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Mills, of which he has been a director and one of the most liberal and zealous patrons and friends for many years.
Colonel Hawley married, October 6, 1864. Anna, daughter of Levis and Ann (McIlvain) Miller, of Media. They had one child: Mary Miller, born April 14. 1868, married. November 15, 1893, Justice M. Thompson, of Phila- delphia.
KREEGER The Kreeger family, which has been prominent in Philadel- phia and vicinity for the last half century, traces its ancestry to a long line of German forbears, who in their native coun- try belonged to the class upon which rests the entire superstructure of German prosperity and prominence ; upon which is based her military and mercantile prowess ; and which has raised Germany to the height of a leading world pow- er. Many of the traits conspicuous in these ancestors remain in the family to the present day and have made the three American generations prominent in their different spheres of life.
(I) Charles August Kreeger, the immigrant ancestor of the family, set- tied in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, upon his arrival in this country, and imme- diately established a grocery and provision business, which he personally con- ducted and which proved highly remunerative, owing to his good business qual- ities and management. He married Henrietta Dubeoron, who bore him five children, namely : I. Wilhelmina, married Henry Schulke : resides in Philadel- phia. 2. Henrietta, married John Culp : both are now deceased. 3. Edward Charles, married Sallie Pancoast : both are now deceased. 4. Theodore F., of whom further. 5. Albert Jolin, resides in Cynwyd, Montgomery county, Penn- sylvania ; married (first) Clara B. Hagy, deceased ; married (second) Margaret C. Evans, deceased. The father of these children died July 1, 1894, the mother died August 8, 1894.
(II) Theodore F. Kreeger, son of Charles August and Henrietta (Du- beoron) Kreeger, was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, April 2, 1848. died in Norwood, Pennsylvania, October 2, 1907. He obtained his early education in the public schools of Philadelphia, his studies being interrupted by the out- break of the civil war, in which he entered and served with the Thirty-third Pennsylvania Volunteer Militia and Battery 1, Third Pennsylvania Volunteer Heavy Artillery, discharging his duties with promptness and efficiency. After the war he engaged in the manufacture of paper boxes, under the firm name of Kreeger & Connolly, which business is still conducted by his estate. He was a member of the school board of Ridley township for fifteen years. He was a prominent member of the Lutheran Church, holding the office of elder. He married (first ) Martha J. Roberts, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Feb- ruary 22, 1847. died at Norwood, Pennsylvania, March 27. 1890, daughter of Robert and Sarah (Davis) Roberts, the former named of whom was killed in the Mexican war, and the latter named was born in Philadelphia, February 23. 1816, died there, October 28, 1871. He married (second) Emma Davis, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, July 31, 1851, daughter of Michael and Amelia Davis, both deceased. Mrs. Kreeger survived her husband, and resides at the homestead. Norwood, Pennsylvania. Children of first wife: I. Theo- dore F., died in infancy. 2. Theodore F., of whom further. 3. Charles Strouse, married Maude C. G. Seger ; children : Martha J. R. and Dorven Theodore ; they reside in California. 4. William R., married Elsie M. Tor- pey : resides in Philadelphia. 5. Lillian C., resides at the old homestead, Nor- wood. 6. H. Allan, also resides at the old homestead.
(III) Theodore F. Kreeger, son of Theodore F. and Martha J. ( Roberts)
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Kreeger, was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, July 20, 1871. He attended the public school at Norwood. Delaware county, Pennsylvania, and was grad- uated from the Ridley Park high school in the class of 1887. After graduation he entered the employ of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company, which he served in various capacities for twenty-five years, resigning his railroad posi- tion to accept the office of Register of Wills and Clerk of the Orphans' Court of Delaware county, to which offices he was elected in 1911. He is a Republi- can in politics and has been actively connected with the political organization of his locality ever since attaining his majority. He has been auditor of Ridley township, and for ten years was a school director of the borough of Norwood, serving nine years as secretary and one year as president, declining re-election the following term. He has been for seventeen years a member of the Dela- ware County Republican Executive Committee, being treasurer for fourteen years of that time. He is a director of the Norwood Building and Loan Asso- ciation, He is affiliated with several fraternal and social orders, among them being Prospect Lodge, No. 578, Free and Accepted Masons, of which he has been secretary for twenty years; Chester Lodge, No. 488, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks; Chester Castle, Knights of the Golden Eagle; Nor- wood Assembly, Artisans' Order of Mutual Protection; Norwood Fire Com- pany, No. 1; Young Men's Republican Club of Chester; the Chester Club, and the Republican Club of Media.
