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SHOWING PART OF PHILLIPSBURG, THE LEHIGH AND DELAWARE RIVERS, MORRIS AND DELAWARE CANALS, NEW JERSEY CENTRAL, BELVIDERE DELAWARE AND LEHIGH VALLEY RAILROADS, THE OLD DELAWARE BRIDGE AND THE GREAT DOUBLE BRIDGE, CONNECTING THE LEHIGH VALLEY RAILROAD WITH THE NEW JERSEY CENTRAL AND BELVIDERE, DELAWARE RAILROADS. FROM
M. S. HENRY'S "HISTORY OF THE LEHIGH VALLEY" 1860.
HISTORIC HOMES AND INSTITUTIONS
AND
GENEALOGICAL AND PERSONAL MEMOIRS
OF
THE LEHIGH VALLEY
PENNSYLVANIA
UNDER THE EDITORIAL SUPERVISION OF
JOHN W. JORDAN, LL. D. OF THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF PENNSYLVANIA AND EDGAR MOORE GREEN, A. M., M. D. OF EASTON, PA.
GEORGE T. ETTINGER, PH. D. OF MUHLENBERG COLLEGE, ALLENTOWN, PA.
"Knowledge of kindred and the genealogies of the ancient families deserreth the highest praise. Herein consisteth a part of the knowledge of a man's own self. It is a great spur to virtue to look back on the worth of our line."-Lord Bacon.
"There is no heroic poem in the world but is at the bottom the life of a man."-Sir Walter Scott.
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Vol. I
NEW YORK CHICAGO THE LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY
1905
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PREFACE
Beginning with the coming of the Swedes to the banks of the river Delaware, in the early part of the seventeenth century, down to the present day in the twentieth century, the great region known by the distinguishing name of Pennsylvania, at first a province and now a common- wealth of commanding importance, has held, at whatever stage in its development, a conspicu- ous and highly important place in its relationship to the sisterhood of States comprising the great and unbroken Federal Union. It was the central colony and tne connecting link between the North and the South for many years during the formative governmental epoch. Its men of influence molded the political history of the American people during a long and stirring period. Its principal city was long the seat of government of the United States, and has been, from the earliest days to the present, a principal center of all that marks the progress of civilization-in the arts and sciences, in every product of human mind and hand. Not once in the almost two and a half centuries of its existence has Pennsylvania retrograded. Its career has ever been a stead- fast and unfaltering "forward."
The history of the commonwealth and of many of its subdivisions has been written along civil, political and military lines by various authors and at different times, each succeeding writer adding a new chapter of annals, or giving a different coloring to a story already told, treating the subject from a different viewpoint, or in the full glare of a light which to his prede- cessors was but dim and uncertain. The splendid narrative affords an inspiration to the men and women of the present day, as it assuredly will do those who are soon to succeed them, and entirely justifies the pregnant words of Martineau: "To have had forefathers renowned for honorable deeds, to belong by nature to those who have bravely borne their part in life, and refreshed the world with mighty thoughts and healthy admiration, is a privilege which it were false-hearted not to redeem; and in virtues bred of a noble stock, mellowed as they are by rever- ence, there is often a grace and ripeness wanting to self-made and brand-new excellence. Of like value to a people are heroic national traditions, giving them a determinate character to sustain among the tribes of men, making them familiar with images of great and strenuous life, and kindling them with faith in glorious possibilities."
The history c. the three counties of Northampton, Lehigh and Carbon is contained in that of the county of Bucks until 1752, when that first named was created. At its creation Mont- gomery county comprised all the territory contained within the present county of that name, together with all that of the present counties of Lehigh, Carbon, Monroe, Pike, Wayne and Sus- quehanna, and parts of Wyoming, Luzerne, Schuylkill, Bradford and Columbia. Lehigh county was created March 6, 1812, and Carbon county in 1843.
Here, sparse as was the population, the foundations of civil and religious liberty were laid deep and strong. The individual was exalted in all his best attributes. Penn had proclaimed to all who would come that they should feel assured, for themselves and for all generations that that should come after them, of their freedom as men and Christians, "that they may not be bought in bondage but by their own consent, for we put the power in the people." He made it his greatest care to frame a constitution "as near as may be conveniently to the primitive laws
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of the Kingdom of England," but introducing the democratic method of making all offices elective, and a new principle of perfect religious freedom-"that no man nor number of men upon earth hath power or authority to rule over men's consciences in religious matters" -- which stood in marked contrast with the theocratical ideas of the Puritans of New England, and to the aristocratical reign of Locke in Carolina.
