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vania ; the Society of the Cincinnati: Sons of Veterans; the Society of the War of 1812, and was a communicant of the Episcopal church. His clubs were the Medical and Art of Philadelphia, and the National Arts and Players of New York City.
Dr. Platt married, September 2, 1886, Emma Haviland, born in West- chester county, New York. September 12. 1856, daughter of Aaron Griffin Haviland, horn in the same county, a farmer and stock breeder, who died in 1862, aged forty-two years. He married Elizabeth Carpenter Willets, born in New York City, died in Brooklyn, in 1893: children : Anna Cramwell, died unmarried : S. Willets, died unmarried ; John A., and Emma, now widow of Dr. Isaac Hull Platt. She is a member of the Society of Friends and resides at Wallingford, Delaware county, Pennsylvania. Children of Dr. Isaac Hull and Emma (Haviland) Platt : Frederick Epenetus, born October 17, 1887, acci- dentally killed just as he had reached the age of twenty-one years; Haviland Hull, born April 6, 1889. a graduate in electrical engineering, but now devoting himself to mechanical engineering: Philip Galpin, born December 27, 1890. a poultry raiser at the home farm.
The Trimble family of Delaware county. Pennsylvania, de-
TRIMBLE scends from James Trimble, born in Ireland, on midsummer eve. June 24. 1707. He grew to boyhood in his native land, but when twelve years of age came to the United States, locating finally on a farm in West Bradford township. Chester county. Pennsylvania, where he be- came one of the substantial and prominent men of that town. He died Jan- tiary 21, 1792, and was buried in the Friends grave yard in Marshallton. He married Mary, a daughter of John and Mary Palmer, of Concord township, who bore him seven children including William (of further mention) and James. James, the second son. born February 28, 1739, spent his entire life at Trimble's Mills (now Trimbleville) on the old homestead. He married. January 1. 1770, Mary, a daughter of Samuel and Jane Sellers. He died Sep- tember 16, 1819, leaving a large family, descendants being found in both Ches- ter and Delaware counties.
(II) William, eldest son of James Trimble, was a resident of Chester county and in April, 1755. sat on a jury that decided some questions concern- ing the Sharpless estate. He married and had a son, Samuel.
(III) Samuel, son of William Trimble, was a prosperous farmer of Con- cord. Chester (later Delaware) county, and a member of the Society of Friends. He married Jane Brinton and left issue.
(IV) Samuel (2), son of Samuel and Jane (Brinton ) Trimble, was born in Concord township, Chester county, in 1782, died at Concord Hill in the year 1843. He grew to adult years at the home farm and obtained an education in the subscription schools maintained by the Society of Friends, After his mar- riage he purchased a farm near Concord Hill, upon which he resided until death. a prosperous. influential farmer. He was a member, elder and over- seer of the Concord Meeting. Society of Friends (Orthodox), his wife also being a member of that Meeting. He married Rebecca Mendenhall, born in Concord, who survived him until 1876. After his death she continued the cul- tivation of the farm and was a most successful manager. She was a daughter of Stephen and Margaret Mendenhall and a direct descendant of the Men- denhall family founded in Pennsylvania by Benjamin, who came with his brothers, John and George, from England in 1682. George returned to Eng- land and Benjamin settled in Chester county, in that part later set apart as Delaware county. Stephen Mendenhall was a farmer, born 1750, died at Con-
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cord. December 9, 1809. Children of Samuel and Rebecca Trimble: John, bern in 1809, died the same year : Stephen M. (of further mention ) ; Samuel, born in 1812, died in 1824; Esther, born in 1814, died in 1854: Margaret, born in 1818, died in 1854: George W., born in 1820, died in 1846; Samuel, born in 1825, died in 1854: Ann, born in 1827, married Dr. Martin, died in 1890.
