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The Barker family, of which Henry S. Barker, of Lansdowne,
BARKER Delaware county, Pennsylvania, is a representative, came to this country originally in the early Colonial days, from England. Owing to loss of records from various causes, it is not possible to trace the family in the mother country, but in America the ancestral line is as follows, after their settlement in Massachusetts :
(I) Richard Barker, the immigrant ancestor.
(II) Stephen, son of Richard Barker.
(III) Ebenezer, son of Stephen Barker.
(IV) Asa, son of Ebenezer Barker, married a daughter of Benjamin and Elizabeth Pierce, whose brother, Governor Benjamin Pierce, of New Hamp- shire, was the father of Franklin Pierce, president of the United States.
(V) Asa, son of Asa and ( Pierce) Barker, was a stonecutter and blacksmith. He lived in Chelmsford, Massachusetts, until about 1812, at which time he removed to Tyngsboro, Massachusetts. He married (first) Sarah Foster, (second) Anna Jones.
(VI) Charles, son of Asa and Anna (Jones) Barker, removed to Phila- delphia about 1856 in order to look after the interests of the granite quarries which he, as a member of the firm of H. Barker & Brothers, was operating at Quincy, Massachusetts. This firm supplied the granite for many noted structures in Philadelphia, among them being the Masonic Temple and the Ridgway Library. Mr. Barker died in the fall of 1888 in Philadelphia, and the following year his widow removed to Lansdowne, Delaware county, Penn- sylvania, where she died in 1907 at the age of eighty-seven years. Mr. Barker married Christiana Hallstram, who was born in Massachusetts. She was the daughter of a Swedish sea captain, Jonas Hallstram, who was wrecked on the coast of Massachusetts. Children: Helen Maria, widow of Gideon A. Rider, lives in Ardmore, Pennsylvania; Charles Augustus, in Ardmore; William Henry, see forward; Albert, in Moylan, Pennsylvania.
(VII) William Henry, son of Charles and Christiana ( Hallstram) Barker, was born in Quincy, Massachusetts, November 13, 1847, and was a young lad when his parents removed to Philadelphia. He was educated in the schools of that city, and when he entered upon his business career it was with William Sellers & Co., whom he left in order to form a connection with the old firm of McNichols, contractors. Subsequently he became associated with his father in the granite business, and has been identified with this since that time. Many of the most beautiful mausoleums and monuments have been erected under his personal supervision, and his ideas have been highly commended by those best competent to judge of such matters. Since 1889 he has resided in Lansdowne, Delaware county, Pennsylvania, where, in 1896, he erected the Barker building, one of the largest in the town. He is prom- inent in the public affairs of the community, giving his political allegiance to the Democratic party. He served as the first burgess of Lansdowne in 1893, was reelected at the expiration of his term of office and, in 1911, was appointed a member of the council to fill an unexpired term. Mr. Barker married Emily
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Shurtleff. born in Philadelphia. October 29, 1847 ( see Shurtleff). Children : Emily Shurtleff, married William J. Muth and lives in Lansdowne ; William Shurtleff, lives in East Orange. New Jersey, where he is connected with the Public Service Corporation : Henry S., see forward.
(VIII ) Henry S., son of William Henry and Emily ( Shurtleff ) Barker, was born in Philadelphia, January 28. 1880. His education, which was an excellent and thorough one, was received in the Friends' school in Philadel- phia. and upon its completion in 1896 he established himself in business in Lansdowne as a general job printer and continued this successfully until 1902, in which year he transferred his business to Philadelphia and carried it on in that city for the next ten years. He then abandoned printing interests for the most part. and returned to Lansdowne, where he engaged in the real estate business with which he has since been identified. Since 1900 he has pub- lished the city directories for Lansdowne. In political matters Mr. Barker is an Independent, having the courage of his convictions, and preferring to do his own thinking, and he and his wife are members of the Presbyterian church. Mr. Barker married. 1901, Anna Pearson, born in Philadelphia, a daughter of Abram G. and Sarah ( Williamson ) Powell, and they have had children: Henry Shurtleff Jr., born October 4. 1902, and Margaret Powell, born November 12, 1904.
( The Shurtleff Line ).
