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commanded one batallion of the regiment prior thereto and until it was mus- tered out at the camp of the organization on June 4, 1865. While in the United States service, Major Stackhouse participated in the marches and actions of those commands and was commended by the commanding officials on several occasions.
While Mr. Stackhouse is a staunch supporter of Republican principles in political matters, he has never had the desire to hold public office, holding the opinion that he was best serving the interests of the community by devoting his time and attention to increasing her material prosperity along business lines. He is a member of the Union League, the Springhaven Country Club and the American Steel Institute, being vice-president of the latter organiza- tion. His religious affiliations are with the Society of Friends, in whose creed he was raised, while his wife is a member of the Presbyterian faith.
Mr. Stackhouse married ( first) in December, 1863, Lucinda E., daughter of Evan and Lucinda H. Roberts. Mrs. Stackhouse died in Johnstown, Penn- sylvania, in September, 1866 Mr. Stackhouse married (second) in Johns- town, in August, 1868, Genevieve R., daughter of George W. and Nancy M. Swank, who died in March, 1875; he married (third) September 1I, 1879, Lucinda M. Buchanan, born in Ebensburg, Cambria county, Pennsylvania, De- cember, 1852. She was the daughter of John S. Buchanan, born in Blair county, Pennsylvania, a merchant there: he married Katherine J. Roberts, born in Cambria county, Pennsylvania, and had children: E. Blair; Harry M., deceased ; Frank M .: Charles P., deceased ; John L., deceased ; Edward R. ; Robert L., deceased ; Sanderson M., died in infancy : Lucinda M., who mar- ried Mr. Stackhouse ; Anna V. Mr. Buchanan and his wife and one son were drowned in the Johnstown flood. Mr. and Mrs. Stackhouse have had chil- dren : I. Daniel Morrell, born May 5, 1866; is living in Johnstown, and mar- ried, January 18, 1893. Katherine E. Benkert, and has children: Mary, de- ceased : Rebecca ; Josephine, deceased ; Powell ; Daniel Morrell Jr., and Kath- erine. all born in Westmont, Pennsylvania. 2. Saralı P., married Willard A. MacCalla, and lives in Philadelphia ; children : Powell S. and Helen A. 3. Powell, deceased. 4. Powell Jr., married Grace Worth and lives in San An- tonio, New Mexico ; child : Worth, deceased. 5. Genevieve R., married William Chalfant, and lives in West Chester, Chester county Pennsylvania ; children : Genevieve S., deceased ; Elizabeth D .; Jane D. : William and James S. 6. Lucy B., married Benjamin A. Thomas, and resides in Philadelphia : children : Benjamin A. : Lucinda B. and Powell S. 7. Katharine R., married Bevan Aubrey Pennypacker. and lives in Philadelphia ; child : Samuel W.
WALLACE The Wallace family which is represented at the present time in Swarthmore, Delaware county, Pennsylvania, by B. Holmes Wallace. distinguished in educational circles, was resident in the state of New York for some generations. It is most probable that they came originally from Scotland, as many of the characteristics of that country are to be observed in various members of this family.
(I) Moses Wallace was well known as a contractor in the city of Ro- chester, New York, having been born there, and dying in the same city at the age of seventy-five years. He married, and had children, as follows: James Eaton, see forward ; Abigail, married Samuel Wood : Amanda, married Mason Gibson; Lydia, married Dell Budd. The eldest child, whose name is not given, and Abigail, are no longer living.