In response to Penn's liberal scheme of government, his declaration of his intention to "try this holy experiment of a free colony for all mankind," there came a sturdy people-men, and women, too, of prawn and brain and conscience, their hearts fervent in reverence of God and a desire for religious and civil liberty-who had voluntarily separated themselves from their native land in order to enjoy the privileges offered here and which had been denied them there. It would be worth much could we be afforded a glimpse of these pioneers. They were men of no ordinary mold. Great as was their strength of characters, and broad (for the times) as was their mental scope, they were building far better than they knew. Simple and clean in their lives, the homes which they builded were humble, but they were the seat of all the domestic virtues, and the children they reared inherited the athletic frame, rugged constitution and noble principles of their forbears.
The counties of Northampton, Lehigh and Carbon afford a peculiarly interesting field for such research as has been required in the making of the volumes now presented to the reader. Their sons at home and abroad have shed lustre upon their names by deeds of gallantry on land and sea, by achievements in the arts and sciences, in the professions, in statesmanship, and in industrial and commercial affairs. At home they laid the foundations for churches, schools and colleges whose influence has been and is felt throughout the length and breadth of the land : while their industries and manufactures have made the name of the Lehigh Valley famous in all the world. Wherever the sons of this people have dispersed, in the long-ago or in more recent days, they have been a power for ideal citizenship and good government.
Thus, in each succeeding generation, and at every stage of their progress, these counties have had the service of men of the loftiest character and highest capability. It is to connect the active progressive men of the present generation with their illustrious ancestry that the present volumes have been undertaken, in the conviction that
"It is indeed a blessing when the virtues Of noble races are hereditary, And do derive themselves from the imitation Of virtuous ancestors."
The publishers take occasion to express their deep obligation to the gentlemen who have lent assistance to the work, particularly to John W. Jordan, LL. D., of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania ; Edgar Moore Green, A. M., M. D., and George T. Ettinger, Ph. D. Their serv- ice in original writing or in revision, in pointing out avenues of information, and in providing or suggesting illustration, has been of the utmost value. The services of others is also grate- fully acknowledged in the furnishing of historical narratives concerning some of the leading edu- cational institutions, over their own signatures; and for their aid in providing the accompanying illustrations.
With reference to the genealogical and biographical matter, it is to be said that all possible care has been exercised. Yet, in some cases, it may be that a narrative will be found incomplete or faulty, and such shortcoming is ascribable to the paucity of the data furnished, some families being without exact records in their family line. In all cases the sketch has been submitted to the immediate subject or to his representative for correction or revision, and upon him rests the final responsibility in case of inaccuracy, or the omission of what would be desired. It is confidently believed that the present work will prove a real addition to the mass of family annals concerning the people of the region under consideration, and that, without it, much valuable information herein contained would be irretrievably lost, owing to the passing away of many custodians of family records, and the disappearance of such material.