( I) William Shurtleff was born in England, May 16, 1624, and came to New England at a very tender age. He is known to have been bound out as an apprentice to a carpenter, commencing May 16, 1634. He grew to maturity in the Plymouth colony and his name appears in many early records as among the officers of the colony. He is thought to have removed to Marsh- field about 1660, where he resided until his death, June 23, 1666, at which time he was possessed of much real estate. He married Elizabeth Lettice and had children : William: Thomas: and Abiel, see forward.
( II ) Abiel, posthumous child of William Shurtleff, was born in Marsh- field, Massachusetts, in June, 1666, and died October 28. 1732. He was : "housewright" by trade, well known in his profession, and built many churches. The greater part of his life was spent at Plymouth, where he was a useful citizen, and where he held a number of public offices. Late in life he removed to Plympton. Massachusetts, and his wife died six years after they had taken up their residence there. Mr. Shurtleff was a paralytic for many years and, at about the age of fifty years was stricken with palsy, which confined him to his bed for the greater part of the time. He was the father of children : James ; Elizabeth ; Lydia ; David: Hannah: John : Benjamin ; William, see forward; Joseph; Abiel, Jr.
(III) William, son of Abiel Shurtleff, was born in Plymouth, Massa- chusetts. September 8. 1713. and died in Carver, Massachusetts. December 15. 1802. He married, in Plympton, Massachusetts, Deborah Ransom, and had children: Lydia: Ebenezer, see forward: Peter: Sarah: William: Anna ; John : Isaac : Robert : Deborah : Priscilla.
(IV) Ebenezer, son of William and Deborah ( Ransom) Shurtleff, was born in Plympton, Massachusetts, June 5. 1736. and died in Plymouth, April 25. 1776. In 1756 he served as a private under Lieutenant Nathaniel Cook. Major Moses Deshon's company, Colonel Joseph Thatcher's regiment, raised for the intended expedition against Crown Point under John Winslow. com- mander-in-chief. In 1759 he was a private in Captain Sylvester Richmond's company, Third Regiment of Massachusetts Provincials. He died of small- pox at his own home. He married. in Plympton, Mary Pratt and had chil-
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dren : Joseph ; Asaph, see forward; Mary : Sarah ; William ; Ebenezer : Isaac. (\') Asaph, or Asa, son of Ebenezer and Mary (Pratt) Shurtleff, was born in Plympton (now Carver), Massachusetts, June 30, 1763, and died in Philadelphia, January 14. 1806. He served in Captain Calvin Partridge's company. Colonel Josiah Quincy's regiment, marching July 30, 1778, and be- ing discharged September 13, 1778. He also served as a private in Captain Edwin Sparrow's company, Colonel Nathan Taylor's regiment, having en- listed July 11, 1779, for a term of six months. He married in Philadelphia, May 10, 1787, Elizabeth Foster. Children : William, see forward, and John.
(VI) William, son of Asaph and Elizabeth (Foster) Shurtleff, was born in Philadelphia, November 23, 1789, and died at sea, April 5, 1824. He was the captain of the brig "Commodore Porter," and died on a return voyage from Liverpool. He married in Philadelphia, June 26, 1812, Margaret Connelly, and had children: Elizabeth; John; William Foster; Henry Connelly, see forward; Asa Foster.
(VII) Henry Connelly, son of William and Margaret (Connelly) Shurt- leff, was born in Philadelphia, Angust 21, 1820, and died July 21. 1895. At the time of his death he was the oldest funeral director in West Philadelphia, having been established in this business since 1842. He was a school director for a number of years, and lie and his wife were members of the Asbury Meth- odist Episcopal Church. He married. April 4, 1844, Caroline Garnett, who was always a social leader in West Philadelphia, and who died June 20, 1897. Chil- dren : Mary Ella, died unmarried ; Margaret, now deceased, married George Barton ; Emily, married W. H. Barker : Henry, Harriet and William, now de- ceased : Charles, who resides in Lansdowne, married Hannah S. Wolfenden ; Leslie and Walter, deceased; Henry Connelly, secretary and treasurer of the St. Petersburg Transportation Company, and a director in the Boca Ceiga Boat Company, St. Petersburg Electric Light and Power Company, and sev- eral others. He lives in West Philadelphia.