(V) Stephen Mendenhall, second son of Samuel and Rebecca (Men- denhall ) Trimble, was born at Concord Hill, Delaware county, Pennsylvania, in 1810, died in 1808. He was educated in the Friends schools at Concord and at Westtown, and remained at the home farm until 1834, when he moved to Haverford, where he spent six years on the Haverford College farm. In 1840 he purchased a farm in Chester township. Delaware, which he cultivated until his death. He was an Orthodox Friend as was his wife, and in political faith he was a Republican. He was an excellent farmer, thorough in his meth- ods and caused the earth to produce bountifully. He was a man of high char- acter and one held in high esteem both within and without the Meeting.
He married 11 mo. 9. 1836. Lydia Sharpless, born i mo. 2, 1812, daughi- ter of John Sharpless ( see forward). Children: 1. John, born in Haverford 5 mo. 6, 1838, died 7 mo. 31. 1886, unmarried. He was a farmer and "an esteemed member and overseer of Concord Monthly Meeting." 2. Rebecca, born in Chester township, 5 mo. 22, 1840, married 3 mo. 3. 1869, Samuel Bennington and moved to Wayne county, lowa. 3. Dr. Samuel, born 2 mo. 26, 1843, graduate M. D. University of Pennsylvania, a practicing physician of Lima, Delaware county. He married, in 1870, Mary L. Evans ; children : Jo- seph Evans, John, Grace, died in infancy, and George Martin. 4. George, born 7 mo. 12, 1845. died in 1889. unmarried. 5. William, born 8 mo. 19, 1847, succeeded his brother, John, at the homestead of their grandfather Trimble, near Concord. He married in Concord Meeting, 5 mo. 4. 1887, Jane Mendenhall, born 2 mo. 19, 1847, daughter of Jacob H. and Hannah W. (Newlin) Mendenhall. 6. Ann, born 1 mo. 25, 1851, now residing at Moy- lan, Delaware county. unmarried. 7. Henry, born 5 mo., 22, 1853, died in 1808. He was a graduate of Philadelphia College of Pharmacy, class of 1876, elected professor of analytical chemistry at the college in 1883. having previously, 1876 to 1878, spent two years in special study of chemistry at the University of Pennsylvania. He married at Moorestown, New Jersey. Mary J. Warrington, daughter of Seth and Martha Newlin (Jenkins) Warrington : daughters: Martha Warrington, Ruth A. and AAlice. 8. Ruth Anna, born 9 mo. 8. 1855, died 2 mo. 27. 1876. unmarried. 9. Joseph, born 7 mo. 12. 1857. now residing on the paternal homestead in Chester township.
Lydia (Sharpless) Trimble, mother of the foregoing, was a daughter of John Sharpless, born 9 mo. 31. 1778, died 3 mo. 12, 1854. He married in 1803 at Chichester Meeting, Ruth Martin. born 10 mo. 17. 1780. died i mo. 17. 1878, at the great age of ninety-eight years. He was a well to do farmer of Delaware county and an overseer of Chester Meeting, appointed in 1816 and serving several years. He had children : Sarah, married Thomas Chalkley Palmer: Elizabeth, married James Pennell : George, married Hannah Larkin ; Lydia (of previous mention ) married Stephen M. Trimble: Sidney, married Haydock Gangues: Abigail, died in childhood ; Beulah, married Isaac Leeds ; Lewis, died in infancy : John, married Susan H. Pratt ; Jane, married Charles L. Warner. John Sharpless was a son of Daniel (2) Sharpless, grandson of Daniel (1) Sharpless, the son of John (2) Sharpless, son of John ( 1) Sharp- less, the cmigrant ancestor from Cheshire, England, and his wife, Jane Moor. John (2) Sharpless was born at Blakenhall, Cheshire, England, in 1666,
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died near Chester, Pennsylvania, in 1749. He married, in 1692, at a Meet- ing in John Bowater's house in Middletown township. Hannah Pennell.
Daniel Sharpless, youngest and ninth child of John (2) Sharpless, was born at Ridley, Pennsylvania, 12 10. 24. 1710-II, died at the same place 8 mo. 17. 1775. He married at Springfield Meeting, in 1736, Sarah Coppock.