Mr. Kreeger married, October 7, 1896, Emma A. Smythe, born at Wilkes Barre, Luzerne county, Pennsylvania, February 8, 1873, daughter of James C. and Mary Elizabeth (Hay) Smythe, who were the parents of three other children, namely : Anna Elizabeth, married William A. Halleck; Maud, mar- ried H. K. Von Hottenstein ; Claude M., married Anna Padburg. James C. Smythe was born in Wales, died in Mexico, aged forty years ; he was a coal operator. His wife was born in Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania, now deceased. Child of Mr. and Mrs. Theodore F. Kreeger: Martha Marion, born Novem- ber 2, 1897, a student at Friends Central School, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Mr. Kreeger, his wife and daughter are members of Immanuel Lutheran Church of Norwood, Pennsylvania.
McCLENACHAN The name of McClenachan, which has been known in this country since the middle of the eighteenth cen- tury, is probably of Scotch or Irish origin, although the earliest bearers of it in this country, came here from England.
(I) William McClenachan, the immigrant ancestor of the family, came to this country about 1759, with his brothers and a sister, namely : John, Blair and Anna. They were of the Presbyterian faith. William McClenachan mar- ried and had children : William, see forward; John; Anna ; and Robert. He came as a missionary of the Presbyterian Church and settled in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where he formed a church which was the first of that faith in that city.
(II) William (2), son of William (1) McClenachan, was born in Phila- cielphia, Pennsylvania, where he was engaged in mercantile business. He also was a Presbyterian. He married Anna Stewart.
(III) George B., son of William and Anna (Stewart) McClenachan, was born in Philadelphia, where he was a bookkeeper. He was a member of the Presbyterian Church. He married Isabella Kerr, born in Philadelphia, May 25, 1802. They had one child, George B.
(IV) George B. (2), son of George B. (1) and Isabella (Kerr) Mc- Clenachan, was born in Philadelphia, December 20, 1826. His occupation was
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that of cooper and gauger. During the Civil War he was a member of the Union Corps for a short period of time, but was incapacitated for further ser- vice by a gun shot wound received in his hand. His political affiliations were with the Republican party. In religion he is a member of the Presbyterian Church. Mr. McClenachan married at West Farms, New York, September I, 1857, Mary Booth, born at West Farms, June 28, 1840, a member of the Episcopal Church. They have had children: W. I. Blake, see forward ; George Booth, born in Philadelphia, July 19, 1860; Samuel Clark, also born in Philadelphia, December 19, -1862.
(V) W. I. Blake, son of George B. and Mary (Booth) McClenachan, was born in West Farms, Westchester county, New York, July 3, 1858. His education, which was a practical one, was acquired in the public schools of Philadelphia, whither his parents had removed, and in Becks' Quaker School. Under the able supervision of his father, he learned the trade of a cooper and guager, but abandoned this about 1885, and engaged in the real estate business. His career has been intimately connected with the public matters of the State of Pennsylvania, as the following record shows. He was Deputy Recorder of Deeds from January 1, 1890, to 1898; in the Department of Internal Affairs, Harrisburg, from 1899 to 1901 ; and Deputy Recorder of Deeds since 1901. In the field of real estate he has been one of the leaders in progressive meth- ods. On a fourteen acre tract of land in Lower Chichester township, he built between thirty and forty modern two-story houses, making a great improve- ment in that section, and he has named it McClenachan Terrace. He is also one of the directors of the Delaware County Building Association. Mr. Mc- Clenachan has always been a staunch supporter of the principles of the Re- publican party, and in religion he is a member of the Protestant Episcopal Church. Fraternally he is associated with L. H. Scott Lodge, No. 352, Free and Accepted Masons of Chester, and Chester Lodge, No. 488, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks.
Mr. McClenachan married (first) in Philadelphia, August 1, 1883, Ella B., daughter of John W. and Mary Barry ; he married (second) in Philadel- phia, October 9, 1909, Elizabeth, born in Belfast, Ireland, daughter of Wil- liam and Orcilla E. Hollywood. Children, all by first marriage : Ella Barry, born May 5, 1884, was graduated from the Chester High School, and is a school teacher ; William Blake, born March 13, 1886, was also graduated from the Chester High School, and is now a lawyer; Mary Booth, born May 15, 1888, was graduated from the West Chester Normal School, and is a school teacher.
FLOUNDERS The name of Flounders is in all probability of English origin, and bearers of it have been settled in Pennsylvania for some generations.
