he


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carried on through his life with fair success; he died Dec. 27, 1878, aged about sixty-seven years. He was the father of fifteen children, nine now sur- vive-Jasper L., Aquilla C., Julia A., Sarah P., Thomas B., Mary Elizabeth, Eliza, Margretta C. and Ella J. The eldest Jasper L., is now a resident of Cal- ifornia; all the others reside in this county. Our subject remained with his father till 25 years of age, brought up to his father's trade. On Sept. 5, 1864, he enlisted in the defense of his country, in the war of the rebellion, in the 180th O. V. I., and served till the close of the war; was mustered out at Char- lotte, N. C., July 13, 1865, having passed through without a "scratch," and returned to his home and friends; then entered again upon his trade with his father. On Jan. 1, 1866, he formed a partnership with his father which continued several years; then he engaged in a variety of businesses, such as presented itself for his best interest, till April 21, 1876, he opened a black- smith shop upon his own account, which he has carried on to the present time. In February 1881, Mr. MoComas left his shop in charge of his workman, and opened his present store in the grocery trade, in which he is now devoting his time and attention. Mr. McComas was married April 3, 1866, to Kate E., daughter of Benjamin and Annette Fahnestock, he a native of Pennsylvania, and she of South Carolina. Mr. Fahnestock was educated in Baltimore, Md., and then became a resident of Xenia, Ohio, and for many years carried on the foundry business in that city; he is now a resident of Newtown, near Cincinnati, living retired from all active business. Mrs. McComas is a teacher of music, in which occupation she has been engaged since her residence in Waynesville, thus helping to build up the musical talent with all its pleasures and elevating influences in Waynesville.


JOSHUA. C. McKAY, farmer; P. O. Waynesville; born on the place where he now lives, Jan. 21, 1837; is a son of Jonas T. and Matilda (Ferguson) Mckay, natives of Virginia. The paternal grandfather, Moses Mckay, was a native of Virginia, and married a Miss Shinn; they emigrated to Ohio in 1818; they came by wagons to Wheeling, Va .; thence by flat-boat to Cincinnati; thence by their wagons to Warren County, and to Wayne Township, and located on the place where Joshua now lives, residing here till their death. They raised a family of twelve children, six sons and six daughters, all of whom came to Ohio, but the eldest son, who remained in Virginia, and lived and died there. When Mr. Mckay came to Ohio, he brought twenty or more slaves with him, who of course were all set free. The maternal grandfather, Samuel Ferguson, was a native of Virginia, and married Mildred Garrison, and emi- grated to Greene Co., Ohio, about 1824; he was a soldier in the Revolutionary war, for which services he obtained a land warrant, and drew a pension. The ancestors of both the Mckay and Ferguson families, were of Scotch descent. James T. the father of our subject was five years of age when brought to this county, and here grew to manhood under the sturdy influences of pioneer life; was married and became the father of seven children-Emma; Sarah C., now widow Allen; Joshua C .; Harriet E., now Mrs. O'Neall; M. Horace; Eusebia, now Mrs. Welch, and Letitia. His wife died June 1, 1855. On May 24, 1864, he married Matilda Brown; by her he has two daughters-Lida and Belle. The second son, M. Horace, was in the war of the rebellion; enlisted in the 79th O. V. I., and served about two and one-half years, until discharged for disabil- ity, and has since drawn a pension. Mr. Mckay has been actively engaged in business most of his life; he dealt extensively in stock and also in pork, and was in the mercantile trade in Waynesville for a considerable time. Our sub- ject was brought up to the honest occupation of farming; was married Sept. 11, 1861, to Victoria, daughter of Henry and Ann (Antrim) Clark, he a native of South Carolina, and she of . Virginia. The Clark ancestors were of English