(II) James Eaton, son of Moses Wallace, was born in Rochester, New York, where he also attended the public schools. After his graduation he mat-
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riculated at the University of Rochester, whence he was graduated with honor in 1873. Taking up the study of theology, he became a minister of the Methodist denomination, and he is now preaching and teaching in Mexico City. He is seventy years of age. He married Amanda Perry Holmes, who was born in Palmyra, New York, and died in West Chester, Pennsylvania, in 1903. She was a Presbyterian, and a daughter of John Abner Holmes, whose death occurred in Hemlock, New York, and who was for many years a railroad conductor on the New York Central and the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul railroads. Mr. Holmes had children : Amanda Perry, mentioned above; Alida, unmarried ; Charlotte A., now deceased, married Dr. Frank Becker : Nellie G., married P. R. Plass. Mr. and Mrs. Wallace had children : B. Holmes, see forward: Charlotte Elizabeth, unmarried : Jesse Moak. mar- ried Pauline Jennings: Haldon Herkimer, married: Archibald Ramsay, married.
(III) B. Holmes, son of James Eaton and Amanda Perry ( Holmes) Wallace, was born in Rochester, New York, July 8, 1874. His earlier years were spent in his native city, where he attended the public schools, and he also attended others in several of the towns of western New York. He was a student at the University of Rochester, where he was graduated in the class of 1901. The same year he commenced teaching, and his record along this line has been as follows: Trenton, New Jersey, one year; West Chester, Pennsylvania, three years; Trenton, New Jersey, two years: Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, seven years; and during this time he spent four years as a graduate student in the University of Pennsylvania. Mr. Wallace is now the principal of the graded and high school at Swarthmore, as well as lecturer on education in Swarthmore College. He is a member of the Rochester Chapter of the Delta Upsilon fraternity, and has been president of this society. He and his wife are members of the Presbyterian church.
Mr. Wallace married, August 6, 1002, the only daughter of Colin W. Cross. Mr. Cross is a leather and belting merchant, and resides in Rochester. Mrs. Wallace was born in East Newark, New York. Her mother is no longer living. Mr. and Mrs. Wallace have children : Donald Holmes, born in West Chester, June 20, 1003: and Margaret Cross, born June 21, 1907, at Trenton, New Jersey. Mr. Wallace has a wide and well-established reputa- tion as an educator, and has been the means of introducing a number of ideas which have been proved to have a true. practical value. He is most thorough in his methods, and has not alone gained the affection and respect of his pupils. but has also carned the esteem of his colleagues.
FARRELL One of the oldest Roman Catholic congregations in Pennsyl- vania is that of St. Denis, of Haverford township, their house of worship being the first of that faith erected in Del- aware county. The first gatherings of what is now the St. Denis congrega- tion, were held at the home of Dennis Kelley, near the present Penfield rail- road station. There were but few worshippers at first, but their number in- creased, and two years later. in 1825, the present site was selected and the first steps taken to erect a house of worship. Dennis Kelley, a wealthy woolen and cotton manufacturer, who may be called the founder of St. Denis, donated the site, and was the largest contributor to the building fund. and the church members at that time were being employed in his mills on Cobbs Creek The original building was small, plain and unpretentious in appearance, but after a few years was remodeled and enlarged, presenting a most pleasing appear-
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ance, both within and without. In the cemetery, beside the church, which it antedates, rest the ashes of the founder. Dennis Kelley.
Services were at first conducted at St. Denis by missionary priests from Philadelphia, until 1853. when the church became the spiritual charge of the Fathers of the Order of Saint Augustine, and has ever since continued under the direction of the Augustinian Fathers. The present church edifice was erected about 1852, and enlarged in 1873, and in 1903 the beautiful stone parsonage was added to the church property. The congregation meanwhile became a large and prosperous one, the membership reaching over one thousand souls. when the creation of a new parish at Ardmore somewhat decreased that num- ber. The cemetery lying on both sides of the road. near the church, and older than the church itself, is the resting place of many of the congregation who bore the burden of its upbuilding. Many priests have served the congrega- tion some of whom later rose to high position in their church. Among these may be named: Bishops Kendrick O'Hara, O'Connor and Galberry, and the good Father Saurin, founder of Notre Dame University.