THE PUBLISHERS.
INDEX
Abel, Charles J., 218 Abel, John, 207 Ackerman, Milton D., 481 Adamson, George P., 227 Ader, Morris, 378 Albright, Griffith P., 421 Andreas, Eli A. A., 477 Aschbach, Gerhard C., 510
Babp, Rudolph F., 293 Bachman, Charles A., 396 Bachman, Daniel, 280 Bachman, David M., 192 Bachman, John A., 135 Bachman, John O., 58 Bachman, Solomon S., 499 Bacon, John, 118 Baer, Eugene W., 326 Baer, Albert J., 407 Ball, William E., 456 Balliet, A. P., 452 Bango, George, 155 Barr, John R., 124 Bayer, Andrew, 396 Begel, Jacob, 496 Beidelman, R. C., 170 Beitel, Charles H., 289 Berger, The Family, 432 Bieler, Charles, 380 Bittner, Henry R., 400 Bixler, J. Elwood, IIO Bixler, Lewis S., 356 Blakslee, Asa P., 505 Blakslee, Alonzo P., 504 Bolles, William J., 322 Borhek, Ashton C., 237 Borhek, Morris A., 287 Bowlby, Charles P., 143 Boyer, William B., 166 Brady, Peter, 214 Brinker, Adam, 479 Briscoe, Vincent, 413 Brodhead, Charles, 229 Brodhead, J. Davis, 232 Brown, Robert S., 272 Buckley, Herbert T., 216 Buckman, William E., 213 Buss, Wilson A., 291 Butland, John, 140 Butz, William H., 132 Butz, Michael, 120 Buzzard, William, 379
Callahan, Thomas, 181
Cassler, Joseph R., 418 Chipman, Charles, 172 Christman, Jefferson D., 487 Clemens, Maurice, 176 Clewell, Harry E., 294
Clewell, Lewis P., 475 Coffin, George F., 168 Coffin, James H., 23 Coffin, Selden J., 28 Coleman, George W., 499
Collum, Charles, 439 Cornell, Nelson P., 188
Correll, James W., 203
Correll, R. S., 320
Cortright, Nathan D., Jr., 102 Cortright, Nathan D., Sr., 100 Cottingham, William W., 69 Coyle, William, 147 Crist, James W., 306
Danner, Thomas D., 497 Dash, Henry H., 247 Daughters of the American Revolu- tion, 434 Davies, John W., 33I
Davis, D. A. L., 327
Davis, John, 494 Dech, E. J., 157
Dech, Harry F., 53 Deitrich, Edward, 169
Dent Hardware Co., The, 486
Dernberger, Isaac D., 375 Dery, D. George, 272 deSchweinitz, Paul, 254
Desh, George J., 257 Deshler, Oliver R., 304 Detweiler, Charles D., 65 Dewees, The Family, 45 Diehl, James M., 154 Dilliard, Benjamin F., 37I
Ditchett, John K., 367 Dunn, Albert R., 198 Dunn, Thomas F., 34I
Ealer, Samuel S., 180 Eckard, Leighton W., 184 Edwards, Charles C., 240 Edwards, John C., 328 Eggert, Charles H., 266 Erdman, Asa E., 303 Evans, Evan W., 216 Evans, John, 130 Eyer, Irwin, 471 Eyerman, John, 54
Farmer, Edward, 43 Farmer, The Family, 43 Fehr, Oliver L., III Fenner, Charles A., 489 Ferren, David F., 494 Fichter, Amandeus B., 268 Field, Benjamin R., 46 Fitzgerald, Charles J., 384 Flory, Solomon, 482 Focht, John M., 410 Folkenson, George, 178 Folkenson, Howard D., 61 Forman, McEvers, 190 Fox, Edward J., 72 Frace, Charles, 183 Frace, James S., 61 Frace, Theodore A., 59 Fraunfelder, Jacob A., 300 Freeman, Edward J., 355
Fritz, John, 472 Frutchey, Watson G., 47I Fulmer, John 442
Gangewere, Harry M., 515 Gangewere, William H., 516 Gerber, Jonas, 343 Gies, Jacob, 146
Gilbert, Charles, 347 Gilbert, Joseph1, 388
Gough, Edward, 476 Gould, R. Frank, 318 Graver, Henry A., 348 Graver, Samuel, 389 Gray, George E., 386 Green, The Family, 35 Green, Traill, I Griffith, John H., 507 Grim, Harry E., 427 Grim, Oscar S., 486 Grosscup, William G., 422
Guiley, A. H. R., 152 Guth, Albert J. D., 345 Gwinner, John F., 109
Hagerman, Herbert M., 78 Hahn, Erasmus A., 469 Handwerk, Tilghman C., 443 Harris, Amos J., 510 Hartzell, Edwin F., 250 Hartzell, John J., 302 Harvey, Edward, 478 Hay, Ellwood, 172 Hay, William O., 202 Heller, J. W., 373
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LaBarre, Alexander C., 123 LaBarre, Philip, 372