EAGLE In 1682 a number of Palatine families left their homes in Ger- many for America. After William Penn had, in 1676, obtained a grant of territory from the Crown of England, now forming the state of Pennsylvania, for the purpose of making it into a refuge for his per- secuted co-religionists in England, he invited all peoples suffering for their religious and political beliefs to make their home in the province of which he was feud proprietor, made so by an act of parliament, in lieu of paying him sixteen thousand pounds due him by the government on his father's estate. Almost immediately after the charter was granted him he shipped across the Atlantic many families of Quakers. Finding that they were happy in their isolation and readily became accustomed to the wilderness and its ways, he issued broadcast over Europe invitations to join the Quakers and help them build it up. The invitation was eagerly accepted by people of many religions, or of diverse faiths, and a tide of immigration set in from Germany. Among the men who emigrated was Henry Eagle, and he landed in Pennsylvania about 1682. He had been a farmer in Germany, and at once set about clear- ing land whereon to sow grain and plant Indian corn, until that time an unknown product to him. It is thought that he brought his wife, and, perhaps, children with him. He erected a stout log house, for in common with all arriving Europeans, he distrusted the Indians. However, in 1683, William Penn had an interview with the real owners of the soil, despite his royal char- ter from James II., at Shakumaxon, and concluded a treaty of lasting friend- ship with them, by which the colony in its infancy escaped the raids and mas-
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sacres which befell other colonies. The farm that Henry Eagle first cleared, and on which he lived and died, was located in what is known as Cone- wago, now in Adams county, Pennsylvania. Later he replaced the rude log house with a more commodious one, which was burned in 1734, and with it many of the early and valuable records of the family. The family lived on the site, in another and handsomer house, for generations. Among the sons of Henry Eagle was Henry, of whom further.
(II) Henry (2) Eagle, son of Henry (1) Eagle, the Palatine emigrant, was born in the family homestead. He was a product of his time. Soon after his birth the Indians woke up to what they were pleased to call a sense of their wrongs from the white men, and during his childhood and boyhood he was daily endangered by the wily red men. He became an expert scout and Indian fighter, and joined the forces of Sir Jeffrey Amherst when he was opposing the French. He moved later in life to Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, and there died. Among his children was Dominick, of whom further.
(III) Dominick Eagle, son of Henry Eagle, was born in Lancaster county. Like his forbears he was a farmer and a member of the Lutheran church ; later he became a Catholic. He moved to Donegal Springs, finally retired, and died at Maytown. Pennsylvania, May 18. 1829. aged ninety-eight. He was a valiant soldier in the war of the revolution, and was buried at Elizabeth- town, Pennsylvania. with military honors. He was internal revenue collec- tor, making a splendid officer, and was probably a Federal. His wife was Mrs. Anna Poorman ; she died April 7. 1840, aged eighty years. Among his sons was Henry, of whom further.
(IV) Henry (3) Eagle, son of Dominick Eagle, was born on his father's farm in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, in 1784; buried at Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania, aged seventy-six. He was a farmer and a large land owner, a prominent and influential man. He and his wife were Roman Catholics, and he was quite a sportsman, being particularly devoted to fine horses. He married Anna Mary Felix, the daughter of a descendant of the Palatines; she died December 17. 1864, aged seventy-seven; her mother, Mary M. Felix. died February 2, 1819, aged eighty. Among their children was Jerome, of whom further.
(V) Jerome Eagle, son of Henry (3) and Anna Mary ( Felix) Eagle, was born November 20, 1818, in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, and died in 1900, in Philadelphia, and with his wife is buried in the Cathedral ceme- tery. He was reared on the Eagle homestead; in 1837 he went to Philadel- phia and engaged as a saleman with a mercantile house. He, by close atten- tion to his duties, however humble and exacting, finally was made partner in the firm of Robert Ewing and Company, and later in Eagle. Elliott and Company, located on Front and Chestnut streets. He continued there until 1862, when he retired. He and his wife were members of the St. James Ro- man Catholic Church. He married Mary Ann T. Quinn, born November 18, 1818, in Philadelphia, and died there in 1900. She was the daughter of Barnard and Catherine ( Gibbons) Quinn. Barnard Quinn was the son of Edward Quinn, born in New Orleans, April 6, 1734. many years before the Louisiana Purchase, and who died in New Orleans in 1807. aged sixty-three. His wife. Jane. died August 16, 1824, aged seventy-three. Barnard moved north about 1813. after having taken part in the battle of New Orleans. He located in Philadelphia. and here married Catherine Gibbons, born in Vir- ginia, a distant relative, or connection, of Martha Custis Washington, wife of the first president of the United States. Catherine Ann Gibbons was the daughter of - and Catherine (Custis ) Gibbons. Mr. Quinn had been a merchant in New Orleans and continued in the same line in Philadelphia.