Rev. John J. Farrell, the present efficient pastor of St. Denis, was born in Philadelphia. November 2, 1865. His early education he obtained at the public schools, finishing at high school. He then prepared for the priesthood at \'illanova College, under the direction of the Augustinian Fathers. He was ordained in Philadelphia, in 1895. His first official charge was at Atlantic City, New Jersey, where until 1906 he was assistant pastor of St. Nicholas' Church. He was then appointed pastor in charge of St. Denis, of which he has since been the spiritual head. Under his care the parish has maintained its leading position, all departments of its work being prosperous and useful. A devoted priest. Father Farrell has won the love and respect of his people, while those in ecclesiastie authority repose in him the greatest confidence.
Although a native of the neighboring state of Maryland, Professor William Isaac Hull has been long identified with the educational interests of Delaware county, as professor of history and inter- national relations at Swarthmore College.
William Isaac Hull, son of Thomas Burling and Mary ( Dixon ) Hull, was born in Baltimore, Maryland. November 19. 1868. He prepared for college in public and private schools, entered Johns Hopkins University, whence he was graduated A. B. 1889, Ph. D. 1802. He also stuchied abroad in the universities of Berlin, 1891. and Leyden. 1907 and 1908. He was associate professor of history and economics, 1802 to 1894, Joseph Wharton : professor of history and political economy frem 1894 to 1904, and from 1904. professor of history and international relations, in Swarthmore College. In 1896 and 1897 Professor Hull was superintendent of summer charities. New York : examiner in history for college entrance examining board, 1900 to 1905. In addition to his standing as an educator, Professor Hull is the author of "Maryland. Independence and the Confederation." ( 1891) ; "Hand-book of Sociology," with W. H. Tolman. 1893: "History of Higher Education in Penn- sylvania." 1902: "The Two Hague Conferences and Their Contributions to International Law." 1906: "The New Peace Movement." 1910: "\ History of Quakerism in Holland," 1011. He is a director of the World Peace Foundation of the American Peace Society, and of the Pennsylvania Arbitration and Peace Society. He is a member of the American Historical Association, the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania History Club. American So- ciety of International Law. His college fraternities are : Phi Beta Kappa and
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Beta Theta Pi. He is a member of the Society of Friends and in political faith, an independent Republican.
Professor Hull married, December 27, 1898, Hannah Hallowell Clothier, of Wynnewood, Pennsylvania, daughter of Isaac Il. and Mary Clapp ( Jack- son) Clothier, of Philadelphia. His father was a grain merchant, a member of the city council and a judge of the Appeal Tax Court of Baltimore. Chil- dren of Professor Hull: Mary Clothier, born May 16, 1900: Elizabeth Powell, born January 1, 1904.
The Bonsall family, members of which have been active fac-
BONSALL tors in the development and improvement of various sections of the state of Pennsylvania, principally in Philadelphia and Delaware counties, was first represented in this country by Richard Bonsall, who settled in Delaware county. Pennsylvania, in 1682, a member of the Friends Meeting. The generations in order were: Richard. Benjamin. Rich- ard, Edward Horne, Isaac, Edward Horne (2), Jeremiah, Edward Horne (3), Edward Horne (4).
Jeremiahi Bonsall, grandfather of Rev. Edward Horne (4) Bonsall, was born in Germantown, Pennsylvania. May 28, 1825. died in Philadelphia, Penn- sylvania. in 1892. Ile spent his life in the city of Philadelphia, was a con- veyancer by occupation, a Friend in religion, a Republican in politics, and a man of prominence and influence in the community. He married Margaret Fimister Hutchinson, an Episcopalian in religion, whose death occurred in Philadelphia, in 1907. Children : Lydia Mellvain, deceased ; Robert Hutchin- son. a resident of Philadelphia : Edward Horne, of whom further : Henry, deceased : William Herbert and Spencer, twins, both deceased: Elizabeth Paxon, deceased.