Lachenour, Henry D., 97
Lafayette, The College, 7
Laubach, William, 87
Lauderburn, A. J., 343 Lawall, Cyrus, 106 Lawall, Frank, 162
Lawrence, Phil J., 144
Lazarus, Luther D., 305
Leh, Hiram M., 388
Lehr, Francis H., 186 Leibert, Owen F., 490 Leinbach, Felix W., 281
Leith, Allan P., 455
Lentz, John S., 314
Lerch, Emanuel, 138
Lerch, Jeremiah W., 464
Lerch, John, 261
Linderman, Garrett B., 209
Linderman, Robert P., 212
Livingston Club, The, 513
Long, Joseph A., 366
Long, Wilson P., 256
Longacre, Jacob E., 40I
Luckenbach, Francis E., 278
Luckenbach, Owen A., 248
Luckenbach, William, 24I
Lynn, John H., 4II
Mackey, George W., 435
Mansfield, Frank, 130
Mansfield, Nathan G., 128
March, Francis A., 24
Martin, Henry F., 425
Martin, James, 157
Martin, Joseph, 63 Martin, Mrs. Matilda, 270
Marx, William B., 196
Mauser, George S., 506
McCauley, James, 465
McCormick, David, 315
Kistler, Amandus, 393
Kistler, Maurice Z., 313
Kistler, Owen J., 348 Kleckner, Albert C., 161 Kleppinger, Lewis F., 308 Kleppinger, Thomas M., 423 Kline, Jacob W., 481 Knapp, Clara A., 306
Knauss, William V., 274
Knecht, Abraham S., 81
Knerr, J. W. H., 62 Knight, John T., 200 Knouse, James D., 409
Koch, Thomas J., 180
Morgenstern, F. Louis, 158
Koch, William S., 310
Morrow, John B., 508
Moyer, William P., 444
Mutchler, Jacob H., 173
Mutchler, William A., 195
Nagle, Stephen D., 160
Neff, William F., 428
Newhard, Henry P., 488 Niehoff, Paul, 399 Noble, John S., 119
Ochs, Milton T. J., 368 Ochs, Tilghman, 360
Odenwelder, Henry L., 179 Odenwelder, Samuel R., 295 Ormrod, George, 336 Ormrod, John D., 338 Overholt, J. B., 80
Peckitt, Leonard, 335
Person, Isaac O., 500
Peters, Harry T., 319
Phifer, Alexander T., 390
Pittenger, Edward S., 139
Pollock, James, 220
Pollock, John, 122
Prince, Abraham C., 224
Rader, Robert P., 222
Rader, Samuel, 223
Raesly, S. E., 373
Randolph, William P. F., 467 Rasley, Aaron, 468
Rau, The Family, 263
Raub, Jacob, 164 Raub, Peter, 133 Reagan, Arthur D., 58
Reeder, Frank, 84
Rehr, David N., 395
Reimer, Frank, 370 Rex, James A., 321
Rex, William H., 392 Rhoad, George W., 243
Rhoda, James N., 440
Richards, Aaron, 144
Richards, Oscar M., 145
Richert, Josiah, 25I
Ricker, Jacob W., 176 Ricker, Thomas P., 167 Riegel, Benjamin F., 192
Rinker, Solomon D., 346 Roberts, William E., 503
Roehner, Henry A., 79
Roney, Lewis L., 453 Ruch, Josiah, 31I
Saeger, William, 416 Sampson, Amandus, 175 Sandt, John, 96
Sandt, Samuel, 95
Sandt, The Family, 93
Saylor, Henry O., 52
Sayre, Robert H., 234 Schan, Andrew, 45I Schneebeli, G. A., 294 Schropp, Abraham S., 282 Schug, Amandus, 63 Schultze, Augustus, 244 Schwab, C. W., 394 Schwartz, John C., 418 Seibert, William A., 437 Seiler, Samuel, 31I Seiple, John, 253 Sendel, J. C., 334 Sendel, Robert O., 335 Serfass, Orrin, 506 Shelling, Irwin B., 67 Sherrer, H. Straub, 358
Shimer, A. D., 455
Shimer, Hiram S., 402 Shimer, J. Calvin, 484 Shimer, Samuel J., 374
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Koehler, George J., Jr., 49
Koehler, George J., 163 Kraemer, Henry, 300 Krantz, Valentine, 17I
Kratzer, Preston H., 288 Krause, Cornelius W., 238 Krause, J. Samuel, 246 Kressly, Thomas, 333 Krum, Edwin A., 4II Krum, James, 419 Kuntz, Cyrus, 352 Kuntz, George J., 417
Heller, Owen P., 252 Heller, William J., 402
Hemminger, George W., 334 Hess, Charles S., 286 Hess, Jeremiah S., 509
Hoffman, Charles P., 245 Hoffman, J. J., 252 Holvey, George H., 323 Hongen, R. J., 474 Hooven, Morris D., 336 Horn, Frank M., 441
Horn, Levi, 309 Howell, R. F., 68 Howell, The Family, 37 Hulick, Derrick, 204 Hunsicker, James F., 414 Hunt, Edward I., 185
Iredell, Robert, Jr., 430 Itterly, George, 507
Jacobs, Albert H., 462 James, Robert E., 88 Jeter, Tinsley, 258 Johnson, Newton A., 228 Jones, Mathew H., 105