Daniel (2) Sharpless, youngest and fifth child of Daniel ( 1) Sharpless. was born in Ridley, 4 mno. 12, 1751. died 6 mo. 20, 1816. He married (first) in 1775 at Newtown Meeting, Hannah Thomas. He married (second) at Chichester Meeting. Sarah Reynolds.
John Sharpless, second son of Daniel (2) Sharpless, married as stated, Ruth Martin, daughter of George and Elizabeth (Reynolds) Martin. She was a descendant of Thomas and Margery Martin, who came from England with four daughters in 1685. A son, Moses, was born to Thomas and Margery Martin, after their arrival in Pennsylvania, who, in 1714, married Margaret Baltin and lived in Middletown until 1737, then moved to Chester county. where Moses Martin died. John, son of Moses Martin, was born I mo. 3, 1718, died 11 mo. 26, 1761. He was a carpenter and settled in Birmingham, where he married Hannah, daughter of William and Sarah (Webb) Dil- worth. George, son of John Martin, was born 6 mno. 9. 1754. died 7 mo. 19. 1825. He married, in 1776, Elizabeth Reynolds, born 3 mo. 13. 1754, died 3 mo. 26, 1818, daughter of Henry and Sarah Reynolds. They settled in Upper Chichester, where Ruth, their third child, was born 10 mo. 17. 1780. She married John Sharpless as stated.
TRIMBLE Dr. Samuel Trimble, third child and second son of Stephen
Mendenhall Trimble (q. v.) and Lydia ( Sharpless) Trimble. was born in Chester township. Delaware county, Pennsyl- vania, 2 mo. 26, 1843. Ile was educated at Westtown Friends Boarding School, in Chester county, and in 1864 began the study of medicine, entering the University of Pennsylvania, whence he was graduated M. D. class of 1867. He at once began practice, locating in Lima, Delaware county, where he con- tintied in successful practice for thirty-seven years, until 1904. when he re- tired from practice and moved to his farm in Newtown township, Delaware county, Pennsylvania. There he remained in management until 1912, when he sold his estate and purchased his present home near Lima, surrounded by one and a half acres. Before entering the University, Dr. Trimble studied medicine under Dr. George Martin, of West Chester, Pennsylvania, and a memory of their life-long friendship is found in the home of Dr. Trimble, to whom Dr. Martin bequeathed his library, which has been carefully treasured and preserved. Dr. Martin was a son of George and Edith (Sharpless) Mar- tin, and a nephew of Ruth (Martin) Sharpless, mother of Lydia Sharpless who married Stephen Mendenhall Trimble. Dr. Martin was a well known physician of Delaware and Chester counties, and also practiced in Philadel- phia. During the war he was engaged in hospital work at Chester as a volun- teer surgeon.
Dr. Trimble, during his long years of practice, gained high rank in his profession and was one of the best known and most highly regarded physi- cians of Delaware county. He was kind-hearted, sympathetic, and skillful in treatment, winning the hearts of his patients as his remedies won them healtli and strength. He is now living in honored, well earned retirement, with the consciousness of duty well performed and a life well spent.
He married (first) 5 mo. 5. 1870, at Middletown Friends Meeting. Mary L. Evans, born in Lancaster county. 6 mo. 20. 1848. died 3 mo. 7. 1904. It
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was immediately after her death that Dr. Trimble gave up his professional practice and retired to his farm in Newtown township. He married (second) a sister of his first wife, both being daughters of Isaac and Ann Evans, of Middletown. Children, all by his first wife; 1. Joseph Evans, born 3 mo. 3. 1876, died 4 mo. 5, 1806. He was a student at Westtown Friends Boarding School when taken ill and was sent to Colorado by his father, but never re- gained his health. 2. John, born 4 mo. 2, 1873. 3. Grace, born 3 mo. 14, 1881, died in infancy. 4. George Martin, born 4 mo. 11, 1883 : married Lillian J. Garrett, of Media, 3 mo. 6, 1912 ; child : G. Martin, born 2 mo. 2, 1913.
RAMSEY
The Ramseys are an old family of the state of Delaware, where the grandparents of William T. Ramsey, of Chester, were born, lived and died.