Edward Forne (3) Bonsall, son of Jeremiah and Margaret F. ( Hutchin- son ) Bonsall, was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, November 19, 1859. He was reared in the city of Philadelphia, educated in its public schools, and was a lawyer by profession, engaged in active practice in Philadelphia, achiev- ing a large degree of success. In addition to his professional duties, he served as second vice-president of the Commonwealth Title. Insurance & Trust Com- pany, second vice-president of Land Title & Trust Company, and member of board of directors of Land Title & Trust Company and Philadelphia Com- pany for Guaranteeing Mortgages. He is a Republican in politics, and has served in the capacity of burgess of Glenolden. Delaware county, Pennsylvania. He is serving as rector's warden of St. Matthew's Protestant Episcopal Church, of Philadelphia, in which he and his wife are active members. He married Han- nah Rodney Tunnelle, born in Lewes, Delaware, daughter of George and Elizabeth (Stockley) Tunnelle, who were the parents of six other children, namely : Jane Albertson, deceased, who was the wife of the Rev. George L. Wolfe: Albert S. Tunnelle, of Philadelphia ; Mary Paynter Tunnelle. of Glenolden ; AAnne E., wife of Joseph P. Wintringham, of Brooklyn, New York : Emmeline, wife of Edwin R. Clemence, of Merion, Montgomery county, Penn- sylvania; Hannah Rodney Tunnelle. George Tunnelle, father of these chil- dren, was an importer and merchant of Millsboro, Delaware, and died in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1863. Mr. and Mrs. Bonsall are the parents of two children: Edward Horne, of whom further : Rodney Tunnelle, born August 19, 1803. student at University of Pennsylvania, class of 1914. re- sides in Glenolden, Pennsylvania.
Rev. Edward Horne (4) Bonsall, son of Edward Horne (3) and Hannah Rodney (Tunnelle) Bonsall, was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, August
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14, 1888. 'He was a student in the Episcopal Academy. Philadelphia, class of 1905 : Harvard University, where he received the degree of Bachelor of Arts, 1909: Philadelphia Divinity School. class of 1912, from which he received the degree of Bachelor of Divinity. 1913. During his divinity school course he served at Holy Communion Chapel, Twenty-seventh and Wharton streets, Philadelphia, as lay reader, also in charge of boys' work, and on June 2, 1912, was appointed minister-in-charge of Church of the Atonement. Morton, Del- aware county, Pennsylvania. and St. Stephen's Church, Clifton Heights, and is still in charge of these two parishes. A firm and zealous minister of the Protestant Episcopal church, he is also a man of liberal views and broad senti- ments, is an earnest student and fluent speaker, and being a man of pleasing personality, is esteemed and respected by all with whom he is brought in con- act. Politically his affiliations are with the Republican party, and he holds membership in the Harvard Club of Philadelphia.
He married, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, December 4, 1912, Elizabeth Katherine Hubbard, B. A., Wellesley, 1911, born in Cambridge, March 17. 1890, daughter of Phineas and Lucinda Ann ( Reed) Hubbard, who are the parents of three other children, namely : Henry R. Hubbard, married Mabel Hubbard: Mary C., married John M. Dick: Edward L. Hubbard. Phineas Hubbard is a native of New Hampshire, a linen merchant, residing at the present time (1913) in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and his wife is a native of Canada.
The family of which Zachariah R. Scholl. a prominent business SCHOLL man of Philadelphia, is a member, is of German extraction, the pioneer ancestor. Frederick Scholl. emigrating thither from the Province of Palatine in the year 1728. settling in Bucks county, Pennsylvania, where he spent the remainder of his days, his influence for good being felt in the entire community.
(II) George Scholl, third son of the pioneer ancestor, was born in Bucks county. Pennsylvania, and there lived and died. He gave his attention to the cultivation of the land, and he and members of his family took an active part in the revolutionary war, performing their part in a valiant manner. He married Anna Maria Shunk, and among his children was Jacob, of whom further.