Kauffman, Morris L., 448 Keck, Jesse, 40I
Keefer, George W., 420
Keefer, Joseph, 424 Keller, David H., 296
Kemerer, Jacob B., 242 Kemmerer, Reuben, 284 Kern, Palmer M., 446 Kettra, Alfred, 330 Kichline, George F., 197
Kidd, Joseph, 376
Kidney, George B., 53
Kiefer, William N., 466
King, George R., 227
Kirkpatrick, William S., 103
McFadden, Edward T., 322
Meixell, Edwin, 464 Merrill, Henry W., 137
Messinger, William H., 359 Michler, Francis, 219
Michler, William M., 228
Middaugh, William C., 226 Miesse, Katherine DeW., 193
Milson, Charles E., 501
Montague, Charles J., 217
Moore, James W., 29 Moore, The Family, 37 More, David F., 361
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Shimer, The Family, 98 Shimer, William L., 299 Shoemaker, George W., 452 Shook, Reuben, 386 Shuman, John W., 357 Siegfried, Amos D., 423 Siegfried, Charles P., 215 Siegfried, Henry G., 205 Siegfried, Robert L., 301 Simon, Herman, 433 Smith, Calvin F., 292 Snyder, Chester, 117
Stotzer, John, 134 Straub, David H., 387 Straup, Allen E., 165 Swartz, G. N., 379
Tanner, Nathan, 324
Tarleton, Laurence, 332
Taylor, Jefferson, 49
Taylor, John, 275
Taylor, Mahlon, 50
Traill, The Family, 38
Trexler, Edwin W., 412 Trumbower, John W., 49I
Snyder, Lewis W., 277
Snyder, T. A., 397
Snyder, William H., 377
Soldiers, The Monument, 22
Speer, Christian, 357
St. Joseph's German Catholic Church, 437 Steckel, Henry F., 91.
Steele, Henry J., 208 Steiner, Titus A., 156
Steiner, Josiah, 18I
Stewart, Clement, 34
Stewart, The Family, 35
Stewart, The Genealogy, 40
Stier, Charles K., 369
Stier, Walter C., 159
Stocker, W. U., 149
Stofflet, Abraham J., 292
Stofflet, Clinton F., 313 Stofflet, Stewart M., 312
Weaver, Phaon C., 392
Weaver, V. B., 381
Weiss, The Family, 457
Weiss, Thomas, 459 Weiss, Webster C., 460 Weiss, William H., 459 Wentz, Charles W., 495 Werner, Jeremiah F., 233 West, Daniel C., 32I
Westmoreland, G. E. H., 169
Whetstone, Milton A., 325 Whitelaw, W., 136 Wilford, H. H., 368 Wilhelm, Peter, 146
Williams, Charles K., 127
Williams, Frank C., 127
Williams, J. T., 125
Williams, Wilson O., 463
Williamson, Peter, 470
Williamson, William S., 385
Wimmer, Harrison S., 350
Wirebach, Urbanus S., 151
Wise, Clark C., 364
Wise, Frank S., 365
Wagner, Landon B., 391
Wagner, Samuel G., 382
Waltman, John A., 153
Walton, George, 351
Walz, John, 57
Warner, Edwin F., 248
Yeakel, Solomon. 317
Warner, Elmer, 339
Watson, George L., 329
Watson, Walter L., 264
Weaver, James W., 187
Storch, William H., 324 Storm, Philip, 349
Uhler, Irwin S., 191
Unangst, Aaron, 148
Unangst, Addison G., 291
Updegrove, Jacob D., 197
Venter, Emanuel F., 307
Wolle, John F., 265 Wolle, Samuel C, 260 Wood, James W., II3
Yeager, Robert J., 66
Yoder, Daniel, 338 Young, Robert E., 469 Youngman, Robert B., 33
Zehnder, Daniel, 174 Ziegler, Herman F., 298 Zoll, Nathaniel, 340
LEHIGH VALLEY
TRAILL GREEN, A. M., M. D., LL. D., was born May 25, 1813, in Easton, Pennsylvania. At an early period in the colonization of the new world, the Green family, of which he was a rep- resentative, was established in the western part of New Jersey by William Green, a native of England, who on crossing the Atlantic established his home on Long Island, and during his brief residence there became acquainted with and mar- ried Joanna Reeder, who was a native of Nor- folk county, England, belonging to the old Reeder family of that locality. It was not long after his marriage that William Green and his wife re- moved to Hunterdon county, New Jersey, set- tling in Ewing township about 1700. He was influential in community affairs, occupying vari- ous positions under the English crown, including that of judge of the court of common pleas. His death occurred in 1722.