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at Second and Spruce streets. He retired from business and died in 1860, aged seventy-five. He was originally a Presbyterian in faith, but in 1844 he accepted that of the Roman Catholic church; his wife, however, remained a Protestant, and died before his conversion. She died February 24, 1836, aged forty-three. Children of Jerome and Mary A. T. (Quinn) Eagle: I. Cecelia, died young. 2. Edward, died aged twelve years. 3. Louis J., of whom further. 4. Jerome B., a jeweler of Knoxville, Tennessee, where he died in 1900, aged fifty-one. 5. Charles, died in 1901, aged forty-eight, in Philadelphia, an officer in the United States navy for twenty-seven years, in paymaster's department. 6. Kate, died aged fifteen. 7. Gertrude, married Henry W. Town, died November 5, 1898, aged forty-seven years, in Philadel- phia. 8. Died unnamed. 9. Died unnamed.
(VI) Louis J. Eagle, son of Jerome and Mary A. T. (Quinn) Eagle, was born July 27, 1849, in Philadelphia. He received his preparatory educa- tion in the public schools, and then attended the St. Francis College, from which he graduated in 1866. Immediately before the close of the civil war he joined the national guard at Philadelphia, and is still a member of the Sec- ond Pennsylvania National Guard; served as first lieutenant until 1878, and is now on the retired list. After leaving college he studied telegraphy, and on gaining a practical knowledge was employed by the Reading railroad. While he was still telegrapher he applied himself to learning the florists' business. In 1869 he opened a place for himself at Belmont, West Philadelphia, and erected four green houses. He continued to enlarge his business to meet the demand made upon him by an appreciative public, until he finally had ten, all of the most modern design. He remained in this work for many years, at the same location, or until 1886, at times employing six or eight men in both the wholesale and retail departments. In 1887 he retired to accept the posi- tion as receiving teller in the United States treasury in Philadelphia, which he held for four years. This he resigned to accept the managership of the National Automatic Machine Company of New York, and has since retired from this. In 1898 he moved to Lansdowne, purchased a home on Rigby avenue, and now resides on Elberon avenue. In 1903 he was elected fire marshal, of Lansdowne, which place he still holds, and is now assistant state fire marshal, having been appointed to the place in 1912. Among Mr. Eagle's most cherished possessions is a Bible, a family heirloom, descending to him through the Quinn family. It is two and a half by one and a half feet, and is six inches thick, and has been in the family for over two centuries. Than Mr. Eagle there is no more highly esteemed man in Lansdowne. His intel- lectual attainments, education, culture and varied experiences make him delightful to meet. He is a staunch Republican; he is and his wife was a Roman Catholic. He married, in 1883, Ella C. McConnell, born in Philadel- phia, a daughter of Alexander McConnell, a prominent and weathy soap man- ufacturer, she died June 21, 1910. Children: I. Mary, married H. L. Van Wyck, of New York City. 2. Agnes, at home. 3. Gertrude. 4. Louis J. Jr., a carpenter. 5. Helen. 6. Josephine. 7. Aloysius. 8. Francis. 9. Beatrice.