(III) Jacob Scholl. son of George Scholl. was born in Bucks county, Pennsylvania, in 1797, where he was reared and educated. completing his edu- cation in Philadelphia institutions. Later in life he removed to Perry county, same state, where his death occurred in 1847. He was a minister in the Ger- man Reformed church, his circuit comprising the churches in Perry county, and these duties he performed in a highly creditable manner. Under the wise guidance of this devout man the churches prospered both spiritually and finan- cially. During the earlier years of his ministry he was sent by his church on a missionary tour of Virginia and the Carolinas, and made the journey on horseback, as was the custom in those days. His wife. Catharine (Shaffer) Scholl, a native of Perry county, Pennsylvania, bore him a number of chil- dren, among whom was Alfred C., of whom further, and William, a cabinet maker, now residing at Urbana, Ohio.
(IV) Alfred C. Scholl, son of Jacob and Catharine ( Shaffer ) Scholl. was born in Perry county, Pennsylvania. December 25. 1844. After com- pleting his studies in the common schools, he learned the trade of milling. and for some years successfully conducted a mill at Center, Perry county. Pennsylvania ; later he engaged in the milling business at New Kingston.
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Cumberland county. Pennsylvania. During the progress of the civil war he enlisted in the Ninth Pennsylvania Cavalry, and served for nine months under General Kilpatrick during General Sherman's famous "March to the Sea." In this service he displayed the heroic nature inherited from his forefathers. who also fought in defense of their country. Subsequently, having lost a lower limb, in a self-sacrificing effort to save a fellow man from injury and possible death, which unselfish act saved the other but incapacitated himself for life, and made it necessary for him to discontinue his chosen trade, he turned his attention to the painting and decorating business, in which he is still engaged, conducting his operations in Landisburg. Pennsylvania, his present place of residence. He is a Democrat in politics, and he and his wife are members of the Bethel church. On October 19th, 1865. he married Sarah Anne Rice, born in Perry county, Pennsylvania, March 18th, 1846, daughter of Zachariah and Nancy (Landis) Rice, of German descent, he a United States mail contractor and carrier residing in Perry county. Zachariah Rice was the grandson of Zachariah Rice, who was born in Germany 1731, and emigrated to this country about 1750: marrying Appolonia Hartman, and living for many years at Pikeland, Chester county, Pennsylvania. It is of record that these noble patriots rendered direct personal aid to the sick and wounded sol- diers during the dark days of the American revolution, and family historians claim that the great Washington dined in their home immediately following the battle of Brandywine. To Zachariah and Nancy ( Landis) Rice were born nine children. namely: Samuel, deceased: James, a cotton planter in North Carolina : William, deceased: Jesse, deceased : Sarah Anne, wife of Alfred C. Scholl : Henry, deceased ; Joseph, deceased : Zachariah, deceased : and Ellen. wife of Jacob Kling, residing at Landisburg, Pennsylvania. Children of Mr. and Mrs. Scholl: Zachariah Rice, of whom further; Tolbert Jacob, cashier of the Second National Bank, Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania ; Nancy Landis married Dr. J. G. Fickel, resides in Carlisle, Pennsylvania : Ellen, married John Zeigler, now deceased, resides in Carlisle: Florence, resides at home ; Clara, married Arthur L. Reeser, resides in Rochester, New York : Stanley. a school teacher in the schools of Cumberland county, Pennsylvania: and Henry C. and Mary A., both deceased.