His eldest son, Richard Green, married Mary Ely, of Trenton, New Jersey, who was also of English lineage, a daughter of George and Jane (Pettit) Ely, who were members of the Society of Friends, and belonged to a family whose rep- resentatives were found in Pennsylvania as well as New Jersey. Richard Green died in 1741.
Richard Green, Jr., the eldest son of Richard and Mary (Ely) Green, died in 1797 and was the grandfather of Dr. Traill Green. He married Phebe Moore, a daughter of Nathaniel Moore (1687-1759), who removed from Long Island to Hopewell, New Jersey, in 1708. He was a son of Captain Samuel Moore, a prominent advocate of religious liberty in 1690, and a grandson of
Rev. John Moore, of Newtown, Long Island, who died in 1657, and whose active participation in affair began as early as 1641. He is spoken of as "one of the most interesting characters of that early period." Rev. John Moore was an "indepen- dent." Benjamin Moore, rector of Trinity church, New York, second bishop of New York, and pres- ident of King's College; Nathaniel F. Moore, president of Columbia College; Clement C. Moore, professor of Hebrew in the General Theo- logical Seminary (and the author among other poems of "Twas the Night Before Christmas"), were among his descendants. The mother of Phebe (Moore) Green was Joanna Prudden, a grand- daughter of Rev. Peter Prudden, who was a min- ister of Herfordshire, England, but was driven from that country by persecution and arrived in America in 1637 in company with John Daven- port, John Howard, Samuel Eaton and others. He was one of the founders of the colony of New Haven, and the founder of the Church of Christ, Milford, Connecticut ; was one of the "seven pil- lars," and died there in 1656. She was a daugh- ter of Rev. John Prudden, who was the first reg- ular pastor of the first regularly organized Pres- byterian church in America, at Jamaica, Long Island, in 1672. He was also the third pastor of the First Presbyterian church at Newark, New Jersey.
Benjamin Green, a son of Richard and Phebe (Moore) Green, was born in 1770 and died in 1852. About the close of the Revolutionary war a little colony of English people made their way to what is now Easton, Pennsylvania, and Benjamin
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Green was among the number who in 1793 estab- lished his home in the village. His sister, Sarah Green Moore, had arrived in 1782. Benjamin Green was married to Elizabeth Traill, a daugh- ter of Robert and Elizabeth (Grotz) Traill, who were married in 1774. The latter was a daughter of Jacob and Elizabeth (Shaffbuch) Grotz.
In the maternal line the ancestry of Dr. Green is traced back to Robert Traill, a son of Rev. Thomas Traill, of Sanda, Orkney Islands, off the north coast of Scotland. In 1764 Robert Traill arrived in Easton. He very soon became an active citizen, and in the Revolution which later broke upon the people he took a conspicu- ous part. On the 21st of December, 1777, he was elected a member of the committee of ob- servation of Northampton county, and was im- mediately chosen one of the standing committee of correspondence and clerk of the same. May 21, 1777, he was elected major of the Fifth Bat- talion of Northampton county. In 1779 he was assistant deputy quartermaster general. He was a member of the assembly, sheriff in 1782, and clerk of the court. He was a member of the su- preme executive council of Pennsylvania, and was appointed associate judge by Governor Miff- lin in 1796. Sabilla Grant, the mother of Robert Traill, was the daughter of Rev. Alexander Grant, of South Ronaldsay.
The ancestry of Dr. Green shows that he is descended from the Scotch, the English and the German races, and he who analytically studies character can find in his life work certain strong traits of each nationality. In speaking of his own nativity, Dr. Green said that "he was born when the beautiful season of flowers was just opening," and that expression is indicative of one of his strong characteristics, his love of nature. In his youth he found great pleasure in wandering through the country surrounding his native city, intent on observing the birds, insects and min- erals, the glories of the sky, the fields and the rivers. Moreover, he possessed a very studious nature, and early displayed special aptitude in the mastery of the branches of learning which constituted the curriculum of the Easton Union Academy, in which his youth was largely passed.
He afterward attended Minerva Academy, of Easton, coming under the teaching of Rev. John Vanderveer, D. D., who was one of the most scholarly gentlemen and prominent educators of that time. His interest in nature was heightened by his persual of Buffon's "Natural History," a copy of which came into his possession about that time. He resolved then to make the study of natural sciences one of his chief pursuits in life, and he never abandoned this intention. He be- came convinced that the study of medicine would afford him special advantages in this direction, and he therefore determined to pursue it.
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