(I) William L., son of Edward Flounders, was born in Edgemont town- ship, Castle Rock, Pennsylvania, where he was educated in the common school of that section. This was a round school house, the one room being three- cornered in shape. Upon the completion of his education he found employ- ment with a butcher, and was engaged in the provision trade from that time until he formed a connection with the Baldwin Locomotive Engine Works, where he became the foreman of a gang of men. In politics he was a Repub- lican, and in religious affiliation, a Methodist. He married Eliza Worrell, a member of the Baptist Church. She is a daughter of James Worrell, a farm- er on the Rose Tree road in Upper Providence, who died at the age of seventy- six years. Mr. Worrell married Mary Newson, and they had children : Eliza-
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beth; Eliza and Penrose. twins: May ; and Hannah. Mr. and Mrs. Flounders. had children, of whom the last four named are now deceased : W. Howard, see forward: Ada Mae, Weldon S., Clyde M., Charles B. J., Ella, Edward, Sarah. Penrose.
(11) W. Howard, son of William L. and Eliza ( Worrell) Flounders, was born in Edgemont township, Castle Rock, Delaware county, Pennsylvania, January 30, 1881. He was one and one-half years of age at the time his par- ents removed to Media, Pennsylvania ; he attended the schools of that town. His first position after leaving school, was as a clerk in a grocery store, a business with which he was identified for a period of seven years. Having by this time accumulated a considerable capital, Mr. Flounders decided to estab- lish himself in business independently. He had made careful and shrewd ob- servations as to what would be apt to be the most profitable, and finally opened a store which he called "The Candy Shop" which is well and luxuriously equipped in the most modern manner as a candy and ice cream store. The successful results he has already achieved attest to the wisdom of his decision. It is one of the most prosperous places of business in the town, and in all prob- ability will have to be enlarged in the near future. Mr. Flounders, who takes a lively interest in all athletic sports, has been manager of the Media Base Ball Team for one season. In his political affiliations he is Republican, but as yet has never aspired to public office. He and his wife are members of the Methodist Church, in whose interests they are active workers.
Mr. Flounders married, June 1, 1904, Adeline Lewis, who was born in the city of Philadelphia. She is the daughter of Henry Smith Lewis, who was born in Philadelphia, where he was a stationary engineer, and died in Chester at the age of fifty-six years. Mr. Lewis married Esther Wilkinson, who was born in Media, and died in Chester, in 1910, at the age of seventy-six years. They had children as follows, the last two now deceased : Mary May, Eliza- beth, Lavinia, Alice Laura, Adeline, mentioned above : William. Ellen.
TWADDELL Joseph Lewis, grandfather of Mrs. Frances D. (Lewis) Twaddell, of West Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was born in Bucks county, Pennsylvania, and was engaged in farming after his removal to Newtown township, Delaware county, Pennsylvania. He married Elizabeth, daughter of Caleb Yarnall, in 1788, and both died at their homestead in Newtown, their deaths occurring one week apart. Their chil- dren were: Caleb Y .; John P., a physician; James J., of whom further ; Joseph ; Eliza ; Reuben E. ; all deceased.
James J. Lewis, son of Josephi and Elizabeth ( Yarnall) Lewis, was born in Newtown township. Delaware county, Pennsylvania, April 13, 1803, died in the same town, May 19, 1883. Ile was a selfmade man in the best and highest sense of the word. Public-spirited to a degree, the value of his counsel was appreciated at its true worth. It was largely owing to his instrumentality that the county seat of Delaware county obtained its present favorable location. He was a member of the State Legislature, and served as a Director of the Poor for many years. His political affiliations were with the Republican party. He married Lydia D., born November 25, 1809, died March 18, 1871, daugh- ter of William and Anna Crawford, January 12, 1831. William Crawford, a farmer of Delaware county, Pennsylvania, was the son of David and Lydia (Lloyd) Crawford, of Bucks county, Pennsylvania, who were married in Old Christ Church, Philadelphia, on the 12th day of August, 1756. Anna Craw- ford was the daughter of Benjamin and Frances Davis, of Radnor, Delaware county, Pennsylvania. The children of James J. and Lydia D. Lewis were:
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Frances D., of whom further ; Eliza Emily, deceased, married J. P. Twaddell ; Anna Crawford, deceased ; Mary Davis.