William Ramsey, father of William T., was born in St. Georges, Dela- ware, and is now living in Chester. Pennsylvania, in general charge of boilers and steam fitting at the Eddystone Print Works. He enlisted in a New York regiment in 1861, served three months, then enlisted in the navy, serving until the close of the war between the states. He was honorably discharged and is in receipt of a government pension, earned through faithful service to his country. He is a Republican in politics and a member of the Improved Order of Red Alen. He married Elizabeth Johnson, born in Philadelphia, daugh- ter of Isaac Johnson, deceased ; children : Catherine, married . William B. Sweeney and lives in Wilmington, Delaware; William T. (of further men- tion) : Robert, residing in Chester; Florence, a teacher of music in Chester.
William T. Ramsey, eldest son of William and Elizabeth ( Johnson) Ram- sey, was born in Philadelphia, January 8, 1873. He attended public school in Eddystone and Chester until he was fourteen years of age. He then became messenger boy for the Eddystone Manufacturing Company, carrying mes- sages, etc., between Philadelphia and Eddystone offices of the company. He was promoted to higher positions, remaining with the company until 1901. He then entered the employ of the Consumer's Ice Manufacturing Company in Chester and in 1908 became manager of that company, a position he most capably fills. Mr. Ramsey has always taken an interest in political affairs and has given much of his time and ability to the public service of his city and state. Elected as a representative, he has represented the second ward of Chester in common council for six years, having been president of that body. In 1912 he was the successful candidate of his party for the state house of representatives, and is now serving his term of two years. Successful in busi- ness and held in high regard by his townsmen, Mr. Ramsey has a career of great usefulness before him. He is a prominent member of the Masonic Order and hokls the highest honors his lodge can bestow. He is a past master of L. H. Scott Lodge, No. 352, Free and Accepted Masons ; is high priest of Chester Chapter, No. 258, Roval Arch Masons, and eminent commander of Chester Commandery, No. 66, Knights Templar. He is also a Noble of Lulu Temple, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, of Philadelphia, and a member of Col. Theodore Hyatt Council, Independent Order of Americans, also junior state councillor of Pennsylvania state council of that order. He also belongs to the Chester lodges and clubs, Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, Frater- nal Order of Eagles, Modern Woodmen of America. Heptasophs, Alpha Boat, West End Boat and Second Ward Representative clubs.
Mr. Ramsey married, June 14. 1898, in Chester, Evaline Bleacham, born in Chester, daughter of Joseph C. and Sarah ( Harrop) Bleacham. Mr. Bleacham is a cabinetmaker for the Stacey G. Glauser Company, and with
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his family resides at No. 1110 Potter street, Chester. Harold, the only child of William T. and Evaline Ramsey, was born in Chester, August 15, 1901. The family residence is at No. 1117 Potter street.
The Melville family is one which has been in this country
MELVILLE but a few generations, yet the influence of its various mem- bers has been beneficially felt. They brought to this conn- try, and transmitted to their descendants, the traits which have distinguished the Scottish race from time immemorial. Traits which have enabled them to rise to positions of distinction when combating obstacles which were almost invincible, and which would have overcome less sturdy and persevering indi- viduals.
Andrew Alexander Melville was born in Scotland, and died there in 1887. He was a shoemaker by trade, and a staunch member of the Presby- terian church. He married Jane Murray, and they had children : William, who resided in Dunfermline. Scotland, was an inspector on the North British railway in Scotland for half a century : Donald, see forward ; George. Cather- ine and Margaret. deceased.
Donald Melville, son of Andrew Alexander and Jane Melville, was born in Helmsdale. Scotland. October 12, 1844, and died May 10. 1905. He at- tended the public schools of his native town. and then learned the blacksmith's trade and also that of a mechanic. Until he was twenty-five years of age he worked at these two callings in Scotland, and then decided that America of- fered better opportunities for advancement to a young man of his energetic and ambitious disposition. lle accordingly emigrated to this country and, up- on his arrival here, made his home for a time in the city of Philadelphia. He then settled in Keystone, Upper Darby township, and for many years worked as a mechanic in some of the large plants in that section of the country. In 1878 he built the red brick house in Keystone in which his widow is residing at the present time (1913). He was of a home-loving, thrifty nature, and at the time of his death had acquired a considerable fortune. He was a member of the Patterson Memorial Church, in Upper Darby, of which his widow is also a member. His fraternal affiliations were with Lodge No. 227. Improved Or- der of Red Men, and the Scotch Thistle Lodge: he was also a Mason and member of Mitchell Lodge. No. 256. Politically he was a Republican.