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descent, and we trace their genealogy to Henry Clark, born in England in 1715, and he was a son of Jonathan Clark. Henry is supposed to have emigrated to America and located in Pennsylvania, where his son John was born and raised to manhood, and married Mary Campbell, and in an early day emigrated with his family to South Carolina, where they lived and died. Their son Henry was about 2 years of age when taken to South Carolina by his parents, and there grew to manhood and married Elizabeth Alexander, who was born in South Carolina, and whose father was killed in the war of the Revolution. After their marriage they resided in that State till 1805, when he with his fam- ily emigrated to Ohio and located on the same tract of land where Frank Clark now lives, opening out his farm right from the woods, and here they lived till their death. They had four children, who grew to maturity-Jonathan, Henry, Cornelius and Elizabeth; the latter now Widow Antrim, is the only one now surviving. Henry was born in South Carolina Nov. 14, 1800; hence was about five years of age when he came with his parents to Warren County, and here was raised to manhood, accustomed to the scenes and trials of pioneer life; was married to Ann, daughter of Daniel and Jane Antrim, natives of Virginia, but who came among the early settlers of this county, locating here in 1804. Mr. Clark and wife had four children who grew to maturity-Franklin, Eliza, Hannah and Victoria. Mr. Clark located and remained through life upon the old home place of his father; was a man of firm principles and undoubted in- tegrity; a representative of a type of independence of character, yet kind, social and genial in his nature, and was a citizen highly esteemed in his com- munity, and one in whom the people placed implicit confidence; he served as Township Trustee many years; he raised a very interesting family of one son and three daughters, and their loving family circle remained entire and un- broken for over half a century; when on May 14, 1880 the grim messenger death suddenly and almost without warning snatched in his cold embrace, her who had been his companion and support for fifty-three years; and in less than twelve months, on May 5, 1881, death again visited their family circle in a like sudden manner, and deprived him of his beloved daughter Eliza. This double affliction so sudden and unexpected, was more than his aged and shattered frame could endure, and in just nine days after the death of his daughter his spirit took its flight to that realm where sorrows and death never enter; he died May 17, 1881. But the remaining members of his family, in the midst of these afflictions, have the consolation that theirs was a life well spent, their reward sure, and their lives and good deeds will long be cherished by a large circle of friends and acquaintances. Mr. Mckay and wife have three children- Henry C., born June 21, 1864; Anna Cora, born Oct. 20, 1868, and Robert C., born June 26, 1876. Mr. Mckay after his marriage located upon the old home place upon which his grandfather located, and lived, and died and here has resid- ed up to the present time; has a fine farm of 261 acres, with good improve- ments constituting a pleasant home and residence.


HENRY McKINSEY, stock and grain dealer, Waynesville, born in this township, March 17, 1840, is a son of Patrick and Elizabeth Mckinsey, he a native of South Carolina and she of Virginia. The grandfather, Goorge McKin- sey was also a native of South Carolina and emigrated to Ohio, locating in Warren County in 1806, being one of the early pioneers of the county, opening out right in the woods and enduring all the deprivations and hardships connected with such early settlers, and here he resided till his death. Patrick Mckinsey was 1 year old when brought to this county, and here he was raised and grew to manhood accustomed to the hardships of pioneer life; was married and became the father of ten children; eight now survive, viz., George, Mary Ann, Ellen, Abraham, Henry, Nehemiah, Joseph and Madison .. Mr. Mckinsey followed


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farming as his occupation through life and resided on the old homestead place of his father; was a very industrious and prosperous farmer, accu- mulating quite an amount of property; a man of undoubted integrity and well and favorably known throughout his community, holding many of the offices of his township; was Township Trustee many years; and an earnest politician, first as a Whig then as a Republican; a constant reader and well posted on the gen- eral affairs and events of his country and the best interests of his community. Our subject remained at home with his father on the old home farm till his majority; was married Feb. 24, 1869, to Lydia Alice, daughter of Joseph and Mary Nedry, and located at Corwin, where he had previously established him- self in the business of stock and grain dealer, which business he has now carried on very successfully fifteen years. Mr. Mckinsey by his marriage has two chil- dren-Joseph and Mary.


MADISON McKINSEY, farmer; P. O. Waynesville; born on the farm where he now resides, Dec. 18, 1849: is a son of Patrick and Elizabeth Mckinsey, whose history appears in sketch of Henry Mckinsey in this work. Mr. Mckinsey was raised and grew to manhood, brought up to farm labor; was married, March 7, 1876, to Ella, daughter of Gideon and Anna Leak, by whom he has one child, Edna, born Dec. 21, 1880. After his marriage, Mr. Mckinsey assisted his brother, Henry, in the grain and stock business one year at Corwin; then he located on the home farm, which has been divided into two shares, his brother Nehemiah taking the old homestead part, and the other part Mr. Mckinsey has located upon, where, in 1879, he erected a fine large frame house and in the spring of 1880 occupied it with his family; has a beautiful locality and a fine residence.