Frances D., daughter of James J. and Lydia D. (Crawford) Lewis, was She married, June 4, 1856, Dr. Lewis Henry Twaddell, born in West Philadel- born in Newtown township, Delaware county, Pennsylvania, October 30, 1831. phia, Pennsylvania, July 22, 1828. Not wishing to follow his profession, he was farmer and was greatly interested in the raising of fine cattle, and was the first person to import a cow from the Island of Jersey into the state of Penn- sylvania, and this breed of cattle have now become world famous. His father, John Pawling Twaddell, was born near Chadds Ford, Delaware county, Penn- sylvania, was an iron merchant in Philadelphia, and lived in that city until his death in 1844. In 1825 he married Lydia B. Lewis, born in what is now West Philadelphia, died there, January 20, 1886. Their children were: Dr. Lewis Henry, George W., Thomas P., Emma L. Children of Dr. Lewis Henry and Frances D. (Lewis) Twaddell : Anna Crawford, Ellen W., Lucy G., Frances L., Mary L., Horace G., a sketch of whom follows this in the work.
Horace G. Twaddell, whose beautiful home is one of the
TWADDELL show places of Springfield township, Delaware county, Pennsylvania, is a member of a well known family of that section of the country. His parentage will be found in the sketch which precedes this.
He was born in West Philadelphia, June 13, 1871, and his personal inter- ests have always centered in his native state. His elementary education was acquired in the public schools of West Philadelphia, and this was supple- mented by attendance at Pierce's Business College, at the corner of Ninth and Chestnut streets, Philadelphia. Upon the completion of his education he was engaged in building operations for a period of seven years, then took up farming, locating in Nether Providence, Delaware county, Pennsylvania, and was thus successfully occupied for a period of sixteen years. He then pur- chased a farm of fifty acres in Springfield township, on which his present home is situated. The location is an ideal one, on very high ground overlook- ing the new short line trolley from Sixty-ninth street to Media. He has made many improvements since locating here, and his residence is a most commo- dious one, equipped with all the conveniences which are necessary to the mod- ern idea of solid comfort. He is Republican in politics but has never cared to hold public office. Mr. Twaddell married, December 16, 1896, Adelaide J. Selfridge, born in Bethlehem, Lehigh county, Pennsylvania. She is the daugh- ter of General James L. Selfridge, also a native of Lehigh county, who was president of the Lehigh Navigation Company, and whose death occurred in Philadelphia in 1894. He married Emma Butler, born in Philadelphia, and had children : James L. Jr., married Julia Todd ; Harriet, unmarried, resides in Media ; Adelaide J., see above ; Franklin B., deceased. The mother resides in Media. Mr. and Mrs. Twaddell have an only child, Crawford L., born March 12, 1898. They are members of the Presbyterian church at Swarth- more, and Mr. Twaddell is a member of the Rose Tree Fox Hunting Club, and has had charge of the race meetings for many years. He is a man of warm sympathies, liberal in his charities, and his benefactions are bestowed without ostentation. Cordial in his manner and of unbounded hospitality, Mr. Twaddell has numerous and sincere friends, and his upright life has earned him the respect and esteem of all who know him.
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The Smith family, represented in the present generation by SMITH James H. Smith, an active and prominent citizen of Lima, is one of the oldest and most honored in Delaware county, and it has been conspicuous in its many generations for men of sterling character and capability of a high order, which has been the means of bringing to them af- fluence, position and friends.
The first ancestor of the family of whom we have definite information was John Smith, who received an original grant from William Penn for seven hundred acres in Edgemont township, Delaware county, Pennsylvania, which was gradually divided among his descendants down to the time of the father of J. Harvey Smith.
James Smith, a descendant of the above named John Smith, was born in Edgemont township, Pennsylvania, there spent his life and died. He married Mary Pyle and among their children was Joshua, of whom further.
Joshua Smith, son of James and Mary (Pyle) Smith, was born in Edgemont township, Pennsylvania, November 8, 1801, died November 26, 1873, in the same place. He was a farmer. He married Hannah Worrall Broomall, born January 6, 1806, died March 18, 1867, daughter of Daniel and Sarah (Worrall) Broomall, and granddaughter of David and Martha Broom- all. Children : Sarah Ann, born April 24, 1825, died August 2, 1901 ; Mary Jane, born September 23, 1827; James Monroe, of whom further ; Eliza Pyle, born in 1832; Hannah B., born in 1834; Mattie, born December 18, 1837, mar- ried Joseph P. Yarnall; Americus Vespucius, born in 1840; Lydia Emma, born March 30, 1843, died August 29, 1854; Wesley Worrall, born March 18, 1846. Mr. Smith was a Whig in politics.