Mr. Melville married ( first ) Elizabeth Stadler, born in Germany, who came to this country in her early girlhood and died here in September. 1882. He married (second) Janet Goodfellow, born in Mannwrs Lilliesleaf, Scot- land, August 24, 1854, who came to this country as a young woman to join her brother in Philadelphia. She is the daughter of James and Jessie Good- fellow. James Goodfellow was a contractor, whose entire life was spent in Scotland. He had extensive contracts for drainage work, excavating, building foundations, etc. He died at the age of eighty-four years, while his wife lived to the advanced age of ninety years. In addition to Mrs. Melville they had children as follows: George, deceased, resided in Philadelphia : Elizabeth, married William Thomson ; John, was drowned at the age of twenty-eight years; Christina ; Helen, a school teacher in Scotland: James, lives in Key- stone, Pennsylvania. Mrs. Melville has made a number of trips across the ocean, the last being in 1912, when she was accompanied by her step-daughter. Elizabeth, and spent considerable time in her native land, re-visiting old friends and old scenes. Mr. Melville's children by his first marriage were : Alexander, married Myra Weir and lives in Upper Darby township; Margaret, Clara and Elizabeth, living with Mrs. Melville. Children by the second mar-
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riage: James, born August 3, 1885 : George, born June 29. 1887. both living at home.
Joel B. Jones, deceased, for many years a well known and influ- JONES ential resident of Garrettford, who enjoyed in an unusual degree the unlimited respect and confidence of his fellow townsmen, was born at Haverford, Upper Darby township, Delaware county, Pennsylvania, May 1. 1864, died December 29, 1912.
(I) Paul Jones, the earliest known ancestor of the line here under con- sideration, was a man of energy and thrift, of influence in his community, per- forming well the duties which devolved upon him as son, husband and father. Hle married Tacie Roberts, who bore him eight children, as follows: I. Tacie, married Isaac Heston : nine children. 2. Esther, married Lewis Yerkes ; four children. 3. Susan, married Paul Frye: three children. 4. Emily, married William Warner Roberts; one child. 5. William Davis, married Frances Lockwood Lloyd; one child. 6. Isaac T., married Mary Bowen : one child. 7. Justis P., married (first) Mary Irving: one child; (second) Margaret Yerkes. 8. Joel Davis, of whom further.
(II) Joel Davis Jones, son of Paul and Tacie (Roberts) Jones, was a resident of Lower Merion, Montgomery county, Pennsylvania, where he was regarded as one of the substantial men, doing all in his power to promote the growth and development of that section of the state, and the moral welfare of the community. He married Hannah, daughter of Thomas and (Jones) Price, and they had eight children, as follows: I. Amanda Price, married Reuben Baily. 2. William Davis, of whom further. 3. Mary Thomp- son, married William Francis Davis; two children. 4. Lydia Warner, de- ceased. 5. Isaac Thomas, married Mary Eastwick; two children. 6. Emily, married George Williamson ; three children. 7. Paul, married Mary William- son ; three children. 8. Edward, married Elizabeth Fornance; four children.