From the mountains of Wales came Daniel Hibberd about 1682,. HIBBERI) settling in the Province of Pennsylvania, where he first obtained a tract of fifty acres of land suitable for farming purposes. He- came in the capacity of a servant, thus securing the fifty acres offered by Penn to all those who came in the services of others. In 8 mo., 1697, he married Rachel Bonsall, daughter of Richard and Mary Bonsall of Darby, and took up his residence in that locality. Children: 1. Mary, born 5 mo. 22, 1698, mar-
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ried John David. of Radnor. in 1718. 2. Aaron, born 2 mo. 1, 1700, married Elizabeth . 3. Moses, born 2 mo. 14, 1702, died 1762: married Sarah Bradshaw in 1732. 4. Phoebe, born 12 mo. 28. 1703. 5. Hannah, married in 1729, Thomas Hall, of Philadelphia. 6. Martha, married Joseph Lees, of Dar- by, license dated March 19, 1730. 7. Rachel, married John Pearson, of Darby, license dated July 30. 1735-
(I) Josiah Hibberd, believed to have been a brother to Daniel Hibberd, held residence in Darby in 1692. His marriage to Ann Bonsall, the ceremony being performed on 9 mo. 9, 1698, by John Blunston, Esquire, was the culmina- tion of a courtship vigorously opposed by Richard Bonsall, father of the wife of Daniel Hibberd. Because of the old Friends' ruling, which would not permit marriages to be solemnized in meeting without the consent of the parents of the contracting parties, the union was accomplished by an official dignitary. Jo- siah Hibberd's name appears frequently upon the records of the day, once when on to mo. 7. 1692, he purchased one hundred acres of land near Fern- wood from Anthony Morgan, conveying the same to Josiah Fearne, on 3 mo. I. I7II : again as the purchaser of two hundred and fifty acres of land west of Kellyville on June 30, 1710: and once more when he bought five hundred acres in Willistown from Martha Barker, of London, by deeds of lease and release, dated May 16 and 17, 1722. He died intestate 6 mo. 16, 1744, conveying most of his lands to his sons, John and Benjamin. Children: I. John, born II mo. 18. 1699, died 9 mo. 25. 1760 : married ( first ) Deborah Lewis, ( second) Mary Men- denhall and (third) Margaret Havard. 2. Joseph (of further mention). 3. Josiah, born 7 mo. 28. 1702, died II mo. 13, 1727-1728, unmarried. 4. Abra- ham, born 9 mo. 28, 1703. died unmarried. 5. Mary, born 6 mo. 29, 1705, died 12 mo. 1782, married Benjamin Lobh. 6. Benjamin, born 2 mo. 27. 1707, died 1783, married Phoebe Sharpless. 7. Elizabeth, born 12 mo. II, 1708-1709, died 3 in0. 19, 1739, unmarried. 8. Sarah, born 3 mo. 19, 1711, died 2 mo. 24, 1795. married Samuel Garrett. 9. Isaac, born I mo. 16, 1712-1713, died about 1797. married Mary Lownes. 10. Ann, born 3 mo. 12, 1715, married John Ash of Darby in 1744. II. Jacob, born 2 mo. 21, 1718, died 1750. married Jane Gar- rett. Child : Esther, married her cousin, Isaac Lohb, in 1762.
(II) Joseph, son of Josiah and Ann (Bonsall) Hibberd, was born II mo. 20, 1700, died 6 mo. II, 1737. He married (first) 8 mo. 16, 1723, at Darby Meeting, Elizabeth, daughter of Josiah and Sarah Fearne, who died at the birth of a daughter, I mo. II. 1725-1726; (second) 11 mo. 26, 1731, Elizabethi, daugh- ter of William and Mary Garrett. of Darby, who married again in 1756. her secondi husband being Stephen Hoopes, of Westtown. Child of Joseph and Elizabeth (Fearne) Hibberd : Elizabeth, born 12 mo. 20, 1725. married Benja- min Bonsall. Children of Joseph and Elizabeth ( Garrett) Hibberd : Hezekiah (of further mention ) and Mary, died 5 mo. 18, 1742.
(III) Hezekiah. son of Joseph and Elizabeth ( Garrett ) Hibberd, was born in Darby township. Delaware county, Pennsylvania. 7 mo. 28, 1735, buried in Darby Meeting churchyard. 4 mo. 1. 1806. He married Mary Holloway, born in Newton township, now Camden county, New Jersey, December 16, 1733, died in Darby I mo. 8. 1795, daughter of Tobias and Mary (Griscom) Holloway, the former coming from Bristol, England, in 1714. and being married in New Jer- sey in 1732. For several years Hezekiah Hibberd and his wife were residents of Philadelphia, but in 1778 moved to Darby. Children: I. Hezekiah, born 1761, died aged four years. 2. John, born 10 mo. 14, 1763, died 6 mo. I. 1790. married Rebecca Davis. 3. Joseph (of further mention). 4. Elizabeth, born I 1110. 26, 1773, believed to have died unmarried.