ABRAHAM MENDENHALL (deceased); was born in Knox County, Tenn., June 16, 1816; was a son of Samuel and Sophia (Ghants) Mendenhall, natives of Tennessee. During the war of 1812, he started for Memphis, but was never heard from, and it is believed he was killed or met with death in some form. His wife subsequently moved to Brown Co., Ohio, where she married Mr. McCoy, by whom she had one child, Lydia. By her first husband, she had three children-Mahala, Samuel and Abraham, all now deceased. She again married for her third husband, John Hatfield, by whom she had two children, Luhania and Alphonzo, both deceased. She died in Indiana, and was buried at Lafayette. Mr. Mendenhall was but an infant when his father died; and his mother with her family moved to Brown Co., Ohio, and there he remained with his mother several years; then was placed with a man by the name of Howland, with whom he lived till 17 years of age, then came to War- ren County and here resided till his marriage, Sept. 23, 1847, to Lydia Ward, whose ancestral history is given in the sketch of Jesse Gibbs. Lydia was born Jan. 20, 1826, By this union they had eight children, six now survive, viz., Ellis W., born Oct. 9, 1848; Jason, Jan. 23, 1850; Ulysses O., Oct. 19, 1851; Hannah, Sept. 9, 1856, now Mrs. Cox; Amos Lindley, Aug. 13, 1864; and Nar- cissa Jane, June 5, 1867. Mrs. Mendenhall died Dec. 7, 1880, aged 64 years 5 months and 21 days. In 1842, he learned the auger-making business of David Burnett, with whom he served two years. This business he followed about twelve years; then he engaged in farming and fruit culture. He purchased the farm where his widow still resides, in 1854, and here he resided till his death. In November, 1880, he went to Indianapolis to visit his sisters and his son who were residing there; was taken with apoplexy and died at above-mentioned date. His remains were brought home and interred in the Miami Cemetery near Waynesville. Ellis W., the eldest son, on March 13, 1872, was married to Lydia Mason (see sketch of David Mason), by whom he has three children -Lee, born Nov. 18, 1873; Lucy, March 16, 1877; and Harry, Aug. 12, 1878.


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Ellis is a carpenter by trade, but has given his main attention to dealing in fruit, residing in Warren County and at Dayton, with the exception of one and one-half years' residence at Indianapolis; was residing at the latter place at the time of his father's death; then he returned to the farm and has since resided with his mother in charge of the farm.


GEORGE MYER, farmer; P. O. Waynesville; born in Newark, N. J., Oct. 21, 1799; is a son of Isaac and Phebe (Riggs) Myer, natives of New Jer- sey, the paternal ancestors being from Germany and the maternal from Scot- land; Isaac and family emigrated from New Jersey to Ohio and located in War- ren County in 1809; they journeyed through in one wagon with all their effects, over the mountains to Pittsburgh, having a very laborious and tedious journey; thence they came by flat-boat to Cincinnati, arriving there about the 1st of July; thence by wagon to Lebanon, over the then terrible mud roads. After a short time prospecting for a location, he purchased and settled on the place where George now lives; here he commenced right in the woods in company with his brother-in-law, Gabriel Crane; here they toiled and labored in their pioneer work. They were shoemakers by trade, and followed that business many years, often exchanging works with their neighbors-making shoes for them, and they, in return, doing work for them in opening out the farm. Mr. Myer continued to live on the place where he first located till his death, Nov. 13, 1845, aged 76 years; his wife died Jan. 13, 1861, aged 85 years; they had six children: Jabin, born 1794; Charles, born 1797; George; Julia, born 1801; Louisa, born 1805; and Esther, born 1809, the latter born just after their arrival at their new home in this wilderness; all are now deceased but George, our subject, who was in his 10th year when brought to this county, and here was raised to manhood and made fully familiar with the trials and hardships of pioneer life. He was married, May 11, 1826, to Lucretia, daughter of David and Sarah Cleaver, natives of New England, but who became residents of Clinton Co., Ohio. Mr. Myer and wife, by their marriage, had five children, three now living: Carrie, born Jan. 7, 1827; Chesterfield, born Nov. 5, 1829; and Lucretia A., born Oct. 8, 1833. Emily, now deceased, was born March 10, 1828; was married twice, first to William F. Thompson, by whom she had four children, all deceased except Carrie M .; her second husband was John McBryant, by whom she had one child, Effie; Emily died Jan. 30, 1869. Their other child, deceased, Francis, born Aug. 25, 1831, died in the army, at Charleston, W. Va., Nov. 9, 1864; was married to Hannah Dudley, by whom he had four children: Flor- ence E., George D., Ernestine and Ruby C. Mr. Myer obtained a good edu- cation, and taught school many years in this and adjoining counties, being one of the pioneer teachers; in the meantime he gave his attention to the study of law, and in 1829 was admitted to the bar, passing an examination under the celebrated Thomas Corwin, Phinneus Ross, A. H. Dunlevy, and others. After a short time of practice of law, and after the death of his wife, Feb. 13, 1834, he returned to the old homestead farm where he was brought up, and here settled down with his remaining children, and has since devoted his attention to his farm; has now made a continued residence of forty-six years, and the farm has always remained in possession of Mr. Crane and the Myer family since its first purchase, in 1809, a period of seventy-two years.