(III) William Davis Jones, son of Joel Davis and Hannah ( Price) Jones, was born in Lower Merion, Montgomery county, Pennsylvania. September 16, 1838. He received his preliminary education in the common schools in the neighborhood of his home, and pursued advanced studies at Lower Merion Academy. He assisted his father with the work of the farm, thereby gaining a valuable experience and a strength that prepared him for the activities of life. In 1861 he removed to Delaware county, Pennsylvania, and rented a farm of sixty-five acres, which he operated for a period of seven years, and at the expiration of that time rented the property of Abraham L. Pennock for a period of twelve years, after which he purchased the Joseph Allen farm, consisting of sixty acres, whereon he resided for the remainder of his days. He was a man of progressive ideas, thorough and painstaking in his work, and liis well cultivated acres bore evidence of his ability as an agriculturist. He was elected to the office of town auditor on the Republican ticket, in which capacity he served for twenty-one years to the entire satisfaction of all con- cerned. He belonged to the Society of Friends. He married Ann Louise Baily, daughter of Joel J. Baily. Children: 1. Joel B., of whom further. 2. William Davis Jr., engaged in the coal and feed business : resides at Ridley Park, Delaware county, Pennsylvania ; married Susan Kamp.
(IV) Joel B. Jones, son of William Davis and Ann Louise ( Baily) Jones, attended the common schools at Haverford, Pennsylvania, the Friends' Cen- tral School and Pierce's Business College. He lived with his father until the latter's death in 1905, then purchased the homestead, residing there until his death. Late in life he devoted his attention to contracting, building public
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highways, and his work was satisfactory in every respect, being conducted ac- cording to the most improved methods and in a most efficient manner. He was a firm believer in the principles of Republicanism, took an active interest in lo- cal politics, and for three years served as supervisor of state roads in Upper Darby township, and for two years as township road commissioner. In 1907 he inaugurated the fire department in the village of Garrettford, and enjoyed the distinction of being its first president, in which capacity he displayed an efficiency of a high order. He was a member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, of Chester, Pennsylvania ; the Junior Order of Mechanics ; the Knights of Pythias, and Knights of the Golden Eagle.
Mr. Jones married, March 29, 1888, Jane R. Alexander, born in Philadel- phia, Pennsylvania, April 14, 1859, daughter of John and Ellen ( Flood) Alex- ander, both of whom were born and died in Philadelphia, the former when Jane R. was a mere infant, and the latter when she was two weeks old, and she was taken by Nathan Garret and wife, of Garrettford, Pennsylvania. as their adopted daughter, and grew up with them, receiving their love and care. Children of Mr. and Mrs. Jones: J. Davis, died at the age of four months ; infant, deceased : Isaac, died at the age of five weeks: Ann Louisa, born De- cember 5, 1893, resides with her mother on the home farm. Both Mrs. Jones and her daughter are cultured women, interested in all good works, and es- teemed in the community for their many excellent characteristics.
Mr. Jones was a man of firm convictions, with superior executive ability and sagacity of judgment, and was well fitted for the responsible positions which he filled. He was a good son, a loving husband, a devoted father, and strong and faithful in his friendships, and his demise was mourned by all who had the honor of his acquaintance.
Among the many worthy descendants of William and Ann
GARRETT (Kirke) Garrett, of Upper Darby township, then Chester, now Delaware county, Pennsylvania, ( 1684-1724) is Isaac Price Garrett, present postmaster of Lansdowne, an office he has filled contin- uously since 1897.
His descent from William and Ann Garrett, the Quaker emigrants from Leicestershire, England, in 1684, is through their son, Samuel, ( 1672-1743), and Jane (Pennell) Garrett: their son. Nathan, (1711-1802) and Ann (Knowles) Garrett ; their son, Thomas Garrett, ( 1749-1839) and his second wife. Sarah Price: their son, Benjamin, (1791-1884), and Mary (Haines) Garrett, the latter the parents of Isaac Price Garrett.
These progenitors were all residents of Chester and Delaware counties save Benjamin Garrett, who prior to his marriage purchased and moved to a farm in the state of Delaware. Benjamin Garrett was born in Upper Darby, October 17, 1791, died April 4, 1884. He married Mary Haines, born August 18, 1803, died November 12, 1887. daughter of David and Alice (Cullifer) Haines of West Chester. Sons, all born on the farm in the state of Delaware : David Haines, January 2, 1843, married Sarah Martin and has Nellie S .; Isaac Price, of whom further ; Thomas Pugh, born June 30, 1846, married Caroline Etherington, who died leaving Elsie and Marjorie.
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