(IV) Joseph, son of Hezekiah and Mary (Holloway) Hibberd, was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 5 mo. 12. 1765. He was a large land owner, a
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successful farmer and a life-long resident of Darby ; his wife, Hannah, born 3 mo. 13, 1771, daughter of Abraham and Mary (Hinde) Bonsall, whom he mar- ried at Darby Meeting, 12 mo. 9, 1790, likewise being a native of that place. Children : 1. John (of further mention). 2. Joseph, married Emily, daughter of Samuel Levis, of Upper Darby ; children : Samuel Levis, William and Mar- garet. Samuel Levis Hibberd was born in Upper Darby on 4 mo. 13, 1835, and lived on the old homestead until he attained man's estate, obtaining his educa- tion in the public schools. Until 1880 he was a farmer, abandoning agricultural pursuits in that year and taking up residence in Lansdowne. He married in Chicago, Illinois, 6 mo. 1, 1862, Novella R., daughter of Dr. A. E. and Martha M. (Sloan) Small. Children : Talbot L., horn 5 mo. 5, 1864, married Elizabeth Webb and has children : Harriet, Novella and Levis; Sloan E., born 2 mo. 2, 1867; Emily L., born 7 mo. II, 1877; Samuel L. (2), born 2 mo. 14, 1880. 3. Elizabeth, married 12 mo. 7, 1820, Abram Powell, of Upper Darby. 4. Han- nah, married Charles Garrett, 3 mo. 14, 18II. 5. Rebecca, married Thomas Powell.
(V) John, son of Joseph and Hannah (Bonsall) Hibberd, was born at the Hibberd homestead in Upper Darby township, Delaware county, 3 mo. 22, 1796, died in Philadelphia, on Fortieth street, near Market, I mo. 23, 1866. He became a prosperous farmer, owning considerable land, his home being on the Baltimore pike at what is known as the Charles Kelly homestead. He continued his agricultural activites until about 1853, when he sold his farm property and moved to Philadelphia, where both he and his wife died. They were both members of the Society of Friends. He married, II mo. 17, 1825, at Springfield Meeting, Henrietta, born in Springfield, 5 mo. 15, 1805, died 5 mo. 21, 1885, daughter of John, born 3 mo. 19, 1767, died 5 mo. 11, 1839, and Mary Levis, born 6 mo. 20, 1778, died 8 mo. 28, 1827. Children of John and Henrietta Hibberd: 1. John L., born 12 mo. 14, 1827, died 6 mo. 25, 1867, married, 9 mo. 8, 1855, Elizabeth Parry ; a veteran of the civil war. He had one child Hannah. 2. Joseph H., born 7 mo. 11, 1829, died 2 mo. 15, 1879, a veteran of the civil war, died unmarried. 3. Abraham B., born 7 mo. 13, 1831, died in Philadelphia, 3 mo., 1891, retired; married Mary, daughter of John Entriken. 4. Samuel Hezekiah (of whom further). 5. Hannah B., born 8 mo. 22, 1835, married Thomas Reed and died in Marple township, Del- aware county, December 24, 1909. 6. Thomas Henry, born 10 mo. 4, 1837, died in Philadelphia, at his mother's home, unmarried, 12 mo. 15, 1875 ; a vet- eran of the civil war.
(VI) Samuel Hezekiah, son of John and Henrietta (Levis) Hibberd, was born in Upper Darby township, Delaware county, Pennsylvania, 7 mo. 3 da., .833. He was educated in the schools of Haverford township and spent his carly life at the home farm. After his marriage he moved to a farm of sev- enty acres owned by his father-in-law and also managed an adjoining farm, making a tract of two hundred acres under his immediate charge. At the death of his father-in-law, Mr. Hibberd purchased the property from the heirs and there continued a successful farmer until 1897, when he retired from ac- tive life. He sold his farm to John P. Lathrop, a contractor and builder, re- serving, however, five acres on which he built a good stone residence, which is yet his home. The stone and sand used in the construction of his home came from his own land, a stone quarry and sand bank being among the valuable features of the property. From youth Mr. Hibberd has been active in the Hicksite Society of Friends, is now treasurer of Merion Preparative Meeting and an elder of both Haverford and Merion Meetings. In politics he was for many years a Republican, but has shaken off party allegiance and is independ- ent in his political action.
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