ISAAC MICHENER, deceased. Information of this family extends to John Michener, who, with his two sons, William and Thomas, emigrated from England to America with William Penn; of William's family, his son, Mor- decai, was born Jan. 30, 1723, and died Sept. 25, 1795; of his family, his son John was the grandfather of our subject, who married, and his wife Martha bore him five sons and five daughters; John and Martha lived and died in Pennsyl- vania The maternal grandparents were Benjamin and Abigail Stanton, natives


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of North Carolina, but who became residents of Jefferson Co., Ohio, where they died; they had five sons and six daughters, of whom Benjamin was the father of the late Edwin M. Stanton, Secretary of War; the five sons were all practicing physicians. Benjamin Michener, the father of our subject, with his family, came to Harrison Co., Ohio, in 1821; in 1832, they removed to Logan County, where he died in 1854, aged 71 years; his wife died about 1838, and about 1840 he married for his second wife Sarah Canby, who departed this life about 1863. Mr. Michener was the father of six sons and four daughters; four now survive-Susanna, now Mrs. Jehu Brown, residing in Logan Co., Ohio; Lydia, now Mrs. Graves, living near Richmond, Ind .; David; and Martha, now Mrs. Dr. Allen Williams, residing in Kansas. Mr. Michener was a man of firm principles and unflinching character, an earnest Abolitionist and a devoted temperance man; opposing the use of tobacco and intoxicating drinks, and whose whole life was devoted to reform and justice to all men. His devoted wife, Abigail, was known as a woman of extraordinary talents and possessing a noble Christian character. Some of her children possessed, in a marked degree, her superior abilities, and were men and women of influence, and noted for their temperate, honest, Christian lives. Isaac Michener (deceased), the subject of this sketch, was born in Jefferson Co., Ohio, July 10, 1820; was mar- ried, Oct. 27, 1842, to Martha Gause, who was born May 3, 1821, whose ances- tral history is given in the sketch of Clarkson Gause; by her he had five chil- dren; four now survive-Mary Ann, born June 12, 1847; Edwin B., March 11, 1851; Samuel K., June 10, 1855; and Richard J., born Sept. 11. 1858. Mr. Michener, after marriage, resided in Logan County till 1855; then in Union County till 1865, when he removed to Warren County, where he died June 22, 1869. Mr. Michener was a man of firm principles, an earnest advocate of tem- perance, and, practicing what he professed, used no liquors or tobacco, neither tea nor coffee; was prompt and exact in all his dealings, and whose life was a model of uprightness, and a remarkably kind and affectionate husband and father, thus being an example worthy of all imitation. It is generally expected in every numerous family to find some whose characters are more or less tainted, but of Mr. Michener it is said, that, of one hundred first cousins with which he was favored, not one was known to commit a disreputable or disgraceful act, which is certainly a great honor to the family name; and it may be hoped their descendants may keep up the glorious name and character of their noble ancestors.




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