(V) Zachariah Rice Scholl, son of Alfred C. and Sarah Anne ( Rice) Scholl, was born in Landisburg. Perry county, Pennsylvania. December 13. 1866. He attended the public schools of his native town until sixteen years of age. then served an apprenticeship at the trade of horseshoer and black- smith under Mr. P. B. Mvers, of Mechanisburg, Pennsylvania, and for one year thereafter served as journeyman. He then went West in order to see the country, and ascertain if the opportunities for work were better there than in the East. For one year and nine months he worked at his trade in the silver mines of Colorado, after which he came East and became instructor and demonstrator of horseshoeing at the University of Pennsylvania in Phila- delphia, continuing in that position for three years. In 1803 he established a horseshoeing shop at No. 3813 Market street, Philadelphia, and has continued the management of the same ever since, giving regular employment to several men, who perform the manual part of the labor, he superintending the work. Being recognized as an authority and expert in his line of work, people bring their horses long distances to receive attention and proper care. Mr. Scholl is a Royal Arch Mason, and he and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal church, both being officially recognized therein. On December 2. 1003. Mr. Scholl completed the erection of a fine brick building located on the Westchester pike, adjoining the University of Pennsylvania observatory, Upper Darby township. Pennsylvania, which home is thoroughly modern in every
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detail, well adapted to the needs and comfort of its inmates, and here he has resided ever since, winning and retaining the good will and esteem of all with whom he comes in contact-either in business or social life. He is justly rec- ognized and known as one of nature's real noblemen, and therefore truly rep- resentative of his splendid line of forbears.
Mr. Scholl married. December 2. 1903. Laura Ledyard, born in Staten Island, New York, November 12. 1869, daughter of John W. and Eleanor Ledyard, now residents of Philadelphia, their home being located on the corner of Thirty-ninth and Filhert streets, the former named being a hatter by trade. Mr. and Mrs. Scholl have one child, Cornelius, born September 5. 1906.
LUNGREN Americans are beginning to realize the moral as well as the historical significance of genealogical foundations. A nation which relies upon the record of its homes for its national character cannot afford to ignore the value of genealogical investigation as one of the truest sources of patriotism. The love of home inspires the love of country. There is a wholesome influence in genealogical research which cannot be overestimated. Moreover, there is a deep human interest to it. Representatives of the name of Lungren have been prominently associated with public and commercial projects in Pennsylvania since the latter part of the eighteenth century. The name is an old and honored one in what is now Delaware county, and through marriage it is linked with several of the most prominent of the old colonial families.
Charles Howard Lungren, whose name initiates this article, is a direct descendant of John Lundgren, a native of Smoland, Sweden, where his birth occurred April 30, 1751. John Lundgren grew up and was educated in Sweden and at the age of twenty years he embarked for America. The boat in which he took passage was shipwrecked on the Atlantic ocean, off the British coast, and after several days of exposure and privation young John Lundgren, with numerous other passengers, was picked up from the wreckage by a passing vessel and carried to Liverpool, England, where he was cared for by the authorities until he fully recovered from sickness due to cold and shock. Undiscouraged by his first disaster at sea, his health permitting, he again em- barked for the English colonies in America, arriving in Philadelphia in 1772. He located at the Falls of the Schuylkill, in a Swedish colony, many of his countrymen having previously immigrated to Pennsylvania. At this time he dropped the "d" in his name and his descendants have since carried the cogno- men of "Lungren."
April 30, 1777, John Lungren married Sarah Garrett, born December 12, 1749. a daughter of Morton and Ann Garrett and granddaughter of Garrett and Regina ( Huling) Garrettson. the latter of whom dropped the "son" from their name shortly after their arrival in America from Sweden, in the early part of 1700. Mr. Lungren became a papermaker and by an act of the Continental Congress, July 19, 1770, he, with all other papermakers of Pennsylvania, was excused from military services. In 1779 he was registered as a taxable inmate of Concord township, Ches- ter county (HOW Delaware county ). being employed in the Wilcox Paper Mill on the west branch of Chester creek. This was the second paper mill built in Pennsylvania, it having been erected in 1727, and called Ivy Mill, and in it was made for one hundred years all the paper used for continental and national government paper money. In 1781 Mr. Lungren located on Darby creek in Upper Darby township, where he worked in the paper mill of William
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