James Monroe Smith, son of Joshua and Hannah W. (Broomall) Smith, was born in Edgemont township, Pennsylvania, May 5, 1830. He was reared in his native township, and educated in the public schools and Unionville Acad- emy. Chester county, which was under the principalship of Milton Durnall. For nine years, from 1851 to 1800, he taught school in Edgemont, Thornbury, Middletown and Upper Providence, and then returned to the homestead farm and assisted in the cultivation of it until 1878, when he was appointed steward of the alms house, which position he held for five years, resigning on account of the death of his wife. He then made his home with his brother on the homestead farm, remaining until 1889, but was not engaged in active business, devoting considerable time to traveling. He served as president, superintend- ent, member of board of directors, secretary and treasurer of the Cumberland Cemetery Association, was justice of the peace for thirty-seven years in Edgemont and Middletown townships, was a member of the Home Guard, but never in action, and in 1908 was elected director of the poor, which posi- tion he held until his death. He was a member of the Sons of Temperance, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Improved Order of Red Men, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons and Mark Chapter, Royal Arch Masons. He mar- ried (first ) March 14, 1801, Anna Laura Pyle, born August 30, 1835, died June 28, 1862; (second) April 19, 1866, Mrs. Elizabeth Ashbridge Green, born September 22, 1831, died May 12, 1881, daughter of John and Elizabeth Wood, the former named having been engaged in the powder business in state of Delaware, where he died; he and his wife were the parents of six children : Jamcs, Aaron, John Jr., Elizabeth A., Mary and Sarah. Children of James Monroe Smith : 1. Anna Laura, born November 1, 1867; married, June 4, 1890, David A. Vernon, son of David A. and Annie Jane (Bacon) Vernon ; children : May Elizabeth, born May 13, 1891 ; David Ashbridge, October 18, 1892; James Monroe, June 15, 1896; Clinton Wesley, August 24, 1898; Annie Alma, June 12, 1900; Forrest Larnize, in 1903. 2. James Harvey, of whom
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further. James Monroe Smith died in Middletown township, November 26, 1910, mourned by all who had the honor of his acquaintance.
James Harvey Smith, son of James Monroe and Elizabeth A. (Wood- Green) Smith, was born in Edgemont township, Delaware county, Pennsyl- vania, August 4, 1869. He spent his early life there on the homestead farm, attended public school until twelve years of age, then Lock Haven Normal School, from which he graduated in 1888; then Lafayette College, of Easton, Pennsylvania, from which he graduated in 1894; then Ohio Wesleyan Uni- versity, of Delaware, Ohio, from which he graduated in 1898; then matricu- lated in the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, entering the Medical Professional School, where he studied for three years, but on account of ill health was forced to leave before his graduation. He then spent one year as reporter on the "Morning Republican," of Chester, giving entire satisfaction in the performance of his duties. In 1900 he was elected jury commissioner and served three years, was appointed deputy prothonotary and deputy clerk of the court in 1902, in which capacities he served until 1913, when he was elected to the offices of prothonotary and clerk of the court, his nomination for office being without opposition, this fact being an eloquent testimonial of his qualifications for the position. His political beliefs have always been in har- mony with the principles of the Republican party, being secretary of the Re- publican Executive Committee of Delaware county for a period of eleven years, and he has co-operated with the organization since attaining his major- ity. He is secretary and treasurer of the Cumberland Cemetery Company ; president of Media Republican Club, and a member of the following organ- izations : George W. Bartram Lodge, No. 298, Free and Accepted Masons, of Media ; Chapter, No. 234, Royal Arch Masons, of Media ; Tammanade Tribe, No. 149, Improved Order of Red Men, of Edgemont township; Edgemont Council, No. 833, Independent Order of American Mechanics ; Chester Lodge, No. 488, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks; Chester Aerie, No. 159, Fraternal Order of Eagles; Chester Lodge, Forest No. 21, Tall Cedars of Lebanon ; Chester Lodge, No. 285, Royal Order of Moose; Alpha Boat Chib, West End Boat Club of Chester, and several other social and political organ- izations.
Mr. Smith married, August 22, 1893, Grace Estelle Hoskins, of Berwyn, Chester county, Pennsylvania, daughter of William Henry, of Aston township, and Sarah Elizabeth (James) Hoskins, of Upper Providence township, the former named a carpenter and builder, still living in Berwyn. Children of Mr. and Mrs. J. Harvey Smith: Minerva Ella, born June 19, 1895, and Beatrice Manilla, born August 13, 1898, at the time General Dewey entered the harbor at Manila Bay, died August 7, 1908. Mr. and Mrs. Smith are members of the Methodist Episcopal church, taking a keen interest in the work of the various societies connected with it, and are equally prominent in the social life of the community.
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